Snowfall
and Secrets
Omega Mu Alpha Brothers #1
By: Kierra Quinn
Releasing
March 6, 2016
Self-Published
Tess escapes from Florida with a secret as big as
Miami. She needs to find someplace to lay low and be on hide from her
overbearing family. Mackinac Island, Michigan, should be the perfect place to
hide out. However, her timing is a little off, it's the dead of winter and
she's never been in temperatures below fifty degrees.
Just her luck, her landlord, Lukas, is as hot as the sun. He's also moody and
hiding secrets as well. Which suits Tess fine. A man is the last complication
she needs. A Michigan blizzard leaves them trapped in the same house together
and things heat up, fast. Tess finds herself falling for Lukas, in spite of the
secrets that could ruin everything before it even begins.
So I am reading another new (to me) author today and I honestly don't think that I have had such a visceral response to three characters in my life and one you never even "meet"! Well let me tell you the story…
Tess is running, from her overbearing family and from a horrible night that left her with unforeseen consequences. But this Miami native was not prepared for the weather of Mackinac Island, Michigan! More was she expecting the super hot but moody landlord Lukas. But as Tess reminds herself, she is not here to fin love, lust or a quick fling! She has a huge decision to make! But for the moment it is her secret to keep.
Lukas has his own secrets that he wants to keep hidden, but he is undeniably attracted to his new tenant Tess. But he is sure that will be all put to rights when the women of the Island will fill him in on what type of a man he is.
But with his dog and the two mother figures in his life pushing them together; Lukas finally has hope that he has a chance at love again….until secrets come crashing down and suck him back into that black hole. And you are left wondering if Lukas and Tess will ever find each other again!
Okay, so I want to start with a couple of warnings! Drugged rape and the death of children are both mentioned in this book! None are described in detail or feature in the present day plot of this book, but because they are mentioned in the past tense, I would really be careful about letting under 18's read this book.
Now where it comes to the plot , it is a beautiful and sweet with heart breaking history for both of our lead characters. I love how the author has managed to entwine these two damaged characters tale into such a an endearing and heartwarming story, with such beautiful writing, the only thing I wish was that it continued on and not just stop as abruptly as it did.
Now there are a few characters in this story but other than Lukas surrogate mothers Estelle and Marie; there were just 3 characters that stood out the most. Of course 2 of them were Tess and Lukas! With there hard shells and undeniable attraction to each other! I simply loved them! But there is always at least one bad apple in a book, but Tess's mother repulsed me in ways that I cannot explain, as I would totally giveaway the whole story line of this book! But I really don't even think that she should be called a mother!
I give Snowfall and Secrets 5 stars
Tess had made a lot of mistakes in her short life. She
thought she got it of her system after high school, but apparently at
twenty-five, she was still as dumb as she was at eighteen. Maybe more. This was
definitely the stupidest thing she’d ever done.
After the plane touched down on the nearly frozen
northern Michigan runway, she turned her phone on and discovered twenty
messages from her mother and four sisters. They all said the same thing.
“Come home.”
She’d lived in Southern Florida her entire life. But
she had to get away from there. Though she sure picked a crappy time of year.
The second week of January wasn’t exactly smart.
Passengers at the tiny airport disembarked down a
stairway instead of into the airport. As she stepped off the plane, she knew
she made not one big mistake, but two. Prior to this moment, she’d never been
in weather under forty degrees. This was probably below zero. She wasn’t
prepared for cold like this.
The wind bit at her face and hands as she ran for the
airport. She had gloves on, but they were useless against the chill. Lost in
thought, she waited for her bags. She would need to stop at a store to get a
better coat before she headed to the island. Never mind that she blew most of
her savings on the best winter weather gear she could find in Miami, which
wasn’t the place to buy for a Michigan winter.
A hand tapped her on the shoulder. She turned and found
herself having to look up at a man with chiseled features. She sucked in a
breath. She always had a weakness for tall, dark, and handsome.
“Are you Tess?” he asked.
She nodded. If this was her boss, she was in so much
trouble.
“Are you Dr. Jorgenson?”
He chuckled. “No, I’m Lukas, and I’m a little young to
be the superintendent of a school. Doc doesn’t leave the island during the
winter. I’m your landlord.”
She nearly burst out laughing. She was so in for it.
“How’d you recognize me?” she asked.
“You're the only one not dressed for the weather. Doc
said you were from Florida, but I thought you’d have more sense than this.”
Tess
wore a wool coat over a sweater dress, ankle length leggings, and knee high
black boots. She was more covered than she’d ever been in Florida. Yet she was
still freezing.
Before
she could answer, he continued speaking.
“Do
you have a heavier coat and gloves in your suitcase?”
Tess shook her head. “I bought the best I could find.”
He frowned. “The shops are closed. You’ll have to come
back to the mainland later and get more gear. In the meantime, you’re gonna
lose a couple of fingers. Seriously, are those the only gloves you have?”
She nodded and looked down at her thin gloves that
matched her dress. She had four other pairs, but they were all the same kind,
and trying to layer them didn’t make much sense. She knew he was right; her fingers
were in danger.
Kierra Quinn and her
husband Michael love to travel the world together. From the hills of Scotland
to the beaches of Thailand, their wanderlust takes them on adventures all over
the world. But their favorite corner of the Earth is their home on Nova
Scotia, that they share with their two Dobermans, Calcifer and
Turnip. Kierra dyes hair by day and at night she loses herself in the worlds of
her romance novels. She loves to cook, binge watch Netflix, and cuddle up with
her boys and watch storms roll in over the ocean.
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