Free Falling

by Debra Webb

Connor McFerrin is a savvy businessman and he is accustomed to being the boss. His Atlanta based development company is a top southern business and he intends to keep it that way. When he expands into Huntsville, Alabama, he runs into trouble with a tree-hugger who has no regard for his vision of progress. She is outrageously stubborn and incredibly beautiful and she is driving him out of his mind!

Free Renzetti will do whatever it takes to salvage and protect historic homes, including going up against the sexiest man she has ever laid eyes on. Somehow she must make this career-focused man see that he desperately needs to stop and smell the roses!

Genres: Romance, Contemporary Romance, Chick Lit, Fiction, Contemporary, Ebooks, New Adult

141 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 1, 2000

About the author

DEBRA WEBB is the USA Today bestselling author of more than 170 novels, including reader favorites the Finley O'Sullivan and Devlin & Falco series. She is the recipient of the prestigious Romantic Times Career Achievement Award for Romantic Suspense as well as numerous Reviewers Choice Awards. In 2012 Debra was honored as the first recipient of the esteemed L. A. Banks Warrior Woman Award for her courage, strength, and grace in the face of adversity. Recently Debra was awarded the distinguished Centennial Award for having achieved publication of her 100th novel.

With more than four million books in print in numerous languages and countries, Debra’s love of storytelling goes back to her childhood when her mother bought her an old typewriter in a tag sale. Born in Alabama, Debra grew up on a farm. She spent every available hour exploring the world around her and creating her stories. She wrote her first story at age nine and her first romance at thirteen. It wasn’t until she spent three years working for the Commanding General of the US Army in Berlin behind the Iron Curtain and a five-year stint in NASA’s Shuttle Program that she realized her true calling. A collision course between suspense and romance was set. Since then she has expanded her work into some of the darkest places the human psyche dares to go. Visit Debra at www.debrawebb.com.

Reviews

[Lai Valenzuela · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quality chick lit - very funny, kept laughing out loud yet never lost sight of the fact that it's a love story at heart. Really enjoyed reading about Free and Mac who have very different views on life which leads into no end of hilarious situations and their canine companions Oscar and Oliver.

I love this book! It was sweet and funny!! I would have preferred it to have a little more drama in the end and drug the anguish a little more, but other than that it was really great book!

[Anne OK · Rating 3 out of 5]

Quick fun read. Complete opposites find themselves falling fast and hard. She's air and he's water. She is all about saving the past and he's all about going forward. He's corporate CEO material and she's a gorgeous gypsy who give her last penny to the homeless. Everytime they meet there's a disaster. Nothing can stop the fire that ignites each time they touch. If you need a short break and enjoy light, sweet and comical romance, this might suit your needs.

[Nicole Sherman Brewer · Rating 2 out of 5]

Cheesy, silly, simplistic read that lacked depth of character development. Also, way too sexually explicit for my taste and I'm no prude! Should be rated NC 17. I actually found myself blushing and embarrassed while reading some excerpts. Would not recommend unless you need an easy time killer between heavier reads.
Unrelated to content, the book was riddled with spelling errors... so annoying. Was this just a product of being on an e-reader?

[Debbie Devaney · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really enjoyed this book. A sweet story with great characters.

[Sue Perkinson Hawkins · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love love stories with happy endings

[Nina · Rating 2 out of 5]

I bought this short story after reading the blurb of it on Amazon. It's a cute story with a plausible plot and the characters are certainly engaging enough. In fact, I'd love for the author Debra Webb to write another book in the series about Lawyers Alex and Jake. That, is where the problem lay - for me with this novel - I was actually more interested in Jake and Alex and their obvious chemistry than I was Free and Connor.

I don't like writing bad reviews. The truth is, this isn't a bad story. As I've said, it's engaging and enthralling enough for me to want to read all of it.

I just found it hard not to grit my teeth over the main character. For me, I understood her passion for things and not wanting to destroy trees and antiquities but I didn't approve of the way she handled things and found her rather manipulative in her approach. I actually could feel Connor's frustration seeping through me. Usually, it's a good thing when I dislike a character this much - especially if they are the nemesis of the novel, but not this time. This was a main character. I think in some ways I wanted her to evolve and see everything was not about her, but I couldn't.

The fact I also was more interested in the dynamics of Alex and Jake probably says something. They were strong characters, who clearly had a history between them and for me this took it away from the main characters Free and Connor. I spent most of the book wondering what the history might be and enjoying their time on the page together. This was not what the author has planned.

overall I have to give it 2 stars because I was more interested in the minor characters than the main.

Would I read Debra Webb again? Sure, I would. She's not a bad writer. I think she has some amazing characters. Her main female character is just not one of them

[Bob · Rating 3 out of 5]

I had my car in for new tires, my Nook was setting on the table at home and this old paperback was on the bookshelf of the maintainance waiting room.

Yep, I picked it up and completed it before the car was done.

The book kept me chuckling from the beginning page when the name "Free Renzetti" appeared. I knew she was going to be our female protagonist and maybe just outside of conventional. As she and her housemates discuss the "hunk" moving in next door, I knew he was our male lead.

At first, it seems as if Free and Connor are total opposites. Connor owns a large construction company that tears down old neighborhoods and builds large, modern structures. Free is a recovery and restoration specialist whose small company retrieves, refinishes and sells old mantels, solid wood wainscoating, hand carved ceiling molding, etc.

Their original clash occurs as Connor is going to take down a mature Magolia tree, on Magnolia Avenue no less, on a house he has just purchased. Free and her housemates do the the tree-hugger thing and the battles begin.

Their dust-ups continue, turning chuckles into laughs.

A short novel which is funny.

Oh, right! It's chick lit. I'd recommend this to young women of all ages.

[Lynne weir · Rating 4 out of 5]

For a short book that was FREE!!! (I love that word) it was good. I found myself obsorbed into the story, I wanted to know what happened next, even when it was over I was still burning with the need to find out what was next to come in their lives. It was a sweet, funny intertainting book with one or two bits that had me near tears and for a short story to do that takes some skill. Will be getting more freebies from this author for sure. :)

I would like to add this qoute from the story. "You're a scorpio, aren't you, Mr McFerrin? I should have recognised that angry, arrogant aura."

hhhmmm.....welll....actually I'M SCORPIO!!!! I read qoutes like that all over this book but I quess you got to laugh it off or you really will sound like an angry arrogant person....

[Melissa · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was a freebie on B&N and a simple, quick read. Free is a woman with a hippie-ish attitude towards beautiful old homes in a neighborhood. This desire to save things extends to nature, as well as the architecture of these stately homes. Mac owns a company that demolishes these types of houses in order to build new ones. His first interaction with Free (his neighbor) is when she attaches herself to a tree in his yard in order to save it. The characters are developed and the story line is one that will hold your attention.

[Renee · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a fun, lighthearted, short read. Both Free & Mac were likeable in their own way. I enjoyed the fact that they were complete opposites in almost every way and still fell so hard & so fast for each other. I would recommend this one because the writing was good and the characters were fun - it was a nice break from the overly long, drawn out, stories that usually have one likeable lead.

[Judy Jarvie · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fast fun ride that I read in a sitting. Light and good fun.
Free is a free-spirit idealist (the clue is in the name) and Mac is an uptight business focused entrepreneur. I liked that everytime they meet he ends up with some hideous injury (fun! plus I'm wicked). My copy was a free kindle download - I'dve paid to read it most definitely and will browse other titles.

[Rachel Lynn Sterling · Rating 4 out of 5]

This wasn't the best romance I've ever read, but I did really like it. The writer did a great job drawing you in to the characters and the emotions they were feeling. There were several times that I didn't want to stop reading and other times that I didn't have a problem putting it down. Don't regret investing my time though.

[Annette · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good idea but it was marred by some of the worst editing I have had the misfortune to come across. Letters were missing which made life a hard as you had read and then re read the sentence to make it make sense. In some cases entire WORDS were missed out! A short story worth the time if you can be bothered to sift through the errors

[Megan · Rating 3 out of 5]

I found it hard to rate this, was debating between 3 and 4 stars. As the saying goes "never judge a book by its cover" I thought this might be a cheesy romance but it was really well written and I really enjoyed it.

[Dawn ~The Romance Cover · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good story. Really liked the main characters and the story pulled you in. Will download some more free books from this author.
Shame about all the spelling mistakes though and jumbled sentences!
Could easily make a follow up I'd love to know what the did next.

[Kirsty John · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was okay, not much of a storyline and quite sexual. Also the spelling was terrible, I've never read a book with so many mistakes before, it was really annoying. Overall it was alright just to read when I didn't have any other books.

[Sumana · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is my first Kindle book. Picked it up as it was free and had decent review rating. Though story line is good complete read feels very shallow. At times gives a feeling of reading some M&B. Good for a light read.

[Shanice · Rating 4 out of 5]

I thought this book was charming and an enjoyable read. This book was comical in places and gave me a good laugh. I loved the how Free and Mac could not keep their hands off of each other whilst trying to keep a distance. Very good read and would recommend :)

[Nikki · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book drew me in with the characters and made me care and want things to turn out right for them, the characters were being developed right in front of our eyes and we were made to care more about them as the book progressed. I'll be looking into other work from this author

[Kyra · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is filled with spelling and grammar errors, so if you are strict on that, you'll want to give this a miss!

[Daydream Books · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lighthearted read, could have been more of a storyline

[Tasha · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a fabulous book to read i enjoyed it, it will hold your interest and leaving you wanting for more

[Incy Black · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun easy read. One for a lazy afternoon in the sun.

[Elizabeth · Rating 4 out of 5]

amzing!

[Catherine Quirke · Rating 4 out of 5]

Enjoyed reading this whilst on holiday. Very light and easy reading. A bit like mills and boon romance

[Nicola Mann · Rating 1 out of 5]

Worst book I've read in a long time! I only finished reading it because I hate leaving a book unfinished!!

[Leanne Parsley · Rating 2 out of 5]

I wanted to like it.. But it was just SO predictable.. The confrontation, the making up.. It happened in a matter of pages! And the turn around was far too quick..

Not for me I'm afraid!

[Gem · Rating 2 out of 5]

free read .....was quick and easy to read. The story is entertaining enough but a bit predictable! worth a look

[Donna · Rating 3 out of 5]

This story is one book in a set of four. Box set. In His Kiss. Fast read

[Cassandra · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was a good short read. Cute!