I am not usually a huge fan of novellas as they feel too rushed.

But not with Truth or Dare. Lea and Colby' s story of friends becoming more just flowed off the pages and I got swept away as they came to terms with their true feelings for each other.

it was sweet, sexy. I wanted to laugh with them, cry with them. I wanted to smack their heads together to make them get their act together.

Am looking forward to the next part of this story.

I was sent a copy of this book by the author for an honest and unbiased review.

I just adored The Marriage Pact. Three best friends making a pact to find themselves their perfect men and to make them their perfect husband.

I loved Hadleigh and Tripp. There was plenty of history between the two, even though things have been strained for the past decade. This history just made their story so much better.

There was that spark between the pair from the minute they first reconnect, there is that fine line between love and hate, and these two are toeing that line, but will it be crossed.

Loved Hadleigh's best friends, these girls are just funny, sweet, caring, each others fiercest defenders and harshest critics.

There was also that bit of mystery added to the story that helps to bring our couple closer. And there is also that small town kind of vibe to it, even though everyone is in everyone elses business!!!

This is the first book in The Brides of Bliss County series, and I am very much looking forward to reading the next books!!

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Oh.... my.... god!!! After the mindf&*k that was the end of Making Thyme, I have been impatiently waiting for the final installment in the Thyme Trilogy, Keeping Thyme. Maybe nagging her a little for this book too lol.

You will need to have read Buying Thyme and Making Thyme first, these cannot be read as standalone books.

And it was well worth every second of the wait!

Starting just hours after Making Thyme ends, Mia is dealing with the aftermath of what happened (I don't want to say as it will ruin it if you haven't read the whole series) and while she tries to come to grips with things, she is dragged right back into the thick of things.

Ms Hamilton, what a tangled web is weaved with Keeping Thyme! Mia is back in her Miranda persona to take on Tench and his henchmen. She was like Jasinta Bourne! There were so many things going on with Mia, Tench and all the main characters of the series. It was fast paced and action packed.


I loved that we got to delve at bit into Mia's past in this book (if you have read You Can Call Me Miranda you will have an idea of it, but there were some other things that took my by surprise). Her emotions jumped off the page, the sadness, the fear, the hatred. She is such a conundrum - so strong and smart, but with such terrible self esteem issues at times.

I did enjoy the little insight into Tenc. Through the series he has been a character I loved to hate to love. There are two sides to his character and it is hard to pin down which is the real man.

But what I really loved? There is something that happens that was what I really hoped would happen - I know, very vague but I can't say what it is without spoiling things.

I have loved this series from the minute Ms Hamilton asked me to read book one, Buying Thyme, and now this is me that the series has ended:



I can't wait to see what Ms Hamilton has in store for us next!

       

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I love the Mayson men - and Nico is no exception.

This is the 4th book in the Until series, and though this story could be read as a stand alone, you would miss out on a lot of the back story of the Mayson family, and all the Mayson-man hotness!

The Mayson men have a curse. They can be happily travelling along, then one day they meet "their boom". The one woman in the world meant to be theirs. And they are relentless in the chase.

Nico has seen all his brothers fall by the wayside, fall head over heals in love. He has given them hell over it for the past few years.

Until Sophie. Sophie is his boom.

She is sweet, shy, innocent. She is also troubled by her past she cannot escape. But no woman is immune to the Mayson charm, and Sophie is no different.


"I swear I can hear music playing and see little hearts dancing around my head with how swoon-worthy he is standing there" - Sophie

I love these two together. You could not get two people from more different upbringings, such different life styles. Yet they are perfect for each other.

Nico has been my favourite Mayson brother throughout the whole series. He was always a bit of an enigma, so secretive when it came to his job, his life away from his family was just that bit different.

But he is oh. so. alpha!! He knows what he wants and he goes for it. He is so sweet and tender with Sophie, but so bad ass in other aspects of his life. I love how he takes things so slow with her, helps her get through the things from her past that are holding her back.

Then is so caveman!

Until Nico has a bit of everything. There is love and lust, laughter and tears. There is a bit of drama and intrigue. But most of all, there is the Mayson family. They are the kind of extended family that we would all love.

Nico was the last Mayson brother, so am guessing that this will be the last of the Until Series - shattered.

But I am looking forward to Kenton's story in the Underground King series, and hope we get more of Sven as well. I hope we don't have to wait too long for the new series.

ARC received from publisher via Eidelweiss for an honest review

Wow! Just wow!

"Do you want me to lie, or do you want me to tell you the truth?" about Better When He's Bad?

We have met the Marked Men in Rule, Jet, Rome and Nash, now it's time to meet the men of The Point.

Shane "Bax" Baxter is not your average bad guy. Yeah, he does bad things, but at the root of it all he's not bad. As the story progresses we learn more and more about things that have happened in the past and about how why Bax turns out the way he does. And it is surprising that he is not worse than he is. Though I have to admit, at first I wasn't such a fan of him, but about 1/4 in I was hooked on him.

Dovie "Copper-Top" Pryce. So different from Bax's other women. Is she too different or is she just what he needs.

Welcome to the Point

I liked her. For someone who everyone thinks is going to be timid and meek she sure showed them. I loved how she stood up to people, firstly Bax then the other baddies around. The one thing that I didn't feel as much for was her work at the group home. I just felt that with everything else that was going on with her, this storyline was a bit superfluous?

Loved Bax's relationship with Race - as confused and messed up as it is during the story. You could feel the tension and the disharmony between them while things got worked out. I am still not sure if I like or don't like Race!

I also felt that with Bax the street fighting storyline was a bit unnecessary. Bax seemed to love the boosting and restoring the cars, and yes, while the fighting was a big part of his past, I don't know, did he really need to go back to it? I know it brought characters into the fray that were a big part of the later story. Maybe this is just me though!!

There were some great secondary characters, especially Titus King. Again, took a while to figure out if he is a good guy or a bad guy, but I just loved that he was around. I hope we get more of him!

There was just so much going on in Better When He's Bad. It was hard to know who was good and who was bad, who to trust or who to be wary of.

Ms Crownover has weaved a web of lies, deceit, revenge. From the moment I picked it up I was intrigued about all that had and was happening.

I never thought that one of Jay's men could ever take the place of Rule, but Shane Baxter might just do it!

Now, can't wait for Race's story in Better When He's Bold

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I have been a fan of Ms Roan's work since I first got my hands on Second Chance, and I have been eagerly awaiting Blindfold Fantasy.

And it was definitely worth the wait!!

In an effort to get her out of her rut of boring men and boring sex, Roxy takes Jayne to Vegas for a weekend of living it up. Never did she know that she would be changing Jayne's life forever.

Jayne has always had a fantasy of sex with a stranger, blindfolded, her "blindfold fantasy". And she gets it, as much as it is so completely opposite of her normal behaviour. Besides, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, right? Or does it?

Devin hasn't been the same since that night. He has searched high and low for the girl from that one perfect night to no avail.

Devin's best friend Blake has heard all about Devin's search for his girl, but he is more interested in the girl in front of him.

What will happen when all three world's collide. There is one word for what happens:

SUPERCALIFRAGILISITICSEXYALIDOCIOUS!!

I loved the interactions between Jayne and Blake, Jayne and Devin, but most of all between Jayne, Blake and Devin together (or JaBlevin as I have taken to calling them!!)

The sexual chemistry between all three is off the charts. There were times where I both loved and hated all characters, either one at a time or all at the same time. I was waiting for Blake and Devin to come to blows over Jayne, I was waiting for Jayne to tell them both to forget it.

And hey, if you said forget it, I would have jumped in to be the meat in the Blake Devin sandwich... Jayne/Janeane,.... same thing right?!?

Besides all the hotness of the trio, there are some great (and not so great) secondary characters. Love Jayne's best friend Roxie to bits. She has a smart ass attitude and the mouth to go with hit. She gives Jayne what for at times but she is also her biggest supporter. And I love the way she talks to and about the boys!

There there is Mallory - hissss!!!! Won't tell you much about her but gees she is a cow! There was not one time whilst reading that I liked her! And as for her and Devin's mother - yeah, go away woman!

Blindfold Fantasy has a bit of everything. It is sweet, sexy, hot. But there is a bit of mystery and intrigue too that had my guessing.

Ms Roan made me want to be Jayne. She drew me into their world and I didn't want to leave!

Now, I wonder what she will bring us next?

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Essentialism is the third book in the Life.Destiny.Love series by LK Collins, and could be read as a stand alone, however I read books 1 - 3 back to back to get the whole story (Book 1 Fatalism; Book 2 Determinism).

Bridgette and Troy first meet when he helps her move house. There is that instant spark between the two of them, that can't help but ignite into something more.

Troy is FINE!! Sexy firefighter, who seems to have bit of a hero complex - not that that is a bad thing, but can get him into trouble!

Bridgette is just starting out in her life and career. When she meets Troy, things definitely start to change for the better. Things start out truly platonic ~~ texting, innocent (or is it) flirting. But both realise things are never going to stay in the "friend zone" and things progress to the next level

But secrets and lies (or lies by omission) tear them apart. They both have things in their past that are still causing troubles to this day.

Add to the mix a psycho ex hell bent on keeping their partner, and we are taken on one hell of a ride.

Can their feelings and attraction to each other be enough to get them their HEA?

Uh uh, for that you are going to have to read for yourself.

I really did love Bridge and Troy, both together and apart. They are both smart mouthed, funny, sexy. Love their text messaging, and when they do get together.. HOT HOT HOT!!! I mean tie me up, tie me down, burn up the sheets smokin hot!!

I love that we get more of the characters from the first two book, Vincent and Alexa, Abel and Cara. This is such a tight knit group of family and friends and their lives interweave so much that it would not have felt right if we didn't get more of them.

Probably the only thing that annoyed me about this book. Too much sex. I know, you are shocked, right? I love a steamy, sexy book as much as the next person, but I felt that in the case of Essentialism, it was a little bit too much. I felt like I was coming down with a case of "proximity honeymoon cystitis" and poor Bridgette would have been constantly walking bow legged!! But this could just be me!

I have thoroughly enjoyed the Life. Destiny. Love series so far, and can't wait to get into the next couple of books!