Red Cheeks Reads - Part 678

Jun 17

Braided Strings by Kaprice Potter Review

By Amie Knight in Reviews

4 Smooches!

Synopsis

CARA WYATT fell in love with her best friend.

She’d been afraid to share her feelings with him, until one day, when an impulsive decision gave them the opportunity at a relationship that they’d been denying for years…

DELANEY BLAKE was in love with Cara from the moment he met her.

He knew she relied on him, but Cara didn’t realize he relied on her just as much. However, he had plans. A strict outline of what his future should be, and he was determined to make them happen. When Delaney was faced with having to choose between her and his future, he panicked, and Cara pushed him away believing it was better than facing potential rejection.

More than a year later, she has to risk facing that rejection, and even worse, anger for the SECRETS she kept from him when it all fell apart…

Review

This was a novella about a young woman named Cara, who’s boyfriend walked out when Cara announced she was pregnant in college. Later on that same night she thinks it’s a mistake and let’s Delaney know that she isn’t pregnant anymore, but she refuses to let him back into her life and into her heart. A few years on Cara knows she has to tell Delaney the truth and reveal her secret in the form of her and Delaney’s child Sutton. Will they be able to build a family or will Cara still struggle to let Delaney back in? And will Delaney be able to forgive Cara for keeping Sutton a secret for so long?

I have to admit I’m normally not a fan of Novella’s because I feel they can be too rushed, that there’s not enough of a story or that the story was so good it should have been a full novel…but I have to admit I quite enjoyed this sweet but short book.

“Cara look at me. I need you to see. You can’t hide from it anymore.”

I easily fell in love with Delaney and Sutton. I thought Delaney was a dream man and just made a small mistake when he was young and tried to rectify it. He was adorable with Sutton and was so in love with Cara and was willing to do anything to prove it. And Sutton was just the cutest child, a right outgoing little toddler and just adorable.

“I don’t think there’s anything that can change the way I feel. I’ve pretty much been madly in love with you since the day we met.”

I have to confess that I didn’t immediately fall in love with Cara. I thought she was too harsh on Delaney considering she had kept Sutton a secret for so long and she got a little annoying when she refused to believe Delaney loved her despite having no real reason for this thinking. She did grow on me though and because I loved the plot and the ending, by the time we got towards the end I loved her as much as the others.

“He had been her yo-yo for years. One minute she would be holding him in the palm of her hand, and the next she would whip him away from her as hard as she could.”

The plot was exactly what I want from a novella. There was an established story, that was enough to keep me entertained and was well paced. There were some good sex scenes, sweet moments and a little drama. Just the right amount of everything to not leave me frustrated that it was only a short book.

“As they had said, their strings weren’t just attached, they were braided tight.”

Overall a sweet, endearing and enjoyable read that would be perfect for a quick holiday read or to pass time lazying in the sun.

Bethany

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Jun 17

Gorgeous Rotten Scoundrel by Nina G. Jones Blog Tour and Giveaway

By Miranda Arnold in Reveals & Tours

He was a pig, a jerk, selfish, callous, crude, tactless, prone to outbursts and gorgeous. The kind of gorgeous where you didn’t even attempt to hide the fact that you were staring. I knew the type: His entire life he has coasted on his good looks, artificial charm, and sex appeal. Everyone wanted to be on him or be him. I had been hurt by jerks like him before. He was like those guys but far worse.

I was the unfortunate sucker to be offered a gig I desperately needed as his live-in chef for a Summer in the Hamptons. But I wasn’t like the other girls, the models and socialites who came through the revolving door of his bedroom. I would bite the bullet, take the gig, deal with his sexist comments, his expectation that I would fawn over him, and have no problem letting the door hit my ass on the way out when I was done.

But then something unexpected happened that changed everything and I realized that there maybe more to him than the labels I had affixed to his character. Maybe. But if he really wanted me, it wasn’t going to be easy, not like everything else in his life. He was going to have to work, I was going to make him miserable. He was going to hate wanting me just as much as I hated myself for wanting him back.

Heath Hillabrand: International Supermodel. Womanizer.

Gorgeous Rotten Scoundrel.

“You’re a big boy,” I said, lifting his legs up.

“You’re an angel,” he murmured, woozy from the booze.

I used all of my might to push him in further, and slipped on the rug, falling on his chest. Our faces were within inches of each other, and yes, there was that pause, that moment of: should we or shouldn’t we? But unlike before, he didn’t jump at me. He respected me now, and it only made me enjoy him more.

“Alright, goodnight.”

“Goodnight,” he smiled warmly.

I meandered back to my bedroom, still heady from the wine. This quiet evening was the most pleasant one I had in a long time and I felt a surprising sting of sadness going back to my room alone.

I lay in my bed, staring at the ceiling, unable to sleep. I missed him. Like Heath, I too didn’t want to be alone. I couldn’t remember the last time I felt that way. It wasn’t just physical, it’s that feeling you had as a kid when you met a friend you liked so much that even though you spent all day with them at school, as soon as you got home you would call them up. Or the way you might stay awake as long as you could at a sleepover because no matter how tired you were, sleep was not nearly as enjoyable as the conversation with your friends. I wasn’t ready for our time together that night to end.

The wine in my veins made me shameless enough to follow through.

I tip-toed to his room and slowly opened the door. In my gut, I hoped he might be asleep and I would change my mind.

“Is everything okay?” he asked almost as soon as I stepped foot in the room.

“Yes, I couldn’t sleep.” What the hell are you doing? Tell him you’re here to check in on him as his new nurse—yeah, that’s the ticket!

“Oh, me neither. It hard with all this crap on me,” he said in an amused whisper. He was as close to a mummy as I had ever seen.

“I don’t want to be alone tonight.”

“Okay.”

Nina G. Jones was born and raised in Bronx, NY and currently resides in Milwaukee, WI with her husband and two crazy Boxers.

She is the author of the Strapped series, and is currently working on an Erotic Romance, Gorgeous Rotten Scoundrel, slated to be released in Spring 2014.

Nina lives a pretty wholesome life, but is fascinated with the dark side of things and has the mouth of a sailor. She loves watching true crime TV shows and it creeps her husband out to no end. Nina has a degree in Psychology and uses her characters as a vehicle to explore the human psyche.

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Jun 17

Gorgeous Rotten Scoundrel by Nina G. Jones Review

By Amie Knight in Reviews

5 Smooches!

Synopsis

He was a pig, a jerk, selfish, callous, crude, tactless, prone to outbursts and gorgeous. The kind of gorgeous where you didn’t even attempt to hide the fact that you were staring. I knew the type: His entire life he has coasted on his good looks, artificial charm, and sex appeal. Everyone wanted to be him or be ON him. I had been hurt by jerks like him before. He was like those guys but far worse.

I was the unfortunate sucker to be offered a gig I desperately needed as his live-in chef for a Summer in the Hamptons. But I wasn’t like the other girls–the models and socialites who came through the revolving door of his bedroom. I would bite the bullet, take the job, deal with his sexist comments, his expectation that I would fawn over him, and have no problem letting the door hit my ass on the way out when I was done with the gig.

Then something unexpected happened that changed everything and I realized that there maybe more to him than the labels I had affixed to his character. Maybe.

But if he really wanted me, it wasn’t going to be easy, not like everything else in his life. He was going to have to work, I was going to make him miserable. He was going to hate wanting me just as much as I hated myself for wanting him back.

Heath Hillabrand: International Supermodel. Womanizer. Gorgeous, Rotten, Scoundrel.

Review

Where to start…….this wasn’t your typical romance book. Sadie is a personal chef and Heath is a HOT male model. Circumstances make her available for a new position, which happens to be a chef/assistant/party planner to the big headed model. But Sadie has been burnt and isn’t prepared to end up in a situation like that again, enter sarcastic comments and bursts of truth. She doesn’t seem to have a filter when she doesn’t like something.

Sadie has a sad background and gives you a slight insight into why she is like she is, enter a bad relationship and you get closed off Sadie, not looking for anything with the bad boy arrogant jerk types and therefore doesn’t want to form a close relationship of any sort with Heath.

Heath comes across as the typical playboy, he gets what he wants, when he wants. It seems as though Sadie is just a challenge to him. And they both like to push each other’s buttons. But there is so many more layers to him that you can’t help but love him.

“Those nights when you and I would just talk, don’t tell me you didn’t feel what I felt.”

Working with heath straight away seems to be a problem for Sadie, from his late night activities and the habits he has, to the no nonsense air he has about him seems to rub her the wrong way. But she can’t stay away from him.

“Heath Hillabrand is bad news…no, he’s the worst news. But the way he kissed me, it was almost tender.”

Heath and Sadie’s relationship takes a turn after an incident leaves Heath quite vulnerable and alone, this starts the roller-coaster that is Sadie and Heath. The banter between these two is hilarious to read and the tension between them is off the charts. You don’t know whether they will fight or get down and dirty.

“You are a pompous, egotistical, arrogant, rude, tactless, a*hole.” You know what you are, you are an uptight…yeah I know you love that don’t you? Uptight, stuck – up, prissy, prudish, snob.”

They have many ups and downs in their relationship, it seems like neither one is willing to go that little bit more from friends with benefits to something more. Sadie seems to be dragging her heels a little more though. Heath makes her feel things that she hasn’t before and it scares her. Just when things seem to be going well for these 2, people emerge, things are said, things are taken the wrong way and a gut wrenching made me cry incident happens.

This book will take you on a rollercoaster of emotions, to laughing with them and then crying with them. Heath and Sadie had an amazing story and is a complete must read. Well done Nina G Jones on another fantastic read.

**“It’s okay. You’re the perfect btch and im the perfect ahole”**

Stacey

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Jun 17

Better When He’s Bad by Jay Crownover Release Day Launch and Giveaway

By Miranda Arnold in Reveals & Tours

We are so excited to bring you the Release Day Launch for BETTER WHEN HE’S BAD by Jay Crownover! BETTER WHEN HE’S BAD is the first novel in her Welcome to the Point Series published by William Morrow, and imprint of HarperCollins. This book, and the series to come, is one you don’t want to miss!!

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About BETTER WHEN HE’S BAD:

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Jay Crownover returns with a heart-stopping new series… Welcome to the Point.

There’s a difference between a bad boy and a boy who’s bad . . . meet Shane Baxter.

Sexy, dark, and dangerous, Bax isn’t just from the wrong side of the tracks, he is the wrong side of the tracks. A criminal, a thug, and a brawler, he’s the master of bad choices, until one such choice landed him in prison for five years. Now Bax is out and looking for answers, and he doesn’t care what he has to do or who he has to hurt to get them. But there’s a new player in the game, and she’s much too innocent, much too soft…and standing directly in his way.

Dovie Pryce knows all about living a hard life and the tough choices that come with it. She’s always tried to be good, tried to help others, and tried not to let the darkness pull her down. But the streets are fighting back, things have gone from bad to worse, and the only person who can help her is the scariest, sexiest, most complicated ex-con The Point has ever produced.

Bax terrifies her, awakening feelings she never thought she’d have for a guy like him. But it doesn’t take Dovie long to realize . . . some boys are just better when they’re bad.

EXCERPT:

I let out the breath I was holding and took another step closer to her. The water was splashing on the sleeve of my shirt as I reached up to grab both of her cheeks in my palms. “Are you scared of me?”

It was the start of the questions I had asked her what felt like a lifetime ago. Her answer didn’t change, but this time when she answered, she was holding back a smile that made my heart hurt.

“Terrified, but I kind of like it now.”

“Do you trust me?” My voice broke. I had never really trusted anyone but Race and now there was her and my brother and just all kinds of new things making my life so much more complicated and undeniably fuller.

“With my life. I trust all the parts of you, Bax. You need to know that.”

“You going to go to bed with me?” That made her outright laugh and she reached up to curl her hands around my wrists.

“As often as I can and anyplace in between when the mood strikes.” The rest of the blood racing around my system went solidly south.

I dropped my forehead so it was resting on hers and the water from the showerhead was cascading down around us. I was making a mess, but I didn’t care because I had her, and she was my home. “Do you love me?”

The words sounded so foreign, but so right, when I was saying them to her. She brushed her full lips across mine and the last three months without her faded away.

“Do you want me to lie to you or tell you the truth?”

I smiled against her mouth and kissed her back twice as hard as she had kissed me. “Lie to me.”

She reached up and put her arms around my neck and took a step back, dragging me all the way into the shower stall with her. The water was lukewarm at best, and it made me shiver. So did the fact that she started to impatiently pull the tail of my shirt up over my head. A task made increasingly difficult considering I was now soaked head to toe and the material was clinging to me.

“Of course not. You’re the last person in the world I could love.”

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About Jay Crownover:

Jay Crownover is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Marked Men series. She will also be introducing the dark and sexy world of The Point in a new series this summer starting with Better When He’s Bad. Like her characters, she is a big fan of tattoos. She loves music and wishes she could be a rock star, but since she has no aptitude for singing or instrument playing, she’ll settle for writing stories with interesting characters that make the reader feel something. She lives in Colorado with her three dogs.

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Jun 17

Intoxicated by Monica Murphy Release Day Launch and Giveaway

By Miranda Arnold in Reveals & Tours

We are so excited for the Release Day Launch of Monica Murphy’s INTOXICATED!! INTOXICATED is a novella in her The Billionaire Bachelors Club Series published by Avon Books, an imprint of HarperCollins. It is just $.99 right now!!

EXCERPT:

Our lives are changing completely. It won’t just be me and Ivy anymore. We’ll have someone to take care of. Someone who solely depends on us.

“Oh, Archer,” Ivy says, pulling me from my thoughts.

Turning to face her, I see that her eyes are filling with tears and her face looks ready to crumple. I go to her, grabbing hold of her hands and giving them a squeeze. “What’s wrong, baby?”

“I feel bad.” A little sob escapes her as she shakes her head. I tug her in as close as I can, slinging my arm around her waist. “I’m going to ruin Gage’s wedding.”

“No you’re not. It’s going to be one of the most memorable weddings ever. No one will forget this day,” I say, smoothing my hand over her hair. I want her reassured, not worrying about wedding plans. Everything we know is going to change in mere hours.

“Exactly. It’s supposed to be Gage and Marina’s day and instead it’s going to turn into our day. Our child’s day. How selfish are we?”

“We’re not selfish. We can’t help it if you’re going into labor right now. It’s not like we did it on purpose.” I shed the rest of my clothes quickly, throwing on a pair of jeans and a T-shirt. “Speaking of labor, we need to get going. Are you ready? Get some shoes on, babe.” I give her a gentle push out of my embrace and toward the closet door across our bedroom.

“We? Who’s the one who’s about to give birth?” Ivy mutters as she shuffles toward the closet. A little snort escapes her. “You won’t have anything to do with this labor stuff, Archer. This is all on me.”

“And I think you’re going to do an amazing job. You’re the strongest women I know,” I say.

At those words, my wife promptly bursts into tears.

About INTOXICATED:

New York Times bestselling author Monica Murphy wraps up her sexy Billionaire Bachelors Club series with a wedding to remember. But this time, they’re not bachelors anymore, and the groom … is one of them.

It’s Gage and Marina’s wedding day, but wedded bliss seems a long way off: Ivy’s just gone into labor. Marina’s missing her matron of honor. And Bryn’s giving Matt the silent treatment.

It’s up to Archer, Gage, and Matt to make sure this day goes off without a hitch. But between brides and babies, there’s the not-so-little issue of the million-dollar bet to attend to. If only they can figure out who won … and who’s paying up. Is everyone a winner? Or will someone leave broke—and brokenhearted?

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New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Monica Murphy is a native Californian who lives in the foothills below Yosemite. A wife and mother of three, she writes New Adult and contemporary romance for Bantam and Avon. She is the author of One Week Girlfriend and Second Chance Boyfriend.

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Jun 17

Perfect Kind Of Trouble by Chelsea Fine Release Day Launch and Giveaway

By Miranda Arnold in Reveals & Tours

We are thrilled to bring you the Release Day Launch for Chelsea Fine’s PERFECT KIND OF TROUBLE! PERFECT KIND OF TROUBLE is a New Adult contemporary romance novel in the Finding Fate Series, and not to be missed!

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PERFECT KIND OF TROUBLE Synopsis:

Sometimes when perfect falls apart, a little trouble fixes everything . . .

Twenty-one-year-old Kayla Turner has lost everything. After spending most of her life taking care of her ailing mother, she just wants to spot a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel. So when her late father-a man she barely knew-leaves her an inheritance, she finally breathes a sigh of relief . . . until she learns the inheritance comes with strings. Strings in the form of handsome playboy Daren Ackwood, her father’s protégé. To see any of her inheritance, she’s forced to team up with him. From his expensive car to those sexy dimples, Kayla’s seen his type before. But Daren isn’t who he seems to be . . .

Struggling to make amends for his family’s mistakes, Daren has a life more Oliver Twist than Richie Rich these days. He’s beyond grateful that James Turner included him in his will, but working with Turner’s princess of a daughter to fulfill his cryptic last wish is making Daren wonder if being broke is really so bad. Still, she’s just as beautiful as she is stubborn, and the more time he spends with Kayla, the less it feels right being without her. Soon Daren and Kayla begin to wonder if maybe the best gift Kayla’s dad could have left them . . . was each other.

EXCERPT:

Still handcuffed together, we carefully maneuver our linked wrists and open the old train door. Inside, the boxcar is completely empty except for a single, folded piece of paper.

I scowl. Will this scavenger hunt for money ever end?

“What do you suppose it is?” Daren nods at the piece of paper in the back of the train car.

“A check for a million dollars?” I say hopefully.

The only way to reach the paper is to climb inside. Which won’t be easy since my chest barely reaches the bottom of the train car and we can’t climb in one at a time because, you know, we’re attached to one another.

I frown. “How do you want to do this?”

Daren scratches his jaw. “I’ll hoist you inside first then I’ll jump in. Come here.” He turns me around to face him and I step into the circle of his arms.

The summer sun burns down on us. I stare at his chest where his T-shirt pulls tight against the hard muscles of his pecs and a trickle of sweat slowly slides down the back of my neck.

The corded muscles of his neck ripple as he turns his head. “Hold on to my wrists. Then I’ll lift you up.”

He places his big hands on my waist and his thumbs slide under my shirt, grazing the bare skin of my stomach. A warm zing shoots down my belly.

I snap my eyes to him. “Did you do that on purpose?”

“Do what?” His expression is neutral but there’s a glimmer in his eye.

I eye him shrewdly as I wrap my hands around his wrists.

He glides the pads of his thumbs over my stomach again and another, more powerful, zing darts straight down my belly and between my legs as I suck in a breath.

“Cut it out,” I say.

“Cut what out?” His eyes dance with amusement.

“You know what.”

“I have no idea what you’re talking about.” A mischievous grin spreads across his face and I can’t stop the smile that starts to play at my own lips.

“Daren…”

His eyes lock on mine and the twitching low in my belly starts up again. Then his gaze drops to my mouth and hunger lights his eyes.

I absently part my lips, my thoughts suddenly hazy.

Leaning in, he whispers, “Now do you want to kiss again?”

His words flutter over my ear like soft, warm butterflies beating their wings against my sensitive skin and a shiver runs through me.

The answer is yes. I do want to kiss him again. It felt so good to have his mouth on mine last night. To feel him up against me.

But I don’t answer.

He brushes his thumbs over the naked skin of my belly again, but this time dips them inside the waistband of my skirt and skims the lacey top of my panties.

I inhale sharply, tightening my fingers around his wrists as my nipples harden and heat builds in my core. I rub my thighs together, trying to alleviate the ache slowly building between my legs but it’s no use. I’m already a tight puddle of need.

How come this beautiful man can make me melt with just a simple touch? And how come it’s always so difficult for me to snap out of his sexy gaze?

I blink away from Daren’s pretty brown eyes and playfully whisper, “No,” before shifting back a few inches.

His eyelids, heavy with desire, open fully as he scans my face and throat with a smile. “Liar.”

I smile back, grateful he doesn’t try to convince me otherwise. I’d no doubt give in if he did. Because Daren affects me.

Every other guy on the planet is just that: a guy.

But Daren is a force. And I am a feather.

ABOUT CHELSEA FINE:

Chelsea lives in Phoenix, Arizona where she spends most of her time writing stories, painting murals, and avoiding housework at all costs. She’s ridiculously bad at doing dishes and claims to be allergic to laundry. Her obsessions include: superheroes, coffee, sleeping-in, and crazy socks. She lives with her husband and two children, who graciously tolerate her inability to resist teenage drama on TV and her complete lack of skill in the kitchen.

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Jun 16

Without You by Kelly Elliott Cover Reveal

By Miranda Arnold in Reveals & Tours

SYNOPSIS:

Alex and Will have spent
months keeping their relationship hidden from their families. Getting caught
prematurely causes them to admit their love for each other to their parents.

One decision made by Alex’s
father changes her entire world, shattering her plans for the future. Alex
always thought Will was the very air she breathed, but life has a way of
causing doubts for the one thing she thought was absolute…their love.

Can Will’s promise to Alex
be enough for her to hold on to or will she find herself moving down a
different path that she never imagined for herself?

Without You is book one in
the Love Wanted in Texas series.

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20646491-without-you?from_search=true

AUTHOR BIO:

Kelly is married to a wonderful Texas cowboy who has a knack
for making her laugh almost daily and supports her crazy ideas and dreams for
some unknown reason…he claims it’s because he loves her!She’s also a mom to an amazing daughter who is constantly asking for something
to eat while her fingers move like mad on her cell phone sending out what is
sure to be another very important text message.In her spare time she loves to sit in her small corner overlooking the Texas
hill country and write.One of her favorite things to do is go for hikes around her property with
Gus….her chocolate lab and the other man in her life, and Rose, her golden
retriever. When Kelly is not outside helping the hubby haul brush, move rocks
or whatever fun chore he has in store for her that day, you’ll find her inside
reading, writing or watching HGTV.

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Elliott:

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Email: authorkellyelliott@gmail.com

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Jun 16

The Chase by Jessica Wood Review

By Amie Knight in Reviews

4 Smooches!

Synopsis

735 to 1.

735 = number of notches on his belt.
1 = the notch he couldn’t get.

Who is he?

Dean Chase.

He loves the thrill. He loves the women. And above all, he loves the chase.

But the one thing he doesn’t love is being tied down by a woman. To him, once the chase is over, it’s time to pull up his boxers and move on to the next target.

That is until he meets Blair Parker.

Blair is unlike any of the women under Dean’s belt. She’s confident, mysterious, and sassy. In Dean’s world, she’s the wicked curved ball he couldn’t figure out. She’s the first woman who always seems to be out of reach no matter how hard he chases. So when it comes to Blair, Dean couldn’t move on.

Dean will need to change his ways in order to chase Blair down to make her the 736th notch on his belt. But will chasing after Blair become Dean’s undoing and end his love of the chase once and for all?

The Chase is volume one of a three-part contemporary romance novella series.

Review

The Chase is my very first Jessica Wood book and I thoroughly enjoyed it. It seems like tons and tons of authors are writing these sexy little serials right now but I am loving them. They are quick, easy, super sexy reads and I just cannot seem to get enough of them.

Dean Chase is a womanising lawyer. He is good looking and he knows it. Cocky doesn’t even begin to describe his level of conceit.

“If it’s any consolation, that was a great fucking one-night stand.”

He always gets his woman. Women are his life outside of work. One after the other.

“And yes, I do think about pussy a lot. It’s my hobby and I’m motherfucking passionate about my hobbies.”

Dean keeps running into one woman who will not give him the time of day; Blair. Blair is no fool. She is onto Mr. Chase’s playboy ways and is having none of it!

I really really enjoyed the bantering back and forth between these two. Blair really holds her own against Dean and her smart mouth and quick wit made LOL quite a few times. Dean came off kind of douchey in the beginning but I really feel like he redeemed himself. The sexual tension leading up to the steamy sex scene was really phenomenal. Overall I really enjoyed this short novella and I cannot wait to see what happens in the next one after that bomb was dropped at the end of The Chase.

Amie

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Jun 16

The Reason by Jen Andrews Review

By Amie Knight in Reviews

4 Smooches!

Synopsis

Zoey James is in a funk. She has been through more in her twenty-three years than most people have experienced in their entire lives. After her ex-husband tries to take everything she’s worked so hard for, she makes one rule: Never date someone she works with.

When her father’s newly hired mechanic moves into the apartment above their family-run business, Zoey’s lonely life is flipped upside down.

As a teenager, New Zealand native, Andy Tate’s family is tragically killed in an accident, and he is taken in by his aunt and uncle. Andy is pulled away from the only place he’s ever known as home, and moved halfway around the world to Northern California.

Ten years and one failed marriage later, Andy finds himself living in a new city, with a new job at James Racing, and living in an apartment next door to Zoey, his new boss’s beautiful and damaged daughter.

After an interesting chain of events over one weekend, Andy and Zoey form an unexpected bond. Even though he’s the only one who can get through to her, she will do all that she can to keep him at a distance and not break her one rule.

Will Andy be the reason for Zoey to start living her life again, or will she continue on her downward spiral, until she finally hits rock bottom?

Review

I thought that this first book in the Just Sat Yes Series, was pretty darn good. Zoey is trying to get herself back on track, after a rough childhood and adolescence, but still suffers from nightmares and insomnia. Her family and friends are trying to help her move on from her depression, but nothing helps, nothing that is until Andy Tate moves to town and shakes up her life.

“Holy shit, he is sexy. Had a gorgeous golden skin, amazing blue eyes, and he wore his short, dark blond hair a little longer on the top. He was tall, too, at least six foot two or three. And the beard! Oh my. We, it wasn’t really a beard, but more like a sexy stublle that was just long enough to be soft.”

In this very realistic portrayal of a budding romance, I love the way the author leaves little morsels of foreshadowing throughout the book. Did I mention this is the first in the series? Be prepared to want to find the next book immediately. Zoey is just about to breakthrough to peace and happiness when the book abruptly ends.

Intermingled throughout the story is the ex-husband Rob, who is constantly antagonizing Zoey and Andy.

“Zoey, you really don’t see how beautiful you are, inside and out. Look at everything you’ve done for me, without even knowing me. Who does that? You are a smart, sexy as hell, and you need to try to realize it. Stop letting that asshole bring you down.”

Finally, we find Zoey realizes she has a great man, a great life and then we are left hanging when the author ends with a bomb!

“My walls were down, I was tired of being weak, and tired of being alone. The perfect man was right there with me, and I was being a complete idiot by pushing him away, Right then, I knew without a doubt, I was falling in love with him. I wanted to tell him, but I was terrified.”

I really enjoyed this book. It was a quick easy read with tons of chemistry between Andy and Zoey. I most definitely will read more of the series and this author!

Lisa

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Twisted Togerther by Pepper Winters Blog Tour and Giveaway

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Title: Twisted Together (Monsters in the Dark, #3)

Author: Pepper Winters

Genre: Erotic / Dark Contemporary Romance

Release Date: June 3, 2014

Synopsis

“After battling through hell, I brought my esclave back from the brink of ruin. I sacrificed everything—my heart, my mind, my very desires to bring her back to life. And for a while, I thought it broke me, that I’d never be the same. But slowly the beast is growing bolder, and it’s finally time to show Tess how beautiful the dark can be.”

Q gave everything to bring Tess back. In return, he expects nothing less. Tess may have leashed and tamed him, but he’s still a monster inside.

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♥Twisted Together – Excerpt♥

I shook my head. I didn’t understand. All I understood was his voice had the power to make me come. The deep tenor vibrated through my heart, sending tiny orgasms exploding in my veins.

I needed to be touched. I needed to be kissed.

Kiss him. Let him know.

Launching upright, I splashed a wave over the tub. Q jerked back, but wasn’t fast enough. Wrapping my arms around his neck, I dragged him down toward me. His hand slipped on the rim, plunging his arms into the water, landing on either side of my body.

His mouth opened to curse, but I swallowed whatever he said. My lips stole his, and the moment I tasted him, I went a little mad.

My core squeezed with delirium, demanding to be filled. My eyes rolled back at the sheer bliss of kissing.

He tasted like freedom and violence and pain.

“Esclave…wait…” Q tried to speak, but he only gave me the opportunity to slink my tongue into his mouth. Joy bounced and fizzed in my heart, demanding more.

I moaned, dragging him closer. My hands dug into his hair, tugging with sharp-laced desire. His mouth opened, either in shock or passion—I didn’t hesitate. I thrust my tongue deeper into his mouth, willingly drowning myself in all things Q.

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Synopsis

“My life was complete. Happy, content, everything neat and perfect.

Then it all changed.

I was sold.”

Tess Snow has everything she ever wanted: one more semester before a career in property development, a loving boyfriend, and a future dazzling bright with possibility.

For their two year anniversary, Brax surprises Tess with a romantic trip to Mexico. Sandy beaches, delicious cocktails, and soul-connecting sex set the mood for a wonderful holiday. With a full heart, and looking forward to a passion filled week, Tess is on top of the world.

But lusty paradise is shattered.

Kidnapped. Drugged. Stolen. Tess is forced into a world full of darkness and terror.

Captive and alone with no savior, no lover, no faith, no future, Tess evolves from terrified girl to fierce fighter. But no matter her strength, it can’t save her from the horror of being sold.

Can Brax find Tess before she’s broken and ruined, or will Tess’s new owner change her life forever?

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Monsters in the Dark, #2

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Synopsis

“All my life, I battled with the knowledge I was twisted… screwed up to want something so deliciously dark—wrong on so many levels. But then slave fifty-eight entered my world. Hissing, fighting, with a core of iron, she showed me an existence where two wrongs do make a right.”

Tess is Q’s completely. Q is Tess’s irrevocably. But now, they must learn the boundaries of their unconventional relationship, while Tess seeks vengeance on the men who sold her. Q made a blood-oath to deliver their corpses at Tess’s feet, and that’s just what he’ll do.

He may be a monster, but he’s Tess’s monster.

♥About Pepper♥

Pepper Winters wears many roles. Some of them include writer, reader, sometimes wife. She loves dark, taboo stories that twist with your head. The more tortured the hero the better and she constantly thinks up ways to break and fix her characters. Oh, and sex… her books have sex.

She loves to travel and has an amazing, fabulous hubby (who speaks French—hot!) who puts up with her love affair with her book boyfriends. She loves to hear from her readers so hit her up at pepperwinters@gmail.com

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“Zoey, you really don’t see how beautiful you are, inside and out. Look at everything you’ve done for me, without even knowing me. Who does that? You are a smart, sexy as hell, and you need to try to realize it. Stop letting that asshole bring you down.”

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“Those nights when you and I would just talk, don’t tell me you didn’t feel what I felt.”

“Heath Hillabrand is bad news…no, he’s the worst news. But the way he kissed me, it was almost tender.”

“You are a pompous, egotistical, arrogant, rude, tactless, a*hole.” You know what you are, you are an uptight…yeah I know you love that don’t you? Uptight, stuck – up, prissy, prudish, snob.”

“It’s okay. You’re the perfect b*tch and im the perfect a*hole”

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“Zoey, you really don’t see how beautiful you are, inside and out. Look at everything you’ve done for me, without even knowing me. Who does that? You are a smart, sexy as hell, and you need to try to realize it. Stop letting that asshole bring you down.”

“My walls were down, I was tired of being weak, and tired of being alone. The perfect man was right there with me, and I was being a complete idiot by pushing him away, Right then, I knew without a doubt, I was falling in love with him. I wanted to tell him, but I was terrified.”

**“It’s okay. You’re the perfect btch and im the perfect ahole”**

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