Distracted

A light fun read with likeable characters, a fast paced plot , my first from this author but was a great introduction to her work.


Thanks to netgalley and the publisher for a free copy for an honest opinion

The story of Luna and Brent

A fast paced and entertaining read. Brent is only in Luna's home town of Reading for 3 weeks, so they both know there is an end date on what happens between them, but what will happen when they actually get there.

Luna told Brent she was a yoga teacher, so what will happen when he finds out where she really works?

Looking forward to reading more from this author.

What a lovely book....i always say that i judge a book by its cover but inspite of having such a simple cover,this book surpassed all my judgy prejudices. I have to say the book has it all - a meet cute moment,an alpha hero, a remarkable heroine,a lot of cultural references, cheating exes,yoga,hot chemistry and last but nit the least a very special romantic love story.
Okay,so first of all I would like to thank netgalley for providing me with a arc of this wonderful book by this wonderful author. This story could not have been lovlier. It starts with a meet cute encounter between corporate consultant Brent and and our lovely heroine Luna when Luna splashed her green tea all over Brent's trousers at the Delhi International Airport. I know love at first sight right?😜. Not so much cause Brent doesn't do relationship and Luna still didn't move on from her last one. Inspite of all odds they liked each other and had an instant chemistry which to be honest is hard to find now a days. They bonded over there mutual attraction but unbeknownst to them Brent and luna both had secrets that they were keeping from each other. The love birds didn't know that Brent was the consultant who was hired by the company where Luna works and Brent thinks that Luna is a hippy yoga instructor who travells around the world. So what happens to both of these airport crossed lovers?.. Did they survive the hardship that comes with both their busy life? Did Brent overcomes his resolve to stay away from relationship or did Luna tells him about her job? What happened to these two? Did they get their happily ever after or did Brent catagorised luna forever as just a "Distraction".... Find out by reading this book. It has already been released on 27 th april!!

Talk about being sucked in from the first page. I immediately fell in love with the characters and couldn’t wait to see where the story was going to take us. Both Brent and Luna were very likable characters. Loved them from the start- loved the almost instant chemistry they shared even though they were both trying not to.

Loved everything about this book. I cried when it seemed to be over for our couple.
This was an excellent read!!

Hot and steamy! It's supposed to just be an interlude, fast and fun. But there is the little thing of why he is even in town. And why did she lie about her job? I could see the disaster coming but could not look away. This is a fun escape read with all that steamy goodness. I enjoyed the story.

From the first few pages I was hooked with the characters and wanted to find out how the story would progress. I was routing for the main characters Brent and Luna from the beginning. This was a fast paced story, and I would recommend a read to anybody who is looking for a light hearted romance to keep them entertained.

Received this as a complimentary copy

Belinda Wright is a new author to me which is what attracted me to the book

It would make a great holiday read and book club book

I loved the dynamics between the relationship and the twists and turns made for a great read - I would highly recommend and would happily read more of this author

If you are looking for a great holiday read, this is the one for you

It took a while to get into this book and it didn’t really happen until around three quarters of the way through. It is a slow burner and a fast ending, in my opinion.

The characters are brilliant and well written. The fact that they are running along side each other with no idea that their paths are crossing is a fantastic twist. However, the reader realises this early on and then for the majority of the book it stays that way.

I am giving this one 4 stars, but really wish there was a 3.5. I liked the original premise of this novel with Luna and Brent meeting in the airport and then fate putting them together after their flight. I liked Brent's character and especially enjoyed watching the changes in him as the novel progressed. What I didn't like, however, was Luna's continual dishonesty. She had numerous opportunities to set things straight and honestly, I found it unrealistic that he didn't figure things out on his own. I love stories with a HEA, but this one that I didn't agree with. Luna irritated me on multiple fronts, especially her clinginess.protectiveness regarding her mother. Her characterization was sort of all over the place, but Brett saved the day for me.

This was an o.k, read but I would have enjoyed the romance of it all much more if not for Luna.

*Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for providing this ARC in exchange for my honest review!

A must read romance book that I enjoyed. You will find yourself wanting more from these characters and their love story. Well done ! A great steamy romance book.

I really wanted to love this book, but unfortunately, it just wasn't one for me. I typically read a book in a day or two, but it took me a whole week to finish. I'd read a couple chapters, grow bored and put it down for the day - not at all my usual MO. I even found myself skimming the sex scenes after a while. The book just seemed a lot longer than it needed to be to tell the story. There wasn't really much character development or insights into the characters other than a surface-level view.

I loved the start of the book, although I found Brent to be incredibly forward and a bit too direct. I'm all for an alpha male as the hero, but he came off like a jerk at first. However, he definitely grew on me by the end of the book and I loved the guy. After all, he saw the error in his ways and decided to make a change for the better.

Now Luna was not a character I really liked. She just rubbed me wrong from the beginning with her lie/partial truth and a lot of heartache and misunderstandings could have been avoided had she not lied. I'm not a fan of heroines who lie - it just makes them look weak and immature. As soon as they started getting closer, she should have told him the truth about her job.

The whole book was pretty predictable, in my opinion. I kept anticipating the fall out since I knew it was coming, it was just a matter of when. The epilogue was a disappointment and I found their HFN to be only sort of believable. They just experienced something life-changing and a week later they all of a sudden have the rest of their lives figured out? Yeah, I wasn't buying that, especially since there was so much they still had to learn about one another. Show me how they're doing in 6 months or a year, not a week later. I'm sure this was done to setup the next book in the series, assuming there is one with Chris/Nicole.

This may just be a 'it's me, not you' thing and others will probably enjoy the book. Unfortunately, it just wasn't one that I'll really remember in the future.

Fast-paced and fun with good chemistry! Belinda Wright's Distracted makes for a light and entertaining read. Looking forward to reading more from this author.

I thought it was a good story but slow. I found myself skipping lines. I liked the characters and their personalities. This is my first book from this Author.

3.75 Stars...

This was a good and fast read!!
I just wish there wasn't so much about the ex.
I would read this author again.

Distracted by Belinda Wright is the story of Brent Costner and Luna Perry.
Brent and Luna meet while traveling neither looking for anything when sparks fly between the two. Brent has a career mission and cannot have any distractions. Luna knows that Brent isn't for her so lies between the two seem to follow. Thinking to never see the other again they are shocked when they end up meeting again. Of course this time they might not be able to walk away.
Quick Steamy Read.

I was pleasantly surprised by this book. Didn't expect much of it and didn't expect to enjoy it as much as I did. The story is about Luna and Brent who met by accident in a airport when their flight was delayed during a layover in Amsterdam. Luna is coming back to Reading, England from a business trip to India and Brent is on his way to Reading for a three-week long business trip. Circumstances beyond their control kept throwing them into each other's paths (both of their luggage was lost by the airline, Luna's car service left since her flight was delayed for so long, and now she needs a ride to Reading and Brent is right there with a car ready to go).

In no time, the two start a passionate affair, fully knowing that it will only last three weeks, until Brent is done with his business in Reading and goes back to the U.S. Both are completely fine with this arrangement: Luna is still not fully over the breakup she had two years ago and Brent is so married to his job, that he simply doesn't have time in his life for any emotional attachments. Not surprisingly, their relationship did not end up being as emotion-free as they wanted.

The writing in the beginning of the novel was a little too sloppy (for my taste). At some point I had to read the same text message conversation twice - once when Brent typed it and read responses and then the same messages were written again, but now it was when Luna read and responded to them. I felt that it was unnecessary to duplicate this conversation just to show it from two perspectives. There are much better ways to do it. Also, I thought that Brent's character wasn't flushed out - he mentioned several times that he has not talked to his brothers or mother in many years, but we never really learn why.

The premise of the book drew me in....a chance encounter between opposites who then fall for each other. Brent is the arrogant American corporate suit focused on work and his career. Luna is more of a free spirit with a corporate type job.

After a couple of chance encounters Luna and Brent get together. The book wasn't bad, it just didn't overwhelm me. Both have baggage in their past that influences current actions. I thought the author did a better job with Luna's heartbreak. Brent's past could have been explored a bit more to show more character growth.

The challenges the main characters faced had a bit of 'rinse and repeat' feel to it. I found myself skimming through some parts of it.... misunderstanding....then sex....then misunderstanding....then sex.

Overall a decent read with the expected HEA and set up for the next in the series. I'll likely give the next book a read.

Thanks to NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review the book.

Rating: 3.0/5.0

Luna Perry is just out of a relationship meets Brent Costner at the airport when their flight to Reading is delayed. They have a conversation and this conversation leads to an attraction & more. Brent works a consultant while Luna works in a designing corporate and a part-time yoga teacher, but she only tells Brent about being a Yoga teacher. Things get complicated between them, so you need to read to know what follows.

Pros:
- The chemistry between the lead characters was fantastic. The passion between them was very intense. It makes the reader from their first meeting that there is going to be something serious between them even when the characters themselves did not feel that way.
- The secondary characters although did not have a very big scope they still had importance in this story which is good.

Cons:
- I'm not a fan of how the narration was structured. There is a first-person narration for Luna and a third person narration for Brent and they are not separated in different sections but can be found on the same page without any separators. I wouldn't say this was confusing because it was not but this was a definite annoyance for me. If they were separated in different sections it would have been a lot better.
- I still don't understand why Luna had to hide her job. Yes, she tells Brent at the end of the story why she didn't tell him, but I am still not convinced enough with that reasoning.

Final Thought:
This was a fast easy read & I think many romance novel fans will love it. Although the story does not have a big conflict between the main characters it still was fun to read. I give it a good three stars out of five.
Thanks to NetGalley & the publishers for providing me with a free ARC copy of this book and this is my honest unbiased review.

I was drawn to this story by the premise; Luna and Brent meet waiting for a delayed flight and their story kicks off from there, with stories that run concurrently they're not even aware of. It's fate, kismet, and really quite cute. All that being said, I wasn't fully taken with this book and a lot of that can be attributed to Brent's character. While Luna was a bit thick headed a few times, Brent's character just never quite did it for me; I never got those swoony feelings I aim for when reading a contemporary romance novel. I think if I had fallen a bit more in love with Brent I would have rated this higher, but his attitude, decisions, and demeanor weren't doing it for me,

I liked this book, and it was a fast read, but it wasn't my cup of tea. It built up a bit slowly for such a quick ending, and I wasn't quite prepared for that. The dialogue also was a bit short and unrealistic at times, tampering with the flow of the story, but it didn't slow my down any.

If you're looking for a quick, easy, fast-paced contemporary romance, Belinda Wright's "Distracted" is a good one to pick up. It might not blow your socks off, but it's still a quirky, fun experience.