Book Review: Longing For Love by D. Pichardo-Johansson
- Kristen Lewendon
- Sep 20, 2019
- 3 min read
Sunshine State Book 5
She wants a husband and a baby STAT; he’s the least eligible bachelor in town. She wants a forever home; he’s a house that might be crumbling down any minute.
Dr. Emery Love spent the last decade devoted to medicine and now the clock is ticking. After the fiasco of a canceled wedding, her list of requirements in a husband has decreased dramatically, but she knows what she wants: a healthy, steadily employed, fertile man. Her former patient Ethan Cadman doesn’t fit those criteria and she can’t afford to waste time with him. Why can’t she stop gravitating to his deep blue eyes, and that amazing smile he keeps in spite of adversity?
Contractor and amateur comedian Ethan Cadman knows he’s the least eligible bachelor in the world. Surviving cancer might’ve left him stronger, wiser, and with a greater appreciation for life. But it also left him broke, limited in his ability to work—and probably infertile. He has nothing to offer a woman as out of his league as Dr. Emery Love. But he has no guarantee he’ll be alive in five years, and she’s at the top of his bucket list.
When Ethan finds himself without health insurance, Emery would do anything to help him get coverage—even endure the torture of having him close every day. But she doesn’t know he’s had his eye on her for a long time. And some of the things he’s done trying to steal her are coming back to bite them both.
This sweet and sexy story—both poignant and hilarious—will make you laugh and cry page after page while inspiring you to live every day like it could be the last one.
This book is Book#5 of the Sunshine State Series. It’s a standalone novel and can be read out of order. No Cliffhangers.
About the Sunshine State Series:
These are all standalone books with guaranteed happy endings and can be read out of order. The stories are sprinkled with laughter; tear-jerking moments; uplifting, inspirational messages; and an occasional medical fact. They don’t contain explicit sex scenes, but they do pack enough heat and irreverent humor that they might make the reader of Clean and Sweet Romance blush.
A Note from the Author:
My stories are about deep connection and enduring love, rather than infatuation. They reveal a love that challenges us to become the best version of ourselves. My characters are above-average yet believable adults with imperfections and virtues, trying to figure out this big puzzle of life. These are people who’ve learned from their mistakes and can enlighten the reader with their experience.
My Review:
I have been desperate to get my hands on Ethan’s story since the time we first met him. There was just something so compelling about the charming, funny, wildly optimistic cancer survivor. And getting to know him in his own book hasn’t changed my opinion. For me. Emery was a special case. I loved her but she drove me to absolute distraction. Both of them are carrying around a lot of really heavy baggage and I despaired over getting to see them achieve the happy ever after they deserved. This couple and their eccentric family and friends had me laughing and crying. And now that this book is over, I want to go back to the beginning and start all over again. I can’t wait to see what merry chase Mercy leads us on. I received a complimentary advanced copy of this book from the author.
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