Fast Track by Julie Garwood

I love the independence that Cordelia has but when she learns the truth she questions everything about herself.  She must get it all back.  She has decided to move on with her life.  She is selling her home and moving to Boston and start over. When Aiden finally sees Cordieila as the beautiful woman she is and he wants her but also is afraid of wanting her.  The passions between then was hot as can be.  I could not put this book down.  The action and passion between them made a great read. Can friends grow to be more and if so can they make it thru the trials ahead of them?

Cordelia Kane has always been a daddy’s girl.  Her dad raised her after her mother died in a car crash. She may not be the most feminine woman but she loves her life. When her dad has a serious heart attack, Cordelia is devastated. It is on her dad’s death bed that he reviles her mom is alive.

Cordelia can’t suppress her curiosity about the woman who gave birth to her. She discovers that the woman on her birth certificate has a whole different name. In order to get the answers to her questions she must go to Sydney, Australia to get them.

Hotel magnate Aiden Madison is Cordelia’s best friend’s older brother.  Cordelia has had a crush on him for years. So when he agrees to take her along to Sydney on his company jet, he unknowingly puts her life at risk. He’s recently angered a powerful congressman by refusing to purchase overvalued land. Congressman Chambers is not a happy man and will use all the resources he can to get even and what he wants.

In Australia sparks fly between Cordelia and Aiden. Neither want to admit to them and keep their days as normal as possible. After Cordelia has a meeting with her mom all she wants is to go home.  So Aiden takes her home to Chicago.  Cordelia is determined to leave so that her heart can heal, but multiple attempts on her life have Aiden and her friends trying to put a stop the madness.  During this Aiden sees what is most important in his life and must act before he loses everything.

 

Thanks to First to Read- Penguin Books USA for the free copy of this book.

Her Unbridled Cowboy (Harland County #2) by Donna Michaels

Her Unbridled Cowboy (Harland County #2)  by Donna Michaels

 

Homeless, unemployed and Divorced Kerri Masters agrees to hear to her home town in Texas after a California earthquake. It must be her weakened state that has her eyeing the neighbor she used to follow around as a child.

Connor McCall’s notices his former neighbor when she steps on his ranch in her fancy clothes and shiny heels. Too bad she’s a city girl, because he has no use for them.

I loved how Kerri and Connor work through their troubles from their past.  They both want a right now and not a future. So when did it all change?  The way they both need to open up yet want to guard their hearts is something I can understand.  Neither wants to make the first move to build more when a misunderstanding can take the future away.  I would love to read more and see where they go.

The Curse Keepers (Curse Keepers #1) by Denise Grover Swank

 

The Curse Keepers (Curse Keepers #1)

by Denise Grover Swank

Ellie Lancaster has lived her whole life by the site of the mysterious Lost Colony of Roanoke, the Virginia settlement that vanished without a trace around 1590. Only the descendants of the two men who banished the spirits of an enemy tribe know what really happened to the colony. Ellie is one of those descendants they call her a Curse Keeper. Ellie has never taken the legend for real. She meets a handsome, Collin Dailey. Collin’s presence is electrifying to Ellie. Ellie finds the prophecy is real, and now must battle supernatural forces to set things right.  Her only help is Collin, but can she trust him.

I enjoyed the adventure and romance in this book.  The sparks between Ellie and Collin are hot.  Collin leads Ellie in this adventure and keeps telling her is no good and that he should not trust her.  Then he tells her to trust him.  Ellie can decide if she should trust or not. Her best friend is by her side and wants her to just let her hair down and have fun. When people she knows start to die she is not sure what do. She turns to Collin for help and gives it to her.  Can she help save the world or will she fall short? 

 

I will be reading the next book.

Hog-Tied and Branded by Anita Philmar

 Hog-Tied and Branded by Anita Philmar

This is an enjoyable short read.  You meet Suzi Calworth at her home in Oklahoma.  She has just returned from a job the city.  Her work took her there for four months.  Before she let she had been seeing Clint Malone and with how it ended she did not want to see him.  The problem with that was Clint leased land from her for is ranching. 

Clint has not seen Suzi for four months and it feels like forever to him.  When he sees she is home he goes right over to see her.  She wants him but also wants him to go away.   He wants to go back to where they were, but he is not sure that the secret he has will let them move forward together.  Suzi has her own secret and is worried that Clint will never talk to her again if he learns about it.

Can they get passed their secrets? 

It may be a short read but as Ella and Clint have a past together it is nice to see what they have to go through with the choices they have made.  I was able to feel where both of them were coming from and the worry they have.

If I Were You by Lisa Renee Jones

 

If I Were You by Lisa Renee Jones

This book starts with a couple of school teacher that are off for summer break.  One purchases a storage shed that the owner has not paid their bill. When she runs off with her boyfriend she gives the shed and all the contents to her friend Ella.  As Ella doesn’t want it and she starts to look for the owner of the shed Rebecca. This leads her to getting a job at an art gallery owned by Mark Compton and she meets Chris Merit an artist.

Ella is now in Rebecca’s world and is not sure whom to trust.  Chris can’t stay away from Ella and try’s to help her learn this new world.  Mark wants her to learn about more than just art.  There is an underlining battle between Mark and Chris and Ella is in the middle.  The more secrets she learns the truth the more secrets and questions come.

Can Ella keep up with this new world she is in?  Will she have to pick between Mark and Chris?  Will she find Rebecca?

I enjoyed this book but I did have a hard time keeping becoming involved with the emotions of the charters in this book.

Marked By The Vampire (Purgatory #2) by Cynthia Eden

His job is to stop the monsters. Her job is to study prisoners to help them. To survive, they have to rely on each other.

 

Dr. Olivia Maddox wants to interview some of the worst criminals.  She is going to be stuck on an island to do this.  The criminals are Vampires and Werewolf’s.  Shane August is a FBI Agent being sent in undercover with Olivia.  He knows about her role but she knows nothing about him other than he is on her list to interview.

When all hell breaks loose on the island Olivia and Shane must turn to each other to survive.  It is then that Shane finds out that Olivia is more than human.  Olivia thinks she is only human.

I enjoyed the action and the passion in this book.  Olivia not knowing who to trust kept me rooting for her to come out on top.  I am looking forward to more.

One Night with a Quarterback

WOW! I could not put this book down.  The chemistry was so hot!  The feeling of wanting to belong with family is so real.

 

Cassie goes to Santa Fe, NM to meet her father at age 28.  She is not sure what will happen, so her and her friend go out for one last night and enjoy themselves.  They go to a bar and Cassie meets Trey.  They hit it off and the sparks fly. 

Trey is the Star Quarterback and is looking for a just looking for normal life.  He did not plan on meeting Cassie.  It was just for one night but she turned his life upside down.

They both have a secret him his Football status her is who her father is.  When it all comes out can they see past everything and make what they have found last?

I love how real the feelings are and what they go through.  Both Cassie and Trey have to find themselves before they can move on.