Book Details

Title: Come Away With Me

Author: Kristen Proby

Publication Date: November 7 2012

Publisher: Self Published

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Length: 324 Pages

POV: Duo POV

Book Rating-4 Stars

Movie Rating-3 Stars

Being confronted on the beach by a sexy stranger wasn’t part of Natalie Conner’s plans for a peaceful morning taking photos. And why on earth would he think she’s taking pictures of him, anyway? Who is he? One thing’s for sure, he’s hot, and incredibly romantic, feeding Natalie’s wounded soul.

Luke Williams just wants the world to give him a break, so seeing yet another camera aimed at his face has him ready to pounce on the beauty behind the lens. When he finds out she has no idea who he is, he’s intrigued and more than a little tempted by her. Natalie has a body made for sex, a sassy mouth and Luke can’t get enough of her, but he’s not ready to tell her who he really his.

Natalie is a no nonsense girl who doesn’t do well with lies and secrets. What will happen to this new relationship when she discovers what Luke’s hiding?

Book to Film Adaptation-Come Away With Me

Kristen Proby

This review may contain spoilers, so fair warning, upon reading the review. Also my tags may have spoilers in them so be forewarned before checking out full review.

Film Review

This was a pretty good adaptation; it wasn’t perfect, but it was very true to the actual story. This was done by Passionflix, which is a film company that you can trust if you want adaptations to be completely true to the book, and that is the case with this one here. You will get all of your favorite scenes from the books in this one, and there was a lot of magic that they were able to implement within this one. The setting in Seattle was darling, and I especially loved the latter half once you get used to the casting lol. It is probably my least favorite that they have done so far; they just aren’t what I imagine from the book.

The Main Protagonists

The Hero: Luke Williams

The Heroine: Natalie Conner

What I Loved

I think I was really charmed by their chemistry and the fun scenes that they incorporated from the book. I really enjoyed the family dynamics in this one here, how Natalie stands against the sister, the special dinner, their vacation to Tahiti, and all the special moments in between. I feel like the actors did a pretty decent job with the acting but it could have been better since the appearance wasn’t the best. This is a fun adaptation if you want a romantic movie that has low angst. We really get a lot of slice-of-life moments between these two.

What I Struggled With

The one element I struggled with the most, as I have previously mentioned, was the casting. Just wasn’t my favorite for this world if I am being honest. I understand that Passionflix has other projects where they are spending more resources on the castings for those. But it was a bit off-putting throughout the whole film if I am being honest. In a way I haven’t experienced in the rest of their works by Passionflix. I am not sure if other viewers have struggled with this one, but I kinda felt the side couple with the roommate was a much better match lol. I just don’t understand why the primary couple couldn’t have been closer matched.

Original Book Review

Come Away With Me is the first book in this wonderful series by Kristen Proby. Ever since coming across these characters in the  Boudreaux series, I was very intrigued by this family so I just had to pick up the first book and since it was available in the Romance Package at Audible, I was more than ready to listen to this story and boy did I LOVE this book so very much here. It was superb and fantastic and I fell so hard for these characters. And boy sometimes its just nice to read a Kristen Proby romance, because every time I read her I just know I will be for a lucky treat, where there is little drama and just a sweet love story that I can relax into and Come Away With Me was exactly what I needed because it left me happy and gooey inside.

So it starts off with a hitch when our heroine is walking along the beach, taking scenic photographs with her camera when suddenly this crazy but hot man comes at her, raging to stop taking photos of him and Natalie is more than a little confused why he would think that of her but she fights back to him. And before Natalie realizes it, they have resolved the little misunderstanding and sparks fly and they are having hot sex in the bedroom and revealing secrets to each other. Natalie confesses her reasons behind her tattoos, that she is a professional photographer of bedroom scenes and sensual nudes and the unveiling truth that the man she is falling in love with is an actor and not just any actor, but one of the most infamous men in the world. Natalie at first wonders why this incredibly sweet and sexy actor would see anything in her plump self.

Now Luke is one of those heroes, that you literally want to swoon over and one of those heroes you would want to marry because he is so loyal and true and sexy. I love how once he meets Natalie, he wants her forever. He doesn’t bat an eye in realizing he has found the “real” thing and fights for her in such a beautiful way and I fell in love with his ways of proving to Natalie how devoted he is to her and boy does he get mad when she judges herself negatively and I LOVE that.

I’ve fallen in love with a beautiful, sexy, sweet, jealous control freak. Shit.

We get an introduction to Natalie’s adopted family that has filled that empty void she felt when her folks passed. And then we get the whole meet Jake’s family, who are so down to earth and kind except for the really overprotective sister and boy does Natalie put her in her place. I do love a sweet heroine that can fight her own battles when needed.

I have to say that I am hooked on this author and my only complaint about this book was the narration. I like the voice well enough, but I really don’t care for the way she handles male voices, they just rub me wrong but everything else was pretty great. Also another downer to the story was I felt that there were too many sex scenes at times and that is the only aspect I would really change from this sweet romance I fell hard for!!