✯Release Review✯Pushing You Away (Ex-Con Duet Series #3)(Noah & Katie duet, #1) by Kennedy Fox

 

Pushing You Away

Noah & Katie duet, #1

Ex-Con Duet Series

 

Pushing You Away is now available on all retailers!

I’ve been in love with my best friend Katie Walker for as long as I can remember. We may have shared our deepest, darkest secrets but that one I’ve kept to myself. Before I got the courage to confess my true feelings, my cousin Gabe moved to town and swept Katie off her feet. 

I should’ve admitted how I felt but I couldn’t—especially once they got married. When I caught Gabe cheating on his pregnant wife, I snapped. A deadly fight erupted and before I could comprehend what happened, I was charged with his murder and sent to prison. The day I’m released, I go straight to Katie’s house. But after pushing her away for a decade while I was behind bars—she slams the door in my face—wanting nothing to do with me.  While she’s determined to pretend I don’t exist, this time I’m not going anywhere. 

PUSHING YOU AWAY is a slow burn, angsty friends to lovers romance with lots of small-town, Southern drama. It's book 1 in the Noah & Katie duet and must be read in order.

✯✯5 Reconnecting Stars!!!✯✯ 

I’m bowing down to Kennedy Fox for the millionth time and I know it’s not gunna be the last!! I LOVED Tyler and Gemma’s story and knew I was gunna love Katie and Noah’s but man it was better then I thought it was gunna be. 

Noah’s been in love with Katie his entire life. Noah wanted to kiss her and tell her so many times but he chickened out every time. Next thing he knew his cousin Gabe moved to town and asked Katie out. 

Noah wanted to kick himself for not telling Katie his feeling’s before Gabe swooped in. But, Noah figured since Katie said yes to Gabe he figured she only liked him as a friend so Noah supported her decision and kept his true feeling’s towards her to himself. 

Next thing Noah realized Gabe and Katie were married right after high school. Now Gabe and Katie are pregnant with their first born. Gabe is anything but a doting soon-to-be father Bc he’s been cheating on Katie. One night Noah decides he’s going to go and confront Gabe and tell him to cut it out and go home to his pregnant wife. It turned into an argument when Gabe hit Noah. When Noah hit’s Gabe back he hits his head, falls on the floor and doesn’t get back up. 

Game ends up passing away from their fight. At Gabe’s funeral Noah is arrested and charged with murder. Noah ends up spending the next ten years in jail. While in jail Katie wrote Noah and tried visiting him but Noah refused to see her and never wrote her back. 

Noah had his reason’s for pushing Katie away. The minute he gets outta jail he want’s to go see Katie and apologize for pushing her away but he doesn’t get that far Bc he gets a door slammed in his face. Noah gets it and he’ll wait until he can get her to listen. 

But, before he can give her time there’s some people in their hometown aren’t happy Noah’s outta jail and back. Somebody’s coming after Noah and they’re going thru his father, Tyler and Gemma. The four of them decide Noah must go in hiding for a little while till thing’s cool down. Gemma call’s Katie and talk’s her into letting Noah stay in the house she bought and is renovating. Noah hope’s he can get Katie to talk to him and hopefully find out who’s after him. 

Katie has always loved Noah but never thought he saw her like that so she kept her mouth shut. When his cousin Gabe asked her out she said yes hoping Noah would object but he never did. 

Gabe wasn’t the same person as he was before they got married. She knew what he was doing but felt stuck. The last thing Katie ever expected was loosing both Gabe and Noah the same night and becoming a widow and single mom. 

Katie never blamed Noah for Gabe’s death. It was an accident and she hates that he got sent to jail for this long. But, she’s extremely mad he cut her off when he was sentenced. He never explained why it was just radio silence from him. 

Katie has worked hard to give her son Owen a good life. She’s just bought a new house and plan’s on doing the remodeling herself. There’s nothing she can’t learn from watching YouTube video’s. Katie has such an amazing support team. He two best friend’s Gemma and Everleigh, her parent’s and her in-laws have been very supportive of her and Owen. 

When Noah show’s up at her house Katie doesn’t want no part of him. Yes, she wanted to know why he cut her off contract but she’s not ready for it. No matter where he pops up at. 

When Gemma call’s her and tell’s her somebody is coming after Noah thru her, Tyler and their dad and they need to hide him, Katie is shocked. She knows ppl aren’t happy he’s out, her in-laws for one but didn’t think someone would try to hurt him. 

Katie eventually agrees to let him stay in her house. She’s not ready to listen to him but refuses to let him get hurt. Katie let’s Owen know Noah will be staying in their house and it’s a secret. He can’t tell anyone ESP his grandparents and he promises. 

Katie still sticks to her plan of working, taking care of Owen and get their house fixed. But, Noah’s at the house and they’re spending more time together. Own and him get along great. 

Noah finally gets Katie to agree to let him help her and they start making a good dent into Katie’s lists on her to-do lists. 

The more time they spend together the more they start talking. Noah finally explains his action’s. They also spill their guts on their true feeling’s for each other and they’re both shocked they didn’t know they were feeling the same things. 

While Katie is still hiding the fact from her in-laws that she’s back talking to Noah and that their relationship has moved forward. But, before she can figure out how to tell them she figure’s it who’s behind wanting to hurt Noah and she’s sensed it all along. Katie just hopes she gets to him before it’s too late. 

I devoured this in one Saturday!! I’m so mad that Noah was in jail. He never meant to hurt him let alone kill him. I feel he gave up Bc he felt bad for what happened to Katie so he just went with the punches. 

I’m excited for the next part Bc I’m dying to know exactly who is the voice Noah heard. I’m also wanting josh and Katie to FINALLY get their HEA. ESP after reading the blurb for it. 

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 Brooke Cumberland and Lyra Parish are a duo of romance authors who teamed up under the USA Today pseudonym,   Kennedy Fox. They share a love of Hallmark movies, overpriced coffee, and making TikToks. When they aren’t bonding over romantic comedies, they like to brainstorm new book ideas. One day in 2016, they decided to collaborate under a pseudonym and have some fun creating new characters that’ll make you blush and your heart melt. Happily ever afters guaranteed! 

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✯Release Review✯Get Revenge (Blood Legion MC #4) by Rie Warren

Title: Get Revenge

Series: Blood Legion MC #4

Author: Rie Warren

Genre: MC Romance

Release Date: December 16, 2019

He made sure she’d never come looking for him. She vowed to hate him until her dying breath. When they meet again sparks fly, lust ignites . . . danger doubles down.

REVENGE

I’m a bad biker dude with a serious chip on my shoulder. I’m also known for being an ex-con and most likely to be engaged in a spicy threesome with the Doublemint Twins. Everything comes to a screeching halt when a woman I betrayed shows up at Blood Legion MC. 

There’s no frickin’ way Arden high and mighty Prioleau belongs anywhere near the Thunder Road Bar. There’s no frigging reason for her to be looking for me. She’s cool, calm, and cultured on the outside, all seething anger and undeniable sexiness on the inside. 

Arden is a glorious redhaired vixen with one giant ask—she wants my help to take down a man I’d rather dismember than share a drink with.

ARDEN

Revenge isn’t even his real name, but he doesn’t want anyone else to know who he really is. I guess I can’t blame him. I wish I could change my identity too if only to get away from the maniac destroying my life.

Revenge is the last person on earth I’d ever expect to rely on. He’s my last chance. My final hope. And that isn’t saying all that much considering how we ended. 

Now I’m not so sure what I’ve gotten myself into. Revenge is hardened and even hotter than I remembered. He’s a black sheep with a checkered past. A dark horse who’s dirty as sin. 

It turns out my knight in shining armor is a leather-clad biker I’ve known most of my life and have spent the past few years hating with a fiery intensity. 

✯✯5 Revenge Filled Stars!!!✯✯

I’m so sad that I have to write this review bc then it means the Blood Legion MC Series has come to an end and that hurts. We met them in Storm in Rie’s Bad Boys Of X-Ops and been invested in this series since. Needless to say I’m sad it’s ending.  

Revenge has always been a mystery. You don’t know much about him other then he’s always got the guys back. When Grace came to Thunder Road bar pregnant and scared was the first time he got emotional. He’s very protective of Grace and her daughter Haven. Other then that he’s seen coming and going with different women. Lately it’s been the double mint twins and he’s OK with that. 

Revenge was in love once. Wanted to marry her but when his father was planning out his life Revenge knew he didn’t want to follow his dads footsteps. Instead he joined a MC club that was bad news. When they started pulling jobs more dangerous after the other he realized he made a mistake. Next thing he realized they wanted his girlfriend. 

Revenge would do anything to protect Arden. Revenge made it looked like he was cheating on her. Not only did Arden break up with him but she moved to Europe. Revenge hated himself but would do anything to keep her safe. 

Revenge was shocked when Arden showed up at Thunder Road looking for him. She was still beautiful, high class.  But, she’s married to his nemesis, has a daughter and needing help getting her and her daughter away from him. 

Arden hates Revenge. She was in love with him and he lied and cheated on her. Her life has gotten that bad that she’s had to go to him to ask her help. 

Her husband has gotten in deep with some bad guys. Arden doesn’t know all the details but knows enough to know her and her daughter need to get out before it’s too late. 

Arden lives her life but his rules. If she doesn’t follow them she’ll feel it for days afterwards.  He’s never hit her in the face. That’s off limits... for now. 

Arden knows if anybody can help her it’s Revenge. She wasn’t expecting certain feelings to come up. She swore she hated him. Deep down she knows that’s not true. 

Arden doesn’t want to hear the truth from Revenge about that night all those years ago. But, when she finds out the truth all bets are off and in bed they jump into. 

Too bad it isn’t that easy for these two. Arden is still married to the devil himself. The devil is connected to Grace’s devil. Things are going to get dirty, dangerous and complicated before they’re butterflies and rainbows.  Don’t forget there’s still things Arden doesn’t tell Revenge until she is pushed up against the wall. 

Rie saved the best for last!!! As sad as I am it’s over I’m glad he ended it. Revenge is so much more then I ever thought he was. You’d never think he was from a high class family. But, man does he fill out a suit. Wonder if he uses the same tailor that Josh Stone and the Retribution guys do LMAO I’m just saying!!!! 

I don’t wanna give away too much. I will say whenever Angel called church and it ended up all the guys sitting around the table talking love, relationships like Dr. Phil was there had me weak. I was rolling and crying from Lmao. 

Man bun number one was a shocker but was AMAZING and it truly showed how much this MC, the bikers and the community has grown. 

Rie you’ve given me another favorite series to add to my list. I legit can’t wait to see what you publish next. 

As Gabriel—who now called himself Revenge—greeted folks in a friendly manner, I couldn’t deny he was gorgeous. His lips had always been perfectly masculine, sculpted in a divine way. Even now that he was more hardened, the ruggedness only served to heighten his virile appeal. The tats completed the picture of a confident man, and everything about him was new but familiar at the same time.

He tugged my hand once more, bringing my arm up to curl around his neck as his body began to move. 

Zydeco was usually fast-paced, hard-grinding music. As luck would have it, Gabriel chose to guide me out onto the crowded dance floor to a song that cast a slow burning spell. 

Drawing up to my toes, I whispered at his ear, “You’re a bad influence.”

“Something we can finally agree on.” He chuckled. 

My throat went dry as I followed his lead, letting my fingers slide from his neck to his shoulders to the mountainous bulge of his biceps.

No man had a right moving his hips the way Gabriel did. The lusty rotations conjured up fantasies of hot fiery coupling, pounding the likes of which Barnaby didn’t understand. 

His pounding involved his fists on my body at deliberately aimed places. 

With Gabriel, I let the music take me, knowing I could do nothing wrong enough to anger him in such a way he’d hurt me. 

I leaned my head back, and he grasped me closer around the waist as my breasts brushed against his hard chest. 

When his groin collided with my belly and I reared up at the thick ridge I felt butting against me, his lips hovered near my earlobe. “I think you’re the bad influence, cher.”

I was getting carried away. 

For once, I just went with it. 

The lyrics to this song were more sexual. 

Sensual even. 

The rhythm dripped down into my being like slow-melting ice in a tumbler of whiskey. 

I quickly grew hot as Gabriel twirled me this way and that, always bringing me back to the formidable cradle of his body. 

I wondered if he missed me as much as I missed him—at those darkest, loneliest times of night when I could let my fantasies run free only to startle from them to find I’d been virtually locked inside a house with a madman of my own choosing. 

No.

None of that here. 

Not right now. 

Gabriel’s irises looked like glimmering steel, and his palms scorched the flesh beneath my thin dress when they skimmed from my hips to almost settle on my ass. 

A breath skipped from my chest, the heat I remembered from so long ago swirling to all the places I thought dead—my breasts, my nipples . . . right between my thighs. 

“Damn, Arden.” 

Even his growly timbre did strange, half-remembered things to me. 

I blinked up at him. “What?”

“I need a drink to cool off, babe.” 

The sultriest of laughs left my lips, and I wondered if I’d ever be able to close this Pandora’s box now that I’d opened it again. 

He ordered from the bar as I stood to the side, observing him. 

It was unreal how easily he fit in to any crowd. 

He had always had charisma—shame he hadn’t put it to good use. 

When a very pretty woman approached him—her hips leading the way in a heavy come-on—I stiffened right up. 

Gabriel’s beard parted for a grin, and I nearly curled my nails into talons like a jealous bitch. 

He shook his head with a laugh and sauntered toward me, leaving the woman watching with drool practically running down her chin. 

I forgot about everything as soon as I polished off my drink, and Gabriel took me out on the dance floor again. We laughed, letting it all go just like we used to. 

In this world, nothing could touch us. 

Nothing could tame us or cage us. 

With a break in the music, I drew back to catch my breath and get my bearings. 

Perspiration beaded along the strong cords of Gabriel’s neck, and I fought the urge to lick the salty taste off him.

I fought the urge to walk back into his arms as another song began. 

I knew coming to Jupiter’s had been a foolish move on my part. 

I’d let myself become stupidly infatuated again, but I needed Gabriel for one specific reason.

Badass, sassafras Rie Warren is an OG Amazon All Star author of Bad Boy books and MC romance. She delivers five star sex, suspense, and the best banter around. Her stories are one hundred percent original, do not contain fluffy plots or virgin brides, and wring every last emotion from readers to leave them with a satisfied smile. Rie’s tough alpha males are never brought to heel, but are instead healed by the feisty femme fatale of their perfect match. She grew up in Maine, went to college in Iowa (Iowa, what?), lived in Scotland, and married in Englishman. In true roundabout fashion, they came back to the States, settled in South Carolina’s lowcountry, putting down southern roots and pursuing their arty endeavors. Tale spinner and character diviner, Rie is a lover of sleep, wine, and rude memes often involving either Disney characters or Winnie the Pooh. She is raising two teen daughters along with an entire brain full of unruly characters.

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✯Release Review✯Gilded Lily (Bennet Brothers #2) by Staci Hart

The wait is over! Gilded Lily, the second standalone in Staci Hart's Bennet Brothers Series, is LIVE! Trust me when I say you do NOT want to miss this one! Lila & Kash are everything. Grab your copy today on Amazon or snag this beauty in Kindle Unlimited today!

They say there’s no such thing as perfect.
But I’ve built my life to perfection—the perfect boyfriend, the perfect apartment, the perfect career planning celebrity weddings. My job—my only job—is to make sure every event is absolutely and completely perfect.
What’s not perfect? Kash Bennet.
And I wish I didn’t find that so appealing.
I could have told you every perfectly imperfect thing about the gardener at Longbourne. Like his hair, lush and black and far too long. Or his nose, the flat bridge of a Greek god, bent a little like it’s been broken. Or his size. Beastly. Roped and corded with muscles, gleaming with sweat and peppered with dirt.
There’s no escaping him, not if I’m going to use his family’s flower shop for my events.
But nothing is what it seems. And in the span of a heartbeat, my perfect life is turned inside out.
They say the best way to get over somebody is to get under somebody new. When Kash offers his services to the cause, it sounds like the perfect plan.
What’s not part of the plan? Falling in love with the gardener.
But they were right—there’s no such thing as perfect.
And I’m the fool who finds out the hard way.

✯✯5 Kash Filled Stars!! ✯✯

Staci Hart is back and she brought back the Bennet family.  This time it’s all about Kash and Lila

Lila has worked hard to get her dream job at the only place she had her eyes set on. Lila’s an event planner and has the clients from hell. They’re from the hottest reality TV show and known for their drama. Lila is in charge of planning the wedding for one daughter and the birthday party for the other. 

Lila likes to keeps things professional. Her sister Ivy has been trying to get her to use the flower shop Longbourne where she works at for awhile now. Lila finally caved and she’s using them. 

When Lila walks in on her boyfriend sleeping with her client she was shocked. If him cheating on her wasn’t bad enough, her boss makes her life miserable. Purposely going out of her way to make Lila mess something up. Luckily, Lila triple checks everything. 

Lila knows this wedding and birthday party must go off without an issue. If only that was easier said then done. The family is full of drama on the regular. But, add in the fact her ex-boyfriend cheated on her with the youngest daughter and now they’re dating, so the daughter is going out of her way to make Lila’s life unbearable. 

Lila’s sister tries telling her the best thing to happen to her  was her boyfriend cheating on her. I’ve never liked him and tells Lila the best way to get over him is to get under someone else. 

Whenever Lila sees Kash, the Gardener he instantly gets under her skin. Between his stupid shirts and his comebacks makes her go crazy. Until one day things change and things will never be the same. 

Kash is the only Bennet sibling that never left the flower shop. He’s a lot like his father. Kash likes spending his days digging in the dirt, making the flowers and is perfectly OK with it. 

Kash has had his heartbroken awhile ago. She let him know he wasn’t in the same league as her. Kash vowed to never get hurt again. He’s all for hooking up, no commitments, no strings attached. 

Kash is very calm and doesn’t let many things rile him up. Which is why he’s the Bennet sibling stepping up and taking the lead to handle everything Lila. When she goes crazy, Kash just smirks and goes back at her. 

Kash won’t let Lila get under his skin. Instead he chooses to be the one Lila goes under. Kash wants to be the one to help Lila forget her ex and he also doesn’t like the way she’s being treated at work. 

Kash has the need to protect Lila. There’s something about her that makes him want to be her protector. He’ll do anything to make sure she has whatever she needs. Even if it kills him. 

Lila and Kash make each other feel things they’ve never felt before. They both want more then right now. But, there’s a lot of things that are against them, outsiders wanting to take them out. 

But, the worst thing they have to worry about is themselves. They have to learn to believe each other and believe in themselves to get their HEA. 

This is a must read!! Kash and Lila were a slow burn romance and it was completely worth the wait. 

The Bennet family story isn’t over yet. They’re still fighting for their legacy, that’s their flower shop. This is the perfect example of a family fighting for what’s right. I can’t wait to see them all get their HEA and their flower shop saved. 

Want more Bennet Brother goodness?

Grab Coming Up Roses, the first stand alone in the Bennett Brothers series, available now on Amazon in Kindle Unlimited!

Everyone hates parts of their job.
Maybe it’s the paperwork. Maybe it’s the day-to-day grind. Maybe it’s that client who never knows what they want, or the guy who always cooks fish in the microwave.
But not me. I love every corner of the Longbourne Flower Shop, every flower, every petal, every stem. I love the greenhouse, and I love Mrs. Bennet, my boss. I love creating, and I love being a florist. I don’t hate anything at all.
Except for Luke Bennet.
The Bennet brothers have come home to help their mom save the flower shop, and Luke is at the helm. His smile tells a tale of lust, loose and easy. He moves with the grace of a predator, feral and wild. A thing unbridled, without rules or constraint. When he comes home to save Longbourne, I almost can’t be mad at him. Almost.
He doesn’t remember that night I’ll never forget. That kiss, touched with whiskey and fire. It branded me like a red-hot iron. But it meant nothing to him.
Everyone hates part of their job, and I hate Luke Bennet.
Because if I don’t, I’ll fall in love with him.

Staci has been a lot of things up to this point in her life -- a graphic designer, an entrepreneur, a seamstress, a clothing and handbag designer, a waitress. Can't forget that. She's also been a mom, with three little girls who are sure to grow up to break a number of hearts. She's been a wife, though she's certainly not the cleanest, or the best cook. She's also super, duper fun at a party, especially if she's been drinking whiskey. When she's not writing, she's reading, sleeping, gaming, or designing graphics.

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