The Bronze Horseman Paullina Simons
Bared To You Sylvia Day
Fifty Shades Trilogy E.L. James
Thoughtless S.C. Stephens
Slammed Colleen Hoover
On The Island Tracey Garvis Graves
Sempre J.M. Darhower
Beautiful Disaster Jamie McGuire
Love Unscripted Tina Reber
Mystery Man Kristen Ashley
Take This Regret A.L. Jackson
Wallbanger Alice Clayton
Hopeless Colleen Hoover
The Sweet Gum Tree Katherine Allred
Back To You Priscilla Glenn
Flat-Out Love Jessica Park
The Sea of Tranquility Katja Millay
Captive In The Dark CJ Roberts
When We Collide A.L. Jackson
The Edge of Never J.A. Redmerski
Seduction and Snacks Tara Sivec
The Mighty Storm Samantha Towle
Overview:
Trudy Bennett and Jake Whethers were best friends from tots to teenagers. Jake’s father was a brute of a man and his mother weak and Jake spent a lot of time at the Bennett household where both kids learned to love music at the guidance of Trudy’s father, a musician himself. At the age of 14, Jake was moved to New York. Tru wrote to him and called him but over time gave up when she had no response. Fast forward several years and Jake Whethers is now an international rockstar and Tru is a music journalist for a small magazine who scores one of the first post rehab interviews with Jake on his come back tour.
Jake’s band member and best friend, Johnny, killed himself driving high and drunk. The death drove the already unstable Jake around the bend, culminating in Jake urinating on stage during a Japanese concert. It was Jake’s wake up call and he’s now determined to tour with his band to honor Johnny’s memory.
Even though the story is told in the first person, the reader knows instantly that Jake is not only excited to have Tru back in his life, but he’ll do just about anything to keep her there. He doesn’t care that she has a long time boyfriend. He doesn’t care that he is going on tour. Instead, he decides he is going to have a biography of his life done and Tru is going to write it. Some faint nods towards the ethically questionable nature of this are given but neither Tru nor her editor really belabor it. Jake certainly doesn’t care.
The first part of the book is Tru trying to resist Jake’s advances. She knows she wants him but she also cares for her boyfriend and she’s not willing to throw away two years of a good relationship to be a fling of Jake’s.
Tru’s dilemma provided most of the emotional agnst for the first 40% of the book and when she does fall into Jake’s bed, it seems only inevitable. Fortunately, I felt that she handled the situation as best as possible without unnaturally dragging out the infidelity which I was worried would happen. The second half of the conflict involved Tru being concerned about whether she wanted to actually live Jake’s life which was privacy free and involved the constant presence of bodyguards and cameras.
Because the book is written in first person, the sex scenes are quite verbal which is why, in part, the sexiness is ratcheted up. I’ve never been a fan of the first person erotic romance stories but perhaps I’ve gotten used to them or the ones in the past just weren’t as good, but the love scenes in The Mighty Storm are as good as a third person story. Maybe it’s the graphic language. The during sex dialogue or just the high emotional level of the story.
In Flight R. K. Lilley
Ten Tiny Breaths K.A. Tucker
VAIN Fisher Amelie
Wounded Jasinda Wilder
Find You In The Dark A. Meredith Walters
Wait For You J. Lynn
Dirty Megan Hart
Crash Nicole Williams
Butterfly Tattoo Deidre Knight
Rock Me Cherrie Lynn
Play it Safe Kristen Ashley
Heaven and Hell Kristen Ashley
Down To You M. Leighton
At Peace Kristen Ashley
Rock Chick Kristen Ashley
Pushing The Limits Katie McGarry
The Secret of Ella and Micha Jessica Sorensen
Falling Into You Jasinda Wilder
Fallen Too Far Abbi Glines
The Education of Sebastian Jane Harvey Berrick
The Final Piece Maggi Myers
The Reluctant Dom Tymber Dalton
Playing for Keeps R.L. Matthewson
The Gamble Kristen Ashley
Collision Course S.C. Stephens
The Redhead series Alice Clayton
Damaged Goods Lauren Gallagher
Bone Deep Bonnie Dee
I Love You To Death Natalie Ward
Connected Kim Karr
ENJOYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!
Sincerelyours
And Blessed Are The Ones Who Care For Their Fellow Men!
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