Soaring by Kristen Ashley
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- Stars
- ★★★★★
- Heat
- Fire
- Genre
- Contemporary
- Series
- Part of a Series
Recommendation
If you’re looking for a nice new adult story, this is not for you. This is about finding that second chance at love late in life, about blending 2 families, about a mother finding herself and reclaiming her life, and I’m pretty sure Kristen Ashley was inside my head while I read this. It was eery the things I was reading about, the feelings I had while reading Soaring, they seemed to describe exactly what I’ve encountered in my life. Don’t worry, you still get your KA Alpha and strong heroine, even if it does take her a bit to find her strength again. P.S. She threw in a tiny reference to Fairytale Come Alive which had me smiling so hard since it’s a favorite story of mine. [March 2015]
One of the many things I love about Kristen Ashley is the fact that she writes about older characters. Grown-ups who have screwed up and are trying to learn from their mistakes and move on. That sums up Soaring. It’s about second chances. At life. At love. It’s about starting over. New Town, new friends, new outlook on life. With all of that, we get the Alpha Man, the sassy heroine, the detailed descriptions and the hot sex we always get from Kristen Ashley. Fantastic.
Publisher synopsis
American heiress Amelia Hathaway needs to start anew.
Her husband cheated on her, and when everything she wanted in life slipped through her fingers, she fell apart. When she did, she took another heart wrenching hit as she lost the respect of her children.
When her ex took her family from California to live in the small town of Magdalene in Maine, Amelia decided it was time to sort herself out. In order to do that and win her children back, she moves to Cliff Blue, an architectural masterpiece on the rocky coast of Magdalene.
Her boxes aren’t even unpacked when she meets Mickey Donovan, a man who lives across the street, a man so beautiful Amelia takes one look at Mickey and knows she wants it all from him.
The problem is, she finds out swiftly that he’s friendly, he’s kind, but he doesn’t want everything back.
Amelia struggles to right past wrongs in her life at the same time find out who she wants to be. She also struggles with her attraction to the handsome firefighter who lives across the street.
But Amelia will face a surprise when her friendly neighbor becomes not-so-friendly. As Amelia and Mickey go head to head, Amelia must focus on winning back the hearts of her children.
She soon discovers she also must focus on winning the heart of a handsome firefighter who understands down to his soul the beautiful heiress who lives across the street is used to a life he cannot provide.
Review published April 2, 2015