Isabel Lang and Aidan Roycroft were the best of friends growing up, both burying and sometimes suppressing their love for the other. Aidan hid it through strings of dates, and Isabel hid it behind a calm, collected face. When one night takes an unexpected turn, the two go from friends to husband and wife to lovers to separated in hours after Aidan is falsely accused of a crime. Seven years later, Isabel and Aidan have no contact with each other and both are with other people. When Isabel needs help, she tries contacted Aidan again, but no one could imagine what would happen next.

PERFECT TIMING by Laura Spinella is a warm, exciting love story that heavily succeeds in gripping your heart. It switches from past to present with clever style and grace, and it spins the drama of the story beautifully. I never found myself bored or disinterested in the story at all. Spinella uses dialogue and an enchanting author voice that hooks you every page and makes you extremely eager to find out the finishing plot.

While the practical, but still somehow mesmerizing, relationship between Isabel and Aidan takes center stage, the individual character depth in shines. Aidan and Isabel, in different ways, both struggle with non-traditional families. You see Isabel struggle to accept her father, and Aidan struggle to not become his. The side stories with their families and their attempts at not defining themselves through them are completely gorgeous and tear-worthy. Next to the ending, the family dynamic is my favorite part of the book.

I do wish the length it takes to introduce adult Aidan and move the present story further was shorter. It is in no way a severe fault or even a moderate one in my eyes (especially once you learn the rest of the plot), but it would have been nice to see him a little sooner in the story. After spending so much time with him in the past, I wanted to see his side of the present more and more. It is all very much worth it in the end, but I still think it deserves to be noted.

All in all, PERFECT TIMING is one of my favorite romance/drama novels I have ever read. I love the power in the character and the beauty of the story. This is the first novel by Laura Spinella that I have read, but it definitely won't be the last or only one.

Book Summary

There's rock, there's a hard place, then there's Aidan & Isabel.

What's a Jersey Girl to do when she moves to Catswallow, Alabama? Isabel Lang finds the answer in an unlikely bond with the musically gifted Aidan Roycroft. The two share everything from a first kiss to startling family secrets. But when Aidan is accused of a violent crime, the two flee to Las Vegas where Isabel's future comes tumbling down.

Seven years later, the past is buried, including any relationship with Aidan. Isabel is busy running a radio station and closing in on commitment with Nate Potter, a guy who defines ideal. Life seems cozy until new station management demands a sudden-death ratings grabber, putting everyone's future on the line.

What should be a simple solution leads to a stunning revelation as Isabel is forced to call on the past and the only rock star she knows.

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