When Lightning Strike Book Review

I was looking for a book to read off my shelf to take on a trip with me that wasn't from the library.  I found When Lightning Strikes (Whiskey Creek) by Brenda Novak which was the first in the series.  That never happens but it was great because I had very little time and planning to get some books to read while traveling.

Welcome to Whiskey Creek— Heart of the Gold Country! Simon O'Neal's causing trouble again. And it's up to Gail DeMarco to stop him.

Gail DeMarco left Whiskey Creek, California, to make a name  for herself in Los Angeles. Her PR firm has accumulated a roster  of A-list clients, including the biggest box office hit of all— sexy and unpredictable Simon O'Neal. But Simon, who's just been through a turbulent divorce, is so busy self-destructing he won't listen to anything she says. She drops him from her list—and he retaliates by taking the rest of her clients with him.

Desperate to save her company, Gail has to humble herself by making a deal with Simon. The one thing he wants is custody  of his son, but that's going to require a whole new image.  He needs to marry some squeaky-clean girl who'll drag him  off to some small, obscure place like Whiskey Creek…. Gail's the only one he can trust. She agrees to become his wife—reluctantly. But she isn't reluctant because he's too hard to like.  It's because he's too hard not to love!

I was so happy that I picked out this book to read because it was super quick and easy read with wonderful characters that made it hard to put the book down.  I  was instantly drawn in with the plan to get the bad reputation of Simon O'Neal fixed with a quick wedding to his former PR manager, Gail DeMarco.  Simon's life is falling apart before his own eyes and Gail is willing to help him out because her PR firm is falling apart thanks to his business manager.  They get married and she takes him to her small town where all the fun starts.  She has to bring her husband home to her father and brother and all her childhood friends.  It is interesting to see all the ups and downs this not-couple go through to make it seem like they are a couple.  I couldn't help but laugh quiet a few times but I know that if you pick up this book that you will enjoy it as well.  I hope that you check out this book and the rest of the series and enjoy it as much as I have!