ARC REVIEW Smooth Moves by Marie Harte

 Movin' On #2, (aka Vets on the Go or Veteran Movers) At least we didn't have to wait long for Cash and Jordan to finally hook up. I knew there was more to Cash than meets the eye and my esteem for Jordan just skyrocketed. Even though these two met in the first book I think you could easily read this by itself. Their snarky banter just feeds off each other, and personality wise these are a perfect match. Cash has quite a bit of past history with emotional abuse from his mother and also physical abuse from his father and then a past girlfriend was not just cheating on him but stealing from him and now with his brother in a committed relationship he's afraid he's going to lose him too. Cash thinks he's not good enough for Jordan but that doesn't stop him from wanting to help and protect her if need be, so when she asks him to help out her little brother who is getting ready to make some majorly bad life decisions Cash is more than willing to help, especially after meeting the teenager. Jordan has guardianship over her teenage brother Rafael, "Rafi" for short their parents don't know how to handle a teenage boy who acts out so they are threatening him with military type school in order to straighten him out. Jordan thinks that's a horrible idea for her brother, just because the Army helped straighten her out doesn't mean the same will happen with Rafi, she asks Cash to talk to him and help get the point across that school matters.

I loved the story with Rafi, stupid teenager stuff of trusting the wrong people and mean teachers. Cash and Jordan faced some hard truths in this book but together they were able to handle it. Cash was able to confide in Jordan and show her his vulnerable side and be all sweet and protective with her and vise versa Jordan is more than capable of taking care of herself and she stands up for Cash when need be, even dropping one of their coworkers to the floor for taking the jokes about Cash too far.

Overall, I loved this story. I loved their romance and just how everything fell together and how everything worked out. Miriam, bwahahahaha, and I love Heidi I would not mind a F/F book for her in this series or M/M with Lafayette.

ARC REVIEW The Whole Package by Marie Harte

Veteran Movers #1, It may also be known as Vets on the Go! or Movin' On. There are two different covers and on the mass market paperback cover the series name is Movin' On, they are the same. It's new series from the talented Marie Harte about  two brothers and their cousin who started up a moving company that only hires veterans. Reid the brains, Cash the braun, and Evan the money, okay so not entirely accurate all three Marines and very muscular, Cash is just the biggest of the three. When Cash ends up on the new for stopping a robbery and saving a kids life business booms. Enter Naomi Starr, marketing and public relations extraordinaire.

Instant sparks fly between Naomi and Reid. Naomi is reluctant to get involved with a client after the debacle of her last relationship with her boss. Naomi takes some convincing not just from Reid but also her best friend. Most of the emotional conflict comes from Reid, not that he isn't 100% into the relationship with Naomi but family issues arise as well as issues with one of the new employees. Naomi deals with some stuff too, with her business just getting off the ground and dealing with her ex and then her family comes to visit.  This book, like with some of her other books, also kind of kicks starts Cash's story; the third person POV switches from Reid and Naomi to Cash and digs in deep with him.

Overall, it was a good read. There was very little external conflict most of the book was establishing the characters and their relationships with each other and dealing with their baggage and some pretty steamy scenes between Naomi and Reid.