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"I adore Kristen Ashley's books!"—-Maya Banks, New York Times bestselling author
She's ready for the ride of her life . . .
Lauren Grahame is looking to reinvent herself. After leaving her cheating husband, Lauren moves to Carnal, Colorado, and gets a job as a waitress in a biker bar called Bubba's. It's a nothing job in a nowhere joint . . . until Tatum Jackson walks in. Lauren has never seen a man with such good looks, muscles, and attitude. But when he insults her, Lauren doesn't want anything to do with him. Too bad for Lauren he's also the bar's part owner and bartender.
When the rough-around-the-edges Tate meets the high-class Lauren, he thinks she won't fit in at Bubba's. Yet there's more to Lauren than meets the eye, and Tate soon sets his mind on claiming her as his own. Before long, the desire burning between them is heating up the cold mountain air. But when violence strikes the town, Tate must reveal a dark secret to Lauren-one that may put an end to their sweet dreams.
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"I adore Kristen Ashley's books!"—Maya Banks, New York Times bestselling author
"Kristen Ashley's books are addicting!"—Jill Shalvis, New York Times bestselling author
"[Kristen] Ashley captivates."—Publisher's Weekly
"With Brock's raw side contrasted with Tess's innocence, Wild Man delivers a passionate, opposites-attract romance."—Patricia Smith, Booklist
"There is something about them [Ashley's books] that I find crackalicious."—Kati Brown, DearAuthor.com
"I felt all of the rushes, the adrenaline surges, the anger spikes... my heart pumping in fury. My eyes tearing up when her my heart (I mean... her heart) would break." (On Motorcycle Man)—Maryse's Book Blog, Maryse.net
Anonymous
Posted Thu Apr 04 00:00:00 EDT 2013
I really enjoyed the characters in this book and that the author let me watch them grow. Some of the story stagnated, but the end was worth it. I would so totally live in the world kristen ashley created. Makes me want to pack up and find my own Carnal somewhere.
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Posted Fri Feb 22 00:00:00 EST 2013
One of my favorites from Kristen Ashley. I liked it as much as Mistery Man and Motorcycle Man, my favorites from her too. I'll definitely read thesebooks from her again.
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Posted Thu Feb 02 00:00:00 EST 2012
How refreshing. I read the 1st in the series. The Gamble and fell in love with the story writing. I was not disappointed in Sweet Dreams. Fun characters and sexy sexy Tate makes me want to be a biker babe. I love how the author tells the story from only Laurens view. Its nice not bouncing from character to character as most love stories do. This story is like watching my favorite series with her very detailed story telling. Over 1400 pages of sexy fun. I wish she would continue the story with some of the other characters like Wood. Can't wait to read the next.
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Posted Wed Apr 02 00:00:00 EDT 2014
The story, although long and some parts unnecessary, is well thought out. I got bored having to read about every detail of her outfit and things like that. I also got very frustrated with the way every sentence seemed to be missing a critical word in it. I know that you want to give your characters their own twist, but the majority of people in the world wouldn't skip a word, making almost every time they opened their mouth an incomplete sentence, so it got very annoying. But the characters were pretty solid and the surrounding storyline was very good.
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Posted Sun Sep 22 00:00:00 EDT 2013
This is my first KA book. I didn't particularly enjoy her style of writing, so instead of a few hours, it took me about 3 days to get through the 400 pages of this book. I'm going to try another of her books, just to be fair in my judgement.
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Posted Sat Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 2011
soooo good! twists and turns and ups and downs...you are not sure how it's gonna end until it does...then you are left wanting more!!!
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Posted Wed Oct 08 00:00:00 EDT 2014
I just love this series! Kristen Ashley is an amazing writer!!! I love Lauren in general as a character. I love her personality and how she deals with Tate. LOVE!!!
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Posted Sat Sep 20 00:00:00 EDT 2014
Good read - 494 pages but WAY too much explicit sex - very unnecessary
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Posted Fri Sep 12 00:00:00 EDT 2014
This was a fun read. I love Kristen Ashley's characters. Can't wait to read the rest of the series
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Posted Thu Aug 28 00:00:00 EDT 2014
Sweet Dreams is the second book in the Colorado Mountain Series by Kristen Ashley. I LOVED this book. Tate has definitely made the list of my top KA alphas. That man was H.O.T.
I was in a serious book funk and needed something to get me out of it... enter Kristen Ashley. Always a life saver when it comes to a needed five star book. At first I was worried because our main characters are older in age with our heroine being 42. Normally I find books with older characters harder to get into to. They usually deal with things like older children, custody etc, things I just have a hard time connecting with. But connecting to the characters was NOT a problem in this book. I had no problem rooting for our amazing heroine, Lauren and I completely fell in love with Tate, our hero.
Of course Tate doesn't start out all wonderful... the best ones never do right? Tate is an a$$ at first. To the point I was worried I'd never be able to fall for him; thankfully, he gets his stuff together. But of course in true man fashion he messes it up again before solidifying my love for him. What is it with my need for an alpha to break my heart before I can fully nominate them for the Book boyfriend list?
Lauren was a hilarious heroine, as so many KA heroines are. I kind of loved her. I thought we had a connection. Lauren's inner thoughts regarding the life threatening snag in the carpet mirror so many crazy thoughts I've had myself. Lauren was the perfect blend of heroine. Smart, sassy, kick butt, resilient, strong minded, everything I need.
Sweet Dreams is a pretty standard KA novel, but there is a bit where it gets a little graphic and dark. I can see how some readers might not connect with that as much, but for me it just made the read that much better. You know how I love my dark stuff. Really it's not that dark at all, don't let that comment scare you away from reading this book.
All in all I just loved this book. I know this review has been gushy, but it's because I really don't have anything bad to say. I am loving this series so far and I think everyone needs to read it.
Chris45AZ
Posted Mon Aug 18 00:00:00 EDT 2014
Loved the book. Very hard to put down until finished.
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Posted Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2014
My 2nd kristen ashley book. Loved this one. Had a little of everything..romance, mystery, drama...n more tasteful language then motorcycle man.
I have to say that I absolutely love Kristen Ashley books. I've not had the opportunity to read that many yet, but definitely plan to read them all. The few I have read, I've loved, and Sweet Dreams fell right into that category. The book is long, but definitely not boring and kept my attention from beginning to end, and in fact I really enjoyed the length of the book because to me, it was that good. The story itself was exciting, captivating, and everything I love in a romance novel and then some.
I loved the characters, Tate and Laurie, but I must say that Tate had to grow on me, but my friend and fellow blogger Andrea had already warned me to be patient with him, and I ended up loving him. The cast of secondary characters were also really great and I enjoyed them also. I loved the romance, which Kristen Ashley does so well. Overall, Sweet Dreams is a wonderful contemporary romance that fans of this genre will love. If you are a Kristen Ashley fan, then you will definitely want to check this out, and if not, this is one author you will want to make time for.
Anonymous
Posted Sun Jun 08 00:00:00 EDT 2014
This book and motorcycle man are my two favs!
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Posted Mon Jun 23 00:00:00 EDT 2014
Sooooooooo good! Love Kristen Ashley's books!!!
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Posted Sat May 17 00:00:00 EDT 2014
One of my favorite KA books after The Gamble- I've lost cout of how many times I've read it. Enjoy!
Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.Awesome love story. I love the characters and the way they come to life with language style.
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Posted Fri Apr 18 00:00:00 EDT 2014
Age: 17 <br>
Appearance: White, medium height, skinny, a little muscle, slightly curly hair that gos down to this eyebrows, brown eyes <nr>
Personality: Kind, Submissive, Obedient <br>
Clothes: (Regular outfit;) T-shirt, blue jeans, white socks, tennis shoes. (Sex Slave outfit;) A tight leather belt that wraps from around his neck, down his back, under his as<_>s, and ends around his balls. <br>
Likes: Guys, Sex, Submission, some punishment, private humiliation <br>
Dislikes: Nothing really
Anonymous
Posted Thu Apr 17 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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Anonymous
Posted Sun Apr 06 00:00:00 EDT 2014
I really wanted to enjoy a swift chic lit book and unfortunately this one didn't hit the mark. I felt some chapters were so long and filled with unnecessary fluff. Our hero, biker bounty hunter Tate, lost his likeness when he becomes controlling over our lead female too often. Along with cussing in front of and to his son annoying. If bikers really do that, then my guess is this line of literature isnt their genre. But, I did find the journey of Laurie from post divorce life into finding new love in this small town enjoyable enough.
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Overview
"I adore Kristen Ashley's books!"—-Maya Banks, New York Times bestselling author
She's ready for the ride of her life . . .
Lauren Grahame is looking to reinvent herself. After leaving her cheating husband, Lauren moves to Carnal, Colorado, and gets a job as a waitress in a biker bar called Bubba's. It's a nothing job in a nowhere joint . . . until Tatum Jackson walks in. Lauren has never seen a man with such good looks, muscles, and attitude. ...