Acquiring Analise is the follow up to Finding Faye, Book One in the K&S Securities Series and should not be read without reading in order.Analise He is all I’ve ever wanted, but let’s be real.A girl like me and a man like him?I NEVER let myself dream that WE could ever be possible.Until we were-And nothing turned out like I had hoped.What else was I supposed to do?I ran.I hid.Until I didn’t … to do?
I ran.
I hid.
Until I didn’t have a choice and I knew I HAD to go back.
Xavier
She is all I’ve ever wanted.
To acquire.
To possess.
To love.
In spite of who I am.
Especially in spite of who my family is.
But when I finally make her MINE it all goes to hell.
She runs.
She hides.
Until my family finds her.
They won’t stop me from getting her back.
Possible triggers include kidnapping, physical assault and rough sex.
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Acquiring Analise is not only the second book to A.J. Andersen K&S Security Series, but also her second book written! Please read Finding Faye first because it sets up this amazing world.
When in a relationship you often hear communication is key, unfortunately Xavier and Analise did not receive the same advice when they got married and it spun off a series of events that we get to read about.
I personally love a good ‘oh come ON!’ Shaking their shoulders, get your act together book, where you become invested in the lives and emotions of the characters. Which is exactly what happened in AA. While you were yelling at them to knock it off, you could totally see where they are coming from. A lot of head shaking moments at the beginning, until they get their act together.
Xavier grew up in the Mafia, while having a world of experience, he had little to none with his heart. Analise grew up with a single mom then to a lower level Mafia member which essentially shelter her from anything real, anything of worth, and nothing of the heart.
While at their misfortune, it also brought an amazing relationship with new friends. Friends that help X fight the evils of his family.
X oh X. I love him. He can be a bad A. Kicking butt, shooting up, taking down his evil Family because he vowed to not live the Mafia life. But he can also feel so deeply. He is my kinda of Man! Distant to others, tall dark and handsome, commanding, alpha but oh so sweet to his lady. Only She gets to see the real him. Everything he does his really for her.
Analise since living with her father, has only felt the control of the Mafia and little love. While not necessarily being mistreated, she is invisible and controlled. She feels like she has no worth. So much so, that in her early 20s she hasn’t really lived. But when she needed to find her inner strength she found it. She became strong, and grew so much.
I have had the pleasure of reading AA at least twice. I have come to love it more and more each time. It is a story of two incomplete souls who come together, grow together, and love together. They become what was needed and missing from each others lives.
If you love drama, kick a men, their fierce women, and a plot to take down evil then read this book.
Be prepared, A.J. does take a dip into the dark seedy world of the Mafia. There is an event that if you don’t like sexual extortion and violence you might want to get ready for it. You’ve been warned!
A.J. Andersen’s growth as an author is outstanding. I have enjoyed witnessing it between Finding Faye and Acquiring Analise. I can not wait to see where this world takes us!
The mystery around Ana and Xavier’s romance in the first book made their story so intriguing!
Reading the full story of what happened on their wedding night and how they reacted was heartbreaking.
They were both so in love with each other and had been for years but neither of them ever said anything which lead to a total misunderstanding.
With Xavier’s POV, you get to really understand his mind and the issues he still deals with but what I loved most was how much Ana brought light into his darkness.
She too hadn’t been dealt the easiest path in life but her love and kindness and his strength and dominance made their second chance at love possible and helped them get through the chaos that came later in the story.
At first it’s like reading the first book (Finding Faye) from the middle, from 2 other POVS. I loved that! We are already acquiainted with Ana (Analise) and X (Xavier), in Finding Faye, but now we get their story from their side. We get to know what they are feeling, what they are experiencing…Both have similar back grounds, both raised in dark pasts, both have always had a “thing” for each other and both truly love each other. There are sooo may emotions in this book. I loved reading it, but hate Vince and Dominic. Xavier is trying to make a better life for him and Ana, trying to make a legitimate life and get away from any association with his “Mob” past and family… but his Uncle is always preventing that from happening. Dominic has been a dark side that he thinks he has kept hidden from Ana, for fear of losing her again… but is thrill to find she wants his darkness. I love that Faye, Travis and Blake are still along for the journey… and now with Ellie and Grayson and NIkki…. ready for the next chapters in this series.
I am soooooo loving the K&S Securities series! Romantic suspense is right up my alley and I can’t get enough of it. Ana and Xavier have explosive chemistry yet are also sweet and endearing. This book was fast paced, sexy, suspenseful and kept me glued to it from the start. I loved it. Can’t wait to start Ellie’s story next.
I loved it! This book starts up just towards the end of Travis and Faye’s story, and we get to know Ana and Xavier. They have phenomenal chemistry and scorching passion. The story is well paced and very well written and I can’t wait to read what happens next to the guys from K&S Security and their women.
I don’t know where to begin with this book. I am still at a loss for words after reading this book. We get more in depth with Xavier and Analise and let me say, I got goosebumps when reading this. You get more of how Xavier is feeling and going through trying to find his wife. You get more emotional with Analise. The situations that Analise is in is freaking scary and you are on the edge of the seat til it passes. These two are on a roller coaster with the events following them getting back together. However, when they reunite, it is just beautiful. The concern from Xavier for Analise is swoon worthy heart felt. The worry he feels for Analise and making sure that she is not stressed due to her current state is endearing. I love that he is doing everything to make sure she knows that she is it for him. I am also glad to know that she realizes her feelings for him. I highly recommend this series if you are looking for constant action, heart felt emotions and happy endings.
NAIL BITING, SUSPENSEFUL, ALLURING AND SEXY!!
This book is the second in the series after Finding Faye so it starts out with some repeats of the last book but in Analise and Xavier’s POV. With Analise and Faye getting kidnapped and being rescued by Xavier and Travis the story continues with the healing between the couple. Xavier is so happy to have Analise back and finding out about the surprise she has held back from telling him about. This story is definitely nail biting with all the drama going on due to Xavier’s family being involved in the mafia and him trying to build a lawful business to get away from that type of life. But the love and trust between the two grows stronger which definitely leads to some hot and steamy scenes. I love this series and can not wait for the next one to come out! If you like drama, suspense, alluring and smexy books please go read this series! It’s fantastic!!
Loved Ana and Xavier’s story. Once started I couldn’t put it down. A.J. has done it again! Can’t wait for the next book in the series. I received this ARC in exchange for my honest review.
AJ Andersen’s second book in the K&S Securities Series is another draw you in and keep you on your toes read. After being introduced to Analise and Xavier in “Finding Faye” we follow their tumultuous love story in “Acquiring Analise”, and man oh man what an intriguing story it is.
Xavier is the son of a mob boss. He is nothing like his father, his life’s mission is to abandon the family business and make amends for what his father did. His one weakness – the beautiful, off limits, daughter of one of his father’s henchmen.
Analise is unique. Innocent in the ways of the world and protected (to a certain extent) from her father’s less than aboveboard tendencies and vices. The only positive thing in her life is the secret crush she has on a certain older boy who doesn’t even know she exists.
Years pass and Xavier’s interest does not wane, when the opportunity to make Analise his presents itself, he goes all in. Unfortunately fate steps in and rears its ugly head. Xavier and Analise are torn apart and brought back together again in an incredible series of events that will have you clutching your Kindle and reading furiously needing to see them get their happily ever after. TBR this fantastic five star read and enjoy.
This is the second book that I’ve read by this author and this is the second book in this series.
K&S Securities series #1 Finding Faye
K&S Securities series #2 Acquiring Analise
It follows on from the first book with familiar characters that we have met, this book is told from different points of view. I do highly recommend you read book one first so you know where your up to with everyone.
Analise has had things quite tough and has not really felt what it feels like to be really loved.
Xavier is a complete alpha male is in the mafia and has been for a very long time, although this is not what he wants, he doesn’t want this life and his family are evil people. He knows his uncle is a monster too.
Analise married Xavier but they both have major communication problems between them both and this hinders their relationship so much so that she runs, its so difficult for Analise because shes also pregnant. Analise knows how to be strong when she needs to be and finds the strength inside. There world is a very dark place to be and very difficult and they don’t want to be apart of it. They both come together and are just what each other needs. They both go through so much together, through some really hard moments and Xavier will do anything for her.
This book will keep you at the edge of your seat and will have your emotions all over the place up and down, its quite heart breaking in parts too.
The characters in this book are very well written and I really liked them, their chemistry they have fizzing between them both is off the charts, they are smouldering together, very hot, steamy and sexy. This book is action packed and very dark.
This book does overlap in the beginning parts with book one Finding Faye only told from Analise’s and Xavier points of view and I did kind of feel like I already knew what was going to happen in some parts and that the book didn’t really get going until a tad further in. This story was a really good story line that will have you biting your nails and reaching for the tissues.
I can’t wait to read the next installment in this series with the new and old characters.
ARC provided in exchange for an honest review.
Thank you to the author and publishers for allowing me to read a copy of this book.
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5 Brilliant Stars Acquiring Analise is an incredible story of two people fighting their past and their bad families to make good in the world! I was hooked from page one. If you thought Finding Faye was amazing, wait until you read X and Ana’s story. I swooned over Xavier and I cheered for Analise. The steam was off the charts with these two, add in some seriously suspenseful stuff and some mob like action and you’ve got a jam packed story that you won’t ever want to put down! Acquiring Analise is a MUST READ! I cannot wait to read Nikki and Graysons story next! I’ll sit here gladly dangling off the cliff with bated breath until then
Wow, Book 2 in this series definitely did not disappoint, I think it actually exceeded my expectations with its intensity…raw, gritty, emotional, sexy, steamy, and amazingly written!
Analise is married off to Xavier, feeling like a pawn, yet attracted to him in a way she’s never been attracted to anyone else. He may have acquired Analise unconventionally, but he’s wanted her ever since he laid eyes on her. Unknowingly, they’re both what the other wants, and it’s that lack of communication that results in Analise running away. Now he won’t rest until he finds her and shows her how much he loves her.
Xavier may have mafia blood running through his veins, but he’s trying to distance himself from the illegal activities of his uncle and deceased father. He is every woman’s dream man…a book boyfriend that everyone will be vying to claim as their own!!
With action and suspense that will have you flipping pages nonstop, be prepared for lots of highs and lows. We get a happy for now, but also a “holy crap” cliffhanger ending that sets things in motion for Book 3 that I’ll now be impatiently waiting for!
This is the second book in the K & S Security Series by A. J. Andersen and follows the events that happen on Finding Faye which is the first book on this series. So it recommend to read that story first so you don’t miss anything about this incredible story and its amazing characters. From the very first page this book had me hook, Xavier and Analise are the perfect couple, regardless of the separation they had right after they got married, do to confusion and hidden feelings they didn’t know how to communicate to each other. The story is super good and those sexy scenes were super hot, Xavier its the ultimate aloha male and he had me all swoon. Analise was the perfect sunshine that came to bring light into Xavier’s dark life. There is action, adventure and mystery also that will have you gasping and in the edge because until the end of the book you really don’t know whats going to happen. The side characters brought so much to the story and I think were also as important as the main characters. I definitely recommend this series so much and I can’t wait for the next book.
Which do you want more: your pride or your happiness? Sometimes you have to make a choice because you can’t have them both at the same time. This battle between portraying an affectless exterior versus opening yourself up to emotional vulnerability is what lies at the heart of Acquiring Analise. Sometimes the hardest things to do in life are the leaps of faith and truth telling required when falling in love.
A.J. Andersen took a very unique approach when writing K & S Securities Series #2. The beginning of the book overlaps book #1 in the series and is told from Analise & Xavier’s individual perspectives. I thought this was a wonderful way to learn more about these 2 characters and the events that lead them up to when we first met them in book #1. While there is overlap in timeline/story from book 1 it was minimal and not repetitive at all.
As with Finding Faye, Acquiring Analise is jam packed with emotion, action, sexy scenes, alpha males and strong females. We see the return of old favorites from Finding Faye and some groundwork was laid for several more stories in the series. There is never a dull moment when reading one of Andersen’s books and I can’t wait to see where she takes us next!
I received an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.
Xavier and Ana
Absolutely Wonderful!!! Xavier Cerelli is nothing like his family. He is all 100% legil and legit. Except maybe for the way he was able to marry his wife.
Analise has always been around the Cerelli family and is thrilled to be married to Xavier… until their marriage night.
The second book in the K&S Securities Series is just ans intriguing and suspenseful and sexy as the first, Finding Faye. When Xavier finally gets his wife back on her way home the unexpected happens !! Will Xavier and Ana be able to get through the horrendous adventures that they will come into? I loved Xavier and Ana
This is the second book in the K&S Securities Series. To have a better understanding of the book, is necessary read the previous one, Finding Faye.
I am surprised by the way Analise and Xavier aroused my interest to know their history. Both were part of the story of Travis and Faye. I admit that at first I did not care much about them but as I progressed in the previous reading, many questions were born, which aroused my curiosity to know more.
I loved Xavier. Despite having grown up with a mob father and lived the terrible experience of losing his mother at the hands of his own father, he decided to take a different path and be clean and free from the underworld. However, he will have to face his greatest enemy, even if he carries his own blood.
Analise was a lonely and inexperienced girl. Her wedding night was not what she expected and the lack of communication led her to make a decision that will put her in danger. From then on begins the adventure of these two. One that is full of action, sweet and steamy moments that will keep you wanting more.
You will be hooked with Analise and Xavier. Of their emotions, their passion, chemistry and love they profess.
I have to say that AJ Andersen is an author who promises to capture you with her writing and the depth of her characters. I can’t wait for Blake and Ellie’s story!
A.J. has done it again! This book is amazing. I couldn’t stop reading it. It will grab on to you from the very beginning and it doesn’t let go. It keeps you on your toes right to the very end. The chemistry between Analise and X is out of this world. If you are looking for a fast paced, action packed, steamy romance, this book is for you! I can’t recommend it enough
I received an ARC of Acquiring Analise (book 2 of the K&S Securities Series) in exchange for an honest review.
Solid
I love A.J.’s style, I am so invested in her characters it’s a bit borderline obsessive at times. I needed some time to cool down from this one.
Ana picks up a bit before Finding Faye (book 1, read it NOW) starts, from Ana and Xavier’s perspective, and goes through the events of book one until about half-ish into the book, which is nice but it’s what comes after that really grabs you.
Like any couple Ana and X face communication issues that cloud their relationship until they learn to talk. Top that up with X’s mafia uncle chasing them and you’ve got a couple who is winning in the sweet, supportive, steamy category.
I loved this book, the way I got to delve deeper into the other characters of this universe in this one and the future prospects of the series.
As usual for A.J. – the sexy was hot, the action was packed and the story was wonderful.
I will advise the faint of heart to tread lightly, this book goes dark (even I was rattled and that is not an easy accomplishment).
Acquiring Analise was perfect! Andersen is such an amazing writer, creating characters with so much depth. Every emotion, every action is so easily felt. You can almost get lost in the characters thoughts and feelings, confusing them for your own. I really enjoyed reading about Xavier and Analise and living their life for a bit. We got to learn so much about who Xavier is and who he doesn’t want to be. He is a dream. Besides being a steamy read, there were many intense, edge of your seat moments. As much as I wanted to get to the end, I didn’t want to finish it. I look forward to getting to know more of the characters in future books. I would love to what AJ Andersen takes this series goes.
***please keep in mind there are trigger points in this book…rough intimate moments, kidnapping, and physical assault***
FIVE STARS. This book is on FIRE. Analise and Xavier are the perfect couple. Their chemistry is so beautiful you can’t help but love them. I can’t praise Andersen’s books enough. Heart stopping suspense, drama and Xavier has broody, bad boy down to a science. I am completely head over heels with the K&S Securities family. You will want to read the series in order and there may be triggers for some.