A BRIDE FOR JERICHO BRAVO - Christine Rimmer

Title: A BRIDE FOR JERICHO BRAVO

Author: CHRISTINE RIMMER

Line: Silhouette Special Edition

Release month: March

The S-Factor: Scintillating and Satisfying

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After being jilted by her longtime boyfriend, Marnie Jones was on the move. But from the moment she rolled into Texas and clashed with sexy rebel Jericho Bravo, she was finding all sorts of reasons to stay put. Too bad the rugged loner couldn’t say the same. . .

Or could he? Because Jericho was making Marnie believe in second chances—that he was the man she wanted to settle down with. . .forever. Was the proud, wary loner willing to risk his heart? Because he already owned hers. . .

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Right from page one, Marnie tugged at my heart-strings. She was like a lost waif – yet feisty enough to steal his motorcycle when Jericho made her mad. And I can totally understand that. I’d get mad, too, if I overheard someone telling someone else they thought I was on drugs, and needed mental help.

Did things improve after that? Well – can you call Marnie getting hired on at the motorcycle business that Jericho was part owner of an improvement? Of course, with Marnie and Jericho being in close contact every day, the sparks flew. What do you soon get when you have sparks? You guessed it. . . Fire! More like a six-alarm blaze.

Do you think by giving a fire pure oxygen you can put it out by over-feeding it? Well, they tried. They decided that by having an affair, he’d get over her, and she’d get over being dumped by her ex-boyfriend.

I loved this story! I understood where Marnie was coming from, and Jericho. . . Jericho was easy to love. But what was the secret that had made him turn his life around? Why was he able to understand where Marnie was coming from?

Once again Christine Rimmer has given us the ultimate in love stories. Characters who are flawed, but still loveable. This is yet another “Bravo” book, but it’s just as fresh and captivating as the first one. Christine writes with a flair for the unusual. A motorcycle builder. . . I loved it.

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Reviewed by Donna B

VALENTINE BRIDE - Christine Rimmer

Title: VALENTINE BRIDE

Author: CHRISTINE RIMMER

Line: Silhouette Special Edition

Release month: February

The S-Factor: Sensational and Sensuous

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FROM HOUSEKEEPER TO BLUSHING BRIDE?

Regal, reserved Irina Lukovic was the perfect live-in housekeeper. Until she found out she was being sent back to her war-torn homeland. So Caleb Bravo came up with the ideal solution…one where they’d still be living together on a more permanent basis…The handsome bachelor proposed!

Irina couldn’t believe that the footloose mogul was giving up his freedom for her. But now that they were officially husband and wife, she suddenly yearned to belong to Caleb in more than name only. To be his wife…in every sense of the word…

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If I counted right, this is the fourteenth Bravo Family Ties book Christine Rimmer has written. It is every bit as good as the first one -- no, it's even better.

It’s a good thing Caleb came home when he did, that afternoon. Or Irina would have been gone, and he’d have had one horrible time finding her. Actually, he has one horrible time convincing her that the best thing to do is to stay and marry him.

I have to hand it to Irina. She’s frightened out of her mind, the last place she wants to go back to is the awful country that she came from, where unspeakable things happen – to everyone. . . But she stands up for herself to Caleb. She doesn’t just let him dictate what she’s supposed to do. She makes conditions for their marriage, and she makes him promise to stick to them.

So who breaks the conditions first? What are they doing when the woman from Immigration shows up first thing in the morning? How does Caleb gain her trust so that she tells him about the things that happened to her in Argovia?

The farther along I read in this book the more I fell a little in love with Caleb myself. He was strong and sure of himself, yet gentle, and confident enough to allow himself to agree to the conditions Irina set in their marriage without it causing damage to his ego.

How does he go about finding out who set Immigration on her in the first place without breaking his promises to her?

In the end there was one huge WOW! that surprised me almost speechless. Actually, there were two surprises. . .

Those of you who are regular Bravo readers will be very satisfied with this book, and for those of you who have yet to read one of Christine Rimmer’s books, I encourage you to pick this book up today. You will not be disappointed. Christine’s expertise in finding the surprising hook leaps off the page and grabs you when you least expect it. This is a real page-turner! A book that will keep your attention from cover to cover!

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Reviewed by Donna B

CHRISTMAS AT BRAVO RIDGE - Christine Rimmer

Title: CHRISTMAS AT BRAVO RIDGE

Author: CHRISTINE RIMMER

Line: Silhouette Special Edition

Release month: December

The S-Factor: Sensual and Simmering

Back-Blurb:

OOPS, SHE DID IT AGAIN!

Well, if lightning didn’t strike twice, then how could a night of passion with her former lover, Matt Bravo, leave Corrine Lonnigan pregnant with his child. . . for the second time? They already had a beautiful little girl, and they’d finally come to terms with their can’t-live-with-can’t-live-without-each-other relationship. And now this!

Texas tycoon Matt Bravo had let Corrie slip through his fingers five years ago, and he was not about to make the same mistake again. He had to convince her that he was the man for her, now and forever. To make this a Christmas to remember – for all four of them. . .

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Right at the start the sexual tension between this couple is evident. It may have been five years, but the air hums with electricity when the two of them even just think about each other – never mind being in the same room together.

Matt brings Kira home after a week-end visit. When he arrives, Corrie is sitting there with half-empty wine bottles in front of her. Of course, you know right then and there what’s going to happen. Christine Rimmer does it up right. They tease each other, they poke at each other, until one of them finally breaks. The tension rises higher and higher until they both explode.

Then. . . along comes – Matt’s mom. Oh no, she didn’t find them in bed together. She had left her husband and needed somewhere to stay. Where else would she go?

This is part of an ongoing series by this author, but it stands alone beautifully. I have read a few of the other books in the series. It’s not at all necessary to read any of the other books to be able to follow this one, though it does bring a niceness to it when you recognize some of the secondary characters.

If your mom living with the mother of your child isn’t bad enough, Christine brings in more twists. A hard, domineering father, a fiancé who’s a pastor, several siblings, dancing on the bar. Whoa, back up a sec there – did you say a fiancé who’s a pastor? I'll leave you to figure that one out.

Once I got started on this book, I found it very difficult to put down. Christine’s imagination is only outdone by her way with words. I was laughing and crying at the same time. I struggled right along with Corrine over the decisions she must make, yet laughed at the irony of the situations that came up even as these decisions were being made.

Though Ms Rimmer’s list of published books is long, she still writes with a freshness that warms the heart, even as it keeps you smiling, and turning the pages to see what happens next. I would recommend this book to anyone.

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Reviewed by: Donna B