The Dare by Rachel Van Dyken Excerpt Reveal

The Dare

Book 3 in The Bet Series

by Rachel Van Dyken

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From #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Rachel Van Dyken, comes the third and final book in the New York Time’s Bestselling Bet Series…

Boring Beth Lynn has always lived up to her nickname… until she wakes up in a hotel bed next to a sexy as sin state senator she re-connected with at a wedding the previous night.

The biggest problem? She can’t seem to remember anything about the night before except for crying into a box of cookies, and she’s pretty sure Grandma Nadine slipped something in her drink. And what should have been a one night stand turns into a six day adventure when Grandma whisks them off to Hawaii to save them from the ensuing media firestorm.

Jace isn’t looking for commitment — he believes he made that clear when he left the wedding with Beth. Then again, he can’t remember much of anything other than the way her skin felt beneath his hands. Now he’s stuck with her at some lame couple’s retreat and trying his hardest to fight the attraction only a woman like Beth could invoke.

He doesn’t think it can get any worse.

But one spider attack… A donkey ride from hell… And an unfortunate episode with Viagra tea — and there’s one thing Jace knows for sure: He should never have agreed to Grandma Nadine’s suggestion in the first place.

Because if this isn’t paradise, and it isn’t a vacation — that only leaves one option.

Survival.

But to make it through alive… they might lose their hearts in the process.

(Romantic Comedy, Friends to lovers, Vacation Romance, New Adult Romance, Funny Stand Alone, Bargain Books, Humorous Romance)

 

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“Beth!” Jace knocked on the door. “If you’re done freaking out, we need to go.” “Right.” I wiped my wet cheeks and clenched the dress in my hands. It wasn’t magic. If anything, it was just a reminder that I was exactly where I’d been when I’d graduated in 2000. A loser. A loser with a small rack who preferred math and science to Facebook. “Beth, I’m serious. It’s not looking good.” “Keep your pants on!” I yelled, irritated that he was making me hurry. With a curse, I pulled on the dress, put my wet hair in a quick pony tail, and opened the bathroom door. “What’s the big hurry?” Jace held up his phone. It said Grandma Nadine. “Hello!” a loud voice yelled. “Jace! Beth! Hurry! Grandma has this all figured out.” “Famous last words.” Jace nodded. “But we have no choice.” “No choice?” I repeated. “What? Is the mafia after us or
something?” “Worse.” “I highly doubt that.” “Look.” He pointed to the TV. Reporters were in front of a hotel, looking excited as hell. “The news?” I asked. “Why is that worse than—” “Special reports say the senator took a prostitute back to his room at midnight last night and has yet to check out! Which raises the question, has the senator truly put his murky past behind him? Sources close to the senator’s ex-fiancée say the cheating scandal from two years ago nearly destroyed him. One more scandal won’t bode well for the youngest senator in state history. Could a trust issue in his personal life have a reflection on his public one?” “That’s enough.” I grabbed the remote from Jace’s frozen hand and threw it onto the bed. Great. So not only had I lost my virginity to a politician, but now I was a prostitute. I reached for his cell phone and growled into it. “We’ll have words later.” Grandma snorted. “But get us out of here first.” “Say the magic words.” “Uh, please?” I nudged Jace out of his paralyzed state. “Not those words.” I closed my eyes and allowed visions of my calm and sterile office to bring back the peace into my body. That didn’t work. I needed to think about Vampire Diaries. Damon Salvatore. Damon Salvatore. Damon Salvatore. And happy place found! “I can’t read minds. What words do you want me to say?” Grandma chuckled. “Why, thank you, of course!” “For?” “How was he?” She giggled like a school girl. “Men with power seem to have a special type of—” “Thank you!” I all but shouted. “Now get us out of here.” “Roger.” The phone went dead. I looked to Jace for help, but he seemed to be fighting a losing battle with his tie as he tried to pull it from his neck. “Stop.” I swatted his hands away. “You’re going to hang yourself if you keep doing that.” He shrugged. “What?” I loosened the tie. “No snappy retort?”
“Not feeling snappy,” he said dryly. I slapped him. I never said I was good with emotions. “What the hell was that for?” “Singing Katy Perry.” I grinned. “Now snap to it, Mr. Senator. We’ve gotta make it out of this hotel without that skinny bitch reporting it on the evening news.” “Grandma?” “The reporter.” “You understand my confusion,” he added, just as someone knocked on the door. “Stay here.” “It feels like a bad movie,” I whispered to myself as I chewed the nail polish off my thumb. “Shit.” Jace looked through the peephole and then said shit about five more times before slowly opening the door. Why was he so upset? Why the hell would… “Aw, shit.” I repeated. Because there really wasn’t any other word that existed in the English language that would fit as well. So I repeated it again. As did Jace. Grandma shrugged and pulled off her sunglasses. “Let the fun begin!”

2B Or Not 2B? by Stephanie Witter Review

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London Reed is on the hunt for a place to live before the start of her second year in college. Either she is successful and can enjoy her student life without the pressure of her parents breathing down her neck, or she goes back home and clashes with her parents. Because London doesn’t have a filter. ”You’re a weird one, aren’t you?” She basically tells it as she sees it. So when she meets the hunky and scarred guy who lives in apartment 2B, the last apartment on her exhausting list, she’s sure to bring some crazy in his life. But he’s determined to not take a girl for a roommate. “I have nothing against you, but I don’t see this working for me.” London doesn’t give up that easily and makes a deal with him. If she makes it for two months, she’s in for the whole year. If not, then she leaves to never contact him again.
Easy, right? Not so much. “You should have told me that you wanted me to be all over you.”  When a guy and a girl live under the same roof, it’s bound to complicate things. Between banters, heady games of seduction, innuendos and insecurities revealed, the life in apartment 2B isn’t simple, and a few slips in their relationship doesn’t help the matter.
“You’re driving me completely nuts. That’s my f—–g problem.”

Review

This first time novel from Stephanie Witter is downright funny! London “Bridge” is very much her own woman. She’s unique and witty and very self-confident. Except when it comes to love, relationships and guys in general. In walks Byron “Lord” and he is a typical college male: horny womanizer but with a pain bottled up inside him that he won’t let anyone touch. London basically begs and manipulates her way into his spare bedroom as a his new roomy, but only on a trial basis. And thus begins the dance.

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I love how up front and honest London is. She’s cute and quirky and has a gay best friend, Macon, that helps her when life gets to be too much. She has it in her head all those typical insecurities girls have when they are in college and surrounded by “beautiful people.” It’s hard to feel unworthy and London’s vulnerabilities about her weight and her one and only failed relationship play havoc with her self-esteem.

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Byron is there to give London all those adoring looks and really messes with her equilibrium. She never quite knows if he wants to get in her pants, or is just trying to get her uncomfortable so she will leave the apartment. She is a determined girl though, and nothing will stop her from living in apartment 2B, not even the sexy as hell roomy that stirs all kinds of emotions within her.

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I loved the witty banter and the overall attitude of London. I loved her relationship with her sister and family and eventually the blossoming relationship between her and Byron. They are very sexy once they give in to their carnal desires and take things up a notch. Overall, this is a fun, summer read with lots of potential for the next in the series.

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Song Chaser by Kandi Steiner Release Blitz

Title: Song Chaser (Chasers #2)

Author: Kandi Steiner

Release Date: July 1, 2014

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For more than a year, Tanner West has tried to shake his feelings for his long time best friend, Paisley Bronson. She was the perfect girl to fit the lyrics in all his favorite songs – the girl he had always wanted. When she fell in love with another man before Tanner had the chance to tell her how he felt, he was left with no resolve to find love again. Burying himself in school and easy girls has become his new lifestyle, but when Kellee Brooks shows up at his favorite bar, he begins to think there may be another verse to his song, after all.

Kellee Brooks moved to New York City for one thing: escape. Growing up in a small town where her entire life was planned out for her, she’s desperate to break free and find herself without following the same path as her mom. Kellee thought working at the local dive bar would mean more money for school, but when she meets the smoldering, scarred honey eyes of Tanner West, she finds there’s much more hiding in the smoky building than just a few tips.

With Paisley still haunting Tanner and Kellee vowing to save anyone the trouble of loving her, will the pain and fear keep them apart – or will they find a way to rewrite their song together?

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          My heart feels like it’s about to beat right out of my chest. Tanner is looking at me like he’s not good enough to touch me and like he can’t keep his fucking hands off me all at the same time. I inhale deep, my breath shaky as I try to find the words to say. I want to talk about it more – about what she is to him, about when she’s coming and what I’m going to have to deal with – but right now all I can think about is how his hands feel on my waist, and how I wish he would touch every inch of my body with those hands.

          “Kiss me,” I breathe.

          Tanner doesn’t waste another second. His lips find mine, soft and gentle at first, but then a fire consumes us both and I’m biting his neck as he lifts me from my chair. He kisses down my collarbone and then back up to my ear, sending chills cascading down my arms and legs. I moan softly, running my fingers through his hair and tugging a little as I pull his lips back to mine. He slides his tongue between my lips and takes my mouth, deepening the kiss as his hands explore my body.

          “How long until dinner?” he pants between kisses.

          “Maybe twenty minutes.”

          “That’ll do,” he replies, carrying me to the couch.

          Tanner’s hands are hungry as he positions himself on top of me, pulling the straps of my tank top down to kiss my shoulders. He nips and sucks softly, trailing a line from my shoulders, to my neck, across my collar bone, and back again. Slowly, he kisses a little lower, sucking at the swell just above the hem of my top. I inhale sharply, my fingers gripping his hair.

          “You taste so sweet,” he mumbles against my skin, lighting it on fire. He lifts my shirt and slowly kisses down my stomach, stopping just above the hem of my shorts. He blazes a trail of fire with his tongue from one hip to the other, working the buttons and zipper until he has my shorts loose enough to pull down my shaking legs and throw across the room. He smiles up at me, his sexy half grin silently killing me, and then he completely takes my breath away – because he pulls my panties off with his teeth.

          With. His. Teeth.

          Suddenly, my heart is beating in my throat. I’m not a virgin, but I’m definitely no where near as experienced as Tanner, no matter how cocky my façade may be. My legs are shaking uncontrollably and I feel it start to move up to my hands. Tanner stops kissing my thighs and looks up at me, concern laden on his face.

          “Are you okay?” he asks, moving to position himself on top of me again. He brushes the hair from my face and pulls my shaking hand to his lips, kissing my fingers softly as he waits for me to reply.

          I nod, though not confidently. “I hate admitting this to you, but I’m not that experienced.”

          He smiles devilishly, his eyes lighting the fire in my stomach again. “You think I don’t know that? Why do you think I’m going so slow?”

          I let out of a puff of air, “This is slow?”

          His grin grows wider, “Trust me – if I had it my way, your ankles would have been on my shoulders the first night I saw you.”

 

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“Tanner–oh, God, just saying his name makes me all kinds of swoony. He wedged his way into my heart, and I don’t ever want him to go.” – Cassie Graham, author of Unable to Resist

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“Every twist and turn is an amazing roller coaster ride.” – Ashlei Davison, The Book Hoarders

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“ Song Chaser is a butterfly-inducing and achingly beautiful story of figuring out what is right for you and fighting to make it yours.” – Kellee Fabre, Beta Reader

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“FUN, SEXY, and oh so YUMMY!” – Sara Butler, Beta Reader

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“It was beautiful. I hate to admit it (don’t kill me Corbin!! I LOVE YOU BOO!) but I seriously loved Song Chaser more than Tag Chaser.” – Sam Stettner, Sammie’s Book Club

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“…a definite must read and a page turner!” – Kristen Novo, Beta Reader

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“…you may want to turn the air down because this book definitely turns up the heat!” – Monique Boone, Beta Reader

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“5 stars!” – Charmaine Butler, Mummy’s Naughty Corner

Title: Tag Chaser (Chasers #1)

Author: Kandi Steiner

Release Date: Oct 13, 2013

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Paisley Bronson is a 27 year old successful advertising professional, but the most exciting part of her life happens outside of work. Claiming the life of a Tag Chaser toward the end of her college career has taught her one thing: Never get too close. She has enjoyed her dating lifestyle, but when her best friend makes a bet that she won’t ever be able to date a normal guy, her competitive nature takes control and she vows to change the game.

When Paisley meets the incredibly handsome and practically perfect Corbin Ray, she begins to think keeping her word might be easier than she thought. But when an accidental discovery reveals that Corbin is in the Army, she knows she must run the other way and never look back. Although it kills her, she aims to move on and look for a new prospect.

There’s just one small problem.

Paisley’s been assigned a new client at work, and his name is Corbin Ray.

Will Paisley and Corbin give in to the chemistry between them, or will their past and present complications keep them apart?

Fall in love with this fun and irresistibly naughty game of cat and mouse.

Kandi Steiner is a Creative Writing and Advertising/Public Relations graduate from the University of Central Florida living in Tampa with her husband. Kandi works full time as a social media specialist, but also works part time as a Zumba fitness instructor and blackjack dealer.

Kandi started writing back in the 4th grade after reading the first Harry Potter installment. In 6th grade, she wrote and edited her own newspaper and distributed to her classmates. Eventually, the principal caught on and the newspaper was quickly halted, though Kandi tried fighting for her “freedom of press.” She took particular interest in writing romance after college, as she has always been a die hard hopeless romantic (like most girls brought up on Disney movies).

When Kandi isn’t working or writing, you can find her reading books of all kinds, talking with her extremely vocal cat, and spending time with her friends and family. She enjoys beach days, movie marathons, live music, craft beer and sweet wine – not necessarily in that order.

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Song Chaser by Kandi Steiner Review

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Synopsis

For more than a year, Tanner West has tried to shake his feelings for his long time best friend, Paisley Bronson. She was the perfect girl to fit the lyrics in all his favorite songs – the girl he had always wanted. When she fell in love with another man before Tanner had the chance to tell her how he felt, he was left with no resolve to find love again. Burying himself in school and easy girls has become his new lifestyle, but when Kellee Brooks shows up at his favorite bar, he begins to think there may be another verse to his song, after all.

Kellee Brooks moved to New York City for one thing: escape. Growing up in a small town where her entire life was planned out for her, she’s desperate to break free and find herself without following the same path as her mom. Kellee thought working at the local dive bar would mean more money for school, but when she meets the smoldering, scarred honey eyes of Tanner West, she finds there’s much more hiding in the smoky building than just a few tips.

With Paisley still haunting Tanner and Kellee vowing to save anyone the trouble of loving her, will the pain and fear keep them apart – or will they find a way to rewrite their song together?

Break free with this heartbreaking story of letting go and letting love in.

Review

  This is book #2 of the Chasers series and although it can be read as a standalone, it would be nice to read Tag Chaser. The author did a great job with the backstory for those that didn’t read TC. I just would recommend reading book 1. In this book we learn about Tanner West and how he needs to go about getting over Paisley.
Kandi does an excellent job with characters, just like in Tag Chaser. Tanner has a bright future as a doctor and realizes that he always falls for the wrong girls. He is always chasing after that one girl that can be the answer to all his songs. Not only does he love his music but he is a pick-up line whore! In the nicest sense. 🙂 He even delivered a few ones that I had forgot about. Now I know the author did this on purpose and built him as such. But I will admit that I did get slightly annoyed. His time in the Pediatrics did him some justice and his gorgeous body gave him a few more points. Now onto Kellee. Student Kellee Brooks is a spitfire. She is strong and didn’t take what Tanner dished.  Working 2 jobs and going to school keeps a girl very busy. Mee Ma saves the day for Kellee. I loved her grandmother, she keeps Kellee grounded and offers the best advice.
I am a fan of music and loved how Tanner and Kellee bonded and formed their own foundation for their relationship. These two meet and aren’t ready for love. They had to grow together and do the many ‘firsts’ in the relationship. But when tragedy strikes these two learn that living life is more important that waiting around.
Song Chaser is a great story on how 2 people can overcome their pasts and make a song of their own. 4 smooches!

Sarah

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Series: Give Me #1

 Author: Kate McCarthy

 Release Date: March 15, 2013
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Evie Jamieson, a former wild child, is not only a headstrong, smart-mouthed trouble magnet, she is also a lead singer with a plan. That plan involves relocating her band, including her two best friends guitarist Henry and band manager Mac, to Sydney to kick off their dreams of hitting the big time.Jared Valentine is the older brother of Evie’s best friend Mac and also the man determined to make Evie his. They strike up a long distance friendship which suits Evie because she’s determined to avoid the distraction of love, not only because it doesn’t fit in with her plan but because twice in the past it has left her for dead. Moving to Sydney however, has put her directly in Jared’s path and he has decided it’s the perfect opportunity to make his play.

Unfortunately Jared, co-owner in a business that ‘consults’ in dangerous hostage and kidnapping situations, makes an enemy who’s determined to enact revenge. When this enemy puts Evie in his sights, Jared not only has a fight on his hands to make her his own, but also to keep her alive.

Is accepting the love he’s so desperate to give worth the risk to both her heart…and her life?

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Resist Me by Chelle Bliss Cover Reveal and Giveaway

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Men of Inked #3
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Release Date: Early Fall 2014
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Izzy Gallo has never been described as a member of the weaker sex. She’s a woman who doesn’t take shit from anyone. Growing up with four older overprotective brothers has hardened her, making her a force to be reckoned with.

Against the wishes of her two brothers, Joe and Mike, Izzy takes a weekend trip to Bike Week in Daytona, turning her world upside down.

Over her head, in a world she doesn’t understand, there’s only one man who can save her.

James Caldo has dedicated his life to protect and serve as a member of the DEA. He’s cocky, overbearing, and doesn’t take no for an answer – the Gallo men have nothing on him.

When their paths cross, James makes Izzy question everything she believes about completely surrendering to the opposite sex.

Does James have what it takes to overpower the headstrong Izzy, capturing her heart forever?

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Find Me (Rock Romance #3) by AL Wood

Release Day: May 30th 2014

Genre: Contemporary Romance

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This is the third installment of the Rock Romance Series.

Find Me is Liam’s story.

Everyone’s convinced that they know who Liam is, a charming, outgoing, talented musician.

What about what he’s hiding in his past?

Liam share’s an unrealistic connection with Natalie, how will he react to Ryan’s proposal?

Layla, alone and struggling with her own secrets.

Betraying the one person who she has ever cared for.

Can Liam be saved and will Layla be forgiven?

 

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1. J.R. Ward sucked me into the world of Romance thus creating a reading monster- myself.

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Adjournment by Emersyn Vallis Release Blast

 

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When Sidney Chandler chooses to leave home she walks away from her life as she knows it… her family…

Him…

She stepped back, allowing them all to heal… move on… live without her…

Now at the age of twenty nine and almost a decade behind her, she is a master of disguise. Long gone is the timid girl who lived blinded by the ideas of love.

Until fate decides to intervene and the one man she has struggled to evade at all costs is pushed back into her life. He knows the real girl behind the façade, only he can pull her out of her self-imposed exile… breathing life back into her cold, protected heart.

Fate will do what fate wants and Sidney’s choices are no longer her own… but were they ever really hers to begin with?

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Turning around to go back inside my laughter stops. I don’t feel the crystal dish slip from my fingers. I just stand here… frozen.

There’s yelling and noise but it’s all muffled… like that night.

I close my eyes.

Breathe… Breathe…

My heartbeat pounding through me the muffled sounds become clear and I hear Morgan screaming at me.

“Jesus, Sidney! Do you want Mom to kill you?”

Blinking feverishly I look down to see she caught it just as it was about to smash. I can’t bring myself to worry about that right now. I look back up and watch as Simon, the boy I was so in love with just moments ago pulls away from a girl that up until this point was my best friend. A girl I thought I was going away to college with, a girl who knew how I felt about him.

This is not happening… at my party no less…

“Breathe… You’re in control…” Molly whispers, her hand connecting with my back startles me.

You know when you witness something and you know you should look away but you can’t because it’s one of those moments, those damn life changing moments that your brain makes sure to take notes on so that nothing is missed, no detail is overlooked, and nothing is ever forgotten. It’s one of those moments in life that you know instantly will repeat itself over and over in your head until it eventually causes you to change. It will break you and from those pieces in that moment will rebuild you. I thought that night was my moment, but I guess that was just a giant stepping-stone to this. Maybe I was wrong about fate… maybe it forgot about me.

My pulse continues to beat through my body in a deep throbbing rhythm, the darkness of a black out building up. He steps back from her, slightly turning his head in my direction and I know he knows I’m standing here, he just refuses to turn and look at me. I’m so dumb, I should have seen this coming. I mean did I really think I was so different from any of my predecessors? Women, real women, who have actually given themselves to him completely only to find out the next morning they’re just one in a crowd of many. Nothing special and forgotten about as soon as he received whatever it was he wanted from them.

I did… because he told me I was. We had a plan…

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Emersyn Vallis is a first time author with Adjournment being the first book in the Fated Series. Currently residing on the east coast with her husband and three children she is typically mistaken for being quiet and reserved her friends often describe her as a spastic spider monkey and always the first to be there with her quick wit to pull you back up when you’re feeling down. After reading as a hobby for most of her life it wasn’t until she had discovered R. L. Mathewson’s ‘Neighbor from Hell Series’ and Tara Sivec’s ‘Playing with Fire Series’ that she came up with the idea to fuse comedy and suspense together and her passion for writing was born.

 

 

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Purple-haired, sharp-tongued Reese MacKay knows all about making the wrong choice; she’s made plenty of them in her twenty-odd-years. So when her impulsive, short-lived marriage ends in heartbreak, she decides it’s time for a change. She moves to Miami with the intention of hitting reset on her irresponsible life, and she does quite well…aside from an epically humiliating one-night stand in Cancun with a hot blond bouncer named Ben. Thank God she can get on a plane and leave that mistake behind her.

Football scholarship and frat parties with hot chicks? Part of charmer Ben Morris’s plan. Blown knee that kills any hope of a professional football career? So not part of the plan. Luckily Ben has brains to go with his knockout looks and magnetism. After three long years of balancing law school with his job as a bouncer at Penny’s Palace, he’s ready to lead a more mature life—until his first day of work, when he finds himself in the office of that crazy, hot chick he met in Cancun. The one he hasn’t stopped thinking about.

If Ben truly were a smart guy, he’d stay clear of Reese. She’s the boss’s stepdaughter and it’s been made very clear that office romances are grounds for dismissal. Plus, rumor has it she’s trouble. The only problem is, he likes trouble, especially when it’s so good-looking…

 

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Five Ways To Fall by K.A. Tucker Review

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5 SMOOCHES

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Synopsis

Purple-haired, sharp-tongued Reese MacKay knows all about making the wrong choice; she’s made plenty of them in her twenty-odd-years. So when her impulsive, short-lived marriage ends in heartbreak, she decides it’s time for a change. She moves to Miami with the intention of hitting reset on her irresponsible life, and she does quite well…aside from an epically humiliating one-night stand in Cancun with a hot blond bouncer named Ben. Thank God she can get on a plane and leave that mistake behind her.
Football scholarship and frat parties with hot chicks? Part of charmer Ben Morris’s plan. Blown knee that kills any hope of a professional football career? So not part of the plan. Luckily Ben has brains to go with his knockout looks and magnetism. After three long years of balancing law school with his job as a bouncer at Penny’s Palace, he’s ready to lead a more mature life—until his first day of work, when he finds himself in the office of that crazy, hot chick he met in Cancun. The one he hasn’t stopped thinking about.
If Ben truly were a smart guy, he’d stay clear of Reese. She’s the boss’s stepdaughter and it’s been made very clear that office romances are grounds for dismissal. Plus, rumor has it she’s trouble. The only problem is, he likes trouble, especially when it’s so good-looking…

Review

“I guess even smart girls can make a clusterfuck of their lives, can’t they?”

I have been looking forward to Ben’s story since I first met the smartass, girl-loving bartender turned lawyer from Penny’s! I knew his story was going to be both hilarious and emotional because to turn that man into a one woman man was going to take a special kind of a girl and a lot of working past the baggage that made him act the way he does. K.A. Tucker did not let me down. I loved Ben and Reese’s story and was almost sad to see it end. Reese was the perfect loud mouthed – I don’t care what you think of me kind of a girl to tame Ben. Their story was not an easy one and a lot had to happen for them to realize that they should not run or hide from their feelings but in the end this was a beautiful, although so very funny, love story that I can see myself reading over and over.

“When are you two going to start acting like adults?” “Soon.” Lying

Reese and Ben meet in Cancun and end up having the most disastrous one night stand in history. After Reese escapes and goes back home to start a new life and new job she is beyond shocked to find that her one night stand from HELL is also a new employee at the law firm that she is now a paralegal at. Reese has not always been a paralegal with her life together (if you can call it that) Not long before that ill fated Cancun trip Reese’s husband divorced her after she found him cheating on her with an old girlfriend. After a bit of a mental breakdown the crazy haired, tattooed, pierced Reese’s ex-stepdad steps in and helps her get her life straight and after she completes the paralegal program at a local school gets her a job at his law firm. The same law firm that has just hired fresh out of law school ex-strip club bouncer Ben. Ben can un-nerve Reese like no one else and as much as she desperately tried to deny her attraction to him it is obvious to everyone. So what’s the problem, well for one the firm has a strict No-Fraternizing policy and her step-dad is the guy in charge. Two, Reese is still hung up in her ex and none of this bears well for Ben.

“I liken Reese to a wild horse that’s become accustomed to humans. She’ll tolerate you, she may even come close to you, she’ll certainly bewitch you, but you never know exactly what she’s going to do.”

 I think what I loved most about this story was that Reese was so much different than ant heroine in a book I’ve read. She doesn’t have her shit together, she likes to look and act crazy and if there is trouble Reese will find it and fall into it. More often than not her decisions are the wrong ones, not because she likes to do the wrong thing but because she leads with her heart, loud mouth and ability to have some of the worse luck ever.  I absolutely adored how well Ben could take Reese and always had something to say back to her smart ass remarks. But as fun as both Ben and Reese were their lives were not easy, both are battling some pretty tough inner demons and their family lives have left each a bit wounded and unwilling to dive whole heartily into relationships. K.A. has a way of building the story that you don’t even realize how immersed in it you are. She didn’t come right out in it with all the emotional baggage but instead built piece upon piece until you could see the whole picture. I was completely wrapped up and could not put it down. Much the same way she doesn’t use sex as something to keep you entertained. Sex has a purpose and a place and by the time you get there you are oh so ready for it (and boy is it worth the wait) Even the parts of the story that are not full of sex are still extremely sexy, the chemistry she writes its amazing and rarely does something as simple as a touch or a kiss get me so worked up. This is a sign of a very talented writer. I guarantee anyone who reads this book will not be let down.
~miranda