Review: Bitter Sweet Hell by Alex Grayson

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The Hell Night Series continues with JW's story! A sexy sheriff and the gypsy girl that demands his attention.

 

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As the Sheriff of Malus, Texas, JW takes his oath to protect its citizens very seriously. Born from a ugly past, he swears no child, woman, or man will ever endure what he and his brothers have. As he seeks retribution of the ones who wronged him, his past and his present finally collide. Secrets are laid open. Ones that are so heinous, they’ll rock the very foundation of JW’s life.

When Eden blazes into town, hot with her own threatening troubles baring down on her, JW steps in as her protector. It’s not only his duty, but a need he can’t ignore. The chemistry between the two is instant and all too tempting.

Giving in was easy, but the consequences were high.

Little does JW know, the disturbing destruction that would rain down on Malus and its people by getting involved with the red-headed gypsy.

Danger lurks just around the corner—it’s dark, terrifying, and malicious.

JW is bitter because of his gruesome past. Eden is sweet despite hers. Together, will they create a beautiful future, or will it all end in bitter sweet hell?

 

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My Review:

Let me just start by saying how much I love this series! The first book, Trouble in Hell introduces us to four men who have lived in a hell like situation, but grew up to vow to never let anything like that happen again. They take care of the people around them and the town that they live in. I definitely recommend reading the first book before embarking on Bitter Sweet Hell.

This story focuses on JW, the Sheriff of Malus, TX. He makes sure that everyone is following the laws of their town, but he and his three brothers, Trouble (his story can be read in Trouble in Hell), Judge and Emo also make sure that no one is abusive or getting hurt in anyway. The four of them are also trying to hunt down anyone from their past. This story was just as emotional as the first one, and the plot twist regarding JW and his family I had not seen coming.

Malus is a town that likes to keep out outsiders, but when JW pulls over Eden for speeding through their town lines, he knows he needs to help her. Eden is escaping an ex-boyfriend who has murdered women before, and is now after her.

I really loved these two characters together. They had a beautiful bond and I enjoyed seeing the closed off JW open up to Eden. I also loved being back into the world of the four brothers and we even learned more about Emo, which I am so happy about it!

The Hell Night series are not for the faint of heart. They deal with some horrible themes such as rape, murder, child sexual abuse. Despite that, they are also about healing, helping and overcoming. I love this series and I cannot wait for Judge’s story, which releases in April (Thank god I don’t have to wait a whole year for each book! I don’t know what I would do with myself!)

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Alex Grayson is the bestselling author of heart pounding, emotionally gripping contemporary romances including the Jaded Series, the Consumed Series, and three standalone novels. Her passion for books was reignited by a gift from her sister-in-law. After spending several years as a devoted reader and blogger, Alex decided to write and independently publish her first novel in 2014 (an endeavor that took a little longer than expected). The rest, as they say, is history.

Originally a southern girl, Alex now lives in Ohio with her husband, two children, two cats and dog. She loves the color blue, homemade lasagna, casually browsing real estate, and interacting with her readers. Visit her website, www.alexgraysonbooks.com, or find her on social media!

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Review: Deke by Eden Finley

Release Date: January 9, 2019

Cover Design: Kellie Dennis / Book Cover by Design

 

Synopsis

 

Ollie

Word of advice: don’t come out to random guys in public restrooms. Even if they’re charming and adorably nerdy and offer to help. My family believe I can’t be happy if I’m not out to the world. I have a bitter ex-boyfriend and an unstable NHL career to show for it. A fake boyfriend seems like an easy and quick solution to get my family off my back, and this guy is volunteering. I take him up on it without asking his name. I really should’ve asked for his name.

Lennon
Word of advice: learn how to introduce yourself properly. In my defense, I don’t recognize Ollie Strömberg right away. I cover football, not hockey. I’m not supposed to see him again, and he’s never supposed to find out I’m a reporter. That all changes when my editor reassigns me. It’s a lesson I should’ve learned by now. Nothing’s changed since high school. Jocks still hate nerds. But even worse, athletes hate journalists. Especially ones who know their secret.  

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My Review:

I had not heard anything about this series before, but as soon as I saw the cover for Deke, I knew I had to read it. I loved it so much! Even though it is book 3 of the Fake Out series, I didn’t feel confused about anything and I definitely will be reading the first two books in the series. 

Deke focuses on Ollie, an out and proud hockey player to his family and best friends, but in the closet to the NHL and the rest of the world. He doesn’t want to be the first gay man out in Hockey, even though his family is pushing him to be an example to others who haven’t come out yet. Lennon is a sports journalist who meets Ollie in the bathroom while Ollie was out with his family and pretends to be his boyfriend. The two don’t see each other again until 6 months later and that is when the magic really happens! 

OMG, I loved these two characters. Ollie and Lennon were so cute together. I loved the jock and nerd aspect. I seriously could not get enough. Both were written very well and the story overall was sweet, funny and just adorable. Have you ever wanted to hug a book? I definitely hugged my kindle a few times while reading! I loved that Lennon knew Ollie’s secret, but never used it against him in his articles. The fact that he didn’t tell the world that Ollie is gay showed a lot about his character and I really loved that about him. 

I also loved all the secondary characters, including Ollie’s family. They were so amazing and real. They had their issues, but it wasn’t written fake or forced. And that scene at Ollie’s home with Lennon? I was DYING! 

Overall, Deke was such a sweet story and I highly recommend it. It was everything I could have wanted in an M/M story. 

 

 

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Eden Finley is an Amazon bestselling author who writes steamy contemporary romances that are full of snark and light-hearted fluff.

She doesn’t take anything too seriously and lives to create an escape from real life for her readers. The ideas always begin with a wackadoodle premise, and she does her best to turn them into romances with heart. With a short attention span that rivals her five-year-old son's, she writes multiple different pairings: MM, MMF, and MF. She's also an Australian girl and apologises for her Australianisms that sometimes don't make sense to anyone else.  

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Review: Finding My Girl/Loving Talia by Melissa Foster

About Finding My Girl:

FINDING MY GIRL / LOVING TALIA is a companion booklet to the contemporary romance novel, LOVE LIKE OURS (Sugar Lake series).

If this is your first Melissa Foster book, please note that Finding My Girl / Loving Talia is not a novel, a novella, or even a typical short story. It is a companion booklet to the full-length contemporary romance novel, Love Like Ours, featuring Talia Dalton and Derek Grant. In Love Like Ours, one of the many ways Derek shows his love for Talia is through cute and loving sketches depicting their lives as they came together. Finding My Girl / Loving Talia is a collection of those images, along with a couple of images that Jonah, Derek's father, had drawn for his wife, Eva. Within these pages you will also find heartfelt messages from Derek to Talia that are not found in the original novel. As a bonus, I have included the first chapter of Love Like Ours in the back of the booklet.

I hope you enjoy this quick, visual adaptation of Derek and Talia's journey into coupledom. To read their full-length love story, please buy Love Like Ours, a Sugar Lake novel (available in digital, paperback, and audio formats).

~ Melissa

My Review:

Guys! GUYS! This companion novel was everything. It made me laugh, kept a smile on my face the entire time and brought tears to my eyes. My only complaint was I wish it were longer!

Throughout the novel, Love Like Ours, Derek Grant creates a book of words and drawings for Talia Dalton. These drawings signify meaningful parts of their story and how the two characters get together. We get descriptions of the drawings, but we don’t get to see them. NOW WE DO! Finding My Girl are all those drawings and I loved every single moment of it. The drawings were beautiful and adorable.

Now I don’t recommend picking this companion story up unless you have read Love Like Ours. While you can still enjoy the drawings, they will not mean as much to you. Pick up Love Like Ours from Kindle Unlimited, devour it as I did (the story is absolutely amazing!) and then pick this one up. You will not be disappointed!! 

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Melissa Foster is a New York Times & USA Today bestselling and award-winning author. She writes sexy and heartwarming contemporary romance, new adult romance and women's fiction with emotionally compelling characters that stay with you long after you turn the last page. Readers adore Melissa's fun, flirty, and sinfully sexy, award-winning big family romance collection, LOVE IN BLOOM featuring the Snow Sisters, Bradens, Remingtons, Ryders, Seaside Summer, Harborside Nights, and the Wild Boys After Dark. Melissa's emotional journeys are lovingly erotic and always family oriented.

Melissa also writes sweet and clean romance under the pen name Addison Cole.

Melissa has painted and donated several murals to The Hospital for Sick Children in Washington, DC. Her interests include her family, reading, writing, painting, friends, helping others see the positive side of life, and visiting Cape Cod.

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Review: Who We Were by Melissa Collins

About the Book:

Who We Were...

Two awkward teenagers - the loner and the nerd, trying to find our place in the world. Paired in wood shop, we knew nothing of each other, except that we wanted to know everything. Then one life altering moment changed it all and we were left with shattered dreams and broken hearts.

Who We Are...

Two grown men - braver and smarter than we used to be, trying to heal the damage from that irrevocable moment. Even though the past was behind us, dead and buried long ago, we found it impossible to move on without ripping open the scars of our deep wounds.

With twelve years of unanswered questions fueling our desperate need for the truth, we must figure out if who we were will destroy who we are.

My Review:

Melissa Collins is one of my “1-click” authors whenever she releases a new book, and most of the time I don’t even know what it’s about, but I know I am going to love it! When I had the opportunity to review Who We Were I knew I had to take it. I really enjoyed this story. It was a fast read and while the characters broke my heart over and over again, there was a happy ending for these sweet, sweet boys.

The story begins when the two main characters, Ryan and Quinn are thirteen years old. Quinn helps Ryan out, and for the next five years, Ryan hates him for it. They don’t talk again until they are eighteen and are forced to work together in wielding class. Ryan is a loner that keeps to himself and Quinn desperately wants to get to know him. The two of them start a friendship, which is just what Ryan needs. For the first time in his life, he feels safe and wanted. His parents are crappy to him, his brother is physically abusive to him, and their parents never stop it. Ryan’s home life is very sad. 

Quinn has the complete opposite life. His parents are supportive and kind and his twin sister is his best friend.

Ryan’s life goes through many changes and the two boys won’t see each other again until twelve years later. I loved these two as boys, but as men! Man oh man. So many sexy and sweet times.

My one complaint is the secret that Ryan finds out. I was interested in the secret and I could not wait to find out what it was. I definitely was not expecting it, but the whole thing was just too far-fetched for me. His parents, concerning the secret, and their personality towards Ryan after telling him the secret seemed unrealistic to me.

Overall, I really enjoyed Who We Were. I loved the characters and the writing and I definitely cannot want to read Melissa Collin’s next book! 

About the Author:

Melissa Collins has always been a book worm. Studying Literature in college ensured that her nose was always stuck in a book. She followed her passion for reading to the most logical career choice: English teacher. Her hope was to share her passion for reading and the escapism of books to her students. Having spent more than a decade in front of a classroom, she can easily say that it’s been a dream.

Her passion for writing didn’t start until more recently. When she was home on maternity leave in early 2012, she read her first romance novel and her head filled with the passion, angst and laughter of the characters who she read about it. It wasn’t long before characters of her own took shape in her mind. Their lives took over Melissa’s brain and The Love Series was born.

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Review: Trouble in Hell by Alex Grayson

About the book: 

Four men, irrevocably bound together by their horrifying past…

Trouble and his brothers escaped from Malus, Texas as kids. In the dead of night, they left behind a Hell so ominous, it made National news.

When they returned as adults, it was to seek revenge and justice. Malus is theirs now. They own it, they rule it, and they protect it. By any means necessary. 

Trouble carries demons inside him. The need for blood and vindication runs deep in his veins, and nothing will stop the darkness within him from shining its evil eyes.

When Remi arrives, pregnant and in need of help, she has no idea she’s come to the one place she should have stayed far away from. Something dark surrounds the town. A malevolence she has no hope of surviving.

Will Trouble drag Remi into the dark pits of Hell? Or will she be the ultimate downfall of the devil himself?

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My Review:

As soon as I saw the synopsis for Trouble in Hell, I knew that I had to get my hands on it as soon as possible. This was such a gritty, emotional, heartbreaking, rise you up from the ashes story and I had a hard time putting it down. I was even more upset when it was over, and I already can’t wait for the next story, which releases in January!

The story begins 23 years ago, and we are introduced to Trouble and his brothers, JD, Judge and Emo. We know something bad is going on, but we don’t learn how truly bad it is until later in the story. 23 years later and Trouble is the local doctor in his small town of Malus, TX. This is the town that he had escaped from, but his brothers and himself have come back to rid the town of any evils and help anyone who needs it. We also meet Remi who is escaping pain from her recent past. Pregnant and driving a car with no AC in the middle of Texas has finally got to her. She stops in Malus and passes out, waking up in the office of Dr. Trouble Trayce.

This story guys. This story. It will completely pull at your heartstrings, barely putting your heart back together and I loved every second of it. The characters were extremely well written, even the secondary characters. I needed to know every ones back story, and boy, is it hard to read. What Trouble, his brothers, and even members of the town went through is absolutely terrifying and devastating.

I loved Trouble and Remi together. They had a beautiful connection and I enjoyed seeing Trouble open up to her about his past. Remi’s secret was also something that I had not been expecting and also killed me. GAHHH this book. It was beautiful and sad, and everything I could want in a story.

I am so looking forward to the other stories. I know that JD’s story is next. I have a feeling Judge will be after, and Emo last. I just hope Emo gets a book, because I am so intrigued by his story.

I seriously recommend this book. I can not say enough good things about this story! 

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Alex Grayson is the bestselling author of heart pounding, emotionally gripping contemporary romances including the Jaded Series, the Consumed Series, and three standalone novels. Her passion for books was reignited by a gift from her sister-in-law. After spending several years as a devoted reader and blogger, Alex decided to write and independently publish her first novel in 2014 (an endeavor that took a little longer than expected). The rest, as they say, is history.

Originally a southern girl, Alex now lives in Ohio with her husband, two children, two cats and dog. She loves the color blue, homemade lasagna, casually browsing real estate, and interacting with her readers. Visit her website, www.alexgraysonbooks.com, or find her on social media!