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Cuffed by His Charm

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This book is a good fit for readers looking for a fast-paced romance between two people who must navigate trust issues and personal growth while dealing with the repercussions of a family member's gambling addiction.

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Well written and an enjoyable story. I really enjoyed reading this book and look forward to reading more by this author.

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Gabe has had enough of being in the tabloids and when they finally find out who has been selling their secrets he is going to exact revenge, but he is going to get his pound of flesh first. He has been wanting McKenna for the past year she has worked for him and now that she has been proven to have set up the bugs in his bar he is going to first have her and then find out why. Wait, what happens when McKenna isn't the one who sold them out? Will she ever be able to trust Gabe again? Oh yeah she will. He is steadfast and a protector and when he finds out her brother is the one who sold them out, nothing stands in his way to protect McKenna and get what is his. Great ending to this series!

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I really liked this one, I did have some issues with the way that the relationship was handled but I am a bit biased when it comes to romance. If I take a step back from the novel and take a look at the story it was still really enjoyable. I would definitely read more by this author!

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It has been so long that I forgot I read the first book in this series. This is book 4 and it focuses on Gabe and McKenna. While we see characters from the first book (I haven't read 2 and 3), it works well as a stand alone book. I have issues with male characters using sex as a form of punishment to their anger and this is how the story begins. That first sex scene is not fully addressed to my liking and she forgives him too easily. The author does a good job of pacing the story and allowing the female lead to maintain her individuality and strength. I liked the ending and that Gabe does experience guilt for his actions. I look forward to reading the rest of this series. Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for providing me with a copy of this book to read and review.

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This was a decent story and I somewhat enjoyed both the hero and the heroine, Gabe and McKenna. However, nothing really stood out making it a great book.

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Received an ARC from NetGalley for an honest review.

Finally! I have been waiting for Gabe and Kenna's story since we first met them back in Micah's book, and Stacey Kennedy does not disappoint! As soon as we found out that McKenna might be the person behind the DC's trouble, I knew were were going to be in for a hot story.

Cuffed by His Charm is intriguing and suspenseful, while being sexy and heartwarming. I was rooting for the two of them (just as I rooted for all of his friends too) and it was a blast watching the two of them deal with all of the issues in their way.

What a great end to this series!

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This is a delightful book, with strong, likeable characters, emotional angst, a complex plot and steamy sex scenes. It wraps up the Dirty Little Secrets series, and we finally find the source of the information the tabloid “Gotcha” has been printing about the owners of several local sex clubs.

McKenna Archer has been in love with her boss, Gabe O’Keefe, for some time, but he won’t blur the line between boss and employee-until he believes her guilty of spying on him and his friends and turning the information over to a tabloid. His treatment of her is horrible-as his guilt when he finds out that her brother, not McKenna, is the culprit.

McKenna has been bailing her little brother out of serious scrapes for years. She loves Gabe, but when push comes to shove, will she chose the man she loves, or the brother she has always protected?

The suspense in the story starts with the first chapter and continues to the epilogue. Expect some explicit sex scenes, including BDSM, McKenna is a woman who has overcome the tragedy of her childhood to support herself and her brother. Her strength and self-confidence are inspiring. Gabe is not particularly endearing in the beginning, but as he works to overcome his guilt, we see the loyal, determined friend and lover he really is.

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This story packed a whollop to my system with all the growly alphas, mystery and intrigue, the repressed submissive who thinks she is tough and a cast of characters you will never forget. Someone has been leaking this quartets secrets and it all comes down to the bar they always frequent. Gabe doesn't want to believe it's his best employee. The one he has wanted, but won't cross a line to have. Now he suspects she is the one releasing the information to the tabloids.

McKenna has loved Gabe for some time and would never betray him, but when she finds out someone is leaking information she knows her brother is involved. Owing money to everyone and some bad people, she feels the need to once again fix this for her brother. The brother sh has always taken care.

Gabe turns into a man bent on revenge and payback, but he can't seem to wrap his head around the sweet McKenna betraying him. Now it is a choice for McKenna to make. Will she choose the brother she has always looked out for, or choose the man she loves.

The story winds it's way through some passionate, graphic sexual scenes while keep you on the edge with suspense. McKenna's character may have been called in question, but I found her to be a confident, strong woman who had overcome a lot in her life. Gabe had life easier and was living it to the fullest with his bar and playboy persona. McKenna and Gabe have to take a deep look inside themselves and each other to overcome a situation that may not have any winners.

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Love the author and have read many of her books. This book did not disappoint. Love Gabe and McKenna. Could have been a little more outside the bedroom but overall loved the book

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Another great story in this series. Gabe and McKenna have been dancing around their feelings for a year. Just when Gabe is about to make a mistake move, he learns McKenna has something to do with the DC’s dirty little secrets being sold to the tabloids. With danger all around, they come together to find the truth.

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One of those stories where you just wish the characters would THINK! Gabe seems like a bit of a fool when he doesn't trust his own relationship with McKenna. This author knows how to turn up the heat and write erotic encounters that make the most experienced reader blush.
Tense suspense, angry sex, secrets, and lies are the basis for the series about Gabe and his circle of friends and their lovers. Will loyalty to undeserving family members blind McKenna to the truth. There is enough angst to balance the sweetness, enough sizzle to warm your heart.. The men of the "Dirty Little Secrets" series do have their secrets but perhaps they can find a way to protect their families and their hearts.
Stacey Kennedy is a one-click for me and seeing a new story on the horizon brights high levels of anticipation this is a 4++ * for me.

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This is the fourth book in the “Dirty Little Secrets” series by author Stacey Kennedy. This author has done a fantastic job with this series. She has a way with writing hot exciting action and BDSM. This book had me hooked from the start. Could Gabe get any sexier? I really liked that our heroine McKenna is strong and very forgiving, but you’ll have to read it for yourself, I’m not one to drop a spoiler. This was a good story with solid characters and I really liked that McKenna enjoyed dominance but didn’t come across as brainless. If you read the previous books than you would have had a hint as to how hot these two were going to run. If you like books with BDSM and hot angry sex, then this is a book for you.

***I voluntarily reviewed this ARC for an honest review via NetGalley, this is my honest opinion and has not been influenced by the author, Publishers or NetGalley in anyway.*** Thank you!

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Cuffed by his Charm is a SEXY read. The characters were really well written & the story was strong & very entertaining.

This was the fourth book in the A Dirty Little Secrets series & I have read them all. They can be read as a stand alone. Characters from previous books are in the story but their background isn't needed to understand or enjoy the steamy story of Gabe & McKenna

I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader Copy of this book.

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Read this in one sitting! So so hot! I love heroes that mess up, it's one of my favorite things to read. Cuffed by His Charm is part of a series but can be read as a stand alone book.

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I have loved every one of Stacey Kennedy’s Dirty Little Secrets novels to date and Cuffed by His Charm was no different. I cannot seem to get enough of any of these characters. Each and Every Title has Left Me Wanting MORE MORE MORE.

Cuffed by His Charm is a fantastic book, with strong, amazing and loyal characters, with enough angst and suspense to keep you flipping the page, not to mention a complex plot, with steamy sex scenes. Steamy enough to melt kindles. I loved how the background story slowly unfolded through each installment while each character still had their own story to tell. This is one of my all-time favorite series and I will re-read each and every title over and over again.

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Well written and an enjoyable story. I really enjoyed reading this book and look forward to reading more by this author.

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Cuffed by His Charm is the fourth in this series about four friends and the women they fall for.

Gabe O'Keefe is the one who owns the bar the gang hangs out in. But he's not just that, he's a multimillionaire, he comes from old money, and he has secrets that used to be secrets. Now that they've come out into the open, thanks to a gossip mongering magazine, he's bound and determined to find out who's been selling his and his friends' secrets. When it comes out that it's his trusted employee, and the woman he's been lusting after forever - McKenna, he's beyond furious. In an act fueled by anger and desire, he takes her in his bar and has his angry way with her. It was pretty hot, but I was cringing. And when it turns out it wasn't really Kenna, but her sleazy, gambling addicted brother, and not her, Gabe doesn't know what to do and how to react. Thank God he reacts like the actual great guy her is. But, it's here where the story lost me and never got me back - Kenna reacts like a complete idiot. She chooses her stupid brother over the man who takes care of her, takes care of her brother's debt, and who loves her. I understand about family, but when that family's foolish and selfish actions put her in danger, and she still chooses him over the man who loves her, that's just moronic and ridiculous.

Although Cuffed by His Charm is hot and I loved Gabe, the connection between him and Kenna is tenuous and Kenna is an unlikable character who I didn't connect with. I had the same problem with Tied to His Betrayal in that one of the main leads is unlikable, and the connection between the two leads isn't believable. Aside from their chemistry, Gabe and Kenna had nothing going for them, so I couldn't believe in them as a couple. It's a shame, as this is the last of this series I believe, so there probably won't be another story to make up for this lacking conclusion.

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Stacey Kennedy is one of those authors that read one book by and you cant stop reading her other works! And this is no exception to that rule! I absolutely loved everything about this book. Her writing stole my heart in such a way that I couldn't help but keep reading every chance that I got and didn't stop till I was finished! If you need a good romance to pick up then look no further!

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This was an interesting story that starts off at a fast pace. It really has you going with the tension from the buildup the author has told you about. How McKenna Archer the most recent bartender of a year at O’Keefe’s which Gabe owns and operates.
This is his anchor store of thirty or more. You see he has a bar chain it has made him a multimillionaire. Not to mention he and his well to friends have holdings in other business that have more than equally made him just as wealthy. The thing is someone has been leaking info to the tabloid. Gossip and making a ton of money. The trail has led back to McKenna and Gabe is thunderously mad.
For Gabe that’s not what was going on she was the reason his world was spinning out of control, her betrayal. How could she plant a bug in his bar to get info on him and his friends? He tells her he wants her right there right now in the bar no more wait to have her in his bed. She backs up to the pool table, he’s shaking with anger, adrenaline, and lust.
They’ve teased each other yet never allowed themselves to cross the line. It was playful, yet not, Gabe felt shattered and a fool. He tells her if she doesn’t want him she needs to speak up. Instead, she touches his face with her hands and kisses him. When the deed is done and he had claimed her hard and wildly fast he tells her he took what he wanted before he had to fire her. With that, she just gasps!
Then he asks, why she sold him and his friends out to the tabloids? She slaps him of course. That shatters her under his coldness with him standing over her. This man she has flirted with, dreamt of, and loves. Yet now can’t even recognize. She’s reeling from finally having Gabe, from him finally crossing the line with his strict rules and all, and wait she thinks (he thinks ….) EXCUSE ME? He asks again. She still had no idea.
When he couldn’t get answers, he steals her away to his friend Ryder’s detective agency. Ryder says new intel came in and she may not have been the one to have betrayed them after all. Now Gabe is starting to feel bad, like a total heel and she is just scared.
This is able two people who you know from the onset love each other but he was let off the hook too easily for not believing in her. Later he is dragged through the waiting so it’s all good. But several of the problems that showed up were resolved with to ease, I guess is the only way for me to put it.
The conflicts were good, storyline enjoyable, character I liked especially was Alex. It’s just I was looking for a little more detail on the resolution of the conflict. Still, I give this: 4 stars. Provided by netgalley.com.

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