We are absolutely thrilled to bring you the newest 1001 Dark Nights bundle! Introducing Discovery Author JB Salsbury, the Bundle contains 5 novellas, including novellas from New York Times and USA Today bestselling authors Kristen Ashley, Carrie Ann Ryan, K. Bromberg, Joanna Wylde! Grab your copy of this incredible bundle today!
About 1001 Dark Nights Bundle:
From New York Times and USA Today bestselling authors Kristen Ashley, Carrie Ann Ryan, K. Bromberg, Joanna Wylde, and introducing JB Salsbury.
Five Dark Tales. Five Sensual Stories. Five Page Turners.
Rock Chick Reawakening: A Rock Chick Novellaby Kristen Ashley
A prequel to Kristen’s Rock Chick series, Rock Chick Reawakening shares the tale of the devastating event that nearly broke Daisy, an event that set Marcus Sloan—one of Denver’s most respected businessmen and one of the Denver underground’s most feared crime bosses—into finally making his move to win the heart of the woman who stole his.
Adoring Ink: A Montgomery Ink Novella by Carrie Ann Ryan
Holly Rose fell in love with a Montgomery, but left him when he couldn’t love her back. She might have been the one to break the ties and ensure her ex’s happy ending, but now Holly’s afraid she’s missed out on more than a chance at forever. Brody Deacon loves ink, women, fast cars, and living life like there’s no tomorrow. The thing is, he doesn’t know if he has a tomorrow at all. When he sees Holly, he’s not only intrigued, he also hears the warnings of danger in his head. She’s too sweet, too innocent. But when Holly asks him to help her grab the bull by the horns, he can’t help but go all in.
Sweet Rivalry by K. Bromberg
Ryder Rodgers had a plan. He was going to stride into the conference room and win the biggest contract of his career. But when he walked in and heard the voice of one of his competitors, all his plans were shot to hell. Harper Denton was always on top. In college. First in their class. Always using every advantage to edge him out to win the coveted positions. The only one who could beat him. His academic rival. More like a constant thorn in his side. The fact that she’s gorgeous and bright won’t distract him. This time, Ryder’s determined to be the one on top. But not if Harper can help it.
Shade’s Lady: A Reapers MC Novella by Joanna Wylde
Looking back, none of this would’ve happened if I hadn’t dropped my phone in the toilet. I mean, I could’ve walked away from him if I’d had it with me. Or maybe not. Maybe it was all over the first time he saw me, and he would’ve found another way. Probably—if there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s that Shade always gets what he wants, and apparently he wanted me. Right from the first.
Fighting for Flight by JB Salsbury
What happens when in order to win, you’re forced to lose? The only daughter of an infamous Las Vegas pimp, Raven Morretti grew up an outsider. Liberated from the neglectful home of her prostitute mother, she finds solace as a mechanic. With few friends, she’s content with the simple life. Flying under the radar is all she knows and more than she expects. Until she catches the eye of local celebrity, UFL playboy, Jonah Slade. Jonah trades in his bad-boy reputation and puts his heart on the line. But when her father contacts her, setting in motion the ugly truth of her destiny, Jonah must choose.
Every Dark Nights tale is breathtakingly sexy and magically romantic.
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My Review:
3.25-3.5 stars
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This was a pretty good anthology! I have read most of these 1001 Dark Night Bundle books. I like that I can normally find several really good stories and new authors in each bundle. This one was no different. Lots of good stuff packed into this bundle! Here are my thoughts:
Rock Chick Reawakening: A Rock Chick Novella by Kristen Ashley : 3.25-3.5 stars. I'm sure I'm the only person who did not love this book. I just have to be honest and say this was only an okay read for me.
I like Daisy and Marcus more in the other books than in their own. I liked their story,. I was glad to know how they got together and how their HEA went. However, I just couldn't connect with them as characters. In the Rock Chick series books, Daisy's character is such a caricature. She is an over-the-top, exaggerated Dolly Patron-esque character. She is very sweet, but pretty cheesy. That continues in this book. I expected to be able connect with her more as a person, instead of a cartoon character, in her own book. I was not able to feel a connection to her because of her over-the-top-ness. Her mannerisms, colloquial sayings, and speech patterns were so cheesy to me. Especially her use of the word coochie every five minutes. She grated on my nerves. Marcus, on the other hand, was so bland and boring. He was not a typical KA alpha at all. He was very sweet to Daisy and he called her darling all the time. Granted, he was dealing with Daisy after something bad had happened to her, so he was handling her with kid gloves, but he wasn't a take charge, knows what he wants and goes after it, strong alpha male in his pursuit of Daisy. He was just kind of meh and had no personality.
For an 120 page novella, this was pretty slow moving too. Daisy and Marcus don't really have any sexy times until 75%. Daisy is recovering from her attack, so it's understandable, but it also made the whole thing a slow read. I didn't really feel any chemistry or any of the slow burn feelings between them either.
This book did not have the feel of the other Rock Chick books, with their sisterhood of strong female friends, because Daisy hasn't been the Rock Chicks yet in this book. I definitely missed that aspect. I did like the epilogue though and I was happy to see cameos from several other RC characters throughout the book.
Overall, I liked this book, but didn't love it. I was a little disappointed. This review is just my opinion. I'm sure all the other 5 star reviews will cancel out mine and that's fine. I'm still glad I read it and can fill in the back story of Daisy and Marcus in my mind.
Adoring Ink: A Montgomery Ink Novella by Carrie Ann Ryan: 3.5 stars. This is Holly and Brody's book. An elementary school teacher, Holly is Jake Montgomery's ex. Jake is now married to Maya and Border in a menage marriage. Holly is fine with that. She knows that she and Jake were not meant to be together, but she feels very at lose ends and that her life isn't very exciting. She meets the sexy, flirtatious, adventurous Brody while he's on his motorcycle at a stoplight and again at Montgomery Ink. Brody offers to help her spice up her life. Together they make Holly a list of things to try, from bungee jumping to hiking, and the two of them start spending a lot of time together and fall for each other.
I liked Holly and Brody. They were good people. I just didn't feel a lot of chemistry between them. I also didn't love how big of a part of the story Jake and Maya were. I know it wasn't awkward for them, but it seemed awkward and weird to me that they were still such close friends. I wanted Holly to have some different close friends without such a past between them. Overall, the story wasn't bad. It was an enjoyable, easy read. It just wasn't my favorite book by Ms. Ryan.
Sweet Rivalry by K. Bromberg : 2.5 -3 stars. This book was only okay for me. This is Harper and Ryder's story. The two of them went to college together and were rivals. They verbally sparred with and pushed each other in classes then, and ended up sharing one hot kiss. But after college they went separate ways. Now, 13 years later, the two finally meet once again head to head in a bid for a contract through their respective companies. The sparks still fly between them, but can they get over their past and possibly have a future together?
I liked Harper and Ryder okay. I felt like the pacing was off in the story. Not much really happened at all. Some verbal sparring, some sexy times, and that's pretty much it. There was no talk of feelings, love, a relationship, emotions, or anything like that. The writing was ok, but other than that, I didn't think this was very good.
Shade's Lady: A Reapers MC Novella by Joanna Wylde : 3.5 stars. This is Shade and Mandy's story. Mandy has kind of a rough past, especially with men. She is now living with her sister, helping with her nieces, and waitressing at a biker bar. She is casually dating Rebel, a biker who is not a great guy and cheats on her. One night, Rebel trades Mandy to Shade, without her knowing, for a new bike. That is how Shade and Mandy really meet and start some kind of a relationship.
I did really like this story. I liked Shade and Mandy. I liked the writing and found the story interesting. I just wanted more. I wanted more of a HEA or official commitment of some kind. The epilogue is 20 years later and they're still together, but it was hard for me to believe they really loved each other after being together for that long with no commitment. I never felt love between them, just lust and a little bit of like. So overall, I liked the feeling of the book and the story, but I felt it had potential to be even better.
Fighting for Flight by JB Salsbury : 2.5-3 stars. This is Jonah and Raven's story. Raven is a 20 year old mechanic and Jonah is a UFC fighter. They meet when Jonah hires Raven to help him restore his classic car. The sparks fly between them at first sight and they fall for each other very quickly after spending time together. But Raven's father and her past comes back to haunt her newfound happiness and threaten her dreams for the future with Jonah.
This book was not really my cup of tea. I liked Raven okay, but she was very young, immature, naive and, of course, a virgin. Jonah is a huge manwhore, who is ready to give all of that up the second he meets Raven. After a week of knowing each other, they are claiming they're madly in love (even though he slept with someone else exactly one week before). There is so much OW drama. It was very childish. A slutty girl kisses Jonah, Raven gets mad and threatens to fight her, and he just thinks that is hot. That's just one example of the OW drama. The women won't leave him alone. That part was so awful and unnecessary that I considered not finishing this story. I did get through it, but it was very eye-rollingly immature. I did feel the love between Jonah and Raven. I felt like he especially really adored her, but the story in general was so over-dramatic that I didn't enjoy it very much.
Overall, this was a good group of novellas! I did enjoy this bundle. I definitely recommend the 1001 Dark Nights anthologies. I have found so many new authors and great stories through them!
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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New York Times bestselling author K. Bromberg writes contemporary novels that contain a mixture of sweet, emotional, a whole lot of sexy, and a little bit of real. She likes to write strong heroines, and damaged heroes who we love to hate and hate to love.
She’s a mixture of most of her female characters: sassy, intelligent, stubborn, reserved, outgoing, driven, emotional, strong, and wears her heart on her sleeve. All of which she displays daily with her husband and three children where they live in Southern California.
On a whim, K. Bromberg decided to try her hand at this writing thing. Since then she has written The Driven Series (Driven, Fueled, Crashed, Raced, Aced), the standalone Driven Novels (Slow Burn, Sweet Ache, Hard Beat, and Down Shift), and a novella (UnRaveled).
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Joanna Wylde started her writing career in journalism, working in two daily newspapers as both a reporter and editor. Her career has included many different jobs, from managing a homeless shelter to running her own freelance writing business, where she took on projects ranging from fundraising to ghostwriting for academics. During 2012 she got her first Kindle reader as a gift and discovered the indie writing revolution taking place online. Not long afterward she started cutting back her client list to work on Reaper’s Property, her breakout book. It was published in January 2013, marking the beginning of a new career writing fiction.
Joanna lives in the mountains of northern Idaho with her family.
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J.B. Salsbury is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author. She lives in Phoenix, Arizona with her husband, two sassy daughters, and her boxer dogs.
Her love of good storytelling led her to earn a degree in Media Communications. With her journalistic background, writing has always been at the forefront, and her love of romance propelled her career as an author.
She spends the majority of her day behind the computer where a world of battling alphas, budding romance, and impossible obstacles claws away at her subconscious and begs to be released to the page.
For more information on her books, or just to say hello, visit JB on her website, Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram.
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