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Wolf Haven – A Safe Haven

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November 21, 2014

Lindsay McKenna writes some astounding stories of awe-inspiring courage and love. I’ve read so many of her books, and each book is a testimony of her talent in creating characters with layers of depth, stories that bring you happiness and sadness, and circumstances that take you on a journey of selfless heroism and valor.

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Navy ER nurse Skylar Pascal comes back home alive, surviving capture and torture in Afghanistan. No amount of therapy can erase the pain and torment of she had gone through in the war-ravaged country. As she tries to find a footing in the midst of normal life, PTSD does not make it easy for her to keep at jobs. Her search for sanity and survival brings her to Elk Horn Ranch, Wyoming and she gets her first stable job at the ranch taking care of the young guests and running the dispensary.

Ex-Navy Seal Grayson McCoy is the pioneer in helping create a safe haven for wild life on Elk Ranch and Skylar brings out all his protective instincts. Having experienced insurmountable suffering and PTSD, he can really understand Skylar’s plight and is only a step away from lending a helping hand.

As Gray and Skylar work together, flickers of awareness ignite between them. As Skylar gains her confidence back, Gray stokes the flickers into embers of passion. As Skylar heals mentally and physically, Gray finds his center with Skylar. Skylar blossoms in Gray’s protection and the Elk Horn Ranch heals her with its open skies and warmth of the wilderness. Yet sometimes the wilderness and a safe haven can be threatened from the inside….

“Wolf Haven” is another remarkable story of two war veterans, coming back home wounded, and trying to find a place in the norm of life. McKenna does an outstanding job of etching Gray and Skylar, their recuperation and wellness, their support and empathy for each other and the humbleness of nature gives them a safe haven to heal with each, for each other. McKenna pays much need attention to the minutest of details of the healing process…truly a wonderful story in its simplicity of love and complexity of emotions.

Received an ARC from Harlequin via Netgalley for a honest review.

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Naked Desire – A Tangy And Sweet Rub!

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November 18, 2014

Here’s another first for me……Naked Cowboys and Desiree Holt!!! Obviously haven’t had a chance to read all about those Naked Cowboys (intend to rectify this mistake!!!), but “Naked Desire” is a good start for me in the series.

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Cynthia Dellinger is leaving a painful and betrayed marriage of fifteen years behind her and lands in Saddler’s Wells, TX to start on a clean slate. With a small settlement to her name and a secret family rub recipe that may well be the foundation for a new lease of life, she lays roots in the land of sexy cowboys and sassy and supportive friends.

With her close friends lending a helping hand, not only in business but in her personal life, she meets the super sexy and younger than her carpenter cowboy Jesse Orosco. With his own successful business, the busy and charismatic artist gets lassoed with Cyn’s beauty and her determination. He helps build her store and along the way falls madly in love with her.

As the passion between Cyn and Jesse steams the tarps in the store, and fires the wood, Cyn’s rub with her own secret ingredient seems to be causing Cynsations in the public and their love lives!!!. Even as her business is taking off in an incredibly magical way, Jesse is having a hard time convincing Cyn that age is no barrier in the game of love and heart. And being the tenacious cowboy he is, with the help of his friends, he is hell bent on keeping her in his saddle forever.

I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book, and her whole group of friends is adorable, tenacious, supportive and hilarious to the core. Cyn as the mature and successful yet vulnerable lady is a treat getting to know her. And Jesse as the I-know-what-I-want and I-want-Cyn is the perfect gentleman and lover to boot. I definitely will go back to catch up on other’s love stories.

Received an ARC from Samhain Publications via Netalley for an honest review.

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Written On Her Heart – A Decent Read

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November 12, 2014

Andi’s lifetime ambition is to become a published author and the perfect opportunity lands with her, when she returns home to Callaway Cove. Her idol and renowned author Ford Delaney is looking for an intern to help him with his research, and Andi knows this is an opportunity of a lifetime.

Ford Delaney is hiding in Calloway Cove away from the paparazzi and intrusion into his private life. He’s got a past that haunts him, and his attraction to Andi may very well be his downfall. But he is willing to help Andi achieve her goal, as he creates openings for her with his literary resources at his disposal.

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As Andi and Ford try to curb their growing desire for each other, the consequences of their actions seem to leave a deluge of broken relationships and pain behind them. As Ford’s past catches up with him, Andi finds herself fulfilling her life-long dream of becoming a published author, but alone and miserable and hoping one day Ford would come back to her.

The plot is good, and the storyline is interesting. Lots of time I had to remember that Andi is only 21 years old, and her actions and reactions are of a young adult. Ford is the successful and arrogant guy hardened with life experiences, yet he is very protective of Andi.

All in all, “Written On Her Heart” is a good one time read, and for a first time read of Paige Rion, it’s a decent book.

Received an ARC from XPresso Tour Books via Netgalley for a honest review.

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Shattered Witness – Captivating!

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Anna DeStefano is a first time read for me and “Shattered Witness” sure drew me into the story and the lives of Shaw Cassidy and Cole Marinos.

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Rich and successful Shaw Cassidy is the victim of a brutal attack leaving her traumatized and searching for memories lost. She retreats to her High Mountain Estate for recuperating, but nightmares and a feeling that she’s been watched every single minute haunt her.

FBI agent Cole Marinos is assigned the task of keeping an eye on Shaw as she is suspected of treason and Cole is trying to jog her memories so she can be exonerated. But dangerous events lead to Cole being implicated as well.

Cole and Shaw share a past that was shattered by her father and brother. A past in which Shaw and Cole were lovers, and now it looks like a stalker is hell bent in killing both before Shaw’s memories come back.

This is a fast paced action packed story, filled with thrills, danger and an evil that has no qualms of killing without emotion or remorse. Anna DeStefano definitely keeps the audience enthralled and captivated, page after page. The suspense is great, and you may get inkling as who the killer might be, but the details of the anticlimax are surprising enough.

A definite read and a definite re-visit of the author for her other books.

PS: This book was previously published as Her Forgotten Betrayal, and this edition has few editorial revisions

Received an ARC from Montlake Romance via Netgalley for a honest review.

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Running On Empty – Loaded In Sentiment!

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November 10, 2014

Here’s another outstanding series from Christy Reece’s sensational basket of LCR operatives. A spin off of her former LCR Series, “Running On Empty” is the first in the LCR Elite Series. For the uninitiated readers of Christy Reece, LCR Elite Series would be the perfect start to get to know her red-hot operatives and also get to visit the infamous ones from the original series.

Sabrina Fox and Declan Steele – outstanding operatives, partners in covert operations and significant others in life. Yet someone choreographs an outstanding operation, breaking them apart, sending Declan into the dungeons of torture and Sabrina into a vortex of anguish, until Noah McCall drops an olive branch to bring meaning back to life.

After been rescued, Declan has only one mission in life, and that is to get back at Sabrina for double-crossing him and breaking his heart into pieces. Even as he comes face to face with her, he cannot pull the trigger on her as he’s consumed with emotions of love and passion that have never ceased, in direct war with the pounding in his head that Sabrina was responsible for his capture and torture.

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Circumstances put them together under the same roof and it is up to them to trust each other and find the mole in their life, responsible for their separation. And when Sabrina gets taken, Declan’s revenge turns into a race against time to save the one and only woman who stole his heart.

Yes…. there is plenty of action, yes…there is suspense and danger…and yes there is chemistry to top the charts, but what puts Christy Reece over and above is her brilliant characterization of people. Whether they are the primary or the secondary, every character is penned to detail and cloaked with their individual aura of persona. There is a history behind them, there is an identity behind them and there is spirit in them, and every character breathes an essence of their nature.

Christy Reece is on of those amazing writers, who nurture a good story with understanding and patience. She creates history behind every relationship and does not put any terms, conditions and expiration dates to relationships. Without losing the grip on the crux of the story, keeping the thrills and the frills at high levels, Christy does a fabulous job with Sabrina and Declan’s relationship, making our hearts cry for their pain and love…and this is what makes me fall for a book and a writer/author.

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