From New York Times bestselling author Lori Foster, comes FAST BURN—the fourth standalone novel in her Body Armor Series !

FAST BURN releases on March 20, 2018. Pre-order your copy today!

FAST BURN Synopsis:

For the woman who’s his perfect match, he’s willing to break the rules…

The moment Brand Berry meets beautiful, driven Sahara Silver, the connection between them is electric. It’s also something he can’t pursue. Sahara wants him, sure—to join Body Armor, where his MMA skills, size, and cocky attitude make him perfect for her elite crew of bodyguards. For Sahara, the agency always comes first, and Brand needs more. Yet when she’s kidnapped by men searching for her missing brother, he doesn’t hesitate.

Somewhere along the way, flirting with Brand for the sake of business turned very personal. Despite his refusal to join Body Armor, it’s Brand who steps up when she needs him most. Now there’s no more time for games, and no point denying the hunger they both feel. They’ll escape together or not at all. But if they survive, can Sahara finally surrender control to claim this blazing passion?

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About Lori Foster: 

Since first publishing in January 1996, Lori Foster has become a USA Today, Publisher’s Weekly and New York Times bestselling author. Lori has published through a variety of houses, including Kensington, St. Martin’s, Harlequin, Silhouette, Samhain, and Berkley/Jove. She is currently published with HQN. Visit her online at LoriFoster.com.        

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This is what this book should have been called. The majority of the characters held on to people and tried too hard, for too long to get people in their lives to return the amount of affection they put into them. And all the while not realizing that there were others around them willing to take them as is, without all that stress. Honor spends many wasted years hoping that the boy she loved from childhood, and who basically she clung to because  of the loss of her mother, would come around an love her back...if only she tried harder. If only she accommodated him more...and in the end she made herself a doormat and someone people take for granted. Like an "old baseball glove."

Tom did it with his last relationship and with Charlie. He stuck around tried harder and did more...when it was obvious his old fiancé was not even fully there, and with Charlie...boy...I wanted to beat that kid for his foolishness...yeah he is 14 and hurting and mad and lashing out...but poor Tom arranged his whole life practically screaming: "I love you, love me back!" every day...and that ungrateful kid just shunned him.  And of course, this all goes back to Tom's mom leaving him as a child and never coming back. He sees himself in Charlie and Charlies relationship with his biological father and it is like he wants to fix for Charlie what he could never fix for himself. But in the end Tom had to let go and stop trying to hard...sometimes you have to let people come to their own realizations and you can't protect them from getting hurt in the process.

Sometimes getting hurt is what you need to move on and get on. And sometimes...some people aren't worth the effort and you have to let them go, no matter how much time you put into them.

This is a pretty deep analysis of a simple romance. LOL. But I like that there was a lot going on with the characters, and that sometimes I did not like them much. Makes it relatable. So on top of the contract marriage plot line, which I always love, and the hot romance and warm family scenes....this had a bit of depth to it that keep me reading. And I liked that. It was still light enough that it satisfied my itch for something easy and fun during my night of insomnia...and it had some deepness to it to get me thinking. 

This is my second book from this author, and so far I have enjoyed both. They are nice breaks from dragons and wizards.

Author: Glynis Astie

Published:  2013 by Tikinou Publishing

Category: Contemporary Romance

Sydney Bennett had spent her life in pursuit of perfection. She planned, weighed her options and made careful choices based on calculated outcomes. Through all of her efforts, she had come pretty close to perfection, if she didn’t say so herself. She had fled the cold winters in New York for sunny California, found a job that she loved and lived in the same town as her sister, and best friend, Kate. The one area of perfection that had always eluded her was her love life. No matter how hard she tried, she always ended up with a broken heart. After a particularly traumatic breakup, Sydney vowed that she was done with love. Just as Sydney threw herself into her new plan to forget about men, a handsome Frenchman tossed all of her intentions out the window as he swept her off of her feet. Louis Durand had lived a life filled with excitement and adventure. He was impetuous, intelligent and incredibly charming. So naturally, he scared Sydney half to death. From the moment they met, Louis and Sydney’s romance progressed at warp speed. Sydney did her best not to run, but her deep-rooted relationship anxiety threatened to provide an easy exit. When Louis mentioned marriage before Sydney even knew his favorite color, she was more than tempted to reach for her running shoes. Will she be able to put her fears aside to follow her heart? The one thing that Sydney will learn is that sometimes perfection comes with a twist…

 

I received a digital copy in return for an honest review

I’m not a huge reader of chick lit but having said that I found myself enjoying this one very much, more so because the story is loosely based on the author’s own whirlwind romance. It’s light, fun, written with humour and happiness and all of that jumps off the page. It’s a real life fairy tale, girl meets handsome Frenchman and it’s love at virtually first sight.

Sydney Bennett is a mix of artlessness and anxieties with layers of zany. She’s the kind of woman most of us can relate to in some way and I couldn’t help but like her. After a string of disastrous romances she has a serious lack of confidence and believes it’s too good to be true when she meets a dashing and extremely charming Frenchman who seems very taken with her.

Things happen so quickly Sidney is literally swept off her feet and has several hilarious meltdowns. Planning a wedding is fraught with dilemmas and complications at the best of times but when one partner is from another country and in the US on a visa, which is dependent on his employment, the obstacles begin to arise and add to Sydney’s nervousness and panic.

I love Sidney’s relationships with her sister, her best friend, her brother and, of course her parents, but most of all with Louis. The characters are all well written and engaging.
Looking forward to the next instalment, French Toast!