Showing posts with label Everyday Heroes series. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Everyday Heroes series. Show all posts

Sunday, November 18, 2018

Blog Tour Review with Excerpt: Control (Everyday Heroes #3.5) by K. Bromberg

 

"Sometimes love happens unexpectedly…"

From New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author K Bromberg, comes CONTROL, a new novella in her Everyday Heroes Series, brought to you by 1,001 Dark Nights! Be sure to grab your copy today!

Book info:
Title:  Control 
Author:  K. Bromberg
Series:  Everyday Heroes #3.5 
Genre:  Adult contemporary romance
Release Date:  November 13th, 2018
Source:  E-galley from InkSlinger PR which did not influence my opinion.
My rating:  5 stars   

About CONTROL:

From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author K. Bromberg comes a new story in her Everyday Heroes series…

Control is something Desi Whitman abhors. Why live life in black and white perfection when you can messily color outside the lines?

But when she comes face to face with SWAT officer Reznor Mayne, he’s about to show her just how good control can feel.

 

Grab your copy of CONTROL today!

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"K. Bromberg always delivers intelligently written, emotionally intense, sensual romance . . ."

 —USA Today

     

My Review:
I loved getting back to this group of characters and the town of Sunnyville.  I loved Desi in Cuffed, so it was nice to go back and see her get her own HEA.  I can't remember if what happened with the guy that she woke up to in her house was in one of the other stories, or just happened with this story, but it made for a good starting point for this one.  This was of course a short, quick read, it is a novella, as all the books in the 1001 Dark Nights series are.  But the story was well played out, and other than I personally wouldn't have been disappointed with another steamy scene at the end of the book, it was perfect in every way.  Exactly what I always hope for, and receive from K. Bromberg.  The names in this were definitely unique.  Desi for one, and then you have to love Reznor, I mean, it just screams hot, sexy guy, or at least to me it did.  Really, I hate that this review is so short, but I guess it is like the story itself, short, and sweet?  Although the story was much sweeter, and steamier!

  

Excerpt:
“That ego of yours is going to be sore tomorrow.”
“Why’s that?” he asks.
“It’s working out right now, flexing its muscles and doing some heavy lifting.” It’s pretty damn hard to be sarcastic when the man still touching you is making you want to lean in and kiss those sexy lips of his and prove just how right he is.
And just how wrong you are.
A sheepish smile paints his lips. “Ah, but you like the muscles.”
I like a whole lot more than the muscles.
“Mmm.” It’s all I trust myself to say.
He leans in closer. I can feel his breath feather over my lips and the look in his eyes—one that says his interest is as strong as mine: hungry and aroused as hell—is enough to make every part of me want to step forward and into him.
But I don’t.
I want to.
But I also want to slow down whatever the hell this is.
“Hey, Desi,” he murmurs as he leans in close enough that both of our eyes flicker down to the other’s lips as we breathe the same air.
“Hmm?”
“You look gorgeous in that color.”
Oh sh*t.
I just swooned.
First flutters.
Now swooning.
Both are things I never do.
“Thank you.” My voice is barely audible when I finally swallow around the lump of desire clouding in my throat.
“For?” he asks, the rumble of his voice a seduction all in itself.
“For fixing my sprinklers.”
“And?”
“And for the compliment.”
His tongue darts out to wet his lips. “No need to thank me.”
Time feels like it slows as we stand like this in the afternoon sunlight on my patio—me in a bright yellow sundress and him in mud-soaked jeans. The birds chirp above. My heart pounds in my ears. My nipples harden in anticipation.
Jesus, just kiss me already, will you?
“Desi?”
“Yeah?”
Just as I get my synapses to fire and lean in and take the initiative myself, he takes a step back and says, “I need to take a shower.”
I draw in a shaky breath as his eyes remain on mine and their corners crease with his smile.
“It’s a good look for you though.” Nice recovery, Des. At least outwardly it is, because inside I’m kind of a wreck with more want than I care to admit to.
“I don’t need to have mud on me to get dirty.”
He winks, gives me one last once-over with eyes that relay every single thing they want to do to me, before he turns on his heel and heads in the direction of his house.
 

 
K. Bromberg’s CONTROL Review and Excerpt Tour Schedule:

November 14th
4TLOR – Review and Excerpt
Bellereadersthoughts – Review and Excerpt
Devilishly dirty book blog – Review and Excerpt
Kick Back & Review – Review and Excerpt
Romance as a first language – Review and Excerpt
Ruby Red Romance Review – Review and Excerpt
Sweetheart Reads – Review and Excerpt
The Reading Cafe – Review and Excerpt
Two Book Pushers – Review and Excerpt

November 15th
Amo’s Book Corner – Review and Excerpt
BJ's Book Blog – Review and Excerpt
Booked All Night – Review and Excerpt
Kat's Books N Brews – Review and Excerpt
Melena's Reviews – Review and Excerpt
Nightbird Novels – Excerpt
The Book Avenue – Review and Excerpt
Word of Mouth – Review

November 16th
Book Starlets – Review and Excerpt
East Coast Book Chicks – Review and Excerpt
IreneChart – Review and Excerpt
Kt's book blog and review – Review and Excerpt
Nerdy Soul – Review and Excerpt
Reading and funny – Review
The Book Bellas – Excerpt
The Fairest of All Book Reviews – Review and Excerpt

November 17th
Book Addict – Review and Excerpt
Kari's Book Reviews and Revelations – Review and Excerpt
Me Love Some Books – Excerpt
Smart & Savvy with Stephanie – Review and Excerpt
The Lovely Teacher Addictions – Review and Excerpt

November 18th
Books According to Abby – Review and Excerpt
Lisa Loves Literature – Review and Excerpt
My Book Filled Life – Review and Excerpt
The Sassy Bookster – Review and Excerpt
TLBC's Book blog – Review and Excerpt
Vera is Reading – Excerpt

November 19th
Book Bitches Blog – Review
Ginreads – Review
NallaReads – Review and Excerpt
OMGReads – Review and Excerpt
Shh Moms Reading – Review and Excerpt
The Erotic Book Blog by Misty – Review and Excerpt

November 20th
A is for Alpha B is for Books – Review and Excerpt
A Literary Perusal – Review and Excerpt
BBBf-sizzlereads – Review and Excerpt
Jax's Book Magic – Excerpt
Sweet Red Reads – Review and Excerpt

November 21st
Books 4 Girls – Review and Excerpt
Dirty Girl Romance – Review
Gi's Spot Reviews – Review and Excerpt
Joandisalovebooks – Review
Musings of the Modern belle – Review and Excerpt
Shahla's World – Review

November 22nd
AC BOOK BLOG – Review and Excerpt
All about reading – Review and Excerpt
Crystal's Book World – Review and Excerpt
Logan’s sports book section – Review and Excerpt
MI Bookshelf – Review and Excerpt
One-Click Chocolate Chick – Review and Excerpt
Reviews from the Heart – Review and Excerpt

November 23rd
Book Lovers Hangout – Review and Excerpt
Kay Daniels Romance – Excerpt
Novel Addiction – Review
Reese's Reviews – Review and Excerpt
Shannon’s Book Blog – Review and Excerpt
Smut Book Junkie Book Reviews – Review and Excerpt
The Book Branch – Review and Excerpt
White Hot Reads – Review

November 24th
Author Groupies – Review
Book Angel Booktopia – Review and Excerpt
Bookishly Yours – Review and Excerpt
NadirasWorld – Review and Excerpt
PBC – Excerpt
Rachel Loren’s Love of Reading – Review and Excerpt
Sofia Loves Books – Review and Excerpt
The Book Disciple – Review and Excerpt

About the Author:
 New York Times bestselling author K. Bromberg writes contemporary novels that contain a mixture of sweet, emotional, a whole lot of sexy, and a little bit of real. She likes to write strong heroines, and damaged heroes who we love to hate and hate to love.

She’s a mixture of most of her female characters: sassy, intelligent, stubborn, reserved, outgoing, driven, emotional, strong, and wears her heart on her sleeve. All of which she displays daily with her husband and three children where they live in Southern California.

On a whim, K. Bromberg decided to try her hand at this writing thing. Since then she has written The Driven Series (Driven, Fueled, Crashed, Raced, Aced), the standalone Driven Novels (Slow Burn, Sweet Ache, Hard Beat, and Down Shift), and a novella (UnRaveled).  

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Friday, July 6, 2018

Two Adult Romance Audiobook Reviews: Cuffed (Everyday Heroes #1) and Worth the Risk (Everyday Heroes #3) by K. Bromberg

I was going to do all of my past due audiobook reviews in one big mini-review post, but then I got the opportunity to listen to Worth the Risk and thought it deserved to be reviewed just with the other books in the Everyday Heroes series.  Kind of weird, but I actually listened to book 2 in the series, Combust first, and you can read that review HERE.  Each book can be read as a standalone, but since they are about the Malone brothers, they are all interconnected, and each one will make you want to read the others to find out about the brothers you meet.

Cuffed (Everyday Heroes #1):
Release Date:  October 23rd, 2017 Source:  Purchased audiobook from Audible.com My rating:  5 stars

Synopsis:
“I hate you. I never want to see you again.”

Grant Malone is not the reason I moved back to Sunnyville—at least that’s what I tell myself. Yet, those parting words I said to him back in third grade, ring in my ears every time a townsperson brings up one of the Malone boys. I thought time had healed my wounds. I was wrong. Nothing could have prepared me for how I felt when I finally saw him again.

Twenty years does a lot to turn a boy into a man. One who hits all my buttons—sexy, funny, attractive, and a police officer. But Grant is off limits because he knows too much about my past.

But I’m drawn to him. That damn uniform of his doesn’t hurt either. It’ll be my downfall. I know it.

What’s one night of sex going to hurt . . . right?

***

I’ve always loved Emmy Reeves.

That’s why I’m shocked to see her all these years later. The shy girl I once knew is all grown up.

Adventurous and full of life, she owns my heart now, just as much as she did back then. Convincing her of that is a whole different story.

I’ll give her the one night she asks for—like that’s a hardship—but when it comes to letting her walk away after, she has another thing coming. There’s no way in hell I’m letting her go this time without a fight.
 
My Review:
This book, once again Bromberg emotionally rings me out with her story!  I cried!  Something I should expect with all of her books it seems.  But this one had such an intense back story, and such a heart-breaking case that Grant is on as a cop.  Of course his case is similar to what Emmy's past was, the thing that sent her away from her friend Grant.  Emmy fought so hard against getting back with him, and it was hard not to empathize with her and her past.  But it was so wonderful to see how hard Grant fought for her.  There was something at the very beginning that I just knew would come into play later in the book to cause an obstacle for them.  I learned a new term for friends with benefits, banging buddies, hadn't heard that one before!  Since I'd already read/listened to book 2, I already knew Grady, but I kinda want to go back and reread/listen to hear things that might make more sense after getting this first one read.  And while there was a short time in my life I thought I'd like to skydive, I've since decided I don't want to. But then, the rush that they talk about afterwards?  Well, I kinda want to experience it just once!  

I had actually won a physical copy of the book from the author, on Facebook I think, but I listened to the audiobook instead.  As I seem to do with all of Bromberg's books. 

 Worth the Risk (Everyday Heroes #3):
Release Date:  May 15th, 2018 Source:  Audiobook gifted through Audible.com from author which did not affect my opinion. My rating:  5 stars

Synopsis:
This whole contest was supposed to be easy. I know, I know. Famous last words.

It’s a long story, but I messed up at work. Big time. To earn back the trust of my boss, I promised to save one of our magazines. Yep. That Hot Dad contest you’ve seen advertised all over the place was my idea. And if I’m successful, if I’m able to increase our online readership, then I get a shot at my dream job.

But the one thing I never expected to happen, happened: Contestant number ten, Grayson Malone. Hello, Mr. Difficult. And did I mention sexy as hell?

Unfortunately he knows me. The old me, anyway. And while we might be older now, I remind him of before. Of the woman who broke his heart, who hardened him, and who left him alone to raise the cutest little boy I’ve ever seen. 

But I don’t want a relationship. And I definitely don’t fall for single dads with baggage. Even ones with chiseled abs and killer smiles. 

But he got to me. They got to me. Him and his son and their messy, crazy life. But I got to him too. I see the stolen glances. I feel the walls he built start to crumble. I recognize that there’s an unexpected beauty to the chaos in his life. 

And now that the contest is about to end, we’re left to decide whether the last six months were just fun or if what we have is worth risking it all? 

My Review:
Now first off, the cover doesn't match the first two in the series.  And I get why the author changed, although honestly, since there was the hot dad contest that Grayson was in, the original cover would still have worked in my opinion.  I have to say after reading/listening to this one though, it is probably my favorite. And the reason for that is that Luke, Grayson's 8 year old son, totally steals the story/show/book.  He made me cry whenever he asked his dad about getting him a mom, made me laugh with his talk about innies and outies, and I smiled so much when he asked Sidney to go the picnic with him and his grandma.  In fact I was a little disappointed that the little epilogue didn't actually have him in it really.  

It took a bit of time, almost halfway through the book before we got into any steamy stuff though, but once we did, it was the usual good stuff from this author.  Even when Grayson and Sidney tried to keep telling each other it was only a sexual/friends with benefits relationship, you could tell how much each wanted more than that.  I was so mad that Sidney never said anything about how if she helped save this magazine she'd be getting her own magazine to run.  Although I feel like Grayson should have realized that.  And in a way, he did, only he was just assuming she was just like his ex and would leave.  But then when she showed in so many ways that she was different from his ex, he made me so mad for not giving her a chance!  For not asking her to stay, for not telling her that he chose her!  

 As much as I loved Luke, and that he totally made the book over the top perfect for me, I also feel like we got so much more interaction with all three of the Malone brothers in this book.  Not that we didn't have them before, but I just feel like this one had more of them.  The three of them together was so much fun.  I loved how they teased and tortured one another.  Of course you have to adore their mother and how she just wants to get all her boys hooked up.  But then I loved how his father really was a great influence in this one.  I also like how Sidney's father was at the end too.

 Such a great wrap-up to such a great series, but a series of standalones, that can be read in any order and as far apart as you want.  Although if you get the time, and you can, I'd suggest listening/reading them all right in a row! 
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Thursday, March 1, 2018

Audiobook Review: Combust (Everyday Heroes #2) by K. Bromberg

Book info:
Title:  Combust
Author:  K. Bromberg
Series:  Everyday Heroes #2
Genre:  Adult Contemporary Romance
Release Date:  February 15th, 2018
Source:  Audible audiobook from author for review
My rating:  5 stars

Synopsis:
From New York Times Bestselling author, K. Bromberg, comes the second standalone book in the Everyday Heroes series. Just how hot will firefighter Grady Malone turn up the heat? Songwriter Dylan McCoy has been burned. By her boyfriend she found in her bed . . . with someone else. By the contract she signed that obligates her to work with him until the songs for his new album are complete. By her agent when she asked Dylan to keep their breakup on the down-low. When she finds herself in Sunnyville, she refuses to let her new roommate burn her too. Still . . . a rebound has never looked so good. That's her first thought when she sees firefighter Grady Malone. Sexy. Charismatic. Unapologetic. He's a man who carries his own scars-the ones on his back, the survivor's guilt on his soul, and the fear in his heart. When an unexpected visitor puts their roommate status to the test, will their undeniable attraction burn out, or will they both take a chance and play with fire?

My Review:
Ever since Bromberg first hooked me with that cliffhanger at the end of her book Driven, I have been a huge fan.  This is my first of her books that is not a part of that series, and I can honestly say I am not disappointed.  While this is definitely a standalone, it also makes me want to go back and read the first book, to learn about the other Malone brother's romance. Pretty sure a family of hot men in uniforms is one I need to get to know.  I loved all the little sayings the Malone family had for what the word "fear" actually could mean.  Like:  Face Everything And Rise.  I loved the chemistry between Grady and Dylan.  I also love that Dylan was able to see her ex for exactly who he was, and not be tempted to get back with him, no matter how hard he tried. That would have totally ruined her character for me if that had happened. Grady frustrated me with his refusing to get into anything serious because of his dangerous line of work and what had hapened to his partner. But you can understand it.  While I wondered how they could work out in the end, Grady being a firefighter in the town, and Dylan being a songwriter who probably needed to be in Hollywood, I guess the author figured out how it could.  

The narrators were Andi Arndt and Sebastian York, two narrators that I look forward to listening to when I see them listed.  As I said, a great story, there were parts that I cried during, the sexy parts were definitely steamy, and the ending was wonderful.  

I did learn a new term, not a very flattering one, mermaid thighs.  But since I can say that I definitely have them, then I'm going to say that's at least a kind of nice way to say it.  And I also like what Grady said about that very issues.  He said that men don't care about what women's thighs look like when they're together, they only care about what is between them when they're spread apart.  Such a crude, guy thing to say, but honestly, makes sense, and hey, should help with that one area of self-doubt. 
 
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