Summer Wheeler is on the run and headed back to Blue Bay where she spent part of her childhood because her dad may have hidden something there to explain why he was killed. On the way she runs into the one man who meant so much to her and the one she could never forget and was her protector growing up, Sean Owens. Even though she uses a different name and runs around looking for something and tries to keep her secrets, Sean is still her protector along with the rest of the Owen boys as they come back into town. What starts as a one night stand turns into a causal (yea right) fling and can it turn into something more?

This is a wonderful and explosive start to a new series by this author and I cannot wait to see what comes next or should I say who. Which Owen brother will fall in the next one?

**Received this ARC for review from the publisher via NetGalley**

This story was ok. Probably a little too heavy on the sex and too light on plot for my taste but still an enjoyable read that I wasn't upset about picking up.

*I received an ARC from NetGalley for voluntary review

I love a hot and sexy romantic suspense! And there were some great elements of this in Cathryn Fox’s Demolished. I loved the aspect of Summer being on the run and sent running by her father and his mysterious death and following the clues he left her. She tried to play it smart and tried to stay inconspicuous. Tried.

Until Sean. Sean saw right through her. I loved that he saw right through her. Loved how he tried to help her solve the mystery. Loved how they connected both between the sheets and not. Those between the sheets times were super sexy hot…

But I didn’t love how long it took for Summer to come clean. To realize that Sean and his brothers could be trusted with her secrets. That part of the story dragged for me and I really had to press forth to finish. I am hoping that the set up of the series is just a hiccup and that the rest of the Blue Bay Crew series will be amazing. I’m planning to give it another shot!

This story about more than just second chances. It's how two wandering souls rediscover love... not only true love but also that of family. Sean and Summer learn how to trust each other and how sacrifices lead to the amazing thing called true love. Wonderfully weaved story!

I really liked this book. The chemistry between Summer and Sean was really hot. The story was interesting and fast paced. I cannot wait for the next book in this series.

Looks like some great series reading ahead!

Loved, loved, loved it! Book 1 in a new series and off to a great start. I'm sure the brothers' and cousins' stories will be equally good and look forward to being proven right. Let's keep up that momentum....

Brought to you by OBS reviewer Heidi

Summer is on the run. She overheard her now ex-boyfriend talking on the phone about how he was going to ‘apply pressure’ to find out where her father’s ledger is. She has no idea where the ledger is or what it contains, but Jack will do anything to get his hands-on it. Her father is dead, and now she suspects Jack had something to do with that. She had to shut down her chiropractor business when she left town, therefore, she has no income so she’s going back to her childhood home of Blue Bay to stay in her father’s cottage.

On the way to Blue Bay, Summer stops off at a dive restaurant and in walks her childhood crush, Sean Owens. She is using an alias and when she sees the desire in Sean’s eyes, she decides to live out one night of fantasy with him.

Summer is horrified when she gets to the cottage and discovers that time has not been good to it and it needs a lot of repairs. One of the locals recommends a local company, one that is ran by none other than Sean! Sean and his brothers and cousins are all moving back to town to take over the business now that Sean’s father has died.

Sean knows that Summer is running from something or someone. He doesn’t understand why she is trying to pass herself off as someone else and why she won’t confide in him. But he decides to let her keep her secrets, but he is keeping a close eye on her in case she needs his help.

However, working with Summer so close proves more difficult than Sean expected and they end up embarking on a summer fling. But how will either of them move on after the summer is over?

I started out really liking this book. The characters were pretty engaging and I do love my cocky bad boys, so Sean definitely fits the bill. Sean’s family was a lot of fun as well and it will be interesting to get to know them all better as the series progresses. The sex scenes were smoking hot, and there were plenty of them to light your fire. But after a while, I did start getting bored with the story. I found the whole idea of Summer trying to pass herself off as someone else to be kind of dumb considering she’s going to the small town she came from. I come from a small town myself and know that this would never work in real life.

I knew that Jack would come to Blue Bay to cause havoc and that Sean would have to ride to the rescue. But the waiting for it all to come together was definitely the hard part. In the meantime we got treated to Sean and Summer’s insatiable sexual appetite and their constant thoughts about why Summer was lying and her fear of what’s to come. And, when Jack’s scene was upon us it was over in an instant. There really wasn’t much suspense or excitement to speak of.

It was a decent read, but there are definitely areas where it could be improved upon.

*OBS would like to thank the publisher for supplying a free copy of this title in exchange for an honest review*

"I'm a big girl. I can take care of myself."

"I know but while I'm around, that's going to be my job."


Love this line because it sums up Summer and Seans relationship perfectly. The story is about a girl trying to fix her own mess and a guy willing to pull all the stops to protect her, no matter what.

The story picks up immediately with Summer on the run from her shady and possibly murderous ex, Jack. After her father's death, Summer learns her father hid a ledger that contains damning evidence that her ex, Jack desperately wants. Running to her family vacation home as a last ditch effort to find the mysterious ledger, Summer bumps into her childhood crush, Sean. And this time, their attraction is even harder to fight.

Sean recognizes Summer as soon as he lays eyes on her. When they were younger, their two year age difference seemed insurmountable but now, now things are completely different. He knows something is up with Summer, especially since she's pretending to be someone else and something tells him, whatever she's hiding could be dangerous.

While they give into their explosive attraction, Sean fights to win Summer's trust and Summer tries to keep things casual with Sean. Not wanting to burden Sean with her issued, especially with him taking on his late father's struggling construction company, Summer knows this is the worst time to distract him. But when trouble follows her to Blue Bay, Summer will have to find out if she's ready to rely on someone else for a change.

Cathryn Fox knows how to write a sweet and smoking hot story, she keeps things short, simple and pretty low angst.

What I liked:
Sean was an amazing H, he was sweet, understanding, supportive and just a really great guy. He was dealing with some heavy guilt over his father's passing but I loved how close he was to his brothers and cousins. I liked that he was so protective, not only of his family and his Gram but especially of Summer. Even without all the details, he always puts her first.

Summer was a funny and sweet h, but she had a bit of a martyr complex.

I open my mouth, wanting to tell this big, strong protective man my troubles, but they're my troubles not his, and even though he makes me feel safe, I can't put all this on him.

Favorite Line:
Anger flares hot inside me, but I tamp it down and curse myself. She's lost, scared and hurting. Am I really going to act like an ass because she doesn't want to tell me what's going on in her life? For f*ck's sake, that's not what she needs from me right now and hurting her in any way would destroy me.


See why I loved Sean?!?! This story was enjoyable but Sean really stole the show, he was just a great MMC. Sadly, guys like Sean aren't all that common in most main stream romances, but everyone should read about guys like this. So glad I got a chance to read and review Demolish, I'll definetely be checking back in for the other Owens too!

Wowser! There's a reason why I love to read stories by Cathryn Fox-they are wonderful! The chemistry between our main characters is on point and the reader is engaged in the story right from the beginning. Can't wait to read more from this series in the future.

A delicious intense, sweet, sultry read with just the sprinkling of action and suspense! Demolished did just that to my heart...it DEMOLISHED it...in the BEST sort of way! Sean and Summer had me sighing, biting my nails, wishing upon a star for their happily ever after and had me squirming too. Just when I think I had a taste of almost ALL romances, I get one that just swept me away. Demolished was that book!

Sean is a gorgeous, caring, sweet, all alpha hero that really swept me off my feet. Summer is beautiful, scared, smart, and sassy enough for me to really like her. When these two get together romantically it was really amazing. Sparks flew, chemistry soared and the sex....SCORCHED! Then we get hit with the perfect suspense that had me on that edge I crave with a perfect ending.

Demolished gets a SULTRY FIVE SHOOTING STARS!

Demolished is the first book in Cathryn Fox's new Blue Bay Crew series. I enjoyed a previous series from Cathryn so I knew I would enjoy this one as well.

Summer Wheeler is on the run. She fears for her life and is returning to the one place that she feels somewhat safe, Blue Bay. Summer spent her summers at her family cottage in Blue Bay. I had a love/hate relationship with Summer. She was an enjoyable character but she puts on this rouse that she is someone else and it got old, real quick. Especially since everyone else knew she was Summer. I get why she used the alias but it still seemed to drag on. On her way to the cottage she runs into Sean Owens. The same Sean Owens she had a major crush on when she was growing up.

Sean Owens is also returning to Blue Bay. He left years ago and is coming back to take over his late father's construction business. Sean is about as Alpha as you can get. He's also really, really good with his hands. Sean couldn't believe when he ran into Summer. He also had a crush growing up. At the time, the age difference stopped him from acting on it. Now that's not the case.

Demolished is full of hot, sexy scenes. Sometimes it got to be a little too much. I wanted a some more story in place of all the sex. There was a dash of suspense in this book. I expected a little more. The resolution seemed so quick or forced. Overall, this was a good book. It was a quick fun read, full of enjoyable characters. I'm looking forward to the next in the series.

***ARC Provided by the Author and Publisher via NetGalley***

3.5 Stars

There are books that are suspense, with a side of romance. And, there are books that are romance with a side of suspense. This was definitely the latter, and I enjoyed it for what it was.

Swerve is the more erotic line through St. Martin's, and when you see one of their titles, you know there is going to be hot sex (outdoors, anyone?) and that the story is going to be a way to move from one sexy encounter to another.

Summer and Sean knew one another years ago, and there was a mutual attraction that was never acted on...and then there is a one night stand, mainly because there isn't a lot of thought given to why they are each in the area. But, ok, fine...erotic romance sometimes requires that slight lack of communication to get the characters into the same place.

And, they burn up the sheets, and the showers, and the sidewalks..and that is a lot of fun.

Is this the best book I have ever read? No. And, other than a threat from her past and some things ar the end, there really isn't a lot to the suspense, but it is a workable plot device to continue putting them into the same room, which I enjoyed.

Overall, I enjoyed the story. The writing is strong and while the plot is sex driven, there is also some character development...and at the end, you believe they are attracted to one another.

I recommend this title.

As expected with any Cathryn Fox book the pages of this one sizzle. Summer and Sean have chemistry that jumps from the pages. This also has a great suspense story at the core. Summer is back in her hometown hiding out. When she comes across Sean, her teenage crush, she can't believe it and she gives him a fake name. He knows exactly who she is but decides to play along. He's never forgotten Summer and has always wanted her. If playing along gets him that he's all in. Working together renovating her family's old cottage brings them close. Then when danger turns up on her doorstep Sean realizes just how much Summer means to him.

A great read and one I highly recommend.

Great start to a series! The reader was keep in the dark like the characters around the heroine which added to the suspens. I was compelled to continue reader to find out the missing pieces. Love it!

DNF. I'm sure I'm in the minority, but I just couldn't get into this book. I read till 30% before I gave up. I just couldn't understand Summer. How could she possibly believe that just because she said she was someone else, that people who knew her growing up (until age 15), would buy it? If she knows who they are, logic dictates they too will know,who she is. And she's afraid for her life, but every time she sees Sean she becomes a sex starved nympho incapable of rational thought. Just didn't work for me.

This story goes to show that when an author gives her characters life and personality, the reader falls into the story to experience the characters first hand.

This holds true for Sean and Summer...in him you see a big bad ass that has a propensity for troubled. What is not readily evident is that on the inside you have protector with vulnerabilities for those he loves. In her, you see a scared women running away from trouble. What's inside Summer is her own need to protect, with a strength she doesn't see in herself.

This is a very well written romance with intense drama and intrigue. It was easy to get swept up in Sean and Summer from the beginning of the story. There wasn't anytime while reading the stories did I feel I needed to develop an attachment to the characters...that formed right out of the gate.

With all the brothers and cousins, there is the potential for a really good long running service. I truly hope that this is what the author has in store for the Owens brothers and cousins.

This ARC book was complimentary, provided by the Publisher and NetGalley. I am voluntarily providing my honest review.

3.5 Stars!

Demolished by Cathryn Fox is a friends to lovers romance, with an intriguing twist. This is the first book from the author's brand new Blue Bay Crew series, and it can be read as a standalone.

Summer Wheeler's life as a chiropractor in southern California is no longer her own. She is on the run. Her former boyfriend is after her because he believes she has something that can put him behind bars for a long time. So Summer quickly and quietly heads back to the small coastal town of Blue Bay, where she spent many happy years of her childhood. The small cottage where she used to live needs a lot of work, and Sean Owens volunteers to refurbish it for her. Sean has recently returned to Blue Bay, along with his brothers, to manage their late father's construction business. Sean was a successful motocross racer before his father's passing. Summer and Sean crushed on each other way back when, and now they have their chance at lust and love.

This book is replete with scorching sex in the shower, a storage room, and on a mattress in the yard. The plot is quite interesting, even without the many sexy times. Sean is an alpha both in and out of the bedroom and his commanding ways are both seductive and protective. Overall, this is an erotic romance with a happily ever after that will leave a smile on your face.

Complimentary copy provided by the publisher via NetGalley.

Summer Wheeler is a chiropractor in southern California. After hearing her boyfriend, Jack, talking on the phone. He is looking for something of her Dad's that he believes Summer is now in possession of. She bolts. Her Dad recently died in a motorcycle accident and after hearing that conversation, she now believes it wasn't really an accident.  In his things he left Summer, was a random key and the keys to their long vacant cottage in Blue Bay. She is travelling there when she stumbles upon Sean Owens-a blast from her past-in a cheap diner! What are the odds! The guy she used to have a massive teenage crush on, is now all beef and brawn. Gosh he really won't remember her would he?

Sean got out of Blue Bay as soon as he turned eighteen not seeing eye to eye with his father.  He was extremely tough on all his brothers, but being the oldest meant he had to set a standard.  He became a successful motocross athlete.  When Sean's father unexpectedly dies, Sean is coming back to Blue Bay. Never feeling good enough, he wants to set things right and salvage his father's ailing construction business. He left town as the bad boy, will Blue Bay welcome him back??

When Sean walks into a dive bar and sees his crush, Summer, he's keen on getting to know what was once considered off limits.  Attraction zings at the bar and they decide to have a one night stand.  The next day they are both show up in Blue Bay.  Only now she is going by Jenna. Things become abundantly clear that one night was not nearly enough to sate their hunger for each other. But he is confused as to why Summer would use an alias. He knows she's in some sort of trouble. Why won't she trust him? Summer doesn't like to lie, but she believes she is protecting Sean and his family from her ex, and she doesn't want any of them to get hurt.  

Wow! I really liked this book!  I fell in love with Sean instantly! All sexy and so sweet! And Grandma Nellie! What a firecracker! I guess you have to be to keep all the Owens boys in line!! All seem to have grown up becoming successful and respected in their chosen fields.  When Sean calls them all back to the family business, all drop everything to return home.

Sean and Summer's romance was a second chance romance.  First love's never really go away and their connection was sizzling! Their attraction was oozing from every pore! Everyone could see it! I felt it! I loved how they fell just as hard this time around! Good stuff!!

The Blue Bay series is a smash right out of the gate with Demolished! The next book in the Blue Bay series is Leveled and I am anxious to see which Owens brother finds the one person that makes his heart go pitter pat!

5 Stars/4 Flames

This book was gifted to me for a voluntary review.  The review and ratings are solely my opinions.

Add Demolished to your TBR list right now! Book 1 of a new series from Cathryn Fox, one of my favorite storytellers has brought us yet another set of drool worthy, lip smacking good, bad boy brothers and a couple of cousins who live in the tiny seaside town of Blue Bay, Connecticut. Onto the show.

The story starts with Summer on the run fromJack, her ex running into Sean Owen, the oldest of the brothers and the ultimate bad boy who left home to join the world of Motocross. He's basically retired due to so many injuries and is on his way back to Blue Bay, summoned by his Gram as were the rest of the boys because their Dad has died. Someone needs to step up and run the family business. Like Sean, all the boys left home and their heavy handed father when they were of age. Summer's parents owned a cottage in Blue Bay and while her Dad was at sea, she and her Mother would stay there for the summers. It's there she met Sean. At 14 years old, she had a serious crush on the boy who was a bit older than her. Summer is running, the death of her father 6 months earlier, overhearing a phone conversation with her live in that he'll get the ledger that her father hid by any means necessary and that has Summer, now a chiropractor cancelling appointments, grabbing a lock box she found and a couple of keys and making a beeline to the place no one would look for her. After her mother died there, she and her father boarded up the cottage and never went back. That was 13 years ago.
She meets Sean at a dingy diner in some small town and they have a steaming one night stand. She flees in the morning. She denies who she is, even though he knows it's her.

When she arrives in Blue Bay the cottage is in disrepair but doable and she needs to hire some help to make the necessary repairs. Going into town for groceries she's in the checkout line and who walks in, but Sean. Surprised to see her there, she's got fake ID her dad had made for her in case she needed it. So she pushes that name on him, even though he knows. When she learns that he'll be fixing the house up for her, things heat up quick. This book overflows with steamy scenes and there isn't a place that's off limits including front yards and closets at her job. Must be the sea air that gives this guy his drive because he's definitely got lead in his pencil.

Not much has changed in town, the town cop still has it in for Sean and all the brothers, making his life miserable. Summer gets a job waitressing at an eatery in town and Gram has her over for Sunday dinner. The ice cream shop is still there and the cottage is packed with memories for Summer. Sean knows that Summer is hiding something from him, it bothers him that she doesn't trust him enough to share and her angle is she doesn't want to endanger him and his family. She slowly tells him things, but he never gets the whole story from her. Makes him angry but he doesn't press her.
After his fathers memorial service, couple things pass between the two and when he wakes up in the morning she's gone. He thinks maybe she's gone to work but his radar tells him different. After a few calls he knows she has left town and he and his tribe spread out looking for her. He finds her when after she's had an accident on the road. While he's talking sense into her, Jack shows up with a gun aimed at him and Sean isn't letting him near Summer. Jack's a jerk hat clearly the few words he utters makes that apparent. When the youngest of the brothers shows up and takes Jack out, Sean and Summer make for town and of course the sheriff pulls them over, but this time Sean has a story to tell him.

That's not the end of the story, you have to read that for yourself and watch things unravel a little so they can be put back together again. Tied up in a neat tidy package. I look forward to the next book in the series.

**arc from NetGalley and Publisher in exchange for a fair review**

Summer is hiding out from her ex and looking for a ledger that he is determined to get at any cost. As a young girl her family stayed in Blue Bay at a cottage they owned. It is there that she hopes to find the answers to the questions left by her father’s death.

Sean was raised by a man who didn’t really know how to be the type of father to show love and affection. At nineteen he leaves town and makes a name for himself on the motocross circuit. Now he has returned to Blue Bay to take care of the family business and alleviate some of the guilt that’s consuming him.

Sean and Summer knew each other when they were teens, each yearning for the other but never able to make a connection due to circumstances. Now they are reunited but Summer is keeping her situation a secret from him and claiming to be someone else. Even as they begin an intense affair and she grows closer to him and his family, she refuses to reveal why she’s hiding.

Sean is a protective, possessive hero that has claimed Summer as his own even as he knows she is going to leave eventually. I loved him and his wild dirty talking ways. Summer annoyed me a bit because she wouldn’t share the burden with him. I felt her fears did not have a true foundation although they are ultimately warranted.

This was a fast paced, sexy read with a bit of suspense and plenty of awesome secondary characters. I enjoyed every moment of it and intend to read each additional book in the series as they are released.

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