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Wallflower, by Jessica Prince

Synopsis: She’d spent her entire life as a wallflower, hiding from the rest of the world. Willow Thorne had gotten really good at blending in with the wallpaper. The shy, quiet little mouse was more comfortable spending her days in her protective little bubble. Then she met a big, burly mechanic who looked really good on a motorcycle and made her feel things she’d never felt before. 

Gavin “Stone” Hendrix didn’t do commitment, and love was completely out of the question. After spending the first half of his life taking care of everyone else, he was done being the responsible one. Then he met a shy, nervous brunette who knocked him off his feet and made him question everything he thought he believed.

Willow brought out his protective instincts. Stone made her want to step out of her shell.

No one in a million years expected the hard-as-stone biker to fall for the wallflower, but the small town of Redemption was in for a major surprise.


Rating: 4 stars

Review: What does it take to bring bad-boy biker Stone to his knees? A painfully shy and clumsy wallflower, obviously. It was a lot of fun watching these two complete opposites find their way to each other--with Willow willingly succumbing to her starry-eyed crush and Stone internally (and sometimes externally) kicking and screaming the whole way. I wanted to wrap Willow up in a hug and protect her from the world, and I wanted to throat punch Stone until he finally admitted that he wanted to do the same. Anyone who reads this author knows that while some of her heroines may appear spineless, they will most definitely rise to the occasion and show the backbone of a tiger when warranted, and that's exactly what Willow does. Stone almost blows it, but lucky for him he gets his head out of his butt just in time. He probably should've had to grovel more. He lucked out falling for the sweetest girl in town.

Making this story even more fun is the antics of Willow's new friend Aurora (BFF of Lark from a previous book in this series). I seriously hope that Aurora gets a book of her own, and soon. That one will undoubtedly be all kinds of fun.










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