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Wright Kind of Love (Wright Vineyard 8) by KA Linde-review tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date April 15, 2024

Chase Sinclair should be my enemy.

Wrights and Sinclairs don’t mix. Not with years of history and turmoil between our families. A rivalry that only seems to fester and corrode with time.

Except I’m done denying what I want.

We both are.

Just when we think we have it figured out, it all blows up in our faces.

But we’re determined to make this work. Even knowing that the road ahead is uncertain. And everyone wants us to fail. At least we’re doing this together.

Everything is on the line. Our friends, our families, our careers. And we’d give it all up.

He may be from the wrong family, but he’s my Wright person.

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REVIEW:WRIGHT KIND OF LOVE is the eight instalment in KA Linde’s contemporary, adult WRIGHT VINEYARD erotic, romance series, and part two in Harley Wright and Chase Sinclair’s story. WRIGHT KIND OF LOVE should not be read as a stand alone as it picks up after the events and cliff hanger of book seven WRIGHT KIND OF TROUBLE.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Harley and Chase) WRIGHT KIND OF LOVE follows the ongoing but forbidden relationship between our story line couple. For years, the Wrights and the Sinclairs have been in a proverbial war since an embarrassing and political incident and fall-out all but threatened the career of the Sinclair patriarch. For three years, Harley and Chase kept their relationship a secret but the reveal would find our couple threatened by family members on both sides, so much so, that careers and lives hung in the balance. Knowing they had to control the narrative of their own future, Harley and Chase would learn all was not well back at home, and Chase’s father Arnold was facing a crisis of his own, and his ownership of Sinclair Realty was in jeopardy.

The world building continues to focus on the forbidden relationship between Harley and Chase. The Sinclair-Wright animosity was threatening the growing love between our story line couple but secrets will reveal a more devastating revelation for everyone concerned.

The relationship between Harley and Chase has been building for more than three years but our couple kept their relationship a secret until it was no longer possible to stay hidden in the shadows. The $ex scenes are intimate and provocative but I dislike the use of a certain four-letter word in my romance story lines.

There is a large ensemble cast of colorful and familiar secondary and supporting characters including siblings, half-siblings, cousins and estranged parents.

WRIGHT KIND OF LOVE is a story of secrets and lies, power and control, family and friendships, relationships and love. The character driven premise is thought provoking and stirring; the characters are animated and dynamic; the romance is seductive and real.

Previous reviews
A Wright Christmas
One Wright Stand
Wright With Benefits
Serves Me Wright
Wright Rival
Wright That Got Away
All The Wright Moves
Wright Together
Wright Kind of Trouble

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Reviewed by Sandy

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K.A. Linde is the USA Today bestselling author of the Avoiding Series, Wrights, and more than thirty other novels. She has a Masters degree in political science from the University of Georgia, was the head campaign worker for the 2012 presidential campaign at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and served as the head coach of the Duke University dance team. She loves reading fantasy novels, binge-watching Supernatural, traveling, and dancing in her spare time.

She currently lives in Lubbock, Texas, with her husband and two super-adorable puppies.

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Wright Kind of Trouble (Wright Vineyard 7)by KA Linde-review tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date February 26, 2024

He didn’t know I was ten years younger.
I didn’t know he was a Sinclair.

He didn’t care that I was a Wright.
I knew exactly what I wanted.

Yet, I know none of this when I fall into his bed.

Touching him is like finally waking after a long sleep and the thought of being without him is like driving a knife through my chest. But it’s worse—he was almost engaged to my brother’s wife—which makes him public enemy number one.

Our families hate each other.
No one can know what we did.
If any of my four older brothers find out, they will run him out of town.

And still…I want him.

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REVIEW: WRIGHT KIND OF TROUBLE is the seventh instalment and part 1 in KA Linde’s contemporary, adult WRIGHT VINEYARD erotic, romance storyline focusing on attorney and billionaire businessman Chase Sinclair, and Harley Wright. WRIGHT KIND OF TROUBLE can be read as a stand alone but for back story and cohesion, I recommend reading the series in order. WRIGHT KIND OF TROUBLE runs parallel to, and crosses over with the events of the previous instalments.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Chase and Harley) covering approximately three years, WRIGHT KIND OF TROUBLE follows the forbidden relationship between our story line couple. Chase Sinclair’s ex wife Anne, met and fell in love with Harley’s half brother Julian, and in the ensuing time the Wright family remained at war with the Sinclairs. At the wedding of Julian and Anne, Chase Sinclair would meet Julian’s half-sister Harley Wright, a woman he would come to learn was ten years his junior. One night together ended with Chase pushing Harley out of his life but for three years they would find themselves pulled into one another’s orbit, never forgetting about the one that got away. With Harley’s college graduation fast approaching, our couple had to make a decision about their future, a future that may or may not involve one another. What ensues is the building romance and forbidden relationship between Chase and Harley, and the potential fall-out when the truth about their affair is revealed.

The world building focuses on the three year, on again off again relationship between our story line couple. Chase made a vow to wait three years before claiming our heroine as his own but the heart wanted more with every encounter. Keeping their relationship a secret meant the possibility of destroying Harley’s relationship with all of her brothers, a relationship that was predicated upon secrets and lies.

The relationship between Chase and Harley begins as a one-night stand in which Chase and Harley must keep their affair a secret from family and friends. Chase refuses to cross the proverbial line knowing the war between families continues to burn, and his love for Harley may threaten his future. The $ex scenes are intimate and passionate with the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

There is a large ensemble cast of colorful, familiar and charismatic secondary and supporting characters including most of the Wright extended family of siblings, half siblings, spouses, and spurned lovers and friends.

WRIGHT KIND OF TROUBLE is a story of forbidden love, secrets and lies, family and relationships, acceptance and forgiveness. The fasts paced premise is captivating, entertaining and intense; the romance is seductive and provocative; the characters are determined, desperate and stubborn. WRIGHT KIND OF TROUBLE ends on a cliff hanger-you have been warned.

 

Previous reviews
A Wright Christmas
One Wright Stand
Wright With Benefits
Serves Me Wright
Wright Rival
Wright That Got Away
All The Wright Moves
Wright Together

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Reviewed by Sandy

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K.A. Linde is the USA Today bestselling author of the Avoiding Series, Wrights, and more than thirty other novels. She has a Masters degree in political science from the University of Georgia, was the head campaign worker for the 2012 presidential campaign at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and served as the head coach of the Duke University dance team. She loves reading fantasy novels, binge-watching Supernatural, traveling, and dancing in her spare time.

She currently lives in Lubbock, Texas, with her husband and two super-adorable puppies.

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Wright Together (Wright World) by KA Linde-review tour

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Wright Together (Wright World: Wright Vineyard 6) by KA Linde-review tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date November 28, 2023

Whitton Wright is too good to be true.
And I learned long ago that things that are too good to be true…usually are.
When he danced into my life, I accepted that this wasn’t going anywhere. He’s tall as sin with a tailored suit on his immaculate body, and full of charm, saying just the right thing to get me to melt. There’s no way that he could be real.
Not for a girl like me.
In Lubbock, Texas, Wrights are royalty. Even the illegitimate son of an exiled Wright is treated like a king. Especially when Whitt falls right into place in a job he was born for.
The only thing I was born into was a double wide and a life of good-byes.
Which is how I know he’ll be the same as all the others.
Until he isn’t.
Until he saves me.
And I start to wonder if maybe too good to be true isn’t a lie.
But my downfall nonetheless…

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REVIEW:WRIGHT TOGETHER is the sixth instalment in KA Linde’s contemporary, adult WRIGHT VINEYARD erotic, romance series, set in the author’s Wright World. This is Wright Construction businessman Whitton Wright, and real estate agent Eve Houston’s story line. WRIGHT TOGETHER can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous instalments is revealed where necessary.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Whit and Eve) WRIGHT TOGETHER follows the second chance (of sorts) relationship between our story line couple. Whit and Eve knew one another from the previous summer but Whit wanted something more, and Eve didn’t do relationships or happily ever afters. A new promotion with Wright Construction brought Whit from Seattle to Lubbock Texas, where he will be find himself working side by side with the woman he has starred in his fantasies and dreams but both had a questionable family history, that shaped the persons they had become, and the past was about to come full circle threatening their growing love for one another. What ensues is the building romance and relationship between Whit and Eve, and the potential fall-out the demons from the past, refuse to let go.

The world building focuses on several pathways including Eve’s bitter family relationships, and a sister who is struggling with a direction in life; as well as Whit’s father’s betrayal and infidelity that has affected his children one way or another.

The relationship between Eve and Whit is one of second chances but Eve continues to be troubled by her past, and Whit continues to want something more. Eve’s contract with Wright Construction is coming to an end, and she must reconsider her path going forward. As Eve and Whit’s relationship moves to the next level, the past returns threatening Eve’s long fought struggle with her past reputation. The $ex scenes are intimate and passionate but I struggle with the use of a certain four-letter word.

There is a large ensemble cast of colorful and familiar secondary and supporting characters many of whom we have met in the previous story lines including Whit’s siblings. We are introduced to Jensen Wright’s estranged son Cole, and Eve’s sister Bailey.

WRIGHT TOGETHER is a story of betrayal and struggle, family and friendships, relationships and love. The premise is captivating, gripping and intriguing; the romance is flirtatious and seductive; the characters are determined and dynamic.

Previous reviews
A Wright Christmas
One Wright Stand
Wright With Benefits
Serves Me Wright
Wright Rival
Wright That Got Away
All The Wright Moves

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Reviewed by Sandy

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K.A. Linde is the USA Today bestselling author of the Avoiding Series, Wrights, and more than thirty other novels. She has a Masters degree in political science from the University of Georgia, was the head campaign worker for the 2012 presidential campaign at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and served as the head coach of the Duke University dance team. She loves reading fantasy novels, binge-watching Supernatural, traveling, and dancing in her spare time.

She currently lives in Lubbock, Texas, with her husband and two super-adorable puppies.

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House of Gods (Royal Houses 4) by KA Linde-review tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date October 17 2023

On the other side of a portal, Kerrigan Argon lands in the home of the gods–alone.

She’s lost everything: Her family. Her magic. Her world.

Even her dark Fae prince, Fordham Ollivier, has disappeared. She has no where to turn, and no idea how to survive in this new world.

The first kind face in the crowd gives Kerrigan hope. Until her would-be helpers, kidnap and deliver her into a new kind of hell and the only chance to get home–the gladiator ring.

Win the gladiator tournament and receive a gift from the gods.

Kerrigan is determined to gain that boon to save her people.

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REVIEW:Fourth book in this amazing series. You won’t really be able to read this book without reading the others first, it will make more sense to read in order.

Book four starts where we left book three (House of Curses) ….

Kerrigan and Ford reemerge from a portal to find out they’ve come out in her mothers land!! (I’d like to say more, but I don’t want to spoil anything)

Then Kerrigan tries fighting her way back to her own realm and people (and that’s when it gets interesting)

If your looking for a recap, it’s best you go back and read through book three (which was what I did) we don’t get bogged down with previous information (which in this case would have been helpful, as it’s been a while since book three was released)

I couldn’t put it down once I started. The action is fast. The words just flow off the page and into a wonderful read. (I’d watch them if ever considered for a series or set of films)

This plays with all of your emotions. We meet new and old friends, new allies are formed. Betrayal/battles/twists and turns. Heartbreaking moments that will have you reaching for the tissues ?and a family reunion that could have gone either way!!

I loved the gladiator battle, very descriptive (almost a Russel Crowe moment) Felt sad that Kerrigan is without her magic at the moment, and you kept hoping she’d find it. But instead we watch as she overcomes her lack of magic, Kerrigan is nothing but resourceful.

The ending came far too quick, and now we have to wait for the next book.

It’s not a cliffhanger ending, but it does set us up for I’m assuming the last battle and book.

And I can’t wait.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews
House of Dragons
House of Shadows
House of Curses

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Reviewed by Julie B ?

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K.A. Linde is the USA Today bestselling author of the Avoiding Series, Wrights, and more than thirty other novels. She has a Masters degree in political science from the University of Georgia, was the head campaign worker for the 2012 presidential campaign at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and served as the head coach of the Duke University dance team. She loves reading fantasy novels, binge-watching Supernatural, traveling, and dancing in her spare time.

She currently lives in Lubbock, Texas, with her husband and two super-adorable puppies.

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Cruel Kiss / Cruel King (Cruel Series) by KA Linde -review tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date March 28, 2023

The most eligible bachelor in New York City just asked me to be his fake fiancé.

Gavin King is six and a half feet of delectable billionaire with a devil’s smile that says he knows exactly what he’s going to do to me later. Because he has.

Three years ago, I caught him in the shower and promptly fell into his bed. But neither of us were relationship material. Not to mention I’d just broken up with his best friend.

Now, I’m back in the city and he has a plan:

Go to his cousin’s wedding.
Convince his family that he’s not an eternal bachelor.
Post a huge elaborate break up later.

With those big puppy dog eyes begging me to agree, claiming I’m the only one who can pull it off, I say yes. What could go wrong? Other than pulling it off so successfully that the line between real and fake blurs.

When my family flips the whole script, I can’t see a way out. And I’m starting to wonder if I even want one.

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REVIEW: CRUEL KING is the seventh instalment in KA Linde’s contemporary, adult CRUEL erotic, romance series focusing on a tight knit group of connected, powerful and well-to-do friends in the Upper East Side of New York City.. This is billionaire businessman Gavin King, and plastic surgeon Whitley Bowen. CRUEL KING can be read as a stand alone but I recommend reading the novella /short story CRUEL KISS (review below) in which Gavin and Whitley first get together.

SOME BACKGROUND: Three years earlier, Whitley Bowen had just broken up with her boyfriend Robert minutes before they set out on their Puerto Rican vacation. Whitley wasn’t feeling their relationship, and when Robert backed out of the group vacation, our heroine took a stand announcing she was going alone. Hoping fro a vacation fling, Whitley never expected to find herself with Robert’s best friend Gavin King, the man who has lusted after Whitley from afar. Gavin King wanted something more from Whitley Bowen, but Whitley ran without looking back.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Gavin and Whitley) CRUEL KING fast forwards the series approximately three years. Dr. Whitley Bowen has accepted a position in New York bringing her back to the friends she left behind including the man who had stolen her heart but with the approach of wedding season, Whitley finds herself the pretend girlfriend and fiance of Gavin King, the man she left behind without looking back. Gavin King never forgot about the woman that ran after their weekend in Puerto Rico but needing a plus one for a family wedding pushed Gavin to claim Whitley as his heart and his future. Everything begins to spiral out of control when both families begin preparations for our couple’s eventual nuptials, preparations fast forwarded with the announcement of an ill family member. What ensues is the fake engagement and building relationship between Gavin and Whitley, and the potential fall-out when the families discover everything began as a ruse.

The relationship between Gavin and Whitley begins as a vacation fling that ends with Whitley walking away.Three years will pass before Whitley arrives back in New York, surprising everyone including the man she left behind. Gavin has never forgotten about the woman who stole his heart but Whitley struggles with what happened and why. The $ex scenes are passionate and seductive without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

All of the previous story line couples return as secondary and supporting characters:Camden and Katherine, Anna and Court, Larkin and Sam, and Whitley’s ex Robert and his new girlfriend Harmony. We are introduced to both Gavin’s parents Julianne and Edmond King, and Whitley’s parents Cynthia and Walter Bowen, as well as Whitley’s brother Wyatt, and the return of Penn and Natalie. There is some family drama with Gavin’s cousin Margaret, and Micah and Merritt Locke.

CRUEL KING is a story of secrets and lies, passion and understanding, forgiveness and love. The premise is entertaining and satisfying; the romance is provocative and intense; the characters are numerous and charismatic.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews
One Cruel Night
Cruel Money
Cruel Fortune
Cruel Legacy
Cruel Truth aka The Lying Season
Cruel Desire aka The Hating Season
Cruel Marriage

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Reviewed by Sandy

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CRUEL KISS
(Cruel World 6.5)
by KA Linde
Genre: adult, contemporary, erotic, romance

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date March 7, 2023

Gavin King is not boyfriend material.

And neither am I.

That’s how our friendship works. We flirt and tease and joke, but at the end of the day, playing wingman is preferable to risking my heart.

Until I break up with my boyfriend the day that I leave for a two-week Caribbean vacation. And Gavin and I are the only single people on the island.

But remember that boyfriend I dumped?

Yeah, it’s his best friend.

The last thing I want to do is come between friends. And I swore the green eyes, wicked dimple, and chiseled body weren’t enough to convince me. But then I caught him in the shower…and he said he was thinking about me.

Now, I can’t stop picturing what I saw.

Maybe my ex doesn’t ever have to know.

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REVIEW: CRUEL KISS is the contemporary adult erotic prequel to KA Linde’s instalment seven CRUEL KING focusing on Gavin King and Whitley Bowen. Some of the events of CRUEL KISS cross over with, and run parallel to some of the events of Cruel Marriage (6)

Told from dual first person perspectives (Gavin and Whitley) CRUEL KISS takes place three years prior to the events of CRUEL KING. Whitley Bowen had just broken up with her boyfriend Robert minutes before set out on their Puerto Rican vacation. Whitley wasn’t feeling their relationship, and when Robert backed out of the group vacation, Whitley took a stand announcing she was going alone. Hoping fro a vacation fling, Whitley never expected to find herself with Robert’s best friend Gavin King, the man who has lusted after Whitley from afar. As Whitley continues to struggle with her attraction to Gavin King, Gavin is hoping to continue their fling upon their return home.

The relationship between Gavin and Whitley is a friends to lovers in the wake of Whitley breaking up with boyfriend Robert. Whitley doesn’t want a rebound relationship but Gavin’s heart is hoping for more. the $ex scenes are intimate, erotic and passionate without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

All of the previous story line couples return as secondary and supporting characters:Camden and Katherine, Anna and Court, Larkin and Sam, and Whitley’s ex Robert.

CRUEL KISS is a fast paced, quick read that sets the tone and back story for CRUEL KING. the premise is entertaining and captivating; the characters are familiar and charismatic.

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Reviewed by Sandy

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K.A. Linde is the USA Today bestselling author of the Avoiding Series, Wrights, and more than thirty other novels. She has a Masters degree in political science from the University of Georgia, was the head campaign worker for the 2012 presidential campaign at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and served as the head coach of the Duke University dance team. She loves reading fantasy novels, binge-watching Supernatural, traveling, and dancing in her spare time.

She currently lives in Lubbock, Texas, with her husband and two super-adorable puppies.

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Wait for Always (Coastal Chronicles 4) by KA Linde-review tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date January 17, 2023

Ash Talmadge is everything I shouldn’t want.

My brother’s best friend. A too charismatic, too attractive Southern gentleman. And obsessed with someone else.

But she’s finally out of the picture. I put two years between their break up just to be sure. This is finally my chance.

His focus is all on me. Exactly where I wanted it to be since high school when he saved me from humiliation. And after college when he finally realized I was more than just his best friend’s little sister.

There’s only one person who could ruin this for me.

I’ve waited this long.

I’m willing to wait for always.

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REVIEW:WAIT FOR ALWAYS is the fourth instalment in KA Linde’s contemporary, adult COASTAL CHRONICLES erotic, romance series. This is businessman Ash Talmadge, and fashion designer/boutique owner Amelia Ballentine’s story line. WAIT FOR ALWAYS can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty but I recommend reading book one HOLD THE FOREVERS where Ash Talmadge’s story begins. WAIT FOR ALWAYS follows several timelines crossing over with all of the previous instalments.

NOTE: For fans of KA Linde, there is a slight cross over with the author’s CRUEL Series. If you have not read the Coastal Chronicles series or book one, there may be spoilers in my review.

Told from first person perspective (Amelia) jumping between several timelines WAIT FOR ALWAYS follows the acrimonious romance and relationship between Ash Talmadge and Amelia Ballantine. Amelia Ballantine has been in love with her brother’s best friend Ash Talmadge for as long as she can remember but an errant kiss would break her heart when she watched from the sidelines as Ash Talmadge fell in love with someone else. Life, loves, heart break and betrayals would continue to push Ash and Amelia together but through it all, Ash struggled to move on from the one that got away. What ensues is the back and forth, building romance and relationship between Amelia and Ash, and the potential fall-out as the past continues to control our story line hero.

Ash Talmadge has lusted after his best friend’s sister, a young woman two years younger but a woman who had yet to experience the world. Walking, falling, dropping or crashing in and out of one another’s lives for years, would pull at the heart but none more so than our story line heroine. Amelia watched from afar as Ash’s life imploded, as he continued to pine for a woman who had fallen in love with someone else, while Amelia battled between head and heart knowing she had given her love to a man who loved someone else.

The relationship between Ash and Amelia is fraught with palpable sexual and emotional attraction. Ash struggles to move on from the woman he claimed he would always loved, while Amelia realized she would never experience the love she so wanted from Ash. The $ex scenes are intimate, passionate and seductive without the use of over the top sexually graphic language and text.

The secondary and supporting characters include all of the previous story line couples, as well as Amelia’s father Doug, his wife Kathy, and Amelia’s mother. There is history between businessman Nolan Holden and Amelia’s cousin Marina-here’s hoping the author has plans for their story.

WAIT FOR ALWAYS is an emotional story of family and relationships, denial and grief, love and heart break, acceptance and understanding. The premise is captivating and consuming; the romance is emotional and exciting; the characters are struggling, determined and charismatic.

Reading Order and Previous reviews
Hold the Forevers
At First Hate
Second to None

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Reviewed by Sandy

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K.A. Linde is the USA Today bestselling author of the Avoiding Series, Wrights, and more than thirty other novels. She has a Masters degree in political science from the University of Georgia, was the head campaign worker for the 2012 presidential campaign at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and served as the head coach of the Duke University dance team. She loves reading fantasy novels, binge-watching Supernatural, traveling, and dancing in her spare time.

She currently lives in Lubbock, Texas, with her husband and two super-adorable puppies.

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ABOUT THE BOOK: RElease Date October 18, 2022

Against all odds, Kerrigan Argon passed her dragon training. She’s now an official member of the Society. Everything should be well. But somehow, nothing is.

Her dark prince, Fordham Ollivier, has disappeared in hopes to beak his curse.

An unwanted wedding looms in her future.

And the council election draws ever nearer. An election that she’s been unceremoniously nominated for.

If all of that wasn’t enough, the Red Masks, an anti-half Fae, anti-human terrorist organization, are gaining ground. All because they have a spy inside the mountain, inside the Society itself.

Someone is leading these monsters.

And Kerrigan is determined to stop them at all costs.

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REVIEW::  This is the third book in the series, and the series definitely needs to be read in order. We do get a little background from the previous books, but it’s more to refresh the memory. And it doesn’t get too bogged down with the past books.

Kerrigan has made it!

Against all the odds stacked against her, she’s now a dragon rider. But not without loss and sacrifice made by Kerrigan, and just when she thought things couldn’t get any worse, now she has to marry the enemy! Her friends although loyal are few and far between. Ford is missing (her one true love left saying it was safer for her!) The red masks are still a problem for Kerrigan (it’s an organisation filled with beings who hate half breeds) they are hooking followers and power, they are becoming a force to be reckoned with!

Kerrigan has grown in power, she’s a force to be feared, but her fears for her friends and Ford have her not tapping into her potential power. Her marriage should have been a happy time, but she’s not marrying Ford! The council have decreed she marry an enemy! Something has to be done. Who can she turn to?

I’m really enjoying this book as it’s low on steam (just one dream moment) but filled to the brim with action. The story is largely told by Kerrigan, but we get little snippets from the villains in this story and a few other characters in the book. I’m not a huge fan as it slows the book down, but in some cases it does lend to the story.

We have turns/twists and more betrayal for poor Kerrigan to deal with!
How will she survive the next battle?

We will have to wait a whole year for the next book to find out….

A highly recommended book/series.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews
House of Dragons
House of Shadows

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Reviewed by Julie B ?

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K.A. Linde is the USA Today bestselling author of the Avoiding Series, Wrights, and more than thirty other novels. She has a Masters degree in political science from the University of Georgia, was the head campaign worker for the 2012 presidential campaign at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and served as the head coach of the Duke University dance team. She loves reading fantasy novels, binge-watching Supernatural, traveling, and dancing in her spare time.

She currently lives in Lubbock, Texas, with her husband and two super-adorable puppies.

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date August 30, 2022

Maddox Nelson is the only boy I’ve ever loved.

And the only one to break my heart.

I thought I was over that long ago. After drowning the heartbreak in two failed marriages, I should want safe and easy, and Maddox is nothing but complicated.

Now that I’m back home in Savannah, I can’t deny the pull toward him. He’s the grumpy to my sunshine, the introvert to my extrovert, the uncompromising to my go with the flow. But years of friendship, love, and tangled lust binds us together in the city where it all began.

When heat flies between us, he makes it clear that we already had our chance. Both of us should move on.

Except I’m no longer okay with that idea.

I’ll prove to him that I come second to none.

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REVIEW:SECOND TO NONE is the third instalment in KA Linde’s contemporary, adult COASTAL CHRONICLES erotic, romance series. This is actress Josephine ‘Josie’ Reynolds, and designer Maddox Nelson’s story line. SECOND TO NONE can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary.

Told from first person perspective (Josie) using present day and memories from the past, cover several years in the life of our heroine, SECOND TO NONE follows the acrimonious and heart breaking relationship between Josie and Maddox. Josie is best friends with Maddox’s twin sister Marley but Marley had made Josie promise never to date her brother. The attraction between Maddox and Josie was palpable, and throughout the years Josie and Maddox would get together, break up, and eventually destroy one another’s hearts. Josie had always wanted to be a movie director but her first attempt was a disaster, and an offer to audition for a television show, would make our heroine a star. Maddox, jealous of Josie’s direction in life, a direction that no longer included our story line hero, went on to become an academy award winning set designer something of which Josie was proud. Fast forward to present day wherein Josie has been called back to Savannah Georgia, in an effort to film a movie finalizing the television show that was such a success but our heroine never expected to come face to face with her soulmate, the man who destroyed her heart years before. Enter Maddox Nelson. What ensues is the rebuilding romance and relationship between Maddox and Josie, as our couple must come to terms with the past, paving way for a possible future for our story line couple.

Meanwhile, Josie has been estranged from her mother since she was twelve years old. Having lived with her father, a struggling artist, Josie never understood why her mother had abandoned our heroine for what appeared to be bigger and better things but her mother’s journal would reveal the truth, a truth that would bring Josie closer to her family, and to the success she once had.

The relationship between Josie and Maddox is an emotional roller coaster as our couple are constantly pushing one another away. Maddox and Josie have never stopped loving one another but they were often in different places at different times, and Maddox struggled with Josie’s success in the face of his own. Their rekindling relationship, brought together by forced proximity in the world of movie making, finds Josie looking back, wondering where everything went wrong. 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 and energetic secondary and supporting characters many of whom we have met throughout the series. We are introduced to Josie’s mother Rebecca, and her father Charles. Ash and Amelia’s story is next in WAIT FOR ALWAYS.

SECOND TO NONE is a complex and detailed story of family, friendships, relationships, secrets and love. The premise is captivating ; the romance is seductive and intense; the characters are charismatic and dynamic-the back and forth frenetic friendships remind me of the cast of FRIENDSâ„¢ without the humor or laugh track.

Reading Order and Previous reviews
Hold the Forevers
At First Hate

Copy supplied for review

Reviewed by Sandy

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K.A. Linde is the USA Today bestselling author of the Avoiding Series, Wrights, and more than thirty other novels. She has a Masters degree in political science from the University of Georgia, was the head campaign worker for the 2012 presidential campaign at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and served as the head coach of the Duke University dance team. She loves reading fantasy novels, binge-watching Supernatural, traveling, and dancing in her spare time.

She currently lives in Lubbock, Texas, with her husband and two super-adorable puppies.

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