Kate's Book Reviews - everything.kate.reads
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
Resist Mari Carr
Mari Carr’s new Making His Play is a emotional rollercoaster with some not always gentle but fantastic (and at the same exact moment emotionally perfect) spice!
“Ainsley was Courtney Love.
Coulton was Captain America”
Ainsley Hall, the tattooed and pierced,stuck in her dad’s dive bar, in an endless routine of emotional turmoil looked up find a Thor-look alike walk in the bar door, meeting the life altering, Coulton Moore.
Coulton is the goalie for the NHL team and has come form the other end of spectrum with the opposite family experience, education and emotional stability throughout his life, reacts from the moment they meet.
I love the slow emotional experience they go through together in the same book as breathtaking over 18+ spice and a fantastic character driven story.
Perfect.
Thank you for the pre-read, Mari Carr!
Monday, February 17, 2025
Captivating Bella Matthews
Oh, every time Bella Matthews puts the proverbial pen to paper (or however her process), and whispers of release dates dance across TikTok or Facebook or Instagram, my finger is on the pre-order button.
Captivating, the 4th installment of the Red Lips and White Lies series, made me delightedly thrilled to have clicked that orange button.
Both of our MC characters come from the well established Kroydon Hills families, Liliah’ the daughter of Natalie and Brady Ryan part of the of NFL dynasty.
Lilah Ryan chose music at a young age and became a global superstar, a pop princess over the sweet image and happily ever after lyrics. Not feeling any of it and certainly not sure she believes in love anymore, she heads home.
Lilia’s stalkers have been downplayed by some of her team but, her family and label insist on more. After ditching or refusing every other, she is finally pushed together with childhood frienemie, Killian St James.
Killian St James, a MMA champion (son of Cade and Scarlet Kingston) agrees to be a fake boyfriend and bodyguard for the highly unamused Lilah.
Ok, caught up? This can be a total standalone, (purist that I am cringes at the thought) and I fell *HARD* for this book.
The spice is so well placed in the story, hot and a perfect foil to the rest of the book. The plot is sweet, sexy and keeps pulling you in. I love the characters…perfect!
Read it, don’t miss it.
Sunday, December 8, 2024
Enticing Bella Matthews
Hooray! We finally got Leo Sinclair's story and wow, what a story!
I have always loved the little cameo appearances he's done walking through the Kroydon Hill family stories. He's usually the loveable goofball or the buddy you want when things are going sideways.
However, I adore the change Leo made in himself, seemingly, although I just don't think he let it show. In a family as loud and over the top as his, with the extended assortment of aquired family...it was a simple role with his natural spirit and nature to take on. Until Bella and her daughters.
I'm leaving it there, buy the book (or KU it). I will say that the story takes you on an emotional rollercoaster, the spice is unreal and you are doing yourself a disfavor to miss it.
5/5 story
5/5 spice
Must read
Princes of Sin 3 Paula Dombrowsiak
I’m blown away! The book is amazing, the series spinoff took in such an amazing new direction but keeping the distinctive feel for The Princes of Sin! The narrations are *perfect*, I mean really perfect. It was like someone reached into my imagination and pulled Shane East and Evelyn Rose to weave the perfect, spice laden and action packed book. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
silent night cr riley
Let's just jump right into it.
Flawless. this is flawless and original.
This is a Christmas story adjacent, it happens at Christmas, but is not about Christmas.
I couldn't believe the amazing creativity behind Riley's Silent Night. I've never read any of her MMC that could be truly consider morally grey, but, Liam is the definition of morally grey. And delicious.
He needs Josie, our FMC, as much as she needs him when all heck comes down on her life...and....
The spice is amazing, the story is brilliant and it is a definitive don't miss
5/5 Story
5/5 Spice (adults only, thanks)
Saturday, September 28, 2024
Traci Sek Get What's Mine
I loved the sexy start to this sweet and emotional story following Tyler and Natalie.
Natalie, a burlesque dancer and waitress (a girl's got to make a living..especially with demands at home). Tyler's a ad rep for a marketing company, he drops a train wreck relationship the same day that he attends a bachelor party, meeting the burlesque working Natalie...a little hootch and some after work party...
With Tyler's pursuit of Natalie (he's a cinnamon roll that recognises something special in her), while she keeps secrets, the ones she's grown up with and potentially a larger one, they have a long work to get to the HEA they both deserve...
I loved the complexity of both characters, the details and beauty of the story will leave you needing to some chuckles or grab a few tissues.
big heat to slow burn, amazing character development and a wonderful story this, is such a cannot miss!
3 peppers FIVE STARS AMAZING STORY.....
Tuesday, June 18, 2024
Queen of Ruin Paula Dombrowsiak
Many of the things I feel would get me in trouble with the algorithym police.
Ducking Stupendous. Staggered. Darren and Evangelista move forward together in this installment of the Kingmaker trilogy (book 2), and change hits both of them. Hard.
The story picks up at the devastating end of book 1 and you are waltzed thru the high society of D.C. that Eva faces, while Darren prepares to finally do some adulting!
I love how we see the evolution between them and the spice (always delicious!) and Eva's movements as she tries to learn while protecting Darren and arguably the most difficult choice she ever has to make.
This kept me on the edge, I could not read it fast enough and am craving the third installment next month.
You need to start with one, this CANNOT BE READ SEPARATELY.
Don't miss this this.
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