Review: Motorcycle Man by Kristen Ashley

Posted July 5, 2015 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance / 0 Comments

Title: Motorcycle Man
Series: Dream Man #4
Author: Kristen Ashley
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Published: December 12, 2012
Publisher: Forever
My Rating: 5+ stars
Source: Owned, Kindle edition
Cover Description:

Get ready to ride . . .

Tyra Masters has had enough drama to last a lifetime. Now, she’s back on track and looking forward to her new, quiet life. Until she meets the man of her dreams. The tattooed, muscled biker plies her with tequila-and the best sex of her life. She knows it isn’t the tequila and hot sex talking. He’s the kind of man she’s always wanted. Unfortunately, he’s also her new boss . . .

Kane “Tack” Allen has a rule. He doesn’t employ someone he’s slept with. So when he learns he spent last night in bed with his new office manager, he quickly fires Tyra. Yet when Tyra stands up to him and fights for her job, Tack is intrigued. He tells her she can keep her job on one condition: no more sex. Ever. But as things heat up between them, Tack finds that he’ll be the one breaking all the rules.

Read on for my thoughts on Motorcycle Man. No true spoilers, promise.

Review: Law Man by Kristen Ashley

Posted July 5, 2015 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance / 0 Comments

Title: Law Man
Series: Dream Man #3
Author: Kristen Ashley
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Published: December 11, 2012
Publisher: Forever
My Rating: 5 stars
Source: Owned, Kindle edition
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Sweet, shy Mara Hanover is in love with her neighbor. For four years, she has secretly watched her dream man from afar. Handsome police detective Mitch Lawson is way out of her league. She’s a girl from the wrong side of the tracks, and there’s no way a guy like Mitch would want anything to do with her. But when Mara has a leaky faucet that she can’t fix, it’s Mitch who comes to her rescue.

Mitch has been eyeing his beautiful neighbor for a long time. He jumps at the chance to help her, and soon their formerly platonic relationship gets very hot and heavy. But when Mara gets a disturbing phone call from her cousin’s kids, she gets pulled back into the life she’s tried so hard to leave behind. Can the hot law man convince Mara to let go of her past-and build a future with him?

Read on for my thoughts on Law Man. No true spoilers, promise.

Review: Wild Man by Kristen Ashley

Posted July 4, 2015 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance / 0 Comments

Title: Wild Man
Series: Dream Man #2
Author: Kristen Ashley
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Published: December 11, 2012
Publisher: Forever
My Rating: 5 stars
Source: Owned, Kindle edition
Cover Description:

While filling the display case in her bakery, the bell over the door sounds and Tessa O’Hara looks up to see the man of her dreams. Within thirty seconds he asks her out for a beer. But after four months of dating, she discovers he’s an undercover DEA agent-and he’s investigating her possible role in her ex-husband’s drug business. For Tess, this means their relationship is over.

Brock disagrees. He’s committed to his anti-drug mission, but he’s fallen in love with the beautiful woman who’s as sweet as her cupcakes-and he’ll do anything to win her back. Standing between Tess and Brock are their own exes, one of them a drug lord who’s determined to get what he wants. Now as danger threatens, can Brock break the rules he’s lived by and let loose his wild side to protect the woman he loves?

Read on for my thoughts on Wild Man. No true spoilers, promise.

Review: Mystery Man by Kristen Ashley

Posted July 4, 2015 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance / 0 Comments

Title: Mystery Man
Series: Dream Man #1
Author: Kristen Ashley
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Published: December 11, 2012
Publisher: Forever
My Rating: 5 stars
Source: Owned, Kindle edition
Cover Description:

Gwendolyn Kidd has met the man of her dreams. He’s hot, he’s sexy, and what started as a no-names-exchanged night of passion has blossomed into a year and a half-long pleasure fest. Sure, it’s a little strange that he only appears in her bed at night, but Gwen is so sure he’s the one, she just can’t turn him away…

Hawk Delgado knows more about Gwen than she could ever imagine. She’s gorgeous, headstrong, and skittish about relationships. But Hawk is facing his own demons, demons that keep him from connecting with anyone. Yet when Gwen is drawn into Denver’s lethal underground scene, Hawk’s protective nature comes out full force. The problem is, when Gwen gets a dose of Hawk’s Alpha attitude in the daylight, she’s not so sure he’s the one anymore.

Read on for my thoughts on Dream Man. No true spoilers, promise.

Review: The CEO by Victoria Purman

Posted July 3, 2015 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance / 0 Comments

The CEO Title: The CEO
Series: The Millionaire Malones #2
Author: Victoria Purman
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Published: July 2, 2015
Publisher: Tule Publishing
My Rating: 5 stars
Source: NetGalley
Cover Description:

CEO Callum Malone has it all: power, Italian suits, a house on one of Sydney’s stunning beaches and a new life without a woman in it. Just the way he likes it, ever since his nasty divorce.

Landscaper Ava Gibson is in no position to turn down a job, even if it is for her despised ex-brother-in-law. But when resentment gives way to underlying attraction, Ava is finally forced to confront her truth… she’s falling for him.

Will Ava be able to keep her growing desire in check? Because the irresistible Cal doesn’t want her to.

Read on for my thoughts on The CEO. No true spoilers, promise.

Review: Summer Flings and Dancing Dreams by Sue Watson

Posted July 3, 2015 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance / 0 Comments

Title: Summer Flings and Dancing Dreams
Series:
Author: Sue Watson
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Published: July 3, 2015
Publisher: Bookouture
My Rating: 5 stars
Source: NetGalley
Cover Description:

Dance like nobody’s watching. Love like you’ll never get hurt…
Laura Watkin’s heart isn’t broken, she’s just forgotten how to use it.

After years on her own, the highlight of single mum Laura’s week is watching Strictly Come Dancing with a glass of Pinot Grigio and a large helping of imagination.

With her daughter Sophie going travelling, Laura knows the time is right to do something for herself for a change. One disastrous Zumba class later and Laura ends up at the feet (literally) of gorgeous dance instructor Tony Hernandez.

A natural dancer and inspiring teacher, Tony rekindles in Laura a passion she inherited from her ballroom dancer father – and with it comes a dream… to make him proud.

But when Tony enters them to perform at the National Dance Festival, can Laura’s new-found confidence survive the test? And with a once-in-a-lifetime chance to learn Flamenco in Spain, could Laura truly learn to dance like nobody’s watching… and love like she’ll never get hurt?

A laugh-out-loud, uplifting comedy about finding the courage to be yourself, the importance of dreams, and learning to grab life by the glitter balls.

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Review: The Wedding Reject Table by Angela Britnell

Posted July 3, 2015 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance / 4 Comments

Title: The Wedding Reject Table
Series: Nashville Connections #2
Author: Angela Britnell
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Published: July 1, 2015
Publisher: Choc Lit
My Rating: 5 stars
Source: NetGalley
Cover Description:

When Maggie Taylor, a cake decorator, and Chad Robertson, a lawyer from Nashville Tennessee, meet at a wedding in Cornwall it’s not under the best circumstances.

They have both been assigned to ‘the reject table’, alongside a toxic collection of grumpy great aunts, bitter divorcees and stuffy organists.

Maggie has grown used to being the reject, although when Chad helps her out of a wedding cake disaster she begins to wonder whether the future could hold more for her.

But will Chad be strong enough to deal with the other problems in Maggie’s life? Because a ruined cake isn’t the only issue she has – not by a long shot.

Read on for my thoughts on The Wedding Reject Table. No true spoilers, promise.

Review: To Love A Texas Cowboy by Julie Benson

Posted July 2, 2015 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance / 0 Comments

Title: To Love A Texas Cowboy
Series: Wishing, Texas #1
Author: Julie Benson
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Published: July 1, 2015
Publisher: Tule Publishing
My Rating: 5 stars
Source: NetGalley
Cover Description:

New York artist Cassie Reynolds moves to Wishing, Texas to raise her orphaned niece, and discovers she’s in way over her head. Then she meets Ella’s financial guardian, Ty Barnett, a handsome hardworking rancher, with his own ideas on child rearing.

Ty and Cassie clash over almost everything, especially Ella, but when two people have the welfare of one child at heart, suddenly they find themselves looking at each other in a whole new light…

Will Ty make room for another lady in his life? And will Cassie allow herself to love a Texas cowboy?

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Review: His Touch by Patty Blount

Posted July 1, 2015 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance / 0 Comments

Title: His Touch
Series: Summer in New York #1
Author: Patty Blount
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Published: June 30, 2015
Publisher: Tule Publishing, Holiday Books
My Rating: 5 stars
Source: NetGalley
Cover Description:

When a surly paramedic finds Kara Larsen‘s lost toddler, only to berate her for failing to mind her child, Kara is embarrassed and relieved she’ll never have to deal with that jerk again. Doesn’t he know being a single mom is a lot harder than it looks?! But when baby Nadia has trouble breathing one night, Kara’s frantic 911 call brings that same jerk right to her door…

NYFD paramedic Reid Bennett has a compulsion to help frantic parents. But after the way he over-reacted to the beautiful woman in the department store that day, she wants nothing to do with him. But it’s not his fault he keeps running into her all over the city…

When Kara bumps into Reid for the third time in a week, she can’t help but wonder if the mom she lost in 2001 is playing matchmaker. As Kara and Reid form a cautious friendship, he quickly becomes baby Nadia’s favorite person. But Reid has no interest in long-term commitment, or so he thought. So when Nadia’s father calls out of the blue and Kara agrees to see him, Reid realizes he has some triage to do if he hopes to keep his girls.

Read on for my thoughts on His Touch. No true spoilers, promise.

Review: The Perfect Bargain by Jessa McAdams

Posted July 1, 2015 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance / 0 Comments

Title: The Perfect Bargain
Series: How To Marry a Highlander #1
Author: Jessa McAdams (Julia London)
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Published: June 30, 2015
Publisher: Entangled Lovestruck
My Rating: 4 stars
Source: NetGalley
Cover Description:

American lass seeks brawny Scot…

As if being newly single isn’t brutal enough, Sloane Chatfield’s friends are getting obnoxious about setting her up. When Sloane insists she’s waiting for a certain sexy fictional Highlander to come along, her friends surprise her with a trip to Scotland to find her a new boyfriend. She’d rather have a root canal. But if she can find a Highland hunk to “break her heart” before her friends arrive…

In a remote Highland village, Galen Buchanan is struggling to keep the family pub afloat. Everything is falling apart, he’s running out of money, and now there’s an opinionated American lass parked at his best table, driving him mad. But then Sloane asks Galen to be her pretend Highland boyfriend…and offers him enough money to save the pub. It’s only for a few days, he figures. What’s the worst that could happen?

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Review: Don’t Let Go by Sharla Lovelace

Posted July 1, 2015 by Marsha in Contemporary Romance / 0 Comments

Title: Don’t Let Go
Series:
Author: Sharla Lovelace
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Published: June 30, 2015
Publisher: Montlake Romance
My Rating: 5 stars
Source: NetGalley
Cover Description:

Noah Ryan and Jules Doucette had spent every moment of their lives together, first as childhood best friends and later as young lovers. The two had their future all planned out—until one unspeakable decision tore them apart.

Twenty-six years later, Jules is living her life by someone else’s plan. She’s running her mother’s store, living in her mother’s house, following her mother’s rules, and keeping the secrets her mother made her bury.

Then Noah comes home, and any sense of order and structure flies out the window. Noah’s return does more than just stir up old memories—it also forces Jules to see her life in a whole new way and uncover secrets even she didn’t know were hidden. But can the power of first love triumph over years of pain and lies?

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