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Be Mine... Or Else
Dove Rosetta is crushing hard on the hot guy she ran into at the coffee shop. His big build, sharp suits, and dark eyes have her flustered, and as luck would have it, they meet by chance every day. She might be innocent, but her thoughts aren’t, and she’s ready for him to make a move.
Beau Heart has been watching her for weeks. It’s no accident that he sees Dove every day and he’s tired of playing it cool. He’s done with gentle and patient. He’s grumpy, and now it’s time for dirty and fast.
Warning: This Valentine’s story is filled with alpha possessiveness and rough need. Good things come to those who wait, but great things come to those who claim. Get ready!
Beau Heart has been watching her for weeks. It’s no accident that he sees Dove every day and he’s tired of playing it cool. He’s done with gentle and patient. He’s grumpy, and now it’s time for dirty and fast.
Warning: This Valentine’s story is filled with alpha possessiveness and rough need. Good things come to those who wait, but great things come to those who claim. Get ready!
155 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 10, 2018
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Alexa Riley
284 books16.1k followersAlexa Riley is two sassy friends who got together and wrote some dirty books. They are both married moms of two who love football, donuts, and obsessed book heroes.
They specialize in insta-love, over-the-top, sweet, and cheesy love stories that don’t take all year to read. If you want something SAFE, short, and always with a happily ever after, then Alexa Riley is for you!
Feel free to follow us each on twitter @smut_sasshole & @SassNSmut
They specialize in insta-love, over-the-top, sweet, and cheesy love stories that don’t take all year to read. If you want something SAFE, short, and always with a happily ever after, then Alexa Riley is for you!
Feel free to follow us each on twitter @smut_sasshole & @SassNSmut
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February 11, 2018
IT'S LIVE!
This was a big 'ol pile of sweet sugar, torched with steamy sex scenes- like a creme brulee 😂
If you are a fan of the classic OTT alpha, sugary sweet instalove, and breeding that we have come to expect from Alexa Riley, then you won't be disappointed.
Beau is alpha, bossy, and take charge...He takes his stalking seriously- buying buildings, planting security details, the whole shebang! He finally found someone who could tear him away from his work and change his views on love and marriage.
Dove was sweet and innocent. Backwards and shy. She has one good true friend and she is happy. She wears her heart on her sleeve and falls instantly for Beau.
-no cheating
-no ow/om drama
- hero was celibate for years- virgin heroine
-older man/younger woman
- no pushing away
- no violence of any nature
-instalove
-steamy
-good epilogue
This was a big 'ol pile of sweet sugar, torched with steamy sex scenes- like a creme brulee 😂
If you are a fan of the classic OTT alpha, sugary sweet instalove, and breeding that we have come to expect from Alexa Riley, then you won't be disappointed.
Beau is alpha, bossy, and take charge...He takes his stalking seriously- buying buildings, planting security details, the whole shebang! He finally found someone who could tear him away from his work and change his views on love and marriage.
Dove was sweet and innocent. Backwards and shy. She has one good true friend and she is happy. She wears her heart on her sleeve and falls instantly for Beau.
-no cheating
-no ow/om drama
- hero was celibate for years- virgin heroine
-older man/younger woman
- no pushing away
- no violence of any nature
-instalove
-steamy
-good epilogue
August 28, 2019
1 ★✩✩✩✩, unwillingly wasted
Well, this was a TOTAL WASTE OF MY TIME. And the worst part of it is that it's all my fault. I read Locked Up Love and really liked it. But after stumbling over Thick. a totally weird and outrageous short story that left me deeply disturbed, I really shouldn't have read this. What can i say except
I hereby pledge to not read another Alexa Riley book unless it is explicitly recommended to by a trusted person.
Well, this was a TOTAL WASTE OF MY TIME. And the worst part of it is that it's all my fault. I read Locked Up Love and really liked it. But after stumbling over Thick. a totally weird and outrageous short story that left me deeply disturbed, I really shouldn't have read this. What can i say except
I hereby pledge to not read another Alexa Riley book unless it is explicitly recommended to by a trusted person.
February 13, 2018
3.5 Attached at Hip Stars
* * * 1/2 Spoiler Free-It's Live
As I mentioned earlier... I must check out a program to help with my fascination of these books....Because if one looks too closely at the behavior of the characters, one would worry. However since it is all a fantasy... full of over the top alphas with women who are completely smitten with the way these men can't function without them....then it all falls into place.
This time we have innocent Dove, just months out of high school, who works in a flower shop. A beautiful creature who told her folks she had no interest in college and wanted to find herself. She found a place to live by becoming a roommate with a total opposite woman... They hit if off with the idea of opposites can get along. Each is supportive of the other.
One day Dove forgets to bring her coffee from home and rushes into a coffee shop close to her work. There she sees this man... so handsome and professional. He looks like he stepped out of a cologne ad...He smells great, too!
She has now been going to the same coffee place because she tries to time it so that she can see her "Coffee Man". Everyday, he is there... and lately he has been talking and flirting with her. He even has been buying her coffee...
Gah... he is just so cool and Dove wants to know him better...and wishes he would just make a move already....
Beau is no fool... when he sees something he wants, he makes sure he will get it... As a very successful Divorce attorney, he has had his fill of broken marriages. His childhood prepared him well with his dad constantly getting married and divorced. Beau knows the score... the one which has always worked for him...never ever get involved with a woman and especially not a client. He has had to perfect his polite rejections as women have always been pursuing him.
But lately, he only has eyes and interest in one woman... Dove. From the first moment he laid eyes on her... he knew he must have her...She was sunshine and sweetness...She was too good for others and he was going to make sure no one would ruin this innocent...
It wasn't by accident, Beau was always at the coffee shop when Dove was there... he had eyes on her at all times... and finally everything becomes too much and he makes his move...Dove and Beau finally connect and he tells her he will pick her up where she works that night and will make her oh, so happy....
Well, as you can figure out...these two are meant to be... and everything goes according to Alexa Riley plans... He shows how taken and obsessed he is about her... she is overwhelmed BUT oh, so willing and wanting....and then let the bedroom games begin.
This book is really a shortie combined with
His Princess (The Princess, #1) https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...So if you haven't read it you get the full book as a bonus.
~~~~~ Before Reading ~~~~~
In Keeping with the 12 Step Program of Insta-Lovers getting their fix...
I am going in and will report back!
For more Reviews, Free E-books and Giveaways
* * * 1/2 Spoiler Free-It's Live
As I mentioned earlier... I must check out a program to help with my fascination of these books....Because if one looks too closely at the behavior of the characters, one would worry. However since it is all a fantasy... full of over the top alphas with women who are completely smitten with the way these men can't function without them....then it all falls into place.
This time we have innocent Dove, just months out of high school, who works in a flower shop. A beautiful creature who told her folks she had no interest in college and wanted to find herself. She found a place to live by becoming a roommate with a total opposite woman... They hit if off with the idea of opposites can get along. Each is supportive of the other.
One day Dove forgets to bring her coffee from home and rushes into a coffee shop close to her work. There she sees this man... so handsome and professional. He looks like he stepped out of a cologne ad...He smells great, too!
She has now been going to the same coffee place because she tries to time it so that she can see her "Coffee Man". Everyday, he is there... and lately he has been talking and flirting with her. He even has been buying her coffee...
Gah... he is just so cool and Dove wants to know him better...and wishes he would just make a move already....
Beau is no fool... when he sees something he wants, he makes sure he will get it... As a very successful Divorce attorney, he has had his fill of broken marriages. His childhood prepared him well with his dad constantly getting married and divorced. Beau knows the score... the one which has always worked for him...never ever get involved with a woman and especially not a client. He has had to perfect his polite rejections as women have always been pursuing him.
But lately, he only has eyes and interest in one woman... Dove. From the first moment he laid eyes on her... he knew he must have her...She was sunshine and sweetness...She was too good for others and he was going to make sure no one would ruin this innocent...
It wasn't by accident, Beau was always at the coffee shop when Dove was there... he had eyes on her at all times... and finally everything becomes too much and he makes his move...Dove and Beau finally connect and he tells her he will pick her up where she works that night and will make her oh, so happy....
Well, as you can figure out...these two are meant to be... and everything goes according to Alexa Riley plans... He shows how taken and obsessed he is about her... she is overwhelmed BUT oh, so willing and wanting....and then let the bedroom games begin.
This book is really a shortie combined with
His Princess (The Princess, #1) https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...So if you haven't read it you get the full book as a bonus. ~~~~~ Before Reading ~~~~~
In Keeping with the 12 Step Program of Insta-Lovers getting their fix...
I am going in and will report back!
For more Reviews, Free E-books and Giveaways
February 13, 2018
5+++ Stars
Wow! It's so sweet! Perfect for Valentine's Day and a perfect read for me. I loved it!
The story is about Beau and Dove.
He's a divorce lawyer and she works at a florist shop. They met at the coffee shop and has been flirting for weeks but he's holding himself back, worried he'll scare her away.
People say he's cold and calculating and he is but not to her. I loved how possessive and obsess he was! He's the perfect OTT alpha.
I also loved the epilogues!
SAFETY:
Wow! It's so sweet! Perfect for Valentine's Day and a perfect read for me. I loved it!
The story is about Beau and Dove.
He's a divorce lawyer and she works at a florist shop. They met at the coffee shop and has been flirting for weeks but he's holding himself back, worried he'll scare her away.
People say he's cold and calculating and he is but not to her. I loved how possessive and obsess he was! He's the perfect OTT alpha.
I also loved the epilogues!
SAFETY:
February 10, 2018
The sweetest and steamiest of Valentine reads! I loved Beau so much! ❤️💗❤️💗❤️
February 13, 2018
“Be Mine...Or Else” is the story of Dove and Beau.
A perfect Valentine’s Day treat from our favorite duo had all the sugary goodness we have come to expect from them.
-Virgin heroine
-Hunky hero
-Loads of obsession
-PUPPIES!
-Mild drama
-Saccharine sweet but dirty lovemaking
-HEA
-Detailed epilogues
I adored the cover and this was a good break from stress for me today.
Safe
4/5
Well, because puppies!
July 17, 2018
3.5 stars
March 15, 2018
I’m in a crazy AR mood lately 😂.
July 9, 2019
This story is your tyical AR book. Lots of OTT alpha male behaviour, a sweet heroine and lots of smut with a HEA. It's a really short and quick read but I liked it. I wished there had been more depth to it but oh well... Maybe in the next book.
February 21, 2018
A sweet sexy steamy read that passed the time nicely....😉
April 16, 2019
3.5*
It’s Alexa so you know what you’re getting but this is one of the better ones.
Dove is a quiet shy girl but she know she’s wants the coffee guy.
Beau is a lawyer, nice suits and obvious money. It’s love at first sight. Unbeknown to Dove he’s bought the building where she works. He’s installed his own man to watch her. He’s completely smitten.
Beau is surrounded by the dark side of love and marriage. He’s a very successful divorce lawyer. Plus his father has been working his way through a long list of wives.
He never thought he’d marry but one look at Dove and he’s gone.
It’s sweet and beautiful.
February 12, 2018
Aww short, sexy, and sweet insta-love romance about a divorce attorney and a florist worker. Hero is obsessed possessive and a stalker and heroine a sweetheart! I loved them together! Cute epilogue with 4 kids! ❤️
October 9, 2018
Be Mine ... Or Else fue un relato simple y totalmente de estilo de estas autoras, admito que esta pareja no es de mis favoritas, el lleva el ser un hombre de las cavernas a un nivel inaguantable y ella ( como la mayoria de protagonistas de Alexa Riley ) es demasiado mosquita muerta, y ese es un rasgo que odio en las protagonistas femeninas.
Para resumir, una historia mas, no destaca ni sorprende. Seguire buscando mas libros de estas autoras que sean como Marriage Material y Her Touch, esas si que me gustaron bastante.
1.5 Estrellas!
April 10, 2018
"But suddenly I need to stamp out my name inside her pussy."
lol.
lol.
April 25, 2018
ben niye Riley'leri girmeyi unutuyorum asdfasfds
“I can’t fuck something this pure and sweet.” I rest my forehead on her thigh and think about how bad I want to put my dick in her, but also how innocent this little pussy is. “I don’t want to ruin something so close to heaven.”
bu sefer farklıydı. durum şu: herifimiz görür görmez posess tavırlara girmiyor. tmm ikisi için de hala instalove ama instasex değil. oğluşumuz kızı korkutmak istemiyor. çok da beklemiyo gerçi asdfasdfs
olsa da olur olmasa da olan bir yanlış-anlama-dramı var. kız ezik bir tip değil. ama bi kaç kitabında olan aşırı fettan bi kadın da değil. hatta şöyle bi güzellik var her-seferinde-adamı-baştan-çıkartan-converseleri, baharlık elbiseleri fln var kızın, sade ve tatlı yani. bunu da sevdim ben bıktmıştım o bayat ucuz ve eskimiş cine5 kılıklı karılardan.
“I can’t fuck something this pure and sweet.” I rest my forehead on her thigh and think about how bad I want to put my dick in her, but also how innocent this little pussy is. “I don’t want to ruin something so close to heaven.”
bu sefer farklıydı. durum şu: herifimiz görür görmez posess tavırlara girmiyor. tmm ikisi için de hala instalove ama instasex değil. oğluşumuz kızı korkutmak istemiyor. çok da beklemiyo gerçi asdfasdfs
olsa da olur olmasa da olan bir yanlış-anlama-dramı var. kız ezik bir tip değil. ama bi kaç kitabında olan aşırı fettan bi kadın da değil. hatta şöyle bi güzellik var her-seferinde-adamı-baştan-çıkartan-converseleri, baharlık elbiseleri fln var kızın, sade ve tatlı yani. bunu da sevdim ben bıktmıştım o bayat ucuz ve eskimiş cine5 kılıklı karılardan.
Cum be my Valentine
xoxoxo
iko
February 17, 2018
Loved this one! ❤️😍🤩
It reminded me a lot of the good old ones from this author! All sweet and innocent heroine and a hot jealous, possessive alpha male! ✌️😉🙌😋
It reminded me a lot of the good old ones from this author! All sweet and innocent heroine and a hot jealous, possessive alpha male! ✌️😉🙌😋
February 12, 2018
Beau’s dad gave me the creeps, I dunno why exactly because he was supposed to be a good guy but he skeeved me out.
The rest of it was meh. I don’t really take AR seriously, they’re light and fun and usually dirty AF. But this one was meh. It started out strong then I dunno, fizzled.
Still cute though! I hope they write Tia’s story <3
The rest of it was meh. I don’t really take AR seriously, they’re light and fun and usually dirty AF. But this one was meh. It started out strong then I dunno, fizzled.
Still cute though! I hope they write Tia’s story <3
February 14, 2018
** 2 "nonsense drama?" STARS **
February 16, 2018
I love this one!!!
I love how Beau is portrayed. He's a bada$$ lawyer and is built like a football player. He's usually gruff and tends to have a surly disposition. And then there's Dove, who's adorable and bright and sunshine and innocent. I love that Beau makes an effort to smile around her and take things slow with Dove so as not to scare her away. This story is totally like Beauty and the Beast...one of my favorite fairytales.
I love how Beau is portrayed. He's a bada$$ lawyer and is built like a football player. He's usually gruff and tends to have a surly disposition. And then there's Dove, who's adorable and bright and sunshine and innocent. I love that Beau makes an effort to smile around her and take things slow with Dove so as not to scare her away. This story is totally like Beauty and the Beast...one of my favorite fairytales.
December 2, 2018
Short,cute and steamy Alexa Riley never disappoints! The way the big cold brute of a hero were so marshmallow when it came to his sunshine heroine was adorable! "Be Mine... Or Else" with its sugary sweetness is a novella that i will certainly re-read again in the future!
*insta love (of course)
*OTT jealous smitten possessive hero
*adorable virgin heroine
*safe with a HEA
*and some Valentino!
Yeah i just adored this one!
*insta love (of course)
*OTT jealous smitten possessive hero
*adorable virgin heroine
*safe with a HEA
*and some Valentino!
Yeah i just adored this one!
February 11, 2018
4.5/5
Safe read
-Virgin h
-Celibate H
-no pushing away
-no ow Drama
-HEA with epilogue
Safe read
-Virgin h
-Celibate H
-no pushing away
-no ow Drama
-HEA with epilogue
May 6, 2023
This book right here is why I read....this couple made me happy and ironically, I love to be happy. This was a classic Alexa Riley book, insta-love, safe read, over the top possessive alpha, with a sweet as hell leading lady, epilogues (plural), wedding, babies, an hea, complete with Alexa Riley’s over the top humor....makes me damn happy.
Beau is a top divorce attorney and Dove is a bit of sunshine that works in a flower shop, they run into each other at a coffee shop. After that, they always try to run into each other. Not hard when his security team keeps an eye on her, one of my absolute favorite scenes...
Yup...classic Alexa Riley and I ate it up. There was a teeny tiny bit of drama, which was really a misunderstanding, because let’s face it...AR men are amazing. Other than that, smooth sailing. So basically, if you want to be happy too....read this book.
Merged review:
This book right here is why I read....this couple made me happy and ironically, I love to be happy. This was a classic Alexa Riley book, insta-love, safe read, over the top possessive alpha, with a sweet as hell leading lady, epilogues (plural), wedding, babies, an hea, complete with Alexa Riley’s over the top humor....makes me damn happy.
Beau is a top divorce attorney and Dove is a bit of sunshine that works in a flower shop, they run into each other at a coffee shop. After that, they always try to run into each other. Not hard when his security team keeps an eye on her, one of my absolute favorite scenes...
“I pull out my phone and text Quinn.
Me: Where is she?
Quinn: Sorry sir, she got distracted by puppies in the pet store window.”
Yup...classic Alexa Riley and I ate it up. There was a teeny tiny bit of drama, which was really a misunderstanding, because let’s face it...AR men are amazing. Other than that, smooth sailing. So basically, if you want to be happy too....read this book.
Beau is a top divorce attorney and Dove is a bit of sunshine that works in a flower shop, they run into each other at a coffee shop. After that, they always try to run into each other. Not hard when his security team keeps an eye on her, one of my absolute favorite scenes...
“I pull out my phone and text Quinn.
Me: Where is she?
Quinn: Sorry sir, she got distracted by puppies in the pet store window.”
Yup...classic Alexa Riley and I ate it up. There was a teeny tiny bit of drama, which was really a misunderstanding, because let’s face it...AR men are amazing. Other than that, smooth sailing. So basically, if you want to be happy too....read this book.
Merged review:
This book right here is why I read....this couple made me happy and ironically, I love to be happy. This was a classic Alexa Riley book, insta-love, safe read, over the top possessive alpha, with a sweet as hell leading lady, epilogues (plural), wedding, babies, an hea, complete with Alexa Riley’s over the top humor....makes me damn happy.
Beau is a top divorce attorney and Dove is a bit of sunshine that works in a flower shop, they run into each other at a coffee shop. After that, they always try to run into each other. Not hard when his security team keeps an eye on her, one of my absolute favorite scenes...
“I pull out my phone and text Quinn.
Me: Where is she?
Quinn: Sorry sir, she got distracted by puppies in the pet store window.”
Yup...classic Alexa Riley and I ate it up. There was a teeny tiny bit of drama, which was really a misunderstanding, because let’s face it...AR men are amazing. Other than that, smooth sailing. So basically, if you want to be happy too....read this book.
February 11, 2018
Great read. There is a slight ow misunderstanding, but it is fixed quickly. No other ow/om drama. My kind of story, when I smile all the way through.
February 8, 2018
Another sweet & sexy story. I loved Beau. He's loyal and crazily obsessive. I loved that he was cold to the rest of the world but his girl. She's his sunshine. His everything. And he wild do anything and everything to have her in his life forever.
February 14, 2018
Really enjoyed reading about Dove and Beau
November 20, 2018
Dove está colada por un hombre que conoció en la cafetería. Ellos han coincidido en ella desde entonces pero, aunque se quedan mirando el uno al otro, ninguno da un paso más.
Beau está totalmente obsesionado con Dove, ella es como un rayo de sol y quiere tenerla. Han estado durante semanas jugando a los tímidos, pero se acabó. San Valentín está a la vuelta de la esquina... Es un buen momento.
Tengo una racha que no me apetecía meterme en libros largos, darme un descanso y que mejor que Alexa! Me encantan estos libros, al margen de que si me pasa algo de esto en la vida real, a mi, no habría carretera suficiente para que echase a correr jajaja me encanta leerlo y me parecen tan cuquis ❤️ la fantasía es fantasía y punto. Gracias a estas autoras por escribir mis mejores pasatiempos 😉
Beau está totalmente obsesionado con Dove, ella es como un rayo de sol y quiere tenerla. Han estado durante semanas jugando a los tímidos, pero se acabó. San Valentín está a la vuelta de la esquina... Es un buen momento.
Tengo una racha que no me apetecía meterme en libros largos, darme un descanso y que mejor que Alexa! Me encantan estos libros, al margen de que si me pasa algo de esto en la vida real, a mi, no habría carretera suficiente para que echase a correr jajaja me encanta leerlo y me parecen tan cuquis ❤️ la fantasía es fantasía y punto. Gracias a estas autoras por escribir mis mejores pasatiempos 😉
February 24, 2018
2* STARS!
Mini Review: I really love the cover but couldn't find the appeal from this story. It supposed to be sweet and sugary. But I just found another hero with stalker-ish attitude. Totally creepy even you're not rich and handsome, right? The girl, Dove is too naive and like a nun. I'm more into her gothic roommate. Beau is only smile for Dove. He loves her immediately and she's the one for him. With unnecessary drama, I found the story irritated me. Still, they ends with a lot of babies.
Mini Review: I really love the cover but couldn't find the appeal from this story. It supposed to be sweet and sugary. But I just found another hero with stalker-ish attitude. Totally creepy even you're not rich and handsome, right? The girl, Dove is too naive and like a nun. I'm more into her gothic roommate. Beau is only smile for Dove. He loves her immediately and she's the one for him. With unnecessary drama, I found the story irritated me. Still, they ends with a lot of babies.
April 2, 2018
Adorable Dove and rugged heartthrob Beau are simply lovely together.
A few distracting grammatical errors (proofreading would be a good idea), but overall an adorable and heartwarming romance. Three and a half stars.
A few distracting grammatical errors (proofreading would be a good idea), but overall an adorable and heartwarming romance. Three and a half stars.
February 15, 2018
I know some people don't like the instalove/instalust stories. But you know what sometimes you just need that story that will have everything happen now...lol
Beau and Dove met at a coffee shop, each one attracted to the other. Beau was a divorce attorney, and being in the job that he has he is a bit jaded. Dove works in a flower shop and the two of them has been flirting with each other every morning, but nothing more happening. Until Beau decides he's done waiting. Finally he has found someone that changes his views on love and marriage but also someone that is more important to him than his job.
While he is jaded, she is the total opposite, shy, sweet innocent and definitely believes in romance and all that.
Sweet, sexy, alpha, possessive hotness. Definitely what i needed in between my other reads.
Beau and Dove met at a coffee shop, each one attracted to the other. Beau was a divorce attorney, and being in the job that he has he is a bit jaded. Dove works in a flower shop and the two of them has been flirting with each other every morning, but nothing more happening. Until Beau decides he's done waiting. Finally he has found someone that changes his views on love and marriage but also someone that is more important to him than his job.
While he is jaded, she is the total opposite, shy, sweet innocent and definitely believes in romance and all that.
Sweet, sexy, alpha, possessive hotness. Definitely what i needed in between my other reads.
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