Wednesday 16 August 2017

Amazon Review Tour | A Change of View (Northern Lights #2) by Freya Barker | #NEW #Review #Contemporary #suspense #Romance #OlderLove


Title: A Change of View
Series: The Northern Lights Collection
Author: Freya Barker
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: 16 August 2017





What if one morning you look in the mirror and no longer recognize the person looking back?

When Leelo can no longer identify herself by the roles that once defined her, it's both terrifying and liberating. Oh, she feels the loss, the grief, and then the anger, but when she inherits property up north, she jumps at the promise of freedom and independence. 

Yet not everyone in her new community is what they seem, starting with the surly mountain man down the road.

As owner of the local fishing lodge, Roar is content with his everyday life. And the older he gets, the less he appreciates change. So when a blue-haired, tattooed ‘city girl’ moves into the old motel, shaking up his daily routine, he’s none too pleased.

Still, something about the woman’s easy smile and almost reckless grit has him step up as her keeper.








The second book in the Northern Lights series, A Change of View is another winning story of older love romance.

Leelo Talbot has spent a lifetime of trying to please everybody else but herself. After a disastrous divorce, she moves up north to take on her late uncle’s motel resort. Once she gets there she finds herself with new challenges but she is happy to accept them. With the low funds she has she makes a start on refurbishing the motel but getting caught up in a storm whilst on the roof she is surprised but grateful for the growly stranger who comes to her rescue.

Riordan Doyle (Roar) is a man of little words. He is Leelo’s nearest neighbour who finds himself coming to her rescue more times than can be explained, but it is these times that he gets to know the kookie woman. After so long the close proximities start to have an impact on the pair and how they are drawn to one another.

Every time I pick up a book by Freya Barker I am instantly transported right to the place in the book. The characters are an immediate draw and so believable that you can’t help but fall for them. I love that Roar and Leelo are an older couple (mid-forties) but still have their insecurities and demons holding them back. I love the journey they both go on to find their true self and by doing that embrace a hot burning love together. These two had great banter between them that had me laughing out loud in parts. There was also a high intensity and the passion was steamy and raw.

The secondary characters were also a hit and I loved how Leelo’s son came to stand on his own two feet and make his decisions for his future rather than be railroaded by his overbearing father.

As with every book I have read by this author I always end on a happy high but then a serious book hangover takes place. I miss the characters and the atmosphere of the wonderful places Ms Barker takes you to. This was another fantastic read and one I highly recommend if you love your older romances with hot growly alpha mountain men and strong and sassy women. Not to be missed. Five stars. 

*ARC kindly provided by the author in exchange for an honest review




I slap my thigh where a mosquito just bit me. I wipe at another one that lands on my arm, and pretty soon the buzzing is loud around my head, and I’m frantically waving my hand around my face. A blood-sucking army is out tonight, and I scramble to my feet, snatch up the now empty bottle, and hustle toward the sanctuary of my house.

My heart lodges in my throat when I see a figure detach itself from the shadows of the porch.
“Was wondering how long it would fucking take before you came running.”
I bend over, gasping to get air in my lungs, when I hear the voice.
“I swear, Riordan Doyle…one day you’ll be the death of me.”
“Not what I had in mind,” he chuckles easily, as he grabs my arm, drags me inside, and out of the way of the charging mosquitoes.
“What are you doing here?” I ask, as he takes the bottle from my hand, sets it on the counter, and pulls me into my living room. There he drops down on the threadbare couch and tugs me down beside him. “I thought you went home?”
“I did,” he confirms, throwing his arm over my shoulder and tugging me to his chest. “And I was just putting my feet up on the coffee table when I realized I didn’t want to be there.”
“No?”
“No,” he repeats. “Couldn’t relax. Started thinking about this…thing…between us. And you know what? Waiting for the right time is for the fucking birds.”
“It is?”
“It absolutely fucking is,” he says with conviction, curving his free hand along my jaw and turning my face toward him.
His hazel eyes are almost black in the scarce light of my living room, his heavy-lidded gaze roaming my features before settling on my lips.
“I’m thinking right now sounds like the right time.”
I can feel the deep rumble of his voice down to my toes, and my own drops a few octaves lower as well.
“You do?” I mutter breathlessly as his head bends down.
It’s clear from my distinctly unimaginative responses that my brain cells have signed off for the day. I’m starting to sound like a goddamn parrot, but Roar doesn’t give me time to linger on that thought. His mouth is already on mine and his tongue is demanding entry.
One moment I’m tucked beside him on the couch, and the next I’m on my back, Roar’s heavy frame covering me, his lips still firmly fused to mine. Good God the man can kiss.





Freya Barker inspires with her stories about 'real’ people, perhaps less than perfect, each struggling to find their own slice of happy. She is the author of the Cedar Tree Series and the Portland, ME, novels.

Freya is the recipient of the RomCon “Reader’s Choice” Award for best first book, “Slim To None,” and is a finalist for the 2016 Kindle Book Awards for “From Dust”. She currently has two complete series and three anthologies published, and is working on two new series; La Plata County FBI—ROCK POINT, and Northern Lights. She continues to spin story after story with an endless supply of bruised and dented characters, vying for attention!







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