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  • Review: Sustained by Emma Chase

    The first and maybe the most important thing I can tell you about this book is, I read it one day.  Honestly, I can’t really figure out how.  I mean, I have 3 kids and a job and I managed to start it on a Wednesday and I finished it at 1:30am Thursday morning.  I enjoyed it that much. I absolutely could not put it down!

    I’m a complete fool for Emma Chase.  I’ve loved pretty much every male she’s written, with the exception of Stanton, who frankly was…well hard to love as much as the other Chase men.  (I’m a tad bit of an Emma Chase apologist, okay?)

    But let me tell you, there is so much to love about this book.  Jake Becker is a tattooed law practicing badass.  Very much a badass in the same vein as Drew Evans but he is still a very different guy.  Ms. Chase’s characters do not run together for me and I truly enjoy them in their own way.

    I adored Chelsea as much as Jake did.  She was brave, warm and loving and sacrificed so much in order to take of her nieces and nephews without batting an eyelash.  Jake is immediately physically attracted to her and pretty shortly comes to realize that there is way more to her than meets the eye.

    Chelsea’s nieces and nephews are an absolute pleasure to read about.  After losing their parents, they could’ve easily been written as intolerable brats, acting out to cope with death. While they did get in trouble here and there, it wasn’t terrible things they were doing..for the most part. 😉  Jake never envisioned having kids and a family but he found himself being pulled into McQuaid brood in ways he’d never expect.  Like oh, I don’t know, escorting a bunch of teenageish girls to a One Direction concert and fearlessly wading into a house full of stomach virus victims, without batting an eyelash.

    Jake does these things without a bunch of whiny internal monologue.  He does it with a mature attitude of “Chelsea needs my help and it needs to be done”.  Of course, his initial involvement revolved around getting into her pants but it evolved rather quickly into something much more meaningful.   Is Jake perfect?  Nah.  Does he make some stupid decisions?  Sure. But I just kept on reading because I was completely engaged and sucked into this story.  I even CRIED.  Emma Chase, you made me cry and you know why.  *shakes finger*

    Sustained was a great combination of a trademark Emma Chase male character narration, sexy, funny and completely heartfelt and I LOVED every minute of it.

     

    Mandy

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    Available January 19, 2016

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  • Review: Overruled by Emma Chase

    Emma Chase has a new series! I feel like shouting it from the rooftops, like Maria singing in the Alps.

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    First, she gave us Drew Evans, who I love with the fire of a thousand suns and now we have Stanton Shaw.  Lawyer and good ole southern man.  Lord have mercy.  He’s intelligent and so ridiculously charming and the drawl?  Um yes, please.

    I’ll admit that this one sat on my Kindle for awhile merely because I didn’t want to read it and be done with it.  I always want to savor an Emma Chase novel.  If you’re a Drew Evans fan, you’ll be satisfied by a few cameo appearances of the man himself.  Drew and Stanton are college buddies and business associates (of sorts).

    My mother told me once, “Honey, he’s just a man, he can’t help it.”  Stanton Shaw needs a t-shirt made with this saying because as much as I loved him, I wanted to punch him or shake him or something.  See, Stanton has a lovely high school girlfriend, Jenny who is also the mother of his child.  Stanton believes they are MFEO (made for each other) even though he continues to work and live in DC while his daughter and baby mama live in Mississippi.  They’ve lived separate lives by design and everyone seems to be okay with that.  Stanton Skypes with his daughter and maintains a great relationship with her.  Stanton indulges in relationships with other women, most notably Sofia Santos, his lawyer buddy with benefits.  The sexy kind of benefits, not the dental plan and 401k.  The chemistry and attraction between the two of them is palpable and undeniable.

    Sofia is kind of a badass.  She’s smart and funny and she can totally hold her own.  She’s not a female character that you want to scream at due to convoluted self-esteem issues.  Her self-esteem is completely and securely intact and she really deals with a lot where Stanton is concerned.

    Jenny gets engaged and Stanton completely loses his mind.  Did I mention that I wanted to shake him?  Repeatedly? He had it in his brain that he and Jenny belonged together when he and Sofia clearly had a more intense connection. Jenny was his past and she would always be a part of his life, but I really wanted Stanton to wake the eff up and look at what was right in front of him. Drew Evans did some stupid stuff, but even he may have smacked Stanton around a bit.

    Ms. Chase goes all the way back to Jenny and Stanton as teenagers and when Jenny got pregnant and we get to witness Stanton as a daddy and my ovaries were screaming and giving him a standing ovation when he held that baby.

    Overruled was chock full of Ms. Chase’s perfect mix of humor and romance.  I simply cannot wait for the next books in this series, as we were introduced to Jake Becker and Brent Mason in this book.  I’m already dreading starting and finishing those books.  😉

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