Kat Brookes

Garrett Wade doesn't know that saving a pregnant woman from a rapidly flooding river will lead him to changes in his life that he never dreamed of. This book was a nice weekend read and has the reader rooting for love to conquer all.

Garrett Cole is a lawyer with love and a baby being the furthest thing from his mind. Enter baby Charlotte and new co-worker Abby who end up turning his world upside down. I found the storyline to be unique but some scenes were lackluster and could have been left our or punched up with better dialogue.… (more)

Even though I knew it was a romance book and that Audra and Cooper would get together in the end, I still liked the story and I didn't see as many of the cliche plot points that dominate this genre. Yes, both Audra and Cooper were a bit gun shy about long-term romantic relationships, but the author gave them both good reasons to be in their backstories and she didn't belabor the point during the story.

I'm not sure that in most contemporary towns someone like Cooper and his brothers would offer to help someone with household repairs at such a discount. It just doesn't seem the way any longer, and that's a bit sad to me. But it was sweet that they did.

And of course, there's the built in sequels for both Cooper's brothers whom I'm sure will eventually be finding loves of their own--I do wonder if Logan's will be the Holly that was mentioned in this book (Even though she supposedly moved to San Francisco--but in the romance world, people are always moving back to their hometowns so it's not out of the question.)… (more)