ARC Mini-Review: Along Came An Aussie (De Luca Sisters)

Along Came An Aussie (De Luca Sisters) 

by Lexxie Couper

Blurb:

Bria De Luca lives life without a safety-net. As a professional skydiver, she’s always ready to take a leap of faith. Even a bad landing that breaks a few bones, and a breakup that shakes her confidence a bit, isn’t enough to stop her from living her life full throttle. When she meets a hot Aussie at a Halloween party, she’s ready to ditch the costumes and play a little trick and treat.

Owen Blackthorne is in the States to visit his sister and to try and keep his mind off a life-changing phone call he’s waiting for. When the most amazing woman he's ever met grabs his attention at a rooftop party, he decides she's the distraction he was looking for.

Neither of them are looking for anything serious, and love at first sight only happens in the movies, so why does whatever's sparking between them start to feel so...significant?

Themes:  Erotica

Rating: 4  stars

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Review:

 I have always loved to read a wonderful story of a man out of his comfort zone finding love with a woman living life to the fullest and Lexxie's newest short but sexy story is a wonderful example. Couper is one of those authors that can take even the shortest story and keep it interesting, sensual, sweet and romantic despite its length.  This story is about a man that has traveled half-way around the world to take his mind off his problems and find a way to cope with the possibility of a life altering truth.  When he meets a woman that blows him away, dressed in the most outlandish Halloween costume at a party he didn’t even want to attend no less, he doesn’t know if he should trust his heart or believe the doubts in love at first sight.  But this isn’t the kind of woman that will allow anyone to make a decision for her and when she meets the man of her dreams, even if it seems insane she isn’t letting him go.  I really enjoyed getting to know Owen Blackthorne (and oh-My-Gods, I can’t believe there are more of those men running around in Lexxie’s mind she hasn't already shared with us) and his intelligence and sweetness.  He is on the cusp of a serious life changing bit of news, and keeping his mind off of the call by embracing the crazy heat and sensuality he feels with Bria shows he is smart enough to know a good thing when he sees it.  He definitely has a lot of fears to deal with, and there were a few moments you wanted to smack him for being an ass, but overall he is a good guy, funny and cute AF too.  Bria has lived through some things recently that make her wary of men, but on the same coin she knows that when she meets Owen she had met her perfect match.  When things get deep and complicated extremely quickly, she shows the strength of both her backbone of steel and her heart as she refuses to let him walk into his future alone no matter what it might hold.  I love Bria and she is definitely the type of woman I could see being the friend we all need to remind us that sometimes you just need to jump in with both feet and embrace life without a plan. The heat between Owen and Bria was off the charts and only got more so as their story went on, but though their story was short, it’s obvious from the depth of their connection that they will find a way to make a future together no matter what comes their way.  I’m looking forward to reading the rest of the trilogy as Bria’s triplet sisters find their matches as well and I can imagine they will be just as sexy, though in their own unique ways I am sure.

*eARC provided by author for the purpose of an honest and unbiased review.  No compensation was provided.