Tough Love: An Anthology (Ultimate Novel, #3)

by Lori Foster

Vanity Baker knows the best way to keep the famously commitment-phobic Stack "The Wolf" Hannigan around is to keep things casual between them. But when Stack's troublemaking family arrives on the scene, threatening everything he cares about, Stack realizes they are much more than friends with benefits.

• ISBN10: 0373788487
• ISBN13: 9780373788484
• Publish Date: 25 August 2015
• Publish Status: Out of Stock
• Imprint: Hqn
• Edition: Original ed.
• Format: Paperback (US Mass Market)
• Pages: 544
• Language: English

Reviews

[leelu92]

I have to admit that I wasn't all that excited about Vanity and Stack at the end of the last book. I came out of this one being totally in love with Stack and Vanity too for that matter. Once again, I really enjoyed how the whole gang rallies around the people they care about.
While Stack and Vanity may have started as a temporary thing, there is no doubt from the beginning that they are totally MFEO. (Made for each other- Sleepless in Seattle reference- look it up)

Rissy was here.

Ok. I'm officially ready for Armie and Merissa. Officially.


Copy for review provided by the publisher in exchange for a fair and honest review.

[kimbacaffeinate]

Caffeinated Dates with Tough Love

• First Date: Vanity has a thing for Stack but knows he has commitment phobia and our heroine is very clever. She plays dirty but in the most delicious way. In the previous book, the two make an arrangement of sorts. He will be her date at the wedding of their friends and she will give him one night of bliss with no strings attached. Ooo-la-la you clever, clever girl. The novel opens at the wedding and we get a little flashback of what has been happening since they made the arrangement. They have not even hooked up yet and Stack is plotting for more time.


• Second date: Things get hot and smexy, but interruptions caused by a family emergency and commitments keep these two from doing the tango. Foster has a way with her characters, and I found myself drawn in and curious about his family and their problems. We continue to learn more about Vanity and the more I get to know her the more I want to be her bestie. The chemistry, banter and dance between Stack and Vanity is off the charts and I so want them to get an HEA. We get updates about other characters, and witness some changes in Armie. A suspenseful thread involving Stack adds tension and a little mystery. I enjoyed this added element.


• Third date: Secrets, threats and growth make the last date intense. Vanity has been in love with Stack since she met him, but watching Stack fall is nothing short of sweet. Danger and misunderstandings made this final date a little bumpy but Foster creates just enough tension without overdoing the drama. I really do not want this date to end.

Copy provided by publisher. This review was originally posted on Caffeinated Book Reviewer

[Linda]

*I received a free ARC of Tough Love from Harlequin HQN via Netgalley in exchange of an honest and unbiased review*

Hot, fun and with another kind of mystery in the background, Tough Love really worked for me!!

This and all my other reviews are originally posted on my blog (un)Conventional Bookviews