Short & Sweet Review: Two of a Kind by Susan Mallery

Title: Two of a Kind   

Author: Susan Mallery    

Series: Fool’s Gold, #11     

Published: June 2013, Harlequin  

Format: E-book, 246 pages    

Source: Personal copy  

New York Times
bestselling author Susan Mallery welcomes readers back to Fool’s Gold,
where a one-time fling could become the real thing…

Felicia
Swift never dreamed she’d hear a deep, sexy voice from her past in tiny
Fool’s Gold, California. The last time Gideon Boylan whispered in her
ear was half a world away…on the morning after the hottest night of
her life. Her freaky smarts have limited her close friendships, and
romance, but she came to Fool’s Gold looking for ordinary. Gorgeous,
brooding Gideon is anything but that.

Black Ops taught Gideon
that love could be deadly. Now he pretends to fit in while keeping
everyone at arm’s length. Felicia wants more than he can give-a home,
family, love-but she has a lot to learn about men…and Gideon needs to
be the man to teach her.

As these two misfits discover that
passion isn’t the only thing they have in common, they just might figure
out that two of a kind should never be split apart.

***Short & Sweet Reviews
are short, quick reviews. These will mainly be used for series books
where I have already done full reviews on some of the earlier books or
for books that I feel will suffice with a quick review. These will not
be used for review requests or blog tours.

My thoughts: It’s no surprise that I love this series and have really enjoyed all the books so far. I love that the characters are fresh and real and their stories, while always ending with a HEA, all have some bumps in the road. What I loved about this particular book is Felicia’s character. She is a breath of fresh air in that she is so unique and original to the characters we’ve already met and come to love. She’s that girl with all the smarts but very little real world experience/common sense. She’s just downright quirky and I loved it. She’s very literal and just says what’s on her mind – which provides for some comical situations!

I enjoyed Felicia and Gideon’s romance – it was unique and heartwarming. We also meet some new people and I am really looking forward to reading their stories. How Susan Mallery does it book after book, I don’t know, but I feel as if the books just keep getting better and better!

Books in this series:

     1.  Chasing Perfect                   9.5  A Fool’s Gold Christmas

     2.  Almost Perfect                    9.75  Halfway There

     2.5  Sister of the Bride          10.  Just One Kiss

     3.  Finding Perfect                   11.   Two of a Kind

     4.  Only Mine                              12.  Three Little Words

     5.  Only Yours                            12.5  Christmas on 4th Street

     6.  Only His                                  13. When We Met                      

     6.1  Only Us                                 14.   Before We Kiss – due out May 2014

     6.2  Almost Summer               15.  Until We Touch – due out Jun 2014

     7.  Summer Days                      15.5  Yours for Christmas – due out Sep 2014  

     8.  Summer Nights                   

     9.  All Summer Long