Blog Tour: Quiet Man by Kristen Ashley + Review!

We are celebrating the most recent release from Kristen Ashley by participating in the blog tour! QUIET MAN is part of her Dream Man series and it is releasing as part of 1001 Dark Nights. It just went live! Check out the book trailer from the title below. 

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About QUIET MAN:

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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BOOK TRAILER

"[Kristen] Ashley captivates." ~Publisher's Weekly "There is something about them [Ashley's books] that I find crackalicious." ~DearAuthor.com, Kati Brown

Review:

3.25 stars

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 This was a pretty good read for me. Quiet Man is Lottie, Jet's sister/stripper and calender queen, and Mo's, one of Hawk's commandos, book. Lottie has not had luck finding love and has decided to give up and focus on her dream of becoming a mother via a sperm donor. But Smithie convinces her that she has time and should wait a year before going that route. In the meantime, she has a crazy stalker who is writing threatening letters to Smithie about her. Smithie hires her round the clock protection, through Hawk's commando company, and she is assigned Mo. He is the strong silent type, but as they spend all their time together, the two fall for each other and Lottie gets her much longed for HEA. 

This was not a bad story, but I never fully connected with this book. Lottie and Mo were fine characters, but they didn't have strong personalities and were very similar to many other KA characters. It felt like Lottie just decided he would be the one for her. She pursues him. I don't think he would have pursued her otherwise. It was instalove but I never felt it. There was not much chemistry and I didn't really feel them falling in love. The book also did not have much tension and was mostly one note. The stalker/suspense storyline was very vague and not suspenseful at all, with it mainly being a catalyst for Mo and Lottie spending time together. Some of the timelines felt wonky. For example, Mo is not a manwhore, but one month before he met Lottie, he broke up with a woman who he was dating/living with for two years. Since then he has slept with two others too. I didn't love that. I also found the book a little slow moving and the much of dialogue felt forced and unnatural. 

Still, this was a pretty entertaining read. The story was interesting and I really like the set up for the new Dream Girl series. Lottie sets up Mo's friends/fellow commandos with her stripper friends. I think the new series hold promise, especially the first book, Dream Maker, with the heroine, Evie. She sounds like a different kind of KA character, not a clone, as an engineering student/genius/self-described nerd/stripper. So I'm looking forward to that. 

Overall, this was an easy, sweet read. While, Quiet Man is not my favorite KA book, but I still found it entertaining in general. I have hopes that the new series will be even better!

   

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   About KRISTEN ASHLEY:

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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