This is one of my freebie books that I find at my local spot and later think, thank goodness I picked it up.

It's a sweet story. Womanizing, and bored with the turn his life is taking, Mac Callahan goes home to investigate the goings on at the "luxury retirement facility" (old folks home to us non-wealthy non-Southerners) where his mother is staying. (She is slowly losing her battle with Alzheimer's). The FBI are looking into this as cryptic messages have been received and once decoded are quite puzzling.

Samantha Patterson is a widow with a 3 yr old. Her husband was killed by a drunk driver before the birth of her so Dax. Her parents are globe trotting doctors with time for all children except their own. In the same facility as Mac's mama (Miss Nancy) lives her grandmother...Miss Mimi. Now Miss Mimi might be 98 yrs young but damn if she's not a spitfire. And you have to love a woman who has a treasure trove of Southern style one-liners.

Sam has recently started to work as a professional recruiter at the facility....in fact the day she meets Mac is the day she's hired. As she starts to settle in and learn exactly the parameters for doing her job she just gets stalled and has more and more questions....why, what and a whole lot of huh?

Mac is getting all his info from his cool sounding and no b.s. taking assistant Micha. There's sounds like a brother-sister relationship as they give each other guff but show a certain affection for one another. Stacy Little, and by the description she's is little, is the rude and petty sounding "personal assistant although the boss calls me his secretary". James Miller is Sam's boss and he just sounds...well let's just call him smarmy for lack of a better word. Miss Celia is the lady who takes care of Lone Oak, the Callahan plantation, and all the Callahan's. She is Mac's second mama and I love the fact that no matter what the conversation entails she calls him "baby". (Reminds me fondly of a Southern belle I know who called anyone she cared about a sweet nickname but for someone she truly loved, baby is what she called you. You would hear it and be filled with love.)

As the investigation goes on, slowly because Mac is distracted by Sam, Dax and feelings his never felt before (Oh yea, and crazy hot sex that neither one of them seems to be able to do without), Mac starts to think there is more here than meets the eye. Who is sending these e-mails? Where did this consultant company come from and who is behind it? All this on top of reliving the love story that is his parents while slowly and painfully coming to terms that he lost his father and now his mama is leaving him. On good days they talk and it's heartfelt....on the bad, you know he's crushed and doesn't know how to handle it. (I like the fact the author didn't hold back from keeping that real. So many times when dealing with Alzheimer's or just aging parents we tend to gloss over the hard facts of losing them sooner rather than later.)

Well in the end....Mac gets his bad guys. Sam thinks the worst, she's been used and everything he ever told her was lies. She sends him away and he, not knowing how to fix things, leaves. Now you know that's not how this ends for it's a romance and we have to have our HEA....but it's up to you to read it for yourself. It's a sweet story good for a lazy afternoon.

P.S. you're going to like the little surprises at the end. And yes, once he finds it he keeps that romantic streak all the way to the end. ( )

I was not a huge fan of this book. It wasn’t terrible. I am glad I didn’t actually pay for it and got it free. The storyline was not that bad, I just didn’t click with the characters. Mac was annoying, I don’t know exactly what about him annoyed me. Sam annoyed me because her “spunk” and “attitude” was not appealing it was more annoying to me. I’m about over the rich “sexy” men I just don’t find it as appealing anymore. Needless to say even with the cliffhanger I will not be continuing this series… Not my cup of “tea” ( Pun Intended). ( )

Little too sweet for my taste. This southern romance drips with saccharine sweetness not only from the heroine Samantha but also the hero Mac. There is a little suspense plot running through the book that revolves around a high dollar nursing home where Samantha Peterson grandmother lives along with Mac Callahan’s mother. For those who like the lighter side of things a sweet talkin male instead of a alpha one this is the book for you. ( )

Mac Callahan, a smoking hot FBI agent, is back in his hometown investigating the "luxury healthcare facility" that houses his mother. Sam Peterson, beautiful corporate 'headhunter', has just gotten a job at this facility to be closer to her grandmother. Sam is the widowed mother of a rambunctious three year old boy, Dax. Romance, mystery, and suspense all combine to make this one heck of a good book! Several surprise plot twists at the end will make you want to read the next book in the series immediately! Loved it! ( )