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* Review * FAST BURN by Lori Foster

March 23, 2018 Leave a Comment

Fast Burn by Lori Foster
Series: Body Armor
Published by HQN Books on March 20, 2018
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For the woman who’s his perfect match, he’s willing to break the rules…

The moment Brand Berry meets beautiful, driven Sahara Silver, the connection between them is electric. It’s also something he can’t pursue. Sahara wants him, sure—to join Body Armor, where his MMA skills, size and cocky attitude make him perfect for her elite crew of bodyguards. For Sahara, the agency always comes first, and Brand needs more. Yet when she’s kidnapped by men searching for her missing brother, he doesn’t hesitate.

Somewhere along the way, flirting with Brand for the sake of business turned very personal. Despite his refusal to join Body Armor, it’s Brand who steps up when Sahara needs him most. Now there’s no more time for games, and no point denying the hunger they both feel. They’ll escape together or not at all. But if they survive, can Sahara finally surrender control to claim this blazing passion?

Our patience paid off! I’ve been waiting for Sahara and Brand’s story ever since the first moment we saw the steamy chemistry pouring off of them when they were in the same vicinity … and it did NOT disappoint! Captivating, action-packed and riddled with some oh-so-decadent sexual tension! The only sad thing about this book is the fact that it’s the last in the series. If you haven’t read a book in the Body Armor series yet, change that … STAT! The entire series has been great. Every book has been filled with a great cast of friends/turned co-workers who each meet the love of their life that helps grow their little family of friends bigger and bigger each time. This book was no different. We knew Sahara well going in since she’s the boss and has played a pivotal role in each prior book, so seeing her get the ending she so desperately deserved was an ideal ending to the series. I’m going to miss these guys!

Sahara Silver has been building the business that her presumed dead brother left for her ever since he disappeared. She loves the guys she works with at Body Armor like extended family, but she’d give it all up in a heartbeat if it would bring her brother back! When danger comes knocking in the form of some bad guys who think she knows something about her brother, she’s going to need all the help she can get!

MMA fighter Brand Berry has been putting Sahara off for months now. She wants him to join the company as another of her fighter/turned bodyguards, but you can cut the sexual tension with a knife when they are in the same room together, and he doesn’t think things would work out as a boss/employee relationship. All plans change when he learns that Sahara has been kidnapped though! He’ll do anything in his power to save her … no matter the cost!

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* Review * BAD BOYS AFTER DARK: BRETT by Melissa Foster

March 23, 2018 Leave a Comment

Bad Boys After Dark: Brett by Melissa Foster
Series: Bad Billionaires After Dark #4
Published by World Literary Press on March 21, 2018
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Everything's naughtier after dark...
Billionaire security expert Brett Bad has had his eye on his brother’s gorgeous legal assistant, Sophie Roberts, for years. He wants nothing more from her than a single night between the sheets to satisfy his desires. But Sophie is a white-picket-fence girl, and she’s turned him down more times than he cares to count.

Sophie is all about forever kisses and happily ever afters. But she can’t deny her attraction to Brett, as enticed by his bad-boy behavior as she is by his devastating looks and his painful past, which she’d like to help heal.

When Sophie’s friend urges her to throw caution to the wind, Sophie leaves the door to her heart ajar—and Brett charges in. But this Bad boy doesn’t know a thing about romance and has no interest in forever, forcing Sophie to make her toughest decision yet—follow her heart or protect it?

These Bad Boys just keep getting hotter and hotter! If you haven’t started the Bad Boys After Dark series, you really need to! With the final brother’s story, we meet Brett and the woman he hasn’t been able to get out of his mind since he met her! He thinks he can work her out of his system with just one night … but she knows one night will only be the start of forever! The characters are really fun and just downright easy to like and relate to. The story line, while a little cliche of bad boy meets good girl and lives happily ever after, is super sweet and undeniably entertaining! I only wish there were a couple more brothers so we’d be able to keep being BAD!

Security expert Brett Bad doesn’t do relationships, but he sure does have a way with the ladies. He’s not one to invite you back more than once, but if a night to end all nights is what you’re looking for, he’s your guy! Only problem is, he hasn’t been interested for a few months now. Ever since he laid eyes one of his brother’s employees, he hasn’t been able to get her out of his mind. It’s really cutting down on his fun, so one way or another, he’s going to have to sweet talk Sophie into having one wicked night with him!

Legal assistant Sophie Roberts adores her job with Mick, and thinks his family is the best. She finds it hard to breath when Brett is up close and personal and flirting with her like crazy though. She’s a white picket fence, forever kind of love type of gal … so why does she find this guy that is only looking for one night so tempting? With her friend’s encouragement to throw caution to the wind and live a little, Sophie decides to give Brett that night he’s been looking for .. but what’s a girl to do when he keeps coming back for more??

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* Blog Tour / Book Review / Excerpt * FEARLESS by Carly Phillips

March 23, 2018 Leave a Comment

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* Blog Tour / Book Review / Excerpt * FEARLESS by Carly Phillips

Fearless by Carly Phillips
Series: Rosewood Bay #1
Published by CP Publishing on March 20, 2018
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Fall in love with the Wards…

Mechanic and garage owner, Kane Harmon is used to the wealthy beautiful women visiting his beach town. He doesn't get involved because he knows most females would merely be slumming for the summer.

Except Halley Ward isn't just passing through. She lives a solitary life in a bungalow on the beach. A woman tormented by her past, distant from her wealthy family, different from Kane's usual fare of town girls who know his M.O.- Don't expect more than he's willing to give.

Kane rescues Halley and her broken down car from the side of the road and instantly he's hooked. She says she's not interested in him. He knows she lies. And he makes it his mission to bring her back to life, to return her emotionally to her family. To show her the colors around her were as vibrant as the ones she puts on her canvas.

Until past meets present and threatens all the progress they've made. Then it's Halley's turn to step up and stand up for the relationship and life she's finally coming to believe she deserves.

Heartwarming, sinful and downright decadent! Carly Phillips has hit another one out of the park with the first book in her new Rosewood Bay series! I was drawn in immediately to the sexy mechanic’s life, then once he and Halley crossed paths, the attraction and pull between them was flaring quickly. The characters both have a boatload of history and issues that weigh on them heavily, but they find that time together is refreshing and even healing as they let their guard down and let the other in. Great kick-off to the series with a complex back story bringing intrigue and compassion alive in our mind quickly. A nice foundation of characters, each with a story of their own just waiting to be told. Looking forward to more to come in the series!

Mechanic Kane Harmon is feeling washed up. He’s burned out on the rich socialites passing through his beach town for the summer just looking for a fling to entertain themselves with. The responsibilities of holding his family together are wearing thin. He just really needs something more, and when he runs into a familiar face while answering a call to help a stranded vehicle on the side of the road, he feels like a breath of fresh air just walked into his life!

Artist Halley Ward keeps to herself a lot, so it’s been years since she’s run into her old high school acquaintance Kane. He was always kind to her, and she appreciated that in a time when she felt like the world was against her. She prefers life hidden away and alone, so she’s hesitant when Kane sets his sights on wooing her out of her comfort zone, but the more time she spends with him, the more she wants to actually live for a change! She has an uncomfortable past that she wears like a shield around her heart and doesn’t exactly think she’s cut out for a relationship, but Kane just might be the guy to convince her otherwise!

Carly Phillips

Fearless

Rosewood Bay Series, Book 1

Release Date Mar. 20, 2018

Fall in love with the Wards…

Mechanic and garage owner, Kane Harmon is used to the wealthy beautiful women visiting his beach town. He doesn’t get involved because he knows most females would merely be slumming for the summer.

Except Halley Ward isn’t just passing through. She lives a solitary life in a bungalow on the beach. A woman tormented by her past, distant from her wealthy family, different from Kane’s usual fare of town girls who know his M.O.- Don’t expect more than he’s willing to give.

Kane rescues Halley and her broken down car from the side of the road and instantly he’s hooked. She says she’s not interested in him. He knows she lies. And he makes it his mission to bring her back to life, to return her emotionally to her family. To show her the colors around her were as vibrant as the ones she puts on her canvas.

Until past meets present and threatens all the progress they’ve made. Then it’s Halley’s turn to step up and stand up for the relationship and life she’s finally coming to believe she deserves.

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EXCERPT:

Halley freshened up in the restroom. She washed her hands and swept a fresh coat of gloss over her lips, realizing this was the first time she’d willingly gone out without reservation. Kane had asked and she’d said yes. Easy as that.

She was changing, letting her mother into her life… letting Kane in. As much as trusting made her nervous, she had to admit she felt lighter and freer without that constant shadow of worry sitting on her shoulder. Phoebe had said to expand her horizons, and somehow, without planning to, she’d done just that. Maybe her sister didn’t approve of all the ways in which she was reaching out, but Kane was right. Halley had to live life for herself.

And right now she had a sexy man waiting to take her home and to bed. Life was good, and when was the last time she’d actually had a positive thought like that going through her head?

She dropped her gloss into her purse and rushed back out to Kane, stopping short when she walked out of the restroom and saw he wasn’t alone at the table.

Liza had shoved herself into his side of the booth, her ample and probably fake cleavage exposed above the V neck of her tight dress. She swallowed back the bite of jealousy, reminding herself that Kane, who was leaning back and away from her touch, didn’t want to be with her, despite the fact that she obviously wasn’t taking no for an answer.

Halley hadn’t done confrontation with mean girls since foster care. Even in high school, she’d ignored the jibes about her being unwanted and unloved and turned into herself rather than argue or fight back.

But this was Kane and he was hers, and the more Halley watched, the angrier she got. She strode over to the table and glared at Liza.

“Did you not see the second champagne glass? Or do you just not care that he’s not interested in you?” she asked Liza point-blank.

She didn’t see the point in beating around the bush when the other woman was the type to deliberately ignore signals.

“Oh, I’m sorry. Was that you he couldn’t wait to get rid of?” Liza asked in a catty voice.

“Oh, for the love of God. Go away, Liza. He’s mine.”

She huffed and slid out of the booth. “I’ll come back when she’s not around,” Liza muttered and strutted away, her ass swinging as she walked.

Halley rolled her eyes. “Is she dense or what?”

“I’m yours?” Kane asked, pushing himself out of the booth and standing beside her.

She blushed a healthy shade of red, she was sure because her face was on fire. “Can we go now?”

She pivoted but he grasped her hand and turned her back. “Not until I hear you say it to me.”

“Kane—”

He cupped her face in his hand. “If it’s true, it shouldn’t be so difficult to say.”

He leaned down, his face inches from hers, the scent of his aftershave making her weak. She wondered if the rest of the restaurant was watching, but she couldn’t bring herself to look away from his handsome visage or to care if they’d become a spectacle. “You’re mine,” she whispered.

His face lit up with pleasure.

About the Author:

After a successful fifteen-year career with various New York publishing houses, and over 40 sexy contemporary romance novels published, N.Y. Times and USA Today Bestselling Author Carly Phillips is now an Indie author who writes to her own expectations and that of her readers. She continues the tradition of hot men and strong women and plans to publish many more sizzling stories. Carly lives in Purchase, NY with her family, two nearly adult daughters and two crazy dogs who star on her Facebook Fan Page and website. She’s a writer, a knitter of sorts, a wife, and a mom. In addition, she’s a Twitter and Internet junkie and is always around to interact with her readers.

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