Maria and Peter are both actors and understand the responsibilities that can come with that job, yet that was the source of tension at the end of the book. The ending didn’t make a ton of sense to me either. It’s difficult to balance a timeline like that because you don’t want to drag it out, but you also want it to be meaningful enough that you can see the relationship develop between these two characters, and we didn’t get that, unfortunately. The first 1/3 or so of the book took place over the six years that Maria and Peter starred in Gods of the Gates, and it felt rushed to me. The timeline of this book didn’t quite work for me. However, it didn’t quite measure up to Spoiler Alert, my favorite of hers, in my opinion. Olivia Dade’s books are always a good time, and this was no exception. Trigger warnings for this book include: fatphobia (challenged on-page), death of a parent (off-page), and cheating (off-page). His shipwrecked Swede doesn’t stand a chance. She thinks she needs more than he can give her, but he’s determined to change her mind, and he’s spent the last six years waiting. Too bad they still don’t have a future together, since Peter’s going back to Hollywood, while Maria’s returning to her native Sweden. But on their last night of filming, their mutual restraint finally shatters, and all their pent-up desire explodes into renewed passion. No matter how much he aches for her.įor years, they don’t touch off-camera. Given time, maybe they can be cooperative colleagues or friends-possibly even best friends-but not lovers again. He also knows a failed relationship with Maria could poison the set, and he won’t sabotage his career for a woman who’s already walked away from him once. Peter knows this role could finally transform him from a forgettable character actor into a leading man. She still wants him…but he now wants nothing to do with her. Apparently, Peter’s her surly Gods of the Gates co-star, and they’re about to spend the next six years filming on a desolate Irish island together. Maria’s one-night-stand-the thick-thighed, sexy Viking of a man she left without a word or a note-just reappeared.

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