PLAYING WITH FIRE by Cat Mason

Title:  PLAYING WITH FIRE

Series:  Grindstone Harbor #2

Author:  Cat Mason

Publisher:  Cat Mason

Publish Date:   07.27.2018

Category /Genre:  Romantic Comedy

Recommended for:  18+ due to sexual content

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

Received from:  Cat Mason (as an ARC gifted copy)

Goodreads link: Playing with Fire

Date completed: 07.21.2018

Description from the publisher:

It’s all fun and games until someone gets knocked up…

Being the bassist for Absent Without Leave and rocking sold out stadiums around the world with her brother and their best friends is all Quinn Baker has ever dreamed of.  Butting heads with lead guitarist, Tanner Hewitt, is just icing on the cake.  She teases him, he taunts her, though neither of them crosses the line, they always seem to be dancing around.

Until they do.

After a jealousy-fueled rage ends with her beneath him, Tanner is forced to take a hard look in the mirror and come to grips with everything he has kept bottled up. Knowing he has to put up or shut up, he heads back to Grindstone Harbor with two goals: record AWOL’s new album, and finally make Quinn his.

When bombshells are dropped, everyone is left trying to come to terms with the truth. Can Tanner and Quinn find a way to hold onto each other when the media once again take up residency in Grindstone Harbor to dig up the goods on the latest AWOL scandal? Or are they destined to be burned for playing with fire?

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PLAYING WITH FIRE is the second book in the Grindstone Harbor series.  They will need to be read in the order of release.

My list of what I loved about this book (in no particular order):

1.      More Moo

2.      More Tage & Bristol

3.      Laughing until I have tears in my eyes

4.      Laughing until I can’t breath

5.      Sexy, steamy, hawt, hawt, hawt

6.      The Pregasaurus

7.      SHAFT is back!

8.      It is Shaft Approved

9.      Cunter and Bacon

10.  Jazzy all grown up

11.  Family comes from the heart, not blood

12.  The chapter titles (do not skip reading them!)

My list of what I didn’t like about this book:

            1.

Yep, it’s blank.  I love, love, love this story and I’m looking forward to returning to Grindstone Harbor – hopefully soon!

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

Grindstone Harbor Series:

1.      Closer to You

2.      Playing with Fire

Also from Cat Mason:

·         Something Bad

Artistic Pricks Ink Series:

1.      Gravity

2.      Significance

3.      Solitude

Broken Roads Series:

1.      Without Regret

Into the Flames Series (with Katheryn Kiden):

1.      Homewrecker

Kittery Serial:

1.      Unhinged

Shaft on Tour Series:

1.      Escaping Me

2.      Facing Me

3.      Chasing Me

4.      Shafting the Halls

5.      Fighting Me

6.      Punishing Me

Twisted Mayhem Series:

1.      Retaliation

2.      Instigation

3.      Demolition

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HOMEWRECKER by Cat Mason and Katheryn Kiden

Title:  HOMEWRECKER

Series:  Into the Flames #1

Author:  Cat Mason and Katheryn Kiden

Publisher:  Fidem Publishing

Publish Date:   05.27.2015

Category /Genre:  Contemporary Romance

Recommended for:  18+ due to sexual content

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

Received from:  Cat Mason (as an ARC gifted copy)

Goodreads link: Homewrecker

Date completed: 07.09.2018

Description from the publisher:

My name is Kennedy Brooks and you're not going to like me.  Chances are you may even hate me, and that's okay, there are times I do too.
I had choices; we all do.  The ones that I made changed everything.
Before I knew it, the lines of right and wrong began to blur and I was consumed so deeply that I couldn't see a way out even if I wanted to.
The path I chose is not for the faint of heart, it isn't always sweet, but it's real.
What happens when all the things you have always wanted suddenly aren't all you want anymore?  What do you do when the forbidden screams your name and both parts of your life become as vital as the air you breathe?
You make a choice.
This is my story.

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HOMEWRECKER is the first book in the Into the Flames series.  This is a stand-alone contemporary romance.  It was released in 2015 and there hasn’t been a second book. 

From the beginning, Kennedy says you may not like her.  You may hate her.  She’s right!  She cheated on her husband, repeatedly!  Her husband, Gunnar’s best friend, Dixon claims he has loved her since they were just kids, but never spoke up before.

Still, this story isn’t simply about cheating and choosing.  If you think you know what this story is

about, you’re wrong.  Bring an open mind, a box of tissues, and a spare pair of panties (or two).

I’ll show my age a bit and tell you that I started humming the Mary Macgregor song “Torn Between Two Lovers,” which was very popular when I was in junior high school.

To tell you the truth, I was mad at Kennedy through most of this book – until it finally clicked – she needed both of them.  Then I loved all three of them and started hoping they could figure out a way to make everyone happy.  Now, you know I won’t tell you the decision she made and who was satisfied and who was mad.  I encourage you to set aside your pre-judged ideas and give it a chance.  I wasn’t sorry.  Let me know what you think.

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

Into the Flames Series (with Katheryn Kiden):

1.      Homewrecker

Also from Cat Mason:

·         Something Bad

Artistic Pricks Ink Series:

1.      Gravity

2.      Significance

3.      Solitude

Broken Roads Series:

1.      Without Regret

Grindstone Harbor Series:

1.      Closer to You

2.      Playing with Fire  (to be released 07.27.2018)

Kittery Serial:

1.      Unhinged

Shaft on Tour Series:

1.      Escaping Me

2.      Facing Me

3.      Chasing Me

4.      Shafting the Halls

5.      Fighting Me

6.      Punishing Me

Twisted Mayhem Series:

1.      Retaliation

2.      Instigation

3.      Demolition

Also from Katheryn Kiden:

·         A Beautiful Catastrophe

Against the Tides Series:

1.      Fall Out

2.      American Made

Rock Bottom Books Series:

1.      Hell Bent

Save Me Series:

1.      Where Words Fail

2.      Freeing Tuesday

3.      Hate Me Today

4.      Collaborate

5.      Sound Proof

Sinners & Saints Series:

1.      Sinner

2.      Saint

3.      Sinister

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