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LUCKY STUD (Lucky Alphas 3) by Mallory Crowe -a review

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LUCKY STUD (Lucky Alphas 3) by Mallory Crowe-a review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date February 16, 2022

Sophia Carson’s boss just bought her the hottest bachelor at the charity auction. So why does she feel like she’s the one who is going to pay the price?

Leo West has sins in his past. Sins he never wants to see the light of day. When a shady criminal comes out of the woodwork and threatens Leo’s entire way of life, Leo decides to hit the man where it hurts: his daughter. And if he needs to fix a charity auction to get close to her, that’s what he’ll do.

How hard can it be? All Leo has to do is seduce the sexy Sophia Carson and then he’ll have all the leverage he needs. There’s only one rule in this game of leverage: Don’t fall in love.

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REVIEW:  LUCKY STUD is the third instalment in Mallory Crowe’s contemporary, adult LUCKY ALPHAS erotic, romantic suspense series focusing on a group of former friends from Birdsville, Ohio. This is businessman Leo West, and charity event planner Sophia Carson’s story line. LUCKY STUD can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary. Leo West was first introduced in book one LUCKY LIAR.

Told from dual third person perspectives (Leo and Sophia) LUCKY STUD follows in the aftermath of a charity auction for Children’s Brigade Foundation, a bachelor charity auction in which businessman Leo West, a bachelor contender, sets his sights on Sophia Carson. Sophia Carson has no information about Leo West, a late entry into the fund raiser but a man who sparks our heroine’s interest if only because of Leo’s attempts to flirt. Leo’s desire to be part of the fund raiser has more to do with blackmail and revenge, and Sophia is Leo’s ‘ticket’ to freedom from a shady past. With more than one person after our story line heroine, Leo and Sophia go on the run to exotic places, where Leo finds himself falling for a woman who is willing to sacrifice herself for our story line hero. What ensues is the quick building romance and relationship between Leo and Sophia, and the potential fall-out as Sophia’s past, a past to which she is no longer connected, inadvertently pulls our heroine into the middle of a game of revenge.

The relationship between Leo and Sophia begins as part of a charity auction but mostly predicated upon a lie, and a need to secure vengeance and passage from a dangerous past. Sophia has never been connected to her father’s life but his life is about to place our heroine into the direct line of fire.Sophia is a pawn, and the players see Sophia as the perfect game piece. I am not sure if Sophia is TSTL or playing at being naive but when push comes to shove, she knows exactly what to do in order to survive. The lone $ex scene is intimate but I dislike the use of a certain four-letter word.

The secondary and supporting characters include Sophia’s boss and foundation head Jules Harris, Kellen Brecken, and Leo’s partner in crime, Stella.

LUCKY STUD is a quick read; a fast paced story of power, betrayal, desperation and revenge. The premise is entertaining and intriguing; the romance is fast and furious; the characters are energetic and dynamic.

Reading Order and Previous reviews
Lucky Liar
Lucky Girl

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Reviewed by Sandy

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Lucky Girl (Lucky Alphas #2) by Mallory Crowe-a review

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Lucky Girl (Lucky Alphas #2) by Mallory Crowe-a review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date October 25, 2018

Luck has never been on Harper’s side, but everything will change when she meets the one man she can’t control. He could be the best thing that’s ever happened to her or destroy everything she’s ever worked for. Either way, the game will be fun…

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REVIEW: LUCKY GIRL is the second instalment in Mallory Crowe’s contemporary, adult LUCKY ALPHAS erotic, romantic suspense series focusing on a group of former friends originally from Birdsville, Ohio. This is thirty-three year old, headhunter Harper Sloan, and PI Lucas Stone’s story line. LUCKY GIRL can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information form the previous instalment is revealed where necessary but I recommend reading the series in order for back tory and cohesion as there is an ongoing story line throughout.

SOME BACKGROUND: Years earlier, several friends in Birdsville, Ohio (Wade, Shane, Harper, Sarah and Leo) walked a very tight line between right and wrong, and the ensuing cover up was years in the making. Fast forward to present day wherein someone is trying to take down millionaire Wade Maxium by slowly revealing sins of the past.

Told from dual third person perspectives (Harper and Lucas) LUCKY GIRL follows the building but acrimonious relationship between thirty-three year old, head-hunter Harper Sloan, and PI Lucas Stone. Harper has been tasked by former high school friend Wade Maxium to investigate the sudden appearance in and around Birdsville ,Ohio of a number of ‘boxes’ containing secrets from the past but Harper is not alone when she discovers that Wade has also hired PI Lucas Stone to aid in the recovery of the mysterious boxes. But things go from bad to worse when Lucas is arrested under false pretenses, and the only way to set himself free to go in search of his past, a past he was hoping to forget. What ensues is the slow building relationship between Lucas and Harper, the search for missing money and a woman who disappeared weeks before.

Lucas Stone has no idea as to the who and why of Harper Sloan but working together for Wade meant working with the woman with whom he would fall in love. When an ex-lover and charity money go missing, Lucas becomes the number one suspect, and discovers not all is at it appears to have been.

The relationship between Harper and Lucas is tempestuous at best. Harper and Lucas are used to working alone but working together sets our couple towards a path of their own happily ever after. The $ex scenes are intimate, erotic and intense, without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

The secondary and supporting characters include some of the locals in and around Birdsville, Ohio, as well as Lucas’ former business partner Evan Park, Oliver and Meredith Reinhardt, and their daughter Lily.

The world building deviates from the search for the mysterious boxes as Lucas and Harper are forced by circumstance to hunt for a missing woman who does not want to be found. Similar to the author’s Stolen Hearts, the Lucky Alphas series follows a trail of secrets, lies, power and revenge.

LUCKY GIRL is a story of family, secrets, betrayal and lies. The premise is intriguing and entertaining; the romance is sensual and seductive but I missed the palpable sexual attraction between our leading couple; the characters are strong, colorful and charismatic. LUCKY GIRL is sexy and spicy story that adds another dimension to the author’s Lucky Alphas series.

Click HERE for Sandy’s review of book one LUCKY LIAR.

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Lucky Liar (Lucky Alphas #1) by Mallory Crowe-a review

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LUCKY LIAR (Lucky Alphas #1) by Mallory Crowe-a review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date August 7,2018

This lie will come back to bite her…

Wade Maxium is a lot of things. Ruthless. Billionaire. Business man extraordinaire. Murderer?

When Zoe Young finds proof of his nefarious past, she attempts to blackmail him in a last ditch effort to pick up the pieces of her broken life. But Wade offers her a lot more money than she could’ve ever imagined in exchange for one simple little favor.

Marry him.

Could his crazy proposal be the stroke of luck she’s been dreaming about? Or is this notorious liar luring her into his trap?

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REVIEW: LUCKY LIAR is the first instalment in Mallory Crowe’s contemporary, adult LUCKY ALPHAS erotic, romantic suspense series focusing on a group of former friends from Birdsville, Ohio. This is thirty-one year old, billionaire businessman Wade Maxium, and twenty-six year old, waitress Zoe Young’s story line.

Told from dual third person perspective (Wade and Zoe) LUCKY LIAR follows the marriage of convenience between thirty-one year old, billionaire businessman Wade Maxium, and twenty-six year old, waitress Zoe Young. Zoe Young needed a quick influx of cash, and blackmailing billionaire and former Birdsville, Ohio alumni Wade Maxium was the perfect foil for her misplaced plan, a plan that went south with Wade’s offer of marriage and more. What ensues is the marriage of convenience between Wade and Zoe, and the potential fall-out as demons from the past demand payment for what happened years before.

Zoe Young accidentally discovered a secret about Wade Maxium’s past, a secret that could destroy his life but a secret known only to a few. Zoe, desperate for money to help pay for her mother’s continuing cancer therapy, soon discovers that blackmailing a billionaire isn’t as easy as set out to be. Wade Maxium’s sins have finally caught up with our story line hero, sins that involve several former friends whose actions, years before, have come back to haunt. Exposure would mean ruin, blackmail continues to be an on-going theme for the group known as the Lucky Lions.

The relationship between Zoe and Wade begins as a business arrangement following the wedding that never was. To avoid public humiliation after being left at the altar by an international model and star, Wade offers Zoe a deal she cannot refuse, a deal that would see her mother’s bills covered, and a two year contractual marriage to the man with whom she would fall in love. The $ex scenes are intimate and seductive but I struggled to feel any palpable sexual attraction between our leading couple due in part to Wade’s verbal treatment of our story line heroine.

We are introduced to Wade’s former friends and the group known as the Lucky Lions: headhunter Harper Jones, singer Shane Collar, and businessman Leo West: Wade’s sister Sarah Maxium; and Zoe’s younger brother DJ , and their mother Diane Young. The requisite evil has many faces including Wade’s ex-fiance supermodel Tara.

LUCKY LIAR is a cautionary tale of betrayal and revenge when past sins resurface without warning. The premise is riveting; the romance is passionate; the characters are wounded, sassy and spirited. LUCKY LIAR does not end on a cliff-hanger but keeps open the prospect of continuing threats for the remaining Lucky Lions.

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Reviewed by Sandy

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