Picture of author.

Marie Force

Teoksen Maid for Love tekijä

196+ teosta 5,862 jäsentä 274 arvostelua 7 Favorited

Tietoja tekijästä

Marie Force was born in Newport, Rhode Island and grew up in neighboring Middletown. She graduated from Middletown High School in 1984, and attended the University of Rhode Island, where she double majored in both journalism and political science. She graduated in 1988 and went to work for a local näytä lisää community newspaper, where she learned a great deal about writing and editing. Marie went on to earn a master's degree in public administration through a program offered by the University of Maryland. Before becoming a full-time author, she worked as a communications director for a non-profit organization and editor-in-chief of a national trade magazine. She is a member of RWA's New England, From the Heart and Published Authors Special Interest Chapters. She is the author of several bestselling series including the McCarthys of Gansett Island, Green Mountain, the Treading Water Trilogy and The Fatal Series. In 2015, her novel And I Love Her was listed on the New York Times Bestseller list. Marie's novel Desire after Dark, part of the McCarthy's of Gansett Island Series, became a 2016 New York Times Bestseller along with her stand alone novel, Sex Machine. (Bowker Author Biography) näytä vähemmän

Sisältää nimet: M.S. Force, Marie Force

Sarjat

Tekijän teokset

Maid for Love (2011) 463 kappaletta
Fatal Affair (2010) 342 kappaletta
Fool for Love (2011) 194 kappaletta
Love at First Flight (2009) 187 kappaletta
Fatal Destiny (2011) 177 kappaletta
Treading Water (2011) 137 kappaletta
Virtuous (2015) 132 kappaletta
True North (2010) 132 kappaletta
Ready for Love (2011) 129 kappaletta
Line of Scrimmage (2008) 124 kappaletta
All You Need Is Love (2014) 109 kappaletta
Fatal Consequences (2011) 106 kappaletta
Fatal Justice (2011) 100 kappaletta
Season for Love (2012) 100 kappaletta
Fatal Deception (2012) 99 kappaletta
Fatal Mistake (2013) 97 kappaletta
Falling for Love (2012) 90 kappaletta
Fatal Flaw (2012) 84 kappaletta
Hoping for Love (2012) 84 kappaletta
Georgia on My Mind (2011) 83 kappaletta
The Wreck (2011) 77 kappaletta
I Want to Hold Your Hand (2014) 71 kappaletta
Longing for Love (2012) 66 kappaletta
Fatal Jeopardy (2014) 66 kappaletta
Marking Time (2011) 65 kappaletta
Fatal Scandal (2015) 64 kappaletta
Meant for Love (2013) 62 kappaletta
Time for Love (2013) 60 kappaletta
Fatal Identity (2016) 59 kappaletta
Waiting for Love (2013) 59 kappaletta
It's Only Love (1751) 52 kappaletta
And I Love Her (1655) 51 kappaletta
I Saw Her Standing There (1834) 51 kappaletta
Fatal Frenzy (2015) 50 kappaletta
Valorous (2015) 49 kappaletta
Starting Over (2011) 49 kappaletta
One Night With You (2015) 47 kappaletta
Fatal Chaos (2018) 45 kappaletta
Coming Home (2012) 44 kappaletta
Ain't She Sweet (1746) 43 kappaletta
Duchess by Deception (2019) 42 kappaletta
The Fall (2010) 41 kappaletta
Victorious (2015) 40 kappaletta
Gansett After Dark (2014) 39 kappaletta
Kisses After Dark (2014) 38 kappaletta
Five Years Gone (2018) 38 kappaletta
Fatal Invasion (2018) 37 kappaletta
Every Little Thing (2017) 37 kappaletta
Chance for Love (2014) 37 kappaletta
Sex Machine (2016) 34 kappaletta
Fatal Accusation (2019) 33 kappaletta
Rapturous (1839) 32 kappaletta
Fatal Reckoning (2019) 31 kappaletta
Love After Dark (2015) 30 kappaletta
Desire After Dark (2016) 25 kappaletta
Ravenous (1810) 25 kappaletta
How Much I Feel (2020) 25 kappaletta
Lethal Attraction: Against the Rules / Fatal Affair (2013) — Avustaja — 24 kappaletta
Celebration After Dark (2015) 24 kappaletta
State of Affairs (2021) 23 kappaletta
One Year Home (2019) 23 kappaletta
Light After Dark (2016) 22 kappaletta
Hot for the Holidays (2019) — Avustaja — 21 kappaletta
State of Grace (2021) 21 kappaletta
Delirious (2017) 21 kappaletta
Fatal Fraud (2020) 21 kappaletta
You'll Be Mine (2015) 20 kappaletta
Here Comes the Sun (2018) 19 kappaletta
Can't Buy Me Love (2017) 19 kappaletta
State of the Union (2022) 17 kappaletta
Mine After Dark (2018) 17 kappaletta
Outrageous (2018) 17 kappaletta
State of Shock (2022) 16 kappaletta
Yours After Dark (2018) 15 kappaletta
Someone Like You (2022) 15 kappaletta
Deceived by Desire (2019) 14 kappaletta
Till There Was You (2019) 13 kappaletta
A Gansett Island Christmas (2018) 13 kappaletta
Let It Be (2020) 13 kappaletta
The Fatal Series, Volume 1 (2016) 12 kappaletta
Sex God (2017) 12 kappaletta
Trouble After Dark (2019) 12 kappaletta
Famous (2019) 12 kappaletta
How Much I Care (2020) 12 kappaletta
Rescue After Dark (2019) 11 kappaletta
Dangerous Games: Come Lie With Me/Fatal Justice (2013) — Avustaja — 11 kappaletta
Here, There and Everywhere (2022) 10 kappaletta
All My Loving (2020) 10 kappaletta
Come Together (2021) — Tekijä — 10 kappaletta
To Know Her Is to Love Her (2016) 9 kappaletta
How Much I Love (2021) 9 kappaletta
Finding Forever (2020) 8 kappaletta
Blackout After Dark (2021) 8 kappaletta
Mein Herz gehört dir (2017) 6 kappaletta
Schenk mir deine Träume (2017) 5 kappaletta
Naughty or Nice — Tekijä — 4 kappaletta
Beach Reads Boxed Set (2019) 3 kappaletta
How Much I Need (2023) 3 kappaletta
All I Want For Christmas (2016) — Tekijä — 3 kappaletta
The Fatal Series, Volume 2 (2016) 3 kappaletta
Here Comes the Groom 3 kappaletta
Fantasía (2017) 2 kappaletta
Ein Ausflug ins Glück (2017) 2 kappaletta
Voor altijd... geliefd (2016) 2 kappaletta
Saatuslik afäär (2017) 1 kappale
Quantum Saison 5 Ravenous (2018) 1 kappale
Saatuslik õigusemõistmine (2018) 1 kappale
Voor altijd... gelukkig (2017) 1 kappale
Voor altijd… gezien (2016) 1 kappale
Idilio (Spanish Edition) (2020) 1 kappale
Quand on attend l'amour (2018) 1 kappale
Quand on aspire à l'amour (2018) 1 kappale
Quand on espère l'amour (2017) 1 kappale

Associated Works

Ask Me Why (2015) — Avustaja — 26 kappaletta
Romance at the Beach [Box set 5-in-1] (2014) — Avustaja — 5 kappaletta
Merry Ever After — Avustaja — 3 kappaletta

Merkitty avainsanalla

Yleistieto

Jäseniä

Kirja-arvosteluja

All you need is love by Marie Force All you need is love by Marie ForceThe first book in the Green Mountain series. Marie sets the tone for the series in All You Need Is Love. It's a delightful story about the big city girl and the small-town guy. You are introduced to large loving family, which sets the stage for many books to come in this series.
 
Merkitty asiattomaksi
Rini55 | 28 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Mar 22, 2024 |
Hoping for Love is the fifth book in Marie Force’s Gansett Island series and it’s Evan and Grace’s story. Grace spent most of her life overweight until recently getting lap-band surgery. Since slimming down, she’s started dating and is finally about to lose her virginity until she discovers that the guy she’s with is a complete tool. She goes for a walk around the Gansett Island Marina, only to return to her date’s boat and find him gone. Stranded on the island, she goes to the Tiki Bar where Evan is performing. He sees her upset and after his set is over, offers a shoulder for her cry on and a place to stay the night. Although there’s a strong attraction between them from their first meeting, Grace needs to get back home and Evan is about to head out on tour soon as a new recording artist. However, after visiting the local pharmacy and discovering it’s for sale, Grace starts planning to make an offer on the store. She returns the next weekend to do just that and also seeks out Evan to pay him back the money he gave her. The two hit it off and end up spending the entire weekend together, getting to know one another and burning up the sheets. But Evan is a confirmed bachelor who never thought he’d ever settle down, and the feelings he’s experiencing for Grace are completely foreign to him. If he can’t get his head on straight, he just might ruin the best thing that’s ever happened to him, but with him leaving soon for his tour, he isn’t even sure if a relationship is possible between them.

Evan is the McCarthy’s third son and a talented musician who’s been working toward fame and fortune his entire adult life. It’s finally starting to pay off with his first album about to drop and a tour scheduled to start in a couple months. He’s also a commitment-phobic playboy who has a different woman in his bed almost every week and has never met anyone who’s even tempted him to settle down. One night, while playing the Tiki Bar with his best friend, Owen, he spots a beautiful woman sitting at a nearby table, crying. Although he could have his pick of nearly any woman in the bar, for some reason, he feels drawn to this one. When he finds out that her boyfriend left her on the island with nothing but the clothes on her back and her phone, and that with all the island accommodations full for the holiday weekend, she has no place to sleep, he offers her a room at his parents’ house where he’s staying. Evan is crazy attracted to Grace, but he can tell that she’s not the kind of girl he can just love and leave like all the rest, so he tries to keep his distance. When he puts her on the ferry the next morning, he figures he’ll probably never see her again. When she returns the next weekend, he’s surprised, but they end up spending the entire weekend together. However, after one night with Grace, Evan is thoroughly confused, which sends him running. A part of him wants exclusivity with her, but since that’s not something he’s ever desired before, he isn’t sure why. He also quickly finds himself floundering in jealousy over other guys flirting with her, and if he can’t figure it out, he just might miss out on a really good thing. Evan is the first hero in this series who’s the classic man-whore, but he’s also Big Mac McCarthy’s son, so deep down, he has a good heart. I like how he looked after Grace when they first met, and how when they first make love and he figures out she was a virgin, he’s very sweet and nonchalant about it. I maybe wanted to smack him (lightly) a time or two for his cluelessness, but at the same time, his bewilderment was rather amusing. When he goes to Grace drunk and vulnerable, I couldn’t help but feel for him. I’m just glad he figured things out and didn’t fight it for long.

Grace is a pharmacist who spent most of her life overweight and was teased mercilessly by the other kids throughout her school years. She’d tried everything to drop the weight without success, until she finally decided to have lap-band surgery. Now a hundred and thirty pounds lighter, she’s found a new sense of confidence and even started dating the guy she had a major crush on all though high school. They’re spending Labor Day weekend on his boat at the Gansett Island Marina, where she fully intends to finally lose her virginity, until she chances to see a text on his phone and realizes that it was all a big joke to him. To clear her head, Grace goes for a walk around the marina, only to find the boat and all her things gone when she returns. With no money and no place to go, she ends up at the Tiki Bar, crying. Then the hot guy who’d been singing comes to her rescue, offering her a room for the night and some money for the ferry the next morning. While there, Evan takes her on a tour of the island, which she starts to really love, and she also discovers that the local pharmacy is for sale. After getting good vibes, Grace decides to shake up her life, returning to Gansett the next weekend to make an offer for the store and return Evan’s money. She and Evan end up spending the entire weekend together, having a blast, then capping it off by burning up the sheets. But when she awakens the next morning, he’s gone. Since she went into it knowing that Evan isn’t a commitment kind of guy, Grace doesn’t regret a thing and tries not to be disappointed, but a part of her hopes that maybe something might still come of their time together. When he starts acting like a jealous ass over other guys flirting with her, hope springs anew, but she knows that for them to have a future together, compromises will need to be made. Grace is sweet and vulnerable, but at the same time, she has enough confidence in herself to make some bold moves in both her personal and professional life. I like that she didn’t sit around waiting for Evan to get his head on straight, but she was open enough to let him back in when he finally did.

With Hoping for Love being part of a long-running series, there are supporting characters aplenty, many of whom get their own POV scenes and their own books elsewhere in the series. Evan’s oldest brother, Mac, and Maddie (Maid for Love) are adjusting to life with a new baby in the house. The second-oldest McCarthy brother, Grant, and Stephanie (Falling for Love) wait hopefully for her father’s release from prison, but hit a rough patch as they disagree over the screenplay about her life story. They also host a huge going-away party for Grant’s ex, Abby, who’ll be returning in the eight book, Waiting for Love. Grace briefly meets Luke, who is recovering from surgery after the accident, and Sydney (Ready for Love) on the ferry when she returns to the island. Big Mac and Linda (Celebration After Dark) must work though some things after the bonk on the head from the accident leaves Mac a bit edgy, while also doling out advice to the younger generation. Evan’s best friend, Owen, an equally confirmed bachelor with wanderlust, finds himself falling for Evan’s cousin, Laura, who he hired to put the Sand & Surf Hotel that his grandparents own to rights. Laura, who is just as attracted to Owen, is going through a divorce from her philandering husband of only three months and is pregnant with his child, leaving her with some complications of her own to work out. These two become the hero and heroine of the next book, Season for Love. Maddie’s sister, Tiffany, is having a hard time accepting the failure of her own marriage, so she takes drastic actions that end up being equal parts LOL funny and sad. However, she discovers an undeniable chemistry with hot new police chief Blaine. They’ll get their story told in the seventh book, Longing for Love. I think I may have to lodge a protest, though, over the fact that Irish charmer and shameless flirt Seamus, the guy Joe hired to take over the ferry while he’s gone, doesn’t have a book yet.:-(

Overall, Hoping for Love was every bit as good as all the other Gansett Island books I’ve read to date. Normally I’m not a big fan of insta-love stories, but while Evan and Grace fall for each other in a matter of a couple of weeks, all the emotions that I expect in a romance were definitely there, which still made it a winner. Evan has a few flaws and he’s thoroughly befuddled over his feelings for Grace, but mostly in a cute way that was easy to forgive. Grace is the quintessential girl next-door, and like all the other ladies in this series, someone who I think would be easy to be friends with. These two fit together very well. Evan faced some news regarding his recording contract that wasn’t entirely resolved by the end, but that wasn’t a huge problem for me, since I know this author always revisits past couples in future books. I figure I’ll just learn more about what happens then. As always, I very much enjoyed visiting with all the supporting characters and learning what’s going on in their lives. The developments for both Owen and Laura and Tiffany and Blaine have really whetted my appetite for their stories, so I can’t wait to continue with the series soon.
… (lisätietoja)
 
Merkitty asiattomaksi
mom2lnb | 3 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Feb 11, 2024 |
I’m so heartbroken after reading this book. The storyline was amazing and I could tell what was going to happen early on but I definitely didn’t see it ending that way. Don’t get me wrong the story was written beautifully and I wouldn’t be so upset and emotional about it if it wasn’t great storytelling. I don’t want to give anything away but I did feel that the relationship between Ava and Eric was kind of forced because they both wanted to move on but we’re still so hung up on their past so it was hard for me to see them building a healthy relationship especially because she just started getting help to cope over her loss and the first time they hook up he is an emotional state and she does it to help him feel better so I didn’t see that being a good start but that’s just me. Overall great storyline, frustrating characters, and my heart hurts for John.… (lisätietoja)
 
Merkitty asiattomaksi
readonreader | 6 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Jan 24, 2024 |

Listat

Palkinnot

You May Also Like

Associated Authors

Tilastot

Teokset
196
Also by
5
Jäseniä
5,862
Suosituimmuussija
#4,209
Arvio (tähdet)
½ 3.7
Kirja-arvosteluja
274
ISBN:t
854
Kielet
6
Kuinka monen suosikki
7

Taulukot ja kaaviot