I was thrilled to get another book by Karen Rock as I loved His Hometown Girl. Full of business dilemmas, traditional lifestyle, independent women and family values, that was a tremendous and informative read as well as a moving story of love in more ways than one. Could SOMEONE LIKE YOU live up to that target?

Kayleigh Renshaw's taking a huge step - two of them. Since finding her fiancé and boss snuggling with a co-worker when he thought she was out of town, Kay is dropping both man and job. The other girl has already been given her job in the New York software company and hard though it is to leave friends, she knows she could never trust smarmy Brett again. So - what now? Brett won't give references to competitor companies, and doors close.

Kay's brother Chris was killed in Afghanistan and their friend, Niall Walsh, was a signal combat officer but was discharged after an injury. He's not communicative, but he does some software work so Kay decides to see him in Brooklyn. She doesn't know that Niall blames himself for Chris's death, and he is not allowed to disclose details of the manoeuvre. He mostly lives on line and doesn't go out... except maybe to meet Kay. While chatting, Kay stumbles on an idea for an app to help her match people. Could they write and market this matchmaker? Dating websites are popular, so why not an on-the-go version? Only, Niall isn't keen to get involved.

Oddly enough it's the next generation, the fatherless kids, who finally spur Niall out of his self-imposed solitude. If he can't help himself, he can help them. I like the way that a family barbecue frames abnormal angry behaviour by a youngster. I also admire the way that the disabled veteran is shown to have issues without labelling him and that his capacity to earn money is not impaired. There's still a male-dominated business world, so it seems like the more things change, the more things stay the same. We get a fun look at an assisted living facility for seniors, and Brooklyn's Botanic Gardens in a good cross-culture spread of modern life.

SOMEONE LIKE YOU is a fine contemporary romance, with vibrant, rounded characters, genuine situations and more than one person to cheer for as they battle their problems. Talented author Karen Rock is becoming more impressive with every book.