I truly enjoyed the pacing of the story and the well-written characters. This book took me by surprise. It kept me interested throughout the story and I needed to see what was going to happen. I would recommend this story to all thriller and who-done-it lovers.

I liked this book. Anytime I can get hooked and not want to put a book down in the frst chapter it's going to be good.,right?
Wynter is a young girl when we first meet her. Then we meet her again as an adult. As a child she lives a shelter life and has all the best care and opportunities one could have. She thinks that her parents have her this protected because she was almost abducted once. As an adult we see that she is a very private and quiet person, which you'd expect seeing how she was Her most recent bodyguard Cullen notices that she doesn't really make contact with anyoe besides where she works, and of course, her parents.
Suddenly there is a scandle about her father and she suddenly finds her self completly alone. Well of course except for Cullen.
Okay so at this point in the story I am hooked and can't wait to see what happens. But I am completly disappointed. The end is okay but the fact that just as you get into the meat of the book the author just ... I don't know but the story stops being interesting and it was a struggle to finish. I did finish it. It wasn't my favorite book of the year but it was good. I would recommend it to my friends as we tend to have different thoughts on what is a good book.

In Jamie Pope, One Warm Winter, this startling contemporary romance debut will overwhelm you with a whole lot of things. For Wynter Bates, she was adopted by a wealthy billionaire when she was a baby. And when she was little, someone tried to kidnap her, spewing false claims that she was her child. Now as an adult, she had grown up living in Washington D.C as a college professor as her father runs for president and a scandal had transpired in the news--someone leaked to the press about the love letters about an affair and a secret love child. Caught up in the middle, Cullen Whelan, Wyn's Irish bodyguard whisked her away to St. Thomas and wait for everything to die down. To this secret getaway to tropical paradise, both Cullen and Wyn pretend their loves to Cullen's friends who were former military personnel and spies. When she's brought into his world, they get to know each other better and get closer to each other as more news unfolded about the scandal, making Wyn wonder if it was the truth about her parentage or all a lie. For Wyn, she was an African-American woman live with privilege and the riches, while Cullen was the opposite of her, an Irish lad who had battle scars from the war and from having a rough childhood with his father's beatings. Although Cullen sworn to protect her, he didn't want to fall in love with her and have no sex with her. But with a chance encounter together on the island made magic together between them. Between Cullen's father's ill health in Ireland and the D.C. scandal winding down with a shocker about Wyn's older sister, things come ahead to them to discover their true feelings for each other to have a go with it and have their own paradise in the States.

I really wanted to love it! The couple is sweet together and I was excited for a follow-up to Mostly Sunny.....and this was definitely okay, no major problems except that there was SO much telling and explaining emotions - I found myself skimming through a lot to get to actual action or dialogue. I’ll definitely read more from the author, but this one was just another book for me.

If you've read 'Mostly Sunny' then you know it ended with Sunny finding out that her husband had located her unknown, long lost sister. A sister who grew up in the lap of privilege as the adopted daughter of a Tech Billionaire. In 'One Warm Summer' we quickly learn that things weren't as rosy as one would imagine.

After a failed kidnap attempt when she was a child, Wynter Bates is forced to live a lonely existence with rotating bodyguards, and no social life. Now an adult, she is a bit of a solitary recluse through circumstances, and without any friends to call her own. Determined to be more than the daughter of a Billionaire, she parlays her ability to speak several languages into a fulfilling job as a translator.

After the retirement of her long-time bodyguard, she is assigned Cullen Whelan and he is her shadow -- seen, but never heard. When a scandal involving her father breaks, he tasks Cullen with whisking her away and keeping her safe until it all blows over. Cullen has been instructed to tell her absolutely nothing, so she is kept in the dark about the actual circumstances of what is happening and when she will be able to return to her normal life.

Cullen takes her to his future retirement Compound where he lives with a group of retired ex-military people where they pose as a couple. Wynter quickly sees a different side of Cullen and herself and she comes into her own through her association with Cullen and his friends. I'll end my review here, just know that there are lots of twists, turns and revelations that totally shocked me! Read It!

ARC provided by Dafina via Netgalley.

ONE WARM WINTER is a compelling story about trust and forgiveness that grabs you from the opening pages. I enjoyed it, and I recommend it. I enjoyed Wynter and Cullen’s love journey , and how they handled the devastating issues that occurred in their lives. There is a companion book titled MOSTLY SUNNY. While I read ONE WARM WINTER as a stand-alone, I am definitely adding MOSTLY SUNNY to my TBR list because now I understand the priceless connection between the two stories. After you read ONE WARM WINTER, you will too.

Cullen is the latest bodyguard hired to protect Wynter, an heiress who isn't sure what exactly the family secret is. She knows it's about her. She knows she's adopted. She knows someone tried to kidnap her at least once. Her father refuses to discuss the issue, other members of the family have disappeared, and now her father is running for President. BUT, there's a scandal out there. This one has a predictable plot, steamy scenes, and to be honest, it was fun reading. Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC.

Billionaire heiress and her bodyguard in a fake relationship is normally the type of thing I would immediately like.
Unfortunately, in this particular novel, it fell a bit short in a few areas for me. It started off great and I was initially intrigued but I found it to be pretty slow moving a few chapters in. It did seem a bit long to me but that may have been because I had lost interest in the middle.

Wynter and Cullen was a nice enough pairing and while I can't say I was invested in them, I was satisfied with their HEA. The whole scandal/mystery was more intriguing for me, even though the plot was laid out pretty quicky.

The writing was solid though and despite not necessarily liking this particular novel, I'd read more novels from Jamie Pope.

One Warm Winter by Jamie Pope
Liked the story line and enjoying it very much.
Starts out with Winter and she's about 10 and she tries to keep safe but has memories of a woman trying to take her....
Then we jump forward to current day and she's been whished off to an island by her security guard because her father, who she hardly knows is running for president and some news has hit the air waves...
She doesn't understand a lot of it but the others in the family have left the states to lose themselves overseas.
She knows her mother is not the one who gave her birth but the news says there is another child also-would be a sister to her.
Love how Cullen takes care of her especially at the 'home'. Lots of graphic sexual scenes. He protects her and we find out about his past life also.
Treasure the time my brother got to spend on the siland before his passing, he was so very happy there.
Love birthday gift Winter gives him and how they all travel afterwards to make amends and get closure...
Like all the deatils, up to date news articles, real life experiences, PTSD, trauma scenes and travel.
More secrets come to light and so unpredictable circumstances occur.
Would enjoy other works by this author.
Received this review copy from Kensington Books via Netgalley and this is my honest opinion.
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I received an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. A billionaire presidential candidate has a secret he hides from the world, including his daughter, Wynter, a college professor. To protect her from his past, he hires a bodyguard, Cullen, a former military intelligence officer. When the secret of Wynter’s family is leaked to the press, Cullen takes Wynter to the safest place he knows, his home on St. Thomas. Safe from the rest of the world, they can finally be themselves. This is a sweet, light, book that’s a perfect beach read. The warm carefree life on St Thomas, was the perfect contrast to the hard truths they had to face in the cold worlds they came from in DC and Belfast. I thought the dialogue in the book was a bit simple, and not what I would expect from a college professor or military officers. Overall, I enjoyed this book.

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Is it possible to know who you are, if it is not clear where you come from?

We learn in the beginning that Wynter is adopted by tech billionaire with political aspirations. Although her father adorns her and showers her with the best of everything, he neglects to give her the only thing she has really wanted…HIM. As a child she experiences a near kidnapping attempt and her father spares no expense to have her protected round the clock.

Cullen, ex-military-special forces has had enough security details that have been just as dangerous as being on the front line. After his last assignment, he thinks retirement may come sooner than expected. When he gets the call for Wynter’s detail, he figures guarding a spoiled rich girl is just what he needs for his last hoorah……Oh Cullen😱 this one just may be the most difficult one yet!

Wynter has always known there was some family secret that shadowed her, but when the media leaks a scandal surrounding her father and parentage, she seeks answers from him only to get radio silence. It is Cullen, that keeps her safe during this time whisking her away to a disclosed island under the disguise of being lovers. This get away gave them a chance to get to know each other on a another level.

When the details surrounding the family’s truth is finally exposed it is painful and yet heartwarming.

While I did enjoy this read and it was well worth the time, I would’ve liked a little more detail of Wynter and her father’s backstory.

So chapter 1 had me hooked. We meet Wynter as a young girl and then we meet her as an adult. As a child, she was sheltered and given the best care/opportunities behind the scenes. She believes she was almost abducted and that is why her parents had her so protected and closed off from people. As an adult, she is a very quiet and private person.
Cullen, she newest body guard over the last year notices she really doesn’t have contact with anyone outside of work and her parents.
Then a scandal breaks out about her father and she is abandoned by her parents and has no one to turn to. Good thing she has a wonderful bodyguard in Cullen.
And for me, this is when the story goes downhill and I skipped many chapters until I finished the story.

This is my first book by this author. While I didn’t love it, I do recommend it to the right person. You might enjoy it more then I did.

I was provided an ARC of this book by NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I very much enjoyed this story but I felt that the true nature of Wynter’s story deserved more detail than it received. By the time we got to hear the full story, it felt rushed and forced. It deserved more time and care. I liked Wyn and her personality but would have liked to see more of her finding herself outside of her usual setting as well.