Review: Must Read!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 14, 2013
"No Knight Needed" was the first contemporary romance I read by Stephanie Rowe. I love her paranormal romance series "Order of the Blade" and was blown away by her first book in the "Ever After" series. I loved it!Stephanie writes about more than romance. She draws you into her novels and into the lives of the characters in a way many authors can't. You feel connected to them when you read her books and miss them when you finish.The following is an example of the feeling behind Stephanie's writing: "She was so natural, so comfortable in her own skin, so completely at ease that his entire body sizzled with the desire to claim her and lose himself in the magic that seemed to emanate from her." When Stephanie describes a smell, you can smell it. When she describes a scene, you can see it. When she describes an emotion, you can feel it.In "No Knight Needed," Stephanie writes about Clare Gray, a single mother living in a small Maine town. Clare has given up on finding love and true happiness.As the book title implies, Clare doesn't believe a knight in shining armor will come to her rescue when life gets tough. She has always taken care of herself and her daughter. But one rainy night when the handsome but haunted Griffin Friese helped rescue her daughter, Clare knew everything would be ok. For the first time in 15 years, Clare didn't have to fix things alone. It felt good. And when Clare looked at Griffin with a vulnerability that few people saw, he felt the urge to rid Clare of all fear and loneliness. Clare brought out the "hero-wannabe side of him."Will Clare allow Griffin to be her hero; and if so, does Griffin want that role? This book is a must-read!