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Always the protective brother, Cole Bennett found himself storming into a bar in Hawaii to warn some woman to stay away from his brother. The second he sees her, he wants her to stay away from Bishop for an entirely different reason. She belongs to him.
Aviana has had a lousy couple of years and just wanted her shift to be over at a tiki bar. Then in walks the hottest man she’d ever seen. If he wasn’t such a jerk, she would be his. Who was she kidding? She wants him either way.
This is a fast-paced, sweet romance.
Aviana has had a lousy couple of years and just wanted her shift to be over at a tiki bar. Then in walks the hottest man she’d ever seen. If he wasn’t such a jerk, she would be his. Who was she kidding? She wants him either way.
This is a fast-paced, sweet romance.
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First published July 18, 2019
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July 19, 2019
3.5 stars
-no cheating
-no ow/om drama
-instalove
-no violence of a sexual nature
-safe neither with others after meeting
-virgin h and hero was celibate 5 years
-good epilogue
-no cheating
-no ow/om drama
-instalove
-no violence of a sexual nature
-safe neither with others after meeting
-virgin h and hero was celibate 5 years
-good epilogue
January 2, 2020
Brothers Cole and Bishop are in town for their sister's wedding. Ever the over protective big brother Cole shocked when his brother arrives back late to their hotel claiming he had found the one, determined to protect his younger brother from a possible gold digger he decides to go and scope her out, but what he finds has him gobsmacked and his possessive instincts roaring to the surface.
Aviana has been trying to make ends meet, since she was abandoned by her parents. Working two jobs she’s just about keeping her head above water. When Cole crashes into her life she wonders if she could get her happy ever after.
Was hoping for a short smutty read, but honestly this was just meh. OTT, very fast and short. I had downloaded another book in the series via KU, but after reading this one returned it unread.
Acquired via KU.
Aviana has been trying to make ends meet, since she was abandoned by her parents. Working two jobs she’s just about keeping her head above water. When Cole crashes into her life she wonders if she could get her happy ever after.
Was hoping for a short smutty read, but honestly this was just meh. OTT, very fast and short. I had downloaded another book in the series via KU, but after reading this one returned it unread.
Acquired via KU.
July 23, 2019
Ms Steele is and will always be a one click read for me and although I liked this book I didn’t love it as much as usual.
Cole and Bishop are in town for their sisters wedding. Ever the over protective big brother he’s shocked when his brother arrives back late to their hotel claiming he had found the one, determined to protect his younger brother from a possible gold digger he decides to go and scope her out but what he finds floors him and there is no way he’s leaving without her! Can he convince her that they belong together?
Aviana has been trying to make ends meet anyway she can since she arrived in town three years ago and was left behind by her parents. Working two jobs she’s keeping her head above water but knowing that Tiki Bar is on borrowed time she’s anxious for her future but when Ole crashes into her life she wonders if she could get her happy ever after, that is until she discovers he was only there to keep her away from his brother, can she really afford to risk her heart and give Cole a second chance?
Full of insta love and sugary sweet it’s a good safe read.
Cole and Bishop are in town for their sisters wedding. Ever the over protective big brother he’s shocked when his brother arrives back late to their hotel claiming he had found the one, determined to protect his younger brother from a possible gold digger he decides to go and scope her out but what he finds floors him and there is no way he’s leaving without her! Can he convince her that they belong together?
Aviana has been trying to make ends meet anyway she can since she arrived in town three years ago and was left behind by her parents. Working two jobs she’s keeping her head above water but knowing that Tiki Bar is on borrowed time she’s anxious for her future but when Ole crashes into her life she wonders if she could get her happy ever after, that is until she discovers he was only there to keep her away from his brother, can she really afford to risk her heart and give Cole a second chance?
Full of insta love and sugary sweet it’s a good safe read.
October 13, 2019
"Cole" is the story of Aviana and Cole
When Cole goes to protect his drunk brother from proposing to a random bartender, he never expects it to be the most gorgeous female he has ever met- or that she would be his soulmate! Thus begins a May-December, alpha obsessed hero- virgin heroine, loads of possessive displays containing romance with a sweet epilogue.
Enjoyable.
Safe
3.5/5
When Cole goes to protect his drunk brother from proposing to a random bartender, he never expects it to be the most gorgeous female he has ever met- or that she would be his soulmate! Thus begins a May-December, alpha obsessed hero- virgin heroine, loads of possessive displays containing romance with a sweet epilogue.
Enjoyable.
Safe
3.5/5
October 25, 2019
I have liked better books by C.M. Steele,but this one must have been one of her earlier works cuz it was written so childish, like some of the novels in wattpad.Jeez i couldn`t restrain myself from laughing of its stupidity!
Shame..it could have been done better.
And wait...this is written in 2019!???WTF?!!!
(Edit!Oh i mixed this author with Jordan Silver,sorry.Will never read another book by Steele again!)
Shame..it could have been done better.
And wait...this is written in 2019!???WTF?!!!
(Edit!Oh i mixed this author with Jordan Silver,sorry.Will never read another book by Steele again!)
July 23, 2019
Good
A really sweet and super sexy read. I really liked both Cole and Aviana, I loved her name. Cole is absolutely obsessed the moment he sees Avi. He is determined to make her his and doesn’t care if his brother saw her first. Avi is instantly attracted to Cole but is wary. She doesn’t trust easily and isn’t pleased when she finds out who his brother is. Cole is not willing to let her slip out of his grasp and will fight to make her fall in love with him
Safety and Spoilers
Completely safe. No ow drama and small om drama. The brother situation is not what it seems, it turns out to be a pleasant surprise. H’s past is really mentioned and h is a virgin. No abuse.
A really sweet and super sexy read. I really liked both Cole and Aviana, I loved her name. Cole is absolutely obsessed the moment he sees Avi. He is determined to make her his and doesn’t care if his brother saw her first. Avi is instantly attracted to Cole but is wary. She doesn’t trust easily and isn’t pleased when she finds out who his brother is. Cole is not willing to let her slip out of his grasp and will fight to make her fall in love with him
Safety and Spoilers
Completely safe. No ow drama and small om drama. The brother situation is not what it seems, it turns out to be a pleasant surprise. H’s past is really mentioned and h is a virgin. No abuse.
July 19, 2019
OTT Alpha
Loved this quick,OTT story! Cole and Avi were great. I loved that Cole went to try and scope out who his brother had talked about. This was great insta-love with a sweet HEA.
Loved this quick,OTT story! Cole and Avi were great. I loved that Cole went to try and scope out who his brother had talked about. This was great insta-love with a sweet HEA.
July 23, 2019
Cole wasn’t looking, but when he spots Aviana, he knows that he’s found his one. Now to make her fall for him.
-safe read
-h is a virgin
-H has been celibate for at least 5 years
-no om/ow drama
-epilogue (2 years later)
-safe read
-h is a virgin
-H has been celibate for at least 5 years
-no om/ow drama
-epilogue (2 years later)
July 28, 2019
A Sexy short and enjoyable read ,loved it 👍and the epilogue was so cute and heart warming.
October 14, 2019
Stone | ★★★★☆
I'm obsessed. Simple as that!
I'm obsessed. Simple as that!
July 21, 2019
Oh how I loved Cole and Aviana! Aviana hasn't had the best life and working as a waitress in a Tiki bar in Hawaii barely making ends meet isn't her dream job. Brushing off drunk tourists isn't her idea of fun either. Cole cannot believe that he is having to go down to the bar where his brother claims he has fallen in love with. He just knows she has to be a gold-digger. Once he spots the most beautiful girl, he knows he will never be the same. Aviana isn't sure she can believe in fairy tales but she hasn't ever felt like this. Could her luck finally be changing?
This was such a sweet novella! CM Steele knows how to pack a lot of story and emotion into a small tale. To see two good people finally get the love and support they deserve is always a heart-warming experience. I couldn't keep the smile off my face and couldn't turn the pages fast enough! I hope we get to see Cole's brother get his happy ever after!
This was such a sweet novella! CM Steele knows how to pack a lot of story and emotion into a small tale. To see two good people finally get the love and support they deserve is always a heart-warming experience. I couldn't keep the smile off my face and couldn't turn the pages fast enough! I hope we get to see Cole's brother get his happy ever after!
July 22, 2019
I haven't read a short story in a while. As well as one with an OTT alpha male, insta love. And i have to say i really enjoyed Cole and Avi's story.
Cole went to a bar to warn some women to stay away from his brother. What he got was insta love and someone he was not letting go ever again.
Aviana was abandoned by her parents and she's just trying to get through the day, living her life. Until Cole walks in and she can't understand how she has this attraction to someone she doesn't even know. But she can't deny it either. But Avi also has a fear of being left behind again. And can she trust Cole to take care of her, but most importantly to take care of her heart.
OTT alpha male/Insta love/No violence/No OW drama... A definite safe read romance read.
Cole went to a bar to warn some women to stay away from his brother. What he got was insta love and someone he was not letting go ever again.
Aviana was abandoned by her parents and she's just trying to get through the day, living her life. Until Cole walks in and she can't understand how she has this attraction to someone she doesn't even know. But she can't deny it either. But Avi also has a fear of being left behind again. And can she trust Cole to take care of her, but most importantly to take care of her heart.
OTT alpha male/Insta love/No violence/No OW drama... A definite safe read romance read.
July 21, 2019
C.M Steele never writes anything less than extraordinary and Cole was nothing less than amazing. Cole went to a bar to warn a woman to stay away from his brother but as soon as he sees her he makes it his mission to make her his. Aviana was abandoned by her parents and is just trying to get by when she meets Cole she is afraid of being left Beijing once again. Cole has to show Aviana that he will be there for her no matter what and that he will always love her. Will Aviana follow her hear and stay with cole? Or will her fears make her push him away? This is a safe read with amazing characters with a hero who is possessive. Happily ever after guaranteed!
March 27, 2025
Cole is the story of Cole and Aviana Bennett.
Tropes:
Touch her and you die
Age gap (18 and 30 something)
Pretty hot sassy innocent heroine
Touch her and you die protective hero
Similar parental issues in a way
Possessively protective and obsessed
HEA and kids, Cole Jr, Aiden, Marie Sofie, and another on the way MAMAS.
Cole and his brother Bishop are on some island or smth idek for his sister, Missy’s, wedding to Jason and Bishop comes back drunk to the hotel talking about some women and how rich he is just to get a rise out of his brother and he damn well knows he’s gonna check and so Cole does leaving a drunk Bishop behind and meeting the love of his life and after a little banter and saving her from the bad guys, he drives her home in her car and it moves quickly from her showering to him joining and from there on it is fireeeee. The getting off in the shower to the scene in her bed to the limo scene OMD SO HOT. The morning after he says to her like I’m yours and you’re mine and she’s like bull but okay and soon she’s falling too. He invites her to his sister’s wedding and from there he asks her to move in with him and she finally agrees and she’s met the whole family atp. A few months later they are married, like he said they would be within the week actually, and she is his assistant and she is also pregnant AND OMD THAT OFFICE SCENE WAS SO MF HOT LIKE SHE GOT ME DROOLING FOR HER MANSSS. Moving on, a couple years later she is preggers with their girl Marie and then another 10 years after that she is pregnant again I mean w a man like that girl I don’t blame you.
Solid 4/5
Tropes:
Touch her and you die
Age gap (18 and 30 something)
Pretty hot sassy innocent heroine
Touch her and you die protective hero
Similar parental issues in a way
Possessively protective and obsessed
HEA and kids, Cole Jr, Aiden, Marie Sofie, and another on the way MAMAS.
Cole and his brother Bishop are on some island or smth idek for his sister, Missy’s, wedding to Jason and Bishop comes back drunk to the hotel talking about some women and how rich he is just to get a rise out of his brother and he damn well knows he’s gonna check and so Cole does leaving a drunk Bishop behind and meeting the love of his life and after a little banter and saving her from the bad guys, he drives her home in her car and it moves quickly from her showering to him joining and from there on it is fireeeee. The getting off in the shower to the scene in her bed to the limo scene OMD SO HOT. The morning after he says to her like I’m yours and you’re mine and she’s like bull but okay and soon she’s falling too. He invites her to his sister’s wedding and from there he asks her to move in with him and she finally agrees and she’s met the whole family atp. A few months later they are married, like he said they would be within the week actually, and she is his assistant and she is also pregnant AND OMD THAT OFFICE SCENE WAS SO MF HOT LIKE SHE GOT ME DROOLING FOR HER MANSSS. Moving on, a couple years later she is preggers with their girl Marie and then another 10 years after that she is pregnant again I mean w a man like that girl I don’t blame you.
Solid 4/5
August 21, 2021
Sometimes others know what you need.
I liked this short story a lot. It was entertaining and enjoyable. The characters were interesting and likable. Bishop was a great brother. His concern for his brother prompted him to take steps to help Cole focus more on himself. Cole met Aviana while trying to protect Bishop. Upon seeing her Cole decided that she was his. Aviana was floored by her reaction to him. Their relationship jumped into the fast lane after that. I loved their happy ever after. I recommend reading this book.
I liked this short story a lot. It was entertaining and enjoyable. The characters were interesting and likable. Bishop was a great brother. His concern for his brother prompted him to take steps to help Cole focus more on himself. Cole met Aviana while trying to protect Bishop. Upon seeing her Cole decided that she was his. Aviana was floored by her reaction to him. Their relationship jumped into the fast lane after that. I loved their happy ever after. I recommend reading this book.
August 17, 2020
SO FREKAING GOOD
Abandoned on the beach by her parents Avi is working her butt off to just survive...and Cole rushes in to get her to back off from his brother that she had actually turned down, and hes instantly hooked. He knows from the second he sees her that she belong to him. It only takes a day to convince her the same
Abandoned on the beach by her parents Avi is working her butt off to just survive...and Cole rushes in to get her to back off from his brother that she had actually turned down, and hes instantly hooked. He knows from the second he sees her that she belong to him. It only takes a day to convince her the same
January 27, 2026
Aviana (18) and Cole (25)
Aviana works a dive bar and Cole comes to make her stay away from his brother as his brother Bishop said he found the one.
As soon as Cole meets Aviana he wants her, even though his brother wants her also or does he? 😏
Cute instalust/insta love
Virgin FMC and Celibate MMC
Aviana works a dive bar and Cole comes to make her stay away from his brother as his brother Bishop said he found the one.
As soon as Cole meets Aviana he wants her, even though his brother wants her also or does he? 😏
Cute instalust/insta love
Virgin FMC and Celibate MMC
February 26, 2020
3 1/2. This was actually better than the last few of hers that I’ve read so I’m feeling generous. I actually like her storylines and writing but the sex always feels awkward to me. A lot of weird unsexy wording. But I enjoyed the 3 epilogues a lot. I’m a sucker for a good epilogue.
September 19, 2020
And another one....
Omg that was super amazing, just so crazy his siblings found his future wife. It was so wonderful that the epilogues just kept coming, and they were super awesome and full of love
Omg that was super amazing, just so crazy his siblings found his future wife. It was so wonderful that the epilogues just kept coming, and they were super awesome and full of love
October 17, 2021
Aviana and Cole
To be honest I thought I would like this story because of how fast Aviana and Cole got together but I was pleasantly surprised. It was sweet and heartwarming. Their epilogue's we're so great. Highly recommended
To be honest I thought I would like this story because of how fast Aviana and Cole got together but I was pleasantly surprised. It was sweet and heartwarming. Their epilogue's we're so great. Highly recommended
July 25, 2023
Cole & Aviana
OMG! The instalove is hardcore here! There’s a little behind the scenes matchmaking going on. There’s a lot of love and sexy times. Cole and Aviana are just made for each other. Their story is short, sweet and very steamy!
OMG! The instalove is hardcore here! There’s a little behind the scenes matchmaking going on. There’s a lot of love and sexy times. Cole and Aviana are just made for each other. Their story is short, sweet and very steamy!
April 10, 2025
The alpha men in this series have no problem getting what they want. This age gap love story has an instalove connection. The characters are well written. There is definitely a lot of chemistry as well. I loved the first two books and can’t wait to see what else this series has in store.
July 27, 2025
Meh
While the technical writing was a step up from the first book, this one just didn’t have enough of a story. There was no dark spot which I hate. It was just reading about them being happy together. I mean, I know it’s a short book but give me something here!
While the technical writing was a step up from the first book, this one just didn’t have enough of a story. There was no dark spot which I hate. It was just reading about them being happy together. I mean, I know it’s a short book but give me something here!
dnf-d
April 25, 2020DNF’d at 25%. Way too insta love for me. Comparing his love for a girl he met three minutes ago to his parents who have died, way too dramatic.
August 11, 2020
Good read
Second book in the series but can be read by itself. It was fast paced with an OTT male character. Hot and sexy.
Second book in the series but can be read by itself. It was fast paced with an OTT male character. Hot and sexy.
September 24, 2020
Great short story.
Cole's brother and sister knew they found him the perfect person.
Cole went to see Aviana and once their eyes meet it was love at first sight.
Cole's brother and sister knew they found him the perfect person.
Cole went to see Aviana and once their eyes meet it was love at first sight.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
December 17, 2020
Cole
This story didn’t really do it for me. The characters were just a bit too under developed for me to form any attachment to them.
This story didn’t really do it for me. The characters were just a bit too under developed for me to form any attachment to them.
January 30, 2021
Safe, short, sweet. Steele remains consistent with her tropes so no twists or ugly surprises.
December 23, 2023
Dang
Boy, they fall freaking fast don't they!! I love it. True love doesn't take forever to find. Sometimes, it just smacks you right in the face when you meet your soulmate.
Boy, they fall freaking fast don't they!! I love it. True love doesn't take forever to find. Sometimes, it just smacks you right in the face when you meet your soulmate.
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