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Trashed: An Eastside Brewery Novel (The Eastside Brewery series) Kindle Edition

by Mia Hopkins (Author), Jennifer Haymore (Editor) Format: Kindle Edition
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ONE OF THE BEST ROMANCE NOVELS OF THE YEAR. “A beautiful portrait of a vibrant community replete with compelling messages of forgiveness and redemption, a heart-shattering reminder of how love in all its forms can be the ultimate salvation.” Entertainment Weekly

“At times such as these, reading a book like this, it feels important to choose words with care. The word I most want to use about this absolute masterpiece of a contemporary romance is: visionary.” Seattle Review of Books

“Whip-smart progressive romance with a whole lot of sizzle.” The Alliterates

“Mia Hopkins keeps it sexy in Trashed, wrapping Eddie and Carmen’s romance in a story that’s ultimately about culture, community, and the happily ever after we all deserve.” The Daily Waffle

“Delightfully raunchy, yet tender and loving. Hopkins does a great job of capturing both the vulnerability and the passion of sex in her writing.” Bustle

He burns for her. Lucky for him, she likes to play with fire. . .

My name is Eddie Rosas, but everyone calls me Trouble. Since I got out of prison six months ago, I've had one goal: find my father, whatever the cost. My older brother says I need to move on. He also wants me to leave our gang, East Side Hollenbeck, and go straight, but I can't—not until I uncover the truth about our family and its missing piece.

One problem? I'm distracted. My distraction's name is Carmen Centeno. Smart, passionate, and tough as hell, Carmen is a woman from the neighborhood who's built her career as one of the city's top chefs. She's a master of creating pleasure both in and out of bed. But when our connection deepens, how can I show her I'm not the trash everyone says I am?

The pressure's rising. Carmen deserves a man she can depend on. And when the ghosts of my past rise up, I'll have to outsmart them—or lose my shot at a future with the only woman who believes in me.
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07QTX17YF
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Little Stone Press (16 July 2019)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 4776 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 315 pages
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Mia Hopkins writes lush romances starring fun, sexy characters who love to get down and dirty. Her award-winning books have been featured by many publications including The Washington Post, USA Today and Entertainment Weekly. She lives in Los Angeles with her family.

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Claypot_reads
5.0 out of 5 stars Loved this story!
Reviewed in Australia on 16 July 2019
Loved it!!!

I fell hard for Eddie and Carmen! This was my first read from Mia Hopkins and definitely won't be my last. It's a standalone and one of the thing I loved the most was that it was told in the male POV. This is a personal favourite of mine and this author does it VERY well.

It's full of chemistry, great dialogue and character growth that I loved. I see myself going back and reading her back catalogue very soon.

Definitely recommend.
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Sweetpea
5.0 out of 5 stars Full of heart. 100% recommend.
Reviewed in the United States on 25 July 2019
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I absolutely love Mia Hopkins. Her stories have so much heart, her characters have depth, and she shows me cultures and ways of life that I am totally unfamiliar with. The first book in this series Thirsty is one of my all time favorite romance novels. It's just wonderful. I also love her story Cowboy Lullaby in the Summer Sizzle anthology. I've read it multiple times. The male lead Manny is my favorite book boyfriend—humble and gentle. Ms. Hopkins can write a love scene like no one else. What is dirty in another author's hands is bittersweet when Mia writes it. She's simply amazing. How she can so perfectly blend social commentary, philosophy, romance, chemistry and humor in her writing, while combining it with flowing technique is pretty astounding.

So needless to say, I liked this book. Who else could create a Hero who is a gangster that you empathize with and fall in love with? Eddie isn't as bad a man as he thinks he is. He's done his time and grown up during his five years in prison. Carmen can see the good in him and she sticks with him through thick and thin, even when Eddie is full of self-loathing. Eddie's journey to believing in his own goodness evolves as he redeems himself in his own eyes through his own efforts and through Carmen's unwavering devotion.

What a gorgeous love story. Eddie and Carmen need each other to feel calmed and grounded in the face of relentless adversity. We can actually feel their yearning for each other. What must it be like as adults to have to search for ways and places to be alone, like teenagers? What must it feel like to have nothing, and be told you are less than nothing, yet know that you are capable of grand ideas? And what must it be like to find the one person who sees who you really are and believes in you, yet to be kept apart by obligation?

The depths to which this character Eddie is down and out are eye opening and completely believable. Mia Hopkins was inspired by her real life experiences and writes this at the end of the book:
"In 2014 and 2015, I volunteered at a gang intervention and reentry program. During my time there, I spent many hours conducting in-person interviews with trainees. Their stories of trauma and transformation inspired the characters in Trashed."

I've read other series about 'bad boys'. Some were vigilantes, some were mafia, etc., but none were as believable as these characters. And none were so completely lovable.

I waited patiently and with much anticipation for this book to come out, and it was worth the wait. Now I must be patient once again for the next book Tanked to come out. I love this series. 100% recommend it.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great Read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 15 September 2019
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The writing is excellent. You can really feel come off the page, the despair, hopelessness, self doubt, self hatred and the buildup to love. I felt a roller coaster of emotions reading the book and all along I was routing for Eddie to find his way, to overcome. At times I felt like screaming at him, to try harder, to see if he couldn’t somehow monetize what he could learn from Sal, to try to find a way from under the gang and more importantly to let sleeping dogs lie regarding his father. I kept wondering why he was so keen to find someone who was abusive, who got him into the life as well as his brother, who lost their house? As the story progressed I got even madder to see him spend money he didn’t have on this search and to top it all to risk his freedom. But then I understood why at the of the Washington trip. Eddie needed to come to terms with his past to move forward. It was brutal for him to see who his father really was but it was necessary. Another good thing came out of that trip, he got a way of freeing himself and his family ( the one that counted) from the gang. I’m glad his brother gave him a chance, even more so given that Eddie was instrumental in putting the old bakery in his path to build a successful business. As for Carmen, she was amazing. So supportive, brave and strong even after she loses her job and in the face of her parents pressure. Because let’s face it from the outside Eddie doesn’t have much going for him. It’s interesting how she came full circle in that bakery. As an aside, I think she got fired not because of their tryst but because of the review. I’m pretty sure the Head Chef didn’t want to be overshadowed. I wish the author told us more about what happened during the year before the grand opening. I’m sure it wasn’t plain sailing. Also what about Carmen is she now an employee or is she going to actually turn the place into a small restaurant? I’m looking forward to to Angel’s book. It would also be great to have a follow up book on these 2 Carmen and Eddie.
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mari
4.0 out of 5 stars Hot
Reviewed in the United States on 19 May 2022
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I really enjoyed this. I liked Eddie a lot, and really felt for him. I wish we had gotten to know Carmen better. As much chemistry as they had, it didn’t feel like we (and Eddie) got to know her that well or that she knew him that well either. With the first book, we saw Sal open up to Vanessa pretty early one. We don’t get that with Eddie and Carmen; he only truly opens up towards the end, he just says a lot of cryptic things about not being a good man before that. Still, the chemistry helped a lot and the sex scenes were HOT HOT HOT.
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Dini
4.0 out of 5 stars Sweet & steamy!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 17 March 2022
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3.5 stars rounded up!
Trouble and Carmen have great chemistry! What I really enjoy about this series so far is that the heroes are the emotionally vulnerable ones while the heroines are pillars of strength, are successful AF and are absolute go-getters—it's refreshing to see especially in a romance about formerly incarcerated ex-gangsters. Another thing that I appreciate about this series is that it doesn't follow "heroes" who come out wanting to get back into the gangster life but who are trying to start new, and it brings a different perspective to just how difficult it is for them to get out of a situation that most people never get out of until they're killed. It also doesn't glorify the gangster life at all!

Trouble/Eddie's story is about him finding peace and closure with his father and learning more about himself and what he has to offer outside of being a no-good low-life gangster. I loved the way Carmen was there for him and saw the good in him when he had trouble seeing it for himself. In many ways, Eddie was kind of childlike with his enthusiasm, thoughts and reactions to certain things but it totally made sense as he was incarcerated as a teen, and it made his character just that little bit more endearing. Carmen comes from a very conservative and controlling family and her mum was really something (no matter her "good intentions") but I'm glad that she does stand up for what she wants because she's hardworking and so passionate about cooking! She balances Eddie really well and together their chemistry was intense and their steamy scenes were so fire! 🥵 Hopkins really knows how to bring the heat while mixing it up with quieter/sweeter moments and we're so here for it! I noted this with Sal's character too but there's a softness to these brothers that had me absolutely melting and oof, the way Eddie WORSHIPPED Carmen and treated her like the queen she is had me WEAK I TELL YA!

Sal, Vanessa and the family make regular appearances throughout the book and though there are a few interactions between the brothers as we dive more into the formal establishment of the brewery. I like that we continue to see the different stages that they go through to establish this business and how it provides a great 'stepping stone' for each brother to realise that they have more to offer to society. I'm assuming the last book in this series is going to be about their younger brother who has been mostly MIA with one very small cameo at the brewery's opening event, so I'm curious to get to know him since he grew up without his brothers but also seems to resent them for sending him away. The third book comes out this year and I'm *so* ready for it!
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Sarah Foster
5.0 out of 5 stars gritty and hot romance
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 December 2021
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This book was recommended to me by the sublime author Talia Hibbert – and what a read it was. Mia Hopkins has written a tour de force which is utterly compelling and sizzlingly hot. Being a very British girl living in the arse-end of the countryside, gangsta life in LA is about as far removed from my sphere of experience as is the moon. I know more about cucumber sandwiches and croquet than I do about being ‘green lit’, but Trashed was so beautifully written that I believed in everything about the world.

Mia has worked with ex-gangsters, and her knowledge really shows. I’m also a total foodie, so all the descriptions of the meals spoke to my stomach. I absolutely loved this book, and if you like a great story, fabulous characters, and uber hot sexy sex then it’s for you too.
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