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ARC Review Rough Around the Edges By Ranae Rose

Rough Around the Edges By: Ranae Rose

Description

Sometimes love is enough. Other times, you have to fight for it.

For Ryan Moore, the choice to fight is like the choice to breathe – necessary. After being wounded in war and discharged from the United States Marine Corps, competitive MMA fighting is the only thing he’s still able to excel at. Every round is a risk he can’t afford to take, but time spent outside of the cage is purgatory, until he meets female fighter Ally Rivera. For the first time since an IED blast destroyed life as he knew it, he wants something – someone. And she wants him, but the lingering effects of war might just tear them apart, if the gang violence that plagues her family doesn’t kill them first.

Rough Around the Edges is Ryan’s side of the love story told in Battered Not Broken. It’s not a sequel, but a separate novel written for those who want to experience the story through Ryan’s eyes. Read Battered Not Broken first or simply dive right in and enjoy an erotic romance novel told completely from a male point of view.

My Review 

Ok, So i loved Battered Not Broken, and I have to stay reading Rough Around the Edges and hearing Ryan's side of the story made me love both Ryan and Ally even more.  Ranae Rose fills in all the little questions that you would have from Battered Not Broken. Believe me she doesn't leave you with any questions in this book. 

She allows us to see Ryan in a way that is real and allows us to see what he deals with in regards to his TBI  from his nightmares, to his inner dialog and questioning his value as a person, and even describing what happens when he gets a headache and the after affects.  I have to say that reading Ryan's thought sounded very familiar to me especially his thoughts of messing up things,being a failure and not having anything of "worth" to show from his civilian life  in regards to his military friends as I have heard them from my husband a time or two. 

I also love reading Ryan's POV when it comes to the sex scenes which are just scorching hot, but reading Ryan's thoughts about how much he loves and wants Ally even imagining her in an apron cooking naked in her mom's kitchen.(what a naughty man). 

She shows what happens when Ryan saves Mel. She shows what Ryan was doing and how he was feeling when he fell from the roof and fractured his arm, His thoughts on Ally being shot and what happened when he went off with Manny for revenge.  I have to say Ryan going of with Manny was very enlightening and answered a lot questions.

I love that Ryan and Ally's visit to Quantico was included because it showed the Marine side of Ryan's life and allowed Ally to meet Feltz  She also includes many other interactions that Ryan has with his parents especially his father. 

Overall I have to say that Rough Around the Edges is a wonderful book that i love and it is the perfect companion book for Battered Not Broken (Ally's POV). If you haven't read Battered Not Broken you must as it shows how truly caring Ally is as a person and why she is perfect for Ryan.

* I received and ARC of this book from the Author in exchange for my honest review.

I Rate this a 5 out of 5

You can purchase Rough Around the Edges

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Review Chasing Sam By Krystal Shannan

Chasing Sam by Krystal Shannan

Description 

Samantha Demakis doesn’t want a mate right now. She wants to finish her degree and work as a doctor in third world countries. Her birth-rite and family obligations to her status as the first daughter of a noble family beg to differ. In fact, even her wolf seems to be against her. When a chance encounter reveals the man who might just be a perfect fit, will she run? Or will she fight?

Chase Michaels has been alone for seventy-five years. He’s fought in Vietnam, the Persian Gulf, and Afghanistan in the US Army. Somewhat resigned to never finding his true mate, he is shocked when his wolf reacts so strongly to a woman he runs into in the airport. Unprepared for the politics and snobbery of the noble families, Chase finds himself fighting in a different type of war —a war for the heart of a woman he knows should be his. 

A lot of things are chasing Sam, but who or what will catch her in the end?

My Review

This is a short story that introduces us to Krystal Shannan's Vegas Mates Series...

Samantha Demakis (Sam) is flying home for Christmas break, She has put off coming home as she is now of "mating" age, and wants to become a Doctor. Her Parents have other plans for her home coming, and are hell bet on forcing her to mate if she wants to or not. 

Sam meets Chase in the airport when he gives her back her jacket that someone stole. There is a instant connection, that their wolves won't  let them ignore.  Chase is coming home from Afghanistan and the last thing he expected was Sam, even if she is a Demakis Chase's wolf knows that Sam is his. He agrees to be part of the mate hunt in order to claim what is his.  Sam knows that Chase is her only hope in living a life that she would be happy in. 

High Class and Everyday meet in this  Romeo and Juliet shifter style story... I really enjoyed how Chase and Sam's wolves talk to them in their heads... Gives the story something extra as normally we don't see shifters being able to communicate with their wolves. Krystal Shannan has wrote a fast paced book that has everything you could want from a shifters story plus some extra. I have to say the mate hunt was one of my favorite parts of the story. The only thing that i had issue with was I wanted to know what happened after the chase, what was the family's reaction (especially Sam's Mom). 

Thankfully this is to be a series but waiting isn't one of my good points. lol

I rate this a 4 out of 5

You can buy Chasing Sam from

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Winners For Lucky In Love Blog Hop

So Randy the Raffle Counter did his thing and we have two winners.....

Drumroll Please

The winner of Prize #1

Earring, Lotion & swag is

Entry #84 Krysta B

The winner of Prize #2

Bracelet, Lotion & swag is

Entry # 55 Diva Jefferson/Pandora Gray

Ladies, I will be email you very soon... You have 24  hours to respond or another winner will be choosen...

Thank you everyone for stopping by and I hope to hear from you all in the future. 

Lucky In Love Blog Hop

Welcome to Just Jeannie's Books & Bling Blog Stop #238 in the Lucky In Love Blog Hop hosted by the wonderful Carrie Anne Ryan.

So this hop is all about being lucky in love and St. Patty's Day. I am very lucky in love I married my high school sweetheart and my best friend who also happens to be a Veteran of the U.S Marine Corps ...I know lucky girl right... We are going on 10 years married this year wooo hoo and 14 years together with two boys Davey 9 and JonJon 3.  

I am not Irish, I am a mix of English, German and Polish... However In a past life I must of been a leprechaun because I love the color green, I am short, have a thing for rainbows, sparkly pretties and my ears are kinda pointed. OK so maybe I am Tinkerbell.  I have gone to Saint Patty's Day in Savannah, Georgia... That is one crazy party... One of my favorite places is Savannah and I was lucky to live in Beaufort, SC for a couple years when hubby was in the Corps. We loved going there for the party, the history and the beauty of Savannah. 

In honor of chasing rainbows, a bit of green, and hoping for that pot of gold...Here is a couple pictures of a double rainbow i took at my mom's in Northern Wisconsin last summer. Just to get you looking for that pot of gold.

What can you win from stopping at Just Jeannie's Books & Bling?????

Well there are two prizes up for grabs... That means two winners.

1st Prize is a Pair of Earrings made by me, Bath &Body Works Lotion &hand santizer, swag

2nd Prize is a Beautiful Bracelet made by me, Bath & Body Works lotion & Hand Santizer, swag.

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Lucky in Love? Well, are you? It's a time of luck and wealth...or not. With each romance we find ourselves in a new world of love and memories. Are these just by chance? Is it luck? Welcome to your second annual Lucky in Love Blog Hop where we want to hear about your love, your romance, and how much you love St. Patrick's Day!!! Are you wearing green? Ready to get pinched...or wait...do you like that?

Almost 300 bloggers have giveaways and posts about those men we love! 

But that's not all....

We have TWO grand prizes. You as a reader can go to EACH blog and comment with your email address and be entered to win. Yep, you can enter over 200 times!

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