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A Wright Christmas by KA Linde-Review Tour

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A Wright Christmas by KA Linde-Review Tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date November 17, 2020

At seventeen, I left Isaac Donoghue behind to become a professional ballerina.

When I return home to dance in the Nutcracker, I never expect to run into him. Let alone on my first day in town. I can’t help but admire him in a crisp suit with his toned soccer body, chiseled jaw line, and all too familiar piercing green eyes. I thought nothing could surprise me more.

Until his five year old daughter runs out of the ballet studio.

I’m only in town for a month. I shouldn’t get involved with anyone, especially the ex I’ve been pining after for years. Especially when he has a daughter to consider.

But where Isaac is concerned, I’ve never been able to stay away.

With the help of some Christmas magic, maybe we finally have a shot at our second chance.

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REVIEW:A WRIGHT CHRISTMAS by KA Linda is a contemporary, stand alone, holiday romance story line set in the author’s Wright World series. This is Wright Construction project manager and single father Isaac Donoghue, and New York City Ballet prima ballerina Peyton Medina’s story line. A WRIGHT CHRISTMAS can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary. Many of the previous story line couples cross over for cohesion and familiarity.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Peyton and Isaac) A WRIGHT CHRISTMAS follows the second chance romance between Wright Construction project manager and single father Isaac Donoghue, and New York City Ballet prima ballerina Peyton Medina’. Fifteen years earlier, Peyton Medina destroyed Isaac Donaghue’s heart when she left Lubbock Texas to pursue a career as professional ballerina. Fast forward to present day wherein Peyton has been invited to star in Lubbock’s holiday presentation of the Nutcracker, and with it, the possibility of facing the man she has never stopped loving. Enter Isaac Donaghue. What ensues is the rebuilding romance and relationship between Isaac and Peyton, and the potential fall-out as Peyton’s time in Texas comes to a close.

Isaac Donaghue is a single father who lost his wife five years earlier but our hero has never stopped loving the only woman who has ever broken his heart, and with her return meant the possibility of a second chance with Peyton Medina. Peyton never expected to fall hard for the man whose heart she destroyed but an emergency return to New York broke something in Peyton, as she struggled between head and heart, and the career she has focused on all of her life.

The relationship between Peyton and Isaac is one of second chances: a rekindling romance between two people whose relationship was destroyed when Peyton left to pursue her career, and Isaac was offered the chance at a soccer scholarship. Isaac had never stopped loving our story line heroine but Peyton had no plans to return to Lubbock or Isaac. The $ex scenes are limited but passionate.

There is a large ensemble cast of secondary and supporting characters including several couples from the previous instalment in the Wright World series. We are introduced to Isaac’s five year old daughter Aly, as well as his sister Annie; Peyton’s siblings Piper and Peter, Piper’s roommate Blaire, their parents, and grandmother; LBC artistic director Kathy Brown, and several young hopeful ballerinas and dancers.

A WRIGHT CHRISTMAS is a sweet and sexy story of second chances. The premise is realistic and spirited: the romance is seductive and tender; the characters are sassy, imaginative and dynamic. A WRIGHT CHRISTMAS is a wonderful and impassioned tale for your holiday reading.

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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 Dragons (Royal Houses #1) by KA Linde-Review Tour

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House of Dragons (Royal Houses #1) by KA Linde-Review Tour

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Royal Houses series with House of Dragons: the story of Kerrigan Argon, a half-Fae, half-human as she seeks her place in an unforgiving world filled with magic, mayhem, and romance.

Ten years ago, half-Fae, half human Kerrigan Argon was discreetly dropped off onto the steps of Draco Mountain with nothing but a note. Her life changes completely as she’s swept into the care of the House of Dragons—an elite training program for gifted Fae.

On the year of her seventeenth name day, each student will be chosen by one of the twelve tribes of Alandria to enter society.

Everyone is chosen, except Kerrigan.

So, she strikes a bargain with the Dragon Society: convince a tribe to select her or give up her birthright forever.

With the unlikeliest of allies—Fordham Ollivier, the cursed Fae prince, who escaped his dark throne—she has to chart her own destiny to reshape the world.

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REVIEW: I hadn’t heard of the authors that are compared to this book (but I did look on google and liked what I’d read) YA (Young Adult) books aren’t usually my thing, I’ve read a few, and they’ve been ok. But I did like the back cover…..

Twelve Tribes of Alandria had been split into four groups. The Society rules over everyone. Woodloch to the West, their magic is used for might (war) Viland to the East, their magic is for the good of the people (medicine) Moran to the South their magic is basically useless!!! And Tosin the magic they wield is for everyday tasks (efficiency)

Kerrigan hopes that when she’s selected her life will finally be better. But that doesn’t happen! She can’t understand why, but Kerrigan isn’t going to let non selection stop her from getting what she wants. Kerrigan has always had to fight for what she’s wanted. Being dumped as a baby was bad enough, but she’s half human, half Fae! The half breeds have been persecuted for as long as anyone can remember.

Fighting for money is the only way she can survive. But unlike most half breeds, Kerrigan can use all four elements of magic, she just doesn’t tell anyone. Kerrigan also has visions, not many, but enough to worry her! And she has an affinity with the dragons, she loves them and her, but she won’t miss cleaning them out!

I liked her band of friends, they all seemed to lend something to the the book. And I’m hoping we get to see more of them through the series.

Prince Fordham Ollivier, is not a nice person, he looks down on Kerrigan, and with the slur of her birth constantly on his tongue. I really don’t like him! But with the hate/hate relationship between Kerrigan and Fordham, you know it’s going to change, and it does eventually….

That was a good read. The start of a series is always tricky, giving enough background without getting too bogged down, and leaving enough for future books.

There are a lot of characters (loved the pronunciation of the characters in the front of the book) I did feel just a little overwhelmed remembering who was who and what they did (notes were needed) ? There are Red Masks (hate group who want half breeds and humans dead!) Kerrigan is a fighter, I liked her spirit. Fordham is totally different from what I thought he’d be….

So without giving too much away, Kerrigan is facing choices at almost every turn. There are factions working to keep Kerrigan away from dragons. Her magic is unstable, but she’s working on that. Throw in dragons, danger, a few twists and the beginning of a love story and you have a pretty good read.

It also ends on a little cliffhanger, so I’m definitely interested in the next book.

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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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The Breaking Season -Cruel Marriage by KA Linde-Review Tour

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The Breaking Season aka Cruel Marriage (Seasons #3) by KA Linde-Review Tour

 

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date July 21, 2020

I signed on the dotted line. A marriage contract to seal my union with the devil.

I thought I knew what I was doing. His money and name were mine for the taking. But Camden Percy always gets exactly what he wants. And what he wants is me—my body, my obedience, my surrender.

He wants to break me.

But I’m Katherine Van Pelt. I’ll never break. I’ll never beg. I’ll never give in.

Except I promised him one more thing—a baby. A Percy heir.

There’s no way out of this one. Either I comply or lose everything. Do I risk the husband I’m just learning to love or is this my breaking season?

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REVIEW:THE BREAKING SEASON  aka CRUEL MARRIAGE is the third instalment in KA Linde’s contemporary, adult SEASONS erotic, romances series focusing on a group of connected, powerful and well-to-do friends in the Upper East Side of New York City.. This is businessman Camden Percy, and socialite Katherine Van Pelt’s story line. THE BREAKING SEASON can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty but I recommend reading the series in order as their story has been building for several instalments. SEASONS is a spin off from the author’s CRUEL Trilogy where we are first introduced to the players and manipulators of the rich and powerful on the Upper East Side.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Camden and Katherine) THE BREAKING SEASON follows the acrimonious relationship between businessman Camden Percy, and socialite Katherine Van Pelt. Camden Percy and Katherine Van Pelt are a married couple. Katherine’s father destroyed his family, and in the ensuing aftermath Camden offered Katherine a contract to save face, and prevent the family from falling from disgrace but Katherine’s struggling relationship with Camden is fraught with anger, miscommunication, jealousy, and perceived betrayal including the possibility of infidelity in body and heart. With their one year anniversary on the horizon, Camden demands Katherine honor the terms of their contract but not all is well in Katherine’s life. As Camden continues to do battle with his father at work, Katherine’s emotional and physical health slowly spirals out of control. What ensues is the tempestuous and heart breaking relationship between Camden and Katherine, and the potential fall-out as the sins of the father begin to pull Camden under, and Katherine struggles with issues of control.

Katherine and Camden’s marriage of convenience is a bone of contention between one another and their friends. Katherine has been miserable since her father’s destruction of the family’s finances, and Camden’s love for Katherine is masked by the anger and frustrations of a man who refuses to give in or give up. The bitter altercations and accusations are heart breaking and painful. The $ex scenes are intimate and intense, without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

There is a large ensemble cast of colorful and familiar secondary and supporting characters including all of the previous story line couples: Sam and Larkin (The Lying Season), Anna English and Court Kensington (The Hating Season) , Penn Kensington and his wife Natalie ; Whitley Bowen, Gavin King, Robert Dawson, : Camden’s sisters Candice and Harmony, and their father Carlyle, as well as Katherine’s mother, and Camden’s ex Fiona.

THE BREAKING SEASON (Cruel Marriage) is an intense story of family, friendships, betrayal and trust. The emotional premise is edgy ; the characters are wounded, sassy, spirited and lost; the romance is provocative seductive yet tender.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews

The Lying Season
The Hating Season

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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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The Hating Season aka Cruel Desire by KA Linde-Review Tour

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The Hating Season aka Cruel Desire (Seasons #2) by KA Linde-Review Tour

 

 

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date April 28, 2020

Court Kensington is a thorn in my side.

I’m hired to clean up his badboy image, which would’ve been easy if my life wasn’t falling apart.

First, I catch my movie star husband having an affair with his co-star. Then when I return to work, my job is at stake, because Court has gotten himself into trouble…again.

Instead of getting him back in line, I find myself falling for his charm. And into his bed. And against the wall. And, and, and…

Except Kensington charm shouldn’t work on me. Not when I’ve sworn to never ever sleep with a client.

I had good intentions.
I really did.
But we all know the road to hell is paved with good intentions.

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REVIEW:THE HATING SEASON (Cruel Desire) is the second full-length instalment in K.A. Linde’s contemporary adult SEASONS erotic, romance series focusing on a group of connected, powerful and well-to-do friends in the Upper East Side of New York City. This is publicist / fixer Anna English (who prefers to go by English), and bad boy/heir to the Kensington dynasty Court Kensington. THE HATING SEASON can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary but I recommend reading the series in order for back story and history. Court Kensington’s story begins in The Lying Season.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Court and English) THE HATING SEASON follows in the aftermath of a public relations nightmare wherein Court Kensington’s ex-girlfriend has been accused and arrested in a multi-million dollar fraud scheme just weeks prior to Court’s mother’s run for political office. In an effort to clean up Court’s reputation, and redirect his involvement with the financial fraud, Mayor Leslie Kensington hires LA publicist Anna English to keep her wayward son out of trouble. What ensues is the building romance and relationship between English and Court, and the fall-out as issues of trust, and a second betrayal push English out of Court Kensington’s life.

Anna English knows heart break and betrayal first hand but never expected to rebound with her most recent client. Court Kensington struggles both personally and professionally in the wake of his more recent scandal but ‘working’ with Anna English is no longer a black and white issue but slowly blurring the lines of why she was hired.

The relationship between English and Court begins as a business arrangement, an arrangement of which Court wants no part. He doesn’t need a babysitter or a professional make-over but something about English draws Court like a moth to a flame, a flame that is about to burn out and spiral. The $ex scenes are intimate, erotic 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 including Larkin and Sam (The Lying Season), Gavin King, Camden Percy and his wife Katherine Van Pelt, and Whitley Bowen. WE are introduced to socialite Poppy Arlington, billionaire Robert Dawson, English’s sister Taylor, her father Joe and step-mother Ashley, as well as English’s ex- husband Josh.

THE HATING SEASON is a story of family , friendships, betrayal and heart break. The fast paced premise is entertaining, inviting and engaging; the characters are energetic, animated and sassy; the romance is seductive, provocative and captivating. THE HATING SEASON is a wonderful, dramatic and intense look at the powerful elite, and the fall-out of too much, too soon.

Click HERE for Sandy’s review of book one THE LYING SEASON

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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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The Lying Season aka Cruel Truth by K.A.Linde-Review Tour

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The Lying Season aka Cruel Truth by K.A.Linde-Review Tour

 

 

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date February 4, 2020

Walking away from Sam Rutherford was the hardest thing I’ve ever done.

It’s been five years since that day, and I’ve given up on looking for love. My focus is on my career. And it’s paid off—I’m successfully managing the reelection for the mayor of New York City.

Then Sam walks into my office as the new legal counsel. Which means I have to see him every single day from now until November. We vow to remain professional, but it’s a small office. The sly glances and his blistering charm are unavoidable.

It all feels so familiar. Too comfortable. After what happened the first time…I should know better.

If I’m not careful, he’ll break my heart all over again.

And I don’t know if I can survive Sam a second time.

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REVIEW:THE LYING SEASON by K.A. Linde is a contemporary, adult, stand alone, erotic, romance story line focusing on attorney and campaign assistant Larkin ‘Lark’ St. Vincent, and attorney Sam Rutherford.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Lark and Sam) THE LYING SEASON follows the rekindling romance between former lovers campaign assistant Larkin ‘Lark’ St. Vincent, and attorney Sam Rutherford. Five years earlier Lark and Sam’s relationship imploded but Lark never expected to come face to face with her past working for New York Mayor Leslie Kensington. As the re-election campaign headed into the finals months and weeks, Lark would struggle between head and heart knowing the last time she and Sam were together, it destroyed the woman she once was. What ensues is the rebuilding relationship and romance between Lark and Sam, and the potential fall-out as office politics push Sam and Lark apart, and Sam’s past comes looking for a second chance.

Larkin St. Vincent grew up wealthy; a part of the St. Vincent dynasty but our heroine never wanted to ride on her family coat tails, instead she was hoping to make it on her own. A disastrous breakup five years earlier weighs heavily on Larkin’s mind, yet she continues to struggle with feelings and emotions of the fateful demise. Sam Rutherford had no idea that Larkin St. Vincent worked for the Mayor’s re-election campaign. Fresh from his own breakup, Sam battles between head and heart knowing a rebound relationship would do neither one any good.

Meanwhile, the Mayor’s son Court Kensington is making news headlines of his own. Not wanting her son to affect her re-election campaign, Leslie Kensington hires a friend of Lark’s, Anna English, to ‘fix’ what her son doesn’t want to have fixed.

The relationship between Sam and Lark is one of second chances; a forbidden office romance that implodes when the Mayor discovers the truth about their affair. Lark struggles with what happened in the past, as Sam believes a different story about what happened and why. The $ex scenes are intimate, erotic and intense, without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

There is a large ensemble cast of colorful secondary and supporting characters including several of Larkin’s childhood friends, friends that come from wealth and power- the elite family’s of the Upper East Side. We are introduced to fixer Anna English; Court Kensington and his crew: Gavin King, Camden Percy; Lark’s friends Katherine Van Pelt and Whitley Bowen.

THE LYING SEASON is a story of family, friendships, power and control; of wealth and money; of secrets and lies; of second chances and love. The premise is inviting; the characters are sassy; the romance is spicy and tender. THE LYING SEASON is the introductory story line in K.A. Linde’s new series focusing on the friendships and lives of New York’s Upper East Side

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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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BROKEN RECORD (Record #5) by KA Linde-Review tour

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BROKEN RECORD (Record #5) by KA Linde-Review Tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date November 26, 2019

Savannah Maxwell’s life is perfect.

She landed her dream job, is moving to D.C. after graduation, and finally has plans to live with her long-term boyfriend, Easton. Everything is exactly how it should be.

Until the boy next door walks back into her life.

Now, Lucas Atwood is offering her everything she’s ever wanted.

The life she only dreamed of.

How can she choose between the easy love that she thinks she deserves and a second chance with the boy who broke her heart

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REVIEW:  BROKEN RECORD is the fifth instalment in KA Linde’s contemporary, adult RECORD erotic, romance series. This is basketball star Lucas Atwood, and journalism graduate Savannah Maxwell’s story line. BROKEN RECORD can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary. Savannah is Brady Maxwell’s sister (Record #1-3).

Told from dual third person perspectives (Savannah and Lucas) BROKEN RECORD follows the life-long friends to frenemies to lovers relationship between basketball star Lucas Atwood, and journalism graduate Savannah Maxwell. Savannah and Lucas have been best friends for most of their lives but four years earlier Lucas professed his love for his best friend but Savannah feared losing said best friend if things didn’t work out. Going to different colleges meant meeting new people, wherein Savannah will find herself falling in love with someone else. But graduation season meant coming face to face with one another only to discover their back and forth, tempestuous relationship hid a profound love neither one was willing to admit. What ensues is the rebuilding relationship and romance between Savannah and Lucas, and the potential fall-out as jealous, anger and their mutual history of pushing away one another may be a wall too tall to overcome.

Savannah Maxwell thought she had found love but seeing Lucas Atwood brought back too many memories of what was and what may never be. Lucas has never stopped loving Savannah Maxwell, the young woman raised to be a politician’s wife, but a woman whom Lucas wanted more than anyone else.

The relationship between Savannah and Lucas is a friends to lovers, a second chance of sorts between two stubborn and petulant people unable to let go of the past. Savannah struggles between head and heart, and Lucas battles his desire for a woman who is currently with someone else. The $ex scenes are limited but passionate and intense without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

We are reintroduced to Savannah’s brothers Clay and Andrea (Struck from the Record #4), Brady and his wife Liz (Record #1-3), Dylan Gonzalez, her new co-worker at The Washington Post; Savannah’s soon to be ex-boyfriend Easton, and her parents Senator Jeff and Marilyn Maxwell; and Lucas’s brother Chris.

BROKEN RECORD is a story of family, friendships, relationships and love.The character driven premise is fast paced and engaging; the characters are colorful, energetic and lost; the romance is seductive. BROKEN RECORD is an emotional and captivating addition to KA Linde’s RECORD series.

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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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One Cruel Night / Cruel Money (Cruel .5 & #1) by K.A.Linde-Review Tour

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One Cruel Night / Cruel Money (Cruel 5 &  #1) by K.A.Linde-Review Tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date January 22, 2019

She was supposed to be a one night stand.

A way to sate my sexual appetite.

I let her glimpse the man I am. The face that I hide behind my carefully cultivated life. But she ripped open that divide—and there’s no going back.

Now, she’s here. In my city.

I don’t care that I’m Manhattan royalty and she’s the help.

Only that she’s living in my summer home. With me.

And I want more.

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REVIEW: CRUEL MONEY is the first full length instalment in K.A. Linde’s contemporary, adult CRUEL erotic, romance series focusing on twenty-nine year old, philosophy professor Penn Kensington, and twenty-four year old, writer / house-sitter Natalie Bishop.

NOTE: For history and background, I recommend reading the prequel novella ONE CRUEL NIGHT where Natalie Bishop first meets Penn Kensington.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Penn and Natalie) CRUEL MONEY picks up six years after Penn and Natalie’s one-night stand in Paris France. As a struggling writer Natalie works full-time as a house sitter for the rich and famous but never expected to come face to face with her past, a man she hates for his ‘hit it and quit it’ one-night affair. What ensues is the rekindling romance between Natalie and Penn, and the fall-out as betrayal, heart break, secrets and lies push our heroine out of Penn Kensington’s life

CRUEL MONEY is an emotional story of heartache, pain and deception. We are witness to the manipulation and gullibility of a young woman as she is unprepared for the cruelty and vindictiveness of the privileged and uber-rich. An unsuspecting and oblivious pawn, Natalie is the ultimate loser of both her head and her heart.

The secondary and supporting characters are numerous, colorful, manipulative, insensitive and calculating. We are introduced to the ‘Crew’, a group of well-to-do, privileged, and spoiled twenty-something adults who play games with other people’s lives and hearts.

K.A. Linde pulls the reader into an intoxicating train wreck and the emotional fall-out as one woman loses everything and more. The premise is gritty; the romance is fraught with secrets and lies; the characters are animated but broken. CRUEL MONEY ends on a cliff-hanger-you have been warned.

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Reviewed by Sandy

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ONE CRUEL NIGHT
(Cruel .5) by
K.A. Linde
Genre: contemporary, adult, romance

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date January 7, 2019

I spot the mysterious stranger across the party.

I’d seen him in the park, writing furiously in his worn leather notebook.

He’s pure confidence, born and bred in high society with eyes like a hawk—observant, cunning, and wicked. With sensual lips and a body made to worship, he’s exquisite. A work of art.

While I’m young, innocent, and completely out of my depth.

But I’m drawn to him. Captivated by his approach. When he asks for one night, I have only one word for him.

Yes.

One summer in Paris. One night with him. One cruel night.

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REVIEW:ONE CRUEL NIGHT is the introductory novella in K.A. Linde’s contemporary, adult CRUEL erotic, romance series focusing on Penn Kensington, and Natalie Bishop.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Penn and Natalie) ONE CRUEL NIGHT reveals some of the history and background wherein our heroine Natalie Bishop will meet Penn Kensington, on her last night in Paris, France. Following a whirlwind night of romance and $ex, our heroine wakes up to an empty bed, and an empty apartment, having lost her virginity to the ‘perfect’ stranger. Fast forward six years at which point, wanna-be author Natalie struggles to find a place in the world.

ONE CRUEL NIGHT sets the tone for K.A.Linde’s contemporary, adult CRUEL romance series that follows the rekindling relationship between our leading couple. The premise is inviting; the characters are colorful and magnetic; the romance is a one-night seduction of our heroine’s heart.

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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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