Infinite Desire Series: Savannah Series #4 by Danielle Jamie @DanielleJamie85 @ScandalousBlog

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Well I if I seem sad it is because I will miss The Knox family. This was by far the best book in the series. We see all of the characters grow up a lot! Gone are the nasty arguments and the tabloid cheating rumors. In place the author gave us some hot scenes and a wedding. Already invested in Kayden and Savannah being together, we move towards their future. The futures of Mya, Braxton, Dixon and Brooklyn all front and center.

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To be a included in the bachelorette party was just wonderful!

There are a few things I liked that I am probably alone in commenting on is Envy. I was so happy that Savannah was still working. It shows that there is more to the story than just being rich and then marrying rich. The character development and growth was definitely present here. That was refreshing alone!Also for Brooklyn, she was still doing her soap opera and flying between California and Texas. For me seeing some work ethic in these two characters was important.

Then there is Reagan. He is the best friend and brother figure to Savannah. I dont want to spoil this but I need to give some props to the author. There is a significant scene where he feels like he is left out. I felt so bad for him! He felt alone realizing that Savannah was getting married and sort of wouldnt have time for him. Being still single and carefree was great for him, but he feels like he is losing a few best friends.

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Then there is my other love Dixon. I really hope I am not alone saying he deserves his own book. Him and Brooklyn are so important to the story’s sub character.

Lastly I loved the suspense. There are a few nail biting chapters. You are all in for a treat. I am so happy to have seen this author grow and show some serious promise. Between book 1 and 4 there was a dramatic difference in the characters and dialogue. I look forward to a lot more from her. Oh and I mentioned before I want more Dixon, his voice needs to be heard.

Amazon Bestselling Author and a mother of 3 wonderful kids. Madison 9 Bailey 5 and Finn 2. I run a successful online boutique, Bailey Booper’s Boutique; many of my items featured on Teen Mom 2. I live in a small town in NY with my husband of 10 years, enjoying my happily ever after. My perfect day is spending time at the beach, I love the Ocean. I’m an outdoorsy type of girl; every chance I get I’m outside walking or running around with my kids.

I have been writing for as long as I can remember but I finally decide to peruse my dreams of sharing my stories with the world when I published my first Novel Irresistible Desire back in March 2013.

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16Dec2013

Only for You by Genna Rulon @Literati_Lit @GennaRulon #review

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“In its purest form love is self-sacrificing, eternal, selfless, enduring, truthful, forgiving and indulgent. It also feels an awful lot like a kick to the stomach when you try to fight it!”

So Everleigh Carsen is the main character. She is a senior at Hensley University. She lives with her best friend who she grew up with. It is more of a sister type relationship. Everleigh’s Mom was the housekeeper for Samantha’s parents. So she was the type of mother that was down to earth that everyone loved.

Being they were so close and Sam was fortunate, Everleigh got to tag along and benefited by their friendship. That said she never made Ever feel like she was anything less than an equal. I loved how they both had love and respect for the other.

When there is an uneasy feeling all over campus because girls are being attacked and some sexually assaulted. With this there is tension and Sam takes this very seriously. She makes Everleigh go to a self defense class. The attacks are sporadic and some are worse than others. After a scary attack that hits too close to home the campus of Hensley step things up. They offer in conjunction with a local Jiu Jitsu business, free classes in self defense. Enter Hunter…..steam and sex oooze from his pores. He is an athletic beefcake and there is a great chemistry between the two. Obviously as the self defense instructor he takes this serious. In the first class he clashes with Ever and kicks her out of the class.

The next meeting is better, as they try and repair the damage done in the first class. What I loved was that they were friends. Everleigh liked him and he liked her but nothing happens. He treats her in a sisterly fashion for as long as he can.

There is dialogue between Sam and Everleigh that is so meaningful. Sometimes girls dont get a chance to have that one special friend and Sam was it. I want her for a best friend myself. Then there is the author’s ability to make you fall for Hunter. The running conversations and sarcastic rounds between him and Ever were priceless. Never before has an author made me feel like I was learning something. It was extremely witty and quick. They had these classic , smart, and somewhat hidden innuendos going on. I love Hunter’s character and he will appeal to everyone who reads this. Just the addition of his degree and the fact that he is on his dual matriculation makes the conversations even funnier. Ever being a senior is very intelligent and they are always trying to one up each other. When he explains where he attended before Hensley you will laugh. Not only is he hot, physically fit, a lethal weapon, but her has a master’s degree!

This book will have you at the edge of your seat! It was a twisted tale of the worst kind of attacker. The plot was put together very well. As the attacks became more frequent they become more violent. The author did a superb job of keeping the momentum going. Thinking about a university and this situation what are they supposed to do close classes? shut down the dorms? It makes it all the more real for you to get in touch with young girls who are there for an education not to live in fear.

I was guessing a few times about who was the attacker and why would they do it. When it is revealed. HOLY crap it is a good one! Then you see words like….”book 2″ and it makes you smile from ear to ear.

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During her 15 years in the corporate world, Genna, inspired by her love of reading, fantasized about penning her own stories. Encouraged by her favorite authors, many of whom are indie writers and self-published, she committed to pursuing her aspirations of writing her own novels.Genna Rulon is an up and coming contemporary romance author.

Genna was raised in Long Island, New York, where she still resides, surrounded by the most amazing family and friends. Married to a wonderful man, who patiently tolerates her ramblings about whichever book she is currently working on, even feigning interest relatively convincingly! Genna is blessed with two little boys who do their best to thwart mommy’s writing time with their hilarious antics and charming extrapolations.

16Dec2013

Indestructible Desire (Savannah #3) by Danielle Jamie @DanielleJamie85 @ScandalousBlog #review

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After reading and loving book one. I have been on a Savannah weekend marathon. This is book three and my favorite book. I will explain the reasons why. I loved the book 2 trauma and how in this book the characters were actively seeking mental health counseling. Discussion is by far the most important aspect of healing. If you let it out, you will begin the healing process. Savannah did great and I think I have a crush on Dr. Wilcott. She is brilliant. I commend the author for her character placement and dialogue. This was the part where the stars align, for me anyways!

Plagued with nightmares and the fear that eventually bring me to the stars aligning AGAIN! Kayden visits the Doctor! WOW I so badly want to tell you what happens. It is a huge revelation for Savannah and the epiphany moment for Kayden. His story is out there!

Savannah enjoys her friends and finally tells Brooklyn to get her act together too. I enjoyed Brooklyn with Jax, Dixon and anyone else. She is a player and I loved her. She goes overboard with the comments to Dixon that you must read to understand. OK I will say this: there is a scene when he brings girls back from the club and Brooklyn makes mention of him being a 5 minute man with a tootsie roll sized weenie! LOL I swear there are many more comments to behold. I am a fan of hers!

Overall this had a bit over all the aspects I love in a book. There was romance, sex, love and a lot of fluff!

I have been writing for as long as I can remember but I finally decide to pursue my dreams of sharing my stories with the world when I published my first Novel Irresistible Desire back in March 2013.

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16Dec2013

Rescue Me, Maybe by Jackie Bouchard @JackieBouchard #review

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First as a dog lover, well I loved the book. In the first few chapters learning how Barnum was stricken with cancer was a killer. I recently had to put down my baby Quesadilla and she was 7. I grieved for her and still talk to her everyday. OK I don’t want to discount the loss of Ryan her husband. There is a little issue, that I will point out, she wasn’t in love with him. Yes, she loved him but right before coming home with the melanoma diagnosis she was planning on divorcing him. She lined up her ducks and had a plan. Then he says he has cancer and what else is there to do but support him. I don’t know how ling they were actually happy, but I felt bad for her. She was feeling the loss of a spouse but I think she was dealing with her own feelings of indifference. YES it is sad but there were so many things the authors does to make “light” of the situation. For example in church she should be thinking of Ryan or some part of their time together and yet she thinks “I notice his belly button. I can’t remember every noticing other Christs belly buttons before.” That is why I love Jackie. Who else would think that? OMG I was laughing at his funeral.

Another hysterical part for me was “I’d dig two M & M’s out of the bag each time a new song started. If they were the same color, I got a bonus M & M. Those two or three with the bonus- M & M ‘s had to last the whole song.” I totally loved Jane. I totally hated Barbara, the mother in-law, and sort of dis liked Jeffrey, the father in-law.

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Jane drives from Philadelphia back to San Diego with the dead husband and the pet, both in ash form. What happens and where the course changes are really special. This is the time where Jane must evaluate her life, her future, and get Ryan’s ashes to Maui.

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These are just a few reasons why I adore Jackie and her writing. No writer has come across with more love for pets than her. I sometimes think I take better care of my dogs than I do my husband, so I related to this. Please if you are a dog lover, read this. It is truly a wonderfully written and enlightening book. The plot, the characters, and the awakenings they all have are to be enjoyed and shared.

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Jackie Bouchard (www.jackiebouchard.com) writes Fido-friendly fiction. She used to be trapped in the hamster wheel of corporate America, but she was lucky enough to escape and now fully understands the term “struggling writer.” Jackie loves: reading, writing, and, yes, even ‘rithmetic (seriously, algebra rocks); professional cycling; margaritas; blogging (she never thought she’d say that, but she does); dogs in general, and her crazy rescue pup specifically; and her hubby. (Not in that order.) Jackie dislikes: rude people and writing about herself in the third person. After living in Southern California, then Bermuda, then Canada, then the East coast, Jackie and her husband settled in San Diego. American Jackie, her Canadian hubby, and her Mexican rescue mutt form their own happy little United Nations. Jackie’s novels include “What The Dog Ate” and “Rescue Me, Maybe.”

16Dec2013

Inescapable Desire by Danielle Jamie @DanielleJamie85 @ScandalousBlog #review

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This is the second book in the Savannah series. It is telling Savannah and Kayden’s relationship as it grows. If you can imagine, Logan does come back and it is a testing of how close Kayden has become. I liked the hotness between these two. The book was full of passion!

Together Brooklyn and Savannah embark on a move to Galveston. I think this could have been easily accepted had they waited longer than a week or two. I just became bothered by the fact that she up and moved so quick. I wanted them together, so I needed a little longing for one another. Just totally my opinion. I would have invested a lot more sooner had they waited a little. Savannah had no time to heal from Logan and enjoy single life.

I think as a series goes you need to read book 1 and I dare say it was better than this one. In a few rare books do I ever say it was too much sex, but this was the case for me anyways. I thought they need to learn about each other and not more positions. The redemption comes in the last 1/4 of the book. That is where the heart of this story starts. Enjoy it.

This book has many many juicy parts! What an ending!

I have been writing for as long as I can remember but I finally decide to pursue my dreams of sharing my stories with the world when I published my first Novel Irresistible Desire back in March 2013.

16Dec2013

True Fate by Shayna Varadeauz @ShaynaVaradeaux #spotlight

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Book Name: True Fate

Author Name: Shayna Varadeaux

Publish Date: January 6^th
2014

Genre: YA Paranormal Fantasy

Blurb:

Strange things
have always happened to Nia, and until now she’s written them off as flukes. At
nineteen she has seen her fair share of odd occurrences and just feels lucky.

When Nia
unknowingly spoke a prophecy on her eighteenth birthday she freaked out her
best friend, Rhea. Nia realizes she needs to find some answers. Rhea makes her
promise to go and see her Great Aunt Amarie, but she isn’t sure if her crazy
aunt could really help.

Nia finds herself
unexpectedly drawn to a stranger and begins dreaming of people who seem to know
everything about her.

They offer little
in the way of information as to how and why. It all feels too real but Nia is
unsure, at least until she wakes up with a trinket from the encounter.

When dreams and
reality collide Nia will have to face dangers she never knew existed. Ready or
not she will have to discover her True Fate.

Author Bio:

Shayna is a
happily married mom of three teenagers and a native Texan. She is a highly
addicted reader and an avid reviewer with a love for generating buzz for other
authors.

“Life is chaos
and reading is my relaxation. Writing comes second only to my family and my
music. I love playing the bass and singing backup vocals for my husband. A
tattoo artist turned author, following my dream and loving it!”

“I am
currently writing True Fate, my first YA Paranormal Fiction! I hope to publish
by the end of the year or the beginning of next year. Luckily I have my best
friend who is also my supportive husband to cheer me on. I’m definitely looking
forward to the painful journey of becoming a self-published author!”

Author Links:

Blog: http://www.shaynavaradeauxbooks.blogspot.com

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16Dec2013

Pieces for You (For You #2) by Genna Rulon @Literati_Lit @GennaRulon #spotlight

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Title: Pieces for You (For You #2)

Author: Genna Rulon

Genre: New Adult 18+

Publication Date: December 17, 2013

Event organized by: Literati Author Services, Inc.

“The phoenix hope, can wing her way through the desert skies,

and still defying fortune’s spite; revive from ashes and rise.” -Miguel de Cervantes

Samantha Whitney survived unimaginable tragedy only to discover she had been betrayed by a man who claimed to love her. Shattered, Sam spends months at a safe haven trying to piece herself back together. Ready or not, the time has come for her to return home.

As Sam struggles to resume a life that no longer feels familiar, she finds unwavering support in an unexpected, familiar face. Confronting Sam’s raw emotions and open wounds head-on, Griffin manages to take two steps forward for every step she retreats.

But when Sam is once again threatened, Griffin must decide how far he is willing to go to protect the woman he wants…knowing the cost of her safety is the risk of losing her. Pieces For You is a captivating journey of survival, healing, and sacrifice—teeming with honesty, humor, unexpected twists, and love’s unsurpassed endurance.begin to plague Sam, it is Griffin she is forced to turn to.

*Though Pieces For You is a part of the For You Series, the book can be read as a stand alone.

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15Dec2013

The Coming Storm, By Valerie Douglas @ValerieDouglasA @thefinishingfae

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The Coming Storm, By Valerie Douglas

Spanning an epic series of books, ‘The Coming Storm’ by Valerie Douglas takes you to the heart of a conflict between magic users, and those without magic, good and evil, love and loss.
Join Ailith and Elon as they have to choose between love, duty, and everything they’ve battled for.

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Elon of Aerilann, Elven advisor to the High King of Men, helped negotiate the treaty between Elves, Dwarves and men. He suddenly finds that fragile truce threatened from without by an unknown enemy and from within by old hatreds and prejudice. With the aid of his true-friend Colath, the wizard Jareth and the Elven archer Jalila, he goes in search of the source of the threat.

Ailith, the Heir to Riverford, fights her own silent battle. Her father has changed, but her quest to discover what changed him puts her life and very soul in danger and leaves her only one direction in which to turn. Elon.

To preserve the alliance, though, Elon will have to choose between his honor, his duty and everything for which he fought.

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Not Magic Enough (The Coming Storm, #3) (novella will be 99¢ during the blast)

Setting Boundaries (The Coming Storm, #4)(novella will be 99¢ during the blast)

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And to celebrate her book blast, Valerie’s lowered the price of The Coming Storm on a Countdown Deal. Head on over to the page and see what it’s set and and grab your copy at the lowest price you can! Her novellas Not Magic Enough & Setting Boundaries have also been priced at $0.99 for the duration of this project.

15Dec2013

Resist‏ by D. Breeze @AuthorDBreeze @Tantalizingblog

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Blurb

Harper-Marie Groves likes sex…a lot. Too much.

Is she really a slut if she doesn’t promise anyone anything? She doesn’t think so… but everyone else does.

She’s the girl who does what she wants, when she wants to do it. She doesn’t follow the rules, unless they are her own, she never does as she’s told and she never holds her tongue. She’s feisty, mouthy, rebellious…and she loves every second of it.

Mason Brent has never met a girl like her. He craves her, he wants her to be his because he thinks she’s his perfect girl…except that she doesn’t want to be his girl at all.

When she makes him an offer he can’t refuse, she thinks she’s got him exactly where she wants him and has control of the situation……..But she just made Mason’s job a whole lot easier.

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“Look Mason, like I said, last night and this morning, it was good, really good. But I don’t know what you think is happening here, it’s just sex. I’m not going out ‘for a drive’ with you, I’m not going to have something to eat with you, I’m not going to ‘talk shit’ with you…and I’m not coming back here again. Ever. Ok?”

He stared at me intently again and I held an internal battle over whether I should just leave him to his thoughts, or push him for an answer. I thought that if I just left, didn’t give him chance to answer, maybe I could get out of there before he snapped out of it.

Before I could make my decision, his eyes became focused again but he definitely didn’t do what I expected him to. He stood up, right in front of me, kissed my forehead and spoke in a soft tone.

“If that’s what you want Sunshine, then that’s what you’ll get. I’ll leave my number on the desk, you change your mind, or you just wanna chat for the sake of it, you call me yeah?”

He didn’t wait for me to answer, he just pulled on his loose fitting shorts, no underwear, and left the room. I focused on the door, trying to figure out why he gave up so easily. He seemed so determined before. Strange.

I didn’t spend too long thinking about it though, I pulled on my shoes, grabbed my clutch bag off the desk, then hesitated when I saw the card with his number on, right next to my bag. I knew I wouldn’t call, well, I was fairly sure I wouldn’t. There was no point in taking it…

I took it anyway.

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Names Danielle Breeze, I’m only twenty-three but some days I feel forty!! I’m a single mum to two beautiful young children (makes finding the time to write challenging to say the least!!). Born and raised in Coventry, England – don’t think I’d ever really have the guts to leave here!! I’m a romantic at heart, love a happy ending and I’ve been known to make up my own endings in my head to other books if I didn’t agree with theirs haha!!

I listen to music CONSTANTLY!! Especially when I’m writing. I spend my days tidying up after my kids, making dinner, taking the kids to the park…nothing interesting!! But I like to spend time with my wonderful friends and family, going to concerts, on holidays, out for drinks 🙂 all the usual things!!

I have always read books, magazines…the back of the shampoo bottle…ANYTHING I could, since I’ve been able to form words!! I wanted to write my own books even when I was just a little girl, scribbling little pieces down on scraps of paper, anything to get my ideas out!! I was as at university when I decided I was going to stop wanting to do it, and actually do it!! I have plenty of different works in the pipeline, so I hope you like my stuff .

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14Dec2013

Harp’s Song byCassie Shine @CassShine #review

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I am going to start with what I loved. I loved Harp Evans. Her teen years were not normal, and for someone with her issues she was pretty well-rounded. Her mother was the hardest character to read. I won’t giveaway any plot secrets, as there are a few little minor things and then the big bam

moment. Growing up in a home where there is sadness is bad enough, but Harp had lived with extreme hate. Her mother did things to abuse her physically and verbally. It was a very bold book in that way.

Her best friend Connor Williams is the great addition to the plot. He feels so bad for her. His parents, especially his Mother are the polar opposites. She seeks refuge in their home and is shocked that she is welcomed with open arms. It seemed to me they were loving, and not doing it to compensate for Harp’s obvious emotional issues. I think they knew something big was going on and they hid it well. She really felt cozy and comfy with them.

Connor hid his feelings for Harp. He never lead on he cared other than acting like a brother. I wanted a little more from his parents. It seemed his mom was on board with them being together but until it happened she said nothing.

I loved the epiphany Harp has when confronted with her mothers true motives of hate. It was a real page turner from that point on. As I said there was a lot to like and a big thing like Connor to love!

Cassie Shine

I love to read. Even after stuffing my face I will still eat dessert. I am a 14-year-old girl at heart.

I grew up in Kansas City where my love of classical music was cultivated … and yes, I was in the band. After college, I lived in St. Louis before moving to California with my hubby. Despite living in the OC, you won’t find me on The Real Housewives… . Instead, you’ll find this midwestern gal-at-heart writing at my local Starbucks or Bread Co. (Panera to everyone else not from the Lou). We currently live with our two furry kids, Finnegan the Fat Cat and resident jerk, and Molly the Sweet Dog, our teddy bear.

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