Publisher: Harlequin HQN
Published: June 24, 2014
Source: Netgalley
Summary:
Bestselling author Sarah Morgan delivers another irresistible hero in her O’Neil Brothers series who’s more tempting than dessert and twice as sinful!
Fiery French chef Élise Philippe is having a seriously bad day. Not only have the opening day plans for her beloved café fallen apart, but Sean O’Neil is back in town, and looking more delectable than ever. Last summer, they shared an electrifying night together…and the memories have Élise really struggling to stick to her one-night-only rule! Her head knows that eventually Sean will be leaving, so all she can do is try to ignore her heart before she spontaneously combusts with lust.
Being back in Vermont—even temporarily—is surgeon Sean O’Neil’s worst nightmare. For Sean, returning home to the Snow Crystal Resort means being forced to confront the reasons and the guilt he feels about rejecting his family’s rural lifestyle years ago. But discovering that Élise has settled in Vermont and still sets his blood racing is a very welcome distraction! Thinking he can persuade her into a replay of last summer is tempting, but remembering how good they are together is going to make walking away more difficult than he could imagine…
My thoughts:
Sarah Morgan is one of those authors that I just love and I cannot believe it took me so long to read this book. I’ve had this one sitting in my Netgalley to-read shelf for way too long and am so glad I finally got to it…I really did enjoy it.
This is the second book in Sarah Morgan’s O’Neil Brothers series but as it’s been years since I read the first book, Sleigh Bells in the Snow, I really had no issues jumping back in. I do love that with most series these days, each book really is written to stand on its own and that is definitely the case here, and of course that is more so the case with romance books. As I got further into the story, it did come back to me that I had met some of these characters before – and that’s what I do love about reading series, that continuation of characters.
I will admit that I do not read a ton of romance, but when I do, I tend to stick to my favorite authors and Sarah Morgan is one of them. She gives us depth with her stories and that is definitely the case here. I loved that while we are focused on the romance between Sean and Elise, there is also the underlying family drama happening with Sean’s family that really needs to be settled – that having to do with his father’s death. This gives the book a little substance and keeps it from just being a light and fluffy read, which I really appreciated.
There is one more book in this series, that is of course sitting in my Netgalley shelf just waiting to be read and I hope to read it soon. It’s already out – it was published in 2014 – but I do plan on reading it because again, Sarah Morgan is a tried and trusted author and for someone who doesn’t read a ton of romance, I know I can count on her.
If you are looking for an enjoyable, quick read, I definitely recommend picking this book up. It might be an older book, but I still enjoyed it and did not find it to be out-dated at all.
Books in this series:
- Sleigh Bells in the Snow
- Suddenly Last Summer
- Maybe This Christmas
