5 SMOOCHES
Synopsis
The Connections series continues with this spin-off novel.
He didn’t think, he didn’t question—he just acted.
What she wanted, she took—without regard.
It was only one night, but it changed everything.
After losing his fiancée, Ben Covington is unsure he’ll ever love again. But when he sees Bell Wilde, he’s so deeply drawn to her, that he’s thrown for a loop. Maybe it’s purely sexual chemistry that’s igniting this spark between them…or maybe it’s his second chance at love.
Bell has just gotten her life back on track and may not be up for the challenge of Ben Covington. But once they’re reunited, there’s no holding back—even if a secret from Bell’s past just might shatter them both
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Review
“I Cursed that ability after the night I spent with him, Cursed him for everything, but especially for leaving an impact on my soul that felt as if it would last forever.”
After reading Blurred I was not sure what to expect going into this book. I knew that I would like it because I have yet not to like a book by Kim but I never expected to fall in love with it or with Ben and Bell. I can honestly tell you that Ben stole my heart and I am head over heals in love with him. We saw in Blurred that after a downward spiral he got his life on track and was determined to be a better person. But a chance encounter with Bell and seven months of celibacy turned him into a sex crazed exhibitionist and Bell was right on par with him. These two are HOT right from the beginning and I loved the role playing so much.
Bell has been wrapped up in Ben since their first encounter in college when he cheated on Dahlia with her and she knows that he has the ability like no other man to completely break her. This puts her on guard and after realizing that she cannot stay away from him she quickly decides a sex only rule should be in place and that they must keep all of this a secret (this is what happened when his ex-fiancé is married to her brother) This starts the book out on a very sexy note but before long feelings develop and to keep her heart safe they go from sex only to friends only and Ben is determined to stay in her life in whatever role she wants for him and to prove that he has grown and is a better man.
“I am, as always, completely under the spell that is Ben Covington.”
Starting out this book felt very sexy and fun but I should have known with a past like Ben and Bell’s that it would take a serious and dramatic turn. I was riveted and could not stop. I do not think I have rooted this hard for a couple to move past their insecurities and stop holding everything in as much as I was with them. So much happened in this book that I was never expecting and this book solidified that my feelings about Ben and Bell from the earlier books in the series have completely changed. I went from really not liking them and not being excited about reading their story to loving them and actually wishing I could read more.
“I’ve told you I’m jealous as fuck, haven’t I?” She nods, biting her lip with an amused smile on her face. “Have I told you that turns me on?”
Now for my quick warning, Ben and Bell have not always made good decisions and while this book is not about cheating these two have cheated in the past and a lot of the book deals with the fall out from that so if that is not a topic for you just be warned. That being said this book is about redemption and proving that one person or a couple are not defined by the choices of their past. As people we are evolving and always growing and nothing proves that more than coming to meet a more than Ben and Bell!
~miranda
