Review: Filthy Vows

Filthy Vows by Alessandra Torre
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

This book was on my TBR since Alessandra Torre announced it. I was excited to read a story about a married couple fulfilling their fantasies together. As 1/2 of a married couple, I find the romance genre lacking in stories about married couples instead being saturated in stories of singles coupling up. It was refreshing to see a story which centered around something I could relate to... or so i thought. In reality this story is more about the reality of marriage vs. the fantasy of what married life will be like. The heroine Elle, is in love with her husband but disappointed by some of the turns their life has taken and is looking for something more. Her husband Easton wants to do whatever he can to make her happy, but will that change their marriage, or their life together? This story deals with topics of divorce and infidelity and Elle thinks a lot about the things her husband should and should not know. Parts of this story were uncomfortable to listen to, and there were parts of the story where i did not like Elle, but the performance by Rose Dioro made this story enjoyable to listen to. She did a great job with the variety of characters brought heat to some steamy scenes that otherwise could have been awkward to listen to. The steamy scenes were hot hot hot, but it wasn't enough to make up for my feelings towards Elle. I am nervous to read the next book in the series, but I am hopeful I will enjoy it more having a better idea of what to expect.

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Review: Chase the Butterflies

Chase the Butterflies by Monica James
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This book is nothing you would expect but everything you need. I started out a little on the fence, but the more I read the more attached I became. Then you hit the plot twist and BAM! WOW! there is nothing I can say about this without giving away spoilers so just know that you will want to read this. Usually my 5 star reads are those that I will reread or want to return to again and again. I don't know if that will be the case with this book because I feel so emotionally raw after reading it. This is a 5 star read because it is a story that I know will never leave me. It has impacted me so deeply I don't even have the words to express it. This book is a beautiful tribute to Monica James' father. She has said before that this book is not a style she typically writes in, but I hope she will continue to write books like this because they are soul shifting.

I received an arc of this book and voluntarily give my review.

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Review: Hidden Truths

Titles: Hidden Truths

Hidden Truths & Stolen Lies Duet #1

Authors: K Webster and Nikki Ash

Genre: Romantic Suspense

Release: November 21, 2019

My life was easy, simple, fun.

Light.

Until I got wrapped up with the wrong people.

Nothing but a piece of property to pay for the sins of my father.

I’m to be married off to a handsome monster.

I see his truths every day, and it’s hard not to fall for the enemy.

He won’t let me escape, but I’m not sure I want to.

I wanted to marry for love, but it looks like love is a lie.

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"A deliciously-seductive, dark, suspenseful and sexy tale that hooked me from page one, and didn't let go until I had devoured it. Absolutely superb. Grab a copy right now!" Siobhan Davis, USA Today bestselling author of Cruel Intentions

Hold on to your seat and get ready as this grabs you from the beginning and won’t let you go. They pull you in and take over your body, your heart, and your mind. - Miss Petite Brunette Book Blog

This story had me from page one. I couldn’t put it down. Every time I thought I had it figured out, I’d flip the page and have a different theory. Bucket up cuz it’s a bumpy and wild ride- Nancy, reader

Dark romance suspense at its finest.-Fun Under the Covers Blog

FAN-FREAKING-TASTIC! Hidden Truths was a pager turner that kept me on the edge of my seat and wanting more. -Kristina, reader

The first in the duet, the story is captivating. There’s so much angst, drama, and suspense I literally couldn’t put it down. - Shirley, reader

Both Nikki Ash and K Webster are just amazing individually. But when they collab together, it's just a match perfectly made.- Viridiana, Amazon reader

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My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Hidden Truths is a dark romance with a scenic backdrop. A mafia arranged marriage to settle a debt between the ruling family of Crete and a man who stole from them. This story was intriguing, had good reading flow and some steamy scenes. There was also a decent amount of mystery and violence. including sexual violence which I kept waiting to be addressed in the book, but was not. I am hopeful the next book in the duet will address these situations.

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"Romance masterpiece" - Kylie Scott, New York Times bestselling author

From USA Today and #1 Amazon bestselling author L.J. Shen comes a new, contemporary romance with heart-wrenching twists and laugh-out-loud moments.

In The Unlikely Event is available now!

Sometimes you meet people who are out of this world, so you make them a part of yours.

A one-night stand born from vengeance in a foreign land.

An explosive chemistry neither of us could deny.

We signed a contract on the back of a Boar’s Head Pub napkin that said if we ever met again, we would drop everything and be together.

Eight years and thousands of miles later, he’s here.

In New York.

And he’s America’s music obsession.

The intangible Irish poet who brings record executives to their knees.

The blizzard in my perfect, unshaken snow globe.

Last time we spoke, he was a beggar with no intention of becoming a king.

But a king he became, and now I’m his servant.

I’m not the same broken princess Malachy Doherty put back together with his callused hands.

I have a career I love.

A boyfriend I adore.

An apartment, a roommate, a life.

I changed. He changed, too.

But Mal kept the napkin.

Question is, will I keep my word?

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When I finally come face to face with the street artist standing on the side of the pavement, his guitar case open and full of rolled-up notes and change, I understand why his grandfather told me I’d recognize him with the self-assurance of an avid believer.

I’ve never seen someone like him before.

He is beautiful, true, but that’s not what stands out to me. He is radiant.

It’s like his presence has a presence. He sucks the air out of everything in his vicinity, making it impossible not to look at him. Malachy is tailor-made for a huge, colossal heartbreak. Everything about him—his tattered jeans, filthy boots, white shirt, and leather jacket that was broken in decades ago—screams trouble. He looks like a seventies heartthrob. An icon. A Terry Richardson muse. Bruce Springsteen pre-fame.

His voice is like honey and warm spices. It lulls me into a place in my mind I’ve never been before, even though it’s far from beautiful. It is gruff, throaty, and smoky. When someone bumps my shoulder to get closer to him, I snap out of my reverie and realize what I’m listening to.

“One” by U2.

The coincidence is strange. I try to tell myself it’s nothing. This is Ireland. U2 is a national treasure.

His eyes are squeezed shut as he sings. It’s like no one exists other than him and his guitar. Something warm rushes through my skin, like a heat wave, and I shudder in delight.

Warmth.

I always thought there was something melancholy about street performers—the way people walk past them, ignoring their music, their art, their passion. But this guy, he’s the one doing the ignoring. The tables have turned. He’s got the crowd eating from the palm of his hand. Every woman here is under a thick, sweet spell. He’s got that Harry Styles quality that makes girls want to bed him and older women want to adopt him. The men are a cross between impatient, annoyed, and jealous. You can see it in the way they tap their feet, check their watches, nudge their wives and girlfriends to move it.

The song ends, and Malachy Doherty cracks his eyes open and stares directly at me, like he knew I’d be here. Like he watched me watching him through closed eyes. Disoriented—and for some reason wanting to do something, anything—I throw a bill into his guitar case and look away, realizing to my horror that I threw the fifty euros his grandpa gave me. Everyone around me murmurs and whistles. They think it was intentional. I can feel my face flaming red. I bet he thinks I want to sleep with him.

Do I? Probably. But should he know that? Hell no.

About LJ Shen

L.J. Shen is a USA Today, Washington Post and Amazon #1 best-selling author of contemporary, New Adult and YA romance. Her books have been sold to nineteen different countries.

She lives in California with her husband, son, cat and eccentric fashion choices, and enjoys good wine, bad reality TV shows and catching sun rays with her lazy cat.

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