REVIEW Hope for Christmas by Becky McGraw

SYNOPSIS

Cowboys are a different breed...
They work hard, play hard and love harder.
It's all about the ride, until the right woman
makes them fall.

Cord Dixon, Mr. Laramie in the world of western clothing modeling, loses his job because he refuses to sleep with his female boss. Christmas is coming, and his bills are due, so he takes the only job he can find. A mall Santa. Socialite wedding photographer, Hope Carlisle’s life disintegrates when she ruins the wedding of the year. In one fell swoop, she loses her best friend, her business partner and her fiancé. Unemployed and needing a job fast, Hope takes a job as an elf photographer at the local mall. She is not looking forward to her new job, until she meets her sexy Santa. Individually, Hope and Cord’s lives seem to be a hopeless mess. 

But with the magic of Christmas in the air, they work together to reclaim their lives and find love in the process.

Hope For Christmas was originally included in the holiday anthology Santa Wore Spurs. This novella launches The Cowboy Way series.

REVIEW

I started and finished this book in one day because I could not put it down. This is the first book that I have read by Becky McGraw and it will not be my last.

Cowboys, socialite, models, mishaps and Santa all lead to a fabulous story of about guilt, family, loyalty, jealousy, love, and learning to trust.

Cord Dixon left his family ranch home to become a model for Laramie Jeans and due to him saying no to a certain proposition he finds himself jobless and dressed in a Santa suit and not sure if he would be welcome back home. Hope Carlisle meets said Santa as she is his elf photographer because of a certain mishap in her past. On Hope's first day Cord loses it and decides to quit which leaves Hope without a job till she has a brainwave and makes her own offer to Cord - which he accepts.

This story held me captive with the ups and downs of Cord making amends with his family, the budding romance/attraction between Cord and Hope, both frightened to say how they felt and what they wanted. The show of friendship from Cords friends to help him repair his family home, throw this all together and it all lead to an amazing love story that give you that feel good factor after finishing a book. Congrats Becky McGraw - LOVED it. 5 stars.

ABOUT BECKY

A Jill of many trades, NYT and USA Today Bestselling Author Becky McGraw has been an optician, a beautician, a legal secretary, a real estate broker, web designer, graphic artist, and romance writer. She knows just enough to make her dangerous, and her humor-laced contemporary western cowboy, and military, police procedural romantic suspense novels varied and interesting. Becky resides in Florida with her husband of thirty-three years and her dog Abby. She is a member of the Romance Writers of America Published Authors Network.

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Review If I Seem Dangerous by ROSE SAWYER

 

He's preparing for the fight of his life.

Title: If I Seem Dangerous

Author: Rose Sawyer

Genre: MMA Romance

Release Date: October 20, 2015

Series: Standalone

Publisher: Hot Tree Publishing

Cover Designer:Claire Smith

 

Darkness shrouds Noah James’ past. Drugs, alcohol, abuse—they cloud the few memories he has and threaten to eat away at his future. The only brightness in his life is Caitlyn Hale. She came crashing into his world the day he met with her father, the sports agent who could possibly give him a new start. That day, he left the agent's office with a professional fighting career ahead of him and the image of a hazel-eyed beauty imprinted in his soul.

 

Rarely does life offer a glimpse of happiness without snatching it away. Just like he's always feared, the monster that haunts him comes roaring back. His entire life shatters, threatening to return him to the darkness he came from. The light-heavyweight champion is about to face the fight of a lifetime. He can only hope to make it through each round without losing the few things he has left.

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Noah James has had a bad start to his life with his father leaving him and his mum to fend for themselves after taking all their money. So Noah becomes a fighter to help get money to help them survive, at first he fights in the illegal rings until Lee Hale takes him under his wing and introduces him to the professional fighting arena.  At the first meeting with Lee, Noah meets Lee's daughter Caitlyn and he realises straight away the she is the woman he wants.
After a prize fight Noah is accused of taking drugs and he has the title away from him, he knows he is clean and that someone must have tampered with the results and he knows exactly who!!! and sets out to prove it, at first though he takes the wrong route but with the help of his friends he starts down the right track to prove his innocence.
This story is about betrayal, revenge, friendship, love and fighting. This is the first book I have read by Rose Sawyer and I enjoyed her writing style. I will be looking out for her again.

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Rose Sawyer currently lives on campus full time while working on her undergraduate degree in Biblical and Religious studies with an emphasis on Religion and Sociology in California, where she was born and raised. On weekends, she travels home to see her parents and the gaggle of cats, dogs, horses and other four-legged animals that she loves.

 

At 19, she has written seven romance novels, is currently writing two more and has another two in the process of being published. The majority of her novels can be found at Wattpad.com, where they are available to read for free.

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****BOOK REVIEW **** Christmas Ever After by Sarah Morgan

SYNOPSIS

Skylar Tempest has never understood Alec Hunter’s appeal. So what if he’s a world-renowned historian? He’s also cynical, aloof and determined to think the worst of her. So when a twist of fate finds her spending the lead-up to Christmas with Alec and his family, she’s not expecting the season to be either merry or bright.

Alec has learned the hard way not to trust beautiful women—and Skylar is the most beautiful woman he’s ever seen. But as he watches her throw herself into his family’s festive chaos, Alec realises there is far more to this blonde bombshell than meets the eye.

With Christmas around the corner, Alec and Skylar return to Puffin Island, a tentative bond forged between them. Neither intends to fall in love but as the nights become darker, and the fire between them grows hotter, could this be the chance for Alec and Skylar to find their own happy ending?

MY REVIEW

Puffin Island - I wish it where real and I would love to live or visit there with Skylar, Emily and Brittany because Sarah Morgan brings the place to life in her books.

Skylar Tempest is an artist who's family think she is doing the wrong thing with her life and do not encourage or support her in anyway. Alec Hunter is a historian who came to fame with shipwrecks and he is known as the Shipwreck Hunter with thousand of female fans and a family who support him in anything he wants to do.

The story start with Skylar having a London show of her jewellry and art and her boyfriend Richard (a Politician) and Alec showing up. During the evening Richard shows his true colours and Alec comes to Skylar's rescue. Sky and Alec relationship before this night had always been difficult to say the least, Sky thought Alec was aloof, cynical and he always seemed to think the worst of her. Alec thought she was a princess and did not want to give her the time of day because his ex-wife had scarred him against beautiful women. So when Alec would not leave her on her own after an accident she starts to see him in a new light.

Because of Sky's head injury Alec insists that she goes with him to his family home and this is where Sky has her first proper family pre Christmas with strangers and she realises what she has been missing all these years. When leaving Alec's parents home, Alec issues an invitation for Sky to accompany him back to his home on Puffin Island with a no strings attached rule - Sky accepts and hopes she can keep to the no strings attached rule as she can see a new side to Alec Hunter that he keeps hidden - the kind, considerate and loving man that he is.

This is story full of friendship, humour, chemistry, love and a lovely island community that help each other. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and I was unable to put it down. This is another book I would definitely say is A MUST READ.

AUTHOR BIO

USA Today bestselling author Sarah Morgan writes hot, happy contemporary romance and her trademark humour and sensuality have gained her fans across the globe. She has been nominated four years in succession for the prestigious RITA© Award from the Romance Writers of America and has won the award twice, in 2012 and 2013. She also won the RT Reviewers' Choice Award in 2012 and has made numerous appearances in their 'Top Pick' slot.

Sarah lives near London, and when she isn't reading or writing she loves being outdoors, preferably on vacation so she can forget the house needs tidying.

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