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caraheard's review
4.0
This is my first book by this author and I liked it. I'll have to see what else she has out.
whatjulireads's review
2.0
After reading a book about suicide, I thought I needed a fun book that didn't involve anything depressing. Hence, me choosing this book. I didn't love it. It was told from 4 people's POV and it was hard to figure out who was speaking most of the time. Would not recommend this read.
lexee9's review
4.0
I really enjoyed the characters in this story. Hannah has come out to Coronado for vacation and to talk to her ex-fiance's wife. She is supposed to meet up with one of her uncle's old agents but it doesn't quite go like expected. She makes it in early and then has all of her stuff stolen from her. She heads to where she knows Tanner is going to be but doesn't ask for him right away, it's New Year's eve and she starts drinking with a few guys. She runs into a man that she is instantly drawn to, and he to her, but when names are exchanged they both give fake ones so neither puts two and two together. The chemistry between them is very high and when they find out who the other is they both don't know what to do with the attraction between them. Tanner doesn't want to mess up his chance to get back into the secret service but he has a hard time not getting close to Hannah.
I liked the story line and the way that the story flowed. There is enough going on to keep your attention into the story. I also loved getting Dezi and Troy's story. You do not need to have read the first story in this series to fully enjoy this one. I enjoyed the interactions between the characters a lot. This was a fun, quick read for me.
I liked the story line and the way that the story flowed. There is enough going on to keep your attention into the story. I also loved getting Dezi and Troy's story. You do not need to have read the first story in this series to fully enjoy this one. I enjoyed the interactions between the characters a lot. This was a fun, quick read for me.
vaindesi's review
3.5
Troy and Desiree. Their story and their confessions of love were just the kind of ridiculous I love. I laughed at a lot of their scenes.
"If Troy ruled the world, parenting would be strictly licensed and heavily regulated."
"“Check on the state of the alpha whiskey in the women’s head.” Neither the twenty-something
dude behind the bar or the two thirtyish cocktail servers wandering the floor could decipher “alpha
whiskey,” though they all knew the women’s head was the women’s restroom."
"They both grunted, maybe in protest at the instant spark when lips met lips."
"Hoda. Yoda. Yoga."
island_reader's review
3.0
Hero: 7/10
Heroine: 3/10
Romance: 6/10
Humor: 5/10
Pace: 8/10
Secondary Characters: 9/10
**3.5 stars**
Hmm, I have a lot of questions that weren't answered in the end of this book. Honestly, I hopped between loving and strongly disliking this story. The characters, except for Hannah, were excellent. The romances (it's a double!) were pretty good. I felt more, and connected better, with the secondary romance between Troy and Dez. Desiree is how you write a heroine! Strong and independent and colorful. I don't know what happened with Hannah, but her character sucked and was pretty cardboard/one-dimensional.
There was a lot that bothered me with this book, but I just can't bring myself to harp on it. Because, in the end, I enjoyed it a lot. I laughed, I swooned, I cried, and I could barely put it down. My eyes were voracious in their appetite to gobble up every word. The writing was great (even though the formatting of my e-copy was horrendous), the pace was equally great, the author has a way with descriptions that always hooks me (and as a self-proclaimed "Beach Lover", her words paint vivid scenes of sand and sea that make me so happy).
The end left a lot to be desired. It ended so abruptly… it doesn't even feel like it ended actually. Maybe a Epilogue would have helped and cleared up some questions that remain. Especially if done from Hannah's POV. Like, what are her feelings about everything? What happened after he passed out? What about the bad guys? And I still have more questions! So, I stick with my earlier statement of a Love/strongly dislike feeling. Since it's a quick read, if one could find it free or cheap, I'd recommend this book. Especially if the loose ends that are never finished in the end don't bother you. It really is a cute book. I have no regrets reading it.
Heroine: 3/10
Romance: 6/10
Humor: 5/10
Pace: 8/10
Secondary Characters: 9/10
**3.5 stars**
Hmm, I have a lot of questions that weren't answered in the end of this book. Honestly, I hopped between loving and strongly disliking this story. The characters, except for Hannah, were excellent. The romances (it's a double!) were pretty good. I felt more, and connected better, with the secondary romance between Troy and Dez. Desiree is how you write a heroine! Strong and independent and colorful. I don't know what happened with Hannah, but her character sucked and was pretty cardboard/one-dimensional.
There was a lot that bothered me with this book, but I just can't bring myself to harp on it. Because, in the end, I enjoyed it a lot. I laughed, I swooned, I cried, and I could barely put it down. My eyes were voracious in their appetite to gobble up every word. The writing was great (even though the formatting of my e-copy was horrendous), the pace was equally great, the author has a way with descriptions that always hooks me (and as a self-proclaimed "Beach Lover", her words paint vivid scenes of sand and sea that make me so happy).
The end left a lot to be desired. It ended so abruptly… it doesn't even feel like it ended actually. Maybe a Epilogue would have helped and cleared up some questions that remain. Especially if done from Hannah's POV. Like, what are her feelings about everything? What happened after he passed out? What about the bad guys? And I still have more questions! So, I stick with my earlier statement of a Love/strongly dislike feeling. Since it's a quick read, if one could find it free or cheap, I'd recommend this book. Especially if the loose ends that are never finished in the end don't bother you. It really is a cute book. I have no regrets reading it.
donnah's review
4.0
This is the second in the Holiday Duet series. This is a well written romance that is an enjoyable afternoon read.
Hannah Davis says: "I hate Auld Lang Syne!"
After all, this year brought Hannah nothing but the memory of her wandering fiance marrying someone else behind her back. Now, sitting alone at a bar in Coronado, California, on December 31, she decides to do something radical...and lets a brooding good-looker take her to bed. But when another woman bursts into their room much to early on New Year's morning, Hannah realizes this guy's more complicated than she thought...
Ex-Secret Service agent Tanner Hart screwed-up, big-time. Hoping to temporarily boot some of the ghosts from his life, he hooked up with this sexy stranger for a hot one-night stand--only to discover she's the woman he agreed to protect...from men just like him!
But a new year is a time for fresh beginnings. Despite the danger, the hoopla, and the hangovers, if Hannah's brave enough to risk her heart again--and Tanner's wise enough to realize he deserves it--maybe this one will be different.
Hannah Davis says: "I hate Auld Lang Syne!"
After all, this year brought Hannah nothing but the memory of her wandering fiance marrying someone else behind her back. Now, sitting alone at a bar in Coronado, California, on December 31, she decides to do something radical...and lets a brooding good-looker take her to bed. But when another woman bursts into their room much to early on New Year's morning, Hannah realizes this guy's more complicated than she thought...
Ex-Secret Service agent Tanner Hart screwed-up, big-time. Hoping to temporarily boot some of the ghosts from his life, he hooked up with this sexy stranger for a hot one-night stand--only to discover she's the woman he agreed to protect...from men just like him!
But a new year is a time for fresh beginnings. Despite the danger, the hoopla, and the hangovers, if Hannah's brave enough to risk her heart again--and Tanner's wise enough to realize he deserves it--maybe this one will be different.
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