Review: Irresistible by Susan Mallery

It wasn’t just her homemade brownies that made Walker find Elisa irresistible . . .

When ex-marine Walker Buchanan stops to help Elissa Towers change a tire, he tells himself it’s just the neighborly thing to do. And when Elissa finds herself baking him a thank-you pie, she’s just returning the favor . . . right?

Both of them have sworn off dating — Elissa’s determined to protect her little girl, and that means ditching her taste for dangerous men . . . especially former marines with dark secrets. Walker knows that he’s not cut out for hearth and home . . . his own crazy family made sure of that. But the sparks won’t stop flying between them.

Now the two are struggling to keep their relationship "just friends," but with every kiss, their rules fly out the window . . .

Title: Irresistible

Author:  Susan Mallery

Series: Buchanan’s

Publisher:  HQN

Format: ebook

ISBN: 0373771177

Genre: Romance
Release date: July 1st 2006

Number of pages: 376

 

Don’t get me wrong she’s not afraid to work and is handling her job and her daughter, but she misses her family and her ex is an addict that uses her everything he needs money. I liked her story and how she completely trusted Walker, because he needed some help to overcome what happened in his past.

The best part was the comparison with Angel. Plus he was really shocked about it. He’s strong and very manly, but not so funny, it was nice seeing his other side for once and he’s really good with kids.

These two deserved some happiness and things working for them is great actually.

Series in order

#1 – Delicious
#2 – Irresistible
#3 – Sizzling
#4 – Tempting

Review: Delicious by Susan Mallery

Menu
Appetizer
Cal Buchanan needs a top-flight chef to take over his failing Seattle restaurant, The Waterfront. He can afford to hire the best in town — the only problem is that the best happens to be his ex-wife, Penny Jordan.
Entree
Penny really needs this opportunity, but she doesn’t need the distraction of working with her ex. She’s sworn off romance — she’s even having a baby on her own. But before she knows it, the heat is on . . . and the attraction between her and Cal moves from a low simmer to a full boil!
Dessert
The rest should be easy as pie, but a secret from Cal’s past could spoil everything. Maybe it’s true that too many cooks spoil the broth — or maybe two is enough to make it irresistible.

Title: Delicious

Author:  Susan Mallery

Series: Buchanan’s

Publisher:  HQN

Format: ebook

ISBN: 0373770561

Genre: Romance
Release date: February 1st 2006

Number of pages: 377

 

Cal is seriously screwed up and it’s all Gloria’s fault. At the begin of the book it was interesting to understand that these tow separated but still are friends, so working together can be strange but not impossible. Cal thinks it’s better for them to be friends than anything else, because everything he touch became destructive.

I don’t blame him, for his mistakes in life, but I do blame him by the way he treated Penny during their marriage and how he never even came clean about his secrets and the reasons why he kept her from the family business.

Penny is very strong and a really great girl, she decided to have a child and after what happened with her marriage, she just jumped on the in vitro fertilization to save time and keep her child to herself. She’s very capable in the kitchen as the executive chef, but there’s only one thing missing in her life and it’s closure about her marriage going wrong. They were good together but things started happening and she never figured out why he withdraw from her.

I liked how they managed to overcame the mistakes of the past, but I still think Cal could be a little proactive and start sharing the secrets before his crazy grandma start hurting people, because the woman has a problem with control and loves to see the others suffering.

It was really nice meeting this family and now we get to see even more secrets.

Series in order

#1 – Delicious #2 – Irresistible
#3 – Sizzling
#4 – Tempting