Danica Winters

Amy Oliver���s life revolves around her career as a wedding planner. She���s been hurt in the past and is afraid to open herself up again. Liam Stewart is a hotel owner in New Zealand and he knows that life isn���t all about work. He sets off to teach Amy that very fact in delightful, fun ways that kept a smile on my face.
Since the story is only about 43 pages long, their romance blooms quickly but believably. I enjoyed watching Amy struggle between having fun and staying focused on what she thought was most important to her. She needed to find a middle ground and I wanted to pat her on the back once she finally did.
I love Danica���s writing style. The book flowed smoothly and I don���t think I found many typos, if any. Although the story ended a little abruptly, it didn���t take away from the beauty of the characters and the gorgeous surroundings.
Thank you to the author, Danica Winters, for providing me a copy of this book for an honest review.
4 Stars
… (mais)

Annabelle owns a bookstore and she’s living her life in a rut. To change things up, she travels fifty miles from home to attend a wine club meeting. Unfortunately, she’s a klutz and embarrasses herself in front of a man gorgeous enough to grace the cover of a romance novel. Jim is the wine shop owner and, like Annabelle, he has his fair share of mishaps too.
For two awkward people, they fit very well together and there’s instant chemistry between them.
This is a really cute short story about embarrassing accidents, goodwill, and love at first sight. I wish it would’ve been longer, but I really enjoyed it.
5 Stars

Disclaimer – I volunteered to read and review this book. Thank you, Danica Winters, for sending me an ebook copy. I am not paid or compensated in any way, shape, or form for this review. I will not change or alter this review for any reason unless at my discretion.… (mais)

In the second book of the Irish Traveller series, Helena O’Driscoll and Graham Kelly’s relationship is on the rocks. She’s lived a nomadic life but, even among her family of gypsies, she’s different than everyone else. That’s because she has the gift of Forshaw (she can see the future) and it makes other people uncomfortable around her. She and Graham met in the previous book and they fell in love despite their cultural differences. Now, several months later, she’s settled down with Graham at his home of Adare Manor and they’ve opened a hospital for ‘supernatural’ people. Things should be wonderful, but the tension between them is threatening to tear them and their love apart. She misses her traveling ways but when cruel, bigoted people who think anyone who’s different doesn’t deserve to live threaten the hospital and their lives, their relationship and their determination to survive is put to the test.
I really enjoyed this book. Helena is a strong woman with an interesting background. She knows what her heart wants, and it’s torn between her love of Graham and her love of freedom to go wherever she wishes. She’s more powerful than she realizes and she’s trying to get a grip on what she can do. Graham loves her but is trying to give her the space she needs to adjust to her lifestyle. He’s a wonderful, handsome, caring man and he totally made my heart flutter. The chemistry between them sizzled.
I loved all the information about gypsies and the traveling lifestyle, and I’m happy that it didn’t overwhelm the story. The author really did her homework.
This is a great book and I’m happy I read it.
5 Stars

Disclaimer – I volunteered to read and review this book. Thank you, Danica Winters, for sending me an ebook copy. I am not paid or compensated in any way, shape, or form for this review. I will not change or alter this review for any reason unless at my discretion.
… (mais)

In the third Mystery Christmas book, Whitney Barstow works at a popular guest ranch in the wilds of Montana. Though she loves animals, she does her best to avoid the horses and the barn at Dunrovin Ranch. A while back, she nearly died in a barn fire and the memories still color her life, her choices, and her everyday thoughts.
Colter Fitzgerald is a fireman but he’s spending a lot of time at his family’s ranch to help prepare for Yule Night, an annual party his parents always throw for the community. He’s attracted to Whitney, but she can’t stand him. She has secrets, and he’s determined to uncover them. Once they finally become friends and start opening up to each other, little accidents start happening around the ranch. Some of the clues point to Whitney, and given her mysterious past, Colter wonders if he’s fallen in love with an arsonist.
This is a really good book. Whitney has been through a lot in her life and it’s made her a strong, careful person. Colter is a ladies’ man, but he’s seriously interested in Whitney. Sparks sizzle every time they’re around one another, but her fear of trusting someone and falling in love kept pushing them apart. After all, her ex is looking for her, and she may have to start running again.
Whitney’s past wasn’t fully explained. She’s on the run from her ex-husband who tried to kill her, but I don’t understand why she married him in the first place since he was already stalking and scaring her when she was a teenager. I was just confused with her backstory.
Anyway, I liked Whitney and sympathized with what she’s gone through. Colter is great and very family oriented. I’m looking forward to the next book in the series.
4 Stars

Disclaimer – I volunteered to read and review this book. Thank you, Danica Winters for sending me a print copy. I am not paid or compensated in any way, shape, or form for this review. I will not change or alter this review for any reason unless at my discretion.
… (mais)