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ARC Review: Beginning Forever by Laramie Briscoe
Beginning Forever
Laramie Briscoe
Heaven Hill MC series, Book 7
Published March 17th 2015
Love
Fear
Hope
Danger
Tyler and Meredith Blackfoot have a long and complicated history. A relationship born out of the worst thing a woman can endure has blossomed into a greater love than either of them could have ever imagined. Now, with answered prayers and Addie a permanent part of their family, they are ready to move forward.
Meredith with her work as Director of the CRISIS center. Tyler busy mentoring younger members of the club and the teenagers that look up to him with wide-eyed amazement.
Life is going exactly the way they want it to until a woman shows up at CRISIS that could threaten everything they’ve worked so hard to achieve. She’s dangerous, and only a select few know why. Secrets are kept and stresses mount as the Blackfoots get the biggest surprise of their lives.
Tyler will do anything to protect the woman he loves and the young family they’ve created together. When the reason he breathes is threatened, he does everything in his power to prove it’s not the end, but the beginning of forever.
5 Stars
Laramie Briscoe has quickly made her way as one of my favorite authors in a very short period of time. I know when I open a book by Laramie I am going to be taken on an emotional ride. Be given a story with wonderful characters, humor and a feeling of family. Not to mention her Heaven Hill Bikers, well they just rock! Sexy!!
Tyler and Meredith have been my favorite couple since before they were a couple. The dynamic between the two of them is unlike any of the other couples in the series. They complement and challenge each other. Their love comes to through the pages as pure magic. Their challenges broke my heart heart while their happiness made me cry tears of joy. Watching Tyler and Meredith as parents made me stop reading and look over and smile at my son. Ms. Briscoe made me feel a moment a pure bliss while reading Beginning Forever. That is the biggest compliment I can give.
Beginning Forever is Ms. Briscoe best work to date. And now my new favorite of the Heaven Hill MC series! Deep emotions and hot bikers, what more do you need!
A complimentary copy of this title was provided by the author/publisher for an honest review.
ARC Review: Lust Actually by Heather Long
Lust Actually
Heather Long
Tempting Signs Series, Book 1 Aries
Fated Desires Publishing
Release March 26, 2015
12 Authors. 12 Zodiac Signs. 1 Explosive Series. What seductive, contemporary romance will you find today? ARIES.
Ethan Andrews makes his living reading people and tailoring his sales pitch to what they want. He lives his life on the road, traveling from city to city, hotel to hotel, and it all works for him until he meets Norah Silver—the woman he wants to come home to.
Norah Silver has a plan, one that requires focus and dedication. She’s working sixty to eighty hours a week between her two jobs—one for money and the other for her passion. She thrives on giving solid relationship advice that may be based in the stars, but also grounded in reality. The last thing she expected was to find a sizzling love connection of her own.
Sparks fly when these two stubborn Aries launch into an impulsive relationship. Telling themselves lust is actually enough turns out to be a lie, but can these rams bend enough to recognize it or will their off the charts chemistry explode before they really get started?
4.5 Stars
Chance encounters, spontaneous actions and rising passion!
For anyone who enjoys astrology, it’s always fun to see when two people of the same sign couple. Both are so alike but yet different. It could be an explosion, of both good and bad waitien. Heather longs novella Lust Actually begins the Tempting Signs with the Aries. The ram, spontaneous and optimistic people by nature also inpatient and egotistical. They are kind of hardheaded but have the mind to get things done.
Ethan and Nora have it in every way possible. The chemistry is off the charts, their personalities complement each other, the passion and lust is instantaneous. They knew how to have fun without trying too hard to have fun. Ethan’s charisma and personality along with his mannerisms and charm had me wanting to be right next to him. Norah’s honest, fun and even though it pained her at times she has this go with the flow attitude that I had to admire.
Heather Long gave great characters a fun and sexy story spotlighting all the qualities of the Aries sign. A quick read that will have you laughing as the pages get steamy.
A complimentary copy of this title was provided for an honest review.
ARC Review: Rock Hard by Nalini Singh
Rock Hard
Nalini Singh
Rock Kiss, Series Book 2
Wealthy businessman Gabriel Bishop rules the boardroom with the same determination and ruthlessness that made him a rock star on the rugby field. He knows what he wants, and he’ll go after it no-holds-barred.
And what he wants is Charlotte Baird.
Charlotte knows she’s a mouse. Emotionally scarred and painfully shy, she just wants to do her job and remain as invisible as possible. But the new CEO—a brilliant, broad-shouldered T-Rex of a man who growls and storms through the office, leaving carnage in his wake—clearly has other plans. Plans that may be equal parts business and bedroom.
If Charlotte intends to survive this battle of wits and hearts, the mouse will have to learn to wrangle the T-Rex. Game on.
4.5 Stars
Verbal foreplay at its finest.
Sensuality, sexuality and sassy makes Nalini Singh’s Rock Hard a steamy and fun read.
Charlotte is extremely intelligent woman, who is timid as a mouse. She hides behind herself. When forced to take a promotion, a job she was already doing, Charlottes exterior walls starts to crumble. She goes toe to toe with her workaholic and super hot boss rekindling feelings she thought lost to her. Giving herself some of her life back. As the shell breaks, Charlotte reveals a lot of sass, a quick tongue and a naughty side I did not see coming from her.
Gabriel also known as T-Rex is a rock star on the field and in the boardroom. A man who gets the job done, is respected and intimidating. The man is hands down sexy, alpha, demanding, has a dirty mouth and is very protective of what’s his. Upon their first meeting he took this protective possession over Charlotte that quickly changed from just want protect to want her in his bed. T-Rex surprised me with the amount of patients he expresses and the genuine caring nature to him.
T-Rex and Charlotte dance around the sexual tension they have built in Rock Hard with some of the best witty, sassy and sexy bantering. Add some hot office sexual and we have a winner. This is a playful and fun story even with the scars that had to start to heal. Ms Singh has created a story that would be very true to life in my opinion, healing and love both take time.
Readers note: Although I very much enjoyed Rock Hard, I am a bit confused as to why story is about an ex rugby player/CEO and not a rock star. Yes Gabriel is a rockstar in what he does.
I’m just not sure how this is playing into the series.
I received the complimentary copy of this title from Netgalley for an honest review.
ARC Review: Tempting Boundaries by Carrie Ann Ryan
Tempting Boundaries
Carrie Ann Ryan
Montgomery Ink Series, Book 2
Decker Kenrick knows it’s wrong to have feelings for his best friend’s little sister, but that doesn’t stop his thoughts from going down that path. No matter how hard he’s tried to stay away from Miranda, once she gets her sights on him, there’s no backing down.
Miranda Montgomery might be the youngest of the Montgomery clan, but that doesn’t mean she doesn’t know what she wants. Namely—Decker. She’s loved him for as long as she can remember and won’t walk away until she gives it her all.
But once they give in, not all is at it seems. Decker’s father’s out of jail and someone from Miranda’s past isn’t happy with the new relationship. Even as they start to move on and overcome their pain, they’ll find that their inner obstacles are the ones they’ll have to face first.
4.5 Stars
Miranda is the youngest of the Montgomery children. Although they are still treat her as if she is the little girl, she is very much an adult and a woman. Miranda is independent strong and caring. She has an underlying wild streak that only a few you get to see. One of the things I like most about her is that when she wants something she won’t stop till she gets it.
Decker Kenrick has gotten a piece of my heart. He has passion, loyalty, talent and a few demons. Decker is a few dashes of sweet with a big heaping cup of hot. Woot! This bearded, tattooed man will get under you skin. His past is not a pretty one. That draws him to me in more ways that I am willing to go into. Enduring things that no one should have to go through, Decker learned what Family truly is with the Montgomery’s. With his tender heart, tattered soul and amazing hands Decker has the best teachers as to what being family really is.
Chemistry, passion and feeling is what Carrie Ann Ryan gives her readers in Tempting Boundaries! Decker and Miranda heat the pages while fighting for something worth fighting for. The two were made for each other. Knowing there was more to the two them than family/friends thing they test the waters ad push the boundaries. Finding out a deeper story that will cut your heart. You can’t help but to feel for them. Showing a family that will open its arms even if fists fly from time to time. One moment a tear will fall because of raw emotion the next your hot damn that is flipping hot. All while diving deeper into the Montgomery clan. A damn fine read and my favorite of the Montgomery Ink series thus far.
A complementary copy of this title was provided by the author/publisher for an honest review. Receiving a complementary copy does not affect the impact on any review.
Review: An American Duchess by Sharron Page
An American Duchess
Sharron Page
Once in England, her foolproof plan to wed, inherit and divorce proves more complicated than Zoe had anticipated. Nigel Hazelton, Duke of Langford and Sebastian’s older brother, is as austere and imposing as the family’s ancestral estate. Still reeling from the Great War, Nigel is now staging a one-man battle against a rapidly changing world—and the outspoken Zoe represents everything he’s fighting against.
When circumstances compel Zoe to marry Nigel rather than Sebastian, their heated quarrelling begets passion of another sort. But with Nigel unwilling to change with the times, will Zoe be forced to choose between her husband and her dreams?
Duty, honor and tradition are etched into who Nigel, the Duke of Langford is. Serving his country and crown by fighting in war, Nigel was left with both mentally and physically scars that go as deep as his soul. A man who wants thing to be as they have been, gets shaken to his core when a lively American throws the modern world into his life. Overwhelmed with emotions, the past, and what the future could be. Sometimes a Duke has to do things that you would a Duke doesn’t normally do.
A fun and feisty Romance set in the 1920s. Combining an old world England with the jazzy times of America. Zoe and Nigel could not be more different, the banter of the two will make you smile and want to smack them both. A good story with a very Downton Abby feel with a lot more pizzazz and jazz.
Review- Rock Addiction by Nalini Singh
Rock Addiction
Nalini Singh
Rock Kiss Series, Book 1
A bad boy wrapped in a sexy, muscled, grown-up package might be worth a little risk…
Molly Webster has always followed the rules. After an ugly scandal tore apart her childhood and made her the focus of the media’s harsh spotlight, she vowed to live an ordinary life. No fame. No impropriety. No pain. Then she meets Zachary Fox, a tattooed bad boy rocker with a voice like whiskey and sin, and a touch that could become an addiction.
A one-night stand with the hottest rock star on the planet, that’s all it was meant to be…
Fox promises scorching heat and dangerous pleasure, coaxing Molly to extend their one-night stand into a one-month fling. After that, he’ll be gone forever, his life never again intersecting with her own. Sex and sin and sensual indulgence, all with an expiration date. No ties, no regrets. Too late, Molly realizes it isn’t only her body that’s become addicted to Fox, but her heart…
4.5 Stars
Being a fan of Rockstar romance, readers know there are only so many ways the story can go. For me, rock romance is indulging in the personalities of the characters and how the music is encompassed into the story. Rock Addiction, first book of Nalini Singh’s new series, goes beyond the cover and gets inside the complexities that come from being in the spotlight.
Lust and emotions over load when Molly takes lead singer Fox, up on the one in a million chance. An independent woman with a past that rattles her to the core more so than not. Intoxicated by the man and not just the star, indulging in Fox surfaces the past causing her to question and gear what could be. I enjoyed Molly, giving into fantasy through her off. Deep and intelligent, dating a rich Rockstar is way out of the box for her.
Fox, larger than life rocker, has an equally unforgiving past. He work his way to the top. Now he’s a guy who is still in love with his music but can get what he wants. I think love at first sight is an understatement for what Fox instantly feel for Molly. He rocks that girls world in more ways that one. Ways that would have caught this gal too! Sensitive, sexy and dominating this tattooed singer will make his way into your heart.
I never thought I would say I liked , yet loved a New Adult book. Ms. Singh made me do just that with ROCK ADDICTION! Highly intense on emotion and passion with some drama thrown in, made this book a page turner. Well written characters, blazing passion and a blood deep love of music expertly woven together to set Ms. Singh’s new series off with an amazing start. Rock romance done right!
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