This RITA® Reader Challenge 2015 review was written by Flameglimmer. This story was nominated for the RITA® in the Short Contemporary Romance category.

Here is Flameglimmer's review:

He’s an attorney who’s running for the senate – and who has family secrets he wants to keep hidden.

She’s a historian whose research might reveal secrets that could cost him his senate seat.

He has a butt that looks good in tight jeans. She has one that looks good in tight skirts.

Tamryn West comes to Gauthier to investigate a secret room that was recently found in Matt Gauthier’s law office building that was used for the Underground Railroad. She needs to find evidence to back up her thesis that Matt’s great-grandmother helped her own grandmother start a school for both free and slave children, or she risks losing her job. Matt refuses to help, ignoring her calls and threatening her with a restraining order, until they accidentally meet and he realizes the annoying researcher looks really fine in a tight skirt.

What I liked about the book:

The food. The loving descriptions of delicious Cajun/Creole food that fill the book. Most of Tamryn and Matt’s interactions seem to involve eating. As Matt tells Tamryn, you can’t come to Louisiana during crawfish season and not suck at least one head. Because that’s where all the flavor is.

Tamryn is a huge history nerd and she is not the least bit embarrassed by that. When she gets to spend days upon days in the archives at the local university, she is beyond ecstatic. The only thing that excites her more than old documents is the sight of Matt’s butt in tight jeans.

Matt’s awesome assistant. She’s amazing at her job and when Matt tries to micromanage, she has no hesitation about telling him where to go.

What I didn’t like about the book:

The hero worship of Matt. Matt is set up as an amazing man who does wonderful things for his town and is loved by everyone in it. And he does donate money to the local school, sponsor charity runs, and get his assistant to organize food drives.

He also fired the family’s long-time housekeeper because he suspected she had an affair with his father, and withheld crucial research from Tamryn even after they were in a sexual relationship. Matt is a flawed man who does some very good things and some very bad things. The adoration of the entire town is way over the top.

The evil ex. Tamryn’s ex stole her work, may be trying to get her fired, and puts her down constantly. He needs only an evil cackle to be a comic book villain.

Overall, I liked Yours Forever. It was very readable – I read most of it in a single sitting – but I also wouldn’t be recommending it to people as an amazing book that they have to read. An enjoyable read, but nothing outstanding for the genre.