ARC Review: The Movie Star's Red Hot Holiday Fling (Sweetbriar Springs) by Christine Glover

Title: The Movie Star's Red Hot Holiday Fling (Sweetbriar Springs)
Author: Christine Glover
Source: Entangled Indulgence
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Length: Novella
Release Date: November 24, 2014
Reviewed by: Jasmyn

Rating - 5
Sexual - 3

Determined to qualify for the fire department's grueling physical, former marine Jessie
Sullivan never gives up, despite the pins in her leg. The last thing she needs is a tall, incredibly hot action movie star sharing her gym...and who makes her want to trade in her reps for some sexy physical activity. Of the naked kind.

Blake Johnston is more than just a Big Screen Sex Machine, and he's willing to prove it. Especially to a spirited and sexy ex-marine like Jessie. But when a harmless dare leads to sizzling fireworks, Jessie and Blake's workout ends up generating some serious heat between the sheets. And it's more than Jessie could have imagined. Much, much more.

But flings don't last forever. And in two weeks, Jessie will have to say goodbye to her red-hot Christmas fantasy...

This was an amazing and heart touching story.  Jessie is a veteran that has been discharged after a bomb blew up and injured her leg.  Yes, HER leg.  The veteran is a female and I loved how the story really took her perspective and brought it to life for me.  She was such an intense character and had a drive to prove that she still had value.  Blake had some very similar characteristics, but they were shown in a different way.  He was determined to show the world that he was more than just another pretty face.  But in the process he helps - and hurts - the woman he has grown to care for.

A lot of this story was about the two of them coming to grips with their past and figuring out where to go with their future.  My favorite part was watching Jessie really come into her own again.  Her journey back to herself was not fun, but in the end it was worth it - at least until she found out Blake's secret.  How they work that out, I'll leave for you to find out.  This is one you won't want to miss.

Oh, and as a bonus, it could be called a Christmas read.  While the season doesn't play a huge roll in the story, it does happen over Christmas.

*This book was received in exchange for an honest review*

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Review: The Maverick's Red Hot Reunion (Sweetbriar Springs) by Christine Glover

Title: The Maverick's Red Hot Reunion (Sweetbriar Springs)
Author: Christine Glover
Source: Entangled Indulgence
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Length: Novel
Release Date: June 30, 2014
Reviewed by: Jasmyn

Rating - 5
Sexual - 3

Corporate Maverick Zach Tanner returns to North Carolina to rebuild his dying friend's
resort. He's got the money, the power, and the will to transform Sweetbriar Springs into a premier spa for the glamorous, but he doesn't count on the woman he once loved…and lost…to handle the construction contract. Zach thought he'd buried his desire for Kennedy five years ago. He was wrong, and now he’s determined to satisfy his craving...

Construction company owner Kennedy Gibson is eager to restore Sweetbriar Springs, but when she realizes Zach is her new boss she's terrified he'll learn the truth about their breakup so long ago. She vowed never to hurt him again, but she can't deny the passion he reignites in her. She wants to believe she has a chance for a different future with him, but will her secret threaten to destroy their red-hot reunion?

This book made me cry - several times.  It takes a lot for a book to do that to me.  It was a good cry, an emotional cry, and I felt better when I was done.  Zach and Kennedy took me such an emotional roller coaster that I was exhausted at the end of the story.  It was almost too much.  Their history was full of so much pain for them to overcome that I still don't know how they managed to do it.

Kennedy is a tough as as mails construction worker that has taken over her father's company.  She's more at home in boots and jeans checking out a roof than anything else.  She has built up a wall around her heart after tragedy struck years ago, and she is determined to never let anyone in.  Zach wants to break down those walls, he just doesn't quite understand why they are there to begin with.

A lot of Zach and Kennedy's problems are because neither of them is completely honest with the other.  Their relationship is full of misunderstanding and pretending.  The truth is too hard for either of them to deal with at first.  It was an amazing story that is full of real life issues as two amazing people have to try and wade through them to find each other again.

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