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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No Pants Required is a sexy, sizzling, perfect for summer story, that’s light fresh and fun!

Cam and Makayla are addicting and super easy to read. Their whole connection felt real and the story flowed impeccably. They are incredibly hot, so different to each other but so perfect!

Why 4 stars? Well, this is a rather different book, compared to what Kim usually writes. While I loved this story and I cannot fault the way it is written and executed, I missed the suspense and deep angst Kim writes so well.

No Pants Required is a great summer read, perfect for an afternoon in the sun or by the pool!!

4 sexy, summery stars!

I, Makayla Alexander, am on a mission to reinvent myself. So when a super hot guy boards the plane and flashes his rock hard abs, I pay attention. When he sits next to me and offers me his nuts, I can’t resist. But when I choke on them and he tells me I need to work on my gag reflex, I realize I might be in over my head.

Before I know it we’re in the lavatory and attempting to join the Mile High Club. Let me just say this…anyone who tells you it’s easy to get it on at 37,000 feet isn’t telling you the truth. After the flight attendant busts us for getting frisky in the air, the only thing that can ease my total and complete mortification is the simple fact that I am never going to see him again.

Hours later, I can’t help but wonder if fate will ever allow me to become a new version of myself.

Because Fate, she’s a fickle bitch.

Case in point…my seatmate is my new next-door neighbor.

Even with the whole fate thing we have going on, we are so not meant to be together. He’s all cool and sexy in that make love not war kind of way. Guys like him are dangerous. With that bring-you-to-your-knees body, that handsome-as-hell face, and that dirty, dirty mouth, I guarantee one glance from him wets every girl’s bikini bottoms.

And then there’s me…the quirky girl looking to find herself in California. All I want to do is learn to let loose. Say words like peace and groovy. Bury my toes in the sand. Who knows, maybe even have sex on the beach.

Unable to get him out of my head, I entertain the thought of being more than just friends. I know the idea is absurd. And yet, I go with it. You see Camden Waters gets me. Really gets me. Like no other guy has before.

On this 7-mile stretch of paradise, I decide to keep things simple and just have fun…that is until fate decides to screw with me, again.

Can two people hell-bent on finding themselves realize the search should have ended the day they met? Find out in No Pants Required—a sexy, funny, romantic stand-alone, that will have you hurrying to grab your bathing suit and rushing to the beach to check out every lifeguard on duty.

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There is something magical and meaningful in a friends-to-lovers romance that makes me instantly fall in love. Maybe it’s the raw and real romance carved from friendship. Perhaps it’s the angst and uncertainty that ensue during the metamorphism of friends to more. Whatever it is, it’s beautiful. Epic love. Ashton by Jade Sinner is a enticing epic love story that’s short but oh-so sensational.

Captivating and combustible, Ashton is a sweet and sexy friends-to-lovers romance full of feels. Friends morph into lovers as angst pours from the pages in Ashton, and I loved every mesmerizing minute! I consumed Ashton and it—and he—consumed me. This page-turner of a tale enraptured me with its down home feel; a beautiful book where friends become more.

The synopsis pulled me in where I became utterly immersed in these pages of pleasure.

“Friendship—forever and always.”

“Sex—never.”

“That is our agreement.”

Panty-melting hot Ashton and beautiful Jess have been best friends forever. They grew up together. They are each other’s confidants.

“Our friendship has seen it all. We know each other’s deepest, darkest secrets and we’re still here—through childhood, our teens, college, and now. Always.”

Ashton and Jess love each other but are not lovers. Jess has always wanted a forever guy; Ashton has always wanted fast flings.

“What if I never find that forever guy?”

“You will, but if you don’t, you’ll always have me.”

“Always?”

“Always.”

They vowed to never cross the friend zone line.

“The one thing we haven’t done, not ever, is move beyond friendship.”

Until one call on one night changes everything. One night of passion. One broken agreement. 

“Take me. I want to be consumed. I want to think about only you, the one man who’s never lied to me.”

“And tomorrow?”

“You’ll still be my best friend.”

I’m swooning as these words shoot little Cupid darts straight to my heart. I’m melting from head to toe. 

“I lean forward and take her lips, capture them, claim them.”

Boundaries have been broken. The friend zone has been crossed. A relationship has been changed and, perhaps, compromised.

“Ashton is my friend. That is all we’ll ever be.”

Like a fine wine with age, Jade Sinner’s books get better and better. Each tale is more terrific than the last. Jade Sinner’s short, sweet, and sexy stories have become my addiction and oh was I achingly addicted to Asher. Asher was my fix. My desire. My decadence. Asher sated my hunger for a fast rush of a read filled with heat and humor but a lot of heart.

Jade Sinner’s stories have quickly become my go-to quick reads as I can see their stories morph, like a friends-to-lovers romance, into something amazing. Something better. Something beautiful. Something you need to read like Ashton.

4.5 sexy and sweet stars

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Ashton

Friendship—forever and always.

Sex—never.

That is our agreement. Besides, I’m not looking for sex. I get lots of sex! I’m also not looking for forever. I’m a now kind of man.

Jess has been my best friend since we were dirty faced kids finding trouble around every corner. We are the kind of friends who are always there for one another, through thick and thin, the one who knows each other’s secrets and dreams. That can’t change just because we’ve both grown up, or because she’s beautiful, funny, smart and quick witted.

Until it does.

One call, one night. That won’t change are agreement…then again, agreements can be amended, right?

Jess

Ashton is a manwhore. I’ve heard all his stories and despite them all, I love him.

Not the passionate love. I’ve never looked at him like that—like the cocky, confident, sexy, man he’s become. Because to me, he’s just Ashton, my best friend—until one night.

One night when I learn that the rumors are true, that in reality, they don’t do him justice. His mad skills are off the charts. Yet, that can’t change our agreement. One night has to be enough.

It has to be.

I’m not giving up my best friend for crazy hot lovemaking. But then again, do I have to?

Read this fun, predictable, short, hot, and steamy book and learn how friendship can become more! Ashton The Agreement, is a standalone with a guaranteed HEA. Don’t miss your next bookgasm. 

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Unexpected Reality, is in fact unexpected. The first quarter of the story FLOORED me. Never, NEVER did I predict what was going to happen. I seriously bow down to Kaylee for what she wrote in this. And can I just say, Kaylee’s writing is seamless. The words written in the first quarter were written with such precision and power that it added a huge impact to that first section of the book.

Kaylee has once again wrote a ridiculously sexy, swoony alpha, with just enough dirt and grit to really set hearts pounding.
Ridge Beckett’s relationship with Kendall is a slow burn of flirty, intense feels. It’s inevitable that what brews between them is going to be explosive. What I wasn’t expecting was for it to be so beautiful. These two really stole my heart. And Knox was a GREAT edition that was perfect for the story and made Ridge even hotter.

As always Kaylee writes another hit, that will leave people in a soppy pile of swoony goo. I’m really hoping that the other guys from Beckett construction get a book, they all complimented the story really well and opened up some major intrigue for me. So I’ll just sit here and wait patiently for more of Kaylee’s words!

4.5 seriously swoony stars!

Expect the unexpected. That’s what they say, but it’s easier said than done.

How do you expect a change so huge it rocks you to your core?

How do you prepare yourself for an event that will alter your life forever?

One breath
One second
One minute
One hour
One day at a time, you learn to live with your unexpected reality.

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I have a frequent ADDICTION and the name is Jade Sinner. This spicy set of authors makes me want to sin HARD after reading their forbidden fantasies that are coming HARD and often on my e-reader. Did I say HARD?!? My mind is on my new and hot book boyfriend that this story delivered to me. Holy hot! 

Deliciously dirty, a bit dangerous, and oh so daring, Mine to Have is the ultimate forbidden fantasy. From the first few words, Mine to Have dives straight into the good parts. No background. No fluffy stuff. Nothing else needed. Just pure passion and heat. Heat poured from the pages right to me. Breathing bated. Thighs trembling. Body blazing. I’m was in serious sizzle land and I did not want to leave.

Oh Max! Six foot four of pure muscle and heat with dark blond hair and dark eyes. Sex on a stick. I cried Uncle a lot! 

“I had a life. A playboy reputation and money to burn.”

Max Bishop’s family perished in an accident and he got custody of his niece, Lacy. Blonde, blue-eyed, beautiful, and 11 years younger, Lacy is all grown up at nineteen with curves that would make Marilyn Monroe jealous. Max can’t help but notice that little Lacy is all grown up now.

“Macy’s an adult and right under my nose, almost literally. No longer a girl, she’s a woman with sexy curves and a way of taking over my every thought.”

Max wants a bite of the forbidden fruit. Did I mention that Lacy is also a virgin?!? Not only does Max want a bite, he wants to pop the cherry of the forbidden fruit. Wrap your head around that. Mine to Have is the ultimate tantalizing taboo, so twisted and so turbulent.

“I know that it isn’t just mine, not just my dick that wants to slide into her warm, wet cunt, because I can smell her desire.”

Holy HOT! Max’s dirty talk is delicious. I’m burning so much my body is on fire from this tantalizing tale. 

Forget the rules, Max is making this game and Lacy his, starting with her tempting body.

“Lacy gasps as I bury my face in her pussy, my tongue searching in and out, lapping her juices while they coat my chin.”

Lacy lusts for Uncle Max too though knows it is definitely tainted territory. 

“Having his tongue buried inside of me was better than any book or the way my own fingers feel.”

Now that Uncle Max has Lacy screaming Uncle, he needs to convince her to be his. 

“I know it isn’t right—she calls me uncle—but then again…maybe it is time to give me what I want. After all, she was given to me. She’s mine to have.”

Two romance authors bled into one power pack called Jade Sinner. Who is this Jade Sinner who’s hit the romance world like a storm with spicy and seductive little numbers that work quickly to penetrate with passion and pure pleasure?!? These short and sexy stories that Jade Sinner writes are automatic aphrodisiacs and my hubby reaps so many benefits after a book by these super star authors. This dynamic duo has banged out a short sizzling story full of forbidden fantasy fluttering in feels, and it would be a sin not to meet this team’s wonderful work. 

4.5 forbidden and fabulous stars

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Max…

I didn’t ask for any of it. I didn’t want any of it.

I had a life. A playboy reputation and money to burn.

But then it happened…all the things I didn’t want…

Most of my family gone—taken by a distracted driver.

My father’s multi-billion-dollar conglomerate thrust upon me.

And her, Lacy, my niece (sort of), in need of a guardian.

Here’s the moral of this story (the only one): life doesn’t give us what we want.

Or does it?

Three years later…Lacy’s an adult and right under my nose, almost literally. No longer a girl, she’s a woman with sexy curves and a way of taking over my every thought. I know it isn’t right—she calls me uncle—but then again…maybe it is time for life to give me what I want. After all, she was given to me. She’s mine to have.

**These characters are not really related.

Warning: This is a fun, dirty book about forbidden love with a predictable HEA. If you like that sort of thing, it’s guaranteed to make you grin. There’s no cheating, and it’s embarrassingly hot. We took a storyline that everyone has heard and pushed it beyond its limits. Then again, this quick read might not be for you, but if it is, we promise not to tell your secret.

If you decide to give Mine to Have a try, know you were warned!

Max will have you calling UNCLE!

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Defending Hayden by L.P. Dover

After many months hoarding L.P. Dover’s books—promising myself I would read them—I was excited to finally meet this author’s work. With sports romance being one of my two favorite genres and football my top sport to watch, I was thrilled to pop my L.P. Dover cherry with the fast-paced and fabulous football love story, Defending Hayden. There is nothing like a sports romance to get my adrenaline flowing fast with fascination.

I lost myself in Defending Hayden as this tender and touching tale grabbed me, wrapping itself around my heart, where I did not want to surface until the very end. Pulse pounding. Eyes tearing. Heart breaking. Feels flowing. Heart healing.

“Time didn’t heal all wounds. The pain was still there, simmering under the surface.”

These words cut me like a knife as my heart bled for Derek McLaughlin, the NFL football linemen who lost his fiancé, his first love, and top cheerleader. I felt the pain pour through the pages straight to my heart as Defending Hayden captured all of me: body, heart, and soul.

I’m in love with Derek McLaughlin. This baller has a big heart. Add gorgeous looks to the sweet man and it makes for one perfect package. Auburn hair. Blue eyes. Tall, muscular, and a body built to perfection. Tortured from tragedy, Derek had his life shatter, literally, before his eyes after losing his fiancé, a cheerleader for his team, to an awful accident.

Derek now fights a war of demons, mustering the strength to win. He numbed the pain with lots of liquor and ladies, anything to try to forget if even for a little while. After Derek spiraled for many months on a path of destruction, it’s now time for redemption and rebuilding his life.

I had to believe anyone could be redeemed, and I was going to make damn sure I worked hard to achieve that for myself.”

During a chance encounter one night, Derek collides with a beautiful veterinarian, Hayden Hunter. Dark hair, green eyes, and a body made for sin, Hayden has been burned by love and does not want an encore performance.

Everything happens for a reason.

One chance encounter is a coincidence.
Two chance counters is fate.
Derek and Hayden meeting by chance again and again is destiny.

Like the flicker of a flame, Derek and Hayden’s passion permeates. A slow burn of a buildup. Strangers to friends to more.

“I wanted him to kiss me, and I knew he wanted it as well by the look in his eyes.”

Hayden and Derek swear they will just be friends as more is too complicated. Though their combustible chemistry may be the biggest complication of all. They can’t fight destiny because they will lose.

“What do you want from me, Hayden?”
“You. Just you.”

Oh. My. Swoon. I melted into a pool of goo, swooning all the way.

Love is sometimes a battlefield. The war for Hayden has begun with another player racing for the touchdown. Derek needs to realize that he deserves Hayden, then fight like hell to keep her before he loses the biggest game of his life: love.

“The world closed in around me and I could barely breathe. I’d never thought my heart could be broken twice, but it was split wide open.”

Defending Hayden is not your typical sports romance. It’s refreshingly raw and real. It’s a story of heartbreak and healing. It’s a tale of redemption. Spellbinding, sweet, and suspenseful, Defending Hayden blazes the body, hits the heart, and sends the soul soaring straight to a touchdown.

Defending Hayden held on to my heart, hitting it hard, and never letting go. This story infiltrated me with feels from beginning to end. Defending Hayden is a sports romance wrapped in sweetness and soul that stole my heart and soul. This game may be over, but the sensational season of L.P. Dover stories has just begun, and I can’t wait for my soul to soar with more of this author’s evocative and emotional writing.

4.5 soul-soaring stars

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No one’s tougher than Carolina Cougars linebacker Derek McLaughlin. But when a fatal car accident claims the life of his girlfriend, Derek finds himself caught in a destructive spiral of drugs, alcohol, and meaningless sex. But not even a string of one-night stands can ease the hurt. Football is all he has left. Then fate leads him back to the scene of the crash, and into the arms of a kind, gorgeous woman who sees past his façade to the man he once was . . . and can be again.

When a chance roadside encounter brings Derek into her life, veterinarian Hayden Hunter isn’t fooled by his bad attitude: All bark and no bite, he’s hiding a wounded heart beneath that gruff demeanor. And Hayden wants to be the one to kiss it all better. Soon they both find that a dose of passion is potent medicine. But when a hidden enemy lashes out at Hayden, Derek steps up to do what he does best: put his body on the line in the name of love.

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