Defending Hearts

Defending Hearts is the second installment in Shannon Stacey's contemporary romance series titled Boys of Fall. I am a huge fan of Ms. Stacey's Kowalski Family series and could read those books back-to-back all day long. In comparison, the Boys of Fall series didn't start off to a promising start fo......more

Originally posted onThe Book Nympho Photojournalist Alex Murphy returns to Stewart Mills following his trip there for the football fundraiser. He plans to do a piece on the team and rents a room from Gretchen Walker and her grandmother at their farm. Gretchen and Gram need some extra money and he ne......more

I love having a go-to author that I can always rely on to bring me a sweet romance. Sometimes, in the rush of the real world, all you really need is a little escape into a small town and a little old fashioned true love. This series began in the first book with the graduated high school alumni’s gat......more

Alex Murphy is a photojournalist who finds himself burned out after a teenager's cellphone picture went viral instead of his professional shots. He's restless and needs a place to start over, so he decides to head back to his home town, Stewart Mills, to chronicle the efforts to save the high school......more

Hotness Rating 3 out of 5 Defending Hearts was a fantastic follow up to Under the Lights. This second book of the Boys of Fall series made up for any of the little annoyances I had with the first book. The pace was much faster, the characters had me invested from the very beginning and the story was......more