tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63896682818510356482024-02-06T20:29:41.320-08:00Starbucks & Books ObsessionNew Adult/YA Contemporary Book BlogAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09429159185869827150noreply@blogger.comBlogger946125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6389668281851035648.post-55514723997913194392017-07-01T10:53:00.000-07:002017-07-01T10:53:31.475-07:00It's Been So Long....I finished a book today... I started reading it last night and I was instantly reminded of how much I love to read. I haven't posted on this blog in a year and half and it makes me a little sad. I remember a time when I was posting daily, when I was interacting with blogger friends, when books and blogging was a huge part of my life. Blogging got me through a very difficult time in my life, when I was lost and didn't know who I was.<br />
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And then I met my husband, and we had kids and life got crazy. Periodically I would think about getting on here and writing a post or reviewing a book that I finally had a chance to read but something would come up and I'd get busy. But this book... It made me feel nostalgic and I had to get on here and write. It may be far and few between but I will always find my way back to this blog; and every once and a while I'll find that inspiration to write about a book.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09429159185869827150noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6389668281851035648.post-81138264390869295002015-12-26T10:50:00.000-08:002015-12-26T10:50:44.906-08:00Happy Holidays! My 2016 Book Recommendations<div style="text-align: center;">
I hope everyone who celebrates had a Merry Christmas and if you don't celebrate, I hope you had a great 2015! This year is quickly coming to a close and I thought I would share some of my favorite books of 2015 as recommendations for what you should read next year if you haven't read any of these yet. I'm sure many of you received those coveted Amazon gift cards so here's some ideas on how to spend it.</div>
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Knox Masters is a quarterback's worst nightmare. Warrior. Champion. And...virgin. Knox knows what he wants--and he gets it. All American Football player? Check. NFL pros scouting him? Check. Now, he's set his sight on two things. The national title. And Ellie Campbell. Sure, she's the sister of his fellow teammate, but that's not going to stop him. Especially not when he’s convinced Ellie is the one. </div>
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But Ellie isn't as sure. She's trying to start a new life and she's not interested in a relationship...with anyone. Beside it's not just her cardinal rule of never dating her brother's teammates that keeps her away, but Ellie has a dark secret that would jeopardize everything Knox is pursuing. </div>
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I am a huge Jen Frederick fan so I will immediately pick up any new book she puts out. Sacked riveted me and I had a major book hangover. I was legitimately saddened when I finished this book because I just didn't want it to be over.</div>
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Now he’s back, looking at me like he wants to devour me. And all those feelings I’d turned into anger are brewing into something else, something that terrifies me. </div>
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A picture is worth a thousand words. I was initially drawn to this book by the cover and when I read the synopsis, I decided to pick it up. I didn't read it until months later and if I had know how much I would love it, I would have read it immediately. This book had such a great story line and really great character development.</div>
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Under the bright arena lights of a rodeo show, young Avelina Belo falls for a handsome cowboy with a larger-than-life personality. After a whirlwind courtship, she happily moves away from her family in northern California and settles into married life with her cowboy on a seven-thousand-acre cattle ranch in Montana. One freak accident later, Avelina’s hopes for the future come to an end.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;">I grew up with three brothers. They weren’t tied to me by blood, but our connection went beyond genetics or bearing the same last name. Our connection was forged the summer I turned thirteen, the summer my mom ended her life and left me in the custody of John Armstrong, a man I’d never met. Packing all I owned in a couple of boxes, I left the familiarity of the big city and headed west to Red Mountain Ranch, set in a lonely valley outside of Jackson Hole.</span><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;">Nothing was as it seemed at Red Mountain—it didn’t take long for me to figure that out. John was kind to me but distant, as if he was afraid to let anyone get too close. His three teenage sons had their own devices for keeping love as far away as they could. The eldest distracted himself with cheap relationships that had a shelf-life of one night. The middle son threw himself into the rigor of running a ranch, and the third wielded cruelty and mind-games in his quest to keep people from getting close.</span><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;">Time has gone by, and I’ve spent those years trying to forget the brother I’d fallen for—the biggest mistake of my life.</span><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;">Finally, I’ve moved on. Finally, I’m back. But what I didn’t realize was that running away from the wrong brother meant I’d also run away from the right one. The one who’d been there for me all along, waiting in his brother’s shadow for the day I either would or could move on.</span><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;">But a decade is a long time to wait. Has the brother I should have chosen all of those years ago moved on too? Am I about to discover that my biggest mistake wasn’t falling in love with the wrong brother, but failing to return the love of the right one sooner?</span><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;">Does unrequited love have an expiration date?</span><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;">I’m about to find out.</span></div>
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I have decided to completely revamp my blog with a whole new name and design so for the next few weeks, my blog will be under construction while I make lots of changes. The first notable change will be the name. While I still love Starbucks and that will remain in my twitter name, I think part of getting back into blogging is to almost start over and that includes coming up with a new name. I remember when I first started blogging a huge part of the excitement was naming my blog and coming up with the design and I need to bring back some of that enthusiasm to get me in the mind frame to blog again.<br />
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While my blog will be going through major design changes, myself as a blogger will still be the same. I still read the same books so my reviews won't be changing. I still love telling anyone and everyone about a book I love so that won't be changing. I still love checking out other blogs and talking to fellow book lovers about books so that won't be changing.<br />
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Seventeen-year-old Emily likes her life the way it is: doting parents, good friends, good school in a safe neighborhood. Sure, she's curious about her biological father—the one who chose life in a motorcycle club, the Reign of Terror, over being a parent—but that doesn't mean she wants to be a part of his world. But when a reluctant visit turns to an extended summer vacation among relatives she never knew she had, one thing becomes clear: nothing is what it seems. Not the club, not her secret-keeping father and not Oz, a guy with suck-me-in blue eyes who can help her understand them both. </span></div>
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Katie McGarry was a teenager during the age of grunge and boy bands and remembers those years as the best and worst of her life. She is a lover of music, happy endings, reality television, and is a secret University of Kentucky basketball fan.
Katie is the author of full length YA novels, PUSHING THE LIMITS, DARE YOU TO, CRASH INTO YOU, TAKE ME ON, BREAKING THE RULES, and NOWHERE BUT HERE and the e-novellas, CROSSING THE LINE and RED AT NIGHT. Her debut YA novel, PUSHING THE LIMITS was a 2012 Goodreads Choice Finalist for YA Fiction, a RT Magazine's 2012 Reviewer's Choice Awards Nominee for Young Adult Contemporary Novel, a double Rita Finalist, and a 2013 YALSA Top Ten Teen Pick. DARE YOU TO was also a Goodreads Choice Finalist for YA Fiction and won RT Magazine’s Reviewer’s Choice Best Book Award for Young Adult Contemporary fiction in 2013.
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jay Crownover is a masterful new adult writer and she has created a beloved series that follows a bunch of tattoo artists in Denver and the women who's hearts they steal. Asa is the final Marked Men book in the series and I am sad to say goodbye. If anyone could close it out with a bang though, it would be Royal and Asa.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Asa is a former con-artist who is somewhat reformed. Asa knows who he is and he doesn't bullshit. He's done some pretty shady things and mixed himself up in a lot of bad shit. Shit that almost got him killed. His near death experience has somewhat reformed him and he wants to prove to his sister, Ayden, that he can do right. Asa knows he owes that much to her.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Royal is a beautiful girl with a past that she has overcome. She could have gone a lot of directions but she kept it straight and now she's a police officer; and a damn good one at that. After a shootout that left one officer dead and her best friend and partner, Dominic, in the hospital, Royal is struggling. She blames herself and she's headed down a path that could cause her to lose it all.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Asa and Royal run in the same circle so they know each other but she's a cop and he's a con so both of them see no future there. However, there is definitely an attraction and Royal starts throwing herself at Asa to numb some of her pain. Normally Asa would be all about that but he likes Royal and he doesn't want to be any part of her self destruction. However, he only has so much control.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I loved the way Asa and Royal come together. They are two opposites who definitely attract. More important though, is that they are two opposites who fall in love. Asa helps Royal find herself again and realize that she is worth everything. Royal shows Asa that your past doesn't define you and that he can rise above his. There are a lot of obstacles in their path but they both fight them like champs.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Falling in love isn't easy; it's damn hard. Dropping your defenses to let somebody in is near impossible. When Asa and Royal finally make it through all that, they prove that it's all worth it.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Once again, Jay is a master of new adult. She brings in unique characters and a great storyline to tie it all together. Of course there's sex but the sex doesn't overshadow the true theme of this story; overcoming life's obstacles. I can't wait to see what Jay does next!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Twenty-four-year-old River Delaney is rattled. No one was supposed to get hurt. But then that American tourist showed up. He couldn't let her die, but he also couldn’t risk being identified at the scene—so, he ran. Back to his everyday life of running his family’s pub. Only, everyday life is getting more and more complicated, thanks to his brother, Aengus, and his criminal associations. When the American girl tracks River down, he quickly realizes how much he likes her, how wrong she is for him. And how dangerous it is to have her around.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Chasing her off would be the smart move.
Maybe it's because he saved her life, or maybe it's because he's completely different from everything she's left behind, but Amber finds herself chasing after River Delaney. Amber isn’t the kind of girl to chase after anyone.
And River isn't the kind of guy she'd want to catch.
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> The top-selling, beloved indie author of <em>Ten Tiny Breaths </em>returns with a new romance about a young woman who loses her memory—and the man who knows that the only way to protect her is to stay away.
Left for dead in the fields of rural Oregon, a young woman defies all odds and survives—but she awakens with no idea who she is, or what happened to her. Refusing to answer to “Jane Doe” for another day, the woman renames herself “Water” for the tiny, hidden marking on her body—the only clue to her past. Taken in by old Ginny Fitzgerald, a crotchety but kind lady living on a nearby horse farm, Water slowly begins building a new life. But as she attempts to piece together the fleeting slivers of her memory, more questions emerge: Who is the next-door neighbor, quietly toiling under the hood of his Barracuda? Why won’t Ginny let him step foot on her property? And <em>why</em> does Water feel she recognizes him?
Twenty-four-year-old Jesse Welles doesn’t know how long it will be before Water gets her memory back. For her sake, Jesse hopes the answer is never. He knows that she’ll stay so much safer—and happier—that way. And that’s why, as hard as it is, he needs to keep his distance. Because getting too close could flood her with realities better left buried.
The trouble is, water always seems to find its way to the surface.
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Luke Boone doesn't know exactly what his uncle Rust is involved in but he wants in on it-the cars, the money, the women. And it looks like he's finally getting his wish. When Rust hands him the managerial keys to the garage, they come with a second set—one that opens up the door to tons of cash and opportunity. Though it's not exactly legal, Luke's never been one to worry about that sort of thing. Especially when it puts him behind the wheel of a Porsche 911 and onto the radar of gorgeous socialite named Rain.
Clara Bertelli is at the top of her game—at only twenty-six years old, she's one of the most successful undercover officers in the Washington D.C. major crime unit, and she's just been handed a case that could catapult her career and expose one of the west coast's most notorious car theft rings. But, in order to do it, she'll need to go deep undercover as Rain Martines. Her target? The twenty-four-year old nephew of a key player who appears ready to follow in his uncle's footsteps.
As Clara drifts deeper into the luxurious lifestyle of Rain, and further into the arms of her very attractive and charming target, the lines between right and wrong start to blur, making her wonder if she'll be able to leave it all behind. Or if she'll even want to.
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Born in small-town Ontario, Kathleen published her first book at the age of six with the help of her elementary school librarian and a box of crayons. She is a voracious reader and the farthest thing from a genre-snob, loving everything from High Fantasy to Chick Lit. Kathleen currently resides in a quaint small town outside of Toronto with her husband, two beautiful girls, and an exhausting brood of four-legged creatures.
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<i><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;">Wyatt Banks is ready to give one woman the world. Unfortunately, his job as a cop tends to interfere with other goals. When Wyatt is sent deep undercover to investigate a sex slave ring, he doesn’t have time to do anything but focus on staying alive in a dark and dangerous underworld.</span><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;">Wyatt isn’t alone though in his quest to save the women that are being sold into sexual slavery. </span><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;">His partner, FBI Agent Andrea Somerville, is immersed just as deeply as he is, and she’s the bait to lure the sex slavers out into the open, as she poses as an erotic dancer in an attempt to snare the enemy. But danger runs as high as the sparks between them, and now Wyatt is caught between the job he loves and the woman he wants.</span></span></i></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I adore this series by Sawyer Bennett. I love the cocktail titles and the Atlantic beach setting. I love the strong female leads and the stubborn men who fall for them. However, this one didn't quite captivate me like the others.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I like Wyatt and he definitely has all the qualities that the other men have. I liked Andrea, she was another strong female lead; but for some reason I just didn't connect with these characters like I did the others or really get pulled into this book. I think it had an interesting plot line but it felt rushed and maybe a little shallow. I felt like it lacked some of the depth that the others in the series. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Wyatt and Andrea meet under abnormal circumstances but I think that is also what helped them connect. They both have tough jobs and they can understand each other better. It was apparent that there was a mutual attraction and I liked that Wyatt protected Andrea but didn't get all caveman on her. He understood her need to be able to do things on her own too and I liked that about him.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Andrea definitely had a desire for Wyatt and I think she kept her feelings in check well. However, I wanted her to let go a little. Fall for Wyatt and let him be the man she needed. For a strong woman, I felt that she held back too much when it came to her feelings.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">While this wasn't my favorite in the series, I did still enjoy the book. I like Sawyer Bennett's writing style and I think this book was still well written. It was my inability to really feel for the characters that brought this one down a little. I am definitely still looking forward to the next book in the series, Shaken, Not Stirred.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">For sixteen-year-old Rainbow <wbr></wbr>Honeywell—or Rain, as she insists on being called—the answer was to become the queen of all pranks. She never wanted to be a troublemaker, but the label quickly stuck when everyone in Huntsville, Kansas, became a target. All she wanted was to deflect the negative attention off her parents, but Rain's plan backfired to the max, landing her in a heap of trouble with the local authorities and expelled from high school.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">An unexpected inheritance offers Rain an opportunity for a new beginning when she and her family move across the country to the quaint beach community of Turtle Bay, Florida.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Determined to make the best of her second chance, Rain vows to walk the straight and narrow, hoping her parents will fly under the radar while she soaks up some fun in the sun, sandy beaches, and hot, tanned guys. Unfortunately, she picks the wrong new friends, and a late night party lands her back in the kind of trouble she had been hoping to avoid. As the newbie in town with a record, Rain takes the brunt of the punishment when an unforgiving judge chooses to make an example out of her and slaps her with enough community service hours to keep her busy until she is old and gray.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Facing the harsh reality of paying for the actions of others while atoning for her own past sins, Rain is paired up with Josh Shaw, a judgmental local lifeguard whose love for the beach and the environment is eclipsed only by his distaste for those who trash it. As far as Josh is concerned, Rain is guilty and got what she deserved, regardless of her side of the story. To make matters worse, a tropical storm sits in the Atlantic, threatening to wreak havoc on the small beach community.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Things slowly change as Rain begins to appreciate her surroundings through Josh's eyes, proving she is not the person he thinks she is. Their feelings for one another blossom as the tropical storm grows into a hurricane and bears down on Turtle Bay. With impending danger looming, the <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="14c13f66feba36a8__GoBack" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;"></a>small beach community must come together in order to ride out the storm.</span></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09429159185869827150noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6389668281851035648.post-84007524668102796962015-03-21T13:00:00.000-07:002015-03-21T13:06:02.714-07:00Saturday @ Starbucks: Slammed & Point of Retreat by Colleen Hoover<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It's been a long while since I've done a Saturday @ Starbucks post but I'm excited to have it back! I've been doing a lot of re-reading lately and I think I'd like to do it more regularly so I plan on recapping them and this feature will highlight a favorite book of mine that I was compelled to read again. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It's Spring in Seattle which means rainy days. One of the my favorite things about rainy days is a warm drink and a book on the couch. The caramel apple spice is the perfect drink. It has the cider taste but the caramel adds the perfect sweetness to balance the tartness of the cider spices. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Slammed Series is one of my favorites and my absolute favorite Colleen Hoover series. Slammed itself is atop my all time favorites. After I read Confess, I was in the mood for more Colleen Hoover and decided to re-read this one. It was on a rainy and windy day that I spent getting re-acquainted with Will and Lake. It brought back all the feels!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">When Will and Layken meet it is an immediate connection. Will is smart, reliable, kind, sexy. Also, he rights kick ass slam poems. I've never been a big fan of poetry but I became one after this book. I found slam poetry to be fascinating and exciting. I liked how real and down to earth Layken was. I didn't always agree with her decisions and didn't always like the way she handled things. However, I think love blinds you and makes you act in ways that you wouldn't normally. Layken's mom, Julia, was amazing and raised great children in Layken and Kel. I loved the way she welcomed Will and Caulder into their family. Will and Lake go through a lot in their relationship and have some pretty big ups and downs. They both have a lot of responsibility at a young age and I think the added stress played a huge part in that. In Slammed, we watched their relationship blossom and in Point of Retreat it grew and developed. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Check out my original reviews <a href="http://bookbloggerparadise.blogspot.com/2013/05/review-slammed-series-slammed-point-of.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09429159185869827150noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6389668281851035648.post-11877121230410391022015-03-20T13:52:00.001-07:002015-03-20T13:52:36.954-07:00New Release! Turtle Bay by Tiffany King<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Today, Tiffany King is releasing a new book and it's a beach read! I love Tiffany so check this one out. I'm sure it will be as fabulous as the rest.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Determined to make the best of her second chance, Rain vows to walk the straight and narrow, hoping her parents will fly under the radar while she soaks up some fun in the sun, sandy beaches, and hot, tanned guys. Unfortunately, she picks the wrong new friends, and a late night party lands her back in the kind of trouble she had been hoping to avoid. As the newbie in town with a record, Rain takes the brunt of the punishment when an unforgiving judge chooses to make an example out of her and slaps her with enough community service hours to keep her busy until she is old and gray.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Facing the harsh reality of paying for the actions of others while atoning for her own past sins, Rain is paired up with Josh Shaw, a judgmental local lifeguard whose love for the beach and the environment is eclipsed only by his distaste for those who trash it. As far as Josh is concerned, Rain is guilty and got what she deserved, regardless of her side of the story. To make matters worse, a tropical storm sits in the Atlantic, threatening to wreak havoc on the small beach community.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Things slowly change as Rain begins to appreciate her surroundings through Josh's eyes, proving she is not the person he thinks she is. Their feelings for one another blossom as the tropical storm grows into a hurricane and bears down on Turtle Bay. With impending danger looming, the <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="14c13f66feba36a8__GoBack"></a>small beach community must come together in order to ride out the storm.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09429159185869827150noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6389668281851035648.post-51176796431402237362015-03-19T12:37:00.002-07:002015-03-19T12:37:15.735-07:00Cover Reveal: 21 Stolen Kisses by Lauren Blakely<h3 style="text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">We are seriously swooning over the cover for Lauren Blakely's 21 STOLEN KISSES!! 21 STOLEN KISSES is a New Adult Forbidden Romance being <a href="http://www.bloomsbury.com/us/21-stolen-kisses-9781619634091/" target="_blank">published by Bloomsbury Spark </a>and will be available May 5<sup>th</sup>! Pre-order your copy <em>now</em> and your future self will be sure to thank you when you wake up to this amazing read on May 5th!</span></span></h3>
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Like any forbidden love, I told myself he was a crush, and it would pass.
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There were so many reasons that should have kept us apart, least of all, the decade that separated us.
Growing up in New York City, I learned early on that love is a double-edged sword.
Love broke up my parents, love took away my friends, and love -- the big, intense, never-been-like-this-beforelove -- landed me in therapy. </span></div>
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Lauren Blakely writes sexy contemporary romance novels with heat, heart, and humor, and her books have appeared multiple times on the New York Times, USA Today, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and iBooks bestseller lists. Like the heroine in her novel, FAR TOO TEMPTING, she thinks life should be filled with family, laughter, and the kind of love that love songs promise. Lauren lives in California with her husband, children, and dogs. She loves hearing from readers! Her bestselling series include Caught Up in Love, Seductive Nights, and Fighting Fire. She recently released Nights With Him, a standalone novel in her New York Times Bestselling Seductive Nights series that became an instant New York Times Bestseller. Her next book in that series is Forbidden Nights, releasing in early 2015. She also writes for young adults under the name Daisy Whitney. To receive an email when Lauren releases a new book, text BLAKELY + your email address to 678-249-3375 (please use the actual + sign). </span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09429159185869827150noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6389668281851035648.post-35051585583476669452015-03-17T00:30:00.000-07:002015-03-17T00:30:04.039-07:00"I'll love you forever. Even when I can't"~ Review: Confess by Colleen Hoover<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #181818;"><span style="line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Auburn Reed has her entire life mapped out. Her goals are in sight and there’s no room for mistakes. But when she walks into a Dallas art studio in search of a job, she doesn't expect to find a deep attraction to the enigmatic artist who works there, Owen Gentry.</span></span></span><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;">For once, Auburn takes a risk and puts her heart in control, only to discover Owen is keeping major secrets from coming out. The magnitude of his past threatens to destroy everything important to Auburn, and the only way to get her life back on track is to cut Owen out of it.</span><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;">The last thing Owen wants is to lose Auburn, but he can’t seem to convince her that truth is sometimes as subjective as art. All he would have to do to save their relationship is confess. But in this case, the confession could be much more destructive than the actual sin…</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I was mesmerized by this book. It brought out all of the feels. All of the feels that only Colleen Hoover can evoke with her writing. This book was hauntingly beautiful and the writing once again reached down and touched my soul. Owen and Auburn had a connection that touched my heart.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">While I didn't always agree with some of the decisions that Auburn or Owen made, I recognize that this is what makes them human and it was easy for me to relate. Auburn has been through so much in her young life and my heart broke for her. I mean it was shattered in the very beginning. I had tears streaming down my face before the prologue was even finished. I could feel her despair coming of the pages. Colleen does such an amazing job invoking feelings. I felt like my heart ache when Auburn or Owen's. I felt relieved when Auburn and Owen did. I felt excited and nervous when Auburn and Owen did.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Another thing that I absolutely loved about this book was Colleen's collaboration with the artist to create the paintings that Owen did so we could see what brought out Auburn's emotions and reaction. Owen's inspiration for the paintings was unique and creative. Owen is connected to Auburn, he knows who she is and she has no idea. I loved the way Colleen played that because I was intrigued, wanting to know how he knew her. Colleen knows how to keep me guessing and continuously surprising me. She keeps her secrets locked tight away and I never see the revelations before I'm hit with the surprise. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Once again, Colleen Hoover has created a masterpiece so real, I feel like I'm a bystander in these character's lives. I also love when I am able to read a book and put together a soundtrack full of songs that really resonate with my while I read. I can relate the songs to scenes in the book and I love that. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Last week, I wrote a post about re-reading and the fact that I've been doing it a lot lately. I decided to do some weekly recap posts, preferably on Saturdays. However, I didn't get a chance to write my post this past weekend.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Healing Harts series came to me one night as I was just falling asleep. It jerked me awake, making </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">me sit up in bed. It was one of those ideas that came completely formulated, an entire series, like a </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">lightning bolt to the brain, and I haven’t been able to shake loose of it until it was written down. A </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">family, rocked by loss, each member with a desire to help others in their own way.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In the first book, Heart’s Desire, Jessie is faced with running the family dude ranch alone after her </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">parent’s unexpected death. Unbeknownst to her siblings, she and her father were transitioning the </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">ranch to an abused horse rescue facility but she’s floundering to keep it afloat and bankruptcy is </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">looming. Her brother, Justin, decides it’s time to call his college buddy, Nathan Kerrington, for help – the </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">same man who shattered her heart eight years earlier. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Nathan Kerrington knows he hurt Jessie but he had a good reason for it. Now he just has to prove that to </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">her and regain her trust. But, as old hurts rise to the surface, they must resolve their past before they </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">can attempt to save her future and some hurts aren’t easily forgiven.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">Choosing the cover for HEART’S DESIRE</b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">When we started looking for covers for Jessie and Nathan’s story, I had a very clear picture in my mind. I </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">knew exactly what my characters look like and the feel I wanted for the series as a whole. We had also </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">decided very early to go with only the main characters on these books. I also knew that while all three </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">books should tie together, I wanted Jet, one of Jessie’s horses, on the cover somewhere. He plays an </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">important part in discovering herself at different points in the story. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But Jessie is such a strong, independent character, she fought me at every step, whether it was in the </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">first draft or the final cover. We went through several pictures and many would have worked with the </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">mood of the book but there was always something that didn’t suit Jessie’s personality. Again, Jessie was </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">determined to have her own way. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In the end, she chose her own photo. As soon as I saw it, I knew this was Jessie and there was no need </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">to look further for a cover photo. This cover portrays Jessie’s character better than words – pensive, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">wistful and ambitious. The fact that Jet was able to be part of this cover was the icing on the cake for </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">me.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"I
came to apologize, Jess. I shouldn't have said those things."<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">She
ignored the way her nickname slid easily from his lips or the way it made her
heart trip over her ribs and start fluttering like a baby bird learning to take
flight. She'd quit buying into romantic notions a long time ago thanks to him.
Now, if only she could convince her body to let them go. She set the rake
against the wall and walked into the aisle way.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"It's
Jessie. Jessie. We are <i>not</i> friends,
remember?"<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">His
green eyes flashed, the golden flecks lighting them from within, and she saw
frustration in the set of his jaw. "No?"<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"No.
Let's keep our roles in perspective. You're the financial genius here to do a
favor for my brother, and I'm just his idiot little sister who bought your load
of crap years ago and can't manage to keep this ranch afloat now." <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">His
long strides ate the distance between them in seconds but she stood her ground,
staring up at him, daring him to argue. His lips were tight, set in a grim line
and a deep crease lined his perfect brow. She wanted to back away, but years of
working with her father wouldn't allow her to show any signs of intimidation. <i>Cowgirl up,</i> she recited the mantra in
her head, although not nearly as confidently as she usually did.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"Don't
do that," he ordered, staring down into her eyes, his voice quiet but
insistent.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">She
could feel the heat emanating from him as sparks of desires burst in her chest,
sending shivers over her skin. She tried to control it, to stop herself from
trembling at his nearness but she couldn't stop her breath from catching in her
throat. "Don't do what?" Her voice was a hoarse whisper.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"Don't
belittle yourself. You are far more than that. You've always been more than
that to me." His hands grasped her upper arms and he dipped his head
toward her, his eyes never leaving hers. "You're a talented, kind, giving,
passionate woman."<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It
wasn't what Jessie expected. His words were a balm to her chapped and aching
heart, exactly what she needed to hear, but she knew she couldn't let him break
past her walls. Who knew what damage he could cause her heart when he left
again. She'd barely managed to piece together the shards last time. She pressed
her hands against his chest, intending to push him away from her, but he gently
circled her wrists with his fingers. Their eyes locked and she refused to be
the first to look away. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"Nathan."
She meant for it to be a warning but it came out sounding more like a plea.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"What,
Jess?" <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">He
placed his palms over the back of her hands and twined his fingers between
hers. His touch made her weak and she felt a wave of need break over her,
threatening to drown her. She'd been so in love with him, and it had left a
gaping hole in her, one she’d never managed to fill, not even with her work. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Nathan
walked her backward until she felt the stall behind her. With the hard wall of
his body pressing against the front of her, pinning their hands between them, there
was nowhere for her to escape the explosion of yearning that began in the
middle of her chest, spreading outward, heating her and leaving her breathless.
Every inhalation filled her with the scent of his expensive cologne, reminding
her again how out of place he was. He didn't belong here. But seeing the desire
in his eyes, feeling it in every inch of him pressing up against her, made
Jessie want to wrap her legs around his waist and let him take her right here
in the barn. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">She
couldn't possibly feel this way about him again. She couldn’t imagine feeling
any other way about him. She needed this man. Not just wanted him, <i>needed</i> him, and that scared the crap out
of her. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">He
was going to kiss her, and she was going to melt under his touch. There was no
doubt in her mind. If that happened, she was a goner. Because, for her, this
wasn't about sex, this was about how Nathan made her feel, how he'd always made
her feel - understood and validated and worthy. The only other time Jessie felt
that way was when she worked with her horses. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">How
had this man recognized the weakness in her, buried deeply, and unearthed it so
easily? Panic set in. She had to protect herself. She couldn't let Nathan in,
couldn't let him get close again. She shoved against his hands, using her body
to knock him off balance, backward against the handles of the wheelbarrow and
into the bucket.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">She
ran out of the barn, refusing to look back at the man trying to piece together
a full sentence from where he landed, inside a wheelbarrow full of fresh horse
manure.</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09429159185869827150noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6389668281851035648.post-27449956480612598462015-03-04T09:40:00.000-08:002015-03-04T09:40:26.808-08:00"Does unrequited love have an expiration date?"~ Review: Three Brothers by Nicole Williams<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Publication Date: January 20, 2015</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;">I grew up with three brothers. They weren’t tied to me by blood, but our connection went beyond genetics or bearing the same last name. Our connection was forged the summer I turned thirteen, the summer my mom ended her life and left me in the custody of John Armstrong, a man I’d never met. Packing all I owned in a couple of boxes, I left the familiarity of the big city and headed west to Red Mountain Ranch, set in a lonely valley outside of Jackson Hole.</span><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;">Nothing was as it seemed at Red Mountain—it didn’t take long for me to figure that out. John was kind to me but distant, as if he was afraid to let anyone get too close. His three teenage sons had their own devices for keeping love as far away as they could. The eldest distracted himself with cheap relationships that had a shelf-life of one night. The middle son threw himself into the rigor of running a ranch, and the third wielded cruelty and mind-games in his quest to keep people from getting close.</span><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;">Time has gone by, and I’ve spent those years trying to forget the brother I’d fallen for—the biggest mistake of my life.</span><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;">Finally, I’ve moved on. Finally, I’m back. But what I didn’t realize was that running away from the wrong brother meant I’d also run away from the right one. The one who’d been there for me all along, waiting in his brother’s shadow for the day I either would or could move on.</span><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;">But a decade is a long time to wait. Has the brother I should have chosen all of those years ago moved on too? Am I about to discover that my biggest mistake wasn’t falling in love with the wrong brother, but failing to return the love of the right one sooner?</span><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;">Does unrequited love have an expiration date?</span><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;">I’m about to find out.</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Nicole Williams amazes me. I've never been disappointed in a book of hers that I've read. Three Brothers was a nice surprise and another heart warming ranch story. I love her Lost & Found series, so I was excited for some more cowboys. She makes me want to move to Montana or Wyoming!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Scout was raised by John Armstrong from the age of 12 and grew up with his 3 sons. Each one played a vital role in her life, Chase was the big brother, Chance was her best friend and Conn was the one she loved. However, Conn had a hard time loving anyone and his destructive behavior caused Scout to leave as soon as she turned 18. After finishing Vet school, she finally returns to say goodbye to someone she loves. Her return home reveals secrets lies and tragedy but she also finds the love she's always been looking for.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09429159185869827150noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6389668281851035648.post-7305571113072815342015-01-13T09:09:00.001-08:002015-01-13T09:09:30.042-08:00Blog Down!So for the past week and a half my blog has been down! Nothing would publish. I finally got it back up and running so you should see some posts coming soon.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09429159185869827150noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6389668281851035648.post-11542979447317008752014-12-18T09:34:00.002-08:002014-12-18T09:35:31.504-08:00Blog Tour Review & Giveaway: The Charlotte Chronicles by Jen Frederick<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I am a huge Jen Frederick fan! I love all her books, especially the Woodlands series and The Charlotte Chronicles are fantastic. This book started out as a weekly chapter in her newsletter and the moment I read chapter 1, I was hooked.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">One of my favorite things about this book is watching Nate and Charlotte fall in love and grow up together. They have known each other their whole lives and as they grew up, their feelings slowly grew into something more. Nathan was made for Charlotte. Charlotte was made for Nathan.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Charlotte and Nathan hit a major obstacle and watching them overcome it for their love was really beautiful. There were moments when I wasn't sure they would make it. There were moments when I wanted to kick Nathan in the balls. There were moments when I wanted to cry for Charlotte. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Twenty-two year old Ivy Morgan isn’t your average college student. She, and others like her, know humans aren’t the only thing trolling the French Quarter for fun… and for food. Her duty to the Order is her life. After all, four years ago, she lost <em>everything</em> at the hands of the creatures she’d sworn to hunt, tearing her world and her heart apart. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Ren Owens is the last person Ivy expected to enter her rigidly controlled life. He’s six feet and three inches of temptation and swoon-inducing charm. With forest-green eyes and a smile that’s surely left a stream of broken hearts in its wake, he has an uncanny, almost unnatural ability to make her yearn for everything he has to offer.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> But letting him in is as dangerous as hunting the cold-blooded killers stalking the streets. Losing the boy she loved once before had nearly destroyed her, but the sparking tension that grows between them becomes impossible for Ivy to deny. </span></div>
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But as Ivy grows closer to Ren, she realizes she’s not the only one carrying secrets that could shatter the frail bond between them. There’s something he’s not telling her, and one thing is for certain. She’s no longer sure what is more dangerous to her—the ancient beings threatening to take over the town or the man demanding to lay claim to her heart and her soul. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Taking a deep breath, I put my clothes on his dresser and all but dashed into the bed, and good Lord, the mattress was comfy! I scooted to the middle and froze, having no idea what side he slept on or if he had a side. I totally had a side—always the furthest away from closet doors because I was a dork. Straightening the shirt out so my undies weren’t saying hi to the world, I tugged the blanket up to my hips and lay flat on my back.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There wasn’t much time to stress over it because Ren returned from the bathroom. His ever-present half grin spread as he saw me. I clutched the blanket, my breath caught in my throat. My heart pounded so fast that I wondered if I was going to have a heart attack, and God, wouldn’t that be embarrassing. I swallowed nervously and willed my heart to slow.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Turning off the lamp, shadows fell around Ren, but when he faced me, I could tell that he’d frozen. I couldn’t make out his expression as he bent, taking a hold of the covers on his side.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">He slowly edged the covers back from his side and climbed in, and although I couldn’t make out his eyes, I knew he was watching me. “I’m happy that you’re here.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As he stretched out beside me, my eyes adjusted to the lack of light, and I could see that he was smiling. “Are you?”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Wow, the warmth that flooded my chest could’ve turned me into a puddle of goo in that bed. I waited for him to make a move on me, but seconds ticked by. He seriously was behaving himself. I dared a quick peek at him, and found I could not look away.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ren lifted his arm closest to me, and a heartbeat passed. I hesitated for a moment, and then, my heart pounding even more, I slid over until my leg brushed his. He curved his arm around my waist and drew me up against his side, guiding me down until I was nestled against his warm, bare chest. Another moment passed and then I lowered my cheek, and the simple pleasure of lying like this nearly broke me right open.</span></div>
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# 1 NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY Bestselling author Jennifer lives in Martinsburg, West Virginia. All the rumors you’ve heard about her state aren’t true. When she’s not hard at work writing. she spends her time reading, working out, watching really bad zombie movies, pretending to write, and hanging out with her husband and her Jack Russell Loki.
Her dreams of becoming an author started in algebra class, where she spent most of her time writing short stories….which explains her dismal grades in math. Jennifer writes young adult paranormal, science fiction, fantasy, and contemporary romance. She is published with Spencer Hill Press, Entangled Teen and Brazen, Disney/Hyperion and Harlequin Teen. Her book Obsidian has been optioned for a major motion picture and her Covenant Series has been optioned for TV.
She also writes adult and New Adult romance under the name J. Lynn. She is published by Entangled Brazen and HarperCollins.
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>1. Sexy</b>- He's tall, handsome, well built and good with his hands.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>2. Smart</b>- Will is good at resolving tough situations and creating solutions.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>4. Adaptable</b>- Will has been through some difficult situations but he knows how to adapt and be strong despite the obstacles.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b>Top Five Favorite Will Goods Quotes:</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">"Don't live life like it's an apology. Live like it's full of no regrets."</i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"A guy wouldn't want to find himself unprepared when the adventure of a lifetime came knocking on his door Or... when I came knocking on yours in this case."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>"I think I might love you, Liv Bennett. Wait, no that's a lie. I know I love you Liv Bennett."</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"I don't allow hate in my heart."</span></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">" I wanted you to know like I did. I wanted you to feel its truth in every last fiber of your make-up, like I did. I didn't want it to be a question in your mind when I came back into your life. Because I wasn't going to let you get away that easily. I couldn't let a moment of insecurity and self-pity be responsible for losing the single best thing that's happened to me. I couldn't let you go without a fight, Liv, and yes, there might be other men who would do anything for you and go to any length for you, but I can't speak for those men. All I can speak for is myself, for this man. And Liv, I am the man who would do anything for you. I'm the man who would go to any length for you."</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;">When Liv Bennett said good-bye to her sinkhole of a hometown, she planned to leave that chapter of her life behind forever. But forever turned out to only be three years.</span><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;">After her addict of a mother up and disappears, Liv returns to what she considers her own personal hell smack in the middle of nowhere Nevada to take care of her two younger sisters, and she promptly reinstitutes the golden rule that got her through her first nineteen years of life without getting knocked up, roughed up, or messed up: don’t date the local boys and, god forbid, don’t fall in love with one of them.</span><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;">It isn’t long before that golden rule is put to the test.</span><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;">Will Goods grew up in the next trailer over, but the wild, careless boy who used to tear up the town with his three brothers has morphed into someone else so completely, he’s almost unrecognizable. The quiet, contemplative man who works on cars every night and takes care of his mentally ill mother every day is nothing like the local boys Liv grew up avoiding.</span><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;">But when Liv considers suspending her golden rule just this once, she finds out something about Will that will change everything.</span><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;">Will Goods isn’t who he used to be—he’s not even the man Liv thinks she’s gotten to know over the summer. He’s become someone else entirely.</span><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;">He’s become . . .</span><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;">Damaged Goods.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Check out my review of Damaged Goods <a href="http://bookbloggerparadise.blogspot.com/2014/12/will-goods-may-very-well-have-been-best.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(<span style="color: red;">Preston Riggs</span>, Pieces of Olivia by Melissa West)</span></div>
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<a href="http://pleasefeedthebookworm.com/" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: blue; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Please Feed the Bookworm</span></a></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(<span style="color: red;">Josh Wasserstein</span>, Isla and the Happily Ever After by Stephanie Perkins)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><a href="http://bffbookblog.com/" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">BFF Book Blog</span></a><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(<span style="color: #38761d;">Finn Van Brunt</span>, The Collectors' Society by Heather Lyons)</span></span></div>
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<a href="http://myheartheartsbooks.blogspot.com/" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: blue; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">My Heart Hearts Books</span></a></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(<span style="color: red;">Noah</span>, My True Love Gave To Me anthology)</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.thereaderandthechef.blogspot.com/" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: blue; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Reader and the Chef</span></a></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(<span style="color: #38761d;">Prince Tristan</span>, Stolen Songbird by Danielle L. Jensen)</span></div>
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<a href="http://stuckinbooks.com/" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: blue; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Stuck in Books</span></a></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(<span style="color: red;">Roth</span>, The Dark Elements series by Jennifer L. Armentrout)</span></div>
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<a href="http://corriethebookcrazedgirl.com/" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: blue; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Corrie the Book Crazed Girl</span></a></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(<span style="color: #38761d;">Jackson Deveaux</span>, The Arcana Chronicles by Kresley Cole)</span></div>
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<a href="http://readingwithabc.com/" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: blue; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Reading with ABC</span></a></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(<span style="color: red;">Titus</span>, The Burning Sky by Sherry Thomas)</span></div>
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<a href="http://skizzles22hu.blogspot.com/" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: blue; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Fox's Hideaway</span></a></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(<span style="color: #38761d;">Gansey</span>, The Raven Cycle series by Maggie Stiefvater)</span></div>
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<a href="http://obsessedwithmyshelf.com/" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: blue; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Obsessed with Myshelf</span></a></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(<span style="color: red;">Gideon Cross</span>, Crossfire series by Sylvia Day)</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.book-scents.com/" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: blue; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Book Scents</span></a></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(<span style="color: #38761d;">Matt Finch</span>, Open Road Summer by Emery Lord)</span></div>
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<a href="http://prettylittlepages.blogspot.com/" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: blue; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Pretty Little Pages</span></a></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(<span style="color: red;">Adrian Ivashkov</span>, Vampire Academy/Bloodlines series by Richelle Mead)</span></div>
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<a href="http://becomingbooks.org/" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: blue; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Becoming Books</span></a></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(<span style="color: #38761d;">Willem</span>, Just One Day by Gayle Forman)</span></div>
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<a href="http://outoftimebookblog.blogspot.com/" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: blue; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Out of Time</span></a></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(<span style="color: red;">The Darkling</span>, Shadow and Bone trilogy by Leigh Bardugo)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Publication Date: September 9, 2014</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;">When Liv Bennett said good-bye to her sinkhole of a hometown, she planned to leave that chapter of her life behind forever. But forever turned out to only be three years.</span><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;">After her addict of a mother up and disappears, Liv returns to what she considers her own personal hell smack in the middle of nowhere Nevada to take care of her two younger sisters, and she promptly reinstitutes the golden rule that got her through her first nineteen years of life without getting knocked up, roughed up, or messed up: don’t date the local boys and, god forbid, don’t fall in love with one of them.</span><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;">It isn’t long before that golden rule is put to the test.</span><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;">Will Goods grew up in the next trailer over, but the wild, careless boy who used to tear up the town with his three brothers has morphed into someone else so completely, he’s almost unrecognizable. The quiet, contemplative man who works on cars every night and takes care of his mentally ill mother every day is nothing like the local boys Liv grew up avoiding.</span><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;">But when Liv considers suspending her golden rule just this once, she finds out something about Will that will change everything.</span><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;">Will Goods isn’t who he used to be—he’s not even the man Liv thinks she’s gotten to know over the summer. He’s become someone else entirely.</span><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;">He’s become . . .</span><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;">Damaged Goods.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I am a huge fan of Nicole Williams. She's probably one of my favorite new adult authors. New adult is a genre I've been reading for about 2 years now, and it's been getting a little old. However, I find myself constantly enjoying Nicole's books despite my boredom with the genre itself. I think it may be a combination of her writing and the seemingly unique characters she creates. Will Goods is one of those characters. While I have many book boyfriends, the moment I met Will, I gained tunnel vision.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Liv Bennett is finally starting to build the life she always wanted. She's living in LA, getting her degree and working hard to save her money. She's put that podunk hometown in Nevada and the useless mother she had behind her. When her mom disappears and leaves her teenage sisters behind by themselves, Liv is forced to go back and pick up the pieces. She has one rule; never get involved with a local boy. Enter Will Goods.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Will has lived in the trailer near Liv Bennett his whole life but never really knew her. When Liv shows up at his garage after coming back to town, he can't resist her or fight the feelings she invokes. Will left home and made a life for himself in the army but after being injured and discharged, he comes home to take care of his mother, whose mental health is fading. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">While I liked Liv well enough, it drove me a little crazy how much she judged Will simply because he was back living in their hometown. She couldn't see beyond that to what an amazing man he was and all he had done with his life. He came home for his mom, unlike any of his brothers. He has incredible character, he's smart, he's hard working and he's incredibly handsome. However, I did like how she took care of her sisters. She didn't have to give up everything and come home to do that. She did things she didn't want to solely to take care of them. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Will Goods is a man that sticks with you. He has incredible character and isn't the typical bad boy reformed for a woman. He's a genuine good guy and the way he looks out for Liv and her sisters without really knowing them is enough to make me fall in love. He's been through a lot and he deserves a good woman who will make him happy. I'll gladly take the job if Liv doesn't want it. He will melt your heart.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;">Save me and I'll save you...</span><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;">My name is Calla Price. I’m eighteen years old, and I’m one half of a whole. </span><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;">My other half-- my twin brother, my Finn-- is crazy. </span><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;">I love him. More than life, more than anything. And even though I’m terrified he’ll suck me down with him, no one can save him but me.</span><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;">I’m doing all I can to stay afloat in a sea of insanity, but I’m drowning more and more each day. So I reach out for a lifeline. </span><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;">Dare DuBray. </span><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;">He’s my savior and my anti-Christ. His arms are where I feel safe, where I’m afraid, where I belong, where I’m lost. He will heal me, break me, love me and hate me. </span><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;">He has the power to destroy me. </span><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;">Maybe that’s ok. Because I can’t seem to save Finn and love Dare without everyone getting hurt. </span><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;">Why? Because of a secret. </span><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;">A secret I’m so busy trying to figure out, that I never see it coming. </span><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;">You won’t either.</span></i></span></div>
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Holy crap! This book blew me out of the water. I love Courtney Cole; she is a talented writer who has proved to me that she can cross any genre and slay it. Nocte was so much different than anything I have read from her and I was enchanted. I couldn't put this book down; I couldn't stop until I hit the very end. I have been awakened, brought out of my new adult/romance hole and enlightened to how much I truly enjoy a good thriller/mystery.</div>
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<a href="http://www.tsktskwhattoread2.blogspot.com/"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">TSK TSK What To Read</span></a></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(<span style="color: red;">Bones</span>, Night Huntress series by Jeaniene Frost)</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.loveatfirstpage.org/"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Love at First Page</span></a></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(<span style="color: #38761d;">Perry</span>, Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi)</span></div>
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<strong><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">December 5:</span></strong></div>
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<a href="http://aperfectioncalledbooks.blogspot.com/"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A Perfection Called Books</span></a></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(<span style="color: red;">Chaol Westfall</span>, Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas)</span></div>
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<strong><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">December 6:</span></strong></div>
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<a href="http://bookbloggerparadise.blogspot.com/"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Starbucks & Books Obsession</span></a></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(<span style="color: #38761d;">Will Goods</span>, Damaged Goods by Nicole Williams)</span></div>
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<strong><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">December 7:</span></strong></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://foxyblogs.com/"><span style="color: blue;">Foxy Blogs</span></a> and <a href="http://feedingmyaddictionbookreviews.com/"><span style="color: blue;">Feeding My Addiction</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(<span style="color: red;">Connor</span>, Kiss the Sky by Krista and Becca Ritchie)</span></div>
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<strong><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">December 8:</span></strong></div>
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<a href="http://www.wholly-books.com/"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Wholly Books!</span></a></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(<span style="color: #38761d;">Warner</span>, Shatter Me series by Tahereh Mafi)</span></div>
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<strong><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">December 9:</span></strong></div>
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<a href="http://www.lovinloslibros.blogspot.com/"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Lovin' Los Libros</span></a></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(<span style="color: red;">Cade Maxwell</span>, Caged in Winter by Brighton Walsh)</span></div>
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<strong><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">December 10:</span></strong></div>
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<a href="http://www.bookwormbrandee.blogspot.com/"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Bookworm Brandee</span></a></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(<span style="color: #38761d;">Kellan Kyle</span>, Thoughtless series by S.C. Stephens)</span></div>
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<strong><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">December 11:</span></strong></div>
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<a href="http://readerslive1000lives.com/"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Readers Live a 1000 Lives</span></a></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(<span style="color: red;">Preston Riggs</span>, Pieces of Olivia by Melissa West)</span></div>
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<strong><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">December 12:</span></strong></div>
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<a href="http://pleasefeedthebookworm.com/"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Please Feed the Bookworm</span></a></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(<span style="color: #38761d;">Morpheus</span>, Splintered series by A.G. Howard)</span></div>
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<a href="http://paintitreadbooks.blogspot.com/"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Paint it Re(a)d Books</span></a></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(<span style="color: red;">Josh Wasserstein</span>, Isla and the Happily Ever After by Stephanie Perkins)</span></div>
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<a href="http://bffbookblog.com/"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">BFF Book Blog</span></a><br />
<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(<span style="color: #38761d;">Finn Van Brunt</span>, The Collectors' Society by Heather Lyons)</span></div>
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<strong><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">December 15:</span></strong></div>
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<a href="http://myheartheartsbooks.blogspot.com/"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My Heart Hearts Books</span></a></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(<span style="color: red;">Noah</span>, My True Love Gave To Me anthology)</span></div>
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<strong><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">December 16:</span></strong></div>
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<a href="http://www.thereaderandthechef.blogspot.com/"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Reader and the Chef</span></a></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(<span style="color: #38761d;">Prince Tristan</span>, Stolen Songbird by Danielle L. Jensen)</span></div>
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<strong><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">December 17:</span></strong></div>
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<a href="http://stuckinbooks.com/"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Stuck in Books</span></a></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(<span style="color: red;">Roth</span>, The Dark Elements series by Jennifer L. Armentrout)</span></div>
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<a href="http://corriethebookcrazedgirl.com/"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Corrie the Book Crazed Girl</span></a></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(<span style="color: #38761d;">Jackson Deveaux</span>, The Arcana Chronicles by Kresley Cole)</span></div>
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<a href="http://readingwithabc.com/"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Reading with ABC</span></a></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(<span style="color: red;">Titus</span>, The Burning Sky by Sherry Thomas)</span></div>
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<a href="http://skizzles22hu.blogspot.com/"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Fox's Hideaway</span></a></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(<span style="color: #38761d;">Gansey</span>, The Raven Cycle series by Maggie Stiefvater)</span></div>
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<strong><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">December 21:</span></strong></div>
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<a href="http://obsessedwithmyshelf.com/"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Obsessed with Myshelf</span></a></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(<span style="color: red;">Gideon Cross</span>, Crossfire series by Sylvia Day)</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.book-scents.com/"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Book Scents</span></a></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(<span style="color: #38761d;">Matt Finch</span>, Open Road Summer by Emery Lord)</span></div>
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<a href="http://prettylittlepages.blogspot.com/"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Pretty Little Pages</span></a></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(<span style="color: red;">Adrian Ivashkov</span>, Vampire Academy/Bloodlines series by Richelle Mead)</span></div>
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<a href="http://becomingbooks.org/"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Becoming Books</span></a></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(<span style="color: #38761d;">Willem</span>, Just One Day by Gayle Forman)</span></div>
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<a href="http://outoftimebookblog.blogspot.com/"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Out of Time</span></a></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(<span style="color: red;">The Darkling</span>, Shadow and Bone trilogy by Leigh Bardugo)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Publisher: Lexi Ryan</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Publication Date: November 3, 2014</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;">**ALL OR NOTHING is a short, sexy, new adult romance and is also available as part of the ALL I EVER WANTED anthology.**</span><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;">After years of placing the wrong bets, all Aubree Baxter ever wanted was someone to take a chance on her. More specifically, she wants golden boy Kennedy Hale, her good friend and unrequited crush. After a seduction attempt gone terribly wrong, she knows pursuing anything more than friendship with Kennedy means sure heartbreak. If they're going to make this work, it has to be ALL OR NOTHING.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I'm a huge fan of Lexi so I was super excited to read her novella, All or Nothing, when presented with the opportunity. All or Nothing is an Abbot Springs Romance that was previously part of the All I Ever Wanted anthology.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Lexi's story is about Kennedy and Aubree. They have been best friends since childhood but Bree has always been in love with Kennedy and when she takes a chance and her feelings aren't returned, she is heartbroken. She decides to still come home for the Winter Festival, with the hope that her mom will make an appearance this year. She comes face to face with Kennedy and they are forced to work out their feelings for each other.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Bree is a wild card; always running to the next town or next adventure. She doesn't hold down a job or a boyfriend easily. I think she gets restless because she has a mother who make absent promises and a father who wasn't around much. On top of that, she's always loved Kennedy so no other man can capture her heart. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Kennedy is the golden boy of Abbott Springs, expected to be the Mayor like his father and take over his father's business. However, he wants to be his own man and pursue his own dreams but can't seem to find the courage to tell his father how he feels. I feel like he is a bit clueless because it seems so obvious that Bree loves him but he can't see it himself.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I liked that Bree and Kennedy are so different that it make them perfect for each other. Bree needs Kennedy to ground her and Kennedy needs Bree to free him. When he finally opens his eyes and discovers his real feelings for her, I think that it really opened Bree up a bit. I feel like she never really felt loved because of the way her parents are so having someone who she loves genuinely love her back really opened her eyes. She could finally stop running because she was back where she always belonged.</span></div>
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<span style="clear: left; color: #181818; float: left; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic1JG_kzpkZpxFQMbhRWc554IxFEk6gwccBBghHvez_5kXD1C_qjbA2fgra22ZSu_zzX9dVS7YrVWqvoXmIl8Q7SFqZDt2R4sJEhq1NVyTGQ8Wo7bF8P1BWLEi6MT4ph1Ok_z53vx731Y/s1600/lexi+ryah.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic1JG_kzpkZpxFQMbhRWc554IxFEk6gwccBBghHvez_5kXD1C_qjbA2fgra22ZSu_zzX9dVS7YrVWqvoXmIl8Q7SFqZDt2R4sJEhq1NVyTGQ8Wo7bF8P1BWLEi6MT4ph1Ok_z53vx731Y/s1600/lexi+ryah.jpg" height="194" width="200" /></span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">New York Times and USA Today bestselling romance author Lexi Ryan’s novels have been described as intense, emotional, and wickedly sexy. A former college professor, she now writes full-time from her home in Indiana, where she lives with her husband, two children, and a neurotic dog. Find her on Facebook or Twitter to chat about books, TV, and her children’s lat</span><span style="background-color: white;">est antics.</span></span></span></div>
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