Feature and Giveaway: Handle With Care by Helena Hunting

New York Times bestselling author of SHACKING UP and I FLIPPING LOVE YOU Helena Hunting mixes humor and heart in this scandal-filled romantic comedy.

HE WANTS TO LOSE CONTROL.

Between his parents’ messed up marriage and his narcissistic younger brother, Lincoln Moorehead has spent the majority of his life avoiding his family. After the death of his father, Lincoln finds himself in the middle of the drama. To top it all off, he’s been named CEO of Moorehead Media, much to his brother’s chagrin. But Lincoln’s bad attitude softens when he meets the no-nonsense, gorgeous woman who has been given the task of transforming him from the gruff, wilderness guy to a suave businessman

SHE’S TRYING TO HOLD IT TOGETHER.

Wren Sterling has been working double time to keep the indiscretions at Moorehead Media at bay, so when she’s presented with a new contract, with new responsibilities and additional incentives, she agrees. Working with the reclusive oldest son of a ridiculously entitled family is worth the hassle if it means she’s that much closer to pursuing her own dreams. What Wren doesn’t expect is to find herself attracted to him, or for it to be mutual. And she certainly doesn’t expect to fall for Lincoln. But when a shocking new Moorehead scandal comes to light, she’s forced to choose between her own family and the broody, cynical CEO.

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ARC Review: Meet Cute by Helena Hunting

This book popped my Helena Hunting cherry, my first book by her and I absolutely adore this book. This book would fall under my classification as fluff, I love fluff, it’s quick and easy to read, it’s lighthearted with some deep emotional moments, and most importantly it’s funny. This is the kind of book that made me feel good when I finished it, where I just had to stop and take in the wonderful ending. For me this is one of those books that if I run out of books to read I could easily reread it, or if I am feeling depressed I could read it just to make me smile.

Kailyn and Dax met in law school and after the embarrassing first meet where Kailyn went all fan girl over the former child actor of her favorite sitcom they started a friendly rivalry between the two of them until one day it wasn’t friendly anymore. Despite Kailyn’s dislike for Dax as a human being she didn’t let that get in the way of still loving the show. Eight years later, Dax walks back into her life with his parents wanting to update their will, a few months later and his parents are dead and he finds himself the guardian of his teenage sister, Emma. Dax’s aunt is contesting the will and Kailyn is asked to represent Emma in the case. Kailyn has a soft spot for orphans and only agrees because she wants to make sure Emma is going to end up with the best person possible. Emma latches on to Kailyn and being around Emma means being around Dax and all those old feelings she use to harbor for him in college come back but also all new one for the man he became. Dax is glad that Kailyn is looking out for his sister’s best interest because that means he gets to spend time with her too and explore these feelings he’s had for her since college.

Overall, I loved this book, I loved the romance and the humor, the external conflict of the custody battle was a predictable but brought the story together. I definitely want to read more from Helena Hunting.

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NTY and USA Today Bestselling author of The PUCKED Series, Helena Hunting lives outside of Toronto with her amazing family and her two awesome cats, who think the best place to sleep is her keyboard. Helena writes everything from contemporary romance to romance comedy, sports romance and angsty new adult romance.

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ARC Review: Pucked Up by Helena Hunting

Pucked Up is the story of Buck and Sunny. Buck is a 23 year old hockey player in the NHL who is recovering from an addiction to puck bunnies (hockey groupies). Sunny is a 20 year old yoga instructor who still lives with her parents and has been carrying on a sexless relationship with Buck for about 3 months when the book begins. The book is about Buck's struggle to make Sunny believe he is worthy of her despite the constant barrage of social media images which suggest he is still dipping in the puck bunny pool.

There are lots of positive reviews about this book but this will not be one of them. To be fair, I do not really get into NA romance because the characters are too young and their stories are too young to appeal to me. Even though the sex scenes in this book are not NA, everything else is NA verging on even YA. So, it's entirely possible that I just shouldn't have picked this book up in the first place. If you are like me and you don't really enjoy NA romance, I suggest you take a pass on this one.

This book was plagued by extremely immature characters and it drove me crazy. Buck...I don't even know where to start. Being inside his POV was like being stuck in the head of a frat boy after a long night of partying. The way he talked about sex and Sunny and life in general, it was just all very freshmen year of collegeish. My other issue with Buck is that he was really doing the best he could to make things work with Sunny. He never actually messes up in this book but he and all of the supporting cast are constantly berating him for fucking things up. I kept thinking 'where? where did he mess up and how did I miss it?' Which brings us to Sunny. Sunny was completely insecure about dating a professional athlete and basically believed everything she read on social media. As a result, there is very little time in the book that the characters spend together. Instead the book is a montage of misunderstandings followed by Sunny running away from Buck, him chasing her and begging for forgiveness (for shit he didn't actually do).

At one point in the book Sunny and Buck are almost caught in the act by Sunny's parents...because she still lives with them and is having sex with Buck in their house. Stuff like that is too much for me. I'm north of 30 and I just can't identify with sneaking around and avoiding parents. Another thing, Sunny gets mad at Buck and decides to go on a trip with her ex boyfriend from high school (so from two years ago). She refuses to bail on the trip even after she knows her anger against Buck was unjustified and Buck blames himself and lets her go. I just...I like extremely alpha heroes. None of my book boyfriends would ever stand back and watch their woman ride off with her ex over an imaginary offense he committed. I think I actually mentally checked out on this book after that scene.

This was not the right book for me, it was too much high school drama and too little adult romance. If NA is your thing, you can give this a try.

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Feature and Giveaway: Hollow by Ava Conway and Cracks in the Armor by Helena Hunting

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Girl, Interrupted meet Beautiful Disaster in this thrilling and sexy debut novel, in which a college student learns her perfect life is a lie and finds new love where she least expects it—a mental institution.

Freaks, misfits, and psychopaths. Those are the kinds of people found at Newton Heights Psychiatric Hospital, and high-society girl Lucy White’s new home.

Freaks, misfits, and Jayden McCray. Jayden has his own set of rules for life at Newton Heights, and in this enigma, Lucy finds a way to live with the events that left her cheating boyfriend and best friend dead—and Lucy in the middle of the investigation into their demise.

The problem? Jayden makes her want things she’s not supposed to have, blurring the lines between fantasy and reality and making Lucy feel more at home in Newton Heights than she ever did at home. But this isn’t how her life is supposed to be…

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