Today I’m excited to share the Release Blitz of ‘Cruel North’ by J.B. Salsbury. This is the fourth book in the North Brothers series, but can be read as a standalone.

I received this book for free from Social Butterfly PR in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.

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A teenage girl with my eyes and a familiar glare, strolls into my life and she’s calling me Dad.
Vanessa was my high school girlfriend and the smartest person I knew. She had a plan, a future, and she swore nothing would get in the way. Until she became pregnant. I thought we agreed on our plan. I sent her the money. Then she disappeared.
Her parents told me she was in South America for a year. They told me she needed space. I never heard from her again.
Seventeen years later and she’s back. I’m staring into those green eyes that used to tempt and taunt me. But it’s not just about us anymore. We have a daughter.
Wanting to get to know her, I convince them to move in with me for one month. I’m so angry with Vanessa and she seems to be equally upset. Every insult from her smart mouth invites me to engage. The brutal chemistry between us ignites old embers. I wish I could hate her. Instead, I want her.
But too much time has passed, and I fear some hurts run too deep to heal. At the end of thirty days, I’ll have to let them go. Unless I figure out a way to keep them.

I’ve loved every single book in the North Brothers series so far. And I’ve really been looking forward to reading ‘Cruel North’, ever since I read about the ‘cruel’ North brother in the first book. So when I received an ARC of this one, I was super excited and started reading as fast as I could.

In ‘Cruel North’ we read the story of Vanessa and Hayes. Vanessa and Hayes met in High School and fell madly in love with each other. Vanessa was the only one that never took any crap from Hayes. But when Vanessa gets pregnant, Hayes things he does the right thing for both of them by sending her on her way with some money. Now years later, a beautiful 17 year old girl stand in front of him. And he definitely can’t deny she looks a lot like him.

Even after so many years apart, the chemistry between Vanessa and Hayes is instant and hard to deny. But there is so much hurt between them, that it’s hard for them to even be in the same room for longer than a view minutes. But Hayes is determined to get to know the young woman that looks like him, even if that means he also has to spend time with her mom.

From the moment I started reading ‘Cruel North’ I was hooked. It has been the same way for me with every book in this series. I just love these grumpy, complicated North brothers so much. And Hayes was definitely the one I was curious about the most. And it didn’t disappoint one bit.

I loved getting to know Hayes better. But I especially loved getting to know Vanessa, the one woman who has always been able to put him in his place. Vanessa was one tough, hardworking woman. She was determined to be the best mom she could possible be at a very young age, without the help of anybody. And I loved how she stood up to every arrogant guy out there. Sure, there were moments that I wished she was a little more ‘open’. But I loved her.

The chemistry between Hayes and Vanessa was simple amazing, and something that was flying from these pages right from the start. Sure Hayes could be kind of a jerk, but he also had this charm about him that made me love him right from the start. And in the end we learn there is so much more about him than expected. This story definitely made me swoon a bit.

‘Cruel North’ was another fantastic read by J.D. Salsbury. I read this book in only a day, and I wished it was longer. It just wasn’t ready to stay goodbye to these characters. Definitely another favorite for me.

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About J.B. Salsbury

JB Salsbury, New York Times Best Selling author of The Fighting Series, lives in Phoenix, Arizona, with her husband and two kids. She spends the majority of her day lost in a world of battling alphas, budding romance, and impossible obstacles as stories claw away at her subconscious, begging to be released to the page.

Her love of good storytelling led her to earn a degree in Media Communications. With her journalistic background, writing has always been at the forefront, and her love of romance prompted her to write her first novel.

Since 2013 she has published six bestselling novels in The Fighting Series and won a RONE Award.

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Maureen Bakker

Maureen is a mom, wife, nurse, and Ravenclaw living in the Netherlands. She spends her days juggling mom-life, reading, blogging, planning date nights with her husband and working as a nurse. Maureen also is a big Anglophile, loves cooking, Gilmore Girls, Bridgerton and Harry Potter.. Always!  Facebook | Instagram