Georgia Bookaholics- Everything's Hotter in the South!: The American by Jodi Ellen Malpas review and release blitz!

The American by Jodi Ellen Malpas is now live!

Temptation has never been so dangerous.

A domineering force in Miami’s volatile criminal underworld, Brad Black is respected. Feared. His deadly accurate trigger finger and indestructible persona has earned him his intimidating reputation and, up until six months ago, hookers, drugs, and protecting the Black empire was the sum of his life’s purpose.

Until he saved her.

Wild, brave, and beautiful, Pearl Kennedy is Brad’s kryptonite. A distraction. A young distraction. But with enemies joining forces, coming at them with more force and less mercy than ever before, she’s also a deadly distraction. Focusing on the end game, finding and killing their enemies, has to remain his priority.

But Brad completely underestimates the power of his connection with Pearl.

And he can’t shake the niggling feeling that there’s more to her than meets the eye.

Pearl Kennedy was saved from the clutches of human traffickers by one of the world’s most notorious criminals—Brad Black. Since being taken back to his family’s mansion in Miami, she’s felt safe and protected, despite Brad’s cold, brusque, and confusing treatment. He should disgust her—he’s flaunted his hedonistic tastes unapologetically. But no matter how hard Pearl tries to fight it, she’s drawn to the lethal, handsome killer.

Yet she knows she’s living on borrowed time, and to succumb to the attraction would be to expose herself and her secrets.

And then it will be just a matter of who will kill her first.

The monsters from her past.

Or Brad Black.

Review:

I am so freaking sad this series is over!! JEM, you and your bad boys always have a way of locking me in to a story and these unlawful men were no different! The American was a perfect ending to a perfectly imperfect series. I loved Brad’s story. I’ve been so curious about him through the earlier books in this story and it was so good to get to know him more and see if he could find his happy ending. There were twists and turns in this story that I truly never would’ve even thought about and I love that! The writing in this story had me locked in, really feeling like I was a part of the story unfolding on these pages and desperate to find out what happens next. There were so many great Easter eggs in this story and I LOVED getting to continue hearing parts of the story from all of the favorite characters, not just Brad and Pearl. The American really did pull together and perfectly end this long, complicated story of a family of misfits that you can’t help but love. Of course this book was full of action, fighting, drugs, weapons, general mafia/bad boy behavior, but it was also full of love, passion, family and sacrifice. There are not many series where I can truly say I loved each book and each couple from each book just as much as the last in the series, but that really is the true with this one. I feel like I’m going to be stuck in a book hangover after finishing this one and not ready to move on to anything for a while. I have so loved this series and JEM’s insane ability to write characters that make you crazy but also make you love them even more. I’ve always been a fan JEM and this book, this series, just made me love you more. I can’t wait to read whatever comes next because I know it will be just as good. In the meantime, we’ll just miss these unlawful men and the women who saved them. Over and out <3