Genre: New
Adult/Romance
Description:
“An arrogant stranger with a mysterious past. An innocent girl
desperate to heal her broken family. Thrown together by fate, they find
themselves fighting a harsh Alaskan winter. Will they ignore their blistering
sexual chemistry or will they give in under the skies of an Alaska Night?
Jules Harper knows that no one comes to Bright Bay in the middle of
winter. But one January morning, Night Calloway proves her wrong, riding into
the wild woods, ready to break hearts with his chiseled body and grass green eyes.
He’s there to make fast money and get away from the dark past that’s been
chasing him in the lower 48. If he warms the bed of every pretty girl in town
while he does it, all the better. He’s scored logging work with the help of the
town’s golden boy and he plans on sweating hard, pocketing the cash and moving
on.
Then he sees her.
A sweet-faced local girl raising her little sister, begging her
alcoholic father to pick life over death, forced to grow up before her time—the
first real emotion Night has felt in years is to protect Jules. But she’s heard
the rumors. He’s in town to steal the jobs, and the women. Yet somehow, as soon
as he locks his tattooed arms around her, she’s ready to stay in them forever.
She doesn’t care that she has no idea who he was before he roared into Alaska.
Just as she falls hard, her world is consumed with dangerous
accusations, breathless calls and nightly disappearances. Jules wants to jump
to Night’s defense, but when he’s accused of terrible crimes, she doesn’t know
if Bright Bay is plotting to bring an outsider down or if she’s really in bed
with the enemy. Tangled in a web of lust and law-breaking, Jules knows what her
real fear is: When winter ends, will Night disappear with it?”
Author:
“Daisy Sweeney is an East Coast girl who loves all four seasons, cozy
sweaters, and the endless possibilities of love. She believes a nice cup of tea
can brighten a gloomy day that happily-ever-afters always prevail, and is
thrilled to be making her New Adult debut with the novel, Alaska Night.
Follow Ms. Sweeney on Amazon for notifications on the continuing
adventures of Jules Harper and Night Calloway.”
Appraisal:
Honestly, with a blurb like this book has, do you really need to read
the book? Well… yes you should. This book is told in first-person POV through
Jules Harper, born and raised in this small logging town on a bay in Alaska.
She is trying to raise her ten year-old sister, take care of her alcoholic
father, take college classes, and hold down a job to pay the utility bills on a
small rundown cabin in the wilderness. Jules had to grow up quick when her
mother died from cancer when she was twelve. You’ll find a colorful cast of
characters well fleshed-out and realistic. The small community on Kachemak Bay
will never be the same after Night Calloway rolls into town on his Triumph
motorcycle in the dead of winter.
The plot is an emotional rollercoaster ride as Jules’s mood-swings
throw you about, but she wants answers. Night keeps his mysterious past a secret.
He disappears for days while cutting off all communication. Jules is determined
to find out what makes Night tick and uncover all his secrets. When things take
a deadly, dangerous turn Jules buckles down and seeks her answers from other
sources, and ends up with some surprising allies.
Alaska Night is an
impressive debut novel. I didn’t notice any plot holes during this wild ride of
twists and turns where small threads could have easily been lost. I was pleased
with the ending as well, even with the hopes of a continuing journey for Night
and Jules.
FYI:
Adult language, including F-bombs, and lots of hot graphic sex scenes.
Format/Typo
Issues:
A small number of proofing misses such as missing, extra, or wrong
words.
Rating:
**** Four Stars
Reviewed
by: ?wazithinkin
Approximate
word count: 95-100,000 words
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