The LOVE IS MESSY series consists of two duets. The reader order is:Love is Messy: Luke & Lexi-Hot Mess (1) -Twice Burned (2)Love is Messy: Cole & Ana-Bad Things (3) -Battle Scars (4) They say it’s better to have loved and lost than to never have loved at all. I think that’s total bullshit. No one wants to be a loser in the Game of Love. Trust me, I know. With a lying fiancee and a … Trust me, I know. With a lying fiancee and a canceled wedding, I’ve lost big time.
And that loss turned me bitter, so hell bent on vengeance that I almost let it destroy everything. Determined never to go down that dark path again, I’ve sworn off romance. Work became my priority, my safe place, the one constant in my life that wouldn’t tempt me.
Until I took on a project I normally wouldn’t, and it introduced me to someone I never would have talked to before. No matter how hard I try, my professionalism slips away the more we work together, and I know it’s a disaster in the making.
Bad things happen when I open my guarded heart. But when I look at her, bad things are all I want to do.
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Deeply moving story about heartbreak and learning to love once again. Despite all of the roadblocks and detours the power of love persists.
Love when I read a book and don’t want to put it down. Kept wanting to turn to the next page to see what would happen. Disappointed when it came to an end.
Love this book can’t wait to read the second one in this duet.
Good book. I was a little disappointed because did not realize there was another book to end the story.
I love the cover. I don’t love the excessive use of the f-word, everything is effing this and effing that, it’s lazy writing. I don’t hang out with people who use the f-word as an all purpose filler because they are too stupid to use better words and I sure don’t want to find it more than once on every page in the book I am reading. Just stop already! Use your brain and find real words that actually mean something words that ADD to the story…PLEASE! I also didn’t love the cliff hanger at the end, nothing was resolved. At least the first story arc should close at the end. The only thing sexy here was the cover, it wasn’t the story which went nowhere.
The story was good – but I hate it when I get to the end and its a cliff hanger & I need to buy another book to finish the story!
If you must do this at least add it to the synopsis so we can make informed decisions whether to buy the book/s or not
The book was great but put the whole thing in one book and charge accordingly. I hate when books are divided. It’s frustrating to read.
So, I wasn’t a fan of Cole from the first books in this series. (Now you can read this book without reading Hot Mess & Twice Burned but it will be so much more fun and enjoyable if you did.) Cole is a complex man, as we see him as the successful business man, we start to learn of all the insecurities he carries behind the scenes. Diana, aka Ana, has written her first romance novel and Lexi snatched her up for the publishing company but Cole ends up being her editor. Cole is entranced with Ana but knows they shouldn’t cross the boundary since they are editor/author. Ana fights every day to cope with the fear and anxiety instilled in her from her last boyfriend. I love that she is a fighter, she is putting one foot in front of the other and pursuing her dream to be an author. We have two broken souls that find a connection in each other, now, will they act on it? Can they find a road to happiness? Loved spending time with these characters again, Luke and Lexi are present so we get to experience where their life has taken them. Then of course, there is that ending that has me on pins and needles about what will happen next. Grab this for a sexy, suspenseful, drama filled romance that will keep you reading. I voluntarily read an ARC of this book and this is my honest review.