Review: Where there’s smoke, there’s fire…and plenty of passion
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 8, 2013
This is a great collection of three love stories. My review below is for LOVE AND SMOKE by Jennifer Blake.Riva Staulet, a wealthy widow and savvy businesswoman, knows a secret from long ago, one that could shatter lives, perhaps her own, if she reveals what she knows. The man who destroyed her sister’s life, the one now running for governor, could possibly ruin her own hopes, dreams and perhaps even her life.  Riva’s mysterious, sharp minded, good looking stepson, Noel Staulet, has his own secret—he’s been in love with his lovely, sophisticated stepmother for many years, but that’s all the more reason why he tries to avoid her at all costs.  That was then; this is now.  Together again, Riva and Noel make great business partners, as they always did, but their roles are about to change in a way that neither expects.Dark secrets from the 1960s still simmer beneath the sands of time after decades of stillness.  A smooth-talking, corrupt politician that Riva knew earlier still wants her, but she can’t afford to let him use her again, not now, not ever.  LOVE AND SMOKE releases the fire that bursts into flaming passionate love triangles and an intriguing plot line that doesn’t slow down from page one until the end of the book.  Interesting characters with strong motivations make LOVE AND SMOKE another A+++ read from bestselling author, Jennifer Blake.