Reviews - Contemporary

Ten-year veteran nurse Alyssa Beckman avoids stepping out of her comfort zone as much as possible. She doesn’t like change, but it’s inevitable now, thanks to her poor decision making. She’s booked a weekend at a secluded mountain resort to rethink life and determine her next move.

Summer Pierce is the effervescent, perpetually helpful and happy librarian who wants to help everyone; especially the mysterious Nordic god of a man that comes into her library and hides behind book forts he builds, doing who knows what. His refusal to let Summer help him do anything drives her crazy, but she keeps trying, determined to one day get behind the walls of his book fort.

LeeAnn Thompson isn’t looking for love. As Director of Production at the Detroit Sports Network television station, she is accomplished, driven and above all, very busy. Years ago, LeeAnn allowed her need for control and independence to stifle her romantic relationship with the owner of DSN. Now she is best friends with his lovely wife, as well as his ex-wife.

Two of Lucas’s friends have found love through the military’s matchmaking services, so he figures why not give it a shot! He’s not necessarily looking for one true love, but rather a suitable companion and a woman who can be a great stepmother to his son. Then he learns that his match is the girl who broke his heart in high school, and his hopes for something simple are out the window.

Laney Jones, an English-Lit teacher, has always been quiet, living in a house full of rescued cats in Hardin, Montana. When she is diagnosed with Stage II breast cancer, she breaks up with her boyfriend and creates a wild bucket list, which includes sleeping with a biker. Little does she know, she’ll find the man of her dreams.

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