Good morning, friends!
Once again, I've read Book 1 in a series and am anxious to read the rest.
Welcome to Bliss Cove, a
seaside town where love sweeps in on the ocean breeze.
Stay at the Outside Inn, have dinner at the Mousehole Tavern, take a walk on historic Mariposa Street, buy handmade lotions at Naked, and pick up a chocolate-loaded cookie from the Sugar Joy bakery. Don't forget to stop by Moonbeams for a tarot-card reading about your One True Love!
While you are here, enjoy the spicy-sweet Bliss Cove romances of powerful, compelling heroes and the women who capture their hearts forever.
Blurb:
Shaking off her past mistakes and fickle reputation, Aria Prescott is determined to start a new life with her latest venture, the "Meow and Then Cat Café." Though the café is in the town's most rundown neighborhood, Aria will let nothing stop her from success.
Then property developer Hunter Armstrong shocks the Mariposa Street shop owners with a buyout offer that threatens to destroy the old district. Aria refuses to let the ruthless businessman intimidate her into selling her beloved café, even if Hunter's dark, glowering hotness secretly makes her want to purr.
Aria and Hunter are soon locked in a fiery, tense war over the fate of Mariposa Street. But when Hunter starts falling for this adorable town sweetheart, he discovers that winning the battle might mean losing his heart.
As I read the story, I understood why the history of Mariposa Street was so important to the heroine, Aria and why she's determined not to let some fancy developer destroy her small part of Bliss Cover. Even meeting the corporate VP, 'Hunky' Hunter Armstrong does not sway her stand.
Author Nina Lindsey wasted no time in bringing this Enemies to Lovers trope front and center. While the actual deed doesn't happen right away, the connection between these two is evident in Chapter One and never lets up. The electric current intensifies as the story unfolds. Then there's the cats. I am a lover of all animals but cats have my heart (three own me!) They are also Aria's support mission. You might say JUMBO rescued her from a situation, aligning Aria with her destiny.
Then there's Hunter. Nina Lindsey knows how to pick them. Hunter is the perfect partner for Aria and he's smart enough to learn that right away though he takes a little longer discovering his truth. Sometimes what we believe is our path, is just a stepping stone to our true self. I love how she morphed Hunter Armstrong from this Manhattan sharp edged 'get the job done' into a small-town appreciator of cats. While I think he likes cats, tagging him as a 'cat lover' might be a little premature.
Nina Lindsey did an amazing job of peeling back the layers of her characters to showcase who Aria and Hunter are at their core.
If you are a fan of Jodi Thomas books but want a little more heat, then Nina Lindsey is your go-to author. I'm adding the rest of the books in the Bliss Cove series to my TBR Kindle - you know, 'cause I need more! LOL
I'm giving LOVE WALKS IN ...
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