Light The Lamp is emotional, raw, sexy and real and I’m looking forward to the next book in this series. ~ Slick, Guilty Pleasures
Description:
Life’s been rough lately for Noelle Payne, but she’s not one to let negativity rule. So, she lost her job? She’ll find another one. The bank foreclosed on the house? Well, she can live out of her car for a while. There’s always an upside to be found…but now Noelle needs to find something to give her life meaning. She owes it to the universe to figure it out, too, because a stranger just saved her life.
When Liam Kallen’s wife died, his goal-scoring ability died with her. After a trade from the only pro hockey team he’s ever played for, he’s now playing for the NHL’s Portland Storm. Everyone said he needed a change of scenery, but nothing changes until he rescues Noelle. All of a sudden, the world once again looks bright and he’s lighting the lamp like he used to.
Noelle’s cheerful disposition is just the bit of sunlight Liam needs in his life. He wants to give her everything she needs because she’s everything he wants. The problem? She doesn’t believe she needs anything…at least nothing material. The one thing they both know she truly needs—a real purpose—also happens to be the one thing he doesn’t know how to give her. If he can’t help her find that, she might walk away and take all her sunshine with her.
This is one of those reviews that is hard to write because while I loved parts of this book other parts left me scratching my head so it felt a little uneven. Overall the story was good, I adored the hero but the heroine drove me a little bit nuts.
So while not my favorite of the series so far, I still enjoyed Light The Lamp and don’t regret the time I spent reading it at all; not by a long shot.
Liam “Kally” Kallan is a tortured hero. Still scarred by his wife’s death his hockey game is suffering even after being traded to a new team. When he meets Noelle he sees someone who needs help and finds that helping her heals his heart a little at a time. Noelle is one of those people who has suffered some tough breaks in her young life and the past few months she’s really fallen on hard times. Despite that she maintains this optimistic outlook on life because she simply refuses to dwell on the bad. I love the fact that she mends Liam’s heart but her stubbornness at letting him help her the way he wants made me want to whack her upside the head several times. Both characters had issues they had to overcome before they could open up their hearts and accept the other fully.
I loved how Liam’s teammates rallied around him and welcomed Noelle into the fold even when she wasn’t sure she wanted to be there. It was like Noelle was the catalyst that helped Liam not only get his game back but helped him relate better to his teammates.
Light The Lamp is emotional, raw, sexy and real and I’m looking forward to the next book in this series.
Thanks for the review Slick