OMG, this series! Elle Kennedy has a brand new fan!
Author: Elle Kennedy
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Bio:
A USA Today bestselling author, Elle Kennedy grew up in the suburbs of Toronto, Ontario, and holds a BA in English from York University. From an early age, she knew she wanted to be a writer and actively began pursuing that dream when she was a teenager. She loves strong heroines and sexy alpha heroes, and just enough heat and danger to keep things interesting!
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And now, Elle’s books!
One Night of Sin
Sometimes it’s good to be bad…
When it comes to sex, good girl Skyler Thompson always plays it safe, choosing stable and sedate over wild and thrilling. She doesn’t do one-night-stands, but one look at sinfully sexy Gage Holt and she’s willing to reconsider. He makes her want to be bad for once in her life, and she’s prepared to take what she wants.
Danger follows former MMA fighter Gage Holt like a shadow. Despite his successes as part owner of Sin, an exclusive nightclub in Boston, Gage can’t risk getting involved with a woman, especially one as sweet as Skyler. Still, he can’t resist a taste—and it’s so damn good he has to see her again.
As addicted as he is to her, Gage knows there’s no future for him and Skyler—not with his past lurking in the dark corners of an MMA cage. But Skyler’s tougher than she looks, and she’s ready to fight for her man.
Review:
A fast, fun, sexy read–a great series start!
Skyler and Gage make a fantastic couple, starting off the series with a bang. (Literally–it is a Brazen novella, after all ;))
Gage, a former MMA fighter and current co-owner of a successful night club, is sure that he’s too messed up to deserve Sky. Even though he’s never felt a connection with anyone like the one he has with Sky, he knows it can’t last.
Skyler was sweet and funny and unbelievably good. She practically radiated sunshine.
And he was terrified his darkness would dim all of that incredible light. Or worse, extinguish it completely.
Sometimes he wished he were a different man. An easygoing, worry-free dude who could open up to people, trust them, lean on them, but he wasn’t. He was closed off and prickly and a total bastard at times, and Skyler deserved better than that.
Skyler refuses to give up on him, though. She found out who he was when he refused to tell her. She showed up at his place of business when he told her not to. And she manages to save his sorry butt in the end–you go, good girl!
In between there’s lots of hot, hot sex–bonus.
I’m definitely going to enjoy this series!
Rating: 4 stars / A-
I received a complimentary copy in exchange for an honest review.
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One Night of Scandal
The wrong man never felt so right…
Ex-fighter Reed Miller has been secretly lusting over his best friend’s girl for months, but he refuses to jeopardize a friendship over a woman—especially one who doesn’t like him all that much. Now that Darcy’s on the market again, it’s even more imperative to stick to his strict hands-off policy. But the sizzling attraction between them is too powerful to ignore, and once he’s had a taste of her…all bets are off.
Darcy Grant is tired of walking the straight and narrow path. She’s on the hunt for passion, and there’s no denying Reed is just the man to give it to her. Although she has no interest in dating a bad boy, and certainly not her ex’s best friend, it’s impossible not to melt beneath Reed’s skillful touch. Now it’s just a matter of setting a few ground rules—and hoping her rule-breaking, sweet-talking bad boy agrees to follow them. But if she lets Reed into her bed, does she stand a chance of keeping him out of her heart?
Review:
Best friend’s ex-girlfriend. Yes! Bring. It. On…
“Last night you said that you have to act like a jerk towards me because it’s the only way for you to…” She eyed him sternly. “Finish that sentence, Reed. To what?”
Reluctance dug a deep groove into his forehead. “It’s nothing. Forget I ever said it.”
“I can’t forget. It’s been bugging me all day. I need to know what you meant by that.”
“It doesn’t matter.” Sounding frustrated, he gently uncurled her fingers from his arm. “Nothing good can come out of this conversation, baby.”
Darcy frowned. “Don’t baby me. And PS? I never took you for a coward. You’ve always struck me as a man who says exactly what’s on his mind.”
Something hot and dangerous moved through his eyes. “Why are you pushing this?”
“Because I’m curious.”
“Curious? No, I don’t think that’s it.” His voice was silky now, deep and mocking. He eased closer, his arm brushing hers as he shifted so they were facing each other. “This is more than curiosity. You’re blushing. You know what that tells me?”
Her breathing went shallow. “What?”
“It tells me you know exactly what I meant last night.”
“I…” Her next words were barely over a whisper. “I need to hear you say it.” Her body grew tight and achy as she searched his face, waiting for an answer. God, why was she pushing him? He was right, nothing good could come of this. Nothing good at all.
“Don’t do this.” A warning note crept into his husky voice. “Don’t make me say it.”
Darcy’s heart was no longer beating at double time. It had skipped right over triple and was now veering into cardiac arrest territory. The air in the alcove became stifling, rippling with the tension she’d only begun to notice last night.
And now it was impossible to ignore.
Reed was standing so damn close to her. Close enough that his addictive scent was once again wreaking havoc on her senses. Close enough that all she had to do was lean in slightly and their lips would be touching.
“You’re right,” she stammered. “You shouldn’t say it.”
“I shouldn’t.” Yet even as he voiced his agreement, his hand had risen to her face, his thumb delicately sweeping over her bottom lip.
Her breath hitched. God. Her entire world had reduced to this one moment, this one man. Her lips were actually trembling from the crazy urge to kiss him.
“Fuck.” The expletive tore out of Reed’s throat, his frustration thick between them. “I want you, Darcy. I. Fucking. Want. You.”
Oh, poor, poor Reed. He’s been crushing after his best friend and business partner’s girlfriend for months; even when AJ and Darcy break up, he believes she’s still off limits. Not that she’d be interested in him anyway–Darcy’s all about relationships, and Reed’s gone out of his way to show the world what a player he is in an attempt to get his best friend’s girl out of his head.
But once Darcy starts to really see Reed, she can’t seem to stay away from him. A purely physical relationship can’t hurt, right?
Riiiight.
Reed knows he’s got a lot of (self-created, mostly) obstacles to get around if he wants a real relationship with Darcy, and he’s willing to work to bring them down. Patiently, unobtrusively, he manages to make her forget about every single one of the “rules” she set down to keep them from getting too close.
(Though she has no problem with them getting close enough to have lots and lots of fantastic sex, of course. The girl’s not crazy, after all.)
Reed is an awesome hero. I loved his patience and the fact that he was such a great guy. The trip to the farmers’ market? Fantastic. Joining Big Brothers and not even telling Darcy because he didn’t want her to think he was doing it just to impress her? Seriously sigh worthy.
Plus, he’s totally hot.
All together, he’s one hero that absolutely deserved the girl and his happy ending.
Come on, book three–now AJ needs his HEA!
Rating: 4 stars / A-
I received a complimentary copy in exchange for an honest review.
Goodreads Book Link: http://bit.ly/OneNightScandalGR
Amazon Buy Link: http://bit.ly/OneNightScandalAM
Barnes & Noble Buy Link: http://bit.ly/OneNightScandalBN
Entangled Page: http://bit.ly/OneNightScandalEP
One Night of Trouble
No More Mr. Nice Guy…
The moment AJ Walsh sees the sexy, tattooed pixie walk up to his bar, it’s lust at first sight. He’s always been labeled the “nice” guy―opening doors, buying flowers, and never, ever having one-night stands. But with this wicked little angel with red lips and unfathomably dark eyes? Oh, yeah. Tonight, “nice” has nothing to do with it…
Brett Conlon is trying to convince her family that she’s put away her reckless wild girl side for good. Nothing―and no one―could be better for her reputation than golden boy AJ Walsh. So they make a deal: if he plays The Good Boyfriend for her family, he can be a very, very bad boy with her. Now their one naughty night is about to turn into a whole lot of trouble…
I’m still reading this one (though it’s going fast–review to come soon!)–so here’s an…
Excerpt:
He flashed that boyish smile she was growing accustomed to. “All right. Ask me.”
She knit her brows. “Ask you what?”
“To be your pretend boyfriend. Isn’t that what this heart-to-heart has been leading to?”
Brett faltered. “Actually, I was only going to invite you to the barbecue. I figured a few days after that, I can just tell them I dumped you.”
Those green eyes sparkled. “Bullshit. They’d never believe it.”
“Why not?”
“Because I’m fucking awesome, Brett. You’d never dump me.”
“Gee, it’s good to know you don’t suffer from any confidence deficiencies.”
“Seriously, it would look too suspicious if you announce out of the blue that we broke up. Besides…” The twinkle in his eye turned to smoky promise. “We have the perfect opportunity here, and I’m not about to pass it up.”
“What opportunity?” she said slowly.
“To turn this one-night stand into a several-nights stand.”
AJ smiled again, and a dimple she hadn’t noticed before appeared in his chin. Sweet Lord, the guy was unbelievably cute.
No, he wasn’t cute. He was sexy. And she’d be lying through her teeth if she said the idea of sleeping with him again wasn’t incredibly appealing.
As if he’d read her mind, his voice grew low and husky. “You still want me as much as I want you.”
“Oh, do I?” she mocked.
“Don’t play games, angel. We both know it’s true.” He paused. “Your dad is giving you an answer at the end of the month, right?”
She nodded warily.
“That gives us three and a half weeks to keep doing what we’re doing.” There was no mistaking the reckless glint in his eyes.
“And what exactly are we doing?”
“Having fun. Making each other come.”
She ignored the hot shiver that traveled up her spine. “And then what?”
“Then your dad gives you the manager job, you tell your family we broke up, and we go our separate ways.”
Biting her lip, Brett mulled over what was beginning to sound like a solid plan—especially the sex part. Three more weeks of super-sexy naked time with this man? Sign her up.
Goodreads Book Link: http://bit.ly/OneNightTroubleGR
Amazon Buy Link: http://bit.ly/OneNightTroubleAM
Barnes & Noble Buy Link: http://bit.ly/OneNightTroubleBN
Entangled Page: http://bit.ly/OneNightTroubleEP
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Thanks for the post, I think this looks great and have to check them out!
I definitely recommend them 🙂