CHARMING HANNAH
Series: Big Sky #1
Author: Kristen Proby
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: February 27, 2018
From New York Times Bestselling author, Kristen Proby, comes the first in an all-new trilogy in her beloved Big Sky Series!
Hannah Malone loves her new town. Despite living in Cunningham Falls for five years, she’s still considered a “move in” by most of the locals, and that doesn’t bother her in the least. She’s the “new girl”, and she hasn’t regretted it for one day. This town is her sanctuary. Her home. The one place she finally fits in and feels safe after a lifetime of being different and running from the memories and a past so far away it can’t haunt her anymore.
As the newly appointed police chief, Brad Hull has the responsibility to keep his citizens safe and to maintain order. His roots in this town are deep—five generations deep, to be exact. Cunningham Falls, Montana is his town, and being a cop and protecting what’s his is his passion. Everything’s running like clockwork until a sassy redheaded doctor moves in and disrupts the order—and Brad’s focus.
She’s not just beautiful, funny, and strong. Hannah’s everything he’s been looking for in a woman. The chemistry is undeniable, and the heat in the bedroom is off the charts. Brad knew the minute he met Hannah that she was the one for him. He’s tenacious in his pursuit of her. But when the past catches up with Hannah, will Brad be able to protect her and their hearts?
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Someone is ringing my fucking doorbell. I was at the hospital until the wee hours, I was finally in a deep, lovely sleep, and someone is ringing the bell.
All I know for sure is, this had better not be the damn door-to-door people trying to sell me a vacuum. Or a magazine. Or Jesus.
I wrap my robe around me, stumbling toward the door. I pull it open and am surprised to find an excited Sadie and a ridiculously sexy Brad standing at my door.
“Is that coffee?” I ask.
“For you,” he confirms and holds it out to me.
“Come to mama,” I mutter and take it from his hand, taking a grateful sip. Sadie brushes past my leg, into the house, and curls up on my couch.
“She’s not supposed to be on the furniture,” Brad says.
“My house, my rules,” I reply and take another sip of the one thing in this world I’m addicted to, and give him a once over from head to toe. “You look like you got about as much sleep as I did.”
“Rough night?” he asks without confirming or denying.
“Babies,” I reply with a shrug. “You?”
He just shrugs. “Are you going to ask me in?”
“Sure.” I back up and gesture him into the room. “Sorry, I was sleeping pretty good. My energy level is about equal to a sloth on Xanax.”
“I can leave and let you go back to bed.”
His eyes roam up and down my body, reminding me that I’m just in a robe and nothing else. His green eyes are hot, and every muscle in his body is tight.
Even sleep deprived, I can tell when a man is in the mood.
“You’ve brought me coffee. I’ll never kick you out when you’ve done that.”
“I’ll remember that,” he says with a chuckle.
“Besides, I have plenty of room.” I turn and walk into my bedroom, glancing behind me to see that he’s following me. He makes a hand gesture at Sadie, which I assume means stay. “We can take a nap,” I suggest.
His lips twitch, but he doesn’t say anything when he joins me next to the bed. He takes my coffee and sets both of our cups on the bedside table.
“Is that what you want, Hannah?” he murmurs and skims his fingertips down my arms.
“Eventually.”
4 ‘Small Town Love’ Stars
Awww, Kristen Proby did it again! Small town romance at its finest!
I’ve been dying for this new series, ever since it was first announced, specially considering Love Under The Big Sky is one of my all time KP favs.
She’s the calm in the storm for me.
His lips are just… wow. I want them on me. All over me. Every fucking inch.
Hannah and Brad were drawn to each other from the first time they set eyes on each other, but circumstances led to a misunderstanding, that together with they busy lives kept them apart for three years. Perfect timing is everything, and now, it’s the right time for Brad and Hannah’s romance to blossom and become that once-in-a-lifetime love!
“You’re sexier than I ever imagined, and I can’t wait to sink inside you.”
I can only smile at him.
“But if you think you’re running this show, you’re sorely mistaken, sweetheart.”
“I’m always in the mood for you,” I reply and hastily remove my clothes. “I can’t stop thinking about you, daydreaming about you.”
Brad, a handsome, loyal and down to earth new chief of police that truly lives to protect and serve, couldn’t have been more perfect to Hannah, a equally workaholic with well hidden anxiety issues brought by her upbringing. A caring and loving soul that needed Brad’s protective and calm nature, more than she could have ever dreamt of.
I live too much in my own head. I overthink and it gets me in trouble.
I need to trust. To loosen up. To go with the flow.
“Hannah. You asked me before what helps, remember?”
“I do.”
“It’s you.” He cups my face and kisses me softly. “It’s just you.”
I loved how naturally and realistically their relationship unfolded, as they got to truly know one another and love was growing with each passing moment. The low angst setting really allowed us to take a closer look into the characters as individual, and at times I just craved more couple time, with a hint of passion. I can’t quite put my finger on it, but I was just waiting for something more to happen at any time. Yes, I know, this was the perfect amount of non-relationship angst that I normally craved, but I just missed a spark/hint of something else to really make it stand out and become overall perfect.
And like a good hardcore Love Under the Big Sky fan, I was blissfully happy with cameos from the original series, so amazing to keep in touch with them.
…the world falls away and I’m lost in her.
There’s no going back.
I’m hers.
“This.” His hand covers my core. “You.” He kisses my navel and then higher on my breast bone. “Are mine.”
Kristen Proby planted the perfect seed to keep us hook in this emotional, feel good, sweet and sexy new series, and with a setting like this, and a cast like all these amazing secondary character, she guaranteed my already fangirling stalking to a whole no level! Can’t wait for more of Cunningham Falls, perhaps other of the Hull siblings?! <3 <3 <3 <3
“Baby, of course I’m yours. I told you, I don’t see anything but you.” His fingers gently glide down my cheeks as he sinks inside me, making me gasp in pleasure. “I’m yours completely. That’s why I want you to move in with me. Everything I am, and all that I have belongs to you.”
“I just want you,”
“This is the heart of a man who loves you more than he ever thought he could. I didn’t know what I was missing until you came into my life, Hannah. This heart believes in you, admires you, and takes so much joy in you.”
ARC kindly provided by the author via Social Butterfly PR for an honest review
Kristen was born and raised in a small resort town in her beloved Montana. In her mid-twenties, she decided to stretch her wings and move to the Pacific Northwest, where she made her home for more than a dozen years.
During that time, Kristen wrote many romance novels and joined organizations such as RWA and other small writing groups. She spent countless hours in workshops, and more mornings than she can count up before the dawn so she could write before going to work. She submitted many manuscripts to agents and editors alike, but was always told no. In the summer of 2012, the self-publishing scene was new and thriving, and Kristen had one goal: to publish just one book. It was something she longed to cross off of her bucket list.
Not only did she publish one book, she’s since published close to thirty titles, many of which have hit the USA Today, New York Times and Wall Street Journal Bestsellers lists. She continues to self publish, best known for her With Me In Seattle and Boudreaux series, and is also proud to work with William Morrow, a division of HarperCollins, with the Fusion Series.
Kristen and her husband, John, make their home in her hometown of Whitefish, Montana with their two pugs and two cats.
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