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Showing posts with label Lyrical Press. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lyrical Press. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Review: Cooking Up Trouble by Judi Lynn

Title: Cooking up Trouble (Mill Pond #1)
Author: Judi Lynn
Publisher: Lyrical Press
Release date: April 12, 2016

About the book: Welcome to Mill Pond and small-town country living, filled with fresh air, fresh food, and plenty of fresh gossip—especially when it comes to romance…
It’s impossible not to notice when someone new shows up in Mill Pond. Especially someone as obviously out-of-place as Ian McGregor. His stylish suit and fancy car scream “city slicker.” And when Tessa Lawrence discovers he can’t even change a tire, she has no choice but to help. That’s just what the locals do. And when she finds out Ian’s her new neighbor, of course she’s obliged to invite him to dinner too…

Turns out Ian’s come from New York to open a luxury resort on the property next door to Tessa’s farm, where she grows berries and sells her famous jams and delectable baked goods. But despite their quickly growing friendship and temptingly close proximity, Tessa plans to keep things with Ian strictly neighborly. For one thing, Ian’s got a fiancĂ©e who, unlike Tessa, doesn’t have dirt under her nails. Plus, Tessa knows from bitter experience that a guy this gorgeous is all too likely to break a simple country girl’s heart. Even if he’s as sweet as one of her cinnamon buns—and equally hard to resist…



My thoughts: I liked Tessa and Ian right from the beginning.  They were both very laid back, comfortable with who they are, spoke their minds.  Tessa has been running her bakery/farm for the last 6 years.  She had a fiance once, until she found another woman in his arms, and since then she has pretty much sworn off men.  She writes romance novels during the off season and that is as much romance as she she is inclined to entertain.

Of course, everyone else in her life - from her friend Darinda to her grandma would like to see her paired off with some handsome man.  Ian seems to fit the bill except that he comes with a city slicker girlfriend Lily.  Ian has come to Mill Pond to get his new resort in working order.  This means lots of renovations as well as decorating.  Good thing the girl next door shares his interests and knows the area!   Lily is planning on moving in after the renovations are done, and as she travels all week for work - will only be around on the weekends.  It soon becomes clear (to everyone but Ian) that Lily is not a country girl - nor does she seem to be able to become one. 

I liked Judi Lynn's writing and enjoyed this first book in the Mill Pond series.  The second book Opposites Distract is coming out in July.  She referenced another author Ilona Andrews a few times in this book, so I figured I would have to check her out as well!  I figured that if I liked Judi's writing, then I would probably like someone she likes as well.   Magic Bites is now on hold for me at the library.  



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Thursday, January 14, 2016

Cover Reveal: Her Australian Hero by Margaret Way




Title: Her Australian Hero 
Author: Margaret Way 
Publisher: Lyrical Press 
Genre: Contemporary Romance 
Format: Ecopy

“If you’ve never read Margaret Way before, you’re in for a treat.” —New York Times bestselling author Diana Palmer 

An epic tale of modern day Australia, where greed, desire, tragedy, and ambition collide . . .

Alexandra Ross has always known Lavender Hill will be hers one day. The grand old house, with its waving jacaranda fronds circling around it like a canopy against the white-hot Australian sun. The acres of orchards, trees heavy with sweet-smelling mangoes and prickly pink lychee. The rushing emerald creek that claimed her brother’s life; the genteel boudoir where her mother died of grief, gin, and stroke. Even the quad bike her bullheaded father uses to tear around the plantation like a teenager, as his covetous young wife plays tea party with Alex’s mother’s favorite china.
Someday Alex will undo her father’s blunders and be the good neighbor her childhood friend Rafe Rutherford deserves. The yearning she feels for Rafe can never overcome the heartbreak they’ve lived through together, but at least she will have his companionship.

Until her father is killed and the plantation is divided. If she wants to keep the land she loves Alex must break free of guilt and hesitation. And once she begins to fight for what her heart desires, there’s no telling where she’ll stop . . .

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About the Author: USA Today bestselling author Margaret Way has written more than 130 books, many of them International Bestsellers. She has been published in 114 countries and 34 languages. Her novels are set in her beloved Australia, where she was born and lives to this day. Her stories always contain the beauty and rugged nature of the rural and Outback Australia, as well as the rainforests and coral reefs of Northern Queensland.

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