They drag their overweight suitcase filled with a haunting, dead fiancé, and unzip it in a new location. That’s just facts of life. At least, it’s my life. Sure, I moved to Colorado for a fresh start, but my past with Rexy looms in every corner light doesn’t touch.
My career as a pediatric physical therapist is the only thing I have left, and I pride myself on being the best in the field. It’s why I moved to Colorado to open my own practice. Men aren’t even on my radar, but then again, Turner isn’t a man, he’s my adorable, six-year-old patient. His father, though? He’s everything I swore off. A swaggering, muscle filled, creation similar to the one I lost.
He’s a Navy SEAL. A military man. A heartbreaking blunder I can’t make twice.
Unfortunately, whenever he steps into the room, all I see is light.
Lincoln Wilds
Single parenting isn’t for the faint of heart. It’s constant chaos, and the maddening sense of abandonment always lurks in the background. Turner’s mother left us a month after he was born—vanished into a dark, drug fueled existence. My military career suffered during his infancy stage, but I’m finally working my way back to some semblance of normalcy.
I just got my own squad at the SEAL Team, when Turner falls off the monkey bars and shatters his leg. Just another hiccup in our complicated life. He needs a skilled physical therapist to help him walk again, but when I meet Maeve, something about her disorients me completely.
Maeve Ahern is a walking, talking flash bang.
My Review (ARC provided)
4.5 stars!!
Holy hell what a ride this was! I had no idea what to expect and Rachel delivered on this fast-paced, hot, action-packed novel.
I’m not a huge fan of insta-love, in some stories I like it but in others, it’s too much too fast. Well, in this story you got that instant attraction and love but you felt it. I felt every bit of their bond and chemistry. I wanted them together and rooted for them from the initial meeting.
Maeve and Lincoln have both been broken in different ways, Lincoln a navy seal and single father. Maeve broken from losing her fiance and never griefing properly. Lincoln needs to take his son to a physical therapist and after researching the best of the best he decides on Maeve, (it doesn’t hurt that she catches his eye in other ways too0. After their initial meeting, Lincoln is determined not to let Maeve slip away.
We have this whole love story going on but behind the scenes is some creepy stalker shit. Things keep happening to Maeve and now it’s Lincoln’s mission to figure out who it is. I’ll leave it at that. Like I said this was a quick read that had me turning the pages wanting more. And wow I didn’t see what was coming, what a cliffhanger we are left with. I need book two now!!
Rachel grew up in a small, quiet town full of loud talkers. Her words were always only loud on paper. She has been writing stories and creating characters for as long as she can remember.
CRAZY GOOD and SET IN STONE, and TIME AND SPACE, three of her Navy SEAL novels are INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERS.
After living in San Diego, Virginia Beach, and then Fairfax, VA, she now resides in colorful Colorado with her badass husband, two children, her Sphynx cat, & her dog, Polly.
My boyfriend's billionaire boss always gets what he wants.
Menacingly handsome and unquestionably powerful, Theo Whitman need only snap his fingers to have a flock of supermodels fall at his feet. So when his steel gray eyes first meet mine, I expect him to pass right over me, to not give so much as a second thought to my presence.
Instead, he sees me.
Truly sees me.
And for a girl who prefers to hide behind her camera lens, it's the most unnerving experience of my life.
Until he asks me to stay on his yacht for the summer.
All I have to do to earn my keep is be Theo's on-call photographer when he has guests, and I'll get a free ride through the Mediterranean with my boyfriend. Easy peasy.
Still, my skin prickles in warning when I say yes.
As the humid days fade into balmy nights, I can't seem to avoid Theo. And when he finds me, it's like a rabbit running into a wolf.
His intense gaze immobilizes me. The way he speaks strips me bare. Every brush of his skin sears me like a violent flame.
My boyfriend's billionaire boss always gets what he wants.
And this time, I think he wants me.
ARC Provided (Kenzie's review)
FIVE STARS!!
KANDI STEINER HAS STRUCK AGAIN!! WOW, this book is definitely in my top three favorite Kandi books I have read. Close Quarters had me hooked from the very moment I read page one of the book and kept me seeking to discover what was next for these characters. No author does angst better than Kandi, and this book was not lacking in that department. I absolutely fell in love with Theo Whitman and the passion he shared with Aspen as the book progressed. Close Quarters had such a slow burn that you couldn't help but not want to put the book down; literally, I had my ToDo list piling up as I was reading this book and I definitely don't regret continuing to read as my pile grew.
I'm so glad to have read this book and not to have it sitting away on my TBR because it was so worth the read!!!
Make sure to take the time to check out Close Quarters and ANY and ALL Kandi Steiner books, you won't regret it one bit.
Kandi Steiner is a bestselling author and whiskey connoisseur living in Tampa, FL. Best known for writing "emotional rollercoaster" stories, she loves bringing flawed characters to life and writing about real, raw romance -- in all its forms. No two Kandi Steiner books are the same, and if you're a lover of angsty, emotional, and inspirational reads, she's your gal.
An alumna of the University of Central Florida, Kandi graduated with a double major in Creative Writing and Advertising/PR with a minor in Women's Studies. She started writing back in the 4th grade after reading the first Harry Potter installment. In 6th grade, she wrote and edited her own newspaper and distributed to her classmates. Eventually, the principal caught on and the newspaper was quickly halted, though Kandi tried fighting for her "freedom of press." She took particular interest in writing romance after college, as she has always been a die hard hopeless romantic, and likes to highlight all the challenges of love as well as the triumphs.
When Kandi isn't writing, you can find her reading books of all kinds, talking with her extremely vocal cat, and spending time with her friends and family. She enjoys live music, traveling, anything heavy in carbs, beach days, movie marathons, craft beer and sweet wine -- not necessarily in that order.
I love this series so much! I feel like each Kincade story gets better and better!! Drew and Brexton are exactly what I want in a second chance/friends to lovers romance. The flashes from past to present were right there when you needed them. We got such a good idea of their relationship before everything happens without it giving away too much. It keeps you guessing up until the end and has you feeling for these long lost friends. I guess you could almost call this a forbidden romance too when your family doesn’t want you to have anything to do with the other.
Drew and Brex grew up together their parents were best friends until one day it all ended, no one knows why and it is never discussed again.
Drew is a second-string quarterback but when Brex happens to stumble upon him practicing after all these years she knows he should be more than second-string, she knows he’s not starting for a reason and it’s not because he’s not good enough. Once Brex and Drew connect again there is no turning back they are attracted to each other like magnets and no matter what’s in the past they need each other. Drew is determined to leave the past alone but Brex wants to know what happened.
Drew and Brex made my stomach summersault they just had chemistry from the start and there was no need to convince me they belonged together. Kristy wrote their relationship so well from past to present that you just knew the two were meant to be. In some stories, it takes more convincing to really believe that the hero and heroine belong together and have a strong bond and chemistry but in this story, it was clear, and as it went on those butterflies grew and grew.
“Are we simply a match striking, igniting, and then waiting to burn itself out?”
I fell in love with these two and although I’ve loved the two stories before, Drew and Brex are my favorites! I can’t wait to see what Kristy has in store for the last Kincade girl!!
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New York Times Bestselling author K. Bromberg writes contemporary romance novels that contain a mixture of sweet, emotional, a whole lot of sexy, and a little bit of real. She likes to write strong heroines and damaged heroes who we love to hate but can't help to love.
A mom of three, she plots her novels in between school runs and soccer practices, more often than not with her laptop in tow and her mind scattered in too many different directions.
Since publishing her first book on a whim in 2013, Kristy has sold over one and a half million copies of her books across eighteen different countries and has landed on the New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal Bestsellers lists over thirty times. Her Driven trilogy (Driven, Fueled, and Crashed) is currently being adapted for film by the streaming platform, Passionflix, with the first movie (Driven) out now.
With her imagination always in overdrive, she is currently scheming, plotting, and swooning over her latest hero. You can find out more about him or chat with Kristy on any of her social media accounts. The easiest way to stay up to date on new releases and upcoming novels is to sign up for her newsletter (http://bit.ly/254MWtI) or follow her on Bookbub (http://smarturl.it/KBrombergBB)
