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J.M. Jeffries & Dyanne Davis - THE LOTUS BLOSSOM CHRONICLES

THE LOTUS BLOSSOM CHRONICLES
BOOK 2
J.M. Jeffries & Dyanne Davis
Parker Publishing
ISBN: 978-1-60043-045-9
November 2008
Contemporary Romance (Multicultural)

DIRTY LITTLE SECRETS
J.M. Jeffries

Elle Walker is not your average woman, she landed a job with the government in the most usual way. After hacking into one of the governmental agencies because of a bet they felt it was better if she was on their side. Elle is one of those girls that dances to her own beat and doesn't care what others think. She has a pig for a pet and dresses like a person from the Gothic era. She makes and lives by her own rules, until she has to return home when her father decides to run for mayor in Florida. She's always been the rebel in the family, but not this time as she returns home with a new friend, her mechanic. Merrick appears to be everything she doesn't want until she believes that she has cleaned him up a little to present to her parents. What she doesn't know until it's too late is that he is everything her parents would want for her. He's smart, intelligent, and has big plans for his life. And after pretending to be her boyfriend for a week Elle becomes part of those plans. But what Elle doesn't expect is a man that actually is a real man in every sense of the term. In addition, to fighting her feelings for Merrick she is also faced with family secrets that could destroy her father's plans for his future.

CONTINENTAL DIVIDE
Dyanne Davis

Tanya Reed has a big heart and as a social worker, she wants only the best for every child that is placed in foster care. Her love for children has her sacrificing everything for the chance to open her home to them. Her only problem is that she doesn't have the resources to do it alone. Having a friend that has married a millionaire andis living in Pakistan has her mind working overtime. As crazy as it sounds she decides that she will go visit her friend and marry one of his rich brothers and bring him back to America. As if that idea is crazy enough she has no problems announcing it to any and everyone that is around. She has always been outspoken but this habit creates nothing but trouble for her. At the heart of that trouble is the cousin of her friend's husband. Imran is determined to keep Tanya's gold digging hands off of his cousins' money. But neither he nor Tanya expected things to get as out of control as they have. What lies in store for Tanya is more than she ever bargained for.

In the two story the authors have a way of letting love sneak up on their characters. Each story has a unique way of putting two people together to share their lives. It also exploits the fact that you can't run from something that's meant to be, regardless of what you think you are or are not looking for, love always wins.

Reviewed by Lora McDonald
Rating 4