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Review: Fisher's Light (Fisher's Light #1) by Tara Sivec

*****5 Stars*****

Wow! I am blown away by the versatility of this author! From the author that brought us the brilliantly hilarious Chocolate Lovers and Chocoholics series comes thus emotional, thought-provoking and truly beautiful love story. I knew going into this story that it would be totally different from those series' but I was still amazed at how versatile Tara Sivec's writing was, you cannot tell that it is even the same author, w...hich just clearly shows the range of her talent.
This is a story of a love that can withstand anything life throws in their paths, Lucy's and Fisher's story was simply beautiful and one that will stay with me for a long time. The issues they faced are very real and I'm sure a lot of people can relate. I think Tara did a brilliant job telling their story and shedding some light on issues that a lot of people have or are struggling through.
This is an amazing story that will inspire and capture your heart from beginning to end. I definitely recommend this book!

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Fisher,
I guess this is it, huh? After fourteen years together, starting a life of our own on this island, five deployments and countless letters I’ve written you through it all, I finally go out to the mailbox and see something I’ve always dreamed of: an envelope with your handwriting on it. For one moment, I actually thought you’d changed your mind, that all the awful things you said to me were just your way of coping after everything you’d been through. I was still here, Fisher. I was still here, holding my breath, waiting for you to come back even though you told me you never would. You always said you’d find your way back to me. Out of all the lies you’ve told me, this one hurts the most.

Enclosed you will find the signed divorce papers, as requested.
I hope you find what you’re looking for. I’m sorry it wasn’t me.
Lucy

To get the ending they want, Lucy and Fisher will have to go back to the beginning. Through the good and the bad, they’ll be reminded of why they always made their way back to each other, and why this time, one way or another, it will be the last time.

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Tuesday, 28 April 2015

Review: A Menage Made on Madison (The Federation #1) by Serena Akeroyd

****4 Stars****

I have read another menage type book by this author and i have to say, she really does an amazing job with this type of material. She brings out the aspect of them as people and its not just all about the sex. Though, i am not complaining about the fantastic sex scene. I'm not overly fond of futuristic style books, and i usually avoid them but i can honestly say, this author has opened my eyes to giving sci-fi a fair try.
shes an excellent author.
The characters are well written and the story is very believable. It give you food for thought and I like when a book makes me picture every last detail in my head rather make me want to run because of too much detail ...
For me, Knox is my man ... i loved him ... Rafer i wanted to smack in the head a few times but on the whole hes an ok guy ..
There are times Parker gets on my nerves but shes very well written and i ended up liking her in the end.
The grammar and spelling are spot on, as per usual with this author and i'd absolutely recommend this book and this author. It was a great menage (which is my thing) for a sci-fi virgin such as myself. Nice genre combo and well thought out as well.

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[Menage Amour: Erotic Futuristic Sci-Fi Menage a Trois Romance, M/F/M, HEA]

For the last sixty years, Parker and Knox Baxx have been in love. Regardless of their cross-mating, she an Earthling and he a Shuzon, they've managed to create a successful partnership. In both the bedroom, and the boardroom. Rich beyond their wildest dreams from the hotel resort they've constructed from scratch on the outskirts of Federation territory, there's only one problem. Shuzons are part of a twin pair, and they share their mates. Without Rafer, Knox's brother, Parker's Earthling sensibilities are going haywire. Her body is experiencing a complete system shutdown, and she has only the one option open to her - to bind herself to Rafer. The trouble is, he's a high-ranking officer in the Fleet, the Federation's armed wing, which ransacked and destroyed Earth. Secondly, he has enemies of his own. Thirdly, she doesn't trust him. Loving and being loved by Knox is no longer enough. Can Parker learn to trust Rafer with her heart, body, and wellbeing before it's too late?

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Review: Friction (Station 32 #2) by Jamie Magee

*****5 Stars*****

I am loving this series, this is the second book in the Station 32 series the first is Wyatt and Harleys story and this is the story of Easton who we met in the first book. Easton was a wonderful friend but always seemed quite a sad character having lost his father as a child he seemed to be drifting through his teenage years though Wyatt’s Dad along with Lucas Armstrong, Memphis and Georgia’s Dad, were on hand to try and guide him as best they could. So it was sad to see at the beginning of his story that he loses another father figure in Lucas.

We learn that Easton and Georgia had a connection as children which is soon ignited once again as they come back to Willowhaven to attend Lucas’ funeral. However Easton is too loyal a friend to risk starting anything with his friend’s younger sister yet the both find comfort and understanding of their grief in each other which is short lived as Easton heads back out to his life on the road as his commitment to Wyatt chasing the rodeos and Georgia goes back to her broken life with her drifter Mom. I loved this part of the book it was so bitter sweet and I really wanted the two of them to just be happy from that moment.

Three years on we find both Easton and Georgia didn’t find their way back to each other and their lives have been more than chaotic, however Georgia’s career as a photographer brings her back to Willowhaven to capture the wedding of Wyatt and Harley and pretty soon matchmakers step in. The title of this book becomes apparent as they friction between Easton, who is now home and following his father’s career at Station 32, and Georgia is electric. They are both completely different people now after being hurt by harboured feelings for each other and the people they allowed into their lives. Easton has a huge secret that he tries to keep from Georgia while others are at play in letting Georgia in unwittingly on his secret.

Georgia realises that the thing in life she has both been chasing and running from may just lie in Willowhaven and with pushing from Memphis she takes time to take stock of her life as the town stirs memories of her father and childhood. Easton’s guarded attitude pushes Georgia into concentrating on finding herself first and discovering if Willowhaven is a place she can finally call home. The dreaded misunderstandings come into play every time you think these two may find some even ground then just as they do both of their pasts come back to haunt them. Once they confront their pasts they learn that their lives have been twisted together for some time but can they now move forward together?

I loved the messages and guidance that run through the book in the memories that they all have of Lucas and how he innocently led both Easton and Georgia through their broken paths to an unknowingly shared dream as a result. It was lovely catching up with many of the characters from the first book and I am really looking forward to Memphis and cheeky Truman getting their own books I hope.

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Having the wrong things in common with the right girl at the wrong time has always been a tragic issue for Easton Ballantine. At least it was when it came to Georgia Armstrong.

Georgia Armstrong’s nomadic life had left her worn and lacking the desire to attach to anyone or anything. She’d been burned and felt the coldness of loss and was content to drift at will until she found a reason to stay.

Broken roads and bad decisions, which led to right ones, were the demons in both their past—choices that would either draw them together, or rip them apart.

“I tend to attract the broken.”

“I’m not broken,” Easton snapped in a hiss of words.

She felt her body tense before her next bold words came. “Did I say you were?” She lifted her chin. “Am I attracting you, Easton Ballantine?”

He looked right at her, green to blue, a stare reaching past the fraudulent calm surface. Yes, she was. Which only pissed him off more. Not only was she not anywhere near his type, she was Memphis’s kid sister, Lucas’s daughter—she was seventeen. No way in hell this is going down.

He smirked to break the gaze they shared, to put a wall between her and him—to do anything to block the way she was messing with his head.

“I’m every kind of bad habit you don’t want or need, Georgia.”

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Wednesday, 22 April 2015

Review: Revved (Revved #1) by Samantha Towle

*****5 Stars*****

I absolutely loved this new book from Samantha Towle!...

Carrick Ryan is an Irish (yes ladies, Irish!) Formula 1 driver with a reputation for being a womanizer that precedes him.

Andressa 'Andi' Amaro is a mechanic who is dead set against dating drivers. So when her uncle John gets her a job alongside him on Carrick Ryan's team, her restraint is definitely put to the test. And with everyone on Carrick's team letting their misgivings of having a female mechanic on the team, and describing him like a dog in heat, it's clear that temptation will definitely rear its head.

Carrick is my new fave book boyfriend, I adore him! Underneath all that initial cockiness and manwhoring there is a really sweet, funny guy. I loved the friendship between him and Andi that developed . They had great banter!

Andi is a great female lead. There were a few moments when I wanted to slap some sense into her but after what she went through as a child I could understand her misgivings totally and really felt for her.

It's been a while since Samantha Towle released a new book but this one was definitely worth the wait. If she isn't already on it, put this author on your auto one-click list, she never disappoints.

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Race car mechanic Andressa "Andi" Amaro has one rule—no dating drivers. With a good reason behind the rule, she has no plans on breaking it.

Carrick Ryan is the bad boy of Formula One. With a face and body that melts panties on sight, and an Irish lilt that leaves women on their knees, begging for more. He races hard and parties harder. The youngest driver to ever sign with F1, he’s still at the top of his game five years later, breaking hearts on and off the tracks.

When Andi is offered her dream job working in the glamorous world of F1, she leaves her home in Brazil, positive she can handle working for Carrick. But she’s not prepared for the off-the-chart sparks that fly the moment they meet.

Now, Andi has a crush on the one man she can’t have, and her resolve is about to be put to the test, because Carrick has decided he wants Andi, and he plans on testing her to the very limit.

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Review: Roxy (Pandemic Sorrow #3) by Stevie J. Cole

*****5 Stars*****

Although this is book #3 in the Pandemic Sorrow series, it can be read as a standalone.

We met Roxy in book #1 but this is her story. Her tragic tale. Grab you tissues and settle in.

Roxy had a rough start to life. Losing someone at such a young age and then having your family fall apart is hard to recover from. You either crumble or you become hardened to life...Roxy became a bitch.

There's a quote in the book that really struck a cord with me...
"This is a raw, gritty, very real fairy take. It may not be perfect, but it is f*cking beautiful."
This quote encompasses this book perfectly for me. It IS real, it IS gritty and you can't help but get swept along with Roxy.

This is essentially Roxy's story and if you've read book #1, which is Jag's story, you may think that it's just going to be a rehash....another "her view" of the same story but it isn't.

Although I enjoyed book #1, this tale really shows a completely different side. It's not a rock star story, it's much more tragic, much more hurtful and has a desperate quality that has you thinking that maybe sometimes walking away and giving up on love might be the only was to save your shredded heart.

It's hard to admit but I enjoyed this more than the first two books in this series. Despite them being good, this, for me, was just entirely different.
Give it a go, you won't regret it!

Blurb

Standalone in the rock star romance series, Pandemic Sorrow.

My life had been no fairy tale. Actually, growing up, it had been something more like a nightmare, which is why I ended up so hard. When you don't want to hurt having the ability to be numb is your best defense mechanism. And for a long time all I was doing was existing.

Jag Steele, the lead singer of the international rock band Pandemic Sorrow, was the epitome of everything I despised: arrogant, entitled, but the thing I hated most about him was that he was an addict. Drugs had been the demon that had ruined everything in my life, and anyone who had a love affair with them pretty much made my stomach turn. It brought up memories I wanted to stay buried. Needless to say, I wasn't exactly a fan of Jag.

Funny thing is, people aren't always who you expect them to be. Never in a million years would I have thought the night I meet Jag would have any significance on the rest of my life, but it did.

I found out that sometimes something that screams utter destruction might actually be your saving grace.

Some people may say our story is too screwed up to be a romance, but for two broken people, we made the pieces fit together perfectly.

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Review: Loyalty (Devine #1.5) by D.H. Sidebottom

*****5 Stars*****

Wow! Another absolutely gripping tale from D H Sidebottom.
This novella, book #1.5 in the Devine series was a complete shock.

We first meet and get to know fun loving, cheeky, humours Adam in book #1, Surrender, but not once did I expect him to have such a distressing back story.

He's lost the two people he loved most in the world but after joining Jake's team, he seems to have made a life for himself.
But when his past comes looking for him, it's full of surprises and reawakened heartache.

Carrie's character was a complete shocker! The judge is sure to surprise you as much as she did me.

This novella was a perfect filler, while waiting for book #2 and sets the scene perfectly for what is sure to be another knock out instillation from this amazing author. I can't wait!

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Thirteen years ago, Adam Marshall turned his back on everything and everyone, including the love of his life, Carrie Duke.
One day changed his life and led him into the Devine family.
Now, years later, that day is coming back to haunt him. But the trouble with the ghosts of your past is that they tend to blur the lines of your life so much that the lyrics no longer sing the same song they once did and previous truths turn into shocking disclosures and admissions.
However, the years have changed who they once were. Adam chose the path into a life of violence and illicit activity while the girl who had fought beside him as a teenager chose a very different path, one that is so far from who Adam is now that their joining can only be a catastrophe in the making.

This book contains scenes of graphic violence, explicit sex scenes and strong language.

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Review: Surrender (Devine #1) by D.H. Sidebottom

*****5 Stars*****

D H Sidebottom is one if my all time favourite authors and as such, I never read the synopsis for her books or any of the reviews. For want of a better word, I like to go in blind and see just where this talented woman is going to take me next.

This is the first book in her new Devine series and the novella in this series (Loyalty, book #1.5) is already available too.

Isla's family has been torn apart and she seems to be the only one coping, but is she really?
Her mother is trapped in the despair of her own mind, her brother makes bad choice after bad choice and her father is simply existing. No one wants to discuss what happened ten years ago though, leaving Isla to deal with her nightmares alone.

She all but crashes into Jake Devine's life, the strange, reclusive boy she knew years ago and he's just as rude and aggressive as he was then.

Secrets abound and Isla suddenly finds her life meshed with Jake's and he's now an arrogant, domineering, hot as hell, successful man.

The characters are absolutely superb! To say that I'm now obsessed with Jake would be an understatement! His "take no bullsh*t" demeanour is sexy and all encompassing.
Isla's character is great too. Finally coming to terms with her inner demons and desires, her strength and gutsy nerve to take on Jake induces admiration.
The sub-characters are just as well thought out and depicted and the mention of a character from a previous series was a thrilling surprise.

As with all of D H Sidebottom's books, she takes you on an utterly thrilling ride. Not being able to predict where it's going or what is going to happen next makes this an absolutely exhilarating read! There are twists and turns, laughter and tears and you can't help but invest just a bit of your heart when taking this journey.

I say this with a little trepidation but this, for me, is her best work yet. This is one accomplished author and I honestly don't know where she gets her ideas...her imagination astounds me and I'm totally in awe of her talent.

If I could give this book than 5 stars, I would do it in a heartbeat. So, with that being said, I am immediately reading the novella, Loyalty and I will be perched on the edge of my seat, waiting anxiously for book #2!

Bravo Dawn, you've done it again!

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Love.
Would we do anything for it? Really put our morals and beliefs, everything we thought right and honourable in front of us and stamp on them all in the name of love?
And by wrong, I don’t mean something simple, like turning a blind eye to someone’s addiction, or the fact that the person we are in love with used to be the school bully or uses prostitutes to overcome some deep dark secret they’ve never coped with from their childhood.
By wrong, I mean the lowest, most corrupt and ruthless things that someone could ever do. Murder, prostitution, drug dealing, cage fighting, all of the above and more. Could you allow all that just because your heart can’t live without the person that makes your soul dance on dark days, brings you laughter on the day when hell threatens to drag you under and looks at you like their world would end if you ever turned and walked away. Could you condone the actions of a merciless killer just because their touch makes the evil of the world disappear until all that is left is pleasure and ecstasy?

Isla Cormack faces these choices. Her love for Jake Devine is untouchable, pure and undeniable but just when she comes to the conclusion that Jake isn’t a bad man deep down, that his life and even her life has shaped him into the cruel man he is today, both their pasts come back to haunt them, opening secrets that have been buried so deep they threaten to shred any hope of a future together and tearing them so far apart that the chasm between them is impossible to cross.

Isla thought her life had been one long nightmare. She soon finds out that the hell life threw at her is nothing compared to the death and destruction Jake Devine brings with him.

This book contains extreme graphic violence, explicit sexual scenes and strong adult language.

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Review: Priceless by Aria Hawthorne

****4 Stars****

I purchased a copy of this some time ago and then promptly forgot it was in my Kindle app. The other day I was looking for something new to read and came across it. I thought why not? I'm glad I did.

This is a light, but beautiful, romantic read. It is a standalone, so if cliffhangers bother you, this will be right up your alley. The two main characters were well written and I felt like I got into their motivations very well. It's a fairly typical story, rich man falls in love with a beautiful common woman, but the reason these stories are so popular is because they work so well.

Maribel is a wonderful sweet woman, who is just trying to make it by paycheck to paycheck in her department store job. Miles is a billionaire who is fed up with the shallowness of his life. He yearns for something real, someone real. He has been keeping his eye on the beautiful store clerk for a long time, but never took action. I don't think he thought he was good enough for her. I don't think he wanted to sully her with his lifestyle, but that all changes one Valentine's Day.

Miles has recently broken up with one more in a string of heartless women, women who are only interested in what he could do for them. He decides to finally take the plunge and speak to Maribel. What follows is a whirlwind relationship that takes them both by surprise. The sex scenes are very well written and hotter than hell. It is definitely a book for adults only.

There is nothing earth shattering in this book, but if you are looking for a sweet romance, one with no cliffhanger, then you certainly can't go wrong with this book.

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Contemporary Billionaire Romance Novel

Maribel Martinez has worked at the department store for as long as she can remember. She loves selling expensive pieces of jewelry without ever daring to wish to receive something so beautiful for herself. But on the night before Valentine's Day, everything changes when Maribel assists the building owner, Miles Braxton-Worth, with a luxury purchase. Was it just her imagination, or did he feel their mysterious connection, too? Will Maribel be willing to relinquish her mind, body, and soul to the enigmatic billionaire for the chance to be the woman special enough in his eyes to receive his priceless gifts? Will he accept her love for free, or will she be the one to pay the ultimate price?

Billionaire real estate tycoon Miles Braxton-Worth has carefully watched Maribel Martinez work in the department store of his downtown property for years without ever approaching her--until now. It's the night before Valentine's Day, and Miles decides to pursue the only woman in the world who has the power to save him from himself, and he's bought her the most expensive necklace in the jewelry case--just to prove it. But will she accept him? Or will his attempts to buy her love cost him something even more priceless?

GENRE: CONTEMPORARY EROTIC ROMANCE - Suitable only for readers 18+ years and older due to explicit sexual content.

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