Boomerang Boyfriend by Chris Cannon 3 ✭

Title: Boomerang Boyfriend

Author: Chris Cannon

Series: The Boyfriend Chronicles

Genre: Young Adult, Romance

Publish Date: September 11, 2017

Pages: 210

Ages: Teen

Rating: ✭✭✭

In any teen drama you need a few things. Family conflict, emotionally charged kids, and some average problems that seem like totally so much worse. This book hits all key items for this teen drama where the little sisters bestfriend and the older brother start to fall for each other. This is one of those taboo teen things. You don't fall for your bestfriends brother or sister. It can just become too awkward. Even just being regular friends can be tough if the siblings are just little kids. I've seen it happen with my brother and his girlfriend, they broke up and not only broke each others heart but also our little sisters.

The characters were interesting in this book because they weren't made to sound so overly dramatic that teens tend to be. Jack is a mostly content kid who from time to time deals with his grief over his father and grandfather by lashing out at those closest to him. Delia is Jack's little sister Zoe's best friend. She's an artsy type that pretty much lives at Jack and Zoe's house because her parents are always away working nights. So she is mostly alone.

I did receive a free e-copy of this book from the publisher so my review is going to be based off that.

This was a nice story to read, but I do feel like there are some things that could be improved upon. One thing is the scene changes feel clunky and snapped into place. For an example Jack was upset at one point and he just walks off. He doesn't notice anyone else around him. It's like Jack "blah blah…" and he walks away. There's was nothing like "he noticed the sad look his mother gave him as he turned away" or anything like that. As an adult reader I can assume because of the mothers feelings being expressed in other scenes of the book but I feel like things like that could have added so much more to the story.

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Final Fall by Heather W. Petty 4 ✭

Title: Final Fall

Author: Heather W. Petty

Series: Lock & Mori

Genre: Crime, Mystery, Romance

Publish Date: November 28, 2017

Pages: 208

Ages: 14 & up

Rating: ✭✭✭✭

I want to be completely honest here. I never read the first two books in the series. Oh my god. Do I wish that I did? Heck yeah. I mean at first, I was totally confused because I had no clue who the perspective was coming from and why they were imprisoned. But you know, you roll with it because it's interesting. This person who is caged in is kind of bad ass and smart. I think when I was halfway through my copy from the publisher is when I had to shop around for the first two books in the series. I am kind of disappointed that this series didn't seem to have the presence in the public that I felt it deserved. I feel like this should have already been on my radar. 

I think this is a great crime solving book for teens and up to read. There are masterminds behind masterminds it seems in this series. That really has made me feel like I have missed out on not reading the first two books. Mori is a strong, smart, and maybe a little crazy. She uses her own brilliance and fierce determination to accomplish her goals. I am not sure if I would call her a role model, but I would definitely agree with aspects of her being admirable. 

I feel like Lock is a key player in this book but in the background. Always there but not. This is mostly a result of the things that have happened in the previous books. I wish that I could have gotten to know his character some more but I was able to get a good feel for his character. I think that this series could still live on with the kind of person Lock is. That would be pretty cool to read. 

If this had been the first book in the series I would have said that it shows promise of a good series and a future with awesome characters. It's the end of the series according to Amazon's blurb, but I am bummed out because I would really be ok for it to continue. I have to read the whole series to get a full feeling for the series as a whole. If I were my pre-teen self, this is a book that I would absolutely enjoy and get hooked into.

Disorderly Conduct by Tessa Bailey 3 ✭

Title: Disorderly Conduct

Author: Tessa Bailey

Series: The Academy

Genre: Romance

Publish Date: August 29, 2017

Pages: 354

Ages: 18 + 

Rating: ✭✭✭

I read the first and second book backwards. It didn't really change much for my perspective of how much I like Tessa Bailey's writing and her characters. I think she does an excellent job of writing characters who develop relationships that feel completely natural. It's not just trying to mash two archetypes together and turn out a book.

This book was a fun ride. I wouldn't call it the best. I loved the second book in the series a he'll of a lot more. It had characters that develop and grow through the story and they actually change. While Disorderly Conduct makes you think they may have grown and they really don't they just stumble into the realization they've been ignorant and immature. I guess I just wasn't super into this one as the others. I delayed on writing my reviews because of the thanksgiving holiday time frame and it really gave me a better idea of how I felt.

Ever comes from a line of family with this really weird idea that they are mistresses who should just use men for sex and have no emotional entanglements. Ok so your mom having a sex talk is one thing but having your mom say just bone that's it... weird. generations go one by accident it seems. However, Ever is an interesting person. She is nice, she is stable in her career, she has a hood sense of humor and determination. I liked her, just not this weird background.

Charlie is an obsessive stalker, but it's written in a way you want to almost forgive him. I guess the theme for this book could be determination. He was determined to have Ever. Charlie not only comes across as a stalker but also like an immature school boy. He's like running around town sabotaging Ever' s dates and stuff.

So both Ever and Charlie are like immature kids who are products of their upbringing. Neither have a clue what a relationship is or how to approach it. So obviously there with be misunderstandings, conflicts, devastation, betrayal, swooning, yada yada. Not a bad book at all. I liked it.

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Finally...

Finally, my little family seems to have gotten into a routine. We moved from the "Keystone State" recently which had its ups and downs. For example, my family hated it, because I had to leave their area. My husband and I have moved an eight-hour drive away from them. It sucks definitely and I do sympathize. However, with my dad making me move constantly growing up, I don't feel as upset. I feel bad that my kids won't have the closeness that I see my cousins have with my grandparents. I feel bad for the loss of them being around when I need them. But they are not gone completely.

I think about me and being so far away from family that I don't even know anything about my cousins, and I totally get it. See, my dad was in the Navy. Yes, we did move a lot, not as much as some but just enough to make my teenage years hell. And my relocation from duty station to station didn't stop there no. My husband had joined the Marine Corps and right after I was finally on my own from my parents relocating here and there, then it continued. So basically my whole life up til my mid 20's was moving around leaving people behind, and trying to beat the pain and sadness from losing everything you had built for "X" amount of years. So when I say finally, I don't mean finally forever. Nope, because I know that things are going to change soon enough, and to not be comfortable just yet.

We got to North Carolina not too long ago. The kids are settling in really well, especially with seeing two of their uncles and grandmother every day. I am still getting use to trying to cook for three more people on top of our little family of four. I cook because I feel like I am contributing. Living here with them is working out really well and actually better than I thought. We are starting to save up money, and have even paid off some debt. OH SNAP! I swear it's like each time a bill disappears, it feels like a 10 lb weight is lifted off my chest. We are still having some issues with health insurance but his previous job is all to blame for that. Fun times... But we have all the address changes, the license, some doctors for me because I had some issues right after we moved down here, and even the car stuff has been taken care of.

Currently, I am spending everyday half in shock at how rotten my own kids have gotten. I have tried so many methods and it seems like it just makes it worse for each thing. Here's to hoping they grow out of it. I have gotten back into reading because let's face it, I've been a little busy. I had to pack a house, and unpack just enough to be able to live out of. I had missed reading because it helps me mentally get away and not have mommy breakdowns. Yep, laying it out there. So I'm getting to put a dent into some of my collection here. So if you read this ( my maybe one day reader ) make a note to keep an eye for more book reviews. Ha!

My husband is no longer in training for his new job and now actually on his set schedule for what his working is going to be looking like. That is nights from 6 pm to 6 am. The plus side is that he only works Friday to Sunday. For him it sounds like a great opportunity to work for, an amazing company setting, and good pay with overtime if he wants it. Here come Holidays, Here come Holidays, right after that raise.... that came out like jingle bells in my head.

So finally it feels like since I got pregnant with my daughter that things are starting to come together. The pieces are falling into place like someone who isn't me is doing this life puzzle. I guess you could say my husband is doing this life puzzle... Since I just stay at home with the kids.

Misadventures on the Night Shift by Lauren Rowe 5 ✭

Title: Misadventures on the Night Shift

Author: Lauren Rowe

Series:  Misadventures 

Genre: Contemporary Romance, Erotica

Publish Date: November 7, 2017

Pages: 280

Ages: 18 + 

Rating: ✭✭✭✭✭

Misadventures on the Night Shift is a total rockstar style read. Full of heart melting song lyrics and plenty of hot kinks to keep you tied to the story. It's a pretty short book but it feels full of so much. I love how this book made me feel guilty enough for reading a smoking hot kinky scene but not regretting it at all, just like Abby. I loved how the end was written. It was brilliantly leading you on, leaving you on an edge.

Abby is just trying to get by each day and not get into any trouble. She works a boring job at a hotel and goes to her boring law school classes. She gets up and rinse & repeat on her boring little life, completely knowing that this isn't at all where she wants her life to be. She feels trapped in a life she doesn't want by her family from consequences are previous indiscretions.

Lucas is a rock star who has been around for a decade now and has been trapped in a music contract that has left him feeling trapped and drowning. He has to complete his fourth album and then he will be released from the corporate hold. However, he has writer's block and he can't be free until he produces a new single similar to the song that made him famous, to begin with. 

Things change when Abby basically cusses out Lucas for being a douche to her. That fierce attitude gave his inspiration for music and he wanted her. Lucas wanted her to himself and wanted her as his muse. This leads to a kinky roleplay proposition and a new heartbreak song he needs to free himself.

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The Real Thing by Melissa Foster 4 ✭

Title: The Real Thing

Author: Melissa Foster

Series: Sugar Lake

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Publish Date: September 5, 2017

Pages: 286

Ages: 18 + 

Rating: ✭✭✭✭

The Real Thing was a "sweet" story. Haha... lame pun that anyone who read the back of the book can come up with. Really those this book was smoking hot. With some unexpected heart melting romance. Zane comes across as a playboy actor and he is just is very confident in that sexy way. Willow is like the girl we all want to be in our early twenties. She is confident in herself with her job and around her friends and family of the town. She is amusing, and realistic. Her problem is that she has always been in love with her first love, its always there and hard to forget. So when Zane, who has been her best friend for years, propositions her with a crazy plan for his reputation... (but is it...)

Melissa Foster has created some very good characters with this book. I would say that it was a great solo book even, but I am more excited that it is part of a series. The whole family, that could use some hooking up, are full of very different characters that have different personalities, but seem loveable that you want to see the whole gangs stories unfold.

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Ride the Storm by Karen Chance 4 ✭

Title: Ride the Storm

Author: Karen Chance

Series: Cassie Palmer 

Genre: Paranormal & Urban Fantasy, Romance

Publish Date: April 7, 2017

Pages: 606

Ages: 18 + 

Rating: ✭✭✭✭

I have been reading this series for years and what keeps me going is how Karen Chance solves the problem. It's so unique, it's things I wouldn't have dreamed of.  Maybe that's my lack of creativity, who knows, but its what keeps me coming back for more with this series.

Cassie has gone through a lot in this series and this book really shows her individual growth an individual with multiple talents. She is still getting chased all over but the Pythias that think that she is a rogue, she is still trying to save Pritkin, and she is finally learning key bits of information from Mircea.

I would have rated this book higher but it was slow in the beginning. I jumped from one thing to another and it was very chaotic. I feel like it was very important for Cassie to have all these little battles pile up on top of each other for the story to progress the way it did. But, there was a lot of pages where Cassie was drained or dead tired. So that's what the dull aspect to the book was, but again it was very important to her growth. 

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Black and Green: Ghost Bird #11 by C. L. Stone 5 ✭

Title: Black and Green

Author: C. L. Stone

Series: Ghost Bird

Genre: Romance, Spies

Publish Date: June 20, 2017

Pages: 435

Ages:  15 and older maybe

Rating: ✭✭✭✭✭

I've been following this series since the start. At first, I would hate the cliffhangers, but now I have grown accustomed to it. So yes, spoiler alert, we are in for another cliffhanger. However, I will say that in this book it feels fulfilling. This has a full story that continues with the ongoing relationship drama for the characters that I feel like it even progresses just enough with the plot of the new book. Black and Green gets into a whole new crazy ass drama that risks their relationships and her health. This book is obvious by the title it goes into Mr. Blackbourne and Dr. Green and their feelings for Sang. It goes into their history and their friendship. and we even see strong emotions from Mr. Blackbourne.

Since I have been around the block with this series, I have to talk about the whole series. The start was good but quick, and you wanted more. Then there was the crazy conflict and then you would get angry with the cliffhangers and again a little quickly written. This book feels like professional level, that has made me decide that I will see this out. I will read til I get to the end. . . Whenever the hell that is going to bed. But it finally feels like this series has a plan for how it wants to get to the end. Before it felt like meeting the boys, having conflict, and tension. What I mean is the authors writing is growing with this series. 

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Drop Dead Gorgeous by Juliet Lyons 3 ✭

Title: Drop Dead Gorgeous

Author: Juliet Lyons

Series: Bites Nights 

Genre: Urban Fantasy, Romance

Publish Date: October 3, 2017

Pages: 352

Ages: 18 + 

 Rating: ✭✭✭

This was a different take on how a vampire-human relationship drama can happen in an urban fantasy novel. Most books have that typical male vampire in a romance book who is always brooding around, or resistant to the relationship. This was different because this is a man with feelings. He has a past that has left him "emotionally wounded" so he doesn't form attachments. That ordinary, but he has aged beyond and is aware of these issues.

So Vincent is like a cop in a modern time when people know about vampires and it seems like he really isn't an actual copy and he's like a helper. One thing I didn’t like about this confusing  "job position" he has is because it seems like the humans were always able to keep up, or do just as good as him. It's not bad just different, and I didn't like that. So I don't like his job, but I like him as an individual.

Mila was an interesting character to read. She had humor, she felt naïve, but just was also strong in the sense that "Life ain't gonna keep her down." She becomes a witness after she is almost killed by a psycho vamp that she meets on some V-date site.Vincent is the one who ends up saving her just in time from the killer. Then things get complicated as the two fight their mutual attraction towards one another. 

I did get a free copy of this book from the publisher to read and I would still recommend it. I think some people would love to read a true gentleman like Vincent

So I Married a Sorcerer by Kerrelyn Sparks 4 ✭

Title: So I Married A Sorcerer

Author: Kerrelyn Sparks

Series: The Embraced

Genre: Dark Fantasy, Romance

Publish Date: August 29, 2017

Pages: 485

Ages: 18 + 

Rating: ✭✭✭✭

Kerrelyn Sparks is one of those authors that when you pick up one of her books, you know ahead of time that you are going to enjoy your romantic journey. This is another you can add to the collection. I received a free Advanced Reader Copy from the publisher to read before hand and I squealed like a little girl because the whole idea of this book was so neat to me. This book had me sucked in and I could not stop reading. I am still packing for our family move trip to North Carolina next week, and I was up til 3:30 am reading. I was just so hooked.

The humor was fantastic and had me belting out laughs at the responses from the one nun, she is a nutter. The heroine is strong, but a little young and naïve as she should be for her age. Um,  PIRATE SORCERER, hello ... how cool does that sound? The characters are strong and it is all taking place in a world that you can feel is progressively developing throughout the book. Connections are being made in different countries that have been at war, and there is like a super villain about.

This is actually the second book in this series, The Embraced, which is all about the special individuals who are born on the twin moon eclipse and have special powers. You can read this book without reading the first in the series and be able to follow along with the main chain of events. I didn't read the first book, but I am going to once I catch up on my list of to-read books. I love the idea of the fortune telling stones, and how they can link to the rest of the series. Like the next book, you are totally sucked into wanting to read that after this one.

This fantasy world has elves, dragons, pirates and evil murdering kings. Sounds accurately like a fantasy world. I did wish that there was more world building, but again I did read an ARC version so maybe that had changed. I wanted to feel more immersed into the world, but I was fully invested into the characters so in my opinion that balances out. That's my only negative feedback, I enjoyed everything else about this book.

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Moving Soon - Not the Blog, Just My Family

Alright guys, I have not been slacking. Well, if you were to say that by not having time to read, or write in my blog... then yes I have been slacking. But in all fairness I have been cleaning, packing, and trying to maintain the kids. So good thing Ive been going for about a week and have two weeks left. 

One of the benefits to growing up a military brat is that you are use to packing and moving. You know how you want to pack things because you know how you want to unpack them. That is actually the most important part in my opinion. If you just pack with things like you currently have them, or in the most obvious grouping, that might not work. You need to pack with how you want to find what you need. So packing begins, and I have a few weeks to get our family of four moved.

My husband got offered a job at an airport that is a pay raise, and will be a good start to get back on our feet. We are moving to North Carolina to my mother in laws to help us catch up on some major post-baby debt. One of the reasons that I am super thankful for the ARC's that I receive from publishers since books are a wonderful relief from stress, but very pricey. We are lucky that we can move in down there. I say down because we currently are in Pennsylvania where my family is from. We really are not a fan of where we are living in PA. The weather sucks, the people are ignorant and rude, and just overall grumpy. 

So this is just an overall update, and explanation for what's going on with our little family. Also its the reason why I won't be able to read as much. :(

King of Swords by Anna Durbin 4 ✭

Title: King of Swords

Author: Anna Durbin
Series: Kings of the Tarot
Genre: Historical Romance, Regency
Publish Date: June 11, 2017
Pages:  376
Ages: 18 +
Rating:  ✭✭✭✭

King of Swords is an amusingly enchanting story about a couple who couldn't be more irritated by each other that end up on a twisted path. Definitely do not judge a book by the cover here or you will miss out on an entertaining start to a new series. I found it amusing how the character interactions are with their dislike for each other, plus the whole town acts like watching their fights like a soap opera. There is also a very serious and sensuous side to the story too. I feel like it just all comes out very well rounded.

My favorite thing about the book was between the character point of view switches. They usually end up with a one word descriptive thought that punctuates the characters frame of mind for that scene. I just liked how it gave that similar insight to the two. I liked the overall writing of the book. It is a very well written romance novel. There is character development, strife, anguish, happiness and even more emotions for their journey the two go on.

I wish it went into the Tarot aspect a tad more. I am a fan of tarot cards for one thing. The book starts out with a scene with the tarot and it doesn't discuss it many more times. Don 't get me wrong there are more "clips" I guess I would call them from the tarot at the beginning at each chapter I really liked. Basically it was like a card and the cards meaning which give you a hint to the chapter. I really did like this. I just felt like the character had the tools in her hands to do more to control her situation, but she was stubborn and didn't think of it.

I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who enjoys regency romance.

Blocked by L.P. Dover 3 ✭

Title: Blocked

Author: L.P. Dover
Series: Breakaway 
Genre: Sports Romance, Mystery & Suspense, Contemporary
Publish Date: October 31, 2017
Pages:  --not listed--
Ages: 18 +
Rating:  ✭✭✭

The tough and gruff cocky goaltender of the Strikers gets blindsided by a hot chick. Dallas Easton is a jerk. I'm being completely honest. At the start of the book he is a total ass and not someone you would be interested in. Obviously, things change over the duration of the story, but the start of his storyline left a bad taste in my mouth. Overall the changes he goes through seem possible but not really believable. Maybe I just can't believe a dominant male who has aggression issues and only cares about banging would switch so effortlessly to a sweet romantic gentleman. I guess what I mean is, if a guy is going to come off as a pig, at least let that core character type last more than the first meet and great with the heroine. Then again, maybe that is more possible than I think it could be.

I did like Callie Davis. She was a very likeable character. She was tough but was still a women with emotions that made you feel for her. She grew up with only brothers so that toughness comes in handy when she skates and plays hockey with them their whole lives. The way the two meet is one of the great points of the story so I won't discuss that because of spoilers, but lets just say that it starts off like a smack in the face.

This book confused me. Sometimes is came across like it was just going to be a short smut book, and then other times if felt like a true contemporary romance. I liked the overall storyline of the book, but I feel like different sections of the book where written when the author was at a different emotional place. Almost like the same person didn't write all of it. It has its flaws but overall the book was likeable, just not a favorite. I will say that this book was not predictable to me. It wasn't the usual story with what events occur. It follows a similar path to most romance books but the problems that pop up for the two were not predictable and that was nice.

This is a good book to read and I think some people may enjoy it more than others. I just wasn't a super fan of Dallas and how quickly his personality changes. I received a FREE copy from the publisher so that I would be able to rad it and offer a review. It won't be published by Loveswept and sold by Random House LLC, until October 31 as a Kindle Edition.

The Captivity of Choice by William R. Herr 3 ✭

Title: The Captivity of Choice

Author: William R. Herr

Series: Broken Throne

Genre: Dark Fantasy, Romance

Publish Date: April 7, 2017

Pages: 406

Ages: 18 + 

Rating: ✭✭✭

I had trouble deciding how to review this book. I settled on middle level star because I want others to give this book a chance. I struggled with this book but it was only because of the writing style. It made it very hard for me to get through with the authors style of writing, but I also have a really hard time reading the Game of Thrones books, and they're great stories... that I can't finish. So this might be a choice for others for sure. Don't get me wrong I liked the story itself. I love reading about strong women who are independent, and a true role to read about. Plus the realistic love the characters have and what they deal with in the story was refreshing from other historical romance books. I feel terrible, but this just was not my fit for a book. The dark fantasy, or fantasy in general I like, it was just the writing style I suffered with.

I already HAVE recommended this book to a family member who loves books like this. So I would give this a try if it sounds interesting to you. It is a great price for a book to try in my opinion and I did like it.

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After the Game by Abbi Glines 5 ✭

Title: After the Game

Author: Abbi Glines

Series: Field Party

Genre: Teen & Young Adult, Social & Family Issues, Contemporary Romance

Publish Date: August 22, 2017

Pages: 352

Ages: Teen  

Rating: ✭✭✭✭✭

This is a fantastic series that helps you believe in yourself right along with the characters. It helps you gain a strength from inside that could be hard to find. So far every book in the series has built very strong characters that have had to grow and change from very tough or complicated issues in their lives. Each story touches on something that can happen to anyone. Previous books showed us a character grow past a family death, another that dealt with a teen suicide, and all the while these characters manage to find best friend and love. I think this is an excellent series and as I am invested three books in, I will be continuing to follow if there are more.

This book has the PERFECT TITLE and Cover to go with this storyline to date. Not just for this book for Brady and Riley but the teammates and girls to this point. You definitely can read this a stand alone and understand everything that has happened in this world. However, I would recommend reading from the beginning because Brady has changed so much from the start of the series with how he handled his cousin Maggie entering his life. Granted he was just a side character in the first and second book, he was a constant character so reading the whole series to the same feeling I did at the end of this is a MUST. What I mean by that is that at the end of this book, you feel complete. This could end as a trilogy and it would make sense and you would be happy with how everything turned out for these friends. It leaves you looking forward to their future and what could be to come for them. I am not just writing like I am in fan girl mode. I am a mother, and this is a series I wouldn't mind my daughter if she were a teen to read. I would have confidence that it would positively affect her.

About the book itself and Not the series, this was a wonderful way for the good ole boy Brady to finally get a clue to how the world really works. While he is getting to know Riley and how harshly this town has treated it begins to change him. It's like someone is peeling one of those painful face masks off. You know the ones that leaving you with this burning, searing hurt, but after you heal you feel fresh and renewed. Like that one thing can turn you into a completely new person. That is exactly how the chain of events in this book affect Brady. Riley also goes through a decent change from being completely closed off to the world so that her painful past won't happen again. She can't live like she did before and let this town hurt her again, especially because that would hurt her little daughter. Things change for her though, and she learns to be a friend again, and to have a friend and how much that could mean for her and her baby.

This was an amazing book, that came with new relatable struggles for these teens in this town. I have enjoyed reading about them so far, and again, I look forward to the future for them. This is a book series that I without a doubt would read over and over again. It can help you get over a very tough situation because it helps remind you that someone might have it worse, and maybe you need someone to help you get through that. And that it is ok to need someone.

I was so blessed to get an ARC copy of this book from the publisher. I couldn't be more thankful to read this beautiful story.

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Saving Grace by Aubrey Wynne 4 ✭

Title: Saving Grace

Author: Aubrey Wynne

Series: Enchanted Keepsakes

Genre: Paranormal & Urban Fantasy, Romantic Suspense, Mystery

Publish Date: May 1, 2017 

Pages: 120

Ages: Mature

Rating: ✭✭✭✭

Saving Grace is a wonderful start to a new series. Aubrey Wynne has managed to write another book, or in this case a small novella, that will compel you to read the rest of the series. I am becoming a pretty decent fan of the author I would say at this point. She managed in such a short amount of pages to thrill me with some lore, romance, and suspense.

I grew up a military brat, and part of that time was spent in Virginia. Virginia is a wonderful state full of rich history. So having a story with a heroine, Chloe, being haunted by a ghost, Grace, and having legitimate history mixed in with Aubrey Wynne's own story telling is just a treat for me. Also the idea of Chloe seeking out information about what could be happening and a historian falling in love is just super cool to me. This story was written where is was flipping between past and present and is was done great. You are able to follow what is going on pretty easily.

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The Sweetest Burn by Jeaniene Frost 5 ✭

Title: The Sweetest Burn
Author: Jeaniene Frost
Series: Broken Destiny
Genre: New Adult & College, Paranormal & Urban Fantasy, Romance, Action
Pages: 352
Ages: 18 + (The content isn't highly erotic but still enough that I wouldn't feel confident recommending to anyone lower than 18 years old.)

Rating: ✭✭✭✭✭

Another strong female badass from Jeaniene Frost. This book has tons of action that it could be a chick action flick and not of the naughty variety. Ivy has grown since the first book where she was a girl getting thrown into having to deal with demons and archons and being the last in a mythical lineage that has a long list of enemies and a destiny for her to follow. In the second book she has been training and is still hunting for the second hollowed weapon. Time is imperative because she needs the Staff of Moses to help seal all the demon realms which are starting to crack and tear open into the human world. Throughout the whole book Ivy is being chased and hunted. Demons and minions are trying to find her to kill her to make sure that she doesn't close their access to humans.

At the start of the book you have Ivy dealing with the unresolved issues from the first book with Adrian's betrayal (which is part of his prophesized destiny) and her broken heart. She is destined to save the world and he is her opposite. Everything in the world has an equal opposite to maintain balance. It had been six months since she destroyed Adrian's realm where Demetrius was at. This whole time she hasn't seen or heard from Adrian. 

All in all this book is constant action with an actual sweet romantic scene. That makes this series different and worth the read. I don't read Jeaniene Frost's books for the love, its the combo and that well written out action scenes that makes you want to take up kickboxing or something so you can be a badass chick like her heroines. 

This is the second book in the Broken Destiny series which so far looks like it is only going to be a trilogy.

1. The Beautiful Ashes
2. The Sweetest Burn
3. The Brightest Embers - Release date is set for November 28, 2017

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Serial Hottie by Kelly Oram 4 ✭

Title: Serial Hottie

Author: Kelly Oram

Genre: Teen, Young Adult, Contemporary Romance, Mystery, Humor

Publish Date: June 5, 2012

Pages: 405 - Fast read, was able to tackle in seven hours.

Ages: This book is appropriate for a younger age, I would say even 13. 

Rating: ✭✭✭✭

Being a fifteen-year-old girl is hard enough when you're a tomboy who plays hockey like one of the guys. Add in a really hot neighbor and first real crush with confusing teenage emotions, and a local serial killer and you have one heck of an amusing story. 

Ellie has seriously always been one of the guys. She is just a normal teen who is only interested in playing hockey. The guys have always treated her like one of them, they tackle her, get into fights with her, she smack talks with them, and dresses like them. Her sister Angela is her older sister and she is the typical girlie girl and doesn't understand Ellie because of how different they are.

Then a hot California boy moved in across the street. Ellie is intrigued by him and she wants to know more. So what does a teenage girl who has no idea how to even begin interacting with boy do? Spy on him from her bedroom window duh. Ellie starts to learn his routine, and when he does his workouts shirtless in his garage. Soon, they meet and things get weird. He's a little obsessive. He likes to tease her and aggressively flirt with her which she has NO clue what to do about. So obviously she runs from him constantly. She is so confused when he even tries to hold her hand because what he makes her feel is so out of the normal from the way other boys have ever made her feel. His aggressiveness begins to freak her out, and when she sees his skills with knives that he can throw with deadly accuracy. She begins to panic at every site of him from both fear and what she doesn't know is desire.

Meanwhile, there is a serial killer on the loose. The murders started around the time that Seth moved into town. The "Saturday Night Slasher" is what the media calls the killer who is killing girls that look identical to Ellie. One is almost a perfect doppelganger for Ellie. So murder on the loose, a knife wielding neighbor with is obsessed with Ellie, and Ellie's new emotions and feeling lead to an amusing adventure.

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Irresistible You by Kate Meader 5 ✭

Title: Irresistible You

Author: Kate Meader

Series: The Chicago Rebels Series - Book One -

Genre: Sports Romance, Romance, Contemporary Romance

Publish Date: April 14, 2017 - $1.99 for Kindle & $9.99 for Paperback

Pages: 400

Ages: 18 +

Rating: ✭✭✭✭✭

Irresistible is a wonderfully passionate romance in the Chicago Rebels Series. Not only was this book passionate and hot, it also had the ability to woo the reader right along with the main character Harper Chase. 

Remy DuPre is an amazing man. He is the man girls dream of that will take them away to a fantasy land of love.You know the type of guy, says all the perfect things, physically perfect, makes you laugh and builds you up, um, and cooks amazing. The only thing is that Harper is not the normal girl. Let's just say daddy issues, and forcing herself to be completely closed off to any other people. Even her half sisters and she have zero connection.n It's all part of her be the boss, am the boss, take no prisoners attitude she has. 

The characters were written in a way that you can believe their progression. From Harper to being sort of cold behind her shield of stregnth, to then evolving to not only loving a man but developing what looks to be a true lasting relationship with her half sisters. Honestly, the sisters were the strongest part of the book to me. Seeing their like passive aggressive interactions slowly improve was something you hoped for while reading. It was something that Harper needed, well, ALL the sisters needed after how their father completely ruined their relationship.

I love this book! I also completely intend on getting the rest of the books in the series as they are released. If I am not mistaken, I believe it's going to follow the sisters and I really enjoyed them. I received a free ARC copy of this book from the publisher to review and I would say this was sweet and hot, and a must read.

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Rolf's Quest by Aubrey Wynne 4 ✭

Title: Rolf's Quest
Author: Aubrey Wynne
Series: A Medieval Encounter, Book One
Genre: Historical Romance, Medieval, Fantasy
Publish Date: February 1, 2017
Pages: 234
Ages: 18 +
Available for: Kindle and Paperback

Rating: ✭✭✭✭

I may or may not have picked this book up because the cover made me think of Jon Snow. I have read a book by Aubrey Wynne before and I loved the sweetness and genuine love that was written in that story so I decided to pick this book up as well. I was not disappointed by this book. It was another very well written story about magic and true love. 

Rolf has to break the family curse and the woman he has fallen for is already attached to another man. They begin having dreams about each other that feel connected. Melissa struggles with her feelings with Rolf and these tales of magic and the great wizard Merlin. 

This book is a fantasy nerd's dream romance. It comes in a nice little love package with a great amount of medieval lore and action. As a self-proclaimed nerd, I approve.

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Purloined Pint by E.M. Sorensen 4 ✭

Title: Purloined Pint 
Author: EM Sorensen
Release Date: April 23, 2017
Genre: Dark Fantasy, Paranormal & Urban
Total Pages: 407 
Ages Recommended: Mature 
My Rating: ✭✭✭✭

Purloined Pint is a fascinating story about a man who was turned into a vampire after receiving a blood transfusion during the WWII era. The part of this book that hooked me is the chain of events and how they were written so well. It is so easy to follow along with the novel. 

Eddie lives under the radar for decades, working as a PI. He changes his name and moves on so no one suspects something odd from the vampire. He never came across any other vampires so he always assumed he was alone. He never accidentally ran into any or anything since he went home to Seattle after being turned. He gets a job offer from a well-respected vampire who is missing a pint from his storage. This completely flips Eddie's whole world as he discovers that there are more vampires out there, and there's even a community. 

I personally enjoyed this book because I am a fan of paranormal and urban fantasy books. But I can also see if you were interested in books that are also mystery thrillers that this might work for you also. I would recommend this book to people who are interested in those genres. 

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