Falling in love is supposed to be the easy part.But nothing prepared me for losing my wife. I promised her that I’d love again. Find someone to mend my broken heart. And that seems impossible, until the day that I walk into Tilly Carter’s cupcake shop.I’ve never met a woman like her–sassy, dirty-mouthed, and smells like vanilla and sin. Someone that makes me want to sweep her off her feet.But … her feet.
But there’s pain in her emerald eyes that mirrors my own.
A past that neither of us can truly escape.
Now that I have her, I’ll do anything to keep her.
Hook is the third book in the STANDALONE USA Today bestselling Men of Inked: Southside series.
Book 1 – Maneuver
Book 2 – Flow
Book 3 – Hook
Book 4 – Hustle
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Feels ladies, you are going to have the effing FEELS while reading Hook by Chelle Bliss…her newest book she has written!!!
Gahh if you are like me, I can not get enough of Chelle’s Gallo men!! I know I sound like a broken record BUT I LOVE THEM!!! Annndddd if you have not read them, what the Hell y’all??? Get on tha Gallo train cuz you will fall head over heels for them!!! Of course each book I read, I think, ohh I love this Gallo boy more than the last, but then I read the next one and I am like..ohhh nooo he is my fav..haha Of course I do have my very fav but that’s for another time, we are here to talk about Angelo…swoon….YESS SWOON!!!
Angelo owns the bar-Hook next door to the new Cupcake shop going in. He happens to hear a loud noise and goes next door to investigate. Well he is met with a bit of cussing going on in the back of the Cupcake shop from a woman…lol He carefully follows all the cussing and he is met with a pretty funny sight. This is where all those sparks start flying, sassiness and that fun sexy banter all comes into play!! Tilly is the lady who cusses like a sailor that owns the Cupcake shop next to Angelo’s bar and Angelo is ready to help out anyway he can..lol
These two will have you laughen’ your butt off one minute, crying the next and fanning those faces due to the Hawtness factor you will have while reading. Chelle is one of my very fav authors to bring that heat while reading…she has that shit down!!! lol
Sooo ladies, again soo many feels while reading, I don’t want to give away too much cuz I want you to enjoy the story with no spoilers…Just know Hook is a definite read, a definite one click book!!!
***Hook is the third book in the STANDALONE USA Today bestselling Men of Inked: Southside series.
Book 1 – Maneuver
Book 2 – Flow
Book 3 – Hook
Book 4 – Hustle
So I have been a great fan and follower of Chelle’s since way back to the beginning. Was happy she was branching out to the Chicago Gallos. This is a story of two people who have been through what no one wants to go through and how they navigate to making a new beginning. Now while I enjoyed this book, it was not my favorite.Now let me say, I really don’t care for “deep feeling” books. So I will totally recommend this book to everyone because as usual it is well written and a good story line.
Holy cow!!!! First, your heart is going to be ripped from your body. Beautifully heartbreaking. Then, you are going to fall in love, and I mean head over heels in love with Angelo and Tilly. I cried, I laughed, I loved. Every time I think this series couldn’t possible get any better, somehow it does. I loved it.
if this book doesn’t make you shed tears, well i am not sure what to say about you.
This book tore me to pieces and then put me back together again when 2nd chances at love come and change someone completely.
Title: Hook
Author: Chelle Bliss
Publication Date: January 15, 2019
What a beautifully written book that had me crying more than once and still unable to put the book down.
So many feels on this must read book.
Ok, I need more than five stars for this one! Hook is the third book in the Men of Inked: Southside series and the prologue simply gutted me. After a beginning like that, there was no way that I could not keep turning the pages.
Tilly and Angelo are perfect for one another and have a second chance at love. His kids are great, I always love a book with children and little Tate is wise beyond her years. The other characters in this book are amazing, I loved Roger and of course all of the Gallos. Cannot wait for the next book in this series.
Get ready for an emotional read, from sad tears to happy tears and a few giggles in between!!
Chelle has hit another one out of the park with this hauntingly beautiful story of death and healing. A story of two equally broken-hearted people who come to grips with their grief and learn to live. Angelo lost his wife to cancer and is left heart broken and raising two kids. Angelo is oh so handsome and sexy as he runs his families bar along with His brothers and sister. Tilley is the beautiful cupcake baker who lost her husband five years before when he did not come home from the service. Tilley is alone in the world except for her brother in law Roger. This is the story of faith, fate, family, love and healing as these two broken hearts heal and they search for happiness. Definitely a great fast read you won’t forget.. as you become part of the Gallo’s family. Five plus stars.
Oh my goodness! This book is everything you want a romance to be. Heartbreaking, heartwarming, funny, sexy and oh so good. The chemistry between Antonio and Tilley is jolting. The adorable way they begin to dip their toes into the murky waters of dating again is so sweet. The way they lift each other up through shared pain and loss is so satisfying. Add in two cute little kids and ALL of the opinionated Gallo family along with Roger, Tilley’s brother-in-law and you have laughter waiting to happen. I loved everything about this book, even the sad tears.
I think Chelle Bliss could write a how-to manual and make us laugh and cry and cheer. I so adore all of the books about this family and everything Chelle write. Now we wait for Vinnie. 😀
Loved this book!!
Love this family!
Recommend as a Great Read..!
Angelo is content with his life. He loves his kids more than anything. He has his bar. He is content, but he definitely is NOT ready to move on. His wife was his everything and even though his family is pushing him to move on and open his heart to love again, he just isn’t ready. He may never be ready. That is until he meets the quirky and sassy owner of the cupcake shop next door. Between her beauty, sincerity, and her tendency to argue with inanimate objects, Angelo can’t seem to get her out of his head. But he sees something in her eyes. Something he is all too familiar with. The pain of losing someone.
What a stunning story of love, passion, and healing. This was by far my favorite book of the series, yet. My heart felt so much for these two. I felt their pain, heartache, longing, and the healing. I fell in love with their journey. Tilly’s quirkiness and sassy attitude made for such a fun experience. Absolute 5 star read!
While this is a story featuring the pain of a great loss it’s also one that shows love really can conquer all.
Oh. My. Days! This book! My heart and soul ripped apart in the prologue. And then slowly but surely they were both pieced back together as if I was part of Angelo and Tilly’s journey. This book will take everything from you and then give it back in spades! What a heartbreakingly beautiful story that gives you hope, joy and so much love from this amazing family.
Outstanding! A real tear jerker but with a happy ending. So sad to see one person experience so much anguish but also knowing that it happens.
Boy does Chelle Bliss pull on your heart strings with this one! I was in tears several times. But overall a wonderful book and great continuation of the Southside Gallo’s.
It has been quite a while since I read a book like this. One that will leave you sitting, staring a way, reflecting, as tears fall down your face, wondering what in the world the author just put you through. Last time I had that happen, I had just read TAKING CHANCES by Molly McAdams, and let me tell you what. That book ripped me. It ripped me in half. Literally. For days, I wandered around in a stupor, reflecting on it. Chelle Bliss has just done that to me again with this book.
I cried. I got angry. I got happy. I cried again, got angry, threw my Kindle once, and wanted to call up Ms. Bliss and ask her why she insisted on torturing me. But, I didn’t. I read on. I fell in love with Angelo, hook, line and sinker. His tortured soul after his wife passed away, oh my gosh, I wanted to be there to put his pieces back together for him. And Tilly…….bless. Her pain was my pain.
It takes an incredibly talented author to hold me like that. To make me feel every. Single. Emotion. This book getting 5 stars in not justice enough. It needs way more than that. This book is definitely coming recommended from me with the highest of highs and hats off, and all the glory that can possibly be given to it. Ms. Bliss, I can not wait for another incredible story like this one and hope that all the feels are wrapped up in the next one just like this one. Well done.
*I received this book for free from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.*Chelle Bliss
My favorite Southside book and I loved the other two!
Angelo held a piece of my heart from the first book.
His pain was so prominent it came to life off of the kindle pages.
What a beautiful man Angelo is both inside and out.
His priorities are his children and his work.
The love of his life has past and he believes that it for him as far as love goes.
Enter Tilly.
What a fantastic lady she is!
I just fell in love with her from the first scene.
She’s sassy and so freaking lovable.
But she’s also got the same kind of deep heartache as Angelo.
Together these two exceptional characters pulled at my heartstrings,gutted me emotionally and the tears were flowing freely.
I loved everything about this beautiful book of a second chance at love.
But most especially the letters.
Omg those letters were incredible!
Ms. Bliss outdid herself in this beautiful love story.
This series is getting hotter and sexier! This is a beautiful heart wrenching read about Angelo and Tillie. Their love is so beautiful and true. I couldn’t stop reading until I finished this sexy intriguing wonderful story. I knew going in that this was going to be emotional read but it was also so heart warming and sexy when you see the main characters get a second chance for an all encompassing love. Love this awesome series and I can’t wait to read more by Chelle Bliss
I’m 100% “Hooked” on the Gallo family!
I’m a big fan of Chelle Bliss’ Men of Inked series, so I expected great things from this book and I was NOT disappointed! With each new incarnation of this family I find myself deeper and deeper in love.
Chelle’s characters are multi-layered and relatable, she creates sexy alpha males like no other! Angelo Gallo is perfection! He’s the best combination of virile male while having a sensitive side. The heroine Tilley is a beautiful soul inside and out. She’s spunky, thoughtful and the light Angelo needed in the dark. What’s even better is that the Gallo family is real- they’re loud and annoying but share unconditional love and support for one another. Each and every character is important to the story, they’re fully realized and not just background or filler.
I was drawn in from the very first chapter, deeply moved by the beautifully crafted story of losing someone you love. I cried and cried! The author creates a easy readability that continually brings you back for more. The characters feel like they’re people you know, their stories staying with you. Watching them figure out how to negotiate guilt and grief and fight for a second chance at love pulls at every emotion.
I would highly recommend this book to anyone who loves a well written, well rounded love story.
Even though I cried reading it, it was almost cathartic for me. There are times during grief and the following years after losing someone, especially to a disease like cancer, that something as simple as snow falling (that will always get me) will catch you off guard and it just punches you in the gut making you feel that pain all over again… even though that time it may not be as hard of a punch.
That is what this book was at the beginning – a good solid punch to the gut…
I love how Chelle gave such a realistic telling of finding love after loss, while still honoring those they lost. Bliss wrote this story in such a way that you cannot help smiling through your tears and having your heart slowly put back together in such a joyous way. Tate was a shining star in this journey and I got some great giggles at her parts. I love getting to see how the family has continued to grow and what they have to look forward to.
Another terrific story in the Southside series with the wonderful Gallo family. We get to see our old friends from previous stories plus meet a new super couple in the spirited Tilly and the heartbroken Angelo. He’s so swoon worthy like all the other Gallo hunks but he’s has a saddest about him because of his tragic past. Lots of emotion in this story along with the great family and friends atmosphere and some humor. Great writing helms this sexy romance with fantastic characters. Can’t wait for the next story in the series. I voluntarily reviewed an ARC.