Christie's Review: Dirty Ties by Pam Godwin

Title:Dirty Ties

Series:Standalone

Author:Pam Godwin

Release Date: January 12, 2015

Rating:5 stars

Cliffhanger: no

Revenge.

I race to finance it.
I evade to protect it.
I kill to attain it.
I planned everything.

Except her.
The alluring, curvaceous blonde at the finish line.
With sapphire eyes that cheat and lie.
Whose powerful family murdered mine.

I hate her.
I want her.

I know she’s hiding something.
But so am I.

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I have to say, the skill that Pam Godwin wields with her words is so brilliant, I could probably be onboard to read just about any future books, regardless of the premise. She's that good. Not only is the writing first-rate, but the story was laid out in a vivid and fast paced manner. Which made my reading experience virtually boredom free with plenty of red-hot erotic moments to keep any dirty mind satisfied. I'm pretty much in extreme shock that I found another top notch book on the heels of my last 5 star read. That's kind of akin to seeing a unicorn and Big Foot all in the same week, but whatever. I'm just going to roll with it.

If this book doesn't melt your panties and make your heart pound, I don't know what will. This story is about one man's vigilante master plan for revenge and retribution and one woman's attempt to escape her corrupt family's dirty ties. What happens when both of their plans collide, crash, and burn? Neither of them counted on finding comfort in each other's arms. But just one taste leaves them desperate for more.



From the public's viewpoint, Kaci has it all. Wealth, power, a marriage to a devastatingly handsome man from a similar background; everything is right there at her fingertips. What they don't know is that she's entrapped by her corrupt and vicious family in a passionless and lonely marriage to a man who can never give her the type of love she needs. Although she and Collin love each other deeply, it's a love of friendship and respect...Collin is gay. But they're ruled with an iron fist and their marriage is sealed with a contract that forces them to hide their true needs and desires. Kaci longs for true intimacy with a man. She's had hot, raw sex with plenty of men, but never wakes up with his arms holding her. All she has to keep her warm is her relentless fantasies of the unattainable underground racing syndicate's "Evader"



She has no idea that he's had his eye on her just as long. Every race, he searches for her on the outskirts of the crowd. Until he gives into temptation and decides to indulge in a little harmless pleasure with "Miss Ducati". Dear gawd, these two are insanely hot together. Every single interaction between them was explosive and made my heart clench. The angst due to the fact that he eventually sees her as "the enemy" but is unable to stay away from her is so tantalizing.



Logan has conflicted feelings about Kaci. As much as he wants her, knowing she's married and she's a part of the family that took away his mother and his future at the age of 13 kills him. What he witnessed as a young boy changed him forever and filled him with the resolution to destroy those who destroyed him.

That night, my thirteen-year-old dreams morphed from racing in the World Championship Grand Prix to filling Hell with the gutted targets of my revenge.

I'm a sucker for books with revenge and this one was the perfect example of why.

All the secrets, unspoken motivations, and one hell of a betrayal lead you on a high-octane path that will keep you guessing about the outcome. Eventually, this damaged pair must learn to put enough trust in each other to realize their growing feelings aren't going to destroy them. But with her malicious family in the background, who knows who could fall prey to their schemes?

I loved this book. It had every element I need in a 5 star read. It was intense, unique, well developed, and unpredictable with some seriously combustible heat. There was a well-plotted story behind that heat though with characters who I was able to easily connect with. And not a weak heroine in sight. Thank God. If you don't have this on your to-read pile, I have one question: What are you waiting for?



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Eliza's 2015 Most Anticipated Reads

Happy New Year! With a great reading year in 2014, i'm hoping for bigger and better in the the next. Here are a few of my Most Anticipated Reads in 2015 and like a true book wormer I only expect the list to grow! #bookwormproblems

King by T.M. Frazier

Homeless, hungry and desperate enough to steal, Doe has no memories of who she is or where she comes from.

A notorious career criminal just released from prison, King is someone you don’t want to cross unless you’re prepared to pay him back in blood, sweat, pu$$y or a combination of all three.

King’s future hangs in the balance. Doe’s is written in her past. When they come crashing together, they will have to learn that sometimes in order to hold on, you have to first let go. 

WARNING: This book contains graphic violence, consensual and nonconsensual sex, drug use, abuse, and other taboo subjects and adult subject matter.

Stand alone, HEA.

***

Tight by Alessandra Torre

I was happy in my small town. In my life as a single, thirty-two year old woman. I had a good job, wonderful friends, my independence.

I also hadn't been laid in three years. Hadn't been on a date in two. Had stopped counting calories and wearing makeup... a while ago.

Then Brett Jacobs waltzed in. Caressed my thigh, dug rough fingers into my hair, lowered his soft mouth to my skin, took sexual control of my mind and stirred it all around with what he packed in his pants. He flipped my quiet life upside down and crawled into a place in my heart I thought was dead.

The issue is his secret.

The issue is her.

The issue is that I don't even know she exists, and he thinks she's dead. 

The issue is that shit is about to hit the fan and I can't hold on to him tight enough.

***

Addicted to You (Drawn to You, #2) by Serena Grey

***

Hero by Samantha Young

Alexa Holland’s father was her hero—until her shocking discovery that she and her mother weren’t his only family. Ever since, Alexa has worked to turn her life in a different direction and forge her own identity outside of his terrible secrets,. But when she meets a man who’s as damaged by her father’s mistakes as she is, Alexa must help him.

Caine Carraway wants nothing to do with Alexa’s efforts at redemption, but it’s not so easy to push her away. Determined to make her hate him, he brings her to the edge of her patience and waits for her to walk away. But his actions only draw them together and, despite the odds, they begin an intense and explosive affair.

Only Caine knows he can never be the white knight that Alexa has always longed for. And when they’re on the precipice of danger, he finds he’ll do anything to protect either one of them from being hurt again…

***

Never Never by Colleen Hoover and Tarry Fisher

Best friends since they could walk. In love since the age of fourteen. Complete strangers since this morning.

He'll do anything to remember. She'll do anything to forget.

***

Sweet Hope (Sweet Home #4) by Tillie Cole

***

Kissing Madeline (Dearest, #3 by Lex Martin

After walking in on her MMA fighter boyfriend in the arms of another woman, Maddie McDermott learned her lesson about dating athletes – don’t do it. Ever. Not even if he’s the “it boy” of football and her hot-as-hell new neighbor.

NFL’s newest star, Daren Sloan, kicks ass in every area of his life – football, school, family – every area, that is, except relationships. Newly single after almost marrying one of the worst mistakes of his life, he plans to take full advantage of all the benefits he’s worked so hard to achieve. For now, those perks include no strings, and fortunately, no woman can resist his charm. Well, no one except his feisty neighbor.

When their jobs collide, Maddie and Daren can’t seem to avoid each other or their undeniable attraction. So they keep things casual… until they quickly realize “friends with benefits” is not enough.

Although they do their best to keep the nature of their relationship under wraps, the media loves a good story. And so does the person scheming to break them up. Will Daren convince Maddie she can trust him? Or will the media storm brewing tear them apart before they even get started?

***

Elements of Chemistry by Penny Reid

Kaitlyn Parker has no problem being the invisible girl, which is why she finds herself hiding in various cabinets and closets all over her college campus. Despite her best efforts, she can’t escape the notice of Martin Sandeke—bad boy, jerkface bully, and the universe’s hottest, wealthiest, and most unobtainable bachelor—who also happens to be Kaitlyn’s chemistry lab partner. 

Kaitlyn might be the only girl who isn’t interested in exploiting his stunning rower’s build, chiseled features, and family's billionaire fortune. Kaitlyn wants Martin for his brain, specifically to tabulate findings of trace elements in surface water, though she does indulge in private visions of his sexy body during sleepy fantasy land time. 

When Kaitlyn saves Martin from a nefarious plot, Martin uses the opportunity to push Kaitlyn out of her comfort zone: spring break, one week, house parties, bathing suits, and suntan lotion. Can she overcome her aversion to being noticed? Will he be able grow beyond his self-centered nature? Or, despite their obvious chemistry, will Martin be the one to drive Kaitlyn into the science cabinet of obscurity for good?

***

Souls Unfractured (Hades Hangmen #3) by Tillie Cole

Flame and Maddie's story. Coming early 2015.

***

Ricochet by Keri Lake

Three years ago, I had everything.

A beautiful wife.

A son.

A reason for living.

Until a ruthless task force, assembled under Mayor Michael Culling, with a brutal strategy to make the streets of Detroit ‘safe’, ripped away everything I loved in a deadly hunt called The Culling.

They tried to kill me, too. I wish they had. Now I'm cursed by the memories of that night, and the words I whispered to my dying wife.

A promise—to avenge the wrong and set it right.

I’m no longer Nick Ryder. I’m a masked vigilante. Faceless. Loveless. Fearless. A man with nothing left to lose—one who's seen the dark and violent truth behind the city’s flawless veneer.

Michael Culling doesn’t know who I am. Or what I want. All he knows is that I’ve kidnapped his beautiful wife.

An eye for an eye—isn’t that how the saying goes? And Aubree Culling is the perfect pawn to destroy him.

If she doesn’t destroy me first.

***

Rebel (Blood & Roses #7) by Callie Hart

Rebel and Sophia's story.

Sophia

Sometimes, you don't mean to become another person. Sometimes the choice is made for you, and pretending is the only thing that keeps you going. When Alexis Romera is taken and her kidnappers find her fake ID in her purse, she must become Sophia in order to keep her family safe. Revealing her real identity to the man she's sold to would be easy enough, but can she trust him? Hell bent on revenging the murder of his uncle, Rebel doesn't seem all that interested in playing things safe.

In fact, nothing about the secretive, dark and brooding MC president seems safe at all.

Rebel

What do you do when the man who raised you is murdered, and the only witness is kidnapped girl who's being sold as a sex slave? You buy her, of course. As president to the most powerful motorcycle club in America, Rebel isn't lacking in power. There are strings the man can pull, and entire criminal organisations and corporate businesses alike would fall to their knees. However, along with such power comes intense interest. The DEA have their eye fixed solely on the MC...and they're just waiting for Rebel to trip up.

Getting Sophia to testify is the only way to bring the Los Oscuros cartel down. The beautiful, dark haired, dark eyed woman is belligerent and uncooperative and unlikely to bend to his will, but Rebel has a few tricks up his sleeve to make her compliant--he'll charm her until she's bending over backwards to please him.

Of course, falling for her might cause a few hiccups along the way... 

***

Turbulence by Whitney Gracia Williams

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How did I do? What did I miss? Which reads are you most looking forward to? On your marks, get set, 1-Click! xo

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