I received this book for free in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.A Major Seduction by Marie Harte was a sweet story about finally winning the love you have been wanting for years. Maria Thompson has been in love with Major Mike Cava since she was a child. There is just one big problem – he doesn’t feel the same about her.Mike is her best friend’s older brother so Maria has grown up as a part of the Cava family. Mike sees Maria has another little sister and is oblivious to her longing. That is until now. It’s been two years since he has last seen Maria and she has grown up beautifully. Mike begins to look at her in a different way but he worries that it may be too late.Maria is so excited to have Mike home but realizes that her past attempts at throwing herself at him just didn’t work. So she tries a different strategy and pretends to no longer be interested in being more than friends. When it begins to work, the two embark on a relationship that is full of highs and lows.Ms. Harte included a lot of humor in this book and I found myself laughing out loud as Mike tried to figure out what was going on. The more confused Mike was, the more I giggled. I loved seeing how excited Maria was when she finally won him over. A Major Seduction had it all – drama, humor, passion and more. Ms. Harte ensured her characters’ believability by making them human and made mistakes that I would expect from a newly formed couple. The story flows so naturally that you will be done reading before you realize it. It’s a great way to pass an afternoon. I was thrilled after reading A Major Attraction to see that there would be more books in the series and was lucky enough that the publisher accepted my request to review them. This review is for book 2 in the series, but since Maria and Mike were actually married in Attraction and this stories takes place several years prior to it, it would work as a stand alone.Maria Thompson is the best friend to Mike Cava's younger sister. Maria has been in love with Mike ever since she can remember. Her stunts to catch his attention ramped up when she turned 16 and took a much more mature tone when she turned 18. But Mike has always only seen Maria as a younger sister type. Nothing she has done over the years had made a dent in his perception of her. So now that she is 24 and Mike is going to be stationed at the nearby base, she has decided to move on. Mike, on the other hand, is secretly pleased that Maria is always so glad to see him. He looks forward to her smiles and attention that are just for him. Mike gets quite the rude awakening when it becomes clear that Maria has no plans to dote on him as she has in the past. She treats him as she has his brother Brad, just her friend Olivia's older brother. Mike realizes that maybe it's time to acknowledge that Maria has grown up and their relationship can grow too.Since this was a flashback, prequel sort of story, we know in advance that they will be getting together. The questions are: 1) Who is going to muck it up on the road to the HEA, 2) How badly, and 3) How good is the make-up sex? Here's a hint: it's Mike, it's pretty bad, and holy smokes it's good. I am going with 4 stars, mainly because I was sucked quickly into the story and it kept me there.
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Lori's staff pick for the week of 7/27/14.
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