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BLOG TOUR + REVIEW: ENTICING LIAM (Big Sky Royals #2) by Kristen Proby

ENTICING LIAM

Series: Big Sky Royals #2 (Big Sky World)

Author: Kristen Proby

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Release Date: March 10th, 2020

Synopsis

Princess Eleanor has had it up to her royal eyeballs. She’s surrounded by suitable men, each more rude and obnoxious than the last. None of them are worthy of her heart—not to mention her virginity. So what’s a girl to do? Flee to Montana to stay with her brother, lay low, and avoid both the media and the men, that’s what.

Liam Cunningham is the head of security in Montana for the royal family. For a man who has seen the worst of human nature in the Army, being in Cunningham Falls is a balm to his tattered soul.

Princess Eleanor, on the other hand, is a royal pain in the butt. She’s proven in the past that she’s a troublemaker. She’s also beautiful, smart, and everything good in life that he doesn’t deserve.

But when Ellie proposes the idea of Liam being her sex coach, how can he resist?

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4 ‘All Of Me’ Stars

What a charming, sweet and sexy read! Enticing Liam truly entices us to such a feel good, happy place. Who doesn’t love a good bodyguard/secret romance story?! Liam and Ellie’s story fit that to a T, with some added royal sparkle. Absolutely tantalizing!

This Big Sky Royals – actually all the Big Sky books – have such a heart warming vibe, even when we are considering royals as main characters, that is impossible not to be completely charmed by this ‘world’ and its people. Liam and Eleanor proves exactly that.

“You’re everything wonderful in this world that I don’t deserve. And I’ll be damned if I can bring myself to let you go.”

“That’s my line.”
“You keep me safe all day. I can protect you from this. Trust me.”

“Here I am. All of me. And the only reason I can do this is because I trust you. Not just with my safety, but also with me. All of me.”

Being from completely different life backgrounds, Eleanor and Liam, the Montana chief of security, have tried to ignore their attraction since that very first meeting one year ago, but now with Ellie back to stay for a long period of time, to get away from everything, and Liam being ‘forced’ to take on as her bodyguard, there is no way to deny that chemistry any longer. Specially when one druken night Ellie makes a revelation and a proposal that as much as Liam forces himself to deny, he just can’t stay away from his princess. It was impossible to ignore this level of yearning, after all! 😉

“Anything worth doing is worth doing well.” He nibbles on my shoulder, pushing the strap of my tank out of his way. “And I’m going to do you very well.”

“You smell fucking amazing,” I whisper.
“What do I smell like?”
“Mine.” I kiss her chin. “You smell like mine, Eleanor.”

Kristen Proby once again rocked the ‘behind the crown’ world. I’m a sucker for this combination of royalty with small town romance. Add to it the secret romance, bodyguard/princess combo and I was beyond thrilled for this book and it sure lived up to all my expectation! Both Liam and Ellie proved to be endearing, and complex characters, and of course the ever-present KP stamp of REAL and relatable characters – specially difficult when talking about royals, but yep, she does it like no other! – charming settings and incredible friendships and side characters, evidently Enticing Liam had to be a success for me. Perfect measure of sweet, sexy, emotional and funny! And oh man, as much as I want to nut punch Callum, I so want to see Aspen put him in his place, so I’m simultaneously scared and excited for their own tale!!! <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

I love you more than anything or anyone I’ve loved in my life. You’re the reason I breathe.

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About the Author

Kristen was born and raised in a small resort town in her beloved Montana. In her mid-twenties, she decided to stretch her wings and move to the Pacific Northwest, where she made her home for more than a dozen years.

During that time, Kristen wrote many romance novels and joined organizations such as RWA and other small writing groups. She spent countless hours in workshops, and more mornings than she can count up before dawn so she could write before going to work. She submitted many manuscripts to agents and editors alike, but was always told no. In the summer of 2012, the self-publishing scene was new and thriving, and Kristen had one goal: to publish just one book. It was something she longed to cross off of her bucket list.

Not only did she publish one book, she’s since published close to thirty titles, many of which have hit the USA Today, New York Times and Wall Street Journal Bestsellers lists. She continues to self publish, best known for her With Me In Seattle and Boudreaux series, and is also proud to work with William Morrow, a division of HarperCollins, with the Fusion Series.

Kristen and her husband, John, make their home in her hometown of Whitefish, Montana with their two cats.

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RELEASE BLITZ + REVIEW: MAYBE SWEARING WILL HELP ( SWAT Generation 2.0 #3) by Lani Lynn Vale

MAYBE SWEARING WILL HELP

Series: SWAT Generation 2.0 #3

Author: Lani Lynn Vale

Genre: Romantic Suspense

Release Date: March 10th, 2020

Ford Spurlock has known Ashe Trammel since they were babies.

He’s also done his level best to stay away from her because every time he gets to within five feet of her, they’re fighting like cats and dogs.

Ashe is the apple of her father’s eye. The motorcycle club princess that was never to be harmed in any way—or touched for that matter. And he’s always resented the fact that she could get away with things that he couldn’t. Things that she then blames on him and he always gets punished for.

Fast forward to adulthood, and Ashe is still off limits. Still driving him insane. Still…beautiful.

She never misses an opportunity to give him hell, either.

That has to be why he agrees to do a photoshoot for KPD SWAT that’ll benefit her charity even when he’d rather shoot himself in the foot with his duty weapon.

***

Ashe never thought he’d agree.

Honestly, she thought she’d ask him, he’d say no, and that’d be the end of it.

She never realized that she’d leave his photo up in her cubicle, and it’d be the last thing that she saw every night as she locked her office door.

When they were kids, Ford used to be that boy that threw dirt at her and pulled her hair.

Now, he’s the same Ford Spurlock, only a whole lot sexier. And a lot harder to say no to.

When he challenges her to one date, she has no other recourse but to agree.

What she didn’t agree to was falling in love with Mr. March. Or wanting to give him everything she had to give.

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3.75 ‘Love To Hate’ Stars

Oh boy, talk about fighting like cats and dogs!!! Ford and Ashe are the definition of mortal enemies since childhood, and now all that banter and friction exploded into the most intense of romances! OMG, the banter was just so SPOT ON!!!

These SWAT 2.0’s are as delicious as they covers point too, and Mr. March’s story was no exception, I enjoyed the heck out of it, who knew that this deep seated childhood nemesis could turn into a love this bright, when they barely managed to not strangle each other on every encounter?! LOL

I was a senior this year and should be living it up.
Yet, every fucking time I turned the corner, there was Soot, making my life a living hell.

Their back and forth was indeed the highlight of the book for me. Well, that and the scorching hot sexual tension in the air at every of those clashes! The saying that it is a ‘fine line between love and hate’ couldn’t be more suited for these two. Their banter and then their unleashed desire from the very first time they gave in… WOW, just wow…

That was right. What we were doing wasn’t anything. It meant nothing. It felt like… everything.

Ashe and I didn’t work.
We fought like cats and dogs.
We were attracted to each other.
But attraction couldn’t carry a relationship.

If I was so into their banter and their chemistry, why not rate it higher you may ask, well, one thing, a PERSONAL peeve of mine, but I just dislike that Ashe was an inexperienced virgin – no matter the crazy justifications here, because hello, Ford had the solution at hand their very first time, lol, so why not use that solution with other men – and Ford was anything but. Not only that, but she had a front row seat to all his past, and even though they were enemies and weren’t exactly pining for each other – sorry but the virginity kind of discredited a that bit for me – Ford does say more than once that deep down he had loved her since then. If you know me, you know that is one of my peeves too, because come on,I’m all for the enemies to lovers, but don’t bring the ‘loved you forever’ to the mix when you clearly weren’t in love with each other when you hurt the other by rubbing others in theirs faces. Again I’ll say, it’s MY peeve her, but that declaration just makes my eye twitch every time it pops up when the actions prove the opposite. And the Linnet thing in the present?! I’ll not reveal so not to spoil, but I so wanted to nut punch Ford for that! Okay, mini rant over, because like I said, I sooooo loved their relationship, and they antics were AWESOME, so much so I have no doubt this would have been another five stars for me, and one of my LLV’s fav, if not for those two issues.

I couldn’t stop myself from loving her.
It was just impossible.
We may fight constantly like cats and dogs, but these feelings were something we’d been fighting since we were children.

Lani Lynn Vale is truly one of the most gifted authors I’ve ever read, and no wonder my addiction to her words is a ever present need in my heart. Only LLV could make me devour and love a couple, even with the small personal issues it nagged me about them. All the secondary characters that I’m dying to hear more about, the strong presence of all the parents – OMG, Trance and Viddy and Tru and Torren!!! – the LLV OG characters, and so much potential for future books and series, just leaves me giddy with excitement every. Single. Time. And now after watching the silent and broody Hayes, I can not wait for next Month. Bet Mr. April will be as epic as they come! <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

“You’re mine, Ashe,” I told her bluntly. “You’re mine, and I’m yours.

“Turns out, we love each other.” Ford shrugged. “Hate is there sometimes, too. But mostly love.”

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About the Author

LaniLynnVale

Lani Lynn Vale is a Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestselling Author of over thirty titles. She is married with three children, two dogs, two cats, a donkey, and a couple (a couple meaning over twenty) chickens. She hails from the Great State of Texas.

When she’s not writing, you can find her curled up in her favorite chair reading.

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RELEASE BLITZ + REVIEW & GI’S FAV: THE WRONG/RIGHT MAN by Aurora Rose Reynolds

THE WRONG/RIGHT MAN

Author: Aurora Rose Reynolds

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Cover Designer: RBA Designs

Cover Designer: Wander Aguiar

Release Date: March 3rd, 2020

Synopsis

Waking up to a text asking why you stood up your blind date is not the best way to start the day, especially when the man in question is standing half dressed in your kitchen.

Maybe Dakota Newton shouldn’t have assumed the gorgeous man with a devastating smile standing outside the coffee shop was her date. She probably— Okay, she definitely shouldn’t have slept with him, regardless of how hot the chemistry between them was. But how could she know Mr. Right was actually Mr. Wrong?

Braxton Adams has been called a few things in his life, but a liar was never one of them. That all changes when he’s approached by a beautiful woman who thinks he’s there to meet her for a date.

As a businessman, Brax knows to trust his gut and never let an opportunity pass him by, so he pretends to be someone he’s not.

Maybe he shouldn’t have lied. Maybe he should have come clean. But in the end, it doesn’t matter, because now he has to prove he’s not the wrong man but the right one.

So what if he’s not the man she’s expecting? She’s the one he’s been waiting for.

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5 ‘The Unexpected But Appreciated’ Stars

This is absolute PERFECTION!!! Passionate and oh so enthralling, The Wrong/Right Man completely absorbed me into its pages from that very first scene!
And Braxton… Oh boy, he now wins the crown for the most INTENSE, OTT possessive, protective and OBSESSED of ARR’s Heroes and that is saying a lot with all her OTT Alphas goodness!!! ADORED. EVERY. WORD!!!

The blurb alone got me obsessed with this story, I was absolutely giddy with excitement for this story, but what I got was even more than I was expecting! The intensity of the insta connection between Dakota and Braxton is beyond palpable, so much so I felt on the edge of my sit, waiting to see how this insane chemistry was going to unfold.

“The moment I saw you, I wanted you.”

He’s right; I can’t deny our connection. It’s like a living, breathing thing that’s taken on a life of its own.

Dakota was such a relatable character, sweet but fiercely independent, it was impossible not to put ourselves in her shoes, and boy oh boy, those shoes are looking mighty fine, because the way she mistakes the wrong man for her blind date, but he ends up being the PERFECT man for her, I’d say she’s one lucky lady!

Braxton… OMG, may I just say I ADORED every single thing about this man, even his cluelessness when it came to how overbearing he was being, made me fall hard for him. True OTT Alpha and I. LOVED. IT! Sexy, confident, devoted, giving and LOVING, this man really was the best and is now right there at the top – together with Nico, of course – of my fav ARR Alphas, and that is saying a lot with how much Alpha goodness she has given us. Braxton is as swoon worthy, sigh inducing as it goes!

“You are seriously the most frustrating man I have ever met in my life.”

” I’m a man who knows what he wants. And when I find something I want, I go after it until it belongs to me.”

His mouth is hungry, desperate, and branding as he kisses me, and in that moment, I know I’m already his.

Aurora Rose Reynolds really gave us in The Wrong Right Man her trademark feel good, emotional and sexy romance, with Braxton’s OTT Alphaness taking it to an even more delicious read. SO much so that this world she has here created and all these amazing secondary characters have left wanting even more of this gang, because even with that absolutely PERFECT Epilogue, I’d love stories for each of these guys with even more peeks into Braxton and Dakota, and their HEA! I’ll be stalking even more of this ARR Seattle deliciousness, because I neeeeedddddd all of it! <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

“Why do you think you’re falling in love with me?”

“I don’t think I’m falling in love with you.” His eyes stay locked with mine as his thumb glides over my jaw. “I am in love with you.”

“How do you know?”

“How do you know you need to breathe?” he asks in return, and tears start to fill my eyes. “Loving you isn’t something I think about. It’s something that has happened without me thinking about it and is as natural to me as taking my next breath.”

I’m just glad that Mr. Wrong ended up being Mr. Right.

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About the Author

Aurora Rose Reynolds

Aurora Rose Reynolds is a New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author whose wildly popular series include Until, Until Him, Until Her, Underground Kings and Shooting Stars.

Her writing career started in an attempt to get the outrageously alpha men who resided in her head to leave her alone and has blossomed into an opportunity to share her stories with readers all over the world.

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RELEASE + REVIEW & GI’S FAV: CRAZY HEIFER (Valentine Boys #2) by Lani Lynn Vale

CRAZY HEIFER

Series: Valentine Boys #2

Author: Lani Lynn Vale

Genre: Contemporary/Cowboy Romance

Release Date: February 25th, 2020

I fell in love with his rope skills. I stayed because somehow he took hold of my heart and made it his.

Callum Valentine didn’t mean to eavesdrop. Then again? When a man is calling a woman fat right in front of your table, it’s kind of hard not to intervene. Especially when the town’s most beautiful creature ever is the one being called fat.

Desi just wants to be left alone. After an ugly divorce, she thinks she’s in the clear. Then her ex takes it upon himself to continue to make her life miserable, giving Desi no choice but to take it or leave.

In fact, her bags were nearly all the way packed when Callum poked his nose into the most embarrassing spectacle the town of Kilgore has ever witnessed. The moment he declares her his and off limits, everything changes—and definitely not for the better.

As if things couldn’t get worse than being called a pitiful, fat heifer in front of the hottest man she’s ever seen, Callum has to go and say that she’s his, and they have to play a game that she’s not quite sure she wants to be playing.

But before her eyes, things change. And suddenly the rules of the game aren’t clear. And they’re crossing boundaries neither one of them see coming.

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5 ‘You’ve Got Me’ Stars

ABSOLUTELY SUPERB!!! Oh my stars, this book! This woman! This MAN!!! How is it possible to fall in love so hard with this Valentine boys?! Crazy Heifer is intensely addictive and so overwhelmingly fulfilling, that I’m sure all the emotions, all the heartwarming feelings will stay for DAYS, and weeks with me! I’m utterly enchanted with Callum and Desi! So. Freaking. GOOD!!!

I knew going it, from the first book in the series, that the Callum and Desi’s story would be incredibly engaging, but I had no idea just how fast and hard I’d fall for it. I’m a LLV addict here, so her stories always captivate me, but this book, you guys… I never felt so intensely and instantly in love with a character like I did for Callum. He was just my epitome of PERFECT Alpha!

God, she was everything I ever wanted all rolled into one beautiful, boob and asstastic perfect package.

if I could tell her exactly what I was feeling, and have her believe it, I’d do it in a heartbeat.

Perfect I tell you, because his imperfections just made him more REAL and therefore endearing to be! I can’t even with how much this man owns my heart. My love for him is so great I’m warning you in advance that this review may because a bit of a raving omen to this cowboy deliciousness that is Callum Valentine. I make no excuses! LOL

Desi may have had to endure a cheating and POS ex-husband, – and omg, how disgustingly mean he was to her! – but when a perfect stranger comes to her rescue, and she sees just how genuine he is when he confronts her ex, with his appreciation of her body, and his desire to get close to her, all the pain the ex put her trough was worth it, to bring this hunk of man to her life.

He was now in sweats and nothing else.
Let me repeat.
Sweatpants and nothing else. Nothing. Else.
Jesus Christ on a cracker.

What I loved too about Crazy Heifer is that not only do we get the amazing, fantastic, and uber hunky Alpha that is Callum, but Desi by herself was an amazing character, that even with her insecurities given by her ex, and the trust he broke in her, she not only fought for herself, for what she wanted, was strong and resilient, but at the same time as sweet as can be, which in turn made all the Valentine boys to fall for her and install welcome her to their little group of broken souls. They protect and loved their own. Fiercely!

Yes, funny how fate leads you to where you were meant to be.”

I had no clue I needed a hero until you showed up.”

He knows what it’s like to lose. He will hold on to you so tight that sometimes you’ll forget how it is to breathe without him. But you’ll also get him out of the shadows and into the light where he belongs.

Ok, ok, enough with my swoonfest over Callum (not really, lol)! Crazy Heifer was another brilliant masterpiece that proves yet again what a insanely talented story teller Lani Lynn Vale is. The family dynamic, the friendly banter, all the funny moments that balance perfectly with the deeply emotional ones, the forever kind of love that shone through in any of the couples interactions, and the sizzling hot sexy times between them, all this stays branded in our hearts not only while reading, but with a lasting satisfaction this good feeling remains and keep you wanting more and more. As consequence, I am, of course, already DYING for Banks and Candy’s! I need it right now!!! <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

“I love you, Desi,” he said. “If you happen to get ready before I realize it, just let me know.”

“You’ve got me, baby. For however long you want me.”

Callum had given it all to me.

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RELEASE BLITZ + REVIEW & GI’S FAV: FRIES BEFORE GUYS ( SWAT Generation 2.0 #2 ) by Lani Lynn Vale

FRIES BEFORE GUYS

Series: SWAT Generation 2.0 #2

Author: Lani Lynn Vale

Genre: Romantic Suspense

Release Date: February 11th, 2020

Sometimes people come into a person’s life and make their heart skip a beat.

Those people are called cops.

Well, one cop in particular.

A SWAT officer for the Kilgore Police Department, to be specific.

The first time Avery Flynn saw Derek Roberts, she was photographing him for the first annual Kilgore Police Department SWAT calendar. He was leaned back in his squad car, shirtless, and giving her a smile that was completely between them. A smile that hinted at what he wanted to do to her later.

When she scrounges up the courage to ask him out after the photoshoot, he laughs in her face.

Well, screw you, too, Mr. February.

***

Derek Roberts never really paid attention to the photographer.

She was a mousy girl who dressed like a twelve-year-old girl. Her tight leggings, extra baggy Star Trek t-shirt denoting her a Klingon captain, and her surprisingly clean Chucks didn’t leave much of an impression.

Now, the outfit that she was in weeks after he rebuffed her? Yeah, now that caught his attention.

Too bad that happens when he’s trying to save her from what’s sure to be death thanks to an unhinged native Texan who’s convinced she was the reason he lost his last chance at a million dollars.

When he tries to save her, she tells him she’d rather take a cattle prod to the forehead than go anywhere with him.

Challenge. Accepted.

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5 ‘I. Want. You.’ Stars

OMG, Lani Lynn Vale‘s FRIES BEFORE GUYS has put me through the best of ringers! Derek and Avery’s story made you go through one end to the other of the EMOTIONAL spectrum! How is it possible that in just one book, one unforgettable love story, I go from crying my little black heart out to belly hurting, ‘rolling in the floor’ laughing?! Pure LLV brilliance, that’s how!

I knew, going into this book would wreck me, Avery’s heartbreaking background could do no less, but immediately at the start she keeps getting more and more knocked down, and I HURT for her. Badly!

She goes through hell, and the way she was so incredibly strong, and so fiercely independent, made Avery one of my biggest girl crushes. For someone so young, she couldn’t have been more mature and grounded. I loved EVERYTHING about her. One of the most beautiful and heartbreaking female characters ever!

And for a great heroine, we got an outstanding hero! Derek may have resisted – in the most herculean of ways, lol – to his insanely strong attraction to Avery, but once he saw there was no point in resisting, and that the age difference in their case it was indeed just a number, he was all in. It gave us the feel of more slow burn romance, and which was perfect for them. What I loved even more though, was that he didn’t bulldoze his way into her life – ok, he did but just not more than necessary, because hello, Avery was also stubborn as hell, hahah – but allowed her to find her own self, to ‘grow’ and conquer the world on her own. To achieve her goals and win her battles, but he was right there to cheer her on. Really best book boyfriend material.

I’d seen this girl cry way too much.
Way too fucking much.

It was getting exhausting trying to stay away from her when fate kept throwing us together.

Lani Lynn Vale, never fails in giving us the most addictively gripping and emotional of the storylines, and Fries Before Guys was no exception! So many feeeelllllllsssss!!! And to not only get to know the coming SWAT Generation 2.0 enticing and intriguing future leads, but to revisit some of our favorites of the original SWAT is beyond fantastic. I never want this spin offs and his setting to end! KPD SWAT forever!!! And of course I’m already on the countdown for the next SWAT to fall!!! <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

“I don’t want to break you. I want to fix you. I want to love you. I want to care for you.”
“I. Want. You,” he continued. “I choose you.”

“There are times when I know that I’ll remember the moment forever,” she said. “And this day is one of them.”

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BLOG TOUR + REVIEW & GI’S FAV: THEN YOU HAPPENED by K. Bromberg

THEN YOU HAPPENED

Author: K. Bromberg

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Release Date: February 3rd, 2020

Synopsis

Jack Sutton was the man I didn’t want to need.

His know-it-all attitude. His annoying suggestions. His outlook on life.

He was determined to help me while I had resolved to figure it out on my own.

But he taught me things I’d forgotten.

How to trust. How to believe in myself. Who I was.

The problem?

I went and fell in love with him.

—

Tatum Knox was the disaster I should have walked away from.

Her ruined reputation. Her failing business. Her chaotic life.

She hated me at first sight and yet intrigued me all at the same time.

I was only supposed to be there six months.

I was supposed to use that time to make amends for things I’d done wrong.

Instead I fell in love with her.

—

They say it’s better to have loved and lost, then not to have loved at all. Does that hold true when the love is based on a lie to begin with?

(THEN YOU HAPPENED is a STANDALONE enemies to lovers, small town romance. Full-length at one hundred and seven thousand words)

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Excerpt

“Just face it, Knox. You’re head over heels in love with me.” Jack finally smiles, dimple winking and those eyes lighting up as he takes a step toward me, holding the scoop to his chest. “You can’t be near me because you want me, and you can’t talk to me because you get all flustered and tongue-tied.”

“There is nothing about you I find attractive,” I lie.

He places the scoop in my hand but doesn’t let it go when I try to take it. “It’d be much easier and a whole lot less distracting if I could say the same of you.” He lets go of the scoop and dips the tip of his hat in an aw-shucks kind of way. “But I’m not one to lie.”

Our eyes hold across the short distance as his comment floats through the air and fades like the dust specks dancing in the sunlight.

“That won’t work, you know?” I say.

“What won’t?”

“You trying to charm me every time you want something. I know your kind, Jack Sutton, and I’m not impressed by them.”

“Is that so?” He shifts on his feet and adjusts his hat before re-crossing his arms over his chest. “And what kind is that?”

“A man who uses his good looks and smooth words to get his way with people. A man who turns on the charm to disguise it.”

His eyes darken and then narrow. “Just like you’re the woman who keeps living her privileged life . . . fiddling while Rome burns down around her?” he counters, making me want to scream that he knows nothing about me or how I live or what I’ve been through for the last year. A small part of me is shouting about how that was his point, but I tell the voice to shut up. “And if by good looks and smooth words, you’re implying I’m like Fletcher, I suggest you not infer that again.” That muscle in his jaw feathers in contempt.

“I’m not the woman you think I am.”

He twists his lips and stares at me in a way that feels like he is seeing right through me. It’s unnerving and unsettling, and I force myself not to look away because his silence is telling me that maybe he thinks I am.

I’m not sure why that bugs me. Why I want him to see me as someone different.

“I’m not even certain you know who that woman is either.”

5 ‘ Her Wild’ Stars

WOW, oh Woooowww!!!! THEN YOU HAPPENED is now my all time favorite western Romance/ Enemies to lovers! Ms. Bromberg just wows me every single time and Jack and Tate’s romance is the very definition of EPIC LOVE STORY ! As always with the author’s gems, there’s this pure, raw intensity and passion that transfix and enthralls from the very first line and steals our heart with every single scene! Pure romance magic!!!!

Tate and Jack’s story begins with the second just arriving at the small town of Lone Star and immediately getting a earful about his new employer. Let’s just say that the town has it out for the widow, in a big way, and oh boy, that, gathered with what life has put her through, specially her late husband, Fletcher, to say she’s instantly on the the defensive is saying little.

But there’s something about the sadness in her eyes that makes me want to clear it away. That makes me want to push buttons to get that fire back because temper I can deal with.
Temper at least gives me something to fight against.

She has all the reasons in the world never to trust anyone ever again, so when her new ranch manager shows up, and she knows he got a feel for the land before coming to her, plus his self confidence and cocky smirk just set her teeth on the edge while fighting the instant insane attraction and spark it can be felt in the air, Tate Knox was ready to shoot on sight, and I adored that!
Ahhhh, there is just something so incredibly satisfying about the dichotomy between sizzling and palpable chemistry, and the spark of animosity, the duo of insta-lust /insta-hate that makes for an incredible enemies to lovers, and here we had that in spades!

“Is your attraction to me that hard to fight? I’m sensing it is.”
I fight the smile and lose as I bark out a disbelieving laugh. “That’s exactly it. You’re right. I can’t resist you.”
“See? Don’t you feel better now that you got that off your chest?”

Fire.
Beauty.
Pain.
Fucking Tate.

And the result, besides the most brilliant of the back and forths?! The most exquisite of banters! I just adored how both of them never backed down, never gave an inch, but still managed to remain focused and mature in their decisions, reaching a compromise when necessary! Of course that was also translated in the sexy times, because when it was impossible for them to ignore their scorching attraction, both were so amazingly mature and open about their feelings, I wanted to cheer and bow down to Ms. Bromberg. So refreshing and such an incredible turn on, when characters are open about what they want and how much they want it!

Now I know she has the determination of a giant and the grit of a titan.

She’s slight in stature with small features, perfect tits, and a great ass, but it’s her unforgettable personality that draws me to her. Fire and ice when she needs to be and sunshine and storm clouds at other times.

Tatum Knox. The unexpected woman I can’t seem to get enough of. I’ve definitely fucking fallen for her. And hell if that isn’t a hard one to swallow.

And want they did! That off the charts chemistry and banter transformed in the sexiest of intimate scenes, where passion, and growing love shone through in every touch, every thought, every caress! Jack and Tate were indeed EPIC kind of love, I’ll say it again!

Jack was such a perfect Alpha! We could feel just how smitten he was from that very first meeting, but our discovery of his true nature…. He was the most supportive male character I had the pleasure of reading, because not only did he help Tate heal – as did she to him – but he was perfect in doing it, at every step of the way. He knew just when to push, when to let her breathe, when to cheer for her, and specially when to show her just how strong she was on her own, it was AHHHMAZING!!!

As I try to figure out how to find myself again. As I figure out how to learn to live again.
And maybe dream a little too.

“How you view the world through a lens should be shared.”

“Today is the day you own your wild.”

Tate… WOW… Ms. Bromberg has given us some fantastic and strong female leads, but Tate, I don’t know why, but she touched me like no other so far, and that is saying a lot with how much I girl crush about her female MCs. She was just so on defensive, so justified, so broken, but still soooooo strong. I adored her! I loved even much witnessing Jack helping her heal, specially because of how he did it, so that she was like discovering herself again… It was BEAUTIFUL! And made me swoon – BIG TIME! – even more for this cowboy. *Deep and dreamy sigh*

But then you happened.” He shakes his head ever so subtly and a ghost of a smile—one laced with regret and sorrow—curves up his lips. “Your grit and ferocity and devotion and love and your wild happened.”

Then you went and made me fall in fucking love with you, Tatum. Then you happened.”

Ms. Bromberg truly blew all my expectation of this small town/ western/ enemies to lovers romance out of the stratosphere! Such richness and complexity of the main characters – and yes, also the secondary ones like Will or Fiona, that I’m dying to know more about – ; perfectly crafted and detailed setting and premise; slow and oh so realistically blossoming of their relationship; organic, realistic and passionate transition from that sparking initial friction/animosity to ‘once in a lifetime’ kind of love, every single part of this tale was masterfully crafted in a way that is impossible not to fall in love with these two. Jack and Tate are now part of not only my all time favorite couples, but of my all time favorite HEA! This ending and that Epilogue made my romance loving heart SOAR!!! <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

We started with nothing and ended up creating everything.

I am home.
I am whole.
I am complete.

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About the Author

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New York Times Bestselling author K. Bromberg writes contemporary novels that contain a mixture of sweet, emotional, a whole lot of sexy, and a little bit of real. She likes to write strong heroines, and damaged heroes who we love to hate and hate to love.

A mom of three, she plots her novels in between school runs and soccer practices, more often than not with her laptop in tow.

Since publishing her first book in 2013, Kristy has sold over one million copies of her books across sixteen different countries and has landed on the New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal Bestsellers lists over twenty-five times. Her Driven trilogy (Driven, Fueled, and Crashed) is currently being adapted for film by Passionflix with the first movie slated to release in the summer of 2018.

She is currently working on her Everyday Heroes trilogy. This series consists of three complete standalone novels—Cuffed, Combust, and Cockpit (late spring 2018)—and is about three brothers who are emergency responders, the jobs that call to them, and the women who challenge them.

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RELEASE BLITZ: THEN YOU HAPPENED by K. Bromberg

THEN YOU HAPPENED

Author: K. Bromberg

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Release Date: February 3rd, 2020

Synopsis

Jack Sutton was the man I didn’t want to need.

His know-it-all attitude. His annoying suggestions. His outlook on life.

He was determined to help me while I had resolved to figure it out on my own.

But he taught me things I’d forgotten.

How to trust. How to believe in myself. Who I was.

The problem?

I went and fell in love with him.

—

Tatum Knox was the disaster I should have walked away from.

Her ruined reputation. Her failing business. Her chaotic life.

She hated me at first sight and yet intrigued me all at the same time.

I was only supposed to be there six months.

I was supposed to use that time to make amends for things I’d done wrong.

Instead I fell in love with her.

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They say it’s better to have loved and lost, then not to have loved at all. Does that hold true when the love is based on a lie to begin with?

(THEN YOU HAPPENED is a STANDALONE enemies to lovers, small town romance. Full-length at one hundred and seven thousand words)

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5 ‘ Her Wild’ Stars

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I am home.
I am whole.
I am complete.

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About the Author

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A mom of three, she plots her novels in between school runs and soccer practices, more often than not with her laptop in tow.

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RELEASE BLITZ + REVIEW & GI’S FAV: LOVE AT THE BLUEBIRD by Aurora Rose Reynolds & Jessica Marin

LOVE AT THE BLUEBIRD

Author: Aurora Rose Reynolds & Jessica Marin

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Cover Designer: Sara Eirew Photography

Release Date: January 31st, 2020

Synopsis

With a hit song sitting at number one on the country music charts, Gavin McNeer thought he finally had everything he ever wanted.

All it takes is one look from the mesmerizing woman sitting in the front row at one of his shows and a brief encounter to make him realize just what he’s been missing. Even though he’s been burnt in the past, Gavin puts his inhibitions aside and his heart on the line to earn the trust of the woman who could be his everything.

Working in an industry where relationships start and end in the blink of an eye, Alyson Dawson has made it her mission not to get mixed up with musicians, no matter how good-looking they are. Keeping her focus on her blossoming career and clients, Aly doesn’t even have time to date much less fall in love. That is until she meets Gavin, a man who changes everything with one smoldering look.

Just when these two begin to settle into their new relationship, Aly is asked to do something that may require her to choose between the career she’s building and the man she’s falling in love with. To make things worse, Gavin’s ex decides to add a touch of drama to an already delicate situation.

Will their love survive, or become just another sad love song?

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5 ‘ Permanent Mark On My Heart’ Stars

Awwww…. Love At The Bluebird is the definition of sweetness and steamy romance personified! This ARR and JM collaboration gave us one of the most beautiful and ‘feel good’ love stories I’ve ever read. Truly a master combo and a must read!!! Loved every single second of it!

Gavin and Aly… Talk about destined soulmates! That insta connection, but the combo with the slow developing relationship, I adored all about it.

This woman has captivated me like no one else has ever before.

She’s my new drug of choice and her high is one I never want to come down from.

That first meeting at the Bluebird was just such a magical moment, I could feel I was right there with them both, in their own little bubble. It was that beautifully portrayed.

Gavin’s desperation and anxiety to get to Aly, and ascertain that connection, was palpable, and knowing that she acknowledged it, and was open to discover what could come of it, just made the story much organic and endearing!

She’s made a permanent mark on my heart and has the power to completely destroy it.

Love is magical, torturous, beautiful, and hard.

Even with the county music star theme, it’s incredible for me how I felt both of these characters were so relatable. Gavin and Aly were so adorably sweet and sexy together, I couldn’t get enough of their slowly developing love story. And specially with how enchanted they were with one another…

Good Lord, that man has cast a spell over me!

Something beautiful that just might last forever.

The relationship development, the amazing love story, all the steamy moments, an definite Alpha of a male character in Gavin, and an incredibly sweet and yet strong in Aly, and so many fantastic and potential filled secondary characters – omg, that Willow Mayson teaser left me DYING for her tale!!! -, Love At The Bluebird is now one of my favorite reads of this year, and one of the best author collaborations I’ve had the pleasure of devouring. I’m seriously stalking and hoping Ms. Reynolds and Ms. Marin won’t stop here with their duo and give us ALL the unforgettable love stories!!!! <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

The connection we have is raw, hungry, passionate… meaningful.

Gavin McNeer better be mine to keep for the rest of my life, because he’s completely ruined me for anyone else.

I’ve never felt this connected with someone, mind, body, and soul.

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About the Author

AURORA ROSE REYNOLDS

Aurora Rose Reynolds

Aurora Rose Reynolds is a New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author whose wildly popular series include Until, Until Him, Until Her, Underground Kings and Shooting Stars.

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JESSICA MARIN

Jessica Marin began her love affair with books at a young age from the encouragement of her Grandma Shirley. She has always dreamed of being an author and finally made her dreams of writing happily ever after stories a reality. She currently resides in Tennessee with her husband, children and fur babies. When she’s not hanging out with her family, she loves watching a good movie, going dancing with the ladies, sniffing essential oils, daydreaming of warm beaches, and world peace.

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Aurora Rose Reynolds and her husband, Sedaka Reynolds, created Boom Factory Publishing to use their experiences to expand and promote upcoming and existing indie authors.

With over five years in the industry, and millions of books sold worldwide, we know what it takes to become a successful author and we will use this knowledge to take our authors to the next level.

“As a successful hybrid author in this ever evolving industry, I know that you’re only as successful as the team that is promoting you!”– Aurora Rose Reynolds

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BLOG TOUR + REVIEW & GI’S FAV: DREAM WITH ME (With Me In Seattle #13) by Kristen Proby

DREAM WITH ME

Series: With Me In Seattle #13

Author: Kristen Proby

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Release Date: January 21st, 2020

Synopsis

Kane O’Callaghan knows what it is to have his work shown all over the world. His pieces are on display in palaces and museums, including the O’Callaghan Museum of Glass just outside of his beloved hometown of Seattle. Kane is a bit of a recluse, spending time on his farm alone and committed to his art. His life is full.

Until the day he meets her.

Wandering through museums is Anastasia Montgomery’s favorite way to spend her time. Not only does art feed her soul, but it inspires her own art of designing wedding cakes. When her muse seems to be gone, she finds her again among the beauty in the museums of Seattle, and the O’Callaghan Museum of Glass is her favorite. She’s never met the artist, but he must be absolutely brilliant, if he can make such beautiful things out of glass.

Bumping into a grumpy stranger at the museum wasn’t in Anastasia’s plan. And then discovering it was Kane himself was absolutely humiliating.

But when she sees him again at a charity fundraiser, and ends up spending an incredible, unforgettable night with the mysterious glass smith, Anastasia finds herself thinking of Kane and little else, even her precious work. Will this relationship bloom into the romance of a lifetime, or will their dreams of success get in the way of true love?

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Okay, so the man has moves. It shouldn’t surprise me that someone who creates such amazing works of art can also lead a girl around the dance floor. With one palm firmly planted on my lower back, and the other clutching my hand, Kane keeps his eyes on mine.

“You’re a good dancer,” I murmur.

“You’re nervous,” he replies softly. “There’s no need to be. It’s just a dance.”

I take a deep breath and offer him a smile. He’s right. It’s just a dance.

The fact that he’s maybe the hottest man I’ve ever seen is a huge bonus.

And if he can move like this, with all of our clothes on, I can only imagine what it could be like if we were naked.

Mercy.

“I never got your name,” he says and guides me closer to him so we can talk into each other’s ears. I glance around the room, seeing my sister and the other girls smiling at us, watching us dance.

“Anastasia,” I say and turn my head, not quite planting my nose against his neck. The smell of this man is going to kill me.

And not because it triggers my asthma.

Because it’s too sexy.

I watch the pulse in his neck and enjoy the feeling of his strong arms holding me.

“That’s a lovely name.” The accent is thicker in his voice now. Irish? I’m not good with accents, but I’d bet he’s Irish.

His last name might be an indicator.

“Thank you.”

The song ends and flows into another ballad. Adele sings about finding another lover, as Kane moves against me, with me.

I wonder if it looks as sexy as it feels.

“You said yesterday,” he whispers against my ear, “that you’d be using your sketch for something else. What will that something be?”

“A cake.”

He pulls back far enough to smile down at me in surprise. “A cake, is it?”

I nod, more comfortable talking about what I do for a living than just dancing in silence.

“I design and build wedding cakes for a living. I can do them for other occasions, as well, but wedding cakes are what I’m known for.”

“Interesting.”

“I have a client who came into my shop about a month ago to hire me. They didn’t give me any direction at all. No colors, no requests. It just has to feed about two hundred guests.” I shake my head in disgust. “Not that I want them to tell me to copy a photo. I won’t do that, but usually, they have colors they like or flowers in mind. Something. Not these two. When I need inspiration, I like to look at what others have created. Or have conversations with people I enjoy.”

“That makes sense,” he says and leans in to kiss my forehead, which sends a shiver right down my spine to my lady parts—which had already sat up and taken notice of Kane.

“What was that for?” I ask.

“An apology,” he replies. “For being difficult yesterday.”

“Apology accepted.”

His lips quirk into that half-smile, his green eyes shining. The song is almost over, and I know I should thank him for the dance and find Lia and the others.

“Thanks for the dance.”

The last note plays, and I pull back, immediately wishing I was back in his arms.

He’s a stranger, and it’s crazy, but it’s true.

“Do you belong to a man, Anastasia?” Kane brushes his knuckles down the side of my cheek.

I frown. “I’ll never belong to anyone.”

“You know what I mean. Are you taken?”

“I’m single if that’s what you’re asking.”

“Good.” He kisses the back of my hand.

5 ‘Art Feeds Art’ Stars

Oh wow…. How Dream With Me made my artistic heart soar! Kristen Proby blew my mind away with these two artistic souls and their oh so passionate and heart warming love story! Pure KP magic with the most delicious of accents!

How it’s amazing to be back to the WMIS universe, and with another unforgettable love story to boot!

Anastasia Montgomery – Lia’s sister from Stay With Me – is a successful cake designer, in a moment of search for inspiration she merges herself in art, and it’s in that inspiring moment that she crosses paths with the reclusive and famous artist, Kane O’ Callaghan. After meeting by chance twice in so many days, they embrace their insane attraction, starting an amazing, naturally but speedy, lol, love affair.

“You took my breath away, and I wasn’t ready for it.”

“The wanting for you never ends,”

I was absolutely enchanted by Kane and Stasia, how I adored not only their personalities, but their honesty and passion, but their intense sense of family and love for one another. I loved how we got a deep insight into this new family introduced by Kane, the O’ Callaghan’s, and though heartbreaking at times, and funny in other, we could already feel the immense potential of this characters. Family love shone throughout the all story, hooking me up even more to this already fantastic characters.

“Something you’ll learn about my family is, we take care of our own. Always. And if you’re with me, you’re one of us.”

I’ve said it in the past, and I’ll say it again, there are very few romance authors that have the capacity to give us such rich characters and storylines, but so RELATABLE, and mature. Every single time I’m in awe at the strong and fiercely independent female characters, as such is Anastasia; absolutely swoon worthy, but still flawed and realistic male characters, with Kane proving and assuming it to the fullest; but specially, their relationship development, so utterly symbiotic, relatable, and still, every bit of passionate and romantic, that even when the conflict surges, I’m still fascinated on how mature and rationally the issues are solved. I ADORE that! And Kane and Anastasia’s beautiful and incredibly sexy and passionate romance reflected their artistic souls to a T, and made me fall HARD for these two!

I’ve never been swept up into anything so profound before. So necessary.

Yes, glass is in my soul, and I’ll work with sand and fire until the day I die.

I was reminded that work fuels work, and art feeds art.

Ms. Proby manages – without fail – every single time to steal big piece of my heart with these With Me In Seattle gang. So beautifully written, with such passion, emotion, and realist, but so powerfully romantic, that it is for me the epitome of a love story!

I can’t never get enough of this world, and now that the author is enticing us with a whole new family sphere of the O’Callaghan’s, plus that angsty reveal of Archer’s story, I. AM. DYING! I need all these books STAT!!! <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

“I’m irreversibly and completely in love with you.” His words are soft but steady. Sure. “Being with you is a special form of magic that I never want to lose.”
“I love you, too.” My fingers brush through the hair at the nape of his neck. “Completely and irreversibly.”

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In the Series

COME AWAY WITH ME (With Me In Seattle #1)

FIGHT WITH ME (With Me In Seattle #2)

PLAY WITH ME (With Me In Seattle #3)

ROCK WITH ME (With Me In Seattle #4)

SAFE WITH ME (With Me In Seattle #5)

TIED WITH ME (With Me In Seattle #6)

BREATHE WITH ME (With Me In Seattle #7)

FOREVER WITH ME (With Me In Seattle #8)

STAY WITH ME (With Me In Seattle #9)

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INDULGE WITH ME (With Me In Seattle #10)

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LOVE WITH ME (With Me In Seattle #11)

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WONDER WITH ME (With Me In Seattle #11.5)

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DANCE WITH ME (With Me In Seattle #12)

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About the Author

During that time, Kristen wrote many romance novels and joined organizations such as RWA and other small writing groups. She spent countless hours in workshops, and more mornings than she can count up before the dawn so she could write before going to work. She submitted many manuscripts to agents and editors alike, but was always told no. In the summer of 2012, the self-publishing scene was new and thriving, and Kristen had one goal: to publish just one book. It was something she longed to cross off of her bucket list.

Kristen and her husband, John, make their home in her hometown of Whitefish, Montana with their two pugs and two cats.

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RELEASE BLITZ + REVIEW & GI’S FAV: LOVE HER OR LOSE HER (Hot and Hammered #2) by Tessa Bailey

LOVE HER OR LOSE HER

Series: Hot and Hammered #2

Author: Tessa Bailey

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Release Date: January 14th, 2020

Rosie and Dominic Vega are the perfect couple: high school sweethearts, best friends, madly in love. Well, they used to be anyway. Now Rosie’s lucky to get a caveman grunt from the ex-soldier every time she walks in the door. Dom is faithful and a great provider, but the man she fell in love with ten years ago is nowhere to be found. When her girlfriends encourage Rosie to demand more out of life and pursue her dream of opening a restaurant, she decides to demand more out of love, too. Three words: marriage boot camp.

Never in a million years did Rosie believe her stoic, too-manly-to-emote husband would actually agree to relationship rehab with a weed-smoking hippy. Dom talking about feelings? Sitting on pillows? Communing with nature? Learning love languages? Nope. But to her surprise, he’s all in, and it forces her to admit her own role in their cracked foundation. As they complete one ridiculous—yet surprisingly helpful—assignment after another, their remodeled relationship gets stronger than ever. Except just as they’re getting back on track, Rosie discovers Dom has a secret… and it could demolish everything.

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5 ‘Love Language’ Stars

MIND BLOWN… Ok, not just simply blown, OBLITERATED is more like it! My heart, BODY and soul are in awe with Love Her or Lose Her. Tessa Bailey not only created an EPIC second chance romance, she set the bar to impossible heights when it comes to married couples’ Romance. It was from opening word to the very end of the Epilogue, PERFECTION! And who knew a marriage crisis’ book could have the most LEGENDARY of sexual chemistries?! Hot damnnnnnn… 😉

Sure, I knew – or at least expected, lol – that Dom and Rosie’s story was going to be monumental, but what Ms. Bailey gave us in this story is far beyond anything I could have anticipated!

Dominic and Rosie have been each other worlds from the moment the met, and got together in high school, the true epitome of ‘high school sweethearts’, all sticking together through tick and thin, even while Dom was in deployed their relationship was never in question. But after his return something changed and they have now for five years basically living in silence, while sharing a home and a weekly non verbally scheduled sexathon, because one thing is certain, raw sexual chemistry is INSANE, that that was never the issue. The problem was that everything else was, until Rosie had enough and left home, and now Dom need to prove to his wife their love and marriage deserves a second chance…

Understand how serious I am about bringing you back to me. Don’t doubt me when I say I’ll fight dirty to get you back through this door.”

“I’ll do anything you ask me to do,” he said in a gravelly voice. “Except walk away.”

What a journey!!!! This book, it touched me so deeply and intensely that I can honestly say it’s now my Tessa Bailey’s favorite, and I’m not saying it lightly because this woman’s work is one of my literary addictions!

The rawness of Dom and Rosie’s emotions, their struggles, their conflicts, and their love was so powerfully described I felt right there with them, not only in their heads, but their hearts. The craving and longing for one another was so REAL that made me teary eyed more than one, but when Rosie chip finally fell and she realized that she was just as much to blame, I was DEVASTATED right along with her.

All this time, she’d blamed Dominic entirely for the decline of their relationship. But she’d been equally to blame.

That scene was heartbreaking! not only because of its perfect execution, but because it’s impossible to be in a marriage IRL and not feel what she felt, as well as take a deep introspective look into your own actions, the needs of your partner. It is help and healing power in writing!

And talk about seeing things with new eyes, because much like Rosie, and though we know Dom has some big issues of his own to clear, we start to see the situation with another take, and Dom, OMG, only Tessa Bailey could make a man struggling this way, with such inner turmoils, into one of my most beloved book boyfriends EVER! Yep, just check out come of his quotes, and you’ll understand…

“Listen closely. If I can play ‘just the tip’ with your virgin pussy for a fucking year, I can play the long game to get my wife back. I’m getting you back. Don’t you think for a second that I won’t kill to make us right again.”

“Just tell me what to expect here, Rosie. My body hurts. It wants yours.”

His queen might be on her knees, but he was the one begging for that reward.

This man… His panic, his fear when Rosie said she was leaving, that their marriage was over… His pain shattered my black little heart! Yes, he was all that we know and love of Ms. Bailey’s Alphas but this obsession, his love and his devotion – or dare I say WORSHIP – of his wife were a epic thing on its own. And not to forget, that deliciously fifty mouth *shivers*, and oh so naughty actions and teasing. That may have not been allowed to fulfill their cravings – crazy hippie therapist’s orders, lol – , but this man was LETHAL, and even with no actual sex for a big part of the book, LHoLH was not in any way less hotter or steamier than we are used to by the author. Au contraire, like I’ve mentioned the raw sexual chemistry of these two were UNPARALLELED, much like their therapist said, literally breathtaking. Every time their when near one another, or even with just one look, I felt like fanning myself, to say the least, ahahah. 😉

And talking about Dom, THE GROVEL, it was epic! The whole book is a beautifully and passionately fight from Dominic to get his Rosie back, no matter what he had to do, and what he had to show, he was winning to do anything for her, ANYTHING! And he proved it, over and over again throughout the story. His insecurities and cluelessness just made him more perfect in my eyes, and now he’s right there at the top of my all time favs. And for a man of few words, he kill it, over and over! Swoon…. <3

“My heart. You get that, too. All of it. I’m begging you to take it back before it stops working. You’re my home. I need you with me, Rosie. Please.”

Dominic, I couldn’t stop loving you if they cut the heart out of my chest.”

Ms. Bailey has now left me even more transfixed with her work. In Love Her or Lose Her, we get romance, we get love, we get friendship, we get sexiness, and the big surprise in this one, we get a incomparable introspection inside a marriage and the two sides of the whole that left me in awe with its accuracy, research and heart touching, soul healing therapeutic – even in the shape of a quirky high hippy therapist, lol – depth. I loved every word, every moment of this epic love story. Soulmate kind of love!

Dom and Rosie’s love and marriage was undoubtedly center piece, but I was so deliriously happy not only with the fantastic Just Us League interactions, Georgia and Travis’ – from Fix Her Up, the first book on the series – adorable moments, and those addictive ‘male only scenes’ that left me craving even more for these oh so interesting male discussions, lol, but most of all for every single moment and word starting at that very first meeting, of Bethany and Wes! Ohhhh My Goooooood! I see the most delicious banter coming on, along with a single parent trope couple with enemies to lovers and I. AM. HERE. FOR. IT!!! Can’t freaking wait! <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

Most people didn’t find their soul mates during their lifetime. She’d found Dominic twice.

They were old love, committed love, and fresh, insatiable love all rolled into one.

They were best friends, soul mates . . . and perfectly, eternally flawed.

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About the Author

Tessa Bailey is originally from Carlsbad, California. The day after high school graduation, she packed her yearbook, ripped jeans and laptop, driving cross-country to New York City in under four days.

Her most valuable life experiences were learned thereafter while waitressing at K-Dees, a Manhattan pub owned by her uncle. Inside those four walls, she met her husband, best friend and discovered the magic of classic rock, managing to put herself through Kingsborough Community College and the English program at Pace University at the same time. Several stunted attempts to enter the work force as a journalist followed, but romance writing continued to demand her attention.

She now lives in Long Island, New York with her husband of eight years and four-year-old daughter. Although she is severely sleep-deprived, she is incredibly happy to be living her dream of writing about people falling in love.

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