Knocked Out by Ty Langston

Hot cover! And the story holds what the cover promises: hot characters, hot story, hot action, hot setting

Really well written book, not just smoking hot, but also very sensitive handling of issues that could have made this book go so wrong so easily. I’m not into providing spoilers or giving much of a synopsis, but there were some topics I wasn’t expecting from this book. It could have just been a shallow romantic story, yet it’s so much more.

I will be watching for more from Ty Langston, she far surpassed my expectation with this book.

Desired (True Alpha #1) by Alisa Woods

Part 1 of a series, and really more of a prequel to introduce the characters, give a little bit of backstory and set up the plot from there.

Well written, shows a lot of promise and is a great lead in to the series. It was too short to really have much to review, but it definitely got me curious about the rest of the series.

Misbehaving in Miami (Summer Flings #2) by Aimee Duffy

Love this series and must read the rest of the books.

This one picks up where the other one leaves off. So there is continuation, but can also be read as a stand alone, because the location changes and makes this into it’s own story.

I need to read more about these girls and their summer fun. Escapism at its best

Riding for the Stars (Timber Ridge Riders #3) by Maggie Dana

I really like this cover. It’s a little different from the others, and more aligned to the plot of this book.

This is the 3rd installment of the series, and can be read as a stand-alone. I liked this one best of all 3 so far. This one had the most evolved and engaging story. Some elements were a bit odd and I hope they get explained in future books (the old creepy guy), but I have a pretty good idea where the neglected horse is going and I like it.

 

 

Racing into Trouble (Timber Ridge Riders #2) by Maggie Dana

 

Just as good as the first one. Maybe even better, since I knew the characters and setting, so this focused more on the story: the friendships, the horses, the excitement of stunt work in movies, and the backstabbing of haters.

I really like Holly and Kate and the rest of the gang. Great book for horse crazy teens, but a little different from the other books because of the stunt riding component.

The Navy SEAL’s E-Mail Order Bride (The Heroes of Chance Creek #1) by Cora Seton

One of the best romances I’ve read in a while. I enjoyed it so much that I’m going to buy the rest of the series.

It’s fun, smart, cute, steamy, funny, and heart wrenching, all in the right spots in the very well written, fast-paced and well developed plot with wonderful characters.

I am looking forward to reading about the other brothers, and if I ever see a similar ad online, I’ll be sure to respond 🙂

Heat Wave (Riders Up #2) by Adriana Kraft

hmmm…seems that I’m the only reviewer who really didn’t like this book. Awkward!

Which is also the only way to describe this book. I had such high hopes for it, but it was a DNF when the constant attempts at sexy or sensual where just plain awkward and cringy. That whole bit about the daughter’s nipples? I can’t even bring myself to say any more about that….

I thought the story was great, and the writing was really good, except when it came to anything to do with romance, mutual attraction or sexual. Any of those parts of the book were just so awkwardly written that reading made me cringe.

The cover is also all wrong. The horse is not a lean and sleek racehorse. The people are not middle aged like the main characters in the book.

So much potential, and with some (a lot) of editing I would read this again and probably enjoy it.