Easter Delight by TM Cromer – 3.5*

Katie McKeown is on the run from her abusive husband when she finds a small town bakery. She is hired immediately. There she meets Philip “Lip” McAdams who flirts with her outrageously. Katie makes Philip rethink his bachelorhood and once he discovers the abusive ex he is determined to keep her safe.

This book wasn’t as light as the last book was but it was still written and had a fast pace to the story. I had more issues with this one due to the fact that Katie had just gotten out of an abusive relationship and seems to jump right into another relationship. She has left her husband but is still married to him with no plans to divorce as she doesn’t want him to know where she is.

Overall, it was an interesting story and I will pick up the next one and read it.

Baker by TM Cromer – 4*

Addie Jones is screwed. Her bakery’s manager has embezzled all her funds and left for parts unknown. Addie is faced with losing everything if doesn’t turn her finances around. At the behest of his cousin Vaughn McAdams has agreed to help Addie save her bakery. He just forgets to do one thing…tell her that he is there to help.

I enjoyed this story. It was light and fun. There was some seriousness about it but not a lot. After finishing the Thorne sisters’ books it was a nice change of pace. The chemistry between Addie and Vaughn was awesome. I liked how strong Addie was. Life through shit at her and she picked herself up and was determined to figure it out. Vaughn was a good guy who just wanted to help and ends up falling in love with Addie. The big screw up is he goes behind her back and doesn’t understand why she gets mad at him. Personally I think she forgives him to fast but it is a short story and there is limited space to have the happy ending. It was definitely worth the read.

Rekindled Magic by TM Cromer – 5*

*This Post Contains Spoilers*
Holly Thorne, twin sister to Summer, has always believed Quentin Buchenan betrayed her. She married another man, who betrayed her with her best friend. Through all of this Quentin has stood as bodyguard to her. He tries to protect her from anything that will hurt her but he can’t keep having his love thrown in his face. He is going to help her with the quest for the artifacts and then he is going to leave for good and find some semblance of happy.

This book made me cry. Quentin is a time traveler when he has an artifact. He has a conversation with a Goddess and decides to change the past in a different way in hopes to make the future better. But like with any change it also changes the future. In the original timeline Quentin and Holly were just getting back together. When he changes the past he comes back to Holly being pregnant with their child. Things are explained and it makes sense. It causes other things to have changed that come to bite them in their collective asses. One of them is Quentin is killed but they are able to wake her mother. After Holly gives birth to their daughter we jump into the future. The daughter is able to go back into the past and save her father. It was interesting but at times a bit confusing.

I didn’t really have anything that I didn’t like about the story other then it made me cry. I want the next book in the series.

Winter Magic by TM Cromer – 4*

*Does contain spoilers*

Every time Zane Carlyle sees Winter “Winnie” Thorne he has a sense of déjà vu. He feels like he should know her better than he does and he does. When they were teenagers he was mean and cruel to Winnie and said he wished he could forget her so she makes it happen. When Zane remembers he decides he will get his revenge on her for casting a spell that made him forget. He will use the Thorne sisters’ quest for artifacts to get his revenge. He insinuates himself into the quest and they are set to travel to another country when he decides to enact his revenge. This blows up in his face. He acts like he’s into her to get her to fall for him and then goes off to have a tryst with someone else. Made her very aware he was up to something in hopes that he would be caught. He doesn’t end up doing anything with the other woman but a kiss because he can’t as he realizes he loves Winnie. However, she saw him kissing this other woman as he planned and decides to go off on her own to recover the artifact. This puts her in danger and he ends up trying to make amends.

Overall I really liked the story. I get where Zane was mad because Winnie had no right to take his memories even though he was an ass. However, the tit for tat made him the ass. It all worked out in the end and I enjoyed the ride to get there but I really wanted to bash heads together before the end of the book.

Autumn Magic by TM Cromer – 5*

*This post contains spoilers*

Autumn Thorne met the love of her life while in high school. She thought Keaton Carlyle would be there for her and be understanding about her magic. Instead the moment she tells him the truth the relationship is over. Almost 10 years later when Keaton discovers he has magic he shows up begging for her help to learn how to control his skills. The more time they spend together the more his old feelings emerge. When Autumn is sent on a mission to uncover an artifact that could save her mother’s life Keaton is determined to go along and keep her safe.  In Summer Magic you get to see some interactions between these two. It was interesting to see Keaton go from pure hate of her to realizing that isn’t how magic works in this book.

Like the last book there was a lot of wishy/washy behavior from Keaton and it did get old. I kept thinking how many ways can she show you she loves you before you finally realize what you have. It takes her dying for him to finally get it. Literally if a Goddess didn’t come along and save her he would have missed out on her. There was also some kooky things with Keaton’s daughter that was just weird and I am still not sure if I like it. I understand where the author is coming from but it was just weird.

Overall the chemistry between Keaton and Autumn was amazing. The story had good pacing and wasn’t bogged down in anyway. The overarching plot about finding the artifacts to save Autumn’s mother progressed nicely and I can’t wait for the next book.

Summer Magic by TM Cromer – 5*

*This Post Contain Spoilers*Summer Thorne is set to create a sanctuary for unwanted animals. Sheriff Cooper Carlyle is just as determined to keep his town safe. When Summer’s animals get out he decides the sanctuary is too dangerous and must go. In his quest to get rid of the animals he discovers the Thorne sisters’ secret.

Summer has been in love with Cooper forever. He was mean and cruel when they were in high school and she still thinks he dislikes her when they are adults. This creates great chemistry between the two with their fighting.

One thing I didn’t particularly like was towards the end of the book you find out Summer has a twin sister and that her dad wasn’t really her dad. It made sense for the story but it is a topic that angers me. Adults put their own feelings before the children and made it so the Thorne sisters didn’t know there was another sibling. This was very frustrating. Another issue I had was Coop’s wishy/washy feelings. He was fine with her being a witch then in the next breath OMG you put a love spell on me. One maybe two times of this would have been fine but it was more than that and it did get old. Summer did eventually stop taking him back right away which saved this for me.

I loved the story and I want to read the next one. The chemistry between the characters was great. The story was well written. Even though it is part of a series I didn’t feel like this wasn’t a complete story.

Spring Magic by TM Cromer – 3.5*

*This post contains spoilers*
Spring Thorne is determined to find the next artifact to save her mother. She is also determined to get her man Knox Carlyle. She has wanted Knox forever and is set on having him.

Knox, with his dark past, doesn’t feel he deserves to have Spring. He does everything in his power to stay away from her at all costs until it is her turn to go on a quest for the next artifact.

With the way Winter Magic ended I wanted to read this book so badly. The epilogue alluded to Spring being damaged in some way. Because of this I had a hard time getting into the book. Once the bad thing happened I settled into the story. I ended up having several issues with the plot from the very bad thing alluded to in Winter’s book. The best part of this story was the progress the book is making in the overarching quest. It is still a well written story and the pacing is spot on.

Spring was immature from the beginning. I get she wanted what she wanted and she wanted Knox but there were better ways to get what she wanted. She was not cautious in any way shape or form. Because she was not cautious she ends up being kidnapped by the bad guys. Not blaming her in any way for what happened to her. She didn’t ask for it and sure as hell didn’t deserve it. This leads into the other big issue I have with this story. Spring was raped repeatedly for weeks. Horrible things were done to her before she is sort of saved. It is never really addressed in the book. The Goddess wipes her memory of all things including her family and the story just moves on from there. She is literally having sex with Knox a couple chapters after being raped. I think it was a month or so later but I still had a really hard time with the timeline. She eventually is shown her previous life and sees everything that led to her memory wipe but even then it’s kind of shrug and move on situation.

I really wanted to like this book just as much as I liked the rest of the series but with the issues I had with the plot I couldn’t. It frustrated me and not in a good way. Still worth the read and I will still pick up the next book.