Title: Without Me
Series: Men of Inked #7
Author: Chelle Bliss
Released: 7 April 2015
Synopsis
I’d led a selfish existence.
I liked who I was. Hell, I loved myself.
Women threw themselves at me and I took what they offered without remorse. I promised them nothing.
I sank my teeth into life, holding on to the bitch like my very existence depended on it.
Time passed.
Women came and went.
The second I let my guard down and released the hold I had on life… What was my award for such carelessness?
A love so spectacular and heart wrenching that it threw me for a loop. When I was in too deep to escape, my greatest fears became reality.
This is my story. My downfall. My salvation.
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Foxy Rating = Five Stars
This is the final book in the Men of Inked series, although the author assures us they will be popping up in spin off series coming soon.
This is Anthony’s story, the oldest of the Gallo brothers and so far the one that seemed to be in the background for most of the series so it was lovely for him to finally come forth into the spotlight and show us what a gorgeous, sensitive (although still alpha!) man he is.
Anthony, like his brothers, has never had any difficulty in charming women into bed. He has a natural ability to woo the ladies and take what he needs then leaving when he has taken his fill without a backwards glance. However, that night in the bar he spots the beautiful dusky beauty at the bar and no matter his charm is on full flirt mode, nothing will make this woman submit to his wants.
Then her brother turns up and warns Anthony off. However this is a Gallo male we are reading about so you just know he won’t give up and he doesn’t when he spots the same beauty in another bar a few nights later. This time his charm offensive is on the full beaming power.
Maxine (aka Max) is living with a devastating secret, one she will not share but it is the main reason she will never get into any relationship that could lead to any permanency. This is the reason, although she finds Anthony so hot and intense, she will not take him up on his offers. That is until the night he invites himself to join her and her two friends to the club and after a few drinks she weakens her resolve to spend the night with him.
The chemistry was a fabulous build-up from the onset so you knew once these two got together it would be explosive between the sheets (or against the wall, or….well wherever!) So when this took place it was an instant knock down when Max then kept rejecting Anthony. The continued back and forth of her letting him in, then pushing him back and Anthony’s resilience and determination to get to the bottom of her conflicting behaviours was a suspenseful and emotive read.
Chelle Bliss cleverly keeps the reader involved in the storyline with the underlying reason for Max’s standoffishness with Anthony. All throughout I was second guessing what it was and going down the totally wrong avenue, when the truth was revealed it was a highly thrown curve ball that I certainly did not see coming. It was all the more heart wrenching knowing the author’s own personal struggle connected to the story.
This was a bittersweet ending to the series which I have been involved in since the very beginning. I have come to love and cherish the Gallo family and feature them on Foxylutely Books blog. I have loved being an observer of their separate love stories with the combined family love and dependency. The Sunday family get-togethers have always been a huge part that I have loved to feel as if I was sat there with them. This was an amazing and emotive series and Anthony’s story a brilliant ending to finish on. A fabulous series that is an absolute must MUST read if you love your romances to be full of hot steamy passion, sexy alpha but sensitive men with strong family values. Brilliant! But so glad I will still get to see them in future. Five plus stars.
About the Author
USA Today bestselling author Chelle Bliss is an American author
who writes stories about real-life scenarios with fantasy Alpha males. Her works include humor as well as steamy sex.
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who writes stories about real-life scenarios with fantasy Alpha males. Her works include humor as well as steamy sex.
Website | Facebook | Twitter
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Hook Me ~ Book 2: http://amzn.to/1ApcUKf
Throttled ~ Book 3: http://amzn.to/1mUoWko
Resist Me ~ Book 4: http://amzn.to/1t5S6TG
Resisting ~ Book 5: http://amzn.to/16tyOBl
Uncover Me ~ Book 6: http://amzn.to/1yM3Leu
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Resist Me ~ Book 4: http://amzn.to/1t5S6TG
Resisting ~ Book 5: http://amzn.to/16tyOBl
Uncover Me ~ Book 6: http://amzn.to/1yM3Leu
Without Me ~ Book 7: http://bit.ly/WithoutMeAmazon
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