Damaged by Willow Winters
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I love me a good Willow Winters book. This one had me crying the first few pages in.
I can't wait for the next one.
This is a cliffhanger.
I voluntarily read an advanced copy of this book.
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Tuesday, October 31, 2017
Review: One Night Bride
One Night Bride by Nicole Snow
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Taste the rainbow.
I absolutly love Skittle aka Skye and Mr. Relentless aka Cade.
This couple from the very beginning have chemistry. You can tell they are made for each other. But of course with romances there are always secrets and lies. The downfall of most couples.
Needless to say they get their crap together. But not without a little danger.
I highly recommend this book although it is a standalone, for more enjoyment I'd recommend reading Fiance on Paper, first.
The big question is, How many licks does it take to get to the center of Skittles big O? Cade says read the book and find out.
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My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Taste the rainbow.
I absolutly love Skittle aka Skye and Mr. Relentless aka Cade.
This couple from the very beginning have chemistry. You can tell they are made for each other. But of course with romances there are always secrets and lies. The downfall of most couples.
Needless to say they get their crap together. But not without a little danger.
I highly recommend this book although it is a standalone, for more enjoyment I'd recommend reading Fiance on Paper, first.
The big question is, How many licks does it take to get to the center of Skittles big O? Cade says read the book and find out.
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Sunday, October 29, 2017
Review: Unexpected Claim
Unexpected Claim by Alexa Riley
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
If you ask me why I love Alexa Riley's books I'd have to say it's because it's so far from reality it's almost laughable. But that's the thing about romance books. They're written to take you away from reality. And that's exactly what Alexa Riley does. Their books are so over the top with the possessive alpha male and instalove it's rediculious. So if you want to leave all the world's worries behind for an hour or two grab this book. It will definitely take you away.
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My rating: 5 of 5 stars
If you ask me why I love Alexa Riley's books I'd have to say it's because it's so far from reality it's almost laughable. But that's the thing about romance books. They're written to take you away from reality. And that's exactly what Alexa Riley does. Their books are so over the top with the possessive alpha male and instalove it's rediculious. So if you want to leave all the world's worries behind for an hour or two grab this book. It will definitely take you away.
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Friday, October 27, 2017
Review: Julian
Julian by Faith Gibson
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I absolutly love the Stone society series. I have been waiting on Julian and Katherine's story for a long time. I was absolutly shocked to learn who framed her for those crimes.
There is so much mystery surrounding Landon.
Now I'm ready for Urijah and Banyan's story. I just know I'll be crying with their book.
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My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I absolutly love the Stone society series. I have been waiting on Julian and Katherine's story for a long time. I was absolutly shocked to learn who framed her for those crimes.
There is so much mystery surrounding Landon.
Now I'm ready for Urijah and Banyan's story. I just know I'll be crying with their book.
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Monday, October 23, 2017
Review: Justice Ascending
Justice Ascending by Rebecca Zanetti
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
What a thrill ride Rebecca can take you on.
I love this book and all the characters.
Even though this is a standalone you also get the previous characters in this book.
Had me hooked from the very first page. I gasped, I cried,I yelled, I laughed. That to me makes a great book.
One more thing. Men will always be men. Whether the world is dying as we know it or not. Let a woman burst into tears and they panic. Lol..
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My rating: 5 of 5 stars
What a thrill ride Rebecca can take you on.
I love this book and all the characters.
Even though this is a standalone you also get the previous characters in this book.
Had me hooked from the very first page. I gasped, I cried,I yelled, I laughed. That to me makes a great book.
One more thing. Men will always be men. Whether the world is dying as we know it or not. Let a woman burst into tears and they panic. Lol..
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Saturday, October 21, 2017
Review: Art of Seduction
Art of Seduction by Monique Orgeron
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Its been quite a while since I've read such a unique and enthralling story.
After reading the blurb I went in prepared to dislike the mother Catherine. I just couldn't do it.
I think whoever reads this book will really like it.
I can't wait to see whose story is next.
I voluntarily read an advanced copy of this book.
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My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Its been quite a while since I've read such a unique and enthralling story.
After reading the blurb I went in prepared to dislike the mother Catherine. I just couldn't do it.
I think whoever reads this book will really like it.
I can't wait to see whose story is next.
I voluntarily read an advanced copy of this book.
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Wednesday, October 18, 2017
Review: Alexis Abbott
Alexis Abbott by Alexis Abbott
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This is so different from what Alexis usually does. Not only the genre but the writing style.
I still loved it all the same.
Maybe she could write more in this genre. One can only hope.
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My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This is so different from what Alexis usually does. Not only the genre but the writing style.
I still loved it all the same.
Maybe she could write more in this genre. One can only hope.
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Release & Giveaway - Ideal Image by Freya Barker & KT Dove
Title: Ideal Image
Series: A SNAPshot Novel
Author: Freya Barker and KT Dove
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Release Date: October 18, 2017
Cover Designer: Rebel, Edit & Design
Cover Designer: Rebel, Edit & Design
“Tomorrow let’s tackle the roof on the small barn. Last week when we had that rain come through, the horses stayed drier under the overhang covering the outside pen than they did inside the barn itself.”
I’m glad we’re onto more palatable dinner subjects now. As my Pops ages, his choice of casual conversation over a meal, more often than not, includes the day’s special on ailments or a detailed report on bodily functions.
Today’s topics of choice had been ingrown toenails and the effects of the latest pinto bean crop on a senior’s digestive system. Yeah, my dad can be a laugh-and-a-half at the dinner table.
“Absolutely,” I say, trying not to sound too relieved at the change in topic. “Do we still have a few of those corrugated roof panels we used on the shelter for the woodpile?”
“Probably just one or two,” Pops answers, before taking another massive bite of his hamburger.
“Maybe we’ll head into Cortez in the morning?”
“We can hit Denny’s for breakfast,” he says, slurping the dregs of his milkshake loudly.
Pops is a man of simple pleasures; a regular constitution and a hearty meal. Throw in a beer occasionally and he’s a happy man. He also likes predictability, which is why I’ve made it a point in recent years, to keep my schedule clear on Friday afternoons. We go out for an early meal—Pops like to eat at five—and catch up on our weeks, before planning out our weekend.
I don’t have much of a life outside of work. Sadly, my father is responsible for the bulk of my socializing. Friday dinners at a restaurant of his choice, and the weekends mostly putzing about our property. There are days when I feel more like sixty than the barely forty years I’m old.
“Now there’s a sight for sore eyes.”
I barely register Pop’s voice as I focus on my chicken fried steak sandwich, until the melodic cadence of a familiar voice pierces my awareness.
“First pick a booth, Mak, and then we’ll order.”
I swivel around in my seat to find Stacie’s daughter staring back at me.
“Hey,” I offer in greeting, my eyes immediately looking for, and finding, Stacie behind her. I can feel my face crack open in a big smile.
“Hi,” is the cheerful reply, along with Stacie’s more subdued; “Hello.”
“You friends of my son?” Pops pushes half out of his seat, the paper napkin he habitually tucks in his collar to catch the inevitable crumbs and stains flutters down to the floor, as he sticks out his greasy hand in greeting.
Instead of bouncing my head off the table a few times, which I’d like to do, I also stand up.
“Stacie, this is my father, Henry Flynn. And, Pops, this Stacie Gustafson and her daughter Makenna. Stacie is a colleague.” I’m not quite sure why I add the last, but the moment I see my father’s eyes narrow on Stacie’s face, a feeling of doom settles in my stomach. My pops is not exactly known for tact or subtlety.
“Why don’t you join us?” I quickly ask, hoping to avoid what I know is sure to come. Stacie opens her mouth with what I know will be an objection, but Mak easily slides in the booth beside Pops.
I feel bad for Stacie, who is left standing a little awkwardly next to the table. I grab her hand and gently pull her to sit down. I try to glare at Pops to warn him off when he leans over the table, his head slightly tilted to the side, but he’s like a dog with a bone.
“What happened to your face?”
And there it is.
I’m still contemplating my father’s imminent demise, while desperately seeking for ways to soften the shocked expression on Stacie’s face at the impact of his words, when her little girl pipes up.
“She got burned in an explosion. Gnarly, right? You should see her arm.”
I watch Stacie’s eyes pop open at her daughter’s callous description, but Pops is immediately distracted.
“The explosion up on the mountain last winter? That was your mom? Damn, I heard that was bad.”
“She almost died,” Mak says, her face somber.
“Yeah, but she didn’t, did she?” Pops counters sagely, and I throw up my hands, there’s no way to stop this train wreck. “Looks pretty alive to me.”
Stacie’s eyes, round as saucers, turn to me. Surprisingly, I see a glimmer of humor in their depths.
“Thank God,” her daughter blurts out dramatically, and the whole situation suddenly becomes comical in the most surreal way.
“Yeah—thank God,” Pops echoes, a smirk on his face as he winks across the table at Stacie, who promptly bursts out laughing, and I can’t hold back a chuckle. “Besides, they can fix that, you know?”
“Oh, I know,” Mak says wisely, tucking her paper napkin in the collar of her shirt, mimicking my dad. A move that makes all of the adults at the table smile. “Mom’s having her face done in two weeks.”
After a little confusion—during which the waitress shows up to take Stacie and Mak’s orders, and Pops takes the opportunity to order another milkshake and order of fries—I manage to glean that having her face done means Stacie apparently has another surgery scheduled.
Freya Barker inspires with her stories about 'real’ people, perhaps less than perfect, each struggling to find their own slice of happy. She is the author of the Cedar Tree Series and the Portland, ME, novels.
Freya is the recipient of the RomCon “Reader’s Choice” Award for best first book, “Slim To None,” and is a finalist for the 2016 Kindle Book Awards for “From Dust”. She currently has two complete series and three anthologies published, and is working on two new series; La Plata County FBI—ROCK POINT, and Northern Lights. She continues to spin story after story with an endless supply of bruised and dented characters, vying for attention!
KT Dove grew up, and still lives, in the Midwest. At an early age she developed a love of reading, driving the local librarians crazy, and would plan plot lines and stories for her favorite characters. KT received degrees in English, Speech/Drama, and Education. And yet instead of becoming an English teacher as planned, she opted for an unexpected HEA.
Now married, a mother and still an avid reader, she stumbled upon the Indie author movement and became involved on several levels. Never in her wildest imagination would she have thought she would co-author a book. With the support of her family, she took the plunge, adding writing to an already busy literary existence.
She wouldn’t have it any other way.
Release & Giveaway - Like a Boss by Liz Matis
Title: Like a Boss
Series: Double Trouble Duet #1
Authors: Liz Matis
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: October 17, 2017
Blurb
War veteran Dawson Trudeau never expected his estranged
identical twin to walk into his bar in Alaska, let alone offer him twenty
million dollars to pose as the CEO of King Enterprises while he secretly heads
to rehab for thirty days. With dreams of starting a homeless shelter for
veterans and locating his retired service dog from Afghanistan, Dawson can’t
say no. Then he meets his brother’s sexy assistant and he hopes she can’t say
no—some overtime between the sheets.
Lacey Brooks isn’t attracted to her metro-sexual boss, but
his rough and ready identical twin is just her type. When lust turns into love,
she fears she is betraying the CEO. If she can navigate the family feud to
ensure a spot-on impersonation by Dawson, she’ll finally be promoted to
VP.
If they can pull off the masquerade, everyone wins. But once
the thirty days is over will victory matter if they don’t have each
other?
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Excerpt
Lacey Brooks schooled her features to hide her shock. The beast behind the bar couldn’t be Aaron’s twin brother.
Shaggy. Unkempt. Rough.
She’d been expecting her boss’ mirror image, not someone who crawled out of the Alaskan bush.
But as she drew closer she could see there was more than a resemblance underneath the beard and past-the-shoulder length mane.
Never trust a man with longer hair than you.
Never trust a man period.
Keeping his brother a secret from the world was one thing but how had Aaron managed to keep it from her?
She knew everything about the CEO of King Enterprises. Everything.
Lacey wasn’t just his assistant, she was his confidant, his therapist, his sometime tennis partner, and his friend. But if he kept this secret, what else was he hiding? Like the reason for the cloak and dagger maneuvers, which he’d dismissed as unimportant.
Was it a family feud? A scandal?
Or was Dawson dangerous? A criminal? He certainly looked like it. His icy blue gaze roamed her body as if he owned it, reminding her of Aaron right before he was about to close a deal—a predator. Not a like shark, for they attack on instinct. This was more like a wolf, toying with his prey before sinking his teeth into the neck of its dinner.
“Lacey, I’d like you to meet my long lost brother, Dawson.”
“I look forward to working with you, darling.”
Darling? Ugh.
The physical makeover would be the easy part. Taming the he-man into a sophisticated owner of a billion dollar corporation in a day would be impossible.
Author Bio
Liz Matis is a mild-mannered accountant by day and writer of fun, flirty, fiery romances by night.
Playing For Keeps, from her popular fantasy football romances, hit the #12 spot on the Barnes and Noble Nook Bestseller List and #26 on Amazon’s Kindle Bestseller. She has appeared on Amazon’s Movers and Shakers list. Playing For Keeps (winner of the NECRWA First Kiss Contest), Going For It, and The Quarterback Sneak all hit the #1 spot in Sports Fiction on Amazon.
In her spare time she enjoys reading, watching sports, and attending kickboxing classes. She’s been married for 31 years and believes in happily ever after.
Fun Fact: Liz read her first romance at the age of fifteen and soon after wrote her first romances starring her friends and their latest crush!
Playing For Keeps, from her popular fantasy football romances, hit the #12 spot on the Barnes and Noble Nook Bestseller List and #26 on Amazon’s Kindle Bestseller. She has appeared on Amazon’s Movers and Shakers list. Playing For Keeps (winner of the NECRWA First Kiss Contest), Going For It, and The Quarterback Sneak all hit the #1 spot in Sports Fiction on Amazon.
In her spare time she enjoys reading, watching sports, and attending kickboxing classes. She’s been married for 31 years and believes in happily ever after.
Fun Fact: Liz read her first romance at the age of fifteen and soon after wrote her first romances starring her friends and their latest crush!
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