ARC BOOK REVIEW ~ SURRENDER TO SULTRY BY MACY BECKETT

Title: Surrender To Sultry (Sultry Springs, Book Three)

Author: Macy Beckett

Expected Release Date: August 6, 2013

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Leah McMahon is back in Sultry Springs, Texas to help her dad recover from surgery. But there's a new sheriff in town and he's none other than Colton Bea, the wild-as-weeds boy who stole her heart a decade earlier. Colt's a changed man now, and the feelings between these high school sweethearts are stronger than ever. But Leah's got a secret so devastating that he may never forgive her. Can she find a way to earn absolution and build a future with the sultry man she's loved half her life?

Book Review

I have fallen in love with Beckett's Sultry Springs Series. It has charm, humor, and that loving familiarity that comes from living in a small town. Reading Beckett's books is like sipping on sweet tea, rocking on your front porch, while watching the sun set. I can practically hear the cicadas chirping. 

Colt Bea was a teenage rebel, hell bent on living it up and causing trouble wherever he went. But when he meets Sultry Springs preacher's daughter, Leah McMahon, he finds out just how perfect heaven feels in his arms. 

But Colt takes Leah's tender heart and breaks it in two--and Leah flees town only to return ten years later in order to take care of her father.

During Leah's absence, Colt realizes just how much he wronged her. And his guilt push him to heavy drinking and womanizing, until he's caught in the sticky trap of a woman scorned. Said woman beams him with her car and Colt's serious injuries give him time to reflect on his bad boy ways and he turns over a new leaf. 

But he has never forgotten the girl he once had--his Angel--and how he let her slip right through his fingers. 

When Leah returns to Sultry Springs, Colt is determined to set things right and show Leah he's not the boy he used to be. But Leah has a secret that has the potential to blow any chance of reconciliation sky high. 

Beckett is a natural when it comes to creating unforgettable characters layered with good 'ol southern humor. And Sultry Springs is a place you will want to come back and visit time and time again. 

BOOK REVIEW ~ A SHOT OF SULTRY BY MACY BECKETT

Title:  A Shot of Sultry (Sultry Springs, Book Two)

Author:  Macy Beckett

Release Date: March 5, 2013

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Welcome to Sultry Springs, Texas: where home can be the perfect place for a fresh start.

For West Coast filmmaker Bobbi Gallagher, going back to Sultry Springs is a last resort. But with her career in tatters, a quick trip to her hometown might get her the footage she needs to salvage her reputation. She just can't let anything distract her again. Not even the gorgeous contractor her brother asked to watch over her. As if she can't handle filming a few rowdy Texans.

Golden boy Trey Lewis, with his blond hair and Technicolor-blue eyes, is a leading man if Bobbi ever saw one. He's strong and confident and--much to her delight--usually shirtless. He thinks keeping his best friend's baby sister out of trouble will be easy. But he has no idea of the trouble in store for him.

Book Review 

I love discovering new authors that rock it out of the starting gate and blow my mind with their characters and fictional world. And Macy Beckett has done just that.

A Shot of Sultry is book two in Macy's adult debut series. (Click here for my review of Sultry with a Twist). Trey Lewis was introduced in the first book as a secondary character that easily won over my heart. He was sexy, funny-as-hell, and so needed his own HEA.

Bobbi Gallagher returns to her hometown of Sultry Springs, determined to repair her injured reputation as a documentary film maker. She is producing a new reality t.v. show--Sex in the Sticks. Not exactly award winning television, but she has to start somewhere.

Trey's mind is on leaving Sultry Springs and returning overseas for a military contract that will change his OTH discharge with the Army.    His best friend and business partner, Logan Gallagher, has no clue that Trey has no intention of returning. 

But things quickly change when Bobbi sets her sights on Trey and Colt (the town's sexy sheriff) as the two men to spotlight on Sex in the Sticks. Colt, bad-boy extraordinaire signs up ready, willing, and able--Trey is more or less coerced by Logan, so he can protect his baby sister from rowdy (er, horny) cowboys intent on getting their groove on with Bobbie. Logan is aware of Trey's reputation and warns him to keep his hands off of his sister in the meantime. 

Easy Peasy. 

Bobbie and Trey has instant chemistry that sizzles on the page and the two have a hard time keeping their hands off each other. Both decide to have a summer romance--no strings attached--and secret to avoid Logan finding out. 

What follows is a humorous, steamy, love story about two people who have found their perfect match. Macy packs in quirky southern charm and humor that had me laughing out loud. A delicious read-- with a secondary story involving Colton that I cannot wait to get my hands on! 

September 2013 is sooooo far away. 

Favorite funnies from A Shot of Sultry:

Trey didn't care how hot she was, threesomes were off the menu, especially when another dude was involved. The risk of crossing swords was too high. Plus, nobody liked boldly going where their friends had just gone before.

Squinting against the sunlight, he glanced at the tent he'd created beneath the sheet. Hell, that was no ordinary tent--it was a friggin' Ringling Brothers Big Top. You could fit a clown car under that dome.

"She's got baby fever.""Oh, snap." Well, hell. That'd take the jingle out of any man's junk. "Too bad there's no Tylenol for that."