Waitin' on Paige - Romance in Valiant 4 - by Mary Pat Johns

 

About the book:

Tavo Morales has returned to Valiant, Texas, to stir the embers of a relationship with the woman he has never stopped loving, but hidden reefs from his past threaten to destroy his future.

Paige Muñoz wants her new event planning business to be a success and won’t let anything stand in her way. But the path she’s on to make her dreams come true proves dangerous.

Is the love Tavo and Paige once shared strong enough to survive his secrets and her stubbornness?

My review:

This was a sweet story about a second chance at love.  Tavo and Paige both had issues with trust because of their childhoods. Tavo's been trying to win her back and it seems he might finally have her attention after he suffers an injury.  Then a celebrity client shows up to turn her head and he thinks all is lost.  I was a little frustrated with Paige as I get having trust issues but when it seemed like she left first for college and didn't come back, then why would she think he shouldn't leave?  They seemed to have a great relationship in high school so it felt like her fear didn't make a lot of sense to me.  It also seemed like she wasn't listening sometimes as he would tell her how he felt and she would get the opposite message.  I also felt like he could have explained things better and sooner as I felt he should have warned her about the celebrity with information he found out and not just vague comments.  He also didn't tell her very important information as soon as he found out later.  Tavo had wandered from his faith for a while after leaving Valiant and took a while to come back to it.  Paige decided to do her own thing concerning her ambition and not see what God's timing was.  Tavo had a great pair of friends who told him the truth, no matter what, and confronted him when necessary.  Paige's friends seemed like great ladies, too.  I think their stories were in the prior books and sound cute.  This was book four and worked as a stand-alone but it would have been nice to read the other couple's stories first as they were  very cute together in this one.  This was a sweet story for fans of second chance romance.

I received a complimentary copy of this book from the author.  I was not compensated for reviewing this book.  All opinions are my own.