BRYNNHe was my weakness. The one desire I fought the hardest, but craved the most.There was an unexplainable pull whenever I was near him.I was addicted to him. I was crazed by his touch. I longed for his kiss.Until he broke me…He was cold and callus. What we shared was nothing but meaningless acts. A facade. I was a ploy in his game of control. I had no choice but to move forward. I had to … his game of control.
I had no choice but to move forward.
I had to forget the impact he had on me.
More importantly, I had to forget him.
Only that was easier said than done…
Each night when I closed my eyes,
I’d hear the kind words he’d whisper, I’d feel his gentle caress as he held me close.
But the dreams always ended the same.
I would see him walking away, without looking back.
ALEC
She tested my limits from the start.
The more I fought the attraction, the more intense it became.
She defied every rule I set for myself and challenged my need for control.
She made me want the things I had denied myself for too long,
so I did the worst possible thing.
I broke her heart.
What should have been my way out only left me feeling bare.
My desire to have her magnified.
It was time to pick up the shattered pieces of my life and face the harsh reality of my choices.
But my biggest fear of all was that with Brynn, it was now too late to go back…
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This book was more emotional that the first! It gutted me in so many ways. Alec has such a gentle soul and his longing for a family melted me. Brynn’s childhood shattered me. This book gives such a good backstory before picking up with the present. It answered all my questions.
Bare kept me teary eyed throughout but I loved it.
My rating is a 5star because I loved the novel and the story kept me hooked, but there were quite a few typos.
Bare continues Alec and Brynn’s story. Miss Harms once again had me not wanting to put her book down.
As much as I want to dislike Alec, I also love his character. Brynn is the type of female you can’t help but love. She’s feisty, strong-willed, and when Alec messes up (because he does over and over again) she doesn’t let him get away with it.
We got more of Alec’s history and what happened to make him the controlling man he is today. Reading about his past made my heart break for him. When he told Brynn his past I cried. So make sure you grab a tissue because Miss Harms gives you Raw emotions that will strip you Bare as you read Alec and Brynn’s journey.
Forever a fan of C.A. Harms!!
Bare, the sequel to Raw
Bare, the sequel to Raw, is a longer book, where we look into the back ground of both Brynn and Alec, and it is heart-breaking.
For all of her life, Brynn has been made to feel worthless by her degenerate mother, and she has tried to shield her younger sister from the drugs and the men that made up her mothers’ life. The only blessing was when their mother finally bailed, and Brynn made a successful bid to gain guardianship of her sister. It’s been a struggle to keep afloat financially since, to where she ended up as a hostess a the Erotic Nights club and caught Alec’s attention.
Alec has suffered betrayal and loss on the deepest level, in such a way that he will never leave himself open to love again. Contractual agreements have been his norm until Brynn, where for a moment he let himself get lost in the everyday lives of her and her sister, until that careless comment from his brother reminds him of his promise to himself – sex only, never relationships.
Brynn’s decision at the end of Raw still stands, but in Bare, there are a lot more of Alec’s family dynamics that come into play, and Alec starts to realise that standing on the outside while watching people move on with their lives isn’t such a great place to be. Trouble is, while he’s trying to do his best for his future, it’s the betrayal of the past that just might show up and ruin everything.
Bare finished the story perfectly. Getting to find out about the background of our characters rounded everything out nicely while maintaining the heat and intensity that had been built in Raw. I loved both books in this duet that is rather more ‘raw’ so to speak, than some of the other books that CA Harms has written. Highly recommended. 4.5 Stars.
Raw left me a mess of anticipation and anger. Bare does not disappoint. It will make you crazy!
I teetered between angry yelling, swooning, and bitter disappointment. I threatened Alec’s manhood, adopted Aric as my brother, and have taken Warren as my guy. But Alec…yeah he’s on my shit list!
Between making your needy body tremble and making you shake with rage, Alec is going to have you run the entire gamut of emotions.
OH and Katelynn needs a book! This sassy and wonderful preteen is my spirit animal. Brynn is lucky to have her and vice versa. These two beautiful ladies make you feel at home.
I just have a few temaining questions for CA Harms :
1. Mrs. Morrison…where is she now?
2. When is Aric’s book coming out?
3. ” ” Katelynn’s book coming out?
I guess they are questions as much as demands. Please give me more!
reviewed for Sweet Spot Sisterhood