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Razed by Shiloh Walker

Publisher: Berkley (12/2/2014)

Series: Barnes Brothers, book 2

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Source: InkSlinger

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My Rating: ★★★★1/2

Tattoo artist Keelie Jessup can handle that someone else has claimed the man of her dreams. She’s just not pleased with her remaining options…

Keelie doesn’t believe in the “perfect man.” But the men who are worth the trouble are usually taken—like her business partner Zach Barnes. After a string of bad luck and the lost chance with Zach, Keelie decides that maybe flying solo—and living with suppressed desires—is the key to happiness.

As a photographer, Zane Barnes has an eye for the human form, and his eyes can’t get enough of Keelie’s curves. Unfortunately, Keelie is like most women—always fawning over his little brother, Zach. Zane is about ready to give up, but then a few stolen moments at his brother’s wedding have him thinking maybe there’s a chance there after all. Now he just has to prove that the perfect man does exist…for her.

About Shiloh Walker

Shiloh Walker is an award-winning writer…yes, really! She’s also a mom, a wife, a reader and she pretends to be an amateur photographer. She published her first book in 2003. Her newest series, Secrets and Shadows, launched in April 2014. Look for the newest book Deeper than Need, to be followed by Sweeter than Sin and Darker than Desire. She writes romantic suspense, contemporary and paranormal romance, and urban fantasy under the name J.C. Daniels.

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How cute is this book??

Right from the beginning, I was sucked in -- it's the wedding of Zach and Abby, and Keelie is watching and hoping that the awkward kiss she pressed on his lips months ago isn't going to come between them and their friendship (she's been friends with Zach and his brothers for a few years). Zach was the first person she'd been attracted to in a while, but she should have realized he had feelings for Abby, a woman he'd met when they were younger on a film set. And let me tell you -- Zach is head over heels for Abby, if the playful "Can we go yet, can we go yet" during the reception is any indication.

On the flipside...

Zach's older brother, Zane, has been attracted to Keelie as long as she's been attracted to Zach. ...and really, if he's honest with himself, it's more like 'obsessed'. She's on his mind all the time.

His lips brushed her ear.

"You want to know what I want from you?" he asked, the words velvet, stroking over her like a caress.

Keelie closed her hands into fists to keep from reaching for him. He was messing with her. It pissed her off---and, to her disgust, it hurt. It almost felt like a betrayal, too, because she hadn't expected to see this in Zane.

"Back off," she warned, putting an edge into her voice and preparing herself to make him back off. So what if he had some moves on him? He hadn't seen her moved yet. Not really.

"I want..." He slid his hand down from her throat, to rest on her chest, fingers spread wide where is rested above her heart. "This."

...She blinked, not moving, as he continue to stand there, his hand on her chest. "I want five minutes of your time...over a cup of coffee. An hour for lunch. I want you to pick up the phone when I call, talk with me for a while," he said, staring into her eyes while the blue green of his gaze cut into her.

I love that he flips her switch.

She's ready to pummel him because she's read the situation wrong, and with just his hand over her heart, she nearly melts into the floor. The problem is...

...she's really not good with this dating thing. When they go for their coffee, she even tells him -- first dates are for getting to know one another, but she knows him so that makes the date awkward; to which he responds that she knows parts, and he knows parts, but they really ought to know one another better. So he goes and asks his favorite question to her, the one she has managed to ignore... what she likes to read. And when she reveals 'romance', he doesn't laugh; instead, he tells her a story about when he was a teen and one of Zach's friends made fun of their mother's romance books.

...and then he goes and admits he's a JD Robb fan.

Oh, be still my heart. I miss Eve and Rourke. I stopped reading them at about book 20 -- I caught up at the library and there was another 6 months until the next publication and I just never got to it.

But I digress.

Watching these two fall into each other was a sweet treat. I really loved it.

While I do want to pick up Abby and Zach's book, I will for sure be reading the next Barnes' brothers books! (Pst, Trey's book is next!)

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My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This book almost failed to get my attention. Why?

The hero.

He is the exact public person I despise. You know the type -- all biblical with publicized praying and verses all over his public persona. Great. Good for you. Bet you're not like that behind closed doors...

Which is exactly what Esther thinks of him.

Saint and Esther attend the same super religious college. Esther is on the fast track to becoming a nun, and no I do not kid, and Saint, given name Francis, can do just about whatever he wants, because he is the star athlete and the school knows he has connections. What in the world can these two have in common? The actions of their parents.

But where Saint does what his father says, usually, because his father is pushing him toward a pro-football careers, Esther follows her parents (father) because if she didn't... Her life would literally be a living hell.

I really enjoyed these two, once we started to get to know Saint a little bit better. My only drawback with the book would be the last half goes by in super-fast time. While it helped to keep the story moving, I would have liked to see more of that time drawn out so the feelings and emotions of our two characters felt more genuine and real -- rather than simply a two month courting that their lives demanded.

I'm giving the book the full 5 stars because it came out of left-field for me. It was a book that I didn't expect to like, but the author wove it in a way that I fell hard for our characters both as individuals and as a couple. I liked watching Esther grow and find her voice in life, just as I liked watching playboy, always for the chase Saint, settle down and find a person to be terribly protective over. I loved him most in the last two chapters.

*ARC received in exchange for an honest review

Everything by Erin Noelle
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Here's something you may know about me if you've followed my reviews -- I'm an epilogue reader. I will almost always read the epilogue first. Call me a spoilsport or no fun, or whatever but that's how I've been reading books for years. It's no wonder that when I write books, I tend to have the epilogue all figured out before I even start with "Once upon a time...".

That said... I read this epilogue and while I liked it, I just couldn't get past the ages of our characters. Couldn't do it. So I read the beginning. Still... If anything, the age of our characters was even more pronounced. I wasn't sure I was going to be able to read this. You see, I have an issue with "Happily ever after" and the hardly-twenty crowd, let alone an eighteen year old.

But that's my hang-up.

Another thing you may know about me? I will sometimes read a book in what I call a inside-out fashion. I jump all over the place until I find a snippet of story that absolutely grips me. And people -- there are a few of those parts in Everything. So because I found those gripping parts, I put my faith in Erin Noelle, and I started from page one -- and I gave Everett and Belle a chance.

And I'm so glad I did.

Everett and his twin sister have been making music forever -- literally. They're the children of a rockstar; music has always been their life. When their father's group decides to get back together (dad always said he'd go back when the twins were done with school), Mason tells the label -- if you take me, you're taking my kids: thus, giving Everett and Ashlynn the opportunity to take their music to a larger level than they have before.

Along the way, with a local gig, Everett meets Belle -- and so begins their story.

This is a story about growing up. This is a story about following your heart -- be it for a person or a career, or even both. It is about learning to trust the person you are giving your heart to, and about taking the ever-looming jump into unknown feelings. When you put your life, your wants, your desires in someone else's hands, the world opens up -- and it certainly does for Everett and Belle.

The part I most appreciated was that the author made Everett true to his age and situation. Belle was too, yes, but it was Everett and his new lifestyle that had me wanting to see true characterization for. He's a guy; he's a musician; he's new to love. He makes mistakes. And for those mistakes, I truly got on board with this story.

Everett and his Tinker Bell were incredibly cute. I liked that there's a decent time jump at the end, further allowing -- you guessed it -- growth of our characters. I'm excited to watch more of them when (if?) Ashlynn's story comes out.

*ARC received in exchange for an honest review

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