Leo

Leo by Mia Sheridan
My rating:  5 Stars

"Why are you looking at me?"

"Because I like your face."

~Love is like a magnifying glass straight into the souls of those who own your heart.~



Thrown together in foster care Evie meets Leo.
Through the hardships of their childhood, a deep abiding friendship blossoms. Leo becomes her protector and as the years go by this special relationship develops into a beautiful and unwavering love.

~"I'm going to kiss you now, Evie, and when I do, it's going to mean that you're mine. I don't care how far away from each other we are. You. Are. Mine. I'll wait for you. And I want you to wait for me. Promise me you won't let anyone else touch you. Promise me you'll save yourself for me."~Leo

When Leo suddenly gets adopted, moving across the county, Evie, is left behind.
Leo Promises Evie that he will write her as soon as he gets there and he will come back for her when she turns 18.

~"It will only ever be you Evie.

It's the last thing he ever says to me. I never see Leo again.~

8 Years later Evie has made a life for herself.
Working 2 jobs, friends that are like the family she never had, she is happy enjoying her life, appreciating her fortune.

When a man by the name of Jake comes into her life claiming to know Leo, Evie is taken back to the mystery of what happened to Leo.

The story of Evie and Leo's past is revealed throughout the book. We are shown what they’ve been through with each other, but the reader is only given a small part of that through conversations and through flashbacks.

Jake is sent to check on Evie as a promise he made to Leo.
Evie and Jake have undeniable chemistry. And in such a short time, Evie is drawn to him.

~"When he laughs like that, I swear a piece of my soul, the part of me that keeps secrets even from myself, tries to lunge towards him, like his happiness is an visible pull to my own heart. It's crazy. I don't even know this guy. ~

Their relationship is smoking hot, Jake is one hot alpha male.
Bossy but not pushy. Totally sweet, totally hot.
The sex.. Omg hot hot hot hot hot!

~"Come for me, Evie," he growls. And just like that, my body tenses and I arch up off the couch, intense waves of ecstasy flowing through me. I cry out his name and hear his zipper and then he is flipping me over and his hands are on my hips as he drags me up so my ass is in the air and he plunges into my dripping sex on one loud moan. I'm not sure if it's his or mine or both. ~

But Jake has a past an insecurities that keeps him holding back from Evie. Inevitably the truth will always find its way.

And just when you think you’ve figured out what happened, you get smacked down with the brutal reality, and it is heartbreakingly tragic.

I was right all along in my suspicion of what Jake was hiding. But was totally thrown with the truth of it all. Wow didn't see that one coming.


Mia Sheridan is an amazing storyteller. Her writing has depth and sensitivity to it that goes beyond the words. It grabbed my attention and held it all the way through to the last word.
Her story made me feel that I know her personally. Not just Evie and Jake but Mia herself.
That's a little strange for me, I love it when I can connect to the characters and feel what they feel, and I did, but also found that when reading some things I would think, that's so Mia. LOL very crazy when I don't know her. Hahahaha

I Loved Loved loved the Epilogue.
I love me an epilogue and this was just perfect.
Leaving me with a tear escaping right as I read the last line.

~All along she stood there constant and calm.
"I can't make the fire go away, I can't guarantee you won't get burned. But I can hold this hoop for you, I can remain steady and strong, because I believe in you. Because you are mine."
And in the end, I had jumped. And the other side was just as glorious as her eyes had promised.~

Favorite lines

~"Because I like your face"~

~"I don't know if I'm ready for this huge jump in status," I tease "From stalker to chaperone in one day? You'll think I'm easy!"~

~If you're lucky, you might have a person who tells you a better story, one that takes up residence in your soul, speaking louder that the woeful tale you've convinced yourself of. If you let it speak loudly within your heart, it becomes your passion and your purpose. And this is a good thing, the best of things. because it is the very definition of love, nothing else. ~

Can't wait to read more from this fabulous author.


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Unbreak Me

by Lexi Ryan
My rating: ★ 5 FREAKING STARS IS NOT ENOUGH ★

♫ ♪♫ ♪ I was nothing but a failure. A fucked-up, broken shame. 

I was nothing but this emptiness. A shell ruined by fame.

Don't be afraid to shatter, baby, if that will set you free. 

I'll find you in the pieces and that will Unbreak me.♫ ♪♫ ♪

*Warning*
ASHER IS MINE LADIES, MINE. I CLAIM HIM.
GOD I WANT HIM SO BAD!!



I can't even.. How do I even explain this to you?

Out of the hundreds and hundreds of books I have read, there is a small handful that have completely, absolutely, down right owned me.

Unbreak Me is one of those books.


Good God
Epic, Just epic

This book took me by the hand and pulled me completely in.. Mind.. Body and Soul.
It stripped me emotionally. I lived and loved every moment of it!
This is the reason I love reading.
The feeling of complete and utter amazement of a story that captures my heart.
The feeling of falling in love with words, with characters.
Lexi Ryan has a gift, and the lady sure knows how to work it.






Maggie Thompson has a reputation.
A bad reputation. Damaged goods. A failure. A slut.


One year ago Maggie was engaged to Will.
Two days before the wedding, Maggie called everything off and left Will, her family and her small town.
One year later walking down the isle, Maggie faces Will, Only this isn't her wedding. This wedding is her sisters.
Will is marrying Maggie's sister and Maggie is the bridesmaid.

William Bailey is an addict, and his drug of choice is Maggie.
William would do anything to fix her. But she wont let him, Maggie is convinced she is broken beyond repair.


Asher Logan is the poster child for the sexy bad boy.
He is a Rockstar who is trying to stay out of trouble.
Asher is instantly drawn to Maggie. There is something about her that seems so familiar.
What Asher and Maggie don't know is that they have already met.
A year ago.


Unbreak me is told through three POV’s. Maggie, Will and Asher.
Now I am NOT a fan of love triangles at all! Nope nada hate them!!! But Unbreak me is not really a triangle but more so a journey.
The journey of Maggie as she puts herself back together from all the pain and hurt she has had in her past.


~ One man holds me together, the other gives me permission to break ~


You don't get all the details upfront of why Maggie leaves Will.
How Will came to be engaged to Krystal.
Why the town labels Maggie a slut.




You have to read as all the truths come out. You have no idea how it is going to end up?
This is how I was hooked. I really didn't know what went down but I sure had fun trying to guess.


Maggie hates herself with such an intensity that no one she respects can get close to her.
A life filled with pain and hurt, her head filled with poison.
Once Asher comes in the picture everything changes, he wants to help Maggie, see inside of her and bring out what she keeps hidden.
Something about her just sets something off in him.

~"Maggie is so miraculously different, I want to breathe her in."~


Maggie just wants a good time. She wont allow herself anything more, she doesn't deserve it.

~"I wanted to bury my loneliness under the weight of a mans body on mine, to erase unwelcome memories with his mouth." ~


But Asher won't sleep with her. He wants to get to know her. He will not have sex with her, when he knows she wants another man.


~ "Fuck, I want you." His hands are on me again and I feel like I'm walking along the edge of a steep precipice, like I might slip over the edge and lose control.
"I keep waiting for you to stop showing up," I say. "To give up on me."
"Do you want me to give up? Because I saw the way he was looking at you last week, Maggie. If you want him, he's yours." ~

~ "I like you Asher. But if we're going to keep this up, whatever this is, you need to know my life is a little fucked up. Im fucked up."~

Asher doesn't believe that and he will do anything to prove her wrong.






Slowly he breaks through her walls and we get to find out her past, how she has always ended up in unhealthy relationships.
It's heartbreaking to learn of her pain at 15yrs old. What a seriously messed up situation. One that had me crying for Maggie.
But Asher doesn't look at her in disgust, he doesn't push her away. He hurts with her.

~ Asher is holding me so tightly it almost hurts, but it's the good kind of hurt. It's a pain that reminds me I'm alive and I'm worth something. ~


MY GOD ASHER!
Kill me now, I die. Seriosuly I die…

~ "You're beautiful," he whispers.
"That's superficial. It's meaningless"
"Sometimes. But your beauty? It's the kind that radiates from your heart, Maggie and it's so damn bright it's beyond these walls you've erected to protect yourself." ~

Sigh….

More and more truths come out.
And then we find out how Asher and Maggie met the first time.


~ How could the Maggie who keeps a steel cage around her heart be the same woman who cupped herself between her legs to keep her baby inside? ~


No words…. that line, freaking heartbreaking.
That whole flash back, Damn. Damn Damn Damn!
God Lexi Ryan. Lady you seriously got it.

~ I wonder if this might be the moment she breaks. What does it say about me that I want her to? I want her to break so I can find her in pieces, just like she does with her mosaics. ~

As Asher gives her what she needs, will Maggie realise that she doesn't need to be fixed.





~"What if no one can fix me?"
"You don't need fixing," He gives a sad smile and wipes a tear away with his thumb. "It's like your mosaics. The beauty is already there, you just find it. Let go, sweetheart."
"I'm afraid I'll shatter."
He lifts my hand to his lips and kisses along the line of stitches running down my palm.
"If you shatter, I'll find you."~


There were so many great lines in this book, heartbreaking moments, laugh out loud dialogue. I practically highlighted every page.


~"Don't be afraid to break Maggie. Stop holding on to the ugliness to just stay whole."~


~"I'm not trying to change you, Maggie. I'm trying to love you."




~Just my luck that I'd pick a bad boy who's all Mr. Sensitivity and wants to get to know me. ~


~"Asher, wake up and smell the third-wave feminism. Women have fantasies too. I happen to find a little frantic, half-clothed kitchen sex hot." ~


Amazing, absolutely freaking amazing.
This is a must read.
GO and start this now!
One of my favourite reads this year!!!!

~My eyes fill at his words, but he doesn't try to stop it. He doesn't ask me not to cry, he gives me permission to. He lies beside me, pulls me against his bare chest, until I'm baptised by silent tears.~

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Jess xx

Leo's Chance

by Mia Sheridan


My rating: ★ 5 Breathtaking Stars ★

~"I'm a worthless coward who took what I wanted. And I wanted her, and I thought that was the only way I could keep her from leaving. I panicked and lied, and now…. I know I have to tell her but I'm so fucking scared.~

THIS IS LEO'S STORY…







This way my first time re-reading a story told from an alt Pov.
I wasn't sure what to expect, all I knew is that I fell in love with Mia's writing in Leo. When I went back and re-read my review from Leo and remembered all those feelings she made me feel, I couldn't wait to start this and be drawn back in.

How can a book, told from an alt POV  feel like a whole different story with the same characters?
In 'Leo' I fell in love with their story, I loved Evie. I loved her voice. I really truly believe it was her story to tell.
In 'Leo's Chance' those same scenes that I absolutely loved the 1st time around, didn't capture me the same way in Leo's voice. For me, they belonged to Evie.



HOWEVER…..


Being in Leo's head, Intense.

His past, his pain. I experienced it right along with him.
Those scenes, belonged to him. His story needed to be told.


I kept thinking, "I know I'm reading the same Author cause it's the same story, BUT what the hell? Where did that come from? How did she just do that to me?"
I wasn't expecting to have those emotions pulled from me. I read and re-read paragraph after paragraph of Leo's past.
My mind and soul were ripped apart and my body couldn't  keep up with the emotions Mia pulled from me.



 Deep.   Raw.   Amazing.   Heartbreaking.   Devastating.  



What would you do for a second chance? How far would you go?

We start off with Leo in hospital, recovering from his accident. We are introduced to Dr. Fox, the hospitals psychologist.
Leo refuses to speak about any of the traumas he is recovering from. Feeling lost, broken and devastated. Dr Fox finally gets through and slowly Leo begins to open up.






~"You presumptuous bastard. You think you know me based on a few things you have written down on a fucking piece of paper? You think people can be summed up in a line or two on a clipboard? I'm not some 'poor little rich boy'!" I didn't grow up with more than a pot to piss in. I had just found out my brother was dead - a kid I practically raised. You don't know shit about my situation."~



The story is told at the same pace as "Leo" however we also get flashbacks of when Leo is recovering in hospital. Here we learn all about how he grew up and what he went through with his adoptive parents.

We see everything through his eyes, from when he first starts stalking Evie and seeing her for the 1st time again,



~It's the first time our eyes have met in eight years and I feel it in the depth of my soul, the moment seeming to stand still and shimmer around me.~


To the famous "Worlds Greatest Ice-cream" scene,


~She throws the ice cream in the cart, turns, and starts walking down the aisle as I stare after her. And that's it. If I wasn't before, I'm ruined for life. Hopelessly. In. Love. The girl is it for me. Yeah, ruined. Happily ruined, standing smack dab in the middle of the ice dream aisle.~



I loved being inside Leo's head for the 1st kiss.
It was sexy, sweet, hot.

~I dip my head and settle my mouth on hers. I sweep my tongue inside and as her tongue meet mine, I almost groan at the taste of her. Heaven. My heaven.~




I don't know about you guys, but for me reading a sex scene in a males POV is just so much more erotic.
Reading the fantasy sex scene in the shower… FREAKING HOT!!!!!

~I wipe the semen off the wall in front of me with my hand and I soap myself up one more time before standing under the spray for a few more minutes. I laugh quietly. Holy Shit, if I come that hard just from the fantasy of her, what's gonna happen to me if I ever really have her?~





But on top of all that we get the heartbreaking journey of Leo, finding his way back. You feel his pain, his despair, you heart hurts watching him hit bottom.



~ It takes daily diligence not to fall into the self-hatred trap. Disease can be deadly, and self-hatred is a disease, too. Secrets and shame can end a life just as easily as metastasising cells and viral takeover.~



While his body heals in hospital from his accident, Dr. Fox helps him heal his heart and soul.

I honestly no joke have NEVER EVER read a scene that has affected me so much.
I read and re-read and re-read over and over and every time still gives me the same emotion. I swear absolutely unforgettable.


~ Suddenly I am nothing more than pure anger, my brain filled with and controlled by a roiling tumour of fury. And it's metastasising by the minute, cells multiplying, spreading and overtaking.


"I hate her. I hate her. I hate her."


"Who do you hate?"  Dr. Fox's voice comes from directly behind me, still gentle and controlled.


"Stop asking me that! I told you! Aren't you fucking listening to me? My father! My mother! Lauren! I hate them all! I fucking hate them! Fuck! Fuck them all! Fuck them! I hate them!"  My voice cracks at the end and I'm breathing so hard that I feel like I might hyperventilate. A lifetime of built-up rage over selfishness that steals dignity and cruelty they preys on the weak is cursing through my veins, a fire looking to consume me from the inside out.

"Who do you hate, son?"~



It just didn't stop, I couldn't breathe, my mouth was dry.
I had to put it down, I had to breathe. My heart felt like it was torn from my chest.
Mia's words made me mourn.
Mourn for Leo, how he was wronged.
It was ugly and every word digs deeper into your soul.

~The rage begins to abate and just beyond it is the grief and I feel it coming at me like a wave. I'm powerless to fight it. All I can do is wait as it washes over me, drenching the fiery ball of anger, putting out that flame, but dragging me under, tossing me, flailing and defenceless against it's unrelenting power. It is bigger than the rage, bigger than the guilt and I can do nothing but submit to it.
I choke out, "Me! I hate me! I hate myself? I hate myself? I fucking hate myself? And now the tears are coming and I'm choking on my words and sputtering and punching and yelling.



"I fucking hate myself! I hate myself! Fuck! Fuck!" I hear myself sobbing and muttering.
"Why? Why? Why wasn't I enough? I'm worthless. Why did I do that? Why did I let her do that? Why did I do that? Why? Why?  I hate myself. I hate myself. I hate myself. I'm worthless. I hate myself."


"Who do you hate, Jake?" Dr Fox ask one final time.
"Me. I hate me," I say through panting, hitching breaths. "I hate me. Oh God. Oh God. Oh God. I hate me." ~

I can't even, No words.
EPIC, freaking EPIC scene.




And the Epilogue,
I cried in Leo's epilogue and Mia managed to do it to me again!

What a FREAKING BRILLIANT Epilogue…

~We had planned and dreamed and loved on that roof of ours. We didn't know that the journey that would finally bring us to our happily ever after would be full of detours and pitfalls and pain. We didn't know how much love and forgiveness and understanding would be required to make it back on the path we were meant to be on, together. but we id know was that we were here because we had both been willing to fight; to fight for each other, to fight for ourselves.


Despite all the pain that we had endured to be where we are, in the end, love won. ~

I can't even tell you who's side of the story I liked more.
It wasn't even about that. Both sides are essential in making sure we get every detail of this love story.
You can't have one with out the other.
You need to get into Leo's head. You need to know his side.




Mia Sheridan has an amazing talent.
There is nothing better than reading a line and feeling those words transform into pure emotion.
I'm in awe when Author can make me feel what I am reading, make me wanna go back and experience that feeling over and over.
It's a high for me, and I'm constantly trying to chase it to get my fix.
I'm in love with her style and I can't wait for more.


~ Jake is my lion, and Leo is my boy, I love both, I need both - Just one or the other doesn't add up to the complete person that he's become.~

~ ARC courtesy of author in exchange for an honest review ~ Thanks so much Mia.

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Jess xxx

Fire Inside

by Kristen Ashley
My rating: + 4.5 Stars ++

~Welcome to the life of Chaos…

Where rules don't apply, only feelings do.

You go with your gut, you lead with your heart, you do what you want and you don't think of consequences.

You live

You're free. ~

Lanie has survived hell, and continues to live it.
Since her near death experience with the Russians, she has shut off emotionally and mentally from living.
She doesn't believe in love or happiness.
Her life exists around guilt.

Having always been attracted to Hop, Lanie wants a one night stand.
She chooses Hop cause he knows her history, she knows he won't be up for anything more.

~"Hop, I swear, no kidding, seriously, so strings. No expectations. Just us. One night. Tomorrow, it will be like it's always been. Like it didn't even happen. I promise."~


That one night stand, turns into a morning, and then another night.
Hop can't get enough, He isn't finished with her. He has had his taste and won't let go.


~"Yeah, I liked skank. Liked the taste. Wild, free, and easy. Went back for more. Repeatedly. But that was before I had my mouth between the legs of the lady. You get that, you don't go back."~


Laine and Hop continue their hidden affair while they get closer.
Determined to win Lanie's heart, Hop wants to break through Lanie's shield and beat back the monster she keeps inside of her.


~"You won't let me in, I'll break in, sneak in, blast in," he promised.

"It lives in me, Hopper. I know it. It can't be beat." ~





Slowly Hop sneaks in, Lanie fights it with everything she has but in the end she can't fight what feels right and Hop makes her feel alive again.


~"Please be real." his hand in my hair stilled, curled around my head and Hop whispered back. "Lady, I'm as real as it gets."~


Hop and Lanie really do struggle with their relationship.
It felt like a constant battle, but what I loved about it, was that it was real. It hurt to read the pain that they both put each other through.


~ "Jesus, Lady, are you seriously gonna stand there and tell me you don't remember all the good we had, and there was a lot of good in there, Lanie, good so good it was the best and it totally fuckin' outweighed the bad in time and importance, and you're gonna throw us away just because you're shit scared?"~






~"You love me?” I breathed.
“You’ll never know,” he replied, turned, slid the door to and walked away.” ~


But when things are good between them you feel it, and they don't give up on each other.
The tender moments when Lanie lets Hop past the walls she has built were amazing. I fell in love with Hop every time.


~"Every step, every breathe, every second I lived on this earth, I'm thankful for, no mater how fucked up or whacked or hard or good, 'cause all that shit led me to you."~



As alway K.A bossy Alpha sex was amazing!



~"So tight, baby. Wet, sleek glove. Nothin' like you, Lady. Nothin' like that beauty."
I lifted my head, pulling him to me with one are, pressing my chest to his as my toehr hand slid over the skin of his back and I urged, "Faster Honey."
"Takin' my time, Lanie."
"Faster, baby." This time it was a plea.
"You take me as I give it and I'm takin' my time." ~



If I'm being honest, I wasn't too excited to hear that Hop was up next. I didn't really connect to him in past stories. I knew I was gonna read it. I will read anything K.A writes.
I just wasn't super excited, pissing my pants over Hop.

I'm not sure if it was because I wasn't expecting to fall in love with Hop, or because Im in withdrawals of K.A but….

Fuck me Lady..

I love HOP..
Yes he has all the characteristics of a K.A hero

• Sexy
• Bossy
• Alpha
• Bad ass biker


But there is something else there.

He is more reserved. He has a softness.
Seriously every time he opened his mouth, I almost died..

~"You mean somethin' to me in way, for a man , he wants the world to know it. I'm proud you're on my arm and in my bed and I want to share that with my family. Don't keep takin' that away from me."~

I loved that we got only their story for a while. I really enjoyed the love story that was Hop and Lanie.
I have read a few reviews that didn't like that aspect.
That they missed the secondary characters for the 1st half of the book.

But as Lanie tells Tyra

~ "It was Hop, I needed to guide me through letting the past go. It couldn't be you. I was blaming myself for you getting hurt. It had to be someone else and there isn't anyone in my life, even my sister, who could do it with the tenderness and understanding Hop gave me." ~

I can see what people are saying but, Hop and Lanie's story is timed around the same time as Shy and Tabby's story.
So we get a little cross over.
I'm pretty sure the next in the series, we are gonna get it good with all the drama dealing with Benito.

So yes this was a little different to past works, but that's a good thing.
I loved it. I loved Hop.
Love Kristen Ashley.



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Review; Saving Ella by Kirsty Dallas

Title: Saving Ella 
Author: Kirsty Dallas
Publication Date: May 24th, 2013
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As a child, Ella dreamed big.
Her art was her life, her Father her biggest supporter.
All that changed the night Ella's father died.
Her mother remarried EVIL and for the next 4 years, the Ella that once loved and had dreams, died.
The Ella that now existed was filled with hate.


~ Hate - to feel intense dislike, or extreme aversion or hostility.
Such a powerful word, such a strong emotion. To live without hate must be bliss.~

After years of Abuse, and failed attempts at escape, Ella is bidding her time.
One night the Abuse is taken to whole new level, Ella refuses to be controlled no more. Ella fights. Fights for her life and runs.

~I ran, I escaped, I survived.~


Jax Carter has spent the last nine years serving his country.
Having seen so much pain, blood and hurt he still can't stay away from his mom’s shelter. Helping the beaten and solemn women who grace Mercy’s doorstep is his mission.

After 4 years on the run, Ella finds herself in front of Mercy's Shelter.
Jax saves her as she takes a fall on the ice.
Despite the size of Jax, Ella feels safe around him.






Jax can't seem to stay away from Ella. He is intrigued with her, and soon finds himself wanting more from her.


~"Jax, a man who barely knew me, knew none of my secrets, none of my dirty awful past, he had brought me a gift that pierced right through all the bullshit and wrapped itself right around my heart."~


Jax feels a connection to Ella, he wants to know who hurt her.
He feels protective over her and vows to help her overcome her past.
He vows to make her feel safe again.


~"Deep breaths angel, breathe with me baby. You're safe here. It's just you and me and you know I won't hurt you."~



Soon their connection is too hard to ignore.
They both felt it and need it.


~"This," he whispered, squeezing my hand. "This is a gift." His fingers then touched my face with reverence, running tenderly down my temples, tracing my scar and finally sweeping around my eyes which fluttered closed. "These," he brushed his thumbs gently over my eyelashes, his face so close I could feel his breath on my skin. "These see more truth than anyone I have ever known."
"And this," he pressed his hand over my chest, right over my heart. "This is the most beautiful thing in existence."~



It is a slow build between them.
Jax is patient and kind. Ella holds so much pain from her past and needs time.





~Please kiss me, I silently begged. He did, but not at all how I expected it. Jax took my hand once more and placed his warm soft lips to the centre of my palm. No one had ever kissed me in such a way. The kiss vanquished all ugliness and left me feeling raw, naked and beautiful. This kiss rocked my world like no other touch could. ~


Soon the fire between the two is blazing and Ella is the one that needs to take them to the next level.


~"I want you so bad Jax. Take me away from all of this, make me feel beautiful."~


I wasn't expecting too much steam, but wow the steam factor once they got there was just perfect. I loved it.


~"I'm greedy angel, I want to be in you when you come for me the first time. Next time it will be around my tongue." ~



They have a little struggle with Jax making a Douche mistake.
Normally you have to expect these things but… Man, Jax just broke my heart when he played that hand. I was like WTF?????
But bigger things come to head and soon more danger is in store for Ella. Will she run from her past again, when Jax is her future?


~"You don't scare me Jax Carter. I've been waiting a long time to find a man who could love me again. My heart is yours, so please be careful with it."~


I really enjoyed this. I have read a few intense books... but that prologue and 1st chapter owned me.
FUCK it was way intense my heart was pounding, I was seriously in freakout mode.
Marcus is a sick fuck and I wanted to stab in the face.

I loved all the secondary characters. I loved Mercy.
I can't wait for the next in the series.
Rebecca was a hoot!

Normally I'm a huge bossy alpha male fan, but Jax was sweet, kind, loving and swoon worthy.
His patience with Ella was so sweet and I fell in love with him as soon as he called her Angel.

I loved the Epilogue. Love me an epilogue.

Definitely a must read.

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Driven

by K. Bromberg
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Oh my HOLY. FREAKING. GOODNESS. THIS. BOOK. IS.... BEYOND. AMAZING.






I'm still trying to catch my breath... Man is this book AWESOME!!



The story is told from the perspective of Rylee Thomas.
26 yr. old Rylee works for Corporate Cares, a company that houses orphans. The state turns over their guardianship to her company. Corporate Care, houses kids who are at an age that the chance of adoptions are pretty low. So instead of foster care, they have a home to live in, they have consistency of guardians, rules, school and counselling.

Rylee meets Colton Donavan backstage at her work function charity auction, after getting trapped in the storage closet, Rylee starts to panic when Colton saves the day.
They share an instant attraction, but in the heat of the moment, Rylee realises that the man that has her body pinned up against him, was only minutes ago engaged in a rendezvous with another woman.

Not impressed with the "Fuck em and Chuck em" game that Colton plays, Rylee will have no part in falling at Colton's feet.

~"What? Didn't you know that I happened upon you and your first conquest of the evening in the little alcove backstage?"
Donavan's eyes widen at my words. I continue, enjoying the surprised look on his face.
"Did she play you at your own game, Ace, and leave you wanting more? Aching to prove what a man you are since you couldn't fulfil her? That you had to pick a frantic woman locked in a closet to take advantage of? I mean, really how many women have you used your bullshit lines on tonight? How many have you tried to leave your mark on?"~

It was refreshing to have a heroine who was not afraid to speak her mind, not fall to the feet of this adonis that was Colton.
By the end of the night, Colton has secured a date with Rylee after bidding on her in the charity date auction. A date that, Rylee, has no intention of going to.


Colton, Sigh
Beautiful, damaged, Colton.
Hot and upcoming Race Car driver extraordinaire, son of a mega Hollywood- movie director and CEO of CD Enterprises.

Not having any control over Rylee is what initially attracts him the most to her.
Her resistance messes with him, intensifying his growing need to 'Fuck her, get her out of his system. Then move on.'
He just won't accept that this woman who responded to him in the heat of the moment, refuses to take it any further.

~"Why stay frigid when you know I can heat you up?"~ Colton

I really did loved how she keeps him on his toes throughout the book, never quite giving into his pull, always making him work for it.

~"You're so sure of yourself, do I even need to show up for the event?" ~ Rylee

Colton manipulates his way into her personal life, work life and lives of the boys in her care.
With his money and influence, Colton funds Corporate Cares project. With his help, the new facilities can now become a reality.
We see glimpses of Colton's sweet nature and how he interacts with the boys.


Rylee fights the pull between them. She knows Colton only wants one thing.
She pushes and pushes Colton. The banter between the two was fun and sexy to watch.
She really knows how to twist him in knots.

~"Hi Ace," I say guardedly. "Since when did you add stalker to you repertoire of talents?"
He dashes me a lightening fast grin. "I'd be more than happy to show you my talents, Sweetheart."
I roll my eyes at him. "Womanising is not talent."~

~"Keep fighting me, Sweetheart. The feistier you are, the harder you make me."~

The scene in the Club… OH GOD the sexual tension was seriously dripping off the pages!
I swear the whole thing had my heart beating fast, OH GOD what a build up.

~"Well, thanks for the update.
I'll let you in on a little something as well, Ace.
I don't like being made to feel like I'm sloppy seconds to your bevy of babes.
You're developing a pattern of wanting me right after I know you've been with another. That's a habit you're going to need to break or nothing else is going to happen here."~

And of course Rylee succumbs to the temptation of Colton. Even if for just one night. And when they do…. HOLY SMOKING HOT.

~"I want to take my time with you, Rylee. I want to build you up nice and slow and sweet like you need. Push you to crash over that edge. And then I want to fuck you the way I need to. Fast and hard until you're screaming my name. The way I've wanted to since you fell out of that storage closet and into my life."~

But once isn't enough for Colton.
Colton wants her, needs to consume her.

~"You make me need Rylee," he whispers hoarsely as he takes one more step.
"And I don't ever need anything from anybody."~

But only on his terms.
He is concealing some incredibly damaging experiences from his past which continues to haunt him.
He won't, can't do commitment. His history makes him test the limits of people to prove he's not worthy of their love.


But, Rylee can't be what he needs.
His way is the only way he knows how to be. And Rylee wants more than he is offering.

~"I will not be inconsequential, Colton. To you or anyone else."~

~"I'm hardwired this way, Rylee. I'll purposely do something to hurt you to prove that I can. To prove that you won't stick around regardless off the consequences. To prove that I can control the situation. To control that I don't get hurt."~

Everything about their relationship is so incredibly intense - the good, the bad, the sex, the drama. It's full on.

~ He is my fire on a cold night, the sun warming my skin on a cool spring morning, the wind caressing my face on an autumn day- he is everything that makes me feel alive, and whole, and beautiful, And desired.~

I loved the chemistry between them gosh, these two were hot.
Even the scenes where they don't actually have sex were extremely HOT!
It was definitely one of those books were 'getting there' was just as good as the act itself.

I felt their pain, I felt their anger and I felt the intensity of their love?? (Love, I'm not sure if it's love or lust? definitely the beginnings of love)
They both have troubled pasts and Rylee does open up about her past in this book.
Colton, has far more secrets and only a few are revealed in this instalment.

Rylee did it for me in this one. She knew what she wanted, as much as it hurt to not have Colton the way she wanted, she still refused to give into him when he couldn't give her what she needed.

~"I deserve more than this, Colton." I whisper raising my eyes to meet his, "And so do you."
"I'm sorry I can't be what you want me to be.
Please take me home Colton." ~

I loved the writing, loved the characters and the storyline had me hooked, I was consumed with it every step of the way!

This was the first instalment of the Driven Trilogy, and does end in a cliffhanger…




I know, I know.. but don't fret ladies, the wait isn't too far away… with the second instalment expected to be released in August this year.

An amazing Debut by K. Bromberg
She is the REAL DEAL!!

I can't wait for Rylee and Colton's story to continue.



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ARC courtesy of author K. Bromberg in exchange for an honest review

Wallbanger

Wallbanger by Alice Clayton
My rating: 5 Stars












This was AWESOME

I panted like a whore in church. The church of Simone..... Where I was dying to kneel before him.




omg bhhahahahaha soooo funny!!



I LOVED THIS! I LAUGHED AND LAUGHED AND LAUGHED!

I would start pissing myself laughing and hubby would say whats so funny? I just had to share and then he would start pissing himself laughing!
I had to share with all the ladies in my salon how funny this book was and then everyone was pissing themselves laughing!

I loved loved loved it!!!

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Hopeless

Hopeless by Colleen Hoover
My rating: 5 Outstanding Stars











~ One of the things I love about books is being able to define and condense certain portions of a characters life into chapters. It's intriguing, because you can't do this with real life. You can't just end a chapter, then skip the things you don't want to live through, only to open it up to a chapter that better suits your mood. Life can't be divided into chapters.. only minutes. The events of your life are all crammed together one minute right after the other without any time lapses or blank pages or chapter breaks because no matter what happens life just keeps going and moving forward and words keep flowing and truths keep spewing whether you like it or not and life never lets you pause and just catch your fucking breath.


I don't think I will be able to give a worthy enough review of this amazing book!

My friend and I were discussing what were our top books of 2012 last week and I thought I knew, without a shadow of a doubt what would be my number 1.
I THOUGHT nothing will top it, Surely not a week before New Yr, I cant abandon it as my number 1.

WELL I WAS SOO WRONG

Hopeless just knocked it off its throne.

I can't express my feelings for this book into words so I shall use Colleen Hoovers,

I laughed,

I laughed soo hard,

I see the Mormon brought the queen her offering of coffee. Very impressive." I look at Holder and cock my eyebrow. "Do you wish to reveal you offering, hopeless boy, so that I may decide who shall accompany me at the classroom throne today?"
bhahhaha Sky is soo funny!

I Swooned.. OMG THE BEST FIRST KISS IN THE HISTORY OF FIRST KISSES-- WIITHOUT EVEN KISSING.

I swooned soo hard,

"Fuck all the firsts, Sky. The only thing that matters to me with you are the forevers."

Holder is my all time favourite, so swoon worthy I told my husband, "Just a warning, I just read my all time best book boyfriend ever so shape up buddy." Heeehehhe

I want a bestie like Six,

There isn't a fake thing about Six, other than her name.
When she was fourteen and her parents told her they were moving to Texas from Maine, she rebelled by refusing to respond to her name. Her real name is Seven Marie, so she would only answer to Six just to spite her parents.
BHAHHAHAHA thats gold...

I cried,
"I want you to keep them open.... because I need you to watch me give you the very last piece of my heart."

"Sometimes you have to choose between a bunch of wrong choices and no right ones. You just have to choose which wrong choice feels the least wrong."

There was a moment in the book when the words that I read were so profound to me I had to stop, stand up, walk away and breathe

But what terrifies me more than any of that is the fear that I love him too much to want to ruin the rest of his life.
OH MY GOD... then this...

I would of been able to recognise his voice anywhere. There's something about a voice that terrifies you that you'll never be able to forget, no matter what.

TRUTH.... right there

Then... when I didn't think anything could top all of that, I read the MOST amazing words ever spoken to someone,

"Baby, you need to be proud of the fact that you survived everything you went through as a child.
Don't separate yourself from that life. Embrace it, because I'm so fucking proud of you. Every smile I see on your face just blows me away, because I know the courage and strength it took when you were just a little girl to ensure that part of you remained. And your laugh? My God, Sky. Think about how much courage it took you to laugh again after everything that happened to you. And your heart..." he says, shaking his head disbelievingly. "How your heart can possibly find a way to love and trust a man again proves that I've fallen in love with the bravest woman I've ever known. I know how much courage it took for you to allow me in after what your father did to you. And I swear I will spend every last breath thanking you so much for loving me, Linden Sky Hope."
oh my gosh he says that! LOVE LOVE LOVE

Amazing, Incredible, Breathtaking, Heart stopping!

Love love love love love love!!!!!!!!


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Rule

Rule by Jay Crownover
My rating: 5 Stars

~ When I look at you I don't see anything but you and Shaw, you are perfect. I don't care what colour your hair is, if you're pale or tan, if you have makeup on or just woke up, all I care about is that when I look at you, you always look back and see me. ~Rule

OMG SWOON

OHHH Rule... Rule Rule Rule Rule Rule.... (fanning myself)
I love you so...

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Fight With Me

Fight With Me by Kristen Proby
My rating: 5 Spanking Stars






Well spank me cross-eyed!

This was freaking hot!!!


NATE..... OH. MY. GOD. You can eat crackers in my bed any day!
Super hot Alpha, Bad Ass Biker, who is tattooed AND pierced. HOLY SNAPPING DUCK SHIT!!




Well damn I need to change my panties!



5 STARS are NOT enough!

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On the Island

On the Island by Tracey Garvis-Graves
My rating: 5 Life Changing Stars












I have had this on my kindle for months and months!
1st impression,
I don't think I will be able to read this.






BOY WAS I WRONG!!



I should be ashamed with myself!


This was amazing!
Not at all what I was expecting.
I'm in love… absolutely love love loved it
Just thinking about this I get goosebumps!


Thirty-year-old English teacher Anna Emerson is offered a job tutoring Sixteen year old T.J. Callahan
Anna and T.J. are en route to join T.J.'s family in the Maldives when the pilot of their seaplane suffers a fatal heart attack and crash-lands in the Indian Ocean. Adrift in shark-infested waters, their life jackets keep them afloat until they make it to the shore of an uninhabited island.
Days turn to weeks, and then months, as T.J. celebrates yet another birthday on the island.
Anna and T.J's relationship turn from tutor to friendship, growing stronger everyday.

To be honest I didn't think I would be ok with this story line
Being a 28yr old woman I couldn't picture myself having a relationship with a teenager.

I was worried but intrigued how they were going to get to that point of their relationship.
The way they got there was slow and built so beautifully you really don't even think about it.
By then I started seeing T.J as a man and not a teenager.



To go through what they went through, endured all that together, you would be concerned they didn't have a connection.

The build up was perfect, I couldn't wait for it.
T.J really was just perfect.

"You weren't supposed to fall in love" she whispered.
Well, I did," I said, looking into her eyes. "I've been in love with you for months. I'm telling you now because I think you love me too, Anna.You just don't think you're supposed to. You'll tell me when you're ready. I can wait."






At one point I didn't want them to be saved….

I know right! Crazy



By the time they had returned home I was a mess, I didn't want to read what I knew was coming.


I really loved that both families didn't push them apart.
Though concerned they didn't interfere or cause any drama.


"What kind of relationship did you and Anna have? she asked.
"Exactly the kind you think we did."
"How old were you?"
"Almost nineteen," I said. "And Mom?"
"Yes?"
"It was definitely my idea."


If I hadn't already loved T,J I would of fallen over right then!

I thought T.J handled the transition so much easier.
You really do see him grow to an amazing man. He knows what he wants.

I felt so sorry for Anna.
My heart broke when she returned, You could feel the hurt, pain and confusion she went through.
She really does struggle to figure out where they both fit in each others life.
She is so conflicted.


“I don't fit in your world."
"Neither do I," he said, his expression tender yet resolute. "So let's make our own. We've done it before.”


“I never wanted anyone else, T.J. I just wanted what was best for you."

"You are what's best for me," he said, cradling my head in his arms, his legs intertwined with mine. "I'm not going anywhere, Anna. This is right where I want to be.”




I guess at the end of the day, being in the situation that T.J and Anna were in you can't say how one would act.

All I know is I really did connect to this relationship.
It was real and believable.
I want to go back and experience it all over again for the 1st time. I love it when a book does that to me.

Don't be a fool!
Go and read it now!


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Wanted

Wanted by Kelly Elliott
My rating: 4.5 Stars















"Holy Hells Bells….."

Verbally abused by her mother for years, 18 year old Ellie Johnson always believed she would never be loved or wanted by anyone.

Gunner Mathews, Holy fucking hell I think I'm going to faint. Ok Im not even exaggerating this but BEST BOOK BOYFRIEND EVER EVER!!!!!!
EVER
EVER
EVER EVER
EVER EVER EVER
Sweetest guy OMG I DIE!! Wait to you meet him! SWOON!!!

Linebacker for the University of Texas football team
and Ellie's brothers best friend.

From Ellie and Gunner's first meeting sparks flew and you can feel how strongly drawn to each other they are.
Ellie has a lot of insecurities, her mother did a number on her and her last two boyfriends cheated.
In Ellie's eyes all men a pure scum. Evil bastards and just want to get one thing from you….
Even with her attraction to Gunner she decides she wants to be..



But Gunner sweet sweet Gunner, he sticks around refusing to let Ellie go!
Gunner knows they are meant to be together forever, but Ellie keeps denying her feelings out of fear of being hurt again.
In the end how can you resist Gunner and him calling her Sweetheart!!!
Ellie and Gunner's relationship is a slow build and full of all the things that make you go
'SIGH'…..

You flash your beautiful smile at me and there's not a damn thing in this world I wouldn't do for you. Your laugh moves through my body like a jolt of electricity. Your eyes captivate mine, your lips bring me to my knees. I want to know every part of you Ellie.~ Gunner

I really did enjoy this!

The swearing was brilliant!
I fucking loved Ari.
I swear she was a laugh with her potty mouth!




"Holy hells bells… Jesus, Mary and Joseph… that dirty rotten son of a bitch cock sucking mother fucker! I am going to cut his balls off!!


Gunner's Grandparents I want them to adopt me!
So freaking sweet!
When his Grandad spoke about love OMG No wonder where Gunner gets it from..

Her laugh, well shit…. Her laugh will drive you mad and will try to do everything under the sun to hear it as much as you can. Her tears will rip your heart out, especially if caused 'em. Just the sound of her voice will drive you mad. When you find that girl boys, you found love. Not just lust… True love. You'll have found the girl who will spend the rest of you life loving, taking care of and just trying to make her so goddamn happy you would gladly die doing it."

I personally loved the longer ending. I'm a detail kinda girl.
The wedding was beautiful, I'm glad it wasn't skimmed!
So glad Ellie got her happy ever after.

"I have never in my life … ever felt so completely loved and… Wanted."




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