Review: Until It Fades by K A Tucker

Until It Fades by K.A. Tucker
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Sweet Romance With Some Grit

Catherine is a single mother, aged 24 and a truck stop waitress. She also becomes a hero overnight, when she saves a man from a burning car, and he happens to be a huge celebrity. She tries avoid the limelight because she has a sordid past in her home town and has no desire to relive it in front of millions of viewers.

This is a nicely written romance, with good pacing and poignant emotions. Catherine’s character is well developed and her experiences are slowly revealed throughout the book and some of those experiences are a little surprising. Brett is kind, gentle and understanding. For a man raised in the limelight he has a down to earth attitude. His situation is difficult but all he wants to do is protect Catherine to the best of his ability.

I love the relationship Catherine has with her family, it’s fraught and difficult and at the same time supportive and loving, though it took a long time to get there. For those of us with difficult teenage years we can understand how easy it is to fall out with our parents, but then slowly find your way back to them, even if it’s not smooth sailing.

Though this is about an improbable story, it still manages to feel real and believable.

A very enjoyable read.

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Review: Dear Aaron by Mariana Zapata

Dear Aaron by Mariana Zapata
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

A Long Slow Building Romance

Mariana Zapata is one of my favourite romance writers. She is the master of the long slow build book and I really enjoy that sometimes in my romance. This book is no exception.

A large part of the book takes the format of emails back and forth between the protagonists, Ruby and Aaron. Aaron is in the army and Ruby is a volunteer in a program that ‘adopts’ a soldier when they are deployed. They promise to email and write letters and send the occasional care package. I think this appealed to me initially because in my teens I used to write to an airman who was stationed in the Falklands that I met through a mutual friend. I remember that we used to talk about everything and anything and this is what this book started out like.

Ruby’s brother was a marine who was injured whilst deployed and his stories of his time overseas made her want to give support to someone that didn’t have a family like hers. She’d had several other soldiers before Aaron, that she’d written to, but none that she connected with so well. Gradually over the course of the book we see them both starting to open up to each other, starting with silly jokes and asking about ‘favourites’. The emails start to get more personal as time goes on and we gradually get to know the characters at the same time as they get to know each other.

Eventually the format changes to sending Skype messages. They become very close friends and admit to sharing things with each other that they’ve never shared with anyone else. It’s a slow intimate journey as the relationship transforms into something deep and beautiful, especially once the relationship moves out of the virtual into the real world after Aaron comes back to the US.

It’s a lovely book that allows us to see into the heart of two characters. I really enjoyed getting to know Ruby and Aaron. They are both interesting characters with flaws and weaknesses that they slowly reveal after the initial getting to know each other phase. At the same time they are both good people who want to help others, they are funny and supportive of each other as they become friends.

This is a great book, but if you want hot and steamy, this doesn’t have much of that at all. If you like a long slow build, then this is a book you will enjoy.

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Review: Abusing the Alpha (The Seraphine Thomas Series Book 4) by Erin R Flynn

Abusing the Alpha by Erin R. Flynn
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Sera in Vegas

In this book Sera takes a trip out to Vegas to give a talk to the local FBI office about paranormals and the information they have recently updated in the information files about the different races.

It turns out they just want to pick her brains to close a large pile of paranormal cases they didn’t pass on to the appropriate team. This pile of cases turns into one problematic situation after another and then the fairies get involved.

Sera came to Vegas for a one day lecture and a 4 day vacation and ended up being sadly disappointed. She’s also still dealing with the aftermath of being assaulted by the councilman and having Tristan abandon her and she can only find glimpses of happiness amongst all the trauma. I can’t say I enjoyed this book, because parts were painful for me to read, but it moved me and sucked me in, as all the other books in the series have done. I just hope that Sera gets a bit more happiness in the next book and that her loved ones learn how to support her better.

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Review: Adversary (The Aces MC Series Book 2) by A J Macey

Adversary by A.J. Macey
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Violence, Rage and Thievery

Trigger Warning: This is not an easy or comfortable read, there is plenty of violence and rage and there is discussion of child abuse. If these things cause you anxiety, please don’t read this book.

Despite being an uncomfortable read in places, this book is gripping. The wonderfully flawed and difficult characters interact in a way that captivates me. I don’t want to like them because they are so angry and have a violent response to most things, but I can’t help feeling empathy for them as more of their history and back story is revealed. It becomes obvious why they behave in the way that they do, especially Keira.

In this book we see Keira and Chase becoming more involved in the activities at the Aces MC, despite the distrust and dislike of many of the patched members. Boss, however, has a firm handle on his club and we see him in all his presidential glory, as opposed to his normal easy going and affable self.

As the group become more involved they all practically move in together as they start to explore the possibility of a committed relationship. However, people seem to keep turning up uninvited and causing problems.

I’m really looking forward to the next book in the series, even if I have to wait a few more weeks to read it.

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Review: Borderland (The Sleeping Court Series Novella) by Dagmar Avery and K Margaret

Borderland: by Dagmar Avery and K Margaret
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Short and Sweet

This short story is packed full of sexy sweetness with Quinn. Quinn is making his sister, Alyx’s, life a little difficult. She is the new head of a new House, but she can’t get near her potential guard. Quinn is being over protective and no one is good enough for his little sister.

Verity seeks to distract Quinn with passion and then take him to the Borderlands to meet with someone who might set him on the right path.

This is definitely a short, and it isn’t essential to the story arc of The Sleeping Court, but it is interesting and fills in some important facts that you might not find elsewhere.

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