The Surrender by Jodi Ellen Malpas is now live! 

He’s a tantalizing man of mystery. To solve him she could risk everything in a scorching romance by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the This Man series and The Invitation.

A pawn in a man’s callous game, Amelia Lazenby is trying to heal after being betrayed by the wealthy and scorchingly sexy Jude Harrison. Now he’s saying all the right things, whispering apologies as sincere as his kisses, and refusing to let her walk away. It’s hard for Amelia to resist a force as strong as Jude. Before long, he’s making her pulse pound, her head spin, and giving her the rapture she craves.

But once she surrenders, Amelia can’t help but fear she’s risking her heart all over again. This time, maybe even more. Jude is every bit as mysterious and possessive as she remembers. His ex-lover is back to wreak havoc on their lives. And Amelia’s own ex has returned from the past, knowing more about Jude than Amelia can imagine. As the secrets and shocking revelations keep coming, Amelia must decide what she’s willing to sacrifice to stay with the man she loves and above all else…can’t resist.

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*****5 Absolutely Incredible Stars*****

I dare you to not love this book. I dare you to not love Jude and Amelia and every passionate, unforgettable, and unadulterated moment they give you in this book and in every breath of their story. I dare you not to feel like you experienced the most fiery, consuming, and utterly fantastic, full of emotional twists and turns, love story with everything you get in this book.

I fucking dare you.

To say that I was ready for The Surrender by Jodi Ellen Malpas to be in my life is a complete understatement. Ever since reading The Invitation earlier this summer, I have been counting down the days until this follow up book. I have been desperately needing and wanting more Jude and Amelia, desperately thinking about what would come next for them and needing every answer to all of my questions, and hoping with all of my heart that those two would find their way despite everything stacked against them. And this follow up book for them delivered all of that and more. It delivered everything.

EVERYTHING.

I could not put this book down. Just like the first one in this duet, I was hooked. From the very first page, I was in it with Jude and Amelia. I was emotionally invested. I was literally living and feeling and breathing every breath of their unforgettable and fiery story. But more than that, I was rooting for them to find their way because there is something so right about the two of them. This book definitely puts them both through the wringer in more ways than one. It forces them both to face some hard truths about themselves, about their feelings for one another, and about the future. It is definitely not an easy ride for those two, but through it all you know that they are worth it.

You know that their love and their passion and what they make each other feel is beyond worth it. You know with every fiber of your being that they have to find a way to one another because no other ending would be acceptable or worthy of them. You know that with your whole heart through every page of this book, and that is one of the things I loved most about what I got with these characters and what this author created through their story.

Jodi Ellen Malpas completely wowed me with this book. And I’m not surprised at all. There’s a reason she’s one of my favorite authors. She’s written some of my favorite books ever. Some of the most memorable characters I’ve ever met that. I still think about to this day. And I have no doubt that Jude and Amelia will be right up there because those two are memorable. They’re dynamic. They push each other so far over the edge that it’s glorious. They make each other feel everything. They make each other question everything. They make each other mad in the best way. Their love is complicated and messy and raw and flawed, but it is so so beautifully them. It is authentic and deep and you feel it in your soul. You feel it in every breath of every moment that this author creates throughout this book and the first book in this duet and it is truly exceptional.

I cannot say that enough.

The tension, the love, the emotion and feeling and heart behind it all with what Jude and Amelia share is tangible on these pages. You feel it, you breathe it, you can literally touch it at times because of what this author gives you with them, and how she connects you into the thick of what they share. She shows you how these to lay it out on the line, when it really matters, when it’s really fucking hard, and when they’re scared out of their minds. And through it all she shows you that they are destined to be together. That through every hurdle, that through every hard conversation and truth, and that through every emotion they have to process, that they have to find their way. They are soulmates. They are endgame. They are meant to be. You feel that, you believe in that, and that combined with everything you get with this couple pulls you and them through everything they go through.

Getting to experience that with them, getting to experience that level of connection as their love story unfolds, and comes to the most epic and beautiful conclusion, and just getting to live in love with them as they fight like hell for one another and their love is just the best. Really it’s more than the best, it’s utter perfection. And getting to live that love story and every moment in facet of their journey towards one another and their much deserved ending is truly nothing short as spectacular.

I feel like when I read this book and as I was experiencing everything with Jude and Amelia, I practically wasn’t breathing. And I mean that because their story is so utterly consuming and unforgettable, and just filled with such tension and feeling and heart that you are just in it with them. You are in the thick of it, living every breath of this book, and it steals your breath away. Because these two make you work for it in the best way. They make each other work for it yet in the same breath it’s so inherently right and easy seeing them together because they just fit. They may drive each other crazy, they may push every button and break every rule, they may make each other feel things they never thought were possible, but they also get each other. They love each other with their whole hearts. They see each other in the truest and realist of ways, and they show up and fight when it really matters. When it means everything.

And all of that passion, all of that fire, all of that connection explodes in the most dynamic and unforgettable love story in this book. The way that this author just allows, you to live through that experience with them is breathtaking. It really is. You don’t stop with them, you keep going and going, feeling and living and experiencing every breath of what they share, and it just pulls you so fiercely to them and the love that they share. And that is what sees you through every twist and turn this story throws at them and you because you know that no matter what they are worth it, their love is beyond worth it, and getting to see them reach that much deserved happy ending is truly worth everything.

I think one of my favorite aspects of this book was just getting more Jude and Amelia. It’s suffice to say that I love those characters fiercely and that I could not get enough of their story. I was hooked from the first book and could not stop thinking about them Throughout the time waiting for this follow up book, and reading this book itself. I just love those two. I’m invested in them. I believe in them and what could be. I love that. They’re both flawed, they both have their fears and insecurities, and they both work together to find the truth in at all. To feel and given to what they share. To just live and bask and celebrate what’s between them and what they both so desperately want together.

I truly could not get enough of what those two so vulnerability and authentically left on the pages of this book as they peeled back the layers of one another, as they exposed their fears and hidden things from the past and what they truly wanted and desired. I felt like I really got so much of who Jude and Amelia truly were in this book. I got that in the first book, but this one truly pulled back those layers. It allowed them to see each other so really. So deeply. So authentically flaws and all.

These characters aren’t perfect. Their love isn’t perfect. It’s messy and complicated and flawed and it has highs and lows just like the two of them do. But what this book and this whole duet shows you is that that love they share is incredible. That love is indestructible. That love is undeniable. That they are incredible and effervescent, and just everything. There is something so right about the two of them, what they make each other feel, what they make each other hope for and getting to see them navigate the ocean of emotion that they share together, getting to see them navigate the scars of the past present and future and how that all weaves together, and getting to see them show up and fight for each other, even when it scares them out of their ever loving minds was utterly incredible in this book.

There’s nothing these two won’t do to see their love through and even in those moments when you can tell it scares them, when you can tell that they don’t know what to do with all that they feel, and when they don’t know what comes next, there is always the truth in the fact that they feel everything for one another and that love cannot be denied. I loved getting to experience that with them through every second of this book and this whole story with them. I loved getting to see them fight with their whole hearts for what they wanted. I loved getting to see them even in the hard moments. Even in the moments when they fucked up, even in the moments when they said or did the wrong thing, even in the moments when they weren’t sure how to fix it. Even in those moments, I loved them because they were there, showing up, feeling it all, and loving each other through it all. Scars and all, flaws and all, they were there, with fierce hearts, that loved each other, no matter what. They continued to show up, they continued to push to show one another that there was no denying what they felt, and they continued to do the work to make it better, even when it took everything out of them. Even when it scared them shitless. Even when it tore them apart, while simultaneously making them feel everything. And even when it made them question everything, they were still there, feeling everything, and showing up and fighting when it really mattered.

And that honestly just blew me away.

It made me love these characters more than I thought possible, and it truly had me desperate for every breath and moment and morsel of their love story. The way that Jodi Ellen Malpas creates the story, this utterly fierce dynamic with these characters in their love story, and the way that she just allows you to experience every breath of what these characters share in the most wholeheartedly, true and real way is absolutely everything. And it is just part of what made me love this book and this whole duet, and what makes the story one of my favorites that I have read this year.

I truly cannot say enough good things about The Surrender. It delivered everything that my heart needed with these characters. It kept everything I loved about their love story from the first book. But it multiplied it a million times over. This book was fiercer, it was spicier, it was deeper, it was more consuming, and it had even more twists than I saw coming. It had more emotion to it, it had more glorious tension. It just made me love these two more. It also push them more as they fought for the love that was so true between them.

And I loved it. I fucking loved it so much. I literally cannot say it enough.

I was enamored by Jude and Amelia. I couldn’t get enough of them and what they made each other feel. It was crazy and passionate and threw them through the wringer every turn of that page, but I loved it. Because it just felt like them. It felt right. It felt like pure passion. It felt like two people, two forces, so meant to be finally finding their way, despite everything that tried to stand in their way. It felt inevitable. It felt beyond right. It just felt like them. In the best, most unforgettable, fiercest way possible. And I loved every second of getting to be a part of it with Jude and Amelia.

Jodi Ellen Malpas has just completely out on herself with this book. I can’t say that enough. I could not get enough of this world. All of the characters, all of the twists and turns, just all of the feelings and emotion and fire she put into this duet was absolutely incredible. I have not been consumed by a book and a world and a story and characters like these ones in quite some time. There’s truly nothing like this duet and I was here for every single second of it. I am sincerely hoping this author plans to write more in this world because I need it. Desperately and with my whole heart. And there is one particular story that I really need as soon as possible. (IYKYK) this author, definitely creates an incredible, consuming, an unforgettable world with these characters, and you will love every bit of what you get with them.

I promise you that.

Every word of this book gave me everything. I really can’t say it enough. I know I sound like a broken record at this point saying that about this book, these characters, and their incredible love story, but it’s just so true. This book and their love story was absolutely unforgettable. It was full of life, connection, and so much heart, and I loved every second of it. Getting to see these characters work their asses off, dare each other to no end, and fight like hell to show each other that they were meant to be was absolute perfection. They did it in a way that was wholly them, that was truly consuming and unforgettable, and in a way that had me on the edge of my seat with a heart feeling every breath of their love and connection, and I fucking loved it. I loved it so much and I could not have asked for more with their story and journey. It was wholeheartedly theirs, and getting to see these characters be true to themselves, each other, and their love, through every single page of this book was everything and more. And I cannot say enough how much I am just blown away by what I got with them.

It was everything. Every damn thing and more.

Jodi Ellen Malpas definitely leaves at all on the pages of this book and I can’t say enough how incredible it is. What she creates with her words with these characters, their love story, and their passionate and fiery love story is something you won’t forget. It is stories like this one that make me the romance reader I am and I will never stop loving Jude and Amelia, their love story, what they make each other feel and what they give each other, but mostly what they fight like hell to share together. This story is not only one of my favorite reads of the year, but it is definitely one. I know I won’t soon forget. I cannot tell you enough how much I loved every part of this book, the one that came before it, and just this entire world.

And I know you will love it too. Just prepare yourself to be utterly consumed in the best way by everything these characters give you, and be prepared to love every second of it. Because these characters leave it all on the pages of this book and their story, and it is nothing short of everything.

Jude and Amelia utterly wowed me with their love story, the depth of their connection and feeling and love, and everything they went through to get to where they end up in this book. And I loved every damn word of it. So so much. So when you read this book, when you experience every breath of what these two give you, and every ounce of what they feel with their whole hearts, I dare you not to feel the same about them and their incredible love story.

I fucking dare you.

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BURN BRIGHT is the first book in the Cobalt Empire series, a new adult romance series about legacy, loyalty, and love.

Love burns hottest when it’s blue.

Ben Cobalt is number six. Not sixth place—in fact, he’d be considered at least third draft pick for the NHL if he didn’t quit hockey during college. And he’s not sixth-in-line for any throne. Though, most consider his larger-than-life, billionaire family American royalty.

He is the sixth-born Cobalt.

Out of a normal family of seven, he might get lost in the shuffle. But being the black sheep of the Cobalt Empire comes with its own intense spotlight. After he hits a major low at college in Philly, his four older brothers convince him to move in with them in New York City. Transferring to Manhattan Valley University—piece of cake.

Living in an apartment with all of his brothers while harboring a giant secret among a family who’s more tight-knit than a secret society—total effing chaos.

He has to find a way out of the tense living arrangement, especially as he clashes with his oldest brother Charlie. Ben turns to an unlikely source for help. A grumpy, punk-rock girl with a troubled past who’s already pissed off one Cobalt brother.

So when an undeniable attraction ignites, Harriet Fisher is expecting the flames to die out. Except…what happens when they don’t? Falling for a Cobalt brother with secrets might be a Shakespearean tragedy she can’t rewind.

BURN BRIGHT is the first book in the Cobalt Empire series, a new adult romance series about legacy, loyalty, and love.

*****5 Absolutely Unforgettable Stars*****

Let me start this review by saying that Burn Bright by Krista and Becca Ritchie is one of my favorite books I’ve read this year. I wanted to start this review saying that because I am going to say a lot of words about this incredible book, about Harriet and Ben and what I got with them over the course of their story, and just about how much I loved every second of this book. But the one thing I want you to know about this book, is you need to read it. You need to read it, live it, breathe it, experience every morsel of it, and just bask in what these characters so authentically give you. You will love it. And more. I promise you that.

Burn Bright is an utterly consuming love story of two seemingly opposite people finding the absolute best in one another and the possibilities of what could be, even when they can’t seem to always find it in themselves.

This book blew me away. And it didn’t surprise me one little bit. If you know me, you know that I’m a fan of these authors. I have literally read every book of theirs in this epic saga, and I have loved them all. Their books have seen me through so much. I have journeyed with their characters through so much. I have felt and experienced and breathed and lived every emotion and high and low and in between with their dynamic characters. and I wouldn’t trade those reading experiences for anything. Because those reading experiences have been the reading experiences of my life. They have given me unforgettable characters and love stories and moments that I will truly never forget. And getting to experience that once again in Burn Bright with Harriet and Ben, and every other incredible character of this world was just everything.

It was everything and more.

From the moment I started this book, from the moment I got a deeper look into these characters’ minds and hearts, and from the moment I started experience the magic and connection that was so utterly real between them, I was hooked. I was consumed. I was obsessed. I could not stop reading their story. I could not stop experiencing all of the moments with them. I could not stop thinking about them. That is the power and the talent of what these authors create in every one of their books, and I felt it so strongly in this one with Harriet and Ben. From page one.

I immediately connected to them. I immediately loved them with my whole heart. I immediately wanted every good thing for them and with them. I just immediately was enamored by them and the pull they had towards one another. I was immediately invested in them and what they we’re building together. From that very first moment with them, I was immediately consumed with the two of them, what they shared and felt together, and what could be… And that is a true testament to what these authors create right from the start that I felt that so truly and authentically.

Now like I said, I have been a fan of these writing duo since they’re very first book in the Addicted Series. I am many many books deep into this world with all of these incredible and dynamic and unforgettable characters. So it’s suffice to say that being back within this world, getting a new love story, getting to experience pieces of what made me fall in love with this series in the first place, while getting new moments and experiences with these characters was perfection. It was everything my heart needed. But I also loved that this book very much felt like a reintroduction to this world, and could be a perfect starting point for those looking to dip their toes into this incredible saga and family. These characters share many connections, years of time together, and layers of pieces to their relationships. And Krista and Becca do the most incredible job of allowing you to understand so much of that in this book and in the start of this series.

So whether you’ve been reading books from this world for years, or whether this is your first time experiencing the magic that is The Cobalts, this book is perfect for you. It perfectly and seamlessly blends past, present, and future moments with these characters in a way that will just have you beyond obsessed with what you’re reading. This book is the perfect introduction to a new series that I already need every single book of. I am already taking guesses at who the next book is about, but honestly, it could be about any of the Cobalts, and I would love it because I love this world, I love this family fiercely, and these authors have just brought us into a new set of books in the most incredible, effervescent, and unforgettable way.

And I am here for all of it.

Now, while I love every character of this world, I just have to prepare you now that you will absolutely melt over Ben and Harriet. Those two are everything. I honestly wish I had better words to describe it because what they give each other, what they make each other feel, what they make each other realize, what they allow each other to hope for, and just what they bring into each other’s lives is truly everything. It is heart touching, it’s emotional, it’s layered and complicated and real. It feels authentic through every second, and you just feel in the deepest part of your heart how much these two connect, how much they feel for one other, and how much they can’t help but be pulled towards one another.

Ben and Harriet truly are the definition of opposites attract. He is definitely got golden retriever vibes in the best way. And she is fierce black cat all the way. But they compliment each other perfectly. I can’t say it enough. The moment you meet them and see them interact with one another, you know it. You feel it in your bones. You just see how they click. How they make each other feel everything. How they make each other consider things they never would have before. How they make each other question what they thought they always knew and wanted. How they just make each other believe in all the things, including themselves and one another. The way that these two compliment each other, the way that they fall for each other, the way you get to see their relationship evolve from acquaintances to friends to so much more is incredible in this book. It’s searing. It’s glorious. And It makes their connection and tension filled slow burn romance utterly amazing to experience in every way.

Harriet was a girl that I just loved with my whole heart. I loved her tenacity and spirit. I loved that she did not apologize for who she was. I loved that she owned her surliness and personality. But I also loved those moments when Ben peeled back those layers and broke her a bit out of her shell, showing those vulnerable pieces that made her even more incredible and real. I loved that Harriet was so driven. I loved that Harriet had a plan. I loved that Ben threw wrenches and wrenches into those plans, but that it brought her to places that made her heart so happy. I loved that I loved her so easily, and fully, and deeply. I loved that this book and its events and everything she shared with those around her allowed her to realize that she could open her heart up. That she could feel and let herself be vulnerable. That she could share something very real and true with someone and that that something could be forever.

I just loved Harriet. She was layered and dynamic and complicated in the best way. She just felt real to me. I think that’s one of the strongest things these authors do is that they truly make their characters feel like real people. I felt like I was living through every moment of this book with her. I loved getting to see her find her place, getting to see her feel, and connect with Ben in the way that she did, and I really just loved getting to see her find the beauty and the vulnerability and strength that was always within herself. She is fierce, she is loyal, she has so much heart to give and she feels so much, even when it scares her. She shows up, time and time again, her true self in every way. In the best ways. There truly are so many things I loved about Harriet‘s character that I could go on and on about, but I will just say that she is a gem. She is who she is, she lets her authenticity shine in every moment of this book, and she loves herself for it. (And so does Ben.)

Now Ben Cobalt is a man that melted my heart from the moment I entered his brain. And that sounds kind of creepy to type right now, but it’s true. I’ve loved his character for so long. Having seen him in so many other moments in so many other books, I’ve gotten to know his character, but this was the real first opportunity to get inside his head. Inside his heart. To learn and experience more of him. And I was just blown away by him from the first moment I jumped in. I was truly blown away. By his passion. By his compassion. By his heart. By the way that he loves fully and deeply and truly, even when it scares him out of his mind. By the way he genuinely cares. By the way he feels everything. By the way he tries to help without expecting anything in return. By just the goodness that is that man. He is a good man through and through, he is layered and complicated and flawed. He is human and beautiful and just one of the most endearing and incredible characters I’ve had the pleasure of reading and loving.

Simply put, Ben Cobalt stole my entire heart. And I don’t want it back. There is such a beautiful level of vulnerability to Ben and you get to experience it in this book. You journey with him through it all and it will pull you to him in the most beautiful, all-feeling way. I can’t say it enough. And I want to tell you all the things about that, but it’s also something you deserve to experience yourself. With Ben. Because Ben really gives it to you in this book, and there’s no resisting experiencing every emotional and breathtaking second of it. And it will give you everything to experience that with him over the course of this book. Trust me. It will make you cry, it will make you laugh, it will melt you, it will blow your heart away with what you feel with him, but most of all it will just make you love him. In every way possible. And that is truly the most wonderful thing. Because not only does Ben Cobalt deserve all of the love, you will love what he gives you in return.

Ben and Harriet definitely bring out the best in one another. They push each other to feel. They push each other to fight for what they want and their dreams. They make each other better. But they don’t try to change each other. They don’t try to mold each other into different people. They don’t try to conform. They just love the other. Wholeheartedly. Fully. Passionately. They love who the other is, idiosyncrasies and all and what they bring to the world and each other’s lives. They connect to one another because they are so authentic in who they are, and they celebrate that about one another. They just fit. They work. They create magic together.

Getting to experience that as it evolves through the different layers of their relationship that unfolds over the course of this book was everything my heart needed. These characters are there for one another in every way that matters. Getting to see them share that, getting to see them put their hearts on the line, and getting to see them work so hard to thoughtfully peel back the layers of one another as they connect and feel in the truest way was nothing short of wonderful. And it just made me love them more.

Now I have to say, as a longtime fan of these authors and the words and the world they’ve created, it practically had me giddy getting to dive deeper into the Cobalts. Rose and Connor stole my heart in that very first moment they met each other and pushed each other‘s buttons with their very very smart brains and sharp tongues. And I have been loving them with my whole heart ever since. So getting to see them with their adult children, getting to see the dynamics that play in these sibling relationships and friendships, and also getting to experience the greater world of these characters was everything my heart needed. I could not get enough of the banter, of the quick wit, of the brains at play. I loved getting to see Ben and Harriet navigate through those relationships and dynamics, those interactions and moments. It had me truly consumed in everything I was reading and just loving all of the moments with these characters. Plus, it was just about everything to see so many relationships evolve and heal and just come to be in this book with this whole family. My heart needed that with this group. So so much.

I also just have to say that if there’s one thing you need to know about the Cobalts it’s that they are in this together. Fiercely. Loyally. No matter what. They show up for each other, they will definitely push each other‘s buttons, and they will definitely out win you at any game, but they most of all, will show up. Every. Single. Time. Anywhere they’re needed. With genuine hearts and a definite quick wit. Getting to see that explored and experienced in real time over the course of this book with Ben and Harriet honestly just made me love the Cobalts even more. Their relationships and dynamics may be complicated at times, but never doubt that they are there for one another, and that they will always show up together when it really matters. This book personified that idea and it hit me square in the heart in the best way.

Cobalts. Together. Forever.

I cannot wait to see what the rest of the series brings for them. I truly am already counting down the days to the next moment I am with them all because I could live in their dynamics for the rest of time. Truly. And very happily.

Like I said at the start of this review, if there’s one thing you take away from it, it’s that you need to read this book. You need to experience the pull that is Ben and Harriet. The way they compliment each other. The way they push each other. The way they feel absolutely everything for one another. The way that they turn their world upside down and help each other find which truly real. The way that they just seemingly understand and get each other, but more than that, the way they show up for one another in this book while simultaneously falling head over heels for one another, will have you just melting. And swooning. And feeling the heat and heart and depth and truth of what they share. And honestly, it doesn’t get better than that.

It doesn’t get better than them.

Krista and Becca Ritchie have created the most incredible introduction to a new series that is sure to steal your heart. And all of the rest of your emotions while it’s at it. Ben and Harriet truly deliver an authentic, layered, and emotional story in their book. They had me crying at times, they had me melting at others, and they honestly just had me in awe of what they were feeling and experiencing together. And I just loved it. I loved them. With my whole heart. And I don’t want it back because what these characters so authentically give you with themselves, with each other, with what they share and build together over the course of this book will give you the most incredible reading experience. But more than that it will just give you them, in truest way, while also giving you the most real and authentic love story between these two. I can’t say it enough. You feel what they share in your bones with how these authors allow you to seamlessly interweave yourself into the hearts of these characters, and it’s perfection. It truly is, and I couldn’t have asked for more.

Burn Bright is an effervescent, incredibly and thoughtfully layered, full of amazingness, love story. It is Ben and Harriet through and through. Authentically. Enthusiastically. Unforgettably. It is diving into the deep end of the Cobalts and their empire in the most perfect and memorable way. And it is a a story that is a testament to hard complicated truths, beautiful endless possibilities, and the evolution of love and connection and compassion.

This book perfectly weaves together a romantic story between two people who feel written in the stars. In more ways than one. It is a story of friendship and family and everything in between. It is a story of love. It is a story of hope. It is a story of keeping all the possibilities open. It is a story of vulnerability and very real emotion and experiences. It is a story of hard times and good ones and all the little and big moments in between.

But most of all it is a story of Ben and Harriet.

Two seemingly opposite people who complete each other in ways they didn’t even know were possible. And getting to experience every morsel of a moment you do with these two across this epic introduction to the series is the best reading experience you could ask for. Trust me. I would know. I just spent hundreds and hundreds of pages with those two and I could not be more in love with their characters, their story, and what these authors so authentically and unforgettably created with them together.

It was everything. And more. So much glorious more.

Together, Ben and Harriet and all the Cobalts will absolutely wow you in this Burn Bright. They might also drive you a tad crazy in the best way and have you simultaneously smirking while shaking your head, but that’s part of their charm. (Trust me.) And you will love it. You will love them. You will love every single second of this book. With your whole heart.

I promise you that. 💙

Save Me by K.A. Tucker is now live! 

Save Me is the second book in the highly addictive Wolf Hotel Mermaid Beach series, a spin-off of the Wolf Hotel series.

The last thing I expected to find in Mermaid Beach was love.

Yet, here we are. I, Ronan Lyle, am infatuated with a woman again.

And there is no way in hell I’m losing this one to Henry Wolf.

Some people say I lack purpose.

I’m about to prove them all wrong because my sole purpose in life is to protect Sloane from her billionaire neighbor’s grand plans.

Even if it means my future goes up in flames.

This is the second half of Ronan and Sloane’s story.

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*****5 Absolutely Incredible Stars*****

From the moment I finished Ronan and Sloane’s story in Release Me earlier this summer, I have needed more of the two of them in my life. Those two completely consumed me with everything they had in that book, and that level of consumption and addiction continued in this book because I could not get enough. From the moment I started this book, I could not put it down. I truly meant to just start the book last night, and a few hours later, I was finishing it because I just couldn’t stop reading. I couldn’t stop experiencing everything with these characters. I couldn’t stop living through this fantastic love story between these two. I couldn’t stop loving everything I was getting with them. I just couldn’t stop and more than that, I didn’t want to.

Save Me is the incredible follow up to the first book in this series and it is the perfect conclusion to Ronan and Sloane‘s story. This book gave me everything my heart was hoping for. It definitely had me enraptured in everything they were sharing, and their undeniable connection and pull towards one another. But more than that, it just had me once again in a world of characters that I will never get enough of. K.A. Tucker has fully invested me in everything these two have shared over both of these books, and I cannot tell you enough, how much I absolutely loved every word of their story.

This series and world of characters is surely something special. If you’ve met them, you know that. You know that they are dynamic. You know that they have complicated and funny and real as hell relationships and friendships. You know that there’s just something indescribable about what K.A. Tucker has infused into this world that makes it so alluring. That makes it so Unforgettable. That makes it so you truly cannot get enough. It is addicting. In every way. In every moment. It really is and it’s the best kind of drug being with these characters because you love them and simultaneously can’t get enough of them. You hate them at times. You are blown away by them at others. You are obsessed with them. You are definitely hooked on them and swooning left and right. You’re also laughing your ass off at other times with their back-and-forth and banter.

Simply put, your living and feeling and experiencing everything with them over the course of these two books, the original series, and every moment you get with them….and it’s phenomenal. That combined with the incredible story, has you in it with them in every way, just loving what you’re getting. I felt that through every page of this book and I can’t say it enough. Just like I could say that for every other book, I’ve read with these characters by this author. She truly makes them something special in a way that is completely unique and memorable, and there’s no resisting them.

I promise you that.

Now I don’t want to really reveal too much of what happens in the story because it would really take away from what this book is. Especially because this is the follow up for this couple and you definitely want to experience all of the moments and emotions and feelings and worries and thoughts and everything in between with this couple and all these characters. You deserve that reading experience because it is truly one hell of a reading experience. Like when I tell you, I literally devoured this book because I could not get enough of what these characters gave me in the second book, I mean it with my whole heart. I was addicted. I was consumed. I was fully enraptured. I was invested. I was living and breathing and experiencing it all. And I was completely in love with these characters, what they gave me, what they gave each other, and what they made each other feel and realize over the course of this book.

Getting to experience that as a reader with them as this conclusion to their love story came to life in this book was absolutely everything. It was exactly what I was hoping for and wished for for these characters. It was funny and spicy and just heartfelt and swoony. But more than that, it was just them. It was them fighting for what they wanted, realizing what they truly needed, and sharing all that they could. I couldn’t have asked for more with Ronan and Sloane with what I got with them in this book and over the course of their whole story. It was a story I’ve needed ever since I first met Ronan in the first book in the original series, and it just delivered in every way. It gave me so many new characters to love, it gave me old characters to reminisce and bask with, and it just gave me a fun, spicy, heartfelt, and utterly consuming love story that I absolutely loved every word of.

I have to say that one of my favorite aspects of this book but really this whole duet for this couple was getting to be with the two of them as they realized what they truly wanted. Both of these characters have been through a lot. They’ve been through breakups, people trying to take their businesses and their homes, they’ve been through failed relationships and friendships, they’ve experienced so many ups and downs. But this book and this story really pushed both Ronan and Sloane to think long and hard what they really wanted. What they wanted for themselves, their hearts and their lives, what they wanted for their futures, and what they wanted for those around them. It forced them to have hard conversations with themselves and others. It forced them to realize what was truly there in their hearts. It made them realize what they really felt, and what they were willing to fight for when it truly mattered. It forced them to feel, to truly feel in the realest way and to live in that feeling, no matter how much it might have scared them.

Getting to see that authenticity, that discovery, that vulnerability, that realness with them as they discovered that as it unfolded over both of these books was perfection.

Ronan and Sloane are complicated characters and people in the best way. They’re human. They’re layered. They’re dynamic. There’s so many pieces to them. And I feel like this book especially highlighted that because of what these characters go through, because of what they share, because of what they let themselves feel and give into together. These characters felt so real to me because of how this author developed and created them, because of the connection they shared, and because of the moments I got to experience with them. That made my reading experience with this book. It just had me loving every single second with them because I truly couldn’t stop loving them.

I loved them, flaws and complications and all because they were just true to themselves. They were real. They were honest about their fears and worries and what they felt. They were truthful about being scared out of their minds trying to figure out what came next, especially because it was so different than what they could have ever imagined. They were just themselves through and through, with genuine hearts that felt so much. And no matter what came their way they were so fiercely, loyal and passionate, they had good hearts and intentions, and they felt so much for one another. Getting to be in the heart of that over every moment these characters gave in this book was truly incredible to experience. And it just made my reader heart so happy getting to see and feel and live every moment with them.

Save Me completes the story for Ronan and Sloane, but I think what I loved about it is while it gave a satisfying conclusion to their story, it also leaves many doors and windows open for what could be and what’s to come. And I definitely have hopes that K.A. Tucker will continue to write every character and story and book within this world because I truly can’t say enough how incredible this world of characters are. They’re just encapsulating. They are unique and memorable. They are just the best. Truly. They feel like they’re real people and that you’re friends with them as you watch them live their lives in the world that this author has so unforgettably created. I love that. I love that feel so wholeheartedly connected to every character and story of this world. That truly speaks to what this author infuses and creates with her words that you feel that so deeply and truly.

It really is the best.

This book and the conclusion to this love story was everything. I hoped that it could be for these two. It was another incredible journey with all of these characters and I can’t say enough how much I just loved every single second and moment I read and experience over the course of this book and this entire story. It made me laugh, it definitely had me blushing, it had me melting with what these characters shared and felt together, and it just stole my heart with how real and true they were with each other and themselves as they put it all on the line in this book. Ronan and Sloane definitely both show up ready to give it there all and fight for what could be in this book, and I was here for every single second of it. And so was my heart and all of my feels with what I got with these two. These characters definitely go through a lot, and they definitely make you work for it, but they make it so beyond worth it in every single way. And you will absolutely love another chance at getting to experience the incredibleness that is them and their story and this world.

I can’t say enough good things about Save Me, Release Me, and truly every book in this world, and every book this author has written. She’s one of my favorite authors for a reason. She just puta you in the heart of her stories, gives you memorable and dynamic characters that you are surely not going to forget, she gives you the best moments with them that you live every breath of, and she just gives you unforgettable love stories that you will be invested in in every way. There’s no resisting the effervescent life and love and personality that she infuses into her characters and their stories, and Ronan and Sloane‘s story of the course of these two books was no different. It truly gave me everything and more. And I loved every single second of it.

Release Me & Save Me are the books of the summer for me. They are truly the perfect summer read, they bring all the fiery and flirty and fun vibes, but they also deliver an incredible story that you will feel and love every breath of. You will be completely invested in everything you get with Ronan and Sloane, you will love the antics and memorable moments with all of these characters, but most of all you will just love the genuine and consuming love story you get to experience. These books are the best of everything and you will love them. Every word, every page, every moment. And more.

There truly is no resisting the electric connection and pull between Ronan and Sloane, and you will just LOVE what those two give you with their whole hearts. I know I did. And I already miss those two with my whole heart because they’re just the best. And their story just stole my heart in every way, and I just loved it. I loved it and I loved them so so very much. And I know you will too. I’m pretty sure it’s actually impossible not to love those two and their charming, unforgettable selves. And that’s just part of what makes them the best. End of.

Against All Odds by Corinne Michaels is live! 

When my ex-husband leaves me for the co-star in his movie, moving back to Ember Falls feels like my only option.

Everett Finnegan, my first love and the man I’ve never forgotten, is ready to welcome me with open arms…and an open bed.

But when I find out I’m pregnant with my ex’s baby, my entire world is upended.

My ex doesn’t want the baby, but I plan to rebuild my life as a single mother and figure out how to handle all of this alone.

Except that I don’t seem to be alone―Everett always shows up for me.

I don’t expect him to get mixed up in all my drama―not when he has his own. And I wish he would listen to me when I say we have to stop whatever it is we’re doing.

But he wants me, the baby, and my heart.

So when I’m forced to return to California sooner than planned, I’m devastated.

Everett can’t leave Ember Falls, and I can’t stay.

Saying goodbye to him the first time was hard enough. This time, it just might break me.

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***** 5 Absolutely Incredible Stars *****

I know one thing for sure and two things for certain:
1. Corinne Michaels is one of my all time favorite authors.
2. Against All Odds is one of my favorite books. I’ve read this year.

If you take anything from this review that I’m sure will be so so very long because I have a lot to say about what I LOVED about this book, it should be that you need to read this book this very second. You need to read it, love it, embrace it, and jump heart first into the world of Ember Falls. I promise you that you will not regret jumping into this book with Violet and Everett. They are truly everything and they will steal your heart from the very first pages of this book. I promise you that. That in so much more!

Now it is no secret that this author and this series are two of my favorites. I have read every book by Corinne, Michaels and every book of her has been a five star read. Her books have made me cry, they’ve made me laugh, they’ve made me melt and swoon and blush, but more than that they’ve given me incredible reading experiences that I’ve never forgotten. They’ve given me love stories that are epically, beautiful, and heart touching in every way. They’ve just given me everything and more with her characters. I can still tell you what I felt reading that first book of hers. I can still tell you what I felt reading the 20th book of hers that I had the pleasure of reading. And I can definitely tell you what I felt reading Against All Odds because I love this book with my whole heart. It made me love everything with these characters, it completely immersed me in their beautiful love story, and it just reminded me over and over again why this author is one of my all-time favorites.

Two of my favorite tropes on this planet are second chance romance and whoopsie baby plots. So when those two incredible tropes get to be combined into a book, I’m sold. Throw in the fact that one of my favorite authors ever is writing those tropes and combining it with a small town magic that I love so much about her books? Well, I am there and I am LOVING it. And honestly? That’s just scratching the surface of what I loved about this book with Everett and Violet. Those two are the definition of two people who are so inherently right for each other and finally get the chance to see that second chance through at the exact right time. This book definitely throws some curveballs at them, but they are determined to do it together, to show each other that a second chance as possible, that this is their time, and to finally get the happily ever after that they both so deserve.

Now I have to give it to Corinne Michaels because just when I think I have found my favorite hero of hers, she goes and throws another one at me and I’m torn at who I love most. I mean I’m not really torn because I like collecting boyfriends like it’s my job, and this author truly has a talent of making me fall in love with the heroes of her world. And Everett Finnegan was definitely the hero in this book and boy did I love him. With my whole heart. I melted over the acts of service that man was bound into determined to give to Violet. But more than that I just loved how much he loved Violet, how determined he was to show her that this was the place that she was meant to be in and that he was destined to be part of her life. I loved how much he showed up for those he cared and loved about. I loved how he was willing to wait for her no matter what. I loved how much he just loved her with his whole heart and everything that came from her because that love was pure and real and absolutely beautiful. I just loved how generous and kind and funny of a man he was and I was just smitten through this whole book. I mean that man had me in tears, melting at others, and just absolutely loving him from start to finish in this book. I really can’t say that enough.

He is definitely my new favorite hero from the world of Ember Falls (don’t worry Miles, I still love you!) and I truly cannot say enough, how much this man swept my heart and Violet’s heart off their feet while reading this book. There is no resisting that man. And you will just bask in the moments with him as you see his vulnerability, as you see his determination and generosity firsthand, and as you see him willing to do whatever it takes to be with a woman he knows is his soulmate.

Now Violet is her own force to be reckoned with, and my heart went to her from the very first page of this book. There is a true honesty and depth that you get with her character that pulls you in fiercely, that has you loving her adamantly, and in every way, and that shows you that she has been through it. She has a heart of gold that girl. She is a woman who has always felt in a way like an afterthought. Like she’s in the shadows, like she’s not the first choice. And she has the trust issues to prove it. When her trust is broken once again and she is sent reeling, she goes to the only place that has ever felt like home, the small and incredible town of Ember Falls. What she finds in that town is not only a place to take some deep breaths and regroup, but the man who stole her heart over a decade ago. Right next door. Her feelings for Everett are still right there, and very very real, but she’s scared of taking a chance and reopening the doors to her heart once again.

Over the course of this book, the connection you feel to Violet strengthens as she puts the pieces of herself and her heart back together, as she tries to make sense of all of the emotions that are thrown her way, and as she navigate an unexpected path she didn’t plan on finding herself on. What I loved about Violet’s character is that not only was she’s so real and genuine, but I found her and her story to be so easy to connect to. Her trust issues, her vulnerability, and her reluctance to risk something if it’s not real or permanent, or something that I connected to in every way while reading her story and journeying through those emotions with her. I myself have not had the experiences she had, but with the way this author wrote her character and her journey, I understood and felt and breathed and lived every breath of what her character went through. I got it and I got her and I just felt completely with her in this story rooting for her with all my heart because that girl deserves the best.

She deserves the best of everything. My heart could not have been happier in this book getting to see Everett show up for her and show her that she is the only choice for him, seeing him show her that they were meant to be, and showing her that she was always meant to be in the light basking in the love of those around her. (Especially his…and especially the love of her people in Ember Falls.)

Everett and Violet are definitely the best kind of second chance romance. Those two have a fiery connection, there are so much heart between them, and that love is right there on the surface from the moment they reunited. They have their fair share of hard conversations and things they must figure out, but through it all there is something so right and true about the two of them. You feel that in your bones reading this book. You feel it in the moments they show up for each other. You show it in those easy moments of laughter and jokes. You feel it in those heavier moments of emotions and vulnerable moments. You feel it in the hard truths and in the ease of the two of them together and the rightness of what could be for them. Do you feel it in the moment where they literally cannot keep their hands off of one another and that fire ignites off the pages of this book. You feel it in every breath of what they share, and it adds to the feeling you have while reading this book that they have to find their way.

These two are truly 2 halves of the same whole and they complete each other. They are meant to be. They are meant to take the second chance together and getting to see them do just that in this book was absolutely everything. They are the personification of first loves realizing that their love is the love they were always meant to have and hold onto.

Now it is also no secret that the world of Ember Falls is truly my happy place. This small town is firmly where I want to live out my days. Because there is magic in the town limits of this place. Let me tell you. Because the characters of this world, the friendships and the found family that all of these characters have created together is absolutely incredible. The way these characters show up for each other, the way they poke fun at each other in the best way, and the way they also have such shared history with one another is absolutely amazing to experience. They personify the idea that you don’t have to share blood to be family and to show up and mean it. With every breath in your body. That idea was solidified again and again in this book. Combine that with towns people who know everything about you, those hilarious group text threads, and the fact that this town is just something special makes this series one that I never want to have end.

Truly.

It will be a sad day for me when I’m no longer in the world of these characters in these books because Ember Falls Virginia is truly a special place. Corinne Michaels knows how to write a small town. She is the queen of that in my opinion. She embodies the magic of a small town, the magic of connection and friendship, and the way that people show up for each other in those places. She also perfectly captures the essence of what it’s like to live in a place that is so special and that is truly like a character in and of itself. And all well doing that, she gives you the most beautiful and epic love story that will truly steal your heart. If that doesn’t make a must read small town romance, then I don’t know what does.

Against All Odds is one of my top reads of the year. This book was everything my heart needed. It’s like the world knew I needed a second chance romance with a whoopsie baby plot by one of my favorite authors, and Boy did all of that come to fruition in this book. I loved every second. I got with these characters. From the moment I started this book, I didn’t move because I just literally read this book. I read it. I felt it. I lived it with these characters. And I relished in the two of them getting a second chance at what could be.

The second chance that Violet and Everett share in this book is absolutely breathtaking. It is beautiful and emotional on every level and it just shows that sometimes the right time finally comes around for the right people. Everett and Violet are the definition of the two most perfect people for one another finally getting that chance at that happily ever after and what was meant to be, and it is absolutely everything getting to be in the thick of that over the course of this book.

The two of them have been through it, they each have their complications and flaws, but over the course of this book they help each other heal and put the pieces of their hearts back together again. They help each other see the light and find their way back to one another. They help each other embrace what has always been between them, and what they know in the deepest parts of their hearts: that they are meant to be. Their love and connection with one another is beautiful, real, and very deeply felt. You will love getting to see the two of them fight like hell to see if second chances truly do exist. (And spoiler alert, they really do. And they’re fucking amazing…especially with Violet & Everett.)

I truly can’t say enough good things about this book and how much I loved it. It is no secret that I love this world of characters, and that I’m a huge fan of this author. And this book just solidified that love even more. I was blown away by what I got with these characters, every moment from laughing and spooning and tearing up at the emotions and blushing from the spice of it all, but more than that, I was just in love with the love. I loved the love that Violet and Everett shared, and I loved getting to see them, put the pieces of themselves and their hearts back together again page by page in this book.

The way they showed up for each other, the way they were honest with each other, the way they just understood and got each other fully through everything that came their way was outstanding. It was perfection. It was what my heart didn’t even know it needed. I could not have loved those two more and what they gave me in this book, and getting to be with them as they put in the hard work, as they felt it all, and as they built the family that they both so desperately wanted and needed…was nothing short of wonderful.

Against All Odds is a small town, second chance, romance perfection that you need to read this very second. Like I said at the start of this review, if you take anything away from everything, I’ve said here it’s that you need to read this book. You need to experience the beauty of the love story between Everett and Violet and their second chance at it all. You need to experience this magical, small town and the friend group that will give you life in the best way. You need to experience these two characters finally getting the chance with the person who was always meant to be theirs all along. You just need to experience this incredible, emotional, and unforgettable love story.

What Violet and Everett share is more than I could even ever capture in words, so just trust me when I say that you need to read this book and experience the beauty of this love story for yourself. Right this instant. I promise that you will love getting to see those two find love again with one another, and you will relish and bask in the heart of it all. They are truly meant to be and you will absolutely LOVE getting to experience that and more with them over the course of their second chance love story.

Release Me by K.A. Tucker is now live! 

Release Me is the first book in the highly addictive Wolf Hotel Mermaid Beach series, a spin-off of the Wolf Hotel series.

I may not know much, but I am an expert in two things:

Heartbreak.

And hedonism.

I’ve been chasing escape from one bed to the next, finding distraction in all the wrong places.

Like with my roommate’s sister.

And my billionaire boss’s lover.

You could say I’m lucky in lust but very unlucky in the other L-word.

By the time I arrive in Mermaid Beach, Florida, I’ve decided I’m done with flings. I’m over chasing women I can’t have.

Until I meet Sloane Parker, the woman who has made it her mission to ruin the new Wolf Hotel.

A hotel I’m supposed to help manage, by the way. Yeah. Me, Ronan Lyle, Director of Facilities.

Don’t you dare laugh.

I don’t need another forbidden woman in my life, especially one who could derail my future.

But what I want? That’s a totally different story.

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Release Me is a spin-off story set in the highly addictive Wolf Hotel world from Internationally Bestselling Author, K.A. Tucker.

What to Expect:

Playboy

Bad Boy/Good Girl

Close Proximity

Secret Hookups

Business Rivals

Starting Over

Forbidden Romance

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*****5 Utterly Consuming Stars*****

The Wolf Hotel Series by KA Tucker is a series that I have been obsessed with since the moment I devoured it years ago. I still think about those books. I still think about those characters, that world, and all of the consuming and addicting feelings that that world, and those characters and every moment with them made me feel. And one of those characters that I have not stopped, loving since the very first moment I met him, was Ronan.

Because that man is in a league of his own.

Don’t get me wrong, I am a Henry Wolf girlie till the day I die, but there is something beyond damn special about Ronan. There is something SO unforgettable about Ronan. There is something utterly consuming and soul touching about Ronan. There is an undeniable, palpable, incredibly layered level of personality and fire about Ronan. Ronan is just Ronan. If you have met him, you love him. There is no if ands or buts about that because that man truly is set apart. There is something so alluring about him, something that you cannot get enough of, something that pulls you in no matter what direction you’re going. And honestly, that’s just part of what scratches the surface of what makes him such an incredibly dynamic and layered and unforgettable character that will steal your whole heart.

Ever since falling in love with him in the original series, I have needed his book. That novella, which now opens the start of this book, was the cherry on top that made me desperate for more with him. And I have to say that the more I got with him in this book was everything I didn’t even know I was missing in my life. Because this book and getting back into his headspace, and getting back into this world is everything my heart needed. This book was consuming. I read it in one sitting. It was fiery, it was unforgettable, it was captivating. It was tangible with its tension and connection between these characters, but more than it pulled my heart in to every bit of these characters. Yes, it was hot as hell, yes, there was so much glorious buildup between these characters, but more than that there was such a realness to them that had my heart in every breath of this book.

And I am already counting down the days to the next installment because I need it like I need my next breath.

This book takes you to the new world of Mermaid Beach and to another Wolf Hotel opening, and I have to say the way that this author totally encapsulate she was in this world is truly on another level. There is no way you can’t help but be enamored by this world, the dynamics of it, and all of the characters that make it what it is. It was giving me total flashbacks of what made me fall in love with the original series reading this book. I think this author hits the perfect balance of hitting those notes that made you fall in love with this world in the first place with the original series, while also showing you that this is a brand new world, with new rules, new characters, and lots of new feelings and relationships.

This new series, this new world, and this new set of characters mixed in with those fan favorites from the original series will definitely have you obsessed with everything you’re reading. I promise you that. I literally could not put this book down. I was beyond obsessed with getting back into Ronan‘s head, getting back with all of my other favorite characters from this world, while also getting to know Sloane. The world of this book is definitely fiery, memorable, and the steaks are high. You feel that through every page of this book and this author invests you in all of that, and in all of these characters. I cannot say that enough. You will get it all with them. Every high, every low, every moment of buildup, every moment of glorious tension, every moment of fire and connection, and every moment where you wonder where in the world these characters are going to go and what they’re going to do next.

In this book, you get the perfect balance of forbidden romance, fiery connection and tension, breaking of all the rules, and so many doors opening that you will be chomping at the bit to find out what happens next. Ronan and Sloane definitely break all the rules in this book, and I was here for every second of it. He is the new director of the hotel that is trying to take over the only home she’s ever known. She is a feisty business owner trying to hold on with all she can to her business, her Home, and to the semblance of normal she has, but she is not prepared for Ronan and the things that he makes her feel.

These two should not work on paper. They are definitely enemy number one to each other, but there is something that keeps pulling them back that they can’t get enough of. They feel a whole hell of a lot for each other, And the connection between them is palpable. Over the course of this book you get to see the two of them weighed their way through every bit of their complicated feelings and connection, and it is truly everything.

I could not get enough of what these two were doing to each other. They definitely make each other question everything, while also feeling absolutely everything. There is something very real and raw about the two of them. And I loved getting to be in the thick of it with them as they tried to figure out what the hell that meant for the two of them. Their feelings are complicated, their decisions aren’t easy ones, and this book and it’s events definitely for the two of them to make some hard choices and face some hurdles that they were not prepared for.

I loved getting to be in the thick of that tension with them because I just was an enamored by the two of them, I was invested in every bit of what they were sharing. I already need every new moment with them because I love these two with my whole heart and I want them to get their happily ever after. I need it. Like I NEED it. I think that speaks to what this author creates with these characters right from the start that I feel that so strongly and deeply, and that that level of connection was built from the first book and what I know will be another incredible series.

I will warn you that this book does end on a cliffhanger, but I have no doubt that it will be beyond worth it because this author has shown that every book that she writes, and every new installment to this world is perfection and beyond worth it. I have loved this world for a very long time and being back with it is everything. It is a series that is addicting, that is romance driven, that packs fire and humor and heart and romance and so many layers to it, while giving you memorable characters that you won’t be able to get enough of. I am wholeheartedly invested in Ronan and Sloane’s love story, while also invested in this world as a whole. I want all of the stories from this series and being back with these characters, being back within this world, and just getting everything that this author creates in this spinoff series is truly perfection!

Release Me was the perfect introduction to the spinoff series that I cannot wait for more of. If you were a fan of the original series, you will absolutely love this book and getting to dive deep into Ronan‘s love story that we have all been waiting for. And this first installment of it with him and Sloane and all the other incredible and unforgettable characters of this series, is absolutely amazing. It will definitely leave you on the edge of your seat, desperate for more, and you will love it.

Plus, getting to be back in the world of characters that first swept you into this illustrious series, will make your heart happy. I know it made my heart be beyond happy. Getting to see Connor and Henry and Abbi and all of the other incredible characters from the original series just adds to what makes this new series so fantastic. Getting to see how these relationships and friendships have evolved, how they strengthened, how they’ve continued will definitely have you laughing your ass off at times, feeling all the connection at others, but also knowing that these characters truly are a complicated found family of sorts that do show up for one another and push each other when it truly matters. And getting to be back in the thick of that dynamic with all of them? Well, it’s just the best. The actual best.

I am literally sitting here, writing this review just thinking about what I read with these characters, thinking about how much I already need everything with them, and I could not be more invested. I am obsessed, I am hooked, and I am desperate for what will come next. And that is just scratching the surface of what KA Tucker creates in this book. I love it so damn much and I can’t say it enough. She has created that palpable magic and connection again in this first book and I am here for it. I am here for all of it and I cannot wait for more!

I truly can’t say enough good things about this book, or what I got with Ronan and Sloane. This book encapsulates you with an addictive, fiery, and unforgettable world that is filled to the brim with complicated business dealings, forbidden relationships, and a level of connection you won’t experience in any other series. This world is truly addicting and I cannot wait for more. I am so beyond eager to see what this author has planned for Ronan and Sloane and the rest of these characters as this series unfolds. There are definitely some hard decisions and moments coming their way, especially with what was set up in this book, and I’m here for all of it.

I am invested in their relationship, I am rooting for their happily ever after, but more than that I am just counting down the minutes until I can get back in their heads and their hearts because I love both of their characters with my whole heart. That is a true testament to what this author creates that I feel that so much as I’m sitting here writing this review, and I cannot wait until the moment I’m back with all of these characters because my heart is ready. Plus I really need to see how they are going to figure it all out because I really really need them to do that because what Ronan and Sloane share is undeniable, and I am here for watching their dynamic and their relationship build over the course of this series.

This introduction to this spinoff series was the actual best and I cannot say enough good things about it. I am obsessed with this love story, with these characters, and I cannot wait for more. I will be counting down the days to the next installment in this series, and I have no doubt that this author will continue to wow me at every turn with what she creates in this love story because she has done that in every single incredible book that I’ve ever had the pleasure of reading from her. And this book was no different.

Meet K.A. Tucker

K.A. Tucker writes captivating stories with an edge.

She is the internationally bestselling author of over thirty books, including Ten Tiny Breaths, The Simple Wild, and the Fate & Flame series, Until It Fades, Say You Still Love Me, and Keep Her Safe. Her books have been featured in national publications including USA Today, Globe & Mail, Suspense Magazine, Publisher’s Weekly, Oprah Mag, and First for Women.

K.A. Tucker lives outside of Toronto. When she’s not writing, you can find her reading recipes she’ll never make or chasing rabbits away from her hostas. 

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