tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43732739274761557532024-03-13T09:16:40.620+08:00The Reading Escapade★ Where reading is an escape from reality ★Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13139928185172643774noreply@blogger.comBlogger569125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4373273927476155753.post-3688278699544015072017-05-31T17:13:00.004+08:002017-06-06T19:41:53.609+08:00ARC Review: Wicked Favor by Sawyer Bennett<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "open sans", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.75px;">Author:</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "open sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.75px;"> Sawyer Bennett</span><br />
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New York Times bestselling author, Sawyer Bennett, is happy to introduce a new Wicked Horse club in Las Vegas and you’re cordially invited to attend the grand opening...
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As the owner of The Wicked Horse, an elite sex club located along the Vegas Strip, Jerico Jameson never spends the night alone. Gorgeous, ripped, and totally alpha, Jerico doesn’t grant favors and will rarely give you the time of day—unless he wants you in his bed. So when the sister of his sworn enemy shows up asking for help, saying no should be easy. But when Jerico takes one look at her and sees an opportunity to help this beautiful woman while exacting revenge on her brother, he’s not about to pass that up.
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Beaten and bruised, Trista Barnes is running out of options, and Jerico is her last chance to get out of the mess she’s in. She doesn’t know why Jerico despises her brother so much, but as long as he can help her, she doesn’t care. Jerico offers her safety while opening her up to a sinful world she never knew existed.
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As she succumbs to Jerico’s erotic charm, Trista lets herself fall into the wicked world of guilt free pleasure with no regrets. Under his strong alpha hand, she blooms, and so does Jerico’s possessiveness. But what happens when Trista finds out she was a pawn in Jerico’s game all along, and that the price for his favor was steeper than she ever imagined – her heart.</div>
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<b>Wicked Favor </b>starts the <i>Wicked Horse Vegas </i>series by <b>Sawyer Bennett. </b>The Wicked Horse is an elite sex club nestled within Sin City. Where people can explore all sorts of fantasies and fetishes whether that be voyeurism, public sex, or BDSM. The owner of said sex club is our hero, Jericho Jamison. Tall, dark and cut, Jerico finds himself paying off an old debt to a Marine buddy he'd just assume forget- this guy's sister needs $25,000 cash to pay off a loan shark and has sent her to Jerico for help. Oh, he will help her alright...
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Trista finds herself "working" at Wicked Horse Vegas for thirty days in order to gain the money for the loan shark. Her job duties? Whatever Jerico says- hostess, cocktail waitress, bartender, cleaning lady...<s>sex slave.</s>. Their chemistry is palpable and working hours on end within walls of sexual exploration, Trista finds herself more and more attracted to the insanely attractive Jerico. A job perk or will she just stand more to lose in 30 days when her time here is up?
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<b>Wicked Favor </b>is wickedly hot. I haven't read all of Sawyer Bennett's books but from the books I've read, this is the hottest by her. It's a slow build of sexual tension and exploration as well as holding an undercurrent of suspense for secrets for revenge on Trista's deadbeat brother, Jayce. But is revenge worth the pain that it'll cause the innocent- Trista?
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Well paced, sizzling and suspenseful, <b>Wicked Favor </b>was a hit for me on many levels.</div>
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Parker Cruse despises cheaters. It might have something to do with her boyfriend sleeping with her twin sister.
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After a wedding day prank involving a strong laxative, that ends the already severed relationship between the twins, Parker decides to grow up and act twenty-six.
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Step One: Move out of her parents’ house.
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Opportunity strikes when she meets her new neighbor, Gus Westman. He’s an electrician with Iowa farm-boy values and a gift for saying her name like it’s a dirty word.
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Sabrina Westman, head of a successful engineering firm, hires Parker as her personal assistant. Driven to be the best assistant ever, Parker vows to stay focused, walk the dog, go to the dry cleaners, and not kiss Gus—again.
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Step Three: Don’t judge.
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Step Four: Remember— when life happens, it does it in a heartbeat.</div>
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I'm going to keep this short and sweet because literally everything about this book is spoiler and I don't trust myself to not give away a thing. So here's my advice- READ. THIS. BOOK. Don't go searching for reviews because, rest assured, come release day they'll become riddled with plot spoilers. Experience this journey for Parker and how <i>Life Happened</i> for her. It's chock full with life experiences and lessons learned, often the hard way, for a twenty-something girl from Iowa down on her luck.
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<b><i>If Amazon Prime offered a life, she would have one-clicked the hell out of it and selected recurring monthly delivery.</i></b></div>
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<i><b>When Life Happened </b></i>is emotional and definitely angsty at times, yet it's filled with <b>Jewel E Ann's </b>endearing wit and humor, thus lightening the emotional load. It's a true experience for the characters and the reader. The plot very unpredictable and at times shocking. This author is not afraid to sock it to her readers with imperfect characters and plot twists many other authors wouldn't dream of 'going there' for fear of retaliation for kindles thrown against the wall or emotional therapy following her stories. For all these reasons, I adore this author and look forward to anything she writes. With a gift of truly showing versus telling, we are wholeheartedly invested in her characters and the journey upon which they partake.
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<b><i>"I'm afraid of having everything that means nothing and nothing that means everything."</i></b></div>
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Is there cheating in this book? Is it a hard limit for you? My advice is have faith and give it a try. This is not a book completely invested in a cheating or love triangle style trope. It ventures way beyond and unless it's a true hard limit, I'd really give it a try, especially if you've read <b>Jewel E Ann's </b>work and know the awesomeness that she is as a writer of everything angsty-emotional rom com. If that isn't a contradiction in terms, I'm not sure what is. But she pulls it off here in technicolor. Bravo!
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<b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "open sans", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.75px;">Author:</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "open sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.75px;"> KL Kreig</span><br />
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Take a girlfriend. Divert the press from the fucked up mess that’s my family until my father is re-elected. Stage a public breakup. Move on.
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Only that brilliant plan went straight south the moment I set eyes on Willow Blackwell.
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I found her.
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My center. My future. A soulmate with the will of a mule and the mouth of a harpy.
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I now want things I never wanted before. Permanent kinds of things.
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Only Fate—and her ex—have other plans for us.
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In some sort of cosmic impossibility, our lives unknowingly intersected years before when tragedy befell both our families. Once the devastating truth is finally revealed, the future I’d found in her will come crashing down around us and for the first time in my life I’m completely helpless.
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I may very well lose the only woman I've ever loved to a past neither of us saw coming.
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*warning: 18+ only. Contains foul language, explicit sex and a hot alpha (or two, or three). NOTE: This is NOT a standalone. It’s the conclusion to LOST IN BETWEEN, which MUST be read first.</div>
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I could not wait for <b>KL Kreig </b>to write this second installment in the <i>Finding Me </i>duet. I swear, I devoured the first book,<i> Found in Between,</i> in a day. <b>Shaw Mercer </b>was simply perfection for me as a lead MC. A wealthy, successful businessman, devoted family man, dominate dirty talker who's brought to his manwhore knees when he least expects it. That's this duet in a nutshell. Add a lot of depth of plot, deception and secrets and we've got a great story.
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<b>Willow Blackwell</b> is a high-end escort contracted to be arm candy for those clients that can afford her. Not for sex, for image. She's under contract with Shaw Mercer to clean up his rakish image to more of a committed boyfriend material so his father can clinch the mayoral election. But when business morphs into pleasure and the heart gets involved, all bets are off. Willow battles the tenacity that is this mesmerizing man but even her walls start to crumble.
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One word for Shaw Mercer- tenacious. This man does not give up. He risks his own vulnerability to commit to a girl as guarded as Willow. When outside threats creep in, he's torn on how to handle it without losing everything.
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I must admit, some readers will want to throttle this heroine. She is a true test of patience for Shaw and we as readers. Her psyche is truly wounded and it takes a fair amount of this book to gradually unfold the complex layers of her story. She's truly a closed box but Shaw reassures her he will wait...she's worth it. If he has to remind her daily, he will, until she believes it too.
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A dramatic conclusion to this sexy duet. Looking forward to more from <b>K.L. Kreig.</b></div>
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The third in the hilarious yet sizzling hot Hudson Valley series from New York Time and USA TODAY bestselling author Alice Clayton.
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Clara Morgan is living the dream, if you can call rebranding hotels that are desperate for a new life and running any kind of marathon a dream. Which she does. But the career she loves and the endurance races that keep her adrenaline pumping have kept her too busy to put down any roots. Growing up in foster care, she’s never been able to establish traditions of her own, which may be why she’s fascinated by the rituals that generations-old family resorts are known for. She’s especially interested in the Bryant Mountain House, and not just for their secret recipe for the yummy, gooey, can’t-get-enough-of Hot Cross Buns….
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Archie Bryant, the man with the Buns, is fifth generation and one-day-owner of the charming yet run-down Bryant Mountain House in Bailey Falls, New York. He’s determined to save his family’s legacy from the wrecking ball the old-fashioned way—by gritting his teeth and doing what needs to be done. There’s no way Archie will be influenced by the new hotel branding expert his father brought in to turn one hundred and fifty years of tradition on its head just to attract a faster, younger, slicker crowd. But when some of Clara’s ideas start bringing in new, paying customers, Archie can’t deny that she may have just given him a shot at keeping his resort open.
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It’s sticky, it’s messy, it’s sweet, it’s Buns.</div>
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The third book in the <i>Hudson Valley </i>series features owner of the Bryant Mountain House, Archibald Bryant (aka Archie or 'Hotel Boy' as our heroine likes to call him). Clara Morgan is a successful rebranding expert, taking high-end hotels on the verge of collapse financially and giving them a much needed facelift and reorganization. Bryant Mountain House, situated high atop the mountains in upstate New York, is like visiting times past. Although vintage is "in," parts of this estate needed to be revamped ages ago and she's the petite powerhouse to do it- whether Archie likes it or not.
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<b>Buns </b>is one of those books where the constant fight for control between the two MC's is comical. Clara Morgan is not used to losing...ever and Archie has issues with her coming into his family business like some tornado and changing everything that makes his resort what it is. Everything was a competition and it was epic. Nobody willing to give up control. Each trying to outdo each other in the simplest of tasks. But competition aside, their powerful draw towards each other was palpable yet very much a conflict of interest. Who screws their 'boss?' Because, for all intent and purposes, Archie and his father, for the time she's here, are her bosses. But damn his cute freckles....
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<b><i>I'm telling you, it's always the guys with the freckles and the glasses. They're the ones you want to set your sights on. They're the ones who'll make you forget your name, but get you to say the filthiest things imaginable."</i></b></div>
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Take darling Prince Harry and put a pair of tortoise shell glasses on him and that's my casting for Archie!</div>
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Probably what I loved most about this book was revisiting the past characters from the<i> Hudson Valley </i>series. Though each book can be read as a standalone, I loved reacquainting with Leo and Roxie, Oscar and Natalie. This book started a bit slow for me with a lot of focus on this and that with the hotel specifics but as their connection picked up, my interest piqued. Clara was one tough nut to crack. Not entirely walls being her issue but more complete self preservation. I got a bit irritated with her at one point- Archie was the epitome of a good guy in this book. Though not my absolute favorite book in the series, <b>Buns</b> was still a hit.
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From USA Today Bestselling author J.L. Berg comes a sexy standalone about love, lies and every dirty little thing in between.
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It was my way back to the top.</div>
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After losing my position as a journalist for one of the biggest news publications in the world, I knew I’d do anything to get it back.</div>
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She was the hottest author in the country. Known only by a pen name, there wasn’t a person alive who wasn’t dying to discover her true identity.</div>
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Her real name was Kate O’Malley and not only did I plan on finding her, but I fully intended on learning every dirty secret she had and exploiting it for my own gain.</div>
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But I underestimated my prey.</div>
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I didn’t anticipate how her words would intoxicate me, or how the curves of her body would consume me.</div>
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Do I give up everything for the woman I set out to destroy, or walk away, making me the biggest fraud of all?</div>
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<b>Killian </b>is down on his luck professionally. A news writer, he took an article a bit too far and offensive, finding himself fired and with a bad reputation. Chronically unemployed, he finds the perfect career changer. He knows the name of the true author of <i>The Scandal Chronicles.</i> Exposing this would gain him huge publicity and monetary success. So, he goes on the hunt for this <i>Laura Stone</i>, aka Katelyn O'Malley. What he doesn't bank on is how completely opposite she is to what he envisioned after reading her book! But you know what they say about the quiet ones!
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I have to admit, this entire book I kept forcing myself not to envision E.L. James as our heroine. I don't know why but I just did. Anywho, <b>Fraud </b>was sexy fun and flowed well. Killian was one of those guys I really didn't particularly like early on in the book, but with his change of heart, my opinion of him warmed. He was truly kind of a weasel at first but he wasn't immune to our cute, perky heroine Kate. Both characters have a lot of growth in their journey through this novel. Both having endured sadness and using grief as a bit of a crutch over the years. Will they find strength together to conquer their fears? Will Killian's dishonesty and hunger for selfish professional gain be his demise? We shall see...</div>
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Burned by love once before, divorcee Olivia Cassidy isn’t looking for a recipe for “happily ever after”. The first time she thought she found forever, it turned out to be a marriage with no sizzle and no spice.
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Busy starting up her own business and raising two older children, love is the last thing Olivia is looking for—but when the sexy young chef Samson Beaulieu comes into her life, he’s suddenly mixing up something new.
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Now it’s up to Sam to show Olivia how delectable their future can be. He may know how to heat things up—both in the kitchen and in the bedroom—but is Sam really made to love her?</div>
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<b>Olivia Cassidy </b>is a fairly freshly divorced mother of two when she takes a girl trip to Montreal for some fun time away from work and teen stresses. When she and her gal pals dine at a high-end restaurant owned by celebrity chef <b>Samson Beaulieu</b>, they had no idea they'd actually see this guy in the flesh- or in his culinary element. Olivia now can see why this guy gathers the female attention he does- he's perfection. And seems to have his eyes locked on hers...
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<b>Made to Love </b>is what I call realistic romance. Life isn't always a happily ever after when people say "I do" and nobody knows this better than our heroine. Struggling to restart a career after giving it up for motherhood, plus dealing with the hurtful backlash from the divorce at the hands of her daughter, starting to date again is the <b>last </b>thing on her mind. But something about this chef is mesmerizing. And it's not his celebrity status. Their chemistry is palpable. Maybe just something <i>casual </i>is okay...
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With realistic issues, heartfelt family ties, and a romance with a lot going against it- age differences, distance, careers, family, <b>Made to Love </b>had me turning the pages praying for that happy ending against all odds. Taking a chance at love again can be scary but with a guy like Sam, it may just be worth it. This book has it all- but at the core of it, it has heart. For family, and for a second chance at love.
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Hollywood bad boy Brad Sinclair always gets his way, whether it’s the role he wants or the bikini-clad model he has to have. But when a bombshell gets dropped in his lap in the form of a dimpled five-year-old from a forgotten relationship, he knows his life is about to change forever.
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<b>CD REISS </b>has gone heart-warmingly sweet with <b>Bombshell. </b>Little did I know the queen of erotica can also write some enjoyable contemporary romance! Take a rakish party-animal famous actor, throw in a sweet nanny hell-bent on not f@cking 'the dad,' and add a darling, too-smart-for-her-own-good 5-year old, and you've got yourself a great cast of characters that'll keep you turning the pages!
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Mike Beacon is a champion at defending the net, but off the ice, he’s not so lucky. A widower and a single father, he’s never forgotten Lauren Williams, the ex who gave him the best year of his life. When Lauren reappears in the Bruisers office during the playoffs, Beacon sees his chance to make things right.
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Lauren hates that she’s forced to travel with the team she used to work for and the man who broke her heart. There’s still undeniable sexual tension running between her and Mike, but she won’t go down that road again. She’s focused on her plans for the future—she doesn’t need a man to make her dreams of motherhood come true.
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Lauren plays her best defensive game, but she’s no match for the dark-eyed goalie. When the field of play moves to Florida, things heat up on the beach.
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One of Mike’s biggest fans doesn’t approve—his teenage daughter. But a true competitor knows not to waste the perfect shot at love.</div>
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The <i>Brooklyn Bruisers </i>series, I swear, just gets better with each and every book. This trend held true with <b>Pipe Dreams.</b> It's funny that the hero of this book, <b>Mike Beacon, </b>the Bruisers goalie, never really piqued my interest in prior books. But, little did I know, his story would be the most emotional and enjoyable of them all. This angst fan was in all her glory here!
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Widower and dad, Mike, lives a life of trying to balance pro hockey with fatherhood to a teen daughter. His manny, Han, is his saving grace with his tough schedule.<b> Lauren Williams</b>, <i>the one that got away,</i> is affiliated with the team but works at somewhat of a distance from the team. Only when Lauren gets temporarily re-assigned, assisting the Team Manager Nate, does Lauren come face to face with the guy that broke her heart a few years ago. Granted, his estranged wife had cancer, but he ended things between them with little to no communication. Avoidance of all things Mike has been her mantra...until now, when she can't avoid the team goalie for the Brooklyn Bruisers.
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<b>Mike Beacon </b>might have made some poor moves on the part of Lauren but the man made all the right decisions with such a big heart. I fell wholeheartedly for his character. Balancing his professional career with life caring for his daughter, he never gave up on Lauren. She tries to chill him out but nobody is immune to the man.
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<b>Lauren </b>is a classy, professional heroine but I also really give props to her ability to look deep within Mike's psyche and realize what he did might not have been handled the best way but it was done for all the right, selfless reasons. <b>Sarina Bowen </b>could've really strung us along with Lauren's hurt and bitterness but I applaud her character in taking the high road and not holding a long-term grudge...much. She's fiercely independent and motivated, yet admits life with Mike is icing on the cake. But with her career taking her in all kinds of new directions, her wanting to become a mother, and Mike struggling to please his grieving daughter, is it really in the cards for them?
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Max Riley is the man of your dreams. Or at least he will be, for a price.
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As his alter-ego Mister Romance, Max is a drop-dead gorgeous escort who makes romantic fantasies come to life. No sex, just swoon-worthy dates to die for, and the cream of New York's socialites can't get enough. Whether they want a dominating billionaire, bad boy with a heart of gold, hot geek, sexy biker, or best friend who loves them from afar, Max can make it all happen, but he's careful to keep his real identity a secret.
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I must admit, it doesn't matter who the author is, if I see a blurb revolving around an escort plot, I'll read the book pronto. It's one of my all-time favorite tropes so I couldn't wait to get my grabby little hands on <b>Mister Romance. </b>
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<b>Max </b>is an unconventional escort. He's highly paid to make every client's biggest fantasy come true (aside from the sex). It's all about the swoonworthy romance- say you're into men in uniform- he will recreate Richard Gear's <i>An Officer and a Gentlemen </i>to perfection. He has the costumes, the acting ability, and definitely the prowess to swoon his high-end clients unlike anything they get at home with their too-busy or too-stuffy husbands. When our heroine,<b> Eden, </b>catches wind of this Mister Romance, her struggling journalism career suddenly looks brighter. This could be the game-changing story she needs to move out of fake news to the real deal articles.
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So here's the thing, I <i>liked</i> this book, I just didn't love it. I really struggled staying tuned into the story- it taking me a long five days to finish it. It would pick up then really wane for me again. I'm not sure I entirely bought their love connection so as it grew, my skepticism grew too. One other issue I have with escort books is the guy needs to not go back and forth between the heroine and his 'johns.' It feels like cheating and although I know people need to make a living, it really throws a bucket of cold water on their romantic possibilities, in my opinion.
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Writing has always been a passion for Leisa, and even though she originally intended to be an actress, it wasn’t long into her time at drama school that she began writing plays.
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Those plays were bad. Very bad. Well, her friends thought they were good, but that’s because they were always cast in them and any opportunity to be on stage was met with an obnoxious amount of enthusiasm.
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These days, playwriting has given way to fiction writing, and Leisa’s debut novel, BAD ROMEO, was published through Macmillan New York in December 2014. The sequel, BROKEN JULIET was released in April 2015, and the final book in Leisa’s Starcrossed series, WICKED HEART, will hit bookstores and kindles on May 3rd, 2016.
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The Starcrossed series has gained hordes of passionate fans all over the world, and the books have now been translated into eight foreign languages. Bad Romeo and Broken Juliet have also featured on international best seller lists in Brazil and Germany.
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(Howard may or may not be her imaginary marsupial friend. Everyone should have one.)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13139928185172643774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4373273927476155753.post-46285730205967364892017-04-30T18:51:00.000+08:002017-04-30T19:02:31.735+08:00ARC Review: Baby, Come Back by Molly O Keefe<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A MAN WITH NOTHING LEFT TO LOSE
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I sold my soul a long time ago to pay my father’s debts. Now my life is a prison: no friends. No family. Nothing it would hurt to lose.
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I never should’ve touched Abby. I tried not to, but she is beautiful, magnetic, sexy. Everything I want but can't let myself have.
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UNTIL HE MET HER
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She seduced me not knowing who I was or what I really do in the shadows. I should have resisted her, but I wanted to be the man Abby thought I was for as long as I could.
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But all debts must be paid, sooner or later. And mine are paid with blood.
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Now Abby knows who I am, what I am, and she’s run from me.
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I would have let her go for her own good. But when I find out she’s carrying my baby — there’s nowhere she can hide…</div>
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Often being termed a picky reader, I'm happy to admit that <b>Molly O'Keefe </b>has yet to disappoint me with any of her books (that's quite a feat). Many of them border on a bit of darkish grit with an anti-hero that totally deserves redemption. This holds true for our <i>hero</i> in <b>Baby, Come Back. </b>This is the second book in the <i>Bad Boy Romance </i>series and I'm inclined to say the first book,<i> Bad Neighbor,</i> really should be read first. The characters here are introduced in that book and there's cameos of the prior books' characters here. Plus, each H/h are siblings. Here we get Jack and Abby's story.
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When I'd read <i>Bad Neighbor,</i> I'd been teased a bit to the character that is Jesse's brother- Jack. We'd known he was a 'bad dude' and though Jesse loved his brother, he knew he was into some illegal stuff. The villain. But also a bit of a hero too- sacrificing his goals, potentially his life, to spare Jesse losing his dreams too.
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Dre was just a beautiful stranger when Preppy saved her the first time around. Now, he has to save her again, but she's no longer some stranger, she's family, and he has no idea who or what he's up against.
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The third installment of <b>The Life and Death of Samuel Clearwater </b>felt most like an extended epilogue to me. An epilogue not only for our dearest Preppy and his love, Dre, but also for the entire <i>King</i> series. There's a few twists and suspenseful moments in this installment but I think what I loved most was the true wrap-up we get for the characters. Also, be prepared to dig into your memory banks here. There was a few parts I really had to think to recall- with events dating as far back as King's books.
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Dre and Preppy have stood the test of time but life seems to keep bringing challenges for both of them, testing not only their love but risking their lives. Ghosts always seem to linger for these two and that theme continues into this installment. Preppy is fiercely protective of his 'Doc' but how much can one person do against so many threats lurking in the shadows?
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But in the end, we get the grit and violence in Preppy, his humor, his larger-than-life personality, the 'father' Preppy, and the 'bedroom' Preppy. He's got it all and <b>T.M. Frazier </b>gave her readers a true gift with this cast of characters that toe the line from both sinners and saints. Very rarely saints, but they do have big hearts that love their women fiercely, loyalty to their brothers fierce as well.
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<b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "open sans", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.75px;">Author:</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "open sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.75px;"> Tillie Cole</span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "open sans", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.75px;">Series:</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "open sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.75px;"> Hades Hangmen #5 </span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "open sans" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.75px;"><b>Release Date: </b></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "open sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.75px;">April 18th, 2017</span><br />
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<i>EVEN THE BROKEN, THROUGH LOVE, CAN FIND GRACE...
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Secrets never stay hidden.
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The burden of guilt never lifts from the heart.
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Born and raised in The Order of David, Sister Phebe knows nothing but cult life. Head of the Sacred Sisters of New Zion, Phebe was groomed from childhood for one purpose: to seduce. Prized as a harlot, as a New Zion whore, Phebe is taken from the doomed cult by Meister, the notorious leader of the Aryan Brotherhood. Taken as his possession. Taken to be the woman who will obey his every sexual demand. Under his heavy hand, Phebe finds herself in a place much worse than she could ever have imagined... with absolutely no one to help. And no glimpse of hope.
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Xavier ‘AK’ Deyes is content with his life as Sergeant-At-Arms of the Hades Hangmen. Leader of the infamous ‘Psycho Trio’ and ex-special ops sniper, AK knows how to fight. Experienced in warfare and schooled in military operations, AK is vital to the Hangmen. When his Vice President needs help retrieving his missing sister-in-law, Phebe, from a Klan-funded trafficking ring, AK volunteers to go in. AK remembers the redhead from New Zion. Remembers everything about her from the single time they met—her red hair, blue eyes and freckled face. But when he finds her, heavily drugged and under Meister’s control, her sorry condition causes him to remember more than the beautiful woman he once tied to a tree. Saving Phebe forces hidden demons from his past to return. A past he can never move on from, no matter how hard he tries.
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As AK fights to help Phebe, and in turn she strives to help him, they realize their secret sins will never leave them alone. Kindred broken souls, they realize the only way they can be rid of their ghosts is to face them together and try to find peace.
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Despair soon turns to hope, and damaged hearts soon start to heal. But when their deep, painful scars resurface, becoming too much to bear, the time comes when they must make a heavy choice: stay forever damned; or together, find grace.
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<i>Dark Contemporary Romance. Contains explicit sexual situations, violence, disturbingly sensitive and taboo subjects, offensive language and very mature topics. Recommended for age 18 and over.</i></blockquote>
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<b><i>The damned souls who together found grace.</i></b></div>
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Leave it to<b> Tillie Cole </b>to, once again, give me a book that'll make me cringe in its darkish, graphic clarity yet instill a sweet, heartwarming love story at the same time. In the age of a plethora of gritty biker club books, Tillie Cole has the very rare ability to chock her books full of the graphic nature of cult rape, torture and brutal murder and throw in a heartwarming dose of family, friendship, brotherhood, loyalty, and true love. It's amazing to me that she can <b>consistently </b>pull all that off seamlessly in her<i> Hades Hangmen </i>series.
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<b>Damnable Grace </b>is Phebe and AK's story. Both kindered souls. Both fighting for survival for different reasons. Phebe has been under the control of Meister, the klan's highest leader. Beaten, drugged and raped repeatedly, no chance of freedom or survival until the <i>Hades Hangmen</i> MC come a calling... specifically A.K., the man she vaguely remembers from her past. Those eyes...
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When the Hangmen get word of the klan torturing and trafficking cult women, its game on. AK has always wondered what happened to the raven-haired beauty he saw in the forest years ago. The girl he spared. When his eyes settle again on her red locks, it's all-out war with the klan to rescue her from the hell she's been enduring at the hands of Meister.
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<b>Damnable Grace </b>is all about second chances at life. Finding that right person. Healing. It's a core theme to this series. Each book focused on different kindered spirits that come together through the torture and pain to heal one another. Every time I think I've found a new favorite love story in this series, I read the next and it tops the list. I didn't think anyone could beat Flame for me but AK is my new favorite Hangman. He's fiercely loyal, badass with a sniper rifle, the best kind of friend, and the most tender lover. The man is perfection. And Phebe is the perfect person as his potential old lady. But is it in the cards for them? Read this and find out!</div>
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Graham Russell and I weren’t made for one another.
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I was driven by emotion; he was apathetic. I dreamed while he lived in nightmares. I cried when he had no tears to shed.
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Despite his frozen heart and my readiness to run, we sometimes shared seconds. Seconds when our eyes locked and we saw each other’s secrets. Seconds when his lips tasted my fears, and I breathed in his pains. Seconds when we both imagined what it would be like to love one another.
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Those seconds left us floating, but when reality knocked us sideways, gravity forced us to descend.
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Graham Russell wasn’t a man who knew how to love, and I wasn’t a woman who knew how to either. Yet if I had the chance to fall again, I’d fall with him forever.
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This is one of those situations where I jumped at the chance to read a <b>Brittainy C. Cherry </b>book on previous experience alone. Take a look at the blurb- it's as vague as can be but knowing this author and her ability to gift her readers with an emotional journey, I dove right in.
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<b>The Gravity of Us </b>is a book where the two main characters couldn't be more different. First, we have the king of aloof, cold heroes. <b>Graham </b>takes the cake for a man chock full of issues and letting anyone into his hard inner shell is almost impossible. He prefers a life of solitude and firmly believes love is a farce and makes a person weak.
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<b>Lucy, </b>on the other hand, is the epitome of a loving, free-spirit. She thrives on life and love- of nature, people, and a general positive spirituality. When life puts these two MCs together, you couldn't ask for more different people.
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<b><i>"Doesn't it tire you to feel so much?" </i></b></div>
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I so loved Lucy's character..her spunk and flower-child positive nature. Life hasn't always been so good for her but she's never let bitterness take over. She's free-spirited and the epitome of a giving character. Even against an aloof person such as Graham, his coldness was never contagious. He'd knock her down but she'd just get back up and try again with him...trying to warm his chill. Because, deep down, Lucy see's something within this beaten down man. And nobody is immune to Lucy...
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To say this book is a slow burn romance is a gross understatement. It's more a journey for these two characters- one of healing and finding solace within each other's presence. This is all heart and zero smut. It melted my heart and I truly feasted on Graham's transformation from aloof to loving. Bitter to thankful. Hateful to lovesick.
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<b><i>He kissed like heaven and made love like sin.</i></b></div>
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Brittainy Cherry has been in love with words since the day she took her first breath. She graduated from Carroll University with a Bachelors Degree in Theatre Arts and a minor in Creative Writing. She loves to take part in writing screenplays, acting, and dancing--poorly of course. Coffee, chai tea, and wine are three things that she thinks every person should partake in! Brittainy lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin with her family. When she's not running a million errands and crafting stories, she's probably playing with her adorable pets.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "open sans", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.75px;">Author:</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "open sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.75px;"> Skye Warren</span><br />
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I’m safe in the ivory tower Gabriel Miller made for me. That’s what he says. Enemies lurk outside, waiting to strike. An army of enemies held back by these walls.
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Except some animal instinct warns me the danger is much closer. It’s already here. Is Gabriel Miller my protector or my enemy? Is this house a castle or a cage?
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There’s nowhere for me to go, no one left for me to trust.
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No escape from a past determined to capture its prize.</div>
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<b>The Castle </b>is the third installment of the <i>Endgame Series. </i>I three-part series chock full of mystery, suspense and erotic romance with an anti-hero you can't help but fall for. <b>Avery </b>has lived a life of prosperity...wealth...but what happens inside the walls of her childhood mansion is not always as it seems. After several bad business deals at the hands of her father, she finds herself penniless and caring for him. No help. No money. And she finds herself doing the inevitable to save her father...all that the hands of <b>Gabriel Miller.</b>
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<i>The Endgame series </i>is a trickle-fed plot that has the whole feeling of a chess game. The king. His queen. Protecting her within his castle. Pawns. The Rook. But this book specifically delves into Avery's big love- Ancient Greek Mythology. I'll be honest and admit I was a bit lost in some of the whole Zeus and such comparisons. With that being such a focus towards the end, it slightly deterred my enjoyment of the final several pages in their love story.
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This book, by far, shows more of a transition for our anti-hero Gabriel. He's still harsh and tries to keep her at an arm's length with his <i>little virgin</i> barbs, yet his fierce protectiveness and humaneness starts to crack under the pressure. With those cracks, their love story shines through. Captor turns protector. Captive turns fierce survivor. Devout romance fans will surely love this installment most.
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I must say I can't wait to read Damon and Penny's story. Another tortured anti-hero and a severely emotionally-scarred heroine. What's better than that!</div>
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Despite having narrowly escaped death's clutches, Christopher Barlow is grateful for nothing. His capacity to love has been crushed. He hates everyone and everything, completely unable to see past the gray stain of misery that coats his perception of the world. It's only after he involuntarily joins a band of depressed misfits who are struggling to overcome their own problems, does Christopher start to re-evaluate his lot in life.
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Four people with nothing in common but their destination. They will encounter adventure, thrills, loss and love. And within their travels they will learn the greatest lesson of all.
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<b>The Hard Truth About Sunshine,</b> let me assure you, is like nothing else <b>Sawyer Bennett </b>has ever written (or that I've read from her). As states in the synopsis, the book revolves around a group of 'misfits.' Narrated by <b>Christopher,</b> a bitter, angry disabled veteran, he meets <b>Jillian</b> (a girl going blind), <b>Connor</b> (a teen with terminal cancer), and <b>Barb</b> (sometimes suicidal victim of child sex abuse) in therapy group for those suffering depression. When the therapist group leader offers them a chance to get out of their remaining weeks of therapy if they take a soul-cleansing road trip, Christopher volunteers to lead the trek.
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A road trip that starts out with a car full of every type of coping mechanism- some healthy, some not. Christopher makes no secret he's doing this to get out of therapy but over the hours and miles between home and their next destination, his touch, bitter facade starts to crumble. Each member of their posse has a story, each member copes in their own way, yet with time spent together, each person's strength help conquer the other person's weaknesses. It's a true metamorphosis for Christopher and all-together life changing for them all.
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Although the story is a bit emotionally heavy at times, it's still a fairly easy read. As the book progresses, the reader finds signs of hope amidst quite a bit of sadness and disparity. A simple road trip extends from state to state, checking off Bucket List item after item for our characters.<b> The Hard Truth About Sunshine </b>is about both new outlooks on life and also deals with death. It's truly emotional but not heart wrenchingly sad. There is a romantic element to the book but it's not at all the focus. This is also not a book with steam. Zilch. But it's written so eloquently, with such clarity to their sights, sounds, and inner feelings, you don't miss the steam. It also touches on spirituality and religion but I found it only added to the book and it wasn't excessive at all.
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This is <b>not </b>the type of book I can read everyday though instead a book I'd read when looking for something touching and emotional. Sometimes it's sad, sometimes it's uplifting. I think <b>Sawyer Bennett </b>has something here in this type of book trope. I look forward to more from her.
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From Tiffany Reisz, the international bestselling storyteller behind The Bourbon Thief and The Original Sinners series, comes an enthralling new novel about a woman swept away by the tides who awakens to find herself in 1921, reunited with the husband she's been mourning for four years. Fans of Kate Morton and Diana Gabaldon will fall in love with the mystery, romance and beauty of an isolated South Carolina lighthouse, where a power greater than love works its magic.</div>
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<b>The Night Mark </b>is proof positive that <b>Tiffany Reisz </b>can write just about anything and excel at it. Especially in the case of this book. I must admit, I see a new book written by <b>Tiffany Reisz </b>and I don't even read the blurb. I know I must read it. In the case of <b>The Night Mark, </b>reading the blurb might've been prudent. This book is deeply complex, emotional, and very spiritual. It involves something I tend to shy away from- time travel. I'm quite the literal person and things outside the realm of possibility usually don't interest me. So in some ways I had to push through my apprehension in reading something outside my comfort zone.
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The spiritual nature of the book in no way deterred my enjoyment. In many ways, I don't think this story could be told without the spiritual component. Why things happen. Faith. Fate. <b>Tiffany Reisz </b>has done quite the research to make the pages come to life here. Both spiritually and historically. Her descriptions of life back in the early 1900s, life of lighthouse keepers, Beaufort life truly highlights the depth of research and personal interest Ms Reisz harbors in the subject. </div>
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Most people called it a cult. But for twenty years, Josh and Caleb called it home.
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In Paradise, there is no television. No fast food. Just long hours of farm work and prayer on a dusty Wyoming ranch, and nights in a crowded bunkhouse. The boys of the Compound are kept far from the sinners’ world.
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But Joshua doesn’t need temptation to sin. His whole life, he’s wanted his best friend, Caleb. By day they work side by side. Only when Josh closes his eyes at night can they be together the way he craves.
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It can never be. And his survival depends on keeping his terrible desires secret.
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Caleb has always protected Josh against the worst of the bullying at the Compound. But he has secrets of his own, and a plan to get away — until it all backfires.
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Josh finds himself homeless in a world that doesn’t want him. Can Caleb find him in time? And will they find a place of safety, where he can admit to Josh how he really feels?
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<i>Warning: Contains a hot male/male romance, copious instances of taking the Lord's name in vain, and love against the kitchen counter. This book was previously released under the title: In Front of God & Everyone.</i></div>
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Well thank goodness <b>Sarina Bowen </b>decided to re-release this book under this pen name instead of its original (which I don't even know what it was). Sometimes familiarity sells books and with her, if it says Sarina, I'll auto-read it.
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<b><i>Goodbye Paradise </i></b>is a friends-to-lovers MM romance. Our two MC's, <b>Caleb </b>and <b>Josh </b>grew up in a strict religious cult community. Sound like another <b>Sarina Bowen </b>character? Yes, that would be Zach from <i>Keepsake (True North #3)...</i>funny that connection. Anywho, Josh gets ex-communicated and Caleb escapes. Now, what can two guys do with little to no money, education, family, or friends? Well, there's one friend, fellow escapee Maggie. So they venture to Wyoming to find a new start in life, friends together. Except Josh has never had <i>friendly</i> thoughts about his cult brother. Far from them. But like everything else, homosexuality is severely shunned against in their 'religion.'
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<b><i>Goodbye Paradise </i></b>is an unconventional MM romance in that I'm most used to the angsty 'coming out' push and pull between the two main characters. Not so much here. Their feelings are fairly equal and it doesn't take long to put light on that. What brings the plot angst is the challenges these men face starting a new life without so much as a birth certificate. Maggie is their saving grace and time proves both Caleb and Josh have trades they can tap in to support themselves in this new world they live in.
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<b><i>Goodbye Paradise</i></b> is sweet yet steamy. Josh melted my heart in all his sweet caring for both Maggie and her newborn baby. Nothing cuter than a guy with a baby! Caleb, the more rough and masculine of the two, finds work within auto repair. Both guys finding their niche in their new community.
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Again, I'm happy <b>Sarina Bowen </b>chose to re-release this because I can't wait for the next book in this series!
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Michelle is a survivor. With a fresh perspective on life, she trades her tragic past in California for the coastal waters of Charleston. Fueled by a new career as a dispatcher, she’s determined not to let her scars weigh her down. She apologizes for nothing, especially her insatiable need for a certain police officer.
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Rowdy is a newly minted sergeant dedicated to his job, but the life of a Charleston police officer has never been more dangerous. With his need to take order of a city spiraling out of control, the last thing he wants is an entanglement with a mouthy dispatcher. But, there’s just one problem. He can’t get enough of her.
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As the heat rises between the unlikely pair, so does the tension.
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This book has several elements and explores topics that some may consider triggers. For mature audiences only. Explicit sex, violence and language.</i></div>
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<b>The Brave Line</b> is a standalone spin-off from the<i> Balls in Play series.</i> <b>Sargent Day (aka Rowdy)</b> is a police officer for the Charleston Police Department. Often a thankless job, especially of late, Rowdy struggles every day emotionally. Tragedy in his family years ago has caused a riff with his parents and losing a fellow officer and friend has caused him long-standing scars. He chooses to keep emotionally unattached. Not willing to risk leaving a widow behind like his police force pal, this has never been especially challenging. Until he meets Police Dispatcher <b>Michelle Long.</b> Her soothing voice on the other side of his police radio, she's often the one tether to sanity in this crazy world. But that's all the more reason to stay away- even though his attraction says otherwise.
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Dispatcher Michelle was one strong, feisty heroine. Notorious for throwing out the f-bombs, her banter with the ever-asshole Rowdy was refreshing. Seems as much as he fought back in all his <i>asshole-ry</i> Rowdy didn't stand a chance with this gorgeous woman addicted to oldies rock and her classic Thunderbird. Usually his serious nature and uniform kept people at a distance but there shall be no intimidation factor with Michelle. She broke down those walls no matter how much he pushed back. Never throwing her a bone, when will she simply give up on his lost cause?
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<b><i>My worst fear in life had always been to stop living it before my heart stopped beating. Even if he owned a huge part of the shredded muscle, I still had enough left. It was still working. His words were just words because it was his fear talking.</i></b></div>
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I can seem how some readers might get a bit pissy with Rowdy. He was a guy that truly pushed and pushed people away emotionally but his physical attraction to Michelle was visceral. He was a total contradiction at times. As much as his clipped nature burned through the pages, I cannot resist a sexy man in uniform and <b>Kate Stewart </b>perfected his characterization both physically AND emotionally.
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It's truly apparent <b>Kate Stewart </b>did her research on what life entails in being in law enforcement during this trying time. Risking their lives day in and out, often for zero respect and much more risk to themselves than ever before. She also shed such a truly realistic, positive light on their gift to society but not sugar coating everything either. <i>People wanted perfect cops, but that could only happen if there were perfect people.</i>
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What else did I love about <b>The Brave Line? </b>A comical talking parrot, a special needs Kenneth giving away grass roses to beautiful people for no reason other than it makes him happy, the beautiful backdrop of Charleston and all it's wonder, and catching up with past characters from <i>Balls in Play </i>series. This is a book chock full of heart and second chances in a world where there's simply not enough of them. Bravo!
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Kate moved to Charleston three weeks after her first visit, dropping her career of 8 years, and declaring the city her creative muse. Since the move in 2010, Kate has written and published seven novels including Room 212, Never Me, Loving the White Liar and The Fall, The Mind, The Heart, and her first romantic comedy Anything but Minor. </span><br />
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I’m Emerson, and my “to do” list is longer than I’d like. You might wonder what kind of woman comes up with a sex bucket list? Answer — the kind who’s been in a sex drought, has two crazy girlfriends encouraging her, and one too many bottles of wine.
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This kind of list requires special skill. And I have just the man in mind to help me. He’s younger. So that checks one thing off my list. And he’s the kind of man every woman should sleep with at least once in her life. The kind of man who knows his way around a woman’s body. And God, I’d like him to know mine.
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Armed with new lingerie and a fancy high-tech vibrator, I’m taking charge. Of love, of life, and my libido. How hard can that be? Well, judging by the rate of pole dancing injuries, I might be in trouble.
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But how much trouble can one woman get in? Giving your panties to a stranger isn’t illegal in Georgia, is it?
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The Sex Bucket List is the first book I've read by <b>Prescott Lane.</b> I must admit, the blurb was what drew me into reading this book. For some reason, I was really anticipating a more romantic comedy than what's here. This book has a lot more emotional depth than humor, centering equally on not only a woman getting the ole cobwebs out but a woman also moving on emotionally after divorce.
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There's a certain level of the feels with <b>The Sex Bucket List</b>. Emerson is a divorced mother of three. A successful executive for a commuter airline company owned by her family, she balances divorced motherhood and career. What's least on her many lists of to-do's is focusing on time for herself. On a crazy night with friends, she writes up a Sex Bucket List. She just didn't expect her hot coworker Mateo, head of security for their company, to find it. And to make it his job to check off each box for her....
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<b>Mateo </b>has had the hots for <b>Emerson </b>for years. Never being the right time, he's waited in the shadows for his chance with her. He's not intimidated by her ex-husband or three children. He's willing to put himself out there for love with Emerson. Maybe this Sex Bucket List is his <i>ace in the whole.</i>
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Stolen by the Arziani Georgian crime mob as a child, 152 was raised and conditioned to be a Mona—the most subservient of the Arziani Blood Pit slaves.
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Gorgeous and kind, she has been and under the imprisoning influence of the Type B drug and under the command of the Blood Pit Master’s sister, Mistress Arziani, for most of her life, until the Master calls her back home to Georgia.
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But when 152 is gifted to the Blood Pit’s fearsome champion death match fighter as a prize, 152 suddenly finds out that the men who appear most brutal, may just own the kindest hearts. And love may be found, even when living in hell.
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Freedom, family, love, 152 will have to fight for what she wants and ultimately make an impossible choice.</div>
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<b><i>Riot </i></b>is the fourth (and I believe, final) book in the <i>Scarred Souls </i>series by <b>Tillie Cole. </b> I swear, this series reminds me of dark and gritty Beauty and the Beast. Or Beauty and the Beast for adults! Each book focuses on a different Russian or Georgian underground beast of a fighter. Each stolen, tattoo labelled, drugged, and trained to fight till the death. In <b>Riot, </b>we have the story of number champion Blood Pit fighter <b>#901 </b>and his torturous love story with a captured Mona (woman used for sexual purposes to captives, guards, and Master), <b>#152. </b>
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We get a healthy dose of past characters in the <i>Scarred Souls </i>series...Luka (Kisa), Zaal (Talia), and Valentin (Zoya). All surviving the pits of Hell to rise up and become leaders for Russian and Georgian crime families. Not for the faint at heart, I'd highly recommend this series for fans of romance novels with a suspenseful, dark and violent twist! But still, in the end, a love story.
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Tillie Cole is a Northern girl through and through. She originates from a place called Teesside on that little but awesomely sunny (okay I exaggerate) Isle called Great Britain. She was brought up surrounded by her English rose mother —<span style="font-family: "arial unicode ms" , "sans-serif"; mso-hansi-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span>a farmer<span lang="FR">’</span>s daughter, her crazy Scottish father, a savagely sarcastic sister and a multitude of rescue animals and horses.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "open sans" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.75px;"><b>Release Date: </b>March 7th,</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "open sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.75px;"> 2017</span><br />
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Bailey Hartwell has many reasons to feel content—her successful business, a close circle of friends, and her steady boyfriend…even if their romance feels staid after ten years without a serious commitment. The only challenge in her life comes in the form of sexy businessman Vaughn Tremaine. She thinks the ex-New Yorker acts superior and that he considers her a small-town nobody. But when Bailey’s blindsided by a betrayal, she’s shocked to discover Vaughn is actually a decent guy.
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Vaughn admires Bailey’s free spirit, independence, and loyalty. As his passion for her has grown, his antagonism toward her has only worsened. Every little thing Bailey does seduces him. But when Vaughn’s painful emotional past makes him walk away in fear he will hurt her, it opens an old wound in Bailey, and she uncharacteristically retreats.
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I went into <b>Every Little Thing </b>rather blind by not reading the first book in the <i>Hart's Boardwalk </i>series. That being said, this can be read as a standalone novel, though I'd have enjoyed getting the entire background of the town and cast of characters. Obviously our two main characters, Bailey and Vaughn are introduced in that first book, or rather their rather tumultuous hatred for each other... An enemies-to-lovers romance,<b> Every Little Thing </b>captivated both romance, friendship, family, and coastal small town quaintness.
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<b>Vaughn Tremaine </b>is a wealthy hotelier in small town Hartwell, Delaware. Having built one of the few newer construction buildings within the city limits was a feat within itself, especially coming up again the Princess of Hartwell, <b>Bailey Hartwell. </b> Her family owns the quaint inn on the boardwalk and their start was rocky at best. She hated Vaughn, the wolf in Armani, and all his arrogance and money but his hotel was built nonetheless. Ah, but still no love-loss between them.
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An enjoyable, easy-reading romance,<b> Every Little Thing </b>has piqued my interest for the entire cast of characters in the <i>Hart's Boardwalk </i>series. It's a town full of loyalty, pride, and gossip. And I can't wait to see who falls in love next...</div>
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<b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "open sans", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.75px;">Author:</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "open sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.75px;"> LH Cosway & Penny Reid</span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "open sans", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.75px;">Series:</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "open sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.75px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "open sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.75px;">Rugby #3</span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "open sans" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.75px;"><b>Release Date: </b>February 12th, 2017</span></span><br />
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Keeping a secret this big is going to take lots of balls. Specifically, rugby balls.
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THE CAD</div>
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Once the quintessential playboy, Bryan claims he’s done with wild parties and weekend benders. No more one night stands leading to mornings he can’t remember; no more binges and blackouts; no more exploits plastered all over the tabloids and rag sheets. According to Bryan, he’s cleaning up his act.</div>
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Eilish Cassidy never thought she’d be a mother at nineteen or still in college at twenty-four. Cut off from every member of her family except her favorite cousin, she’s finally managed to put her life back together. Stronger and wiser, Eilish enters her last semester of university determined to stand on her own. Now she just needs to find an internship.</div>
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There can't be much worse a punch to the ole self-esteem than waking up the next morning after a night with your sport idol between the sheets only to find out he's a hung-over jerk with no memory of said night of bliss. Close the curtains and pretty much "get out..." Nice. But <b>Eilish Cassidy</b> takes that sucker-punch with grace and walks away with a tail between her legs...and a bun in the oven.
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Fast forward five years and Eilish finds herself working alongside said cad with no memory of her or their night...except he's changed. Or has he? He's traded his Irish ale for mint tea and a night of bliss for Bryan entails curling up in his housecoat, fuzzy slippers, and reading a good book about bird watching. Is this guy for real? And does he finally deserve to meet his son? Time will tell...
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<b>Bryan Leech</b> was quite the impressive stand-up guy and he definitely had to work for it with Eilish. At times I wanted to strangle her but I knew her trust issues and motherly protective instinct was always front and center. The authors portrayed that motherly instinct to perfection. Her son came first and Bryan made it very difficult to <b>not </b>fall in love with him all over again when their son and Bryan bond almost at first sight. How can Eilish come out of this unscathed?
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Endearing and heartfelt, comical yet emotional at times, <b>The Cad and the Co-Ed </b>has a bit of it all. With dual first person point of view,<b> Reid </b>and <b>Cosway </b>seamlessly weave a second-chance romance that'll melt your heart...and the pages. But I digress. Chocked full of muscular, hot Rugby players, this series continues to deliver. I'd love a book from a certain sweet, giant, American player, William. Hint hint.
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In a blistering novel of raw emotion and desire, a tormented woman teaches an alpha male that money can’t fix everything . . . but love can.
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<b>Blake:</b> I haven’t always had Tiffany’s best interests at heart but I’m ready to make up for my sins. Besides, I can’t help admiring her: The girl’s a genuine survivor, tough and lean, with eyes of steel. But the more I get to know Tiffany, the more I want her. Every inch of her. Which means I’m about to make a bad situation a hell of a lot worse.</div>
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<b>Tiffany Edwards</b> we met very early on in this series. Back in the trailer park, she was a postcard for poor rural America. Three children, barely making ends meet, uneducated, and unfortunately married to a man who both verbally and physically abused her. A seemingly impossible situation to overcome with no financial means or family ties to do so. So when her husband's wealthy brother finds out about their existence, he doesn't do the right thing, he does the exact opposite. He pays her to get out of their lives and never come back. I see hatred runs in their family. She's more than happy to oblige.......
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<b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "open sans", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.75px;">Series:</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "open sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.75px;"> Ripple Effect #1</span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "open sans" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.75px;"><b>Release Date: </b>February 24th</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "open sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.75px;">, 2017</span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "open sans", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.75px;">Genres: </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "open sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.75px;">Dark Romance, Mystery/Thriller</span><br />
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They call me RIP. </div>
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I’m a killer. A murderer. A psychopath. </div>
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In the eyes of the righteous, I’m a monster, born of sin and depravity.</div>
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I want to protect her, but I’m not a good man.</div>
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I want to love her, but I no longer feel.</div>
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She gets under my skin, though, and has awakened something inside of me.</div>
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Something I’d kill for.</div>
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I’m not her savior—not even close. In fact, I’m worse than the hell she’s already suffered.</div>
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I’m her vengeance. Tit for tat, as they say.</div>
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And if she’s not careful, I’ll be her ruin.</div>
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For months, I’ve watched him.</div>
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I’ve fantasized him as my savior, my lover. My ticket out of the hell I’ve lived in for the last six years.</div>
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I never dreamed he’d be my nightmare.</div>
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Had I known what he really is, I’d have never gotten in the car that night, but life is full of cause and effect.</div>
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It’s the result of something already in motion, and we’re merely left to survive the ripple effect.</div>
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Man, this woman can write anti-heroes we really need to hate but something deep down makes us root for them. This is very much the case with <b>Ripley. </b>He's tall, dark, tattooed, and a ruthless killer, infesting the seediest of Chicago's underground gangs, often 'friending' the enemies and assassinating them when they least expect it.<i> Assassinating </i>sounds almost too easy. What he does is oftentimes long and torturous- exacting information, vengeance and filling the need deep within his psyche for the kill.
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<b>Dylan, </b>almost 18, finds herself living on the streets after escaping a seedy foster family. No money for food or shelter, she finds herself at the wrong place at the wrong time when she meets Rip. It's a dangerous game of cat and mouse and she may be his next prey...
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<i><b>Ripple Effect </b></i>is a four episode series chock full of suspense and intrigue. I found my heart racing at the moment Dylan meets Rip. Can this hard-on-her-luck kid find a tiny bit of humanity within the <i>monster</i> that Rip's become? Are they both simply victims of the seedier side of humanity?
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<b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "open sans", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.75px;">Author:</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "open sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.75px;"> Karina Halle</span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "open sans", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.75px;">Series:</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "open sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.75px;"> Sins Duet #1</span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "open sans" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.75px;"><b>Release Date: </b></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "open sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.75px;">February 19th, 2017</span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "open sans", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.75px;">Genres: </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "open sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.75px;">Dark Romance</span><br />
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For Vicente Bernal, truth is all he’s known. The son of an infamous drug lord, Vicente was born to help run the family business, which means he’s been raised on a throne of sordid pasts and dirty laundry, violence and pride. But when Vicente stumbles across someone he’s not supposed to know about – a woman from his father’s checkered past – he sets out to California to find her behind his father’s back.
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What Vicente doesn’t expect to find in San Francisco is Violet McQueen, the woman’s twenty-year old daughter. Beautiful and edgy with a vulnerability he can’t resist, Violet tempts Vicente from afar and though he promised himself he’d stay away from her, curiosity and lust are powerful forces. Besides, Vicente has always gotten everything he wants – why shouldn’t he have Violet too?
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Soon his wants turn into an obsession, one that sweeps Violet into his games as they fall madly, deeply in love with each other, the type of first love that can drive a person mad.
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But it’s a love with tragic consequences.
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Both the truth – and the lies – not only threaten to tear them apart, but threaten their very lives.
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Someone has to pay for the sins of the fathers.
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And they’ll be paying the price with their souls.
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Black Hearts is a BRAND NEW STANDALONE DUET - the second book and conclusion, Dirty Souls, releases March 17th.</div>
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It's been four years since I've read <i>The Artists Trilogy </i>by <b>Karina Hale,</b> so I must admit, many details of the background characters in this story are a bit fuzzy. But no worries, this duet can be read as a standalone. Conveniently, the bits and pieces I remembered of that series (which focuses on this heroine's parents), and also the <i>Dirty Angels Trilogy</i> (which focuses on this hero's parents) sucked me into this story all the more.
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<b>Vicente Bernal, </b>son of Mexican drug cartel Javier Bernal, convinces his father a long past due trip to America is just what he needs. A little freedom, a lot of American women, and secretively a hunt for answers as to his father's past with a certain Ellie McQueen. It's only when Vicente meets the McQueen's daughter, photography student <b>Violet McQueen, </b>that his plans get a bit altered. Maybe she has the answers about their secretive past, and in the meantime, he gets to spend his freedom with a gorgeous American with hair the color of a blackbird- killing <i>three</i> birds with one stone...
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<b>Black Hearts</b> brought me right back to those days of outlaw drug cartel where no life is sacred and love is a true weakness. Where everything in Violet's life as she's known it becomes unraveled in a house of lies. Who's friend and who's foe? Can she trust Vicente or her parents? Where danger seems to lurk in the shadows of her seemingly safe home city of San Francisco.
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Once I started this book, I had a hard time putting it down. A trickle fed plot with a lethal dose of suspense and intrigue,<b> Karina Hale </b>has found quite her true niche in the darker, seedier genre of mafia/drug cartels where a love story is buried beneath the gritty violence and struggle for ultimate cartel control- to be the kingpin.
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I cannot wait for the final installment of this duet, <i>Dirty Souls, </i>releasing March 17th, 2017.
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<i><i><i><i><b>Advanced review copy received by the author in exchange for my honest review.</b></i></i></i></i><br />
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With her USA Today Bestselling The Artists Trilogy published by Grand Central Publishing, numerous foreign publication deals, and self-publishing success with her Experiment in Terror series, Vancouver-born Karina Halle is a true example of the term "Hybrid Author." Though her books showcase her love of all things dark, sexy and edgy, she's a closet romantic at heart and strives to give her characters a HEA...whenever possible.Karina holds a screenwriting degree from Vancouver Film School and a Bachelor of Journalism from TRU.<br />
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Her travel writing, music reviews/interviews and photography have appeared in publications such as Consequence of Sound, Mxdwn and GoNomad Travel Guides. She currently lives on an island on the coast of British Columbia where she’s preparing for the zombie apocalypse with her fiancé and rescue pup.<br />
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