Release Day Blitz/Review/Giveaway: Worth the Risk (The McKinney Brothers #2) By Claudia Connor

Title: Worth the Risk

Series: The McKinney Brothers #2

Author: Claudia Connor

Publisher: Loveswept

Release Date:  February 3, 2015

SYNOPSIS

New York Times bestselling author Claudia Connor follows up her heartfelt debut, Worth the Fall, with a novel about Matt’s brother, Stephen—and when a McKinney brother falls in love, powerful emotion and overwhelming desire are never far behind.

Two hearts locked away . . . Hannah Walker spends her days coaching children through injury and trauma, one therapeutic horseback ride at a time. She knows all too well how violence can change a child and leave scars that never heal. It’s easy for her to relate to the kids; what isn’t easy is the thought of facing her own harrowing past.

Millionaire playboy Stephen McKinney could use a little coaching himself. Five years ago he encountered his most horrible nightmare—and the nightmare won. No matter what he achieves, nothing can make up for that awful night . . . or so he believes.

Both desperate for a second chance . . . Stephen is used to getting what he wants. And he wants Hannah. So when she turns him down, he’s intrigued. What he doesn’t know is that her secrets will lead him to a place he never wanted to go again . . . to a side of himself he’s tried to forget . . . a side that would scare Hannah away from ever loving him. Now his only chance to win her trust is to bare his soul, risking everything he tried so hard to protect.

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MY REVIEW

4 Stars!!

Worth the Risk is book 2 in The McKinney Brothers Series but can be read as a standalone. I really enjoyed book one and was looking forward to this one.I didn't read anything on this one, I just went straight in and I was pleasantly surprised with how the story unraveled.I still can't believe this is the author's second book! I can't wait to see what else the author comes up with.

The main characters Stephan and Hannah have both been touched by evil and both have closed themselves off to a lot of things. They are both damaged by their past and haven't worked out a way to get past it until they stumble upon each other. One innocent meeting with Stephan and everything for Hannah changes.Stephan makes her feel safe, something other than her brothers no one has done before. She takes a risk with Stephan, she can't keep living in the past anymore. But will this risk make or break her?

Stephan has buried himself into work, random women and alcohol to try to be numb, to not feel the pain, anger and hatred the past has left him with. Hannah changes things for him but after all these years of trying to be numb will he allow himself to feel? Whilst Hannah's past made her closer to her family, Stephan's loss has drawn him away.

I loved Stephan and even Hannah, my heart ached for what they had been through and I really wanted them to get their happily ever after. The gradual development of the characters was good, I enjoyed being in their head and understanding what they were going through and how they felt. Hannah is nothing like the normal women he goes for yet she seems to be perfect in his eyes. She can't even see her own beauty and he is hooked. Needs to explore whatever it is between them. But it wont be as easy as usual because Hannah isnt exactly a normal girl. Her past has changed her, made her less trusting, afraid and much more.

Stephen leaned in. Closer and closer as if in slow motion, until his lips hovered a breath from hers. His fingers slid through the hair at the side of her face

“Hannah”

Just her name, and it was terrifying and magical, and before she had time to process the enormity of it, he kissed her. His lips were soft and firm and every cell in her body tuned in to that single spot where their lips met. She didn’t know what to do next, but it didn’t matter.

There was a part that I knew would come back to bite Stephan in the arse and I was silently screaming at him to tell her and quick but obviously he didn't listen. But there were a lot of parts I didn't expect. This book had dark aspects to it which the first one didn't. I felt like the first one was more happy, lighter and made me feel all warm inside whilst this one broke my heart and yet still kept me hooked. The epilogue was so cute, I love them kind of epilogues!!

I'm looking forward to the next book in this series and more from this author.

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AUTHOR BIO

New York Times bestselling author Claudia Connor attended Auburn University, where she received her undergraduate and masters degrees in early childhood education, and completed her studies in Sawbridgeworth, England. Always a lover of happy endings, she enjoys movies, reading, and spending her days putting on paper the stories in her head. She lives near Memphis, Tennessee, with her husband and three daughters.

AUTHOR LINKS

Website:   http://claudiaconnor.com/

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

Twitter:   https://twitter.com/Claudia__Connor

Goodreads:   https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8058866.Claudia_Connor

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Review: You Don't Have to Say You Love Me by Sarra Manning

Synopsis

Sweet, bookish Neve Slater always plays by the rules and the number one rule is that good-natured fat girls like her don't get guys like gorgeous, handsome William, heir to Neve's heart since university. But William's been in LA for three years, and Neve's been slimming down and re-inventing herself so that when he returns, he'll fall head over heels in love with the new, improved her.

So she's not that interested in other men. Until her sister Celia points out that if Neve wants William to think she's an experienced love-goddess and not the fumbling, awkward girl he left behind, then she'd better get some, well, experience.

What Neve needs is someone to show her the ropes, someone like Celia's colleague Max. Wicked, shallow, sexy Max. And since he's such a man-slut, and so not Neve's type, she certainly won't fall for him. Because William is the man for her... right?

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My Review

3 Stars!!

 

This book took me a while to get through, I don't usually take this long I think its due to the fact that parts of this book had me so frustrated and annoyed and others were at times too slow for my liking.

Max and Neve are the main characters and they both have issues they need to deal with. Neve thinks she is in love with William some boring guy that is out of the country at the moment and when he comes back she doesnt want him to see her as the fat girl he left but the size 10 women she strives to become.She thinks when he returns and sees her he will fall in love and they will live happily ever after discussing literature and being boring. He just bored me and anyone but Neve could see that they were too similar and she needed someone who was a lot more fun and well totally different from Neve.

This is where Max comes in who works with Neve's sister.Max doesn't do relationships, thats his problem.He sleeps around and gets bored and sleeps around some more. When these two characters meet they connect, they are totally different yet they are drawn together. So what happens when Neve proposes a pancake relationship? (You have to read it to understand the pancake relationship) He totally agrees, what could possibly go wrong?

“That was the worst thing about having a relationship with someone, even a pretend relationship. You opened up, let someone in, and when it was over, they had all the ammunition they needed to completely destroy you.”

Neve wants to get some experience and brush up on her flirting skills and so on..who better to try with than Max, someone who could never be attracted to her..or so she thinks.

Overall I liked it, it had some pretty funny, cute parts and I really like Max. Aww Max! But he did have a big problem ignoring such obvious hints! I wanted to smack him around the head at times. Most of all Neve frustrated me to no end, her distorted thinking, all the issues she had that she needed to work out instead of dieting.It all starts from loving yourself no matter what size you are, if you can't do that then you can be size 6 and still find yourself fat or repulsive.It's more about inner beauty. I really wanted to scream at Neve when she thought about William like omg DOES HE EVEN LIKE YOU? It was a lot about her! I hope you enjoy this book more than I did :)

Review: A Moment (Moments #1) by Marie Hall

Synopsis

A chance meeting... Life didn't turn out the way I'd ever hoped it would. I got pregnant at 14. Same year my mom got diagnosed with MS. Dad bailed on us and my life felt like it suddenly started to spiral out of control. I'm 21 now, I go to college, I work hard, trying to make something of myself. I wasn't supposed to be at that burlesque bar Valentine's Day. I wasn't supposed to meet Ryan Cosgrove, but I did. And now nothing will ever be the same. Love born from pain... I'm a retired Marine, an MMA fighter, and when I was younger something terrible happened to me. Life is hard and I'm so tired of pretending its not. I'm in a burlesque bar, drowning my sorrows, trying to shut out the demons breathing down my neck always reminding me I'm not good enough. Then I see Liliana Delgado and something inside of me- something I'd thought long dead- stirs to life. I wonder... can she save me? I hope she can, because I don't think I can save myself. This is our moment...

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My Review

4.5 Beautiful Stars!!

This is a free read, yes FREE!! After reading the synopsis I quickly went to one-click only to have amazon tell me er..you already have it. Don't be clicking a million times on the same book, bitch.So I went through my kindle app thinking no amazon you lie! I would have read it by now.But then to my utter shock at the bottom, there it was. How dare I neglect this book? So I started it and wow what a journey it was.I loved it, I knew I was going to love it just by looking at the synopsis ;)

'Home.

I don't have one of those anymore.'

Ryan is struggling with life.He has demons and they are eating away at him.He tries getting rid of they by getting drunk but even that doesn't help.His past won't let him live and so the time comes when he decides to end it all.

'A broken heart can kill.Maybe that will be the way I go.'

Liliana has struggled through life after her dad threw her aside when he found out she was pregnant.Now she is 21yrs old and has a 7yr old autistic son. She is lost, lonely and then she meets Ryan. That one night will change everything, they just don't know it yet.

'She's taking the broken pieces and gluing them all together.I'm not perfect, there are still defects, but I'm standing and that's all that matters.'

I loved it, loved how it was different and how it made me feel.I wanted to hold Ryan, squeeze him tight and make all his demons go away.Liliana was a likeable character, strong beautiful and much more.How are there not more reviews for this book? Beautiful, heartbreaking book that you will not want to stop reading.It's one of those books where you start reading and next think you know you are at 98% then you start panicking because you don't want it to end!

This is a standalone with dual point of views so you get an insight to both main characters.Can't wait to read Alex's book next!!

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Review: The Devil's Masquerade: The Remedy (The Devil's Eyes #5) by Jennifer Loren

The Devil's Eyes Series

Book 1- The Devil's Eyes (The Devil's Eyes, #1) -Amazon US / Amazon US 

Book 2-The Devil's Revenge (The Devil's Eyes, #2) - Amazon US / Amazon UK

Book 3-The Devil's Son (The Devil's Eyes, #3) - Amazon US / Amazon UK

Book 4- The Devil's Masquerade: The Poison (The Devil's Eyes, #4) - Amazon US / Amazon UK / My Review

Book 5: The Devil's Masquerade: The Remedy (The Devil's Eyes, #5) - Amazon US / Amazon UK

Synopsis

Nick Jayzon is now a Savage, a part of Asmodeus’s army. Kayla has been threatened, cornered and tempted to run and hide, leaving her true love to fight on his own and be forever under the control of the greed hungry devil. However, she meets a mysterious ally that she never knew she had until she needed her the most and that ally encourages Kayla, to stay and to fight. Will Kayla fight for the husband she loves? Will she stand toe to toe with the devil and fearlessly threaten his final annihilation? Will Kayla find her husband again and be able to inflict her own kind of devil’s Remedy and be able to bring Nick back to the life he once knew? Without Nick, Kayla and all her allies will be outnumbered and their power will be no contest against Savage and his manipulated grandson’s own power. Will they need to kill Nick to survive or will a younger Nick step forward and show his extraordinary power to save them all? Kayla and all her allies will accept their fates and enter into the ultimate battle at The Devil’s Masquerade.

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My Review

5 Brilliant, I-Want-More Stars!!

'Why do I believe her to be mine and I hers when she is supposed to be my enemy?'

So it took me a while to get round to this one and wait wait before you all attack me ..It's only because I really, really didn't want this series to finish! But then Jennifer Loren gave me some amazing news when she revealed that there would be more! Yes baby! I was over the moon and thought well now I can read it. This is book 5 in the Devil's Eyes series by Jennifer Loren and what a book is was. JL you never disappoint!

"This fallen angel may be stained, but don't be fooled.I am not broken.I will be the remedy to your poison, Asmodeus."

This book continues from where the last last book finished. You find out that somehow Kayla carries the key to getting Nick back from his grandfathers clutches.Nick has been poisoned and he doesn't remember Kayla or any of his family anymore.He is ready to kill anyone who goes against Dennis not knowing that his grandfather is making him hurt his own family and friends.

One thing I love about this series is that it has it all, entertainment, drama, suspense, action, thrills, humour and so much more. I love each and every character (the good ones obviously).Dennis Savage the things I wanted to do to you..no for all the perverts reading this and thinking its all sexual.NO. I wanted to kill this man in so many different ways.He had my blood boiling, why Dennis are you such a pig?

"I know you can't take your eyes off me.I get it but I have some things I need to take care of.You can undress me with your eyes when I get back later.."- Elijah

We got to see a lot more of Elijah awww I already liked him in from the glimpses we got in the previous books but this one made me love him more.I just wanted to squeeze him! I'm happy he finally found someone and now its Ryan's turn. I'm hoping Ryan finds his happily ever after in the books to come because he truly deserves it. There were a lot of funny parts as well as the serious bits and how everything was going to work out, how to get Nick back and protect the family.

"Oh, be nice, tall unpleasant one.I will look at your breasts next if you want?" I say rubbing his chest.- Elijah

I felt like this book was too short because I just can't get enough of these books and series.One minute I started it and next minute finished..What is this sorcery!! LOL I finished this in one go and stayed up late because I could not put it down.And now I want more soo..hurry with the spin-off woman ;)

*ARC provided by the amazing author for an honest review*

Review: Breaking Shaun (Breaking Free #2) By E.M. Abel

Synopsis

Some men fall in love and hand their balls over to the first woman who keeps them interested—but not me. Surfing and my freedom are the only two things I’ve ever needed. Meaningless one-night stands are fun, but the drama and jealousy that follows them aren’t worth it. 
Until I met Natalie, I never realized there were women who thought like me. She enjoys sex with no strings, and with a body like that, there isn’t a man around who doesn’t want a piece of her—including me. 
But our friends and relatives all run in the same circles. And we all know friendship and sex leave a mess. Hearts always end up broken. 
I know it. 
But I still want her. 

Sometimes, the things we want don’t always come easily. Every choice, every action has consequences that can change you. 
They can change everything. 
And no matter how fiercely guarded, even the strongest hearts can break.

**WARNING** Not recommended for younger readers due to sexual content, language and recreational use of marijuana

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My Review

4 Hot Surfer Stars!

I have got to say I thought this one was better than the first book 'Freeing Asia'.This is book two in the Breaking Free series and it centers around Shaun who is Asia's brother.You see bits of him in book 1 but we don't really get an insight to him like we do in this one. At the end of Freeing Asia you catch a glimpse of Shaun and Natalie and in this one you are reintroduced to them in a different light.

Shaun is a player, he doesn't do relationships and no one rejects him when he wants a women for the night.He makes no promises and that's just how things go.Until he meets Natalie who doesn't want him, or more like she wants him but doesn't want him because she will end up being just another notch on his bedpost.

'My heart was racing. I didn't know how this man's presence had engulfed me, but I was surrounded. He obviously didn't have a shy bone in his body, and was clear he would say whatever he felt like saying, whenever he felt like saying it.'

Natalie has always had to be the responsible one taking care of her sister from a young age.She doesn't do relationships either she doesn't need any more heartbreak or people leaving her.She has never been attracted to anyone like she is to Shaun, he draws her in but because of this attraction she also knows if she gets involved with him she will be left hurt.

“We’ve got this.” I leaned down to give her a kiss.

She smiled against my lips before she whispered, “Yeah.”

At first I felt like oh its two people that don't do relationships and then they will be friends and in the end they will fall in love and happily ever after.But no! this didn't exactly go as I thought it would and I am glad! But i was looking at the percent I have left to read and it was nearing the end and I was panicking thinking this better be a happily ever after. I loved the banter between Natalie and Shaun. This book made me laugh, swoon and sigh.I really enjoyed it but felt like the ending was slightly rushed I needed more!

"Let’s fall in love

Before the world breaks through.

Before time catches up

And I break you.”

Saving Jay is next and I can't wait to see how that goes ;)

**ARC provided for an honest review**

Review: Destroyed By Pepper Winters

Synopsis

She has a secret.
I’m complicated. Not broken or ruined or running from a past I can’t face. Just complicated. 

I thought my life couldn’t get any more tangled in deceit and confusion. But I hadn’t met him. I hadn't realized how far I could fall or what I'd do to get free. 

He has a secret.
I’ve never pretended to be good or deserving. I chase who I want, do what I want, act how I want.
I didn’t have time to lust after a woman I had no right to lust after. I told myself to shut up and stay hidden. But then she tried to run. I’d tasted what she could offer me and damned if I would let her go.
One secret destroys them.

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My Review

4 Tortured, Destroyed Stars!!

I don't know what to say, this book left me emotionally drained and so damn depressed.It was absolutely not what I thought it would be like, it was different and messed up.I wanted to read it really fast but had a few breaks, I was intrigued to see how the story would develop and what would happen yet I needed a break to think about rainbows and shit.Some parts were so damn depressing and the emotional parts there were a lot but..that one part that I really didn't want to happen..damn it! Broke my heart!!

"His presence made me forget everything but him. He took over my world. He was an eclipse."

A story of 2 lonely people who find each other when everything is going downhill. A tortured hero who can't let go the only woman who has made him feel anything. A strong woman who is struggling to cope with what the present and future holds.She thought he would be her escape from pain but life isn't fair and most things never work out as planned.

Pain brings them together, Pain makes feel alive, Pain makes her stronger.

This is Hazel and Fox's story, its not an ordinary story,its unique, raw and makes you feel so much that in parts you wished you couldn't feel at all. When Hazel step into an illegal fight club with her best friend and comes across the mysterious, dark, powerful owner Obsidian Fox everything changes.She is drawn to him, this is the first time she has felt anything like this but she can't act on her intense need for him.No, she has much important things to worry about.

But it seems like she isn't the only one feeling this pull, this need because Fox is feeling it too.After years of not wanting or needing anyone this takes his by surprise and he decides he wants her but that when things go wrong. Never having dated or had a normal relationship he goes about it all wrong and offers her money to stay with him making Hazel feel like a whore.But she really needs the money and she wont get an offer like this again so she takes it but later does she realises she is in way over her head.

But the moment I walked into Obsidian, the taste of violence rejuvenated me-- reminding me I was a fighter, and I would win. I just wished I could've avoided the catalyst that destroyed me. 

Him. 

Obsidian Fox.

Obsidian Fox is a tortured man, he keeps to himself and isn't around people.He can't be touched which really doesn't help matters.After having a horrific past and being kidnapped and trained to be an assassin as a child when someone touches him it brings back everything they drilled into his head.To kill. He can't run from his past its all around him, he needs help and Hazel sees something passed the aggressive killer.A lonely boy whose childhood was ripped apart, someone needing to be loved but can she help him or will she just be destroyed in the process.

This is a well written book that focuses on a dark tortured characters, a page turner and a story which will leave you thanking Pepper Winters for that HEA because if this had a sad ending I was going to kill someone.It HAD to be happy or else..

The dual POV was killing me at times, I just couldn't decide if I wanted to kill fox/Hazel or admire them sometimes.His POV made me all sad and I felt so sorry for him and then from Hazel's POV its all just really fucked up.And damn it they annoyed me at times the whole communication problems and Hazel keeping secrets I was screaming in my head at her to TELL HIM NOWWW! it made me want to pull my hair out! Overall it was a great story and I am looking forward to what Pepper Winters will release next!

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Release Blitz/Excerpt:Crashed (The Driven Trilogy #3) By K. Bromberg

Synopsis:

When life crashes down around us, how hard are we willing to fight for the one thing we can’t live without, each other?
Life is full of moments.

Big moments. 

Little moments. 

And none of them are inconsequential.

Every single moment prepares you for that one instance that defines your life. You must overcome all your fears, confront the demons that chase you, and cleanse the poison that clings to your soul or you risk the chance of losing everything.Mine started the minute Rylee fell out of that damn storage closet. She made me feel. Made me whole when all I thought I could ever be was incomplete. Became the lifeline I never knew I needed. Hell yes, she’s worth the fight…but how do you fight for someone you know you don’t deserve?

Love is full of ups and downs. 

Heart stopping highs.

Soul shattering lows.

And none of them are insignificant.

Love is a racecourse of unexpected twists and turns that must be negotiated. You have to break down walls, learn to trust, and heal from your past in order to win. But sometimes it’s the expected that’s the hardest to hold on to.Colton has healed and completed me, stolen my heart, and made me realize our love’s not predictable nor perfect—it’s bent. And bent’s okay. But when outside factors put our relationship to the test, what lengths will I have to go to prove to him that he’s worth the fight?

Whoever said love is patient and love is kind, never met the two of us. We know our love is worth it—have acknowledged that we were meant to be—but when our pasts crash into our future, will the repercussions make us stronger or break us apart?

Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17880714-crashed

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Driven

Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Driven-Trilogy-K-Bromberg-ebook/dp/B00CRMX26I

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Fueled

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Crashed

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Driven Synopsis

Rylee Thomas is used to being in control. But she’s about to meet the one man that just might make her enjoy losing it…

I am the exception to the rule. 

In a world full of willing women, I’m a challenge to the roguish and achingly handsome Colton Donavan. A man used to getting exactly what he wants in all aspects of life. He’s the reckless bad boy constantly skating that razor thin edge toward out of control, on and off of the track. 

Colton crashes into my life like a tornado: sapping my control, testing my vulnerabilities beyond their limits, and unintentionally penetrating the protective wall around my healing heart. Tearing apart the world I rebuilt so carefully with structure, predictability, and discipline.I can’t give him what he wants and he can’t give me what I need. But after a glimpse beneath his refined exterior into the dark secrets of his damaged soul, can I bring myself to walk away?

Our sexual chemistry is undeniable. Our individual need for complete control is irrefutable. But when our worlds collide, is the chemistry enough to bring us together or will our untold secrets and battle of wills force us apart?

Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17798287-driven?ac=1

Fueled Synopsis

What happens when the one person you never expected suddenly happens to be the one you’ll fight the hardest to keep?

Colton stole my heart. He wasn't supposed to, and I sure as hell didn't want him to, but he crashed into my life, ignited feelings within me that I thought had died forever, and fueled a passion that I never knew could exist.Rylee fell out of that damn storage closet and into my life. Now I don't think I'll ever be the same. She's seen glimpses of the darkness within me, and yet she's still here. Still fighting for me. She is without a doubt the saint, and I am most definitely the sinner.

How is it the one thing neither of us wanted—neither of us anticipated that fateful night—has us fighting so hard to keep?

He steals my breath, stops my heart, and brings me back to life again all in a split second of time. But how can I love a man who won't let me in? Who continually pushes me away to prevent me from seeing the damaged secrets in his past? My heart has fallen, but patience and forgiveness can only go so far.

How can I desire a woman who unnerves me, defies me, and forces me to see that in the deep, black abyss of my soul there's someone worthy of her love? A place and person I swore I'd never be again. Her selfless heart and sexy body deserve so much more than I'll ever be capable of giving her. I know I can't be what she needs, so why can't I just let her go?

We are driven by need and fueled with desire, but is that enough for us to crash into love?

Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17880708-fueled

 Excerpt

And the only thing I can focus on—can grasp onto as my heart races and body shakes with anger—is that I need a pit stop. I need to find Colton. I need to touch him, to see him, to quiet the turmoil in my soul.But I can’t.

He’s somewhere close, my rebellious rogue unable to let go of the damaged little boy within. The man who has just started healing is now broken, and it kills me that I won’t be able to fix him. That my murmured words of encouragement and patient nature won’t be able to repair the immobile and unresponsive body that was loaded onto that stretcher and rushed to somewhere within these walls—so close yet so very far away from me. That he has to rely on strangers to mend and heal him now. Strangers that have no idea of the invisible scar tissue that still lingers beneath the surface.

More hands reach out to touch and soothe me, Dorothea’s and Quinlan’s, but they’re not the ones I want. They’re not Colton’s.

And then a terrifying thought hits me. Every time Colton is near, I can feel that tingle—the buzz that tells me he’s just within reach—but I can’t feel anything. I know he’s physically close, but his spark is nonexistent.

“You can go now too.”

His gruff voice startles me. His unexpected words throw me. My temper simmers. I look over at him and can’t do anything other than shake my head in sputtering disbelief because his eyes are still closed. Everything over the past couple of days hits me like a kaleidoscope of memories. The distance and avoidance. This is about more than being irritated from being confined during his recovery. “Is there something you need to get off your chest?”

A lone seagull squawks overhead as I wait for the answer, trying to prepare for whatever he’s going to say to me. He’s gone from crying without explanation to telling me to leave—not a good sign at all. 

“I don’t need your goddamn pity. Don’t you have a house full of little boys that need you to help fulfill that inherent trait of yours to hover and smother?”

He could’ve called me every horrible name in the book and it wouldn’t sting as much as those words he just slapped me with. I’m dumbfounded, mouth opening and closing as I stare at him, face angled to the sun, eyes still closed. “Excuse me?” It’s no match for what he’s just said, but it’s all I’ve got. 

“You heard me.” He lifts his chin up almost in dismissal but still keeps his eyes closed. “You know where the door is, sweetheart.”

And then there is Rylee.

Motherfucking Rylee.

Little pieces of her everywhere. Sheets that still smell like her. A ponytail holder on the bathroom counter. The cans of her beloved Diet Coke lined perfectly in the refrigerator. Her Kindle on the nightstand. The strands of her hair on my shirt. Evidence that her perfection exists. Evidence that something so good—so pure—actually can want someone like me—tainted and fucked up with a capital F.I want, need, hate that I want, hate that I need her so fucking bad, but I can’t do it. I can’t pull her into this fucking rainstorm of bullshit surrounding me, don’t want her to deal with the fucked up me that even I hate until I can wrap my head around everything. Until I can control the emotions that are ruling my actions. My mom was fucking right. Fucking right and she only knew me for eight of my thirty two years … if that doesn’t say something, I’m not sure what else does. I can’t be loved. If someone loves me—if I let someone in too much—my own demons will start in on them too. Work their way through the cracks in me and find a way to ruin them.

“Neglecting me?” 

“Yes, not treating you properly,” he says as he slaps my butt; the sting it leaves has nothing on the shock waves that ripple through the hypersensitive flesh between my thighs. “You’ve been taking care of me—of everyone else but yourself as usual—and I haven’t properly taken care of you.”

“I do believe you did just take care of me … and quite properly,” I tease, wiggling my naked body up against his and earning the hum that comes from deep within his throat. “If that’s considered not taking care of me—neglecting me—Ace, then please...” I nip at the skin on the underside of his jaw “...neglect me some more.”

“My God, woman, you test a man’s restraint,” he groans as his hands run down my spine and clasp together against my lower back. “But, that was just a minor sidetrack to—”

“Minor is not what I’d call it,” I quip with a raise of my eyes and another wiggle of my hips that causes him to laugh out loud. “I’ll take one of your sidetracks any day.”

“Bet your ass you will,” he teases with a quick squeeze of my hips

Author Bio:

K. Bromberg is that reserved woman sitting in the corner that has you all fooled about the wild child inside of her--the one she lets out every time her fingertips touch the computer keyboard. She’s a wife, mom, child rustler, toy pick-er-upper, chauffer, resident web-slinger, LaLaloopsy watching, American Girl doll dressing multi-tasker of all things domestic and otherwise. She likes her diet cokes with rum, her music loud, and her pantry stocked with a cache of chocolate.

K. lives in Southern California with her husband and three children. When she needs a break from the daily chaos of her life, you can most likely find her on the 

treadmill or with Kindle in hand, devouring the pages of a good, saucy book.Fueled is K. Bromberg’s second published novel and is the highly anticipated second book of “The Driven Trilogy.” Driven was her well-received debut novel and Book #1 of the series.

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Blog Tour/Review/Giveaway: Beck (Corps Security, #3) By Harper Sloan

Series Info:

Book 1:  Axel- My Review

Book 2:  Cage- My Review

Book 3:  Beck (Below)

Book 4:  Cooper

Book 5:  Locke

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 Beck By Harper Sloan

Book 3 - Corps Security Series 
  

 

Synopsis

 **Warning** This book is intended for a mature reading**

~DEE~

I’ve always been good at wearing masks. Not letting anyone see the real me. I’m content being the happy-go-lucky best friend. The strong willed boss. The independent woman who doesn’t need a man.

But the truth is I’m just as broken as the rest of you. I’m terrified that all it will take is one person to make all my carefully constructed walls crumble into fine dust. So I guard my heart with everything I have. Determined to never let anyone get close enough to hurt me again.

All is perfect until HE walks into my life. No… he doesn’t just walk. He struts his good-looking, sex-oozing self-right into my space and demands that I see HIM. Making me want what I know I can’t have.

So I did the only thing I know how to do.

I run.

But he just won’t let me go.

~BECK~

The second I see her, I know she will be mine. I see past the gorgeous smiles and heart-stopping laughter. I see HER. She doesn’t want me to know her secrets or the past that haunts her, but I make it my mission to find out.

To make her mine.

She can run all she wants, but it will never be far enough to stop me from coming after her.

She’s it for me and she knows it.

She’s just too scared to admit it.

**NO cliffhanger, HEA, inter-connected standalones**

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My Review

4-4.5 BROKEN, HEART-WRENCHING, BECK LOVING STARS!!

Beck is book 3 in the Corps Security series and is the story of Beck and Dee.After reading the previous books there isn't much to go on other that the fact that Beck and Dee hooked up and Beck is infatuated with her whilst she keeps pushing him away. We don't know what it really going on behind closed doors until now.This book uncovers it all, fills you with emotions, twists and secrets that will leave you confused, shocked and angry that you want to pull your hair out.

“Patience wasn't even a factor. When you love someone, you fight. You fight for them, and you fight with them. She needed me to fight for her then, and I’ll continue to do that until she can fight for herself again.”

I knew I would love Beck! This hot alpha male with a heart of gold kept fighting for Dee, he needed her but more than that she needed him and he knew it. He saw right through her attempts to push him away and hoped one day he would finally have her, all of her.He saw her demons, he saw her struggles even when everyone else was blind to it all.He saw how lonely she was and wanted to be there for her but there is only so much you can do for someone who is so trapped in their own head. We all have demons, you either fight them or they end up controlling you.

I wanted more of Beck we had his POV but it felt like the whole book revolved around Dee.I wanted to know more about Beck, about his family what he wanted in life so on.It was like he was always there yet we don't really get an insight of his life without having Dee there.

'It’s like he really does see right inside me. It’s almost as if he can reach right in and pull out my secrets.'

Before reading this book I was like uhmm I am nervous about this one because I wasn't exactly Dee's biggest fan from reading the previous books. C'mon she has a hot, alpha male, who totally adores her and she is just going to keep pushing him away? Oh hell no! That just isn't going to slide psht. But then we got a little insight into Dee's childhood and things changed a little.But my main concern was that I didn't want to read a book where Dee would just be whining and pushing everyone away.

I am Denise Ann Roberts. Strong, proud and independent. A loyal friend, godmother and I radiate fucking happiness so that people will never see how lonely I really am.

By the time I finished this book ..well I was pleasantly surprised that I really enjoyed it and warmed up to Dee.My heart went out to her, she struggled a lot through life, went through thing no child should go through and then more bad stuff happened growing up and as an adult. Some memories can't be suppressed, some terrorise you, keep you awake at night and some, you have to live with for the rest of your life..

"I can tell, deep down, that she wants someone to hold her hand through life, but damn if she'll let anyone do it. There isn't any doubt in my mind. She's worth sticking this out for..."

Dee hides behind her smile never letting anyone in.After living with her abusive parents and having worse boyfriends who wanted her for her fathers money, or appearance she gave up believing that she could trust a man, that she could be loved and safe.The things she took in as a kid and growing up left her thinking the worse about men and as an adult it only got worse.Her only real friends were Greg and Izzy and by the time she met them it was too late for her to unlearn the things she learnt.

"Everyone around us looks at our fucked up relationship and does nothing but judge. They only see the outside, the window dressing. They don't see this side of Dee. They don't see her when she hits her lowest points... No, everyone sees perfect Dee, happy Dee, and the Dee that never stops smiling, even when she's dying on the inside."

This book made me kind of hate Izzy and Greg some.I was just so annoyed that they couldn't see the pain and loneliness behind her fake happy face.They were so lost in their own lives and I get that but claiming to be her best friends and so on pshtt! Maddox is my man..I just love him and can not wait for his book *excited*

"The first day I leave this hell, I am going to be a new person. I am going to be happy. I am going to be loved. And, I am going to find people to share my life with me that want to be around me. But I will never, ever, trust a boy."

Dee changed alot, she had to face her fears head on and take control.The scars her past left her heal and she becomes a much stronger person but it doesn't happen all at once and even though at times i wanted to shake her and scream at her for pushing Beck away I understood that she had to do this at her own pace. And oh Beck he was so damn patient and loving I just wanted to squeeze him tight and tell him to hang in there!

There is a big part which shocked me and a part of me wanted to be really sad and depressed and then the more dominant part was just so angry! Why? Why do you have to do this to us? Why can't books be happy eh? TELL ME WHY?!!

Overall this was a great book filled with, love, passion, patience, hope, strength, humour and family!

**ARC courtesy of the author in exchange for an honest review**

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Buy Links 

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About The Author

Harper lives in small town Georgia just a short drive from her hometown of Peachtree City. She (and her 3 daughters) enjoy ruling the house they dubbed 'Estrogen Ocean', much to her husband’s chagrin. Harper has a borderline unhealthy obsession with books; you can almost ALWAYS find her with her ereader attached. As an ex-reviewer and blogger, Harper's passion for reading runs deep. It wasn't until 'Axel' decided to take up residence that she realized her true calling. 

She started using writing as a way to unwind when the house went to sleep at night; and with a house full of crazy it was the perfect way to just relax. It didn't take long before a head full of very demanding alphas would stop at nothing to have their story told.

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Social Links

Facebook Author Page: www.facebook.com/harpersloanbooks

Twitter: @harpersloan 

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Email: authorharpersloan@gmail.com 

Instagram: @harper_sloan

  
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