Synopsis

She has zero interest in a happily ever after. He won’t let another woman down. Too bad they can’t keep their hands off each other.

Barney is the very definition of hot and cold. One minute he’s kissing the daylights out of me. But the next moment he can’t run away fast enough. It’s enough to give a girl a complex.

Then my apartment is trashed and he says he’s done farting around. He’s going to protect me and we’re going to work on our relationship.

Um, excuse me? What relationship? I’m not looking for ‘the one’. Except when Barney touches me, I forget all about my past and why I’m not in the market for a happily ever after.

But maybe Barney can be the one to prove to me Love will OUT. Assuming the person who’s stalking me doesn’t catch me first that is.

This later in life romantic comedy features a woman who thinks relationships are for other people, a silver fox who can’t make up his dang mind about whether he wants to try for another relationship, a group of friends who think taking bets on when the two will get together will surely lead to wedding bells and a makeshift family of former Army buddies who can not only tell dirty jokes but still have skills.

A Valentine for Valerie is a standalone book in the Love will OUT romantic comedy series.

A Hero for Hailey – Hailey and Aiden’s story

A Protector for Phoebe – Phoebe and Ryker’s story

A Soldier for Suzie – Suzie and Grayson’s story

A Fox for Faith – Faith and Max’s story

A Christmas for Chrissie – Chrissie and Wally’s story

A Valentine for Valerie – Valerie and Barney’s story

A Love for Lexi – Lexi and Lenny’s story

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Review

I love this series and the humor sprinkled throughout from the situations and characters. I always get a good chuckle from this author.

This book focuses on Barney and Val. Barney is older (mid to late 50’s) and Val is 45. I appreciate seeing older characters find love because it does happen, it isn’t always the younger ones! They met at Thanksgiving and sparks flew but Val has issues from her past that affect how she sees Barney and relationships. Barney just wants to protect her, partially due to his past and his military training.

Val does find herself in a little bit of trouble (in fact that is Barney’s nickname for her, Trouble) and it is Barney and the brothers to the rescue. This is a band of men you would want on your side if you found yourself in precarious situations, no matter how independent you are in this world.

While you can read this book as a standalone, I highly recommend reading the other books first because you will understand the dynamics of the characters and why they might say and do certain things.

I can’t wait for the last book about the last “brother” to fall in love.

We give this book 5 paws up.

Excerpt

“We need to talk, Valerie.” I scowl at Barney’s declaration. I have spent my entire life avoiding having the ‘talk’ with a man. Barney Lewis is not going to ruin my streak.

He may be one sexy middle-aged man – my hands itch to run through the soft texture of his black hair once again and his ever present five o’clock shadow gives my body all kinds of ideas of how his stubble will feel scratching certain areas of my delicate skin – but his handsome appearance doesn’t give him the right to boss me around.

Especially not when we’re at a wedding. A surprise wedding on Christmas day no less. Barney’s friend, Wally, proposed to his girlfriend, Chrissie, this morning, and then when they arrived at McGraw’s Pub to celebrate Christmas with everyone, he surprised her with a wedding. Naturally, Chrissie freaked out, but we got her down the aisle eventually.

Welp. Best get this stupid ‘talk’ over with, so I can get back to enjoying the party. I indicate the hallway leading to the restrooms. When he lifts his chin in agreement, I square my shoulders and march to the hallway as if I’m not dreading this stupid conversation.

Barney doesn’t immediately follow me. Of course not. He doesn’t want anyone to know what we’ve been up to after all. He made those thoughts perfectly clear when he ran away from me on Saturday evening after kissing the daylights out of me.

About the Author

I grew up reading everything I could get my grubby hands on, from my mom’s Harlequin romances to Nancy Drew, to Little Women. When I wasn’t flipping pages in a library book, I was penning horrendous poems, writing songs no one should ever sing, or drafting stories which have thankfully been destroyed. College and a stint in the U.S. Army came along, robbing me of free time to write and read, although on the odd occasion I did manage to sneak a book into my rucksack between rolled up socks, MRIs, t-shirts, and cold weather gear. After surviving the army experience, I went back to school and got my law degree. I jumped ship and joined the hubby in the Netherlands before the graduation ceremony could even begin. A few years into my legal career, I was exhausted, fed up, and just plain done. I quit my job and sat down to write a manuscript, which I promptly hid in the attic before returning to the law. But practicing law really wasn’t my thing, so I quit (again!) and went off to Germany to start a B&B. Turns out running a B&B wasn’t my thing either. I polished off that manuscript languishing in the attic before following the husband to Istanbul where I decided to give the whole writer-thing a go. But ten years was too many to stay away from my adopted home. I packed up again and moved to The Hague where, in between tennis matches and failing to save the world, I’m currently working on my next book. I hope I’ll always be working on my next book.

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