Finn (Anderson Billionaires #1) by Melody Anne

Finn

(Anderson Billionaires #1)

by Melody Anne

Kindle Edition, 1st edition, 279 pages

Published October 8th 2019 by Montlake Romance

Goodreads synopsis:

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Melody Anne begins a sizzling and heartfelt series about Joseph Anderson’s long-lost nephews.

Finn Anderson is a loyal military veteran who has no desire to live a life of luxury and ease, but sometimes a person doesn’t get a choice. His life is flipped upside down when he and his four brothers learn they’re long-lost relatives of the absurdly famous and wealthy Joseph Anderson. The eccentric but generous billionaire puts the brothers to work building a new veterans center, and that’s not all: Joseph won’t stop until each nephew finds love.

Finn has never expected or wanted an easy life, and he struggles with his early retirement from the elite SEAL team. But when a very confident Brooke Garrison literally sweeps him off his feet during a self-defense class he’s teaching, he thinks less about his past and more about a brand-new future.

If Finn knows anything for certain, it’s that he can’t let this woman get away. Though Brooke is tough and compassionate, the loss of her brother has left her vulnerable. She isn’t sure she can risk loving and losing another person in her life, including a very determined ex-SEAL. Can the two of them look beyond their past wounds and embrace what they’re feeling?

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3 Stars

This is the first book in the Anderson Billionaires series by Melody Anne.

Finn Anderson isn’t your normal billionaire. He is down home, he is a military vet and he has a family who are not only well off but nice to boot. He definitely has it all… except a wife. And in the beginning that isn’t even on his radar. Then he meets Brooke and she challenges his idea of what companionship and long lasting love might mean.

I really wanted to love this, but there was something missing that I just couldn’t put my finger on. You get invested into caring for the characters immediately. As I think about the story structure, it might be the lack of the normal romance outline missing:  guy gets girl, guy loses girl, guy wins girl’s affections back. Finn was all in with Brooke from nearly page one. He never really lost her and she did a ton of waffling about what she wanted so she never lost him. I think to make a romance that pulls at people’s hearts you have to put in those road blocks and stumbles that make up everyone’s romantic journey. That makes the coming together sweeter.

I feel that if the couple had fallen apart and then come back together by the end, I might have rated this much differently.

If you are a romance junkie and just want one love fest after another, definitely check this out.

I received this as an ARC (Advanced Reader Copy) in return for an honest review. I thank NetGalley, the publisher and the author for allowing me to read this title.