توضیحات
Before she was a movie star, Angelica Drakos started her life as an abandoned baby in a Brazilian orphanage, where she was found by her four adoptive brothers who refused to leave her behind.
Fast forward three decades, and Angelica Drakos is part of the biggest, most chaotic family on Earth. That family — her parents and her big brothers — have been her safety net and rock as she worked her ass off making a name for herself in Hollywood. Now she had made it, but she was tired. It was time for a break. Time for some reevaluation, and where better than Jasper Creek, Tennessee, where some of her family and friends were calling home?
So she high-tailed it to Tennessee, figuring a couple of weeks would recharge her batteries, and then she could tackle whatever Hollywood threw at her next.
She sure didn't expect Matthew Grainger.
Laughing eyes. Tender heart. Big hands. Sometimes gruff. Always patient. And those shoulders.
Holy Hell.
But Matthew has secrets of his own, and Angelica's past isn't as far behind her as she thinks. When it pulls her back to Brazil, to a little girl named Luzia who needs someone to refuse to leave her behind, Angelica finally understands what her brothers gave her all those years ago. And she's about to find out whether Matthew is a man who stays.
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مشاهده همه
BOOK: Born for Starlight by Caitlyn O'Leary (Format: e-book)
Status: Read | Rating: 5/5 ⭐
Total Pages: 341
QUICK IMPRESSION
This is book 10 in this series, and I adore it! Jasper Creek is the perfect blend of small-town romance, action, and suspense.
QUICK NOTES
[Spoiler Alert]
• Chapter 14: Key scene note.
• I absolutely bawled through Zoe and Adam's wedding 💍 💒... Gosh, Ms. O'Leary's keyboard was on fire!
QUOTES TO KEEP
• Milo – "I’m taking the train next time.”
• Marty – “I am not paying for this flight.”
• Zoe – "It turns out the best part of my story was a plot twist."
• Matthew – "I took my time. And the moment when she went still and silent, like she was listening to something far away, I felt like a king."
There are loads more I highlighted, but they're too spoilery!
KEY CHARACTERS
• Angelica Drakos: [Role: Movie Star] Angelica started her life as an abandoned baby in a Brazilian orphanage, where she was found by her four adoptive brothers who refused to leave her behind.
• Matthew Grainger: [Role: Consultant at Onyx Security] Guarded, with his past in the shadows, but he only has eyes for Angelica. Sometimes gruff. Always patient. And the perfect book boyfriend 🥰.
HONORABLE MENTION
• Little Grandma: [Role: Matriarch of Jasper Creek] Fiery and fiercely protective. Matchmaker, protector of outcasts and strangers. She's 102, and I'm convinced she's a fairy godmother 🤩.
(There are more, and we get even more delicious alpha males, sassy ladies, and fun 😁!)
FINAL THOUGHTS
• The Good: Ms. O'Leary's books just hit the sweet spot for me: the worldbuilding, pacing, plot twists, and characters... The town of Jasper Creek, Tennessee, is a fictional place I'd love to live in 😁. The book opens with a nail-biting scene, and when the storyline heads to Brazil, the tension mounts and I just got swept into the pages. Every scene with Little Grandma in it... and the wedding 💒 ❣️. Perfect.
• The Bad: It ended 🤣... but there's Book 11 (Bruno Drakos's book) on pre-order now! And ooh, I predict this one will be 💥🧨 a 🎯 too. Plus, a spin-off series 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🤩.
• Verdict: I LOVED IT—the tension, the tears (happy and sad). I've devoured every book Ms. O'Leary has written. I love a military/security/romantic suspense trope, so if you do too and haven't read any of Caitlyn O'Leary's books 📚, jump in and clap your hands, as she has an extensive back catalogue 🎯😍.