Book review: BREAK THE ICE, by L.A. Cotton

 

Lakeshore U #1

Aurora & Noah

The female character in this book, Aurora, has an eating disorder and the author made such a respectful work in presenting her situation, feelings of low self-esteem, frustration, and negativity.  Aurora is a beautiful girl, but she’s curvy.  Subjected to a mother who used to be a model and is obsessed with beauty and youth, she was emotionally tortured with diets and pills and forced to model and face countless criticism from photographers and other young models.  It is a testament to her character that in spite of being so put down, she’s still kind and sassy and friendly.  Just not with hockey players!

She just arrived at Lakeshore U to room with her brother and other two hockey players because the apartment she booked suffered water damage.  Her brother, Austin, is happy to have her in the house, but he’s also clueless of what her childhood was like.  He didn’t get along with their mother and he fled the house as soon as he graduated high school.  You can tell there is friction and untold truths they needed to discuss and sort out.

The other players are Connor, who is with Ella from Ice Burn, and Noah Holden, one of the most sought after playboys in town.  Initially drab and withdrawn, she got accustomed to the guys.  I loved Connor, he was more of a big brother than Austin was, always attentive to feeding her and her whereabouts, inviting her to Hot Dog Tuesday and coming up with the Halloween costume idea of Goldilocks and the three bears.

The one who wasn’t very welcoming was Noah, and Aurora resented it by being sarcastic back at him.  She didn’t fall for any of his quirks and that intrigued him no end.  And of course, he started to notice her! 

I loved the slow burn and the attention to detail in describing Aurora’s demons.  Noah also had a dark past but he kept it under lock and key, masking it with a sunny disposition, charm and jokes.  At one time I was comparing Aurora to Eeyore in Winnie the Pooh because she was so gloomy all the time, but then I appreciated when she started to lighten up, acquire friends, and started to laugh and joke.  She always has voices in her head that denigrate her choices but I loved that she had the will to overcome.  She thought she was ugly until Noah taught her that she was beautiful.

It was initially dark but then it turned light and hopeful, two kids who were on the threshold of starting their adult life and needed each other to edge out of the darkness of their past into the light of the future.  Very uplifting once you get over the gloominess!

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About the author

USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of over forty mature young adult and new adult novels, LA COTTON is happiest writing the kind of books she loves to read: addictive stories full of teenage angst, tension, twists and turns.

Home is a small town in the middle of England where she currently juggles being a full-time writer with being a mother/referee to two little people. In her spare time (and when she’s not camped out in front of the laptop) you’ll most likely find LA immersed in a book, escaping the chaos that is life. 

 

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Book review: PLAYING BY THE RULES, by Monica Murphy

The Players #2

Blair Maguire & Camden Fields

I’m not a fan of the brother’s best friend trope, usually because it involves secrecy, lying, and an eventual hurtful face off.  In this instance, the secrecy lasted almost the whole book!

Blair has a crush on Cam since Knox brought him to their house during her high school senior year.  Now that she’s in college with them, she decides to take matters into her hands and chase Camden.  Initially, Blair was presented as shy, but with the encouragement of her roommates, she turns aggressive and started on the warpath.  Even when he repeatedly tells her his concerns, she brushes them off as inconsequential, which I felt was inconsiderate and disrespectful.  She played games with Cam and I saw it as manipulative.  At one moment, I felt she was calling the shots and Cam was just reacting and worrying.

During the story, Blair and Camden had a lot of hot and cold moments, mostly produced by Cam because he was, quite rightly so, worried about his best friend Knox’s reaction.  Sometimes he’s worried about Knox finding out, others he’s possessive and jealous!  On their own, Blair is a gentle, sweet girl, Cam is focused and chill.  I loved them, and once they are together, they make a great couple, if only they get their issues sorted out.

The story was limited to what was happening between Cam and Blair, all the going back and forth on their relation.  At one moment they were lying to everyone, roommates, teammates, etc.  Not a fun way to live, and of course, it caused negative feelings on both.

The book didn’t hold my attention until over half of the story, when an issue of mental health was introduced.  At this point is when I felt that the story had meat and purpose.  Before it consisted mostly of sex marathons and cutesy banter between Blair and Cam.

This story happens simultaneously with Knox’s and Joanna’s story and I was glad to have moments when both characters show up.  I also liked Ace, the second quarterback, who promises to be a cute boyfriend, hopefully in a future book

The writing was excellent, as I always expect from this author, but I expected more for the story between Blair and Camden.

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About the author

Monica Murphy is a New York Times, USA Today, and international bestselling romance author. Her books have been translated in almost a dozen languages and have sold over two million copies worldwide. Both a traditionally published and independently published author, she writes young adult, new adult and contemporary romance. She's also known as USA Today bestselling author Karen Erickson.

A native Californian, she lives on fourteen acres in the middle of nowhere with her husband, two kids, one dog, and four cats. When she's not writing, she's an assistant coach for her daughter's high school cheer team, which is a two season sport. Meaning, she's at practice with a bunch of teenage girls all the time. Or she's at a football game. Or a basketball game. Maybe someday, she'll even write about this experience.

 

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Book review: Jonah Bennett, by TIJAN

I saw Jonah in Bennett Mafia and found him so adorable.  He’s the youngest of the Bennett siblings, and he’s trying to make a life outside of the family business.  He’s a surgery resident, working hard at his craft, but whenever the family business has a need for him, he will attend.  All the Bennett siblings are resigned to this: when the family calls, they come.

This books starts very tragically, Jonah is driving with his fiancee Melissa on the way to visit her parents and give them the news of their engagement.  They’re stopped by traffic, a man comes up to them, asks if he’s Jonah Bennett and fires a deadly shot at Melissa.

Jonah is traumatized by the loss and a sense of guilt that arises from being part of the Bennett mafia and this being the cause for Melissa’s murder.  His brothers are working at finding out the murderer, meanwhile he went back to work, a zombie only focused on working, eating, and sleeping.

Carson Dayley, the forensic technician in charge of testing Melissa’s body was surprisingly kind to Jonah when he came to see the body.  She ensured his privacy in saying goodbye and he never forgot it.  She fell hard for him when she saw him, but he was out of her sphere.  A surprise encounter in Kansas in a nightclub sparks in him suspicions on the coincidence at being at the same place, same time, so again, we have a kidnap incident.

What happens next is delicious and fun and sexy and needs to be read to be enjoyed.  Jonah found a new source of enchantment and obsession and Carson is finally near to the source of her crush.  

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About the author

Tijan is a New York Times Bestselling author that writes suspenseful and unpredictable novels. Her characters are strong, intense, and gut-wrenchingly real with a little bit of sass on the side. Tijan began writing after college and once she started, she was hooked. She's written multi-bestsellers including the Fallen Crest series, Ryan's Bed, Enemies and others.
She is currently writing many new books and series with an English Cocker she adores.

 

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Book review: Bennett Mafia, by Tijan

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Again, a mesmerizing story!  I loved how the strength of good and evil have a battle here, parallel to the battle between Riley and Kai.  Not all is good and not all is evil, some good from Riley rubs off on Kai and some of Kai’s darkness finds a place in Riley.

Both Kai and Riley come from monsters.  Riley was sent to a boarding school to protect her from her monstrous father.  There she rooms with Brooke Bennett, mafia princess and Kai’s little sister.  They were best friends until Brooke was returned to her family one year and six months later.  The Bennett father and head of their mafia family had died, Kai took over and he reunited all his siblings.  Throughout the story you realize how fiercely Kai loves his siblings and how fiercely he protects them too. It’s like it’s his mission in life.

When thirteen years later Brooke goes missing, Kai kidnaps Riley, sure she helped Brooke somehow.  They have so many back and forth that I was astounded at the patience and tolerance Kai showed Riley.  Pretty soon I started to see their strong chemistry and Kai’s beginning obsession with Riley.

I loved the turmoil! Riley was equal parts disgusted by the evil side of Kai’s business but incredibly attracted to the man.  Kai was falling in love and conflicted with losing control over his emotions.  It was riveting, suspenseful, completely addictive.  There was tenderness and strong passion, incredibly sexy scenes that later on change to love scenes.  The reluctance to stay together and to separate was fraught with feelings and sadness.

As with Tijan’s other stories, the secondary characters are important to the plot and are additional sources of feelings.  Brooke and Tanner and Jonah, Kai’s siblings, start to feel like family to Riley too. As she falls in love with Kai, she starts to feel loved and safe, whilst missing her ordered existence prior to this.  It was a struggle beginning to end!

Superb story, awesome characters, a riveting story.  Another blockbuster by Tijan!

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About the author

Tijan is a New York Times Bestselling author that writes suspenseful and unpredictable novels. Her characters are strong, intense, and gut-wrenchingly real with a little bit of sass on the side. Tijan began writing after college and once she started, she was hooked. She's written multi-bestsellers including the Fallen Crest series, Ryan's Bed, Enemies and others.
She is currently writing many new books and series with an English Cocker she adores.

 

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Book review: Cruel King, by K.A. Linde

Cruel #7

Gavin & Whitley

Wonderful, marvelous and deliciously steamy, this story had so many feels and so many moments!  I don’t know why the title is Cruel King, since Gavin King is everything that is kind and generous and a great lover.  Maybe in reference to the Cruel Crew the series started up with?  All I know is I loved Whitley and Gavin in this story and loved seeing the gang together, ganging up on our lovers and supporting them when they needed.

In previous books I saw Whitley as the wild friend, the light of the party.  Like Gavin, she’s a player, enjoys sex and partakes frequently.  Also like Gavin, when it turns nasty, they both turn and run.  In Whit’s case, she also takes a blowtorch to the relation, being that she’s a spitfire.  

However, in this story, I saw her as fragile.  We get to see her demons and her insecurities and learn about her toxic mother, so we commiserate and wish that much harder for her to get her HEA.  I saw Gavin handling her, trying to get his woman without her running scared.  I also loved seeing the scenes with a Katherine Van Pelt acting as conciliator and advisor to her friend Whit.  Then there’s also Camden helping Gavin, but we’ve learned that’s his custom, to give help when it’s needed, especially to his friends.  Anna English is everything that a bestie should be and do.

What started as fake turned true, although I felt that they had been loving each other for quite a while but they were both scared of settling down.  I saw both involved and invested, 

Gavin more than Whitley, then a determined Gavin and an indecisive Whitley.  It was lovely, steamy, yummy deliciously tender and strongly emotional.  Wonderful in all the ways!

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About the author

K.A. Linde is the USA Today bestselling author of the Avoiding Series, Wrights, and more than thirty other novels. She has a Masters degree in political science from the University of Georgia, was the head campaign worker for the 2012 presidential campaign at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and served as the head coach of the Duke University dance team. She loves reading fantasy novels, binge-watching Supernatural, traveling, and dancing in her spare time.

 

She currently lives in Lubbock, Texas, with her husband and two super-adorable puppies.

 

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Book review: Hard Hit, by Brenda Rothert & Kat Mizera

St Louis Mavericks #5

Boone & Jolie

Super enchanting, full of family drama and good intentions all around.  Boone’s brother has cancer and undergoing chemo, and Boone is working on a trade to Nashville to be near his family.  However, when he goes to his coach’s daughter’s wedding and finds Jolie running away from the wedding, he helps her and can’t help feeling attracted to her.

As penance, Coach G has Jolie work with his kids hockey clinics where Boone already works.  So they start talking until Coach G puts a stop to it.

Boone gets more family drama to deal with, Jolie also has father controlling issues to deal with.  Notwithstanding, even with the fear of being a rebound, a romance is brewing and it’s turning to be all they didn’t know they wanted and needed.

The book is a page-turner full of a little boy’s adorable moments, super steamy moments between Jolie and Boone, and the heartwarming support of a hockey team that feel more like family than blood family.  I love the caring atmosphere, how the gang gathers in a hospital for hours, waiting while one of the wives is having a baby, reading about Nash’s crappy jokes, and the women’s sexy banter as they interrogate Jolie. It’s happy and heartwarming even with the family drama and such a feel-good read.  Totally recommend!

Purchase links

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About the authors 

Brenda Rothert

A former print journalist, Brenda Rothert has written more than fifty romance novels. From hot hockey romance to steamy romantic suspense, Brenda creates fresh characters in every story she tells. Her print and e-books have been translated into German, Italian and Portuguese, and her audiobooks have been translated into German.

 

Kat Mizera

Kat's a typical PTA mom with a wonderful and supportive husband (Kevin) and two amazing boys (Nick and Max). When she's not writing, she's either scrapbooking or indulging in her second love (after writing) - traveling. Greece is one of her favorite places in the world. She loves that Athens is a big city with a small-town feel. The food, beaches and culture keep her going back as often as possible. She hopes to retire there one day so she can spend her days writing books on the beach.

As you can guess from her series, the Las Vegas Sidewinders, Kat loves hockey. She is also a freelance hockey writer, covering her favorite team, the Florida Panthers, and any other teams that have an interesting story. The rest of the time, she writes novels: sexy, romantic fiction that she hopes makes you as happy as it makes her. There's something enticing about hockey players and romance...

Book review: Just a Little Hookup, by Carly Phillips & Erika Wilde

Dare Crossover series #1

Jessica Cavanaugh & Derek Bettencourt

Delicious! Another lovely romp by these talented authors!  Nikki’s brother Derek Bettencourt is now in the hot seat.  He’s being auctioned in a charity ball organized by Aurora Dare, in benefit of foster children.  Jessica Cavanaugh, Derek’s partner’s younger sister, is present, witnessing Derek’s ex-girlfriend bidding to win Derek for a weekend.  Watching Derek’s discomfort, she decides to join in the fray and wins him for the stunning amount of $150,000!

Jessica has had a crush on Derek since their high school years.  She’s given up on him because of her old insecurities from her chubby high school years.  She’s evolved into a stunning curvy woman, poised and self-assured, but some insecurities still remain.  Nevertheless, Derek is elated because he’s been crushing on Jessica lately, not daring to act on it in respect to her brother Ben.

This starts a fun and sexy romp, where Derek is instructed to spend the weekend at Jessica’s house, not for stud service but for chore boy services, as cleaning the pool, mowing the lawn, painting the trim, etc.  It’s a fun weekend for Jessica, ordering him around, annoying for Derek, amusing for Ben, and ends in a lovely sexy night for Derek and Jessica.

Claire is always on the sidelines, doing her poison, while Derek and Jessica step around each other, developing their relation.

It’s a lovely story, entertaining, warm-hearted and steamy.  Love being in the world of the Kingstons, the Dares, and the Bettencourts!

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About the authors

Carly Phillips is the NY Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author of over eighty sexy contemporary romances featuring hot men, strong women, and emotionally compelling stories her readers have come to expect and love. She is happily married to her college sweetheart and lives in Westchester County, NY. She is the mother of two adult daughters and three crazy dogs who star on her Facebook and Instagram pages. She loves social media and is always around to interact with her readers. Way back in 2002, Carly’s book, The Bachelor, was chosen by Kelly Ripa and was the first romance on a nationally televised book club. Carly loves social media and interacting with her readers. For more information on upcoming releases, sign up for her newsletter (below) and receive two free books!

 

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Erika Wilde is a Bestselling author and is best known for her super sexy Marriage Diaries series and The Players Club series, and has also co-written multiple series with Carly Phillips, her best friend and writing buddy for the past twenty years. She lives in Oregon with her husband, and when she's not writing you can find her exploring the beautiful Pacific Northwest. For more information on her upcoming releases, please sign up for her newsletter (below).

 

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Book review: Never Saw You Coming, by S.L. Scott

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
 Incredibly romantic, very sweet, two wonderful characters and one amnesia incident.  Loch and Tuesday met in a coffee shop, she was very bitchy but attractive, he left because he was in a hurry at work, as always.  When she left she was mugged and hit the wall, falling unconscious.  Something tugged at Loch and he rushed to her aid, where other spectators just watched.  He felt protective, so he went with her in the ambulance and picked her up when she was released from the hospital.  When he learned she had total amnesia from the concussion, he took charge and took her home.  And promptly fell in love!

The love story was slow and sweet and almost like they weren’t aware of what they were feeling.  This part was a little cheesy for me but sweet.  What was intriguing was the difference in Tuesday’s demeanor before the mugging and after.  She was bitchy in the coffee shop but very sweet after the mugging, so there’s a mystery there.

The best part of the book is the last half when they get information and start working on it.  There was action and some suspense.  Not my preferred style of book, since there was crying but not much angst.  I found Tuesday super sweet but would have loved her to be a bit more feisty.  Loch was a workaholic but started to find balance when he found other priorities.  His heart and his mind opened up when he found the perfect woman!

Super sweet and entertaining, a great read for a plane ride.

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About the author 

Living in the capital of Texas with her family, Scott loves traveling, avocados, beaches, and cooking with her kids. She's obsessed with epic romances and loves a good plot twist.

Scott writes character driven, heart-racing, and swoony romances to suspense that will leave you glued to the page. Her stories are regarded as emotion-filled and soulful. With stories ranging from light and witty beach reads to heart wrenching and heart healing, Scott has a story for all readers. Her books are more than escapes for the voracious readers of today. They are journeys of the heart that always come with a happily ever after reward at the end.

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Book review: My Dark Romeo, by Parker S. Huntington & L.J. Shen

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
 Epic and incredible story!  These two talented authors let loose their crazy and their funny and gifted us with this extraordinary story about two wonderful characters who delighted us, made us laugh, made us sigh, and made us a little sad too.  The many emotions they got out of me are incredible in this riveting read.  

This is the unwilling arranged marriage between an irrepressible, irreverent, and irresistible young woman, Dallas, with this uptight and extremely controlled man, Romeo.  He thought he could dominate her, bend her to his will, but it was clear, early on, that he could not control this wild creature.  In turns, fascinated, awed, disgusted, discombobulated, and frustrated, I had a great time witnessing Romeo’s reactions to Dallas’ escapades!  

There were sad parts for me, too, as Dallas is seen without a lot of recourses to retaliate against Romeo, although she was gifted and creative in upstaging his controlling ways.  I felt sad as I witnessed her trapped in a gilded cage, with only his money as her power.  On the other hand, I rejoiced as I saw a husband who was more and more enchanted (and perturbed!) with this creature who was just not to be contained and bound.  

I loved that although she was an unwilling victim to Romeo’s revenge plot against his father’s company, in the end, he was fascinated by his wife and one by one, started to give in on many of his prohibited regulations.  I perceived early in the book that he had a somehow broken past and that made me feel sorry for him, too.  I was just hoping hard that they would be able to bring happiness to each other, and soon!

There is a rich group of characters that make this story even more delightful, mainly Romeo’s two accomplices and friends, Oliver and Zach; and Dallas slightly psychotic sister Frankie.  It’s a testament to Dallas’ charm how she conquered the cook’s and the gardener’s affections and together, they formed a clique to have fun in the house.

It was a long, convoluted, incredibly entertaining story.  I had all kinds of feelings while I read it, and ended up enchanted with the characters and this couple.  I can only hope that Oliver and Zach get their comeuppances too in the form of lively damsels who will outwit and confound them!

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About the authors

Parker S. Huntington is a stay-at-home dog mom from SoCal, where she discovered her allergy to rain. In spite of her shoddy attendance record and strong aversion to homework, she earned a B.A. in Creative Writing from the University of California, Riverside and an A.L.M. in Literature from Harvard. When she's not writing or exchanging food pics with her friends, she's binge-watching an unhealthy amount of Netflix while curled up with her dogs.

Parker hates talking about herself and is (also) allergic to social media, but you can catch up with her in her newsletter at www.parkershuntington.com. Occasionally, she'll post a TikTok video, which you can find at @parkershuntington.

L.J. Shen is a Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Washington Post, and #1 Amazon bestselling author of contemporary, new adult, and young adult romance. Her books have been translated in over twenty different countries, and she hopes to visit all of them.

She lives in Florida with her husband, three rowdy sons, and even rowdier pets. She enjoys good wine, bad reality TV shows, and reading to her heart’s content. Connect with her on her website at www.authorljshen.com or on Instagram (@authorljshen), or join her Facebook group at http://goo.gl/QZJ0NC. Sign up for her newsletter at https://bit.ly/3LhsIrb, and text SHEN to 313131 to get new release alerts (United States only).

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Book review: Three to get Ready, by Skye Warren

One for the Money #3

 In this final episode of this fascinating trilogy, what Finn called the Hughes curse is now public knowledge.  He has to face the angry members of the board at his company, the hit on his company’s shares value, the hit on his reputation.  And as always, Eva Morelli at his side, supporting and helping.

I hadn’t seen Finn needing, loving, and wanting Eva as much as in this book. It’s like he lost all resistance to protecting her from “his curse”.  

As always, Eva got into her fixer mode.  Same as she did for Leo and his skin condition, she was determined to find a cure or a treatment that would slow down the dementia.  Leo was with her in this scene, and it was lovely to see his faith on his sister.

The Morellis and the Hughes get together on this final episode, and also Finn’s mother comes to stay.  In a way, this dark moment in Finn’s life had a positive light, in that his little brother Hemingway and his mother, stood up to the moment, and accompanied him in facing the consequences of the public frenzy.  The scene where Finn goes into Eva’s closet thinking it was the bathroom was so heartbreaking.  I truly felt it was the beginning of the end, but it turned out to be the beginning of a long time for them.

I loved that the author didn’t bring us a miracle cure.  Instead, we read a book on acceptance, on facing one’s destiny with grace, accept the love you are given by the woman you love, and enjoy your father when he’s present.  It wasn’t dramatic, and it wasn’t tragic, instead, it was heartwarming and full of love and acceptance.  For me, it was the perfect end.  And the bonus epilogue was adorable!

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About the author

Skye Warren is the New York Times bestselling author of dangerous romance such as the Endgame trilogy. Her books have been in Jezebel, Buzzfeed, USA Today Happily Ever After, Glamour, and Elle Magazine. She makes her home in Texas with her loving family, sweet dogs, and evil cat.

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