SUNNINGHILL SNOW – Christine London

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ISBN: 978-1-59426-588-7

June 2007

Erotic Contemporary Romance

Heat Rating: Nebula

Sunninghill, England – Present Day

Kay Macara is a best-selling erotic romance writer who goes by the name of Jaid Rumor. She attended university in England years ago and has maintained a friendship with Sean and Sarah, who reside in Sunninghill. On a trip to England for a book fair event, she decides to stay with her friends. Alas, her trip starts off wrong, first with her luggage being stolen, then waking up the next morning to find several inches of snow on the ground and snowbound alone in her friends’ cottage. Kay decides to wait it out, that is, until someone enters the house. To her surprise, it’s none other than a man she knew from her university days…and who she never forgot, Bryce McKendrick.

Bryce admits he was a cad when he and Kay were at university together, but he’s matured and wishes he could take back the pain he caused her. Unaware that Kay is visiting Sean, he’s stops by their house, despite the snowstorm, and encounters the last person he expects to see.  The attraction between Kay and Bryce hasn’t waned over the years and now he too is stuck at the cottage. What better way to get reacquainted? Certainly not much to do when you’re snowbound, except maybe a little sex, right? Kay still thinks Bryce is a womanizer, but she agrees to a fling, and nothing more. After all, a leopard can’t change its spots, can it?

Kay has let the past affect how she views relationships with men. First there was Bryce and his womanizing ways; then she had a failed marriage. To say the least, she’s not enamored of getting involved with any man right now. She poured her heart and soul into writing and it has paid off. When she first arrives in Sunninghill, she makes it clear to Sean that she does not want to see Bryce, but when fate has other ideas, what can she say? Especially when there are several inches of snow outside! Their time together is not only erotically spent, but they learn a thing or two about each other…and themselves.

Bryce always felt that things were left hanging with Kay. Yes, he did sleep with those other women, but was it because he was afraid of what he felt for her? Now that he’s older, he would do anything to make it up to her. Will he get his chance?

Christine London brings her vast knowledge of England and its people to make SUNNINGHILL SNOW a definitely English flavored tale. As a US reader, I had to get used to how Bryce spoke and the terms used. Hey, I do understand shagging and biscuits, but along the way, I learned a little more British-speak, while enjoying a thoroughly engaging romantic story. Readers will watch Kay and Bryce fall in love and finally admit they can’t live without the other. How will it unfold? You’ll have to read SUNNINGHILL SNOW to find out.

Holly Tibbs