relzreviewz.com One Thing I Know by Kara Isaac

Synopsis:~

Rachel Somers is America’s #1 relationship coach-America just doesn’t know it. Rachel writes the books, but her Aunt Donna plays the face of the operation. Living in fear of their secret being exposed, Rachel has no choice but to keep up the charade or lose the big money required to care for her father. With the deadline for their next book closing in, Rachel finds herself out of inspiration and running out of time. The last thing she needs is her aunt and publicist concocting a harebrained scheme to join forces with some radio star in the hope it will help deliver the elusive next book idea.

Lucas Grant is a star of late night radio, though it’s come with an unexpected price of hoards of women who keep calling his sports show to ask him for relationship advice. They make his ratings look great, but they also mean he has to waste hours talking to people like Dr. Donna Somerville about feelings instead of his first love: football. When a big time producer calls, it looks like his hard work is about to pay off. But the offer comes with a catch, the producer is convinced Dr. Donna is not what she seems and he wants Lucas to discover her secret. To do that, he needs to win over her tight-lipped assistant who holds the key to his success and he begins to suspect, his heart. Can love find a way through the lies that force them apart?

My take:~

Here’s the thing. I adore Kara Isaac’s writing. Each of her books are filled with humour, sparkling attraction, and a deeper underlying message that makes her contemporary romances substantial reads. The same is true for her latest novel, One Thing I Know. Rachel and Lucas are compelling characters, fully fleshed out and likeable. The banter between them is fresh and flirty, yet serious and focused when the scene requires it. The consequences of deception, begun with the best of intentions, and the heartbreak of family dysfunction both play out with longstanding ramifications. Despite all these excellent elements, I found myself wanting more from the characters and the story, my emotions not as engaged as they usually are in an Isaac novel. I can’t quite put my finger on why it wasn’t meeting my – admittedly very high – expectations of a Kara Isaac novel, so it may be that my reading radar was a little off as I read this it, as there’s a lot of love in the book blogosphere for this story.

With thanks to the publisher for my review copy