Book Review: Off Campus (Bend or Break Book 1) by Amy Jo Cousins @_AJCousins

 

Off Campus 

(Bend or Break Book 1)

By Amy Jo Cousins 

• Publisher : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (27 May 2017)

Everyone’s got secrets. Some are just harder to hide.

With his father’s ponzi scheme assets frozen, Tom Worthington believes finishing college is impossible unless he can pay his own way. After months sleeping in his car and gypsy-cabbing for cash, he’s ready to do just that.

But his new, older-student housing comes with an unapologetically gay roommate. Tom doesn’t ask why Reese Anders has been separated from the rest of the student population. He’s just happy to be sleeping in a bed.

Reese isn’t about to share his brutal story with his gruff new roommate. You’ve seen one homophobic jock, you’ve seen ’em all. He plans to drag every twink on campus into his bed until Tom moves out. But soon it becomes clear Tom isn’t budging.

Tom isn’t going to let some late-night sex noise scare him off, especially when it’s turning him on. But he doesn’t want any drama either. He’ll keep his hands, if not his eyes, to himself. Boundaries have a way of blurring when you start sharing truths, though. And if Tom and Reese cross too many lines, they may need to find out just how far they can bend…before they break.

Warning: This book contains cranky roommates who vacillate between lashing out and licking, some male/male voyeurism, emotional baggage that neither guy wants to unpack, and the definitive proof that sound carries in college housing.

Book Rating:b

📚📚📚📚📚 = I could not put this book down. I Highly Recommend.

📚📚📚📚 = A really great read.

📚📚📚 = It was enjoyable.

📚📚 = It was okay.

📚 = Um...! 😕

My Review 

Off Campus 

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This is a really beautiful romance between Tom and Reese. Both have gone through a tremendous ordeal. Tom's dad is in prison because of a scandalous business deal where a lot of people lost a lot of money, and it has left Tom out on the streets. And although Tom desperately wants to finish college, he will have to pay for it himself and the last thing on his mind is romance. Especially with his rather promiscuous roommate. Reese, who seems to bring a different guy back to their room every night. But Reese is in fact using theses encounters as a way of gaining back some control of his life after a horrific rape.

This story had me in tears, especially when I found out what happened to Reese. But also because of how much the two of them go through. This is a very sensual book, but I though this gave their story credibility.

I have only rated this novel four books because there are several editing errors that need to be looked at. Apart from that it is a fantastic novel from beginning to end.

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Amy Jo Cousins writes contemporary romance and erotica about smart people finding their own best kind of smexy. She lives in Chicago with her son, where she tweets too much, sometimes runs really far, and waits for the Cubs to win the World Series. She loves to hear from readers at amyjocousins.com!

Book Review: A Secret Between Friends (Between the Sheets Book 1) by Serenity Woods

 

A Secret Between Friends

(Between the Sheets Book 1)

By Serenity Woods 

 A wounded soldier needs her own hero...

When Lieutenant Genie Sharpe’s best friend Ciara dies in the bomb blast that blew up their Army truck, Genie comes home to the Bay of Islands to rest her wounded knee. To honor Ciara, Genie decides to carry out her friend’s Bucket List, and she’s more than happy when Ciara’s gorgeous big brother Niall offers to join in.

The attraction that has always simmered between them soon turns sizzling hot. But Niall’s mother Sinead blames Genie for her daughter’s death, and Ciara made her feelings clear on them dating long ago, so they agree to keep their relationship secret.

The final wish on Ciara’s Bucket List brings everything to a head. Genie knows she has to end the fling. But the heart wants what the heart wants, and besides, Niall has other ideas…

Book Rating:

📚📚📚📚📚 = I could not put this book down. I Highly Recommend.

📚📚📚📚 = A really great read.

📚📚📚 = It was enjoyable.

📚📚 = It was okay.

📚 = Um...! 😕

My Review 

A Secret Between Friends

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Oh, my!! What an amazing romance novel. This is the kind of story that I could happily read again and again and again and never grow tired of it. 

First off, we have Genie who came home from the war when her best-friend, who was more like a sister, did not. Ciara parents  blame Genie for her death - but they have absolutely no idea about how hard Genie had tried to save her.

This only member of Ciara's family that goes out of his way to speak to Genie is Niall, Ciara's brother. Genie has been in love with Niall since she was a young teen, although she has always tried her best not to show it. Now, he is helping her complete Ciara's bucket-list and the more time she spends with him, the more her love grows.

Likewise, Niall has always secretly longed for Genie and the buck-list challenge gives him a chance to get really close with her.

This novel is sensual, but the love scenes are beautifully portrayed. Likewise, the emotional turmoil, the regret, the guilt and the desperate longing is also played out between the pages of this remarkable book.

This novel has a big thumbs up from me because it is truly brilliant. 

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USA Today bestselling author of contemporary romance, writing sexy Kiwi billionaires with a heart.