R.K. Lilley

Ugh. This was an awful book. I only finished it because it was the assigned reading for my smutty book club. In my opinion, no amount of chemistry can make a controlling and cruel person attractive as a partner. The author wrote it so that he was "redeemed" at the end, but it felt like a flat redemption to me. Like, he's still a terrible person, but he's just not currently acting terribly anymore. Even the steamy parts of the book (and there were many) were unenjoyable because he's just such a horrible human being of a character. Nah. I rate this 0 out of 10. Don't waste your time.… (altro)

I read SIncerely, Dane by Ilsa Madden Mills and this short story was such a sweet read.

This is a cute and fun novella that is part of anthology and I hope will eventually be a full length story. Dane and Piper went to school together from high school on and now that Dane’s twin bother is married to Piper’s best friend they end up spending a lot of time together. Piper has always crushed on Dane but believes he has her firmly placed in the friend zone that she just accepts their relationship as is until one night a text makes her think about more. Dane hasn’t had it easy in life, he derailed at one point, and his relationship with Ari fizzled out because deep down I truly believe he’s always felt like Piper was his. In this story Dane comes to Piper’s apartment dressed as a werewolves and so the chaos ensues. He recruits her to help with a scavenger hunt that ends with an epic ending/beginning. The tension between them was tangible, the chemistry off the charts, and the can they will they flowed off the pages. I rally hope we get more of their story!!… (altro)

This was really good but does have cheating in it...FYI. I really don't care to read books where the H is a man whore who uses a crap childhood as an excuse to hurt the h. Technically the first time they were just "friends" but it still hurt Danika. The second time they had a fight but he knew she was in love with him. Anyway, it was so far into the book I felt I wanted to finish it. It was really well written with lots of steamy sex. It kept my interest and had me thinking of the story when I wasn't able to read it. I feel it deserves the 4 stars for sure. I'm not sure I'll read the next as there's just a bit more angst than I like in a book.… (altro)

The final book in this series focuses on the two males in the series James, and Stefan. Basically it starts before the epilogue in the previous book (without giving it away) and tells the side of James while he reflects on his life and the events that are in the previous books. In the previous books of this series they always were told in the first person POV of the heroine, Bianca. This book opens with James discussing the 4 times his life has been transformed - the third being the time he met Bianca. So he reminisces his POV of their meeting and other important scenes from the other books that we had only seen from Bianca's POV. Additionally, Stephan is given his own voice and he goes into how he an Bianca met and became inseparable. Also, we see his and Javier's relationship grow

Once we "catch up" to current events (about 100 pages) the book moves towards and past the epilogue of the previous book and settles down into a couple of arc's that include James' problem with a bodyguard that has taken a liking to Bianca, and a problem secretary that James has to deal with

There isn't any real drama or tensions in this book but it does follow the couple into their twilight years, but not really. Only said that James loves his wife and that their relationship grew and strengthened over the years, and decades.

If you have read the previous books in this series you need to finish it with this one.… (altro)