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The Sun and the Moon (Giving You ... Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Leslie McAdam (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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AN AWARD-WINNING, STEAMY, STANDALONE, SECOND-CHANCE/MENTAL HEALTH-RECOVERY ROMANCE I just wanted a freaking cup of coffee. After all, hard-charging lawyers like me require caffeine to survive court battles. I didn’t expect my life to change. I didn’t expect the unbelievably hot guy behind the counter—all green eyes and golden surfer curls—to tilt my world. And I REALLY didn’t expect his particular brand of laid-back alpha male style. I’d been so secure in my own little world. One with Rules about what I do—and what I definitely do NOT do. Especially in bed. Rule Number 9? No dirty talking? There’s no earthly reason why I’d want anyone to do that. I may be stuck-up, but my Rules kept me safe and happy. Okay, I wasn’t happy. Depressed and repressed is more like it. But am I ready for Mister Barista to obliterate every Rule in my book?
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*** 2015 Watty Winner ***
"WOW! This story is just fantastic. ... I CANNOT WAIT to read more in this series, and I happily HIGHLY RECOMMEND!" -- Jennifer Pierson: The Power of 3 Readers
"I think I found my new book boyfriend" -- Amazon Reviewer
"funny, witty, captivating, freeing ... a beautiful and real story" -- Amazon Reviewer
"This is one of those feel good, sexy, meaningful, profound, page turning, heartwarming books... This is NOT just the sexiest and hottest romance you'll read; it's one of the most meaningful." -- Amazon Reviewer
"a perfect blend of heart, humor and sensuality" -- Catherine Bibby, Rochelle's Reviews"A reserved and vulnerable West Coast lawyer takes a chance on a stranger.
McAdam's fiction debut, the first installment of a series, flows along fairly standard romance-novel templates. It opens with its likable California heroine, Santa Barbara attorney Amelia Crowley, in bed with yet another well-intentioned but lackluster lover. She ticks off in her head the list of personal rules she's recently developed that are meant to reflect her realistic expectations ("Nothing demeaning"; "No submission. I am always in control"), but also signal the toll that her history of deep depression has taken on her personal life. She talks about those factors--her "personal pathological repression"--with her therapist, who echoes her worry that her depression has flattened her healthy sex life and counsels her to take more active steps to reconnect with her own sensuality. That advice is on her mind one morning when she visits Southwinds Coffee in Ventura on her way to court and encounters the shop's smolderingly sexy owner, dreamy surfer guy Ryan Fielding. The two have instant romantic chemistry and begin flirting almost before Amelia's first coffee cools, with the main thrust of the rest of the book the unfolding of their relationship. Ryan is practically perfect in every way: loving, gentle, patient, funny, and instantly, puppyishly loyal. Amelia is flawed, self-doubting, and emotionally needy, and the two are immediately, wildly compatible--especially in the bedroom, where Ryan's passion promptly makes Amelia throw her rules out the nearest window. The conventional nature of all this is salvaged by the frank and sometimes multilayered ways McAdam deals with Amelia's depression issues; readers are periodically reminded about the kind of hell this character has gone through. And while Ryan's nearly divine sensitivity and interest (he quickly reveals that he's lusted after Amelia since they both attended the same high school) might be a sign of narrative insecurity--the story would certainly have been more absorbing if he was anywhere near as flawed as she is--the author does a wonderfully light and engaging job of portraying the development of a friendship alongside the explicit sexual acrobatics.
A steamy, sun-drenched California romance with some intriguingly serious undertones."--Kirkus Reviews

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The Sun and the Moon is a standalone, HEA romance novel, which straddles the line between romance, erotica, and chick lit.  It also deals with the very real issue of depression, which affected me personally.  It's the first in the series, which I've called "Giving You" because all of the titles are things you would want to give someone you love, like the sun and the moon, and the stars in the sky.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B016M8HXW6
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ (December 15, 2015)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 15, 2015
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1014 KB
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  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 0692645195
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USA Today bestselling author Leslie McAdam is a California girl who loves romance and well-defined abs. She lives in a drafty old farmhouse on a small orange tree farm in Southern California with her husband and two children. Leslie's first published book, The Sun and the Moon, won a 2015 Watty, which is the world's largest online writing competition. She's gone on to receive additional literary awards and has been featured in multiple publications, including Cosmopolitan.com. Her books have been Top 100 Bestsellers on both Amazon and Apple Books. Leslie is employed by day but spends her nights writing about the men of your fantasies.

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IslandDeb
5.0 out of 5 stars The Sun and the Moon Is Brilliant!
Reviewed in the United States on March 13, 2016
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Leslie McAdam knocks down walls in her debut novel, The Sun and the Moon, giving us a beautiful story that is just so intelligent and well written I was wowed! She tackles the dark subject of depression with knowledge, understanding, compassion, and a supersize serving of hot sexy fun and humor. Ms. McAdam’s voice is smooth flowing, wrapping you up in the lives of her characters from the very start. Her insights on life, love, and self-worth truly resonated with me, and I found myself relating to the main character, Amelia, on so many levels.

Amelia Crowley’s life took a turn that knocked her for a loop. Heartbreaking loss, not to mention cruelty from the one person who should have been by her side, sent her tumbling into the rabbit hole of depression. Amelia shut down her feelings, set herself up with a set of ten hard fast rules regarding sex and relationships, and just...exists. The only thing she puts any energy into is her law practice, the only person she confides in is her quirky best friend, Marie. The icing on the cake... the Prozac has hijacked Amelia’s libido. Not that there’s been any guy even remotely able to light a spark down there. Until she walks into Southwinds Coffee and is struck speechless by the gorgeous barista. The fleeting thought he seems familiar is knocked aside by intense green eyes, lush lips, blonde surfer curls, and the sexiest voice she’s ever heard. Hello, Sun God. Welcome back, libido.

Ryan Fielding has his own set of baggage stuffed with heartache and loss, but the Sun God savors each day as if it were his last. He knew back in high school that Amelia Crowley was the one for him even though she was three years ahead of him. Now, more than ten years later, she’s walked into his life again and he’s not going to let her get away. Determined to lure beautiful Amelia out of her rabbit hole, toss out those damn rules, and give in to feeling again, Ryan has all the patience in the world.

Oh Lordy, I fell in love with Ryan immediately. He’s not only gorgeous and built like a god, he’s over the top sexy. Like, set your panties on fire, SEXY. The things this man says! The things this man does to Amelia’s body! I loved that Amelia is ready and willing to let him in, allow herself to be vulnerable, and most of all, to enjoy! Ryan’s intelligence and wit match perfectly with Amelia, and these two have the chemistry that will have you panting right along with them.

The Sun and the Moon is brilliantly crafted with the perfect blend of surprises, witty dialogue, spot-on observations about life, and smoking chemistry. Ms. McAdam’s ability to convey such believable and deep emotion between Amelia and Ryan brought tears to my eyes more than once. I loved this story and am looking forward to book 2, The Stars In The Sky.
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Cundykj
4.0 out of 5 stars Oh boy, hoo-ha
Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2016
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Mansmell.

Manflesh.

These are my 2 new favourite words in the world. I am going to petition the Oxford dictionary to add them as new words for 2016. I predict they will become big like when google became a verb.

I appear to have lost a good hour of my Saturday checking out hot, blonde haired surf dudes with abs to die for who love coffee. I might need to lose an hour or so tomorrow too - you can't rush perfection when you are looking for a Sun God like Ryan Fielding.

Leslie made the perfect dude! He can cook! He has a heart of gold. He is thoughtful. He has a sexy body to die for. Those little dimples above a man's butt, score! Caring. Ambitious. He has a lovely pecker. Abs. Nice car. Great taste in coffee. Green peepers. I am smitten I tell you.

If I had rules, I can think of no better man to make me break them than him, and that is exactly what he does to Amelia. One by one the rules fall by the wayside.

The Sun and the Moon is a really good read. It is funny whilst still dealing with a really tough message about depression and low self esteem. Leslie deals with them with sympathy, tact and clearly a great deal of understanding; the reason for that is dealt with in the author's notes at the end.

An impressive debut. It made me immensely proud that a person who felt broken was able to pick herself up through the the joy of reading, the joy of writing and the joy of words.

"I'm not one to tell you how to feel. You feel how you feel. I'm in this life to feel everything. Pleasure and pain. So feel how you feel."

My favourite dirty ish quote:

"He got out of his chair on the terrace, and kneeled between my thighs, his bare, f§(£ me, bare, muscled, warm chest, right there for me, like some sort of boy blanket, and his blue, flowered swim trunks dropped below his hip bones. My thighs parted biblically to let him in. Wrapping his arms low around my waist, he pulled me forward by my hips, and he pressed his hardening oh-boy into my hoo-ha."

Fist bump for over coming body insecurities. Fist bump for overcoming religious shame. Fist bump for women rediscovering the magic of the O.
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Cee Bee
5.0 out of 5 stars MF- for a Change
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 28, 2023
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Amelia Crowley is one uptight, locked down with Mental Health issues due to her upbringing and relationship trauma issues. She is also a well respected Lawyer in Santa Barbara, California, aiming for a Partnership in the near future.

Her next case has her heading further along the coast to Ventura Courthouse. With time to spare she stops at a Coffee Shop to sit and go through her notes.

For someone who is adept and talking to Judges, clients etc, she is lost for words when she looks up to the Barista who wants to take her order. Hmm, Surfer Boy vibes, and he is a dream. “Hi, Movie Star, what can I get you”. His name tag indicates he is Ryan.

When she’s moving away to a table she notices he is pressed up against the counter. He’s interested in her too, she notices. Does he know her?. He looks familiar.

All very ordinary circumstances in which to meet someone I guess, but behind every bright smile there can be oceans of hurt and pain holding back real potential. Unless of course you meet someone like Ryan Fielding who is prepared to show you the way, to help you break all your rigid rules. It also helps to have really good friends and a brilliant therapist on hand.

There are Triggering issues lurking in these pages, so read the author’s warning. I feel if I list them here they would be ‘spoilers’.

Leslie Adams has done a terrific job in character development here for both MC’s, I had no difficulty connection with either of them, even though MF had become a ‘meh’ genre since I discovered MM. Not an issue here though, there was more genuine give and take in the relationship.

There are 4 books in this series, I thought they would be a follow on from Book 1, but the Intro after the Epilogue here, appears to focus on a featured character who is the best friend of Amelia, the MC here.

I’ve downloaded all of them as I really enjoy Leslie McAdam’s other books that I’ve read. I believe ‘ The Sun and The Moon’ was her debut boom which won an award. Go Leslie.
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nicandbooks
5.0 out of 5 stars Swooning over the Sun God
Reviewed in Australia on June 2, 2018
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I’m finally getting around to reading all of Leslie McAdam’s back catalogue and I’m so excited to be reading her Giving You series. Knowing this was her first series, that the coffee shop in this first book inspired the name of her Facebook author group ... it’s like I’m getting to know a bit of Leslie history as well as getting to read some amazing books at the same time. The first book in this series, The Sun and The Moon, has just blown me away. I’m actually shocked this was Leslie’s debut novel as it does not read that way at all. Already her ability to create genuine, authentic and nuanced characters is finely tuned and I have fallen in love with both Amelia and Ryan, aka the Sun God.

What makes this a stand out story is Amelia. She is flawed, she lives with depression, she has a lot of inner demons (and rules regarding sex) to battle ... and Ryan is willing to do his best to support her through it all. Amelia’s self criticism and her negative and questioning internal voices are something that - unfortunately - lots of people can relate to (me included) and I loved that Leslie has portrayed a heroine like this. The issues that arise in Amelia and Ryan’s relationship aren’t the usual big dramatic events (ie: past exes, surprise pregnancy, massive fight), they are problems that occur due to Amelia battling with assumptions she has made due to her last, assumptions she makes about Ryan and the first impressions she gathers as well as the fact that something positive is happening in her life and her brain isn’t ready to accept it ... especially when it seems “to good to be true”.

After saying all that, The Sun and The Moon does provide a lot of laughs, some very very hot and steamy sex scenes and a story line that will resonate with a lot of people on some level I am sure. We all deserve a Sun God, but no one more so than Amelia. And I cannot wait to read the rest of this series 😁

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Lori Webber
5.0 out of 5 stars Feeling the gravitational pull of the Sun God and definitely not fight it
Reviewed in Canada on December 19, 2015
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I am not even finished this book and I have been driven to Amazon to leave a review. Debut novel? Woah. People, this book is so well written and so fun you would think this is an author with several (dozens) books under her belt. And for those who dismiss "chick lit" or "romance" you only have to read a bit of this book to realize that good writing is simply that: good writing. Leslie McAdam gives us a fantastic female main character who is struggling with depression and the impact this illness has on her life. What a refreshing take and how powerful it was to read of a woman who is grappling with taking back her life to feel and live again. Anyone who has felt or seen the impact of depression knows how hard it is to embrace life and see the colours of the world again. I love how Amelia starts to feel again after starting to orbit Ryan, the Sun God (just a pet name, folks and it really is a great one). And then Leslie McAdam goes and brings us the Sun God. Well, he doesn't bring some warmth into your life (or your panties), then you truly may need to medicate. What a fantastic debut for this writer. All I can say is that she goes on my favourites list and I hope she can write really fast because anyone who has read this book will be pining for more from her. Write fast Leslie! Thanks for the great story!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Good
Reviewed in India on June 25, 2016
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Strictly for adults only...but it's so well written and the the emotions are explained clearly...this is one of the must read book on this genre and it's on KU...I will definitely read more from this author for sure.
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MRS JANET HARRALL
5.0 out of 5 stars Funny, sexy and heartwarming
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 23, 2021
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This book was enjoyable for so many reasons. The characters are likeable, it’s easy to read and is full of emotion. It shows you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover (as in reading people ). It’s a lesson in self worth , love and life. Amelias sex rules are so funny and Ryan’s one liners made me laugh. Ryan’s surfer dude and coffee shop job only cover the surface of this gorgeous sun kissed guy and Amelia being a lawyer, curvy and slightly broken can only wish he was the right guy for her. You really need to read this story to find out what happens……
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