Colel is part of the Immortal Matchmakers series by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff. I have such a soft spot for this author, I don't get a chance to read her as much as I would like, however, I adore her writing style and she really pulls the reader into her stories with no apologies and I love her zest that we see in her stories. Colel is such a unique PNR, and not the style that you normally see in a romance but such a refreshing one. There are technically two love stories that we see but one Colel's story is where we find the happy ending we are looking for. (Although I can't wait for the next book to see what happens)
Colel begins with our heroine, Colel, who is a bee mistress (or in other words the goddess of the bees) she has lived for centuries and sees to the well being of the bees in the world. Colel wants what many of her fellow friends have...true love and she wonders if she will ever find her one true mate. She is called back into the mortal world when she discovers that there is trouble with the population of her bees and is on the hunt to discover what is happening with them. Colel is led to a small town, where upon looking for honey for her bees, she is confronted with a beautiful sexy man who despises her but one who is also her true mate. She feels an instant connection with him but he hates her and when she learns that he is allergic to bees and that his brother died from a bee sting, she has no clue how to discover more about this mysterious man who seems to feel the same connection but isn't open to starting anything with her. But what begins as a search in trying to find a way to happy ever after is a road that leads to disastrous pathways and Colel will have to risk everything to save her mate...
Colel was such a charming and fun romance and I got so much satisfaction in reading this novel. It has been a while since I have been this author up and every time I pick her up I wonder why I don't read her more. Now I won't say that this is my favorite book from this author, but quite an entertaining forbidden romance that we see develop here. My reasons for not liking this one quite as much as some of her others is the pacing. I am not sure if it was just the mood or the actual book itself, but I felt like the pacing was a bit off in the later half of the story. It was quite disappointing to be honest in some moments but I also felt so engrossed in the story that it didn't keep me from enjoying the story itself.
We do a get a sideline love story that ends with a cliffhanger and I am assuming their story will continue in the next installment of the series. At first I was a bit confused by what was really going on, but I was able to catch on quickly though and became so intune with their story and despite how much I wanted to see them find their way to their HEA, I did like how Pamfiloff ends things with though.
The romance that develops between Colel and Rhys is quite intense in many ways and there is some angst in the fact that they are very opposite from each other. The most important is the fact that Colel is the keeper of bees, and the bees are pretty protective of her and don't trust her new interest in Rhys. So Colel has to get pretty creative, but Rhys is really consued by everything. He feels a bond between them but he also can't stand her love of bees which is the one thing he can't stand to be around. But then we get some added complications and the type of complications that I never expected. Now these surprised is one of the things that I love about this author. I NEVER know how she will write a story and circumstances and developments in plots never happen in the way the reader ever suspects.
I did have a blast with this book and seeing the unique way this story developed. I grew to love both Colel and Rhys and seeing them find their much needed happy ended was so satisfying especially after we see all that these two go through, but they do find their own path in such delicious and momentus ways. I adored this book and am itching to read the previous books.
Overall I found this story to be a laugh out loud romance, its a story to take pleasure in, to entertain and liven up your mind and give you all those delicious tingles we romance readers love feeling in our romances. ADORED EVERY MOMENT
Come Back For Me is the first book in the more recent series by this author. Corrine Michaels has definitely been on my watch for list for quite a while, I have found many of her covers stunning (and yes that is what initially) drew me to her books, but after seeing so many positive thoughts on her work I decided I needed to try out her series. Well I will say that this book delightfully surprised me and I actually hadn't read the blurb at all before grabbing up this one, I just went full speed ahead into it and I am pleased with that decision to do so. It wasn't quite what I expected but it ended up being a delicious story I didn't want to let go of.
Come Back For Me is a story of a beautiful second chance love story. Connor and Ellie are characters that once had a fling, a one night stand that gave them both wonderful memories but had no way to contact each other afterwards and they both went their separate ways. Connor forged a life in the military as a Navy SEAL, and Ellie found herself pregnant and married and living the life of a farmer's wife. But now its years later and Connor, after suffering a leg injury, had to retired from the SEAL's and when his father dies, he and his brothers gather at the home they all despise to settle affairs. But is forced to stay there for six months, endeavoring to make the house and ranch cleaned up to sell so they can all make a profit on it. But then he meets a little girl who charms his heart and then when he meets her mother, he is drawn back to the past. But Ellie's life is full of terror, as her husband is abusive and controlling and when their past and secrets clash, Ellie and Connor will need to find a way to heal and live as a family..
He was like a comet that set the sky on fire, and the tail has never faded for me.
Come Back For Me was such a deeply emotional and riveting journey and I was all for it. I was so captivated by this family, but who won my heart....Ellie's daughter. She is so precocious and darling and sweet and I just knew from that first meeting how much I would love her in this book. I adore kiddies in romance, and she definitely was a light in this book to balance out some of the darker elements. And boy did she have Connor wrapped around her little finger. Ellie was such a strong heroine and I admired seeing what she has had to deal with all of these years with her husband and having the courage to face death just to make sure her daughter is safe. There is a "secret baby" trope in this one but I really liked it. Now I rarely if ever actually enjoy this trope, but I did like the way it was written in this book, as Ellie had no way of finding Connor so that actually made sense to me.
We may have lost our chance years ago, but I’m not a kid anymore, and I have my target set. I’m waiting for the sights to align
The romance that blossoms between Connor and Ellie is fantastic in every way and I honestly couldn't get enough of seeing these two together. There were so many heartfelt moments between these two that build into a crescendo of sensuality and deep relatable emotion. What they face and what they have both endured in their lives is heart breaking at times, but each individually have such solid spines of steel in finding their own ways to heal from the trauma's of it all. I liked that they didn't let those burdens keep them from embracing what they had together.
You’re everything I remembered and nothing I was prepared for
Overall I found Come Back For Me to be a endearing contemporary that blends the light and the dark in such a beautiful way and I found this romance to be a true gem!
Come Away With Me is the first book in this wonderful series by Kristen Proby. Ever since coming across these characters in the Boudreaux series, I was very intrigued by this family so I just had to pick up the first book and since it was available in the Romance Package at Audible, I was more than ready to listen to this story and boy did I LOVE this book so very much here. It was superb and fantastic and I fell so hard for these characters. And boy sometimes its just nice to read a Kristen Proby romance, because every time I read her I just know I will be for a lucky treat, where there is little drama and just a sweet love story that I can relax into and Come Away With Me was exactly what I needed because it left me happy and gooey inside.
So it starts off with a hitch when our heroine is walking along the beach, taking scenic photographs with her camera when suddenly this crazy but hot man comes at her, raging to stop taking photos of him and Natalie is more than a little confused why he would think that of her but she fights back to him. And before Natalie realizes it, they have resolved the little misunderstanding and sparks fly and they are having hot sex in the bedroom and revealing secrets to each other. Natalie confesses her reasons behind her tattoos, that she is a professional photographer of bedroom scenes and sensual nudes and the unveiling truth that the man she is falling in love with is an actor and not just any actor, but one of the most infamous men in the world. Natalie at first wonders why this incredibly sweet and sexy actor would see anything in her plump self.
Now Luke is one of those heroes, that you literally want to swoon over and one of those heroes you would want to marry because he is so loyal and true and sexy. I love how once he meets Natalie, he wants her forever. He doesn't bat an eye in realizing he has found the "real" thing and fights for her in such a beautiful way and I fell in love with his ways of proving to Natalie how devoted he is to her and boy does he get mad when she judges herself negatively and I LOVE that.
I've fallen in love with a beautiful, sexy, sweet, jealous control freak. Shit.
We get an introduction to Natalie's adopted family that has filled that empty void she felt when her folks passed. And then we get the whole meet Jake's family, who are so down to earth and kind except for the really overprotective sister and boy does Natalie put her in her place. I do love a sweet heroine that can fight her own battles when needed.
I have to say that I am hooked on this author and my only complaint about this book was the narration. I like the voice well enough, but I really don't care for the way she handles male voices, they just rub me wrong but everything else was pretty great. Also another downer to the story was I felt that there were too many sex scenes at times and that is the only aspect I would really change from this sweet romance I fell hard for!!
I found this to be an interesting story with the definite flair that this author conveys. It definitely has its high level of heat so if you love plenty of sexual chemistry, you will definitely find this one appealing. This also has some aspects of forbidden love to it (as its an office romance) and a power dynamic. To be honest I felt like the author handled the power dynamic really well and didn't feel like the hero ever took advantage in the job atmosphere. The only issue I had with the book was the menage scene with her friend. I really wasn't a fan of that to be honest. I really do love the style of writing this author implements, it just hooks me from beginning to end.
Laiden's Daughter is the first book in the Clan MacDougall series by Suzan Tisdale. I have really been looking forward to picking up these books, since we see the main characters in other books so I was really looking forward to reading Duncan and Aishlinn'sstory. This was a super fun story to read and boy I had so many barrels of laughs with this one because Aishlinn doesn't just win Duncan's heart but the hearts of his people very quickly.
Aishlinn, was left to be raised with her step father when her mother died when she was only four years old. Her step father trained her to fight and to hunt because he tended to "put her down" and not believing that she could ever marry. But then her step father died and her step brothers sold her as a servant at Castle Firth for two sheep. And when the Earl attempts to rape her, she stabs him and thinking that she has killed him she runs north to the Highlands which is where she is found by Duncan McEwan. Duncan while out hunting for raiders of some cattle, comes across a lass near freezing and he and his men help her and return her to their keep. Aishlinn has been a servant all of her life, but the Scots treat her as an equal and she can't deny the feelings she feels for Duncan and how welcoming his people have been for her. But there is a danger, the Earl is alive and will stop at nothing to have her back....Will Aishlinn have to make the greatest sacrifice to save the clan of will the love Duncan has for her be strong enough to fight the English?
This was such a beautifully written story and so much depth to the story. Not only do we have a wonderful love story that comes into play here, but there is also a mystery solved about Aishlinn's real parentage and who her birth father really is and why her step father was so cruel to her over the years. I really loved the mystery behind it and when the truth is revealed....this scene is so built up through the story it really tears at your emotions. The love between Duncan and Aishlinn is so tender and poignant. I love that Duncan is so devoted to Aishlinn...he isn't perfect by any means, and boy does he get jealous and yeah this is where you just fall for Aishlinn's strong spirit because she is even tempered and sweet but when she is angry watch out and her character was so fantastic. She is perfect for Duncan including not letting him getting away with possessive overbearing behavior that sometimes erupts. This story had me in and out with my emotions and I love how Brad Wills (the narrator) just brings these stories to life!!! A PHENOMENAL ROMANCE!
Warpize is the first book in the series, and books 1-3 could actually be one big book, since there are no breaks between books, it just starts off from where the previous book left off. Now for quite some time I kept putting these books off, but I finally decided I needed to try it. Now after reading this book I bought books 2 and 3!!! You go into this book, expecting it to be a average historical themed bodice ripper style of book...well nope it wasn't. Now there are some bodice rippers I love, but I have to say that I LOVE LOVED LOVEDDD this book and what a world that this author has created for us. In Warprize the heroine, Lara, is a healer, and she is a princess, and her step brother is the king. They are at war, with the firelanders. She will aid anyone in need, it doesn't matter if they are friend or foe. So she has been visiting the prisoners to help them in their injuries, one night she heals a man that she learns is a high ranking officer to the firelanders, and she protects him, knowing her brother will have him killed. Then in the marketplace she meets a stranger, a man that makes her burn and she feels a connection she has never felt before. This man, is the warlord, who is demanding that she become his warprize. In Lara's mind, that means she will become his slave. Its either she submits to him or her people will be slaughtered. So she does the right thing, and becomes the Warprize. From the first few days, she starts to realize that this Warlord isn't the typical one, he isn't violent or abusive or raping her. He treats her with respect, and lets her heal others, and roam the camp. Lara still fears him, but when she learns what the "Warprize" really means for him and his culture, Lara will be swept away in a world of magic, desire, and love. The Warprize was such a fantastic read, and I would put it up with my favorites list by far. I am so glad I bought this book, because I plan on reading it again in the near future, I just couldn't get enough of this couple. This story had me in tears and laughing the next moment, Lara is a heroine I came to adore, and what strength she had, and she learns to fight for what she wants most. I was really impressed with this author, what a storyteller she is!! A world that she creates that any fan of C.L. Wilson, MUST READ THIS ONE!!! You will have no regrets!! A story of a tender love, enriching characters, and a plot that thickens with each page!! A STORY TO CAPTIVE YOU FROM THE FIRST PAGE!!
