Seeing Red Freya’s Bower

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Author: Maggie Toussaint
Publisher: Freya’s Bower

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Quentin Stone owns Stone Construction. Emma Heartly has a great, high profile job, but she’s decided to convert her old family home into Heartly Bed And Breakfast, which is her dream.

When Quentin and Emma meet, sparks fly. He falls in love with her old homestead, and Emma talks herself out of falling in love with Quentin…or does she? Enter Emma’s two sisters who refuse to give her a quick claim deed to enable her to get the money she needs to remodel the house. What’s a gal to do when her sisters won’t cooperate, her boss is an ass, and the sexiest man alive wants to help her return the house to its earlier splendor and fulfill her dream?

Well…against her better judgement, she accepts, of course!

But not without repercussions…oh, no! One sister is thoroughly ticked off, and the other sees both sides, but is torn on what to do. Poor Emma is pulled in so many directions she’s afraid she’ll snap.

And then there’s Quentin’s big family who drop all sorts of hints about Emma being the one, but don’t pay any mind to his first three engagements! Oh, and let’s not forget that boss who’s such an ass, and Quentin’s ex-fiancee’s who are bent on having him back—no matter who gets hurt. Who’s tampering with the Heartly Inn rennovations? Who sliced the tires of Emma’s car?

Who? Who? Who? (Damn, I sound like an owl!)

There were many lines and paragraphs in Seeing Red that I liked, but I found the following paragraph special because it gives the reader such a poignant look into Quentin’s heart concerning Emma Heartly.

He remembered the rightness of Emma’s touch. They weren’t dating, and he wanted to keep her away from other men. He wanted to see her by candlelight. To see if her eyes would glaze over with passion for him.

Read Seeing Red. It’s witty, fun, and fast-paced. One of the better romances I’ve read in months! I give it five flutes of champagne.