This is Carlos’s story! I remember meeting him for the first time in Neanderthal Seeks Human and I always liked him. I’m glad to read that Carlos has found a woman who is worthy of him and still willing to put up with him. I also really liked Rian, I understand her struggles, I think there are a lot of women who have gone through and are still going through what she has.

Yes!! Let's hear it for the curvy girls!! Whoop, whoop!! I am so loving the authors in the Smartypants Romance world! I am ashamed to admit that this is the first book by Ms. Carter that I have read, but you better believe I am going to be adding her to my TBR list in the future. This is the story of Rian and Carlos. It's epically funny, totally sweet and oh so swoony! The flow of this story in the setting of Cipher Security is fantastic. Rian is a curvy gal, she owns it, she rocks it and makes no apologies for it!  I love how she is taking charge of her health!  She didn't start going to the gym "Weight Expectations" to lose weight, she went to feel better about herself and that is admirable.  Her relationship with her trainer Abel is fantastically funny and so real! I too had a love-hate relationship with my trainer in the past and Ms. Carter is spot-on in her portrayal. Carlos is a health nut to the extreme.  He tends to be arrogant and tends to not see the forest through the trees. I can see why with his past and his parent's relationship so I had to give him a bit of a pass on that.  But how he originally treats Rian is craptacular and when he realizes what an amazing woman she is, he redeems himself admirably. I love seeing characters that I have met in past stories by other authors and it was fantastic reading the new secondary characters! They add so much to this already amazing story. I laughed out loud, I cheered for the underdog and Ms. Carter gave me the perfect ending to this phenomenal story!

This can be read as a stand-alone and you don’t have to have read any of Penny’s Books to read this one. I loved this slow burn romance! It was witty and filled with smart banter and had me laughing out loud! I loved Rian, she was such a relatable character and has the same insecurities many women and some men face daily. I immediately connected with her. Carlos is not a relationship guy, he’s more of a one nighter. From the start Rian is intrigued by him while he barely notices she’s alive. I think they are total opposites, but you know what they say, opposites attract. I love how as we went beyond what was on the surface we found these characters to be so much deeper and complex.