{"id":25512,"date":"2017-09-15T08:19:50","date_gmt":"2017-09-15T12:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=25512"},"modified":"2018-08-14T05:11:41","modified_gmt":"2018-08-14T09:11:41","slug":"arc-review-delirious-quantum-6-by-m-s-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=25512","title":{"rendered":"ARC Review: Delirious (Quantum, #6) by M.S. Force"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Blurb<\/b><\/h4>\n
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As one of Hollywood\u2019s hottest producers, Kristian Bowen is on top of the world. With the Quantum team is fresh off a clean sweep of awards season and looking ahead to the premiere of their new film,\u00a0Insidious,\u00a0<\/em>Kristian\u2019s life is exactly how he likes it, complete with a stable of willing subs to tend to his every desire. Until he attends the wedding of his friend and business partner Flynn Godfrey and meets AileenGifford, the close friend of Flynn\u2019s new wife, Natalie. Since meeting Aileen five months ago, Kristian\u2019s carefully cultivated life has changed in ways he never could\u2019ve expected. Now Aileen and her children are moving to Los Angeles, and he\u2019s not sure whether to be excited or terrified about his powerful feelings for the single mom\u2026<\/p>\n

Aileen is coming off the worst year of her life, spent battling breast cancer while taking care of two young children. When Natalie, Flynn and their other friends encourage Aileen to move to LA and work for Quantum, she jumps at the chance to give her family a fresh start. And with her off-the-charts attraction to Flynn\u2019s business partner in the mix, the idea of living in LA becomes that much sweeter. Until everyone shows up to welcome her and the kids to their new home in LA\u2014except Kristian.<\/p>\n

He can\u2019t avoid her forever, and when these two finally see each other again, sparks fly between the single mom and the producer with a past he\u2019s kept hidden from everyone who matters to him. When that past rears its ugly head, will he run away from the woman he loves or turn to her for comfort in the storm? And will she prevail in convincing him that he can be himself, in\u00a0every<\/em>\u00a0possible way, with her?<\/p>\n

Kristian and Aileen\u2019s long-awaited story is full of heat, heart and humor, as well as appearances from all the Quantum characters readers love!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Review<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Oh, the swoon!<\/strong><\/p>\n

An intense, emotional, honest and functional romance that is full of feels and plenty of hotness. This is the sixth book in the Quantum<\/i> series, and the long-awaited story of Kristian and Aileen \u2013 though it can be read as a standalone. A gorgeous romance between a hot Hollywood Producer and a struggling single mother, this is true fairytale romance (with a bit of kink on the side) *dreamy sigh*.<\/p>\n

The Quantum group are a bunch of Hollywood hot-shots with their own production company \u2013 and their own sex club where their more private needs are met. One by one they are falling, and now it\u2019s time for award-winning Producer, Kristian, to claim the woman that he cannot stop thinking about. Aileen was introduced earlier in the series. She is the best friend of Natalie (heroine of books 1-3), and when we met her she was suffering through treatment for breast cancer. She is now in recovery from the disease and she and her two children have been embraced by the Quantum crew, and she is planning on making the move from NYC to LA to take up a job with them and to be closer to the friends she now considers family. She is particularly keen to explore her attraction to Kristian, knowing that with them both in the same city, something is sure to happen between them.<\/p>\n

The scene is set for an epic reunion between the two, but Kristian has demons which initially have him keeping his distance. There are secrets from his past which continue to haunt him, and Aileen knows nothing about his BDSM lifestyle and need for kink. She is a temptation he knows he will be unable to resist, but he can\u2019t reconcile exposing those parts of himself to her and it has his head in a mess.<\/p>\n

If she is an angel sent straight from heaven, I\u2019m the devil himself in comparison.<\/i><\/p>\n

I have to stay away from her and her precious children, even if everything inside me calls out for her, wishing I could let her fix what\u2019s wrong with me, wishing she could be the one to chase away the darkness and fill me with her light.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But when they do see each other, chemistry triumphs over all of those fears and their simmering attraction is finally given the opportunity to blossom as neither of them can resist their strong pull to each other. It\u2019s sweet and passionate and so beautifully natural. But while Kristian can\u2019t help but fall deeper for Aileen, he still holds a piece of himself back, scared of hurting her.<\/p>\n

Everything about her is petite and delicate and fragile, which is why I can never unleash my inner beast with her. I\u2019d break her in half. <\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And that just gives Aileen a chance to shine. She has faced death and she isn\u2019t willing to put her life on hold any longer, and I love that about her! She puts herself out there, not holding back what she feels, what she wants and what she needs, and she has no qualms about claiming her man.<\/p>\n

I summon the courage to go for what I want. Having cancer has left me less afraid than I used to be. I\u2019m painfully aware that life is short and we\u2019ve got to seize the moment, especially when the moment is lying in my arms, hard and hot and sexy and so tormented.
\n\u2026 \u201cTime wasted is time we never get back. I don\u2019t believe in playing games or mincing words.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It\u2019s a really great dynamic. Two people who are falling for each other so fast and so easily, Kristian not allowing himself to go all in but Aileen not allowing him to withdraw from her. Their openness with each other is refreshing, Kristian\u2019s sweet, loyal and protective nature is beautiful to see, and Aileen\u2019s honesty and willingness to be everything that Kristian needs, and her absolute faith and trust in him, is gorgeous.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not used to refreshing honesty from women. I\u2019m far more accustomed to games, intrigue, cat-and-mouse and hidden agendas. With Aileen, what you see is what you get, and I have a feeling I ain\u2019t seen nothing yet. <\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And, of course, it\u2019s all kinds of hot, with Kristian and Aileen\u2019s intense chemistry and Kristian\u2019s kinky lifestyle leading to all sorts of sexiness (kinky, yes, but nothing too extreme). But the steamy time is a reflection of their feelings for each other, and blends in really well with their developing relationship, giving us an all-encompassing love story that if full of swoon.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re making me fall so hard for you that my head is spinning. The more time I spend with you, the more I want. The more I touch you, the more I crave you. I can\u2019t concentrate at work or sleep or do anything but think about you. You\u2019re making a hot mess of my life.
\n\u2026 It\u2019s the best feeling I\u2019ve ever experienced. Please don\u2019t ever take it away from me. I\u2019m not sure I\u2019d survive it.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And not only are Kristian and Aileen falling in love, but her two young children are deservedly a big part of the story, and I loved seeing them develop their own gorgeous relationships with Kristian as they started to come together as a family.<\/p>\n

If I could spend every day for the rest of my life just like this \u2013 my arms around my children and his arms around me \u2013 I\u2019d never want for anything. <\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But Kristian\u2019s demons are dark. They are ones he hasn\u2019t exposed to anybody in his life, and the secrets weigh heavily upon him. And when the inevitable happens, Kristian will need to learn to open himself up completely to not only Aileen, but his close friends, if he is to get through it.<\/p>\n

\u201cCome with me, and let\u2019s face this head on so we can get past it and move on with the rest of our lives. Hold on to me. I\u2019ll never let you go.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is a really sweet story. Kristian and Aileen are both great characters, and I really enjoyed the way they came together. The romance and swoon is gorgeous, and the inclusion of the family element with Aileen\u2019s kids is really beautifully done. The rest of the Quantum crew all feature, with a chapter from Flynn thrown into the mix to provide some story progression for him and Natalie, and I loved catching up with them all.<\/p>\n

An easy read with very little angst, few surprises, and an ending that left me grinning hugely, this one is all about the sexy sweetness, and I really enjoyed it.<\/p>\n

3.5 stars.<\/p>\n

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Quantum series<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Virtuous (#1)\u00a0<\/strong>(Flynn & Natalie)
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Valorous (#2)\u00a0<\/strong>(Flynn & Natalie)
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Victorious (#3)<\/strong>\u00a0(Flynn & Natalie)
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Rapturous (#4)<\/strong>\u00a0(Hayden & Addie)
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Ravenous (Quantum, #5)<\/strong>\u00a0(Jasper & Ellie)
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Delirious (Quantum, #6)<\/strong> (Kristian & Aileen)
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Outrageous (Quantum, #7)<\/strong> (Emmett & Leah)
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Famous (Quantum, #8)<\/strong> (Marlowe)
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About the Author<\/strong><\/h4>\n

M.S. Force<\/b>\u00a0is the erotic alter-ego of\u00a0New York Times<\/i>\u00a0bestselling author Marie Force. All three books in her initial Quantum Trilogy were\u00a0New York Times<\/i>\u00a0bestsellers in 2015, and the Quantum Trilogy became the Quantum\u00a0Series\u00a0with Rapturous and Ravenous, with more to come!<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/b>Marie Force is the\u00a0New York Times<\/i>\u00a0bestselling author of more than 50 contemporary romances, including the Gansett Island Series, which has sold nearly 3 million books, and the Fatal Series from Harlequin Books, which has sold 1.5 million books. In addition, she is the author of the Butler, Vermont Series, the Green Mountain Series and the erotic romance Quantum Series, written under the slightly modified name of M.S. Force.\u00a0All together, her books have sold more than 5.5 million copies worldwide!<\/span><\/p>\n

Her goals in life are simple\u2014to finish raising two happy, healthy, productive young adults, to keep writing books for as long as she possibly can and to never be on a flight that makes the news.<\/span><\/p>\n

Join\u00a0Marie\u2019s mailing list<\/span><\/a>\u00a0for news about new books and upcoming appearances in your area. Follow her on\u00a0Twitter @marieforce<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and on\u00a0Facebook<\/span><\/a>. Join one of Marie\u2019s many\u00a0reader groups<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0Contact Marie at\u00a0marie@marieforce.com<\/span><\/a>. Subscribe to her new blog to hear the latest and greatest news, including giveaways and other great prizes.\u00a0Go to the\u00a0blog\u00a0<\/a>and enter your email address on the upper right-hand side.<\/p>\n

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