Review: My review: The Complete Philadelphia Series
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 25, 2013
***This is a collection of three stories. They are best read in the correct order to fully enjoy the stories of these friends.***In the first story - In My Arms, Ava finds herself in the club with her best friend Talia on the one night she doesn't want to be out, the night after she caught her boyfriend with another woman on the couch. While she doesn't want to be out, she does run into the most handsome man she has ever met, Trevor. Trevor is new in town and wants a chance with Ava, but Ava is not looking for what he wants right now, which is a hookup.Her ex Kyle shows up at the club and grabs Ava forcing Trevor to take action and remove him from her. They find themselves on the dance floor and share a searing kiss. Misunderstand ensues causing Ava to believe the kiss was for Kyle's benefit when it was actually one 100% real mind blowing kiss.Ava moves on with her life hoping to forget Kyle, Trevor, and the kiss they shared. Her hope is short lived come Monday morning when she discovers that her and Trevor will be working together. You would think they would instantly hook up right? Don't let the looks of things deceive you. Can Ava finally let go of her past enough to let Trevor have a shot at being together?In the second story - A Part of Me, continues on with Talia and one of Trevor's best friends Tom. Talia is an ER trauma nurse. She goes in on Friday expecting to have a normal day on the job, what she doesn't expect is to be faced with a car accident in which one of the victims almost dies. That person? Tom. In the few weeks they have known one another, Talia and Tom have been fighting their attraction to one another. They want to remain friends and are scared to cross the border of their friendship.Talia is devastated when she discovers the patient is Tom. Make matters worse he has a broken arm and had one lower limb amputated. Talia does the one thing she knows she can for Tim and that is to request personal time off at work and move in the care for Tom. Things seem to be going great between Talia and Tom. They are great friends and Talia is doing the one thing she wants, helping Tom heal. But when the lines of their friendship begin to cross over into deeper feelings coming to the surface, will Tom be able to come to terms with his attraction to Talia or will he be able to come to terms with losing one limb?In the third story - Out of My Element, continues the story with Nick and Chelsea. On the night of Trevor and Ava's wedding, Nick and Chelsea share and kiss and a dance not to soon be forgotten. Nick asks Chelsea to come home with him, you would think 'Oh good their going home together'... WRONG. No sooner does Chelsea turn her back, but Nick is at the bar with his next girl to hook up with.Chelsea is devastated and glad she didn't turn her virginity over to a man who would be so careless with it. It's not until weeks later when out to lunch they go out to lunch with Trevor and Ava does he remember her and that night he had too much to drink. Nick knows he messed up, and with some help from his friends asks her out on a date. Everything goes great until Chelsea heads home to find her apartment building on fire. With no where else to go, she turns to Nick for a place to stay. Problem? When she shows up his flavor of the week is being pulled into his apartment.Once again Chelsea is left devastated. But fate is on their side, and Chelsea ends up moving in with Nick. But when one of Nick's soccer team members decides to show interest in Chelsea can he really continue to deny the feelings he shares for her? Can he change his ways of the past and give Chelsea the attention she deserves?I loved these three stories. They were all about different couples, but they all tied together which made the story not only work, but you get to read about the other couples in the second and third book. These were an easy light afternoon read that was very entertaining. My favorite guy would have to be Nick because he was just such a funny guy with all his jokes. I give it 4.5 stars!***Complimentary copy provided by author/publisher for an honest review***