Imperfect Pairings by Jackie Townsend

Imperfect Pairings by Jackie Townsend

An adult romance truthfully articulated with characters (and settings as characters --- Italy, San Francisco, New York) voicing eternal sentiments and questions without whining, e.g., "How about defining ourselves by how we love?" [Jamie, page 231, in discussion with her sister.]

Or Luca on why each wine and love is its own (and more pointedly to the story, why he's waiting to harvest his grapes): Like amore, love, one wine is like no other wine.  The troubles [emphasis mine] make it yours."

Vino and amore and amore amongst the vino, perfectly paired in Jackie Townsend's Imperfect Pairings.




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I've been a member since 2010 and as a "professional reader" (again, Net Galley's words, not mine) I am able to request galleys from publishers that, in turn, can accept or reject my request.

Life intervened shortly after requesting and reviewing my first title in 2010.  In the interim, I remained on NetGalley's weekly e-mail newsletter and often thought of returning to a space and time requesting multiple galleys on a weekly basis and, perhaps, becoming of reader of a bit of influence, something to expand on the years of recommending books to my circle of family and friends. And to jump-start my re-entry into the virtual world, or as Jamie in Imperfect Pairings would put it, "Give into who you've been all along," a professional reader.