* Review * NOTE BY NOTE by Janice Maynard

Note by Note by Janice Maynard
Series: Southern Hearts #1
Published by Bright Moon Books on April 28, 2017
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four-half-stars

Jane has wanted Ethan for years, but she’s never found a way to tell him. With Valentine’s Day fast approaching, she decides to woo him with a series of erotic valentines every Thursday until the big day. Then she’ll finally reveal her true identity.

But when her stationery store is vandalized, Sheriff Ethan comes to her rescue and the sparks start flying ahead of schedule. Now Jane and her erotic alter ego are competing for Ethan’s attention. Soon, friends become lovers, but will this new relationship last?

A captivating tale of friendship leading to love! The characters are easy to like and a joy to read. There is an underlying friendship that they have shared over the years, that even though it had waned in recent time still leaves them with a solid foundation of knowing each other well when they set out to reconnect. The secrets surrounding them lead to a fun little cat and mouse game of temptation and passion as their relationship develops to the point of no return!

Jane Norman has been secretly in love with asst chief of police Ethan Oldham for more years than she can even remember. They grew up together and bound along in a great friendship for years before time and circumstance had them drifting apart. As a new year approaches, she can’t help but think of him and wish things were different … so she comes up with a plan to try once and for all to woo him into seeing her as a lover instead of as a friend. She plans to send him an anonymous erotic poem each week until Valentine’s Day!

When Ethan hears the address of Jane’s pen and stationary store on his police scanner as the site of a vandal, he panics. He knows Jane lives upstairs! When he rushes to her side to make sure she’s safe, they can’t deny their joy at being in each other’s company again … and Ethan is seeing her in a way he never did before. Have his eyes finally been opened to the fact that she’s a desirable woman? She certainly hopes so!