OFFICER NEXT DOOR Lock and Key #1 by Ranae Rose ... (1st Daughter/Mom book review)

Well it has taken me a while to post this review not because I didn't have it but because my mom and I are on completely different ends of the spectrum on this one. The first book I asked my mom to review with me was THORNEBROOK PARK by Sherri Browning, and it went well so we decided to do another one and that was this story. Since this story was released first we (Mom and I) decided that it should be the first one posted. Since mom and I disagreed on this book I had many conversations and arguments, with mostly myself on if I should even post the reviews, but since Ranae Rose gave me the opportunity to read her book and I told her I'd do a review on it I knew I needed to post mine. Which brought me to the question should I post my moms. I went back and forth on that one too, but finally decided hey we agreed that we would each give an honest review and they would be posted so I have to post hers as well. So here goes.

How we rate for our reviews:

-1 Star - Mom/Daughter forced me to finish this book
0 Stars - Didn't even finish the book
1 Star - So disappointed I have no words!
2 Stars - Don't know how I made it though but I did
3 Stars - It was good, but not extraordinary. I'll keep it for a while, I'll talk about it if asked
4 Stars - I'd keep this book on my shelf until the shelf started to sag and needed to loose some weight
5 Stars - I'd buy this book for someone else to read, my copy will stay with me so I can read it over and over and over again.

 Synopsis: How can anyone resist temptation when it’s right next door?

Riley County North Carolina has a lot to offer: coastal views as far as the eye can see, and men in uniform who are even more gorgeous. Home to the most notorious prison in the state, Alicia’s new hometown is crawling with men who carry their own handcuffs and know how to use them – like Officer Liam Alexander, her one and only neighbor. After catching him out of uniform, she can’t resist pausing to enjoy the show. When Liam’s Southern charm drives him across the property line, life gets hotter than the Carolina summer could possibly account for. Unfortunately, there’s a dark side to life in the coastal haven, even with an officer next door.

Coordinating special events at a historic – and supposedly haunted – plantation is enough to have Alicia questioning her senses and her sanity, but the spirits of the past take a backseat to a pair of escaped convicts who blaze a trail of mayhem across Riley County. Not even the most intense chemistry can survive the perils that make a sunny seaside town a dangerous place to be after dark … can it?

My Review:

This is a 3 star book for me. 

I think Ranae Rose did a good job in introducing and getting readers interested in the lives of Alicia Dalton and Liam Alexander. She also got me interested in some of the secondary characters which I hope get books of their own because I would love to see how their stories unfold. 

Although Alicia Dalton and Liam Alexander were the main characters my favorite character was Sasha, cook at Wisteria House and friend to Alicia. Sasha is a fun loving spirited woman who can cook and put people in their place when it is needed. LOVE her.

The only things I didn't like and would change about this story is that sometimes it felt stunted. I could see where more story could be flushed out and at times I was expecting it only to be disappointed when it wasn't there.

I would recommend this book to others and already have. I believe readers who like fast paced semi action filled stories with steamy parts would love to dive into this story. (This by the way is not my mom, should have read the book before asking her to.) 

With all that said, I am looking forward to the other books in this series, and I hope that Sasha has one of her own (I think it will be book 2 but I'm not positive on that.)

Mom's Reveiw: 

I rate this book as a negative one.

Ranae Rose needs a story line for Officer Next Door which I think is supposed to be a romance.

The main plot to Officer Next Door is some people will jump into bed because they think someone looks good.

 

I don’t normally read books like this and this book reinforces why I don’t.  Ranae Rose gives a blow by blow description of all the sex scenes.  She gives very little effort in building the main characters, Alicia Dalton and Liam Alexander.  Both twenty-something’s, seem to think of nothing else but the act of sexual activity.  Though both state that they do not have casual sex, that is what 95 percent of the book is about, those two having casual sex. 

From chapter one to eighteen I skimmed over most of the writing, can’t call it a story because I don’t need or want to read about the act of sexual activity.  When a story finally came into view it was about a side character, Thomas Levinson.  This story line was glossed over as much as the sex scenes were written out.  Too bad because these three people could of made a real good story.

I will not nor would not recommend this book to anyone much less friends. 

You can buy this book at these places!

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Apple

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Please visit Ranae Rose at her website and discover her other works. www.RanaeRose.com