Something Real (Reckless & Real #2) by Lexi Ryan

Publication: March 3, 2015

Publisher: Ever After, LLC.

Source: The Author/AToMR

After everything blew up on Christmas, Liz walked away from me, and I let her. She said she needed space and a chance to pursue her dreams. But we both knew she was running from the mess she made. Now the political campaign she used as an excuse to leave is bringing us back together and I’m proving to her what she really needs—not just the hot nights, greedy hands, and undeniable physical chemistry. What she really needs is something real. What she really needs…is me.

Something Real is the conclusion to Sam and Liz’s story from Something Reckless. After the big fallout in Something Reckless, Liz left town in hopes of getting a fresh start and attempting to focus on having a successful professional life.

They both have their own set of problems and unfortunately they have a tendency to listen others about what they should or shouldn’t do. I become frustrated with them several times through the book. I was frustrated with some of the mistakes they made and Liz’s seemingly inability to speak up for herself and just letting things go when she shouldn’t. And with  Sam for letting others manipulate him. They lacked good communication with each other. But despite that, I was still rooting for them  and I had my fingers crossed that Sam and Liz would find a way to work out their issues and finally be together.

This story was such an emotional rollercoaster ride. But in the best way possible.  I was excited to read how everything would play out for them.There was a bunch of drama and obstacles standing in their way, but staying away from each other wasn’t much of an option.  Liz and Sam are drawn to each other. Their chemistry is just as strong and hot as it was before. And it was obvious that these two were made for each other. I really enjoyed their story.

RATING: 4 out of 5.

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New York Times and USA Today bestselling romance author Lexi Ryan’s novels have been described as intense, emotional, and wickedly sexy. A former college professor, she now writes full-time from her home in Indiana, where she lives with her husband, two children, and a neurotic dog. Find her on Facebook or Twitter to chat about books, TV, and her children’s latest antics.

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Something Reckless (Reckless & Real #1) by Lexi Ryan Release Event!

Publication: December 22, 2014

Publisher: Ever After, LLC

Source: Author & AToMR Tours

He talks dirty to me, but I don’t know his name. He wants to tie me up, but I don’t know his face. He turns me on, but I couldn’t point him out in a crowd. I’ve fallen for an anonymous stranger, and now the anonymity ends. I want more than typed secrets and texted promises. I want something reckless. Heat. Passion. The thrill of being entirely possessed. Because I suspect this anonymous stranger isn’t a stranger at all. ***** Lizzy Thompson met riverrat69 online through a service promising to deliver meaningful relationships by forbidding its users to share names or photos until they’ve reached a certain benchmark. She was looking for love. He was researching an investment. They hit it off. Talked and flirted, hid behind screen names and cartoon avatars. Now they’re breaking the rules and meeting in person. But Liz is prepared. She’s picked up hints and followed clues. She’s nearly convinced she’s discovered the identity of her dirty-talking online friend. She wonders if her ex-lover Sam Bradshaw knows her identity too. When she rolls the dice on one reckless night, her chance at something real could crumble. Something Reckless is part one of the Reckless & Real series. Part two, Something Real will be released in 2015.

I was so happy when I found out about Lexi Ryan’s newest book. If you haven’t read any of her books, you don’t know what you are missing! Ever since Lost In Me, I have been a fan.  Now it is Lizzy and Sam’s turn to have a little romance and hopefully a happy ending.  I will try not to be too spoilery for this review. 

Lizzy has always had a thing for Sam. But he has a bad boy reputation. Despite that reputation, Lizzy still want to go for it.  But Sam doesn’t do relationships, and only wants a sexual relationship with Liz. She claims she is okay with that. But when a bad situation ends up causing problems between Lizzy, Sam’s sister and her fiance., it also ends up putting a strain on her friendship with Sam.

In an attempt to find something real like her sisters and friends, she signs up for an online dating site where she meets a man who she is hoping is really Sam.

Lizzy is a strong woman who knows what she wants. She has goals and ambitions, but she doesn’t always make the best decisions. She has good intentions, but those intentions sometimes lead to bad choices.

Sam  is a dominate, sexy man who wants no complications in his life. Especially when it comes to Lizzy. He feels things for her that he hasn’t with any other woman he’s been with. But his past issues are keeping him from having something more with her.

Both Liz and Sam have emotional barriers that are stopping them from being together.  Not to mention secrets. Their chemistry is scorching hot for sure, and the more I read, the more I was hoping they would move past everything and take a chance on each other. But if I was hoping everything was going to be resolved neatly and happily by the end of this book, it was just wishful thinking on my part. Beware there is a cliffhanger with this one!

In the end, Something Reckless was a thoroughly satisfying read. It met my expectations and then some. I am just super disappointed that I have to wait until March 3, 2015 to find out what happens next!! Before you read this, I would definitely recommend reading the free novela, Something Wild first.

RATING: 4 out of 5.

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New York Times and USA Today bestselling romance author Lexi Ryan’s novels have been described as intense, emotional, and wickedly sexy. A former college professor, she now writes full-time from her home in Indiana, where she lives with her husband, two children, and a neurotic dog. Find her on Facebook or Twitter to chat about books, TV, and her children’s latest antics.

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Something Reckless & Something Real by Lexi Ryan Cover Reveals!!

Ever since I discovered the Here & Now series by Lexi Ryan,  I have been in love with her books. I'm excited that Liz and Sam will be getting their own story.  I am also very happy to show you guys the sexy covers to her two upcoming novels Something Reckless and Something Real!

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By New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author

Lexi Ryan

Adult Contemporary Romance

Expected release: December 22, 2014

Covers designed by Okay Creations

He talks dirty to me, but I don’t know his name.

He wants to tie me up, but I don’t know his face.

He turns me on, but I couldn’t point him out in a crowd.

I’ve fallen for an anonymous stranger, and tonight the anonymity ends. Tonight I want more than typed secrets and texted promises. I want something reckless. Heat. Passion. The thrill of being entirely possessed.

Because I suspect this anonymous stranger isn’t a stranger at all.

Lizzy Thompson met riverrat69 online through Something Real, a service promising to deliver meaningful relationships by forbidding its users to share names or photos until they’ve reached a certain benchmark. She was looking for love. He was researching an investment. They hit it off. Talked and flirted, hid behind screen names and cartoon avatars.

Now they’re breaking the rules and meeting in person. But Liz is prepared. She’s picked up hints and followed clues.

She’s ninety-percent convinced she’s discovered the identity of her dirty-talking online friend.

She wonders if her ex-lover Sam Bradshaw knows her identity too.

When she rolls the dice on one reckless night, her chance at something real could crumble.

Expected release for SOMETHING REAL: February 2015

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About the Author

New York Times and USA Today bestselling romance author Lexi Ryan’s novels have been described as intense, emotional, and wickedly sexy. A former college professor, she now writes full-time from her home in Indiana, where she lives with her husband, two children, and a neurotic dog. Find her on Facebook or Twitter to chat about books, TV, and her children’s latest antics.

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All For This (Here & Now #3) by Lexi Ryan Release Week/Review

Publication: August 4, 2014

Publisher: Ever After, LLC.

Source:  AToMR Tours / Author

**ALL FOR THIS is book three in the Here and Now series. It is not a stand-alone and it’s intended to be read after LOST IN ME and FALL TO YOU.** What if you would never remember the day you made the most important decision of your life? That’s what they’re telling me about the day of my accident—the day I put on Max’s ring and chose him over Nate. I’m counting on the wisdom behind a decision I don’t remember making. Max is amazing—sexy, sweet, and kind. I was starting to believe happily-ever-after might be in my future after all. Then the unthinkable happened and my world imploded. If I’m going to make this work with Max, I need my missing memories, or at least answers from about those five days before my accident. But what does my future hold if those answers aren’t anything like I imagined?

Thankfully, All For This picks up exactly were the previous book ended...with Nate showing up at Hanna's house when she's with Max. She is still conflicted about her feelings. And as always she is worried about making other people happy. Her complete memory hasn't returned yet, but she is still piecing together the days leading up to her accident, little by little.

The events that occurred when she had her fall, was a little surprising, but I don't think I was really shocked when i found out the truth.

I felt like the whole time I was reading, my heart was in my throat. I wanted some sign on which way she was leaning. I got so caught up in the story that I only put it down when I had to go to sleep because I had work later on. It pulled me in and refused to let me go.

The town of New Hope sort of reminds me of the town of Mayberry on the Andy Griffith show. I loved to watch that when I was younger.  And here's why:

1. You could rarely do anything in town without someone seeing you.

2. People have a tendency to be in your business, even if it doesn't relate to them in any way.

3. The family togetherness is sweet and comforting. It makes you want to either live in a town like that or have relationships like these people.

And that is were I think Lexi Ryan did a really good job. Making me care about not just the main characters, but pretty much every one. I was so conflicted about who I wanted Hanna to end up with. This time I wanted both guys to get the girl, but of course that wouldn't be possible. It was the perfect ending. I can’t picture things going any other way.  

And much to my delight, it looks like Liz and Sam will be getting their own story-line come December! I am excited for them.

RATING: 5 out of 5.

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Once a college English professor, I now write full time. I live in rural Indiana, where, when I’m not writing, I get to hang out with my husband and two kids–a six-year-old boy and a two-year-old hellion, er, girl. Not surprisingly, reading and writing remain my favorite activities, though both come in bits and pieces these days, not the big hunks of time I enjoyed before I had children. When I’m feeling virtuous, I like to go running (I use that word liberally. I’m really, really slow) or do yoga. Don’t worry, I’m always careful to balance out such activities with a hearty serving of ice cream or a chocolate martini.

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All For This by Lexi Ryan Sneak Peek!!

If you were like me, you have been dying for some info regarding Lexie Ryan’s upcoming novel All For This. Well wait no more, because here is a sneak peek just for your enjoyment!  

Releasing August 4, 2014

New Adult Contemporary Romance

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**ALL FOR THIS is book three in the Here and Now series. It is not a stand-alone and it’s intended to be read after LOST IN ME and FALL TO YOU.** What if you would never remember the day you made the most important decision of your life? That’s what they’re telling me about the day of my accident—the day I put on Max’s ring and chose him over Nate. I’m counting on the wisdom behind a decision I don’t remember making. Max is amazing—sexy, sweet, and kind. I was starting to believe happily-ever-after might be in my future after all. Then the unthinkable happened and my world imploded. If I’m going to make this work with Max, I need my missing memories, or at least answers from about those five days before my accident. But what does my future hold if those answers aren’t anything like I imagined?

The following excerpt from ALL FOR THIS by its very nature contains spoilers for the first two books in the Here and Now series, LOST IN ME and FALL TO YOU. If you hate spoilers and haven’t read the first two books, I recommend you don’t read any further.

EXCERPT: Max “How are you holding up? Did it go okay with Nate last night?” She stiffens at his name. “He asked me to move to LA.” Of course he did. “And what did you say?” She blinks at me. “I’m not leaving New Hope. This is my home.” “He wanted more than for you to move to LA.” I take a step closer. I need to touch her. I wonder if she knows she’s pulling away from me, if she can feel it like I can. It’s as if we’re connected by a thousand little threads like those in a woven rug and they’ve been breaking one at a time since the moment Nate came back into town. With every breath, I feel another thread snap. “He wanted you.” She shrugs. “I’m already taken.” I draw in a deep breath. She lifts her hand to my face and skims her fingers along my jaw. I groan softly and slide my hand into her hair as I lower my mouth to hers. She’s soft and sweet, and I need more of her. Taking a fistful of her skirt, I yank her dress up around her waist and find the cotton of her panties. She gasps, and I rub her through the fabric as her fingers curl into my back. My lips find her neck and the skin in the sensitive juncture of neck and shoulder. “Max,” she says. But it’s not the normal breathy, needy whispering of my name. The word is a warning. A yield sign. “Max.” My hand stills and I pull back to look into her eyes. I’m blindsided by the apology I see there. “Let’s move in together.” “What?” She blinks at me. If she’s thinking I have the world’s worst timing with important proposals, she’s not wrong. “We could rent out our apartments and use the money to rent a little place together. Someplace without those stairs that scare the living shit out of me every time I think of you climbing them. Someplace we can make our own.” I take her hand and squeeze. “You didn’t want to move in together last spring because you knew your mom would flip if you lived with a guy before marriage, but we’re not trying to maintain appearances anymore, are we?” She looks at the floor, and I tilt her chin back up so her eyes meet mine. “I could give two shits about appearances. I want to wake up with you in my arms, Hanna. I want to know I’m going to be right there when you need me, every time you need me. You and Claire are all that matter in my world. I want everything that matters to be what I come home to every night.” “I’m sorry.” She steps back. “I just can’t. I’m too confused right now.” My lungs burn as I fill them—it hurts to breathe in a world where Hanna isn’t mine. “I know it’s not fair. And I want a future with you, but…” “But you can’t stop thinking about him.” “I can’t move in with you right now,” she says softly. “That wouldn’t be fair to either of us. It’s not that simple.” “You keep saying that.” I swallow back the rest of what I want to say right along with my anger, frustration, and the betrayal I’ve never allowed myself to feel. While I was waiting for her to take my ring, she was with another man, and I was never allowed to be angry because that man died and she needed to grieve. I drag a hand through my hair and look at the ceiling. “Was it that simple when you made love to him?” “Can we not do this?” Torment is etched across her face, and I can’t stand to know I’m the one who put it there. I pull her against my chest. “I won’t rush you, but remember something for me,” I whisper into her hair. “You put on my ring.”

About the Author

Once a college English professor, I now write full time. I live in rural Indiana, where, when I’m not writing, I get to hang out with my husband and two kids–a six-year-old boy and a two-year-old hellion, er, girl. Not surprisingly, reading and writing remain my favorite activities, though both come in bits and pieces these days, not the big hunks of time I enjoyed before I had children. When I’m feeling virtuous, I like to go running (I use that word liberally. I’m really, really slow) or do yoga. Don’t worry, I’m always careful to balance out such activities with a hearty serving of ice cream or a chocolate martini.

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