Need You by Terra Kelly!

Book two of The Winters Family Series, a contemporary romance filled with emotion. 

After Alyssa and her daughter experience a horrible tragedy, she realizes a change of scenery is needed to help move on from the past. She ends up in Idaho, opens a cafe, and continues to live life in the past for the next two years. Until Alex arrives in Boise. 

Alex is the youngest Winters brother, a chef in Los Angeles. When he loses his job, he decides it’s time to leave the big city behind. He finds a job opening in Boise, Idaho for an Executive Chef position. He lost his job and girlfriend in the same day, now it’s time to just focus on work, or so he thought. 

With so much sadness, can Alex show Alyssa it’s okay to love again? Will Alyssa realize she needs Alex to help her let go of the past? 

Recipes made at the Cafe “Lexie Eats” will be included in the back of the book. 

**This book can stand alone from the series.**

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It's certainly terrible what Alyssa and her daughter went through but it's also amazing to see what she has done with her life since then. And Alyssa is such a sweetheart! I love it! Alex was a perfect gentlemen, someone I would certainly like to have in my life and he was even sweeter with her daughter. I really enjoyed the characters in this book and not just the three I mentioned. They were all good characters that weren't just background noise.

The plot was moving fast but at the same time slow enough that you didn't think you were speeding through it. I think it's fair to say that Alex and Alyssa were the ones moving quickly. And the way that it fed into Josh's book was a different way to end things.

The writing was mostly great, there were a few times I almost got lost when there was an abrupt change but other than that I enjoyed it.

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Alex by Sawyer Bennett

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“I’m not sure why you were labeled the team prick. I’m just not seeing it.” -Sawyer Bennett, Alex

Alex isn't know for being the best person to his hockey fans.  But when the management forces him to work with Sutton on an outreach program for at-risk kids, he finds himself finding new things to appreciate about his sport and becoming a better person both on and off the ice. But when he starts having problems on the ice, he has to reevaluate his life. But will he make the right decision or will everything fall apart? Find the official description on Goodreads.

Both characters were definitely unique. But Alex was much more so. Many of the characters in any of the sports romance I have read enjoy their sports. But Alex isn't enjoying Hockey, mostly because of his father. I’ll leave that for you to find out more about. Plus he was a bit of a….well there are lots of words for him, so let’s just say he doesn't have a people personality. It definitely makes for an intriguing read. Sutton was a lot more happy and yet she could hold her own against Alex. It was fun to see their interactions and watch as they got under each others skin.

Sawyer Bennett also made me feel as if I was going to my first hockey game again when I experienced through Sutton’s point of view(although I wish one of the players would have done that to me. I would have fainted.) It was a marvelous feeling and one I was glad that Sawyer Bennett was able to capture so fully.

There were hockey scenes but they were fewer in number than the rest and while I wished we could have had more hockey I also enjoyed the moments that Alex did have. At many points, especially towards the end, I was sighing over everything. And I noticed that Garrett’s name also is the name of the next book so I was looking eagerly for scenes in which he participated and he definitely made me laugh.

Alex was a great read and I have a feeling that it’s just the beginning! Alex is due for release October 14th, 2014.

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