Crazy For Love

Chloe Turner has had her world turned upside down when her fiancee is thought to be dead. Really he jumped out of a plane running from her. Chloe wants the paparazzi to leave her alone. She will find her troubles lifting away especially when she meets Max but all good things come to an end.

Max Sullivan had come to the island with his brother. He wasn’t looking for love but there walks Chloe who looks to be perfect girl next door but he will find that she is not the perfect girl next door.

Crazy For Love is a stand alone novel by Victoria Dahl. With everything I have read from Dahl I have liked. Her stories are steamy, humorous and heartwarming. The story has all of it but I will have to say this would not be my top favorite of hers. I think what hinder me from loving it was the fact I couldn’t decide if I liked all the characters. Like Max who wouldn’t even listen when the time came. When Chloe needed him at that moment or Jenn since she was hiding something big from her friend as the guilt drove her to tears. I didn’t know if she was the other woman, I hoped she wasn’t. You learn the secret eventually and is forgiven but not at first. I did like Chloe even though her situation was a little out there with the paparazzi following her every move but it could happen.

I will say Dahl keeps you on your toes with what was happening with Jenn and the secret she was holding. The plot is a little crazy which fit the title of the book but as I said it was a good book to read from Victoria Dahl.

Against the Odds

Sabrina “Rina” Eckhart was going to fulfill her Uncle Walter’s dream of discovering silver in the mines he had left for her in his Will. Though getting to the mines was troublesome especially when accidents on her life started to become more frequent. She didn’t want to admit needing help but with Alex by her side she felt safer, just maybe not her heart.

Alex Justice wasn’t into life long commitments which worked for him but with every minute he stayed around Rina he saw himself staying a little bit longer. The task at staying beside Rina was no hardship but it kept getting difficult as accidents kept happening around her. Alex would protect Rina with his life.

Going into Against the Odds I knew that this was the seventh book of the series Raines of Wind Canyon. I had read Kat Martin before and wanted to try more from her which lead me to the series. I was impressed with the book. There was suspense, romance, betrayal, love, passion, and good twist throughout the story.

I read the book quickly as it was a very fast pace book with non stop scenes between Rina and Alex. I loved their dynamic between them as she was a dreamer and Alex was a practical and hard man, they pushed each other further. There was also Rebecca and Joe who were another story that collided with Rina and Alex’s. Martin does a good job at drifting through the characters and different scenes with the various characters.

Since I already knew this was an on going series I knew I would be walking in on characters and plots that were already in the process. Against the Odds is easy to follow and you are drawn into the plot easily and stay with the danger at every step. Not to mention the mystery that revolves around the book on who is the one behind all the accidents. I was surprised by the outcome. You know only a portion but there are more villains on the side. You don’t know everything until the last couple of pages which gives us a new twist right at the end. After reading the book I found myself intrigued to find the others, of course after the giant stack of books I have to read, and compare if they are all suspenseful as the seventh book.