WEDNESDAY REVIEW - Love Walks In

Good morning, friends!

Once again, I've read Book 1 in a series and am anxious to read the rest. 

LOVE WALKS IN - AMAZON

Before I share my review, let me introduce you to the overall series set in Bliss Cove:

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 ...

 

Click on the BOOK TITLE anywhere in the review to purchase  your copy or by visiting her Amazon Author link. 

You'll find Nina Lindsey at any of the links below:

WEBSITE   FACEBOOK   INSTAGRAM   GOODREADS

AMAZON AUTHOR PAGE

All my best!

~ Angela

 

AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT - Nina Lindsey

 Good morning, friends!

A foggy morning in the Ozarks after last night's storms. Bob heads back out on the boat today for his twenty-one days. This will be number six of the final count down to retirement. I am blessed with a very supportive husband who's retirement will affect my schedule in a good way. More of that later.

While I've featured Nina Lindsey in the past, I never posted a review so I thought I'd bring her back for a return engagement with a bonus post (tomorrow).

Here's a bit about Nina:

Nina Lindsey writes romances filled with heart, heat, and happy endings. She is delighted to introduce readers to Bliss Cove, California, a coastal town with an abundance of warm cookies, ocean breezes, and the ever-present possibility of love.

Nina loves all things spicy and sweet, with chili chocolates being at the top of the list. She is also a fan of glossy magazines, pop culture, Gilmore Girls, energy bites, Orangetheory, and the sound of silence.

She lives in Wisconsin with her meteorologist husband (yes, she asks him daily, "What's the weather forecast?"), their two children, an overly energetic dog, and a snail named Pipsqueak.

Nina has several books set in Bliss Cove. You'll find all of her books on her website and Amazon Author Page. (Links below). 

I've had one of her books, LOVE WALKS IN, on my Kindle for awhile. When I scrolled through looking for a book to review this week, this was a recent download (though I'm not sure why as the book was released in November, 2020).

By her FB page, I see her last update was September 2022 when she re-released her backlist. 

Nina also writes steamier books under Nina Lane.

So, take a look at Nina Lindsey's links below and come back tomorrow for my review as I visit Bliss Cove for the first time.

WEBSITE   FACEBOOK   INSTAGRAM   GOODREADS

AMAZON AUTHOR PAGE

All my best!

~ Angela

THOUGHTFUL MONDAY

 Good morning, friends!

I hope you have a great week!

All my best!

~ Angela

WEDNESDAY REVIEW - Baby I'm Yours

Welcome back!

Today's book was published in 2008. I didn't realize that when I plucked the book of my over-loaded book shelf. I just saw Karen Templeton on the spine and since the book was on that shelf, I knew I'd not read the story yet.

About the book:

Kevin Vaccaro just found out he was a father... of a five-month-old! He'd put up a hell of a fight to overcome his troubled past. That was nothing compared to the battle he was about to wage for his child's future. — Julianne McCabe had no intention of giving up her sister's child -- the child she loved as her own -- without a fight. Yet that was before Kevin started bonding with his daughter. Before he awoke feelings that made the grieving widow long to share more than late-night feedings. But was she ready to risk her heart again to be the wife Kevin needed? To become the family they both wanted?

In true Karen Templeton fashion, this book was a "don't want to put down" read.  Karen had a way of taking her character flaws also be their strengths. Watching them evolve as you read is an experience I expect from a book. 

I giggled at times, out right laughed at others but the most important part is the 'tissue chapters'. I bawled more in the last twenty-three pages that adorable little Pippa did through the entire story. She was a good baby. so grab the tissues and your copy of BABY I'M YOURS --- > HERE and enjoy!

Baby I'm Yours is the third book in the 4-book Guys & Daughters series. 

You'll find all of Karen Templeton's book son her Amazon Page --- > HERE as well as her GOODREADS page 

Thank you for indulging me in this blast from the past. I'll try to be more current next week ;-)

All my best!

~Angela
 

AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT - Karen Templeton

  Hi, everyone!

I know I've not posted for a couple of weeks. Bob came home for his 21 days. When he comes home, if I've not prepared ahead of time, everything falls by the way. My time with him is the most important thing in my life. If he wasn't gone for 21 days then home for 21 days, I might not focus on him quite so much all at once. The good news is, he's preparing to retire at some point next year. Then I can set regular office hours. I don't know what excites me more, having him home all the time of being able to have a schedule. LOL The ADHD in me cries for the latter.

Speaking of retirement, Today's Author Spotlight shines on a 'retired' author. She's happy being grandma and I don't blame her one bit.  I'm talking about Karen Templeton

Here's a bit about Karen Templeton:

NOTE: This bio is several years old but you'll still find her on FB. I'll have the link below.

As the mother of five sons, now grown, I love to write about real people dealing with the drama (and humor) of everyday life. And dogs. And sometimes cats, but mostly dogs. Because you simply can't get too overly serious about stuff with a dog in the house.

Over the past fifteen years, I've written nearly 40 books for Harlequin/Silhouette and Red Dress Ink, and three of my Special Edition titles (A Mother's Wish (2009) Welcome Home, Cowboy (2011) and A Gift for All Seasons (2013) have won the RITA award, the romance industry's top prize for published authors. And I was thrilled when my November 2014 title, Santa's Playbook, earned the Romantic Times Gold Seal of Excellence, out of the hundreds of releases reviewed by the magazine for that month.

I am very active on Facebook, both under my pen name Karen Templeton and my full name, Karen Templeton Berger, running giveaway contests whenever I have a new book out...or just feel like it. I also maintain a website with all my most recent news, as well as excerpts from my entire backlist. So come say "hi." And if you should feel so inclined as to leave a review -- however brief -- of any of my books, that would really make my day.

Happy reading!

I didn't realize Karen  had retired until I started putting her link sheet together for this week. Since I'm wrapped up in a retreat for the first part of this week, Sunday afternoon was a little late to find a replacement read. That said, ANY book by Karen Templeton is a winner in my book.

I'll be reviewing, BABY I'M YOURS - Book 3 in the Guys and Daughters (4 book) series. I might just have to go pick up the other 3. 

You'll find Karen on Facebook under both her author name- Karen Templeton as well as Karen Templeton-Berger. 

All my best!

~ Angela

THOUGHTFUL MONDAY

 Good morning, friends!

All  my best!

~ Angela

AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT - Karen Templeton

 Hi, everyone!

I know I've not posted for a couple of weeks. Bob came home for his 21 days. When he comes home, if I've not prepared ahead of time, everything falls by the way. My time with him is the most important thing in my life. If he wasn't gone for 21 days then home for 21 days, I might not focus on him quite so much all at once. The good news is, he's preparing to retire at some point next year. Then I can set regular office hours. I don't know what excites me more, having him home all the time of being able to have a schedule. LOL The ADHD in me cries for the latter.

Speaking of retirement, Today's Author Spotlight shines on a 'retired' author. She's happy being grandma and I don't blame her one bit.  I'm talking about Karen Templeton

Here's a bit about Karen Templeton:

NOTE: This bio is several years old but you'll still find her on FB. I'll have the link below.

As the mother of five sons, now grown, I love to write about real people dealing with the drama (and humor) of everyday life. And dogs. And sometimes cats, but mostly dogs. Because you simply can't get too overly serious about stuff with a dog in the house.

Over the past fifteen years, I've written nearly 40 books for Harlequin/Silhouette and Red Dress Ink, and three of my Special Edition titles (A Mother's Wish (2009) Welcome Home, Cowboy (2011) and A Gift for All Seasons (2013) have won the RITA award, the romance industry's top prize for published authors. And I was thrilled when my November 2014 title, Santa's Playbook, earned the Romantic Times Gold Seal of Excellence, out of the hundreds of releases reviewed by the magazine for that month.

I am very active on Facebook, both under my pen name Karen Templeton and my full name, Karen Templeton Berger, running giveaway contests whenever I have a new book out...or just feel like it. I also maintain a website with all my most recent news, as well as excerpts from my entire backlist. So come say "hi." And if you should feel so inclined as to leave a review -- however brief -- of any of my books, that would really make my day.

Happy reading!

I didn't realize Karen  had retired until I started putting her link sheet together for this week. Since I'm wrapped up in a retreat for the first part of this week, Sunday afternoon was a little late to find a replacement read. That said, ANY book by Karen Templeton is a winner in my book.

I'll be reviewing, BABY I'M YOURS - Book 3 in the Guys and Daughters (4 book) series. I might just have to go pick up the other 3. 

You'll find Karen on Facebook under both her author name- Karen Templeton as well as Karen Templeton-Berger. 

All my best!

~ Angela