The Promise of Paradise
by Allie
Boniface
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BLURB:
Harvard grad Ashton Kirk is headed for a
promising law career when scandal breaks apart her family. To escape, she
changes her name and rents an apartment in the small town of Paradise, New
Hampshire, where no one knows who she is.
Ash hopes for solitude, but all bets are off when Eddie West, the
town’s most eligible bachelor, moves in downstairs. The sexy auto mechanic
loves his women and his cars shiny, sleek, and fast, and when he meets his new
housemate, he wastes no time getting friendly. But Eddie is nursing his own
recent loss, and the last thing he wants to do is let someone new into his life
or his heart.
Can two people from different worlds find common ground and a place to
fall in love? Or will Ashton’s past and Eddie’s scars keep them apart just as
summer heat brings them together? Is it possible to find your soul mate in the
place you least expect?
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“You okay?” Eddie glanced over his shoulder.
“Yeah. Just resting.” Ash reached for another chair, but
this one sprung open when she touched it, and the next thing she knew, it had
pinched her finger in its hinge. Hard.
“Ow! Dammit.” Yanking the finger free, she blinked back
tears. “That hurt.” A blood blister welled up immediately, and she put it to
her mouth to try and suck away the pain.
In an instant Eddie was there. He reached for her hand and
held it under the weak light that shone out from the kitchen. “Ouch. That’s
gonna sting for a while.”
“No kidding.”
He looked at her, concern in his eyes, and suddenly Ash knew
she was in trouble. Big, huge, complicated trouble. She felt as if someone had
pushed her out of a plane from about a million miles up, and in that moment on
the roof, when Eddie held her hand in his, she fell and kept falling, past the
point where she knew whether it was right or wrong, to some bottomless, buoyant
space where all she wanted to do was stay in his gaze forever.
“Ash? You okay? You want some ice?”
God, she loved the way the words sounded in his mouth. She
loved the way he took her nickname and made it sound like no one else ever had.
Even the pinpricks of desire Colin had once stirred now seemed like long-dead
embers.
“No, I think it’s—” She couldn’t finish the thought, not
with his eyes on her like that. She wanted to pull her hand away, to run the
finger under cold water and make the sting go away. But she couldn’t move.
Eddie’s gaze traveled from her hand to her face, and in the next instant there
was no more space between them: no floor, no rooftop, barely any air at all.
AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Allie
Boniface is a small-town girl at heart who's traveled around the world and
still finds that the magic and the mystery of small towns make them the best
places to fall in love and find adventure. From the New England coast to Rocky
Mountain hotels to tiny European bars, she's found more character and plot
inspirations than she could ever count. Currently, she's lucky enough to live
in New York's beautiful Hudson Valley with her own "Hometown Hero," a
guy who can fix, build, drive, and grill anything and is the epitome of the
strong and silent type.
When she
isn't writing love stories, Allie is a full-time high school English teacher
who gets a kick out of helping her teenagers negotiate the ups and downs of
writing along with the ups and downs of life (because, really, she's still
trying to do the same thing!). And while she'll continue to travel far and
wide, Allie knows there's really nothing like coming back to the place where
the people who have known you forever welcome you home with open arms.
ALLIE
BONIFACE – ONLINE LINKS
www.allieboniface.com
www.allieboniface.blogspot.com
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The first
eye-catcher for this book was the cover. I know! We’re not supposed to judge a
book by its cover, but I absolutely love this one. The colors, the setting at the bottom (showing
the isolated country) and the two main characters. Lovely!
Now, to the best
part … the storyline. Ashton Kirk
changes her name and hides out in a small town, Paradise. Why does she change
her name? Her father, a big shot US Senator, finds himself in a huge scandal
and then her long-time boyfriend breaks it off. Humiliated and needing to learn
what she really wants, she decides to spend the summer figuring things out.
In steps Eddie, our
sexy, hot, wounded hero. Eddie and Ash end up being roommates. They soon become
good friends and of course, that leads to something more. Can their attraction
stick? You’ll have to read to find out.
I’m a sucker for
opposites attract stories and this one is no disappointment. Eddie is an
auto-mechanic, small town “boy.” He’s also known as a ladies’ man. Ash, on the other hand, just graduated from
Harvard, comes from a wealthy close family and believes in commitment. I loved how these two were drawn to each
other since the beginning, even when they weren’t both ready for a
relationship. The book allows the reader to grow with the MCs and realize that
they are actually perfect for one another.
I enjoyed their
relationships, with each other and with other secondary characters and the
occasional twists and turns (the unexpected
is always a great surprise). FOUR
WINKS for The Promise of Paradise. I'll be reading more by Allie Boniface. Great read!
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