Thursday, December 1, 2016

Teach Your Heart


Teach Your Heart (Far North #3)
by Tracey Alvarez



This author has been on my bucket list to read for awhile when I was given the chance to read and review I jumped at it. I found it to be a very interesting story that I had trouble putting down from the characters to the plot it was just a great read.  The author knows how to pull her reader in giving you a great romance and a very believable story.

Owen is a workaholic he enjoys what he does which takes up most of his time. When his nieces and nephew come to stay with him, he in a little over his head, as with most children they are nice to have for a little while but what do you do when you can’t give them back? You hire a nanny of course!  I really enjoyed the children from their fears to their hopes. They are just wonderful fun characters. I loved watching Owen interact with them it was really emotional from his struggles in how to care for them and what to do with them to finally feeling comfortable around them getting as much pleasure from them as we the reader have.

When Gracie comes along and takes the job of nanny the attraction is very strong. They are really opposites but really balance each other out. With Gracie care free style she teaches Owen how to loosen up a little and not always put work first but to learn to relax and have fun. I enjoyed watching them dance around each other and the children do bring some interesting reading. For me this was a page turner giving the read some lovely twist, a great plot along with some very hot scene.  Along with the good times a little rain must fall you get to really get to know the characters as you watch them go there some sad times and seeing how they work together to turn it all around.

Not only does the author give you a great build of with the story she gives you wonderful supporting characters you will fall in love with. They do a wonderful job adding so much live to the story.  The author paints a picture of New Zealand that you can picture in your mind from the trees to the land and mountains that really has you wanting to go there to visit. I had no trouble at all picturing the beautiful country with the words of the author that really felt more like a painting in my mind.

Lastly I loved the buildup of these two who didn’t know how to handle their attraction and take care of the kids. You get a slow build up that really takes your breath way as these two grow in strength and love right before your eyes.  This is a standalone but the author does bring back characters from past books. She introduces them in a way that you do not feel you have lost anything but makes you want to go back and read the stories you have missed to get to know these wonderful characters better. For me this was a believable story with delightful characters you can relate to.  The ending will warm your heart leaving you with a smile on your face.  I hope you will pick up this book you might be like me and have found an author that is working her way into the top favorites very fast.

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Summary
Some lessons are harder to learn than others…

Doctor O-for-Awesome Owen Bennett is all about fixing broken things. Then the arrival of his orphaned nieces and nephew for twelve weeks causes his workaholic life to plummet into chaos. Hiring the beautiful but unpredictable Gracie Cooper as a live-in nanny might just get him out of a tight spot…or it could seduce him into a reckless affair.

After four years flitting around Europe, waitress/dog-walker/au-pair Gracie Cooper has returned home to New Zealand. Her plans to hang out with her big brother change when Owen offers a perfect solution to her crippling university debt. In spite of her sexy-stick-in-the-mud boss, she’ll spend fun days playing in Bounty Bay’s sand and surf with three cute kids. At summer’s end she’ll follow the sun overseas again.

Gracie and Owen’s opposites-attract connection is so unexpected and powerful that their foundations are rocked. But some things aren’t easy to fix. Some past hurts can’t be run from forever. And the lessons they teach each other risk breaking their hearts.

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