Oxygen Deprived (Kilgore Fire series) by Lani Lynn Vale

Title: Oxygen Deprived

Series: Kilgore Fire Series

Author: Lani Lynn Vale 

Genre: Romantic Suspense

Release Date: August 6, 2016

Cover Model: Gary Taylor

Photographer: Furious Fotog

No take-backs.

That was the motto that Drew lived by in all things, including his love life.

He’s a player, pure and simple.

He’s learned the hard way that women aren’t all hearts and flowers. Sometimes their sexy bodies and beautiful faces are just a pretty shield to hide the crazy, and he’s so freakin’ over crazy.

Been there, done that. He has the divorce papers to prove it.

Karma hits like a bitch.

Aspen needs a break. A long one that doesn’t include anything with a Y chromosome. Not even one as tempting as her new neighbor who just moved in across the street. Men are trouble with a capital freakin’ T, and she has the ankle monitor to prove it.

The last man she gave her heart to was a police officer. A man whose life was dedicated to protection, and he was supposed to protect her heart—not break it.

She decides right then and there that she’s done with being the better person.

Everything happens for a reason.

A rash decision—undoubtedly regrettable, undeniably unforgettable. In the heat of the moment, Aspen’s actions with a tire iron and her ex-boyfriend’s brand new SUV land him in the ER getting stitches and have her seeing the inside of a jail cell for the first time.

It’s just her luck that the whole town is there to witness the result of her poor decision, including her police officer brother and the neighbor that already made it more than clear she was more trouble than she was worth.

House arrest never looked so good. 

Hide your crazy.

Drew enjoyed the show, though. For the first time in a year, he’s thinking about his life, and how it would be a lot more enjoyable with a woman like Aspen at his side.

Maybe crazy isn’t so bad after all.

First off, I want to thank the author for allowing me the opportunity to be able to read her newest book prior to its release.

I love how the book opens. Aspen is 10 years old and I already know that she is going to be my most favorite heroine of Lani Lynn Vale to date. I always feel connected and able to myself as friends with her heroines, but Aspen - she is bae. She is the other side to my coin. She already knows whom she is going to marry and calls him on his crap even though they are virtual strangers. And as an adult Aspen is even more hilarious.

What I felt was most important in this book was family. The relationship, or lack thereof, between Aspen and Downy was key from the start. I knew something was kind of weird when she mentioned he didn't believe her over the breakup between her and her boyfriend. There had to be a reason why and I knew by the end of the book I would get to the bottom of it.

Aspen and Drew. Their initial run ins are only overshadowed by the fact that Aspen is on house arrest. [I love it] This plot device itself is so fresh and completely different than what she has written in the past. [I know Nico's sister sorta stole a car, but this is completely different] As the book progresses, Downy get's further and further on my sh*t list while Drew and Aspen build this awesome friendship. Drew isn't 100% sunshine and daisies. He's dealing with a bothersome ex-wife and a bratty teenage daughter. And can we also mention that Aspen's ex-boyfriend is the reason she is on house arrest. Yeah...there's a story there and it involves a tire iron and his new truck. :)

I don't think it absolutely necessary that you are familiar with the previous books of Lani Lynn Vale's, but you'll definitely be more invested if you have. The characters, especially Sam, Luke, and even Downy, will make more sense and strike a stronger chord if you have read their stories.    

We have quite a bit going on in this book and that is GREAT.

*weird neighbor who we know is up to something

*problematic a-hole of an ex boyfriend

*working as a blogger while on house arrest

*budding relationship with the fireman that lives across the street

*absentee brother 

and so on....    

This book is definitely worth reading and re-reading. It also has shot up to one of my favorite Lani Lynn Vale books.

I slammed my fingers down on the keyboard, insanely annoyed that I now had to tell how fun the product was, despite the fact that the person I’d had the fun with was a douche bag.

A knock sounded at my door and I turned to glare at it.

“Who is it?” I yelled.

“You know damn well who it is. It’s the same person that’s been knocking at your door for the last twelve hours,” Drew growled.

I shrugged.  

“Go away,” I ordered him.

I could hear him sigh through the door.

“In my eyes, the marriage Constance and I had was over,” he started.

I picked up the nearest thing to me, which happened to be a half finished water bottle, and then launched it at the door.

“Go away!”

He left, but not without one last parting comment.

“I still have a few things left in that box that I want to try on you. When you’re ready, let me know.”

I glared at the box he’d just spoken about, and went back to my review.

If you’re looking for a fun, awesome thing to do with your significant other, this is the thing for you. It offers many benefits; but most importantly, it gives you time with your significant other. And, might I add, it’s totally fucking worth it. I’ve used it three times in the last two days. It’s like he’s here.

On a side note, the vibrator is not very proficient. It offers about two hours of battery life before they need replaced.

Not that I used it for two hours or anything.

Oh, who am I kidding?

I would’ve used it longer if I hadn’t run out of batteries.

I’m a married mother of three. My kids are all under 5, so I can assure you that they are a handful. I’ve been with my paramedic husband now for ten years, and we’ve produced three offspring that are nothing like us. I live in the greatest state in the world, Texas.

 

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COVER REVEAL: Controlled Burn (Kilgore Fire #4) by Lani Lynn Vale

Title: Controlled Burn

Series: Kilgore Fire #4

Author: Lani Lynn Vale

Genre: Romantic Suspense

Release Date: October 5, 2016  
Cover Model: Shane Williams  
Photographer: Furious Fotog 
 

July Dupree and Dean ‘PD’ Hargrove fell head over heels in love. When PD comes home to tell July the good news about joining the SWAT team as a tactical medic, everything changes.

July can’t fathom why PD would want to be a cop in this day and age. Wasn’t it enough that he already had a dangerous job with the fire department? Now he has to add another, even more dangerous, job to the equation? With so many cruel people in the world who make a sport out of hurting cops just because of the badge they wear, she has to make him understand. But when he refuses to listen to her reasoning, she feels she has no other choice but to issue an ultimatum: her or the SWAT team.

Dean doesn’t like ultimatums. He’s furious with July for putting him in the awful position of having to choose between a dream and her.

July never believes for a second that he’d choose the SWAT team over her, but she is wrong.

A year later, they’re both still in love with each other, but neither one is willing to budge regardless of their feelings.

July’s feelings for Dean haven’t changed, in fact her love for him has only grown. But seeing him living his life seemingly unaffected by the loss of what they had breaks her heart over and over each time she sees him.

Dean has a good poker face, though. He’s just going through the motions of his life until finally, the smoldering embers of his feelings erupt into a full-on blaze of emotion, burning through everything but his love for July. When the smoke clears, Dean wants to know if they can reignite the fire of their love or is he destined to live his life in a constant state of controlled burn?

“Go away,” I murmured tiredly. “I don’t want you here.”

Alexa stood in the doorway, her eyes on the two of us, completely blank.

I wanted to snarl at her, but I just didn’t have the energy to do so.

Maybe later, but right now, it was taking everything I had to keep my eyes open and speak to Dean.

I’d made it to the ER.

I’d been given fluids, had tests ran, and was now listening to the ER doc tell me and Dean that I had a serious infection that would likely require some antibiotics that would likely make me feel like shit for the next few days.

“She’ll need to be watched closely, otherwise we’ll need to admit her,” the doctor was explaining, completely ignoring the fact that I’d asked Dean to leave.

Though, that might be because Dean knew the damn man.

Then again, Dean knew nearly everyone in every hospital in the area.

So it wasn’t a surprise that he’d know my doctor, too. It also came to no surprise to me that he’d stayed, nor that Alexa was my nurse.

I narrowed my eyes at the woman that was standing in the door, and she narrowed them right back at me.

I closed my eyes to block out the woman’s snooty face, and started to slip into sleep when Dean’s voice broke into my calming thoughts.

“She’ll come home with me,” Dean was saying to the doctor. “Her brother’s on a case and can’t come, but I’m free. Already asked for time off, too. Done deal.”

I was shaking my head in the negative, but the doctor was already speaking over my denials.

“Great.” He said. “Alexa, please get her discharge papers in order. She’ll be going home with PD.”

I sighed and closed my eyes once again, this time in defeat.

“Dammit.”

“What was that?” Dean asked, leaning over me so his ear was close to my mouth.

“Dammit,” I repeated.

“Oh,” he snorted. “That’s what I thought you said.”

Thirty minutes later, Alexa was wheeling me out to the exit with Dean at my side.

I was wearing a pair of blue hospital scrubs and my tank top, but I was upright and aware of what was going on around me.

Expecially the tenseness of the two at my back.

“Don’t forget to let me know how your date goes,” Dean said as he opened the door to his truck.

“I won’t,” Alexa sighed. “Do you want me to stop by tomorrow night for pizza?”

“No.” Dean shook his head. “July and I’ll be having a night in, but thank you.”

I wanted to laugh at the look on Alexa’s face that I saw in the reflection of Dean’s shiny red truck, but refrained.

Barely.

When he opened the truck door wide and leaned in for me, I put my hands up to stop him.

“Let me try to stand,” I insisted.

He ignored me and lifted me like a rag doll, placing me in the front seat and going as far as to strap my belt on as well.

“Thanks, daddy,” I muttered darkly.

Except his eyes flared in delight.

“We never played that game,” he said softly, his eyes close to mine. “But we can once you’re back in fighting shape.”

I was shaking my head in denial before he’d even finished.

“Negative,” I said. “You’ve already broken me once. If you do it again it’s because I’m the dumbass that let you.”

He smiled.

“We’ve got a lot to talk about,” he suggested.

I shook my head again.

“No, we don’t,” I disagreed. “You said enough a year ago when you stabbed my heart with your words.”

His eyes softened.

“Maybe,” he said. “But you stabbed mine right back by refusing to fight for me.”

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I’m a married mother of three. My kids are all under 5, so I can assure you that they are a handful. I’ve been with my paramedic husband now for ten years, and we’ve produced three offspring that are nothing like us. I live in the greatest state in the world, Texas.

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