The MacKade brothers are........well.......mmmmmmmmmmm
I think i am already in love with all of them! They are gorgeous and smart and so very sexy and know exactly how to drive a woman to their knees.
There are four books in this set and i have to say i wish there were more. The brothers are so wonderful, they are the stars of the books through and through and they do not disappoint.
Nora writes these books more in the point of view of the men this time and they are the root of the story and it is their lives individually and collectively that attracts.
They are all equally embedded in the town history fro the civil war and they each have very different experiences and encounters with scenes and ghosts.
The books as follows
The Return of Rafe MacKade
The Pride of Jared MacKade
The Heart of Devin MacKade
The Fall of Shane MacKade
All four are fantastic and i actually do not have a favourite, they are all fantastic reads and the men in the books are such a joy to picture in your head! And the best part about these wonderful men is watching the women enter and change their lives forever!
The Return of Rafe MacKade
Rafe MacKade is probably the badest of the brothers, he has a bad temper and he was always in trouble when he was younger. His brothers were always there as well but he was useually the start of the trouble. He is a dark character that exudes sex and danger and everything that Regan doesnt need.
Regan owns an antiques store in town and has lived there for a littke while, she knows the brothers but has never met Rafe.
Rafe comes back into town after being away for a long time, making something of his life. He has built a massive business and is very successful. He has come home for good this time and to buy the old Barlow place and renovate to make an inn.
Rafe is a fabulous character and an interesting one at that. He is the most dangerous and would be the most likely to solve something with his fists. The brothers were all different and ended up doing different things. Rafe had his business building, Jared was a sucessful lawyer, Devin was the town sheriff and Shane had made a living on the farm that was left to them when their mother died.
Rafe had no interest in the farm that had killed his father and was never any good at it, he helped out from time to time if he was in town but that was it.
He asks Regan to help build the interior to the inn to restore it to its former glory, a job she is excited to do. The old house holds many memories and that is where Rafe has had many of his experiences with the ghosts.
The ghosts have connected with the brothers and Rafe remembers it all too well, it has effected him and has this need to restore the house to see if it will make any difference in the experiences he has.
He and Regan start a sexual relationship and Nora again writes these scenes so well that you can almost feel him touching you. Its hard to actually describe how well written it is and i suppose for everyone there is a different experience, it depends on how well the reader can imagine the characters and how in depth you engulf yourself in it.
There are some extremely funny parts to the book, like the bet that he and Regan make which they both loose but the consequences are brilliant and the parts that are scarey is the ongoing issue that the MacKade brothers have with Joe Dolin who is married to Cassie and how he effects each and every one of their lives. He is an ongoing problem that is snuffed out later in the series.
The story doesnt solve the mystery of the ghosts and the inn is not complete by the end however there are three other book in the series so there is more room for development with the other brothers having their experiences and developing the background further.
Regan gets her own experiences and develops a relationship with the spirits. I do love these books and i have to say up until i read these ones i felt these were my favourite.
But that can change!
The Pride of Jared MacKade
Jared MacKade is a very sucessful lawyer and has made something of his life despite what people in the town said about him and his brothers when they were kids.
Although equally sexy and dangerous i see Jared has a more sensible attitude now, he sees things differently from when he was younger, he wasnt the quiet one, that was Devin but he had seen things differently.
I see a man who had got out of a bad marriage and was trying to make the most of it. He needs passion and something that gives him a little kick in the stomach.
Savannah and her son move into the cabin in the woods. She has a history and wants to keep well away from the town folk. They are happy and she wants it to stay that way.
She is a tough character in the book, she is beautiful and smart and a wonderful artist. And when i think of a woman who is with a MacKade brother i see one that is very beautiful of course.
Jared helps her and she him in return, the woods had always been a special place for him and that is where he had all of his experiences and he is always drawn to them.
Its nice to see that although the brothers have different experiences that the background story is the same.
Nora writes this eerie story well into the romance and sex of the books and i feel like i am experiencing the same as the characters. Teh supporting characters in the books are brilliant along with the main ones and they support them so well enhancing the story.
Savannah has some kind of supernatural gift and she is a little more attuned to herself and those around her. Her story is what brings her and Jared together and they help each other. So far the MacKade women are all strong and they help save their men.
Hmmmm and woman saving a man, no change there then!
The Heart of Devin MacKade
Devin is the towns sheriff and he takes his job seriously. He is a serious man and he is the shy one i think. He is tender and caring and totally smack bang in love with Cassie. Cassie the waitress at Eds and now keeper at Rafes inn. she has two children and a husband who beat her on regular occasions since they were married.
This book for me was the most emotional, dealing with very real life issues. Domestic violence is a difficult issue to write about but Nora does it so well, she introduces the subject in the first book and Rafe and Regan deal with Joe and Cassie in their own way, Regan being Cassies best friend and Rafe having a history with Joe anyway then in Jared and Savannahs life the story develops as well and slowly everyone is involved.
Devin has always wanted to take Cassie away from Joe and keep her safe. He has been in love with her since he was a kid. She married Joe and although everyone knew what he was doing until Cassie said something there was nothing they could do.
Now Cassie was away from Joe and happy. I like Devin's character because he is sweet and cute and strong but he also has a bad side to him and one that he tries to keep under control. He can be dangerous and he is sexy, so very sexy.
Cassie is the one who has the encounters with the spirits living in the Inn she sees and feels more but it is how she connects to Devin.
He helps her get over what happened with Joe but its not quite over yet and the brothers will need to protect her once last time but will it end as well this time around? You will have to read and find out!!!
The Fall of Shane MacKade
Being the baby of the family he always had to catch up with his brothers. Shane is a little rough around the edgese and says exactly what he thinks and doesnt care about the consequences.
Due to Regans interest into the civil war story and the spirits connected to it and both the Inn and the MacKade home, her friend from college comes to help.
She is interested in the parapsychology and wants to help Regan as well as get away from her parents. Rebecca shall we say is a little niave and has not had a lot of life experiences.
Shane is so rough and strong tending to his farm. He has a massive issue with his three brothers not only getting married but having babies as well. He loves kids and his family but he really believes thats not for him. He is very adamant about how he want to live his life and he gets a massive kick in the nuts when he meets Rebecca.
Rebecca moves into the house to investigate but Shane really hates all the talk of spirits and the war. He doesnt believe in it and will not tolerate it. She pushes him into dealing with the ghost stuff and eventually he admits it all.
Its nice to watch shane fall and fall hard because of the way he acts throughout all of the other books and always teasing them about falling.
I really enjoyed these books and thought theu were brilliantly written. I loved the brothers and how well they are written.
I give this series and wonderfully deserved 7/10.
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