Book Review : Something Real (Reckless & Real, #2) by Lexi Ryan

Something Real

Reckless & Real, #2
by Lexi Ryan

Release Date:
March 3rd, 2015

Publisher:
Ever After LLC

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Synopsis:

After everything blew up on Christmas, Liz walked away from me, and I let her. She said she needed space and a chance to pursue her dreams. But we both knew she was running from the mess she made. Now the political campaign she used as an excuse to leave is bringing us back together and I’m proving to her what she really needs—not just the hot nights, greedy hands, and undeniable physical chemistry. What she really needs is something real. What she really needs…is me.

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Reckless & Real Series on Goodreads

My Review of Something Reckless HERE

Review:

A couple of months ago, I read Something Wild and Something Reckless by Lexi Ryan. The first two installments of her Reckless and Real Series left me on the edge of my seat! I could not wait to read the conclusion of Liz and Sam's story! I highly recommend your read Something Wild and Something Reckless before you sink your teeth into Something Real.

I can't give too much away of what happened in this book because I don't want to spoil the major twist that happened in Something Reckless. What I will say is that when I read the last few pages of that book, I was left speechless asking myself, WTH did I just read?? Oh my God! I did not see that twist coming AT ALL!!!! I knew that the last installment of this story was going to be intense and filled with unexpected twists once again. Liz and Sam's journey has been a roller coaster ride of emotions since the very beginning.

Liz and Sam once again captivated my attention from beginning to end. Their chemistry is HOT! When these two are in the same room you can feel the tension. Five months have passed since that night that changed their life. During those five months, they both have grown individually, but they also realized that together is where they are meant to be. Their journey to finding their HEA is far from easy. It's filled with Lies, secrets and betrayals.

Overall, I was really happy with how everything turned out for Liz and Sam. All of the answers that I was waiting for have been answered in Something Real. I loved how all the supporting characters were integrated in their story. I will definitely be reading more of Lexi Ryan's book! Her books have been an amazing reading escape! 

Rating:

I give, Something Real, by Lexi Ryan, 4 sexy, scandalous, intense, passion filled stars!

Teasers:

Playlist:

From Lexi: 

Because I so frequently have to switch gears at the drop of a hat—from Mom to writer, from the business side of writing to drafting an intensely emotional scene—I rely on music to quickly plant me in the zone for any given book. Every time I start to write a book, I create a playlist that makes me think of the characters and I listen to it and add to it as I write. Here’s what I was listening to while I was writing Something Real. I hope you like it! 

Amnesia—5 Seconds of Summer 

Over You—Ingrid Michaelson (feat. A Great Big World) 

How Long Will I Love You—Ellie Goulding 

You Ruin Me—The Veronicas 

Don’t—Ed Sheeran 

All You Had to Do Was Stay—Taylor Swift 

Changed by You—Between the Trees 

Thinking Out Loud—Ed Sheeran 

Crazy in Love—Sofia Karlberg 

Love Me Like You Do—Ellie Goulding

About the Author:

New York Times and USA Today bestselling romance author Lexi Ryan’s novels have been described as intense, emotional, and wickedly sexy. A former college professor, she now writes full-time from her home in Indiana, where she lives with her husband, two children, and a neurotic dog. Find her on Facebook or Twitter to chat about books, TV, and her children’s latest antics.


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Reckless & Real #2

Adult Contemporary

Release: March 3, 2015

After everything blew up on Christmas, Liz walked away from me, and I let her. She said she needed space and a chance to pursue her dreams. But we both knew she was running from the mess she made. Now the political campaign she used as an ex- cuse to leave is bringing us back together and I’m proving to her what she really needs—not just the hot nights, greedy hands, and undeniable physical chemistry. What she really needs is something real. What she really needs…is me.

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Reckless and Real #1

Release: December 2014

He talks dirty to me, but I don’t know his name.
He wants to tie me up, but I don’t know his face. He turns me on, but I couldn’t point him out in a crowd.
I’ve fallen for an anonymous stranger, and tonight the anonymity ends. Tonight I want more than typed secrets and texted promises. I want something reckless. Heat. Passion. The thrill of being entirely possessed.
Because I suspect this anonymous stranger isn’t a stranger at all.

Lizzy Thompson met riverrat69 online through Something Real, a service promising to deliver meaningful relationships by forbidding its users to share names or photos until they’ve reached a certain benchmark. She was looking for love. He was researching an investment. They hit it off. Talked and flirted, hid behind screen names and cartoon avatars.
Now they’re breaking the rules and meeting in person. But Liz is prepared. She’s picked up hints and followed clues.
She’s ninety-percent convinced she’s discovered the identity of her dirty-talking online friend.

She wonders if her ex-lover Sam Bradshaw knows her identity too.
When she rolls the dice on one reckless night, her chance at something real could crumble.

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Excerpt:

Sam 

Security had better not have let one of those asshole journalists from downstairs up to my floor. I swear, those soul suckers would do anything to get a new detail to add to their nothing stories. I open the door without removing the chain and feel as if I’ve been punched in the gut when I see the woman on the other side. 

Liz is worrying her lower lip between her teeth and watching down the hall. Is she looking for Sabrina or trying to make sure no one sees her coming to my room? My insides twist at the sight of her—an internal tug-of-war between conflicting emotions. I want to pull her into my room and kiss her until she can’t see straight, touch her until she promises never to leave me again, and at the same time, I want to demand that she go back to her room because having her close makes me hope for things I can’t have. 

I remove the chain and tug her inside by the arm before closing the door behind her. 

“No one saw me,” she says, her eyes locked on the floor. “I made sure.” 

“I saw you,” I growl. It’s painful to be this close—to breathe her air, to smell her perfume. I never knew how much it could hurt to want and be denied. 

She swallows and avoids my eyes. “Is she here?” 

“What do you want, Liz?” 

She lifts her head and stares at me. “Is she here?”

“Sabrina’s on her way to meet her mom in South Dakota for a campaign stop.” 

Her gaze dips to my bare chest and back up. “I’m surprised they didn’t ask you to go with them.” 

“They did. I declined.” I sound like a fucking dickhead, and I make myself take two steps back so I don’t do something equally dickish. Like kiss her until she melts in my arms and forgets about the other guy, until we both forget that this is hopeless. 

“I’m sorry that video was leaked. You didn’t deserve that invasion of your privacy.” 

She has red lipstick on, and it matches her shoes. Ever since I saw her tonight, I’ve been picturing her on her knees in nothing but those shoes, those red lips stretched around my cock. I can’t help myself, and I skim my thumb over her bottom lip. 

The second I touch her, she draws in a ragged breath. “You came to my apartment yesterday.” 

“I did.” 

“Why?” 

I trail my thumb down her neck and over the red strap of her dress. “Probably for the same reason you came here tonight.” 

“To talk about Sabrina?” 

“You knocked on my door in the middle of the night to talk about Sabrina?” I follow the strap down and graze my fingers across her cleavage. 

“Is this about her, or is it about you and me?” 

“There is no you and me,” she says. “We both know that.” 

“There’s so much you and me, there’s no air left when we share a room. 

There’s always you and me.” 

“Even when you’re making sex tapes with someone else?” 

“And even when you’re keeping warm in another man’s arms.” 

Something Real Playlist 

From Lexi: 

Because I so frequently have to switch gears at the drop of a hat—from Mom to writer, from the business side of writing to drafting an intensely emotional scene—I rely on music to quickly plant me in the zone for any given book. Every time I start to write a book, I create a playlist that makes me think of the characters and I listen to it and add to it as I write. Here’s what I was listening to while I was writing Something Real. I hope you like it! 

Amnesia—5 Seconds of Summer 

Over You—Ingrid Michaelson (feat. A Great Big World) 

How Long Will I Love You—Ellie Goulding 

You Ruin Me—The Veronicas 

Don’t—Ed Sheeran 

All You Had to Do Was Stay—Taylor Swift 

Changed by You—Between the Trees 

Thinking Out Loud—Ed Sheeran 

Crazy in Love—Sofia Karlberg 

Love Me Like You Do—Ellie Goulding 

About the Author

Once a college English professor, I now write full time. I live in rural Indiana, where, when I’m not writing, I get to hang out with my husband and two kids--a six-year-old boy and a two-year-old hellion, er, girl. Not surprisingly, reading and writing remain my favorite activities, though both come in bits and pieces these days, not the big hunks of time I en- joyed before I had children. When I’m feeling virtuous, I like to go running (I use that word liberally. I’m really, really slow) or do yoga. Don’t worry, I’m always careful to balance out such activities with a hearty serving of ice cream or a chocolate martini.

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