Showing posts with label Release date: 13/12/16. Show all posts
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Tuesday, 13 December 2016

Review: Jaded Hearts (Loaded Replay #1) by Harper Sloan

*****5 Stars*****


This is a spin-off from the Hope Town series but can be read as a standalone. It features Chance who fans of the Hope Town series will know as being Cohen's friend who he used to be roommates with. Chance first gets a glimpse of our heroine, Wrenlee (beautiful name!) in one of the Hope Town books when he goes to a concert with Dani and the girls. I didn't make that connection at first until he mentions it during this book, I love how Harper's books are linked up this way, it gives me the warm and fuzzies to know that characters whose books we've previously read and loved are still going strong when we get any kind of small update on them in other books.

This book, even though it's connected to previous books, revolves around a whole new set of characters for us to get to know. Loaded Replay are a very successful band made up of Wrenlee and her brother Weston and their childhood friends Luke and Jamison. Chance enters their world when he interviews for the position of security for the band with the focus being Wrenlee due to some freaky obsessed fan stuff that had been brought to their attention.
Wrenlee is a sweet girl, she has a great sense of humour and despite being sweet offstage she's a complete rock goddess on stage. I loved the banter between her and the rest of the band. Out of the side characters Jamison is my favourite, and I'm super excited that his book is next, he's such a cheeky chap that it's charming.
Chance, the hero of this tale in every way, is just sinfully hot. He's one of the Corps Security boys so how can he not be? I think it's pretty much a prerequisite to being employed there!
This book is written is Harper's usual style, she has a way of putting a story together that makes it recognisable as being one of hers and guarantees that I don't even need to read the blurbs of her books to see if I'm interested in reading. I just know without a shadow of a doubt that if it has her name to it, I need it like yesterday. She's one of the top 10 in her genre for me and I can't recommend her books enough.


Reviewed by Steph Lewis


Signing with Brighthouse Records was supposed to be everything we ever wanted—our better life. Our chance at everything we never had but always wanted. All our dreams would finally come true and we were on top of the world. It was our chance at the happiness we never had in life.


Our every desire was at our fingertips and the power of that feeling was all consuming. But then it took every dream we thought would come true and it slapped us in the face with the cold hard reality.

Dreams were just that…something that floated on the cusp of untouchable, taunting you with every graze of your fingertips before slipping even further away. 

Happiness…that feeling is a joke.

In the end it became painfully obvious that each of us would always have each other, but we would forever be alone.






Review: Max (Cold Fury Hockey #6) by Sawyer Bennett

*****5 Stars*****


Max is the sixth book in the Cold Fury Hockey series by Sawyer Bennett. Each book is a standalone about a different player on the hockey team and only having read this one, I didn't think I was missing out on anything by not reading the other books first although I was curious about the other player's relationships and want to go back and read them sometime soon. This book was amazingly sweet and I was hooked from the very first word all the way to the last. And that gorgeous cover! I could just look into those eyes all day. *Swoon* I have never read a book by the author that I haven't altogether loved and this one was no different.
Max Fournier is sport's most eligible bachelor and the starting goalie for the Cold Fury hockey team. He is a romantic at heart and meaningless sex holds no appeal for him. When he first sets eye's on Jules, he knows she is something special. I love love loved Max!!! He was sweet and patient and generous and caring. He is one of those guys that you can't help but to fall in love with. He is definitely one of my new favorite book boyfriends.
Julianne (Jules) Bradley is working two jobs to support her and her niece and nephews. She has no time to sleep and definitely no time for a relationship. But Max isn't about to give up until he captures her heart. Max is a celebrity and he unwittingly brings the spotlight to Jules already chaotic life. I thought Jules was a very strong, hardworking heroine and I felt for what she went through. Max was perfect for her and brought a light to her life that wasn't there before. He helped bring a passion to her life. These two had instant chemistry and were perfect for one another. I loved their story and never wanted it to end!
I love sports romances, especially hockey ones, but usually they involve tons of sex and lots of puck bunnies, which I was glad this had none of. Max and Jules story was sweet and romantic and a breath of fresh air among the sports romance genre. It had an effortless flow about it and I can't wait to read the other books in this series and see what else the author has in store for us next.

Reviewed by Ashley Ziegler


The ice is a cold mistress. As the league’s most eligible goalie, Max Fournier has access to his fair share of willing puck bunnies, but right now he’s more interested in bringing home another championship than a one-night stand. A romantic at heart, Max believes in love; he’s just not great at relationships. So when he finally meets a nice girl who’s not blinded by his celebrity, he’s feeling the heat—and the pressure to save her from herself.


Between working two jobs and raising her sister’s kids, Julianne Bradley doesn’t have time for sports—or men. All she knows about Max is that he’s the sexiest customer to ever grace her gas-station counter. And he sees past her tired eyes and makes Jules yearn for things she can’t have: a glamorous fling, a passionate lover, and the time to enjoy both. Max makes her feel like Cinderella, even though Jules has enough baggage to crush a glass slipper. Luckily, he’s no prince—only a fierce competitor determined to win her heart.