Random Reads #270, January 26th

Random Reads is a monthly meme (that I'm going to do weekly) hosted by I'm Loving Books to read some books that have been on our TBR piles for a long time. Using Random.org, I got 6181 which turned out to be Under her Skin by Susan Mallery! It's been on my TBR pile since November 28th, 2015, and I added it because her books are fantastic! Happy reading! 

Susan Mallery Author Page

The Story: So again, I don't remember when I started reading Susan Mallery's books, just that I know that I enjoy them, and I need to read more of them, which is good, since I have a lot of them to read!

Website

Series: Fool's Gold, Buchanans, Lone Star Sisters, Blackberry Island, Bakery Sisters, Mischief Bay, Los Lobos.

Fool's Gold: Chasing Perfect and her site, my review, Almost Perfect and her site, my review, Sister of the Bride and her site, my review, Finding Perfect and her site, my review, Only Mine and her site, my review, Only Yours and her site, my review, Only His and her site, my review, Only Us and her site, my review, Almost Summer and her site, my review, Summer Days and her site, my review, Summer Nights and her site, my review, All Summer Long and her site, my review, A Fool's Gold Christmas and her site, my review, Halfway There and her site, (Part of *All for You*), Just One Kiss and her site, my review, Two of a Kind and her site, my review, Three Little Words and her site, my review, Christmas on 4th Street and her site, my review, When We Met and her site, my review, Before We Kiss and her site, my review, Until We Touch and her site, my review, Yours for Christmas and her site, my review, Hold Me and her site, my review, Kiss Me and her site, my review, Thrill Me and her site, my review, Marry Me at Christmas and her site, my review, Best of My Love and her site.

Halfway There is a short story in All for You, set in the Fool's Gold world, here's my review.

Buchanans: Delicious and her site, my review, Irresistible and her site, my review, Sizzling and her site, my review, Tempting and her site, my review.

Lone Star Sisters: Wild Hearts and her site, my review, Under Her Skin and her site, my review, Lip Service and her site, my review, Straight from the Hip and her site, my review, Hot on Her Heels and her site, my review.

Blackberry Island: Barefoot Season and her site, my review, Three Sisters and her site, my review, Evening Stars and her site, my review.

Bakery Sister: Sweet Talk and her site, my review, Sweet Spot and her site, my review, Sweet Trouble and her site, my review.

Mischief Bay: The Girls of Mischief Bay and her site, my review, The Friends We Keep and her site, my review.

Los Lobos: Someone Like You and her site, my review, Falling for Gracie and her site, my review.

Stand Alone's: Accidentally Yours and her site, my review, Already Home and her site, my review, The Best of Friends and her site, my review, Sunset Bay and her site, my review.

Week 19 Review: All For You

From Goodreads:
Four unforgettable stories from the biggest names in romance...

Falling in love isn't on Fayrene Hopkins's schedule for at least four years, but from her very first kiss with charming Ryan Patterson, she's already "Halfway There." In Susan Mallery's Fool's Gold, some plans are made to be broken...

In Lori Foster's "Buckhorn Ever After," the last thing Nadine Moest wants is to be the latest notch on gorgeous ranger Shohn Hudson's bedpost. But Shohn is determined to win her trust — and her heart.

Kenna Starr will do anything to overcome her bad-girl past in Gena Showalter's "The One You Want." Dane Michaelson is exactly the kind of guy she needs to avoid, but he's used to getting what he wants, and he wants her.

Noah Bryant and Colbie Michaels are meant to be — at least, that's what he thinks when they keep serendipitously meeting. Now he just has to convince her they're destined for each other, in Bella Andre's "One Perfect Night."

My Review:
I mainly read this anthology for the Gena Showalter story. And it's kinda a good thing that it was 3rd in the line up, or I might've just read it, instead of all of them. And that would've been a shame, because I enjoyed all 4 of them, though the Gena Showalter one was my favourite of course!

I loved the couples in this book, and their various challenges. Like the 4 year plan and the lack of commitment, the womanizer finding his perfect match-but she's seen his womanizing ways, boy's dad falls in love with girl's mom and has affair that rocks both their marriages, and now boy and girl are falling in love-and girl has a daughter, where boy and girl meet but don't exchange enough information to find each other so individual hire P.I.'s, when it turns out they hired the same guy! Yeah, those kind of complications!

Yeah, The One I Want, it was really fantastic to read it, because it has or mentions, all the main characters for the rest of the series, and yeah, there's the hope that we'll see Kenna and Dane, and Norrie again in the series!

These stories just came together really well, all stories of romances that have some sort of block, but is overcome by the couple, by them loving each other, and wanting what was best for them, and it was really fantastic to read that!

Favourite lines from Blackhorn Ever After: "But it was, because at that moment the cat was trying to crawl inside the neckline of his shirt." Oh, wow, that's a bit clingy, and yeah, it is funny! "I have a cat on my head!" Yeah, that's a pretty good reason not to leave!

Favourite lines from The One You Want: "Clearly #WardrobeFail. No! Bad Kenna! no mentally using Twitter tonight." Why not? It's only your mom's engagement part to a guy who she had an affair with when both members were married to other people! "Rick from The Walking Dead. Kenna and Brook Lynn always watched the show together, and then discussed their survival plans for a a zombie apocalypse afterwards. An apocalypse guaranteed to happen. It was just a matter of time." Well, that's a bit scary! "Hey! That ax is supposed to be reserved for zombie kills." It can be used for more than that! "One day, I'm going to put you nuts in a grinder and make a testicle salad sandwich." How can it be a salad and a sandwich? "That I had a collection of jars filled with human hearts and he was about to make an unwilling donation." Oh, wow, that's mean, Dane! "'A dual sword?' 'Well, zombies only die for real if you cut through their brain.'" I don't think he is considering the zombies when thinking about threats to you!

Oh, it was just perfect to read this anthology, it was perfect! So entertaining and great!

Authors: Gena Showalter, Susan Mallery, Lori Foster, Bella Andre
Series: The Original Heartbreakers #0.5, Fool's Gold #9.75, Buckhorn Brothers #6, The Sullivans #8.5
Read: May 7th, 2015
Source: Bought
Reason Why: Love Gena Showalter's writing, and I've enjoyed other books by the others! And it's a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2015 Book!
Publisher: HQN Books
Published: December 30th 2014

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars

WWW Wednesday #212, May 6th

To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions…

• What are you currently reading?
• What did you recently finish reading?
• What do you think you'll read next?

Thanks to MizB of Should Be Writing now A Daily Rhythm for starting this meme!

I'm reading Get Dirty, and it's such a great sequel!

I read The Vision, and it was a really fantastic book, a great addition to the series!

I'm going to be reading All For You, and I can't wait! They look so great!

What about you guys? Happy reading!