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February 17, 2016 11:49 am
1001 DARK NIGHTS: Searching for Mine (A Searching For Novella)
The Ultimate Anti-Hero Meets His Match…
Connor Dunkle knows what he wants in a woman, and it’s the three B’s. Beauty. Body. Boobs. Other women need not apply. With his good looks and easygoing charm, he’s used to getting what he wants—and who. Until he comes face to face with the one woman who’s slowly making his life hell…and enjoying every moment…
Ella Blake is a single mom and a professor at the local Verily college who’s climbed up the ranks the hard way. Her ten-year-old son is a constant challenge, and her students are driving her crazy—namely Connor Dunkle, who’s failing her class and trying to charm his way into a better grade. Fuming at his chauvinistic tendencies, Ella teaches him the ultimate lesson by giving him a special project to help his grade. When sparks fly, neither of them are ready to face their true feelings, but will love teach them the ultimate lesson of all?
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Searching for Mine is a story that explores the ideas of only skin deep appearances and the risks involved in giving someone your heart after it’s already been trampled on by another. It’s a second chance love story that illustrates the fact that sometimes what people are searching for is right in front of them, but they have to be willing to see beyond the façade to the heart of the person.
Like Ella, I saw Connor as a surface level guy who was only interested in appearances and a quick roll in the sack. But as I read about his interaction with Ella’s son, Luke, and got the back story about what he did for his brother Nate at such a young age, my admiration for him grew, and I started to understand that Connor only acted like he did because he was afraid to put his heart on the line…afraid to love another woman because they just end up leaving him in the long run so he didn’t see a reason to go down that road again.
Ella was quite the heroine. She didn’t allow her husband’s affair and her subsequent divorce to destroy her. She coped and took care of her son, never allowing Luke to feel unloved simply because his father started a new family. But I can imagine Ella felt incredibly lonely, and when someone treats a person like Ella’s ex treated her, there’s no way that her self-esteem doesn’t take a hit, but with a little help appearance wise and Connor giving her compliments, she was able to live again for herself instead of just her son.
I love how Connor and Ella’s relationship progressed. As professor and student, they didn’t see eye to eye on the content of the class and how Connor analyzed the readings and the fact that the class’ focus was feminist literature made that tenuous relationship that much better. As neighbors, Connor helped Ella and her son in multiple ways, provided a much needed male role model for Luke. As friends, Connor and Ella got to truly know one another and understand who they are due to their pasts and their current beliefs, and as lovers, readers got to see the true level of their connection and the potential impact of their feelings for one another.
Searching for Mine was a perfect addition to Jennifer Probst’s Searching For series and even though the hero and heroine seemed to be complete opposites, the novella shows how perfect two people can be once they find the person who sees all of them beyond what they willingly give to anyone else.
A complimentary copy was provided in exchange for an honest review.
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Jennifer Probst wrote her first book at twelve years old. She bound it in a folder, read it to her classmates, and hasn’t stopped writing since. She took a short hiatus to get married, get pregnant, buy a house, get pregnant again, pursue a master’s in English Literature, and rescue two shelter dogs. Now she is writing again.
She makes her home in Upstate New York with the whole crew. Her sons keep her active, stressed, joyous, and sad her house will never be truly clean.
She is the New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of sexy and erotic contemporary romance. She was thrilled her book, The Marriage Bargain, was ranked #6 on Amazon’s Best Books for 2012. She loves hearing from readers. Visit her website for updates on new releases and her street team at http://www.jenniferprobst.com.
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