{"id":20772,"date":"2018-03-29T14:11:11","date_gmt":"2018-03-29T18:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/?p=20772"},"modified":"2022-10-12T09:44:49","modified_gmt":"2022-10-12T09:44:49","slug":"review-giveaway-hurts-to-love-you-by-alisha-rai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/29\/review-giveaway-hurts-to-love-you-by-alisha-rai\/","title":{"rendered":"Review & Giveaway \u2764\ufe0f Hurts to Love You by Alisha Rai"},"content":{"rendered":"

Win a print copy of\u00a0HURTS TO LOVE YOU,<\/strong>\u00a0the second book in\u00a0Alisha Rai’s<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>Forbidden Hearts\u00a0<\/em>series. Entering is as easy as leaving a comment. Winner will be listed here. Good luck!<\/p>\n

UPDATE\u00a0<\/strong>(4\/2):<\/strong>\u00a0The winner is ARLETTA JOHNSON<\/b><\/p>\n

Congrats Arletta! Please email me at\u00a0contact at smittenbybooks dot com<\/strong>\u00a0with your snail mail address to collect your book. Also, don\u2019t forget to include the title in your email.\u00a0You have 3 weeks claim your prize.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Well-behaved women don\u2019t lust after men who love to misbehave.<\/em><\/span><\/p>

Heiress Evangeline Chandler knows how to keep a secret . . . like her life-long crush on the tattooed hottie who just happens to be her big brother\u2019s friend. She\u2019s a Chandler, after all, and Chandlers don\u2019t hook up with the help. Then again, they also don\u2019t disobey their fathers and quit their respectable jobs, so good-girl rules may no longer apply.<\/span><\/p>

Gabriel Hunter hides the pain of his past behind a smile, but he can\u2019t hide his sudden attraction to his friend\u2019s sheltered little sister. Eve is far too sweet to accept anything less than forever and there\u2019s no chance of a future between the son of a housekeeper and the town\u2019s resident princess.<\/span><\/p>

When a wedding party forces Eve and Gabe into tight quarters, keeping their hands off each other will be as hard as keeping their clothes on. The need that draws them together is stronger than the forces that should shove them apart . . . but their sparks may not survive the explosion when long-buried secrets are finally unearthed.<\/span><\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Release Date:<\/strong>\u00a0Mar 27, 2018
Series:<\/strong>\u00a0Forbidden Hearts
<\/em>Book:<\/strong>\u00a02
Heat Level:<\/strong>\u00a0Hot
Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0HarperCollins
Imprint:<\/strong>\u00a0Avon Books
Price:<\/strong>\u00a0$5.99<\/p>

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I\u2019m loving the books coming from Avon authors this year. No doubt about it the contemporary genre has a ton of awesome, diverse author voices and they are worth every penny.

Hurts To Love You<\/strong> is like Dynasty with a little best friends little sister, add a touch of class warfare, and a dark family secret. The drama abounds. Not to mention both hero and heroine are like flame to kindling once the walls they\u2019ve built up come crashing down. Being on a wedding party retreat without the wedding party will do that to a person.<\/p>

As far as characters go, hero Gabriel<\/strong> is a tatted, bearded delicious hulk of a man. He\u2019s been trying his best to not give into what he considers an inappropriate attraction to our heroine, Evangeline. She\u2019s the younger sister of what was once an enemy, the Chandler family. \u00a0Gabriel grew up as a part of the Oka-Kane household, though on the fringes of it\u2026 and he\u2019s got a big, bad secret. One that makes him believe he\u2019s truly not worthy of anything, outside of what he\u2019s earned on his own.<\/p>

Evangeline<\/strong> is a woman after my own heart. She grew up in a verbally abusive household and has fought long and hard to overcome those challenges.\u00a0 At the same time, she\u2019s nursing a crush born from years of watching Gabriel from afar. Taking advantage of the opportunity of being alone with him, she works to close the gaps and see if her attraction is just one sided.<\/p>

These two light up the pages. Between their desire for one another, their drive to overcome years of guilt, secrets, and hiding parts of themselves I couldn\u2019t put this book down. I\u2019m a little sad to be coming into this series on the last story and plan on playing catch up with the others. The characters are so diverse, well-rounded and I actually thought I was watching my beloved romance meet high drama with a big payoff.<\/p>

For readers who love drama rich stories like Susan Elizabeth Phillips<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>

~ Landra<\/em><\/p>

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She\u2019s a Chandler, after all, and Chandlers don\u2019t hook up with the help. Then again, they also don\u2019t disobey their fathers and quit their respectable jobs, so good-girl rules may no longer apply.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Gabriel Hunter hides the pain of his past behind a smile, but he can\u2019t hide his sudden attraction to his friend\u2019s sheltered little sister. Eve is far too sweet to accept anything less than forever and there\u2019s no chance of a future between the son of a housekeeper and the town\u2019s resident princess.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When a wedding party forces Eve and Gabe into tight quarters, keeping their hands off each other will be as hard as keeping their clothes on. The need that draws them together is stronger than the forces that should shove them apart . . . but their sparks may not survive the explosion when long-buried secrets are finally unearthed.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/4-hearts.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"170\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p><hr \/><p><strong>Release Date:<\/strong>\u00a0Mar 27, 2018<br \/><strong>Series:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Forbidden Hearts<br \/><\/em><strong>Book:<\/strong>\u00a02<br \/><strong>Heat Level:<\/strong>\u00a0Hot<br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0HarperCollins<br \/><strong>Imprint:<\/strong>\u00a0Avon Books<br \/><strong>Price:<\/strong>\u00a0$5.99<\/p><hr \/><p>\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I\u2019m loving the books coming from Avon authors this year. No doubt about it the contemporary genre has a ton of awesome, diverse author voices and they are worth every penny.<br \/> <br \/> <strong>Hurts To Love You<\/strong> is like Dynasty with a little best friends little sister, add a touch of class warfare, and a dark family secret. The drama abounds. Not to mention both hero and heroine are like flame to kindling once the walls they\u2019ve built up come crashing down. Being on a wedding party retreat without the wedding party will do that to a person.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As far as characters go, hero <strong>Gabriel<\/strong> is a tatted, bearded delicious hulk of a man. He\u2019s been trying his best to not give into what he considers an inappropriate attraction to our heroine, Evangeline. She\u2019s the younger sister of what was once an enemy, the Chandler family. \u00a0Gabriel grew up as a part of the Oka-Kane household, though on the fringes of it\u2026 and he\u2019s got a big, bad secret. One that makes him believe he\u2019s truly not worthy of anything, outside of what he\u2019s earned on his own.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Evangeline<\/strong> is a woman after my own heart. She grew up in a verbally abusive household and has fought long and hard to overcome those challenges.\u00a0 At the same time, she\u2019s nursing a crush born from years of watching Gabriel from afar. Taking advantage of the opportunity of being alone with him, she works to close the gaps and see if her attraction is just one sided.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">These two light up the pages. Between their desire for one another, their drive to overcome years of guilt, secrets, and hiding parts of themselves I couldn\u2019t put this book down. I\u2019m a little sad to be coming into this series on the last story and plan on playing catch up with the others. The characters are so diverse, well-rounded and I actually thought I was watching my beloved romance meet high drama with a big payoff.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For readers who love drama rich stories like <em><strong>Susan Elizabeth Phillips<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>~ Landra<\/em><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2IeD62k\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/geo.itunes.apple.com\/us\/book\/hurts-to-love-you\/id1229850522?mt=11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iBooks<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/hurts-to-love-you-alisha-rai\/1126314604?ean=9780062566775\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">B&N<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/us\/en\/ebook\/hurts-to-love-you-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kobo<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details\/Alisha_Rai_Hurts_to_Love_You?id=m5IpDwAAQBAJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Play<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20772"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20772\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}