Guest Review: Sam’s Promise – Anne Rainey

“This Thanksgiving comes with all the fixings…and something extra hot.”

“Blackwater, Book 1”

Sam Jennings promised his father he’d always take care of the woman who yanked him and his four brothers out of foster care. When his adoptive mom has a near-fatal heart attack, Sam knows it’s past time to live up to his word.

As he sets out to put the Blackwater Diner back on its feet, he runs into his first snag. Waitress Julie Rose’s sweet curves and long legs are driving Sam to distraction. Even his brothers aren’t immune to her kind heart. But Sam is determined to be the only man in her bed.

Julie doesn’t regret the years she lost caring for her grandmom, but now, between business classes and her job, she’s left with very little time and energy for dating. Then there’s her policy about never getting mixed up with the boss’s son. But Sam’s hard body and wicked ideas have Julie forgetting all about annoying things like rules, and she accepts his invitation to show her all she’s been missing.

Sam is more than willing to take things slow as he teaches her all about the pleasures of the flesh. Luckily for him, Julie is a darned good student…

Warning: Contains explicit language, a sexy carpenter, and extra helpings of naughty fun under the stars. Heat and increased heart rate may help burn off extra holiday calories.

Series: Blackwater #1
Release Date: December 13th 2011
Publisher: Samhain
Source: Provided by Author/Publisher via Manic Readers
Reviewer: Mandy
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Reviewer’s Thoughts

3.5 Cocktails

Sam’s Promise is the first book in the Blackwater series. A series that will follow all five of the Jennings brothers. Sam and his brothers always have Thanksgiving at their adoptive mom’s house. This year their mother, Wanda, has invited a special guest. Julie Rose, her employee, friend and confidant. In Sam’s Promise we get to watch Sam and Julie fall in love.

I really enjoyed this book. Not only do we get Sam’s hotness, we get a taste of the four other Jennings brothers too. Julie is a really sweet character and she makes it easy to root for her. I liked watching these two come together.

As someone that normally stays away from the shorter stories, I liked this one and felt that it is well written up until the abrupt ending. I guess I’ll just have to read the next book in this series to get my next Jennings fix.