Love is Monumental, contemporary Christian romance, is book 2 in the A Walk in the Park series from Barbour Books. This time I'm not reading out of order. I read book 1, Love is a Battlefield, a few years ago and just recently bought the rest of the series.
As the series name hints, these romance are centered at our national parks, and Love is Monumental is set in Washington, D.C. with all the wonderful sites there. Park ranger Vickie Harris' favorite site to work at is the Washington Monument. Vickie's friends have dubbed her the queen of first dates, because Vickie always finds something in her men to dissuade her from having a second date. The girl isn't picky, just selective.
As the book begins, she feels that she fallen into a rut. Facing her thirtieth birthday, she is ready to try something different to get some serious romance in her life. Then she meets clueless bachelor Professor Thatcher Torrey. This can't be love, can it? The man needs a research assistant, and Vickie has the time to help, but often it seems that is all he wants — her help.
Thatcher has his own issues of which he is quite aware, but mostly he just doesn't know what to do to please Vickie.
Love Is Monumental is a cute read. No stress. No emotional angst — though I do believe I teared up in a mom/daughter scene. Vickie does learn how to realign her priorities and expectations. Thatcher learns how to step up and be proactive. The joint theme of learning not to run from problems is a good lesson for all of us.
If you like straight, contemporary Christian romance, I think you will enjoy this series. I didn't see anything not to like.
