tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35218613787537312162024-02-18T17:31:58.863-08:00Pretty Little ReadersPretty Little Readershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10111893309288561595noreply@blogger.comBlogger80125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3521861378753731216.post-78150795775585523122016-07-12T10:33:00.000-07:002016-07-12T10:33:23.528-07:00Review: Lux (Nocte Trilogy Book 3) by Courtney Cole<br />
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LET THERE BE LIGHT.<br />
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My name is Calla Price and I’m broken.<br />
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My pieces are all around me, floating on the wind, even as I desperately try to grasp them.<br />
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Who is dead? Alive? Insane?<br />
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What is the truth?<br />
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I don’t know.<br />
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I do know this: The darkness is strangling me. With every breath, I choke on another lie.<br />
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My mind has protected me, but that shield will soon be lowered.<br />
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All will be revealed.<br />
Every answer to every question.<br />
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It’s all been leading to this.<br />
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Don’t be afraid.<br />
Be terrified.<br />
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<b>My Thoughts:</b> I honestly don't know how to feel about this book. This series started off so strong with book one but then the ending took a twist and I did not know where this author was taking us. Then when book two came out I jumped right in and I basically had this look on my face the entire time...<br />
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I could not even understand what was going on. Suddenly book one that I loved is now questionable as to whether or not the events even happened! Why, author WHY?? But being the glutton for punishment that I am I decided to read book three. I needed to know where this cluster of insanity was going. So I picked up Lux and started to read. This book had me ...</div>
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Ok, so I see we are sticking with this complete incoherencey. Way to commit! But in all fairness to the author I really did read this book e-cover to e-cover, in one day, basically one sitting. I was glued to it. I did have to put it down a few time because it was literally giving me a headache, but I would pick it right back up.</div>
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Now, being that this is book three there is about to be some spoiler-ish comments if you have yet to read the first two books in this series. </div>
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In Nocte (book one) I was captivated by the story between not only Calla and Dare, but also the love that Calla and Finn share as siblings. It is such an emotional roller coaster and as we get toward the end and we start to realize than Finn had actually died in the crash along with his mom my heart BROKE, shattered into a million pieces. I know what it is like to lose someone so close to you. To feel that it isn't real. To crave the ability to make it all go away. But Calla appeared to do this on a psychological level. Suddenly it wasn't Finn who had the mental break, it was her. Everything we thought we knew was skewed by Calla's POV. When Dare helps her come to terms with Finn's death it is heart-wrenchingly sad. But then the final chapters hit and suddenly Dare isn't who we all thought. Suddenly there is this enormous family secret. *cue suspenseful music* Then Verum (book two) leads us to Whitley which is such a confused jumbled mess. Nothing makes sense, you begin to question if book one even happened, you question what genre you are even reading. Wait!? I thought this was a psychological thriller. Is this paranormal? I'm confused. Ughhh why am I reading this?</div>
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Which leads us to book three. And this book was even more confusing than books one and two. As you are reading it comes to a point when you are basically just reading book one all over again. It is condensed down but still a verbatim reading of book one events. I even found myself skimming these parts because I could not understand why this needed to be completely retold, and then a few chapters later told again. And then the last 10-15% of the book comes and suddenly everything is explain, there is resolution on the horizon. and AH HA!! this is paranormal! Wish that had been made clear two books ago. And then the final chapter hits and you are once again rereading something that has already happened. and then the book ends with the author's note. And even though I read the book in basically one sitting, even though this was the final book in the series, even though I read the author's note and I get what she was going for. I just really can not help wishing this book had ended before the plot twist in book one. I can honestly say that the second and third books completely robbed me of the feels that I got from book one. </div>
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I guess as far as my recommendation goes I will say proceed with caution. Nocte, book one is amazing and I do highly recommend it. But the rest of the series.... consider me conflicted.</div>
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Pretty Little Readershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10111893309288561595noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3521861378753731216.post-45909314783527114112016-05-06T06:21:00.001-07:002016-05-06T06:21:49.153-07:00That One Day (That One Series 1.5) by Josie Wright<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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One day.<br />
One letter.<br />
That’s all it took for my life to fall apart. Now all that’s left is deception and betrayal. I don’t know who I am anymore. I don’t know who to trust.<br />
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So I leave, searching for the truth hidden behind a web of lies.<br />
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The only thing I take with me, besides a bag of clothes, is the memory of one night. That one night with Frankie, my best friend’s little sister. The woman I have loved as long as I can remember.<br />
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The memory is what keeps me going when I learn the truth. It’s what keeps me sane when I feel like I’m losing my mind. And, it's what drives me back to a life I ran from eighteen months ago.<br />
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Yet, nothing is the way it used to be. Frankie has a secret. One that changes everything. Changes who I am. Letting her go is not an option. I have to make her trust me. I need to make her mine.<br />
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But I have a secret of my own. One that keeps me awake at night. A secret that could make me lose Frankie forever. It’s not a chance I can take.<br />
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Not suitable for under 18's due to strong language, violence and sexual content<br />
*Though this book can be read as a standalone, it's recommended to read 'That One Night' first to get the full picture.<br />
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<i><b>My Thoughts: I give this book a very strong four stars.</b></i><br />
I had the opportunity to 'Beta Read' this book. It was my first experience as a beta reader and I look forward to doing it again someday. Josie is a delight to work with. As a blogger, I have had some authors that are not at all receptive to any sort of critique, but Josie not only welcomed my questions after reading book one of this series, she appreciated them and came back to ask me to beta for her. I was completely honored.<br />
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Now for the book review-- as an avid reader I often find myself reading the POV flips of books I have read and loved. Some authors hit the mark and some are so so far off. Josie definitely hit the mark. I enjoyed this story from Frankie's POV, the ups and downs, her heartbreak and her falling in love with Ben all over again. But I felt Ben had a much deeper story to tell. There was so much going on in the background that we didn't know anything about while reading 'That One Night' and I am so glad that Josie took the opportunity to write Ben's side of the story. Good luck with you new release Josie!<br />
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Pretty Little Readershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10111893309288561595noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3521861378753731216.post-5073352733508641562016-01-12T07:58:00.000-08:002016-01-12T07:58:10.356-08:00Review: Untamed by SC Stephens<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Being the bad-boy bassist for the world's hottest band has earned Griffin Hancock some perks: a big house, a fast car, and most importantly his incredible wife, Anna. The one thing it hasn't brought him is the spotlight. Anna tells him to be patient, that his talent will win out. But Griffin is through waiting for permission to shine.</span><br />
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<b>My thoughts;</b> First off I want to start by saying, this is a favored series for me. I always, always recommend it. It is solid five stars for me from beginning to end. If you have yet to read it get ready for a roller coaster ride. Angst and drama are just the tip of the ice burg. Even when you absolutely hate everything that is happening you still can't put it down.<br />
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This book was no exception. For those who know this series and its characters, you know the mess that is Griffin Hancock. I have always loved his character in a, <i>well aren't you "special"</i> kind of way. He is an egotistical, narcissistic, well ... Douchebag. I spent the beginning of this book rolling my eyes so hard, seriously, I think I pulled something. Griffin is like a toddler that throws a tantrum because he doesn't get the toy he wants. I wanted to throttle him through probably 70% of this book. He is literally like that person who you just look at and think, "his mouth isn't attached to a brain, is it?" How can someone be so completely oblivious? Being inside his head was possibly the most frustrating thing I have ever done. At first, it was funny and then it just wasn't anymore.<br />
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Griffin became an adult! And I fell in love with his character in a completely different way. I began to see him in a completely different way. And I ended this book thoroughly satisfied.<br />
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Selenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06170399005615078337noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3521861378753731216.post-33829309267053856382016-01-09T08:18:00.001-08:002016-01-09T08:18:44.724-08:00Review: Ascendant, The Cuspian Saga Book Two by DC Hall<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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Fraternal twins Kendal and Kennedi Myles are desperate for their broken lives to return to a time when stolen kisses, football games, and an overbearing parent was normal. But being the most powerful Cuspians—a superpowered subspecies of humans—in America isn’t exactly normal, and that time has passed from their lives forever.<br />
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Kennedi has spent her summer training for the inevitable moment when Beau—the Cuspian she loved and then betrayed—returns to kidnap both her and her brother for The Conservatory, an agency desperate to acquire the strongest of their kind at any cost. But Kennedi refuses to be collected like vintage couture. She’s ready to protect the ones she loves most—at whatever cost.<br />
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Kendal is fed up with waiting to be attacked for his role in the near-fatal assault that left three of The Conservatory's operatives in bloody pieces. With the threat of vengeance around every corner, he hacks into The Conservatory's database, yielding disastrous results. As new clues into his mother’s death emerge, Kendal must decide just how far he's willing to go to uncover the truth.<br />
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Focused on their individual quests, the twins’ attention is divided and their weaknesses are exploited. Every decision they make drives a wedge further between them, and the pair soon realizes something they can never unlearn: the price that comes with power is often too high to pay.<br />
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<b><i>My Thoughts;</i></b> Basically, I am a fan! I know I will have to elaborate, but that pretty much sums it up in very few words. I was pretty blown away by the first book in this series. It was everything I love about a good YA paranormal. You can see my review for Cuspian: Book One <a href="http://prettylittlereaders.blogspot.com/2014/06/review-cupsian-cuspian-saga-book-one-by.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>.<br />
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I waited patiently(ish) for this book to come out and jumped in to reading it fairly quickly. It took me a few extra days to read it because, holidays, but once I got the time to sit down I devoured it. At this point in my relationship with these characters I feel comfortable enough to tell them how I was really feeling about them during this book so here goes.<br />
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Kendal, why for the love of all that is holy do you not communicate with your sister. I mean you can even be a typical man and just clam up... she will still hear you. Telepathy is a wonderful thing. I was proud of you toward the end of the book but for the first half, my side-eye was on retainer for you. I was literally mumbling to this book while reading. Kendal and Chance's relationship is on a rocky path during this book and it makes for some stressful thoughts from me.<br />
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Kennedi, on the other hand, I was loving on her this time around. Book one had me feeling all kinds of ways. I do have a much easier time getting into her head while reading. #GirlPower. I love the relationship she has with Jacen they really make me laugh. Chance is a little brooding this go round, I have my theories on him but I am a NO SPOILER type of girl so I reserve those for myself and fan-girling with friends *grins*<br />
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And last... Daniel, I still hate, no despise, no loathe, abhor, detest you. I find you completely repugnant. That is all.<br />
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I wish I could go into more but I do not want to accidentally spoil anything. I will say there are a few twist and turns and one point when I was rejecting everything I was reading, but it turned out okay in the end. I would like to thank DC Hall for not leaving me hanging off the side of a cliff this time but I am going to have to ask you to hurry up with book three *tee hee*. Unless you want to work out some type of chapter by chapter arrangement. I will totally be down with that *winky face*.<br />
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If you have not yet began reading this series check out book one in the Cuspian Saga<br />
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<br />Selenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06170399005615078337noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3521861378753731216.post-40421000897275598582015-12-31T21:30:00.000-08:002016-01-01T06:34:27.443-08:00PLR, ~Selena's Top 15 Reads of 2015<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<i><span style="color: magenta;">This year has been a slow reading year for me. I was in such a funk for a couple months but I think I am pulling myself out of it. Here are my top 15 favorites from this year (in no particular order). A few of my favorites were series so I have include them as one. ~S</span></i></blockquote>
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<b><u>Blood Kiss (Black Dagger Legacy Book 1)</u></b><br />
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<b><i> The legacy of the Black Dagger Brotherhood continues in a spin-off series from the #1 New York Times bestselling author…</i></b><br />
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Paradise, blooded daughter of the king’s First Advisor, is ready to break free from the restrictive life of an aristocratic female. Her strategy? Join the Black Dagger Brotherhood’s training center program and learn to fight for herself, think for herself…be herself. It’s a good plan, until everything goes wrong. The schooling is unfathomably difficult, the other recruits feel more like enemies than allies, and it’s very clear that the Brother in charge, Butch O’Neal, a.k.a. the Dhestroyer, is having serious problems in his own life.<br />
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And that’s before she falls in love with a fellow classmate. Craeg, a common civilian, is nothing her father would ever want for her, but everything she could ask for in a male. As an act of violence threatens to tear apart the entire program, and the erotic pull between them grows irresistible, Paradise is tested in ways she never anticipated—and left wondering whether she’s strong enough to claim her own power…on the field, and off.<br />
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Trez “Latimer” doesn’t really exist. And not just because the identity was created so that a Shadow could function in the underbelly of the human world. Sold by his parents to the Queen of the S’Hsibe as a child, Trez escaped the Territory and has been a pimp and an enforcer in Caldwell, NY for years- all the while on the run from a destiny of sexual servitude. He’s never had anyone he could totally rely on... except for his brother, iAm.</div>
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Trapped between his heart and a fate he never volunteered for, Trez must decide whether to endanger himself and others- or forever leave behind the female he’s in love with. But then an unimaginable tragedy strikes and changes everything. Staring out over an emotional abyss, Trez must find a reason to go on or risk losing himself and his soul forever. And iAm, in the name of brotherly love, is faced with making the ultimate sacrifice...</div>
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For generations, the Bradford family has worn the mantle of kings of the bourbon capital of the world. Their sustained wealth has afforded them prestige and privilege—as well as a hard-won division of class on their sprawling estate, Easterly. Upstairs, a dynasty that by all appearances plays by the rules of good fortune and good taste. Downstairs, the staff who work tirelessly to maintain the impeccable Bradford facade. And never the twain shall meet.</div>
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For Lizzie King, Easterly’s head gardener, crossing that divide nearly ruined her life. Falling in love with Tulane, the prodigal son of the bourbon dynasty, was nothing that she intended or wanted—and their bitter breakup only served to prove her instincts were right. Now, after two years of staying away, Tulane is finally coming home again, and he is bringing the past with him. No one will be left unmarked: not Tulane’s beautiful and ruthless wife; not his older brother, whose bitterness and bad blood know no bounds; and especially not the ironfisted Bradford patriarch, a man with few morals, fewer scruples, and many, many terrible secrets.</div>
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As family tensions—professional and intimately private—ignite, Easterly and all its inhabitants are thrown into the grips of an irrevocable transformation, and only the cunning will survive.</div>
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<img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=selenalostint-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0991140273" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />The journey that began in top-rated, best-selling Bright Side, continues ...<br />
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“ … but the honest-to-God truth is I don’t even know how to function anymore. Bright Side wasn’t only my best friend; she was like my other half ... the other half of my brain, the other half of my conscience, the other half of my sense of humor, the other half of my creativity, the other half of my heart. How do you go back to doing what you did before, when half of you is gone forever?” </div>
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When Bree Prescott arrives in the sleepy, lakeside town of Pelion, Maine, she hopes against hope that this is the place where she will finally find the peace she so desperately seeks. On her first day there, her life collides with Archer Hale, an isolated man who holds a secret agony of his own. A man no one else sees.</div>
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Archer's Voice is the story of a woman chained to the memory of one horrifying night and the man whose love is the key to her freedom. It is the story of a silent man who lives with an excruciating wound and the woman who helps him find his voice. It is the story of suffering, fate, and the transformative power of love.</div>
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Auburn Reed has her entire life mapped out. Her goals are in sight and there’s no room for mistakes. But when she walks into a Dallas art studio in search of a job, she doesn’t expect to find a deep attraction to the enigmatic artist who works there, Owen Gentry.<br />
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The last thing Owen wants is to lose Auburn, but he can’t seem to convince her that truth is sometimes as subjective as art. All he would have to do to save their relationship is confess. But in this case, the confession could be much more destructive than the actual sin…<br />
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<b><u>November Nine</u></b><br />
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Fallon meets Ben, an aspiring novelist, the day before her scheduled cross-country move. Their untimely attraction leads them to spend Fallon’s last day in L.A. together, and her eventful life becomes the creative inspiration Ben has always sought for his novel. Over time and amidst the various relationships and tribulations of their own separate lives, they continue to meet on the same date every year. Until one day Fallon becomes unsure if Ben has been telling her the truth or fabricating a perfect reality for the sake of the ultimate plot twist.</div>
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<b><u>Law of Moses</u></b><br />
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Someone found him in a laundry basket at the Quick Wash, wrapped in a towel, a few hours old and close to death. They called him Baby Moses when they shared his story on the ten o’clock news – the little baby left in a basket at a dingy Laundromat, born to a crack addict and expected to have all sorts of problems. I imagined the crack baby, Moses, having a giant crack that ran down his body, like he’d been broken at birth. I knew that wasn’t what the term meant, but the image stuck in my mind. Maybe the fact that he was broken drew me to him from the start.</div>
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It all happened before I was born, and by the time I met Moses and my mom told me all about him, the story was old news and nobody wanted anything to do with him. People love babies, even sick babies. Even crack babies. But babies grow up to be kids, and kids grow up to be teenagers. Nobody wants a messed up teenager.</div>
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And Moses was messed up. Moses was a law unto himself. But he was also strange and exotic and beautiful. To be with him would change my life in ways I could never have imagined. Maybe I should have stayed away. Maybe I should have listened. My mother warned me. Even Moses warned me. But I didn’t stay away.</div>
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And so begins a story of pain and promise, of heartache and healing, of life and death. A story of before and after, of new beginnings and never-endings. But most of all...a love story.</div>
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<b><u>Broken Juliet (Starcrossed 2)</u></b><br />
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For years, Cassie Taylor tried to forget about Ethan Holt. He was the one great love of her life, and when he failed to return her love, a part of her died forever. Or so she thought. Now she and Ethan are sharing a Broadway stage, and he’s determined to win her back. Claiming to be a changed man, he’s finally able to say all the things she needed to hear years ago, but can she believe him? What makes this time different from all his other broken promises?</div>
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Ethan knows he can’t change their tumultuous past, but if he’s going to have any chance of being with the woman he loves, he’ll need to convince Cassie that her future belongs with him. </div>
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Don’t miss this stunning conclusion to the unforgettable love story that captivated over two million fans online. </div>
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<span style="color: magenta;"><i>The following are the book series I read and loved this year....</i></span></div>
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<b><u>Never Never (book 1 and 2</u></b>)<br />
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Best friends since they could walk. In love since the age of fourteen.<br />
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He'll do anything to remember. She'll do anything to forget.<br />
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<u><b>Nocte and Verum (Book 1 and 2)</b></u><br />
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My name is Calla Price. I'm eighteen years old, and I'm one half of a whole. My other half—my twin brother, my Finn—is crazy. I love him. More than life, more than anything. And even though I'm terrified he'll suck me down with him, no one can save him but me. I'm doing all I can to stay afloat in a sea of insanity, but I'm drowning more and more each day. So I reach out for a lifeline. Dare DuBray. He's my savior and my anti-Christ. His arms are where I feel safe, where I'm afraid, where I belong, where I'm lost. He will heal me, break me, love me and hate me. He has the power to destroy me. Maybe that's ok. Because I can't seem to save Finn and love Dare without everyone getting hurt. Why? Because of a secret. A secret I'm so busy trying to figure out, that I never see it coming. You won't either.<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00P6LDHXU/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00P6LDHXU&linkCode=as2&tag=selenalostint-20&linkId=SNO4TBBTW6HAEEDT" rel="nofollow">VERUM (The Nocte Trilogy Book 2)</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=selenalostint-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00P6LDHXU" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /><br />
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<b><u>Collide and Pulse ( Collide series book 1 and 2)</u></b><br />
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On the heels of graduating college and trying to cope with her mother’s death, Emily Cooper moves to New York City for a fresh start.</div>
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While harboring secrets of his own, Dillon Parker takes care of Emily through her grief. Knowing he can’t live without her by his side, he’s sweet, thoughtful, and everything Emily has ever wanted in a man.</div>
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Until she meets Gavin Blake—a rich and notorious playboy who is dangerously sexy and charming as hell. Emily tries to deny the instant connection she feels, but Mr. Tall, Dark, and Handsome is not inclined to let go so easily. Recovering from his own painful past, Gavin will stop at nothing to win Emily over. </div>
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This unexpected encounter compels Emily to question her decisions, forcing her to make a choice that will destroy friendships, shatter hearts, and forever change her life.</div>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1476765367/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1476765367&linkCode=as2&tag=selenalostint-20&linkId=ZD4KVK7UZCXXXYWF" rel="nofollow">Pulse: Book Two in the Collide Series</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=selenalostint-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1476765367" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /><br />
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<b><u>The Deal and The Mistake (Off Campus book 1 and 2)</u></b><br />
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She’s about to make a deal with the college bad boy...<br />
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Hannah Wells has finally found someone who turns her on. But while she might be confident in every other area of her life, she’s carting around a full set of baggage when it comes to sex and seduction. If she wants to get her crush’s attention, she’ll have to step out of her comfort zone and make him take notice…even if it means tutoring the annoying, childish, cocky captain of the hockey team in exchange for a pretend date.<br />
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All Garrett Graham has ever wanted is to play professional hockey after graduation, but his plummeting GPA is threatening everything he’s worked so hard for. If helping a sarcastic brunette make another guy jealous will help him secure his position on the team, he’s all for it. But when one unexpected kiss leads to the wildest sex of both their lives, it doesn’t take long for Garrett to realize that pretend isn’t going to cut it. Now he just has to convince Hannah that the man she wants looks a lot like him.<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00WASWK7Q/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00WASWK7Q&linkCode=as2&tag=selenalostint-20&linkId=N6KJJQLBJXHETW5G" rel="nofollow">The Mistake (Off-Campus Book 2)</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=selenalostint-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00WASWK7Q" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /><br />
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<b><u>Switched, Torn and Ascend (Trylle Book 1,2 and 3)</u></b><br />
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<img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=selenalostint-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1250006317" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />When Wendy Everly was six-years-old, her mother was convinced she was a monster and tried to kill her. It isn't until eleven years later that Wendy finds out her mother might've been telling the truth. With the help of Finn Holmes, Wendy finds herself in a world she never knew existed—and it's one she's not sure if she wants to be a part of.<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1250006325/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1250006325&linkCode=as2&tag=selenalostint-20&linkId=PNEFQMY6QNPYCRMD" rel="nofollow">Torn (Trylle Trilogy Book 2)</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=selenalostint-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1250006325" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /><br />
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<b><i><u><span style="font-size: x-large;">4 Stars</span></u></i></b><br />
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<b>My Thoughts: </b>I listened to this book on Audible. When I am working on a project or doing chores I like to put on a book and listen while I work.<br />
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I have had this book on my TBR list for a really long time. Paranormal YA is quite possibly my favorite genre and I always find myself coming back to it over and over again. I'm not sure what made me put off this series for so long, but after my niece asked me to read it, so she would have someone to talk to about it, I decided to give it a shot.<br />
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I only have book one in the bag, but I feel like this is going to quite possibly turn into a favorite among Young Adult series that I have read. Stay tuned for how I feel at the end of the series. *winky face*<br />
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A quick note on the Audible version. After listening to this book I have become quiet fond of the narrator, Therese Plummer. She did a fantastic job with this book and played well to each individual characters personality. I am sure I will have more thoughts on her as well, as I finish this series.Selenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06170399005615078337noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3521861378753731216.post-69703572837508562812015-12-04T09:04:00.000-08:002015-12-04T09:04:26.482-08:00Review: Blood Kiss by JR Ward<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<b>The legacy of the Black Dagger Brotherhood continues in a spin-off series from the #1 New York Times bestselling author…</b><br />
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Paradise, blooded daughter of the king’s First Advisor, is ready to break free from the restrictive life of an aristocratic female. Her strategy? Join the Black Dagger Brotherhood’s training center program and learn to fight for herself, think for herself…be herself. It’s a good plan, until everything goes wrong. The schooling is unfathomably difficult, the other recruits feel more like enemies than allies, and it’s very clear that the Brother in charge, Butch O’Neal, a.k.a. the Dhestroyer, is having serious problems in his own life.<br />
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And that’s before she falls in love with a fellow classmate. Craeg, a common civilian, is nothing her father would ever want for her, but everything she could ask for in a male. As an act of violence threatens to tear apart the entire program, and the erotic pull between them grows irresistible, Paradise is tested in ways she never anticipated—and left wondering whether she’s strong enough to claim her own power…on the field, and off.<br />
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<b>My Thoughts;</b> When I first heard about this spin off series I was over the moon excited. The idea that we would get MORE BDB each year was beyond epic. And then to hear that the Brothers, that we have all fallen in love with, would be the calmer side characters/sub plot was even better.<br />
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I was crazy excited to get back to the training center. I mean.... This is where I truly fell in love with my John Matthew. Watching him progress from who he was when we first met him in <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Lover-Eternal-Black-Dagger-Brotherhood-ebook/dp/B000OVLIRE/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1449239799&sr=1-1&keywords=lover+eternal+by+j.r.+ward" target="_blank">Lover Eternal</a> (BDB book 2) to where he is today. So, yes the idea that we would be back to the "old days" was an amazing feeling.<br />
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We first meet Paradise and Craeg in <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0451417089?creativeASIN=0451417089&linkCode=w00&linkId=WHKK7GSB32NTUYFK&ref_=as_sl_pc_qf_sp_asin_til&tag=selenalostint-20" target="_blank">The Shadows</a> (BDB book 13). She is working as a receptionist for her father, Abalone; First Adviser to The King aka Wrath. Craeg comes in to get an application for the training program and she is smitten right away. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0451475321/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0451475321&linkCode=as2&tag=selenalostint-20&linkId=YBFSJSC2P6CRXZCK" target="_blank">Blood Kiss</a> picks up where her side story in The Shadows leaves off, we get to follow along on her journey to the training center and everything that follows.<br />
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As the "featured" Brother, Butch aka The Dhestroyer and his Shellan are having a bit of a bumpy road and their story is intertwined with Paradise and Craeg's HEA. There is not a lot of POVs, it sticks to these two couples jumping back and forth between the characters.<br />
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I fell so in love with Marissa after this book. She was never one of my favorite shellans from the (original) series but that has definitely changed. Butch is as he always has been. You love him even when you are shaking your head with utter disappointment. (oh Butch....SMH).<br />
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I admire Paradise. She is such a strong character. She was sheltered, as any child of the Glymera would be, but she has risen so far above that. She has chosen to be her own person and pave her own path. She is outspoken and brave. I love her. I had a little harder time with Craeg, it took time for me to really care for him. This is probably the first couple that I have more love for the female. Craeg came a long way and in the end I did really grow fond of his character. However, love would probably be too strong a word.<br />
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The original BDB series has transformed into such a complex story line, with twists and turns, new characters and character development. The world has grown leaps and bounds and icludes multiple storylines in each book; reading them can be very intense. This book, for lack of a better phrase, was palate cleansing it slows things down a bit and that is completely refreshing for a wait between one BDB book and the next. I think any true BDB fan will love this book. Anyone who remembers the old "Slices of Life" JRW used to do will definitely enjoy this book. It is a steady pace of drama, falling in love, levity, and Lassiter-type-shenanigans. I strongly recommend this book.<br />
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<b>***For more from JR Ward check out our "<a href="http://prettylittlereaders.blogspot.com/2015/12/plrs-favorite-author-jr-ward-books-plus.html" target="_blank">PLR's Favorite Author</a>" post. This will give you a complete list of all of her books as well as reading orders for her series.</b>Selenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06170399005615078337noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3521861378753731216.post-20327819966408322662015-12-04T08:45:00.000-08:002015-12-04T08:49:10.238-08:00PLR's Favorite Author: JR Ward (Books plus Reading Order)<br />
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J.R. Ward is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of numerous novels, including the Black Dagger Brotherhood series. She lives in the South her family.</div>
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<i><span style="color: #741b47;">We have not reviewed all of her books here at PLR. However, for the ones that we have reviewed I will add a link. ~S</span></i></blockquote>
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<b><i><u>Black Dagger Brotherhood Series </u></i></b>(Ongoing Series)<br />
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<li><a href="http://amzn.to/1Nwkp54" target="_blank">Dark Lover</a></li>
<li><a href="http://amzn.to/1OCIVXn" target="_blank">Lover Eternal</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://amzn.to/1OCKqoG" target="_blank">Insider's Guide</a> (This book focuses on the previous 6 books in the series)</li>
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<b>~ Allie K. Adams ~ Merry TREXmas ~</b></div>
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Christmas turns to chaos when all the McKoys get together for the holidays. It takes a 12-yr-old autistic boy and his faithful companion to teach them all the true meaning of TREXmas.</div>
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<b>~ Jami Davenport ~ Hearts On Ice ~</b></div>
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Drawn together by tragedy and broken apart by practicality, can two lost souls find each other again during a magical holiday season?</div>
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<b>~ Riley J. Ford ~ Romance. Avalanche. Love. ~</b></div>
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Selma and Shaun decide to celebrate their anniversary with a Christmas ski vacation. When he reveals a huge secret he's been hiding, she is crushed by an avalanche of emotions. She questions whether they're meant to be together...until a real avalanche hits.</div>
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The five Avery Sisters create a little Holiday Mischief and find romance in the process.</div>
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You might remember them. They have two children named Reagan and Lincoln. Find out how their love story started in Yes, You. One bad boy, one good girl. The question - Who? Me? Yes. You.</div>
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He says everyone deserves a second chance. She thinks it's high time for him to turn that idea around on himself.</div>
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When two hearts ignite, the most unexpected gifts can turn up under the tree.</div>
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Annette Deluca believes you only get one chance at the love of a lifetime. It's up to Michael Becker and his young autistic son to prove her wrong.</div>
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Long before the English brothers met their wives and girlfriends, their father, Tom, captured the heart of their mother, Eleanora. Travel back in time to Christmas 1981 and find out how it all began!</div>
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Kidnapped from her front yard by Santa, a woman who hates Christmas finds unexpected joy in a holiday she swore to ignore for the rest of her life.</div>
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Sadie never expected a handsome firefighter to crash into her living room on Christmas Eve, but when her tree catches on fire, he could save more than her life...</div>
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A blizzard, a lost cat, and a little bit of Christmas destiny gives Eliza a chance with the man she's loved from afar for too long.</div>
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Emma Roman lives in Texas in a sprawling ranch style home with her husband, daughter, and a pack of rescue Basset Hounds. She is an advocate for the American Society of Autism and does her part to spread awareness about the disorders associated with the Autism, sharing the experiences and she’s been through with her daughter.</div>
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<b>The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Black Dagger Brotherhood delivers the first novel in an enthralling new series set amid the shifting dynamics of a Southern family defined by wealth and privilege—and compromised by secrets, deceit, and scandal.... </b><br />
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For generations, the Bradford family has worn the mantle of kings of the bourbon capital of the world. Their sustained wealth has afforded them prestige and privilege—as well as a hard-won division of class on their sprawling estate, Easterly. Upstairs, a dynasty that by all appearances plays by the rules of good fortune and good taste. Downstairs, the staff who work tirelessly to maintain the impeccable Bradford facade. And never the twain shall meet.<br />
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For Lizzie King, Easterly’s head gardener, crossing that divide nearly ruined her life. Falling in love with Tulane, the prodigal son of the bourbon dynasty, was nothing that she intended or wanted—and their bitter breakup only served to prove her instincts were right. Now, after two years of staying away, Tulane is finally coming home again, and he is bringing the past with him. No one will be left unmarked: not Tulane’s beautiful and ruthless wife; not his older brother, whose bitterness and bad blood know no bounds; and especially not the ironfisted Bradford patriarch, a man with few morals, fewer scruples, and many, many terrible secrets.<br />
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As family tensions—professional and intimately private—ignite, Easterly and all its inhabitants are thrown into the grips of an irrevocable transformation, and only the cunning will survive.<br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Now is the time when I try and write a coherent review. Which will then be followed by loquaciousness via </span><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>~I</i></b> </span></blockquote>
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<b><i> My thoughts:</i></b> I think I had set my expectations really high for this series. I probably shouldn't have, because that usually only ends in disaster, but this book not only met them but surpassed them.<br />
I will start by saying that the first (maybe) 20% of this book is a little slow going. You are meeting new characters and getting familiar with the settings etc. But once the initial "introduction" is out of the way- BAM off we go.<br />
This book was amazing. It was unputdownable for me.<br />
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But more than that, at the heart of this is a cast of some really great characters. The ones you love, the ones you know you will love to hate, the ones that you hope are killed off by the end of each chapter.</div>
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I cried while reading this book. Hell, I sobbed while reading this book. I felt real hate while reading this book. I also felt unconditional love while reading this book. I talked out loud to these characters, I gasp, I held my breath and I realized there is a fine line between "Fangirl" and "Psychotic" and then..... I rejected that line. </div>
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I NEED book two, like, physically, NEED it. I have so many thoughts and theories and things going on in my head. I honestly can not remember the last time I have been this way over a new series. The speculations are endless. I want to keep this review spoiler free so I will bring it to an end. </div>
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But first I want to say this..... If you were reluctant to get this book because it's not her usual Paranormal, or even something as simple as the higher eBook price, I would strongly advise you go ahead an get it. The book is worth the price and you will not miss the paranormal aspect. It is fantastic.</div>
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Thoughts by ~<i><b>I</b></i>: It’s safe to say that most of you know that we are J.R. Ward’s super fans… As such I waited for this book with much hope and a little trepidation. I mean I am accustomed to extreme vampire sexiness.. could she hold my attention by writing a story about mere mortals??? UMMM Hello! This is J.R. Ward….. ABSOLUTELY…<br />
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I will not lie. The beginning of this book was slow going but expected I mean we are being introduced to everyone. It’s also a little misleading.. The main character, Lane is presented as the epitome of a rich bachelor. Poker, booze, and women seem like the norm for him until he gets the phone call that he is needed at home… Enter DRAMA…<br />
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We are introduced to Lizzie, (Lane’s HEA) the horticulturist … I laughed at this… of course she’s the gardener LOL and his family which includes his childhood nanny (who he considers his mother) and GASP his wife.. yeah you HEARD me.. WIFE…. Insert MAJOR side eye on this one…. Internally I was like… this CAN NOT BE.. I never root for the homewrecker *picture my palm on my forehead and me shaking my head…* but I pressed on and immediately felt better.<br />
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The drama, lies, backstory and character development made this book amazing! Ten minutes in I was crying because you could feel the love and loyalty between certain characters followed by anger and despair towards the manipulative and deceitful ones… I’m looking at you Chantal AND CREW….<br />
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These characters are flawed and some seem damaged beyond repair but there is a glimmer of hope and resilience within them that I am dying to see develop.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Hashtags by <i>~I</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">#wheresmaxwell</span><br />
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Selenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06170399005615078337noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3521861378753731216.post-80992419004322756202015-07-02T06:23:00.000-07:002015-07-02T06:23:15.274-07:00Preview Review: The Bourbon Kings by JR Ward<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I believe it is safe to say that anyone who pays attention to our blog knows that JR Ward aka <i>The Warden</i> is our #1 author. She is how we all met, and we are all complete fangirls for her work. That being said, Let me tell you about the day NetGalley (or better, The Penguin Group) slaughtered all my hopes and dreams.</span></blockquote>
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Once upon a time there was a blogger, (yes this level of drama is important) and this blogger loves JR Ward. One day when this blogger was checking her blog mail she found an email that could have only come from the book gods themselves. (Or, ya know, NetGalley. Whatever!) She silently exclaimed with excitement and joy. This blogger was so overwhelmed by this email that she had to send a text message to a few of her fellow JRW fangirls/blog partners;<br />
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<b>*S* - OMG I just got this in my email!! </b></div>
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<b>*QN* GASP!</b><br /><b>*I* GET! IT</b><br /><b>*S* I'm going!!!!!!!!</b></div>
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I'm not sure why the blogger decided to message her besties before requesting, she just did. Maybe it was confusion in her excited moment. Maybe it was because she was sitting in the orthodontists office waiting for her son. MAYBE it was because she couldn't remember her NetGalley password and couldn't sign in from her phone. Who really knows the reason, it isn't important. </div>
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What matters is that the blogger went straight onto her PC when she got home and requested The Bourbon Kings.</div>
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Finally after a week of waiting, an email arrived. The blogger was once again clapping like a seal. "OMG! Squeeeeee!" Only, the blogger wouldn't remain happy at all. In fact the blogger would have all of her hope and dreams crushed. </div>
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NetGalley Jun 22<br />:to me </blockquote>
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<b>Subject: Request notification from PENGUIN GROUP Berkley, NAL / Signet Romance, DAW.</b> </blockquote>
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<br /><i>Thank you for your interest in #1 New York Times bestselling author J.R. Ward’s THE BOURBON KINGS. Unfortunately we are </i><b>not able to approve</b><i> your request at this time, but we do have a special opportunity for you! The first 500 U.S. readers to fill out our address form will receive a sampler of the first three chapters of the book. Fill out the form here: (Form Link)</i></blockquote>
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<b>*QN* OH! Get the sample chapters</b></div>
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<b>*I* YES!! Get the chapters!!!</b></div>
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For generations, the Bradford family has worn the mantle of kings of the bourbon capital of the world. Their sustained wealth has afforded them prestige and privilege—as well as a hard-won division of class on their sprawling estate, Easterly. Upstairs, a dynasty that by all appearances plays by the rules of good fortune and good taste. Downstairs, the staff who work tirelessly to maintain the impeccable Bradford facade. And never the twain shall meet.</div>
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For Lizzie King, Easterly’s head gardener, crossing that divide nearly ruined her life. Falling in love with Tulane, the prodigal son of the bourbon dynasty, was nothing that she intended or wanted—and their bitter breakup only served to prove her instincts were right. Now, after two years of staying away, Tulane is finally coming home again, and he is bringing the past with him. No one will be left unmarked: not Tulane’s beautiful and ruthless wife; not his older brother, whose bitterness and bad blood know no bounds; and especially not the ironfisted Bradford patriarch, a man with few morals, fewer scruples, and many, many terrible secrets.</div>
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<b>My thoughts (so far): </b>Okay, I am hooked. I read the first chapter and was like, "Hmmm, well Ward definitely knows how to put words together on the page." Then I read the second chapter and I was like, "Oh, this is gonna get interesting!"</div>
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And then I read chapter three. By the end of this chapter (or the part that I got in the sampler) the hook was set. One sentence. Actually, one word of one sentence and I was like, "GASP! What? Noooooo!!" And that is the moment I knew I was going to really like this series. If you can set me up for that reaction in less than 3 chapters then I think it is safe to say the book is going to be great.</div>
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I will hold my full excitement until I read the entire book. I mean it could be awful after this, maybe everyone is crazy. Maybe aliens from another planet suddenly appear. Who knows, I only have three chapters.</div>
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So, if anyone needs me for all of July; I will just be here, analyzing these three little chapters of The Bourbons Kings while counting down the days until I can read the full novel.</div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><i>We do not normally do review requests here at PLR. They can become overwhelming and it gets really hard to say no to one, while accepting another. But every so often I get an email with a book that peaks my interest and I can't help but accept. This is one of those books. So on that note.....</i></span></blockquote>
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**This book was sent to me by the author for an honest review**</div>
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<b>This is Josie Wright's Debut Novel</b></div>
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All it takes is just one moment to change the course of your life. For me, it was one perfect night.<br />
I have always had a thing for my brother’s best friend, Ben. When I found him on my parents’ couch, drowning his sorrows in a whiskey bottle, my attempts to comfort him quickly turned into a night of raw and intense passion.<br />
My foolish heart hoped he might feel the same way I do.<br />
But Ben wasn’t there to stay and I woke up the next morning alone with a broken heart.<br />
I attempted to forget the guy with a smile to die for and a touch that sets me on fire.<br />
I thought I was over him.<br />
I thought he was gone forever.<br />
Until, eighteen months later Ben returns and learns my secret. Now, he is hell-bent on winning me back.<br />
He plays dirty.<br />
And he won’t stop until he gets what he wants—me.<br />
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Secrets that could destroy everything we might have and everything we are.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The only real issue I had with this book was the editing. It wasn't so bad that it made it difficult to read, but there were a few of typos along the way. I have had numerous emails with this author since reading and she is having her proofreaders go over it once more. I have to say that she is a very pleasant individual and I can see her going far. I think authors need to maintain that level of professionalism. This is a tough industry, everyone is a critic and not everyone is kind. And I say that as someone who has had their critique spit back in their face. I look forward to reading more of Josie Wright's work in the future and I wish her all the luck in the world with her debut.</span><br />
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<i><span style="color: cyan;"> </span><span style="color: #660000;"> Hi everyone! I want to welcome my good friend Janne to PLR today. She has been kind enough to share her review of </span></i><span style="color: #660000;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25644601-grey?ac=1" target="_blank">Grey by EL James</a><i> with us. Janne and I have been friends for a couple of years now and she is always recommending some pretty awesome books. I also have to give her credit for sparking my interest in Audio books. I never gave them a second thought until she recomended some really great ones to me. While I do still prefer the print version I have found myself diving into Audible more and more frequently. As you will see when you read the following review, Janne listened to the audible version of Grey, narrated by Zachary Webber. And let me just second her opinion on his narrative voice. Please enjoy her review and if you would like to follow more of Janne's reviews you can find her on Goodreads >>> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/8574488-janne-s?ref=ru_lihp_up_us_13_mclk-up2429840473" target="_blank">Click Here</a></i></span></blockquote>
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<b><i>See the world of Fifty Shades of Grey anew through the eyes of Christian Grey.</i></b><br />
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Christian Grey exercises control in all things; his world is neat, disciplined, and utterly empty—until the day that Anastasia Steele falls into his office, in a tangle of shapely limbs and tumbling brown hair. He tries to forget her, but instead is swept up in a storm of emotion he cannot comprehend and cannot resist. Unlike any woman he has known before, shy, unworldly Ana seems to see right through him—past the business prodigy and the penthouse lifestyle to Christian’s cold, wounded heart. <br />
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Will being with Ana dispel the horrors of his childhood that haunt Christian every night? Or will his dark sexual desires, his compulsion to control, and the self-loathing that fills his soul drive this girl away and destroy the fragile hope she offers him?<br />
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<b> Janne's Thoughts; </b>OK folks, if you are one of the 4 people left on earth who has not read the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy or seen the movie; there will be spoilers in this review of Grey, EL James’ recent surprise release of the story from Christian’s Point of View. Whether you loved the books or hated them, you have to admit, they certainly have a following. And, I’m one of them. Sure it’s erotic and that’s where people get stuck and, often, upset. It’s the STORY of Christian and Anastasia that is the kick in the gut and so often overlooked. So when Ms. James announced the release of Grey, it was with great trepidation that I pre-ordered it. BUT, when it was then announced that Zachary Webber would be the narrator of the audio, the deal was sealed. I canceled my Kindle pre-order and signed on for the audio.<br />
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In my opinion, Zachary Webber is one of the best audio performers out there and I have said many a time that he could read the instructions on how to give an enema and make them sound awesome.</blockquote>
It is not a surprise that Ms. James is not a writer of ‘seri-ass’ literature and, along those lines, Grey does not disappoint. Grey alternates between very good and very ‘not so good’. I mean REALLY ‘not so good’. AND, though I did not see the movie, I kept seeing Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson as Christian and Anastasia instead of my own images. And frankly, I preferred my own images.<br />
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The audio is unabridged, as most are, and lasts for 18 hours and 46 minutes. If any of you have read reviews I have written, you will know that I am a visceral reader and reviewer. You will not see quotes and descriptions of scenes. What you will get is the reaction of my heart, soul, gut and spirit. So, here you go…here are my ‘not so good’ comments on Grey:<br />
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•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>At least 50%, if not more, of that time is a re-hashing of the first book (Fifty Shades of Grey) as told by Christian. There is nothing new except that instead of Ana’s ‘goddesses talking to her’, it’s Christian’s boy part leading him onward and upward. I kept thinking “come ON, get to some substance about Christian!”<br />
•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>There is little new information about who Christian really is other than some infrequent flashbacks of a brutal childhood. In fact, that’s how the book starts and it’s not that impressive;<br />
•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The e-mail relationship that was so FUN in the first book (and second) is NOT so fun in Grey because it’s the same. It’s like a redundancy overload AND when it’s being read, gets mighty old.<br />
•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>One pet peeve in the first book and continued in Grey—when Anastasia went to Savannah GA to see her mother, it was in June which meant that the time was Eastern DAYLIGHT time and not Eastern Standard Time. I would have thought editors would catch this at least for Grey.<br />
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•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>OK—this book cranks up with the ‘soaring’ adventure in Savannah. There is the beginning of Christian’s desire to meet Ana’s request for ‘more’ as his thoughts become more and more focused on her and his growing enchantment with her. Sure, he’s still pretty focused on ‘having her’ but vanilla is not so bad;<br />
•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Starting with the Leila issue, the book really picks up some steam and we start getting more glimpses of Christian’s psyche and his inner turmoil.<br />
•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>And, finally, with the epic scene where she challenges him to punish her and ultimately leaves him, we REALLY get going. Christian’s nightmares, consisting again of flashbacks of his wretched childhood, intensify and are detailed. This is good stuff because all we knew in the ‘Ana’ version was that he had them.<br />
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Personal reflection on how this book could have been SO much better:<br />
Christian Grey is an interesting, complex and substantive man. It therefore stands to reason that a book from his point of view would absolutely go to town on WHO HE IS, HOW HE GOT TO BE WHO HE IS and HOW HE THINKS. There is so much of him that could be explored:<br />
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•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Christian’s early years and the impact/damage it did to him. We do get a bit more of that toward the end of Grey but this could have been developed much earlier in the book and more thoroughly;<br />
•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Christians’ relationship with Elena which was barely touched on in Grey (how did she find him, how did she seduce him...hell, a snippet of how he lost HIS virginity and how she snared him into the BDSM lifestyle, how did HE act as a submissive and so on);<br />
•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Christian’s emotional volatility was barely explored yet all through the first Fifty, he was all over the emotional map. In Grey, he comes across as uneven but not the emotional roller coaster we’ve come to know<br />
•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Christian’s internal demons roared to life when Ana left him after telling him she was in love with him. Holy crap…that’s the core struggle he has and we needed to see that build from the moment Ana fell into his office and not at the end of the book. Why does he loathe himself so, why does he feel like he’s a monster, how did the relationship with Mrs. Robinson play into his psyche? There are some lovely moments with Dr. Flynn as Grey draws to a close and I am looking forward to the Grey’s POV from Fifty Shades Darker. It’s obvious that Ms. James did a ton of research into flying/soaring, music, and the BDSM lifestyle to add credence to the book…so I’m imploring that the same effort will be focused on giving us complex Christian.<br />
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Every flower tells a story. Just as the first fragrant blooms of spring stir the senses, Love Blooms is sure to touch your heart. Ranging from sweet to spicy, these stand-alone contemporary romances are inspired by the symbolism of flowers, with each story representing a different flower.</div>
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<b>Small Town Hot Shot Bride by Stephanie Queen, USA Today bestselling author:</b> Red roses symbolize compassion and romantic love. Tammy is a hot shot in a small town, but she's tired of getting left behind by guys just passing through. Will she get swept up by charming out-of-towner Roark and his runaway train attraction? Or will she derail him for good?</div>
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<b>Forever Your Valentine by Susan R. Hughes, national bestselling author:</b> Daisies symbolize loyal love.Attraction crackles between Faith and Cole when they meet, but since Cole’s career takes him on the road most of the year, Faith resolves to keep their relationship platonic. Will one night together ruin their friendship, or could they be falling in love?</div>
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<b>Naomi’s Heart by Pepper Phillips, national bestselling author: </b>Paperwhite narcissus has the most delicious fragrance, bringing spring into the room. Delighted that Ben is back in Boggy Bayou, Naomi teams up with him to enter the Egg Knocking contest. Can they win? Can Naomi figure out why Ben is kissing her? Can her heart stand it if Ben realizes that she’s not what he deserves?</div>
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<b>Heather of His Heart by Leigh Morgan, national bestselling author: </b>Heather symbolizes admiration, beauty, good luck and protection from danger. Heather has given up on the idea of finding romantic love. Billy never had the idea in the first place. When circumstances throw them together, they find that love, like heather, blooms in the most unlikely places.</div>
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<b>Love at the Apple Blossom Inn by Kristy Tate, national bestselling author:</b> Scotch broom symbolizes overwhelming and everlasting love. Small-town girl Janey Tyler falls for Eric Roudell, the quiet and reclusive music teacher. But will she still love him when she discovers he is really Derrick Cordell, the rock star?</div>
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<strong>Book Title:</strong> New Point</div>
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<strong>Author:</strong> Olivia Luck</div>
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<strong>Book Title:</strong> Pressure Point</div>
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<strong>Author:</strong> Olivia Luck</div>
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<strong>Genre:</strong> New Adult</div>
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Imagine the worst day of your life. Immerse yourself in the details. How did you feel? Who were you with? What were the consequences?</div>
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Recalling my darkest day is as simple as typing a few search terms into a web browser. It only took thirty minutes for me to become the center of a media frenzy that caught the attention of an entire country.</div>
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Nine months later and I'm getting better. Moved two hours from home, landed my dream job, and met a delicious new guy.</div>
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Healing is that simple, right?</div>
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I know what you’re thinking. It’s unconventional to want a man nine years older than you. It’s inconvenient to crush on your dearest friend’s older brother. It’s silly to pine after a man for six years. It’s cliché to lust after a celebrity. It’s pathetic to fall in love with a man who barely knows you exist.</div>
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I know what you’re thinking because I’ve thought it all, too. And yet that hasn’t stopped me from wanting Blake Campbell. Charming, gorgeous, brilliant, kind, selfless – Blake is everything I’ve ever wanted, but he doesn’t see me that way. In fact, he hardly noticed me until one night.</div>
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Traumatic events brought us together for the first time, but then he tossed me aside. I know it’s irrational, but I wanted him up until the moment he left me lying there alone.</div>
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When his eyes finally open and he finds out I’ve left, will it be too late?</div>
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“New Point isn’t known for much breaking and entering, but I have to admit, this looks mighty suspicious,” an unmistakably Midwestern accent drawls from behind me, effectively scaring the sweat off my bare shoulders.</div>
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A shriek escapes from my lips as I teeter preciously on the wood chair and my hands lose their grip on the white doorframe. The rubber of my flip flop doesn’t provide much traction and my body pitches sideways. In just a second I’ll crash against the deck floor and I’ll spend the summer recovering physically instead of gaining back my old–</div>
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Sturdy muscular arms slide around my waist and yank me against an equally firm chest. “Woah, there. I didn’t mean to scare you.” The masculine voice has a smile behind it.</div>
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“Probably shouldn’t go sneaking up on someone then,” I mutter once I catch my breath and untangle myself from his grasp. He chuckles at my retort, a rich baritone that makes me feel like shivering.</div>
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When I’m a step or two back I’m nearly breathless again, but this time for completely different reasons.</div>
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Sturdy was one way to describe his muscular grasp, but now that I have a full frontal view of him, I see my mistake. He’s <em>perfect</em>. Thick arms with nicely defined muscles that don’t bulge too aggressively beneath his white T-shirt, a broad chest, trim waist with low riding blue exercise shorts. And that’s just his body. Bright white teeth gleam at me from behind a broad smile. Thick, dark curly hair begs to have fingers run through it and he has coffee colored eyes framed by long lashes most girls want desperately.</div>
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He’s a combination of sultry sex appeal and mischievous intentions as displayed by the twist of his lips. Less than one minute in his presence and I’m practically swooning.</div>
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“Who are you?” I blurt out.</div>
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With a smirk, he crosses his arms across the planes of chest. “Shouldn’t I be asking the questions, Ms. Breaking and Entering?”</div>
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They say life is about choices. You spend your life making decisions and dealing with the consequences, whether they are positive or negative. In my tumultuous frame of mind, I make a choice. A very poorly thought out choice, but one that I have to live with, nevertheless.</div>
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As soon as Cassidy finishes her encore, I tell the girls that we’re going backstage to meet the singer. They follow behind the private elevator to the lower level of the Chi Center, talking giddily. I push their voices out of my mind, leading them with long, purposeful strides.</div>
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There are perks to owning the joint. The security guards clear the way for me, knowing not to bother me when I’m in a foul mood.</div>
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With a short knock, I push my way into Cassidy’s crowded backstage room. The moment she lays her fake-eyelash covered gaze on me, she squeals. The sound hurts my ears, but I pretend it doesn’t.</div>
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“Blake Campbell, I didn’t know you were coming back here!” She literally launches herself at me, latching her over tanned arms around my neck and thrusting her glitter-speckled tits against my chest.</div>
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And then, in plain sight of Stella, I yank the pop star into my arms and thrust my tongue down her throat.</div>
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<em>You are a moron.</em></div>
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Olivia Luck lives in the middle of America with her loving husband and her obsession with writing. She wrote her first romance novel at age eight. When she’s not reading, editing, or writing, you can find her in the kitchen learning to cook. Olivia loves to travel and spend time with her family.</div>
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Olivia Luck lives in the middle of America with her loving husband and her obsession with writing. She wrote her first romance novel at age eight. When she’s not reading, editing, or writing, you can find her in the kitchen learning to cook. Olivia loves to travel and spend time with her family.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Charisa has a perfect life. Just like her favored Princesses, she is living the life every girl dreams of: her very own fairytale, but even the sweetest fairytales must come to an end. When happiness is at its peak, fate steps in and one by one she loses everything.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Look behind the mask and you’ll see it unfold…</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Sawyer has lived a charmed life. He’s the catch every girl is after when dreaming of her very own storybook ending. In real life, though, nothing is like it is in a fairytale. One childhood event can forever affect how a man looks at love and relationships, even a golden guy like Sawyer. </span></div>
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that’s reserved the front table of the stage tonight, a group of ten men, all</div>
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fun: breaking them in. A man gets a good first time and they’ll be</div>
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coming back for more, meaning more cash for me. </div>
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leg, giving me a sexy edge. Plus, it</div>
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keeps the hands from going past the point of restriction. <o:p></o:p></div>
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finish the other leg and take one final look in the mirror. It’s a sexy version of a clown; a white baby</div>
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doll trimmed in all of the bright colors. The birthday hat and the sexy makeup</div>
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top it off. My ruffle front thong is</div>
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orange and it is the final dessert of the hour. </div>
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I paint my lips with a matching cherry-red lipstick like my name and</div>
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smack them in the mirror. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> “Cherry,</span></div>
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you’re up in ten. Don’t keep them</div>
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waiting. This is my biggest payout of</div>
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the night.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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roll my eyes in the mirror at the sound of Roger’s voice as he pokes his head</div>
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inside the door. Show the man green and</div>
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he’d lease us out in private hotels I’m sure. </div>
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He would never admit that though. </div>
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<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> “I’ll</span></div>
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be right out, Roger.” <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> He</span></div>
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likes me though, because something about my pretty face keeps his pockets</div>
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full. I’ve already been up on stage a</div>
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few times tonight, so for now I’ll be circulating the room. “Showtime,” I mumble, and strut out into the</div>
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club, ready for action. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> The</span></div>
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club is packed with businessmen lingering in various sections of the club. I</div>
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love weekends. It’s when all of the high rollers come out to play. They each</div>
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have a different story: some leaving their wives at home for a fresh piece,</div>
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some making this their last stop before walking the aisle, and the rest college</div>
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kids looking for a little fun. I don’t care what they’re here for as long as</div>
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their pockets are empty when they leave and they leave everything in the club;</div>
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after all, I didn’t make them come here.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">I look around the room,</span></div>
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spotting my party sitting in front of the stage. There are a few cute ones in</div>
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this batch. This is going to be fun. My eyes lock on one. He takes me in and gives me a smirk before he</div>
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starts to approach me. “Hey there, sexy. What can I do for you?”<o:p></o:p></div>
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and gives me a wad of cash. “I need a favor.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Oh yeah. What’ll it be,</span></div>
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Darlin’?” <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">He leans in to whisper</span></div>
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in my ear, refraining from touching me because he knows it’s against the rules</div>
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unless he’s buying a dance. “It’s my boy’s birthday. There is enough there for</div>
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a hefty tip if you’ll take him to the VIP room for more privacy. I’ve already</div>
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booked the dance.” <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">I look around for Roger</span></div>
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to confirm. I find him standing across the room and he nods at me, giving me the</div>
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go ahead. This guy has some nice friends. </div>
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A private lap dance is easily a grand and paid up front to Roger. It is explained that’s before the tip, so</div>
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this guy knows the rules, meaning he’s been here before. “Okay, sexy, but</div>
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that’s an awfully generous gift to give someone else. Are you sure you don’t</div>
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want it for yourself?” He’s cute. I wouldn’t mind giving him the dance.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">He leans back to look at</span></div>
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me. “As much as I would love to watch you grinding on top of me, my boy comes</div>
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first, sexy. Maybe another time; I’ll be back.” He winks and backs away with a</div>
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large grin on his face. I shrug seductively as I watch him leave. His loss. <o:p></o:p></div>
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door. All private rooms have a bouncer</div>
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keeping guard to ensure that the women are safe at all times. As I’m getting my music queued up, I hum</div>
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softly under my breath and wait for my client to arrive. A few moments in and</div>
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there is a knock at the door. I walk</div>
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over and open it. Greeting me on the other side of the door is an incredibly</div>
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sexy man. Hell yes, this is going to be</div>
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fun. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Something about his face</span></div>
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looks familiar, but I can’t place it. He</div>
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has dark hair, intense green eyes, and is physically fit by the defined muscle</div>
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protruding from his fitted shirt. He must</div>
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have come here right after work, because he is wearing a suit, but he’s removed</div>
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the jacket and he rolled up the sleeves of his dress shirt, revealing tattoos</div>
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running up his arms. I don’t know what</div>
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it is about a man with rolled up sleeves and tattoos, but it turns me on in a</div>
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way I don’t understand. Maybe it’s the</div>
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business meets bad boy persona. Whatever</div>
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it is has me motivated to get closer to him, making my job easier. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> I step aside to let him enter. “Hi, I’m</span></div>
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Cherry.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">He studies me for a</span></div>
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moment with heated eyes. The way he</div>
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looks at me is as if he’s seen me before, like he knows me. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Hi, Cherry.” My name rolls off his tongue in the most</span></div>
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sexual manner, causing a rush of excitement between my legs. This is going to be one hell of a night: sexy</div>
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and seductive. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The music starts to play</span></div>
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and I place one hand in the center of my sexy stranger’s chest, grabbing a</div>
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handful of black material. I walk</div>
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backward and drag him over to the seating area before turning, pushing him</div>
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backwards until he falls onto the couch behind him, giving me a deep, sexy</div>
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laugh along the way.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Damn,” he says, egging</span></div>
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me on. Not wasting any time, I place</div>
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each hand on the back of the couch to each side of his shoulders and flip my</div>
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hair from side to side. It starts the full</div>
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body roll that follows, pressing each segment of skin to his clothing, ending</div>
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with my pelvis. I stand and turn,</div>
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closing in on him, resting against him in a sitting position. I shake my ass against his crotch, enjoying</div>
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the feel of it hardening beneath me. </div>
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the music. Turning my head to the side,</div>
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I watch his eyes glaze over as I touch my body, skimming my hands down in a</div>
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slow motion. I continue gyrating on his</div>
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lap, listening to his breathing pick up, confirming the arousal that is</div>
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pressing into the crack of my ass.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> I breathe in deeply…. smelling his citrusy</span></div>
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aftershave; something I would say is unique to him. My hormones are quickly running wild,</div>
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something different than normal. It doesn’t take me long to get lost in the</div>
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music and this sexy man pressed against my backside as I allow him to become</div>
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familiar with my body. Time stands</div>
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still…for a while. I hear him grunt, praising</div>
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me for the havoc I’m causing on his cock and he isn’t even naked. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">I finish out the dance</span></div>
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as the song comes to an end, standing and adjusting my outfit. He stands as I run my fingers through my hair</div>
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and I watch as he fishes in his pockets. </div>
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He pulls out a wad of cash, handing it all to me. I briefly stare at him in shock, but brush it</div>
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off and reach for it. He doesn’t immediately turn it loose. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“How much for house</span></div>
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calls?”<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">I’m about to say</span></div>
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something, anything to deny his question, but he beats me to the punch.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Listen, I don’t usually</span></div>
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it. You have a beautiful body. Let me show you what I can do with mine,” he</div>
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know what’s happening. I can taste the</div>
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my lips, silencing me. <o:p></o:p></div>
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the norm can be freeing…”<o:p></o:p></div>
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just happened, but I find myself considering it. I never do this. There’s one reason why….”</div>
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<span style="color: red;">WARNING....... This review will contain minor spoilers. If you have not read the books, you may want to avoid. If you have read the book(s) you already know what happens ;)</span></div>
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Let me start by saying a few words about the book/series. I read this book before it was picked up for publishing, before the hype, and before it was plastered all over every single media outlet known to man. </div>
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I was reluctant, at first, to read the series because of the fanfic aspect but I finally gave in and read. I was pleasantly surprised. I had and still have parts about the book(s) that rub me the wrong way. But as an overall story, I truly enjoyed it. I will be the first to admit that they weren't exceptionally well written. That it will never go down in history as a great work in literature. However, when you look past all of that, it has a beautiful story deep within the pages. </div>
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A man (Christian) who is deeply 'disturbed' on an emotional level. He was, clearly, sexually abused as a teenager and that is what pushed him into his choice of "lifestyle". This person, an authority figure who should have been a positive influence, used him for her own sadistic pleasure. </div>
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Christian was a troubled child and he needed people in his life who were understanding of that. Not someone who took advantage of his innocence. She was nothing more than a pedophile. I will hold that opinion for eternity, the end. </div>
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Ana is a different thing all together. I had mixed feelings about her. She was weak, she was strong willed, she was naive she was not. She was desperate and panting but she also had balls at times. She above all was exactly what she needed to be for HIM. She loves him despite his obvious internal issues and becomes the only person he allows in enough to actually help him work through them. </div>
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I do not now, nor have I ever felt that Christian needed to be "cured" of anything. I do, however, feel like he needed to learn where the line between using BDSM as his way of coping with his issues and actually having that as a pleasure outlet in his life.</div>
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<li><b>Book Porn</b>...I have read some books that are LOADS more 'erotic' than this. So what...women read books with sex in them. BFD. Get over it already. How many years have men been reading the<i> articles</i> in Playboy?? Enough said</li>
<li><b>Mommy Porn</b>... Ok seriously people?? Mommy porn? Let me tell you what Mommy porn looks like. It looks like her husband doing the dishes for a change. Or even making dinner. Or.... good god someone grab me a cold shower.... laundry. Those things equate to Mommy porn.</li>
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I will not sing the praises of the actors or the script but I am going to say that I feel they played the parts the best they could be played under the circumstances. Part of me feels like this movie was doomed from the start. It has been talked about to the point of being annoying. People (namely ME) who were once excited at the prospect of this becoming a movie became disgusted with the media hype. </div>
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Dakota Johnson plays a pretty good Ana. Even though the breathless gaspy way she spoke throughout the movie was a little over done. Yes, it captured the book character, but it was also a bit much. However, I did like her a lot. She made me laugh several times and I think she portrayed a lot of the emotions to a T. And mad props to the girl... I mean she had to be naked thru a huge part of the movie. ^5 for having the guts to do it.</div>
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Jamie Dornan is not my vision of Christian Grey. I had to seriously give myself a pep talk before going in <i><span style="font-size: x-small;">(Don't dislike him just on principle)</span></i>. Now that I have seen the movie I can give him a little credit. He did pretty good. Did he capture Christian? I don't know. I feel like maybe we all have our own version of him in our minds already so maybe he did for some, but for me he was lacking a little. He didn't suck. And I will give him this, the man was wearing the hell out of those low slung jeans. He played up the sex scenes fairly well. The fact that Christian hates to be touched was clearly portrayed. He was able to play the lighter side of CG way better than the hard side. But, again, he didn't suck.</div>
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The story was the part(s) I had the most trouble with. I feel like the sexual aspect of the book was focused on more than the actual storyline. There were several things cut out of the "story" that could have been added and there were sex scenes that could have been left out. If you are planning to see it strictly for the sex scenes, you will not be disappointed. While they were very steamy as well as racy, they were also tastefully done.</div>
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<br />Selenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06170399005615078337noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3521861378753731216.post-29206974579043982642015-02-14T07:05:00.000-08:002015-02-14T07:05:00.323-08:00Release Day Blitz: Fight For You by Charisse Spiers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span id="freeText10979605895536742636" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Note from the author: 18+ please<br /><br />To fight and win means the control is his and only his. The last man standing proves it all. Never again will he be on the losing end of the blow, the one lying broken and bloody wanting to die.<br /><br />Control. Dominance. Aggression. Competition. Each represent a means to survival, a necessity to stay alive, and to suppress the demons that lie inside; the very ones clawing and attempting to break free from the bar that holds them at bay. Every day is a struggle to stay away from the darkness and evil that lurks deep within. Those are the things that it takes to keep those secrets in the realm of his mind in which they belong, forever buried so far there is no chance to break through the barrier he’s built.<br /><br />Haddox Hayes has spent the last nine years getting by. He’s worked hard to forget that bloodthirsty night he left behind. The monster that exists within his veins will never be released again if he keeps a clear mind, and free from the debris he knows triggers his instinct to kill. He knows what can happen if it’s unlocked from its cage.<br /><br />Fuck that. It can go to Hell along with the bastard that is the cause of his eternal torment. Eighteen years paid his sin, and at the age of twenty-seven the guilt still resides in his very core.<br /><br />There is only one place he sets the monster free, but restricted: the ring. Playing by his rules has kept it on a leash for nine years and he doesn’t intend to break his rules now. The rage, the anger, the buildup, it’s all turned out in the confinement of the ropes against another traitor.<br /><br />Stay in control. That’s the only thing that keeps his urge to annihilate smothered. Dominate the mind and the memories it holds. Fight aggression with fucking aggression. Be the best there is and lay his ass on the ground before the favor can be returned. Compete to win and to survive, or else the evil that is trying to consume will take over and turn him into the one thing he can’t become. If he becomes that, it has to be paid by death, the most ultimate rule.<br /><br />A blackened heart isn’t allowed to partake in something as pure as love. He embraces the sweet nectar that a woman holds, sampling a little at a time. Never has he taken the same woman to bed twice. The only way to ensure he doesn’t harm another. A Dom in the ring and a Dom in the bed, his only way to cope within.<br /><br />Then there’s Piper…the girl that could cause his control to evanesce. Will she be his downfall or his reparation? The entertainment is in the fight. Fight for love, fight for light, fight for her, or end in flight.<br /><br />A girl with a ban against love, allowing men to bed her to numb her mind from the one that left her behind. Can the girl that won’t submit and the man that requires control find paradise in each other?</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"> </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;" /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">I consume one shot, followed by the other. My nerves are going haywire. The alcohol is finally coursing through my veins, leaving me in a more relaxed state of mind, though not much.</span><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">I feel a hand wrap around my thigh, not far from my girly area. Oh my...</span><br />
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Natasha Munro is your typical twenty eight year old girl, well, your typical twenty eight year old Geordie: curvy, fun and a whole load of fab-u-lous. Her life is all going to plan — good job, great friends, close family and a loving boyfriend — until an unexpected event turns everything on its head.<br />
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Nursing a broken heart and decked head to toe in tasselled chaps and rhinestones, Natasha and her flamboyant fairy of a gay best friend, Tink, uproot from their Northern nest, throw caution to the wind and embark on a new life together in Canada — the land of Rocky mountains, Maple Syrup, oh, and an ‘in-between movies’ Hollywood mega-star.<br />
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Tudor is big, brooding and gorgeous and is harbouring a deep secret. Tudor’s cold and intimidating demeanour successfully keeps everyone at bay, that is everyone but a certain Ms Munro. It soon becomes clear, what with her smart mouth and lusciously ample arse, that Natasha proves more than a match for the emotionally distant star.<br />
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Addictive, hilarious and heart warming. A fast paced comedic journey of self discovery, unyielding friendship and of course, a suitable dose of slap and tickle.<br />
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This book was recommended to me as 'hilariously funny', but I found it mildly amusing at certain parts and actual out loud giggle worthy at others. I think it is a matter of your own personality. I think the main issue I had was the believe-ability at certain parts. Would this person say this or react this way? Is it plausible for these people to come together this quickly with barely having had a real conversation? Does it make sense that I just read 50% of the book before there is any mention of the heroine having a pretty significant medical condition? I think the concept of the story was spot on but the author was lacking with the PUNCH. </div>
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I really did enjoy the story and I read it quite quickly. It kept me entertained even when I was having the "snobby reader" moments from the previous paragraph. I did see that this book is listed as <i>Book One. </i>but I see no mention of a book two. The way this book ends I feel that it could be left to stand on its own. However, the author did leave an opening to write more if she chooses. I am on the fence as to whether I would continue with the series if/when she chooses to write another book.</div>
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If A Maddox boy falls in love, he loves forever. But what if he didn't love you, first?<br />
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No-nonsense Liis Lindy is an agent of the FBI. Deciding she is married only to her job, she breaks off her engagement and transfers from Chicago to the field office in San Diego. She loves her desk. She is committed to her laptop. She dreams of promotions and shaking hands with the director after cracking an impossible case.<br />
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Special Agent in Charge Thomas Maddox is arrogant, unforgiving, and ruthless. He is tasked with putting away some of the world’s toughest criminals, and he is one of the best the Bureau has to offer. Though, as many lives as he’s saved, there is one that is beyond his reach. Younger brother Travis is faced with prison time for his involvement in a basement fire that killed dozens of college students, and the media want a conviction. Travis’s only savior is his unusual tie to the mob. In a deal that will spare his brother, Thomas has agreed to recruit Travis into the FBI.<br />
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Liis is stubborn, defiant, and yet somehow softens Thomas’s rough edges, making her the perfect agent to accompany him to the ceremony. Posing as a couple, they must travel to Travis & Abby’s beach vow renewal and give him the news, but when the pretending ends, she finds herself wondering if they were pretending at all.<br />
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<b>My Thoughts;</b> Let me begin by telling you that book one of this series (Nocte) is and will probably remain as one of my top reads for 2015. That being said, I am having a hard time reviewing this book. I look at my 3 Star tag and wonder if I am being too generous, while at the same time, looking at the 2 Star tag and wondering is it enough. I did read this book with much curiosity and I was craving the information to answer the simplest question.... "What is happening?". I am really sad to say that even though I felt that the question was answered, at least in part, that there is still so much confusion. </div>
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As I read this book I felt like it subtracted so much of the emotion from Nocte, I felt like it took a story that I fell completely in love with, that I grieved the end of, and completely took it away? Was it real? did it even happen? </div>
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If this book were a stand-alone, or even a book one of its own series I would definitely rate it as a 3 or maybe higher. But it is not the beginning of its own series it is a sequel to a book that I feel, at this point, should have been a stand-alone. I give Verum the 2 Star tag because it has, in many respects, ruined Notce. </div>
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I will read the final book in this series because I want to see where the author is going with this storyline and I really hope that I can get back to that feeling I had at the end of Nocte.</div>
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NOTE: Book 3 title Lux is expected out May 2015 (info from Goodreads)</div>
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Selenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06170399005615078337noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3521861378753731216.post-15618178974430256242015-02-10T09:47:00.000-08:002015-02-10T09:47:00.138-08:00Review:Wicked (Wicked Sgas, Book 1) by Jennifer L Armentrout<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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Things are about to get Wicked in New Orleans.<br />
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Twenty-two year old Ivy Morgan isn’t your average college student. She, and others like her, know humans aren’t the only thing trolling the French Quarter for fun… and for food. Her duty to the Order is her life. After all, four years ago, she lost everything at the hands of the creatures she’d sworn to hunt, tearing her world and her heart apart.<br />
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Ren Owens is the last person Ivy expected to enter her rigidly controlled life. He’s six feet and three inches of temptation and swoon-inducing charm. With forest-green eyes and a smile that’s surely left a stream of broken hearts in its wake, he has an uncanny, almost unnatural ability to make her yearn for everything he has to offer. But letting him in is as dangerous as hunting the cold-blooded killers stalking the streets. Losing the boy she loved once before had nearly destroyed her, but the sparking tension that grows between them becomes impossible for Ivy to deny. Deep down, she wants… she needs more than what her duty demands of her, what her past has shaped for her.<br />
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But as Ivy grows closer to Ren, she realizes she’s not the only one carrying secrets that could shatter the frail bond between them. There’s something he’s not telling her, and one thing is for certain. She’s no longer sure what is more dangerous to her—the ancient beings threatening to take over the town or the man demanding to lay claim to her heart and her soul.<br />
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<b>My Thoughts;</b> I kind of feel like I should withhold "what" the creatures in this story are because it is not mentioned in the synopsis. However, I am not sure it is a secret either. I was a bit put off because I am not really a fan of "theses things", and I had an instant..... Oh for the love of god.... moment. Why could't they just say in the blurb? Why have I never known what type of book this is? But then I began to think, would I have read had I known? The answer to that is probably, Yes... eventually, but I would not have read it at this point.</div>
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Now, all of that aside, lets get this moving. If anyone could make me love a book about the fae it was going to be JLA. I mean come on, she made me fall in love with an ALIEN for cripes sake. *Daemon Black <insert swoon="">* When I started the book and I realized what "it" was I had to push myself a little. Give myself a pep talk if you will. And then I gave myself a severely judgmental stare because... well because I was judging a book I had not even read yet. You can not read one sentence and condemn a book to the DNF pile (did not finish). And, furthermore.... One does not simply DNF an Armentrout book. BLASPHEMY!!</insert></div>
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Ok, let me jump off my crazy train and get back to the point. I fell head over heels for this book. I loved that she took everything I love about <i>YA Paranormal</i> stories and moved them into the more grown up <i>New Adult Genre. </i>Jennifer Armentrout is in my top 5 favorite authors, and as always, she did not disappoint. I look forward to the sequel due out Summer 2015.</div>
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