By: Carrie Ann Ryan
Recommendation: 👍👍👍👍 - (Out of 5 👍)
Synopsis:
Lake Montgomery is an extremely successful women. At a young age she invented and patented a piece of technology that has made her a multi-millionaire. She has used her success to help in the advancement of other women hoping to start their own businesses. Every year Elite magazine elects to honor forty CEO's with being one of their '40 under 40'. Lake is awarded with this recognition and is fully aware that this opportunity is only given to one to two women every year. The CEO retreat will take place at an elegant five star hotel in upstate New York with one major problem, she is expected to bring a guest and Lake is currently single.
Nick Gatlin shares an equal partnership in Montgomery Ink Legacy. He is a talented tattoo artist who has worked hard for everything he has in life. When he was a young boy his firefighter father was killed working a fire. His mother could not cope with this death, leaving her son isolated and deserted. Because of this, Nick practically grew up with the Montgomery family and considers his best friend Leif Montgomery more like a brother.
Nick's relationship with Lake has always been cantankerous. They are not quite friends but they are not quite enemies, you could consider them frenemies. They fight like cats and dogs. If Lake and Nick are being honest with themselves all this back and forth is just a weird sort of foreplay. When Nick discovers Lake needs a plus one for her 40 over 40 retreat he volunteers himself.
Nick is on occasion awkward but always sexy as all get out. Lake has a beautiful soul and an extremely strong character considering all she has endured in life. I enjoyed getting to know both characters and being witness to their struggle to maintain their wonderful friendship while building something more. All of Carrie Ann Ryan's books can be read as stand alone stories but I am so excited to learn more about the close circle of friends mentioned in the Montgomery Ink Legacy series.
I was provided an Advanced Reader Copy and am voluntarily providing an honest review.
At First Meet will be available for purchase February 27th, 2023. I recommend pre-ordering your copy now:
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