July 29, 2019

* Review * REDEEMED BY PASSION by Joss Wood

I voluntarily read an early copy of this book.

Redeemed by Passion by Joss Wood
Series: Dynasties: Secrets of the A-List #4
Published by Harlequin Desire on August 1, 2019
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“You don’t trust me.”

But he still wants her in his bed

If event planner Teresa St. Claire can pull off the wedding of the year, she’ll save her career and her troubled younger brother. But her gorgeous ex, billionaire businessman Liam Christopher, interferes, insisting he wants to help. Teresa has to do this alone—to protect both him and her brother. Yet the ties binding her to Liam aren’t so easily broken…

One last hurrah! With the conclusion in the Dynasties: Secrets of the A-List series, Joss Woods finally exposes the secrets we’ve been wondering about since the beginning. Teresa and Liam find their way through the craziness and we’re introduced to another couple who add an additional twist of drama to the story line. The entire series has been a lot of fun and this book wrapped it up nicely.

Teresa St. Claire isn’t sure how she’s going to save her business after the latest stunt her wayward brother has pulled … until an unexpected wedding that will rival all others falls into her lap. She’s got to resurrect her business and find a way to rescue her brother before it’s too late.

Liam Christopher should dislike Teresa because of all of secrets and lies floating around since he met her, but he can’t stop wanting her in his bed. He can’t bring himself to give up on her, so he decides to get to the bottom of all of the lies once and for all. His own family secrets will be the key to figuring out who’s been doing all of the scheming, and the truth will finally set him free.

* Review * GOOD GUY by Kate Meader

I voluntarily read an early copy of this book.

Good Guy by Kate Meader
Series: Rookie Rebels #1
Published by Kate Meader LLC on July 30, 2019
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He's a Special Forces veteran making his pro hockey debut. She's a dogged sports reporter determined to get a scoop. She's also his best friend's widow . . .

Fans can't get enough of Levi Hunt, the military veteran who put his NHL career on hold to serve his country and fight the bad guys. So when his new Chicago Rebels bosses tell him to cooperate with the press on a profile, he's ready to do his duty. Until he finds out who he has to work with: flame-haired, freckle-splashed, impossibly perky Jordan Cooke.

The woman he should not have kissed the night she buried her husband, Levi's best friend in the service.

Hockey-stick-up-his-butt-serious Levi Hunt might despise Jordan for reasons she can't fathom--okay, it's to do with kissing--but her future in the cutthroat world of sports reporting hangs on delivering the goods on the league's hottest, grumpiest rookie. So what if he's not interested in having his life plated up for public consumption. Too bad. Jordan will have to play dirty to get her scoop and even dirtier to get her man. Only in winning the story, she might just lose her heart ...

In this standalone romance, first in the Rookie Rebels series, a new generation of players take to the ice and learn that all's fair in love and hockey.

Kate Meader has a wicked way of wrapping every man she creates around a reader’s heart … and I absolutely love it! With the first look at her new hockey spin-off series Rookie Rebels, she brings us the story of a decorated war hero who sacrificed a lot in his service to our country, but just sees himself as an average Joe as he starts his NHL career. His world is about to go up in flames when he reconnects with the widow of his best friend who he’s had a thing for since the day he met her. The story line is fresh and fun, the characters took a little longer to connect for me, but once they did it was magical. Really enjoyed the first duo of the series … so looking forward to more!

Former Green Beret Levi Hunt wishes the media attention surrounding him would die down. He thinks of himself as the furthest thing from a hero, but everyone seems to be latching on and wanting a piece of him. He wants to settle into his new career as a hockey player … and just live for awhile. He isn’t happy when his new bosses decide he needs to cooperate with a media expose … but he especially isn’t happy when he sees who is doing it!

Sports reporter Jordan Cooke isn’t really into using the “who I know” card to get a leg up in her career, but she knows it might be her only chance, so she let’s it be known that she knows the man that everyone wants a scoop on. Her husband was best friends with him. He might have never liked her, but she knows she can get him to talk … if they can get past the kiss they shared the last time they saw each other … the day they buried her husband.