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~**~ ARC Review: Julien (Confessions #2) by Ella Frank ~**~




***5 ‘My Place Is Right Here With You’ Stars***

All the feels? Yes.

All the smexy goodness? YES! O.M.G YAASSSS!

That ending making you want Priest’s book on your Kindle like...yesterday?? Oh. Hell Yes!

This book gave me everything. From watching as Julien, Robbie and Priest’s relationship grows and they become more to each other to finding out just what the demon that haunts Julien is, this book was simply an absolute joy to read. I swooned, laughed, sniffled and got all KINDS of hot and bothered (of course) and fell even deeper into adoration with these three men.

It’s already blatantly obvious how much I adore Priest, Julien and Robbie,  that isn’t in question, I mean they are all kinds of everything, so we’ll just let that be the start and finish on that. But together they are more. Most would believe that one has more power than the others, and there is some truth to that in certain situations. But they each have a strength, that exclusive quality, that they other two don’t have that balances them all out and puts them all on an even playing field. They respect and revel in each other’s differences and it makes them all stronger for it.

This really was a fun and addicting read, not only because of The Priest, The Princess and The Prick, but because of the little cameos and mentions of some of my favorite characters, though I would have like a little of one in particular, but I honestly can’t complain, especially when the mention of a favorite couple brought about THAT reaction from one of the P’s.  As this is a trilogy, there is a bit of a cliffy at the end, no surprise there. It’s not necessarily an “OMG. I can’t believe she did that” kind of cliffy, but it’s one that definitely has me wanting Priest’s book, like, oohhhh, yesterday? But I shall simply enjoy the afterglow of Julien and do my best to practice patience until it lands ever so nicely on my Kindle.

~ Copy provided by the author & voluntarily reviewed ~


People are complex.

Love a double-edged sword.

And when it comes to a broken heart, there are no rules, only time…

For the past eight years, Julien Thornton has been living with a secret. One that only a handful of people know about.

To the outside world, he has it all.

A thriving career. A loving husband. And a face that the American public fell for by the millions, on a reality show that inadvertently saved his life.

But behind the shine of celebrity, behind the easygoing nature, a crippling truth fills Julien with pain and self-loathing. It’s a truth that he fights to overcome daily with the help of his husband, Joel Priestley, and now their boyfriend, Robbie Bianchi.

But unlike Priest, Robbie doesn’t know what he’s helping Julien to fight. He doesn’t know what Julien did all those years ago. And with the anniversary of his sister’s death fast approaching, the time for explanations is running out.

And thus the question: will the princess be able to forgive the prick as the priest once did?

Only time will tell.

Release Date: June 4th, 2018





Ella Frank is the USA Today Bestselling author of the Temptation series, including Try, Take, and Trust. Her Exquisite series has been praised as “scorching hot!” and “enticingly sexy!”


A life-long fan of the romance genre, Ella writes contemporary and erotic fiction and lives with her husband in Portland, OR.  You can reach her on the web at www.ellafrank.com and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ella.frank.author


Some of her favorite authors include Tiffany Reisz, Kresley Cole, Riley Hart, J.R. Ward, Erika Wilde, Gena Showalter, and Carly Philips.

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