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<b>Publication Date: October 30, 2018</b></div>
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<b>Genre: Paranormal Romance</b></div>
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<b>Dragons have always fascinated me, whether it's the fact that could have existed at one time or just the thought that they might actually still exist. That being said when I read the synopsis for Dragonfire I knew I had to read it and I'm so glad I did. From the very beginning, I was hooked. </b></div>
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<b>Sabina is a young woman who's mother took her away from her Gypsy family at a young age and she was raised without their influence though she never forgot her history. She has kept her heritage quiet so as to keep her younger brother and herself safe from those that are biased against them. She leads a simple life supporting her brother and herself designing jewelry. All that changes when she meets Roman, one of the few remaining Dragon Kings.</b></div>
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<b>Roman is bent on helping his dragon brother V find his sword. Every dragon king's sword is like an extension of them and to not have their sword is painful. Their search for V's sword takes them to where Sabina lives and it's soon discovered that she has some connection to V. She and her brother join the dragon kings in their search. </b></div>
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<b>What follows is a mystery that keeps you intrigued. I have not read any other books in the Dark Kings series, but I had not problem keeping up with the characters. If you like paranormal reads that have dragons, shifters, fae, good vs. evil, not to mention love, then you'll love Dragonfire. </b></div>
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<b>I'm giving Dragonfire 5 little birdies for grabbing my attention from the Prologue and not letting go. I truly had a hard time putting this book down. I will definitely be looking for more of Donna Grant's books.</b></div>
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As a Dragon King, Roman is sworn to protect all mortals—even though they no longer believe in dragons. But deep in the Carpathian Mountains, he discovers a beautiful and mysterious gypsy who possesses the power to see into his very soul. To reignite the fire in his heart. And to help him find the long-lost sword that could save the dragons forever…</div>
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Sabina remembers the stories her grandmother told her. Legends of dragons and kings, fire and ice. And she’s never forgotten the dark prophecy that filled her ancestors with fear—a fate they tried to prevent by stealing a Dragon King’s sword. Sabina knows that helping Roman is dangerous. He is a dragon betrayed, and more powerful than any man. He could destroy her in a single fiery embrace. But how can she resist the longing in his eyes—or the feelings in her heart—when their destinies are bound by desire?</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Quinn Blackwood is a man who has built his whole life around getting revenge on those who caused the death of his mother. Along the way he meets Elyse Gilbert. Fast forward to after Quinn has obtained his revenge. His whole life has been about making others pay and now that he has accomplished that he doesn't know how to move on. All he knows is that he can't/won't let Ellie go. It's as if he's addicted to her and every minute that she is away from him he goes through withdrawl. Ellie understands his inner demons and won't leave him alone to deal with them. She is hoping that they can move their relationship to a lifetime one, but knows that they walk a fine line with his obsession.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is a short novella that follows up Beautiful Liar. I hadn't read Beautiful Liar before this book, but the author does a good job of referencing the first book just enough so that you are not lost in Wicked S.O.B. I really liked this book, though at first I wasn't sure if I would because of Quinn's obsession with Ellie, but Ms. Cox does a great job of moving the characters forward. Being a novella, the book is fast paced and their is some intrigue left over from the first book that adds to the story.</span></div>
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<b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">For so long, I lived for revenge. Now I live for her. </b><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Ask anyone and they'll tell you that Quinn Blackwood is not someone you mess with. I see. I want. I take. And you better not get in my way. That's how I built my billion-dollar empire. That's how I made my enemies pay. That's how I won the one good, pure thing in my life, Elyse "Lucky" Gilbert. But after what I've done, my luck may have run out.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">There is a fine line between love and obsession.</b><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">I'm not a fool. I didn't think coming back to Quinn would be easy. That we would fall into a happy future and the darkness inside him would just disappear. Still, after everything we've been through, I couldn't leave him to fight his demons alone. I've tried to convince myself nothing else matters as long as we're together. But if I give him what he needs, will there be anything left of me?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">What follows is a race against time as more bodies start piling up while Dawn and Tucker try to reconnect despite the pain of their past. The characters are well written and the author does a great job of drawing you in to both Dawn and Tucker's feelings of being in each other's lives again since they never had closure when their relationship abruptly ended seven years before.</span><br />
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I was given this book for an honest review. The author grabbed me from the first page and never let go. If you like Alpha heroes, feisty heroines, hot sexual chemistry, action, intrigue, humor, and sexy-as-all-get-out Shifters, then this is the book for you. I loved this book and am definitely adding <b>Celia Kyle </b>to my Authors to Follow list.</div>
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Everything about this book appealed to me. The characters, sexual tension, intrigue, humor, and yes the story. The interaction of Declan and his team, each shifter having a unique personality, as well as the way Declan and Abby dealt with their own inner animal had me cracking up. The story, in my opinion, was a unique one of shifters against humans and while this was book one of her Shifter Rogues series, I'm eagerly looking forward to the following books as the story continues to unfold. I'm giving <b>Wolf's Mate </b>5 birdies for being an awesome read that I couldn't put down.</div>
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Cougar shifter Abby Carter <i>always</i> plays it safe. That's why she's an accountant--no excitement, no danger, and no cocky alpha males. She loves her quiet life, but fate has other plans. When Abby uncovers the shady dealings of an anti-shifter organization, she'll have to trust the too-sexy-for-her-peace-of-mind werewolf Declan Reed... or end up six feet under.</div>
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Declan Reed is starting over. After two years with Shifter Operations Command, it's time to put his past behind him. Now Declan is the only thing standing between the gorgeous Abby and an early grave, and if he's going to have any chance of keeping her alive, he'll have to embrace the darkness he's fought to keep at bay. But first he has to convince Abby that there's no safer place in the world than the arms of a big bad werewolf.</div>
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I was given this book for an honest review. Grace Burrows has a way of drawing the reader into the world she creates. Colin MacHugh is a newly titled gentleman and while adjusting to all that entails he has to try and avoid being shackled by one of the many marriage minded young ladies of the ton. In the meantime, his new sister-in-law, Anwen Windham, has asked for his help in saving the orphanage that she runs. Anwen is no simpering miss. She's spirited and strong, which is a welcome change for Colin. There is intrigue, humor, and the boys of the orphanage are well boys. </div>
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Too Scot to Handle is the second book in Ms. Burrows The Windham Brides series. I definitely recommend this book and give it 4 birdies.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Roman Granger returns home when he feels that his teenage son is following in his bad boys ways. Roman is also hoping that he can reconnect with his son as he has been gone more often than not because of his business. Add to his problems, Mila Banchini. There's always been an attraction there, but he's refused to act on it because she's his sister's best friend and a virgin. Too sweet for someone like him.</span></div>
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Now Roman fears his teenage son is following in his wayward footsteps, so he returns home to Wrangler's Creek, aiming to set him straight. It's there he encounters Tate's cousin Mila Banchini, the good-girl opposite of Roman who's had a crush on him since childhood. The old spark between them undeniably never died, though Roman worries it'll only lead to heartache. But if falling for Mila is such a bad idea, why does everything about holding her feel so right?</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">I received this book for an honest review.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Elijah Prescott is a Navy SEAL who is recovering from an injury he suffered on his last mission. Despite being physically cleared to resume his duties, he feels that maybe he's not mentally ready and takes some time off to sort his life out. He heads back home to stay with his cousin, who owns a gym, and runs into his ex-wife.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Ava Prescott has turned her life around from what it was when she was married to Elijah. She teaches numerous classes at the gym and with the discipline she's learned to get her body in shape, she's buried the pain of her failed marriage.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Proximity, as well as the rekindling of their physical relationship, makes Elijah and Ava do some soul searching in regards to their marriage, one of them being that Ava never really accepted his chosen career. When she's pulled into an ongoing mission with Elijah's team to ferret out a traitor, she finally learns to accept him for who he is.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Call to Engage will pull the emotions out of you while keeping you turning the pages. There's action, intrigue, love, humor, and heartbreak. If you like your heroes to be strong Alphas and their women strong enough to handle them, you're going to definitely want to read this book.</span></div>
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<b>The Poseidon team are hard-bodied, fiercely competitive Navy SEALs. But when a sensitive mission goes disastrously wrong, three of the team's finest will have to trust their hearts and instincts to uncover the truth… </b></div>
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Lieutenant Elijah Prescott should be spending his precious leave somewhere with sun, surf and scantily clad women. Instead, he's heading home with two goals in mind. Figure out exactly how his last assignment went to hell and almost killed him—and reconnect with the woman who might offer salvation. </div>
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Ava Monroe has streamlined her life, eliminating every source of pain—including a marriage touched by tragedy. One glimpse of her ex and those good intentions turn to bad-girl desires. Her strategy: get over Elijah by getting under him again, sating herself until she can finally let go. But as betrayal within the rank of the SEALs turns deadly, there's no denying that her heart and her life are on the line. Elijah is the only man who can protect both…</div>
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Riann Leighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16392779600102717356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8715658411493150964.post-18080779366026431462017-06-30T08:00:00.000-05:002017-12-28T23:20:07.608-06:00Book Review: Rarity from the Hollow<div style="text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">By: <a href="http://pages.suddenlink.net/roberteggleton/">Robert Eggleton </a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Publication Date: December 2016</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">ebook - 284 pages</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Buy it at Amazon (<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Rarity-Hollow-Robert-Eggleton/dp/190713395X/">Paperback Edition</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Rarity-Hollow-Robert-Eggleton-ebook/dp/B017REIA44">eBook Edition</a>) or <a href="http://www.doghornpublishing.com/wordpress/books/rarity-from-the-hollow">Dog Horn Publishing</a></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Eleven year-old Lacy Dawn lives in rural West Virginia with her abusive, PTSD-suffering father and her under-educated, defeated mother. After the sexual abuse and murder of her best friend, Lacy continues to play with her friend’s ghost. Lacy finds refuge in her friendship with DotCom, the robot who has been sent to cultivate a relationship with her and convince her to embark on a quest to save the universe. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> Reading back over what I just wrote, I have to say that <i>Rarity from the Hollow</i> is even stranger than it sounds. Part of that strangeness is in the way the book is written. Eggleton divided the story into three nearly discrete sections which don’t seem to rely on each other very much. In the tragic first third of the book, the reader learns of the conditions in which Lacy Dawn is living. (This is the part with the physical and sexual abuse.) The second part of <i>Rarity from the Hollow</i> is where the reader meets DotCom, Lacy’s robot friend, and he helps “fix” her parents. Finally, Lacy accepts the quest to save the universe from destruction. The three act structure is pretty typical, but in <i>Rarity from the Hollow</i> they almost feel like separate stories. Lacy carries almost no baggage from the events of the first part of the book, and her parents, once cured, still don’t really act like parents. I felt little continuity through the story except for a persistent feeling of surreality. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">That nightmarish quality comes from Eggleton’s insertion of characters’ thoughts throughout the text. Although <i>Rarity from the Hollow</i> is told in limited third-person point of view, the readers also hear what various characters are thinking. It effectively forces the reader into the hyper- vigilance Lacy Dawn must live with in the first part of the novel, but wrenching the reader between points of view is unsettling and prevents the reader from feeling anchored within the story. Although the sexual and violent content of the <i>Rarity from the Hollow</i> is not particularly graphic, it is quite disturbing because of the feeling of menace evoked by various characters’ thoughts punctuating the narrative without warning. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> Lacy Dawn has become one of my favorite fictional people. Although she is growing up in one of the worst situations I can think of, she remains unbroken by the things that happen to her. Lacy’s intelligence and inner strength are magnets both enabling her to find a way out of her dire situation and drawing the reader to her. To me, Lacy herself is the rarity from the hollow. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">In the end, I was left with mixed feelings about <i>Rarity from the Hollow</i>. The bizarre nature of Lacy’s quest and how she completes it reminded me a little of Kurt Vonnegut, but the tragedies of child abuse, alcohol addiction, PTSD and drug abuse don’t mix very well with the satire in the second half of the book.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;">Lacy Dawn's father relives the Gulf War, her mother's teeth are rotting out, and her best friend is murdered by the meanest daddy on Earth. Life in The Hollow isn't great. But Lacy has one advantage -- she's been befriended by a semi-organic, semi-robot who works with her to cure her parents. He wants something in exchange, though. It's up to her to save the Universe.</span><br style="color: #181818; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #181818; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;">Will Lacy Dawn's predisposition, education, and magic be enough for her to save the Universe, Earth, and, most importantly, protect her own family?</span><br style="color: #181818; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #181818; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;">Rarity from the Hollow is adult literary science fiction filled with tragedy, comedy and satire. It is a children's story for adults, not for the prudish, faint of heart, or easily offended.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">“Quirky, profane, disturbing… In the space between a few lines we go from hardscrabble realism to pure sci-fi/fantasy. It’s quite a trip.” <u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">. "…a hillbilly version of <i>Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy</i>…what I would have thought impossible; taken serious subjects like poverty, ignorance, abuse…tongue-in-cheek humor without trivializing them…profound…a funny book that most sci-fi fans will thoroughly enjoy." -- <b><i>Awesome <u></u><u></u>Indies<u></u><u></u> </i></b>(Gold Medal)<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">“…sneaks up you and, before you know it, you are either laughing like crazy or crying in despair, but the one thing you won’t be is unmoved…a brilliant writer.” --<b><i>Readers’ Favorite </i></b>(Gold Medal)<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">“Rarity from the Hollow is an original and interesting story of a backwoods girl who saves the Universe in her fashion. Not for the prudish.” —<b>Piers Anthony</b>, New York Times bestselling author <u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">“…Good satire is hard to find and science fiction satire is even harder to find.” -- <b><i>The Baryon Review</i></b></span></div>
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Dallas Sykes has a reputation. He is known for his parties, his money, and the countless women on his arm. Yet the Dallas I know is a different man—darker, smarter, and unbearably sexy. Just one look from him can leave me breathless; the anticipation of his touch can make me lose control.
Inextricably bound by our past, we keep each other’s secrets. And while there are people who have the power to hurt us, it’s the truth that threatens us most of all.
Dallas can be mine only behind closed doors, our passion as searing as it is forbidden. Yet nothing in this world has ever felt so desperately, deliciously right.
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The memory of Dallas Sykes burns inside of me.
Everyone knows him as a notorious playboy, a man for whom women and money are no object. But to me, he’s still the one man I desperately crave—yet the one I can never have.
Dallas knows me better than anyone else. We bear the same scars, the same darkness in our past. I thought I could move on by staying away, but now that we’re drawn together once more, I can’t fight the force of our attraction or the temptation to make him mine.
We’ve tried to maintain control, not letting ourselves give in to desire. And for so long we’ve told ourselves no—but now it’s finally time to say yes.
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</span><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6pjD7odiO04/VhZyt31DWDI/AAAAAAAANU8/BWGS7vi_aCs/s1600/Julie%2B-%2BJ%2BKenner%2BAuthor%2BPhoto.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></a><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Though known primarily for her award-winning and internationally bestselling erotic romances (including the Stark and Most Wanted series) that have reached as high as #2 on the New York Times bestseller list and #1 internationally, JK has been writing full time for over a decade in a variety of genres including paranormal and contemporary romance, "chicklit" suspense, urban fantasy, and paranormal mommy lit.
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<b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">About</span><em><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Bad Boys After Dark: Mick</span></em></b> </div>
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You asked for naughtier lovers, with the same fierce loyalty as The Bradens - Meet the Bad Boys... Four sinfully sexy, uber alpha brothers, about to fall head over heels for their leading ladies. Everything's naughtier after dark...
Amanda Jenner is done being a boring-man magnet and has finally taken control of her love life. As any smart paralegal would, she's researched the hell out of how to seduce a man. She's waxed, primped, and ready to put her newfound skills into action--and a masquerade bar crawl is the perfect venue for her solo coming-out party.
Entertainment attorney Mick Bad lives by two hard and fast rules. He never mixes business with pleasure, and he doesn't do relationships, which makes the anonymity of a masquerade bar crawl the perfect place for a onetime hookup. Amanda thinks she's hit the jackpot when she bags a tall, dark, and sinfully delicious masked man--until she discovers the man she's made out with is her off-limits boss. Mick's already crossed a line he can never uncross, and one taste of sweet and sexy Amanda has only whet his appetite. When Mick offers to give Amanda a lesson in seduction--no strings, no regrets, and for goodness' sake, come Monday, no quitting--the tables turn, and Mick's totally unprepared for the lessons this sweet temptress provides.
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BAD BOYS AFTER DARK
Mick
Dylan (coming soon)
Carson (coming soon)
Brett (coming soon)
More After Dark books:
WILD BOYS AFTER DARK (Available Now!)
Logan
Heath
Jackson
Cooper
The AFTER DARK series are part of the LOVE IN BLOOM big family romance collection. Each book may be read as a stand-alone novel, or as part of the series. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Exclusive Excerpt:<br />LURED BY THE pulse of sex and anonymity, Amanda Jenner moved through the dusky bar, brushing against silk, satin, cotton, and flesh, each graze feeding the adrenaline coursing through her veins. Blue lights misted over sweaty strangers lost in the seductive bump and grind of foreplay and hoping for a night of erotic pleasure. If Amanda tried hard enough, she could smell tomorrow’s scent du jour—<em>regret</em>. Tonight she had no room for the confidence-crushing worry of what tomorrow would bring. She scanned the crowd, as she had in the previous three bars, immediately dismissing anyone who wasn’t in costume. Her world was full of boring men who excelled at wining, dining, and boring her to sleep. Ten years of romance novels and movies had led her astray, looking for the elusive needle in a haystack. <em>She’d</em> led herself astray, always the careful thinker, careful dresser. Or as her younger sister, Ally, would say, <em>Careful kisser, careful lover</em>. Ally, however, had taken charge of her sex life—and she’d found the perfect man.
<em>Now it’s my turn</em>.
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Melissa Foster is a New York Times & USA Today bestselling and award-winning author. She writes sexy and heartwarming contemporary romance and new adult romance, contemporary women’s fiction, suspense, and historical fiction with emotionally compelling characters that stay with you long after you turn the last page. Her books have been recommended by USA Today’s book blog, Hagerstown Magazine, The Patriot, and several other print venues. She is the founder of the World Literary Café and Fostering Success. When she’s not writing, Melissa helps authors navigate the publishing industry through her author training programs on Fostering Success. Melissa has been published in Calgary’s Child Magazine, the Huffington Post, and Women Business Owners magazine.
Melissa hosts an Aspiring Authors contest for children and has painted and donated several murals to The Hospital for Sick Children in Washington, DC. Melissa lives in Maryland with her family.
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Guest Post from Julie Particka:<br /><br />The Music of My Soul<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Inspiration comes from a lot of places, and as I’ve
mentioned pretty much whenever I’m asked, the main inspiration for <i>Playing
the Perfect Boyfriend</i> came from conversations with my single friends about
the never-ending deluge of well-meaning questions. When are you going to find a
nice guy and settle down? When are you going to have kids? They all kind of
translate to “When are you going to have the kind of happily ever after I think
you should have?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Newsflash: people hate that. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But while that was the core of the idea—a different kind of
happily ever after—it wasn’t enough. And so I started paying attention to which
of my friends were the ones who complain about that. Then I took a long, hard
look at post-divorce me and realized we had a lot in common. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This particular epiphany happened while I was sitting in my
minivan in the Jr. High parking lot, waiting for my kid to get out of school. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It also happened while I was blasting Halestorm. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I discovered the band Halestorm a couple years ago and
promptly bought all their CDs I could get my hands on. Listening to their music
makes me feel like somehow Lzzy Hale has a direct line into my soul. So that was
also the moment I knew I had to work the band into Jade’s book. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It’s not a huge thing in the actual text. I mention a couple
song titles (one tongue-in-cheek and the other as a pivotal moment) but the
inclusion was less about individual songs for me as it was the attitude that
Lzzy brings to her music. It’s raw. It’s revealing. It is unapologetically
real. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And that was something I desperately wanted Jade to be. I
didn’t want her to be a picture perfect heroine. I wanted her to have faults
and failings—major ones—and not to apologize for a single one of them. I knew
going in that it would make her a polarizing figure. People were either going
to love her or hate her. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And that is okay by me, because it means she’s real in the
way that only certain people manage to be. She’s not the girl who everyone
thinks is “nice” or who “everyone gets along with.” She’s fiercely loyal,
viciously protective, and passionately loving. She’s the kind of person I would
happily call friend…and on occasion “bitch.” But that’s okay because she’d call
me one right back, and then we’d laugh about it—as best bitches do. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you’re curious about the band that speaks to my soul (and
Jade’s), though, here is a smattering of the Halestorm titles I had on repeat
while writing <i>Playing the Perfect Boyfriend</i> (in no particular
order—Okay, fine. It’s most-played on my iTunes…): <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“You Call Me a Bitch Like It’s a Bad Thing”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Love Bites (So Do I)”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Nothing to Do with Love”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“I’m Not an Angel”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Love/Hate Heartbreak”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“What Were You Expecting?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Beautiful with You”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Break In”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Freak Like Me” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“In Your Room”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Sick Individual”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Amen”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Mayhem”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Bad Girl’s World”</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“I wanted to surprise you, and when you weren’t home, I came here. I guess I should have known you were </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">entertaining</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Or maybe Dean would stay after all. The emphasis on Isak’s last word got his ire up and made all his muscles tense. He had no intention of leaving Jade to explain on her own. Something about this felt like she was going to need backup. “Look, buddy—”</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Oh. I apologize if we gave you the wrong impression.” Jade wrapped her arm around Dean’s waist like it was the most natural thing in the world. “We were doing a shoot yesterday, and Dean made a wisecrack about feeling like he wasn’t good enough for me since I’d never let him stay over at the studio. So...we stayed.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What. The. Fuck? Dean was good at improv, but this wasn’t anything he’d been prepared for when they walked out of the building. Or when they’d woken up this morning. Or...ever.</span></span></div>
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<strong>Romantic Comedy/Suspense</strong>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">One night I was out with my girls enjoying a much needed ladies night while wondering if one more dirty martini would push me over the edge. The next thing I knew, I was in the club’s bathroom listening to a woman screaming, “No,” and a man’s voice growling, “I know you want it.”</span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Running a PI firm is a lot harder than taking pictures for one, especially when your professional life spills over into your personal one. I’m going through cupcakes like our new puppy goes through piddle pads, and if I’m not careful there’s bound to be a Cupcake Overload.</span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“Pee break,” Amy May called, tugging on my arm and pointing to where Bea and Carmen were already walking toward the restroom.
We were having a much-needed ladies’ night, and after three dirty martinis, you couldn’t pull me off the dance floor. At the mention of the bathroom, however, I realized I really, really, had to pee.
I nodded and let Amy May drag me after our friends.
“Hey,” I said, when some sweaty dude twerked his ass in my face, then gave him a playful shove out of the way as I laughed happily.
It had been a great night.
The craziest part of it all? Cade was home watching my kids.
Yup, you heard that right. My sexy, long-haired, semi-dangerous motorcycle man, was sitting at home with my eleven-year-old twins, eating brownies and watching super hero movies, while I was out with my girls having a blast.
If you had asked me a year ago if I thought this would be my life, I’d have said hell to the no. In all honestly, I’d never imagined life could be so good, at least not that everything that had gone down with my ex.
But here I was, out drinking with my friends, and giddy with the knowledge that when I got home later, tipsy and horny, there was a super hot guy waiting to make my body sing like a symphony. And he was all mine!</span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Author: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/authornicolejacquelyn/" target="_blank">Nicole Jacquelyn</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Publication Date: June 7, 2016</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Unbreak My Heart is probably the most REAL and HONEST book that I've read in a long time. I've been stuck in a paranormal and edgy contemporary rut lately, and while I still love those books, I needed a break. Unbreak My Heart was like going home for me. I'm going to admit right now that I did not read the synopsis before jumping in. I accepted the book based on the cover alone, which was risky... but in the end, I'm so glad that I didn't read the synopsis because the surprises I was in store for only added to the heat-breaking highs and lows of the story.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">On the very first page, we are introduced to Shane. A loving husband and father, completely enamored with his wife. His wife, Rachel, trying to convince him that going to see her best friend Kate (who has a connection to him through childhood) perform IS the best way to spend one of their few nights out without children. Right away, it's a struggle I can identify with. The entire story continues that way. The ups and downs of life, the real and honest struggles of surviving life's curve balls and finding happiness even when times seem their darkest. I loved Rachel. </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">There were times that I absolutely hated Shane, all while my heart was breaking for him. And there were times that I wanted to slap Kate and tell her to wake up! </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm not going to address more about the characters and plot than those little teasers because you can read the synopsis below if you want, or you can go into it cold like I did. (*whispers* Go cold! You won't regret it!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you're Kate Evans, you keep your friend Rachel, bond with her kids, and bury your feelings for her husband. The fact that Shane's in the military and away for long periods helps-but when tragedy strikes, everything changes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After Rachel, pregnant with her fourth child, dies in a car accident and the baby miraculously survives, Kate upends her entire life to share parenting duties. Then on the first anniversary of Rachel's death, Kate and Shane take comfort in each other in a night that they both soon regret. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now with Shane deployed for seven months, Kate is on her own and struggling with being a single parent. Shane is loving and supportive from thousands of miles away, but his homecoming brings a betrayal Kate never saw coming. So Kate's only choice is to fight for the future she deserves - with or without Shane. . .</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05685178483566804394noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8715658411493150964.post-43156317923775670202016-06-08T07:00:00.000-05:002016-06-08T07:00:37.337-05:00Release Day Blitz: From Fake to Forever by Jennifer Shirk<h2>
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miraculous run, the game is over and we’ve lost, giving us our second loss in a
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Orioles coach calls for a time-out and approaches the mound. This
gives Meyers, our right fielder, the opportunity for us to talk. Actually, it
gives me the ability to stare at the girl that has held my attention all night.
After my home run, I thought I could focus on the game, but each time I came up
to bat or went out to the field, I was looking to see if she was staring… and
she was, which really stroked my ego. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I meet Meyers halfway between the on-deck circle and home plate. Usually,
we’d stand back or talk to the third base coach, but there’s no coming back
from this defeat. When I reach him, I can tell he’s frustrated; we all are.
We’re a far better team than what our record shows. Even though it’s still very
early, our expectations are much higher, and with the road trip coming up, we
have got to get out of this funk, fast… before it’s too late. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“This ump is calling shit.” Meyers kicks the dirt around his feet. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Has been all night.” On any given night it’s either in your favor or
not. Some umpires come into a game with a chip on their shoulder. <i>They</i> remember everything, and they don’t
let you forget it. They say once the game is over, it’s over. Umpires don’t
feel that way. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Meyers goes back to home plate and settles in for what could be his last
pitch. If he gets on base, I’m up. If he strikes out, my night is over. I rest
my bat on my shoulder and watch - not Meyers, but the girl in the hat. She’s
leaning forward, resting her elbows on the dugout. I had every intention of
finding an usher during the seventh inning but lost my nerve. I don’t know how
that’d be received if our manager was to find out, and short of going into the
stands the second the game is over, I’m running out of options. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It’s a swing and foul ball for Meyers, still giving me hope. The girl
hasn’t moved, and something tells me that she’s focused on me. I should be
focused on the game, but I’m not. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I lean over to the usher who stands by the field and whisper, “There’s a
girl in section sixty-five, row c, seat one. I’d like to talk to her after the
game.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He nods and says something into his really cool CIA walkie-talkie-type
thing. When I first arrived, I asked if I could play with it. I was told no. It
was a total buzz kill. I asked my agent to get me one, and he told me to grow
up… not one of my finer moments. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Meyers goes down swinging and just like that, the game’s over. We lost
three to eight. I wait for him to walk by before returning to the dugout, but
not without one last look at the girl in row c.
Another usher is walking down the aisle toward her. I climb down the
stairs and pause where she can’t see me. The usher approaches her and talks
wildly with his hands. She looks around, reaches for her bag, and follows him
up the steps. I can only hope she’ll be in the lounge when I get there. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Right now I’m thankful I’m not allowed to give interviews yet because it
means I can shower and get upstairs quicker. The reporters call my name, asking
about my home-run. They know I’m not allowed to speak with them, but they try
anyway. I keep my head down, my classic move after we’ve lost, and rush into
the clubhouse. There will be no after-game meeting; our manager will save that
for tomorrow.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I shower quickly and slip into jeans and a t-shirt. My hair is still wet
and dripping down onto my shirt, but I don’t want my third base girl waiting
too long. I take the back stairs two at a time and enter the lounge. This is
where the wives and girlfriends hang out, and now that I think about it, it’s
probably not the best place to have sent her. It’s like vulture prey in here
for new girlfriends… not that she’s my girlfriend. I just want to know her
name. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As soon as I enter the hallway, I find her sitting outside the door. She
stands up when she hears me coming and keeps her hands behind her back,
watching me closely. I come to a halt in front of her, and all I can see is the
top of her hat. She’s about a foot shorter than me, and I like that. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“I wanted to apologize for giving you the ball.” I keep my hands clasped
to avoid the nervous twitch I have. The last thing I want to do is scare her
away. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Oh… do you want it back?” Her voice is soft, sweet, and completely
Boston. Hearing her speak makes me feel like I have something to look forward
to, like I’m home.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“What? No, I thought I embarrassed you… It’s just…”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My knees go weak when she looks at me. Her light green eyes are the color
of sea glass, and she has a dimple that compliments her smile. I find myself
wanting to rub my thumb over it so I can feel it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“You didn’t embarrass me. It was nice.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“What’s your name?” I ask, needing to know because calling her ‘third
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Daisy.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Daisy, I repeat in my head so I don’t forget. Daisy… like the flowers
that my mother loves. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“I’m Ethan,” I stupidly tell her but feel like I should introduce myself.
“Wanna get out of here and grab some dinner?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She eyes me and then the ground, making me wait what feels like an
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />After Rachel, pregnant with her fourth child, dies in a car accident and the baby miraculously survives, Kate upends her entire life to share parenting duties. Then on the first anniversary of Rachel's death, Kate and Shane take comfort in each other in a night that they both soon regret.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />Shane's been angry for a year, and now he feels guilty too - for sleeping with his wife's best friend and liking it . . . liking her. Kate's ability to read him like a book may have once sent Shane running, but their lives are forever entwined and they are growing closer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />Now with Shane deployed for seven months, Kate is on her own and struggling with being a single parent. Shane is loving and supportive from thousands of miles away, but his homecoming brings a betrayal Kate never saw coming. So Kate's only choice is to fight for the future she deserves - with or without Shane. . .</span></div>
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don’t remember the drive to the hospital or even where I parked that afternoon.
I can’t recall what the nurse looked like as she searched for Rachel’s name in
their computer system or the walk toward the room where I waited for someone to
speak to me. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The
first thing I remember clearly is the white-haired doctor’s kind face as he sat
down across from me, and the young chaplain’s small smile as he chose the chair
to my left. Their words became a litany that I would hear in my dreams for
years.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Rachel was gone, but her son was alive and in the NICU.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“Is
there anyone you’d like for us to call? Any family or friends that you’d like
to be here?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The
question jolted me out of the fog that seemed to be getting thicker and thicker
around me. <i>Dear God.</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“I’ll
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“Of
course. I’ll be right outside if you need me,” the chaplain answered, reaching
out to pat my hand. “I’ll take you up to the NICU when you’re ready.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The
room was silent after they left, and I fought the urge to scream at the top of
my lungs just to hear it echo around me. I understood then why people hired
mourners to wail at funerals. Sometimes the lack of sound is more painful than
the anguished noise of a heart breaking.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My
hands shook as I pulled my phone out of my front pocket and rested it on the
table in front of me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It
only took a moment before the sound of ringing filled the room, and I rested my
head in my hands as I stared at the name across the screen.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“Hello?
Kate? What’s wrong?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“Shane—”
I said quietly, my voice hitching.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“What?
Why are you calling me?” His voice was confused, but I could hear a small
thread of panic in the urgency of his words.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“I
need you to come to Tri-City Hospital,” I answered, tears rolling down my face
and landing on the glass screen of my phone, distorting the letters and
numbers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“Who?”
His voice was frantic, and I could hear him moving around, his breathing heavy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“Rachel
was in an accident.” I sobbed, covering my face to try and muffle the noise.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“No,”
he argued desperately, as I heard two car doors shut almost simultaneously. “Is
she okay?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I
shook my head, trying to catch my breath.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“Kate!
Is she okay?” He screamed at me, his anguished voice filling the room as I’d
wanted mine to just minutes before.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“No,”
I answered through gritted teeth, feeling snot running down my upper lip as I
heard him make a noise deep in his throat. “She’s gone.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">He
didn’t say a word, and less than a second later, the connection was broken.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I
rubbed at my forehead, trying to convince myself that it was all just a
nightmare. Where was I supposed to be? What was I supposed to do now? My best
friend in the entire world was there in that hospital, but not really. I
couldn’t bear to see her. I couldn’t help her. Where the fuck was I supposed to
go?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I
made my way to the NICU as quickly as I could, and within minutes, I was
holding my new nephew in my arms. The nurses told me that he’d passed all of
his tests with flying colors, and I was in awe as I sat down in a rocking
chair, cradling him to my chest.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“You
sure got a shitty beginning, little man,” I murmured against his fuzzy scalp,
rocking back and forth gently. “I’m so sorry, buddy. You’re probably missing
your mama and that warm bubble you’ve been in for so long. I can’t help you
there.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I
sniffled, closing my eyes as tears rolled down my cheeks. My whole body ached,
and even though I had that little boy in my arms, the whole day seemed like
some sort of surreal dream, foggy in some parts and crystal clear in others. I
wanted to hop up and take his sleeping, little form to Rachel, to tease her
about the weird Mohawk thing he was sporting and make joking comments about how
men always seem to sleep through the hard parts of life. I wanted to see her
smile proudly at the sturdy boy she’d produced and grumble that I was hogging
him.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I
wanted everything to be different.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I
hummed softly with my eyes closed for a long time, holding the baby close to
me. It was quiet where we sat, nothing breaking up the stillness of the room
until I heard someone open the door.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“There
he is,” the nurse murmured from the doorway.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My
eyes popped open to see Shane’s ravaged face just feet from me. He looked like
he was barely holding on. I swallowed hard as his red rimmed eyes took in his
son carefully before rising to meet mine.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“Is
he okay?” he asked thickly, searching my face. I’d never seen him so
frightened.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“He’s
perfect,” I answered, my voice throbbing with emotion. “The nurses said he’s a
rock star.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">He
nodded twice, reaching up to cover his mouth with his hand, but before he could
say another word, he was stumbling and falling to his knees with an almost
inaudible sob.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Nicole Jacquelyn is the mom of two little girls and a full time college student. She hasn’t watched television in well over a year, she still does things that drive her mother crazy, and she loves to read. At eight years old, when asked what she wanted to be when she grew up, she told people she wanted to be a mom. When she was twelve her answer changed- to author. By the time she was eighteen, when people asked her what she wanted to do with her life, she told them she really wanted to be a writer- but the odds of that happening were so slim that she’d get her business degree “just to be safe”. Her dreams stayed constant. First she became a mom, then she went to college, and during her senior year- with one daughter in first grade and the other in preschool, she sat down and wrote a story.</span></div>
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Beron Kenway is a rich and powerful man. He leads a charmed life and is desired by many. Yet with all that going for him, he finds himself restless. Unsettled. Seeking answers, he heads to Las Vegas and finds his destiny.</div>
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Jacquelynn De le Cruz is one of the heirs to the De le Cruz fortune. All her life she has been overshadowed and overprotected by her older brother. Feeling as if the walls are closing in, she breaks out of her gilded cage. Escaping to Las Vegas she finds love....and her destiny.</div>
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Four families brought together by Fate discover a connection they can't explain. As they begin their journey to solve the mystery that creates their bond, they discover the world of love, family, and friendship. The one thing they all know as fact: family is deeper than blood.</div>
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The Siren (The Soul Summoner Series #2)<br />
Author: <a href="http://www.eliciahyder.com/" target="_blank">Elicia Hyder</a><br />
Publication date: March 13, 2016<br />
Print length: 314 pages<br />
Buy it on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Siren-Soul-Summoner-2/dp/0996448381/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1464726259&sr=1-5&keywords=the+siren" target="_blank">Amazon</a> or <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-siren-elicia-hyder/1123713774?ean=9780996448383" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a><br />
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Audience: Adult (18+)<br />
Genre: Paranormal Suspense<br />
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The Siren is book #2 in The Soul Summoner series and picks up right where book #1 ends. If you haven’t read the first book of the series, you won’t be lost because Ms. Hyder does a good job of recapping without weighing down the current story.<br />
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All but one of the missing victims from the first book have been found. When a current photo of the last victim proves that she's alive, Sloan, Warren, and Nathan head to Texas to find her. While there Sloan and Warren are hoping that she can shed some light on who and what they are, as well as what her connection, if any, is to them.
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Just like the first book, I could not turn the pages fast enough. There were scenes where I held my breath, bit my lip, and even shed a few tears. Questions were answered, but more were asked. And the ending? Can I just say, oh my God, I did not see that one coming!
I’m giving this one 5 little larks. It was well written, had me hooked from the get go and I just couldn’t put it down. Do yourself a favor and get this book, FAST.<br />
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All the missing victims of North Carolina’s deadliest serial killer have been found, all except Rachel Smith. When the FBI produces a photo proving Rachel is alive and well in Texas, one case is closed but another one is opened. Either this is a case of mistaken identity or there are more people than just Sloan Jordan and Warren Parish who seem to walk the earth without a soul.<br />
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Along with Detective Nathan McNamara, Sloan and Warren travel south to find Rachel and solve the biggest mystery of all: determining who—or what—they really are.
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Pleasure has a price . . .
Just when everything in my life is falling apart, I find a chance to turn it around--to step into someone else's glittering world, if only for a little while. I become someone new, no longer the woman defined by an ugly past, but a woman freer and bolder than myself. A woman who isn't afraid to explore every passion, even at its darkest, with a mysterious and seductive man who believes my mask is real.
Handsome and commanding, enigmatic and irresistible, billionaire Dominic Baine is an obsession I cannot afford and should not risk. He ushers me into consuming new pleasures and addicting new desires, until the line between my real life and the fantasy one I've stolen with him begins to blur.
I know I cannot keep my truth from him. I know my past will not stay buried forever. But before I can make it right, everything comes crashing down. I have deceived this powerful, dangerous man . . . and now there is a price to be paid.
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FOR 100 DAYS is the first novel in a passionate new contemporary romance trilogy from New York Times and #1 international bestselling author Lara Adrian. Coming soon: FOR 100 NIGHTS and FOR 100 REASONS. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> <span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">Tasha and I head for the elevators. Neither of the two cars are
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A moment later, a soft chime sounds behind me as the elevator
comes to a rest. I wheel back around and step toward the doors as soon as they
slide open.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I don’t even register that the wall I’m facing is human until
I’ve almost crashed right into him.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I stop short and lift my head with a half-formed apology on my
lips. The sound evaporates on my tongue as I glance up and my gaze collides
with a pair of cerulean blue eyes. They skewer me from under the slash of inky
black brows.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Brows that are furrowed into a deep scowl at the uncouth clod
who nearly body-slammed her way onto the elevator.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“Um, sorry.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">No reply from him. Not even a flicker of polite response in his
handsome, sharply cut features. Under a crown of dark hair that’s neatly
trimmed, fit for a boardroom, but thick with rebellious waves that catch the
light in a glossy, raven’s wing sheen, his face is a blending of hard, chiseled
angles. With his high cheekbones and square jaw, I’d be tempted to call his
face brutal if not for the supple line of his mouth.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And he’s tall and muscular too, dressed in a dark gray track
jacket and pants that do little to disguise the physically fit body within.
Despite his athletic appearance, I can tell immediately that he’s not some
meat-head gym rat who’s more brawn than brain.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">No, this man’s eyes blast me with the kind of intelligence and
seriousness—a powerful confidence—that I can’t ignore.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A shocking and inexplicable heat pours through me as he holds my
gaze. His stare is bold, unflinching, as if he’s accustomed to taking his fill
of anything in his sights. That air of assumption should offend me for many
reasons, but as his brilliant blue eyes travel the length of me, all I feel is
the rapid igniting of every cell in my body.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Tasha clears her throat when my muteness appears to be
permanent. “Pardon us, please.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">He barely acknowledges her comment, nor her huff of indignation
that follows. No, those piercing eyes staying rooted on me alone. I feel
stripped bare under that hard gaze, as if he can see right through me with a
single glance and knows I don’t belong here. Even worse, the barely
imperceptible twist of his lips seems to say that he’s very much aware of the
effect he has on me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">He doesn’t move, then I am mortified to realize it’s because I’m
standing in his way.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I wince inwardly and step aside, wishing I would just melt into
the crack between the marble floor and the elevator shaft before I embarrass
myself any more.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I follow Tasha into the elevator, but all of my attention is on
the dark-haired stranger now prowling across the marble with fluid, almost
urgent strides. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I hear Manny greet him as the elevator doors slide shut,
blocking my view.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“Evening, Mr. Baine. Enjoy your run, sir.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Once we’re sealed inside the car, my breath leaks out of me on a
groan.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Tasha arches a brow. “Hot as sin, but obviously a superior
prick. Do yourself a favor and steer clear of that one, honey.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As if I need the warning.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Whoever he is, I doubt I’ll be seeing much of <i>Mr. Baine.</i> In fact, I’m already
promising myself I’ll head in the opposite direction if I ever see him in the
building again while I’m here. God knows, I don’t need to relive tonight’s
awkward semi-introduction with the man anytime soon.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I push the button for the fifth floor, wishing
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Desire After Dark (The McCarthys of Gansett Island #15)<br />
Author: <a href="http://marieforce.com/" target="_blank">Marie Force</a><br />
Published by: HTJB, Inc.
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Publication Date: May 21, 2016<br />
Page Count: 304 (paper back)<br />
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Audience: Adult<br />
Genre: Contemporary Adult<br />
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Desire After Dark is the 15th book in Marie Force's Gansett Island series. I am new to this series, and I will admit I was a little apprehensive at first about jumping in to a book that is part of such a long series. However, Desire After Dark is a beautiful love story that reads well as a stand-alone. That being said, I think it is definitely enjoyed best by those who have read the entire series and already know all of the characters. I am a lover of series. I hate letting characters go at the end of a book. Just from reading this one book alone, I can tell that Marie Force does a fabulous job of continuing a series by allowing new characters to tell their stories without letting go of the characters that readers have grown to love throughout the series.<br />
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Erin and Slim are the main focus of Desire After Dark. Erin has suffered tremendous loss in her life and has started new on Gansett Island as the lighthouse keeper. Here she is making new friends and learning to live again. Slim is the familiar to Gansett Island. He is a pilot by trade, working off of Gansett Island in the summers and out of Florida in the winters. Their story began in the previous book, where they met and began somewhat of an online relationship while Slim was working out of Florida. Now he is home for Christmas and the two are able to explore the relationship that they've built through text and skype/face time.<br />
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There are quite a few kinks in their story that threaten their love; from Slim's fear of commitment to Erin's fear of losing someone she loves again and pretty severe case of OCD that stems from her past. These kinks serve to make their story more real, more full, and far more satisfying. I loved that the Desire After Dark was not predictable and that the entire story was just so utterly real and believable. There wasn't a rush to a Happily Ever After with a standard plot layout. Instead of being a run of the mill romance book, it read far more like a real-life love story.<br />
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Coming from someone who has not read the previous books in the series, I did get frustrated at times when the focus shifted to other characters. I wanted more of Erin and Slim and found myself anxious to get back to them. However, for readers who have read the rest of the series, I know that these moments were very much appreciated as they continue the stories that the readers fell in love with. Not only that, but it ties the whole series together with a beautifully woven ribbon of family and friendship. While I definitely enjoyed Desire After Dark as a stand alone, I highly recommend new readers start from the beginning and enjoy the series slowly before jumping in with the newest book. For myself... I enjoyed Desire After Dark well enough that I will be going back to the first book to enjoy the series as a whole.<br />
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Tobias “Slim” Jackson has the perfect life as a pilot on Gansett Island in the summer and in Florida in the winter. He’s happiest when he’s in the air, or at least that was the case before last summer when he met Erin Barton, Gansett Island’s newest lighthouse keeper. Now he can’t seem to find his usual enthusiasm for flying, winter in the sunny South or anything that doesn’t include her.<br />
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Erin has been stuck on pause since she lost her twin brother. She’ll tell you herself that her life has been a hot mess since Toby died. After dropping out of law school, she’s flitted from one pointless job to another, existing rather than truly living. Then she comes to Gansett Island to take over as the new lighthouse keeper and meets Slim, who happens to share her beloved brother’s first name. That small coincidence is enough to convince Erin that she needs to spend more time with the dashing pilot—except for the fact that he’s spending the winter more than a thousand miles from her.<br />
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Now Slim’s come home to Gansett for the holidays and to hopefully pick up where he left off with Erin. He’s got twelve days before he’s due back in Florida to finish out the remainder of his winter obligations. A lot can happen in twelve days, but will it be enough to convince Erin that it’s time to start truly living again? Read Slim and Erin’s story and catch up with the rest of the Gansett Island cast in Desire After Dark! Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05685178483566804394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8715658411493150964.post-87219630041409853382016-05-18T08:00:00.000-05:002016-05-18T08:00:00.990-05:00Book Blitz: His Undercover Princess by Avery Flynn<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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rest of the sentence was smothered by the white cotton cloth he held in his
free hand and forced against her nose and mouth. Shock froze Elle to the spot.
She couldn’t blink. She couldn’t breathe. All she could do was feel the banging
of her heart as panic sent it into overdrive. The people who killed her family
had found her.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“This
is for your own good,” he said as he looked down at her. “I couldn’t take the
chance you’d fight me, and there isn’t time to explain.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Too
damn bad for him, because her fight-or-flight response zinged into action.
Whatever was in the cloth, she didn’t want to breathe it in. Adrenaline clawed
at her, demanding life-giving oxygen, but she refused to give in. They might
have murdered everyone she loved and sent her into hiding, but she wouldn’t go
down without a fight. She grabbed his arms, yanking and stabbing her nails into
the sliver of his wrists not covered by his shirt. He didn’t flinch.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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“Just relax and breathe.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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fucking chance.</span></i><span style="line-height: 200%;"> Holding on to his forearms for leverage, she
slammed her knee upward, aiming for his most vulnerable spot. He deflected the
move with an ease of a natural athlete or a man trained to do whatever it took
to force the world to do his bidding.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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her nose and mouth. Her lungs burned with the effort not to breathe as she
struggled in his iron grasp, but it didn’t do her any good. Blackness ate
around the edges of her vision, the lack of oxygen taking its toll. She didn’t
have long before she’d pass out, with or without the help of whatever chemical
was in the cloth.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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years. She’d made it a decade without anyone finding her, without her secret
coming out. Foolishly, she’d thought she was finally safe. Now she’d pay the
price for a crown she’d never worn and a kingdom she’d never ruled. Dom pulled
her close to his hard chest so she wouldn’t fall to the cold marble floor,
holding her tight but without cruelty. No doubt that would come later.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Everything
is going to be okay, Princess Eloise,” he whispered against her ear. “I
promise.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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in the middle of a kidnapping.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Author: <a href="http://www.carlyphillips.com/" target="_blank">Carly Phillips</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Publication Date: May 3, 2016</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Page Count: 292 (paperback)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Genre: Contemporary Romance</span><br />
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the last) book in Carly Phillips’s Dare to Love series. I was a little nervous that
I would be missing important pieces to the story since I have not read any of
the other books in this series, but I was pleasantly surprised to find that it
reads well as a stand-alone. Ella and Tyler’s story is one of second
chances. He is the cliché older brother
of her best friend, and Ella has always had a crush on him until the one and
only night they spent together years ago after which he broke her heart. Now
Tyler is there to rescue her, at his sister’s request, and he and Ella have a second
chance at love. It’s a cute story, short and sweet, but there were elements
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did have some major potential. Unfortunately it didn’t live up to that
potential for me. The characters lacked depth and the events moved too quickly
in my opinion. It was very hard for me to believe that the past encounter
between Tyler and Ella was really so bad that it caused her to have issues with
self-image. The inner dialogue from them gave the impression that they were two
damaged souls, lacking trust due to events in their childhood. But the
descriptions of these events were skimmed over pretty hastily and lacked the grit
for their trauma to be believable. I would like to think that they were given
more attention in previous books in the series and this is just a downfall to
reading the book as a stand-alone, but unfortunately it didn’t inspire enough
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shows of sexual dominance and implied BDSM bedroom play by Tyler and his
brothers. Other than colorful language during the sex scenes, this book was
probably the cleanest I’ve read in a long time. Tyler and Ella did have chemistry, that can’t
be denied, and Tyler isn’t a weak character, but he doesn’t have the intensity of
an alpha male, much less a sexual dominant. I enjoyed the way Ella teased him
and provoked him, but I wish his responses had been a little more intense.
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 21px;">She was off limits, </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 21px;">But he couldn't resist. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 21px;">There are just some guys you don't touch--even someone as innocent and inexperienced as Ella Shaw knows that. But when her brother's best friend is up for grabs and willing, she can't resist. After all, she's wanted him for years... </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 21px;">On leave from the army, Tyler Dare is just looking for a little fun, but his best friend's sister is off limits. Yet unable to deny how sexy and alluring she is, he finds it all too easy to succumb to a night of passion and heat that ends the next morning in the worst way possible. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 21px;">Now, Ella is stranded on a tropical island with a hurricane bearing down, and only Tyler can save her. It's his chance to make amends for the past and show the woman he's never forgotten that he's coming after her . . . in more ways than one.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Ella woke up on the hospital waiting room couch, stretched out beside Tyler. Every muscle in her body cramped from the uncomfortable sofa and the unnatural position in which they'd slept. She wondered what had woken her, then she heard the distinctive sound of throat clearing."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Being in control in bed isn't all it's cracked up to be, especially for a woman," he murmured. She stiffened a little. *He really did read minds, didn't he?* "Seems like the world expects you to have to do everything these days: care for yourselves, your families, your children, your jobs... Who takes care of you, Jessica?" </span><br />
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