LESLEY BELLE
ISBN# 1-58608-627-8
August 2005
New Concepts Publishing
www.newconceptspublishing.com
E-Book
$5.50
131 Pages
Contemporary Romance
Rating:
After breaking off her engagement with the stuffy and boring William, Beth Connors is
determined to be independent and stand on her own two feet. She vows to get her
business, Ellie’s Place, stable with only her wits, courage, and a loan from the bank. Her
mind busy with ideas, she starts out for her appointment when a panic attack overtakes
her and she crumbles on a busy downtown sidewalk. A kind hearted stranger comes to
her aid and changes her life.
Travis (Jack) Xavier Jackson is a billionaire. When the trappings of immense wealth
threaten to smother him he walks away to wander where the wind blows. Coming across
the pretty, curvy, and obviously distressed Beth convinces him to stay awhile and offers
his skills as a carpenter. Staying elusive and vague, he continues to improve Beth’s
restaurant only accepting room and board for payment. Unable to avoid the obvious
attraction sizzling between them, they make love. Everything changes when Jack’s past
beckons him back after a five year absence.
Beth and Jack enter into a friendship full of personal discoveries and growth. Beth
blossoms under Jack’s encouragement, and Jack finds peace in Beth’s steely
determination to make it on her own. They both find happiness in each other’s arms. But
is it temporary?
Ms. Belle has written a great novel about the importance of love over possessions. The
storyline is believable and the pacing makes it easy to follow. I enjoyed the heroine and
hero’s struggle to establish their own identities apart from the wealth they were both
born to.
Katherine L. Hunt
Reviewer for Karen Find Out About New Books
Reviewer for Coffee Time Romance
