Title: Love on a Summer Night
Series: Pine Harbour Series #4
Author: Zoe York
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Published: November 24, 2015
Never say never. Especially not to a determined bad boy.
Zander Minelli is exactly the wrong kind of man. He’s dark, dangerous, and knows far too much about sawed-off shotguns.
Faith Davidson finds him irresistible. The widowed single mother knows she should dip her toe back in the dating pool with someone solid and dependable. Definitely no tattoos. But every time she looks up, the brooding soldier is watching her, and she can’t help but wonder what it would be like to let herself have a taste…
Small town summer nights have never been hotter—and one transplanted city-girl’s heart has never been more fragile.
*ARC provided by the author in exchange for an honest review
This is one of my favourite small town series – Pine Harbour
– and this is the fourth book. Although not strictly necessary that the
previous books need to be read, I would strongly advise so you are aware of
what has happened with the other characters mentioned and who form part of this
small town.
Faith Davidson is a single widowed Mom to four year old
Eric, and is gradually pulling her life into shape with the help of her Mother.
She has hidden herself away writing her books but knows she needs to get back
out there and meet new people. It is whilst she has set up at the corner table
in the local eatery to write her next book, that she meets sexy soldier Zander Minelli.
Zander has been serving his country for the last twenty
years and is not often at home to see his family. His wanderlust and zest for
danger has been satisfied with his job as a soldier but now he knows it is time
to take stock and start making plans for his life back as a civilian. He is
dreading moving back to Pine Harbour and having the eyes of his family on his
every move. But then he meets the beautiful Faith and maybe his life will be
something he didn’t realise he was searching for.
The attraction of this pairing was instant and easy to believe.
I liked how Faith overcame her unease at Zander’s free spirit and thrill
seeking which was related to how her husband had died. This was down to Zander
slowly chipping away at her hesitance to let go of the past but this also
helped him to resolve some of his own issues. The relationship between Zander
and young Eric was so sweet to see and had me sighing. There is just something
about a tough, strong, inked, biker ex-soldier, showing the sweet stuff that
grabs at my heart.
There were some areas I would have liked to have had more
coverage of as some crucial parts like when they moved in together were just
skipped over. I wanted to know how they adjusted to that as this would have
been a major impact on their relationship and little Eric. However I still
loved this story of older love and there was some seriously hot and steamy
passion to get the temperature rising (amongst other things!)
Zoe York is an instant must read for me and I highly
recommend this series to the new reader if you love your romance hot and
passionate with a touch of the sweetness and a cast of strong secondary
characters. Loved it! Four and a half stars.
He settled between her legs, not grinding—just there. Hard and ready. More teasing.
She was going to explode from the delayed gratification. Lifting her hips, she took on the task of remedying that herself.
At the first roll of her hips, Zander paused his worship of her breasts. At the second, he redoubled his efforts, helping her get right to the brink—then he reared up and reached for the waistband of her jeans.
Oh no.
She wanted to be naked with Zander more than anything else in the world.
But even under the cover of darkness, she realized she wasn’t quite ready for Zander to see her naked.
She grabbed at his wrists and tried to pull him back down on top of her. Maybe they could just dry hump. That had been hotter than it sounded. It had been hotter than her fantasies, and she was a writer with a pretty expansive vocabulary and a deep understanding of the dirty side of the Internet.
He wouldn’t be deterred. His fingers slid beneath her waistband, making her soft tummy quiver, and not in a good way. Okay, mostly a good way with just an edge of fear. But she still pushed at his hands.
He gave her an amused look. “Stop batting my hands away. I want to feel it when you come.”
She sighed, suddenly nervous, and he gave her another look, this time one of dawning awareness. She tipped her head back. The stars were so bright tonight. “I’ve got battle scars,” she whispered. “Stretch marks and a c-section incision that didn’t heal properly. You’ve only seen the good bits.”
Zander settled back on the blanket beside her and nuzzled into her neck. “Seriously? You don’t think I’ve got scars? Let’s go toe to toe.”
“Yours are different.” He was beautiful. All sculpted muscle and delicious shadows. “New plan. I’m going to touch you.”
“Be my guest.” His voice was low and rough, like a tumble of falling rocks. Danger, her heart thumped. He rolled away from her and pulled off his t-shirt, baring the tattoos that had caused her so much anxiety just a few days earlier. The flickering light from the fire caught the edge of a raised scar on his rib cage, and she sucked in a breath as she reached out and traced the knotted tissue that looked suspiciously like a slash in his skin.
“What happened?” she asked in a quick rush, then shook her head. “No. I don’t think I want to know.”
“You don’t. But it’s okay, I’m alive and here. That’s all that matters.”
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| New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Zoe York is a busy working mom of two young boys, wife to a very understanding soldier, and creator of modern, sexy, small town contemporary romances. Her debut novel, What Once Was Perfect, started the popular Wardham series, and her first military romance, Fall Out, was released as part of the international bestselling SEALs of Summer super bundle.She lives in London, Ontario and is currently chugging Americanos, wiping sticky fingers, and dreaming of heroes in and out of uniform. |
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