Pamela Sanderson

I first heard of Heartbeat Braves via Instagram and was so intrigued by the idea of a Native American romance by an actual Native American author(sad that that's so unusual and exciting) that I added it to my #tbr. It’s the first of a 4-part series about the love lives of workers at the fictional Crooked Rock Urban Indian center.

It’s a typical romance novel. The central couple, Henry and Rayanne, are young but also relatively drama free–the main plot conflicts come from their jobs. They themselves have an astonishingly healthy relationship (emotionally), as romance novels go. However, Henry, our male protagonist is–sorry, y’all–kind of a loser. He doesn’t mean to but he’s got definite bum tendencies. His lady love Rayanne, in contrast, is very type A, organized, on top of everything and doesn’t ever seem dumb enough to fall for a dude who manages a band and squats in a condemned building just because he’s fine-yet she does. There are plenty of real life couples like this, sure, but I didn’t enjoy reading about one in a straightforward romance, and it lowered the rating of the book quite a bit for me. Otherwise, it’s cute, light and sweet with some interesting cultural touches and a welcome sense of social awareness.
(For a longer review, check out my blog at https://equalopportunityreader.com/2020/05/05/heartbeat-braves-pamela-sanderson/...
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Title: Season of Us
Author: Pamela Sanderson
Publisher: Independently Publisher
Reviewed By: Arlena Dean
Rating: Four
Review:

"Season of Us" by Pamela Sanderson

My Thoughts...

This was quite a interesting story by this author that featured a younger man [Zack] who was 22 and older woman [Shelly] whose age wasn't given in this story. How these two got together was unique in the sense it was because of a stray dog [Dewey] being found by Shelley that belonged to Zack. Zack was a professional soccer player there in this small town and Shelly was a widow who worked for her in-laws. The author gives the readers a sweet well written story about these two people and the dog along with some very intriguing secondary characters that were well developed, portrayed and believable where you will have no trouble keeping up with all that will be going on. What will happen when Shelly and Zack decide to get to know each other? What problems will that present to them and especially Shelly's in laws.I will say I loved the way the two main characters were able to talk and share with each other their feelings. Be ready for a little bit of humor along with some serious challenges that will deal with some conflict that will come into play in the story and the twist at the end was just perfect. Now, I will stop here and say you will have to pick this read up and see for yourself how well this author brings in all out to the reader. If you are into animals, sports and romance then I would definitely recommend this novel to you.

I received a copy through NOR in exchange for an honest review.… (mehr)