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Thursday, July 20, 2017

Review: Rebel in a Small Town

For this review, I chose Rebel in a Small Town by Kristina Knight.

I received a copy of the ebook for a honest review of this book.

Here is a brief description from Goodreads:

He's not giving up his family without a fight. James Calhoun has never been able to resist Mara Tyler, or her knack for mischief. Her reputation as a reckless teenager drove Mara from their hometown. So Slippery Rock is the last place James ever expected to see her, and Mara's timing couldn't be worse. With the upcoming election for sheriff, she threatens the squeaky-clean image James needs to win. Because Mara has brought with her the result of their steamy affair: his two-year-old son, Zeke. After the initial shock, James is determined to have both his family and career. He just needs to convince Mara that her home is where it's always been. With him.

This is book #2 in the Slippery Rock series. I have not read book #1, but I plan to.

Mara Tyler has been having a steamy affair with James Calhoun, who is the acting Sheriff in her hometown. She has a big secret to tell James, but she is afraid that it could cost him the election. Not only does she have to tell James about his son, Zeke, but also her own family.

Another favorite type of theme I love is when a woman gets pregnant and then has to tell the father. Mara needs time to deal with her past. Will James understand that or will he be so angry at her?

This book warmed my heart. I grew up in a small town called Slippery Rock.

When I saw that this town was called Slippery Rock, I knew I had to read it. We moved away from there, but it is always good to go home.

☆☆☆☆☆

I give this book 5 out of 5 stars.

Recommend this book? Yes! Author? Yes!

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Rebel in a Small Town

(Slippery Rock #2)
Kristina Knight

Contemporary Romance

Paperback & ebook, 384 pages

July 1st 2017 by Harlequin Superromance

He's not giving up his family without a fight

James Calhoun has never been able to resist Mara Tyler, or her knack for mischief. Her reputation as a reckless teenager drove Mara from their hometown. So Slippery Rock is the last place James ever expected to see her, and Mara's timing couldn't be worse. With the upcoming election for sheriff, she threatens the squeaky-clean image James needs to win. Because Mara has brought with her the result of their steamy affair: his two-year-old son, Zeke. After the initial shock, James is determined to have both his family and career. He just needs to convince Mara that her home is where it's always been. With him.

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Excerpt

James cupped his hands around her neck, pulling her to him. Mara squeaked as he laid his lips on hers, silencing her before she could say, for the fifteenth time, that she could be everything for the little boy in the picture. That James could walk away and never feel guilty about it. As if that would ever happen.

Her mouth was soft against his, and she opened to him, her tongue tangling with his. She tasted like banana, and her hair was silky against the back of his hand. James wrapped the length around his fist, holding her in place so that his mouth could plunder hers. Mara wrapped her arms around his neck in response, rising on tiptoe and slanting her head.

This they could do and it would be simple and easy. Just like it had been right up until Nashville. Kissing Mara was the easiest thing in the world for James. It was coming home while also having an adventure—familiar but exciting at the same time.

She made a low sound in her throat, pressing her body against his. Her breasts were fuller than he remembered. He reached to cup her rear with his hand. Her hips were rounder, sexier. She wove her fingers through the short hair at the back of his head, sending another shiver of awareness through his body. Then she pushed her hips against his.

God, he knew what she would feel like beneath him. He knew what to do to make that low sound come from her throat. How to kiss her so that she was weak with wanting. He knew that she liked to be ravished, but that she liked to do the ravishing from time to time, too.

And she wasn’t serious about him. Didn’t want him in her life. Was giving him an out to continue on with the life that had been planned for him since the day he was born.

He wanted that familiar, planned-out life.

James broke the kiss and rested his forehead against hers for a long moment.

He also wanted the unfamiliar, unplanned life that came with accepting responsibility for the baby they made in Nashville.
Other Books in the Series

Famous in a Small Town

(Slippery Rock #1)
Kristina Knight

Contemporary Romance

Paperback & ebook, 384 pages

May 1st 2017 by Harlequin Superromance

Lifestyles of the small-town famous

Forced to leave Nashville after a scandal, Savannah Walters has come home to Slippery Rock, Missouri, with a bruised ego and her singing career in jeopardy. As if that isn't humiliating enough, on her way into town she's rescued by her swoon-worthy childhood crush, Collin Tyler.

His hands are full running the family orchard and dealing with his delinquent teen sister, so Collin doesn't need to get involved with someone as fiery and unpredictable as Savannah. But the intense attraction between them can't be denied. And when disaster strikes, they'll both be surprised by who's still standing when the dust settles.

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And coming September 2017...

Breakup in a Small Town

(Slippery Rock #3)
Kristina Knight

Contemporary Romance

Paperback & ebook, 384 pages

September 1st 2017 by Harlequin Superromance

This isn't the man she married…

Jenny Buchanan never considered what "for better or for worse" meant when she married Adam Buchanan at nineteen. Six years and two little boys later, "for worse" arrives in the form of a tornado that ravages Slippery Rock and injures Adam. Now he's a stranger to his family…and love won't be enough to bring him back.

Only when Jenny asks him to move out does Adam become the husband she needs…but Adam isn't the only one who's changed. As their attraction sparks back to life, Jenny and Adam must learn what it is to grow up—and grow together—before this small-town breakup lasts forever.

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About the Author

Once upon a time, Kristina Knight spent her days running from car crash to fire to meetings with local police--no, she wasn't a troublemaker, she was a journalist. Her career took her all over the United States, writing about everything from a serial killer's capture to the National Finals Rodeo. Along the way, she found her very own Knight in Shining Cowboy Boots and an abiding love for romance novels. And just like the characters from her favorite books, she's living her own happily ever after.

Kristina writes sassy contemporary romance novels; her books have appeared on Kindle Best Seller Lists. She loves hearing from readers, so drop her a line!

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Other Harlequin Superromance Books by the Author

Tour Schedule

July 15th: Launch
July 16th:
Sylv.net
Beck Valley Books
Becky on Books
July 17th:
Hearts & Scribbles
underneath the covers
Thoughts of a Blonde
July 18th:
Mythical Books
Deal Sharing Aunt
Christian Suspense Author Mary Alford
July 19th:
It's All About the Romance
Inside the Mind of an Avid Reader
July 20th:
Nicole's Book Musings
Harlie's Books
Always Reading
July 21st: Grand Finale

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- Ends July 25th

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Sunday, May 1, 2016

Review: Protecting the Quarterback

For this review, I chose Protecting the Quarterback by Kristina Knight.

I received a copy of the ebook for a honest review of this book.

Here is a brief description from Goodreads:
This is more than just a game...to her

Sports broadcaster Brooks Smith has always been more involved with the game than the players. But after she shares the spotlight at an awards ceremony with tabloid sensation Jonas Nash, one night of letting her guard down around the infamous quarterback spirals into many heated days and nights together when she gets assigned to the story of the year...

The hottest player in professional football is hiding a secret that could end his career for good. Now Brooks is caught on the sidelines between the job she loves and the man she is falling in love with.

Brooks Smith is a sports broadcaster and football is a passion. Her whole life has been about football with her famous father. Jonas Nash is a football player, who has been recovering from surgery in the off season. When Brooks meets Jonas at an awards ceremony, both of them feel the electricity between them, but neither acts on it. Now she is home to cover Jonas' team and him. He is worried she will discover his secret.

My favorite part was when Jonas was talking to Mark at the camp. I finally saw the real Jonas. The one that he wants the world to see again. Jonas is trying to change. Will Brooks believe the new Jonas or the one she has seen in the news and tabloids?

Great characters. I could picture all of the descriptions in this book.

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I give this book 5 out of 5 stars.

Recommend this book? Yes! Author? Yes!