Next Comes Love

An Island to Remember #2

by Helen Brenna

Street-smart city girl Erica Corelli spent the three best days of her childhood on Mirabelle Island. Now her sister has disappeared and Erica's on the run with her six-year-old nephew. The boy's father, an abusive Chicago cop, will stop at nothing to get his son back. Erica can only hope this unforgettable island paradise is a safe place to hide.

Garrett Taylor, the island's chief of police, takes one look at Erica and thinks, Trouble . The mysterious, sexy kind that disturbs a man's peace and instantly complicates the simple life Garrett came to Mirabelle to find. But no matter how hard he tries, he can't keep his mind—or his hands—off Ms. Couldn't Be More Wrong for Him.

Genres: Romance, Contemporary Romance, Harlequin, Contemporary, Suspense

256 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published October 1, 2009

About the author

Helen Brenna grew up in a small town in central Minnesota, the seventh of eight children. Although she never dreamed of writing books, she's always been a voracious reader of romances. After taking a break from her accounting career, she tried her hand at writing the romances she loves to read.

Since her first book was published in 2007, Helen has not only won Romance Writers of America's most prestigious award, the RITA, but also numerous other awards, including Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice and the HOLT Medallion.

Helen lives happily ever after in Minnesota with family, and she'd love hearing from you. Email her at helenbrenna@comcast.net or send mail to PO Box 24107, Minneapolis, MN 55424.

Visit her website at www.helenbrenna.com, chat with Helen and other authors at http://ridingwiththetopdown.blogspot.com, or friend her on Facebook!

Reviews

[Gail · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good story. The heroine has run to the island in Wisconsin in hopes of hiding safely with her nephew. We gradually learn what she's afraid of as she is drawn into the community. The hero is the new island police chief, and she hits on all his suspicion buttons, as well as attracting him more than any woman he's ever met, which raises his hackles all the more. It's good stuff. I liked it.

[Judi · Rating 3 out of 5]

Erica Corelli is full of sass and a no-nonsense chick from Chicago. Her life takes an unexpected turn the day she receives a desperate phone call from her half-sister Marie asking her to protect her son, Erica’s nephew Jason, no matter what, even when it means keeping Jason away from his abusive father. Erica upends her life without a second thought and ends up on the run with her nephew in tow landing on the island of Mirabelle, a place she visited as a young girl and has fond memories of.

Garrett G.T. Taylor was a Chicago cop who left the big bad city before it had a chance to grind him up and spit him out and lands a job on the small island of Mirabelle as the part-time police chief, who is also the all around Mr.-fix-it in his spare time.

From the moment Garrett spies Erica and her young “son” exit the boat ferry, he instinctively knows she’s trouble with a capital T!

I really didn't know what to expect from this Super Romance, but I admit I was pleasantly surprised. I was looking for something easy, fast and mindless to read and just happened to pick this one up by accident. The cover intrigued and the back cover blurb was enticing enough to make me purchase this book.

It had a good story that was well written and kept me reading until the end, little if no romance, but some sexual tension (I expect this is the norm for this type of formula romance).

I would definitely read another Super Romance if I happen to find another one that catches my fancy.

[JoAnn · Rating 4 out of 5]

What an interesting book. The two main characters were likeable and flawed and had a lot more depth than I expected to find in this book.

I think I still have flashbacks to the Harlequins of the late 70's/early 80's and sometimes forget to remember that they put out some really good books. Yeah, there are some clunkers, too. This was not one of them. This was a pleasure.

I will be looking for the other books in this series and for other books by this author.

[Heather · Rating 5 out of 5]

This story kept me turning pages and I enjoyed the whole town along with the lead romance. Very well done and a great read!