Chasing Desire on February 16, 2015 GoodreadsIt's her best friend's wedding, and Autumn Lane is trussed up in a pink bridesmaid dress with a big “everything is great” smile plastered across her face. She's not going think about her life imploding, or spending the next two weeks housesitting in the ridiculously small town of Diamond. No, she'd rather think about the tattooed hottie in the wedding party...and how to turn the wicked way he’s looking at her into a night of intense pleasure.
Huck Galvin is fiercely attracted to his mystery woman's no-BS attitude, but their one-night-no-strings plan backfires when Huck discovers that Autumn is the out-of-towner he's “chaperoning” for the next two weeks. Outside the bedroom, the two can’t stand each other, yet Huck can’t deny how much he wants one more night with her. But Autumn isn't going to make it easy for Huck. Not by a long shot...
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Joya Ryan has done it again with the third book in the Chasing series. By “done it again” I mean that she has written another book that I thoroughly enjoyed. And by thoroughly enjoyed, I mean that I may have had an out of body experience after Autumn and Huck’s first “encounter.” Um yeah.
Huck and Autumn are both filled with baggage. Autumn is used to being on her own, with no real friends or family to depend on. Huck has a huge issue with commitment and likes the be the guy who leaves at the end of the night. These two make quite a couple! Sometimes when characters are so rife with issues, it drives me nuts. I have to say that I did not feel annoyed at all by their issues and appreciated how Ms. Ryan set them up to move beyond those issues with each other.
Autumn has no real friends to speak of and she gets pulled into a group of girlfriends in Diamond. She never really had friends she could talk to and depend on and she never truly realized the value of having people to count on, until you actually do. She is a fantastic character, gutsy, independent and funny!
As for Huck? This explains it pretty well:
Jesus, the man was mouth-watering hot. A small town good ol’ boy with a wild side and ink to match it.
And…
No one looked at her the way Huck did. Like she was desirable. Like she was more than what she appeared.
He kind of took me by surprise at times. He is so hell bent on being that “leaver” but he is a really passionate, sweet and giving lover. Huck and Autumn are quite well matched, one isn’t all that dominant over the other so much as they just worked well in and out of bed. There were times where little things he said to her (“I’m lovin’ on you.”) made get all melty.
“It’s fine.”
He nodded. “Yeah, I know. You’re strong. Everything will always be fine.” He cupped her face and brought her lips to his. “But you deserve better than fine. You deserve amazing.”
Yeah. I kinda love Huck. Great book, great epilogue and I can’t wait for more in this series!!!
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