The Boyfriend by D.E McCluskey

This book I enjoyed but it was way out of my depth because I generally read romance and dark romance and this was neither. It was extremely dark and what happened to the h broke my heart and it does have triggers and the boy (who I wouldn’t call the H) deserved everything he got, he went from being her boyfriend to a complete psycho and it was something I wasn’t expecting.

The girl’s father was very different from what he was at the beginning, he was the quiet kind who looked like he wouldn’t say boo to a goose but as the story goes on and he finds out what had happened to his daughter, he changes to what he really is and you find what his job really is and he gets revenge and what he does is very satisfying. Also there is a twist towards the ending and this story does have triggers do beware.

Best of my love by N.D Jackson

Best of my love by N.D Jackson

DRE never returned to Emerald Creek after the man she thought she’d marry broke her heart. But a late night phone call from half way around the world brings her right back to her hometown. And face to face with the man she never thought she’d seen again. Summer in Emerald Creek was everything she remembered—endless festivals, picnics in the park and time with her best friend and her favorite little tykes—and Dre is finding it hard to resist the pull of the chemistry she and Erick still have.

ERICK made the biggest mistake of his life all those years ago but the result, his adorable little girl, was the best thing that ever happened to him. He’d done the right thing, or at least he’d tried to but his marriage hadn’t worked despite all that it had cost him. But now that Dre was back in Emerald Creek the universe had given him a second chance this summer, to put back together what he’d broken. To reclaim the only woman he’s ever truly loved.

Can one summer recall a lifetime of memories and rekindle a love that never really went away?

This book started out good, I liked how Dre had moved on after finding out that her boyfriend was marrying the woman he had cheated on her with and who he had gotten pregnant. I liked reading that she had made her money and travelled the world and had no strings attached relationships when it came to men and then she had came back into her home town despite it being ten years when she had left and what I didn’t like about that was that she had spent ten years enjoying her life and vowed never to come back home but she did and she found she couldn’t leave and then she met Erick who had cheated on her and then all of a sudden her character had changed and she practically forgave him even when his ex wife came back on the scene and he put his ex wife before her. I was happy when she ran off again and I hoped that she would go back to what she was like at the beginning but she didn’t, she went back to him and I didn’t like her dad either and if anything I thought he was a lot like her ex because her father had cheated on her mother. This story could have been a lot better if the h didn’t turn into a doormat.

Say you’ll stay by Sarah J Brooks

Say you’ll stay by sarah J Brooks

“I miss you, Meg. I’ve missed you for the past ten years. Haven’t you missed me?”

The man who broke my heart ten years ago is back in our small town.
Adam Ducate. My best friend since birth.
His gorgeous blue eyes made him the object of every girl’s fantasy in our entire school.
But it wasn’t just his perfect looks.
He read biographies on the US presidents for fun.
He could count to 100 in seven different languages.
He liked George Romero movies and could recite all the dialogue from Day of the Dead.
In short, Adam was everything every other boy in our grade wasn’t.
So I took the risk and confessed my feelings to him.
Of course, it all crashed and burned in extraordinary fashion.
It crushed my heart when he left my life without a word and married Chelsea instead.
The biggest b*tch ever.
But now he’s back.
And as much as I want to ignore the butterflies in my stomach, I can’t.

They say second chances don’t come around often. But can I trust that Adam will stay with me this time – or will our past keep me running?

I give this book 2 stars

I was looking forward to reading this because I like the angst theme when it comes to reading books knowing that there will be a HEA but this story I didn’t find closure and I did not like the beginning that put me off big time. The H Adam I thought was spineless, gullible and cuckolded, he wanted a family with his wife despite knowing that she was cheating on him and he was still sleeping with her even though he was divorcing her. The h Meg I wished she was stronger when it came to Adam but instead she became anxious. I also would have liked to have seen Meg move on throughout the years and be in a relationship and I would also liked to have seen them built up their friendship again rather than have them jumping into bed from the minute they practically first see each other again. Adam I didn’t like was blaming his younger self but I think surely his younger self would have seen the way Chelsea badly treat Meg seeing as they were best friends and claiming that even though he got married to Chelsea he was in love with Meg, that did not make sense and he had second thoughts about marrying her but he still did. I also didn’t like that he believed Chelsea’s lies about Meg when they were in high school and I didn’t see any chemistry between Adam and Meg I felt there was too much bitterness in her. I also thought that when Adam told Meg about Chelsea suggested counselling instead of getting divorced I thought he would agree because his character hadn’t changed throughout the book. The ending did have a hea but in a way I was hoping Meg would pack up and move to New York again and get Adam to follow her but instead she moved into what was his and Chelsea’s home. I would have liked to have seen them move into a new home to show that’s it’s a fresh new start for them both.

Imaginary Grace by Anne Holster

Imaginary Grace by Anne Holster

Tanner has always gotten what he wants from girls – whether it’s the co-ed sitting next to him in class or the scantily dressed groupies that follow his band, Hudson-Nash. There’s only one woman immune to his charms, and that’s his mother. Tired of Tanner’s hard partying, she’s waiting for him to grow up and settle down, preferably with a nice girl. When she refuses to finance his tour with the band, Tanner knows he’ll have to find a way to change her mind.

Grace Roberts is not like most college girls. Shy and bookish, she prefers sneakers to stilettos and never quite mastered the art of taming her mane of unmanageable hair. Guys are not exactly throwing themselves at her, so when Tanner Reed, the hottest guy in school (scratch that, the hottest guy anywhere!) takes an interest in her, it seems too good to be true.

Bound by his deception and her girlish hopes, Tanner and Grace will be forced to question everything they believe about each other, and themselves. When these two get together, anything can happen and anyone can get hurt. Anyone can fall in love.

I give this book 3 stars

This story I liked but I thought it could have been better, the characters I found Grace to be very immature and Tanner I began to warm up to him as the story went on but I couldn’t really see the chemistry between them and their friends got on my nerves they both seemed a bit too much and seeing as Grace had a crush on Tanner I thought she would know what kind of bad boy he was but to me it seemed like she had no idea and with Tanner it seemed to be every page that he was in bed with a girl or two when I was wanting him to interact more with Grace.
Tanner I also thought was shallow due to the way he used Grace for his own means and as he only began to really like Grace when she had a makeover and was wearing dresses, I would have liked to have seen Grace being stronger too but I did like how she was a geek having a crush on the bad boy who was also a rockstar and it did make me wonder after the ending that if Grace ever did walk out on Tanner, would he go back to his manwhore ways?

My Kind of Dirty by Sam Crescent

My Kind of Dirty by Sam Crescent

Grace has left behind an abusive ex and moved back to the town where she grew up, only to find it has been taken over by the Dirty Fuckers MC. But they’re not dangerous, and she even finds it enjoyable to work in the diner they own. However, one member is determined to become more than just a customer.

The last time Drake fell for a woman, he ended up with an STI, and being the laughingstock of the club. Grace is different. She’s not after his cock or looking to be part of the club. They start an unusual friendship, but neither can deny the attraction between them. Still, Grace’s fears, left over from her time with her ex, haunt her.

When Drake can’t take it anymore, he doesn’t give Grace the chance to deny him. The problem is one time is not going to be enough. He wants her by his side, as his old lady, and he’ll stop at nothing until he gets her. Will Grace finally admit her feelings, or will Drake be left out in the cold?
I give this book 5 stars

I enjoyed this book, I liked the chemistry between Drake and Grace and how Drake was patient with her seeing as she was still emotionally scarred over her previous relationship and I liked seeing how they became friends and then slowly started becoming more than just friends. I liked the little cameo where knuckles appeared and I’m pleased there was no drama and very little angst as I thought there was just enough with Grace’s past aswell as the trouble the other female characters are in when it comes to the men lol. I liked the ending I thought it wasn’t too rushed aswell as the epilogue and I liked seeing how the book is left open so I’ll be keeping a lookout for the next story which I’m already looking forward too and I enjoyed reading about the other characters in the book, it’s making me wanting to read more particularly about Chloe and Richard.

She Loves Me, He Loves Me Not by Zeenat Mahal

She Loves Me, He Loves Me Not by Zeenat Mahal

Zoella didn’t know whether she was devastatingly happy or happily devastated.

Zoella has been in love with Fardeen Malik, her best friend’s gorgeous older brother, since she was ten, but he’s always seen her as a ‘good girl’—not his type—and he can barely remember her name. Besides, he’s engaged to a gorgeous leggy socialite, someone from the same rarefied social strata as the imposing Malik family. In short, Zoella has no chance with him.

Until a brutal accident leaves Fardeen scarred and disfigured, that is. Suddenly bereft of a fiancée, Fardeen is bitterly caustic, a shell of the man he used to be, a beast that has broken out of the fairy tale world he once lived in. And a twist of fate lands him his very own beauty—Zoella.

This man, however, is a far cry from the Fardeen of her dreams. Stripped of her illusions, Zoella creates her own twist in the fairy tale, beating him at his own game.

Zeenat Mahal explores themes of love, longing and arranged marriages in this modern, unusual interpretation of the old-age fairy tale.

I give this book 4 stars!

This book got me hooked me from the beginning, I loved all the characters but especially the two main characters Fardeen and Zoella and I loved the beauty and the beast theme.
I felt that Fardeen after the accident that disfigured him had changed him a lot and I liked Zoella and how strong she was despite everything that was happening between her and Fardeen.
I liked the marriage of convenience theme and how there was a bit of angst and betrayal here and there and I enjoyed reading from both their points of views.

Christopher and Jaime (Pianos and Promises) by Jennifer Peel

Christopher and Jaime (Pianos and Promises) by Jennifer Peel

Jaime Seger has two goals in life: marry her best friend, the man that owns her heart and soul, and buy her very own grand piano. But Christopher McKay, who has no idea Jaime’s been in love with him since she was eleven years old, never gets the memo and marries someone else.

When Christopher’s wife dies, Jamie finds herself helping him raise his young daughter. A year later, she is on the other end of a very unlikely proposal, promising everything she thought she ever wanted.

But will Christopher help Jaime finally realize both of her dreams, or will she only be left with broken promises?

I give this book 4 stars!

This book I enjoyed reading, I liked reading the flashbacks of Jaime’s and Christopher’s life and I’m happy that there was a little angst in there, I like the from friends to lovers theme and this was no different.
I liked the background of how Jaime and Christopher were childhood friends and Jamie had a longtime crush on Christopher which wasn’t reciporated as Christopher went onto marry Bianca and had a little girl named Allie with her, I’m pleased that Jaime did at least try to move on by travelling the world and dating but she comes back when Bianca dies and she becomes Allie’s nanny and a mother figure to her.
At this point of the book I was actually hoping that when she said she was going to leave to other stuff that she actually would but Christoper persuades her to marry him and she does and now two years later she wants a divorce she’s realised that he doesn’t love her the way he used to love his first wife.
I liked how Jaime became strong at this point as Christopher ends up in an accident and he needs Jamie more than ever and she finds his journal which at times when Jamie was reading it I thought Christopher had no backbone when it came to his first wife and he could only be himself with Jamie and my heart broke for her at times but I liked reading the flashbacks and reading his thoughts and seeing how he actually felt for Jamie and there were some parts that made me happy and sad.
I liked how Chrstopher tried to stop the divorce from happening and I enjoyed the ending and even though everything was all wrapped up and the story didn’t drag on I could have happily read more but I’m looking forward to reading the next story in this series.

Homestands (Chicago Wind #1) by Sally Bradley

Homestands (Chicago Wind #1) by Sally Bradley

A broken marriage. A fatherless boy. A past that won’t let go.

When baseball star Mike Connor stumbles across his ex-wife six years after their divorce, he’s stunned to find that she’s the mother of a kindergartner who wears his jersey. And shares his last name.

The last thing Meg Connor wants is to be around Mike. After all, he was the one who hurt and abandoned her. But she can’t deny him—or their son—time together to build a relationship, which means Mike is around too often, reminding her of why she fell in love with him so long ago. If only she could forget their past… The painful and the good.

Between their guilt and closely held hurts, Meg and Mike struggle against each other, their feelings, and God as they fight their own desires for the future, a future that might never happen when the past that tore them apart collides with their present.

I give this book 2 stars!

I would have given this book 5 stars if the the H Mike didn’t cheat on his ex wife and then later on he finds out that he fathered a child with the ow and if Meg the h his ex wife had decided not to take him back.
I didn’t like how it was his last girlfriend that persuaded him to see Meg and that Meg had his child and didn’t tell him, I didn’t like how he took his ex girlfriend to an event that was going to be televised and for Meg to see him holding hands with her, I thought he wasn’t serious in winning her back by doing that despite that Meg didn’t want to go with him.
I was happy that Meg divorced him after the affair as he would have carried on having affairs seeing as he was a bit of a playboy despite that not being mentioned in the book.
I liked the sport theme seeing as Mike was a baseball player and I liked their little boy Terrell and the relationship he had with his dad despite only meeting him, I liked the suspense that played around Mike and I guessed earlier on what was going on with the ow so I wasn’t shocked.
I didn’t like how his ex wife blamed herself for his affair and I didn’t like how she quickly forgave him and easily accepted his child with the ow and in no way did he grovel and I was in a way hoping that she would find peace and happiness because it was afterall a christian romance theme and she did but I hoped she wouldn’t take him back but the book was all about forgiveness.

Tuesday (Timeless #2) by E.L. Todd

Tuesday (Timeless #2) by E.L. Todd

 Getting over Hawke is the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do.

I couldn’t breathe, sleep, or eat. Every day was more agonizing than the one that followed. But somehow, after two years of suffering, I finally got back on my feet.

And I moved on.

Now I’m living in the city and running my own bakery. Life is good again. I’m surrounded by good friends that I love, and every day is even better than the last.

Until everything changes.

Now I have to face him after two years of silence. I have to look him in the eye and act like he has no effect on me. I have to hold my head high and pretend he didn’t shatter me into a million pieces.

I have to act like he doesn’t mean a damn thing to me.

Can I fool him? Can I fool myself?

I give this book 3 stars!

After reading their last book I wanted to find out what would happened to Hawke and Francesca and if they would ever get back together and now after reading this book I feel like I’ve being on a rollercoaster there were so many ups and downs lol.
I liked how Francesca did try and move on despite only having feelings for Hawke and basically telling Kyle the man who she’s casually seeing that Hawke would always be her soul mate no matter what and that did leave a bad taste in my mouth because in a way I was rooting for them to get together properly and for her to forget about Hawke but she basically pined for him throughout the book depsite her putting a tough face whenever she was in his presence or when she bumped into one of his lady friends coming out of his apartment, I didn’t like how she used Kyle and how only she went to meet his family when she found out that Hawke had been sleeping about.

As for Hawke I wasn’t really keen on him as it seemed to me that he finished her quickly but I understood why due to his past and his family background but I didn’t like reading about him sleeping around whilst not having a care in the world about how she was feeling and then getting all jealous when he found out she had a boyfriend, I didn’t get that he spent all the whole time saying that he was bad for her when in the second half of the book he was always around her and Francesca was quick to jump into bed with him.

I enjoyed the ending with Axel and Marie I was happy to see that their story is wrapped up but for Hawke and Francesca this more of a HFN.

 

Winter’s Touch (The Last Riders #8) by Jamie Begley

Winter’s Touch (The Last Riders #8) by Jamie Begley

As president of The Last Riders, Viper’s only fear was losing his wife. After all, he had almost lost her once before.

As wife to the president, Winter lived in fear every day: fear that a club enemy would take Viper from her, fear that one of the club women would tempt him to stray, fear that she wasn’t enough of a woman for him. One thing Winter didn’t fear was risking everything to carry her husband’s child, even her health, yet Viper refused to take the chance.

Losing hope, Winter made one last ditch effort, determined to make Viper realize that some things were worth fighting for besides the club.

I give this book 4 stars!

 I liked this book as I did with all her others as it sucked me in from the start, I once again liked Winter and Viper but not so much Viper near the beginning especially when it came to the new club whore Sasha who kept trying to come between Winter and Viper especially when he kept putting Sasha first and humiliating Winter in the process, I felt for Winter when she saw Viper and Sasha together alot but a part of me did think that there was more to it and I was right and I liked that it was all to do with Viper secretly building a house for Winter and Sasha was the interior designer for it but I think Sasha will try and cause more trouble throughout the rest of the books.
I liked the pregnancy storyline and one part had me on the edge of my seat, I liked the parts with Killyama but yet again not so much with Train as I thought he was a little too slutty but not with Killyama and they didn’t really interact in this book so I’m curious to see how their book goes, I’m hoping in their story that he will have to fight for her and that she won’t give in too quickly.
I enjoyed the epilogues and I’m hoping there will be stories to do with the next generation.