Review – Barrel Proof by Layla Reyne

August 12, 2017Leave a comment

This series just keeps getting better and better. It’s so hard to believe this was the first series written by Layla. I fell, and I fell hard for her writing. This has definitely been one of my favorite MM series. You do need to read the first two books before reading this as it is a continuation through each book.
Now on to the story. I’m not writing any details from the story because everyone deserves to experience the ups and downs that Irish and Whiskey go through.
This book is action packed throughout. We get to see more of Mel and Danny. Overall, this series is a must read.

FBI agents Aidan “Irish” Talley and Jameson “Whiskey” Walker can’t get a moment’s peace. Their hunt for the terrorist Renaud seems to be nearing an end, until a fire allows him to slip through their fingers—and puts Jamie’s life in danger. When Jamie is nearly killed, Aidan learns how many forms loss can take.

Aidan says I love you just moments before learning that Jamie’s been keeping a devastating secret about Aidan’s late husband. How quickly trust and love can go up in flames. When Aidan requests a solo undercover assignment, Jamie hopes Aidan will find a way to forgive him.

But the explosions are far from over. Aidan’s cover lands him in the heart of the terrorist’s conspiracy, and Jamie will have to put his life, his career and his freedom on the line to save the man who has become his entire world. Partners, always is a promise he intends to keep.

“A heart-pounding, romantic conclusion to the Agents Irish and Whiskey series.”

Quotes about the book (or others in the series):

From Single Malt:

“Sexy, smart and suspenseful – this book has it all.” –HelenKay Dimon, author of Mr. & Mr. Smith

“With sharp writing, compelling characters, and an engaging plot, Single Malt is the M/M romantic suspense series I’ve been waiting for.” – Santino Hassell, award-winning author of the FIVE BOROUGHS series

“Single Malt is full of explosive chemistry, captivating characters, and edge-of-your-seat suspense. A must read for any romantic suspense fan!” — Megan Erickson, USA Today Bestselling author

Early reviews about Barrel Proof:

RT Magazine – 4.5 Stars, Top Pick:

Barrel Proof is the third and final book in the Agents Irish and Whiskey series. After two books that follow the formation of a heated M/M romantic relationship, Barrel Proof starts off with a climax as secrets are revealed and the romance is tested. … Fans of the series will be equally challenged and delighted by the twists and turns Reyne takes. The book flows into a more action-oriented focus as the plot progresses, but Reyne ends the romance with just the right amount of heft to keep any reader of romantic suspense and M/M romance delighted.

Night Owl Reviews – 4.5 Stars, Top Pick:

Layla Reyne finishes her trilogy with an absolute bang! As sorry as I am to say goodbye to this fabulous pair I couldn’t have enjoyed their ending more.

The Romance Reviews – 5 Stars, Top Pick:

BARREL PROOF is the emotional, high impact, AMAZING finale to the Agents Irish and Whiskey series.

Heart-breaking and heart-fulfilling, this book is the perfect finale to the series, and Layla Reyne now has a brand new reader completely addicted to her work. Without a doubt, absolutely recommended by me.

Aidan put one knee to the bed, swung the other over Jamie’s lap, and cupped his cheeks in his hands, drawing him in. It wasn’t the lip smashing, teeth clashing kiss Jamie was used to from Aidan. It was slow, devouring, and tinged with the unmistakable taste of goodbye.

Afraid ratcheted up to terrified.

“Baby,” he murmured against Aidan’s lips, the one word trembling.

“Shh, Whiskey.” Aidan pulled back enough to yank off his shirt, then started back in for another kiss. Jamie stopped him, holding his face slightly away and forcing his gaze.

Goodbye was in his eyes too.

Jamie shot past terrified to devastated. “No,” he breathed, barely a whisper.

Aidan shook off the hold and drove a hand into his hair, pulling Jamie in for another melancholy-laced kiss. So little light, so much darkness, and as Jamie ran his tongue along Aidan’s, the tang of tequila and whiskey.

Slow, like the kiss, Aidan’s hands began to rove, as if he were memorizing the texture of his hair, the scruff covering his jaw, the breadth and width of his shoulders. A cool palm flattened over his tattoo, over his heart. The touch was gentle, not the usual digging pressure of Aidan’s fingers.

Bidding farewell.

A whimper escaped Jamie’s lips. His heart was at war with itself. He needed to retreat, to beg and plead with Aidan to stay and give him another chance, but if his partner’s mind was made up, there’d be no changing it now. And if he tried, if he argued, he might not get this last kiss, this last chance to make love to the man who would forever carry his heart, wherever his life went.

Without him.

Conceding the inevitable and accepting the disaster of his own creation, Jamie admitted defeat and surrendered.

Barrel Proof by Layla Reyne

Series: Agents Irish and Whiskey #3

Publisher: Carina Press (HQN)

Release Date (Print & Ebook): August 7, 2017 (Ebook and Audiobook)

(Audiobooks of Single Malt (AIW1) and Cask Strength (AIW2) also releasing August 7, 2017)

Length (Print & Ebook): 189 Pages (Ebook); 6hr, 30mins (Audio)

Subgenre: M/M Romantic Suspense

This book features: Book 3/Trilogy Conclusion. Angst, Action, Romance, HEA

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Review – Bad Deeds by Lisa Renee Jones

August 10, 2017August 10, 2017Leave a comment

Bad Deeds by Lisa Renee Jones

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

“A blade in your hand now. A blade in your heart, or back, later.”

Here I sit two days after reading Bad Deeds by Lisa Renee Jones, still SPINNING from this whirlwind of a romantic suspense that STUNNED me SPEECHLESS. My mind is still stuck in this story, wrapped up in this mastery of words that OWNED ME. Bad Deeds still OWNS every ounce of me.

Bad Deeds is smolder, scandal, and sin that seduces the senses while wrapping you in a web of suspense full of thrilling twists and turns. This is a tale that twists around you where you’re fully immersed and highly intoxicated. This is a story that steals your mind, body, and soul. There is no other way to read this stirring suspense except to do a deep dive, sinking in until you can only feel the words. You have to go ALL THE WAY IN!!!

Shane Brandon is smooth, smart, and sexy. This white knight in a dark world is at war to save his family and their empire before they all crash and burn. Shane is tough on the outside but tender at the core. An all-alpha, Shane is passionate and powerful, a protector and hero I LOVED!!!

She is the sunshine that was never supposed to exist in this storm I’m living.

Emily Stevens is beautiful, brave, bold, sexy, savvy, and smart. Like Shane, Emily is a survivor. She is the ultimate heroine.

“No one has ever made me feel what you make me feel, Shane.”

Emily and Shane are MAGICAL together! I felt their chemistry combust. I felt their love flow through the pages.

“Emily,” he whispers softly, a gruff, affected quality to his voice, and then he’s kissing me, the taste of all of his emotions bleeding into my mouth: anger. Guilt. Pain.

That kiss is palpable! It’s power meets passion, a kiss that is so much more.

I know it’s with her that I will always find me.

Shane, this tough man, MELTED ME! I could not help but SMILE and SWOON. Shane POSSESSED ME while Emily IMPRESSED ME!

“I won’t be the girl who went down without one hell of a fight.”

This king protects his queen and this queen protects her king too.

“You could always sacrifice your queen and let her die a royal death. Would it—would she—be worth it to win?”

Bad Deeds was MY DRUG and I could not get enough of this FIX. Words crash into you where you can’t help but be immersed in the spell of the story. This story stole, stripped, and shattered both my heart and soul. Bad Deeds BLEW ME AWAY!

Oh what a thrilling and twisted tale Lisa Renee Jones weaves! Bad Deeds is FLAWLESSLY EXECUTED. This fast-paced read rendered me POWERLESS where I SUCCUMBED to this soul-stirring suspense. This rush of romance roller coaster rendered me BREATHLESS! I was nearly biting my nails as this twisted tale thrust me to the edge where I dangled, clinging to every ounce of hope. Bad Deeds set me ON FIRE where I felt this book BURN! I FELT ALIVE, and there is no better feeling when reading a heart-stopping suspense!

The best suspense stories are those that crawl so deeply into your head that you’re not merely reading a book but living it too. Lisa Renee Jones is the queen of suspense! From Hard Rules to Damage Control to Bad Deeds, this series only gets better! Bad Deeds by Lisa Renee Jones is not simply a story: it’s an EDGE-OF-YOUR-SEAT EXPERIENCE and ADRENALINE-INDUCING ADVENTURE!!! I am still shaken, spinning from Bad Deeds, suspended in a suspense stupor. This adventure left me ACHING FOR MORE.

💋💋💋💋💋 twisted, thrilling and tender kisses

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

Would you bleed for the one you love?

To save his family empire from the grip of the drug cartel, Shane is pushed to the edge of darkness, forced to make choices he might never make. His father is dying. His brother is desperate to rule the empire and this means war and all gloves are off. His brother only thought he knew what dirty meant. Shane is about to give it new meaning. There is another war brewing though, and that one, is inside him, his battle between right and wrong, light and dark, and in the heat of the night, it is Emily he turns to for escape. Driving her to new limits, pushing her to accept a part of him that even he cannot.

In every one of Shane’s seductive demands, Emily can taste and feel, his torment, his struggle to save his family and not lose himself. But he is losing himself, and that is a problem just as dangerous as her secret, that still lurk in the shadows, a threat to the Brandon Family waiting to erupt. No matter where she and Shane have traveled, or will travel in the future, she can’t just sit back and watch him become everything he hates, everything he never wanted to become, everything she tried to save him from when she tried to run. It could be their undoing, the end. His end.

This is war, blood will spill, and someone in the heart of the Brandon family will not survive….

A MUST-CLICK ROMANCE!!!

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New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Lisa Renee Jones is the author of the highly acclaimed INSIDE OUT series. Suzanne Todd (producer of Alice in Wonderland) on the INSIDE OUT series: Lisa has created a beautiful, complicated, and sensual world that is filled with intrigue and suspense. Sara’s character is strong, flawed, complex, and sexy – a modern girl we all can identify with.

In addition to the success of Lisa’s INSIDE OUT series, Lisa has published many successful titles. The TALL, DARK AND DEADLY series and THE SECRET LIFE OF AMY BENSEN series, both spent several months on a combination of the New York Times and USA Today bestselling lists. Lisa is also the author of the bestselling DIRTY MONEY and WHITE LIES series. Presently, Lisa is working on her Murder Girl/Lilah Love series to be published by Montlake.

Prior to publishing Lisa owned multi-state staffing agency that was recognized many times by The Austin Business Journal and also praised by the Dallas Women’s Magazine. In 1998 Lisa was listed as the #7 growing women owned business in Entrepreneur Magazine.

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Review – The Wright Mistake by K.A. Linde

August 8, 2017August 8, 20171 Comment

The Wright Mistake by K.A. Linde

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

There is nothing I love more than a second-chance love story!!! This is a special kind of love, one lost but never forgotten. Second-chance romances speak the soul like no other love stories, and oh did The Wright Mistake by K.A. Linde speak to mine. The Wright Mistake is ELECTRIC, an EMOTIONAL EXPLOSION of soul mates!!! This touching and turbulent tale was my KRYPTONITE.

I DEVOURED The Wright Mistake, downing it like a smooth shot of fine whiskey, and it devoured me. Its MAGNETIC PULL held me captive while its BUZZ MADE ME FEEL ALIVE. I felt this SPARK of a story streaming through me. Nothing else mattered. The Wright Mistake slowly UNDID ME, UNRAVELING ME, where I clung to every word, UNEQUIVOCALLY ENAMORED with this riveting romance.

These characters had my heart from the start! Like the other two Wright brothers, Austin is devastatingly handsome, cocky, charming, sweet, and sexy…an ALL-ALPHA!!! He hides hurt behind humor. I LOVED this beautiful and broken man! I knew Austin's story would break me, and that it did!!!

After first meeting the gorgeous and sassy Julia, Heidi's friend, I loved this smart and sassy gal! I knew this woman was masking a bit of a mysterious past, one that made for Jaded Julia. I had to learn more.

Julia and Austin's story cut through me like a knife…straight through my heart.

"Not caring about someone would mean forgetting them, and we both know that neither of us are forgettable."

"I wish I could forget you."

The Wright Mistake is woven with an UNWAVERING INTENSITY FELT EVERYWHERE.

When we were together, we were electric.

The chemistry is COMBUSTIBLE!!! Austin and Julia are drawn together like a moth to a flame. This hero and heroine are FIRE-HOT where FLAMES can't help but ignite when they collide.

"Stop looking at me like that."

"Like what?"

"Like you're going to kiss me again."

Austin is lost.
Julia is jaded.
Together they are found, soulmates becoming whole again.

The fire and ice.
The push and pull.
The twists and turns.
The highs and the lows.

The Wright Mistake is a roller coaster ride of a romance felt from beginning to end.

We were the ocean waves, destined to crash together.

The Wright Mistake is HEARTBREAKINGLY BEAUTIFUL, a book that will BREAK YOU IN THE BEST WAY!!! The push and pull, the highs and lows, and all of the angst made my pulse pound and my heart beat out of its chest! This tale is FIRE and FEELS. I'm still REELING from The Wright Mistake that RENDERED ALL THE FEELS. I LOVED this love story. Austin and Julia's story is HARD-FOUGHT LOVE, MESSY LOVE AT ITS BEST! This Wright is even more right than the rest!!!
❤️❤️❤️

"You are my undoing."

💋💋💋💋💋 second-chance kisses

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A new stand alone enemies-to-lovers romance by USA Today bestselling author K.A. Linde…

I spent six weeks screwing Austin Wright’s brains out and all I got was this broken heart.

He can’t be trusted. Not with my body or my heart. Yet, two years have passed and I still crave him like an addict needing a fix.

The last time we tried this, it nearly ruined me. I know I should run and never look back. But his dark haunted eyes and razor blade smile speak to my soul. His touch sets my body on fire. And we all know what happens when you light gasoline. Someone is bound to get burned.

A second chance might destroy us both.

Because everyone knows two wrongs don’t make a Wright.

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K.A. Linde is the USA Today bestselling author of more than fifteen novels including the Avoiding series and the Record series. She has a Masters degree in political science from the University of Georgia, was the head campaign worker for the 2012 presidential campaign at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and served as the head coach of the Duke University dance team. She loves reading fantasy novels, geeking out over Star Wars, binge-watching Supernatural, and dancing in her spare time.
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Review ~ DEVIL by KER DUKEY

August 4, 2017Leave a comment

Well after sitting on this Review for a day I am still in the process of kicking myself for not reading anything by Ker Dukey before now. I am still trying to even process the sheer mind fuc**ry that Dukey weaves, the tangled web that she surrounds you that is so intricate in detail that you can no longer define reality, the words flow from the pages pulling you in deeper and deeper the further you go until you find yourself so lost in pages, so invested in the characters and plot that you simply can’t let go, the life line to escape has gone and there is no way back, and seriously by this point I was All in.
This is no ordinary story, it will twist your thoughts, have you second guessing your guess’s, lead you down a path you weren’t expecting and probably weren’t ready for but will leave mind blown, head fuc**d and loving it.
5 suspenseful, twisted, fu***d up Stars.

Evi Devil.

Yes, that’s really my name.

The irony is not lost on me.

I was created from two evil souls and have the name to prove it.

Devil worshipers, perverts, murderer. Is all terms used to describe the parents I refuse to remember. My mind won’t allow me to.

And why would I want to?

One born of dirty blood running through her veins can never truly be clean from its murky hue.

No matter what they try to tell me happened in my past, my mind denies me access, therefore how can I know it’s true?

How can I believe that’s what I’m born from?

Glimpses of my past haunt me, the screams of terror echo in the silent darkness of my memories, trying to remind me that my Mother went from room to room butchering our family.

I’ve learned from scars that I suffered abuse and that my Father and siblings weren’t my Mother’s only victims.

Hearing what they tell me.

Reading the words printed in the papers. None of it can prepare me for what’s to come.

My biggest lesson is learning that some memories we suppress for a reason.
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I have always had a passion for storytelling, whether it be through lyrics or bed time stories with my sisters. I wanted to be an actress growing up so I could live many roles but I learned early on that my mind was too active… I would want to change the script.I would watch films and think of ways they could have improved the story if they took another direction so i thought it best that I tell my own.

My mum would always have a book in her hand when I was young and passed on her love for reading, inspiring me to venture into writing my own. I tend to have a darker edge to my writing. Not all love stories are made from light, some are created in darkness but are just as powerful and worth telling.

When I’m not lost in the world of characters I love spending time with my family. I’m a mum and that comes first in my life but when I do get down time I love attending music concerts or reading events with my younger sister.

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Review – Star Struck by Laurelin Paige

August 2, 2017August 2, 2017Leave a comment

Star Struck by Laurelin Paige

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Since I gravitate towards the first-person point-of-view (POV) format, it takes much more for the third-person POV format to get inside my head…to wow me. The detail must paint such a vivid picture and dialogue must be so abundant to where I'm so lost in the storyline that I forget what voice the story is told in and just become one with the words. Laurelin Paige wrote such a COMPELLING and COMBUSTIBLE story that I was lost in her words, embedded so deeply in Star Struck that I didn't want to let go.

Readers first met the heroine, Heather Wainright, in Take Two, the novel in the series that precedes this story. Heather was painted as a pampered princess, a demanding diva, and a self-centered snob. This Hollywood princess is beauty with brains, and much more than what she's been made to be. I loved watching this heroine morph from jilted caterpillar to formidable butterfly wearing new wings of compassion.

The hero, Seth Rafferty, is ALL ALPHA!!! He is so dominant and delicious!!! Mr. thigh-clenching-causing carpenter was my addiction!!! Seth is hot and humble, a lethal combination.

The banter between the hero and heroine is the best mix of SASS and STEAM!!!

"If you needed a drill, princess, all you had to do was ask."

"Don't call me that."

"Do you need a screw as well?"

Seth paired with Hollywood princess, Heather, makes for an arousing and rousing RUSH!!! This couple has chemistry in spades!!!

"It's because you act like a princess that I think you need to be a little bit manhandled."

The tension rolls off the pages, as the push and pull between the hero and heroine was a HEEDY and HEART-STOPPING SENSATION!!!

"I don't know what you want."

"Isn't it too bad you won't let yourself find out?"

The angst…the banter…the burn…I FELT IT ALL. PURE NEED…so INTENSE and INTOXICATING!!! Star Struck is smoldering hot with a huge amount of heart. I just didn't expect this story with sass and smolder to be so much more. The MORE being a message with both power and passion: RISE ABOVE. So simple but so soulful.

"I could see what you wanted to be."

"What was that?"

"Loved."

I LOVED this Hollywood glam meets carpenter gruff romance! With its off-the-charts character development and combative chemistry, this love story is Emmy-worthy. I was UTTERLY SPELLBOUND with Laurelin Paige's words again!!! Star Struck struck my soul, sending it soaring! I was rendered STAR STRUCK!!! ❤️

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 steamy 'star struck' stars

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She uses her fame as a wall around her heart, and only he can tear it down.

Seth Rafferty knows Heather Wainwright’s type.

Demanding. Check.
Self-important. Check.
Leggy and blonde. Yeah, he knows the drill.

He’s been a Hollywood production designer far too long to have patience for A-listers with a superior attitude. Beautiful women with a chip on their shoulder are a dime a dozen.

Which is why his obsession with Heather makes no sense. Nothing about her is attractive.

Except the vulnerability under the sass. The honesty under the attitude.

So when wrap-party flirting gets carried away, Seth doesn’t stop it from turning into a sizzling night of passion. Too late, he realizes, one night isn’t going to get her out of his system.

On to plan B: uncover the real woman under the diva.

Soon Heather will find out that Seth isn’t just a simple carpenter she can use and lose without consequences. He’ll play the part of the builder, but it’s her walls he intends to break down.

A MUST-CLICK ROMANCE!!!

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Review – Eye Candy by Jessica Lemmon

July 26, 2017July 26, 2017Leave a comment

My rating is 5 out of 5 Stars

I loved every bit of this story, beginning to end. Jessica immerses us in a world of friends to lovers, exes who have damaged the other, sweetness and angst. I held my breath for the last few chapters. I had to know how things were going to work out. It turned out perfect and all the angst to get to that place was perfect.

Jackie’s ex husband cheated on her and she has pretty much sworn off men. She has become best friends with Vince after his failed marriage as well. When this perfectly hot male specimen runs by her office window everyday, Vince encourages her to ask him out. This is his way of getting his shot with her, by picking up the pieces.
Vince agrees to coach her through dating as his own way of creeping in there and taking up residence in her heart. The plan could very well back fire but he takes his chances.
This was overall a great book, and I look forward to more by this author.

Jacqueline: As an adult woman–and the vice president of a marketing firm–I shouldn’t be waiting by my office window to ogle the mystery man who jogs by every morning at 11:45. Sure, he’s a gorgeous, perfect specimen of the human race, but I can’t bring myself to hit on a total stranger. However, my best friend-slash-colleague Vince Carson thinks I should do more than talk to the guy. In fact, he’s borderline obsessive about “getting me laid.” (His words.) But the more time we spend together, the more it’s clear: The one I’m falling for is Vince.
Vince: Jackie Butler’s got it bad for some pompous, over-pumped A-hole who struts his stuff past her window. That doesn’t bother me. I know she deserves nice things. What does bother me is that she friend-zoned me big-time last year, so I can’t ask her out myself. But what if I set her up with Mr. Steroids? Then, when he breaks her heart, I can swoop in and save her like the nice guy I am. Everything’s going according to plan . . . until we share a ridiculously epic kiss. And suddenly anything is possible.

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Review – When I Need You by Lorelei James

July 25, 2017Leave a comment

When I Need You by Lorelei James

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

There is nothing more exciting as meeting a new or new-to-me author’s words for the first time. It’s a HUGE HIGH like no other! Lorelei James’ writing is a fierce fusion of sugar and spice. CAPTIVATING and CHARMING, When I Need You hits the heart and blazes the body where you can’t help but MELT.

Jensen is PERFECTION!!! He is one HOT Swede who I pictured as Thor!!! His delicious dirty mouth is HEAVENLY!!!

“I am very, very good with my hands.”

This football star is an all alpha with a huge heart. You can’t help but FALL HARD for Jensen!

“I look at you, but I don’t always see you, Rowan.”

I found it hard to breathe.

Rowan is a strong heroine, so beautiful and brave. This single mama is a warrior woman: selfless and sweet. She is the perfect complement to Jensen.

The chemistry between Jensen and Rowan was palpable. This couple was on fire! Together, they were MAGNETIC!

I tasted the soft feminine flesh that glistened just for me. I demonstrated what every shudder, sigh, and gasp meant.

When I Need You is a SLOW BURN, a simmer of smolder, sweetness, and swoon. This sports romance made my heart dance! When I Need You is a tender and touching football fairytale. You can’t help but feel this story’s spell while reading.

“Now that I’ve had a taste of you?” I want more. I want it all.”

💋💋💋💋 sweet and simmering kisses

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Rules are tossed aside when a pro football player join forces with a spitfire cheerleading coach in New York Times bestselling author Lorelei James’s brand-new romance…

Heir to Lund Enterprises and ladies’ man Jensen “The Rocket” Lund has three conditions when it comes to dating:

1) No single mothers

2) No cheerleaders

3) No medical personnel

So it makes no sense that he’s wildly attracted to Rowan Michaels, who breaks all three.

Rowan Michaels didn’t pass the rigorous requirements to become an athletic trainer and Vikings cheerleader in the hopes of landing a pro athlete: been there, done that, and she has a young son as proof that football players and fidelity don’t go hand in hand. When Rowan learns her new neighbor is Jensen Lund, the smoking-hot tight end who takes being neighborly to a whole new level, she’s grateful for the team’s strict “no fraternization” policy because the sexy man defines temptation.

But Jensen is intent on rushing straight to the goal line to prove to Rowan he’s much more than just a player…on and off the field. (less)

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Review – Stubborn as a Mule by Juliette Poe

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Stubborn as a Mule by Juliette Poe

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I finally met Author Sawyer Bennett’s alter ego, Juliette Poe, and oh was this a different side of Sawyer! Where Sawyer Bennett’s books are hot and heated, Juliette Poe’s are more sensual, soft, and slow. Juliette Poe’s latest sensation transports you to the sweet, small-town South where tradition, history, grace, manners, and more rule. Stubborn as a Mule is SASSY and SWEET SOUTHERN GOODNESS!!!

Beautiful Meli is a wealthy New Yorker relocates to a small North Carolina town to chase down her past and slow down her life. I loved her smartness and sass!

Meli never thought she’d encounter a roadblock and very unwelcoming party in the form of hot, Southern man candy, Lowe. I could not help but chuckle at their heated and humorous banter. Meli and Lowe are Yankee ice meets Southern heat who MELT together!

What’s not to like about a man who shuts a woman up with his lips?

These opposites can’t help but attract, and oh did connection ignite like fireworks!

“What are you interested in?”

“Not what,” he says without pausing in his stride or looking back at me. Yet, his words are meant only for me as he adds on, “Who.”

Lowe, this Southern gentleman, made me both blush and swoon! I LOVED Lowe!!! I could not help but read his lines with a Southern accent, one way stronger than my slight one.

Stubborn as a Mule SWEPT ME AWAY! I LOVED the softer side of Sawyer Bennett writing as Juliette Poe. ENCHANTING and ENDEARING, this love story is the perfect Summer romance! Stubborn as a Mule is a SLOW BURN of SASSY and SWEET SOUTHERN GOODNESS!!! This Southern gal approves!!! ❤️

“I don’t question what we’ve got, only what we’re going to do with it. And I’m here to tell you, we’re going to do something with it.”

💋💋💋💋 sweet Southern kisses

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Down in Whynot, NC, there are three things that hold true: 1) life moves just a little bit slower, 2) family means everything, and 3) you don’t mess with history.
When his family decides to sell a home that’s been part of their history for over a century, Lowe Mancinkus is madder than a hornet. To add insult to injury, the woman who purchased it is some fancy pants, city girl looking to fix it up and sell it off. Doesn’t matter that she’s sexy as hell or that just being near her gets his blood racing like never before. That home belongs to his family, or at least it did until she came to town.

Well that just won’t do, now will it?

From the moment that she laid eyes on the historical home in rural North Carolina, Melinda Rothschild knew Mainer House was something special. The perfect escape from life in New York City, Melinda signed the papers and set to work restoring the house to its natural beauty. That is until an angry Lowe showed up on her doorstep one day. With a scowl on his handsome, chiseled face. And a shotgun in his strong, muscular arms.

Is it getting hot in here?

Melinda’s about to get a lesson on life in the south, but Lowe is about to learn a lesson of his own – this city girl doesn’t back down from a fight.

The booming sound coming from downstairs causes me to sit straight up on the mattress that is placed in the middle of the master bedroom floor. I’ve yet to get a good night’s sleep because there’s a damn train that runs parallel to the town. It’s just two blocks over from the Mainer House, and it feels the need to blow its whistle around two AM each morning. This isn’t that big of a deal to most of the residents of the small town of Whynot, but to me… it chafes just a little because, well… I love my sleep.

I’ve been assured by the nice lady who runs Sweet Cakes, the bakery right across the street from Mainer House, that I’ll get used to it, but I seriously doubt it. Even the noise of New York City never penetrated my sleep the way a train whistle does, and I get a totally empathetic look from her when I stagger in for some coffee and a cheese Danish each morning.

I think I’ve slipped into a pattern at night where I now anticipate being woken up by that stupid train, so I’m not even able to get into good REM sleep. It’s probably why I shot straight up in bed at the banging that’s going on downstairs, although I can’t quite pinpoint from where it’s coming. A glance at the alarm clock sitting on the floor shows it’s 5:30 AM. It’s still dark outside, and I’m slightly—okay, greatly—confused. I struggle to process since it’s been almost two weeks since I came to Whynot and I’ve not had a decent night’s sleep since then.
Then it penetrates… someone’s at my front door.

Banging.

At 5:30 AM.

Immediate anger flows through my veins, heating me up from within. Without any further consternation, I know it’s Lowe Mancinkus causing all that noise. It must be him because there’s no one else in the entire world who has ever been such a thorn in my side.

Flipping the blanket back, I roll off the mattress and wince as my knees hit the floor. Almost three decades of sleeping on a mattress, box spring, and a frame, and I can’t get used to being only a few inches off the floor. I’ve held off on buying any furniture for the house until the remodeling is complete.

Pushing first to my hands and knees, I manage to lurch upright and stagger out of the bedroom. Down the rotund, sweeping staircase to the main floor. I don’t even bother to look out the leaded glass panels on either side of the heavy wooden door—so convinced I am that it’s Lowe on the other side—that I fling it open without an ounce of worry.

“What in the holy hell are you doing?” I snarl as the breeze generated from the doorway swinging open so fast actually blows my hair back.

Lowe stands there in mid-bang, fist raised high and a diabolical glitter to his eyes. His eyes lock onto mine for just a moment before they drop and casually run down the length of my frame. I look down at myself and cringe as I realize I’m still in my pajamas, which in the sweltering South consists of a cotton tank top and sleep shorts that are really short. My hand falls from the doorknob, and I cross my arms over my chest as Lowe looks back up at me.

And why does he have to be so damned gorgeous? In ordinary circumstances, this man pushes all my girlie buttons. Tall, just enough muscle to be strong but not freakish, and that dark chocolate hair with bright hazel eyes that are every woman’s fantasy. I always have to remind myself he’s a nasty SOB who I wouldn’t give the time of day to… in ordinary circumstances, that is.

“I’m here to start work,” he says casually as he pushes past me into the main foyer.

“It’s five-freaking-thirty in the morning,” I grit out, not moving from the open doorway. I expect him to be walking right back out again.

Instead, he ignores me and moves down a wide hall beside the staircase that goes to the kitchen. With a growl of frustration, I slam the door shut and then stomp off after him. “It’s completely rude to show up here at this hour.”

He doesn’t respond and as I turn the corner into the kitchen, I find him rummaging through the cupboards. “Where’s the coffee?”

“I don’t have any,” I snap at his backside since he hasn’t bothered to give me a second glance since he barged in. “And I don’t like you ignoring me any more than I like you barging into my house.”

“Get some decent clothes on, and I wouldn’t be forced to look through your cupboards for nonexistent coffee,” he replies calmly, moving onto the next cabinet even though I’ve told him I have no coffee.

In fact, I have hardly anything at all here. A mattress, pillow, sheets, and blanket in the bedroom, some orange juice in the fridge, and towels in the master bathroom. Those are the only creature comforts at this point, and they’re enough to get me through the remodeling. I’ve been eating out almost every meal and this is not a hardship as that’s pretty much what I do when I’m back home in New York. One, however, can only eat so many grits and collards, although I’ll take them over fatback and pickled pigs feet any day.

“I would like to remind you…” I say in a voice that comes off far too rancid and nowhere in control. “That this is my house. I can wear whatever I like to bed, with the assumption I won’t have visitors until a decent hour.”
“I’m not a visitor,” he points out, back still to me. “But because you couldn’t take a little joke and had to run crying to Judge Bowe, I now have to work for you. I also have to keep my own business running, which means I have to work early and late. You need to suck it up, buttercup. This is your life for the next few months.”

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Review & Exclusive Excerpt – Elusive by L.A. Fiore

July 24, 20171 Comment

Elusive by L.A. Fiore

Earlier this year I read the works of a new to me author, her book blew me away and I cursed myself for not reading her books sooner. Since that point I’ve waited, not so patiently, for her next book. When L.A. Fiore revealed she was writing a book on Pirates, I was intrigued and also a little worried. I knew that there would be romance, but I imagined more along the lines of “fantasy”. What L.A. actually delivered in Elusive was a stunning, sensual story. A story that was SO REAL and blew all my expectations out the water. L.A. delivered a story so intense, so passionate, so EVERYTHING, that I fell deeply in love with it and never wanted it to end.

Noah & Willow are a phenomenal couple. From the very first time these two meet, an undeniable connection bursts from the pages. That connection builds hotter and hotter through every page. Individually Noah and Willow were complete opposites but fantastic leads in their own right. Both broken, yet both so strong. I loved Willow, she made me smile and believe and hope. Noah was just something else entirely. I mean, he’s BAD BOY, TO THE MAX! This dirty pirate was sexy, sinful, raw, gritty, passionate. An all round amazing alpha male, written to PER-FEC-TION.

Elusive is angsty and has a slooooow burn that I constantly seek in my books. The way the story unfolds and builds over so much time worked perfectly and built an insanely, vivid picture, so believable. Everything felt real and hit me deep.

LA, broke my heart with this book, she made my heart pound with this book. For every breath she stole, she breathed life back into me in stunning words and feelings. She made my soul shatter and yet, it was singing. LA’s words are brutal and breathtaking. They are also BEAUTIFUL. Every second spent reading this book was an escape. An adventure that I truly got lost in. LA writes like no other. Elusive is a book like no other. It’s a stand out read of 2017. A top favourite. A truly phenomenal read.

6 “sail away with me” stars.

I didn’t set out to be a pirate.

Life for me was about surviving the ugliness that people knew existed but didn’t talk about.

I lived in hell.

Then I saw her.

I knew I couldn’t keep her, but for just a little while I had found heaven.

Eight years later, I can’t get her out of my head.

It is a mistake sailing to her island.

It is a mistake reaching out to her.

She doesn’t recognize me. Or maybe she does.

Closure, it is all I’m after.

Then my past comes back to haunt me.

She’s thrust into my ruthless world. An angel.

A romantic who has a journal that leads to a shipwreck and a lost treasure.

She’s wants to find the ending to a love story that is over two hundred years in the making.

I want to help her find it.

I didn’t set out to be a pirate.

I didn’t set out to fall in love with an angel.

I did both anyway.

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My eyes moved to his tattoo visible on his forearm. “It covers the scars.”

“Yeah.”

“Can I see?”

It was only the slightest hesitation before he worked the buttons and pulled his shirt off. The tribal design moved up his arm to his pec and around to his back. I had to look closely for the circular scars, one on his shoulder, two on his arm, one on his side, one near his collarbone and one dangerously close to his heart. It wasn’t a conscious thought when I pressed a kiss to each one. His muscles flexed under my touch then his body went very still.

I couldn’t hold back the tears when I looked up into his face. “You could have died.”

There was an intensity about him when he said, “You earned my admiration when you bought a pineapple for that little girl. You stole a little piece of my heart when you let me touch you that night on the ship and you got my respect putting yourself between my friends and a shark, but baby you just sealed your fate by kissing my scars.” He curled his spine to look me in the eyes. “You’re mine.”

He let those words linger before he started for the door, pulling his shirt on as he did. I called to him right before he walked out. “I know you’ve seen the worst in people, that your experiences have

hardened you, but there are good people in the world. You’re not so hardened though, because you carry around my necklace, you carry that stone. Showing me that, you sealed your fate too. I claim you

right back, but please don’t break my heart.”

He stopped for a second then disappeared, but I knew he had heard me.

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Review – Trust by Kylie Scott

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Trust by Kylie Scott

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

When you read a book that BLASTS through you like countless cannons catapulting your heart, you want to scream it…it being Trust by Kylie Scott…to the world. I’m SCREAMING: “Trust me, you NEED to become one with Kylie Scott’s latest phenomenon, Trust! This book is so brilliant and bloody badass (I’m not a Brit but that sounded cool.) and, dare I say, divergent that I applaud this author for delivering the different.

Trust is UNIQUE…unlike any book I’ve ever read. This is not a story but an EDGE-OF-YOUR SEAT EXPERIENCE. Trust is an ADRENALINE-FILLED ADVENTURE where I ate up every word while feeling every emotion.

Beautiful Edie has survived several forms of hell as a teen, her young life full of obstacles that would set most teen girls back.

I had no fucks to give.

Bold, brave, and badass, I adored this young woman who is a survivor thanks to a gorgeous dark knight, John.

One night took an 18-yr-old boy and a 17-yr-old girl from strangers to fated friends.
One night altered their lives’ paths.
One night almost resulted in their end.
One night changed them forever.

There was something inevitable about his presence, as if we were bound somehow.

John, high school heartthrob and troublemaker with a capital T, I pictured this young rebel as James Dean. Oh did I love this hot guy with a huge heart!

He was beautiful and I … I was nothing.

I BROKE!!!! My heart sank for Edie who thinks she is not beautiful or worthy of John. Edie and John’s connection starts as friends brought together by fate, but their union is deeper…bigger. They are MAGICAL together, with a MAGNETIC PULL deeper than chemistry…so much MORE.

He kissed me slow and sweet. It seemed endless, as necessary to life as breathing.

John make me MELT like an ice cream cone on a hot summer day!!! Edie and John forge a BEAUTIFUL BOND, one of two bold and big-hearted young adults, thrown together by tragedy but likely destiny.

“You’re here?”

“Yeah.”

“Why?”

“Because this is where you are,” he said, as if it were obvious.

I had nothing.

Trust ENAMORED ME, this WHIRLWIND of POWER and PASSION wrapped itself around me where I couldn’t stop reading. I was BREATHLESS from this book that buzzes with excitement and emotion. I could not help but be ALL IN…FULL THROTTLE!!! Trust quickly morphed into a romance-thriller movie playing in my head. The writing is woven with detail so deeply that I FELT EVERY WORD … oh did I FEEL!!! Trust is a story NOT JUST FELT but LIVED. You can’t help but live this story along with the characters Kylie Scott so vividly brings to life.

Trust is an EXHILARATING and EMOTIONALLY-ENTWINED love story. Trust is bravery and beauty both inside and out. Trust is IMPERFECTLY PERFECT. Trust is SO MUCH MORE.

Like books, we often judge people by their covers. Too fat, too thin, too short, too tall, too light, too dark. We look at the exterior without getting to know the far more superior interior. Trust is about what’s inside. Trust is about saying f**k judgement, f**k what others think, just live life right and just be you. Rise above but never let those treat you like you’re down below.

If I could describe Trust by Kylie Scott in one line, it would be THIS!!!

>>> As tender as it is thrilling, Trust is a raw and riveting roller coaster of a romance, a story of love, loss, and life. <<<

UNSTOPPABLE. UNPUTDOWNABLE. UNFORGETTABLE. Trust is not ordinary but EXTRAORDINARY. I LOVED every ounce of Trust!!! Trust is a story that hits the heart and stays with the soul long after the last page, a romance where love is inevitable and life is valuable. ❤️

“That’s not how this works.”

“You know how this works?”

“Yeah. We keep trying,” he said simply. “If we really want it, then we don’t give up. That easy.”

💋💋💋💋💋 ‘meant to be’ kisses

Being young is all about the experiences: the first time you skip school, the first time you fall in love…the first time someone holds a gun to your head.
After being held hostage during a robbery at the local convenience store, seventeen year old Edie finds her attitude about life shattered. Unwilling to put up with the snobbery and bullying at her private school, she enrolls at the local public high school, crossing paths with John. The boy who risked his life to save hers.

While Edie’s beginning to run wild, however, John’s just starting to settle down. After years of partying and dealing drugs with his older brother, he’s going straight—getting to class on time, and thinking about the future.

An unlikely bond grows between the two as John keeps Edie out of trouble and helps her broaden her horizons. But when he helps her out with another first—losing her virginity—their friendship gets complicated.

Meanwhile, Edie and John are pulled back into the dangerous world they narrowly escaped. They were lucky to survive the first time, but this time they have more to lose—each other.

“You were going to give it up to Duncan Dickerson?” he sneered. “Are you serious?”

I halted, staring at him. This was not good. “How do you know about that?”

“Anders overheard you and Hang talking.”

“Bastard.”

“Well?” he demanded, acting all authoritarian. Idiot.

“To be fair, I didn’t know his last name was Dickerson,” I said. “That’s unfortunate. Though, I wasn’t actually planning on marrying him, so . . .”

“Not funny.”

I shrugged.

“You barely know the guy.”

“Um, yeah. None of your concern. We’re not talking about this.” How mortifying! My face burned bright. People should just gather around and cook s’mores. “I appreciate that we’re friends. You mean a lot to me. But this is going to have to fall under definitely none of your damn business, so go away please.”

“We’re talking about it.” He advanced a step.

“No we are not.” And I retreated.

“You were going to let a complete stranger touch you.” Advance.

Retreat. “People do it all the time. You do it all the time.”

“But you don’t,” he said, taking the final step, backing me up against the side of his car and getting all in my face. “Edie, this is your first time we’re talking about. Isn’t it?”

“Yes, and it’s going to be messy and painful and probably horribly embarrassing and I just want it over and done with.” I tried to meet his eyes but failed, settling for a spot on his right shoulder. “You’re not a girl; you wouldn’t understand. Also, last time I checked, you’re not the gatekeeper of my hymen, John Cole. So back the fuck off.”

He said nothing.

Deep, calming breaths. “Look, someday I’ll meet someone I really like and we’ll have a deep and meaningful relationship and go at it like bunnies. But I don’t want to be the dumb virgin in that scenario.”

He slowly shook his head.

“Also, I do not want to die a virgin.”

“What? What the hell are you talking about?”

“Hey, you and I both know death can occur at any time.”

“This is crazy.”

“I’m seeing a therapist!” I told his shoulder. “I don’t know if you noticed, but I’m a little bit messed up these days. It’s hard for me to trust people. That’s not going to change anytime soon.”

He screwed up his face at me. “Wha—”

“I’m just trying to be practical.”

“Well, you’re being ridiculous. None of this makes sense.”

“It does to me.”

Again, he said nothing.

In fact, he said nothing for so long that I finally looked him in the eye. The anger had left him, replaced by an emotion I didn’t recognize. Worst of all, he still smelled like summer. A little sweat and the open night air, everything I loved. Liked. I meant liked.

“What?” I said, finally.

He let loose a breath. “I’ll do it.”

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Kylie is a New York Times and USA Today best-selling author. She was voted Australian Romance Writer of the year, 2013 & 2014, by the Australian Romance Writer’s Association and her books have been translated into eleven different languages. She is a long time fan of romance, rock music, and B-grade horror films. Based in Queensland, Australia with her two children and husband, she reads, writes and never dithers around on the internet. You can learn more about Kylie from http://www.kylie-scott.com/