Lace Daltyn

This book was the best so far in the series. Micheal is slowing breaking Drea out of her shell, and I see good things for them in the future. The philanthropic project in this book is Kate, a school teacher with a questionable past who is receiving threats from an unknown party. Asking Drea for help brings Cole into her life. Cole appears to be friends with Michael, having served in the military together. I really liked Cole - but who doesn't like a strong alpha male? The action and suspense in this story really helped the pace. I think I finished it in about a half hour.… (mehr)

3.5 Stars. I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

We finally get to Drea and Michael's story after receiving tantalizing glimpses of it through earlier books in the series. Those small glimpses were so compelling that they really overshadowed the rest of the short stories, and I was hurrying through them to get to this last book. We already knew Drea had to have some kind of horrific trauma in her past, and we finally learn what it is. It's tragic and my heart went out to her. Michael, the dom, believes he can help Drea heal. I liked Michael - he was extremely caring toward Drea and pushed her to get better without being overwhelming. But for some reason, the relationship didn't work as well for me as I thought it would. Maybe because I didn't think it would work based on Drea's past. But that happens with short books... there just isn't room for a ton of plot development. But this was best book of the series. We met the villian of Drea's life and there was some suspense and steamy sex. A nice little quick read to kill the time.… (mehr)

This was a good quick read - I finished it in under an hour. The story has an interesting premise in that the mysterious Drea is helping people who need emotional healing, when she obviously needs help in that area herself. The story that I anticipate will occur between Drea and Michael somewhat overshadows the short story that is the subject of this book. I think that is because I can tell that Drea and Michael will have a very compelling relationship, and I just didn't connect as much with the leads here - Beth and Anthony. But that's the risk with a short story, there is not enough room to get emotionally involved with your characters. Nevertheless, this was a quick entertaining read that was good to pass the time while waiting for an appointment.

I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.… (mehr)