QUIET MAN
Series: Dream Man #4.5
Author: Kristen Ashley
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: November 19, 2017
From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Kristen Ashley comes a new story in her Dream Man series…
Charlotte “Lottie” McAlister is in the zone. She’s ready to take on the next chapter of her life, and since she doesn’t have a man, she’ll do what she’s done all along. She’ll take care of business on her own. Even if that business means starting a family.
The problem is, Lottie has a stalker. The really bad kind. The kind that means she needs a bodyguard.
Enter Mo Morrison.
Enormous. Scary.
Quiet.
Mo doesn’t say much, and Lottie’s used to getting attention. And she wants Mo’s attention. Badly.
But Mo has a strict rule. If he’s guarding your body, that’s all he’s doing with it.
However, the longer Mo has to keep Lottie safe, the faster he falls for the beautiful blonde who has it so together, she might even be able to tackle the demons he’s got in his head that just won’t die.
But in the end, Lottie and Mo don’t only have to find some way to keep hands off until the threat is over, they have to negotiate the overprotective Hot Bunch, Lottie’s crazy stepdad, Tex, Mo’s crew of frat-boy commandos, not to mention his nutty sisters.
All before Lottie finally gets her Dream Man.
And Mo can lay claim to his Dream Girl.
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He picked up the paper, turned it over and read it again.
It stated, plainly, he was fucked.
More alarmingly, it stated, chillingly, Mac was in danger.
This was a problem more than it was already a colossal motherfucking problem.
Any other one of his girls, he’d pick up the phone to Lee Nightingale, the man behind Nightingale Investigations, the commander of the baddest badass motherfuckers in Denver. He’d hand over this letter and he’d get this problem solved.
But Mac was Charlotte McAlister, Jet McAlister Chavez’s little sister. Jet was married to Eddie Chavez. Eddie was Lee’s best friend. And Jet worked for Indy, Lee’s wife, the Queen of the Rock Chicks, and thus Jet Chavez was a bona fide Rock Chick.
Mac might not be a card-carrying member of the Rock Chicks, mostly because she had a job where she worked nights, the time those crazy bitches instigated the most fucked-up of their varying antics. Though they weren’t averse to mornings and afternoons. It was just that the stun-gunnings, kidnappings and the like mostly took place at night, and Mac was busy then.
She was still a Rock Chick, or at least she was by association.
Considering the Rock Chick link and the blood ties to Jet, if Lee knew Mac was in danger, he’d tear the town apart to put a stop to it.
And Eddie…
Now Eddie, Smithie didn’t even want to think about it. The man was a cop. The shit Lee and his boys did with flair and a flagrant disregard to just about anything, Eddie could not do.
But Eddie wouldn’t blink at doing whatever he had to do to make his sister-in-law safe.
And the man had mouths to feed.
So yeah.
This was a problem even more than it already was a colossal motherfucking problem because Smithie couldn’t call Lee.
Which meant Smithie had to find a different set of badasses to deal with it.
His first call would normally be the Chaos Motorcycle Club. Mac wasn’t one of theirs, neither was Smithie, but they had ties to Lee, they could keep a secret, and they didn’t dick around when it came to women and their safety.
But they’d just come out of a war, and like any war, that had been some serious fucked-up shit.
They needed a breather.
Lee, and Chaos, also had ties to…
“Well, hell,” Smithie muttered, the words on the letter blurring, the sick feeling in the back of his throat easing.
He dropped the letter and picked up his cell.
If you couldn’t call a badass…
Then it was far from second best to call a commando.
4.5 ‘My Real Dream’ Stars
WOW… This QUIET MAN completely stole my heart! Pure KA goodness, Mo and Lottie’s story sure packed a punch! Addictive, engaging, and oh SO sexy, this novella will no doubt make want to go back for seconds! 😉
Lottie was the last of the Rock Chicks, Jet’s little sister, and was on the verge of giving up on finding her dream man, and take matters in her own hands to achieve her happy. Well, destiny sure caught her message, because with her being the target of a stalker, she ended up needing protection, and this security came in the hands of a six feet five of – in Lottie’s words – hunkalicious and quiet man, Mo.
He had her back, but she wasn’t back, as such.
Any man would read it the way Mo was reading it.
She was his.“I got claimed in a King Soopers. I don’t mind I did. As in I way don’t mind it. And seein’ as I belong to you, you belong to me, so I get a say.”
I absolutely, loved, loved, LOVED, how from the get go they admitted, even to only themselves how attracted they were to each other and the recognition of the possible ONE. A well done instal-love/lust is my catnip, and Mo and Lottie’s was done PERFECTLY! Lottie’s confidence and Mo’s loyalty and honesty were so refreshing, I adored how after a pivotal moment they just laid the cards on the table with no games, no BS, and just assumed what they were felling and where they saw them going. The way they handled each obstacle, each doubt, by directness and TALKING, so mature and rational, but still incredibly passionate, is what made these two one of my fav Kristen Ashley’s couples. Totally #RelationshipGoals!
“She’s not under my skin. I sleep on her couch. I guard her. But when this is over, she’ll be in my life. My choice? For the rest of it. So that’s not under my skin. She’s just going to be a part of me.”
This was it.
He was the one.
I was his one.
And both of us knew it.
Mo is now on my list of fav KA heroes! For a quiet man, he sure had all the right words! So alpha, so dreamy, so swoon worthy all around. I adore when a man isn’t really aware of his appeal, and damn, Mo was everything! *drools*
Now I want to stand out all the secondary awesomeness that we got in this book. Not only the main couple was brilliant together, but we got big participations of all the Rock Chick gang, specially the Hot Bunch, and we were introduced to so many enticing new characters that will feature in KA’s coming DREAM series, all of Hawk’s crew, and let me tell you, you will want to read this book prior to that, because it seems Lottie and Mo are at the core of those coming relationships (wink, wink).
Quiet Man felt so much like the classic KA that we know and adore, added that only KA could in this format, that tends to be novella length – and considering Kristen’s usual novel length, it is indeed a novella, lol – pack everything that we love from her incredibly addicting writing, and create a story that hooks us from the very beginning and we just CAN NOT STOP until we hit The End! That’s how masterful her writing is, and this book proves it once again. And with the teasing we got from Lottie on the boys, Mo’s buds, I’m already dying to see if her matchmaking predictions will prove true, in the Dream series. Can’t wait! <3 <3 <3 <3 <3
I can handle it a lot better now, knowin’ I’ll get those and wake up to my real dream, right there beside me.”
That night was the best.
But add the end of it?
It was living the dream.
So I didn’t get a Hot Bunch guy.
I got my Dream Man.
And the best of all of that…
My Dream Man got his Dream Girl.
ARC kindly provided by the author via InkSlinger PR for an honest review
Kristen Ashley was born in Gary, Indiana, USA and nearly killed her mother and herself making it into the world, seeing as she had the umbilical cord wrapped around her neck (already attempting to accessorize and she hadn’t taken her first breath!). Her mother said they took Kristen away, put her Mom back in her room, her mother looked out the window, and Gary was on fire (Dr. King had been assassinated four days before). Kristen’s Mom remembered thinking it was the end of the world. Quite the dramatic beginning.
Nothing’s changed.
Kristen grew up in Brownsburg, Indiana and has lived in Denver, Colorado and the West Country of England. Thus, she’s blessed to have friends and family around the globe. Her family was (is) loopy (to say the least) but loopy is good when you want to write. They all lived together on a very small farm in a small farm town in the heartland. She grew up with Glenn Miller, The Everly Brothers, REO Speedwagon and Whitesnake (and the wardrobes that matched).
Needless to say, growing up in a house full of music, clothes and love was a good way to grow up.
And as she keeps growing, it keeps getting better.
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