Blood Lust: La Famiglia De Luca: Gabriel by Kristine Allen
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Gabriel De Luca is not happy to escort his mother to the book signing she wants to go to, but he knows better than to deny his father or his mother this trip. He may be the head of the La Cosa Nostra now, but he still listens to his father and mother. It’s only a weekend away and he and his brothers will oblige their mother and keep her safe.

A chance meeting at the signing brings Gabriel and Alia together and their worlds will crash together again after one night of unadulterated bliss. They may believe that they’ll never see each other again, but the universe has other plans for them.

I loved this book and the characters. I am loving how these stories in the MMM World include the signing in Texas and in some cases the authors of the books going to the signing. The authors have created an awesome world for their readers to enjoy and get lost in, as well as find new authors to read and new book boyfriends to fight over.

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Darragh’s Dilemma by Ciara St. James
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Darragh O’Sheeran is the first born into the O’Sheeran family and desires to find a woman to stand by his side and help him rule when the time comes. His parents keep asking when he’ll settle down and give them grandchildren, and he doesn’t have an answer for them. All of the elders of the O’Sheeran family are anxious to be grandparents, but Darragh’s expected to lead the pack. He doesn’t believe he’ll ever find the perfect woman that will be strong enough to stand by him and be his partner in life, but when he unexpectedly meets Ashlynn Kincaid, his thoughts are changed.

Ashlynn Kincaid is at the end of her rope, she doesn’t know where to go now with her worries or complaints. The police won’t do anything and her little sister is still in danger, as well as her parents and herself, but she’s more worried about her younger sister. When she gets the idea to go to the O’Sheeran’s she doesn’t expect her world to be turned upside down by the man she meets with, but that’s exactly what happens.

Ciara St. James does a great job with her MC characters and stories, and now she’s branching off into Mafia. She’s done a great job with this too. I love the characters of the O’Sheeran’s Mafia and this first story was a great start. I believe Ciara can write any character she wants. All she has to do is write a bit of herself into the women and pair them with the right man that will only enhance their strength, sass, and passion.

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Menace (Special Edition): A small town single-dad cop, meets teacher romance. by Laramie Briscoe
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Ah, my favorite Moonshine Task Force character! I loved Menace and Rina’s story.

Menace is a single dad that is trying to do the best he can with raising a good young man and working with his team to take down the moonshiners in his county. He works hard and does a great job with his son, however, he does have some help from his team. They are a family, so they all help each other out and do what they can to make sure that their county, and town are safe from the danger of the moonshine and what it can bring to their town.

Rina is a teacher at the local high school and is fairly new to town. She’s a woman that will fight for her students and the school to make sure that they are getting the best education they can get and are safe, and fed.

Menace and Rina’s love story is a great read. I love the Jeep scene and I love these two. The new special chapter to the book was a great add and I loved it.

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Ruthless Heir by Sienna Snow
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

They’ve been fighting the inevitable for a while now. He knows he wants her in his life, but she’s not ready to accept his love or his heart.

They’ve hidden their encounters for years, and now he wants their secret to be out in the open and their relationship to be more that clandestine encounters and secret, hidden rendezvous. She’s the head of a secret group and has been setting up her final job for awhile now, taking down the one man that has destroyed so many lives, including the life of the man she loves, can she do it and still live to have the life they both want together?

I love the Street Kings books and Ruthless Heir was a great read. The characters are always wonderful and the storylines are always dark, deep and twisted.

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Lock and Key by A.K. Evans
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Another great Road Trip Romance book by A.K. Evans.

Wanting a family and to be loved and cared about has been something that Dakota Blake has wanted al her life, and she thought that she might have found it with her husband when they married, but she was so, so wrong. He was a man that wanted someone to take care of him since he no longer lived with his parents and his mother wasn’t there to do it. His family never liked her and never hid it from her, the trouble was that her husband never backed her up or showed her the respect she so deserved. So she was done. Moving to a remote cabin in the woods from the advice of her best friend she believed that maybe she could find herself and gain the mind set to live her life on her own.
Jack Spears is hiding away from life and reality in the woods. His life hasn’t turned out the way he had hoped, but he’s content where he is and lives his life on his own in the woods. When the cabin next door becomes occupied, he knows he should go over and introduce himself, but he’s not sure he’s ready to. When he finds the new neighbor in trouble in the woods, he knows it’s now or never.

This is tear jerker for sure, but it’s also a beautiful story of two people that are trying to find love and find it in the most unexpected place. Dakota and Jack are great characters that need to see that life may have knocked them down but with each other, they can get back up and thrive. I loved the story and the characters.

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Ace (Special Edition): A second-chance, small town romance. by Laramie Briscoe
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I had forgotten how tragic and wonderful these books were. I am so glad to be re-reading them in the Special Edition series.

Ace is a man with the patience of a saint, a heart of gold, and a man that once he has his mind on something, you do not want to get in his way. He will protect and care for Violet with no problem. He will be the man she’s been waiting for to show her what love really is and let her be herself. I love Ace and his story was a favorite in this series.

Violet needs a hero that will worship her, protect her and love her without condition and she’s found this man. When Ace first saw her at the diner, he knew that she would be worth waiting for and he was right. Her world was crumbling around her, but she found a bright light in Ace and isn’t looking back now.

I love this book, the characters and the series. I am so glad that I re-read this book and the special chapter added to the end was a great read as well.

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Bridges Burned by Marie James
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I am loving the Mission Mercenaries Series and the characters that are coming to life in them. Hollis seems to be a man that is easy going and lives his life the way he wants, but there is so much more to him than we see from the outside.

Hollis has a dark and painful past that comes to light in Bridges Burned. He’s lived his adult life looking for the man that destroyed his family. Now that he has a works for Mission Mercenaries, he finds a way to bring down the very man that destroyed his family and it could be the end of him if he’s not careful.

I loved this book and I love the characters in the series. Some of them seem to be light and easy going, but they are dark, dangerous, and deadly. They put their lives on the line all the time, but when they find a partner that can make them whole, they’ll go to the ends of the earth to protect them and have their backs no matter what.

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The Biker’s Curvy Valentine by Sadie King
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Lyle’s spending another Valentine’s Day alone. Deciding to take a ride on his bike, he’s cruising down the road and spots something on the side of the road and as he gets closer realizes it’s not something, but someone. Pulling over to check on the petite woman that is walking down the road, looking rough and out of it, he finds that the woman is bruised, hurt, and probably dehydrated, so he does the only thing he can do, takes her back to the club house.
She has no idea who she is or where she’s come from. She’s tired, sore, hungry and wandering the highway. When Lyle stops to check on her she can’t tell him her name because she doesn’t know it, so he names her Valentine, since that’s the day he found her. After several days at the Underground Crows MC clubhouse, a man shows up to claim her as his fiance, however when she sees him her mind warns her that he’s not a good man. When Lyle realizes that she’s not happy to see the man, the Underground Crows MC begin to dig into the man and find that he’s part of a cult of which Valentine escaped before Lyle had found her.
I liked the book and the characters. Lyle’s a sweetheart and will protect Valentine forever. Valentine has proven to be a strong resilient woman that has survived a lot being raised in a cult. I loved it!
It was the first book I’d read in the Underground Crows MC Series, but I went back and bought the first book and will be reading it and keeping up with the series now that I’ve found it.

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His Proposal by Angel Rayne
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

They’ve both suffered enough. Enzo denied Sera in book 2 and now that he sees what’s happened to her and how her life will play out, he can’t accept it. His life is nothing without her in it, but her life will be a living hell for her. Now Enzo will force Luca to bring his plans forward so that Enzo can reclaim Sera and make her his.
Enzo will have a lot of work to do to convince her that he’s being truthful and genuine about his feelings for her. He’s hurt her deeply by his rejection in book 2, so he’s going to have to grovel a lot to get her now.

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The Auction by Maggie Cole
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Maggie Cole knows how to write dark, dirty, deranged characters and The Auction is no exception.

Riggs had nothing until he met Blakely’s father and was taken under his wing to create the man that he is now. Riggs is a power, determined man that works hard for his company and earns top dollar doing it. When he discovers that there are discrepancies in his books, he starts looking for the culprit only to be disappointed and then set on a new course to bring the culprit down. By using the man’s daughter. He believes that if he uses the beautiful Blakely, he will destroy the man easier, but unfortunately, his methods could destroy what he’s built with Blakely.
Blakely is tired of being under the roof of her parents and having to live with the disfunction her family is, so she goes out on her own and tries to have her own life, only to have to fight to stay out of her father’s reach and the men he sends after her. One of these times bringing her to a new world and possibly happiness.

I loved the book and the characters. I always love Maggie Cole’s character as they always jump off the pages at you when you’re reading. They are strong, determined, and enjoyable to get to know. Even if they’re dark as well. I was anxious for book 2 to complete the duet.

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