Montgomery Ink: Colorado Springs Book 1 The Montgomery Ink series continues with a spin-off in Colorado Springs, where a familiar Montgomery finds her place in a new tattoo shop, and in the arms of her best friend.
Adrienne Montgomery is finally living her dreams. She’s opened a tattoo shop with her brother, Shep, and two of her cousins from Denver and she’s ready to take the city by storm with … she’s ready to take the city by storm with her art—as long as she can handle the pressure. When her new neighbors decide her shop isn’t a great fit for the community, however, she’ll have to lean on the one person she didn’t expect to fall for along the way…her best friend.
Mace Knight takes pride in two things: his art and his daughter. He knows he’s taking a risk by starting over in a new shop with the Montgomerys, but the stakes are even higher when he finds himself wanting Adrienne more than he thought possible.
The two fall fast and hard but they know the rules; they can’t risk their friendship, no matter how hot it is between the sheets and how many people try to stand in their way.
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I love all of Carrie Ann’s books and the Montgomery Ink series is so amazing! I recommend you all check this one out, as well as ALL of her other books! SOOOO good!
Read as part of the Naked Love box set.
Mace and Adrienne have been best friends for years, and now that they are working together in the new Montgomery Ink shop, their lives are entwined even further. When Mace finds himself in the role of full time single dad, he knows he will need to lean on the Montgomery’s for help as he figures out how to juggle it all. Adrienne has a new weight running her family’s new shop that is welcome if unaccustomed. But when the shop becomes the target for vandalism, she fears the new business venture will suffer before it even gets off the ground.
I jumped into this because it is set in a city I am familiar with. Reading locations I know is always fun, and the plot arc surrounding the location in town fit perfectly and added a great background story. I could see these events playing out in certain parts of town, adding a bit of realism that fits with parts of this city.
I loved watching as Adrienne and Mace tested the waters between them. They were always fearful of hurting their friendship, but could also no longer ignore the attraction as part of their relationship.
I enjoyed getting to know the Montgomery family, as this is my first introduction to the family. This is a very large extended family, and though many cousins and others have had their own books written, I didn’t feel like I was missing anything by jumping in at the beginning of this series.
Emotionally charged, sweetly sexy, highly entertaining friends to so much more romance that will leave you breathless and craving more…..
Adrienne Montgomery is living her dream opening a new shop with her brother Shep and as an added bonus gets to also have her best friend with her. Mace Knight is sexy, charming and now a full time dad to his beautiful daughter that is his whole world. Starting over in a new shop is risky and there are some that are not happy with their new neighbors but in true Montgomery style they will band together and fight for family. Loved it!
Mace and Adrienne have been best friends and one night they went over the line. So they decided to keep it a secret and see where it goes. But life gets in the way and they don’t want to lose the friendship. Can they be more than friends? Great characters and storyline Highly recommended. Awesome Book. This is my first book by this author definitely not my last.
Too far into the series where there are too many characters. I hate that there is no research into what it means to be an actual tattoo artist, still. Details are what makes a story come alive. The actual friends to lovers is cute but it’s cluttered with too much crap. Sex is mediocre. Characters are cut and paste.
I love her books and the wonderful characters/worlds that she writes.
Great mix of suspense and romance. Makes me want to get a tattoo!
So what happens when best friends have hot, fabulous sex? That’s this story. Best friends Adrienne and Mace have a very interconnected relationship. Mace works for Adrienne at her new tattoo shop. They live near each other and secretly are attracted to each other. As each deals with major life changes, their attraction combust. Now what?
Love the entire series
love everything by this author
Enjoyable read
I absolutely LOVE your books! I think you are an amazing author!
Love this author!!
Unusual setting!
Carrie Ann Ryan’s Montgomery family is the family we all want. I am happy that she is still expanding that world.
I like her entire inked series. Easy to read.
Love Montgomery Ink series. Great story telling, steamy , and romantic. Characters all have unique personalities. Can’t wait to read next story…
I love the Montgomerys and the Knights and their series. This one has interesting issues with the custody case for him and then vigilante for the new shop. It is a friends to lover trope.
I struggled with ‘down to Colorado Springs’ because it is higher up in mountains. I had to look at a map to see it was actually South of Denver.
I skimmed / skipped a lot of the graphic sex scenes. Too repetitive and biologically explicit. No romance to them just lust. There were a lot of those scenes.
Absolutely love this series. Mace and Addi book didn’t disappoint. Loved all the characters. Single dad and best friend love. Not too much of a plot but like the progression of their love.
5 stars
Mace and Adrienne have been best friends for years. Adrienne and her brother open a new tattoo shop and Mace comes and works for them. When someone wants them to shut down, Adrienne turns to Mace, as she always does. But this time they have sex. Now at first they are both terrified they are going to ruin their relationship but decide to give it a go. When Mace’s little girl comes to live indefinitely with him, he acts like a jerk and tells her they should just go back being friends. Will Mace pull his head out of his a$$ before it’s too late?
Great story with a little suspense and plenty of ‘head board banging sex ‘. Mace’s little girl is adorable and Mace is a fantastic dad.