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JUST ONE KISS (The Kingston Family 6) by Carly Phillips-tour

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JUST ONE KISS (The Kingston Family 6/Dirty Dares) by Carly Phillips-Review tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date August 16, 2022

It was supposed to be one fun night of hot sex.

It turned into a second. Then a third.

Now Mother Nature is having the last word—with a secret baby surprise!

Jade Dare has done everything in her power to overcome her mother’s unstable influence. Changed her name. Became a success. Vowed never to risk passing on the potential for inherited pain. What has it gotten her? One fiancé who wanted her for money. A second who cheated on her with his brother’s wife.

Now she’s sworn off men. Or at least off serious relationships. But when the chance to indulge in a one night stand with a man she’s secretly fantasized about arrives, she jumps in. Only to land heart-first into a case of the feels she can’t bring herself to trust.

Knox Sinclair always suspected he liked his brother’s fiancé a little too much, that’s why he kept his hands to himself. But with ties broken and Jade all too willing, a no-strings-attached night sounds like a damned good idea.

Except one night isn’t nearly enough. But while Knox is busy convincing Jade they have a chance at forever, the past is planning one last parting shot.

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REVIEW: JUST ONE KISS is the sixth instalment in Carly Phillips’ contemporary, adult THE KINGSTON FAMILY / DIRTY DARES erotic, romance series, a series interconnected with the author’s Dirty Dare /Dare Nation series. This is twenty-six year old party planner, head of events of the Dare owned hotel Jade Dare, and thirty-three year old, billionaire sports team owner Knox Sinclair’s story line. JUST ONE KISS can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary.

Told from dual third person perspectives (Jade and Knox) JUST ONE KISS follows several months after both Jade Dare and Knox Sinclair’s worlds imploded. Knox Sinclair discovered his wife Celia was having an affair with his half-brother Theo, the man who was engaged to our story line heroine. Fast forward to present day wherein Knox’s step-sister Holly was making preparations for her upcoming wedding, with the hopes of using Jade Dare as her wedding planner. With Knox along as her plus one at a Wedding and Bridal convention, Holly is hoping for a love connection between our leading couple. Jade Dare is currently on a time out from dating and men but Knox is offering one night, no strings that will slowly turn into something more. What ensues is the building romance and relationship between Knox and Jade, and the potential fall-out when the past demands a second chance.

Knox Sinclair has lusted after his half-brother Theo’s fiance for as long as he can remember but discovering Theo and his wife Celia were having an affair, opened up the possibility of starting something new with our story line heroine. Jade Dare struggles in the face of not once, but twice having men destroy her heart, forcing her to consider the possibility that something is wrong with our story line heroine.

The relationship between Jade and Knox is one of immediate attraction. Knox has lusted after Jade for as long as he can remember but knows that to push Jade could mean pushing the woman with whom he will fall in love, out of his life. Jade battles with a history of dysfunctional family problems, and believes that the past is now a part of her present. The $ex scenes are intimate, passionate and intense, without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

There is a large ensemble cast of colorful, energetic and protective secondary and supporting characters including Knox’s step-sister Holly and her fiance Miles, Jade’s twin Nick and his wife Aurora; their brothers Zach, Harrison and Asher, and the Dare triplets, and their sister Layla; mother Serenity and father Michael, as well as Knox’s ex-wife Celia, his half-brother/ Jade’s former fiance Theo, and Jade’s assistant Lauren Connelly.

JUST ONE KISS is a story of family and relationship, betrayal and obsession, vengeance and heart break, acceptance and love. The fast paced premise is emotional, impassioned and engaging; the romance is seductive and provocative; the characters are determined and charismatic.

Previous Reviews and Reading Order

Just One Night
Just One Scandal
Just One Chance
Just One Spark
4.5 Just One Wish
Just One Dare

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Reviewed by Sandy

 

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After a successful fifteen-year career with various New York publishing houses, and over 40 sexy contemporary romance novels published, N.Y. Times and USA Today Bestselling Author Carly Phillips is now an Indie author who writes to her own expectations and that of her readers. She continues the tradition of hot men and strong women and plans to publish many more sizzling stories. Carly lives in Purchase, NY with her family, two nearly adult daughters and two crazy dogs who star on her Facebook Fan Page and website. She’s a writer, a knitter of sorts, a wife, and a mom. In addition, she’s a Twitter and Internet junkie and is always around to interact with her readers.

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Just One Kiss by Traci Hall – a Review

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Just One Kiss by Traci Hall – a Review

 

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Description:
Free-spirited Grace Sheldon is used to living on a tight budget as a freelance photographer. But nothing short of a miracle could produce the thirty thousand dollars she owes on the house she’s inherited. Without steady employment, the bank refuses to give her a loan. Working a temp job won’t give her nearly enough, but she’ll take any little bit she can get until she figures out a solution. Her first day, though, she realizes this is no ordinary office—and her handsome new boss is no ordinary man.

After Sawyer Rivera’s well-planned career in Seattle officially imploded all he’s looking for is a small beach town where he can open a dog training facility and start a simple life. Except, his new office assistant is anything but. Grace is carefree, artsy, and doesn’t know a thing about dogs. The woman has pet chickens! She’s also funny, kind, and the best part of his day.

Grace is his complete opposite—and completely refreshing. But when her month of temp work is over, she could disappear from his life for good. Sawyer realizes he has just one chance to try to change their fate.

 

 

Review:

Just One Kiss by Traci Hall is a sweet romantic stand alone novel.  We meet our heroine Grace Sheldon, who is a freelance photographer, while on the beach trying take pictures of a robin hatching babies. Alone comes a dog, who falls all over her, licking away, only to break her camera; Grace looks up at a man (who is a hunk) calling out to the dog.

Sawyer Rivera, our hero, apologizes and offers to buy a new camera for Grace and the two of them get off on the wrong foot.  Sawyer is a well-known dog trainer, and has just bought a house next door to Grace, and plans on opening a dog training facility, using veterans to help build the place.  Grace does not know who Sawyer is, though her friend tells her that he is famous; to her surprise, she had accepted temp work, and it seems it is at Sawyer’s business.  Grace owes money on the house her deceased grandmother left her, and needs to save money; forcing her to accept the job.

When Grace begins to work at the facility, she is distant with Sawyer, who tries to make her feel welcome.  Sawyer finds that he is attracted to Grace, but has his own rules not to date any employee.  Grace is a free spirit and independent, and Sawyer is the complete opposite, being a military man.  In a short time, both Sawyer and Grace kiss and realize there is something between them, but both are determined to keep it just friends; especially with Sawyer’s ex trying to sabotage his career, and Grace saddled with trying to save her home.  I did enjoy the time at the facility with the wonderful dogs that Sawyer had, the veterans who would become part of the business and the time spent with Violet (autistic daughter of Grace’s friend, Lottie) training the dog how to react to her.    

What follows is a quick, lighthearted, fun, sweet pure romance. I liked Sawyer and Grace, but throughout most of the story, the chemistry wasn’t there; though as we closer to the end, it did perk up. Just One Kiss was well written by Traci Hall, and if you enjoy a clean sweet fun romance, with wonderful secondary characters and dogs, I suggest you read this book.

Reviewed by Barb

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