A Reason To Live by C.P. Smith Review

4.5 Smooches

Synopsis

Love’s greatest cure is salvation of one’s soul.

Shane Sherman has a problem. Well, two, actually. One has auburn hair and pale-green eyes, and the other? . . . Is a secret. One he doesn’t want to talk about. But all that changes when Sage comes to town.

Sage Sloan is being stalked. So she runs to Trails End and the bravest man her sister said she’d ever met. Sergeant Shane Sherman.

Sparks fly, tempers flare, and bears misbehave as Shane and Sage find a way to coexist in Trails End. That is, until a killer comes to call. Then all bets are off. Shane isn’t about to lose his saving grace.

Review

“He better get his shit together soon,” I mumbled under my breath. “If a man’s gonna order me around, I should, at least, be getting something in return for my trouble. Like an orgasm . . .or twenty.”

A Reason To Live is the third book in the series and while the synopsis suggest reading them all in order I personally believe that you could read this as a standalone and not get confused. We are back again in Trail Ridge, Alaska and can I just mention again how much I love this small town and it’s kooky residents. Sage has come to town in search of a man her sister swore was brave and honorable. She is being stalked and doesn’t know what else to do. But Shane is not the same man who served overseas with her sister. He now has demons he cannot escape and a hard past that Sage only reminds him more of.

“You told me once you weren’t the person I thought you were, but you’re wrong. You’ve just forgotten who that man is.”

Shane was refreshing for me. Alpha to the core and possessive to a T but it still took some convincing and plotting from Sage (with heavy influences from Maxine and the other ladies) to get him to come around to giving them a shot. He was determined to take care of her but keep his distance. Sage’s story is sad and had me emotional but the journey was worth it and in the end I loved both her and Sage and was delighted to catch up with all the other characters I have come to really love.

“I could have come from the spanking alone; it was wickedly arousing.”

If you are a fan of insta-love (even if they still have to work at getting him to admit it out loud) and alpha males than this book/ series is for you. With a stalker on the loose the plot is serious but the characters and dialogue will have you giggling and happy. Sexy and intense with a easy to read tone to the book it would be hard not to enjoy A Reason To Live.

~miranda

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