From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Kristen Ashley comes a new story in her Dream Man series…
Charlotte “Lottie” McAlister is in the zone. She’s ready to take on the next chapter of her life, and since she doesn’t have a man, she’ll do what she’s done all along. She’ll take care of business on her own. Even if that business means starting a family.
The problem is, Lottie has a stalker. The really bad kind. The kind that means she needs a bodyguard.
Enter Mo Morrison.
Enormous. Scary.
Quiet.
Mo doesn’t say much, and Lottie’s used to getting attention. And she wants Mo’s attention. Badly.
But Mo has a strict rule. If he’s guarding your body, that’s all he’s doing with it.
However, the longer Mo has to keep Lottie safe, the faster he falls for the beautiful blonde who has it so together, she might even be able to tackle the demons he’s got in his head that just won’t die.
But in the end, Lottie and Mo don’t only have to find some way to keep hands off until the threat is over, they have to negotiate the overprotective Hot Bunch, Lottie’s crazy stepdad, Tex, Mo’s crew of frat-boy commandos, not to mention his nutty sisters.
All before Lottie finally gets her Dream Man.
And Mo can lay claim to his Dream Girl.
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EXCERPT:
I unlocked and opened my door.
Then I immediately, and automatically, took a
step back.
All right.
Whoa.
I could get a hint from the chest and what it
might be attached to with what I’d seen of that throat, but this guy had to be
six five, maybe taller.
And his height was only a part of why Smithie
described him the way he did.
He wasn’t “motherfucking huge.”
He was motherfucking huge.
I was average height.
But slender.
My sister had ass.
My job was physical. It wasn’t just the
nightly dancing. It was the practice and constantly choreographing and adding
new routines. I could probably eat a boatload, but I didn’t because I was too
busy to eat, and when I did, I’d learned long ago what all the experts said was
what an expert would know from studying it. Eating good food gave me more
energy, made me sleep better and put me in a better mood (most of the time).
So unless the occasion was special, I put good
food in my mouth and didn’t drink much outside water, flavored water, sparkling
water, with the odd antioxidant vitamin drink thrown in.
So yeah, I was slender.
And two of me could make this guy.
Maybe three.
He moved forward.
I moved back.
His movements were unwieldy. Not clumsy—heavy
and plodding.
It didn’t matter this guy was a bull in a
china shop.
He’d terrify small children.
Hell, he’d terrify grown men.
And that had nothing to do with the gun worn
openly on his hip.
It had to do with what that compression shirt
barely contained, not to mention the carved protrusion of the muscles of his
biceps exposed by the short sleeves, the sinewy, richly veined lengths of his
forearms and the trunks of his long legs covered in dark gray commando pants.
He shut the door behind him, twisted at the
waist and I heard the lock click.
He twisted back to me.
“Hey,” I forced out.
He dipped his chin.
“You’re Mo,” I stated unnecessarily.
“Yup,” he agreed.
MY REVIEW:
Quiet Man by Kristen Ashley
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Lottie is the main stripper in the club she works for. Her boss makes sure his girls are always safe, But one day he gets a letter threatening Lottie. He hires a bodyguard , who ends up being Mo. He is a big man and not one to talk much. Lottie tries to get his attention but he just wants to guard her and has a strict rule of nothing else but guarding it. But as they get to know each other Mo falls for her but needs to stick to his rule. Meanwhile Lottie has "family" that they don't want to know what is going on because all hell will break loose.
I was on Mo's side with not much caring about how women strip for money especially when married and/or having kids. But I loved the characters in this book and watching Mo and Lottie's relationship grow. This is my first book by this author and want to read more of this series.
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MY REVIEW:
Quiet Man by Kristen AshleyMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Lottie is the main stripper in the club she works for. Her boss makes sure his girls are always safe, But one day he gets a letter threatening Lottie. He hires a bodyguard , who ends up being Mo. He is a big man and not one to talk much. Lottie tries to get his attention but he just wants to guard her and has a strict rule of nothing else but guarding it. But as they get to know each other Mo falls for her but needs to stick to his rule. Meanwhile Lottie has "family" that they don't want to know what is going on because all hell will break loose.
I was on Mo's side with not much caring about how women strip for money especially when married and/or having kids. But I loved the characters in this book and watching Mo and Lottie's relationship grow. This is my first book by this author and want to read more of this series.
About the author
Kristen Ashley was born in Gary, Indiana, USA and nearly killed her mother and herself making it into the world, seeing as she had the umbilical cord wrapped around her neck (already attempting to accessorize and she hadn’t taken her first breath!). Her mother said they took Kristen away, put her Mom back in her room, her mother looked out the window, and Gary was on fire (Dr. King had been assassinated four days before). Kristen’s Mom remembered thinking it was the end of the world. Quite the dramatic beginning.
Nothing’s changed.
Kristen grew up in Brownsburg, Indiana and has lived in Denver, Colorado and the West Country of England. Thus, she’s blessed to have friends and family around the globe. Her family was (is) loopy (to say the least) but loopy is good when you want to write. They all lived together on a very small farm in a small farm town in the heartland. She grew up with Glenn Miller, The Everly Brothers, REO Speedwagon and Whitesnake (and the wardrobes that matched).
Needless to say, growing up in a house full of music, clothes and love was a good way to grow up.
And as she keeps growing, it keeps getting better.
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