Ethan is trying to do the best he can without running afoul of his ex-wife. He met Sasha when their kids were younger and he felt like they connected, but she doesn’t seem to remember. He doesn’t mean to keep messing things up for Sasha but he seems to have made an enemy of her.
Little by little, the friction between them (well, at least from Sasha) starts to ease, and there’s no denying they’re attracted to one another. But when a job opportunity takes Sasha to a Caribbean island and she discovers that one of her coworkers is—guess who?—they resolve to put their issues behind them and keep it professional.
Of course, the more time they spend together, their professional relationship starts to shift into something else. Ethan is certain what he wants; Sasha certainly wants Ethan but doesn’t know if she wants to disrupt her life and her kids’ lives. But he sure is tempting…
I love stories about adults behaving badly, particularly the foibles of parents. The banter between Sasha and Ethan is really fun, and although her ex-husband is a pretentious douche, their conversations cracked me up too. (“How had I ever wanted to have sex with someone who said ‘love and light’?”)
There’s a third narrator in the book (who, ironically, isn’t mentioned in any synopses) that I found utterly unnecessary, and anytime she popped up, it took me completely out of the story. I know that people like Kaitlin exist but I didn’t feel like she contributed anything to the story.
