The Anchor by B.N. Toler | Review

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The Anchor is book two in the Holly Springs Series. The Anchor follows Nikki and Parker, the best friends to John aka Suit and Edie from book one of the series.

Parker Hayes is a top of his class law school graduate who is now in New York striving and thriving for a successful career, nothing could knock him off the tracks… But when his best friend from home comes up for a visit for the weekend and brings his fiancee and her best friend, he is blindsided by the beauty of Edie’s best friend Nikki.

Nikki is a beauty queen. She comes from a family of wealth and is a pageant queen, being Miss Holly Springs herself. She does what is expected of her, what her father wants from her. But when she goes up to New York with her best friend Edie and meets Parker Hayes, one extremely sexy romantic night and a shocking secret throws a wrench in both their lives.

“Parker Hayes is the most erotic man I’ve ever known. Here I am, on a stool, buck naked, with his beautiful tongue licking me like I’m a goddamn lollipop.”

“I was worried I’d scare you away. I wanted to make you feel like you were special because even that night, months ago, when I barely knew you, I knew you were a girl that would leave a mark.”

I cannot rave about this book enough! I freaking loved it, making it one of my top books of the year! I have been waiting since last summer for this book to release and now I have to wait a whole other year for the third book to release. As frustrating as it is, it gives me something to look forward to next summer!

Nikki did get on my nerves a bit. She kept pushing Parker away when he was trying to do the right thing, I was screaming at her in my head. I loved Parker, I don’t think he could have done a thing wrong. He stepped up and took his responsibilities like any REAL man would do. I am telling you now ladies, he is book boyfriend material.

Now, I am giving this book four stars, I have my reasons. As much as I LOVED this book, I did feel the ending was a little rushed and of course because there is going to be a third book, it ends in a cliffhanger, which had me pulling my hair out. I was dying to know what happens but I am going to have to wait until book three.

I love B.N. Toler’s writing style and her storytelling is amazing. She weaves in her characters from the first book so perfectly, I loved that I still got to read about Edie and John. The characters in this book just all fit so nicely together. They are best friends that will do anything for one another. And the sex is hot. Can’t forget to throw that in there!