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Destiny gave them each other...

From the moment he saw her, Spencer Cross knew that Delilah Hart was special. Understanding that she needed him to be strong for her, Spencer endured a childhood filled with secrets, lies and abuse. Delilah gave him a reason to live as she protected his heart and kept him from going off the rails.

Delilah knew that fate had delivered the love of her life to her at a very early age. Spencer was her anchor and the reason she believed in true love. She'd never doubted that they were meant to be together forever.

Until chance threatened to rip them apart...

Will Delilah be able to convince Spencer to let go of his demons, or will she be forced to walk away with only the memories?

*This is an erotic romance.*

267 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 14, 2012

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USA Today Bestselling Author Ella Fox has learned a bunch of stuff along the way but the most important of all those things is that anything is possible when you try. In 2012 she took a big leap of faith and published her first book, Broken Hart. Once that happened, her entire life changed.

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Profile Image for Kristina.
423 reviews146 followers
February 26, 2016
- 10 STARS

I forgot I read this, must have blocked it out because I was so DISGUSTED by the cheating pig.

They're in love and together (in secret) with an end plan after 2 years to come out in the open as a couple and be together forever.

She's faithful, but this FUCKING BASTARD tells her straight out that he loves her only her, only wants her but during those 2 years he will continue to have constant sex with other women. But of course, they mean nothing to him? WHAT THE FUCKING HELL IS THIS RUBBISH!

Are you fucking kidding me? This is disgusting BULLSHIT! I honestly could NOT believe what I was reading in that scene. What utter rubbish.

Frankly, I'm repulsed with how anyone can cheer for this rat bastard. So if the h gets sick, he'll just fuckaround on her again, because no one not even his one true love can stand in the way of him and his dick getting laid.

Uggh, rubbish.
153 reviews83 followers
March 23, 2013
I'm overflowing with happiness right now!


Spencer and Delilah are such a cute couple, my God!




This new Hart Family book had everything that keeps me hooked:

DRAMA


LOVE


SEX


AND A HAPPILY EVER AFTER


A few things which I didn't like (as always):

1)Ok, so we all know that Spencer is a man whore (just like the Hart brothers were before they found "the one"). And you know what? We are all (kind of) ok with that. We understand that men have needs and blah,blah,blah. But Spencer,sweetie, after you said this:
“Delilah… no one holds a candle to you. They didn’t before and they sure as shit can’t ever hope to now that I know what it’s like to feel. They’re just bodies. It isn’t real because it isn’t you. We just have to get through these two years. Once you've graduated, I'm coming for you. No matter what happens between now and then, I will always belong to you baby.”

Do you really expect ME to be ok, while you continue fucking everything that (apparently) resembles a woman?


I won't. You're damn lucky that the one you're in love with is actually someone...(I really wanna call her stupid) understandable. Because if I were her I would totaly do this to you:



2)Delilah being "fine" (she's SO not fine) about him sleeping with other women...


This is just beyond me. Why would you be at home, waiting for TWO YEARS for the love of your life to man the fuck up, while he's out there FUCKING.SOMEONE.ELSE? No positive answer, right? Right.

Well besides all of that, it was very nice to see more of the previous characters in this book.

One of the most amazing things about this book, is that Spencer and Delilah have their own chapter to narrate. It's very nice to read how both sides feel about the same thing.

P.S.I highly recomend you to have your AC on when reading this baby.Believe me, it's for your own safety. Enjoy!
Profile Image for Mirjana **DTR - Down to Read**.
1,480 reviews810 followers
August 11, 2017

**3.5 stars**

Spencer and Delilah's story definitely has the most emotion of the series so far. These two had a connection from the moment they set eyes on each other....and I don't mean as young adults, or as teens or even as prepubescent kids....I'm talking about a 4 year old and a toddler. I love that Ella Fox started their story at the VERY beginning through Spencer's 4 year old eyes. From the innocence of their friendship for the first dozen or so years of Delilah's life, and then her transformation into a woman and Spencer's realization of how deep his feelings for her ran.

It's clearly felt from the very beginning that Spencer and Delilah are deeply connected, very much in love and destined to be together. And boy, once these two get on the same page....WHOA!

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They were like crazy, horny jackrabbits and I enjoyed every minute of it.

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What didn't get this book to 4 stars for me was the constant back and forth. It was never the "right" time for anything. And when it was, you get the "let's talk about it later." UGH Communication people! Solves a lot of problems!

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Also, the constant need to reassure one another drove me up the wall at times. I get it, I get it. You love each other. Always. Forever. Until the end of time. For eternity. No matter what. Until your last breath. Until your heart stops beating. Roger that...I 100% got the message.

Overall, the book was a quick read that started off stronger than it finished but definitely held my attention all the way through.
Profile Image for Jane Stewart.
2,462 reviews964 followers
February 7, 2013
Not my kind of story. It’s written for sex. Not enough character and plot. Did not finish.

The beginning was interesting, young children being abused and raising each other. But the story about their grown up love lives - no.

The sex scenes are detailed and some very long. For some readers that’s good. But I couldn’t get into them. I skimmed them. I like books with sex, so that’s not the problem.

At 62% I couldn’t make myself read anymore, so I skipped to the last chapter and was done.

One part of the plot was unpleasantly unbelievable.

Then we have “the big misunderstanding” which made me furious. This is one of those: if one person would say one honest sentence there would be no misunderstanding.

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Narrative mode: 1st person switching between Spencer and Delilah. Kindle count length: 4,026 (407 KB) 232 pages. Swearing language: strong including religious swear words. Sexual language: strong. Number of sex scenes: 12 in the first 62% of the book. Don’t know now many after that. Setting: current day probably southern California. Copyright: 2012. Genre: erotic contemporary romance.
Profile Image for Bwmurf.
253 reviews10 followers
November 5, 2018
Least Fave of Series so Far

I had expected this one to be my favorite in the series but it was my least favorite. The H/h had a bond almost since birth and he couldn’t be celibate for two years while they waited to be together but of course she was. Hate that the other heroes did much better than this one.
Profile Image for Alla.
1,039 reviews50 followers
January 17, 2019
Will write my review and rate it when I have finished the whole box set. I want to review and rate them all together since for me each book is a part of the other and if you read the first one, you have to read them all to get the whole story for all the characters.
Profile Image for Charmaine Stephens.
417 reviews45 followers
October 29, 2013
This book was such a good combination of a story with substance & heart. Yet it still was hot! And so far out of the Hart Family series I have previously read, I think this one "Loving Hart" was my favorite! I just loved Spencer & Delilah together. I thought they were such a sweet couple. And their background story of how they grew up together just touched my heart and felt like their were so bonded & meant to be right from the start.


This one actually made me get choked up and cry concerning Spencer remembering all the sad memories of his childhood. Him and the hart kids hiding in the shed away from their parents wild parties. So heartbreaking reading those scenes, because no child should grow up experiencing or seeing that. The Harts along with Spencer had the most evil parents! Especially the scene with what Dante & damien's father does when dante calls for help for delilah when they were kids.


They went through so many ups & downs that felt like a roller-coaster! One day their so in love, the next they have to hide everything from the family finding out, then their in love again, then they break up! And then add in both of them jumping to the wrong conclusions sometimes without confirming to the other about it. It was a lot of twists in turns.


But yet I think this is a fairly easy read. Doesn't make you want to bash your head in like others book do sometimes. There's certainly angst but its tolerable angst. I love how through everything they never gave on each other or let go of the strong bond & love they share.


And as always I think Ella fox writes some of the sexiest sex scenes. Each time was always so hot! And memorable ;) You literally felt so much heart, passion & love between these two.


I'm glad through it all its a HEA for them. For a sec there it was a close call towards the ending! Looking forward to Book #4 Next! 5 STARS!

Profile Image for Jamie *Gypsy Smut-a-teer*.
484 reviews265 followers
December 23, 2012
I just love this family and this series!!

This is the story of Spencer and Delilah. The reader gets to live some of the heartbreaking backstory in this book that all of the Hart/Cross family lived. And let me tell you it completely broke my heart. It made you love these characters even more for all they had endured as kids. It's so romantic that Spencer got to look over Delilah her whole life. I loved that he was her first everything.

When Spencer and Delilah were together everything was perfect. From everything from their first kiss to the first time they went to Malibu. I hated their time apart and all of the miscommunications they had. I felt like they were under estimating Dante and Damien and gave up way too easy. There is no way the man I want to be with is going to admit to me that there is a possibilty that he might be with other women and I'm going to be okay with it. I believed that he loved her, but if they agreed to wait out the two years then I believe if one has to be faithful they both should. Spencer really pissed me off here, but being in his mind did help. The time Delilah saw Spencer in the bar with the little slutty girl setting on his lap, instead of running I thought she should have went all "crazy ex-girlfriend" on him.



I'm so glad Spencer warmed to being a daddy. I was so worried with the way Broken Hart ended and then all of the agony we endured in this book that he was not going to accept it for a while and this agony would transfer over to the next book. He and the Hart kids deserve any happiness that comes to them and more with the past they had. It seems baby fever has taken over, lol!!

I loved the little twist in the end. It totally threw me for a loop. I can't wait for all to come with the new family members. I also am so excited to see Spence's parents get exactly what they deserve. They are horrible horrible people.

I am sooo looking forward to more stories in this series. I just read the next is Dillion's story and also Dante and Sabrina 2.0 is being written. SOOO EXCITING!!!!
Profile Image for Jamie.
1,048 reviews935 followers
January 12, 2013
5 GLORIOUS STARS.. YET AGAIN FOR ELLA FOX

I'm almost sorry I've gone through the first 3 of this series so quickly.. but they have all been such complete page turners.... Delilah and Spencer have loved each other since they were children, always being there for each other but have never taken the next step since Spencer grew up with Delilah's family and he alwasy felt like it would be wrong. Delilah however had no problems seeing them together in every since of the word... and man did they get together.. whew!

Love the Hart family.... this is a series you need to read.. its extreamly hot and extreamly , extreammmmmmllllly steamy. But in addition to the super hot sex, are stories of true love with some angst thrown in..... Excellent Excellent series!
184 reviews72 followers
November 19, 2018
So in what world does it say "I love you" to knowingly cheat on your g/f albeit secret g/f with the excuse that these ow are just bodies, don't mean anything? Just don't get it.
If a man said that to me, he would need surgery to recover those balls! Poor baby didn't enjoy those women but still did them?? really? why would you keep doing something that didn't feel good over and over? This one left a bad taste in my mouth just because the reason for cheating was just bloody stupid and the tsl h accepting this got on my nerves - passing on the rest of the series.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
Profile Image for Pheonix Fanfiction.
240 reviews49 followers
April 29, 2015
These are my thoughts/feelings while reading this book - WARNING THERE ARE SPOILERS!!!!



Fav. Quotes (There's alot!)

- “I love you more than anything Spence. I'd die without you here. You’ll never ever leave me, right Spence?” My answer never changes. “No silly. Love you best, always going to need my other half.”

- Delilah smacked me when I said I was scared they were going to move away. "No one's taking us away from you Spence, not ever. You know I couldn't live without you."

- As much as I love Dante, Damien and Dominique, Delilah is different. She's the one person in the world I feel most like myself with. Don't know why that is, but that's how I feel.

- I feel safe with my brothers, I adore my sister, but with Spencer, I'm complete.

- Our relationship is my anchor, my shelter in the storm. I've always told him that I love him more than anything, and that I always will, and he's always said the same to me and told me he loves me best. I believe in fate because Spencer is in my life.

- He isn’t my brother, he’s my destiny. I know that we go together, that we were born to complete each other.

- What did I want to be when I grew up? My answer was, "Mrs. Spencer Cross."

- Wrenching his mouth from mine, he stared into my eyes, all the while continuing to grind against me. I kept right on rubbing against him, too. He said my name on a moan. "Delilah… You're so goddamn beautiful. Jesus! We need to stop angel. I'm going to come if we don't."

- Pulling back from my mouth, he buried his face against my neck. "Oh god Delilah… angel… I'm going to come!”

- I wanted her so fucking bad that I thought I was going to explode. I knew I was out of control, and I knew I needed to calm down. I tried, I swear I did.

- At what point did my body and heart betray my brain?

- "You can run from everyone else Spencer Cross, but you'll never be able to run from me.

- "You're so wet that I can see your little blonde landing strip through your underwear." "Oh. My. God. Spencer!" "That's right baby, I'm staring at your pretty pussy. I'm not going to have to wonder anymore angel, because now I'm going to know what you taste like. Let yourself go. I want you to come now."

- "Angel, you're so fucking sexy. I've dreamed about this so many times. Tonguing you, lapping up your cream, having you come in my mouth. I'm going to devour you baby. Get ready."

- "What I'm doing to you, tonguing the sweetest fucking pussy I've ever tasted, and loving it. Don't turn away baby, there's nothing to be ashamed of here. I love how wet you are. Fucking love it."

- "No, baby… I don't matter. This was about you." "You matter to me Spencer. You always matter to me."

- I started jerking him fast and hard as his breathing got more and more out of control . "Come for me Spencer. Give it to me." With a loud shout, he erupted.

- I silently cheered when I felt him pulsing harder against me as he kissed me with such passion that I knew he was barely holding himself together.

- Skin to skin is how the two of us were meant to be; I had no doubt of that.

- "It will never get old, seeing you like this. You're like an angel Delilah. My very own beautiful angel."

- My control, which was hanging by the thinnest of threads to begin with, snapped like a twig. If I didn't make love to her, immediately, I was going to pass out or die. Pulling out of her mouth was incredibly difficult, and when she groaned and begged me to let her suck it again, my knees started to buckle.

- Grabbing my face, she sucked my tongue into her mouth, staking her claim on my very soul.

- The need to claim her, body and soul, was so powerful that it was terrifying. I gasped for air as I tried to get my shit together, failing miserably to control myself. She was naked, she was mine, and my reason for existing was suddenly so clear that it hurt. Delilah. She was why I was born, why I lived, why I loved. She was everything.

- I went slowly, giving her time to get her bearings, letting out a choked groan as her insanely tight heat fluttered against my cock and her cries grew louder.

- Her scream of wonder, as she tightened around me and bathed me in slick cream as she came, sent me over the edge. I yelled out, my eyes rolling back as the strongest orgasm of my life ripped through my body like a tsunami.

- My breathing sounded as rough as it does when I've just run for two hours, and sweat was dripping off of me but I didn't care. "Turn over and get on your knees Delilah."

- "Fuck, Delilah. You're on fire angel. I can't get inside of you far enough. Need to come as deep inside of you as humanly possible. You're mine Delilah. MINE. I don't want anyone touching you. Tell me who you belong to."

- "Dammit Spencer. YOU! I belong to you, always to you. I'm yours. Always have been and always will be." I heard his sharp intake of breath as I felt him slam into me. He hammered into me with a force and speed that blew my mind, and I started to quietly cry when I heard him saying, "Mine, always mine, always mine" over and over again almost under his breath, like he had to keep reassuring himself. I loved that I'd given him something that I could clearly see mattered to him so much.

- "Shit Delilah. You're going to be the death of me."

- 'You're fucking wild Delilah. We're fucking wild. Ride my cock and ride it hard."

- I cried out from the feeling of the friction we created, and he smirked. He actually fucking smirked at me. "Yeah angel, scream for me. I love hearing you out of control like this." I stuck my tongue out at him at the same moment I clenched my inner muscles as tight as humanly possible, not letting up. His eyes went wide, his cock swelled inside of me, and his mouth opened as he screamed, "FUCK" at the top of his lungs as his release blasted into me. His release triggered mine, and I held on just long enough to say, "I love hearing you out of control too!" before I went up in flames.

- Gently licking the top of my shaft, she made me crazy by applying just enough tongue to get me harder, but not enough to make me come. “Say it Spencer. Tell. (lick) Me. (suck) Who. (lick) You. (lick) Belong. (long, slow lick) To. (suck) She had me in that moment, from heart to balls, and everywhere in between. “You! I fucking belong to you Delilah.” My reward was a smile, and a kiss on the inside of each of my thighs. “That’s right, and don’t you ever forget it.”

- “I’ve been hard for you for hours. The second we get home, I’m dropping you on my cock and riding the fuck out of you Delilah. I’ve never needed you as bad as I do now baby.”

- “Fucking love you on my dick , Delilah. Love pounding your sweet heat. Love feeling your cream all over me. Love your taste. Love everything that makes you, you. I can’t be gentle tonight baby. Going to fuck you everywhere, fill you up with come. If I do it right, neither of us is going to be walking tomorrow.”

- “I’m going to fill you with come baby. You ready?” I couldn’t talk so I just nodded my agreement as I buried my face in his neck, biting down hard on his shoulder as he came with an animalistic wail, filling me in deep and hot with his come.

- “Delilah�� no one holds a candle to you. They didn’t before and they sure as shit can’t ever hope to now that I know what it’s like to feel. They’re just bodies. It isn’t real because it isn’t you. We just have to get through these two years. Once you've graduated, I'm coming for you. No matter what happens between now and then, I will always belong to you baby.”

- Holding my shaft in my hand, I looked her in the eyes as I rasped, "Slide down on this and ride, Delilah. I'm all yours."

- Throwing my head back, I groaned. "It feels so fucking good. You're so damn tiny that I have to really work to get it all in."

- "Fuck! I'm not going to last long angel." She nodded at me as she picked up speed. "I'm not either."

- I knew without her saying another word that she’d moved on, that she wasn’t waiting for me anymore. Once her tears were under control, I all but ran from her apartment. When I got home that night, I sat on my couch with a bottle of scotch and, for the first time I could ever remember doing so, I cried my fucking eyes out as my heart broke.

- “I’m sorry angel. I’m so, so sorry. I won’t bother you about this ever again, I promise. Be happy.” Giving her forehead a brief kiss, I high-tailed it out of the bar. I didn’t even get as far as the door before three tears fell down my face.

- “What? What fucking more do you want from me? I’m completely destroyed. I can’t TAKE anymore Spencer. Let. Me. Go!” I’d never seen him as upset as he looks now. “That’s rich Delilah. How the fuck are you making ME the bad guy here? Mocking me by calling me Mr. Big Cock? Jesus Christ! I never thought you were cruel. I’m leaving so that YOU can create the future that YOU want with the guy that you’ve chose n, the one you’re clearly in love with. I’m the one that’s got nothing left. Do you really expect me to sit here and watch as you bring him to dinners and family events? I’M NOT THAT STRONG DELILAH! I’m fucking broken. You have to let me go, have to let me make a new life. I won’t survive if I stay.”

- Dropping my purse, I basically started climbing him. I heard his shirt start to tear, but I didn’t care. I just couldn’t get close enough. I was completely wrapped around him, every part of my body touching a part of his, as I continued sobbing uncontrollably. “Shhh. Baby shhh. You’re scaring me! Stop. Stop! Please baby! I won’t leave, Delilah. I’ll throw the letter away. I’ll learn to live with it. I promise! You have to stop. Please, please stop. You’re hurting yourself. I didn’t know it would hurt you like this. I’ll stay, I’ll do anything for you, anything you want, just please stop.”

- Pulling back from his amazing mouth I smiled and said, "Pull down your zipper. I need to have you in me right now. It's an emergency."

- "Oh Jesus…. Delilah…. I fucking missed you so much angel! You're squeezing my cock so hard that there’s no way I’m going to last. I'm going to flood your pussy with my come."

- "Oh… oh… oh!! YES. I want you to flood my pussy, Spence! Do it!" It felt so dirty saying that word back to him, but I loved it. His responding growl told me that he loved it too.

- "I missed being inside you so fucking much Delilah. You're so fucking tight. Perfect, just like every other part of you. Never think for one moment that it was ever like this for me with anyone else. It's only you angel, only ever you. " I tried to tell him how good he felt inside of me, but I wasn't making any sense. What came out was just a jumble of words. "Love you! Only you. You're perfect. So big. Love it. Hurts, but it’s so good! Want you. Come. HARDER! My pussy. SPENCER! Now!"

- I'd never give this up again. Not for an hour, not for a day, not for a month. My waiting days were over. Spencer didn't have a chance of pushing me away ever again.

- He growled. "That's right baby. Take it, take me."

- "Oh yeah Delilah. Fuck yes…. Tighten up on me babe."

- "Jesus Christ Delilah, you suck me so fucking good that I think the top of my head almost blew off."

- Fuck, she's wild. She loved the feeling of being full of cum, and I loved filling her with it. The two of us are a seventeen-alarm fire, and I don't see things cooling off at all. Just like before, the more I have her, the more I need her. The more I need her, the more I want her. I've just come twice, but I'm still hard as fuck.

- "Remember who you belong to baby? Remember that you're mine, and that you're always going to be. Your tight pussy is fucking mine Delilah. Your mouth is mine. You like to be filled up with come? My cock is here just for your pleasure baby, and only for you. Whenever you need it, you tell me. I'm always going to be ready to love you Delilah, whenever and wherever you need me. You're safe to be as dirty as you want with me."

- She's my fucking angel, born just for me to love. We made it, and now that we're together, I'm never letting her go again. Nothing can ever keep us apart, I know it.

- "I'm going to stay until you fall asleep and then I'll go. I can't say goodbye, so I'm not going to. I love you Delilah, more than anything and I always will. We might not be able to be together, but I'd die for you angel. I'm always here if you need anything, and I always will be."

- That's why I don't get why you don't want to have children. You're one of the best protectors and providers I know. I swear that you were born to be a father."

- You’re my sun, Delilah. Please don’t take that away.”

- You aren’t just the love of my life, you ARE my life. Because of you, I know that evil doesn’t have to win. No matter what, you always will be my angel, the light that saved me from the darkness.”

- "My life was one big bachelor party until I met Sabrina. I definitely sowed my wild oats. Trust me, there's nothing that some stripper can do for me that Sabrina doesn't do at home ten times hotter. And let's face it… Sabrina is one of the most beautiful women alive. I hit the jackpot boys, and I'm not interested in looking at anyone else. Quite frankly, being without her for the entire night sounds like hell, so I'll be in no mood for strippers on top of that."

- Before I know it, I'll have a piece of Spencer and me to love forever. I can never pretend to regret that. I didn't get my fairytale, but what I am getting is something I've wanted for as long as I can remember. At least I get that much.

- His face… god, his face. Anyone looking at us knew that he was in agony, because he made no attempt to mask it. His love for me was right there, on display for anyone who cared to look. Staring at me he whispered, "I love you so fucking much angel. I'm not right without you. Isn't there anything we can do?"

- He panted and moaned, begged me to keep going. “That mouth of yours angel… god damn perfection. Love me Delilah, please love me.” “I do love you Spencer. More than anything, I love you.” I hummed around his balls, enjoying his guttural groans as I did it. Pulling back, I licked the inside of his right thigh before giving him a gentle nip, repeating the same thing on the left side. “Oh god, baby… that’s fucking hot.”

- “Oh fuck baby, what you do to me… it’s amazing.”

- I feel so loved when we’re together.” I held onto him tight, squeezing him as I kissed his chest. “You feel loved because you are loved. I love you Spencer, and I will always love you, even when you don’t love me anymore. Always remember that.”

- The entire time, Spencer said nothing. He just sat crying, absolutely incoherent. We all tried to talk to him, but he was totally gone.

- “Spencer, it’s lovely for you to offer, but you just fainted because you’re freaking out. You need to see her.” Turning to Tally and I she explained, “She’ll want Spencer and we all know it. I want to see my baby girl, but I know she’d rather have him than anyone else. I just want her to be happy.”

- When Spencer’s hand covered mine, I looked up in confusion. He was still crying, his eyes pleading with me to listen. “I don’t think I’ll be worth shit as a father, but I’m going to be here for you and our baby until the day I die.

- I love you more than anything, and I’ll love the baby too. How can I not when it’s a part of you

- He doesn’t know that he was born to be a father, but I do. The baby and I just needed to show him the way. We’d been given a second chance, and I was going to make sure we used it.

- You’re perfect for me because we were born to complete each other.”

- “Oh honey, you’re going to be such a good daddy. I’d never have trusted my little girl with you if I didn’t know what a great guy you are. I’ve always known that it was you for her. From the first day that I met all of you, it was so obvious

- Smiling, I rubbed my non-existent belly. “We’re good. Better now that you’re here. I was starting to get nauseous, but now it’s fading away. This is what happened during the five days you spent at my apartment. Clearly the baby already loves daddy, because whenever you’re around, I feel much more solid.” He looked blown away but ecstatic. “Really? You think the baby knows when I’m around?” I smiled at him, thrilled by the cautious wonder that filled his face. He was scared shitless, but he was hopeful. I took that as a good sign.

- When will you get married?" I laughed and shrugged my shoulders. Gesturing to Spencer I said, "This one tried to get me to go to Las Vegas with him last night. Just like my brothers he's got the patience of a small gnat. I'm guessing within the next few weeks."

- Giggling I said, “sounds like there’s about to be a baby explosion in this family!” Nodding at me as he smiled Dante said, “That’s the idea.”

- Pushing him back, I grabbed his face in my hands. "I don't care if Todd Rand is as kind as Jesus himself, my place was with you and I will never regret that. You and Damien and Spencer gave Dominique and me an amazing life that I love more than I can ever tell you. Things worked out the way they were supposed to. This family was always the best option for me, Dante, the only option I'd ever have chosen if I'd been given the choice. This changes nothing in my heart. We were all meant to be together, meant to make up a family that defied the odds. I hope that Todd and Flynn are wonderful and that I can have relationships with both, but if they don't want to know me, I'm not going to be upset. I already have the perfect family for me, and since you're the head of this family, that's on you." I'd not seen my brother so unsure before, but he pulled me in close and held me tight while he repeatedly cleared his throat and struggled not to cry.

- "Damn Delilah, you are dangerous to my self-control. Stand up."

- We kissed like we loved, hot and full of passion, loving each other with our mouths and bodies.

- Every time I think that I've reached the capacity of love that a human could possess, I find that I was wrong. There is no fill line with my love for her, and I know that it will continue on like that forever.

- "Oh baby, what you do with that mouth of yours is insanity. Is it wrong that I love your tongue almost as much as I love your cock?"

- She gushed and shook under me, screaming into the comforter as she clenched and unclenched around me. I'd never seen her so wild, and I struggled to hold on. She came again, drenching my cock as I continued pounding her tight heat. I heard her talking, knew that she was saying something but didn't immediately hear her. Slowing down I said, "What baby?"' "Turn me over. I want to see your face when you come."

- "I'm still scared out of my mind, but I'm excited too. I love you angel." Laying her hand over mind, she squeezed. "I'm not scared at all. There isn't a doubt in my mind that you're going to be an amazing father. If you saw yourself, saw what I do, and knew yourself as well as I know you, you'd never be scared."

- Smiling, I hugged her from behind. "I love you Delilah, and that's forever." I felt her smile, even though I couldn't see it. "I love you Spencer, forever."
Profile Image for Jenni Fields-Hatfield.
186 reviews11 followers
May 31, 2013
"I love you Delilah, and that's forever."

DAMN IT! Where do I get myself a Hart family member, a cousin, heck at this point I'll take an old ass uncle.

So far this is what I have looked like reading the Hart Family series.

A little bit of blushing...


and little bit of "oh you did not just say that"....


and a whole lot of...


I love this freaking love family and I am only on book 3!

I love how each book talks about each family member. For example, in the first two books Broken Hart & Shattered Hart you get a gimps into what Delilah and Spencer are going through. But it’s not until you read Loving Hart that you put together why they were acting a certain way. It's almost as if it allows you to feel even more for what they are going through, if that's even possible.

Pat yourself on the back - Ella Fox you have done an outstanding job with this series!! I love that Picture Perfect (Renegade Saints) ties right in to the Hart Family. Makes me eager to read EVERYTHING you write!

Seriously, The best book family of Series I have ever read! If you haven't read it your totally missing out!!
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3,160 reviews558 followers
February 3, 2013
So far, from the 3 books.. this is the one that I liked the most by far. In fact I hated the second book so I was reluctant to read this one. SO glad I did read it after all. Spencer and Delilah are truly soulmates!

I found the character development very deep. I loved how the author gave Delilah a strong and loving spirit. She was true to herself and what she wanted and that was Spencer and her baby. Spencer was also an amazing character. My heart broke for him. He had to fight with his demons, overcome his crappy past and heal the wounds his monstrous father inflicted. So sweet how Delilah was able to help him embrace fatherhood and family life! I need more of these two with their butter bean cross baby! :)
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1,033 reviews6 followers
June 8, 2013
I really have very little to say about this. I had a hard time finishing this, and I really cant say why. I have read the first two in this series, and enjoyed them much more. The repetitive style of writing from both POV really annoyed me, and both of these characters just left me uninterested and uncaring.
The only problem left facing me now is if I care enough to be bothered reading any more of these books. The new characters mentioned toward the end of this one have piqued my interest, but I am not sure if it was enough to make me keep reading. Probably will, but I will wait a while until I can forget just how much I disliked this one.
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194 reviews410 followers
June 13, 2013
If its possible to give ten stars I would. This Book is also amazing bc the books that came before it bring it all together. The author writes so well. The Hart families back story is just so sad and she really does a good job giving each character their own identity.
The sex is out of this world. Ella fox writes a damn good blow job among many other things. The love between Spencer and Delilah is so believable and their bond is breathtaking. I didn't want this book to end. Totally downloading the next and starting it ASAP. A must read ladies.
34 reviews
December 15, 2012
Hot! Hot! Hot! 4,5 stars. I really liked this book! Great pacing, great story and lots of lovely dirty talk and sizzling hot sex coupled with a wonderful love story. My favourite so far in this series definetely.
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309 reviews2 followers
January 18, 2013
Spencer and Delilah's story brought many emotions out of me. It's a beautiful story on its own, I think it's my favorite of the series. It gives a better understanding about the past of the Hart family.
5 stars for the story, 5 ++++++ stars for the scorching HAWT scenes :D
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125 reviews15 followers
December 16, 2012
My favorite of the series
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158 reviews1 follower
December 18, 2012
Ella Fox has done it again! I LOVED this book for sooooo many reasons! When I think I cannot love the Hart Family Series anymore--she comes out with a new book and I fall in love all over again!

I am speechless, because I do not know where to start my review! I loved the developing relationship between Spencer and Delilah. I love how they always had "their" way of connecting to one another from the beginning--such a beautiful story. I liked that we learned what happened in the beginning between the children and how their lives and relationships built on that.

Delilah is such a strong and beautiful woman and I love her character! She is probably one of my favorite "girl characters" in a book. I just loved how she went straight to Spencer and asked him EXACTLY what she wanted and he GAVE IT TO HER! I LOVED her bluntness!!!

Spencer is DEF a keeper and perfect in so many ways--he just doesn't know it. I wanted to KILL his mother and father. The Hart parents are HORRIBLE, but OMG I do not know if it is even possible, but the Cross parents are WORSE! How can a mother let a father do that to her child? Someone needs to teach them both a lesson! WOW!! I am not about violence, but MAN situations in that book had my blood pump in a good way, but man in a BAD WAY as well! OMG--grrr!

My ultimate favorite book is Broken Hart---I JUST LOVE DANTE, but man Shattered Hart was so great--yummy Damien and wow Spencer--Loving Hart was such a GREAT story! He is not a real "born" Hart--but you wouldn't know the difference! Man these men are STRONG & SEXY!!

I LOVED the twist--did not see that coming. I had to re-read that part over to make she I wasn't trippin! lol I cannot wait to keep going on the journey and start reading Dillion's story. I am SO curious how he turned out not being raised the same way. Let me just say--raised the same or not....I have NO doubt he is one SEXY man and I will fall in love within seconds! =)

If you are not reading The Hart Family Series....you are missing out on some of the BEST books ever written! Stop reading the book you are now and start reading this one!
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180 reviews44 followers
November 23, 2013
The first half of this book we go back in time with the Hart Family . There is a lot of retelling and catching up. Which is good for readers that have spaced out the series . Some parts seemed a little too redundant like we didn't need to know the back story because we have been following the series reading order. However one good thing about this I would say if you accidentally start this series at book 3 you will be okay . There's enough character profiles that you get a good idea of what's going on/happened in the past.

Loving Hart is about the Hart sister Delilah and her love for the Hart brothers BFF Spencer. If you read book 2 Shattered Hart (my fav so far) you are like what !? When did Delilah & Spencer hook up. That timeframe is easily explained in this book.

I struggled with Delilah & Spencer . They had so much love for each other but SUCK at communication . They let so much time pass with their love and put each other through so much pain . That I'm like of someone just speak up , it could all be so simple ! But they don't .

Theres a first kiss in this book that needs recognition . It starts off cute and innocent but the way it ends.. You're like now that was the best first kiss EVER. LolThe sexy time between these two per the authors usual is on point . A theme with these books is marathon sex. Lol these characters don't stop .

Things got really serious and emotional at times when learning about Spencer's life and how things were for the Hart children growing up. We get more Dante (from book 1) in this book. His fathering instincts are explained in this book and it really will upset you . New characters are introduced at the end of this book and I can not wait to see how things will go. I think I am going to read book 1 in the spin off Renegade Saints Series / Picture Perfect next.

- Juewelz
SMIBookClub.com
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272 reviews26 followers
January 31, 2014
I'm almost pissed off that this book has the rating it does. It's discouraging to see that such terrible writing is getting such praise. I'm literally incapable of not finishing something so I've read all three to see if the writing would improve with time. It didn't.

I'm at a loss because I can't find the words to describe how awful these books were. There was no emotion in them whatsoever.

The sex scenes alone were enough to drive me crazy. Not only were there too many, but Delilah and Spencer would have ENTIRE CONVERSATIONS before, DURING, and after. There was NOTHING left to the imagination. At all. The dirty talk wasn't hot in any way. It was so contrived and so excessive that it almost bordered on creepy. Let me give you some context. Kristin Ashley, for example. There's an amazing romance novelist. She has sex scenes. She has dirty talk. But she has the most important thing of all. ROMANCE. This is the most clinical writing of all. KA is a writer I happen to enjoy immensely so establishing the fact that I'm not a prude in any way and let's be honest, it's half the reason people who love this genre read it, let's establish that the fact that these scenes were horrible is saying a lot coming from me.

I genuinely hated these books. If I could delete them from my Kindle I would. They've put off the genre in its entirety for awhile. THAT IS HOW AWFUL THEY ARE!!!

If you want a more in depth reason behind my rating, look at my reviews for the first two books. I'm not repeating all that shit for a third time. This series doesn't even deserve that much effort from me.
1,171 reviews34 followers
June 20, 2014
It was difficult to rate this book.

There were several things I really loved
But there were several things I didn't like and got a bit annoyed with

All in all, it was an enjoyable read with Hot sex scenes, and i'm looking forward to reading the next book.
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86 reviews5 followers
December 21, 2012
I love the a Hart family.... Im becoming a social worker and because of this I have learned that parent aren't always the best choice to raise children, that their others that can and will love you better, Ella Fox had made this clear in all of her three books ... The love between Dante, Damien, Spencer, and the twins Delilah, Dominique and Aunt Sandra is so beautiful it tears me up... Dante, Damien, Spencer and the twins have grown up to have each others back, we get to know a little more of their back story which I loved... Spencer and Delilah have this special connection between them since Delilah is born and it's beautiful to read about... Since Delilah is a little girl she knows that she is going to marry Spencer and have his babies it's truly a "meant to be together forever " story ... Delilah knowns how much Spencer can handle so she takes it upon herself to presue their relationship and it work like a charm for .. As their relationship grows Delilah finds out that Spencer does not want children she knows thats one thing she wont give up...
Spencer has grown a very tough childhood and it was so tough for me to read ... I understand why he doesn't want them but I don't agree with him.. I don't want to give away to much of him because you have to read it to understand him ... I cant wait for the next book because I want to know what happens to this family I hope we get to hear more of each and every one of them ... Thank you Ella Fox for another great book...
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11 reviews2 followers
March 17, 2013
I'm so excited that I get to review first!!!!!!!!! This book was incredible. I've loved each book in the series but this was the best in the bunch to date. There was so much story and I fell so in love with Spencer. I fell more in love with Dante and Damien too because they played in this book. Especially Dante. All the things he went through made what happened in Broken Hart even better and now I'm going to go back and read that again.
Hearing from Spencer and Delilah where they came from was gut-wrenching. This was a totally different type of erotic story because there was so much to it and it was actualy a true love story. Spencer broke my heart and then assembled it again piece by piece. I'm totally in love with him. The sex scenes were out of the world hot but beautifully done because they weren't ever just having sex- they were making love.
I want to talk spoilers but I won't. All I can say is that I'm really looking forward to more by this author and more Hart stories. It took me all day to read but it was worth it because I couldn't put it down. I want a Spencer Cross in real life.
11 reviews
July 16, 2013
This novel was my favourite in the series to date! I absolutely love that Delilah and Spencer were soul mates from the time they were children. Ella begins the novel all the way in childhood and explains how their relationship grows and matures throughout time.

I enjoy how their relationship progresses and how it becomes clear that Spencer and Delilah are meant to be together, but I felt that the two year wait time the they imposed on themselves was a little much, I mean in reality no one would ever do that.

Once that wait time was over, it was the typical novel dramas, they both still want each other but they both believe that they've moved on...

Once all of this drama is soothed, some curveballs hit Spencer and Delilah and create the story lines for the novels that follow this one. (I won't mention them for fear of spoiling someones read in future).

Although there were some parts of this novel that frustrated me, Spencer and Delilah are by far my favourite and the hottest story yet!

Go Ella Fox! She's quickly becoming one of my favourite authors.

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326 reviews7 followers
December 26, 2012
Actual rating: 4.5
I actually think I loved this book the most out of the series so far up until the last few chapters. Why couldn't it have just been a story about Delilah and Spencer's love without that twist at the end? I mean yes, I obviously am going to buy book 4, and probably even book 5 since the author already let out that Dillon's story is coming too, but I just wanted to read about Delilah and Spencer. They had a truly great love story going on, so the whole thing with the families at the end was just unnecessary. It would have been a wonderful book without the drama; it may have been a much better book in fact. Parts of the story didn't make sense, but I really did love both the characters, so I really enjoyed reading everything about them. I suppose bring on book 4 now. Lets solve some of this drama already so that I can just enjoy all of the Hart family.
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1 review1 follower
December 17, 2013
First of all, let me start by saying that Ella Fox has made me feel like i belong to the Hart family. She writes the best families EVER!!! It was difficult reading every new book that came out specially because she made me fall harder and harder with a new Hart couple.
Okay, so this book has been my favorite so far. I loved the Delilah and Spencer. I felt like there was the most emotion and connection between these two than any other. Spencer has been part of the Hart family for so long its like he is another member, and even though its not a fairy tale for these two eventually they realize what is in front of them and they make one of the best HEA I've read. This is a very steamy book so 18+, but full of amazing moments between the characters.
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2,463 reviews53 followers
December 10, 2020
Miscommunication!

I did like this story better than the previous one, but I think there would really be no drama if both of these characters actually communicated with each other. I did like learning about the background of these two.

I just didn't really understand why they could only be together for one month before she does off to school and then they have to wait two years to be together. She was close enough to come home for a family dinner every Sunday so it wouldn't have been a long distance relationship. And the fact that her brother's would want them to wait until she was done with school was a bit thin. She was in college, not high school!
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