Member Reviews
I love the people of Stacy Finz' Glory Junction and Nugget. This Garner Brothers book is especially charming with the surprisingly vulnerable characters in Darcy and Win. I hope Boden and Rachel's story will be told, because I want to keep these people as part of my reading. Once again I had to skip over the graphic sex and coarse language to get to the lovely story, which inhibited me from giving it 5 stars.
I received an advanced reader copy from the author herself and an e-ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. This is the 3rd book in The Garner Brothers series, which also included a short story, Each brother has had a story. This one is Win's story. He has a reputation of being a lothario, but after a former girlfriend tried to tie him to her with a pregnancy scare, he is trying to mend his ways by being more responsible, both personally and professionally. Darcy is the receptionist at Garner Adventure and would like a promotion with more responsibility. Win and Darcy are paired together to get a highly-desired account. At times, I wanted to shake each of the two main characters for being so dense about things, but overall I really liked them and rooted for them. I look forward to the final short story about two of the residents later this year and I believe a Christmas story in the Nugget series. I've very much enjoyed everything Stacy Finz has written so far and can't wait to continue reading more from her. Although this is a series, I believe that this can be read as a stand alone, but you will most likely want to go back and read the entire series. This book will be released on July 31st. Thank you to the author and to NetGalley for copies of the ARC.
Darcy, a shy and mousy (in her mind), and Win, the playboy, make an odd couple. What a treat though, I really enjoyed this one. Darcy is sassy and talks back more and more, and Win shows that he wants to grow up and be more than just a guy with no ties. I liked how they compliment each other, and help balance each other out so well. Fun read, and great summer book. Highly recommend this book and author.
Wow! This book is full of laughs, lust, frustration, insecurities, emotion, family relations, misunderstandings, and love. The road to HEA for Darcy and Win is hardly smooth sailing, but it is worth every up and down. It's a delightful story, offers some tugs at the heartstrings, and provides a fun return to Glory Junction and reunion with the Garner family. Now that all of the Garner men are taken, I hope there will still be more stories to come.
This is my first book by Stacy Finz and what a delightful read it was.
Win is trying to change is image and when Darcy proposes him for one night of without strings fun, though tempted he turns her down. But since then he has been captivated by Darcy and wants to get to know her better. Darcy fears she is she a passing fancy for Win, can Win convince her otherwise?
I enjoyed the way Win and Darcys relationship developed. Their banter was fun, sexy and the push and pull kept things interesting. The secondary characters added to the story making it more interesting. I haven’t read the previous books in the series but that’s definitely on my TBR list.
Win Garner and Darcy Wallace have both been introduced in this series before. Win is the playboy of his family, the one who wines and dines women but never gets serious. In fact, he tries not to get too serious about anything. Or that's the perception; there have been glimpses of a deeper Win.
Darcy doesn't want Win to be deep. She just wants to break her dry spell. So she's fairly astonished when she crawls into his bed one night but gets rebuffed. Because her mother has been wearing on her self-confidence her whole life, she assumes that it's her. But Win is just trying to stay on the straight and narrow. He suggests they be friends but can't stop flirting.
The two are thrown together in order to help bring in a corporate account for their family business, Garner Adventures. It lets them both shine as well as spend some more time together.
This is a fast,fun, and fluffy with some toe-dips into the serious but nothing deep. Perfect reading for a summer's day.
Three and a half stars
This book comes out July 31
ARC kindly provided by NetGalley
Follows Want You
This is a very good story in which we watch the hero grow and change; a reformed Don Juan, Win decides, all by himself, to make changes in his life. And I found Win just delightful, so charming but slightly wounded – no one takes him seriously and there are some lingering effects related to childhood issues – so handsome, kind, honest and supportive. He’s a great hero and totally unpredictable.
I found this all very compelling and loved how this new-to- me author, Stacy Finz, wrote the story and made the characters complex, fighting against stereotypes in the same way Win does. He really doesn’t fit the first impression people have of him but fighting misleading labels is hard – and that process is superbly depicted. We see the ways he learned to cope and deal with his issues and the tags he was given – playboy, reckless - making the best of it.
The romance was great, with Win slowly but steadily falling for Darcy. It’s refreshing to have a hero so sure of his feelings for the heroine and so determined to cherish and win her, in spite of her reluctance.
I am a huge Finz fan land just love this series and the Nugget series. She writes character so well. I enjoyed the romance in the book a lot. Win is a complex character and you definitely get attached to him over the course of a few books. The major flaw for me was the first chapter. I just can’t see Darcy acting as she did in the opening chapter. It was never really explained well enough to my satisfaction. I hand waved that away since I lived the rest of the book. But that initial motivation just didn’t work for me. Otherwise as always I look forward to everything Stacy writes.
I binge read the other books in this series, including the short story about Josh included in a collection of other authors. So I went into reading Love You with high expectations, and I was not disappointed at all!
This book is a great example of why I love dual POV. Throughout the series Win struck me as a guy who liked to have a good time and would often be found with a new woman on his arm. Getting to see inside his head in this book, though, really showed that there's more to him than meets the eye. The same for Darcy, who readers have gotten to know as the admin at Garner Adventures. There was so much more to her story than I had guessed.
There are, of course, appearances by the rest of the Garner clan, and liked getting glimpses of how each couple and their friends are doing. Even though all the Garner Brothers have gotten their own book, I hope there will be more to come from the little town of Glory Junction!
I loved this book. Darcy has really come out of her shell. And Win shows his softer side. I didn't think he had it in him.