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The Secret Love Letters of Olivia Moretti by Jennifer Probst-Tour

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The Secret Love Letters of Olivia Moretti by Jennifer Probst- Review Tour

 

 

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date February 22, 2022.

Priscilla, Devon, and Bailey haven’t been close in years, but when the sisters are forced to come together to settle their mother’s estate, they discover a secret. In an old trunk, they happen upon ownership papers for a house on the Amalfi Coast, along with a love letter to their mother from an anonymous man, promising to meet her in Italy during the summer of her sixty-fifth birthday.

Now they’re questioning everything they knew about her history. In order to get answers about the woman they thought they knew, they’ll have to go back to where it all started. The sisters embark on a trip to the stunning cliffside village of Positano, Italy, to track down the mysterious ex-lover, and figure out who their mother really was.

As Priscilla, Devon, and Bailey unearth the truth, they also experience the magic of Italy, the power of sisterly love, a little unexpected romance, and newfound hope for the future.

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REVIEW:THE SECRETS LOVE LETTERS OF OLIVE MORETTI by Jennifer Probst is a contemporary, adult, stand alone story of women’s fiction focusing on three sisters: Bailey, Priscilla and Devon Clayton, who after the death of their mother, find a deed to a house in Positano Italy, and a stack of love letters addressed to their mom Olivia Moretti. As the girls go in search for the truth, Bailey, Priscilla and Devon will discover much more than they could have ever imagined.

Told from first person perspective (Olivia) and three third person points of view (Priscilla, Bailey and Devon) following two timelines, THE SECRET LOVE LETTERS OF OLIVIA MORETTI is a story of one woman who found love while on vacation in Positano Italy. Priscilla, Bailey and Devon Clayton have struggled for years with their place in the family, including their fractured relationship with one another. Having survived the divorce of their parents, the sisters never suspected their mother’s secret, a secret Olivia would take to the grave. Priscilla the eldest, is a former ballerina with the New York City Ballet, married with an adult son but her marriage has hit a rough patch; Bailey is an actress who has yet to make it big on the stage; and Devon is a professor at NYCU, passed over for tenure one more time.With the discovery of the deed and the love letters, the sisters make plans to visit the town where their mother first fell in love, hoping to find the man they know nothing about.

THE SECRET LOVE LETTERS OF OLIVIA MORETTI is a story of secrets and family, love and loss, acceptance and forgiveness. A familiar tale, one I have read many times before, THE SECRET LOVE LETTER OF OLIVIA MORETTI dwells not only on past regrets but on forgiveness and understanding. As the Clayton sisters search for the man their mother once loved, our heroines will find their way back to one another, in the face of grief and loss. The premise is strong and thought provoking; the characters are struggling, stubborn, sensitive and flawed.

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Reviewed by Sandy

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Jennifer Probst is the New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of both sexy and erotic contemporary romance. She was thrilled her novel, The Marriage Bargain, was the #6 Bestselling Book on Amazon for 2012. Her first children’s book, Buffy and the Carrot, was co-written with her 12 year old niece, and her short story, “A Life Worth Living” chronicles the life of a shelter dog. She makes her home in New York with her sons, husband, two rescue dogs, and a house that never seems to be clean. She loves hearing from all readers! Stop by her website at http://www.jenniferprobst.com for all her upcoming releases, news and street team information.

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Sparrow and Hawke (Birdsong Trilogy 1) by Nina Lane-Review tour

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Sparrow and Hawke (Birdsong Trilogy 1) by Nina Lane-Review & Excerpt tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date February 22, 2022

Darius:

My attraction to her is wrong. I’m like the serpent in the Garden of Eden targeting Eve. Corrupting her.

I understand the serpent, though. When you’ve seen the worst of humanity, taken the brunt of evil, you crave purity and goodness. You want compassion and courage, even when it comes in a girl far too young and innocent for the likes of you.

Nell:

He says I’m too young and he’s too experienced.
He thinks I’m pure and he’s ruined.
He swears I don’t know enough and he knows too much.
He walks away because I’m fragile and he’s broken.

I want him, even though he can’t want me…
But he does.

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REVIEW:SPARROW AND HAWKE is the first instalment in Nina Lane’s contemporary, new adult to adult BIRDSONG age-gap, romance trilogy focusing on forty year old photojournalist turned teacher Darius Hawke, and eighteen year old high school student Nell Fairchild.

NOTE: Due to the nature of the story line premise, there may be triggers for more sensitive readers.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Nell and Darius) SPARROW AND HAWKE focuses on the age-gap, forbidden relationship between forty year old photojournalist turned teacher Darius Hawke, and eighteen year old high school student Nell Fairchild. Darius Hawke has returned from months overseas, a changed man, who struggles with a direction in life. Having found a temporary position teaching photography at the same high school as his best friend’s daughter meant up close and personal with a young woman who is currently starring in his fantasies and dreams but Darius knows his obsession with Nell is all kinds and wrong, and his demons begin to drive a wedge between our story line couple. Nell Fairchild has demons of her own, demons that are a constant reminder of what was and what will never be. Her father keeps a tight reign on our story line heroine a reign from which Nell is hoping to cut and run but her attraction to Darius is fraught with the possibility of the forbidden fruit, an attraction that is about to send Darius back into the world from which he may never return. What ensues is the building relationship between Darius and Nell, and the fall-out as Darius is unable to come to terms with his attraction to Nell, and Nell struggles to break free from a father whose only concern is the well-being of his daughter.

SPARROW AND HAWKE is a powerful, heart breaking and emotional story of forbidden love; of truth and understanding; of loss and conflict; tragedy and life. The premise is edgy and impassioned ; the characters are flawed, haunted and wounded ; the romance is controversial, profound and raw-the sexual tension is palpable. Nina Lane pulls the reader into a haunting, sensual and compelling story of loss and love. SPARROW AND HAWKE ends on a cliff hanger-you have been warned.

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Reviewed by Sandy

He sets a cup down with such force that coffee sloshes over the rim. His hair is a sweaty mess, and dried blood tracks down his jaw from the gash on his forehead.
“Darius, your—”
“Drink this.” He jabs a finger at the cup.
“I don’t want it.”
“I don’t care.” He flattens his hands on the counter and glares at me. His arms are roped with strong, corded muscles, his shoulders bunched. “This is what’s going to happen. You stay here. You don’t leave. You lock the doors and don’t even step outside. I’m going back to—”
“You’re going back? No way.”
His mouth tightens. “You are not calling the shots.”
“Obviously I should be, if you think I’ll let you go back into that hellhole. And stop treating me like a child.”
“You are a child!”
“I am not, and you know it.” A flame bursts to life deep inside me—a combination of rage and frustration that has nowhere to go. “Is that why you’re fighting? Because you can’t stand whatever is happening between us?”
His expression hardens to stone. “Nothing is happening between us.”
The force of his statement knifes into me.
No. Of all the people in the world, Darius Hawke will not be the one to link me with the word nothing.
“That’s a lie.” I fist my hands, my fingernails digging into my palms. “I saw those pictures you took of me. I see the way you look at me. I’d never show anyone else my scars, and you wouldn’t either, not like that. You’re not trying to escape nothing. You’ve been avoiding me because you know we’re the same and because you want me.”
The words come out like arrows, sharp and directed. Only in this instant do I realize the truth. I’m desirable. Coveted.
What I have, who I am, this man wants.

New York Times & USA Today bestselling author Nina Lane writes hot, sexy romances about professors, bad boys, candy makers, and protective alpha males who find themselves consumed with love for one woman alone. Originally from California, Nina holds a PhD in Art History and an MA in Library and Information Studies, which means she loves both research and organization. She also enjoys traveling and thinks St. Petersburg, Russia is a city everyone should visit at least once. Although Nina would go back to college for another degree because she’s that much of a bookworm and a perpetual student, she now lives the happy life of a full-time writer.

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De Lucci’s Obsession by Victoria Paige-Review & Giveaway Tour

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DE LUCCI’S OBSESSION by Victoria Paige-Review & Giveaway Tour

 

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date February 21, 2022

There was no escape when a De Lucci became obsessed.

All Ava McGrath wanted to do was save her family’s pub.
Even if that meant facing her best friend’s older brother.
But Cesar De Lucci wasn’t the man she remembered from long ago.
He’d become temptation in a three-piece Italian suit.

His piercing gaze unsettled her while each encounter with him stole her breath.
But Cesar’s shady connections to the mob might be Ava’s road to ruin.
The underworld tore her family apart, and her father still paid the price.

Ava should run.
Run far, far away.
Away from the insanity, intensity, and the reckless feelings spiralling between them.
Before the taste of his obsession becomes her addiction.

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REVIEW: DE LUCCI’S OBSESSION by Victoria Paige is a stand alone, contemporary, adult, Mafia, romance story line focusing on twenty-three year old, university student Ava McGrath, and thirty-four year old underworld, crime lord Cesar De Lucci.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Ava and Cesar) DE LUCCI’S OBSESSION follows the building romance and relationship between twenty-three year old, university student Ava McGrath, and thirty-four year old underworld, crime lord Cesar De Lucci. Childhood friends with Cesar’s brother Paulie, Ava had grown up surrounded by the De Lucci family. On numerous occasions, the McGrath’s family owned bar and restaurant ‘Eamonn’s’ had been approached to cater one of the De Lucci’s family affairs but Ava’s mother refused all invitations until Ava discovered the true depth of her mother’s secret. Ava never expected to come face to face with Cesar De Lucci but Cesar was determined to claim Ava as his own, starting the night Ava was attacked for the sins of someone else. What ensues is the building romance and relationship between Ava and Cesar, and the potential fall-out as the Feds set into motion a Mafia take down, that may or may not include our story line hero.

Cesar De Lucci has always had the intention of claiming Ava as his own but threats against Ava forced Cesar to show his hand, in an effort to protect the woman with whom he would fall in love. Ava McGrath wanted nothing to do with Cesar De Lucci, and the life she suspected he led on the side but Ava was still hurting from the betrayal by an ex, having been left her behind for the glitz and glamor of life on the road. Ava refused to make it easy for our story line hero to claim her heart but it was her soul that Cesar wanted for all time. The $ex scene are intimate, erotic and intense without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

We are introduced to Ava’s brothers Sean, Charles, and assistant prosecutor at the US Attorney’s Office of the Southern District of New York Robert McGrath and his wife Madelyn, and their other Branna; Cesar’s brother Paulie and his wife Carlotta, their father Riccardo, uncle Jackie, and Tony Cap. The requisite evil has many faces.

DE LUCCI’S OBSESSION is a story of power, control and money, betrayal and vengeance, family, relationships, acceptance and love. The premise is compelling; the romance is provocative; the characters are sassy, spirited and edgy.

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Reviewed by Sandy

 

 

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Victoria Paige writes smart, edgy, seductive romance.

Her heroes are badass alpha males and her smart, strong-willed heroines can hold their own against a bossy hero. Her books are sexually explicit and may contain dark themes, morally ambiguous choices, and disturbing situations as she injects realism into her stories and gives them her own twist.

Victoria lives in Richmond, Virginia with her husband and playful German Shepherd Dog, Loki.

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Up In Smoke (Hot in Chicago Rookies 1) by Kate Meader-Review Tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date February 22, 2022

Lives are on the line at Engine 6 … and so are hearts.

Running an engine crew in the Chicago Fire Department is my dream job, and between that, my awesome kid, and my nosey sister, I lead a pretty great life. Bruised and burned by my marriage, I don’t have time for dating or drama, but I always have time for pie. And when I share a slice of cherry with a sweet redhead, followed by the hottest, dirtiest, most pulse-pounding kiss of my life, I start to rethink the possibilities.

Until that same woman walks into my firehouse and upends my well-ordered world.

Abby Sullivan is now a rookie firefighter on my crew and a threat to my self-control more dangerous than a five-alarm blaze. My job is to watch her six when all I want is to watch her fall into my bed. Lust has no place in the firehouse, and a distraction like Abby with her electric blue eyes, waves of flame-red hair, and freckles I want to map with my tongue, is one I can ill afford.

Because one wrong move … and it could all go up in smoke.

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REVIEW: UP IN SMOKE is the first instalment in Kate Meader’s contemporary, adult HOT IN CHICAGO ROOKIES erotic, firefighter romance series-a spin off from the author’s HOT IN CHICAGO series. This is twenty six year old, paramedic and rookie firefighter Abby Sullivan, and thirty-two year old, single father and firefighter Lt. Roman Rossi’s story line. There is a slight cross-over with the author’s Rookie Rebels series.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Abby and Roman) UP IN SMOKE follows the forbidden relationship between twenty six year old paramedic and rookie firefighter Abby Sullivan, and thirty-two year old single father and firefighter Lt. Roman Rossi. Roman had no idea the woman he met at an all night diner would be the newest rookie on Engine 6. Starting a relationship with someone under his command is all kinds of wrong but the palpable sexual attraction and burn could not be contained. As a rookie Abby Sullivan is continuously stepping out side of the line but it doesn’t help when someone is reporting Abby’s every move to the Chicago Fire Commissioner, a man Abby knows only too well. As Abby and Roman try to keep their relationship on the down low, someone is waiting in the wings to destroy our story line couple. What ensues is the building but secret relationship and romance between Abby and Roman, and the potential fall-out when a dangerous fire finds Abby going against orders to save the man with whom she is falling in love.

Abby Sullivan knows the reality of life as a firefighter having grown up in a house with firefighting parents but Abby’s reality is about to crowd out her chances at Engine 6 when an over protective parent curtails Abby’s career as a successful firefighter. Roman Rossi is a single father who landed in Chicago after a disastrous marriage and career in New York City. Roman never set out to fall for Abby Sullivan but the heart wanted something more from out story line heroine.

The relationship between Abby and Roman begins as co-workers. Roman is Abby’s immediate superior, and as such their relationship is off limits unless reported to HR. Abby struggles with the possibility of her relationship with Roman seen as improper or sleeping her way to the top, and in this, Abby is constantly pushing away Roman Rossi, when in her heart, she wants nothing more than to claim Roman as her own. The $ex scenes are intimate, passionate and intense without the use of over the top sexually graphic language and text.

We are introduced to Abby’s fellow rookies: Jude Torres, and Sam Killian; fellow firefighters Danny Acosta, Luke Almeida, Paul Wozniak, Alexandra Dempsey-Cooper, Commissioner Chuck Sullivan, as well as Roman’s sister Chiara, and his eleven year old daughter Lena. Jude’s story is next.

UP IN SMOKE is a story of family, friendships, relationships and love; a story of struggle and trust, grief and loss, acceptance and forgiveness. The premise is captivating,engaging and emotional; the romance is seductive and steamy; the characters are charismatic, strong, determined and energetic.

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Reviewed by Sandy

 

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Kate Meader

Originally from Ireland, USA Today bestselling author Kate Meader cut her romance reader teeth on Maeve Binchy and Jilly Cooper novels, with some Harlequins thrown in for variety. Give her tales about brooding mill owners, oversexed equestrians, and men who can rock an apron or a fire hose, and she’s there. Now based in Chicago, she writes sexy contemporary romance with alpha heroes and strong heroines who can match their men quip for quip.

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Totally Pawstruck by Sofie Ryan – a Review

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Totally Pawstruck by Sofie Ryan – a Review

 

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Description:
Although Sarah Grayson is often tending to the contained chaos of her delightful secondhand store in North Harbor, Maine, plus dealing with the quirky personality of her rescue cat, Elvis, she still takes an occasional night off. But her evening out comes to an abrupt end when Sarah discovers Stella Hall, a member of the library board, standing over a body in the street.

Although Stella admits that she and the victim had fought about several things including library funding, she is adamant that she is innocent and the real killer is on the loose. Sarah is eager to help, but even with the assistance of Charlotte’s Angels, the senior citizen detectives who rent out part of her shop, there is still a vast amount of circumstantial evidence linking Stella to the crime. The odds may be stacked against them, but Sarah and Elvis, along with the Angels, will work hard to check out the suspects and catch a killer.

 

 

Review:

Totally Pawstruck by Sofie Ryan is the 9th book in her fun, cute Second Chance Cat Mystery series.  Sarah Grayson, our heroine, runs a resale/repurpose store called Second Chance, and she has a smart adorable black cat named Elvis; who also helps Sarah solve mysteries.  Also, Sarah rents an office space in her store, to a detective agency called Charlotte’s Angels, which are a wonderful group of senior citizens (Rose, Liz, Charlotte and the one man, Mr. P).

Enjoying a night out, Sarah and her friend Jess, leave a restaurant and while walking home, they see a friend standing over a body. When they run to check on their friend Stella, who is in shock, Sarah bends down to check on the man; who turns out to be a member of the library board, who most people hate, including Stella.  The police question Stella, since the man died, and Sarah with her help from Charlotte’s Angels are determined to prove their friend’s innocence.

What follows is an exciting, fun, mystery whodunit, with wonderful recurring characters, which kept my attention from start to finish.  Though Elvis was a bit quieter in this book, the rest of the wonderful group were lots of fun to watch them separate the clues to find the killer.  There were a number of twists and surprises that kept changing the game, and Sarah will begin to narrow down the suspects; especially since the victim was evil. 

I do not want to give spoilers, so not to ruin it for you. I continually loved the friendly banter and relationship with Sarah, Elvis, and The Angels, as they were all smart and savvy, with no fear among them.  The romance between Sarah and Mac picks up more, as I really like them together; as well as the secondary characters not part of the Angels (Nick, Jess, Michelle, etc)  

Totally Pawstruck was a delightful, fun, mysterious and charming story, with a fantastic group of recurring characters, as well as our wonderful Elvis, all of whom have a wonderful bond together.  If you enjoy a lighthearted mystery, a smart cute cat, and wonderful heroine, then I suggest you read this series, so very well written by Sofie Ryan.

Reviewed by Barb

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LUCKY STUD (Lucky Alphas 3) by Mallory Crowe -a review

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LUCKY STUD (Lucky Alphas 3) by Mallory Crowe-a review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date February 16, 2022

Sophia Carson’s boss just bought her the hottest bachelor at the charity auction. So why does she feel like she’s the one who is going to pay the price?

Leo West has sins in his past. Sins he never wants to see the light of day. When a shady criminal comes out of the woodwork and threatens Leo’s entire way of life, Leo decides to hit the man where it hurts: his daughter. And if he needs to fix a charity auction to get close to her, that’s what he’ll do.

How hard can it be? All Leo has to do is seduce the sexy Sophia Carson and then he’ll have all the leverage he needs. There’s only one rule in this game of leverage: Don’t fall in love.

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REVIEW:  LUCKY STUD is the third instalment in Mallory Crowe’s contemporary, adult LUCKY ALPHAS erotic, romantic suspense series focusing on a group of former friends from Birdsville, Ohio. This is businessman Leo West, and charity event planner Sophia Carson’s story line. LUCKY STUD can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary. Leo West was first introduced in book one LUCKY LIAR.

Told from dual third person perspectives (Leo and Sophia) LUCKY STUD follows in the aftermath of a charity auction for Children’s Brigade Foundation, a bachelor charity auction in which businessman Leo West, a bachelor contender, sets his sights on Sophia Carson. Sophia Carson has no information about Leo West, a late entry into the fund raiser but a man who sparks our heroine’s interest if only because of Leo’s attempts to flirt. Leo’s desire to be part of the fund raiser has more to do with blackmail and revenge, and Sophia is Leo’s ‘ticket’ to freedom from a shady past. With more than one person after our story line heroine, Leo and Sophia go on the run to exotic places, where Leo finds himself falling for a woman who is willing to sacrifice herself for our story line hero. What ensues is the quick building romance and relationship between Leo and Sophia, and the potential fall-out as Sophia’s past, a past to which she is no longer connected, inadvertently pulls our heroine into the middle of a game of revenge.

The relationship between Leo and Sophia begins as part of a charity auction but mostly predicated upon a lie, and a need to secure vengeance and passage from a dangerous past. Sophia has never been connected to her father’s life but his life is about to place our heroine into the direct line of fire.Sophia is a pawn, and the players see Sophia as the perfect game piece. I am not sure if Sophia is TSTL or playing at being naive but when push comes to shove, she knows exactly what to do in order to survive. The lone $ex scene is intimate but I dislike the use of a certain four-letter word.

The secondary and supporting characters include Sophia’s boss and foundation head Jules Harris, Kellen Brecken, and Leo’s partner in crime, Stella.

LUCKY STUD is a quick read; a fast paced story of power, betrayal, desperation and revenge. The premise is entertaining and intriguing; the romance is fast and furious; the characters are energetic and dynamic.

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Lucky Liar
Lucky Girl

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Reviewed by Sandy

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NOT A CHANCE IN HELL (Navarro Triplets 3)by AM Madden-review tour

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NOT A CHANCE IN HELL (Navarro Triplets 3) by AM Madden-Review tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date February 21, 2022

A strangers-to-lovers stand-alone novel about a woman whose father leaves her a building in New York—along with an impossible-to-resist co-owner.

Do you know that feeling when life is moving along without incident, but in your gut you sense something is coming? Yeah… me too.

That something turned out to be property I inherited from my estranged father. One small problem: my father lived in New York City, while I live in California. Oh, another thing… my dad thought it’d be a good idea to split the building he owned in SoHo between me and his tenant, the undeniably maddening Brad Navarro.

An interesting thing about Brad, though—he is an identical triplet. Yes, there are three of these gorgeous specimens walking the earth. Another fun fact—he owns a successful bar on the ground floor of the address we now share, as well as the entire first floor… but I own floors two, three, and four. Nice and complicated, right?

I simply can’t be tied to this man. Besides the fact I happen to love my life in California, I want no connection to the cocky, arrogant, ridiculously gorgeous, sexy-as-sin, thinks he’s God’s gift to women, walking orgasm who can rock my world with that damn smirk—

Um, I digress. Anyway, I just can’t.

Of course I suggested that we sell, which earned me the nickname She-Devil, and I believe his exact words were “not a chance in hell.”

So now I need to figure out a way to make hell freeze over. My chances of that happening are slim. Plan B would be to simply ignore him, go back to my life, and pretend he hadn’t crashed into it.

But try telling that to my libido, because ignoring Brad Navarro is easier said than done.

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REVIEW: NOT A CHANCE IN HELL is the third and final instalment in A.M. Madden’s contemporary, adult NAVARRO TRIPLETS erotic, romance series focusing on the Navarro triplets: gym owner Max, attorney Gabe, and bar owner Brad. This is thirty-three year old, bar owner Brad Navarro, and twenty-eight year old, kindgergarten teacher Sheena ‘Bella’ Devlin’s story line. NOT A CHANCE IN HELL can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is release where necessary.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Sheena and Brad) NOT A CHANCE IN HELL follows the acrimonious but building relationship between thirty-three year old, bar owner Brad Navarro, and twenty-eight year old, kindgergarten teacher Sheena ‘Bella’ Devlin. Sheena Devlin never knew her father, having never met the man in her life, but a call from his attorney found Sheena leaving San Diego, heading to New York, where she would meet her father’s friend Brad Navarro, a man who brought out the worst in our story line heroine. Already angry and hurt about the father she never knew, Sheena’s attitude is exacerbated by her attraction to the man whom her father’s considered a ‘son’ but the problem becomes compounded when Brad and Sheena discover they have both inherited the ownership of property, property in which Brad’s business continues to thrive. Battling between head and heart, Sheena wants nothing to do with living in New York, as Brad struggles with the possibility of losing it all. What ensues is the building but tempestuous relationship between Brad and Sheena, and the potential fall-out as issues of trust inflame their already turbulent relationship.

Brad Navarro doesn’t do relationships, and in this his attraction to Sheena is all kinds of wrong. Working together to close out John Porelli’s estate, our couple continue to bicker and argue, a prelude to $ex, hiding a palpable sexual attraction between Sheena and Brad. Sheena continues to struggle with the loss of her father, a struggle directly related to Brad’s friendship and relationship for the man she never knew.

The relationship between Brad and Sheena is tumultuous, stormy and impassioned. Brad struggles with the loss of his friend, and Sheena struggle with the loss of never knowing, and the secrets revealed by a letter from the past. The $ex scenes are intimate, erotic, passionate and intense without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

Brad’s brothers Max and Nate, and their significant others return as secondary and supporting characters. We are introduced to John’s neighbors, as well as Sheena’s best friend Kelly Chen. The triplets give as good as they get.

NOT A CHANCE IN HELL is a story of grief and loss, acceptance and admission, trust and understanding, family and love. The fast paced premise is emotional and heated ; the characters are energetic and determined ; the romance is fated and hot.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews

Not According To Plan
Not Happening Again

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Reviewed by Sandy

USA Today BESTSELLING ROMANCE AUTHOR

A.M. Madden’s romance debut is The Back-Up Series, consisting of Back-Up, Front & Center, and Encore.

A.M. Madden is a wife, a mother, an avid reader of romance novels and now an author. In Back-up she aspired to create a fun, sexy, realistic romantic story. She wanted to create characters that the reader could relate to and feel as if they knew personally.

A self-proclaimed hopeless romantic, she loves getting lost in a good book. She uses every free moment of her time writing, while raising teenage boys.

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True Wolf by Paige Tyler – a Review

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KEEP YOUR TEAM CLOSE AND YOUR ENEMIES CLOSER…

Werewolf agent Caleb Lynch takes the lead on STAT’s newest case: to track down the thieves who stole nuclear weapons from the air force. His best lead points him to a brother-sister duo with a shady record, but Caleb sees something in the mysterious woman that could change his whole world.

Brielle Fontaine’s supernatural abilities are a force to be reckoned with, making her one of STAT’s biggest threats and a most useful ally. But Brielle is suspicious of anyone who might use her for their own gain, so she keeps most people at a distance—that is, until she meets werewolf Caleb Lynch.

When Brielle, Caleb, and the other STAT agents come under fire from supernatural terrorists seeking to start a war, the attraction between them could lead to something much more explosive…

 

 

Review:

True Wolf by Paige Tyler is the 3rd book in her wonderful STAT series. The STAT (Special Threat Assessment Team) team is assigned unsolvable cases, which includes supernatural beings & creatures.

Caleb Lynch, our hero in this book, is a member of that STAT team, and an Omega Werewolf; he at times loses control when threatened by the bad guys, as he is also a Berserker. When 7 nuclear weapons are stolen, the entire team comes together to track the thieves and recover the dangerous weapons.

Brielle Fontaine, our heroine, has a unique supernatural ability, she can touch someone and get their abilities for a short period of time.  Brielle is looking for her missing brother, when the STAT boss (McKay) offers her a deal for to join the team in helping find the nuclear weapons, allowing her to look for her brother, she agrees to work with the team.  

Caleb is immediately attracted to Brielle, but at first, he doesn’t trust her. In a short time, the entire team begins to accept Brielle, as she worked so well with them, and became friendly.  The relationship between Caleb and Brielle heats up fast, as he suspects she is the ONE for him; the chemistry between them was awesome. 

What follows is an action packed, non-stop, exciting and fun thriller, with me unable to put the book down.   There were so many dire situations that had the team in danger, with their lives hanging by a thread.   When the team thinks they have found the nuclear weapons, they are attacked by other supernatural beings, as well as creatures that kill with claws. With one of the weapons ready to explode and destroy everything in the tunnels and the entire town, it is Brielle who uses her ability to save Misty, and race to make it far enough to survive.  This was only the start, as they begin to learn who is behind the nuclear weapons and planning to destroy the world.  This was from start to finish and edge of your seat thriller every step of the way. What I loved about this series is that besides a new couple per book, the entire team always play recurring roles. It was great to see Jake, Jen, Misty, Forest, Harley, Sawyer and McKay. 

True Wolf was an exciting, action packed non-stop dangerous adventure, with great secondary characters, and a great couple.  The villains were evil, violent and fully dangerous, with amazing supernatural abilities that were difficult for the team to fight against.  So many times, I held my breath to see who would survive.  Once again Paige Tyler gives us another fantastic story, which I cannot wait to see what she has in store of us next. I wholly suggest you read this series.

Reviewed by Barb

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