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Black Ties and White Lies by Kat Singleton
I finished Black Ties & White Lies by Kat Singleton.
It’s live and you can download it straight away on KU!
Margo Moretti, minding her business and working hard to pay the bills.
In walks Beckham Sinclair and messes it all up. He has a proposition.
Forced to clean up his image by the board of his company, he asks Margo to be his fake girlfriend and then fake fiancée. She crazily agrees, even though at one time she was his younger brother, Carter’s girlfriend. To do this she will become his new PA and love to New York. Well, she agrees and goes for it.
You’d think because she had her heart broken by one Sinclair brother, she would risk her simple happy life for the other brother.
But when do the lines blur from fake to real.
Can she admit it, more so can he admit it.
From the word go this book had me pulled in. Love the characters, moody and slightly grumpy Beck and artistic and happy Margo make me want to read more of the book.
It’s simply a great read and would happily read it again.
The obvious cat and mouse game between them and the lust filled looks Beck gives to Margo, I was excited to see how their fake romance progressed and I wasn’t disappointed.
It’s live and you can download it straight away on KU!
Margo Moretti, minding her business and working hard to pay the bills.
In walks Beckham Sinclair and messes it all up. He has a proposition.
Forced to clean up his image by the board of his company, he asks Margo to be his fake girlfriend and then fake fiancée. She crazily agrees, even though at one time she was his younger brother, Carter’s girlfriend. To do this she will become his new PA and love to New York. Well, she agrees and goes for it.
You’d think because she had her heart broken by one Sinclair brother, she would risk her simple happy life for the other brother.
But when do the lines blur from fake to real.
Can she admit it, more so can he admit it.
From the word go this book had me pulled in. Love the characters, moody and slightly grumpy Beck and artistic and happy Margo make me want to read more of the book.
It’s simply a great read and would happily read it again.
The obvious cat and mouse game between them and the lust filled looks Beck gives to Margo, I was excited to see how their fake romance progressed and I wasn’t disappointed.
Savage Sins by Sarah Bale
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Oh my. Seriously couldn’t put this down. Jafar is married to her best friend, Jasmine. He is important in Manhattan. Ellie dislikes him, or that’s what she keeps telling herself. Over and over and over.
Constantly reminded that Jasmine is very giving and Ellie is the one gaining from their friendship, Ellie is too quiet and doesn’t want to fight and argue so let’s everyone walk all over her. Dru, her step sister is no better, doesn’t hide her dislike Ellie and of how she doesn’t take care of herself as she’s not slim and trim like them.
But the story takes me to places nobody needs to be, I feel so much for poor Ellie. And the cliffhanger at the end. This book has me on edge. What an ending. No spoilers for me, release day is almost here so make sure to grab your copy when it’s out.
Thank you Sarah Bale for entrusting me with an arc copy. I thoroughly enjoyed it, have hardly done anything today due to reading it.
Constantly reminded that Jasmine is very giving and Ellie is the one gaining from their friendship, Ellie is too quiet and doesn’t want to fight and argue so let’s everyone walk all over her. Dru, her step sister is no better, doesn’t hide her dislike Ellie and of how she doesn’t take care of herself as she’s not slim and trim like them.
But the story takes me to places nobody needs to be, I feel so much for poor Ellie. And the cliffhanger at the end. This book has me on edge. What an ending. No spoilers for me, release day is almost here so make sure to grab your copy when it’s out.
Thank you Sarah Bale for entrusting me with an arc copy. I thoroughly enjoyed it, have hardly done anything today due to reading it.
Offside by Avery Keelan
emotional
hopeful
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
My first ice hockey story and I just love the main characters, Chase Carter and Bailey James.
Chase plays for the Falcons team, is damn good at his game and lots of other things if you listen to gossip. But nobody tells you what a sweet and thoughtful human being he is.
Bailey has been a long time lover of the sport. Her and her brother, Derek, have skated since they could walk but money couldn’t put them both through with ice hockey and so Derek was the one to carry on and Bailey was still obssessed and went onto to study journalism, sports being her subject.
It all hits the fan when Luke breaks up with her on her 21st birthday and she finds her house friends aren’t really her friends after all. He’s a ice hockey player too and plays on the same team as Derek. She’s lucky she has other friends and comes across Chase one night, him not knowing who she is, is taken by her beauty almost instantly. She decides she hates him, but he’s kinda hot.
What’s going to happen between them?
‘Fraternising with the enemy is definitely out of the question. Except this enemy is impossible to resist’
You just have to read this book to find out more.
I love Dallas and Shiv, Chase and Bailey.
Luke is a character which I dislike and Kristen isn’t far behind.
Lots of details about ice hockey and I felt the author knew her way round the game. It wasn’t too much info and I needed the detail as it got me excited to know what was going to go on next.
The cover is bloody stunning too. 🔥🔥.
Thank you @averykeelan for a fabulous book.
Chase plays for the Falcons team, is damn good at his game and lots of other things if you listen to gossip. But nobody tells you what a sweet and thoughtful human being he is.
Bailey has been a long time lover of the sport. Her and her brother, Derek, have skated since they could walk but money couldn’t put them both through with ice hockey and so Derek was the one to carry on and Bailey was still obssessed and went onto to study journalism, sports being her subject.
It all hits the fan when Luke breaks up with her on her 21st birthday and she finds her house friends aren’t really her friends after all. He’s a ice hockey player too and plays on the same team as Derek. She’s lucky she has other friends and comes across Chase one night, him not knowing who she is, is taken by her beauty almost instantly. She decides she hates him, but he’s kinda hot.
What’s going to happen between them?
‘Fraternising with the enemy is definitely out of the question. Except this enemy is impossible to resist’
You just have to read this book to find out more.
I love Dallas and Shiv, Chase and Bailey.
Luke is a character which I dislike and Kristen isn’t far behind.
Lots of details about ice hockey and I felt the author knew her way round the game. It wasn’t too much info and I needed the detail as it got me excited to know what was going to go on next.
The cover is bloody stunning too. 🔥🔥.
Thank you @averykeelan for a fabulous book.
Tangled up by Sophie Andrews
emotional
hopeful
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Gemma is a bit of a ‘say how it is, vegan hippy chick’ who doesn’t take shit off anyone and speaks her mind and does what she likes really.
She’s asked to go along to her mothers party and she springs it on her it’s because she’s engaged to Frank, who will be husband number 4. But Frank is lovely and her mum says it’s going to be forever. She seems much happier than she has in a long time.
She meets Jason, Frank’s godson who he brought up from around 13 yrs old when his parents died in a car crash. He’s also his partner in their business, Santos and Mitchell.
She finds herself arguing with him A LOT, but he can also be quite firm and insists he’s driving her home as she’s cycled there and it’s dark and she’s had a few to drink.
But it’s not hate she’s feeling, and he doesn’t feel that either. There’s something behind all their arguing and being horrible to each other. There’s spark! But will they or won’t they? Find out by reading all about them.
Loved this story, low level spice and a great back story. Gemma is a bit of a sod, she knows she doesn’t conform and she doesn’t try to. Jason is the complete opposite of her but there’s electricity between them.
I love the way the story goes, and it makes me laugh in places. Nicely written and I’m eagerly waiting now for the next book so I can find out all about Gemma’s friend, Brontë.
I love finding new authors and Sophie Andrew’s did not disappoint me.
She’s asked to go along to her mothers party and she springs it on her it’s because she’s engaged to Frank, who will be husband number 4. But Frank is lovely and her mum says it’s going to be forever. She seems much happier than she has in a long time.
She meets Jason, Frank’s godson who he brought up from around 13 yrs old when his parents died in a car crash. He’s also his partner in their business, Santos and Mitchell.
She finds herself arguing with him A LOT, but he can also be quite firm and insists he’s driving her home as she’s cycled there and it’s dark and she’s had a few to drink.
But it’s not hate she’s feeling, and he doesn’t feel that either. There’s something behind all their arguing and being horrible to each other. There’s spark! But will they or won’t they? Find out by reading all about them.
Loved this story, low level spice and a great back story. Gemma is a bit of a sod, she knows she doesn’t conform and she doesn’t try to. Jason is the complete opposite of her but there’s electricity between them.
I love the way the story goes, and it makes me laugh in places. Nicely written and I’m eagerly waiting now for the next book so I can find out all about Gemma’s friend, Brontë.
I love finding new authors and Sophie Andrew’s did not disappoint me.