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Holly Lane (Destiny #4)
by
Toni Blake (Goodreads Author)
The weather outsideis frightful,but kisses by the fireare so delightful . . .
Sue Ann Simpkins is workinghard to rebuild her life andfind some holiday spirit.A weekend away fromDestiny in a cabin on nearby Bear Lake seems like the perfect Christmas gift to herself—until her ex’s best friend, Adam Becker, shows up at the door, claiming the cabin is his! And if that’s not tro...more
Sue Ann Simpkins is workinghard to rebuild her life andfind some holiday spirit.A weekend away fromDestiny in a cabin on nearby Bear Lake seems like the perfect Christmas gift to herself—until her ex’s best friend, Adam Becker, shows up at the door, claiming the cabin is his! And if that’s not tro...more
ebook, 261 pages
Published
October 25th 2011
by HarperCollins
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Oct 06, 2011
Auntee
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Fans of the series; Fans of small town contemporaries a la Virgin River
Trust. Trusting yourself, trusting others, letting your heart be open to love and risking hurt, being vulnerable, and putting the past in the past and moving forward---that's what Holly Lane, the fourth book in Toni Blake's small town romance Destiny series is all about. And even though the heroine in this story (Sue Ann) gave me some real hair-pulling moments, I loved this story, mainly due to the sheer awesomeness of the hero, Adam Becker.
So here's the story: 33-year-old Sue Ann has been blind...more
So here's the story: 33-year-old Sue Ann has been blind...more
What happened to Sue Ann here? I remember that I loved her in book #1. I even went to TB's FB wall and begged her to write Sue Ann's story. I loved her that much.
But imagine my disappointment with her in this book. I just didn't feel the connection between her and Adam that first time in the cabin. I would expect a bit of a wooing (or get-to-know-you-better) done first before she jumped him. Shouldn't she feel somewhat awkward or inappropriate about lusting after her ex-husband's best friend? H...more
But imagine my disappointment with her in this book. I just didn't feel the connection between her and Adam that first time in the cabin. I would expect a bit of a wooing (or get-to-know-you-better) done first before she jumped him. Shouldn't she feel somewhat awkward or inappropriate about lusting after her ex-husband's best friend? H...more
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Feb 14, 2013
UniquelyMoi *Dhestiny* BlithelyBookish
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Toni Blake’s Destiny series is the perfect blend of contemporary and erotic romance, making each story tender, feel good, and incredibly sexy. I guess I'm pretty demanding, but even in my erotic reading I want a believable story and a good solid relationship with people I can care about. I want to feel an emotional connection - to laugh when they laugh, to cry when they cry, and to sigh when they sigh. Well, Holly Lane gave me all that, and more.
From the cover:...more
The weather outside is frightful,
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This is not my favorite of the Destiny series, but it was still a pretty darn good read. I guess I just like that I know all the characters, and enjoyed getting back into their lives and the world of Destiny, Ohio again.
I've always been a sucker for love the second time around. (One of my very fave romance is Persuasion). Although both Sue Ann (don't like that name) and Adam are both divorced from other people, they share a long history in this small town. I was so surprised that this book was a...more
I've always been a sucker for love the second time around. (One of my very fave romance is Persuasion). Although both Sue Ann (don't like that name) and Adam are both divorced from other people, they share a long history in this small town. I was so surprised that this book was a...more
Oct 24, 2011
Manda Collins
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Fans of Robyn Carr, Susan Mallery, Rachel Gibson
Shelves:
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Another fabulous installment in Toni Blake's Destiny series. Loved all the allusions to A CHRISTMAS CAROL and loved that Adam turned out to be as great a guy as he's seemed all along. I was shocked when I learned who his heroine was. Sue Ann and Jeff seemed so happy together, but one of the lessons of this story is that things aren't always what they seem. Who knew Jeff would turn into such an asshat? Not me. Fortunately, Adam is just perfect for our Sue Ann, and I loved the circumstances that b...more
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Nov 11, 2011
Shawna
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Fans of holiday themed contemporary romances
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4 stars – Contemporary/Holiday Romance
I intended to write a review for this long before now, but life has been rather stressful lately and sidetracked me a little. But better late than never I suppose.
Toni Blake’s Destiny series has all the things I love in contemporary romance: a charming small town setting, genuine characters, witty dialogue, humor, intense emotion, and steamy love scenes. I find that holiday themed romances serve as great reminders of why I enjoy reading romance and also help...more
I intended to write a review for this long before now, but life has been rather stressful lately and sidetracked me a little. But better late than never I suppose.
Toni Blake’s Destiny series has all the things I love in contemporary romance: a charming small town setting, genuine characters, witty dialogue, humor, intense emotion, and steamy love scenes. I find that holiday themed romances serve as great reminders of why I enjoy reading romance and also help...more
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4+ stars.
Great holiday romance! Holly Lane is a good book for anyone wanting to get into the holiday mood. In addition to a great second-chance-at-love romance between Adam and Sue Ann, Toni Blake subtly (and cleverly) blends one of the great classic holiday stories -- ‘A Christmas Carol’ by Charles Dickens -- into a her own magical retelling. There was so much holiday cheer included with this story, I felt like I was watching a great Christmas movie mixed with a warm and sexy romance. Seriousl...more
Great holiday romance! Holly Lane is a good book for anyone wanting to get into the holiday mood. In addition to a great second-chance-at-love romance between Adam and Sue Ann, Toni Blake subtly (and cleverly) blends one of the great classic holiday stories -- ‘A Christmas Carol’ by Charles Dickens -- into a her own magical retelling. There was so much holiday cheer included with this story, I felt like I was watching a great Christmas movie mixed with a warm and sexy romance. Seriousl...more
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Can I just say how much I'm enjoying this series? I like all of the characters, the writing is good, and there aren't any corny cliches like you find in many romances novels. It's just great storytelling, plain and simple.
I wasn't sure how I would feel about this one going in, because Sue Ann's marriage always seemed happy and rock solid. The author did a great job of turning him into a jerk, though, so I could very easily root for the other guy. :O)
I like how Toni Blake incorporates some eleme...more
I wasn't sure how I would feel about this one going in, because Sue Ann's marriage always seemed happy and rock solid. The author did a great job of turning him into a jerk, though, so I could very easily root for the other guy. :O)
I like how Toni Blake incorporates some eleme...more
It was difficult to think at all when she felt like someone had just plunged a dagger into her chest.
- Sue Anne
And if you couldn’t show up at your best friend’s house at three in the morning, whose house could you show up at?
- Sue Anne
Like one day you’re loved and the world makes sense—and the next day, the love you thought you’d have forever is just . . . gone.
- Sue Anne
I feel like our whole relationship has been a lie, a sham, where I thought you loved me but you don’t. I feel like a fool.
- Su...more
- Sue Anne
And if you couldn’t show up at your best friend’s house at three in the morning, whose house could you show up at?
- Sue Anne
Like one day you’re loved and the world makes sense—and the next day, the love you thought you’d have forever is just . . . gone.
- Sue Anne
I feel like our whole relationship has been a lie, a sham, where I thought you loved me but you don’t. I feel like a fool.
- Su...more
I had heard so much about this book that I didn't think I would enjoy it but I still did maybe because I kept the bar so low.
I understood Sue Ann, even if she was like a pendulum swinging from here to there, within a period of six months her whole life had unravelled, her perfect husband left her for another woman and didn't have the decency to respect her and her kid's feeling and instead paraded her around. Sue Ann was trying to keep her daughter happy, get back to work while keeping it all to...more
I understood Sue Ann, even if she was like a pendulum swinging from here to there, within a period of six months her whole life had unravelled, her perfect husband left her for another woman and didn't have the decency to respect her and her kid's feeling and instead paraded her around. Sue Ann was trying to keep her daughter happy, get back to work while keeping it all to...more
Do you have to let go of the past before you can build a new future?
Sue Ann Simpkins is recovering from her husband’s decision to walk away from their perfect marriage. She cannot believe that he could just leave her and her daughter after all these years. Sue Ann is going to rebuild she is just not sure how but if there is a way to shake the snow from her shoes it is going to happen.
Adam Becker has been down the path of relationship recovery and never thought he would be the go to man. However,...more
Sue Ann Simpkins is recovering from her husband’s decision to walk away from their perfect marriage. She cannot believe that he could just leave her and her daughter after all these years. Sue Ann is going to rebuild she is just not sure how but if there is a way to shake the snow from her shoes it is going to happen.
Adam Becker has been down the path of relationship recovery and never thought he would be the go to man. However,...more
Sep 24, 2011
Judy & Marianne from Long and Short Reviews
rated it
4 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Originally posted at: http://longandshortreviews.blogspot.c...
Starting over is not as easy as people think, especially when you need to start over in the same town that your ex husband is living with his new wife.
Sue Ann is a Destiny child, born and raised in Destiny and then raising her daughter in the small town she loves.
But her husband decided the upset her perfect world by admitting that he no longer loves her and does love someone else. His betrayal is more than she can take. So a couple o...more
Starting over is not as easy as people think, especially when you need to start over in the same town that your ex husband is living with his new wife.
Sue Ann is a Destiny child, born and raised in Destiny and then raising her daughter in the small town she loves.
But her husband decided the upset her perfect world by admitting that he no longer loves her and does love someone else. His betrayal is more than she can take. So a couple o...more
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4.75 out of 5. Another wonderful Toni Blake novel that is coming out for this year's holiday season and which brings Christmas into the experience of two families and a community, and which is really built on Dicken's Christmas Carol -- loosely. Two people, one newly divorced and still reeling from her husband's declaration, just before Thanksgiving, that he has fallen in love with someone else and he is divorcing her, and the best friend of her ex, divorced for a few years, with two sons, both...more
This book was not bad and I might have liked it better if I didn't have so many little issues that just added up. The story itself was decent and the different ups and downs were all believable and kept me interested.
I started off feeling really bad for Sue Ann (I wanted to kick her ex's ass) and all the things that were happening to her. I immediately started rooting for her and her HEA. What changed was that she seemed determined to be miserable and I felt made a big deal out of little things...more
I started off feeling really bad for Sue Ann (I wanted to kick her ex's ass) and all the things that were happening to her. I immediately started rooting for her and her HEA. What changed was that she seemed determined to be miserable and I felt made a big deal out of little things...more
Story Rating 5 stars
Character Rating 5 stars
Romance rating 5+ stars
Heat level 4 stars
Overall Rating 5 stars
Toni Blake sure knows how to write one heck of an emotional romance that had me rooting for love to find it's way into the H&h's future. The story grabbed me right from the start and I had a really hard time putting it down.
The hero Adam oh my, he sure knew how to care for the woman he wanted. I have never read a story such as this where the hero just goes above and beyond to make the h...more
Character Rating 5 stars
Romance rating 5+ stars
Heat level 4 stars
Overall Rating 5 stars
Toni Blake sure knows how to write one heck of an emotional romance that had me rooting for love to find it's way into the H&h's future. The story grabbed me right from the start and I had a really hard time putting it down.
The hero Adam oh my, he sure knew how to care for the woman he wanted. I have never read a story such as this where the hero just goes above and beyond to make the h...more
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Dec 15, 2012
Elisabeth Rodrigues
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
2012,
contemporary-romance
As a follower of the Destiny series I didn't see this coming. Sue Ann was the friend that had married her high school sweetheart and seemed happily married so it was a bit of a shock to find her recently divorced and the heroine in this book.
The first half of the book set up both Sue Ann and Adam, their unexpected hook-up on Thanksgiving, and the realization that they may have feelings for one another. i understood the doubts both were assailed by - Sue Ann becos she's only been divorced 6 mont...more
The first half of the book set up both Sue Ann and Adam, their unexpected hook-up on Thanksgiving, and the realization that they may have feelings for one another. i understood the doubts both were assailed by - Sue Ann becos she's only been divorced 6 mont...more
I had never read anything by Toni Blake before, but I am a sucker for small town romances, and since this was also a Christmas romance, I thought I'd give it a try. Although I enjoyed it, I really can't say this is one of the best Christmas stories I've ever read. Sue Ann, recently divorced from her high school sweetheart and sharing custody of their daughter with him, goes to a cabin in the woods over Thanksgiving weekend to get some down time, and perhaps some clarity on where her life stands...more
Jan 05, 2012
Susan
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
2012-books-read,
romance
This is the first of the Destiny books I have read. I enjoyed it a lot, so I will go back and read the others. Adam was normally a very nice guy, but was currently in a really bad mood because of missing his sons. He wasn't thrilled to find Sue Ann in his cabin. They had known each other for years as friends, but he just didn't want any company. Sue Ann had gone to the cabin to get away and try to find her Christmas spirit. She had been really down since her divorce. When she and Adam found them...more
My review from Night Owl Reviews:
Sue Ann Simpkins is going through a rough time in her life. Recently divorced and spending the Thanksgiving holiday weekend alone without her daughter, she books a cabin on Bear Lake outside of Destiny. This is the perfect getaway that she needs to rebuild her life and a chance for some solitude. What she wasn’t expecting was to be visited by her ex-husband’s friend, Adam Becker, who claims that the cabin that she is inhabiting is rightfully his.
Adam is also spen...more
Sue Ann Simpkins is going through a rough time in her life. Recently divorced and spending the Thanksgiving holiday weekend alone without her daughter, she books a cabin on Bear Lake outside of Destiny. This is the perfect getaway that she needs to rebuild her life and a chance for some solitude. What she wasn’t expecting was to be visited by her ex-husband’s friend, Adam Becker, who claims that the cabin that she is inhabiting is rightfully his.
Adam is also spen...more
Review originally posted here: http://www.smexybooks.com/2011/11/gue...
This was my first read by Toni Blake, and I had heard so many great things about her that I was excited to start this one. Unfortunately for me it started strong and slowly started falling apart.
Sue Ann’s husband has left her and she is barely hanging on trying to keep her spirits up and provide the best Christmas she can for her daughter. When she tries to get away for the weekend, a scheduling mishap has her spending the ni...more
This was my first read by Toni Blake, and I had heard so many great things about her that I was excited to start this one. Unfortunately for me it started strong and slowly started falling apart.
Sue Ann’s husband has left her and she is barely hanging on trying to keep her spirits up and provide the best Christmas she can for her daughter. When she tries to get away for the weekend, a scheduling mishap has her spending the ni...more
Back to Destiny, Ohio for book four in the series with a Christmas story with parallels to Dicken's A Christmas Carol. In a surprise twist the heroine is Sue Ann Simpkins who in previous instalments had been happily married to childhood sweetheart Jeff. Not any more. After Jeff leaves her not for a twentysomething blonde bombshell but an ordinary woman in their own age group Sue Ann is shattered and has to re-assess her life. Enter Adam Becker her ex's childhood best friend to complicate matters...more
WOW! I love Toni Blakes books but this one I think is now my top favorite out of this series! I love Sue Ann, she is blunt, know it all mom who takes it from noone. She is a strong character in this book finding out her husband is leaving her for someone else, and she is an awesome mom!
During this you just fall in love with Sue Ann and Adam! Gah Adam is so swoon worthy I was drooling in some parts! But they find themselves thrown together at the cabin and why not make the most of it?! Sue Ann is...more
During this you just fall in love with Sue Ann and Adam! Gah Adam is so swoon worthy I was drooling in some parts! But they find themselves thrown together at the cabin and why not make the most of it?! Sue Ann is...more
Jan 11, 2012
Michelle
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
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I had to force myself to get through this book. It's not bad... but the two main characters should have just remained secondary characters. Sue Ann is a recently divorced single mom dealing with a ton of issues, and Adam is the local good guy who turns out to have a not-so-good secret from his past. I get the comaraderie between them and can feel their friendship, but I'm just not buying it turning into anything more. I really don't see why these two needed their own story. It would have been be...more
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Ooo I loved this. Read it in one sitting.
Toni Blake is definitely my favorite author at this point.
Amazing story, and character base! This is the second I've read (other was One Reckless Summer) and I enjoyed it so much.
I was so anxious to turn each page...the romance was amazing, completely. Great descriptions, nothing was rushed, it all felt so natural. I felt each emotion and she did a great job at conveying them all.
With content...much better than Fifty Shades, in my opinion. I enjoyed that...more
Toni Blake is definitely my favorite author at this point.
Amazing story, and character base! This is the second I've read (other was One Reckless Summer) and I enjoyed it so much.
I was so anxious to turn each page...the romance was amazing, completely. Great descriptions, nothing was rushed, it all felt so natural. I felt each emotion and she did a great job at conveying them all.
With content...much better than Fifty Shades, in my opinion. I enjoyed that...more
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Jun 14, 2012
Cheryl
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
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Another great installment to the Destiny series! Loved it!
Another great story by Toni Blake. I love this series. I never read a book cover in a series until I start reading the book so I never know who the next book will be about and I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me when the main character was SueAnn. The only married one in the bunch. This one was a little more emotional than the others. It deals with divorce, trust, moving on, love, and reindeers :) The only thing I didn't like about this book was Adam's dream sequences. huh? weird. Other...more
This is the first book I have read in the Destiny series and I loved it!!
Sue Ann is still recovering from her recent divorce, is not in the Christmas spirit. A getaway is in order and it just so happens she has picked the perfect place at a lake resort. Sue Ann is hoping this will help her get back in the holiday frame of mind. What she didn’t expect was to end up snowed in with her ex-husband’s best friend, Adam.
Adam is really in the Christmas spirit as well. Spending the season without his k...more
Sue Ann is still recovering from her recent divorce, is not in the Christmas spirit. A getaway is in order and it just so happens she has picked the perfect place at a lake resort. Sue Ann is hoping this will help her get back in the holiday frame of mind. What she didn’t expect was to end up snowed in with her ex-husband’s best friend, Adam.
Adam is really in the Christmas spirit as well. Spending the season without his k...more
This was a good holiday read and was a fun way for me to kick off this Christmas season.
Sue Ann and Adam have known each other for years. In fact, Sue Ann's ex-husband and Adam were best friends growing up. Sue Ann and Jeff are now divorced because of Jeff's infidelity. Sue Ann seeks escape in a weekend retreat at a cabin, and unknowingly, Adam has rented the same cabin. This quickly morphs into a "stranded during a winter storm" type of love story and how can you not love that?
As far as Christm...more
Sue Ann and Adam have known each other for years. In fact, Sue Ann's ex-husband and Adam were best friends growing up. Sue Ann and Jeff are now divorced because of Jeff's infidelity. Sue Ann seeks escape in a weekend retreat at a cabin, and unknowingly, Adam has rented the same cabin. This quickly morphs into a "stranded during a winter storm" type of love story and how can you not love that?
As far as Christm...more
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Toni Blake's love of writing began when she won an essay contest in the fifth grade. Soon after, she penned her first novel, nineteen notebook-pages long, and announced to her mother over breakfast one day that she was going to be a writer when she grew up. Since then, Toni has become the author of more than a dozen contemporary romance novels. Her work has been excerpted in Cosmo, she's been a re...more
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He wasn't there enough for her I thought. Too aloof and laid back. I like the go-get-em now hero more (lol!)
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