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Series: / standalone
Pages: 376
Genre: New adult
The rich and popular Sharks rule at prestigious, ivy-covered Camden Prep. Once upon a time, I wanted to be part of their world--until they destroyed me.
The last thing I expected was an anonymous love letter from one of them.
Please. I hate every one of those rich jerks for what they did to me. The question is, which Shark is my secret admirer?
Knox, the scarred quarterback.
Dane, his twin brother.
Or Chance, the ex who dumped me. . .
Dear Ava,
Your eyes are the color of the Caribbean Sea.
Wait. That's stupid.
What I really mean is, you look at me and I feel something REAL.
It's been ten months since you were here, but I can't forget you.
I've missed seeing you walk down the hall.
I've missed you cheering at my football games.
I've missed the smell of your hair.
And then everything fell apart the night of the kegger.
Don't hate me because I'm a Shark.
I just want to make you mine.
Still.
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For real. It's been a very long time since a book made me stay up late at night to read it and this book truly took me by surprise because I did not expect that.
This was a typical enemies-to-lovers, sans the hardcore bullying that I despise so much in other books. I loved loved the characters.
Ava was such a strong, self-assured character. She came back to prove her attacker didn't break her and she's just a badass.
And Knox is ... I have had heart eyes for him the whole book. He's a moody ass, but he's also a moody possessive ass that writes poetry to Ava and would hurt anyone that would even look at her wrong.
I give Knox my heart. Man, he can have it all.
This book deals with a very heavy subject: rape, which made me love it so much more because it shows that Ava chose to live her life and it shows what she had to go through because people refused to believe her and even bullied her for it. Ava was an outcast in the school.
But not for Knox. For him? She was literally everything he saw, but since she was his friend's ex, he had some moral and stayed away for the sake of it, but he always had her back. Always.
I just can't get over how good this book was. I truly, truly recommend it! It's not like other Madden-Mills's books that were mostly just 'okay' for me, but this one? She really went deep with this one and delivered pure perfection.
#1 Amazon Charts, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and USA Today best-selling author Ilsa Madden-Mills pens angsty new adult and contemporary romances.
A former high school English teacher and librarian, she adores all things Pride and Prejudice, and of course, Mr. Darcy is her ultimate hero.
She's addicted to frothy coffee beverages, cheesy magnets, and any book featuring unicorns and sword-wielding females. Feel free to stalk her online. ☺
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Release date: October 25th, 2018
Series: / standalone
Pages: 298
Genre: Romance
Series: / standalone
Pages: 298
Genre: Romance
Sexy Athlete: I bet you . . .
Penelope Graham: Burn in hell, quarterback.
The text is random but Penelope figures out exactly who “Sexy Athlete” is. And why she shouldn't take his wager.
Ryker Voss.
Football star.
Walks on water and God's gift to women.
Just ask him.
His bet? He promises Penelope he’ll win her the heart of the guy she’s been crushing on. His plan—good old-fashioned jealousy. Once her crush sees her kissing Ryker, he'll realize what he's missing. Sounds legit, right? The only question is . . . why is Ryker being so nice to her?
Penelope Graham.
Virgin.
Lover of sparkly vampires and calculus.
His mortal enemy.
Penelope knows she shouldn’t trust a jock, but what’s a girl to do when she needs a date to Homecoming? And Ryker’s keeping a secret, another bet, one that will destroy Penelope’s heart forever.
Will the quarterback score the good girl or will his secrets mean everyone loses this game of love?
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❝I'm going to show you the whole fucking world.❞
This was a cute, sweet and light-weight story. A quick and easy read, but really nothing that remarkable that would make me say w o w.
The story picked off pretty quickly and the plot was predictable and really nothing new. It's not a book that'll stay for me and something I'll remember in the long run, but it was still funny and served its purpose.
It's a typical quarterback story with the hot main guy (that surprisingly isn't too big of an asshole, in fact, he is unnaturally trying too hard to be nice at times) and with an unnoticed, virgin girl.
Honestly, the whole story just felt a little quickly thrown together at times with Ryker's reason for 'hating' Penelope, but suddenly taking a liking to her and Penelope being a Twilight obsessed virgin that wrote super erotic weird stories that really weren't good, but ending up as a successful writer anyway.
I don't know, this didn't work for me like I thought it would, but it is what it is. I got through it.
This is one of those light and feel-good books, so if you ever need something really light, yet still sweet and funny, look no further.
#1 Amazon Charts, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and USA Today best-selling author Ilsa Madden-Mills pens angsty new adult and contemporary romances.
A former high school English teacher and librarian, she adores all things Pride and Prejudice, and of course, Mr. Darcy is her ultimate hero.
She's addicted to frothy coffee beverages, cheesy magnets, and any book featuring unicorns and sword-wielding females. Feel free to stalk her online. ☺
★ Sign up for her newsletter and receive insider info about new releases and exclusive giveaways
★ You can stalk her/sign up on the contact page: ilsamaddenmills.com
★ Facebook: Author Ilsa Madden-Mills
★ Join her private reader group on FB: Unicorn Girls
★ Instagram @Ilsamaddenmills
Release date: January 19, 2021
Series: The Game Changers #2
Genre: Romance
Homeless and heartbreakingly innocent, Giselle Riley walks into my penthouse and chaos follows.
I shouldn’t have invited the girl genius to live with me, but it’s clear she needs my help—not only for a place to lay her pretty blonde head but in finding real love, which she’s not going to get with the crazy men she picks up online.
Too bad she’s a twenty-four-year-old virgin and I’m a bad boy wide receiver. She’s off limits for a hardcore player like me—and we’re just friends.
Instead, I’m her matchmaking service, no matter how jealous it makes me when I tag along on her dates.
I can keep my self-control. Right? No way will I give in to everything inside me that dreams of a girl like her in my world.
I may be the best wide receiver in the country, but how could I hold on to a girl like her?
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But I have to say I quite enjoyed this book. It had some clichés, but I didn't mind them. Giselle has redeemed herself, although I was expecting a little bit more backstory on her ex-fiancé and some real reason why she got engaged to her sister's ex.
In Not My Match, Giselle and Devlin tiptoe around each other. Devlin knows she's off-limits for him because, not only is his teammate's sister in law, but she's also a virgin.
Giselle and Devlin's world are a little different, but when they collide ... It's interesting, I'll say. Giselle is set on losing her virginity before she turns 24 and Devlin promises to help her by choosing her dates and he even goes with her on the said dates to make sure all the men treat her right and they don't go off the rails.
But Giselle has her eyes set on him already and she doesn't know how to tell him that because she's too unsure about what he's feeling.
So, we have Devlin gritting his teeth on all her dates on one side and an unsure Giselle that wants to seduce Devlin on the other one.
I'll admit this was a fun read. I like this storyline slightly more than in the first book, but Giselle was a tough character for me because she was sweet in this book, but I still held some grudge towards her from the first book and that was hanging over my head when I was reading the book.
But if I ignore that and push it aside and try to forgive her like her sister did, it was a solid and fun read about two opposite characters who are a little too stubborn and proud.
#1 Amazon Charts, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and USA Today best-selling author Ilsa Madden-Mills pens angsty new adult and contemporary romances.
A former high school English teacher and librarian, she adores all things Pride and Prejudice, and of course, Mr. Darcy is her ultimate hero.
She's addicted to frothy coffee beverages, cheesy magnets, and any book featuring unicorns and sword-wielding females. Feel free to stalk her online. ☺
★ Sign up for her newsletter and receive insider info about new releases and exclusive giveaways
★ You can stalk her/sign up on the contact page: ilsamaddenmills.com
★ Facebook: Author Ilsa Madden-Mills
★ Join her private reader group on FB: Unicorn Girls
★ Instagram @Ilsamaddenmills
Release date: August 18th, 2020
Series: The Game Changers #1
Pages: 346
Genre: Romance
We start off with a lie on Valentine’s Day.
My blind date isn’t the studious guy I expected: he’s a drop-dead gorgeous player with sinful amber eyes. Somehow we end up at his penthouse. I blame the gin and tonic.
The next day I learn he’s Jack Hawke—bad-boy professional quarterback with a murky past. The NDA he has me sign should be a warning that he isn’t a regular person. Please. I sign it Juliet Capulet, so goodbye, famous football player with abs of steel, and good luck tracking down this small-town librarian.
But Jack keeps showing up in places I least expect him. Just when I’m sure he’s gone, he waltzes into my community theater and wins the part of Romeo to my Juliet. How’s a plain, mostly innocent girl like me supposed to resist a man like him?
Is Jack my real Romeo… or will this gorgeous football player only break my heart?
My blind date isn’t the studious guy I expected: he’s a drop-dead gorgeous player with sinful amber eyes. Somehow we end up at his penthouse. I blame the gin and tonic.
The next day I learn he’s Jack Hawke—bad-boy professional quarterback with a murky past. The NDA he has me sign should be a warning that he isn’t a regular person. Please. I sign it Juliet Capulet, so goodbye, famous football player with abs of steel, and good luck tracking down this small-town librarian.
But Jack keeps showing up in places I least expect him. Just when I’m sure he’s gone, he waltzes into my community theater and wins the part of Romeo to my Juliet. How’s a plain, mostly innocent girl like me supposed to resist a man like him?
Is Jack my real Romeo… or will this gorgeous football player only break my heart?
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I was so excited to finally get my hands on this book that I dropped everything to read it when it got released, only to end up slightly disappointed.
This book was cute and all, but it was nothing special and it quickly got boring to me. This was a safe read, nothing major happening with a few funny moments and a lot of cute ones, but the storyline just felt like it was dragging on.
I liked Elena and I liked Jack, but there wasn't anything special about that, other than Jack was a huge fan of Justin Bieber, Taylor Swift and K-dramas.
The book started with a blind date on Valentine's Day where Elena mistakes Jake for someone else she was supposed to meet, but because she doesn't own a TV and lives behind the moon apparently, she didn't know who Jack Hawke is and she just went to his table and sat down.
Jack didn't realise what was happening at first but when he figured it out, he just went with it. After spending a night together, he leaves her a note where he tells her who he really is. Elena is pissed, unsurprisingly so.
But she sees him again at a club when her friend is celebrating his birthday and one of Jack's teammates comes and hits on her and then takes her to the VIP section because she wants to see him again to get her panties back that she made.
This book is filled with surprised and fate-filled moments that it sort of just feels funny to read because it's kind of unrealistically realistic.
And then we have the typical story about a man who can't trust anyone in his life, especially since his ex shattered his trust completely, so Elena settles to have a half-ass relationship with him because he's hot and charming. And the train then takes us to the typical last station; falling in love, although Jack, of course, is hard-headed and doesn't realise and - typically - messes it all up.
This was a quick and easy read for me with a safe story-line. I kind of had bigger hopes for this one, but it didn't quite meet my expectations. It was still a good book, though!
Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and USA Today best-selling author Ilsa Madden-Mills is best known for her angsty new adult romances and romantic comedies.
Eight of her eleven novels have placed in the Amazon Top 10 Best-seller List: Dirty English #1; Fake Fiancée and I Dare You #2; I Bet You, Filthy English, and Very Bad Things #6; Boyfriend Bargain #8; The Last Guy, her collaboration with Tia Louise, #4.
A former high school English teacher, she adores all things Pride and Prejudice, and of course, Mr. Darcy is her ultimate hero.
She's addicted to frothy coffee beverages, cheesy magnets, and any book featuring unicorns and sword-wielding females. Feel free to stalk her online. ☺
Join her FB readers group:
Release date: May 5th, 2019
Series: Hawthorne University #1
Pages: 354
Genre: Romance
Wanted: one hot guy with rock-hard abs and a big stick.
Broke and desperate, Sugar Ryan has no use for arrogant, bad boy athletes . . . until she’s forced to bargain with the cockiest of them all.
If only he knew she was alive.
Her mission? Get on this hockey player’s radar any way possible.
Zack Morgan is the king of the ice and the bedroom—but nothing prepares him for the mystery girl who shows up everywhere he does—frat parties, his favorite bar, and finally his front door with an offer he can’t refuse. The only rule in her boyfriend bargain: no falling in love.
But after one (um, two) smoking-hot hookups, he’s done with pretending and vows to make their fake relationship real. Too bad she can’t trust a player with a reputation for breaking hearts.
Will this hockey star score his forever girl or will their Boyfriend Bargain end in heartbreak?
A standalone hockey romance.
Okay, first of all ... This book had some of the hottest scenes I've ever read. This was scorching hot!
I have to say that this book started quite weird and I didn't know where the story would lead because I knew it was all about having a fake boyfriend, but the main characters slept together the first night they met. But, alright. That was explained later on and I kind of understood it.
I liked Sugar and I absolutely loved her name! She was laid-back and funny.
And Zack was a special kind. He was sweet and smooth, completely smitten with Sugar. When he felt like she doesn't feel the same, he did everything to make her believe that what they have is very real and he wasn't prepared to let her go. He took this whole fake relationship seriously.
But a secret was hanging over them and I have to admit it made me feel weird about all this dead girlfriend thing and Sugar looking like her. It's why Zack noticed her in the first place and, seriously, if you think about it for too long, it starts to feel weird. But Zack was so sweet about it at the end that all this weirdness lessened a little.
I also liked Eric in this story and I can't wait to read more about him! He has major f-boy vibes going on about him and I absolutely need to hear more about it.
Broke and desperate, Sugar Ryan has no use for arrogant, bad boy athletes . . . until she’s forced to bargain with the cockiest of them all.
If only he knew she was alive.
Her mission? Get on this hockey player’s radar any way possible.
Zack Morgan is the king of the ice and the bedroom—but nothing prepares him for the mystery girl who shows up everywhere he does—frat parties, his favorite bar, and finally his front door with an offer he can’t refuse. The only rule in her boyfriend bargain: no falling in love.
But after one (um, two) smoking-hot hookups, he’s done with pretending and vows to make their fake relationship real. Too bad she can’t trust a player with a reputation for breaking hearts.
Will this hockey star score his forever girl or will their Boyfriend Bargain end in heartbreak?
A standalone hockey romance.
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I have to say that this book started quite weird and I didn't know where the story would lead because I knew it was all about having a fake boyfriend, but the main characters slept together the first night they met. But, alright. That was explained later on and I kind of understood it.
I liked Sugar and I absolutely loved her name! She was laid-back and funny.
And Zack was a special kind. He was sweet and smooth, completely smitten with Sugar. When he felt like she doesn't feel the same, he did everything to make her believe that what they have is very real and he wasn't prepared to let her go. He took this whole fake relationship seriously.
But a secret was hanging over them and I have to admit it made me feel weird about all this dead girlfriend thing and Sugar looking like her. It's why Zack noticed her in the first place and, seriously, if you think about it for too long, it starts to feel weird. But Zack was so sweet about it at the end that all this weirdness lessened a little.
I also liked Eric in this story and I can't wait to read more about him! He has major f-boy vibes going on about him and I absolutely need to hear more about it.
This book was truly, truly hot and funny. Zack was an absolute sweetheart to Sugar and I loved seeing him like this since he had a reputation of having "a girl of the month"; meaning that he picked a girl at a party that he started going out for a month.
If you decide to read this book, prepare yourself for some very hot scenes that definitely won't leave you cold!
Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and USA Today best-selling author Ilsa Madden-Mills is best known for her angsty new adult romances and romantic comedies.
Eight of her eleven novels have placed in the Amazon Top 10 Best-seller List: Dirty English #1; Fake Fiancée and I Dare You #2; I Bet You, Filthy English, and Very Bad Things #6; Boyfriend Bargain #8; The Last Guy, her collaboration with Tia Louise, #4.
A former high school English teacher, she adores all things Pride and Prejudice, and of course, Mr. Darcy is her ultimate hero.
She's addicted to frothy coffee beverages, cheesy magnets, and any book featuring unicorns and sword-wielding females. Feel free to stalk her online. ☺
Join her FB readers group:
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