tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5513646105776318592024-02-19T07:16:33.181-05:00chic Book reviewsAmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08442674490084386558noreply@blogger.comBlogger107125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-551364610577631859.post-4429874249979057742013-08-27T03:30:00.000-04:002013-08-27T03:30:05.156-04:00My Favorite Mistake<img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51SQrZIpQTL._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA278_PIkin4,BottomRight,-66,22_AA300_SH20_OU01_.jpg" /><br />
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<i>Taylor Caldwell can't decide if she wants to kiss her new college roommate or punch him. </i></div>
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<i>On the one hand, Hunter Zaccadelli is a handsome blue-eyed bundle of charm. On the other, he's a tattooed, guitar-playing bad boy. Maybe that's why Taylor's afraid of falling in love with him, or anyone else. She doesn't want to get burned, so she needs him gone before it's too late. </i></div>
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<i>Hunter himself has been burned before, but Taylor's sexy laugh and refusal to let him get away with anything make her irresistible. Determined not to be kicked out of her life without a fight, Hunter proposes a bet: if she can convince him she either truly loves or hates him, he'll leave the apartment—and leave her alone. </i></div>
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<i>But when the man behind Taylor's fear of giving up her heart resurfaces, she has to decide: trust Hunter with her greatest secret, or do everything in her power to win that bet and drive him away forever.</i></div>
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What I Thought: <span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px;">This book has a lot of what is typical New Adult lately, but I found myself liking it a lot more that most of the other ones I've read. I would rank this one up with Beautiful Disaster and Easy - those are probably my favorite 2 in the genre so if you're a fan of either, you'll probably really love this one too.</span></div>
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Not just a guy but exactly the type of guy she's avoided her whole life. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px;">Hot, tattooed and badass Hunter takes one look at Taylor and thinks he's won the lottery. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px;">All Taylor wants is Hunter out of the apartment. All Hunter wants is Taylor. Period.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px;">Each of them of course has a secret tortured soul, ( I think I should start a collection of them at this point) and a cast of supporting characters that I found to be pretty likable. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px;">What makes this book stand out from the rest:</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px;">Taylor, the heroine is a total badass. She's also really mean which I really kind of liked about her. Within the first 20 minutes or so of meeting Hunter she punches him in the face and knees him in the ..well you know.. She knows she has anger issues and she owns them. I love that she's so tough and that she doesn't take any crap. Her secret is believable as it unfolds, and I like that for once an author took this approach to someone who suffered through the incident that she did. It made her character more believable to me.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px;">Hunter, the hero-ok of course he's going to have tattoos, and deep secrets and be all "assery" (one of my favorite words from this book) on the outside but actually a total good guy in the end. He is much more than just that though and I succumbed to his charm just like Taylor.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px;">One of the things I like most about this book? It actually has an ending. There is a resolution instead of some horribly tortuous cliffhanger. So many of the books in this genre don't do this. My thanks to the author!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px;">I absolutely loved this book in a up all night, didn't put it down till I finished kind of way.</span><div>
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Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08442674490084386558noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-551364610577631859.post-42529813131345489452013-08-08T03:00:00.000-04:002013-08-08T03:00:02.770-04:00Knight<div style="text-align: center;">
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From Amazon: <span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>Anya Gage has learned that to get anything good in life, you have to work for it. She has no expectations, no dreams.</i></span></div>
<i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Then she finds herself at a party where she doesn’t want to be and she meets Knight.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Knight Sebring knows who he is, what he wants and what he likes. And he gets it. But he never expected something as sweet as Anya Gage to wander into his bedroom during a party he did not expect to be having to borrow his phone.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Knight tries to leave Anya to the life she deserves of white picket fences and a man who watches football on Sundays – good, normal and clean. But when Anya comes to his nightclub and finds herself in a situation, he knows someone has to look after her, he can’t fight it anymore and he decides that man will be him.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Knight teaches Anya that, just as with the bad, in life you should also expect the good. And he teaches her this by giving it to her.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">But Knight has a dark past and just as he desires Anya for exactly who she is, he fears when she finds out exactly the man he has become and always intends to be, she’ll leave him for good, normal and clean. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">WARNING: This book is an ADULT EROTIC romance featuring an anti-hero. This novel contains explicit sex scenes and language. The hero in this novel lives a life by his own code with no apologies. He is not your "normal" hero. If you do not enjoy the above, this novel may not be for you.</span></i><br />
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Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08442674490084386558noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-551364610577631859.post-33857149739646408542013-08-07T00:30:00.000-04:002013-08-07T00:30:02.327-04:00The Shadow of Mudflap<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">by Christi Snow and M.F. Smith</span></b></div>
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<b>From Amazon: </b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>To us, first responders are heroes. But for them, risking their lives is a normal, everyday thing.</i></span></div>
<i><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Mudflap:</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Born the baby of the family, Mudflap has always had something to prove to emerge out of the shadows of his older siblings. He spent eight years as a Special Ops elite sniper and is now a firefighter. But at his heart, he’s just a normal West Texas good old boy who loves his beer, women and football, until the Department of Defense calls him up to say they need his skills again.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Shanae:</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Shanae is a first responder of a different sort. She’s a trauma nurse who works on a medical evacuation helicopter team. But while she lives a life full of adrenaline every day, it’s just a cover for her real life, where she hides in the shadows and is secret agent, Shadowfox for the Lubbock Foxtrot Team (LiFT). She’s living the kind of life that most people think exists only in movies and books.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Working for two different branches of the government, Mudflap and Shanae are in a race against time and the terrorists who threaten the very heart of West Texas life, football. They’re working toward the same goal, but find themselves in a confrontation against each other and the lies they’ve each had to hide behind. Can love win out in the end or will the cost be each other and their very lives?</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">First responders are heroes every day, but this story tells the tale of when they become even more and find love along the way. The key is for them to stay alive so that they can complete their mission and just maybe live happily ever after.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">On an ordinary day, they save lives. On an extraordinary day, they save the country.</span></i><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">What I Thought: </span><span style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">First of all, it's impossible to not LOVE this book- and I don't even live in Texas. Well, I did once, we were stationed there in San Antonio. What did I learn during that time? Texans LOVE their football, their country and their Texas (not incidentally my oldest plans to go to UT Austin next year-Mudflap and Shanae would probably not appreciate that)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">ANYWAY- This book has SO much going on. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">A terrorist organization is threatening the way of life for the college town of Lubbock, Texas, and their football. The string of attacks has gained the attention of more than one federal agency, all of which seem to be under each other's radar.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">First there's Shanae, a super spy whose cover is a first responder , except wait she really IS a first responder. Of course she's hot, strong, independent and don't worry she's totally got this whole terrorist thing covered. I love a kick ass heroine-have I mentioned that before? No doubt I have, but it's worth saying again.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Where was I? Oh yeah...Mudflap-yeah, that's really this guys name. Funny how after reading how hot he is, and getting into the story you don't even notice that it's strange anymore. He's hot, he's funny, he's a little alpha and a bit of cowboy thrown in too. Yum. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Forget it, I'm not going to tell you how he got the name, you're going to have to read the book!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Mudflap is a firefighter, but he's got a bit more up his sleeve. He spent 8 years as a sniper and the government figures they can use his skills to help catch the organization behind the attacks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Much adventure, hijinx, sizzle, and suspense ensues-I'm not giving it up I tell you!! This I can promise- you will have a blast along the way. This book is written in alternating points of view and I swear I could hear them talking in my head! The text messaging, the football scores, and even the chapter titles are so original and fun. It also sets us up for a series as this writing team plans to write more in the series over the next few years.</span></div>
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<i><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Jane struggles with adjusting to her new home and school after an abrupt move. She wants one thing in life—to be like everyone else at school, but that’s hard to do when you’re the new kid. But she does manage to make one friend, Evan—he’s sixteen, charming, and protective. Everything a girl could want in a best friend…with one minor caveat. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">He's dead.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Caught somewhere between life and death, Evan is tied to Jane and the living world unable to complete the journey to the other side. She thinks he’s here to be her friend, to take care of her, and that’s why no one can see or hear him.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">That is until a new boy shows up at school after a rumored stretch in Juvie. Connor can see Evan and he’s not convinced the ghost is being completely honest. From his own experience ghosts tend to need something from the humans they connect to and Evan, despite his arguments isn’t any different.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Jane is resentful of Connor’s intrusion but realizes soon enough he’s right. Evan has secrets about his past and not only did his life end tragically but members of his family are still in danger. Jane must face her fears and battle Evan’s human demons to free both of them.</span></i><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><div>
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Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08442674490084386558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-551364610577631859.post-42577110595413174192013-08-05T03:30:00.000-04:002013-08-05T03:30:03.151-04:00Claimed<img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41jWyRCATsL._AA278_PIkin4,BottomRight,-54,22_AA300_SH20_OU01_.jpg" /><br />
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Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08442674490084386558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-551364610577631859.post-81158790115456913882013-07-30T03:00:00.000-04:002013-07-30T03:00:12.256-04:00A Table For Three<div style="text-align: center;">
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Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08442674490084386558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-551364610577631859.post-29531753382938760922013-07-29T03:30:00.000-04:002013-07-29T03:30:03.916-04:00Friday Night Alibi<div style="text-align: center;">
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I loved watching these two fall in love. Even when they are playing these huge jokes on each other the romantic tension is just so fun and entertaining. They are kissing one minute and throwing hilarious verbal jabs at each other the next, which makes amps up the steam and the adorable factor. This is labeled New Adult, but I think is safe for Young Adults (14+). Make out scenes only (mostly kissing)- but they are totally sigh-licious! </div>
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Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08442674490084386558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-551364610577631859.post-44347597342472841842013-07-26T03:00:00.000-04:002013-07-26T03:00:16.461-04:00The Reason Is You<img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51p%2BZ62iqDL._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA278_PIkin4,BottomRight,-70,22_AA300_SH20_OU01_.jpg" /><br />
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<br />Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08442674490084386558noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-551364610577631859.post-34650532321207363672013-07-24T03:00:00.000-04:002013-07-24T03:00:06.079-04:00Escaping Reality<img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51eZYpiGuUL._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA278_PIkin4,BottomRight,-64,22_AA300_SH20_OU01_.jpg" /><br />
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Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08442674490084386558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-551364610577631859.post-46398075590968248292013-07-20T08:51:00.003-04:002013-07-20T08:51:54.286-04:00Anything But Sweet<br />
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<b>What I Thought:</b>This fun book has all the elements I love about a contemporary. A small southern town, a fun sassy heroine, hot ex military men and a great cast of supporting characters. The dialogue is fun and snappy, and the sex is hot.<br />
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Charli works for an Extreme Makeover style reality show, where instead of making over a home, the team goes from town to town and makes over the businesses to help boost tourism and breathe some new life into them. Having been on the move her whole life with a father in the marines Charli longs to put down roots somewhere and have something and someone to call hers.<br />
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Reno's past couple years have been filled with tragedy and heartache. In the span of two years he's lost his fiance, his father and his brother to war. Since he returned from the Marine's and Afghanistan, he's been working the family's ranch and running his father's hardware store. The last thing he wants is change.<br />
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What I like about this story is that even though Reno is a hot strong hero, Charli is the aggressor in their relationship. Reno wants her, but he doesn't want the strings he knows is sure to come with her. The only thing that didn't really work for me was the climax of the story where they are supposed to have had a fight-only it didn't really read as a fight- but then suddenly they aren't talking to each other. Maybe I missed something.<br />
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It's a really fun contemporary though, and if you are a fan of Rachel Gibson or Susan Mallery-you should definitely give this author a try!<br />
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<b>WHAT I THOUGHT:</b><i> </i>If you haven't been reading this series and you are a fan of UF or PR then you should definitely add it to your list, but you'll want to start at the beginning as each book kind of picks up where the last one ended and dropping in the middle might leave you confused.</div>
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This is a big turning point in the series, so get ready Charley fans! In this installment Charley picks up the arson case that was left unsolved at the end of the 4th, unsure whether or not Reyes was responsible for burning down every horrible place he had to endure living in as a kid with his sister Kim in an attempt to erase his and her past. Charley also has several ghostly inhabitants take up residence in her apartment, all women, all blonde from the ages of 7-35 and the main suspense line of this story is the case of trying to figure out what happened to them.</div>
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Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08442674490084386558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-551364610577631859.post-51241960549918654622013-07-15T03:00:00.000-04:002013-07-15T03:00:10.488-04:00Frost<div style="text-align: center;">
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Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08442674490084386558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-551364610577631859.post-20853357610710662412013-07-14T03:00:00.000-04:002013-07-14T03:00:00.739-04:00The Mercy Thompson Series by Patricia Briggs<div style="text-align: left;">
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If you like Urban Fantasy, and you haven't read or listened to these yet-you should drop everything and get going. Let me warn you though-you'll be busy because you won't be able to stop.</div>
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The world Brigg's has created with Mercy, her pack of werewolves (she's not one though, she's a coyote shifter), her VW bus driving vampire friend, and her fey landlord is so real, you can almost see yourself there.</div>
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Mercy is tough as nails, and has a knack for getting herself in trouble. Part of what I love so much about this series is yes there is romance, but it develops slowly over the course of several books. It kind of takes a backseat to the Urban Fantasy side of the story, but this is one of very few cases where that didn't leave me finding the story lacking anything. The Narrator, Loralei King does an AMAZING job telling the story.</div>
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If you've never tried audio and you're a fan of genre, I would definitely give this series a try!</div>
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I hadn't heard of this author before, and happened to see Book 2 in this series Inked Destiny while perusing the isles at B&N. When I realized it was book two- I decided to start at the beginning. Good thing I did, this book has a LOT of characters to keep track of and a lot of story to follow. I haven't read the second book yet, but I definitely will.</div>
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This story has TWO very hot Alpha hero's in Cathal and Eamon ( I kept picturing Legolas here in the way he's described). Both of them wish to claim Etain, and she wants to have them both. This part of the story is done very well-and VERY HOT. Watching Cathal and Eamon come to terms with the fact that if they want her bad enough they're going to have to be ok with sharing her. </div>
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This book has so much going on and going for it-between the action in the suspense storyline, and then the relationship building between Etain, Cathal and Eamon. I will definitely follow the rest of the series!</div>
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<i>When snobbish book critic Ellery Sharpe screws up at Vanity Place magazine, her boss assigns her the ultimate punishment: write an ode to romance novels, a genre she considers the literary equivalent of word search puzzles. To make matters worse, he hires her sexy former party boy ex, Axel Mackenzie, to shoot the photos. Axel really wants the project to succeed. For one, the magazine will double his fee if he convinces strong-willed Ellery to write a story no woman can resist. Besides, getting Ellery to fall for romance novels might be just the push she needs to believe people can change . . . even him. At his sister’s advice, Axel gives Ellery a copy of Kiltlander, a much-adored romance whose warrior hero is utterly irresistible. To her dismay, Ellery finds herself secretly falling in love with the story—and with Axel, who’s drawing his own lessons from the book’s compelling hero. With her carefully crafted image of herself crumbling and her dream job on the line, will Ellery risk it all to make the leap from tight-lipped literati to happily-ever-after heroine?</i></div>
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<b>What I Thought:</b> Reading this is SO much fun!!<br />
Ellery Sharpe screws up at work by writing a story blasting romance novels and one of it's hottest new writers (cue a Twilight-esque story here) who happens to be sleeping with her boss. Her punishment? Write an article that pays homage to the genre. She gets paired up with her ex Axel, who while out to prove that yes, people can change- is also seeing the fun in proving to Ellery that romance can be fun and well..so can she.<br />
In order to get there, she starts with one of the most loved romance novels of all time Kiltlander (which is Outlander).<br />
I go back to this book again and again just because some of the quotes and scenes make me laugh so hard.<br />
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Ellery, Axel and the rest of the cast of characters in this book are people I want to hang out with and I LOVE that about them!<br />
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This book takes all the cliche's of every romance novel you've ever read, mixes them up and serves them back to you in a great big sundae with extra chocolate sauce.<br />
I have recommended it so many times to people, if nothing else to just say-<br />
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If you're in the mood for a fun contemporary that is sexy and laugh out loud funny you'll definitely want to check this one out!!<br />
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<i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Kyle Nixon let Laney slip away once. Their chemistry together is undeniable, but steamy sex is not enough to convince her to let him back into her heart. Even if she did trust him again, her medical career is five hundred kilometers away from the hometown that he loves, and the life that he once chose over her.</span></i><i><br /></i><i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">What Once Was Perfect is a short and sexy contemporary romance novel set in Wardham, Ontario, a fictitious small farming community on the shores of Lake Erie.</span></i><br />
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<i><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After a high-profile case goes wrong, Luke Hanover returns to his hometown for some peace and quiet. Instead he finds a bombshell brunette in a heap of trouble. As he helps Ali put her world back together, the pieces of Luke's own life finally seem to fall into place. Is this the start of a sizzling fling? Or are Luke and Ali on the brink of something big in a little town called Lucky Harbor?</span></i><div>
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<i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">From the moment Josie laid eyes on sexy, mysterious Shane Dean, she was in love. Their desire ignited a passionate affair, and within weeks, Shane had slipped a ring on her finger. It seemed her every fantasy was coming true . . . until her new husband disappeared without a trace. Now, two years and one broken heart later, Josie is shocked when the hospital calls: Shane has been found . . . at a crime scene with no memory of how he got there.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;" /><strong style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> Her Love Can Save Him</strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">Shane can't remember the blue-eyed angel at his bedside-or who he even is-but he knows something isn't right. His hearing is razor sharp, his physical strength incredible, and the urge to protect Josie overwhelming. For powerful enemies are hunting him, and Josie is the key to discovering why. As Shane struggles to unravel his past, dangerous new truths come to light. Can he protect the only woman he's ever loved? And can Josie trust a man she thought she knew-one who carries such a deadly secret? </span></i><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;" /><div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">Shane wakes up in a hospital with amnesia, the police found him at a crime scene and he can't explain how he got there. His hearing is unbelievably sharp, he seems to have some sort of super strength, and he's healing remarkably fast. He doesn't recognize Josie, but he recognizes the feeling of protectiveness she stirs in him and he can't imagine why he ever would have left her.</span></div>
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It totally makes me want to go get bitten...just sayin..</div>
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<i><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">A heart can
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<span style="background: white;">I stalk my new neighbors, a single mother and
her child, drawn by the irresistible scent of their joy and love. I crave their
blood, starved for some healing respite from my ancient guilt and grief. Now to
lure them into my grasp.</span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">But they surprise me. Little Olivia accepts me
without fear--talking, smiling, offering innocent affection that tugs at my
long-lost humanity. Her mother, Samantha, seeks me out when she should stay
away, offering sweet friendship, and tempting the forgotten man within me. They
lure</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">me</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">instead.</span><br />
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NJRW GOLDEN LEAF FINALIST FOR BEST FIRST BOOK OF 2011<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #741b47;"><b>The bedroom door had barely clicked behind me when
Samantha grabbed and shoved me toward the bed. I fell backward, and she was on
top of me, clawing at my clothes and ripping off her own. Whatever had been
going on with her all day was now clearly finding a release.<o:p></o:p></b></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #741b47;"><b>“Sam?”</b></span></i></div>
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<o:p><i><span style="color: #741b47;"><b> </b></span></i></o:p><i><span style="color: #741b47;"><b>She kissed me roughly and shoved her tongue into my
mouth. I groaned and pushed her back.</b></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #741b47;"><b>Though we french kissed all the time, I generally kept
her out of my mouth.<o:p></o:p></b></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #741b47;"><b>“Sam?”</b></span></i></div>
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<o:p><i><span style="color: #741b47;"><b> </b></span></i></o:p><i><span style="color: #741b47;"><b>Finally, she stilled. With her hands braced on my
shoulders, her eyes burned down into mine. Her anger squeezed my chest. Her
voice was strained. “Lucien, we’ll talk later. I promise. But right now I want
you, and I need you. And I need you to know it, feel it.” Her words clarified
little, but I nodded.</b></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #741b47;"><b>She unleashed herself on me, kissing and licking and
roughly nipping at my upper body all while </b></span></i><i><span style="color: #741b47;"><b>maintaining eye contact. I thrust my hips into her when
she lingered over my Blood Mark. I finally had to grab her hair and tug her
attention away from it.</b></span></i></div>
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<o:p><i><span style="color: #741b47;"><b> </b></span></i></o:p><i><span style="color: #741b47;"><b>With a groan, she reached a hand down between her legs
and worked herself as she devoured me. When I realized what she was doing, I
moaned and gripped her shoulders and rolled on top of her.</b></span></i></div>
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<o:p><i><span style="color: #741b47;"><b> </b></span></i></o:p><i><span style="color: #741b47;"><b>I grabbed her hand and pulled it to my mouth, then
noisily sucked on her wet fingers. I groaned at the sweet nectar of her
arousal.</b></span></i></div>
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<o:p><i><span style="color: #741b47;"><b> </b></span></i></o:p><i><span style="color: #741b47;"><b>“You see what you do to me, Lucien? What only you do
to me?” she rasped. “Take me, Lucien. I’m yours,” she offered as she planted
her feet flat on the mattress and pushed herself up forcefully against my
erection.</b></span></i><i><span style="color: #741b47;"><b> </b></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #741b47;"><b>Her aggression spurred mine, and I grunted. “You want
me?” I asked as I ground myself against </b></span></i><i><span style="color: #741b47;"><b>her wetness. She ran a hand over the bedspread and found the
packet she’d apparently laid out earlier. She slid herself against me as she
opened it and then rolled on the condom. “God, yes,” she whimpered.</b></span></i><i><span style="color: #741b47;"><b> </b></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #741b47;"><b>I plunged forward and filled her in one hard stroke. She
screamed and wrapped herself around<o:p></o:p></b></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #741b47;"><b>me. Hard breaths and grunts and strained curses in two
languages filled the room as we battled through Samantha’s emotions with our
bodies. She kissed me roughly and dug her nails into my flesh. The physical
pain mingled with her radiating pleasure to coax what I was sure was going to
be one of the most intense orgasms I’d ever experienced.</b></span></i><i><span style="color: #741b47;"><b> </b></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #741b47;"><b>She came in a frenzy of screams and muscle contractions.
And then bit against the taut skin at<o:p></o:p></b></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #741b47;"><b>the base of my neck. Hard.</b></span></i><i><span style="color: #741b47;"><b> </b></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #741b47;"><b>My fangs and release shot out at the same time. I growled
and in a blur turned my head in search of my biceps. I missed the tender skin
of her shoulder by a hair as the urge to bite down became irresistible.</b></span></i><i><span style="color: #741b47;"><b> </b></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #741b47;"><b>Finally, I willed my fangs to retract and licked at the
wound I’d made on my arm, then slid down a little and laid my head on her
heaving breasts.</b></span></i><i><span style="color: #741b47;"><b> </b></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #741b47;"><b>“I love you,” I whispered breathlessly.</b></span></i><i><span style="color: #741b47;"><b> </b></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #741b47;"><b>She hugged my shoulders and combed her fingers through my
hair. “I love you, too.” We lay together, panting, for a long time. “Lucien?” I
lifted my head off her chest to look at her. “I’m ready to talk now.”<o:p></o:p></b></span></i></div>
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Laura is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling
author of over a dozen books in contemporary and paranormal romance. Growing
up, Laura’s large extended family believed in the supernatural, and family lore
involving angels, ghosts, and evil-eye curses cemented in Laura a life-long
fascination with storytelling and all things paranormal. She lives in Maryland with her
husband, two daughters, and cute-but-bad dog, and appreciates her view of the
Chesapeake Bay every day.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>Nell Hawthorne is in love with her life-long best friend, Kyle Calloway. Their young love is invincible and life is full of promise; then one night Kyle dies suddenly in a tragic accident and Nell is forever changed. She meets Kyle's older brother Colton for the first time at the funeral. They both struggle to move on with life as best they can. Years later, they meet again in New York City, and Colton realizes that Nell has never really gotten over Kyle's death. She seems to be harboring a deeply rooted pain, a heavy weight of guilt and regret. He knows he shouldn't get involved, but he can't help himself. Trust doesn't come easily for either of them, and they both have demons. Together, they learn the purpose of pain and the meaning of healing, and the importance of forgiveness.</i></div>
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Kyle was the perfect boy, the golden child, and together He and Nell were always meant to be together. When his life ends in a tragic accident, Nell is frozen in time, unable to move past her guilt over his death or to grieve.</div>
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When she meets up with Colton (Kyle's older brother) 2 years after Kyle's death, Colton knows that he has to help her let go of her guilt and move on.</div>
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<i><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Chantel Rosenberg's passion for music and life had never shone brighter than the time she spent in Bordeaux France. It's a time when feelings arose and desires ran deep, a time that fundamentally changed her life.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">A man living in seclusion, Phillipe Tibideau is haunted and plagued by memories he cannot disregard. Choosing to live a quiet life in his Chateau surrounded by the vineyards of France, he's left his passion for art behind. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">However, the time has arrived to tell his side of a tale. A tale that has depicted him as a 'beautiful monster' and he's finally allowing someone close.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Close enough to ask questions. Questions he's not sure he wants to answer. Questions about her.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">For up and coming journalist Gemma Harris, the pursuit of truth is what drives her and when a job of a lifetime presents itself there is nothing in the world that will stop her from taking it.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Even if it does mean leaving her home for several months to stay at Chateau Tibideau, with him.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">This is a story of what happens when three passionate lovers collide and the desire for truth, art and music merge.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Chateau Tibideau is a place full of unanswered questions, dark sinful desire and a beauty so hauntingly sad it will have you wondering how you will ever leave the same.....</span></i><div>
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Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08442674490084386558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-551364610577631859.post-17985796186193221572013-07-05T03:30:00.000-04:002013-07-05T03:30:00.792-04:00Hearts in Darkness<div style="text-align: center;">
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<strong>What I Thought:</strong> At first, I thought- no way is this going to work. <br />
A woman who's been married for 16 years finds out her husband has been cheating on her, then falls in love with the guy she has known practically her whole life all in 400 pages.<br />
That's the thing about the escape from reality that a really good book gives you- it all totally works. I LOVED IT!<br />
One of the things I loved most about this story is how we often our perspective of someone's life who is close to us is skewed by what they let us see.<br />
From the outside Gillian appears to have the perfect life. Mother of 3, wife to a caring husband and she takes care of everyone around her. What all the people who love her most don't see is that she's been hiding the mistakes of her husband for some time.<br />
Jake loved Gillian from the first time her saw her in High School, but when she ended up with his friend, he went on with his life as she did. Always a part of each other's lives, those feelings never really went away.<br />
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When the secrets of her husbands indiscretions blow into the open all at once, Jake helps Gillian through the most horrible time of her life and they find that maybe together is where they were always meant to be.<br />
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And-- let me just say Oh Swoon! When Jake says "Can I have you, Gillian?" It is one of the most romantic lines I've read recently.<br />
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I also love the title of the book, because throughout the story you can see, before even Gillian does how much she loves Jake and that makes you want to cheer for them.<br />
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Geez! Gush much, Amy? I know but I can't help it!<br />
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The cast of supporting characters in this story are so much fun and so similar to people you know in real life. This group of friends and family have been there for each other through it all and these relationships really shined through. I have a feeling that we will be seeing more of them and I can't wait!<br />
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AND-it's on sale! How cool is that? .99 on Amazon for a limited time!!<br />
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<b>From Amazon:</b> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>In mystic Sleepy Hollow, succubus Lily Night put her prom date, Campbell Jones, into a coma after a night of wild, unbridled sex. She has steered clear of mortals ever since, afraid of damaging them or worse, not to mention the inconvenience of knocking out the power every time they have sex.</i></span></div>
<i><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Successful architect Campbell Jones has lived with strange powers and a sexy secret since that prom night. He’s buried himself in work to forget the woman who’d dumped him at the ER then vanished from his life without a trace.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Neither Lily nor Campbell have forgotten that night or the love they’d shared. Will a 1Night Stand help them bury their past?</span></i><br />
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<b>From Amazon: </b><i style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">What boundaries would you cross for love?</i></div>
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<i>That's the question a grieving mother must answer when she takes in her dead daughter's young boyfriend and finds herself falling for him. A touching love story that will have you equally tantalized and in tears, Jane's Melody follows a forty-year-old woman on a romantic journey of rediscovery after years of struggling alone.</i></div>
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<i><br />Sometimes our greatest gifts come from our greatest pain. And now Jane must decide if it's too late for her to start over, or if true love really knows no age.</i></div>
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<b>What I Thought:</b> At it's core Jane's Melody is a story of loss and love.<br />
Jane has lost her daughter and is at a place in her life when she feels hopeless and alone. She had been estranged from Melody for some time due to Melody's substance abuse and even though she feels she lost her a long time ago, the finality of her death is all consuming.<br />
The first time Jane sees Caleb, He leaves a silver dollar on Melody's grave and then is gone. Jane finds him again later playing music on the street and ends up taking him into her home and the story develops from there.<br />
Jane's Melody is rich in emotion and the characters are developed so well. It was more real to me because the author addresses the insecurities any 40 year old woman would have with falling in love with a younger man, but he also made it a point to show that Jane is strong in her own right. While also driving home the point that life is fragile and we spend too much time letting fear hold us back from making the choices that are right for ourselves.<br />
There are several other themes and story lines going on in this book as well. The theme of alcohol abuse and addiction in all it's different stages, and it's effects on everyone from the person who is addicted to the people around them is portrayed with great accuracy.<br />
The sex scenes are mild, but spicy.<br />
This is a sweet, contemporary love story that you do not want to miss!<br />
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