{Release Blitz: Review} Exposed (VIP #4) by Kristen Callihan

Exposed (VIP #4) by Kristen Callihan is now live!

Exposed by Kristen Callihan

GENRE: Contemporary Romance

THEME: Rock Star
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Exposed (VIP, #4)

by Kristen Callihan

4.25 · 181 Ratings · 127 Reviews

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Brenna

There are some people in life who know exactly how to push your buttons. For me, it’s Rye Peterson. We can’t spend more than ten minutes together before we’re at each other’s throats, which makes working together that much harder. Rye is the bassist for Kill John, the biggest rock band in the world, and I am his publicist. It doesn’t help that the man is gorgeous, funny, talented, and…never takes anything seriously. Avoidance is key.

But everything changes when he overhears something he shouldn’t: a confession made in a moment of weakness. Now the man I’ve tried so hard to ignore is offering me the greatest temptation of all—him.

Rye

Brenna James is the one. The one I can’t have. The one I can’t get out of my mind. Believe me, I’ve tried; the woman loathes me. I managed well enough—until I heard her say she’s as lonely as I am. That she needed to be touched, held, satisfied. And I could no longer deny the truth: I wanted to be the one to give her what she craved.

I convinced her that it would just be sex, mutual satisfaction with nothing deeper. But the moment I have her, she becomes my world. I’ve never given her a good reason to trust me before. Now, I’ve got to show Brenna that we’re so much better together than we ever were apart.

Things are going to get messy. But getting messy with Brenna is what I do best.

REVIEW:

My first introduction to author Kristen Callihan as well as of course the VIP series. Callihan has created a wonderful batch of characters who live in the not so glamour world of the music industry. People always say being famous and rich must make those people happy, but from Callihans POV the world is lonely, but the bond that this group has is phenomenal and became a small family of trust.

VIP follows Brenna, who, from what I can tell, helps with the bands image. (Her title isn't really emphasized on what she does, but she keeps the band together.) She is tough as nails and independent, but she's hit that point in her life that she needs something a little more, more in a person and someone who she can trust. Her nemesis and the bassist for Kill John Rye has a proposition for her, one that would leave them both satisfied. But neither a prepared for the deep connection that starts to form and one that terrifies them both.

Brenna and Rye are so similar in the way they are both unsure of what is missing in their lives. They are also both lonely, they may be surrounded by friends but most of them have found that happy place in their life with someone. They both have something special about them, the major support of their friends and this undeniable bond that both have been fighting for years.

Overall this was a fantastic and emotional story of two semi broken people, both hit that point in their life of "what's next". There are a lot of bumps in the road and uncertainties that challenge them and I really enjoyed watching their journey. Even more so their connection was sexy off the chart hot as well as humorous at times. I look forward to more from Callihan.

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Meet Kristen

Kristen Callihan is an author because there's nothing else she'd rather be. She has written New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestsellers. Her novels have garnered starred reviews from Publishers Weekly and Library Journal. Her debut book, Firelight, received RT Magazine's Seal of Excellence and was named a best book of the year by Library Journal, Best Book of Spring 2012 by Publishers Weekly, and Best Romance Book of 2012 by ALA RUSA. When she's not writing, she's reading.

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{Blog Tour: Review+ Excerpt} Titan by Shantel Tessier

I know I have a black soul. Bloodshed and danger are what I live for.

Titan, an all-new, must-read dark and twisted romance from bestselling author Shantel Tessier is available now!

Titan by Shantel Tessier
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
GENRE: Dark Contemporary Romance
THEME: Past Loves

Titan (Dark Kings, #1)

by Shantel Tessier4.40 · 558 Ratings · 310 Reviews

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TITAN
I know I have a black soul. Bloodshed and danger are what I live for.
A King is supposed to rule his Kingdom using any means necessary to demand respect.
I’m not a weak man… A King kneels to no one.
I’ve only ever cared about one other person in my life, but the thing is, she never belonged to me. And before I could tell her how I felt, she left.
Now she’s returned, needing someone to save her.
Emilee York was always meant to be mine, and I’ll see to it that happens. I always get what I want, even if that means I have to take it.
And she’s no different. She’ll be my queen, one way or the other.


EMILEE
When I left Sin City behind me, I had no plans to return. I avoided everyone, even my friends, to stay in my bubble. I’ve always been the kind to pull away and run when things get difficult.
But one phone call changed everything, and I was racing back. If only I had known what was waiting for me.
Titan reappeared like a ghost haunting me.
One look and I knew he recognized me. I never forgot him or what we shared. Those feelings that no one else knew existed between us.
I ignored them back then, but now they are more intense than ever.
“Get on your knees…” He demanded I kneel for him.
I tried to act like he didn’t affect me, but he knew. He remembered the way I reacted when he would touch me. And just like he was taught to do—he used my weaknesses against me.
He staked his claim, and I became his queen to use how he saw fit.
What makes it worse is that I crave him, and when I kneeled, it was willingly.
But was it for nothing?

REVIEW:

This was my first book by Shantel Tessier, I'm not one to read darker romances very often but the summary caught my interest and I'm always looking for new authors. I'm happy to say with the intense story line, the dark hero, the female lead that I rooted for to find some sort of happiness, and secondary characters that I'm looking forward to getting their story, I will definitely be coming back to this series.

Titan Emilee who is leaving her job and home to go be with her mother who is ill and doesn't have much time left. But what she comes home to is the death of her father and is now practically owned by his business partner that holds her mothers health and any finances over her head. She has no choice but to comply, but fate brings her face to face with her ex and the one man who has wanted her fo a long time Titan. Together they work through their pain, their hatred and try to find our what is really going on with the death of her father and missing money that is owed to Titan and his partners the Kings.

There are some very dark topics and triggers that may make some readers uncomfortable, since this was my first by this author, I was a little surprised and felt so much pain for the characters more than anything. I wanted them to find happiness and get out of the dark life that they were stuck in. The romance is heavy, hot and I enjoyed watching it grow. There is menage moments, but it was out of friendship and love. It was interested to see how both Titan and Emilee grew and how they built the respect and love to each other.

In the end I had know idea how the leads were going to solve the biggest mystery of the book, so many villains were brought to light and I never knew what to expect. I love suspense and mystery and this story had a ton. I also adored all the secondary characters, there were some characters from a past book, that I know got to get their story, I really look forward to knowing more of Tessier's characters, the world building is fantastic.



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Excerpt

EMILEE

Titan steps up to me.

“Don’t …”

“Look who found her voice,” he muses.

“Shut up, Titan.” I snap, pulling my cell out of my pocket and dial Jasmine’s number. It rings once, twice. Three times. I pull it from my ear, and he snatches it from my hand. “Hey …”

His smile just widens. “So you do remember me.”

Like I could forget. “Give me my phone back.” I order reaching out for it.

He places it in the front pocket of his jeans. “Drop to your knees.”

“Excuse me?” I blink.

His dark blue eyes look me up and down, and the corners of his lips turn up like he knows a secret. And he does. Several of them about me. “Drop to your knees and I’ll give it back to you.”

My blood boils at his words. “Fuck you!”

He steps into me, pressing my back into my door, and I gasp in surprise. I thought he was big, but his hard chest presses into mine, and I have to tilt my head back to look him in the eyes. Even with my heels on, this man towers over me. I always liked that about him. He’s the tallest of all the Kings.

The scent of his cologne hits my nose, and I hate how much I like it. It brings back old memories that I want to drown in, but I make myself stay here in the present. The light pole I parked under casts a shadow over his chiseled face, making it glow like a ghost from my past.

“We came close that one time.” His eyes go to my chest, and I know he can feel my heart pound against his. He reaches up and runs his knuckles over my neck. His skull ring burns the skin, making me shiver. “So fucking close. It was the only time I could actually tolerate you.”

“Titan.” I swallow, trying to calm my nerves.

“Yeah, Em?” he asks as his eyes roam my face.

A fucking whimper comes out when he calls me by my old nickname. Then my breath quickens when he places his hands on my face, caging me in.

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{Blog Tour: Promo} Angry God by L.J. Shen

“Once again, L.J. Shen has blown me away with a hauntingly beautiful, angst-driven, emotionally charged romance that will stay with me long after the last page. A must read for 2020.”

--Siobhan Davis, USA Today bestselling author

Angry God, an all-new beautiful and dark new adult romance from USA Today bestselling author L.J. Shen, is available now!

Vaughn Spencer.

They call him an angry god.

To me, he is nothing but a heartless prince.

His parents rule this town, its police, every citizen and boutique on Main Street.

All I own is a nice, juicy grudge against him for that time he almost killed me.

Between hooking up with a different girl every weekend, breaking hearts, noses and rules, Vaughn also finds the time to bully little ole’ me.

I fight back, tooth and nail, never expecting him to chase me across the ocean after we graduate high school.

But here he is, living with me in a dark, looming castle on the outskirts of London.

A fellow intern. A prodigal sculptor. A bloody genius.

They say this place is haunted, and it is.

Carlisle Castle hides two of our most awful secrets.

Vaughn thinks he can kill the ghosts of his past, but what he doesn’t know? It’s my heart he’s slaying.

Angry God is a stand-alone, DARK High School Romance. It deals with sensitive subjects some may find triggering.

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Excerpt

“How good are you at keeping secrets, Lenora Astalis?” His voice wrapped around my neck like a noose.

I wanted to cough. I needed to cough. He terrified me. I hated him with the heat and passion of a thousand blazing suns. He made me feel like a scaredy cat and a snitch.

“Oh, yes. If you’re coward enough to pretend you’re asleep, you’re good enough to keep a secret. That’s the thing about you, Astalis. I can smash you into dust and watch your grains dance at my feet. My little circus monkey.”

I might’ve hated Vaughn, but I hated myself more for not standing up to him. For not opening my eyes and spitting in his face. Clawing his unnaturally blue eyes out. Taunting him back for all the times he’d taunted all of us at Carlisle Prep.

“By the way, your eyelids are moving,” he said drily, chuckling.

He straightened up, his finger making a brief stop at the base of my spine. He snapped his fingers, making a breaking sound, and I nearly jumped out of my skin, letting out a gasp. I squeezed my eyes tighter, still pretending to sleep.

He laughed.

The bastard laughed.

Was he sparing me for the time being? Was he going to check in on me from now on? Retaliate if I opened my mouth? He was so unpredictable. I wasn’t sure what my life would look like in the morning.

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L.J. Shen is a USA Today, Washington Post and Amazon #1 best-selling author of contemporary, New Adult and YA romance. Her books have been sold to nineteen different countries.

She lives in California with her husband, son, cat and eccentric fashion choices, and enjoys good wine, bad reality TV shows and catching sun rays with her lazy cat.

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{Top 5 Reasons} Hooker and the Hermit by L.H. Cosway and Penny Reid

 Is a feature where I pick a title and give you five reason why you should read this book. Hopefully it will be something to help with recommendations.

 

I love humor in romance and its my go to when I'm in a major book rut. But as someone who also love social media and reads the gossip columns like Perez Hilton, I was squeeing and the synopsis for Hooker and the Hermit! The reviews and rating for this book on goodreads dont lie, this is a must read!

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1: The Humor
What is not to love, when a social awkward social media blogger is stuck working with the bad boy rugby player Ronan who needs Annie aka "The Hermit" to help him with his image. There were so many laugh out loud moments with these two, Annie is constantly doing cute but awkward things in front of Ronan. On the side she is totally bashing him in the social media world, this of course was before she met him.

2: Romance...So Much Tension!

The romance is nicely built up. Ronan is the first of course to instigate any interest. While Annie is practically terrified by his constant persistence. Ronan has gone through a really bad break up and there is something sweet and innocent about Annie that he cant resist. The tension between the two is fantastic and Annie finally starts to open up to someone outside of her social media life.

3: Blogging!

As a blogger I love reading in books about bloggers, I guess Its like I can connect to the character more because they love something I love. Annie is a social media genius and its funny to read her post and how other people comment on them.

4: Secrets

Annie has a long going secret through the book, where Ronan doesnt know that Annie is the blogger who bashed him and then started connecting to him through emails. I was wondering how this was going to play out... Would Ronan fall for the blogger? Would he choose Annie? Will he be mad when he finds out?

5: The Writing

L.H. Cosway and Penny Reid are a double threat, I really hope they write together again! The story never slowed down, I was either laughing, gasping, omging, and fanning myself from beginning to end. There is never a dull moment and the characters will win you over in a heartbeat.