Showing posts with label Layla Hagen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Layla Hagen. Show all posts

Sunday, December 29, 2019

Your One True Love by Layla Hagen

One of the last unmarried Bennett siblings, Daniel is the only main character in the series who doesn't even pretend to want to stay single. He knows that his family is trying to get him hooked up back up
with Caroline Dunne, his college sweetheart and he's all for it. He knows that they both made bad decisions that lead to them breaking up but that doesn't mean that they both aren't smarter, wiser, and in a better place to maybe make a relationship work.
Caroline isn't as sanguine. Yes, she's still attracted to Daniel but the last time they broke up, she didn't just lose him, she lost his whole family. And since her mother died last year, she wants those connections.
I do like that the obvious Big Misunderstandings aren't the ones that Hagen goes for but there are still always at least one last issue that we have to read through.

Follows Your Fierce Love
Followed by Your Endless Love
Book borrowed from Library
Opinions are my own

Saturday, December 21, 2019

Your Fierce Love by Layla Hagen

Your Fierce Love (The Bennett Family #7)Clara Abernathy grew up in foster and group homes. She's not anxious to lose the ties she has to the Bennett family through her best friend and former boss, Nate. Even if Blake Bennett is the hottest guy she knows. But she is also reluctant because her new boss is looking for any gossip he can get about the family and he's pressuring her.
Blake is reluctant to date, especially after one of his exes blabbed about his sister's divorce. But he can't stay away from Clara.
I really appreciated that the Big Misunderstanding wasn't the obvious one. Actually, that got cleared up pretty quickly though it did create a bunny trail in the story that didn't really need to be there. An okay book in the series but not my favorite.

Three stars
Follows Your Alluring Love
Followed by Your One True Love
This book came out July 29th, 2017; published by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Opinions are my own

Friday, December 20, 2019

Your Alluring Love by Layla Hagen

Your Alluring LoveIn previous books, it's been noted that Alice Bennett has a crush on one of her brother's friends. In this story, we get to meet the man, Nate. She's felt that she won't have a chance because his life's goal is a job that will take him to England. But when his job doesn't come through as a result of nepotism, he realizes that maybe the woman he's never been able to consider is suddenly more available to him.
The two strike up a relationship but will it last the test of time?
If you liked the other books in the series, you will still like this one. But you don't necessarily have to have read the other books in the series to like this one.

Three stars
Follows Your Tempting Love
Followed by Your Fierce Love
This book came out May 1st, 2017
Opinions are my own

Wednesday, December 11, 2019

Your Tempting Love by Layla Hagen

Your Tempting Love (The Bennett Family #5)When Christopher Bennett's sisters recommend Victoria Hensley, he is quick to figure out that he is being set up. But he doesn't really care. Victoria is gorgeous and the young sister she has brought to their first meeting is adorable. He is astounded to learn that Victoria has taken on raising her three siblings after her parents' death. And anyone who's read the Bennett Family series knows that love of family is a major part of what makes them tick.
Victoria is balancing a grieving family along with a Social Services agent who doesn't seem to believe she can hack it and being fired by a boss who is now accusing her of stealing clients. She's got a lot going on. But that doesn't mean she can't spend a little time with a handsome man. But it's just a little time. At least, that's what she's planning. But the more time she spends with him, the more she wonders.
I was seriously concerned for Victoria's heart; it swelled, it grew, it swelled, it grew two sizes. She was on the road to serious health problems. And Christopher was set up as this prankster but... nothing about it struck me as endearing. An okay addition to the series but definitely not my favorite.

Three stars
Follows Your Inescapable Love
Followed by Your Alluring Love
This book came out February14th, 2017
Book borrowed from library
Opinions are my own

Tuesday, December 10, 2019

Your Inescapable Love by Layla Hagen

Your Inescapable Love (The Bennett Family #4)Best friends from 9 to 13, Max Bennett and Emilia Campbell are reunited when Max needs some rehabilitation after a skydiving accident. Emilia works at the prestigious center Max goes to. Seeing each other after all that time, it seems like their feelings have hardly changed. Even though Max is now working for his family's company which his brothers and sister built from the ground up. And Emilia is dealing with her beloved grandmother's Alzheimer's.
Rebuilding their relationship and then turning it into something... more adult, Emilia and Max slide right into love. The ending is a little shaky but it was worth a read.

Three stars
Follows Your Forever Love
Followed by Your Tempting Love
This book came out July 28th, 2016
Book borrowed from library
Opinions are my own

Monday, December 9, 2019

Your Forever Love by Layla Hagen

Your Forever Love (The Bennett Family, #3)Pippa Bennett has been matchmaking her family. But now it's her turn. And, seeing Eric Callahan at her brother's wedding has her agreeing with her sister's assessment of tall, dark, and handsome.
Eric is only in town while he gets a company he took over into shape and his daughter takes a summer  class on designing jewelry. Pippa Bennett is her favorite designer and Julie is delighted to meet her. Pippa is kind to the twelve-year-old. Having her come visit in the afternoons is a delight. An added bonus is getting to spend time with and getting to know Eric a little better. Soon everyone seems to want the two to get together - Eric just has some decisions to make about moving his daughter across the country.
I didn't love the Big Misunderstanding because it seemed a little OTT from Eric but I did like that he and Pippa did end up talking to each other.

Three stars
Follows Your Captivating Love
Followed by Your Inescapable Love
This book came out July28th, 2016
Book borrowed from library
Opinions are my own

Sunday, December 8, 2019

Your Captivating Love by Layla Hagen

Your Captivating Love (The Bennett Family, #2)Logan Bennett knows that his family is conspiring to set him up with his soon-to-be-sister-in-law's best friend, Nadine Hawthorne. And he's not averse. She's a lovely woman.
Nadine is more concerned with getting her shop up and running. But she's not averse to a little fun. It's just too bad that they both seem to be getting invested. And when he steps up to make sure that her shop succeeds, even bringing in his family to help, she starts to hope that forever might be real.
Definitely a fast, fun, and fluffy. Not a lot relationship building, I'm not sure why they're together except the heat but still fun.

Three stars
Follows Your Irresistible Love
Followed by Your Forever Love
This book came out April 12th, 2016
Book borrowed from library
Opinions are my own

Saturday, December 7, 2019

Your Irresistible Love by Layla Hagen

Your Irresistible Love by Layla HagenSebastian Bennett has a strict rule against fraternizing with his employees. It's part of what has made his company so successful- the company he built from the ground up after his parents sold the family ranch. But he succeeded and Bennett Enterprises and their jewelry is well known. He is, in fact, not up for relationships in general. He's seen his parents' marriage work through 9 kids and wants something more like what they have than the empty promises of women after his money.
Ava Lindt doesn't care how rich Sebastian is. And while she is drawn by his looks, the hottest thing about him is how much he cares for his family. She doesn't have those types of ties to hers. Even so, her company has a rigid policy against getting into relationships with clients so her goal is to come in, help set up the marketing for the yearly Bennett Enterprises jewel show and then head on to the next contract. Getting involved with Sebastian is not on the agenda.
But the two end up getting together (all of the Bennetts seem to fall in love rather quickly after Hagen has them think that they don't want to be in a relationship; at least they don't fight it.) The last Big Misunderstanding ended up being a giant setup that was resolved with a little whimper but it was a nice kick off to a new-to-me series.

Three stars
This book came out January 15, 2016
Followed by Your Captivating Love
Audiobook from library
Opinions are my own