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Early in her life, Josephine Malone learned the hard way that there was only one person she could love and trust: her grandmother, Lydia Malone. Out of necessity, unconsciously and very successfully, Josephine donned a disguise to keep all others at bay. She led a globetrotting lifestyle on the fringes of the fashion and music elite, but she kept herself distant. While Josephine was trotting the globe, retired boxer Jake Spear was living in the same small town as Lydia.
Rock Chick Reawakening shares the tale of the devastating event that nearly broke Daisy, an event that set Marcus Sloan - one of Denver's most respected businessmen and one of the Denver underground's most feared crime bosses - into finally making his move to win the heart of the woman who stole his.
When the new girl in town, Eliza "Izzy" Forrester, decides to hit the local drinking hole, she's not ready to meet the town's good, solid guy. She's definitely not prepared to engage in her very first hookup with him. Then Izzy wakes up the next morning in Johnny Gamble's bed, and good girl Izzy finds she likes being bad for Johnny. Even so, Izzy feels Johnny holding her at arm's length. He's in love with someone else. Someone who left him and did it leaving him broken.
Lieutenant Alexander Colton and February Owens were high-school sweethearts. Everyone in their small town knew from the moment they met they were meant for each other. But something happened, and Feb broke Colt's heart; then she turned wild, and tragedy struck. Colt meted out revenge against the man who brought Feb low, but even though Colt risked it all for her, Feb turned her back on him and left town.
No connections. Play it safe. These were the rules Ivey lived her life by. Until she hit Mustang, Colorado, a perfectly imperfect town where the citizens were welcoming, and one of them included the tall, beautiful, macho-man rancher cowboy Grayson Cody. On the run for a decade, Ivey knew she was supposed to play it safe. But she was tired of being on the run. She wanted normal. She wanted real. She wanted a home. And she wanted Grayson Cody. And Grayson Cody wanted Ivey.
When small-town Nebraska sheriff Hixon Drake meets Greta Dare, the connection couldn't be stronger, but the timing couldn't be worse. Dealing with the fallout of a divorce he never wanted and setting up a new home for his kids, Hix becomes that guy, that one he never wanted to be, and puts a stop to things before they can even start. Protecting his kids and himself is his only priority. Greta, on the other hand, has found the place for her and the brother she adores that's perfect for them - a sleepy little town in Nebraska.
Early in her life, Josephine Malone learned the hard way that there was only one person she could love and trust: her grandmother, Lydia Malone. Out of necessity, unconsciously and very successfully, Josephine donned a disguise to keep all others at bay. She led a globetrotting lifestyle on the fringes of the fashion and music elite, but she kept herself distant. While Josephine was trotting the globe, retired boxer Jake Spear was living in the same small town as Lydia.
Rock Chick Reawakening shares the tale of the devastating event that nearly broke Daisy, an event that set Marcus Sloan - one of Denver's most respected businessmen and one of the Denver underground's most feared crime bosses - into finally making his move to win the heart of the woman who stole his.
When the new girl in town, Eliza "Izzy" Forrester, decides to hit the local drinking hole, she's not ready to meet the town's good, solid guy. She's definitely not prepared to engage in her very first hookup with him. Then Izzy wakes up the next morning in Johnny Gamble's bed, and good girl Izzy finds she likes being bad for Johnny. Even so, Izzy feels Johnny holding her at arm's length. He's in love with someone else. Someone who left him and did it leaving him broken.
Lieutenant Alexander Colton and February Owens were high-school sweethearts. Everyone in their small town knew from the moment they met they were meant for each other. But something happened, and Feb broke Colt's heart; then she turned wild, and tragedy struck. Colt meted out revenge against the man who brought Feb low, but even though Colt risked it all for her, Feb turned her back on him and left town.
No connections. Play it safe. These were the rules Ivey lived her life by. Until she hit Mustang, Colorado, a perfectly imperfect town where the citizens were welcoming, and one of them included the tall, beautiful, macho-man rancher cowboy Grayson Cody. On the run for a decade, Ivey knew she was supposed to play it safe. But she was tired of being on the run. She wanted normal. She wanted real. She wanted a home. And she wanted Grayson Cody. And Grayson Cody wanted Ivey.
When small-town Nebraska sheriff Hixon Drake meets Greta Dare, the connection couldn't be stronger, but the timing couldn't be worse. Dealing with the fallout of a divorce he never wanted and setting up a new home for his kids, Hix becomes that guy, that one he never wanted to be, and puts a stop to things before they can even start. Protecting his kids and himself is his only priority. Greta, on the other hand, has found the place for her and the brother she adores that's perfect for them - a sleepy little town in Nebraska.
After making a bad decision when she was very young, Kia Clementine finds herself in hell. Then, suddenly, within the time it takes for a shotgun to blast, her hell changes. Completely. Then, out of the blue, she sees Sampson Cooper, her celebrity crush. A man the whole world knows is decent. A man the world knows is loyal. A man the world knows is good. All of these very unlike her now dead husband. He's sitting at a table right next to hers.
Cash Fraser is planning revenge, and to get it he needs the perfect woman. So he hires her. Abigail Butler has lost nearly everything in her life and she's about to lose the home she loves. Cash meets Abby, who is posing as a paid escort, and the minute he does he knows he's willing to pay for more than Abby being his pretend girlfriend. A lot more. Abby needs the money or the last thing that links her to her dead family and husband will be gone. The deal is struck, but both Cash and Abby get more than they bargained for.
Gwendolyn Kidd has met the man of her dreams. He's hot, he's sexy, and what started as a no-names-exchanged night of passion has blossomed into a year and a half-long pleasure fest. Sure, it's a little strange that he only appears in her bed at night, but Gwen is so sure he's the one, she just can't turn him away…. Hawk Delgado knows more about Gwen than she could ever imagine. She's gorgeous, headstrong, and skittish about relationships. But Hawk is facing his own demons, demons that keep him from connecting with anyone.
Knight Sebring knows who he is, what he wants, and what he likes. And he gets it. But he never expected something as sweet as Anya Gage to wander into his bedroom during a party he did not expect to be having to borrow his phone. Knight tries to leave Anya to the life she deserves, with white picket fences and a man who watches football on Sundays - good, normal, and clean.
Leah Buchanan's family has been in service to vampires for five centuries. Even so, Leah wants nothing to do with her family's legacy. But when she's summoned to her Selection by the Vampire Dominion, under familial pressure, she has no choice but to go. Lucien has been living under the strict edicts of the Vampire Dominion for centuries, but he's tired of these ancient laws stripping away everything that is the essence of the vampire. So he's taking it back. And this is because Lucien has been watching and waiting for decades for Leah.
Seoafin "Finnie" Wilde was taught by her parents that every breath was a treasure and to seek every adventure she could find. And she learns this lesson the hard way when they perish in a plane crash. But she never forgets, and when she discovers there is a parallel universe where every person has a twin, she finds a witch who can send her there so she can have the adventure of a lifetime. But upon arrival in the Winter Wonderland of Lunwyn, she realizes she's been played by her twin and finds herself walking down the aisle to be wed to The Drakkar.
After a painful loss, Cady Moreland is coming to Magdalene to start the next chapter of her life. A chapter that began 18 years ago but had a heartbreaking ending. The time in between was full of family and friendship, but Cady could never get the man she fell in love with all those years ago out of her heart.
Coert Yeager has learned to live without the girl who entered his life right when she shouldn't have and exited delivering a crippling blow he never would have suspected. The time in between was full of failing to find what he was missing...and life-altering betrayal.
But when that girl shows up in Magdalene and buys the town's beloved lighthouse, even if Coert wants to avoid her, he can't. A fire in town sparks a different kind of flame that won't be ignored.
As Cady and Coert question the actions of the two young adults they once were thrown into earth-shattering circumstances, can they learn from what came in between and find each other again?
This book started out as a 1 to 2 stars read and ended up at a 4. So over all it's a 3.
I had the hardest time with Cady. She wasn't just a doormat, she was the ground underneath it. People treat her horribly and she just goes back to them and apologizes to them like a dog.
Yeah. APOLOGIZES. Even though nothing was ever her fault.
Seriously.
And when she tries to reconnect with Coert, He treats are horribly. Not just horribly, but HORRIBLY.
She just keeps trying.
No matter what he says to her, she just keeps going back. Not only that, but she text him over and over, and even stalks the places he'll be at. She's that crazy, stalkery, ex girlfriend that we usually cringe at.
It. was. Maddening.
Which is saying something for me, because I actually like my heroines soft and sweet. This girl was far, far beyond that.
But things change around at about the halfway mark. I know a lot of people didn't like the last half and thought it was boring, but I thought it was a very much needed. We needed to get that sweet to balance out all that sour.
But what ended up happening was, We get this angsty, horribly unjust, incredibly sad story, and then it completely does a 180 and were drowning in "I love yous."
I just felt it needed to be a little more balanced instead of going from one extreme to the next.
I'm glad I pushed through. KA always brings it . But there have been a few that just didn't thrill me and this was one of them.
But do it. Push through, because it all works out in the end.
Just like KA always manages to do.
Because she's just that brilliant
7 of 8 people found this review helpful
I'm heartbroken that I'm so VERY disappointed in the final book of this series. The storyline was mediocre at best....It feels like KA just threw a book together to end the series. The first two books are great, The Will is one of my absolute favorites.
The best thing about this book was catching up with characters from The Will and Soaring (the first two books in the series) and the side story between the handyman and Cady's niece.
Lastly, the narrator was okay, but, not great....she made the listening of this story (a tiny bit) more bearable.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
I am in awe!
This is exactly the kind of story that made me fall in love with Kristen Ashley’s books.
A second chance at love is just magically to me. And I loved Coert & Cady they deserved to be together.
The way they loved each other is something to strive for. You can’t have that much pain and sorrow and not have that much love.
I have loved each book in the series, but just in a different way. Cady makes you believe in hope.
I laughed, I cried, I swooned, and I smiled so much my face hurt listening to this brilliant book of love and friendship.
I am also sure I have said this before but Kristen Ashley has a way of writing kids in to a story that is not only believable but so realistic. I love this so much!
I am in awe of Erin Mallon’s ability to make me love each character. To know each voice. To fall in love with love.
Fantastic.
I highly recommend this book to anyone who loves romance.
*You don't have to like my review but its 100% my opinion, and I am allowed to have it.*
17 of 22 people found this review helpful
There are not enough words for me to describe how much I loved this audiobook! The story was fantastic - a great second-chance romance with lots of angsty build up and super sexy steamy scenes. I flipped between reading and doing the audio and I have to say that this narrator did an amazing job bringing these characters to life! I loved this book so much - it's my favorite audiobook of 2017!
7 of 9 people found this review helpful
loved the whole story line!
This is just my personal feeling but all was excellent but the main female character..her continued tears of joy thru the whole book got on my nerves..
but everything else awesome!
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
I disliked this book so much, to little content, just on and on, predictable. If you want to hear about sex.. Terrible story. I can't say enough bad about this book.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
Mean and just cruel for way to long. This is my least favorite of Kristen Ashley's books, and I have read most of them. Very disappointed!
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
This is my FAVORITE series of all of KA's books, and I've read A LOT of them. I was hooked with The Will, captured with Soaring, and completely submerged in The Time in Between. With each book being even better than the last, I didn't think it was possible again - but who am I to have doubted the amazing KA.
What affected me most about this story is the overall theme of forgiveness. Keep sight of your values and damn anyone who tries to get in your way. They close the door in your face, you keep it wide open. It's an important lesson to learn, especially when you've been hurt and been through hell and back. Ultimately it's love and family that matters the most.... no matter how much time has passed. This story gives hope. It sets a realistic tone that a happily ever after is always possible, it just sometimes needs time.
3 of 4 people found this review helpful
Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?
I really loved the prior books in this series. This one I only liked. I don't want to say that I was disappointed but I was underwhelmed. Still love her books, however,
What was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)
It was fine
Did Erin Mallon do a good job differentiating all the characters? How?
Sometimes I don't like when she gets a little breathy with the main character. It's annoying and fake.
3 of 4 people found this review helpful
I am bothered by this novel immensely!How any of this could be considered true love or whatever the author was trying to convey is BS. How do you treat someone like the crap under the bottom of your shoes then profess to love that person? I believe in forgiveness but this story is so one sided and ridiculous like most of the other KA novels that I fear that this may be my last KA novel. I don't usually write reviews but this entire story really pissed me off! I am so tired of authors trying to convince women that being treated like garbage by some guy then having sex = love. Typical premise of a KA novel.
3 of 4 people found this review helpful
Kristen Ashley lost her"Umph " on this one- hung on in as I felt there must be an improvement but no it just went on & on - all could have been said in third of the time
0 of 2 people found this review helpful
I loved it. it's always a pleasure to listen to Kristen stories/books. This story was beautiful I just loved the characters they are totally awesome. I also thought it was great how the three friends and wives clicked. And I'm so glad that Sto e got his come upperance.
the narrator did a wonderful job to the point where you knew they obviously were into that story
Ties in well with the other Magdalene series. Narration was OK. I would have like a little more story once they got together, some things just seemed to drift off. I suppose what I mean is it lacked a little excitement. It was OK.