Straight Talk

De: Judith Keim

Narrado por: Angela Dawe

Samantha Hartwell's life changes completely when she's attacked by a client's boyfriend. She leaves Boston and Straight Talk, her consulting business, and escapes to California wine country to heal and to help her sister and brother-in-law with their vineyard's growth. But she can't escape the desire Derek Roberts, a world-wide photographer, had sparked inside her. The two challenge each other in ways they've never experienced and end up with more than they ever expected.

©2015 Judith Keim (P)2017 Judith Keim

Enjoying the Hartwell Series

They are a little predictable and endings are abrupt. Looking forward to the next book.

Nice additional to the series, but...

I really like this series and this book, except for one glaring issue for me. Sam is an intelligent strong business woman has succeeded even though surrounded by her father and a series of older men who think her place is at home supporting "her man" and not in any place of power with an opinion other than that she is told to have. She routinely goes nose to nose with her old school father and those just like him and it's fun to go along the ride with her. In her personal life she has gathered a fabulous group of friends who adore and respect her exactly as she is. They all support her in her wanting to be respected and in achieving all of her goals. Then there is her relationship with Derek. Her pining for him was really awful to listen/read. I was not only disappointed that she kept pining so pitifully for Derek, but in how their relationship was wrapped up and they got a HEA within a few short pages. I'd have given the story more stars, but the last chapter ruined it for me. That said, I still adore the series and am going to listen to the next immediately! Oh and there is absolutely nothing wrong with being a single parent, whether by choice or circumstance. Why in this day is it still so controversial??