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The Springs #7
Summit of Passion
When Deanna Gordon left Marcus Stone behind to pursue her dreams, she not only broke his heart, but hers. Now she needs his help but it will come with a price.
The only thing Marcus needs in his life, is to get back on the professional snowboarding circuit, and he’ll be able to do that, if he buys into Deanna’s crazy plan. A plan that could cost him a whole lot more than he’s willing to risk.
After all these years, their attraction is stronger than ever, and as much as she tries to pretend it isn’t real, the love between them never really died and now Deanna must decide whether she can leave Marcus again—for good—or whether a second chance at love is worth everything she’s spent her whole life working toward.
Like all my books, Summit of Seduction can be read and enjoyed as a stand alone novel, but are even more enjoyable when you read them as a series. Catch up with your favorite characters with the rest of the books!
The only thing Marcus needs in his life, is to get back on the professional snowboarding circuit, and he’ll be able to do that, if he buys into Deanna’s crazy plan. A plan that could cost him a whole lot more than he’s willing to risk.
After all these years, their attraction is stronger than ever, and as much as she tries to pretend it isn’t real, the love between them never really died and now Deanna must decide whether she can leave Marcus again—for good—or whether a second chance at love is worth everything she’s spent her whole life working toward.
Like all my books, Summit of Seduction can be read and enjoyed as a stand alone novel, but are even more enjoyable when you read them as a series. Catch up with your favorite characters with the rest of the books!
- GenresContemporary Romance
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First published May 25, 2015
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Elena Aitken
237 books1,004 followersElena Aitken is a USA Today Bestselling Author of more than forty romance and women’s fiction novels. Living a stone’s throw from the Rocky Mountains with her teenager twins, their two cats and a goofy rescue dog, Elena escapes into the mountains whenever life allows. She can often be found with her toes in the lake and a glass of wine in her hand, dreaming up her next book and working on her own happily ever after with her very own mountain man.
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June 4, 2015
Summit of Passion gives the reader the opportunity to come back to Cedar Springs, check in with some of your favorite residents, and dig into the story that the author teases you with at the end of Summit of Seduction. In Summit of Passion, we finally get to understand Marcus and what makes him tick, and that is apparently Deanna. What I liked about this book that I don't often see in other connected books is how interrelated this story was with other stories, and characters, in the Stone Summit series. You get to see the dynamic of Deanna's relationship with Kylie, who found her happily ever after in Second Glances and Summit of Desire, as Kylie observes Deanna's developing relationship with Marcus. Kylie realizes Deanna's role in the breakdown of her previous relationship with Marcus. The feelings leap off the page as we observed Kylie and Deanna hash out their circumstances. You also get to see more of the twin dynamic, since Marcus's twin, Malcolm, is the one now with Kylie. So many interrelated relationship lead to tension as Marcus and Deanna are navigating their relationship.
There were other parts of this story that just didn't sit right with me. Deanna is a doctor and she acts completely unprofessional in her dealings with Marcus in a professional capacity, and frankly, she acts extremely immature for a 30-year old. She strikes a deal with Marcus, inappropriately leveraging her professional relationship with him, rather than having an honest conversation with her parents about what she wants out of life. And the ethics issues just didn't sit right with me and tainted the remainder of the book for me.
I also felt this book was rushed. It was a quick read - I read it in an afternoon - but I felt like there was so much more that could have been added into the story to give it more depth and richness. The couple in question basically have two "staged" dates, each involving sex, the hero leaves, the heroine cries, the hero comes back, hero and heroine reconcile and all is happy. I just felt the author left so much on the table that could have been developed to a deeper level than it was.
My misgivings aside, the book was still well written, the dialog was enticing, and the sex scenes were steamy. I won't let my discomfort with this book turn me away from future Elena Aitken books.
There were other parts of this story that just didn't sit right with me. Deanna is a doctor and she acts completely unprofessional in her dealings with Marcus in a professional capacity, and frankly, she acts extremely immature for a 30-year old. She strikes a deal with Marcus, inappropriately leveraging her professional relationship with him, rather than having an honest conversation with her parents about what she wants out of life. And the ethics issues just didn't sit right with me and tainted the remainder of the book for me.
I also felt this book was rushed. It was a quick read - I read it in an afternoon - but I felt like there was so much more that could have been added into the story to give it more depth and richness. The couple in question basically have two "staged" dates, each involving sex, the hero leaves, the heroine cries, the hero comes back, hero and heroine reconcile and all is happy. I just felt the author left so much on the table that could have been developed to a deeper level than it was.
My misgivings aside, the book was still well written, the dialog was enticing, and the sex scenes were steamy. I won't let my discomfort with this book turn me away from future Elena Aitken books.
June 5, 2015
Another gem in The Springs series and The Summit trilogy
Elena Aitken has written yet another gem in The Springs series and The Summit Trilogy.
The story of Marcus and Deanna is one of pure love and devotion, yet filled with conflict, misunderstanding, and often ill-fated actions. From the beginning, the attraction between Marcus and Deanna is felt by the reader and it they are quickly drawn into their web of the past and the present.
Throughout their story, there are so many sub-stories taking place. A couple is wed, another is trying to conceive, another is working through a long distance relationship. Friendships are cemented, tested, rebuilt and strengthened.
Those who have read the books in the order they have been released, will find that many characters are brought forth once again. Some have their lives fully cemented and their is closure in their story, while others arrive again for a single purpose and the reader is again drawn in by their charismatic personality and side story.
Having read every book this author has written from very early on, as well as the Castle Mountain Lodge series (definitely not to be missed) and the crossover to The Springs, Elena's writing continually gets better and better, as do each of her novels. While I have absolutely loved each and every novel or short story she has written, it is my opinion that Summit of Passion is definitely one of the best novels she has written. (Her best novella would easily be "Love Me, Love Me Not.")
Any reader who picks up any book written by Elena Aitken will not only fall in love with the story and the characters, but will always end up feel happy, satisfied and wanting to read more...
I look forward to the next book in the series introducing us to a new family in Cedar Springs.
Elena Aitken has written yet another gem in The Springs series and The Summit Trilogy.
The story of Marcus and Deanna is one of pure love and devotion, yet filled with conflict, misunderstanding, and often ill-fated actions. From the beginning, the attraction between Marcus and Deanna is felt by the reader and it they are quickly drawn into their web of the past and the present.
Throughout their story, there are so many sub-stories taking place. A couple is wed, another is trying to conceive, another is working through a long distance relationship. Friendships are cemented, tested, rebuilt and strengthened.
Those who have read the books in the order they have been released, will find that many characters are brought forth once again. Some have their lives fully cemented and their is closure in their story, while others arrive again for a single purpose and the reader is again drawn in by their charismatic personality and side story.
Having read every book this author has written from very early on, as well as the Castle Mountain Lodge series (definitely not to be missed) and the crossover to The Springs, Elena's writing continually gets better and better, as do each of her novels. While I have absolutely loved each and every novel or short story she has written, it is my opinion that Summit of Passion is definitely one of the best novels she has written. (Her best novella would easily be "Love Me, Love Me Not.")
Any reader who picks up any book written by Elena Aitken will not only fall in love with the story and the characters, but will always end up feel happy, satisfied and wanting to read more...
I look forward to the next book in the series introducing us to a new family in Cedar Springs.
June 5, 2015
Elena Aitken has written yet another gem in The Springs series and The Summit Trilogy.
The story of Marcus and Deanna is one of pure love and devotion, yet filled with conflict, misunderstanding, and often ill-fated actions. From the beginning, the attraction between Marcus and Deanna is felt by the reader and it they are quickly drawn into their web of the past and the present.
Throughout their story, there are so many sub-stories taking place. A couple is wed, another is trying to conceive, another is working through a long distance relationship. Friendships are cemented, tested, rebuilt and strengthened.
Those who have read the books in the order they have been released, will find that many characters are brought forth once again. Some have their lives fully cemented and their is closure in their story, while others arrive again for a single purpose and the reader is again drawn in by their charismatic personality and side story.
Having read every book this author has written from very early on, as well as the Castle Mountain Lodge series (definitely not to be missed) and the crossover to The Springs, Elena's writing continually gets better and better, as do each of her novels. While I have absolutely loved each and every novel or short story she has written, it is my opinion that Summit of Passion is definitely one of the best novels she has written. (Her best novella would easily be "Love Me, Love Me Not.")
Any reader who picks up any book written by Elena Aitken will not only fall in love with the story and the characters, but will always end up feel happy, satisfied and wanting to read more...
I look forward to the next book in the series introducing us to a new family in Cedar Springs.
The story of Marcus and Deanna is one of pure love and devotion, yet filled with conflict, misunderstanding, and often ill-fated actions. From the beginning, the attraction between Marcus and Deanna is felt by the reader and it they are quickly drawn into their web of the past and the present.
Throughout their story, there are so many sub-stories taking place. A couple is wed, another is trying to conceive, another is working through a long distance relationship. Friendships are cemented, tested, rebuilt and strengthened.
Those who have read the books in the order they have been released, will find that many characters are brought forth once again. Some have their lives fully cemented and their is closure in their story, while others arrive again for a single purpose and the reader is again drawn in by their charismatic personality and side story.
Having read every book this author has written from very early on, as well as the Castle Mountain Lodge series (definitely not to be missed) and the crossover to The Springs, Elena's writing continually gets better and better, as do each of her novels. While I have absolutely loved each and every novel or short story she has written, it is my opinion that Summit of Passion is definitely one of the best novels she has written. (Her best novella would easily be "Love Me, Love Me Not.")
Any reader who picks up any book written by Elena Aitken will not only fall in love with the story and the characters, but will always end up feel happy, satisfied and wanting to read more...
I look forward to the next book in the series introducing us to a new family in Cedar Springs.
July 13, 2016
When I first realized that this trilogy was going to wrap up with Marcus, I wasn't sure what to think. I hate cheaters (with a passion), and I didn't know how she was going to bring me around to liking Marcus. But he was the perfect choice! Elena did a wonderful job making me fall in love with him. I actually was more sympathetic to his character than Deanna's. I really felt the struggle he went through trying so hard to keep his feelings at bay as well as prove how much he had changed to everyone around him. This was a great read, and I look forward to reading more about the people in The Springs series.
June 1, 2015
I loved this book! Elena has done it again. I really enjoy the way she intertwines the characters from the previous books in the series. Even though you can read it as a stand-alone, it is so much better when you read the series from the beginning and learn all of the characters. I highly recommend this!
June 29, 2015
Again I was reminded why Elena is my favorite author. In this book she takes us back to the Stone Summit and Marcus finally gets his story. This story is filled with love, betrayal, and shows how true love overcomes all. You feel you are a part of this small town watching from the sidelines with every book from this author! A+
March 13, 2016
I enjoyed this story, although I don't think it was the best in the series. Marcus behaves like an idiot through a good portion of the book, it is surprising Deanna puts up with him. Clearly I could visualise the events, so the book is well written, I do not really like stories that are too contrived or use wealth to smooth the path.
Overall this is a good read for a lazy day.
Overall this is a good read for a lazy day.
May 28, 2015
Marcus and Deanna's story will have you on the edge of your seat. The things they go through is truly amazing. The characters in this book are like a big family. You won't be able to stop reading this book.
May 28, 2015
Marcus and Deanna's story will have you on the edge of your seat. The things they go through is truly amazing. The characters in this book are like a big family. You won't be able to stop reading this book.
May 28, 2015
Wonderful read! Elena does it again! I love how her stories bring such a sense of friends and family(community). Marcus and Deeana have a tough time of it but anything worth having is worth working for!
June 6, 2015
Another great addition to the Stone Summit "The Spring" books. Loved loved loved this book. Elena Aitken's is one of the most talented writers, there has not been any of her books I have not enjoyed. Thank you Elena for a another great story.
June 10, 2015
Deanna left Marcus before because, they were going behind her friends back. Plus her dreams didn't include staying in Cedar Springs. Now Marcus needs a favor and so does Deanna. Will they find that the sparks still fly?
September 10, 2015
Another great Cedar Springs story from the amazing Elena Aitken!!!
The chemistry between Deanna and Marcus is perfect - This is a wonderful love story...not rushed, so easy to read,
Story flows so beautifully I couldn't put it down!!
The chemistry between Deanna and Marcus is perfect - This is a wonderful love story...not rushed, so easy to read,
Story flows so beautifully I couldn't put it down!!
June 10, 2015
Marcus and Deanna are keeping secrets past and present. Will history repeat itself and how many people will get hurt in the their wake. A bonus is we also get a wedding!
June 8, 2015
Another great book
Elena just delivered another great book. I love that her books can be read in the series but also stand alone.
Elena just delivered another great book. I love that her books can be read in the series but also stand alone.
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January 3, 2016This one had to be one of the best of the trilogy. Now waiting to find out about Ian. Hope that one comes out soon.
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