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    Cup of Sugar: Close to Home, #1

    By Karla Doyle

    3.5/5

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    Nia has one rule—don't date neighbors. Simple, except the guy next door is single, handsome, and not inclined to close his blinds while naked. When her car dies, Conn takes "being neighborly" to a new level by offering a ride to her long-distance destination. Nia has resisted his looks and charm for months. Surely she can handle a few hours in his truck…

     

    For months, Conn has blatantly put himself on display, hoping his pretty blonde neighbor would tire of secretly watching and come knock on his door for a cup of sugar—or more. No such luck—until an unusual opportunity arises. After a six-hour drive turns into a sweet-and-sexy weekend, Conn wants more than neighborly status with Nia. To get it, he must convince her to break the rule protecting her heart—by putting his on the line.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKarla Doyle
    Release dateFeb 24, 2014
    ISBN9780992152727
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    Cup of Sugar: Close to Home, #1
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    Karla Doyle

    Karla Doyle is a small-town girl with some big-city experience.  Karla studied fashion design in college and worked in that industry much of her adult life. She switched gears to follow the writing muse, and released her first novel in 2012. Karla resides in Ontario, Canada with her two amazing kids and and smokin’ hot husband. When she's not writing the sexy stories that swirl around in her head, you can find her cuddled up with a book and her beloved pets.

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    • 3/5

      Jan 22, 2016

      Cup of Sugar was a light, fluffy read. I had high expectations based on the blurb, and a few friends have enjoyed other books from this author. Ms. Doyle is a new to me author, but the story of Nia and Conn didn’t reel me in like I had hoped it would.

      Nia had a long history of choosing the wrong men. Every one of them seemed to have some lame complaint about her as a reason for breaking up. It seemed to have left such an impression on her that long after they’d come and gone, she turned into the type of woman they would have wanted versus being herself. That was sort of tragic, but even more so when words spoken to Conn’s ex were so full of conviction about them deserving a man who would love them exactly as they were. I was sad to see that Nia never took her family’s advice, much less her own. I really wanted to like her and kept reading because I wanted her to have that moment, the epiphany that the way she was going about things was not a plausible solution for her problems. She wavered too much and too often between wanting to have sex with him and going out of her way to avoid him. I’m also not a fan of conflict that is being driven by a lack of communication.

      I liked Conn because he was cheeky, easy-going and sexy. When he really pulled out all the stops to make her feel special, especially the scene with the skates…cue the swoon. Aside from her good looks, I couldn’t see what else attracted him to her. Instead of a blossoming romance, I felt like he saw her skittishness as cute and a challenge. She jumped to conclusions about him often which showed just how little trust there was growing between them. One particular conflict (involving a misplaced cell phone) comes to mind that was more than a little predictable.

      At the end, it made no sense that she couldn’t see the problem – she’d already fallen in love, but walking away would have still left her with the same problem: being his neighbor. So why not take a chance on dating him and seeing where it would lead? They hadn’t known each other that long (eight months aside) so it felt a bit too rushed that she was pushing for a binding promise rather than taking his issues into account. Between the two, I felt that Conn underwent more character growth than Nia did.

      I wish they would have made an attempt to communicate more with one another instead of sleeping together and then moving on to avoidance. The best moments in this story were the scenes with her family, and the introduction of Sara, Nia’s vivacious sister. It’s quite telling that I liked her more than the heroine.

      The Bottom Line

      The story had its ups and downs, but there were parts that were enjoyable. The sex was a mix between sweet and sizzling. The heroine seemed surprisingly juvenile for a twenty-seven year old restaurant manager, and the hero was so besotted that he basically let her call all the shots. I didn’t feel they were ever on equal footing with one another. I liked sassy Sara a lot, so I will definitely stick around for her story. In the mean time, I think some of the books this author has written for Ellora’s Cave might be more up my alley.