Branded

4 Star review Branded (The Brody Brothers #1) by Stacy Gail Stacy Gail is a new author to me and this book is about Ryland Brody and Celia Villarreal. Ry was an arrogant jerk, but he grew on me slowly. Celia got on my nerves a bit with her constant harping on her behaviour towards Ry at her birthday party; we kept hearing about it and it got a little frustrating at times. I can only imagine the loneliness that Celia was feeling as she slowly realised that people in her home town were avoiding her and treating her as though she had the plague. Celia has always had a bit of a crush on The Brody Brothers and when Ry offers her a job that could ensure her dream of moving to the city, although hesitant at first, she decides to take the job. There was certainly a great deal of emotion and angst in Branded, throw in the sizzling chemistry between Ry and Celia and you are in for a ride. The story was well written and the characters were strong. The supporting characters were just as interesting and I look forward to reading more from Ms.Gail

What is a girl to do when it seems the entire town has turned against her? One night of drunken fun, and an incident with one of the towns favoured families seems to have backfired on Celia pretty bad. So bad, tired of all the loneliness, the snubs, the lack of welcome she had always felt, she is taking steps to leave town. Before she can execute her perfect plan, the object of her mistake is pursuing at every turn. It isn't easy, and both are pretty prone to giving in to their tempers, but the way they compliment each other is so much better. It is a hard lesson for Celia to learn, and growing up is never easy, but even Ry recognizes he isn't the easiest person to get along with. Once these two work through things, utter perfection, and Celia learns being branded as Ry Brody's isn't all that bad!