Hayley Wade’s rock star dad just partied himself into an early grave and left Hayley with a pile of dangerous debt. She plans to pay it off, but her drug-addled father wrote an impossible task into his will: to inherit his wealth, Hayley must steal back a family heirloom he lost to a gold digger.
Kaidan Stone grew up surrounded by the world’s biggest stars, but never wanted to be in the limelight. When he makes The Lust List, he becomes America’s newest celebrity obsession overnight.
After Kaidan saves Hayley from a run-in with the aggressive paparazzi, sparks fly, and she discovers the heirloom is in his California mansion. It’s the answer to all her problems…but she’ll have to betray Kaidan to get it.
Nova Raines chased fame in her teen years as a member of a girl group in Los Angeles (which shall never be named.) She decided "pop tartlet" wasn't her ideal career choice, so she became an author instead. But a naughty fascination with fame and showbiz remains, and The Lust List book series is the perfect way for her to explore it.
2.5 stars. :-/ I read it all at once so I'm gonna review it all at once. The plot points in this book were resolved WAY too easy and predictable. It lacked the angst I was looking for. Then the story became a repetitive cycle. They get together, Kaidan treats Hayley like crap, then Hayley threatens to walk away, then Kaidan sort of apologizes for being an ass, then they make up, and finally Hayley feels guilty for not telling Kaidan her secret, and the cycle repeats over and over. It did become dull. But what I did like was when Kaidan and Hayley did finally become a couple they were sweet together...well for the most part.
I enjoyed the pace, especially the obstacles Kaiden and Haley encountered. I feel they needed this to happen in order for them to grow as individual characters before they were able to come together. It would have been an over stretch if they had an HEA. I really enjoyed how this ended and hopefully a novella down the road would be exciting.
The series was more exciting as each one passed. Thank you Nova Raines for giving me the opportunity to read this wonderful series.
I received an ARC from the author in exchange for an honest review.
Fourth and last book. This series could've been written in one book! Totally insta love tsk. And typically hot-messed-up-boy-billionaire-meets-girl-and-falls-in-love blah blah. I don't mind typical stories as long as their written uniquely and good. There are parts that makes me cringe. There are awful lot of times the protagonist is ruled by her hormones to the point she acts not through her heart nor her brain but through her sexual organ!
A Review of Scandal Exposed (The Lust List: Kaidan Stone #4) by Nova Raines
End of the story? -- 4.8 stars
Haley has just watched Kaidan being carted off in handcuffs by the FBI, while she is standing there with the stolen diamond necklace in her purse. Luis (the drug dealer) has her brother, who has been beaten up, holding him for ransom. She heads to her lawyer's office, to hand over the diamond and get her inheritance so she can get Rowan back. When she finally gets to the lawyers office, she finds out that everything is gone, due to bad investments. I had a feeling that something was up with that smarmy lawyer, now we just need to find out what the heck he did with all of her money.
It's good to see Rowan and Hayley getting their family relationship back on the right track and forgiving each other. Hayley learns that Rowan was the reason she was sent away after her Mother died, not her Father as she always believed. He did it to protect her, but she took it as rejection. When Kaidan learns about the will and the clause for the diamond, he backs away from Hayley as well. Will they be able to work things out in the end or has too much pain and distrust destroyed their chance?
I was sad to see this is the last book of this side of the series, but I still have hopes that Mira's final book will tie everything up with both of the guys. You really don't want to miss this series.
**Complimentary Copy provided by Author for an honest review.**
WHAT? Please, please, please tell me this wasn't the last book! I refuse to believe that this was the final book! I have so many questions! And I need an epilogue and Kaidan's POV and more angst! I feel so sad!. First, I love this series but this book doesn't give me closure, everything was resolved very quickly, I guess I was expecting a little more angst or something, like a happily ever after, not a happy just for now kind of ending, which is totally fine, if it means I can get another Kaidan Stone book, preferable from Kaidan's POV. I think "The Lust List: Kaidan Stone" is so enjoyable but being honest I didn't like this last book as much as I thought I was going to do it. I think it was just good, not amazing, nonetheless, I'm planning on read it again, and since book one, so now I can read it as a whole book and not by parts, it might make me feel different. Overall, I would totally recommend this series, because even when I feel some lose ends, the main issues were resolved, and because I truly enjoyed the story a lot, and actually, I can say Kaidan was my favourite one! I'm seriously not ready to say good bye to Hayley or Kaidan.
I received and ARC in exchange of an honest review.
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WHAT? Please, please, please tell me this wasn't the last book! I refuse to believe that this was the final book! I have so many questions! And I need an epilogue and Kaidan's POV and more angst! I feel so sad!. First, I love this series but this book doesn't give me closure, everything was resolved very quickly, I guess I was expecting a little more angst or something, like a happily ever after, not a happy just for now kind of ending, which is totally fine, if it means I can get another Kaidan Stone book, preferable from Kaidan's POV. I think "The Lust List: Kaidan Stone" is so enjoyable but being honest I didn't like this last book as much as I thought I was going to do it. I think it was just good, not amazing, nonetheless, I'm planning on read it again, and since book one, so now I can read it as a whole book and not by parts, it might make me feel different. Overall, I would totally recommend this series, because even when I feel some lose ends, the main issues were resolved, and because I truly enjoyed the story a lot, and actually, I can say Kaidan was my favourite one! I'm seriously not ready to say good bye to Hayley or Kaidan.
I received and ARC in exchange of an honest review.
El final de la serie. De verdad que pasan demasiadas cosas desde el primer capítulo del primer libro hasta el último de éste. Algunas cosas no las veía venir, otras sí, pero de todos modos me gustó la historia. Cabe mencionar que la atracción entre Kaidan y Hayley me hace morir (de la buena manera).
Sin embargo, los libros tratan temas que creo son importantes en lo que respecta a la vida de los artistas. Es cierto que los paparazzi hacen de todo por querer nuevas fotos de los artistas más reconocidos del momento sin parase a pensar que las personas a las que siguen todo el tiempo son personas y que necesitan un poco de privacidad.
También nos habla de las extorsiones. La manera en que confiamos en alguien y simplemente nos apuñala por la espalda. Cómo, no solamente los artistas, sino cualquier persona, hace o dice cualquier cosa para guardar las apariencias por el qué dirán de las personas. Nos hace ver que siempre habrá gente que querrán arruinarnos la vida, y más en la farándula.
De verdad que estas historias muestran la verdadera historia de Los Ángeles. No todo es color de rosa y me gustó mucho que Hayley viviera la parte fea de la vida de los famosos, haciendo que esta historia fuera algo diferente.
This is a 4 books series. I´m making only one review, because they're all short stories and could have been told in only one book. Harley Wade´s rock star dad just passed away and let her in a terrible situation. And then she meets Kaidan, an asshole in disguise of prince charming. This book was too much for me. Hailey is too stupid, Rowan is too aggressive toward Hailey, Char is too shallow and Kaidan is too much an overbearing asshole who likes to play hot and cold just like Perry´s song.
Esta é uma série de 4 livros. Eu estou fazendo apenas uma resenha pq são histórias curtas que poderiam ter sido contadas em apenas um livro. O pai rock star de Hailey acabou de morrer e a deixou em uma péssima situação. E então ela conhece Kaidan, um babaca disfarçado de príncipe encantado. Esse livro foi demais pra mim. Hailey é muito bocó, Rowan é muito agressivo com a Hailey, Char é muito superficial e Kaidan é um babaca muito arrogante que gosta de bancar o bipolar com a Hailey., igual a música da Katy Perry.
Finally finished Kaydan's books and I enjoyed them very much!
I got the first one for free on Amazon and since it was fun and sexy I decided to read the rest .
So Hayley is the daughter of Two LA stars, a singer and and actress, both who died tragically victims of drug abuse. Her life, on the contrary of what everyone thinks, hasn't been easy, she has been alone her whole life and now she doesn't have any money or talent to build her life upon.
Then she meets kaydan and getting close to him holds the key to solve her problems, well money wise.
But things are not as easy at they seem, she falls for him and he for her, and everything starts to get even more complicated.
Sex, Mexican drug dealers, expensive dresses, fancy parties and a bunch of drama make this book fun and entertaining !
If they can learn to trust each other things will find a way of sorting themselves out.
This is the conculsion of Hayley and Kaiden's story. I don't want to go into the plot as this is the conculsion to the story and I don't want to givce anything away to spoil this last one. What I will say is that Scandal Exposed is a quick fast paced read and full of action from the get go. All in all I've enjoyed Hayley and Kaiden's story but it still feels to me as though the series just fell short from what could have been a great series. All the way through I've felt that Nova could have tapped in more to Kaiden's emotional side and given more around his story, I'm still not sure we ever really got into Kaiden's mind.
I will look forward to the next Lust List tale.
I was gifted a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
I am so sad to see this series come to a close I absolutely have loved every book that's come out Nova Raines has written a,story about characters you fall in love with and don't forget Scandal Exposed has a little bit of everything and kept my little fingers turning the pages as fast as I could
When we last saw Hayley and Kaidan they were both up to their necks in it and the book takes off right where it left off in the last book Hold on and enjoy the ride to happily ever after This book has a little bit of everything Action adventure passion and love Its a must read The entire series is Thank you Nova for writing such amazing books I'm a fan for life and can't wait to see where you take me next
I'm sad that this series has come to an end because I feel that there is so much more to Hailey and Kaidan's story. There were a lot of surprises to the story that I enjoyed. Rowan ended up not being the bad guy I thought he was (would like to see a spin-off with his story) and at times Kaidan acted like a jerk but then again, what else was new. He certainly made up for it at the end of the story. It was nice to see that Hailey decided that maybe her not getting her inheritance was a blessing in disguise. It would be nice for a continuation of the series but from Kaidan's pov this time around.
I enjoyed reading the final book of the Lust List: Kaidan Stone series. It was pretty fast paced, but I was happy that all questions were answered. We get to know more about Hayley and Rowan’s relationship, which was pretty surprising. The book was written all in Hayley’s POV. As always, I wish we had a glimpse of Kaidan’s POV, but that’s just my preference when I read books. I definitely would love to have a follow up of Hayley and Kaidan. One advice though, make sure you read this book before you read book #4 of Devon Stone.
I received this book in exchange for an honest review.
The end has come for Kaidan and Hayley, as much as it sucks because I really liked this series it was a pretty good ending. Karma came back around and found Peyton, I believe that people get what is coming to them and Peyton's behavior has certainly come back to bite her in the a$$! That sounded horrible and I hate to see (or read) people suffering but she was really nasty to Hayley. OMG and Rowan being the big brother (spinoff please?)just completely surprised me. The HEA was perfect!
I'm sad to see this is the last installment of this series BUT Nova did not disappoint!! What an outstanding finale!
Scandal Exposed had a great ending..it answered all your questions, brought everything to a close and kept you engaged throughout the whole book.
If you haven't started this series yet, you need to read it from the very beginning with One Condition and READ them all!! What a great story, I've enjoyed all of it and the characters..I was fully and emotionally invested throughout the whole series.
*I received a copy in exchange for an honest review
Kaidan and Haley's story comes to its conclusion, although like the others this book is a quick read, it's fast paced with a good amount of tension and emotional turmoil as the troubled couple just seem to hit one crisis after another. The great thing for me was not being 100% sure whether KaiHay would survive relationship intact or if the pressures and deceit would be too much for them to get over ! Although I'm sad to see this story come to an end, I'm excited to see who the next lust list couple will be ...... char and Matt perhaps ?????
Hayley decides to do whatever is necessary to save Rowan, even if it means being secretive and not trusting Kaidan with the truth. Her actions cause a giant rift in their relationship. Even though Kaidan loses all trust in Hayley, he still can't resist helping her and Rowan. Hayley believes she has lost Kaidan forever, but agrees to pretend to be a couple until the scandal has died down. Little does she know what her future holds. Too bad this series is over it would be nice to find out how this couple meshes without both of them being so messed up.
this is weird i apparently posted this on amazon but not goodreads what the heck lol.
this is aqn ARC review copy Kaiden and Hayley have something more to endure can their love survive or will it come to a smashing end . can Hayley save her brother and can she get her inheritance in to time or will it be too late . and what will happen if Kaiden finds out Hayley stole from him and why is the FBI aroound his law offices and where and whom took her money and so many others to find out well you must buy , read then review .
this is aqn ARC review copy Kaiden and Hayley have something more to endure can their love survive or will it come to a smashing end . can Hayley save her brother and can she get her inheritance in to time or will it be too late . and what will happen if Kaiden finds out Hayley stole from him and why is the FBI aroound his law offices and where and whom took her money and so many others to find out well you must buy , read then review .
Kaiden finds out that Hayley's attorney is the one that actually was stealing money. Then Kaiden finds about the necklace and ends it with Hayley. But first he helps her get the diamond necklace back and the thugs off her back. After that he says he's done. But first they have to go to a premier together. In the end he decides he doesn't want to live without her. They get their HEA. And go travel together.
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This is the last book in the series and I'm sad... Kaiden and Haley have amazing chemistry and are perfect for each other. They have there obstacles to go through and hopefully they can get through and stay together. I highly recommend this series. I stayed up late to finish because I could not put down even though I wanted to take my time so it wouldn't end. I will definitely be checking out more stories from these two authors.
I love that Kaidan and Hayley get a HFN (happy for now) but I would have liked to had a bit more detail and and HEA instead. The story seemed to wrap up just a bit too quickly for me. Overall this was a good series and I really enjoyed reading it.
I received an ARC from the author in exchange for an honest review.
I received a copy of this book for an honest review. The whole series took me on a roller coaster ride. Secrets, violence, and romance. After each book I couldn't wait to read the next. Yeah for Hayley and Kaiden! A series worth reading. Thank you Nova for taking me on this journey with you :) Wishing you all the best!
This was a fantastic conclusion to Hayley and Kaidens story. Within all four books in this series this couple faced obstacles that they overcame together, they faced the paparazzi, nasty ex's, drug dealers, scandal, theft, and so much more and they came out of it all together and stronger.
This was a great series full of lust, drama, suspense, romance and more!!
Hayley's dad is a rock star. He recently passed away so she returned to LA for his funeral and see lawyers. When his lawyer meets her he tells her that there is a stipulation to receiving her inheritance. She has to get a necklace back.
The one thing wrong? She spells "come"as "cum". It's just trashy, like cheap whore trashy.
I received an advanced review copy of this book from the author for a honest review.
The final installment was just okay. I was hoping the book would pack more of a punch. It was rather dull though. I wanted the series to end with a bang!!