Irresistible

Irresistible by Susan Mallery is the 2nd novel of the Buchanan Family. This family owns three restaurants in the Seattle area with the mean evil grandmother at the helm. There are three sons Cal (from Delicious novel), Reid (ex-baseball player), Dani (divorced and 1/2 sister of the crew) and Walker (ex-marine). This novel tells the story of Walker who left the Marines because he saw too much. He moves in upstairs from Elissa a single mom with lost of secrets and goal not to have sex for 13 years. This novel has mystery, danger and healthy romance. Check out the whole series Delicious (#1) , Irresistible (#2), Sizzling (#3 Reid's story due out January 2007) and Tempting (# 4...Dani's story due out July 2007)

Second in the Buchanan family series. A single mom with a five year old daughter, Elissa Towers has learned to be self-sufficient and not expect help from anyone. She foolishly ran away from home when she was 17, got pregnant and beat up by her boyfriend and paid hard for her life. She works hard too - besides being a waitress, Elissa designs jewelry and sells it at home parties in her spare time. So when she has difficulty with her car, she certainly doesn't expect new neighbor Walker Buchanan to help her out. Walker, an ex-Marine from a family who owns several successful restaurants, is a loner at loose ends. He suffers awful guilt for a tragedy when he was eighteen. Elissa slowly accepts Walker's help and Walker slowly allows himself to interact with Elissa and her daughter. This story packs an emotional punch. Neither character wanted involvement but couldn't help themselves from falling in love. Susan Mallery has a wonderful talent. I can't believe I missed the first Buchanan book, DELICIOUS. It's at the top of my "buy now" list.

If i could could give this book 10 stars i would it's that good.

Susan Mallery has done it again as far as writing an incredible series about the Seattle Buchanan family. Her second in the series (Delicious being the first), IRRESISTIBLE is just that. It's full of family issues, love, some danger, betrayal and includes short snippets about the Buchanan siblings. However, IRRESISTIBLE is Walker Buchanan's story. Walker decides he must retire early from the Marine Corp. He's seen and been through way to much and he has a mission. His friend took a bullet for him and died with no family, no one to mourn with the exception of a young woman who he mentioned many times to Walker. Walker returns to Seattle and his family the the main purpose..... to find his friend's girlfriend and to deliver a letter to her. He is immediately thrust into two situations......the first being family duties to sit at the helm of the family corporation because his grandmother has to be hospitalized due to a heart attack and fall. The second; he moves into a neighborhood and meets three incredible people.....the beautiful Elissa, her daughter Zoe and Mrs. Ford who all reside in his building. Neither Walker nor Elissa are looking for love but the forces of nature bring them, their families and a horrible ex-boyfriend into the mix. Lots of emotion with a lots of intensity in this love story. This story is one I could not put down. Once I began Walker's journey, I read it immediately from cover to cover. Susan Mallery is a master storyteller and this series is such an entertaining one, one that will top the charts for the year and next year as well with additional books in the series.

We get more time with the Buchanans--Walker, the ex-marine, is our hero this time! yummy Walker's back, he has left the Marines he's sick of being a warrior but he's on a mission he wants to find the woman the young soldier in his unit talked about said he was in love with her. Ben died and Walker wants to share his thoughts with someone who cared for the boy too. It's very important to him to find her. Besides Walker isn't sure how he'll fit back into civilian life. He moved into an apartment, in a slightly shabby neighborhood, and meets his neighbor, Elissa Towers, after hearing her try to loosen the lugnuts on her flat tire early one morning-she needs muscles to do it. She pays him back by making him a pie but after he bought her a new tire they make a bargain of her cooking a meal for him occasionally. Their neighbor Mrs Ford tries to be matchmaker though. Elissa's a Seattle native too but at 17 she runaway from home to L.A. she made it on her own for several years but found herself pregnant by a real loser. She gets back to Seattle with the hopes of her family finding her but it's been 5 years and it hasn't happened, she's a struggling single parent. Walker and Elissa form a friendship but fight the attraction the whole time-one of the goals on her parenting plan is to not have *sex* for 13 more years. Walker feels he has nothing to offer, he's a warrior, comes from a very dysfunctional family and as a 17 y.o. he didn't do what he thinks he should have. The sexual tension is so thick as a reader you can feel it. Elissa and Walker do fall in love even as they fight it. They do learn about family the hard way with situations in both families. Walker is a knight in shining armor throughout the book! It's wonderful to be back with the Buchanans, the happy times with Cal & Penny waiting for the birth of the baby, Dani's still healing from her divorce, the unfaithfulness of her ex-husband and learning she is a half-sister to her brothers and of course Reid's having his pick of women every night. Ms Mallery has added to the wonder story she created in DELICIOUS. She's only half way through the Buchanan family next is Reid's story SIZZLING there's an excerpt in IRRESISTIBLE. I can hardly wait