Past Due Review and Excerpt: Arctic Sun by Annabeth Albert

Reviewer's Rating: 5

5.0Overall score

Fantastic start to a new series.

Arctic Sun By Annabeth Albert

Genre: Contemporary Romance, GLBTQ, MM

Released: April 1, 2019

Publisher: Carina Press

Series: Frozen Hearts, Book 1

Length: 95,000 words approx..

Synopsis

Everything’s bigger in Alaska, especially the HEAs. Annabeth Albert kicks off the brand-new Frozen Hearts series with Arctic Sun, an opposites-attract romance between a rugged outdoorsman and a smoking hot former male model.

He’s built a quiet life for himself in Alaska. But it doesn’t stand a chance against the unrelenting pull of a man who’s everything he shouldn’t want.

Ex-military mountain man Griffin Barrett likes his solitude. It keeps him from falling back into old habits. Bad habits. He’s fought too hard for his sobriety to lose control now. However, his gig as a wildlife guide presents a new kind of temptation in superhot supermodel River Vale. Nothing the Alaskan wilderness has to offer has ever called to Griffin so badly. And that can only lead to trouble…

River has his own methods for coping. Chasing adventure means always moving forward. Nobody’s ever made him want to stand still—until Griffin. The rugged bush pilot is the very best kind of distraction, but the emotions he stirs up in River feel anything but casual, and he’s in no position to stay put.

With temptation lurking in close quarters, keeping even a shred of distance is a challenge neither’s willing to meet. And the closer Griffin gets to River, the easier it is to ignore every last reason he should run.

One-click with confidence. This title is part of the Carina Press Romance Promise: all the romance you’re looking for with an HEA/HFN. It’s a promise!

Publisher’s Note: Arctic Sun deals with topics some readers may find difficult, including sobriety and eating disorders.

Review

Reviewed by ButtonsMom2003

Fantastic start to a new series.

OK, I’m not sure how it happened…but this blog post should have gone up on April 8, 2019. It was all written but apparently, I forgot to actually post it. The main reason I’m going ahead and posting it now is that book 2 in the Frozen Hearts series will be coming out on June 3rd. This time I will make sure that my post for that book goes up as planned.

Annabeth Albert has done it again! I am a huge fan of this author’s writing and could hardly wait to read the first book in this series. I was lucky enough to take a trip to Alaska last May and this series was announced before I left. During many moments of my trip I found my thoughts wandering to the upcoming book and how things I was seeing might appear in the story.

In the story the characters venture into places that I didn’t go but I could imagine the beauty of the places that are described so richly by the writing. It didn’t hurt, I’m sure, that I had visited Alaska but even if I hadn’t Annabeth’s writing always has a way of pulling me right into the story with her beautiful words.

Arctic Sun is about two broken men who eventually manage to find their HEA with each other but it wasn’t easy. I happen to love a good angsty story and this one really got to me. There were happy tears and sad tears but everyone one of them was worth it. I can’t wait to read the next story in this new series.

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Excerpt

The mountain man scowled at River. The older guy next to him was the one splashed all over the website— well-known photographer Roger Barrett—with the sort of craggy features that suggested a long life lived in the sun. He smiled at River, shaking his hand, and telling him what a fan his sister-in-law and nieces were of his book. But it wasn’t the old guy who held River’s attention at all. No, that was all reserved for Mr. Tall, Dark, and Cranky, who clearly didn’t share Roger’s good opinion of River, but good heavens, the man certainly made all those rumors about mountains and fresh air resulting in larger-than-average humans seem true.

He totally looked the mountain man part too— shaggy brown hair, the sort of tan that River’s friends would pay good money to emulate, hazel eyes that re- minded River of the greenish brown stone of a mosque he’d visited in Istanbul. And muscles for days. Big, broad shoulders stretching the fabric of a denim shirt, thighs like tree trunks, and that scowl. This was a guy who would be at home playing the sheriff in some old west drama. Or maybe a gunslinger…

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About Author

Annabeth Albert

Annabeth Albert grew up sneaking romance novels under the bed covers. Now, she devours all subgenres of romance out in the open—no flashlights required! When she’s not adding to her keeper shelf, she’s a multi-published Pacific Northwest romance writer. The #OutOfUniform series joins her critically acclaimed and fan-favorite LGBTQ romance #Gaymers, #PortlandHeat and #PerfectHarmony series.

To find out what she’s working on next and other fun extras, check out her website: www.annabethalbert.com or connect with Annabeth on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Spotify! Also, be sure to sign up for her newsletter for free ficlets, bonus reads, and contests. The fan group, Annabeth’s Angels, on Facebook is also a great place for bonus content and exclusive contests.

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