Sandy M’s review of Hold On (Play On, Book 2.5) by Samantha Young
Contemporary Romance published by Evil Eye Concepts 12 Mar 19
I was very happy to see another book in the Play On series. I didn’t know Autumn O’Dea was going to be featured in her own story, but I’m glad Ms. Young decided to write it. I’ve enjoyed this series a lot, so any books she wants to continue to add to it, I will definitely read.
Autumn is the sister of Killian O’Dea, hero of As Dust Dances. He basically raised Autumn after their parents’ deaths and their uncle turned out to be a total jerk – business more important than family, among a few other asshole-ish attitudes. She’s never really found herself in a number of jobs, her relationships have been horrid, so she’s come to Montana for a jump start to her listless life. A beautiful vista away from familial influences should give her the chance to figure out what she wants to do for the rest of her life.
What Autumn doesn’t count on is Grayson King. She literally runs into him on the ski slopes, and though he’s a handsome brute, he’s also a jerk in the few minutes’ interaction they have. Gray, however, is smitten from that moment on, and he’s everywhere she is after that, never letting up, wanting to either wear her down so she’ll give him a chance or seduce her with the same results.
At first Autumn wants to put the brakes on Gray’s roller coaster way of courting. She’s not had good luck with men, so getting involved after just a few days’ acquaintance isn’t the smart thing to do. Gray knows better. Autumn is it for him, and he now has to make her realize it’s the same for her where he’s concerned. He has his work cut out for him. Other issues crop up in between scorching times in the bedroom, but you just know they’ll figure everything out in the end, especially because Autumn’s soft and kind heart doesn’t have a chance when it comes to Gray’s romantic and lustful onslaught.
My only complaint? This story is novella length. I would have loved a lot more pages about these two. As usual, Samantha Young does it exactly right.
Grade: A
Summary:
Autumn O’Dea has always tried to see the best in people while her big brother, Killian, has always tried to protect her from the worst. While their lonely upbringing made Killian a cynic, it isn’t in Autumn’s nature to be anything but warm and open. However, after a series of relationship disasters and the unsettling realization that she’s drifting aimlessly through life, Autumn wonders if she’s left herself too vulnerable to the world. Deciding some distance from the security blanket of her brother and an unmotivated life in Glasgow is exactly what she needs to find herself, Autumn takes up her friend’s offer to stay at a ski resort in the snowy hills of Montana. Some guy-free alone time on Whitetail Mountain sounds just the thing to get to know herself better.
However, she wasn’t counting on colliding into sexy Grayson King on the slopes. Autumn has never met anyone like Gray. Confident, smart, with a wicked sense of humor, he makes the men she dated seem like boys. Her attraction to him immediately puts her on the defense because being open-hearted in the past has only gotten it broken. Yet it becomes increasingly difficult to resist a man who is not only determined to seduce her, but adamant about helping her find her purpose in life and embrace the person she is. Autumn knows she shouldn’t fall for Gray. It can only end badly. After all their lives are divided by an ocean and their inevitable separation is just another heart break away…
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