ARC received for an honest review.

M. Leighton has done it again with Tough Enough. She has drawn me right into the world she has created, and left me wanting, no needing more... right away... this instant!

Katie has had a rotten run of things, and right from the prologue you just know her story is going to be a heartbreaking one. She lives, but she isn't living. You know it is going to be a strong man who finally breaks through the walls she has erected around herself.

Rogan - le sigh. All brash and brawn - and a heart the size of Texas. He seems to have it all, be we all know that things are never what they seem.

Just as we think we know how things are going to go between our lovelies - BAM! - Ms Leighton blows that out of the water.

Tough Enough touches on some deeper, darker issues, and Ms Leighton does it well. From the lowest of lows to the highest of highs, you will be taken on a rollercoaster of a ride from the first word to the last.

Through it all, there is a sweet, sexy, hot story and I couldn't help but want Katie and Rogan to make things work.

There were some characters that I just adored - Katie's best friend Mona is fantabulous! But for the good there is the bad, and there are some common acquaintances of Katie and Rogan that I just wanted to perpetrate acts of violence against!

There is a bit of a story that carries over from the first book (Strong Enough) but not so much that you would need to read it before Tough Enough. But why you would want to miss out on any of the alpha goodness is beyond me.

I am looking forward to what Ms Leighton brings us with the 3rd books, Brave Enough.