At twenty, Cara Johnson enjoyed her part time job. Not because she was good at it. Nope, it was because it forced her out of her shell. Working at an adult toy shop would do that to anyone. She was finally becoming the type of person she always wanted to be; an extrovert. That is—until she was in the wrong place at the wrong time.At twenty-nine, Lucas Fisher decided his time in the FBI was at its … was at its end. He wanted what his buddy Curt found . . . a family. He didn’t count on finding exactly that when he visited his financial adviser, Rhys. He was grateful fate was finally working in his favor for once. That is—until she got hurt.
Now they’re in a fight to keep what is important . . . each other. Will they be able to overcome the twist that is thrown at them? Or will unknown circumstances tear them apart?
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I enjoyed this book so much 🙂 Cora and Lucas’s chemistry was smoking HOT and I loved his possessiveness over Cara and his protectiveness over her well-being, not only physically, but also mentally and emotionally. He was definitely drool worthy and dream worthy alpha male that any girl would want to have <3 🙂
This is a story with a little bit of everything and I loved how we could feel what each character was projecting towards us, especially in the sad moments and trust me, I was crying my eyes out in the sad parts, but eventually with time, the love of her life's support and some angels from above watching over them, these two were able to overcome the sad to go their happy ending and I loved the epilogue so much!! Just going to give you a hint, it was funny as hell and had me cracking up so hard because one of Cara's children was so funny 🙂
S. Van Horne did an amazing job writing Cara & Lucas's story, from start to finish. From the plot and how easily it flowed throughout the whole story, the emotions it portrayed to us and for me, at least, I felt them, from the passionate scenes that made me blush and fan myself a few times 😉 ; to crying and bawling my eyes out of sadness to finally to the happy and funny moments, where I also cried, but happy tears this time, seeing these two go through so much and get their happily ever after (with their guardian angels watching over them) and the funny moments with their friends and family in the epilogue was beautiful, emotional, funny and a great ending to this story <3 <3
S Van Horne managed to sneak this book into the Kindle Worlds program right at the last minute, so you can still get it as part of the Passion, Vows, & Babies series. And MAN what a book it is!! Seriously, Lucas is my favorite kind of guy to read about: ALPHA. He can also speak four languages, which leads to him calling Cara “il mio” which, I mean, how can you resist a man who can speak Italian? Answer: you can’t. And Cara is so sweet and sassy, it really was so much fun to read her perspective on things.
I mean, I was wrecked emotionally from the prologue because apparently S likes to give you some heartbreak in the beginning, but I was smiling for the most of this book. The interactions Lucas and Cara have, and the lengths he would go to protect her are obsessive. The kind of obsessive that really only works for books because if someone was that obsessed with you, you’d probably freak out a lot and get a restraining order. But it’s really hot in books.
Cara and Lucas have an instant connection, which causes Lucas to buy an adult toy store and Cara to lose all ability to control her mouth. And because I stalk-er follow S on Facebook, I noted some real life references in the book which had me laughing so hard I was crying. Literally. There were also tears, because some of the drama that happens leads to devastating effects for Cara and Lucas. But through it all, their love only grows stronger.
One of the things I love about S Van Horne, besides her sense of humor and use of the F-bomb, is that her books are “safe”. No cheating. Bonus for this book: THOSE EPILOGUES. If you’ve read any of my reviews, you know epilogues are my favorite thing ever. And these epilogues were HILARIOUS but also so full of love, that me being greedy, made me want more. But it was the perfect way to end Cara and Lucas’ story. Actually, everything about this was perfect.