DOWN ON ME (Man of the Month #1) by J. Kenner-Review and Book Tour

DOWN ON ME
Man of the Month #1
by J. Kenner
Genre: adult, contemporary,erotic,romance
Release Date: January 16, 2018

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RELEASE DATE: January 16, 2018

When a group of fiercely determined friends realize their beloved hang-out is in danger of closing, they take matters into their own hands to bring back customers lost to a competing bar. Fighting fire with a heat of their own, they double down with the broad shoulders, six-pack abs, and bare chests of dozens of hot, local guys who they cajole, prod, and coerce into auditioning for a Man of the Month calendar.

Tight muscles. Vibrant Ink.
Meet Mr. January. Winter’s never looked so hot…

Certified bachelor Reece Walker wants two things — to save the local bar he manages and to get Jenna Montgomery into his bed.

He has a few ideas for the bar. But Jenna… well, he’s going to have to rely on cold showers, because she’s been his best friend for years, and that’s a line he just can’t cross.

Until one wild kiss on a dark night changes everything. Now Reece is certain Jenna’s meant to be his.

And with long nights in bed, sensual caresses, and deep, lingering kisses, he sets out to thoroughly convince her that friends can be lovers, too.

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REVIEW: DOWN ON ME is the first instalment in J. Kenner’s contemporary, adult MAN OF THE MONTH, erotic, romance novella series. This is bar manager Reece Walker, and professional make-up artist Jenna Montgomery’s story line.

Told from dual third person perspectives (Reece and Jenna) DOWN ON ME follows the friends to lovers romance between bar manager Reece Walker, and make-up artist Jenna Montgomery. Eight months earlier Texas native Jenna headed to California in the hopes of a furthering her career only to return home to Austin Texas and the welcoming comfort of friends including the man she has loved for most of her adult life. Enter Reece Walker, manager at the local bar The Fix. What ensues is the friends to lovers romance between our leading couple, and the potential fall out when Reece and Jenna don’t see eye to eye on their future-together.

Jenna, Reece and Brent have been best friends for most of their life but the underlying current of palpable sexual energy between Jenna and Reece does not go unnoticed by Brent or any of the others at the local bar. Not wanting to destroy their friendship Jenna pushes any thoughts of a relationship with Reece to the side until their pull towards one another can no longer be denied. The $ex scenes are intimate, erotic and intense without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

We are introduced to a large number of secondary and supporting characters including Jenna and Reece’s best friend Brent, and his five year old daughter Faith; Reese’s father Charlie, and his girlfriend Edie; bar owner Tyree Johnson and his son Elijah; Jenna’s friend Amanda Franklin; attorney Easton Wallace; fellow make-up artist and Reese’s one-night stand Megan; and Brooke Hamlin-real estate rehabber. Several other friends and family including bar tender Cameron, and podcaster Griffin Draper-a Fix regular but a man with a secret past, and a celebrity or two drop in to help.

DOWN ON ME is a quick read that sets the stage for the MAN OF THE MONTH twelve-book series as friends and family endeavor to save their favorite watering hole known as The Fix. The premise is engaging and sexy; the characters are sassy and charismatic; the romance is fated and seductive.

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Reviewed by Sandy

J. Kenner (aka Julie Kenner) is the New York Times, USA Today, Publishers Weekly, Wall Street Journal and #1 International bestselling author of over seventy novels, novellas and short stories in a variety of genres.

Though known primarily for her award-winning and international bestselling erotic romances (including the Stark and Most Wanted series) that have reached as high as #2 on the New York Times bestseller list, JK has been writing full time for over a decade in a variety of genres including paranormal and contemporary romance, “chicklit” suspense, urban fantasy, and paranormal mommy lit.

JK has been praised by Publishers Weekly as an author with a “flair for dialogue and eccentric characterizations” and by RT Bookclub for having “cornered the market on sinfully attractive, dominant antiheroes and the women who swoon for them.” A five time finalist for Romance Writers of America’s prestigious RITA award, JK took home the first RITA trophy awarded in the category of erotic romance in 2014 for her novel, Claim Me (book 2 of her Stark Trilogy). Her Demon Hunting Soccer Mom series (as Julie Kenner) is currently in development with AwesomenessTV/Awestruck.

Her books have sold over three million copies and are published in over twenty languages.

In her previous career as an attorney, JK worked as a clerk on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, and practiced primarily civil, entertainment and First Amendment litigation in Los Angeles and Irvine, California, as well as in Austin, Texas. She currently lives in Central Texas, with her husband, two daughters, and two rather spastic cats.

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