REVIEW - THE HOLLY PROJECT by K.A. Sterritt

TITLE:  The Holly Project
AUTHOR:    K.A. Sterritt      www.KASterritt.com
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Release Date:  November 14, 2014
Read Date:  June 30, 2015
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"One foot in front of the other. Breathe in, breathe out."
Holly Ashton hasn't celebrated her birthday since her mother passed away. Instead, it's the one day of the year that she allows herself to grieve. The rest of the year is spent pretending to be the strong and independent woman she wants to be.
 
Professionally, she has it all together. A great job as an architect at Sydney's most prestigious firm keeps her focused. Her personal life is far less charmed. Emotionally detached from everyone other than her small circle of friends and family, relationships are a no-go zone.
 
Life is exactly how she wants it to be - until the day of her twenty-fifth birthday.
A chance encounter with Ryan Davenport, CEO of a property development firm, turns her tightly controlled life upside down. Ryan is driven, ambitious and used to getting what he wants - and very unexpectedly, what he wants is the beautiful, smart-mouthed Holly Ashton.

When neither of them believes in happily ever afters, how are they supposed to find their own?


REVIEW:

***Adorable and charming stars***

Absolutely charming, adored this book!! The prologue alone sucked me in. Holly is a strong heroine that has dealt the best she can with her mother's death. The author had me right there with her during her thought process. Made me tear up!! I love that Holly was a strong independent woman that didn't 'have-to-have' Ryan. I enjoyed the little sarcasm jabs, the other characters in the book - Holly ' s friends were cute as could be and really support her with sincere female strength. Ryan Davenport was a great lead character to enjoy all the way through!! Fun, cute read that brought me out of another book funk!! Hoping there may be some more to add....like a series with Jase?? I'd really like him to find sometime, maybe Ryan's sister!!!!

This was a first read for me by author K.A. Sterritt, there will be more.