Lucky Streak: Mike and Amber
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I freakin loved this book!!!! This is the story of Mike and Amber. Mike was in Vegas to attend a wedding...while there he meets Amber. She finds herself in a situation that she didn't want to be a part of and Mike rescues her from that. Sparks fly...chemistry was smoking hot and they find themselves getting married. Add to that they won a big cash prize...by now Mike isn't thinking or worrying about some silly curse. Well that all changes the next morning. His new wife is gone and so is the money. Amber feels incredibly guilty but felt that she had no choice...her father is being held by his partner and she needed the money to get him released. She locates Mike to hopefully make him understand why and Mike doesn't make things easy for her. All Amber wants is for Mike to give her a chance.

This is by far my favorite book in the Lucky series!!!! I am such a sucker for opposites attract books and they defiantly fit the bill. I highly recommend this book to everyone who enjoys that type of book. Another hit from the talented Carly Phillips.

I voluntarily reviewed an advance reader copy of this book.
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"Other than playing music, sex is my favorite sport, it took a lot of practice to be this perfect."

Tulsa is the stand-alone Rock Star Romance featuring Tulsa Crow of The Crow Brothers Band. Jet, Rivers and Tulsa are the Brothers Crow. Jet is the eldest, Tulsa is the youngest. They have been signed by Outlaw Records and will tour with the world famous band - The Resistance - on their US Tour. In addition, up and coming band Faris Wheel will be the opening act.

Tulsa is laid back, and has a free spirit/vibe about him. Being incredibly hot and sexy hasn't hurt either. Life is good. Everything that he has dreamed about is coming true. The Crow Brothers album is climbing the charts. Tulsa never lacks charm or women.

"He definitely gets a lot of attention. Hes confident, cocky actually, and well aware of his good looks and the appeal of being a musician."

Faris Wheel is also a newly signed band to Outlaw Records. Their album isn't finished yet but they have a strong following and are included on the tour. Nikki Faris is the lead singer and guitar player. She is beautiful with a style all of her own. Tulsa and Nikki don't hit it off immediately. She thinks hes cocky

"Ive been with a hot guy before. Been there and done him. I don't just want hot anymore. I want substance. I want what my parents have."

What starts out as a misunderstanding on both sides blooms into more. Can Tulsa change his wicked ways? Does he want to? I will say that I was expecting something totally different from Tulsas story. We see a whole different side to him.

Its not just the outside that shines... its who you are on the inside.

We are also introduced to Faris Wheel, the up and coming indie trio with a huge following. Nikki & Laird are twin siblings while Shane is their cousin. Faris Wheel have spent a few years playing large festivals. This has paid off in recognition and love from the audiences. Nikki Faris is hip & cool! Beautiful and talented with a style that is all hers.

There were some situations that occurred but were resolved rather quickly. I expected Tulsa to be a wild ride but with everything that is Tulsa, expect the unexpected.

Women. They have a way of changing us before we even realize its even happened.

Up next- Rivers story. I have a feeling this is gonna be emotional and intense! Alsowill we be seeing more of Faris Wheel?
4 stars
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Full Throttle describes this book. Right from the very humorous start in a fetish club this book goes full speed. Rhett Ford who is Nolans (from previous book) little brother is an intense guy who likes to be in charge in the bedroom. Hes 25 but knows what he wants out of life and in the bedroom but hasn't had much luck finding that with women is own age. When he sees Shawn Hamby for the first time he knows she is what he has been looking for.

Shawn runs race track that has been in her family for years. When her grandfather died he put a stipulation in his will that she had to be married to become owner of the track. She in her 30s and has no prospects until the man she met at the club comes walking into her office and she makes a proposal.

These two get married after knowing each other only for days but you felt the sexual attraction between them from the start and the bedrooms scenes between these two was smoking. Eve plays a big part in this book as she is Shawns best friend and Rhetts sister in law. Eve provided plenty of laugh out loud moments as usual. This was a very entertaining read from start to finish with plenty of fanning self moments from the sex scenes and laughter when Shawn and Eve and the girls were together.
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Andrew and Amanda's story has been building for some time now. The Vegas fiasco was hysterical. Now to just wait for Terry's story.
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I loved the "Racing To Love" series by Amy Gregory, and flew through the books. So when I found out there would be a new series by her, with the first book as a spin-off with Mike, Carter's brother from the RTL series, I was thrilled. Now it is not necessary to have read any of the RTL books previously, but some of the characters make cameos, so for me it was a special treat. Mike's story is completely his own. But by the end you may find yourself wanting to meet the other side of the family.

Mike's Way Back follows Mike, detective and cop extraordinaire, who has moved back to his hometown. He has this quiet strength about him that I really liked, and though he is still a cop, his alpha male side is controlled, sensitive or strong at all the right times. Plus his detective side allows him to see beyond the surface. He's been burned before, and old wounds die hard, but into his life walks Taryn, a woman to challenge him, but maybe even heal him. Taryn herself is passionate about her job, has created an exterior that has protected her over the years, but unknowingly needs someone to see past her walls and love her for who she is, letting her inner firecracker out.

I loved the pacing and interactions between Mike and Taryn. They have wonderful banter that helps open them up to each other, and beyond that the more they are with each other, even by phone or email, the clearer you can see their friendship forming, and blooming into more. Even within the limited time frame, it all felt very natural. I truly enjoyed their honesty, their genuine care and consideration of the other, their lack of game-playing, how well they worked together, the laughs they shared, and of course their chemistry (their hot chemistry).

Additionally, one of Amy Gregory's strengths in her RTL series was the great community of characters she brings to life. We're not limited to just the MCs or given some token one-dimensional secondary characters. In MWB, we once again gain some wonderful characters that I look forward to getting to know more and more. Everyone has a place in the story and it gives a lovely depth to this book.

Amy Gregory created a beautiful, sweet romance between two characters with incredible humor, heart, healing, and love. I'm so happy about the start of this new series, and I hope Mike and Taryn make appearances in the rest of the upcoming books.
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no matter - i love this story on Andres and Abby. It is so sweet, how they work together to make the dreadful find work for them. Ask yourself - would you be as strong if faced with that? So I applaud these two for positive thinking. And I cannot help and imagine this beautiful rogue-looking Andres :)
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It seems like yesterday we started Pulp Friction 2014 and began this journey reading Laura Harners blockbuster opening with Firestorm Book 1. It was here we met Robby and Scott and saw Mountain Shadow Campground for the first time. It was the tender reunion of Scott and Rob after so many years of separation after Rob was called when Scott was seriously injured and nearly dying fighting a forest fire. The series has taken us through some painful and joyful moments to see the healing done between these two, some of Scotts nightmares from the fire are subsiding, they are becoming a family and partners in life running Mountain Shadows together.

Ms Harner could not leave well enough alone, not allowing these two to ride into the sunset together. There have been some very strange goings on at the camp grounds that have been overlooked and blamed on a myriad of things over the last nineteen stories.. Fires and animal killing have been excused for a number of reasons at the time. Now the insurance company has sent a key adjuster to look into the cabin fire and all the other incidents. Owners are looked at most carefully as the monies they receive could have caused them to do damage and since Scott was a firefighter it makes him all the more guilty. Robby has left his job and hopefully will have plenty of time to prove Scott innocent before the Sheriff and Insurance Company arrest Scott for arson.

Thank you Laura Harner for writing such a treasure of a story.  I am looking forward to the grand finale in two months and hate to see Pulp Friction 2014 close. You Lee Brazil, Havan Fellows and Tom Webb have given your readers another tremendous reading experience. I cannot wait to see what you guys have in store for 2015.

Review by Gloria Lakritz
Sr Reviewer and Review Chair for the Paranormal  Romance Guild
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I loved,"Mike's Best Bet".  The characters were believable, fun and sexy.  Doreen Alsen's writing talent made me smile and cheer for the couple as they overcame the internal and external obsticles that threatened to keep them apart.  I highly recommend this book and the subsequent books to be released in this series
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Wow Wow Wow!

Talk about two people who think they don't deserve what they have when in they in fact deserve great things.

Going on two separate tours is liable to put a strain on any relationship, and while traveling at opposite ends of the country with little time to talk or skpe definitely makes it hard. But Trace and Kylie know how they feel about each other and decide to try the long distance relationship thing out.

When Trace thinks things are finally falling into place for him with his own tour he gets irritating news. Yes he gets to plan the show out but he is co-headlining it with the girl who is the female version of himself...his old self. Enter Gretchen Gibson, she's you drunken hot mess who doesn't care what people say or think or even do. Hell she doesn't care what she even does. She drinks herself into oblivion even on stage. Told you hot mess!

While Trace sees himself in Gretchen with the ways she's drinking and smelly he tries to help her out and get her the help she needs but Gretchen doesn't want or need help. Little does Trace realize he needs help too even though he thinks he has everything under control.

Trace has told Kylie to not search the internet, unfortuantely Kylie doesn't listen, (Like most of the time) and she see's things that are not always true. When Trace and Kylie have some arguements it goes to show just how hard long distance can be.

When the two meet up during a few of their shows, (Trace is no fool, he knew how to set up his schedule!) the two explode like a fireworks show. The passion, the love it's all there and spills out of them. But the time and distance will always come back until their tours are over.

Kylie again feels like the sexy Trace Corbin deserves someone better than herself, while Trace feels Kylie Ryans deserves a man who won't let her down.

When things come to a head do the two have what it takes to overcome the obstacles that now stand in their way or will they go into new directions?

I absolutely love Trace and Kylie's story and ugh...February cannot come soon enough to read the final installment in the series. I will always root for Trace!!! <3 him! :)
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Rating 4 1/2 Stars

The past couple of days I have been working my way through Thirty Days to Win His Wife by Andrea Laurence. I have to say that I enjoyed these two best friends.

Anyway, Amelia ended up going to her 10 year reunion thinking it was going to be great cause she has a successful business. Instead she felt like a failure, cause it seem like everyone was married with kids. On an impulse she ends up marrying her best friend Tyler Dixon in Vegas. We should all know how I feel about Vegas and things that happen. If not, we should know that what happens in Vegas never stays there. In this case that holds true.

After they were married, they believed that a quickie annulment would work, but circumstances change from few weeks they were married. *Snickers* Now there magical time in Vegas has come to a screeching halt and Amelia has tell Tyler he's going to be a daddy. Now Tyler feels that need to stay together for the baby, and negates to tell Amelia he might have stronger feelings for her. So, she believes he's just staying for the baby. Loads of fun.

I enjoyed Thirty Days to Win His Wife, because Tyler and Amelia have this easy camaraderie. After all they have been best friends for 14 years, and each of them has put one another before anyone else. I love Tyler's determination to try to win Amelia to love him, at the same time he's kind of selfish, because he doesn't want to sacrifice his heart.  So, you see a tug of war between the two of them. We start to see that they both fall for one another, but neither one admits it. Honestly, this was a pretty fun story. Tyler's romantic gestures are super sweet, and slowly chips away Amelia's armor. I liked the turning point in the story, and enjoyed the revelation Amelia receives. Overall, Thirty Days to Win His Wife is a fun, loving story that brings these two friends to something special.

Copy provided by the author
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Another sweet story by Amy. I'm really getting addicted to those :) This is the last short novella by Amy I have planned for this month and I truly can't wait to read more books by her (short or long). I liked this one, both MC were sweet - Adam and Finn, yet I can't say I LOVED it. Finn was a total and absolute sweet heart I loved the way he insinuated himself into Adam's life. Adam on the other hand, was a bit unclear for me. I'm not sure I "get" how him past made him into who he is today.

Adam's luck is running out. He lost his grant for Art School, he lost his apartment and now his car broke down. His only break is moving to live in his cousin's apartment for the next 6 months looking after Rico's dog and cat. On his second day he stumbles upon a job at the "Candy Heaven" in which he also finds kindness and friendship as well as love in Finn, the guy who delivers sandwiches from his family's dinner.

Finn is very sweet and open and he KNOWS what he wants - Adam! Thing is, Adam is a lot more complicated than he would have imagined. We only get Adam's POV (except for a little of Darrin the owner of "Candy Heaven" in the first and last chapter) so it's mostly us getting Adam's insecurities which are plenty. He had a very rough childhood, his mother and grandmother treated him badly even before he came out as gay and his military service didn't help to improve their opinion of him. So leaving everything behind and driving to Sacramento to his only family member he actually loves and accepts him for who he is - is his best option as it is. While Adam was very sweet also, he was SO insecure and so messed up, he couldn't see himself worthy of anyone's love. It was hard for me to accept that he was so insecure after 8 years in the service. It was one of the things that didn't "click" for me about him. He was WAY too scared of life and felt younger than his age.

The development of Finn and Adam's relationship was slow and sweet (yeah I keep repeating this word, reading of a candy shop has it's side affects ;)). While there was little for Finn to change about himself, there was a lot of things for Adam to find out about people, about trust and hope.

A nice short novella. I liked others more than I did this one, yet it was still a sweet, heart warming easy read (even with Adam's hurtful past).

Tags: MM Romance, novella

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I'm becoming a huge Lisa Kamps fan.  I picked this book up after finishing the Baltimore Banners series, but hadn't sat down to read it until yesterday.  I have no idea what took me so long.

This is the story of Mike (Michaela) and Nick.  They were in love when they were younger but circumstances tore them apart.  You know, the kind of circumstances where he hurt her BADLY - in more ways than one - and she's not sure she can forgive him.  This is their journey back together.  Sometimes in books like these I find the ways the MCs are thrown together to be a bit forced.  For example they lived in the same town, but hadn't seen each other in ten+ years.  I suppose that can happen.  But now they see each other multiple times in a short period of time.  The reasons for them being thrown together are solid though so in this instance, I wasn't bothered by it.

This is definitely the beginning of a great series.
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Received a copy of the title in exchange for an honest review.

We're coming back to this UNDONE series, and this time we have Michael's best friend and little sister coming to play -- well, we get to watch their relationship unfold, for those of us who saw them together in CRAVE.

Note: It is not necessary to read book one, CRAVE, but I do recommend it! ...simply because it was so good.

When Jillian first met Leo at Michael's police academy graduation some years ago, she was instantly drawn to the man who would become Michael's work partner. She could feel that he felt it, too, but every time she's asked him out, he's said 'no'.

Now, she's going to ask one last time and she's standing behind it -- if he says no, she'll walk away; if he walks away, she won't chase him. To be fair, though, Michael gives her some fair warnings where his best friend is concerned (gah, I really loved Michael in this book -- his friendship with Michael and his big brother protective streak with Jillian... I even really loved him during the times that called for both sides at once).

I loved that Jillian fought for what she wanted, but at the same time, stood strong and behind the words she said. But woven within all of that, I loved Leo's character -- as written word and as a person. Leo has issues when it comes to letting people all the way in; he's literally missing a piece of himself and with that, doesn't want to let someone in so close that he'll lose more of himself when that person eventually goes away: because somehow, someway, everyone always leaves.

I absolutely adored this alpha male -- in public and private. He was a great man who needed a swift kick to get him seeing straight. Some of my favorites scenes to read ever are the ones where the male finally realizes that what he's feeling is love -- and let me tell you, Leo doesn't disappoint.

Well... he does an itty bit, but that particular scene (and following ones) certainly doesn't.

This was another fun, sexy read in this UNDONE series. I love the ins and outs, and these dominant men (...I am a bit curious about how Michael truly deals with knowing what's really going on between his baby sister and best friend) are so fun to read about. These are easy, enjoyable reads with just the right dose of sweet to the hot, smoldering, sexy chemistry. Jennifer Dawson has a great series on her hands with this one.
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Well that was certainly smutty in a delicious and sexy way. I thoroughly enjoyed Amanda and Blake as they ventured out in the world of erotica and smut. It was a funny end especially sexy story. Amanda and Blake were great together and their chemistry palpable. I couldn't get enough of their bantering. So many hilarious conversations. Not only between them but also the secondary characters had their shining moments. Amanda's friend Rio, her roommate Ana and Blake's friend Heath were to die for.
Blake and Amanda's sexual relationship was written exquisitely. The heat and lust were emanating from the pages and in such an erotic way. Damn! I was seriously getting hot and bothered. Blake certainly knew how to seduce Amanda and me included.
All in all this was a light, sexy and funny read with great characters who had heart and a story to tell. A perfect summer read.

4 BadAssDirty&SmuttyPeachStars
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We first met Mike and Donna in All of Me and the sparks between them continue in the second book of the series. Their chemistry is amazing and the humor between them is hilarious. They really are perfect for each other. Mike's heart was broken by his high school sweetheart when he decided to leave the Navy so that he was able to donate a kidney to his older brother. Now playing baseball in the minors, he takes a vow of celibacy at the start of each season as to not get distracted. Donna is trying to regain custody of her son and prevent her ex and his new fiancee from getting full custody - she cannot get involved with Mike, but she cannot deny the attraction she feels towards him. When their PDA gets caught on camera, Mike proposes marriage as a way for their relationship to help Donna with the custody case in case of hurting it. Although reluctant at first, Donna accepts and soon they are both feeling more than sexual chemistry. They encounter some road block on their way to happily ever after, along with some really funny moments between Donna and Mike and some really emotional moments between Mike and his brother. I loved reading this book and look forward to the next Catfish getting caught.

I received an ARC via Edelweiss for the purpose of an honest review. I was not compensated for this review, all conclusions are my own.
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Gabi Smith means more to Blake Kennedy than she can imagine. She was there for him in his darkest hour, a friend when he needed one most. And now he's about to rock her world...

Passionate Addiction is the second book in the Reckless Beat series by author Eden Summers. I will tell you, I am in love with the guys of Reckless Beat, and Blake is one of my favorites. The newest member of the band, he's overcome the darkness of addiction, and has Gabi to thank for helping him. And, although they've been best friends for years, they've never met, and Gabi's birthday provides just the opportunity for Blake to surprise her with a visit and show her how much he cares. But even finally coming face to face doesn't mean a happy ending when the ghosts of Blake's past come back to haunt him and Gabi.

This series is entertaining, but still has the angsty moments that make the happy moments even better. And, yes, there's plenty hotness and humor, making this one lovely read. I am loving these books more and more with each subsequent installment, and really enjoying seeing how Eden is developing each of the guys as the stories unfold. 4.5 enthusiastic stars for Passionate Addiction; add this series to your TBRs, you won't be sorry.
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Originally reviewed for Tea and Book

What happens when you look up and suddenly realize that you are attracted to your best friend. The one person who has always been there? The one person who knows that you have a plan and a relationship is not in the plans right now? Or the one person who you trust with your feelings. A Lifetime of special friendship.

Rebecca Zanetti poses just that in the third book in her Montana Mavericks Series. Jake and Quinn have found their ever after but Colton is still footloose and fancy free.

Melanie Jacobs is the picture if the girl next door. She has been best friend's with Colton Freeze and Hawk for their entire lives. She knows they will always be there but sometimes you have to do it yourself and right now is one of those times. If only Colton Freeze would stay out of her way.

Colton Freeze, the man with the plan. Current CEO of the family business and all round decent guy. When he discovers that his best friend is working three jobs and the last as a bar maid. That's bad enough but one look at Melanie in her tight short skirt sets more than his imagination in fire. He is determined to ignore the sexual twinges and work on keeping their friendship intact.

This story runs on the concept of friends with benefits except it never really is. These two are meant for each other and there are deep and intense feeling a almost from the beginning. A love that deepens when they both learn how to lean on each other.

Of course while the two if them are struggling to define their relationship someone has started a pool to see what date they will finally make it official. This is a rather hysterical secondary story. Everyone in town is doing their best to finagle their date in the pool. From blackmail to arranged hook ups.

I really enjoyed this story and have to say that once again Rebecca Zanetti tells an engrossing story that captivated from beginning to end.

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