Review: The Player by Jessica Bird

4.5 Feathers

The Player

by Jessica Bird

(The Moorehouse Legacy # 2)

I LOVED THIS BOOK!  It's another feel good romance from the Warden herself!  I liked it better than the first, even though I saw a lot of people felt the other way around.  I think I started liking Joy Moorehouse from the first book.  She's the timid, younger girl that has had a crush on the towns' most eligible bachelor her whole life.  She's had dreams of giving him her virginity and living happily ever after.

You can't help but like her!  But at the same time she's no wilting flower.  She has a backbone, she goes after her goals in life and in love.  And when she loves she gives herself completely.  To her family and to Gray.

Gray Bennett aka Most Eligible Bachelor, is a player as the title suggests.  He keeps his job a secret in the small town his from and spends a great deal of time in New York City.  While he was back in town visiting his dying father he saw Joy and found that she had transformed from the girl he used to know to a beautiful and sexy woman.  And with her air of innocence he should be the last thing around her.

OK, so I'll admit that the plot where the guy thinks he's no good for the girl and wants to stay away because he will only bring her heartache is good, but to a point.  I think that was my only complaint with this book.  Gray kept thinking he was bad for Joy.  I wanted to slap him sometimes.  But that at least didn't stop him from pursuing her.  And then there's his trust issue because of seeing his own mother cheat on his dad.  So two things that got on my nerves just a bit.

But as you can see the good far outweighs the bad.  I thought this story was sexy as hell, Gray being so delicious probably helped.  It was also sweet and I loved the fact that it was a completely different story than the first book.  With all the society parties going on it had the feeling of a historical romance but set in current times.

I cannot wait to read the next one, although it seems I might be waiting.  I'm spoiled and I want to listen to the audiobook like I did with the first two.  Which means.... indefinete wait because there's no date announced for the re-release of the last Moorehouse sibling's story!  Waaaaaaaaaaa

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Review: The Rebel by Jessica Bird

The Rebel

by Jessica Bird

(The Moorehouse Legacy # 1)

I've had this book on my TBR list for a while and since every summer I look for something light to listen to while catching some sun rays, I decided to give this a try.  Let me tell you, I was pleasantly surprised!  And note that this book was originally released in 2005 with a different title: Beauty and the Black Sheep.

I think the first thing to do before reading a Jessica Bird book, if you are a J.R. Ward fan, is realize that this is a different pen name.  Don't go in expecting to read the Black Dagger Brotherhood just without fangs.  But do go in with an open mind and let her writing transport you to upstate New York, to a decrepit bed and breakfast that will need almost a miracle to stay afloat.  And that miracle might just be chef Nate Walker, who can bring in clients in masses.

Frankie Moorehouse is a strong woman.  She has been running the B&B since her parents died, has closed herself off to having any kind of a real life in order to not loose the only thing that they still have of their family.  And forget about guys and love, so not on her list of things to do.  But how can she not add Nate Walker, hot and sexy, bad boy and chef.  Although she has all these conflicting feelings in her head about why she shouldn't get involved with Nate, his perseverance wins out.

And Nate, well, what can I say?  He knows how to work a woman almost as well as he uses those chef knives.  He has great strength, leaving a life of luxury and commodities with his family to follow his dreams.  And he applies that same drive to get the woman he wants.  And that is extremely sexy.  But then again, everything about Nate was sexy.

The actual story was well developed without being wordy, I was hanging on to every word!  The Moorehouse family is definitely an interesting one and I can't wait to see the siblings find true love.

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