SUDDENLY ONE SUMMER is a standalone novel and isn't part
of any
series. However, Ford Dixon is Brook's best friend in Love
Irresistibly, which
is part of the FBI/ US Attorney series. I would call
SUDDENLY ONE
SUMMER a spin-off book. I haven't read the FBI series and
I wasn't lost
reading this story.
Victoria Slade isn't having a good time in her new home.
After her home is
broken into with Victoria there and hiding in the closet,
she doesn't feel safe
and buys a home at another location. Her new home won't
be ready for a
few months so she moves into a condo temporarily and right
next door to
reporter Ford Dixon. He is a man who unknowingly makes a
really bad first
impression. She sees a parade of, women going into Ford's
condo and pegs
him as a player. Victoria doesn't want anything to do
with Ford, but that
doesn't remain the case for long. Victoria agrees to help
Ford's sister,
Nicole track down her baby's father for child support.
Now, not only is she
seeing Ford more often than she'd like but she's working
with him on
tracking down the unknown father and getting up close and
personal with
the sexy reporter, much to Ford's delight.
I love the character that Julie James created in Victoria.
She is smart,
funny, and a woman in control of her own life. She isn't
dependent on
anyone and has had to endure way too much in her life from
the time her
mom did something very selfish when Victoria was only ten
years old. That
one act has a big effect on her and after the break in
Victoria seeks the
help of a professional to overcome her panic attacks.
SUDDENLY ONE
SUMMER is a look into Victoria's life and how one event
changes
everything that one summer.
I have never read Julie James before but I'm adding her to
my favorite
author list and going to hunt down her previous books.
She had me
laughing out loud many times while reading SUDDENLY ONE
SUMMER
and I felt as if I were in the room with Victoria and Ford
and joking right
along with them. Their story was just what I was looking
for. Funny and
sexy all in one. But the babysitting scene with the
volcanic vomiting was
just hysterical, well, maybe not for Ford but for me.
Julie James is now on
my author radar.
From the New York Times bestselling author of
It Happened One Wedding comes a novel about a man and
a woman whose summer is about to get very, very hot...
Divorce lawyer Victoria Slade has seen enough unhappy
endings to swear off marriage forever. That doesn't mean
she's opposed to casual dating—just not with her cocky new
neighbor, who is as gorgeous and tempting as he is
off-limits. But once she agrees to take on his sister's
case, she's as determined to win as ever—even if that means
teaming up with Ford....
Investigative journalist Ford Dixon is bent on finding the
man who got his sister pregnant and left her high and dry.
He's willing to partner with Victoria, despite the fact that
the beautiful brunette gets under his skin like no other
woman. He might not be looking to settle down, but there's
no denying the scorching attraction between them. Still, the
more time he spends with Victoria, the more he realizes that
the one woman as skeptical about love as he is might be the
only woman he could really fall for…
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