See Me

Book Review of See Me (The Donovan Family series)

Title: See Me

Series: The Donovan Family Series

Author: Margaret Watson

Date Published: July 19th 2016

Date Read:    July 17, 2016

The Blurb:

When single mother Gabriella Stefano arrives home from work, she's shocked to find her ex-husband waiting for her in her kitchen. He's supposed to be in prison. 

Gaby manages to call 911 and escape, but she's afraid her ex-husband's next stop will be her daughters' school. Calling Alex Jennings is the logical thing to do – the Chicago homicide detective is a family friend. But no matter how hard she tries to hide it, Gaby's feelings for Alex are far more than friendly. And when Alex camps out at her house to make sure the Stefano family is safe, it becomes nearly impossible to hide her attraction from Alex.

Alex wants far more from Gaby than friendship. He's been giving her space to recover from her tumultuous marriage, but being forced to spend nearly all their time together is chipping away at the wall he's built around his heart. Alex wants Gaby and her girls in his life – permanently.

With Gaby's abusive ex still on the loose, and the danger escalating, Alex and Gaby have to concentrate on the immediate threat. But when Gaby discovers Alex's secrets, will they prove to be more dangerous than her ex-husband? 

My Review

4 love is patient Stars

See Me The 8th book in The Donovan Family series was great. It is now tied with Quinns book for my favorite of the series. I first read about Gaby, Bella, and Alex in Conn's story the 4th book in the series and I fell in love with Alex then. I had some reservations about Gaby after some of the choices she made in book 4, but she really redeemed herself in this book, and I got to see her in a whole new light. I loved getting to know Alex and Gaby on a deeper level. They both were realistic and likable characters. They had a great relationship with lots of passion. Alex was very sweet, protective and supportive. He was there for Gaby giving her time, not pushing her for more than she could give. Gaby was very sweet too. She was trying to learn from her mistakes, and be a better mom and person. To stand on her only two feet. I loved both of Gaby's daughters Bella, and Cece. There was some cute moments with Alex and the girls. I really enjoyed the plot and all the action. The ending was very sweet but I wish it would have given us readers a look further into this couple's future. Great read I have really enjoyed this series. 

No Falling Allowed

Book Review of No Falling Allowed (No Kissing Allowed series)

Title:No Falling Allowed

Series: No Kissing Allowed Series

Author: Melissa West

Date Published: July 18th 2016

Date Read:    July 13th 2016

The Blurb:

My life just went South…

Twenty-four hours. That’s how long it took my life to flip upside down.

Wake up in bed alone after the best night of my life? Check.

Get fired instead of the promised promotion? Check.

Wealthy parents cut me off when I refuse to follow their path for my life? Check.

Now I’m in Cricket Creek, SC—a place where no New Yorker belongs—disowned and broke, with a new job that I can’t mess up. Oh yeah, and staring at my one-night stand, who happens to be the complete opposite of my type.

Southern.

Cocky.

Bartender.

Noah Hunter never should have made it back to my apartment in NYC, and I definitely shouldn’t be in his small town. But fate had another plan. Or a horrible sense of humor.

Who knew Mr. Wrong could feel so right…

 My Review

4 I'm in All in Stars

No Falling Allowed, the 2nd book in the No Kissing Allowed Series, was very cute. It works well as a standalone. I didn't read the first book and I was fine. This book was a quick, funny, and very charming read. I was smiling like a sap or laughing the whole book. I liked both Grace and Noah. Noah was cocky, sexy, but at the same time sweet, loving, and protective of those he loved. Noah had a lot of loss in his life and he held his brother close and tried to shut everyone else out. Grace was a rich girl who wanted to make her own way in the world. She was independent, sassy, brave, and sweet. Grace had a lot of insecurities and feelings like she was never good enough that she hid behind a mask of confidence.

Noah and Grace were smokin' hot together. They had a strong connection that came through the pages. I thought Noah's little brother Jonah was cute. Especially the way he made everyone say sorry to God if they said God's name in vain. I loved the besties vibes that Grace, Cameron, and Lauren were putting out. There was some awesome girl bonding going on. I was sad for the thing that happened at the end of the book to Lauren and I would love for her to get her own book. I think I may go back and read Cam and Aidan's book too. I haven't read anything from Melissa West before but I clicked with her writing style. I enjoyed everything about this book. The only reason it's a 4 star and not 5 is I wanted more. I wished it was longer so I could have got deeper with Grace and Noah. I also would have liked a epilogue that showed more Than a few days into their future. I wanted to see a few years down the road. Still this book was a great, low angst, sweet read.

Sawyer's Rose

Book Review of Sawyer's Rose (McCades Of Cheyenne series)

Title:Sawyer's Rose

Series: McCades of Cheyenne Series

Author: Kim Turner

Date Published: March 18th 2016 

Date Read:    July 11th 2016

The Blurb:

As if he doesn't have enough to handle between running outlaws out of Cheyenne, keeping his brothers out of trouble, and avenging his father's death, Sheriff Sawyer McCade's meddling mother just dumped a mysterious mail-order bride on his doorstep. One woman can be more trouble than a band of renegades, and while this one has him all stirred up, he'd rather get to the bottom of the story she isn't telling. 

Rose Parker had it all—until a web of danger and deceit sends her running to Cheyenne posing as a mail-order bride. Escaping the evils of New York seems sensible until she meets the unsuspecting sheriff who didn't ask for her, has no intention of marrying her, and won't rest until he uncovers her secret and sends her back home. 

My Review

3 The Days of Sawyer's Life Stars

Well this was a satisfactory read for me. Not bad but not great. The first half was pretty slow. It picked up a little after the half way mark but for the most part it was a slower pace read. There was a few cool wild west type gun fights to shake things up. I think the two major problems I had with this book are 1. It skips around weeks at a time with no clear timeline. That left me trying to figure out what was going on more than once and in general was just confusing. One minute they are eating dinner then it weeks later and it doesn't even say how many weeks later, then it's weeks later again. And it didn't just confuse the timeline it confused the plot and slowed it down. For instance Sawyer would be in his office thinking of Rose then in the next sentence he was at the ranch eating dinner weeks later and I was like what whoa how did we get here. 2. There is not much in the way of relationship development for 3/4s of the book. It was more like "The Days of Sawyer's Life" soap then a romance. I mean Sawyer was interesting, but I wanted love and romance. Although we readers do get some sweet moments the last 1/4 of the book I was looking for more. The couple were almost never together, didn't really speak a lot to each other and did their own things (Mainly Sawyer) then at the 1/4 mark they're in love and I didn't really feel that love because after 3/4s of a book, hundreds of pages I didn't really see how they had been around each other or talked to each other enough to have any feelings at all. It felt very superficial. I liked the secondary characters and I wouldn't mind reading Wyatt's book. Overall this book was an okay read and I would try this author again.