Review: James

James by Roxanne St. Claire
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

James Brannigan is a billionaire who runs a hedge fund now, but when James was only 12 his mother passed away and he helped his father look after his six younger brother because his father threw himself into his business after the loss of his wife to fill the void. When James got older his father showed him the value of working hard to become successful in business and this is all James has ever done - he does not have time for romance, holidays and love.

Kyra Summers grew up with a ruthless mother, who also loved to work, work, work so Kyra always felt alone in her life, so when she came of age and had the chance she began to travel the world and amongst her travels she found a little winery in Positano and fell in love with it and the family running it so she decided to stay.

When James's dad passed away he left James the winery on the Amalfi Coast of Italy, (he also left his brothers a legacy too and they all have their own stories), with what had recently happened to some of his brothers James decides to take a trip to his winery with the intentions of selling it and making a profit because money is the bottom line or so he thought until he met the bubbly woman called Kyra.

Kyra when she meets James tells him she is there to take him out to dinner, James thinks Kyra works for the hotel and does not know why but he says yes, what James did not know due to a lack in communication from his secretary is that the dinner is at the winery because the family are eager to meet the new owner. James did not know why he said yes to dinner with this woman until he realises that he is attracted to Kyra, This is unusual because always goes for the cold polished ones and Kyra is like the fizz in your bottle of champagne - full of energy and sunshine.

When James realises the mistake that has been made he still finally agrees to go with Kyra and this is the start of finding the real man inside of the business mans body.

This is a great story with the ups and downs, twist and turns of a romance that I have become to look forward to from Roxanne St Claire, she weaves a great plot and the story draws you in. There are misunderstandings in this book and you feel for the characters, as they are well thought out and feel real to you, I just loved all of them. The story is about family values, misunderstandings, trust, love, and realisation that money is not everything. I now can not wait to check out all the other brothers stories in this series (written by different authors) because if they are written half as well as this book then they will definitely be worth it.

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Review: Sit...Stay...Beg

Sit...Stay...Beg by Roxanne St. Claire
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

What a fabulous start to a new series, rescue dogs, friends, attraction and love what more can a romance lover want and need in a new book. Roxanne St Claire you have made us proud with this great new series.

This story is about Daniel Kilcannon aka the Dogfather and his family, Daniels main goal in his life now is to see his children happy after the death of his wife. The story starts with Daniel and how he is lost and needs something to do to help make his family whole again and he has an idea of bringing his family home to help him with his dog rescue and training facility and this is how his son Garrett gets his H.E.A.

Jessie Curtis is a journalist and needs a big break to get an anchor seat on TV and her big break may come by the name of Garrett Kilcannon, if she can get him to give her an interview. Jessie was friends with Garretts sister when they were younger before Jessie had to move away and they lost touch. So Jessie sets off for Waterford Farm and her blast from the past. When she arrives she finds Garrett in a kennel trying to get a new rescue dog by the name of Lola to eat, this he can not get her to do but Jessie has a magic touch with Lola and this is the start of the ups and downs of attraction, trust issues both in human and dog form, secrets, family and love.

This is one amazing book, I myself have a rescue dog so it hit home with me and I was praying for Lola to get her happy ending too. Well done Roxanne St Claire on the start of your new fabulous series, I am waiting with baited breath for book 2.

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