Nanii

After receiving this in recent book mail I immediately downloaded the first book on Kindle Unlimited, I loved it and did as one usually does, immediately went into this one. I am now officially obsessed with this series.

“𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐞, 𝐑𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧. 𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤. 𝐆𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥. 𝐔𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐨𝐧. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐚𝐰𝐧 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐬, 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞.”

Raven and Otto gave everything they were supposed to give. The spice and the pinning were everything. Everybody say “Thank you Charleigh & River” for the little incident that caused Raven’s immediate move to Otto’s place. Lol.

Raven is such a badass, I love her confidence and her personality. She went through a lot and I’m glad she found the happiness she deserved. I love that Otto calls her “Moonflower” I think it's just the cutest name (I am still a big fan of “Little Runner”)!

“𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧’ 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞, 𝐑𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧. 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞 𝐡𝐞’𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮.”

“𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭?”

𝐏𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧. “𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠.”

River found out about his sister & his best friend exactly how I expected him to find out but when I tell you that his reaction had me ready to fight him, I really mean it. I get why he was pissed at Otto BUT who would be better than someone he knows would protect her with his life? He also needs to remember that he’s dating his sister’s best friend so he should be the last one talking. I’m glad he came around quickly though, not that he had much of a choice (his sister was kidnapped).

I loved the flashback chapters that gave us a glimpse into their shared past and shed light on what happened to Haddie among other things. The ending left me like 🤔😲... I cannot wait until Kane’s book because I need answers. In case it wasn’t already obvious, I recommend the series.

𝐏.𝐒. 𝐇𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐭.

𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐫 ↴

This is an Advanced Reader copy. Although this book was given to me as an ARC my thoughts are my own. Thank you, A.L. Jackson, for the ARC opportunity!

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐨 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 ↴

🌙 Age Gap

🌷 Forbidden

🌙 Small Town

🌷 Secret Society

🌙 Band of Brothers

🌷 Morally Gray Hero

🌙 Touch Her and Die

🌷 Brother’s Best Friend

🌙 Roommates to Lovers

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 ↴

Domestic abuse • Kidnapping • Death • Murder • Family loss.

🌷 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 📖

“𝐈’𝐦 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡, 𝐈’𝐦 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞.”

This is my first read by A.L. Jackson and she did not disappoint.

This is the first book in the series, and it follows Charleigh Lowe and her life after she ran away from her abusive husband, after she lost the most important people in her life in a tragic car accident. For five years Charleigh had been alone in the grief of her parents, her newborn child, and her cousin who was eager to help her escape from the claws of a rich, powerful, and manipulative man.

River is a tattoo artist and in his spare time he along with his brothers (not blood but might as well be) find women and children in abusive situations and helps them escape and start a new life, and he does whatever he needs to do to make sure that they’re safe, whatever means necessary.

I loved everything about this book. The suspense, the hot pierced MMC, the found family, and the adorable child, if you read this and did not love Nolan then we cannot be friends. The plot twist was totally unexpected, but it was a very nice surprise. This reminds me a little bit of the movie Safe Haven (a great movie, I recommend watching it). The ending was everything and the bonus scene that we get through the link at the end of the e-book makes everything so much better. If the first book was this good, I can’t wait to get into Raven’s book.

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐨 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 ↴

🦋 Suspense

🩷 Single Dad

🦋 Pierced MMC

🩷 Found Family

🦋 Hurt/Comfort

🩷 Hidden Identity

🦋 Morally Gray Hero

🩷 Touch Her and Die

🦋 “Who TF Did This To You?”

🩷 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 📖

I literally wanted to grab Mari and shake her every time she got back with Nate… Like girl, LET HIM GO.

What Nate did on Mari’s birthday was shitty, he didn’t even have the decency to attempt to clear up the situation. Thank god for the mix-up with the courier otherwise, she would’ve gotten back together with him for the hundredth time despite everyone around her telling her that she deserved better.

I wish there was less time spent on Nate and more time spent with Chev even if it was just “Hi, how are you?” throughout the year or even in class but they gave us absolutely nothing. She just ran away from him at every turn, the MCs did not get together until like 70% into the novella. By the time they finally got together, I was like “Ugh, finally.”

𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐫 ↴

This is an Advanced Reader copy. Although this book was given to me as an ARC my thoughts are my own. Thanks to L. Renee Richard and The Next Step PR for the ARC opportunity!

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐨 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 ↴

💖 BIPOC

🌸 College

💖 Betrayal

🌸 Insta-Love

💖 Forced Proximity

🌸 Opposites Attract

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 ↴

Anxiety • Cheating • Depression • Emotional abuse • Manipulation • Substance abuse

💖 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 📖

𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 ⇝ ★★★.75

This book follows Harper, a woman running away from her last relationship–an abusive relationship that left her completely isolated and dependent on her partner. This was an okay read it reminded me of the movie Safe Haven (I LOVE THAT MOVIE). Some parts seemed repetitive to me, but the suspense was good. I enjoyed Harper and Nolan’s ending; she deserved it after everything her ex put her through.

𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐫 ↴

This is an Advanced Reader copy. Although this book was given to me as an ARC my thoughts are my own. Thank you to Emily Campbell for the ARC opportunity!

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐨 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 ↴

📚One Bed

☕️Bookshop

📚Witty Banter

☕️Found Family

📚Small Town Vibes

☕️Romantic Suspense

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 ↴

Domestic abuse (emotional & sexual) • Stalking • Gun violence • Anxiety & panic attack rep

📚 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 📖

This is such an interesting way to tell a story. It had me stressed the hell out but that’s reality. Needless to say, I disliked Melody. I loved Granny though, she was too funny which was nice considering this book goes into how scary social media is/could be. It’s scary that this is so realistic, this is really how the “podcast bros” talk to and about women. I did like the “She Knows, She Knows” moment I got with the last email from the concerned stranger after Tiana emailed for help. I caught it immediately and figured out who was emailing her.

𝐎𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠

People Like Them

Just a Girl

The Heart of a Mother

Murder at the Royal Ruby

Slot Machine Fever Dreams

The Mosquito

“𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐜𝐤 𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐜𝐤, 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬!”

🫧 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 📖

Well, this one sure was interesting. Dove is a recovering alcoholic and works at a casino… serving drinks. She has some serious self-control if she’s able to be around alcohol without the urge for a taste. She meets Russell who is hired to KILL her, but this is not her first rodeo with a man that’s trying to hurt her. That’s the whole reason she’s in this mess to begin with. It’s a bit confusing but I guess it all worked out in the end for her. The story was alright, but it’s definitely not my favorite in this collection.

🫧 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 📖