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SECOND TO NONE is the third instalment in KA Linde’s contemporary, adult COASTAL CHRONICLES erotic, romance series. This is actress Josephine ‘Josie’ Reynolds, and designer Maddox Nelson’s story line. SECOND TO NONE can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary.

Told from first person perspective (Josie) using present day and memories from the past, cover several years in the life of our heroine, SECOND TO NONE follows the acrimonious and heart breaking relationship between Josie and Maddox. Josie is best friends with Maddox’s twin sister Marley but Marley had made Josie promise never to date her brother. The attraction between Maddox and Josie was palpable, and throughout the years Josie and Maddox would get together, break up, and eventually destroy one another’s hearts. Josie had always wanted to be a movie director but her first attempt was a disaster, and an offer to audition for a television show, would make our heroine a star. Maddox, jealous of Josie’s direction in life, a direction that no longer included our story line hero, went on to become an academy award winning set designer something of which Josie was proud. Fast forward to present day wherein Josie has been called back to Savannah Georgia, in an effort to film a movie finalizing the television show that was such a success but our heroine never expected to come face to face with her soulmate, the man who destroyed her heart years before. Enter Maddox Nelson. What ensues is the rebuilding romance and relationship between Maddox and Josie, as our couple must come to terms with the past, paving way for a possible future for our story line couple.

Meanwhile, Josie has been estranged from her mother since she was twelve years old. Having lived with her father, a struggling artist, Josie never understood why her mother had abandoned our heroine for what appeared to be bigger and better things but her mother’s journal would reveal the truth, a truth that would bring Josie closer to her family, and to the success she once had.

The relationship between Josie and Maddox is an emotional roller coaster as our couple are constantly pushing one another away. Maddox and Josie have never stopped loving one another but they were often in different places at different times, and Maddox struggled with Josie’s success in the face of his own. Their rekindling relationship, brought together by forced proximity in the world of movie making, finds Josie looking back, wondering where everything went wrong. The $ex scenes are intimate, passionate and intense without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

There is a large ensemble cast of colorful and energetic secondary and supporting characters many of whom we have met throughout the series. We are introduced to Josie’s mother Rebecca, and her father Charles. Ash and Amelia’s story is next in WAIT FOR ALWAYS.

SECOND TO NONE is a complex and detailed story of family, friendships, relationships, secrets and love. The premise is captivating ; the romance is seductive and intense; the characters are charismatic and dynamic-the back and forth frenetic friendships remind me of the cast of FRIENDS™ without the humor or laugh track.

4.25 stars-- SERVES ME WRIGHT is the ninth instalment in the contemporary, adult WRIGHT world erotic, romance series by KA Linde. This is winery owner Julian Wright, and photographer Jennifer Gibson’s story line. SERVES ME WRIGHT can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Jennifer and Julian) SERVES ME WRIGHT follows the friends to lovers, fake relationship between winery owner Julian Wright, and photographer Jennifer Gibson. Jennifer Gibson needed a plus one for her brother’s graduation in an effort to avoid a confrontation with her mother.: Julian Wright needed a plus one for a winery event, in an effort to avoid his villainous ex, so to appease the need in one another, Julian and Jennifer offered each other up in a fake relationship, a relationship that was about to turn into something more. What ensues is the building romance and relationship between Julian and Jennifer, and the potential fall-out as Julian’s ex begins to make life difficult for our story line couple.

Jennifer Gibson fell in love with Julian Wright the first time they met but our heroine struggles with severe anxiety, so severe that, at time, medication is required to prevent panic attacks. Believing Jennifer was overtly shy and didn’t want anything to do with him, Julian Wright battled between head and heart until he finally gave in to his attraction to the woman with whom he would fall in love but a family crisis, and a failed attempt at a merger, places Julian in the line of trouble, and he is about to destroy the only woman he has ever loved.

Meanwhile, Julian’s father Owen Wright has returned following several years absent, and the abandonment of his wife when she needed him the most. Julian’s brother Jordan was willing to listen to what Owen’s father needed to say but Julian didn’t trust the man that broken his mother’s heart. Not only has Owen destroyed his family but along the way, several new bits of information are about to throw the siblings in another family spiral.

The relationship between Julian and Jennifer is a friends to fake lovers in an effort to appease people in their lives but Jennifer is in love with Julian Wright, and fears her heart is about to shatter if Julian discovers the truth about her emotional disorders. Julian has lusted after Jennifer for as long as he can remember but his vindictive ex is about to destroy the love between our story line couple. The $ex scenes are intimate and passionate without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

There is a large ensemble cast of colorful, energetic and familiar secondary and supporting characters including many of the former story line couples. We are Jennifer’s brother Chester, and their parents Connie and Dan Gibson, as well as the return of Julian’s ex Ashleigh Sinclair, Julian’s estranged parents Owen and Helena Wright, and rockstar Campbell Abbey.

SERVES ME WRIGHT is a story of family, friendships, relationships and love; of secrets and lies, betrayal, acceptance and forgiveness. The premise is emotional and captivating; the romance is tender and compelling; the characters are sassy, strong, and inspiring.

WRIGHT WITH BENEFITS is a contemporary, adult, stand alone set in KA Linde’s erotic, romance WRIGHT WORLD series. This is Jordan Wright, and med-student Annie Donoghue’s continuing story line. Jordan and Annie’s story begins in the prequel novella ONE WRIGHT STAND. You do not have to have read the original series to understand or follow the premise. WRIGHT WITH BENEFITS begins the latest arc of the author’s Wright World series.

Told in five parts, from dual first person perspectives (Annie and Jordan) WRIGHT WITH BENEFITS picks up three years after Jordan and Annie’s one night-stand. Jordan met Annie at a local café then again at the annual Wright pool party where a wild night together ended when Jordan walked out without looking back. Jordan claimed he was only in Lubbock, Texas for a very short time but much to Annie’s dismay Jordan moved to her home town a few weeks later, and as much as possible, she strategically avoided our hero for close to three years until the day from h*ll forced Annie to accept Jordan’s help when she needed it the most. Old feelings and emotions came to the surface but Annie was determined to keep their relationship a ‘friends with benefits’, a line Annie refused to cross as she was desperate to leave Lubbock in search for a more prestigious hospital to work. Jordan Wright knew he had hurt Annie but three years would pass and Annie continued to struggle with what she believed was betrayal, a betrayal that had broken all of her trust. What ensues is the rebuilding friendship and relationship between Annie and Jordan, and the potential fall-out as Jordan begins to push Annie out of his life, and Annie must come to a decision about her future with or without our story line hero.

Annie Donoghue is a feisty, determined heroine who battles between head and heart as it pertains to Jordan Wright. On one hand, she wants everything Jordan is willing to give but refuses to ‘name’ their relationship anything but a friends with benefits. Having no plans to remain in Lubbock Texas, Annie gives off mixed signals at every opportunity, signals that don’t endear the heroine to this voracious reader. Jordan Wright has fallen in love with our story line heroine and will do anything to keep their relationship together but a family crises forces Jordan pick sides, and our hero begins to push Annie out of his life.

The relationship between Annie and Jordan begins as a one-night stand but three years will pass before Annie accepts Jordan back into her life. Best friends with Jordan’s cousin Sutton, Annie struggled with each encounter with our story line hero until desperation forces Annie to accept Jordan back into her life. A distinct lack of communication, miscommunication and mixed signals does not bode well for this story line couple. The $ex scenes are intimate, passionate and intense.

There is a large ensemble cast of secondary and supporting characters including Jordan’s brother Julian, and his girlfriend Ashleigh, and their business partner /cousin Hollin Abbey, musician/cousin Campbell; Annie’s friends Sutton Wright, Cezanne and Jennifer, as well as Blaire, Piper and her brother Peter, Annie’s ex Chase Sinclair, and several characters from the author’s Wright World series including Jensen, Austin and Morgan Wright.

WRIGHT WITH BENEFITS is a story of family and friendships, relationships and acceptance, betrayal, misunderstanding, friendships, angst and love. The character driven premise is fast paced, entertaining and impassioned ; the chemistry is sizzling and hot; the characters are animated, stubborn, and energetic but it was Annie’s attitude, and back and forth, up and down reaction to EVERYTHING that involved our story line hero that quickly got old, very fast.