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If you have read Ms Johnson's GAPS SEAL series, you have met our main man Brent Hearst in the last book.

I liked him back then, and freaking adore him now.

I loved how he got dragged into SEAL stuff by Zane. He is so cute with his codenames and stumbling around in the spy world.

I was about 30% in when I deduced that our leading lady wasn't who she said she was, and strange things were afoot at the Circle K. It was just a matter of what she was up to!

Brent was like the bumbling, stumbling Johnny English version of the GAPS people - though that makes him sound like an idiot, and he is not. He is just so out of his comfort zone and it makes him even the more adorable.

There were plenty of twists and turns in this tale, and I couldn't put it down.

I look forward to seeing where this spin off series takes us.

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Tempting Little Tease was a tempting little tease of what a good book this might have been.

Unfortunately for me it fell flat. It was cliched, so full of eye roll worthy moments that I nearly did not finish it

I expected more of the MCs, particularly Quinn. He felt two dimensional and I didn't feel anything from him.

Is Alessandra didn't go the direction she did i would have jumped into the book and shaken some srnse into her. Though by the end I wanted to do that any way.

My past few Kendall books have been feeling like she is putting out a book because it is 5 weeks since the last one and one just has to be released, and quality is being compromised for quantity (this could just be me though)

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I wasn't sure how I was going to go with this installment of the Twin Estate series. Landon Edenhoff really didn't endear himself to me in the earlier books, and a whole book with him - yeah, I wasn't sure if he would p!ss me off too much to get the whole way through.

Boy, how wrong was I.

It turns out, that in my opinion, Neighborhood Watch has been the best book in the series.

My heart was already hurting for Tori after reading the previous books, and oh my how did it break for her with this one. I kinda sorta hated her friends for the way they pretty much abandoned her now they had their HEAs - to me Landon wasn't the only ar$ehole in her life!

Her and Landon's story is full of heat, full of action, full of drama (but nothing over the top). There was also a fair share of my tears shed whilst reading too - and that is something else I wasn't expecting.

As much as Landon frustrated me (and everyone around him), Ms Fantome completely changed my opinion of him as the book progressed. He kinda stole my heart away from Liam (and I NEVER thought that would happen).

Neighborhood Watch is dark and gritty, but also funny and sexy.

To me it was like a packet of pringles - once I popped it open to read, I couldn't stop.

I can't wait to see what Ms Fantome brings us next.

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Sweet, cute, sexy friends to lovers, office romance with some intrigue thrown in for fun.

Dani and Dan's relationship is a slow burn. There is instant spark, then so much UST between them, and how they didn't rip each other's clothes off is testament to their will power.

I love how close they become, their friendship is one to be envious of, and you just hope that they can become more.

I did enjoy the story, though there were some things towards the end that I felt were superfluous to the story.

I do feel that this book could do with another run of edits, as I did find quite a few typos and missing words, and one more clean up should fix all these.

The story flowed, it kept me turning the pages. I will be reading more of this author in the future.

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You need to have read Then There Was You before diving into My Way Back To You as it does start right where the first book ends.

I did have my issues with the first book, Rowan just ugh, he needed a kick in the boy parts to stop him from being such an idiot - and it may be months down the track now, but he did emotionally get that kick.

Good on Tessa for not giving in to him right away! Did I agree with everything she did? Not always, but I always got why she does why she does.

Oy! Rowan and his family! I hate that he is even with that witch Camryn, and except for his brother Sam I disliked all his family! They have all have some mighty big grovelling to do!

I do have to say though, I did like Rowan a lot more in this book than the first one. He was pretty d!ckish in Then There Was You, and it did make him a bit unlikable, especially the way he lead Tessa on. I needed to know if he could win me back over, let alone win Tessa back.

I am not going to spoil anything by saying if he does or doesn't, you need to read to find that out.

Sweet, tender, heartbreaking but full of hope, My Way Back To You was a great conclusion to the Second Chance Duet.

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Courtney Cole - writing as Courtney Evan Tate - has done it again with Such Dark Things.

Sometimes I need a darker read, a mind bender, one that will have me thinking WTF? as I turn the next page.

Jude and Corinne's story was full of heartbreak and sorrow and hope and just a few bunny boiler moments.

I am not going to lie, I wanted to nut punch Jude more than once, and slap that tramp Zoe from here to Sunday!

My heart hurt for Corinne so much. From her child hood to the present she has been in a mental whirl pool and I hated that people made her feel like she was going crazy.

There is more than one twist that had my head spinning. Days later and I am still wondering what did I just read.

Well played Ms Cole/Tate, well played.

I can't wait to see what she brings us next.

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This is the fourth and final installation in the Bad Boys After Dark Series, however Brett is the first that I have read, and it can be read as a stand alone.

Boy, what a story. Those Bad boys really are a force to be reckoned with.

Brett Bad has seen all his brothers fall completely under the spell of their women, and he swears that is not what he is going to do.

But then there is Sophie, whom he has been lusting after for ever.

I love these two together. There is plenty of spark between them, so want is not their problem. However Brett can't do it. He is not built for relationships - or is he?

I adore how Sophie doesn't give up, and she brings Brett right out of his self-imposed relationship shell.

I haven't read any of the previous Bad books, however there is enough background that it was not hard to get the gist of the family dramas.

I freaking love the other Bad boys and the women in their lives. They have created a family where one was lacking. The banter between the brothers, and between all the women was sweet and sexy and funny - and made me want them to all be my friends too.

Reading Brett has made me curious about the rest of the brothers, and I will be going back to read them all soon

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I have read all the Tate Brothers books, and unfortunately this one was my least favourite.

I did struggle to get through the first half of the book, things felt a bit contrived to me,

Wolf Tate - still not sure whether I liked him or not. BUT he did feel more SEAL than secretary than the guys in the other 2 books. He just lacked something.

Olivia read more like a teenager than a 28 year old woman. Yeah, she had been sheltered, but sheesh, I couldn't help roll my eyes at her more than once with her naivete. It's not like she had been locked in a basement, she has all this 21st century technology, but she was just so ugh, I can't even think of a word for it! I mean, she could track down things in 4.2 seconds, but didn't know what was going on under her nose??

I didn't feel the connection between Wolf and Olivia either, which was a shame.

But this could just be me.

Don't get me wrong, Ms Ashenden writes well, but The Undercover Billionaire was a miss for me.

I do look forward to seeing what she has for us in the future.

3.5 stars

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This was originally in the Team Player anthology

This was my first Sara Ney read, so I am not sure if these characters have turned up anywhere in the past?

I like a story with sports people in them. And baseball has so many bat and ball jokes I can make (but I won't - this time!!)

I liked Dash/Dante right from the start. I liked that he wasn't the usual man whore player that we often get in our sports books.

Then there is twins, Amelia and Lucy.

Ugh. Lucy is a self centred brat that I didn't like at all. I just wanted to kick her from one side of the room to the other, just to get her away (yeah, she kinda brought out the violent tendancies in me!)

And Amelia is such a door mat to Lucy. I wanted to yell at her to stand up to her sister, stand up for herself, get things out in the open right away.

I did like, however, that Lucy's selfishness did bring Dante and Amelia together in a way.

I spent most of the book completely frustrated at Amelia too. I wanted her to grow a pair! I shouldn't spend most of my time reading in such a mood lol

It was a short and sweet quick read.