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From New York Times bestselling author Laura Kaye, comes the next standalone title in her Warrior Fight Club series, FIGHTING THE FIRE.

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A note from Laura Kaye:

I love enemies-to-lovers stories because they’re so much fun to write and absolutely delicious to read! And Sean Riddick and Dani England from my upcoming Fighting the Fire are absolutely incendiary together! They’re both bad asses in their own right—both veterans, both fighters, both stubborn as hell. And boy does this cover art capture them so well—the intensity, the passion, the push and pull. Gah, I hope you love it as much as I do!

If you haven’t started my wounded Warrior Fight Club series yet, you can jump in anywhere because they’re all sexy standalone romances! So start at the beginning with Fighting for Everything or grab the about-to-release Fighting for What’s His.

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About FIGHTING THE FIRE

The more they fight, the more desire consumes them…

There’s only one thing firefighter Sean Riddick doesn’t like about Warrior Fight Club, and that’s Daniela England, the sexiest, snarkiest, most irritating woman he’s ever known. But MMA training keeps the Navy vet grounded, so Sean’s not about to give it up, no matter how many times he goes toe to toe with Dani—or how bad he wants to take her to the mats.

A former Army nurse and the widow of a fallen soldier, Dani is done with the military and with military men. Fight club is the only thing that eases her nightmares, which means she has to put up with Riddick. He might be sex on a stick, but he’s infuriating and everything she’s vowed to avoid.

But when an accident throws Sean and Dani together, all that fight bursts into a night of red-hot passion. Now they’re addicted to the heat and must decide if the one person they’ve most resisted might be exactly what they’ve both been looking for.

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Check out the whole Warrior Fight Club Series:

Fighting for Everything – Available now!

Fighting for What’s His – August 7, 2018 – Preorder!

Fighting the Fire – October 16, 2018

Worth Fighting For – March 12, 2019

About Laura Kaye

Laura is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of over thirty-five books in contemporary and erotic romance and romantic suspense, including the Blasphemy, Hard Ink, and Raven Riders series. Growing up, Laura’s large extended family believed in the supernatural, and family lore involving angels, ghosts, and evil-eye curses cemented in Laura a life-long fascination with storytelling and all things paranormal. Laura also writes historical fiction as the NYT bestselling author, Laura Kamoie. She lives in Maryland with her husband and two daughters and appreciates her view of the Chesapeake Bay every day.

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A Standalone Contemporary Romance Novel

NY Times, USA To-day, and #1 Wall Street Journal Best Selling Author, Penelope Ward

RELEASE DATE: Monday, August 27, 2018

Synopsis

From New York Times bestselling author Penelope Ward, comes a new, sexy STANDALONE novel.

We met in the least likely of places. It started out innocently enough. I was “ScreenGod” and she was “Montana,” but of course, those weren’t our actual names, just the virtual cloaks we hid behind.

Logging in at night and talking to her was my escape—my sanctuary.

Her real name was Eden, I’d soon come to find out.

From the first time we connected online, I found myself transfixed.

She was an addiction.

At first, we knew nothing about each other’s real identities…and she was adamant that we keep things that way. Anonymity had no effect on our unstoppable chemistry, though. If anything, it allowed us to open up even more in ways we may not have otherwise.

Eden was funny, intelligent, gorgeous—everything I’d ever wanted in a woman.

But I couldn’t really have her.

I had accepted things would have to stay the way they were—until the day I found a clue that led me straight to her.

So I took a chance.

And that was when our love story really began.

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Cover Photography: Nicole Langholz

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About the Author

Penelope Ward is a New York Times, USA Today and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author of con-temporary romance.

She grew up in Boston with five older brothers and spent most of her twenties as a television news an-chor. Penelope resides in Rhode Island with her husband, son, and beautiful daughter with au-tism.

With over one-point-five million books sold, she is a twenty-time New York Times bestseller and the author of over twenty novels.

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Standalone Novels

Gentleman Nine

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Drunk Dial

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Mack Daddy

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RoomHate

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Stepbrother Dearest

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Neighbor Dearest

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Jaded and Tyed (A novelette)

Sins of Sevin

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Jake Undone

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Jake Understood (Jake #2)

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My Skylar

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Gemini

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Co-written Novels

The Rush Series (2 Book Series)

Rebel Heir

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Rebel Heart

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Dear Bridget, I Want You

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Cocky Bastard

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Stuck-Up Suit

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Playboy Pilot

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Mister Money-bags

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Check out this excerpt for SOMEONE ELSE’S OCEAN by Kate Stewart!

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Contemporary Romance

A Texas native, Kate Stewart lives in North Carolina with her husband, Nick, and her naughty beagle, Sadie. She pens messy, sexy, angst-filled contemporary romance as well as romantic comedy and erotic suspense because it’s what she loves as a reader. Kate is a lover of all things ’80s and ’90s, especially John Hughes films and rap. She dabbles a little in photography, can knit a simple stitch scarf for necessity, and on occasion, does very well at whiskey.

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Four Day Fling, an all-new hilarious and romantic standalone from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Emma Hart is LIVE!

Imagine this.

You’re ready to leave after a one-night stand, and you’re figuring out how to—shock horror—leave your number and ask him to be your fake boyfriend for your sister’s wedding this weekend.

When he wakes up.

Well, that happened to me. And over coffee and omelets, I found myself a date.

Which was how I ended up arriving at the wedding with a guy I knew nothing about.

I didn’t know his last name, or how we met, or how long we’d been dating. I didn’t know where he grew up, what he’d majored in in college, or how many siblings he had.

I sure as hell didn’t know he was Adam Winters, hotshot hockey player, and not only my father’s favorite player, but my little nephew’s freakin’ idol.

Which means I’m in trouble. Big, big trouble.

My mother is suspicious, my sister is bridezilla on crack, and my grandpa will tell anyone who’ll listen about his time in Amsterdam’s Red Light District.

Four days.

I have to keep this up for four days, and then Adam and I can return to our regular lives, where we don’t have sex whenever we’re alone, and my family aren’t interrogating him over his intentions with me.

At least, that’s the plan.

And we all know what happens to those.

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My Review

Poppy Dunn is definitely my favorite kind of heroine because she embraces her awkwardness and her sassiness, and she isn’t afraid to be who she is and say what she feels regardless of who she might offend. In my opinion, Poppy is most women’s snarky and inappropriate inner self – the one who they would love to bring out into the open but can’t for fear of how other people will react and/or how they will be perceived.

Between her hilarious graphic tees with funny and sarcastic sayings and how freely Poppy is with her mouth, she’s truly a genuine person and while she may seem like a hot mess most of the time, she holds things together more than she thinks and proves to be a  breath of albeit smartass air.

Poppy and Adam’s story, Four Day Fling, opens up with another awkward moment in the life of Poppy Dunn, but the morning after what was meant to be a one-night stand proves to be the start of a beautiful four-day fake relationship, well except for the off-the-charts sex, but in true Poppy fashion, the reality of who she asked to be her fake boyfriend remains unknown to her until her hockey fanatic family lets her in on who her one-night stand/four day bedmate/fake boyfriend and it’s none other than Adam Winters, star forward for the Orlando Storms, making things even more awkward and way more complicated than Poppy could have anticipated.

Being a professional athlete is definitely not conducive for being in any kind of romantic relationship, which means that Adam Winters is all for one and done connections, but for some reason, he accepts Poppy’s offer of hot sex in exchange for posing as her boyfriend to prevent her mother from judging her even more than she already does.

Poppy’s crazy family is a huge part of the story line and they are responsible for an array of funny antics, inappropriate discussions, and nitpicking comments that threaten to make Poppy’s sister ‘bridezilla,’ her grandfather even more crazy than he already was, and her mother in need of a Xanax or two in order to make her chill out and to keep her unaware of the reality of Poppy and Adam’s relationship.

Every time I read one of Emma Hart’s romantic comedies, I know I’m going to get a hilarious, somewhat awkward and definitely steamy read with a hero and heroine who have a stronger connection than they want to admit and a crew of supporting characters who add to the already established mischief and chaos created by the main characters.

I really enjoyed Poppy and Adam’s story and the fact that it was more than obvious just how real things were between them from the start, and as they attempt to make it through the four day wedding extravaganza what they need to figure out is if their fling can become a forever despite how it all began.

4 Poison Apples

About Emma Hart

Emma Hart is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of over thirty novels and has been translated into several different languages.

She is a mother, wife, lover of wine, Pink Goddess, and valiant rescuer of wild baby hedgehogs.

Emma prides herself on her realistic, snarky smut, with comebacks that would make a PMS-ing teenage girl proud.

Yes, really. She’s that sarcastic.

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From New York Times Bestselling author Rachel Van Dyken, comes ENVY, a new novella in her Eagle Elite Series, brought to you by 1,001 Dark Nights!

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From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Rachel Van Dyken comes a new story in her Eagle Elite series…

Every family has rules, the mafia just has more….
Do not speak to the bosses unless spoken to.
Do not make eye contact unless you want to die.
And above all else, do not fall in love.
Renee Cassani’s future is set.
Her betrothal is set.
Her life, after nannying for the five families for the summer, is set
Somebody should have told Vic Colezan that.
He’s a man who doesn’t take no for an answer.
And he only wants one thing.
Her.
Somebody should have told Renee that her bodyguard needed as much discipline as the kids she was nannying.
Good thing Vic has a firm hand.

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My Review

I have been a part of Rachel Van Dyken’s Eagle Elite series since it began, and as it’s continued,  I’ve witnessed these complicated men come into their own, protecting their families, fighting their enemies, and falling in love regardless of the complications it would bring to their lives. I’ve also seen them forced to make decisions that would irrevocably change their lives and the lives of those they love.

Needless to say, being a member of the Mafia and for some of them the head of their families has meant making sacrifices and losing parts of their humanity the deeper they dive into the darkness that surrounds them. There’s so much at stake for each of them and that fact has turned them into much different men than the ones Van Dyken introduced readers to in the first book of the series.

In ENVY, Eagle Elite Book 9.5, Van Dyken illustrates the power that Nixon, Chase, Tex, and Phoenix wield as well as how far they’ll go to keep their families safe, their secrets hidden, and their enemies at bay, which is exactly why Nixon’s cousin,

Vic Colezan Abandonato’s focus must be on point at all times with no distractions because he’s the mafia assassin who protects all of the families; it’s his duty…it’s his vow to the families…it’s his singular purpose, which is both his pledge and his curse, especially when a certain nanny…an off-limits Mafia princess brings light into his darkened existence and makes him feel more human despite his monstrous acts.

I’ve always understood that the Mafia world follows its own rules…that right and wrong aren’t the things that truly matter and that someone’s word is a binding contract, but even with that knowledge, the fact that Vic lives only for the families and gets nothing for himself doesn’t sit well with me and it also makes me see Nixon in a new light – one that disturbs me a bit but also proves how singularly focused he is in protecting what’s his.

Renee Cassani is an anomaly in this dark, dangerous, and deadly environment. She wants nothing to do with this life, but it’s clear, especially by what’s being hidden from her, that she doesn’t have a choice. She doesn’t think she matters in the big picture, but that’s only because information has deliberately withheld supposedly for her own protection, but once the details are revealed, I question who really gained from her status.

There is definitely a forbidden aspect to Vic and Renee’s story. She’s supposed to be hands-off, especially for the family’s henchman. He’s the exact opposite of what Renee wants in life, but for some reason, she can’t condemn him and finds herself wanting a killer with every part of her heart and soul.

I really enjoyed ENVY; it definitely allowed me to form new opinions on the some of the characters and there’s one new character, in particular, that intrigues me. The fact that Chase is more present in this novella and even pushes Vic in some respects made me incredibly happy and even though Nixon tried to control the entire situation, what’s made abundantly clear is that love surpasses all things – even a controlling Mafia bastard.

4.5 Poison Apples

Excerpt

I tried not to judge.

It was hard.

They were mafia bosses—I got it.

Or at least I thought I understood it since I had grown up around it. But my upbringing wasn’t as severe. My dad was a Nicolasi and always kept things quiet around us. It wasn’t until I was twelve that I realized it wasn’t normal for us to make as much money as we did through two jewelry stores and five laundromats.

I wrongly assumed that every business owner with a lot of cash drove a bulletproof Mercedes to protect their family. The older I got, the more horrified I became of the life my father lived, the life he forced us to live, and the complete unrest I felt every time I closed my eyes and prayed for him to come home.

He was a made man.

One of the best in the family, which meant Phoenix trusted him, which in turn meant he trusted me to watch his little boy. And every time Phoenix looked at his phone I wondered if it was my dad texting, if he was alive, if he was okay. He’d been gone for a month. We hadn’t heard from him except for a few “hey, I’m alive” texts.

I hated this life.

And I wanted out.

“Renee.” Nixon leaned down and touched my shoulder. “Are you okay?”

I stilled.

Remembered not to look directly into his eyes and forced a smile. “I’m just tired, you know how it is.”

“Kids do that to a person,” Phoenix piped in, finally sheathing the knives he’d apparently pulled out in the last few seconds that I’d been thinking about my dad. “We need to leave in five.”

Nixon stood.

I looked away.

I had to.

It made me sick to my stomach the blood these men had on their hands and the way they so casually talked about killing as if they were discussing the latest episode of This Is Us.

I forced a smile at Serena and Junior just as the front door swung open, nearly coming off its hinges.

There he stood.

My nightmare.

Vic Corazon Abandonato.

In all his gory glory.

Tight black pants.

Tight black shirt.

Enough guns strapped to him to win an all-out war.

And no smile.

The man never smiled. It wasn’t in his makeup to smile. The one time he smiled was at Chase, and I think it was just a happy accident because Chase looked as shocked as the rest of the group did. I glanced away, again making sure I wasn’t drawing attention to myself, and fed the kids.

Vic was a silent killer. I imagined that people didn’t even know they were dying until they saw the blood running like a river from their chests.

I shivered.

That’s what assassins for the mafia did. They weren’t made men, they weren’t in line for boss. They did the dirty work-and they took the fall for it. They had one job. Protect the family at all costs.

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About Rachel Van Dyken

Rachel Van Dyken is the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author of regency and contemporary romances. When she’s not writing you can find her drinking coffee at Starbucks and plotting her next book while watching The Bachelor.

She keeps her home in Idaho with her Husband, adorable son, and two snoring boxers! She loves to hear from readers!

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Shimmy Bang Sparkle by Nicola Rendell

Release Date: August 21st

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Blurb

To catch a thief…or fall for one?

All Nick Norton wants is to stay on the straight and narrow…and never get caught stealing again. Then he lays eyes on her: Stella Peretti—100 percent sexy and absolutely irresistible. Especially when he sees her smooth moves lifting a two-karat diamond. Nick realizes he’s found the sparkling woman of his dreams—one so perfect for him it’s almost criminal.

The Shimmy Shimmy Bangs are master jewel thieves who are planning the heist of the century. And Shimmy leader, Stella, isn’t about to let anyone—even if he is a hunky, tatted-up studmuffin—get in her way. But when two of her girls are put out of commission, Stella realizes that Nick isn’t just a red-hot distraction. He might be the answer to her pilfering prayers.

Now, Nick and Stella are putting everything on the line for one last job. But when two thieves have this much chemistry, it’s only a matter of time before somebody’s heart gets stolen.

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About the Author

Bestselling author Nicola Rendell loves writing naughty romantic comedies. After receiving a handful of degrees from a handful of places, she now works as a professor in New England. Nicola’s work has been featured in USA Today’s Happy Ever After and the Huffington Post. She loves to cook, sew, and play the piano. Her hobbies might make her sound like an old lady, but she’s totally okay with that. She is represented by Emily Sylvan Kim at the Prospect Agency.

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Harley and I had our whole lives planned out, until her plans changed, and those plans didn’t include me.

After years spent trying to get the love of my life out of my head and repair my too-damaged heart, I thought I was finally moving on…but life sure has a funny way of letting you know when those best-laid plans are about to be turned upside down.

My entire world was rocked when Harley unexpectedly moved back to Oak Springs. Every miserable moment I’d spent trying to get over her and every hour I’d wasted trying to erase her from my life came back to haunt me the minute she walked into my office, fear in her eyes, and asked me for help. Would I…or better yet, could I walk away from her this time after all that she had put me through?

What I really needed to know is would I be able to forge ahead with the future I had so meticulously planned—one that didn’t include Harley—or will her return finally open my eyes to a future full of endless possibilities?

Blind Love is book five in the Cowboys and Angels series.

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My Review

‘We make mistakes, and sometimes we live with the regret of that mistake.’

Sage words but a more than difficult lesson to learn, and in Kelly Elliott’s newest book in her Cowboys & Angels series, Blind Love, Harley Carbajal and Tripp Parker have had to live with a split second decision that monumentally reshaped the next 10 years of their lives and destroyed not only a lifelong friendship but a love that was supposed to last a lifetime.

After Tripp’s reaction when Harley showed up at the Parker Ranch at the end of Love Again, I was desperate to understand what happened between them…what made Tripp refuse to speak to Harley and led Waylynn to lay into the girl who used to be one of her best friends and Tripp’s first love.

Thankfully, Elliott didn’t make her readers wait too long to acquire those much needed insights, and for that reason, I have to admit, I wanted to throttle Tripp for most of the first half of their story, and while I know it’s probably not fair for me to immediately side with Harley once she unburdens herself with what happened that fateful night 10 years ago and the years after when Tripp refused to speak with Harley, I can’t help but rage against Tripp’s stubbornness and want to demand he temper his anger and at least allow a conversation between him and Harley that could provide even an ounce of closure.

Because readers are privy to both Tripp and Harley’s perspectives, it’s easy to recognize their individual struggles when it comes to the breakdown of their relationship and the pain and heartbreak that still consume their emotional state. The truth is not something that Tripp is ready to hear, which means that the way he handles Harley’s reentrance into his life and the lives of his family will not win him any favors with readers. It’s clear that Tripp is incredibly conflicted when it comes to the array of feelings he has for Harley, which means that his actions and his words are quite irrational and he says and does things that made me furious  and question the kind of man Tripp is.

Once everything is explained about what happened to destroy Tripp and Harley’s relationship, it’s easy to understand why she did what she did, even if there were undoubtedly other ways to handle the situation, and what makes it even easier to side with Harley is the fact that she tried to make things right between them and Tripp refused to listen. But what’s also clear is that if Harley and Tripp want to move forward, they can’t keep living in the past, which means they come to terms with what happened and go their separate ways or reach an understanding and give what they had a second chance because while they’ve been apart for 10 years, the love between them is still there, even if it’s concealed by anger and sadness.

Blind Love is an incredibly emotional and heartbreaking second chance love story that proves how difficult it is to move forward when someone has lost the love of his/her life. Even though I struggled with Tripp’s behavior and wanted Harley to move forward without him, Kelly Elliott proves that these two are meant to be together and just need to work through what happened all those years ago and find a way to live in the now and work towards a future that they clearly both want.

Cord’s up next and I’m beyond excited to watch him lose his mind and his heart over a woman who makes him work for everything he wants and needs.

4.5 Poison Apples

Kelly Elliott is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling contemporary romance author. Since finishing her bestselling Wanted series, Kelly continues to spread her wings while remaining true to her roots and giving readers stories rich with hot protective men, strong women and beautiful surroundings.

Her bestselling works include, Wanted, Broken, Without You, and Unconditional Love, to name just a few.

Kelly has been passionate about writing since she was fifteen. After years of filling journals with stories, she finally followed her dream and published her first novel, Wanted, in November of 2012.

Kelly lives in central Texas with her husband, daughter, and two pups. When she’s not writing, Kelly enjoys reading and spending time with her family. She is down to earth and very in touch with her readers, both on social media and at signings.

To find out more about Kelly and her books, you can find her through her website.

www.kellyelliottauthor.com

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Flip Trick, an all-new standalone bad-boy romance by Amo Jones is NOW AVAILABLE!!

I did something I had never done before.

I had a one-night stand.

Then in true me fashion, I left my phone at his house during my desperate venture to escape.

I tried hard to ignore the texts sent to my best friend’s phone…

Amethyst: Sup, these selfies are cute as shit, but your lips looked better wrapped around my…

I did NOT text him back.

I DID vow to never speak of him, or that night again…

I’m Amethyst Lily Tatum, and up until this point, I’d managed to maintain a fairly low-key life. I’m what you would call a socially unacceptable hot mess. Instead of partying, I’m skating, flipping ollie’s over guys who loved to underestimate me. Then I started college, met a wild girl who I would soon call my best-friend, had my first drunk one-night stand, left my phone at his house, and then, when I finally managed to meet my mom’s new boyfriend, I found out that my one-night stand, was now my new stepbrother.

*this is a standalone novel*

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My Review

After I read the synopsis of Flip Trick and talked with my blogger friend about Amo Jones’ writing, I knew I needed to introduce myself to Jones’ storytelling and the jacked up but amazing characters she creates. But even though I was forewarned that Jones’ stories take readers on an emotional rollercoaster EVERY. SINGLE. TIME,  I still was not prepared for what the plot twists and the angst would do to my emotional state; for the duration of Maddox and Ame’s story, my stomach was in knots and my whole body was tightly wound and that never changed, even at the end when the story was brought to an amenable resolution.

I don’t think I can truly capture just how jacked up Flip Trick’s storyline is without giving away content, so I’m just going to discuss the characters and the plot in a general sense, offering insights into my experience reading the book and how my mind and my heart were both tortured and ecstatic due to the chaotic complexity of this story.

The first thing I need to make clear is that I loved Amo Jones’ writing; it’s easy to see how much of herself she puts in every word she crafts and that the trials and tribulations her characters face are what they need to endure in order to grow as people and in order to understand that life is difficult and the choices they make affect more people than just themselves. I can only imagine how strung out Jones was at the conclusion of Flip Trick due to the back and forth between Amethyst and Maddox and the way they directed their stories to be told. It was exhausting reading about all the ups and downs and highs and lows that these two faced throughout the course of their sometimes dysfunctional and highly emotional relationship, so to have them inside her head demanding that honest perspectives be used, no matter how gritty, fucked up, or unfair they may seem had to be beyond draining.

But while I can handle the presentation of characters’ raw and real circumstances, what I find difficult is when part of their journey feels too predictable and/or the reasons behind certain actions aren’t fully or clearly explained. Now, not all readers will feel the same way that I do when it comes to Ame and Maddox’s story; I’m sure some will not suspect anything as they read the first part of the book, but early on, I inferred what the conflict would be and the fallout that would occur due to those circumstances and I wished it would have gone in a different direction.

Now don’t get me wrong, there were aspects of the story I never saw coming and I could have never predicted just how long it would take for Ame and Maddox to find their way back to each other because they kept getting hit with obstacles that seemed insurmountable, but it took me a bit to get over the fact that I had called the main conflict early on because it just didn’t sit well with me given the connection that Ame and Maddox were supposed to have and how easily they seemed to let it go.

Despite my issue with some aspects of the plot line, though, I clearly saw what all of the other characters saw when it came to Ame and Maddox and their pull to each other. It’s rare to have that kind of connection from an early age, especially when a shitload of situations occur that push them in opposite directions for quite some time, but their bond was always there…just beneath the surface, waiting for the right time for it to make itself known and hopefully remain out in the open, even if things went awry again.

I had quite the girl crush on Amethyst throughout the duration of the story; I love that she doesn’t care what anyone thinks about her and that she remains true to herself. She’s a rare beauty and that’s clearly illustrated, even when she’s a hot mess due to circumstances out of her control. And, now that I look back on my adoration for her, it may be part of the reason I hated that the plot went the way that it did and caused her heartbreak.

Maddox Stone is definitely an enigma, and his fighting name ‘DESTROYER’ is quite fitting for the various complications that occur throughout the storyline. There was never a time that I detested Maddox, even though he made it quite difficult not to in certain parts of the plot. He felt that he always had a reason for his actions and for the most part, he did, but watching Ame suffer due to some of his decisions made me want to destroy him.

Flip Trick definitely provokes a wide range of emotions. I was exhausted when I finished the book, and I didn’t know if I wanted to breakdown or rage despite a satisfactory ending simply because I couldn’t calm down after everything that went down and what I witnessed the characters go through. There’s some seriously jacked up stuff that goes down and as a reader, I couldn’t help but feel just as much of a hot mess as the characters themselves because of how Amo Jones made me feel a part of the group who watched everything between Ame and Maddox go down and what they individually had to cope with when things were on a constant cycle of good and bad.

Amo Jones’ book are on my radar now, so I will be checking out the other ones that are on my Kindle, but I’ll have to space them up because it’s more than clear that I will be emotionally drained at the end of each one.

4.5 Poison Apples

About Amo Jones

Amo Jones is a small country girl totally winging this author thing (she’s probably doing it all wrong). She likes cake, loves wine, and her religion is magic. She’s a profound work-a-holic, but when she’s not writing, you can find her chilling with her kids & partner at the nearest beach, with a cocktail in her hand.

New Zealand is not a state of Australia and rugby is the best sport ever played.

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DIRTY SEXY PLAYER by Laurelin Paige

Release Date: July 23rd

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Cover Designer: Laurelin Paige & Tom Barnes

DIRTY SEXY PLAYER (Dirty Games Book 1)

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Blurb

Available in audio first, New York Times best-selling author Laurelin Paige’s newest red-hot romance!

Weston King knows how to play. But wild nights and owning an extensive collection of women’s panties don’t carry the thrill they once did, so when his business partner Donovan suggests an outrageous plan to allow them to take over their competition, Wes takes him up on the offer. The crazy idea? Marry the competitor.

Elizabeth Dyson, the bride-to-be in question, is on board with the plan. She wants access to her trust fund and can only get it once she marries. Each has something the other wants – all they have to do is pretend to like each other well enough to tie the knot.

Only trouble is, playing fiancé to Elizabeth isn’t quite that simple. Wes finds her sexy and brilliant…and soon wishes their engagement wasn’t fake at all. Not that he’d ever tell her that.

But a lover boy like Wes can only stand an empty bed for so long…and even the best of players has to put down his cards eventually.

My Review

Weston King is the ultimate DIRTY. SEXY. PLAYER!

He is sex personified with one hell of a filthy mouth that he more than knows what to do with when it comes to the opposite sex.

He’s a player in every sense of the word, used to getting whoever and whatever he wants.

As soon as I met Weston in Donovan’s Dirty duet, I knew that it was going to take a special kind of woman to make this manwhore a one woman man and even if that woman entered Weston’s life, she had to make him work for EVERYTHING or else he would get bored and she would become just another notch on his bedpost.

Good thing Elizabeth Dyson is more than up for putting this sexy player in his place, which means that their marriage of convenience is going to test both of them in a number of frustrating ways, amping up their love/hate relationship and forcing both Weston and Elizabeth to deal with their conflicted feelings towards one another.

I have to be honest…the sexual tension between these two almost did me in…the build up seemed to never-ending, and while that makes complete sense to me given the dynamics of Weston and Elizabeth’s arrangement and what’s at stake for both of them, it drove me crazy to witness their jealousy…Elizabeth’s insecurities…Weston’s avoidance and every other action that widens the gap and feeds the push and pull between them.

There’s so much chemistry between these two, but neither want to give in to the other because that would put them at a disadvantage, which means not only are they fighting for a company for very different reasons, they’re also fighting their attraction, which is a lot of pressure to deal with when there’s no outlet to do so, which also means that there’s going to be a breaking point for one or both of them but it’s too soon to tell what that will end up meaning in the big picture.

I’m not quite sure where Weston and Elizabeth go from here because, of course, readers are left with a doozy of a cliffhanger, but I know for a fact that Laurelin Paige is not going to make things easy for these two, which is exactly how it should be when two people come together for something other than love and end up playing a game that becomes more real than anything else in their lives.

4.5 Poison Apples

Excerpt

I looked at the windows past him, trying to distract myself. Lights flashed and swirled around the dance floor in time to the beat, the only part of the music which made it into the sanctuary of the bubble room. I could tell it was crowded, but I couldn’t make out faces the way they could probably make out ours. “I don’t know if anyone’s looking,” I said.

“Don’t worry about them. Just focus on what you’re doing.”

Easy for him to say. He wasn’t facing them. He was only looking at me.

Nope. I couldn’t think about that either. Just had to focus on the task at hand.

I closed my eyes. “So just pretend that I… That we are… That under my dress…” I couldn’t even say it.

Weston leaned forward and murmured near my ear. “Yes, pretend that under your dress you are not wearing any panties. I have my dick out. I’m working you, and you are showing me exactly how you like it. Now go.”

Just like that, my panties were damp.

I didn’t know if he was saying those things to loosen me up or to get a rise out of me, either was possible.

Whatever his intent, it did the trick. He set the scene. I felt my face flush like the women in the videos as I imagined him rubbing his crown against my slit before nudging his tip inside and then burying himself to the hilt.

I opened my mouth in a silent gasp, acting out how I was sure it would feel. Good. It would feel so good.

This was so…weird. So hot and sexy and arousing and weird.

I wondered if he was feeling it too, feeling turned on, or if it was just me. It wasn’t like I could ask though, and knowing probably wouldn’t help my performance anyway.

So I concentrated on me. Focused on the task.

“Do I move or something?” I bucked my hips forward and felt the friction against my crotch as it rubbed the fly of his pants.

Mmm.

“Yeah,” he said breathlessly. “That’s good. That motion. Just like that.”

“Okay. Okay.” I rocked against him again, and again, my hips tilting back and forth, my clit brushing against his fly. Every time, stroking and kindling a fire in a fireplace I hadn’t had cleaned for some time. I spread my thighs a little wider and braced my knees against the bench so I could swing my pelvis all the way forward, in and out, in and…

Oh.

I froze. “Is that—?” But I didn’t have to ask. There was most definitely a fat, thick ridge pressed against the crotch panel of my panties. I guess that answered the question of whether he was feeling it too.

My eyes flew open. “Oh my God!”

“Look,” he said, ready to defend himself. “There’s an extremely attractive woman sitting on my lap. I cannot help what happens to my cock. It has a mind of its own.”

A really big mind of its own.

About the Author

With over 1.5 million books sold world wide, Laurelin Paige is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestselling Author. She is a sucker for a good romance and gets giddy anytime there’s kissing, much to the embarrassment of her three daughters. Her husband doesn’t seem to complain, however. When she isn’t reading or writing sexy stories, she’s probably singing, watching Game of Thrones or The Walking Dead, or dreaming of Michael Fassbender. She’s also a proud member of Mensa International though she doesn’t do anything with the organization except use it as material for her bio. She is represented by Rebecca Friedman.

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