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ALWAYS IN
Author: M.R. Joseph

The Shore Series #2

~ SYNOPSIS ~

My name is Raphael Cruz. I was once a man made up of only flesh and bone. Never feeling, just existing. I indulged in the pleasures that others gave to me, and those I gave to them. That's all it was—pleasure. Physical pleasure. No emotions, no attachments. I didn't need all those feelings, didn't want them. There was no longing for love, no longing to let anyone in. Until I found her. And I gave in.

Harlow Hannum showed me what love was all about. I savored it and held it close, not even knowing I really wanted it in my life. She made me feel loved. She made me accept love. She taught me how to love in return. My heart was open to it all. My heart was hers. It belonged to her. But, she never knew. And then lies, deceit and betrayal forced me to lose the one thing that made me more than a man who just existed.

I should have told her I loved her when I had the chance. I should have told her I gave in to all the powers that love possess.

Will I ever have the chance to tell her? Will my past mistakes never give me that chance?

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Always In 

by M.R. Joseph

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**I received an ARC from the author for an honest review.**

***If you haven't DO NOT read the rest of this review***

So, going into this book I am already just reeling from the way the last one ended and I just can not wait to read it so I can know what happens. Well, when I start I do not like where it is heading. I figured that this is the turn Harlow and Cruz's story would take, but I did not like it. Because by this time I am Team Cruz all the way. 

So... If you have read the first book in this series Giving In you know that it ends with terrible accident and Harlow is in a coma with a very sad Cruz that refuses to leave her bedside. When this book starts things are so much worse than either have would have expected. Cruz is so lost and does not know how he can get the love of his life back all the while Harlow has no clue that anyone is in love with her and she is in love with him. There are so many things that happen in this book and so many emotions that I was constantly sniffling while reading. 

I just did not know how to feel about Harlow trying to start living again after he accident. I wanted her to be with Cruz, but at the same time I understood that the Cruz she now knows is the man whore she first met. I think that I was more connected to Cruz in this book. I was so frustrated with Harlow and the blind choices she made because she was scared. But at the same time I can understand because she is flooded with memories and feelings all the while she is having new feelings for another person. She is confused and does not know what to do, but it is the way she handles them that  gets me frustrated and sad for Cruz. 

After trying all that he can do Cruz finally walks away and I was so so sad. I just could not see how this book was going to end. I do not want to give away the ending, only let me say it is not how I thought it was going to end. We were getting down to the last pages and I honestly did not see it coming. This series is great and I definitely recommend reading it. I am excited to see what comes next with this series. I like this authors writing style and she does a great job with the male POV. 

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GIVING IN

The Shore Series #1

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Raphael Cruz doesn't do it. He just doesn't. Cruz doesn't fall in love. He's a "get in and get out" kind of guy. Ladies love him and fall all over him for his swoon worthy good looks and overwhelming sex appeal. He knows how to talk to them and tells them exactly what they want to hear. When he's done making them scream his name, he shows them straight to the door. The meaning of the word love doesn't exist in his world. But that could all change with a wink of a girl's eye... And one hot-as-hell romp in a bar bathroom.

Harlow Hannum is your typical girl-next-door. She has the brains, the beauty, and the money. What she doesn't have is the luxury of being someone's first choice in the game of love. She always comes in a distant second place, leaving her guarded with her feelings. Lies, betrayal, and secrets of her past follow her wherever she goes, no matter how hard she tries to hide them. That is until she's reunited with the one guy who can ignite the spark in her heart that's been extinguished for so long.

With sunny days, heated nights, and love lingering in the air in the beach town of Sandy Cove anything can happen. Especially when fate steps in for Harlow and Cruz. Will their blossoming friendship turn into unexpected love or will the collision of their opposing worlds be the end of what could have been?

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Giving In 

by M.R. Joseph

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**I received a copy of this book from the author for an honest review.**

I LOVE this book. There are so many different emotions that ran through me the entire time reading this book. The storyline is great and well written as well as the characters. This is book one in a The Shore Series and I will definitely be reading the rest of them. 

So, we start this series with Cruz and Harlow. Harlow is trying to find herself and happiness and is going to spend the summer with her friends on the Jersey Shore after a year full of craziness and heartbreak. She just wants to have fun while trying to find herself a job as a teacher once summer is over. She has a run in with "dickcop" on her first night there and as it turns out she actually knows who he is. At first she his furious and does not want to be in the same area as he is, but things change and so do the both of them. This book is told in dual POV and I am a huge sucker for a male POV and this one did NOT disappoint.

So, 'dickcop' turns out to be Cruz. The super sexy male POV that we get. He is a self proclaimed man whore who is set in his ways. There is never ever going to be just one lady for this guy. But as most romance books go things slowly start to change for him.  He fights it, but it is no use he ends up giving in. 

This story is filled with some sadness, love, sweet sweet gestures and some oh so sexy ones too. Somethings are kept from Harlow that Cruz is embarrassed about, and it ends up working against him and the demise of their relationship. By the time he realizes that it was a mistake if could be too late. This is a very emotional book and I just could not keep my eyes dry, but at the same time it is fun and light the way a summer romance should be only this goes a little further with a lot more. The ending of this book is  a cliffhanger so I am so glad that I did not read it until book two is almost out and I was able to read it as well, because I would have been dying to know what happens. As it happens I was able to read and review them at the same time and I am so glad that I did. This is a wonderful series with some powerful emotions. 

~ ABOUT THE AUTHOR ~

M.R. Joseph 

I'm a book enthusiast, turned author, who loves all things "Happily Ever After". 

My first book, 'Reunion' debuted in November, 2012. Meant only to be a Christmas gift to my family and closest friends, word got out, and here I am. The second in the series, 'You Belong With Me', released in March, 2013, and the final installment in the series, 'Letters to Luca', released August 2013.

Mom and wife by day, writer of contemporary romance by night, I believe in soul mates, true love, and all that mushy stuff.

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