I received a copy of this book for an honest review by Netgalley.
I love these authors. The storyline us fresh and the characters are well developed. It is an extremely emotional story that really tugged at my heart. Kiki wants to have a one night stand to try and put her worries out of her mind. She is a amazing artist but not everything is as simple as it seems. Her character is sassy and sweet. An excellent combination of tough and endearing qualities. Darren has to much on his plate to think about a relationship. Kiki is driving him crazy with need but he can't give in. The woman however is getting to him and he soon realizes this little firecracker may be just what he needs. This storyline deals with some tough subject s yet is told with sincerity and an emotional depth that is not always found. Wonderful story and I highly recommend it.

Kiki and Darren were so cute together! Now they may not have been Cade and Hannah HOT together but I rather enjoyed their slow burn attraction that once they made that leap for was phenomenally smoking. We got a few little glimpse of Cade and Hannah in this story and the rest of the crew. I can't wait for Kendall, Mase and Ben to get their turns at love. I really liked Darren, he was such a sweet but yummy man. His love for Logan and Kiki were darling and just picturing his workouts(yummmmy). Kiki has always been a scene stealer, her sense of humor was always evident and I liked seeing that side of her plus a softer side as well. This is a great complimentary story to the No Weddings series, and while it's not necessary for you to read those stories first, you should because they are amazing!
This was a complimentary e-copy provided by the author in exchange for a honest review via Netgalley.

Heartbreaker,  Kat Bastion with Stone Bastion

Heartbreaker,  Kat Bastion with Stone Bastion

Review from Jeannie Zelos book reviews

Genre:   Romance, New Adult.

When you read a lot as I do, you start to notice some authors have a distinct pattern to their writing – when that coincides with what you want to read, as with this duo for me – that's great to find. I've recently been rereading a few favourites, and by chance this past weekend had uploaded the first in Kate Catabary's series – that's about a family of siblings, two girls four boys and is very much the same style of writing as this duo. This is the first in a new series but featuring the same family from the No Weddings/Invitation Only novels. That's Cade and his sisters, and the last series was how Cade and Hannah came together, and the sisters were in the books constantly but in secondary roles. I loved those so was really pleased to find a new series starting. It's been like catching up with friends I've not seen for a while

This time we meet sister Kiki, who's a terrific but somewhat avant garde artist ( I sympathise – my family look at me with a confused face when I've finished some works. I can see the “err..what is it?” hovering.) She's a great girl but guarded, had her heart broken once when she was let down by someone she thought loved her, and she's not going there again, she has one nighters only! Darren doesn't want that though – she's better than that in his eyes, but – the kicker – he's got responsibilities that he thinks mean he can't be the person she needs. But somehow after a few words a challenge is set, and he's training her several times a week, well – running with her and encouraging her anyway. It looks as though friends is good for them – until it becomes more.

Darren though has a complicated home life, he's still young, but has responsibilities that demand all his attention. Kiki too isn't' the carefree person she presents, she's got some difficult issues going on she's keeping close to her chest. Can they work through all these problems or are they doomed? I was so rooting for them, they seemed such a perfect fit for each other, has such respect for the others feelings and just wanted to help and it's the sharing that we all need, someone to listen, to offer ideas, to be a real partner. 

Its a story covering several issues, not a one strand, one plot read and how they all come together, how they work up that head of steam for the perfect dramatic finale is great. I'm always amazed at how authors do that, sow little seeds through the plot, nurturing them along, and bringing them all together so that everything makes sense, and yet as the reader we think how on earth can this end well, how can they get the HEA, but thankfully knowing somehow it will come. 

Stars: Five, a great start.

ARC supplied by Netgalley and publishers for review purposes

This book is pure bliss.
I just couldn’t stop reading.
I loved the writing, the story, nothing felt rushed or too easy: the way Darren and Kiki fight their true feelings, and how they finally overcome their fears / traumas and embrace their love.
We have banter, sexual tension, love, angst, it’s perfect.

I really appreciated the double POV, so I could “feel” the struggle of both, Darren and Kiki (and I thing man’s POV is so sexy…)
I’m definitely looking for Rule Breaker (thank you for the teaser!)

Si I give 5 stars of pure bliss.
Thank you so much for such a powerful story.

Loved it! This duo is hot and I will read anything they write.

***4,5 "Sex on Stick" stars***
(I know that this term doesn't give to the story justice, but everything started with this phrase!!!)

This was a wonderfull story, full of emotions and damaged people....
It was a battle with love... A battle with the fears that were laying deep down inside....
Our heroes had lots of things to deal and they were afraid to let anyone inside their world...
And as a result we had a pure love who helped them to get over all those things that was drowning them!!!
I think that the blurb and the cover of the book, even thought that they were interesting, they were unjustifying this emotional story...
But it's time to explain you some things about the story...

Kiki was determined to have a night stand with gorgeous Darren, this man who looks like sex on a stick (These were her words, not mine!), but when Darren rejected her offer, she was more determined to make him come crawling to her fulfilling her wish!!! Because there was lots of sexual chemistry between them, didn't he see it???
But Darren is insisting and he is trying to persuade her to be just friends...
And that's what they are trying to be and sometimes they are succeeding to this goal, but other times the sexual frustration made them wild with need...

“He wanted to be bossy? He wanted to pound the point of being “just friends” home? I would be the best friend he’d ever had. Of course, while I demonstrated my stellar friendliness, no harm in highlighting my best qualities: flirtatiousness, adorableness—sexiness.” {Kiki}

Darren has a complicating life and he doesn't want to perplex Kiki's as well!!! He wants her but not just for one night and his life doesn't aloud him to let her in for anything more.

But he can not resist to be around her even as a friend and as the time is passing, he realises that he doen't want Kiki out of his life... ever!

"The girl I hadn’t seen coming tugged at my heart – even though it couldn’t belong to her. " {Darren}

And when Darren's complications revealed, he was determined to win Kiki for good, but Kiki had her own fears and she was refusing to let Darren in, even though that without her permission, he had crawl inside her heart...

“Kiki didn’t know it yet, but if she wanted to run from me? I would chase.” {Darren}

So what will happen with those two??? These complications in their lives can aloud them to be together or will they always stand on their way???
Can they help each other to conquer their fears???
Will they finally accept their feelings and let themselves loose to live this "love"???

“With the supercharged air—that wasn’t really the air—a spark ignited. White hot and glowing. Even if neither of us could see it, in spite of the fact that we didn’t want to admit it, we both felt it."

Well, i adore both Kiki and Darren, together and seperately...
Kiki was full of life. She was sassy and funny.

She knew what she wanted and she was so commited in her art work. Kiki was a metal sculptor and that was so fascinating!!!
Her work was her life... and she was different than the most women... and i liked this difference.
Darren was the only person who could understand her!
She had lots of problems to face and she had some fears from her past that "cockblocking" her with Darren...

She was seeking for just a one night stand, nothing more, but Darren didn't aloud it!!!
And he manage to get under her skin and he became really important for her.
But everything that is worthying in life, after a while is vanishing. And that is her biggest fear.

So, she can't let him in, even though that her heart is singing every time she is near to him.

"When he took a deep breath, his chest expanding and shifting me a fraction away from him, he quickly compensated, tightening his hold, pulling me closer.
"What do you have to lose?"
I let out a shaky breath. Everything." {Kiki}

Darren was a musician. He was a drummer, he was working as a deejay and he was also going to college.

Darren was such a nice person... Honestly, guys!!! Those kind of men are so rare, nowdays.
As i told you before, his life was very complicating. He was committed in... something and he couldn't let anyone in his world. It was too difficult and too risky.

Yep, Kiki's proposition was very appealing, but he knew that she could be something more than a fling and he didn't want to go down this road with her. He needed her in his life, even as a friend... She was too important!!!

I honestly loved Darren from the first moment that he hit the note in the table and told "Twenty minutes!"
I'm a girl, what can i say????

"Kiki was a temptation I hadn't expected. I didn't know how or why: With only a few random conversations at the club and three awkard rides home she'd burrowed under my skin. Which was exactly why I couldn't see her again." {Darren}

Darren and Kiki's relationship was so easygoing and even funny...

Their only awkards moments were when their true feelings got in the way and the sexual tension between them was rising...
I liked the natural development of their relationship and i liked that they weren't rushing the things.
Their feelings were pure and real and when they got free from their own fears, it was like magic...
I loved many scenes with those two, but i think that my most favorite was when Darren was drumming his fingers upon Kiki's body...
They were both artists and they were more sensitive with everything!!!
I really loved their story...

"You're insatiable," I muttered...
"You're addictive." {Darren & Kiki}

I also liked very much the second characters in this book.
All the siblings and Kiki's friends were amazing personalities and they were very supportive...

I also loved Logan. This girl had been through so much in her life... She was breaking my heart with the way that she was copying with the ugly things that were surrounding her.

I also adored her in the end... with her advice toward Darren. She was so true in that!!!
I would love to read a book for her!!! Just sayin'...
And now, i can't wait to get my hands in Mase's story!!!

“The best gift we can give those we love is ourselves—whole and happy. We have to let them breathe, let them live and make mistakes. And we need to live too. We owe it to ourselves and to them.”

***ARC generously provided via NetGalley for the exchange of an honest review***

WOW! My first read by Kat and Stone Bastion. Heartbreaker has it all , passion, laugh out loud moments, heartache and triumph. This is an amazing story that once you begin you will not be able to stop until the very last page, and even then you do not want it to be over. Heartbreker will pull you in ever emotional direction and all the while keep you wanting more. This is a five star read!