5 Smooches!

Synopsis

Fisher,
I guess this is it, huh? After fourteen years together, starting a life of our own on this island, five deployments and countless letters I’ve written you through it all, I finally go out to the mailbox and see something I’ve always dreamed of: an envelope with your handwriting on it. For one moment, I actually thought you’d changed your mind, that all the awful things you said to me were just your way of coping after everything you’d been through. I was still here, Fisher. I was still here, holding my breath, waiting for you to come back even though you told me you never would. You always said you’d find your way back to me. Out of all the lies you’ve told me, this one hurts the most.

Enclosed you will find the signed divorce papers, as requested.
I hope you find what you’re looking for. I’m sorry it wasn’t me.

Lucy

To get the ending they want, Lucy and Fisher will have to go back to the beginning. Through the good and the bad, they’ll be reminded of why they always made their way back to each other, and why this time, one way or another, it will be the last time. 

Review

Seriously, I have a question for Ms. Tara Sivec!  Is there freaking anything that you cannot write?!  I have laughed my behind off at your funny books.  I have fallen in love with your Ignite Series.  But no one, and I mean NO ONE, quite prepared me for the sad and most beautiful story that is Fisher’s Light.

“You can never stop fighting for something you love and something you believe in.”

Fisher’s Light is a contemporary romance and is Fisher and Lucy’s story.  Their story spans over a decade.  Fisher and Lucy meet in high school, fall in love, and marry in their very early twenties.  5 deployments later and the PTSD that Fisher suffers from has finally gotten to be out of control.

‘I was punishing her for being so soft and sweet and beautiful when all I’d known for the last year was hard and awful and ugly.’

I feel like you should all get warned before hand that this book is definitely an ugly cry book.  I was merely 30% along laying in my bed trying to sob quietly into my comforter as to not wake my sleeping husband.  This is one of those books that immediately captures you from the very first page.

‘How do I get that back when the darkness is hell bent on taking over, holding me in its clutches and making sure I never see the sunshine again?’

The story skips back and forth between the present and past seamlessly.  You also get both Fisher and Lucy’s point of views, which was really pivotal to the story because I would find myself so very angry and feeling like I could never forgive Fisher and then I would get his point of view and all of a sudden I wanted to hold him, help him. and try to fix this broken man.

‘I have to make her leave so that I can never hurt her again.’

And Lucy.  Oh Lucy.  I just could not stop admiring this beautiful heroine’s strength and tenacity.  She is feisty, strong, and hell bent on succeeding on her own.  She is one of those female characters that makes you proud to be a woman.  She is all gorgeous and soft but still tough as nails.

‘I love him and I’m scared to death that he’ll break my heart all over again.”

I am finding this hard to explain but this really is a second chance romance.  Sort of.  Because you get to see adolescent Lucy and Fisher fall in love and then you get to see a totally different, older, more hardened by life, and wiser Fisher and Lucy find their way back to each other all over again.  I really do love these types of stories because you feel so astonishingly close to the characters.  Like you have known them forever.

I don’t know if it is because I am from South Carolina and have spent my fair share of time vacationing on the coast of the Carolina’s but I just adored this island, the people, and all of the imagery that Tara brought to the plate.  It felt so real and authentic; the fudge shop, the bar, Butler Inn, the softball games, and that beautiful lighthouse.  I can still see it in my minds eye.  Tara certainly painted a gorgeous picture of this small island that inhabits small town values.  I fell in love with it hard.  I can already tell that I will be thinking about Fisher’s Light for a long while.  It is just one of those amazing stories that stays with you.

‘I hope someday you find your way back here.  If you do, I’ll meet you at the lighthouse.’

~Amie

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4 Smooches

Synopsis

An up-and-coming MMA fighter wants more than just one night from a woman fleeing her past in New York Times bestselling author Lori Foster’s irresistible new novel

Heavyweight fighter Denver Lewis plays real nice, but he doesn’t share. That’s why he’s been avoiding top-notch flirt Cherry Peyton. But a man can only resist those lush curves for so long. Their encounter surpasses all his fantasies, bringing out protective urges that Cherry’s about to need more than she knows…

Denver’s combination of pure muscle and unexpected tenderness has been driving Cherry wild. Yet no sooner does she get what she’s been craving than old troubles show up on her doorstep. And this time, Cherry can’t hide behind a carefree facade. Because the man by her side is one who’ll fight like hell to keep her safe…if only she’ll trust him enough to let him…

Review

I was beyond excited to see a Lori Foster book on Netgalley. I immediately clicked request and since I had not yet read the first in the series I ran off to read No Limits. Can I just say I am so excited to be reading these books.

I am a HUGE fan of both Alpha Males and Fighter books so Holding Strong was right up my alley. Reading reviews I can say not everyone loves insta-love or the craziness that comes with an alpha male but for me personally these are selling points not deterrents.

Denver wants Cherry and after quickly getting down to business he decides that her flirty nature is not working and he will not share. Boy I love a take charge man! I mean I really do. But no worries because flirt or not she is only interested in Denver.

Lori Foster, as always, delivers a sex on a stick alpha who knows how to say things that just get me all hot and bothered! The story was intriguing and moved along fast. Lori’s writing keeps me intrigued and her fighters make me only want more. Now hurry up and bring on Armie

~miranda

4 Smooches

Synopsis

The second installment in the Only series. Must read book one first!!

First loves never die but Grayson Ford comes close. Bleeding out in a war zone, he barters with God. Bring him back alive, and he’ll make it right with his girl.

All I want is Emma. I need her, and I fight for her memory. A story. A smile. Anything. But it’s all blank .

Emma is not his girl anymore. Time has skipped by and life’s been hard. She strips to pay the bills, waitresses to fill the hours between classes and her third job. All while working to be the best mama she can be to the little girl who will never know her daddy. Even though Grayson abandoned her, she mourned his death. Until he calls, and everything she knew was wrong.

It’s him. The him that ruined my life. That made my life. That confused my mind to the point that I can’t figure out if I’ve been destroyed or set free. The him that… is… dead.

He’s back with one objective–Emma Kingsley–and she never sees it coming.

Review

“I begged God to let me make it right. To stay alive and see my girl.”

Only For Her is the second book in the Only Serial by Cristin Harber and cannot be a standalone. If you have not read the first book please do not read my review as it may have some spoilers for that book. Only for Her picks up three years after Only For Him has ended and a lot has changed.

“No one calls me Ems. No one but Grayson Ford. The boy I dream of, the man I dance for, the reason I’m still living, and the source of all my desperation.”

Emma has forgone a university for community college, a dance career for stripping on Wednesdays and her biggest sacrifice has been her youth and happiness to raise the daughter she had with Grayson that he never got to know about. Grayson Ford walked out of her life three years ago to join the military and now Emma has been told that he is dead and feels like her heart is breaking all over again. Gossip is often wrong and Emma finds that out the hard way when a supposedly dead Grayson calls her out of the blue. He is back and determined to fix what he messed up. But can they move past her secrets and his abandonment . . . only time will tell!

“I’ve changed, Army changed me. War changed me. Walking away from you . . . ruined me.”

Middle books in serials are often tough for me. We move past the initial excitement of a couple coming together but are not quiet at the HEA yet. However, Cristin does a wonderful job of keeping the excitement happening and the story evolving. Grayson has grown up to a sexy alpha of a man and he will not take no for an answer. He was the highlight of the story for me. Emma has changed and gone from a carefree girl living with a perfect family to a single mother struggling to get by. While I loved how she has evolved I would have like to see a bit more of her struggle, such as some time in the strip club she works at.

“One thing is clear: we’ve never been over.”

The Only series has me hooked. I cannot wait to see these two who have been through so much finally get their HEA. If you love serials and especially if you love New Adult you must give this a try!

~miranda

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