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Virgin in the City

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Pepper has just moved to the big city and is excited to see how she can build her design business. Everything is going great until she meets the man who moves in across the hall. Suddenly her life is turned upside down by this hometown hero who is anything but perfect.

Bear has moved back home in order to train for his last fight. He’s spent his entire career focusing on being the best, but the day he sees her across the hall, everything changes. Suddenly the only thing that matters is having her by his side and in his bed. And when that gets threatened, all bets are off.

This rough and tough fighter can only be brought to his knees by one woman…and boy, does she like him on his knees. Cuddle up with this new romance that has more than one virgin inside!

131 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 11, 2018

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Alexa Riley

261 books15.7k followers
Alexa Riley is two sassy friends who got together and wrote some dirty books. They are both married moms of two who love football, donuts, and obsessed book heroes.

They specialize in insta-love, over-the-top, sweet, and cheesy love stories that don’t take all year to read. If you want something SAFE, short, and always with a happily ever after, then Alexa Riley is for you!

Feel free to follow us each on twitter @smut_sasshole & @SassNSmut

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Profile Image for Cristiina♡Reads.
587 reviews3,473 followers
June 6, 2018
➳Can we talk about the beast in the room? Oh yes, who is that? Alexa Riley is going to introduce you to him in three... two... one...



➳Honestly, nothing can ever go wrong with a good, down to fuck, smutt romance. Alexa Riley will never disappoint when it comes down to that reality. Especially when a sexy, man cruncher beast is involved, wanting to mate with his true soul mate. Hello?! GIVE ME SOME RIGHT NOW!



➳Also, we have a virgin heroine who is ready to be melted in the arms of her lover. Not a lot can say, "hey she isn't amazing," but I can because everything about her made me feel so much compassion towards her and her loss of a family. That's when "Bear" comes in and takes of her, and her heart making my pant for more of this sexy, rough, but also tamed beast of a fighter.

➳If you are a fan of Alexa Riley, then you already know that you can finish one of their novels in like an hour. They are slowly starting to make longer novels which to be honest I. AM. LOVING! With her previous release of PRETTY GIRL, the length of the novel was a tad bit longer than their previous releases, as well as SHELTERED. So I'm glad we are getting more of them and more "girth-y" as well...



➳ARC kindly provided by the author, in exchange for an honest review...

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2,060 reviews572 followers
June 10, 2018
Another hit!

I absolutely adored this little juicy nugget! It is exactly what I've come to love about a classic Alexa Riley story. It was packed full of the OTT alpha antics, an extremely likable heroine and it was completely safe! I could read books like this every day!

-no cheating
-no pushing away
-no violence of a sexual nature
-OTT caveman alpha
-instalove
-great epilogues that were 1 month. 8 months and 10 YEARS out.
Profile Image for enqi ☾⋆˚*̣̩✩.
335 reviews1,003 followers
July 13, 2018
So this particular Alexa Riley book was a disappointment. I can't believe I got through all of it and managed to survive.

Virgin in the City first appealed to me because both the hero and heroine were virgins and it's a trope I like reading about. But they really went over the top this time. Pepper annoyed me so much and I got so frustrated that I contemplated tossing my phone at the wall more than once... I get that AR heroines have to be innocent, but a heroine with the mind of a 5-year-old? Because that's literally the vibe I got when I was in Pepper's head. She was so fucking naïve and stupid it was ridiculous.

I went everywhere with him and I haven’t complained one bit. I love him and won’t go anywhere without him because he makes me feel safe. I know I can be a little naïve at times, but Bear will protect me.


... No. Just no.

Objectively this is one of my pet peeves, so if it's something that appeals to you, take this review with a pinch of salt. But I was so annoyed throughout reading this book. One star, but Alexa Riley writes decent hot scenes, so I'm adding another star for that.


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pre-reading: i feel like a hoe today for some reason so i need my smut fix!

aaaaaaand both the hero and heroine are virgins, my new favorite trope
Profile Image for Deborah.
3,627 reviews477 followers
July 23, 2018

This has everything you’d expect in a book from these authors but there’s more of it. While I like Alexa’s books they are always far too short.

Bear is the huge muscled fighter who falls fast and hard for Pepper. Pepper or Pep as she’s known is a cute, sweet, naive (and I do mean naive) good girl. She needs a protective boyfriend more than most women.

This was such a cute beautiful read.

The last Alexa book I read was Mobster and while I loved it I was annoyed that the H constantly referred to the h as doll face. So I couldn’t believe it when...

“Think I’ll stick with ‘doll face.’ It fits you.”

No, no don’t (and not 28 times) her name is Pep and it’s cute so use it.
Profile Image for Wendy'sThoughts.
2,669 reviews3,277 followers
June 17, 2018
3.5 Across the Hall Love Stars
* * * 1/2 Spoiler Free
This is a cover to love... It tweaks all of our instinctual memories of Sex in the City! It has implied big city adventures. With this set up we are ready for a story of this damsel in the city.


Pepper comes from a small town. She has naive written all over her pretty face. She lost her parents and has taken the pain and turned it into going forward and fulfilling her dream to live in the big city. With the financial support her parents left her, Pepper was able to do her YouTube videos of her crafting and refurbishing of items. She loves to take things, redo them and then sell them on Ebay and Esty. All of her sweetness is poured into these items and sometimes it is hard for her to sell them.

There is all sorts of excitement in the building Pepper lives in. There is a new owner of the building and rumor has it that it is a local fella who made good as a fighter. He is moving in today and it seems like he is going to be her across the hall neighbor. Pepper knows she shouldn't but pulls over her stool to look through her peephole in the door.

Through that little view she saw the most powerful man... so big and strong. She tried to get a better look and fell off the stool squeaking as she fell on her butt. Not long after there was a knock at her door...There was Theodore, a UFC fighter, standing before her asking for her parents...

Pepper explained she was on her own and not a kid...He introduced himself and said friends called him Teddy... Pepper said like in Teddy Bear... and he smiled calling her Doll Face.

These two feel the tingle and a sweet little seed is planted. Bear is surprised how much this woman has got him thinking about her. Bear has been in the fight game for years. He recently moved to his old neighborhood to resettle. He is ramping up for his last big fight and he has no time to be distracted in anyway...But he is... This Pepper is so cute, sweet and very different from any woman he has ever come across.

Pepper is quite taken with Bear, too. She hasn't had any experience with guys and she is sort of clueless about how all of these things work. She is concerned about Bear being a Fighter. Her dad was one and her mother met him when she was a ring girl. Pepper's aunt has drilled into her fighters have no control so she should stay away... but Pepper doesn't get that feeling about Bear.

As you can figure out ...These two become like magnets... they cannot stay apart. Both of them are not experienced so all of this new excitement works to ramp up where it cannot be contained.

This book did more backstory and plot points then most AR books. There were the sexy times for sure, but there was also more story involving fighters and secondary characters. I happened to like the sweet and more layered tale. Was it like Sex in the City... not exactly. But the cover was so cute, the story had very sweet characters and I enjoyed my time with them.

~~~~~ Before Reading ~~~~~
What do you do when you slam your finger in a drawer
And it hurts like hell...(getting better)
Why take your mind off of it and read Alexa Riley...

Bonus, there is a New Release of an Innocent Ingenue in the Big City...
With the Perfect UFC Fighter as a Neighbor across the hall..

Two who will discover Everything They Need...
And it is Right across the Hall...


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4,626 reviews551 followers
June 12, 2018
Excited about a "Bear" hero! May he be hairy AF

"Virgin in the City" is the story of Pepper and Bear.
A UFC champion bear of a hulk-ish hero..
A artistic petite heroine...
Instant attraction...
Two virgins...
Carbs sneaking...
Mild drama and HEA+ 3 extended epilogues!
Im not the biggest fan of virgin heroes, but this story really reminded me of Brey and Becs from "The Virgin Duet"- and that is one of AR's best.
Safe
3.5/5
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524 reviews260 followers
June 14, 2018
I’ll read anything AR writes.
They are all fast great read 😻
Profile Image for Elizabeth Neal.
1,684 reviews141 followers
June 12, 2018
Pepper is nothing to sneeze at. No, literally, don't. She's so tiny it might just blow her away. Especially if it comes from her new neighbor and landlord, Teddy, or Bear as she immediately nicknamed him.

Three months ago, Pepper left her small hometown and the aunt that raised her, wanting to use her crafting skills and natural designing talent to make something of herself in the big city. She's made friends easily, people just drawn to her pure soul, and when her apartment building is purchased by a new tenant, she's speechless upon seeing him.

Teddy, or Cannon as the MMA world knows him, is preparing for his last fight, and what better place than his hometown and the people that know and love him, not who he became. Purchasing the building he grew up in just made sense, and seeing his new neighbor across the hall from him brings even more into focus, namely that she's the one he's been waiting for...in every way.

It isn't long before Bear and Pepper are spending time together between his training and her projects and blog. Their chemistry is intense, their attraction immediate, and their love instant. Though Pepper is hesitant as she'd heard stories from her aunt about her parents, her dad a professional fighter and her mom a ring girl, who died when she was little. But Bear is nothing like her aunt portrayed the profession based upon her dad.

Bear is a good soul trapped in an intimidating body and Pepper turns him into well, a teddy bear.

But Pepper isn't used to Bear's world, the paparazzi nor those willing to do anything to get inside Bear's head and rattle him before the big fight, including using Pepper's naivete against her.

What happens when someone discovers Bear's only weakness? Can he protect Pepper from the outcome? Does Bear win his final fight? Or is the one for Pepper's heart more important? Is a HEA possible?

One-click now and follow along as two people meet and begin falling with just one look.

**I voluntarily read and reviewed an Advanced Reader Copy of this book.**
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870 reviews82 followers
June 11, 2018
AR at their best. This was longer than what they’ve been putting out and it made all of the difference. I felt like I got to know the characters. Bear was sweet, possessive and all about Pepper. Pepper was super sweet and naive but just what bear needed.
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617 reviews13 followers
April 6, 2019
Pepper and Bear

Pepper and Bear are absolutely adorable together. When she first opens her door, he knows that he is the one that is going to protect her. She thinks of him as a teddy bear even though he could rip someone in half. The next fight is what Teddy has always been focused on but now he has a new purpose in life and will do everything in his power to make sure it’s protected.

-safe read
-h is a virgin
-H is a virgin
-slight om drama when someone uses h to get at the H
-good epilogues (1 month, 7 months, and 10 years)
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3,571 reviews59 followers
June 11, 2018
Nobody writes insta-romances with over-the-top protective and possessive alpha males like Alexa Riley does. I love getting lost in their stories which are quick and sexy reads and you can never go wrong reading them. In Virgin In The City we get a story of a woman moving to the big city with big dreams and bigger determination. Then she meets her new neighbor!

Bear needs to train for his last fight and has come home to do it. What he never expected was Pepper and her affect on him. She literally brought him to his knees. I absolutely loved everything Bear did for Pepper. He is your typical Alexa Riley hero and he ones we have come to love. Pepper was young and innocent, but she also knew what she wanted. Another great read from this writing duo.

Happy reading!
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1,723 reviews148 followers
December 15, 2018
Bear se muda al nuevo edificio que acaba de comprar y lo último que espera es encontrar a su adorable vecina irresistible. El solo necesitaba un sitio donde vivir mientras entrena para el campeonato de la UFC, pero Pepper empieza a volverse mucho más importante.
Puede que Bear sea grande como un oso y pelee como tal, pero también es igual de amoroso.

Ayyyyyy que me muero de puto amor 😍😍😍❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Bear es un osito de peluche, y además boxeador, con lo que a mí me gustan!!!!!!! Este libro es perfecto, muy cortito porque me apetecía mucho más, pero increíble ❤️ quiero un Bear, bajo mi árbol por Navidad POR FAVOR! Estoy pagando prime por si ahora papa Noel envía por Amazon 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Profile Image for Melissa.
1,662 reviews100 followers
June 18, 2018
Loved!

Alexa Riley is truly the master of insta love romances. This book was perfect! Teddy (Bear) and Pepper (Doll Face) were great characters who had amazing chemistry together! This book was the perfect blend of sweet and sexy with a tad bit of drama.
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1,266 reviews
June 17, 2018
so much sweetness and cuteness with 3 adorable epilogues 😍
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1,318 reviews284 followers
June 22, 2018
Somewhere between 3.5 & 4 stars ⭐️
This had little more depth and characters than usual Alexa Riley books. And I love the cover.
Profile Image for Elysian Fields.
2,068 reviews35 followers
June 11, 2018
Longer then the average AR story, this one had a higher story line to smut ratio. It was so sweet, soft, squishy, cute and saccharine. I really enjoyed reading it. I loved Pepper and Bear, so cute. There were a few editing errors, but nothing major. Oh... the first passion experience between Bear and Pepper read a bit high schoolish, insta "pop" (more humorous in my opinion then sweet). Overall great read.
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687 reviews23 followers
June 10, 2018
Virgin In The City is double what we from from AR because not only do we get one virgin but we get two! And if you've read an AR book, you know that no one can do pure smut, over the top cheesiness, and virgin romances like they can.

There was something about Bear that I just couldn't get enough of. Here he is, this big fighter with full force protectiveness over Pepper but a huge softy. He wants nothing more than to keep her happy and and safe. Plus, he's a beast in the bed and I envied Pepper every moment.

I also liked Pepper. I loved how sweet she was but at the same time she knew just how to handle Bear. She knew how and when to rev him up and she was just cute overall.

If you like the alpha fighters who fall hard for the sweet, innocent virgin then Virgin in the City is for you. It hits on all the sweet spots but in your heart and on your body ;)
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863 reviews20 followers
June 10, 2018
VIRGIN IN THE CITY is a hot insta-love novella about a quirky and innocent DIY-lover and aspiring designer who moved to the city. She fell in love with Bear, the fierce UFC champion who owned the building where she lives. While he was preparing for his last fight, she became more than an inspiration, she became his world. Loved Bear! He was revered in his city and in the MMA world but with Pepper, he was such a gentle giant with a naughty streak. This was a feel-good sexy read. I super enjoyed this book!

I have received and read an advanced copy of this book and this is a fair and honest review and recommendation voluntarily shared.
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3,983 reviews81 followers
June 5, 2018
This book was everything you'd expect, and then turn up the sweetness another notch or two! Pepper and Bear have pretty good lives overall. Both are doing what they want and making their own way, but once they meet, that is it, they are for each other. They set everything to simmer for a bit, and some hanky-panky, and then they are off to the races, um, fights. A little bit of discord, but pretty smoothly handled. Of course, we get the epilogues with the glimpses into the future that complete the HEA!
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655 reviews93 followers
May 10, 2019
Me recordó mucho a Thick, o más bien al contrario puesto que este último es posterior aunque yo lo leyera antes.

La premisa es parecida aunque esta vez quien se muda es él y no ella hubo un par de situaciones similares. Y no me desagradó porque Thick es de mis historias favoritas de este dúo.
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1,205 reviews85 followers
June 3, 2018
It was a sweet story for a light read with no big dramas. Have sexy possessive beast of H, that you can't help but love. And sweet, innocent and naive H, who never thought, that coming to live in the city will bring to her door her the best gift in her life.
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2,470 reviews50 followers
July 3, 2018
Hot for the fighter

Really good story of Pepper a crafty artist who sells her work online and Teddy a sexy MMA fighter. Teddy buys the apartment building Pepper and her best friend love in and moves in across the hall. They meet. Insta-love. Both are virgins.
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Author 268 books620 followers
June 10, 2018
Pepper and Bear are amazing! I loved this book so much. This was a bulkier story and less about the sexy times (not that they weren't there) and it was fantastic. Highly recommend!
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583 reviews28 followers
June 21, 2018
I feel so spoiled when we get a double V. This novella seemed a bit longer than Alexa Riley's normal. And I love that. Took a bit longer for them to get together and had some drama! Perfect.
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