This is book # 3 in the Breathing Hearts series.  This book can be read as a standalone novel.  For reader enjoyment and to avoid spoilers, I recommend reading this series in order.

Frankie is just baking as usual when she feels tired and woozy.  Next thing she knows she is face to face with a blast from the past she did not want to see.  Rescuing her was nice, but coming back for more is just wrong.

Gage wants to move on from the past.  He comes back to his hometown with his daughter to start over.  Seeing Frankie puts him on alert.  Seeing her all the time gets his heart racing.  Can they get along long enough to work things out?

This story moved at such a quick pace.  The characters are strong with the heated backstory that sets the book on sizzle right from chapter one.  Sexy and smart, this was an enjoyable and relaxing read.  I give this a 4/5 Kitty's Paws UP!

***This early copy was given in exchange for an honest review only.

Swept Away by Skye Jordan

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


The Wildfire Lake series is a journey of sisterhood, second chances and love. It's more than a little heartbreaking to know that we've reached the end of the road with these three extraordinary women. However, in true Skye Jordan fashion, she saved the best for last. Swept Away is Chloe's story. It is the tale of a woman that from the outside seems to have her world together, yet the heartache and betrayal of her past continues to haunt her present. Xavier is the second chance she never thought she'd have until her past regrets return and threaten to swallow her whole. Sexy, sassy and irresistible make for an unforgettable romance. A bittersweet goodbye .



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Going Under by Skye Jordan

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Going Under has much to offer. Hidden inside the slow burn of a beautiful romance are many important life lessons. Lessons of love. Lessons of loss. Lessons of hope. Jordan has a way of removing the blinders that tend to get in the way of the more important things. Ben and KT are a reminder that a person is stronger than ever they realize. With laughter, patience and an open heart, we can accomplish anything. All we need is a chance to try. Going Under is a life lesson worth learning.



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I think...if I'd read these in order, I would have really been irritated with book #3. The two overlap quite a bit. time-wise.

So our H - scary gunslinger who thinks of himself as a peacemaker - has a favor called in, and finds himself acting as a US Marshall. And... he'd just spotted someone who fit the description of one of the wanted posters. ( I must interject that shortly before he came to be in this town, he was challenged by a kid in a yellow slicker. Hmmm... Did we get a glimpse of a v. young Angel?). So with a bit of deductive reasoning and a question or two, he heads off and finds himself with... well... And now he has a dilemma - does he turn her in or...?

Our h, accused of killing someone, and robbing a bank, did neither - she was making a withdrawal and the banker gave her someone else's money too by accident - we assume anyway. Is possible he did it deliberately. She's been on the run and hiding for 2 years. And now she's caught. He doesn't turn her in, for personal reasons, not that he admits that even to himself. Just says it's because she's a girl. Much adventure...ok, hunting down of criminals...later, a kidnapping by the sheriff in her home town, and his running them to ground, a hasty marriage (because otherwise the supposedly dead person has sued for guardianship of her and her brother until she's 21 or married), a bit of intimid-ahh-conversation with said not-dead-yet mayer later, and he gives in and goes to his home...to figure out what's going on. Because...our gunslinging H is the oldest son of a *banker* in Chicago, and he apparently bravely ran away away after shooting his brother for screwing his fiance' and being ordered by dear old dad to marry her anyway.

Thoughts about it. The h talks...a lot... For someone on the run, she doesn't hide her tracks very well. Then again, he would never have seen her in the first place if her friend hadn't let her sleep late. The H...is maybe a little too good at hiding his emotions, which leads to a lot of uncertainty on the h's part. The story, in and of itself, is good. It could almost be seen as entertaining, though I think her constant chatter grated a bit too much on me for much amusement, and the behavior of the sheriff and his deputy bothered me a lot - they treated her like a criminal and it wasn't until the H caught up to them that they came clean about the charges being dismissed and them collecting her for her guardian.