Friday 14 August 2020

REVIEW - Winning Her Guarded Heart (Magnolia Valley Book 9) by Cora Reed

The Book
Release Date: 7 August 2020
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She’s not interested in Mr. Right, but she wouldn’t mind Mr. Right now… 
Joanna has seen first-hand with her parents’ marriage how a relationship can go sour. She isn’t interested in a relationship, but she would like to know what all the fuss in the bedroom is about.
No romance, just sex. That’s not too much to ask, is it?
So when her friend Micah figures out what she’s planning and offers himself—she should say  “hell no.” He’s exactly what she isn’t looking for. He has “complicated” written on every delicious inch of him.
… but when he kisses her, “no” evaporates from her vocabulary. All she wants is more, more, more.
It only takes one night for Joanna to realize she’s miles out of her depth. If she’s not careful, she’s going to lose more than just her virginity to Micah. She’s going to lose her heart. And that’s something she promised she’d always keep safe.
He offers her one night, but one kiss tells him one night won’t be enough…
Micah is satisfied with his life. He’s got great friends. He loves his job as a park ranger.
But everything he thought he knew goes flying off the rails when he overhears Joanna’s plan to lose her virginity. He can’t let her climb into some stranger’s bed.
But once won’t be enough. Micah is already thinking about all the other firsts they could have.
Joanna is everything he wants in a woman. She’s clever and funny and she drives him wild. She makes him dream of a whole lot more than just a satisfactory life.
But when Micah’s investigation into a poaching ring on the national park puts both their lives in danger, he pushes her away. Once he realizes his mistake, will he be able to convince her to give him another chance?
Can he overcome her defenses and capture her guarded heart?

My Review  5 STARS
**My thanks to the author for providing me with a free copy for an honest review**

This is the 9th book of this series and i am still loving it and i certainly would love to visit Magnolia Valley.

We have met both Joanna and Micah in previous books and i am glad that this pair got a happy ever after.

Both have pasts that have shaped them to be who they are, it's just a shame that poor Joanna has a deplorable father who seems more interested in how people see him than he is cultivating his familial relations.  He is a man with two faces.

With Joanna suddenly deciding that she is still living by her fathers outdated rules and life is passing her by she decides that she is finally going to get rid of her pesky v-card.  Micah overhears her conversation with her best friend Isla and he finds himself jealous and not knowing why.  He then decides that it would be safe if he helped her out.

Friends turn into friends with benefits, but as they get to know another side of each other that they didn't know before, more feelings get in the way.  When Joanna also helps him with a poaching problem on the park he looks after and gets hurt, Micah freaks out.

Both get a chance to really examine their feelings and grow into better individuals, being more self assure with themselves.  After a little break and Micah being given some advice from his father, he makes the grand gesture and makes sure to put effort into actually getting the girl for good.

Its another brilliantly written book and i cannot wait to read the next book with Susie and Declan.

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