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♫♫ It’s raining men ♫♫ oops meant ♫♫ It’s raining Sullivans  ♫♫

This past week, I was on a marathon run meeting the California and Seattle Sullivans. They are quite a brood keeping me on my toes, with a flurry of emotions, pain and love leaving me greedy for more!!!!

Thank god!!! Looks like Bella gave me a short reprieve ( a few weeks) before I have Lori waltzing in with her moves!!!Image

By far I hold “Just To Be With You” and “Come A Little Closer”, very close to my heart. I was closely associated with entertainment, in front as well as behind the camera, I have friends who are still in the entertainment industry and have seen up close and personal, the fanatics, the paparazzi and the whole nine yards of the crazies in that field.

Both the stories may be of movie artists, yet they are so different – one on the sets of Hollywood and the other in the boardroom of Seattle. What really had me so attached is the simple storyline of larger than life people, yet so very down to earth and just simple good people.

ImageMovie stars are just as normal people and so are billionaires. Smith and Valentina, Ian and Tatiana – you just cannot not love them as they battle insecurities and pain, uncertainties and paparazzi, jealousy and hurt for loved ones, with tenacity to get their balance of normalcy in their lives. Smith and Ian will remain as my super favorite brothers, sons and lovers of all times.

“The Way You Look Tonight” (Rafe/Brooke) and “Let Me Be The One” (Ryan/Vicki) – ultra sweet stories of reacquainting with childhood friends, finding that spark of love still existing and stoking that tiny spark to a fire of unconditional love and support, these two were such great reads, deliciously so. As much as they are fictional characters, I am very happy to say such people do exist. Image

What can I say about “It Must Be Your Love”? This story had happiness written all over it. As much Ford and Mia had trouble getting together, I felt it was the easiest hurdle they had 😉 Ford was the ‘THE ROCKSTAR’ all way round and loved the vivacious and witty Mia. I loved the coming together of the whole family especially Mary Sullivan being at the helm of the wedding ceremony – so sweet, so unconventional, so precious. Adam and Dylan were adorable and can’t wait to read their HEAs. Ian was a big-brother-force to reckon with and the sparks between him and Tatiana was yummylicious!!!!

ImageBElI love large families. I come from a large family. But sometimes life happens, and we go in so many different paths, different continents and I miss what we used to have before. One of the reasons why I hold the Sullivans so close to me is their large family of brothers, sisters, cousins, uncles and aunts – always there to support and lend a voice and a shoulder when needed, no questions asked!

For readers who have not being introduced to this series…go on….grab ’em real fast…..u’ll not be disappointed at all 🙂 

 

 

Not sure if I can do justice to Maya Banks and her books through mere words. Her KGI series is one of my all time favorites, rated super high per my standards, and I re-read them a million times!!!! The unconditional love among the Kelly brothers, the unwavering support for each other and for each member of their team members, the chemistry between the teammates and the undying trust they have in each other was out of the charts for me. Every line, every book and every character was living and breathing their role and Banks did a stupendous job weaving these characters and their women who matched every step into their hearts.

My favorites of this continuing series are “Whispers In The Dark” and “Echoes At Dawn”. These are stories of two gifted sisters Shea and Grace, and their survival from the evil that wants to harness their gift and the protection and help that comes in the form of Nathan Kelly and Rio. I cried reading their stories for what the sisters had to go through and the sheer determination to survive and sacrifices made for the sake of loved ones. Being gifted is not always a blessing! What a series and what gem of characters!!Image

Now everyone has a bad day.  Her latest release “After The Storm” received lot of flak for the storyline and her readers were very disappointed. Personally I liked the storyline, but the execution lacked a punch. Knowing Donovan, I was not expecting any major action packed pages. He is the behind-the-scenes kind of a guy and likes being on the home front.  He is the go to guy for solutions and I expected him to go a little crazy and lose that cloak of control when the time comes and I guess that may have not sat well with some readers.

Eve is a young and scared woman trying to protect her siblings. She is immature, insecure and totally lacks trust of anyone. Like the other KG women, she really does not have an identity before she came into Van’s life, so comparison is not even an option. As a stand alone, “After The Storm” was a decent read. If reading the book as part of the series, then definitely I can see how the readers were disappointed especially since they were expecting for action packed, hot romance, cliffhanging story.

ImageI have read her other books, trilogies, stand alone books and heading the top of that list are “Tempted”,  “Enticed”, “Wanted” and waiting for the fourth book (Cam’s HEA). “Long Road Home” and “Be With Me” are books that took me by surprise for their wonderful stories, and great penning of emotions, a genre that I may have not read if not for the excellent way Maya Banks had narrated the story in “Be With Me”.

Well, Maya Banks sure spoiled her readers setting a high standard for herself and for us and am not surprised that when a book of hers does not work out, she really gets to hear about it. And she still takes a place in my heart as one of my top favorites and will always be with me 🙂

 

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