The Closer You Come by Gena Showalter Review

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4.5 Smooches!

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Synopsis

New York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter introduces the Original Heartbreakers, where three not-quite-reformed bad boys are about to meet the women who will bring them to their knees.

Just released from prison, Jase Hollister has only one goal: stay out of trouble. Strawberry Valley, Oklahoma, sounds like the perfect place for him and his two brothers-by-circumstance to settle down and live a nice, simple life. Model citizen isn’t exactly this rugged bachelor’s default setting—especially when it comes to a certain hot-blooded Southern beauty—but he’s determined to play by the rules.

Brook Lynn Dillon has always been the responsible type. Not that it’s done her much good. The down-on-her-luck waitress is broke, single and wouldn’t know fun if it bit her. Or so she thinks. Jase makes bad look oh, so good. Dangerous, sexy and tempting as sin, he is everything she never knew she wanted. Passion sizzles between them, but is it enough to melt his resistance? After all, the right kind of trouble might be just what he needs…

Review

Gosh, I really do love me a Gena Showalter book.  They are hilarious, fun, action packed, and always have a feisty and sassy heroine.  The Closer You Come did not disappoint.  It had everything I love about Gena’s books!

Long after finishing this book I am still laughing about the way that Jase and Brook Lynn met.  Seriously, nothing is better than meeting a hot man after he has sexed up your crazy irresponsible sister and then proceeding to cat fight with her the most childish of ways on his bedroom floor!

“Did you come here hoping to be spanked?”

And that is main reason Brook Lynn tries to keep her distance from Jase.  Her sister has already had Jase and wants him again.  But Brook Lynn cannot seem to stop herself when it comes to this aloof, gruff, and sexy man.

“I can’t believe this!  I’m such a mouth-slut.”

Jase is keeping secrets about his past and Brook Lynn is trying to stop herself from being a mouth-slut.  These two trying to deny their attraction were just too funny; drunkin text, zombies, and all.

“Jase, I need you to stop trying to place the blame on my delicate flower showers and come find me.  This is a 911 sexergency.  You have me more frustrated than a zombie at a salad bar.  Fix it!”

Really, though, the hilarity of the this book was a side dish to the really sweet romance brewing between these two people who so obviously NEED each other.  Brook Lynn and Jase’s story is a gorgeous, flirty, fun, and action packed romance that I could not put down.  This is a 4.5 stars for me only because I may love Gena’s paranormal books just a smidgen more but I do have to say this book really sets up future books in this series marvelously and I am dying for the next one.  I have feeling these books are just going to get better and better!

~Amie

 

 

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Accidental Alpha by Laurel Ulen Curtis Review Tour and Giveaway

 Title: Accidental Alpha (A is for Alpha Male, #3)

Genre: Adult Contemporary Romance/Romantic Comedy

Release Date: March 15, 2015

Blurb: 

Fifteen seconds to remember everything.

Already an impossible task, the encroaching haze made it tougher.

Fifteen years spent making it on my own. Fourteen days of freedom. Thirteen years since my parents died. Twelve nights of heaven. Eleven Ten Nine Eight Seven Six Five Four people who’d give anything. Three tries to get it right. Two hearts to mend. One chance in sight.

Nearly fifty years of evidence had me willing to wager no one had ever laughed or cried harder than I had.

But this story wasn’t just mine. It was ours.

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About the Author: Laurel Ulen Curtis is a 28 year old mother of one. She lives with her husband and son (and cat!) in New Jersey, but grew up all over the United States. She graduated from Rutgers University in 2009 with a Bachelor of Science in Meteorology, and puts that to almost no use other than forecasting for her friends and writing a storm chasing heroine! She has a passion for her family, laughing, and reading and writing Romance novels. She’s also addicted to Coke. The drink, not the drug. LAUREL’S SOCIAL MEDIA: http://www.facebook.com/laurelulencurtis http://Laurelulencurtis.blogspot.com www.twitter.com/LUCurtisAuthor www.pinterest.com/Laurelcurtis/ https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6912103.Laurel_Ulen_Curtis

 

Accidental Alpha by Laurel Ulen Curtis Review

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Synopsis

Fifteen seconds to remember everything. 

Already an impossible task, the encroaching haze made it tougher.

Fifteen years spent making it on my own.
Fourteen days of freedom.
Thirteen years since my parents died.
Twelve nights of heaven.
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Ten
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Eight
Seven
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Five
Four people who’d give anything.
Three tries to get it right.
Two hearts to mend.
One chance in sight.

Nearly fifty years of evidence had me willing to wager no one had ever laughed or cried harder than I had.

But this story wasn’t just mine.
It was ours.

Review

 EEEK!  I cannot tell you how I have been waiting for Allison’s book.  My mother and I both read this series and we have a relationship much like Allison and Haley and we have both been jonesing for Allison’s HEA so hard.  I am happy to report that I was not disappointed at all with Accidental Alpha.

I definitely recommend that you at least A is for Alpha Male before you start this book but even better that you read Secret Alpha too.  I recommend this because starting Accidental Alpha just felt like coming home.  I missed this cast of ridiculously funny characters and was immediately drawn in by their engaging banter and sweet love for each other.  The book starts off with Allison getting some devastating news and Wade dropping in for an unexpected visit.

“This is two times now that you’ve passed out at the sight of me.  Do it a third time and I might start to get offended.”

You do not get much of Wade’s personality in the previous books but boy did I grow to love him in this one and Allison still totally has the hots for this Tim Mcgraw look-a-like.

“Stupid big penis, mocking me despite my despair.”

It is so easy to fall in love with Wade this go around.  You can tell right away that he is good for Allison and that she really needs him in her life at this point in time.  They both have their reservations, after all they have both loved hard and lost but their attraction is a hard one to deny.

“What if I stayed on this road, kept driving and chasing the love she had to offer, and the sun of her life set before I could get there?” 

Their struggle to come together comes with a vacation cruise, crazy antics from their children (which I so enjoyed) and the a very big health scare.

One of my favorite things about this series is the relationship between Allison and Haley.  I sure did miss their ridiculousness.  It definitely reminds me of my mother and mine’s relationship and these two fool ladies had me in stiches laughing.

“You pickled his cucumber!”

And Wade and Danny’s relationship was super sweet, touching, and quite hilarious too.  But Wade was really the star of this book for me.  He was so unexpected.  So sweet, kind, nurturing, and loving right when Allison needs all that so badly.

“Then why are you starting at me like that?”

“Because I can’t look away.”

Now, don’t get me wrong.  Wade may be a total sweetheart but he sure knows how to go all alpha and give a good ass-smack in the bedroom.  😉

I loved this book so much.  It made me laugh.  It made me cry.  And then it made me laugh harder.  My favorite of the series, yet!  Oh and I cannot wait for Hunter’s story!  Soon, please, Laurel!~Amie

Two broken hearts to mend.

One chance in sight. 

Her and I together, we finally got it right.

~Amie

 

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Sail by M. Mabie Release Blitz

Sail

Book Two in The Wake Series

by M. Mabie

Release Blitz March 31st

Synopsis:

This isn’t just a two-year long one-night stand. It’s my life.

This is my life. Our life. It isn’t just some careless affair.

I’ve made the worst decisions a woman could, but I’ll earn my second chance.

She can try keeping all the guilt for herself, but I’m just as much to blame.

Loving Casey wasn’t my biggest mistake. Fighting it for so long was.

I’ll show her how fearless our love makes me. I’ll protect her torn heart.

He still has magic in his eyes. He’s the man who makes me happy.

Her voice still brings me to my knees. She says my name like it’s sacred.

I live for the day when I’m his. To take care of him. To love him the way he deserves.

I can’t wait to be all she needs. I can give her a happy life, security and so much love.

Sometimes two ships never meet in the night, but ours did.

Sometimes the water is rough. It beats you all to hell until you have no choice but get stronger.

Our love story reads more like a tragedy, but to me it’s clean and pure.

Let them point their fingers. Without a love like ours, they haven’t really lived. I pity them.

I’m a cheating wife and a villain. I am his honeybee.

I’m a snake in the grass and I sleep best when I’m lying next to his wife.

I want to be his everything.

I’m nothing without her anyway.

This isn’t even close to over.

It’ll never be over.

Sail is the second book in the continuing Wake Series. For more information on the first book in the series see the link for Bait below.

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 Synopsis

He was trouble from the start, but I couldn’t resist.

She was the best kind of trouble. The kind that was so wrong, it felt right.

I’ve tried and failed to stay away from him.

I’ve done everything in my power to make her mine and keep her.

He’s almost impossible to say no to.

She never tells me yes.

We’re always fighting.

When we’re not fighting, we’re… well… making up.

He makes me laugh so hard.

I miss her laugh the most.

I’m a liar.

She knows the truth, but won’t admit it.

Sometimes, I wish I’d never met him.

I wish we could meet all over again. I’d do better.

His sweet girlfriend knows.

The guy she’s with is a fool.

I’ll never love anyone like I love him.

She doesn’t love me enough to choose us.

It was the wrong place.

It was the wrong time.

It should have been him.

It will always be her.

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Mending Heartstrings by Felicia Lynn Blog Tour

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**BLOG TOUR**

March 23- April 6th

Mending Heartstrings by Felicia Lynn

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Mending Heartstrings Synopsis:

Just when life seems to be manageable, you’re thrown radically off course by “the one”. “The one” you weren’t expecting. “The one” who single handedly
holds the key to the tattered and rusted lock to the walls surrounding your heart. Letting her into your protected sanctuary will only serve one purpose,
intentional infliction of pain and heartache.

Jon is a man on a mission with only one agenda, to survive…to survive his past, and avoid letting his future be consumed by his history. It’s all really
simple, until she walks into his world and turns it, on its axis. She makes him yearn for things he never wanted, or at least didn’t realize he ever would.
Now his dreams and writings are consumed with the fantasy that this girl could change everything. But deep down he knows she deserves better. Better than
him. Better than anyone he’s ever met.

He’s the lead guitarist for Garrett McKenna’s band. His life consists of touring, studio time, and writing music. That’s it. Staying healthy means keeping
his routine, which has been easy enough until this little effervescent beauty rocks his world. Now he’s left questioning everything and doing some soul
searching to decide if he’s equipped to give what he knows she needs and deserves.

Whitney avoids love at all costs. She’s not scared of it. She’s too strong to be that weak. She refuses to allow herself to lose her mind over another
person, when there’s a high probability of getting her heart broken. She’s witnessed it more times than she can count, and she’s less than interested in
taking the gamble.

Her strong will has served her well in life. Very few people know her secrets. She prefers to keep it that way. Her friends and family own her heart and
deep devotion. She could easily do without the rest of the population but plays nice so she doesn’t appear to be the major bitch she knows she is on the
inside.

Everything in her life makes sense. Her life is filled with more love and laughter than most will ever see, and it feels complete to her. She’s simply
satisfied…until him.

He complicates things. His life isn’t something she understands or is willing to try to figure out. But she can’t keep her mind from wandering to the
scruff faced, gorgeous guitarist, no matter how hard she tries.

He’s everything she’s never wanted, yet her heart is telling her differently. She fears she’s diving headfirst off the cliff of heartache. She’ll never
recover from her brief no-strings weekend with this man. If she opens her heart it will be “the end”… no matter what. The question is what kind of ending
will it be? Not all fairy tales have the happily ever after.

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Tied Up In Heartstrings Synopsis

Tragedy ripped the security from her life. Left a single mother, Alexis’s fear of loss insulates her from the rest of the world. Her best friends from
college and close family are the only people she keeps close.

A man from her past has always been in love with Alexis. He’s never met anyone that measures up to her. Garrett is a musician, who never really imagined
he’d have the fame and fortune that he’s found. But, even with that, what he’s always wanted is out of reach… or is it?

When Garrett and Alexis meet up by chance a relationship begins. Neither expected what happens. She can’t be sure she’s ready for the complications a
relationship brings. He will have to work overtime to win her heart without any assurances it will be successful.

Alexis is learning about life without Jed, and is feeling more secure with parenting on her own. Garrett appreciates his fans and is enjoying his life on
the road but misses having a private life. The lives they have built separately leave little room for a budding relationship, but their hearts won’t take
that into consideration.

Will the cards they’ve been dealt get in the way of a love that is meant to be? Is love enough to overcome loss and heartbreak? Can they accept all that
the other is, without feeling like they are living in the shadow of their former lives?

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The List Synopsis

In Matthews, North Carolina, where everyone knows everyone, there’s a minefield of hidden secrets and cover-ups. When Kip’s opportunity to avenge those who
have been wronged approaches, he contemplates revenge. For Kip, removing the people who’ve caused harm to those he loves is a mission of service. With the
time limit on Kip’s future quickly approaching, sacrifices must be made to make sure the guilty parties pay. But will his conscience get in the way? Can a
man who lives life so passionately ever be a murderer?

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Felicia Lynn, author of Tied Up In Heartstrings, is a transplanted Florida girl, born and raised, who lives just north of Atlanta, GA. She spends most of
her days holed up in a cozy chair with a cup of tea and her laptop, writing about the characters that live in her head. When she’s not writing you’ll find
her hanging out with her family and friends! She loves reading, taking long walks, chatting with her Facebook family, and listening to music, especially
live music. A self-declared lover of all things baseball, she is obsessed with every aspect of the game!!!

Felicia writes contemporary romance, because love stories make people happy. Even in the midst of anguish and turmoil, true love can turn life around, and
the process is beautiful. Most of Felicia’s stories are based on real life experiences, which she embellishes to tell a story. Mending Heartstrings, the
second in the Heartstrings series, will be releasing shortly. She also recently co-wrote a mystery/suspense book titled The List with professional poker
player, Chris Bell. Look for more to come from those two as well.

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Author: L. A. Fiore

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Cover Designer: Laura Klynstra

Release Date: July 7, 2015

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Teagan Harper is barely ten years old when she finds herself orphaned and sent away to live at Raven’s Peak, a Gothic estate on the seaside cliffs of Maine. Soon, though, her heartache and loneliness are tempered by a blossoming friendship with the only other child living at Raven’s Peak: Kane Doyle, only two years older than Teagan and abandoned by his mother. Over the years, the pair grows inseparable. First they’re pranksters and confidants, but eventually their feelings change, and best friends turn into soul mates. On the cusp of Teagan’s departure for a university in Boston, they share a glimpse into their happily-ever-after and make promises of forever.

But Teagan and Kane’s engagement and dreams of the future are shattered when Teagan returns home to find Kane gone from Raven’s Peak—and living with someone new. Devastated and heartbroken, Teagan cuts ties with her beloved adoptive home and tries to move on with her life. But years later, when the shocking truth behind Kane’s betrayal comes to light, Teagan must decide whether to embrace her new life and let go of her past once and for all, or fight for her dream life with the only man she’s ever wanted.

 

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Synopsis:

Saffron Mills has lived all of her almost thirty years in Harrington, Maine—a small town where fishing is plenty, but available men are far too few. Yet it’s not just her dating dry spell that draws her to recent arrival Logan MacGowan. Tall, dark, and handsome, with emerald-green eyes and an impossibly hot body, Logan is a gorgeous enigma whose silence she takes for indifference…until one unforgettable chance meeting, when pent-up attraction ignites into the most intense encounter of her life.

 

In this quiet, quirky town, no one knows that Logan’s alter ego is famous sculptor and tabloid darling David Cambre. In New York, he had all the wrong kind of attention, but in Harrington, he’s found peace, privacy…and Saffron. She’s witty, forthright, and so much sexier and stronger than she knows. But how do you protect the love you’ve been waiting for when your own lifestyle could be destined to rip it apart?

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Jake Understood by Penelope Ward Review Tour

Jake Understood

by Penelope Ward

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From the New York Times bestselling author of Jake Undone, comes a full-length standalone companion novel and sequel.

A different side to the story: Jake’s side.

“We’re getting a new roommate,” they said.

I thought nothing of it…until she walked in the door. Her hand trembled in mine as she looked at me with fearful eyes. My entire world spun on its axis.

Nina…

It was a mismatch made in heaven: innocent girl from the boonies moves in with tattooed, pierced, badboy engineer.

I came up with a bet, a plan to tutor her in math and coach her through her phobias. What I wasn’t betting on was becoming addicted to her.

But I was living a double life on weekends, and once she found out about it, she’d be gone.

I had to protect myself and that meant one thing: I couldn’t fall in love.

In Jake Understood, pivotal scenes from Jake Undone are retold from Jake’s point of view combined with all-new material from both the past and present time where Jake Undone left off. It can stand alone but if both books are read, should follow Jake Undone. Contains graphic sexual content and harsh language. It is only appropriate for adult readers age 18+.

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Penelope Ward is a New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal Bestselling author.

She grew up in Boston with five older brothers. She spent most of her twenties as a television news anchor, before switching to a more family friendly career.

Penelope lives for reading books in the new adult genre, coffee and hanging out with her friends and family on weekends.

She is the proud mother of a beautiful 10-year-old girl with autism (the inspiration for the character Callie in Gemini) and a 8-year-old boy, both of whom are the lights of her life.

Penelope, her husband and kids reside in Rhode Island.

She is currently working on her fifth novel and loves friend requests from readers!

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From the New York Times bestselling author of Jake Undone, comes a full-length standalone companion novel and sequel.

A different side to the story: Jake’s side.

“We’re getting a new roommate,” they said.

I thought nothing of it…until she walked in the door. Her hand trembled in mine as she looked at me with fearful eyes. My entire world spun on its axis.

Nina…

It was a mismatch made in heaven: innocent girl from the boonies moves in with tattooed, pierced, badboy engineer.

I came up with a bet, a plan to tutor her in math and coach her through her phobias. What I wasn’t betting on was becoming addicted to her.

But I was living a double life on weekends, and once she found out about it, she’d be gone.

I had to protect myself and that meant one thing: I couldn’t fall in love.

In Jake Understood, pivotal scenes from Jake Undone are retold from Jake’s point of view combined with all-new material from both the past and present time where Jake Undone left off. It can stand alone but if both books are read, should follow Jake Undone. Contains graphic sexual content and harsh language. It is only appropriate for adult readers age 18+.

Review

“Some of the most beautiful things are those we can only enjoy from afar. The unattainability makes the attraction more intense.”

Jake Understood is a companion novel to Jake Undone and while it can be read as a stand-alone I completely recommend reading Jake Undone first. Jake Understood starts off in the present and goes back and forth between giving us glimpses into Jake and Nina’s life now and seeing how everything came to fruition in the past, all from Jake’s point of view.

“What a damn shame that no one had ever pleasured her. It made me angry, but in a twisted way, it invigorated me.”

I desperately love Jake, I loved him in Jake Undone and I am completely head over heels for him in Jake Understood. Penelope takes your quintessential tattooed “bad boy” and shows us his heart and allows us to watch him fall in love, real love, for the first time. Jake is everything, EVERYTHING, I need in a man. Kind and witty while being demanding and responsible. He makes my heart melt and my panties disintegrate.

“I can assure you, there’s nothing gentle about the way I want to fuck you.”

While a good portion of the story is similar and overlaps that of Jake Undone you do get inside Jakes head in those moments, especially those early moments that were oh so confusing for Nina, filled with mixed signals and intense passion that was not acted on. Seeing him struggle with it too gave a new dimension to the story. The best parts of the book for me were hearing about their lives in the many years that have past since Jake Undone ended as well as catching up on some of our favorite of Peneope’s characters (Mitch, Skylar, Allison and Cedric) as well as Ivy who I can’t say I love but also can’t say I hate. Once again Penelope delivered a book I could not put down and reminded me why she is one author I will always one-click.

 

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His Only Wife by Melissa Brown Blog Tour

 

 

 


HIS ONLY WIFE

by Melissa Brown

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I didn’t think I’d ever want to devote my life to someone. That is, until Brin.

I was twenty-six years old the day she entered my life, just when I’d given up hope, just when I’d given up completely on having any shred of happiness in my pathetic excuse for a life. After years of indecision, self destruction and soul-searching, she found me.

Brinley challenged everything I thought I knew. She proved that goodness could still come from that hellish compound. Goodness, bravery and love. She changed everything the moment she knocked on the door of my apartment, acting as brave as a lion, even though she was shaking like a terrified mouse stuck in my trap.

And now, three years later, I want her as my wife. My only wife. Till death do us part.

Just us.

And I’ve never wanted anything more.

 

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Brinley’s POV

Our first summer living together in Porter’s house, he introduced me to drive-in movies. Well, he introduced me to a bunch of things I’d never experienced before: movie theaters, miniature golf, rock climbing, fast food drive-throughs. and picnics in the field near our house. But my favorite, by far, was the drive-in movie theater.

I’ll never forget that first night when Porter introduced me to the concept. I was new to living in the outside world. Movies and television, on the whole, were still new to me, but the idea of watching a movie outside was almost impossible to imagine.

When we’d first arrived, I hadn’t been sure what to expect. The drive-in was out in the middle of nowhere, next to a shallow canyon. Dust flew inside the cab of Porter’s truck as we approached the ticket taker. The booth was rusted and painted an odd pistachio green. I eyed Porter, wondering just how long the drive-in had been in business. If the dilapidated state of the booth was any indication, it had been quite a while.

“It’s vintage.” He laughed as he pulled the truck away from the booth and approached the enormous movie screen.

“Kinda like me?” I teased, looking down at my modest outfit. Until recently, I’d only worn old-fashioned clothes and my hair in a long blond braid down my back.

“Nah, you’re classic, Brin. Classic.”

They were playing a marathon of old movies, the black-and-white kind. Honestly, I didn’t really understand the difference all that much until Porter explained that Clark Gable’s expressions and slang in It Happened One Night no longer translated in the modern world. I was captivated by the actor’s handsome, debonair onscreen persona. And I was equally fascinated by the hairstyles and costumes of his leading lady—the glamour of the actress, her perfectly made-up face and flawless skin. But most of all, I was entranced by the entire experience of watching a movie on a larger-than-life screen all from the bed of Porter’s truck, salt and butter from the freshly made popcorn lingering on my fingers.

The stars were bright above us as we lay in the bed of the truck. Fleece blankets softened the unyielding metal beneath us, and pillows cradled us comfortably as we lounged. Candy of all kinds and giant convenience-store sodas kept our bellies full and satisfied as we snuggled up together, my legs draped over his, and his arm resting comfortably beneath the small of my back.

In a word, it was heavenly. And I don’t take that word lightly.

“That was romantic,” I said with a yawn on our drive back to the house.

Porter laughed. “You think so? Even though the place is falling apart?”

The wind blew through my hair and I nodded. “Yes. Thank you for taking me.” I slid closer to him and he wrapped his arm around me, placing a kiss on the top of my head.

“I love introducing you to stuff like this. Your expressions make it totally worth it.”

That comment made me self-conscious, knowing that in the grand scheme of things, I was still quite a fish out of water. I fidgeted with my hair and shifted in my seat. “I must look ridiculous.”

“Never,” he insisted, his voice serious. “It’s sweet. It’s like this look of wonder, ya know? You’re experiencing so many things for the first time, and I get to be there for it. Makes me feel really lucky.”

My nose had wrinkled in disbelief. “Really? Lucky?”

Porter had kissed my head again. “Every single day.”

It’s amazing that you can live somewhere for twenty-two years and never feel like you fit in, like you’re home. That night in his truck, I’d known I was finally home. Porter was the home I’d dreamed about for years.

 

Melissa Brown was born and raised in the suburbs of Chicago. She attended the University of Illinois and is the mother of two fantastic kids. She’s an avid reader who enjoys making handmade gifts for her family and friends, as well as baking and painting. Melissa has an unhealthy obsession with pop culture. She speaks fluent movie quotes from the 1980s (John Hughes = genius), reads celebrity gossip magazines and never misses an episode of Scandal. She enjoys writing contemporary romance, romantic suspense and young adult novels.

All of Melissa’s books are currently available exclusively through Amazon.com and are part of the Kindle Unlimited Program.

His Only Wife by Melissa Brown Review

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4.5 SMOOCHES

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Synopsis

I didn’t think I’d ever want to devote my life to someone. That is, until Brin.

I was twenty-six years old the day she entered my life, just when I’d given up hope, just when I’d given up completely on having any shred of happiness in my pathetic excuse for a life. After years of indecision, self destruction and soul-searching, she found me.

Brinley challenged everything I thought I knew. She proved that goodness could still come from that hellish compound. Goodness, bravery and love. She changed everything the moment she knocked on the door of my apartment, acting as brave as a lion, even though she was shaking like a terrified mouse stuck in my trap.

And now, three years later, I want her as my wife. My only wife. Till death do us part.

Just us.

And I’ve never wanted anything more.

Review

“And now, three years later, I’ve never wanted anything more than I want her as my wife. Till death do us part. Just us. My only wife.”

His Only Wife is a romantic and charming novella that allows us a glimpse into Brin and Porter’s life three years after Wife Number Seven Ended.  The entire store is short and can easily be read in one sitting and while overall you will be left feeling giddy and happy for them, there is also plenty of emotion and a dash of drama mixed in too.

“Guys like me didn’t end up with girls like Brin. It just didn’t happen.”

One of the best things to come out of His Only Wife is the insight into Porter’s mind and seeing how his upbringing help to push him into the world of drugs and bad choices that Brin saved him from. My heart ached for Porter and the way he was simply cast aside by his family long before he ever made the decision to leave the compound. He was just a child desperate for approval and love and in many ways these are still the things he desires most in life.

” I want to stand in front of God, if he exists. I want to stand in front of the people we love and proclaim my undying love to you. I want to be bound to you for eternity.”

Brin has grown so much in her three years since leaving her life behind to be free with Porter. But in so many ways her former life is still tainting her existence. She is too scared of repeating her mistakes of the past to fully move forward. But the one thing she knows is that she loves Porter and will be by his side through anything, even when he devastatingly test that theory.

“I swear you have special powers.” “Making you come is not a special power, babe. But it’s my favorite thing in the world.”

The entire novella is a beautiful mix of captivating story telling mixed with lighthearted fun and sweetness.  I thoroughly enjoyed this quick peek into where Porter and Brin are and where their lives are taking them.

“I am a risk, always have been.” “You’re a risk I want to take for the rest of my life, Porter Hammond.”

~miranda

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