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review || ONE KISS MORE { blog tour }

One Kiss More by Mandy Baxter

Publisher: Kensington Books (2/24/2015)

Series: U.S. Marshals, book 2

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Source: Tasty Book Tours / NetGalley

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Rating: ★★★★1/2

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Rough, tough and by the book, he's most criminals' worst nightmare. Until the girl of his dreams is caught on the other side. . .

Emma Ruiz knows her father is innocent. But that doesn't help her convince the law--not even smoking hot U.S. Marshal Landon McCabe. When McCabe bangs on her door demanding information about how her cancer-stricken father escaped from federal prison, she'll have to distract him somehow--it may as well be with a stolen kiss.

Landon gets why Emma isn't saying all she knows. What he doesn't understand is why he's putting his reputation, his case, and his badge on the line for a gorgeous person of interest. Much as he'd love to, he can't let Emma play him. The stakes are higher than either of them can guess. The only way to survive is to trust their instincts. But their instincts want more than one kiss. . .

about Mandy || Mandy Baxter is a part time pet wrangler, a full time sun worshipper, and only goes out into the cold when coerced. She loves black clothes, pink appliances and thinks junk food should be a recognized food group. She lives in rural Idaho with her family.

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These two... oooh, these two.

Emma's sassy and puts on a really (I do mean really) good show. When Landon comes knocking down her door, she's all smart-aleck words and sassy hip-cocking. But the moment he walks away, after a really good man-appreciating look of course, her heart goes into overdrive and she's shaking.

Landon would never be able to tell that the smartass he's been following, one way or another, for the last six years really has a bit of a scared streak to her. He'd never guess that she's hiding things... other than her desire to save her father, that is.

Landon and the other US Marshals have been trying to take down Ruiz for the last six or so years. The man is dying and has escaped from his confines; Landon tries to use the fact that he needs proper medical care to try and get Emma to slip and say something about her father's whereabouts, but the girl is smarter than that.

...she's computer-hacking smart, to be honest. She's one bright cookie, who hides behind the 'celebutante' facade that the public wants to see from her. She is, after all, famous for being famous.

It was rather interesting to watch these two circle one another. Both were attracted to the other. She would never dare to act on her attraction because he's partly responsible for her father's arrest. He wouldn't dream of acting on the attraction because she's a celebrity, bratty, and, of course, the daughter of the man they've been trying to take in.

But oh, when jealousy rears it's ugly head...

Why, of course it leads to a hot kiss and even hotter feelings...

Kissing Emma was a free fall from six hundred feet. An unparalleled rush.

And of course, then, because we're dealing with Emma and Landon, the hot, crazy feelings lead to bitter, bitter cold when Landon is brought back to the present and realizes that they may be caught. And, again of course, being a man, he doesn't do a very good job of soothing Emma. Rather, he doesn't do it at all.

The voice in his earpiece was as effective at cooling his lust as a dunk in a pool of ice cubes. It probably wouldn't do much to advance his career if Morgan found him up here with Emma wrapped around him like a boa constrictor. How in the hell would he explain himself? I was just grilling her for information and she tripped and fell on my cock. Right. That'd work.

"Emma." His voice was thick and lazy. He cleared his throat as he guided her leg from his hip. "Listen to me, I need you to go back down to the club. Don't stop to talk to anyone. Blend in with the crowd, head for the exit, and go home. Do you understand?"

Emma's brow knitted. She straightened her clothes as though ashamed, and Landon's stomach bottomed out. He'd fucked up and she was suffering the emotional fallout because of it...

Eventually he gets it right though.

I think, besides watching Landon make a complete ass of himself and try to fix things, my favorite part was watching Emma slowly come undone, trusting Landon to see the true, real her. The Emma in sweats and baggy shirts, undone, is a better version than the famous one. Mainly because she's more comfortable in that role, and it's obvious.

This was my first US MARSHALS book, but I'd love to go back and read ONE NIGHT MORE. I enjoyed Galen and Landon's friendship and would love to see not only more or it, but watch that man fall for Harper.

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The last two years has been incredibly rewarding, giving me the opportunity to pick up new-to-me authors, as well as new-to-the-world authors. I have enjoyed supporting publishing houses as well as the indie author, and in doing so, I learned a lot about the marketing aspect of writing a book and selling it as a self-published author.

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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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