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3.75 stars

I wasn't sure what to expect when I started reading Progress. I was intrigued by the synopsis, so clicked to review it.

Even now a few days later, I am not 100% sure what I felt about Progress. I loved the storyline (for the most part) and I could completely relate with Charlie's feelings of self doubt. But she holds her head high and doesn't let anyone see how their words hurt her.

I think Jesse was the problem for me more than anything. Ugh, I just wanted to nut punch him for some of (read: a lot) of the things he said and did, he was a douche for much of the story.

But then my heart would melt for him at other times. GAH! I don't know how Charlie put up with him for the most part. But this just may be me.

Progress is an emotional read. There were a few scenes where my heart was full on aching with what our characters, particularly Charlie, were going through. So many times I wanted to yell at my kindle, don't go running to him. Walk away before he does it again. But then again, as toxic as they were for each other, they helped each other change.

Progress is most than a book about a relationship/non-relationship between quite broken souls. It is a story of self discovery, learning to love yourself no matter what. It is not a hearts and flowers kind of story (well, maybe some flowers), so don't go into this expecting rainbows and puppy dogs.

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A new Nicole Edwards book is like Christmas every day, and I couldn't wait to dive in.

It has been a while since we had a standalone story, and whilst I love her series, sometimes a good stand alone is what we all need.

And that is what we got with Inked On Paper.

Jacob Wild, romance writer with writer's block. Presley Abrams, tattoo artist extraordinaire with a closed off heart.

So completely different, but opposites do attract.

Presley (LOVE her name and the reason for it) - I adore her. I could understand why she felt like she did, but at times I wanted to shake some damn sense into her.

Jake really was just what she needed, when she needed it. I adored his persistence in breaking down those walls - though at times I don't know why he kept at at!

I loved - mostly - Presley's room mates, her best friend Gavin and Gil. Though at times I wanted to nut punch them for the way they acted in the house they all shared. Some of the things they did I found pretty disrespectful and and just.... nope, can't find the words for it.

There was also one scene with Gavin, Gil and Jake that I was thinking "WTH are you doing there???" It just made me dislike them all for a little while - and you know know what I am talking about when you get to it.

But Jake and Presley finding their muses and finding love (or do they??) along the way had me not wanting to put the book down. I enjoyed the "book within a book" too! You have to keep reading after the epilogue!

More Colton Donovan - woohoo!

You will need to have read the Driven trilogy first to get the full picture of what happens in Aced.

It has seemed an age since Crashed, and I have always wondered what happened in that 10 year gap from the last chapter to the epilogue.

Well I wonder no more! Aced was everything I was hoping for.

After everything that Colton and Rylee went through in the trilogy, you would think that things would be smooth sailing now, right? Wrong.

What an emotional ride we are taken on in Aced. From the heart warming prologue to the last word in the epilogue, I was enthralled. I read Aced in one sitting, only putting the kindle down to go to the loo!

It was a beautiful look into Colton and Rylee's marriage 6 years down the track.

I adored that we got more of the boys of The House, seeing them growing up into amazing young men.

And I loved seeing their friends, especially loving the bromance between Colton and Becks is still going strong.

I don't want to give anything away, other than to say that if you liked the Driven series, you will love Aced, and need to read it. Right now.

Thank you Ms Bromberg for giving us one of my all time BBFs.... now we need another book another 10 years down the track.

Checkered flag baby!

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I have read and loved all Ms Roberts' sports books, so reading her new Heat series was a no brainer.

I was not sure what to expect when I started Heat, but I have to say it sure lived up to it's name.

Madison - Mak - is an ex cop turned PI. All she has ever wanted in life has been ripped away from her through injury and her new career has thrown her into the path of those she swore to fight against.

Her life has always been black and white, good and bad. She is now starting to realise that there as so many grey areas in life.

Moon is not exactly what she expects. Meeting him, seeing the man behind the police file throws her world into a spin.

The attraction sizzles between Mak and Moon, leaps off the pages. They are so bad for each other, but oh so right.

But can they overlook all their differences to get their HEA?

Heat has a dark, undercurrent that unexpectedly helps Mak and Moon's love story along the way.

I thoroughly enjoyed Heat, and can't wait for the next in the series.

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It has been a while since Phenomenal X, so I did have to go back and read the last couple of chapters of it before starting Xavier Cold, just to get my head back in the game. And I am glad I did go back and read that little bit.

Starting right up where X finished, we are given no reprieve from what has happened. We head straight into the aftermath of X losing his cool on stage.

It was hard to see Xavier and Anna go through what they have to. People from their past, people from their present - all trying their best to break our lovelies up, causing nothing but trouble.

Xavier goes to some deep, dark places during the course of this book. It was heartbreaking but beautiful to see him confront his past but come through it a better, more focused man than he was before. It was like watching a boy - a big, brutish looking boy - turn into a man.

Anna has her fair share of crap to deal with, but through it all she is Xavier's strength. She believes in him when he doesn't believe in himself. She forces him to face his vulnerabilities, loving him even when it is killing her inside.

I felt there was a lot of growth in Anna's character since book one, and she really came into herself in Xavier Cold.

I really enjoyed the conclusion to the Hard Knocks series, and though I am sad to see it ending, I am looking forward to what Ms Valentine brings us next.

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Make sure you have some tissues handy, because if you are like me, you are going to need them (more than once if you an anything like me!)

Skip forward to the present, Breezy is no longer the poor girl living next door, and the McLendon twins are music superstars. But those old feelings don't go away.

My heart broke - again - for Breezy upon her return to Grasslands. Her attraction to her boys is still there, still off the charts, but those old feelings and prejudices between their families still run strong.

Oh boy, did I want to nut punch Carson more than once! Or at least throw a chair at him! He frustrated me as much as my heart hurt for him. But when he got is sh&t together... man this girl is still fanning herself!

I love a menage story, and this one pretty much had it all for me. I mean cowboys who are rock stars who love the same woman? What is not to love?

I can't wait to see where the McLendon Family Saga goes next.

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Jade C Jamison is back with her hard rockin' boys from Fully Automatic.

Now Jet/Clay is my man from this series, but I've got to say, Zane could give the mana run for his money.

If you love someone set them free. If they return, it was meant to be. Right?

But what if they keep returning, and each and every time it is as messed up as the last/

That is Jennifer and Zane's history. Rinse. Lather. Repeat.

What started out as a somewhat sweet romance years ago has turned toxic over the years, with Zane unable to be the man the Jennifer wants - no, deserves. Gah, I wanted to nut punch him at times for the things he was doing. He really was the old sex and drugs and rock and roll cliche personified.

Things have changed up a lot since the last time they were together, and there is so much more to consider than there has ever been before.

Locked and Loaded is at times poignant, gut wrenching, heart breaking. But there was always that little ray of hope. Hope that they can make it this time. Hope that Zane has finally got that reason to get and stay clean and sober. That Jennifer really can be enough this time.

That sometimes love really is enough to keep fighting for.

But you will have to read for youreself to find out if they get their HEA

Thank you Ms Jamison for another wonderful addition to the Bullet series.

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Chantal Fernando's Wind Dragons series are the books that got me back into reading the MC genre (which has become completely oversaturated lately) and I impatiently wait for each new book in the series.

This novella was a great, quick, sexy read. Irish has kind of been in the background in the series, so I loved getting to know a bit about this adorable man. Yes, adorable biker man.

I loved the spark between Irish and Tina, right from the get go. Like the alpha biker he is, He saw. He wanted. He got. Loved him in super protective mode!

This was a quick read, but it was enough - maybe just enough - to tide me over until the next full length book in the series.


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Rock star ☑
Second chance ☑
Eden Summers ☑

I LOVED Ms Summers Reckless Beat series, so a new novella with a new rock star - be still my beating heart!

Rush Of Insanity is just that - a quick, sexy read that will leave you wanting more.

Harper left rock star Judd a little over a year ago, never giving him any reasons. Now he's back in town and will do anything to get her back.

And oh what lengths he goes to to get her back.

If you love someone, set them free. If they don't come back, hunt them down - isn't that the saying?

There is so much passion, and sparks fly (and maybe some furniture as well) as our lovelies fight for what they have always wanted, fight to fit in.

“You may not think you fit in, but you always felt like home to me.”

So why not get a little insane in the brain and read Rush Of Insanity

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Full Domain is the 3rd - and unfortunately last - book in the Nice Guys series, and while it could be read as a standalone, storylines from the first 2 books (Double Full and Full Disclosure) are carried on through this final book.

Now, I suffer from terrible bookzheimer's, and I don't really remember Kreed Sinacola and Aaron Stuart from Full Disclosure, but this was not an issue at all, as about 5 minutes into reading I was hooked.

I had to wonder what a Deputy Marshall and a computer hacker would have in common. But from the get go their attraction put all that way in the background from the first time they are in a room together. The sexual attraction was palpable.

I loved the whodunnit aspects of the series, and how all the boys from the series played their part in helping solve it.

Neither of our lovelies was looking for love, but when it finds them, there is nothing they can do to stop it. Kreed knows Aaron is holding something back, and the he finds out is quite powerful. But love knows no bounds and it made their relationship all the stronger

It is about loving the other person for who they are, warts and all. No matter what they have done, you love the person not the deed.

A great thing about Full Domain was that the mystery was not held out right until the end. It was concluded earlier in the piece and the rest of the book focuses on Kreed and Aaron and their relationship, along with their relationships with the Colt and Jace, Mitch and Cody.

I particularly loved the banter between Mitch and Colt - had me laughing out loud at times. And Mitch's shirts are at it again!!

The epilogue left a smile on my dial. I loved that we got some of Tristan and Dylan from Secret thrown in for good measure.

Full Domain was the perfect end to the Nice Guys series, and hope to see more of them in future books.