OMG… Talk about PERFECT original BOOM!

Seriously, Until Susan completely blew me away! I’m sure there isn’t a Aurora Rose Reynolds’ fan that hasn’t wanted and craved to know more about the original Boom, James and Susan, the parents of the all that Mayson goodness. Well C.P. Smith turned out to be the perfect author to give us these two’s story. Until Susan was #Boom Perfection!

On duty or not, I wanted him to know, in no uncertain terms, that even after all these years together I still wanted him like he wanted me.
Mind.
Body.
And soul.

Ms. Smith was already one of my all time authors and automatic one-click for me, added that she’s from the same generation as James and Susan, ARR couldn’t have chosen a more perfect storyteller to invite into her Until world and give us these two’s romance. Pure insta connection, pure BOOM!

He knew then he wanted her in a way he hadn’t wanted a woman in his life. But Fate had confirmed it for him when she’d placed her hand in his. He knew then it was more than just want, but fucking destiny that had her breaking down in front of his home.

He’d been looking for Susan most of his adult life, and destiny had seen fit to drop her in his lap. He wasn’t about to give fate a chance to change her mind.

James was all about his job as a deputy and as SWAT, living a quiet life in his family’s farm and fully devoted to his county, but when the recently moved Susan Montgomery breaks down next to his place and sparks fly that first sight, James is not a man that needs more than that to know what Fate is trying to tell him. He instantly feels is BOOM and will anything to get Susan on the same page.

The kiss was meant to announce his intent to pursue. To lay claim to her in no uncertain terms.

He’d just wanted a taste of her, to see what an angel felt like wrapped in his arms.

He’s an Alpha through and through and Susan better be prepared for all that power, his charm and charisma alone could melt her on the spot, had to that a smoking hot package and their off the charts attraction, Susan didn’t stand much of a chance.

I was trapped like a fly in a web. And he was the very delicious looking spider.

From the moment I met James, I’d felt drawn to him. Like he was the answer to the question of life. 

The setting, the characters, the emotions, were all so perfectly portrayed that I couldn’t have helped being transported into the eighties right along with James and Susan, and lived through their feelings and unconventional, full steam ahead – SO very Mayson – courtship and romance!

“Not gonna let you shake me off. Not after I’ve had all the facets that are Susan. Been waitin’ for-fuckin’-ever for you to show up. So brace, babe. It’s full steam ahead.”

What started out as a novella, became without a doubt one of my favorite books of the author, and one of my favorite reads of the year. As per CP Smith’s usual, the suspense element took it to another level, and their moments between the sheets – or against the wall, lol – just tied up perfectly to an already emotional and unforgettable romance! Until Susan surpassed all expectations and fit in perfectly in ARR’s HEAlpha world, perfect symbiosis of ARR’s BOOM with CP Smith’s extraordinary voice! One memorable story! <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

“BOOM!”
Thank Christ, she finally got it, and felt it too. That indescribable feeling of belonging.
Closing his eyes in relief, James dipped his forehead to hers and whispered, “BOOM!”

“BOOM,” I whispered, because I’d truly, finally, gotten its meaning. It was the shock to your system when the right person waltzed into your life. The overwhelming need to be with them at all cost. A sense of two souls finding each other, of belonging to someone so completely that you didn’t know where one began and the other ended.