London and Jackson’s story was charming and beautiful. I love the chemistry between them and the easy building of their relationship. This book had me smiling like a fool a good chunk of the time while reading and in the end it had me crying. I love a book that can make me feel emotions and bring me to tears.

Pepper rating ( )

London Spark and her sisters are enjoying a night out when an extremely attractive man pays for their food and drinks and gives her his number. Since she just broke up with her boyfriend, she refuses the offer. However 3 months later, Spark House is given an opportunity to partner with a large firm. London handles presentations, and at this meeting, handsome Jackson Holt, CEO, sees her, and decides to join the meeting. Of course, he is the man she refused months earlier.
The attraction between the two is undeniable, but Jackson is trying to keep it professional. However, he slips and from then on, they can't stay apart. Yet, London believes he is holding something back, plus she has loads of responsibility at Spark House that she doesn't know if she can manage it all.. Everything comes to a head when a woman that he had a relationship with tells him that she was hoping for more. London doesn't want to be the other woman, so she needs to leave.
Will they be able to find their way back to each other, and to be honest with each other?
Another Spark House romance - now the 2nd sister has her chance at love. This is another sweet romance, with some steamy love scenes, and emotions flying high. I enjoyed it and am looking forward to sister #3 getting her chance! ( )

quick, easy, fun romcom read, if a bit unbelievable, definitely some suspension of disbelief required.

good writing, enjoyable. (read in less than a day) ( )

London Spark is enjoying an evening out with her sisters, celebrating being single again, when a handsome bearded man picks up the tab and asks London for a date. She is dumbfounded and refuses, but weeks later she finds herself in a business meeting with CEO Jackson Holt whose company wants to partner with Spark House, and London realizes that Jackson is that bearded stranger. They begin a business, then personal relationship that seems perfect, but there are troubled times ahead in London's professional relationship with her sisters and her romance with Jackson.

Starry-Eyed Love is a pretty typical romance with very little conflict until near the end of the book. The story would have benefited a great deal with more humor and/or steam, however without either of those things, the middle of the book is fairly mundane, leading to a third act conflict that does evoke emotion but is overly dramatic and much too easily solved. The friction between the sisters in dealing with their business affairs does add a layer of interest to the plot, but overall, Starry-Eyed Love is an average, mostly forgettable romance. ( )

I’m so excited to tell y’all about Starry-Eyed Love by Helena Hunting, the sweet, sexy romance that you’re going to want on your summer reading list! When I got the opportunity for an early read from St. Martin’s Press via Netgalley I didn’t hesitate.
London Spark runs Spark House, an Inn and event space in Colorado, together with her sisters. Having just come out of a long term relationship London is quick to turn down the handsome stranger who asks her own during a girls night out. This becomes awkward when the handsome stranger, Jackson Holt, turns out to be the very wealthy owner of the company who wants to partner with Spark House, moving them forward to the next level. Can London and Jackson work around their undeniable attraction, staying professional? Can two sisters convince the third that they can maintain the integrity of a ‘family business’ and bring in the additional help they so desperately need?
This is the second in the Spark House series but Starry-Eyed Love is fine as a read alone. Helena Hunting does a seamless job giving enough background on characters and storyline, but doesn’t get bogged down in retelling the first book. I enjoyed the first in the series, When Sparks Fly, but think this second book is Helena Hunting at her best. I thought the delayed romance hit just the right tone, it felt honest and believable. I loved the relationship between the sisters, their frustrations, their ability to see each other and cut through the noise.
This is a fantastic summer read for holidays and vacation, by the lake/pool/beach or your backyard. I recommend for lovers of HEA, romance, and contemporary women’s fiction. ( )