Hunter has a wonderful way of writing a charming friend to lover’s story with conflict and resolution for readers to thoroughly enjoy! ~ Amanda, Guilty Pleasures
Blurb:
After Brady Collins’ ex-wife dies, he receives devastating news—his nine-month-old son Sam isn’t his son at all. And Sam’s wealthy maternal grandparents want custody of the child. Brady knows he’s in for the fight of his life. But regardless of what any blood test says, Sam is his son, and Brady will go to any lengths to keep him.
Brady’s attorney tips him off that one major life change would virtually assure him of winning guardianship of baby Sam at the final hearing: an impending marriage. And his friend Hope is willing to step in as the loving and devoted fiance.
Local radio celebrity Hope Daniels has been driven by a solitary goal her entire life, and after a happy accident she’s finally offered her dream job. But if the truth comes out about her arrangement with Brady, she may miss the chance of a lifetime and stand in the way of a dear friend’s dreams.
As Brady and Hope make sacrifices to help each other in their times of need, they risk uncovering a truth neither of them expects to find.
Honeysuckle Dreams is an unconventional marriage of convenience romance when a friend helps out another friend in a very big way. Brady
Collins is in a custody battle for his son with his ex-in-laws once it was realized that he isn’t Sam’s biological father. Hope Daniels has been helping take care of Sam while Brady works and will do anything to help out her friend. They devise a plan to marry to not only help Brady, but Hope will finally get the family she’s always wanted without love and its complications. She thought it was a perfect solution until she fell in love with her husband.
I was pleasantly surprised how easy and engaging this story was from beginning to end considering the predictability of the premise. Things aren’t that simple especially when emotions and damaged pasts play a part for the main characters. Brady first marriage to Sam’s mother ended bitterly and Brady didn’t have confidence to enter the dating realm again after the number she did on him. Hope didn’t want to face heartache again after losing her high school sweetheart tragically. She thought marrying Brady was the answer to a lifelong dream of being a wife and mother. It was good in the beginning but then things took a turn when she realized she loved Brady and didn’t want to lose him. Brady didn’t know how to deal with her issues when he had some of his own. Fortunately, both had to comes to terms with their pasts and they needed to rely on their faith to get them there.
Hunter has a wonderful way of writing a charming friend to lover’s story with conflict and resolution for readers to thoroughly enjoy. There is good dialogue throughout sprinkled with a bit of humor and romantic references to some wonderful old movies. The characters are relatable and you feel their struggles of self-worth and anxiety and how they cope. Even the custody battle had a few twists I didn’t see coming. This book was thoroughly satisfying. Honeysuckle Dreams is a good addition in the Blue Ridge series, and I look forward to more of Hunter’s stories.
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