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My Review:Title: Hers for the Holidays
Author: Samantha Hunter
Series: The Berringers #2
Published by: Harlequin Blaze
Release Date: December 1, 2012
Format: ebook
Pages: 224
Genres: Contemporary, Holiday, Romance
Reading Challenges: Lenoreo's 2022 Backlist Reader Challenge, Lenoreo's 2022 Bookish Resolutions DTTH
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My rating:
Blurb:The Berringer Bodyguards File #2
Name: Ely Berringer
Trademarks: Clean-cut former marine who's all muscle...and all hotness!
Biggest weakness: This good boy likes a bad, bad girl....Bodyguard Ely Berringer's job was simple: find the missing woman. But there's nothing simple about smokin'-hot tattoo artist Lydia Hamilton...or the fact that they once shared a wickedly sexy night together. And once he finds her in Montana, he realizes that one night with Lydia was definitely not enough!
Lydia's been trying to sort out the sale of her childhood home and ranch. But lately there's been a rash of nasty incidents--break-ins, damaged property...just enough to convince Ely that he needs to stick around. And if that means some no-strings-attached naughty nights? Well, he's all hers...even if it is only for the holidays!
3.5 stars — A pretty solid Christmas Harlequin Blaze. A little bit of mystery/suspense in it, but didn’t really play strongly into the plot.
I was a little frustrated with Lydia for holding on to those teenage impressions for so long…apparently I’m not in a very understanding mood at the moment. Like, part of me gets the indelible impression it would have made on her at such a time, but part of me was like “oh ffs.” Patience is not my virtue apparently. I appreciated that in some ways she was very bold, but she was hiding a very large wall around her heart.
Ely was solid and steady. Honestly, I felt like his story was pretty flimsy, but I think I forget how these Harlequins go sometimes. I wasn’t a fan of his new “I don’t want a serious relationship” thing, that was DEFINITELY flimsy, and basically only served the purpose of getting them into their no strings fling.
They had some pretty solid chemistry though, and there were some sweet moments with the snowball fight and the tree.
The resolution came SUPER fast in this one, both their relationship resolution, the mystery resolution, and her past resolution. I wouldn’t have minded a bit more nuance.
Can I also say that anyone who complains about Indie authors and their editing have a look at some Harlequins? I’m still annoyed that an editor didn’t catch that it would not be *earlier* in Philly than in Montana… (yes, I do realize I notice the stupidest things…it’s a curse I now share with you)
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