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Thursday 28 May 2015

**REVIEW** #FORFEIT by CAROLINE BATTEN




Getting divorced at twenty-five sucks

Teaching over-confident rich kids when you're all but homeless sucks. In fact, every single aspect of Daisy Fitzgerald’s life is one big…



#fail
Enter Xander, a Knight-in-Shining-Cricket-Pads, who knocks her off her wedge heels and into his privileged world of It-girls, players and Michelin stars.



High on cocktails & escapism
Daisy agrees to play Forfeit, the ultimate game of dares. A simple kiss dare ignites her relationship with Xander, but the game's called Forfeit for good reason. Can they survive three rounds?



Blackmail • Betrayal • Revenge 
Move over Gatsby, there's a new bunch of bored young things in town.








I'm lost for words. I thoroughly enjoyed this modern romance with a cheeky edge to it. Some parts were slow and then others were so good you would literally leave the kids waiting for tea. Caroline has written a contempory chick lit with teeth. the book has a total mind **** fuck of a story line and your constantly thinking of who dunnit and changing your mind page by page. 
The characters were interesting and i wanted to throttle daisy in most chapters she was quite self absorbed but thoroughly entertaining and kind.
Xander was just too good to be true and why the hell doesn't she just go with it ?
James well he is a complex character and I'm constantly wondering WTF.
marcus, robbie and scott are adorable .

but these characters amaze me with their rich lifestyle and drug taking habits, and the game ? i mean just wtf.
It really is a look at how the other half live. I'm new to caroline's work but already my purchased another of her books.

Monday 25 May 2015

**REVIEW & GIVEAWAY** BLACK HORSE by ADDISON KLINE


Title : BLACK HORSE
Author : Addison Kline
Genre : Romantic Suspense

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22064966-black-horse






"What would you do if the only man you ever loved was the son of the man that murdered your parents?"
In Addison Kline's fiery romantic suspense novel, Averi Ford's future collides with her past with ferocious intensity. Averi Ford and Colt McClain have loved each other since they were children. They both come from a broken past. Colt's mother died when he was young, and Averi's parents were taken from her at the tender age of five. The same man is responsible for both of their broken childhoods: Tom "Black Horse" McClain. He also happens to be Colt's father. Now twenty years after the crimes that fractured both of their hearts, Black Horse is getting out of jail and he's coming after the girl who testified against him: Averi, herself. Colt wants to hide her, but Averi refuses to run.
"Our past does not own us, and we owe it to our hearts to show the world that love can arise from the darkest of places. We just have to survive Black Horse to tell the tale." 






Black Horse is a cold-blooded murderer.  His son, Colton, wants nothing to do with his father having witnessed many of his hateful crimes as a child.  In fact, he wishes his father were dead.  Averi also witnessed the death of her father, mother, and brother at the hand of Black Horse.  She would like nothing more than to see Black Horse dead also.  Rather than allow the Black Horse to tear them apart, Averi and Colton turned to each other to heal through their pain.  But Black Horse is about to be released from prison.  Everyone has vengeance on their agenda.  This story builds up to a climatic ending.
5*


 



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 Addison Kline is an award winning, best selling novelist who writes mystery, psychological thrillers and romantic suspense novels. She lives in Pennsylvania with her husband, their sons and two rambunctious dogs. Addison has had a love affair with the written word since before she entered school. Her grandmother taught her the glory of taking an adventure in the pages of a book. When Addison isn't writing, you can find her reading, going for an adventure with her sons, or traveling with her family.



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Saturday 23 May 2015

**REVIEW** STRIP TEASER by AVA MANELLO





When investigative reporter Sally Evans receives her latest assignment to uncover the naked truth, she gets more than she bargained for.

Eight weeks on tour with the Naked Nights male stripper troupe to expose all their dirty secrets, is this serious reporter's worst nightmare. She'd rather a man keep his clothes on. For Sally, sex is only a consideration if it happens in the dark, not that she can remember the last time she had a reason to turn the lights off.

With over-eager, over-sexed female fans in abundance and baby oil by the gallon, the guys are looking forward to some fun.... Sally's inhibitions are not.
 




This was a fun read. the story is quite original with a magic mike style group of strippers and the reporter sent to write up " advertising piece on the tour" .
i really liked alex and tiny but gareth from cleethorpes with his manwhore ways pissed me off.Sally the reporter becomes one of the team and she falls for "gay alex" except he isn't gay. i was disappointed at the lack of sex scenes but again this is just my personal opinion. all round a nice little read.

Friday 22 May 2015

**REVIEW** THE LIE by C.L. TAYLOR



This was no accident…
Haunting, compelling, this psychological thriller will have you hooked. Perfect for fans of Gone Girl and Daughter.
I know your name’s not really Jane Hughes . . .
Jane Hughes has a loving partner, a job in an animal sanctuary and a tiny cottage in rural Wales. She’s happier than she’s ever been but her life is a lie. Jane Hughes does not really exist.
Five years earlier Jane and her then best friends went on holiday but what should have been the trip of a lifetime rapidly descended into a nightmare that claimed the lives of two of the women.
Jane has tried to put the past behind her but someone knows the truth about what happened. Someone who won’t stop until they’ve destroyed Jane and everything she loves . . .


3.5 stars. i just finished this and i must say considering this book is in every major supermarket I'm quite underwhelmed. the story doesn't really get interesting until approx 60%  and even then i found the story slow for a thriller i found the ending quite boring and predictable. its not a bad book but just not as good as i was expecting. 

**REVIEW** MY DEMONS by KIMBERLY BLALOCK


MY DEMONS
Author: Kimberly Blalock
Series: The Angel Trilogy, Book 2
~ SYNOPSIS ~
Abigale Hayes has had many things ripped from her life. She‘s been broken and emotionally left to die in the darkness she’s been living in for far too long. Love finds Abby is ways she hadn't imagined would ever be possible, but so do lies and betrayal. Abby will be put in a position to protect the one man she loves and has realized without a doubt she will love forever. Evan’s love for Abby will take him to a whole new depth of darkness and dealing with those that want the love of his life for themselves will be the end of Evan and Abby. Or will it?



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OMG the FEEEEELS! The Feels! 

There was kindle throwing and screaming - but i want more!!! where is book 3? Can i get now? how bout now? or now?

I absolutely love Abby and Evan and all the side characters in this story too! A heart Thumping, suspense filled second part in the trilogy, that had me chewing my nails! If you havent read book one - GO NOW! and one click it! I am not giving away any of the story because i would hate to spoil it for any reader. 

A series well worth investing your time in! ——- and that ending! holy sucker punch in the gut! 

4.5 **** from me.


I want to write a million things down but I cant spoil this book!


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Series: The Angel Trilogy, Book 1
~ SYNOPSIS ~
When Evan Young walks into Abigale Hayes’s life she falls; mind, body, and soul for the man she thinks he is, having no idea that the secrets he holds in his hands will destroy the girl she is. Abby must decide how the truth will affect the relationship that has her craving more with every breath she takes and how she will take revenge into her own hands. Evan will die to protect Abby and will kill for her too. The events that unfold will change who Abigale Hayes is forever.



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~ ABOUT THE AUTHOR ~
Kimberly Blalock 

Kimberly has been writing since she was a young girl growing up in Kansas City, Mo. Reading and writing has always been a big part of her life. She enjoys a world she can get lost in while reading a good book. A wife and mother to four beautiful children she decided she wasn’t busy enough. She spent some time chasing down fugitives as a bounty hunter then laid down her hand cuffs and finished her college degree in nursing. 

Kimberly loves discovering new music to jam out to and loves anything that’s different. Her many interests include Google, you heard it! Google. If you need to know any unusual or interesting fact she has searched it and can recite it. Her motto is: Why be the same as everyone else when you can stand out? 

When Kimberly isn’t writing or playing superhero for her children, she takes care of her patients as a Registered nurse in the field of hospice.

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Wednesday 20 May 2015

**TEASER** BEHIND YOUR BACK & BACK TO BACK by CHELSEA M CAMERON

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Today we are sharing teasers for two upcoming books by Chelsea M. Cameron. BEHIND YOUR BACK will be released May 26th, and BACK TO BACK will be released on June 9th.

 
BehindYourBack

BEHIND YOUR BACK Summary:

To get to him, I need to use her. I’ll play her like a violin and have her falling in love with me before she even knows what’s happening. It will be easy. I’ve done it before and I’ll do it again. She’s just a girl. A tool to get what I want. When I’m done with her I won’t think twice about walking away. At least, that was what I thought. Until I met her. 

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BACK TO BACK Summary:

He underestimated me. The girl with the red hair and green eyes. But I also underestimated him. We’re both good at what we do. Together, we’re unstoppable. But I’ll have to be careful. Last time I played him and he's not going to take the betrayal lightly. I'll have to watch my back... and my heart.

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AUTHOR INFORMATION

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Chelsea M. Cameron is a YA/NA New York Times/USA Today Best Selling author from Maine. Lover of things random and ridiculous, Jane Austen/Charlotte and Emily Bronte Fangirl, red velvet cake enthusiast, obsessive tea drinker, vegetarian, former cheerleader and world's worst video gamer. When not writing, she enjoys watching infomercials, singing in the car and tweeting (this one time, she was tweeted by Neil Gaiman). She has a degree in journalism from the University of Maine, Orono that she promptly abandoned to write about the people in her own head. More often than not, these people turn out to be just as weird as she is.  

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**REVIEW & RELEASE** SHUTTERGIRL by C.D. REISS


Are you ready for a different kind of love story?  
Meet Michael & Laine in this Hollywood themed second chance romance by CD Reiss!

NOW AVAILABLE!

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Blurb

ONE movie star on the cusp of greatness
ONE broken girl who touched him
TEN years to forget her
A MILLION stories in Hollywood


I am not hurt.

I don’t need a second chance with him, or a life I thought I had.

While he was out forgetting me to become a movie star, I was building a career out of nothing. A career as a paparazzi, but a career. For a foster kid who bounced around every home in Los Angeles, that wasn’t easy.

This camera is all I have.

He’s nothing to me. Every time I take his picture and sell it, I remind myself that I did it all without him or his approval, his cinnamon smell or his clear green eyes. He lights up the screen like a celestial body, but he’s nothing but a paycheck to me.

He can throw my camera off a balcony, and nothing has to change. We can stay king and queen of the same city, and different worlds.

Except this is Hollywood, and here, anything can happen.

Excerpt #1

I stroked his hair, waist deep in peace, all worry gone for the moment, and floating in no more than an ocean of gratitude. I must have been more vulnerable than I realized, or he’d reopened some wound with his kindness, because though my sweet reverie stayed, as the minutes passed, a layer of need fitted itself on top of it.
I needed to tell him, if not the details, the outlines of who I was.
“I want you to know,” I whispered, starting somewhere small, then everything I didn’t want to say spilled out. “I have stuff. I’ve never been to jail, but you know, it’s stuff, and it’s ugly, and it scares me. Because, I mean, you’re so perfect, and I’m… I’m just a mess. I’m not whole. I’m a bunch of pieces of a person I cobbled together.” My eyes got wet when I thought of the comparisons between us and that picture in my silverware drawer. “So if you have to move on when you realize that, I’ll understand. You have an image, and if anyone understands protecting a career, it’s me. I mean, I’ll be mad, don’t get that wrong, but also.” I swallowed and blinked, shifting my head so he wouldn’t feel the tear on his forehead. “I won’t blame you.”
I waited for an answer. Anything. A change in position or a word on any subject. The weather. Sports. Something. But all he did was breathe.
I smiled so wide, tears fell into my mouth. He was sleeping.

So CD Reis is one of my must read authors, I love her books and I was rather excited to see what she would do with this one, this is so different from the erotic Song Of Series. with that in mind, this writer can do no wrong in my eyes, the sweet swoon worthy nature of this story was just flawless.

The combination of contemporary romance and second chance love set in Hollywood sucked me in and kept me there until the end. Hollywood is like any place there is the shiny surface and the dirt below it and we are exposed to both as we meet Laine and Michael.

Shuttergirl is a brilliantly written love story at its best, set in the land of possibilities it allowed me to escape reality and exist where happy ever after and hero’s conquer all. A definite must read from one of my favourites.

4 Swooning Stars from me


ABOUT THE AUTHOR
CD Reiss

CD Reiss is a USA Today and Amazon bestseller. She still has to chop wood and carry water, which was buried in the fine print. Her lawyer is working it out with God but in the meantime, if you call and she doesn’t pick up, she’s at the well, hauling buckets.
Born in New York City, she moved to Hollywood, California to get her master’s degree in screenwriting from USC. In case you want to know, that went nowhere, but it did embed TV story structure in her head well enough for her to take a big risk on a TV series structured erotic series called Songs of Submission. It’s about a kinky billionaire hung up on his ex-wife, an ingenue singer with a wisecracking mouth; art, music and sin in the city of Los Angeles.
Critics have dubbed the books “poetic,” “literary,” and “hauntingly atmospheric,” which is flattering enough for her to put it in a bio, but embarrassing enough for her not to tell her husband, or he might think she’s some sort of braggart who’s too good to give the toilets a once-over every couple of weeks or chop a cord of wood.
If you meet her in person, you should call her Christine.


GIVEAWAY & NOTE FROM AUTHOR
  • I am so happy with the response to Shuttergirl, and I cannot wait to send Michael and Laine out into the world, because who doesn’t swoon over a second chance at love?
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  • It’s a new genre for me, and I’m exploding with excitement, so I’ve dropped some fantastic reasons for readers to get the book right away.
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  • TREAT YOURSELF LIKE A MOVIE STAR!
  • $500 Spa Gift Card
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  • If you could get an hour, or ten away from the daily grind of paparazzi and interviews (or the job and kids), what would you do?
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  • Get a foot rub/slash/pedicure? A massage? Maybe something called a Sleep Treatment that right now sounds better than sex?
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  • Maybe you’d bring a friend or two, or maybe you’d just get a manipedi when you wanted one. Because the life of a megastar ain’t for the weak-willed or lazy, and running from paparazzi can really wear down a girl’s nails.
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  • Woodhouse Spas are no joke. They’re all over the country and they’re….sigh. Fabulous. But if you don’t live near one, we can do Burke Williams, Halcyon Days or Red Door.
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  • HOW TO ENTER
  • Take the fun SHUTTERGIRL READER QUIZ!
  • The link to the quiz is in the back of the book, and yes, that’s the ONLY place to find it! There are bonus questions relating to Jonathan and Antonio for extra prizes. You have until June 3rd to enter! That gives you a solid two weeks to read the book and get your chance at a $500 movie star spa treatment!
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  • If you are a paperback reader, email me and we’ll work it out .


Thank You!

Saturday 16 May 2015

**REVIEW** HARDWIRED by MEREDITH WILD


Determined to overcome a difficult past, Erica Hathaway learns early on to make it on her own. Days after her college graduation, she finds herself face to face with a panel of investors who will make or break her fledgling start-up website. The only thing she didn't prepare for was going weak in the knees over an arrogant and gorgeous investor who seems determined to derail her plans. 



Billionaire and rumoured hacker Blake Landon has already made his fortune in software, and he’s used to getting what he wants. Captivated by Erica’s drive and unassuming beauty, he’s wanted nothing more than to possess her since she stepped into his boardroom. Determined to win her over, he breaks down her defences and fights for her trust, even if it means sacrificing a level of control he’s grown accustomed to. 




But when Blake uncovers a dark secret from Erica’s past, he threatens not just her trust, but the life she’s fought so hard to create.




The perfect new addiction for fans of Fifty Shades of Grey and Sylvia Day's Bared To You series.








I will be totally honest I saw this all over the internet and thought, great another 50 take off. Reading the book and I loved it. Poor Erica truly has had a crappy past and she is still a sweet girl. A very realistic and genuine character. Blake is hot so damn hot and likeable he doesn't push he waits for her and i love that. Wild has a wonderful way with words and kept me hooked. I read the in one sitting. The tech jargon wasn't too hard to follow unlike some authors.  It had a nice easy style to the book even during the dramatic scenes. I loved Ericas vulnerable side which was shown often and it a great way. I took and instant dislike to Heath and I was proved right. I usually do a story recap but i dont feel this book needs it. Go read it x

Friday 15 May 2015

**RELEASE/REVIEW/GIVEAWAY** BLOOD RITES by AMITY CROSS




Title: Blood Rites
Series: Royal Blood #2.5
Author: Amity Cross
Genre: Erotic Romance
 Release Date: May 14, 2015


Synopsis


A beautiful star, a dark prince with a price and an affair that pushes the limits of sanity...

Sebastian Vaughn has a secret.
Lorelei Lansford is the epitome of perfection.
 
Vaughn has darkness inside of him. Recruited by a criminal organization at a young age, he leads a double life. He deals in women, arms and intelligence, but to the outside world he's just another rich playboy living the lifestyle. That is until he crosses paths with a shining star, a beauty he can’t keep his hands off.
 
Lorelei was born into a wealthy family and has certain responsibilities she is expected to obey without question. One of those is not falling in love with high society bad boy, Sebastian Vaughn. Money, sex, danger... Vaughn exudes it and like a moth to a flame, she can’t stay away. When Vaughn steps into something out of his control there’s only one way he can escape with his life. He has to make a deal that will betray everything he holds dear.

The price?
Lorelei.

Warning: This is a story about pain and retribution. It does not have a happy ending. There is strong language, sex scenes and violence. It is not intended for those of a squeamish disposition. Blood Rites is dark, dangerous and smooth. You have been warned.

18+ due to mature sexual content.








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 F**KING LOVED THIS BOOK! Welcome to the real darkness Amity Cross we are so glad to have you.

Five bloody amazing stars.

After Royal Blood I was rather smitten with the glimpse of Sebastian Vaughn, but I wanted more. I needed his secrets.

I don’t want to put spoilers in here - because it is too good to ruin. Each book in this series had me saying “Just a bit darker please” well hello, here it is! Dark and deceitful I am crazy about Vaughn, his character has me hooked and I still want more.

The whirlwind that is Lorelei and Vaughn had me holding my breath in parts of the story and wanting to slap her in others. We start this story already knowing how it ends, instead of making the story boring it makes the angst even worse as we know what they are tumbling towards.I wanted to yell, “run” and “get away from him” over and over while secretly wishing they’d get all hot and dirty anyways.

A brilliant addition to an already great series


Author Bio


Amity Cross isn't her real name. That's no secret.

She is the author of wicked stories about rock stars looking for redemption, gritty romances featuring MMA fighters and dark tales of forbidden romance. She loves to write about screwed up relationships and kick ass female leads that don't take s**t lying down.

Amity lives in a leafy country town in southern Australia and can be found chained to her desk, held at ransom by her characters.

Don't send help. She likes it.



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