don’t take the big risks, I cover my insecurities with snark, I’ve shown my
crazy a few more times then I would’ve liked, and I’ve been trying, and failing
at love pretty much since I first grew tits.
out with them all, just read my blog. I’ve got horror stories that would curl
your toes and singe your nose hairs, but none of them compare to the toad who
started it all, Ellis Walker.
broke my heart and disappeared without a trace. Now he’s back and determined to
throw my life into chaos, dredging up painful memories just when things were
getting good.
me through, but without that resentment clouding my judgment how will I ever
resist him?
to kiss a whole lotta frogs before finding your prince.
Sunny Shelly’s Review
Absolutely Adorable! It takes Lennox kissing a whole lot of frogs to find her Prince Charming… and it turns out, he was right in front of her all along!
Lennox and Ellis were childhood best friends, until they got to high school and he began to pick on her, spread rumors about her, tell the other boys to stay away from her, etc. Still, he asked her to prom and she accepted. Only to be stood up as she was standing on her grandmother’s front porch, waiting for the boy next door to take her on a magical date that never came.
Shortly after, Ellis leaves town (Clifton, NJ!) and they lose touch. Until the day he moves back home and is suddenly everywhere she turns. Lennox wants nothing more than for Ellis to leave her alone, but his perception of their friendship is a VERY differernt one — and he’s determined to win her back.
Things get a little complicated when Lennox starts dating Ellis’ business partner, Sawyer, but she’s still in complete denial about her feeligns for Ellis. My heart absolutely broke for Ellis during that fight scene on the sidewalk. He was about as vulnerable as you can get, yet she still stomped on his heart and walked away from him. It all leads to a spectacular moment of recognition, apology and forgievness.
One of the things I loved most about this story is how it focuses on the personal relationships between not only Ellis and Lennox, but Lennox’s friends as well. The secondary characters are just as strong as the hero/heroine. And it wasn’t until I was finished with the book and came back to it several hours later that I realized the sexy times all happened off-scene. We see some kisses and we’re told that they’ve slept together — and while I normally HATE being TOLD something in a story rather than SHOWN IT, it didn’t even occur to me while reading this story. SH created a wonderful world with her words, and I didn’t even notice it was missing!
Overall, Whole Lotta Frogs is excellent binge read mateiral. I reveived an advanced copy and voluntairly left a review.
view: 5 Stars
I fixed my hair and makeup, shaking my head each time and fighting back a
smile.
apartment. I’d barely stepped off the stoop of my building when my phone rang.
In fact, I’m the CEO of that luscious body and I’m a hands-on kind of leader.”
managed to turn a creepy text into an even creepier metaphor. Kudos to you.”
to, you know, help me finish the job.”
must know, Sawyer offered to make me dinner. I’m on my way to his place.”
around me grunted their disapproval and moved around me as I stood glued to the
concrete.
into business with him. Even if he’s trying to steal my woman.”
cart behind her glared at me for my outburst. I mouthed my apologies to her
then returned to my phone. “So help me God if you show up at Sawyer’s…”
all have dinner together, it’ll be fun.”
aren’t we?”
this conversation was taking. “Sawyer and I are friends, which I expect might
change when I tell him how I feel about you. Oh, what the hell—we’ll just leave
him out of this and you and I will just go ourselves.”
handsome, and moderately charming.”
me you are not going to show up this evening.”
door to which was sandwiched between a dry cleaner and a greasy pizza place.
“I’ve got to go. I’ll talk to you later.”
biting at my fingertips.
David and daughter Ava. Born in Florida, she migrated north which most people
agree was a little backwards. She has been an artist all of her life, a Tattoo
Artist for more than ten years, and a storyteller since she was a kid.
and Jazz and Blues music, but her first love will always be reading. From
Romance, to Thrillers, to Historical Fiction and everything in between, she
loves to become a part of the story. As a writer she tells the stories that she
would want to read.
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