A woman expecting to spend the holidays alone finds warmth in the
iciest man she knows in this steamy and charming later-in-life romance
by New York Times bestselling author Jane Porter.
It’s been five years since Andi McDermott lost her
husband, and she’s finally starting to feel like herself again, ready to
live fully—she’s even started dating again. But when her holiday plans
with her stepson and his fiancée fall through, she refuses to spend
another Christmas alone while everyone is celebrating with their
families. Impulsively, she decides to go up to her cabin in Lake
Arrowhead, a place she used to love to visit but hadn’t gone to in
years, not since the feud started between her husband and their nearest
neighbor.
Andi starts to rethink her decision when being alone at the cabin
proves to be more challenging than she expected—a heavy snowstorm hits
the area, and Andi finds herself trapped there with no one to help
except for her neighbor, Wolf Enders. A military vet
who lives full-time on Lake Arrowhead, Wolf is as grumpy and
intimidating as Andi remembers. But he’s also unexpectedly kind and
uncomfortably sexy—his presence reminds Andi that she may be older, but
her body still works perfectly fine, thank you very much. But can this
good girl tame this sexy beast of a man, and will this snowy fling turn
into a love of a lifetime?
What I thought about Flirting With The Beast
I've been waiting for a romance to really grab me and it's been a
while. I wanted the kind of romance that keeps you reading until the
final pages, the one you can't put down because you've just become so
engaged with the characters and their journey.
Flirting
with the Beast satisfied that for me. I read this in less than 24
hours, and loved Andi and Wolf. This was an interesting and fresh
romance for me.
Andi is a widow, having lost
her husband 5 years ago. In her late fifties, she's coming out of her
grief and wants to embrace life again. She's excited to enjoy the
holidays until someone she cares about acts in an inconsiderate manner,
forcing her to find alternate arrangements. She ends up going to the
family cabin.
There's a bit of a history to the
cabin -- her husband had feuded with their neighbor Wolf, who'd always
made Andi feel just a bit anxious. Their
re-acquaintance is cute and
uncomfortable, and a snow storm changes everything. I loved Andi here
as she examines her feelings about Wolf. It's really cute. They both
are. But Wolf is not a relationship kind of guy.
He's
also got some family issues to deal with in the form of his
daughter-in-law and her hyper three year old. Wolf's sense of
responsibility puts him back in Andi's orbit, and things get sweet
again... for a while.
I adored the
uncertainties in this relationship as I thought it mirrored real life,
and just when things are getting into a nice groove for them -- BAM!
it's painful and messy and wrong on so many levels that I wondered how
they could ever make it back from that point, but the author does a
great job of putting them back together in a very believable way with a
message about love and forgiveness.
I love a
romance that draws me right in and knows how to pull on my emotional
strings as a reader. Flirting with the Beast did just that. I couldn't
put it down, and I really loved Andi and Wolf's romance. It was a
story that shows that "lightning-bolt" kind of love can happen at any
age, but there might be a cost to pay too. I was blown away by this
story and loved it all. Will definitely be on my favorites of 2022
list.
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, Jane
Porter holds an MA in Writing from the University of San Francisco and
has written 75 novels since getting her first sale to Harlequin Presents
in 2000. A six time RITA finalist, and RITA winner in July 2014 for Take Me, Cowboy,
Jane is known for her passionate, powerful stories and relatable
heroines. An advocate for writers, Jane founded Tule Publishing in 2013
to give romance and women’s fiction authors support and opportunities.
Jane and Tule Publishing are both based in sunny San Clemente, CA.
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