Flawed (Ethan Frost #4) by Tracy Wolff-a review

FLAWED (Ethan Frost #3) by Tracy Wolff-a review

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About the book: Release Date January 17, 2017

When Tori Reed loses everything, he sets her free.

I told myself I’d never trust Miles Girard, no matter how brilliant or sexy he may be. His sister, Chloe—Ethan Frost’s wife—is my best friend, but I know just how low Miles will stoop to get what he wants. Now he’s the last thing I want: my boss.

Growing up, I had it all—except for the sense that I belonged. And when a mistake from my past surfaces in the press, my parents don’t hesitate to cut me off.

But surprisingly, Miles offers me a helping hand.

Before I know it, our relationship turns unprofessional in the hottest ways. Of course, he still drives me crazy. But when I’m dealt the ultimate blow, Miles is there for me. And maybe he’s the one I’ve been looking for all along.

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REVIEW: FLAWED is the fourth installment in Tracy Wolff’s contemporary, adult ETHAN FROST erotic, romance series. This is scientist Miles Girard, and Tori Reed’s story line. FLAWED can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Miles is the brother of Chloe Frost (Ethan Frost 1-3), and Tori is Chloe’s best friend.

Told from dual first person points of view (Tori and Miles) FLAWED looks at the enemies to lovers relationship between trust baby Tori Reed, and scientist Miles Girard. Tori is a bit of a spoiled rich girl and when a sex tape, from two years earlier, is released to the public our heroine finds herself penniless and without a home thanks to her father-a man who has had enough of his daughter’s partying ways. With no place to go, Tori heads to one of Ethan Frost’s many homes only to discover that the man she blames for much of Chloe’s heartbreaking past is the current resident. Enter scientist Miles Girard, Chloe’s older brother, and the man who pushes all of Tori’s buttons. What ensues is the building relationship between Tori and Miles, and Tori’s struggle to accept help when she needs it the most.

The relationship between Tori and Miles is acrimonious at best. Tori has no respect for her best friend’s brother-a man she believes played a role in destroying her best friend’s life. Miles is a brilliant scientist once caught in a game of deceit and power but has left that life behind to work for Frost Industries. His attraction to Tori is immediate; their sexual chemistry is palpable and hot. The $ex scenes are erotic and intense.

We are introduced to Tori’s long suffering father as well as a one time boyfriend Alexander Parson. Ethan and Chloe Frost play secondary and supporting roles bringing some familiarity and cohesion to the story line premise.

The world building focuses on the relationship between Tori and Miles, and Tori’s struggle to get on with her life. Miles is a man determined to make everything right but in doing so forgets that the life he is affecting is the woman that he loves. The majority of the story line keeps the reader locked inside the house with Tori and Miles.

FLAWED is a story about two people ‘flawed’ by their pasts. Tori’s misdirected hatred towards Miles continues throughout a portion of the story; Tori’s history of partying and one-night stands comes back to bite her in the proverbial a$$. The premise is intoxicating; the characters are energetic and passionate; the romance is provocative and intense. FLAWED is an engaging and entertaining tale about one woman’s decent into the abyss, and one man’s struggle to make everything go away.

Reading Order and previous reviews

Ruined
Addicted
Exposed
Flawed

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Reviewed by Sandy

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Exposed (Ethan Frost 3) by Tracy Wolff-Review and Book tour

EXPOSED (Ethan Frost #3) by Tracy Wolff-Review and Book Tour

Exposed

EXPOSED
Ethan Frost #3
by Tracy Wolff
Release Date: May 5, 2015
Genre: adult, contemporary, erotic romance

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date May 5, 2015

Will Ethan Frost go too far for the woman he loves?

The moment Chloe Girard walked into my life, she exposed secrets and emotions I always thought were best kept buried.

She wants to move on, to ignore the past. But I can’t do that. Not when she still suffers. And not when the man who hurt her remains unscathed. So when I discover the perfect opportunity to make him pay for what he did to Chloe, I can’t walk away, no matter the consequences.

But there’s a fine line between justice and obsession. As I turn up old crimes and new lies, I know that I’m playing with fire—and risking the very foundations of our relationship.

My love for Chloe is absolute. I just hope it’s enough to save us both.

•••••••••••

REVIEW: EXPOSED is the third installment in Tracy Wolff’s adult, contemporary Ethan Frost erotic romance series focusing on billionaire CEO Ethan Frost and legal intern Chloe Girard. EXPOSED should not be read as a stand alone as each of the previous books is interconnected and tells the continuing story of our leading couple.

Told from two first person points of view (Ethan and Chloe) EXPOSED begins immediately after the events of book two -ADDICTED -wherein our couple is trying to rebuild their relationship in the face of misunderstanding and lies. In the previous book Chloe came face to face with her past-a past that is directly connected to the man that she loves-and in this our couple struggled to keep their relationship from imploding. EXPOSED focuses on Ethan’s need for revenge and the ensuing fall out of the plans he put into motion. Millions of dollars, the Vegas mob, and the revelation of several more victims finds Ethan and Chloe facing a chasm of betrayal, retribution and the ultimate revenge against a family member with political aspirations and a psychopathic personality.

There are still some issues of insecurity and trust between Chloe and Ethan-Chloe wants to move forward while Ethan is determined to mete out revenge. The relationship between Chloe and Ethan, and thusly the storyline, is sexually graphic with a good portion of the story focusing on their love, lust and need for one another. The $ex scenes are numerous, emotional, erotic and intense but the sex talk becomes repetitive and redundant-there are only so many times the use of the word ‘baby’ should come into play-if at all- during $ex.

The secondary and supporting characters include Chloe’s amazing best friend Tori as well as Ethan’s best friend Sebastian Caine whom we met in the spin off series PLAY ME. Some of the timeline overlaps between EXPOSED and PLAY ME. Ethan’s mother and his half brother Brandon play an integral role in the final outcome of the story.

The world building continues to follow the building relationship of Chloe and Ethan, but no longer focuses on the professional side of the relationship wherein Ethan is Chloe’s boss and therefore their love is taboo. The focus now centers on Ethan’s promise to protect Chloe at all costs, even if it means placing himself in danger and in a position to lose everything that he owns. There is also the aspect of a permanent future between our leading couple.

EXPOSED is a fast paced and revealing storyline about two people facing improbable odds and an all consuming love for one another. There are moments of betrayal and revenge; romance and love; moving forward and letting go. EXPOSED is an intoxicating read with tragic scenarios, dysfunctional family values, and an encouraging look to the future. Tracy Wolff writes a passionate storyline that will captivate your imagination.

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Reviewed by Sandy

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“Is it safe?” Tori asks an hour later, stumbling into the kitchen where I’m sitting at the table, sipping coffee and daydreaming of Ethan. “Does everybody have clothes on?”
“I’m the only one here,” I tell her. “And yes, I am wearing pajama pants and a sweatshirt.”
“Thank Christ.” She makes a beeline for the coffeepot and pours herself a large mug. I watch in amusement as she adds enough sugar to bankrupt a candy factory, then follows it with a quarter cup of cream before lifting the mug to her lips and downing half its contents in one gulp.
“How are you not three hundred pounds?” I ask in disbelief.
“Good genes and clean living.”
“Well, I won’t argue the good genes part, anyway.” The wineglass on the counter still holds the dregs of the two bottles of wine she drank last night.
“You should,” she replies with a snort.
I want to ask her what she means—it’s not the first time she’s made a derogatory comment about her family—but she’s got off-limits signs posted all over her when it comes to them. So I settle for bumping shoulders with her as I refill my own coffee cup.
She returns the bump, then smiles sweetly at me. With that smile, her short green hair sticking up in every direction and the remnants of last night’s mascara pooled under her eyes, she looks like a little kid playing dress-up. Dress-up in a punk rocker’s closet, mind you, but still dress up.
At least until the smile fades and she pins me with a look meant to bring better women than me to their knees. “Details. Now.”
“Ethan and I made up.”
“Believe me, I know. My room’s next to yours and the walls aren’t nearly as thick as you think they are.”
“Oh, God.” Embarrassed heat rushes to my cheeks. “I’m sorry.”
“Don’t be.” She waves airily. “Since I wasn’t getting any action last night, it’s good that someone was.”
I laugh despite myself. “Nice, Tori.”
“Hey, if you wanted nice, you probably should have picked someone else as your best friend.” She grabs a box of donuts off the counter and plops them in the middle of the kitchen table before settling into the chair opposite mine. “Just saying.”
“Yeah, well, it’s too late to worry about that now.”
“Damn straight.” She grabs a donut, then shoves the box toward me. “So what happened after I left yesterday? You need to give me the scoop before loverboy gets back.”
“We made up.”
“Obviously, you made up. Didn’t we just talk about all the reasons I couldn’t sleep last night?”
“Well then, what do you want me to say?”
“I want details. Did he grovel—I mean, with something besides that bracelet you’re wearing. Because even I have to admit that is some serious groveling in and of itself.”
I glance down at the heavy bracelet Ethan had delivered to me yesterday. The one he fastened around my wrist when I told him that I loved him. That I’d marry him. It’s as much a sign of his possession as the belly chain I wear around my waist—another gift from him.
“Don’t tell me how much it costs. I don’t want to know.”
“I wouldn’t dream of it, darling,” she drawls in her best Sophia Loren voice. “I still remember your freak-out over the belly chain.”
When I don’t say anything else, she finishes off her donut in silence, all the while watching me with dark eyes.
“You look happy,” she finally says.
“I am happy.”
“That’s all that matters, then.” She drains her coffee, then pushes back from the table. “I’m going to take a shower, then head to the beach. Want to join me?”
“I can’t.”
She rolls her eyes. “Let me guess. Loverboy talked you into going back to work at Frost Industries?”
“I haven’t decided on that yet.”
“Then what’s going on? Is he coming back to sweep you off to some romantic getaway?”
“We’re going to Vegas.”
“Vegas? Really? I had him pegged for a private-island-off-the-coast-of-Greece kind of guy. I have to admit, I’m a little—”
“We’re getting married.” I say it fast, hoping it will have less of an impact that way.
No such luck. Tori stops in her tracks, eyes wide and mouth gaping like a fish as she tries to wrap her brain around what I just said.
“What?” she finally squeals before launching herself at me. “He asked you to marry him? When? Where?”
“Today. And I already told you. Las Vegas.”
She’s back to staring at me like I have three heads. “I meant when did he ask you. But what you’re telling me is that you’re flying to Las Vegas today? To get married today?”
“That is what I’m telling you.” I start gingerly trying to untangle myself from her embrace. It isn’t as easy as it sounds, especially when she’s hanging on for dear life and doing her best impression of an octopus with its prey.
“Oh my God. Oh. My. God. Ohmygod! You’re getting married. Today! To Ethan fucking Frost!”

 

 

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Ruined
Ethan Frost #1
by Tracy Wolff
Genre: adult, contemporary, erotic, romance
Release Date: January 2014

RuinedOrder Links: Amazon.com / Amazon.ca / Amazon.uk/ Barnes and Noble / KOBO /

Click HERE for Sandy’s review of RUINED

He’s the last man Chloe Girard should love . . . but the first she ever could.

Ethan Frost is a visionary, a genius, every woman’s deepest, darkest fantasy—even mine. And, somehow, I am his.

He stole into my life like a dream. Turned my reality upside down and made my every desire come true—especially those I never knew I had. He demanded everything I had to give and gave me everything of himself in return.

But dreams don’t last forever, and ours is no exception. Because my nightmares are darker, and my wounds deeper, than I could ever reveal. And as much as Ethan wants to protect me, the secrets we share will only tear us apart.

__________________

Addicted
Ethan Frost #2
by Tracy Wolff
Genre: adult, contemporary,erotic, romance
Release Date: July 15, 2014

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About the book: Release Date July 15, 2014

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As Chloe Girard discovers, there’s love . . . and then there’s addiction.

Ethan Frost is everything a woman could want in a man. He’s rich, gorgeous, powerful, one of the most eligible bachelors in the world.

But that’s not why I’m with him.

I love Ethan for all the things no one else gets to see: his innate kindness, his reckless spontaneity, his unwavering determination to use his brilliance for good. I love the way he looks at me, the way he touches me. The way he makes me forget the wreckage of my past and the twisted fear that still lives inside me.

But sometimes it terrifies me how much I crave him, how much I need him just to breathe. I always thought it would be my past that ruined us, but there’s a darkness in Ethan I never dreamed existed. Can we survive as his secrets surface—threatening to unravel us both?

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Tracy WolffTracy Wolff collects books, English degrees and lipsticks and has been known to forget where—and sometimes who—she is when immersed in a great novel. At six she wrote her first short story—something with a rainbow and a prince—and at seven she forayed into the wonderful world of girls lit with her first Judy Blume novel. By ten she’d read everything in the young adult and classics sections of her local bookstore, so in desperation her mom started her on romance novels. And from the first page of the first book, Tracy knew she’d found her life-long love. Now an English professor at her local community college, she writes romances that run the gamut from contemporary to paranormal to erotic suspense.

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Addicted (Ethan Frost #2) by Tracy Wolff-Review and Blog Tour

Addicted (Ethan Frost #2) by Tracy Wolff-Review and Blog Tour

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Addicted
Ethan Frost #2
by Tracy Wolff
Genre: adult, contemporary,erotic, romance
Release Date: July 15, 2014

Addicted

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About the book: Release Date July 15, 2014

As Chloe Girard discovers, there’s love . . . and then there’s addiction.

Ethan Frost is everything a woman could want in a man. He’s rich, gorgeous, powerful, one of the most eligible bachelors in the world.

But that’s not why I’m with him.

I love Ethan for all the things no one else gets to see: his innate kindness, his reckless spontaneity, his unwavering determination to use his brilliance for good. I love the way he looks at me, the way he touches me. The way he makes me forget the wreckage of my past and the twisted fear that still lives inside me.

But sometimes it terrifies me how much I crave him, how much I need him just to breathe. I always thought it would be my past that ruined us, but there’s a darkness in Ethan I never dreamed existed. Can we survive as his secrets surface—threatening to unravel us both?

••••••••••••••••••••••

REVIEW: ADDICTED is the second instalment in Tracy Wolff’s contemporary, adult Ethan Frost erotic romance series focusing on billionaire Ethan Frost and the love of his life, legal intern Chloe Girard. This is the continuing story about forbidden love and two broken souls whose lives will collide both in and out of the boardroom. This is not a stand alone novel-the series must be read in order-but saying that, book two leaves too many open ended plot points for this to be the final instalment.

The focus of ADDICTED is the continuing struggle between Ethan and Chloe. Chloe has revealed to Ethan the secrets and demons from her past but Ethan keeps everything about himself and his family very close to his heart-not that he is trying to protect his family-but he is trying to protect the woman with whom he has fallen in love. Ethan’s family has a tumultuous past that crosses paths with Chloe’s family and keeping this information from Chloe sets into motion a series of heartbreak, betrayal and the need to constantly run for a woman who has accepted that the past is the past, and everyone must move forward.

The relationship between Chloe and Ethan is bumpy as both of their pasts collide. Chloe is a woman who is quick to run when the truth is revealed and Ethan is a man whose love for Chloe is almost painful and heartbreaking.

I will point out that the ending felt rushed and many issues have yet to be resolved. Without giving away any major spoilers three secondary characters were brought into the storyline whose presence created a snowball affect on the storyline resulting in continual heartbreak for both of our leading characters. I am hoping that Tracy has plans for another instalment but ADDICTED fast forwards the ending by approximately one year without addressing some major complications and issues. Hopefully the missing timeline will be addressed in a future book.

Tracy Wolff pulls the reader into an emotional, heartbreaking and sometimes frustrating storyline about two people whose pasts collide with the present resulting in a roller coaster of push and pull. The love Chloe and Ethan have for one another is nothing short of an addiction and in this, no matter what continues to happen, they will fall back into each other’s arms because that is where they need to be.

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Reviewed by Sandy

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Ruined
Ethan Frost #1
by Tracy Wolff
Genre: adult, contemporary, erotic, romance
Release Date: January 2014

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RuinedHe’s the last man Chloe Girard should love . . . but the first she ever could.

Ethan Frost is a visionary, a genius, every woman’s deepest, darkest fantasy—even mine. And, somehow, I am his.

He stole into my life like a dream. Turned my reality upside down and made my every desire come true—especially those I never knew I had. He demanded everything I had to give and gave me everything of himself in return.

But dreams don’t last forever, and ours is no exception. Because my nightmares are darker, and my wounds deeper, than I could ever reveal. And as much as Ethan wants to protect me, the secrets we share will only tear us apart.

••••••••••••••••••••

REVIEW: RUINED is the first instalment in Tracy Wolff’s contemporary, adult Ethan Frost erotic romance duology focusing on billionaire Ethan Frost and legal intern Chloe Girard. This is a story about two broken souls whose paths will collide in the boardroom, the bedroom and beyond in a story about forbidden love, and dark and dangerous secrets.

Told from first person POV (Chloe) the storyline follows Chloe as she embarks on a summer internship at Frost Industries. Falling for the boss was never on the agenda but something about Chloe draws Ethan in like a moth to a flame. There are secrets from both of their pasts that affect every decision that they make and in doing so will set into motion a twist of epic proportions.

The relationship between Chloe and Ethan is one of forbidden love. Chloe knows that to embark on a romance with the CEO is legal and professional suicide but Ethan’s persistence and need for Chloe is matched only by Chloe’s desire for the man himself. The sex scenes are intimate, sensual and revealing where we learn there is more to Chloe’s past than a broken heart.

The secondary characters include Chloe’s coworkers and friend. Chloe’s backstory and family history are revealed as the storyline builds but Ethan’s troubled beginnings have only be alluded to and in this the cliff hanger will leave the reader questioning what really happened so many years before.

Tracy Wolff writes a compelling and familiar storyline about the troubled billionaire who falls for the broken and troubled virginal young woman. Theirs is a story where the past will collide with the present, and a dark secret will be revealed that could affect the future for both Chloe and Ethan. The past is never that far behind and could very well show up at the front door-when everyone least expects it.

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Reviewed by Sandy

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Tracy WolffTracy Wolff collects books, English degrees and lipsticks and has been known to forget where—and sometimes who—she is when immersed in a great novel. At six she wrote her first short story—something with a rainbow and a prince—and at seven she forayed into the wonderful world of girls lit with her first Judy Blume novel. By ten she’d read everything in the young adult and classics sections of her local bookstore, so in desperation her mom started her on romance novels. And from the first page of the first book, Tracy knew she’d found her life-long love. Now an English professor at her local community college, she writes romances that run the gamut from contemporary to paranormal to erotic suspense.

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