#BookReview – “No Flowers Required” by Cari Quinn

Blurb

He’ll give her everything she desires…except his identity.

Flower shop owner Alexa Conroy had it all before the recession hit and her customers fled to cheaper shopping grounds. Desperate to make ends meet, she sells her dream home and moves into the rundown apartments above her shop. When she spots six feet of sexy distraction—complete with muscles, piercings, and tattoos—ripping up flooring, Alexa knows the karmic windfall she’s due just landed on her doorstep.

And the attraction’s definitely not one-sided.

Dillon James, reluctant heir to the corporation about to foreclose on Alexa’s shop, is not about to jeopardize their scorching chemistry by admitting he’s not the building’s handyman. But with only weeks until her business goes under and his identity is revealed, Dillon must find a way to convince Alexa cooperation isn’t a dirty word, help her save the shop from his brother’s greed, and persuade her that he’s not the enemy…or risk losing the only woman who’s seen the real him.

Review

In the second book in the Love Required series, florist Alexa Conroy is struggling to keep her small, heavily indebted business afloat. Since the chain store down the street sells their flowers for less, she’s losing customers. She’s on the verge of losing everything, but then she meets the sexy handyman working in her apartment building, which is above her store. Luckily for her, he’s perfect for relieving her long-denied libido.

Dillon James is no average handyman. He’s actually co-owner of the building where she lives and works in, and his parents own the hardware store Alexa hates, which he’s set to inherit. It’s no surprise he doesn’t tell her who he really is. As they get to one another, his guilt builds, but will he lose her when he finally tells her the truth?

Alexa and Dillon are great characters. They’re determined to do great things with their lives. The sexual tension between them was scorching, but they couldn’t stop thinking about sex, which slowed the pacing.

There weren’t any typos from what I noticed, and I enjoyed Ms. Quinn’s writing style. I will definitely look for more of her books.

3.5 Stars

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