{"id":59098,"date":"2021-05-28T08:00:11","date_gmt":"2021-05-28T12:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=59098"},"modified":"2025-08-29T01:00:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T05:00:07","slug":"blog-tour-excerpt-arc-review-dream-spinner-dream-team-4-by-kristen-ashley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=59098","title":{"rendered":"Blog Tour, Excerpt & ARC Review: Dream Spinner (Dream Team, #3) by Kristen Ashley"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dream Spinner, an all new action packed standalone with heat and heart from New York Times bestselling author Kristen Ashley, is out now, and we\u00a0have an excerpt!<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Blurb<\/b><\/h4>\n

In this steamy and emotional contemporary romance from a\u00a0New York Times<\/i>\u00a0bestselling author, two damaged souls must overcome the pain of their pasts to have the love they’ve always dreamed of.<\/p>\n

Hattie Yates has finally met the man of her dreams. Yet years of abuse from her demanding father have left her petrified of disappointment. She\u2019s already failed to reach her goal of becoming a professional ballerina\u2014she can\u2019t handle the terrible consequences of another dream becoming a nightmare. But when a stalker sets their sights on Hattie, there\u2019s only one man she dares to hope can help . . .<\/p>\n

Axl Pantera knows Hattie is the only woman for him. Yet despite the attraction burning between them, Hattie refuses to let him in. The former soldier is determined to woo her into letting down her walls. And when danger comes calling, he\u2019s up against more than her wary and bruised heart. Axl will do anything to prove to Hattie that they\u2019re meant to be, but first, he\u2019ll need to keep her safe.<\/p>\n

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Review<\/b><\/h4>\n

4 stars!<\/b><\/p>\n

I loved this book. A fantastically sweet, sexy and swoony romance with an alpha hero who completely stole my heart. This is KA doing what she does, and I loved it!<\/p>\n

Axl and Hattie are the third couple in this series to be set-up by their mutual friend Lottie. He is a badass commando working with Hawk, and she is a stripper working in Smithie\u2019s bar. They have met, there is a mutual attraction, but although Axl has made a movie, Hattie has knocked him back repeatedly, terrified of being hurt again after a lifetime of abuse at the hands of her father. She\u2019s also feeling a whole lot of shame after Axl witnessed her at her lowest, and as a result, she has withdrawn from everybody in her life.<\/p>\n

Axl gets that Hattie has walls up, but when she becomes the target of a stalker, he wades on in like the badass alpha that he is, giving Hattie the wake-up call that she needs, and setting her on the path to letting those close to her in \u2013 and that includes finally giving Axl a chance.<\/p>\n

I really enjoyed watching this relationship begin. Axl and Hattie already have a bit of murky history between them, but they address everything head on. They are honest and open, and they work through their issues to get to the place where they both want to be. They don\u2019t rush it, which builds the chemistry beautifully, and there\u2019s this great sense of anticipation waiting for them to get where we know they\u2019re going to be. It\u2019s a really gorgeous journey watching them come together.<\/p>\n

\u201cIs there \u2026 <\/i>making up?\u201d
\n\u201cYeah,\u201d he confirmed.
\n\u201cDon\u2019t you have to kind of be <\/i>together to <\/i>make up?\u201d
\n\u201cHattie, this is the longest non-relationship relationship in history. We\u2019ve been together since the first time you shot me down for a date and I think you know that better than me.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I love Axl so much! He\u2019s the same kind of hero that KA writes so frequently, but this one actually smiles! He smiles, laughs, and teases, and he has this wonderful playfulness about him. Plus, he\u2019s completely open about his feelings, and he guides Hattie into a functional relationship that is sweet, emotional and super sexy.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne kiss and a whole lot of mindfuck and we\u2019re here. We\u2019re here because we both want this, we both know it and we both know how bad we want it.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And when they finally get to a place where they\u2019re ready to be together, they throw themselves in whole-heartedly, and they have a wonderfully entertaining dynamic. I just love them together.<\/p>\n

I\u2019d never really noticed how magnificent lips were when they moved.
\nEspecially lips like Axl\u2019s.
\n\u201cHattie?\u201d
\n\u201cYes?\u201d
\n\u201cDo you wanna kiss me?\u201d
\n\u201cYes.\u201d
\n\u201cThen, baby, kiss me.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But while Axl and Hattie are falling in love, they\u2019re still dealing with Hattie\u2019s stalker, and the ongoing case of crooked cops that the boys are investigating with the help of the Rock Chick<\/i>, Dream Man<\/i> and Chaos<\/i> boys (love those cameos!). There\u2019s also family drama in this one, with both Axl and Hattie having issues with their parents, and I really enjoyed those storylines. There are some fantastic \u2018come to Jesus\u2019 moments, and great character development, and though I would have loved to have seen some of those issues teased out a little more, I loved the way they were handled, and I was fully satisfied with the resolution.<\/p>\n

I really enjoyed this read. Axl and Hattie\u2019s love story is just beautiful, and I smiled and giggled and swooned my way through it from start to finish<\/p>\n

\u201cI can dare to dream. Because I have what I need. I know who I am. And the thing that makes it safe is that I\u2019m in love with a really great guy who also loves me.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And after all of the teases dropped in this one, I cannot WAIT for Auggie and Pepper\u2019s book up next!<\/p>\n

4 stars!<\/p>\n

An Advanced Review Copy was generously provided by the author in exchange for an honest review.<\/i><\/p>\n

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Dream Team\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Dream Maker (#1) <\/strong>(Mag & Evie)
\nReview<\/a>
\nBuy:\u00a0 Amazon \u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0 Paperback\u00a0<\/a> |\u00a0 Audio<\/a><\/p>\n

Dream Chaser (#2) <\/strong>(Boone & Ryn)
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\nBuy:\u00a0 Amazon \u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0 Paperback<\/a><\/p>\n

Dream Spinner (#3) <\/strong>(Axl & Hattie)
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\nBuy:\u00a0 Amazon\u00a0<\/a> |\u00a0 Paperback<\/a><\/p>\n

Dream Keeper (#4) <\/strong>(Auggie & Pepper)
\nReview<\/a>
\nBuy:\u00a0 Amazon\u00a0<\/a> |\u00a0 Paperback<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Excerpt<\/strong><\/h4>\n

\u201cYo, Axe,\u201d Hawk greeted.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou got a minute?\u201d<\/p>\n

In answer, Hawk tipped his head to the chair opposite his desk and tossed his phone on the top of it.<\/p>\n

Since Hawk rarely sat, the men who visited him didn\u2019t either.<\/p>\n

But for this, Axl closed the door behind him after he entered, moved to a chair, and put his ass in it.<\/p>\n

Hawk watched this, and he hesitated, but then he joined him, sitting behind his desk.<\/p>\n

\u201cIs everything cool?\u201d Hawk asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cI got a sitch. Personal. And I was hoping you might talk it through with me.\u00a0Maybe have some insight.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHit me,\u201d Hawk invited.<\/p>\n

And there was one of the bennies of working for Cabe \u201cHawk\u201d Delgado.<\/p>\n

He was a good boss, generous with his knowledge, gave credit where it was due, didn\u2019t get in your face if you fucked up and held up your hand that you did\u2026<\/p>\n

And he had time for you even when he didn\u2019t.<\/p>\n

\u201cI met Hattie\u2019s dad last night.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hawk\u2019s lips thinned.<\/p>\n

Right.<\/p>\n

His boss might not be in on their chats, but not much happened with his crew that Hawk didn\u2019t know about.<\/p>\n

So he knew about Don Yates.<\/p>\n

\u201cI got blindsided,\u201d Axl told him.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow?\u201d Hawk asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe loves her, Hawk.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hawk held his gaze a beat before he sat back in his chair.<\/p>\n

Yeah.<\/p>\n

This was going to be a conversation.<\/p>\n

Hawk\u2019s voice was lower when he inquired, \u201cHe loves her, and he hits her?\u201d<\/p>\n

Axl shook his head. \u201cI got no excuse for that. Or the verbal abuse he keeps doling out. What I know is, recently, he called her a whore.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cJesus,\u201d Hawk clipped.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe didn\u2019t tell me that. She told Ryn, Ryn told Boone. And I got it from Boone. But before\u2026\u201d He paused, then got to it, \u201cI can\u2019t step in with her dad. She knows their relationship is dysfunctional. She feels beholden. I could only have her back. Until I heard that. Then I shared I was going to have to have words with her father.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cGood,\u201d Hawk murmured.<\/p>\n

\u201cThen I got there, and the man was practically beaming, he was so fuckin\u2019 happy Hattie brought her boyfriend over to meet him.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFuck,\u201d Hawk grunted.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo we sat down. He gave me the \u2018What do you do for a living\u2019 and \u2018How\u2019d you meet my daughter\u2019 gig. I answered. All was good. Then I told him I couldn\u2019t have him upsetting Hattie like he did by calling her a whore. He tried to explain it by saying he was in a bad mood. I told him, in future, if he was in a bad mood, he needed not to take that out on Hattie.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOn your first meeting,\u201d Hawk noted.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn our first meeting,\u201d Axl confirmed.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhich happened\u2026what? How long have you been seeing her? A few days?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYep.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou laid down the law with your woman\u2019s father the first time you met him after you\u2019ve been with her a few days,\u201d Hawk laid it out.<\/p>\n

\u201cYep.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cChrist, Axe, you don\u2019t fuck around,\u201d Hawk muttered.<\/p>\n

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About the Author<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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risten Ashley is the New York Times bestselling author of over sixty romance novels including the Rock Chick, Colorado Mountain, Dream Man, Chaos, Unfinished Hero, The \u2019Burg, Magdalene, Fantasyland, The Three, Ghost and Reincarnation, Moonlight and Motor Oil and Honey series along with several standalone novels. She\u2019s a hybrid author, publishing titles both independently and traditionally, her books have been translated in fourteen languages and she\u2019s sold over three million books.<\/p>\n

Kristen\u2019s novel, Law Man, won the RT Book Reviews Reviewer\u2019s Choice Award for best Romantic Suspense. Her independently published title Hold On was nominated for RT Book Reviews best Independent Contemporary Romance and her traditionally published title Breathe was nominated for best Contemporary Romance. Kristen\u2019s titles Motorcycle Man, The Will, Ride Steady (which won the Reader\u2019s Choice award from\u00a0Romance Reviews) and The Hookup all made the final rounds for Goodreads Choice\u00a0Awards in the Romance category.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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For more great reads, check out our\u00a0Kristen Ashley Author Spotlight<\/a>!<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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