Somebody to Love – Sheryl Browne

Publisher: Safkhet Soul

Synopsis from Amazon:

After that idiot of a husband ran off with that broomstick of a girl, single-mom Donna thinks there’s no sunshine in her future. What she needs now is a hunk of a guy who loves her and her three-legged dog with no complications.

Solution? Call the police.

Mark is a single dad with two big worries – protect and serve, and his autistic son Karl. Desperately he wants someone who’ll love him and his son without question and with no complications. He’s been hurt before and Karl needs stability – not short dates. So he’ll do anything for his kid – even lie to protect him.

Can these two get it together and get together? Is Mark the hunk Donna needs? Is Donna the rock Mark can lean on? If they look hard enough, they’ll find Somebody to Love

My thoughts:

Donna O’Connor has divorced her cheating, controlling husband and lives with her beloved teenage son Matt, her 3 legged dog Sadie and a lovable hungry rabbit, Findus – who seems to spend most of his life under the kitchen table looking for food.

Whilst out shopping one day, instead of getting a parking ticket she gets a date with a hunky policeman, Mark Evans. However the course of true love never does run smooth and both Donna and Mark face misunderstandings galore in their quest for true love.

Mark has an autistic 6 year old son, Karl. Mark is a single dad and is trying to juggle looking after Karl with the help of a carer when an assistance dog, Starbuck, comes into their lives and what follows is a genuine heartwarming story about how much of a difference the unconditional love of an animal can make to a boy like Karl.

This was a warm and funny, if sometimes frustrating story about two people trying to find genuine love, both having been hurt in the past. Can they both trust each other enough to overcome their fears?

This was the first book that I had read by Sheryl Browne but I’m pleased to say it was a very enjoyable read. From the cover picture, I was expecting a light-hearted and fluffy read but the story has more depth to it in the way it deals with issues that could affect any of us such as increasingly forgetful parents and children that require special attention and care. The characters were well written and believable and so very human with their fears and worries. I felt both sympathy and frustration with Donna, when her feelings of inadequacy and her stubbornness threatened to sabotage her chance of happiness. There were times when I thought the storyline seemed a little far fetched but that certainly didn’t matter to me. If you’re looking for a deeper romantic read with some laughs along the way, then I would recommend that you give this a try. I would certainly read further books by this author.

My rating 4/5

Author website: www.sherylbrowne.com