A crush that turned into love.
Being the only girl in a family with five Santini brothers was never easy on Elena Santini. She always tried to be faster and smarter to make sure they always took her seriously. They were always trying to tell her what to do, and worse, who she could date. That’s why falling for her oldest brother’s best friend wasn’t smart especially when he treats her like a … treats her like a sister. That is, until she gets him alone in her apartment one night.
One night in Heaven.
NCIS agent Jethro Thomas, known to everyone as JT, has always played it smart. When his admiration turned to attraction a few years ago, he started avoiding Elena. A guy wasn’t supposed to have those kinds of thoughts about his best friend’s little sister. After returning from an undercover assignment, and about to go on another one, he can’t seem to resist the temptation. One night with her and he knows he’s lost, but he has a job to do.
A changed man.
JT returns from the assignment with a few more scars, both physical and emotional–but he survived for one reason. He’s ready to start a new life with Elena, but a dark cloud hangs over the new love. When small incidents evolve into near death accidents, JT realizes someone from his past is ready to destroy his happiness, even harm Elena to make him pay.
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Book Six: A Santini in Love
Book Seven: Falling for a Santini
Book Eight: One Night with a Santini (early 2015)
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Elena Santini is a bada** Marine pilot, and she’s been in love with her big brother’s BF for as long as she can remember. JT Thomas has had the hots for Elena for a few years, but he knows better than to break the bro code – “never mess with your BF’s little sister.” That is until one night when Elena decides to take matters into her own hands, and then all bets are off. But JT’s leaving for an undercover assignment, and who knows what’s going to happen after that.
This is an enticing tale filled with touches of humor, surrounded by intense feelings, some dramatic moments of danger when JT’s latest assignment threatens those he loves, and just enough off the charts steamy passion to raise your heart rate, hold your attention, and keep you reading from start to finish. The attraction between Elena and JT is magnetic. Once they connect there’s no way they’re not going to stay, and you’re going to find it hard not to stay right there with them. Theirs is an engaging and entertaining love story that will capture your heart from beginning to end.
I was given Falling For A Santini for an honest review by Net Galley
Elena is in-love with her oldest brother’s best friend but he has always treated her like the kid sister she so is not. Now she has a plan and the big brother that gets in the way isn’t around to interfere. So with a plan in place she lures TJ into her apartment and away they go.
TJ have been best friend with Anthony Santini for long enough to be a member of the family and has always respected the best friend code “don’t mess with the little sister” even though she isn’t so little anymore and he wants her bad. But things change in a big way when a seemingly drunk Elena needs a ride home and once in her apartment she all but rips off his cloths, now he doesn’t want to leave her, even with the big undercover assignment looming.
Elena grew up in a military family and she understands how important duty is and she is not about to mess with TJ’s head with declarations of love knowing that could distract him and get him killed so she treats their time together like a fling and promises to talk about when he comes home. When TJ finally does get home he can’t wait to see Elena only to has one of her many brothers there to hinder his desire to take her to bed for a month. When they finally do get to talk about their relationship it is almost to late because TJ’s case followed him home.
I put Falling for a Santini down 4 or 5 times before I finally said okay enough and just plowed right through that first chapter and you would think that one would be glued to the first two chapters with its taking place primarily in the bedroom but then they weren’t having that graphic hot monkey sex that has steam rolling off the pages and you dreaming of your husband or wishing for a cold shower. Seriously, if you are going to start off a story with the main characters doing the nasty then I freaking want ALL the oooy gooy details please not just bits and pieces. Although it was fun reading the back and forth between Elena and TJ as she basically taunted him into having sex with her which for me was the funniest part. I think that Melissa Schroeder could have expanded on her sub-plot a bit more to add more depth to the story line because otherwise all you have is what get describe as a strong character acting like an insecure ninny because she is afraid that TJ is going to change his mind because big brother is being a twit on a stick. For as long as the book was there just wasn’t much substance.
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