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10/31/2017

DARKEST TEMPTATION By Rachel Van Dyken: Review & Buy Links

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Darkest Temptation by Rachel Van Dyken
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Publishing Date: October 31st, 2017




I'm a werewolf King who chose to step down out of grief for my mate.
For centuries I've been alone, choosing to live a life of modesty despite the wealth surrounding me.
I deserve to be punished.
I crave things I have no business craving.
And it is manifesting itself in a way I'm terrified I won't be able to control any longer.
Especially since she arrived.
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Vampire. Orphan. Beaten beyond recognition.
My blood calls to her in a way that makes no sense.
I'm a wolf.
She's a vampire.
The two don't mate.
They barely tolerate one another.
All it takes is one slip of control on my part — one taste.
And I doom us all.
Then again, I never knew what is lurking inside has the power to balance good and evil.


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Rachel Van Dyken is the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestselling author of regency and contemporary romances. When she's not writing you can find her drinking coffee at Starbucks and plotting her next book while watching The Bachelor.
She keeps her home in Idaho with her Husband, adorable son, and two snoring boxers! She loves to hear from readers!

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Firstly I'm not normally a pnr reader the different beings and words completely go over my head as did this often but I can't ignore the creativity of RVD and the chemistry between the characters that make this a sizzling pnr with a plot full of twists and turns. 

For those who do normally read pnr you will love this with its mixture of so many beings, and an obvious established series, theres Angels, wolves,vampires & more. I really do need educating on all this lol but I was engaged and intrigued throughout and wil definitely start from the beginning I was so intrigued with it all it may turn me into a pnr reader. 

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10/31/2017

ANGELS KISSES By Nikki Ashton: Review & Buy Links

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Second chance love has never been so strong
The much anticipated follow up to Box of Hearts, Angels’ Kisses is the second book in the Connor Series and it will make your heart smile and cry in equal measure.

Garratt Connor knew it wouldn’t take much to fall in love with his college girlfriend, Jemma, but tragedy tore them apart before they had barely got started. Seven years later, they meet again and nothing has changed, with Garratt determined they will continue where they left off.

Jemma Stevens never forgot her beautiful boy, but as much as she wants to follow her heart, she knows she can’t. She has a secret that could tear them apart again, but this time forever.

Garratt is a man determined to make Jemma his, and he’ll use every trick in the book to make sure it happens – after all, Garratt’s sexy moves and dirty mouth are irresistible, and that’s just his opinion. 

This is the story of the loss and tragedy we sometimes have to face on the path to happiness, but ultimately this a story of strength, determination and love.

Praise for Angels’ Kisses
“Prepare yourself for the most beautiful page turning story of love and selflessness”
“A stunning true love story filled with tears, laughter, heartbreak and learning to make life changing decisions with the strength you find from those you least expect “
“When you feel like hope is lost true love and strength can be found in the people who surround you”
“An amazing story that will make you laugh, smile and cry. A story that shows you when you feel all is lost there is hope”

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Did I die and go to heaven?

Because..........Wow! what a breathtaking journey!. 





A perfect weekend read, lock yourself away and enjoy.

I adored Garrett, swooned at Garratt and his sexy mouth wow! I fanned myself over Garrett. 

A brilliantly written love story. I absolutely loved Jesse from the first book box of hearts but Garrett stole my heart in a completely different way. 

A second chance romance. 
Two high school sweethearts on the verge of love when circumstance tears them apart. 

Jemma has to return to the UK and Garrett is left picking up his broken heart

7 year's later and Jemma and Garrett are reunited at a wedding.
Destiny? Fate? Cupid? call it what you will but it was such a relief. This beautiful couple are so made for each other.

Garrett and Jemma's relationship is like Lego, just when the piece's are slotted into place something comes and knocks it down but they learn to build it together to withhold the knocks. That's the moral I would say in this story.... together. 

A beautiful heartwarming story with sad times, happy times and laughs along the way. 
Angels kisses had everything I love in a modern day Romance and the sex ? get a fan, no... get a big fan :-)
Garrett is one dirty mouthed woman pleaser, hmm maybe that's why I liked him so much oh and the fact he is sort of a cowboy too. 

Parts of the story deal with the subject of breast cancer and the real life issue's bring this story to life. Jemma annoyed me sometimes I do love a character with backbone and a get up and go, I can't stand whining, asking for advice yes, struggling with thoughts, yes and I suppose at that point I was so rooting for Garrett so much a nun would of got on my nerves and in honesty it did give this story more of a real feel.


Garrett and Emma's journey is touching, moving and uplifting, Nikki Ashton did an amazing job balancing the whole plot out just right. 

Another amazeballs book from Nikki Ashton. 

This story is told in first person's dual pov's and leads to an enchanting epilogue. 
No heavy drama or angst. 
Fans of Kelly Elliott will love this book. 

Arc gratefully received for review purposes 


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10/30/2017

Miss Fix-It By Emma Hart: Review & buy Links

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One handy-woman.
One single dad.
One set of twins.
And the wall isn’t the only thing being drilled…


I learned the hard way that being a handywoman isn’t easy. The questions, the stares—the assumption I’m the proud owner of a cock and balls. Not that it matters. I’ve proven over and over that I’m ready for anything the judgmental asses throw at me.
Except the hot, single dad of twins who just moved to town.
Brantley Cooper gets the shock of his life when I show up on his doorstep to fix up his kids’ new rooms. His son is confused why ‘the pretty lady has a drill,’ and his daughter has a new obsession—me.

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On paper, my job is easy. Go in, do their bedrooms, and leave.
In theory, I’m spending eight hours a day with a guarded, sexy as hell guy, and I’m staying for dinner more often than I’m eating it alone, on my couch, with Friends re-runs.
I shouldn’t be staying for dinner. I shouldn’t be helping him out with the twins. I shouldn’t be falling in love with tiny toes and dimpled cheeks.
And I most definitely should not be kissing my client.
Oops…
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Sweet, adorable and tantalizing. 

That's the words I would use to summarize Miss Fix it. The sexy cover is a bit deceiving, there wasn't that many sexy times but I grew to love this book for different reasons. 




The whole plot had a real life feel. Single dad, father of four year old twins,  wanting a fresh start, juggling work life balance and in over his head with trying to find day care and getting their new house fixed up. 

Kali is a handy woman just like her dad before her and for most people in the quaint little town children seem to carry on in the family business. 

The whole story is heartwarming from start to finish. 

I didn't find Kali the usual sassy ball-buster of a heroine Emma Hart normally writes but the story didn't lack banter as Brantley and Kali flirted and also struggled with their attraction to each other,  the kids though they delivered plenty of the chuckles. 

I found the sexy teasers and build up for this book more of what I would of expected to be inside a read by Emma hart but Miss Fix it was I would say had more focus on the kids who are a big part of this story,  their funny ways and antics including the funny scenarios I think any parent would snicker at as they read, kids are kids you love em but are pulling your hair out some days and Emma Hart delivered the terrible but adorable two perfectly. 

Miss Fix it is a heartwarming and charming read that I enjoyed. A slow burn romance with an adorable finish. Recommended for any reader looking for a single dad romance with adorable kids who are a big part of the plot. 

Told in Kalis pov and leads to hea. 

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10/28/2017

AFFLICTION By River Savage: Review & Buy Links

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Three little words are all it takes to rip his world apart. Lost in his own affliction, Sy has been living in a darkness that he doesn't ever want to let go of. 

Until she arrives and shines her light so bright that nothing else mattered.

She was only in it for the chase, for the thrill of capturing the unattainable.
But what happens when her world shatters around her, spiraling her into the darkness beside him?

Can his affliction be her resurrection?
Or will two lost souls living in the depths of deception let it destroy them?



"She calls me sunshine, but standing before me, she looks the picture of it today...Her calling me Sunshine stirs my gut more than it should."--Sy

Affliction, Knights Rebels MC #2 by River Savage!
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Another fantastic addition to the series. 





Hot in all the right places, Great characters, sexy hot Alpha males and a great plot with drama in the mix, what more could you ask for in an MC read. 

Sy, a hot sexy tattoo artist part of the Knights Rebels MC , he's  the broody member of the bunch with hidden dark and dismal past that he hasn't even shared with his own brothers. 

Holly is the best friend of Kadence who is happily settled with Nix the president of the MC who's story featured in the first book. Holly is sassy and loud in the first book but an incident leaves her withdrawn. 



These are two characters who are both in dark places within their heads and only each other can bring them light. 



Holly calls Sy sunshine something that started off as a joke due to his moody broody attitude when in the end he does end up being the ray of sunshine in her life. 

I loved the push and pull in this romance, both characters fighting the attractions and both at different stages living in denial that there is more than just lust between them. 

Affliction is a great read with lots going on, I love all the characters and the author did a brilliant job of tying the first book and this together without repeating previous events as the two do cross over. 

A must read for any biker book enthusiasts, there's a fabulous mix of action and fan me down hot scenes. Affliction can be read as a standalone but advisable to read the first book to get a broader picture on previous events that have taken place to Holly and Sy meeting and how they both first ended up in the Knights Rebels MC. 

Looking forward to more in this series. Jesse's book is next and he is the man whore of the MC and I look forward to seeing who claims his heart. 

Told in first persons dual pov's and leads to a hea. 





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10/26/2017

Incandescent By River Savage: Review, Teasers & Buy Links

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Phoenix ‘Nix’ Knight thought pulling his club out of the illegal shit his Pops got them into was difficult. 

Until he meets Kadence. 

Kadence Turner has no business lusting over a student’s father, especially the president of the Knights Rebels MC. Nix is crass, obnoxious and dangerously sexy and for some reason, Kadence can’t seem to hate him for it. The bossy biker breaks down her defenses, but unlike the old Kadence, the woman she is today won’t give in without a fight. 

The tension is undeniable, the attraction fierce. A man that wants what he wants and a woman that will fight him every step of the way.
 


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​What a fab start to a series. I'm hooked!.





I couldn't of asked for more in an MC read. A sassy heroine, a sinfully sexy MC president who's also a single Dad, hot, demanding and all Alpha. I loved Nix. 


Kadence is a school teacher and first meets Nix following an altercation in her classroom, parents are called in to discuss why the two boys were fighting. 

When Nix walks into the room to see his 10 year old son Z and his teacher who is Kadence the air sizzles between them and from that moment for Nix the chase is on. 

Kadence doesen't give it up that easy, she's feisty with a mouth of a sailor quite the opposite in her personal life to her job role and she makes Nix work for it but this bossy biker is quite persuasive and he doesen't have to chase for long. 

Incandescent has a highly entertaining plot with danger, angst, issues with Nix's son Z and also Kadence's friend Holly, club business but it doeas all of this without losing focus on the romance element in the story and also ties brilliantly with Kadence's backstory. 

I loved it! and the sex scenes, phew! fan me down all over again. 

Told in first person's dual pov's and leads to a hea. 

I am itching to read Holly and Sy's story and diving straight in. 


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10/25/2017

SUGAR LIPS By Aria Cole: Review & Buy Links

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When Nolan Redford finds a masked beauty in his arms at the office Halloween party, he's instantly taken. Her seductive curves are at odds with her innocent smile—she's sexy, uninhibited, and just the woman he needs to calm the animal inside. Tangled in a web of unbridled passion, their chemistry is combustible before masks are removed and true identities finally revealed.

Reese Hamilton is the last woman Nolan should want in his bed, but little does she know, he’s already addicted to her sweet taste. He’s taking steps to make her his—to make sure she never gets away.





​Warning: Sugar Lips is over-the-top alpha male goodness, sweet enough to induce a toothache, and so sizzling Halloween will never be the same. Make a chocolate martini and spice up your night with Nolan and his sweet treat, Reese—love stories this scorching should be illegal!

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ONE

   Nolan “Redford!” Clive, one of the junior partners, smacked me on the back as he walked up to my side in the men’s bathroom, whipping out his junk and pissing in the urinal next to me. The murky haze in his eyes and the sway in his gait told me he’d had one too many Jack and Cokes. I groaned inwardly, tucking my cock back in my pants and zipping up. “Whaddya say we hit some balls tomorrow?”
   Nice fucking pun, asshole. “Working tomorrow.”
   “Mmkay…maybe Hamilton will be up for a game.” He referred to my partner at Hamilton & Redford.  
   Maybe I should start hitting the Jack at these fucking horrid office parties. Small talk made me want to gouge my eyes out.
   I’d been at this Halloween party for nearly two hours. Surely, I’d done my duty and could get the fuck out of this place.
   I already spent sixty-plus hours a week slaving for the firm. Hell if I wanted to spend my after-hours here too.  I glanced in the mirror, catching sight of the black mask that camouflaged most of my face. I was ready to toss this cheap thing in the garbage and get home.  
   “Doin’ the shuffle next, Redford!” Clive swayed his hips pathetically. “Better see you out there,” he called, the bathroom door slamming behind me the only reply I had for him.  
   I don’t know why I let John Hamilton talk me into promoting that guy. He did his job well enough, but something about him just grated on my last nerve. I hit the sleek, marble-tiled hallway. And instead of heading right to the rest of the party, low thumps of Bruno Mars pushing through my head, I took a quick left down the back hall that led to my oversized office.
     I sauntered at an easy pace, thoughts of the mini bottles of Grey Goose tucked in my office fridge calling my name. I’d check my messages, compulsive workaholic that I was, and have a glass on the rocks to unwind before calling the company car to drive me home. Bruno Mars bled into Taylor Swift, and just as I was thinking about finding a new DJ for the next office party, I bumped into a warm body, soft curves and a seductive scent filling my space.  
   “Oh gosh,” a tinkling voice uttered.  
   “Sorry ’bout that.” I reached out, catching her elbow to stabilize her on those spikes she called shoes. My eyes traveled down the creamy legs, thighs peeking out beneath the hem of a jet-black cocktail dress. Short. That dress was really fucking short.  
   Thank God for dresses like that.  I sucked in a breath, staggering for a second when her palm rested on my chest, one of those spiky high heels in the air as she twisted at the little strap that held it in place. “These things are killing me.”
   I huffed, clutching my fingers around her wrist to hold her steady. “Take them off. I always question the sanity of any woman I see wearing those death traps.”
   “So…” She cocked her head, smirk tilting to one side. “You’re calling me insane? Is that what you say when you're charming all the ladies?”
   I couldn’t help the grin that shot across my lips. Been a goddamned long time since anyone had made me smile. “Forgive me. I’m known as the office asshole.”
   “That so?” She slipped off the shoe, letting it dangle on one finger. Hell, I wasn’t sure what was wrong with me, but I wanted to wrap my lips around that finger and suck. Instead, I dropped to one knee, unclasping the dainty little strap on her other ankle and easing the death heel off her foot.
   My fingertips danced across the soft skin, smooth as the finest silk. I traced a fingertip up the gentle dip of her calf, glancing over the back of her knee when a shiver rippled through her body. One hand tightened on my shoulder, her entire body swaying for a moment before she caught herself.
    “Thanks,” she said when I stood, my eyes holding hers.  Long beats passed, my heart thundering in my ears as we watched each other.  
   “Why didn’t you dress up?” she finally breathed, our gazes still locked.  
  I swallowed past the bundle of razors in my throat, licking my lips before answering, “I’m the boss. What I say goes.” I stepped closer, drawn to her as though we were connected by an invisible force field. “And I don’t do dress-up.” My fingers landed at her temple, eyes moving down to study the lush lips visible behind the white feathered mask she wore. “Not at work parties. I believe in maintaining a healthy distance in the office. Professionalism.”
   She turned, and I missed the gaze behind the mask. It did a hell of a job disguising her face, but her eyes, the brightest shade of azure blue, mesmerized me. “What brought you to the party tonight?”
   She pressed her lips together, the heartbeat at her throat fluttering like a hummingbird, steady, delicate.  
   Everything about her looked so graceful and perfect.  
   My fingers craved the feeling of her hips. I wondered if it’d be too damn forward to kiss her right now.  
   Did I even give a shit if it was too forward? No woman in my entire thirty-nine years had ever had this impact on me.  
   She finally cleared her throat, eyes fluttering closed. “I came with a friend.”
  I nodded, suddenly jealous of the fucker who’d brought her here. The thought of her going home with anyone but me made my vision bleed red.
   “Share a drink in my office with me?” I threaded my fingers with hers, backstepping across the hallway and pulling us both into my office. It was lit with only a dim lamp, and wall-to-wall windows showcased the city around us. She looked achingly beautiful in any light, but the way the shadows played with the tender lines of her face was out of this world entirely. “You won’t be missed, will you?”
   Her eyes met mine, a small shake of her head indicating she wouldn’t.  
   Christ, I couldn't help the feeling that radiated through my balls, had me dying to find out what she’d feel like underneath me. My mouth watered at the thought of the taste of her on my tongue. “Grey Goose okay?”
   Our fingers still connected, we walked across the polished wood floor, getting closer to the windows that overlooked my world. In here, I was the master. What I said was all that mattered, always. So inviting her in here felt…intimate. Like inviting her into my life to take a look around like a voyeur.
   “I don’t really drink,” she finally answered, one palm hovering at the window as if she wanted to touch the pane, peer down the face of the thirty-story building. “Actually, I’m not really sure what I’m doing here.”
   Her profile was lit by slivers of moonlight, drawing me in, begging for my touch. “Does there need to be a reason?” I dragged one fingertip down the curve of her arm, following the soft line and watching as goose bumps formed in my wake. “So turned on,” I hummed, inching closer to her lips. “I think we both know what you’re doing here.”  
   She sucked in her thick bottom lip, and the urge to bite it nearly overwhelmed me.  
   A low growl ripped from my chest before my hands were pushing into her soft waves and my tongue was tracing the moist seam of her pink lips. One of her arms wound around my neck as my palm dug into the creamy flesh of her thigh and wrapped her leg around my waist. Moving her seamlessly against the glass, I planted one hand behind her head, cupping her gently while my mouth melded with hers.   
   Quiet moans slipped past her lips, the nails of one hand biting at the muscle of my shoulder as our tongues twisted. “Taste sweeter than candy.”
   I spun her in my arms, striding the few feet to my desk and laying her across it. My hands raced up her body, delving into her creamy curves and wishing I never had to come up for air.  
   She arched, her hips moving beneath me. My cock pressed against the edge of my desk, grinding with just enough pressure to release the pain and prevent myself from sinking into her for God and everybody to hear. Then again, guess that’d announce to all those bastards out at the party who she belonged to. My balls tugged with something primal at the thought.  
   Claiming her.  
   Planting my seed in that sweet cunt and tying her to me for life.  
  With one palm sliding up her calf, I kissed my way along the path to the promised land, taking my time and savoring every inch like a man starved. I moved over her knees, enjoying the way she squirmed and arched when I hit all her sensitive spots. The scent of her juicy pussy pushed me on, the hemline of that short little dress rising higher and higher by the second until a pair of bubblegum-pink satin panties came into view.  
   A strip of bubblegum fucking pink stood between me and the only thing I wanted.  
   “Jesus, look at you wrapped up all pretty like a piece of candy for me.” I dusted a fingertip across the damp satin, a serrated sigh burning off her lips when I did. “Can’t wait to taste your sweet come on my tongue.”
   A bowl of Halloween candy corn caught my eye, my secretary having left it on my desk earlier to “add a little cheer.”
   A grin parted my lips as I grabbed a handful, taking my time tracing a line of candy across the waistband of those little panties, down to the apex of her thighs and landing on the silky covered pussy that was about to be all mine.  
   Her chest rose up and down as she watched me with aroused eyes, small shakes wracking her body whenever my knuckle dusted a sensitive spot. I beamed when I’d finished my job, making a candy-corn bikini overtop of all that bubblegum. “I really love candy, sweetheart.”
   She stopped breathing when our eyes met and held.  
   I winked once before pushing my tongue out and licking a piece of the candy off her waist. I followed the line, working my way around her gorgeous cunt until the damp spot at the center of her crotch had grown bigger, until the scent of her pretty pussy in the air was too much for me to bear.
   I needed inside her. I couldn't think straight. I didn’t know what the repercussions might be tomorrow, but I would deal with them then. She was so sweet and soft, lying beneath me like this, looking up at me with those mesmerizing ocean eyes, a mountain of white feathers hiding the contours of her face.
   I flicked the tip of my tongue along the crease of her thigh, teasing as I moved my way along, gobbling up her candy-covered cunt, wishing to hell those panties were edible so I never had to stop. I moved to the small X of candy I’d made atop the tiny bud of her clit. I sucked in the sugary confection, nearly groaning when the scent of her cunt met my taste buds.  
  I’d pound my dick into the wooden desk in the next two minutes if I wasn't inside her before then.  
   But I couldn't. She was special. I wanted to please her first. I wanted her desperate for me.
   I nibbled the last of the candy off her clit then locked my lips over the outline of the bud, warming it with my breath, then pulling on the sensitive flesh with my teeth. Her hands pushed into my hair, pulling softly as a slow wave of pleasure rolled through her body.  
   “Oh God, oh my God,” she whimpered, making me want to slide a finger inside those bubblegum panties and tear them from her body. Soft moans turned to ragged gasps as I slid one thumb against the mound of her clit. Like I’d pushed a button, she shot off in a thousand shudders around me. She sounded like a goddamn angel when she came. I didn’t know that was a thing, but hell if it wasn’t true.  “Watching you come makes me want to take you home and tie you to my bed and do this on repeat all weekend long.”
   A lazy smile spread over her lips. “That sounds amazing.”
   “Mm, well, I don’t like to make a habit of inviting strangers to stay in my home, but an exception could be made…” I slid my hands up her body, cupping her full tits as I did, licking at the flesh that pushed out of the V-neck. Sucking between her succulent cleavage then over her collarbone, I tasted the hollow of her neck, making a point of leaving a small hickey. My mark on her, just like it should be.  
   Our lips connected, soft and slow, my cock nestled against her hot pussy and grinding as my head and my heart warred. I wanted to dive into her. I had a feeling if I did, I’d get lost and forget to come up for air, but I didn't want to overstep.  
   “If I’m gonna make you come all weekend, I should at least know your name. What do I call you, beautiful?”
   Her eyes widened before averting to the ceiling. “Reese.” Then those coastal blue eyes connected with mine and held, one hand pulling the feather mask off her face. “Reese Hamilton.”
    And just like that, a fucking mortar burst inside my chest.  
   She was gorgeous. She didn’t look anything like I remembered. Hell, my head was hazy with any memories of her beyond a passing nod when she walked through the office.  
   But dammit, she was so beautiful. How the fuck had I gotten myself here?
   I groaned, suddenly feeling like her touch burned, launching off her body as though my life depended on it. Hell, it did. I’d been about to fuck my partner’s daughter. The one I’d watched grow up—from pigtails to high heels, preschool to college, I’d been there for just about all of it.
  “Fuck me.”


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A hot quick romance with lots of candy kink 




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Another hot quick read from Aria Cole. Sugar lips goes from masked Halloween party to creativity with treats in a whirlwind romance from attraction to hotness, sexiness and onto a sweet coated epilogue. 

This is super quick read and the Blurb for this book outlines it all without me having to really add anything. 

A enjoyable Halloween treat quickie, told in first person's dual pov and leads to hea. 

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10/24/2017

HE LOVES ME... KNOT By R.C Boldt: Review & Buy Links

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"He Loves Me … Knot is endearing and captivating and shouldn’t be missed." - 

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Sometimes love needs a second chance…



I never looked back after skipping out on my own wedding, even if it did leave me estranged from most of my family. Eight years later, I have the life I’ve always wanted. As an advertising account executive, my world is damn near perfect.

Until I come face-to-face with my past. With the man I once loved. The man who holds my future in his hands. The man who’s hell-bent on getting even with me for leaving him at the altar.

Even with all the unfinished business between us, I still love Knox Montgomery. The only problem?

He loves me…KNOT.


About the Author:

RC Boldt is the wife of Mr. Boldt, a retired Navy Chief, mother of Little Miss Boldt, and former teacher of many students. She currently lives on the southeastern coast of North Carolina, enjoys long walks on the beach, running, reading, people watching, and singing karaoke. If you’re in the mood for some killer homemade mojitos, can’t recall the lyrics to a particular 80’s song, or just need to hang around a nonconformist who will do almost anything for a laugh, she’s your girl.

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A destined second chance romance that had me glued my kindle. 

R.C Bolt had me reading he loves me knot in one sitting and I finished with a happy sigh. 

Brilliantly written, I adored the characters the flow, the hot scenes in the right places and the plot that had you guessing up to the last chapters. 

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Cleverly written, He love's me...knot begins with Emma Jane seeking much needed alcohol after fleeing her own wedding day and finds herself sitting in the least expected place people would look, a gay bar in her wedding dress. 

On that day she meets her best friend Becket who I absolutely adored by the way and no he's not gay, he's a hot NFL star that claims Emma Jane as his right hand woman from that day forward and helps her start a new life in a new city until 8 years later her old life or should I say her ex makes an appearance in her present again. 

The company Emma Jane works for is undergoing new ownership and Emma Jane has to prove herself to the new owner to keep her job but the person she least expected was the man she left at the alter. 

I loved the slow burn in this story to the reconciliation that leads to a hot reunion and then to finally discovering what really happened the day Emma Jane fled her man the first time around breaking both their hearts in the process. 

I enjoyed the snippets of the past in the story, how Emma Jane and Knox's love blossomed from sharing lockers next to each other at school, their prom, the swoon worthy proposal to the fatal day they were supposed to wed. 

I loved it, I loved how I was kept waiting and wanting to know how it would all unfold. 

I equally loved the characters, Knox was so swoon worthy and extended characters Well's who is  Knox's best friend, Emma Jane's friend Madison and especially Becket with his endearing nickname Blue for Emma Jane their FWOB
(friends without benefits) date nights had me swooning  they all added interest and humor to the whole story. 

I can't wait to read more in this series and I am definitely looking forward to Becket's, the NFL star who would rather have a best girlfriend than a real girlfriend, an interesting story coming there and I can't wait to read it. 

He loves me... knot is told in first person dual pov and leads to a heartwarming hea. 

Contains no cheating, heavy angst or drama. This is a recommended feel good second chance romance read. 

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10/23/2017

CRAVING MIDNIGHT By A.M. Hargrove: Review & Buy Links

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This is a new stand alone, contemporary romance. 

She’s a starlet with secrets. He makes scandals go away. Together, they’ll make sparks fly…

Midnight Drake’s squeaky clean reputation has suddenly taken a nosedive. She’s horrified after she wakes up naked from a drugged stupor, but the worst is yet to come. She just found three sex videos on her phone of a night she can't remember. Midnight wonders if her promising new career will go up in smoke …

Harrison Kirkland cleans up Hollywood’s sordid messes for a living, and he’s never met a scandal he couldn’t contain. But when he’s assigned to fix the sultry Midnight’s problems, he never expected to get dragged in after her…

Behind Midnight’s diva exterior, Harrison discovers a mysterious woman with a web of secrets he can’t untangle. The deeper he’s pulled into her world, the stronger his desire for her grows, but can he handle the truth about her past? If he’s not careful, the next heart that’ll need fixing… will be his…

Craving Midnight is a red-carpet ready contemporary romance novel. If you like steamy chemistry, flawed characters with compelling secrets, then you’ll love A.M. Hargrove’s pulse-pounding story. 

*This book contains sensitive subject matter that may not be suitable for all readers.


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A really interesting story that shows wherever you come from life can turn around for the better & love can develop from your lowest of moments. 


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Harrison and Midnight meet at Midnight's lowest of moments when Harrison is called in to help Midnight. As a rising movie star Harrison's job is to help with her current issue and do damage control also to find the culprit. 

Midnight found herself in a hotel room after being date raped and raped repeatedly after being  injected with Heroin against her will, she then discovers the whole thing was filmed and uploaded onto the internet. There are no graphic scenes of the rape in this story just so this is clear. 

With a not so clean and shiny past for the film industry instead of going to the police scared her past will be brought up Midnight has no choice but to do as Harrison says to protect her career. 

Midnight was an abused teen, a child in Foster care and then on the run with no money, Midnight's start in adult life then ended up in the porn industry for a while. A past she isn't proud of and a past that she despises and the people in it. Midnight is very much a woman with backbone and someone who gets up after being down time and time again. 

Harrison is a fixer, he is in his element sorting peoples issues which is how he ends up being in the business he is in and not without a high price he has all technical people at his service and can make peoples problems go away, he's a fixer he takes his job seriously, a confident man who comes undone when he meets Midnight. 

Instant attraction for both Midnight and Harrison and a slow burn romance develops until it becomes one that is sizzling hot but first Harrison has to solve who is out to hurt Midnight. 

There's twists and turns along the way, sort of like a soft action movie making this an interesting plot. Craving Midnight is a well developed story that has you turning the pages with interest and flows really well  with hot sex scenes in the mix. 

Craving Midnight has Great characters contains a story to get lost in, told in first persons dual pov's and leads to well deserved hea. 

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10/22/2017

HURRICANE By Laramie Briscoe: Review & Buy Links

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We finally get our happily ever after.....

Remington "Remy" Sawyer

For most of my life I've been the person who lived with the hand he was dealt. Not much in my life have I had a say in. Birthed by parents I don't talk to, I was raised by the only person who ever cared for me - my brother, Cash. Under his guidance, I've become the person I am today.

Productive member of society, and patched brother in the Heaven Hill MC. 

I don't want for anything, other than Tatum Walker. 

We had a shot, and we both screwed it up......massively.


Tatum "Tate" Walker

Being the daughter of the President of the Heaven Hill MC is a burden, but one I'll face every day with pride. It's hard for me to know what people like me for. Is it my personality, my looks, or are they trying to get close to the Club? There's one person I've never doubted.

Remington Sawyer.

A year ago we had one night of almost passion - that ended with me walking away in tears - and him walking away in anger.

Some time away from each other has given us perspective. Now, instead of the storm of chaos that was our one attempt at a relationship, we're both ready for calm.

And nothing, they say, is as calm - as the eye of a Hurricane.

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A sweet biker romance. 

I don't get to say that often about an MC read but it was, Remy and Tatum have a second chance at love and with writing each other poems and heart to heart moments Hurricane didn't feel like your usual gritty MC book at all.

A year ago Remy and Tatum had a chance to follow through on their attraction to each other and Remy pushed her away claiming she was too young you get this part of the story as the characters reflect on the mistakes they made a year ago not as it happens. Tatum in her own way being a brat at the time made a mistake trying to prove a point and neither have spoken to each other since. 

A year later and here they are still in love with each other but its one long grudge in my opinion. 


The whole plot felt a little backwards, I would of liked the getting to know each other stages and the angst and the fall out for added drama then the reconciliation but Hurricane begins at the reconciliation and Tate and Remy agreeing to forgive and try to make it work which is something a story normally builds up to. 

I found the part about what Tate did, her mistake to prove a point repetitive it was brought up to many times. 

I didn't find this book an eager page turner, there wasn't enough angst or drama for me and I got bored but I did find the authors writing easy to follow, the sex scenes well written too so will have to try another book in the series, this one being my first by Laramie Briscoe. 

Told in first person's dual pov and leads to hea. 

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10/21/2017

DRIVE By Kate Stewart: Review, Teasers, Excerpt & Buy Links

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​📖 About the book:⠀DRIVE
⠀Music . . . the heart’s greatest librarian.
The average song is three and a half minutes long; those three and a half minutes could lead to a slow blink, a glimpse of the past, or catapult the soul into heart-shattering nostalgia.
At the height of my career, I had the life I wanted, the life I’d always envisioned. I’d found my tempo, my rhythm. Then I received a phone call that left me off key.
You see, my favorite songs had a way of playing simultaneously. I was in love with one man’s beats and another’s lyrics. But when it came to the soundtrack of a life, how could anyone choose a favorite song? So, to erase any doubt, I ditched my first-class ticket and decided to take a drive, fixed on the rearview.
Two days.
One playlist.
And the long road home to the man who was waiting for me.


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This isn't just another book, oh no, This is a journey. A journey that steals everyone of your emotions as your eyes soak up the words. 



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Poetic words, a journey of thoughts, feelings, decisions and choices, some wrong, some impulsive, some that brings clarity,  but mostly a journey that involves detours and heart thumping moments. 

This is Stella's journey and one that completely captivated me. 
It's like your reading Stella's memoirs as the story begins with Stella taking a two day drive home and reflects on her life journey until that now point in her life,  her end goal, her dream that hasn't been without heartache and pain along the way. 

Some books you read and enjoy some you love but when a book reaches out and takes hold of you like this, it's set apart, your in with that character to the bitter or sweet end whichever way it goes and Drive definitely had me til the end. 

It's the bittersweet choices Stella makes on her journey that truly gripped me, her story of the love she has of a man that not only sees her but feels her existence in the world as she does with him. 

Stella's journey goes through the dreaded love triangle stages as the verge of a second chance romance develops and it was intense not knowing which way Stella would go. Like watching an impending car accident would she swerve or crash? I was merely a spectator watching through closed fingers, I was completely spell bound and read on with dread and hope. This is Stella's life journey and no-one's journey is without painful decisions. 

 I reached the end with relief and then reflected on the journey that makes this book stand out from the rest and it was really up there with some of my favourites.





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“Stella.”
I knew that tone. That tone was the bearer of bad fucking news.
“What? Say it.”
“It’s his wedding.”
I eyed the clock while I zipped my suitcase. I had an hour and a half before my flight. I was cutting it close. “Whose wedding?”
“Stella.”
“I know my name. Damn, who—” Realization struck and my heart met the floor. I stayed mute while she rambled on nervously.
“What are the odds? What are the goddamn odds? I don’t know what to do. Do you want me to leave? There’s no handbook for this. Did you even want to know this? That he’s married? I can’t believe I just watched him get married! Who in the hell ends up at their best friend’s ex-boyfriend’s wedding? I couldn’t not tell you.” She sniffed as the toilets repeatedly flushed around her.
“Stella, please say something.”
I pressed the sting back. “I’m alright, of course. I’m fine. Why are you crying?”
“I don’t know.” She sniffed. “Ben called me last night, and things are just so fucked up, and today this shit happens, and I know you’re happy. I know you are. But . . . I mean, this is—”
I put my hand up as if she could see it. “Don’t tell me anything else, okay? I’m good.” I looked at my reflection in the mirror from the bed into the adjacent bathroom. Nothing had changed. I wasn’t leaking. I was fine. “I’m okay. I’m glad you told me. I have to leave for the airport now, or I’ll miss my flight.” A slew of questions was on the tip of my tongue. Did he look happy? Was she beautiful? And more questions I hated myself for that Lexi would never be able to answer. Still, my head and heart refused to keep those questions bottled.
Was she prettier than me? Did he look at her the same way? Did he propose to her with half his heart? Did he think of me when he did it? Was any part of him thinking of me now? Was I in his dreams the way he drifted through mine sometimes?
All my thoughts were selfish. All of them. And of all the thoughts I could have had that day, self-loathing was not the one I expected to nudge its way front and center. I forced myself to speak.

“Stay.”
“You’re sure?”
“Yes, of course. I’m fine.”
“This freaky shit always happens. Always with you.”
“I know.”
“It’s like karma or God or someone hates you. It’s so fucked.”
I laughed ironically, though inside my heart was pounding.
Silence passed over the line as we both waited for some sort of solution that wasn’t coming.
“Stella, God, I’m so sorry.”
“About what? Stop. You know I would have told you if the situation were reversed. I should go. Love you.”
“Love y—” I hung up the phone before she could finish, frozen in the middle of the hotel room.

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10/20/2017

WITH-STANDING ME By Crystal Spears: Review & Buy Links

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Zig Zag became a father at the age of thirteen. Although raising a child has never been easy, now his teenaged daughter, Tatiana, makes his life downright hard. She has caught the eye of Travis, the new president of the rival MC Gunners. But all she really wants is Shadow, the newest addition to the Breakneck family. If that isn't enough, ZZ finds himself rampantly attracted to the one and only Storm. She's beautiful, quick, and witty. Their friendship is the one thing that helps him keep it together, and Storm stands by ZZ through all the turmoil. Zig Zag is not accustomed to hearing the word no, so Storm's constant withstanding just draws him in deeper. Their friendship is the one thing that keeps him from going crazy-until one night . . . Contains mature themes


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Great MC series 

This is a bittersweet review.  I am loving this series and hope to follow it through but this author isn't writing anymore and hasn't been active for a couple of years. Such a shame and God bless her for whatever reason which must be a good reason because this series rocks as MC books go. 

I listened this one on audio, I loved it, audio really does bring the characters to life. 

There's a family feel to the MC so you still get to see how characters from the previous book are doing and theres even the odd chapter with their pov. 

This is Zee Zee and Storm's story. 

Zig Zag became a father at the age of thirteen, sods law, get your first leg over and knock a woman up that was the story fo ZZ's life, since then he has stuck to one night stands no relationships and protection, well until Storm and it took a long time until he would commit. 

I was really rooting for this couple Storm was in the previous book and had been rescued by the MC and decided to stick around and help Winter with her strip club after the death of Winter's best friend. 

Storm was in love with ZZ and it took him a long time to catch up, he wanted Storm but was afraid of the leap. 

There was so much action and hotness in Withstanding me, like the previous book which I could't put down and with this being an audio I had my earphones in constantly, could't get enough. 

Great family feel, hot moments, told in first person's pov, not too angsty or blood thirsty. This series contains all i love about MC romance reads. 

Looking forward to the next book in the series. 


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10/20/2017

RIDE OR DIE: The Devils Highway men #1 By Cee Cee Riley: Review & Buy Links

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‘We would blow up this world and create something beautiful in its ruins’
Jesse & Laney 1985


We were each survivors of our upbringing: lost, unloved and afraid. But like moths to a flame, we couldn’t stay apart.
We loved.
We lost.
We fought.
We cried.
And then we shattered each other’s hearts.
Jesse was a hard man: a biker outlaw for the Devil’s Highwaymen MC. I was Laney: the daughter of a dead mother and a father that didn’t know or want me. 
We were doomed right from the start.
But this was our romance.
And this was our disaster.


And hopefully, this would be our second chance.

Book One in the Ride or Die Devil's Highwaymen MC series


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​Like magnets, We kept colliding no matter how hard we tried to pull apart. 

Ride or Die, as MC reads go was everything I would expect to find.

​Rude dirty mouthed crass bikers, sex and lots of it, club business and interesting characters. 
Everything I love in an MC read was in Ride or Die with the added bonus of a teen to adult love story and twists and turns along the way.

The main characters are Laney and Jesse both thrown into the biker world without choice, kindred spirits both with mothers who had died and left with biker fathers who hadnt a clue about kids and didn't even know them but were left to pick up the pieces and drag them into their world. 

Instant attraction for both Laney and Jesse when they first met and the story goes from past to present, the teenage years to three months earlier of the present then back to present. 

The switch in past to present would normally bother me, it may even put some readers off BUT hang fire!!. 
I began to discover that Claire did a brilliant job writing it that way otherwise I would of been figuring things out myself as the plot progressed, so the switch taking you to Laney and Jesse's loved up beginning of a relationship and then to what Jesse was discovering in the present was a distraction that all came together in the end. 

I liked it, the plot, the hotness, I got frustrated with Jesse but it added to the angst and I did like the main characters, the extended characters and I would definitely read more with them in this series. 

I love MC for the bad boys you can't help but love and the sassy women with backbone and this had it all.

This is my first book by this author and I am looking forward to the next one in the series. 

Told in first person's pov, leads to hea. No heavy blood loss or gruesome scenes. 


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‘We would blow up this world and create something beautiful in its ruins’
Jesse & Laney 1985

We were each survivors of our upbringing: lost, unloved and afraid. But like moths to a flame, we couldn’t stay apart.
We loved.
We lost.
We fought.
We cried.
And then we shattered each other’s hearts.
Jesse was a hard man; a biker outlaw for the Devil’s Highwaymen MC. I was Laney; the daughter of a dead mother and a father that didn’t know or want me.
We were doomed right from the start.
But this was our romance.
And this was our disaster.
And hopefully, this would be our second chance.

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10/17/2017

THE DAY SHE CRIED By K.Webster: Review, Teasers & Buy Links

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She was my first love.
She was my first hate.
The very sun in my world tried to burn me alive with her lies and cruelty.
Until I dimmed her light for good…
Or so I thought.

Now she’s back.
Cracked. Broken. Lost.
And for the first time in a long time, I feel free.
Free from our past. Free from my present that suffocates me. Free to destroy her future.





Her misery is my music.
Thrilling. Invigorating. Intoxicating.

For so long, all I’ve done is hate her.
So why do I love her?

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4.5 STARS = READ IN ONE SITTING AND I COULD NOT PUT IT DOWN. 



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An intense and heartbreaking journey and a poetic story that had me captivated throughout. 

The day she cried truly is a captivating story that grabs you from the very beginning with curiosity of the characters and the poetic, cryptic and meaningful words spoken. 

A story of cruel fate. Two people that are destined to be together but at the cost of another. 

Two teenage girls and a dating website resulting in disaster or destiny? 

The story consists of characters Raven, Rome and Courtney. 

Three teenagers. Raven and Rome are subject to an abusive father while Courtney has a loving home and is a cheerleader kind of high school girl. 

Courtney is the kind of girl who follows the leader, a sheep as Rome goes on to call her further on in the story and a dare by Courtney's best friend brings them all together in a twisted way. A  cruel joke instigated by Courtney's so called friend leads to Courtney and Raven becoming friends in a deceptive and misleading way via text. 

The dating app results in a series of conversations between Raven who thinks Courtney is a guy, Raven shares her deepest dark thought and the two connect. What started off as Courtney setting out to catfish Raven leads to a secret genuine relationship between the two. 

I don't want to add spoilers the beauty in this story is not knowing how the plot will unfold. 

There are lots of painful twists and turns within this plot and once again K Webster has written and beautiful yet brutal story. 

Recommended emotional read. 

*reader warning
Contains self harm issues and related topics. 

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LIVE!!!!

The Day She Cried by K Webster
Contemporary Romance
New Adult & College Romance


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10/16/2017

ALIVE: The Soul Mates Series By Victoria Johns: Review & Buy Links

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Soul Mates Series Bk 3
Release Date – NOW LIVE!



Priced £2.50/$2.99 and Available on Kindle Unlimited
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Rebecca Monroe hasn’t had the best life, but since she escaped and started again with a new identity, she’s been working hard to be a normal college student and make something of herself. Turning her passion for dance into her dream job is nearly a reality, until someone from her past threatens it all and Rebecca finds herself on the run. Jake Griggs has got it all. A loving family, a college education and more women than he knows what to do with.

​A bad case of mistaken identity threatens to blow his easy life wide open, until his brother Jonas sends him on a job to observe, report and protect a young woman he’s pledged to keep safe. There’s just one condition – Don’t get too close. What should be a simple mission, turns into a roller coaster love story as both Jake and Rebecca realize that just because you’re existing, it doesn’t mean you are alive. Alive can be read as a standalone novel but is alsothe third instalment of the Soul Mates Series and if you loved the characters of the Soul Sisters Series from Hawkstown then this book will definitely set you on fire.


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I didn't want this story to end. 





I loved the characters and this made me want to keep  reading about them and stay with them. 

I love a story with substance, depth and meaning and Victoria Johns delivers, giving you the skin, meat and bones of the story. 

Alive is a story of new beginnings, new direction, making amends, turning over a new leaf and more importantly for Rebecca to finally have freedom and experience just Living without looking over her shoulder. 

Rebecca hadn't had the greatest start in life, a drug addict mother and a Step father who had left leaving her to pay off his gambling debts the only way she could. Rebecca was a dancer and the crime family she had been given over to used her for their own means. 

I have read previous books and I couldn't wait to read Jake's story he was a man whore, a Jack the lad the twin half to the sensible brother, he made me laugh in the previous book and I was itching to see what sort of girl would turn his world around. 

Rebecca is that girl, they are a perfect fit and the moment Jake saw her he was done for only he had been sent on a mission by his brother Jonas with strict instructions not to touch and to keep it in his pants. 

Rebecca who was previously Raven had a new identity and had been helped to start a new life by Jake's brother Jonas which was now in danger again. Jake owing his brother a favour after messing up yet again was sent just to keep an eye out for Rebecca and report anything suspicious. 

Rebecca was a dancer in a club and had come under threat once again and seeing this Jake intervened taking her to safety. 

Jake's one task to just watch Rebecca failed but was also a success, it brought the two of them together. 

The connection and sizzling chemistry between them was unstoppable and Jake fell hard and fast. 

"Kissing her was like taking in vital oxygen and I was worried I was never going to get enough". 


All Rebecca ever wanted was to live a normal life and Jake helped her to finally find it. 

A heartwarming story, an interesting and addictive plot with great characters, sizzling sex scenes that were brilliantly written and moments of humour.

Alive is what I call an all round balanced read with everything within it's pages I love. 

This book can be read as a standalone but is also interconnected with characters from previous books also present. 

Told in first person's dual pov and leads to a hea. 

Arc gracefully received by author for review purposes. 


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Lacey Talbot had a safe and loving childhood despite being raised in a residential home for kids, and the day she met Charlotte and Oli Hart, it felt like she had been truly blessed. Now training to be qualified in social care, she’s giving back to the system that saved her from a life of danger and poverty.

So why does she feel like she needs more when she has everything she never thought possible? A career, family love and friends who would be there for her no matter what, just don’t seem enough.

Lacey wants a love to call her own, to start living her life for real but there is one thing missing, someone to love - a guy who will return the love that she deserves just as hard.

Tommy Sevens, is the dependable local business owner. He’s never short of female company but his bachelor life is turned upside down by an unexpected visitor. When he reaches out for help, he ends up with more than he bargained for when Lacey comes to the rescue. 

What starts out as a professional relationship, turns into so much more when Tommy realizes he can’t resist Lacey anymore. She’s a beautiful, unforeseen surprise who makes him want a different life, despite what he thinks he deserves, and he’s that guy that Lacey has been yearning for. The one thing that stands in the way of their happily ever after are his close friends, Lacey’s foster parents.

Deserved is the second book in the soul mates series and tells the stories of those who find passion and love when they least expect it.





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10/16/2017

THE LEARNING HOURS: How to Date a Douchebag Series By Sara Ney: Review & buy Links

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He's not a douchebag; but that doesn't stop his friends from turning him into one.

MY FRIENDS WANT ME TO GET LAID.

So much so that they plastered my ugly mug all over campus, in bold printed letters:

Are you the lucky lady who's going to break our roommate's cherry?
Him: socially awkward man with average-sized penis looking for willing sexual partner. You: must have a pulse. He will reciprakate with oral. Text him at: 555-254-5551


The morons can't even spell. And the texts I've been receiving are what wet dreams are made of. But I'm not like these douchebags, no matter how hard they try to turn me into one.

THIS ISN'T THE KIND OF ATTENTION I WANT.

One text stands out from hundreds. One number I can't bring myself to block. She seems different. Hotter, even in black and white.

However, after seeing her in person, I know she's not the girl for me. But my friends won't let up--they just don't get it. Douchebags or not, there's one thing they'll never understand: GIRLS DON'T WANT ME. 

Especially her.


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​I just wanted to cuddle the awkward southern boy half the time, pat him on the head and take him home he was so innocent and cute. 

Rhett isn't a douchebag at all, I do love a douchebag though the bigger the a-hole the better but Rhett is so sweet, he's also insecure but that may have something to do with being told he's not great looking all the time. 

Rhett is a southern sweet talking none douchebag. 

Not my favorite book to date but it was fun, I really am loving this series and I enjoyed the journey to Rhett finding love. 

Rhett is the new transfer, he's away from home and wrestling for the college team, he's the new guy so the other douchebags aptly name him "new guy", Yeh!, there that inventive lol  

Rhett's team mates place posters all over campus saying "Get Rhett laid" which also includes his photo and phone number. Rhett is the brunt of a few jokes throughout but this latest joke has his phone constantly beeping with nude pictures of girls  blowing up his phone. 

Laurel is a good looking girl, beautiful even with her bright read hair, big boobs, gorgeous figure the type of girl the football team drool over,  she's a wet dream and I would also say she's also vain. When Laurel is dared by her cousin to text Rhett, from all the hundreds of texts he has received laurels stand out, she's persistent, curious about Rhett in a none attraction kind of way and a series of conversations begin between them. 

Laurel knows what Rhett looks like and even states he's not good looking but you could say his body and personality grows on her and even his rugged looks eventually. 

When laurel and Rhett meet a friendship develops and it's laurel who actually feels more for him, Rhett just doesn't let himself look past friend-zone because he thinks he is out of her league. 

A slow-burn romance that I really enjoyed, Rhett's character made this book for me, laurel I wasn't to smitten on. 

The learning hours is a fun read with humour,  fan me down hot scenes, told in dual pov's and leads to a hea. 

Rhett is bullied throughout this, yes they are practical jokes from the other team mates but it's bullying all the same. I didn't feel there was closure on this, the team accepting him, Rhett making friends, I would of liked closure on this subject. 

looking forward to whatever Sara Ney delivers next. 

I listened this o audio and the narration is brilliant they really brought the characters to life. 

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10/15/2017

FALLING FAST By Aurora Rose Reynolds: Review & Buy Links

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Colton Allyster is relieved to be back home. After a year of rehabilitation, losing his career as a Marine along with his fiancé, he’s had to learn quickly what’s really important. Colton grew up wanting to serve his country. Managing his parents’ biker bar was never part of his plan, but after meeting Gia Caro, he’s beginning to think that’s exactly where he’s meant to be.

Ever since Gia Caro arrived in the small, sleepy town of Ruby Falls, Tennessee, her life has spiraled out of control. Between losing her grandmother a little more each day to dementia, and her hot boss’s constant attention, her once quiet existence isn’t so quiet anymore.

After weeks of sidestepping Colton, things get out of hand, and before Gia knows what’s happening, she’s spending her nights in his bed and her mornings in his kitchen. And as he cleans out drawers and makes room in his closet, she starts to wonder if she’s falling too fast.


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Reading bliss. 

Finishes with a happy sigh. 


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I love a feel good romance and Falling fast ticked all the right box's. 

The plot;
When Gia Caro discovers her Gran is ill, not only is she shocked at the news but shocked to also discover her Gran was alive when for years she has been told by her stepmother she was dead. 

Gia goes to Tennesee from Chicago to be with her Gran who is deteriorating with dementia. 

Gia finds herself a job in a bar which is how she meets Colton who works there and who's parents own it. 

For Colton it's love at first sight and he soon lays a claim on Gia with a determination to make her his. 

I enjoyed the backstory's of both characters and their journey to finding each other, Gia and Colton are perfect for each other. 

There's no heavy angst or drama, a crazy ex yes, but the plot isn't one that goes into to much depth with anything, like I said a feel good romance with a perfectly balanced plot with hotness, humour, sad and heartwarming moments. 

Contains everything that I love in a contemporary romance. A perfect Sunday read. 

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10/13/2017

BREAKING HOLLYWOOD By Samantha Towle: Review, Teaser & Buy Links

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Breaking Hollywood is a a hot and hilarious standalone romance from New York Times bestselling author Samantha Towle...
It wasn't supposed to be like this...
I wasn't supposed to be boyfriendless, homeless and jobless at twenty-eight. And I most definitely wasn't supposed to hit Hollywood's resident bad boy Gabriel Evans with my car and break his foot.
Now I'm stuck in his apartment, taking care of him while he's incapacitated. Living with the hottest guy in Hollywood, who I've had a crush on forever, doesn't sound like a chore, right? Wrong.
Gabriel Evans is rude, crude, drinks way too much and, as soon as his foot is healed, I'm out of here.
So, why do I keep forgetting to check the classifieds? And keep getting flustered when I see him shirtless? Breaking Hollywood wasn't part of the plan. But neither was falling in love with him.
'Breaking Hollywood is romantic comedy at its best. It's laugh-out-loud funny, incredibly sexy, sweetly heartfelt and unadulterated fun... You'll be smitten with everything about this entertaining, steamy and feel-good romance' USA Today's Happy Ever After
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A fun, flirty and sultry rom com.

When Ava Simms literally runs into Gabriel Evans Hollywood actor by rolling over his foot, Ava can't do enough or apologise enough to Gabe but the rude Hollywood actor rubs Ava up the wrong way and she gives as good as she gets and the like hate relationship begins. 

Ava and Gabe have a spark from first meeting and as the story progresses the sparks grow to flames and it's sizzling hot. 


The story starts when Ava's day goes from bad to worse when she finds herself jobless an hour later she's run over the foot of a famous actor and after taking him to hospital later becomes homeless. Gabe shows compassion despite his rude behavior and sarcastic comments and offers Ava a roof over her head to move in with Gabe while his foot is broken to help him around the home. 

Throw in with this argumentative couple who go at it like champions, (arguing and sarky comments that is), a pet goat who loves to head butt Gabe every chance she gets and you've got a lot of laugh out loud moments. 

Breaking Hollywood is a fun read with great characters there's no heavy drama or angst and its written in first person's dual pov. 

A feel good romance with lots of laughs along the way and of course a headbutting goat. 

Leads to hea.

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10/12/2017

HOW TO DATE A DOUCHEBAG: THE FAILING HOURS By Sara Ney: Review & Buy Links

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Zeke Daniels isn't just a douchebag; he's an a**hole. 

A total and complete jerk, Zeke keeps people at a distance. He has no interest in relationships—most a**holes don’t. 

Dating?  
Being part of a couple? Nope. Not for him.

He's never given any thought to what he wants in a girlfriend, because he's never had any intention of having one. Shit, he barely has a relationship with his family, and they're related; his own friends don’t even like him. 

So why does he keep thinking about Violet DeLuca? 
Sweet, quiet Violet—his opposite in every sense of the word.
The light to his dark, even her damn name sounds like rays of sunshine and happiness and shit.

And that pisses him off, too.


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Yes! Zeke is my new favourite douchebag. 

he's cranky, a certified a**hole, grumpy, offensive but you can't help but love the man behind the grump. 

Violet, lovely Vi, she's down to earth, feels at home in the library, polite, humble and since the death of her parents speaks with a stutter. Violet is poles apart from the hottie and hunk of a wrestler Zeke but opposites attract so they say. 

I loved the crankyness and frankness of Zeke he spoke his mind and didn't care who's feelings got in the way. Violet see's right through Zeke's facade and just sees a kindred spirit. 

Both alone with no close family, Violet chooses to get on with her life while Zeke goes around with a chip on his shoulder. 

Zeke was given orders by his coach to take on a little brother as part of a programme for under privileged kids, this got me, I laughed out loud so many times in some scenes, Zeke having to befriend an 11 year old, Zeke's a guy with no filter, he has zero people skills, it was hilarious. 

Violet was also looking after a little girl and she came to Zeke's rescue more than once teaming up with them on play dates. 

Violet became Zeke's savor, lead him away from one day becoming the king of all a**holes to an adorable guy and I loved the journey from friendship to more. 

The failing hours is a friend to lovers story filled with humour, told in first person dual pov's and leads to a hea. 

I'm loving this series. I listened this one on audio, the narration was brilliant and really brought the characters to life. loved it 

Looking forward to the next book in the series. 


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10/11/2017

UNLOVED By KATY REGNERY: Review, Teasers & Buy Links

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My name is Cassidy Porter...

My father, Paul Isaac Porter, was executed twenty years ago for the brutal murder of twelve innocent girls.

Though I was only eight-years-old at the time, I am aware - every day of my life - that I am his child, his only son.

To protect the world from the poison in my veins, I live a quiet life, off the grid, away from humanity.

I promised myself, and my mother, not to infect innocent lives with the darkness that swirls within me, waiting to make itself known.
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It's a promise I would have kept...if Brynn Cadogan hadn't stumbled into my life.

Now I exist between heaven and hell: falling for a woman who wants to love me, while all along reminding myself that I must remain...

Unloved.

**NOTE: This book is intended for readers 18+**


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Unloved is a beautiful story of discovery, new beginnings and healing after grief. 

A story of fate in it's finest moment.

Unloved had me completely captivated. 

Two characters who have loved and lost, different circumstances, different kinds of love but both healing in their own way and both living but not truly alive. 

Brynn loses her fiance in a mass shooting. Two years later and Brynn still hasn't moved on. Brynn decides it's time and through what she considers a sign wants to bury a part of Jem on the mountain he loved. Brynn isn't a climber or an outdoors person but Jem loved it and this is something she needs to do for closure, climb the mountain and say goodbye. 

Cassidy Porter was once a fun loving little boy who lived with his mother in a small town and saw his father occasionally who traveled a lot. Life changed for Cassidy and his mother when they discovered Paul Porter the husband and father they rarely saw accept when passing through was a serial killer, a rapist and had been arrested.

shunned by society Cassidy's mother took them out of town and into the wilderness to live with his Grandfather who had a cabin. 

Cassidy Porter vowed to never have children, end the genes of his evil father, Cassidy kept himself from society and lived in the sad belief that he could one day become like his father so he stayed away from people. Following the death of his Grandfather & mother Cassidy continued to live alone with only animals as company and beautiful views of the mountain. 

A heart breaking part of the story for both characters and Cassidy's self beliefs tugged on my heart over and over throughout this story. 

Brynn takes the trip up the mountain and despite bad weather driven by a determination to fulfil her goal she continues on her journey until an accident and incident leaves her seriously injured and close to death up on the mountain. 

Cassidy and Brynn meet when Cassidy finds Brynn, rescues her, carries her seven miles to his cabin and tends to her while she is sick.

Weeks of being alone with only the two of them getting to know each other, Cassidy caring for Brynn & helping her heal turns from a sorrowful journey to a beautiful romantic story that is so captivating. 


The story isn't without hot moments and has a huge twist and has a brilliant balance throughout the plot to keep you turning the pages. 

This is my first book by Kate Regnery and I can't wait to read more from this author. 

Unloved is told in first person dual pov's and leads to a hea. 

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❣️The sins of the father. The burden of the son.❣️
The only child of Maine’s most notorious serial killer, Cassidy Porter promised his mother on her death bed that he would live a solitary, off-the-grid existence, so that his father’s terrifying genes would die with him. It’s a promise he can’t keep, however, when Brynn Cadogan, who harbors dark secrets of her own, stumbles into his quiet life.






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10/9/2017

LOVING STORM By Carian Cole: Review & Buy Links

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Evie
I met him in a snowstorm...
We spent forty-eight hours trapped in the back of his pickup truck.
We fought.
We touched.
We fell.
Hard.

Storm
She literally crashed into my life...
The last thing I wanted was a relationship. Especially with a quirky chick who drove me insane. But something about her got under my skin, and into my heart.
And I had to have her.
All of her. 
Now.

Falling in love in the back of a truck, just the two of us, was easy.
Dealing with psycho fans, jealous exes, and demons from the past....not so easy.

Loving Storm is a novella that gives an extended look into Storm and Evie's future. It is best read after reading Storm (and also Vandal, Lukas, and Talon, as those characters will have short cameos in this book).

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"We're a perfect figure of eight, an unbreakable, twisty connection of friends and lovers. 



​A perfect additional 4 stars goes to Loving Storm. I love these characters, I missed these characters and it was brilliant catching up with how Storm and Evie are moving on in loved up bliss. 

I love Carian's writing which is always perfectly balanced with intimate and off the charts hotness a little bit of drama and swoon-worthy moments and Loving storm is all those things. 

Characters from previous books make an appearance as Storm and Evie finally make wedding preperations and Carian gave subtle hints within the plot of other characters that I hope will get their own story's too. 

A swoon worthy addition to Storm and Evie's journey, loved it. 

Told in first persons dual pov & leads to a happy sigh ending. 

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