Making the Love List: A sweet, small town, older brother's best friend romance

Yasmin and Lane's story made me think if there was a person other than myself who knew the crevices beneath my rough exterior. How lovely it would be. What Yasmin went through in Borneo became the catalyst for her to reevaluate her life. Her perfectly planned career, the careful choices she made before she nearly lost her life to a disease. She was full of passion, Lane on the other hand was the objective type. He was strict, overly responsible, pragmatic and beneath all that was a man who has a soft spot for anything filial. He was kind, he valued something that was taken away from him due to the separation of his parents. But meeting Nick and the Katsalos Family filled that empty void in him. To be honest, I wasn't expecting myself to be emotionally drawn esp with Lane. He was a man any women would want to have as a husband. He might appear or sound as cold and detached but he was so loving and selfless. Yasmin may have been infuriating at the latter part of the story for being a brat. But I'm also satisfied with how she redeemed herself. It was a lovely story that it made my eyes sweat.

I received a complimentary copy of this book and I am voluntarily reviewing it. This is the start to a series. This author is new to me and I couldn't wait to read it. Death was knocking on Yasmin door but she was able to beat the odds of the dengue fever and lives. She rushes home to be with her family. In her travels home, she writes her version of a bucket list and calls it a bouquet list. She does the first two, put purple streaks in her beautiful black hair and a nose piercing. Once home, she finds chaos. Her mother has left for Greece and her father is leaving the next day to bring her home. The family's wedding/restaurant is struggling. Her father put Lane (her brother's Nick best friend) in charge of renovating the Aegean Palace. Yasmin is the only daughter and she has been protected all of her life. She wants to break out and finally wants to live her life as she travels around but first she needs to help Lane with the renovation. Lane has sold all of his restaurants as his dream of having a restaurant in a top notch hotel is finally coming true within the next month. Lane is level headed and solid. His is set in his ways and will bring the outdated Greek Aegean Palace into the modern day. Lane and Yasmin are so far apart from each other but the sparks fly with they met for the first time to discuss the renovations. The hurdles are there for them. Will they be able to overcome them all to get to their HEA? You will have to read to find out. Yes, there are some highs and lows here. My heart broke in a scene and I really wanted to shake one of the characters senseless. There are a few sexy scenes that aren't in any great detail so a word of caution if you want a totally clean romance. I look forward to reading the other books in this series.