ARC REVIEW:Up to Me by M. Leighton

Up to Me

by M. Leighton

5 HEARTS

From Goodreads

Happily ever after doesn’t come easy. But for love, it’s always worth the fight.

Olivia finds bliss unlike any she’s ever known in Cash’s arms. He sets her skin on fire and melts her heart right inside her chest. Unfortunately, their happily ever after is short-lived when a shadow from Cash’s past threatens to turn their world upside down.

Dangerous people from his father’s world have discovered that Cash holds information that could put them away for a very long time. And they’re willing to do anything—and hurt anybody—to get it back. Giving it up means Cash must choose between the life of his father and the life of Olivia.

Having nearly overcome her wariness of bad boys, Olivia’s trust is shaken when this new threat arises. Now she finds that Cash is not only a danger to her heart, but his family has associations that are a danger to her life as well. She soon discovers that there are some situations in life where trust is a girl’s only option. And this is one of them. If she’s to live, she must trust Cash with her life. But to Olivia, that’s much, much easier than letting go and trusting him with her heart.

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Is it hot in here? Hell to the yeah it is! M. Leighton is back and she is bringing it! Not only has she ramped up the suspense but the heat as well in this next installment of her Bad Boys series. Up to Me picks up right where Down to You left off so if you haven't read that yet get moving because you'll need to before you get your Cashcoma on here!

Cash Davenport is back and he's kicking ass and taking names. And on top of that he is more sexy, naughty, funny, protective, and just downright delicious than before if that is even possible! How can one man be all that and a bag of chips too? Well Cash can. And Olivia is reaping all those tantalizing benefits. This sexy spitfire is feistier than ever in Up to Me and shows that she is the perfect yin to this bad boy's yang!

As the danger heats up in Up to Me so does the relationship between Cash and Olivia. One thing I love most about M. Leighton's writing is that with just a few teasing words or a simple sentence she can make the readers feel the incredible sexual heat between these two. So that when it is time to get down and dirty you are all but begging for it. Anybody else fondly remember the bathroom scene from Down to You? *cough*

The supporting cast of colorful characters is back with Taryn (the sexy, dread locked barmaid), Ginger (Olivia's saucy mouthed friend) and Marissa (Olivia's snotty, pain-in-the ass cousin) but this time we also get an eye full of Olivia's frosty mother as well. It is quite possible that the phrase "put a sock in it" was invented just for her.

But I think special attention should be afforded to the newest bad boy addition, the Australian hottie Gavin. Lord it was like a testosterone COCKtail party in this book with all these bad boys and he was the perfect addition. All this tasty dish from Down Under had to do was open his mouth and let that accent fly and your panties automatically wanted to drop. And rumour has it that book four in the Bad Boys series is about Gavin! *thud*

AND DID I MENTION the mother of all twists?! H-E-L-L-O!! I didn't see that coming and it's a game changer that will no doubt have you all but begging M. Leighton for when the release date is for book 3! Up to Me is Cashtastic in about a million, zillion ways!

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Now if you happen to follow me or M. Leighton on Twitter you would have seen me tweet this awesome little ditty from February's RT Book Review Magazine showing M. Leighton's Down to You as one of their picks for "What's Hot This Month In Self-Publishing" on their Self Pub Hub page. Yippee!! Congrats Michelle!

So if you love your bad boys deliciously bad in that oh-so-good kind of way I guarantee that M. Leighton's Bad Boys series is for you!!

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**This book was received by the author in exchange for an honest review**

Hotness Rating

4 out of 5