Wednesday, October 30, 2019

Overnight Service by Lauren Blakely

 
OVERNIGHT SERVICE by Lauren Blakely Release Date: October 30th
 
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Blurb: Top three reasons why sleeping with the enemy is a bad idea...
 
1. She’s my fiercest rival. 2. She’s also my fiery ex. 3. We’re going up against each other in a stiff competition to win the hottest new client on the market.
 
And yet, I’d like to be up against the wall in a stiff competition to get her to call out my name.
Time to double down on my resistance to her tough-as-nails, take-no-prisoners, sexy-as-sin attitude. The same attitude I find irresistible.
 
That’s a big problem, because in this race to nab the client, I run into Haven in the hotel, on the beach, in the guest quarters late at night.
 
Hate sex would be a terrible idea.
 
Except, it’s the complete opposite, and now we can’t keep our hands off each other.
Trouble is, I’m not so sure it’s hate I’m feeling anymore.
 
And that’s the biggest reason sleeping with the enemy you’re falling for is a bad idea -- my job literally depends on never letting her into my heart.
 
   
 
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Her hand slides down my back, and it feels reverent. Her touch does so many things to me. It turns me on, it riles me up, and it sends me soaring. And now, it makes my heart thunder like a wild animal in my chest. One that wants to be with her, next to her, beside her.
“More,” I whisper. “Give me more of your kisses.”
“Take them all,” she tells me.
I am ravenous for her. I don’t know if I will ever be sated.
Not with her scent in my head, her body curled around me, and her kisses on my lips and in my soul.
We might have come in here for one final hurrah, but as we kiss like we can’t ever get enough, this doesn’t feel like the last time for either of us. It doesn’t seem like the end run down the slopes.
I should keep that thought to myself. But when I’m with her, when she’s close like this, I can’t think rationally. It’s too hard to lie or to pretend like she’s the enemy.
My rival, yes.
The competition, yes.
But she’s also the woman I can’t quit.
The woman I don’t want to quit.
 
   
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A #1 New York Times Bestselling, #1 Wall Street Journal Bestselling, and #1 Audible Bestselling author, Lauren Blakely is known for her contemporary romance style that’s sweet, sexy and witty. Her heroines are strong and smart and her heroes have hearts of gold and fantastic funny bones. She lives on the West Coast with her family, including her smoking hot and hilarious husband and her two brilliant and kind teenagers.
 
She has plotted entire novels while walking her dogs — she might have four dogs, or maybe five. If she’s lucky, she’ll soon have six dogs. With fourteen New York Times bestsellers, her titles have appeared on the New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal Bestseller Lists more than 100 times, and she’s sold more than 3 million books.
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This is a 2nd chance at love with two sworn enemies who are also in love with each other and they are also huge rivals.

This is sorta Jerry Maguireish type of story as both Josh and Haven are really good sports agents. At one time they worked at the same agency BUT when Haven was  up for partner he took himself out of the vote and lost Haven forever.

Now they are at a conference together on the same panel and well its time for them to have it out with each other. And that is when things get really fun and HOT!

This was a really fun and sweet story with lots of heat and competitions. I absolutely loved Josh and Haven and you will too. This is part of series but easily stands alone.

Thursday, October 24, 2019

Southern Heartbreaker by Jessica Peterson

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He was the bad boy I fell for in college. Now he’s a sexy single dad and Charleston’s most successful venture capitalist. Dominant and decisive, Ford Montgomery is used to getting what he wants. And he just set his sights on me...
Southern Heartbreaker, an all-new standalone contemporary romance in the Charleston Heat series by Jessica Peterson, is LIVE!
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Ford Montgomery was my first everything.
First love.
First guy I slept with.
First heartbreak when he dumped me without explanation.

A decade later, it’s just my luck he’s the first guy I run into after moving back to my hometown of Charleston. Three piece suit, tie, and a watch worth more than my car--being a mogul looks good on Ford. So does being a doting dad to his adorable four-year-old daughter.

I tell myself I can resist him. But one impulsive, ill-advised kiss later, and Ford is in hot pursuit. He’s determined to make up for his past mistakes, and convinces me to give him a second chance.

What started out as fun between the sheets gets really serious, really fast. Problem is, I swore I’d never give up the dreams I worked so hard for to settle down and do the family thing.

But seeing Ford light up around his daughter--seeing how he’s chasing his ambitions while rocking fatherhood--is making me rethink what I want out of life.

It doesn’t help that behind his corporate veneer is the bad boy I fell in love with. And bad boys aren’t afraid to play dirty...or break hearts.

Southern Heartbreaker is part of the Charleston Heat Series, which is a series of interconnected standalone novels set in the steamy southern town of Charleston, South Carolina.
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This is part of a series but easily stands alone. It is a 2nd chance at romance with a single dad and while its not my favorite in the series, it was a nice addition to the series.

I mostly enjoyed it, though I had some reservations about, Eva the female lead in this story. Ford is the single dad and he is the brother to Grayson who we met in the previous book in the series. Eva is Juliet's friend from college who ended up having a baby with Grayson.

In this story Eva and Ford meet up 10 years after college and he is a widower now with a 4 year old daughter. He feels very much like he wants to spend time with Eva but he broke her heart ten years before and so she doesn't want to get attached.

My issues with Eva, was that her growing up life was not very happy. She felt like her mother gave up her dreams for her kids and to try and make her dad happy but that her mother is very unhappy. This has caused her to view children as something she has no interest in and very anti marriage.

So while she is fine with a sexual relationship with Ford, she has no interest in a long term relationship and getting to know his daughter. And  liked that she was honest even if I did not agree with her view point and even understand it. Ford is the one I had issues with. Someone tells you that they don't want kids and you are a single dad, well I would dump them faster than you can say dump. But he doesn't do that with Eva and I could not understand that at all.

Does Eva change her mind? Does Ford dump her? Well I am not spoiling that.

This was an enjoyable story and I liked seeing characters from other books. But I did not love Ford. Aside from the issues with dating someone who is anti children, when you are a single dad. I did not like how he treated Eva in the past and dumped her and what he blamed it on. I would say he is my least favorite male lead in this entire series. That said I loved Eva, and I loved her sister Alexis and would love a story with her and her grumpy client.

The Hardest Shot - Indianapolis Eagles #7 - by Samantha Lind




 



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Beckett 

Hockey is my life. 
My focus. 
My priority. 
I left Sweden for it five years ago. 
I’ve finally been given a shot to prove myself, and I refuse to let anything jeopardize that.
No distractions ~ especially not Julia, the stunning woman I can't seem to get out of my mind. Only problem is, she's my coach's daughter. 

Julia

I grew up around hockey. 
Lived and breathed it, thanks to my dad’s job.
I never thought I’d fall for a player.
Especially one my dad coaches. 
But there's just something about Beckett that draws me in. 

Can I convince him he can be the hotshot goalie and find love, without having to choose just one? 

The hardest shot to defend is the one you never take. I just hope he realizes he can have it all.







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Samantha Lind is a contemporary romance author. Having spent the first 27 years of her life in Alaska, she now calls Iowa home where she lives with her husband and two sons. She enjoys spending time with her family, traveling, reading, watching hockey, and listening to country music. 


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This is book 7 in the series and it easily stands alone. In this story we meet Beckett, a Swedish hockey player that is newly recruited for an  American hockey team. He meets Julia who is the 20 something daughter of his new teams coach.

They both have crushes on the other but who her dad is, scares Beckett so they become just friends. Julia knows her dad won't care and so she tries to get Beckett to see they belong together.

This is a story that's very character driven. Its pure love and lots of sex scenes. with no bad guys or angyst at all. Even all the players get a long super well. No jealousy and no real issues, just two people falling in love.

I love this series and I love the author. She is an autobuy for me. I loved both characters but I felt this book had WAY too many sex scenes. Aside from that I highly enjoyed this story.

Monday, October 21, 2019

Dirty Secret - Slayers Hockey #1 - by Mira Lyn Kelly




 



Blurb

In my defense, I didn’t know she was his sister

"Sexy and fun with a delicious hockey hero, DIRTY SECRET is great for fans of Elle Kennedy, Toni Aleo, and Sawyer Bennett. I devoured this book!" -NYTimes Bestseller Lexi Ryan

This team hates me. Something about my chronic case of resting prick face and that thing with the captain when the season started.

My fist, his jaw. Yeah, we go back and not in a good way. 

Coach says no more “confrontational BS” or I don’t play at all. And that’s a hit my career in the NHL can’t take. 

So the plan is simple. Keep my head down and finish out my contract with my fists checked.

There’s just one problem. 

Allie. The girl from Vancouver eight months ago. The one with the sexy, shy, and sinfully bold smile and the sweetest, wettest mouth I ever tasted. The girl who blew my mind and then blew out of my life without giving me her number. 

Turns out she’s the captain’s little sister. 

And even though my career depends on it... I can’t stay away from her. 







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When I get home, I kick my Chucks into the corner by the closet and look around my empty apartment feeling at loose ends. I don’t trust myself with the replay of the game I just watched. I can’t handle seeing Vaughn Vassar looking at me like that again tonight. Not without risking things neither of us ought to risk.
Closing my eyes, I slowly lower myself to sit at the stepdown to the living area and try to focus on all the reasons leaving the bar was the right thing to do. Telling myself that kiss from this afternoon was a mistake, no matter how good it felt.
So good.
I could be back at the bar in—
Knock, knock, knock.
Sucking in a startled breath, I push to my feet. My heart speeds as that restless feeling in my belly turns into a kind of instinctual pull that draws me to the door.
I don’t have to check to know this isn’t my brother.
It’s not George looking to chat, or Helene showing up with snacks and office gossip.
Not tonight.
My fingers tingle as I reach for the knob, my heart races, and my mind empties of all the reasons this is a mistake. Of everything except the relief surging through my veins as I swing the door open. Vaughn is braced against the frame again. He’s lost the suit jacket, and his big arms are flexed and straining as he barely holds himself back.
“I shouldn’t be here,” he says, the words gravel rough and rubbing against me in ways that only make me want to hear more. “I don’t even have a fucking excuse to check on you.”
“But you came anyway,” I whisper, drinking him in.
“I came anyway.”
The muscle in his jaw jumps over and again as his silver eyes swirl with an intensity that matches the energy coming off him in waves. I shouldn’t be reaching for him, but I don’t think I could stop if I tried. I want this. I want him. My fingers curl into the gap between the buttons of his dress shirt and I tug.
There’s a beat of resistance when he pulls back and our eyes connect—and then he’s launching forward on a growl so savagely possessive, I feel it through the deepest part of me. That big arm I couldn't stop staring at sweeps around me as his mouth crashes against mine in a feral kiss. This isn’t tender or tentative. It’s desperate and hungry and has me half climbing his body before my shoulders hit the door he just swung shut with his foot.
Hands roaming over my thighs and ass, he alternates between gentle and desperate, stroking one second and gripping the next. Making me groan around the thrust of his tongue. Making me rock into that thick, steely ridge lodged between us.
“Allie, tell me this isn’t a mistake.”
I need more of his mouth, more of his kiss. More of his huge chest pressing hot and hard against my own so I can’t feel anything but him. “It’s not a mistake.”
It’s critical. Necessary.
It’s my first full breath in weeks, months. “We just—we just need to get it out of our system. That’s all.”
His nostrils flare, and his eyes burn over me as his hand tightens in my hair. “I don’t think—” But instead of finishing whatever he was going to say, he blows out a harsh breath and gives me a single nod.
And then I have it, the crush of his kiss.



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Hard core romantic, stress baker, and housekeeper non-extraordinaire. Mira Lyn Kelly is the USA TODAY bestselling author of more than a dozen sizzly love stories with over a million readers worldwide. Growing up in the Chicago area, she earned her degree in Fine Arts from Loyola University and met the love of her life while studying abroad in Rome, Italy… only to discover he’d been living right around the corner from her back home. Having spent her twenties working and playing in the Windy City, she’s now settled with her husband in Minnesota, where their four amazing children and two ridiculous dogs provide an excess of action and entertainment.



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This was an awesome story and very fun hockey sports romance. It stars Natalie/Allie and Vaughn and it begins 8 months before when V and A meet in Vancouver and have a hot night but she disappears until he sees her in a bar in Chicago where he has been temporarily traded to.

He discovers she is the sister of his team captain and the guy he loves to hate and the hate is mutual. But the two see each other again and cannot resist the other.

Natalie/Allie has never wanted to date a hockey player though she has a BIG crush on V. She wants her life to be hers and she knows with hockey players the sport always comes first. But V is supposed to  only be around for a small while before he is traded to Oregon. And so their Dirty Secret begins...

This was a super fun and romantic story. I absolutely loved every single character in this story and had a blast reading it. This book easily stands alone and was one of the funnest books I have read in awhile.

Chemistry by Tess Oliver






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Their chemistry inspired a generation. It's been nearly a decade, can the spark be revived?

Jameson and Kinsey were sizzling hot magic together on-screen in Forever Kisses nine years ago, but as their relationship continued off screen, the real drama began. With the paparazzi chasing them down for every stolen cup of coffee together and their entire relationship being broadcast through tabloid channels, the relationship quickly fell apart. Hearts were broken, harsh words were hurled and ugly rumors spread like wildfire through the silver screen world.

Forever Kisses was destined to become an instant cult classic, but Jameson's and Kinsey's careers weren't so lucky. The pair, who were once considered box office gold, were being whispered about as poison.

Now, they each need a box office hit, and Sawyer Croft, Forever Kisses' director, is convinced he has the perfect project. Will Jameson and Kinsey find that chemistry they once had or will this be the final piece of heartbreak, the end of the movie and quite possibly their careers?







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I stared out at the rowdy, spontaneous party going on around us, but all I could think about were his hands touching me, his arms holding me against him. So this was what Cassie meant when she said the rest of the world peeled away and the only things left were the two of us. It was as if nothing else existed at that moment, just Jameson and me, moving slowly around the dance floor. We were no longer moving to the rhythm of the music. We were just moving in unison, pressed closely against each other, dangerously close. Every part of me reacted to his touch. The strength of his arms, the warmth of his body, the scent of his soap, it was all so damn intoxicating I couldn't help but fantasize about Jameson taking my hand, pulling me back to his trailer to rip off my clothes and restart where we'd left off nine years ago. 






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This is a brand new author for me and it features a love triangle and  I HATE love triangles. I avoid them and had I known this book featured that I would not have read it. So if you hate love triangles, you have been warned.
 
Another feature of this story is that there is cheating and the male lead, Jamison, in the story is with someone else, Harlow, until 90% of the story. Yep 90%. I really liked Jamison and I really liked Kinsley, the female lead, alone as individual characters. But I HATED the cheating and I hated that this story is more about his relationship with his girlfriend and less about his relationship with Kinsley.
 
That said there were things I liked about the story. I LOVED watching them make a movie together and we get to read snippets of the novel to book that they turn into a movie and we also get to read the scenes as they acted them out in the movie. I liked the side characters as well like Shelby and Spencer, the director of the movie.
 
The plot follows two exes, Kinsley and Jamison who some ten years before were actors/tresses who fell in love while filming Spencer's first movie. But K thought J cheated and so she dumped him and they never had it out in ten years. This aspect of the story was kinda strange to me, but it was told as they were both 19 and so their youth was what they blamed it on.
 
Now ten years later they are in another movie and they need the chemistry they had ten years before to get their careers on track and so they are working together again.  
 
If you like a love triangle and cheating doesn't bother you and you are okay with them not being together until almost the very end, then go out and grab this story because you will love it. It is not the type of story I  enjoy but I did enjoy some aspects of the story and it was well written with a complicated storyline.
 
 

Saturday, October 19, 2019

The Royal Rogue By Karina Halle

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The Royal Rogue, a full-length contemporary standalone romance from New York Times bestselling author Karina Halle is Live!
 
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Every family has a black sheep – even the royal ones.

In the royal family of Denmark, that black sheep is me. To the public I’m known as Princess Stella, but I feel anything but royal. As a single mom, divorcee, social outcast, and forever forgotten about under the magnetism and power of my older brother, King Aksel, I’m used to being an outlier. Though it doesn’t matter when my whip-smart nine-year old daughter, Anya, is my whole world anyway.

Then that world of mine gets turned upside down.

I meet Prince Orlando of Monaco, whom the media has dubbed “The Royal Rogue” for many good reasons. I can’t stand that arrogant smirk on his face, the lewd words that leave his lips – pretty much everything about him. I especially can’t stand how infuriatingly sexy he is and how he manages to get under my skin like no one else.

It’s been a long time since a man could make me feel that way, so you can’t really blame me for throwing my willpower out the window and succumbing to a brief but torrid affair with him, full of hot, dirty sex and nothing else.

Until that nothing else turns into something more, in the form of a big surprise.
I thought I got that wicked royal rogue out of my system but there’s a link between us now that neither of us can ignore.
A baby.
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Thursday, October 17, 2019

The Second We Met - Fulton U #2 - by Maya Hughes




 



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Dear Jerk Across the Street, sorry for accidentally walking in on you and catching an eyeful of your—equipment. And hard pass on the open invitation to join you in the shower “anytime”, A-hole. 

That’s the note I should’ve written. Instead I sent a pleasant and apologetic version. 

Had I known Phoenix “Nix” Russo would’ve been the neighbor from hell, I’d have told him right where he could shove my words. 

Nix is the big man on campus with everyone lined up at his games to make sure he knows it. Sure, he’s got piercing green eyes, abs that don’t quit and a smile that could set fire to a set of panties from a hundred yards away, but he’s also the biggest pain in my ass.

Dear Pink-Haired Menace, learn how to take a joke and stop being such a kill-joy...

Elle Masterson called the cops on one of my parties—again. My sweet talking usually gets me out of trouble, but this time it got me into a nice pair of silver handcuffs. Now I’m on a reputation rehab tour with a stop at a spring break community service project. 

Guess who’s my new boss? 

Now we’re shoulder to shoulder, sweaty, tired and…she’s not anything like I expected. There might just be a heart under that hardass exterior. She’s invading my dreams and I can’t shake the feeling she’s the key to unlocking a piece of me that I’ve hidden away. 

It’s only a matter of time until she finds out why I’m really here.

Maybe I can break through her walls and into her heart before that happens...one screw at a time.







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“I’ve missed this,” he whispered against my lips. 
“Me too.” 
His fingers tightened around the hair at the base of my neck. Tilting my head to the side, he ran his lips over my skin, sending shivers down my spine. 
One second we were standing in the middle of the pitch-black room and the next the whole world tilted. I landed against Nix’s solid chest.
“Are you okay?” I tried to push myself up.
He tightened his hold around me. “The stress balls, sweatpants, and t-shirts cushioned my fall.”
“Thank you for today.” I peppered his jaw with kisses.
“Thank you for letting me do this for you.” The outline of his erection pressed against the front of my mound. Just one inch higher… 
He wrapped his hands around my waist and lifted me, perfecting the angle.
I shuddered and ground my hips against him. Someone walked by the door, but we didn’t stop—couldn’t stop.
His hands cupped my ass, dragging me harder against him. The texture of his jeans added extra sensation against my clit. I was on fire for him through two layers of clothes. 
My short gasps and his low groans were the only sounds in the room other than the fabric friction. 
“We should get back out there.” I raked my teeth along the side of his neck. 
“You’re probably right.” His hips shot up and I wanted to scream in frustration that he wasn’t inside me, but I didn’t want to break from the thrumming pleasure rushing all over my body. 
“In a second.” 
“In a minute.” His tongue danced with mine in time to the rhythm of our hips. Laughter rang out in the hallway behind the door, but I couldn’t stop. If someone came in, there wasn’t anything that would stop me from dry-humping Nix into next week.



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Maya Hughes has always loved romance novels. One look at her Kindle is confirmation. She started writing her first romance novel while pregnant with her third child and she hasn’t looked back. Now, her romance writing addiction has replaced her romance reading addiction.

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This is book 2 in the series Fulton U and star Elle and Nix. We have met Nix before but Elle is a new character. They have a big hate on for each other.

The story begins almost two years before where Nix makes Elle feel like the butt of his jokes and Nix kinda has a crush on her. The story then takes up 18 months later when they are still neighbors but she calls the cops on his parties a lot and she feels he is entitled football jerk.

Until he is told he needs to do something good and volunteer to build houses to fix his bad rep with the NFL as the football draft is coming. Nix actually looks like a jerk on paper but inside he actually is a sweetheart. While Elle looks like a doogooder, wild child with pink hair and an attitude to match. But inside she has dreams and she wants to win this award.

The two are forced to get to know each other as Elle is running the project Nix is volunteering at. And that's when the fun really begins. This is about them discovering each other and seeing beyond the doogooder and football star persona's they hide behind.

My personal feelings are I LOVED Nix , soooooo much. He was this awesome guy and Elle kinda hated him based on principal rather than anything he had done to her. The real issue with Elle is she has had experiences with love and doesn't feel that she deserves love and she has a hard time with trust.

This was a fun end of college romance with enemies who start to see that not always what you see on the outside is what is on the inside. I don't think it was as great as the first book in series but it definitely is a fun addition to the series and I cannot wait for Jules story.

Hearty - Ashton Family Series #4 - by Carrie Aarons (Evan Ashton and August Percy)

  ABOUT THE BOOK They say you can always go home again, but for August Percy, that didn't apply even when she had to live there until he...