Title:One Hot Second
Author: Stacy Gal
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: August 5, 2014
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Reviewed by Guest Reviewer: Holley H.
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Synopsis:
Parker Radclyffe is up against a wall. Thorne Mansion, the mysterious Italianate castle she’s come to Texas to restore, isn’t the problem. No matter how intriguing the relic is, it’s merely an ember compared to the blazing magnetism of its owner, Chandler Thorne.
When his family mansion burned down, Chandler had to watch over a hundred years of proud history go up in smoke. After more than a year, he finally has everything in place to rebuild, including a renowned conservation architect to oversee the
restoration. But when he lays eyes on Parker he realizes he’s gotten more than he paid for. Maybe more than he can handle.
Parker is a military brat who never sits still long enough to get burned. Chandler is her opposite, a man with deep roots and deeper family secrets. It won’t be easy to find the common ground it takes to build a home together, but Chandler is a Thorne in every sense. He plans to stick with Parker until she sees that love is more than worth the risk.
Review:
One Hot Second by Stacy Gail was a very good book. The story line is original. I have yet to read a book about putting down roots. Parker grew up a military brat. So to her putting down roots somewhere never crossed her mind until she took a job rebuilding a historical mansion in a small dusty south Texas town and met the owner.
Chandler is not only the owner of the mansion that Parker is rebuilding but he is also the owner and editor-in-chief of the towns only paper. He has left town and went to college in Chicago and moved back to takeover the paper. Before he moved back to Bitterthorn, Texas he was engaged. She didn’t want to live in a small town. So naturally things didn’t workout but the situation left a bitter taste in Chandlers mouth. So much so he became – for lack of a better term – a playboy. He of coarse isn’t really a playboy just very cautious and doesn’t do relationships.
A lot of history is uncovered and the town is all curious about everything because the mansion was built by the town founders. When things are uncovered the town finds out about the sordid past of the founders as well as others in the community. There is a mayor that has it out for the Thorne’s. Gossip, gossip, gossip. Just like any small town. Then, here is the attraction between Parker and Chandler. They are tested in different ways. However, Parker learns that putting down roots isn’t as bad as she thought when she tries to leave and Chandler learns when you find the right person home is wherever they are no matter how much history you have in one town.
There is a love story but it doesn’t consume the story. There is just enough of the story that isn’t just the couple together. In other words there was a story to go with the couple falling in love at the same time. The love scenes didn’t overpower the story line. I loved that.
Meet the Author:
A competitive figure skater from the age of eight, Stacy Gail began writing stories in between events to pass the time. By the age of fourteen, she told her parents she was either going to be a figure skating coach who was also a published romance writer, or a romance writer who was also a skating pro. Now with a day job of playing on the ice with her students, and writing everything from steampunk to cyberpunk, contemporary to paranormal at night, both dreams have come true.
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