14 Of My Favorite Books In 2014

1. Locke (Corps Security #5) by Harper Sloan Review Here
2. Ruthless People (Ruthless People #1) by J.J. McAvoy Review Here
3. Rogue (Real #4) by Katy Evans Review Here
4. Tamed (Tangled #3) by Emma Chase Review Here
5. Devil’s Game (Reapers MC #3) by Joanna Wylde Review Here
6. Reasonable Doubt (Reasonable Doubt #1) by Whitney Gracia Williams Review Here
7. Forever With You (Fixed #3) by Laurelin Paige Review Here
8. Be With Me (Wait For You #2) by Jennifer Armentrout Review Here
9. Reaper’s Legacy (Reaper’s MC #2) by Joanna Wylde Review Here
10. Rome (Marked Men #3) by Jay Crownover Review Here
11. Denied (One Night #2) by Jodi Ellen Malpas Review Here
12. Prisoner Annika Martin Review Here
13. Slammed by Skyla Madi Review Here
14. Stay With Me (Wait For You #3) by Jennifer Armentrout Review Here

Locke (Corps Security #5) by Harper Sloan

Synopsis:
Darkness is the only thing I see. Ever since the day my life changed. The day that everything and everyone I held close to me ceased to exist. The day I lost it all and the demons of my past consumed my every waking moment.

I tried to keep others at arm’s length. Tried not to let my darkness taint them. Ruin them. Harm them. And whether I want to admit it or not, as much as I wish I could keep them locked out, they refuse to leave. Refuse to let me suffer alone.

If I hadn’t been so focused on keeping those demons from flying free, I wouldn’t have missed how one perfect angel was able to sneak her way under my skin—refusing to let go. Making me want things I don’t deserve.

She consumes me. Her beauty knows no end. The love she promises tempts me every time she’s near. But that pure heart that makes her MY Emmy is the one thing I’m convinced I’ll destroy if I ever let her close.

I’m a broken man. A broken man with too much darkness in his soul to ever let her light shine upon me. But even that doesn’t stop me from craving her with every single breath in my body.


Teaser 1:
I crave her and everything she keeps trying to hand me. I crave her and everything she could give me. My very being calls out to her, and I work daily to refuse it.

Teaser 2:
"Not your girl, Melissa. Remember that. I'll give you a second with my girl, but only a second."

Teaser 3:
To control her body. To claim her soul. To make her mine.

Locke (Corps Security #5) by Harper Sloan

I absolutely loved Locke. I hated I had to wait so long for it but it was worth it. I wish it was after Axel, but now I see why that wasn't possible. Locke didn't disappoint at all. I couldn't put the book down. It was that good.  Locke was always my favorite character and his story made me love him even more than I already did.

I like that Locke and Emmy had real issues they had to deal with. I hated how Locke constantly pushed Emmy away. Once he realized she was always going to be there for him, he finally let her in a little. He had to get his head out of his butt but he made the journey to Emmy a great one. I hated Emmy's parents. I don't understand how parents can be like that but I am glad they got what they deserved.

Locke had a messed up childhood and life and it made perfect sense as to why he was the way he was. I didn't like Locke's family but I am also glad he found peace with them. Locke and Emmy went thorough a lot to be together. I wish this book could have been one of the first ones in the series but I now see why it was last. Everything that happen in the first 4 books leads to everything in this book. I am glad Emmy finally got her man that she has always wanted and I am finally glad Locke got his happy ending.

I loved the little humor, sex, dirty talk, boy does Locke know how to dirty talk and Emmy's sass. I loved that Sway made an appearance and got his happy ending too. I love how all the past characters made appearances. I think that's one of the reason the series is so great, all the characters from previous books make appearances. It adds something to the books. I am sad the series is over, it was a great series and one of my favorites.

I like the ending the most and I hope that means there will be more in the series but I highly doubt it. 

Locke (Corps Security #5) by Harper Sloan

Locke finally has a release date... September 29, 2014
That's a little over a week and a half away. WOOHOO

Cooper (Corps Security #4) by Harper Sloan

Cooper was great but it lack something. It was a little unexpected though. I didn't understand how Harper Sloan was going to write the book since Coop had died in the previous book. However, I was glad Ash got his story and Coop was still very much apart of it. Cooper is told from multiple points of views. I liked how many different people's perspectives the story was told from. It helped make the story a better book. I was a little sad that Maddox wasn't in the book that much. He is my favorite character in the series and I seriously can't wait for the next book LOCKE. I have been dying for his story since the series began.

Ash was super sexy in a dark way. He is still very much dealing with his brother's death. It has always been the two of them against the world and now its just him. He didn't know how to handle it. He drinks and has sex with random women. He really only wants one woman but for some unknown reason they both keep pushing each other away.

Chelcie is the sunshine and Ash's reason to live. She makes everything better. She makes the darkest go away. Chelcie had a one night stand with Ash's brother Coop right before he died and got pregnant. She wants to tell Ash but is afraid he won't understand what was going on between Coop and her. She's afraid Ash will reject her and she doesn't want to deal with that. She is a hormonal pregnant lady that cries more in the book than she actually talks. Everything leads to her crying. She went of some horrible dates in an attempt to get her mind off of Ash but she just ends up comparing the men to Ash every single time. And Dee was purposely setting up those horrible dates so she would realized she wanted Ash and no one could compared to him.

I loved the energy he had with Chelcie. He loved her before he even really knew her. She made him want to live again and be the man he always was. She is the good that he knew existed in the world. He was super protective of her and the baby once he got his head out of his butt and realized Chelcie was his. Chelcie understood Ash and his darkness.

Chelcie eventually tells Ash everything and they finally get together. Ash wants to be there for the baby and Chelcie. He wants her as his woman. After they finally get together the story moves really fast and a lot of stuff start happening. They move in together, get engaged and start planning their future together. I was a little thrown off by the Sarah Jane situation. Ash had talked a little bit about her but he never mentioned she was crazy. I felt like the Sarah Jane stuff was thrown in to make the story. The book would have been pointless if there wasn't some kind of drama in it.

Cooper was still a little sad and heartbreaking for me. I hate how Coop died and I wish didn't. I hate when characters get knock off but I understand why Harper Sloan did it. This book and the story wouldn't have been possible without someone dying.

Cooper (Corps Security #4) by Harper Sloan

Synopsis:
Do you take me seriously? Because I don’t. I use my jokes and easygoing personality to hide the pain I’ve felt since he took his last breath. I’m adrift without my partner in crime, my best friend…my brother. I can taste the vengeance just within my grasp. Until she barges into my life. Promising me happiness and a peace I’ve been craving for years. She is the sun to my darkness, the happy to my despair. But she holds secrets. Just like I do. She holds hers close, where I just pray mine don’t rock the walls we’re trying to build. Now I’m stuck at a crossroads between my desire for revenge and my craving for her and the life we could have together—and I have no idea which road I should travel. All I know with crystal clear certainty is that the past has the power to destroy it all.

Teaser 1:
The feeling of something tightening against my stomach makes me calm down long enough to make sure the baby is okay. I reach down and scream when I feel warm skin, coarse hair and an arm that does not belong to me.

Teaser 2:
Hearing her say we're causes my heart to leap in my chest. Goddamn, this woman unmans me.
"I like the sound of that," I tell her honestly.

Teaser 3:
"There's nothing to be sorry about. I've got a healthy baby boy, a great fiance, and...and I just sent my book off to my editor, Mickey. Trust me, Dee. It's okay."

Beck (Corps Security #3) by Harper Sloan

Beck was an okay book. I loved this series and I am probably going to be very sad when it ends. I loved how entwines all the characters and it alternates character's POV. I love knowing what the other character is thinking and feeling. I think dual POV books are my favorite. However, Beck isn't my favorite book from the series. So far Axel's story is my favorite and it will probably change when I read Maddox's book.

Beck starts out with Dee having a little back story of why she is the way she is. Then it picks up when she is an adult but 2 years before. She meets Beck, they have some fun, she freaks out, they end their sort of relationship. The stuff that happens 2 years before happens in the previous 2 books. It explains why she is so screw up and everything that was happening to her mentality during those books. Then the book gets to the current time and year. Beck is still in love with Dee and Dee is trying to live. She really isn't living but existing. She is having a hard time letting go of everything that happen to her when she was younger and during the past couple of years. She pushes everyone away or puts a fake smile on and makes everyone think she is fine.

After Dee ended her relationship with Beck, she got close to Maddox. He is there for her and is the only one that knows some of what happen to her. She isn't with him sexual. He is just a close friend. She has him looking into her business. She noticed some things were off and wanted to know what was going on. Beck talks Dee is getting help for her problems and she slowly starts making progress into her recovery.

Dee gets a called that she is needed in another state for her company. She gets attacked when she gets there. Beck runs to her side and stays with her the whole time she is in the hospital. Then he takes her home and doesn't let her leave his side. Beck is scared Dee is going to slip back into herself. However, Dee doesn't. She is tried of living inside her self and being scared. She decides the only way to fully heal is to talk about what happen to her. She tells Beck about her past. Then she tells her best friends Izzy and Greg. Izzy and Greg are hurt and sad that something was wrong and they were too busy living their lives to notice anything. Greg is also glad Beck stay by Dee side through everything.

After the attack, the boys at Corps Security try to get to the bottom of things. Dee gets a threatening note. Beck gets scared again for Dee. Dee almost gets attacked again but Coop somehow gets shot instead and dies. Everyone is dealing with that. Beck has always been the rock for Dee and during the grief period after Coop's death Dee gets to be Beck's rock. Dee loves being there for Beck. She gets to pay him back for everything he has done for her.

Dee does get attacked a third time. She is with Coop's brother this time and at home but she fights back. She is tired of being scared and weak and decides to fight. Beck is proud of Dee when he finds her and she is fighting a man 3x her size. There is a lot of other stuff that happens. There is some sex, some crazy truths about Dee's past that come out and a shocking Maddox's confession.

I enjoyed this book. I didn't think it was as great as Axel's book but it was okay. I liked Dee and Beck in the previous 2 books and I was finally glad when they got together. They had been through so much and I was ready for them to have their happy ending. Dee did get of my nerves a little. I know it's hard to talk about your past and your past can screw you up more than everyone thinks but Beck was a constant person in her life. She should have open up to him a little in the beginning and let him know what was going on. I loved Beck. He stay by her side and never gave up on her. Dee kept thinking he was going to run and I'm glad he didn't. I loved the side of Dee that Beck brought out. She was funny, happy and carefree. Towards the end of the book I really started liking Dee again. I hated her parents and the author could of just killed them off in the book. I know she was screw up partly because of them and I hated parents that don't love their kids no matter if it's just a book. They still pissed me off.

I can't wait for Maddox's book. I want to know about him. I hate having to wait to the last book in the series to get his story. I think Maddox is my favorite character in the series. He is mysterious and I can't wait.

Beck (Corps Security #3) By Harper Sloan

I am currently reading this book. I like it so far. Although I want to strangle Dee through half the book. I just wish the author would write Maddox's story already. I really want to read that one really bad.

Beck (Corps Security #3) by Harper Sloan

Out December 23, 2013

Synopsis:
DEE
I’ve always been good at wearing masks. Not letting anyone see the real me. I’m content being the happy-go-lucky best friend. The strong willed boss. The independent woman who doesn’t need a man. But the truth is I’m just as broken as the rest of you. I’m terrified that all it will take is one person to make all my carefully constructed walls crumble into fine dust. So I guard my heart with everything I have. Determined to never let anyone get close enough to hurt me again. All is perfect until HE walks into my life. No… he doesn’t just walk. He struts his good-looking, sex-oozing self right into my space and demands that I see HIM. Making me want what I know I can’t have. So I did the only thing I know how to do. I run. But he just won’t let me go.

BECK
The second I see her, I know she will be mine. I see past the gorgeous smiles and heart-stopping laughter. I see HER. She doesn’t want me to know her secrets or the past that haunts her, but I make it my mission to find out. To make her mine. She can run all she wants, but it will never be far enough to stop me from coming after her.  She’s it for me and she knows it. She’s just too scared to admit it.


Excerpt:
"If you don't stop treating me like a damn child, I'm going to lose it. I mean it, Beck. I want to go home. I want to sleep iin my own bed." He laughs, actually laughs in my face before turning back to the stove and flipping the pancakes he's working on.

Oh, the infuriating man. And daamn him for making pancakes worthy of me kissing his feet.

It's been two weeks. Two damn weeks since I've been released from the hospital, and he hasn't left my side once. He's becoming Betty freaking Crocker and Suzie Homemaker all rolled into one, too good looking for his own good man. He cooks my meals, does my laundry, and I bet if I asked, he's wipe my ass for me.

Don't get me wrong. I'm thankful for the assistance, but I haven't left the house once since we've been back. The first week, I don't think I could've left if I'd wanted to. My ribs screamed in pain whenever I moved, and my face would've given small children nightmares. I still look like I fought a semi and lost, but at least the bruises aren't as ugly and vibrant as before and the swelling has gone down enough that I look somewhat normal.

Now, I just want out. I want to got to my own house, sleep in my own bed and put some space between us. Oh, who am I kidding? The main reason I want out is because he's making me feel things that scare the shit out of me... making me believe that whatever I've been avoiding this whole time is possible.

He's making me want everything he's laying down at my feet. He's making me crave everything that I've been running from.

And he's got me so turned on that all he would need to do is say 'come', and I'm pretty sure my body would detonate like a perfectly crafted bomb.