Bad Boy Wolf by Aidy Award

3 Stars

The bad boy never can resist the good girl~

Ty:

The second the shy curvy girl walked into the bar, I knew I wasn't her type. She’s a bookworm, nose stuck firmly in her laptop, and I’m the football team's bad boy. A motorcycle-riding bartender with a dirty past as the son of a lone wolf.

But when she asks me for dating lessons, I’m going to do everything I can to teach her exactly how opposites attract.

Until my past shows up to destroy the one good thing fate ever did for me.

Hunter:

I did it. I actually asked bad boy book boyfriend material to teach me how to flirt. It’s not like he’s going to fall for me. I’m the nerdy, chubby, book nerd, nothing like the hot sorority chicks always swooning over him at the bar.

Then I can use my new skills to find a guy who’ll do dirty things to me, someone just like him. Ack, I mean help me find a nice guy who’ll fit into my nice girl life. Oh geez. I’m a wreck and I’m pretty sure I’m doomed to die a virgin.

Especially when our crazy romance runs straight into a motorcycle club of... werewolves... wait... werewolves?

Just like book one, this one is short and steamy. I still wanted it to be a smidge longer and more story. Overall, I enjoyed reading it and will pick up the next one.

Book 2 Big Wolf on Campus

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Hell Gate by Veronica Eden

2 Stars

Open the gate...if you dare.

The first thing I’m warned about when I arrive at the girls’ home is to stay away from the abandoned graveyard. Local urban legend claims it’s host to a gate to Hell.

Then I was dared…

The legend is as real as the monsters I’ve summoned by activating the gate. Demons guard it, waiting for skeptical idiots like me to do the ritual. Three sinfully hot, dangerously powerful demons.

This was just a weird book and not in a good way. Add in how slow going it was I struggled with reading it. The idea was there but it needed work to make it a better book.

Book 1 Twisted Legends

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Cocky Jock by Aidy Award

3 Stars

Nerdy, chubby girls don't date quarterbacks... or werewolves.

Eli:

I just want one night off of being the all-star golden boy that the whole world, including my pack, expects great

things from. Is it too much to ask to go watch my favorite horror movies and eat popcorn?

Apparently it is.

I just might get my chance if this cute AF nerdy book girl at the bar plays defense for me. As long as I don't let my wolf get a whiff of her ripe delicious scent. The last thing I need to add onto my plate is a fated mate.

Charlize:

Go on a date or get fired - that’s the ultimatum from my boss at the Moon Bean coffee shop. But I picked a real jerk and now I’m stuck at the bar with him.

I don’t need anyone to save me, but a smart girl recognizes a good escape plan when she kisses one.

It’s not like I’m going to fall for a jock with more notches on his belt than books on his shelf. But Eli is more than that and I'm developing some crazy feelings for him.

That is until he turns into a werewolf straight out of a horror movie.

Short and sweet … well not sweet. It’s a quick read and was an interesting take on shifters. I liked the writing style but wished it was slightly longer. Other books in the series are with different characters so we will see if it gets better.

Book 1 Big Wolf on Campus

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Hot Flashes and Hockey Slashes by Marika Ray

4 Stars

He's a hot, shirtless hockey player…and he’s my fake date for my ex-husband’s wedding. Talk about a hot flash to beat all hot flashes.

The wedding bells are ringing and my ex-husband is the groom! When my grown kids hook me up with a fake date to my ex-hubby's tropical island nuptials, I expect sun, sand, and plenty of fruity cocktails - not steamy nights with a shirtless pro hockey player!

Roman might be all swagger on the ice, but this growly, egotistical male model of perfection has a soft side too. While I battle dresses made for twenty-somethings, awkward run-ins with my ex, and unwelcome hot flashes, Roman is there to distract me with flirty compliments, stay up late with me when I can’t sleep, and make me feel vibrant and ageless.

As good as it feels, none of this is real, and Roman is way out of my league. Who’s going to believe this gorgeous, famous, muscle-bound athlete would ever date a scatterbrained, hot-flashing, insomniac nerd with twenty stubborn extra pounds around the middle?

But as the big day approaches, we grow closer. Wedding activities lead to beach walks at sunset, and his oh-so-talented fingers twist my hormones up in a whole new way. Gazing into Roman’s eyes, I start to wonder if he could be my shot at a real happily ever after.

That’s the thing about vacations, though; at some point, you need to return to reality.

Loved this story so much. Olivia has an issue with her backbone with everyone but Roman. For whatever reason he brings out her spunk. When she finally stands up for herself it was amazing. Loved how all in Roman was with her and how it all played out for these two to get their HEA.

Book 1 Hot Flash Hookups

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Burn Butterfly Burn by Reese Rivers

3 Stars

What's a Butterfly to do when she gets too close to the flames?

Fly, fly away and start her own damn fire, that's what.

Savy got burnt when she gave those careless boys her heart. She flew from her cage and built a new one made from fire so no one can hurt her again. She's writing her own story now and they won't be a part of it, her book is closed to them.

Her men will do anything to get her back but when fire meets fire it causes an inferno that might turn them all to ash.

Starts right where one ended with the FMC away from the guys. They are sending her messages that she’s ignoring. It starts off 4 years later where she’s cut herself off from just about everyone and just working. She doesn’t want to get hurt again so refuses all advances from the guys. They don’t really do anything to win her back perse. They just keep putting themselves in her path until she caves. It was just an ok ending to the overall story.

Book 2 Masked Duet

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Bunny Blues by Sedona Ashe

 

4 Stars

I’m a bunny on the run.

Forced to bond with a fluffle of rabbit shifters who care only for my ability to provide offspring, I’ve spent the last several months tucked away in a burrow. My matched wouldn’t disrespect our elders by publicly rejecting me, but privately, they made their lack of feelings clear by refusing to bond with me. The only time they remembered we were paired, was when I went into heat… and became fertile.

After being betrayed and hurt yet again by the men who were supposed to be my matched, I ran from the burrows. I didn’t think there was anyone who would be willing to help me until I watched a viral video of a raven-haired bunny who’d been claimed by the Alpha of the most powerful pack of wolf shifters on earth. Monroe had faced down the elders of her burrow and offered sanctuary to any bunny who needed it among her wolf pack.

Gathering my courage, I decided to travel across the country and take her up on the offer. Making the journey to Monroe’s pack isn’t the hard part. No, the far more difficult challenge is trying to convince three very persistent wolf shifters that it is impossible for me to be their mate… no matter how much I wished things were different.

But what if the elders are wrong?

What if the rejection I’d suffered from the butthole rabbit shifters means the bond can be broken?

Love this series so much. Ellora was so strong to leave for a better chance of a HEA. She worked for her ending and the fact that she ended up with wolves made me giggle so hard. I kinda was hoping for her original mates to have an epiphany and realize what they had and make it up to her and maybe join them all but that didn’t happen. Even without this redemption I enjoyed the read and can’t wait for the next one.

Book 2 Hey There, Hop Stuff

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Knot Going Anywhere by Alisha Williams

3 Stars

After years of putting it off, I find myself ready for a pack. I’m not much of a social person, books and writing being my whole life, so meeting a pack organically is out of the question. So, when my best friend finds an ad for a Valentine's Day speed dating event, I take the leap and sign up. I only had hopes for at least a date for the holidays, but I end up leaving with a lot more. Holden, Benji and Grant are everything I was hoping for in a pack. Things happen fast, but they feel right because we’re meant to be. But, their older brother Phoenix is not very happy about the Omega his brothers bring home. He says he doesn’t want an Omega, and that his brothers can have me. Only thing is, I’m his scent match too. But you see, I have a little secret I’m not ready to tell my new pack about. I’m a world famous author with only a select few who knows the real identity of the person behind the pen name. Phoenix wants to make a deal with Marie Day, to make one of her books into a motion picture. That's not going to happen until he can pull his head out of his ass and give in to the want for me he clearly has. Because I’m a stubborn omega with nothing but time and I’m not going anywhere.

I liked this one but the drama with Nix went on way too long. You have to wait until the very end to find out what happened to lead to all the drama. It was a good read but wasn’t great.

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