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The Grange Complex #2
On the Sly
Edinburgh socialite Ellie has run away from her powerful father and the scandal that destroyed her perfectly balanced life. Now she is a rookie reporter, searching for her first breakthrough story and hiding out in her newly purchased apartment. After weeks of lying low and trying to stay out of the gossip pages, she attends a mixer party, hoping that a one-night stand with a stranger might help her forget the past. She chooses a partner poorly and quickly regrets it, but then is rescued by tough, enigmatic Mack. The attraction between them is sizzling, the sex electrifying. Waking to find him gone, Ellie wonders if she will ever see him again. And then a chance encounter with her new neighbours reveals that he lives two doors away from her… with another woman.
348 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 19, 2019
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July 23, 2024
2.75 stars
October 18, 2022
𝟏 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫
*𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐒 𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐈𝐋𝐄𝐑𝐒*
- writing was, for a lack of a better word, stilted and repetitive (especially the smut scenes)
- wasn’t aware mack was a widow, had i know i wouldn’t have read this.
- like i mentioned, the writing was repetitive. can’t tell you how many times ellie would say she couldn’t be responsible for ruining a marriage AFTER already doing something with mack just for it to happen all over again and end with her saying the same thing.
- mack dreams of his wife a couple of times after sleeping with ellie, says his wife was the love of his life and has never loved another women, mentions how ellie has a couple of characteristics that remind him of his wife, says that elllies scent reminds him of the way his wife smelled, and when he learns that ellie loves this island that mack and his wife used to visit, he says that he wants to take ellie to the same pubs and restaurants him and his wife would go to and even wants to sleep with ellie in the same cottage he used to sleep with his wife in
- while i believed that mack did love ellie, i didn’t enjoy the moments when it felt like the only reason mack loved ellie was because she shared similarities with his wife
- smut scenes weren’t that great. each time they did something together mack would say the same things and it honestly just sounded awkward or unnatural to me. (not sure if anyone will understand what i mean by this)
- mack and ellie are both grown adults and yet they were complete idiots especially towards the end of the book
- it wasn’t until the last 30 pages that mack finally admitted how he felt so the majority of the back was just a constant back and forth with the both of them saying to themselves that they couldn’t be with the other which was just frustrating
- the plot progressed slowly just for everything to be wrapped up quickly in the last 30 pages and one major point of the story was wrapped up in the last half of one anticlimactic chapter
- annoyed by the epilogue. it ended with her father telling her congratulations for making it as a reporter, which he didn’t believe she would be able to do. not only that but when he had disowned her he called her a whore after believing the lies of a potential client, andrew, over his own daughter. the last time he saw her he, yet again, didn’t believe anything she had to say about andrew and you’re telling me all it took was a weak congratulations and no apology for what he said to her for her to forget about it ??
Overall, for a story with a majority of five star ratings, I was left disappointed and underwhelmed.
*𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐞, 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐞, 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐮𝐥𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫*
*𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐒 𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐈𝐋𝐄𝐑𝐒*
- writing was, for a lack of a better word, stilted and repetitive (especially the smut scenes)
- wasn’t aware mack was a widow, had i know i wouldn’t have read this.
- like i mentioned, the writing was repetitive. can’t tell you how many times ellie would say she couldn’t be responsible for ruining a marriage AFTER already doing something with mack just for it to happen all over again and end with her saying the same thing.
- mack dreams of his wife a couple of times after sleeping with ellie, says his wife was the love of his life and has never loved another women, mentions how ellie has a couple of characteristics that remind him of his wife, says that elllies scent reminds him of the way his wife smelled, and when he learns that ellie loves this island that mack and his wife used to visit, he says that he wants to take ellie to the same pubs and restaurants him and his wife would go to and even wants to sleep with ellie in the same cottage he used to sleep with his wife in
- while i believed that mack did love ellie, i didn’t enjoy the moments when it felt like the only reason mack loved ellie was because she shared similarities with his wife
- smut scenes weren’t that great. each time they did something together mack would say the same things and it honestly just sounded awkward or unnatural to me. (not sure if anyone will understand what i mean by this)
- mack and ellie are both grown adults and yet they were complete idiots especially towards the end of the book
- it wasn’t until the last 30 pages that mack finally admitted how he felt so the majority of the back was just a constant back and forth with the both of them saying to themselves that they couldn’t be with the other which was just frustrating
- the plot progressed slowly just for everything to be wrapped up quickly in the last 30 pages and one major point of the story was wrapped up in the last half of one anticlimactic chapter
- annoyed by the epilogue. it ended with her father telling her congratulations for making it as a reporter, which he didn’t believe she would be able to do. not only that but when he had disowned her he called her a whore after believing the lies of a potential client, andrew, over his own daughter. the last time he saw her he, yet again, didn’t believe anything she had to say about andrew and you’re telling me all it took was a weak congratulations and no apology for what he said to her for her to forget about it ??
Overall, for a story with a majority of five star ratings, I was left disappointed and underwhelmed.
*𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐞, 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐞, 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐮𝐥𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫*
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April 12, 2023
This book was too overstretched.
June 29, 2019
Oh My! Someone get a fire hose, this book is on fire....it's that HOT!!! Mack AKA Tobias is so incredibly sexy and Ellie, oh what can I say without spoiling the book....she's a amazing character.
This book took me by surprise! After the first book, I didn't think it could get any better, I was so wrong! The characters were so good, the depth of each character was deep and unique and fitting for this book!
The storyline was was incredible and very heart gutting, it definitely may hit home for some of those who have a senstive nature.
I'm definitely looking forward to reading the next installment!
This book took me by surprise! After the first book, I didn't think it could get any better, I was so wrong! The characters were so good, the depth of each character was deep and unique and fitting for this book!
The storyline was was incredible and very heart gutting, it definitely may hit home for some of those who have a senstive nature.
I'm definitely looking forward to reading the next installment!
March 24, 2021
Better than the first!! While at first I was confused it had absolutely nothing to do with the first book. I was quickly drawn in and every free chance I had I was reading a few pages. Awesome, awesome book!
February 8, 2021
LOVED IT!!!
Absolutely loved this book!!! Great love story, action and sexy romance. Cant wait to read book 3!!!!! I finished 1 & 2 in 4 days
Absolutely loved this book!!! Great love story, action and sexy romance. Cant wait to read book 3!!!!! I finished 1 & 2 in 4 days
June 13, 2021
Thrilling
An amazing second book to the series, storyline was amazing through and through. A real page turned and just as enthralling as the first
An amazing second book to the series, storyline was amazing through and through. A real page turned and just as enthralling as the first
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July 2, 2025
Sorry but ... WTF?!
DNF 37%
DNF 37%
April 10, 2023
This is the second book in the grange complex series and I absolutely loved it!! The spice in this was next level, but I think the first book is still my favorite so far. I can’t wait to read the next one to see if it tops the first two.
If you love spice and being with a cop then this book is all you!
If you love spice and being with a cop then this book is all you!
February 18, 2022
I enjoyed this one a little more than the first book, smut was good tho!!
May 2, 2025
better than the first one! not mindblowing BUT still made me feel things while reading!
again with the vibes!! wooohooo
again with the vibes!! wooohooo
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