THIEF (Love Me With Lies, #3) by Tarryn Fisher

Thief by Tarryn Fisher
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Just when you think its safe to get back into the water...

Leah just never stops being the source of my hatred. I'm so happy that Olivia is back in this book. But again, I feel if I say anything I will give so much away.

Here is my attempt at conveying my emotions about this book and series without saying too much:

Caleb and Olivia



Leah



How I felt after finishing the entire series



READ THEM ALL! you will love them.

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DIRTY READ (Love Me With Lies, #2) by Tarryn Fisher

Dirty Red by Tarryn Fisher
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

The only reason I'm not giving this book a full 5 stars is because I absolutely HATE Leah. She is a stain on all womanhood. She's like a black widow spider, like a bad cough that won't go away and keeps coming back. I just wanted to shake her and say STOP IT! Also the reason that I didn't give the book 5 stars is because I wanted more Olivia and Caleb. This story needed to be told, but I missed Olivia and wanted to jump right to Caleb.

I don't want to say too much because I feel like anything I say would give the story away. All I can say is I LUV this series. I thought I was ripped about after reading Losing Hope , but this series has caused my stomach to hurt I'm so emotionally wrung out.

EVERYONE READ IT! As I dream of killing Leah!

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THE OPPORTUNIST (Love Me With Lies, #1) by Tarryn Fisher

The Opportunist by Tarryn Fisher
My rating: 5 of 5 stars



All I can say is... WHAT TOOK ME SO FREAKING LONG TO READ THIS BOOK?!

I read a lot of book for pleasure and for work. I can honestly say I read the description of this book when it first came out and thought, "Ugh, some woman cons this guy into loving her again? Why do I want to read this?"... Boy was I WRONG!

This book is so much more. It's funny at times, heartbreaking at others. You want to scream at both Olivia and Caleb to just talk to each other. And I wanted to punch Leah in the face. I loved Cammie, who was always there as the voice of reason, but who could go off the deep end of crazy schemes and behavior with the best of them, in order to be there for her friend.

I love how snarky Olivia was when she first meets Caleb and how she was the only girl who didn't throw herself at him. Girlfriend had a plan and she was sticking to it, until he walked into her life. And everything they did was a total nightmare. Although they are both young, I'm a little upset with Caleb for not being more considerate of Olivia and how she's lost everything that ever meant anything to her and that's why she's not a open as he is. But being young and selfish on both of their parts and that crazy over the top love with everything heightened and how you are that age makes everything seem so desperate and overwhelming. I just wanted to sit them both down and give them good shake, and insight into both of their perspectives.

Thank you so much RomanceBookVixen for loaning me this book. I can't wait to read the rest in the series. This is now one of my favorite books. I'm going to be raving about it to anyone who will listen in the coming future.

WOW is all I can say. It ripped my heart out and all I want to do now is cry. But it's time to read the Leah's POV, as I spit three times to ward off evil... :-)


Why do I always lie? For real, it's like a disease

I pour some vodka into my bathwater

Like any girl, in her right mind, would let him get away--except me of course--but I have never claimed to be in my right mind.

"You're like a Percocet on a bad day, Libby."

"You're like a pair of six inch heels...all attitude and sexiness, but you make people feel uncomfortable just looking at you."

She says that he is as predictable as a virgin's period.

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COMPLETE ME (Stark Trilogy, #3) by J. Kenner

Complete Me by J. Kenner
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

ARC provided by by publisher through NetGalley for an honest review.

2.5 Stars

Unfortunately I wanted to take some time before reviewing this book for a couple of reason. First, I had to stop in the middle of the book to do some work that took a couple of days, then come back to it. Second, I started reading another book and got so hooked on how good that one was, it colored my view of this book.

So after taking some time, I realized that the read was quick but I fell short. There were a few things that the author could have done that would have made this book so much better. Things she actually did in the book but should have happened sooner to make a more fulfilling read. Although I was happen with how it ended , it felt rushed.

I liked the series enough, but isn't on my highly recommend list. Just missed the mark for me.

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TAKING BACK FOREVER (The Kindrily, #2) by Karen Amanda Hooper

Taking Back Forever by Karen Amanda Hooper
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

ARC provided by publisher through NetGalley for an honest review.

I liked this book, because I like the characters. But this felt like a bridge book. And by that I mean, it felt like it was a bridge between the action and getting to know the characters in the first book to what I am anticipating will happen in the next (third) book.

I liked reading about Maryah and Nathan getting to know each other, Krista and Carson connecting, and the relationships between the kindrily, etc. I really hated how selfish Harmony was. Everything was about her. She made me nuts. But it was just a little boring. Nothing much seemed to happen. I wanted more action, but never quite got it.

I still want to read the next book, because I like the idea of the story. I just think this one fell a little more short that the first book in the series for me.



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BEG (Songs of Submisson, #1) by C.D. Reiss

Beg by C.D. Reiss
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Wow, that was good. Especially for a novella. I'm always reticent to buy, even when they are free because generally they don't tell enough of a story, but I have to agree with some fellow goodreads reviews that the characters that are in the story are well developed. At least enough to have me intrigued enough to want to read more.

I get Monica being so focused on her career she doesn't want anything to jeopardize it. She's had stumbling blocks and her friends and bandmates seem to be a part of it as well.

I really want to know what's going to happen with Monica and Jonathan. I find the way they meet to be very realistic. I live and work in the Hollywood industry and have seen this type of meeting a few times myself.

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LOSING HOPE by Colleen Hoover

Losing Hope by Colleen Hoover
My rating: 5 of 5 stars



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WOW... so good, so sweet, so heart wrenching that I cried then laughed, then cried some more.

Having read the first story from Sky/Hope's point of view didn't keep me from loving the story from Holden's point of view. It was actually like reading it for the first time. Not once did I skim or skip ahead knowing what was going to happen. Holden's account pulled me in with another perspective that I had now idea about in Hopeless .

We never really knew why Holder came back from Austin. We never got to spend much time with Daniel as well. He was hysterical.

"So, I hope your ditching me Saturday night for cheese tits over there was worth it."
"Her name is Sky."
"Well I can't call her sky. Everyone else calls you Holder and I hate everyone else, so..."
I laugh. "Well they why do you call Valerie by her name?"
"Who's Valerie?"
"Val? you ex-girlfriend? Or current girlfriend. Whatever she is."
"No, man. Her name isn't Valerie, it's Tessa."
What the hell?
"I call her Val because it's sort for Valium and I always tell her she needs to take that shit by the bucketful. I wasn't lying whenI said she was fucking crazy."

Knowing how Les' suicide affected Holder so deeply and how his raw his pain was. His emotions on the surface at all times. How he wanted the best for Sky and put his emotional pain aside to tend to her, though she didn't even know she was going to go through it. His first thoughts were always for her.. Reading his journal entries, which was probably the best thing he could have done getting his feelings out. It was just heart wrenching. I cried several times unable to continue reading the screen of my iPad.

Colleen Hoover had done it again. She a phenomenal writer, carrying you into the story as if you are there. To the point that you don't want to put it down, to eat or sleep. I love her characters. She makes you want to reach out and comfort them in their time of need and laugh with them when they are funny.

Amazing job Ms. Hoover. Keep bringing us more amazing stories. I look forward to what you come up with next.

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THE REDEMPTION OF CALLIE & KAYDEN (The Coincidence, #2) by Jessica Sorensen

The Redemption of Callie and Kayden by Jessica Sorensen
My rating: 4 of 5 stars



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Once I finished this book, I needed time to digest it and think about what I wanted to say without giving away too much. So here it is...

This book is heart and heartbreak, connection and loss, weakness and strength, it's a raging storm and stillness and calm. It will take you through the emotional gambit. I loved every moment of it. Although there were times when I was yelling... TELL SOMEONE, you will feel so much better. But I never felt like I knew the answers never having gone through anything like Callie or Kayden. You can't fault them for not telling people. How many stories have people heard of someone telling and not being believed only to end up dead later. Plus, they've both gone through this most of their lives. Holding onto the secrets and the pain, not knowing what to do with them, is all they know.

But Callie found Kayden and Kayden found Callie. When you would normally say for two people who are in so much pain to get themselves together before emotionally committing to someone else. But in their pain and struggle their emotional connection is what gave them strength and courage and ultimately Redemption .

Now there are a lot of grammatical errors which will hopefully be fixed by the time it's released. I also had one question, which I'm sure others will have as well once they read it. Its a big question of how one of them can support themselves and how they all, Luke, Seth, Kayden and Callie, can afford to do some of the things they do. Which is the only reason it's not getting a full 5 stars from me. More like 4.5. If it weren't for these couple of things I wouldn't hesitate giving it full 5 stars.

But that aside, the emotion and the relationships between them all are laid out on the pages of this book. Even Luke has moments you question what has happened in his home life. Seth and Callie together lead to some very funny moments. Emotional and poignant, but funny.

I love this series and can't wait for the next book. Hopefully it won't take so long between books for the next to be release.

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DARK DESIRE (Touched By You, #1) by Emily Jane Trent

Dark Desire by Emily Jane Trent




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I'm not going to rate this book because it's a DNF. I just couldn't finish it. The story was all over the place for me. I wanted to pull out my hair.

The story goes from Natalie to Tanner between paragraphs in very short chapters. I'm never sure right away who's point of view I'm reading. It starts with the Prologue. Natalie, meets Tanner, a guy she's never seen before, while attending a concert instead of going to the prom. He immediately makes her weak-in-the-knees, so she goes off to some room with him after he offers her a drink he purchased for her. Now she's never seen this guy before. My first instinct is he's drugged her drink. Didn't her mother or a teacher ever tell her to never accept a drink from a stranger and definitely not to go off to another location with someone she doesn't know? I mean, what could she have been thinking? No one this day in age could be that naive.

Cut to four years later and Natalie has a scholarship to design school in New York. She's shocked that she's been accepted since she's gone to a community college.

Of course her first full day in New York, she runs into this man she hasn't been able to get out of her mind since the night of the concert. Now let me back up a moment. She's picked up from the airport by her friend from home, Ellis Larsen, but then I never see or hear of him again after he drops her off at the place where she will be renting a room. An amazing place, which happens to be the home of a former famous supermodel, Cheryl Easton, and guest instructor at the design school. Natalie questions herself as to why this woman would take on a a border, but never verbalizes it. Going back to her running into Tanner. Natalie runs into him at a shop that Cheryl suggested she go. Once she's talking to him, she never asks him what happened four years ago. She's not even sure he recognizes her, but when he asks her to lunch, she goes. Huh?!!!!! Again with the going off with strangers?

If he didn't remember her, wouldn't she want to at least introduce herself before agreeing to go off with him again? It's not until they are at a restaurant that they even discuss remembering who each other are.

Now a few things show up later in the story and our girl Natalie seems to never suspect that Tanner has had a hand in any of it. Now since I didn't finish it, I guess she could have later, but COME ON! He just happens to be in the same industry she's striving to be a part of. She becomes immediate friends with her much older roommate, who Tanner instructs Natalie, is the only person she can discuss their relationship with? And why is that? And why doesn't Natalie ask any questions of him?

There is so much more that just makes no sense to me. I just can't do this to the author. I can't say everything about this story that seemed rushed or didn't make any sense because I'm not finishing it. But I can say that I'm sad. I really hate doing this to someone's very hard work.

I feel like I'm reading something else since other reviews have been so much better. But I just can't do it. I can generally read quite quickly and I can honestly say it's taken me way too long to get through half of this book. I can't give it more time.

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EXTREME LOVE (Love to the Extreme, #1) by Abby Niles

Extreme Love by Abby Niles
My rating: 3 of 5 stars



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More like 2.5 stars. It was more than Okay, but I can't really say I overly liked it.

After a lifetime of being overweight, Caitlyn Moore has recently lost eighty pounds. She still sees the old Cait when she looks in the mirror. So when MMA fighter Dante 'Inferno' Jones, in town to train for the titled, shows interest in her, she doesn't know how to react. Dante is immediately attacked to Cait, not only because she beautiful but because unlike all the other women who hang around the sport, she seems shy and doesn't throw herself at him.

Dante is there to train for his fight and the distraction of pursing Cait hurts his performance. When Cait realizes Dante could not only lose his trainer, but also lose everything he's been working towards in gaining the title, she accepts a date with his opponent, Sentori, in order to get him angry and shake him. But it doesn't work. They fall in love, but not before Sentori pulls a couple of things to mess with Dante's head and break them up.

The reason for my rating is because I felt like Cait ran way too much for Dante to keep trying. I get that he saw something different in her than the other women in his sphere, but she was really a little too hard to get. He had to do a lot of chasing and a lot of bolstering her up in order to spend time with her. I get that she wasn't used to it, but she really made him work for it. To the point that I was annoyed with her.

I also didn't like the fact that the author let Sentori do what he did to Caitlyn without letting us know that he suffered the legal ramification of his actions.

But aside from all that, I just didn't really feel the connection between the two of them. It just felt like it rushed and he fell in love with her to quickly.

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ENRAPTURED (Enslaved Trilogy, #3) by Shoshanna Evers

Enraptured: Book Three in the Enslaved Trilogy by Shoshanna Evers
My rating: 3 of 5 stars



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Roman Chase one of the three Billionaire Arrogant Doms or BAD boys, which they are called in the BDSM club they frequent and secretly own, is back from a month long trip to Japan for business and where he licked his wounds over losing Elisabeth to Trevor. Now he finds he's the last of the single BAD boys, because Marc and Mistress Lauren are finally a couple. He feels left out and like a fifth wheel. That is until, while trying to help Lauren find a straight female she can dominate, he picks waitress at the BDSM club, Jessica Vaughn.

Though they invite Jessica to Roman's house for a party, which she doesn't realize is for her benefit so Lauren can approach her about being her sub, Roman soon realizes he wants her for himself. Jessica tries to be with Lauren, but knows she's only doing it to be close to Roman. With their age difference, her being twenty and he thirty-five, his friends and Jessica's parents aren't sure if they are together for the right reason.

After a little testing on Roman's part and then her parents, they realize they actually love each other.

I still can't get behind the sado masochistic side of things, it wasn't a bad read. I definitely liked it much more than the first one in the series and I haven't read the second (Marc and Lauren's story). I just don't get the whole beating aspect of it. I dont' begrudge anyone their choices, but I just cringed every time it seemed to hurt her while reading about it.

I also have to say that Roman's test was a little lame. How is two days camping a test if someone is with you for the money or not? I hate camping and wouldn't go if the person was poor or a billionaire.

But I did like it as mentioned before.

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SAVE THE DATE (Better Date than Never, #4) by Susan Hatler

Save the Date by Susan Hatler
My rating: 3 of 5 stars



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Kristen is a therapist who discovers her boyfriend of many months is actually married. With her confidence in tatters, she doesn't believe she can be an effective therapist and swears off men. The only problem with these decisions is that all of her friends and people in her life keep asking her for advice and a good friend, Ethan, whom she has a lot in common with may just be the man of her dreams.

Kristen has to shake herself out of her funk to realize she has a career that she loves and she had blinders on when it came to how she really felt about Ethan, even when she was with her married boyfriend.

It was sweet. Not as good as the first two in the series that I'd read. I haven't read Rachel's story, but will at some point. I like these friends, they are fun and cooky, but are there for each other.

I think all the men these series have the patience of a saint, because these women push them away at every turn, but the men hang in there until the giril realize Mr. Right is in front of them.

Cute.

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THE LESSON PLAN (Lords of Lancashire #1) by Jackie Barbosa

The Lesson Plan by Jackie Barbosa
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

After reading Carnally Ever After, there were a few pages giving the reader a sneak peak of this book. I had to have it. Read it right away and really liked it a lot. And, I don't generally read historical romances. I generally bypass them, but I mistakenly requested Carnally Ever after on NetGalley, which lead me to this book by the same author.

The Honorable Miss Winifred Freddy Langston has made it to the age of twenty-one without being taken to London for her coming out. She's always seemed to be able to sweet talk her father and brothers, who would be leave they would be required to be there and subsequently in the vicinity of young women looking for husbands, from making her go. But her father has passed away and her eldest brother is determined to marry her off.

Freddy wants one last hurrah and decides to go to Miss May's house of ill repute to see what all the fuss is about. But Conrad Pearce, who's younger brother is Freddy's best friend, gets wind of her scheme and is recruited by Nash, her eldest brother, to teach her a lesson.

But when Conrad dresses as a highwayman and kidnaps Freddy, they both get more than they bargained for.

I really liked this one. It was hot and funny and smart. Freddy was tough and smart girl, during a time when women were to be seen and not heard. To look pretty and do things that would make a good wife, but not be in love or have sex the way a mistress would. But Conrad has always been attracted to his brother's friend, though he knew he shouldn't be. He thought he needed a wife befitting his station and who would be just as stiff and boring as he was.

But Freddy's wild personality and how she dressed in breeches instead of dresses actually turns him on. He was so hot for her, everything she did destroyed every plan he had.

I just wished it had been a longer story so we could learn more about the other people in their lives.

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CARNALLY EVER AFTER (Ever After Novella #1) by Jackie Barbos

Carnally Ever After by Jackie Barbosa
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

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Louisa Bennett has been jilted at the alter by Lord Granville. So when she starts bashing herself for being too full figured and what man would want her, Granville's best man, Alistar de Rocha decides to show her that he's the type of man who would want her. Even though he's engaged to another. They spend the hours that her family uses to renegotiate her dowery to get better acquainted.

Though Alistar wants her and has since the moment he met her, he doesn't believe he can have her. Mostly because her family is dead set on having her married to a better titled gentleman than he, though he's financially more well off.

Louisa has learned something being with Alistar. That she can't marry someone just for her family's sake and that she will do anything to be happy. Even proposing to be Alistar's mistress. But Alistar wants her more than she can know and they run off together.

It was well written, I just wasn't enthralled with their story.

But when I read the sneak peak pages for The Lesson Plan, I had to have it. I bought it and read it right away.

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TO HAVE & TO HOLD (Derkesthai Mages) by Mackenzie Lucas

To Have & To Hold by Mackenzie Lucas
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

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Grayson Cooper is a dragon mage and a year ago, he turned and couldn't control his abilities. His wife, Cate, who had abilities of her own used them to lock him away. She gave him a year to battle his dragon and learn to control it. But before she was able to do that, Grayson, tried to kill them both... or did he? And why does his best friend and law partner, Michael, keep trying to get Cate to sleep with him.

But once Grayson has control, though Cate has left him, he will do anything in his power to protect his family and bring Michael to the justice he deserves.

This is the basic premis behind this short novella. It's quick and glosses over some things pretty quickly to try to move the story along. Sometimes it works, yet there are times it doesn't, yet the writer will take a moment to describe the view from the balcony in the bedroom. I like the idea, I liked the characters. The story just felt a little clunky to me. It didn't move smoothly. I just wanted them to talk to each other. I think a lot of the confusion, hurt feeling and idea that one or the other didn't care by actual communication, instead of trying to save the other from harm or judging the other for their way of handling things.

I would read another one if it was available on NetGalley. I really would like to now who is amassing power by pillaging other hoards and why. How does Michael fit into all of it? Why is it that Grayson doen't have the urge to hurt his family unlike other Dragon Mages?

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THE DARE: The Chronicles of Katarina (Book, #1) by Karin Tabke

The Dare by Karin Tabke
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

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I really liked this and for that reason alone, I'm pissed that it was a short novella. It ends on a cliff hanger and now I have to wait to find when the next books in the series will be available. UGH!

Kat is a brilliant scientist and as with many people with high IQ's, she doesn't know when someone is using her or lying to her. She's been dating Evan on the sly because there's a no fraternization rule at work. Little does she know that Evan has another secret, which prevents them from getting closer. She will find out soon enough though.

While at a conference, she drops her papers in front front of a stunning man with green eyes that draw her in immediately. Later Evan dares her to pick the guy up and then have a threesome. The sex between all of them is HOT, HOT, HOT! But it ends with the stranger, later to known as Simon, not happy with how Evan is treating Katy.

Once Katy finds out the truth about Evan, she swears off men. But not before she has one more sexual encounter with Simon before she runs away convinced that he's just another in her history of bad choices in men... But is he?

Like I said before, I'm really upset that it's not a full book and I can't finish what's happening now. I just hope that the rest will be available soon.

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DIAMONDS AND SPURS (The Callens, #9) by Melody Snow Monroe

Diamonds and Spurs by Melody Snow Monroe
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

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It started out good. Mandy Duncan is in married to Craig, who only cares about the status of being married and how she looks and acts on his arm. He's from a wealthy family, but still engaged in a ponzi scheme to bilk his friends out of more money. When Mandy realizes this, she does everything she can, and smartly I may add, to get out of the relationship. Basically tricking him into the divorce, she does almost everything right... Almost. With a prenup that's ironclad, she leaves with almost nothing and moves from Denver to Wyoming, but uses her maiden name and is only two hours away from where she lived in Denver.

But, she quickly starts a new relationship with Vince Callen, cousin of her employer, Samantha Callen, and his roommate/best friend Cameron Longworth. It seems that this town is made up of many couples who share. Although it seems a little strange to Mandy, its not overly shocking and she doesn't hesitate to get sexually involved with the two men.

When Mandy is first shot at, then tent caught on fire during a camping trip and finally her car explodes, they have to find out who is doing these things to her. Either her rival for the men's affection or her ex-husband. Once they determine who is behind all of the "accidents," Mandy is kidnapped by her ex in order to keep her from testifying.

Vince and Cam engage in a black-ops type operation to get her back. Then they all decide they belong together and propose.

Firstly the book was poorly written. I also felt like the author missed opportunities to make the story really interesting. Cam's ex-fiance is seen once, then there is no real backstory on who she is, where she came from, and what her relationship really was with Vince. He internalizes that he was led by his penis when it came to the woman, but other than that, I didn't get a real since of their relationship with her. She's a typical gold digger who wants what she wants, but that's it.

Then, when Venice lets the fake FBI agent take Mandy away, I was shocked. Since he had a connection with someone in the FBI that he'd spoken with, why didn't he think that person would contact him to let him know that someone would be coming to get her? Why didn't he call to double check? Why didn't the FBI even get involved when Vince informed them that Mandy had been taken by an impostor? Forcibly taking someone across state lines is a federal offense.

There seemed to be no concern for the "children always running around" at the ranch when all the accidents were occurring with Mandy. The author was so concerned with her being cooped up or bored, but she still went to the ranch to work, where small children were around.

I don't know, I liked the idea, but not the execution. And the sex was a little boring, if you ask me. And I love me some menage. This just didn't work for me, but worked just enough to be okay.

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PACK CHALLENGE (Magnus Pack, #1) by Shelly Laurenston

Pack Challenge by Shelly Laurenston
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I loved how funny yet mean drunk Sara was. I love how Zach looked beyond the Sara's out shell to love who she was both physically and internally. I love Sara's relationship with her girls Angelina and Miki. They were each other's family and had each others back. I also loved how Merrac's Pack protected the girls and saw them as one of their own.

When the Magnus Pack shows up, things start to get interesting. Sarah no longer limps and mountain lions are following her. What is going on? Well it seems an old grudge against Sara's parents has turned up to take its revenge.

The girls are tough and know how to take care of themselves and once Sara's turned her natural instincts and abilities quickly take over and her Alpha side comes out.

I love how she has patience when people are rude to her, but she will loose it on someone who thinks she can't take care of herself.

She and Zach are made for each other and soon figure that out.

There were times I laughed so hard, I couldn't see through my tears and my stomach hurt. I love Shelly Laurenston's writing. She's hysterical. I can't wait to read the rest of this series and the Pride series.

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