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Fiction. Romance. HTML: Emma Shaw needs a husband, and fast! Not because she's interested in romance�??after all, she's too busy with her landscaping company�??but because Grandma Shaw is coming to town, and she will have nonstop questions about Emma's (stagnant) love life. Sean Kowalski no sooner leaves the army than he's recruited by Emma to be her fake fiance. Sean doesn't like the deception, but he can't help his attraction to the feisty brunette. A little pretend kissing won't hurt anyone�??especially when there's no chance he'll fall for a woman with deep roots in a town he's not planning to call home. But when fake, innocent kisses lead to very real, explosive sparks, Emma and Sean discover that their big ruse might just lead to happily-ever-after.... Previously published, newly refreshed. 70,000 w… (more)
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Overall Series Rating 4.0
Character Rating: 4.25
Story Rating: 3.75
Note: This series was recommended by a friend of mine, Christi, and I am so glad I read it. These are quick, fun, summer contemporary romance reads
Yours to Keep: This introduced another line of Kowalskis that I am hoping to get to know more about (hint hint more books in this series would be great)! I really liked Sean and Emma though I did think at times they both were just downright stupid. However, I loved Cat and Mary figuring out their scheme and scheming back! It was fun watching Sean and Emma come to the conclusion that Cat and Mary did awhile back. Moral of the story, don't try to trick your elders LOL
All the characters involved in this story I attached to and liked. There is Sean, our
If you are a Kowalski Family fan, this book is a need to read. I fell for Exclusively Yours (#1), didn't care for Undeniably Yours (#2), but redeemed as a fan with Yours to Keep. The cover also fits the story and characters really well I think.
As for the ending, among the 3 books in the series, i like Undeniably Yours' ending the most. This 3rd ending is also good but with two strong books appeared earlier than this one, this may not be the best among them.
I confess that I'm not fond of explicit scenes--not at all--and this book has quite a few of them. It was the scenes in between that got me reading the books in this series. Stacey has a wonderful writing style and a great sense of humor.
Sean has just come back from the army. Having nothing better to do and feeling a bit sorry for Emma, he decides to go along with her plan. Watching the two blunder their way through this deception was hilarious, especially when Sean's cousins and their wives put him and Emma in tough situations. I love how the romance plays out, confusing Sean and Emma. Trust Emma to pick a fake partner who turns out to be someone with whom she could have mutual feelings.
Yours to Keep had me falling even more in love with the Kowalski family. If it wouldn't get old, I would seriously be a huge advocate for more Kowalski books. Stacey is an brilliant romance author to keep an eye on for more works.
Fresh from the Army, Sean decides not to return to Maine, where his brothers run the family lodge, but instead heads to New Hampshire to visit his cousins, the Kowalskis that we met earlier in the series. (The Kowalskis are now officially one of my favorite fictional families, by the way--you know when one or more of them show up on a page that fun and hilarity are soon to follow. The kids, especially, are a riot!) Sean has barely had time to set down his duffel bag when he finds himself "engaged" to Emma Stone, the best friend of his cousin-in-law Lisa.
I laughed out loud more than once while reading this one--Ms. Stacey definitely outdid herself here. The Kowalski brothers aren't any kinder to their cousin than they are to each other (thank goodness!) and it made for some truly hilarious situations. Their version of the "Newlywed Game" was memorable, as was the bribing of the children to go along with the crazy engagement scheme. I honestly didn't want this book to end, but was thrilled to see from her website that she has books planned already for Sean's three brothers. Dare we hope for one for his sister as well? ;-)