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4.5 stars
Great ending to the Dirtier Duet. You have to read the first book to understand what's going on as the story picks up right where it stopped in the first one.
We all have our demons and past and insecurities that comes out more when you meet a new person that you seem to click from the first moment but it takes time and courage to let them see into your soul and mind and to have your trust 100%.
This book is about learning to trust again and living with the hope of a future together as the main characters are living as a couple and growing their relationship more and more with each chapter.
Again, the chemistry between Abbie and Gabe is just perfect and I enjoyed the writing, the fast-paced of events and all the sexy scenes that are showing how two souls can understand each other more and learn to trust by being more intimate.

Suck and Sweet by Maria Macdonald
I enjoyed this short story so much because it treats a topic that many couples and friends are dealing with in a relationship or marriage and that's about infertility and how they cope with it.

Apart from the writing, fast-paced read, the author has created the perfect characters that are showing every natural emotion and how they appear when someone is dealing with it. All the insecurities, the negation stage, the fear and despair of not being worthy and the love that it's deep inside us that will always find a way to show us the right path to our happiness because there are always options even if they are risky, you just have to take them and live.
A good cause that is worth all our money.

A great read and story that reminds me of my teenage years so much!
Set in the 90's with all the music and new waves and rockstars, all the parties and concerts, the out of the normal outfits and so many great songs and lyrics that even today are one of the best songs listened or all-time favourites, the author has created a world that takes us back in time and a story full moments that will live up to your expectations and will prove that love doesn't care what you do and where you come from. Love just blooms and stay with you through all the obstacles that are showing in your way and gives you hope for a happily ever after.

My Dex, my artist that can only write when his muse is next to him!
First, i love the cover and the video as it's the first time that I've seen something like this (also fangirling a bit over Dylan :)))
I loved everything in this book,from the writing that kept me reading the book in one sitting, to the great characters and family and friends, how the author made a point of what a real and fulfilling life means, how easy they bond and how important is to have them near at any moment of our life, without judgements and always there to support and help. I must admit that i envy their easy going and strong feelings towards each other, i wish i had a family like that.
There are moments when someone walks into our life and the connection of that missing puzzle is immediately felt and if you are smart enough, you'll never let go of that person,but as always, life throws many obstacles in the way of happiness and it takes courage and sacrifice to overcome those impediments to finally set down and feel that peace that only true love can bring in our hearts.
"Longing.Need.Yearning.Lust.Understanding.It all passes between us palpably."

All this is part of the story between Dex and Violet, a story full of instant lust and the agony of losing something that you think is perfect for you: "If you're blue, it's because you're perfectly human, not because you're broken", finding it again and fighting for it against all the consequences because it's the only person that brings Fireflies in you and makes them brighter than anything else in the world.

"Keeping your own dreams alive will ultimately be the thing that allows you to give the best of yourself to the people you love the most."
A perfect rockstar romance that everyone should read.


4.5 stars
And the story continues with another assassin from the Cavalieri Della Morte family and his love story.
A book that left me with my feelings in a mess because there are so many things happening here that I just can't wrap my head around it.
A one-night stand will turn into an obsession and after 3 years, when Bors and Ivy reunite, everything turns out of control. There is more than lust between them and in a word of assassins and outlaws, there is no such thing as love but there's the best of a heart that will do whatever it needs to be done to protect what’s yours, and that's exactly what Bors and Ivy are going to do.
A fast-paced story with an adventure full of dangerous and dark and twisted situations and moments that aren't for everyone to read for sure but the author has created a love story between two souls that will fight till their last breath to be together and have their chance at a happy life in a world of blood and deception.

I loved so much this book.
That first glance, first touch, first butterfly and emotion in your belly, that first thought that you can't stop thinking about someone, the instant chemistry of lust and love, everything a young human should feel it's here in this great book.
I loved everything about this story, from the first moment when they meet to the experiences that they get through so she can tick off another to do thing from her list to the moment of realising that there can be a happy for now between them and it's so worth to try it.


What a great story!
As most of the times, I go blind in reading new authors and new books as I rarely read the blurb, but I was captivated by the cover and wanted to know what the title stands for.
I don't usually go for an age gap love story but this book is so much more than that and got me reading it in one sitting from the first chapter to the unexpected end.
Being young and inexperienced, you can easily fall in love with a man that offers you all his attention and supports your dreams. Unexpected situations may always make you take decisions that you are not ready or you are not happy with but for the benefit of your future you have to comply with it. But also you have to believe in your strength and find your tribe, find those women friends that have gone through similar situations and trust them with your story and your thoughts because this way the imbalance of power will end sooner and will give women that opportunity to raise future generations with equal powers in every aspect of their lives.
Peter is the perfect candidate for a deceive monster that will show you exactly what many people are refusing to see: not everything you see it’s true and there will always be the double side of a coin. He is taking so much advantage of his financial and intellectual power as he plays the unseen cards exactly as he wants.
Needless to say that I loved everything in this book, from the writing to the growing of the characters and most of all, the powerful message sent to us for more awareness of how one’s the the outside story can be a psychological nightmare in the inside of their homes.
Looking forward to more stories from the author.


Another great book by the author and even if it's the first book in this duet, you have to read it because it's more than just a love story between a woman and two powerful men.
From the first scenes you are drawn in a word that makes you think 'oh, i think i know how this will play out ' but trust me you don't.
There are so many moments of awe and what just happened, just like a rollercoaster of feelings and turns and twists that will keep you wanting more of this great book.
I think it's a perfect mix between the characters with a great heroine, young but so full of life and wanting to live up to all of her expectations and discover things that maybe aren't for her but the author has developed a strong and great heroine that just doesn't know the meaning of word NO.
As for the two men, i just have two words: crazy perfection, because they are like Ying and Yang but their chemistry and feelings for each other is more powerful than anything.
Unanswered questions that hopefully will be met in the next book.
Read it and you won't regret it.

Because is the first book that I've read by the author, i don't know anything about some of the secondary characters but will read the previous books for sure.
Needless to say that I've finished reading this book in one sitting and a few days ago but i needed time to regroup my feelings and thoughts as this book is definitely not what i was expected and i was impressed with the plot and story.
At what length will you go to save your family? what limits will you pass to bring that much-needed help that will keep the hope of overcoming deadly health issues for one of your loved ones? I'm not the person to judge someone else's decisions in life and even if i don't agree with what Nathalie decided to do, i understand perfectly why as an ultimate option.
Nixon is a very calculated man that built an empire and hos very strict with his time and maybe a bit obsessed. Has certain preferences and being the CEO of his empire, no time for a formal relationship, but fate makes that he meets one of his employees and, honestly i think he was a bit coward for acting the way he did.
I really enjoyed the book, the author is a great storyteller and everything went flawless from the characters to their moments together that are more than hot and maybe I've learned a thing or two, to the turns and twists that in a way i didn't expect but overall it's a story that proves that love doesn't care who you are and what you do, it makes you fall in love at the right time with the right person.


4.5 stars
Another great story from the calendar boys and i have to say that this book may be my favourite because of the enemies to lovers plot and also because the author has made a great job in showing that there's always more than a pretty face and a hot body to a guy.
I enjoyed so much their banter, even if at times seemed silly for their age, it had me laughing out loud and with it, you could feel the chemistry and the sparks between them.
There are rules that are meant to be broken because sometimes the heart doesn't care about anything and when Jake set his mind to have what he wants and won't stop at anything till he gets Eden, she has no choice or say in this because she learns the hard way that he's much more than the eye can see, he has a heart full of love for the important persons in his life and he wants her to be part of his life.
Decisions are hard to take but as usual, we don't think with our brain at times and the heart will take over our lives.
Can't wait to read more of these great characters and calendar boys that the author has created so beautifully and everyone should read these books where the front seat is taken by love in any situation given.