Showing posts with label romance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label romance. Show all posts

Saturday 17 January 2015

All by you (Love and hate series #1) By Joanna Mazurkeiwcz



I start hating Oliver just after his older brother Christian’s death. I drag him down a road of humiliation and pain to try to cope with what his brother did to me. 
A few months after Christian’s passing, Oliver leaves town, and for the next two years, he is absent from my life. The demons claw their way back in, and I must learn to live with the secret that has destroyed me. 
Now I’m starting a new life, away from Gargle and away from my past, but everything crashes when I see Oliver the first day at university. It’s clear that many things have changed since we’ve been apart. Now he is captain of the rugby team and the most popular bloke on campus. 
Then he makes a bet and gives me an ultimatum: I leave Braxton forever and start somewhere else, or I stay and play his game… because he’s never forgotten that it was me who ruined his life two years ago.

The first part of this book I got on okay with. The pranks were a little bit too much for me. I dunno, I didn't see Oliver as that sort of person. 

Anyway, some of the book dragged for me and towards the end when they start to have a relationship it's over before we know it and the book ended. 

I desperately wanted to see how they were together. To talk through their past and for India to finally fess up to what happened to her all those years ago. It was pretty obvious what had happened but she neither confirmed it or denied it and it really started to grate my nerves. She had her chance with Oliver to tell him, but she never. I kind of gave up with the book, but then it ended with a cliff hanger. 

I hate reading a book that doesn't end well. Even though I didn't enjoy the book I needed to see where the story was going. Don't get me wrong, the book isn't boring or anything, I just didn't feel like it was for me. 

3* 

Heart of Light By T.K.Leigh



Twelve years ago, Jolene’s adoptive mother died. Twelve years ago, a man showed up at Jolene’s door and promised to take care of her. Twelve years ago, Jolene was happy. Then it all changed… 

Jolene Bergio has spent the last twelve years of her life asking one question… Why? Why was she left in the custody of a man who would sell her each and every night to the highest bidder? After a few years, she shut off, giving up hope that anyone would ever find her. Until her luck changed one night and she escaped. 

Twelve years later, she finally feels something she hasn’t felt in a long time… Free. 

Almost. 

Scared that her past will find her unexpectedly, she hides away in a rented beach house, trying to distance herself from everyone… Until Dr. Cameron Bowen enters her world and slowly tears down the walls that she has built up over the past twelve years of her captivity. Jolene begins to learn to love again. 

And trust again. 

But when a man from Jolene’s past emerges, will she be able to keep her identity hidden? When lies are told and hearts are broken, will the truth surface in time to bring Jolene back from the shadows that threaten to expose who she really is?



This is twenty years later and Cam's story. He's reaching his forties (nearly) and is a DR, helping other woman come to terms with sexual abuse, sex trafficking, or abusive relationships. 

When his friend rents out his beach cottage to a frightened young girl he is reluctant at first until he sees her.
This book made me sick. What poor Jolene went through was crazy sick and I felt deeply sorry for. 
I will say I really liked Cam in the first book but in this book he got on my nerves A LOT!!! He acted so naive. He has seen the signs of abuse for years, not just by working with abused woman, but for looking after his sister Marley. So why he acted dumb through this book is anyone's guess. 
I wanted to smack him upside the head. Honestly. 

Jolene was a kind character. Kind of broke my heart the life she had to go through. The ending was really sad too but I was glad for the outcome. 

3.5*

Tuesday 23 December 2014

Shame on you (Fool me once) By Tara Sivec



War veteran Kennedy O’Brien is in the business of sticking it to the man—or at least any man who tries to cross a woman. After she returned home from Afghanistan and caught her husband in bed with the nanny, Kennedy lost her faith in men and started Fool Me Once Investigations with her two best friends. After all, there’s no better bounty hunter than a woman scorned.
When Kennedy takes a case to slap cuffs on a bail jumper turned dog-napper, she figures it’ll be an easy paycheck. But trouble has a way of finding Kennedy. Enter the last man on the planet she’d willingly choose as a partner: her cheating ex-husband’s best friend, Griffin Crawford.
As gorgeous as he is unwelcome, Griffin has always had a thing for Kennedy, and after keeping quiet about her ex’s cheating, he’ll do anything to earn back her trust. Whether or not she wants to admit it, Kennedy will need help as the case of the Chihuahua thief spirals out of control. Griffin may be just her man—in more ways than one.


I started this because I had someone recommend it to me. When I read the blurb I thought oh yes, a girl who kicks ass after being cheated on. It's always nice to read about a girl he moves forward and moves onto something bigger and better, pun intended ;) 
Though I was majorly disappointed in this book. I couldn't connect with the characters or the writing. I found a bunch of mistakes, but it was the story that disappointed me. It looked like such a fun loving read, but it wasn't. 

I will say though, I loved the girls business name and the way they are close friends. Friends like that are true friends. I didn't like the dumbness of her ex cheating husband or boyfriend or whatever, and his girlfriend. I just don't see the main heroin Kennedy being with someone that clueless and naive. 
The ending was kind of a surprise, but I wanted more damn you, more. I wanted more angst, more danger, more action. I also would of liked to see the mom side of her more, it wasn't until the scenes with her kids that I actually saw her as a mom, but even then she seemed more like an auntie. I dunno, it would have been nice to see the heroin in a different light, the relaxed side to her, the vulnerable, soft side because her job is badass. 

2.5*

Thursday 11 December 2014

Trust me By Lacey Black


After all of the devastating betrayals by the one she loved, Twenty-two year old Avery Stevens has spent three years raising her daughter alone, with her family and best friend as a support system, never leaving her small hometown of Rivers Edge, Missouri. Though Rivers Edge holds the pain of her past, it also holds the one person she wants but can’t have – her brother’s best friend, Maddox Jackson. When she learns the attraction might not be one-sided, will Avery be able to trust Maddox with the one thing she’s held onto tightly for the past few years? 

Police officer Maddox Jackson is a ladies’ man with one foot out the door. Never planning to settle down, Maddox fights the attraction he feels for his best friend’s little sister, Avery. But can he continue to fight it when his body and his heart are leading him to the one woman he shouldn’t want? 

When secrets are finally exposed, can Avery and Maddox trust each other enough to overcome the past, handle the present, and preserve their future? Can Avery trust Maddox with her heart? Will Maddox be able to convince Avery to take the chance?



Do you want a simple, elegant, love story? This one is for you I promise. 

He's her brothers bestfriend and she's the little sister all her brother's protect. After being in love with Maddox for years, she never thought he'd give her the time of day. Only all this changes for Avery. 
She is a single mom, after her ex cheated and left her to carry their child and bring her up alone. I love it when a story is like this. Maddox and her daughter was totally swoon worthy. The way he was with her, spoke to her and played with her was completely adorable. But the best part is when she gets sick and he wants to help her. He even stays the night not caring if she tells anyone he stayed there with them. 
Avery and Maddox keep their relationship hidden, but secrets always find a way of revealing themselves. 

I laughed and cried during this book, especially the last part where the little girl fulls really ill :( My heart completely broke for Avery and Maddox. 
The story had such a natural feel to it, I felt like I was reading someone's life story. It was brilliant. 

4*

Officer next door (Lock and Key #1) By Ranae Rose



How can anyone resist temptation when it's right next door?

Riley County North Carolina has a lot to offer: coastal views as far as the eye can see, and men in uniform who are even more gorgeous. Home to the most notorious prison in the state, Alicia's new hometown is crawling with men who carry their own handcuffs and know how to use them - like Officer Liam Alexander, her one and only neighbor. After catching him out of uniform, she can't resist pausing to enjoy the show. When Liam's Southern charm drives him across the property line, life gets hotter than the Carolina summer could possibly account for. Unfortunately, there's a dark side to life in the coastal haven, even with an officer next door.

Coordinating special events at a historic - and supposedly haunted - plantation is enough to have Alicia questioning her senses and her sanity, but the spirits of the past take a backseat to a pair of escaped convicts who blaze a trail of mayhem across Riley County. Not even the most intense chemistry can survive the perils that make a sunny seaside town a dangerous place to be after dark ... can it?


I was unsure about the story before buying it but I couldn't resist the blurb. 
I'm not keen on reading in third person, this book was no exception. Usually I can read past it as such, but with this one I couldn't. I felt the book had too much going on for it to be written in third person. It skips all the emotional parts for me. 

It's mixed in with paranormal as Riley, the main female heroine see's ghosts and has a presence in her house. I don;t know about anyone else, but i'd have been running for the hills, not checking the sound out LOL 
I loved Liam, although I wish he was more alpha male. I didn't find that with him. I also wanted to read more his part, but it never happened. 

The sex scenes were a disappointed, again, down to the third person. 

2*

Wednesday 3 December 2014

Unsound: An Anthology By Chantal Fernando & M.N.Forgy



Time And Time Again 
by Chantal Fernando 

I always thought I had luck on my side. 

Things seemed to go in my favour, whether by will or by nature. 

But that luck just ran out. 

Jobless and on the verge of being homeless, I find a strength in me that I didn't even know existed and discover an unlikely savior --- Tag. 

He avoids commitment like the plague, and starting anything with him will only lead to heartbreak. 

I know this. 

He knows this. 

So why am I still here? 

Oh, right. Because I want him more than I want my next breath. 

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The Broken Pieces Of Us 
by M.N. Forgy 

***WARNING - This is not your typical happily ever after. 

Babs is no stranger to the MC world. As an ol’ lady, she takes the hell that comes with it and dishes it out times two. When things take a turn for the worst, it leaves her questioning just how equipped she is for the hell she lives. She thought her marriage with Locks was it; that she had it all. But the past has a way of sneaking up and tearing life apart. Finding herself trapped as Locks’ ol’ lady, with the threat she will be his till the grave, her world spirals out of control. The only person risking it all to save her is the last person she thought would care: Bull. 

President of the Devil’s Dust MC, Bull, is good at running women off and is even better at pissing off his brothers. When he sees the way his vice-president is treating his ol’ lady, he tries to keep his thoughts to himself. The one thing Bull insists on in his club is respect and loyalty: respect for the patch, respect for your brother, and loyalty to the club. However, after finding Babs in a harsh predicament after a run in with Locks, he can’t help but step in. 
Crossing lines and hurdling around life’s unpredictability, will they find refuge in each other or will they have to endure what life gives them? 


I had read Chantal Fernando's Time and Time again first. I couldn't get into the second one so I'm not going to be reviewing it. It isn't fair for me to that when I never finished it. 

So, the first one Time and Time again I got into pretty quickly considering the blurb gives nothing away really.
I liked both characters, love them, especially Tag. Hey, I'm a woman and I love hot men aha. 

The story concludes to a young woman down on her luck. She's fighting to keep on living, but is barely able to keep a roof over her head. That is until Tag walks.... no stumbles into her life and rescues her as such. He gets her a job at a place he works, then when he finds out about her living situation, he offers her a place to stay. No actually, that's wrong, he demands she lives with him until she can settle down. 
Spite her worries she follows him. 
She was right to be worried. 
He is a womanizer, but we don't see that in the book. I do wish the book was longer because once you get near the end it's rushed as hell. It's like Chantal was kicking us out of the story as such lol. It felt so deep, so detailed from the start that I was so disappointed at the ending. Especially the epilogue. It ruined it for me and the rating. I do wish she took more time with the ending. It does affect the book massively as you don't get that awe, or wow factor reading it. 

3*

Thursday 20 November 2014

Captivated By You By Sylvia Day




Gideon calls me his angel, but he's the miracle in my life. My gorgeous, wounded warrior, so determined to slay my demons while refusing to face his own.

The vows we'd exchanged should have bound us tighter than blood and flesh. Instead they opened up old wounds, exposed pain and insecurities, and lured bitter enemies out of the shadows. I felt him slipping from my grasp; my greatest fears becoming my reality; my love tested in ways I wasn't sure I was strong enough to bear.

At the brightest time in our lives, the darkness of his past encroached and threatened everything we'd worked so hard for. We faced a terrible choice: the familiar safety of the lives we'd had before each other or the fight for a future that suddenly seemed an impossible and hopeless dream . . .


Fourth book in the crossfire series and I'm so disappointed. We waited a year and a half, so we forgot most of the characters and what was going on anyway, but I read the end of Entwined with you before starting this one and it still didn't jog my memory on who was who. 

I started the book thinking it was going to take some time to get into, which I never had to do with the others. I felt like I was reading a diary half the time. I struggled to keep focused mostly which annoyed me and the sex scenes were blunt, straight to the point and not as sensual as the other books. I felt like they were two f**k buddies and not lovers. 
I also thought Gideon hadn't grown since the other books. I was hoping for more progress. I just wish there was more. I didn't feel like the book gave us anything other than their daily routines. There was nothing there to make me want to read the next one that's for sure. 

2* I am hoping we don't have to wait nearly two years for the next one and that she writes something about the actual story in it. I really am disappointed because I love this series.

Thursday 13 November 2014

Axel Hitch (Celtic Knot #4) By Cassy Roop


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Kelly Harris is feisty and her strong nature can probably rival that of most men. She isn’t one to take crap from anyone and has a tendency to challenge those who challenge her. A painful childhood left Kelly with a need for control in all things that she is unwilling to relinquish. Being known to dump men after just one date or one time in the sack is her usual style, until she meets Knoxville Tanner.

Knoxville Tanner is the co-owner of the BDSM club, The Celtic Knot. Having had his heart trampled on has left him jaded. The club gave him the ability to satisfy his sexual needs without the risk of commitment. On the night of the club’s grand opening, however, after meeting Kelly…that all went out the window.

Will Knox be able to concede control in order to give the one he loves what she desperately needs; and will Kelly be able to accept the sacrifice and in return give Knox the one thing that she has guarded the most…her heart?


I was given Axel Hitch as an ARC in return for an honest review. 
What a book!!!! 
Cassy has worked extremely hard on this novel. She has had to go back over the first three books to match everything that happens with Kelly and Axel. Not a thing is out of place or different. She really did do well writing it. 
As I just said the book basically starts off from the beginning of Ashley's bend, but in Axel and Kelly's POV. I don't usually like books I know the outcome too, but with Axel Hitch I felt different. It felt better reading it from their POV. I felt more connected to both the characters in this book and see a different side to the main story. I really enjoyed it.

Kelly hasn't had a great past and I could totally see why she needs to be the one in control, but I can also see why she went into the submission training. She wanted to be able to free herself from her troubled past and move on from it. As the book explains, Kelly is anything but obsessive. I didn't really feel Kelly to be as bubbly and as out going as she did in the first book, which I actually liked because we get to see the more serious side to her, the loving side and the best friend side of her. It really was addictive to read. 

Now Axel was completely refreshing. We don't really get to know him in the first three books other than snip bits. Reading it in his POV made so much make sense. I really loved his character and I MAY.... JUST MAY..... LIKE HIM MORE THAN DOMINIC :O There, I said it aha. 

Now for the hot steamy erotic scenes. They were off the charts, smoking hot. Like really hot. You could totally feel the chemistry like waves reading it. I also loved how he treated Kelly with so much respect. He didn't just bang her in a room full of people, or treat her like she was just someone in training. You could tell she meant more to him from that alone. I really think the two suited each so much and make a perfect couple. 

All in all the book was another 4* for me. I loved it. I read it in two sittings, but thats only cause I started so late on the night otherwise it would have been read within one day. 

Tuesday 28 October 2014

Perfection (A neighbor from hell series Book Two) By R.L.Mathewson



Zoe is used to taking care of herself and has long ago accepted that if anything bad was going to happen, it was going to happen to her. So when she loses her job over something most bosses would probably be happy with and her life starts going down hill from there she doesn't expect it to get any better. She certainly didn't expect any help from the loud jerk next door, but then again she has nothing to lose so puts her trust in him and hopes for the best. What she didn't expect was the once in a lifetime opportunity that he offers her through an arrangement where they both benefit and no one is supposed to get hurt, but she should have known better because her luck has never been that good. 

Like most Bradfords, Trevor has a soft spot for food, but that's about all. He leads a pretty straightforward life and likes to keep things simple and that includes his relationships. He wants the perfect woman and knows exactly what she'll be like. So when he discovers much to his horror that he's thinking about his frumpy little neighbor he decides the best way to get his head straight is by working her out of his system. He'll keep her around, but only until he finds perfection.



Okay, so Zoe has the worst luck EVER!! First she gets hired from her lousy job after finding one of the partners wives embezzling, then she finds her car window is broken when it's pouring out. To top that off her neighbor from hell has parked yet again in her parking space, so she's left to park across the road. Soaking wet and in a terrible depressing mood, she goes home, to have a hot shower, and order a takeout. 
Sound easy? 
Nope, not with our Zoe LOL!! 
She ends up ordering pizza, taking a shower only for her next door neighbor to flush the toilet, then take a shower at the same time, sending her water cold. If things couldn't get any worse after she finds she can't wash her clothes because the asshole neighbor stole her last bit of fabric softener, she only ends up to find he also stole her takeout. 

This is how the story begins. I honestly couldn't stop laughing, even though her situation had me feeling stressed. I felt soooo sorry for her, just not enough not to laugh. 

I did find the author repeated a lot of what she was saying and made the book dragged. 

Apart from this the book was really good and had me laughing a lot throughout. 
The men in this book are so beyond funny it's not even a joke. 
The ending is sweet, cute and funny. When Trevor is in the wrong he always finds something to be mad at Zoe for, which is really funny. 

Make sure you give this one a read, this is the second time of reading this and I still laughed like it was my first. 


4*


Sunday 26 October 2014

Playing for keeps (The Game series #2) By Emma Hart



She's in love with him. 
He's trying not to love her. 
One night changes everything.

Aston Banks never meant to get close to Megan Harper - not even for that one night. Haunted by a childhood he refuses to face, he knew she could break through every wall he'd ever built and tear them down without even realizing she was doing it. 

Betraying Braden by starting a relationship with Aston wasn't on Megan's to-do list, but the second she sees a glimpse of someone other than the arrogant ass she's come to know, she can't walk away. 

Aston's childhood is worse than Megan ever guessed, but as he tries and fails to push her away, it's clear her love is stronger than the demons that cling to him every day. And now, because of it, he finally has to deal with what he's buried deep down. 

What he doesn't want to face. What he's fought against for so long. 

And they have to do it all without Braden finding out.

Keeping a relationship secret has never been harder.

Playing for keeps is the second novel in the game series by Emma Hart. I hadn't heard of this until someone on my blog page recommended it to and i'm so glad they did. I loved it. 

I found a few faults with the book and it did drag on in places but it never took me from wanting to rush the book, in fact, I was stuck between wanting to absorb it and devour it. I love a young adult romance. I love the first in the series so I was glad Emma kept on with the characters. I had loved Ashton in the first one, so I'm glad we got a inside to him. 

His story reminds me a lot of Baby P's story, but with a better outcome. It completely broke me reading the things that Ashton went through. It's hard to stomach anyone being hurt, but for a defenseless child being beaten, their protectors, their guardians, not doing a thing to stop it, prevent it or protect is just sickening. 
He has dealt with what happened better than I would have let's put it that way. The only thing that confused me during the whole book was his need for sex. In the book he says to Megan that they told him numerous of times he'd end up like his mom. Sex, drugs and countless men, selling herself etc. In stead of proving them wrong in an extent, he went out and slept with anything with a pulse and somewhere to get off. Kind of not the point. 
I think Emma did a fantastic job writing his feelings, how she made them come across made them that much real. 

Then we have Megan, his knight-in-shining-armor, she comes into his darkness bringing her light. She doesn't let him push her away when things get dark for him and he finally lets someone in. Megan. 
She's such a lovable character and when they have their banter arguments I was in stitches. Even when they were secretly together they still had banter moments that had an inside meaning to just them too. Kind of cute now I think about it. 

There were a few parts in the book that didn't make sense to me. Here is an example. 

"Honestly though, I thought he was gonna kill his mom the amount of times she embarrassed him.'' she giggles and we sink into the armchairs. "I've never seen a guy before.''

"I've never seen a guy before'' ????? um?? I'm pretty sure she was talking to a guy. There were a few more like this. I never highlighted them all, but this is one that had me re-reading over to see if I missed something.

All in all I rated the book a 3* and I'll be reading the next one for sure, I just hope the writing is better mapped out. It did ruin the book, but not the actual story. It was just as sweet, romantic, and cute as it should have been. Loved it.  

Friday 24 October 2014

The love game By Emma Hart




His challenge? Make her fall in love with him.
Her challenge? Play the player.
Until life changes the rules of the game.

Maddie Stevens hated Braden Carter on sight. Arrogant, egotistical, and the playboy of the University of California, Berkeley, he's everything her brother Pearce has taught her to despise. So why, when the girls challenge her to play the player, doesn't she say no? She doesn't know either.

Braden wanted fiery little Maddie the second he laid eyes on her - and he'd do anything to have her, hence why he's agreed to make her fall in love with him. After all, it's the only way he'll get what he wants. Sex.

But, as Braden discovers, there's more to the girl from Brooklyn than he ever imagined - and he can't help but care about the broken girl behind those pretty green eyes.

Maddie finds Braden isn't just a walking erection - he actually has feelings. He can be sweet, funny and his good looks don't exactly hurt. That means trouble - but when her brother Pearce turns up in Berkeley begging for her help, she realises Braden and Pearce aren't so alike anymore.

And maybe, just maybe, they're exactly what each other needs.


Ahhhh, what can I say. I love this book and have read it a few times now, but only just getting around to reviewing. So for those who haven't yet met Maddie and Branden, then get ONE CLICKING!!. 

I'm a huge fan of American College Romance novels. I don't know why. It may be because of their surroundings, their social life's and what have you. I just find it more realistic than I would if someone here from the UK were to write one based here in the UK. 
The Love Game is just one of the best ones out there. 

Maddie attends a party with a bunch of her friends when she sees the local, walking, male erection. He's a fu*k um and dump um kind of boy, so when Maddie's friends challenge her because she's immune (so she thinks) to his charms, to play the player, she hesitatingly accepts.What she wasn't expecting was for Branden to be someone totally different to who she thought he'd be, her brother. 

Branden is every young girls dream. He's hot, athletic, and charming. He knows what he wants and he isn't afraid to get it. 
When he sees Maddie, he labels her a princess so to speak. Thinking she had a stick up her own ass was a judgment he'd never take back. 
To be honest, it was funny to see the two try not to fall for each other. You could see it coming a mile away, yet, it still didn't ruin the book for you. 

The ending was amazing and like they always say, two wrongs don't make a right, but in this case their wrongs? Made a right. 

4* 

Tuesday 23 September 2014

Missing (The Brannock Siblings #3) By Jessica Wilde



There are two things in this life that Gus Brannock truly loves; his family and his job. His family is growing and he wants what his brother and sister have before the job he's worked so hard for takes its toll. The woman he's got his eye on, however, isn't interested in being with a man who risks his life every day. When the unexpected friendship with the sassy red head he used to hate turns into something Gus just doesn't want to live without, he will do whatever it takes to have her. The hazards of his job as a detective for missing children may end up proving to be too much, but there's a reason Aiden was brought into his life and nothing will stand in his way to keep her there. 

Aiden Murphy used to hate the handsome jerk next door until a surprising discovery spun her world in another direction. Her life of devotion to her sister and niece has been her biggest strength with the exception of her art. That is, until Gus turns out to be the one thing that has been missing from that life all along. Aiden must decide if the unknown is worth the risk of loving the dedicated detective or if being pulled into his world is more than she can handle. When Gus becomes the only way for her to keep the people she loves most safe, will she understand why he treasures her untried strength or will she let her fear of the unknown decide for her? 


I was actually disappointed in this novel, I was hoping it would be more funny. Or a little more banter, but there wasn't any. It was really disappointing. 
However, unlike all the others, I couldn't connect with this one as well as I liked. I felt like they fell in love too quickly, everything happened too quickly. I also didn't understand his connection to the little girl in it. 
yes I understand feeling emotionally involved considering it's his job and all, but it made it come across as if he felt like the little girl was his. When technically they only met each other a few times. Again, no bond. Disappointing. 
The story line was okay. I liked that it does raise awareness that children can go missing in the most busiest of places. You only have to turn your head for a few seconds for something to happen. 

I rated it 3* because I still loved the characters too an extent. 

Monday 22 September 2014

Resisting Temptation By K.C.Lynn



Faith ~ 
Cade Walker is like no man I’ve ever met before. He’s cynical, brooding, mysterious and, most of all, damaged. He’s a man who declares he’s broken, and one who detests the two very things I live for most: God and love. Yet, I’ve still fallen completely in love with him because I also see the good, something that no one else ever has. I see a man who is strong, silent, honorable and beautiful. He’s a man who is now scarred just as badly on the outside of his body as he is on the inside, all because of me. One who endured severe torture in order to save me from what would be the worst thing I will ever experience in my entire life. He is a man I call my dark angel, one who will have my heart until the end of time, even if I can never have his.

Cade ~ At fifteen years old I lost the only person that ever mattered to me, and the day I lost my little sister in the most vile way was the exact moment I stopped living and only existed. That’s until ten years later, when I walked into an open field in Iraq to hear the most incredible voice I would ever hear in my life. One that rooted me to my spot, and ended up belonging to the most beautiful woman in the world. The only woman to ever make me feel something again, something that I thought was dead inside of me. And no matter how badly I wanted to keep her, I knew I couldn’t. Not with what I have lurking inside of me. It’s something I’ve always kept hidden. That is, until the day I unleashed it on the people who dared to hurt her. It was the one thing that gave me the strength to save us, but it was also the one thing that would remind me of why I could never have her.

Now two years later, the one girl I never thought I would ever see again, the one I have spent my days and nights craving like an addict, walks back into my life unexpectedly, giving us both the shock of our lives. And when the time comes that she needs me again, I no longer resist. Before I know it, I’m pulled into a life I thought I could never have, one that scares the shit out of me but it’s one I’m realizing I want. There is just one problem. One very big problem… She lives for the very thing I loathe, and the one thing that killed my sister… God.


Oh My God. I don't even know what to say to express how much I LOVED this book. It has to the best out of the three in the Men Of Honor series. Loved this novel so blooming much. 

For those who have read the previous two novels will know how much a brooding mystery Cade Walker is. Also, how incredibly hot too. We get to see more from their pasts when they were captured a few years ago and why. We see him as the man he was to the man he becomes when he's around Faith. 
I was so glad K.C.Lynn added in the captured scenes because like many of you, we were all dying to know about the famous girl Cade nearly died for. 
I loved Faith, she is someone I would be friends with. I'm not a big believer in god, for the same kind of reason Cade doesn't believe, but I do strongly believe our souls live on when we die and we're reborn and that we all have someone out their we connect too. It's the same connection Faith and Cade have. 
Faith meets a troubled teen doing community service in this one and oh my god, he brings his little sister into the mix and jesus christ, I love that child like she was my own. K.C.Lynn did an amazing job with writing her scenes, the trouble she must have gone to spelling and sounding out the words so that readers could still understand it, but it also could still be portrayed as a little girl with a speech impermanent. I loved her, loved everything about Routhie and her relationship with 'the big guy' was adorably cute, like seriously freeking adorable. I couldn't get enough and found myself excited for their next encounter. 
The story is so heartfelt, so heartbreaking and found it moving in so many ways. The way she took two kids in, the way she recovered from her attacks in Arac and the way Cade moved forward with his life as each pressing moment in the book. 
There are a few moving scenes within this book. I don't know if it's the seriousness of the topic or the fact K.C.Lynn is by far one of the best writers around that had me falling in love with this book like it was a real life story. 

So many scenes, but I promise it will grip you, have you on the edge of your seat, crying, heartbreaking, laughing, awww'ing and just completely falling in love with everyone in the book. 

I am reading the first two over again before reading this one because I got confused on who Kaityn was. So, I'll be refreshing my mind all over again ;) 
Cannot wait to get to read more of her work in the future. 

5* and I wish I had a chance to give it more because it truly does deserve it. Also, this novel just bumped Archers Voice off my top ten 2014 best read romance novels LOL Yep, it was that good 

Friday 19 September 2014

Worth the fall: The McKinney Brothers By Claudia Connor



 
They meet on a beach. . . . Abby Davis isn’t wearing a skimpy bikini or sipping umbrella drinks, not when she’s busy chasing around four little ones. And Matt McKinney isn’t looking for fun—he’s a Navy SEAL, a grown man with a long list of missions . . . and fallen brothers.
 
They only have a week. . . . Abby has brought her children to this beach to start over, to give them the enjoyable memories they deserve. Matt’s been sidelined by a combat injury, and haunted by the best friend he lost and the promise he made: to remain a SEAL—focused and dedicated. This leaves no time for what he’s always wanted: a family.
 
But a week is all it takes. . . . Matt opens her heart while Abby soothes his soul. And though they plan to say good-bye when the week is over, something magical happens on that beach, something neither can forget. Something utterly, completely worth falling for.

For a debut novel, Claudia has done extremely well. I downloaded sample and I didn't even get passed the first chapter before I purchased it. I loved it. 
The kids were gorgeous and I love every single one of them.
The story isn't anything exciting, but it's the connection and past experiences that is what pulls you into the story. I couldn't seem to put it down. There was nothing but the characters that held me to that book. 
I can't explain it well enough, you have to read it to experience what I'm trying to tell you. 
Simple, loving, funny, adorable, sexy, hot, cute, tearful are all words I would describe and more about this book. 

The last quarter of the book, I found myself crying. Whether it was due to happy tears or sad tears, I was a blubbering mess LOL 
It was worse if it was one of the kids upset expressing their feelings. I just wanted to reach into the book and hold them tightly. 
The two main characters Abby and Matt are my all time favorite couple. It wasn't just about attraction or lust between them, it was straight and narrow love and connection. You felt it during the whole book or found yourself sighing whenever he picked a child or when he first feels her baby kick in her tummy, it overwhelms you. This book didn't need excitement, or drama, it just needed these two characters and four children. 
Saying that, there is drama, just not anything drastic, but something so believable that it could happen to you. 

5* for you Claudia and looking forward to reading future work :) 

Translucent (Luminous Book one) By Erin Noelle



**WARNING** This book is intended for mature audiences only due to explicit sexual content as well as the graphically violent and psychologically disturbing nature of some scenes. 

Sometimes you reach a point where you just can’t take anymore—a breaking point, some call it. The day I watched my husband murder the woman who was pregnant with his child, my point didn’t just break; it exploded like a full magazine’s worth of hollow points firing through the barrel of a fully-automatic AK-47. Literally. I am no longer his American Princess, nor am I his slave. Now, I’m a murderer in hiding. My name was Bryleigh Carter Oliveira, and that was my story. 

Translucent is one woman's story of breaking free, starting over, and learning to trust again through willful submission.

Translucent has been on my TBR list for a while, but the blurb didn't stand out all that much to me, but the increase of 5* reviews had me taking another luck. So, when I happened to stumble on the book, I downloaded a sample. I got to chapter three and deleted it and went and bought the ebook I loved it that much already. I seriously couldn't the book down. 

Translucent is the most heroic novels I've read since Don't make me beautiful By Elle Casey. They are both about a women with an abusive past. Both different abuse, but abuse all the same. It was heartbreaking to read. No matter how many times I kept telling myself it isn't real, I'd read another page and my heart would break all over again. It was worse when Blake had flash backs from her previous life and I was a blubbering mess again. The torment, abuse, sexual abuse she encountered is unimaginable, but it happens to women on a daily bases.
Blake is a strong women, no matter what she tells herself, she is remarkable.
It has to be the most profound read this year and I'm so glad I took a chance on this amazingly, heartfelt, heartbreaking novel. It's novels like this that should win awards, that should be heard, should be read. 
It's a powerful, emotional, journey of a women breaking free, becoming the women she was meant to be. 
we see Blake at her best, happiest, and at her damn right worst. There are no words for me to use to describe her when she's at her worst, but let's say emotional is what you'll be. Don't get me wrong, it's not a sad the way you think, it's emotional reading about her growing, about her moving forward, about what she's overcome. It really does bring out some deep, raw emotion. 

Then we have the ending. Oh My God. I don't even know where to begin. It takes you completely off god. 
Usually, I hate big cliff hangers like this one, but in this novel it was a perfect ending. Well, not in a way because it left me screaming for more. It has left me guessing on who was in the car. Something tells me it's either the girl, or his brother. One of them, but I could be completely wrong. You never know lol
All in all, was a brilliant 5* read 
One I could read over and over and over and over again. 



Sunday 7 September 2014

FateBook By Mimi Jean Pamfiloff



DAKOTA DANE IS ABOUT TO TELL A LIE SHE'LL WISH SHE HADN'T. Because her lie is dangerous, sexy, and just showed up on campus, angry as hell and looking for her... 

Ugly duckling Dakota Dane has a new boyfriend. He’s male-model gorgeous, built to perfection, wealthy, and smart. He is also a lie. As in, 100% fabricated. Does it matter that Dakota has a perfectly good reason for making him up? Not really. Not when Dakota’s made-up boyfriend shows up in the flesh. 

So is she crazy? All signs point to maybe. But the walking, talking enigma with the deadly vibe isn’t about to give her any answers or let her out of his sight. And with college just around the corner, Dakota fears her dreams of a bright future have just collided with a dark rabbit hole… 
~~~ 
Fate. 

Such a simple word, isn’t it? But there’s nothing simple about it. Not for me, anyway. Not when it comes to this man. I have no idea who the hell he is, where he came from, or what he wants, but his dangerous vibe tells me I should run away and never look back. 

But I can’t. 

Because as much as he scares the hell out of me, his sinfully dark gaze and what it does to me is ten times more powerful. 

And I know I want something I shouldn’t. I should want my sanity. I should want college and parties and this dream I’ve waited for my whole life. I should want to keep that promise I made myself back in high school to make something of my life. 

But now I’m looking at him, his powerful body, his predatory gaze, his sinfully shaped lips, and I know I’ll never be able to walk away. So I simply keep lying to myself about there being a reason for all this. I simply tell myself it must be fate.


Oh My God..... 
Fate book has to be one of the most brilliant and unique reads that I've read in a while. 
I thought this book was going to be so different from what I got. It was so much more amazing. 
I couldn't put the thing down until I had finished it. 

The characters are both believable characters and so is the story to an extent. The only scene I thought was a little far fetched was the sex scene, but I'm not ruining that. 
I loved the fact the author made it so believable. Like you were reading from someone's experience. You know when you read a book, and you question everything one of the heroins are doing? well, Dakota questions everything and I liked that. It made the book that much more real. 

Then we have the hot male heroin. Oh My God, if I knew making up a facebook boyfriend would actually get me one, i'd do it within a second LOL 
Loved his character, his personality, and his hot looks ;)

The blurb doesn't do it justice. 5* read from me.