Ruth Cardello

Out of Love

Tiffany

Not suggested as I haven’t read it, but if you wanted to know Jesse’s story, make sure you read book 1. It’s based at the exact same time as this one is happening because they are identical twin brothers (separated at birth) who switch lives.

In book two we meet Scott, a farmer, who switches places with his highly successful business brother, Jesse.

Scott promises not to leave Jesse’s apartment, whoops. He’s now sat in Jesse’s office flirting with one of his brothers clients! Of course, she thinks it’s Jesse – rude, arrogant Jesse. Not sweet and considerate Scott.

Now Monica – fierce, smart and beautiful – isn’t taking any of Jesse’s… I mean, Scott’s arrogant behaviour. Wait… no I did mean Jesse. Right, Jesse has pissed her off. Questioning her data!? Nope. Not on. And that’s how she found herself in Jesse’s office face-to-face with the man himself… I mean, she thinks it’s him, but now it is Scott.

And Scott is flirty. And Monica likes it.

The best way I can describe this story is “Hallmark movie material”. I’m not sure if that’s a compliment or not, guess it depends on where you stand on Hallmark movies. I rather enjoy them, but do find them a little predictable and samey. But is that why we love them? Like romance stories; we know how it ends but is the story worth it all?

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Thank you NetGalley for this ARC

Lover of Romance 

Out of Love is the second book in the Switch series, and I did receive the ARC of this, but to be honest I just wasn't in the mood for this one here. I then transferred from the Audio to the ARC back and forth, as I was struggling with the pacing of the story. I am not sure if it wasn't just my mood that I was experiencing or if it was the writing itself. Normally Ruth Cardello pulls me in so quickly into books, so I was surprised that I struggled with this one. It might mean sticking with her audiobooks for this series moving forward. 

I did find the set up of the story to be quite intriguing. A farmer that is a bit of a scientist and is posing as a rich mogul haha there is a instant love connection vibe to the romance, the chemistry is solid within the story and there is some solid groveling and character growth. I did enjoy seeing what we see within the heroine. I also liked that the "secret" of the mistaken identity isn't dragged out all the way with the book. There is a strong sense of family within this one. I did enjoy seeing the strong connection of the parental love that is focused in this book. And I really enjoyed seeing the heroine come into her own strength especially in learning to fight for what she wants and seeing the relationship with her father getting more depth to it and get some truths revealed there. I found the romance itself to be quite endearing though. I loved how the heroine didn't force the hero to grovel too long, that she was able to see his side of it and be forgiving of it. 

If you are a fan of this author, then this is definitely going to be an enjoyable addition to her works for you!

Out of Love

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