They train to serve their country.
They strive to be the best.
But only a select few can be ...
The Elite
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MATTEO MORGAN
CALL SIGN: SOLO
Reckless, arrogant, and bold, Solo is as known in the U.S. Navy for his bad-boy reputation as he is for his skills as a fighter pilot. It’s a surprise to his peers, then, when he’s chosen to train and compete at the most prestigious naval aviation academy in the world.
MISSION RULES:
1. Kick everyone’s ass.
2. Do whatever it takes to win.
3. Do your best to distract the competition.
4. Especially when that competition is a gorgeous blue-eyed perfectionist who makes your blood run hot.
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GRANT HUGHES
CALL SIGN: PANTHER
Disciplined, smart, and confident, Panther can’t afford not to play by the rules. As the son of a top Navy commander, all eyes are on him, and being anything less than number one is unacceptable.
MISSION RULES:
1. Keep it safe in the air.
2. Prove you’re more than Commander Hughes’s son.
3. No distractions. Stay focused.
4. Don’t fall for your competition—especially not the rebellious heartbreaker with lips made for sinning.
In the heat of the hot California sun, tempers flare and desires ignite as Solo and Panther try to resist their attraction while fighting to be number one.
With passion this intense, the question remains:
Who’s gonna come out on top?
REVIEW: 4.5 Fabulous Stars
"He was simply too beautiful and too good."
OMGosh!! Again, way too damn short! I got wrapped up in this world and I read through so quickly that by the time I got to the end, I was left scrambling for more!! A blessing in disguise, for sure, but now I miss them!! Gimme more Solo and Panther!! Ella and Brooke have given me yet another couple and series to get lost in. I am absolutely, hands down, in love with them. Undeniably!!!
You know those kinds of books that reaffirm why you love reading. Why you love falling in love with love. Why you hide out and read books when you could be social with your family? This book and series is exactly why. It definitely provided a very necessary smile. A very warm snuggly feeling in my heart. Grant and Mateo are everything I needed at this very moment. The smile on my face the entire time I was reading was genuine and I am still smiling while thinking about them days later.
"Don't you know by now? I'm the luckiest motherfucker around."
I feel like this book actually showcased the budding friendship that grew outside of the physical attraction for Grant and Mateo. I giggled at the jokes and swooned at the looks passed between them in the quiet time, but I melted at the honesty in the acceptance of what the heart truly wanted and needed. The transition - the morph - from this hot and sexy, can’t-keep-their-hands-off-each-other attraction to something deeper, more meaningful, was bliss to read. Not only that, though. There was still this alpha side to them, this cajoling, this arrogance that you can only possess with confidence with this type of job that requires NO FEAR. Because you cannot be in the sky doing barrel rolls with niggling fear!! I loved the adrenaline rush I seemed to get while sitting in the cockpit with these guys. Once again, it was just a rush to read and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
—> To be able to descriptively make someone fall in love on a page has to be difficult - but to make a reader 'realize it' and feel it - that is simply amazing. I can’t imagine trying to share those feelings through words and having readers understand it....but they seem to excel at this with ease. I am blown away at how much I feel when I read their books. This was no different. I did feel it all. I did fall in love with the love that is their story. I just loved this one so much!!
I DO realize I’ll just be one of those glowing reviews that praises this duo and series, but it’s the truth - and thankfully subjective. There is just something about this duo's voice that works for me and they always suck me in, give me a story I can get lost in, and ignore the outside world for. After being away from the reading world for a few weeks, this was the most welcome book I have come back to. I had put a few books down before this one thinking I wasn’t ready to focus on a book, but I’ve come to realize it was the voice I was reading, and not me. I love the ease in which they flip the switch in their books. I love the smooth layer of alpha sexiness they smother on their characters. But I love the way they tell me a story. I get so caught up in their words, and it’s always an escape. They’re quick and easy reads, but they pack a lot of emotion and entertainment.
This was definitely the reading experience I needed. No expectations, no requirements, just easy, great reading. The excitement, the giddiness, it was all there. It was just great being able to settle into a book and just enjoy it. I know many times in a book, let alone a second book in a series, we always expect something or want more or need more… but I love that I was able to settle into this one knowing I was going to come out with a good second part and accept that there was more coming, but not knowing what was to come - it was everything I needed from this book. Unmasked Joy and relevance - this book offered it all.
I actually liked this cliffhanger. It made me smile. I’m still smiling. But now the cravings start all over again....
"How did you stop your heart from falling over someone like that?"
~BEE
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Ella Frank is the USA Today Bestselling author of the Temptation series, including Try, Take, and Trust and is the co-author of the fan-favorite contemporary romance, Sex Addict. Her Exquisite series has been praised as “scorching hot!” and “enticingly sexy!”
Some of her favorite authors include Tiffany Reisz, Kresley Cole, Riley Hart, J.R. Ward, Erika Wilde, Gena Showalter, and Carly Phillips.
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Brooke Blaine is a USA Today Bestselling Author of contemporary romance that ranges from comedy to suspense to erotic. The latter has scarred her conservative Southern family for life, bless their hearts.
You could say Brooke Blaine was a book-a-holic from the time she knew how to read; she used to tell her mother that curling up with one at 4 a.m. before elementary school was her ‘quiet time.’ Not much has changed except for the espresso I.V. pump she now carries around and the size of her onesie pajamas.
She is the author of Flash Point, a romantic suspense standalone, as well as the co-author of the erotic series, A Desperate Man, with Ella Frank. The latter has scarred her conservative southern family for life, bless their hearts. Licked, a romantic comedy, will be released November 11th, 2015 and is the first in the L.A. Liaisons series.
If you’d like to get in touch with her, she’s easy to find - just keep an ear out for the Rick Astley ringtone that’s dominated her cell phone for ten years.
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