first book in the A Crystal Cove Book series it is a wellwritten story that I enjoyed reading, This is Jude Hawthorne and Logan part of the Posse, There is also Judes son Joseph and his girlfriend Lindsay, I would like to read the other books in this series, I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and I also bought it,
The Posse
By Tawdra Kandle
I was give this book to read and review, I rated Five Stars
I fell in love with this book because the characters are mature and funny, Ms Kandle has created a heartwarming storyline, The dialogue is hilarious, witty, engaging and fascinating, I felt like I knew who Jude would end up with because Tawdra left little clues here and there, It was amusing to read each man step up and make their play for her, They were awkward, funny and of course one was enough to make you fall in love again,
The Posse is Jude and Logan story, Jude husband passed a year ago and "The Posse" has decided that they need
to take care of her, Because they don't her to fall in love and move away from them, The Posse is a group of guys who have been friends since grade school, They are more than friends, they are family, Daniel, Jude's late husband, was a member of The Posse, They all mourn his death but they could lose Jude from their group also and they don't want too, The men come up with a plan that the three single members of the group should step up and court her, At least one of them can win her heart and she would be content to stay with them forever, The Posse is like a close knit family and they were delightful! By the end they each had someone, There will be some twrist and turns for Jude and her family in the past two years, You couldn't help but want to cry with her when more is piled on top,
This was a remarkable romance with just the right twists and turns, It was refreshing to go thru falling in love all over again, With seamless writing, a nice paced plot and characters you will love, The Posse is highly recommended ! It's only,right now, so I suggest grabbing it while you can and sinking into a love story you won't soon forget Being a widow at the age of fortyfour was never in Jude Hawthornes plans.
After her husbands death, shes left with her familys beach restaurant and two nearlygrown children, The last thing shes looking for is another chance at love,
However, if her husbands best friends, the Posse, have anything to say about it, love is just what shes going to get, The Posse is determined to take care of Jude, and when they decide the best way to do that is for one of them to sweep her off her feet, three begin to vie for her affections.
But only one can reach her heart,
In a story of friendship, loss and second chances, Jude will learn her life is far from being over, This has been on my kindle so long I don't remember getting it, It must have been a kindle daily deal a long time ago! For a short read it was fairly good, Easy to read, light hearted and a nice HEA, Didn't take long to read, The Posse is about a widow named Jude, It's been a year since her husband's passing and "The Posse" has decided that they need to step in and take care of her, Heaven forbid she fall in love and move away from them, The Posse is a group of guys who have been friends since grade school, They are more than friends, they are family, Daniel, Jude's late husband, was a member of The Posse, Although they all mourn his death, the reality that they could lose another of their group should Jude move away is frightening, They come up with the plan that the three single members of the group should step up and woo her, Surely one of them can win her heart and they will all be content to have kept her there with them all forever,
I'm not used to reading romance with the main characters being in their's, Yes, I am in my mid's but I still think I'm in my's most time, So I wondered if I would like it of if I would have the 'ick' factor by still irrationally thinking of my parent's age, I'm glad to report no ick factor! Tawdra has created characters that drew me in and touched my heart, I felt like I knew who Jude would end up with rather quickly in the book, as Tawdra left little clues here and there, It was amusing to watch each man step up and make their play for her, Some were awkward, some were just funny as heck and one, . . One was enough to make anyone fall in love again,
The Posse is a close knit family and I loved them all! I loved how each of the men seems set up with a partner by the end of the book.
There were some surprises that that threw Jude and me for a loop, Her family went thru more stress in the past two years, I couldn't help but want to cry with her when more is piled on top,
This was a remarkable romance with just the right twists and turns, It was refreshing to go thru falling in love all over again, With seamless writing, a nice paced plot and characters you will love, The Posse is highly recommended !
What an amazing story! I loved Tawdra Kandle's King Series and was surprised when I learned that she was going to write a contemporary romance novel.
This story will have you thinking about you would expect to happen to you if your significant other passed away, Jude's husband Daniel, a man that she loved from childhood and had never thought to see anyone else as a potential suitor, died of cancer a year before this book takes place.
These two were your picture of to people who were always meant to be, but now she has to learn to live without him, Thankfully, his group of friends, which had become hers as well, step up to make sure she's ok, She never expected though that the unmarried ones would take that to mean that they should try to take care of her in more ways than friendship, The Posse, as they called their group, made a deal to try to woo Jude and see if anyone would be a suitable fit for her as a companion, possibly even lover.
The first half of the story is about their attempts at figuring out if anyone can actually think of Jude as more than their best friend's widow or as a sister.
The second half will have you grinning and crying from the obstacles that face Jude and her friends, It's such a touching story that I couldn't put it down, It's extremely believable. Honestly, I can only hope that my friends or my husband's would be so nice as to think of me like the Posse thought of Jude, We actually have a group of friends like the one in the book, so it's possible that it could happen, That just made this book touch home even more for me, I loved it.
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By: Tawdra Kandle
Jude is still hurting a year after her husband Daniel died, Her business and her college aged kids are helping her to keep everything together, She's not looking for much, she just wants to enjoy her off time and keep on her schedule,
The Posse have been friends forever, and are as close as brothers, They feel the loss of Daniel and want to make sure that Jude is taken care of, But is a new love in the form of one of the bachelors what Jude needs
As life twists and turns Jude she starts to see that just because you're not looking for it, doesn't mean it's not exactly what you need.
This is a sweet story about second chances and grabbing life with both hands, The pace is leisurely, and the story along with the characters are realistic, If you want a sweet romance you won't want to miss this one,
Received a copy for a honest review, Great story about second chances, family and friendship!
It was refreshing to read about a female main character who wasn't in her's, Jude, a woman with two college age children, was deeply in love with the man she had married who had also been her high school sweetheart, She was devastated when he died, but found comfort and support from her children and her circle of friends,
There is a bit of spice to this book, but well written with romance and not just sex, DNF afterof book read,
I just couldn't raise enough interest in this book to finish it right now, Will put it back into my stack of "To Be Read" pile, The story was ok until aboutpoint of book and then it pretty much jumped the shark, as far as I am concerned, Some aspects of characters and plot just seem so, . contrived, for the lack of a better word,
Sad that this book went the way it did, . it held so much promise at the beginning, Short read, but not a novella,
To be perfectly frank, the concept behind this story made me feel a little icky, The author was able to handle it fine by the end of the book, but a widow's deceased husband's friends making a pact to woo her so she doesn't leave the Cove and further upset their group Yuck.
Heaven forbid any of them TALK to her about it especially since she seemed to be the most entrenched one of the group!
The POV shifts to minor characters seemed.
. . forced I understand that the author was attempting to show how the hero and heroine might look to their friends/family, but popping into the heads of minor characters for a chapter or usually less only one time each never makes for a good read.
Once the hero and heroine fall into bed together kind of another icky situation, since she was heavily drinking, as well as an emotional mess, and he put away a few himself, it seemed like they couldn't stay OUT of bed.
And then suddenly , The timeline was so murky, it seemed to happen over the course of just a few weeks, if that,
Overall, I wasn't disappointed with the book in fact, it read much better than I expected after the initial set up but it's not one I will come back to or a series I would finish.
Falls into the usual ebook trap of needing an editor, too, Quite a number of words completely dropped from sentences, .
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