Shelter for Quinn by Susan Stoker

Quinn was born with a port-wine birthmark on her face and neck. Right away her mother was convinced she was touched by the devil and gave her up for adoption. She spent her childhood being moved from foster home to foster home, being made fun of and cast out as an abomination and witch. By the time she reaches adulthood, she is weary of the world, tired of how often everyone stares and talks bad to her and about her. John “Driftwood” is a fireman who has slowly been developing a friendship with Quinn. He has been captivated with her since they met and wants to show her that even though he obviously sees the birthmark, he believes she is beautiful and wants to be with her.

Another good read by Susan Stoker. I love this whole series. I will say that while I understand Quinn’s whole deal with her port-wine birthmark and how big a part it plays in the basic story plot, I felt like it went on forever. She (and everyone else) was constantly obsessing about it and it got rather repetitive for me. This is the reason it is three hearts and not four. While I acknowledge that her birthmark was a major part of the story, it drove me a little batty how it had to be mentioned so much on every page. I would have enjoyed getting to know other aspects of Quinn. I really love the communication between Quinn and Driftwood. They don’t allow things to stay unspoken. Driftwood is one dreamy man. I liked that he just sorta took over so the relationship happened. I feel like they had a softer story then some of the others in the series, and there wasn’t as much action until closer to the end of the book. And truthfully, by then, I was just dying for Taco’s story.