STIRRING UP TROUBLE is book three in the Pine Mountain series.
Sloane writes romance novels for a living. Her last novel was a success but the manuscript for her new one isn't cutting it. Her editor wants her to go to Greece to write her next hot romance. Sloane doesn't really have the funds to go so she has to come up with a job quickly, to get her to Greece and a multi book deal or else she is finished. What can she do? Can she find a job temporarily to fatten up her bank account?
Gavin is his sister's legal guardian after their mother died of breast cancer at 53. Bree is a handful and Gavin is trying his best. Bree is thirteen and in middle school, but she has been cutting classes and Gavin needs to make her stop. Unfortunately, Gavin also has a full time job as a restaurant manager and the babysitter he hired to keep an eye on Bree has just let him know she has to leave. Her sister broke her hip and she has to go to her. What's next? How is he going to continue to support his sister and himself and keep an eye on Bree? How can he possibly manage on his own? His boss Carly, suggests Sloane, but Gavin isn't having any of it. He doesn't think Sloane is capable of keeping an eye on his sister. Well, what woman doesn't like a challenge? STIRRING UP TROUBLE is just what you get when you put Sloane and Gavin together.
STIRRING UP TROUBLE is a charming and touching small town contemporary romance. Gavin and Bree are still mourning the death of their mother who passed away a year ago. Because of all the turmoil they have been through since their mom got sick, they both have trust issues and won't even open up to each other to get through their grieving process. It takes Sloane to show them they really need each other, but will they realize they also need Sloane?
I love the chemistry between Sloane and Gavin but honestly, for me, Gavin and Bree really steal the story. How can you not love a man who gives up his dream job and traveling to take care of his beloved mother and then his little sister. Gavin's commitment to his sister is amazing and I love how he puts her best interests first, even when she is acting like a brat and many times, mean to him. If you are like me, and tend to cry when reading, keep the tissues handy. STIRRING UP TROUBLE will surely pull at your heart strings!
STIRRING UP TROUBLE is the third novel I have read by Kimberly Kincaid. Her stories to me are like the most expensive and delicious chocolates In the world! I devour her novels and can think of doing nothing else until I finish them. Kimberly Kincaid pulls you right in and gets you all involved in everyone's business. Sloane and Gavin feel like old friends and then throw Bree in the mix and soon you find yourself giggling out loud when they are all together.
Sloane Russo's turned a decade of crazy jobs and
whimsical
travel into a career writing steamy novels set in exotic
places. Trouble is, Sloane's flat broke now--and she
can't
channel sun-drenched beaches in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
The only fast cash in town comes with some seriously
distracting temptation: Gavin Carmichael, hot, handsome
and
oh-so-hard-headed.
Gavin isn't the impulsive Don Juan of Sloane's novels.
He's
raising his thirteen-year-old half-sister, and he's
pretty
sure he's supposed to act like he's never heard of fun.
Sloane is way too sexy and irresponsible to be his idea
of
a
good tutor for Bree, but the unpredictable anti-nanny may
be
irresistible as well. . .
A question poked at Gavin's conscience, getting
increasingly louder until he finally gave it a voice.
βLookβ¦donβt take this the wrong way, but this is over
three weeksβ worth of work. Iβve got to ask, how much
help did you give Bree, exactly?β
Sloane made a less-than-dainty sound and rolled her eyes.
βI already passed eighth-grade English, and Iβm not
exactly eager to do any of the writing on my own again.
Bree busted her butt, I assure you.β She started to wad
up the discarded pages at her feet, muttering a low oath
as the ball got big enough to exceed her hand.
Okay, so that had come out more accusatory than heβd
intended. He knelt to help her collect the crumpled
pages. βSorry. I didnβt mean to imply that you did it for
her.β
βSure you did. But like I said, you donβt have to worry.
I helped her, but only as much as sheβd let me. Once we
got started, she really did most of it without even
talking to me.β
Now there was something he could relate to. βYeah, that
sounds like her.β The ache in his bones migrated to
include everything beneath his sternum, and Gavin let out
a tired exhale. He reached for the last scrap of paper at
the exact moment Sloane did. Unable to change his course
of movement without making contact, his fingertips
brushed against the top of her hand as she closed a fist
over the page, and the sheer heat of her skin under his
hand registered in a jolt.
βWhoops, sorry.β He withdrew his hand and looked up, only
to discover his face about six inches from a pair of
heart-shaped lips, parted in a look of surprise. βI
didnβt mean toβ¦β A quick gesture to her hand completed
the sentence. Her skin was so soft, like a stretch of
perfectly golden caramel, warm and sweet and utterly
decadent.
For a hot, impulsive moment, he wondered if she tasted
the way she looked.
βNo biggie,β she murmured, not moving her eyes from his.
Up close in the soft lamp light, they looked even
prettier, kind of a cross between a summer sky and
gathering storm clouds, and the juxtaposition caught him
square in the chest. His left knee pressed against her
right thigh from when theyβd both knelt down on the
floorboards, and even through the wool and denim, heat
coursed from her body in waves.
He meant to lean back, to correct the mistake of
accidentally invading her space and just let her go.
Gavin commanded himself to move, to say good night, and
give her enough room to walk out the door.
But instead, he kissed her."
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