Close to Home by Cate Ashwood
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I've so loved this series. It's the perfect mix of romance and loveable characters with HEAs.

Witt was a total romantic. He'd been living his life for his brother, doing what was expected and getting hurt and losing himself in the process. When he gets injured, Mason steps in to help as a way of getting out of his house for a while. He didn't know how enraptured he'd become with Witt in just a few weeks.

I loved Witt so much. He was sweet and shy and vulnerable, yet he he didn't hide. If he cared enough, he'd let you know it. Mason truly wanted to take care of someone. To have their trust and know he could give them what they needed. They were so adorable together and their story just gushed love.

Truly sweet, low angst, and impossibly lovely.

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Copper Creek by Cate Ashwood
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

4.5 Stars

Oh, how I've loved this series. And to finally get a book about Frankie, well... it was perfect.

Frankie Bell is out and proud and high maintenance. His life in New York isn't what he'd been expecting a year ago when his bosses ended up in prison and the company fell apart. Temp jobs have gotten him nowhere and he's better than this. So when Holden asks him to Alaska to plan his wedding, he's got nothing to lose by taking a few months of vacation from his life.

Barrett has lived in Sawyer's Ferry, Alaska his entire life. Everyone knows him and he's got a business that he runs and he doesn't need more than that. When the whirling dervish named Frankie arrives in town, he turns his business AND his heart upside down and shows him that there's more to life than work.

I love that Frankie is a makeup wearing, hip-cocking femme with a love for all things glittery. The best part of him, though, is that he is SMART. He's got a good head on his shoulders, he's reliable, funny, well mannered, and loving. And when he sees something he wants, he goes all in.

Barrett was so giving it touched my soul. He had everything to lose and I loved how much he wanted Frankie. He was the perfect fit.

Cate Ashwood can write romance. She sweeps you up into the moment and you get lost in the feels. It's no longer about the words you read, but the squeeze in your heart. This story had me and didn't let go. Very well done.

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Bishop Ridge by Cate Ashwood
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Honestly, I can’t decide which book I liked more... I’m thinking this one!

As much fun as it was getting to know Gage and Holden, I thoroughly enjoyed Logan and Jackson’s story as well.

We met Logan in Alaska as the third doctor in the hospital who wasn’t looking for love at all. In fact he was pretty happy to be relegated to a life long bachelor. But when Jackson walks into the office, he can’t resist the pull.

What starts off as a one night stand with no strings ends up a cobweb if feelings and entanglements that keep the burn going and going.

When an author can write a steamy one nighter and keep the story going with a burn factor off the charts, you know it’s an incredible read.

As far as the characters go, I was smitten. Both of them were full on love ‘em and leave ‘em types, which generally make me cringe, but there was just something between them from the start that was just so magical.

Yeah, this is definitely a book to read and love and read again. Way to go, Cate Ashwood. You’ve made a follower out of me.

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