Written July 9, 20154.7 Stars - Wonderful, touching, lovely .... simply greatThe last one for me to read in this lovely Chicago Stars series. 11:30 hrs audiobook narrated by the FANTASTIC Anna Fields. Once again; I'm happydancingI'm not exaggerating, Susan Elizabeth Phillips is still one of the very BEST in this feel good m/f genre. *********************************************Dream a Little Dream from the Chicago Stars football 'world' is book #4 published 1998 and my sev...

5 FAT Stars! I basically stepped on a landmine here. You see, I’m scared of books where the hero is pining after his ex. But a dead ex AND a dead child? A nightmare.After reading Nobody's Baby But Mine I just one-clicked this one and dove in. It turns out it’s a good thing I didn’t read the blurb. Had I read it, I wouldn’t have discovered this outstanding book. Not only did the subject matter NOT bother me at all, but it actually blew me away.I won’t say more about this book except for two thing...

This book is intense! SEP has a knack for taking these realistic characters, putting them in unrealistic situations, and making them flop around until the situation seems realistic again. And it works! This is such a fabulous book. It just made my heart hurt. For some reason, when kids are involved, I get much more personally invested in the story. When this story ended, I wanted to crawl back inside the pages and live in Heartbreak with the Bonners. And once again, what a great ending line! Mad...

3 - 3.5✨ ’He wanted to protect her and fuck her and comfort her and destroy her all at once. The chaos of his emotions coiled around his pain, deepening the agony’ 🐕 loved rachel ’She looked so forsaken and bewildered that his heart turned over in his chest. He knew how strong she was, and he told himself she’d recover from this latest setback, but he also wondered how many times one human being could get knocked to her knees and keep climbing back up.’ the plot was that she married this ass...

5++ stars!Another terrific installment in this outstanding series. This book was soooo goooood! Loved it. Once again SEP surprised me big time.I still feel bad because I had not read anything from this author before, I adore her style so much now.Do you know what's so good about this series? It's the way the author makes it seem so real. I'm usually a paranormal-romance reader so I don't care much about contemporary romance. I don't like cheesy or corny stories. So that's what's so good about th...

5 STARS[image error] You know, I keep trying, but I cannot rate any of Susan Elizabeth Phillips’ books less than 5. It just isn’t ever going to happen. And each one I read suddenly becomes my favorite. And this one is no exception. Seriously, these books are FUCKING SENSATIONAL! And that is all I need to say about it. [image error] Rachel Stone is only twenty-seven and already the destitute widow of a dead crooked television evangelist. She is a public pariah, who has lost everything, her

A fabulous read how I adored little Edward !!

3.5 StarsOverall Opinion: I love stories with kids in them! I also like the occasional grieving widow/widower story as well. So, this was right up my alley! I did enjoy it, but I didn't love it. I guess I never got over Gabe's treatment and issues with Edward. I got that he would struggle with Edward because of his grief, but his actual hatred for him never fared well with me. I also didn't like how that was all resolved. I didn't feel like it was all that believable, and it was as if a switch

I swear, books in this series are getting better and better. Every next one I start I am like, wow! this is the best! And then I go to the next one and want to say the same thing about it. To be fair I have to say all of them are amazing. I can't believe it took me so long to start reading this series.It's a classic contemporary romance at its best. The story, characters, angst and all the feels... so wonderful. Everything perfect and so well written. I recommend to all of you who love good love...

3.25 stars for sweet little Edward!

Re-readThis is probably one of my favorites of SEP as it has all the quirky humor and wry banter without the sometimes questionable practices that occur in some of her books: no-one pretends to be an underage teen in a sex game, or a gigolo, no stolen pregnancies via false birth control or sleep drugs, and no raping of the alpha men by their soon to be heroines. The heroine and hero have a humorous and tough redemption, but it works for both of them. One thing that really worked is that despite

***FIVE STARS***My lovely friend Anna recommended this baby to me (view spoiler)[ Thank you for that Sweet Anna (hide spoiler)], and I couldn't have loved it more. I'm a sucker for angsty stories, and this one had it in spades. Poor Rachel was treated horrifically by an entire town for crimes she was unjustly blamed for. Destitute and emaciated, she couldn't get ahead, or get forgiveness from almost anybody in the entire town. Rachel never lost her strength, her pride, or her wit, and her prot...

Five Heartache Mountain Stars.This is my third time reading this book. I loved it .... again. It is truly heartbreaking. Edward, bless his five year old heart will steal your own heart away. I adored him. Rachel, what a strong, brave heroine. Pain sliced through him. He'd been numb inside, just the way he wanted it but the two of them were cutting him open all over again ... Gabe, Gabe, Gabe ... Although this is part of a series, I really think it can be read as a standalone. It was great to cat...

My tear ducts needed a break after reading this. One of SEP's finest!

First of all somebody should kick my ass. :D This was my 1st SEP book (I know, I'm so late for this party!) and OMG, I loved this story soooo freaking much and I'm planning to devour her books ASAP! :)

I avoided this book for some reason. Possibly because I wasn't in the mood to read about a non athlete hero after falling through SEP's Chicago Stars. I'm glad I did get around to read it since it is one of the most heartwrenching stories I've read. Chip, Rachel's son, is absolutely adorable. Especially his relationship with Cal's daughter, Rosie. Gabe and Rachel's relationship grew slowly and pain was involved considering their pasts, but in a SEP's manner, they do end up together. Ethan and Kr...

There is no surprise here that I loved this audio book! ❤️ And it is safe to say that I loved listening to it just a bit more than sitting and reading it. The narrator Anna Fields did a fabulous job bringing these characters to life. My original review is below so I won't go on about the story other than to say it was AMAZING. As were the characters; Rachel Stone, Gabe Bonner and the ever so sweet Edward. ❤️If you loved reading this series do yourself a favor and listen to a few. You will not be...

What a whiplash-inducing experience :) If you'd asked me to rate the first third of this book, I would have gushingly informed you that five stars just didn't feel sufficient to capture how much I loved it. I fell immediately and deeply in love with the writing style. I couldn't get over the beautifully, poignantly REAL depiction of these characters and their struggles. So we've got a down on her luck yet plucky, sassy heroine whose resourcefulness and resilient spirit enables her (and, in this

5 STARS Another 5-star read from Susan Elizabeth Phillips!! I absolutely LOVE this series... Best Bits: There is so much to love about this 4th instalment of the Chicago Stars series. For me, the depth and integrity of the characters was the real winner here. My heart bled for Rachel, Gabe and Edward and I lapped up the indulgent sweetness of Ethan and Kristy as well (their story was a lot more predictable... but no less enjoyable.)It's like an awesome bonus! Two love stories for the price of

Downtrodden and desperate, Rachel Stone returns to the town of her youth (whose residents her deceased TV evangelical husband conned and all but bankrupted) to find a lost 5 million dollars to raise her five year old son, Edward. The secondary plot line is just as ridiculous and insulting. Reverend Ethan Bonner (let’s not even discuss that the man hears the voice of God as three different celebs in his head) is as hypocritical as the lambasted TV evangelical, Dwayne. Attracted to scantily clad a...