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Something to Talk About (Plum Orchard Book 2) (edition 2014)

by Dakota Cassidy

Series: Plum Orchard (2)

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Fiction. Romance. HTML:Sexy is as sexy does. And in Plum Orchard, sugar, it does!
Emmeline Amos is sick of her ex saying she's boring and prissy. After all, she works for a phone-sex company! (As general manager, but still.) On a rare girls' night out, fueled by blender drinks and bravado, Em accepts a shocking dareā??to handle a call herself. But it's tipsy Em who gets an earful from an irate single father on the other end of the line. Awkward.
But not as awkward as discovering that same mad dad is Call Girls' gorgeous new programmer. Jax Hawthorne is still upset that his daughter called the "girlfriend store" on his behalf, but he can't deny he'd choose a hot-librarian type like Em if he were looking for love. Which he's not.
Em wants to do more than just talk the talk. So she makes a bawdy bargain with Jax. They've both been burned beforeā??this time, they'll keep it strictly physical. Except as soon as they settle on no strings attached, things start to get tangl
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Title:Something to Talk About (Plum Orchard Book 2)
Authors:Dakota Cassidy
Info:Harlequin MIRA (2014), Kindle Edition, 379 pages
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4.5 stars.

Something to Talk About is another Ć¼ber entertaining and scrumptiously steamy installment in Dakota Cassidy's marvelous Plum Orchard series. In this outing, Emmeline "Em" Amos finally learns to stand up for herself while Jax Hawthorne puts the ghosts of his past to rest.

Em is still struggling to find her footing following her (now) ex-husband's shocking revelations and their subsequent divorce. A single mom with two young boys, she is working as the General Manager of Call Girls, her good friend Dixie's phone sex business. Trying to shed her good girl image, Em accepts a drunken dare to answer a call, but wouldn't you know it, the next caller is really a little girl who is trying to find her dad a girlfriend. Jax is not amused to discover his daughter Maizy chatting it up with a phone sex operator and he lets loose with an angry tirade. Unfortunately for Em, Jax is an old college friend of Dixie's boyfriend, Caine, and their paths are soon going to cross on a daily basis when Jax begins working at Call Girls as a computer programmer.

Em is the town sweetheart which is just a really nice way of saying she is a pushover. She is genuinely caring and thoughtful, but she will go to any lengths to avoid confrontation. However all of this begins to change when Em maintains her unlikely friendships with Dixie and the other women at Call Girls despite everyone's obvious disapproval. She loves her newfound independence but she is still she overcoming the habits of a lifetime drilled into her by her unhappy mother. When malicious gossip begins continues to adversely affect her sons and her ex-husband issues a surprising threat, Em's response to all of these challenges shocks everyone, including herself.

Jax is a roguishly charming character with a surprising amount of depth. There is a a lot of heartache in this devoted dad's past, but it takes most of novel to unlock all of his secrets. Jax
wants a real relationship with Em, but since she is insistent that she does not want a serious entanglement, he agrees to her no strings fling proposal. However they do get to know each on a more personal level when he convinces her to help him decorate his house.

Em is really not cut out for a casual affair and she has as much difficulty keeping her emotions out of their relationship as Jax does. There is plenty of heat between them and their sex scenes are highly sensual. In and out of the bedroom, their exchanges are meaningful and laced with humor.

While there is plenty of internal conflict as Em and Jax deal with their respective issues, there is also some external conflict as well. Jax's brothers Gage and Tag are extremely supportive but he and Tag butt heads occasionally. Chief troublemaker Louella Palmer is in fine form as she dredges up a long-buried secret. Em's mother is a huge help but that assistance comes with a high price tag when her negativity causes problems for Em.

Something to Talk About is a heartwarming novel with a well-developed cast of multi-faceted characters. The plot is well-written and beautifully executed. Unexpected revelations keep the story fresh while Dakota Cassidy's tantalizing glimpses of secondary characters Marybell Lyman and Tag Hawthorne leave readers eagerly anticipating the next novel in the Plum Orchard series. ( )
  kbranfield | Feb 3, 2020 |
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Overall Rating: 3.75
Story Rating: 3.50
Character Rating: 4.00

Audio Rating: 4.00 (not part of the overall rating)

First Thought when Finished: Plum Orchard reminds me a lot of the small little town I grew up in! Something to Talk About by Dakota Cassidy sure did make me smile! Emmeline is totally a gal after my heart: deep down she knows she is a little bit more than the sensible gal everyone sees. She was the reason this story shined. So grab a drink, settle in, and have a little fun with the peeps of Plum Orchard.

Audio Thoughts:

Narrated By Scarlet Chase / Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins

Scarlet is a good fit for this series. I think her southern is a little over the top but it adds to the fun tone of the series. If you are sensitive to southern accents then you should probably read this.

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  thehistorychic | Feb 3, 2015 |
I was a little intrigued by the blurb for this book. A phone sex company in the middle of a small southern town? Sounds great, right? Yeah, not so much. It had it's moments, but I got tired of the sayings and the gossip-y talk. Maybe it was because I didn't read the first book, but I just didn't get into this book as much as I thought I would. Kinda want to read the next book because it's about the mysterious Tag, but if it's going to use all the talk about the lord and his ways...no thanks.

Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC. ( )
  amdrane2 | May 29, 2014 |
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Fiction. Romance. HTML:Sexy is as sexy does. And in Plum Orchard, sugar, it does!
Emmeline Amos is sick of her ex saying she's boring and prissy. After all, she works for a phone-sex company! (As general manager, but still.) On a rare girls' night out, fueled by blender drinks and bravado, Em accepts a shocking dareā??to handle a call herself. But it's tipsy Em who gets an earful from an irate single father on the other end of the line. Awkward.
But not as awkward as discovering that same mad dad is Call Girls' gorgeous new programmer. Jax Hawthorne is still upset that his daughter called the "girlfriend store" on his behalf, but he can't deny he'd choose a hot-librarian type like Em if he were looking for love. Which he's not.
Em wants to do more than just talk the talk. So she makes a bawdy bargain with Jax. They've both been burned beforeā??this time, they'll keep it strictly physical. Except as soon as they settle on no strings attached, things start to get tangl

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