By: Karen Erickson
Release Date: November 5, 2012
Series: Lone Pine Lake #1
Description:
Lone Pine Lake’s resident playboy, fire captain Christian Nelson, is happy with his single-guy lifestyle. But when quiet, mysterious Jane Clark comes for a tour of the firehouse with her three small children, Chris is immediately drawn to the beautiful woman—even though he’s been burned by commitment in the past.
Jane’s been battling scars both physical and mental—having lived through a devastating house fire years ago—so she’s hesitant when her brother’s best friend, Christian, offers to help quell her family’s residual fears of fire. Jane’s mind is the epitome of once burned, twice shy, but her heart has other plans.
Despite her brother’s warnings about his friend’s playboy status and dangerous occupation, Jane can’t help but fall for the gorgeous fire captain. Can two scarred people find the strength to let go of their pasts to live in the present, when a lifetime together might be the sweetest gift of all?
Each book in the Lone Pine Lake series is a standalone, full-length story that can be enjoyed out of order.
Series Order:
Book #1 - Jane's Gift
Book #2 - Tempting Cameron
Book #3 - Loving Mindy
Review:
This was a very sweet story and a great start to a
series. There is a lot of family, taking
chances, second chances, coming into your own after something horrible happened
and more family. This was endearingly delightful.
We meet Jane after she’s had a terrible accident and lost
her husband. She’s trying to pick up the
pieces of her life both for herself and her kids with the help of her family by
moving back closer to them. She tries to
be invisible but she’s caught the attention of the fire captain and he can’t
seem to get her out of his mind. He’s a
natural playboy who never had intentions of settling down, let alone with
someone who already had kids.
It’s interesting to see these two together. It’s sad when Jane tries to fight their
attraction but she finally gives in. There
is not too much intimate details about the two so this is more of a wholesome
book again with the sweetness of the characters. The kids are always a dilemma, but it’s tough
on them trying to get used to someone new in their lives after missing their
father so much. It’s about growth and
expansion, about letting go and moving on.
Overall this was a quick and easy read, very nice and I loved
the characters. I think I felt more for
the sister though and I’m dying to find out her story which I know is in an
upcoming book in the series. There’s a
lot going on here, so many different characters in Jane’s family that you just
know they will each in their own right have a great story.
The cover was very catchy, I will say that for some reason
it isn’t how I pictured them but still a really cute cover that caught my
attention. Great writing and an overall
good book. Reminded me of my love of
Hallmark movies.
I received this book from NetGalley and Entangled Publishing, LLC, so that I may give my honest opinion and a review. Whether it is good or not please do not let it discourage you from purchasing/reading the book yourself and forming your own opinion. What might be good for me may not be good for you and vice versa. With that said, Happy Reading Everyone!!!
No comments:
Post a Comment