Slick's review posted at Guilty Pleasures Book Reviews 
 Whew, I don't even know where to begin with my review of Ella Frank and Brooke Blaine's Aced other than to say it was a high adrenaline romance that I could not put down! I loved so much about this book including that these men wanted one another before they met; they'd had fantasies about one another and even though it took some time for them to get to what counts as a relationship, there was something between them from the start. Sexy banter, smoldering looks, want, need and the feeling that there was something special between them from the start all made Aced one hell of a thrill ride from start to finish. 
 One year after Ace Locke came out as gay, the paparazzi is still hoping to catch him with a man, but Ace knows his popularity as an action hero depends on him being circumspect so he's been very careful but when the man of his fantasies, the one on the billboard he drives miles out of his way to look at daily walks into his latest movie set Ace can't take his eyes off of him. For Dylan Prescott just being asked to do a movie is a huge deal for his model self and the fact that the movie stars Ace Locke, his number one go to spank bank fantasy, he is ecstatic and while their first meeting isn't all it's cracked up to be shortly they are exchanging barbs laced with sexual innuendo. 
 OMG, I loved these two men together! There was something so pure about their relationship from the start and I'm not talking sexually; I'm talking the connection, the rightness of them being together, and the admiration for one another. Sexually these two are well matched and together they burn up every surface they touch plus they are more than willing to explore each other's fantasies. They were very different in the world in which they come from and where they are now in their lives. I liked that Ace wanted to spoil Dylan and that when Dylan realized his life had become somewhat surreal he decided it was time to open up to Ace and I'm hoping he gets that chance in the next book. I really, really want Ace to meet Dylan's family, I think that will be quite an entertaining time. 
 Aced was a fantastic beginning to the story of Ace and Dylan and I can't wait to see where their journey goes from here on out. There's no doubt there's going to be some twists and turns and I'm sure some hard times, but their foundation is strong and I feel that it can withstand any thing that life and the paparazzi throws their way. 
 Reviewers note: Aced takes me back to Ella Frank's Temptation series days (where that couple's relationship was told over three books) and I'm sad to say I've never read Brooke Blaine before so I can't compare this to anything else she's written, but if this book is indicative of her talent I will be checking out more soon. Aced leaves this couple confronting a difficult situation in their relationship and Locked (the 2nd books comes out in August); I don't consider this a cliffhanger though some may, but the couple is together when this books ends, neither one is on a death bed or in physical peril and while I have no doubts they are in for some trying times, I also know in my heart they will be together. 
 Review copy provided for an honest review.