REVIEW – ROCK WEDDING (Rock Kiss, #4) by Nalini Singh

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SYNOPSIS:

New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh continues her Rock Kiss series with a hot, sweet, emotional contemporary romance about love and forgiveness…

After a lifetime of longing for a real family, Sarah Smith thought she’d finally found her home with rock star Abe Bellamy, even if she knew Abe didn’t love her the way she loved him. But their brief relationship, filled with tragedy and heartache, nearly destroyed her. Alone, emotions in turmoil, and already shaky self-esteem shattered, Sarah struggles to pick up the pieces in the wake of their divorce.

Abe knows he’s to blame for the end of his marriage. Caught in a web of painful memories, he pushed away the best thing in his life – the sexy, smart woman he adores – breaking them both in the process. Then fate throws him a second chance to get things right, to prove to Sarah that she means everything to him. Abe desperately wants that second chance at love…even if he knows he doesn’t deserve it.

But can he convince Sarah – now strong and independent without him – to risk her wounded heart one more time?

*****Dee’s Review*****

4 Rockstar Stars****

(ARC kindly provided by author in exchange for an honest review)

Music, pain, romance, and second chances. This book will allure all of your senses. Be ready to feel like the star of your own Rockstar dreams as you read this enticing novel.

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Abe Bellany is a Rockstar in all senses of the word. Music is all he’s ever known, but unfortunately, pain is also something he permanently carries in his heart. Abe and Sarah were once married. What started as a whirlwind romance ended up as a nightmare, as Abe couldn’t contain his demons any longer, and they destroyed everything between him and Sarah.

Sarah Smith comes from a hard life. Her childhood was very difficult and she’s always felt alone in the world; until Abe. But Sarah’s insecurities also got the best of her. She never felt worthy of love like the one he gave her, so she walked away from Abe, even though her heart told her not to.

Years have gone by, and Sarah has been able to against all odds, build herself back up again. She has a new thriving business, her own home, and even a new relationship. But despite all the time, distance and even the anger, Sarah’s heart still belongs to Abe, and little does she know that he’s coming back to claim what’s his.

Abe has worked really hard to clean up his act. He has made a lot of mistakes, but his biggest regret was letting go of the love of his life. But he is determined to get her back when he finally finds Sarah, he realizes that long gone is the insecure woman he once knew, and this time around he will have his work cut out for him as he tries to win her broken heart back.

As much as I blamed Abe for the breakup of his marriage, I later realized that there’s always two sides to every story. And both of these characters had a lot of baggage they needed to deal with. What I loved the most was that regardless of all the pain and all the wounds, their love was fierce, and every time either of them felt like giving up, they could always go back to it and continue the fight for happiness.

Rock Wedding was my first book by this author, I really enjoyed the camaraderie between all the guys in the band and their wives too. I honestly fell in love with every, single character in this novel, and Rockstar books being a favorite of mine, makes me want to go back and read all the previous novels in this series.

Sex, Love, and Rock and Roll; this book was romantic, hot and heartwarming. Pick it up today, and enjoy a beautifulRock Wedding, or a few. *wink

REVIEW – ONE WEEK TO SCORE (Tall, Dark, and Texan, #3) by Kate Meader

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SYNOPSIS:

A sexy category romance from Entangled’s Brazen imprint . . .

He’s the man she loves to hate . . .

Olivia Kane’s wedding day has just imploded spectacularly. Shots lined up at the bar? Bring it. Hot stranger on the hook? Come on down. What this party does not need is six feet and change of home-grown Texas cockiness in the form of her brother’s best friend, the man who broke her heart seven years ago.

She’s the woman he has to have . . .

Flynn Cross won’t stand by while Liv finds sensual solace in the arms of a stranger, not when his own hard-for-her body is more than up for the task. For one week, he’ll make her honeymoon-for-one a sizzling party for two.

Breaking the rules, one steamy night at a time . . .

But the taboo they’re breaking is only the beginning . . . and Flynn’s part in Liv’s wedding debacle could bring about their end.

*****Patty’s Review*****

*****3.75 STARS*****
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It had been ingrained in him from year zero that Olivia Elizabeth Kane was so out of his league he’d need a seat on one of those private space rocket deals to reach her stratosphere.

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For those of you who enjoy the Brazen Entangled series and love the ”romance with the older brother’s best-friend” trope, this one should hit the spot. I never read the first two books in the series and figured I could read this as a standalone, but I felt like something was missing for me. It was as if I was thrown into the middle of the story and never really got the benefit of the beginning. I would definitely advise reading the previous books. I was able to follow along but I didn’t care for how the story starts.

Olivia Kane is boozing it up at a bar and trying to pick up a handsome stranger in hopes of having a one night stand to help her forget how she was just left at the altar. Actually, her fiancé was busted having sex with one of the wedding guests, not even an hour before the ceremony was to take place. The wedding guest happens to have been the date of Flynn Cross, Olivia’s childhood crush and current bane of her existence. They grew up together since childhood but for the past seven years, Flynn had just dropped out of her life without any notice or reason.

Olivia plans to go on her honeymoon trip to Mexico and to lose herself in meaningless sex with random men. Flynn is not having any of it and proceeds to follow Olivia down to Mexico. She’s still hurting over his disappearance and puts up a good fight in the beginning, but when Flynn offers his sexual services to her, she finds it nearly impossible to resist the man who’s had her heart since she was only twelve-years-old.

Flynn has been in love with Olivia almost as long as she’s had the same feelings for him. But several things keep him from pursuing more with her. He thinks that he’s not good enough for her and would never jeopardize his friendship with her brother, Brody. His reasons for keeping his distance from Olivia after he came back from his tour in Iraq were eye-rolling inducing.

One Week to Score has the steam that you come to expect from Brazen novellas and I can’t deny that I enjoyed the schmexy. It’s low on angst and good for a filler read.

BOOK TOUR – ROCK WEDDING by Nalini Singh

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New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh continues her Rock Kiss  series with a hot, sweet, emotional contemporary romance about love and forgiveness…

After a lifetime of longing for a real family, Sarah Smith thought she’d finally found her home with rock star Abe Bellamy, even if she knew Abe didn’t love her the way she loved him. But their brief relationship, filled with tragedy and heartache, nearly destroyed her. Alone, emotions in turmoil, and already shaky self-esteem shattered, Sarah struggles to pick up the pieces in the wake of their divorce.

Abe knows he’s to blame for the end of his marriage. Caught in a web of painful memories, he pushed away the best thing in his life – the sexy, smart woman he adores – breaking them both in the process. Then fate throws him a second chance to get things right, to prove to Sarah that she means everything to him. Abe desperately wants that second chance at love…even if he knows he doesn’t deserve it.

But can he convince Sarah – now strong and independent without him – to risk her wounded heart one more time?

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Excerpt from ROCK WEDDING by

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Plowing his gloved fists into the punching bag in front of him on the morning of the fourth day, Abe blocked out the other sounds in the gym and attempted to lose himself in the rhythm of the mindless action. It worked for about a minute before his mind filled with Sarah again. Her shy smile when he gave her a compliment. The way she’d sit curled up under his arm and read to him on lazy summer days.

Hard on the heels of that memory came one of him throwing her books in the pool in a drug-fueled rage. She’d been sobbing as she tried to save them.

“Fucking bastard,” Abe muttered, talking to his past self. He punched the bag so hard that it threatened to swing back right into his face. He didn’t care. He deserved to have his face beaten in.

Ripping off his gloves afterward, he showered, then went straight to a bookshop.

It was too little too late, but now that he’d remembered his asshole behavior, he couldn’t just leave it. Ball cap pulled low, he wandered the aisles… then realized most people here didn’t care who he was; they were more interested in the volumes that lined the shelves. He spent an hour inside the murmuring quiet of the store, searching for the titles he remembered seeing on their bedside table. She’d definitely read him Jane Austen.

He couldn’t remember which one though, so he bought the entire set.

And there was this one romance novel she loved and had read over and over again. He’d teased her it would fall apart in her hands one day. She’d just smiled and read him a paragraph that she’d told him was part of her favorite scene. What the hell had it been? Yes, that was it. In the end, it turned out the store didn’t have that book in stock, so he bought her a bunch of new releases featuring people with dogs or puppies on the covers. He definitely remembered seeing covers like that in their home

After spotting it in a display, he added in a nonfiction book about a woman who’d set up her own company while nearly flat broke and who was now a millionaire. At the counter, he paid extra to have the books wrapped up and packaged.

He’d called his car service earlier; the driver shot him a funny look when he put the package in the passenger seat and gave him Sarah’s address. “I’m a courier now?” the stocky middle-aged man asked, having worked long enough for Schoolboy Choir that he was a friend. They’d all missed his calm demeanor and total trustworthiness when he broke his leg recently and had been out for a while.

“Best in the business,” Abe responded.

The other man snorted. “I’ll get it to her now.”

Blowing out a breath after the gleaming black town car pulled away, Abe went to where he’d parked his SUV and got in. He didn’t want to go home to his empty house, but he didn’t want to barge in on his friends either. David and Thea, Noah and Kit, they needed time alone. As for Molly and Fox, while the newlyweds were back home after a short wedding trip, having postponed their honeymoon until later in the year, Abe wasn’t about to bust up their love nest.

Gabriel and Charlotte probably wouldn’t have minded the company since they’d been doing the sightseeing thing, but the other couple had flown back to New Zealand twenty-four hours earlier—after inviting all of them to their own wedding.

His phone buzzed right then.

Picking it up, he saw a message from Fox. Molly and I are at that Thai place with the noodles you like. We saved you a seat if you want to join us for lunch.

Damn, he loved his bandmates. On my way, he messaged back.

Starting the engine, he tried not to obsess over if Sarah would call him after receiving his long overdue gift. Hell, he’d be content with her throwing the books at his head. All he wanted was for her to talk to him, to let him show her he wasn’t that guy anymore, the one who’d destroyed them both.

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Nalini Singh is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Psy-Changeling, Guild Hunter, and Rock Kiss series. She lives and works in beautiful New Zealand, and is passionate about writing.

If you’d like to explore her other books, you can find lots of excerpts and free short stories on her website. Slave to Sensation is the first book in the Psy-Changeling series, while Angels’ Blood is the first book in the Guild Hunter series. The Rock Kiss books are all stand alone and can be read in any order.

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REVIEW – HITCHED: VOLUME TWO (Imperfect Love, #2) by Kendall Ryan

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SYNOPSIS:

Arranged marriage? Check.

Cocky new husband? Check.

It’s a marriage of convenience—one I’m determined to keep strictly professional. I can’t be stupid enough to fall for this sexy playboy’s charm or advances. I have to be strong, even if he is my husband.

Except he has a huge cock with an even bigger ego, and his main goal in life seems to be getting me to stroke both. The arrogant bastard is like sweet, sugary candy for my libido. I know he’s bad for me.

But I want to devour every wicked inch of him.

With his sexual prowess and experience, I know he’ll be explosive in the bedroom. And since we’re stuck together for the foreseeable future—keeping up this marriage charade long enough to turn the company profitable again—I deserve something to look forward to at the end of a long workday, right?

What could one little taste hurt?

*****Patty’s Review*****

*****FOUR STARS*****
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I’m not sure how or when it happened, but she’s become mine. She’s the first thing I think about when I wake, and the last on my mind before I drift off to sleep. And before I can contemplate the ramifications, I know that I’m going to do what needs to be done to protect my future with her.

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Last we left off, Olivia had deserted Noah at the altar. He assumed it was due to the pregnancy clause in their inheritance contract, but we learn the real reason when Olivia shows up at their penthouse a few days later. She’s in a terrible bind and after having failed to fix the situation herself, she turns to Noah for help. He ends up being her savior and then the two make plans to wed soon after.

Noah then learns that Olivia had signed the contract without having read the fine print. She is unaware of the pregnancy clause and that they have less than 90 days to make a baby. Noah struggles with whether or not to fill Olivia in on the clause or not. He’s starting to get invested in their relationship and can see a future with her but thinks that Olivia isn’t on the same wavelength as him. Having a baby with Olivia might actually be something he’s looking forward to.

As things start to heat up between them, Noah’s guilt starts to eat him up inside. He knows he has to tell her about the baby stipulation but the timing always seems to be off. This time, the cliffy we are faced with is a pretty big one!!! I don’t know how Ms. Ryan is going to make things right for our Hero and Heroine, but I am hopeful that there will ultimately be an HEA on the road ahead of them!!!

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The first time I met Chase Parker, I didn’t exactly make a good impression.

I was hiding in the bathroom hallway of a restaurant, leaving a message for my best friend to save me from my awful date.

He overheard and told me I was a bitch, then proceeded to offer me some dating advice.

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When he walked by my table, he smirked, and I watched his arrogant, sexy ass walk back to his date.

I couldn’t help but sneak hidden glances at the condescending jerk on the other side of the room.  Of course, he caught me on more than one occasion, and winked.

When the gorgeous stranger and his equally hot date suddenly appeared at our table, I thought he was going to rat me out.

But instead, he pretended we knew each other and joined us—telling elaborate, embarrassing stories about our fake childhood.

My date suddenly went from boring to bizarrely exciting.

When it was over and we parted ways, I thought about him more than I would ever admit, even though I knew I’d never see him again.

I mean, what were the chances I’d run into him again in a city with eight million people?

Then again…

What were the chances a month later he’d wind up being my new sexy boss?

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“Sorry, I wasn’t looking where—”

I froze.

The sight of Chase standing there was almost enough to knock me over. I’d secretly hoped to see him, yet never thought I actually would. What are the chances? I did a double take, sure I was seeing things. But it was him all right, in the flesh. And what flesh it is. Standing there shirtless and wet—wearing nothing but a pair of low-slung swim trunks—he had me stuttering. Literally.

“Ch…Ch…Ch—” I couldn’t get the word out.

Of course, Chase didn’t miss a beat. He smirked and leaned in. “You do a cute train impression, Buttercup.”

He remembers me.

I shook my head, attempting to snap myself out of it. But it was no use. He was so tall, and I was so short, I had no choice but to stare at his body. Water trickled down his abs. I was mesmerized watching it speed up and slow down as it crossed the rippled lines of his six-pack. Damn.

I cleared my throat and finally spoke. “Chase.”

I was pretty freaking proud of myself for getting that much out. He had a towel slung around his neck and lifted it to dry off his dripping hair, revealing even more flesh. His pectoral muscles were carved and perfect. And—oh, my God…is that… Holy shit. It is. His nipples were cold and erect, and one of them was….was…pierced.

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Vi Keeland is a native New Yorker with three children that occupy most of her free time, which she complains about often, but wouldn’t change for the world. She is an attorney and a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, & USA Today Best Selling author.  Over the last three years, eleven of her titles have appeared on the USA Today Bestseller lists and four on the New York Times Bestseller lists.

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BLOG TOUR – BLOOD TO DUST by LJ Shen

 

 

 

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His name is Beat, and I should hate him.

 

Bound, blindfolded and bruised, I’m tied in his basement, waiting for the men who stripped me from clothes and humanity to collect his debt to them. Me.

 

His name is Nate and I should hate him, but I don’t.

 

I’m not supposed to know his real name, even worse, I’m not supposed to care. He is nothing to me but means to an end. The plan is simple: break free, collect the pieces of my broken soul, kill the bastards and run away.

 

His name is Nathaniel Thomas Vela, and I’ve never seen his face, though I hear that it’s beautiful.

 

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I suck in my cheeks so that my mouth won’t break into a shit-eating grin of the douchebag variety. My left hand is still on the wheel, while I use my right one to grab the back of her head roughly and pull it into my lap. She unzips me and I help her by lifting my ass from the seat to give her better access. My dick is swollen, stiff and ready to get to know those pinks up-close. She reaches for my boxers and strokes my cock in her hand. It jerks its appreciation in response. I’m still not sure why she’s doing this. We weren’t on good terms when we left Hussein’s house, and I was under the impression she’d let me sweat before letting me into her pussy or mouth again.

Prescott leans farther down, her hot breath on my cock. I roll my head back and fight to keep my eyes open. Crashing into a traffic light would slow us down, but it would be fucking worth it with her mouth on my dick.

Generally speaking, I’m not a fan of blow jobs. Girls usually suck (no pun intended) at knowing the pace and rhythm that works for me. And Pea’s right, most chicks can’t even get half my cock down their throats, anyway. But this is fucking Prescott Burlington-Smyth. I’d take anything she offered me. Herpes included.

I feel her tongue swirling around my tip, painful desire tensing every muscle in my body. Her mouth is sweltering and her silky locks pale, but dirty like her soul, are all over my lap like a sheet of gold. She hasn’t even sucked me yet, but my balls are already tightening, ready to burst.

“Oh, fuck, Baby-Cakes.” I fist her hair and drag her mouth deeper into my groin, lurching myself up from the seat as far as this fucking car allows me, begging for more contact. My head lolls against the headrest and I’m struggling to draw a steady breath. What is it about this girl that makes me forget how to breathe?

She opens her mouth and takes some of me in a leisured suck, then comes up for air. Then she does it again. And again.

After a few minutes of her licking and nibbling through my length, even I have to admit—she gives terrible head. The California highway is potholed, scarred with the impact of earthquakes and the blistering sun, and the car hits bump after bump. Every time it does and my dick meets the back of her throat, she gags with a ghastly sound. She sometimes moves her jaw from one side to the other. I can feel her teeth. It’s like a getting a BJ from a shark. But even though she’s exceptionally untalented at sucking cock, I don’t want her to stop. Her mouth’s on me and that’s enough to make me want to say crazy things to her. Things I’m sure I’m incapable of feeling, anyway.

Ten minutes into the blowjob, Prescott throws in the towel and straightens her posture, eyebrows pinched together. Rage lights up her face.

“You’re not going to come, are you?” Her lips are puffy and bright pink. Just thinking about the fact that they’re swollen because they were wrapped around my cock puts a dark, sinister smile on my face.

“Nope.”

“I thought you said you’re always hot for me.”

“I am.” Is it a good time to tell her she shouldn’t quit her day job as a drug dealer because she sucks like a garbage disposal? “I’m saving my spunk for marriage,” I joke. But she doesn’t laugh. She stares at me seriously, tears pulling at the edge of her eyes. I move my gaze quickly from the road to her face, back to the road. We can’t stop. It’s too dangerous. . .

Fuck it.

I swing onto the shoulder of the freeway, inches from the concrete divider, and lift the handbrake quickly.

“Yo, Pea, what’s up?”

I know she cries. A lot. Over the past few weeks, I saw her pink eyes, the puffy skin beneath her lashes. She cries, but never in front of men. Always alone and in the dark. So why now?

“This is stupid.” She shakes her head, wiping away a tear using the sleeve of my hoodie. Even now, she looks sad, but not helpless. “We need to move. We still have to take pictures for the new IDs.”

“Why are you crying?” I insist. Fuck the fucking pictures.

“It’s stupid, just start the car. We’re running out of time.”

“Tell me what’s wrong.”

She looks out her window, tapping it with her fingertips, obviously embarrassed.

“I’mscadyo mighsto likee me,” she mumbles.

“What?” I move closer, which rewards me with another hit from her stress ball, right into my groin this time.

“I’m worried you might not like me anymore!” She yells, throwing her arms in the air. “What if you decide to ditch me before we get to Godfrey and Seb, or the minute you get your new passport?”

I take her face in my hands without thinking much of it. The need to touch this girl is overwhelming in a way that fucks up every single working cell in my brain. Carefully, I bring my nose to hers, my lips hovering over her pinks, staring right back at her.

“If you think I’d ever bail on you, you’re out of your beautiful, twisted mind. And if you think just because I didn’t come, I don’t find you attractive anymore, you’re a psycho. Because there’s nowhere I’d rather be than between your legs. And if you think that you’re damaged goods because of what those lowlifes did to you, then you’re an idiot. It’s just the opposite, Pea. They built a woman who’s untouchable. So many people have tried, me included. But you’re stronger than anything, which is why we’re sitting in this stupid car right now, chasing freedom. You think I don’t like you?” I breathe into her mouth.

I’m fucking crazy about you.

 

 

 

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REVIEW – BOSSMAN by Vi Keeland

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SYNOPSIS:

From New York Times Bestseller, Vi Keeland, comes a sexy newstandalone novel.

The first time I met Chase Parker, I didn’t exactly make a good impression.

I was hiding in the bathroom hallway of a restaurant, leaving a message for my best friend to save me from my awful date.

He overheard and told me I was a bitch, then proceeded to offer me some dating advice.

So I told him to mind his own damn business—his own tall, gorgeous, full-of-himself damn business—and went back to my miserable date.

When he walked by my table, he smirked, and I watched his arrogant, sexy ass walk back to his date.

I couldn’t help but sneak hidden glances at the condescending jerk on the other side of the room. Of course, he caught me on more than one occasion, and winked.

When the gorgeous stranger and his equally hot date suddenly appeared at our table, I thought he was going to rat me out.

But instead, he pretended we knew each other and joined us—telling elaborate, embarrassing stories about our fake childhood.

My date suddenly went from boring to bizarrely exciting.

When it was over and we parted ways, I thought about him more than I would ever admit, even though I knew I’d never see him again.

I mean, what were the chances I’d run into him again in a city with eight million people?
Then again…

What were the chances a month later he’d wind up being my new sexy boss?

*****Mel’s Review*****

5 Stars!
(ARC provided by author)

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Reese Annesley aka Buttercup is a 28 yr. old beautiful single woman from NYC. She loves her job and has a passion for marketing, but when conflicts arise, she decides it’s time she starts to look for new opportunities. She begins job hunting & going on interviews.

Reese hasn’t had a lot of luck in the relationship dept. She dates, but hasn’t found the one. While on yet another bad date, she meets a stunningly gorgeous man named Chase Parker. He’s cocky, opinionated & all up in her business when he overhears her on the phone trying to get out of her date from hell. He joins her table & proceeds to tell her date fake stories of his made up childhood with Reese. He’s exciting and there’s a definite spark there. They part ways that evening & Reese continues to think of him constantly.

Reese suddenly seems to be running into Chase everywhere. The man is delicious & her want for him is becoming out of control. She can’t get him off her mind or out of her secret fantasies.

Chase is not only beautiful to look at, but he’s brilliantly intelligent & a wealthy self-made businessman. He runs a successful company & eventually through circumstances becomes her boss. Her hot sexy boss who can be an arrogant jerk, but her body wants him all the same. He makes his intentions toward Reese very clear from the start & lets her know them sleeping together is inevitable. He’s just as into Reese as she is him. He wants her in his bed & is determined to have her, even if he has to wait.

-“I can’t take it anymore.”

-“I have no restraint left when it comes to you.”

Reese loves working at Parker Industries & feels alive again. As she gets to know Chase better she realizes there is so much more to this exquisite man. He has a painful past that haunts him & the more she’s around him, the more she wants to truly know him. Resisting his advances becomes impossible. She’s scared of trying something real with Chase because of her bad track record with men, but she wants everything he’s offering & more.

Chase can’t remember the last time he was this happy. Reese makes him smile & has become so important to him. He’s crazy about her & they struggle with how to come out as a couple & still work under the same roof.

This book was incredible!!! Reminded me of why I love to read! This man was such a sincere beautiful person. Absolute book boyfriend gold! I highly recommend this one! :))

*****Patty’s Review*****
*****5+++++ STARS*****
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The sun had begun to rise, casting a golden hue across the room as Chase slowly moved in and out of me. It was beautiful and tender, and I felt it in a place I never knew another human being could touch—my soul.

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How did I not know that Vi Keeland was such a fantastic author??!!! I have only read STUCK-UP SUIT, but that was a book she co-wrote with Penelope Ward and it was so hard to tell if there was a difference in writing because those two ladies just mesh extremely well together. All I know is that I need to read more of this woman’s books!! I fell madly in love with this book from the very first chapter. The story is just that good!! It’s been quite a while since I’ve met a book boyfriend with ALL the qualities that when combined, equals PERFECTION. Chase Parker was drop dead gorgeous, intelligent, soulful, outstanding in the schmexy department, and most of all this guy had the best and funniest personality. I lost count of how many times I laughed out loud while reading BOSSMAN.

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Reese Annesley is on a horrible first date and while waiting on a line to the ladies room, she is trying to reach her bestie who is supposed to call her and give her the excuse she needs to ditch her date. Chase happens to overhear her leaving a message for her friend and calls her out on being shallow and for not giving the poor guy a chance. They exchange a few heated words and when they go back to their tables, Reese can’t help but ogle the rude man because he truly is a mouth-watering sight. He ends up inviting himself and his date over to Reese’s table and concocts the most outrageous story of how they first met back in grade school and it was from that moment that I knew Chase was a serious top of the list book boyfriend contender!! Chase and Reese will bump into each other a few more hilarious times before she eventually lands a job with his company. And then the pursuing begins. Chase promises that he will get Reese in his bed. That it’s only a matter of time, but Reese left her last job for having made the mistake of sleeping with a co-worker who then ended up getting promoted and became her boss. She has no intentions of repeating past mistakes.

The daily flirtatious banter between these two was downright panty melting and at times laugh out loud funny. There’s also some serious undertones to this story as well which stem from traumatic events that occurred in both Chase and Reese’s pasts. But when the past comes back to haunt Chase, he winds up in a downward spiral. Will Reese be enough to bring Chase back from his darkest place? Or will their relationship be over before it ever truly got started?

I am telling you, this book is one you DO NOT want to pass up. I don’t think it’s possible not to fall in swoony love over Chase!! If you haven’t read it yet, make sure you bump this one up your TBRs.

BOSSMAN is available now!

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REVIEW & EXCERPT TOUR – HITCHED: VOLUME TWO by Kendall Ryan

 

 

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Hitched 2Arranged marriage? Check.

Cocky new husband? Check.

It’s a marriage of convenience—one I’m determined to keep strictly professional. I can’t be stupid enough to fall for this sexy playboy’s charm or advances. I have to be strong, even if he is my husband.

Except he has a huge cock with an even bigger ego, and his main goal in life seems to be getting me to stroke both. The arrogant bastard is like sweet, sugary candy for my libido. I know he’s bad for me.

But I want to devour every wicked inch of him.

With his sexual prowess and experience, I know he’ll be explosive in the bedroom. And since we’re stuck together for the foreseeable future—keeping up this marriage charade long enough to turn the company profitable again—I deserve something to look forward to at the end of a long workday, right?

What could one little taste hurt?

This is volume 2 in the Imperfect Love series.

 

 

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“What’s wrong?” I ask.

“Just a little tight, is all.”

I inhale through my nose. I have to shove the pregnancy stuff to the back corner of my brain. We’re a long way off from Olivia letting me pump her full of my semen anyhow, so why am I stressing about it now? The first step is showing her how compatible we can be.

And that starts now.

I smile at her. “Sit tight. I’ll be right back.”

I grab a bottle of massage oil from the hall closet and return to the living room. The soft jazz music seems to float in the air, creating a pleasant buzz in the atmosphere.

Olivia’s eyes widen when I rejoin her on the couch, but she doesn’t question me.

“I’ll give you a massage,” I suggest. “Take off your sweatshirt.”

Olivia flinches, chewing on her lip while she watches me. “But I’m not wearing anything underneath.”

That’s the idea. “I promise not to look.”

She hesitates for another second, then turns her back to me and pulls her shirt over her head, dropping it to the floor. The creamy canvas in front of me is one to be admired. The twin dimples in her lower back near the band of her leggings would make lesser men weep.

I warm a few drops of oil between my palms and rest my hands on her stiff shoulders.

“Relax. Okay?”

 

 

 

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Inherit a hundred-billion-dollar company? Check.

Produce an heir… Wait, what?

I have ninety days to knock up my brand-new fake wife. There’s only one problem—she hates my guts.

And in the fine print of the contract? The requirement that we produce an heir.

She can’t stand to be in the same room with me. Says she’ll never be in my bed.

But I’ve never backed down from a challenge and I’m not about to start now.

Mark my words—I’ll have her begging for me, and it won’t take ninety days.

 

On the heels of her smash hit and New York Times bestselling SCREWED series, Kendall Ryan brings you HITCHED, a romantic comedy that delivers heart and heat. A NYC playboy turned business mogul has ninety days to win over the woman he’s always desired in order to save his father’s company. One tiny problem: She hates his guts.

 

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EXCERPT REVEAL – CLOSE TO YOU (Fusion, #2) by Kristen Proby

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CLOSE TO YOU by Kristen Proby, on sale from William Morrow August 9. 2016

From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Kristen Proby comes the second novel in her sizzling Fusion series that began with Listen to Me

Camilla, “Cami,” LaRue was five years old when she first fell in love with Landon Palazzo. Everyone told her the puppy love would fade—they clearly never met Landon. When he left after graduation without a backward glance, she was heartbroken. But Cami grew up, moved on, and became part-owner of wildly popular restaurant Seduction. She has everything she could want…or so she thinks.

After spending the last 12 years as a Navy fighter pilot, Landon returns to Portland to take over the family construction business. When he catches a glimpse of little Cami LaRue, he realizes she’s not so little any more. He always had a soft spot for his little sister’s best friend, but nothing is soft now when he’s around the gorgeous restauranteur.

Landon isn’t going to pass up the chance to make the girl-next-door his. She’s never been one for romance, but he’s just the one to change her mind. Will seduction be just the name of her restaurant or will Cami let him get close enough to fulfill all her fantasies?

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About KRISTEN PROBY

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Kristen Proby is the author of the bestselling Fusion, With Me In SeattleThe Boudreaux, and Love Under the Big Sky series. She has a passion for a good love story and strong, humorous characters with a strong sense of loyalty and family. Her men are the alpha type; fiercely protective and a bit bossy, and her ladies are fun, strong, and not afraid to stand up for themselves. Kristen lives in Whitefish, Montana, where she enjoys coffee, chocolate and sunshine. And naps.

REVIEW – FULL TILT (Full Tilt, #1) by Emma Scott

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SYNOPSIS:

“I would love you forever, if I only had the chance…”

Kacey Dawson has always lived life on the edge–impulsively, sometimes recklessly. And now, as lead guitarist for a hot up-and-coming band, she is poised at the brink of fame and fortune. But she is torn between wanting to be a serious musician, and the demons that lure her down the glittering, but alcohol-soaked path of rock stardom. A wrecked concert in Las Vegas threatens to ruin her career entirely. She wakes up with the hangover from hell and no memory of the night before, or how she ended up on her limo driver’s couch…

Jonah Fletcher is running out of time. He knows his situation is hopeless, and he’s vowed to make the most of the handful of months he has left to him. His plans include seeing the opening of his glass installation at a prestigious art gallery…they do not include falling in love with a wild, tempestuous rock musician who wound up passed out on his couch.

Jonah sees that Kacey is on a path to self-destruction. He lets her crash with him for a few days to dry out and get her head on straight. But neither of them expected the deep connection they felt, or how that connection could grow so fast from friendship into something more. Something deep and pure and life-changing…something as fragile as glass, that they both know will shatter in the end no matter how hard they try to hold on to it.

Full Tilt is a story about what it means to love with your whole heart, to sacrifice, to experience terrible grief and soaring joy. To live life with all its beauty, and all its pain, and in the end to be able to smile through tears and know you wouldn’t have changed a thing.

***FIRST BOOK IN A TWO PART DUET***
All In (Full Tilt #2) forthcoming…
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*****Dee’s Review*****

One Million Stars *******
(ARC provided by Netgalley)

A life changing read! I feel like this book was written out of a piece of my heart. The beauty that pours out of the pages of this novel took ownership of all my smiles, and all my tears. This book is an absolute MUST READ!!!!!!

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Kacey Dawson is a Rockstar on the cusp of stardom. Together with her band, they have been successfully selling records and performing non-stop all over the country. But Kacey’s heart feels empty, her loneliness is eating at her. Every night she tries to find purpose in the bottom of a bottle, and companionship in the arms of strange men, but in the light of day, her mistakes only add more weight to her already heavy heart.

Jonah Fletcher is just a guy with a borrowed heart. He is getting weaker by the day, but one thing he has is courage and he will be the one to come and save Kacey from drowning.

When Kacey meets Jonah, she knows him as simply the limo driver in charge of driving her around, but on a particularly bad night, this handsome man will change her world around forever.

Jonah doesn’t have a lot of time, all his focus and energy is devoted to finishing his glass installation. He has a perfectly crafted schedule that he follows every day to help him achieve his goal. He has been hiding under all that planning, and avoiding the darkness that’s been looming around him.

Kacey came into Jonah’s life like an unexpected burst of color. She’s making him feel again after being numbed for so long. The love between them was like an explosion that took down every wall they had built around their hearts, and giving them both the most beautiful gift of all…hope.

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I remember reading in the author’s note; Emma saying how this book was not what she had planned to write next, but that the story was just begging to be written. After reading it, I totally understand what she means by that, this is a story that demands and captures not only your attention but also your heart and soul. Jonah and Kacey grabbed onto me and I really doubt they’ll ever let me go.

The subject matter of this story could be considered as sad, but for me, it wasn’t. This book made me feel painfully happy. My emotions were bursting out of me. I wanted to scream, cry, dance and laugh like a mad woman. That is the power of a beautifully written story, you find yourself happily lost inside those pages, and after you are done reading, you know some part of you will never be the same.

I will forever be an Emma Scott fan, and this book is my absolute, most favorite EVER!!!!

Please read it, don’t miss out on the incredible beauty…