Laws Loves: Thoughts about A Long Time Coming

I have always had this thing about Ireland. It started with a book set in the country with its varying shades of green, rolling hills, dramatic scenery, legends, and MEN. Amazing, the power of the written word, don't you agree?

When several sites suggested reading Scarlett Parrish's A Long Time Coming, promising a hot, sexy read, I took their advice and bought it. I've got to tell you that those women know what they are talking about! Ms. Parrish has succeeded in whetting my appetite further in all things Irish man.
Ms. Parrish has woven a tale about Piper Holt, who, it would seem to me, is at a mental, emotional, and sexual turning point in her life. She believes that she knows what she wants and how to get it, but her insecurities keep derailing her. After ending a stagnate relationship, she goes in search of something more. Piper finds it one night in a local bar, at the hands of an Irishman, Leo Carson. Leo is a great leading man: he is well written as an -at times- shy, nervous, assertive, fun bloke to be with. The sexual pull is immediate between these two, and the innuendoes that they, okay, he, volley back and forth had me smiling and laughing. Beyond that, Piper and Leo are hot together, both in and out of bed.

An excerpt from A Long Time Coming
"Shall I get us something to drink?" I asked, to have something to say.
Expressionless and wordless, he came nearer by one step, a frightening intensity in his chocolate eyes. I'd never noticed their true color before,but I'd only ever seen him outside after dark or under the artificial lights of a city centre bar.
He griped my upper arms, just below my shoulders and kept walking, forcing me back until I ended up against my front door. Even when my metallic hair clip clinked against it and I gasped, he didn't stop to ask if I was alright.
End of excerpt.

If the winter weather has you wanting to curl up on the sofa with a mug of coffee or hot cocoa with a steamy book, A Long Time Coming is a good choice. It would be even better if your someone special is in the next room when things get too hot!