Series: Hunter Pact (Book 1)
"You'll be working for me."
Taking
charge comes naturally to workaholic media mogul Cole Hunter. That
includes dealing with headstrong TV producer Taryn Quinn. Cole may not
like her idea for a travel show, but Taryn intrigues him. Enough for
Cole to join her on a location-scouting trip to an isolated Pacific
island, despite the family drama at home.
Soon the tantalizing
Taryn makes Cole forget about everything…except making love to her in
the moonlight. But once reality intrudes, will he risk losing all he's
worked for to keep this woman in his life?
Good book. Taryn has been hired as a producer and has an idea for a travel show. Cole is not impressed with the idea, but he is attracted to her. When they are on the scouting trip, their attraction escalates and they act on it. After they return to Sydney they spend time together over the next week. Taryn is working on the details of her show and Cole is dealing with many issues at work and with his family. But they manage to be with each other and Cole enjoys their time, until reality intrudes. He is overwhelmed with work and starts to pull back from their relationship. He also makes doing her job impossible to the point where she quits. I really liked Taryn. She is smart and determined and has some great ideas. She also has no trouble with telling Cole when he's being a pill. I liked the way she stood by him when he was having problems with his family. She had no trouble with balancing her life and her work. Cole was a little harder to like. He seemed to be very rigid when it came to his work. He felt he was responsible for overseeing everything, and therefor kept work as his top priority. I did like how good he was with his little brother. It showed he did have a heart, even if he had trouble showing it. I liked the way that Taryn was able to help him relax, but wanted to smack him when he was being such an ass about her show. I loved the way that he finally saw where he had been going wrong with his life. I thought his apology to Taryn at the end was fantastic, and his actions were so romantic. The epilogue setting up the next book was good - I just wish I didn't have to wait so long for it!
Series: Pearl House (Book 2)
They'd been embroiled in a hot, secret affair. Until Lucas Atraeus's and
Carla Ambrosi's feuding families were merged by marriage and business.
Suddenly the situation was...complicated. Burned by the past, Lucas has
never let his heart rule his head. Now, with Carla closer than he had
ever imagined she would be, their affair must end.
Saying goodbye to such intense passion is not easy...as he's now Carla's boss.
But even as he sets out to choose an appropriate bride -- one who won't
break down his guard -- Lucas fears he's fighting a losing battle.
Sometimes temptation is meant to be seized.
This was a good book, mostly. I liked Carla. She had been with Lucas, even though it was secretly, for two years. She knew she was in love with him, and even though he had been rather reserved lately, she thought he loved her too. Then he suddenly broke things off and was seen with another woman. Lucas felt things were getting too serious with Carla, who reminded him of a bad experience with a woman several years earlier. He felt fine with an affair, but when he started getting too emotionally involved he pulled back. I liked the way that Carla tried to keep herself together, to hold on to her pride after Lucas dumped her in a very cruel way. Unfortunately for her, she still loved him. Lucas found that even though he had broken things off, he was still obsessed with Carla. He couldn't keep his hands off her, and he hated the idea of another man getting close to her. I had a real problem with his obsessive, controlling behavior. He just couldn't let go, but couldn't give her what she needed either. I didn't like the way that he was constantly manipulating things to his advantage. The only reason I rated this a four instead of a three was because I liked seeing Carla drive him nuts. He came through in the end, but I think he needed to grovel a lot more than he did.
From bed to baby to…bliss?
A chance encounter. A steamy
night together. That's all Rhys Walker signs on for when Charlotte
"Charlie" Long sashays across his path. Sure, maybe he catches a glimpse
of forever in her eyes. But the brush-off note the gorgeous brunette
leaves the next morning says it all, doesn't it? Time to move on.
Rhys
never expects that moving on actually means reconnecting with Charlie.
Or that her big news changes everything. Becoming a father now, under
these circumstances, never factored into his plans. Yet he's not as
upset as he thought. Because now he has the opportunity to explore that
glimpse of forever…and turn it into reality.
Good book. I really liked both Rhys and Charlie. I felt so bad for Charlie through most of the book. Her self-esteem was so low when it came to her personal life that she just couldn't see that someone like Rhys could truly be interested in her. When she found that she was pregnant, she knew she had to tell him. Once Rhys got over his initial shock and anger, he knew that he and Charlie had to learn to deal together for the sake of the baby. As they spent time together, getting to know each other, they found they had a lot in common. Rhys realized pretty quickly that Charlie had become an important part of his life. His biggest problem was that she kept pushing him away. It took awhile for him to realize why, and that he would have to have great patience to win her over. Meanwhile, Charlie couldn't believe that someone like Rhys really wanted to be with her. She kept waiting for everything to come to an end. It took a long time and some heart to heart talking from her friend Gina for her to understand that she deserved to be loved too.
