* Review* Meet Me In The Middle by Kelly Collins

Happy Tuesday Addict's 

Hope you Tuesday is going great. Me I am going to try to enjoy my only day off this week. Well I have an awesome new review for you guys just in time for it's release today. So Happy Release Day to Author Kelly Collins. BTW Pick up the little beauty it's a quick and fun read. Need more convincing check out my review below :-)

Synopsis

Sinfully sexy Miles Stevenson is a wet dream for most women. When he unexpectedly pulls Rachel Parks in for a passion filled kiss, he ends up doing more than fooling the press.

Rachel Parks is used to the opposite sex throwing themselves at her, she’s a teacher and small boys run at her all day long. What she isn’t used to, are handsome strangers pulling her aside and covering her mouth with burning hot lips. She’s prepared when it comes to little boys, but she is totally out of her element when it comes to Miles.

Rachel decides to play along with his little game. What the heck, it’s Friday, she’s been stood up and the man in front of her is irresistible and apparently available.

Incompatibility screams at every turn, but passion paves the way. Sometimes the road is far too long, but the path is shorter if you meet in the middle.

My Review

Meet Me In the Middle is a quick read since it is a novella after all. The story revolves around Rachel Parks and sexy movie star Miles Stevenson. This is one of those books that you can enjoy on a nice day curled up on your favorite chair and or couch. A bed would do also lol. 

I do tend to read novellas to help me get out of a book slump or to do a quick read before I review a book without fully committing to a novel and throwing off my schedule. 

I will say that I really enjoyed reading this story. The story line didn't seemed rushed like some novellas are. The humor between Rachel and Miles and Rachel and Lacey had me laughing out loud. Now I will say the steamy scenes between Rachel and Miles had me swooning and fanning myself and wishing that I was Rachel in the book lol. 

What good steamy romance is good without a scorned and catty ex lover. Colette is the conniving and self absorbed character that brings that balance to the story. With enough drama to keep you reading to see her get whats coming to her during the climax of the story. 

I easily connected with our heroin Rachel and the many issues she had to deal with due to dating a movie star. I will say this that Kelly did an awesome job developing the characters in such a short story to pull the readers in and keep them reading until the very end.

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Unlit Star Blog Tour

Synopsis

We are not guaranteed anything, not even this life.

Rivers Young is the popular guy untouchable by reality. He is like a star—bright, consuming, otherworldly. The thing about stars, though, is that they eventually fall, and he is no different. 

He falls far and he falls hard. 

Delilah Bana is the outcast enshrouded in all of life's ironies. Alone, in the dark, like dusk as it falls on the world. When Rivers hits the ground, she is the night that catches him. In the darkness, they meld into something beautiful that shines like the sun. 

Only, the greater the star is, the shorter its lifespan.

My Review

This story line will have you an emotional mess. I for one was caught crying while I was at my eldest son's Dr's appointment lol. 

This story revolves around Delilah Bana and Rivers Young.

Delilah who is sunshine to Rivers storm. Two teenagers who have known of each other, get to know one another when Delilah is hired to work for Rivers mom as their housekeeper for the summer. Rivers was in a horrific boating accident that left him broken both physically and emotionally. Tired of Rivers depressed state Delilah treats Rivers like he is normal and not broken.

With Delilah's no nonsense attitude, Rivers discovers that the life that he lead before the accident was not the end of his true self. In return Delilah learns that life can be given just as well as it is taken and to love freely and live life to the fullest. 

This story line is really deep and full of meaning. There is humor throughout the book and reading Delilah's free spirited personality really had me instantly connecting with her. Though in the beginning I thought this was going to be one of those love stories where the two would eventually get together and all would be right in the world, Then the plot twist happened and I was left devastated. Like I mentioned earlier I was a blubbering mess. 

Lindy has really put her heart and soul into this story because as tragic as it was she really nailed this one with the emotional highs and lows throughout the book. 

This is a great love story about two people who one was lost but was found by the other to be set free in the process helping the other live through them.  

I honestly would love to see this book turned into a movie. Maybe I won't look so crazy crying by myself where as I can cry with other crazy emotional messes like myself lol. 

I will say read this in the privacy of your own home and not out in public to reduce the crazy looks or people thinking you were dumped via text lol. 

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Rival Blog Tour

Title: Rival (Fall Away, #2)

Author: Penelope Douglas

Genre: NA | Contemporary Romance

Release Date: August 26, 2014

Tour Hosted by: As the Pages Turn

Synopsis

From the New Adult sensation and New York Times bestselling author of Until You

Madoc and Fallon. Two estranged teenagers playing games that push the boundaries between love and war…

She’s back.

For the three years she’s been away at boarding school, there was no word from her. Back when we lived in the same house, she used to cut me down during the day and then leave her door open for me at night.

I was stupid then, but now I’m ready to beat her at her own game…

I’m back.

Three years and I can tell he still wants me, even if he acts like he’s better than me.

But I won’t be scared away. Or pushed down. I’ll call his bluff and fight back. That’s what he wants, right? As long as I keep my guard up, he’ll never know how much he affects me….

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~ Rival - Excerpt ~ 

Reaching around, he twisted my chin towards the mirror, and I sucked in a breath. “What do you see?!” he shouted.

“You and me!” I blurted out. “Madoc and Fallon!”

My heart was racing.

I looked at him through the mirror. I sat on one side of his lap, so he could see from the other side, and we stared at each other, my chest rising and falling more urgently.

“That’s not what I see,” he said in a low voice. “Those names mean nothing to me. They’re simple and empty. When I’m with you, I don’t see the daughter of a gold digging bitch and an Irish drug lord or the son of a crooked lawyer and a vegan Barbie.”

I almost wanted to laugh. Madoc had an ironic way of looking at the world.

But he wasn’t smiling. He was scowling. He was dead serious, and I knew from experience that his genuine moments were few and far between.

He reached up, threading one hand into my hair while the other hand rested on the chair.

“I see everything I want for as long as I can have it,” he continued. “I see a woman that wears the cutest little scowl like she’s two years old and was just told she couldn’t have candy. I see a guy that went and got an apadravya piercing, because he wanted to live in her world for even a little while.”

I closed my eyes. Don’t do this to me, Madoc. Please.

My Review

Wow just when I thought Jared had my heart here comes Madoc breaking through to claim it. Penelope Douglas just knocked me on my butt with Rival. I honestly had a serious book hangover and had to read it again once I finished the first time. 

In Rival we really get to see who Madoc is. I know that he's in Bully and Until You but he is only the supporting character. I was always interested in Madoc from his funny and keep to himself demeanor. I really wondered what makes Madoc the way he is and WOW!!! Penelope really does deliver. 

I really enjoyed the struggle between Madoc and Fallon. What turns out to be lies that drove them both apart they both learn that things from their past that both thought the other had done or blamed was not the case. 

This story line for me had me at page one. Penelope really had me emotionally connected with Madoc and Fallon, this story really jumps at you and grabs you. There were several OMG, WTF and that's hot moments that kept my heart racing and blood pressure up lol. 

I will defiantly say that towards the end with Jax really had me yelling OMG. That was pure genius with what he did, because I seriously thought that Madoc and his father would loose everything to his bitch of a step-mother.  With that scene it self has me thinking what does Penelope have in store for Jax. 

Excellent story and blood pressure inducing plot twist. I really think this is the best book yet from her Fall Away series.

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~ About Penelope ~

Penelope Douglas is a writer in Las Vegas. Born in Dubuque, Iowa, she is the oldest of five children. Penelope attended the University of Northern Iowa, earning a Bachelor's degree in Public Administration, because her father told her to "just get the degree!" She then earned a Masters of Science in Education at Loyola University in New Orleans, because she hated Public Administration. One night, she got tipsy and told the bouncer at the bar where she worked that his son was hot, and three years later they were married. To the son, not the bouncer. They have spawn, but just one. A daughter named Aydan. Penelope loves sweets, The Originals, and she shops at Target almost daily.

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*Cover Reveal* Rebel Souls by Sarah Ashley Jones

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  Rebel Souls by Sarah Ashley Jones

Releases on November 13th

New Adult Romance Suspense

Elias Anderson believes he can right the wrongs of the world. 
As a member of the Rebel Souls, a self-appointed vigilante group whose only goal is to take down those who prey on the innocent, he is trained to kill or be killed.

Claire Olsen wants revenge.
After being attacked and left for dead, she is forced to watch her sister’s kidnapping. When the police refuse to pursue the case, she decides the only thing left to do is to take matters into her own hands, even if that means becoming a Rebel herself.

Elias knows how to deal with the new Rebels.
To ensure her loyalty, he must train her. And to train her, he must break her. But Claire refuses to give in and let a man strip her of who she is. Her stubborn ways and fiesty mouth only deepens Elias’ desperation for control while she revels in knowing she is the reason behind his slow undoing. 
It’s not until they discover the truth about her sister’s disappearance that everything inside their already dysfunctional world changes and they soon learn that their survival depends solely on one another. 

The line between right and wrong will be blurred.
Blood will be shed.
And the guilty will pay.

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Excerpt

“You want answers, Blondie.” Claire turns her head and I snatch her chin in my free hand. “You truly want to know what it feels like to kill somebody - to watch the life drain from a stranger’s eyes because of your actions?” Her heart beats against my chest and I drop my hands to her shoulders, spinning her around and forcing her down into the chair next to us. Her knife pings as it hits the concrete floor. “It feels like nothing else in this world.” I lean forward, pushing all my weight into my palms as they rest on the arms of the chair. “It’s every feeling a person could possibly experience all at once. It’s blissful, calming, terrifying, satisfying, excruciating, but most of all - it’s powerful,” I whisper the last part. “Once you finally do it, murder someone, you can’t go back. You carry them with you anywhere you go. You see their faces when you sleep. You see their eyes when you at your own in the mirror. It doesn’t matter if they were a saint or a sinner. You become the reason they no longer exist. Do you really think you can do that, Claire?” I’m stuck staring at her, watching the way her lips parts as she nods, her sharp breaths cascading over my cheek. Her intense eyes seek solace in mine as if she’s listening to a bedtime story - not a horror story like how it plays in my mind. “Then why do you continue to do it?” It’s a simple question. Eight words I ask myself day in and day out and depending on when you ask me, I will answer differently each time. “Because if I don’t - no one else will.”

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About Sarah Ashley Jones

Sarah Ashley Jones was raised in San Diego, California, but currently wrangles her three dogs in Clarksville, Tennessee. When she's not writing she works in a pottery studio and comes home covered in paint on a daily basis. She has a slightly unhealthy obsession with cupcakes, chapstick, and all things Alice in Wonderland. She is an eternal optimist and can often be found dancing and singing to music at any given time. It's rare to see her not smiling or laughing, but if you do, just bring her a cupcake and it will cheer her up.

The books of the Promise Me Series is the first novels Sarah Ashley Jones ever sat down to write. The story weaseled into her heart and wouldn't leave her alone until she typed it all out. Now, stories won’t stop making themselves heard as she continues to write whichever character’s story is the loudest!

She is a lover of all things adventure and romance and is constantly working hard on future releases. Her overactive imagination probably has something to do with being a theatre geek as a child and teenager and now she puts it to good use as an adult, creating and sharing stories that many already love.

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The Love Song Series Release Day Blitz

Synopsis

Whiskey Lullaby: (Revised and Extended)

Jase lived the last nine years drowning in whiskey, while Julie sung a lonely lullaby. Can they find a way to give their whiskey lullaby a happy ending?

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Broken:

Brandon's wounded; Bethany's broken. Can these two shattered souls heal each other?

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I Hope You Dance:

Join the Walker and Gibson families as they learn to dance.

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Whiskey Lullaby:

"Why didn't you tell me?"

I look at the floor, too nervous to look in his eyes. "I had only known for about a week. I hadn't told anyone but Bethany. I only told her because I needed someone to buy the pregnancy test." I take a deep breath and continue. "I was still trying to wrap my head around it. I was scared, but I was going to tell you. I just wasn't ready."

"Are you sure you weren’t planning on running again? Maybe you’re thinking about keeping this one to yourself too?"

His words feel like a slap. I look up at him. He’s smiling at me in a way that says he knows he’s being an ass. "No! It never even crossed my mind." 

He walks over to the window and looks out at Jenny and her friends playing. "Every time I think about the years I've missed with her, I want to hate you." He's silent for a moment, then turns to look at me.  "Why the fuck can't I hate you?"

I shake my head sadly. "I don't know. Why can't I hate you?"

Broken:

“You deserve to marry someone you love, not someone that you’re trying to protect. You need to find a wom…”

He stops my words by placing a hand over my mouth. “You love me?”

I play back all the things I’ve just said, realizing what I had blurted out.  Oh my God, no.  I try to speak, but his hand is still blocking my mouth.  He slowly moves it, resting it on my jaw.  “Do you love me, Bethany?”

“I, uhmm, I…”  The words just won’t come out.  How can you explain to a man you just met that you have been in love with him for years? After a moment’s hesitation, I decide to go with the truth.  “I fell in love with your letters.”

I Hope You Dance:

“It’s been bad, huh?  You’re parents being in love and all, I’m sure it was shit.”

His words cause me to flinch because I know I caused pain.  Reed’s parents divorced when he was barely more than a baby.  He rarely saw his dad growing up.  On the few occasions he did, his mother would throw such a fit that it ruined any time he and his dad had together.  “No, it hasn’t been bad.”

“It’s awesome that they still love each other so much, after all these years.  That’s how I want us to be.  I never want either one of us to forget how we feel today.”

I tighten my arms around him. “I’ll do my best to make sure we feel the same way when we’re old and gray.”

“You know how to make that happen?” he asks as his body starts to relax against mine. 

“How?”

Leaning down to whisper in my ear, he says, “Smile at me every time you see me, tell me you love me every day, and give me head as often as possible.”

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Emily Minton

USA Today Best Selling Author, Emily Minton is a Kentucky native. She claims she bleeds blue--Wildcat Blue! Emily loves to read, and this love of the written word led to her writing career.

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Dawn Martens is a young, spunky Canadian Author, who is known for her best-selling “Renegade Sons MC” series that she co-authored with Author Emily Minton. But she started her journey co-authoring the series "Resisting Love" with Author Chantal Fernando.

 Being a wife to Colin, and a mother to three beautiful little girls (Sarah (2007), Grace (2010), and Ava (2014)) hasn’t stopped this Canadian Firecracker from pursuing her dreams of becoming a writer! 

 She has also co-authored The Love Song Series with her friend and fellow writer, Author Emily Minton; on top of serving as a mentor and support system for many Authors in the Indie community over the past few years. On top of that, she is also going to be working with two other authors on a few projects. Including a few solo projects.

 Dawn’s number one passion in life is the written word, and she’s extremely thankful that she has to ability to share the ramblings from the characters inside of her head with the rest of the world!

 She also may or may not have the hugest girl crush on Author Kristen Ashley, who is her personal idol and helped inspire Dawn in the beginning of her Indie career.

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*Review* Black Lies By Alessandra Torre

Happy Friday Addicts.

You made it through another work week. 

Now it's time to kick back and 

This ARC for review was sent to me for an honest review. So I will try my best to give this book justice. For now here is the cover and synopsis followed by my review and author links. 

Synopsis

Brant: 

Became a tech billionaire by his twentieth birthday. Has been in a relationship with me for 3 years.
Has proposed 4 times. Been rejected 4 times.

Lee: 
Cuts grass when he’s not banging housewives. Good with his hands, his mouth, and his cock. Has been pursued relentlessly by me for almost 2 years, whether he knows it or not.

Go ahead. Judge me. You have no idea what my love entails.

If you think you’ve heard this story before, trust me – you haven’t.

My Review

Now let's see if I can do this review some justice because seriously this book has my head all screwed up(in a good way)

This story revolves around Layana Fairmont a socialite who feels as though she does not fit her heritage. She wants to break free from the life of privilege. She does not want to become just another trophy wife like her mother.  During a Gala for a charity Layana meets Brant Sharp computer genius and billionaire of BSX.  Things between Brant and Layana are heating up and soon they are both all that each other needs. Until Layana discovers a shocking secrete about Brant and things start to change between the two.  Then there is Lee the sexy as sin landscaper that has mowed his way into Layana's bed and heart. 

Initially this story when I first started to read it was me thinking, ok socialite is trying to find her place in life. Girl meets handsome guy and a beautiful relationship happens and with a little family drama thrown in for good measure to shake things up. That boy and girl will overcome the drama and live happily ever after.

Boy was I so wrong!!!

This story knocked me on my ass. Just when I was starting to dislike Layana for her betrayal to Brant. I get a one-two punch and a huge WTF. That's when I started to understand the dynamic between the love triangle that is Brant, Lee and Layana. 

I will warn you all that you are in for a huge emotional and mental fuck(sorry for the language)  Alessandra has easily made this book for me my #1 book so far this year.  A straight forward Must Read book this year. 

Alessandra has weaved a tale of two lives almost destroyed by lies and deceit but is redeemed by love. I don't know how else to put it but this story defiantly will leave you with a huge book hangover and leave you and emotional wreck. 

There are some really steam your glasses smexy scenes between Brant and Layana and Lee and Layana that will have you either grabbing for something to cool you off or your significant other for your own smexy time lol.

Once you reach the ultimate plot twist in the story you will be like me, needing to take a min to re-read key points and pouring yourself a glass of wine to calm your nerves. and to make sure you actually read that correctly lol.

All in all a kick ass stroy line that builds you up only to swallow you whole and spit you out broken, then bind you back together again. In other words buckle your seat belts your in for one hell of a ride. 

Alessandra you my dear have gained a new reader and I cannot wait for your next book to come out.

On that note I think I will re-read Black Lies again just for the rush :-)

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Review Ready to Wed by Cindi Madsen

Happy Thursday Addict's 

I'm back with a review from an author I discovered while I was attend the 2014 Romantic Times Convention in New Orleans this past may. He first book Cinderella Screwed Me Over was in the goodie room and was one of the tables for the attendees to take. The cover caught my eye and so I said to myself hey this looks like it will be a fun read while i'm here. That was begining of my fan girling of Cindi Madsen. I also met her at the giant book fair and she is super sweet and such and awesome lady :-). So she released another book which was published in August. Sorry I have been alittle backed up with getting my troupe together for school and work has been super crazy. I received Ready To Wed though Netgalley(I seriously need to use that site more lol). I was so excited to see that Cindi had a upcoming book and it was avaliable for request so I sent the request and crossed my fingers to see if I was approved. Well here we are with my review and I hope you all enjoy and pick up the book it's seriously funny.

Oh and one more thing check out my awesome netgalley sticker that was sent to me. So everytime I review a book for Netgalley you know it's official lol. Seriously it's to let you all know that the book came from Netgalley. So back to our regular reviewing schedule :-)

                                                                       

                                                                         Synopsis 

Dakota Halifax loves to be in love. In fact, as one of Las Vegas’s premier wedding planners, she’s built a whole career around romance. Which is why her own wedding has to be nothing short of perfect. And then her fiancé jilts her. While she’s waiting in her wedding dress. On a cruise ship already out at sea.Once back on dry land, Dakota tries to pour her heart into her business and weekly wedding advice column, Get Ready to Wed. But how can the heartbroken celebrate others’ true love? When she reconnects with her childhood best friend, surprisingly sexy and all-grown-up casino bouncer Brendan West, Dakota wonders if maybe she can fall back in love with being in love.

But then her ex reappears, begging for another chance, and suddenly Dakota questions if she’ll ever understand love. Can someone once-burned and twice-shy ever find her way down the aisle again?



My Review

I discovered Cindi Madsen when I attend the Romantic Times Convention this past May and have fell in love with her writing style. A mix of humor and romance. The first book I have read by Cindi is Cinderella Screwed Me Over and I was hooked. So as I was browsing through Netgalley I discovered that she was about to publish another book and had to get my fingers on it.

Ready To Wed is a charming and funny book. This story line for me is totally different from the other books I have read in the last couple of weeks. What I totally love about Dakota's character in this story is that she learns that you don't have to have control over everything in life and that you sometimes have to let go.

Also what stood out about Cindi's books is the fact that she let's you use your imagination when it comes to the characters being intimate. Sometime with romance books I feel a little burnt out with the steamy sex scenes. Cindi gives you just enough to whet your whistle.  The humor in Ready to Wed had me laughing out loud with some of Dakota's pitfalls. One thing is for sure is that Cindi defiantly knows how to get her readers to connect with her characters. I defiantly was on pins an needles towards the end rooting for Dakota's happily ever after.

I will defiantly be looking out for Cindi's next release :-)

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