Review: Only Yours by Susan Mallery

Only Yours
Susan Mallery
Series: Fool's Gold #5
Publisher: HQN
Publish Date: August 30, 2011
Mass Market Paperback {p.384}
Source: Personal Library
Genre: Contemporary
Characters: Montana Hendrix, Simon Bradley
Challenge: 100+
Buy the Book: Amazon

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?

I don’t think I really “felt the love” with Simon and Montana.

Although Simon and Montana seemed to genuinely enjoy each other, he still came across to me as reserved. I don’t think I ever formed any connection with him throughout the book. By the end of the book, I didn’t know Simon any better than I did at page one. Their love story didn’t draw me in and hold my attention like the previous books in this series.

Simon isn’t who I would have thought Montana would end up falling for. I’m not sure who I pictured her with, but Simon wasn’t it. But in the end, he was who she needed.

I love this series and the residents of Fool’s Gold, even though I didn’t really enjoy Simon and Montana’s story. I loved catching up with all the other residents and seeing a glimpse of the whole Max and Denise situation. I can’t wait to see that story unfold. And see what else is in store for Fool’s Gold.