Showing posts with label Amy Andrews. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Amy Andrews. Show all posts

Monday, October 19, 2015

ARC REVIEW: Seven Sins [Anthology]

Title: Seven Sins (Anthology)
Author(s): Natalie Anderson, Amy Andrews, Michele de Winton, Robin Covington, Avery Flynn, Carmen Falcone & Talia Hunter
Published: October 19th 2015
Format: eARC | Pages: 423
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance, Erotica
Source: Author (Talia Hunter)
★★★  (3/5) Stars!

Seven Sins: Seven Sizzling Stories! Bikers, Stepbrothers, Bosses, Baseball, BDSM and more!

Can't get enough of hot contemporary romance? For a LIMITED time buy this sexy, EXCLUSIVE anthology with seven ALL NEW stories from top authors, including USA Today Bestsellers, and discover your favorite sin today!



I received a copy of this book, from one of the authors, in exchange for an honest review. In no way did this sway either my review or my rating!

Big thanks to Talia Hunter first of all for the opportunity to read and review this book. As an all around average for the entire book I'd give it a 3 star rating. However each individual story inside I had very different feelings for. So for the rest of this review I'll give as brief of a summary of my feelings for each one and what I would have rated it if it were an individual novella!

Envy
Blaze for Me by Natalie Anderson
★★★ 3 Stars!
When Austin Tate busts Nicoletta Valeri in a blistering moment of voyeuristic orgasm-envy, it’s the perfect chance for some payback, but instead she’s lit a fire than can be extinguished by only one thing…


So this opening story definitely gave me a crash course for what to expect within this book. The opening scene was this incredibly hot voyeuristic scene that kind of shocked me at first. There was no slowly breaking into it, it just happened on page one. It was fun in a naughty sort of way though.. As for the rest of the story, well, I liked it and enjoyed it but the dialogue very nearly ruined it for me. That and the couple was very immature at times. I probably would have enjoyed it a whole lot more if that dialogue had backed up the fun and steamy storyline.


Gluttony
Glutton for Punishment by Amy Andrews
★★★★ 4 Stars!
With a sudden hankering to be spanked, Darcy Henderson figures Mitch Callaghan is the man for the job. But is she woman enough to take it?


This story was everything I've grown to love and expect from Amy Andrews. Lots of steamy, characters you can instantly love and plenty of humorous funny moments. I think my favorite part of the whole thing was Darcy's grandmother and her friends from the retirement community. They had err...some very surprising sides...to not give anything away. They were so dang funny! I think my biggest complaint about this one would be that it was a shame it was a short story because I would have loved to spend more time with Darcy and Mitch!! Over way too soon!


Lust
Burned by Lust by Michele de Winton
1 Star (DNF)
Biker, Hade Corban is set to take over the Raising Hellfire Gang and love isn’t on his agenda, but lusty goodtime girl Lee Delevinge is hell bent on burning up his heart.


To be perfectly honest...I only read about 5 pages of this one tops before I had to DNF it. You either know or you don't if you're going to like something. And it wasn't because this was about an MC because I've been reading one that I love. I guess what happened was, at least from what I could tell, one of the new guys in the gang had taken a couple of girls upstairs to try and "prove something" to the rest of the guys but was so wasted he passed out so when Hade goes upstairs because of all the banging going on up there one of the naked "ladies" on the bed catches his eye. I lost interest before they said a word to each other. No thanks. Done.


Wrath
Sleeping with the Enemy by Robin Covington
★★★ 3 Stars!
All’s fair in love and baseball…but when Kat Carter, the newly-minted GM for the Virginia Venom, is determined to recruit rival superstar shortstop (and former lover) Derek Foxx the last thing she expects is a sexy ultimatum… Best-selling author Robin Covington proves that rivalry outside the bedroom leads to sparks between the sheets.


This one was really cute and fun and even made me tear up a bit. I really loved getting to know Kat and Derek especially since I'm such a sucker for a really good second chance at love story. And this was one of them, even as short as it was. I feel like the reason my rating for this one was on the lower side was because of the abundance of the word "tits" used even by Kat at times. I have no idea why this word always bugs me so much but it there were points where it made me want to cringe. Still though I pretty much adored this one and it was probably one of my favorite of the seven.


Sloth
Princess Sin by Avery Flynn
★★✩ 2.5 Stars
There’s trouble on the horizon when Cynthia Aston, who the tabloids have nicknamed Princess Cyn for her slacker party girl ways, stows away on a yacht that belongs to workaholic billionaire Hunter McKenney, her older brother’s sexy best friend.


Not counting the story I didn't even make it through, I'd have to say this one was my least favorite. I feel like any one of the seven sins, most especially sloth, would be very easy to convey eitehr through characters or storyline without having to spell it out. However, more times than I cared to count the word sloth or slothful was thrown around to describe Cyn. It really bothered me. To me it just felt like a lack of creativity if you have to use the word sloth repeatedly to try to prove to me that this is what your story was about. But not only that the dialogue was lackluster as well. I mean there was other stuff that put me off about it too but just so I'm not completely Negative Nancy about this story I will say that there was one shining, bright moment in the book. At the end Hunter gives the perfect best man speech/grand gesture that would have had me swooning and tears if it were me. I wish the rest of the book could've been like that speech!


Pride
Accidentally Sinful  by Carmen Falcone
★★★✩ 3.5 Stars!
Stranded due to a snowstorm, Santiago Cruz must let go of his pride and acknowledge forbidden feelings for the woman he loves but can’t forgive—his stepsister.


What is it about these stepbrother stories that always makes me want to love them? The very beginning of this one was actually hard to follow and understand what was going on. But once things became more clear, the reasons for the rift between them and so on, I actually kinda liked this story. It wasn't perfect I mean it resolved way, way too quickly, almost got whiplash it snapped into place so fast, but nonetheless very enjoyable. Plus Santiago was pretty yummy!


Greed
How to Seduce a CEO by Talia Hunter
★★★ 3 Stars!
Hot shot CEO Marcus Bolton’s decided who to hire for the top job, and it’s not Angel Moore, no matter how temping she might be. But Angel will do whatever it takes to land the job of her dreams—even seduce the boss.


So I'm guessing that this was probably a novella in Talia's series The Rich List, which I read the first book in and loved. Angel isn't normally the type of female character I'm drawn to. She's almost overly driven and will do basically anything to get what she's after career wise. I didn't like a lot of the choices she made nor the fact that it really felt as if she was using her sexuality and her budding relationship with Marcus to get him on her side and to get him to fight for her for a huge promotion. But it really was hard to not like her or respect drive and ambition in a very male driven job and environment that she was in. And to feel bad for her for being so much better at what she does than most of the guys combined at her company but because it was so much a good ol' boys club she was overlooked. A lot. I probably would've gone 4 stars on this one but towards the end I lost quite a bit of respect for Angel and how she treated Marcus when things weren't going her way. Overall I liked it but I wavered for a second at the end there.


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Sorry this was so long but I felt like trying to convey all my thoughts on the book as a whole would have been too hard since my feelings were really all over the place for each story. I had more fun than not reading this book and I feel like the majority of the novellas really made reading this book worth it and are worth getting it for. Lots of steamy, naughty and super fun times to be had!




Wednesday, August 12, 2015

ARC REVIEW: The Colonel's Daughter (Men of the Zodiac #8) by Amy Andrews

Title: The Colonel's Daughter
Series: Men of the Zodiac #8
Author: Amy Andrews
Publisher: Entangled Indulgence
Published: August 11th 2015
Format; eARC | Pages: 244
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance
Source: Publisher
★★★★★ (5/5) Stars!!!

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Sign: Scorpio

The sting of this Scorpio is unforgettably hot...

Ivy Danforth is out from under her Colonel father's overprotective control, and she's making it count. Big time. She's taken the summer off to travel through Australia with her bestie and experiencing all that life has to offer-when you're not under constant military surveillance. She wants to end her summer with some sexy fun, and she has just the hottie in mind.

Seth Rodrigo is ex-Special Forces working undercover and keeping an eye on Ivy as a special favor to her father. All he has to do is not give the game away and reveal who he really is. And especially not give into the hunger that's burning through his careful control...

Then they're forced into protective custody. Alone. Together. For four days. And this time, the Colonel's daughter isn't taking no for an answer...



I received a copy of this book, from the publisher, in exchange for an honest review. In no way did this sway either my review or my rating!

I didn't even look to see what this book was about before I picked it up. I saw the "...by Amy Andrews" after the title and instantly made grabby hands. She has yet to disappoint me in anything I've read by her and now after finishing The Colonel's Daughter, her score with me is currently 6-0. She always makes me fall in love with her brilliant storytelling and even better characters. I'll pick up a book by her every time without question or hesitation and I'm always left with a huge grin and a heart full of feels.

The one thing that I never even thought was something you could be brilliant at, and she just happens to have perfected, is angry/hate sex. Does not sound like something that should be so incredibly hot and sexy but oh my word...it is. She takes two people with insane chemistry and attraction to one another, a couple just filled to the brim with sexual tension. They're having a heated argument and next thing you know crazy, angry sex happens and they're still throwing verbal jabs at one another and it's almost like they've got something to prove to the other one. Except it's way sexier than I just tried to explain obviously.

Chemistry is definitely something that Ivy and Seth have. I loved how noble Seth was and how hard he fought his insane attraction to Ivy. He had secrets from her including who he really was and he didn't want to get into anything without complete honesty. Though with everything that Ivy throws at him even the noblest of men slip sometimes. I loved the push and pull, the will they or won't they. It was a very delicious build up.

The added elements of danger were just the icing on the cake. Granted, parts of it did resolve rather easily in the background while the focus was on while Seth and Ivy were locked away. But not without some bumps and bruises along the way before hand.

The Colonel's daughter was so much fun. I couldn't put it down and whipped through it in one sitting. It was funny, sweet and oh so steamy! Yet again, another perfect example as to why Amy Andrews is one of my favorite go-to authors!

Thanks to Entangled Publishing for the opportunity to read and review this book!!




Friday, May 1, 2015

ARC REVIEW: Limbo (The Joy Valentine Mysteries #1) by Amy Andrews

Title: Limbo
Series: The Joy Valentine Mysteries #1
Author: Amy Andrews
Publisher: Escape Publishing
Published: May 1st 2015
Format: eARC | Pages: 280
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Mystery, Romance
Source: Author
★★★✩ (3.5/5) Stars!

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Six Feet Under meets Stephanie Plum in Amy Andrews’ fresh, funny, sexy urban-family noir about a country singer who almost made it, a private investigator who’s seen too much and a mother who will cross all barriers to save her child.

When ex hillbilly-punk rocker turned cadaver make-up artist Joy Valentine is visited by the ghost of a high-profile murder victim begging for Joy’s help to find her kidnapped baby girl, Joy knows from experience the cops are going to think she’s crazy.  So she takes it to the one guy she knows who won’t.

The last thing disgraced ex-cop turned private investigator Dash Dent expected is a woman from his past turning up to complicate his present with a nutty, woo-woo story. The problem is he knows Joy is telling the truth and he can’t ignore the compelling plight of baby Isabella whose disappearance six months prior transfixed the nation.

Discounted and discredited by the police, Dash and Joy work together to uncover the mystery and find Isabella, with a whacky supporting cast including Eve, a brothel madam; Stan, an excommunicated priest; Katie, Dash’s ten-year-old daughter; and two horny goldfish. It’s a race against time and against all odds – but the real battle for Dash and Joy might just be keeping their hands off each other. 



I received a copy of this book, from the author, in exchange for an honest review. In no way did this sway either my review or my rating!

This book was so different and unique, I mean, just read the blurb! It makes you sit here and scratch your head wondering if all of that could even work. I know I did. I think had anybody else asked me if I wanted to read it I'm sure I would have thought this probably wouldn't have been a ME type of book and I would have found a polite way to say thanks but no thanks! Thankfully it was Amy Andrews who asked me and I did read it because when it comes right down to it, it was very much a ME book and I had so much fun reading Limbo.

I really enjoyed the murder/kidnapping mystery of the book. I mean, there was lots of other stuff going on that was funny and at times steamy like every other Amy Andrews book I've ever read, but I was so invested in trying to figure out the who, the how and the why. That's what really kept me turning the pages as quickly as I could. And the paranormal aspect to Limbo made it that much more intriguing. A cadaver makeup artist who has a history of seeing ghosts? It's a fantastic and fun idea.

There are so many unique and complex characters in this book. Joy Valentine is, well she's hard to describe. I mean, anyone who voluntarily puts makeup on and makes bodies presentable for funerals I will never understand! It's just creepy! But she's a lot of fun. She's very quirky and funny, yet at the same time she also had moments where she was very frustrating. One of the things I loved most about her though was how open minded she could be when it came to people's lifestyle. Though I guess if you wear black nail polish, have a pink streak in your hair, rock out to Johnny Cash and see the ghost of the body your patching up with putty and makeup...you probably do need to have a very open mind and personality.

I always end up falling hard for the guys that Amy creates and Dashiell Dent is no different. The name alone is all kinds of sexy! If the mystery of the book is half of what had me turning the pages, Dash would be the other half. He was just so fascinating. He's a scruffy PI who's very smart and good at what he does but also he's a very sweet and doting single dad. Every time his daughter Katie would be around his place to visit I just wanted to aww because he had such a great relationship with her and she had almost this hero worship thing going for him. It was really sweet.

The relationship between Dash and Joy was a mixture of hilarious, steamy, sweet and very frustrating! I loved how well they worked together on the case. How naturally, and easily they would bounce ideas of each other while they were investigating. Joy is obviously not a detective of any sort but she was every bit as important part of figuring things out and it was fun watching her really throw herself into everything. On a more intimate level, despite the major age difference between them, Joy and Dash had such an intense chemistry and all I can hope is that by the end of the series these two will come to their senses and quit fighting...well, everything!

I think the only thing that made it difficult for this to be a smooth read through for me, and had me stop and rereading a lot, is the fact that I'm not very familiar with a lot of Australian slang or day to day lingo and so there were phrases or words that would come up that I wasn't familiar with. I've never really immersed myself in that area, so there were times I'd come across something that I wasn't sure of and I'd figure it out just by what was going on in the scene or with the sentences surrounding it. Though that's not the fault of the book that is more on me really.

This was quite a bit different than the other stuff I've read from Amy Andrews but I loved that about it. It was fun and quirky and I am totally hooked. I can't wait to find out what happens next and what other cases fall into the laps of Joy and Dash. Or what's to come of the endearing brothel madam Eve, or the funny and intriguing priest who puts messages up on his church sign like Who's your daddy? Ah! I adore Stan! There is just so much fun in this book and if you're a lover of mystery, romance and paranormal, although the paranormal at least in this first book is very light and in the beginning, then I highly recommend this book. You get all three mixed into one and as I've already said about a hundred times in this review it's such a fun read!

I'm very thankful to Amy Andrews for the opportunity to read and review this book. I'm hooked and I can't wait for more!!




Tuesday, March 3, 2015

ARC REVIEW: Ask Me Nicely by Amy Andrews [Giveaway]

Title/Series: Ask Me Nicely
Author: Amy Andrews
Publisher: Entangled Brazen
Published: March 3rd 2015
Format: eARC | Pages: 263
Genre: Adult, Contemporary, Romance, Erotica
Source: Publisher
★★★★★ (5/5) Stars!!!

Amy Andrews | Twitter | Facebook | Goodreads

A sexy category romance from Entangled's Brazen imprint...

She craves what only he can give her. But he's not giving in without a fight...

Veterinarian Sal Kennedy's lost her mojo and is desperate to get it back. In fact, as the anniversary of the tragedy that destroyed her life looms large, she'll do anything to erase the painful memories, including overdoing the tequila and making a pass at the most annoyingly inappropriate man on the planet. Fellow veterinarian Doyle Jackson is her flatmate and her employee and therefore strictly off-limits.

Unfortunately, Doyle knows how to bring the goods and make her mojo sit up and beg.
Doyle is only too happy to oblige Sal in her hour of need, but then she demands more, and she's perfectly happy playing dirty to get it. He wants more, too—more than just sex, that is, and it's something Sal's not willing to give. But Doyle is in this for the long haul now, and he's prepared to fight even dirtier to get what he wants. Even if that means they both keep losing all their clothes in the process…



I received a copy of this book, from the publisher, in exchange for an honest review. In no way did this sway either my review or my rating!

This book has done such a number on my heart and soul. Both in very, very good ways and in ways that made my heart just ache. Have you ever finished a book and felt like you were wrapped up in this emotional bubble of happiness and bliss. You don't want anyone to talk to you, let alone touch you because you're afraid if anything like that were to penetrate these emotions and this feeling that the bubble would surely burst and you'd lose that bliss? That's kind of the state I'm in right now. I just want to go sit somewhere quiet, where nothing can touch me and just be.

I had already put in the request for Ask Me Nicely before I even read the blurb. Being written by Amy Andrews it was basically a no brainer. After talking to her briefly about it on Twitter I was over the moon to find out this was going to be Sal Kennedy's book. The first book I ever read by her was No More Mr. Nice Guy, which is all about Sal's older brother Mack. There was this broken and tragic beauty about Sal's character that had me desperately wanting to know more about her. Through her and not just second hand knowledge from her brother and best friend. The thing is I never really thought it would happen because like I said her story, her past, is beyond tragic and she was so much of a mess that I had to wonder if it could be possible to bring Sal to a point where she's not just existing but is actually happy and thriving? I wanted to see it more than anything, but how could it even begin to happen? Well, obviously, you'd need a pretty incredible guy to take on Sal's darkness for a start.

Enter Doyle Jackson...

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The guy who takes on Sal and her baggage couldn't be just anyone. He had to be someone stubborn and willing to put up a fight. A guy who wouldn't start to have feelings and then freak out and put on the breaks or run. Someone willing to go the distance. Doyle was all of those things. Whenever Sal attempted to push him away, he'd dig in deeper. He never pushed her to open up on the deep personal stuff, he allowed it to come about in it's own time. He's good with kids and animals alike. I mean everything about this guy caused my ovaries to explode! Oh, yes. I have it bad.

And speaking of explosions...gah! The level of tension that built up between Sal and Doyle was absolutely insane! That's the thing I love the most about Amy Andrew's books though. She has this gift with building up all this steamy, heated sexual tension and a lot of the time it's in this flirtatious banter filled way. I don't know whether to laugh or go take a cold shower. I felt like Ask Me Nicely took that to a whole new level. I won't say much, but I will say this though, thanks to this book I will never, ever look at fairy floss (cotton candy) the same way again. I'm not sure I'll even be able to look at it without getting a hot flash...or five. And it's one of my absolute most favorite treats! *Fans self*

This book had everything you could possibly want in a really good romance. Lively characters, lots of humor, a darker, tragic side that puts your emotions through the wringer and this all consuming intensity and sexual chemistry that will leave you needing more. I read a lot of Brazen books, I mean a lot...but both Ask Me Nicely and No More Mr. Nice Guy have been, to me, by far the best this line of books has had to offer that I've read so far. No exaggerations!  Amy Andrews did what I feared would be impossible, gave Sal Kennedy the story and happily ever after she deserves and I couldn't find a single complaint to give you about it except maybe...it's over?

Geez! Could I have been more of a fangirl in this review? Sigh...

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Thank you Entangled Publishing for allowing me to read and review this book!!

Amy is doing a giveaway!





Friday, December 5, 2014

REVIEW: 'Tis The Season To Be Kissed by Amy Andrews

Title/Series: 'Tis The Season To Be Kissed
Author: Amy Andrews
Publisher: Entangled Indulgence
Published: November 15th 2013
Format: eBook | Pages: 55
Genre: Adult, Contemporary, Romance
Source: Amazon
★★★★★ (5/5) Stars!!!

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A down-on-her-romantic-luck kindergarten teacher plans to drown her New Year’s Eve sorrows in a gallon of spiked eggnog, but the arrival of her best friend's sexy brother threatens to melt the snow piling up outside the tiny Vermont cabin.



If I hadn't already instantly added Amy Andrews to my auto-buy authors list with the first book of hers that I read, No More Mr. Nice Guy, than this sexy, fun filled novella would have done the trick. I don't know how it's possible but I've fallen more in love with her writing style and her humor.
"It was just the rum talking. It gives me this...temporary insanity...kind of like Tourette's. It's not pretty."
Meeting Tamara is hilarious because that spiked eggnog mentioned in the summary is already mostly gone by the start of the book. So needless to say she was feeling no pain. And she's the type of drunk that I always ended up being, funny and running at the mouth. I loved her right away, she was definitely someone I could see myself being friends with. She's had really bad luck in the relationship department and has sworn off anything meaningless in the future. Which is why she's locked herself away in her friend Georgia's cabin for New Year's Eve.
So what if his faded jeans clung to legs that could tempt a perfectly good girl to turn bad?
Luke was all kinds of sexy. The kind of sexy that you pray you get stuck, snowed in a cabin with. Sigh. Oh right. Review! Imagination got the best of me. Anyway, Luke is sweet and funny and all around adorable. He's instantly attracted to Tamara and makes plans of his own to break through Tamara's rules and show her how good they could be. I adore the way he goes about it. Trust me he won me over instantly.
"You have the gift of fire, oh wizard."
For such a short book it sure was filled with lots of humor and passion and heat. Normally I attempt to stay clear of novellas unless they're part of a series or something because the curse of the novella is usually insta-love. The bane of most of our existences. Deep down I just knew though that Amy Andrews wouldn't do something like that to us and thankfully I was right. There are no declarations of love and forever at the end of this story. Just this feeling that what these two shared was the start of something wonderful.
She laughed. "You have an m stuck to your butt."
'Tis The Season To Be Kissed was the perfect quick and light read. If you want a quick does of passion and sweetness without being stuck with all the angst and drama this is the novella for you! Especially for the scrabble game alone. ;)


Monday, September 29, 2014

ARC REVIEW: No More Mr. Nice Guy by Amy Andrews

Title/Series: No More Mr. Nice Guy
Author: Amy Andrews
Publisher: Entangled Brazen
Published: September 29th 2014
Format: eBook | Pages: 200
Genre: Adult, Contemporary, Romance
Source: Publisher
★★★★★ (5/5) Stars!!!

Amy Andrews | Twitter | Facebook | Goodreads

A sexy category romance from Entangled's Brazen imprint...

He's done playing the nice guy...

Newly single school counselor Josie Butler just made herself a Sexy To-Do list (featuring Bad Boys only). To her mortification, her best friend's gorgeous older brother Mack finds it…and laughs. But when Josie goes looking for some sexy fun, Mack's nice guy side turns all hot bad-assery, and suddenly she's pinned against an alley wall. Hottest. Sex. Ever.

Veterinarian Mack Kennedy can't believe Josie wants to ditch her sweet, girl-next-door lifestyle. Even worse, that she'd consider doing it with anyone but him. When she leaves for London they'll go back to being 'just friends' but until then, he's going to show her just how bad nice guys can be.

And it's the perfect plan, as long as no one finds out... and no one falls in love.

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I received a copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. In no way has this swayed my review or my rating!

I always want to get my hands on every single Entangled Brazen title that crosses my path. The problem with that is they are usually on one side of the spectrum or the other for me. I either love them deeply or I can't stand them. There's rarely a gray area. No More Mr. Nice Guy is the Brazen title to blow all those other titles I've ever loved before out of the water for me. It's not often that I read a book and immediately feel the need to get my thoughts down. It usually takes time to process and get my thoughts together before I write a review. But upon finishing this book I've felt the need to stop everyone I see and say, "I have this book you really need to read..." Am I a bit smitten? Understatement of the year. It's going to be absolute torture waiting for publication because I want everyone to read it right now so I can talk about all the things! Sigh.

This book has the whole package. First of all the characters. I love finding authors who can write characters that pull at my heart. Especially when it's not just the main characters. Josie is sweet and endearing and as she comes out of her shell she had me grinning and thinking yes girl! She's become an instant favorite of mine. And Mack. Oh sweet lord...this guy. He's funny and oh so sweet and a good guy...but when he wants to be bad...there are no words. But then there's a couple secondary characters that stick with you too. Mack's sister Sal who's funny and bossy and loveable. Even a young girl named Molly stuck with me. She was in for like 2 minutes but her scene was so powerful in a sense that it stuck with me. 

Second we have the story itself. I absolutely love the whole 'falling for the best friend's older brother' and/or 'the older brother's best friend' tropes. I guess you could always throw in the friends to lovers one since in their case it works as well. It wasn't full of cliches and cheesyness. It was sweet, it was an inferno of hotness, it was funny, it was everything. If I didn't have about 8 other review books that I need to attempt to get read and reviewed also for the 29th I'd be flipping back to the beginning and reading it again. No joke. It was Just. That. Good.

Since Josie and Mack's story started with a list she made, I'm closing my review with one of my own. The reasons this book became an instant favorite of mine. Well at least some I'm sure I'm going to forget something and kick myself later...

  • Josie's sexual to-do list.
  • Mack is a veterinarian. 
  • Mack is snuggling a bunny within minutes of meeting him. (I've lost my heart ♥)
  • He's Australian. (Well they all are but...sigh...)
  • Barry goddamn White. 
  • Angry alley sex (Oh trust me. It's a good thing)
  • Number ten.
  • Tatiana

If I keep going the list may get a bit dirty so I'll just leave it at that. Now when you read it, and really...you must, you can check them off and think ohh she was right about that one!

Thank you so much Entangled Brazen for approving me for the review copy!!!


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