Review: The Sun and the Moon by Leslie McAdam

11 March of 2016 by Deb Markanton

Reviewer's Rating: 5

5.0Overall score

An Amazing Debut!

The Sun and the Moon By Leslie McAdam

Contemporary Erotic Romance

Released December 15, 2016

Self Published

Series: Giving You…, Book #1

Synopsis Orange

She follows all the rules.

He’s going to teach her how to break them.

After a heartbreaking tragedy, successful attorney Amelia Crowley has numbed herself to the pleasures of life, clinging to a specific set of rules, finding strength in order and organization. When she meets easy going surfer Ryan Fielding, that organized life is turned upside down by a sea of washboard abs and sun-kissed hair.

Sexy and charismatic, Ryan looks for pleasure however he can find it in an effort to silence his own inner demons. Until Amelia crashed into his life the only thing he chased was the next wave. Refusing to break their connection and determined to break through her carefully crafted walls, Ryan sets out to throw out every rule in her book and show Amelia that pleasure can’t be planned.

Can Amelia let Ryan take the lead or will she cling to her rules and wipe out their chance at love?

Review Orange

Reviewed by Deb

An Amazing Debut!

Leslie McAdam knocks down walls in her debut novel, The Sun and the Moon, giving us a beautiful story that is just so intelligent and well written I was wowed! She tackles the dark subject of depression with knowledge, understanding, compassion, and a supersize serving of hot sexy fun and humor. Ms. McAdam’s voice is smooth flowing, wrapping you up in the lives of her characters from the very start. Her insights on life, love, and self-worth truly resonated with me, and I found myself relating to the main character, Amelia, on so many levels.

Amelia Crowley’s life took a turn that knocked her for a loop. Heartbreaking loss, not to mention cruelty from the one person who should have been by her side, sent her tumbling into the rabbit hole of depression. Amelia shut down her feelings, set herself up with a set of ten hard fast rules regarding sex and relationships, and just…exists. The only thing she puts any energy into is her law practice, the only person she confides in is her quirky best friend, Marie. The icing on the cake… the Prozac has hijacked Amelia’s libido. Not that there’s been any guy even remotely able to light a spark down there. Until she walks into Southwinds Coffee and is struck speechless by the gorgeous barista. The fleeting thought he seems familiar is knocked aside by intense green eyes, lush lips, blonde surfer curls, and the sexiest voice she’s ever heard. Hello, Sun God. Welcome back, libido.

Ryan Fielding has his own set of baggage stuffed with heartache and loss, but the Sun God savors each day as if it were his last. He knew back in high school that Amelia Crowley was the one for him even though she was three years ahead of him. Now, more than ten years later, she’s walked into his life again and he’s not going to let her get away. Determined to lure beautiful Amelia out of her rabbit hole, toss out those damn rules, and give in to feeling again, Ryan has all the patience in the world.

Oh Lordy, I fell in love with Ryan immediately. He’s not only gorgeous and built like a god, he’s over the top sexy. Like, set your panties on fire, SEXY. The things this man says! The things this man does to Amelia’s body! I loved that Amelia is ready and willing to let him in, allow herself to be vulnerable, and most of all, to enjoy! Ryan’s intelligence and wit match perfectly with Amelia, and these two have the chemistry that will have you panting right along with them.

The Sun and the Moon is brilliantly crafted with the perfect blend of surprises, witty dialogue, spot-on observations about life, and smoking chemistry. Ms. McAdam’s ability to convey such believable and deep emotion between Amelia and Ryan brought tears to my eyes more than once. I loved this story and am looking forward to book 2, The Stars In The Sky.