Eternally North

 

 

Eternally North

by Tillie Cole

Released: 5/5/13

 

 

I loved this book, but not at first!  The book starts out with the story for Natasha's betrayal by her boyfriend in one of the most hilariously written "caught in the act" situations I have read, but the witty quips seemed to be all there was to it until you get about a third of the way in. After seeing her boyfriend with another, Tash, as she is called by most of her family and friends, goes to seek consolation with her best friend, Tink, short for Tinkerbell, since he is an outrageously naughty gay man.  They end up randomly choosing to move from their small town in England to Calgary, Canada, where Tash becomes a teacher to rich kids.  One of her students' brothers is a very famous, very large, tattooed movie star named Tudor North.  When they meet in the back room of a restaurant, another hilarious scene unfolds including Tash doing a "slut drop" dance scene, without realizing she has an audience.   One of the many things I like about the book is that they do not instantly fall in love, but instead, slowly build up to it. As the story progresses, you learn that both Tash and Tudor have deep secrets and hurtful pasts.  The way the work through them is a great read, with lots of wit and funny one-liners!  Tink steals the show many times with his antics.  It is definitely a fun book!

 

When I bought this novel, it was only $2.99 on Amazon and well worth the price.  This is Tille Cole's first effort and I hope she writes many more, including the second part of this series.



Eternally North can be found on Amazon and other booksellers.

 

5 STARS

 



 

 

 

 

 



 





Stardust

 

 

Stardust

by Mimi Strong

Released 6/22/13

 

 

This is a funny, enjoyable, light read, especially the antics of the main female character, Peaches.  She is a self proclaimed fat girl, living in a small town, who has a TV star, Dalton Deangelo, literally run into her while he is in town filming a movie.  This plot line is used in many other books, including Love Unscripted by Tina Reber, which is one of my favorite recently released romance books. Stardust differs in that it has lots of funny one-liners from Peaches,  such as when a pesky reporter comes into the bookstore where she works looking for Dalton, Peaches says, " The novels probably have too many words for you, but we do have some nice coffee table books."  Overall, unlike Love Unscripted, this book has the famous man wanting to go to a wedding with the heroine right away, on the first night they meet, which I found to be a bit much.  Really, even non-famous men don't want to go meet a girls' family at a wedding when they first met.   The story continues with dates, steamy sex scenes, one-liners, and such until it comes to a very dramatic cliff hanger that I totally did not expect.

All in all, I found it an amusing book and I recommend it if you are looking for something light to read while at the beach or on vacation this summer.  It is relatively short at 236 pages.

 

Stardust can be found on Amazon and other places.  When I bought it, the cost was $3.99.

 

4 STARS