BEAUTY AND THE BADGE
Series: Charlotte’s Cove #1
Author: Ella Fox
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Publisher: Boom Factory Publishing, LLC
Cover Designer: Sara Eirew Photography
Release Date: November 12th, 2019
After being held up at gunpoint, Ashley Colton realizes that life in the big city isn’t for her. She decides to take the biggest risk of her life and move to Charlotte’s Cove, the small seaside sanctuary where she’s vacationed every summer since childhood.
Everything falls perfectly into place until her first day of work, where she meets her new boss Tyler Jameson, the chief of police. The chemistry between Ashley and Tyler is instant and powerful, but for reasons of their own, both are cautious about jumping in.
When a woman from Tyler’s past surfaces, Ashley retreats, making Tyler realize that if he’s going to show Ashley she’s the only one who has his attention, then he needs to stop being hesitant and put everything on the line.
Is the badge powerful enough to win the beauty who holds his heart?
He lets out a hiss of breath, and I tense up. Crap. He’s not going to listen to me.
“Never mind. Let’s forget—”
“Stop doing that. I don’t want you to shut me out or avoid me or treat me like someone you don’t want to know,” he says, his voice rough.
My head comes up in surprise, and my eyes fly to meet his. When they do, I see he’s staring at me imploringly. The message he seems to be sending, quite intently, is don’t run away.
“I don’t want to piss you off,” I blurt.
“Babe. Please. Stop hiding. It’s fucking killing me.”
His words—specifically the use of the word babe—cause my pulse rate to quicken. He looks frustrated as hell, which somehow makes him even hotter. God, my hormones around this man are all over the place.
“Ashley,” he rumbles, his voice low. “Talk.”
I close my eyes for a few seconds to gather my thoughts—and to cut off my line of sight to him so I don’t combust. I need my wits about me for this.
5 ‘ To me, Charlotte’s Cove is Perfect’ Stars
BEAUTY AND THE BADGE hit just all the right spots! Tyler and Ashley’s love story is small town romance heaven! A super sweet heroine, a dirty talking Alpha and the most endearing secondary characters and beautiful setting, with just the perfect hint of suspense. This book really gave me all warm feelings, and that ending… Perfection!
After a series of events, Ashley decides to start over and move from California to the place of her happiest memories, her summer vacations while growing up, she always felt a deep connection with Charlotte’s Cove, and now it’s her change to start over. To find her happiness. She just had no idea that right there, in the small island, her HEA – in the form of a smoking HOT chief of police- was about to start…
My grandfather used to joke that it was like I was called to the island, and I’d have to agree. There’s magic here.
Immediately after their first meeting, where they feel that instant connection, and the sparks, that I so adore, fly, it was amazing to witness their relationship developing, even with some crazy bumps on the way, lol. Tyler was the definition of Alpha with a capital A! Lordy, was that man swoony. Yes, he made some errors that come to bite him in the @ss, but what man doesn’t?! His absolute focus on Ashley since that first moment, his work on charming her, but still never truly letting her go, was as delicious as that dirty talking of his. This man is HAWT in every level, so his love and devotion just raised that hotness to a whole new degree!
Ashley, even considering her insecurities – that just made her more real for me! – was one of the sweetest and most endearing of heroines. Her strength, her motivation, were inspiring, and added to her unawareness of her beauty, just made her even more the perfect pairing for this Alphaness that is Tyler!
Forget about spider senses—I’ve got Tyler senses.
Some kisses are slow. Some are desperate. Some are sensual. Some are a promise. This kiss is all of the above and then some.
Ms. Fox truly has in Beauty and The Badge every single element of a winning formula: an amazing heroine, the best of Alphas, beautiful setting, plenty of hilarious moments, scorching hot sex scenes – not to talk about of the insane chemistry going on! – and just a hint of suspense. In Tyler and Ashley’s story we really have it ALL, and so beautifully crafted that there is no chance of not falling for these characters, and this small town.
After Beauty and the Badge, the incredible soulmate love story and all those oh so enticing secondary characters – aka Tyler’s crew – plus that memorable and charming setting, Ella Fox managed to hook me so completely that now DYING for the second book! Can’t wait to see whom are going to be the victims of the ‘matchmaking club’!!! <3 <3 <3 <3 <3
“I love you too,” I answer, my voice rock steady.
That earns me a smile and a quick kiss. “That’s the best damn thing I’ve heard all day,” he says. “You’re stuck with me now.”
I smile dreamily. “I wouldn’t want it any other way,”
ARC kindly provided by the author via Candi Kane PR for an honest review
USA Today Bestselling Author Ella Fox has learned a bunch of stuff along the way but the most important of all those things is that anything is possible when you try. In 2012 she took a big leap of faith and published her first book, Broken Hart. Since then she’s written fifteen more full-length books and several novellas– and every one is a reminder that you can live your dream as long as you work for it.
Ella’s favorite things are music, movies, traveling, The Foo Fighters and, of course, reading. This isn’t a surprise considering the fact that her mom is USA Today Bestselling Author Suzanne Halliday.
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Brynne Asher grew up in the Midwest and now lives in Northern Virginia with her husband, three children and her perfect dog. When she isn’t creating pretend people and relationships in her head, she is running her kids around and doing laundry. She enjoys cooking, decorating, shopping at outlet malls as well as online and is always seeking the best deal. A perfect day in “Brynne World” ends in front of an outdoor fire with family, friends, s’mores and a delicious cocktail.
