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Once Burned
When a man with romance on the brain and patience in his arsenal meets a woman with a heap of baggage and cloaked in armor built from distrust, what common ground could they possibly find together? Juniper Berry had been burned once before, and the experience singed her badly enough that she opted to fly solo for years afterwards. She kept her life busy with her career and children after the divorce. She’d even sold herself on the idea that she had no time to date if she even wanted to.But the reality? After what happened to her, there was precious little interest in seeking a mate.Actually, she’d thought after ten years that she was safe from falling in love again. In fact, she assumed that she would choose a man as staid and reliable as she was and be content. Eventually.However, her solid five year plan is laid to waste in an instant, when she interviews the latest applicant for Sunset Villa.Spencer Pines isn’t looking for an apartment, but his mother is. When Juniper takes a single look at Spencer, sparks fly. But she is too cautious to be swept off of her feet by a handsome man with big blue eyes and smile big enough to park a car in. Or so she thought.He has the patience of Job and a new age way of thinking that combine to disarm her in way that she never imagined. But she wasn’t dumb enough to fall in love, right?Or was she once burned, but no longer shy?
158 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 18, 2014
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June 12, 2014
I had a few issues with this story.
One, her kids are too involved in her relationship with a man she just met and have too much say about it. When the 15 year old daughter suggest her mom share a room with him, I did a double take.
The heroine had sex on the brain, it's all she seem to think about. The hero was trying to get to know her better but all she was trying to get to know was his penis.
The heroine's husband had left her for another woman and it seems her mother told her, if she had lost weight he wouldn't have. Really? She gained that weight carrying his children. He obviously was a dog who didn't love her, because whether she gained weight or not, he should love her unconditionally. What her mom told her pissed me off.
The hero and the heroine taking her kids on vacation and having sex while the kids were at the pool, then continued to have sex while talking to said kids on the walkie talkie was in definite bad taste.
I had to stop reading.
Though it wasn't raunchy, the relationship was more sexual, I didn't feel any emotional connection between the couple,I definitely know that's all the heroine cared about. This same heroine who wanted to take things slow because of what her ex did.
Another disappointing read. The author had written that this was a sweet sensual read.
One, her kids are too involved in her relationship with a man she just met and have too much say about it. When the 15 year old daughter suggest her mom share a room with him, I did a double take.
The heroine had sex on the brain, it's all she seem to think about. The hero was trying to get to know her better but all she was trying to get to know was his penis.
The heroine's husband had left her for another woman and it seems her mother told her, if she had lost weight he wouldn't have. Really? She gained that weight carrying his children. He obviously was a dog who didn't love her, because whether she gained weight or not, he should love her unconditionally. What her mom told her pissed me off.
The hero and the heroine taking her kids on vacation and having sex while the kids were at the pool, then continued to have sex while talking to said kids on the walkie talkie was in definite bad taste.
I had to stop reading.
Though it wasn't raunchy, the relationship was more sexual, I didn't feel any emotional connection between the couple,I definitely know that's all the heroine cared about. This same heroine who wanted to take things slow because of what her ex did.
Another disappointing read. The author had written that this was a sweet sensual read.
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