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All In
by Raine Miller
Ethan Blackstone
The second part in The Blackstone Affair series! Looming danger. A love worth fighting for. A man who’ll go all in.
Ethan Blackstone has a problem on his hands. He’s broken Brynne’s trust and she’s left him. He’s unwilling to live without her and isn’t giving up—he’s dead-set on getting his beautiful American girl back. The passion between them was explosive, but the secrets they hid from each other are dark and chilling and are powerful enough to destroy their shot at a life together. With political threats now directed at Brynne, Ethan is running out of time and he’ll need to gather all his strength and agility to protect her from the dangers that could take her away from him forever. Will Ethan be able to save Brynne from a past that keeps her locked in fear? Will he ever feel the warmth of her touch, the solidity of her trust again? This is a love-struck man who is willing to do whatever it takes to possess the heart of the woman he loves. He’ll go to any lengths to protect her. He’ll go all in.
Here is the fiery story of what happens when two people surrender to a love so great it can heal the scars of the past and give way to a life of pure, rapturous ecstasy.
Review by Brittany
All In is the second book in the Blackstone Affair. I know you’ve heard of it, we have all heard of it. Ethan Blackstone is one of the hottest fictional boyfriends out there. Raine Miller doesn’t disappoint with All In, which is told entirely in Ethan’s point of view.
In the previous book, Brynne left Ethan after discovering her father had hired him to be her security. Brynne is devastated; she believes that Ethan never really loved her. She believes that all he has said to her, done for her, was because her father hired him.
Ethan is crushed when Brynne leaves him. He can’t sleep, he can’t eat, but he can certainly smoke. He’s determined to get her back, and let’s face it, Ethan Blackstone always gets what he wants.
With Brynne back beside him in his bed, Ethan is ecstatic. He gets to learn more about her ugly past and what he faces when it comes to protecting her.
I give this book four stars. I loved the first one, Naked, but this one had something missing. It just couldn’t hold my attention in some spots, and I would find myself checking Facebook, instead of reading.
There also seemed to be a lot of sex. Don’t get me wrong, Raine Miller is a fantastic erotica author. All the scenes she wrote in there were scorching, but there was just a bit too much.
What I did enjoy, though, was Ethan. Ethan Blackstone is one hot, filthy-mouthed sex fiend. I loved reading in Ethan’s point of view. You can totally tell that he is hopelessly in love with Brynne and will do anything and everything to protect her.
There also didn’t seem to be much plot, seeing as how I finished the book last night, and can only recall two things that happened. Like I said, it was mostly sex. Which again, not a bad thing, but there’s a point where it can be too much.
I absolutely love Ethan and Brynne. They are an amazing couple; they’re so good for each other. They both have their dark pasts, which we see more of with Brynne, but Ethan is still hiding his. We will find out in the third novel, Eyes Wide Open.
Good job, Raine, for the second novel in the Blackstone Affair. I’ve already started the third one, and let me just say, the prologue gave me chills!!
