Claimed: A For Her Novel

Alexa Riley is the go to writing duo when you’re looking for something short, sassy, angst free and with scorching heat. Claimed fits the bill perfectly. Longer than their quickies, this one has a bit of drama and mystery as well as suspense included. There is still plenty of insta-everything but this time there’s a friendship that developed before either of these characters showed their feelings. Jay is smart and independent. She works hard and doesn’t back down when confronted by a problem or someone out to harm her. Jordan is a computer whiz and he stalks her via the security feeds at their place of work. He doesn’t try to hide the fact and Jay kind of likes that he does so. Together this couple were so sweet and charming. Their chemistry was steaming and their possessiveness in regards to each other was equal. While the mystery might not have been all that mysterious, it added depth to what was a very enjoyable read. I read AR to get out of my head, refresh my reader’s palate and satisfy my need for a sweet h, an alpha H, lots of heat, an HEA, and babies. Mission accomplished. I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book provided by NetGalley and Carina Press. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Super, super sweet, super geek, super buff, man finds love of his life with ever-efficient, lonely, also geeky, overchieving admin assistant of the company. And they are perfect for each other! And everything goes against them! Put they power through! And they both think they are in the friend zone, but they are wrong! And then the real story begins :) Jordan and Jay have been lunch buddies since they met. She is the feared and dauntless right hand for Miles Osbourne of the Osbourne Corp. Miles is a little distracted lately since marrying the love of his life, and he is off on his moneymoon. When she met Jordan, she was happy to have a friend at work. Being the bosses eyes and ears means most people avoid her. She finds Jordan unbelivably sexy, but he is her friend. She doesn't flirt well, or at least, he isn't picking up on it, so she is doing it wrong, right? Jordan was set speechless when he first met Jay. She decided they would be friends, so he went with it, but he wants it all from her. Working in the security division, and the resident computer guru, he taps into her life and loves her from afar. Then he takes his chance, and keeps at it, until he gets his woman. Add in dates where everything goes wrong, Jay's flaky hippy sister, Jordan's sweet, gruff, dad, and whole host of workplace gossips, and you have a story that is a lot of fun, a lot of sweet, and whole lot of sexy build up, and crazy sexy follow through Oh, and some actual crazy people threatening Jay, which she hides, and brings out the alpha in our sweet little computer geek to save his woman. Even that was perfection, as our gang comes together to get things done, and the relatives are needed to keep our couple sane. In other words, this delivered big time for a sweet read, a sexy read, a fun read, a mystery read, and an overall amazing read!

Book starts off with a really cute, awkward friendship where poor Jacob feels stranded in the friend zone and Jay doesn’t realize she’s all he wants. As the pair attempts to move from friend zone to forever their attempts go hysterically awry! I laughed so hard at some of these moments. The story had all of the classic Alexa Riley over the top alpha romance that we love but this one went a step further with the action. I was really surprised by that! The story picked up and became dangerous and exciting. Felt like the authors pushed their typical boundaries for that and I totally loved it and hope they write more stories like it! We get a look at some other favorite characters and I was thrilled for that. Timeline gets a little off with those other story lines so I would caution the authors on paying closer attention to timeline within a series. Overall I loved it and will read again!