emilyhei's review
4.0
Beck Childress knew that he wanted Eden Durant. The moment he met her, he knew he had to have her. After an incident has left Beck with an opportunity to get what he wants, a date with Eden, she agrees. Beck is also on the break of making a career altering choice as he decides to run a campaign to become the town's sheriff, but is Eden the type of girl he needs on her arm?
Eden has a past she ran from, now with a new name she is running the Paradise Garden Cafe. Everything in her life is wonderful, but can she take a chance on Beck? As she makes a choice, she finds someone is trying to sabotage her cafe. As Beck beings his campaign, Eden's past pays a visit and she has to find out who is wanting to get her shut down. Beck has to decide if he wants to focus on his career or if Eden is the future he wants to focus on, but can't he have both?
Sweet story, the chemistry between Beck and Eden is off the charts. There is a teasing electricity but it leaves the reader hooked. I was anxious to discover what was behind Eden's past and I have to say readers, this was refreshingly new to me as an avid reader. Highly entertaining read.
Eden has a past she ran from, now with a new name she is running the Paradise Garden Cafe. Everything in her life is wonderful, but can she take a chance on Beck? As she makes a choice, she finds someone is trying to sabotage her cafe. As Beck beings his campaign, Eden's past pays a visit and she has to find out who is wanting to get her shut down. Beck has to decide if he wants to focus on his career or if Eden is the future he wants to focus on, but can't he have both?
Sweet story, the chemistry between Beck and Eden is off the charts. There is a teasing electricity but it leaves the reader hooked. I was anxious to discover what was behind Eden's past and I have to say readers, this was refreshingly new to me as an avid reader. Highly entertaining read.
booksuperpower's review
5.0
Problems in Paradise by Kelsey Browning is a 2014 Carina Press Publication. I was provided a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
This book is laugh out loud funny! One screwball thing after another has Beck and Eden struggling for time alone as they deal with accusations about Eden's cafe and Beck's run for Sheriff, Beck's sister Clare, who has appointed herself Beck's campaign manager and Eden trying desperately to keep her past hidden.
Eden left L.A to start over in the small town of Shelbyville, Texas. She changed her name and opened a cafe and lived a low key life until someone broke into the cafe. Things go downhill from that point on for Eden.
Beck's life is pretty calm until his sister Clare shows up swearing up and down that her husband is having an affair and she has left him. She's a former beauty queen that is beginning to feel the effects of middle age and decides that Eden is a threat to every long standing marriage in Shelbyville and so she needs to fix that problem right away.
Poor Beck has women trouble everywhere he turns. He's dying to find out what Eden has hidden under all those pairs of overalls she wears, but with the break in at the cafe and subsequent bouts of possible food poisonings, Beck can't seem to manage a single uninterrupted date with Eden. His sister is driving him nuts and a resident of Shelbyville swears Eden tried to kill her husband which could force Eden to close the cafe.
If all that weren't fodder for all the gossips when it come to light who Eden really is thing really get out of hand. This is when we discover why Eden feels she needs to completely change her life and who could blame her. Sadly, this big reveal could forge a wedge between Beck and Eden that they may not be able to overcome.
So can the health food nut and the junk food junkie make a go of it after all?
Sweet, funny, and sexy this book was a lot of fun to read. Beck and Eden are both really great characters and the troublemakers will have you seeing red. You will root for this couple that are like complete opposites but are still great for each other, if only everyone would get out of their way. If you like romantic comedy and contemporary romance you really need to check this one out. I loved it from start to finish!
Five stars for this one!!
This book is laugh out loud funny! One screwball thing after another has Beck and Eden struggling for time alone as they deal with accusations about Eden's cafe and Beck's run for Sheriff, Beck's sister Clare, who has appointed herself Beck's campaign manager and Eden trying desperately to keep her past hidden.
Eden left L.A to start over in the small town of Shelbyville, Texas. She changed her name and opened a cafe and lived a low key life until someone broke into the cafe. Things go downhill from that point on for Eden.
Beck's life is pretty calm until his sister Clare shows up swearing up and down that her husband is having an affair and she has left him. She's a former beauty queen that is beginning to feel the effects of middle age and decides that Eden is a threat to every long standing marriage in Shelbyville and so she needs to fix that problem right away.
Poor Beck has women trouble everywhere he turns. He's dying to find out what Eden has hidden under all those pairs of overalls she wears, but with the break in at the cafe and subsequent bouts of possible food poisonings, Beck can't seem to manage a single uninterrupted date with Eden. His sister is driving him nuts and a resident of Shelbyville swears Eden tried to kill her husband which could force Eden to close the cafe.
If all that weren't fodder for all the gossips when it come to light who Eden really is thing really get out of hand. This is when we discover why Eden feels she needs to completely change her life and who could blame her. Sadly, this big reveal could forge a wedge between Beck and Eden that they may not be able to overcome.
So can the health food nut and the junk food junkie make a go of it after all?
Sweet, funny, and sexy this book was a lot of fun to read. Beck and Eden are both really great characters and the troublemakers will have you seeing red. You will root for this couple that are like complete opposites but are still great for each other, if only everyone would get out of their way. If you like romantic comedy and contemporary romance you really need to check this one out. I loved it from start to finish!
Five stars for this one!!
beckymmoe's review
4.0
A five star start, veering toward three near the end, but averaged out to a solid four all together...
Problems in Paradise had some definite laugh out loud moments. Some of my favorite parts were the heroine's redneck-themed gifts to the hero--just too funny!--and Voltaire, the hound they share "custody" of. Kelsey Browning definitely has a flair for writing the ridiculous--the dialogue snark between Eden and Beck is great, and often made me giggle.
You could practically see the steam rising off of my ereader when those two got together--wowza. Fun reading. :)
Beck was a great hero overall--man in uniform who loves dogs alert--he made redneck sheriff look sexy ;) I definitely shared his (as well as Allie's, Roxanne's, and Ashton's) frustration that Eden wouldn't trust him (them) enough to reveal her secrets. It made sense up to a point, but then it felt like she really needed to show them all more respect than her silence was doing.
Eden was a very sympathetic character for much of the book--she had a difficult upbringing and tons of family issues (though, hey--Beck's sister is a piece of work too) and she was really trying to build a commendable business and getting some very unfair flack in the process. She had such great intentions, and so much that happened wasn't at all her fault--it was heartbreaking. However, she did have a tendency to get too bogged down in her internal my-toxic-past-will-make-everyone-hate-me-and-hurt-the-ones-I-love dialogue. I so wanted her to get over it several chapters before she did.
But she finally does--her apology is definitely unique!--and we get our HEA, plus there's a dog, so... ;)
This one was my favorite in the series so far, and for the first three-quarters or so, I absolutely loved it. The end was a bit shaky with too much of the non-communication/I'm-doing-this-for-your-own-good vibe to it--but overall this was a four-star read for funny scenes, an awesome dog, and a smokin' hot relationship between the hero and heroine. Hopefully the next book will be Ashton's--hers is one I'm definitely looking forward to reading!
(Cover rant time: why does he have brown hair on the cover? He's supposed to be blond, Carina Press. They mention it several times--yet no matter how long I look at it, that cover model stays stubbornly dark haired. With what looks like gray highlights. Why?)
Rating: 4 stars / B rating
I received a complimentary copy in exchange for an honest review.
Problems in Paradise had some definite laugh out loud moments. Some of my favorite parts were the heroine's redneck-themed gifts to the hero--just too funny!--and Voltaire, the hound they share "custody" of. Kelsey Browning definitely has a flair for writing the ridiculous--the dialogue snark between Eden and Beck is great, and often made me giggle.
You could practically see the steam rising off of my ereader when those two got together--wowza. Fun reading. :)
Beck was a great hero overall--man in uniform who loves dogs alert--he made redneck sheriff look sexy ;) I definitely shared his (as well as Allie's, Roxanne's, and Ashton's) frustration that Eden wouldn't trust him (them) enough to reveal her secrets. It made sense up to a point, but then it felt like she really needed to show them all more respect than her silence was doing.
Eden was a very sympathetic character for much of the book--she had a difficult upbringing and tons of family issues (though, hey--Beck's sister is a piece of work too
But she finally does--her apology is definitely unique!--and we get our HEA, plus there's a dog, so... ;)
This one was my favorite in the series so far, and for the first three-quarters or so, I absolutely loved it. The end was a bit shaky with too much of the non-communication/I'm-doing-this-for-your-own-good vibe to it--but overall this was a four-star read for funny scenes, an awesome dog, and a smokin' hot relationship between the hero and heroine. Hopefully the next book will be Ashton's--hers is one I'm definitely looking forward to reading!
(Cover rant time: why does he have brown hair on the cover? He's supposed to be blond, Carina Press. They mention it several times--yet no matter how long I look at it, that cover model stays stubbornly dark haired. With what looks like gray highlights. Why?)
Rating: 4 stars / B rating
I received a complimentary copy in exchange for an honest review.
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