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THE TROUBLE WITH VALENTINE'S DAY

The Trouble With Valentine's Day, February 2005
Chinooks Hockey #3
by Rachel Gibson

Avon
Featuring: Kate Hamilton; Rob Sutter
352 pages
ISBN: 0060009268
EAN: 9780060009267
Kindle: B0070XFNJI
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"A sex proposition to a hunky stranger results in a lifetime commitment!"

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THE TROUBLE WITH VALENTINE'S DAY
Rachel Gibson

Reviewed by Kay Quintin
Posted February 23, 2013

Contemporary | Romance

Ex P.I. Kate Hamilton leaves Las Vegas to stay with her grandfather Stanley in Gospel, Idaho to heal and reorganize her life. Kate vows that Valentine's Day sucks after being dumped by her boyfriend and the disastrous outcome of her last case leaving her re-evaluating her life. Stopping over in Sun Valley Lodge, for the first time ever, Kate forges ahead and propositions a hunk at the bar. The last thing she expects is to be turned down flat and left in humiliation.

Working in her grandfather's store is the last place she expects to see the item of her embarrassment. Every woman's fantasy dream, Rob Sutter, is a retired Hockey star after an injury from a bullet from a crazy woman of a one-night fling; said fling also ended his marriage and leaves him an absentee father to his baby girl, Amelia.

Eventually their estranged acquaintance grows into a genuine friendship complete with sizzling hot sex in the store aisles. Rules have changed and Kate wants someone that will commit to love her for a lifetime. With his history with women, Rob cannot commit. Kate will not try to change his mind for what he believes and walks away permanently. It takes some real alone time without Kate to make Rob admit he loves her and cannot live without her in his life, forever. Maybe Kate will finally have a Valentine's Day complete with forever love!

Rachel Gibson's fantasies will be hard to beat. I so enjoyed this very heart- warming tale of two souls finding their way to true love. Once I picked THE TROUBLE WITH VALENTINE'S DAY up I had to fight myself to put it down. This is a truly wonderful story filled with compassion, love but definitely not least - - hot, sizzling sex to heat the blood. Rob is every woman's dream!

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SUMMARY

Kate Hamilton should know. Dumped by her boyfriend, stressed out by her job, she's returned to Gospel, Idaho, for some rest and small-town fun. But when her first attempted seduction of a hunky stranger is completely rejected, she wonders what else could go wrong? Well, for starters, she quickly realizes that the Mountain Momma Crafters' original poetry readings is about as good as it gets on a Friday night. Then she comes face-to-face with Rob Sutter, former ice hockey madman, owner of Sutter Sports--and the hunky stranger who told her to get lost. Rob's been more than burned by love--but then he and Kate find themselves in an ultra-compromising position in the M & S Market after hours, giving the phrase "clean-up in aisle five" a whole new meaning, and causing a whole lot of gossip in Gospel...

EXCERPT

Just like the first time she'd seen him, she wondered if thinking about the man had conjured him up. Only this time, there were no warm tingles. Just that funny feeling in her head like she might faint. She was sure he was recalling every detail of the night she'd propositioned him. Then night he'd made his rejection of her look like the easiest thing he'd ever done. "This is Rob Sutter," said Kate's grandfather, over the buzz in her ears. "Rob, this is my only granddaughter, Katie Hamilton. I don't believe you've met." The silence between them seemed to stretch forever as she waited for him to imform her grandfather that they had already met. To tell him his granddaughter was a drunk...or worse. "No. We haven't met" he said. A curious smile turned up the corners of his mouth. "It's nice to meet you, Katie."

BOOK SERIES

Chinooks Hockey

Simply Irresistible
SIMPLY IRRESISTIBLE
#1.0 โ€ข January 1998
See Jane Score
SEE JANE SCORE
#2.0 โ€ข February 2003
The Trouble With Valentine's Day
THE TROUBLE WITH VALENTINE'S DAY
#3.0 โ€ข February 2005
True Love And Other Disasters
TRUE LOVE AND OTHER DISASTERS
#4.0 โ€ข May 2009
Nothing But Trouble
NOTHING BUT TROUBLE
#5.0 โ€ข May 2010
Any Man of Mine
ANY MAN OF MINE
#6.0 โ€ข May 2011
The Art of Running in Heels
THE ART OF RUNNING IN HEELS
#7.0 โ€ข January 2018

 

 

 

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