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24 May 2016

❤❤ MAKE ME SERIES BY BETH KERY SERIES REVIEW ❤❤

MAKE ME SERIES by Beth Kery
SERIES REVIEW 








I've had to hold on posting my reviews. There was just so much happening that I was bouncing on my toes wanting to scream about these novellas. I wanted to grab someone, shake them, and shove my kindle in their face so they could read it. I am so in love with Jacob and Harper. I didn't think there was any way that I could post a review while reading without giving something away. 

If you read and fell in love with the Never Let You Go series by Monica Murphy, you will love these novellas. Most of them take place in the present time, but we do also get flashbacks to twenty years ago when our characters originally met. The way Beth handled the flashbacks, isnt one I can say I've read before, at least when it comes to Harper. It was different. And I Love love loved it. I loved how she intertwined these two characters past and present. I loved how and  she had Harper realize and find out the truth. 

Beth did am absolutely amazing job with these novellas. I was hands down addicted to each installment. I know the last one releases today and I am telling you, you have to pick these up. Once I started reading the first serial, I could not stop. I mean ladies.. Jacob. Just.. Jacob. The dominance. The Bondage. The submission. The body. The brains. Wow. Just wow. 

I also loved Harpers attitude. She didn't stand down for Jacob. She didn't dumb herself down or just become arm candy. She stayed strong and true to herself, even when she had no idea what was going on. Even when faced with another woman, she was able to walk away (okay...run) ,  calm down and look at the situation rationally without throwing accusations and freaking out in a full hysterical fit. I respect that Beth gave us a strong female character like that instead of the norm- freak out now, break down, throw accusations, storm out, kind of reaction. 

Beth delivered serial after addictive serial with this series. She takes two people who are broken and hiding it and allows them to come together to heal those old wounds. To make them whole again. It was addictive, beautiful, and SEXY AS HELL! I mean hands down one of the sexiest books ive read all year. 

5 stars from me for each and every one

Scroll down to see what I thought of each individual serial!




Part One of the Make Me Serial


The New York Times bestselling author of Because You Are Mine,The Affair, and Glow is back with a tantalizing new serial novel about hidden pasts, dangerous obsessions, and uncontrollable passion...

Harper McFaddan has made her name as an investigative journalist by being both compassionate and fearless. After tragedy strikes her family, she moves to the shores of Lake Tahoe to find some peace. But when mysterious software mogul Jacob Latimer comes into her life, her thoughts turn from her own healing to an urgent need to get closer to him...

Jacob Latimer is the definition of a self-made man. The software entrepreneur built his corporation from nothing, but rumors abound about the shadiness of his rise to power  and no one knows what secrets lurk in his past. Harper is the last person he should let into his life. As an investigative journalist, she’s the one person who could expose his hidden origins. But Jacob knows things about Harper’s past that make him irresistibly drawn to her. He wants nothing more than to make her his—and Jacob is a man who always gets what he wants...


My Thoughts: 
Oh God.. OH GOD.. the shower. OH GOD, Okay. let's try not to focus on the hot factor. We've got the dogs. SWOON. The deja vu. The hints of the past. Like little drops of breadcrumbs. but.. oh GOD. the SHOWER!

That's it.. I'm addicted already!

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Jacob’s dark past comes to light as the thrilling new serial novel from New York Times bestselling author Beth Kery continues...


When Jacob Latimer ran into Harper McFaddan on the beach, she thought it was the first time their paths had crossed. Only Jacob knows that his murky history connects with hers in ways she couldn’t imagine—ways that make their relationship dangerous. He should let her go. But now that he’s felt her in his arms, he worries that he’ll never be able to forsake her... 

Harper has never been this attracted to anyone before—nor has she ever been so intimidated. Jacob can go from aloof and mysterious to total mastery of her mind and body in a second flat. In the glamorous setting of his luxurious yacht, he finally stakes his claim. And he won’t stop until he has every inch of her under his delicious control...


MY THOUGHTS:
 Make me Tremble? I trembled. Good god Beth. This some seriously HOT reading! And addictive. But this is where it starts.. this is where we start our flashbacks. This is where to start to learn so much about Jacob and Harper. We get to see there's so much more to Jacob than just the illusive billionaire. His heartbreaking past is just so ... devastating. And hers is just as bad. They have this pull to one another and it's so addicting to read. I could not put it down!

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Attraction melts into obsession in New York Times bestselling author Beth Kery’s latest installment of her beguiling new serial novel...


Even as Jacob offers Harper a life of luxury and indulgence that thrills all her senses, she grows wary of this powerful man and his unquenchable desires. In their most intimate moments, Harper can’t help but submit to his seductive demands. But the man outside the bedroom, whose early business dealings carry an air of questionable origins, who refuses to share even the smallest detail about his past, is an entirely different story...

Jacob worries that, deep inside, Harper must recognize who he really is—the boy he was before he became a powerful, billionaire mogul. As much as he craves acknowledgment of their shared past, he dreads she might call him out as a fraud and leave his life forever...


MY THOUGHTS:
I am falling deeper and deeper in love with characters. It's like as each novella continues, I just get more and more addicted... and I like it. 
This novella was the one for me. The one where we get to see what he really did for Harper. Not only that, but we get to see almost a vulnerable side. How he's still holding on to the past, his past. To me, this is also where their relationship took another step. Another hot as hell step. Just.. cuffs.


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Jacob and Harper push the boundaries of danger and desire in the next installment of the alluring serial novel from New York Times bestselling author Beth Kery...

Jacob’s addiction to Harper is putting his life’s work at risk, but he can’t deny himself the pleasure he feels when he’s with her. Even when her seeming refusal to acknowledge their past connection makes him doubt her true intentions, he finds himself pushing their affair further, insisting Harper submit to their attraction, even in the most compromising of circumstances.

As their encounters become even more lavish, daring, and intimate, Harper aches to break down the walls around Jacob’s heart. But she fears his secrets conceal a dark side she’s not ready to face. When he suggests a weekend in San Francisco together, she accepts despite her doubts about getting involved with such a guarded, powerful man. There's something about him that keeps her coming back for more. He claims he's obsessed, but she is every bit as compelled...


MY THOUGHTS:
oh God. Every time i think the last novella was hotter than the one before, Beth surprises me and steps it up a notch. Like really steps it up... My good. He called at work and they did .... oh GOD. I need a minute. Or  a work out.. or  a stress ball. OH GOD. That was so hot. He just.. oh dear. Then the chair.. yeah. I feel like i was just seduced by a book. 

I will say I loved seeing him open up more in this novella. When he took her paddleboarding. Seeing that fun carefree side of him was nice. It's not all dominance and control. 


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As the new serial novel from New York Times bestseller Beth Kery continues, Harper is caught between her demons and a desire to go deeper in her relationship with Jacob...


Harper has had more than her fair share of bad luck with men. Although Jacob treats her royally and she can't resist his challenging sexual demands, his secretive nature makes her worry that he’s just like all the rest. When a romantic trip to San Francisco gives her a glimpse into his past, Harper’s distrust of powerful men kicks into overdrive. Between his questionable business activities, which Harper’s paper wants to expose, and his secretive relationship with another woman, Harper wonders if his intentions are truly noble...

Unable to get her out of his head, Jacob takes the risk of exposing part of his painful past to Harper. Even though his fascination with her could be his downfall, Jacob willing to do anything to bind her even closer to him...


MY THOUGHTS
I felt like we knew more about Jacob prior to this novella. This one made me feel like he was very secretive and illusive. Telling her a taste of things, but not enough. But yet still seducing her so gosh darn well. 
And the snippets into the past, I loved them. I mean what they were living through, running from, was horrid. But seeing that connection they formed during such a horrible ordeal added such a deeper connection to the characters and a different facet to the book.
His secrets are driving me insane!

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As their relationship grows more intense, so do Harper’s concerns and Jacob’s secrets, as the next chapter of New York Times bestselling author Beth Kery’s sexy serial novel continues...

Haunted by the prospect of possessing Harper whenever he can, Jacob deepens his risk, indulging in a passionate escape with her at his Sea Cliff mansion. In their moments of intimacy, there are times when Jacob could swear Harper remembers their shared past, making him wonder if she’s purposefully misleading him about forgetting Jake Tharp. But despite his suspicions and increasing worries for her well-being if she does remember that traumatic time, he finds himself falling harder for the woman who has reignited his most savage desires, and his most tender feelings...

Harper can’t help feeling uneasy even though Jacob has begun to slowly open up to her about his past and his relationship with the beautiful Regina Morrow. There’s a mystery to her lover that she can’t comprehend, even as she draws alarmingly close to him with each second she spends in his challenging, intoxicating presence. As their days of volatile passion and pleasure in San Francisco draw to a close, she realizes how much she longs for this enigmatic man. Despite her fears about his secretiveness, when he reveals he wants her to stay with him indefinitely in his Lake Tahoe home, she realizes just how strong her need for him has grown...


MY THOUGHTS
OH GOD. BETH... stop making the novellas get hotter and hotter. I don't know how much more I can take. This.. oh sweet chocolate cups covered in cherries. It's.. rope.. 

I feel like everyone is so suspicious of Harper. Except Jacob. No one wants to trust that she just wants to get to know him. Though he's still so freaking illusive. Do we, does Harper, really know him? Anything about him? i feel like each time we get a snippet of info on him, we have 10 more questions.

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The riveting serial novel from New York Times bestseller Beth Kery continues, as the truth of Jacob and Harper’s terrible past begins to come to light—threatening to destroy Harper’s safety and make her never look at Jacob the same way again...

During sun-drenched, passionate days spent on Jacob’s yacht, Harper and Jacob fall deeper in love, taking risks not only with their bodies but their hearts. The only thing standing between Jacob and pure bliss is the suspicion that Harper’s memories are returning. If they do, she may never see him the same way again—or let him keep her safe from the horror that she faced as a young girl...

The sense of security and trust Harper feels with Jacob has her finally abandoning herself to sensual decadence along with the truth that she’s hopelessly in love with this dark, daring man. With her submission to her feelings, sad memories and dreams begin to rise to the surface of her conciousness-and hers isn’t the only past being unburied. When one of her reporters reveals a startling revolation about Jacob’s history, their shared experiences crash together in a way that will change her forever.


MY THOUGHTS
Again, we get to see a playful side of Jacob. It's almost like we get a sneak peek of his stress free, fun side. But then we get snapped back to reality of the dominant in control Jacob.  I am anxiously awaiting when Harper can get them to balance out. 
And the way Beth keeps writing the deja vu in . I am in love with it. It's the absolute perfect thing to keep you on the edge of your seat wondering if she is going to put two and two together, wondering how the truth will come out and what the backlash will be.
But he saved her. Holy crap did he save her. This whole time you think they're in the clear. But .. he saved her. 

He saves a lot of things apparently. And Regina, just.. bothers me for some reason. but I do like that they are finally finally public. I just hate that it affected her work. 

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As the New York Times bestselling author of Because You Are Mineand The Affair delivers the final installment of her breathtaking new serial novel, Jacob and Harper are forced to examine the strength of their love—and the frailty of their desire...

Unable to hide from Harper any longer, Jacob reveals his painful past, finally acknowledging his long-hidden connection to her. Afraid the truth will drive her away forever, he’s surprised when Harper exposes startling facts about her own past.


Harper is is angry at Jacob for robbing her of someone she’d loved and burying a part of himself she’d forever cherish. Still, when he faces a devastating loss, Harper races to his side. Strengthened by Harper’s love, Jacob finally fully bares his soul and reveals everything he has kept hidden. But if they are to have a future together, he will need to release all of his shame—and embrace a happiness they both desperately deserve..
 

MY THOUGHTS
For some reason, I had this fear that Beth was not going to give me a HEA after all the truths were exposed. After everything was out. After there were no more lies. I was so afraid she was going to take that away from us. But.. I shouldn't have been afraid. The way this is all tied together, is nothing short of perfection!



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