Review: Melting Into You by Laura Trentham

I have been a fan of Laura Trentham’s Falcon Football series since discovering it with Slow and Steady Rush. Melting Into You continues the excellent story line by focusing on Alec and Lilliana, character that we got to know a little bit in the first two books.

Both Alec and Lilliana are fun characters who have a lot more going on than it first appears. When we first meet Alec, he is very serious and closed off. His college and NFL experience taught him not to trust people. Being with Lilliana opens him up, not only to her, but to the people around him who consider him a friend. Lilliana’s changes are a little more subtle as the book moves along; the core of her personality stays the same, but she becomes braver and more outspoken. These two are fun to watch together. They have great sexy time and several sweet, everyday couple moments.

One of the things I truly enjoy about Ms. Trentham’s writing is how accurately she captures the realities of small town living. She shows us the upsides, friends and neighbors caring for and helping each other out, and the downside of nosy extended family butting in where they don’t belong.

Melting Into You is also an example of great storytelling. Alec and Lilliana bring their mutual baggage and crash into each other with an encounter that could have easily been a one-time situation. Ms. Trentham then takes along on their journey from unconventional start, to friends and lovers, to happily ever after. It was nice to see Alec have moments of emotional vulnerability and how Lilliana seemed to just know what he needed.

I have enjoyed every entry in the Falcon Football series and hope to see more entries to the series in the future. While this is the third book, a reader could easily start here. The characters from books one and two are present and active members in the story, but their storylines do not drift over to confuse things.