Charlie is everything I want and didn’t realize I need. It’s clear to me now that the woman I met at the club is only one layer of the woman I’m falling for. I’m a fixer by nature, but for the first time I wouldn’t fix a thing. I want her just the way she is. Broken pieces and all. Who needs the fairy tale when we can have the reality. Tristan is everything I want, yet don’t deserve. He’s loving, … He’s loving, protective, smart, an amazing father, and he’s onto me. That’s why I need to speed this story up and tell him everything, so we can flip to the end of the book, and he and his daughter can move on to the next story. One where they get a happily ever after. Because there’s no story I’m a part of that ends in any way but tragedy.
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I’m a big fan of single parent books. BIG FAN. And Clinched by Nikki Ash did not change that. She can write children like nobodys business.
Tristan is a single dad. A man whose biggest dream is the white picket fence. He has not been lucky in love, hence being a single dad, and has more or less given up hope.
Charlie has had more than her fair share of hardship and trauma in her life and is fighting to keep her head above water. Her dream of white picket fences was brutally taken away and she doesn’t dare dream that dream anymore.
Tristan and Charlie meets by chance and the rest is history…
This story, as usually very well written by this author, is dripping with heartache, it has you blinking hard one moment and supressing laughter the next.
You took me for a ride with this one Nikki, in the best possible way. I absolutely loved seeing Tristan again and then meeting Charlie and little, super adorable Lexi.
I was sooo incredibly lucky to receive an ARC of Clinched but how does one try to review a book that they’ve been holding their breath to read since first knowing one, that a book would be made about that character and two, you finally heard it was being written and published…. Well let me tell you… all that waiting and anticipation did not fully prepare me for what I just read!!! Holy mother of all things holy Clinched is by far my top fav read of 2018!!! maybe ever!! I must’ve went through every emotion so many times and it was sooo worth it… all the tears… the laughter…. the heart ache…. Tristan and Charlie were sooo absolutely perfect for one another and I’m soo happy and relieved Tristan finally got his HEA because let’s face it he is the PERFECT MAN through and through!! and Mason….. Gahhhh we need his story like ASAP because I need more Tristan and Charlie and I need to know what’s going down with the way this book ended!! (Sorry I don’t do spoilers LOL) anyways everyone absolutely needs to read Clinched!!! You definitely won’t be diasppointed!!!
once again Ms ash has written an amazing book.
I have waited for tristens story and was so excited to read it.
I devoured this book!
I highly reccomend to anyone who loves fighter books!
Everyone needs a Tristian!!
I FLOVED Tristian and Charlie’s story! After seeing Tristian lose out in the love category more then once it was great to see him connect with someone who needed him as much as he needed her. This story is great with some serious issues written about. Nikki Ash’s characters are very well written as well as great story lines.
Holy cow! This book is absolutely amazing. The words just pull you in and make you want to live and breath with these characters.
You can totally read this book as a standalone, it is wrote that way. But if you follow Nikki Ash’s writing and her Fighting series you pretty much read Tristian’s story from when he was little growing up with his mom. Then through Bella’s story to his own, and its all so fulfilling!!
There is so much about these set of characters that just keeps you wanting more and just needing to keep going till the very last words, then its like a jolt of wanting more!!
Tristan’s story is so emotionally charged it’s almost as if you can feel each and every emotion leak off of the pages. I love that you can see Charlie and Tristan completely fall for one another and see so many emotions right in-front of them even if they don’t see or want to seem them right away. Seeing the moments come around and fall into place for them is just breathtaking.
I really like how Tristan takes the time and has patients to get to know Charlie and gives her time to open up to him. Even after the women his had in his past, and the stuff hes had happen.
Charlie, wow. She has this huge secret that is honestly life changing and crippling in ways. The things she’s been through. And the things Tristan catches on to and tries to help her with. Yet he still has no clue, no idea the full weight of everything.
And Lexi, Tristan’s daughter. Oh my gosh she honestly pulls this whole story together and just makes it so much better. I love the scenes with her in it. I love how it may not completely revolve around her, but it deals with her and she is so involved in the story so much!
This story is so well written especially with all the different subjects that it hits on. From single parents, to death, to abuse. Nothing was shadowed or just skimmed on it was all done in such a wonderful and remarkable way.
I enjoyed Tristan and Charlie’s story. My favorite part of the story was how Charlie met Tristan and his daughter Lexi. I was laughing at how Tristan just assumed he knew what Charlie’s occupation was and he kept inserting his foot in his mouth around her. I was happy to see that Charlie and Tristan there happy ending. Can’t wait for Mason’s story.
4.75 Stars Rounded Up!
What can I say? This is more Nikki Ash deliciousness, that I have come to expect from her!
Her dedicated readers have watched Tristan grow up throughout the series, and now we get his story. I was more than slightly excited for Clinched, and I was not dissapointed!
Tristan has held a special place in my heart from the beginning. The poor man has been through heartbreak after heartbreak. I knew the woman who’d capture his heart, would have to truly be special.
Enter Charlie…
She was past broken, running from her past, and Tristan, along with his precious little girl, was just what the doctor ordered to mend her battered soul.
Can I take a moment to gush about my love for this book?! I fell in love with with it from the get go. My attention was CLINCHED, (Haha! See what I did there?) from paragraph one! Nikki has a special talent of keeping me completely entrenched in her stories. Her characters are just so likeable. They are those dreamy men, that just keep us ladies coming back for more. Next up is our Mason, and I have a feeling, he is about to fall hardest of all!
HOLY MOTHER OF RAINBOWS!!! THIS. BOOK. Go in with your eyes wide open because it’s going to take you on an emotional journey to the top of Lexi’s rainbow!!! I’ve read all of Nikki Ash’s books and she blew me away with this hot & steamy single parent romance!!! I haven’t read another book like it and I’m so glad that Nikki Ash put her palette of incredible words to paper and shared it with us! Tristan and Charlie have this amazing chemistry. A connection that is slow growing and believable. For me, that connection was the ultimate protection quality of both Tristan and Charlie, they would ALWAYS put Lexi first! When Charlie’s past comes crashing through,Tristan’s world is turned upside down. What follows is a great story of action, suspense and love. Tristan and Charlie will have to FIGHT for a chance at a future, a future they so desperately want together. This book was a perfect everything and I LOVED IT!!! It will leave YOU with all these HEART HUGS and what to follow next…MASON!!!
Do whatever you have to do and get THIS. BOOK!!!
Funny how love has a way of showing up when it’s the last thing you’re looking for. Tristan has had two strikes with women. The first was his life-long friend, Bella, and the second was the mother of his daughter, who walked out of the hospital and out of their lives immediately after giving birth to Lexi. When Tristan meets Charlie, he’s immediately drawn to her, but he can see that something haunts her. It doesn’t stop him from wanting to get to know Charlie better, and Lexi takes to Charlie immediately.
After reading the first book in this series, I jumped at the chance to read an early copy of this one. I loved Tapping Out, but this book was even better. Tristan and Charlie are realistic, complex, flawed and endearing and watching their story unfold was a terrific reading experience. Then add in the wonderful secondary characters and a gregarious, precocious five-year-old who breaks your heart with her innate kindness, and I couldn’t put this one down. It was an effortless read with a little heat, a little humor and a huge heap of heart – the perfect romance read to escape into. I enjoyed this one so much I purchased my own copy and plan to read it again. Hopefully it won’t make me tear up the next time, because, that wedding scene? Oh my heart! This is definitely a 1-Clicker.
I feel like I’ve been waiting for Tristens story for forever!! Tristen has had his share of heartbreak and the main girl in his life is his daughter, Lexi. (Seeing Tristen and Lexi together will make you swoon) Tristen meets Charlie in an unexpected place and their is instant chemistry, but they go their separate ways. Lexi sees Charlie later introduces herself as a fellow artist and invites her to an art competition. Charlie is broken she has suffered the worst tragedy and is just going through the motions until Tristen and Lexi come into her life. I absolutely loved this story, Tristen and Charlie’s were meant to be! I can’t wait for the next book!
We are first introduced to Tristan as a sweet, protective little boy in the Fighting series. In Tapping Out, he’s all grown up and events occur that leave Tristan heart broken. In Clinched it’s 5 years later and Tristan is an amazing single dad to his daughter, Lexie. Tristan meets Charlie and who is broken and damaged but, can’t help falling for her. In order to have a future with Tristan and Lexie , Charlie must confront her past but, along the way there’s some life changing secrets. I don’t have enough words to describe how much I absolutely loved this book. I will admit that I totally nervous because Tristan’s my favorite and wanted him to have an amazing, kind and loving heroine and Charlie is all that and more.The chemistry between those two is so hot. You will fall in love with Tristan and Charlie’s story. One of my favorite books of the year!!!
This is Tristan’s story and man oh man this emotional story has a sweet little girl but also you meet spunky women Charlie that might just put Tristan in his place. Nikki has shattered our hearts again but don’t worry grab those tissues there’s a light at the end of the tunnel.
I’m in love with this book! I knew I would love Tristan as I have been waiting for his story, but I was worried that his heroine wouldn’t measure up. My worries were completely unfounded and Charlie was more than a match for the man I want to appear in front of me in real life. The way the book examined her background one flashback at a time kept me on the edge of my seat, quickly flipping the pages. As always, Nikki Ash made sure the secondary characters were top notch, bringing back some old favorites, delving deeper into past characters we didn’t have much information on, and introducing new characters guaranteed to keep me coming back to learn more.
Nikki never ceases to amaze me. Given this is the third book I’ve read by her and yes, I’m not even going to lie.. *clears throat* I have still yet to read her other books. (It’s still on my growing TBR list of books and she hasn’t disappointed thus far!)
Tristan and Charlie’s story…. My God, I felt like I got sucker punched right in the heart… It was amazingly heart breaking at first, had me crying, laughing but left me reeling, on edge, anticipating what was going to happen next and drooling from the mouth because I didn’t want it to end and then messaging Nikki right after I finished the book to share my thoughts…
To say I loved this book is an understatement. I adored this book. Especially, Tristan because he wasn’t looking for love after being burnt twice and Charlie was afraid to love, because of her abusive ex husband and little Lexi, boy was she a tenacious, spunky, loving and forgiving little girl her age. I loved and admired how she was just a kid and innocent to what was going on around her. Lexi technically did bring them together- (not counting when Mason took him to the club and he saw her for the first time) but in the end Tristan and Charlie made it work for them. I loved how we saw little glimpses of everyone from the previous books; Bella and her family, Tristan’s parents and the very present and persistent Mason
I can’t wait for Mason’s story. I love this series and I love this author. Kudos Nikki, I’ll be waiting patiently.
I loved this! After reading Tapping Out, I really wanted to read Tristan’s book and Clinched did not disappoint! It was an emotional, beautiful and sweet romantic read! I loved Tristan alot! He’s so protective and sexy! His relationship with Lexi was everything. Lexi was adorable and the cutest kid ever! Charlie, she was so sweet and I really felt bad for her. I’m glad everything worked out for her and she was able to find Tristan and Lexi! Tristan and Charlie were perfect for each other! I loved them together! This was a great read and I definitely recommend it! Looking forward to reading Mason’s book!