JUMP INTO LOVE !!!
Wow! I love it! Smoke Jumpers Werebear, Book One is the amazing new series by Kim Fox and it totally rocks! Yes, I said series but this is a stand alone story with NO cliffhangers. This is my first time reading Kim's work and I am definitely impressed! Anytime an author has me laughing out loud by the middle of the very first page, then it has to be good! This is a wonderful paranormal romance filled to the brim with humor, romance and action, in and out of the sheets. Just a little of my cornball humor, folks, although it is deliciously cute, definitely sexy and delightfully entertaining. The story is exciting, original, well developed, humorous, sweet, heartwarming, romantic, arousing and hot! The dialogue is smart, funny and exceptionally well written. The characters are captivating, engaging, endearing, hilarious and sexy as sin. They draw you in, grab your imagination, capture your heart and hold you prisoner from beginning to end. Although the premise and setting for the book is wonderful, this is, assuredly, a character driven story with a large cast of interesting and charismatic players that are absolutely swoon-worthy. Even the villains are noteworthy. Kim does an exceptional job of brilliantly combining these elements into a wonderful, exciting and heartwarming paranormal romance. Thirty three year old Alexi Winters is a young woman running from an cruel fiance, or should I say ex-fiance since her wedding was to be last week and she was a no show. Her family doesn't believe her allegations about her wealthy fiance, Greg McCoy, and refuses to help her. She's tired of being called fat, ugly and worthless, and even more tired of the physical and mental abuse. She grew up in a very wealthy, high class household where she received everything she wanted, attended all the best parties and socialized with all the right people. She ate at five star restaurants and was treated like a princess. She has traveled around the world and stayed at the finest hotels yet she's never held a job in her life but she's a survivor and she intends to fight for a better future. And now, the thing she wanted most was to hang on to a lousy, minimum wage job as a waitress in a crappy, run-down diner in the middle of nowhere, actually the Flathead National Forest in the wilderness of Montana. But one thing she knows for sure, no more men for her. They are all the same and cannot be trusted! Nope, no boyfriends for her - never! Hmmm.... I wonder??? But never say never! Fate is a very fickle mistress and will never be denied. Ellis is a dare-devil smoke jumper who loves nothing more than a good time and a wild ride. He's also a bear shifter just like the other six members of the fire fighting Hudson Crew. And did I mention he's brave, handsome and incredibly hot, and so are his fellow smoke jumpers? Oh yeah! And there's nothing he loves more than taking risks - until her. When he walks into the diner where his mother, Barbara works and sees the luscious new waitress, Alexi, well, it's love at first sight for him and his bear. They both want her! They have to have her! Oh my! There's just one little problem - she doesn't know he's a bear. What? Can the wild, risk taking smoke jumper convince the luscious, skittish Alexi to give love a chance? Will Alexi be able to escape her abusive ex and her past? Or will danger find them both and steal their future happiness? Let the games begin! No spoilers here but I will say this......Handsome sexy werebears-check! Beautiful, curvaceous human heroine-check! Fabulous cast of characters-check! Heinous enemies and a cruel lion shifter-check! Action, drama and danger-check! Shenanigans and humor-check! Heated attraction, fiery passion, heartbreaking angst, sweet romance and a healthy dose of steamy sex-you bet! This may have been my first time reading Kim's work but it definitely won't be my last! I can hardly wait to read Book Two! Fabulous entertainment and an awesome read!