Tuesday 30 April 2019

Connected In Code - Ryan Michele - Review





Title: Connected in Code
Series: Ravage MC Rebellion Series #4
Author: Ryan Michele



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A small job. That's all it's supposed to be.
Get in. Get the information. Get out unseen.
Simple, right? Not this time.

Hacker. Thief. Rebel. Lethal. At least that's what people say about me and they're right.
Holding other's lives in the palm of my hand is an incredible power. One necessary to keep order and control.

The walls around me are built strong, but not strong enough for one man. A man who was a friend then turned into a lover. Someone I should've never tangled my life with.

Wrong Way is a member of the Ravage Motorcycle Club Rebellion chapter, known throughout the town as ruthless, all alpha bad boy biker and my next job. Therefore, strictly forbidden, but especially so now because we're enemies.

He's arrogant, brash and keen, knowledgeable about everything around him. Flying under his radar isn't easy. Therefore, hacking the MC's system takes finesse.

If my client doesn't get the information, my best friend will die. If I succeed and leave even a single trace of a digital footprint, Wrong Way will find it and with their family loyalty, the Ravage MC will kill me.

Every way, I run through the scenario, someone is going to lose. This time the power is out of my control and I have to find some way to stop it.




Ryan Michele always delivers action packed stories full of danger, intrigue and suspense, and Connected in Code is no different. 

Wrong Way is forthright, protective and headstrong.  He's incredibly intelligent, loyal and hardworking and whilst he might be a biker, he has his own moral code and can't stand lies. 

The heroine of this story has had quite a life that has left her a little bit damaged, but she's incredibly resilient.  I was impressed by her feistiness, strength, drive and determination. 

The chemistry between Wrong Way and his love interest is incredibly intense and hot!  

The side characters made this book for me, and I cannot wait for the next title in the Ravage MC Rebellion.






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SEALED IN STRENGTH- Ravage MC Rebellion Series #3:

CONNECTED IN CODE- Ravage MC Rebellion Series #4:



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No Feelings Involved - Siobhan Davis - Release Blitz

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Can this skeptical player let down his guard long enough to let love into his life, or is this forbidden romance a train wreck in the making?

No Feelings Involved, an all-new brother’s best friend standalone romance from USA Today bestselling author Siobhan Davis is available now!


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Ryan James doesn’t believe in love. 

It’s a truth he learned early in life. A truth he carried with him into adulthood. He broke his golden rule one time, but Myndi trampled all over his heart, cementing his belief that love is a lie and not worth the effort.

Now he’s returned to his cynical views and promiscuous lifestyle, racking up more notches on his bedpost than he can count.

Until Summer Petersen comes crashing into his world, threatening to knock down his walls with her tempting body and sunny, sweet personality.

Summer is determined to lose her V-card before she starts freshman year of college, and the hot, older guy with the cute dimples, dazzling smile, and rippling biceps is just the man for the job. Ryan doesn’t take much persuading, and he rocks her world, giving her a night to remember.

When they walk away, there’s an unspoken agreement it was a one-time thing. Ryan doesn’t do feelings, and Summer doesn’t want to be tied down at eighteen.

But when she moves into her brother Austin’s apartment, she’s shocked to discover her new roomie is the guy who recently popped her cherry.

Ryan can’t believe he slept with Austin’s baby sister, and if he finds out, he’ll literally kill him. Keeping their hook up a secret is nonnegotiable. Keeping his thoughts, and his hands, off Summer, less so. Because the longer he’s around her, the more he finds himself catching feelings for the gorgeous brunette. 

Summer doesn’t want to care for her older brother’s best friend, but Ryan makes her feel things she’s never felt before, and she’s slowly falling under his spell.

Embarking on an illicit affair behind Austin’s back has train wreck written all over it, but provided they keep their feelings in check, they can end this before he ever finds out.
It’s not like either of them is in love.
Right?


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Debase - Rachel Van Dyken - Release Blitz

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Debase by Rachel Van Dyken
Release Date: April 30, 2019


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Debase, the final book in the Eagle Elite Series and the first new book in the Elite Bratva Brotherhood by #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Rachel Van Dyken.



With blood on my hands, I held her.
With death in my soul, I took from her.
With the devil in my heart, I coveted her.
There are many definitions of Hell.
My list was exhaustive, my definitions tragic.
Tonight I was adding something new to the very top.
Girl number six thirty-two.
She arrived on my birthday, the same day, every year, I play Russian Roulette and pull the trigger.
She was my omen.
My end game.
She made it personal.
And for the first time in my life, I gave in.
A virgin mob boss with no soul.
My name is Andrei Petrov.
They call me the devil.
All I want is for the pain to end.
All she wants is for me to share it.
I am the last remaining heir to a dynasty that should burn in Hell.
And my last wish remains for it to die with me.


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I slid my tongue into her mouth. I tasted, I took, I was greedy with each kiss. With blood on my hands, I held her.

With death in my soul, I drank from her.

With the devil in my heart, I coveted her.

I wanted closer.

More.

My gloves felt too hot for my hands.

My hands too big to contain the weeping leather as I pulled away from Alice and stared into her big blue eyes.

“You don’t want this,” I whispered.

She bit down on her swollen lip and reached for me, I stood still as her warm hands touched both of my cheeks. “Lie.”

I let out a hiss of air at her touch. “Walk. Away.”

“Kiss me again.”

“I can’t do that.” I needed to stop doing that.

“Can’t or won’t?”

I told myself one more kiss, one more touch. I told myself it would be okay, that I was still in control.

That I was above this.

That no woman had ever owned me.

No woman had ever taken everything.

My chest heaved as I stared at her mouth, unable to move, completely rooted to the floor.

Alice moved her hands to my jeans and slowly unbuttoned them. I didn’t stop her, I needed to fucking stop her, but it was like I’d drank this paralyzing poison from her lips and couldn’t function, could only watch her as my soul floated above my body, mocking my inaction, telling me that this would be the end of me.

The very end.

Letting her in.

Keeping her there.

I would give her everything.

And then I would lose control.

Lose my mind.

Lose my heart.

I would lose.

So would she.

“Alice…” My voice cracked. “I wish…” Her hands stilled on my jeans like she was ready to pull them down. “I can’t. I wish I could. I can’t.”

How could she possibly understand?

How could I explain the gut-wrenching fear of looking in the mirror and knowing that one choice kept me sane. One choice.

And that was sex.

He’d made that choice.

I wouldn’t.

I couldn’t.

I couldn’t trust myself, couldn’t trust it wouldn’t happen to me too, and hurt someone like her.

Someone so very… perfect.

Without blinking, Alice gripped my jeans, indecision etched on every pretty part of her face.

She was beautiful.

So damn beautiful.

I gripped her wrists with my hands and pulled them away from the very real temptation of getting completely naked and sinking into her, feeling her clench around me, her tight heat.

Shit.

I pulled her into my arms, and she rested her head on my shoulder. Just because I couldn’t let her touch me, couldn’t cross that line, didn’t mean I couldn’t make her happy, I would kill to watch her face in the throes of multiple orgasms.

I quickly gripped her by the hips and put her up on the cold granite countertop.

“Andrei what are you doing?” She looked down at me uncertainty in her blue eyes.

I moved my hands to her ass and pulled down the black leggings she’d been wearing, all the way down to her ankles, right along with a pair of lacy underwear that were bright pink, and perfect.

“Andrei?”

“Yes?”

“Seriously, what are you doing?”

I gripped her knees with my hands and then spread them wide. “What’s it look like I’m doing?” I smirked. “I’m feasting.”

Her eyes widened.

Never underestimate a virgin with an extremely vivid imagination and heightened sexual appetite.

I wasn’t a fucking monk.

I would like to think I knew more than most men, because I’d seen it all, watched it, inadvertently studied it.

If someone gave me a diagram of a woman, I could point out over twenty-two ways to get her off — with my tongue, a feather, my fingers, take your pick.

“You don’t have to—” She let out a gasp, gripping the edge of the granite, turning her hands white.

I chuckled darkly against her right thigh and bit. “I’m sorry, what was that? I don’t have to?”

“I’ve never, nobody has ever… done. This.”

“Tell me,” I asked gently before I dipped my tongue inside her and flicked.

Her entire body jerked.

“Tell me he never touched you like this, tell me nobody has ever touched you like this.”

“Never,” she rasped. “You.” That word was like a gunshot going off in my soul. “Only you, Andrei.”

“Me.” I flicked my tongue again, and gripped her by the ass, pulling her almost completely off the counter while I sat beneath her and sucked her off in the most primitive aggressive way I knew how.

With every ounce of energy I had in my physical body.

With my soul.

I used every weapon in my arsenal.


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Dump & Chase - Toni Aleo - Release Blitz



The Dump was only the beginning. The Chase is worth waiting a lifetime for.
Dump & Chase by Toni Aleo is available now!





Shelli Adler has known what she wanted since she was eleven years old.


Aiden Brooks.


But Aiden has always had other ideas. After spending the early years of his life without his dad, hockey legend Lucas Brooks, Aiden is determined not to settle for anything less than true love. When he’s ready. Now he’s living the fast life of an NHL bachelor. He won’t give his heart to any one girl, but they can have his body—all night long.


The party to celebrate the start of the second half of the season was supposed to be no different from any other night. And when a stunning stranger approaches him, he can’t seem to keep his hands off her.


The next morning, she’s gone, and he’s been traded to his dad’s former team, the Nashville Assassins. All of his professional dreams are coming true, but he can’t shake the memory of the girl from that last party. He wants to see her again. Though, after moving across the country—and without knowing her name—that dream seems like a puck destined to miss the net.


For Shelli, her night with Aiden was everything she’d ever imagined it could be, and she’s sure it is all about to change for them. But for that to happen…he would have to know who she was.


The Dump was only the beginning. The Chase is worth waiting a lifetime for.
























4.5 Stars 

If you follow my reviews you will know that Toni Aleo is one of my favourite authors when it comes ot the sports romance genre.  She is the reason I fell in love with hockey romance.  I love the Assassins series, and couldn't wait to see more of Shelli and Aiden all grown up. 

I loved the complexities and layers to both these characters.  Shelli is strong and sassy yet vulnerable, and I loved seeing her interactions with her siblings and parents.  Aidan on the other hand surprised me.  I didn't love his character in the beginning, and he's always been one of those characters I loved, and I couldn't wait to see him all grown up. Thankfully over the course of the novel, he redeems himself and I got to see more of the Aiden of the past that I loved. 

I loved the chemistry this pair share and their banter that is witty, fun and flirtatious. 

Dump and Chase has not only Toni Aleo's signature blend of heat, heart and humor, but strong themes of family and friendship flow throughout.  It's one of the things that continually draws me back into her work, and I loved that we were updated on so many previous characters. 

I will be eagerly awaiting the next title in the Nashville Assassins Next Generation, as I can't wait to see all the siblings stories unfold. 

Monday 29 April 2019

Pretty Reckless - L.J. Shen - Release Blitz

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Pretty Reckless, an all-new standalone high school, bully romance from USA Today bestselling author L.J. Shen, is available now!


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We were supposed to be best friends

But turned out to be worst enemies…

Penn

They say revenge is a dish best served cold.
I’d had four years to stew on what Daria Followhill did to me, and now my heart is completely iced.
I took her first kiss.
She took the only thing I loved.
I was poor.
She was rich.
The good thing about circumstances? They can change. Fast.
Now, I’m her parents’ latest shiny project.
Her housemate. Her tormentor. The captain of the rival football team she hates so much.
Yeah, baby girl, say it—I’m your foster brother.
There’s a price to pay for ruining the only good thing in my life, and she’s about to shell out some serious tears.
Daria Followhill thinks she is THE queen. I’m about to prove to her that she’s nothing but a spoiled princess.

Daria

Everyone loves a good-old, unapologetic punk.
But being a bitch? Oh, you get slammed for every snarky comment, cynical eye roll, and foot you put in your adversaries’ way.
The thing about stiletto heels is that they make a hell of a dent when you walk all over the people who try to hurt you.
In Penn Scully’s case, I pierced his heart until he bled out, then left it in a trash can on a bright summer day.
Four years ago, he asked me to save all of my firsts for him.
Now he lives across the hall, and there’s nothing I want more than to be his last everything.
His parting words when he gave me his heart were that nothing in this world is free.
Now? Now he is making me pay.

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5 Stars 

I went into Pretty Reckless quite blind.  I was late in discovering Leigh's work and I haven't actually read any of the Sinners of Saint series.  I kept hearing her name being volleyed around as a must read author and after picking up Midnight Blue and The Kiss Thief, I fell in love with her style and prose.

Daria and Penn's story is a young adult romance, and if you love an enemies to lovers romance, a forbidden romance, or an angst ridden, dramatic story this one ticks all the boxes. 

Pretty Reckless is full of twist and turns that will captivate you, but it's the characters that will keep you enthralled.  They are complex, dynamic, charismatic but most importantly feel real.   Daria is entitled and comes from a background of wealth and privilege.  Money doesn't always bring happiness and she doesn't always do the right thing, even to the point of acknowledging that she can be quite evil at times.  Penn is damaged from his own upbringing, life hasn't been easy, and he's resilient, resourceful and driven. 

These characters feel so real and relatable, despite their different backgrounds they are both flawed, imperfect, and suffer from insecurities and vulnerabilities like all teens. 

I loved everything about Daria and Penn's book and cannot wait to discover more of All Saints High, and it's left me desperate to read the Sinners of Saint series to discover more of the previous generation.