Review: The `Burg Series...At Peace
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 5, 2012
I can't tell you how much I LOVED this book...and I still love it as I just think of it.Violet Winters lost her cop-husband, and her daughters lost their strong, police-dad to a crime boss of the worst order.  Hoping to save herself since this crime boss has made Vi his target-of-affection, she moves herself and her war-weary family to a southwestern town in Indiana.  After moving, though, Vi is confronted with Joe.Joe is her hot neighbor who she shares a MAJOR attraction with but, who has his own demons and regrets.  Vi, with all the love she has to give, and Joe, with all his darkness and yearnings, begin to explore and solidify a union of caring, strength and connectedness that brings her bewildered daughters back into reality.  Joe is totally an Alpha male and claims Vi and her brood as his own as the crime-boss wages his war to capture Vi.I loved this book because Kristen Ashley has, once again, delivered a book of quality.  There is a lot of story in this book.  A book that has just enough intrigue to keep it interesting, enough character development to make you wonder and enough sex to keep you on the edge of your seat.  Ms. Ashley's style of writing keeps you firmly embedded in the head of the person's point of view and gives you an feet-first thrust into their emotional state--you CARE about the characters, whether they're main characters or bit players.  You miss them after you've finished the book.  You find yourself wondering what-happens-next even though you finished the book weeks ago.In my mind, THAT is a true author.  To create people, situations and a story that I can relate to, embrace and impatiently wait to read as the story unfolds...and re-read when all the ends are completed.I've read all of Ms. Ashley's offerings, to date, and would recommend each and every one of them.  And, as a prolific writer, I never have to wait long for another selection...although it feels like an eternity when my butt is on the waiting chair.Overall Rating: (out of 10)  A solid 10Heat Level: (out of 10) A solid 15Would I Want to Read this Author Again: Definite YES!Would I Recommend: (out of 10) A Definite 20