Hero Complex by Isobel Reed
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Ivy and Ace’s story will not disappoint. I love how this author makes all her characters so relatable. Be prepared to laugh, cry, and swoon all in the same book. This book is full of twists and turns. It keeps you on your toes and then makes you swoon.
Hero Complex by Isobel Reed
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I accidentally read this as the 2nd of my Bluestone Series but it didn’t matter – although there were references to the two characters from book 2, I was still able to become quickly absorbed in the story of Lily and Ace! I love a good fake romance story and this one certainly didn’t disappoint! Highly recommended and I will be reading more from this series!
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Hero Complex by Isobel Reed
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Oh my goodness I’m about to say take me cowboy 🤠 loving the cover ! I know I’m so easy to please 🤣❣️📚but I’m weak when it comes to cover art 😍😉
It’s soooooo good to be back in Bluestone ❣️
Ace , an injured marine needs to find peace and quiet , a place where he can heal his body , mind and soul , he rents a cabin on Ivy’s land and soon enough he’s hands on in more ways than one 😉
Ivy’s grandparents passed on and left her their ranch and while she’s no wallflower she needs more than money to run the ranch , she works hard and not a scared hair on that head of hers but we all need a little help even our darling Ivy ….
Ivy and Ace are each others healing balms and watching them together was a gift and yes I cried , hard I’m not even going to try and lie but it’s a beautiful story and worth every tear❣️📚
See you soon Bluestone , you’ve been good to my soul 😍
Hero Complex by Isobel Reed
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I love this series!! They are all great books but they can all stand alone as well. This book especially! I got sucked right in and I couldn’t stop til it was done. The situations are so realistic and it is so relatable I love love loved it!
Hero Complex by Isobel Reed
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I have read a couple books from this author and she continues to be one of my favorites. I love small town romance and this author knows how to keep you hooked. This is the third book in the amazing bluestone series. You could read this as a stand alone but there are previous characters in this story as well. I was so excited to read this book that I started it right away. I could not put it down until the very end. I can’t wait to see who she will write about next.
Ivy would do anything to save her family’s ranch. She formed a plan to act like she was engaged to one of the workers, Ace. Ivy is attracted to Ace but there is something that he is not telling her. She starts to feel something for Ace but she doesn’t know if he feels the same. Will Ivy save her family’s ranch or will it be too late?
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Hero Complex by Isobel Reed
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
This was an amazing read! The world build was good. The characters kept me turning the page, wondering what was going to happen next! I enjoyed reading this book.
Hero Complex by Isobel Reed
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
This is the 3rd book in the Bluestone Series. Finally we get Ivy’s story. When she finds herself about to lose her ranch, she will do almost anything to save it. Ace, a retired, wounded Marine, steps in to help by pretending to be her fiancé because some of her sexist clients only wanted to deal with a man. Can she resist the pull she feels toward Ace? Can he open up to let her in? These chapters are so beautiful. The Bluestone world is such a great place to visit where you just feel right at home.
Hero Complex: Bluestone Series: Book 3 by Isobel Reed
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I really enjoyed getting to know these characters through their story. Both, Ace and Ivy have their own battles, yet still come together to find their happiness.
I really felt the characters and storyline were well developed, easy to read, and entertaining. I would recommend reading this book.
Hero Complex by Isobel Reed
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
This book was an absolute addiction from the get go! Before I knew it, it was one in the morning and I still couldn’t put the dang thing down! It’s a great forced proximity/marriage of convenience romance, and the way the two main characters just connect with each other is amazing. I love this series, and I love this author so much. These books are high on my list of fantasticness, and I cannot recommend them enough! If you love a nice little cowboy romance, then this is the book and the series for you!!
Hero Complex by Isobel Reed
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I have read book one and book three of the Bluestone series and I have loved them both! I enjoy the town that the stories are set in, the characters, and how the story unfolds. I didn’t feel like I was missing anything with not having read book two, although I will because I love Reeds writing, and the series itself, but even though the characters are in all of the novels they are each focused on a different couples story. They also all have a happy, fulfilling ending, so no need to worry about any cliffhangers. If you into quick, fun, fully fleshed romance stories, with some snark, spice, with real world troubles I can confidently recommend Isobel Reeds Bluestone series!
Hero Complex by Isobel Reed
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Hero Complex: Bluestone Series: Book 3
Every now and again I will come across a book that must be consumed in one day. This book was one of those books.
From the moment they meet Ivy and Ace are attracted but refuse to act on it. They are thrown together for business purposes and it ends up being so much more.
Seeing Ace recover from his both his physical and mental scars was great, when he finally made the leap he went all in. When you have the right person with you anything is possible and that showed in both Ivy and Ace.
Ms. Reed did a great job keeping me interested and wanting more.
Hero Complex by Isobel Reed
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I’ve read the first book of this series and was so eager to read more of this series! One thing I worried about is feeling that I’d be lost without having to have read the second book in the series but with only a few things that do come up about the previous series characters, it can be considered a stand alone story. This book involves Ivy, who has inherited her grandparents’ ranch and she is trying to keep the ranch afloat. Ace, a retired Marine, has been living on Ivy’s ranch and helping her however he can. In his efforts in helping her, he attends a meeting Ivy has set up with a businessman to help the struggling ranch but after seeing how Ivy is being treated, the notion of their “engagement” comes into play to help secure a better team for the ranch. As the “engagement” trail reaches out to others, the attraction towards one another begins to affect. See where this all leads as you read to see what happens next! So worth the read!
Hero Complex by Isobel Reed
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Ivy has done everything she can to save the ranch, but with sexist views on how a woman’s place is to be seen not heard amongst other things she is struggling to prove herself. Every time retired Marine, Ace is around though he finds her in the most embarrassing situations, but when Ace sees how things are going for her he steps in. Pretend engagement has Ace moving into Ivy’s place, the attraction is intense but for Ace he can’t believe anyone would want him in a physical way due to his scars. Ivy though sees past it and just sees Ace for who he is. Can they Ivy and Ace keep everything platonic or is the attraction between them both that has been simmering about to sizzle?
Really good story. I thought Ivy was so entertaining, every scene with her is delightful. I really liked Ace he is full of swagger. Great series, definitely an author to keep an eye out for.
Hero Complex by Isobel Reed
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Hero Complex
By: Isobel Reed
Wow! Each and every book in the Bluestone series is better than the last. They definitely all can be read alone, as they each focus on different people in the small town, but I won’t recommend doing this because you miss the charm of Bluestone by reading them in isolation. In this story we meet Ace who is a former Marine who has come to Bluestone to start over. He was injured very badly in an accident and wants somewhere small where he can feel hidden. He starts living in a cabin on the property of Ivy. Ivy inherited a ranch from her grandparents and she wants it to continue to succeed. He brother helps financially but he does not help out physically. That’s where Ace comes in. He is working to stay in a cabin. Ivy thinks she can handle anything that is thrown at her, but she didn’t expect the old boys club that is ranching. Ace comes to her rescue and the rest is well its found in this amazingly written book. I loved this book so very much, Ace and Ivy definitely were great characters who were flawed and who really needed each other. I found myself rooting for them at every turn. I also cried like a baby throughout this one as each keeps thinking they are doing what is right. This book is fantastic and I can only hope that there is more to come in Bluestone!
Hero Complex by Isobel Reed
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
An enjoyable and engaging contemporary romance which kept me captivated throughout by the wonderful characters and heartwarming storyline. Ivy is desperately trying to save her ranch, but her clients are sexist, and so to placate them she pretends to be engaged to retired Marine, Ace. Meanwhile, Ace came up with the idea of a fake relationship to get to know Ivy better, thinking that he would never stand a chance with her. After all it’s not just internal battle scars that caused him to be medically discharged from the military, but scars on his face too. Ace has trouble looking at himself in the mirror and so believes Ivy would never find him attractive. However, Ivy is very attracted to the handsome ex Marine, but wishes he would get over his ‘hero complex’, and trying to save her all the time! Although they both want to turn their fake relationship into a real one, they are also both wounded in their own ways. The wide open spaces of the ranch and ranch life was brought vividly to life through the descriptive narrative and I felt immersed in the story. I loved Ivy and Ace and felt invested in their romance, and was hoping they would get a HEA. A lovely read, and one which I recommend.
Hero Complex by Isobel Reed
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I enjoyed this book from the start, as Ivy doesn’t really hold much back with her words or actions despite her best efforts.
Ivy’s ranch is flailing and she’s out of options until her ranch hand Ace opens his mouth and makes an announcement, to all of their shock.
Watching them work through their issues both personal, professional and mental was a ride but so worth it in the end.
I enjoyed all the people we met and I especially loved Ace’s mom!
<a href=”https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/123238124-hero-complex” style=”float: left; padding-right: 20px”><img border=”0″ alt=”Hero Complex (Bluestone Series, #3)” src=”https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1678722757l/123238124._SX98_.jpg” /></a><a href=”https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/123238124-hero-complex”>Hero Complex</a> by <a href=”https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/21372915.Isobel_Reed”>Isobel Reed</a><br/>
My rating: <a href=”https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5584020109″>4 of 5 stars</a><br /><br />
Book three in the Bluestone Series we follow Ivy as she struggles to keep the family ranch afloat and battling to maintain control of her business when most of the clients are male chauvinists, they feel that they should be working with a man. Ivy’s brother is not interested in working on the ranch. <br /><br />Enter scared military veteran Ace, looking for somewhere to work away from his past, Ace starts to work for Ivy and after a month, after seeing how she is treated by one of her clients, he states that they are more than boss and worker… <br /><br />Starting off a fake fiancée relationship, where feelings are involved before the fake starts but that neither of them feel good enough for the other. <br /><br />There is a hint of stress alongside a huge amount of fun as we follow these two as they navigate their relationship, hiding things from family, friends, and each other. <br /><br />I really enjoyed this book. <br /><br />
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Hero Complex by Isobel Reed
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Hero Complex was a lovely romantic read and one that I thoroughly enjoyed. The authors writing was really engaging and she created some great characters that I fell in love with straight away. Ace is one of those characters who you can’t help but fall in love with, his story was so raw and heart-breaking at times. Ivy was a wonderful character to read about too, she had endured so much loss in her life I just really felt for her. I loved the two of them together, they had such a genuine connection and they did help each other.
A really beautiful story and one I would highly recommend!
Hero Complex by Isobel Reed
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I loved the third installment of the Bluestone series! Ace and Ivy have an amazing chemistry from the beginning, and I love to see the way things progress. The author did a great job drawing these characters towards each other and creating their own little world. I enjoy the dual point of view, but it did feel like sometimes the view switched too quickly which drew me out of the story for a moment. Once I got into the groove though, it was a cute and fun read for the day. I recommend picking up this series, especially if you enjoy contemporary romance with a western theme!
Reviewed by @shannlynn
Hero Complex by Isobel Reed
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Hero Complex reads extremely well as a standalone novel even though it’s part of a series. I enjoyed it. The main characters reminded me of myself at times. When pride and stubbornness sometimes get in the way. These characters were written in a way you feel for them. Broken souls for different reasons, never realized there was someone out there who could mend and complete them. However you know how these books go, there’s never not one that has some kind of drama that affects the characters and relationships. This time the drama was different from what I usually read.
Ace and Ivy are two halves to a whole. Unfortunately neither one of them is confident that they are enough for the other. But what happens when Ace makes an announcement?
How does Ivy feel about that?
I enjoy the books in this series. I can only hope there may be more.
Hero Complex by Isobel Reed
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Hero Complex is a very easy and fun read. The story flows seamlessly. I love how the author incorporates both points of view from the main characters. The character development is very well done not just with the main characters but also with the minor characters. My favorite part of the book is how Ace and Ivy work together to resolve their issues as a couple and the situations outside their relationship.
Hero Complex by Isobel Reed
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Hero Complex is the 3rd book in the Bluestone series and the MC’s are Ivy And Ace! I liked this fast paced read and I adored the characters! They start a fake relationship to keep unwanted advances away and I absolutely love that trope so I jumped on this book as soon as I read the synopsis. It was a such a cute story and I enjoyed the authors writing style. I am looking forward to more by this author in the future!
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Hero Complex by Isobel Reed
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
This was my first read from this author. I truly enjoyed the way the story played out. The characters were somewhat complex and intriguing. The story was paced nicely. The chemistry between the main characters (and even the secondary characters) is amazing. It makes the story that much more enjoyable to read. I will definitely be reading more of her work.
Reviewed by Manda Kelly 2023
Hero Complex by Isobel Reed
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Ivy has lived and breathed the ranch life for what seems all her life, inheriting Moonrock from her grandfather was the biggest honour he could have bestowed on her but as she sits looking through the books something must change, she is failing miserably. Having to let the only ranch hand go she is stuck in the cycle of chores and sleep until one night at he friends she meets the man of her dreams, and he also needs somewhere to stay for a while.
Ace is lost, being medically discharged from the Marines he is wondering a path he has no purpose to now, but when he decides to move and accepts Ivy’s offer of somewhere to stay he offers his services as a ranch hand as compensation, but he is drawn to this strong woman but will she let him in and love him the way he loves her or will his literal scars push her away.
This is the second book I have read by this author, and it was a lovely romantic story. I always love a flawed character and Ace was one of not only physical scars but was also trying to comprehend the man he is now to the man he was is heart-breaking to read. I loved that Ivy was although at times shy and reserved her character was brilliant to read as she blossomed with the help of Ace and that she helped him love himself again.
The secondary characters added to the story and as the story twists through the misogynistic characters it just makes Ace’s character more lovable as you see the true determination to protect this woman with all his heart.
If you are looking for a quick read I definitely recommend this book and you will fall in love with the characters as much as I did.
Hero Complex by Isobel Reed
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
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Hero Complex (Bluestone Series Book 3) by Isobel Reed
Hero Complex is a wonderfully written Second Chance Romance that once I started reading it was hard to put down. This is a fairly new author to me but I like her style of writing and attention to detail. The characters are well written, developed, relatable and at times raw and edgy. This is about two wounded souls who needs help healing. Can these two wounded souls be what the other needs? Can a fake relationship bring these two together? I love Military Romance and this one checked all the boxes. Ace is a wounded Marine who battles himself everyday about all his scars. Ivy sees Ace for who he is not what he is. These two pulled at my heart strings a bit. I highly recommend reading this fast paced story to find out what happens next. I look forward to reading more from this Author.
Hero Complex: Bluestone Series: Book 3 by Isobel Reed
I truly love this series so much. This amazing author keeps bringing us such wonderful characters filled with so much heart that you can’t help but to be drawn in to their stories. Ivy and Ace had me completely hooked right from the very start and I couldn’t stop reading until I knew everything that was going to happen. They are definitely two people only truly whole when together.
Hero Complex by Isobel Reed
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
This is the 3rd book in the Bluestone Series, which is about Ivy and Ace. Ivy is working to keep her Ranch while dealing with men who don’t give her the respect she deserves for all the work she is doing. She hires Ace to get some help around the Ranch but she never expected the attraction between them. When Ace lets it slip that they are engaged (fake) to keep a vultures away, things get interesting.
This romance is a fun read and had me in stitches at times. The author does a great job with world building and her writing style makes it easy to get sucked into the story. I really enjoyed reading about Ivy and Ace.
Hero Complex by Isobel Reed
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I love a well written romance. This one was just that kind of story. Ivy has set her mind on saving her grandfather’s ranch. While others doubt she can do it. There is one who knows she can. Ace, a wounded marine has many scars who he battles with daily. But the ones that are visible are the ones Ivy does not see. Throwing Ace into self doubt. Most look at him and stare or gasp. Not Ivy, she loves him, shhhh don’t tell anybody. While Ace helps Ivy out running the ranch, he learns people don’t believe a single unwed woman can do men’s work. Therefore his plan is set in motion. But remember Ivy can do what she puts her mind to. This fake engagement has opened many doors for both Ivy and Ace. To see where this story goes, read the book. What a page turner this story was. I could not put it down. The characters make the story, but the author put it to paper. I look forward to reading more from this author. As well as seeing where this author takes this series.
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Hero Complex by Isobel Reed
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I enjoyed reading this second chance romance story. I found this book to be well written and hard to put down. The author’s style along with their attention to details gave the story a realistic feel which made it easy to connect to the characters. A fast paced story where two wounded souls are in need of healing and some romance. What will fate have in store for these two? Can a fake relationship be just that or will fate step in and take it somewhere else? I really enjoyed watching the growth of these characters. What they added to the story made it that much more enjoyable to read. This is a hard to put down story that had me on an emotional roller coaster in parts. An easy romance story that you don’t want to miss. I highly recommend this book.
Review by @bjwagner
Hero Complex by Isobel Reed
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
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This is a sweet, small town romance filled with love, sass, fake engagement and definite two wounded souls and it gave me all the feels. This was an easy read and quite enjoyable.
Ivy is trying to save her own ranch, being independent and on her own, definitely not getting any respect from some of the other male clientele from the work that she does on her farm. Having a helping hand from Ace, a former marine, both Ivy and Ace are trying to work hard to get Ivy’s farm noticed. When a stingy snob tries to offer Ivy money for her farm, Ace steps in and helps Ivy but also announces their “engagement”. How will this new engagement play out as Ace and Ivy then try to navigate their feelings toward each…especially when both Ivy and Ace have their own past hurts that still haunt them.
I loved the chemistry between Ivy and Ace…it felt so raw and real…..the protectiveness of Ivy’s brother and I also loved Ace’s mother Liz. Great story and looking forward to reading more!
