Cautious by Candice M. WrightMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Funny, Sexy and Fast Paced
I love this author. I think she writes exceptional contemporary romance, which is a cut above the usual fare. I wasn’t sure about this book because when authors write about a shared world it sometimes doesn’t work, but in this case it was fantastic. Though this is a shared world it seems to have little connection to any other books in the project that I can see, so it seems to be a thematic collection rather than a content collection.
Callie is trying to start over. Her life has been exceptionally hard, with violence and mental abuse throughout. She moves to a new small town in California and rents a house, ready to settle in to her small scale life that feels safe and warm. However, she meets a really hot neighbour as she’s moving her stuff in. Throw in his foul mouthed, sex positive grandmother who lives next door and her life is obviously going to be shaken up a bit.
Blake joined the army at 18 ready to leave his small home town the moment he could. However after a few tours of duty and losing his closest friends he came back to set up a security firm. His team have become his friends and he enjoys his job, and loves his grandmother dearly despite her tendency to embarrass him. He is focused on work and the odd occasional hook up until he meets the gorgeous new neighbour, especially when she drops a box full of sex toys and starts reciting facts about their capabilities.
Both of the main characters are instantly drawn to each other, but hold quite a lot back from their past. The story starts out like a romantic comedy and there are some laugh out loud sections as Callie is hilarious. The banter between her and all the guys from Blake’s firm is adorably sweet and funny. However the book then turns into a romantic suspense book as people and danger from Callie’s past track her down in her new home.
I love how Candice Wright does this. She has such a deft hand at weaving peril and humour in such a way that the danger never overwhelms and the sweet isn’t sickly. There are some pretty terrifying things in this book for Callie, but the author doesn’t let it get too much so it stops short of being too dark for most people to enjoy.
I really hope Ms Wright writes more about these people because they are really are a wonderful set of characters. I have hopes because there are lots of mysteries about them that are alluded to in this book, which means the author may well be already thinking about future stories.
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