This book, being a romance, is heavy on the romance. But as in Runaway Love Story, there are themes that go beyond a typical romance. The situations are realistic. There are no perfect knights in shining armor or peerless princesses. Stone’s use of every day situations like brings a humanity to this novel that is usually lacking in romance, especially one this hot! I’d have read it in one sitting except the battery of my Kindle died at 2:30 a.m.

Love, Art and Other Obstacles is the third in the Through the Red Door romance series. I have read the second, Runaway Love Story and enjoyed it as well. The series is connected by their setting of Eugene, Oregon, and by their cast of characters, most notably, Maxie, a vibrant ninety-year-old woman who has mentored many of the artists in the Eugene. Love, Art and Other Obstacles follows Margot and Elmer, two young artists juggling multiple jobs and financial straits trying to support themselves in order to create their art. They have an incomparable attraction to each other and have a lot in common. Both people suffered difficult childhoods, and, after rejection by their birth parents, and transplanted themselves to Eugene. Heterosexual Elmer, a potter, is flirty and generous with his heart and has formed a “family” of friends he shares a house with. Bisexual Margot, a computer graphic artist, is stubborn and independent, intent on doing things her own way without help from anyone. To avoid getting tied down, she is in an open relationship with another woman, Darcy, and soon finds herself torn between her two lovers. This book, being a romance, is heavy on the romance. But as in Runaway Love Story, there are themes that go beyond a typical romance. The situations are realistic. There are no perfect knights in shining armor or peerless princesses. Stone’s use of every day situations like brings a humanity to this novel that is usually lacking in romance, especially one this hot! I’d have read it in one sitting except the battery of my Kindle died at 2:30 a.m

Omg!!! What a phenomenal story!! Margot is torn between to lovers. Yes like the song. Choosing isnt easy because one wants her to be her only and the other wants her and to continue playing the field. Margo is a graphic designer trying to get her foot in the door. Elmer a hunky with a ginger beard you makes pottery is also trying to get his foot in the door. The two have a love story that’s as realistic as they come. This story was so much better than I initially thought. I highly recommend it!!!