Review Tour: Insatiable: Melanie Harlow
Insatiable
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Release Date November 11, 2019
I didn’t mean to see him naked--it was an accident.
It had to be, right?
Because Noah McCormick and I have never been anything more than friends. In all the years I’ve known him, he’s never once laid a finger on me. And even though he was a cute lifeguard at 16 and a hotter-than-hell sheriff’s deputy at 34, he's always been that protective guy I could trust to keep his hands to himself. I never wanted to mess with that.
Until I walked in on him getting out of the shower and saw his hard, muscular body totally bare and dripping wet. At that moment I never wanted to mess with anything so badly in my entire life.
I should have covered my eyes. Said I was sorry. At the very least, I could have handed him a towel.
After all, I was only in town for a few days, and he was just doing me a favor by escorting me to my sister’s wedding. It wasn’t a real date.
But I didn’t apologize. And he didn’t cover up.
(Talk about a hot mess.)
After all those years of being just friends, suddenly we’re insatiable.
He’s made it clear he’s not interested in romance. Which is fine with me because
I’ve got a plane ticket back to my real life at the end of the week.
It’s all in fun...or is it?
Meg Sawyer is home for her sister Frannie's wedding. She lives away in DC with a busy life as a work-a-holic lawyer/campaign strategist. She is newly single after another fizzled relationship and is ready to spend some time with her family and friends at Cloverleigh Farms. She is a type-A personality and perfectionist but also has a charitable and caring heart.
One particular old friend is Noah McCormick. He is a K9 cop and they have always stayed in touch and been there for the other. He is very single and anti-relationship. He has his reasons, some are more obvious than others. He has always been protective, sweet, and open. And now he is hotter, sexier, and harder to resist.
They have always just been friends. But something is starting to simmer. Family is pushing the singletons together. Chemistry is awakening. And soon a move will be made that unleashes an insatiable need.
However, they make no promises and say it will just be for fun. But once it is over can they keep their friendship intact or is someone bound to get hurt?
This is a sweet, steamy, angsty, friends-to-lovers story. I loved that they had history, fun banter, and that they actually communicated. It was obvious that they had a strong bond and truly appreciated the other. Their chemistry was hot and they knew they were on borrowed time. But they both had some deep-seated issues that affected their view of relationships. I admired Meg's ability to see potential and try to find solutions. As much as I liked Noah, I have to say that his stubbornness, resistance to relationships, and behavior frustrated me multiple times. His reasons were clearly defined, but it got old. I honestly wanted to shake sense into him (or swat him on the back of his head like his mama).
The side characters added more depth to the story. I enjoyed being back at Cloverleigh Farms and spending time with her wonderful sisters and family. But this story can be read as a stand-alone without reading her other sisters' stories. I liked his family too, and I felt his brother Asher ,who has special needs, was a wonderful character. I am hoping we get more with her sisters, April and Sylvia in upcoming books.
Irresistible (Cloverleigh Farms #1)
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Kim's 4.5+ star review
I’m a full-time single dad to three daughters and CFO at Cloverleigh Farms. I don’t have time to fall in love—I’m too busy trying to run a business, keep the red socks out of the white laundry, and get the damn pillowcases on without owing a dollar to the swear jar.
Melanie Harlow
Meg Sawyer is home for her sister Frannie's wedding. She lives away in DC with a busy life as a work-a-holic lawyer/campaign strategist. She is newly single after another fizzled relationship and is ready to spend some time with her family and friends at Cloverleigh Farms. She is a type-A personality and perfectionist but also has a charitable and caring heart. One particular old friend is Noah McCormick. He is a K9 cop and they have always stayed in touch and been there for the other. He is very single and anti-relationship. He has his reasons, some are more obvious than others. He has always been protective, sweet, and open. And now he is hotter, sexier, and harder to resist.
They have always just been friends. But something is starting to simmer. Family is pushing the singletons together. Chemistry is awakening. And soon a move will be made that unleashes an insatiable need.
However, they make no promises and say it will just be for fun. But once it is over can they keep their friendship intact or is someone bound to get hurt?
This is a sweet, steamy, angsty, friends-to-lovers story. I loved that they had history, fun banter, and that they actually communicated. It was obvious that they had a strong bond and truly appreciated the other. Their chemistry was hot and they knew they were on borrowed time. But they both had some deep-seated issues that affected their view of relationships. I admired Meg's ability to see potential and try to find solutions. As much as I liked Noah, I have to say that his stubbornness, resistance to relationships, and behavior frustrated me multiple times. His reasons were clearly defined, but it got old. I honestly wanted to shake sense into him (or swat him on the back of his head like his mama).
The side characters added more depth to the story. I enjoyed being back at Cloverleigh Farms and spending time with her wonderful sisters and family. But this story can be read as a stand-alone without reading her other sisters' stories. I liked his family too, and I felt his brother Asher ,who has special needs, was a wonderful character. I am hoping we get more with her sisters, April and Sylvia in upcoming books.
Sawyer?” I said in disbelief.
Breaking into a huge grin, she started to run.
I was still standing there in shock when she barreled into me, throwing her arms around my neck. She smelled fucking fantastic. Feminine, sweet, delectable.
“What are you doing here?” I asked, trying to hug her back without getting sweat or paint on her. “I thought you didn’t get in until Thursday.”
“I changed my ticket.” She let go just enough to smile up at me impishly. “I’m glad to see you too.”
I laughed. “I’m glad to see you. You just surprised me is all.”
“That was my plan.” She stepped back, and I figured my odor was probably repulsing her.
“I stink, sorry. I went for a run earlier and I never showered. Then I painted the garage.”
“I never mind the smell of sweat. It means hard work.” She brightened. “Will you run tomorrow? I’d love to go with you.
“Sure. We can run tomorrow. I’m off again.”
“Great! Although I’m probably way out of shape.” She made a face. “My work schedule is so crazy, I don’t run as much as I used to.”
“You look great,” I told her. And it was true—she did look great. Maybe not quite as skinny as the last time I’d seen her, but the added curves looked good on her. My eyes wandered without my brain’s permission to her slightly fuller chest and rounder hips. Quickly, I attempted to look at her face again, but then my gaze lingered on her mouth. I remembered what it had looked like the other night in my fantasy as she’d wrapped her lips around my cock and moaned like it was the best thing she’d ever tasted.
My dick twitched beneath my running shorts, and I cleared my throat. “You’ve got a favorite murder? Is there something I need to know?”
She glanced down at her shirt and smiled. “It’s a podcast about true crime. I’m addicted.”
“Never heard of it.”
A sound of exasperation escaped her. “You live under a rock! I can’t believe you’re still not on social media.”
“Yes, you can.”
“Okay, I can, but it makes it really hard to stalk you.”
I shook my head. “People like you are exactly why I don’t want to be on social media.”
She hit me on the shoulder. “I’m kidding! I just want to keep up with your life. I miss you.”
“So come home more often. Talk to my face.”
She grinned. “I do like seeing your face. Want to go grab a beer? Maybe some food?”
“Sure.
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Kim's 4.5+ star review
Sure, Frannie Sawyer is beautiful and sweet, but she’s twenty-seven, the boss’s daughter, and my new part-time nanny—which means she’s completely off-limits. It’s bad enough I can’t stop fantasizing about her, what kind of jerk would I be if I acted on the impulse to kiss her?
(Exactly the kind of jerk you’re thinking.)
Actually, I’m worse than that—because I didn’t stop with a kiss, and now I can’t stay away. She makes me feel like myself again. She reminds me what it’s like to want something just for me. She’s everything I ever needed, but nothing I ever imagined.
I’m a former Marine. I should have had the strength to resist her from the start.
But I didn’t. And now I have to choose between the life I want and the life she deserves.Even if it means giving her up.
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Kim's 4 star review
When we were eleven, Oliver Ford Pemberton dared me to jump off a barn roof. He said you couldn’t break a leg from a 12-foot-jump.
He lied.
(You can also break a collarbone, which served him right as far as I was concerned.)
I wish I could say it was the last dare I ever took from him, the last bet I ever made with him, the last time I ever trusted Oliver Ford Pemberton.
But it wasn’t.
Because he had the nerve to grow up gorgeous, charming, and sexy. And as we got older, the dares only got dirtier—and the betting stakes higher—until finally, he left me in pieces. I swore I’d never talk to him again.
But twenty years after I took that flying leap, he’s back in my life, daring me to risk everything for him: my job, my self-worth, and my heart.
How many chances does love deserve?
He lied.
(You can also break a collarbone, which served him right as far as I was concerned.)
I wish I could say it was the last dare I ever took from him, the last bet I ever made with him, the last time I ever trusted Oliver Ford Pemberton.
But it wasn’t.
Because he had the nerve to grow up gorgeous, charming, and sexy. And as we got older, the dares only got dirtier—and the betting stakes higher—until finally, he left me in pieces. I swore I’d never talk to him again.
But twenty years after I took that flying leap, he’s back in my life, daring me to risk everything for him: my job, my self-worth, and my heart.
How many chances does love deserve?
Melanie Harlow
Melanie Harlow likes her martinis dry, her heels high, and her history with the naughty bits left in. When she's not writing or reading, she gets her kicks from TV series like VEEP, Game of Thrones, Succession, and Homeland. She occasionally runs three miles, but only so she can have more gin and steak.
Melanie is the author of the ONE & ONLY series, the AFTER WE FALL series, the HAPPY CRAZY LOVE series, the FRENCHED series, and the sexy historical SPEAK EASY duet, set in the 1920s. She lifts her glass to romance readers and writers from her home near Detroit, MI, where she lives with her husband, two daughters, and pet rabbit.
Melanie is the author of the ONE & ONLY series, the AFTER WE FALL series, the HAPPY CRAZY LOVE series, the FRENCHED series, and the sexy historical SPEAK EASY duet, set in the 1920s. She lifts her glass to romance readers and writers from her home near Detroit, MI, where she lives with her husband, two daughters, and pet rabbit.
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