Pas de Deux 1 & 2 (Cross and Pointe Series) by Wynter S. K. @Wynter_SK

I start this review with a small confession. I waited a couple months to read these two books because I needed to give my heart time to prepare. I won't go into the reasons.. Wynter knows them. I'll just say that I'm glad I waited. Time can cleanse and heal and I needed a fresh slate that wasn't tainted by anything in the past. This was much more than a love story. This was as its so perfectly titled.. A dance. A soulful ballet that two brave souls danced across the pages of my mind. I grew close to each character in a way that is hard to describe. For me there isn't a hero really. But a cast of heroes that stole a bit of my heart on each page. While this also had one amazing slow burning friends to lovers story it also had a message of hope. To believe that each of us has a warrior inside who has the fight needed, the drive embedded in our very soul to never give up. While Cillian and Sammie had scars.. Inside and out.. They didn't define them . They only made their inner and outer armor stronger. While the love story will live in my romantic brain and heart forever, I also will remember every uphill battle they fought and every single person they loved and lost.     Cillian is truly one book boyfriend that rises above and the love he found in Sammie was absolutely the perfect bow to one beautiful dance.. Wynter I am so proud of you for pushing through and fighting back because what you have inside your mind and heart isn't just words on paper. Its truly medicine for the soul. You thanked me.. But from the bottom of my heart.. Thank you.  use #SafeRead #OneClickNow #PerfectHero

Win by Submission (Against the Cage, #1) by Melynda Price @MelyndaPrice1

Win by submission was a very sexy energetic read. Passionate and emotional I was very pleased with this story. Cole was the typical hard hearted never loved before bad boy. But he slowly let down his walls or rather they were knocked down brick by brick by the brave and beautiful Katie.    Her past was one nightmares are made of and my heart simply broke at every uncovered secret she shed from her shattered mind. Cole grew into one amazing and wonderfully loyal hero. Not once did he even think about another woman after setting his eyes on his Katie. His possessive nature flourished and was a major hot factor.    The suspense and crazy ex boyfriend drama along with a little too many " we should have talked" moments of angst were a tad on the high side and that's the only reason I took away a star. I loved the ending and the Sweetest Romantic epilogue ever. I'm eagerly wanting Kruzes book like RIGHT Now.

Dare (Brothers of Ink and Steel #1) by Allie Juliette Mousseau - @alliejuliette

I've always had a weakness for bad boy mma fighters. this was another winner in the greatness of Remy by Katy Evans and The Hurricane by R. J. Prescott. Josh "The Jackhammer" was just amazing, he was a true and breathtaking hero. But this story had a very strong and courageous heroine to stand beside this fighting machine. Running from a past layered in abuse and danger she was hiding and living one day at a time.    From the start they had sizzling chemistry but held strong as long as they could being in a precarious business arrangement. Josh wouldn't have minded but Sophie was trying to be strong and remain professional. Her thoughts..not so much.   When something this deep is born though, you can't fight for long.    One sexy bet and Sophie didn't stand against this bad boys charm.    One night ..surrendered to passion and oh how things got complicated. !!    Sophie tried to put the breaks on but even without the sexy times, Josh was romancing her and winning her heart like a true fighter can. Slow build..knocking down walls and really building something profound..Josh was wonderful.   I loved how they really grew into a beautiful friendship though and how much Josh helped Sophie gain empowerment and self confidence through training with him. they really got to know each other in all the ways they could with her history and secrets hanging over her head. There were so many emotional moments that I just found myself sighing over them so many times. The sweetest thing was Josh and her daughter Charlie.. nothing like a big strong man brought to his knees by a little girl. this book was sexy ...but it was a deep under the skin sexy ..that built up to love scenes that felt like they had been simmering slowly to a rolling boil.    Needless to say I loved this story with everything in me. I'm anxiously diving into Josh's  brothers books in the True North series by this author, while i count the days till the next in this series comes out.

The Hurricane by R.J. Prescott

When a person reads so much like I do, that the books tend to get all mixed up in their heads..it’s just frustrating. I find myself looking for books that stand out..that grab me and that keep me in their clutches so that when it ends I am breathless and can’t stop thinking about them. I can honestly say that having read thousands of books that there are only a small amount that really affected me like this.  This book The Hurricane is on a very short list of those books that have totally swept me away and kept me there.   The Hurricane…and well like the storm it’s named after this book left my heart in utter shambles. It’s come into my mind and wreaked havoc. I read this book luckily months before release and haven’t had one day that has gone by since that I’ve not thought about O’Connell and Emily. But not just this amazing couple. I’ve also thought so much about this family that Ms. Prescott created. Characters that I want to visit again and stories that can't wait to be told.   So to start off this ranting raving review..I first want to say a huge to R. J. Prescott for writing a story that will stay with me forever.   When I saw the cover and blurb of this story I had this extreme urge and wanted it like right now! I wanted disclaimers like immediately because I avoid stories with cheating and sex outside the main couple. Ms. Prescott set my mind at ease and I was excited to dive right in. These characters Emily and O'Connell completely captivated me. The way they built first a friendship to falling head over heels in love made me cry and swoon so many times.   0'Connell was huge..in body and spirit and I loved him from the beginning.  From the moment that Con ..said these words.  If you need time, then I’ll give you time.  If you need friendship, then I’ll give you friendship.  But you’re mine, and when the time is right, when you’re ready, I’m coming for you.”  This was me..  He kept me swooning this entire book, I kid you not!  Emily was a shell of a person. O'Connell filled this empty shell with so much beauty that it's as if she woke up from a long sleep and started seeing the world again. She saw in O'Connell that he was a good man and even though they were strangers..her heart just felt this strong connection from the start.  I gave him something to protect, and he gave me something to cherish. O'Connell was so fiercely protective and never once let Em forget this. This is one of the most important traits that my leading men could have. He was a true hero. He was the true example of my perfect alpha.   I believe because this love story grew from the sweetest foundation of friendship that it led to such passion when these two finally came together. For Emily this was a healing love and for O'Connell this was love defined.  They filled the empty places inside of each other and every page I found my self holding my breath because I fully believed in them and wanted to see them find their HEA.  This was so much more than a romance it was a story about belonging.  The way the friends took Emily in was so endearing. Her relationship with every character was so beautifully developed. I felt like I was sucked into this amazing group of misfits right along with her.. watching as they became a steadfast family.  Where blood relations betrayed them both ..these friends were the glue that put Em and Con back together.  RJ Prescott has written an epic romance here with beauty and healing and characters that will burrow themselves into your heart. This one will go down as one of the most romantic yet emotional and uplifting reads ever for me. I will be eagerly awaiting the next thing she writes with so much anticipation.