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Genre: NA Contemporary Romance</b><br />
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<b><span id="freeText17455529089520946069">18-year old Paige Rice, an exquisite beauty from East Hampton, NY, has just celebrated her high school graduation and is expecting to spend her summer living it up with all her socialite friends. But her parents have a different idea – she is being hauled away-literally- to the mountains of Vermont for the entire summer- in an RV!<br />
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<b>Paige Rice has one summer left. Just one, and then she has to grow up. And her parents are taking her camping for the entire summer. Yeah, that sounds fun! Well, at first it isn’t. And then she meets the campground owner’s son – let’s just call him Hot Travis! :)</b></div>
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<b> Paige is a goody-two shoes. She hates that moniker, so she tries to keep it on the low-down, but she’s pretty OK with her good deeds in private. This is what the title of the book alludes to – Inspire. Paige runs a charitable organization that she uses to raise money (LOTS of money) to help needy families. </b><br />
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<b>It took me a while to figure out the conflict in this book. At first there’s a minor conflict with the other girls at the campground where Hottie McTravis reigns supreme, but it just didn’t fit. It wasn’t enough. And it took a long time to actually get to the real conflict, but I didn’t mind so much because Paige and Travis has a nice chemistry going—except for the fact that he was trying to keep their relationship secret from the other campground kids whom he has known his whole life practically, everything was fantastic. They had fun dates, they had fun almost-sex, they had nights together, they even went to his real house and met some of his “town friends”.</b><br />
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<b>By no surprise my favorite hobbies are reading and writing. But beyond escaping into the written fantasy world, I love experiencing new things. Surfing, motorcycle riding, snow blading, glass blowing, parasailing, SUP boarding are just a few that I have checked off my bucket list, but there is still so much more to explore. Right now, being a mom is my biggest adventure and the best by far!! In the quiet calm hours of the night though, I can usually be found typing away creating a world of romance where drama still exists but love (hopefully!!) always prevails.</b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Gather ‘round, love, because I want you. I want what you have, I want what you don’t have, I want more of what I <i>already</i> have. I want. But if you so much as ask for something in return, go ahead and walk away. Know if you want to play in my world, it’s every man for themselves and the weak become mine. Leeches will be obliterated because I make it my job to destroy them. I protect what’s mine and I take what’s yours...because that’s what I do. I <i>want</i>.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">My story will not endear me to you and, frankly, I could care less if it does because I’m in this for the money and nothing else. There’s nothing redeeming about me. I’m a corrupt, money hungry, immoral asshole from Los Angeles. I’m every man’s worst nightmare and every girl’s fantasy. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #fff2cc; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Fisher Amelie is the author of The Leaving Series, Callum & Harper and Thomas & January. She began her writing career as a copywriter for an internet marketing company wherein one of their client's said, 'Hey! You're funny. You should write books'. Which in turn she said, 'Hey, get out of here! This is the lady's restroom.' While washing her hands and the embarrassment from her face, she thought they may have had a valid point. So, she took the thousands of hours of writing stories growing up, tucked them into her pocket and began writing and writing and writing.</span></b><b> </b></div>
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<b><span id="freeText6381173117831838489">On Earth, seventeen-year-old Ari Alexander was taught to never peek, but if she hopes to survive life on her new planet, Loge, her eyes must never shut. Because Zeus will do anything to save the Ancients from their dying planet, and he has a plan. <br />
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Thousands of humans crossed over to Loge after a poisonous neurotoxin released into Earth's atmosphere, nearly killing them. They sought refuge in hopes of finding a new life, but what they became were slaves, built to wage war against their home planet. That is, unless Ari and Jackson can stop them. But on Loge, nothing is as it seems...and no one can be trusted.</span></b></div>
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<b style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Taking Series intrigued me from the beginning, mostly because of the so very, <i>very </i>beautiful cover, but also because I’m a total SF lover. I don’t normally read a lot of young adult books, but I make the most exceptions for SF because almost all the really good SF I’ve read in the last year has been YA.<br />
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<b style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I liked Ari immediately because she’s in a near-future world, the story is not real dark, she’s a kick ass soldier, and she’s nice. She’s been raised to be a nice girl and I like that in young adult books. She has a lot of respect for her family and genuinely asks herself <i>What would my dad think of this?</i> He’s her major influence as a young person because he’s been training her to take over his command since she was just a little girl and the man pulls no punches. She’s been raised to be a leader her whole life.<br />
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In Gravity Ari come into contact with a kid named Jackson. And Jackson gives Ari a run for her money in almost every way. He’s strong, he’s talented in training, and he’s hot! :) She has a hard time coming to terms with all these things, especially when she realizes he’s been keeping things from her. In the first book Ari was very black and white with her expectations and emotions since it was the beginning of her character arc, which sorta bothered me. </b><br />
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<i><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-size: large;"><b style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">“I don’t know J.C. I don’t see him as the leader he is. To me, Jackson is… I don’t know, more boy, less man, but the longer I’m here… the more I realize maybe he was never a boy.” </b></span></i><br />
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<b style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">But in Hover, Ari is trying to come to terms with this limiting part of her personality. She sees Jackson deep down for the first time. On Earth, he was just another kid to her</b><b style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">—</b><b style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">a talented one and a good-looking one, and someone who she trusted but probably shouldn't have. But now that she’s on Loge she gets to see Jackson the way he really is.</b></div>
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<b style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Some of what she finds out about Jackson is admirable—he too, is a born leader. And he’s her commander in her training sessions. He’s also vulnerable and this is a Jackson she’s never seen before.<br />
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One of the things I really liked about Gravity was the <i>Taking</i> part, where the aliens would force the humans on Earth to wear these blindfold masks each night so they could absorb human antibodies necessary for survival on Earth. This puts the humans in a totally one hundred percent vulnerable situation and it was sorta shocking to me.<br />
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<b style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And as a subplot, the budding relationship with Jackson was fantastic. Ari really matures emotionally in this book. She realizes that perfection is not attainable and this is a big deal for her because her father was all about perfection. She comes to understand that compromise is inevitable. No one side will win, no one side will get everything they want. There is no such thing as perfection.</b><br />
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<i><b style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">“Don’t apologize. You could never forgive me or talk to me again, and it would change nothing for me. Still, my first thought every day for the rest of my life… will be you.” </span></b></i><br />
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<b style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I loved this continuation of the series. It was action packed, the world building was a lot better than in the first book, and the romance really moved along nicely. They even had some naked time! :) But it was cute and age appropriate.<br />
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<b style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The two main plots also developed nicely and Melissa West loves the cliffhanger. I didn’t mind the first one at all, it was very well done. This one I saw coming, I sorta felt it, but it’s a big one. I’m not anti-cliffhanger and depending on the book and how the plot resolves, I can deal or they can really bother me. </b><br />
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<b style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In Hover, one plot is resolved while the other is not. So we are definitely left wondering what will happen next. Part of the cliffhanger ending is really just Book Three set-up and part of it is unresolved conflict. But I will say I wasn't all that bothered by it in this case. I mean what fun would Book Three be if that conflict was resolved? ;)<br />
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The Taking a great YA SF series. Melissa West does a good job with the science part, something I really look for. Her concept about the human antibodies was very cool and even though I saw a lot of it coming, I’m a scientist, so I don’t count. For the age group this is written for, I think the science is well thought out and presented at just the right level so they don’t get lost in the details, yet they can probably learn something from it. I will definitely be picking up the third book to see how Ari and Jackson bring everything full circle.</b><br />
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Seventeen-year-old Ari Alexander just broke that rule and saw the last person she expected hovering above her bed — arrogant Jackson Locke, the most popular boy in her school. She expects instant execution or some kind of freak alien punishment, but instead, Jackson issues a challenge: help him, or everyone on Earth will die.<br />
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Ari knows she should report him, but everything about Jackson makes her question what she’s been taught about his kind. And against her instincts, she’s falling for him. But Ari isn’t just any girl, and Jackson wants more than her attention. She’s a military legacy who’s been trained by her father and exposed to war strategies and societal information no one can know — especially an alien spy, like Jackson. Giving Jackson the information he needs will betray her father and her country, but keeping silent will start a war.</span></b></div>
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<b><span id="freeTextContainerauthor5287439">Melissa lives in a tiny suburb of Atlanta, GA with her husband and daughter. She pretends to like yoga, actually likes shoes, and could not live without coffee. Her writing heroes include greats like Jane Austen and Madeleine L'Engle. <br />
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<b>About Out From Under You</b><br />
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Genre: New Adult
Romance</div>
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Publication Date: August 13, 2013</div>
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Series: Smart Girls
Finish First #1</div>
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“<i>Love is an
earthquake. It comes when you least expect it. It rips the ground
clear away. Right out from under you.”</i></div>
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The day Lia Smart
met Grayson Walker, eight years ago, was the day she fell helplessly
in love with him. Coincidentally, it was the same day Grayson fell in
love with someone else: Lia’s smarter, sexier,
superior-in-every-way older sister, Alex.
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Now, nearly a decade
later, Alex and Grayson are long over and twenty-two-year-old Lia has
finally managed to forget all those lonely nights she spent pining
after her sister’s boyfriend. But when Grayson unexpectedly arrives
back in town with Alex for Labor Day weekend and the two announce
that they’re not only back together but <i>engaged, </i>all the
feelings that Lia buried suddenly come bubbling back to the surface.
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But Lia is no longer
the awkward, gangly tomboy she was at fourteen. Far from it. And
Grayson is conflicted by the lustful thoughts he’s now having for
her. He knows he could never <i>act </i>on those thoughts, however.
Grayson has always prided himself on being one of the “good guys.”
But as the weekend wears on, he’s finding this new grown-up version
of Lia more and more impossible to resist...
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Heartbreaking and
sexy with a dash of humor, Sophie Swift crafts a passionate,
unforgettable tale about desire, growing up, and the kind of love
that shakes us to the core.
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<i>Contains adult
situations and explicit content. Recommended for ages 17+</i></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Sophie
Swift is an east coast girl who recently transplanted to Southern
California. She writes about sexy boys by day, and dates them by
night. Her sizzling, new adult romance, OUT FROM UNDER YOU, the first
in a new contemporary series, will be released in August of 2013. She
loves books that quicken her pace, music sung by adolescent boys, and
cupcakes with too much frosting. Visit her online at:
</span><span style="color: blue;"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://www.sophieswift.com/">www.SophieSwift.com</a></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Twitter:
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SophieSwiftBooks</a></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Goodreads:
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b>Lia</b></i></span></div>
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“Thanks,” Grayson says, setting the
bag of ice against his hand, cringing as the cold settles into his
skin. “It’s been a long time since I punched someone in the face.
I forgot how much it hurt.”</div>
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<i>Huh?</i></div>
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Is that what happened last night? Did
he get in a fight?
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Over me?
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No. That’s not possible. No one has
ever fought over me.
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Alex. Alex gets fought over. She has
the face that launched a thousand punches, or whatever.
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I’m just...</div>
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I’m not worth fighting over.
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He must read the confusion on his
face. “You don’t remember that part, do you?”</div>
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I shake my head.
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“How much <i>do</i> you remember?”
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<a href="http://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a> “I...” I
start to say.
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But I can’t do this. I can’t talk
about this. Not here. Not while he’s dressed like <i>that. </i>Or
shall I say, <i>not </i>dressed like that. I was kind of hoping we
could just move on like it never happened and forget about it. But
it’s pretty obvious <i>he </i>wants to hash it out. Right here.
Right now.
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So I take a deep breath and, battling
to keep my voice steady, say, “Look, I’m really embarrassed about
what happened last night and I kind of want to just forget about it
and move on. I realize this may not be the mature thing to do but to
be honest, at this point, I’m not sure I can handle the mature
thing.”</div>
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His eyebrows furrow as he takes in
what I just said. Or more like just <i>rambled</i>.
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“You’re embarrassed,” he
verifies, “because you got drunk and called me to come pick you
up?”</div>
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“Because it seems like every time
you’re around I somehow always need to be rescued!” My soft,
tentative whispers have turned into throaty, breathy cries. “Because
I’m like some perpetual damsel in distress who always needs
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When I finish, he just stares at me,
his gaze intense and searching. Then a reticent smile makes its way
to his lips.
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“I like saving you,” he admits
quietly.
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Of all the things I was expecting him
to say in response to my tirade, <i>this </i>was certainly not one of
them.
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“<i>What</i>?”
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He takes another step toward me. His
proximity is intoxicating. Stronger proof than any alcohol. More
debilitating than any drug. </div>
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“I said,” he replies, his voice
deliberate. Determined. “I <i>like </i>saving you.”<br />
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Publication date: September 1st 2013<br />
Genre: Contemporary Romance 18+</b><b></b><b></b></div>
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<b>Zoe Granger picked up her first guitar the day her heart was smashed into a billion pieces. It was a way to keep her mind off her inevitable downward spiral, but music soon became her escape. She's been burned too many times to tell and is just happy to coast through life, never putting herself out there. That's until her best friend Dee suggests they start a band and suddenly she finds herself not just a part of it, but fronting the whole outfit.<br />
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<b>They call themselves The Devil's Tattoo and when they release their debut EP, it rockets to the top of the charts and it's like an overnight fairytale. Contracts, photo shoots, royalties and interviews are heaped onto the shy Zoe and it's like she's finally found her place. Then comes the phone call that changes everything. They've been asked to co-headline a tour with one of the hottest bands of the moment, The Stabs and Zoe will never be the same again.<br />
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<b>Will Strickland is one fourth of the hottest indie rock band to ever grace the airwaves. He's the bass player in The Stabs, hot as hell and could have his pick of any girl that flings herself at him. But he's only got eyes for Zoe and she has no idea why he'd bother. She's got one hell of a trust issue and an attitude to boot and Will seems to be the one who wants to tame her, but is he game enough?<br />
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<b>Nicole R. Taylor is an Australian born paranormal, fantasy and contemporary fiction author. She is a graduate of the University of Ballarat Professional Writing and Editing programme and is a former music memorabilia sales person and grocery merchandiser.</b><br />
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The first in her new paranormal fantasy series, The Witch Hunter Saga is available in e-edition and print from March 20th 2013.</b><br />
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<b>Paragon is behind her, but somehow Alessa’s life may actually have gotten worse. In a wrenching twist of fate, she traded the safety and companionship of her sister for that of her true love, losing a vital partner she’d counted on for the ordeal ahead. Her comfortable university life is but a distant memory, as she faces the prospect of surviving a bleak winter on the meager remains of a ravaged world. And if she’d thought she’d tasted fear upon seeing a ghost, she was wrong; now she’s discovering new depths of terror while being hunted by a deadly virus and a terrifying pack of superhuman creatures thirsting for blood.</b></div>
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<b>The memory-altering “stitch” unlocked something in Alessa’s mind, and now she can’t shake the constant flood of alien feelings ransacking her emotions. Haunting memories of an old flame are driving a deep and painful rift into her once-secure relationship. And a series of staggering revelations about the treacherous Engineers – and the bone-chilling deceit shrouding her world’s sorry history – will soon leave Alessa reeling…</b></div>
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<b>The second installment in the electrifying Stitch Trilogy, Shudder follows Samantha Durante’s shocking and innovative debut with a heart-pounding, paranormal-dusted dystopian adventure sure to keep the pages turning.</b></div>
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<b>The Stitch Trilogy is so totally unique, it’s no wonder that it has an abundance of overwhelmingly positive reviews on Amazon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Stitch we are introduced to the totally screwed up world that Alessa is living in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, the first half of the book is one general mind bend, trying to figure out what’s going on and it almost comes off as a ghost story.</b></div>
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<b>And then… it’s not a ghost story at all!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a completely original SF dystopian that has some hints of 1984 and Atlas Shrugged.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b></div>
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<b>Book Two, Shudder, picks right up where Alessa and Isac left off—outside Paragon and on a critical mission to find a suitable place to relocate the rebels so they can reclaim their lives and fight against the Ruling Few who are doing unspeakable things in the name of Utopia... otherwise known to those of us in the know as Communism.</b></div>
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<b>Yes, every time they try it, it fails.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But that’s not stopping these self-indulgent, power hungry moguls from giving it another go.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You see, it’s just a matter of genetics, right?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>actually, that old eugenics thing Hitler did. Because they are hand-picking those they think are suitable for the "perfect society".</b></div>
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<b>Safe from the virus, from the ravaged environment due to nuclear winter, and from… well, that’s a spoiler, so I can’t tell you that.</b></div>
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<b>And Alessa isn’t just any old new adult, no. And neither is Isaac, you see those in the know have genetically selected for the most productive and powerful among the remaining population.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And so as Alessa and Isaac take this journey she makes a startling discovery about herself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One that gives her hints as to what’s happened to some of the humans that didn’t <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>survive the genetic trials going on inside Paragon.</b><br />
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<b>I loved the political undertones because it’s so true.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some people think that the end justifies the means no matter how many lives it will cost to reach the desired result.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> And it really needs to be explored over and over again in literature and film and other sources of social entertainment, so people don't forget that this philosophy has been put into practice countless times over thousands of year and millions of people have died because of it. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">I think far too few dystopians clearly illustrate the opposing side like Durante does in this series. Even though I don't agree with it, it's good to see it as a major part of the story--kind of like Ender's Game when the grown-ups were trying to justify what they were doing to the kids--and to be able to recognize that the main thing that differentiates humans from animals is that the ends <i>DO NOT</i> justify the means. Even if it's "<i>necessary</i>", it's still not <i>just</i>. If you're gonna commit war crimes on a global scale, then you should own it and not cop out and say it's for the Greater Good so you can consider yourself cleansed.</span></b><br />
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<b>If you’re a dystopian reader who enjoys a bit of politics and SF (I AM) then this is a very intriguing series that you’ll want to get started on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think the final book in the trilogy is due out next summer.</b></div>
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<b>Her heart races, her muscles coil, and every impulse in Alessa’s body screams at her to run… but yet she’s powerless to move.</b><br />
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<b>Still struggling to find her footing after the sudden death of her parents, the last thing college freshman Alessa has the strength to deal with is the inexplicable visceral pull drawing her to a handsome ghostly presence. In between grappling with exams and sorority soirees – and disturbing recurring dreams of being captive in a futuristic prison hell – Alessa is determined to unravel the mystery of the apparition who leaves her breathless. But the terrifying secret she uncovers will find her groping desperately through her nightmares for answers.</b><br />
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<b>The opening installment in a twist-laden trilogy, Stitch spans the genres of paranormal romance and dystopian sci-fi to explore the challenges of a society in transition, where morality, vision, and pragmatism collide leaving the average citizen to suffer the results.</b></div>
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If you've been hanging around here at New Adult Addiction over the last week, you know that Bring Me Home by Cassia Leo is now available. If you read <a href="http://newadultaddiction.blogspot.com/2013/08/giveaway-and-review-bring-me-home-by.html">Julie's review</a> yesterday, you know it rocks. (Make sure to check out her giveaway too.)<br />
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Just in case we haven't convinced you to try out the Shattered Hearts series yet, today I bring you another review.<br />
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<b>What I liked:</b> I usually hate love triangles. Immensely. But sometimes they just work, and this was one of those times. I think the reason I didn't get so irritated with it as I often do is because I could see the reasons behind it. Claire wasn't flaky, or stupid or majorly indecisive. She was honest with both Adam and Chris, and that made a big difference. While I loved Adam in Relentless, he wasn't my favorite character in Pieces of You, so I'm glad that by the end of Bring Me Home, I felt good about his character again.<br />
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<b>What I didn't like:</b> I struggle to find much that I didn't like about this book. I relentlessly stalked Amazon waiting for it to be live, and I read it through in one sitting. There was one tiny revealation that sort of bugged me about Claire's past, a detail someone kept from her, that I thought should have been told to her much sooner, because I feel like it would have helped her not carry around so much grief. But otherwise, this book was pretty much a perfect conclusion to an amazing series.<br />
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<b>My Recommendation: </b>Read it! Read it now! This is most definitely a FIVE STAR read.<br />
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<b>The breath-taking conclusion to the New York Times and USA Today bestselling series is expected to be released August 6, 2013.<br />
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Claire Nixon is a college student with a past full of secrets and heartbreak. She was saved once by her first love, and rock star, Chris Knight. But when she encouraged Chris to leave town to pursue his dreams, both Claire and Chris didn’t realize it would be the biggest mistake of their lives.</b> <b><br />
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After a devastating year apart and thousands of miles of distance between them, Claire met sexy surfer Adam Parker. With his awful jokes and profound patience, he helped Claire pick up the shattered pieces of her broken heart for the second time.</b> <b><br />
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<b>The Shattered Hearts series has been one long emotional ride for me. I was simply blown away with the ending in Relentless, and then the heartbreaking disappointment Claire and Chris had to endure in Pieces of You. But Bring Me Home, the third and final book in the Shattered Hearts trilogy was all about happy endings. And if you love the HEA, you will eat this book up!</b></div>
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<b> This series has been about Claire from the start. When we first meet her she’s a very broken girl, hiding a deep secret that pretty much knocks her down and kicks her ass. She’s so broken she can barely cope with her day to day life and spends much of her time meditating to try and push the secret away. </b></div>
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<b>This is where we meet Adam. Adam is a free spirit and just what Claire needs to shake her out of her funk. Adam is persistent and charming, and good looking, and even comes from a nice family. He’s got a few secrets of his own and so he and Claire really hit it off.</b><b> I never really liked Adam until about halfway through Bring Me Home, then he started to grow on me. I enjoyed his part in the last book a lot, in fact, I looked forward to those chapters. </b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">“Sometimes you have to give someone something they love in order to show how much you love them. It seems simple, but sometimes the thing they love has nothing to do with you. And that’s OK.” ~ ADAM</span></span></b></div>
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</b> <b>But then there’s Chris. Claire’s ex-boyfriend. The one she’s trying to put behind her, the rock star who’s singing songs about Claire on the radio now because he’s famous. I LOVED Chris right from the beginning because I just got the mature vibe off him. He didn’t really behave like a rock star and compared to Adam, he really had his shit together.</b><br />
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<b> </b> <b>After Claire reveals her big secret in Relentless, this series morphs into a love triangle, with both guys trying to win Claire over. Claire is still messed up, even after releasing some of her pain with a dramatic admission to Chris at the end of the first book. She’s pretty messed up emotionally. And books two and three deal with her journey back from the brink of a crippling depression.</b><br />
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"Sometimes letting someone go is the ultimate act of love." <br />
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Claire Nixon is a college student with a past full of secrets and heartbreak. At seven years old, the death of her mother by drug overdose destroys her faith in humanity and herself as she is tossed from one foster home to another. Feeling unwanted and disposable, she fights to keep herself safe in the system. Until, at the age of fifteen, she is saved by her first love, and soon-to-be rock star, Chris Knight and his mother, who quickly becomes the mother she always wanted. <br />
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One year after Chris leaves on tour, Claire has carved out a new life for herself in a new city far away from the life she left behind with Chris. On a fateful morning, she meets sexy surfer Adam Parker. <br />
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"Sometimes letting someone go is the ultimate act of love."<br />
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In Relentless, college student Claire Nixon and surfer Adam Parker each had a painful past too heavy to carry alone. Claire tried to push Adam away, but Adam's relentless pursuit of her heart and her secrets made her walls come crumbling down.<br />
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<span id="freeText7624851105126867024">Book One in the NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY bestselling series.<br />
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"Sometimes letting someone go is the ultimate act of love." <br />
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Claire Nixon is a college student with a past full of secrets and heartbreak. At seven years old, the death of her mother by drug overdose destroys her faith in humanity and herself as she is tossed from one foster home to another. Feeling unwanted and disposable, she fights to keep herself safe in the system. Until, at the age of fifteen, she is saved by her first love, and soon-to-be rock star, Chris Knight and his mother, who quickly becomes the mother she always wanted. <br />
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One year after Chris leaves on tour, Claire has carved out a new life for herself in a new city far away from the life she left behind with Chris. On a fateful morning, she meets sexy surfer Adam Parker. <br />
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<span id="freeText2678552089517612307">Book Two in the NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY bestselling series.<br />
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"Sometimes letting someone go is the ultimate act of love."<br />
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In Relentless, college student Claire Nixon and surfer Adam Parker each had a painful past too heavy to carry alone. Claire tried to push Adam away, but Adam's relentless pursuit of her heart and her secrets made her walls come crumbling down.<br />
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And Claire's first love, rock star Chris Knight, is back in her life.<br />
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Now Claire must choose between a long-distance relationship with Adam and a second chance at true love, family, and home with Chris.</span></b><b></b> <b><span id="freeText14949120357498978667"><i> </i></span></b> </div>
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<b>The breath-taking conclusion to the New York Times and USA Today bestselling series is expected to be released August 6, 2013.<br />
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Claire Nixon is a college student with a past full of secrets and heartbreak. She was saved once by her first love, and rock star, Chris Knight. But when she encouraged Chris to leave town to pursue his dreams, both Claire and Chris didn’t realize it would be the biggest mistake of their lives.</b> <b><br />
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After a devastating year apart and thousands of miles of distance between them, Claire met sexy surfer Adam Parker. With his awful jokes and profound patience, he helped Claire pick up the shattered pieces of her broken heart for the second time.</b> <b><br />
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<b><span id="freeTextContainerauthor5437976">USA Today bestselling author Cassia Leo loves her coffee, chocolate, and margaritas with salt. When she's not writing, she spends way too much time watching old reruns of Friends and Sex and the City. </span></b><br />
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<b>Ellie Watt is used to starting over. The daughter of a grifting team, Ellie spent her childhood being used as a pawn in her parents' latest scam. Now she’s much older, wiser and ready to give her con artist life a rest. But returning to the dry desert town of Palm Valley, California means one more temptation than she bargained for – Camden McQueen. </b><br />
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<b>Once known as the high school weirdo, Camden is bigger and badder than the boy he used to be and a talented tattoo artist with his own thriving business. Ellie’s counting on Camden still being in love with her but what she’s not counting on is how easily unrequited love can turn into obsession over time. </b><br />
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</b> <b>This is the 1st book in the trilogy. It is followed by the novella On Every Street (released in March 2013) and the sequel Shooting Scars (released in May 2013). The third and final book in the series will also be released in 2013.***</b><br />
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When Ellie Watt made the ultimate sacrifice for Camden McQueen, she never thought it would be easy. But walking away with her ex-lover, Javier Bernal, in order to ensure Camden's safety has brought a whole new set of dangers. With Javier's plans for Ellie growing more secretive by the moment, Ellie must find a way to stay ahead of the game before her past swallows her whole.<br />
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The daughter of a Norwegian Viking and a Finnish Moomin, Karina Halle grew up in Vancouver, Canada with trolls and eternal darkness on the brain. This soon turned into a love of all things that go bump in the night and a rather sadistic appreciation for freaking people out. Like many of the flawed characters she writes, Karina never knew where to find herself and has dabbled in acting, make-up artistry, film production, screenwriting, photography, travel writing and music journalism. She eventually found herself in the pages of the very novels she wrote (if only she had looked there to begin with).<br />
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<b>Shay Baynes is a wanted woman: by the police for a double murder, by two rival suitors, and by the evil specter that haunts her dreams.<br />
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It’s her twenty-first birthday and she finally feels like she’s in charge, out on her own and about to hit it big with a new comic series. The ink's not even dry on her breakout first issue but even Shay's twisted imagination can't predict what will happen when the fine line between reality and nightmare is crossed...<br />
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She walked away once from the men who want to control her and now they’re back. But can she break away from them and the specter who walks right off the pages of her comic committing gruesome murders.<br />
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INK: Fine Lines is a New Adult Paranormal/Urban Fantasy <br />
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“Roccaforte is focused on witty dialogue and uniquely personal narration. I smiled through a lot of the caustic dialogue.” ~ Author - Nicholas Wilson***Warning this book contains adult language and situations.</i><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">He didn’t respond, only looks back at me with a look of yearning. I walk over to him and throw my arms around him. “That is by far the dumbest thing anyone has ever done.” It dawns on me that Eli didn’t go to Brown University for undergrad because I wasn’t done in high school, and this realization was just too much. Tears well up in the corners of my eyes, and I pull back from our hug to see his raised brows topping off his befuddled expression. “And the sweetest thing any man has ever done for a woman.” </span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I find myself trapped in the intensity of his gaze. My hands slide around his neck. Reaching up on my tiptoes I meet his lips with a soft, gentle kiss, let it linger. All of my senses come to life. His hands move to my waist, tugging me closer into him as if to make me aware of the growth of his monument to manhood. And oh my, is it growing.</span></b> <b><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">His heart is beating so hard it’s audible. I feel in his slow, aching kiss that he is burning inside for me. Our kiss grows into something deeper, more passionate. A dam of emotion bursts in me, forcing me to realize how much I’ve missed him in all of his imperfect glory. </span></b> <b><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">My hands wander wildly down his neck, then chest. I unbutton his shirt, one button at a time, pressing my hand against his skin to know his heart is mine. He brings his hand up to mine, tangling our fingers. He pulls back breathless, to look into my eyes, searching for something in them. </span></b> <b><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">“Shay,” he whispers, barely audible.</span></b> <b><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Caught in his gaze, I bite down on my bottom lip. I don’t want him to stop. “Don’t say anything sensible right now.” I just want him to take me. Throw all caution to the wind, let me touch him and love him like we are the only two people in the world. Being this close to Eli has awakened something that has long been dormant. A rushing heat rakes over me in the wake of his hungry gaze. </span></b> <b><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">“We should –” He stops mid-sentence as his expression changes from serious to mischievous in a split second.</span></b> <b><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I answer in the form of another enduring kiss. My fingers run through his thick hair and soak in the passion we have at this moment. He whispers my name again. “Yes?” It comes out only as a breath in his ear. “We should what?” I say, gently biting his ear. I’m still lost in him, pressed hard against his body. His warmth is telling me that everything is right. I lead him by the hand toward the bedroom. </span></b> <b><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">He follows, being dragged for a step before moving in quickly to lift me in his arms. Crashing against my lips, he smothers me with hungry kisses as he carries me into the bedroom. He lays me carefully down on the bed. His muscles are rippling under his unbuttoned shirt, the glory of his finely chiseled body peeking out, taunting me to rake my hands over him. His hair is brushing against his eyes, unruly from me running my fingers through it. </span></b> <b><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">He lies down beside me, his fingers ambling along my belly, lifting my shirt, our lips never parting. He whispers, “Shay, I love you.”</span></b> <b><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">His voice sends an incredible heat dancing down my spine and through my body. I feel so overwhelmed with emotion, and it isn’t just the heat between us. I really do love Eli. </span></b> <b><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">His hand slides around, unhooking my bra and then pulling my skirt down over my hips in one smooth motion, leaving me only in my black lace panties. His eyes devour my form, his hands gently tracing the contours of my waist, down over my hip. He gives my undies a gentle tug and looks up at me as if asking for permission. His ocean blue eyes are intense and bedeviled with wanting, begging for my approval. </span></b> <b><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">My fingertips glide down his chest to just below his belly button, running along the inside band of his boxers. I undo his pants. He releases an involuntary moan in my ear while my hand slides downward. I smile from the inside out. The passion that has been held hostage deep within me is released. I haven’t experienced desire like this for months, and now I am completely consumed by my need to be with him. “God, I missed you.” I hold his stare for a moment, lost in him. </span></b> </div>
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<span id="freeTextContainerauthor3251728"><b>Bella’s motto has always been that you can choose to watch life pass you by or your can be the one spinning the world. You have to get out and live, life won’t come to you!</b></span><br />
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Bella has always seen thing in the world with a different view and has been an avid story-teller. She is enjoying putting her crazy musings into print for others to enjoy.<br />
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To her, one of the most exciting parts of writing is getting a chance to interact with readers. It is truly her hope that readers will reach out and tell her what they like and even don’t like about her stories. She’s looking forward to a relationship with the readers to better write stories they will love. </b></span><br />
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I have been craving <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Off-Course-ebook/dp/B00EBEFDXA">Off Course</a> with something bordering obsession. I stalked facebook, waiting for any sign that it might be live early. I typed the title into the Amazon search bar on what seemed like a daily basis, hoping that it would appear.<br />
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So when it did indeed appear early, I frantically one clicked and sat down to read.<br />
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In the end, I have to regretfully say it wasn't everything I hoped.<br />
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<b>What I liked:</b> I loved the change of setting from the rest of the series. Ireland was a nice change, and added lots of new, unique people and elements to the story. We've still got a connection to the rest of the crew back in New Jersey ( Renner is Linc and Nix's cousin) but they are only mentioned in passing for most of the book. Nix does make a brief appearance, which was nice to see.<br />
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The chemistry and sex appeal between Renner and Cillian was smoking hot. I have absolutely no trouble imagining that these two might never get tired of each other in bed. I loved the descriptions about Cillian's voice and his music. And I loved Renner for being strong enough to make some of the choices she did.<br />
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<b>What I didn't like: </b>Unfortunately, this book fell a bit flat for me. That could be because I had such high expectations. But I never got a true sense that Renner and Cillian actually loved each other. Sure, Cillian wanted her, and he pursued her relentlessly which was fun to watch, but he isn't used to being told no, and that made it almost a game for him. She liked the way he was different. He was a breath of fresh air for her, but I don't know that that is enough. The end gives me hope that maybe they have something real, but part of me feels like theirs is only a relationship based on sex, and I don't know that they can stand a test of time.<br />
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I also feel the need to briefly comment on the smattering of editing errors. Generally speaking, I'm pretty forgiving of typos. They happen and I get it (lord do I. I think I'm the queen of them.) I don't honestly know if there are enough typos here to bother most readers, but they bothered me more than most and distracted me several times. That in and of itself is indicative of how much this story didn't keep me as captivated as the rest in the series, because if I had truly been enthralled I don't think I would have noticed them.<br />
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In complete fairness, I've been in editing mode lately, so I'm probably more tuned to noticing errors. Unless you are a reader who hates typos, please don't let this sway you from reading the book if you were going to. I'm probably just being too picky.<br />
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<b>My Recommendation: </b>Proceed with caution. It is worth a read, but go into with an open mind and don't expect the same level of swoon as the last few in this series. (And if you haven't read those yet, DO.) I'm giving it 3 and a 1/2 stars. <br />
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<b>Kate Bell isn't perfect. Not even close. The things she got up to in college would cause her parents to fall off their pedestals in shock. Home for the summer vacation, Kate settles in for a long, boring break in the tiny backwater of Winter with folks who still treat her like she's twelve.</b><br />
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<b><span lang="EN-US">RUIN is a new adult contemporary romance intended for mature readers. It contains strong language and sexual situations.</span></b></div>
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Claire Nixon is a college student with a past full of secrets and heartbreak. She was saved once by her first love, and rock star, Chris Knight. But when she encouraged Chris to leave town to pursue his dreams, both Claire and Chris didn’t realize it would be the biggest mistake of their lives.</b> <b><br />
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I try not to roll my eyes as I push away from the table. “I’m going to pick up Tristan. Do you need anything before I go?”</b><br />
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“Where are you going with him?”</b><br />
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“We’re going to a friend’s house. Why?”</b><br />
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“A girl?”</b><br />
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“No, not a girl. We’re going to Billy’s house. You remember Billy? He came over three weeks ago to pick up some pedals.” She eyes me suspiciously. “Mom, I’m not going to do anything stupid. I’ll be back by six at the latest. Tristan and I have to practice in case we start recording next week.” I kiss her cheek as she pries open a large plastic tub of flour. “I’ll see you later.”</b><br />
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“Wait a minute,” she calls out when I’m halfway across the kitchen. “What’s going on with the baby?”</b><br />
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My mom hasn’t been able to say Abigail’s name. I think she feels that speaking her name aloud will make her more real and more difficult to let go.</b><br />
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“I can’t say. I’m not bringing you or Claire into this until I get it figured out. I don’t want to get your hopes up. But I’m working on it. I’m not giving up.”</b><br />
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She nods and I head out of the kitchen quickly before she can question me anymore. The subject of Abby is not a subject I like discuss with anyone. Ever since my dad left, I’ve never really been the type of person to talk about my problems unless it’s to try to find a solution. And there’s no solution when your parent up and abandons you. The only person I’ve ever bared my soul to is Claire, but this isn’t something I can talk to her about yet. I need to give her some time to heal and I need to figure out what’s going to happen with the post adoption agreement before I discuss anything with her. Until then, I’ll pretend to be strong, even though the truth is that I feel like more than half of my heart is missing.</b><br />
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Billionaire Archer Bancroft always gets what he wants—and he’s wanted Ivy Emerson, his best friend’s sister, for far too long. Being forbidden and untouchable only makes her more tempting. When a million-dollar bet with his friends throws down a challenge—last bachelor standing takes all—Archer knows he can win. That is, until one enchanted evening with Ivy takes his heart for a ride.<br />
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Ivy knows Archer is nothing but bad news: Infuriating, arrogant…and completely intoxicating. But despite her best efforts, she can’t seem to keep away. When a stolen kiss leads to a night of heated passion, Ivy realizes she’s in trouble and in head over heels.<br />
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<b>New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Monica Murphy is a native Californian who lives in the foothills below Yosemite. A wife and mother of three, she writes New Adult and contemporary romance for Bantam and Avon. She is the author of One Week Girlfriend and Second Chance Boyfriend.</b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And second, the winner of the Losing Francesca tour-wide giveaway is: </span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Congratulations winners, I'm emailing you now, and thank you so much <i>everyone </i>for being part of the giveaway! :) </span></b></span></div>
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Twenty-year-old Camryn Bennett thought she knew exactly where her life was going. But after a wild night at the hottest club in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, she shocks everyone-including herself-when she decides to leave the only life she's ever known and set out on her own. Grabbing her purse and her cell phone, Camryn boards a Greyhound bus ready to find herself. Instead, she finds Andrew Parrish.</span><br style="color: #f9cb9c;" />
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Sexy and exciting, Andrew lives life like there is no tomorrow. He persuades Camryn to do things she never thought she would and shows her how to give in to her deepest, most forbidden desires. Soon he becomes the center of her daring new life, pulling love and lust and emotion out of her in ways she never imagined possible. But there is more to Andrew than Camryn realizes. Will his secret push them inseparably together-or destroy them forever?</span><br style="color: #f9cb9c;" />
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<b style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I actually had this book on my Kindle for months but never got around to reading it and then Killing Sarai came out and I was in the mood for a dark book and devoured it. I really loved Killing Sarai, which I’ve <a href="http://newadultaddiction.blogspot.com/2013/07/review-killing-sarai-by-ja-redmerski.html"><span style="color: #ea9999;">already reviewed here on NAA</span></a>, so when I posted in the Triple M Book Club, everyone told me to read TEON like NOW, because it was so great.<br />
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Well, it started out slow, I do admit that. I didn’t really connect with the best friend, in fact, sometimes I think the best friend in a romance novel is a diversion and it sorta bores me. But luckily, Camryn gets into a huge argument with her bestie and takes off on a journey. Alone.<br />
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<b>I think Camryn is incredibly smart, stupid, wordly, and naïve all at that same time. And there’s absolutely nothing wrong with this. She’s allowed to be juvenile, she’s allowed to be wise, she’s allowed to be all these walking contradictions because that’s typically how people are in real life. Not everyone gets “it” about all things at the same time. But Camryn felt in her heart that the hand she was dealt was not meant for her.</b></div>
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<b>Along the way she meets this wonderful guy. Andrew Parrish. And he too is looking for something as he travels to meet his father’s death across the country. He notices Camryn right away, she’s beautiful and looks a little vulnerable. And because Andrew was raised right and is not a creeper, he sorta secretly assigns himself her appointed guardian while they are on the road.</b></div>
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<b>Andrew is the perfect book boyfriend. Seriously, he’s got it all. He’s smart, he’s polite, he’s a gentleman yet can play the part of bad boy if he wants. He’s spontaneous, and fun, and fearless… But Andrew is hiding a secret. In fact, he’s running from it and Camryn is the only thing keeping him together as they take their once in a lifetime road trip.</b></div>
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<b>And so their relationship starts. Andrew is at first just an annoying bus mate, a cute one—no, gorgeous one</b><b>—</b><b>but just a stranger sitting near Camryn as she travels to nowhere. But then Andrew really does save Camryn from an unfortunate situation, takes her home with him so he can say goodbye to his father before he dies, and then they set off on the road again. With nowhere to be and no one to answer but each other, the relationship builds.</b></div>
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<b>The Edge of Never is not a riveting on the edge of your seat read. It’s almost totally introspective, allowing for the slow development of a relationship I was so invested in that even when I figured out what was happening at the end, I simply could not accept the possibility that things could end the way it was headed. It tore me to pieces to think of the outcome waiting for Camryn and Andrew.</b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">by Violet Duke</span> <br />
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<b>The • Nice • Girl n. 1. female of the species who never does anything or anyone bad: Hands-off, she’s a nice girl. 2. the woman that men take home to meet mom: Find my son a ‘nice girl to love.’ SEE ALSO: a good girl; girl scout; Abby Bartlett<br />
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Abby Bartlett is the quintessential nice girl. Between teaching, volunteering, completing her PhD, and helping her best friend raise his daughter, Abby never gets the chance to be anything but nice. That is, until the all-wrong-for-her man she’s only ever known from afar starts daring her to simply take that chance for herself. His sage advice? Try something wild and fast. Preferably him.<br />
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An unbridled, hotshot attorney with a not-so-little black book, Connor Sullivan has earned himself quite the bad boy reputation. But in his defense, he’s a very conscientious one. He knows far too well that sometimes in life, love isn’t enough…or worse, not even a factor at all. To avoid that misery–and repel the drama–Connor has a firm ‘nothing over a month’ rule. Who knew a nice girl would be the one to make him want to break all his rules?<br />
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THE ONE SHE NEVER HOPED SHE COULD HAVE… </i><br />
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Abby is well aware that everyone thinks she’s in love with her best friend Brian. He is, after all, the type of man a nice girl should be with—the polar opposite of the bad boy—the kind of guy who didn’t let his wife’s decade-long illness stop him from showering her with a lifetime of love every second until her dying day. But everyone’s wrong; she couldn’t possibly be in love with him. Because she’s never once allowed herself that option.<br />
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It’s taken a while but Brian has finally come to terms with surviving the woman he spent half his life loving, a third of it losing. Truth is though, he wouldn’t have ‘survived’ any of it really had it not been for Abby—sweet, incredible Abby—the woman he’s never once had to picture his life without, never realized he couldn’t truly live without. Until now. Now that he’s finally able to love her the way she deserves, the way he knows she wants to be loved…by his brother. Who’s giving him exactly one chance to speak now or forever hold his peace.<br />
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<i>A DECISION SHE NEVER DREAMED SHE’D HAVE TO MAKE… </i><br />
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And now it’s up to Abby to decide between the bad boy wanting to start a life with her and the good guy fighting for the life they’ve already built.</b></div>
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<b><span style="color: cyan;">Lord, but he was beautiful. For well over a decade, Abby hadn’t allowed herself to acknowledge that fact. Not once. But she was definitely making up for lost time now. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: cyan;"> </span><br style="color: cyan;" /><span style="color: cyan;">Brian had always had that effortlessly charming farmer-boy-next-door look to him, complete with the infectious 'can Abby come out to play' smile and a generous heart worn right there on his sleeve. Not to mention the body of an All-American football god that belonged on a billboard selling grit-covered denim and boots like it was going out of style. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: cyan;"> </span><br style="color: cyan;" /><span style="color: cyan;">He was the perfect, unjust combination of strong and sweet. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: cyan;"> </span><br style="color: cyan;" /><span style="color: cyan;">And apparently, her immunity to the man had somehow worn off. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: cyan;"> </span><br style="color: cyan;" /><span style="color: cyan;">Her once impenetrable vaccination against things like that gorgeous hair of his? Gone. Now she absolutely noticed its kaleidoscopic shades of brown from all his time in the sun, tousled in that just-out-of-bed country-perfect ease, which usually made him look slightly overdue for a haircut…and all the sexier for it. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: cyan;"> </span><br style="color: cyan;" /><span style="color: cyan;">But that was nothing compared to the effect his eyes had on her. On all women, undoubtedly. Where Connor's were a piercing ice blue always deep in thought, Brian's were warmer, earthier, always rich with affection. The startling color of the ocean, his eyes had a depth of conquered pain that just sucked you in, made it difficult to look away. And if ever you caught those eyes smiling at his daughter, the fierce protectiveness and sheer determination for hope where his had clearly been through the ringer made it impossible not to get emotionally invested, inspired.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: cyan;"> </span><br style="color: cyan;" /><span style="color: cyan;">Captivated. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: cyan;"> </span><br style="color: cyan;" /><span style="color: cyan;">Made it impossible not to want to love him with every inch of your soul.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: cyan;"> </span><br style="color: cyan;" /><span style="color: cyan;">Abby didn’t know when her feet had walked her over to the couch, or why her eyes were now running along the lines of his body in a way she’d denied herself for as long as she’d known him, but here she was. How did this happen? How could her reaction to Brian be this different after just one night, one kiss? The way her skin tingled now at the mere thought of his name was pitching her toward a minor panic attack. She could hardly breathe.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: cyan;"> </span><br style="color: cyan;" /><span style="color: cyan;">“You’re going to give me a big head if you keep staring at me like that.”</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: cyan;"> </span><br style="color: cyan;" /><span style="color: cyan;">She gasped as one of Brian’s thickly muscled, sleep-warmed arms wrapped around her waist and tugged her down on top of him. Abby hesitated for a brief second before eventually letting him pull her in the rest of the way for a head-to-toe good morning hug. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: cyan;"> </span><br style="color: cyan;" /><span style="color: cyan;">If she were being totally honest with herself, she’d always adored the feel of Brian’s massive arms wrapped around her in one of his ‘I’m here for you’ python squeezes. It was addicting, as was the way he’d hold her close whenever she’d fall asleep on him during a DVD. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: cyan;"> </span><br style="color: cyan;" /><span style="color: cyan;">Now feeling his arms around her when they weren’t both upright...this was a whole new kind of addicting.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: cyan;"> </span><br style="color: cyan;" /><span style="color: cyan;">When she opened her eyes—funny, she didn’t remember closing them—she saw Brian looking at her with a sleepy combination of humor and hunger. “Why are you tiptoeing around me today, woman? I was expecting my usual pillow in the face wake-up call.”</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: cyan;"> </span><br style="color: cyan;" /><span style="color: cyan;">Sugarplums, had his voice always sounded this sexy? She averted her eyes…which ended up being a lateral move as she was now staring directly at his chest. “I was giving you a few extra minutes; you looked more tired than usual,” she mumbled into one hard pec. All mostly true. “Didn’t you sleep well last night?”</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: cyan;"> </span><br style="color: cyan;" /><span style="color: cyan;">She could feel him smiling against her temple. “Not exactly.”</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: cyan;"> </span><br style="color: cyan;" /><span style="color: cyan;">Frowning, she tipped her head back and looked at him in concern. “But you always sleep like a coma patient on this sofa.”</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: cyan;"> </span><br style="color: cyan;" /><span style="color: cyan;">“The sofa was fine. I, on the other hand, was less so.” He dragged his fingers through her hair in long strokes. As if he were petting a cat.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: cyan;"> </span><br style="color: cyan;" /><span style="color: cyan;">She almost purred. “Wh-why?” A fully enunciated word. And in a near-normal tone with barely even a stutter. She was so proud of herself.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: cyan;"> </span><br style="color: cyan;" /><span style="color: cyan;">“Let’s just say I was a little…uncomfortable,” he murmured, shifting over so she could stop imitating a human blanket and instead wedge herself between him and the backrest of the couch. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: cyan;"> </span><br style="color: cyan;" /><span style="color: cyan;">Another lateral move.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: cyan;"> </span><br style="color: cyan;" /><span style="color: cyan;">“You should‘ve told me. I would’ve had you sleep in my bed—”</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: cyan;"> </span><br style="color: cyan;" /><span style="color: cyan;">“Do tell,” he teased, deliberately making that innocent sentence sound dirty.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: cyan;"> </span><br style="color: cyan;" /><span style="color: cyan;">Abby felt her cheeks burn. “I meant I would’ve slept out here.”</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: cyan;"> </span><br style="color: cyan;" /><span style="color: cyan;">“Spoilsport.” He grazed a knuckle over her hot skin. “And like I said, that’s not the kind of ‘discomfort’ that was keeping me up.”</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: cyan;"> </span><br style="color: cyan;" /><span style="color: cyan;">“Oh.” She dragged a corner of the quilt draped at his waist up to cover her face. Or did smothering only work on extinguishing cooking fires? Everything he was saying was simply more kindling to the most dangerous kind of fire. “Brian, I appreciate the effort,” she mumbled from under the quilt, “but truly, you don’t have to work this hard to help me get over Connor.”</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: cyan;"> </span><br style="color: cyan;" /><span style="color: cyan;">Before she could so much as yelp, she went from being simply wedged to being thoroughly hot-dogged—a more apt description here than sandwiched—with a very intense-looking Brian launching a now full-body interrogation of her every reaction to him. From the rapid rise and fall of her chest against his, to the way her fingers instantly flexed into his obliques when his fingertips skimmed over her shoulder blades, she could see the fireburst of sea green around his pupils flare with every new bit of damning data her body revealed to him. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: cyan;"> </span><br style="color: cyan;" /><span style="color: cyan;">“Is that all you think this is, Abby? Don’t you feel what’s happening between us?”</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: cyan;"> </span><br style="color: cyan;" /><span style="color: cyan;">She felt something alright. And she was trying her damndest not to move her hips at all lest she wake it up even more. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: cyan;"> </span><br style="color: cyan;" /><span style="color: cyan;">Something in her expression must have given her thoughts away. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: cyan;"> </span><br style="color: cyan;" /><span style="color: cyan;">With an incredulous headshake, Brian let out a low, throaty chuckle. “I’d ask you what you were thinking just now but I’m not sure I could handle it.”</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: cyan;"> </span><br style="color: cyan;" /><span style="color: cyan;">Honestly, she wasn’t too certain she could handle it either. The saying about big hands? Apparently very, very true…</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: cyan;"> </span><br style="color: cyan;" /><span style="color: cyan;">“Sweetheart, I’ll give you exactly two seconds to come back to me or else I’m going in after you,” he warned, gripping the couch cushion in a way that belied the smile in his voice.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: cyan;"> </span><br style="color: cyan;" /><span style="color: cyan;">Who knew watching a man’s forearms flex at close range could this mesmerizing?</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: cyan;"> </span><br style="color: cyan;" /><span style="color: cyan;">“And…time.”</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: cyan;"> </span><br style="color: cyan;" /><span style="color: cyan;">“I’m back, I’m back!” she exclaimed, yanking her gaze back up to meet his.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: cyan;"> </span><br style="color: cyan;" /><span style="color: cyan;">“Aw, just as things were about to get interesting,” he pouted, somehow managing to make even that look masculine.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: cyan;"> </span><br style="color: cyan;" /><span style="color: cyan;">Mentally, she smacked herself. This was Brian for goodness sakes. Wonderfully sweet Brian. Lovably brawny Brian. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: cyan;"> </span><br style="color: cyan;" /><span style="color: cyan;">Achingly sexy Brian.</span></b></div>
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Genre: Adult Paranormal Romance</b></div>
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<b style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Paige Donovan is an ambitious college graduate who aspires to reach the top of the corporate ladder. She’s climbing fast when given the promotion of a lifetime at a prestigious fashion magazine in New York City. Her bright future comes to an unexpected halt after news of her father’s death. </b><br />
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<b style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">She inherits his old cabin in the Colorado Rockies and just when she thinks her luck couldn’t get any worse, she has a car accident in the mountains and awakens in the small, remote community of Black River. Soon she’s engulfed in the mystical world of Varulv—wolves descended from 12th century Scandinavia and blessed by Norse gods with the ability to appear human. </b><br />
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<b style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Paige is desperate to return home, but never expects to fall for her rescuer, Riley Gray, a charming young werewolf from England who offers her an alternate future with his pack. Now she must choose between the career she’s always wanted and the love she’s always dreamed.</b></div>
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<b>Paige Donovan is just about to grab life by the balls and take her chances climbing the fashion magazine ladder when her father dies and she has to take a leave of absence to handle the funeral. She discovers that a long forgotten log cabin that she and her family used to vacation at was never sold, and she is now the proud owner. Against her mother's wishes Paige extends her leave to go up to the cabin and check it out. She had a strange experience at the cabin when she was a small child, one where she met a white wolf pup, and that memory is making a new appearance in her dreams. Almost as soon as she rolls into town she has an encounter with hottie Riley Gray, and almost as instantly, she also begins seeing a white wolf in her bedroom.<br />
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This whole beginning was a bit instant for me. Too many coincidences, too many first sight kind of things... but the book was actually pretty good. It has a lot of action, Riley, although at times sorta needy and clingy, also had a very bad ass side to him, so it evened out. <br />
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I'm not huge into the shifter world as far as reading goes, but I've read a few and most of what's here sorta falls along that same side of things. The pack is above all else, the females are combative with each other but are supposed to be submissive to the men, and there's a lot of lore. I liked the lore in this. It was interesting and played a direct role in the story. <br />
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The romance between Riley and Paige was unexpected in some ways. Paige took almost all the initiative sexually, as Riley had lots of mating rules to abide by, so that's what sorta made me feel like Riley was not dominant enough, just not quite Alpha enough. That part was steamy though, because that darn Paige is persistent! Also, as he is constantly shifting into a wolf, Riley has a lot of naked time in this book! (Which was quite nice to picture!)<br />
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I also enjoyed the setting. I live in Colorado, so that tends to hook me in right away.<br />
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Beyond Riley not being Alpha enough, I just got a feeling that he was hiding things. I'm not sure if this is a series, so I'm not sure how to feel about that. Did I get the wrong message about him? Or is there really more to this story that hasn't been revealed yet?<br />
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I think the best part of this novel was the actual plot. There were several twists and even though they are fairly common as far as shifter novels go, I liked the actual story. I think Paige had just enough resistance to what Riley wanted from her to make it believable, yet, she didn’t’ act stupid or throw a bunch of dramatic temper tantrums. She was pretty mature and handled herself well.<br />
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For me, The Howling Heart was a fun, sexy, shapeshifter story that held my attention the entire time.</b><b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">April Bostic is a New Jersey-based romance author who enjoys unleashing her creativity and letting her imagination run wild. Her love of romance books inspired her to become not just a reader, but also a writer. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In December 2008, she self-published her first novel, a contemporary romance with a supernatural twist entitled "A Rose to the Fallen". Her first short story, "Right Here, Right Now", released in January 2012 is an erotic romance with a dash of S&M. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The following year, she released two more short stories: a romantic urban fantasy inspired by the Greek myth of Eros and Psyche entitled "Eros, My Love", and a sexy romantic comedy entitled "Love Addiction". After five years, she will release her second novel "The Howling Heart" in August 2013, a paranormal romance that delves into the mystical world of werewolves and Norse gods.</span></b><br />
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<b><span id="freeText16561429328638131751">Turner Campbell is an asshole.<br />
I f*cking hate him.<br />
But I can't get enough either.<br />
He sings like an angel and f*cks like a devil.<br />
If I could, I'd run away and never look back because to tell you the truth, I think this man might be the death of me.<br />
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Naomi Knox is a bitch.<br />
I can't f*cking stand her.<br />
But I can't stop thinking about her either.<br />
She looks like an angel and plays like a devil.<br />
If I could, I'd f*ck her good and forget all about her, but to tell you the truth, I think this woman might be my last saving grace.</span></b><br />
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<b><span id="freeText18408827497931951558">Naomi Knox is missing.<br />
I don't even f*cking know whether she's dead or alive.<br />
What I do know is that she's the air I need to breathe.<br />
She's my redemption, an all consuming fire that burns in my blood.<br />
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Turner Campbell is searching.<br />
But he has no f*cking clue what it is he's searching for.<br />
There's darkness all around and enough secrets to choke.<br />
There are angels, and there are devils. It's impossible to tell them apart.<br />
Light needs to be shone on the truth, but there's no one left to hold the torch. The line between life and death is blurred, and the players are all thoroughly entrenched in the game. The question is: am I still one of them?</span></b><br />
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<b>Delaney has a job she loves and a boyfriend who loves her. Working the night shift at a local gym has given her buns of steel and enough endorphins to deal with the ninth anniversary of her brother’s death. When a new owner takes over the gym, Delaney’s forgotten past comes somersaulting back at her. Kris Payne isn’t just her new boss, he’s her ex-boyfriend from high school and he’s got a smile that’s as cocky as he is gorgeous.<br />
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<b>Cheyanne is a native Texan with a fear of cold weather and a coffee addiction that probably needs an intervention. She loves books, sarcasm, nail polish and paid holidays. She lives near the beach with her daughter, one spoiled rotten puppy and a cat who is most likely plotting to take over the world.</b><br />
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Genre: New Adult Contemporary <br />
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<b>If you can’t take the heat… stay away from the flame.</b><br />
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Katie Parks has been on her own since the age of fifteen. All she’s ever wanted is a place to call her own—a life that is wholly hers that no one can take away. She thought she finally had it, but with the strike of a single match, everything she worked so hard for is reduced to a pile of smoking ash. And she almost is too. </b><br />
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<b>Cambria Hebert is the author of the young adult paranormal Heven and Hell series and the Death Escorts series. She loves a caramel latte, hates math and is afraid of chickens (yes, chickens). She went to college for a bachelor’s degree, couldn’t pick a major and ended up with a degree in cosmetology. So rest assured her characters will always have good hair. She currently lives in North Carolina with her husband and children (both human and furry) where she is plotting her next book. You can find out more about Cambria and her work by visiting <a href="http://www.cambriahebert.com/" style="color: #d9d2e9;" target="_blank">http://www.cambriahebert.com</a></b><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00832113251980789588noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-953577554808894788.post-84065953356301260852013-07-31T19:18:00.001-06:002013-07-31T19:18:53.777-06:00REVIEW: Elite by Rachel Van Dyken<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I think I've been living under a rock, because Elite is the first title I've read of Rachel Van Dyken's. (Source: I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.) It definitely won't be the last. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Elite-Eagle-ebook/dp/B00DTUHMPE">Elite</a> was a fun, fast paced read.<br />
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For Tracey Rooks, life with her grandparents on a Wyoming farm has
always been simple. But after her grandmother's death, Tracey is all her
grandfather has. So when Eagle Elite University announces its annual
scholarship lottery, Tracey jumps at the opportunity to secure their
future and enters. She isn't expecting much-but then she wins. And life
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things easy for her. There's Nixon, gorgeous, irresistible, and leader
of a group that everyone fears: The Elect. Their rules are simple. 1. Do
not touch The Elect. 2. Do not look at The Elect. 3. Do not speak to
The Elect. No matter how hard she tries to stay away, The Elect are
always around her and it isn't long until she finds out the reason why
they keep their friends close and their enemies even closer. She just
didn't realize she was the enemy -- until it was too late.<br />
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<b>What I didn't like:</b> I'm going to start with what I didn't like, because it was the entire first quarter of the book. Until about 25% in I hated the characters, there was no chemistry, and I thought Nixon was a serious ass. This made the beginning kind of unenjoyable and I almost gave up. Almost.<br />
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<b>What I liked: </b> Fortunately, I didn't give up, because once the story got moving and I began to get to know the characters, I loved the story. This is just so fresh and different and crazy and fun. There's this whole world around her that she's been a part of yet removed from. It's almost like being sheltered, dry in a bubble in the middle of the ocean but one tiny hole will mean the difference between surviving and drowning. By the end Tacey is definitely drowning.<br />
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I'm not really sure if I'm team Nixon or team Chase. I like them both for different reasons. I can't wait for the next book, Elect, to see what happens next. Judging by the way Elite was, this entire series is going to be fantastic. 4 enthusiastic stars!<br />
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<b>Twenty-one year old Grayson Alexander finally breaks away from an
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<b>Why was she acting like an idiot? He was just a guy; he probably didn’t even give her another thought after their brief eye gaze exchange.</b></div>
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<b><br /> Coffee spilled on her hand and down the front of his black T-shirt. As she held the remains of her coffee out of harms way, her chest pressed firmly against his. Horrified, she lifted her gaze.</b></div>
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<b><br /> He cupped her elbows with both hands and steadied her, his startling green eyes ringed with gold swept over her. Then he reached around her, grabbed a napkin, and wiped the hot coffee off her hand. She caught herself giving him the once over while she had his gaze elsewhere; he was so hot, his dark red hair was so fitting to his rugged facial features. </b></div>
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<b><br /> He smiled instantly softening his hard face. “Why don’t you come and sit down with me?”</b></div>
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<b><br /> All she did was make eye contact with the guy, and now he thought that gave him the right to invite her to sit down? She’d clearly been in a relationship way too long, because she had no idea how to react to his question. A part of her was curious about this man who made her heart rate speed up with just a glance, but a much bigger part of her wanted to turn and run. She just got out of one relationship; she wasn’t about to start another the moment she drove into town. Besides, she’d always heard two redheads were a disaster waiting to happen. </b></div>
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<b><br /> No thanks, she thought, I have had enough disaster in my life for at least five more years. </b></div>
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<b><br /> Although, her mother claims she’s only half redhead, the other half light blonde. So maybe it would only be half a disaster? </b></div>
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<b><br /> Snap out of it Grayson, she thought, trying to get her shit together and not look like a blabbering idiot.</b></div>
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<b><br /> “I can’t. I have to meet my family. But thanks for the offer.” Grayson tried to step by him, but he widened his stance and blocked her. </b></div>
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<b><br /> Oh my God, Grayson thought, this guy was persistent. He was hot as hell, but come on. </b></div>
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<b><br /> “Do you hit on every girl who walks through the door?” Grayson asked with a little attitude in her voice; she couldn’t let another man gain the upper hand on her so fast.<br /> </b></div>
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<b><span id="freeTextContainerauthor5488503">A.J. Bennett lives in
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