Review- More Than Need You by Shayla Black

June 14, 2017Leave a comment

My rating is 5 out of 5 stars

I was so excited to get my hands on this book. After the way book 1 ended, I knew we were in for a treat. I was right. This book was definitely comparable to a bumpy roller coaster ride. There was so much hurt and despair that you heart physically hurts.

Griff and Britta were apart for 3 years after he believes his brother and his girlfriend betrayed him. He finds out years later that he is a dad and is determined to insert himself into his son’s and Britta’s life. It will not be easym She will fight him every step of the way. I dont blame her. I’d feel the same in her shoes.

Britta is just exisiting. She is settling for a guy that doesn’t light up her world. He is just safe. When Griff turns her world upside down with the ultimatum to stay with him for 60 days, they both start to break down their defenses. All it takes though is one repeat of history to tear it all apart once again.

Will they be able to overcome once again? They certainly need to tear down every single wall that is keeping them apart. Shayla got me. I did cry a few times at the end. This book is a must read.

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I’m Griffin Reed—cutthroat entrepreneur and competitive bastard. Trust is a four-letter word and everyone is disposable…except Britta Stone. Three years ago, she was my everything before I stupidly threw her away. I thought I’d paid for my sin in misery—until I learned we have a son. Finding out she’s engaged to a bore who’s rushing her to the altar pisses me off even more. I intend to win her back and raise our boy. I’ll have to get ruthless, of course. Luckily, that’s one of my most singular talents.

Sixty days. That’s what I’m asking the gritty, independent single mother to give me—twenty-four/seven. Under my roof. And if I have my way, in my bed. Britta says she wants nothing to do with me. But her body language and passionate kisses make her a liar. Now all I have to do is coax her into surrendering to the old magic between us. Once I have her right where I want her, I’ll do whatever it takes to prove I more than need her.

This book is the second in the More Than Words series. The books are companions, not serials, meaning that backstory, secondary characters, and other elements will be easier to relate to if you read the installments in order, but the main romance of each book is a stand-alone.

This book contains lines that may make you laugh, events that may make you cry, and scenes that will probably have you squirming in your seat. Don’t worry about cliffhangers. HEA guaranteed! (Does not contain elements of BDSM or romantic suspense.)

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Shayla Black is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of more than fifty novels. For nearly twenty years, she’s written contemporary, erotic, paranormal, and historical romances via traditional, independent, foreign, and audio publishers. Her books have sold millions of copies and been published in a dozen languages.

Raised an only child, Shayla occupied herself with lots of daydreaming, much to the chagrin of her teachers. In college, she found her love for reading and realized that she could have a career publishing the stories spinning in her imagination. Though she graduated with a degree in Marketing/Advertising and embarked on a stint in corporate America to pay the bills, her heart has always been with her characters. She’s thrilled that she’s been living her dream as a full-time author for the past eight years.

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Review – Hot Cop by Laurelin Paige and Sierra Simone

June 13, 2017July 2, 2017Leave a comment

Oh, Officer Kelly… you can arrest me anytime that you want. I do mean anytime.

I cannot say how much I enjoyed this book! I laughed until my sides hurt. I swooned and fanned myself regularly while I was reading. Chase Kelly is the hottest, yummiest cop around. And dirty. He is just so dirty! That made this book even more fun to read. It’s no wonder that they call him Officer Good Times. But times for Chase are a’changing.

We meet Livia Ward when she is at the beginning of a personal crisis – in a year she will be 30, and of course, life ends at the ripe old age of 30. As lucky would have it that morning, Livia meets police officer Chase Kelly under some rather unusual circumstances. Still the attraction between is instant and Chase wants nothing more than to give Livia the naughty librarian the Kelly Trio. Sex the alpha Kelly way. No strings attached. When Livia presents Chase with a proposition of her own that will fulfill both their needs, Chase figures why not have his cake and eat it too? These two certainly were not expecting their relationship to take the turn that it does. It’s a month filled with dirty words, broken rules and the most incredible action packed sexual adventure of their lives. It’s also a month filled with revelations, insecurities, and fears. Could it be that Chase must finally face that he doesn’t want just to be known for his sexual prowess and is finally ready to reach for something more?

I liked Livia so much. There were plenty of moments that I cheered her on and then wanted to shake her. Livia wants things to go in an orderly fashion. She’s made a plan and will stick to it come what may. What was she thinking when she thought that Chase would fit into her plans so easily and then be discarded? He changes her, excites her and moves her like no one else has done before. It was fun watching the stiff, straight laced lady become the passionate risk taker at the hands of Chase Kelly.

Laurelin and Sierra have created some awesome stories together. This was a joy to climb into! An absolute scorcher that I didn’t want to end. The laughs and sexy banter between Livia and Chase kept me coming back for more. Hot Cop is so well written and has just the right amount of angst, humor and yes, filthy moments. It’s playful, sinful and thoughtful. I loved it. Well done, ladies. Very well done!

5 Handcuffed Stars!

From NYT Bestselling Author, Laurelin Paige and USA Today Bestselling Author, Sierra Simone comes a steamy contemporary romantic follow-up to last year’s bestseller P*rn Star.

You have the right to remain sexy.

Anything you say can and will be used to get you in my bed.

You have the right to use my body to give yourself a delirious, life-changing orgasm.

If you have trouble…don’t worry, I’m a bit of an expert in that department.

There’s nothing ‘thin’ about my blue line, if you catch my drift, and trust me, I know how to put those handcuffs to good use.

***

Livia Ward wants a baby before she’s thirty. And even though Officer Chase Kelly is exactly the kind of cocky jerk this librarian has sworn off, he is undeniably hot. Both of them think they can give each other what they want–a few nights of fun for Officer Kelly, a no-strings baby for Livia–but this hot cop is about to learn that sex, babies, and love don’t always play by the rules.

I’m at the steakhouse fifteen minutes early, which is on time in Chase Kelly’s book. I’ve never been late for work or a date a single time in my life; in fact, I’ve always been early, which is a point of pride for me. And Livia walks in at seven on the dot, something that endears me to her immensely, although the moment I register that I, Officer Kelly, am charmed, my mind goes blank.

Just blank.

There is nothing but her.

She walks in on heels that make her legs a mile long, her long hair down in a tumult of soft waves. The maître d’ helps her take off her checkered wool coat, and then I.

Am.

Speechless.

My heart hammers up in my throat as the blood pools deep in my groin. She’s wearing a bright red dress—so fucking short that I’d be able to finger her easily if we were in a booth, which we tragically aren’t. The red sets off the warm undertones of her bronze skin, highlights the deep brown of her eyes. The lines of it hug the delectable curves of her tits, which are just small enough that she can get away without wearing a bra.

My cock thickens as she begins walking toward me, and I can verify that she is definitely not wearing a bra. Oh God, what if she’s not wearing panties either?

I bite back a groan and push back my chair to greet her as she comes to our table, tugging the hem of my sweater down in one smooth move as I unfold myself to help disguise the effect her presence has on me.

As I step forward to greet her, I notice the color high in her cheeks and the way her teeth dig into the soft coral of her bottom lip.

She looks nervous.

That gives me pause. I don’t mind a woman meeting me cold or shy or overly eager, I don’t even mind a case of the first date jitters—since first dates are pretty much all I go on, I see a lot of those.

But nervous—truly nervous—that bothers me a little. Do I make her feel unsafe? Is it my size? My job?

In a split second, I change gears. I can be patient when it comes to the Kelly Trio, and I find that the idea of wooing my nervous little librarian on date after date doesn’t sound tiresome at all…it sounds delightful, actually. A challenge. A test to see if I’m worthy enough to remove all traces of trepidation from her face and fill her expression with eagerness and surrender instead.

And get more time with this fierce, sweet bookworm all to myself.

I lean in to kiss her cheek, careful to angle our bodies so that I don’t press against her with six feet, two hundred pounds of hungry cop. Instead, I anchor her with a firm hand at her elbow, pleased to feel the goose bumps that spread underneath my touch. And then I brush my lips against her cheek, making sure she can feel them, making sure she gets just the tiniest brush of my scruff as I accidentally-on-purpose slide my jaw against hers as I pull away.

She shivers.

I look down into her eyes as I straighten up, and I’m suddenly aware that I’m supporting a lot of weight in my hand, as if her knees are weak from my kiss.

Well done, Officer Good Times!

Her eyes are wide, the pupils so blown and her irises so dark that her eyes are just huge liquid wells of want, and I feel a familiar tug in my groin knowing that I put that look there.

“I forget how big you are,” she murmurs, her head tilted up to look into my face.

I give her my biggest grin and open my mouth, but she cuts me off before I can say it, shaking her head. “I know, I know. I walked right into that one.”

But the ghost of a smile flits across her lips as I help her into her seat and push in her chair.

When I sit across from her and we start looking at our menus, I notice the smile has vanished and the nervous look is back, along with a determined set to her shoulders. The combination of uneasiness and backbone intrigues and worries me at the same time.

“I don’t know what Megan told you,” I say, “but I don’t bite.”

She looks up from the menu, her teeth back to digging into the plump flesh of her bottom lip.

“Well,” I amend, staring at her mouth, “sometimes I do bite. But only when I really, really want to.”

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Review – A Life Less Beautiful by Elle Brooks

June 9, 2017Leave a comment

A Life Less Beautiful by Elle Brooks

“True love stories never have endings.”
Yet, the ending of this book was heart breaking and heartwarming. Those two things meshed together in the most beautiful way resulting in a truly stunning end. From around the 2% mark Elle held my heart in her hand, she stole my breath and held onto it tight. I straight up devoured this book whole and I loved every breathtaking second.

Elle has penned this novel with a seamlessly, perfect fluidity. Each and every word was flawless. Past and present beautifully came together and told a story of first love, heartache, pain and second chances. The angst lover in me fell deep at the push and pull that is played out over the pages. The angst lover in me loved the the intense connection that you cannot help but feel from these characters as they battle with their hearts & minds. The angst lover in me adored that passion that Elle poured into her words that just screamed with emotion and deep feeling. If you’re not an angst lover but love to truly feel and connect with a story, then this is the book for you!

Harlow and Ellis are a sensational pairing. Elle wrote them in such a honest, yet raw way. She played their emotions and feelings out so clearly that as a reader I felt EVERY SINGLE THING.

From beginning to end I loved this soulful, sensational read. Packed with love, intensity and emotion. 5 breathtaking beautiful stars.

Ellis Hughes has loved the girl next door since he was ten-years-old. She was his sun, moon, and every visible star in a clear night sky. She was also his biggest regret.

When a terrible accident rips Ellis and Harlow apart, it shatters both their hearts beyond repair. More than a decade later, Ellis has paid his penance, but his regret still lingers, and the love he once harbored for his childhood sweetheart has never faded.

What Ellis believes has been destroyed forever, slowly comes back to life, only for a cruel twist of fate to intervene. Knowing he cannot live his life without Harlow in it, he faces the ultimate test of selflessness.

He must sacrifice his own heart to mend hers.

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Review- Lover by Marni Mann and Gia Riley

June 9, 2017Leave a comment

My rating is 6 out of 5 stars

6 stars but worth all the stars.
I’m in a total book hangover of the best variety. I am so stiff because I just sat here and read this book from start to finish in one setting. I didn’t get up to eat or anything else. Marni and Gia Are two of my favorite authors but put them together and you’re blown out of this world with talent.

I went into reading this book without reading any details because I wanted to be completely surprised for what I was in for. I must say my mind is blown and there is no way I can start another book right away. I need to enjoy this hangover as long as possible.
I really don’t want to get into the actual plot because so many things happened that I was not expecting and I want you to experience that too. This book was extremely intense. You will have so many feelings because there are alot of players involved.
The storyline was perfection. The sex was off the charts, stock up on batteries, hot!! Be prepared to be sucked into a world of lies, betrayal, steam, and love. An absolute must read.

Title: Lover

Author: Marni Mann & Gia Riley

Publication Date: June 8th, 2017

Genre: Contemporary Romance

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The attraction was undeniable.

I couldn’t escape him.

I didn’t want to.

I was his.

He was mine.

But he wasn’t my husband.

My once treasured marriage was now flawed and imperfect.

By the time the guilt set in, it was too late.

Reality was trying to keep me away from my obsession.

My husband was that reality.

My obsession was West.

But West was forbidden. Taken. Married.

We were swingers.

It was the perfect arrangement.

Until I fell in love…

With West.

After tonight, she’ll know how gorgeous she is, and she’ll know how incredible a man can make her feel. And, when she looks at her husband, she’ll expect more from him.

I know shit between them isn’t as hot as what Tilly and I have. Cannon doesn’t look at Piper like he wants to take her clothes off with his teeth and have his mouth live between her legs. He gazes at her like he wants to ask where they’re going to dinner and what movie they’ll see after.

There’s a difference between fucking your best friend and someone who actually worships your body.

Piper will soon know the latter.

And that’s why she’s here. To know what it feels like to be with a man who lusts for her cunt.

She picked the right couple to swing with.

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Best-selling Author Marni Mann knew she was going to be a writer since middle school. While other girls her age were daydreaming about teenage pop stars, Mann was fantasizing about penning her first novel. She crafts sexy, titillating stories that weave together her love of darkness, mystery, passion, and human emotion. A New Englander at heart, she now lives in Sarasota, Florida with her husband and their two dogs who subsequently have been characters in her books. When she’s not nose deep in her laptop working on her next novel, she’s scouring for chocolate, sipping wine, traveling to new locations, and devouring fabulous books.

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Author Gia Riley has been in love with writing romance since high school when she took her very first creative writing class. From the small but mighty state of Delaware, she’s a country girl at heart, traveling back to her roots in Pennsylvania as often as she can.

While New Adult and Contemporary romance have been her passion, she’s dabbled with more erotic plotlines lately, enjoying discovering the sexier side of love with each story she pens. After all, she’s a lover of all things romance – a firm believer that everyone deserves their

happily ever after no matter what it takes to get there.

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Review – Battle of the Sexes by Adriana Locke

June 8, 2017Leave a comment

Whew! Mercy…

If you must go to battle, let it be with someone as deliciously devious as Carver Jones. Handsome, confident and passionate. Determined to run the business his father left him in charge to run. Not as President. Oh no. As the rightful CEO of Jones + Gallum. He’s a shoe end for the job,or so he believes. Carver Jones certainly was not planning on Amity Gallum to step up to challenge him when her father decides to step aside.

Amity and Carver have a history of friendship, shared conversations and humiliation. A humiliation that changes Amity and her outlook on relationships, love and men for a very long time. Hurts are always more magnified when we are teenagers. But Jones + Gallum is something that she wants just as much as Carver. No way will she let anything stand in her way… including a body made for sin, mind drugging kisses and a mind so very sharp.

Oh, this was one little burning hot office romance. I hated when it was over. It seemed we were just getting to know Carver and Amity and then we had to say goodbye. Steamy, dirty fun. Carver has a mouth that made my toes curl and had me re-reading everything he said, but even with his amazing looks and charm, Carver had his moments of doubt and insecurity. Not to mention regret. Amity has a fierceness and drive that made me want to stand up and cheer! Talk about GIRL POWER! But the strongest, most intelligent woman wants to know that she’s loved and appreciated.

This was so much fun, seriously sexy and a great read! A fast paced page turner that’s engaging from the very first paragraph, Adriana has written another winner! Fantastic!

Five Hot Office Romance Kisses!

Carver Jones’ partner at Jones + Gallum had to step down for medical reasons. He’s absolutely devastated. He swears. Just ignore his cheeky grin, okay?

When word reaches his fancy corner office that Gallum is replacing himself with his daughter, Amity, Carver is ecstatic.

For real this time.

Jones squashes men in the business industry flat. A woman? Pfst. He’ll be completely in charge in no time, doing whatever he wants. He’s so ready for this.

But is he ready to fight the hardest fight of his life? No, not the one to maintain control of his company. The one to keep control of his heart.

The battle may begin in the boardroom, but the war will definitely be won in the bedroom. May the best sex win.

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“There’s a woman here to see you, Mr. Jones,” Marisa chirps through the line.

“Send her in.”

Swiping a set of files from the corner of my desk, I spread them in front of me in a haphazard, I’ve-been-doing-this-all-day, kind of way. Not that I haven’t been working since before the sun came up. I have. But that’s not the point.

The point is this: first impressions matter most. It sets the stage for every other interaction, regardless of the relationship. And the relationship I’m about to have with Amity Gallum, as co-CEO’s of Jones + Gallum, will be the most important one in my life.

Hell, it might be the only one in my life, but that’s irrelevant.

The door handle flicks. I bow my head and appear to be so invested in the numbers in front of me that I don’t hear it. I’ll force her to break the ice. I don’t break for anyone.

My stomach begins to knot as I wait for her to say something. I imagine her standing in the doorway, a load of binders in her hand, as she looks at me over the top of those clunky glasses she wore when we were kids. I hope to God she upgraded those in the last twenty years.

Frustration grows with each second she doesn’t bother to speak, and after more moments than I care to admit, I finally look up.

Holy. Shit.

One thing is clear—this isn’t Amity Gallum. There’s no way this stunner is the braces-wearing, freckle-faced, nerdy little girl I knew in elementary school. No. Freaking Way.

After making a quick mental note to tell Marisa to not assume I know who is here to see me, I feast my eyes on the voluptuous visitor. My lips twist into a smirk as I try to keep myself composed. “Good afternoon,” I say smoothly.

“Yes, it is.”

It takes every bit of effort I can manage to keep my jaw from dropping. Even after all this time, I recognize that voice.

Black stilettos do nothing but extend long, lean legs that are capped off with a black skirt. A white top, rounded at the chest by a full set of tits, has a tailored black jacket on top. Loose, blonde curls touch her shoulders.

She. Definitely. Upgraded.

“Can I help you?” I grin, rifling through all the ways I can–and hope to be–helping her later.

Her blue eyes pin me to my chair, clearly unamused by my reaction to her “fuck me” body. “No, but I can help you find a restraining order if you don’t stop looking at me like that, Carver.”

“Like what?” I grin.

“Like you’re a ten-year-old boy that wants to pick me for Seven Minutes in Heaven.”

“You still think about that?”

“Yes,” she smiles. “You come to mind any time any guy is being an asshole.”

With a half-laugh, I try to rebound. “That’s no way to talk to your boss.”

A fire lights up her eyes. “Let’s get one thing straight: you are not my boss. We are co-CEO’s of this company.” Her narrow shoulders throw back, her mouth forming a tight, thin line. “If you think you’re going to bend me over, you have another think coming.”

“Do you prefer another position?”

“I don’t like you,” she glares. “I won’t like you. And,” she says, storming in and getting comfortable on the sofa across from my desk, “if you get in my way, I will make you pay.”

Challenge accepted.

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Review – No Broken Bond by Angel Payne and Victoria Blue

June 8, 2017Leave a comment

I am such a HUGE fan of Angel Payne, Victoria Blue and this incredible series. The Secrets of Stone had from No Prince Charming. I have devoured each book as the series has only gotten more intense, more intriguing and so very sexy. Tolly, Fletcher and Drake’s unique love story only adds more spice to an already seriously decadent series!

Talia Perizkova has found herself in love with two men. Best friends for as long as they can recall, Fletcher Ford and Drake Newland have shared everything. Now they share a love for their beautiful Tolly. They have had to overcome much in their time together – an orthodox family, doubts and insecurities. They are building a life together and then with one devastating event, everything changes.

This book… I was heartbroken, angry and ultimately so in love with these three incredible people. More in love than even in their previous stories in the series. There is so much love and such an amazing connection between the three of them. Despite conventional norms, society’s idea of an ideal relationship, or their own misguided attempts to make a triangle to a straight line, Tolly and her two loves’ fight to have it all was inspiring. They could have it all but it meant getting out of their own way and relying what they knew to be true – they were meant to be together. No broken bond.

Angel and Victoria, you ladies continue to wow and amaze me with this stunning series. This story is so beautifully written, angsty and sensuous. I read this with my hand to my chest, laughter and sighs on my lips and clenched thighs. Fantastic, dynamic duo! A well earned five stars!

Can we keep our bond intact? Do we have the courage to find out?

Rock.

It’s just the beginning of what Fletcher Ford and Drake Newland have done to my world—and my soul—since igniting my desires, answering my dreams and filling every inch of my heart. I am rocked. Changed. Freed. A woman in love…

With two incredible men.

Paper.

Not that the adjustment has been easy, and not just for my orthodox family. Falling for one dazzling, commanding billionaire is complicated enough. Wading through dysfunctions, judgments and emotional baggage from all sides, we’re searching for the perfect balance of our love, and nearly find it, when disaster slams again—threatening to permanently cripple us this time.

Scissors?

With our bond in shreds and our spirits in tatters, can we find the glue to keep our bond intact, our love whole? Are we broken…or just bent? Do we have the courage to find out?

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Angel Payne

USA Today bestselling romance author Angel Payne has written for four publishing houses, and is also independently published. She loves to focus on high heat romance starring memorable alpha men and the women who love them. She has numerous book series to her credit, including the Suited for Sin series, the Cimarron Saga, the Temptation Court series, the Secrets of Stone series (with Victoria Blue), the Lords of Sin historicals, and the popular WILD Boys of Special Forces series, as well as several stand-alone titles. She’s excited to be one of the inaugural authors for Waterhouse Press’s MISADVENTURES series, launching in Fall 2017. Currently, she is serving as the Vice President of Romance Writers of America’s Passionate Ink Chapter. She lives in Southern California with her soul mate husband and beautiful daughter.

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Victoria Blue lives in her own portion of the galaxy known as Southern California. There she finds the love and life sustaining power of one amazing sun, two unique and awe inspiring planets and three indifferent, yet comforting moons. Life is fantastic and challenging and everyday brings new adventures to be discovered. She looks forward to seeing what’s next!

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Review – My Best Friend’s Ex by Meghan Quinn

June 8, 20171 Comment

My Best Friend’s Ex by Meghan Quinn

My rating: 6 of 5 stars

Sometimes a human’s touch is all you need to heal wounds.

Meghan Quinn Author, what did you do to me?!? My Best Friend’s Ex had me basking in the best EMOTIONAL EUPHORIA!!! I LAUGHED a little and SWOONED a lot. I had TEARS STREAMING down my face as I tried to pick up the pieces of my heart that this story shattered and stole from me. I was ON EDGE, so far gone off an emotional cliff where I was FLOATING in FEELS…SO. MANY. FEELS!!! My Best Friend’s Ex is EVERYTHING!!!

Before I could delve into the deliciousness of My Best Friend’s Ex, I HAD to EYE STALK and DROOL GAWK the hell out of this HOT AS HELL COVER. I may have had an intense eyegasm session for many minutes with Devin Paisley or Tucker Jameson. I’ve crushed on Devin for YEARS and this cover with this gorgeous god is downright PERFECTION. This cover SMOLDERS with intensity and heat, and is in my top five for most stunning covers ever!!! It was hard to stop staring and open the book but I forced myself to read Tucker/Devin’s story.

I was CONSUMED from the start. My Best Friend’s Ex CLAIMED ALL OF ME. I unequivocally CAPTIVATED where I could not put this book down. My Best Friend’s Ex, this forbidden friends-to-lovers tale full of feels, was MY ADDICTION and I COULD NOT GET ENOUGH.

Andrew, I love you, my sweet and sexy nerd…but it’s time to step aside. Brooding bad boys with big hearts own me and it’s now Tucker time. When I first met Tucker in Co-Wrecker, I knew his story would be a bit broken. I just had no idea how much I would break.

From the minute I was reunited with Tucker in My Best Friend’s Ex, he HAD ME…ALL OF ME.This gorgeous man, so beautiful and broken, broke me while holding my heart in his hands. Tucker is the perfect man, a little rough, gorgeous, sweet, brooding, broken, sexy, strong, and so caring. I fell so HARD for this amazing alpha whose heart is as beautiful as the man himself.

Emma, Tucker’s beautiful childhood friend and best friend of his ex, needed a place to stay. This sweet woman, who lit me up with laughter, has a heart of gold. I adored Emma!

What started out as lifelong friends who are now roommates becomes complicated.

I want her for all the wrong reasons, and yet, I can’t help but think how right she feels.

Friends find solace with one another but find the attraction hard to fight.

I want her for all the wrong reasons, and yet, I can’t help but think how right she feels.

Friends who are forbidden to be more struggle with their feelings.

I want him. I hope he wants me. I want him to alter my life. Does he want me to alter his?

Friends try to remain strong but teeter towards the edge.

“I’m drowning in desperation for you.”

Friends walk on the edge, dangling off the cliff of forbidden territory, hover towards the point of no return.

I wanted…no NEEDED…to be more. I MELTED for MORE as I hoped Emma and Tucker would be more.

“I want you to own every ounce of me, Emma.”

My Best Friend’s Ex OWNED EVERY OUNCE OF ME.This story SEIZED MY HEART my where it beat out of my chest. This story SLAYED MY SOUL where I felt every word everywhere. My Best Friend’s Ex stormed its way into my heart and soul—a bolt of lightning—striking me hard and hastily. Feelings flowing. Pulse pounding. Soul spinning. I FELT EVERYTHING.

Megan Quinn cast a spell on me where I’ll never forget the UNFORGETTABLE and UNPUTDOWNABLE My Best Friend’s Ex. This SOUL-SEARING STORY, My Best Friend’s Ex, is—a million times—Meghan Quinn’s BEST BOOK YET and a Top 2017 read!!! My Best Friend’s Ex, this beautifully broken love story, BROKE ME IN THE BEST WAY!!! This story SANK itself so deep in my soul that it may never leave. My Best Friend’s Ex forever has ALL OF ME.

Life is funny, and right when you think you have it all figured out, it throws you for a loop. Some of the darkest days bring the lightest of life-changing moments.

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When I found an eviction notice taped on my apartment door, I had two options: find a comfortable cardboard box to call home, or move in with Tucker Jameson.

Seeing that cardboard makes me feel itchy, I chose the latter. Which shouldn’t be that big of a deal since Tucker is one of my good friends. And because he’s still pining after his ex-girlfriend and I’m trying to finish my nursing degree, there is nothing to worry about in the romance department, making my last semester an easy one to conquer.

Boy, was I wrong.

Rules are set, dinners are made, conversations are had, and a shirtless, swoony roommate walks around in nothing but a pair of black briefs, ruining me for every other man.

Before I know it, I turn into a panting, lust-filled woman begging for Tucker to kiss me, touch me, and show me exactly what is hiding under those briefs.

But with great orgasms, comes great consequences.

Tucker might be my friend and roommate but he’s also my best friend’s ex-boyfriend, making him completely off-limits. At least that’s what my brain is telling me, my heart is speaking an entirely different language.

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Born in New York and raised in Southern California, Meghan has grown into a sassy, peanut butter eating, blonde haired swearing, animal hoarding lady. She is known to bust out and dance if “It’s Raining Men” starts beating through the air and heaven forbid you get a margarita in her, protect your legs because they may be humped.

Once she started commuting for an hour and twenty minutes every day to work for three years, she began to have conversations play in her head, real life, deep male voices and dainty lady coos kind of conversations. Perturbed and confused, she decided to either see a therapist about the hot and steamy voices running through her head or start writing them down. She decided to go with the cheaper option and started writing… enter her first novel, Caught Looking.

Now you can find the spicy, most definitely on the border of lunacy, kind of crazy lady residing in Colorado with the love of her life and her five, furry four legged children, hiking a trail or hiding behind shelves at grocery stores, wondering what kind of lube the nervous stranger will bring home to his wife. Oh and she loves a good boob squeeze!

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Review – Time To Learn by Karen Ferry

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Time to Learn by Karen Ferry

When I finished Time To Learn by Karen Ferry I really had to think how I was going to put everything into words effectively. See, I have LOVED Karen’s writing from the first time I read her. To me she’s an author that isn’t “seen” as much as others and definitely isn’t ranked as high as others but she should be. Each of Karen’s books I’ve read so far have been rated 5 star but in all honesty they pale in comparison to this book. And while Garrett will always be my main Ferry hero this STORY in Time To Learn will hold my heart for a very long time.

To be honest with you, when I started Time to Learn I didn’t know what to do, I wasn’t connecting to the story, to Laura and it was moving a little too slow. So I put it down and read something else, however a need to know things burned inside me and made me pick up the book again. I easily fell into this book after that.

I connected to Kristian immediately and felt every crack in his broken soul. I loved him. I also found myself growing more fond of Laura once she decided to find her happiness and take a chance.

Laura is a broken down woman that has suffered through some horrific events and while I really wanted her to be more open I totally understood why she guarded herself. And that’s all down to Karen and the way she wrote Laura.

My heart ached and bloomed throughout this book in equal measure. With every low came a stunning high. Karen balanced the weak and the strong perfectly. She balanced the heartbreak and devastation with intense love and SUPER HOT passion and it all seemed so simple. So breathtakingly simple.

Despite my initial lull, I came to love, no, I came to adore this story. Laura and Kristian are sexy and stunning. On the whole Time to Learn is beautifully breathtaking.

Love is blind.

Love is false.

Love is deceitful.

Until him.

My fairytale ending turned into a nightmare soon after I gave the man I thought was perfect my vows. Like the coward I was, I remained in my prison for too long. But there was one light amidst all the darkness – my daughter, Ailith.

Now, I’m a 33-year-old woman, living with her mother in a little town in Scotland that’s quiet but safe, trying to keep the family business afloat.

When will I find the courage to live again?

One day, a glance from a stranger brings me a sliver of hope that I haven’t believed in since I was young.

Will it be enough?
Love is a lie.

Love is an illusion.

Love is painful.

Until her.

She made me trip over my own two feet – made me yearn for the very thing I’ve avoided all my life: love. But she didn’t love me back. I had to escape my memories somehow, and I fled to Scotland.

Now, I’m more lost than I’ve ever been, trying to forget the woman who managed to soften my cynical heart.

Will the hole in my chest ever heal?

One day, the sorrow in a woman’s eyes causes me to trip again. My heart beats anew, and when she finally allows me to see her, I’m filled with hope.

Will she give in to me?

For Laura and Kristian, everything changes with just one glance. But can two people who have been burned in the past open their hearts and learn to love again?

Author’s Note: While this is book #3 in The Believe Series, it can be read as a standalone novel. Includes a hot-as-sin tattoo artist, a stubborn Scottish woman, horses, and lots of swoon-worthy moments. You have been warned.

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Review – Love In Transit by Jana Aston, Ainsley Booth, Kitty French, BJ Harvey, Raine Miller and Liv Morris

June 7, 2017Leave a comment

When I read the blurb and learned the concept of this anthology, I knew that not only would I love it, I would devour it! This is truly unique from the mind of the amazing Jana Aston. Six incredible authors, one share blurb. Six absolutely fantastic stories that I have just blown me away!

I ended up having two favorites from the anthology. Ainsley Booth’s Personal Escort and Liv Morris’s Wall Street Station were similar to each other but so different in their interpretation of the blurb. Both were stories of best friends to lovers, younger women with older men… a good bit older. Ainsley’s story was full of laughs and light hearted moments. Liv’s story was a bit darker and more a story of overcoming a past that went from light to total darkness. Both stories are without fail absolutely brilliant

In Personal Escort, Toby Hunt gets his love story. We briefly met Toby in Ainsley’s newsletter serial Personal Delivery (sigh…. Jake). Toby is a billionaire and best friends with Ben Russo and his younger sister, Cara. Toby has always had a soft spot for her, felt the need to protect her. But now Cara has found herself in a bit of a predicament thanks to her meddling grandmother. Meddling but well meaning. So when she needs a “husband”, Cara turns to the one man that she knows she can always depend on – Toby. He is her best friend, right? Watching these two best friends try to fight what steadily grows between them was delightful! They were playful and funny but sensual and sinful, as well. Cara may be younger but she knows what she wants. Toby may be older but he’s never felt more alive than when he’s talking to, sharing with and loving his best friend.

In Wall Street Station, Liv Morris introduces us to Seraphina and Seth. Seth has been hired as a lawyer to Seraphina’s family. Meeting on the beach on the 4th of July when Sera was 18, Seth is enamoured from the first sight of Sera. Oh, the surprise at finding out the same beautiful creature who he shared a tender moment with is actually now his responsibility. Fast forward three years and life for Seraphina and her family has been filled with pain, loss and tragedy. Seth has done what he could to support the 21 year old. All the while, his feelings growing for a young woman he knows he shouldn’t have feelings for. Desperate times call for desperate measures and Seraphina must use her talents to make ends meet. Seth stole my heart with his protective alpha nature, his genuine heart and his need to make Seraphina the center of his world. Seraphina is the definition of strength under enormouse pressure, grace even in the wake of such a hurtful turn in her life. Their story is worth the read and I fell into it with my heart in my throat!

This anthology was simply stunning! I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough to get through to the next station. Full of laughs, tears… moments that made me joyful and see how powerful just one blurb in the hands of six talented ladies can truly be! My hat’s off to you, awesome authors! Tremendously wonderful job well done!

Five Wedding Dress Kisses!

You know those people that have a house full of motivational slogans? Embrace Every Moment, stamped on their coffee mugs. Always Kiss Me Goodnight painted above their perfectly made beds.

I’m not one of those people.

This morning I overslept, then slipped on a stray sock and banged my toe into the nightstand. The elevator in my building broke and I had to run down six flights of stairs. And then my local coffee shop was closed. For health code violations.

What’s that? Not the end of the world? You want me to suck it up?

Did I mention I’m wearing a wedding dress… on the subway?

It’s a Good Day for a Hot Mess.

Someone embroider that on a pillow.

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Review- Forbidden Promises by Katee Robert

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My rating is 5 out 5 stars

What can I say. Katee Robert strikes again with an even bigger and better installment in the O’Malley series. This book is all things steamy, shocking, and action packed.

Teague has always been my favorite but Jude just bumped him to second place. He is on a mission for revenge. He is staking put the house of his mission when Sloan comes along and turns his world upside down. He tries to figure out how she fits into the equation living in the house he’s been watching.

Sloan is the sweet innocent O’Malley that Teague is determined to keep safe from their awful father who Will marry her off like she is just a business deal. She is out in the world on her own with no worldly experience. She soon proves she can hold her own and Jude doesn’t stand a chance.
When trouble comes for Sloan, Jude is bound and determined to keep her safe. The relationship between these two heats up like an inferno. The best part is that we still have more O’Malley books coming our way.

Title: FORBIDDEN PROMISES

Author: Katee Robert

Series: The O’Malleys, #4

On Sale: May 30, 2017

Publisher: Forever

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New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Katee Robert delivers the next book in her sizzling O’Malleys family series, hailed as “The Godfather meets Romeo & Juliet.”

“A tension-filled plot full of deceit, betrayal, and sizzling love scenes will make it impossible for readers to set the book down.” –Publishers Weekly

“A great read from the talented Robert!” –RT Book Reviews

“This is an extraordinary series by any standards, and FORBIDDEN PROMISES slays the competition.” –Fresh Fiction

Some lines should never be crossed . . . not even for love.

Sloan O’Malley just left her entire world behind—her family, her wealth, and even her real name. For the first time in her life, she’s free. She can live the “normal” life she’s always wanted. A life without fear. But there’s nothing safe about her intensely sexy next-door neighbor.

Jude MacNamara has no room for innocence in his life. Only revenge. Still, he’s never been able to walk away from the forbidden, and Sloan—who is every inch of pure, mouthwatering temptation—has forbidden written all over her. Only after it’s way too late does he discover the real danger: claiming Sloan as his puts a target on her back. To protect her, Jude is willing risk everything . . . and to hell with the consequences.

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THE MARRIAGE CONTRACT, #1

THE WEDDING PACT, #2

INDECENT PROPOSAL, #3

FORBIDDEN PROMISES, #4

UNDERCOVER ATTRACTION, #5

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“Coming here was a mistake.” Sloan started to get up, but Jude hooked the band of her yoga pants and pulled her down. She ended up straddling him with a hiss of fury. “I dislike you intensely.”

“No, you don’t.” He palmed her ass, sliding her forward so she rode the ridge of his cock. “You dislike feeling out of control. Guess what, sunshine? You don’t get control when it comes to fucking me.”

Her nipples pebbled, showing through her thin tank top. They teased him even as she put her hands on his chest, her fingers kneading him and making him think of a kitten who had just discovered her claws. “And if I want control?”

“You don’t.” He wrapped one arm around her waist and used his free hand to palm her over the top of her pants. “I’ve barely touched you and you’re so fucking wet, you’re practically panting for me.”

“You are insufferable.” But she rolled her hips, rubbing herself against his hand. “I’m leaving.”

“No, you’re not. You’re going to stay here and let me lick that pretty pussy of yours until you come.” He lightly pinched her clit through the fabric, watching her face. She liked the slightest bit of pain if the way her eyes went heavy lidded was anything to go by. “And then I’m going to bend you over this couch and take what’s mine.” Until you forget why you were frightened in the first place tonight.

He wanted to hear her say yes. For all his pushing her, if she actually wanted to leave, he wasn’t about to stop her. She wanted him to push her, to corner her, to let her pretend she wasn’t making this decision every step of the way. Fuck that. He gripped her hips, lifting her and standing her on her feet. She blinked, obviously confused. “I thought…”

Jude unbuttoned his jeans, drawing the zipper down, his gaze never leaving hers. “You thought I’d take what we both know you want to give me? Newsflash, I might get off on the lady protesting too much, but that only goes so far. You want to leave, leave. I’m not going to chase you down and club you over the head, no matter how much I want you.”

She swayed a little. “That’s not fair.”

“What’s not fair is how goddamn hard I am for you. I watched your little yoga show this afternoon—don’t even pretend you didn’t know because I saw you shooting looks this way. Seeing that pert little ass of yours in the air, like you were offering yourself to me, and not being able to take what I wanted?” He grabbed her hand and pressed it against his cock. “How long do you think you could hold downward dog with my mouth on your pussy?”

Her whole body shivered, her hand clenching around his cock. Sloan’s brows slanted down. “You’re doing it again. That thing where I should slap you across your face for talking to me the way you do.”

“Do it.” Jude took her free hand and set it against his cheek. “But whatever you’re going to do if you’re not leaving, then get those fucking pants off. I’m starving for you.”

***

Sloan almost gave in. But she hadn’t left her entire life behind to hand over what little freedom she had to another man.

She took one step back, and then another. “You’re wrong. I don’t want to give up control.”

Lay the terms out. You don’t want this to end, but he can’t run the whole show. You can’t let it happen like that.

Sloan lifted her chin, faking a confidence she didn’t feel in the least. “Even if this is temporary, I want it on my terms.”

Jude went still. “I’m listening.”

The only way you can get what you want is to say it. She bit her lip and then charged on. “If you’re sleeping with me, then you’re sleeping with me. I don’t care if you aren’t a fan of cuddling. It’s something I require to continue this thing.”

He raised a single eyebrow. “You want me to whisper sweet nothings in your ear while you’re at it?”

“I think we can both agree that’s not how you operate.” She didn’t want the lie of sweet nothings, but she’d take the lie of his big body in bed next to hers.

Maybe it would make her feel a little less alone.

He buttoned his pants with careless efficiency. “I don’t sleep.”

Her earlier anger flared. “Then lie there and count sheep for all I care.” She couldn’t believe she was pushing this. It would be so much smarter to retreat back to the safety of her home. Lonely, yes? But at least no one could hurt her there. She was opening herself up for rejection and potentially worse when Jude shot her down.

But he didn’t say anything, just continued watching her with a strange look on his face. “This will only end in tears for you, sunshine. You want things I’m not capable of giving.”

Her heart gave a pang, but she ignored it the same way she’d been ignoring it for her entire life. “You seem to think I haven’t shed more than my fair share of tears, Jude. What are a few more?” She took a careful breath. “Those are my terms. Take them or leave them.”

And then he was towering over her, his hand sifting through her hair to tug her head back so she looked him directly in the eye. “I’m taking them, sunshine. More importantly, I’m taking you.”

His thumb traced her jaw, unspeakably tender, but then his eyes went hard, making the bottom of her stomach drop in a way that wasn’t altogether pleasant. I have the tiger by the tail.

Katee Robert is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author who learned to tell stories at her grandpa’s knee. Her novel The Marriage Contract was a RITA finalist, and RT Book Reviews named it “a compulsively readable book with just the right amount of suspense and tension.” When not writing sexy contemporary and romantic suspense, she spends her time playing imaginary games with her children, driving her husband batty with what-if questions, and planning for the inevitable zombie apocalypse.

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