Mr. Good Enough by Jamie Farrell

Mr. Good Enough by Jamie Farrell
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Maddie Mason isn’t desperate. She’s simply tired of waiting for the universe to deliver her Mr. Perfect. So she’s turning to the dating website she created, MisterGoodEnough.com, to finally find her future.

Online matchmaking is perfect for Maddie, because:
A) History has proven she’s a poor judge of decent husband material.
B) The dating pool in her crumbling little hometown is all but dried up.
C) She wants babies.

Trent Sawyer is not Mr. Good Enough material, because:
A) Twelve years ago, he stomped the stuffing out of Maddie’s naïve little teenage heart.
B) The man might look good in a tool belt, but she’s sure he’s up to something nefarious.
C) He doesn’t want kids. Ever.

But if Maddie were to fall for a guy like Trent, it would only be because:
A) When he apologizes, he apologizes big.
B) He’s fixing their little farm town, one dilapidated home at a time.
C) Her world is a brighter place with him in it.

So should Maddie:
A) Go for Mr. Second Best and the family she’s always wanted?
B) Take her Mr. Almost Perfect without the babies she craves?

Either way, there’s nothing simple about settling for Mr. Good Enough.  

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Don't let the cover fool you. If you're expecting frothy chick lit or a cute romance, you've come to the wrong place. Without the online dating hook to give it some lightness, this would be a darker, sad story about two people fighting battles with their personal demons. Will they ever see that they're more than just good enough?

Trent and Maddie are complex characters you'll want to strangle one minute and hug the next. Their struggles are realistic (Maddie is desperate to be loved and Trent... I'll let you find that out for yourself) and I don't think any of us can say we don't know what it's like to face down insecurities. As much as they frustrated me at times, I understood what they were going through and I wanted nothing more than to see them get their HEA.

This is slightly grittier than your average romance novel but if you're after great characters and a story to stick with you, give it a try. Jamie Farrell is one of the authors on my automatic-buy list and she's never let me down!



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