TROUBLE ME by Laura Moore

A Rosewood Series Novel

Ballantine Books

March 27^th, 2012

978-0-345-48278-5

Contemporary Romance

Mass Market Paperback

Reviewed by Dawn (love2read28@gmail.com)

Obtained by Publisher

 

Jade Radcliffe is the last of the Radcliffe sisters to come back to the family’s horse farm. Jade knows coming home will cause bad memories to come to the surface but she is determined to have a new life but a one night fling comes back to haunt Jade in ways she never anticipated. Seeing the man she had a fling with in her second grade classroom was shocking to say the least but when Jade finds out who the man she slept with and gave her such pleasure really is, will she walk away from the one person who makes her feel safe or fight for a love that she knows will save them both?

I got to admit, I haven’t had the chance to read books one or two in the Rosewood Trilogy but after finishing TROUBLE ME, I am eager to see how this all started. Ms. Moore is a new to me author and she is a wickedly talented author who knows how to draw her readers into a story, gives them exceptional characters to root for and fall in love with and create a story that has many layers to uncover…it’s almost like unwrapping a gift and trying to make sure you don’t rip all the wrapping paper off at once. Each layer you uncover gives you more to fall in love with. TROUBLE ME is a story of Jade, who we met as rebellious teenager yet there was something about Jade readers couldn’t help but fall in love with. She is honest, passionate and determined woman now and after having an unexpected yet passionate night with a stranger after being sidelined by bad weather at a hotel, she never in all her wildest imaginations that the man she spent that night with would be standing in her school classroom. This is one wild, steamy and romantic story that will leave you breathless. Jade and Rob are two people trying to overcome their pasts yet in one moment are drawn to one another. Secrets, desire and more play a part in their romance and the reader is treated to a woman who knows her worth and the man who finds the girl he remembers is not the person he remembers. Ms. Moore delivers one wild ride from start to finish with TROUBLE ME. I do want to suggest you read these in order as it does mention some things from the first two books and had me a bit confused on it.

TROUBLE ME is a wonderful story that the readers will fall in love with. I know I did. I am eager to read books one and two now to see how the trilogy began as well as Jade’s sister’s romances. With one fell swoop, Ms. Moore has created a series that draws the reader in and steals their heart. I encourage you to check this series out and maybe you will fall in love with the Radcliffe sisters as I did.

 

REMEMBER ME by Laura Moore

Book One of the Roswood Trilogy
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Date published: January 2010
ISBN: 978-0345482761
Contemporay romance
Mass Market Paperback
Reviewed by Valerie
Obtained via publisher


When Margot Radcliffe was rebuffed at eighteen by Travis Maher, she left Rosewood broken hearted and began to climb the ladder of success as a model. Her face is on all the big magazines around the country and people recognise her everywhere. At Rosewood, tragedy strikes when her step-mother and father die in an accident. She returns to find that Rosewood is almost in debt, Travis no longer works there and her sisters have their own problems. Margot is determined not to give up Rosewood. She begs Travis to come back and help her save the farm. When he does, their natures cannot help but clash and Travis is confronted with the one women he has never forgotten. Now he needs to show her somehow that he is the man for her. Before she is again lost to him.

This is a really entertaining story that held me in its thrall. I found the characters multi-dimensional and the plot intriguing. There is a lot happening. The budding passion between Margot and Travis. The problems of her sisters. The desperation on Margot’s side to save the farm at all costs. Just to mention for any readers who are horse lovers, the farm is a stud farm. Being a horse lover myself, I enjoyed reading about these elegant animals. Ms. Moore writes some sensual love scenes, great dialogue and a story that keeps you turning the pages. In this, the first of the trilogy, the story is concentrated on Margot, but I am sure that the stories of the other two sisters will be just as good and I am really looking forward to reading them.

This is an objective review and not an endorsement of this book.