Hiding

Whit Conrad and Deo Beckett meet at the tattoo shop where she works.  He was given a birthday tattoo by the owner, who is dating his mother.  Whit is not interested in a relationship and wants to put Deo off.  The attraction is strong, however, for both of them.

Whit is living in a cloud of guilt and grief that has brought her here to California.  Deo takes her to the beach and introduced her to things in life that everyone should know.  Like how to surf, how to enjoy the beach, how to trust a hunk...

Deo falls fast and hard for Whit.  She is not ready and he needs to take it slow to help her through her anxiety.  He does not know what secrets she is hiding, and she does not know his.  This makes for a complicated and very loose relationship.

Whit and Deo go back and forth on whether they should even try.  They cannot seem to stay away from one another.  She leans on his mother and learns more about love and life.  

Deo, is learning that loving a woman means more than just bumming around and starts to get his future plans together.  Too bad they still don't talk about the future or the past.  They are just living in the present with a loving haze.

This book was very emotional and sweet.  There are times you want to pull the hair out of the lead characters but that is only because it is easy to get invested in them.  I found Deo charming and could not resist him any more than Whit!  I give this story a 4/5 Kitty's Paws UP!

***This ARC was given in exchange for an honest review only.