Review – Commander in Chief by Katy Evans

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Commander in Chief by Katy Evans

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My rating: 5 of 5 stars

“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.” ~President Ronald Reagan

Growing up in the Virginia suburbs of DC, I was never a fan of politics, but I had two presidents and political heroes whom I greatly admired: one who was before my time, John F. Kennedy, and one was during my childhood, Ronald Reagan. When I heard these presidents speak, both great communicators, I could not help but feel American pride and positivity surge through me. So many candidates feed us broken promises and are all ‘smoke and mirrors.’ Somehow in the past several years, I lost faith in politics and the presidency.

“Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.” ~President John F. Kennedy

I had not felt that feeling of pride, possibility, and positivity for many years until my one of my favorite authors, Katy Evans, wrote a political romance that started with Mr. President and ended with Commander in Chief. THIS DUET BLEW BOTH ME AND MY ANTI-POLITICAL MIND AWAY! Katy Evans’ Commander In Chief is an intoxicating, inspirational, and passionate-powered political romance that dares you to dream big as you fall in love with one beautiful president and his positive politics. OH DID I FALL SO VERY HARD!

Commander in Chief picked up where Mr. President ended but I felt as if I had never stopped reading this spellbinding story. This political scene with one powerful and passionate president, the breathtakingly beautiful Matt Hamilton, still moved my mind and definitely still had my heart. I WAS STILL ALL IN…still on a high from Mr. President, one that grew into one aching addiction with Commander in Chief.

Adrenaline surged through me while I pounded through Commander in Chief like I was running a race…excited…breathless…fearless…as my heart beat out of my chest to the sweet song of love mixed with a world of possibility. I FELL IN LOVE AGAIN AND AGAIN with the dashing president and his gorgeous first lady in Commander in Chief, adoring Matt and Charlotte more than ever in this story. Patriotic pride beamed bright like a beacon of light—a beacon of faith—as I read these wondrous words filled with so much heart and hope, and passion and promise. Commander in Chief make me feel proud to be an American!

“I drink him up like a starved woman, six feet plus of pure fantasy, all packaged in a real man—beautiful beyond belief. So beautiful, I can’t believe beauty like that exists.”

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Oh Matt Hamilton…Mr. President and Commander in Chief…where do I begin?!? This man is beautiful inside and out with his dark, dark eyes, and over six feet of all man. His passion, promise, huge heart, and hope for everything great were inspiring and heartwarming! This man and president are PURE PERFECTION!

“I don’t want to forget that for a little while, Matt Hamilton—forty-sixth president of the United States—was mine.”

Beautiful red-haired and blue-eyed Charlotte Wells grew up with her crush and reunited ten years later, her once lover and now president, Matt Hamilton, but had to let him go months ago so he could pursue his White House dreams and not be distracted by her…though the pain of letting him go eats at her alive every day as it does Matt. Two broken-hearted lovers needed to be reunited so their hearts could become whole.

“I want to be able to kiss you anywhere, anytime I want.”

My eyes teared up with these declarations of love that lit my soul on fire. Oh Matt’s sweet words to Charlotte made me melt like chocolate on a hot day. The Commander in Sweet made me smolder and swoon. I LOVED MATT SOOO MUCH!

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“Every time we kiss feels like the first time, but this time feels like it’s the only time.”

Charlotte and Matt’s kisses were a combustible mixture of fire and fate that when fueled by the flames, created an inferno that, once ignited, may forever burn…always there. Their passion was off the charts heat and heart—unbreakable and unstoppable—like their love for each other.

“He takes a moment to look down at my kissed lips—at me. In the way only he sees me, as if he knows my every dream and fare and nightmare, and all I have been and ever will be. As if he knows that I…was and am and will always be his.”

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Oh sweet sigh. These words of beauty shone through the pages, words that touched me everywhere: body, heart, mind, and soul.

“I’m in over my head for this girl. Once I thought I couldn’t do both, govern a broken country and have her. But I know now that I will die trying to do both. This is who I am. I’m the president and a man.”

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Katy Evans’ Commander in Chief seduced me, as I scorched and swooned, a power play of words that caught every piece of me until I fell so very hard in love. This story rendered me breathless, so full of exhilaration and emotion, where I felt every word…FELT EVERYTHING.

I was powerless to the power of this story, one of politics and passion, one of love and life. This story did not just hit this Virginia gal, this DC area native, and American patriot; Commander in Chief tore at my military wife heart. This story moved me…ALL OF ME.

Oh did Katy Evans’ enlightening and emotionally-entangled words make me BELIEVE! I BELIEVED IN LOVE…I BELIEVED IN POLITICS…I BELIEVED IN THESE FEEL-WORTHY WORDS. I dared to dream and I DREAMED BIG as I pounded through these pages, passion and promise penetrating every piece of me.

Commander in Chief is so much more than a politically-powered romance. It’s heart and hope…inspiration and passion…beauty in words…magic. It’s a dream for the future of America. It’s making every moment count.

Mr. President and Commander in Chief should be every president’s bible. If every president could be non-partisan and positive like Matt Hamilton, voting would be a seamless. Matt Hamilton, while a fictional president, should be real, a model for every campaign and one that would make America’s forefathers beam with pride just like I did while inhaling this brilliant book.

Katy Evans painted Commander in Chief to perfection in a book that’s sheer brilliance from beginning to end. I was besotted as this book buzzed excitement, so full of love and life, blasting big dreams through me. I FELL HARD. I FELL FAST. I FELL IN LOVE WITH EVERYTHING COMMANDER IN CHIEF. Intoxicating and incredible, Commander in Chief COMMANDED ME…every part…JUST EVERYTHING. I LOVED IT ALL. I’m still wrapped up in this dream of a story and I’m still DREAMING BIG.

“You learn something out of everything, and you come to realize more than ever that we’re all here for a certain space of time, and, and then it’s going to be over, and you better make this count.” ~Nancy Reagan

Commander in Chief COUNTS.

★★★★★ but worth 10 ‘dream big’ stars

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The sizzling second installment of the White House series, by New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Katy Evans.

We fell in love during the campaign.
The stakes were high.
Reputations could have been ruined.
Scandal hovered over us like a cloud.
Now the man I love is the President of the United States of America.
And its not my vote he is after.
He wants it all.
My heart. My body. My soul.
He wants me by his side.
In the White House.
Normalcy will be gone from my life, privacy forgotten.
I am only twenty three. I just wanted to play a part in history. But it seems like history wasn’t done with me. The part where I lost my heart to Matthew Hamilton? It was only the beginning…

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Katy Evans is a New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author. Her debut REAL shot to the top of the bestselling lists in 2013 and since then 9 of her titles have been New York Times bestsellers. Her books have been translated into nearly a dozen katylanguages across the world.

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Review- Hard Hitter by Sarina Bowen

5 stars

Holy hot hockey player. How can you not fall in love with a hockey player that is usually closed off to everyone, but the minute he opens himself up to the one woman who has taken up residence in his soul, his world is flipped upside down? 

Patrick is the captain of the team. He opens up to no one. He let’s no one touch him. He has never had any of the team to his place. He usually skips out of everything early. When he is injured pretty badly after the years of fights catching up to him, he makes a terrible spur of the moment decision that could change his life forever.

Ari is the team massage therapist and yoga instructor. She has just gotten out of an 8 year relationship with an abusive ex. He is now threatening her in other ways. Before long Ari needs all the assistance she can get. She is just afraid to trust herself with another relationship. 
Ari and Patrick can’t fight the sexual chemistry that is brewing between them. They are so hot together that I’m surprised they didn’t burn the house down. They will soon have both of their pasts breathing down their necks and the only ones that can save them is each other. 
This was such a good book. I couldn’t put it down. I am so excited for book 3.

It’s here! Hard Hitter is live. Let the hotness begin. 🙂

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From the USA Today bestselling author of Rookie Move comes the second novel in the series that’s hot enough to melt the ice.
  
He’s a fighter in the rink, but he’s about to learn that playing nice can help you score… 
  
As team captain and enforcer, Patrick O’Doul puts the bruise in the Brooklyn Bruisers. But after years of hard hits, O’Doul is feeling the burn, both physically and mentally. He conceals his pain from his coach and trainers, but when his chronic hip injury becomes too obvious to ignore, they send him for sessions with the team’s massage therapist. 
  
After breaking up with her long-term boyfriend, Ari Bettini is in need of peace of mind. For now, she’s decided to focus on her work: rehabilitating the Bruisers’ MVP. O’Doul is easy on the eyes, but his reaction to her touch is ice cold. Ari is determined to help O’Doul heal, but as the tension between them turns red hot, they both learn that a little TLC does the body good…

Review – Rock Chick Reawakening by Kristen Ashley

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Rock Chick Reawakening by Kristen Ashley

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My rating: 5 of 5 stars

“She didn’t need to be saved. She needed to be found and appreciated for exactly who she was.” ~J. Iron Word

Since I was a little girl, I’ve always loved a good fairytale where I could pretend to be a princess and marvel in magic. Today, my favorite fairytales are romance books, love stories with a hard-fought happily ever after where the prince and princess may not be perfect but are perfect for each other. I live and feel fantasies through love stories like Rock Chick Reawakening by Kristen Ashley. Spellbinding, sexy, and sweet, Rock Chick Reawakening is a fiery fairytale of strength that sweeps up your heart in one magical and moving love story.

From the start, I was swept up in this romance like Cinderella getting ready for the ball. I WAS ALL IN THIS FAIRY TALE…hook…line…sinker. The synthesis of sweetness, sorrow, and strength that streamed from the pages both mesmerized and moved me.

It didn’t take me long to realize a few things: First, I was a fool for waiting so long to meet a Kristen Ashley book. Second, this story only scratched at the surface as I’m still aching for more. Third and finally, I need to go meet the rest of this amazing author’s brilliant books since Kristen Ashley definitely lives up to and exceeds the hype.

One of the strongest heroines I’ve ever met is Daisy, and oh did I love her so! With the looks of Marilyn Monroe meets Dolly Parton, this blonde, blue-eyed, and busty beauty has sass and strength in SPADES! Daisy is a stripper, yes, but also a Southern lady with a huge heart.

“I’ve been knocked down. Again and again. I just kept getting up. And I was still standing, in platforms, with great hair.”

Daisy has had a life of hell and battled back like a warrior woman. Tragedy after tragedy has only made Daisy stronger. Her most recent tragedy has a dark hero, Marcus Sloan, surfacing to protect her and her fragile heart.

“In terms I hope you understand, darling, in fairytales, the prince vanquishes the wicked queen. The evil stepmother. The malicious goblin. In real life, Daisy, to avenge wrong done to his princess, if the need arises, the prince puts a bullet in somebody’s brain.”

Dark hair, blue eyes, tall, handsome, a bit dangerous, intense, commanding, and caring, the story’s hero, Marcus, and his many layers were PURE PERFECTION. This hardened man had a soft heart, which made my heart go pitter patter a lot.

“I’ve been waiting thirty-five years for you to come into my life, Daisy.”

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It was love at first sight, for the romantic Marcos. THIS MAN…JUST SWOON!!! I soared to the clouds every time this man uttered a word to Daisy. SIGH!!!

“He kissed me. It was soft and it was sweet. But it was more.”

Marcus has to convince Daisy to be his princess. More importantly, he has to convince her that he she is as beautiful inside as out.

“You’re the woman for me, which means, darling, I’m the man for you.”

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I could not stop swooning at this amazing man’s sweet yet sincere words to Daisy. Marcus sees Daisy as so much more than a stripper. Daisy is sass, strength, and sparkle.

“Nothing a little sparkle won’t fix.”

Daisy is heart and her own hero. This super woman didn’t need a superman to rescue her; she needed a hero who understood and loved all the parts of Daisy. Oh was Marcus that hero! I LOVED my dark prince, Marcus, from the very start. Like Daisy, Marcus is a man of many layers and roles: strip club silent partner and one of Daisy’s bosses, multi-business owner, modern day vigilante, and protector of his princess, Daisy.

“Marcus Sloan wasn’t like a dream. He was just a dream.”

Rock Chick Reawakening was a dream…MY DREAM. This story is the best potion of SWOON, SEXYINESS, SWEETNESS, AND STRENGTH IN SPADES. Rock Chick Reawakening is Cinderella but better. This book is PURE BLISS. Kristen Ashley transported me to a feel-worthy fantasy world and I loved getting lost in her wondrous words.

I felt my Southern roots from head to toe, I felt that badass sass, I felt butterflies fluttering in my tummy from the swoon and sweetness that oozed off the pages, and I felt strength from these characters of steel. This story is a fairytale of feels, and oh did I feel everything! I FELT ALL THE FEELS. I FELT ALL THE LOVE. Rock Chick Reawakening ROCKED MY WORLD! Kristen Ashley is a rock star writer and new favorite author of mine; I’m her new biggest fan.

Rock Chick Reawakening doesn’t just sparkle; it’s PURE GOLD! Oh did this sweet, sexy, sassy and strong story shine! I’m still swimming in glitter.

“I would rather have 30 minutes of wonderful, than a lifetime of nothing special.” ~Steel Magnolias

★★★★★ sparkling stars

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From New York Times bestselling author, Kristen Ashley, comes the long-awaited story of Daisy and Marcus, Rock Chick Reawakening. A prequel to Kristen’s Rock Chick series, Rock Chick Reawakening shares the tale of the devastating event that nearly broke Daisy, an event that set Marcus Sloane—one of Denver’s most respected businessmen and one of the Denver underground’s most feared crime bosses—into finally making his move to win the heart of the woman who stole his.

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“You, thinkin’ I’d have a problem with you bein’ Marcus Sloan,” I expanded.

“Do you know who I am?”

“Nope.” I shrugged. “Don’t care either. Though, that’s to say ‘nope’ don’t mean that I don’t know. I just don’t really know. I still don’t care. And that’s not why I don’t wanna have dinner with you.”

“I’m still not understanding.”

“Honey bunch, I’m a stripper.”

“Yes. And?”

I shut up.

Dear God, he thought I thought I was better than him.

No.

He thought I thought I had reason to think I was better than him.

“I don’t judge,” I said quietly. “Life’s life and a person’s gotta do what they feel they gotta do to get along in it.”

“This is correct.”

“So I don’t care what you do or who you are.”

“And this delights me.”

My heart started racing because it did. It delighted him.

And I knew this because his eyes were again twinkling.

“Men are a**holes,” I shared.

“Some of them are, yes,” he somewhat agreed.

“Not met many who aren’t. My count, all my life, that number equals two.”

Those twinkling eyes stopped twinkling in order to flash.

“Just two?”

“Yup. Two,” I confirmed.

“Although I find that knowledge upsetting, I’ll share I’d like to make that three,” he told me something I already (mostly) got.

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Kristen Ashley was born in Gary, Indiana, USA and nearly killed her mother and herself making it into the world, seeing as she had the umbilical cord wrapped around her neck (already attempting to accessorize and she hadn’t taken her first breath!). Her mother said they took Kristen away, put her Mom back in her room, her mother looked out the window, and Gary was on fire (Dr. King had been assassinated four days before). Kristen’s Mom remembered thinking it was the end of the world. Quite the dramatic beginning. 

Nothing’s changed.

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Kristen grew up in Brownsburg, Indiana and has lived in Denver, Colorado and the West Country of England. Thus, she’s blessed to have friends and family around the globe. Her family was (is) loopy (to say the least) but loopy is good when you want to write. They all lived together on a very small farm in a small farm town in the heartland. She grew up with Glenn Miller, The Everly Brothers, REO Speedwagon and Whitesnake (and the wardrobes that matched).

Needless to say, growing up in a house full of music, clothes and love was a good way to grow up. 

And as she keeps growing, it keeps getting better.

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BBB Best Books of 2016

2016 was ONE BRILLIANT AND BEAUTIFUL BOOK YEAR! Sophie, Keeana, Crystal, Tina, Denae, and I at Bookalicious Babes Blog (BBB) were busy bookworms, collectively reading over 1,200 books!!! Do you know how hard it was for each of us to pick 10-20ish of beloved 5-6 star stories to include in BBB’s best books for this year?!? This task was nearly impossible because we easily, as a blog team of six, have about 40 top, 5-star stories per month!!!

Following are one collage of all six bloggers’ top stories and then our individual picks from this epic great year of books. We read ALL THE ROMANCE at BBB! Our selections vary with all types of romance reads from contemporary to dark to sports to M/M and more! Authors in our top picks range from New York Times and USA Today best sellers, published authors and authors whose books we’ve read for years to brand new Indies. 

Our close-knit BBB team is truly blessed to be bloggers and bookworms! These authors aren’t just names and numbers. They are kind, compassionate, funny, and all-around amazing women and men who we’ve gotten to know throughout this beautiful book world, and many of whom we consider friends.

Thank you to all the amazing authors mentioned here and more, publishers, and promotions/PR companies for taking this ride of book bliss with us. BBB is so grateful to promote our wonderful writers’ work…books that we both lose and find ourselves in…books that become our world. We are humbled and happy that you’re in our world. YOU take readers like us on a virtual vacation, making them feel all the feels, as you pour your hearts and souls into books that steal our hearts and souls. 

CHEERS TO ALL THE AMAZING AUTHORS WHO ROCKED OUR BOOK WORLD IN 2016 (too many to list here for sure)! Cheers to another beautiful book year! We can’t wait to spend 2017 with you! 

Love from Karen, Sophie, Keeana, Crystal, Tina, and Denae

BBB’s Best Books of 2016

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Sophie, Keeana, Crystal, Tina, Denae, and I each picked our #1, story, 6 stars or more shown in the center row, and the rest of our 5-star and 6-star stories are listed in no particular order.

Here are BBB’s best books of 2016 broken out by each blogger:

Karen’s Best Books of 2016

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# OF BOOKS READ IN 2016: 150

#1 AUTHOR OF 2016: Katy Evans

#1 BOOK OF 2016: Wait by A.L. Jackson

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Worth Fighting For – Kirsty Moseley ➜ http://amzn.to/2iVNEuz
Say You Want Me – Corinne Michaels ➜ http://amzn.to/2hHuwAv
Down Shift – K. Bromberg ➜ http://amzn.to/2iTOCDD
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Royally Screwed – Emma Chase ➜ http://amzn.to/2imY3i0
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Sophie’s Best Books of 2016

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# OF BOOKS READ IN 2016: 185

#1 AUTHOR OF 2016: Kandi Steiner

#1 BOOK OF 2016: A Love Letter to Whiskey by Kandi Steiner 
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Checkmate: This is Love – Kennedy Fox ➜ http://amzn.to/2hHv9bv
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The Heart – Kate Stewart ➜ http://amzn.to/2hDESMP
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Boss Man – Vi Keeland ➜ http://amzn.to/2ixiitZ

5-STAR HONORABLE MENTIONS & OTHER FAVORITES

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Keeana’s Best Books of 2016

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# OF BOOKS READ IN 2016: 325

#1 AUTHOR OF 2016: C.C. Monroe

#1 BOOK OF 2016: Road to Nowhere by M. Robinson

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Always the One – CC Monroe ➜ http://amzn.to/2hDFrX1
Made to Suffer – Golden Czermak ➜ http://amzn.to/2hHF7LI
Shoot the Moon – Jani McCay ➜ http://amzn.to/2iTPkAS
Hit the Spot – J. Daniels ➜ http://amzn.to/2hHwKhF
What Might Kill Us – M.N. Forgy ➜ http://amzn.to/2iTYXQ7
Chase – Kylie Walker ➜ http://amzn.to/2imZ4Xp
Styx – Victoria Ashley ➜ http://amzn.to/2iU0B4k
27 Lies – MJ Fields ➜ http://amzn.to/2in7Nsr
Living for the Badman – Hayley Faiman ➜ http://amzn.to/2hZWNyc
Preppy – T.M.Frazier ➜ http://amzn.to/2hHvoDv
Sordid – Nikki Sloane ➜ http://amzn.to/2ixl5TZ
Empire – Rachel Van Dyken ➜ http://amzn.to/2ixoLVz

5-STAR HONORABLE MENTIONS & OTHER FAVORITES

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Split – JB Salsbury ➜ http://amzn.to/2iEJVOZ
Kill Me – LP Lovell ➜ http://amzn.to/2hHDBaV
Train’s Clash – Jamie Begley  ➜ http://amzn.to/2hHEpfR
Wolf’s Mate – Chantal Fernado ➜ http://amzn.to/2iU0h5j
Living Without – Lila Rose ➜ http://amzn.to/2iU2ttC

Crystal’s Best Books of 2016

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# OF BOOKS READ IN 2016: 100

#1 AUTHOR OF 2016: Katy Regnery

#1 BOOK OF 2016: Written in the Scars by Adriana Locke

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Here are the rest of Crystal’s top 5-star and 6-star stories not listed in any particular order.

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Marry Me Mad – Katy Regnery ➜ http://amzn.to/2iTWN2L
The Player – Claire Contreras ➜ http://amzn.to/2iEL3Sx
Wide Open Spaces – Aurora Rose Reynolds ➜ http://amzn.to/2iU1uK8
Red Card – Carrie Aarons ➜ http://amzn.to/2iU7Zwt
American Queen – Sierra Simone ➜ http://amzn.to/2iU6M8k
Dirty Sexy Cuffed – Carly Phillips & Erika Wilde ➜ http://amzn.to/2iW4sBV
Latch – LK Collins ➜ http://amzn.to/2isLZtx
Breathe with Me – Red Phoenix ➜ http://amzn.to/2iU1GJb
Into the Nothing – BT Urruela ➜ http://amzn.to/2ine6fB
Unstable – S.E. Hall ➜ http://amzn.to/2iU7qTu
Pretty Perfect Toy – Angel Payne ➜ http://amzn.to/2iU4174
Sugar Daddies – Jade West ➜ http://amzn.to/2isJDux
Sex Machine – Marie Force ➜ http://amzn.to/2iU7DWM
Scandal – HJ Bellus ➜ http://amzn.to/2iU8E0V
Turbulence – Whitney G. ➜ http://amzn.to/2hHsajx
Calico – Callie Hart ➜ http://amzn.to/2iESQzV
Elicit – M. Never ➜ http://amzn.to/2iER9T8
Prime Minister – Ainsley Booth & Sadie Haller ➜ http://amzn.to/2hHDCvo
Mischief & The Masters – Cherise Sinclair ➜ http://amzn.to/2iTXwRA

5-STAR HONORABLE MENTIONS & OTHER FAVORITES

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Crown Jewels – Ella James ➜ http://amzn.to/2iTUjl0
My Soul to Keep – Kennedy Ryan ➜ http://amzn.to/2ixBw2n
Obsession – Ann Mayburn ➜ http://amzn.to/2iEPbC0
Spiked Lemonade – Shari Ryan ➜ http://amzn.to/2iU3y4P
Room Service – Poppy Dunne ➜ http://amzn.to/2iEN41e

Tina’s Best Books of 2016

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# OF BOOKS READ IN 2016: 400

#1 AUTHOR OF 2016: K.L. Kreig

#1 BOOK OF 2016: Razing Grace by Amo  Jones

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PURCHASE ➜ http://amzn.to/2iTZCRr

Here are the rest of Tina’s top 5-star and 6-star stories not listed in any particular order.

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Black Swan Affair – K.L. Kreig ➜ http://amzn.to/2izQtRv
Over the Edge – Meredith Wild ➜ http://amzn.to/2izRQQj
Torn – Carian Cole ➜ http://amzn.to/2iowvJd
Touching Down – Nicole Williams ➜ http://amzn.to/2iVIfjb
US – Sarina Bowen & Elle Kennedy ➜ http://amzn.to/2hJgixp
A Player for a Princess – Tia Louise ➜ http://amzn.to/2iVMBXJ
Aced – Ella Frank & Brooke Blaine ➜ http://amzn.to/2izRtVW
The Devil’s Spawn – Gemma James ➜ http://amzn.to/2iVNgbu
Prisoned – Marni Mann ➜ http://amzn.to/2iVLVBB
Beneath These Lies – Meghan March ➜ http://amzn.to/2iVIJWr
His to Cherish – Stacey Lynn ➜ http://amzn.to/2izNp7T
Everything for Her – Alexa Riley ➜ http://amzn.to/2iGwIFo
Nico – Sarah Castille ➜ http://amzn.to/2hJcEn4
Chase the Sun – Christina Lee & Nyrae Dawn ➜ http://amzn.to/2hJk5ed
Lucky Star – Rebecca Norinne Caudill ➜ http://amzn.to/2iVFEWu
Wound Tight – Tessa Bailey ➜ http://amzn.to/2iYzxop
Melt – Helen Hardt ➜ http://amzn.to/2izUTrz
A Walk Through Fire – Felice Stevens ➜ http://amzn.to/2hJh6Cq
Tru Smoke – Edie Danford ➜ http://amzn.to/2iGw9uZ
Heartbeats – Sarah O’Rourke ➜ http://amzn.to/2iGxhis
Empire – Lili St. Germain ➜ http://amzn.to/2iVL6IP

5-STAR HONORABLE MENTIONS & OTHER FAVORITES

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Out of Love – RC Boldt ➜ http://amzn.to/2iVHiaC
Hell and Back – Natasha Madison ➜ http://amzn.to/2izVXvz
One Step Closer – Kahlen Aymes ➜ http://amzn.to/2izSKfO
Wayward Secret – K. Renee ➜ http://amzn.to/2izUC7W
Man of Honor – Diane Gardin ➜ http://amzn.to/2izOAo7

Denae’s Best Books of 2016

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# OF BOOKS READ IN 2016: 100

#1 AUTHOR OF 2016: K. Webster

#1 BOOK OF 2016: Pretty Stolen Dolls by Ker Dukey & K. Webster

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Here are the rest of Denae’s top 5-star and 6-star stories not listed in any particular order.

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The Bound – K.A. Linde ➜ http://amzn.to/2iVQxHZ
Life As We Know It – J.D. Hollyfield ➜ http://amzn.to/2iVEHNQ
Refresh – S. Moose ➜ http://amzn.to/2iVRnV2
Broken Prince – Erin Watt ➜ http://amzn.to/2iGHV8S
Down Deep – Virna DePaul ➜ http://amzn.to/2iGGIOM
A Harmless Little Ruse – Meli Raine ➜ http://amzn.to/2iVOOCu
Disclaim – Pam Godwin ➜ http://amzn.to/2izNkB8
Strange Magic – Michelle Mankin ➜ http://amzn.to/2iVTGr0
The First Taste – Jessica Hawkins ➜ http://amzn.to/2iGuiqc
Hook – Elisabeth Grace ➜ http://amzn.to/2izNJDE
Sacred Serenity – Audrey Carlan ➜ http://amzn.to/2hJlGAt
Divine Conspiracy – Rose Hudson ➜ http://amzn.to/2iGBx1k
This Isn’t Over Baby – K. Webster ➜ http://amzn.to/2iVKfbo

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5-STAR HONORABLE MENTIONS & OTHER FAVORITES

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All the Broken Pieces – Anna Paige ➜ http://amzn.to/2iVNBuZ
Endless Obsession – Alex Grayson ➜ http://amzn.to/2izSihm
Junkie – Heather Leigh ➜ http://amzn.to/2izSsW0

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Review – It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover

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It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover

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My rating: 5 of 5 stars

People who are meant to be together find their way back. They may take a few detours, but they’re never lost.

There is something special about second-chance love that summons the soul. Soul mates who have always loved each other are granted another chance. Their hearts, cut in half from being apart, find their way back to each other and become whole again. Second-chance love stories call to me like a kindred spirit. It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover was my kindred spirit too.

NAKED TRUTH: This second-chance romance immediately became my obsession…my heart…my soul…my drug…my kryptonite.

It Ends with Us is a heart-pounding tale of second-chance love that bleeds angst and burns the soul in a firestorm of feels that touches every part of you.

I wanted to wait…taking my time to soak up every powerful and poignant word of It Ends with Us. I wanted to rush…tearing through these pages as the adrenaline from this thrilling yet tender tale coursed through the story straight to me.

NAKED TRUTH:
With my heart beating out of my chest with the extreme excitement of my first Colleen Hoover book, I dove in and barely surfaced for air, almost completely ignoring everyone and everything, until the end. I WAS ALL IN.

It Ends with Us quickly became my adrenaline…my ache…my addiction…MY EVERYTHING. The words pounded from the pages to my already-pounding heart as I FELT EVERY WORD I READ. This soul-searing story sucked me in like a hurricane, whirling me around in a merry-go-round of emotions that entangled around my heart and soul, never letting go.

NAKED TRUTH: I knew that It Ends with Us would be one of the most gripping and gut-wrenching stories I’ve ever read…and that it was. The intensity of this heart-wrenching story burned through me like fire…pulse-pounding and powerful.

“There is no such thing as bad people. We’re all just people who sometimes do bad things.”

Beautiful red-haired and blue-eyed Lily Bloom has seen utter devastation in her young life, but like a flower, she’s blossomed into a successful business woman. Lily bonds over grief one night with a handsome neurosurgeon, Ryle Kinkaid, who ignites a spark from the start. However, Lily doesn’t need nor have time for a relationship or any involvement with a man right now.

“I am a brave and bold businesswoman with zero f**ks to give for men in scrubs.”

Ryle is all alpha—assertive, cocky, and stubborn—traits Lily avoids in men as she never had a good example of a good man. She doesn’t want to be attracted to the gorgeous doctor because he’s a player who wants Lily for maybe just a night.

“Oh, I want you, Lily. Make no mistake about that. I just don’t want to want you.”

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Ryle wants Lily but doesn’t do relationships. Lily is trying to focus on her new business and doesn’t do one-night stands or flings so it’s best to get Ryle out of her head before he creeps into her heart. It’s hard to ignore Ryle when Lily keeps bumping into him. Add that to the undeniable chemistry that surrounds them, and Lily is putty in Ryle’s surgical-wielding hands.

“When I’m with you, I feel like I get to have my cake and eat it, too.”

Oh did Doctor McDreamy make me swoon with his sweet words to Lily. A new relationship develops between Ryle and Lily on shaky ground, one that formed fast where they are wading into new territory. The deeper Lily and Ryle’s relationship gets, the more Lily’s thoughts surface back to the past to her first love, Atlas Corrigan, the man who owned half of her heart since they were teens.

“How do you tell your brand-new boyfriend that you’re trying to avoid your first love?”

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When Lily’s first love collides with her current love, past to present, the relationship waters get murky. Atlas has always been her kindred spirt and protector. Their teenage love story was supposed to last forever but abruptly ended, leaving two broken hearts along the way, perhaps three if you count mine.

“In the future . . . if by some miracle you ever find yourself in the position to fall in love again . . . fall in love with me.” He presses his lips against my forehead. “You’re still my favorite person, Lily. Always will be.”

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Oh how did my heart race for Atlas! This beautiful man make me swoon and melt to mush. Atlas is pure perfection with a heart of pure gold. I loved this hero so much! I was owned by Atlas. I was owned by It Ends with Us.

“Heaviness follows and it presses down on every part of me. So much gravity, pushing down on my emotions. Everything shatters. My tears, my heart, my laughter, my soul. Shattered like broken glass, raining down around me.”

Chills ran through me. My breaths were bated. My pulse raced. My heart quickly broke as tragedy struck…again and again. Tears streamed down my face as waves of despair crashed through Lily, crashing through me.

“Five minutes. That’s all it takes to completely destroy a person.”

I was shocked….gutted…destroyed.

“It stops here. With me and you. It ends with us.”

NAKED TRUTH: I began and ended this story in tears.

NAKED TRUTH: It Ends with Us is one of the most profound books I’ve ever read, one that danced itself into me deeply, straight to my soul, where I felt naked inside.

This story is so personal that it felt like an invasion upon reading. Deep. Dynamic. Devastatingly beautiful. It Ends with Us connected to me from the start, one that tore at my heart. I was rendered powerless to this story’s power, its force, which awakened everything inside of me: body…mind…heart…soul.

NAKED TRUTH: I regret sitting on Colleen Hoover’s books and hoarding them for so long…I’m embarrassed that I did not jump on all this CoHo book bliss sooner.

I finally met a Colleen Hoover book and oh what a roller coaster of a romance it was! My soul was slayed and my heart was hit hard…one hurricane of feels and a soul storm that won’t leave me! I FELL FAST. I FELL HARD. I FELL IN LOVE WITH EVERYTHING IN IT ENDS WITH US.

I don’t know why I waited so long to meet Colleen Hoover’s wonderful writing, but I was a fool to procrastinate. This author is one of my new favorites: those who write from the heart where their hearts are poured into those beautiful and brilliant words. You live and breathe these authors’ stories where you can feel their hearts imprinted all over their wondrous words.

It Ends with Us is not simply a broken and beautiful romance; it’s a story about LIFE AND LIVING. It’s a story of STRENGTH and SURVIVAL. It’s about taking that LEAP OF FAITH and FOLLOWING YOUR HEART. I quickly learned that EVERY WORD MATTERS that Colleen Hoover writes, those words that instantly come to life…so meaningful, mesmerizing, and magnificent.

Those devastatingly beautiful books that authors pen like paint to a canvas, so vivid and valuable…THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT STEAL MY SOUL AND OWN ME FOR LIFE. Colleen Hoover is one of those writers who pour their hearts and souls into their stories that tear at the reader’s heart and soul, these stories that break you, bind you, and brandish themselves to you in a bath of beauty where you’ll remember them forever.

NAKED TRUTH: It Ends with Us is one of my top romance reads of 2016 and ever.

It Ends with Us is heart, heartbreak, hope, and happiness in a story with a huge hit that you won’t see coming. This book?!? THIS BOOK WILL BREAK YOUR HEART IN THE BEST WAY! OH DID I LOVE THIS STORY SO MUCH!

NAKED TRUTH: It Ends with Us stole a piece of my soul that will remain stuck in this story forever.

“All humans make mistakes. What determines a person’s character aren’t the mistakes we make. It’s how we take those mistakes and turn them into lessons rather than excuses.”

★★★★★ ‘but worth 10’ broken and beautiful ‘naked truth’ stars

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Sometimes it is the one who loves you who hurts you the most.

Lily hasn’t always had it easy, but that’s never stopped her from working hard for the life she wants. She’s come a long way from the small town in Maine where she grew up—she graduated from college, moved to Boston, and started her own business. So when she feels a spark with a gorgeous neurosurgeon named Ryle Kincaid, everything in Lily’s life suddenly seems almost too good to be true.

Ryle is assertive, stubborn, maybe even a little arrogant. He’s also sensitive, brilliant, and has a total soft spot for Lily. And the way he looks in scrubs certainly doesn’t hurt. Lily can’t get him out of her head. But Ryle’s complete aversion to relationships is disturbing. Even as Lily finds herself becoming the exception to his “no dating” rule, she can’t help but wonder what made him that way in the first place.

As questions about her new relationship overwhelm her, so do thoughts of Atlas Corrigan—her first love and a link to the past she left behind. He was her kindred spirit, her protector. When Atlas suddenly reappears, everything Lily has built with Ryle is threatened.

With this bold and deeply personal novel, Colleen Hoover delivers a heart-wrenching story that breaks exciting new ground for her as a writer. Combining a captivating romance with a cast of all-too-human characters, It Ends With Us is an unforgettable tale of love that comes at the ultimate price.

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Review – Drunk on Love by S.L. Scott

Drunk on Love by S.L. Scott

I feel as though I’m glowing. Maybe it’s because I’m drunk on Drunk on Love. Maybe because this new release from SL Scott was so light, fresh and fun. Not to mention really sexy and oh so hot!

Hardy & Virginia are just so likeable. So easy to connect with. From the first meet they have a very strong, very intense, passionate connection that just SIZZLES and BURNS! 

I ADORED that this book was written from Hardy’s POV, the all male outlook was so refreshing and powerful. He dragged me so deep into his story, into his heart and now he’s fully in mine. SL writes such good male characters that you can’t help but fall for, although this has a bigger comedic feel from her other books, the standard of the male character is still just as strong. Just as loveable and oh so adorable.
Drunk on Love is so uplifting, the storyline so different from many others. SL writes the whole thing so fluidly, so flawlessly, so beautifully. Everything about it, from beginning to end made me smile and it gave me all those warm, fuzzy feels. 

Drunk on Love is an outstanding read that is worth so many more than the 5 stars I can give!

There are only two rules:

1. Don’t get too close.

2. Don’t fall in love.

Correction: Don’t ever fall in love. I don’t need the baggage of relationships. Life should be simple, easy, uncomplicated.

The problem I’m faced with is, if I really believe life should be that easy, that uncomplicated, and that simple, then why am I still thinking about a woman I met on a random Tuesday at the bar? A girl who was never a Gimlet, and always a Paloma. Yep, I called it all wrong last night and I’m starting to wonder if my heart will pay the price.

I might have broken rule number one, but rule number two remains firmly intact. For now. Sort of. Okay, maybe rule two hasn’t been broken, but it’s definitely been bent.

Drunk on Love is LIVE! 

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BBB Best Books of November 2016

The Bookalicious Babes Blog (BBB) Team reads a ton of books so among the six of us bookworms, our list of top picks is pretty big!!! BBB selected its TOP 5-STAR ROMANCE READS for November! It was not an easy choice as there has been so much book awesomeness this Fall where BBB has fallen in love with so many amazing authors’ stories.  

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BBB’s top picks are all ranked 5 stars and are not listed in any particular order. Click on the books below to purchase!

FILTHY RICH — RAINE MILLER

Billionaire Caleb Blackstone lives in the glamorous world of wealth and success, with every material luxury. But the moment he sees Brooke Casterley, none of that matters. Caleb is filled with a raw, undeniable need that he can’t ignore…for a girl who is so completely different from everything and everyone he’s ever known.

Only Brooke isn’t looking for love. She knows all too well just how much damage the wrong guy can do. Still, what sane, broke British girl can resist the charms of an incredibly sexy, chivalrous billionaire? What starts as flirtation quickly turns into all-consuming passion. Nothing could have prepared her for the searing heat of Caleb’s touch—or just how much she craves him.

DIRTY SEXY SINNER— CARLY PHILLIPS & ERIKA WILDE

After a lifetime of lies, deceit and betrayal, Jackson Stone isn’t a man who trusts easily—with women being at the top of the list. Now he’s all about control in every aspect of his life. Especially between the sheets. Hot, mutual pleasure with a woman? No problem, as long as he’s in charge.

But there’s something different about sexy bartender Tara Kent that he finds irresistible, in bed and out. Something that has him willing to compromise his principles and bend his rules. Let the sinning begin. 

OUT OF BOUNDS — LAUREN BLAKELY

My career is finally looking up, and I’m leading a new pro team down the field every Sunday. No way will I mess with that. But when I meet the most stunning and captivating woman I’ve ever seen, I tell myself one night will have to be enough.

But it’s not. And now I can’t get her out of my mind. Even when I’m playing. Even when I need to focus. Even when I’m on the hottest streak of my life. And it turns out, she’s not just some random woman I met. She works for the team. My team.

 I only have one goal this season–do my part as the team’s lawyer to keep them out of trouble. Help rebuild their reputation on and off the field. There’s no room for error and certainly no room for a secret tryst with a player . . . even if he’s the quarterback.

WHAT MIGHT KILL US — M.N. FORGY

Brotherhood is what Bull bleeds and all that he knows. Being the king of The Devil’s Dust and surrounded by easy women was his everyday… until having his heart broke rooted him to the bottom of a whiskey bottle.
Heartbroken, and drowning in lost memories he’s unsure of the direction of his life, when the answer – consisting of a terrified Mexican girl- nearly knocks him off his feet.

Determined to get his act together and rectify his club, he rides to Texas for answers, only to be confronted with the emotional ghosts he isn’t ready to deal with. He sees Anahi, and he wants her. But she may come with more baggage than Bull is ready for.

ENDURANCE — GEORGIA CATES

I’m a doctor. Mobster. Killer. My hands are covered in filth. I don’t have the right to touch anything as clean and pure as Ellison MacAllister.

I distance myself … always remaining obscure, composed, restrained.
Careful to never allow my eyes to linger too long. Careful to hide my interest. Careful to keep my burning desire buried beneath the surface. I do it for her—suffer in silence—because it’s what is best for the woman I love. And she has no idea.

She’ll be initiated as a Fellowship member soon. One of my mafia brothers will go through endurance so he’ll earn the right to claim her. Make her his wife.  Kill. Me. Slowly.

HIS TO CHERISH — STACEY LYNN

Chelsea Dwyer arrives home from her job at the middle-school library in Latham Hills, Michigan, expecting another quiet evening—until she hears the screams for help through her living room window. As the first witness to a terrible accident involving two local students, Chelsea doesn’t anticipate how her own life will be irrevocably changed by the father of one of the boys. In the wake of tragedy, she’s the only one who seems to understand his grief. Chelsea’s a survivor, too—and she knows that there are brighter days ahead.

As a single father, Aidan Deveraux worked his entire life to provide a stable home for his son, Derrick. Without him, Aidan feels the deepest despair imaginable. The one thing that keeps him going is his connection with the woman who tried to save his son. Hard as he tries, Aidan just can’t stay away. Chelsea’s warm embrace is the comforting solace he desperately craves—and it doesn’t hurt that Aidan had noticed the beautiful librarian and wanted to ask her out for years. Now that she’s in his life, he doesn’t ever want to let go.

SWEET CHEEKS — K. BROMBERG

It all started with the invitation. To my ex-fiance’s new wedding. I should have ignored it. Thrown it away. Set it afire. But I didn’t. I replied. With a plus one. And then my assistant accidentally mailed it.

Enter Hayes Whitley. Mega-movie star. The man who has captured the hearts of millions. But I gave him mine years ago. He was my first love. He was my everything. Right until he up and left to chase his dreams without so much as a simple goodbye.

When he showed up out of the blue ten years later, I should have known to steer clear of him. I should have rejected his offer to take me to my ex’s wedding. I should have never let him kiss me. But I didn’t.

AFTER WE FALL — MELANIE HARLOW

Jack Valentini isn’t my type. Sexy, brooding cowboys are fine in the movies, but in real life, I prefer a suit and tie. Proper manners. A close shave.

Jack might be gorgeous, but he’s also scruffy, rugged, and rude. He wants nothing to do with a “rich city girl” like me, and he isn’t afraid to say so. But I’ve got a PR job to do for his family’s farm, so he’s stuck with me and I’m stuck with him. His glares. His moods. His tight jeans. His muscles. His huge, hard muscles.

Pretty soon there’s a whole different kind of tension between us, the kind that has me misbehaving in barns, trees, and pickup trucks. I’ve never done anything so out of character—but it feels too good to stop. And the more I learn about the grieving ex-Army sergeant, the better I understand him. Losing his wife left him broken and bitter and blaming himself.

He doesn’t think he deserves a second chance at happiness. But he’s wrong. I don’t need to be his first love. If only he’d let me be his last.

HAIL MARY — NICOLA RENDELL

At a boxing gym in Chicago, Mary Monahan accidentally knocks out the most handsome man she’s ever met. After she wakes him up with a few slaps and some smelling salts, the very first thing he does is ask her out for ribs and beer. His name is Jimmy. He looks like a Gillette model. And he’s just too hunky to resist.

Jimmy “The Falcon” Falconi is mystified that Mary has absolutely no idea who he is. Mystified and refreshed. He is, after all, not your everyday NFL quarterback. He shops at Costco, has a soft spot for Pinterest, and is in the midst of an epic losing streak.

Jimmy falls for Mary fast and hard, the way he does everything—balls out and like it’s fourth and long. And he realizes he’s finally met his match. That stamina he’s so proud of? Doesn’t stand a chance against her Kegels.

FIRE IN YOU — JENNIFER ARMENTROUT

Jillian Lima’s whole world was destroyed in a span of a few hours. The same night her childhood love, Brock ‘the Beast’ Mitchell, broke her heart, her life was irrevocably altered by the hand of a stranger with a gun. It takes six years to slowly glue together the shattered pieces of her life, but Jillian is finally ready to stop existing in a past full of pain and regret.

She just never expected Brock to be a part of her life again. But he’s firmly back in her life before she knows it, and not only is he older, he’s impossibly more handsome, more teasing and more everything. And when he sees Jillian, he’s no longer capable of thinking of her as the little girl who was his shadow growing up or the daughter of the man who gave him a second chance at life. He sees the woman who’d always been there for him, the one person who believed in him no matter what.

Brock knows she’s the one he should’ve made his.

TAKE MY DARE — J. KENNER

My life with Jackson is nothing short of perfection. He is my love, my husband, the one man in all the world who makes me feel alive and whole. Our careers are on track. Our family is growing. And the ghosts of our past have been vanquished – or so I believed.

When a wonderful night of sensuality and passion following a masquerade ball turns dark with the news that haunting, horrible photographs of me have surfaced, my old fears and insecurities threaten to knock me down, and it is only within Jackson’s arms that I find the strength to endure.

But even Jackson’s protection may not be able to save us, because I know my husband well. And he will do whatever it takes—even if it means risking himself—in order to protect our family…

BANGER — ARIA COLE

Meet Tobias Banger…He’s the demanding, dominant, sexy-as-sin CEO of Banger Industries, and he’s used to getting what he wants. Every time. He’s built a Fortune 500 company from the ground up. The last thing he needs is a pretty woman distracting him from his empire.

Curvy, sassy secretary Ellis Ford isn’t just any pretty woman…
Fresh out of college, she’s smart, focused, sometimes sarcastic, and trying desperately to contain the wildfire that licks at her insides whenever Mr. Banger calls her name.

One forbidden night while locked in a closet, and the office will never be the same…The chemistry between Ellis and Tobias sizzles until raw passion ignites in a frenzy of filthy words, frantic lust, and all-consuming basic instinct. He’s hell-bent on claiming her. She’s too blinded by his charm to see the ghosts haunting his dark eyes. Will one night with Tobias be something she’ll live to regret?

A HARMLESS LITTLE RUSE — MELI RAINE

She has no idea what she’s doing. Loose cannons never hit their targets. And they take out plenty of collateral damage.

Four years ago Lindsay experienced the unspeakable right before me, and I couldn’t stop them. But that’s all changed now.

When her father, Senator Bosworth, contacted me to ask — demand — that I protect her, it was a second chance. A shot at redemption. An opportunity to right an unspeakable wrong.

Controlling Lindsay as she seeks her revenge on the monsters who hurt her won’t be hard. Containing my own out-of-control feelings for Lindsay and keeping up this ruse of cold-blooded distance will be. Even harder than admitting to her what really happened that night four years ago.

It turns out I don’t have to, though. Someone else did it for me. And I’ll make sure they regret it.

UNPLUGGED — LK COLLINS

From the moment I laid eyes on her, I was doomed. Quinn Whitmore was unlike any other woman in the world. She was it for me. That spark, that instant connection, became my sole purpose for breathing. Her laugh would take over a room. Her smile brought me to my knees. And her body was…pure perfection.

When I met Quinn, she was fresh off a nasty breakup and had ruled out all men. She wanted to spend the week in the Rocky Mountains unplugged from the world, unwinding and focusing on herself.
 
So I decided to let it go. But my mind wouldn’t. Every thought suddenly became consumed with Quinn, and I knew I had to have her. So when she finally agreed to a week of just sex, no strings attached, I took the deal and ran. It would give me time to fuck my Quinn obsession out of my head.  But, man, was I wrong. A week wasn’t enough. A lifetime wouldn’t be enough.
 
The problem…Quinn was hiding a secret–a secret that would ruin my life. And ruin it she did.

OVER THE EDGE — MEREDITH WILD

Olivia Bridge has always been a good girl—good grades, good friends, and a good job that her wealthy parents handed her. Desperate to carve out a life that is truly hers, Liv walks away from it all and takes on the challenge of helping her brothers open a chain of fitness centers in New York City. Just as she’s beginning to find her footing in a new place, she’s caught between two men who couldn’t be more determined to turn all her goodness inside out.

Will Donovan has the capital to make the Bridge brothers’ entrepreneurial dreams a reality. Taking their uptight sister to bed seems a reasonable perk for the risk. Liv is the smartest, sexiest prude Will’s ever met, and he can’t wait to break her down.

Life is too short for Ian Savo to play by anyone’s rules. Sharing women with his best friend isn’t anything new, so when Will introduces him to Liv, he can’t wait to get a taste. But falling for the same girl, or falling at all, was never in the plans…

CROWN JEWELS — ELLA JAMES

After that close-up of his package on the sailboat in Morocco, TMZ started calling him Crown Jewels. Not that I keep track of Prince Liam. Definitely don’t stalk him online like my friends do. I’m out of that scene now. My family’s reality show might still be running, but I’ve been off-screen for a while.

Prince Liam—my stalking his Instagram—that’s just for fun. It’s my dirty little secret. Trust me, I’m the only woman in the world who doesn’t actually want him.

Except I’m back in the Hamptons for the first time in two years. I’m at a party, and Prince Manwhore is here as well. I tell myself that smile has no effect on me. That his ridiculous charisma is a parlor trick I see right through.

After our one night together, no one knows that I succumbed.  It doesn’t matter. It meant nothing. Not until I see those two pink lines.

LUCAS — JAY MCLEAN

In a sprint, every millisecond counts. When you’re waiting for love, those milliseconds can feel like eons. 

High school senior Lucas Preston has it all: star of the track team, a scholarship waiting for him, an apartment to himself and a revolving door of girlfriends. He also has an older sister, five younger brothers and a father who relies on him to make sure those brothers don’t kill each other.

His saving grace? Lois “Laney” Sanders, a girl he started to fall in like with when he was just eleven. A girl who became his best friend, his confidant, his courage. 

It took only sixteen clicks and eight seconds for Lucas to realize that his like for Laney had turned into love.  Eight life-changing seconds. It’s also the exact length of time it took to lose her.

A COWBOY’S HEART — RED PHOENIX

A cowboy can’t resist a damsel in distress.

Brad Anderson, the bullwhip master, has guarded his heart ever since a certain redhead broke it. After attending the wedding of his best friend, Master Anderson decides to find his own happy ending. However, it seems Fate has different plans when he finds himself protecting a damsel in distress.

Will this cowboy at heart ever let down his guard long enough to allow true love to flow in? Find out what happens when love and loyalty meet fate head on.

A MISSING HEART — SHARI RYAN

I’ve made mistakes. Some of those mistakes have ruined lives, including my own. Because of this, my past is something I have kept to myself, so when I found a woman who also wanted her past to remain hidden, it felt like the universe was pushing us together.

It turns out the universe had nothing to do with that. If a person’s past doesn’t exist, the present may not unravel the way it should.

I found out the hard way, when I learned that my wife is not who I thought she was…living with a past I should know about. Her continuous self-destructive behaviors let me know she clearly has a plan—possibly one I never should have been a part of. I keep trying to save her, but she’s making it hard.

Now, both of our pasts have simultaneously rolled into the spotlight—colliding head-on, and causing the present to come crashing down on top of us.

MORE THAN FRIENDS — MONICA MURPHY

He’s not perfect, but he’s all I want…

I’m your average girl at your average high school, trying to figure out my place in life. After catching my now ex-boyfriend messing around with my now ex-best friend, I’ve made some big changes. No more band, no more backstabbing friends and no more boring old life. Now I have new friends, a new job and new interests.

But there’s a certain someone who’s interested in me, and I don’t get it. Jordan Tuttle could have anyone he wants. He’s the most popular boy in school. Rich, gorgeous, smart and the star quarterback, he’s perfect. Yet he acts like he wants no one else but…me. So despite my fears and doubt, I let him get close. Probably too close. I discover that he’s not so perfect after all, but it doesn’t matter. I’m falling for him, even though he runs so hot and cold. I know someday he’s going to break my heart.

And I’m going to let him.

BED WRECKER— KIM KARR

My name is Maggie May and I met him under a haze of purple lights. As cliché as it sounds he was tall, dark, and handsome as hell, and I had fireworks in my eyes…literally.

It was New Year’s Eve and beneath the magic of all that glitters and shines, I fell for him and his wicked ways. The way he moved, the way he touched me, the way he brought me to org@sm over and over.

You should know that I don’t believe in love. Fairytales and happily-ever-afters are never anything I’ve dreamed of…until him.

Something changed the moment our eyes met. It wasn’t insta-lust or insta-love, it was simply him and me, and the dance floor at our feet.

The problem is our story ended three days after it started. But now he’s back. And he says he’s sorry. Can I believe him? Do I want to believe him? He calls me his bedwrecker…but what if he wrecks me?

BLACK AND WHITE FLOWERS — RACHEL ROBINSON

Carina Painter lives a life she created in between the pages of her bestselling novel. At least, that’s what she outwardly portrays. A heart-rending childhood followed by an abusive engagement leaves her broken in all ways possible. A chance encounter provides the fork in the road she so desperately desires.

Navy SEAL Smith Eppington is fighting the war of his lifetime. One that isn’t fought with weapons and highly sought intelligence. It’s a battle to remember his past. The accident that scarred seventy five percent of his body, and stole the life of his best friend also seized parts and pieces of his memory. When an author asks to interview him for a fiction novel, he’s ready to pour his heart out no matter the cost.

STROKED HARD — MEGHAN QUINN

He’s hot. Like, stop breathing kind of hot with his killer body, vivid blue eyes, and constant five o’clock shadow.

Did I mention his body?

Watching Hollis Knightly, Olympic diving gold medalist, man-pony specialist—and cocky bastard—stand up on the diving platform in nothing but a small piece of Spandex? Yeah, I’m beguiled. And easily seduced.

I want to keep things light but he won’t leave me alone. And hell, if he’s not wearing me thin. What is supposed to be a simple summer fling with a very hot man, has now morphed into a f*cked-up mess of feelings, attachment, and dare I say it…love.

But I don’t do relationships. And Hollis Knightly does.

LIFE AS WE KNOW IT — J.D. HOLLYFIELD

Life has not been easy for Penelope Summers. Specifically, the last month, when her high-profile boyfriend dumped her, her indecent exposure record surfaced, and her favorite thing in the world, tequila, failed her.

Good thing for Penelope, she has her best friend to pick her up, and take her on the vacation of a lifetime. A seven-day cruise that will change the direction of her downward spiral. But will that spiral shift in the direction Penelope needs? Or will it throw her into a bigger whirlwind of trouble?

With Reckless Abandon as her motto, tequila as her wingman, and a hot one-night stand as her much needed reward, will the tables finally turn for Penelope, or will life as she knows it continue to fail her?

Sometimes you just have to ride the wave of crazy to find out.

J.C. AND THE BIJOUX JOLIS— KATY REGNERY

If the best man and maid of honor are both single, it’s practically an unwritten rule that they should pork.

…so begins a rocky acquaintance between Jean-Christian “J.C.” Rousseau and Libitz Feingold at the wedding of J.C.’s brother and Lib’s best friend. While manslut best man J.C. is surprised when maid of honor Libitz soundly spurns his advances, his curiosity is piqued. The girl he couldn’t have becomes the only one he wants.

So, when he finds a seventy-year-old portrait in the attic of his sister’s mansion that bears an uncanny resemblance to the prickly gallery owner, he enlists her help in solving a mystery seven decades in the making. Traveling from Philadelphia to New York to Marseille, a couple who started off as enemies will discover that even cynics can find true love…and mortal man is no match for destiny.

TRU SMOKE — EDIE DANFORD

Growing up in Ember Peak, Colorado, Jones nurtured dreams as big as the Rockies. Why else would a flat-broke college student believe he has a shot with Truitt Larkin, the billionaire CEO of Larkin Corp? And, sure, Tru might own the fab, five-thousand-acre Ember Peak Ranch, where Jones is just the son of a ranch employee, but that doesn’t mean a future with Tru is doomed, does it?

When he finally, finally convinces Tru to break his chiseled-in-rock no-sex-ever policy, Jones is sure smoke will never shroud Tru’s silver-flame eyes again. But fire burns and dreams crash. And when Tru shuts down Jones’s hopes, Jones leaves Ember Peak—and a big chunk of his heart—for good.’

ASHES ADRIFT — DIANA GARDIN

What do you do when the strongest girl in the world falls apart? You hold her. And you stroke her hair. And you whisper to her that everything is going to be all right. Even if you’re not sure it will be.

I’m Drew Garrick, and I was never supposed to fall in love with Gillian Ambrose. It wasn’t part of the plan. Sleep with her? Yes. Have a good time with her while our best friends fell in love? Yes. But fall for her? Never.

The plan changed the moment her brother was released from prison, and all the dangers of his old life reared their ugly heads.

“Protect her,” he said. And that’s what I promised to do. Whatever it took.

DOLLARS — PEPPER WINTERS

A thief met a possession and did what he did best. Now, he has to live with the consequences. Including the girl he claimed.

Pimlico was stolen and sold all before her twenty-first birthday.
Two years with a diabolical monster is over. She has a new master now. A master who demands everything, expects everything, and requires ultimate access to her mind.

Elder broke countless rules when he took the girl who wasn’t his. She confuses and bewitches him, but his fascination won’t save her from his desires.

He wants to know her. She wants to forget. Together…they’re destroyed.

DARK CORNERS — A.M. MADDEN

A real hero can protect and serve, but a true hero knows how to love.

David Cavello is no longer in uniform, but the memories of combat still haunt his every waking moment. Driven to protect and serve, he accepts an undercover job he has to keep hidden from everyone. But David’s mission goes against orders the second he makes contact with gorgeous and spirited Maygen Whitney.

After growing up with an overprotective father, Maygen feels like she’s finally claiming her independence. Sure, she’s been lonely, but David seems to make all her dreams come deliciously true—until the sting of betrayal sends her world spiraling.

FRACTURES IN INK — HELENA HUNTING

Waitressing at a seedy strip club isn’t ideal, but it pays Sarah Adamson’s tuition. Her goal is to finish her master’s program and get a job that doesn’t involve tight skirts and groping hands. She doesn’t need distractions. Especially not the one that comes in the form of a hot-as-sin tattoo artist who works across the street from her apartment.

Kicked out at sixteen, and a high school dropout, Chris Zelter is familiar with wanting things he can’t have. His fractured life has never been easy. As the product of someone else’s bad decisions, he knows exactly what happens when the wrong person controls your marionette strings. Now an accomplished tattoo artist in a renowned studio in Chicago, Chris has it together. Mostly.

Apart from his infatuation with Sarah. She’s way out of his league, and Chris knows it. But he’s willing to be her bad decision. At least for now.

MAKE ME — LP LOVELL

At thirteen years old I was sold, doomed to become a sex slave.
Nicholai Ivanov, boss of the Russian Bratva, gave me the ultimate gift. He saved me from a fate worse than death. He promised to make me strong, because only the strong survive, and the weak die, forgotten and inconsequential.

I now live in a world of blood and violence, where humanity itself is a weakness. My life is not a battle of bad and good, but bad and worse. This is kill or be killed, survival of the fittest.

Make me or break me?

TRAINS CLASH — JAMIE BEGLEY

Train swore never to let a woman get under his skin unless it meant forever, and forever only meant belonging to The Last Riders. He had believed his one brief sexual encounter with Killyama was a hit it and quit it. Instead, her green eyes haunted his memories. Then when he tried to convince the woman he was serious as his “more the merrier” lifestyle became a painful reminder of the life he lived, Killyama used his own club against him to keep him from what he wanted.

Killyama was holding out for a man who could offer her forever, and Train wasn’t the forever kind of man. He was a Mr. Here and Now; the wicked warrior in her dreams. He might be a walking, talking sex machine, but she needed more than that. So, until he proved she was the only one sharing his bed, the only part of her body he was going to see was her ass walking away.

UNDER COVER— T.A. MCKAY

Drake Donovan is one of the good guys. He spends his life helping people who need it. Being a police officer is all he’s ever wanted to be, and there is nothing else that could ever compare.

After months of work he finally has a way in to the underground world he’s been trying to close down. A trail of dead prostitutes has led him to a chat room and a man called Dreamfixer, but when a late night meeting goes wrong his life changes forever.

When gathering evidence becomes the last thing he’s thinking about he knows that he will have to make a decision. Follow his feelings or stay strong, doing what he was here to do.  Now he has to decide between the job he loves and the man who could change everything. Life for Drake was easy before he went Undercover.

PRETTY LITTLE DOLLS — KER DUKEY AND K. WEBSTER

Benny had a dolly who was sick, sick, sick.
Just like him, his dolly needed darkness as a fix, fix, fix.
So they tormented and hunted and played tricks, tricks, tricks.
Together their sins a lethal mix, mix, mix.

Until Benny missed his dolly who was lost, lost, lost.
He needed to find her and love her at any cost, cost, cost.
Not wanting him and his dolly to be alone, lone, lone.
He made plans to bring his dirty dolly, home, home, home.

I left my soul open. I left my heart open. I left the door open.
And he stole me. Dillon…I’m sorry.

MAJOR LOVE — KATE STEWART

“I met her at an all-time low . . . the worst night of my life—a time I never wanted to remember.”

“It was a night I could never forget.”

“When it came to women, I swore I was done with wishful thinking. Ball and my coaching career were all that mattered.”

“I reminded him it wasn’t.”

“She was everything I was afraid of.”

“He was everything I’d ever wanted.”

LIVING FOR THE BADMAN — HAYLEY FAIMAN

Ashley Riggs’ life was forever changed when she was only seventeen years old. Thrust into a world of darkness, scarred at the hands of many, and left abandoned in a cage, her hope is found in the man who rescues her from the clutches of hell. Day by day, he breathes life into her, and her heart becomes his. But when she longs for more, her savior turns his back on her, insistent that he cannot give her what she wants.

Yakov Chekov is certain that evil runs in his veins. Direct descendant of the late Ivan Chekov—the poison that infected the Russian Bratva in ways that cannot be forgiven, and the father he murdered in the name of justice—Yakov fears he cannot love as a man should. Yet, try as he might, pushing away his sweet girl, in order to protect her from himself, proves to be impossible.

TRANSFERENCE— AVA HARRISON

The nightmares find me. They steal my breath, slowly suffocating me. I’m scared. I want it to stop.

He’s supposed to help me. Instead, he evokes something forbidden.

I know I should run. But I can’t. I’ve made my choice. I want him.

There’s only one problem…

He’s my therapist.

PROTECTOR — MICHELLE HORST

I’ve always thought of myself as a pretty happy-go-lucky kind of person. I wanted to save the world, or at least leave my stamp behind. In my own naïve way I thought I could bribe karma but life has a way of teaching us lessons.

I never knew how selfish I was until my life was ripped away from me. Taken. I’m forced to watch as they torture and kill my family … and I know I’m next.

Then he comes. He made a promise to my brother. It’s the only thing keeping him bound to me. A promise to protect me.

I should set him free of the promise … but I don’t. He’s my shield against karma. He’s my protector.

TRICKED — REBECCA ZANETTI

Former police psychologist Ronni Alexander had it all before a poison attacked her heart and gave her a death sentence. Now, on her last leg, she has an opportunity to live if she mates a vampire. A real vampire. One night of sex and a good bite, and she’d live forever with no more weaknesses. Well, except for the vampire whose dominance is over the top, and who has no clue how to deal with a modern woman who can take care of herself.

Jared Reese, who has no intention of ever mating for anything other than convenience, agrees to help out his new sister in law by saving her friend’s life with a quick tussle in bed. Except after one night with Ronni, one moment of her sighing his name, and he wants more than a mating of convenience. Now all he has to do is convince Ronni she wants the same thing. Good thing he’s up for a good battle.

MISTRESS AND THE MASTERS — CHERISE SINCLAIR

Her life destroyed by a stalker, Uzuri Cheval starts anew in Tampa and joins the exclusive Shadowlands club. Unconvinced of her claims that she can overcome her fear of big men without help, Master Z gives her a time limit. And she is improving–until she hears the stalker is out of prison. Now her time limit is up, and the Masters will intervene, which is okay–as long as whoever helps her is short. Okay, sweet and gentle would be good, too.

But two Doms? Dangerously experienced and dauntingly powerful cousins? No way.

Having volunteered in every hellhole in the world, Dr. Alastair Drago is ready to settle down. Detective Max Drago has joined him and, once again, the cousins share everything. A house, lives, problems…and whatever submissive catches their interest. One mischievous submissive has definitely caught Alastair’s. However, having been burned by a woman, Max remains detached…until little mischief’s troubles turn deadly.

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Review – Swing by Adriana Locke

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The Landry brothers are slowly but surely becoming some of my favorites! Swoony, sexy… so so sexy. So much swagger and determination to have the women they crave. Lincoln – Mr. Baseball himself – is absolutely no exception.

Lincoln is a talented athlete with so much heart. His love for his family is only rivaled by his love of baseball. After living in the shadow of a high powered politico, a financial wizard and a decorated solider, baseball is the one thing that Lincoln feels he is good at… the only way to stand out, and now that’s in jeopardy because of a terrible shoulder injury. But then he meets Danielle and she changes everything in Lincoln’s world.

Danielle spends her days caring for sick children. She never expected the delightfully delicious Lincoln Landry to show up on her ward and tilt her world on its axis. She has her own reasons for staying away from baseball players – especially players like Lincoln. She doesn’t plan on giving Linc a chance to change her mind about seeing him. She fights the temptation…. and fights some more. But Lincoln Landry is no quitter – on or off the field.

These two are so sexy and sensual together but also so side splitting funny as well! Lincoln and Huxley together are absolutey HILARIOUS! How could Dani resist those two? Lincoln is relentless with his dirty mouth, delicious body and over the top boyish charm. Danielle is just one of Adriana’s best leading ladies because she’s real, determined and so compassionate. The chemistry between these two is so right from the very beginning. They balance each other and Dani fits so very well into the Landry family. They simply opened their arms and welcomed her in. How could you not love them?

I finished this Landry book feeling just glorious! Lincoln and Dani were so refreshing and so much fun to read! Even when they faced some obstacles to being together, they still had my heart fluttering and my soul just plain happy! Now, let’s see what Graham Landry in store for us…

FANTASTIC, Adriana!

5 Swing and a HOME RUN stars!

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Screw him and his perfect stats.
Sinful smirk.
Delicious body.
Lincoln Landry probably even has game-winning stamina.

I’d like to screw her and her perfect ass.
Dangerous curves.
Sweet smile.
Ryan Danielle Ashley probably even has a game-changing personality.

There’s no denying the chemistry between them. It’s so fiery, it’s undeniable. They partake in it. Enjoy it.
They really enjoy it.
Attraction is not a problem. Nor is their banter, relationship status, or habits. That’s all fine. Perfect, actually.
The problem is as tangled up as their sheets.

A lighthearted and sexy STANDALONE romantic comedy from USA Today Bestselling author Adriana Locke.

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Screw him and his perfect resume.
And flawless face.
And delicious body.
And probably game-winning stamina. I’m going to be a mess today just thinking about it.
“Why was he in your office?” Macie asks, right as I was ready to mentally remove his clothes. “Oh my God, Danielle! I just pulled him up. Why can’t I be you? Just for a day?”
“I’m quite happy I’m me today,” I laugh. “He just walked off the elevator on the wrong floor and followed me to my office.”
“Why?”
“Does it matter? Now I’m sitting here with wet panties, his ‘Fuck me’ cologne filling my office, and all sorts of ideas as to what his body looks like under those sweatpants and t-shirt.”

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USA Today Bestselling author Adriana Locke lives and breathes books. After years of slightly obsessive relationships with the flawed bad boys created by other authors, Adriana has created her own.

She resides in the Midwest with her husband, sons, and two dogs. She spends a large amount of time playing with her kids, drinking coffee, and cooking. You can find her outside if the weather’s nice and there’s always a piece of candy in her pocket.

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Review – Jaded Hearts by Harper Sloan

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Jaded Hearts by Harper Sloan

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My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Jaded heart how you will see. Once the fog rolls away, it was all just a fantasy. This heart jaded, never had to be. ~Jamie Ellen Christian

The best love is often the one that is unexpected, a firestorm of feels you never saw coming but one that steals your heart…your body…your soul. Books are like love; we get lost in them. We feel them. We live in them. Harper Sloan threw a curveball my way in a love story that rocked my world, one I did not see coming, but one where I INSTANTLY FELL HEAD OVER HEELS IN LOVE. Jaded Hearts stole my heart in a romantic rocker story full of smolder, swoon, and soul!

I plunged myself into Jaded Hearts with an itch that only a rock star story could scratch. This book buzzed with excitement, Jaded Hearts an enticing and edgy tale that I devoured with the hunger of a groupie at a concert. Pulse pounding like a drum. Body buzzing like a guitar. Emotions flowing like a moving melody. Soul singing to the music of this masterpiece.

Jaded Hearts buzzed with brilliance and hummed with heart. The words seduced me, lyrics of love that danced on my heart and sent my soul soaring to heaven, as I felt the music and magic of Jaded Hearts move through every part of me. I WAS ALL IN AND I WANTED TO STAY.

Wrenlee Davenport, the beautiful singer of Loaded Replay, is jaded. The fiery redhead with piercing blue eyes is done with people using her, those who only see the voice and not the person.

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No man has been worthy of a piece of Wren’s heart…no man until tall and muscular, dark-haired, blue-green-eyed, all-alpha god, Chance Nash, stormed into her life as her security guard. What Wren may need guarding the most is her heart as it beat for Chance from the start, an attraction beyond physical desire.

“You don’t want to go down that road, Wren. I’ll protect you from the world, but you need to protect yourself from me.”

Despite the intense attraction to the beautiful singing goddess Chance was hired to protect, he must keep his head in the game and fight the force of combustible chemistry that ignites like fire between them. Wren wants Chance, the first man who sees Wren along with Wrenlee.

“Oh, Chance, you won’t win. You might think you will, but mark my words, I will have you, and you’re going to love it. Every. Single. Second.”

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Oh now I wanted to be besties with Wren, one of the most badass heroines I could not help but love! This bold woman with brass balls is simply brilliant! Wren is determined to have this man who is slowly picking up the pieces of her jaded heart and making it whole.

“His mouth opens, and his tongue meets mine, no hesitation whatsoever, as he deepens the kiss.”

That kiss is the turning point. That passion permeates through them…through me…one so physically strong and heartfelt that it can’t be denied. Wren finally sees a man who wants her for Wren, the woman, not Wrenlee the singer…and she needs to convince Chance to take a chance on her…on love…and cure each other’s jaded hearts.

“Both of us wear the jaded scars of our past.”

Chance’s resolve is crumbling, Wren is breaking down his walls. Chance is woven in Wren’s web, and there is no going back. Oh did this book burn with passion and bleed with angst!

“The second I feel your body ripple against my c**k, you will be mine, Wrenlee…If we’re taking a gamble together, it’s all in, or we fold before the call.”

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I. WAS. ON. FIRE and Chance was the heat!!! Oh did Chance, this amazing all-alpha, melt me from head to toe. The heat set me ablaze, as I burned along with this sweet, sensual and seductive story.

“You’re going to destroy me.”

“We’re going to destroy each other and then put the pieces back together, so there aren’t any more cracks.”

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Wren knows what…who…she wants and that’s Chance. Her jaded heart is ready to become whole. Wren is ready to take a chance on Chance and not let the one man who sees the woman and not just the rock star go.

“You’re going to be my undoing, Wren.”

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I fell fast and hard for all-alpha, Chance, and beautiful and badass, Wren. I fell fast and hard for the secondary characters, the bandmates that included Wren’s brother and childhood friends. I fell fast and hard for Jaded Hearts, a fairy tale of a rocker romance where Cinderella grabs her Prince, and they rescue each other. I fell fast for Harper Sloan’s wondrous words as this author’s books only get better and better. I FELL FAST AND HARD…JADED HEARTS AND ALL!

Jaded Hearts is one enticing, edgy, emotionally-entwined tale of unexpected love. Oh did I LOVE EVERY MINUTE! Harper Sloan thrust me into the thrilling music scene, painting a vivid picture where I went on a virtual tour with the band, feeling the rush in a music world that became my world too. Jaded Hearts was PURE MAGIC—penned and painted to perfection—in a movie that played in my head while reading.

I smoldered. I sweated. I swooned. I felt this love story too. Jaded Hearts melted my heart with magic in a book that is UTTER BRILLIANCE. The perfect fusion of heat and heart in a hit of a rocker romance, Jaded Hearts ROCKED MY WORLD. My heart is now a bit jaded in that I have to say goodbye to this spellbinding rock star romance.

★★★★★ magically ‘must take a chance’ loaded stars

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Signing with Brighthouse Records was supposed to be everything we ever wanted—our better life. Our chance at everything we never had but always wanted. All our dreams would finally come true and we were on top of the world. It was our chance at the happiness we never had in life.

Our every desire was at our fingertips and the power of that feeling was all consuming. But then it took every dream we thought would come true and it slapped us in the face with the cold hard reality.

Dreams were just that…something that floated on the cusp of untouchable, taunting you with every graze of your fingertips before slipping even further away.

Happiness…that feeling is a joke.

In the end it became painfully obvious that each of us would always have each other, but we would forever be alone.

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Review – Checkmate : This Is Love by Kennedy Fox 

ONE!!!
The King has returned! Someone please hold me, fan me and feed me all kinds of sweet stuff. Travis King has my heart pounding, pulse soaring and my stomach fluttering. This man, got even cockier, even hotter and even more desirable than the first time I met him. How you ask?! I know….Hard to believe right? How can he possibly be better than book one? Welp, take my word for it because he was! Way better. Kennedy Fox wrote him SUPERBLY!

TWO!!!

Speaking of Kennedy Fox, can I just say I have no idea who these authors are separately but my gosh…. Together they are ASTOUNDING. Reading their words is like taking a breath of fresh air. Simple, uplifting and satisfying. Everything about this novel was FLAWLESS. From the continued growth of the characters to the blistering connection to the beautiful love story that resulted. FLAW-LESS!

THREE

Travis & Viola aka team Traviola which I’m on, TOTALLY. Are a match made in enemy heaven. This book brought us a huge development in their relationship but still, they had that SPARK. That FIRE. That downright intense, passionate, hate filled LUST that we first saw in book 1. Only this time, all of it was balanced perfectly with the breathtaking LOVE that develops. 

I guess you’re all wanting to know if book two also packs the same scorching heat as book one? Well I can happily tell you that it does. And it’s MAGNIFIED. Gaming never looked or sounded SO FREAKING HOT before. *reaches for a fan* SO yeah… BOILING HOT. LITERALLY MELTING! 

FOUR

I was ALL IN with this story, this couple. Everything. From beginning to end they had me. Devoted. Obsessed. Consumed. 

I found myself in such a hurry to reach the end but I also never wanted it to stop. Books that evoke so much passion and emotion are THE BEST. Undoubtedly. And this, is one of the BEST!

FIVE….!!!!

Kennedy Fox have once again made their move and what a move it was. Checkmate- This is Love, IS love, passion, heat, intensity, power.  And above all else MAGNIFICENT. 

I’ll keep reading (and counting) as long as you two keep writing….

YOUR MOVE FOX.

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**Checkmate: This is War must be read first**

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Viola Fisher is the epitome of perfection.

She despises my one-night stands and mocks my less-than-classy habits.

She’s smart, beautiful, and too good to be true.

And I want her.

If she were anyone else, I’d have made my move years ago, but considering she’s my best friend’s little sister, she’s always been off-limits. Not to mention how much she loathes my very existence. 

Hating me is her religion, but needing her is mine. Her sexy curves and filthy smart mouth make me want her even more, and I’m more determined than ever to change her mind. 

I’ll prove I’m done playing games.

But until then, we’ll continue to play by her rules.

Viola Fisher may have won the battle, but the war isn’t over yet.

Checkmate, princess.