Review: A great addition to the series. Loved it!!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 2, 2014
Received a copy in exchange for an honest review.I have been looking forward to reading about Smoke and Laura since they met in book 2 Work Like You Don't Need the Money. I enjoyed finding out what happened when the girls left Laura behind after noticing the sparks flying between her and Smoke. There was a strong attraction that neither one of them hid from the first moment they laid eyes on one another. Another great thing about this book is that since it took you back to when they first met in book two you also got to find out what happened after they met and exchanged business cards, which had been unknown and I kept wondering about until this book.Laura is Jack and Dan's cousin. She lives in San Francisco and is a jewelry designer. Her speciality has become engagement rings, and she has even designed engagement rings for her cousins. I liked Laura from the previous books so I was glad to get to know more about her. Smoke is a pilot that takes the guys back and forth to Summer Lake and their business destinations. In the previous books he was a mystery other than the girls said that he was smoking hot so his name was fitting! It was interesting to learn that Smoke had been friends with Jack and Pete for years and that he had deep back story.Despite the chemistry between Smoke and Laura when they first met, they are both very driven in their careers making it had for them to meet up. When they finally get the time to spend time together they realize how much they have in common. Laura is used to being in control in and out of the bedroom. Due to a previous relationship she never wants to be in a place where she has to give up who she is and what she loves to be with someone else. Smoke is also someone who likes to be in charge and he has an ego to match, which actually made him more attractive and hot! Previous events in his past have led him to believing that remaining unattached is the way to maintain his freedom and the career that he loves. The two of them begin to question what they previously believed when they discover that when you find someone who truly understands you, being with them does not mean having to give up who you are and what you enjoy doing.I absolutely love the Summer Lake series and this book did not disappoint at all. This might just be the steamiest one so far in the series. I enjoyed how the two of them opened up to one another over time. Laura especially had a fear of giving herself to someone else, but she found out with Smoke that there did not have to be a winner and a loser. A true relationship is a balance that opens you up to new experiences while allowing you to maintain your sense of self and that is what Laura and Smoke found in one another. As is common with the books in this series their journey was not an easy one, but that is what makes these stories such page turners.The next book is Michael's story and I can't wait to learn more about him. I am also eager for Ben's story after getting a peek into his past in this book. He is so sweet and always there for his friends, so I really want to read about him finding (or maybe rediscovering) love.If you have not read any books in this series, you should definitely start at book one Love Like You've Never Been Hurt. Then read the books in order because all of the characters reappear in each book, and you meet characters and then in later books get more of their story. These sweet steamy romance books are on my list of all time favorites, and I am hoping that it will be quite some time before this series ends.