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Stripped Down

Mae Harden

3.77 AVERAGE

auburnedge's review

3.0

This is straight sm*t. Do with that knowledge what you will.
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amysbooksnthings's review

3.5

Loved the meet cute for Brooks and Olive! This was a quick, steamy read with a dirty talkin' hero who was obsessed with the heroine. Olive had a great family and they provided some extra laughs - this was overall just a good time.
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farrenb's review

4.0
lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No

kelsielynn0625's review

2.0
funny lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

proud_book_nerd's review

4.0

Blushing cute and stripped down love

I've been meaning to dive into this series for a bit now. The 4th book of 5 released today... I'm catching up.

Can I just say the things that come out of Brooks' mouth are just hawt!! I think we all want a good guy whose a bit possessive and knows just what to say to make us melt!!!

Olive is someone I think we can all identify with. She's a little bit shy, insecure and has her bold moments.

The meet-cute in this book is just laugh-out-loud funny. Watching them navigate the small miscommunications in life, makes their journey sweet and worth it. I have a feeling I'm going to love getting to know these siblings.
lighthearted relaxing fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Cute, but incredibly low-conflict romance. A hot alpha man. A basically insta-love/insta-lust story. Hot and interesting sex scenes. But I ended up skimming several scenes, and was left disappointed by the story overall.
I enjoyed the first part of the book, but once the couple became a couple, I was left waiting for literally any type of conflict for the main characters. We move from non-event to non-event where very little happens. They think about banging, they bang, and then we move to the next set piece for roughly 130 pages. If that is your sort of thing, then I would absolutely recommend this book.
I was disappointed with this novel, but I would consider reading other titles by this author. Just maybe something in a different series.
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a_romance_a_day's review

4.0

Olive and Brooks meet at a hotel on the night of Olive’s friend’s bachelorette party where the girls are quite noisy acting like WOOO girls. Brooks comes over to ask them to quiet down and turns into a little bit of a stripper for the night

samtom23's review

4.0

really enjoyed this sweet and sexy book! can I have my own Brooks please?

bookcaseandcoffee's review

5.0

This book starts with a wild sexy Meet Cute. By 10% in this book was steaming up and leading to all sorts of expectations and it delivered! The sinful delights of this book are not limited to just the bakery..
Olive Donovan is having a great night! Her best friend Chelsea is getting married and they're enjoying a rowdy Bachelorette party. A knock at the door of their hotel room signals that the entertainment portion of the Party has arrived! Sort of….

Brooks Davidson is a man with a plan. Annoyed at bunch of rowdy people, he is headed next door to tell them to quiet down. Not part of the plan... the most beautiful woman he's ever seen opening the door. Him semi stripping to Bon Jovi just to get them to settle down. And absolutely not part of giving his green-eyed goddess a hotter than sin kiss goodnight!
The morning after brings Olive and Brooks face to face. Olive is his newest client… Brooks is the contractor she is hiring to build a new addition to her bakery.
Their fire is doused when Brooks gob smacked by seeing Olive again tells Olive the kiss was a mistake and she practically dared him to do it. Embarrassed and a whole lot of pissed off Olive shuts him down stating for him to just keep things professional while they work together on her bakery's renovation.
This story is equally sweet and super steamy buckets of dirty talk that just keeps things hot! I was hooked from the beginning. Olive and Brooks are just the perfect blend of romantic book magic! Steam level of this book is off the charts. I seriously needed a fan to cool off! The cast of supporting characters just lead to the depth of the story. And really Brooks Davidson is the perfect Alphalicious book boyfriend dreams are made of!!


Stripped Down is a completely fun, sexy, and highly entertaining! This is a debut offering from the author. There is a few story inconstancies that come with it being a first novel taking that in to account this is still a 4.5/5 star read and I can not wait until I get my hands on her next book!
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sanukipityreads's review

4.0
funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No

Well written fast and steamy