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Holiday Series #1
Hungry For More
Sage Carter has spent her whole life surrounded by her family that treats her like a child. When she finally decides to live life on her own, it’s still under the shelter of her brother's apartment. But the day before Thanksgiving, his business partner comes to visit and just so happens to find her in the kitchen…in her underwear. Can she make it through the holiday without dying of embarrassment? Or will the incident be the spark that lights the fire from within?
Jensen Powell has done things in his own way on his own timeline. When he’s forced to go home with his business partner for Thanksgiving, he doesn’t expect to find a curvy bombshell waiting for him. One look and she belongs to him if only she’ll give in. He hasn’t had a reason to be thankful until now, and he’s making the most of it.
Warning: This Turkey Day romance is stuffed full of all your favorites. It’s warm and sweet with all the guilty pleasures you’re after. Go ahead and get second helpings. Nobody is looking.
Jensen Powell has done things in his own way on his own timeline. When he’s forced to go home with his business partner for Thanksgiving, he doesn’t expect to find a curvy bombshell waiting for him. One look and she belongs to him if only she’ll give in. He hasn’t had a reason to be thankful until now, and he’s making the most of it.
Warning: This Turkey Day romance is stuffed full of all your favorites. It’s warm and sweet with all the guilty pleasures you’re after. Go ahead and get second helpings. Nobody is looking.
86 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 14, 2018
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Alexa Riley
284 books16.2k 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!
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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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November 20, 2018
She's LIVE!!!
November 29, 2018
It's a really nice holiday story. I loved that he never let her pushed him away and that he only has eyes on her. They're so cute together.
The story is about Jensen and Sage.
Her family's overprotective of her after what happened to her in the past. She's now living at her brother's place and his best friend and business partner, Jensen, is coming over to celebrate Thanksgiving with their family.
He has no family and had gotten used to being alone. Brian, Sage's brother invited him for the weekend and he never thought his life would change when he met her.
It has sweet epilogues.
I can't wait for Brian's story.
SAFETY:
The story is about Jensen and Sage.
Her family's overprotective of her after what happened to her in the past. She's now living at her brother's place and his best friend and business partner, Jensen, is coming over to celebrate Thanksgiving with their family.
He has no family and had gotten used to being alone. Brian, Sage's brother invited him for the weekend and he never thought his life would change when he met her.
It has sweet epilogues.
I can't wait for Brian's story.
SAFETY:
November 23, 2018
Más rápido todo, imposible. Las que odian el instalove deberían huir despavoridas.
November 18, 2018
Hungry for More is a nice, quick, insta-love romance to get you into the season's spirit.
it tells the story of Sage and Jensen. She is a curvy virgin with a troubled past, while he is a rich caveman with a troubled past. And they match perfectly together. And this could have been an amazing book, if it were longer, and we were given more details about the main characters' pasts. Don't get me wrong. I know what I get when I choose Alexa Riley, and I love the duo. It's just that Hungry for More actually did what the title says: it got me wanting more of Sage and Jensen.
One thing I simply love with AR books, and this one, too, is the no cheating part. Even if there is a third person trying to get the MC's attention, they fail, and that's it. No silly triangles, or insinuations of cheating.
All in all, this is a nice, cozy fast read if you like the genre.
it tells the story of Sage and Jensen. She is a curvy virgin with a troubled past, while he is a rich caveman with a troubled past. And they match perfectly together. And this could have been an amazing book, if it were longer, and we were given more details about the main characters' pasts. Don't get me wrong. I know what I get when I choose Alexa Riley, and I love the duo. It's just that Hungry for More actually did what the title says: it got me wanting more of Sage and Jensen.
One thing I simply love with AR books, and this one, too, is the no cheating part. Even if there is a third person trying to get the MC's attention, they fail, and that's it. No silly triangles, or insinuations of cheating.
All in all, this is a nice, cozy fast read if you like the genre.
November 15, 2018
A cute little Thanksgiving treat from Alexa Riley. What we have come to adore about this duo is the devoted alpha and safe stories. This was no exception! I will say that there seems to be an epidemic in books lately of skanky waitresses making passes at people....
Can't wait to see what they cook up for Brian!
-no cheating
-no violence
-no om drama
-OW drama- nasty waitress was putting the moves on the hero.
-safe - neither with others after meeting
-good epilogue 2 months and then 5 years later (would have loved to know further out!)
Can't wait to see what they cook up for Brian!
-no cheating
-no violence
-no om drama
-OW drama- nasty waitress was putting the moves on the hero.
-safe - neither with others after meeting
-good epilogue 2 months and then 5 years later (would have loved to know further out!)
November 22, 2018
A sweet smut short story that takes place at Thanksgiving.
Jensen is invited at his business partner’s home for Thanksgiving. He hates this day and he is not happy about this invitation until he meets Sage, his partner’s sister. One look and he is a goner. Sage likes Jensen but she is clueless about men and she is too sheltered after a brutal attack when she was younger.
Expect lots of smut, breeding attitude, festive cookies but not much turkey.
A curvy sweet heroine and a Neanderthal possessive hero.
Classic Alexa Riley.
Jensen is invited at his business partner’s home for Thanksgiving. He hates this day and he is not happy about this invitation until he meets Sage, his partner’s sister. One look and he is a goner. Sage likes Jensen but she is clueless about men and she is too sheltered after a brutal attack when she was younger.
Expect lots of smut, breeding attitude, festive cookies but not much turkey.
A curvy sweet heroine and a Neanderthal possessive hero.
Classic Alexa Riley.
November 16, 2018
Typical Alexa Riley. No plot just a short and hot novella.
November 16, 2019
2 instant everything stars!
A super quick, highly over the top, instant lust, instant love, alpha male, naive virgin heroine story.
With the holidays upon us I was looking for a Thanksgiving themed book to read. Thanksgiving is the smallest part of this story and barely mentioned at all.
I usually enjoy AR books for their quick, smutty-ness, but this one just didn't do anything for me. The instant love was whiplash quick, the dominance of the hero made me cringe, the heroine had no backbone, there was too many editing errors and I laughed too often at the utter ridiculousness within the pages.
A super quick, highly over the top, instant lust, instant love, alpha male, naive virgin heroine story.
With the holidays upon us I was looking for a Thanksgiving themed book to read. Thanksgiving is the smallest part of this story and barely mentioned at all.
I usually enjoy AR books for their quick, smutty-ness, but this one just didn't do anything for me. The instant love was whiplash quick, the dominance of the hero made me cringe, the heroine had no backbone, there was too many editing errors and I laughed too often at the utter ridiculousness within the pages.
November 14, 2018
It's great story for a quick read. HforM is dirty, insta, with obsessive cavemen hero, who can't keep his hands of his girl, no matter where they are.
November 17, 2018
This was a great short read. I loved it.
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November 16, 2018
4 And My Addition Continues Stars
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Yes, the title of this review is TMI but I am willing to own up to an AR sort of addition. Not every story is a total winner for me but every once in a while, this duo does more of a sweet, naughty, sexy story. They will flesh out the characters and give them a more meaningful backstory before all the sexy times begin. There will always be insta-love, that's a given...but with some of their stories, they are naughty, sexy and just a little more substantive.
So for me, this had that type of flavor... and our guy was so taken by our gal, he practically cannot contain himself from the first moment he meets her...of course, her being in just her underwear with a silk robe hanging open could have something to do with it.
From that first gander, we are off to the sexual, dirty talking races.
This had the Thanksgiving theme and also the tease of the gal's brother being preoccupied with something or someone...Turns out we find out with AR's Christmas tale, Naughty or Nice.
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* * * * Spoiler Free
Yes, the title of this review is TMI but I am willing to own up to an AR sort of addition. Not every story is a total winner for me but every once in a while, this duo does more of a sweet, naughty, sexy story. They will flesh out the characters and give them a more meaningful backstory before all the sexy times begin. There will always be insta-love, that's a given...but with some of their stories, they are naughty, sexy and just a little more substantive.
So for me, this had that type of flavor... and our guy was so taken by our gal, he practically cannot contain himself from the first moment he meets her...of course, her being in just her underwear with a silk robe hanging open could have something to do with it.
From that first gander, we are off to the sexual, dirty talking races.
This had the Thanksgiving theme and also the tease of the gal's brother being preoccupied with something or someone...Turns out we find out with AR's Christmas tale, Naughty or Nice.
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November 20, 2018
1/5 stars
This book wouldn't have been so bad if the characters wouldn't have proclaimed their love, gotten engaged, had unprotected sex (and talked about getting pregnant) two days after knowing each other. Also, the writing was just bad. Some of my favorite quotes are:
"You're going to make me lose my nut"
"Goddamn I'm going to have to fight to not get you pregnant"
And my favorite: grammatical errors in published works.
"I help clean the dinner table and brought in coffee while we all relax"
I know I mentioned the unprotected sex, but the characters didn't even talk about the risks of having bare sex after like two days of knowing each other.
This book was just an intalust & instalove mess. I was hoping for a quick, sexy and sweet Thanksgiving story, but instead I got a weird erotica with a hero obsessed with owning his 'bombshell' and getting her pregnant as soon as possible. Nice.
This book wouldn't have been so bad if the characters wouldn't have proclaimed their love, gotten engaged, had unprotected sex (and talked about getting pregnant) two days after knowing each other. Also, the writing was just bad. Some of my favorite quotes are:
"You're going to make me lose my nut"
"Goddamn I'm going to have to fight to not get you pregnant"
And my favorite: grammatical errors in published works.
"I help clean the dinner table and brought in coffee while we all relax"
I know I mentioned the unprotected sex, but the characters didn't even talk about the risks of having bare sex after like two days of knowing each other.
This book was just an intalust & instalove mess. I was hoping for a quick, sexy and sweet Thanksgiving story, but instead I got a weird erotica with a hero obsessed with owning his 'bombshell' and getting her pregnant as soon as possible. Nice.
December 18, 2018
"Hungry For More" is the story of Sage and Jensen.
A sweet Thanksgiving novella by AR with a virgin curvy h who has an overprotective family and loves baking, an orphan hero who's her brother's best friend, a chance meeting in an underwear, loads of dirty talk and sneaky (almost) sex scenes, saccharine obsession, insta love, HEA with detailed epilogues.
The only thing Im glad that was new in this one was the slight almost taboo element, but then the sugar took over again.
That being said, love the cover image!
Safe
3.5/5
A sweet Thanksgiving novella by AR with a virgin curvy h who has an overprotective family and loves baking, an orphan hero who's her brother's best friend, a chance meeting in an underwear, loads of dirty talk and sneaky (almost) sex scenes, saccharine obsession, insta love, HEA with detailed epilogues.
The only thing Im glad that was new in this one was the slight almost taboo element, but then the sugar took over again.
That being said, love the cover image!
Safe
3.5/5
December 7, 2018
Me gusto su comienzo y como narran los personajes sus vidas detalladamente. Un insta-love que ocurre en tres días, se reúnen y al día siguiente no pueden vivir uno sin el otro.🤔 Pero tiene todas las partes esenciales.😊
⚜Rate:★★★✩✩
⚜Rate:★★★✩✩
November 17, 2018
3,4 stars
November 19, 2018
Sage is an adult, though you wouldn't know it by the way her family treats her. It's not that they see her as a child, but, due to an almost fatal attack years before, they're understandably overprotective. Of course, when she finally stands her ground and gets her own place, it's in her brother's penthouse, not that he's home a lot. One step at a time. And then Brian's business partner visits and her thoughts jump to the future...with him.
Jensen lives by his rules, forging his own path. Then he's forced, err agrees to, spend Thanksgiving with his partner, Brian, and everything changes, his journey now including the woman meant to be his...he just has to convince her of that.
Can Jensen show Sage they're meant to be together? How will Brian react? Is a HEA possible?
One-click now and follow along as two strangers meet and find their other half. On a personal note, I liked everything about this story, but could've done without the tacky waitress hitting on the Hero.
**I voluntarily read and reviewed an Advanced Reader Copy of this book.**
Jensen lives by his rules, forging his own path. Then he's forced, err agrees to, spend Thanksgiving with his partner, Brian, and everything changes, his journey now including the woman meant to be his...he just has to convince her of that.
Can Jensen show Sage they're meant to be together? How will Brian react? Is a HEA possible?
One-click now and follow along as two strangers meet and find their other half. On a personal note, I liked everything about this story, but could've done without the tacky waitress hitting on the Hero.
**I voluntarily read and reviewed an Advanced Reader Copy of this book.**
November 16, 2018
Wow! Another four star from AR. This was definitely a holiday read and I can’t wait to hear about the secondary characters. With the exception of the last release judge, I’ve been in a slump with their releases. Super dominant alpha, heroine and brothers bestie, and everything about this quick read. 4 big quick over the top steamy read.
November 25, 2018
Thanksgiving with a smutty Alexa Riley twist.
Quick. Smutty. OTT possessive alpha male, and a heroine who doesn’t want to be controlled, but doesn’t think it’s so bad when her hero does it. Set during Thanksgiving. Just quick and smutty. If you’re looking for that with a bit of holiday dashed in. This is where to find it.
Quick. Smutty. OTT possessive alpha male, and a heroine who doesn’t want to be controlled, but doesn’t think it’s so bad when her hero does it. Set during Thanksgiving. Just quick and smutty. If you’re looking for that with a bit of holiday dashed in. This is where to find it.
November 30, 2018
A superb holiday fun story.
Recommended.
Recommended.
June 22, 2020
THIS WAS HOT!
I love the taboo feels to the story,and how crazy Jensen and Sage are over each other!
I love the taboo feels to the story,and how crazy Jensen and Sage are over each other!
November 18, 2018
Hot and sweet
Sage and Jensen are the perfect couple. I loved how demanding Jensen was because she's the only one he's ever treated that way. He's so obsessed and attracted to her that he can't help but want to devour her. And I greatly appreciated that while he may not have been a virgin, we get absolutely no details about his past. Not even a "he used to have lovers, but he wanted something better." Jensen doesn't have any family and he's really just grumpy and antisocial, my favorite.
Sage has been overprotected and sheltered by her family after some nutjob stabbed her a while back. However, she's not really a weak, stereotypically virginal heroine. She's the perfect match for Jensen once her family leaves her alone.
I liked this because Sage actually loves how Jensen acts when he's all jealous and worked up.
Sage and Jensen are the perfect couple. I loved how demanding Jensen was because she's the only one he's ever treated that way. He's so obsessed and attracted to her that he can't help but want to devour her. And I greatly appreciated that while he may not have been a virgin, we get absolutely no details about his past. Not even a "he used to have lovers, but he wanted something better." Jensen doesn't have any family and he's really just grumpy and antisocial, my favorite.
Sage has been overprotected and sheltered by her family after some nutjob stabbed her a while back. However, she's not really a weak, stereotypically virginal heroine. She's the perfect match for Jensen once her family leaves her alone.
I liked this because Sage actually loves how Jensen acts when he's all jealous and worked up.
November 15, 2018
Another great read from AR!
We have a dirty talking, OTT, possessive caveman, and a somewhat naive, but sweet heroine. Full of Insta-goodness!
Loved the glimpse we got of Sages brother, Brian. Can't wait to read his book!
4 big stars!
We have a dirty talking, OTT, possessive caveman, and a somewhat naive, but sweet heroine. Full of Insta-goodness!
Loved the glimpse we got of Sages brother, Brian. Can't wait to read his book!
4 big stars!
November 29, 2018
Sweet reading! Cute couple! 🥰🥰
December 11, 2022
I really enjoyed this read. It was a great combination of sweet and steamy. I liked Jenson a lot. After the first scene with him I was worried because he seemed like a jerk but he wasn’t a jerk to sage and while he was domineering it wasn’t too bad. I’ll probably re-read this one in the future.
December 25, 2018
Sage ha estado protegida por su familia desde que tuvo... Aquel pequeño ataque, que ella no recuerda. Quiere ser libre pero no quiere hacer sufrir a su familia. Hasta que aparece Jensen.
Jensen no sabía que estaba buscando a la otra mitad de su alma hasta que vio a Sage. Ella lo ignora pero no va a rendirse, es suya, y no puede vivir sin ella.
En la línea de Alexa. Me encantan estos hombres de verdad, aunque Jensen es un poco demasiado arrogante para mi gusto. Su forma de hablar me resultaba algo prepotente por momentos. En cuanto a Sage me pareció de lo más dulce y me dolió el corazón lo que le pasó pero ella es una chica fuerte.
Otra lectura para pasar el rato!
Jensen no sabía que estaba buscando a la otra mitad de su alma hasta que vio a Sage. Ella lo ignora pero no va a rendirse, es suya, y no puede vivir sin ella.
En la línea de Alexa. Me encantan estos hombres de verdad, aunque Jensen es un poco demasiado arrogante para mi gusto. Su forma de hablar me resultaba algo prepotente por momentos. En cuanto a Sage me pareció de lo más dulce y me dolió el corazón lo que le pasó pero ella es una chica fuerte.
Otra lectura para pasar el rato!
November 30, 2018
No one does insta love like Alexa Riley. You know it's hot and sexy. Throw in that the heroine is on the plus size AND it's a brother's best friend romance just makes this a fantastic read.
January 2, 2019
2 STARS!
I freaking love the cover sooooo hard but not the story.
Sexual harassment much? I don't like that type of hero who manhandle the heroine in the first met after years. He keeps fingering her in everywhere. Yikes! The man feels like a sex addict *roll eyes*
I freaking love the cover sooooo hard but not the story.
Sexual harassment much? I don't like that type of hero who manhandle the heroine in the first met after years. He keeps fingering her in everywhere. Yikes! The man feels like a sex addict *roll eyes*
November 19, 2018
You never go wrong with an AR story. Always OTT, Filthy and the best kind of dirty quickie. Loved it!
November 16, 2018
I mean, seriously. This book was so hot! Love the epi's loved everything about it really! A must read!
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