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I am so excited today to bring you a series feature, special teaser and huge giveaway of one of my top favorite new series — The Addicted series by Krista & Becca Ritchie.
Without a doubt, this is one of the most addictive series I have EVER read and one of the best New Adult romance series out there!! And it just keeps on getting better and better. These books have everything in spades — fantastic writing, an original plot line, and characters you can’t help but fall in love with.
You’re totally safe to start reading them at any time. Even though it’s an ongoing series, where it’s at now has no cliffhanger so I promise you’ll be left happy in between books.
The first three books (Addicted To You, Ricochet, Addicted For Now) are mainly about Lily and Lo. They’re childhood friends who have grown up together but they each have an addiction — she’s addicted to sex, he’s addicted to booze — and if their very wealthy and controlling families ever found out, they’d both be kicked to the curb… and so they lie. They live together and pretend to be a normal, perfectly functioning couple and by doing so each one gives the other an alibi and a safe zone to feed their addiction. But sometimes there are moments when their pretend relationship feels like the most real thing in the world because what neither of them are admitting out loud is that their feelings for each other are real. And then… one yacht trip changes everything… And, I’ll just let you discover the rest on your own there 😉
In those 3 books, we’re also introduced to a group of side characters (friends and siblings of Lily & Lo) who are featured in the next 2 books — Kiss The Sky (available) and Hothouse Flower (coming March 28).
I’ve listed the full reading order below along with purchase links, release dates, and my reviews.
Then, be sure to scroll down and read the special teaser from Hothouse Flower….
And finally, don’t forget to enter the huge series giveaway at the bottom of the post!!! 😀
❤ SERIES READING ORDER ❤
*** I recommend reading these books in order — I loved them all!! ***
ADDICTED TO YOU
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Lily & Lo’s perspective
RICOCHET
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Full length companions story – do not skip!!
ADDICTED FOR NOW
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Lily & Lo’s perspective
KISS THE SKY
Buy for Kindle | Buy in Paperback | Read my Review
Rose & Connor’s perspective
HOTHOUSE FLOWER
Daisy & Ryke’s perspective — March 28, 2014
THRIVE
Full length companion story – April/May 2014
ADDICTED AFTER ALL
Lily & Lo’s story — series finale – June/July 2014
❤ TEASER — HOTHOUSE FLOWER ❤
*** Release date: March 28, 2014 ***
Daisy’s POV
As he grabs a clean shirt and jeans, he straightens up and meets my gaze. I shouldn’t stare anymore, but I end up eyeing his muscles, the ones that are so supremely cut. Most people would be able to tell that he’s an athlete by looking—and not some muscular bodybuilder type. He’s light enough that he can ascend a mountain quickly, but strong enough that he can carry his weight on a single finger.
A black tattoo with reds, oranges and yellows engulfs his right shoulder, right chest and ribs. It’s an intricate design of a phoenix bound at the ankles, the inked chain extending along his side. A gray anchor is on his waist, a portion disappearing beneath his drawstring pants.
He looks kinda like someone you’d dream about waking up next to but never really think you would.
Despite this darkness that often swirls in his eyes, there’s a hardness along his jaw that’s dangerous, unapproachable, something that instantly hypnotizes me.
I can’t look away.
Even though I should.
His eyes narrow with each ticking second. “Don’t look at me like that, Daisy.”
“I’m not looking at you like anything.”
“I can tell when someone’s attracted to me,” he says without missing a beat.
“How?” I want that power that he has. I want to know if finds me desirable. But maybe he never will.
His gaze falls to my shirt that reveals a little bit of my stomach. He inhales deeply, and something switches in his eyes, a look that says you’re fucking beautiful. I want to touch you. He’s never stared at me like that before—and if he has, he’s kept it from me.
I wish it didn’t affect me, but I can feel the back of my neck grow hot. I try to keep my composure, not wanting to be another silly girl that crumbles in his wake. He just barely licks his bottom lip as his gaze rakes me over.
And then his eyes return to mine again, and they’re hard once more. “That’s the look you were giving me, sweetheart.”
Oh. He called me sweetheart. I linger on that for a second, not hearing anything else really.
“Daisy?” He glares.
I smile. “You called me sweetheart.”
He rolls his eyes and repeats, “That’s the look you were giving me.”
“Oops,” I say with a noncommittal shrug. I was just staring. I wasn’t planning on jumping his bones. I wasn’t even fantasizing about his cock or him inside of me. Chaste. My thoughts were so chaste. Maybe not now, but they were.
“Fucking understatement.”
I stand up on the bed again so I have the height advantage. “I can freak out if you want me to.” I touch my chest theatrically. “Oh Ryke, I fucked up big time. Kill me now.” I hold out my hand towards him and bounce on the mattress again. “Apothecary, the poison.”
His lips twitch into an almost-smile. And almost-smiles from Ryke are practically grins. I’ll take ‘em. “Cute,” he says. “Just remember—”
“We’re friends,” I finish. “Platonic, non-fucking friends. I remember. And I agree, in case you forgot.”
“I didn’t forget.”
❤ SIGNED SERIES GIVEAWAY ❤
Open Internationally.
Void where prohibited. Must be over 18 to enter.
One winner will get a signed copy of all available books in the series.
