Rosalind James

I have spent today reading and now instead of sleep I am left here to describe what a wonderful new author I have found in Rosalind James. I am an avid reader of romantic suspense and found myself browsing for something different to read with my kindle unlimited subscription. Not only is the chemistry between Cal and Zoe undeniable the way that she describes this setting is unbelievable authentic that you can not help but want to keep reading.

The teacher, Zoe Santangelo, is smart and funny and somewhat driven, the kind of person who has let her career aspirations guide her whole life. Cal Jackson is the local-boy-made-good in the NFL, where more than just his shoulder got busted up, and he’s now returned to the farmhouse his great-gran dad built and the town he grew up in. After a bit of a rocky start, Zoe and Cal start to click pretty nicely, and you get to enjoy their deepening relationship for a while, I don't want to go too much into the story line and ruin it for anyone so i will say this would be a great book to turn into a tv movie that you wont regret watching or reading.… (más)

synopsis:
mira and her boyfriend scott are competing in a reality show that puts people back in the days of the settlers. they have to do without all modern conveniences and put in their gardens, build corrals, etc. gabe and his twin brother are also competing. mira is hoping that she can get enthused about her job and her relationship with scott, who is very overbearing and obnoxious. scott sets out to make aliances and doesn't listen to what mira thinks about anybody in the competition. when the teams are split up and go to opposite camps, scott tells mira that she still has to work on the alliances that he wants, rather than listening to what mira thinks. as mira and gabe work side by side with the rest of their house, they get to know one another better. at the competitions, scott is revealed as an incompetent boor, and mira realizes that she is definitely better off away from him.

what i liked: i liked the descriptions of the settler's ways of life. they seemed to be very true to form. i also liked that, with the exception of the cameras, and one cell phone that was snuck in, there were no modern conveniences. i liked the build in relationship with not just between gabe and mira, but with all the members of the house. i liked how, once mira dumped scott, she and gabe managed some alone sexytimes. i also liked the competitions.

what i didn't like: that scott turned out to be such a psychopath. wasn't it enough just to have him be an ingnorant jerk?… (más)