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Title: Heartless King
Series: Standalone book #5 in the
Kings of Rittenhouse Series
Series: Standalone book #5 in the
Kings of Rittenhouse Series
Author: Maya Hughes
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: April 23, 2020
Blurb
Two blue lines. That means not pregnant, right? Right?
Oh, sh*t.
Five years ago, Colm
Frost asked me to marry him and I ran. I ran from my painful past too raw and
fresh to escape. He was the only one who looked at me like I wasn’t broken and
made me believe it. He made me feel it.
Now, he’s the hot,
angry, hockey player on the mend.
I’m the
physiotherapist who’s supposed to get him back on his feet.
I don’t think our
night together was what his doctor prescribed, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t
dreamt of him every time I close my eyes. I woke up beside him with my body
still singing from the way he fanned the flames of my desire, but I couldn’t
stay.
His lips on my neck. His hands wrapped around my waist. His impressive...ahem, touch leaving me breathless.
One moment of wild
inhibition and it’s come back to bite me in the butt. Kind of like he did that
night.
But a baby? Our
night was supposed to be a one time thing, closing a door on the future I
couldn’t handle.
Will this new bump
in the road be everything we needed to find our forever?
Heartless King is a standalone friends to enemies to lovers, accidental pregnancy romance that brings all the laugh out loud, angsty feels!
My Review
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Excerpt
The question had been running through my head all night: how
could I get her to leave? But I didn’t want her to go. And now the maple syrup
and cinnamon taste of her sent me hurtling close to the edge of my control.
Those reserves were running on fumes.
Everyone else had been run off by my anger or blinded by my
money, but not her. If anything, she battled me, pushing me like she knew I
needed it. She wouldn’t let me hide the splintered and cracked pieces of myself
that I was barely holding together.
She didn’t push me to talk, just slid in past my defenses
and got me to say more than I should.
“Do you want me to stop?” I ran my fingers through her hair,
tugging on the roots.
Her lips parted in a gasp and I deepened the kiss, needing
to taste even more of her. She’d teased me, eating that French toast that
smelled like a vanilla and cinnamon factory had exploded when it arrived at our
table.
She stared into my eyes, heavy breaths shuddering past her
lips. “Hell no.”
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Author Bio
Maya
Hughes, that's me!, can often be found sneaking in another chapter while hiding
in the bathroom from her kids! :-) I'm a romance writer who loves taking
inspiration from everyday life, namely my husband and biggest fan. Inspiration
also strikes when I hear a song, meet someone new or daydream while at soccer
practice.
I love
writing stories that capture the possibilities of the paths less travelled and
enjoy experiencing life through my characters’ eyes.
I'm the mom
of three little ones, the wife to an amazing husband and also work full time.
Some of my favorite things are cupcakes, cinnamon rolls, white wine, laughing
until I can't breathe, traveling with my family and Jeff Goldblum.
I very recently picked up the Kings of Ritterhouse series after I saw that this was being released and I was a little (majorly) obsessed. I binge read the first four and than had to wait to get my grabby hands on this one. And I didn't do it very patiently. But it was well worth the wait.
Colm has been one of my least favourite Kings. And to be fair he probably didn't deserve it but he was such an arse when it came to Ford and Luv. But seeing it all from his perspective made me appreciate how very much he had been through. By the middle of the book I was just so heartbroken for him.
Now I want to go on and on about how much I loved his Queen and how perfect these two were together. And how much this particular Queen deserved her HEA. However I double checked the blurb and if you haven't finished book four or you're reading this as a standalone you might not know who she is. So in the interest of being spoiler free I am just going to say SQUEEE.
This was a great conclusion to a very enjoyable series. The epilogue was perfect. And even better is that the whole series is on KU so they are a perfect binge read.
So Ford and Liv's chemistry was enough to ensure I couldn't put my kindle down but now I have to wait for Colm's book. And that feels like it is going to be forever, or you know, a weekish but still I just devoured the rest of the series in four days I need it now.
Ford was the quiet one who made me want to know all of his secrets. And since I had just gone back and read the prequel book to this series (I had to see what happened with Emmett and Avery before I could read that) and seeing Ford leaving ladies unable to walk I was pretty desperate to read his story. And it didn't disappoint. And neither did he.
Olivia was awesome. I feel like I have watched her grow up while I was reading the series. And I have watched her crush turn into infatuation and grow into love. I felt her devastation when she finally got her long awaited kiss from Ford only to watch it go up in flames.
Their story was the ultimate show of bad timing and a lot of small things working against them. Made even harder by those small things getting turned into issues through misunderstandings, mistrust and miscommunication. Which ordinarily would do my head in but everyone with the exception of Colm acted like normal people trying to do the right thing or just living life.
I adored these two finally getting together but their story feels unresolved with Colm not being reconciled. That said I am so excited for where I think his story is going and I am really looking forward to the conclusion of the series. Hopefully there is a seriously kick arse epilogue with more weddings and babies and some spin offs.
OMG and I just remembered we have LJ and Marissa's book to look forward to. So maybe we will see more Liv & Ford in that one. WOO HOO
I knew from the start that this book was going to be heartbreaking. And I thought I was ready for it. But damn was I wrong. I didn't know what I was going to get with these two but what I got hit a little too close to home, while other parts were completely out of my realm of understanding at the same time.
Avery and Emmett had been high school sweethearts who had broken up but both held a lot of animosity. And we had no idea why except for the fact Emmett thought Avery had cheated. And Mak wasn't saying anything other than it wasn't what it looked like. So I was dying to know what had actually taken place and why it was still a shadow over the whole crew four years later.
Now I am going to be a little bit of a pain and like Mak I'm going to say it's their story to tell. And even though I was expecting the heartbreak and misunderstandings I couldn't put it down. And the way it all unfolded annoyed me in the same way that it worked perfectly for me. Emmett grew up and Avery learnt to live for herself a little and for me that was the most beautiful part of the book.
But now I have to read the extended epilogue I just downloaded before jumping straight into the next book because that teaser at the end would have me throwing my kindle if I didn't already have my hands on it.
So I had absolutely no worries keeping my head in this book. After I finished Shameless King I jumped on KU to grab the next one and saw that there was an introductory novella and just as I was about to one click it I saw a few reviews saying how badly it made them want book three. And since I was already feeling that to my soul I thought I had best just jump into this one.
And I am so glad I did. Even if I cried a lot more than I was expecting to. Like seriously there was a load of emotions in this story that I wasn't really expecting. Especially with Heath being the laid back slightly impulsive one he had been painted to be in the previous book.
But it just goes to prove that sometimes even those closest to us don't know what's going on under the surface. And that was true for both Heath and Kara. They both had a few broken edges that fit together beautifully to give them a calm surface.
Their story was one that was made complicated by their pasts and their futures. But in the present you could feel their connection and chemistry and I just wanted them to work out from their first meeting.
And although I loved every page of their story I kind of felt ripped off by that epilogue. I know it was to have me racing to Amazon to grab the next one but I already have that. Thank you KU. So I really just wanted more Heath and Kara, happy and together and a glimpse into what next for them. Fingers crossed I'll get that as the series progresses. But now I have to go start Ruthless King even though I know it's going to hurt I have faith Maya Hughes won't let me down.
Having read and loved Maya Hughes Fulton U series I have had The Kings of Rittenhouse series on my TBR for quite some time but I haven’t really had the time until now. So when I saw that the fifth one is releasing soon and I had a week of social distancing I figured now was my chance.
And to be honest it took me a little bit to connect with the characters. But as I am sure most of you realise this is more a fact that life is so damn distracting at the minute and I am finding it really hard to keep my mind on anything at the moment. Luckily the writing was great and I knew it was a me issue and not a book issue so I put on my headphones and locked myself away in my room for a few hours and I was hooked.
Makenna was such a high strung over achiever and if I didn’t know why she was so neurotic I would have found her really unlikable. But obviously there was a reason for how she got to where she was at and her story was just heartbreaking. It’s really weird how people deal with their same life experiences in such unique and individual ways. But it’s also what makes us human and interesting. So once I saw where Makenna’s quirks were coming from I just wanted her to relax and see the silver lining in all of the rain clouds.
Declan was the perfect compliment. He came across as this super slacker who just coasted by, but he was being pushed on by his own demons. And I liked that he realised that his demons were his own creation when he saw them next to Makenna's. But I really loved that he took the time to see under Makenna’s crusty exterior and once he did he was infatuated with her. Because she really needed him to drag her out of her cocoon.
Together these two were a great compliment of each other and I really loved the introduction to the Kings. I am so glad that they are all on KU and I can’t wait to binge them over the next few days.
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