ARC received through LBTS for an honest review

Tempting Tatum had me drawn in from the first chapter.

Tatum's story is just heartbreaking, losing everything at once. How that girl got up the next morning is beyond me! I just wanted to give her a great big hug!

I loved how she took that huge step to pack up and leave everything she knew (albeit with her best friend and her friend's fiance) and moved away for a new start. You go girl!

Enter Blaise... sexy, sexy Blaise. What is not to love about the man? Tattoo artist and firefighter? Hell yes! He is also weet, sexy, funny, sexy, loving. Tatum is his "BOOM", his one, and there is no one or nothing that will keep them apart in his mind.

I could completely understand both Tatum and Blaise's hesitance to start a relationship. Both have been burned by people in the past and neither wants to put their hearts out there again. But the chemistry between the pair is sizzling. I swear you could cut the sexual tension with a knife.

So can Blaise be enough to let Tatum move forward in her life? Can Blaise forget the hurt from the past and find his forever?

Uh uh, for that you will have to read for yourself.

There are some fantastic secondary characters in Tempting Tatum. Loved Tatum's best friend Leah and her fiance Brent to bits. They are the kind of family/friends you want in your life.

And don't get me started on Blaise's family. It is not hard to tell that his parents are hardcore into the firefighting when their kids are called Blaise, Asher and Ember! I loved the twin connection between Asher and Blaise! The banter between all three siblings is wonderful! There's is just the perfect family.

But for all the good there is the bad, and the exes in this story are just horrid. Josh is a douche of the biggest kind, and Blaise's ex Beth is a bithc. OMG I just wanted to bitch slap the crap out of her every time she turned up in the story.

Tempting Tatum is a wonderful story of loss, betrayal, heartbreak, new beginnings. My heart broke and my heart healed. My heart soared. I had my fair share of tears as I read Tatum's story, but even though it was sad, it wasn't full of angst. I have read so many books lately that are just so angsty, it was lovely to read a book that could have the tears without it.

Ms Ryan has written a wonderful, lovely, sweet romance, and I am looking forward to what she has for us next.