COCKY HERO CLUB

Release Date: May 31, 2020

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Cocky Hero Club

I have honestly had this book on my kindle since it was released. I am such a sporadic, indecisive reader. I read the first one and liked it, added the second to my TBR and waited. Then when it was released I one clicked it and just never felt it, and I can’t even tell you why not. But to give you an idea of where my heads been at, I have over 1000 books on my kindle, I have KU and I have ARC commitments, I also have a lot more time and I really mean a LOT more time to read with social distancing having my 7 kids sports in limbo right now. So I decided now was the perfect time to tackle all those books on my kindle and not buy any more books. But I just spend hours looking over my TBR list and not even knowing what I feel like reading. 

Yesterday I jumped on Goodreads and had lists for the best alpha hero, the best step brother, the best college sports, the best professional sports and the best menage romances and I looked over those for hours before deciding that none of them were working for me. So I started looking through my kindle and I can’t even tell you why I pulled this one up and started to read it. 

But I am glad this was the pick. I literally couldn’t put it down at 2am this morning because I had to know what happened with these two. Fallon was so broken but she had worked so hard to put herself back together and for the most part she was stronger. And I needed to know how she had been broken. As much as I needed to know if Madox was the one to inflict the damage or if he was as much a victim as she was.

I really can’t remember the first book at all, so this was read as a complete stand alone and it worked but I did feel like I was standing on the outside of a few inside jokes. But most of the times I wasn’t the only one. The story was kind of told with loads of cloak and dagger and to be honest I think I might have missed a few of the explanations of a few things however I think that might be more me reading with kids asking a million questions and trying to get my brain to function at 2am because I didn’t want to put the book down.

The story of Madox and Fallon was sad and I felt so bad for them both. I would have liked some of it to play out differently but I am happy with how the story went and I was so happy that Madox and Fallon got everything out in the open and got the happily ever after that they deserved. I am incredibly intrigued by Jax but I don’t know if I will ever get around to reading his book. I kind of want to do that now but then who knows where I’ll end up.

Lincoln Reeves may be a pro golfer and revered swing coach, but when I meet him, he is just one more person telling me I’m not good enough.
So, I do what any girl in my position would do. I tell him to get lost and take his arrogant, annoying smirk with him. I never expect to see him again. I certainly don’t expect to run into him that same night after one too many tequila shots.
Turns out that he’s kind of a big deal. Okay, fine, a really big deal. In fact, he might be the one person who can take my game to the next level.
Convincing him to help will be difficult.
Not throwing my club at his handsome face when he makes me work harder than I thought humanly possible will be excruciating.
But not falling for him will be the hardest thing of all.

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Rebecca Jenshak is a self-proclaimed margarita addict, college basketball fanatic, and Hallmark channel devotee. A Midwest native transplanted to the desert, she likes being outdoors (drinking on patios) and singing (in the shower) when she isn't writing books about hot guys and the girls who love them.

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I am kind of at a loss as to what I am feeling about this book. Which is really weird. I know my head is still at this very distracted place that is making it very hard for me to get lost in reading any book, but obviously I signed up to review these books because I was very excited to read them. So when they land on my kindle I get that little flutter but then I have to physically force myself to sit down and read. And a book I would normally inhale in a day is taking me two or three days to get through and it’s driving me nuts.

So while I read this and liked it, I was super distracted and part of that, i’ll be honest is that golf bores me to tears. But the majority of it is simply me. And sadly the distraction made me feel like I wasn’t hugely connected to the characters and the storyline. But I love Rebecca Jenshak’s Smart Jocks Series so much. And I really loved getting little nods to them in this book.

Lincoln wasn’t a character I loved. He was kind of a meh hero for me. I understand where he was coming from in holding back on a relationship with Keira but it annoyed me a little and if he were a heroine I would be screaming at him through my kindle. But I think since he was a man and he felt his justifications so deeply I kind of forgave him a little bit but I really wanted him to man up a lot sooner.

Keira was great. I loved her drive and dedication, she made me feel like a real slacker as I ate chips and drank wine and read about her busting her arse to improve her sport. And man did she work for everything she wanted. And I was right there cheering for her at all of her victories. I really wanted her coach to get hit by a bus but never mind maybe that can be in the next book ;)

I enjoyed the writing style and I love college, sports romances. It was nice to have a slight age gap, it added a bit of reality into the book and I really did feel like both characters were genuine people I could meet on the street, well maybe not me since I’ll be at home reading and don’t talk to strangers but you get my drift. I can’t wait to see where this series is going to go.

Disaster
Dakota Issacs
(Love in the Apple, #3)
Publication date: March 2nd 2020
Genres: Adult, Comedy, Contemporary, Romance

There are bad haircuts, and then there’s the bright orange mullet that sits atop Audra Harrison’s head:

Outright Disaster

A chastity belt you can wear on your head.

All Audra wants is for the Salon Apprentice to try and fix it. When she refuses Audra has no choice but to write a review warning other New Yorkers away from this over hyped salon.
When the salon manages to pull down the review, Audra declares war.
It becomes her mission to post pictures of her bad hair on every photo share app she can find.
Then her enemy comes for her. Hamish Stuart: the hair whisperer himself. Over six feet of beautifully muscled Scotsman that’s used to having supermodels and A list Actresses fall at his feet.
Now that he’s met her he wants more than apologies. He wants her heart.

Hamish:
“I thought you deserved a little reward.  You’ve had a rough couple of days.  While you were sitting in my chair, I thought of some stress relief strategies we might try.  This is what’s going to happen. You’re going to put your hands on the glass and steady yourself.  Then you’re going to spread your legs and try to keep quiet.  It’s one-way glass but the room isn’t soundproofed.”
“What are you….?”  Her voice is a strangled whisper.  She barely manages to push the words out.
“Simple. I’m gonna see how many times I can make you come in a half an hour lass.  If that doesn’t sound appealing, you can always go sit back down in that chair.  Otherwise spread your legs, put your hands on that glass, and try to stay quiet.”
“Is this some game you play with every woman who comes up to this room?”
I step in front of her so she can see my eyes.
“Never played this game with anyone but you lass. I don’t mix business, and pleasure. I’ve worked too hard to build all of this.  I’m calling in the girlfriend exemption to my rule.”
“Girlfriend? I think you may be out of your mind.”
“Times a wasting.”
She shakes her head like she’s trying to clear it but then she turns around and puts her hands on the glass.
“Well done.” I stand behind her and slide both my hands under the robe till I reach her luscious ass. I give both cheeks a good squeeze and then start to massage it. I move my hands firmly up her ribcage, whispering compliments as I go.
How luscious her ass is, how perfect.  How she’s so tiny yet curved in all the right places.  How later when I can get her naked and take my time, my mouth will learn every inch of her skin.
While I’m talking, I’m running my hands over her body.  She makes a sweet cry.  I slide my hands under her shirt, and free her tits from the bra.  They fit perfectly in my hands.  I run my thumbs over her nipples. I lean down and sink my teeth into her neck.  Give her a little love bite to increase the pleasure.
“Oh God, Oh God….”
“No, no, not God lass, Hamish and you’ve got to be quiet.  Remember?  I’ve barely touched you.  What’s going to happen when I touch that beautiful cunt of yours, and stroke your clit? We’ve barely started.” This makes her cry out in earnest. My girl is responsive all right.  The slightest touch makes her quiver.
I can’t wait any longer.  I untie her robe, then I grip her yoga pants in each hand and firmly pull them down.  She moans and I pull her panties down as well.
“Imagine if anyone knew what we were up to.  You’re such a dirty girl, Audra.  That lovely pussy on display.  They have no idea you’re standing there watching them as you get finger fucked.”

Audra:
He’s crazy.  Girlfriend.  He’s known me what maybe four hours?  Hell, if he’s crazy than what am I?  Pressed up against the glass half naked, getting more pleasure from this stranger’s hands than I’ve ever gotten in my life.  It’s so wrong watching those people downstairs go about their day while they have no idea what we’re doing.  I know it’s wrong, yet this is the most intense experience I’ve had in my life.
“Oh my God,” his hand has slid down my leg and now he’s cupping my pussy.
“Shh… you’re dripping lass, completely soaked for me.”
I am and his dirty words only make me wetter.  No one has ever talked to me like this and I love it.
One of his hands is kneading my ass and the other is doing the most wonderful things to my clit.  I can barely catch my breath.  I don’t just feel him on my clit.  I feel him everywhere.  Every particle of my body is aching and alive.
His hand leaves my ass and moves up to my pussy.  He slips one of his big fingers inside of me and starts a slow assault, all the time rubbing my clit with the same steady circles.  It’s too much.  I come so hard my knee’s buckle.  His strong arm catches me around the waist holding me up.
“Steady.  Your time’s not up yet.”
He keeps an arm around my waist while his other hand wanders lower.  This time I come so hard I see stars.  He doesn’t relent.  His fingers work me through the orgasm and push me higher and higher till I come screaming with Hamish’s hand planted firmly over my mouth.
“I can see right now we are going to have to work on your stamina, lass.”

Author Bio

I’m Dakota Issacs. I live in Manhattan with my husband where I drink too much coffee and read too many books. I love all sorts of romance from Historical to Contemporary. I write Contemporary Romances that are sweet with heat. You’ll always find a happy ending with no cliffhangers. If you want to talk books drop me a note at dakotaissacs@gmail.com. I would love to hear from you.

I am in this weird semi book slump at the moment. I am spending more time searching for my next book than actually reading. So I was pretty excited when I finally got excited about reading Boyfriend for Hire. Then I realized I didn't have it on my kindle so I checked out Amazon and saw it was $5. Then I talked myself out of buying it.

I have a habit of one clicking books then not being in the mood to read them. Proof of that is that I have over a thousand books on my kindle and since a few of them are previous Kendall Ryan titles I talked myself into reading one of them. And honestly I think that was a mistake.

Ava was a little too perfect. And Barrett was a little too focused on the wrong things. I did feel their chemistry and that was pretty much all I felt. They kept saying how they couldn't be together while being together. They literally put up zero fight. Even if I felt their reasons were stupid they kept throwing them out like confetti while still doing whatever they wanted. 

I probably would have enjoyed this if I read it at a different time but since I'm an idiot and it wasn't what I was in the mood to read it just didn't work out for me today. So now I'm going to suck it up and spend the $5 I should have done in the first place, if I don't get distracted along the way.