Title: Trace + Olivia Series Boxed Set
Series: Trace + Olivia #1-4
Author: Micalea Smeltzer
Genre: New Adult
Release Date: July 30, 2015
Blurb
Finding Olivia: How far would you go to find yourself? That’s the question that’s been haunting Olivia Owens for years.
Chasing Olivia: How far would you go to reignite the spark you once had? Two years later, Trace and Olivia are as much in love as they’ve always been. But the spark they once had for life is waning and Trace is determined that they find it again. His solution? A road trip. But he doesn’t tell Olivia the real reason they’re heading north.
Tempting Rowan: I’m drowning in the numbness. It’s pulling me under and I can’t see the surface. It’s easier to pretend I can’t feel. And the longer you pretend, the easier it is to believe. But he wants to save me. Only he can’t. I have to save myself…and I don’t know if I want to.
Saving Tatum: Even tough girls need saving. Jude Brooks is bad news. He’s the kind of guy that leaves behind a string of broken hearts and Tatum O’Connor is not about to be one of those girls, despite all of Jude’s advances. They have a past, and Tatum’s determined to make sure they don’t have a future.
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This is such a great series.
You won't be disappointed with reading any of these 4 books. I want updates on all of the characters!
Finding Olivia ~5 Stars
This is such a great read.
I had problems putting it down, even to go to sleep. I picked it right back up to finish it, as
soon as I woke up. I absolutely love
this story and the characters in it.
Olivia Owens is a twenty year old college student. She’s trying to find herself and figure out
who she is. She grew up not being
allowed to do anything. Her preacher
father wanted perfection. She is shy and
quiet.
All it takes is a chance meeting when she gets a flat tire
and a hot guy pulling over. Everything
changes for her.
Trace Wentworth is a twenty-two year old mechanic. He is hot, but there is so much more to him
than that. Like, his love of
ketchup. He is instantly attracted to
Olivia.
Trace helps Olivia with so much, and not just with her “Live
List”.
“Life isn’t about perfection, perfection doesn’t exist.”
These characters grow so much in this book. They are perfect for each other. Yes, they have some bumps in the road, most
are minor, but they do have a major bump also.
And Trace doesn’t leave Olivia’s side the entire time.
I will be staring Chasing Olivia right now.
I’m kicking myself for not reading this sooner.
Chasing Olivia ~ 5 Stars
This is the second book in this series. You do need to read Finding Olivia
first. This is a continuation of Trace
and Olivia’s story. I absolutely love
these characters and their story.
This book finds them on a road trip to recapture their
adventures. It’s a great road trip for
them and exactly what they needed, especially after learning some bad
news. This news had me crying a few
times in this book.
I loved both weddings.
Both were awesome and amazing.
“I promise to make every day of our lives together better
than the one before it. I know we’re
going to have ups and downs, life’s a roller coaster and that’s expected, but
I’m always going to look for the bright side…even in the darkest situations.”
And they have a dark situation, that’s for sure.
The letter to Olivia had me crying. I wish the letter to Trace would have been in
the book as well.
These two are perfect for each other. Both have grown and changed so much since the
start of Finding Olivia. I’m glad they
both are following their dreams!
This is definitely a series, and author, I will continue to
read!
Tempting Rowan ~ 5 Stars
This is the third book in this series. This can be read as a standalone, but I
highly recommend you read them in order.
I have loved all three books! Micalea
Smeltzer is now on my automatic read list.
All three of these books will have your eyes leaking and you will love
all the characters, I promise. The first
two books were about Trace and Olivia.
This is about Trent, Trace’s younger brother, and Rowan. It starts around two years after Chasing
Olivia ends.
Rowan Sinclair is a twenty-one year old college
student. She’s not a normal twenty-one
year old. All she does is go to class,
work, study, and take care of her two younger siblings. Her mom is an abusive alcoholic. She has no clue who her father is, and her
stepdad is a handsy creep! She does a
great job taking care of Ivy and Tristan.
She doesn’t love herself though.
The years of verbal abuse from her mom has caused her to think she
really is every bad thing her mom has called her. Plus the secrets she carries weigh her down
with guilt. She can’t tell them though.
Trent Wentworth has been in love with Rowan since they were
sixteen. Now he is going to make her see
that she is it for him and always will be.
He will break down her walls.
“I don’t’ care what you say, I know you feel whatever this
is that we have. Don’t think for a
minute that I haven’t noticed the way your breath falters when I get too close
or how your eyes flash with desire. I
definitely can’t forget the way you responded to me last night. You can’t deny that you liked it when I
kissed you.”
I was worried when her big secret came out, and even more
worried at the very end. At least until
I read the epilogue.
This is a great read!
Saving Tatum ~ 5 Stars
This is the fourth book in this series. I do recommend that you read them in
order. Even though the main characters
are different, they are all in the books.
I absolutely have loved all four of these books. They are a great read, and you definitely
won’t be disappointed with them.
Tatum O’Connor lost her brother, Graham, seven years
ago. She also lost both her parents that
night. They aren’t dead though. Her mom is lost inside her head, and her dad
is never around. She blames Jude for her
brother’s death.
If her best friend, Rowan, wasn’t also best friends with
Jude, she would never see or talk to him.
Jude Brooks has wanted Tatum since she kicked him in the
balls when they were in high school. He
is a man-whore. But he’s a great guy.
Tatum needs help with a paper and Rowan can’t help her. Jude volunteers.
Things change for both of them. Tatum has some harsh realizations. When she finally realizes the truth, it
almost breaks her. She is strong though,
and getting stronger, with Jude’s help.
“I was connected to him in a way I knew I’d never be with
anyone else. I hadn’t been looking for
the one, or anyone for that matter, but love doesn’t wait til you think you’re
ready. It comes along when you least
expect it and turns your life upside down.
It sends you on a journey of epic proportions and changes the course of
your life. It completes you.”
I absolutely love Pap.
I would love an update on Jude and his family, as well as
Tatum and her parents!
Excerpt
“No, no, no, no!” I beat my steering wheel with the
heel of my hand. “No! You’ve got to be kidding me!” I pulled off the road, my
tire bumping along.
I put my car in park and climbed out to assess the damage.
My feet crunched on the gravel scattered alongside the road.
Immediately, the oily burnt smell of my peeling tire met me.
Calling this a flat tire didn’t do it justice. This was
complete and utter carnage.
I looked behind me, at the trail of tire pieces leading
straight to my car, like a path of breadcrumbs.
It was starting to get dark and this wasn’t exactly the
safest road.
I was also a twenty-year-old girl, ripe for the picking.
I kicked the side of my car. “I don’t have time for this!”
I stalked around the back, to the trunk, lifting it and
looking for the necessary tools to change a tire.
Which was pointless because, unfortunately, I didn’t know
the first thing about changing a tire. My father had made sure that I only knew
how to do a woman’s work.
I slammed the trunk closed and stalked back to the driver’s
side, pulling at the ends of my hair. I glared at the offending nail, that had
to be four inches long, sticking out of the tire. How many nails did people
drive over a day and I was the one to get a flat freakin’ tire?
Not cool.
Not at all.
I opened the door and reached for my phone to call my
roommate to come pick me up.
The sky was darkening and I didn’t want to be stranded here.
I wrapped my lightweight jacket tighter around my body, as
the wind gusted around me, blowing leaves off of the nearby trees. I watched
the red, yellow, and orange leaves fall down and scatter over my car. One,
unfortunately, got caught in my hair. I reached up and pulled it out before
letting it drift to the ground.
Gravel crunched behind me. I turned quickly, to see a guy
getting out of a black car that looked like something old, but classic.
I hadn’t even heard him pullover.
I backed a step away, thinking he might be a murderer, or a
rapist.
But when I got a look at his face I was stunned.
He was tall, with a lean body, but muscular. He had short,
dark brown, almost black, hair and the greenest eyes I had ever seen. Five o’
clock shadow covered his cheeks and chin. My eyes trailed down, over the white
t-shirt glued to his chest, and stopped there. I could see black ink underneath
the white shirt and licked my lips. The fact that he had tattoos only made him
hotter. To protect against the cold, he was wearing a long-sleeved plaid shirt.
“Uh—can I help you?” He asked, smiling pleasantly at me, and
putting my earlier fears about him being a murderer or rapist completely to
rest.
Help? With what? I needed help?
“Huh?”
He grinned crookedly, tilting his head. “With your tire. Do
you need some help?”
He had the deepest, huskiest, voice I had ever heard. I
shivered at the sound. I was pretty sure I’d be happy for him to help me with a
lot of things, and none of them included my tire.
“Help would be great,” I blushed, ducking my head.
He chuckled. “You do have a spare, right?”
“Yeah, it’s in the trunk,” I pointed, like he didn’t know
where the trunk was.
He grabbed the spare, and all the necessary tools and sat
down, next to the ruined tire.
“I—uh—would’ve changed it myself, but—uh—my dad never taught
me,” I ran my fingers nervously through my wavy brown hair. “He said something
about it not being appropriate for a girl to do and if I ever got a flat tire,
I better hope Prince Charming came along. My dad’s very—uh—old fashioned,” I
stammered.
He looked up at me. “Does that make me Prince Charming?” He
grinned.
“Oh—uhm—Prince Charming is fictional, so I guess not, and
he-uh-usually rides a white horse or something… I think.”
Somebody, stamp AWKWARD across my forehead already.
The guy threw his head back and laughed. “I guess a shiny
black '69 Camaro doesn’t count as a white horse. You watch a lot of Disney
movies or something?”
“No,” I blushed tomato red. “At least not anymore.”
“You’re funny,” he squinted up at me, shielding his eyes
from the orange glow of the setting sun.
“I hope that’s a good thing,” I muttered. Unfortunately, I
wasn’t trying to be funny.
“It’s a very good thing-” He paused, waiting for my name.
“Oh—uh—Olivia. Olivia Owens.”
“I’m Trace,” he reached a hand up to me and I took it. It
was warm and calloused, swallowing mine whole. “Trace Wentworth,” he grinned
when my hand jerked at his touch.
Author Bio
Micalea Smeltzer is a bestselling Young and New Adult author from Winchester, Virginia. She’s always working on her next book, and when she has spare time she loves to read and spend time with her family.
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