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He Is So Fine – Another Fine Romance!

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September 30, 2014

Lucky Harbor just keeps getting smooth as whiskey, silk over velvet and hard to walk away.

“He Is So Fine” is book #11 in Jill Shalvis’s Lucky Harbor Series and is another sizzling romance with Olivia Bentley and Cole Donovan crackling with passion and giving Lucille some fine material for her Tumbler and You Tube fixations!!! Can it be more sexy and funny for the residents of Lucky Harbor as they feed on the gossip with underlying love and concern for their own?

Olivia comes to Lucky Harbor to start fresh with a new identity leaving a devastating Hollywood life and a family that she really can’t relate to. Running a vintage store in Lucky Harbor, she’s careful to keep her distance and not make any long term relations. Living on borrowed time, she revels in running her store and creating endless fantasies and stories with the kids.

Cole runs the Lucky Harbor Charters along with his friends Sam and Tanner and is forever trying to stay clear of his coven of sisters, who have coddled him. He’s got a wonderful family and great business, but a painful past keeps him from having any long term relations, until Olivia literally jumps on his head in the seas with the intention of saving his life and knocks him flat….literally!

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Cole and Olivia can’t deny the chemistry that’s been bubbling between them, and end up together. Cole believes in total honesty to the point of being rigid and unbendable…such a sweetheart…..and Olivia’s yet to come clean with Cole about her past.

Another beautiful love story in Lucky Harbor, as Olivia and Cole try to work out their misunderstandings and insecurities, put a closure to a past that seems to put the future at risk, and the confession of Olivia and Cole was an absolute treat to read.

Can’t wait for Tanner to get his heart stolen!!!!

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Mistletoe On Main Street – Season For Second Chances

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September 28, 2014

I seem to come across some amazing new writers courtesy Netgalley and Olivia Miles sure caught my attention. There is no doubt I can be very picky about the books I read considering I’ m a voracious reader thrice over!!!

I’ve never read Olivia Miles before “Mistletoe On Main Street”, a first in her new “Briar Creek Series”. Set in Briar Creek with its quaint stores, charming people and friendly neighbors, “Mistletoe On Main Street” kick starts the series with Grace Madison and Luke Hastings finding their way back to each other in the season of snow, sleigh bells and mistletoes.

Grace Madison is writer coming back to her hometown after her father passes away. Past pain and hurt have kept her away from her family and a love, that was never meant to be or so she thought. Finding herself at a lose end with things in the city gone awry, coming back to Briar Creek seems to be the means to an end as to what her next phase of life would be.

Luke Hastings is a teacher and he once upon a time loved Grace, before she flew away to spread her wings. Her arrival hack into their hometown, dredges up feelings that have been dormant, and her presence seems to stoke those embers into something more. A recent widower, Luke is at a crossroads between his feelings for Grace, and guilt for what has been the outcome of his only marriage.

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As Grace and Luke try to put a closure to the separation of the past, the guilt and anguish of the past doesn’t seem to make the future any more viable. I loved the way Olivia gave so much more importance to the feelings and torment that Grace and Luke go through. Even as they explore the attraction and come together, their future, their goals and their insecurities always seem to dog them into not to make a commitment. The questions that Luke asks himself, the self talks he gives himself, was an emotional read as a normal tries to get cross over a past that feels he’s never done justice to. And Grace with her inner strength and focus, and a vision to make a future attainable, puts in her full force of tenacity to make things work.

Under the winter skies, on the streets twinkling with starry lights and mistletoes, among the warm people humming Christmas carols and baking ginger bread cookies, Olivia Miles writes a beautiful love story for Grace and Luke. She is on my list for a definite repeat reads and I am looking forward to Anna Madison and Mark Hastings firing up the streets of Briar Creek in her next, “Match Made On Main Street”.

Received an ARC from Netgalley for an honest review.

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Twisted – An Eternal Twist

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September 25, 2014

Elisabeth Naughton writes some fabulous stories. I’ve read her Stolen Series, Against All Odds Series, Firebrand Series and now her Aegis Series. I’ve read the first, “Marked” in her Eternal Guardian Series and somewhere along the line lost track of the eternal gods!

It was a welcome change of read to get in touch with this series again. “Twisted” is number seven in her Eternal Guardian Series and is packed with enough twists and turns to keep us glued the pages of the book.

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Nick is imprisoned by Zagreaus on the command of his father Hades and is tortured to break him down as Hades’s got a lot to lose if Nick gets control of his full powers. Nick is Misos, and has been protecting his clan forever from the evils. Knowing that Demetrius is his half brother and they have the same soul mate, makes it even more twisted and Nick eventually sacrifices himself to keep their soul mate alive.

Cynna strikes a deal with the devil’s son and is forced to torture Nick, despite feeling a pull towards him. Eventually she manages to free Nick and both escape from the walls of hell. They are not out of the woods yet, as they run for their lives and eventually reach the sanctuary of the Argonauts, his brother and soul mate.

Now starts the real journey as they battle their feelings for each other amidst the secrets that keep spilling. Cynna’s roots are connected to Isadora, Isadora is Nick’s soul mate, and Nick and Cynna are in love with each other. With all these dynamics playing among the guardians, Twisted is one frenzy ride of powerful emotions, sizzling passion and ultimate loyalty.

Twisted can be read as a standalone, but it would be more satisfying and enjoyable to get to know the Eternal Guardians in a sequence.

Received an ARC from Netgalley for an honest review.

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Cowboy Behind The Badge – Another Thrilling Rush!

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September 23, 2014

Delores Fossen’s second book in her series Sweetwater Ranch is as good and adrenaline pumping story as the first. “Cowboy Behind The Badge” offers another heady rush of suspense and thrill.

Texas Ranger Tucker McKinnon sure wasn’t looking for trouble when Laine Braddock breaks into his house and he definitely was not looking for double trouble when he sees Laine is hiding two adorable newborns in his pantry. From the time he finds Laine, Tucker is thrown into triple trouble as he tries to get to the bottom of the mystery surrounding the twins.

Laine Braddock, a psychiatrist, is thrown into a whirlwind of danger the minute she is thrust with the safety of the newborns and witnesses the murder of the twins’ mother. She has no other choice but get to the sanctuary of Tucker, if she wants to live to take care of the babies.

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Tucker and Laine have a history together before a murder puts them on two sides of the fence. Yet as they fight together to save the babies, they discover that the spark between them was never doused and the passion kindles into a fire. A fire that they have to control to save the babies and put an end to a baby adoption farm gone the evil way.

Page after page of suspense, twists and danger is what Delores gives us in her second book in the series. Trust and support are tested, integrity and love stands trial and passion and justice wins it all. Tucker and Laine are two strong individuals and make one kick-ass couple. I liked the fact that the characters got more attention and more personality invested in them.

A sparkling five star enjoyable read!

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Risking It All – A Surprising Sweet Deal!

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September 21, 2014

M Stewart is a brand new author in my list and Risking It All is my first read of hers.

Kyle Morgan and Cecilia Anton have been childhood friends and have always supported and protected each other through the years. Somewhere along their journey in their small town, Kyle realizes his feelings for Cece go beyond the brotherly genre and he’s doesn’t want to jeopardize their relationship by admitting his feelings. Cece is left stranded by her boyfriend when he comes to know she’s pregnant and ends on Kyle’s doorstep for help.

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Risking It All is a sweet story of a protector and gentleman Kyle who wants to do the right thing for his friend. It is a charming story of lovable and caring Cece, as she tries to understand her mixed feelings towards her childhood friend and deal with the nightmares that seem to haunt her. Risking It All is a pleasant ride of two beautiful individuals risking their friendship to make a future, as they put a closure to a present clouded in mystery and lay the past to rest.

A definite and enjoyable read.

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