Showing posts with label Arizona. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Arizona. Show all posts

Monday, February 10, 2020

27 Ways to Mend His Broken Heart by Shari L. Tapscott {Review}

27 Ways to Mend His Broken Heart by Shari L. Tapscott
Kindle Edition, 208 pages
Published September 2nd 2019 by Shari L. Tapscott 
Source: Kindle Unlimited
 
 https://amzn.to/2S50yqv    https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46652706-27-ways-to-mend-his-broken-heart
 
Heal him so you can steal him.

Kaylee:
Before I begin, I need to be clear about one thing: Kyle was mine first. My best friend since fourth grade. My shoulder to cry on. My everything. And then during our senior year of high school, Ava waltzed into the picture and won his heart.

Kyle:
I asked Ava to marry me. (Spoiler—she said no.)

How do you move on after five years? If it weren’t for Kaylee, I don’t know what I’d do. I know she was only trying to cheer me up when she concocted the idea of the list, but why not give it a try? Ava has certainly moved on.

Kaylee:
I’ve never seen Kyle so destroyed. The list was supposed to be a joke, something to make him smile. Then I realized what it really is—an opportunity. By the time I’m finished with him, Kyle will be over Ava, and he’ll be head-over-heels for yours truly.

Kyle:
I trust Kaylee, and if she thinks the list will help, then I’m all in. She’s not like other girls—she doesn't plot and scheme, or have ulterior motives. What you see is what you get. A guy couldn’t ask for a better best friend…


Author’s note: 27 Ways to Mend His Broken Heart is a steamy-clean adult romantic comedy with all the sizzle but no sex.
 
My Review: 5 Stars
 
This delightfully charming story reads like a romantic comedy and I could vividly picture every single page as though they were on the big screen in my imagination, and I was completely and fantastically hooked.
 
Kyle and Kaylee are best friends and she will do anything to help him move past heartache and right into her willing and waiting arms--and all through a list on a napkin. Let's just say that the road to true love can be paved with rocky bumps that mimic a torturous mountain bike trail in Sedona, Arizona, but the end result is oh-so-worth-it. 
 
These characters are easy to invest in and relate to, which caused me to devour this book as fast as a warm chocolate chip cookie (my favorite). The twists and turns, along with the steamy clean tension, allowed for a perfectly satisfying read and let me just say that I am eagerly awaiting more!
 
Content: mild+ romance  

Monday, February 25, 2019

A Monumental Love by Susan Aylworth {Review}



A Monumental Love (A Timeless Romance Single) 
by Susan Aylworth
ebook, 95 pages
Published February 7th 2019 by Mirror Press 
Source: I received a complimentary copy. All opinions expressed are my own and were voluntarily given.
 https://amzn.to/2Xiw19o   https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43515502-a-monumental-love
Roxelle McCann is eager to meet the family of her best friend, so she takes a mini-vacation to the Navajo Nation. Roxelle expects to find out more about Navajo language and customs and to be awed by the beauty of Monument Valley. She does not expect to find love among the monuments. The man she meets offers both a surprising possible future and a tender reminder of the past.  
My Review: 3 Stars

I love the Timeless Romance Singles and this one was definitely unique. Set in Arizona, with a good chunk on the Navajo reservation, the red stone beauty and wonder of the area was what captured my interest.

Roxelle and her Navajo roommate, Kyra, go on a mini-vacation to the Rez. Roxelle is easy to pity and feel sympathy for, as her life has been hard, but Kyra is all prickles. These two are quite different, yet they are as close as sisters, and I love the way Roxelle is able to soften her friends quills a little. 

A childhood second chance romance is always a favorite and it was fun to see this trope come to fruition. I only with there was a little more development in the romance department. It's my favorite thing to fall in love all over again, right along with the couple, so I needed more.

Overall, this was a perfectly sweet diversion, with a stunningly gorgeous setting.

Content:  very mild romance


About the Author: Susan Aylworth loves books, poems, plays, words in almost all polite forms, and 
good raspberry jam. Her first book, started when she was nine, "was a rip-off of Black Beauty. I wrote 
eight whole pages." For her fifth grade career day, she stated her ambition to become "a rich and 
famous author." Decades  later, she is pleased to have achieved the 'author' part of that goal.


A former university professor, she enjoys researching backgrounds and careers for her novels. "It's one 
way to live many lives all at once." Servant to two spoiled cats, she lives in northern California with 
her writer husband, Roger. She wishes the kids would visit more often.


Susan loves "travel, great music, and hearing from readers." Reach her at 
susan.aylworth.author@gmail.com, post on her wall at: www.facebook.com/Susan.Aylworth.Author 
or follow her @SusanAylworth. "If you enjoy my books, please tell everyone you know: friends, 
relatives, neighbors, the person who delivers your mail, people you meet in line in the grocery store, 
everyone!" She welcomes ideas for new books and characters.



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Thursday, October 4, 2018

Proximity by Traci Hunter Abramson {Blog Tour Review and Giveaway}


https://amzn.to/2RmyFb7
Proximity by Traci Hunter Abramson
Paperback, 262 pages
Published October 1st 2018 by Covenant Communications 
Source: I received a complimentary copy. All opinions expressed are my own and were voluntarily given.

 https://amzn.to/2RmyFb7    https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40713630-proximity

Tia Parker always seems to fall for the wrong guy. But when she meets Evan Spence at a friend's wedding, it seems like she's finally found Mr. Right. Their spark is undeniable, but reality may extinguish any hope for a future: they are separated by thousands of miles. As the couple struggles with the pitfalls of pursuing romance long-distance, Tia is taken off guard by a new arrival in town. Colby Farren is handsome and charming and has made it clear he's interested in Tia. Yet despite his obvious infatuation, Tia can't seem to get Evan out of her mind. Caught between the attention of two very different men, her complicated love life is soon eclipsed by much more sobering concerns. A break-in at her apartment is just the first in a series of bizarre events, each bringing her one step closer to a dangerous liaison. And knowing who to trust could be a matter of life and death.

My Review: 4 Stars
October always puts me in the mood for a great suspense--especially when it's a book by this author. The story starts out fairly gentle, yet I knew there was an underlying dark current. Even though I knew what was coming, I was still caught off guard, and for me, that made it even better.

Tia is a competent and capable woman, although she is always running late. In fact, that's exactly what brought her and Evan together. The romance in this story started out almost immediately, yet the connection gradually builds, giving it a very authentic feel. Evan is a very compassionate man and his fascination with Tia was so sweet. I loved seeing glimpses of characters from a previous book.

The subtle escalation of events carried me away and even had me glancing over my shoulder, especially at the climax of the suspense. The bad guy in this one is definitely crazy and gave me the creeps.

One especially fun note is that we have friends who live near this area and we went to visit a few years ago, so it was very easy for me to picture the setting of the story. I was completely transported to Arizona for a few hours and even though I was freaked out, I loved it.

Content: mild violence; mild+ creepiness; mild romance

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