Book Review – Accidentally Married on Purpose

25 Thursday Feb 2016

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I’m getting this one out first thing this morning because the next book in this world is also going to be spotlighted today … wanted to make sure that you guys get the full experience 🙂

*****

Accidentally Married on Purpose

Love and Games #3

by Rachel Harris

One ring plus one wild night equals one crazy love

Sherry Robicheaux loves men. She loves love. And she loves an adventure. So when she meets a mysterious man while working backstage at a country music concert in Vegas, she’s all about what’s happened in Vegas staying there.

Country music superstar Tyler Blue just wants a weekend of anonymity…though there’s something about the spunky waitress with the streaks of purple hair that tempts him like no other. Until the next morning, when they both wake up with fuzzy memories…and rings on their fingers.

Convincing Sherry to maintain the ruse for his public image isn’t the hardest part—it’s reminding himself that their time spent playing husband and wife in her small town of Magnolia Springs can’t last. Tyler’s first love will always be music—and the road is no place for a sweet downhome girl.

Once again Harris delivers a fantastically emotional but melodrama free love story. Accidentally Married on Purpose spends a little bit with the build up to Sherry and Tyler finding themselves married (which sounds like a fantastic time in Vegas) but the majority of it is the two of them getting to know each other better and falling in love … and of course struggling with it.

Sherry’s had a difficult time with love but that hasn’t stopped her from wishing for her own HEA. It also hasn’t kept her from being adorably perky and big hearted. That giving nature and good humor is causing Tyler all sorts of issues 🙂 He’s convinced that the life of a musician has no room in it for a long term relationship. Unfortunately the more time he spends with Sherry the harder it is to remember why. Sherry reminds Tyler that he can cut loose and have a good time, while he helps her believe in herself. Together they are funny and fun, complementing each other so well.

While this is part of a series, it isn’t necessary to have read the others. I will recommend it though because I love Harris’s writing and her other Robicheaux romances are fantastic! (Find those reviews here – Taste the Heat and Seven Day Fiance)

Seven Day Fiance

18 Friday Oct 2013

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New review now up.

*****

This is the second story about a pretend relationship that I’ve reviewed this week and both were a lot of fun. Both Harris and Bielman (with Her Accidental Boyfriend) did a great job of giving us couples who had their reasons for avoiding commitment but fell in love anyway.

One bad boy. One good girl. One unforgettable week.

Angelle Prejean is in a pickle. Her family is expecting her to come home with a fiancé—a fiancé who doesn’t exist. Well, he exists, but he definitely has no idea Angelle told her mama they were engaged. Tattooed, muscled, and hotter than sin, Cane can reduce Angelle to a hot mess with one look—and leave her heart a mess if she falls for him. But when she ends up winning him at a charity bachelor auction, she knows just how to solve her fiancé problem.

Cane Robicheaux is no one’s prince. He doesn’t do relationships and he doesn’t fall in love. When sweet, sultry-voiced Angelle propositions him, he hopes their little fiancé game can finally get her out of his head. He doesn’t expect her to break through all his barriers. But even as Angelle burrows deeper into his heart, he knows once their seven days are up, so is their ruse.

Meet Cane …. Typical bad-ass with a soft heart that he hides from everyone, except his sisters and closest friends of course – has tattoos and muscles, wears leather and rides a motorcycle, and is a legendary lover. He’s convinced that marriage is not for him. And then cupid smacks him upside the head.

Meet Angelle … She’s sheltered but has escaped to try her wings – beautiful, a little bit clumsy, smart, and innocent. She’s no match for Cane in bed but she’s going to give him a run for his money when it comes to the heart.

I loved these two. We first met them in Taste the Heat, the first book of the “Love and Games” series, and you knew then that the showdown was coming. But even though we could see the outcome a mile away, Cane fought it with everything he had – it is so much fun to see a big, bad man brought to his knees by a sassy woman and Cane does it with grace and style.

We know that Harris is going to bring us the story of Cane’s sister, Sherri, but I’m also hoping she extends it to include some of the people we meet in Bon Terre (as well as Jason’s firemen friends from the first book). There is a lot of potential for entertaining stories with Angelle’s ex, Brady, and her cousin, Lacey. Not necessarily together but I’d definitely like to see them get their happy ever afters.

Like in Taste the Heat, Harris has a fun writing style and gives us intriguing characters and cute interactions, in a story full of humor and emotion. It’s a great light read with hidden heart, sure to please romance junkies everywhere.

Taste the Heat

09 Tuesday Jul 2013

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New review below. And the publisher has a cool contest going on with it ending on July 31st. Check out the rafflecopter link to enter.

Colby Robicheauz is back home after a decade away to help her family – with her father’s death, their restaurant needs a head chef and she is the perfect choice. While leaving behind her own successful restauarant in Las Vegas for the summer is bad enough, Colby knows she’s also going to have to handle demons that she’s been running from for years. What she doesn’t expect to find is her old crush Jason Landry looking just as tempting as ever. But Colby’s not ready to get involved with anyone and she definitely has no plans to stay in the town that holds so many bad feelings. Jason also isn’t ready for romance. He lost his wife and is now raising their daughter alone. He knows that she really needs a mother but starting something with Colby when she has no intention of staying is not a good idea. A summer fling might be just the thing for both of them …. if they can keep their hearts out of it.

Who doesn’t love a sexy fireman? Add in that Jason can cook, is a great father and truly loved his high school sweetheart? So very hot! Jason is everything you would want in a hero – he’s gorgeous, hard working, dedicated, loving, and faithful. He wants the best for his girl even if he doesn’t feel like he can ever fully give his heart again. But once he realizes that his emotions might be more involved with Colby than he intended … he goes with it and throws himself into the relationship wholeheartedly. Colby has her reasons for being a little gun-shy with men – a bad past and a looming exit date – but who could pass up the opportunity to have a hot fling with your teen crush, especially when he looks like Jason. I really liked seeing these two realize their feelings and go with it. I totally understand Colby’s hesitation and I think that Harris does a fantastic job of giving her emotional baggage without dragging her down with them. Actually, she does a fine job with both of them. You know they will have their Happy Even After at the end, what romance doesn’t, but the best part is the journey and this one is a can’t miss.

Taste the Heat is the first in the “Love and Games” series and I am very much looking forward to more. There are a lot of opportunities, not just with Colby’s siblings, but you can also bring in Jason’s firefighter buddies and keep going. Harris has a crisp, addictive writing style and I would definitely read more from her. With a fun and emotion story about finding love and forgiveness, Harris brings readers a winner.