The Doctor's Redemption

Book Review of The Doctor's Redemption (Shadow Creek Series)

Title: The Doctor's Redemption

Series: Shadow Creek Series

Author: Victoria James

Date Published: May 22nd 2017

Date Read:   May 21, 2017

The Blurb:

Gwen Bailey has been busy taking care of everyone but herself. After a tragedy tore her family apart, she put her dreams aside to be with family. Now that her life is getting back on track, and her new Chocolaterie is open, she can concentrate on snagging the handsome, mysterious customer who has her dreaming about her own happily-ever-after...

Doctor Luke Thomson has spent the last five years filled with guilt. He hopes to make amends in Shadow Creek, however he doesn't count on falling for the adorable and gorgeous Gwen Bailey. He vows to not get involved with her, but she's too sweet to resist. It's only a matter of time, though, before the truth comes out. Luke knows there's no way Gwen will look at him the same way once she discovers his secret...

My Review

4 The Muffin Man Stars

After getting The Baby Bombshell from Netgalley and reading it I was hooked on the Shadow Creek gang. I really wanted to see Gwen and her mysterious Muffin Man get a book. So I jumped at the chance to read this when I seen it on Netgalley. Victoria James didn't disappoint. I really enjoyed this sweet, feel good read. I laughed a lot reading this story. Gwen was cute, playful and very funny. Luke was a sexy, brooding Dr with a heartbreaking past. I thought they were very cute together. The chemistry between them was great. I also enjoyed getting to catch up with Lily and Jack. The whole Bailey family are sweet and easy to love. This was a quick low angst read. The only reason it wasn't a 5 star for me was it was too short. I felt I needed more development like maybe an extra 100 pages so I didn't feel like we readers just got the bear bones of a great story. Still a great read that made me feel happy. I loved the end it was very cute. I am hoping Luke's sister Haley gets a book too. I want her to have a HEA. 

Craving Redemption

Book Review of Craving Redemption (The Aces Series)

Title: Craving Redemption

Series: The Aces Series

Author: Nicole Jacquelyn

Date Published: February 21st 2014

Date Read:   October 30, 2015

The Blurb:

Asa and Callie had nothing in common. He was an Ace, raised in the club and loyal to it above all else. She was a high school student with braces on her teeth and a narrow view of the world.

They should have never crossed paths.

But when Callie decides to defy her parents, and Asa goes on an errand for the club, their lives collide. He saves her, and she mesmerizes him.

They part believing they’ll never see each other again.
Neither could have predicted the chain of events they’d put in motion.

Now the two have to navigate the dark waters of a relationship built on tragedy and need without drowning in guilt for things outside their control.

How do you love someone when the worst decision of your life was the reason you met them?

My Review

4 Jailbait Stars

*Spoilers*

“Holy fuck, Romeo. You decide to play fuckin’ knight in shining armor, and the bitch you bring home is jailbait.”

“I know that, too. But whatever the fuck this is, it’s strong. She’s mine. She’s been mine since she crawled across the floor and grabbed a hold of me at that party. It just is.” -Asa

What do you get if you add pedobear, Chris Hansen, and the Maury show? Craving Redemption. Naw I'm just Kiddin'. Kinda.

“Let me finish. I want you like hell on fire—I see you bending over to put shit in cupboards and my dick gets so hard I can’t fuckin’ think straight. But, baby, I don’t wanna fuck you up worse than you’ve already been fucked. Shit is crazy for you right now, and you’re sixteen years old. Sixteen. I’ve known sixteen-year-olds that live with their man and they’re happy as hell with that life—but those girls came from shit lives that they were trying to get away from and they were more grown up than most middle-aged men. That’s not you. Less than two weeks ago you were fuckin’ grounded for staying out past your curfew. You had parents that loved you and coddled you.”-Asa

I didn't read any reviews before starting Craving Redemption. I loved the first book so much that I didn't even bother. So I didn't know what to expect, but it so wasn't a love story between and 16 year old and a 20 year old. As I was reading I kept thinking this should probably offend or upset me. Yes I should definitely be upset over a story about a 20 year old man dating a 16 year old girl with zits and braces, but I wasn't. As a matter of fact that damn song "Young Girl" by Gary Puckett kept playing over and over in my head the whole time I read the book. 

“I get that you’re scary, and you could probably snap me in half,” I told him seriously, “but she isn’t yours, she is mine. You gave up your rights. She wants you out of this room, and I don’t care how you feel about that. I also don’t care how I have to get you out of here—I may have to knee you in the balls and drag your crying ass into the hallway, but you will leave this room.”-Callie to Slider

I loved Asa. If I was 16 and he came knocking on my door I would have been all over his bearded biker ass. He was such a hero , stepping up saving Callie, protecting her, and providing for her. Asa was sexy as hell. I melted at how respectful he was to Callie's Grams. I loved Callie. She was so brave. I love that she felt so real. Her fear, her anger at the club, the way she clung to Asa, are ways I think anyone would act after living through what she had. I loved that she was sassy, sarcastic, and had the backbone to tell big scary bikers just want she thought. I could relate her and her choices. 

“I love you,” he murmured into my mouth. “Best thing I ever did—taking you outta that house. I’d change a lotta shit that came after if I could, but even if I did, we still woulda ended up right here where we are now.” He kissed me hard as he laid me down on the bed. “You’re so beautiful,” he whispered as he softly rubbed his thumb back and forth below my belly button. “What’d I do to deserve you?” “You saved me,” I whispered back.-Asa and Callie

N E Ways I really enjoyed getting to see how they met and fell in love. I thought Callie and Asa were sexy as hell together. Their relationship for the most part was very sweet,and a little taboo. I adored Gram , and I really liked Cody. I have to say I really don't care for the President of the MC, Slider. I would love to punch him in the balls. Although I loved the walk down memory lane of Callie and Asa's love I was shocked that almost the whole book is said walk and not in the present. I felt the ending was super rushed. I felt cheated that I didn't get to see more of their present day story. Still a very good story just disappointed with the ending which is why I gave it a 4 star instead of a 5. Below I leave a few of my favorite quotes.

“Westerns?” “Really? That’s all you got?” “Are you sixty-five?” “Shut the fuck up.” “Do we need to get one of those denture containers for you to put your teeth in at night?” “Callie…”“I think we need to go a few aisles back for something like that…wait, do we need to call AARP and make sure they’ve got your change of address?”-Callie and Asa


“I don’t think you’re hearing what I’m saying to you. You’re the only one who calls me by the name my mother gave me, Callie. The only one. You say it when you’re frustrated, and when you think something’s funny, and when you’re coming all over my hands.” My breath caught at the fire in his eyes, and as he shifted against me, my heart started to race. “You can be pissed as hell at me, call me a dick or an asshole. You can scream at me, throw shit, and stomp around the house.” He nuzzled my neck as he spoke, and my hands lifted involuntarily to his hair to anchor him to me. “But if I hear you call me Grease again, I’m going to spank your ass,”-Asa


“Tell me how much you love me.” “More than my bike, less than my dick,” -Callie and Asa

Craving Constellations

Book Review of Craving Constellations (The Aces Series)

Title: Craving Constellations

Series: The Aces Series

Author: Nicole Jacquelyn

Date Published: August 27th 2013

Date Read:   October 29, 2015

The Blurb:

How is it, that someone can make decision after decision attempting to get away from their past and somehow end up right back where they started?"

When Brenna decided to leave the only life she'd ever known, she never thought she'd ever be back. Now, five years later she's running from her clean cut husband straight back to the motorcycle club that raised her... and the man she left behind. She left with a secret, and as soon as she returns the truth will break her carefully constructed life wide open.

My Review

4.5 Dirty little secrets Stars

*Spoilers*

“You stop, I’m gonna lose my fuckin’ mind. You’re so fuckin’ gorgeous up there, ridin’ your man with your tits fuckin’ bouncin’.”-Dragon

Wow Craving Constellations, the first book in the The Aces Series, is a gritty, sexy and dirty read. This was definitely not a fluffy lighthearted read. Craving Constellations is everything you expect from a MC book. I felt so much while reading this book. Happy,sad and super pissed. This book hit nerves, left me raw and then made me swoon. 

“You could gain fifty fuckin’ pounds, all that in your ass, and I’d still think you’re the sexiest woman I’ve ever seen,” he whispered before he leaned down and kissed me right above my left breast. “I love you, woman.”-Dragon

Brenna was raised in the MC life. She didn't want to be a old lady that sat at home while her man was out banging skanks behind her back. She wanted a normal life, and a faithful husband. So she left for college with plans to make a normal life for herself. While home for the weekend she meets Dragon. Dragon is new and doesn't know she is the VP's daughter. She wants Dragon so she doesn't tell him who she is and sleeps with him. Not only do they have mind blowing sex but they stay up all night talking about everything. Brenna really wants more with Dragon but she knows that if anyone finds out they had slept together that it could me death for Dragon. So she leaves in the morning. A few weeks later she finds out she is pregnant with Dragon's child. Scared, alone and feeling trapped she gets married her college ex boyfriend Tony. Tony is an abusive bastard and he beats her all the time. After 5 years she has had enough and she goes back to the life she ran from all those years ago. I really liked Brenna. I could understand where she was coming from for the most part. I will say that I think she was wrong for keeping Dragon's child from him, but I could understand not wanting a cheating biker for a man. I love that Brenna found the courage to leave her husband. Brenna's character presented a true representation of a battered wife. She felt very real. 

“You want to know why I left?” My voice was wobbling, and I worked hard to control it. “I left because I was crazy about you, and I didn’t want to watch you fuck around. I left because I never wanted to hear that garbage you just spewed all over me.” He raised his eyebrows at me in surprise. “I left because I never wanted to watch you get hurt. I never wanted to visit you in prison. I never wanted to have you come home, smelling like a chick I saw at the club.” He started to interrupt, and I raised my hand to stop him. “I was crazy about you, and you never said anything beyond that night. You never gave any indication you wanted more than that. I wasn’t going to come back and have you tuck me away in some house while you did whatever the fuck you wanted. I didn’t want you to hurt me.” -Brenna

Dragon was a hard, raw, and rough kind of man. He is damn pissed that the one woman he wanted for 5 years not only left in the moring without a goodbye and never looked back, but she had his child and keep her from him for her whole life. Dragon was not your typical book hero. He could be mean as hell at times, but sweet too. He treats Brenna well for the most part and he loves her, but he is so hurt over the things she did to him that he lashes out and he doesn't hold back. At one point he crosses a line that was very hard to read. I'm not justifying his actions, but I did understand where he was coming from. 

“You fuckin’ cunt! You come back here, shaking your college ass, begging for a fuck. You don’t tell me who the fuck you are. So, I wake up the next morning to find you out with your fuckin’ daddy, who happens to be my vice president. That shit is so fucked. It might as well be a death sentence, and you fuckin’ knew it. But as scared as I am, I’m willing to fuckin’ lay it all out. Make you my old lady. Make it right. All of a sudden though, you’re fuckin’ gone. You just leave without one fuckin’ word to me. I’m left here, holding my dick and thanking fuckin’ Christ that I didn’t say anything to Poet. Fuckin’ gone for five years. No one hears from you. Now, you come back, and I find out you had my daughter and didn’t tell me FOR FIVE FUCKIN’ YEARS?” His voice was steadily rising, and by the time he finished, he was roaring in my face. “Some other guy has been playing Daddy to my daughter?”-Dragon

“I can’t believe you had my baby. She was all curled up in here, and I never saw it.” He shook his head. “This is all I’ll ever see, Brenna. This is all I get. Let me look.”-Dragon

Dragon and Brenna have a explosive, wild, and passionate relationship. Where Brenna is shyer in the bedroom, Dragon is a nasty dirty talking bad boy. I love both Brenna and Dragon with Trix. Trix was absolutely adorable, and a daddy's girl from the minute she meets Dragon. One thing that really bugged me about the things that Brenna did was that she let her husband beat her so much that her daughter was scared to death to even breathe, I mean come on she may not want to be an old lady that gets cheated on but to let her daughter be around that. Why didn't she go home sooner? I just didn't get it. I really liked Poet, Brenna's dad. I know Poet has his own book and I am really looking forward to it. Over all this book was a great read that keep me on edge and reeling from emotional whiplash. I couldn't put it down. This is my first time reading Nicole Jacquelyn. I really enjoyed her writing style, and I can't wait to read more from her. 

“I fuckin’ hate this shit, Brenna. I hate knowin’ he’s got any ties to either of ya. I fuckin’ hate that he can still make you fall to your knees in the yard like your legs ain’t got any strength left in ’em. I hate that he got to see my girl growing in you, and he got to see her growin’ after that. I fucking hate it. And it’s your fault.” My fingers tightened in his hair as his last sentence hit me. He squeezed me twice and then lifted his face to mine. “But I don’t hate you. I’ve fuckin’ craved you for years. Watchin’ the stars. Tattooing those constellations on before the ink you used could wear off. I’ll never stop wanting you, even when I’m so pissed I could knock you across a fuckin’ room.”-Dragon