Take Me
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5.0 • 3 Ratings
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- $4.99
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Publisher Description
Tom Ong isn't exactly handsome or witty. Tall? Yes. Nerdy? Sure. Single? Yep—13 years and counting. But he doesn't mind. As an avid boulderer, he's used to being on his own and unattached.
His close colleague, Cassie Green, prefers sport climbing. She's petite, charming, and already taken—i.e., his exact opposite. Despite their differences, Cassie knows that Tom deserves love like anyone else. That's why, after countless meetings and work trips together, Cassie vows to find him a partner.
The thing is, he doesn't want a partner—he wants her. And while searching for his perfect match, Cassie begins to feel the same…except that she's married.
When her husband proposes a different arrangement, Cassie can't decide: is this a disaster, or a golden opportunity? The beginning of the end, or the start of something wonderful? To find the answer, all three will have to determine what Happily Ever After means to them.
Customer Reviews
A romance novel to warm even a cold heart like mine
I’m not normally a reader of novels, much less romance novels, but I love these books! If you have already read the first two books of the Burlfriends series by Jen Trinh, then all I need to tell you is that this installment is as good as the first two, if not better. A wonderful read, I give it my highest recommendation!
In her third novel Trinh has clearly grown as an author. This story focuses on the chemistry between Tom and Cassie, his happily(ish) married coworker. It seems like there is a bit less sex in this book (although certainly not a shortage) and there is more focus on the internal emotional lives of the of the two characters, especially Cassie. This book explores aspects of modern adult relationships that most romances avoid: finances, babies (and whether/when to have them), even an experiment with polyamory. The story also benefits from having fully fleshed-out characters from the previous novels playing supporting roles.
As with Trinh’s previous novels, this emotional journey is expressed effectively though chapters alternating between the two main characters’ points of view. They don’t merely end up in a new relationship, but they grow as individual people as well. The novel avoids relying on the tropes that befall too many romance stories; for example, Michael, Cassie’s husband and the obstacle to Tom and Cassie’s romance, is not a terrible husband or a jerk, in fact, I like him quite a lot.