Author: Elizabeth Delisi
Publisher: Tirgearr Publishing
Publication Date: April 2016
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Buy The Book: Amazon | BN
Description: Julie Preston worked hard raising her younger sister, Emily, after their parents died, and creating a career. She gave up simple pleasures like love and relationships. So when a friend drags her to a singles bar, Julie’s ready for anything. She meets a gorgeous guy and they spend several passionate hours together. There’s real chemistry there, but Julie regretfully sticks to her promise: a one-night stand, no strings.
When Julie hires a tutor to help Emily pass English, she’s shocked to find Douglas Dean is the man from the bar. Seeing him in her house makes it hard to keep her hands off him, but he isn’t looking for a long-term relationship since he’s a singles bar patron. Right?
How many miles can Julie jog before she gives in and jumps him?
My Thoughts: Short story about a woman who learns that having responsibilities and working hard doesn’t mean you can’t have a life and find a little something for yourself along the way.
Julie Preston doesn’t know what it’s like to have a life, to pursue her dreams or to love and be loved in return. All of that changed when Julie’s parents died and she stepped in as guardian for her younger sister, Emily. Over the years, Julie’s primary focus has been building a career to support herself and Emily. Julie finally agrees to go out with a friend to a singles bar and even agrees that a one-night stand with no strings would be a good respite from her current day to day routine. At the bar, she meets a man who stirs up feelings she didn’t think she would feel. They have a passionate night, but Julie sticks to her guns that it will only be one night.
When Julie hires a tutor to help Emily, I was NOT shocked, though Julie is, the tutor, Douglas Dean, is the man from the bar. If you are going to have a one-night stand with a stranger, Doug is the kind of guy every woman should be lucky enough to find. A man who is attractive, smart, attentive and kind, Doug is exactly the kind of man Julie needs in her life. Now here is where I had an issue with the story. Julie fights her attraction and feelings for Doug, thinks if she takes off jogging every time he comes over, she will somehow purge those feelings from her. Yeah, right… Julie also decides that since she met Doug in a bar and they had a one-night stand, he can’t possibly be looking for a long-term relationship. Who cares, Julie? Up until you met Doug, YOU weren’t looking for a long-term relationship! You weren’t looking for ANY term relationship! Luckily for Julie, Doug has a plan and isn’t a quitter and Emily, isn’t a baby and thinks its way past time for Julie to have a life.
My Final Verdict: Despite Julie almost ruining this book for me, Emily and Doug save the day and Julie gets her happily ever after. I don’t like “big misunderstanding” plot devices that drag a story into boring blah blah blah and though it appeared that this was going to happen, thankfully, it didn’t. I recommend this story to fans of contemporary romance who enjoy seeing good people get their happily ever after, no drama and no long-suffering Wuthering Heights tragedy.
Disclaimer: I received a complimentary copy of Practical Passion from the author in exchange for an honest review.
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