Patty ~ Wrapped Up In Reading Book Blog's Reviews > A Reason to Breathe

3 Jumping Jehosaphat Stars!!!

(BR with Denisse)




A Reason to Breathe is the story of a 39 year old widow, who picks up and moves to a small town in Colorado to start a new life.
Jennifer Stewart is the new "Event" reporter for Gunnison County.
Her husband of twenty years recently passed away, and her daughter has gone off to College.


I was looking forward to this one as I heard it being compared to the works of Kristen Ashley, who I haven't read anything from yet, but after reading this one, I plan to read a KA book SOON!!!


The book started off promising.
We meet the HOT Sheriff, Jack Gunnison and he's 40!!
This is my first book with characters that are close to my age and let me tell you, I'd not be looking at the young ones, if there were men like Jack in my town!!! WOOOOO!!
He's the town's most sought after bachelor.
Never been married.
Never been in love.
Doesn't want to be tied down.


The moment these two meet, the attraction is INSTANT.
This guy is already saying "MINE" in his head when he looks at her.
Ok, I'm chuckling at this, finding it a little cheesy.
But as the story goes on, I started to really enjoy it.
I was hooked on Jack as soon as he's introduced in the story.


There's a serial killer on the loose and he has a thing for women 35 - 40, single, with long brown hair and brown eyes!
Hmmmm.....sounds a lot like our heroine.

Jack and Jennifer butt heads because she's constantly sticking her nosy reporter nose into police business.
I have to say throughout the book she continues to do the stupidest things and is just extremely annoying!! I did not like her!
Also I questioned why all the men in town were falling all over themselves over her??!!
It's not like she was the only woman in town!!




I will say the SEX was H-O-T!!!
And I mean SUPER HOT!!!
If it weren't for those sexy scenes and Jack, I'd not have enjoyed this book as much as I did.






I completely had the wrong guy pegged as the serial killer and felt that the identity was revealed too soon.
This should have been dragged out a bit further because the drama that comes up afterwards just felt out of place and should not have been a part of this story at all!
I had planned to give this one a 4 but when that mess was added to the story, I had to deduct points and Jack started to irritate me a little towards the end as well.
He kept telling Jennifer how amazing she was because she wasn't demanding of his time and understood how important his job was.
Oh Jack, just say it once!!
NOT OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN!!!!
Shut up, get naked and just sex it up!!!



This is an enjoyable read if you can overlook the annoying heroine and haphazard events at the end.
Jack pretty much makes it worth your while for the majority of the story. :)


Thank you, Denisse, my lovely friend, for making this a fun read for me!!! xoxoxo