Title: Hammered
Series: Steel Country #1
Author: MJ Fields
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: April 24, 2017 Photographer: Wander Aguiar Cover Model: Jonny James Cover Designer: Jersey Girl & Co.
Divorce. Divide.
Gage Falcon's life is turned upside down. When backed against a wall, he does what men with 'Steel' convictions do...take control.
Fight. Strength.
Phoenix Star knows it's going to take everything inside her to be who she is destined to be. Fresh out of college and knowing she can't go home and get where she wants to get, she takes the path less traveled.
Redefining life sends them both down a long dirt road to...become.
What happens when two people starting over in life and needing to find some control come face to face?
They get...HAMMERED!
Her style is raw, gritty and authentic.
Love an alpha and a strong heroine? She does too.
Hammered by M.J. Fields
My rating: 5 of 5 stars Sassy, Sweet and Sexy Absolutely wonderful! I loved this story. You have a sexy alpha single Dad and a spunky man eater bartender. Gage and Phoenix are great characters who will immediately find a place in your heart. Working two jobs to raise money for school, Phoenix doesn't have time for players. Having been cheated on by her ex she has her guard up and put men on the back burner. When a hot, sexy man walks into her bar it's very obvious he's looking for one thing and one thing only. Having his ex come back into the picture after three years, Gage needs to find a release. What he finds is something totally different. Gage is intrigued immediately with the beautiful bartender and days later she is still on his mind. When he figures out she's a lot closer than he thought he knows he has to have her. And have her he will. Hammered is full out great characters, not only are the main characters great but I absolutely fell in love with Mags and Brand. The Steel men also pop in and of course we love those guys. The story is fabulous and the writing is outstanding. MJ is one of my favorite authors and if you haven't checked her out you really need to. This is a definite must read.
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Offensive Rebound by MJ Fields is
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Blurb
TRAE It's a call that changes my life--and my little girl's. Years ago, playing for the NBA was the dream, but the Seattle Stallions suck. Worse than that, my old teammate is now the star center--not to mention my number one rival. There has to be a catch, some sort of agenda. Before I was injured, I was the best. Now? There's no way they want me. But when I see the roster and salaries, it all comes together. It's a chance to get on the court again and change our lives. And I just can't wait for the opportunity to finally take him down. What I never counted on is Courtney Cohen being the game changer. COURTNEY I inherited the Bad News Bears of the NBA. When I discovered the star center, my ex fiancé, cheating on me, all I want is to jump ship before the whole thing sinks. But with revenge on my mind, I exact a plan. Take down the dirty player and save my father's dream. Suddenly twelve minutes is too little time, and a season is not long enough. EXCERPT “You still afraid of me?” Courtney asks. I push her hair out of her face. “No.” “I’m afraid of you.” “No beer muscles tonight?” I ask, glancing at her empty glasses. She shakes her head. I scoot in closer to her. “Tell me what you’re afraid of.” “Liking you too much,” she says then takes a drink. I turn her in her seat so she’s facing me. “You’re gonna like me even more when I’m inside you.” Her body grows taut. “You can’t say stuff like that. It makes me uncomfortable.” “Well, now I’m going to have to do it more often to get you used to it; make you crave it, beg for it.”
Offensive Rebound: Holding Court by M.J. Fields
My rating: 5 of 5 stars Finally a sports romance with Basketball as the sport. I've been waiting for this and when it comes from one of my absolute favorite authors it's an added plus. These characters are wonderful! Trae is a dream. He is a loving, sweet Dirty talking basketball player. Who will do anything for his family. The love he has for his daughter hits you right in the heart. Courtney is a spoiled rich girl who after her father dies she is determined to keep his dream alive. Her love for her father and her love for the game helps her turn the Seattle Stallions from a losing team to winners. I have to give a shout out to Courtney's BFF Christa. This girl is a hoot. She had me dying she is so freaking funny. Hopefully there is a book for her in the future. Wonderful book! I love the way MJ tells a story. She pulls you in and keeps you entertained all the way through. I loved everything about the book, it's a definite must read.
About the Author
USA Today bestselling author MJ Fields love of writing was in full swing by age eight.
Together with her cousins, she wrote a newsletter and sold it for ten cents to family members. She self-published her first contemporary, new adult romance in January 2013. Today she has completed seven self-published series, The Love series, The Wrapped series, The Burning Souls series, The Men of Steel series, Ties of Steel series, The Rockers of Steel series and The Norfolk series. MJ is a hybrid author and publishes an Indie book almost every month, and is signed with a traditional publisher, Loveswept, Penguin Random House, for her co- written series The Caldwell Brothers. Hendrix, Morrison, and Jagger. All three books in the series are published. The Caldwell brothers don’t grow into alphas, when their mother passes away they become her legacy, her good in the world of bad. MJ was a former small business owner, who closed shop so she could write full time. She lives in central New York, surrounded by family and friends. Her house is full of pets, friends, and noise ninety percent of the time, and she would have it no other way. Stalk Her: Website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Tumblr | Pinterest | Goodreads Sign up for MJ’s monthly newsletter with giveaways: http://bit.ly/mjupdates
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From USA Today Bestselling author, MJ Fields, comes a gripping story of love and lies.
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Blurb
A long time ago... I was young and naive. I thought I could save the world. I thought that protecting those around me from hurt and pain was what I was born to do. She made me feel that way. Ava Links, the little girl who was too fucking stubborn for her own good. The little girl who absorbed the hurt and pain of everyone around her and tried to bring sunshine to them all. The little girl who didn’t give a damn if people picked on her about wearing a crown and tutu every day. A little girl who somehow looked at me, expecting—no, damn near demanding—I protect her. I saw the pain she hid, and as I grew older, I understood that pain. The pain of being so much to so many that there is really never a “you”. I took control of my life... I had to get away from everyone who pulled at me in order to claim myself. When I became the man I was destined to be, I began to live. Then, one drunken night, Ava Links, no longer a little girl, said the right damn thing to me, and everything changed. After seven years of fucking her while home on leave with no expectations, now my life is out of control… One bad dream, one I love you, one night of pushing her the hell out of my life, one drummer stealing her heart, and one explosion took everything away. Lies are told. Lies are unraveling. Lies are going to destroy. These are my truths.
Excerpt
I watch as Dad and Tessa pull away from the curb, the place where Thomas Hardy, the love of my life, smiled at me before he took his last breath. I was so sure it wasn’t his last, and I was as sure that him being on life support would eventually mean he would wake up and tell me he loved me again. Standing erect atop the gray sidewalk is the light pole that he was crushed against, pinned between it and a car, while on his way to get me a Snickers bar that I didn’t need. No, I need him. I stand on the balcony and take in a calming breath. The babies are sleeping inside, freshly bathed, adorned in the cutest clothes money can buy, swaddled in their very own Bingos that I have in triplicate because my father insists I need them that way. Their bellies are full, and they have been rocked asleep in my arms. There is no way they can actually be affected by my pain, my anger, my sadness, but I never want them to. Therefore, if I keep my grief to their sleeping hours, I know they will be okay. I close my eyes tight and pray they will be okay. Praying. Why do I still bother? I place my elbows on the brick overhang, peering down at that spot where black meets gray, where the love of a man and a woman got taken away in the blink of an eye. But it’s not gone. My love. T and my love will never go away. We have a forever love. I stand back and wrap my arms tight around myself, letting out a low groan and releasing the pain, the anger, the hate, and all the ugly in a place where I know I can, where it will not affect a soul. The clouds use this time to part, and the sun peers through and shines down on me. Emotions come to a roiling boil in that moment, and I shut my eyes, seeing Thomas smiling back at me. The sun … The sun is T, my T, my love and my pain. Really, there isn’t anything I look at that doesn’t remind me of him and the insurmountable love I have for a man who loved me so much. He lied during the pregnancy so my pain wasn’t as severe, making me believe he was the father of both our children. There are lies in love, just as much as there are truths. A man will tell a woman he loves that she doesn’t look fat in that dress, or that she is the best he’s ever had, or that she is the most beautiful women on the planet. It may not be true, but he believes it enough to tell her those things, to make her happy and feel beautiful, and not fat, and the best he has ever had. A man like Thomas Hardy would do that for a girl like me. The pain of his absence is so copious it makes me sick. Sick to my stomach to the point I do throw up. My body can’t take the sickness it feels while it breathes in the air that surrounds me, in a world without T. I slowly lower myself to my knees and cover my face as the tears spill out, the way they do when I am on this balcony that should have a rooftop garden that we grew together. A garden that grows and blooms, and comes to life, surrounded by our love. I sit back against the brick wall as I take in the comfort of the pain’s release. I cry until I can’t anymore, and then I take a deep breath and stand up. I close my eyes once again, one last time for now, and picture him and all the beauty that is him. Inside, I walk into the kitchen where I have moved everything back to where T had it before I moved in. I stand there and try to make sense of the way he had things put away. It’s stupid. I know it is. Somewhere deep down, though, I keep hoping he will come back, and I will want to fix it up for him. However, he’s not coming back. Not ever. I take my multivitamins then force down the damn shake that Dr. Kennedy brought here after passing her in the hospital when Chance and Hope had their four-month checkup. She came to the apartment and told me I better be taking care of myself so I could take care of my children. She oversteps in ways that are infuriating. I get angry every time I see her. Though I know I shouldn’t. I know I am directing my anger at her, but she asks for it, and it’s certainly easier than being angry at T for leaving me. That’s another lie that happens when you love someone. Somehow in the grieving process, you get to a point when you feel betrayed by the one who left you. Like it was a choice they made. I opened his closet one day and tore his clothes from the hangers. I threw them all over the floor. Then I turned to walk out and get a garbage bag to shove them in. When I returned, though, I saw the mess I made, and I crumbled into a pile of his things. I sobbed into his shirts that still smelled like him, like home and happiness and love. I could never be mad at him for leaving me when it wasn’t his choice. He was taken away by some fucking drunk who stole a car and will never be punished for his crime. Thomas Hardy loved me until his dying breath, just like he said he would, and I will love him until mine. That day, in the closet, I cleaned everything up, put it all back where he had put it—or, at least I let myself believe I did—and I continued to cry while I did it. Now I walk toward the laundry room, intent on doing something that involves taking care of our—yes our—children. I flip on the light switch, but there isn’t a damn thing to do. All our clothes are clean, folded, and put away. I am thankful for the help Mom offered through the nanny, but it gives me too much free time. Chance and Hope almost sleep through the entire night, only waking for one feeding each. They take two naps a day, each two hours long. There is hardly an occasion when one of them are asleep while the other is awake except the night time feeding. When they are awake, I feed them, hold them, and simply love them. God, how I love them. They are my life, my love, the reason I breath, even though it hurts, and we watch TV. Movies on TV. Home movies. Ones of Thomas Hardy in concert and interviews. I walk into our room, mine and T’s, not mine and the babies, and sit on the bed that Thomas and I spent endless hours in. If I close my eyes, I can picture him here. If I concentrate, I can hear him laugh. If I let the pain go, I can smile, remembering how he took his time showing me just how much he loved me. Until reality sets in, and the pain starts all over again. I consider taking a shower, but then decide against it. I can sleep for nearly two hours straight if I go into the baby’s room now. I look down as I enter, knowing if I look at the mural he painted first, I will cry. I will cry because it’s unfair that he is gone. It’s so unfair that I almost hate God. That’s why I look instead at what he left me. He left me two beautiful children. I will always be grateful for them. Always. But would He take them, too?
27 Lies: Luke's story by M.J. Fields
My rating: 5 of 5 stars Two broken people. A lifetime of lies. A lifetime of love, intertwined together with heartache and despair. In the first book I was on the fence with both T and Luke. I thought T was an opportunist and Luke was a plan ole jerk. Now that we gotten the whole story my heart breaks for them both. But I am absolutely in love with Luke. Oh gosh, the feels I have for this man and his story. Yes he lied but haven't we all? Some lies are completely selfish and others so that the one you love doesn't get hurt. This is an outstanding series. The characters hold a special place in my heart. Their stories are what we thrive for and the writing is exceptional. If you haven't read anything from this author all I can say is why? Take a chance pick up a book, you'll be so glad you did.
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USA Today bestselling author MJ Fields love of writing was in full swing by age eight.
Together with her cousins, she wrote a newsletter and sold it for ten cents to family members. She self-published her first contemporary, new adult romance in January 2013. Today she has completed seven self-published series, The Love series, The Wrapped series, The Burning Souls series, The Men of Steel series, Ties of Steel series, The Rockers of Steel series and The Norfolk series. MJ is a hybrid author and publishes an Indie book almost every month, and is signed with a traditional publisher, Loveswept, Penguin Random House, for her co- written series The Caldwell Brothers. Hendrix, Morrison, and Jagger. All three books in the series are published. The Caldwell brothers don’t grow into alphas, when their mother passes away they become her legacy, her good in the world of bad. MJ was a former small business owner, who closed shop so she could write full time. She lives in central New York, surrounded by family and friends. Her house is full of pets, friends, and noise ninety percent of the time, and she would have it no other way. Stalk Her: Website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Tumblr | Pinterest | Goodreads Sign up for MJ’s monthly newsletter with giveaways: http://bit.ly/mjupdates
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Blurb:
From USA Today Bestselling author of The Men of Steel series, MJ Fields comes a sexy new romantic comedy. Kat's a take no sh*t kind of girl, but when her mother forces her to start online dating with her, she's taken off guard. The tables turn and now Kat has the opportunity to dish out unsolicited advice of her own. The ever-unsociable Kat, puts herself out there knowing no man in their right mind will ask her out. Little does she know the world has changed. The constant connection has caused a disconnect, and while hiding behind a screen most men hold nothing back. Will Kat be able to get her mother to stop being a behind the scenes text whore, or will she get dragged into the craze that is sweeping the nation?
Excerpt:
“The cost of the rings alone is sickening to me. Let’s say the happy, yet delusional couple waits until they are finished college. They are more than likely in debt up to their eyeballs with student loans already. Then they go buy a ring that they can’t afford to start their ‘new lives together, forever.’ “BUT WAIT, that’s not enough. Throw a last hoorah with all of their friends in Vegas with, booze and strippers? I mean what says undying, everlasting love and faithfulness like lap dances and used up snatch picking $20 bills off someone’s face? “Then all of the sudden they wake up the next day and are never going to want it again? Yeah, right. Let me ask you when is the last time you ate just one double stuffed Oreo cookie? “Don’t kid yourself that just eating the cream inside isn’t cheating, eating is cheating. “The next time you see a stripper pole, or hell any pole for that matter, tell yourself you aren’t going to remember the single most exciting night of your life. “The same ‘happy’ couple get ass raped for hosting an elaborate soiree, to celebrate a marriage that will end up failing. Don’t roll you eyes at me, it’s fact. You know damn well they’re fighting over the details of the damn wedding too. Can you feel the love? Me either. “After the ass fucking without lube, they spend a mint on a honeymoon where they spent ninety percent of the time shit faced and fucking, seldom leaving their resort suite, yet it cost a grand a night. “Now they have spent a minimum of 10 grand themselves and that’s if they didn’t have to pay for the damn party celebrating their ‘union’. Hell I can celebrate a union with a fucking Happy Meal and a bottle of Jack. He can bring his own condoms, now it’s a fucking party.” “Kat?” Josie sighs. “You asked how I felt about weddings. You know damn well I’m not going to hold back.” “What I was trying to ask is how you felt about mine. Blaine asked me to marry him last night. I want you and Cecilia to be in the wedding. I want you to be my maid of honor,” she says as sweet as Josie is. Fighting the urge to bash my head against the counter until I knock myself completely out, I answer the only way I can, “I would be honored.” She giggles. “Sure you would.” I bare my teeth trying my best not to growl. “You and Blaine are different.” She laughs. “How so?” “His parents are loaded. I will assume you aren’t paying for the wedding. I’m sure the ring isn’t on plastic you won’t start out the way,” I pause and try my best to dig myself out of the hole I’ve dug. This isn’t easy for me, I normally don’t give a shit less I offend. “Besides, you’ve been together four years now.” “Five, we graduated last year,” she says. “Right, well then, yours will be smooth sailing.” “We’re moving about an hour from you,” she says with a big smile, I don’t even have to see her, I can hear it. “That’s so cool. I am off Sundays and Mondays every week. We’ll get together.” “I’d love to, and maybe meet some of your friends?” “Josie, I promise, I have real friends.” I laugh knowing she worries about me, even though she knows I can take care of myself. “No she doesn’t,” Rico says walking out from the back of the shop. “Jesus.” I jump covering my heart with my hand. “Kat why are you even trying to cover your heart, we all know you don’t have one,” he says and winks. “Who was that?” Josie gasps. “What, Rico? He’s the jackass I hang out with here at the shop,” I say as I flip him off. “He has a very, very, nice voice,” she whispers. “He does not sound like the Taco Bell dog Josie,” I say to piss him off and embarrass her. “I didn’t say that,” she gasps. Rico laughs and shakes his head. “I’m heading out.” “Jerry Springer call?” He turns around. “I hope you get vaginal warts.” “Well I hope you get three chicks knocked up and they all come after you at once,” I pause, “Oh you did.” “Much love to you too Kitty Kat.” He flips me off and walks out the door. I shake my head as I watch him swing his big old leg over, One and Only, his Harley. Yes, that’s it’s name. “Sorry,” I laugh. “His voice, is…” she pauses and she whispers, “Sexy.” I can’t help but laugh. “There’s a line that goes down the block to get inked by him. I can give you a jump the line pass if you’re interested in one last hoorah before your nuptials.” “Is there really?” she whispers. “Apparently he’s a hot commodity around here. Six foot three of inked, pierced, testosterone, who evidently has the stamina of twenty men, or so he says.” “So you haven’t-” “Oh hells no! Are you serious, the guy is an STI waiting to happen. He gets paternity suits delivered to him like a funeral home gets flowers.” She laughs. “How many kids does he have?” “One for sure, three now just waiting to find out.” I laugh. “It’s almost comical, I have no idea what his aversion is to sane women, condoms, or just tossing his own meat. I mean really-” Her laugh interrupts my rant. “Boy or girl?” “Little girl, she’s three,” I answer. “I can’t wait to have babies,” she says with a coo. “You need to get married so you and I can have kids-” “Eww, no, not happening. They’re little germ spreading, time suckers, who rip apart your vag. Not interested.” “Ever?” she asks. “No. Not ever.” I know where this conversation will lead, hell I visit it at least once a month with my Mom-ster, I mean mother, so I decide to sway the conversation to my second least favorite subject, weddings. “So when is the big day?”
Match This! by M.J. Fields
My rating: 5 of 5 stars So freaking funny! I was so excited for this book and of course I was not disappointed. It was sexy, witty and just down right funny. We originally met the characters Ricco and Kat in the Steel series and getting to know them more is wonderful. They along with the others that we met are such great characters. The girls especially had me busting at the seams laughing. This is a cute, funny and very well written story. The only con to it is that it does have a cliffhanger but the book is so good that you are over that immediately. Great book, I loved it! View all my reviews
About the Author:
USA Today bestselling author M.J. Field’s love of writing was in full swing by age eight.Together with her cousins, she wrote a newsletter and sold it for ten cents to family members. She self-published her first New Adult romance in January 2013. Today she has completed six self-published series, The Love Series, The Wrapped Series, The Burning Souls Series, The Men of Steel Series, Ties of Steel Series, and The Norfolk series. MJ is a hybrid author who publishes an Indie book almost every month, and is signed with a traditional publisher, Loveswept, Penguin Random House, for her co-written series The Caldwell Brothers. Hendrix is available now, Morrison was released on December 22nd, 2015. There is always something in the works, and she has three, yes, three, new series coming out this summer, and fall. MJ lives in central New York, surrounded by family and friends. Her house is full of pets, friends, and noise ninety percent of the time, and she would have it no other way. AUTHOR LINKS: TWITTER | FACEBOOK |AMAZON | GOODREADS |
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