Book 1 in the Harmony Series
Synopsis
After experiencing a humiliating breakup, twenty-two-year-old Cassandra Clarke is fresh out of college and living a simple solitary life without any intentions of pursuing love anytime soon.
When the estate next door sells, the last thing Cassandra expects is the unnerving attraction she feels for her sinfully handsome neighbor, Logan West, the young and charming single father with a playboy reputation.
It’s through Oliver, Logan’s four-year-old son, who keeps popping up in her childhood tree house, that she slowly begins to catch glimpses of the compassionate and wounded man Logan has hidden beneath his strong exterior.
Cassandra knows it's wrong and that she's heading for another heartbreak.
Logan will never be able to give her what she wants…love
Iva's Review
Inevitable by Angela Graham has a cliffhanger ending and is the 1st of three books, so you may want to make sure all three books are available before you start reading, if you are someone who likes to know what happens next immediately.
Cassandra Clarke has sworn off all men for the past year after finding her boyfriend of 5 years in bed with the town floozy. But the sexy smirk of her new neighbour, Logan West has her a little hot under the collar and a little bit hotter in her dreams. Too bad he is the biggest playboy to ever set foot into the small town of Harmony.
Inevitable by Angela Graham is a magnificent romantic story that deals with two vulnerable characters who have had their trust in love crushed by the ruthless actions of others. Inevitable focuses on the slow destruction of the walls both Logan and Cassandra have built around their hearts as they fight their attraction to each other and slowly become best friends.
Although this book starts with a cliche, it quickly surpasses all other books of its kind, letting the characters slowly build their relationship rather than have them fall straight into bed with one another. The emotional thread of this book is superb with the reader carried along side Cassandra and later Logan as they begin to open themselves up to the chance of love. It is beautifully written, with stunning prose and an underlying sexual tension that many romance books lack.
Cassandra is the perfect female character for this type of story. She has the vulnerability of the damsel in distress, but the strength and stubborness of a strong female character you can respect and would like to befriend. Most of the story is told from her perspective, which allows you to feel and react to situations with her.
Logan tries to bury his hurt in alcohol and sex and a false pretence of being uncaring. However his love for his small son and the support he gives to his sister belie the fact that there is another side to him. Angela Graham has made him irresistable with enough "damage" to make us women want to fix him, and enough "Prince Charming" to know it is possible. He oozes sex appeal and is a brilliant male character for a sizzling romance.
Minor characters are all well developed and help with the progression of the story.
There was only one minor disappointment for me with Inevitable and it is a purely personal one. The change in narration late in the book from Cassandra to Logan. It pulled me away from being immersed in the story, to reading the story and is so close to the end of the book, that I didn't fall back into the story as deeply as I had been prior to the change.
Angela Graham's Inevitable is a wonderful piece of writing, with a great storyline, a strong emotional pull and characters you can easily adore.
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Book 2 in the Harmony Series
Synopsis
It wasn’t his fault she lay broken and battered. He wasn’t responsible for the injuries covering her bruised body.
Her heart, however, told a different story. She endured the pain of its jagged edges as it shattered against her chest, ripping through the hope she once held. Her spirit was broken, and only one man was to blame for that.
Cassandra Clarke had known better than to trust her all to a man like Logan West. She’d thought he was different—a better man than he’d portrayed to others. A man worth risking it all for.
But she was wrong, and would never make that mistake again.
What happens when you question everything you longed to believe—deny all emotions you still hold for a man unworthy of them?
Faced with Logan’s persistence, Cassandra must find the strength to keep her guard up or risk falling again for the one man her body feels…is irreplaceable.
Iva's Review
Angela Graham's Irreplaceable continues the romantic story of Cassandra and Logan.
Cassandra, once again, has fortressed her heart and she is now stubbornly denying any chance at reconciliation with Logan after he lost his head in a stressful situation. She keeps Logan at arms length, too afraid to even admit to herself that she is deeply in love with him.
Cassandra has that perfect mix of logical but irrational thinking that makes her a real female character. You understand why she thinks something, but her conclusions and actions aren't always the best way to deal with the situation.
Logan's patience and determination to re-establish himself in Cassandra's eyes is breathtaking. That he errs from time to time, (because lets face it; no man on earth is perfect), gives him a wholeness that many other "book boyfriends" lack. Logan evolves emotionally from a very hurt and guarded man in the first book into a man of substance and worthy of winning the heart of the woman he loves.
Angela Graham has done a superb job at keeping her characters consistent and not rushing them along at a pace radically different from the first book. Her writing allows the book to flow, despite the slow unraveling of emotions by the characters.
Cassandra is the more frustrating character in this book and you do get to the point where you wish she would take the risk of giving her heart knowingly.
The other story threads, such as Oliver's mother, Caleb and Hilary's romance and Cassandra's father's abandonment are intriguing and show another facet of how well Angela Graham has thought about her story and the characters within it. They provide a necessary background to Cassandra and Logan's romance and add to tide of emotions weaved majestically through each chapter.
The ending to this book is another cliffhanger. I think there will be a change of pace with the next book as things heat up in and out of the bedroom.
I wasn't as involved with this book as I was Inevitable, mainly because it felt like one step forward, two back for the couple and I began to climb out of the dreamy haze the book initially had me in.
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I am happily married to my husband of five years, have three wonderful children and a beautiful feline companion that keeps me company during late night writing binges. My love of reading has been life long but it was in early 2012 when I was inspired to finally put pen to paper and write my first story. Since then I haven't been able to stop, fueled purely by my passion to write a story and create characters that readers will enjoy. New Adult romances are my go to books to read as well as to write. They are young, fresh and full of hope. What's not to love!
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