Mystery Man (Dream Man, #1) in Dangerous Hero Addict Support Group

Feb 19, 2012 Saly rated it really liked it

Shelves: read-in-2012, cops-law-enforcement-security

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Rating 3.5
Practically all my GR friends have been reading this author & urging me to, so last evening I gave in, first off I should have started reading the book earlier since it was huge and then there were moments when I didn't understand what was being said because of the way it was written but that aside I did enjoy the book despite the problem I had with the arrogance and stupidity of some characters.

First of the heroine, in this day and age of STD's, she continued to sleep with a man whose Rating 3.5
Practically all my GR friends have been reading this author & urging me to, so last evening I gave in, first off I should have started reading the book earlier since it was huge and then there were moments when I didn't understand what was being said because of the way it was written but that aside I did enjoy the book despite the problem I had with the arrogance and stupidity of some characters.

First of the heroine, in this day and age of STD's, she continued to sleep with a man whose name she didn't know for one and a half years, I mean fine she picked him up & after the first day he was gone, he kept returning and not finding this creepy enough to stop, she let him and then later on the book she feels dirty because she finds out that she was kind of in a line of booty calls and she never once attempted to deepen whatever they had or even talk to him.

Other things about her, she loves her dad and step-mom. She also realizes that Mystery Man(is like her dad, bossy) who acquires a name after her half sister lands herself in something that has a biker gang, FBI, police and bad guys looking for her. He actually kind of gets up in her face for walking into a biker gang lair to find out about her sister and Gwen feels angry about how he confesses that he has been keeping an eye out on her, violating her privacy when they don't really have a relationship and suddenly he is like you are mine.

Of course after this guys are all over Gwen, while the hero thinks that even when the heroine is telling him no, it actually means yes.

The hero Hawk's behaviour is something no woman would stand for in real life but I guess in fiction things are kind of okay. Also the fault for their non-relationship also lay with the heroine a bit. I didn't like the fact that Hawk says she was his but he has no problem saying there were other women during the time period she was his sex-toy.

Then, there is the fact that he wants the heroine to open herself to him completely forgetting the lessons she learnt from her failed marriage and cheating ex, even when he only offers her token from his life when he feels like.

There comes a moment he breaks up with her, just when Gwen is opening up, what I find weird was that she up & walked off with another guy & lived with him, sleeping with him in his bed(not having sex) and letting him kiss her, I dunno this just came off as weird.

Of course the hero tries to make up for it, telling her why he is the way he is, that he lost his wife and daughter and expects the heroine to immediately fall over on him, which she doesn't, she needs time to process which he doesn't want to give her.

The book was filled with flaws and despite them I did enjoy it but it went over the top with everything. ...more

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May 28, 2013 Joy rated it really liked it

Shelves: re-read-2013

TACK/GWEN: “Are you here to freak me out in any other way?"
"Nope."
"This would include asking me for a date," I warned.
"Babe, don't date," he replied.
"You don't?"
"Do tequila shots followed by 5 hours of sex count as a date? he asked.
"Um... no," I answered.
"Then I don't date."
I smiled at him.
Then, stupidly, I asked. "You can have sex for 5 hours?"
He smiled at me.
Yikes.

Stupidly being the key word here--I've never seen a chick as stupid as Gwen--she not only has unprotected sex with a stranger for 1 ...more

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Feb 05, 2012 Crista rated it it was amazing

Shelves: bad-boys, 5-star, tortured-heroes, suspense, military, biker

I have been on a Kristen Ashley break for awhile. Books written by Kristen Ashley always manage to completely consume me, exhaust me, and I fall so hard for her heroes that it ruins me for any other book heroes. To top it all off, I inevitably end up with a book hangover that takes me forever to recover from.

Mystery Man continues that same tradition. I fell in love with Hawk, and he has ruined me for any other book heroes. I was most definitely consumed and exhausted by the end, and Mystery Man ...more

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May 05, 2013 Mistress SuckMyBlackDagger rated it really liked it

Shelves: read-2013, alpha, 100-in-2013, military-cops

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3 1/2 - 4
Can't decide which.. The beginning was good and I actually find the whole stranger in my bed theme sexy and the ending especially the epilogue heart touching and wonderful. It's the middle that made me lower the stars on this one. It just felt never ending. It kept going and going and I was ready to wrap it up already. Also the use of yowza drove me nuts. At times the dialogue was very tinny bopper and am ...more

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Jul 11, 2012 Heather (hungrycookiemonster) marked it as hiatus

The reviews for this novel amuse me. I must read!

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Feb 01, 2014 ibNell rated it really liked it

Shelves: ebooks-books-i-own, contemporary, adult-x-fiction, mystry-suspns-thriller-crime

Definitely a Kristen Ashley book … she has her own style that draws you in. She doesn’t ease into a story, it just starts. Because of this, I sometimes start out thinking the book is kinda cheesy. But after a few pages it seems to fit and she has done it again – tempting you to carry on. Then wham! You can’t put it down.

However, I would have appreciated a little less “babes” being used. Did not mind when Gwen’s man used it, but it seemed everyone else in the story did too (cringe).

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Feb 24, 2013 Christine rated it liked it

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May 19, 2014 Maggie Spry rated it it was ok

Shelves: erotica, 2014, bikers, military, men-in-blue

My biggest issue with this book was our heroine, Gwyn. To sum it up, if you have ever seen Cruel Intentions, she reminds me of Cecile (Selma Blair). Gwyn is 33 years old and She acts like an immature 13 year old.
I felt like this book had a lot of potential and I really wanted to like it, but sadly....I didn't. ...more

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