Tuesday, January 12
Sorry for the lack of book reviews. Between Devin being here, being sick, and starting a new process I got a little behind on my reading. However, I’m back and better than ever! Well, at least back…
Windfall, by Nora Roberts, is actually two shorter books in one. The first story, Impulse, was way to Harlequin like for me, and just when there started to be more of a story, the book ended. Luckily, it was only around 100 pages and not something I was forced to consider as too much of a waste of time.
The second book, Temptations, turned out to be really good! Which is a good thing, I was about to give up on Nora as an author after two of her books didn’t leave quite enough to the imagination in some areas!
Temptations is about a socialite princess, Eden, that met an untimely fall from royalty when her rich father passed away and turned out to not be so rich after all. After selling off the family estate and most of her personal belongs, she invested what little was left into an all girls summer camp with her best friend. Luckily, she was great with numbers and had been raised around horses and thus was the camp’s accountant and equestrian instructor.
Eden of course also served as the one of the camp staff responsible for keeping all the girls in line, so when a few of the camps most mischievous campers wonder into the neighboring apple orchid to climb a few trees, Eden is the one to go looking for them. Eden finds the girls up in a tree, munching apples. With orders to report to the kitchen for mess hall cleanup duty as punishment, the girls are sent back to camp.
Eden has to climb the tree to collect a hat left by one of the girls and once up in the tree branches, decides to take a little personal time to relax and reflect. Eden’s whole life has changed overnight, she lost her only parent, her social standing has plummeted, and her fiancé dumped her because of it all. Lost in her own train of thought, enjoy a crisp, fresh crisped apple, high up in a tree top is how Chase, the orchid owner, finds Eden. And so begins the story of a women finding her own place in the world, a man learning how to help her, and two of them discovering a love neither of them knew existed.
This is a sweet story that keeps you turning the pages to see what Chase will try next. It’s a light read, but filled with life truths about the importance of money, or lack thereof, and the meaning of true love. I give Temptations two thumbs and a recommendation to enjoy!
With Love,
Eli
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