Mostly Perfect

The Women of Ambrose Estate, Book 2

By: Heather B. Moore

Narrated by: Reagan Boggs

Generations of secrets. An ancient curse. Love has never been an option.

Lauren Ambrose has made a life for herself as a fledging artist, far from the ancient secrets and cobwebbed past of her family’s historic estate in Texas. Generations of the Ambrose women have suffered at the hands of a curse, and the last place Lauren wants to spend time is at the Ambrose Estate, among the tragedies of the past. But when her grandmother, matriarch of the Ambrose fortune, requires Lauren to attend an urgent business meeting, she reluctantly travels home.

Nick Matthews is ready for a battle. Lillian Ambrose, co-founder of Ambrose Oil, has agreed to hear his investment idea, but no one has ever successfully partnered with the business tycoon. When he arrives at Ambrose Estate, prepared with weeks of research, the last person he expects to meet is Lauren, a dynamic and captivating woman with a past full of secrets. As Nick gets to know Lauren, he discovers she is mostly perfect for him, except for one, major drawback.... The curse that has the power to destroy everything between them.

The Women of Ambrose Estate Series:
Mostly Dangerous
Mostly Perfect
Mostly Perilous
Mostly Risky

©2019 Heather B. Moore (P)2022 Heather B. Moore

true love

Charming

CAn Lauren believe in breaking the curse and fall in love and live a full life? The Ambrose curse is a very dangerous one, it means death to the men that marry an Ambrose woman. But charming Nick will fight to reach Lauren’s heart. A sweet love story and great audiobook

Interesting book

I thoroughly enjoyed listening to this book. I enjoyed the narrator’s voice and inflection. The story is about Lauren Ambrose and Nick Matthews. He wants to put her family’s oil wells under a venture contract, and Lauren and her sister are hesitant. Lauren is an artist who doesn’t want to fall in love because of the family curse of men dying early. I would highly recommend reading or listening to this book.

clean romance

The narrator on this book does a great job and listening to it added to my enjoyment. (I read it first a couple years ago). This is a stand alone but I suggest reading the first one in the series first. I think the curse makes more sense in the first one than if you read this one without that previous background. Just my opinion.

I like the premise of this series. It is unique. The curse itself is rather mystical and in this book there is a little unexplainable twist at the end of the story. The writing is good and the story does not drag. The two main characters are likable though we have to wonder about Nick in the beginning. But he turns out to be an okay guy. Looking forward to reading about the other granddaughters as well.

No sex, language or violence
*I won this book in a giveaway and voluntarily chose to review it.

Finding love and overcoming the curse

The saga of the Ambrose women continues with Lauren's story, which is written by one of my favorite authors. Lauren's an artist and really different than her older sister Sofia (who we met in Mostly Dangerous). She doesn't let people know she's an Ambrose, she's learned people tend to treat you differently when they know you come from wealth, and she never goes on more than five dates with a guy because of the whole curse thing. Lauren's not sure why her grandmother summoned her to the Ambrose Estate, but when she gets there she's not happy to discover the venture capitalist her grandmother wants to do business with is Nicholas Matthews.

I loved Lauren and Nicholas' first meeting--arguing over a cab--and that he knew exactly who she was, but she didn't know him from Adam. Their second meeting in the library was also pretty good when she "uninvites" him to Ambrose Estate to give his business proposal. Sparks were flying.

Nick is about as perfect as a guy can be. Even though he and Lauren had a super rocky start he came when she called in the middle of the night. He pays attention to the small things, so what woman wouldn't fall for that kind of guy? I also loved that he kept buying her paintings, and not because he's a nice guy. Nick has his work cut out for him if he's going to win Lauren over to his side, as she's never alllowed herself to fall for anyone because of that blasted curse. Speaking of the dreaded curse, I wondered what she would have to do to break it; I figured it out about the same time she did.

I really like this new series, I know I say that about every series Heather B. Moore writes but she knows how to write characters that make me care about them. I can't wait to read about the other Ambrose sisters and what they'll do to break the curse.

I liked the narrator a lot. I feel she didn't overdo the Texas accent for the Ambrose family matriarch, as some people tend to do.

A swoony curse

Do you believe in curses? The Ambrose women definitely have a curse that's extended through the family for generations and it basically means they can't fall in love and get married or something tragic will happen. I loved the meet cute between Lauren and Nick and that's all it takes for the chemistry to start to sizzle like a slice of bacon, but wait--it can't. I enjoyed the slight Southern accent of the narrator and thought she did a great job telling the story.

I was expecting the secrets and curse to play a bigger role, but the swoon stole the show, and that's alright with me. This curse is so fascinating and kind of scary, but with solid characters and an interesting twist, I was completely sold.

Content: mild+ romance (some innuendo, kissing, swoony)

*I received a complimentary copy. All opinions expressed are my own and were voluntarily given.*