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The StandIn edition by Rosanna Leo Contemporary Romance eBooks

Rosanna Leo is best known for her paranormal romances, but with this book she proves (again?) that she can rock a contemporary romance as well. What she gives us here isn't a steaming hot affair involving super sexy preternatural creatures, but the the passionate budding romance of two damaged, but not broken, normal humans who prove that they can be every bit as sexy as their supernatural counterparts. As they work their way through their issues to find a way to come together they learn more about themselves and about each other than they ever thought they would.

Winn is rather down on her luck, struggling to pay her rent while striking out at audition after audition. She is also still reeling from having been left at the altar a year or so ago because she's preferred to avoid dealing with the tumult of emotions that spawned in her instead of working through them. This head-in-the-sand approach creates some potential problems for her when she accepts the position as a stand-in bridesmaid, but she manages alright for awhile, not really having any problems until Patrick starts to follow her around for his article. Her growing attraction to him begins to demand that she face her past and finally deal with all of the emotional fallout from her failed wedding that she has been ignoring for too long.

Patrick is dealing with problems that are more professional than personal, though he has his share of personal problems he largely avoids as well. His current circumstances mean he has little choice but to accept the article assignment his friend offers him despite not liking either the publication his friend runs or the topic he's supposed to write about. He is caught off-guard by his almost instant attraction to Winn, and struggles to keep it under lock-down to maintain at least some modicum of professional behavior. The longer he remains with Winn, however, and the better he gets to know her, the more he finds it difficult to deny his growing feelings for her and the more he find himself having to make some hard decisions and face down some demons of his own in order to clear the way for them to be together.

I really enjoyed this story. Winn and Patrick are both very relateable characters who are dealing with problems that many of us face in our own lives. Their developing romance is heartwarming, but even more so is they way they both begin to come out of their self-imposed cocoons and start to learn to love again. The process is, of course, not without pain and pitfalls, but it's inspiring to watch them work through it and to find the strength within that was always there just waiting for them to call upon it. As they find themselves compelled to stand up for one another against those who would tear them down, so too do they learn how to stand up for themselves and quit playing the victim. Would that we could all manage it as well as they do.

Anyone who enjoys contemporary romances will love this book I think, and perhaps even those who aren't normally drawn to such. Their romance is sweet, but also more than a bit spicy, and the honest emotions of two normal people will surely appeal to a broad range of readers. I give it 4½ stars, rounded up where necessary, for it is certainly worth that benefit of the doubt.


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The StandIn edition by Rosanna Leo Contemporary Romance eBooks Reviews

I love the title of this book and I really did enjoy the book, the only thing I didn't care for was the ending. I would have liked to see them get married and have all of the bride's that she was a fake bridesmaid for be her real bridesmaids.
This book was an easy read for me. Winn is sweet and smart. Patrick is just yummy and an all around good guy. The plot was ( no spoilers here) was well paced and believable and the love scenes were smoking but yet sweet. I loved this book!
Great story, loved The Stand In! It was a very entertaining, smart and smooth read that made me laugh out loud, sigh and get really drawn in to the plights and issues that plagued Patrick and Winn. Loved them! Such a warm and funny, flirty, five star read!
I enjoy reading stories about characters that I could bump into in "real" life and I really love stories that are told from both characters POV. I like seeing things unfold through the eyes of both of the main characters. This book delivers on both counts. Winn is a struggling actress who is in need of a job and answer an ad in the paper to be a "stand in bridesmaid". She gets to work on her acting skills while receiving a good paycheck that she desperately needs. Patrick is a well known columnist who has recently been disgraced and fired from his last job at well known and respected newspaper. He reluctantly accepts an opportunity from a college friend to write an article for his friends not so respected magazine about the business of Stand In Bridesmaids.

Winn and Patrick are forced together by their new employers and what ensues is a story filled with humor, sparks, romance, drama, and angst.

I had a hard time putting this book down. I looked forward to picking it back up and reading page after page.

I'm horrible at writing reviews and I hope I did the story some justice. This is a stand alone title and one that should not be missed. Read it. I think you will love it.
Rosanna Leo is best known for her paranormal romances, but with this book she proves (again?) that she can rock a contemporary romance as well. What she gives us here isn't a steaming hot affair involving super sexy preternatural creatures, but the the passionate budding romance of two damaged, but not broken, normal humans who prove that they can be every bit as sexy as their supernatural counterparts. As they work their way through their issues to find a way to come together they learn more about themselves and about each other than they ever thought they would.

Winn is rather down on her luck, struggling to pay her rent while striking out at audition after audition. She is also still reeling from having been left at the altar a year or so ago because she's preferred to avoid dealing with the tumult of emotions that spawned in her instead of working through them. This head-in-the-sand approach creates some potential problems for her when she accepts the position as a stand-in bridesmaid, but she manages alright for awhile, not really having any problems until Patrick starts to follow her around for his article. Her growing attraction to him begins to demand that she face her past and finally deal with all of the emotional fallout from her failed wedding that she has been ignoring for too long.

Patrick is dealing with problems that are more professional than personal, though he has his share of personal problems he largely avoids as well. His current circumstances mean he has little choice but to accept the article assignment his friend offers him despite not liking either the publication his friend runs or the topic he's supposed to write about. He is caught off-guard by his almost instant attraction to Winn, and struggles to keep it under lock-down to maintain at least some modicum of professional behavior. The longer he remains with Winn, however, and the better he gets to know her, the more he finds it difficult to deny his growing feelings for her and the more he find himself having to make some hard decisions and face down some demons of his own in order to clear the way for them to be together.

I really enjoyed this story. Winn and Patrick are both very relateable characters who are dealing with problems that many of us face in our own lives. Their developing romance is heartwarming, but even more so is they way they both begin to come out of their self-imposed cocoons and start to learn to love again. The process is, of course, not without pain and pitfalls, but it's inspiring to watch them work through it and to find the strength within that was always there just waiting for them to call upon it. As they find themselves compelled to stand up for one another against those who would tear them down, so too do they learn how to stand up for themselves and quit playing the victim. Would that we could all manage it as well as they do.

Anyone who enjoys contemporary romances will love this book I think, and perhaps even those who aren't normally drawn to such. Their romance is sweet, but also more than a bit spicy, and the honest emotions of two normal people will surely appeal to a broad range of readers. I give it 4½ stars, rounded up where necessary, for it is certainly worth that benefit of the doubt.