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***4 Stars*** There are a multitude of reactions when I read a description that range from “Oooohhhh. Gimme. Gimme” to “Huh? Mmmmm Maybe….” to “Meh. Nope” and all kinds of messy combos in between and I will be honest that Crazy Stupid Love fell into the middle grouping. I was intrigued but didn’t know if I was ready to read about a girl going all insta-twitterpatted over a guy and tripping over herself to get him. But after seeing the cover, which I really like, and checking out a cross section of the reviews, I decided to give it a go and found that while there was a good dose of insta-ness and angsty-ness going on, it was an engaging and quick read with interesting characters and a lot of heart. I’ll admit that I judged a book by it’s cover, or the blurb in this case, when it came to Kimber and will say that I was wrong. She’s a young woman who has finally broken the bonds of a very controlling family and trying to find out who she really wants to be. She isn’t...

***4.5 ‘Tenacious’ Stars*** Sawyer Bennett’s done it again! She gave me a book with characters I fell in love and adoration with and a romance filled with the perfect balance of heart and heat that made it damn hard to put down. I have to be absolutely honest and say that it took me a lot longer than it should have to realize that I’d met Kyle before, twice actually in Shaken, Not Stirred & Wicked Bond, and that he was one of those side characters that had peaked my curiosity but for obvious reasons it didn’t even dawn on me that the man would get a book. So when it finally hit me it was like “No shit!. Sweet!”, and since I was already in love with the grumpy and surly man it just made it that much sweeter. Kyle’s carrying around a lot of guilt over the horrible things he’s done, but as with most everything in life he had a reason for it all and is trying to come to terms with it all. It was hard not to love Kyle because his heart is a good one despite the...