Waking Hearts
Cambio Springs #3
Elizabeth Hunter
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Release Date: November 24, 2015

When everything you’ve longed for is standing right in front of you, would you find the courage to chase it when you’ve given up on dreams?

Fox shifter Alison Smith gave up on happy endings when her ex-husband walked out, but that didn’t mean she was allowed to give up on happiness. With four growing kids, Allie is determined to look on the bright side and carry on, even when life seems to keep kicking the girl who’s fallen down.

Four kids, two jobs, and a pile of debt left over from her ex seem overwhelming most days. Luckily, Allie has the best friends a girl could ask for. Especially a certain quiet bear who’s always been her rock.

Patient. Oliver Campbell knows what it means to be patient. But twenty years of wanting one unavailable woman may have pushed him to the edge. With Allie working every night at his bar, their friendship has begun to fracture.

Then old ghosts offer one more kick to the little family that’s already down, and patience is a virtue Ollie can no longer afford. Allie’s ex-husband may be gone, but his actions are haunting his family. With danger licking the borders of Cambio Springs, the bear and the fox will have to work together. And twenty years of unspoken truths may finally come to light.

WAKING HEARTS is the third paranormal romance novel in the Cambio Springs Mysteries series.

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There are times when I am so excited for a book to be released, one that I have been longing to read, and I get nervous that I have hyped myself up to levels that cannot be achieved. I have some high standards, especially from one my favorite series and authors. There are times when those worries are all for naught because the author seems to know exactly what you want, when she realizes that this is a big deal and she create a story that will captivate your heart and give you the happily ever after you have been hoping for for several books. Elizabeth Hunter, thank you. Ollie and Allie could not have had a better story. It was beautiful, vibrant, full of hope, heartache, life, and true love.

Waking Hearts is a beautiful story of the hopeful chance to finally have what you desired for as long as you can remember. Fans of the Cambio Springs series will be so happy and content with what happens between the covers of this book. Ollie finally gets the girl. (<<That sentence makes me smile!) He grabs hold of the love of his life and cherishes her. I loved watching this grizzly bear of a man wrap Allie and her kids into his arms and fiercly protect them at every turn. He is a man who is rough around the edges but the softness and genuine love he feels for this family is enough to melt the hardest of hearts. Oliver Campbell is a book boyfriend to throw into the running for best book boyfriend of all time. This man has waited decades to be with the woman he loves coupled with the entire persona of who he is, well that is exactly what I find the most attractive in my book boyfriends.

Allie is such a beautiful heroine in this story. She is fierce, tenacious, and kind. Her love of family knows no boundaries. She is caring, loving, and soft-hearted. Watching her move past tragedy and learn to embrace who she was as a single mother was a beautiful process to watch. As she learned to love with abandon romantically and receive that love in return, it was a transformation of an already wonderful character into something precious. She is a fierce mother and her investment and sacrifice for her children was everything you want to see in a mom.

The romance between these two is perfect. In Desert Bound, we see the connection between Ollie and Allie, a friendship that never had a chance to grow since Allie was married to Joe. Ollie’s feelings are never denied in the series but he respects her and loves her and her family from afar for years. I loved getting to see how it all started for Ollie and when he fell in love with Allie. It was sweet. When Ollie’s intentions are known and Allie is able to look into her heart and return those emotions, these two click. There is passion, decades long friendship and camaraderie, and a connection that could never be severed. They had sweet moments and moments full of longing and desire. These two compliment each other SO well and that makes the romance solid and epic.

As with each book there is a threat that takes a every clan to neutralize. This book was no different. It was full of mystery and intrigue, a story that gives the reader more than a beautiful romance. I loved how the clans are so interactive in everything that happens. They are a family and that family will do anything and everything to keep one another safe. There are lies, dangers, and unknowns lurking in the dark and when those things all come to light it is an adventure that will have your head spinning. This book introduces more of the clan and also adds an overarching mystery that will hopefully be developed more in the next book! Hunter has aced this story and I am even more excited for this series!