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Love in the Pacific Northwest #2
Γλυκιά Απαγωγή
Η Νίκι Σεντ Τζέιμς προσπαθεί εδώ και καιρό να πείσει τον αρραβωνιαστικό της τον Ρόις να ορίσει ημερομηνία γάμου… αλλά χωρίς επιτυχία. Έτσι καταστρώνει ένα απελπισμένο σχέδιο: θα υποκριθεί ότι έχει κρυφή ερωτική σχέση με τον Άλεξ, τον καλύτερό του φίλο, για να κάνει τον Ρόις να την διεκδικήσει. Υπάρχει μόνο ένα πρόβλημα: για να εξασφαλίσει τη συνεργασία του Άλεξ, θα πρέπει λίγο πολύ να τον απαγάγει.
Ο Άλεξ δεν έχει και την καλύτερη εντύπωση για την αρραβωνιαστικιά του Ρόις, κι η άποψή του μάλλον ενισχύεται όταν η κοπέλα τον απάγει και τον οδηγεί στο απομονωμένο εξοχικό της – για να μην αναφέρουμε τα πανταχού παρόντα κατοικίδιά της, που έχουν βαλθεί να του κάνουν τη ζωή μαρτύριο. Αλλά καθώς οι μέρες περνούν, και ο Ρόις δεν εμφανίζεται να διεκδικήσει την αρραβωνιαστικιά του, η αλήθεια βγαίνει στο φως. Η Νίκι έχει στην πραγματικότητα μια χρυσή –αν και πληγωμένη– καρδιά, και ο Ρόις είναι το χειρότερο κάθαρμα του κόσμου. Κι ο Άλεξ αρχίζει να πιστεύει πως μόνο ο ίδιος μπορεί να της δώσει όλα όσα αξίζει πραγματικά…
Venus Romance #01
Ο Άλεξ δεν έχει και την καλύτερη εντύπωση για την αρραβωνιαστικιά του Ρόις, κι η άποψή του μάλλον ενισχύεται όταν η κοπέλα τον απάγει και τον οδηγεί στο απομονωμένο εξοχικό της – για να μην αναφέρουμε τα πανταχού παρόντα κατοικίδιά της, που έχουν βαλθεί να του κάνουν τη ζωή μαρτύριο. Αλλά καθώς οι μέρες περνούν, και ο Ρόις δεν εμφανίζεται να διεκδικήσει την αρραβωνιαστικιά του, η αλήθεια βγαίνει στο φως. Η Νίκι έχει στην πραγματικότητα μια χρυσή –αν και πληγωμένη– καρδιά, και ο Ρόις είναι το χειρότερο κάθαρμα του κόσμου. Κι ο Άλεξ αρχίζει να πιστεύει πως μόνο ο ίδιος μπορεί να της δώσει όλα όσα αξίζει πραγματικά…
Venus Romance #01
175 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2007
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19 books69 followersCindy Procter-King writes steamy romcom and contemporary romance bursting with laughter and emotion. Sassy feel-good fiction!
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Cindy lives in Canada with her family, Ghost’Da Allie McBeagle, and too many grand-dogs to count.
Visit Cindy’s website at http://www.cindyprocter-king.com
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September 29, 2013
****4 CUTE CAPTIVE STARS****
ARC provided by Blue Orchard Books via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
**BORROWING ALEX was previously published by Amber Quill Press in 2007 and has been revised and updated for the 2013 Blue Orchard Books edition. This second edition also includes two additional scenes.
This book is a fast paced, cute, funny romance about 2 unexpected people falling in love.
Why not 5 Stars?
I enjoyed this book immensely for the first 95% but then I just couldn't get my heart around the ending...to me it was a bit cheesy and unbelievable.
Nikki has been engaged to Royce and he hasn't committed to setting a date for their wedding. She suspects that he is holding off because he wants to obtain partner in her father's office but wants to give him the benefit of doubt.
So, she comes up with this cockamamie plan to kidnap his best-man, Alex, and leave Royce a note stating that her and Alex are going away to have a "fling". So she kidnaps Alex and brings him to her cabin on the lake. What Nikki doesn't realize, is how she starts feeling about Alex.
Alex, on the other hand has been fed lies by Royce about Nikki and he in turn realizes that Nikki isn't the bubble headed, party girl that Royce led him to believe. In fact, Alex starts to appreciate Nikki's intelligence, pride, love of animals and especially her warm loving heart.
Nikki's animals are extraordinarily funny along with her antics and "outside the box" thinking! The best part of the whole book is the kidnap scene....I chuckled through the whole thing!
If you are looking for a light read...then this book is for you!
ARC provided by Blue Orchard Books via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
**BORROWING ALEX was previously published by Amber Quill Press in 2007 and has been revised and updated for the 2013 Blue Orchard Books edition. This second edition also includes two additional scenes.
This book is a fast paced, cute, funny romance about 2 unexpected people falling in love.
Why not 5 Stars?
I enjoyed this book immensely for the first 95% but then I just couldn't get my heart around the ending...to me it was a bit cheesy and unbelievable.
Nikki has been engaged to Royce and he hasn't committed to setting a date for their wedding. She suspects that he is holding off because he wants to obtain partner in her father's office but wants to give him the benefit of doubt.
So, she comes up with this cockamamie plan to kidnap his best-man, Alex, and leave Royce a note stating that her and Alex are going away to have a "fling". So she kidnaps Alex and brings him to her cabin on the lake. What Nikki doesn't realize, is how she starts feeling about Alex.
Alex, on the other hand has been fed lies by Royce about Nikki and he in turn realizes that Nikki isn't the bubble headed, party girl that Royce led him to believe. In fact, Alex starts to appreciate Nikki's intelligence, pride, love of animals and especially her warm loving heart.
Nikki's animals are extraordinarily funny along with her antics and "outside the box" thinking! The best part of the whole book is the kidnap scene....I chuckled through the whole thing!
If you are looking for a light read...then this book is for you!
May 12, 2015
Cute little love story. But, a wee but contrived.
February 1, 2017
A cute romantic story funny moments. I enjoyed this story about two unexpected people falling in love. The pets were a big part of the story, really cute.
I received an ARC for an honest review.
I received an ARC for an honest review.
March 23, 2018
I received a copy from the author; this is my honest review.
-Over-the-top, near improbable situations, but oh so funny, intertwined with tender moments.
-Loved the banter while Alex is trying, really trying, to understand Nikki, who has the most unclear logic ever heard from a woman.
-Best man to the groom but best friend to the bride, Alex is the perfect mate for her.
-A bit of mystery and suspense at the end which wraps up everything in a neat bundle.
-The story relates two POV - Alex's and Nikki's - but in certain chapters, I would've liked to hear a third one - Royce's.
-Over-the-top, near improbable situations, but oh so funny, intertwined with tender moments.
-Loved the banter while Alex is trying, really trying, to understand Nikki, who has the most unclear logic ever heard from a woman.
-Best man to the groom but best friend to the bride, Alex is the perfect mate for her.
-A bit of mystery and suspense at the end which wraps up everything in a neat bundle.
-The story relates two POV - Alex's and Nikki's - but in certain chapters, I would've liked to hear a third one - Royce's.
July 15, 2022
Nikki was a hoot and poor Alex!!! So all is not as it seems with Nikki's fiance and he has Alex fooled as well in regard to Nikki. Kidnapping does seems a little farfetched but I think the author did a great job in pulling it off. This is definitely a romantic comedy with no cheating (I hate cheating). Would love to read a sequel about Nikki's bff. This is the second book by this author I have read - Where She Belongs was a great book and I highly recommend (it isn't a romantic comedy, more a serious story with romance).
I received a copy in exchange for an honest review.
I received a copy in exchange for an honest review.
May 28, 2018
Glad this book is over... the female character is rich and she's trying to get her fiancé to pay attention to her by kidnapping his best friend...OMGOODNESS I barely gave it three stars this was kind. It had nothing to do with me reading several books at the same time.. this story was ridiculous.
September 13, 2024
Girl is frustrated with fiancé, so kidnaps her fiancé's best friend to make the fiancé jealous? Honestly, I don't know how she thought it would be a good idea.
6.5/10 A funny, but sometimes pathetic story.
6.5/10 A funny, but sometimes pathetic story.
February 1, 2019
I thought it was juvenal, boring and predictable. I only finished it because it was short and I listened to the audio book at 2X speed.
March 6, 2020
A heart warming book that warms your soul
March 17, 2017
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I think that the end is too predictable. Despite that, I enjoyed very much the comedy aspects in the story and truly loved Nikki's pets: two dogs, a cat and then a bunny (also a snake appeared in the story, but I don't like snakes: I respect them!).
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I think that the end is too predictable. Despite that, I enjoyed very much the comedy aspects in the story and truly loved Nikki's pets: two dogs, a cat and then a bunny (also a snake appeared in the story, but I don't like snakes: I respect them!).
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September 19, 2014
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Borrowed from Library
I have been avoiding and putting off writing this post about BORROWING ALEX by Cyndy Procter-King. I felt is was hard to hear and juvenile.
Many of the concepts feel as if they are out of a piece of historical fiction.
The premise of the story is antediluvian:
Not knowing your fiance well enough to understand he is not at all committed to the relationship but is only trying to be made a partner in a medical practice. It’s almost as if it were an arranged marriage.
And then, Alex, her hostage, feels protective and responsible for her; a little Stockholm Syndrome.
Her father doesn’t believe women should be medical professionals and she listened to him. I just do not see this in the real world. Fathers want what is best for their daughters; they want them to be happy and have fulfilling careers.
She plans the whole thing carefully but doesn’t bring him any clothes.
I am stuck on a detail: There’s an outhouse but the cabin has plumbing. This could be a grey water versus septic issue but most places seem to have eliminated the grey water method, especially near bodies of water.
I just thought it was jejune, and had put too much time into the audio not to finish it.
When there’s finally any action near the end of the book it is nicely done. Alex is a sympathetic and noble character, but NIkki is a ditzy woman with a ridiculous plan, the success of which is dependent on someone reacting a certain way to a note left to lure him in. It doesn’t sound as if the character ever confronts him as she finally ends up having to do. Instead she depends on this TV situation comedy type plot to work on her relationship.
She does love animal though so she does score a couple of points back there.
It wasn’t awful, it just wasn’t very good.
I borrowed it from the audio library in my town so at least I didn’t waste any money, just my time. I should have more to say, but I don’t feel I have that much more to say because I did not feel engaged in the audiobook and I like to take the high road.
Borrowed from Library
I have been avoiding and putting off writing this post about BORROWING ALEX by Cyndy Procter-King. I felt is was hard to hear and juvenile.
Many of the concepts feel as if they are out of a piece of historical fiction.
The premise of the story is antediluvian:
Not knowing your fiance well enough to understand he is not at all committed to the relationship but is only trying to be made a partner in a medical practice. It’s almost as if it were an arranged marriage.
And then, Alex, her hostage, feels protective and responsible for her; a little Stockholm Syndrome.
Her father doesn’t believe women should be medical professionals and she listened to him. I just do not see this in the real world. Fathers want what is best for their daughters; they want them to be happy and have fulfilling careers.
She plans the whole thing carefully but doesn’t bring him any clothes.
I am stuck on a detail: There’s an outhouse but the cabin has plumbing. This could be a grey water versus septic issue but most places seem to have eliminated the grey water method, especially near bodies of water.
I just thought it was jejune, and had put too much time into the audio not to finish it.
When there’s finally any action near the end of the book it is nicely done. Alex is a sympathetic and noble character, but NIkki is a ditzy woman with a ridiculous plan, the success of which is dependent on someone reacting a certain way to a note left to lure him in. It doesn’t sound as if the character ever confronts him as she finally ends up having to do. Instead she depends on this TV situation comedy type plot to work on her relationship.
She does love animal though so she does score a couple of points back there.
It wasn’t awful, it just wasn’t very good.
I borrowed it from the audio library in my town so at least I didn’t waste any money, just my time. I should have more to say, but I don’t feel I have that much more to say because I did not feel engaged in the audiobook and I like to take the high road.
February 7, 2017
Setting: Lake Eden, Washington (state)
Genre: Rom-com
I received this from instafreebie for an honest review.
Originally published in 2007, but has been newly edited and e-published to reflect the author's writing style, as well as the addition of two new scenes.
In order to make her fiancé Royce jealous, Nikki St. James kidnaps Alex, who is to be Royce's best man. If he will ever agree to set a date for the wedding. Understandably, Alex is not agreeable to this plan, so to prevent his escape from her "summer place" - actually an almost primitive cabin she inherited from her grandparents- Nikki keeps him tied up. His plan is to escape from the (as Royce had described) bubble-headed party girl by gaining her trust. She is sure Royce will come to get her as soon as he finds her note. After the first night, she decides to trust him and lets him loose. Alex and Nikki get to know each other while they wait for Royce, and fight a mutual attraction.
This is a well-written romantic comedy with witty dialogue and funny situations (many of the latter involving the 3 pets Nikki has brought along). The plot is engrossing and the characters are fully developed. Both Alex and Nikki experience growth over the course of the story.
There is 1 sex scene, plus some kissing and a fleeting instance of imagining "I could...". It falls between erotic and sweet. Very little cussing, no profane words (taking god's name in vain, etc.) or f-bombs. Overall a good way to spend a few hours.
Genre: Rom-com
I received this from instafreebie for an honest review.
Originally published in 2007, but has been newly edited and e-published to reflect the author's writing style, as well as the addition of two new scenes.
In order to make her fiancé Royce jealous, Nikki St. James kidnaps Alex, who is to be Royce's best man. If he will ever agree to set a date for the wedding. Understandably, Alex is not agreeable to this plan, so to prevent his escape from her "summer place" - actually an almost primitive cabin she inherited from her grandparents- Nikki keeps him tied up. His plan is to escape from the (as Royce had described) bubble-headed party girl by gaining her trust. She is sure Royce will come to get her as soon as he finds her note. After the first night, she decides to trust him and lets him loose. Alex and Nikki get to know each other while they wait for Royce, and fight a mutual attraction.
This is a well-written romantic comedy with witty dialogue and funny situations (many of the latter involving the 3 pets Nikki has brought along). The plot is engrossing and the characters are fully developed. Both Alex and Nikki experience growth over the course of the story.
There is 1 sex scene, plus some kissing and a fleeting instance of imagining "I could...". It falls between erotic and sweet. Very little cussing, no profane words (taking god's name in vain, etc.) or f-bombs. Overall a good way to spend a few hours.
October 13, 2013
When I was ready for a romance that would take my mind to a happy place and bring a smile to my face, I went for Cindy Procter-King, knowing that I'd get exactly what I needed. I was captivated by Procter-King's heroine from the moment I first pictured her blond curls until the last. Witty, kookie, empathetic, smart and wide open to the world around her, (and, like the book, a little beyond believable - you might find yourself wishing you had just a little of her chutzpah) Nikki is pure delight. Alex is her foil. His journey with Nikki is one you will happily join. The writing is fluid and insightful, giving the sense that the author is keenly aware of human nature and, in particular, the joys and difficulties that come with young love. Her addition of the craggy and loving neighbors shows her range. I was also impressed that without ever meeting many of the peripheral characters directly, I still felt that I knew them as Procter-King made them too come alive. If you want a little fun and romance, with a dollop of sexual titillation, indulge yourself in this book.
Borrowing Alex
Borrowing Alex
October 1, 2013
**BORROWING ALEX was previously published by Amber Quill Press in 2007 and has been revised and updated for the 2013 Blue Orchard Books edition. This second edition also includes two additional scenes. When I read the disclaimer, I was worried, but I need not have been. I thoroughly enjoyed this romp of a contemporary romance from Ms. Procter-King. She has given us two very likeable characters, made them come alive, and made me care about their happily ever after. Was the premise a bit far-fetched? Yes, but that's what romance is for. I was thoroughly entertained. The book is evenly paced, populated by quirky, interesting characters, has sharp dialogue, and is written with humor. Refreshing.
*I received my copy from NetGalley.com in exchange for an honest review.
*I received my copy from NetGalley.com in exchange for an honest review.
January 2, 2016
Listened to the audiobook and it was just ok. Really didn't care for the book thought it was a little boring. It had a lot of promise and the plot was different in a good way but it just fell flat for me. It did have a cute sweet romance weaved into it and it ended on good note but predictable. It some ways it was hard to follow and somewhat immature. Overall it wasn't bad but not great somewhere in between 2 Stars.
September 5, 2013
Really dumb premise. Frustratingly goofy. Gotta admit that about 3/4ths of the way in, I asked myself why I was wasting my time with the book and didn't bother to finish it. That's saying something for me because I usually suffer through a book even if it is boring. This was just plain stupid with juvenile dialogue...even for a romance novel!
April 3, 2014
**Copy provided by Netgalley and Blue Orchard Books for an honest review**
This is a fun little read that at times can be a bit silly.
Nikki is a sweet and caring character, but she's more than a little nuts. Alex is really quite sweet and a softie at heart. They both make a good couple and i'm glad they got together, but the ending was a bit boring.
This is a fun little read that at times can be a bit silly.
Nikki is a sweet and caring character, but she's more than a little nuts. Alex is really quite sweet and a softie at heart. They both make a good couple and i'm glad they got together, but the ending was a bit boring.
June 28, 2016
Nikki thinks outside the box. WAY outside the box. Alex is torn between loyalty and insanity. Together, Nikki and Alex discover a bond - but is it love or proximity?
While the premise for this story is way out there, the author tells a funny tale, with several wagging tails to boot. Nikki and Alex will make you shake your head, vividly picture the scenes, and laugh.
While the premise for this story is way out there, the author tells a funny tale, with several wagging tails to boot. Nikki and Alex will make you shake your head, vividly picture the scenes, and laugh.
September 25, 2013
I found Nikki to be very entertaining, especially in her way of thinking. Nikki has a very strange idea. an idea made out of fear and desperation. If acts of this nature truly ended in this manner, I am sure it would happen more often.
October 16, 2013
A quick and easy read. The leading male character is nicely written, while the main female character is quirky. This short romance is fun and light-hearted. The storyline is not always believable, but it's fiction, so just roll with it.
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January 11, 2017
This was such a fun read. Alex and Nikki were engaging characters throughout the story. I was rooting for them. The animals had their moments but Willie stole the show whenever he appeared. Enjoyed this book so much I finished it in one sitting.
November 17, 2007
a friend said it was good.
December 19, 2011
Finished the book. It was...ok. I was expecting more of a climax with the ending..It was a bit of a disappointment I must say. But it was a good book. :) excellent plot.
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April 20, 2012I am embarassed to admit I read this!
October 4, 2012
Sometimes you just need a happy predictable story.
November 14, 2012
I listened to the audio book and it was just ok. Probably 2.5 stars.
February 7, 2014
Sparkling Romantic Comedy!
January 9, 2015
Seriously?? I thought the book was about her animals. Funny. Characters are likable but annoying.
July 9, 2015
Great premise! But could have been a little bit better. But I really like how she ended the book.
March 13, 2018
Good read
Fun quick read! I love her books. Story line was a little far-fetched...but was still a fun, feel good book.
Fun quick read! I love her books. Story line was a little far-fetched...but was still a fun, feel good book.
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