Title: WAKING HEARTS
Author: Elizabeth Hunter
Source: eARC from author for review
goodreads...
When everything you’ve longed for is standing right in front of you, would
you find the courage to chase it when you’ve given up on dreams?
Fox shifter Alison Smith gave up on happy endings when her ex-husband
walked out, but that didn’t mean she was allowed to give up on happiness. With
four growing kids, Allie is determined to look on the bright side and carry on,
even when life seems to keep kicking the girl who’s fallen down.
Four kids, two jobs, and a pile of debt left over from her ex seem
overwhelming most days. Luckily, Allie has the best friends a girl could ask
for. Especially a certain quiet bear who’s always been her rock.
Patient. Oliver Campbell knows what it means to be patient. But twenty
years of wanting one unavailable woman may have pushed him to the edge. With
Allie working every night at his bar, their friendship has begun to fracture.
Then old ghosts offer one more kick to the little family that’s already
down, and patience is a virtue Ollie can no longer afford. Allie’s ex-husband
may be gone, but his actions are haunting his family. With danger licking the
borders of Cambio Springs, the bear and the fox will have to work together. And
twenty years of unspoken truths may finally come to light.
WAKING HEARTS is the third paranormal romance novel in the Cambio Springs
Mysteries series.
My take...
“I love you,” he said simply. “I don’t remember a time I haven’t loved you,
Allison Smith.”
**
Allie Smith thought that if they ever found Joe her life would get back to
some sense of normal. At least she hoped it would. Never did she imagine the
hell she would find her family and herself in- all thanks to him and his shady
past. But when Ollie steps in, stress soon fades and life becomes a bit more
tolerable. At least a little bit.
I cannot believe how much the overall arc of the story has evolved over the
last few books. We've gone from learning about the residents of Cambio Springs
in the first book to each book linking together in one way or another. And this
one just added the intrigue and suspense even more; really upping the ante. It
pulls a bunch of old characters back in and even a few new ones. It has you
wondering if maybe you knew the answers all along and just didn’t realize it. I
love a book that has me thinking the whole way thorough.
And I wish I could say that I loved one book over the other in this series,
but it is just not possible. Each book offers something wonderful that the reader
grabs on to and remembers long after the book is done. Well, that is how it was
for me. I think back to certain characters or certain scenes and remember the
feelings that book gave me. But I will say that this book was something special
to me. I adored Ollie so very much. There is something about a big, burly guy
with a heart of gold that has me melting.
When asked what one of my favorite shifter books or series is, this series
is the first to come to mind. Hunter nailed the shifter/ supernatural genre
when she took this project on. It's magical. It's fantastic. It's hot and
romantic. I cannot get enough. 5 Stars!
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