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Taking Him

Taking Him, November 2013
Lies We Tell #1
by Jackie Ashenden

Samhain Publishing
Featuring: Ellie Fox; Hunter Chase
254 pages
ISBN: 1619218216
EAN: 9781619218215
Kindle: B00DUB24LO
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Taking Him
Jackie Ashenden

Reviewed by Sarah Horwath
Posted October 9, 2013

Romance

Jackie Ashenden did a wonderful job on this book, not only is the cover so darn pretty but this such a great and wonderful story filled with a deep meaning. What I loved most about this book was it had everything I was looking for and more. It was such a wonderful love story with some light funny humor which I love in books but it also had a tragic story behind it. Ellie Fox is tired of not being noticed by her older brother's best friend Hunter Chase. So she decides to be like her heroine from the game she designed and show Hunter that she is not a little kid anymore and that she is a grown woman. In TAKING HIM Hunter Chase has some very deep scars from his child hood and thinks he will never be able to get over what happened to him, little does he know Ellie has a plan up her sleeve and she is going to help him really know the true meaning of love. In TAKING HIM there are some sad parts and struggles just like an average normal couple. I don't think there is anything bad I could say about this book, Jackie Ashenden did an amazing job with the story line and the writing. This book deals is about sexual abuse and what the victims have to go through and how hard it is for them to even feel comfortable with the slightest touch. Ellie was able to help Hunter threw his flashbacks and help him deal with just the slighted touch and in return he realizes that it's all okay and will be okay as long as he has Ellie with him. TAKING HIM is a really good book that I can't wait for the rest of the world to read. TAKING HIM had me wanting more and I just couldn't put this book down. I will definitely want to read more from this author.

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SUMMARY

Computer game designer Ellie Fox can’t wait to start her new job in Japan. But first there’s one loose end in Auckland she needs to tie up: her obsession with her older brother’s best friend, Hunter Chase. She’s sick of being “kid zoned”. It’s time to make like one of her kick-ass computer game heroines and take matters into her own hands. Except when she finally has Hunter where she wants him, her hands are the last thing he’ll let her use. Hunter works hard at running the construction firm he co- owns with his friend, and at keeping his distance from his dysfunctional family. Control is his linchpin, but there’s just one spanner in the works—Ellie. The girl he always looked out for suddenly seems determined to make him see her as a woman. But with a past darker than the angel wings tattooed on his back, the safest place for her is just beyond arm’s length. Or the next heart to suffer damage could be hers. Warning: Contains a tortured hero, a determined heroine, cosplay kink, and a twisted twist that could cause mental whiplash. Line to the WTF Infirmary forms on the right.


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