LOCKED & LOADED by Jade C. Jamison

Title:  LOCKED & LOADED

Series:  Bullet #6

Author:  Jade C. Jamison

Publish Date:    02.01.2016

Publisher:  Jade C. Jamison

Category /Genre:  Romance

Recommended for:  18+ due to sexual content

Grammar/editing:  book received as an unedited ARC / errors excused

Received from:  Jade C. Jamison (as an ARC gifted copy)

Goodreads link:  Locked & Loaded

Date completed:  01.10.16

  

Description from the publisher:

 Is it too much to believe that someone keeps returning to your life because it’s meant to be?

Zane Carson is an idealistic young man with one big skeleton in his closet when he first meets Jennifer Manders in college.  They date only to break up soon after.  The sexual attraction is like an electromagnet but they fight like alley cats.  The relationship just isn’t worth it.

Zane’s band Fully Automatic breaks big about the same time Jennifer finishes college.  One summer afternoon, they meet for coffee and sparks fly once more.  It’s off again, on again, but they just can’t make it work and break it off for good, deciding it’s not worth the effort.

But Zane is drawn to her and, during a break in the music action, he tracks her down again, willing to change himself for her and needing to give her one last try.  The attraction is as strong as ever, but now Jennifer is hiding something from Zane—something big, something that threatens to extinguish the spark for good.  When Zane discovers her secret, will he be able to forgive her or will that be the end?

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This is the sixth in the Bullet series and they do need to be read in order.

Once again, Jade C. Jamison has proven her rightful claim to the title as the Queen of Rock Romance.  Sex, drugs, and rock-n-roll have their dark side and there are no cookies here!  There is heartache and demons.  Still, there can be redemption, if you truly seek it.  It’s not easy, but it is worth it.

Zane knows where his heart is, but Jenn has given him the second, third, and fourth chance.  How many times can a heart be torn out and still beat?

I loved this story of slowly rebuilding trust and fated love.

I’m so sad to see the end of this era of Bullet.  On the other hand, I can’t wait to see where we will be taken next!

Note:  While I received this book as a gifted ARC, my opinions are my own and are given freely.

Bullet series:

1.      Bullet

2.      Rock Bottom

3.      Feverish

4.      Fully Automatic

4.5  Christmas Stalkings

5.      Slash & Burn

6.      Locked & Loaded

Also from Jade C. Jamison:

·         All I Want for Christmas is the Hot Guy in the Santa Suit

·         Charade

·         Crossing the Line (previously Stating His Case)

·         Dream Guy

·         Fabric of Night

·         Finger Bang

·         Laid Bare (formerly Worst Mother)

·         MADversary

·         Old House

·         Picture Perfect

·         Punctured, Bruised, and Barely Tattooed

·         Savage

·         Substitute Boyfriend

·         Then Kiss Me

·         To Save Him

Codie Snow Series:

1.      Fool Me Once

Feverish Series:

1.      Feverish

1.5 Boiling Point

2.      Scorched

Heat Series:

1.      Heat

Nicki Sosebee Series:

1.      Got the Life

2.      Dead

3.      No Place to Hide

4.      Right Now

5.      One More Time

6.      Lost

7.      Innocent Bystander

8.      Blind

9.      Fake

10.  Lies

11.  Dead Bodies Everywhere

Tangled Web Series:

1.      Tangled Web

2.      Everything But

3.      Seal All Exits

The Vagabonds series:

1.      On the Run

2.      On the Road

3.      On the Rocks

Wishes series:

1.      Be Careful What You Wish For

2.      Secret Wishes (not yet released)

3.      Carnal Wishes (not yet released)

4.      Dangerous Wishes (not yet released)

 

AMAZON-US

AMAZON-UK

BARNES&NOBLE

KOBO

ITUNES

GOOGLE PLAY

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**warning – contains explicit language

 “Oh, Zane, this place is amazing. Why haven’t I ever heard of it before?”

“I can tell you exactly why. Three reasons.” She raised her eyebrows as he raised his index finger. “One, it’s almost downtown, and I know you avoid downtown like the plague. If I recall, you said something about rather losing a limb than walk the Sixteenth Street Mall again.”

“I said that?”

“Yeah.”

“Well…maybe that was a little drastic.”

“Yeah, probably.” He lifted the bottle of Dos Equis and then said, “Two, it’s a little hole in the wall. It doesn’t advertise like some of the bigger restaurants—no billboards, no newspaper ads, shit like that.”

Jennifer nodded. “Okay, yeah. And what’s number three?”

Zane leaned over the table and whispered. “It’s kind of a dive.” Jennifer couldn’t help but giggle. “But in a good way.”

She laughed out loud at that. “Yeah, definitely.” She picked up a chip and dipped it in the warm queso next to Zane’s bottle. “The food is amazing so far.”

“Just wait.”

The waiter came by with a pitcher. “More water, señorita?”

“Please.” After the waiter was back on his way, she said to Zane, “I love it. I love the people and I even love that stupid TV in the corner.”

Zane glanced over. “Yeah, well…”

“No, seriously. They don’t have the sound on, but it somehow makes it feel like home in here, you know? Lights and movement, but the sounds are coming from the kitchen and some weird soundtrack.”

Zane breathed through his nose, putting on a look of mock horror and said, “What if it’s our soundtrack?”

“What do you mean?”

“What if this is our movie? A movie about our lives…and that’s the soundtrack?”

“Three things.”

Zane grinned. “What?”

“One…if this is our movie, it’s pretty damn boring. No car chases, no sex scenes, no snappy dialogue—”

“Says who? My dialogue’s plenty snappy.”

“Two, the soundtrack sucks.”

“Well, don’t be telling them that.”

“And…I don’t have a three. I guess just two.”

A smirk covered Zane’s face. “And we can take care of the sex scene later.”