Book Review: On Hart's Boardwalk by Samantha Young

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On Hart's Boardwalk
On Dublin Street  6.7
Author: Samantha Young
Reading Level: New Adult
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Released: March 20, 2018

One of New York Times bestselling author Samantha Young’s most beloved couples returns for the first time in a brand new novella set ten years after her blockbuster bestseller Before Jamaica Lane…

Nate and Liv have a great life together but they miss the spontaneity and freedom they enjoyed early on in their romance. Careers and their children have inevitably kept them busy, so when Nate discovers Liv is feeling disconnected from him, he plans an anniversary trip to the idyllic seaside town of Hartwell, Delaware. There he hopes they will have the opportunity they’ve been craving—a chance to reinvent themselves and fall in love all over again.

With each new day comes a new adventure, from wedding crashing at the five-star boardwalk hotel to pretending they are two strangers having a chance encounter at the boardwalk bar. In the midst of this daring, sexually charged game of romantic rediscovery, Nate and Liv discover the only constant they need is each other.

I have to start this review by saying I LOVE LOVE LOVEEEEE Samantha Young.  She is one of my all time favorite authors.  She wrote my most listened to and read book (On Dublin Street) and every thing she write is gold.  That being said, On Hart's Boardwalk, was amazing.

I absolutely LOVE Nate and Liv, I fell in love with their characters in Before Jamaica Lane, and feel even deeper reading this book.  We are take ten years later and as many marriages do after the honeymoon phase, things were a little stale.  They now have busy careers and children and the romance is not what it once was.  Sometimes a little spontaneity is all you need.

Samantha Young did an amazing job on this story.  I connected with these characters more now than ever before.  I think most adults over the age of 25 can relate with needing to take time and just enjoy life a little.

I am rating this book 4.5 stars because it tugged at my heartstrings from the beginning.  It felt like seeing old friends again.  I highly recommend this entire series.  It is so beautifully written.  I read this in one sitting because I could just not put it down.

New Cover Reveal: On Dublin Street by Samantha Young

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ON DUBLIN STREET

Author: Samantha Young

Four years ago, Jocelyn left her tragic past behind in the States and started over in Scotland, burying her grief, ignoring her demons, and forging ahead without attachments. Her solitary life is working well - until she moves into a new apartment on Dublin Street, where she meets a man who shakes her carefully guarded world to its core.

Braden Carmichael is used to getting what he wants, and he's determined to get Jocelyn into his bed. Knowing how skittish she is about entering a relationship, Braden proposes an arrangement that will satisfy their intense attraction without any strings attached.

But after an intrigued Jocelyn accepts, she realizes that Braden won't be satisfied with just mind-blowing passion. The stubborn Scotsman is intent on truly knowing her . . . down to the very soul.

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On Dublin Street by Samantha Young
Chapter 1 – from Braden’s POV

Sighing, Braden shrugged his shoulders back and looked up at the sky, squinting against
the sunlight. Decked out in a three-piece suit on a hot day like this didn’t ease his growing
frustration with his plan to sell La Cour. No one knew he was thinking of selling La Cour
except Thomas Prendergast, a fellow restaurateur. A successful one. If any of his business
associates knew Braden was selling La Cour they’d think he was nuts. The restaurant had a
world-class chef and a stellar reputation. And it made money.
In truth, Braden was just stretched too thin and not interested in La Cour. All his
concentration and focus was going into making his nightclub Fire a success, developing
properties that turned profits, and of course he still had his father’s estate agency to keep up
with, as well as a successful Scottish seasonal restaurant he co-owned with the chef, Frazier
Allie, down on the Shore.
La Cour as it stood was a nuisance, a nuisance Braden felt obligated to attend to since his
father worked so hard to make it the success it was. But his father had always told him that
when business became a nuisance rather than a challenge, and was no longer satisfying, it
was time to move on to greener pastures.
Thomas was dragging his feet with an answer.
He glanced back at the restaurant. Come on, Thomas, make up your mind, man.
Braden’s phone beeped in his pocket. He pulled it out and glanced at the digital reminder
informing him he had a meeting in twenty minutes with one of his managers at Douglas
Carmichael & Co, the estate agency his grandfather built up from the ground up to become
one of the primary agencies in the Lothians.
Shit. He’d spent longer with Thomas Prendergast than he’d meant to. Scowling, Braden
walked toward Bruntsfield Church, his pale blue eyes trained on the road ahead, willing a cab
to make an appearance. Only seconds later one turned around the corner and he stepped out
onto the curb with his arm raised. To his relief the taxi pulled up to him. He’d make his
meeting.
Reaching for the handle on the passenger side, a clean, fruity smell drifted towards him
seconds before a warm, small and very feminine hand collided with his.
Braden dipped his head and looked down into the face of a woman, her skin bright from
the sunlight, her eyes narrowed to slits as she squinted against the sun behind his head. There

was a surprised disgruntlement in her expression. Clearly she assumed this was her black cab.
Braden prepared to disabuse her of the notion but stopped. His father taught him that reading
people, and by that he meant all the things they didn’t say with their mouths but did with their
bodies and eyes, was the key to success in business. Braden read stubbornness in her features
he could make out and in the obstinate tension she held in her shoulders. He was in no mood
for stubbornness or fighting over a bloody cab after his meeting with Thomas had come to no
satisfactory conclusion.
For the sake of expedience Braden asked, “Which way are you headed?”
He heard the words ‘Dublin Street’ and did what he always did: maneuvered things to his
liking. “Good.” He pulled the cab door open. “I’m heading in that direction, and since I’m
already running late, might I suggest we share the taxi instead of wasting ten minutes
deciding who needs it more.” He placed a hand on the small of her back and nudged her into
the cab.
Relieved she didn’t stall them, Braden got in after her and immediately gave the cab driver
their first destination. His sister, Ellie, lived on Dublin Street in a flat he’d renovated and then
gifted to her. Ellie was his half-sister—they shared the same father. She’d never had it
particularly easy from their dad. That was putting it politely. Douglas Carmichael was a
negligent bastard and despite the fact that he and Braden had finally become friends of a sort
before he died, Braden had never forgiven him for his treatment of Ellie. The guilt Douglas
should have felt transferred to Braden, and he’d done everything he could to make sure her
life was easier, and that she knew he cared. Giving her the flat meant she could concentrate
on that PhD she was studying for. Braden might think the PhD impractical, but it made her
happy, and in the end that was all that mattered. He also liked having her close to the estate
agency which was on Dundas Street. Anytime he was in the area, which was more often than
not, he could drop by to see Els. Braden was lucky to call Ellie not only his sister, but one of
his closest friends, and it was nice to escape the stress of his business life at least for ten
minutes when he stopped by for a coffee with her.
Braden decided he’d get the cab driver to stop at the top of Dublin Street, burl around and
come back toward Dundas Street. It would be easier to drop him off first but it was ingrained
in him to never let a woman pay for anything, so he’d drop off the unexpected passenger so
he could pay the fare.
“Thanks I guess,” the woman answered from his left, the words sardonic. It wasn’t the
tone that drew his attention. It was the husky, sexy voice and the American accent.

Glancing in interest at her, Braden almost did a double take. She was attractive. Very. So
busy checking her out he asked somewhat stupidly, “You’re an American?”
She turned to him and as soon as their eyes met Braden felt his blood heat with the impact.
Jesus fucking Christ. Intelligent, exotic, feline gray eyes appraised him as she tucked a loose
strand of dark-blonde hair behind her ear. Her hair was long and pulled back in a pony-tail,
giving him an unhindered view of a graceful neck and an arresting face. For some reason he
couldn’t look away.
Watching her eyes drop to his body, drinking him in, Braden was intrigued. He was used
to women looking at him. He was a big guy and he worked out and he’d had no complaints
from women. He wasn’t, however, used to a woman appearing so consternated by the fact
that she was checking him out. He raised an eyebrow, curious about her.
“Yeah, I’m American.”
That voice. He shifted in his seat. She really did have the sexiest voice he’d ever heard. He
wanted to hear it again. “Just visiting?” Braden murmured.
“Nope.”
“Then you’re a student?”
Whatever she heard in his tone it made her tense. Braden envied her casual, light clothing
in this heat and thanked God for throwing her in his path on a day so hot in Scotland it had
caused the American to wear those tiny shorts.
True, she wasn’t his usual type. Most of his girlfriends, including his current girlfriend
Holly, and his ex-wife Analise, were tall, slender platinum blondes. The American was the
opposite of every woman he’d ever dated.
And yet… she was beyond appealing.
She had surprisingly large breasts for such a delicately built woman—big boobs, wee
waist, and another surprise were those gorgeous legs of hers. They were shapely and long
despite her small stature. Hot blood rushed southwards.
Bloody Nora.
When Braden finally dragged his eyes up to her expressive face he noted the raised
eyebrow. He’d been caught eating her up and she did not look impressed. Amused, he
grinned at her. Usually this would incur a responding grin. Instead the brat rolled her eyes at
him.
“I was a student,” she answered, and Braden’s ears warmed to the purr of her dulcet voice.
“I live here. Dual citizenship.”
“You’re part Scottish?”

She gave him a barely-there nod and seemed intent to not look at him. He smiled
inwardly, feeling anticipation he hadn’t felt in a while, and definitely not over a woman. It
was the anticipation of a challenge. Women came quite easily to him and it certainly made
life less difficult. Life was stressful enough in business. But he couldn’t argue with what this
strange, inexplicable feeling toward the American.
He’d never felt instant attraction like it.
Braden eyed her and grew even more dangerously hot at the idea of turning that willful
glint in her stunning eyes soft with need as he explored every inch of her.
He shifted in his seat again, disappointment settling over him when he belatedly
remembered he was seeing someone else. Since he wasn’t the kind of man to ask for another
woman’s number while he was in a relationship that meant he’d have to ignore whatever was
between him and the American.
Bugger.
The timing was fucked.
He couldn’t have her. Eyeing her mouth, despite knowing that conversation—or
anything—was pointless, he found himself asking, “What do you do now that you’ve
graduated?”
She shot him a look out of the corner of her eyes and it seemed to hold more than a hint of
disdain. “What do you do? I mean, when you’re not manhandling women into cabs?”
It occurred to Braden that a man knew he was really bored with life when he got a kick out
of a woman’s condescension. “What do you think I do?”
“I’m thinking lawyer. Answering questions with questions, manhandling…”
“I’m not a lawyer. But you could be. I seemed to recall a question answered with a
question. And that,” he gestured to her full mouth, wondering how she’d taste, “That’s a
definite smirk.” His voice was thick with want and he knew she heard it in the way her eyes
flared as their gazes met.
Yeah, she felt the heat too.
The air in the cab was suddenly heavy with sexual tension. An undeniable, incredible
electricity that Braden really fucking wanted to explore.
As awful as it was, he was cursing the existence of Holly, his current girlfriend, to hell in
that moment. What he had with Holly wasn’t special. It was just fun. But it was exclusive.
Shit.
The American not only looked away but seemed to deliberately lean her whole body away
from him as she stared out at the passing traffic. As he watched her attempt to create a

distance between them with silence, his eyes caressed the sharp sweep of her jawline and the
smoothness of her olive skin. She had great skin. Skin that told of her age, and it suddenly
occurred to him that the American was quite young, probably ages with Ellie. He hadn’t
realized at first because she had seemed attractively self-possessed.
Now she seemed uncomfortable… perhaps inexperienced?
It should have put him off.
It didn’t.
Whoever she was, however she was, Braden was intrigued.
He wanted to work her out.
“Are you shy?” He asked trying not to sound like a condescending prick.
She turned to him with a bemused smile. “Excuse me?”
Not shy then. He eyed her carefully. She wasn’t as easy to read as he’d first thought. He
liked that. “Are you shy?” he repeated to be polite, already knowing the answer to that
question was no. She was something, but it wasn’t shy.
“Why would you think that?”
He decided to see just how self-possessed she really was. “Most women would be taking
advantage of my imprisonment in the taxi with them—chew my ear off, shove their phone
number in my face…as well as other things.” His eyes instantly lowered to her lush breasts,
letting her know he thought they were well worthy of the attention.
Anticipating either a blush or a scowl when he drew his eyes back to her face, Braden was
taken aback to find her grinning at him. Fuck. Her smile hit him with more of an impact than
her sexy body. She had one helluva sweet smile. “Wow, you really think a lot of yourself.”
He grinned back. “I’m just speaking from experience.”
“Well, I’m not the kind of girl who hands out her number to a guy she just met.”
Even though he couldn’t ask for her number he was immediately disappointed by her
answer. He’d begun building an idea of who she was in his head and prudish girl next door
was definitely not it. “Ahh,” he looked away. “You’re a no-sex-until-the-third-date, marriage-
and-babies kind of woman.” Not exactly his type.
“No, no, and no,” she answered, seeming affronted by the idea. So affronted in fact that he
suddenly wondered if the opposite was true. Was he in the presence of that rare creature? A
woman afraid of commitment?
“Interesting,” he murmured.
“I’m not giving you my number.”

Unfortunately Braden couldn’t seduce her number out of her. “I didn’t ask for it. And even
if I wanted it, I wouldn’t ask for it.” Fucking lie. “I have a girlfriend.” Unfortunately, true.
Braden mentally slapped himself across the head for that ungentlemanly thought. Holly was a
good girl and deserved better than that.
“Then stop looking at me like that.”
“I have a girlfriend, but I’m not blind. Just because I can’t do anything doesn’t mean I’m
not allowed to look.” A crying shame if you asked him. He wanted to look. He wanted to
look past the cynical eyes and through the sweet smile and find out which one of them was
her. Maybe she was both. Maybe she was neither. He didn’t know. At all. And he wanted to.
Jesus—
“Here’s good, thanks.”
What? His fascination with her mystery was suddenly brought to an abrupt halt by her
direction to the driver. They weren’t at Dublin Street yet. They still had… Braden looked
outside. They were at Queen Street Gardens, only seconds from her destination. And why
was he panicking? She was off limits.
The driver pulled up to the curb and she handed him fare and reached for the door.
“Wait,” Braden found himself saying.
She turned to him, her expression impatient. “What?”
Braden sensed he had seconds here. He could either tell her to take her money back and
offer to pay for the entire cab fare as he intended. Or he could ask her the one thing that had
been itching at him since they met.
“Do you have a name?”
She smiled and Braden automatically found himself smiling with her. “Actually, I have
two.”
What?
She jumped out of the cab and despite the loss of her he found myself chuckling at her
cool reply.
It was his own fault. He’d asked a smart woman the wrong question.
Just as abruptly as she’d left him, Braden’s amusement fled. He realized he’d probably
never see her again. Now that really was a crying shame. His father was right. His intuition
was what made him a successful businessman, and his intuition was telling him he’d just let a
great opportunity pass him by.
Swallowing his disappointment, Braden directed the cabbie to turnabout and head toward
his meeting… in an even worse fucking mood than he’d started out in.

Book Review: One King's Way by Samantha Young

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One King's Way
On Dublin Street #6.5
Author: Samantha Young
Reading Level: Adult
Genre: Romance
Released: November 3rd 2015
Review Source: Penguin Publishing Group

The New York Times bestselling author of On Dublin Street returns to the bar where it all began with Braden and Joss for a white-hot new novella full of passion and drama.

When he’s not working at the club, Craig Lanaghan looks out for his mother and little sisters. So when it comes to women, all he wants is a good time. But once Rain Alexander walks into his life, there’s no denying that this woman could be worth much more than a one-night stand….

Rain’s lifelong regret is having left her sister Darcy alone years ago with a guardian who turned out to be abusive. So when Darcy’s boyfriend publicly humiliates her in a cruel way, Rain’s overprotective instincts kick in and she follows him to Club 39—where she meets a guy who just might be her perfect match.

The chemistry between Rain and Craig is explosive, but Rain is out for revenge, and refuses to be sidetracked by flirtation. As things between them heat up, she’ll have to make a heartbreaking choice between giving in to the man of her dreams or putting her sister’s happiness first….

As a big fan of Samantha Young, this was a must read. Everything she writes, I read. This time around we got to know the steaming hot Craig Lanaghan and he rocks everyone's world. He's the playboy you want to play with. He loves flirt, charm his way to your bed and boy will he make the ride joy able. But once you get to know Craig, you will know he has a soft spot. He loves his mum and sister dearly. As a cover up, he doesn't want anyone knowing his weakness but when Rain Alexandar walks into his bar, he is willing to do anything and everything to catch her attention. Boys, I tell you.

Rain is the complete opposite of Craig. She doesn't believe in one night stand. She wants a serious relationship or nothing at all. But with Craig insistence of being her friend, well being more than friends, Rain will soon find her way falling in love with him. The ride was a sweet one. The playboy is finally wrapped around Rain's finger. As he is in love and the feeling is mutual.

I honestly believe Samantha knows her way to charm her readers with anything she writes. For some reasons, we all end up falling in love with her characters and feel like you know them all your life. Her stories are so sweet, with amazing characters and you just wish she would make you one of them. Well, I know I always do wish this.

As always, I recommend this fantastic series, On Dublin Street, to everyone. Because just like One King's Way, you will find yourself charmed by Samantha stories.

Book Review: Moonlight on Nightingale Way by Samantha Young

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Moonlight on Nightingale Way
On Dublin Street #6
Author: Samantha Young
Reading Level: New Adult
Genre: Romance
Released: June 2nd 2015
Review Source: New American Library | Penguin Berkley

Last in the Series

Logan from Echoes of Scotland Street is back with his own smoldering story, as the New York Times bestselling On Dublin Street series returns…

Logan spent two years paying for the mistakes he made. Now, he’s ready to start over. He has a great apartment, a good job, and plenty of women to distract him from his past. And one woman who is driving him to distraction…

Grace escaped her manipulative family by moving to a new city. Her new life, made to suit her own needs, is almost perfect. All she needs to do is find her Mr. Right—or at least figure out a way to ignore her irresistible yet annoying womanizer of a neighbor.

Grace is determined to have nothing to do with Logan until a life-changing surprise slowly begins turning the wild heartbreaker into exactly the kind of strong, stable man she’s been searching for. Only just when she begins to give into his charms, her own messy past threatens to derail everything they’ve worked to build…

Just like any of her books, Samantha Young will capture your attention to beginning to end. With Moonlight on Nightingale Way, she takes us into a journey in the lives of many of my favorites characters for one last time. It is a bittersweet moment. Reading the last book in the series of characters I’ve grown to love from the very beginning. One last ride… One last time reading about this amazing family and friends.

Moonlight on Nightingale Way is the story of Grace, a freelance book editor that enjoys working at night. As she works her way through one night, she begins to hear bangs from her next door neighbor… Then she hears a woman screaming… of pleasure. Flustered, Grace is determined to face her new neighbor the next morning and is ready to complain. What Grace did not expect is to be living next to a GORGEOUS man. With a stunning body. Grace is inner drooling when she first comes face to face with Logan. But as she remember the night before, she tells her new neighbor off. Unfortunately for Grace, Logan, the hottie standing in front of her, really doesn’t care what she thinks. This only makes Grace more annoyed. With a bad start, Grace and Logan will bump heads but their chemistry will bond them together.

Moonlight on Nightingale can be read as a standalone, but I highly recommend that you check out all the previous books of this series. You will learn to love and learn from these characters. As we learned from the previous novel, Echoes of Scotland Street, Logan is introduced as Shannon’s older brother. Logan has recently been released from prison (for a good cause). Now as a free man, Logan is trying to catch up on the lack of “entertainment”... If you know what I mean. Every night he is determined to take a woman to his apartment and well... entertain himself. This only makes things worse between Grace. But his manhood is much important than his whiny neighbor.

As the drama unfolds, these two will become part of each other’s lives - that is caused by an unforeseen situation. Grace out of good heart, helps Logan with this “situation”. She learns the truth of his past, and she wants to lend him a hand. Since no one ever did with her. The more she spend times with Logan, the more she wants him. But she knows she will never be anything else. She is not his type. She’ve seen the many faces of his late night acquaintances. Will she ever be good enough for him? Will she ever truly trust him with her heart?

Logan and Grace will have you laugh here and there. I loved how they detested each other and only to end up madly in love. Grace had a terrible childhood, Logan’s been through tough situations. These two will make each other better and whole. Two halves become one. How perfect is that?

So here it is, the last book of the series. A series you should pick up if you haven’t yet. For those waiting, you will be greatly pleased with the epilogue. Samantha gives us a brief glimpse at each other couples, happy as they ever been. But most of all, she gives you a story of another couple to love and cherish. Read it and love it. Enjoy this one last gift of On Dublin Street series.

Book Review: Echoes of Scotland Street by Samantha Young

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Fall from India Place
On Dublin Street #5
Author: Samantha Young
Reading Level: New Adult
Genre: Romance
Released: October 7th 2014
Review Source: New American Library | Penguin Berkley

The New York Times bestselling author of On Dublin Street and Down London Road returns with a story about letting go of the past and learning to trust in the future…

When Hannah Nichols last saw Marco D’Alessandro, five long years ago, he broke her heart. The bad boy with a hidden sweet side was the only guy Hannah ever loved—and the only man she’s ever been with. After one intense night of giving into temptation, Marco took off, leaving Scotland and Hannah behind. Shattered by the consequences of their night together, Hannah has never truly moved on.

Leaving Hannah was the biggest mistake of Marco’s life, something he has deeply regretted for years. So when fate reunites them, he refuses to let her go without a fight. Determined to make her his, Marco pursues Hannah, reminding her of all the reasons they’re meant to be together.…

But just when Marco thinks they’re committed to a future together, Hannah makes a discovery that unearths the secret pain she’s been hiding from him, a secret that could tear them apart before they have a real chance to start over again….

I really love this series. I always recommend it to my family and friends. I know Samantha is a phenomenal storyteller and I can always count on her for a great adventure. I forget about real life, about anything and everything around me. These characters become real to me. The way she describe them, they become more like friends rather than fictionals. So I always jump in at the opportunity to review her books.

In Echoes of Scotland Street is the story of Shannon and our lovely character from previous books, Cole. (YES, FINALLY!!!) I've been patiently waiting for his story and here it is! Far From India Place and Echoes of Scotland Street are by far my favorites of this series. I’ve grown attached to Hannah and Cole. I’ve “watched them grow” to these beautiful characters and I am so happy that they found their happily ever after. Thank you, Shannon!

As I mentioned before, Echoes of Scotland Street is the story of Shannon and Cole. Shannon is such a fun and feisty character. Though her past has harden her, once you get to truly meet her, she will become such an extraordinary character. Thankfully, Cole met this warm and sweet side of her before.

Nothing in life is better than to meet the one that you are meant for. This is how this story begins: when teen Shannon and Cole meet for the first time. Their chemistry is so intense that their first meeting will bond them until they meet again. Now grown, Shannon’s world is shattered and is hiding from people. She wants nothing but to forget her past and start over. Shannon is so broken that she doesn’t let her guard down. She trust noone. On her first day of work, she meets her hero. The hero she met ages ago - the one that will tear her guard down.

Though you can read Echoes of Scotland Street as a standalone, I highly recommend that you start from the beginning. Trust me, his story will have so much meaning if you do. You will be laughing at Shannon’s thoughts toward him when she meets him for the second time. She had no idea of what this beautiful broken character had to put up with. You will feel part of his family and you will want Shannon to prove herself to be worthy of Cole.

Filled with such intense chemistry and heartfelt moments, Samantha’s books are truly enjoyable. She always finds a way to weave into your heart and leave her magic within. Thank you Samantha. Thank you for sharing this incredible story of Cole. Fans of Cole, like myself, will be overjoyed with happiness. As always, I look forward for next book of this series.

This book may be unsuitable for people under 17 years of age due to its use of sexual content, drug and alcohol use, and/or violence.

Book Review: Fall from India Place by Samantha Young

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Fall from India Place
On Dublin Street #4
Author: Samantha Young
Reading Level: New Adult
Genre: Romance
Released: June 3rd 2014
Review Source: New American Library | Penguin

The New York Times bestselling author of On Dublin Street and Down London Road returns with a story about letting go of the past and learning to trust in the future…

When Hannah Nichols last saw Marco D’Alessandro, five long years ago, he broke her heart. The bad boy with a hidden sweet side was the only guy Hannah ever loved—and the only man she’s ever been with. After one intense night of giving into temptation, Marco took off, leaving Scotland and Hannah behind. Shattered by the consequences of their night together, Hannah has never truly moved on.

Leaving Hannah was the biggest mistake of Marco’s life, something he has deeply regretted for years. So when fate reunites them, he refuses to let her go without a fight. Determined to make her his, Marco pursues Hannah, reminding her of all the reasons they’re meant to be together.…

But just when Marco thinks they’re committed to a future together, Hannah makes a discovery that unearths the secret pain she’s been hiding from him, a secret that could tear them apart before they have a real chance to start over again….

I don’t know about you, but every time I pick up a Samantha Young romance book, I know I will be in for a ride. I am addicted to this series, to these characters and oh sweet lord, the hot scenes! Fall from India Place was everything I expect from Samantha: angst, sweet and well, a really great romance story.

Fall from India Place follows the story of sweet Hannah. If you follow the series, Hannah is the sweet sister we all grew to love and well now, she is all grown up! It’s her turn now to fall in love and I loved every minute of it.

I am not sure if it’s the fact that I know Hanna from her childhood, but this book was very dear to me. As you know, your first love is hard to forget and this is the story of Hannah’s first love. We come to learn how her first love crushed her into pieces and how this very same love, picked her up and made her stronger. I loved Hannah and her insecurities. It shows that no one is perfect, even in fictional life. She true as it gets in real life. Dealing with such a past, it was easy to understand why she struggle to let Marco, her first and only love, back in her life. I loved how even if Hannah wouldn’t allow him in, Marco was determined to change her mind. Ladies, Marco is worth all the swoons! This possessive and broken man will steal your heart.

Overall, I loved Hannah’s story. I even shed some tears at the end. Her story was very believable and this is one of the many reasons why I loved it. I also liked how I always get a glimpse of the lives of the previous characters. It’s a reinsurance that they are doing fine. Like I said, you come to love these characters. Bravo to Samantha for always writing amazing love stories.

Book Review: Before Jamaica Lane by Samantha Young

Before Jamaica Lane
On Dublin Street #3
Author: Samantha Young
Reading Level: Adult
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Released: January 7th 2014
Review Source: New American Library | Penguin

One simple lesson in seduction between two friends can turn into so much more…

Despite her outgoing demeanor, Olivia is painfully insecure around the opposite sex—usually, she can’t get up the nerve to approach guys she’s interested in. But moving to Edinburgh has given her a new start, and, after she develops a crush on a sexy postgrad, she decides it’s time to push past her fears and go after what she wants.

Nate Sawyer is a gorgeous player who never commits, but to his close friends, he’s as loyal as they come. So when Olivia turns to him with her relationship woes, he offers to instruct her in the art of flirting and to help her become more sexually confident.

The friendly education in seduction soon grows into an intense and hot romance. But then Nate’s past and commitment issues rear their ugly heads, and Olivia is left broken-hearted. When Nate realizes he’s made the biggest mistake of his life, he will have to work harder than he ever has before to entice his best friend into falling back in love with him—or he may lose her forever…

I don’t know if any of you have read anything of Samantha Young’s On Dublin Street series. If you haven’t, let me tell you something – YOU ARE MISSING OUT! She is goddess when it comes to writing hot scenes. A freaking genious. I always fan myself whenever I read her stories. But what I love most about her is that she knows how to balance romance and sexiness, which in my opinion, this is perfect for a love story. 

When it comes to her love life, Olivia has always struggle with this. She feels out of place. Geeky. Inexperience. Unwanted.

One drunk night, she confesses to her guy friend, Nate, how she truly sees herself. Nate thinks she’s nuts. He wants to know how this beautiful woman can feel unworthy. Although Nate has a thing for Olivia, he is afraid of commitments. Now with Olivia’s confession, he wants to show her how he sees her. With no commitments, he wants to start teaching her how to embrace her beauty. But you can never hide your true feeling forever, right?

I enjoyed reading this third installment of the series. Olivia and Nate are perfect for each other. I love their banter. They made me laugh a lot. But I envy Olivia. She has the best of both worlds. Not only does she fall for this hottie with a stunning body but she falls for her soon to be best friend. Who wouldn’t want that? Like I said, best of both worlds.

Before Jamaica Lane can be read as a standalone, but I highly recommend that you read this series from the beginning. Trust me, you will end up loving these characters.