Heart on a Chain by Cindy C. Bennett 4 heart wrenching stars “That doesn’t sound quite right to me—what choice did I have but to survive?” I had this book on my to read list like forever and finally took the time to read it. Well, with this book I’ve experienced sadness, anger, hope and happiness… it’s a real emotional roller coaster. It reminded me a lot to the feeling I had while reading Reason to Breathe by Rebecca Donovan.Kate is a 17 years old girl that has been suffering abuse at home, physical and emotional, since she was 9 years old. Her father is an alcoholic and her mother has a very strong pill dependency, so her home life hasn’t been the best, ‘cause apart from the abuse, her family is poor. Unfortunately the abuse doesn’t end at home, since she is bullied at school by her classmates. She had a friend at school, Henry, who had feelings for Kate but moved out of town when she was 11 years old, but Henry is back for his senior year and finds a very different Kate, shy, closed off and hiding in the corners to avoid contact with her schoolmates. She even eat her lunch sitting in the corner floor at the cafeteria!.Henry tries to approach her, to be her friend again, but she doesn’t understand why he’s trying so hard to be her friend if this could be a social suicide for him. But well, Henry does have something in mind, because he’s been in love with her since she was 11 years, so he tries to save her, even not knowing all the abuse she suffers at home. “Kate, I’ve loved you for years. I mean, I know twelve-year-olds don’t know what love is, so I guess I should say I’ve really liked you for years. But when I saw you this year, I knew. I knew we should be together. I just didn’t know how hard you were going to make me work to get you to even like me. So, yeah, of course I want you to love me back.” The story is sad and beautiful at the same time, the beautiful parts are all related with Henry and his family, Henry tries to teach Kate how to live without fear at school, how to stand up for herself, even by protecting her and be her knight in shining armor. Honestly the abuse parts were difficult to read, I mean how can people be this way? How can they torture someone just for fun?, unfortunately, as many can say is unbelievable that a person can suffer this much abuse at home or at school, it really can happen, and sometimes reality is even worse.The end was sweet, but I wanted to have more details of their future together, you know have a glimpse at their HEA, but it was good.Overall a great reading, but you need to be prepared for the emotional roller coaster!. View all my reviews

All that he wants (The billionaire's seduction Part I)

4.5 sexy arrogant stars!!!

This is a short story, part of a series, so there's not and ends to the story, not a cliffhanger either, it's the introduction to the story of Lilly, a woman who works as assistant in a consulting firm in LA, and Connor, a hot and sexy stranger who arrives to her office, on a Friday night, making some demands to her jackass boos.  She thinks she's handsome and super sexy, but way out of his league, besides he's cocky and arrogant.

Suddenly things escalate and they move to more suitable activities for a Friday night...

“You feel that?” he growled – so low it was a whisper, the tickle of air on my skin exciting me even more. I nodded silently, because I couldn’t speak. I didn’t trust myself – I was afraid if I tried to answer, I might start moaning again. Continuously and loudly. “YOU do that to me,” he breathed. “YOU make me hard like that".

The writing style is so good, I really enjoyed Lilly's funny monologues and her movies references.

Wild Man (Dream Man series book 2) by Kristen Ashley

4.5 WILD AND SWEET STARS!!!

Well, what can I say, since I first read The Gambler I became a Kristen Ashley's fan and her books don't dissappoint, so here again I just finished reading Wild Man and I again have to say it was great!...

We met Brock Lucas on Mistery Man, he was the DEA agent working undercover when Gwen was abducted, and now we see him as he really is, showing his true wild colors and as any good alpha male in KA's book  what you find is fan-fucking-tastic, he's a tough guy but takes care of his family and his sons, good through and through.

Then we have Tessa O'hara, who owns a bakery and as her jobline indicate, she's a sweet person to the core, a survivor to his ex husband's abusive actions, so she wasn't looking for a relationship until hot guy, meaning Brock entered her bakery.  Their interaction is great, you have super tough guy, with shy girl, you must think he walks all over her, but as the story develops she shows her attitude and it's fun to read.

“Are you angry with me?” 
“No,” he bit off. “I  was angry with you, seein’ as I fucked my woman for the first fuckin’  time, she made me a promise when my cum was still inside her and then just hours later she reneged on that promise. Now I’m here ‘cause there’s a goddamned for sale sign planted in your front lawn and I walk in here and see you lookin’ like this so, gotta say, babe, I’m not angry. I’m fuckin’  pissed. ”

Add drama, meaning the exes trying to get attention, a loud and crazy loving family, the girls posse, including the crazy Elvira, who we also met on Mistery Man, and you get a great book.  The only reason why I gave it 4.5 stars was because I felt something was missing at the end, in the Epilogue, but then again, that's just me, maybe you'll find differet, but give it a try.

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The Unwanted Wife by Natasha Anders My rating: 5 of 5 stars 5 painfully amazing stars!This book is seriously amazing, painfully so, since I was crying like a baby while reading it, from beginning to end!. I found this one in the recommendation section and the blurb got my attention but it was all the good reviews why I decided to jump and read it and I was seriously not disappointed AT.ALL!The story is about a Theresa, a woman who married Alessandro de Lucci, believing she would be happy with the love of her life. Alessandro de Lucci doesn't like to be told what to do, and since he was told to marry Theresa, he's not happy with it and treat her poorly. After 18 months of marriage and being treated like a doormat, Theresa wants a divorce, but Sandro doesn´t, unless she gives him a child.During the few chapters I was hating Sandro so much that I didn¿t think it could be possible to change my mind about him, but as the story progress you start to understand that both, Theresa and Sandro, where victims of her father manipulative scheme to get something he wants. Finally, things starts to straighten and she starts to see her her in a different way, but she's skeptical and always asking why is he showing interest in her, what his motives are. “All the air suddenly seemed to leave his sails and his shoulders sagged as he dropped to his knees in front of her,bringing his eyes down to the same level as hers."I want to be here with you. Why is that so hard for you to understand?” REALLY?... I still don't understand how he was so stupid some times, I mean after all the humiliations? but well, he was trying hard anyway so a few points to him.The story is so heartfelt, I really loved it and recommend it, if you are in the correct frame of mind to cry a little bit!. View all my reviews

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Until Nico by Aurora Rose Reynolds My rating: 5 of 5 stars 5 HOT AND FANTASTIC MAYSON STARS! Yes, the Mayson brothers are back and this time we get a full view of Nico, in my opinion, the most complicated of the four, but still hot, hot, hot!If you’ve read the first 3 books in the series, then you know everything about the BOOM, right?... well now even Nico, the one who didn’t believe in that story about the Mayson men falling deeply in love at first sight changes his opinion when he meets Sophie, a shy and sweet librarian who doesn’t date because she has some issues with men in general.Despite his effort to convince her to go out with him, Sophie keeps saying no, ‘cause is overwhelmed with Nico’s attention and she’s not sure she wants to pursuit what’s clearly growing between them. “I don’t think it’s fair to explore this thing with him when I’m not even sure who I really am. His eyes meet mine, and he shakes his head. “I don’t know what’s going on in that pretty little head of yours, but know this—you run and I will find you.” Of course, he’s a Mayson!... so really Sophie has no much choice but to go with the flow, since Nico will take a no for an answer. “Why do I feel like I just got screwed?” “Baby, when you get screwed, you’ll know it,” I smirk. Oh and the Mayson sweet possessive charm shows immediately!. “I don’t know how I’m going to be able to cope knowing that men are looking at you when you’re out. I don’t even want to think about the times I’m out of town, leaving you alone.” “Men don’t look at me.” I scrunch up my eyebrows and shake my head. “Fuck yes, they do! You just don’t notice, and they’re too chickenshit to talk to you. No man wants to give a woman the power to crush his ego, and baby, I hate to tell you this, because I like that you don’t realize how beautiful you are, but you are the kind of woman that could make a man feel like he has it all or make him feel like he has absolutely nothing.” But not all things sweetness, since there’s someone lurking in the shadows putting in danger their relationship, so the suspense factor makes of this book a better reading.The author follows the same formula as in the other books in the series, a sexy and possessive alpha, a cool and fun heroine, a lot of sexy and hot scenes, some funny moments, and a bit of suspense, so if you liked the previous, then you’ll enjoy this one too.But really the best part of the book is the EPILOGUE, as always is super fun to watch them deal with their kids, but deal with their grown up kids is even better! View all my reviews

Leonardo by Melissa Schroeder My rating: 4 of 5 stars 4 hot Santini stars!I liked this one a lot. It’s well written, fast paced and the characters are likable, AND there’s a bunch of hot military men, hell yeah!. First there’s Leonardo Santini, the hero of the story who serves in the army teaching medicine. He’s hot, alpha and totally sweet too, oh and he has 4 brothers who also serve on the army, in different areas and we get to see a bit of them… well actually just one of them, Vincente, but their interaction reminded me a lot of the Mayson brothers from the Until Series… ”Leo looked at his brother. “Go away”. “So rude. Mom’s not going to like that when I tell her”. He smiled at her. “I’m her favorite”. Then he walked away. No, sauntered away. That was the only way she could describe that walk. “He is not mom’s favorite”. Then there’s Maryanne, the heroine, a physical therapist who serves in an army hospital too, since all her brothers and father are in the military too, we see a bit of their interaction too and it was totally fun… "He knocked on the door. He heard some rustling and then the door opened wide. It wasn’t Maryanne. It was a man, as tall as him, with dark hair and a rather pissy look on his face. He had apparently been sleeping. “What?” “Jackson Michael Johnson, is that the way you greet someone at the door?” Maryanne asked from behind the man. Of course, he could only hear her. He couldn’t see her with the massive roadblock in the door. “I was sleeping, MJ” He saw a hand reach up and smack the man on the back of the head. “Damn, MJ, do you have to hit so hard?” He stepped aside. “Do you always cry like a little girl?” she asked.” When Leo and Maryanne meet, he doesn’t like her so much ‘cause she’s though with her patients, but everything is just a cover up, she really is a very thoughtful person but being the little one in a household full of military guys, she learned to hide her soft side. She’s not very used to guys treating her kindly or trying to romance her, so when Leo acts like this, she’s pleasantly surprised and scared, since she knows it will be easy to fall in love with him and she’s scared he will break her heart… “Maryanne?” She looked at him and blinked. “You never call me MJ.” Not really a question, just a statement of fact.“Yeah. You aren’t MJ to me. You’re Maryanne.”She studied him for a second then her gaze softened. A lump rose in his throat that turned out difficult to swallow. She leaned forward to brush her mouth over his, not closing her eyes the entire time. “What was that for?” he asked when she finally pulled back.“For seeing me differently than anyone else does.” A wonderful story to read with sweet and hot moments, and the glimpse of the second book, Marco’s story, looks promising!. View all my reviews