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Tuesday, October 24, 2017

The Final Fight by JB Salsbury

 
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When life brings you the perfect person at the worst possible time…

On a weekend visit to Las Vegas to visit his brother, Marine Braeden Daniels meets a woman who challenges him in ways he can’t deny. The best part is she wants what he wants.

No strings. No feelings. Just fun.

AJ is a Las Vegas performer who is finally living her dream. Growing up poor, she’s determined to succeed at any cost. No one will stand in her way—not even a hot Marine who breezes into her life all confidence and a cocky smile.

A few stolen weekends and neither can deny the feelings quickly growing between them. But the obstacles that keep them apart become more devastating when the Marine Corps calls Braeden away for a six-month deployment.

It’s only six months.

What could possibly happen?
 
My Review

The Final Fight is just that, the final book in JB Salsbury’s Fighting series.  Although this story can be read as a standalone, I highly recommend reading the series – 1. Because it’s amazing & 2. Because of the cross over characters throughout the story.
Told in first person, from dual perspectives, this military romance will take you from laughing, to teared up, with heartache, gut wrenching moments, all the way to utterly encouraging you to do more than you ever thought possible in this life.  “…sexy and sweet and funny…”  What starts as a friends with benefits relationship between two people who are career focused & simply don’t have time for more. “He’s married to the military for God knows how long. And I will never give up my dreams of becoming a Las Vegas superstar.”  with a “…palpable chemistry…”, between them that is nothing short of hot “Edgy and sexy.”, “What started off as purely animalistic turned into something sweet.”.  With a love triangle that “…makes my heart revolt.”  Quickly becomes a story of hero’s, that will have you “…overwhelmed with emotion. Helpless to stop it.”  Intense emotion, tragedy, loss & deciding if there’s a way back from it all.  “Emotions war with my vulnerability and all the unanswered questions about my future.”    A story of love, family, broken dreams, fearlessness & surviving in a world that so often tests the limits of the human body, heart & spirit.  “We’re gonna fight our way through this because we know no other way. And we’re gonna do it together.”
This is the perfect finish to the Fighting series, I simply could not have asked for anything more.  I loved it from page one.  Everything from the witty-sarcastic-funny dialogue, to the super sexy romance, the bond of a family I’ve come to know & love throughout the series, all the way to the intense gut wrenching end.  I thought it was great how JB managed to close the loop on all the characters stories we’ve read about from the first book through the last.  LOVE, LOVE, LOVE
“Fighters supporting fighters…”
 Thank you JB, so looking forward for what you have for us next…
ARC provided in exchange for an honest review.
AMAZON US/UK


Thursday, June 8, 2017

Game of Chance by Erika Wilde


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Game of Chance by Erika Wilde
Publication Date: June 8th, 2017
Genre: Contemporary Romance

A former Marine and Las Vegas vice cop, Nathan Fox has seen it all and then some. Heading up security for the Onyx Casino is tame compared to his dark past, but it's not his only job. Working for the Reliance Group is his real passion project. His current case: a missing woman. His mission: to find her. Easy enough, until he finds himself tangled up with sexy Nicole Hutton, a stubborn—and stunning—journalist who's nosed her way into his investigation . . . and into his dirty, erotic fantasies.
Resisting Nicole is impossible, and he soon discovers that in this dangerous high stakes game of chance, falling in love is the greatest risk of all.


Game of Chance, book one of the Vegas Heat series, is a Contemporary Romance that is a combination of hot seduction & criminal thriller in one.  For Nathan & Nicole, meeting under unusual circumstances one night in Las Vegas results in an immediate attraction & an equally unusual opportunity to achieve personal goals - to stop injustice, right a wrong, find forgiveness, save a young woman from her demons - goals that might be very mutual.

Told in third person, from dual perspectives, this is a super hot romance & intriguing criminal thriller that is well written on both accounts.  Nathan's bad-boy, enticing charm, honorable with a fierce ability to protect qualities, make his character irresistible.  Nicole was "a small-town girl with stars in her eyes and big dreams in her heart" who learned a cruel life lesson leaving her mistrusting & guarded, but making her strong, independent & courageous enough to stand up for what she believes in.  I really appreciate the way some of the sensitive subject matter was handled realistically by author Erika Wilde.  The story unfolds at the perfect pace & doesn't slow from beginning to it's oh-so twisty end.  

Although each book in the Vegas Heat series can be read as a standalone, I'm looking forward to book two, Take a Chance coming soon.

ARC received in exchange for an honest review.

Amazon US/UK


  


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