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15 January 2016

❤❤ 5 star of upcoming release APPEALED by Emma Chase ❤❤

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Synopsis:
When Brent Mason looks at Kennedy Randolph, he doesn’t see the awkward, sweet girl who grew up next door. He sees a self-assured, stunning woman…who wants to crush the most intimate - and prized - parts of his anatomy beneath the heels of her Christian Louboutins.

Brent has never let the loss of his leg in a childhood accident affect his ability to lead a fulfilling life. He sets high goals–and then he reaches them.

And now he has his sights set on Kennedy.
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When Kennedy looks at Brent Mason, all she sees is the selfish, Abercrombie & Fitch catalogue-worthy teenager who humiliated her in high school to join the popular crowd. A crowd that made those years a living hell. 

She’s not a lovesick social outcast anymore - she’s a DC prosecutor with a long winning streak behind her. Brent is the opposing attorney in her next case and she thinks it’s time to put him through a little hell of his own. 

But things aren’t exactly working out that way. 

Because every fiery exchange has her wondering if he’s as passionate in the bedroom as he is in the courtroom. Each argument and objection only makes him want her more. In the end, Brent and Kennedy may just find themselves in love…or in contempt of court. 

APPEALED is a sexy, humorous romance about first crushes, second chances and the final verdict of the heart





oh so good .... 

I love Emma Chase and how she incorporates humor so well into her stories. I also love how she absolutely nails writing in a male POV. She manages to be sexy, dirty, funny and intelligent and sound exactly how you think a well educated man would sound and act. Never once does it feel forced. Never once do you feel like this was written by a woman. 

Emma has definitely brought the naughty back with this book. I also loved the history between these two, the chemistry. I loved how he was the jilted ex lover, though there were some truths that both of them needed to uncover. I. loved. it. I loved her sass and how she gave it to him, and I loved the way he broke down her walls. These two characters together were just perfect.

When these two got together they surely set my kindle on fire. It was hot hot hot. Emma definitely doesn't disappoint and is back with a hot little number in her hands! The style flowed perfectly, from flashbacks to present day, the fire, the chemistry, the aggravation, the love... this really was a one sit setting read. Once you start it, you won't be able to put it down.

This was a 5 star read for me





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Other books in the Legal Briefs series......



OVERRULED


As a DC defense attorney, Stanton Shaw keeps his head cool, his questions sharp, and his arguments irrefutable. They don’t call him the Jury Charmer for nothing – with his southern drawl, disarming smile and captivating green eyes – he’s a hard man to say no to. Men want to be him and women want to be thoroughly cross examined by him.


Stanton’s a man with a plan. And for a while, life was going according to that plan.



Until the day he receives an invitation to the wedding of his high school sweetheart and mother of his beloved ten-year old daughter. Jenny is getting married — to someone who isn’t him.



That's definitely not part of the plan.
***



Sofia Santos is a city raised, no-nonsense litigator who plans to become the most revered criminal defense attorney in the country. She doesn’t have time for relationships or distractions.



But when Stanton, her "friend with mind-blowing benefits" begs for help, she finds herself out of her element, out of her depth, and obviously out of her mind. Because she agrees to go with him – to The-Middle-Of-Nowhere, Mississippi – to do all she can to help Stanton win back the woman he loves. 



Her head tells her she's crazy...and her heart says something else entirely.
*** 



What happens when you mix a one stop-light town, two professional arguers, a homecoming queen, four big brothers, some Jimmy Dean sausage and a gun-toting Nana? 



The Bourbon flows, passions rise and even the best laid plans get overruled by the desires of the heart.




SUSTAINED


A knight in tarnished armor is still a knight.


When you’re a defense attorney in Washington, DC, you see firsthand how hard life can be, and that sometimes the only way to survive is to be harder. I, Jake Becker, have a reputation for being cold, callous, and intimidating—and that suits me just fine. In fact, it’s necessary when I’m breaking down a witness on the stand.



Complications don’t work for me—I’m a “need-to-know” type of man. If you’re my client, tell me the basic facts. If you’re my date, stick to what will turn you on. I’m not a therapist or Prince Charming—and I don’t pretend to be.



Then Chelsea McQuaid and her six orphaned nieces and nephews came along and complicated the ever-loving hell out of my life. Now I'm going to Mommy & Me classes, One Direction concerts, the emergency room, and arguing cases in the principal's office.



Chelsea’s too sweet, too innocent, and too gorgeous for her own good. She tries to be tough, but she’s not. She needs someone to help her, defend her…and the kids.



And that — that, I know how to do




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