By: V.K. Sykes
Releasing June 30, 2015
Grand Central: Forever
JUST A SUMMER FLING?
Morgan Merrifield sacrificed her teaching career to try
to save her family's bed-and-breakfast and care for her younger sister. She
can't let herself get distracted by Ryan Butler. After all, the rugged
ex-Special Forces soldier is only in Seashell Bay for the summer. But her
longtime crush soon flares into real desire-and with one irresistible kiss,
she's swept away.
Ryan values his freedom. As much as he wants Morgan,
he's not ready to settle down with anyone, much less in sleepy Seashell Bay.
But his code of honor doesn't allow him to leave a woman in distress-and she's
in desperate need of help to fix the inn. It only takes one day working under
the same roof and Ryan is already hoping for a lifetime of hot summer nights .
. .
Ryan
Butler is struggling, He has had one of the most exciting military careers and
personal protection careers; but it has seemed too stalled. So he decided to
come home, to spend time with his family and to sort out his head. But while on
the ferry home, He sees Morgan; a friend and someone he has cared about, way
before he left for the armed forces.
Morgan
is struggling! She is struggling with the death of her father, running the
family B&B and taking care of her sister Sabrina. After putting her career
as a teacher on hold, Morgan is struggling to make ago of the B&B and it is
now failing down around her ears. So she offers Ryan a deal, that she prays he can’t
refuse.
I
found the writing smooth, the characters, if lacking real chemistry, but
somewhat interesting and the plot enjoyable. But nothing gripped me and demanded I finish
this book in one sitting. I wished we had heard more about this past together
and Sabrina’s issues, but the authors kind of skimmed over it and it left them kind
of flat.
My overall
feeling of this book is that it’s a sweet love story, where the underlying key
is that; when you go home, everything is possible! But it didn’t wow me! So I
found that very disappointing.
I give
Summer at the Shore 7 out of 10.
V.K. Sykes is really two people – Vanessa Kelly and Randy Sykes, a husband and
wife team who write USA Today Bestselling contemporary romance and also
romantic suspense. Randy excels at plot and characterization, but tends to fall
down on the job when it comes to that pesky old thing called emotion. That’s
where Vanessa steps in. She usually writes the sex scenes too, since Randy is a
bit uncomfortable when it comes to that sort of stuff. Vanessa also writes
award-winning Regency-set historical romance for Kensington Zebra under her own
name. You can check out Vanessa’s bestselling historical romances at www.vanessakellyauthor.com
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