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Book reviews for the week of August 28th - August 31st

 


Hello all!  This is a special edition, end-of-August post.  I will be traveling for the next couple of weeks on a real vacation.  But I did not want to wait that long to share my review of this fantastic romance I just finished.  Tanner and Quinn share an amazing love story full of acceptance, support, and healing.  I honestly cannot recommend it enough.  Make this your next rock star or military romance pick and i promise you will not be disappointed.


Guarding Shadows (Save Me #5) 

by Aly Stiles and Hazel James

#Military #HealingLove #WoundedHero #Bodyguard #Rockstar #SlowBurn

5 STARS

This is my first Aly Stiles book (though several have been on my TBR for quite a while) and my second Hazel James book. This can be read as a standalone and ends with a HEA. It is written in first person from an alternating dual POV.

Quinn is the rock star about to take off into the stratosphere. She exudes sunlight and joy all over Tanner and his shadows. Tanner. Tanner gripped my heart and refused to let go. I fell so hard for him. He is brave and tortured and honorable and broken. I love how Quinn is able to help him overcome his shadows and nightmares. There is so much emotion packed into this book. The steam factor is there, even if it does take them a while to go all the way. Their emotional intimacy with each other is a truly beautiful thing and overpowers everything else in the book. These two were meant to be together. So many factors had to align for them to meet even once, let alone twice.

I am without enough words to say how much I loved this book. I am thankful I have already preordered it at a signing where I can have both fantastic authors sign it. I can't wait to be able to talk to them about all the feelings I have for this book. This is a most excellent addition to a collection of books I am certain to reread.

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