Passion Creek (The Layton Family) [Kindle Edition]

Avery Flynn (Author)

Book Description

Uptight history professor Sam Layton may have the abs of a movie action hero, but he stopped believing in the joy of adventure a long time ago. However, when a one-night stand with a tattooed bombshell leads to a treasure map for the long-buried Rebecca’s Bounty, the call to action is too strong to ignore.

All Las Vegas cocktail waitress Josie Winarsky wants to do is paint. But when she lands smack dab in the middle in a mob plot, she has to push aside her dreams to find a treasure in Dry Creek, Nebraska and save her family from harm. With Sam at her side and a Vegas loan shark on her tail, the treasure she finds turn out to be much more valuable than emeralds and rubies.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"This was a great read! I liked the mystery dynamic of this story and that lovers united with a goal in mind and let their romance build naturally on that. I found this book hard to put down and read it in a few short evenings." - Amanda from Goodreads 

Product Details

• File Size: 362 KB
• Print Length: 164 pages
• Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
• Publisher: Evernight Publishing (August 29, 2012)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
• Language: English
• ASIN: B00947WLUC
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• X-Ray: Not Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #536,291 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Seriously Great Story September 3, 2012

By cm3

Format:Kindle Edition

Not my normal kind of book I would choose but I was given this book as a ARC - I was hooked and read it in two hours. No supernatural just pure romance with a little action thrown in.....

Josie and Sam seem to be doomed at the start....treasure, mob ties & danger cause major roadblocks right off the bat to deter their relationship but they find...um (creative ways should I say?) to overcome them. :)

Off to put the first two books on my to-read list....curious about the rest of the Layton boys and if they can hold a candle to Sexy Sam. What can I say? I'm a sucker for hot, nerdy guys with OCD.

I actually liked a ROMANCE book. Go figure....LOL

I was given this book as an ARC to facilitate my review, thoughts and opinions are my own.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Hot and has a good storyline September 3, 2012

By Phaedra C Seabolt

Format:Kindle Edition

I received this book as an ARC.

Josie is a waitress in Las Vegas who is trying desperately to escape her current life in search of the one she always dreamed of having. At one point in her life, she was a painter with a lot of promise until she was betrayed by her best friend. Her art was stolen right from under her. Her life was ruined. In her time of need, her twin brother Cy shared her pain and helped her to get back onto her feet. Now it is her turn to return the favor. On her last night as a waitress, Josie learns that her brother owes a loan shark working for the mob 40 grand. Her brother is no where to be found and the shark has turned to her for the money. "Snips," as Josie calls him, has two things he wants in payment for the money he loaned. He wants either the actual cash or Josie herself, a payment she is unwilling to provide.

Unfortunately for Josie, in her attempts at negotiation, Snips grabs her, invoking her temper and a swift kick to the nuts. Instead of being able to request more shifts to pay her brother's debt, she is out of work. The upside to her situation is that she decides to spend time in the bar of the casino and meets Sam, a history professor from Dry Creek, Nebraska. He just so happens to be gorgeous and smart. He also is from the very place Josie wants to disappear for few months at a painters retreat. They are instantly attracted to one another and fall easily into one another's arms. Is it destiny that Josie has met a man from the very town she intends to move to? Read the story to find out!

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Sizzling HOT September 3, 2012

By Lisa A. Markson

Format:Kindle Edition

Lisa's review of
Passion Creek
By Avery Flynn

18+ book
I received a copy of Passion Creek by Avery Flynn in exchange for a honest review. First off this is adult book with mature situations. This book was absolutely fabulous. I really enjoyed getting into this fast paced and captivating story. What would you do to make your dreams come true? Josie had a dream of painting even after her so called best friend stole that dream from her. Then she scrimped and saved working in the high stakes poker room of a casino getting grabbed and pawed by men in order to get higher tips so she could go to a artist retreat in Dry Creek, Nebraska in order to recover her dreams. On her last night two things happened one of her best patrons gave her a book that had a map to Rebecca's Bounty a treasure map in the same town she was going and the second was a sleazy loan shark threatened her and her family because her brother owed him money. She needed to let off some steam and met Sam a man that had a irresistible presence that she needed to possess in all his power. But was that meeting destiny or planned Sam just happened to live in Dry Creek and he was related to Rebecca's. This story takes you on a rollercoaster ride through their one night stand to their meeting in Dry Creek. The passion and sizzle that these two create can light a fire to the pages that it is written on. I couldn't put this book down for anything I needed to see the suspence that was going to occur between these two lover's, the deal with Snips, Rebecca's Bounty and Josies family. Thank you Avery for allowing me to read this stimulating and intriguing story from beginning to end. I cant wait to read more from this fabulous author.

More About the Author

Avery Flynn has three slightly-wild children, loves a hockey-addicted husband and is desperately hoping someone invents the coffee IV drip. Find out more about Avery on her blog (www.averyflynn.com), follow her on Twitter (https://twitter.com/averyflynn), like her on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Avery-Flynn/177161972329973) or friend her on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/avery.flynn.7). Also, if you figure out how to send Oreos through the Internet, she'll be your best friend for life.