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Review: Trigger By LP Dover

Trigger by L.P. Dover
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

A killer . . . that’s what I am.
It’s what I do.
It’s what I live for.
I’m no longer the Preston Hale everyone knew. I left that life and the people in it a long time ago the second I made my first kill. I wasn’t going to give in, but when I heard the screams there was no going back.
It triggered the pain, the need.
I knew what I had to do, and I did it well. But I never expected for Emma Turner – the only link to my past – to come back into my life.
She triggers a different emotion inside me, something I hadn’t ever felt.
It’s not a want to kill . . . but a need to CLAIM.

I love Preston ***swoon and sigh***!! Even if he is a killer. He totally can kill for me, no seriously he can!! He can be my best friend and hang out in my house...cough bedroom. I love LP Dover and her writing style and when she says she's writing suspense - do you honestly think I'm not going to read it? Heck no, I'm going to beg, plead and bargain to get a copy. Her characters are always multi-dimensional and fully fleshed out. She always thinks about a plot and doesn't throw her books together. You can tell that she believes in quality over quantity. I really love it that she does that. This was an exceptional read. I loved Emily and the fact that best friend stories just rock for me. You can take a good friendship story and work that all the way to the bank. I felt that I could have kept reading this and found myself putting other books on the backshelf while I devoted my time to this one. She is up there with Kristen Ashley, Lani Lynn Vale and Lori Foster for me. That is a tough group to be in but she does it and does it well. I'm not really going to give anything away because I think it's kind of like a Colleen Hoover novel - you need to go into it with a clear mind and no preconceived notions of what it is or isn't. Some books I love to gush about the plot, what it's about and share, share, share. Some books I think readers need to read on their own with no ideas or opinions forced upon them by others and this is one of those books. So.....

Please pick up this book for yourself and read it. You won't be disappointed and if you are, I'd seriously check to see if you have a pulse!!

I was given a copy of this ARC from the publisher on Netgalley for a honest review. All of the above comments are my express opinions and no one else's.

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Trigger Did It!

Trigger by L.P. Dover

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


A killer . . . that’s what I am.
It’s what I do.
It’s what I live for.
I’m no longer the Preston Hale everyone knew. I left that life and the people in it a long time ago the second I made my first kill. I wasn’t going to give in, but when I heard the screams there was no going back.
It triggered the pain, the need.
I knew what I had to do, and I did it well. But I never expected for Emma Turner – the only link to my past – to come back into my life.
She triggers a different emotion inside me, something I hadn’t ever felt.
It’s not a want to kill . . . but a need to CLAIM.

I love Preston ***swoon and sigh***!! Even if he is a killer. He totally can kill for me, no seriously he can!! He can be my best friend and hang out in my house...cough bedroom. I love LP Dover and her writing style and when she says she's writing suspense - do you honestly think I'm not going to read it? Heck no, I'm going to beg, plead and bargain to get a copy. Her characters are always multi-dimensional and fully fleshed out. She always thinks about a plot and doesn't throw her books together. You can tell that she believes in quality over quantity. I really love it that she does that. This was an exceptional read. I loved Emily and the fact that best friend stories just rock for me. You can take a good friendship story and work that all the way to the bank. I felt that I could have kept reading this and found myself putting other books on the backshelf while I devoted my time to this one. She is up there with Kristen Ashley, Lani Lynn Vale and Lori Foster for me. That is a tough group to be in but she does it and does it well. I'm not really going to give anything away because I think it's kind of like a Colleen Hoover novel - you need to go into it with a clear mind and no preconceived notions of what it is or isn't. Some books I love to gush about the plot, what it's about and share, share, share. Some books I think readers need to read on their own with no ideas or opinions forced upon them by others and this is one of those books. So.....

Please pick up this book for yourself and read it. You won't be disappointed and if you are, I'd seriously check to see if you have a pulse!!

I was given a copy of this ARC from the publisher on Netgalley for a honest review. All of the above comments are my express opinions and no one else's.



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Review: Almost a Bride

Almost a Bride by Jo Watson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Annie knows life isn't always fair. Sometimes you win. Sometimes you lose. Sometimes you get mistaken for a crazed intruder when you come home early and find your boyfriend wearing nipple clamps with a coworker on the night you thought he was going to propose to you.

The important thing is to move on, and for Annie that means treating herself to a tropical vacation. But when she runs into her ex and his new woman staying at the same resort, reason is washed out to sea. Caught off guard, Annie pretends she's with Chris, a cute screenwriter she meets on the beach. With his own writing blocked, Chris is happy to help Annie craft a story to save face. Soon Annie isn't just getting over her ex, she's getting under Chris. As her fictional feelings grow increasingly real, Annie has to decide if she's ready to risk her heart on a new relationship.

This book could have been a miss for me based on the unlikable Double T's (Trev and Tess or Tress OMG

Review: Almost A Bride Jo Watson

Almost a Bride by Jo Watson

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Annie knows life isn't always fair. Sometimes you win. Sometimes you lose. Sometimes you get mistaken for a crazed intruder when you come home early and find your boyfriend wearing nipple clamps with a coworker on the night you thought he was going to propose to you.

The important thing is to move on, and for Annie that means treating herself to a tropical vacation. But when she runs into her ex and his new woman staying at the same resort, reason is washed out to sea. Caught off guard, Annie pretends she's with Chris, a cute screenwriter she meets on the beach. With his own writing blocked, Chris is happy to help Annie craft a story to save face. Soon Annie isn't just getting over her ex, she's getting under Chris. As her fictional feelings grow increasingly real, Annie has to decide if she's ready to risk her heart on a new relationship.

This book could have been a miss for me based on the unlikable Double T's (Trev and Tess.) That's Trevv with 2 VV's!! I don't think I've ever hated an antagonist as much as I hated these two. They were horrible, down to the fact that "Trevv" bordered on creepy, stalker, "I-want-to-make-a-skin-suit-out-of-you-while-you-aren't-looking" type of guy. So many times in this book I wanted to yell "Anne, grow a spine, you weak nit!!" Trevv sleeps with a partner in his firm while Anne and him are dating and she pulls the Ellen Pompeo, Grey's Anatomy "Be with me, Date me, Love me" card. I would have taken the knife that she carried up those stairs while Nippleclamp Trevv and Rodeo Tess were getting it on and chopped it off Lorena Bobbett style...Now, maybe that's just me but let's see who's whining now!!! To all the women out there who have ever wanted to beat down a skinny, perfect-haired, botox-induced broad because she stole your man - DON"T READ THIS BOOK! You have been warned. You will throw your kindle in the trash after running it through the food processor. I almost did this 1o times and I've never been cheated on. So if you have....read this in a tiny room with no hacksaws, food processors, paper shredders, sharp objects or fire....yes you read that right. All through this book I kept asking myself "Why doesn't she kick Creepy Trevv in the nuts?" Or better yet - rip off those babymakers and make the world a safer place? Are some women like that? If you are and you're out there - there's help for you!!! Just don't read this...skip to the end of the book LOL.

A little about the book: Anne goes on Holiday and meets Chris who's a writer and after telling an astronomical lie that he's her "pretend boyfriend" to keep Creepy Trevv from perving on them through the trees of their penthouse suite...hilarity and fun ensues. There's a lot of angst and Anne not feeling good enough about herself because of Pervy Trevv and Botox Tess however Chris is a gem of a guy so he makes up for it. Her friends are one in a million and it's worth it to check out the book for all of them. I could have really done without the Twinsies (Trevv and Tess) but then the book wouldn't have been the same because I was laughing out loud at some places over the fact that Trevv broke in their room to "catch" them not sleeping in the same bedroom. He really was a douche. Or when Chris delivers them the drink Slippery Nipples because...Nippleclamp LOL!! The fake wedding they have will have you pumping your fist in the air and shouting Breakfast Club style. After a mistake and misunderstanding, a lot of growing on both their parts they find their happy ending. True love prevails for Chris who doesn't believe it exists but it's a long road.

Final thoughts: This author was new to me, I had no preconceived notions going in so it could have been a total miss but I'm glad it wasn't. Buy this book but stay away from anything remotely electrical, fire related or power-related while reading. You might keep looking at the man your with like he's a little bug after reading the parts with Creepy Trevv....just a forewarning. Enjoy because Jo Watson did an awesome job!

I was given a copy of this ARC from the publisher on Netgalley for a honest review. All of the above comments are my express opinions and no one else's.



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Ruthless by Gina L. MaxwellMy rating: 4 of 5 starsPeople ...

Ruthless by Gina L. Maxwell
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

People call me Ruthless for a reason.

Whether I’m in the court room or in the bedroom, my reputation is well-earned. I’m either working hard, working out, or working my way into some woman's panties. But none of them share my particular kink, and I walk away feeling unsatisfied.

Until I met her.

She’s a friend of a friend, which makes her off-limits in my book. But then temptation had me by the balls and I had her up against a wall.

My plan was avoidance, but that got blown to sh*t when my firm hired her as a new junior attorney. Now I’m her boss, and I’m supposed to act like I don’t want to bend her over my desk every five minutes.

But I’ve never held myself back with anything before, so consequences be da*#ed. It’s time to take what I want and show her how da$n good it feels...to be ruthless.

This book was well-written but it had me skimming over it. I'm a book-reviewer which means I have to read books and review them based on what I think of the authors talents at writing and the storyline. This book was an exceptional book. So why the 4 stars? Well, because as a person of moral fiber and one who's not really into the whole Fifty Shades of Grey style writing (yes, I know there are still some out there who haven't seen the movie nor want too) I just didn't like all the taboo sex, language and crudeness. I know that as a reviewer I have to be somewhat removed when reading a book and see the whole picture, however I also feel like an author could tap into so many more outlets of people if they had 2 separate versions of a book. Kind of how they put out different languages...except they would take some profanity out and sex and market it to people who are a little more subtle in their views. Now, for those who like ALL of that - this is the book for you. It had a good plot, a lot of angst with a guy who thought he couldn't love and a misunderstanding that I thought had been used before. This didn't detract from what readers will undoubtedly like about the book...being that it had a strong heroine who referred to herself as a "honey badger" and a hero who called her his "wildcat." The pace didn't slow down until about 76 percent which is where the misunderstanding takes place and switches to 3 months in the future and then it picks up again with another misunderstanding. I'm not a fan of "misunderstandings" in general, I think in real life - we just yell, throw things and moan until it's out in the open. At least in my house we do! I would tell my boss to read it because she's a fiend of erotic romance and is always in search of good authors. I genuinely believe that Gina Maxwell is an awesome writer and can tap into some funny, humorous writing and so I will continue to read her. I may skip over some stuff but I will continue to read her books because no one writes a hero like her. I loved Roman's best friend in this, Austin and know that the topic of his book is going to be a tough one to tackle. I'm not exactly sure how she'll do it but I'm sure she'll do it with some humor in it!!

I was given a copy of this ARC from the publisher on Netgalley for a honest review. All of the above comments are my express opinions and no one else's.

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Not the Usual

Ruthless by Gina L. Maxwell

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


People call me Ruthless for a reason.

Whether I’m in the court room or in the bedroom, my reputation is well-earned. I’m either working hard, working out, or working my way into some woman's panties. But none of them share my particular kink, and I walk away feeling unsatisfied.

Until I met her.

She’s a friend of a friend, which makes her off-limits in my book. But then temptation had me by the balls and I had her up against a wall.

My plan was avoidance, but that got blown to sh*t when my firm hired her as a new junior attorney. Now I’m her boss, and I’m supposed to act like I don’t want to bend her over my desk every five minutes.

But I’ve never held myself back with anything before, so consequences be da*#ed. It’s time to take what I want and show her how da$n good it feels...to be ruthless.

This book was well-written but it had me skimming over it. I'm a book-reviewer which means I have to read books and review them based on what I think of the authors talents at writing and the storyline. This book was an exceptional book. So why the 4 stars? Well, because as a person of moral fiber and one who's not really into the whole Fifty Shades of Grey style writing (yes, I know there are still some out there who haven't seen the movie nor want too) I just didn't like all the taboo sex, language and crudeness. I know that as a reviewer I have to be somewhat removed when reading a book and see the whole picture, however I also feel like an author could tap into so many more outlets of people if they had 2 separate versions of a book. Kind of how they put out different languages...except they would take some profanity out and sex and market it to people who are a little more subtle in their views. Now, for those who like ALL of that - this is the book for you. It had a good plot, a lot of angst with a guy who thought he couldn't love and a misunderstanding that I thought had been used before. This didn't detract from what readers will undoubtedly like about the book...being that it had a strong heroine who referred to herself as a "honey badger" and a hero who called her his "wildcat." The pace didn't slow down until about 76 percent which is where the misunderstanding takes place and switches to 3 months in the future and then it picks up again with another misunderstanding. I'm not a fan of "misunderstandings" in general, I think in real life - we just yell, throw things and moan until it's out in the open. At least in my house we do! I would tell my boss to read it because she's a fiend of erotic romance and is always in search of good authors. I genuinely believe that Gina Maxwell is an awesome writer and can tap into some funny, humorous writing and so I will continue to read her. I may skip over some stuff but I will continue to read her books because no one writes a hero like her. I loved Roman's best friend in this, Austin and know that the topic of his book is going to be a tough one to tackle. I'm not exactly sure how she'll do it but I'm sure she'll do it with some humor in it!!

I was given a copy of this ARC from the publisher on Netgalley for a honest review. All of the above comments are my express opinions and no one else's.



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Review: Rock Chick Reawakening

Rock Chick Reawakening by Kristen Ashley
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

OMG...This book just gave me all the feels!!! I love Kristen Ashley and I want to live in her world, no I take that back - I want to live in her brain! Seriously, I want to be one of her characters. Just name one Janeen and I'd be cool with that. She is a literary genius and I discovered her about 3 years ago. I still haven't read all her books because I want to savor them all. I haven't read her Fantasyland Seriess at all and I'm going to buy those and savor till the last page and then I might dip them in gold and pay homage to them. She's that good a writer. Seriously, Rock Chicks buy this book!! This is the book that turned my mother into a ROCK CHICK!!!

Synopsis:

From New York Times bestselling author, Kristen Ashley, comes the long-awaited story of Daisy and Marcus, Rock Chick Reawakening. A prequel to Kristen’s Rock Chick series, Rock Chick Reawakening shares the tale of the devastating event that nearly broke Daisy, an event that set Marcus Sloan—one of Denver’s most respected businessmen and one of the Denver underground’s most feared crime bosses—into finally making his move to win the heart of the woman who stole his.

Marcus and Daisy - Oh, how I love you with your big hair and pink track suits Daisy! Marcus, with your brooding ways...you are the man we all want and measure all men against. We don't care that you do illegal things and that you might kill people! Sometimes, the ends justify the means. The way you care for Daisy - Oh my Gosh. I just couldn't breathe when he was laying there and she was inconsolable about what had happened and she said she couldn't build castles because they didn't exist to "her" and you knew he made up his mind right then and there that he was going to make her a castle. For all his hardness, he was like a kitten with her but he sure turned into a tiger with whoever hurt her. It was epic and Daisy was someone who just loved people but people didn't love her back. The glimpses of her early life were so heartbreaking that I kept a hankie close by because I knew I was going to snot all over the place. I did. It was worth it.

KA has this style of writing that sometimes if you're not familiar with her writing style - you're like hold up, say what? I'm familiar with it so I knew going in what to expect, my mother however was not! I laughed my butt off because she kept asking why she was leaving words off the end of her sentences....uh mom she's KA - she can and that's her style of writing! Other writers try to copy her and fail - miserably. She finally figured it out by the end of the book and now wants the box set which is my hint that I'm getting it for her.

A good book tells a story and this did that in spades. We got to see Daisy's backstory and I really enjoyed that. I would have loved to have seen Sloan's backstory as a kid but we're told about it, so all's good. We see some characters from the Hot Bunch in this one, but alas just a taste because this is a prequel. However, seeing them is WORTH IT...now I have that song in my head which is fitting.

We get an awesome Epilogue and all these women are pinning boards on Pinterest about what the Wedding looked like, the silverware, the dress and it all seems to be spot on. Now either they are obsessed with KA (uh we all are) or Kristen Ashley described everything so well, we could find these things on the internet to pin!! I say that she did such a great job at describing everything that we could go out and find it on the internet. Her power (yes she has a superpower and it shall be called Literary Romantic Genius Inducer LRGI for short) makes all of us grab her books as soon as they come out and hoard them. We don't share them, we talk about them for months at a time until the next one releases and we generally live in KA's world. If we get a tweet, mention or facebook post that references something that we relate to - we squee around our living room like we were 13 years-old all over again. I've done it. I KNOW!

This book for me was bittersweet but yet I'm hoping beyond hope that she decides to write about the children because after all there are 19 of them now. Wouldn't that be a great thing? 19 more Rock Chick Children books? I'm just throwing that out there Kristen Ashley!! LOL. Just giving incentive to write until you're Betty White's age :) Believe me when I say that you have a fan base that would span several generations. So, it is with great sorrow that I finish this book but look forward to starting the Fantastical Series. I don't ever read reviews because I never want them to cloud my judgement but my boss is like a supercomputer of KA books and knowledge and I just tell her I read them so she won't tell me about them!

Some last thoughts on this book: Get it, Read it, Buy some for your friends and family, if you haven't read anything else from Kristen Ashley then you need to start!!!


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Kristen Ashley is A Master StoryTeller!

Rock Chick Reawakening by Kristen Ashley

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


OMG...This book just gave me all the feels!!! I love Kristen Ashley and I want to live in her world, no I take that back - I want to live in her brain! Seriously, I want to be one of her characters. Just name one Janeen and I'd be cool with that. She is a literary genius and I discovered her about 3 years ago. I still haven't read all her books because I want to savor them all. I haven't read her Fantasyland Seriess at all and I'm going to buy those and savor till the last page and then I might dip them in gold and pay homage to them. She's that good a writer. Seriously, Rock Chicks buy this book!! This is the book that turned my mother into a ROCK CHICK!!!

Synopsis:

From New York Times bestselling author, Kristen Ashley, comes the long-awaited story of Daisy and Marcus, Rock Chick Reawakening. A prequel to Kristen’s Rock Chick series, Rock Chick Reawakening shares the tale of the devastating event that nearly broke Daisy, an event that set Marcus Sloan—one of Denver’s most respected businessmen and one of the Denver underground’s most feared crime bosses—into finally making his move to win the heart of the woman who stole his.

Marcus and Daisy - Oh, how I love you with your big hair and pink track suits Daisy! Marcus, with your brooding ways...you are the man we all want and measure all men against. We don't care that you do illegal things and that you might kill people! Sometimes, the ends justify the means. The way you care for Daisy - Oh my Gosh. I just couldn't breathe when he was laying there and she was inconsolable about what had happened and she said she couldn't build castles because they didn't exist to "her" and you knew he made up his mind right then and there that he was going to make her a castle. For all his hardness, he was like a kitten with her but he sure turned into a tiger with whoever hurt her. It was epic and Daisy was someone who just loved people but people didn't love her back. The glimpses of her early life were so heartbreaking that I kept a hankie close by because I knew I was going to snot all over the place. I did. It was worth it.

KA has this style of writing that sometimes if you're not familiar with her writing style - you're like hold up, say what? I'm familiar with it so I knew going in what to expect, my mother however was not! I laughed my butt off because she kept asking why she was leaving words off the end of her sentences....uh mom she's KA - she can and that's her style of writing! Other writers try to copy her and fail - miserably. She finally figured it out by the end of the book and now wants the box set which is my hint that I'm getting it for her.

A good book tells a story and this did that in spades. We got to see Daisy's backstory and I really enjoyed that. I would have loved to have seen Sloan's backstory as a kid but we're told about it, so all's good. We see some characters from the Hot Bunch in this one, but alas just a taste because this is a prequel. However, seeing them is WORTH IT...now I have that song in my head which is fitting.

We get an awesome Epilogue and all these women are pinning boards on Pinterest about what the Wedding looked like, the silverware, the dress and it all seems to be spot on. Now either they are obsessed with KA (uh we all are) or Kristen Ashley described everything so well, we could find these things on the internet to pin!! I say that she did such a great job at describing everything that we could go out and find it on the internet. Her power (yes she has a superpower and it shall be called Literary Romantic Genius Inducer LRGI for short) makes all of us grab her books as soon as they come out and hoard them. We don't share them, we talk about them for months at a time until the next one releases and we generally live in KA's world. If we get a tweet, mention or facebook post that references something that we relate to - we squee around our living room like we were 13 years-old all over again. I've done it. I KNOW!

This book for me was bittersweet but yet I'm hoping beyond hope that she decides to write about the children because after all there are 19 of them now. Wouldn't that be a great thing? 19 more Rock Chick Children books? I'm just throwing that out there Kristen Ashley!! LOL. Just giving incentive to write until you're Betty White's age :) Believe me when I say that you have a fan base that would span several generations. So, it is with great sorrow that I finish this book but look forward to starting the Fantastical Series. I don't ever read reviews because I never want them to cloud my judgement but my boss is like a supercomputer of KA books and knowledge and I just tell her I read them so she won't tell me about them!

Some last thoughts on this book: Get it, Read it, Buy some for your friends and family, if you haven't read anything else from Kristen Ashley then you need to start!!!




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Jacked Up...is way TOO MUCHJacked Up by Samanth...

Jacked Up...is way TOO MUCH Jacked Up by Samantha Kane

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


The secret about the Birmingham Rebels is out: With a girl in the middle, two mouth-watering football studs are better than one.

Linebacker Sam Taylor feels like a ticking time bomb. He left the army with emotional wounds as fresh as the scars on his back. Sam’s been living like a monk, but his best friend, defensive lineman King Ulupoka, wants to get him laid. Easy for him to say. The larger-than-life Samoan is a hard-bodied, tribal-tattooed fantasy. Sam agrees, under one condition: King stays to watch.

ER nurse Jane Foster is done being a good girl, and nothing says wild like picking up two of football’s sexiest players and bringing them back to your hotel room. Trouble is, she can’t decide which one she wants more. Sam is hot, sweet, and vulnerable. Jane’s more than willing to ride him into oblivion. But King’s intense gaze from across the room promises that the best is yet to come.

Sure, King has had his choice of girls and guys in the past. That doesn’t mean he’ll jeopardize his relationship with Sam over a case of locker-room lust—until a naughty nurse pushes them both out of their comfort zones. Seeing Jane and Sam together turns King on more than he ever imagined. If they’re game, he’s ready to tackle a three-way play.

Apparently, Loveswept has changed over the years and it now needs to be labeled Erotica...I don't know what to say about this book except if you like 2 on 1, get it. If you don't...don't read this book - You've been warned people!! There should be a warning on this book that puts it in the M/M category and M/M/F Category. Some people will love that, I for one am not one of those people. Anyone who reads me or knows me, knows I like my romance subtle and my sex non-explicitly written. This couldn't get more explicit if you watched some porn on the internet and googled it the way I typed it above.

I'm a writer that types pretty much how she speaks, which means that if you don't like my reviews then you probably won't like me cause I don't blow smoke up your tail just to tell you something you want to hear. I'm sure this book will get lots of reviews saying how awesome it is and that's super great. Here's why that'll happen: The author did something that even I, as the reviewer didn't like but I had to say "oh, say again?" I liked the characters. I really liked Sam, King and Jane. Which is why I gave her 4 stars. I skimmed over dang near all the sex scenes and there were A LOT!! So many that they made my eyes water with steam. However, the author was onto something that I think a bunch of other authors should start taking for granted more often - she used her characters and made them into real people for her audience to relate to. Whether you are Army, Navy, Marines, Nurses, Football players, Straight, gay, or anything in-between she made you feel what her characters were going through. She researched PTSD and brought that home to me as a reviewer and reader. Although, at times I didn't like some parts of the book I wanted to see what happened with the characters. That was the saving grace and made it so that it wasn't a DNF for me. I still believe it needs to contain warnings for people because this may not be their cup of tea. I can't see a 80 year-old grandma sitting there listening to it on Audible going "get it boy!!" I definitely wouldn't recommend it to my 16 year-old cousin to read because I wouldn't educate her on any of what's contained in the pages even if she already knows (I'm praying that she doesn't and if she does, I'll be over here in denial.) Less is more people. Less is sometimes more.

I was given a copy of this ARC from the publisher on Netgalley for a honest review. All of the above comments are my express opinions and no one else's.

Jacked Up...is way TOO MUCH

Jacked Up by Samantha Kane

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


The secret about the Birmingham Rebels is out: With a girl in the middle, two mouth-watering football studs are better than one.

Linebacker Sam Taylor feels like a ticking time bomb. He left the army with emotional wounds as fresh as the scars on his back. Sam’s been living like a monk, but his best friend, defensive lineman King Ulupoka, wants to get him laid. Easy for him to say. The larger-than-life Samoan is a hard-bodied, tribal-tattooed fantasy. Sam agrees, under one condition: King stays to watch.

ER nurse Jane Foster is done being a good girl, and nothing says wild like picking up two of football’s sexiest players and bringing them back to your hotel room. Trouble is, she can’t decide which one she wants more. Sam is hot, sweet, and vulnerable. Jane’s more than willing to ride him into oblivion. But King’s intense gaze from across the room promises that the best is yet to come.

Sure, King has had his choice of girls and guys in the past. That doesn’t mean he’ll jeopardize his relationship with Sam over a case of locker-room lust—until a naughty nurse pushes them both out of their comfort zones. Seeing Jane and Sam together turns King on more than he ever imagined. If they’re game, he’s ready to tackle a three-way play.

Apparently, Loveswept has changed over the years and it now needs to be labeled Erotica...I don't know what to say about this book except if you like 2 on 1, get it. If you don't...don't read this book - You've been warned people!! There should be a warning on this book that puts it in the M/M category and M/M/F Category. Some people will love that, I for one am not one of those people. Anyone who reads me or knows me, knows I like my romance subtle and my sex non-explicitly written. This couldn't get more explicit if you watched some porn on the internet and googled it the way I typed it above.

I'm a writer that types pretty much how she speaks, which means that if you don't like my reviews then you probably won't like me cause I don't blow smoke up your tail just to tell you something you want to hear. I'm sure this book will get lots of reviews saying how awesome it is and that's super great. Here's why that'll happen: The author did something that even I, as the reviewer didn't like but I had to say "oh, say again?" I liked the characters. I really liked Sam, King and Jane. Which is why I gave her 4 stars. I skimmed over dang near all the sex scenes and there were A LOT!! So many that they made my eyes water with steam. However, the author was onto something that I think a bunch of other authors should start taking for granted more often - she used her characters and made them into real people for her audience to relate to. Whether you are Army, Navy, Marines, Nurses, Football players, Straight, gay, or anything in-between she made you feel what her characters were going through. She researched PTSD and brought that home to me as a reviewer and reader. Although, at times I didn't like some parts of the book I wanted to see what happened with the characters. That was the saving grace and made it so that it wasn't a DNF for me. I still believe it needs to contain warnings for people because this may not be their cup of tea. I can't see a 80 year-old grandma sitting there listening to it on Audible going "get it boy!!" I definitely wouldn't recommend it to my 16 year-old cousin to read because I wouldn't educate her on any of what's contained in the pages even if she already knows (I'm praying that she doesn't and if she does, I'll be over here in denial.) Less is more people. Less is sometimes more.

I was given a copy of this ARC from the publisher on Netgalley for a honest review. All of the above comments are my express opinions and no one else's.



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