We are beyond excited to be sharing this release from Kristen Ashley with you today! QUIET MAN is part of her Dream Man series and it is releasing as part of 1001 Dark Nights. It just went live today!
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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.**Every 1001 Dark Nights novella is a standalone story. For new readers, it’s an introduction to an author’s world. And for fans, it’s a bonus book in the author’s series. We hope you'll enjoy each one as much as we do.**
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Excerpt:
He picked up the paper, turned it over and read it again.
It stated, plainly, he was fucked.
More alarmingly, it stated, chillingly, Mac was in danger.
This was a problem more than it was already a colossal motherfucking problem.
Any other one of his girls, he’d pick up the phone to Lee Nightingale, the man behind Nightingale Investigations, the commander of the baddest badass motherfuckers in Denver. He’d hand over this letter and he’d get this problem solved.
But Mac was Charlotte McAlister, Jet McAlister Chavez’s little sister. Jet was married to Eddie Chavez. Eddie was Lee’s best friend. And Jet worked for Indy, Lee’s wife, the Queen of the Rock Chicks, and thus Jet Chavez was a bona fide Rock Chick.
Mac might not be a card-carrying member of the Rock Chicks, mostly because she had a job where she worked nights, the time those crazy bitches instigated the most fucked-up of their varying antics. Though they weren’t averse to mornings and afternoons. It was just that the stun-gunnings, kidnappings and the like mostly took place at night, and Mac was busy then.
She was still a Rock Chick, or at least she was by association.
Considering the Rock Chick link and the blood ties to Jet, if Lee knew Mac was in danger, he’d tear the town apart to put a stop to it.
And Eddie…
Now Eddie, Smithie didn’t even want to think about it. The man was a cop. The shit Lee and his boys did with flair and a flagrant disregard to just about anything, Eddie could not do.
But Eddie wouldn’t blink at doing whatever he had to do to make his sister-in-law safe.
And the man had mouths to feed.
So yeah.
This was a problem even more than it already was a colossal motherfucking problem because Smithie couldn’t call Lee.
Which meant Smithie had to find a different set of badasses to deal with it.
His first call would normally be the Chaos Motorcycle Club. Mac wasn’t one of theirs, neither was Smithie, but they had ties to Lee, they could keep a secret, and they didn’t dick around when it came to women and their safety.
But they’d just come out of a war, and like any war, that had been some serious fucked-up shit.
They needed a breather.
Lee, and Chaos, also had ties to…
“Well, hell,” Smithie muttered, the words on the letter blurring, the sick feeling in the back of his throat easing.
He dropped the letter and picked up his cell.
If you couldn’t call a badass…
Then it was far from second best to call a commando.
BOOK TRAILER
"OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!! I FREAKING LOVED IT!!!!!!!! LOVE LOVE LOVED IT!!! This was pure Old School Vintage KA GOLD!!!" ~Aestas Book Blog "[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!
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!
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. Connect With Her: Website | Facebook | Instagram | Goodreads | Twitter | Bookbub
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