Title: His Lullaby Baby
Author: Airicka Phoenix
Genre: Contemporary Romance
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Blurb:
Nothing ever happens by accident.
Ex-combat search and rescue officer Toby McClain had seen all aspects of humanity in his ten years of service until friendly fire took him out of action. But bitterness was something Toby could never do. He was alive. He had his family and, after being ambushed by a door, he had his eyes on the sexy new innkeeper.
Adelaide Nixon had felt the burn of love once already. It was a mistake that cost her six years of her life. It was a punishment she never wanted to feel again, especially when there were two little people who depended on her to keep them safe. The last thing she wanted or needed was the attention of a guy whose family kept the gossip mills turning.
But no secret ever stays hidden in a place like Willow Creek. Even as Toby breaks through Addy’s walls, a new threat comes to town, leaving her no choice but to put more than her heart in Toby’s hands and trust him not to destroy her.
Ex-combat search and rescue officer Toby McClain had seen all aspects of humanity in his ten years of service until friendly fire took him out of action. But bitterness was something Toby could never do. He was alive. He had his family and, after being ambushed by a door, he had his eyes on the sexy new innkeeper.
Adelaide Nixon had felt the burn of love once already. It was a mistake that cost her six years of her life. It was a punishment she never wanted to feel again, especially when there were two little people who depended on her to keep them safe. The last thing she wanted or needed was the attention of a guy whose family kept the gossip mills turning.
But no secret ever stays hidden in a place like Willow Creek. Even as Toby breaks through Addy’s walls, a new threat comes to town, leaving her no choice but to put more than her heart in Toby’s hands and trust him not to destroy her.
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MY REVIEW:
5+ STARS!
Ms. Phoenix has done it again! A fabulous ending to a fabulous saga! I fell in love with the baby saga from book one and each novel just got better and better. I love all the characters equally and can't just choose one! Each have their own quirks and their own special things about them just make you swoon and want to keep them all to yourself. Each one of the saga books fall around one family and the generations of that family who proves that love is unconditional. That it never fails and it is a bond that can't be broken no matter what.
His Lullaby Baby focuses on Toby, the youngest McClain, and the last on in the generation. In all the other books, he wasn't a big character, maybe not that noticeable, but he was special dude and he proves it in his own novel. In this one, Toby is the injured veteran hero who literally runs into our heroine, Ally. Ms. Phoenix made Toby a fantastic hero is hard not to love, he's witty with his crazy pick up lines and phrases such as my favorite...Twatwaffle. He's loyal, protective, and just all around a great Alpha.
Ally, our heroine is a sweet, but loving and fun mother of two children who is hiding from her past and is slow to let Toby become her future and help her deal with those demons from her past and let him in and love her and her kids and protect them. She is a wonderfully built character and their romance isn't quick at all which is a breath of fresh air. I love reading about characters slowly falling in love and rooting for them.
I give this 5+ stars because I thoroughly enjoyed reading this novel, as I do all of Ms. Phoenix's work. She has a way with words. Highly addictive and you just can't stop reading! Her characters are one of a kind and they stay with you long after you finish the last page. Plot was well done and well thought out, pacing was great and not rushed, no grammatical errors, She puts emotions in her characters and in no way are they plain. You would defiantly enjoy this read!
Although this could be read as a standalone and does have our beloved HEA, I would personally recommend that you read all of the saga to get the full effect. Trust me when I say it is worth the time and the money and you wouldn't be disappointed. I believe that reading them all in order just gives it the full experience and leaves your heart full and content.
Author Bio:
Airicka is the prolific author of over eighteen novels for those who crave strong, female leads, sexy alpha heroes and out of control desires. She's a multi genre author who writes young adult, new adult and adult contemporary and paranormal romance.
For more about Airicka and the realm she rules with an iron fist—and tons of chocolate—visit her at:
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Email: AirickaPhoenix@gmail.com
For more about Airicka and the realm she rules with an iron fist—and tons of chocolate—visit her at:
Website: www.AirickaPhoenix.com
Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/bydTqz
Amazon Author Page: http://goo.gl/gnWOAJ
Email: AirickaPhoenix@gmail.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/airicka.phoenix
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Excerpt:
“I’m sorry,” she whispered, not sure why. It wasn’t like it was her fault.
His chin tilted in her direction. Shadows played chase across that beautifully defined lines of his face from the kitchen lights breaking through the windows. They glimmered off the velvety surface of his breathtaking eyes and collected in dark pools in the hollows of his cheeks and temples. She stared hypnotized as he studied her.
“What are you doing, Addy?”
Having not been doing anything, Addy gave a start at the gruff demand. Her thought scattered as she tried to think.
“I’m not—”
Surprisingly warm fingers cut through the space between them and ghosted lightly along the side of her cheek. The feather light caress rocked her all the way to her toes.
“Toby…”
The light shifted and she could just make out the slow curl of his lips. “You just can’t seem to make up your mind which one to call me, can you?” The fingers drifted back and curled around the nape of her neck. She was dragged to him and positioned with her hips cradled between hard thighs. “If it makes any difference, the way you breathe my name, the way you say it with just a hint of pleading, makes me all kinds of crazy with the need to devour you.”
Shit.
His fingers tightened in her hair, locking her in place, helpless to do anything more than allow it when he pulled her closer. Her hands flew to his shoulders.
“Kiss me, Addy.”
She should have said no. Commonsense demanded it. Logic and rationality insisted. But his mouth was right there, a delicious, taunting sin begging her for just one taste.
Her fingers curled into the material of his sweater, gripping him like a life preserver even as he was the one pulling her under. Her body dipped into his, no longer under her control. His heady scent of man, soap, and cheesecake consumed what little sense she had remaining.
She kissed him.
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