Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Review; GIRL IN LOVE by Caisey Quinn


Title:  Girl in Love
Author:  Caisey Quinn
Genre:  Contemporary Romance
Released:  February 4, 2014

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She’s living her dream… 


Kylie Ryans is the biggest thing to come out of Nashville since, well, since Trace Corbin. With a hit album and a powerful label behind her, she appears to be the girl who has it all.

But appearances can be deceiving.

Fresh out of rehab, Trace Corbin is ready to take on the world. Just not the girl he walked away from. Because if there’s one thing he knows for certain, it’s that the people you love are the one’s who have the power to destroy you.

As their worlds collide, they’ll have to make the ultimate choice. Follow their dreams, or give it all up for love.

They say love conquers all, but for Kylie and Trace, it just might wreck everything they’ve worked for.
 

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REVIEW 

 

Kylie and Trace have lost their way…


She has now hit it big. She is Nashville’s Sweetheart and her career is on its way to super stardom. Her songs are heartfelt and full of the ache of losing the one man she will ever love. The same man who left her a year ago and walked away from their love.

Trace has been fighting his own battles with alcoholism and staying away from Kylie. When he fell for her, he recognized he needed to improve himself so he could be worthy of Kylie. She deserved a better man; one who would not be drunk all the time and with a plunging career. His painful past trying to protect his sisters and his mother from his abusive alcoholic father, has haunted him all his life. The guilt brought on by his inability to protect them from these abuses, still weighs on him during daily nightmares.

As I read this book, I cannot help but feel sad for these two characters. They keep butting heads, not really talking to each other, and still jumping to conclusions and so hurting each other. They both know the love they carry inside is deep and unrelenting. Yet, they are unable to communicate and see each other for what they really are. The misunderstandings and the hurt runs so deep, they both react defensively against each other.

Caisey Quinn has given us a story in Girl with Guitar, Girl on Tour, and now Girl in Love, full of the realism of what it takes to achieve a young woman’s dreams. The struggle to survive and succeed while fighting for a once in a lifetime love that is fragile and sometimes as elusive as her dreams.

They are both ready to let each other go. All they want is for the other to be happy. He is under the assumption that Kylie has moved on; no longer loving him. Kylie is lonely and suffering because no man will do for her. Trace is all she wants. She is also under the misconception that Trace and Gretchen are now together. As this story evolves, we experience the downward spiraling of their love as well as the fragility of their happiness. All is on the line- their careers, their love, and their future. Both will have to decide what really matters. “Sometimes you must choose… and sometimes you must choose love.”



About the Author
Caisey Quinn lives in a suburb outside of Birmingham, Alabama with her husband, daughter, and other assorted animals. She wears cowgirl boots most of the time, even to church. She is the bestselling author of the Kylie Ryans series and writes New and Young Adult books about country girls finding love in unexpected places. She can be found online at www.caiseyquinnwrites.com.




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Monday, February 3, 2014

Cover Re-reveal / Wicked Fate by Tabatha Vargo



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What if you lived in fear of yourself?

For Mage McPherson being afraid of herself is just the norm. Thanks to that fear, being a loner in a small town never bothered the mysterious Mage. Once she received her secret abilities, she figured being alone was the safest way to be. That all changes during her sophomore year at Summerville High when Adam, her equally mysterious secret crush, starts to notice her.

Afraid that she might harm Adam, Mage must learn to either control or deny herself. With Adam by her side she's more powerful than she’s ever been, but is she powerful enough to defeat her worst nightmare? She learns a hard lesson about love and magic when her destiny comes to collect.


Author Bio

Tabatha is a sweet tea sippin', front porch sittin' kind of girl from South Carolina. She loves old, historical anything, wind chimes, and all things romantic. She is the mother of a seven-year-old rockstar/princess and the wife of her very own Prince Charming.
When she isn't writing, she's texting book ideas to herself and spending time with her friends and family. Her first publication was a little poem in her elementary school paper, from that point on she was hooked. She finished her first novel, Wicked Fate, in 2009 and plans on releasing quite a few more the near future.

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Blog Tour, Review and Giveaway; STOLEN GRACE by Arianne Richmonde



Title:  Stolen Grace 
Author:  Arianne Richmonde 
Genre:  Suspense 
Length:  400 pages 
Released:  February 3, 2014


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A marriage on the rocks.
Their little daughter caught in between.
And a woman who will stop at nothing. 

Sylvia and Tommy Garland and their five-year-old daughter Grace have moved from the bright lights of New York City to the peaceful wilderness of the Wyoming countryside. But with the recession on their heels, Tommy leaves for LA for a job interview, and Ruth, an old friend of Sylvia's comes to stay.

In an unexpected turn of events, a family tragedy forces Sylvia to leave Ruth in charge of little Grace for just one day.

A decision that will tear their lives apart.

Stolen Grace is a roller coaster of emotions with twists and turns, a tale of lies and deception, of redemption and forgiveness.

And ultimately, a love story.

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Sylvia sat uneasily at the edge of the silk-backed bed and kicked off her shoes. She needed to do this. She needed, just for a snatch of time, to escape her dark, Graceless world. She needed to help Tommy too—give him strength. She inhaled the scent of him and rested her head against his shoulder. He smelled of sweet grass and sun-warmed skin. He unzipped her dress. His generous hands slipped around her waist and moved up the length of her body, then stroked her back. She shivered. His fingertips caressed her skin and she closed her eyelids—a twirl of colors swam beneath them: red, twinkling green. She could hear some birds tweeting outside the bedroom window, perched on the weeping willow tree and, as one flew past, the shadow darted across her colored vision, just a second, just a flash. Tommy continued to stroke her—his touch tender. Warm.

She remembered how much she loved this man. How she ached for him. How much she desired him physically.

He pushed the dress away from her shoulders and it fell in folds about her waist. He pressed his hand under her white cotton panties and cupped her crotch, lifting it a millimeter from the bed. She cried out. Taken aback, almost, by the tingling flurry between her legs. She had forgotten that could happen. She could feel herself moisten, and she wriggled out of her dress, letting it fall to the floor. His hands moved upwards toward her breasts, his touch soft, hardly there, letting a finger flicker on her nipple, quiet and restful. She turned herself around to face him, her legs straddled either side of his, the saddle of her thighs and bottom pressing against his groin. He was rock hard. Bigger than she remembered. Her stomach pooled with desire and she heard herself moan quietly. They kissed. He tasted of sun and apples. He tasted of Tommyness. She let her tongue explore his top lip, then his mouth, and felt the rough stubble of an unshaven face. He groaned and pulled her closer. She remembered how little they kissed these days, really kissed—deep, probing—and she remembered, too, how he craved that.

She could feel the steady throb between her legs, and edging herself up on her knees, still straddling him, she offered his mouth her nipple. He licked it. Softly. The end of his tongue flickered like a glinting light. She let out another little cry. Her need for him, like a volt, made her push him to the bed. His head thumped on the puffed linen pillows and hungrily she unbuttoned his shirt, grappled the belt, reaching for the buttons of his jeans, feeling the rock that was his desire, the pulse in her groin rhythmical and hot. She drank in his chiseled abs, the definition of his pectorals. She pulled off his pants, halfway. She kissed him on his muscular thighs, her head resting against his hips, her tongue and lips searching for his cock as she looked up at him, a monument of flesh and bone and blood and love. They needed each other. For the first time in years, they could really give to one another. They needed each other‟s strength, each other‟s weakness.

“Come here, my angel, my light. I need you close to me.” He grabbed her, pulling her up toward him from the waist, placing her on top of him. Her toes tingled, and she heard him hold his breath for a second as she let him slide into her, her hands guiding him in. It felt huge, unfamiliar, as if it were her first time. She caught her breath at the smarting pain. It lasted a second and then it was over, her wetness welcoming the man she loved, the fit perfect. She had forgotten how well they slotted together.

She had forgotten that.




REVIEW




This book reminds us all of the fragility and strength of love. The love you feel for your children; the love you feel for your partner or spouse; the love you feel toward humanity in general and the love you feel for your own self.

A marriage is in trouble. Jealousy, misunderstandings, doubts about commitment and midlife crisis are a deadly combination. In the middle of all these feelings, a young child is caught in the middle. It does not matter if she is their biological daughter or not, the love they feel for her and vice versa, is real and the tentative glue keeping all of them together.

This book is a journey into Sylvia's and Tommy's hell as their adopted daughter is in danger. In order to mobilize and protect her, they must set their disagreements aside and unite their efforts. This is easier said than done with their marriage so fragile and lack of trust so predominant.

As a parent, the welfare of my child was always my first thought. The fear that someone could harm my child was always present on my mind. In the world we live in, we have to be alert and never lose sight that those close to us can in fact harm us.

This is an eye opening experience. Take this journey and you will end up like me; with a new sense of awareness toward the safety and future of our children and the children of the world.





About the Author


Arianne Richmonde is an American writer and artist who was raised in both the US and Europe. She is the author of the bestselling books Shades of Pearl, Shadows of Pearl, Shimmers of Pearl, Pearl, and Belle Pearl- all full length novels in The Pearl Series.The first three books in the series are also available in one trilogy bundle/box set as The Pearl Trilogy. She has also written Glass- a provocative short story. She lives with her husband and coterie of animals in France.



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New Release and Review of THE ARRANGEMENT 13 by H.M. Ward


Title: The Arrangement #13 (The Ferro Family) 
Author: H.M. Ward 
Genre: Erotic Romance
Length: 125 pages
Released: February 3, 2014



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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING SERIES
THE SERIES WITH OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLD


"Dark. Sexy. Epic. 'I can't lose her.' Those are the words that haunt me, the phrase that repeats in an endless loop in my mind. Images from my past collide with the present until I can no longer tell them apart. I try to hold onto what's real--hold onto her--Avery, but death is looming and it seems that no matter what I do, I can't save her.

Get a glimpse into Sean Ferro's mind in this volume. The first two chapters are told from his point-of-view."


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(This section is from Sean’s point of view)

“When I blink, I feel Avery beneath my body, but my ghosts won’t release me. I choke and realize the room is silent—like before. Images from that night long ago continue to bombard me, flashing in and out of my mind, clouding the present with the past.”



REVIEW

They are up against the glass window.  Sean and Avery cannot keep away from each other even though they know they are in danger; just waiting for a killer to show up.  And then, the glass shatters...

Ok, that is all I am telling you.  I really do not want to spoil this for you.  If you have been following this best selling series, you know we are about to find out who is after Avery.

H.M. Ward has once again proven herself to be the master of romantic/erotic suspense.  For those of us totally hooked on this series, we have seen plot twists come up we never even imagined were possible.  You know what?  Every one of those twists has been dead on target and totally possible... we just didn't see them coming.  This is why this is a most loved series by this gifted author.

These characters have become so real to me I must admit I think of them as real people.  When did I loose my mind, you ask?  The moment I was hooked on this love affair between Sean and Avery in the first installment.  Sean Ferro is as enigmatic as he is handsome.  This man has secrets still yet to be uncovered and I want to be there, first in line, when all is revealed.  Avery is so naive.  Hang in there girl!  We are all cheering for you!





About the Author
H.M. Ward is the #1 bestselling New Adult author in the world, having sold over 2 million books in 2013. This NEW YORK TIMES, WALL STREET JOURNAL, USA TODAY, and Amazon #1 bestselling writer's series include: THE FERRO FAMILY: DAMAGED, THE ARRANGEMENT, and STRIPPED; as well as SCANDALOUS, TRYSTAN SCOTT, and SECRETS. Ward was recently featured in FORBES, the WALL STREET JOURNAL, and the WASHINGTON POST.

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