Review: It’s Only Love by Marie Force

Item: It's Only Love
Rating: 3.5
Author: Elizabeth

Posted October 18, 2015 by Elizabeth in Elizabeth B, Reviews / 0 Comments

It's Only Love by Marie Force
Series: Green Mountain, #5
Published by Berkley Publication Date: November 3rd 2015
Pages: 320
Also in this series: Ain't She Sweet
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The new Green Mountain Romance from the New York Times bestselling author of And I Love Her.
Ella Abbott has long been secretly in love with Gavin Guthrie. A few recent encounters have only added to her infatuation, especially the kiss they shared at her sister’s wedding. It doesn’t matter to Ella that Gavin is in a bad place. He says there’s no hope for a future with him, that he has nothing to offer her. But all Ella cares about is the love she feels.
It’s been seven long years since Gavin lost his brother. He’d kept himself under control and moving forward until his brother’s beloved dog died and his brother’s widow re-married. Since then, he’s been drinking, fighting, and even getting arrested. It seems the only time his demons leave him alone is when Ella is around.
Gavin knows it wouldn’t be fair to drag Ella into his darkness, but when she inserts herself into his life, what choice does he have but to allow her to soothe his aching heart?

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In It’s Only Love, Marie Force takes us back to the Abbott family for Ella’s story. She has been in love with Gavin Guthrie for a long time, but he hasn’t been open to the idea. One night when he needs help changes everything for these two.

The time period for the book is very short, just a couple of weeks, but Ella and Gavin have been circling around each other for a long time, so the quick progression of their relationship doesn’t seem strange. Gavin is struggling with a few issues and it was nice to see the light flip on that “protecting” Ella from himself was just hurting them both. This is a well written, entertaining book, but nothing more than I would have expected from this author.

I have missed books 3 and 4 in the series somehow, but that did not detract from my ability to enjoy this story. I would suggest that someone new to the Green Mountain series not start with this book because a lot of Gavin’s back story goes hand in hand with Hannah Abbott’s story (book #2).

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I am a full time mom who works part time. I squeeze reading in wherever I can between work, volunteer stuff, and kid activities. I read a little bit of everything, but really enjoy indie authors and Happy- Ever-Afters. I've been reviewing for Cocktails and Books since January 2015.