Romance Book Review: Hazel Gower's Winning Her Love

Author: Hazel Gower

Series Connection: Douglas Family (First book)

ISBN: 9781940744575

Genre: Contemporary Erotic Romance

Publisher: Beachwalk Press

Purchase Link: Beachwalk

Rugby player Chad Douglas has had a thing for Lana Cage since she was too young for him to even consider. When she turned 18 the two had a night that he couldn't forget, but the next morning Lana disappeared and moved to England to live with her mother. Gone for three years Lana comes home with a baby girl, but Chad isn't deterred, he has waited for her to come home and now that she's here nothing is going to stop him. 

Lana brings her baby girl home to Australia to live after spending the past several years living in England with her family. Her daughter has started asking who her daddy is, but Lana can't remember. She knows that the child was conceived at a part at her best friend's brother's housewarming party a week before she left for England. So embarrassed by her behavior that night she has avoided seeing Chad and his sister since she left, but now she can't avoid it any longer. 

On the cusp of a new budding relationship the mystery to Lana's baby's father is revealed and to every one's surprise. Can they all live with the revelation?

This is the first non-paranormal book by Hazel Gower that I've read and she doesn't disappoint. Despite the celebrity rugby player and the woman who can't remember after drinking too much the characters are interesting and real. The little girl plays for some good comic relief. 

It looks like this will be a start of a new series although the author doesn't series connect this story on the cover.  

Description:

Can love survive when surprises are revealed? 

Chad Douglas has been in love with his younger sister's best friend for years, but he's kept his distance—their age difference, his rising rugby career, and uncertainty standing in his way. However, a drunken night together allows Chad to believe that maybe there is a chance, only for everything to come crumbling down when he wakes to find Lana gone. 

After living in England for the past three years, Lana Cage moves back home to Australia. The night before she left Australia for England is a blank memory, but on her arrival home, the consequences end up being a surprise for both her and Chad. 

Desperate for another chance at love, can Chad and Lana have their happily ever after once the surprise is revealed? Or will trust be lost and their lives forever changed? 

Content Warning: this book contains one tough rugby player who knows exactly what he wants and is determined to get it.

Romance Book Review: Hazel Gower's Arden's Mate

Author: Hazel Gower

Series Connection: Armageddon Mates

ISBN: 9781940744407 

Genre: Shapeshifter Romance, Erotic Romance

Publisher: Beachwalk Press, Inc.

Purchase Link: Amazon

In order to save his mate's life, Arden has no choice but to bite the woman he has never met and attach himself to her for the rest of his life. Unfortunately with all choice being taken away from her Remy runs as fast as she can to get away from him. 

Remy had always intended to return to Arden and her friends, she just needed some time to adjust to the idea that she would be trapped in the world with the werewolves and their fight with the demon. Just as she is deciding to return home, she runs into demon trouble of her own. Going back home on her own is no longer an option. 

Once back into the fold of her friends and her mate, she must convince everyone she has no plans to run again and get back in every one's good graces. Surprisingly it is Arden to understands Remy from the start and Remy can't help but fall for her sexy mate. 

I loved both Arden and Remy. Despite how possessive Arden is because he worries that he will lose Remy again, she is perfect for him because she won't let him get away with anything. She's strong, sassy and blunt, just what a werewolf fighter needs to accept his life.

While I liked the continuation to the Armageddon Mates story line, and the romance between Arden and Remy, I thought the story was a little disjointed and not up to par with the previous installments to the series, but it kept me interested and waiting to see who comes next in the series. 

Description:

Can you run from fate, or is destiny's pull too strong? 

Remy, a young woman with the ability to harness fire, finds herself helping a group of werewolf shifters and other paranormal beings in a battle against demons who want to take over the world. When she is badly injured and on the brink of death, Arden, a werewolf shifter, bites her, giving her supernatural healing abilities. The last thing she expected was for it to also mark her as his mate. With her choices for her life slowly disappearing as it becomes clear what being with Arden will entail, Remy flees. 

Arden is devastated when his mate runs from him. Hope for his future disappears and his wolf takes over, turning him into a feral mess. 

Remy soon realizes she's made the biggest mistake of her life. Returning to the shifters and a changed Arden, Remy has to not only gain their forgiveness but also build their trust in her while helping Arden overcome his feral nature. 

Will Remy be strong enough to be the mate Arden needs or will she let the fire she controls consume her and run again, this time never looking back? 

Romance Book Review: Hazel Gower's Kane's Mate

Author: Hazel Gower

Series Connection: Armageddon mates

ISBN: 9781937325619 

Genre: Shifter/ Paranormal/ Demons/ Romance

Publisher: Beachwalk Press

Publication Date: March 18, 2013

Purchase Link

Faith has loved Alpha Kane nearly her how life. He was always a fixture in her life, but when she realizes he can never want her, she decides it is best to leave him alone and live her own life away from him. Leaving home for two years she finally decides it is time to go back home. She's there for one day before she meets Kane again and he kidnaps her and takes her for his mate.

Ever since the day he and his family met Faith, Kane has loved her. She was his princess, but she was so young. At 14 years younger then him, he didn't even realize that she was his mate. That is not until she comes home after being away from him for so long. Now he knows exactly what she is to him and he isn't taking no for an answer. 

Faith is a psychic powers and she's seeing the future and it isn't good for the people around her. She'll need everything she is to not turn and run, but to face the problems head on. The only question is will Kane be by her side or not?

Nice start for this new series. Faith is no push over and I like that in her character. Kane is an interesting character for an alpha, readers will have to make their mind up if he is strong enough for the job. I also like the demons in this one. This should turn out to be a pretty good series and there are plenty of siblings to keep the story going for a while. 

Description:

Faith's life has always balanced in two worlds—the normal human world and the supernatural. Now she has to choose between the two. 

Faith York is human, but she has psychic powers, which is a little odd since neither of her parents have paranormal abilities. Thankfully, the werewolf family who lived around the corner help her learn to control her powers. She instantly fell in love with the entire family, but especially Kane, the oldest son who is next in line to be Alpha. Unfortunately, Kane doesn't see Faith the same way she sees him. Heartbroken, she leaves town. 

When Faith returns from two years overseas, her parents throw her a welcome home party. Faith is shocked when Kane kidnaps her from the party and mate marks her. Now she struggles with the choice of whether to leave again and live a normal life—a life she yearns for—or stay with the man she's always dreamed of and live a supernatural life.

To complicate matters further, her psychic powers intensify and she begins to have visions of an upcoming demon Armageddon. Then she learns she was switched at birth, and she has a half-brother…who is half demon.

Faith must be stronger than she ever believed possible, and maybe in the process, she can trust herself to give Kane another chance.