The Weather Girl
by Amy Vastine
The Weather Girl
by Amy Vastine
Clean Adult Contemporary Romance
January 1st 2014 by Harlequin
Turbulence is in their forecast.
Summer Raines knows when it's going to rain. She can feel it. That's why the local weather girl's so good at her job. Too bad she couldn't have foreseen the tumultuous arrival of Travis Lockwood, everybody's favorite star NFL quarterback. Make that former star NFL quarterback. Sidelined back to Texas after an injury, the golden boy is trying to steal her precious on-air time. Summer is reduced to reporting from…football games. It's enough to make her quit and become a storm-chaser like her parents. She's stuck with a career that's going nowhere and a man who delights in her refusal to be charmed. Falling in love isn't nearly as easy as predicting the weather.
My Review
The Weather Girl was a delightful surprise! I was expecting a cute story. How could I not with that adorable cover? I wasn't, however, expecting the depth of emotions, the loss the characters experienced, the struggle with meeting expectations and finding their place, and the villain who was out to sabotage Summer. Yes, this was a sweet love story, but it was also so much more!
I fell in love with Summer from the beginning. She was cute, but feisty. She also cracked me up consistently with her weather facts that she would rattle off when she would get nervous. I loved that Travis took her and her facts in stride, that he listened, and that he figured Summer out. It helped that he's quite a hunk and definitely a gentleman as well. I also loved Summer's grandparents! They added so much to this story and had some bits of wisdom that they threw in as well.
The plot was engaging and entertaining. I was equally smiling, sighing, and getting upset at some of the antics throughout the story. I loved the romance! I loved that it wasn't instantaneous. Of course Summer and Travis are attracted to each other, but they are more intrigued by each other. Travis sees in Summer almost the polar opposite of his former fiance. Summer doesn't like Travis at first, at least that's what she tells herself. As she comes to know him better she sees in Travis much more than he sees in himself and she was just a little bit afraid of him and the threat to her world he could be if she let him.
Overall, this was pretty much a perfect romance. It's light and heavy in all the right places. There's tension and some sweet kisses and some difficult choices that these characters had to make. It all comes together in the end and left me with that happy-ever-after feeling that I love. I would definitely recommend it to romance lovers everywhere!
Content: Clean (There were a few cases of mild swearing and some innuendo, but I would still consider this clean.)
Source: From the author, which did not affect my review in any way.
I fell in love with Summer from the beginning. She was cute, but feisty. She also cracked me up consistently with her weather facts that she would rattle off when she would get nervous. I loved that Travis took her and her facts in stride, that he listened, and that he figured Summer out. It helped that he's quite a hunk and definitely a gentleman as well. I also loved Summer's grandparents! They added so much to this story and had some bits of wisdom that they threw in as well.
The plot was engaging and entertaining. I was equally smiling, sighing, and getting upset at some of the antics throughout the story. I loved the romance! I loved that it wasn't instantaneous. Of course Summer and Travis are attracted to each other, but they are more intrigued by each other. Travis sees in Summer almost the polar opposite of his former fiance. Summer doesn't like Travis at first, at least that's what she tells herself. As she comes to know him better she sees in Travis much more than he sees in himself and she was just a little bit afraid of him and the threat to her world he could be if she let him.
Overall, this was pretty much a perfect romance. It's light and heavy in all the right places. There's tension and some sweet kisses and some difficult choices that these characters had to make. It all comes together in the end and left me with that happy-ever-after feeling that I love. I would definitely recommend it to romance lovers everywhere!
Content: Clean (There were a few cases of mild swearing and some innuendo, but I would still consider this clean.)
Source: From the author, which did not affect my review in any way.
About the Author
Amy Vastine has been plotting stories in her head for as long as she can remember. An eternal optimist, she studied social work, hoping to teach others how to find their silver lining. Now, she enjoys creating happily ever afters for all to read.
In September of 2012, she saw a tweet about Harlequin's So You Think You Can Write contest. She entered, hoping for nothing more than a little feedback from some people in the business. Amazingly, The Weather Girl made it into the semi-finals, thanks to the many wonderful voters out there! The manuscript didn't make it to the finals, but the editors over Harlequin were still interested. A few revisions later and The Weather Girl was contacted for publication with Harlequin Heartwarming - a dream come true!
Amy lives outside Chicago with her high school sweetheart-turned-husband, three fun-loving children, and their sweet but mischievous puppy dog.
- 5 ebooks of The Weather Girl (INT)
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