I'm delighted to be featuring Lizzie Lamb's contemporary romance, Take Me I'm Yours on the blog today. Let's find out a bit more about it:
India Buchanan plans to set up an English-Style bed and
breakfast establishment in her great-aunt’s home, MacFarlane’s Landing,
Wisconsin. But she’s reckoned without opposition from Logan MacFarlane whose
family once owned her aunt’s house and now want it back. MacFarlane is in no
mood to be denied. His grandfather’s living on borrowed time and Logan has
vowed to ensure the old man sees out his days in their former home. India’s
great-aunt has other ideas and has threatened to burn the house to the ground before
she lets a MacFarlane set foot in it. There’s a story here. One the family
elders aren’t prepared to share. When India finds herself in Logan’s debt, her
feelings towards him change. However, the past casts a long shadow and events
conspire to deny them the love and happiness they both deserve. Can India and
Logan’s love overcome all odds? Or is history about to repeat itself?
My Thoughts
I found this Wisconsin love story to be a great way to start off a recent holiday and to escape into a book. The setting is stunning and you can really visualise the backdrop to the story and the house which has been at the centre of a family feud for years. The sparks are certainly flying between the Macfarlanes and the Buchanans although as we find out, there are all sorts of complications woven into the fabric of their lives. India Buchanan and Logan Macfarlane are great characters to follow and I enjoyed the dialogue between them as they sidestepped round their feelings.
This is an out and out romance with a charismatic hero with a touch of arrogance but a tender side. (Remind you of anybody? - Mr Darcy?) India proves that she is no doormat and I loved her feisty side. With a fast paced plot and some great sub-plots and a range of lively characters, it is a story which I was loathe to leave and would love to find out what happens next? I always know I've enjoyed a book when I re-read the last chapter and I found myself doing just that with this one.
In short: A sparkling romance
About the Author
After teaching her 1000th pupil and working as a deputy head
teacher in a large primary school, Lizzie decided to pursue her first love:
writing. She joined the Romantic Novelists’ Association’s New Writers’ Scheme,
wrote Tall, Dark and Kilted (2012), quickly followed by Boot Camp Bride. She
went on to publish Scotch on the Rocks, which achieved Best Seller status
within two weeks of appearing on Amazon and her next novel, Girl in the Castle,
reached #3 in the Amazon charts. Lizzie is a founder member of indie publishing
group – New Romantics Press, and has co-hosted author events at Aspinall, St
Pancras and Waterstones, Kensington, talking about the research which underpins
her novels.
Lizzie latest romance Take Me, I’m Yours is set in Wisconsin, a
part of the USA which she adores. She has further Scottish-themed romances
planned and has just returned from a tour of the Scottish Highlands in her
caravan researching men in kilts. What’s not to like? As for the years she
spent as a teacher, they haven’t quite gone to waste. She is building a
reputation as a go-to speaker on indie publishing, and how to plan, write, and
publish a debut novel.
Lizzie lives in Leicestershire (UK) with her husband,
David.
She loves to hear from readers, so do get in touch . . .
Book Link:
Amazon UK
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Marianne, thank you so much for leaving this super review. I'm so glad you enjoyed the book. I usually write Scottish-themed Romance. However, as you will have read in the acknowledgements, I wrote this book for a special friend who is American. Thanks again, and just to let you know, TMIY achieved best seller stautis this morning.
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