Lissette E. Manning

Though she’s nursing a broken heart, Briar Moore has promised herself that she’ll no longer live her life for others. She’ll live life her way and is intent on enjoying every minute of it. Granted, her mind and heart refuse to let go of the past, reminding her of the little things at every turn. All that changes when she comes across the gorgeous Hayden Crewe. He’s everything she never knew she wanted in a man, something her mind and body remind her of every time they’re together.

Another great read, Alexa has given us a second titillating read to sink our teeth into. This time, we get to see Briar’s story told in all its glory. She and Hayden mesh in such wonderful ways. The heat between them is both sweet and sexy.

These two character complement each other just as much as Dahlia and Asher do. I love the fact that the author has kept things centered around this wonderful family and the friends they meet along the way. Granted, not everything is hunky-dory between all of them, but we get to see these characters grow every step of the way. These characters have been constantly dealt hard blows. Life hasn’t been kind, but they’ve all managed to come out on top.

The Seattle Sound series is definitely a series you’ll want to pick up and dive into. Alexa gives us diverse stories that are tied to one another in more ways than one. I’m so looking forward to book three. So can’t wait!

Blurb/Synopsis:
Grief brought them together

A hospice center is no place to fall in lust. But with his
world cracking during his estranged mother’s last days, Hayden Crewe needs
something sweet to focus on. It doesn’t matter that he’s the backbone of
Australia’s hottest international rock group—here, watching his mother die,
he’s more alone than ever. So when he meets long-legged, clear-minded Briar Moore,
he suddenly knows exactly what will fill the hole inside.

Fortune will drag
them apart

Briar has just escaped a job and relationship that nearly
crushed her. Crawling out of the wreckage of her previous life, she’s done
playing it safe. Sexy, vibrant Hayden is what she wants, and Briar is going to
take him. For as long as she can…

With their time short and the ghosts of their pasts haunting
every moment, Briar and Hayden know they’ve fallen too deep. While those few,
intense days changed them both forever, everyone knows a connection this
intense should burn out as fast as it ignited…

With a degree in
international marketing and a varied career path as a content manager for a web
firm at the height of the tech boom, marketing director for a high-profile
sports agency and a two-year stint with a renowned literary agency, Alexa
Padgett has returned to her first love: writing fiction. She is a card-carrying
member of RWA, or would be if Romance Writers of America
had cards. She’s also a member of Land of
Enchantment Romance Authors (LERA),
and Fantasy, Futuristic, and
Paranormal (FF&P) chapters,
where she’s met fabulous writers. She aspires to be as witty and kind as her
writing family is.

Alexa spent a good part of her youth traveling. From
Budapest to Belize, Calgary to Coober Pedy, Alexa soaked in the myriad smells,
sounds, and feels of these gorgeous places, wishing she could live in them all
– at least for a while. And she does in her books.

Alexa loves to read, especially her friends’ stories. She
also spends a great deal of time in her tiny kitchen, channeling her inner
Barefoot Contessa.

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