Love & Bullets - Mary Kate Kopec

Devon Monroe, ex-Agency man turned security pro, couldn’t keep a hit from taking down the husband of the woman he loves. And guilt has kept him from seeing her since. Now three years later, she’s the one in danger, and she doesn’t know it. Not yet. Will he be able to keep her alive and finally uncover the unbelievable truth? Will she ever be able to love him without blaming him for her husband’s death? Only time, a traitor, and a family secret will tell.


Giffin Reese, widow of Senator John Reese, and all-around-do-gooder philanthropist, is on a mission. All she wants to do is help people who can’t help themselves. But helping others just may get her killed. She hasn’t seen Devon since the dust settled, and now here he is, offering to be her own personal badass on the same day she gets an unwanted ride from three men with a warning: Stop what you are doing or die!

First let me start by saying I'm a fan of the author of this book, Mary Kate Kopec, on Facebook and I did when a free copy in a contest she had on her page. OK so now on to the review shall we:

It has been three years since Devon and Giffin had seen one another and the reason for that was the death of Giffin's husband, Senator John Reese. Devon was supposed to find the threat to his life but in the end he was not able to get to the bottom of it before he was murdered.

Giffin honestly and truly cared and loved her husband but to say their love was passionate would be pushing it. He treated her well and cared for her and that is all she really asked until she met Devon the head of her husband's security detail.

So after three years the threat has come back in Giffin's life and so has Devon and if he has a say he will stay there for good.

What transpires is a story of getting second chances and life and at the end there is a lot of action by way of bullets flying, car chases, and blood spilled. This book had both action and romance. Also, for me I loved the secondary characters more most particularly Devon's sister Maddie. Also hopefully we will get to read her story soon...because she was just so freaking adorable and cute!!

There is an undeniable tension between Giffin and Devon and when they finally decide to act on it the sparks fly...talk about HOT!! I really did love this book and mostly because of the action...that is what made me love it soo much because I love the thrill!!

If you wanna give this a read just go here to get your own copy --> Love & Bullets

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Three Nights with a Scoundrel - Tessa Dare

The third time is the charm.


The bastard son of a nobleman, Julian Bellamy is now polished to perfection, enthralling the ton with wit and charm while clandestinely plotting to ruin the lords, ravish the ladies, and have the last laugh on a society that once spurned him. But meeting Leo Chatwick, a decent man and founder of the exclusive Stud Club, and Lily, Leo’s enchanting sister, made Julian reconsider his wild ways. When Leo’s tragic murder demands that Julian hunt for justice, he vows to see the woman he secretly loves married to a man of her own class.

Lily, however, has a very different husband in mind. She’s adored Julian forever, loves the man beneath the rakish facade, and wants to savor the delicious attraction they share — as his wife. His insistence on marrying her off only reinforces her intent to prove he is the only man for her. Obsessed with catching a killer, Julian sinks back to the gutters of his youth, forcing Lily to reach out with a sweet, reckless passion Julian can’t resist. Can her desire for a scoundrel save them both–or will dangerous secrets threaten more than their tender love?

Alright here we are....the conclusion of Tessa Dare's new trilogy. This book ranks second for me in the books with the first one One Dance with a Duke being my favorite.
 
Although, I say that you must know one and two are pretty much like a micrometer away. So yeah okay you say...whatever you crazy lady, LOL!!
 
This book follows Julian Bellamy the best friend of Leo Chatwick (the guy killed in the first book) and his sister Lily Chatwick.
 
Being born "on the wrong side of the blanket" Julian never felt he was good enough for Lily so he is bound and determined to see her married off but with Lily's deafness even her beauty will be hard for the stuckup snobs of the ton to accept. So even though Julian ever determined to marry her off she is even more determine to prove that the perfect man for her is Julian Bellamy...but is that really who he is?
 
Julian lives a double life. On the one hand is the rake, scoundrel and unmitigated ass Julian Bellamy who no one really knows about but yet they still want him around. The one guy all the young nobleman want to be with his devil may care hair, flashy clothes and even his womenly conquests. The other side is James Bell the tradesman with his many investments who is unimaginably wealthy but with a sordid past he wants nothing more than to overcome.
 
Lily wants nothing more than to have Julian (or is it James) marry her. She soon gets her wish and then the strings start to unravel.
 
We soon find out that Leo's murder was not anything more than a brutish singled out attack and not some pre-meditated threat on Julian's life. Well the brutes that killed him met their ends. Soon Julian has to reveal his true self to Lily which she openly accepts.
 
I love Tessa Dare's characters. She makes you feel for them. She makes you want them to be happy and you actually find yourself worrying about their happily ever afters. Also, I love her epilogues they are just sooo fantastic and from them she has a host of new characters to write books about!!
 
This book is warm, sexy, funny and just down right awesome!! The book ended the series on a very high note and in fact my favorite part was actually the epilogue and the scene between Julian and Lily at the very end...I won't give it away...hehehehehe!!
 
So if you want to read Julian and Lily's story just go here --> Three Nights with a Scoundrel

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The Devil Wears Plaid - Teresa Medeiros

AN INNOCENT WOMAN

Emmaline Marlow is about to wed the extremely powerful laird of the Hepburn clan to save her father from debtor's prison when ruffian Jamie Sinclair bursts into the abbey on a magnificent black horse and abduts her in one strong swoop. Though he is Hepburn's sworn enemy, Emma's mysterious captor is everything her bridegroom is not--handsome, virile, dangerous...and a perilous temptation for her yearning heart.

A DANGEROUS MAN
Jamie expects Emma to be some milksop English miss, not a fiery, defiant beauty whose irresistible charms will tempt him at every turn. But he cannot allow either one of them to forget he is her enemy and she his pawn in the deadly Highland feud between the clans. Stealing his enemy's bride was simple, but can he claim her innocence without losing his heart?

I was sooo excited to get this book because one Teresa Medeiros has quickly become probably my favorite historical romance author and two it involves a Scottish Highlander...mmmmm yummy!! Not only was it a Highlander (oh those kilts...*swoon*) but a kidnapped bride to boot!! I love that storyline and for me it never gets old and Mrs. Medeiros makes it even more wonderful!!

Emmaline Marlowe had resigned herself to marry the rich Hepburn in order to not only save her father from the workhouse and give her sisters a chance at good matches but to atone for her so called sins when she was merely seventeen.

Jamie Sinclair wants nothing more than the Hepburn to admit his grizzly hand in the death of Jamie' parents and he thinks the only way to do this is to capture his bride-to-be and hold her for ransom...not gold nor diamonds but the truth.

The Hepburns and the Sinclairs are sworn enemies and when Jamie's parents (a tale of Romeo and Juliet - one a Hepburn and the other a Sinclair) fall in love and have Jamie out of wedlock they are murdered when they were allegedly heading to get married. Jamie's search for the truth will bring him the one thing he never planned on or thought he would ever want or need...true love. With Emmaline's strength and courage Jamie finds that icy heart of his melting at a mere touch of her lips and when the truth finally comes out it will only be Emma's love that will keep him grounded.

OH MY GOSH I so wish I could tell you guys what really happens but I do not want to spoil it!! I love, love, love Teresa Medeiros...she is the freaking bomb diggity schizzle!! She makes the plot fast paced but doesn't skimp out on any details which is AH-MAZING!! Also, her love scenes just have soo much more passion and feeling than a lot of others I read. She also has a lot of humor in her books which I love a lot because some books can get soo loaded down with drama and heavy things that there is nothing there to break it up but I love when every now and then you find yourself laughing out loud. Although when you are in a public place and people look at you oddly it might not be a good thing but then again who cares what others think when you are reading an awesome story!!

If you want to get your hands on Jamie and Emma's story then just go here --> The Devil Wears Plaid to get your very own copy!!!

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HOLY COW I still have forgotten my review on The Expendables I'm beginning to think I will never remember it!!