Review: Come Undone by Jessica Hawkins

April 27, 2016Leave a comment

Come Undone is a rollercoaster of a ride filled with so much emotion. From loving and sweet, to humorous joy. From angsty to deep turmoil. Jessica Hawkins took me on a ride that I won’t soon forget and can’t wait to continue.

Liv is a young married woman, working for Chicago Metropolitan Magazine. She came from a broken home and chooses to live life on the “safe” side. Chooses to “settle”…..except with her job. Her dad has always drilled into her mind…

“Say yes to everything. Never pass up an opportunity.”

Her focus has always been her career. Her marriage. Never straying from her husband. Not wanting to end up like her parent. Scared of living life because of her past. Liv feels invisible amongst crowds.

“It was an unfortunate ability of min, feeling spectacularly alone in a crowd, even when surrounded by friends and family.”

David is a sexy as all get out, very well established architect. Completely engrossed in his job, he has no time for relationships. He lives for his job.

…..until he locks eyes with Liv from across the theater.

The sparks, the connection, it’s instant. You can feel it between the two of them.

“Something about the lean in his posture was intimate and easy, yet the space between us was physically hot. Fire under my skin. I reminded myself to breathe.”

Come Undone had me all over the place. There were times that I loathed her husband for the way he acted, but there were times when he could be sweet. I’m on the fence with him. Bill (that’s his name) couldn’t even bother to try to get them off after sex. It was sad and heartbreaking to me really. Who wants a man who only cares about his own sexual satisfaction?

“Bill had comfort in the fact that it wasn’t just him. I’d been with other men before him, mostly in college, but despite my efforts, had yet to find my slice of Nirvana. I couldn’t find comfort in that, though. To me, it was my eternal flaw and as a wife, my greatest inadequacy.”

If I’m honest, I’m completely 100% rooting for David to get the girl! He’s every girls fantasy! Tall, dark, handsome, sweet, caring, sincere, attentive…..I could go on and on. He’s the guy every girl dreams of!

When he and Liv are in any sort of proximity to each other the sexual tension is so tight you’d think it would snap at any second. Both are strong willed and hold off as long as they can, but when the two finally come together……oh man do the sparks fly! The chemistry between these two and the sex (FINALLY) between the two is out of this world hot and steamy!

“Nothing rivaled hearing my name on his lips. I yearned for the burn of his face on mine. I wanted this, I couldn’t deny, but I also knew that it was irreversible.”

This book had me on the edge of my seat at times. The anxiety that Liv carried around with her, was utterly heartbreaking for me. It truly did seem as if no one actually “saw” her. I could say so much more about this book, but I don’t want to ruin it for anyone. I will tell you that you will fall in love with some of the characters in this book! I know I did! So, read it! You won’t regret it, as long as you don’t mind cheating in your books!

Come Undone was a phenomenal beginning to the Cityscapes Trilogy. It had it all! It was enthralling, angsty, and downright sexy! I can’t wait to dive in to the second book! Bravo Hawkins, for blowing me away once again! Hawkins truly has a unique gift for beautiful story telling that I can’t get enough of!

5 Steamy and Angsty Stars!!!

Olivia Germaine has already found love. Devoted wife, loyal friend, determined career woman–she’s created the life she always envisioned. But when Olivia locks eyes with a handsome stranger across a crowded room, he peers a little too closely and sees emotions she thought she’d buried long ago.

David Dylan, alleged playboy and eternal bachelor, challenges Olivia to confront the life she’s built and to make decisions that could either lead to happiness… or regret.

Will Olivia be able to draw the line between lust and love? And can David respect that line?

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Review: B-Sides and Rarities by K Webster

April 27, 2016April 27, 2016Leave a comment

This book isn’t for the faint of heart. We were warned from the first page and Webster wasn’t lying!

WoW! When I first learned about this book, I was excited, nervous, and anxious all at once! I love K Webster’s writing! This book should be no different….and it wasn’t. B-Sides and Rarities is exactly what it is supposed to be. It’s a glimpse inside of the authors mind. From sweet to dark. From sad to happy. This book is a compilation of 12 different, UNFINISHED stories. It’s a taste of K Webster’s madness in a different form!
Webster gives you a taste of one story, pulls you in, and then “POOF!” It’s over before it really begins. Webster leaves you wondering and wanting more of each story. Oh but what a surprise she gave us at the end! If you’ve read the War & Peace duet, you know the next story coming is Gabe’s! Webster gives us all a taste of his story and let me just say! I am a little more “Team Gabe” for reading it!

B-Sides and Rarities was a deliciously, torturous dip in the chaotic mind of K Webster! Every story had me wanting to sink my teeth in. I cringed EVERY.SINGLE. TIME. I turned the page, hoping it wasn’t the end of the story. I’m hoping and praying that K Webster will one day finish these stories that I can’t seem to get out of my head. Wondering…..what happened next?!?! Maybe my prayers will be answered, but I guess only time will tell!

Kudos to you Webster, for taking a chance and taking your fans for a walk on the wild side! I have loved everything I’ve ever read of yours, and I can’t wait until the next release! Now, finish these stories please, I beg of you!

5 Maddening Stars!!! Peeking into the head of a writer is like opening the door to a room filled with lunatics, villains, and demons—all running amuck while screaming at exactly the same time. In other words, complete chaos. Most days, authors are able to quieten those voices in their head and focus on the ones who yell the loudest. They are able to clutch onto the hand of the most important character and pull them from the fray.

But what happens when they’re all screaming much too loudly? What happens when they all speak at once and they pull the author into the depths of their fiery hell?

Writer’s block, that’s what.

Have you ever wondered why an author jumped into a different story while in the middle of a series you’ve been following or why they are taking too long to release or why they’ve gone genre hopping?

Well, I’ll tell you why.

They’re in hell.

The hell of their own mind.

In most cases, the writer will open new documents and tell portions of these character’s stories if only to shut them up for a while. Other times, it’s because the author simply needs to feel useful or productive when their work in progress has come to a screeching halt. Regardless of the reason, you can ask just about any writer in this world and they’ll show you right to a folder on their desktop or a notebook of many scribblings of unfinished stories.

This is our therapy. Our coping mechanism.

And most days, as a reader, you’re only welcome into the world of our stunning, finished works of art we’ve spent months and months agonizing over. The beautiful final product of our blood, sweet, tears, and insanity. Nobody ever lets you in to see what wasn’t ever meant for the world. The imperfect. The incomplete. The utter madness.

Nobody would ever share that with the world, right?

Well, they’d have to be a little crazy.

They’d have to be me.

***

WARNING: This is a collection of incomplete stories. Some end abruptly, almost as quickly as they started. Others let you sink your teeth in just a bit before pushing you away. A couple will leave you pulling at your hair and cursing for more. In this collection, it’s all about beginnings…there are no climaxes or epic endings. It’s madness I tell you! Enter at your own risk.

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Review – Ladies Man by Katy Evans

April 26, 2016April 27, 2016Leave a comment

Ladies Man by Katy Evans

Incredible, intense, and intoxicating, Ladies Man is an all-consuming friends-to-lovers romance that wraps itself around your head and heart—relentlessly tugging and tearing, never letting go. With the pages as the canvas, the mesmerizing and meaningful words are painted, flowing into feelings that touch every part of you. This beautiful, broken, and brilliant book bleeds into you. Belongs to you. Becomes you.

Like the rest of Katy Evans’ enticing and emotional reads, Ladies Man is claiming and consuming me as I read just the first page. I can’t stop devouring these powerful and poignant words that are stealing my thoughts, becoming my dreams. Emotions flow fast and hard, pouring off of the pages. This story just began and I already don’t want it to end.

The build-up is slow. Steady. Swoon-worthy. Sensational. Pure magic. I don’t have to read much of the book to realize that Ladies Man is more than the title. More than the striking cover with the gorgeous and rugged Viking staring so intently. More depth. More passion. More meaning. More everything. For several hours, this book became my world, blending with my reality as the words—each full of meaning—spoke to me with lessons of hard-fought love and life.

Oh Tahoe Roth. Malcolm Saint’s best friend. My valiant Viking. Beautiful and broken. Blond hair. Blue eyes. Yummy facial scruff. Tall. Muscular. Rugged. Cocky. A Golden God.

“Tahoe Roth is hot to the extreme. Six feet four, at least two hundred pounds of man. A power box of testosterone.”

Regina ‘Gina.’ Rachel Saint’s best friend. Beautiful. Brunette. Brown eyes. Curves in the right places. Ever since she turned him down a year ago, Tahoe has invaded Gina’s head.

“You’re staring at the guy who’s been haunting your dreams, and you don’t know what to do about it. What to do about him.”

Gina doesn’t want to want the tantalizing but terribly annoying Tahoe. Perhaps a dirty night with one of the leading players of Chicago will do the trick. At his birthday party, Gina offers herself on a silver platter to Prince Player, a night where she plays vixen to his Viking. One night to screw him out of her head for good. One night to taste Tahoe and then feast elsewhere.

“I’m not a one-night-stand kind of girl, which is why I’m giving you the chance only a few others have ever had. One night with me.”

Holy shocker. The Tahoe Train turns her down. On his birthday. A present that would have changed his life and hers.

“I’ve got nothing good to offer you, Regina.”

And just like that, only three percent into the story, my heart starts to crack for this complex but caring man.

“You need a guy who will always be there for you. One who will never let you down.”

“And you need a thousand women to make you feel good, and I’m only one.”

“Friends then.”

Friends who fantasize about each other.
Friends who should be lovers.
Friends who walk a fine line towards more.

“I hadn’t realized I was stroking his chest. He’s watching me with a heavy-lidded gaze. The air thickens with awareness. Our eyes hold. His expression is so hungry, and inside that gaze is that primitive look, so intense it borders on pain.”

Push. Pull. Push. Pull.

This cat and mouse game runs rampant as they are friends but aren’t.

The desperation. The attraction. The need. The want.

The angst and anticipation burn as they pull me over the edge, teetering in hope where I struggle to balance as my emotions are suddenly scattered everywhere.

“He may look like an Adonis, but there’s a darkness in his gaze. Sometimes I wonder if I’m the only one who sees it. I see it now as I stare at his gorgeous, haunting face, with a shadow of a beard and full pink lips that I continue to see in my dreams.”

It’s New Year’s Eve and once again, Gina and Tahoe find themselves at a party. Nearing midnight, they have no choice but to kiss. That kiss. It’s electric. A game changer.

“God, this mouth belongs to me, this mouth was made for me.”

Their chemistry is insta-hot. Electric. Palpable. So much anguish as Gina and Tahoe struggle to remain friends when they are already so much more.

“No one is the way they seem. We all hide little pieces, either because we don’t want to be judged, or because we don’t think we’ll be understood, or simply because we don’t want those pieces of us to belong to anyone but us.”

Oh how I’m falling in love with Tahoe. Protector of Gina. Her tamed beast. Her T-Rex.

Tough but tender. Fierce but loyal.

This man wears many layers as does Gina. Tahoe shields himself with meaningless sex to dull a painful past and guard his heart while Gina wears a mask of makeup as a barrier to suppress her emotions.

“I’m bare—more self-conscious about my face than I am about my body. My plump lips and wide, expressive eyes. And right now, Tahoe Roth is taking it all in. Taking all of me in.”

Each is wearing a mask that only the other can unveil as they are kindred spirits. The calm to each other’s storm.

“He’s looking at me as if he can’t get enough.”

The words are arrows piercing my heart, pulling it into this story as I’m consumed more than ever. The passion pours off the pages as I feel it all. The feels start to freely flow. I feel the desperation of Tahoe and Gina. Their hunger. Their anguish. Everything.

The friends who see each other inside and out, but are afraid to take a chance. To ruin what they have. Afraid to get burned again.

“I can’t get on the Tahoe rollercoaster. Maybe before, when it would be a one-night stand, it was an option…I am so scared to get hurt again. To get hurt a thousand times more than I ever have.”

The story is over but the feels don’t stop flowing, as Ladies Man still holds on to my heart. Happy tears. Hopeful tears. Sad tears. Sappy tears. I swooned. I sweated. I ached. I anguished. I lusted. I loved. HARD. All of it. I love Ladies Man so very much as this book is like Tahoe: full of many layers. Deep layers that penetrate it all: heart, head, and soul.

A sweet surprise. Ladies Man is a hidden gem. So much more than a troubled billionaire romance full of heat. It’s heavy on heart too. It’s even more than a hard-fought friends-to-lovers romance. Ladies Man is a story about hope. Healing. Self-discovery. Self-preservation. A book that is meaningful, lingering long after the story has ended with a valuable life message: Don’t change your true self for anyone as when you do, you risk losing your best you.

Five fierce and fabulous stars but defintely worth more

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TAHOE ROTH.
Irreverent, cocky, playful and naughty.
He’s not the guy you date.
He’s the one night stand.
The one your mother warned you about.
The one your body craves.

You’d think the man who called me succulent would want to strip me down and spread me out on his bed—like he’s done with countless others.
But he passed on my offer….
Just like I’d once passed on his.
He’s wary, like I am.
He’s broken, like I am.
And everyone knows two broken parts can’t ever make a whole.
Tahoe and I are strictly friends.
So I distract myself with other men.
He doesn’t think my new man is good enough. This blond blue-eyed beast doesn’t think any man is—himself included.
But the more time we spend together, the more confused I feel.
I’m trying to open myself to love.
Yet I’m quickly realizing that the only man I want is Tahoe Roth.
The one man who will surely break my heart.

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Review – Hook by Elisabeth Grace

April 25, 2016April 25, 2016Leave a comment

Sexy, mysterious, suspenseful, Hook is not your ordinary love story. It’s the love story of a hooker and a business man. Neither searching for love, but both finding it unexpectedly in each other.
This was my first read of Elisabeth Grace’s work. The blurb had me intrigued from the moment I read it and the cover had me wanting it even more! Grace did not disappoint with Hook!

This is a tale of someone who’s been dealt a bad hand in life. Someone who’s struggled. Those who “loved” her turned their backs, when she needed them most. Brandi, the hooker, whore, prostitute. Call her what you will, but one thing stands true. She’s not ashamed of her work. She’s done what needed to be done in order to give her disabled son the best care possible and still keep a roof over their heads and food on the table. She’s overcome obstacles life’s thrown at her….she’s persevered!

“Early on, life had handed me that lesson on a tarnished silver platter. But I’d be damned if I sat back and let life roll right on over us, leaving its tread marks behind.”

Mmmm Marco. I can’t way enough about him. Marco Valenti is a hotter than sin, sexy, dreamy Italian who’s in Las Vegas on business. His life is work. He doesn’t have time to do relationships; scheduling the occasional prostitute to satisfy his needs. He uses women as temporary bed warmers. That is…..until Brandi.

“Cosa mi stai facendo?” I looked at him in confusion, having no idea what he’d said. ” What are you doing to me?”

Brandi and Marco have an undeniable, attraction and connection to each other. They come into each other’s lives like a hurricane, shaking up the lives they’ve known since they can remember. The chemistry between these two is breathtakingly palpable! I was in deep swoon with Marco Valenti and if were into chicks, I’d be swooning for Brandi too!

Will Marco’s secrets destroy what they have?

Will Brandi push him away?

“Careful how far out you wade,” he said in a low voice laced with warning. “These are shark-infested waters.”

Hook had me on hooked (pun intended) from page one! The story was mesmerizing, intoxicating. I was so entranced with this story that I couldn’t put it down. Grace brings out the heart pounding, edge of your seat scenes in Hook! I flipped page after page until I had completely finished the book and was left begging for more!

Bravo Elisabeth; on a beautifully written, edge of your seat, steamy read! I can’t wait for Burn!

5 Smoldering Stars!!!

Women loathed me without even knowing my name.
Men coveted the very idea of me.
Escort. Call girl. Prostitute. Hooker. Whore.
I’d heard it all. Done it all.
Over the years I’d felt a lot of things about my occupation…but not regret–never regret. I had my reasons for doing what I did and nothing and no one had ever made me question them.
UNTIL MARCO VALENTI.
He’d changed me and I’d naively fed into the fairy tale.
But Marco wasn’t my Prince Charming.
He had secrets of his own.
Secrets that would eventually rip away everything I held dear.

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Series Review – The Broken Promises Series by M. Dauphin

April 21, 2016April 27, 2016Leave a comment

For Now is a sensational, heart breaking read that thoroughly gripped me while breaking my heart.
Lane and Al are beautiful. A couple so strong, so stunning. Forged from the greatest friendship they move their relationship on while dealing with tragic, heartbreaking problems but blossom into a strong, sexy couple. Their love and passion blazes through the story and there are some insanely hot, sensual moments.
And just when I think my heart is going to be able to be put back together. Bam! That ending……

4.5 beautifully broken stars

My name is Lane Sheridan… at least that’s what most of America thinks. I’ve made myself into who I am today with the help of my two best friends. Braydon, the musician, is more of a brother to me than my real ones. Then there’s Alexis…
my Alexis.
I’ve always dreamed of making her mine but am too scared to make the move.
I’m waiting on test results that will change my entire life. Now all I need to ask myself is… do I keep her at arm’s length, or bring her close…
Only if it is just For Now?
*This is book 1 of a 3 book series. This book ends in a cliffhanger*
18+ audience only for language and sexual situations.

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Holy moly, just when I thought my heart would possibly start to get better, M. Dauphin gives us For Her and breaks me even more, and it’s sooo good!
This devastating follow up to For Now was incredibly emotional. I pretty much cried the whole way through. And the whole time I loved every minute.
I thought I loved Lane, but Braydon, OMG. M. Dauphin has seriously changed my mind, messed with my emotions and left me a wreck of thrilling, beautiful feels.
I would really love to write more about this book but in doing so I’ll give too much away and it would sincerely spoil everything that is good about this book.
This series is a hit so far and I sincerely hope that my heart is fixed fully after book 3.

4.5 devastating heartbreaking stars

*Book 2 in the Broken Promises series by M. Dauphin. Book 1- For Now- DO NOT READ THIS IF YOU HAVEN’T READ BOOK 1*

He promised me once he would give me the world.
All he gave me was memories that flood my vision every time I close my eyes.
So I don’t. I can’t.
I’m not as strong as him.
*18+ due to adult situations.

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Just when you think you can’t take any more epic feels M. Dauphin rocks out For Us and absolutely kills it.
Like the two previous books in the series this book grabbed hold of my attention and held me captive.
While not nearly as heart wrenching, For Us is still packed with overwhelming feels that rendered me speechless. I laughed, cried, loved, hated and swooned. In other words M. Dauphin sent my emotions into a tail spin.
For Us is a brilliant end to Alexis’ story. Braydon is written exceptionally well in this book. I adore him, my feelings go way past love. He’s perfect! The relationship between Braydon and Alexis is so strong and true that I honestly don’t miss Lane one bit. #sorrynotsorry
The whole broken promises series is an enthralling, heartbreaking series of books that have drawn me in and filled me with stunning feelings while taking me on a beautiful journey. I’ve enjoyed every word, every tear, every tug at my soul and every shatter of my heart. For Us ends the series beautifully and better than I expected. That shattered heart I’ve encountered through this series is now wondrously full.

5 stunning, emotional, epic stars .

My life has been peaches and cream up until a few months ago when it was all ripped away. Not the type of destruction you can see coming, either. A type that takes everything from happy thoughts to mass chaos in mere seconds.
Now, I’m left to pick up the pieces of this mess.
Pieces, including my best friend’s girl.
She’s the girl I’d bring home to mom if I still had a mom. She’s the girl I picture having Sunday dinners with at grandma’s house if we did that shit.
But we don’t.
All I know is this… she’s the best damn girl I’ve ever known… and I’m a total tool for wanting her.
I’m Braydon Simms… and this is my story.

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Review – Minute by Minute by Natalie E Wrye

April 20, 2016April 27, 2016Leave a comment

Minute by minute is the sexy, suspenseful final instalment to the Games and Diversions series.
This whole series has been like jumping from one thrill ride to the next.
Rounds one and two dragged me into Lukas & Elena’s story and held me captive. The heart stopping twists and turns were insanely addictive and round three is no different. If anything, it’s BETTER!

Minute by Minute sees more tantalising twists and turns which threw me off course while reading. My heart sat in my throat and my mind raced throughout. I spent most of the book with my jaw on the floor, shocked with they revelations that are revealed. And just when I thought I had an idea about the mystery behind everything. BAM! Natalie throws a loop that sent my brain into a tail spin.

I don’t actually think I can love Lukas any more. He’s epic. Literally epic! No more words needed.
Elena steals my heart for being a sassy, sexy woman who is strong enough to hold her own and is hilarious when drunk.

This book intrigued me, held me captive. It shocked me and surprised me. It made me laugh, swoon and love. The terrific twists and turns kept me on my toes, flicking the pages in an attempt to fit all the puzzle pieces together and play the game. Natalie is extremely clever and has woven a truly unique story that fully deserves 5 sensational, sexy, suspenseful stars.

Lukas Griffin

I’d heard that chess was a game made for the Gods of Men.

You are not a God… you’re just a man.

But even you can make the rules…

Rule no. 1: Trust no one.
Not even the ones you like.
Not even the ones you love.
Especially not the ones you love.

Rule no. 2: Do not fuck the irresistible blonde.
Not even if she asks.
Not even if she begs.
And she just may…

Rule no. 3: FUCK THE RULES.
To Hell with them.
Set fire to them and watch them burn…
Realize that under the right circumstances, everyone is capable of betrayal.
Even you…

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Review – Worth It All by Claudia Connor

April 20, 2016April 27, 2016Leave a comment

I so enjoyed this latest installment of the McKinney Brothers series by Claudia Connor. I stand by what I have told Claudia previously – Worth The Fall was one of the very best impulse buys I have ever done. JT and Paige’s love story only added to my love of this sweetly romantic series!

JT McKinney was living and loving his life. Devastatingly handsome and a star college quarterback, all of JT’s dreams ended after a tragic accident with his girlfriend. The nineteen year old wakes up in the hospital and his leg has been amputated. Weighed down by the demands of rehab and overwhelmed by grief, JT makes his way from Virginia to California to rebuild his life.

JT becomes incredibly successful. As a biomedical engineer, he gets to make and perfect protheses for other amputees like him. Still riddled with guilt, Jake throws himself into his work and into his business. That is, until Paige Roberts enters his life. She’s a beautiful hardworking single mother trying to better the life of her daughter Casey. Between two jobs and college classes, Paige doesn’t have time for dates, let alone love. She doesn’t have time to believe in the fairy tales she reads to her very special daughter. But as Paige spends more time with Jake and the two bond over Casey, a very special magic grows between them.

Oh, I was happy throughout this entire book! Paige and JT have such a sweet, slow burning relationship. Even as Paige is torn between taking care of her daughter and being true to her heart, I felt such a connection between them. JT had his own insecurities to conquer in order to be all his girls needed him to be. There were so many sigh worthy romantic moments shared. And Casey? Adorable, inquisitive, heartwarming bundle of energy – how could I not love her?

Such a wonderful, soul warming read! And to think that Claudia struggled with this story and Worth It All almost never was! Matt McKinney (Worth The Fall) will always hold a special place for me, but his brother certainly could give him a run for his money! Great job, Claudia! Fantastic!

4 Sweetly Romantic Kisses!

“Read Claudia Connor for a consistently raw and emotional love story,” recommends Carly Phillips. Now the swoon-worthy McKinney Brothers series from this bestselling author continues as JT, the youngest of the trio, discovers that only love can make him whole.

She’s fighting for control. . . . Paige Roberts learned to fend for herself growing up. Now she’s doing everything possible to give her daughter, Casey, the stability she never had. But when the vivacious five-year-old decides she’s done wearing her prosthesis, Paige faces her toughest challenge yet: trusting a handsome, brooding stranger who simply wants to help.

He’s struggling to connect. . . . JT McKinney lost more than his leg in a car accident that stole his dreams of pro football. Eight years later, he’s made a new life for himself far away from his old one. His business is developing cutting-edge prosthetics and he’s more than happy to turn his attention to machines instead of people. Still, he can’t shake the feeling that something’s missing.

Will they take a chance on love? . . . When JT gets the chance to help Paige’s daughter, he takes it. He never planned on the two of them tearing down his walls or teaching him to believe in himself again. Paige might not believe in happily ever afters, but JT wants more than anything to be her prince. They’ll both have to let go of the past if they want a future.

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Blog Tour – Calico by Callie Hart

April 20, 2016April 27, 2016Leave a comment

I have had the pleasure of reading most of Callie Hart’s amazing stories. She writes men with dark, dangerous passions and women who are strong, beautiful and loyal. Really how can you not fall head over feet for Zeth Mayfair or Rebel? But this book is unlike anything I have read from Callie. It was nothing of what I expected and everything that I could have hoped. It was devastating, heartbreaking, joyful and in the end a total triumph. It is a testament to the power of the true love to overcome the agony of loss and misunderstanding, to stand tall in the face of the ugliness of child abuse and the strength to confront how one moment in time changed everyone in came in contact with. Calico was a moving, thought provoking amazingly wonderful second chance love story.

Callan and Coralie spent their childhood as neighbors. Then as best friends. Finally settling into a first love that would change the course of their young lives. But Coralie held horrible secrets inside and suffered in silence at the hands of an abusive father. Callan only saw his beautiful bluebird and a happy life they were trying to build. Until that dream was crushed and Callan found himself saying goodbye to the one person who would always hold his heart and soul.Twelve long years pass and the young lovers find themselves together again. Can they set aside the pain of the past, forgive each and rebuild their lost dreams? Is the power of their bond stronger than the chains of abuse?

I so admired Callan. He went a bit wild after losing Coralie but even he recognized that nothing was settled between them. For all of her suffering and attempting to put the past behind her, it was clear that the past had such a grip on Coralie that the only way she would be able to go forward would be simply to go back to where it all began. To reclaim her life – to reclaim her love – she would have to stop running and face the truth. Their journey was so incredible, so worth the ugly tears that I shed and red rimmed eyes from reading way too long.

One of Callie’s finest works, I highly encourage you to read and enjoy Calico from end to end. Fantastic!

5 Well and Truly Deserving Kisses!

Coralie

Twelve years ago, I ran to stay alive.

Port Royal, South Carolina, was my home. I was born there. I fell in love there. And I nearly died there. I never thought I’d go back. Now, after so many years, I have to return to bury the man who made my life a living hell. Some nights, I used to cry myself to sleep, praying my father would die. Other nights were different. Other nights, there was him.

Callan Cross.

My first confidante. My first kiss. My first love. My first everything: Callan was the glue that held me together when everything else was falling apart. He was my savior. He was there for me whenever I needed him…

Until he wasn’t.

Every night, I’ve seen the love of my life in my sleep.
I just never thought I’d have to face him again.

Callan

Twelve years ago, I f*#@ed up big time.

Living life through a camera lens is sometimes easier than dealing with it head on. Scratch that. It’s always easier. For over a decade, I’ve been a master of my art, taking photographs all over the world. Yet despite all of the countries I’ve visited, the amazing things I’ve seen, the beautiful women I’ve screwed, my heart has remained in pieces.

Coralie’s the only woman I’ve ever loved, will ever love. And I’m determined to show her that we’re meant to be together. Even if it means unearthing the bones of the past in the process.

A lifetime and a thousand miles have stood between us.
Now, there’s no length of time I won’t wait, no distance I won’t travel, in order to make her mine.

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Review – Fool For Love by Karen Ferry

April 19, 2016April 27, 2016Leave a comment

Swoooon…. My heart is so FULL! Garrett Thompson, dirty talking, swoonalicious alpha male has well and truly wrecked my heart.
Fool for Love is the heart warming, addictive new release from Karen Ferry.
I have spent today falling in love with Suzy and Garrett, these two have an undeniably strong connection that is SO HOT it burnt through the pages. The delicious build up that winds it’s way through this story is achingly addictive. Garrett and Suzy, both stole my breathe on numerous occasions, sometimes during some insanely dirty scenes and others during some truly heart breaking scenes.
What was great about this story was the fact that the relationship between Garrett and Suzy is so strong from the first time they meet, even if they don’t know it themselves. While fighting external issues and internal battles the love that these two have burns hotter than the hottest bonfires, and sparks brighter than the biggest firework.
I love how Suzy remains strong throughout, never once does she shy away from Garrett and his dominance, infiltrating his stone walls perfectly, while still submitting to his sexy, sinful side.
Garret while being an amazing dominant, HOT alpha, becomes completely entranced with Suzy and it made me love him all the more. He’s so perfect. And did I mention hot?
Karen writes a truly breathtaking story here, a sensational, emotional read that grasped onto me wouldn’t let go. 5 stunning, sinful stars.

What do you do when everything you thought you knew about yourself turns out to be a lie, forcing you to re-evaluate your life?

Do you face them?
Or do you run?

My name is Suzy. I am the girl who has always believed in fairytales, unicorns, and that wishing upon a shooting star would make all my dreams come true.
I have always had faith that I would find my very own Prince Charming. I have always been certain that we all have a soul mate…that we will find our true love someday, and that we must never give up.

But not that long ago, I started to wonder…

What if my Prince is in fact…a Princess?

Why is it so hard to be seen for who I am?
Love is love, isn’t it?

I have started to lose faith in my once so adamant beliefs: where is my one? Where is the person who will be able to restore my faith in the fairy-tale and the happy-ever-afters?

Is New York the right place for someone like me? Or will she squish me like a small, insignificant bug beneath her feet?

Only time will tell.

***While this is book #2 in The Believe Series, it can be read as a standalone novel. Due to the sexual nature and subjects addressed, it is not appropriate for readers under the age of 18.***

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Review – Never Let You Go by Monica Murphy

April 18, 2016May 3, 2016Leave a comment

Never Let Me Go is a soul-searing and spellbinding story of second-chance romance that is filled with heartbreak, hope, and happiness where you can’t help but fall hopelessly in love. This saga is all-consuming as it steals your time. You mind. Your heart. Your soul. Everything. You’re deeply embedded in this saga where all the feels flow freely as Never Let Me Go holds on tight, owning you every step of the way.

Like Never Tear Us Apart, Never Let Me Go is a heartwarming but hard read. There are ugly parts that I wanted to ignore, box away, but I didn’t because that ugly…it needed to be told for the good to unfold. The lows result in highs. With darkness brings light. Hope. A happily ever after.

Back and forth. Two steps forward, one step back. My heart breaks. My heart heals. My gut aches. My body feels. Never Let Me Go. Oh the feels. I felt every word I read starting with the prologue, so power-packed and poignant. I was already tearing up as the words were arrows, piercing my heart, bleeding and branding me as I knew the rest of the book would. Painful.

“I cry. I can’t stop. I cry at night before I go to sleep. I cry throughout the day when I should be doing something, anything to remind myself that I’m alive. I should be living.”

Powerful.

“But instead I cry for what I’ve lost. I cry for what I’ve found.”

Pondering.

“Gone is the girl I once was. Gone is the woman I was slowly becoming.”

Poignant.

“Now there’s only this void. And there’s only one person to blame for what I’ve become, what I’ve turned into. And his name—his real name—is Will Monroe.”

Wow. So raw and real. The dam of emotions is teetering near flood levels.

Never Let Me Go is as heart-tugging as the prologue, as we revisit Katherine and Ethan in the conclusion of their story. The emotions escape, refusing to be held prisoner, as they pour off the pages, drowning me. Searing my soul. Brandishing my brain. Harnessing my heart. I feel each word I read. I feel these characters. I feel everything.

This powerful and poignant story picks up where Never Tear Us Apart left off, and is retold by Katherine and Ethan. Katherine is stronger than she was before and is learning to assert herself for the first time since her abduction. Her voice has returned and she will no longer hide in shame. Though still dealing with the aftermath of her abduction and abuse.

What hurts more than the abduction aftermath is the betrayal by Ethan that left her more broken. Torn. Split in two. Untrusting and unsure.

“I finally catch a glimpse of happy, of something real and solid and tender and…loving, and it ends up ruined. Ripped from my hands and thrown away. Lies. Deception. All of it.”

My heart that broke for Katherine now also breaks for Ethan, who is devastated that he lied and broke her trust. His heart now bleeds too.

“Inside I’m hollow. Broken into so many tiny pieces, I don’t think anyone or anything could put me back together. I’ve lost the only thing that matters. The only person I’ve ever really loved. And she hates me.”

Katherine is at a crossroads: forgive Ethan and risk having her heart broken and trust betrayed again or cut him off completely and resurrect those walls that Ethan broke free. She hates Ethan. Loves him. Misses him. Though fate finds Katherine and Ethan again and again, with a pull so strong that it’s a force they can no longer fight. Their relationship is taboo, but fate doesn’t care. Forbidden but forever bound.

“He’s seen me in every way possible, he knows me better than anyone else, and I realize in this single, heart-stopping moment that he is the only person in this entire world who understands me, knows me inside out.”

I swoon and melt as the goodness starts to snuff out evil with Ethan being a real-life Superman.

“He gave me light, when all I’d ever felt was darkness.”

Oh Ethan! I want to take away his pain too that has stolen his childhood, self-worth, and more.

“I’m not good enough for you. I never will be. You deserve better.”

Katherine’s Superman doesn’t think he deserves to be happy, despite saving the lady who will always be his. Though he will always rescue her. Forever.

“From the moment I saw her, I knew I had to take care of her. In some inherent way, I knew she belonged to me. It just took me years to find her again.”

Katherine is Superman’s Wonder Woman, despite nursing a bleeding heart, a heart that will always belong to Ethan. Her sweetness is his drug. His cure to snuff out his dark past.

“I need the sweetness of Katie to overcome the darkness of my past.”

Secrets, lies, and a monster from the past escape, breaking free and threatening Katherine and Ethan’s happiness. Fate needs one last appearance, as these two lost souls are only half but together are whole.

“It’s not his fault. It’s never his fault. We can’t control the monsters.”

Never Let Me Go held my heart from its beautiful and brilliant beginning to its enthralling and emotional end. This soul-searing saga grabbed my heart, wrapped itself around my head, and never let go. This book scared me, scarred me, shred me, and shattered me. Then it healed me, piecing my heart back together, filtering hope and happiness through my head and in my heart.

While the Never Tear Us Apart Duet paints a vivid picture of monsters lurking in the dark, its light and love that snuff out evil is what binds this story together, making it a mesmerizing and oh-so-meaningful masterpiece that you must experience. Monica Murphy has written her best, and most brilliant and beautiful story ever, one of epic love that will stay with me, perhaps for a lifetime.

5 soul-searing and strong stars

The second and final novel in a darkly sexy contemporary series from New York Times and USA bestselling author Monica Murphy, NEVER LET YOU GO is a tale about forbidden love.

NEVER LET YOU GO is an emotionally powerful novel about moving on from horrific events in the past and learning to love. Monica Murphy deftly delves into the world of romantic suspense and masterfully tackles a difficult subject matter.

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The truth hurts, they say—and my pain cuts deep. While I was falling for Ethan, he was deceiving me the entire time. He held a huge secret, protected by his lies. When I discovered what he was hiding, the truth shook my world, threatening to ruin us forever. Ruin me. But I soon realized that what we share can’t be destroyed.

The connection between us is too strong. It always has been. I can’t deny him any longer. And I can’t deny my truth: I’m in love with Ethan.

I don’t want to let him go.

While we’re trying our best to make this relationship work, other forces are fighting against us. My family, who wants to keep me safe. The media obsessed with my tragic past. The public that feeds off of it. Even Ethan’s father—the man who nearly destroyed me all those years ago. He’s doing his best to finish the job.

Despite my love for Ethan, the doubts creep in, clouding my mind. Is he worth the pain? Will our love survive, or will we have no choice but to end it—end us—once and for all?

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