{REVIEW} AFFIRMATION (LEGAL AFFAIRS #6) by SAWYER BENNETT

Series: Legal Affairs #6
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Publisher: Big Dog Books
Publication Date: 3/21/14
Format: eARC
Source: Author
Rating: 5 stars



Things are off, and I can’t quite put my finger on it. Some things, however, are the same. For example, the sex with Matt is just as nuclear and consistent as it always has been.

Still… I feel like I’m holding onto Matt with my fingertips, like he’s on the verge of slipping away and I don’t know what to do.

When I started these Legal Affairs, I had no way of knowing the depth of feeling that would become involved. I had no way of knowing this man could shatter my existence.

I don’t want to be hurt, so I’m grasping hard and I can only hope that he wants me enough to hang on just as tight.

So. The Legal Affairs series has reached its conclusion with Affirmation and WOW...it went out on a hot, blazing, infuriating and sweet note.

I'm not sure if I've ever been so infuriated, yet so in love with a story as I was with Affirmation. Generally, when I'm as frustrated with a main character as I was Matt Connover, I just don't rate a book so highly. It may not be fair, but how can I love a book when a character infuriates me so much? I can't quite pinpoint the difference this time, other than noting that Sawyer Bennett is a manipulative genius with a knack for pushing me straight to the edge, then pulling me back with a change of heart (on Matt's part) or an epic smack down (from Mac).

Of course the big question of Affirmation is: Will Matt and Mac get their happy ending? I'm sure most will assume the answer, but I promise you, the story we get is a rough, emotional throat-punch, with a strong dose of sexy thrown throughout. It was a great, great ending, one that kept me on my toes until the very end.

The Legal Affairs series is a damn good use of the serial novella format. With it's humor, snark, sexiness, and angst, I highly recommend this series.

Favorite Quote

  "You are like the perfect fucking woman," he says reverently, but also with good cheer, because he's getting ready to feel really, really good too.
  "No, I'm not," I remind him, because otherwise, this wouldn't be our last time together. "But I'm damn close, so get your ass on this bed and get into position."


  "I need you, Mac," he says with a shaky voice. "I need your smile, your touch, and your wit. I need your tenderness, your brilliance, and your common sense. I need you to be my champion, and I need you to want to come home to me every night. I need all of those things...desperately. I think I might die without them."

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About the author

USA Today Best-Selling author, Sawyer Bennett, is a snarky southern woman and reformed trial lawyer who decided to finally start putting on paper all of the stories that were floating in her head. She is married to a mobster (well, a market researcher) and they have two big, furry dogs who hog the bed. Sawyer would like to report she doesn't have many weaknesses but can be bribed with a nominal amount of milk chocolate.

 

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BLOG TOUR: TEACHING WILLOW: SESSION 2 by PAIGE JAMES

 

 

I am excited to be participating in the tour for Teaching Willow: Session 2 by Paige James. Check out my mini-review, teasers and the tour giveaway.

 

 

 

 

Series: Teaching Willow: Session 1
Author: Paige James
Publication Date: 4/8/14
Hosted by: Wordsmith Publicity

 

 

Teaching Willow

Infatuated. That’s how it began.

Desperate. That’s when it escalated.

Addicted. That’s what I’ve become.

Just when I think that I’ve discovered the one thing I wouldn’t do for Ebon, the one extreme to which I would not go, I find myself exceeding it. Looking back with regret, looking forward with dread, and living the now like it’s all I’ve got.

Because it is.

It’s pure bliss. It’s unimaginable hell. It’s all I know, all I want to know. A runaway train that I can’t stop, one that I don’t really want to.

But disaster is coming. It will turn sweet into bitter, deception into devastation. Perfection into wreckage.

Ruin. That’s what’s coming.

Ruin.

 

 

 

 

Teaching Willow is such a cool serial, and I'm glad I gave it a try.

Willow and Ebon's story is sexy and mysterious, and yeah, a little twisty. I'm torn between wanting to have a serious talk with Willow, and giving her a high-five. In this installment, though, it's clear that Ebon has some dark secrets himself. And they have nothing to do with the Masters sisters.

This installment made me feel just as conflicted as the first, but James has a great way of selling me on the ambiguity of her characters. Teaching Willow: Session 2 was twisty and very sexy, but that ending... oh boy, Willow's world-and Ebon's- is about to blow up. I love it!

 

 

Giveaway

 

2- $25 Amazon gift cards 

 a Rafflecopter giveaway

 

 

 

 

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{FRISKY FALL SATURDAYS} ABLAZE (FIRESIDE #1) by MORGANA BLACK

Summer is over, but just because the temperature is dropping, doesn't mean we have to stop reading scorching hot books! Frisky Fall Saturdays is a weekly post dedicated to sexy stories. Feel free to join in. (let us know so we can add a link to your post) As those leaves start piling up in the yard, ignore them and pick up a sexy book!

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Series: Fireside #1
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Publisher: Self-Published
Publication Date: 1/12/13
Format: ebook
Pages: 26
Source: Received from publicist for review
Rating: 2.5 stars

Cheyenne is planning the perfect weekend with her partner to be Collin. But when the weather turns ugly she finds herself trapped in a cabin with dangerously attractive Luke, one of her father’s ranch hands. When the power goes out Luke and Cheyenne make the decision to keep each other warm, in more ways than one.

Set in a cabin in Colorado during a snowstorm, Ablaze is a teeny tiny story. Chapter-sized, really. But that's okay because I knew what I was getting when I accepted it for review. So I can't seriously complain about the length, can I?

But on the other hand, the shortness leave me without a lot to say without my review ending up longer than the story. I personally enjoy serials from time-to-time, though I know a lot of readers do not. I think if you go into Ablaze realizing that it is only twenty-six pages, it is a series, and you won't have a tidy ending, then you might enjoy it. It does contain a good set-up, and given more time with the characters, I might become invested in their story.

As promised in the blurb, Luke and Cheyenne do keep one another nice and toasty in the midst of a brutal snowstorm, and yes this involves sex. The scene was fitting for their situation, though felt a bit rushed. The chemistry between them was nice, but I seriously wish I had more to say on the subject.

Ablaze does end on a cliffhanger between Luke and Cheyenne. And though I don't feel especially compelled to pick the next installment up right away, I may eventually want find out what happens next.



Favorite Quote:

  My confidence got the best of me. "Time to take those off I think," I said with a snide smile.
  He laughed, "For someone who seemed so stuck up, you're damn good at letting loose."
  I licked my lips and smiled, "You make me good at it."   ~ebook, 89%

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