Heartbreaker by Kat & Stone Bastion – a Review

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Description:
Kiki Michaelson wants one wild night to forget her starving-artist worries. Simple.

Only instead of Darren Cole becoming her one-night stand, he taunts her with a challenge. Then while she’s trying to best him at his own game, he turns out to be the last thing she’s prepared for: someone she wants to keep.

Which means all he can ever be…is a friend.

Darren Cole never allows a girl to get close—not close enough to matter.

Then storms in Kiki Michaelson, a beautiful, fearless temptation that rocks his world off-balance. But he fights their attraction, unwilling to gamble something physical with their close ties. Until the passionate sculptor exposes her heart and breaks his wide open.

In that moment it becomes clear: she could never be just a friend.

Sometimes what you run from…is exactly what you need.

Review:

Kiki is a starving artist who is terrified of relationships, she’s been hurt terribly in the past.  She is looking for a one night stand and decides that one nighter will be with the hot and sexy Darren. 

Darren just drips sexy.  He’s a musician, he works as a dj, he stays physically fit.  Darren has his own secrets and reasons for staying out of relationships but he doesn’t want to disrespect Kiki with a one night stand.  So they make a vow to be just friends. Kiki enlists Darren’s assistance to train for a 5k run and the closer they become, the more the sparks fly.

I loved Heartbreaker by Kat & Stone Bastion.  It was very romantic but not in a mushy, sappy way.  The storyline is in a modern setting and all the characters were interesting.  The writing switched back and forth from Kiki’s perspective to Darren’s and I loved being in each character’s head.  Both characters were strong, independent and intriguing.  

What I enjoyed is not every page of the book is about Kiki and Darren’s relationship.  I got to experience both of them individually, their work passions and their interests.  I got a real sense of them as people, and how they interacted in their lives with family and friends.  Their attraction to each other was electrifying, the sparks were flying all over! They deal with real issues like real people, the story wasn’t just about the big strong man swooping in on his white horse to rescue the damsel in distress. I love stories like that.  Now if I could just figure out how to get Darren out of that book and into a real life person I’d be one happy girl!

Reviewed by Tricia

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