Book Review: His Wicked Games by Ember Casey (The Cunningham Family Book 1)

     Lily would do anything to save the Center for the Arts. When Calder sends notice that he is withdrawing his father's pledged funds she stomps her way out to his extravagant estate to give him a piece of her mind and convince him to reconsider. Instead, the brooding man entices her into a game of winner take all. He gets her or she gets the money. 

    This is a free series starter that introduces a family to us. While it is book 1 in a series you don't feel like you are missing out on anything as you read. It is absolutely able to be read as a stand-alone and to just enjoy Calder and Lily's story. You don't feel like you are missing out on anything by just reading the one book. 

    That being said. Lily has a smart mouth and Calder is as handsome as he is devious. The more we learn about the characters the easier they are to love. His big secret was a bit obvious, but it didn't take anything away from the story already guessing about why the funds were removed. I loved each of these characters and Lily's father. I would absolutely read more by this author or even in this series in the future. The setting and descriptions in the book is amazing. You can absolutely picture their games as well as the courtyard and maze. 

    Here is your disclaimer, if you struggle with it, that this is an open door. As always, there is no complaints from me about smut. A lot of what I read falls in that category and I am not even a little ashamed to admit it. 

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Book Review: Rough by Renee Rose (Wolf Ranch Book 1)

     The good doctor is just trying to patch me up. Hell anyone else could have easily died with the hit I took from that bull. But, I just couldn't keep my eyes off her. Especially not when my friend put his hands on her. In his defense, he didn't know she was mine. I didn't even know until now. But, I am going to keep her safe. 

    I love shifter books and this one did not disappoint. We get a fun mix of cowboy and wolf shifter with a dash of the rodeo thrown in for good measure. We start out with the doc not having been in town long, but taking on a shift at the rodeo. Basically just patch up the guys when they inevitably get hurt on one of those mounts. Bright side is those males are such fun to watch. Especially the champ.

    There is a good bit of the normal tropes we find in most shifter books. Don't tell humans shifters exist. This one in particular belongs to whatever alpha male is in the book. Something happens to show his true nature. Still, the joy is always in the journey. We see how he messes things up and attempts to fix them. We see other people vying for her attention and the feelings as they develop. 

    This book is decidedly open door...and sometimes open barn. I am not in the slightest bit complaining about this, but I know some prefer the closed doors versus the smut that fills my devices most of the time. I will say this is one of those books where we don't start the series with the alpha of the pack. He is an alpha male, but his brother is the actual alpha. Although the alpha isn't the next book in the series. The set-up lead me to believe it will actually be the youngest brother who had been away from home for a while. We shall see. 

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