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Time Out by Jill Shalvis

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Time Out

In my opinion I am on a Jill Shalvis freakishly long book run! I loved this book. Poor Raine had work cut for her with her job at the Recreation Center and then her volunteer work. She was helping her community out after a California wild fire wrecked most of it. Her boss Rick gets a call from his famous brother Mark who is a Pro hockey coach and needs community service for two players, if not they are suspended. Rick tells him come to Santa Rey and help out and it will teach the players to give back to the community. So in typical Jill Shalvis form he meets his crush from his days growing up in Santa Rey and they not only transform the youth center, the community, but themselves. Mark realizes he can’t leave without Raine and he proves it. Great read and awesome steam factor too!

The Mighty Storm by Samantha Towle


The Mighty Storm

This was one hell of an explosive book. I did see some very likable similarities to Kellan and the Thoughtless books. So yup I loved it!!


The Tru and Jake growing up as best friends was so sweet. When they lost contact and Jake made it big both Susie (Jake’s Mom) and Tru’s parents lost touch too. It was twelve long years before their paths crossed again. When Tru shows up to do the interview for her magazine Etiquette on Jake’s band The Mighty Storm, it all comes back. Not long into their meeting Jake asks Tru if she has a boyfriend and she says yes and tells him about Will. For the last two years she is dating Will and she sort of questions that love right away. When she takes the job to do the article on Jake you know right away that sparks are there and even though you love Jake, there is Will and his love to think about. That made me cry so bad when Will and Tru’s room mate Simone come to get her on the last leg of the UK tour. Big drama!!


The love story has so many great times and Jake and Tru were extremely sweet. I know the lows were there and mostly they were not that bad until things explode when Jakes Dad’s story comes out. That portion of the book is where I cried the second time. 


You get the paparazzi education and learn about what the you read is almost always fabrication. Poor Jake and Tru suffer those ramifications many times. 


Overall I really enjoyed this book. I loved the characters and thought the writing was strong and real. Sometimes the best stories are the ones that make you yell at the book. I yelled at Tru so many times so I know how good it was. 


Strongly recommend if you were a fan of KA Linde’s Avoiding Series and The Thoughtless series that you come and fall in love with Jake and The Mighty Storm!

Playing to Win (Play by Play #4) by Jaci Burton (

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Jaci Burton is one of my favorite authors I love her type of fluff! This one was missing something and I think that maybe Savannah was keeping her family and lack of a secret but then when we found out about her Mother it was no big deal. I mean nothing compared to Liz and Tara and what they grew up in and around. It seemed maybe a little less important than the others in this series.

What I loved was the Riley family and of course having Kathleen and Uncle Jimmy back behind the bar was cool too. I love that at the time when Savannah was doubting herself she confided in Liz and was shocked when Liz didn’t ask what was up, but instead told her she knew everything. I think that is when Savannah turned herself around realizing that she would have Tara, Liz, Julia and Alicia as sisters if she was open to them.

There was of course tons of steam and that was without a doubt 5* smoking heat

Wrong Bed, Right Guy (Come Undone #1) by Katee Robert

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Wrong Bed, Right Guy (Come Undone, #1)

 

 

This book had it all! laughs, loves, friendships and sex! The plot was just hilarious. I laughed when Elle, who was in deep like with her artsy painter gallery boss Nathan, decides to slips into his bed. When it is not him, but his brother Gabe, I almost fell off the chair. She was mortified and I felt so bad for her. When all was cleared up and Gabe finds out who she is he decides he wants to go out with her. He is discussing Elle with his brother Nathan and Nathan tells him that he knew Elle was trying to get him to go out on a date but Nathan wasn’t interested. He tells Gabe go for it.

There were a few ups and downs. Some were sad and a little heartbreaking but it showed that Elle just needed a little push to help her in the right direction. Sometimes a man can really mess with a girls outlook on future men and relationships. Bitch slap someone for that! If you want a great read try this one.