Hot Seal Redemption (Hot Seal Team #5) by Lynn Rae Harris

HOT SEAL Redemption by Lynn Raye Harris
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Got this book for free thru an email ad and I am so glad I took it up on its offer. I have never read this author before so I had no idea what to expect - I just expected (based on the summary) a good read.

And I got it.

Bailey is trying to get her life together - working in a club as she stacks her money so that she can go into nursing school. Her little sister (that she raised) is a in and out of her life type of sister until she shows up and leaves a newborn. Before she splits she gives the baby's father's name. Its a Navy SEAL. Bailey finds him and makes some demands.

Alexei is 95% sure he is not the baby's father, but something about Bailey makes him pause. She is a hard worker and is just like him - not looking for anything resembling romance. Especially now that she may have a child to take care of. Alexei agrees to a DNA test, but in the meanwhile he can't stop but get involved with Bailey.

Who is the baby daddy? Where is her sister? Why did she take off? Why is there something calling to both Bailey and Alexei about each other?

These two were super sexy and definitely not looking for any type of attachments. I enjoyed the realistic hesitance on the part of both main characters about the baby and about their own interactions. When sex trafficking and bikers get thrown in the picture we see that its not all DNA tests and dirty diapers. Something else is going on. I appreciated that this wasn't just a story of a mother abandoning her child to be raised by a family member and the family member happens to fall in love. Its deeper than that, but not too deep.

Good read! I'm going to keep going with the series. I may go back to read 1-4 or I may go on to read the next in the series.

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ARC : For the Love of Beard (Dixie Warden Rejects # 7) by Lani Lynn Vale

Title: For The Love of Beard

Series: The Dixie Warden Rejects #7

Author: Lani Lynn Vale

Genre: MC Romance

Release Date: August 25, 2017

Photographer: Furious Fotog

Model: Golden Czermak

Tobias knows that women are a lot of trouble, and one in particular is more trouble than most. Yet even with the knowledge that she’s a pain in the ass, he doesn’t stop himself from doing the one thing he knows that he shouldn’t do—fall in love with her. 

It’s supposed to be simple. Get in, get the girl, and get out.

What Tobias isn’t supposed to do is fall for the woman he’s supposed to rescue. But he can’t help being intrigued–and amused–by the defiance rolling off Audrey every time he so much as speaks to her. This fascination only intensifies with every single word from her delectable mouth.

***

It’s been six years since her assault, yet it feels like it happened just yesterday. Audrey’s sick and tired of feeling so useless. She’s had enough of being scared, she’s doesn’t want to be all alone for the rest of her life. All of that boils down to a woman who’s had enough of not doing anything to reclaim her life.

She’s at a loss as to how to move on, and every attempt she makes results in failure. Just when she’s ready to quit, a sexy biker is there to push her out of her comfort zone.

Under Tobias’ patient guidance, Audrey slowly makes her way back to herself. She lands a job that she adores, and she thinks she’s finally found her place in this world. Most surprisingly, though, she finds herself falling in love with a man that honestly scares her to death.

Just when she vows to take that final step that’ll put her past in her past forever, the life she wants to live is yanked away. Leaving her with nothing to pick up the pieces.

I can honestly say this is the funniest most heart snatching book released by Lani Lynn Vale that I have had the privilege to read. (And I've read every single one of her books) 

Tobias and Audrey, we were introduced to in Ghost's book Beard Up. As per usual, I am suggesting that you have read all of the previous books in the series before beginning this one. Characters, themes, events and emotions will make much more sense if you have. 

The book begins with Tobias (Fender) coming to grips with his feelings for his friend and fellow MC club member's sister Audrey. He was sent to collect and move her closer to her brother Ghost (aka Tunnel) in the previous book. Audrey has been existing on a thread ever since her assault. Now she is living in a new city with her long lost brother (sorry for the spoiler), but is still hiding. Here enters Tobias. He pushes her to experience new things, but all of these things are with him. The two even go on a police cruise together.

HOT HOT HOT!
 If you've read the previous book then you know who the Shaw's are in relation to Tobias's family the Hails. LLV does an amazing job of having two storylines going at the same time. Events from his life and events from Audrey's life make them a match made in Heaven. He can sympathize and better deal with what she is experiencing because something similar occurred in his family. These events don't stop the two from building a friendship that matures into more. Their friendship and their romantic relationship are so stirring to read. He 'fixes' her and she 'fixes' him. 

Throw in some humor, some sweaty intense (and sometimes not so private) sex and you have a winner. I made it thru this ARC in a day and I wasn't sad about it at all. Great read!

 

 

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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Vodka on the Rocks (Uncertain Saint's MC # 3) by Lani Lynn Vale

Title: Vodka on the Rocks

Series: Uncertain Saint's MC #3

Author: Lani Lynn Vale

Genre: MC Romance

Release Date: July 6, 2016

There are rules to life that one just obeys in order in her attempt stay on the right path. For example:

1. You don’t wear dirty panties out of the house. You just never know who’s going to see them.

2. A lady must always have chocolate at the ready—just in case the world as she knows it comes to an end.

3. You don’t egg on a drunk woman who’s pissed off at life.

Why, you ask? Because they start bar fights, that’s why.

Casten Red, the unofficial enforcer of The Uncertain Saints MC, wasn’t necessarily trying to urge her into doing anything illegal, and he definitely wasn’t trying to get her into a fight with a group of men who were all twice her size.

No, he only intended to give her the confidence to stand up for herself, just a little nudge in the right direction. How the hell was he supposed to know she’d go all Chuck Norris on them and put three of them in the hospital with concussions?

He should’ve followed his gut instinct and turned around that first moment he saw her in the bar, but Casten has never liked following the rules. Why the hell would he start now?

“5 who doesn’t love a beard stars! By far my absolute favorite book by Lani!” ~Alpha Book Club

“Lani’s stories are a breath of fresh air.” ~Ramblings From Beneath the Sheets

“You’re dilly dallying,” Casten growled. I turned around, bag in one hand, and papers in the other, and glared. “What makes you think that I don’t have a fuckin’ reason for doing what I do?” I growled. He held up his hands. “Down tiger,” he said soothingly, although his eyes flashed, telling a different story. I shoved the rest of my things in my bag, bending them to hell and back, but I couldn’t seem to find the urge to care at that moment in time. I walked past him, knocking his shoulder, and headed to the back hallway to turn off the last of the lights. I hit the first two in the in the locker room before heading to the last one in the entire gym area at the bathroom entrance. But before I could hit the lights, my hand was stilled by Casten’s. “What’s your problem?” he asked. I tried to rip my hand free from his grip, but he held on without even the least bit of effort. “I’m pissed,” I growled. “Why?” he countered. I looked across the room at the mirror, and glared at his reflection. “I don’t want to tell you why I’m pissed. Suffice it to say, you’re the reason, and that’s that,” I growled. He tightened his hands on my wrists. “That’s not it. Tell me fuckin’ why, or I’ll make you tell me,” he hissed. My fists clenched. “Because you fucking pouted last night instead of talking to me. Then made Core spend the night and take me to work, when I didn’t want him to be there. I wanted you to be there. But you were being a titty baby,” I yelled. He moved me until my ass met the counter, crowding so close that I was sure he was either going to beat me or fuck me. Hopefully the latter over the former, if I had a choice. “Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice!” I exclaimed. I waited. Nothing. “Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there!” I cried. I waited. Again, nothing. “Shit,” I said, opening my eyes. “Done?” Casten asked from where he’d trapped me against the bathroom counter. “My clothes are getting wet. In fact, I think my pants are soaked all the way through,” I grumbled, leaning forward until my upper body was laying across the counter. Casten sat up until all that was touching me were his hips, where his massive erection dug into my ass. “You’re cute,” he said, reaching up and pulling my hair out of my ponytail. I glared. “I’m not cute.” He grabbed my face and turned it to face the mirror. His hands were squeezing my face so I looked like I had ten chin rolls and lips three sizes too big. “See,” he said. “Cute.”

 

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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