The Sapphire Heist by Lauren Blakely

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

“To me, romance and suspense go hand in hand. What’s more suspenseful than wondering how two wonderful people can manage to get together in spite of the world going crazy around them?”~Maggie Shayne

Romance blends with suspense in the sensational Sapphire series by Lauren Blakely, a different kind of book high where the unknown is heightened and feelings are folded with thrills. Lauren Blakely made me fall in love with suspense in The Sapphire Affair and I could not wait to get lost in The Sapphire Heist. I was chomping at the bit for more of this mystery, and dove into The Sapphire Heist with desire and determination.

I was catapulted back into the Sapphire series that boggled my brain for weeks. The Sapphire Heist consumed me from the very first page. Mind racing. Feelings flowing. Heart beating out of my chest. My pulse pounded with each page as I felt the rush of The Sapphire Heist. I was absorbed. I was obsessed. I was alive.

Just when I thought I solved the mystery in The Sapphire Heist, a new one popped up with more twists and turns than ever. This story is swathed in so much suspense that I tried to solve the mystery day and night. I DREAMT diamonds, sapphires, heists, and heat. The Sapphire Heist hijacked my head, danced in my dreams, and blew up my brain.

The Sapphire Heist captivated and claimed ALL OF ME. I never stopped thinking about this series. The Sapphire Heist became my heist. My high. My hope. My adventure. My addiction. Enthralling, engaging, and electric, The Sapphire Heist is full of twists and turns in a thriller that rivals James Bond. I LOVED EVERY MINUTE of this adventure!

Bounty Hunter, Jake Harlowe, the hot knight in panty-melting armor that heated me from head to toe bared more heart in The Sapphire Heist and became even HOTTER. Dark hair, green eyes, tall, and a muscular body to be climbed like Mount Everest. Jake is the perfect man. I love how Jake is tough on the outside but tender at the core. He is tough with a strong sense of right and wrong. Though he will bend the law if the ends justify the means.

Robin Hood met his Maid Marian in a bar one night, steaming up the place with a passionate kiss, and Steph has been the Bonnie to Jake’s Clyde ever since. A beautiful blonde, blue-eyed, and buxom beach gal, Steph Anderson looks and swims like a mermaid, one that Jake is still trying to catch for good. Steph Anderson is smart, sassy, and savvy and I love her!

The Sapphire Heist bleeds angst as Steph and Jake crash and clash a few times, lines blurred and already crossed. Doubt lingers like the salty air near the ocean and trust is tried as it often floats away at sea. One constant is the chemistry that is fire-hot, a burn that only ignites further throughout the story.

“Come closer. Climb on. Sit on my face. I need you straddling me.”

Holy HOT! I was on fire as my body heated from head to toe. I could not get enough of Jake’s dirty mouth. The chemistry burns bright through fights too with fight-sex.

“Can we please just f**k it out now?”

“F**k it out?”

“Yes. Your anger. Our mistrust. My doubt. Can we just once and for all f**k it out and let it go?”

Explosive is the heat between Jake and Steph. Explosive is the story of The Sapphire Heist. Explosive are the emotions left wading in the sea of suspense and angst aftermath. Jake and Steph are have hit some bumps in the road but have new leads to solving the $10 million heist of diamonds along with doubt.

“Think real hard before you say it. Ask yourself if you want to go there?”’

“Go where?”

“You’re about to suggest I’m in on it too, aren’t you?”

The trust teeters back and forth. The suspense builds. Steph and Jake are in doubt, unsure who the enemy is in this game. Love is on the line and needs to be rescued as much as the diamonds if Steph and Jake want to be more than partners or friends or enemies.

“How do I know if any of this between us is real? Or just a setup to take the diamonds?”

The Sapphire Heist is flawlessly executed. Edgy. Enthralling. Emotional. Each chapter of the Sapphire series turned on the movie projector in my head. Move over Nancy Drew as Lauren Blakely is the new Queen of Suspense. Hollywood needs to make The Sapphire Affair and The Sapphire Heist the next James Bond thriller as this series is a suspenseful sensation and a trip of thrills from beginning to end.

The twists and the turns of The Sapphire Heist wove a maze of mystery that kept me on the edge. The intrigue. The intoxication. The level of involvement for the reader in the Sapphire Heist suspense is sheer brilliance. Lauren Blakely’s words are vivid like paint to a canvas where I experienced EVERYTHING. The angst. The attraction. The action. I wore The Sapphire series like a jewel that was a part of me: stunning and spectacular.

I felt the surge of adrenaline that poured from the pages to my body. I lived and breathed this book. I felt ALIVE. I was ALL IN. The Sapphire Heist stole my head and heart and I still crave more of this gem.

5 suspenseful, spellbinding, and spectacular stars

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Keep your lover close and your enemy closer…

After giving in to a fiery night of passion, island adventurer Steph Anderson and bounty hunter Jake Harlowe are back to square one. With millions in stolen jewels at stake, it’s hard for Steph not to question her new partner’s true motives—no matter how sexy he might be. Jake is hungry for more of Steph, but he can sense her growing mistrust, which only fuels his own doubts. Worse, there’s undeniable evidence that someone else is now after the jewels—and that they are both in real danger.

Fighting against their magnetic attraction is a distraction these two can’t afford. In order to survive, they’ll have to pull off one more heist—and trust each other with something even more precious than jewels: their hearts.

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Hard Rules by Lisa Renee Jones

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

“Love is the ultimate outlaw. It just won’t adhere to any rules. The most any of us can do is to sign on as its accomplice.” ~Tom Robbins

Hard Rules is sin and scandal wrapped in a web of seduction full of twists and turns, and blazes and burns. This is not just a story but an immersion into another world. A world that holds you powerless in its clutches, daring you to escape. Escaping this enthralling tale that possess power over the reader won’t be easy. Trust me…I know.

I just finished my first story by Lisa Renee Jones, Hard Rules, and I’m SPEECHLESS. I’m in a DREAMY DAZE. I can’t think straight. This story has not released my soul that is still swimming in a sea of suspense. My heart is still furiously beating with excitement. My body is going through the motions, directed by my brain that is still under the spell of this story. My mind is not mine. Hard Rules rendered me MIND-BLOWN.

Hard Rules claimed and consumed me from the very first page. Mind racing. Feelings flowing. Eyes wide in anticipation. Heart beating out of my chest. My pulse pounded with each page as I felt the current of Hard Rules flow through me.

Hard Rules was my drug, pushing me to the edge as it transported me to another world where I was left in a stupor. This story slowly seduced me, word by word, weaving me into its spell. Hard Rules leapt to life so vividly, as if I were watching a movie my head. This story bled into me; I was bound to Hard Rules.

“This man is your enemy. And I’m not going to let you forget it.”

“He’s also my brother, and this is my family, who I want to save.”

Shane Brandon is the white knight in a dark world, battling his feuding family for control of their corrupt empire before they all crash and burn. The biggest enemy of all is the one man Shane looked up to for most of his life: his brother, Derek.

“You want to be God. I, on the other hand, prefer the fires of hell.”

Shane wants to rescue his family and make Brandon Enterprises legit, a business of pride and pure good. Women come and go for the gorgeous, dark-haired and blue-eyed, Shane, who fills a suite to perfection in all the right places. Sex in a suit.

All alpha, I fell for Shane hard and fast. I love how he is tough on the outside but tender at the core. Shane is tough with a strong sense of right and wrong. Though he will bend the law if the ends justify the means.

Then Shane meets the dark-haired and blue-eyed Emily Stevens, a woman who awakens not only his sexual appetite but something deeper. She is the light to the darkness surrounding him.

“We’re drawn together because we’re both dealing with a demon or two that won’t let us go.”

Shane meets the lovely Emily Stevens, a woman who stirs up desire in just one meeting. Oh is their chemistry explosive. Not a one-night-stand kind of desire but more. Magical and meaningful.

“He deepens the kiss, kissing me like I have never been kissed. I am his next breath and I have never been anyone’s next breath.”

These words whirl around as they hit my heart. I feel for Emily, wondering what kind of dark past and hell she has been through and if she has ever been loved. Shane is her drug as she is his.

“She’s a drug I could easily call an addiction when I don’t have any addictions.”

Emily is running from a past and hiding from the present that includes secrets that may destroy the one man she cares about: Shane. 

“He sees things I can’t let him see…I’m going to have to tell him the truth or leave.”

Secrets threaten to seep out from their safety net. Lies wait to be leaked. Lives are at stake as they may lay in the wake of mass destruction that may fall from deceit. Love may be the biggest victim in this crime. Shane is the conscience to his family’s corruption. Can he save them and himself from destruction?

Hard Rules set me ON FIRE. I’m still burning with desire in a Hard Rules daze. Enthralling and explosive, Hard Rules is a roller coaster of a romantic suspense that mesmerizes the mind, seduces the soul, and hits the heart hard. I fell for Hard Rules HARD.

This book BLEW ME AWAY. Renee Jones flawlessly executed Hard Rules that ruled every piece of me. This story was my drug. My high. My hope. My adventure. My addiction. Hard Rules captivated and claimed ALL OF ME. The cliffhanger only left me clamoring for more. Hard Rules will be hard to forget until I get my next dose.

5 spellbinding, scandalous, and scorching stars

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Wall Street meets the Sons of Anarchy in the smoldering, scorching first novel in the explosively sexy new Dirty Money series from New York Times bestselling author Lisa Renee Jones.

How bad do you want it?

The only man within the Brandon empire with a moral compass, Shane Brandon is ready to take his family’s business dealings legitimate. His reckless and ruthless brother, Derek wants to keep Brandon Enterprises cemented in lies, deceit, and corruption. But the harder Shane fights to pull the company back into the light, the darker he has to become. Then he meets Emily Stevens, a woman who not only stirs a voracious sexual need in him, but becomes the only thing anchoring him between good and evil.

Emily is consumed by Shane, pushed sexually in ways she never dreamed of, falling deeper into the all-encompassing passion that is this man. She trusts him. He trusts her, but therein lies the danger. Emily has a secret, the very thing that brought her to him in the first place, and that secret that could that destroy them both.

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Oh, there is so much sweetness here… so much romance. This is the type of story that draws a reader in and simply wraps around the heart – joyfully. Jonquils For Jax is blissful and just the perfect beginning to the Rousseau wing of the Blueberry Lane Series.

Jacqueline Rousseau has returned to her childhood home on Blueberry Lane after a successful launch of her movie career and an Academy award winning film. But Hollywood wasn’t all that she thought it would be. The lack of privacy, the insincere relationships, the overwhelming loneliness. Her brother’s wedding gives her the perfect reason to come home and reset her course. Really it’s an excuse for her to hide.

Gardener Thibodeaux has come to Blueberry Lane as a gardener for the one of Jax’s neighbors. It is a huge change from what the Louisiana born, Cajun bred beautiful man used to do. One tragic accident takes away most of his eyesight and ends his career as a police officer. Drawing back on the skills taught to him by his father, Gard tries to put his life back together. A chance meeting with a Parisian French speaking Duchess with beautiful emerald eyes changes the life of the dirty Cajun from New Orleans forever.

Gardener and Jax fight not to feel what they know is too soon to feel. They each are full of insecurities, guilt, and pains from past relationships. Still once the feelings begin to deepen, there is no stopping them. The romance between them is so profound. The love so pure despite the little time that has passed since they met. His endearments to her spoken in French made my heart flutter. Her pronouncement that she loves him no matter that he is a gardener… that’s he the help to her snob of her mother made me shout! Let us not forget the white hot chemistry… oh, Mr. Thibodeaux can make a girl’s toes curl! Mon coeur!

Jonquils for Jax made this Southern girl very happy! Even as the story was ending, I sighed and smiled. What a true love story! Katy has done a great job once again. FANTASTIC!

5 Romance has never been sweeter Kisses!

Did you fall in love with The English Brothers? Were you hot for the Winslows? Katy Regnery’s New York Times bestselling Blueberry Lane series continues with The Rousseau siblings in Summer 2016!

Jacqueline “Jax” Rousseau is vivacious, rich, smart and beautiful…but that doesn’t mean she’s lucky in love: she’s dated doctors, lawyers, actors and politicians who’ve all managed to end up disappointing her. In fact, she’s on a self-imposed hiatus from love when she has an unpleasant run-in with her neighbor’s gorgeous new landscaper, Gardener Lenox. Jax is not accustomed to gruff, ill-mannered men that can’t be charmed, but when he saves her skin, she realizes that something about Gard intrigues her…and if she can find her way through the armor that surrounds his heart, she might finally find a love that won’t let her down.

THE ROUSSEAUS

Jonquils for Jax, The Rousseaus #1 – available 8.5.16
Marry Me Mad, The Rousseaus #2 – available 10.21.16
J.C. and the Bijoux Jolis, The Rousseaus #3 – available 11.29.16

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Hitched: Volume Three by Kendall Ryan

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I nearly had a bookgasm before I even pounced on the pages of Hitched 3, the conclusion to a captivating series. Kendall Ryan’s writing is pure pleasure and a guaranteed good time. Being the greedy gal and bookworm I am, I had to have more Hitched. The Hitched series quickly became my intoxicating indulgence.

Hitched had me laughing and lusting.
Hitched 2 had me reeling in angst.
Hitched 3 had me sweating, swooning, sniffling, snickering, and smiling.

The perfect conclusion to an enthralling and explosive frenemies-to-lovers romance, Hitched 3 brings the heat with a whole lot of heart. Amusing. Angst-filled. All-consuming. The Hitched series hitched itself to my heart and hypnotized me, never letting go.

“Our marriage was only supposed to be a legal agreement—a business arrangement meant to appease the stakeholders. But we’ve quickly become something much more.”

The fake feels real in the sham of a marriage that began as a business agreement between Olivia and Noah but is now much more. Feelings are vested and much more is on the line. The anguish had me swimming in a sea of anticipation. Rapidly reading with bated breathing, I was on edge as I wondered if and how the new fake-real relationship would work. One thing that works like magic is the sex part of the package.

“Noah is thoughtful and kind and generous in bed…and hung like a damn elephant.”

Noah aims to please and Olivia is one lucky lady. I love that Olivia is not only beautiful but a strong, smart, sassy, and sexy woman. Her lady balls are bigger than Noah’s and she doesn’t tolerate treated like an inferior. Olivia is the ultimate woman as Noah is the perfect man. If only they would stop messing up the relationship part. 

“Olivia isn’t just my crush anymore, the girl I wanted to play house with. She’s become my everything. She’s the woman who’s won me over against all odds…And I’m just the douche who betrayed her.”

I’m lovesick for Noah and want a love connection with Olivia and him desperately. I want Noah to right his wrongs and make Olivia believe that he is it for her. His heart has always been Olivia’s he must convince her that they are meant to be together forever.

“To think I was actually starting to hope. To get attached to Noah, to trust him, to think of myself as part of an us.”

The push and pull of Hitched hit me like the tide of the sea. One minute I was swimming in a sea of bliss, body stretched out on my happy raft as it floated on the ocean. Then as quickly as I was in my bliss bubble, I was pulled under a riptide, helpless as I prayed to be rescued from the dark storm that was suddenly cast over me.

“My heart still beats, but it’s broken. I never knew a love like I’ve felt for Olivia.”

My heart breaks for Noah and Olivia. There is nothing like the heartbreak of a couple meant to be but is torn apart. Fate has thrown this captivating and compassionate couple together and I don’t want fate to be wrong. Fate can’t be wrong.

“Noah Tate, my husband, my rival, my betrayer, my partner. This walking contradiction, the one man I can’t seem to stay away from, who makes my emotions simultaneously so confusion and so clear.”

Hitched is a beautiful disaster, a messy but meaningful love story. Oh was I drunk on this book that became my drug. My addiction. My angst. My all-encompassing everything. I felt every word in Hitched as it hit me like paint to a canvas. The emotions swirled around me like a hurricane. I cried. I laughed. I swooned. I hoped heartbreak would bleed into happiness.

Kendall Ryan writes the most satisfying, sexy, spellbinding, and soulful stories. The Hitched series is pure pleasure, one that hooked me hard with a dual dose of heat and heart where I quickly lost myself and didn’t want to be found. The banter, bounce, and brilliance of this book and series wrapped itself around me so tightly. I could not help but be swept into this whirlwind romance that felt nothing but real. The series is over, but I am still hitched Hitched and don’t want to let go.

5 sweet, spellbinding, and soul-searing stars

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I’ve ruined everything.

I’ve broken the cardinal rule and fallen in love with my fake wife, and then I went and did the worst thing a husband can do.

Winning her back will be nearly impossible, but I’ve never backed down from a challenge before and I’m sure as hell not about to start now. Olivia will be mine, and I can’t wait to put a bun in her oven.

You won’t want to miss the final installment in Noah and Olivia’s love story, and especially the way this over-the-top alpha male wins over his bride once and for all.

This is the third and final volume in the story.

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