Scorching the Earth by Elise Faber

 

3.5 Stars

Hannah can't do love. She needs to focus on finding the traitor not how much she wants Lily. When She finally realties love isn't a bad thing will it be too late?

So happy to see the conclusion of the series. You do need to read the previous books to read this one and understand what was going on. My one big criticism was this was a f/f story, and they only really did heavy petting. With all the other books the sex scenes were vastly different. It could be Elise Faber wasn't sure how to write one well and so she skipped but it was a disappointment.

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Leveling the Field by Elise Faber

 

4 Star

Jesse knows who she is and she isn't a great beauty. She is doing what she loves for KTS and right now she needs to find the traitor. When her former partner Leo transfers to her team she ties to shove her feelings for him to the side as he only wants to be friends.  The problems start when he starts doing things friends don't do like kissing the scar on her inner thigh.  When he runs hot and cold with her she decides she's done with him and waiting for something he's not willing to give. Leo loves her but isn't sure he's good enough for her and in the process hurts her. When she nearly dies he gets a huge wakeup call and realizes he needs her but is it too late?

I blew through this book so fast. I loved seeing Jesse learn to love herself and make Leo work for her. We had a lot of movement in the overall story with Daniel.  Even with that being resolved new things were opened for the next book. We also didn't have instant forgiveness with Leo because he didn't screw up once but multiple times. He ends up making it up to her and I loved the slow burn. It was a really good addition to the series and I can't wait for the next one which will be the female leader finding her perfect woman.

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Cross the Line by Elise Faber

 

4 Star

Olive doesn't let people in easy especially since she joined secret agency KTS.  She's there to patch people up when they're hurt.  She thought she was getting close to Linc as more than just friends but when she asked him out he didn't just say no he said hell no.  With that rejection she puts Linc firmly in the co-worker category.  Linc has regretted turning her down from the moment he said hell no but he thinks it's for the best as he's not good enough for her.  That is until the world explodes around them and he nearly loses her.  Once she's healed up will he be able to not only keep her in his bed but keep her safe from the traitor?

This book started with a bang...Literally.  Olive is caught up in an explosion that nearly kills her and we get to see just how much Linc likes her.  It is so aggravating to read about how he keeps pushing her away, sort of with a reasons.  She misinterprets a lot of his nos as a rejection which I can understand and see why her feelings were hurt.  Overall, I liked the give and take in the relationship between them and seeing them finally come together.  There was progress made on Daniel but I still want more information as I am still confused by how that all went down.  

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Riding the Edge by Elise Faber

4 Star

Dan has wanted Ava since there very short week years ago.  She backed way off and he didn't want to be completely booted from his life so he let her.  When their current case leads directly to her past will they be able get out alive and find their happy ending? 

The story was pretty good.  I enjoyed seeing Dan get his happy ending after meeting him in Book 1 of Gold Hockey.  I did get kind of tired of Ava's reticence of being with Dan.  I understand why she felt she wasn't good enough not that I agreed but there was a point where I went girl get your head out of your ass and enjoy the man already.  Other than this it was a pretty good suspense romance.  I was a bit confused about the whole Daniel thing since this is book 1 but there is a short story before this one that might make this more understood.    

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Hurt: A Collection by Rachel Van Dyken, Kristin Vayden, Elise Faber

Just as a heads up I started a new job last week and got behind on both reading and reviewing.  This week will also be a week of Elise Faber because I binged all of her books last week.  Next week there will be all different authors as normal so enjoy some Elise Faber books!

Ice by Elise Faber

3 Star

Laila knew hooking up with Ryker 5 years ago was a mistake.  It was hot and everything she wanted but then to have to work with him without engaging her heart is hard.  Ryker knows he made a mistake but he can't go back and fix it all he can do is apologize and hope she can forgive him.  Will she be able to?

I just read the Elise Faber book and will be going back but I wanted to see if this one would explain the first book in KTS and it sort of did but not completely.  I am still left wanting.  It was interesting to see how Laila and Ryker got together.  It was well written and enjoyable read.

Book .5 KTS

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