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Thursday, 12 November 2020

✪ Jodi Ellen Malpas ✪ WICKED TRUTHS ✪ #TheHuntLegacyDuet2 ✪

• 12 November 2020

• Hunt Legacy Duology #2
• Click ►here◄ for our review for book #1

★★★★★
4.75 Stars

The second book in the brand new duology by the Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author of the This Man series

A desperate passion, a dangerous love story...

Eleanor Cole had no idea that when she met the charmingly irresistible Becker Hunt, she was putting her life on the line. So when she discovers his secrets, escape seems to be her only option - but Becker isn't ready to let Eleanor go.

She knows better than to fall into his corrupt world again, but how long can she resist when he's stolen her heart?

Eleanor must make a choice, to stay and follow Becker into the heart of the danger...or risk losing him forever!

Becker Hunt is back and this time he's not letting Eleanor walk away...

PLEASE READ BOOK #1 BEFORE READING THIS REVIEW & THE 2nd BOOK!

Book #2 starts right after Eleanor leaves Becker because she found out he's been lying to her and that he's been the one who broke into her apartment.

She just wants to go home to mom. To grieve a bit and to finally clear out her dad's shop.

But of course our darling Becker won't let her just leave like that.

He wants her back. He wants to explain everything. And he wants to protect her.

Will Eleanor be able to forgive him and start trusting him again?

LET THE FUN TIMES BEGIN ... ☺

WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH ELEANOR & BECKER?
WILL WE FINALLY GET OUR HAPPILY EVER AFTER?

READ THE BOOK TO FIND OUT ☺

Adorable!

I just loved reading this!
I still love the setting and the whole feeling of the story.
London. The scary dark alley to get to the shop. The beauty inside of it. Eleanor's hometown. The pub. Her mom. The two oldsters in The Haven. The dog. The apples. The art. The cars. The arguing. The sexy times. All the mystery and danger....

Just beautiful.

This second book was just as great as the first.
But for my tastes it moved along a tiny bit slower than I was hoping for.

It's all so sweet and erotic and artsy and funny. And of course we have mystery and suspense and excitement and lies and untruths and whatnot. But I think the book was a tiny bit too long. Or rather, the long stretches were a bit too uneventful for my tastes today. I wanted more action. More artsy danger and excitement. I wanted something to happen with her dad's old shop. I wanted there to be a hidden map or treasure and some more mystery, some connection to the Hunts. Maybe her dad wasn't as boring as she thought he was - something like that.

BUT - that doesn't mean that I didn't love reading this. I really loved it!

I just adore Eleanor and Becker!!

They're so perfect for each other. But there's still some stuff to work through and overcome until we can ride off into that happily ever after sunset!
This was an amazing duet. I loved reading it!

I also still need this to show up on Netflix one day soon! ☺

WiCKED TRUTHS was a beautiful & funny & adorable & exciting & sexy & antique-y/arts-y love story! I loved it! Run to your nearest amazon for your own Becker - this one is MINE! ☺

↓ Links to the Book & Author ↓

Book #1

Other Books by Jodi:

Leave Me Breathless

The Protector

if you haven't read the THIS MAN series yet - DO IT NOW!!!

Book #4

THE FORBIDDEN!

This Man Novella 3.5

‘A lingering idea that I just couldn’t ignore.’ – Jodi Ellen Malpas

Jodi Ellen Malpas was born and raised in the Midlands town of Northampton, England, where she lives with her husband, boys, and a beagle. She is a self-professed daydreamer, a Converse and mojito addict, and she has a terrible weak spot for alpha males. Writing powerful love stories and creating addictive characters has become her passion—a passion she now shares with her devoted readers.

Her novels have hit bestseller lists for the New York Times, USA Today, Sunday Times, and various other international publications and can be read in more than twenty-four languages around the world.

Friday, 6 November 2020

🎄 J. Kenner ⭐️ CHERISH ME 🎅🏻 #Stark6.4 🎁 #BlogTour #Excerpt 🎄

🎅🏻🎁🎄⭐️❄🎅🏻🎁🎄⭐️❄🎅🏻🎁🎄⭐️❄

• 3 November 2020
• Stark Series Novella #6.4
• #7 - Enchant Me - 5 Oct. 2021

New readers should/need to start with Nikki & Damien's first book #ReleaseMe ☺

★★★★★

5 Stars

From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author J. Kenner comes a new story in her Stark Ever After series…

My life with Damien has always been magical, and never more so than during the holidays, a time for us to celebrate the hardships we’ve overcome and the incredible gift that is our family. Over the years, he has both protected and cherished me. He has made my life more rich and full than I could ever have imagined.

This year, he’s treating me and our daughters to a holiday in Manhattan. With parades and ice skating, toy displays and candies. And, most of all, with each other.

It’s a wonderful gift, a trip I will always cherish. But this year, I’m the one with the surprise. And I can’t wait to see the look of delight and awe when I finally share my secret with Damien.

**Every 1001 Dark Nights novella is a standalone story. For new readers, it’s an introduction to an author’s world. And for fans, it’s a bonus book in the author’s series. We hope you'll enjoy each one as much as we do.**

As a huge fan of the tv show Brooklyn Nine-Nine I just have to say the following:
YIPPIE KAYAK OTHER BUCKETS!

(don't worry, you don't have to know what this means - you'll only get it if you watch 99 or know the 'Christmas' movie referenced in this book!)

Anyway!
Yay! Time for another Damien & Nikki Novella! And even better - it's a Christmas-ish one! Whoooppeee!

I just love this series. I could read a Stark book every month for the rest of eternity!

This time Damien takes his girls to New York for some pre-Christmas fun.

But of course they wouldn't be the Starks if it all went off without a hitch.

Damien and his wife might think they're having a romantic dinner in their hotel ... but that's not really what's about to happen. ☺

I LOVED reading this.

It was so adorable and sexy and suspensy and dangerous.
We meet many of our favorite people again .. Dallas, Jane, Jackson, Ryan ...

I never ever want to say goodbye to the Stark world!

And now I can't wait for the next full-length Nikki & Damien book coming next fall! → Enchant Me.

CHERISH ME was another little sexy & exciting & adorable #MustRead in the amazing Stark Series! Run to your nearest amazon for your own Damien - this one will always be MINE! ☺

• EXCERPT •

“We’re a lot alike, Stark. I think you know why.”

Damien moved to one of the equipment banks, pausing in front of a set of monitors with labels in multiple languages. He put his hand on the metal and felt the thrum of information flowing under his palm and through the electronic veins of the deceptively plain-looking metal boxes. The equipment like something he’d imagined as a child while curled up reading science fiction.

“I do,” he said slowly, his attention still on the equipment. “You chased your demons for years. Not because they were yours, but because they were Jane’s, too. You both needed that closure. And now—well, now you’re done.”

Dallas nodded. “Instead, I’m wallowing in the joys of marriage and fatherhood. Sound familiar? Plus, I get the occasional thrill by helping out the Feds or WORR,” he added, referring to the World Organization for Rescue and Rehabilitation, an above-board non-governmental agency with a close relationship with worldwide law enforcement. “Sometimes, I even help out a few less visible organizations. But my role is very behind the scenes,” Dallas added. “And I’m okay with that.”

Once again, he focused on Damien. “Like I said. I’m a lot like you.” His eyes narrowed. “Or maybe I’m wrong about that…?”

Damien frowned. Over the years he’d become skilled at keeping his feelings hidden, but he’d lost some of that ability recently. The fallout of opening up his world the way he had when he found Nikki. He’d let people get closer—not simply as colleagues, but as friends.

And that gave them power.

A few years ago, that would have bothered him. Now he studied it out of intellectual curiosity, not fear.

Slowly, he nodded. “You’re not wrong. I spent my life chasing the dream of making myself into more than what my father would have made of me. Of not letting anyone harness me the way he and my coach had tried to.”

“Chased the dream and caught it, I’d say.” Dallas shoved his hands into the pockets of his jeans. “I inherited my seed capital. You earned every penny you ever had.”

“Earned? Yes. But I also paid. In blood. In pain. The life I built was an escape pod, jettisoning me out of a past I hated and into a future that I’d created.” He waved a dismissive hand, as if signaling that it had all been easy. Maybe in some ways it had. But mostly he’d worked his ass off to get to the top of the mountain. Which begged the question of where one went after reaching the pinnacle.

He looked at his friend, somewhat amazed that he was having this conversation with anyone other than Nikki or Ryan Hunter, his closest friend and chief operative for all Stark International and Stark Security ventures. Or Jackson Steele, for that matter, the half-brother he hadn’t even known existed until a few years ago but now trusted completely.

He trusted Dallas just as much. And with that realization came the knowledge that Damien had loosened the once-tight grip he’d always kept on himself. He had Nikki to thank for that.

Hell, he had Nikki to thank for everything.

↓ LiNKS TO THE BOOK AND AUTHOR ↓

#StarkSeriesReadingOrder

1 - RELEASE ME
2 - CLAIM ME
3 - COMPLETE ME
3.5 - TAKE ME
3.55 - TAME ME - Jamie & Ryan 1
3.6 - HAVE ME
3.7 - PLAY MY GAME

3.8 - SEDUCE ME

3.9 - UNWRAP ME
3.10 - DEEPEST KISS

3.11 - ENTICE ME
3.12 - TEMPT ME - Jamie & Ryan 2
#4 - ANCHOR ME
4.1 - HOLD ME

4.2 - PLEASE ME
5 - LOST WITH ME
6 - DAMIEN - Damien's POV -
6.1 - INDULGE ME
6.2 - DELIGHT ME
6.3 - TEASE ME - Jamie & Ryan 3
6.4 - CHERISH ME - Nov. 2020
7 - ENCHANT ME - 5 Oct. 2021 - Full-length Nikki & Damien

Of course there are a few connected Spin-Off trilogies happening here and there...
First the Heated, Wanted, Ignited - very slightly connected!
Then it's Jackson Steele's trilogy, very connected:
Say My Name, On My Knees, Under My Skin
And then it's Dallas Sykes with
Dirtiest Secret, Hottest Mess, Sweetest Taboo.
And this year we'll have the Wicked Spin-Off which features a few guys we already met and see again in Anchor Me:
Wicked Grind, Wicked Dirty, Wicked Torture.

J. Kenner (aka Julie Kenner) is the New York Times, USA Today, Publishers Weekly, Wall Street Journal and International bestselling author of over seventy novels, novellas and short stories in a variety of genres.

Though known primarily for her award-winning and international bestselling erotic romances (including the Stark and Most Wanted series) that have reached as high as #2 on the New York Times bestseller list, JK has been writing full time for over a decade in a variety of genres including paranormal and contemporary romance, “chicklit” suspense, urban fantasy, Victorian-era thrillers (coming soon), and paranormal mommy lit.

Her foray into the latter, Carpe Demon: Adventures of a Demon-Hunting Soccer Mom by Julie Kenner, has been consistently in development in Hollywood since prior to publication. Most recently, it has been optioned by Warner Brothers Television for development as series on the CW Network with Alloy Entertainment producing.

JK has been praised by Publishers Weekly as an author with a “flair for dialogue and eccentric characterizations” and by RT Bookclub for having “cornered the market on sinfully attractive, dominant antiheroes and the women who swopn for him.” A three time finalist for Romance Writers of America’s prestigious RITA award, JK took home the first RITA trophy awarded in the category of erotic romance in 2014 for her novel, Claim Me (book 2 of her Stark Trilogy).

Her books have sold well over a million copies and are published in over over twenty countries.

In her previous career as an attorney, JK worked as a clerk on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, and practiced primarily civil, entertainment and First Amendment litigation in Los Angeles and Irvine, California, as well as in Austin, Texas. She currently lives in Central Texas, with her husband, two daughters, and two rather spastic cats.

Tuesday, 3 November 2020

🎄 J. Kenner ⭐️ CHERISH ME 🎅🏻 #Stark6.4 🎁