Kicking Eternity, by Ann Lee Miller


Really good wholesome story. I really enjoyed the main character Raine. For the last summer before she heads to Africa to teach bible studies. She was so focused and all she spoke about was her life path. Her last summer in New Smyrna Beach is just supposed to be ordinary, no drama, maybe new friends, and surely no love. When she arrived at her summer job as a counselor she had set a goal of meeting at least 3 friends. Her roomie and cabin mate started off a little rough, but it worked itself out. She starts a close friendship with Cal, who is the beach guy, big tall handsome and available. Cal wants to paint her and is really thinking about her as a girlfriend, but that is not in his plans. He realizes that even he can’t make her change her mind about Africa. He is also really focused and doesn’t want to be like his parents.

Then there is Drew the camps Rec Director. Drew started teasing her from day 1 about being home schooled and her name. He always called her Rainey, she corrected him a million times.Drew calls her an enabler. Drew knows her from when she was a camper there a long time ago. Drew has an old girl he never got over. Everyone tells him that it has been too long and he needs to date. Then the past returns. Sam is a threat to Drew and his healing as well as to Raine.

If that is not enough her brother goes off the deep end and has major trouble. There are cops, weapons and drama. Raine saves all of her pay checks, plans, and still worries about her brother who has issues. Well not issues, he is into drugs and needs helps bad.

Will she figure out what to fight for and what to free before it’s too late?
For anyone who’s ever wrestled with her dreams.

Just had to upload my quotes

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“Cold. Wind’s kicking up.” “Kicking eternity,” Cal said. Aly nudged Cal with her foot. “What’s that supposed to mean?” “I’m reading Sacred Hoops written by Phil Jackson when he coached the Chicago Bulls. Jackson kicks against his parents’ take on eternity.”

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And Cal again felt the caress of God. Childhood Bible verses broke loose like driftwood that had been caught in a logger jam. First, This is love; not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Then, But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved. And, God is love.

Jesus, fill me with Your ability to communicate love and forgiveness to Eddie. Give me wisdom in how to deal with him. Make this a turning point for him away from drugs. Please.

She stepped into his chest and his arms closed around her. The rain slapped against the tin roof, and she listened to the beat of his heart—racing, like he’d sprinted down the beach. She felt safe, safer than she’d ever felt in her life. She looked up and took his face in her hands. “You know that kiss, the one you apologized for?” “Yes.” His voice was definite, his eyes smiling. “I want more of those—”

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Thank You, God, for giving me someone so much better than I could have chosen. And for giving me my dream.

Lacybourne Manor [Kindle Edition] Kristen Ashley


Reincarnation does not make for me sleeping. Loving the book but I am going to have a nightmare for sure

Done and loved Colin the best even though the reincarnations ha me scared. After I go to LoDo I wanna go to Laceybourne for sure. The characters were rich and very descriptive. I enjoyed the Beatrice and Royce characters and their history. They were in love and murdered having their throats slit. The murder happens before they are able to consummate their relationship. This starts a curse that comes back to haunt them when they are reincarnated in the present day.

Colin and Sybil are waiting for their soul mates. He’s a man of wealth and power, she is an American in England. Both are losing their faith in love. It took a while but Sibyl warmed up to him. There was a lot more paranormal in this book than the others.

Penmort Castle [Kindle Edition] Kristen Ashley


I really liked this one mostly cause I am a huge Kristen Ashley fan. Although ghosts and reincarnations scare the hell out of me I read it and really liked it. The culmination of 16 spirits was awesome too.
This book was so much better than I thought from the jacket blurb. You think it is going to be filled with all things paranormal or supernatural, but it really isn’t. It is a ghost story, or a haunted castle story, but this really isn’t prevalent until about 75% of the book. It is primarily the story of a relationship.

Abby needs money. She is a widow and has inherited an old home from her grandmother. The home is in poor repair, but she can’t part with it. Too many memories. Her friend Jenny, overhears a famous, rich man, discussing his need for someone to pose as his girlfriend for a period and thinks of Abby. The rest, so said, is history.

Motorcycle Man (Dream Man #4) by Kristen Ashley


I finished it last night and b4 I could write my review I had to sleep on it. We heard Tack in a few books and he was a protector and the leader of the MC Chaos, he was the center character. He’s it, her dream and she did not settle. The Russian Mob was back (scarey!!) and so were Mitch and Hawk (good for us too). The SAD SAD part was the last sentence this end Dream Man I was like WTF next is The Chaos Series with Tabby n Shy (can not wait). I just need more KA books so I mourn the Dream Man series wah wah wah Im crying

Knight (Unfinished Hero #1) by Kristen Ashley


This book was great! The Knight story unfolded in a great way. He had such a rough start and that made him the true Daddy he was. The Anya and friends parts were great too. Just shows the loyalties some people hold to their hearts. I am blessed with friends like Anya and I admit I cried at least 3 times.


This hit me hard! The families here and Fiona suffer so much loss. Not only did cancer claim his wife but Prentice was left by Bella too. I loved the spirit of Fiona and her constant floating. A great read and even though the last chapter killed me, I loved it. Loved Jace and Sally just proving how special Fiona was that her spirit was felt by them too. In Isabella Austin Evangelista’s life miracles never happen… she knows she’s destined to be the princess who’s stuck in the middle of a fairytale where there will be no happily ever after.

Once upon a time, Prentice Cameron loved Isabella Austin until he discovered she was a spoiled, rich girl who spent her summers toying with his heart.

Life led Prentice to his own fairytale, the love of the full-of-life Fiona Sawyer. That being so, that fairytale was torn away when Fiona died of a brain tumour leaving Prentice with a house to keep clean, piles of laundry to be done, a business to run and two children who were getting tired of takeaway.

But Isabella comes back to Prentice’s tiny fishing town and she sweeps into his children’s lives like a beautiful, well-dressed fairy godmother who bakes exquisite chocolate cakes and gives the perfect manicure to six-year-old girls. Then Prentice finds out Isabella’s soul destroying secrets, secrets that explain why she left him so many years ago.

Fiona, stuck in her village and forced to haunt her family and watch Prentice and Isabella’s crazy dance, finds the impossible happening. She’s cheering for Bella and Prentice to rekindle their love. Then she finds out why she’s caught in her heartbreaking haunting and discovers she must embrace her magic and keep Bella safe or Bella’s fairytale will never come true

Rock Chick Regret (Rock Chick #7) by Kristen Ashley


OMG I am done with the Rock Chick series. I loved the Zano family and Uncle Vito and I was thinking that a female Balducci family member needed to hook up with Lorenzo (Ren)or maybe Ally. I don’t knoow… I loved Hector my DEA 00 agent too and now I am lost that I don’t have just one more to read. Another great story I can not say enough good things about Kristen Ashley and her stories that have had me on edge for weeks! Loved it

Rock Chick Regret is the seventh book in the Rock Chick series and one of my favorites! The story is truly awesome… heartbreaking, inspiring, romantic and very sexy… a delicious tale served up in true Kristen Ashley form.

Something About You, by Julie James


Fate has thrown two sworn enemies…

Of all the hotel rooms rented by all the adulterous politicians in Chicago, female Assistant U.S. Attorney Cameron Lynde had to choose the one next to 1308, where some hot-and-heavy lovemaking ends with a death. And of all the FBI agents in Illinois, it had to be Special Agent Jack Pallas who gets assigned to this high-profile homicide. The same Jack Pallas who still blames Cameron for a botched crackdown three years ago—and for nearly ruining his career.

Into each other’s arms…

Work with Cameron Lynde? Are they kidding? Maybe, Jack thinks, this is some kind of welcome-back prank after his stint away from Chicago. But it’s no joke; the pair is going to have to put their rocky past behind them and focus on the case at hand. That is, if they can cut back on the razor-sharp jibes—and smother the flame of their sizzling-hot sexual tension.

Mystery Man, by Kristin Ashley


WOW I can not believe the stories that Kristen Ashley writes! Between Gwen and her sister and the MC’s then who is DEA….gosh I am done and tired but downloaded Wild Man and read the prologue. The dedication is great “Everything we are is based on LOVE and history!” I cant really give away the story line but Meredith was so much more than Gwen’s step mom and the history there is worth it all. Loved Cabe “Hawk” Delgado too.
While drinking cosmopolitans, Gwendolyn Kidd meets the man of her dreams. Then she takes him home. Then she wakes up alone. But her fear that she lost her dream man turns into a relationship with a mystery man when, night after night in the dead of night, he comes back for more. Hoping it will blossom into something real, she lets him.

But she doesn’t even know his name.

Gwen’s struggling with the decision to end their crazy non-relationship when her sister-from-hell, Ginger’s best friend pays a visit and warns Gwen that if she and her sister don’t get smart, they’ll both get d-e-a-d, dead. Gwen has no clue what’s going on but she’s used to Ginger’s antics and decides to lay the problem on her sister’s biker boyfriend’s doorstep. Bad choice. She hits the Denver Underground radar with a big, loud ping.

This means Gwen’s Mystery Man, Cabe “Hawk” Delgado has to step in to keep her safe. But when Hawk gets a dose of Gwen in the daylight, he makes the decision that he finally wants real with Gwen. However when Gwen gets a dose of badass, bossy, straight-talker Hawk in the daylight, she decides she’s done.

Thus begins the head-to-head of the Commando vs. Cosmo Girl as Hawk woos Gwen in his own unique way, Gwen survives firebombs, drive-bys, kidnappings, hot pursuits by biker hotties and gorgeous police detectives and discovers the heartbreaking reason why Hawk kept her at arm’s length.

And as all this happens, Gwen finds that her sister’s troubles are serious trouble and she must decide who to keep alive: her sister-from-hell or the man of her dreams.

Flat-Out Love, By Jessica Park


Saw this one on many of my fave reviewers list. So I got through it so fast and I loved it. The entire family dynamic and Julie’s showing up to be the “fixer” was just fab. The explanation of Mat and how his character was written made me laugh especially because my sister does work for the American Institute of Physics and I know the type! Never thought all of the East Coast things would make me smile and miss it but I loved the “coolatta” too.

Flat-Out Love is a warm and witty novel of family love and dysfunction, deep heartache and raw vulnerability, with a bit of mystery and one whopping, knock-you-to-your-knees romance.

Something is seriously off in the Watkins home. And Julie Seagle, college freshman, small-town Ohio transplant, and the newest resident of this Boston house, is determined to get to the bottom of it.

When Julie’s off-campus housing falls through, her mother’s old college roommate, Erin Watkins, invites her to move in. The parents, Erin and Roger, are welcoming, but emotionally distant and academically driven to eccentric extremes. The middle child, Matt, is an MIT tech geek with a sweet side … and the social skills of a spool of USB cable. The youngest, Celeste, is a frighteningly bright but freakishly fastidious 13-year-old who hauls around a life-sized cardboard cutout of her oldest brother almost everywhere she goes.

And there’s that oldest brother, Finn: funny, gorgeous, smart, sensitive, almost emotionally available. Geographically? Definitely unavailable. That’s because Finn is traveling the world and surfacing only for random Facebook chats, e-mails, and status updates. Before long, through late-night exchanges of disembodied text, he begins to stir something tender and silly and maybe even a little bit sexy in Julie’s suddenly lonesome soul.

To Julie, the emotionally scrambled members of the Watkins family add up to something that … well … doesn’t quite add up. Not until she forces a buried secret to the surface, eliciting a dramatic confrontation that threatens to tear the fragile Watkins family apart, does she get her answer.

When things were revealed I cried. I had NO clue what the reveal would be and I never imagined it would be this good. What an excellent read. Now I am going to read another Jessica Park book.