Only Yours by Susan Mallery

Title: Only Yours (Fool’s Gold #5)

Author: Susan Mallery

Publisher: Hqn

Release: August 30, 2011

Length: 384 pages

Age Group: Adult

Review Copy: Publisher via Netgalley

Recommend: Julie says, “This was my first experience with the Fool’s Gold series and what a great experience it was.”

Man’s best…matchmaker?

Montana Hendrix has found her calling—working with therapy dogs. With a career she loves in a hometown she adores, she’s finally ready to look for her own happily ever after. Could one of her dogs help her find Mr. Right…or maybe Dr. Right?

Surgeon Simon Bradley prefers the sterility of the hospital to the messiness of real life, especially when real life includes an accident-prone mutt and a woman whose kisses make him want what he knows he can’t have.

Scarred since childhood, he avoids emotional entanglement by moving from place to place to heal children who need his skillful touch. Can his growing feelings for Montana lead him to find a home in Fool’s Gold, or will he walk away, taking her broken heart with him? ~ Goodreads.com

Review by Julie

This was my first experience with the Fool’s Gold series and what a great experience it was.

What I liked: I totally and completely like the characters and the town of Fool’s Gold. Mallery knows how to write a contemporary romance you can just sit back and enjoy. There are no huge events to cause emotional reading swings, just a story about a broken man and a hopeful woman looking for love. I enjoyed every aspect of Simon with all his flaws. Usually (I don’t know why) I like my fictional characters to be physically appealing. While Simon is seen and described as gorgeous…it’s only one half of his face. The other is scarred from burns sustained as a child. Somehow, Mallery wrote a character I completely accepted and enjoyed his looks. Even when he was being a jerk, I still liked this character and hoped the best for him. Montana, the female main character, was a perfect match for Simon and I really enjoyed watching them get to know each other. I liked the dog therapy aspect that added a perfect reason to continue bringing Simon and Montana together.

What I didn’t like: This isn’t really a “didn’t like” and more of “not in the mood” to read about the secondary things happening. I skimmed over certain interactions from secondary characters. I really enjoyed the Simon/Montana story and wanted to stay focused on that.

Overall: This was an enjoyable contemporary romance. I relaxed and read it in one day. Fans of previous books will get to see how some of the characters are doing. There are also hints of possible romance stories for future books with certain characters. I was just impatient to see the outcome for Simon and Montana to read about them too closely.

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