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Bleeding Love (Hope Town #2) by Harper Sloan-Review and Book Tour

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BLEEDING LOVE (Hope Town #2) by Harper Sloan-Review and Book Tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date July 14, 2015

I’ve loved once. I gave everything that I had to that love. Blindly believing that nothing could ever take that feeling away from me. Away from us. And when my little world of happiness was ripped from my fingers, I felt a loss that still haunts me to this day.

Now I use that lingering grief as a shield to keep my heart from loving again. It’s that fear that keeps me from letting anyone, except my daughter, get close enough to make it hurt. To make my heart bleed when I inevitably lose again.

Until the day I met Liam Beckett and everything I thought I had protected myself from was shoved back in my face.

He’s on a mission to prove to me that a love worth having is a love worth fighting for.

*Bleeding Love is the second book in the Hope Town series. It will follow Liam and Megan. Each book in the series is a HEA and can be read as a standalone.*

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REVIEW: BLEEDING LOVE is the second installment in Harper Sloan’s adult, contemporary Hope Town erotic, romance series –a spin off from her Corp’s Security series. This is Megan and Liam’s story. Liam is a cop; the son of John ‘Beck’ and Denise ‘Dee’ Beckett (Beck-Corps Security #3); Megan is a single mother and widow who was first introduced at the end of Unexpected Fate (Hope Town #1).

Told from dual first person points of view (Megan and Liam) BLEEDING LOVE follows Liam as he formulates a plan-a list-to seduce Megan. Megan is a romance author, a single mother whose husband Jack was killed while on deployment in the Middle East. Alone and grieving, Megan will be introduced to the ‘gang’ by Cohen Cage, Jack’s friend and fellow soldier, and in the ensuing year, Liam is unable to forget about the woman who can no longer ‘feel’. At Cohen and Dani’s wedding, Liam and Megan will hook up for a one night stand that begins to slowly break down the walls that Megan has erected around her grieving heart.

Megan’s grief over the death of her husband is compounded by guilt-a guilt she is unable to understand or forgive herself for as she endeavors to create a life for her young daughter and herself. The attraction between Liam and Megan is immediate but Megan is unable to bring any man into her life in the fear of destroying her daughter’s heart, as well. The push and pull between Megan and Liam is heightened by Megan’s reluctance to move forward; to forgive herself for what she believes is a betrayal to Jack; and to break down the walls she has so conveniently built to protect her heart.

Liam is a swoon-worthy hero; a man with plenty of patience, and he will need said patience to convince Megan that he is the man for her. Throughout the storyline Liam places himself, front and center, into Megan’s life; he is a man on a mission, and his mission is to bring light and happiness into Megan’s life but Megan is numb to the world around her, and in this Liam knows to win Megan’s heart he must first get Megan to ‘feel’. Liam, never one to give up, pushes Megan a little at a time until she is able to see and feel. The only demons to overcome are Megan’s personal demons from the past-there are no outside threats to their relationship or lives. The $ex scenes are erotic, provocative and seductive.

The secondary and supporting characters include most of the next generation of family and friends from Harper’s Corps Security Series. Beck and Dee’s (Liam’s parents) love and support of their son is reflective of Liam’s personality and love for Megan and her daughter Molly. Megan’s husband Jack is revealed through flashbacks and memories.

BLEEDING LOVE looks at guilt and grief; romance and seduction; letting go and falling in love. Liam is the perfect storybook hero who understands Megan’s wants and needs, but also knows that to move forward Megan must let go of the guilt. The premise is heart-warming and inspiring; the characters engaging, humorous, and expressive; the romance passionate, encouraging and intoxicating.

And who doesn’t love BT Urruela on the cover-a perfect Liam Beckett.

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Reviewed by Sandy

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Unexpected FateUNEXPECTED FATE
(Hope Town #1)
by Harper Sloan
Release Date: February 17, 2015
Genre: adult, contemporary, erotic romance

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date February 17, 2015

Have you ever felt like you were living your life for a future that was predetermined? Like there was some bigger picture you just prayed you would someday see clearly? That picture has been crystal clear to me since I was old enough to recognize it for just what it was.

Or I should say recognize him for who he was.

I’ve loved Cohen Cage since I was a small child. He’s been my everything for the last twenty-two years. I’ve loved him through every girlfriend he’s ever brought home. Through his college years and then mine. I’ve loved him through two deployments. And ever since the day I told him how I felt, he’s acted like I’m a stranger.

My name is Danielle Reid, and it’s time for me to get my man.

Our future is an unexpected fate, and no matter what our parents, siblings, and friends say…it’s going to be worth every second of the fight to make it happen.

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REVIEW: UNEXPECTED FATE is the first installment in Harper Sloan’s adult, contemporary Hope Town erotic romance series-a spin off from her Corps Security Series. Hope Town will focus on the next generation-the sons and daughters of the couples with whom we fell in love in the original series. This is Cohen Cage (son of Greg and Melissa Cage) and Danielle Reid’s (daughter of Axel and Isabelle Reid) storyline-a friends to lovers trope.

Dani Reid has been in love with Cohen Cage for as long as she can remember-probably since birth but she is afraid that Cohen does not feel the same way. Sure, they are best friends and the sexual attraction is tangible, but Cohen has never acted upon his feelings, and Dani’s hope for a future with the man she loves begins to waiver now that he is scheduled to deploy overseas. One night of passion will end with a promise of enduring love and a commitment for the future.

Like his father, Cohen is a marine; a Black Ops specialist who is about to head out on assignment but his emotions are jumbled when it comes to his feelings for Dani. He is a man in love but he doesn’t want to place Dani in a position to ‘wait’ when there is a possibility he may never return. Months overseas finds Cohen desperate to return when the news from back home is cryptic and grim. Dani is in trouble and there is nothing he can do from thousands of miles away.

The relationship between Dani and Cohen is a friends to lovers romance that surprises no one but ruffles the hackles of Dani’s over protective and former marine father. The numerous sex scenes are graphic, detailed and very erotic- and at times uncomfortable considering the lack of experience for the heroine-the reality of the situation is questionable but it is an erotic romance storyline of fiction so bending the rules can be expected, but be warned, the descriptive imagery is bolder and more daring than most of Harper’s previous storylines.

UNEXPECTED FATE is a storyline with a large, ensemble cast of characters who play intricate, important and colorful roles throughout the novel. All of the original storyline couples are present including their now adult children who are one another’s best friends and protectors. The ever popular and over the top hair stylist Sway is front and center now that a reality program focusing on his salon is in the works. The second generation will begin to take their place at Corps Security, continuing the storylines of threats, stalkers and protection.

There were a few issues of believability as it pertained to Cohen and his Black Ops preparation and missions. I had to question some events and time frames including the amount of ‘free time’ spared to a marine about to deploy. And some readers may take issue with the sex acts-everything is consensual- but Cohen likes to experiment in the bedroom.

I am looking forward to more exciting storylines in Harper Sloan’s new HOPE TOWN series. I love revisiting the Corps Security boys and the women that they love.

Reviewed by Sandy

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His mouth leaves mine and with his hand still on my leg, he demands, “Dig your heels in deep, baby.”
I give him what he wants, but not because he told me to. I give him what he wants because when his hand leaves my leg and pushes into the mattress, bringing his body up he goes even deeper into my body and those heels push hard.
Just as he demanded earlier, my hands go to his shoulders on my own accord and as he takes my body hard, my nails dig in with my heels still pushing hard against the small of his back. Our eyes never leave each other’s probing gaze. Never once do I take my eyes away from his, so full of lust that I know there isn’t an ounce of control left in his body.
He drops his head and I lift up to meet him in a kiss so sweet it doesn’t match the powerful way that he’s taking my body. A kiss that gives me more than words ever could at this moment. His hips slow and as his tongue rolls against mine, his hips start to take me in slow, deep rolls. He doesn’t pull back, just rocks his hips against mine.
I push up and cry out when he slips even deeper.
His lips come from mine and his hooded eyes open a sliver. “Feels like heaven,” he says softly. “Everything, darlin’. Feels like everything.


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harper sloaneHarper lives in small town Georgia just a short drive from her hometown of Peachtree City. She (and her 3 daughters) enjoy ruling the house they dubbed ‘Estrogen Ocean’, much to her husbands chagrin. Harper has a borderline unhealthy obsession with books; you can almost ALWAYS find her with her eReader attached. She enjoys bad reality TV and cheesy romantic flicks. Her favorite kind of hero–the super alpha kind!

Harper started using writing as a way to unwind when the house went to sleep at night; and with a house full of crazy it was the perfect way to just relax. It didn’t take long before a head full of very demanding alphas would stop at nothing to have their story told.

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Cooper (Corps Security #4) by Harper Sloan-a review

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COOPER (Corps Security #4) by Harper Sloan-a review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date June 19, 2014

Do you take me seriously? Because I don’t. I use my jokes and easygoing personality to hide the pain I’ve felt since he took his last breath. I’m adrift without my partner in crime, my best friend…my brother. I can taste the vengeance just within my grasp.

Until she barges into my life. Promising me happiness and a peace I’ve been craving for years. She is the sun to my darkness, the happy to my despair.

But she holds secrets. Just like I do. She holds hers close, where I just pray mine don’t rock the walls we’re trying to build.

Now I’m stuck at a crossroads between my desire for revenge and my craving for her and the life we could have together—and I have no idea which road I should travel.

All I know with crystal clear certainty is that the past has the power to destroy it all.

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WARNING: Review may contain spoilers if you have not read BECK

REVIEW: COOPER is the fourth full-length instalment in Harper Sloan’s adult, contemporary Corps Security erotic romance series focusing on a group of ex-marines and the women they love. This is Asher Cooper and Chelcie Avery’s storyline.

Told from alternating first person POV (Chelcie and Asher) the storyline follows Asher and Chelcie’s building relationship. Following Asher’s brother’s murder (Coop) at the hands of a notorious drug lord, Chelcie and Asher are brought together through their mutual love of Zakariah Cooper and connection to Corps Security. While Asher hunts for the people responsible for his brother’s death, Chelcie must find a way to get Asher to accept the secret she is frightened to reveal.

Throughout the storyline we are witness Asher’s spiral into heartbreak and loss following the death of his beloved younger brother. For weeks Asher has remained numb using alcohol and women to keep the pain away and in doing so pushes away the woman with whom he is falling in love. His destructive and abusive childhood haunts his nights while the death of his brother haunts his every waking moment. The only spot of ‘sunshine’ in his life is Chelcie Avery –the very woman he wants to call his own.

Chelcie hides a secret that is beginning to show. Her connection to Asher runs much deeper than love and she knows that she must reveal the truth. But revealing the truth may destroy everything she has tried desperately to save including Asher Cooper and the memory of his brother. Once revealed, our couple go forward with the knowledge that a little part of Coop will remain with them forever.

The secondary characters include all of the Corps Security warriors as well as their wives, girlfriends and children who bring a sense of family and familiarity to the storyline and series.

My only concern is the title referencing Cooper because throughout the series the reader has known Cooper to be Zachariah ‘Coop’ Cooper and with his death, we are introduced to Asher Cooper who is now referenced as Cooper in the title. There may be some initial confusion for readers but Harper Sloan will be writing ‘Coop’s’ storyline in the future

Harper Sloan writes another heartbreaking and emotional storyline of family, friendship and loss. The reader becomes part of the story as we watch Asher all but destroy any chances of love with the woman who calls to his heart and his soul.

Reading Order
Axel
Cage
Beck
Uncaged
Cooper

Reviewed by Sandy

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Uncaged (Corps Security 3.5) by Harper Sloan- a review

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Uncaged (Corps Security 3.5) by Harper Sloan-a review

 

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UNCAGED (Corps Security 3.5) by Harper Sloan

ABOUT THE BOOK: Released March 11, 2014

Greg Cage’s life is more fulfilling than he ever could have imagined. He’s married to the love of his life, has an amazing son, and in a few short months, his family will grow again with the birth of his twin girls.

The past year has been a tough one for the Cage family, but they are now on the road to healing by learning to let go of the past and looking forward to their future.

When situations beyond his control threaten to take away so much of what Greg holds close to his heart, he has to learn that he doesn’t always have the control he tries to maintain in their lives. Will he be able to handle the stress of knowing his wife and newborn daughters are beyond his protection?

Join the Cage family as they embark on yet another one of life’s journeys with a rambunctious four-year-old, pregnancy complications, and the fear of the unknown.

Will the love that Greg and Melissa share hold true as they fight to overcome the obstacles that face them?

UNCAGED is not a standalone. It is a continuation of CAGE. It is recommended that you read the first 3 books in the series before UNCAGED.

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REVIEW: UNCAGED is the latest instalment in Harper Sloan’s adult, contemporary CORPS SECURITY erotic series focusing on a group of former marines and the women they love. This is the continuing story of Greg ‘Cage’ and Melissa Larson. At the end of book 2 CAGE, Greg and Melissa has expanded their family by adopting Melissa’s nephew Cohen and discovering that that they are expecting a child of their own. The storyline advances the series by approximately one year but oh, the epilogue, is another story, all together.

UNCAGED is an erotic storyline that looks at two people who have survived the loss of family; the loss of friends and now the possibility of losing everything in a matter of a few seconds. Greg Cage is first and foremost a protector and when the unthinkable occurs, Cage is a man lost in a world of sorrow, heartbreak and the hopelessness of the unknown. Without the ability to control the outcome, a once strong and powerful man caves to the possibility that life as he knows it is about to end.

Told from three distinct first person POV-Cage, Melissa and Cohen-the world building continues with the inclusion of the Corps Security team and their mates as well as their flamboyant neighbor Sway and the love of his life Davey. Four year old Cohen comes front and center as his world is about to change but it is the epilogue that will have you shaking your head with what’s in store for the future.

Harper Sloan pulls the reader into a storyline where the possibility of a HEA is in question; where the Corps team is helpless to protect; and where the strength of friendship and family is the one thing on which you can depend. The relationship between Melissa and Cage continues to be sensual, sexual and erotic. Cage is a man possessed by one woman and this possession may very well be his ultimate undoing.

UNCAGED is a fast paced story but does not leave the reader with whiplash. The storyline feels complete without the rush of many novellas where the author is too quick to the finish. There is a definitive beginning, middle and end. And like the blurb says, this is not a stand alone novella-you must read the first three storylines to understand the premise and everything that has come before.

Reading Order
1. Axel
2. Cage
3. Beck
4. Uncaged
5. Cooper (2014)
6. Locke (2014)

Reviewed by Sandy

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AXEL (Corps Security #1) by Harper Sloan
ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date July 2013

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Fate hasn’t always been friends with Isabelle West. In fact, fate has been a downright bitch. Isabelle has learned the hard way how hard life can be when fate isn’t by your side. It can hand you dreams on silver platters, but it can snatch them right back and hand you nightmares. One thing Isabelle knew for sure fate was consistent with was taking away everything she ever loved.

For the last two years Isabelle has been slowly clearing the clouds of her past. Happiness is finally on the horizon. She has a thriving business, great friends, and her life back. All she has to do is jump over the last hurdle…her ex-husband. When problems start causing her to fear her new life, and memories that are better left forgotten start rushing to the surface the last thing she needs is a ghost from her past to come knocking on her door. Axel never thought he would look into the eyes of Isabelle West again, and he wasn’t sure he wanted to now. He’s carried his anger for so long he isn’t sure he can just turn it off, but when he is faced with protecting her and an unexpected desire to have her again, life gets a little more complicated. How will Axel and Isabelle deal when all their cards are put on the table and everything they thought was true blows up in their faces?

REVIEW: AXEL is the first instalment in Harper Sloan’s contemporary, adult, erotic Corps Security series focusing on a group of ex marines and the women they love. This is Isabelle and Axel’s storyline for a second chance at love. Axel may be a difficult read for some as part of the premise goes into graphic detail about spousal abuse and assault.

AXEL is a story of undying love between two people who have had their fair share of loss, betrayal and heartbreaking pain. Isabelle believes the only man she has ever loved is gone and dead. Ten years earlier, following the death of her parents, Isabelle’s world is thrown into turmoil when the man that she has loved since her early teens does not respond to her desperate pleas for help and reassurance. Believing Axel is dead, Isabelle’s life begins to spiral out of control until she meets the man she would marry. But marital bliss is soon replaced with broken bones, bloody noses and one too many nights spent cowering in the shadows. The day will come when Isabelle knows that the only way she will survive is to call her best friend and get the hell out of Dodge.

The storyline picks up almost two years later when Isabelle will come face to face with her past-the man she thought was dead-Holt “Axel” Reid. To say their meeting is anything but friendly is an understatement as both believe the other ran when the going got tough.

Told in alternating first person POVs, part of the story focuses on the back history between Axel and Isabelle. We watch as two teens fall desperately in love and are shattered when Axel heads out for basic training. Six months later, both of their worlds are destroyed when neither one knows the truth about what has happened to the other.

The relationship between Axel and Isabelle is hot, sexual and over the top but not before several uneasy weeks and months will pass when Isabelle refuses to acknowledge the truth. Friends are pitted against one another; the tension is high; and reality will sink in when well meaning friends let slip that there is more to their story than anyone should know.

My only complaint is that Isabelle was a little difficult to like at times with her attitude towards the people trying to give her the push she needed to accept the truth. These were the people who were there when she needed them the most; they literally saved her from the man who had destroyed her faith in humanity and yet she chose to give everyone the proverbial finger when the going got tough.

AXEL is also a storyline that introduces the friends and family of Corp Security. We meet Axel’s military buddies and best friends-all of the men believe they are not worthy of love but the women see the heroes that they are.

Harper Sloan has written an engaging, sexually passionate and intense storyline that addresses one of today’s most ignored issues-spousal abuse. If there is ever a story or series that address the need for protection and laws against the men (and women) who abuse their mates, Axel (and Cage) goes in head first and doesn’t pull any punches.

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CAGE (Corp Security #2) by Harper Sloan
ABOUT THE BOOK: Release date September 2013

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Greg Cage was born to protect. While growing up, he was his mother and sister’s shield against the world… until he failed. For the last decade, he has carried that guilt and need for vengeance around… until it was stripped from him. Now, with his best friend getting married and no longer needing his protection, he is even more lost, completely adrift, and desperate for some control. All he has ever known was how to protect: his family, his friends, and his country. Can he go against everything he has ever known, and give up that control?

Melissa Larson will never let anyone hold the reins in her life. She has been the rock in her family for more years than she can remember, and the fight to keep them together is her main priority right now. She has always been fiercely independent and proud. The last thing she will ever do is ask for someone else’s help. But when that choice is out of her control, forcing her to rely on others to save her and her family, and pick up the pieces that are left, will she be able to let someone else be her strength? The second Greg locks eyes with Meli, he knows that she is someone he needs. Someone he craves. Meli knew the second she met Greg that he would be nothing but trouble and heartache. Her life takes an unexpected turn, and that bitch Fate is back to wreak more havoc on another member of the Corps family.

REVIEW: CAGE is the second storyline in Harper Sloan’s contemporary, adult, erotic Corp Security series focusing on a group of ex-military friends and the women they love. This is Greg Cage and Melissa Larson’s story. Greg is floundering since his two best friends (Axel and Isabelle) reconnected after ten years apart-he believes he is no longer needed and the guilt about what happened to his twin sister eats away at his soul-one day at a time: until he meets Melissa Larson-the woman who will turn his world upside down.

The storyline, written in alternating first person POVs, will pull together the Corps Security family when Greg and Melissa’s relationship is attacked from an outside source-but a source that Greg knows only too well. Melissa’s life has been difficult caring for her aging mother and her late sister’s son but life is about to spiral out of control when someone from Greg’s immediate past makes it known that Melissa is in way over her head. Melissa and her family will become the target of a psychopathic mind and with it will come heartbreaking pain and the ugly truth about Greg’s connection to Melissa’s past.

Harper Sloan has written another sensually erotic story about two people drawn together by the physical but held together by love. Their relationship will encounter a series of threats that will pull together the Corps team to protect one of their own.

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BECK (Corp Security #3) by Harper Sloan
ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date December 23, 2013

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DEE
I’ve always been good at wearing masks. Not letting anyone see the real me. I’m content being the happy-go-lucky best friend. The strong willed boss. The independent woman who doesn’t need a man.

But the truth is I’m just as broken as the rest of you. I’m terrified that all it will take is one person to make all my carefully constructed walls crumble into fine dust. So I guard my heart with everything I have. Determined to never let anyone get close enough to hurt me again.

All is perfect until HE walks into my life. No… he doesn’t just walk. He struts his good-looking, sex-oozing self right into my space and demands that I see HIM. Making me want what I know I can’t have.

So I did the only thing I know how to do.
I run.
But he just won’t let me go.

BECK
The second I see her, I know she will be mine. I see past the gorgeous smiles and heart-stopping laughter. I see HER. She doesn’t want me to know her secrets or the past that haunts her, but I make it my mission to find out.

To make her mine.

She can run all she wants, but it will never be far enough to stop me from coming after her.
She’s it for me and she knows it.
She’s just too scared to admit it.

REVIEW: BECK is the third instalment in Harper Sloan’s contemporary, adult, erotica series focusing on a group of former marines and the women they love. This is John ‘Beck’ Beckett and Denise ‘Dee’ Roberts story-one that begins in the first book Axel.

This particular storyline begins with Dee Roberts reflecting on her life and the image she portrays to the public-the public lie; the mask that hides a multitude of secrets, demons and the truth. Dee’s background is rife with the stuff of nightmares and for many people, surviving against the odds is the best they will achieve. Dee is a woman who forges ahead, keeping the secrets and demons buried, so that no one including her two best friends has ever seen the pain and ugliness that lies within. But John Beckett-the man who stole her heart-sees everything. He may not know all of the details, but he can see into her soul and knows that there is more to the story than anyone knows.

Beck is a former marine who fell in love with Dee in Axel and Isabelle’s story. Over the ensuing two novels, we are given small hints the relationship between Beck and Dee is slowly starting to disintegrate but in reality Beck is the anchor that prevents Dee from floating away. One disaster after another befalls our heroine and Beck is the man she leans on for support. But there are some people that even the Corp Security team are unable to save, and in this, the storyline ends on a heartbreaking note.

BECK (told in alternating first person POV) is a storyline rife with graphic violence, abuse and death. Like the previous two instalments our leading heroines are continuously placed in the line of fire and the resulting pain and sorrow will affect them all. My only complaint, and this from a logistics point, why does everything happen right under the Security Team’s watch without them ever noticing? Not sure, but I guess, without the intrigue there would be no story.

Harper Sloan, once again, brings the Corp Security family together in a storyline that will break your heart; shed a tear; and leave you feeling lost. Our couple get their HEA but the losses to their friendship and the Team are going to hurt for a very long time.

Reviews by Sandy

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