Sheltered by Love: A Grumpy Sunshine Small Town Romantic Suspense (Blueskin Bay Romances Book 1) 

Author Profile

Sariah Denzin lives on the stunning coastline in New Zealand, has authored forty-five romance novels across three pen names and is on a mission to produce as many as she can before her parts rust and things start falling off.

You won’t find her books on any best-selling author lists, she has no time for social media, and couldn’t care one jot that her work hasn’t received any writing awards. (Okay, there were two awards, but who’s counting, right?)

Sariah firmly believes laughter is the best medicine, thinks children are God’s greatest treasures, is married to her jacked high school sweetheart, and hopes to one day witness the Southern Lights with her quirky kiddos.

Her small-town family romances sit right smack bang on the line between steamy and sweet, feature rugged heroes and gutsy heroines, are dipped in intrigue, laced with action, all blended with a large scoop of humor, and a subtle dash of faith.

 

Non-review Rant

I read this during my 5-days stay in Pune. The stay might have been short but it sure felt like an eternity, what with all the moving, packing and the start of a week-long bout of common cold. It’s like every time I visit Pune, I come down with something.

I digress.

Let’s get back to the book.

Recap

The book is about a wounded guy Zane with strong family connections (because family is important), and Felicity who has had a terrible past with an ex, something secret and literally nobody around her. When Felicity moves into Zane’s family house as a tenant, it doesn’t sit right with him. He is territorial, and for right reasons.

And how the grumpy Zane then gets attracted to sunshine Felicity.

Review

I loved how the foreshadowing was done before the big reveal that Felicity had an “incident” in the past. From her getting spooked upon hearing “YouTube” to her aversion of a personal cellphone, even a simple button phone with no access to web, to her refusal of getting on her own website and letting Nikki do all the work, we all saw the big reveal coming. I also liked that the big reveal didn’t go into the grotesque details of the incident but focused more on the aftermath of it on the main character.

It reminded me of “So Not My Thing” because of the repeated reminders of that embarassing video in the past.

The hostile relationship between Zane and Felicity reminded me of my recent favourite book “the little cottage on the hill” by Emma Davies. Seth and Maddie had such electric and sizzling chemistry. Felicity and Zane were also a happening couple. Like the last book I read the cupcake cottage, this book also had boy bonding and girl bonding scenes. Unlike the last book I read, this one carried the story forward with those scenes and I didn’t mind them. The Reid brothers’ characters were an instant hit right from the time Levi appeared first helping Zane cleanup the house. I loved all the characters we were supposed to love and was annoyed by Nicki just as we were expected to be annoyed. Apart from the Riley Jones subplot everything else came together nicely. All in all, a nice read especially as it helped me through a very troubling journey back home: i had cold, blocked nose, watery eyes, a terrible headache and i couldn’t sleep because they were too many people boarding the train at every station and I am konda paranoid and… You get the drift. Now that I’ve talked about little cottage on the hill, I’m thinking I will revisit some scenes. Ciao.

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Stay tuned for more book reviews in my “one book review per month” series. This month, I have published two. Isn’t that nice?

Until next time, happy reading!