What is it with mechanics…

Synopsis

She has no intention of falling for anyone soon – but then she meets Tony.

Susie is a businesswoman, settled, successful, and in love – until one day, her world crashes down around her.

Tony is from another world. A mechanic who hasn’t an ounce of ambition. She’s hired him to fix up her beloved Morris Minor, and she can’t stand his arrogant, judgemental ways.

Their lives couldn’t be more different.

Two people so unalike could not possibly have anything in common. Falling for him is not an option. Is it?

– A strong female lead
– Learning to love
– And a Mediterranean hero.

Fine Motor Skills is a contemporary rom-com novella with steamy sex scenes (18+ readers only).

My review

Susie is not in a good place at the moment. She was a successful businesswoman, in love too, until  the same man she loved caused her her career…
To add even more desperation, Susie’s beloved car Moggie, a Morris Minor, needs to be fixed up. She hires Tony, a mechanic who irks Susie just the wrong way.
Susie sees Tony as an unambitious, arrogant and judgmental man, and while she knows she needs him, she cannot stand the man.
So why is she finding herself checking him out? And why cannot she stop thinking about him? Maybe because perhaps Tony is not the man she thought he was, but is exactly the kind of man Susie needs? 

Why was this only a novella??? That is the question I asked myself after reaching the end way to quickly.
Because I had so much fun reading this story, but I also felt that the author could have written a full – length novel. But it’s okay that she didn’t, because as I knew it would be fast – paced story, I had to enjoy every word of it. And I did! 

When we meet Susie, it’s clear that she is having a hard time. While we don’t know from the start what happened exactly to her, it’s clear that whatever ‘it’ was, she now doubts everything and everyone.
And that saddened me, because Susie is not only good at her job, she has a clear perception of things, and don’t we all do sometimes stupid things because we are in love?
She is also a great friend, and has a great friend, and doesn’t stand injustice or discrimination. 

But she is also guilty in one aspect… she has some prejudices towards Tony. From the start they rub each other the wrong way, and it’s clear that they are total opposites.
And that was the best part, seeing how Susie has her thoughts about Tony, but slowly sees him through a different light. And starts to feel more than what a client should feel for her mechanic.  

But let’s also be honest, it was also just great to see how Susie decides to skip making quiches and wants to learn to fix her car, with the instructions of Tony!  

I knew that there would be steamy bits in this book, so I was mentally prepared for an overload of heated moments.
But after finishing the whole tale, I agree with the fact that things get hot hot hot, but with that warning, I expected more. Now, don’t get me wrong, it got VERY hot at one point, but it was still very ‘clean’ somehow. 

I also appreciated that even in those moments, Tony shows his respect and does not just presume that Susie is okay with it all the times.
Reading how he asked if it was okay to give her a kiss, made me swoon on the spot! And then they say that romance is dead! 

This novella shows us that even if our trust got broken, we can find the right person to restore that trust, even if he comes in the shape of an arrogant Italian mechanic. But that’s life, it surprises us in ways we would never expect but than turn out to be the best thing that could ever happen.