Thursday, April 23, 2020

Heartless King - Standalone book #5 in the Kings of Rittenhouse Series - by Maya Hughes




 


Blurb

Two blue lines. That means not pregnant, right? Right? Oh, sh*t.

Five years ago, Colm Frost asked me to marry him and I ran. I ran from my painful past too raw and fresh to escape. He was the only one who looked at me like I wasn’t broken and made me believe it. He made me feel it.

Now, he’s the hot, angry, hockey player on the mend. 

I’m the physiotherapist who’s supposed to get him back on his feet. 

I don’t think our night together was what his doctor prescribed, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t dreamt of him every time I close my eyes. I woke up beside him with my body still singing from the way he fanned the flames of my desire, but I couldn’t stay.

His lips on my neck. His hands wrapped around my waist. His impressive...ahem, touch leaving me breathless.

One moment of wild inhibition and it’s come back to bite me in the butt. Kind of like he did that night.

But a baby? Our night was supposed to be a one time thing, closing a door on the future I couldn’t handle. 

Will this new bump in the road be everything we needed to find our forever?

Heartless King is a standalone friends to enemies to lovers, accidental pregnancy romance that brings all the laugh out loud, angsty feels!







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Excerpt

The question had been running through my head all night: how could I get her to leave? But I didn’t want her to go. And now the maple syrup and cinnamon taste of her sent me hurtling close to the edge of my control. Those reserves were running on fumes. 
Everyone else had been run off by my anger or blinded by my money, but not her. If anything, she battled me, pushing me like she knew I needed it. She wouldn’t let me hide the splintered and cracked pieces of myself that I was barely holding together. 
She didn’t push me to talk, just slid in past my defenses and got me to say more than I should. 
“Do you want me to stop?” I ran my fingers through her hair, tugging on the roots. 
Her lips parted in a gasp and I deepened the kiss, needing to taste even more of her. She’d teased me, eating that French toast that smelled like a vanilla and cinnamon factory had exploded when it arrived at our table.
She stared into my eyes, heavy breaths shuddering past her lips. “Hell no.”






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Author Bio

Maya Hughes, that's me!, can often be found sneaking in another chapter while hiding in the bathroom from her kids! :-) I'm a romance writer who loves taking inspiration from everyday life, namely my husband and biggest fan. Inspiration also strikes when I hear a song, meet someone new or daydream while at soccer practice.

I love writing stories that capture the possibilities of the paths less travelled and enjoy experiencing life through my characters’ eyes.

I'm the mom of three little ones, the wife to an amazing husband and also work full time. Some of my favorite things are cupcakes, cinnamon rolls, white wine, laughing until I can't breathe, traveling with my family and Jeff Goldblum. 
This book is the last book in the series and it really brings the kings closer together. It also has lotsa angyst and my heart broke a few times for both Colm and Imogen. But it really brings this story full circle to that first book that started this series. The author did a wonderful job with this entire series.

The Kings of Rittenhouse is not really a stand alone series. Can each book be read without the others? Sure but you really need to read each book to see how events affect each character. This last book in the series more than the other doesn't stand alone as we get to see how Colm and Olivia's relationship has changed and how things come around. We also learn how Imogen's past has really affected her future and her relationship with Colm.

In this story Colm is knocked down. He has had two injuries and he is feeling very badly about life and hockey and his past with Imogen, as well as how betrayed he feels by his best friend getting together with his beloved sister that occurred in the pervious book. He has a very tragic life so he understands where Imogen is coming from.

Imogen lost her boyfriend 5 years before and she is still living in the past. To some degree I felt that she needed to move on and grow up a little more. She really needed counseling in my opinion. She has also had a very tragic life so to some degree, her and Colm really understand each other like no one else. I loved her character on one hand but at times I wanted her to just move on and to some degree she clings to her past.
I loved how Jules and Avery were used in the book to tie the authors two series together. While this is the last book in the Kings series I hope we get to see these guys in future series.



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