Title: Battle Scars

Series: Love is Messy Duet #2

Author: Emily Goodwin

Genre: New Adult Romance

Release Date: June 29, 2017

They say time heals all wounds, but sometimes it does just the opposite. The pain festers, seeping deep inside and into your heart. By the time you’ve realized what happened, it’s too late and you’re left with a scar that will never go away. 

I’ve spent the last year hiding my scars, running from the man who gave them to me. What I thought was love turned out to be a nightmare that won’t end, even though I forced myself awake. Love isn’t real. Love only leads to heartache.

And then I met him, the epitome of tall, dark and handsome. Throw in some sexy confidence and a panty-melting grin, and you have the recipe for a broken heart. Only, my heart is becoming full again, being put back together piece by piece the more time we spend together. 

I’ve been down this road before and know it’ll end in two ways: we’ll ride off in the sunset together and live happily ever after, or we’ll crash and burn so hard neither will survive the wreckage.

I want to be hopeful, but history is damned to repeat itself. And I have the scars to prove it.



 
 4* read.
This is the second book in this series and the final one in this duet, the first book must be read before this one as this carries on from where book one left off.
Cole and Ana are both relatable characters who you instanly connect to and thats carried through into this book too. I did feel that the whole suspenful side of the book needed more to it but apart from that I loved the romance and relationship between these tooand it was a good carry on from the first book.
I'll definatly be readig more from this author.

Emily Goodwin is the New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author of over a dozen of romantic titles. Emily writes the kind of books she likes to read, and is a sucker for a swoon-worthy bad boy and happily ever afters. 

She lives in the midwest with her husband and two daughters. When she's not writing, you can find her riding her horses, hiking, reading, or drinking wine with friends. 

Emily is represented by Julie Gwinn of the Seymour Agency. 

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Series: Manwhore Series

Titles: Touch Me Not and The Sinners Touch

Author: Apryl Baker

Genre: NA Romance

Available on Kindle Unlimited

 

A past tragedy has left Lily Holmes burdened with a devastating secret…

Since the death of her twin sister, Lily can’t bear to be touched. Not accidentally, not casually…and certainly not intimately. This makes it impossible for her to confess to her best friend Adam Roberts that she’s in love with him. She can’t give him the sort of relationship he needs, so she watches in silence while he plans his wedding with someone else.

Enter Nikoli Kinkaid, the campus manwhore…

Nikoli is a self-proclaimed connoisseur of women, and he wants to add Lily to his list of conquests, but she wants nothing to do with him—until he makes her an offer she can’t refuse. He’ll teach her to enjoy human contact again, giving her a chance to win over Adam, while Nikoli uses all his considerable charm to seduce her.

But Lily raises the stakes…

Lily loves cars. Her late father was a racer, and she grew up under the hood of a car and on the racetrack. Nikoli has a limited edition 1970 Plymouth Barracuda she covets, so she informs him the terms of their deal also require he not sleep with anyone for six months. If he does, she’ll win the car. If she surrenders and ends up in his bed, his beloved ’Cuda is his to keep.

In an intricate dance of control and surrender, a reluctant friendship becomes something more. Lily begins to crave things she never believed she could, and Nikoli realizes there is more at stake than his reputation. 

If Lily overcomes her phobia, will she crave Adam’s touch as she’s starting to crave Nikoli’s? Or will she only find pleasure from the touch of a semi-reformed manwhore?

Kade

I fucked up.

She was the best and worst mistake I ever made.

I took the coward’s way out and ran.

Now I have a chance to make it right, but she's being stubborn. It used to be cute, but this time it can get her killed.

Boston's latest serial killer has his sights set on the only woman I have ever truly loved, and I will keep her safe even if it pisses her off, even if she hates me for it.

All bets are off this time. I want her. He wants her. Only one of us will win.

And I never fucking lose.

Angelique

He left me broken, shattered. Pain unlike any I’ve ever felt filled me in the wake of his absence.

Six years later, I thought I’d finally gotten over him and moved on. 

But Fate is a tricky bitch. She likes to torture us.

She brought Kade back to me, but I won’t ever hurt like that again.

I just have to stay out of his bed until this is over.

Fate is a cruel, cruel bitch.
 
TOUCH ME NOT
4.5* read.
I love college romance books so I was really intrigued and excited with this book, and I really hoped the story lived up to my high standard in this genre. Also who doesn't love a good manwhore to add to the mix.
So this is a story about Lily who has a phobia of been touched ever since she lost her twin. She's also been in love with her best friend Adam for years but he doesn't see her like that and is actually seeing someone else. In steps Nikoli who sets his sights on Lily and in turn comes up with a bet and agreement she can't turn down. Nikoli is your typical manwhore with that sexy yet dirty side to make you melt and he certainly made me melt. I loved him and what he brought to this book.
I fell in love with their story and the emotion throughout the book although I did scream at my kindle a few times over certain things that happen. Their chemistry is off the charts and the emotion mixed in just made this a gripping addictive read that stays with you after you've finished.
A college romance with that added depth and emotion, a great read.

THE SINNERS TOUCH 
I couldnt rate this one high enough so my review will follow after release week.

 

So who am I? Well, I'm the crazy girl with an imagination that never shuts up. I LOVE scary movies. My friends laugh at me when I scare myself watching them and tells me to stop watching them, but who doesn't love to get scared? I grew up in a small town nestled in the southern mountains of West Virginia where I spent days roaming around in the woods, climbing trees, and causing general mayhem. Nights I would stay up reading Nancy Drew by flashlight under the covers until my parents yelled at me to go to sleep.

Growing up in a small town, I learned a lot of values , I also learned parents have spies everywhere and there's always someone to tell your mama you were seen kissing a particular boy on a particular day just a little too long. So when you get grounded, what is there left to do? Read! My Aunt Jo gave me my first real romance novel. It was titled Lord Margrave's Deception. I remember it fondly. But I also learned I had a deep and abiding love of mysteries and anything paranormal. I started to write just that and would entertain my friends with stories featuring them as main characters.

Now, I live in a small town in WV where I entertain my niece and nephew and watch the cats get teased by the birds and laugh myself silly when they swoop down and then dive back up just out of reach. 

I love books, I love writing , and I love entertaining people with my silly stories.

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