🔖 REVIEW BLITZ 🔖 Reckless by Abby Brooks

Reckless by Abby Brooks

Release Date: January 31st 2022 by Little Bird Publishing, LLC

Series: Wildrose Landing #3

Genres: Romance, Contemporary

I thought the proposal was a joke at first. You would too, given the circumstances. Anyone would.

When my brother’s best friend asks me to marry him—right after we fell into bed together!—it’s not for love.

And it’s certainly not because he has his eyes set on a happily ever after.

Oh no.

He wants me to be the future Mrs. Malone because he’s in a bind and “kind of needs a wife.”

But I’ve been head-over-heels, stupid-in-the-brain in love with the guy since I was sixteen. SIXTEEN. 

While he’s talking about a business proposal, I’m staring at a dream come true.

Obviously, I should walk away from this crazy idea with my head held high, but when it comes to Jude, I’m weak. I always have been.

Plus, after our drunken rendezvous the night of my brother’s wedding, I’ve got some very real reasons to say yes.

I can get through this with my heart intact…can’t I? 

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My Review:

Not having read any other books by Abby Brooks before, I didn’t know what to expect before reading Reckless. Needless to say, this marriage of convenience romance did not disappoint at all.

At the beginning of the story we are introduced to Isabelle Prescott “Izzy,” owner of Sweet Stuff, a candy store in her small town. She is celebrating the marriage of her older brother Alex and friend Evie. As the maid of honor, Izzy gets paired up with her brother’s best friend, Jude Malone. The man she has been attracted to and in love with since she was sixteen. Over the years, Izzy has tried to put distance between them even though they share the same group of friends, in hopes of moving on one day. But that soon changes when Jude starts seeing her in a new way during the reception, they dance, kiss and end up spending the night together.

Then out of nowhere he asks her to be his wife, at first she think he is joking, but he isn’t and then she gets mad for making her seem like a joke to him. Izzy thought that whoever she married would be for love and it’s clear that Jude is not in love with her. Yet, it’s when he finally tells her why he needs a wife that Izzy finally gives in without realizing just how much her life is about to change forever. Things are suddenly not what they seem and that fantasy that she formed all those years ago with Jude might just be that and nothing else.

Jude Malone never intended to ask Izzy to marry him right after spending the night together. She deserves more than that and he knows that he messed up. But he is in need of a wife and he will do anything to erase his father’s legacy by doing good to those he hurt the most. It’s for that reason that Jude didn’t think twice about asking Izzy to help him as he has always liked her growing up. There were many reasons why they couldn’t be together back then and now his life is about to get more complicated. It’s hard for him to open up about his past, but the more time they spend together, the more he starts to fall in love with her. Then a sudden change of events threaten their chance at a relationship and he has to fight for her before it’s too late.

I really enjoyed reading Reckless, it’s evident from the beginning that the characters have great chemistry. It was a rollercoaster of emotions to see them go through a series of events as they got used to being married. It has always been Izzy’s dream to be with Jude, but she realizes that in reality things might be a little different than what she expected them to be. I love the secondary characters as well, they have a strong group of friends who are always there no matter what. Although there were times when I felt a little frustrated with the characters for the bit of miscommunication between them, they were still able to pull through and make things better for them at the end. The epilogue is sweet and I cannot wait to read more of the author in the future. :)

***I received an advanced copy from the publisher. All opinions are my own***

My Rating: 4.5/5

Meet Abby Brooks:

Abby Brooks is a romance author who lives with the love her life and their three kids in a small town in Ohio. She loves dancing in the kitchen, laughing with people she loves, and reading way too late into the night. She also loves hearing from her readers!

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🌟BOOK BLITZ:🌟 Reckless by Sybil Bartel {EXCERPT + GIVEAWAY!}

Reckless by Sybil Bartel

Release Date: December 3rd 2018

Series: Alpha Bodyguard #3

Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance

Bodyguard.

Escort.

Bad boy.

I didn’t come from the wrong side of the tracks. I was the wrong side. Every cliché you could think of, my family embraced. The only advantage I had was being the best looking out of all my brothers. Except when I joined the Marines, looks didn’t count for shit downrange.

I wasn’t active duty anymore, and working for the best personal security firm in the business, my looks were getting me in more trouble than they were worth. I just didn’t realize how much trouble until a princess from a country I’d never heard of asked for me by name. Her request was simple—me, my gun, four days and five parties. But she recklessly failed to mention one crucial part of the assignment… pretend to be her new fiancé.

Now she was about to find out how reckless a bodyguard could be.

*RECKLESS is the third standalone book in the Alpha Bodyguard Series.

The Alpha Bodyguard Series

SCANDALOUS – Tank’s story
MERCILESS – Collins’s story
RECKLESS – Tyler’s story
RUTHLESS – Sawyer’s story 

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{EXCERPT}

Luna opened the door immediately. “Living room.” He stepped back, letting me in.

I smelled her before I saw her. 

Exotic spice mixed with ocean breeze, and I knew I was fucked. That kind of smell only came from someone with more money than I’d make in a hundred lifetimes—the kind of money that was generations deep. I may have grown up poor as hell, but this job had taught me there was all kinds of money.

This one was going to be classy.

I rounded the corner and almost froze in my tracks.

She wasn’t anything like the matriarch I was expecting. She was young.

And fucking stunning. 

Covering my surprise, I smiled and, using my manners, held my hand out. “Damian Tyler, ma’am, but everyone calls me Tyler.”

Gorgeous, dark caramel-colored eyes looked at my hand then darted to my face, like she was as surprised to see me as I was her. Then her expression shut down, and her dark brown, almost black, hair shifted to cover half her face. Her hands clasped in front of her, resting regally against her white dress, she didn’t lift her slim, tanned arm to meet my gesture. She didn’t even move. She just stared at me.

Glancing at Luna, I dropped my hand.

Luna tipped his chin toward the most beautiful woman I’d ever seen. “This is Sophia Paradis.”

Caught in her unwavering gaze again, I stared back. “Okay.”

Luna glanced at her. “Keep going?”

She inclined her chin once.

“More specifically,” Luna added. “This is Princess Calandra Sophia Paradis Spiros.”

AUTHOR BIO:

Sybil Bartel grew up in Northern California with her head in a book and her feet in the sand. She dreamt of becoming a painter but the heady scent of libraries with their shelves full of books drew her into the world of storytelling. She loves the New Adult genre, but any story about a love so desperately wrong and impossibly beautiful makes her swoon.

Sybil now resides in Southern Florida and while she doesn’t get to read as much as she likes, she still buries her toes in the sand. If she isn’t writing or fighting to contain the banana plantation in her backyard, you can find her spending time with her handsomely tattooed husband, her brilliantly practical son and a mischievous miniature boxer…

But Seriously?

Here are ten things you probably really want to know about Sybil.

She grew up a faculty brat. She can swear like a sailor. She loves men in uniform. She hates being told what to do. She can do your taxes (but don’t ask). The Bird Market in Hong Kong freaks her out. Her favorite word is desperate…or dirty, or both—she can’t decide. She has a thing for muscle cars. But never reply on her for driving directions, ever. And she has a new book boyfriend every week—don’t tell her husband.

To find out more about Sybil Bartel, be sure to follow her on Twitter (she loves to hear about your favorite book boyfriend!), visit her website, like her on Facebook or join her Facebook group Book Boyfriend Heroes for exclusive excerpts and giveaways.

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