Tag Archives: Tijan

Frisco (A Motorcycle Club Romance) by Tijan-review tour

Posted on by
12

Frisco (A Motorcycle Club Romance) by Tijan-review tour

Amazon.com / Amazon.ca /Amazon.uk / Amazon.au /

Add to Goodreads: https://bit.ly/3KVFzBi

ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date July 23, 2024

Tall. Muscled. Tattooed.
Shane King was seriously hot, and seriously not a good guy.
He went by the name Ghost with his motorcycle club, and he was now their national vice president.

When Shane and his club arrived in town, they began doing favors for my family.
I didn’t know why. I didn’t want to know.
Favors came with strings attached. I didn’t want strings attaching me to the Red Demons.

Shane was a different beast, though.
I should steer clear of him, except I couldn’t.
He was everywhere, and he always looked like he wanted to tie me up in all sorts of strings.

A part of me wanted to let him.
A part of me yearned to let him.
But no.

Shane might act like the hero, but he wasn’t.
He was the villain.
And I was about to learn that the strings that came with Shane…
…they would be my unraveling.

••••

REVIEW:FRISCO by Tijan is a contemporary, adult, stand alone, MC romance storyline focusing on thirty-six year olds, Red Demons National VP Shane ‘Ghost ‘ King, and Kalista ‘Kali’ Michaels. The Red Demons were first introduced in the author’s THE BOY I GREW UP WITH; and set in the Fallen Crest High interconnected worlds.

NOTE: Due to the nature of the story line premise, there may be triggers for more sensitive readers.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Kali and Shane) FRISCO follows in the wake of the arrival of the MC known as the Red Demons into Kali’s home town. Kali knew all about the biker lifestyle but it was a life she had left far behind.A secret would reveal a connection to the past, and Kali would find herself on a cross country journey in an effort to protect the sister that didn’t need protecting. Enter Red Demons VP Shane ‘Ghost’ King, and the man with whom Kali would fall in love. Shane King claimed the Red Demons owed Kali’s brother a favor, and he was in town to ensure everything was all right but when Kali’s sister Claudia would take off to California, Kali was sent on a mission of retrieval, a mission that would place her in the direct line of fire. What ensues is the building but contemptuous relationship between Kali and Shane, and the potential fall-out as betrayal from within sets the Red Demons towards a war with the Estrada Carte.

The world building follows several paths including the near death shooting of Max Raith, the Red Demons’ national president; a potential war with the Estrada Cartel; a betrayal by one of their own ; a dysfunctional family coming to terms with a potential loss; and the building relationship between our story line couple.

The relationship between Kali and Shane begins acrimoniously. Kali has lusted after Shane throughout her high school years but Shane had befriended Kali’s younger brother, a friendship that now separated Kali from the brother she loves. Struggling with her attraction to a man whose MC lifestyle is something she no longer wants, Kali finds herself under the guardianship and protection of our story line hero. The $ex scenes are intimate, provocative and intense.

There is a large ensemble cast of colorful, energetic and often questionable secondary and supporting characters including the members of several Red Demons chapters; the Estrada Cartel; Kali’s mother and father; her sister Claudia, and her new man Machete, as well as Kali’s best friends Aly, Harper and Justin. I am hoping the author has plans for future story lines/series involving the Red Demons MC.

FRISCO is a story of power and control, secrets and lies, betrayal and vengeance, twists and turns, and a few bumps along the way. The character driven premise is captivating, engaging and dramatic; the romance is seductive and heated; the characters are determined, dynamic and aggressive.

Copy supplied for review

Reviewed by Sandy

Tijan is a New York Times Bestselling author that writes suspenseful and unpredictable novels. Her characters are strong, intense, and gut-wrenchingly real with a little bit of sass on the side. Tijan began writing later in life and once she started, she was hooked. She’s written multi-bestsellers including the Carter Reed Series, the Fallen Crest Series, and the Broken and Screwed Series among others. She is currently writing a new YA series along with so many more from north Minnesota where she lives with a man she couldn’t be without and an English Cocker she adores. 

Connect with Tijan

Facebook/ Twitter / Reader Group / Goodreads/ Bookbub/ Website/ Amazon Author Page

Share

My Anti-Hero by Tijan – review tour

Posted on by
13

My Anti-Hero by Tijan – review tour

Amazon.com / Amazon.ca / B&N / KOBO /

Add to Goodreads: https://bit.ly/47e1zjE

ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date February 8, 2024

I shouldn’t have agreed to this. What was I thinking?
Appearing on a local news show? Just because something happened to me?
I live mostly in isolation on purpose.

But here I am.
I was so nervous that I needed the make-up chair, twice.
And then I walked past his room.

He’s a giant-no softness, all muscle.
And a rich beard that made me want to rub myself all over it.
He made me see stars, literally because the second time I saw him, I tripped
Or I would’ve, but he caught me, and the cameras were rolling.
Soon, that clip will be trending because he wasn’t just another guest on the show.
He’s Brett Broudou, the Kings’ newest football star.

We couldn’t be more opposite.
The only special thing about me is the reason I was on the show.
Brett, the Super Bowl champion, and me, the survivor who helped bring down the infamous Midwest Butcher.

Brett might not think he’s anyone’s hero, but he’s about to become mine.

•••••••

REVIEW:MY ANTI-HERO by Tijan is a stand alone, contemporary, adult story of romantic suspense focusing on graphic designer Billie, and professional football player Brett Broudou.

NOTE: Due to the nature of the story line premise there may be triggers for more sensitive readers.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Billie and Brett) MY ANTI-HERO focuses on the building relationship between our story line couple. Billie is the only survivor of a man dubbed The Midwest Killer but since the age of twelve Billie has kept to herself, hidden by friends she calls family , working under the guise of a pseudonym and other names. Agreeing to a blind date arranged by the woman Billie calls sister, our heroine will come face to face with football star Brett Broudou, a man with dark demons of his own. A viral video clip, miscommunication and misunderstanding, as well as the secrets that are about to be exposed bring out a copycat killer who has set their sights on our story line heroine. What ensues is the building but contemptuous relationship between Brett and Billie, and the potential fall-out as Brett’s past becomes his present, and Billie’s must face a ghost she long thought was gone.

The world building is complex, detailed and twisted. Billie reveals some of her past while Brett continues to keep his demons close to his heart but threats to the people he loves force Brett to push Billie out of his life, a push Billie refuses to accept.

The relationship between Billie and Brett is one of insta-lust. Billie is a bit of a football fanatic, a statistics savant-of a sorts-and her attraction and knowledge of Brett is visceral and immediate. Brett sees something in Billie that calls to his heart but Billie’s past threatens any hope of a happily ever after, and threats of a different kind take aim at our story line hero. The $ex scenes are intimate and passionate but I dislike the use of a certain four-letter word.

There is a large ensemble cast of colorful, energetic and charismatic secondary and supporting characters including Billie’s ‘adopted’ support system, Brett’s broken family, his teammates as well as local law enforcement, all of whom play a significant role in our couple’s lives.

MY ANTI-HERO is a story of secrets and lies, betrayal and vengeance, madness and murder, family and friendships, acceptance and love. The premise is intriguing, suspenseful, twisted and dramatic; the romance is seductive ; the characters are desperate and dynamic.

Copy supplied for review

Reviewed by Sandy

 

Tijan is a New York Times Bestselling author that writes suspenseful and unpredictable novels. Her characters are strong, intense, and gut-wrenchingly real with a little bit of sass on the side. Tijan began writing later in life and once she started, she was hooked. She’s written multi-bestsellers including the Carter Reed Series, the Fallen Crest Series, and the Broken and Screwed Series among others. She is currently writing a new YA series along with so many more from north Minnesota where she lives with a man she couldn’t be without and an English Cocker she adores. 

Connect with Tijan

Facebook/ Twitter / Reader Group / Goodreads/ Bookbub/ Website/ Amazon Author Page

Share

PINE RIVER by Tijan-review and tour

Posted on by
13

PINE RIVER by Tijan-review and tour

Amazon.com / Amazon.ca / B&N / KOBO /

ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date October 24, 2023

Pine River was supposed to be a new start for me.
And it was, especially attending school with my three overprotective cousins, who were the triplets at the top of the social hierarchy.
Except they weren’t alone there, and the first day when I came to school, I saw him.

Scout Raiden.
Tall. Lean. Tattooed. Mesmerizing.
He was a golden god with dark and piercing eyes-looking like he wanted to eat me up.

The feeling was mutual, and that was a problem.
It was lust-want-must have-loathing-hate all at once. I was affected.
And I couldn’t have that. No way.
Not after what I’d just left in Cedra Valley.

I didn’t care how much money his uncle had.
I didn’t care that it seemed every girl wanted him.
I didn’t care about his reputation as an up-and-coming fighter.
Or the promise of how those hands would make me feel.

What I did care about was staying as far away from Scout as possible.
Because the promise of his presence, the heat that was going to turn the light back on in my world wasn’t a promise at all.
It was a threat.

I wasn’t going to survive Scout Raiden.

•••••

REVIEW:  PINE RIVER by Tijan is a stand alone, contemporary, new adult, dark romance focusing on eighteen year old high school students Ramsay Williams, and MMA fighter Scout Raiden.

NOTE: Due to the nature of the story line premise, there WILL be triggers for more sensitive readers.

Told from dual first person perspectives, using present day and memories from the past, PINE RIVER follows eighteen year old Ramsay Williams as she embarks on a new school year, in a new town, with the support of her widowed mother, and three over protective triplet cousins: Clint, Trenton and Alex. After a harrowing year, Ramsay and her mother wanted a fresh start, and moving to Pine River meant getting reacquainted with her cousins but Ramsay never expected to find herself facing down the hatred in the eyes of fellow student and underground MMA fighter Scout Raiden. Scout, and the triplets are at the top of the caste, the school hierarchy, and as such Ramsay is a member by association but all is not well in Ramsay’s life, as issues from the past refuse to let go. Always at one another’s proverbial throats, it was only a matter of time before Scout and Ramsay took their tempestuous relationship to the next level, a level from enemies to frenemies to friends with benefits, of which , everyone suspected but no one knew. Always the protector, Ramsay’s cousins were constantly at odds with Scout Raiden until Scout’s past made a move, threatening the status quo of everyone involved. What ensues is the building romance and relationship between Scout and Ramsay, and the potential fall-out as secrets will reveal a long history of darkness that is threatening the future of our story line couple.

The world building follows several paths including issues of domestic violence, murder, abuse and betrayal. The requisite high school gossip, mean girls, betrayers and bullies come and go but the social media fall-out is about to destroy the weak and the fair.

The relationship between Scout and Ramsay begins acrimoniously. Ramsay is on the defensive from the outset as Scout sets his sights on our story line heroine. The back and forth between Scout and Ramsay is but a prelude to something more especially when Scout becomes guardian and protector of the woman with whom he is falling in love. The $ex scenes are intimate and passionate without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

There is a large ensemble cast of energetic and complimentary secondary and supporting characters including Ramsay’s triplet cousins, their embattled parents, Ramsay’s mother, Scout’s uncle Miles, as well as several friends, fellow students, acquaintances, extended family and many others with questionable intent. I am hoping the author has plans for Ramsay’s cousins-Trenton, Clint and Alex need their own stories.

PINE RIVER is a story of power and control, betrayal and vengeance, obsession and madness, abuse and coercion, acceptance and love. The angst-ridden premise is detailed, complex, multi-layered and fascinating; the slow building romance is heart breaking and emotional; the characters are broken but struggling to heal.

Copy supplied for review

Reviewed by Sandy

Tijan is a New York Times Bestselling author that writes suspenseful and unpredictable novels. Her characters are strong, intense, and gut-wrenchingly real with a little bit of sass on the side. Tijan began writing later in life and once she started, she was hooked. She’s written multi-bestsellers including the Carter Reed Series, the Fallen Crest Series, and the Broken and Screwed Series among others. She is currently writing a new YA series along with so many more from north Minnesota where she lives with a man she couldn’t be without and an English Cocker she adores. 

Connect with Tijan

Facebook/ Twitter / Reader Group / Goodreads/ Bookbub/ Website/ Amazon Author Page

Share

A Cruel Arrangement (Kings of New York 2) by Tijan-a review

Posted on by
12

A Cruel Arrangement (Kings of New York 2) by Tijan-a review

 

Amazon.com / Amazon.ca / Amazon.uk / Amazon.au /

Don’t own a Kindle? Download the FREE Amazon Kindle App for your mobile device or pc

ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date April 25, 2023

This was my place. My business. Easter Lanes.Then a guy comes in, trying to rob me, daring to take it away from me.

My home. My life.Hell no. I won’t let my livelihood be threatened.

No one knows what I’ve done to build this life for myself.Except he might.

Ashton Walden, a man I remember from when we were kids.Even back then I could tell how dangerous he would be one day.

He’s now the head of the Walden mafia family, and my father is so in debt to them that they practically own him.

My dad and I are estranged and I want nothing to do with him or his debt, but the day after the attempted robbery, I don’t wake up in the hospital.

I wake up in Ashton Walden’s home. And he drops a bomb on me.If I want my livelihood back, I need to earn it back.

And thus begins our cruel arrangement.

•••••

REVIEW:A CRUEL ARRANGEMENT is the second instalment in Tijan’s contemporary, adult KINGS OF NEW YORK dark, erotic, Mafia romance series. This is crime lord Ashton Walden, and business woman Molly Easter’s story line. A CRUEL ARRANGEMENT should not be read as a stand alone. For back story and cohesion I recommend reading book one A DIRTY BUSINESS.

NOTE: Due to the nature of the story line premise, there may be triggers for more sensitive readers. If you have not read book one, there may be spoilers in my review

SOME BACKGROUND: Molly and her friend Jess’s friends have been murdered, and no one was currently in custody, or charged with the crime. One of the deceased is the brother of one of the detectives in the organized crime unit, and said detective wants answers. Using any means necessary, Ashton Walden forces Molly to call in a favor, a favor in exchange for some heart breaking truths.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Ashton and Molly) A CRUEL ARRANGEMENT follows in the aftermath of an attempted robbery at the local bowling centre owned by Molly Easter. Molly and the bowling center were under the protection of crime boss Ashton Walden but Molly would soon discover that all was not as it would appear to have been. There is a war brewing between the various factions of the local mobs, a war that places Molly Easter, up front and center, pitting her against family, friends, and the man with whom Molly will fall in love. Ashton Walden doesn’t do relationships but his attraction to Molly started several years earlier. There is a lifelong connection between our leading couple, a connection that is about to reveal the secrets and lies Ashton has been hiding for a number of years. What ensues is the building romance and relationship between Ashton and Molly, and the potential fall-out as betrayal, vengeance and the local mob come hunting for our story line couple.

Ashton Walden is desperate to find the person responsible for killing his best friend’s girlfriend’s friend (say that three times). Everyone is suspect; the crime bosses are refusing to cooperate; the local riff raff has been anointed to look deeper into the possible connections. Molly Easter is struggling with the revelations that everything she knew about her family and her life, has been a lie, a lie to protect the identity of someone else. Desperate to find the killer, Molly is often TSTL (too stupid too live) placing herself in the direct line of fire but Ashton has one more secret, a secret that could threaten the growing love between our story line couple.

The relationship between Molly and Ashton is a frenemies to friends to lovers. Ashton has named himself guardian and protector of our story line heroine but as the various factions of the criminal underworld begin to circle, Ashton will claim Molly as his own. Molly never thought she would fall in love with the powerful ‘captor’ but falling in love means exposing her heart to potential heart break and loss. The $ex scenes are passionate and intense without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

Once again, there is a large ensemble cast of colorful, powerful and energetic secondary and supporting characters. We are reintroduced to former parole officer and Molly’s friend Jess Montell, and heir to the West Mafia Tristan ‘Trace’ West (A Dirty Business 1); Ashton’s right hand man Elijah; Molly’s dad Marcus ‘Shorty’ Easter; her friends and co-workers Sophie and Pialto; foster ‘cousin’ Glen; Dr.Nea Sandquist; Nurse Sloane; Detective Worthing, crime lord Nicolai Worthing; Trace’s sister Remmi West, and Ashton’s cousin Marco. The requisite evil has many faces.

A CRUEL ARRANGEMENT is a fast paced, haunting and animated story of secrets and lies, power and control, betrayal and vengeance, acceptance, forgiveness and love. The premise is intriguing, engaging an d captivating: the romance is seductive and provocative; the characters are desperate, dynamic and determined.

Click HERE for Sandy’s review of book one A DIRTY BUSINESS

Copy supplied by Netgalley

Reviewed by Sandy

Tijan is a New York Times Bestselling author that writes suspenseful and unpredictable novels. Her characters are strong, intense, and gut-wrenchingly real with a little bit of sass on the side. Tijan began writing later in life and once she started, she was hooked. She’s written multi-bestsellers including the Carter Reed Series, the Fallen Crest Series, and the Broken and Screwed Series among others. She is currently writing a new YA series along with so many more from north Minnesota where she lives with a man she couldn’t be without and an English Cocker she adores. 

Connect with Tijan

Facebook/ Twitter / Reader Group / Goodreads/ Bookbub/ Website/ Amazon Author Page

Share

Hockey with Benefits by Tijan-review tour

Posted on by
10

Hockey with Benefits by Tijan-review tour

Amazon.com / Amazon.ca / B&N / KOBO /

Goodreads: http://bit.ly/3lqdR69

ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date March 7, 2023

Hockey with benefits. That was what Mara proposed, and I was down.

She said no feelings and she meant it.

Just benefits. No strings attached. Nothing else. Not even friendship.

College was her escape, including us.

I didn’t have time for a girlfriend.

I had classes, the team, my family, and the game.

It was all working too…

Until somewhere down the line, things got messy.

Until somehow we were dealing with threats, secrets, rivals, and so much more.

Until I began to want her in ways that weren’t part of the deal.

Our agreement didn’t just get checked into the wall, it got obliterated.

•••••

REVIEW:HOCKEY WITH BENEFITS by Tijan is a stand alone, contemporary, new adult, erotic, college romance focusing on college hockey player Cruz Styles, and Mara Daniels. HOCKEY WITH BENEFITS is set in, and is interconnected with the author’s Fallen Crest series.

NOTE: Due to the nature of the story line premise including mental illness and acquaintance r@pe, there may be triggers for more sensitive readers.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Cruz and Mara) HOCKEY WITH BENEFITS follows the unconventional relationship between college hockey star Cruz Styles, and Mara Daniels. Mara and Cruz are not quite friends with benefits but have an understanding to be one another’s intimate, sexual partners. Keeping their relationship a secret means the unwelcome scrutiny of, and questions from so-called friends, roommates, other students and bullies. Cruz has caught the eye of every female puck bunny, and Mara must deal with the sl^t shaming and vitriol of the jealous fans but all is not well in the lives of our story line couple as issues of fractured family dynamics and mental illness are slowing destroying the psyche of two young people whose entire lives are still ahead. What ensues is the building but atypical romance and relationship between Mara and Cruz, and the potential fall-out as Mara’s life begins to spiral out of control, wreaking havoc on anyone who has crossed her path.

Mara Daniels has many friends and supporters within the college community but Mara’s secrets are known only by a few. It is these secrets that are about to destroy the strained relationship Mara has with those who have only surmised about the real Mara Daniels, and with it, the spiral that continues to affect her private and personal life. Cruz Styles doesn’t want a girlfriend, and his ‘arrangement’ with Mara is perfect such that no heart will be broken until the heart wants something more than the head is willing to accept. Life as a star; a member of the popular crowd means exposing both the good and bad for our story line couple but no one ever expected that Mara would be thrown to the wolves in the wake of protecting someone else.

The relationship between Mara and Cruz begins as a sexual agreement; a ‘friends with benefits’ type of relationship but a relationship that supposedly starts and ends in the bedroom. Mara never thought she would find someone that would accept the emotional scars that have affected her ability to trust, and Cruz knew his position on the hockey team meant he couldn’t always trust the people who wanted something more than he was willing to give. The $ex scenes are passionate, erotic and intense.

There is a large ensemble cast of colorful and wild secondary and supporting characters including several members of the hockey team, roommates, friends, frenemies, rivals and family.

The world building focuses on issues of mental health, and the resulting consequences and ramifications for those standing in the direct line of fire. Until one has lived or experienced the true depth of the pain and heart ache of such an illness, there is always someone waiting to tear you down.

HOCKEY WITH BENEFITS is a story of fractured family dynamics, friendships and relationships, betrayal and mental illness, acceptance and love. The premise is emotional, heart breaking and unique; the characters are broken, damaged yet brave; the romance is seductive and provocative.

Copy supplied for review

Reviewed by Sandy

Tijan is a New York Times Bestselling author that writes suspenseful and unpredictable novels. Her characters are strong, intense, and gut-wrenchingly real with a little bit of sass on the side. Tijan began writing later in life and once she started, she was hooked. She’s written multi-bestsellers including the Carter Reed Series, the Fallen Crest Series, and the Broken and Screwed Series among others. She is currently writing a new YA series along with so many more from north Minnesota where she lives with a man she couldn’t be without and an English Cocker she adores. 

Connect with Tijan

Facebook/ Twitter / Reader Group / Goodreads/ Bookbub/ Website/ Amazon Author Page

Share

A Dirty Business (Kings of New York 1) by Tijan-Review tour

Posted on by
10

A Dirty Business (Kings of New York 1) by Tijan-Review tour

Amazon.com / Amazon.ca / Amazon.uk / Amazon.au /

Don’t own a Kindle? Download the FREE Amazon Kindle App for your mobile device or pc

Goodreads: https://bit.ly/3CmkAUz

ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date December 6, 2022

When Jess Montell meets Trace West at a hockey game, she doesn’t know his name or occupation. What she does know is there’s an instant attraction that’s impossible to ignore—or forget. And forgetting is exactly what she wants to do when she learns he’s not just a successful Wall Street suit but the heir to one of New York’s biggest Mafia families.

The last thing Trace needs is a romantic anything with law enforcement, and parole officer Jess has trouble written all over her. Too bad he likes trouble. Especially when it’s a brunette bombshell with attitude and legs for days.

She’s an absolute spitfire, and he wants to stoke that flame.

Trace didn’t ask for the Mafia life. Jess doesn’t want any part of it. They both know it’s safer to stay away, but the temptation is too hard to resist—no matter how great the danger

••••••••

REVIEW: A DIRTY BUSINESS is the first instalment in Tijan’s contemporary, adult KINGS OF NEW YORK erotic, Mafia romance series. This is twenty-nine year old, parole officer Jess Montell, and heir to the West Mafia Tristian ‘Trace’ West’s story line.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Trace and Jess) A DIRTY BUSINESS follows the forbidden but building romance and relationship between PO Jess Montell, and Trace West. Jess’s mother is an alcoholic, her father is dead, and her brother is in prison serving a life sentence but to make ends meet Jess has been bartending at a local night club where she will discover her boss’s boss is the heir to the West Mafia. Enter Trace West, and the man with whom Jess will fall in love but life straddling the line between law enforcement and the world of crime pits Jess against the people in charge, people working both sides of the law. With her best friend in hiding, her mother in rehab, and Trace’s right hand man suspecting Jess is an undercover spy, our heroine must face reality that to fall in love with Trace means walking away with a broken heart. What ensues is the building relationship between Trace and Jess, and the potential fall-out when several members of organized crime are targeted, not only by the police but by someone else hoping to take charge.

Trace West never expected to fall in love with a member of law enforcement but his attraction to Jess is immediate and intense, forcing his men to question his allegiance to the family.Desperate to protect the woman he loves, Trace must walk away, breaking Jess’s heart in the process. As Trace struggles to uncover the identity of a potential mole in the organization, Jess quick discovers that the people she once loved and trusted may be the very people who take her down.

The relationship between Jess and Trace begins acrimoniously but quickly turns into a forbidden romance. Jess knows that to get involved with Trace could mean the end of her career, but the heart wants what the head refuses to accept. The $ex scenes are intimate, erotic and intense.

There is a large ensemble cast of colorful and energetic secondary and supporting characters. We are introduced to Jess’ brother Isaac, and their long suffering, abusive and alcoholic mother Chelsea: Jess’ best friend and roommate Kelly, and her boyfriend Justin, as well as Justin’s brother Detective Worthing; Trace’s best friend and fellow crime lord Ashton Walden, as well as Jess’ boss Leo, and her mother’s friend Bear. The requisite evil has many faces; there are three crime families fighting for control of New York.

A DIRTY BUSINESS is a story of power and control, betrayal and vengeance, secrets and lies, death and destruction, acceptance and love. The fast paced premise is gritty, dark and captivating; the romance is provocative and seductive; the characters are determined, charismatic, powerful and lost. A DIRTY BUSINESS ends on a cliff hanger-you have been warned.

Copy supplied for review

Reviewed by Sandy

 

Tijan is a New York Times Bestselling author that writes suspenseful and unpredictable novels. Her characters are strong, intense, and gut-wrenchingly real with a little bit of sass on the side. Tijan began writing later in life and once she started, she was hooked. She’s written multi-bestsellers including the Carter Reed Series, the Fallen Crest Series, and the Broken and Screwed Series among others. She is currently writing a new YA series along with so many more from north Minnesota where she lives with a man she couldn’t be without and an English Cocker she adores. 

Connect with Tijan

Facebook/ Twitter / Reader Group / Goodreads/ Bookbub/ Website/ Amazon Author Page

Share

The Revenge (The Insiders Trilogy 3) by Tijan-review tour

Posted on by
9

The Revenge (The Insiders Trilogy 3) by Tijan-review tour

Amazon.com / Amazon.ca / B&N / KOBO / Chapters Indigo / Google Play /

ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date September 13, 2022

Bailey and Kash were used to living in the shadows. Now they are thrust into the public eye. Together, they can do anything, but undeniable danger and seemingly insurmountable challenges threaten the love and passion that binds them.

1. Bailey is reeling from the greatest loss she has ever suffered.

2. Enemies are closing in.

3. Even bigger secrets and twists are coming to light.

Win or lose, for Bailey and Kash, everything is on the line.

••••••

REVIEW:THE REVENGE is the third and final instalment in Tijan’s contemporary, adult THE INSIDERS romantic, suspense trilogy focusing on twenty-two year old computer hacker Bailey Hayes, and fixer Kashton ‘Kash’ Colello. THE REVENGE should not be read as a stand alone as it picks up immediately after the events and cliff hanger of book two THE DAMAGED.

NOTE: If you have not read books one and two, there may be spoilers in my review

SOME BACKGROUND: Weeks earlier, an attempted abduction of Bailey Hayes led to the discovery that she is the illegitimate daughter of a powerful IT billionaire, and not all is well with the new family dynamics. Bailey Hayes has a genius IQ like her estranged father, and will come to learn she has several half-siblings but the most important discovery is the love that will develop between Bailey and one-time Francis empire ‘fixer’ Kashton ‘Kash’ Colelle, a man who is more dark and dangerous than she could have ever imagined.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Bailey and Kash) THE REVENGE focuses on the continuing relationship between twenty-two year old computer hacker Bailey Hayes, and fixer Kashton ‘Kash’ Colello, as well as the take down of someone determined to control our story line couple. Kash’s past is after our story line heroine in an effort to destroy the man that she loves. Kash Colello is a powerful man in the world of underground crime, and as such, his reputation precedes his introduction to everyone involved but an intricate plan has been put into motion involving several people close to our story line couple, a scheme meant to take down Kash Colello, ruining Bailey Hayes-Francis’ name in the process. As our couple struggle to keep one step ahead, the domino affect of said plan has begun, and our couple find themselves battling not only the people in charge but one another and the people they love.

The relationship between Kash and Bailey is often combative as Kash is desperate to protect the woman he loves but Bailey is determined to ‘stand by her man’, a man who is about to discover another secret from his tormented past. As Kash struggles to pus an end to the threats against Bailey, another ghost from the past returns to add more fuel to an already out of control fire. The $ex scenes are intimate and passionate without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

THE REVENGE is an intense and dramatic story of secrets and lies, power and control, greed, betrayal and vengeance, surprises and love. The premise is complex, detailed, revealing and edgy; the characters are charismatic and dynamic, once again, the secondary characters play a significant role in the story line development- I am hoping the author has plans for more stories focusing on several of the aforementioned characters; the romance is edgy and impassioned.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews
The Insiders
The Damaged

Copy supplied for review

Reviewed by Sandy

Haven’t started the series? books one and two are on SALE for a limited time:

 

THE DAMAGED: -$2.99

 

Tijan is a New York Times Bestselling author that writes suspenseful and unpredictable novels. Her characters are strong, intense, and gut-wrenchingly real with a little bit of sass on the side. Tijan began writing later in life and once she started, she was hooked. She’s written multi-bestsellers including the Carter Reed Series, the Fallen Crest Series, and the Broken and Screwed Series among others. She is currently writing a new YA series along with so many more from north Minnesota where she lives with a man she couldn’t be without and an English Cocker she adores. 

Connect with Tijan

Amazon: https://amzn.to/30oxe0f

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Tijansbooks/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/tijansbooks

Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/tijansbooks/

Reader Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TijansFanPage/

Goodreads: http://bit.ly/2EcGBqB

BookBub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/tijan

Website: http://www.tijansbooks.com/

Share

THE DAMAGED (The Insider’s 2) by Tijan-Review & Excerpt Tour

Posted on by
12

THE DAMAGED (The Insider’s Trilogy 2) by Tijan-Review & Excerpt Tour

Amazon.com / Amazon.ca / B&N / KOBO / Chapters Indigo / Google Play /Apple /

ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date February 8, 2022

No longer an outsider, Bailey has a family and love that she never could’ve imagined.

Used to living in the shadows, Kash will now do anything to protect his family and his woman.

They will take on the world together…

In the meantime, stunning motives, lies, and explosive secrets continue to unfold.

1. Quinn is in jail, awaiting trial.

2. Friends might actually be enemies.

3. And what is Calhoun plotting? More importantly, will Kash discover it before it’s too late?

Everything will come to a head as passion and danger ignite

•••••••

REVIEW:  THE DAMAGED is the second instalment in Tijan’s contemporary, adult THE INSIDER’S dark, erotic romance trilogy focusing on twenty-two year old computer hacker Bailey Hayes, and fixer Kashton ‘Kash’ Colello. THE DAMAGED should not be read as a stand alone as it picks up immediately after the events and cliff hanger of book one THE INSIDERS.

NOTE: If you have not read book one, there may be spoilers in my review

SOME BACKGROUND: Weeks earlier, an attempted abduction of Bailey Hayes led to the discovery that she is the illegitimate daughter of a powerful IT billionaire, and not all is well with the new family dynamics. Bailey Hayes has a genius IQ like her estranged father, and will come to learn she has several half-siblings but the most important discovery is the love that will develop between Bailey and one-time Francis empire ‘fixer’ Kashton ‘Kash’ Colelle, a man who is more dark and dangerous than she could have ever imagined.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Bailey and Kash) THE DAMAGED picks up immediately after the events of book one wherein Bailey and Kash have become the target of another powerful businessman and crime boss. Bailey is about to attend one of the most prestigious schools for IT but the media, the students and extended family have targeted our heroine in an effort to destroy the man that she loves. While Kash struggles to protect our heroine, there is someone working behind the scenes taking aim at our story line couple. What ensues is the ongoing and growing love and relationship between Kash and Bailey, and the potential fall-out as betrayal and vengeance are about to break our heroine, possibly destroying any happiness for the foreseeable future.

Kash Colello is a force unto himself, and as such, is often taking charge when things spiral out of control. He keeps secret much of his life such that Bailey struggles with issues of trust, issues that are compounded when the fall-out takes aims at our story line heroine. Bailey is a young woman who wants to experience the life of a normal college student but things don’t always go according to plan, and at times Bailey is a little TSTL as every experience ends in danger or disaster.

THE DAMAGED is a dramatic and haunting story of power and control, betrayal and vengeance, tragedy and love. The world building continues to heighten the anxiety and ongoing conflict between Kash and those who have targeted our story line hero. The premise is raw, real, gritty and edgy; the characters are powerful, unconventional, animated and impassioned; the secondary characters play a significant role in the story development; the romance is provocative and seductive, the sexual chemistry is palpable and strong. THE DAMAGED ends on a cliff hanger-you have been warned.

Click HERE for Sandy’s review of book one THE INSIDERS

Copy supplied for review

Reviewed by Sandy

Swish, swish.
The windshield wipers were busy at work this morning. It’d been raining since late the night before, and now there was just a whole dreary feel to the day. Dark and gloomy, matching my mood. It was perfect.
Swish, swish.
“Are you nervous, miss?”
I wasn’t responding, because this isn’t how things were supposed to be. I wasn’t supposed to wake up in the middle of the night and find the bed empty. And I wasn’t supposed to have to be escorted by one of our guards down to the apartment building’s gym to find my boyfriend , the guy I loved, the guy who was so not a secret from the entire world anymore, pummeling a boxing bag so hard that his knuckles ripped open every night. It was not right that I had to stand on the side, waiting for him to fight through his haze before he noticed I was there, and then watch as blood dripped from his hands to the floor.
But all of that was happening. Because three weeks after there’d been a kidnapping attempt on me, after he had saved me, everything was just, simply, not okay.
To be more frank, everything was shit. And here I was. In the back of an SUV being driven by one of my two personal bodyguards, to a school that I used to daydream about attending, while my boyfriend, that guy I had come to love so much, was heading into his own personal nightmare. Fitz, my guard, clued in on my state and didn’t ask again, but his eyes were on me . He saw. He more than saw, and I knew I’d be getting a call from Kash about two minutes after the first chance Fitz had a moment to text his boss that I was not okay.
Because I wasn’t. Today was the day all my dreams were supposed to come true. Instead, I was a week late going to my graduate program and I wanted to be anywhere except where I was going. And I had no say, because the world found out in a big way I was the daughter of Peter Francis, a tech legend that I’d grown up idolizing until I found out myself, this past summer, that he was also my father.
And then there was my boyfriend, Kash Colello, whose grandfather was one of the richest men in the world, but that came with strings and dangerous alliances with the dark underground of the world. My boyfriend, with his inherited wealth, now that he had come out of the shadows to the world, and whose “coming out” was even bigger than mine because of his connections and his family, was now the ninth wealthiest man in the world.
Life as Peter Francis’s daughter, life as Kash Colello’s girlfriend, was a whole lot different than life had been as Bailey Hayes. There were rules and expectations and lots and lots of people watching you.
So no, I was not okay.

Tijan is a New York Times Bestselling author that writes suspenseful and unpredictable novels. Her characters are strong, intense, and gut-wrenchingly real with a little bit of sass on the side. Tijan began writing later in life and once she started, she was hooked. She’s written multi-bestsellers including the Carter Reed Series, the Fallen Crest Series, and the Broken and Screwed Series among others. She is currently writing a new YA series along with so many more from north Minnesota where she lives with a man she couldn’t be without and an English Cocker she adores. 

Connect with Tijan

Amazon: https://amzn.to/30oxe0f

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Tijansbooks/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/tijansbooks

Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/tijansbooks/

Reader Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TijansFanPage/

Goodreads: http://bit.ly/2EcGBqB

BookBub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/tijan

Website: http://www.tijansbooks.com/

 

Share