Alexa Conroy has made some big sacrifices in her life. She sold her dream house and moved into a run-down efficiency apartment with broken air conditioning, plumbing problems, and spiders the size of small dogs living in her closet. All so she could keep her flower shop afloat and fight against her biggest competition Value Hardware.

Dillon James works as the handyman for Alexa's new apartment building. He works construction, building houses in addition to working as a handyman. And in his spare time he helps build and remodel houses for disabled veterans. But Dillon is also hiding a secret, his family owns Value Hardware and with his family retiring he is being called on to start taking a more active role in the business. Alexa and Dillon navigate a growing attraction while trying to save Alexa's business. With Dillon's help Alexa finds the confidence to grow her business and start to see a profit. Dillon tries to hide his connection to Value Hardware while juggling his construction business, charity work, handyman business, and growing romance with Alexa. Will Dillon be able to keep his secret from Alexa? Will their romance survive the truth?

NO FLOWERS REQUIRED is a sweet, romantic story with spot on character development. Ms. Quinn did a great job with her plot development and descriptions. I was pulled right into the story as soon as I started reading and had a hard time putting the book down.