Title: Love Block
Series: Love Lock Duet #1
Author: S.M. West
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: August 22, 2019

Blurb

I’m screwed.
Pippa just showed up uninvited with plans of staying the weekend.
I can hardly handle an hour with her, let alone two days.
Despite more than a year of dodging her, nothing has changed.
She’s the only woman I want.
Smart and sexy and bold.
My best friend’s little sister.
Forbidden.
Denying my desire for her is torture.
And she doesn’t make it easy; she wants me too.

The thing is, making her mine means ruining my best friend.

Love Block is the first book in the Love Lock Duet. 





My Review 

OMGee, this is the absolute best first half of a duet!! I usually abhor a book where the end is not the end, but this one didn’t leave me feeling robbed, instead leaving me with a sense of satisfaction and gleeful anticipation. Oh sure, there are plenty of conflicts and fireworks to come, but there’s some definite contentment with at least some of these characters being left in a good place at the end of the first half of Drew and Pippa's story.

Drew and Pippa’s families have been friends for years, and Drew has known Pippa since she was a baby. She's best friends with his younger sister and he's best friends with Finn, her older brother. Finn trusts and respects Drew, but he still has one rule: hands off his sister. No matter how much Pippa has shown interest and flirted with Drew, he's honored Finn and his rule. And he's done an admirable job resisting Pippa, until she stays with him for a week to help him with home renovations. Pippa is determined to get what she wants and she wants Drew. Poor Drew doesn’t stand a chance.

This is an author I’ve been with since the beginning and her work keeps getting better and better. Her writing makes me forget everything but the story that has swept me into its vortex and is completely consuming me, and Drew and Pippa's is a barn burner. The tension is delicious, their chemistry is holy-smokes scorching and I was in agony waiting for these two to finally get together! Drew and Pippa's story is so electric, enchanting and intoxicating I devoured it easily in one sitting while the rest of the world disappeared. There are tugs to the heartstrings, touches of humor and just enough conflict to make this a well-rounded romance.

If you’re like me and hate cliffhangers, you probably steer clear of duets. If there ever was a part one of a duet to take a chance on, this is it. It offers enough at the end to leave you with some of that happy sigh we all love while creating the best kind of anticipation for what’s to come, yet not leaving you feeling like you’re missing something big. One click this one today so you'll be ready for the rest of Drew and Pippa's story in two weeks.

Get your copy using the links below then scroll down for author info and an awesome giveaway.  Until next time, dear reader

Much love between the covers,

BookAddict

*See my other reviews here.
AMAZON TOP 500 REVIEWER 

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Coming Soon


Releasing September 5, 2019



Author Bio


S.M. West writes contemporary romance, romantic suspense, erotica and whatever her heart desires. She spends most of her time juggling a day job, being a mom, wife, and writing. She's a self-professed junkie of many things, including a voracious fan of music, a born wanderer, a wine aficionado and chocolate connoisseur.

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