The Secret Life of Violet Grant (Schuyler Sisters #1)
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Manhattan, 1964. Vivian Schuyler, newly graduated from Bryn Mawr College, has recently defied the...
Brixton Beach
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Opening dramatically with the horrors of the 2005 London bombings, this is the profoundly moving...
Women's Weekly Cookbooks
Food & Drink and Magazines & Newspapers
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The Australian Women’s Weekly cookbooks have been teaching Australians to cook since the 1970s....
Mano dienynas
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"Mano dienynas“ - mokymosi tinklas, modernizuojantis ir palengvinantis kasdieninę mokymo ir...
Baby Panda's Supermarket - Grocery Store
Education and Games
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Welcome to the cutest store in town! Kiki, our little panda, his mom and some of his friends are...
My Baby Gets Organized
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The silly mouse is in the neighborhood again causing troubles everywhere. Let’s look for friends...
Turning Point
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In Danielle Steel’s powerful novel, four San Francisco trauma doctors – the best and brightest...
Fashionably Dead (Hot Damned Series Book 1)
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Vampyres don’t exist. They absolutely do not exist. At least I didn’t think they did ‘til I...
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Never Have I Ever
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Have you ever done something so bad, so shameful that you would do anything to keep it secret? What...
Debbiereadsbook (1186 KP) rated Island Detour (Sunrise Island #1) in Books
Mar 9, 2024
Sophie is accused of doing something she knew she did not do, and is suspended from her teaching post. Taking a job in Florida, helping out a friend, seemed the best thing to do during that time. But she was unprepared for taking a lead role in the school and she was totally unprepared for Max, another teacher at the school, trying to get his environmental institute off the ground. They both have demons to fight, but will they be stronger together?
What I especially liked about this book was the slow burn between Sophie and Max. There was immediate attraction, sure, but Max thinks Sophie has ulterior motives for being at the school and he trusts so rarely. It takes him time to see that Sophie can calm his demons, and he, hers. They both just need to admit, trust and give in to each other.
Both Max and Sophie get a say, and I'm glad they did.
There is passion, heat and love here, but I found the smexy times were very much faded to black and I liked that. I do like the smexy books, sure, but I can also appreciate a fade to black book, if the story is a good one.
And this is a good book! It's a great book, and I thoroughly enjoyed reading this, my first by this author. I'd like to read something else, something with a bit more bite.
A thoroughly enjoyable 4 star read.
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