domestic abuse

Bruce and Karin meet when he (a Detective) comes to her counseling center to give a self-defense course.  When one of her clients is attacked by her ex, Bruce investigates and in doing so grows closer to Karin.  However, can Bruce a child of abuse ever move beyond his own childhood and accept a future with Karin or wil

Back Cover:

She and Jake were polar opposites. Which was why his insistence that they date made no sense to Christine. Yet, if she wanted that mysterious box he'd outbid her on during the town auction, having dinner with the sexy Texan seemed her only recourse.

Christine vowed she'd find something to throw Mr. Thorne-in-her-side's attention off her plan. Like the newly made-over Christine. And by his reaction to her little black dress, she'd found just the thing to keep his interest while she worked on a plan to steal away her prize. But was it possible catching Thorne would be her ultimate reward? 

My Review:

Yum yum!!!  I want to scream "keeper" with this one, but I'm not 100% sure, I might have just had a bad day of reading books and this one was just great by comparison.  I loved it.  So light-hearted, great humour, I laughed out loud, I smirked.  I loved that the hero had an almost involuntary compulsion to tease and torment his heroine.  Yummy!  The first chapter of this book was totally a reenactment of Anne Shirley & Gilbert Blythe (from Anne of Green Gables), he teased because underneath he was attracted, and she bristled with chagrin.  Totally loveable.  I can't see anyone reading this and hating it.  I loved the little battle of the sexes they had. 

Loosely part of Sandra Hill’s Viking series. Funny and warm, but a very light read (light, but satisfying). Hill’s characters are always engaging, and the romance sizzles.

My rating: 3/5

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