Spark House #2
Audible audiobook
Author: Helena Hunting
Narrators: Stella Bloom and Jason Clarke
London Spark is at a bar with her sisters when a handsome stranger pays for their drinks and gives her his business card. Yeah, no thanks. She’s just out of a relationship and is too busy with Spark House, the boutique hotel/event location she runs with her sisters. A couple of months later, London is doing a presentation for a possible deal at a multi-million dollar corporation and the CEO shows up. Luck would have it that Jackson Holt is none other than the handsome stranger at the bar.
Jackson can’t believe his luck: good luck because there she is again and bad luck because now they’ll be working together for an event and he can’t show personal interest in her until it’s over, as it will be inappropriate. When their direct business asssociation is over, they are finally able to pursue a relationship but their personal lives come with a lot of complications for them.
I have to confess that book 1 in this series wasn’t a favorite for me, but I was interested in London, especially because she has anxiety. She deals with it with by folding origami stars that she later uses in decorations for events and art pieces for her passion: her Etsy shop.
It was a sweet romance (the steam is there, relax, folks!) and Jackson is a yummy cinnamon roll. The “villain” in this is not villain at all and, surprisingly, the character I wanted to smack upside the head was the oldest sister, Avery (from book 1). She loves her sisters but what an annoying, self-centered, selfish girl. Seriously, girl!
It was a fun, sweet story that I really enjoyed!
Bonus: we get to catch up with a lot of characters from the Shacking Up series.
Narration: Stella Bloom, who is great, and not as much Jason Clarke as you would want.
Rep and possible triggers: FMC has anxiety. Mentions of loss of parents.
