Love on the Boardwalk by Christi Barth – Review & Giveaway
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Description:
Atlantic City is the perfect place for detective Bradley Hudson to nurse his broken heart. A week of beer and strippers is sure to erase his former fiancée from his memory for good. What he didn’t count on was running into a sassy redhead from his past. Maybe a rebound romp is an even better plan…
Trina Trimble, private eye in training, is thrilled to be reunited with the hottie she almost hooked up with last summer. She’s undercover on her first solo case, but there’s always time to lock lips with a sexy cop. Besides, a fun fling with Brad doesn’t have to last beyond his week in town.
Brad and Trina are supposed to be just flirting, not forging a new forever. Brad’s still healing, and although Trina changes careers the way other women change shoes, she has finally found her calling in her new life of disguises and stakeouts. But when an irresistible job offer threatens to lure her away, Brad will need to decide to let her go or bet it all on love and risk his heart again
Review:
Love on the Boardwalk by Christi Barth is the first book in her new Shore Secrets series. Love on the Boardwalk follows in the tradition of sweet romance stories that Barth writes so well. Brad Hudson is our hero, and he is a detective, who goes to Atlantic City for a short vacation. Brad, whose fiancée dumped him, is mending his broken heart in a strip joint, when he runs into Trina Trimble.
Trina is our heroine, and she is a rambunctious redhead at that. Brad is shocked to see Trina, especially waitressing in this joint, being barely dressed. He learns shortly thereafter, that Trina is a PI in training, and was sent to AC to work on her first case. The two of them met months ago, when they were with their friends, Darcy and Coop, who are great secondary characters in this story. At that time, they just flirted, with nothing happening, as Brad was not interested in getting involved.
Now in Atlantic City, Trina sets her sights on hottie Brad to at least have a one night stand. Brad is afraid to become involved with Trina, since his friends will not be happy, knowing he could hurt their friend, with him just using her for sex. But Trina is determined to make Brad forget about his ex, and uses her wiles to make it impossible to resist her.
What follows is a nice romance, with the added mystery of Trina working on her case. Darcy and Coop added to the fun when they arrived to join them in AC. Though I liked the characters and the chemistry between the couple, the story early on felt a bit scrambled to me. Overall Love on the Boardwalk was a fun sweet story, with a hot couple.
Reviewed by Barb
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i am really wanting to read this book! sounds like a great story!
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wonderful review, Barb. Another wonderful romance.
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Great review, Barb. Looks like a sweet romance.
Great review, Barb. sounds interesting – is this a first for this author?
Hi – LOVE ON THE BOARDWALK is actually my 12th published book. Jump on in to my backlist at http://www.christibarth.com
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I love Christi’s books, been waiting for this new series to come out. Sounds like such a fun read! I’ve liked/followed all the choices including Christi on FB. Thanks for the chance to win this giveaway!
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Hi ~
LOVE ON THE BOARDWALK is actually the sequel to LOVE AT HIGH TIDE – it is not part of the Shore Secrets series. But…good news…that series did kick off already with the release of UP TO ME in June!
Ooops my bad. I saw somewhere, not sure where it listed this as part of Shore Secrets.
This is actually the sequel to Love at High Tide where Trina and Brad were first introduced.
Thanks, Jonetta. I will fix my post.
Sounds like an awesome read. Keeping fingers crossed and thanks for the great giveaway.
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Sounds like a fun romance story. Thanks, Barb.
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Terrific review, Barb. Another fun romance to read.
What a great story
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