Audio Book Review: Let Me Hold You by Alexandria House

Let Me Hold You by Alexandria House
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Published: June 2018
 

Leland McClain is a basketball player who just got traded from Miami to St. Louis. When he first moves to St. Louis he decides to volunteer at a youth center with his teammates and help some of the kids during the basketball camp. He is shocked to see who the director is. He knows her from his time in Miami. Kim Hampton's son plays for Miami. She herself has just moved to St. Louis to run the youth center that her son recently invested in. She has a holiday for every day to help and bring joy into her life. She isn't looking for love when Leland come into her life, but he is different than every other man in her life, so how could she not fall for him. Leland isn't looking for love either and Kim isn't typically the woman he would go for, but there is just something about her that he can't resist. Can they both get through this season without falling in love?

This is the second book in the McClain Brothers series. A family of good looking men who are all accomplished in their own right. Leland's preference is older women. While Kim is older than he is, she is still a lot younger than women he typically is interested in. In reality they should stay as far away from each other as possible. Leland has already had some beef with Kim's son in reference to him looking at her while they played together in Miami. And Armond, Kim's son is very particular when it comes to his mother. It's almost as if he is her man.

Kim has not had a very good track record when it comes to the men in her life. Leland has never wanted to settle down with any of the women he has dated nor has he ever wanted children. But there is something about Kim that makes him want to change all of that.

I can't wait to continue this series and see what other books Ms. House has.

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Review--Where We Belong by Emily Giffin

Where We Belong by Emily Giffin
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

What happens when you give birth to a child and give her up for adoption? You never tell the father that you are even pregnant, in fact you don't tell anyone but your mother. Eighteen years later, this child shows up at your doorstep eager to find out about the parents who couldn't keep her How do you explain what happened so long ago and how do you go back and correct the wrongs?

Marion and Kirby tell the story from their own perspectives describing the emotions they go through in order to deal with their present circumstances. Kirby is at a pivotal point in her life. She is about to graduate high school and is unsure about what the next step should be. Her adoption allows her to contact her birth mother once she reaches eighteen and she doesn't hesitate to do just that. Marion, a show creator living in New York City is doing exactly what she dreamed. She's dating an amazing man and things in her life seem to be going just right, but when Kirby arrives at her doorstep her whole life is put into perspective and she is forced to analyze her world to see if it's really as great as it appears.

Throughout their journey, the two women will discover the true soul of themselves and find a more secure place in their own lives as well as in each others.


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Review--Sweet St. Louis by Omar Tyree

Sweet St. Louis by Omar Tyree
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Everyone, I believe, wants to find that special someone to settle down with and spend the rest of their lives together. Until we reach that point in our lives, we enjoy ourselves with whomever happens to be with us at that time. For Anthony "Ant" Poole and Sharron Francis, that time has finally come. Anthony delivers a line to Sharron as she is walking down the street. A line Anthony has been waiting to use on the right person. A line that Sharron can't seem to forget. But Sharron is very different from any other woman Anthony has ever been with. She challenges him in way he would never imagine. Anthony is also a bit different from men Sharron has known. While he may be a player, he has accepted her challenge head on.

It has been a long time since I have read a book by Omar Tyree. At least ten years or more. But I enjoyed this book. Since it was written in the 90's it took me back to my single days and the person I was at that time in my life. It made me feel a bit nostalgic. I can't wait to read more Omar Tyree and even re-read the books I read before Flyy Girl and A Do Right Man.


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