My review: This is a sweet story about stranded strangers with a twist. Add one Mastiff and a bunch of candy heart treats and the strangers become friends and lover. I really enjoyed the story.
Blurb:
Renata Cabral
needs to hide for the weekend. Her cousin’s Valentine’s Day wedding means
she’ll face embarrassing questions from her large, extended family. Questions like “Why aren’t you
married yet?” Since the breakup of her last
relationship, she’s not ready to answer that question. She invents a
work-related excuse and escapes to a friend’s lakeside cottage.
Noah Brownlee has been hiding for two years. But now he’s ready to
come home and mend his broken relationship with his brother. When a friend
offers the use of his lakeside cottage, Noah arrives in the middle of a
blizzard with his English Mastiff, only to find the place is already occupied. With
her big brown eyes and quirky sense of humor, Renata stirs feelings he thought
long dead.
As the blizzard rages, the candy hearts predict love. Can
Valentine’s Day work its magic between them?
Excerpt:
“Dylan wasn’t just my brother, he was my best friend,
and in some ways, he was like a father. When our mother died, he petitioned the
court to make him my legal guardian so I wouldn’t have to go into care. He made
sure I studied, pushed me to apply to med school, helped me with expenses.”
“He sounds like a wonderful big brother.”
His lips curved in a sad smile and Renata’s heart ached
for him. “He was, and I know he’s going to be an amazing father. I want this
animosity between us to end. I want my brother back.” His voice cracked. “But
I’m not sure he feels the same way. I said some ugly things…”
“Perhaps, with the baby coming, he wants to mend the
rift between you as much as you do.” She hoped she was right.
“Maybe. I’ll find out tomorrow. I’m going to phone
Dylan and try to arrange a meeting.”
“It’ll work out. You’ll see.”
He leaned toward her, the corners of his eyes wrinkling
with his smile. “I appreciate the pep rally.”
“Well, I was a cheerleader in high school. Rah, Rah.”
He laughed softly, then cupped her face with his hand,
his thumb idly stroking her cheek. Her breath hitched at his tender touch.
“Thank you for making this easier for me, Renata.”
He leaned in and her heart pounded in anticipation of
his kiss. When his lips touched hers, a firestorm of longing ignited inside
her. She strained toward him, needing his kiss, needing to heal his pain. His
lips parted against hers, and she opened her mouth eagerly, reveling in his
taste as his tongue danced with hers.
The world faded away, and nothing existed
for her except this man and all the tenderness she felt for him. It felt so
right to kiss him, so perfectly, completely right.
Author
Bio:
When Jana Richards
read her first romance novel, she immediately knew two things: she had to
commit the stories running through her head to paper, and they had to end with
a happily ever after. She also knew she’d found what she was meant to do. Since
then she’s never met a romance genre she didn’t like. She writes contemporary
romance, romantic suspense, and historical romance set in World War Two, in
lengths ranging from short story to full length novel. Just for fun, she throws
in generous helpings of humor, and the occasional dash of the paranormal. Her
paranormal romantic suspense “Seeing Things” was a 2008 EPPIE finalist.
In her life away
from writing, Jana is an accountant/admin assistant, a mother to two grown
daughters, and a wife to her husband Warren. She enjoys golf, yoga, movies,
concerts, travel and reading, not necessarily in that order. She and her
husband live in Winnipeg, Canada with their Pug/Terrier cross Lou and several
unnamed goldfish. She loves to hear from readers and can be reached through her
website at www.janarichards.com
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1 comment:
Sounds lovely, Jana!
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