Review| Avenged by Love – LJ Evans

If you’ve been following the blog, you know that LJ Evans is one of my favorite authors. She’s written quite a few books and Avenged by Love is the next book in her Anchor Novels. I’ve really enjoyed Guarded Dreams and Forged by Sacrifice. I’ve been looking forward to the next book quite some time. Today I’m going to tell you all about it!

A big thanks to the author for providing me with an ARC to read and review.

Title: Avenged by Love

Author: LJ Evans

Publisher: Self-published

Publication Date: April 29, 2020

Genre: Contemporary romance, military romance, fake marriage

ASIN: B084DHJRBH

ISBN: 979-8607529789

Format: Print and digital

Tag Line: โ€œLove is the only real superpower.โ€

 

 

“๐™‡๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™ก ๐™จ๐™ช๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™š๐™ง.”

๐™๐™ง๐™–๐™ซ๐™ž๐™จ, ๐™–.๐™ .๐™–. ๐™๐™ง๐™ช๐™˜๐™ , ๐˜ฟ๐™–๐™ฎ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ฃ is focused on two things: settling into his position at the Coast Guard Academy and helping his younger brother stay out of trouble. So even though the beautiful, fandom loving ๐™…๐™š๐™ง๐™จ๐™š๐™ฎ ๐˜ฝ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ง is tugging at his chest in funny ways, he doesnโ€™t intend on acting on those emotions. Not when heโ€™ll eventually be moving on, and sheโ€™ll be staying behind.

But when Jersey suddenly finds herself in desperate need of medical care that she canโ€™t afford, Truck does the only thing he can think of to helpโ€ฆ he marries her.

Jersey has been struggling to keep her and her sister afloat ever since their dad was sent to jail. The pain she feels on a regular basis isnโ€™t anything she can stop to think about until she ends up at the E.R. in the protective arms of the one man who makes her pulse beat faster than the superheroes she worships.

When chaos invades their lives, their temporary deal starts to crumble, leaving hearts and souls twined together in such a way that thereโ€™s little chance of escape without permanent damage. Unless they just surrender to it all and let love heal them both.

From award-winning author, LJ Evans, comes a novel inspired by Lady Antebellumโ€™s โ€œOceanโ€ about resilience and love. You donโ€™t want to miss this slow burn, military romance.

๐˜ผ๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™๐™ค๐™งโ€™๐™จ ๐™‰๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™š: ๐™‹๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š, ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™—๐™ก๐™š ๐˜พ๐™ค๐™–๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™‚๐™ช๐™–๐™ง๐™™. ๐™‰๐™š๐™ง๐™™๐™ฎ, ๐™›๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ค๐™ข ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ซ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™ค๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š. ๐™ƒ๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™œ๐™œ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ง๐™™๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™จ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฌ, ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ข๐™ข๐™š๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™–๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ. ๐™๐™–๐™ ๐™š ๐™ข๐™–๐™ง๐™ง๐™ž๐™–๐™œ๐™š, ๐™—๐™ง๐™ค๐™ ๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ข๐™ž๐™จ๐™š๐™จ, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š๐™จ๐™จ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ชโ€™๐™ก๐™ก ๐™›๐™š๐™š๐™ก ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™—๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™š๐™จ.

Avenged by Love Links:

Amazon US: https://amzn.to/31ma5fZ

Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/2GIOuVJ

Amazon CA: https://amzn.to/2uXkYZn

Amazon AU: https://amzn.to/2UiNLT0

Avenged on Spotify https://spoti.fi/2uBGKBO

Avenged Book Trailer: https://youtu.be/CiJ3KjwN-Ng

Review

This review has been on my mind for the past few weeks! Sometimes a book just connects with you and I find that the books I love are always hard to review. There’s just so much I want to say, but it’s not always easy to put into words and make sure new readers don’t know everything about the book when you’re done, haha.

So far Guarded Dreams and Forged by Sacrifice has made me love the characters and their story! I keep saying that every story gets better and it’s so hard to pick just one favorite. It’s just not possible. And then Avenged by Love came along and made that choice even harder. Truck and Jersey’s story was just everything I wanted and more!

Truck is a character we already met in Guarded Dreams and has had me excited to finally get to his. He hasn’t had the easiest of time and with the way he grew up, that’s so understandable. His career is going well now and he’s determined to keep an eye on his brother. I love how protective Truck is of those he loves. He’ll do anything if they’ll be happy. And in many ways he’s just a typical guy. Truck had me laughing and in awe of his character! I could easily read so many books about him.

Jersey was also a special one. She was her own superhero and didn’t even realize it. So much happened in her life and she’s so strong! Jersey is a fighter and her sister is everything. It was hard to read about Jersey at times though. For such a strong woman who went through so much, she had such a hard time depending on others and opening up to them. Even though she deserves all the happiness in the world.

And then, Truck and Jersey come together and it was everything I wanted. I’m a big fan of the fake marriage trope and LJ didn’t disappoint. I loved everything about the set up and it had me laughing so much. There romance is the definition of slow burn, but it’s perfect. Just when you think you’re going to be left hanging or you think it’s going to head a certain way, LJ delivers with the emotions and conversations you need! There haven’t been two characters that deserve love as much as these do. I loved reading about Jersey slowly letting down her walls and letting herself feel.

Also, don’t even get me started on the side characters. The cast of side characters was just amazing. Of course, we hear about the characters we’ve come to love, but Violet and Dawson definitely took a piece of my heart. As soon as I got to the end of this book, I knew I needed them to have a story (thankfully that’s happening). Add a playlist that fits these characters and the story and I was one happy bookworm. Especially with Jersey loving comics and superheros!

Avenged by Love had me laughing, swooning, crying and just wanting to reach out and make everything okay for Truck and Jersey. It really hit me in all the feels. And then I got to the author’s note and that really hit home! I think it’s amazing this author shared her story and I think it definitely needs more attention. After reading that, I could tell even more than beforehand that this author really put everything into Avenged by Love. I won’t be forgetting this book anytime soon!

About the Anchor Novels

The Anchor Novels from award-winning author, LJ Evans, are all standalone HEA stories about true friends, real “family”, and the dreams that we reshape as we go through this crazy thing called life. With vivid, endearing characters who will almost certainly carve out a special little spot in your heart, they are books you wonโ€™t want to miss.

โ™ฌ “๐’ฒ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“‡๐‘’ ๐“‚๐“Š๐“ˆ๐’พ๐’ธ & ๐“ˆ๐“‰๐‘œ๐“‡๐’พ๐‘’๐“ˆ ๐’ธ๐‘œ๐“๐“๐’พ๐’น๐‘’.” โ™ฌ

 

Other books in the Anchor Novels:

Guarded Dreams โ€” Eli & Ava, May 2019; https://amzn.to/2VAoNj1

Forged by Sacrifice โ€” Mac & Georgie, October 2019; https://amzn.to/2oU2NAY

Avenged by Love โ€” Truck & Jersey, April 2020; links above

Damaged Desires โ€” Dani & Nash, October 2020; https://amzn.to/2Ikz8HC

โ€” Brady Oโ€™Neil, coming in 2021;

โ€” Violet & Dawson, coming in 2021;

About the Author

Award winning author, LJ Evans, lives in the California Central Valley with her husband, daughter, and the terrors called cats. She’s been writing, almost as a compulsion, since she was a little girl and will often pull the car over to write when a song lyric strikes her. While she currently spends her days teaching 1st grade in a local public school, she spends her free time reading and writing, as well as binge-watching original shows like The Crown, Victoria, Veronica Mars, and Stranger Things.

If you ask her the one thing she wonโ€™t do, itโ€™s pretty much anything that involves dirtโ€”sports, gardening, or otherwise. But she loves to write about all of those things, and her first published heroine was pretty much involved with dirt on a daily basis, which is exactly why LJ loves fiction novelsโ€”the characters can be everything youโ€™re not and still make their way into your heart.

Her debut novel, MY LIFE AS A COUNTRY ALBUM, was the Independent Author Network’s 2017 YA Book of the Year. For more information about LJ and her books, check out her website www.ljevansbooks.com.

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LJ Evans definitely did it again with Avenged by Love! I can’t wait for the next book and I’ll definitely be giving these books another read before the next one is published! And listening to the playlists! The songs always fit the stories so well. Also, I interviewed LJ last month, click here to read this interview. I definitely suggest checking it out, she’s such a sweet person!

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