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Suzy is a control freak and has her life mapped out-work hard, find a man with a stable job, and live happily ever after. She's content with the status quo, but her plan comes to a screeching halt when he enters her life and turns it upside down. City gave up on love when his heart was crushed in college, preferring to be the typical bachelor. He spends his nights hopping from one bed to another and his days working at his family tattoo shop, Inked.
A one-night stand with a handsome stranger wasn't a problem - until he tries to steal her company. Ambitious, high-powered CEO Lauren Bradley is one press release away from catapulting her company to new heights. Rival CEO Antonio Forte is arrogant, controlling, and sexy. She should know, since Antonio's a one-night stand she thought she'd never see again. Antonio wants to take over more than her company, he wants her as part of the acquisition. Let the games begin....
An Irish mobster. A missing friend. Two loyalties, ripping me apart. I had a plan. Get in, get my information, and get out. Easy, right? Turns out, infiltrating the Irish mafia isn't exactly what I thought it would be. I just wanted a soldier. Someone I could flirt with to get me in the door. That's when Lachlan Crow noticed me. Problem was, he wasn't a soldier. No, he was next in line for the throne of the Irish underworld. And he was determined to hate me from the outset.
After a phone call changes my life, I shut the world out. I'm paralyzed by the fear gripping me; the darkness becomes inescapable. When I refuse to open my door, my best friend goes to the most notorious man in town. Bruno's known to everyone in the neighborhood - he's feared and only spoken about in whispers. Only there's a problem: After he breaks down my door, he doesn't want to leave.
Life hasn't been easy for Charlie. Her mother was a monster. And when Charlie left home, there wasn't always a warm bed, food, or a hot shower. She figured out how to get by on her looks. When her mother dies and she comes home to put that part of her life behind her, she finds the diary. It fills her with rage. She's out for revenge. But along the way she meets him. Ethan DOES play by the rules. And at the top of his list is "Don't get involved with clients." Will he break his rules for Charlie?
Songwriter Dylan McCoy has been burned. By her boyfriend she found in her bed...with someone else. By the contract she signed that obligates her to work with him until the songs for his new album are complete. By her agent when she asked Dylan to keep their breakup on the down-low. When she finds herself in Sunnyville, she refuses to let her new roommate burn her too. Still...a rebound has never looked so good.
Suzy is a control freak and has her life mapped out-work hard, find a man with a stable job, and live happily ever after. She's content with the status quo, but her plan comes to a screeching halt when he enters her life and turns it upside down. City gave up on love when his heart was crushed in college, preferring to be the typical bachelor. He spends his nights hopping from one bed to another and his days working at his family tattoo shop, Inked.
A one-night stand with a handsome stranger wasn't a problem - until he tries to steal her company. Ambitious, high-powered CEO Lauren Bradley is one press release away from catapulting her company to new heights. Rival CEO Antonio Forte is arrogant, controlling, and sexy. She should know, since Antonio's a one-night stand she thought she'd never see again. Antonio wants to take over more than her company, he wants her as part of the acquisition. Let the games begin....
An Irish mobster. A missing friend. Two loyalties, ripping me apart. I had a plan. Get in, get my information, and get out. Easy, right? Turns out, infiltrating the Irish mafia isn't exactly what I thought it would be. I just wanted a soldier. Someone I could flirt with to get me in the door. That's when Lachlan Crow noticed me. Problem was, he wasn't a soldier. No, he was next in line for the throne of the Irish underworld. And he was determined to hate me from the outset.
After a phone call changes my life, I shut the world out. I'm paralyzed by the fear gripping me; the darkness becomes inescapable. When I refuse to open my door, my best friend goes to the most notorious man in town. Bruno's known to everyone in the neighborhood - he's feared and only spoken about in whispers. Only there's a problem: After he breaks down my door, he doesn't want to leave.
Life hasn't been easy for Charlie. Her mother was a monster. And when Charlie left home, there wasn't always a warm bed, food, or a hot shower. She figured out how to get by on her looks. When her mother dies and she comes home to put that part of her life behind her, she finds the diary. It fills her with rage. She's out for revenge. But along the way she meets him. Ethan DOES play by the rules. And at the top of his list is "Don't get involved with clients." Will he break his rules for Charlie?
Songwriter Dylan McCoy has been burned. By her boyfriend she found in her bed...with someone else. By the contract she signed that obligates her to work with him until the songs for his new album are complete. By her agent when she asked Dylan to keep their breakup on the down-low. When she finds herself in Sunnyville, she refuses to let her new roommate burn her too. Still...a rebound has never looked so good.
There's an animal in me that I keep hidden. Beth calls to him. She tempts the monster and lures him to the surface. I'm obsessed with her. I can't stay away, even when doing so puts my entire club in danger. Her blood is on my hands. I formed her to fit only me. I was her first and if I have to kill everyone in our way. So be it. I will be her last. She is mine.
Damn, she's sexy. Reagan Preston intrigues me from the moment I lay eyes on her. And speaking of laying...I want between those thighs. But I want to make her burn for me first. Every debate and stolen moment is foreplay for us. She claims she hates me, but her body tells a different story. I plan to win this election, but I also want to win the sharp, fiery Democrat who captures my attention like no woman ever has. Politics is filthy, just like all the things I want to do to Reagan Preston.
New Orleans belongs to me. You don't know my name, but I control everything you see - and all the things you don't. My reach knows no bounds, and my demands are always met. I didn't need to loan money to a failing family distillery, but it amuses me to have them in my debt. To have her in my debt. She doesn't know she caught my attention. She should've been more careful. I'm going to own her. Consume her. Maybe even keep her. It's time to collect what I'm owed.
A summer job. That's all it was supposed to be. It never crossed my mind that I was about to collide with a man who would obliterate every plan I ever made. My mother has always warned me that love is like a lightning bolt and it strikes without warning. But I had no intention of getting struck by either lightning or love anytime soon. I'd be too busy finishing my journalism degree and landing a job in a city far more sophisticated than Phoenix. There was certainly nothing in the cards about getting involved with an ex-ballplayer turned nightclub boss.
Your wedding day is supposed to be the happiest day of your life, right? That's what they say, at least. I went into that day hoping I'd get the happiest day of my life. What I got? The worst. I mean, you really can't get any worse of a day without someone actually dying. So...I may have gotten just a little drunk, and maybe just a tad impetuous...and landed myself in a dive bar somewhere in Alaska, alone, still in my wedding dress, half wasted and heartbroken.
Gavin Kingsley burst into my life in a sharp and unexpected twist of fate. You know his type - arrogant, dangerously handsome and impossible to ignore. Something dark within him calls to the shadows inside me. I long for the kind of heart-wrenching passion I've only read about, and his tragic past reads like one of my favorite literary classics. Raw. Visceral. Captivating. Together, we're a perfect mess. The deeper I fall into his world, the more I crave him like a drug - he pushes every boundary I have and challenges everything I thought I wanted.
It's been years since June Bell shared a stolen moment with her girlhood crush, Kase McCasker. It's been just as long since Kase's father nixed the sale of the McCasker farm to expand the grounds of the Bells' grand hotel. Now that Kase is back home for good, June might be the only person who can persuade him to reconsider the abandoned plan. But how can she face him again after he left her without a word?
I do what I want and who I want. I don't follow anyone's rules-even my own. I knew I shouldn't touch her, but it didn't stop me. Didn't stop me the second time either. Only made me want a third. My lifestyle suits the savage I am, and she doesn't. But Temperance Ransom is my newest addiction, and I'm nowhere near ready to quit her yet. I'll have her my way, even if it means dragging her into the darkness. Hopefully it doesn't kill us both.
Have my baby. That was what my single-dad best friend, Seth, said to me while I was waitressing at the diner. His little girl wants a sibling. But Seth is a workaholic millionaire and doesn't have time to meet someone. Someone who won't screw him over, like his kid's mother. Only problem is this someone has secretly been in love with him since high school. I've been hiding it forever, not wanting to risk our friendship.
Griffin Storm wasn't prone to violence, but when someone takes what Griffin holds dear, the world as he knows it is gone. Retaliation, revenge, and rage fuel him. His MC, the Uncertain Saints, do their best to offer support, but Griffin is beyond redemption. He'll do what he has to do. Kill who he has to kill. He doesn't care if that means he dies. If it gets him what he wants, then it's worth it.
She's the tutor I hired to teach me Italian. She's way too young for me, but she's also gorgeous, bright, and filled with a curiosity about life that I find incredibly refreshing. It's f--king adorable. I’m old enough to know better, but this pretty, young thing tempts me beyond belief. And for the first time in my life, I can see myself falling. But is our attraction enough to get us through the complications of a massive age gap and an international love affair? Only one way to find out....
Growing up, the three of us were friends. He was the nerd. I was the playboy. She was the beauty. Deep down, I only ever wanted her. I kept it inside because Rory and I made a pact that our friend, Amber, was off-limits. He lied. I went off to college, and he got the girl. Amber never knew how I felt. They were together for years - before he broke her heart. Through it all and across the miles, she and I casually stayed in touch. When my job sent me to Boston for a three-month contract position, Amber let me stay in her spare room.
Michael Gallo found his calling in life; he wants to kick ass. He works at Inked as a piercer, but spends his mornings training and dreaming of winning an UFC championship. Michael is on the road to achieving his goal when a chance encounter alters his world forever. The title is no longer enough; he must capture the woman of his dreams.
Dr. Mia Greco is dedicated to saving lives and helping those less fortunate. She doesn't have time to meet Mr. Right with her busy schedule. She buries herself in her work and helping humanity. Fate steps in and sweeps the carpet out from under her. She tries to deny the pull to him, a man that uses his fists for gain, but the universe won't let her walk away so easy, and Michael isn't one to take no for an answer. He has a secret that may rip them apart. There are forces bigger than them at work; drawing them in and making their worlds collide; not letting either one of them walk away.
Publisher's Note: This book contains explicit sexual situations, graphic language, and material that some listeners may find objectionable.
If you could sum up Hook Me in three words, what would they be?
Summing up Hook Me in three words I would have to say it is HOT, SEXY and ADDICTING!
Who was your favorite character and why?
It is so hard to choose because I loved both Mia and Mike. They fit like jig saw puzzle pieces.. even if you had to work them a bit to figure out which way they went sometimes. Mia's voice character was spot on for how I thought Mia would sound. I loved listening to her the most. Mike's voice character was sexy and he did an excellent job.
Which scene was your favorite?
My favorite scene is when City has his wreck and Mia meets Mike's family. That whole scene from beginning to end.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
This is definitely a book I wanted to listen to from the beginning to end in one sitting. I hated having to turn it off and am so glad my car syncs up to my phone so I could turn it on while driving that way!
Any additional comments?
Reading This book was fantastic. Having it read to me by these two was an experience I will enjoy again and again. I'm looking forward to hearing the rest of the Men of Inked series in audio!
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Performance: if Lee Samuals narrated the entire book it might have stood a chance. His voice is super sexy. Unfortunately he didn't.
Female narrator: Her performance as Mia was ok, a little dramatic and full of too much exaggeration, but all the other females sounded like high school snot bags.... Like omg! As for the male voices....ughhhhhh..... Michael sounded like a bored and rude Rocky(Sylvester) not sexy at all!!! Every time it was her turn to narrate I cringed. She ruined the book for me.
Story: as for those that say this is a hot read I say get your head checked. On a hotness scale of 1-10 I give this a 2. The only good thing about this book was Lee Samuals voice. The story fell way short and had 0 excitement.
Overall i say save your credit and read something by Sawyer Bennett, or MJ fields.
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This story started okay but then it just went bongo. SERIOUSLY!!! When crazy Tammy start her maniac shit in front of them both and Mike couldn't even open his mouth to defend himself correctly was stupid and then Mia believed Tammy even when she believed she was a psycho nurse was also stupid. And the ending, Mia slapped Tammy after she got slapped and then apologized was wonky. And Mike never defend Mia, he's supposed to be an MMA fighter. What the heck?! What kind of man is he? Overall, not my favorite couple.
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I loved this story! On audio it was the icing on the cake!! I thoroughly enjoyed it from beginning to end! Also, loved that the main characters were portrayed by a male & a female. It just makes it that much better!
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Where does Hook Me rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
One of the best books I have ever listened to.
Who was your favorite character and why?
Michael is my favorite. He was my favorite in the paperback, but adding his voice into the mix just hooked me that much more.
What about Samara Naeymi and Lee Samuels ’s performance did you like?
There voices were spot on to what I imagined the characters would sound like.
If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?
Get ready to be HOOKED by another Gallo!
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If you could sum up Hook Me in three words, what would they be?
SEXY ALPHA MICHAEL!
What other book might you compare Hook Me to and why?
ANY OF THE MEN OF INKED SERIES BY CHELLE BLISSS!! THEY ARE ALPHA MEN AND THEY ALL LOVE EACH OTHER AND PROTECT WHAT IS THEIRS!
Have you listened to any of Samara Naeymi and Lee Samuels ’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
No I have not! This is the first time.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Yes it was!! I was able to drive and listen to one of my favorite authors books!
Any additional comments?
LOVED THE BOOK AND RECOMMEND ALL THE MEN OF INKED BOOKS BY CHELLE BLISS! FIVE STARS!! IF YOU LIKE ALPHA MEN..THIS IS YOUR SERIES!
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I read the book and thought that hearing it being read to me would be mind blowing. I wasn't disappointed, but I honestly think I prefer reading it myself. I love Michael and Mia's story. I loved hearing it being read to me. I just found with my hands being idle, it wasn't the same. I would listen to more books. I guess since this was my first, it is taking me time to get used to listening but I will look into more audio books in the future. Great job by the narrators. I would recommend this to anyone whether they are audio book savvy or if they are new to it!!!!!!!
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First, if you haven't read "Throttle Me", stop now and go get that one and read it. You do not necessarily have to read these in order as they are about different brothers, but you'll find out about Joe if you read this one and haven't read the first one.
These are wonderful, fun, easy, sexy reads. They stir up emotion and passion and make you long for your very own alpha male hottie.
Chelle Bliss herself is a great lady with a warm, welcoming personality. Look her up on facebook and enjoy getting to know her and the Gallo boys (and girl). You won't regret it.
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What made the experience of listening to Hook Me the most enjoyable?
I love the voices with the characters! It's the perfect fit & adds to the story!
What other book might you compare Hook Me to and why?
I love all of the Men Of Inked books! Micheal, like the others, has his own personality & Mia just adds to his perfection!
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
This is definately a book I couldn't put down! I had it playing in my ears while I was trying to work! I absolutely loved it!
Any additional comments?
Another awesome job by Chelle Bliss! I love the strong characters in this book!
Micheal Gallo is a fighter. Not a street fighter but the real deal! His life is family, piercing at the Gallo family business & fighting! He's training for the big fight! In that training, he fights & ends up in the ER! There walks in Mia, the ER doctor, to see about him! The electricity is apparent to the both of them! Micheal tries hard to win over Mia. She finally gives in! The book twists & turns through each of their past & present obstacles! Micheal's promiscuous past comes back in a big way to try to sabotage him & Mia! Can their love withstand the wrath of Tammy, Mikey's ex-fling? Can Mia look past Mikey's past? Mia has dreams & goals that she never imagined would ever happened!! Can Will pull it off to prove to Mia that she deserves the world & can achieve whatever she wants?!!
Amazing book! I was so caught up with the story & characters, that I couldn't put it down! Also, it was nice to read about Joseph aka City, Suzy & the other Gallo family members! I can't wait for Izzy's story next!
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What made the experience of listening to Hook Me the most enjoyable?
I loved the portrayal of the Gallo family.
Who was your favorite character and why?
No favorite .... it was just a nice story ... easy to listen to ... great for a beach read.
What about Samara Naeymi and Lee Samuels ’s performance did you like?
They did a great job performing....
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
I have to say that the "stalker" was anticlimactic. Otherwise no.
Any additional comments?
If you are looking for an easy listen, nothing special ... just a feel good romance this is the story for you. You do not get invested in either of the main characters.... they are cute together and I guess hot sex in some points in the book....worth a credit or sale.
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