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BOOK REVIEW – Calling the Play – Samantha Kane

October 4, 2015 Leave a Comment

Calling the Play

4 STARS!

HOT SEX ALERT! Not for the faint at heart! Must be okay with Male/Male and Menage!

Tyler Oakes heads into a bar in Birmingham, AL called Kitty Licks sure he’ll be getting laid that night. As soon as he steps foot in the door, he realizes he’s in over his head in what looks like gang territory. As the quarterback to the NFL Birmingham Rebels, he is in town early for some brainstorming sessions prior to the other guys showing up next week for preseason training. Instead of the fun he was looking for, he has stumbled into the middle of under-cover cop Randi McInish’s drug bust about to go down.

Randi commandeers his Porsche to chase after the bad guys, getting it shot up, impounded and with a bullet grazing her arm, but that doesn’t stop her from taking Ty home with her for a hot night of sex! Awkwardness almost derails their fun as they leave the police station and run into Brian Mason. Brian is there checking on him for the Rebels and informs Ty that he’s his new coach. Randi doesn’t know who he is, but there’s obviously some underlying tension between them.

Years earlier, they had fun together with various women, but Brian ducked and ran when Ty tried to get too serious. Now he’s back because he can’t forget the one he let get away. Will Ty decide to forgive him and trust him again? And when they decide they want to enjoy Randi together, will she be game?

** Received free from Net Galley to review **

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BOOK REVIEW – His Texas Christmas Bride – Nancy Robards Thompson

October 3, 2015 1 Comment

5 STARS!

It wasn’t in her lifelong plan to be virtual strangers with the man she just found out she’s pregnant with twins with, but Becca Flannigan can’t make herself regret it either. Who knew the one and only time in life she had a one night stand with a hot doctor, THIS would happen.

At the hospital with family one night, Becca meets Nick Ciotti, then runs into him again at a restaurant later that night and spends the night with him. Three months later, she stumbles across him again and he finds out they are pregnant. They start to spend time together to get to know each other, then sort of start dating. Becca wants the fairy tale family, but Nick doesn’t think he has it in him to give it to her. He had tragedy in his life as a kid and his family splintered. He has no role model of what a father and family is supposed to be. Can he find the strength to overcome his past and have a future with Becca, or will he set her free because he doesn’t think he’s worthy of her and their babies?

I loved this book! I started reading and couldn’t put it down. Both of these characters are scarred from the families they grew up with, but you can’t help but like them. He’s standoffish when he feels cornered, but so sweet when he lets his guard down. And she’s sort of meek when she lets her family walk all over her, but you find yourself rooting for her anyway.

** Received free from Nancy to review **

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BOOK REVIEW – Willow Brook Road – Sherryl Woods

October 3, 2015 Leave a Comment

5 STARS!

Always a pleasure to read a novel by Sherryl Woods! The way she interweaves a huge family and makes them all a part of the book is magical and makes you wish YOU were one of the O’Brien’s living in Chesapeake Shores. 🙂

Carrie Winters has been back in Chesapeake Shores among her extended family for 6 months. She’s basically licking her wounds after a breakup with her former boss, fashion icon Marc Reynolds. At a loss of what to do with her life, she is feeling pressure to make a decision just as she meets an interesting man.

Sam Winslow had barely been a resident of the town, when tragedy struck his family and he’s now the guardian to his orphaned 6 year old nephew. He’s trying to get settled with Bobby, as well as get to work at his new job as the web designer/tech expert at the local paper.

Carrie manages to always be close by when Sam needs help with something and a friendship develops. Carrie finally has an idea of a business that she thinks will make her really happy, and Sam supports her idea and keeps her secret as she explores it. As time passes and their lives interweave, Carrie and Sam admit they are having feelings for each other. Will Carrie decide she’s going to make a go of a business in town, or will her old life in the luxurious fashion industry world woo her back?

** Won in a Facebook giveaway **

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October 2, 2015 Leave a Comment

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RELEASE BLAST – REVIEW/PROMO/GIVEAWAY – Dances Under the Harvest Moon – Joanne Rock

October 1, 2015 2 Comments

5 STARS!

Heather Finley has spent her life taking care of others. Her sick mother, her siblings, residents of Heartache, TN, etc. Now at age 28, she has a big audition opportunity and just wants to go after her dream of being a country music singer for once, but circumstances keep getting in her way.

First she is struck with a sudden illness, then she hangs around town longer so her sister Erin’s wedding is perfect, then something from her Dad’s past pops up, and last but not least, she’s falling in love with current Mayor Zach Chance.

Zach was a year ahead of Heather in school and had a crush on her even back then, but his own family circumstances led him to keep his distance and eventually leave town. His dad now in prison for securities fraud, and his sister recovered and living a new life after surviving being attacked by a stalker and attempting suicide years ago, he’s finally able to come back to town.

Zach and Heather start to see each other and grow close, but she’s still keeping her health crisis a secret. He knows from past experience with his sister how much secrets can endanger a person, so he won’t stand for being kept in the dark about things. When it comes to light that another teenage girl, Megan, is being stalked in town and certain things are similar to his sister’s case, Zach calls in help to try to figure out who is doing it. Will he be able to save Megan and Heather when they fall into a trap set by the stalker?

** Received free in exchange for an honest review **

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Heartache, TN #3

Joanne Rock

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Heartache—the
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It’s finally Heather Finley’s
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mayor, Zach Chance, comes to her with troubling questions about her late father’s
past. Once again, Heather has to choose: protect her family or chase her
heart’s desire? Zach is determined to help, and to convince Heather that she
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Three-time RITA nominee Joanne Rock has never met
a romance sub-genre she didn’t like. The author of over seventy novels enjoys
writing contemporary romance and medieval historicals alike, recently exploring
Young Adult romance under a pseudonym. An optimist by nature and perpetual
seeker of silver linings, Joanne finds romance–in all its forms– fits her life
outlook perfectly. When she’s not writing, Joanne enjoys travel, especially to
see her favorite sports teams play with her former sports editor husband and
three athletic-minded sons.

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