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The Australian by Lesley Young

30 Thursday Apr 2015

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The AustralianThe Australian by Lesley Young

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Charlie Sykes is what others would call an odd duck, to her it logically doesn’t make sense as she has no feathers. Charlie takes everything literally, she analyzes and spends a lot of time in her head making a well thought out decision. When she is hired by hotelier Jace Knight, she is well aware of his reputation with his employees. As Charlie does with every aspect of her life, she lays it out why she is certain they would not work well together. For the first time in his life Jace is completely intrigued by a woman and the more he gets to know her the more bewitched he is.

However not everything is going as it seems, Charlie finds herself involved in a game of deception. Jace is asking for her trust, but Charlie is torn in several directions and is struggling to do what is right.

Holy moly this was an intense and very seductive read. You are pulled in by Charlie immediately, at first I was not certain I would like the story as it is very descriptive in the beginning with Charlie’s thoughts but it works. She can make you feel awkward in her thoughts and has a few cringe worthy moments, but you love her as a character. Jace is a hard but fascinating character. High praise can’t wait to read more from this author.

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Thomas: Le Beau Brothers by V.A. Dold

30 Thursday Apr 2015

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Thomas: Le Beau Brothers: New Orleans Billionaire Wolf Shifters with plus sized BBW for mates (Le Beau Series Book 4)Thomas: Le Beau Brothers: New Orleans Billionaire Wolf Shifters with plus sized BBW for mates by V.A. Dold

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Julia is tired of being paraded around by her mother who is hoping to find her a mate. Little does she know she is about to meet her mate and he is human. Thomas James knows a little about mates as his mother is mated to his stepfather. He certainly was not planning entering a relationship but when he meets Julia he begins to wonder if the time is right. Haunted by his fathers sins, Thomas wants to make sure he is the right type of man for Julia and when she is put in danger he will do everything in his powers to protect her.

Another fabulous book in the Le Beau series. This story has a few twists I was not expecting and I think it will delight readers. Eager to see who is next in the mating line.

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Alluring by Sarah Curtis

30 Thursday Apr 2015

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AlluringAlluring by Sarah Curtis

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Jack is not used to being turned down and that is precisely what Alexis Taft does. Jack doesn’t do relationships, he is a one and done type of guy but now he is considering it with Alexis. As Jack tries to understand the bewildering woman he finds he only wants one result, Alexis as his.

Alexis works two jobs to pay for his deceased mother’s medical expenses and puts her sister through college. Alexis is more than willing to sacrifice having a personal life to do what is right, but meeting Jack has her wishing for a little bit more. Jack lets her know from the minute he decides they are going to have a relationship. She knows Jack is a player and Alexis is struggling to understand what he sees in her. When Alexis begins to get threats, Jack vows to protect her and hope they can figure out who is behind it before it is too late.

Loved, loved, loved this one. They are opposites but they fit so perfectly together. Jack is direct and pure alpha male where Alexis is concerned. Can’t wait to read more from this author.

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Crimson Tree Publishing Book Tour

30 Thursday Apr 2015

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The owners of Clean Teen Publishing founded their Crimson Tree Publishing imprint in 2013. Created to host their non-teen fiction titles, they signed their first author—Jon Messenger and his Brink of Distinction Series. Today, they have ten authors and more than twenty titles in circulation or pending release. Some of their most recent titles include the Kindling Flames Series by Julie Wetzel, The Bionics Series by Alicia Michaels, and Sweet Contradiction by Peggy Martinez.
In keeping with Clean Teen Publishing’s motto: “Because you deserve to know what you are reading,” Crimson Tree Publishing adopted the same full disclosure system, with the exception of the rating tree. A full content disclosure for every Crimson Tree Publishing title can be found on the company’s website. This details out exactly what kind of language, romance, drug use, and violence is in every book, giving readers the information necessary to choose a book based on their personal preference. If readers prefer a book with little violence but lots of romance, they can now read the disclosure and know if the book is for them before they get halfway through a brutal battle scene that turns their stomach. Crimson Tree Publishing believes in empowering their readers so they can easily find books they will enjoy the most.
Readers can find fresh fiction in a broad range of genres at Crimson Tree Publishing including: science fiction, contemporary romance, paranormal romance, fantasy, dystopian, and more. For a complete list of authors and titles, visit their website at: www.crimsontreepublishing.com.
Crimson Tree Publishing is a great place for authors as well. Founded by owners who have experience in the Indie publishing world, they are dedicated to fostering new up-and-coming authors and guiding them along their publishing journey. They are known by their authors to be very involved and hands-on in order to give them the guidance and tools needed to establish their writing careers. Authors interested in submission information for either Crimson Tree Publishing or Clean Teen Publishing can find the full submissions guidelines on their website at: http://www.crimsontreepublishing.com/submissions.
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Rebecca Gober has thirteen years experience in upper level management, sales, marketing, and business relations. She has a history of finding ways to market outside the box and a passion for social media marketing and customer relations. She’s not afraid to take risks and doesn’t believe in the word impossible. Since entering the publishing world in 2011, Rebecca has co-authored seven young adult novels and has since gone on to open Clean Teen Publishing. Rebecca is continually working hard to make new strides in the Indie publishing world.
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Chief Operating Officer
Courtney Nuckels graduated from UNT with a Bachelor of Science degree in Interdisciplinary Studies. She went on to teach Middle School where she found her love for the Young Adult genre. Courtney is a perfectionist who loves to work behind the scenes in formatting and web design. She believes that the interior formatting of a book should shine as much as the exterior does. Since entering the publishing world in 2011, Courtney has co-authored seven young adult novels and has since gone on to open Clean Teen Publishing. Courtney is committed to making her mark in the Indie publishing world.

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Marya Heiman

Chief Creative Officer
Marya Heiman has ten years of experience in customer relations and creative design. In 2011, Marya entered the publishing world when a friend asked for her help in designing their book cover. Soon, she found that she had a knack for image manipulation and an eye for bringing multiple elements together to create a visually stunning cover. Marya decided to do what she loved and began freelancing as a cover designer, and later went on to open Clean Teen Publishing. Marya was recently honored with a RONE Award for one of her covers and has received numerous other accolades for her gorgeous designs. Marya believes that people do judge a book by its cover and she’s determined to make the Indie publishing world a more beautiful place, one cover at a time.
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Adrenaline by Sunniva Dee Book Tour and Giveaway

30 Thursday Apr 2015

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Booadrenalinecoverk & Author Details:

Adrenaline by Sunniva Dee

Publication date: April 30th 2015
Genres: New Adult, Romance
Synopsis:

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Life’s the shit!
Chicks squeal over how wild and yummy I am, play their silly games trying to tie me down. But I’m free as a bird, doing what makes life life: kicking extreme-sport-ass!

I base jump, snowboard, bungee jump. I do anything for the rush.

Then, Ingela blows into town for college—a cool Swedish blast of trouble. Foulmouthed and runway-gorgeous, the girl seeps in like poison and melts the freaking brain.

To Ingela I am what chicks were to me: pastime, leisure, entertainment, pleasure. She’s killing me, and I’m digging it. There’s a new rush in town! Yeah, I hunt down my highs, and now the chase is on. I’ll catch her soon enough, just, what’s the deal with her ex?

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With Ingela, sex is a dance. A slow tango where skin flows over skin. It is slick readiness, a quiet welcome. It’s smooth, warm, right, and all wrong.

On and off. On and off. Again, she’s wrecked with grief. It’s a reminder of how I destroy her, how crushed relationships shouldn’t be revived.

We’ve done this for years, now, but clearly we’re in for more.

 

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24863576-adrenaline?ac=1

 

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EXCERPT 1:

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Sex is a dance with her. A slow tango where skin flows over skin. It is slick readiness, a quiet welcome. It’s smooth, warm, right, and all wrong.

There’s no move she makes I don’t preempt. When it’s new, I follow. When I’m different, she forms to me. She was the ground I walked on. The air I worshipped. The first years together she was my everything.

With Ingela, sex is love. It is guilt over not giving her what she’s worthy of.

This girl. She deserves so much. And I?

I don’t have it all.

The way she looks at me. It’s knives sharpened and twisting in my gut because the extent of her love is beyond my capacity. I tell her again, for the seventh time in five years, what the answer always must be:

“Ingela, I can’t. You are the best person I know. You deserve someone with the chops to love you hard and forever. I’m not that man.”

Again, I’ve reduced her to this; her body, the one I just took to the skies in ecstasy, wracks with grief. This is why tonight is the last time we break up. I hate myself. I have to accept that I can’t make her happy.

It’s time I quit chickening out, quit running back to her over a bleak fling and whenever I need solace. To me, she’s comfort and familiarity. I’ll never stop loving Inga.

But to her, I’m still everything.

 

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EXCERPT 2:

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The chase is over. Right here, right now, this is it. Even if it only lasts thirty seconds, the rush of what I’m about to do floods me and makes me feel. It’s so intense, every muscle in my body goes rigid with anticipation.

The air is sharp and early-morning raw. I stare out from my post on an overhang off Firam Peak. Let my eyes judge the steep drop into the ravine on the backside of the mountain. Jagged granite walls form unpredictable patterns that crash to the bottom the way I will soon, and a light dusting of snow contrasts starkly with the somber stone.

I shake my arms. Not to relieve the tension but to make sure I’m nimble and ready. I didn’t invite my friends, Dan and Marek, along today. I’d be better off with someone else around, of course, but nothing compares to the thrill I experience as I step forward alone. I’m on the edge now, in every sense of the word.

I draw in a breath of icy oxygen. Crack my fingers inside my gloves and adjust the strap on my helmet. I’m ready.

It’s so easy to plunge off the cliff. All I do is heave up on my toes and extend my arms. A light bend at the knees and I’m off, flying.

Ah, yes. I fly.

So good.

The wind howls around me. I’m fast—I’ve jumped a dozen times into this ravine so the speed doesn’t surprise me. When we started base jumping, Dan and I would heave ourselves as far out as we could to stay clear of the rock walls during the free-fall. With the velocity you take on, the smallest miscalculation will throw you against the ragged stone, toss you around, and beat you about like a rag doll. It’d be hard to survive.

It gets boring, though, to be careful every time. Which is why, at this point, to get that rush—the woozy bliss inundating my brain for hours afterward—I simply tip off the edge.

The wingsuit I wear is advanced technology. I stretch my arms out to the side, the fabric spanning open at my sides. A familiar sting of disappointment sings through me as I realize I’ll never fly without the squirrel suit. I can’t even begin to imagine the drug it would be to base jump with no security equipment. Straight to death, of course. I chuckle to myself at the thought.

I’m reaching the white ravine floor too quickly. Fuck, I’m lightning fast. The parachute on my back is a click away, but I postpone it, postpone it—

I’m on top of the world!

I’m so fucking alive while I plunge to what could be my last moment on Earth. I curl my body into a somersault and shout my rush out in an echo against the surrounding rock.

“Wooh-hooh!”

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EXCERPT 3:

INGELA

My cell just buzzed. It’s four in the morning on a weekday. On an instinctual level, I know who it is. I’m not one to give myself breaks; not once, not once, do I not answer when he calls, so I sit up, adrenaline diluting my blood and telling me to go-go-go.

“Stop missing me, asshole,” I say into the receiver.

Brooding, emotional, feel-sorry-for-himself, wishy-washy, sexy nightmare Bo. He’s the epitome of inconsiderate. I’ve been studying in the US for over two years now, but my ex keeps calling me from home. Not giving a damn about the time difference, he calls right when the hell he needs me.

I fumble for the light. Turn it on. Squint and clutch my phone tighter. “Hej,” I puff out next since he doesn’t respond right away.

“Hej, Inga,” he breathes back. Voice silky, like the damn singer-guitarist he is, he says what I knew he would as if he didn’t hear my initial greeting. “I miss you.”

“You’re horrible, Bo.”

“Come on, Inga—this is hard.”

I know what he means by hard. “Is it?” I ask, sitting up straighter. “Is it, now? Then, why did you break up with me for the fifteenth time in, like, what…”

I don’t want to repeat the number of years out loud. Bo and I were an item on and off between the ages of sixteen and twenty-one. All I care about right now is him shutting the hell up. Whenever I’m almost over him, he’s there again. Black-velvety soft voice in my ear, making adrenaline, my worst enemy, course through my body until I tremble.

The man on the phone drove me to the brink a while back. There’s a reason why I’m here and not in Gothenburg where I’d be subject to his erratic moods on a daily basis.

For the millionth time, I wish I didn’t remember the good parts. Me, starting out as the sixteen-year-old groupie of his local band. The parties, the fun. The endless nights in our own little world in the dump he rented with two fellow bandmates. I swallow a lump in my throat. It was supposed to be us always. Not just for a few years. And he wasn’t supposed to be… the way he is.

“Inga, did you hear what I said?” Bo whispers now, like he cares that I should be asleep at this hour.

“No.”

“I call you, and you don’t even listen?”

“Doing my best,” I say. By the displeased huff he makes, I can tell he understands; I’m doing my best at not listening to him.

“I’m accepting a scholarship to a one-year guitar clinic in Los Angeles.”

Even sitting, my knees go weak. Deepsilver, the gorgeous little college town I’ve set new roots in here on the East Coast, must be only hours from Los Angeles by plane. The pull is on my heartstrings already—I’m too close to where Bo will be.

“Why?” I ask. “They can’t teach you anything here that you can’t learn in Gothenburg, I’m sure. And the band—are they replacing you?”

He puffs a snicker. “Naw. I don’t think so.” Bo is aware that he’s the chick magnet of the bunch and the reason they’ve been doing decent as a college band since they moved to the big city.

“I might check in with some labels while I’m in L.A. The band is with me on this. Probably heading over too, if I can scrounge up some gigs for us. Maybe we’ll tour the East Coast. How about that, Inga? We’ll pop by your little town.”

“Uh-huh, whatever.” I hurt. I try not to admit it to myself, but I miss him so much. The need to have him with me under my covers sucker-punches me. No one. No one is like Bo in bed. I feel the ghost of his hands on my skin as he lets out a quiet laugh on the other end.

“You’re so silly, Ingela. Just give it up already. I’ll take a couple of days in Deepsilver on my way there, okay? I’ll treat you well.”

I blush. There’s a reason to his sexy chuckle, to his sudden promise. As soon as I’m the slightest bit turned on, my breathing stops cooperating. Five years of on-and-off dating has Bo tuned in to the smallest changes in me the way he is to his guitar. So yes, he’s completely aware of his effect on me.

“Fuck you,” I mumble.

“Do you swear as much in English as you do in Swedish?” he purrs like he’s describing dirty pleasures.

“None of your—”

“—goddamn business?”

“Yeah, that. Bye, dick.”

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EXCERPT 4:

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Sex, for instance. Damn straight, sex is a major high. I curve a hand around Inga’s waist, kneading, and she lets out a happy sigh. Some tumbles are more exciting than others, of course. Some chicks are more fiery than others.

I look down Inga’s supermodel body. She’s skinny, muscular in a feminine way and almost as tall as me. Small, firm breasts. I know they’re firm because I’ve felt her up more than once. I want to feel them right now, actually. I wonder if she’d consider me as a fuck buddy if I worked up the nerve to ask? The thought of that high I crave so badly tenses my jaw.

I inch my hand up across her belly, covering my move from an audience with the other arm. Ingela squirms to get more comfortable in my lap. She lifts her elbow enough for me to sneak up even higher under her shirt.

I’m easy. Just the thought of this little indiscretion makes my adrenal gland squirt its drug into my blood. Is her bra too tight? Will she allow me to cup her boob right here between our friends?

I kiss her temple. A small grin plays on her sleepy mouth. To me, Ingela’s the ultimate girl. Ever since she first cussed me out with a big smile on her face, since she gave me a bite mark on my upper thigh in a make-believe bar brawl, I’ve been in deep. For a girl, she’s fucking up there.

Not that I love her. No, people I simply enjoy being with. I don’t love them. Well, obviously Mom—my big bro, Patrick, the hotshot pilot. But that’s it. At thirteen, I realized that the only thing I’ve ever really loved is the sensation of being one hundred percent alive. In the everyday grind—school, work, colleagues, friends—you merely trot along. There’s no gallop, no living to the max.

No mental, wicked, ace living.

I grin wide.

“What’s that face for?” BB girl Beth squints my way. She’s got a thing for me, probably because I’ve never fucked her and she’s curious. I’ve had several of her colleagues. BB girls are easier lays than Smother girls.

Robin snorts. “Bet he’s thinking about next weekend. Dude’s got the weekend off and is spending his tip money on stupid shit.”

I laugh at that, and Ingela groans, uncomfortable at my chest rocking against her.

“What’re you doing?” Beth asks. “Something extreme again?” Her eyes go to my broken finger.

I shrug the shoulder Ingela isn’t resting on. “I heal fast. Plus, the ticket’s been paid for since Christmas. I’d go with a broken back.”

Beth sucks in a girly breath, and I smell acting. “Oh, don’t say that—you’re jinxing yourself, Cam. Don’t get hurt out there.”

She’s full of it. I always get myself hurt.

“Don’t go,” Ingela slurs.

“What, darlin’?” I drawl out. Clearly, I’ve heard wrong.

“Don’t. Go.” She doesn’t say it louder, just more pronounced.

“Hmm. You’ll miss me now?” She arches her back the tiniest bit, and it’s the little shift I need to slip a few digits in under her bra. Five seconds later, I’ve cupped that sweet little tit of hers. So soft and warm.

“Perv,” she tells me but doesn’t object to my groping ways.

 

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EXCERPT 5:

 

INGELA

Troy or Roy is the last one to get off his barstool. Dude’s been on his ass the entire night. It’s three a.m., I’ve grabbed a broom, and I’m sweeping beneath his chair.

“Ingela…” he slurs out, blinking slowly. “You know I like you, right? You must’ve noticed.”

“Uh-huh—you need a cab, honey?” I inquire.

“Naw, I was thinking… do you want to, um, go on a date with me?” He’s so drunk I don’t think he had to work up the courage to ask. Unless you count the months he’s been sitting on that stool without broaching the subject.

“Nope, I don’t,” I say and pat his cheek.

He instantly turns whiny. “Whyyy?” He drags the word out like Lyric does. “You’re such a hottie and shit.”

I try to lift one of his stool legs high enough to pull out the wadded-up napkin stuck underneath it. “Whatevs, and you need to go home. We’re closed.”

“Oh yeah, but you’ll be open again tomorrow anyway. Or hey, today,” the smartass says. Stupid me buys into the conversation.

“I’m off to bed, dude. We all have to sleep at some point.”

As I stand, he snatches my hand in a drunken plea. “Oh, Inga—pretty Inga—say ‘yes’ to a date? You’re my… uh. Number ten.”

Whatever that means. “Nope, don’t want to,” I tell him. “Go home or I’m calling Jason to butt you out of here. See ya later, buddy.”

He whimpers and stands. Wobbles. Then, he narrows his eyes at me. “You Swedes are different, huh? Okay, how about no date, just—I’ll take you straight to bed?”

From his expression, he thinks he’s onto something. Sure, I could be in that mood. Tonight, for instance, as tired as I am, I still don’t feel like going home alone. I’d love to wake up with company—only the concept doesn’t involve overly drunk guys I’ve never felt an inkling of attraction to.

I jump when a strong hand curls around my upper arm. “Troy,” Cam says behind me. “Leave Inga alone. We’ll get you a taxi home, okay?”

Troy’s face slowly morphs to offended as he plops down on the stool again. “Oh, so he can touch you? I’ve seen you two—you let him frenchie you, even. What does he have, huh?”

A single snicker hits my ear from Cameron. “You think she should be fair? If she kisses me, she should kiss you too?”

I grin. That is a funny concept. Fairness in kisses.

The guy huffs, mad. “Don’t get what’s so special about…” He tilts his chin to Cameron but tries to focus on my face as he speaks.

Cam interrupts, though, letting go of me and moving over to Troy. “It’s time, cuddle-bun. We’ll find you someone nice tonight if you’re not too hung over, all right? Inga’s busy.”

“I am?” I say, catching Cam’s gaze as he stacks Troy on his feet and accommodates his arm around his neck to haul him off.

“Ass,” Troy mumbles but doesn’t resist.

“I’m going home with you,” Cam explains to me.

I get butterflies at that. At how sure he sounds when he tells me. He winks over Troy’s lolling head and mouths, Stay put.

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AUTHOR BIO:

Originally from Norway, I moved to the United States twelve years ago. I hold a sunnivaMaster’s degree in languages and taught Spanish at college level before settling in at the Savannah College of Art and Design as an adviser.

I write New Adult fiction, sometimes with a paranormal twist—like in “Shattering Halos,” published by The Wild Rose Press in February 24th 2014 and in “Stargazer,” released November 2014. The first book I’ve self-published was the New Adult Contemporary novel “Pandora Wild Child,” which made me a proud indie author in October 28th 2014.

I specialize in impulsive heroines, bad-boys, and good-boys running amok. Then, there’s the intense love, physical and emotional attraction beyond reason—sensory overload for the reader as well as for the characters. Like in real life, I hope you’re unable to predict what comes next in my stories.

Yes, so I write what I love to read, and depending on the reader, you’ll find my books to be a fast-paced emotional rollercoaster—or disturbing because the struggles of love aren’t your thing. Here’s to hoping you have the same reading vice as me!

Website : http://www.sunnivadee.com/
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Cupcakes and Crushes by Keri Ford

30 Thursday Apr 2015

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Cupcakes and Crushes (Turtle Pine, #1)Cupcakes and Crushes by Keri Ford

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Annie Cookie had left home and never planned to come back/ When her grandfather breaks his wrist and has a big order to fill for the local highschool, Annie returns planning to back the cupcakes but that is it. She doesn’t expect to run into Cade Revlin, the brother to the boy who betrayed her. Cade has certainly grown up and Annie takes notice.

Cade always had a crush on Annie, now he sees his chance but when Annie reveals the reason she left, Cade is not sure he can convince her to stay.

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Conquering Alexandria by CM Steele

29 Wednesday Apr 2015

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Conquering AlexandriaConquering Alexandria by C.M. Steele

My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Alexandria Davis had a boyfriend with Max McCain literally crashed into her. She had no idea he was immediately smitten and planning to find a way to accept him into her life. Max will be relentless in making Alexandria his, but will she be able to accept him?

Interesting story, I think it was a little he manish in some spots and had a lot thrown in that kind of took away from the story. Entertaining but would I think a little bit more to it to completely see the connection between the two.

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The Ex-Factor by Laura Greaves

29 Wednesday Apr 2015

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The Ex-FactorThe Ex-Factor by Laura Greaves

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

After a very public breakup movie star Mitchell Pyke is still reeling from his ex’s betrayal. It’s not that he is still pining for her, but the gossip rags are not relenting. After another bad day Mitchell ends up in a confrontation with dog trainer Kitty Hayden.

Kitty has seen enough in her life but Mitchell Pyke tops the list, what a jerk. When Mitchell comes to apologize and ask her on a date, everything changes and she sees a different side to the man who is splashed across television and magazines. As they explore what they have with one another, his ex seems determined to tear them apart. Will it?

If you are in the mood for a Hollywood story, this is one to pick up. Mitchell is a complicated character and I think with Kitty he has a chance to relax and just be himself. Look forward to reading more from this author.

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Beautiful Life by Brynne Asher

28 Tuesday Apr 2015

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Beautiful Life (Carpino, #2)Beautiful Life by Brynne Asher

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Leigh has finally gotten away from her abusive husband and is eager to have her divorce final. Enter longtime friend Tony Carpino who ends up throwing the divorce for a loop, he wants her ex to pay. Leigh just wants to have a clean break, Tony though has only her best interests at heart, he has loved her for a longtime.

Tony knows that Leigh is struggling and he plans to take all the time in the world to get her used to the idea of being in her life. Tony is planning for the long haul and although Leigh tries to push him away, Tony though won’t budge. When Leigh is threatened again, Tony’s protective instincts kick in full force. He is planning for their future and no one will step in his way.

Very good story. I thought the pacing was perfect, he took all the time she needed to heal. Shed a few tears during this read. Can’t wait to read the next book.

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Property Of by C.P. Smith

28 Tuesday Apr 2015

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Property OfProperty Of by C.P. Smith

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Nicola Royse is used to living in her carefully constructed fantasy world, she does it for a living. As an author to Scottish Highlander books, Nicola has found a new muse with Detective Dallas Vaughn and decides she wants to write a contemporary romantic suspense book and enlists her friends in her research.

Wrongs turns are setting the path in her new book with an online alias and the sudden deaths to people she knows. Dallas is investigating, but at the same time he has decided to claim Nicola who is proving to be a handful. Will they capture the killer before it is too late?

Very fun read. The story does veer a bit into highlander scribe which I had a hard time connecting with but but the overall story is very good. Laughed several times and found Dallas to be an intriguing hero. Will definitely pick up more from this author.

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