Molly lives with her beloved Nan in a small country village called Appleby. Her Nan runs the household for a beautiful estate home, though the owner is often absent. After an unresolved break-up, Molly is waiting for her boyfriend to return when she is blindsided by the introduction of his beautiful new fiancee.
Jake, billionaire and Handsome Man, makes his fortune in real estate. He visits Appleby to see the estate and modernise the property. Molly and Jake have an instant physical attraction, and in an effort to get Molly into his bed, Jake lets Molly take the lead on the house renovation so that she can retain the charm of the house she loves and grew up caring for.
The story is well-developed and Alyssia Leon writes excellent supporting characters. The small-minded gossips of Appleby spend very little time on the pages but come to life spectacularly. I was also sold on the instant attraction between Molly and Jake. Unfortunately, I didn't find their transition from lust to love to be very convincing, and the sex scenes read more like a race announcement than erotic fiction.
Despite the excellent supporting cast, I had a couple of issues with the hero and heroine. Molly has no backbone at all, and despite us being told that she'd finally found one, it really didn't seem that way. She let every single mean and nasty person walk all over her, never setting the record straight and often back-flipping on her own resolve. It was incredibly frustrating to read. Jake intially seemed like more than your stereotypical leading man, with a secret in his past that I was eager to discover. When I did, it just didn't seem to deliver the emotional depth that I was hoping for. The time frame from heartbreak to new love was totally unbelievable, and that is where the book ultimately lost me.
As far as romances go, Never Too Late delivers in all of the appropriate areas and is a good read. For me, it was acceptable but not spectacular. I will still keep an eye on the series, I am intrigued enough about the other characters that I'd like to read their stories too.
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