Title: Tangled (Tangled Series Book #1)
Author: Emma Chase
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Drew Evans is a winner. Handsome and arrogant, he makes multimillion dollar business deals and seduces New York’s most beautiful women with just a smile. He has loyal friends and an indulgent family. So why has he been shuttered in his apartment for seven days, miserable and depressed?
He’ll tell you he has the flu.
But we all know that’s not really true.
Katherine Brooks is brilliant, beautiful and ambitious. She refuses to let anything – or anyone – derail her path to success. When Kate is hired as the new associate at Drew’s father’s investment banking firm, every aspect of the dashing playboy’s life is thrown into a tailspin. The professional competition she brings is unnerving, his attraction to her is distracting, his failure to entice her into his bed is exasperating.
Then, just when Drew is on the cusp of having everything he wants, his overblown confidence threatens to ruin it all. Will he be able untangle his feelings of lust and tenderness, frustration and fulfillment? Will he rise to the most important challenge of his life?
Can Drew Evans win at love?
Tangled is not your mother’s romance novel. It is an outrageous, passionate, witty narrative about a man who knows a lot about women…just not as much as he thinks he knows. As he tells his story, Drew learns the one thing he never wanted in life, is the only thing he can’t live without.
Drew & Kate are a breath of fresh air…funny, sexy, and 100% addictive. We cannot get enough of them!
Title: Holy Frigging Matrimony (Tangled Series Book #1.5)
Author: Emma Chase
Genre: Contemporary Romance
What does Drew Evans have to say next? Find out in this forty page short story, filled with his sexy charm, unique advice and hilarious one-liners.
Marriage: the final frontier. Steven went first. He was kind of our test subject. Like those monkeys that NASA sent off into space in the fifties, all the while knowing they’d never make it back.
And now another poor rocket is ready to launch.
But this isn’t just any posh New York wedding. You’ve seen my friends, you’ve met our families, you know you’re in for a treat. Everyone wants their wedding to be memorable. This one’s going to be un-frigging-forgettable.
Holy Frigging Matrimony takes place about a year after Tangled’s end and is from Drew’s POV
I loved Holy Frigging Matrimony, you can check out my review here. And prepare yourself for the rest of the books in the Tangled Series – Twisted & Tamed!
Title: Twisted (Tangled Series Book #2)
Author: Emma Chase
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: March 25th, 2014
There are two kinds of people in the world. The ones who look first, and the ones who leap. I’ve always been more of a looker. Cautious. A planner. That changed after I met Drew Evans. He was so persistent. So sure of himself – and of me.
But not all love stories end happily ever after. Did you think Drew and I were going to ride off into the sunset? Join the club. Now I have to make a choice, the most important of my life. Drew already made his –in fact, he tried to decide for the both of us. But you know that’s just not my style. So I came back to Greenville. Alone. Well, sort of alone….
What I’ve come to realize is that old habits die hard and sometimes you have to go back to where you began, before you can move ahead.
TWISTED picks up two years after Tangled’s end, and is told from Kate’s POV.
Title: Tamed (Tangled Series Book #3)
Author: Emma Chase
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: May 27th, 2014
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: girl meets player, they fall in love, player changes his ways.
It’s a good story. But it’s not our story. Ours is a lot more colorful.
When I met Dee I knew right away that she was special. When she met me, she thought I was anything but special–I was exactly like every other guy who’d screwed her over and let her down. It took some time to convince her otherwise, but turns out I can make a convincing argument when sex is at stake.
You might know where this story’s headed. But the best part isn’t where we ended up.
It’s how we got there.
TAMED goes back in time to the Tangled days. But this time around, it’s not Drew dishing out the advice and opinions – it’s his best friend Matthew, who of course is dealing with Dee Dee.
I swear…Drew doesn’t have to do much to make us love him more. 😉
Keep reading to see the full Love Note!
Kate,
I used to think Valentine’s Day was for gullible fools who didn’t realize it was all a scam. But, for you,
I’ll be a fool anytime.
Come home. I’m here waiting, with gifts. Good ones.
– Drew
PS One thing I plan to give you is especially fucking impressive (but you already know that).
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
*ARC Given to Blog for Honest Review*
5+ “Dark Side” Kisses!
Holy sweet amazing Jesus! I had a feeling I was going to love this book…and my feelings rarely disappoint me. Not to say that it doesn’t happen but when a book is referenced to other books that I have loved as well…all signs point to a good thing. I am so freaking off the charts in love with this book and all it entails I can’t even put it into words…but I’ll try 🙂
Andrew Evans…do you see that picture on the cover of the book? That delicious piece of man candy that made me drool with just one glance. That my dears….is Drew motherfucking Evans, in the flesh and in my imagination for all it’s glory. And believe me…he was, is and always will be glorious. I cannot lie, the first couple of chapters I did not want to like Drew…but I couldn’t stop it…so I gave in, why fight it? He’s a complete douche – a play boy to the max. He knows his strengths and he uses them to his advantage. He’s blunt to a fault. He’s ballsy. He’s successful. He’s like the businessman alpha male of my dreams.
‘I am all about self-determination. Will. Control. I determine my path in life. I decide my failures and successes. Screw fate. Destiny can kiss my ass. If I want something badly enough, I can have it. If I focus, sacrifice, there is nothing I can’t do.’
Katherine ‘Everyone-Calls-Me-Kate’ Brooks…I envy her in the worst way possible…and the best way possible. If there is a God, Emma Chase will write Tangled from her POV, because I swear that would be aaaaaamazing. SO freaking amazing. I’ll beg if I have to, I have no shame. She’s beautiful…but that’s not all. In the words of Drew ‘She’s adventurous, unapologetically demanding, spontaneous, and confident. A lot like me. We’re a perfect fit, in more ways than one.’ *sigh* you see….some of the many reasons why I want to be Kate. Lucky Bitch.
“Do you know how much I want this? Want you? God, Kate…I’ve fucking dreamed about this…begged for it. You make me…ah, I can’t get…enough of you.”
So…they meet at bar, where Drew meets most of his ‘conquest’s’ and like the awesome woman that Kate is, she blows him off…with a good reason. She’s engaged…to Bill ‘Why-Don’t-You-Just-Die-Already’ Warren – has a nice ring to it, doesn’t? I can’t take credit for that, it’s all Drew. What can I say, he has a way with words. Among other things. But Billy isn’t the only source of contention between Drew and Kate…oh no, there is more. So much more.
‘All kidding aside, this is a new beginning for Kate and me. A fresh start. I’ll be a perfect gentleman. Scout’s honor.
Then again, I never was a Boy Scout.’
I was laughing with this book…a lot. Like laughing out loud hilarious moments. But there were also witty moments, sarcastic moments, and just moments that I couldn’t help the cheesy ass grin that was plastered all over my face. There were hot moments (actually…a lot of super hot moments 😉 ), sweet moments, even some swoony moments (and who would have expected that from Mr. Evans…not this girl!) and yes…even those dreaded ‘scream at your kindle’ moments…more out of frustration than anything else, but seriously – I wanted to smack Drew around…but just a little.
‘I gaze at her eyes. The way she’s looking at me…it’s just like she did after our shower yesterday. Like she’s giving me something – a gift. That’s just for me. Only for me. And it’s her. Because she trusts me, has faith in me, believes in me. And you know what?
I don’t want Kate to ever look at me any other way.’
God Bless Emma Chase for creating a man I wanna fuck, punch and hug…all at the same time…repeatedly. I started reading Tangled and was like really? I’m supposed to like this dude? Yeah right! I was wrong…she did it. Dunno how, still trying to figure it out, but I’ll be damned if Drew didn’t crawl his way into my heart. I love him something fierce. He’s one of those guys that you’re convinced is a lost cause, which makes that moment when he’s not like a million times better. I think what made him more real was even after he figured out he actually liked a girl, he didn’t do a 180 and completely change. It was slow…gradual… believable. I appreciated that, it made Drew as a character seem more realistic in my head.
‘I’ll never get tired of looking at her. Or kissing her. Pussy whipped, thy name is Drew. Yeah I know. It’s okay. I don’t mind. ‘Caue if this is the Dark Side? Sign me up. Seriously. Don’t be surprised if I start skipping down the street singing, “Zip-a-Dee-fucking-Doo-Dah.” I’m that happy.’
Kate…deserves a fuckin medal. Like the golden vagina of resilience or something cause Lord have mercy, Drew would have worn me down with his antics after the first 4 hours. He’s a swoontastic beast when he wants to be. But I get it…after what happened, she built walls – better to protect yourself than to regret it later…but still. SERIOUSLY….the man hired a three man band, sent a million flowers and had her name written in the sky. F-O-R-E-V-E-R…that’s hardcore. *sigh* Like I said…a medal. I really didn’t think he was going to break her down.
‘And if I strike out? At least I’ll go down swinging. If I crash and burn and she grinds my ashes into the dirty with her heel? So be it. But I have to try. Because…
Well, because she’s worth it.’
So Tangled is told from Drew’s POV…100%. No bouncing, we’re in his head the entire time…and let me tell you, it’s a lot of fun in Drew’s head. Loads of fun. In fact, I’d like to build a summer home there. He’s hilarious, sexy, smart with a dash of frustration – perfect combination if you ask me. Don’t get me wrong, Drew had his douchey ways in the beginning, but it’s not that anything he did or said isn’t factual, it just sucks that because men have penis’s they think…differently about things. Some of it I agreed with, some of it I didn’t want to agree with…but had to…cause it’s the truth! And not that I’ve never read books from a guy’s POV before but this is probably the best one to date. It felt very real.
‘Jesus. The taste of her-my memory was unforgivably inadequate. I feel like a recovering crack addict who just fell off the wagon and never wants to climb back on.’
Of course Drew and Kate got their HEA…which makes me a happy little camper…but I want more, as always, cause I hate letting go. But then I find out Tangled is part of a series…and that makes me SQUEE…just cause…I love series, I love Emma’s writing…and I don’t even care what the next book is about I want it now, now, NOW! And yes…I did stomp my foot like a five year old when I typed that. Ms. Chase has an amazing way with words and characters…while this may be her first book I’m SO glad it’s not her last…because that would be a travesty. If you have not read Tangled…please, for the love of all things that are holy and decent…drop what you are reading and read it now. It’s worth it. You’ll thank me. 🙂 And I will leave you with the best lines out of the entire book…truer words have never been spoken (and they were spoken to an almost four year old): “Vaginas beat penises every time. They’re like kryptonite. Penises are defenseless against them.” #Truth
By day, Emma Chase is a devoted wife and mother of two who resides in a small, rural town in New Jersey. By night she is a keyboard crusader, toiling away the hours to bring her colorful characters and their endless antics to life. She has a long standing love/hate relationship with caffeine.
Emma is an avid reader. Before her children were born she was known to consume whole books in a single day. Writing has also always been a passion and with the 2013 release of her debut romantic comedy, Tangled, the ability to now call herself an author is nothing less than a dream come true.
