By Nicole Snow

“It’s a helpless, awful feeling to realise how alone you are. Never bothered me much before. Guess I always believe you gotta be the kind of person who don’t mind being alone with, and I’ve always been good with my own company. Don’t know why it’s not enough, all of a sudden. Must be because that little wildcat looked right through me like I wasn’t there, like I was just a phantom, and showed me there’s no one in my life who needs me at all.”

– Nicole Snow, Still Not Into You

First off, I must confess that I set aside Gabe and Skylar’s story after reading that passage. For two weeks I found myself looking for light-hearted stories, knowing that I needed to step back from a trigger that Nicole Snow unintentionally brought to life within me in those few words. 

Dear reader, I was Gabe at one time. I didn’t mind being alone, thinking that I was better being by myself than associating with the outside world.

I was not part of the “in” crowd, I was shy and quiet even among the few people who considered me their friend. My nose was perpetually buried in books. I was the quintessential introvert, albeit one who my peers run to then because they knew they could count on me for anything. This all changed one day when it was I who needed help—and met the brick wall of indifference. 

Like Gabe, that moment of hate became my strength. I refused to back down, I told myself I mattered and fought to be recognized, to be heard. This time, like Skylar, I developed a thick hide. I found myself again, bigger, better, and though still alone, at peace. 

Well. Nicole Snow has become one of my go-to authors, one of a few I keep because her stories resonate in my soul and I always feel like I am walking in her character’s footsteps. 

Gabe and Skylar’s story will take you on a rollercoaster of emotions: frustration at Skylar’s stubborn need to look for her niece on her own, anger at her for fighting Gabe when he only wanted to help, sadness for Gabe’s need to belong, affection for when he puts his thoughts to paper; anxiety when both were faced with danger, and, above all, relief, happiness and love for these two broken souls when everything was done and gone.

Another plus for me was the consistency of Nicole Snow’s writing style: descriptive without being too flowery, her words took me through the story without the abrupt bumps and stops I sometimes encounter in romantic action/suspense stories. Her words flowed so well that I wish—I dearly wish—to see Gabe and Skylar’s story converted into an audiobook, for me to swoon over and over again. 

So dear reader, go ahead and pick up Still Not into You. Better, get the whole Enguard Series. I promise you won’t regret it! 

Nicole Snow is a Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author. She found her love of writing by hashing out love scenes on lunch breaks and plotting her great escape from boardrooms. Her work roared onto the indie romance scene in 2014 with her Grizzlies MC series.

Since then Snow aims for the very best in growly, heart-of-gold alpha heroes, unbelievable suspense, and swoon storms aplenty. With over a million books sold, she lives for the joy of making two people fight with every bit of their soul for a Happily Ever After.

Current fan favorites include her Enguard Protectors series, accidental love novels, plus long beloved MC romance thrillers like the Grizzlies and Deadly Pistols.

Find more about Nicole here:

Website: http://nicolesnowbooks.com

Still Not Love: An Enemies to Lovers Romance (Enguard Protectors Book 4) 

Still Not Love was the first book I read from Nicole Snow. I met her through Goodreads, when she sent me a message asking if I would want to receive an advance reader copy of the book. 

This was my review, and to this day, I still ask myself why the heck did I just read a Nicole Snow creation just now? And to see that I had one of her books languishing on my TBR list! I feel like I need to apologise!

Ok, the story first. James and Faye were partners in the FBI, then they became lovers. Sinister forces drove them apart after one operation—James distanced himself to protect Faye, while Faye was forced out of the FBI by her father. Circumstances and danger bring them back together, and the rest, of course, was a HEA worth swooning over!

Totally my trope.

The plot build-up. Some of you might feel that the story was a slow burn, and get impatient, rushing to the end. Don’t do that. Live the story with James and Faye, get to feel your adrenaline pumping as you search out the danger they themselves were looking for, having an idea but not a clue as to when it will hit. And, like an orchestra, it will hit.

Nicole Snow’s writing style. It has been a while since I came across an author who writes so flawlessly—not one grammatical error, no misplaced sentences, no thoughts jumping all over the place. Plus, the way she builds up her words—the sentences flow like water on a stream, or should I say, like her characters: James when he needs to be calm, deadly, and focused; Faye when she needs to let out her adrenaline and assert her relevance, her importance, for them to survive (she was, after all, an FBI agent).

There was something I saw too, with the way Nicole Snow led me through the pages. Like her characters’ love for music, the author wrote this story like a maestro nurtures his/her opus, making sure that the audience gets to experience every emotion he/she wanted to bring out, and still come away satisfied and content.

I honestly could not put the book down, and was a bit peeved whenever I had to do something else. Nevertheless, I finished the book in a day, it was that good! So, dear reader, settle down, and one-click.