The Blind Date (Love Unexpected Book 1)
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The Blind Date
One night changes everything. Years ago, when Ryan Stewart saw Shawna Ferguson, it was love at first sight. She reluctantly agrees to finish the date with him, but doing so leaves her vulnerable to his charms and the heat he ignited in her that very first night. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about The Blind Date , please sign up. Lists with This Book. Aug 28, MsKingsPens rated it it was ok Shelves: TBD is technically well written and fast paced.
The male lead is a bit one note, but charming.
The plot was trite, but fairly entertaining. This is my third Delaney Diamond book and in every one of them she's used sex to paper over her couples complete lack of depth. Add to that, her female leads seem to have the will and emotional maturity of potted plants. And it's never about emotion, it's always a woman who cannot resist the sexual pul 2. And it's never about emotion, it's always a woman who cannot resist the sexual pull of her love interest.
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Still, this was so much better than Second Chances that I gave it an extra half star. A bit boring at times but the sex scenes made up for it, although I did find them a bit abbreviated at times.
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I prefer longer sex scenes, none of that "they made love the whole night" crap and then skipping over to the next day. That just makes me angry! It was good could have been better. Sep 28, Tina rated it really liked it Shelves: I really enjoyed this one. This was a very well written short book that felt longer than it actually was. Mainly because the author did a great job of making the reader feel the two protagonists fall in love. There was a depth to the relationship that you don't often get in books of this length.
I liked the convention of the flashbacks. They were well incorporated with the present day and did a good job of explaining the genesis of the relationship and where each of the two characters were coming I really enjoyed this one. They were well incorporated with the present day and did a good job of explaining the genesis of the relationship and where each of the two characters were coming from.
I also liked that they were both appealing and realistically flawed. You liked them, and yet they both make mistakes. Also, he isn't some super alpha you see ad nauseum and she isn't an irritating -- which also sadly seems to be a staple in some IR romances.
The Blind Date (Love Unexpected #1) by Delaney Diamond
The love scenes were sensual without being explicit. Sep 30, Connie rated it really liked it. I was a given a copy of this book in exchange for a review. This is Ryan and Shawna's story. When I first started to read the book, I was like, oh no, young people and their woes. I paused there for a moment, then thought, let me keep going to see where this is leading. The book actually flips back and forth between present day and the past.
Ryan and Shawna are older and wiser than their first meeting 6 years ago. Ryan was not decisive or self assured when he met Shawna the first time. He was st I was a given a copy of this book in exchange for a review. He was still coming into his own. He saw Shawna in the store and decided he had to make his move because it was a now or never moment. Ryan convinced Shawna to go out with him and they ended up spending a glorious weekend together until she found out that Ryan had a girlfriend. I thought it was going to be a wife the way Shawna reacted.
I was actually a little relieved because a wife would have been a point of no redemption in my eyes. Anyway, Shawna disappeared from Ryan's life. Six years later, he's talking to a friend of his and finds out that his sister in law and Shawna is one in the same woman! He begs his friend to set up a date, but he never divulged their history. Shawna agrees to a blind date because her sister won't leave her alone otherwise.
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She sees Ryan and wants to tuck her tail and run. Ryan convinces her to stay and they discussed what happened all those years ago and try to recreate those same feelings in present time. I liked how Ms. Delaney wove the past with the present without confusion. That's not an easy task. I liked how she told us of their relationship in how they got started while not neglecting the the present. The only thing I didn't like is that I didn't feel there was enough interaction outside of sex that helps me remember why these two are so good for one another now.
What are their commonalities? They had a good start on their first weekend together, but their present was filled with a lot of mistrust and talking about getting back on track to recapture the magic. Shawna was angry which she had every right to be and a typical fickle woman, who said one thing but meant another. It could have been great had it been more of the getting to know you aspect in their present relationship.
I still enjoyed the story and read it in one sitting, so it's a solid 3. Oct 06, Nia Forrester rated it it was amazing Shelves: I love Delaney Diamond. Have I said this before? Certain writers have a way of expressing themselves that just speaks to something in you that you can't identify, and for me, she is one of them. Her stories always have just that perfect balance of sweet and sour -- love and loss, pain and euphoria, that I love in romance. Not cloyingly sweet or overly sentimental, but also not in-your-face gritty realism either.
In The Blind Date , she gives us characters that are somewhat unlike her usual fare. They are younger than her usual H and h, and are building something rather than at the pinnacle of a hard-fought career or the beneficiaries of family wealth, and when we first meet them Ryan and Shawna are meeting again after a six-year separation. To help us understand Shawna's rather explosive reaction when Shawna and Ryan meet on a blind date, the writer goes back in time so we can get the history.
The old flashback routine can be tedious sometimes, but not here. In fact, the love story of their past is as engaging as the one in the present, which might explain why you feel like you get twice as much story in one fairly short read. Ryan is a bad-ass who wants to claim his woman right away, and Shawna is the perfect reticent heroine who wants to keep her head about her while her heart has other ideas.
The conflicts--Ryan's past deception and Shawna's current would-be suitor--are just enough to keep you turning the page. Well, that and the super-sexy love scenes, of course. I've read some reviews where readers wish there was more of this, that or the other, but y'know, I didn't experience that and never do with this writer. Her work is like a perfect amuse-bouche. Just enough to make you want more, never so much that you wish you hadn't eaten the meal. This book left me entirely satisfied.
Oct 07, Ginny Rose rated it really liked it Shelves: This story is about Ryan and Shawna, two people who cross paths after six years.
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I had a fight for the under dog, though he started off as a dog vibe. The only thing holding me back was the narrator. His voice was a pain and did not jive well with the characters and they projected certain emotions. I'm new to reviews. Not my thing, but I promised to give an honest review. I love Diamond Delaney as an author and will continue to support her work and will get the next audiobook in this series because I will be on the road the next couple of weeks. Desperate for the next story.
I will suffer through his voice one last time. Everything about it was awesome! The story was great but the narrator, Michael Pauley made it even better!! Awesome job goes to the author and the storyteller! Would not read again. I really liked this book and would recommend this book. It had a great storyline and sexual storylines. I wish this book was a movie or TV show. I didn't like that Jerome didn't get into trouble after what he did. I would like to hear more about their happy ending.
Hopefully another one of your books about their friends will give a hint about their lives. I like the story of lost and then found again love. It was just a little short. The story spends time to introduce a character from another Love Unexpected book. I think there could have been more to the story after the ending that shows the growth of the characters and their relationships with family.
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