Waking a monster from its sleep is never a good idea.

Skye Carter is as normal as normal can be. But when she chances upon a man in the basement of an abandoned Hollywood Hills house, she’s suddenly playing tour guide, and introducing a fifteen-hundred-year-old vampire to this century. And who even knows what’s going on with her teeth.

The truth is, immortality can get old—which is why Lucas Thorne went to sleep for seventy years. But he’s back and ready to take on undead enemies and friends alike. In a world where threatening creatures roam the night streets, he’s the most dangerous of them all.

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Review by Twinsie Melinda

I was given this book by the author for an honest review.

When Kylie said she had a vampire book I was so excited to read it.  I love me a good paranormal.  I enjoyed Lucas and Skye but I have to say Henry and Benedict were my favorites.

When Skye had to go check on a home but when she checks on the basement her world is turned upside down and she will never be the same. She unknowing woke a vampire, Lucas, that has been sleeping for years. After being woken from years of sleeping he ends up changing Skye bringing her into his family.

I liked Sky even though she was tossed into this new world she makes the most of it and hits it off with her new brothers and sister. Lucas was so gruff and moody but he was so different with Skye. He was patient and caring with her unlike he was with the others he changed by hearing their stories. I have to say I loved Henry and Benedict the most and enjoyed hearing their point of views on things in the past. They were the comedy to this book and always had something to say no matter if it was appropriate or not.

This book had a bit of world building and seemed to have a lot of description of the surroundings in the beginning. Once things started picking up toward the end of the book I was really getting into the story. I liked the plot of the book and seeing the relationship between Skye and Lucas develop. Seeing things in this world unfold from Skye’s perspective was a great way of letting the story unfold. Like I said before the side characters were my favorites. It was interesting seeing Lucas trying to adapt and learn how his world and the world in general had changed while he was sleeping.  Things truly do change in 75 years.

Kylie is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today best-selling, Audie Award winning Romance author.

A mind-bending, psychological thriller from Freida McFadden, the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Housemaid!

Lesson #1: trust no one

Eve has a good life. She gets up each day, gets a kiss from her husband Nate, and heads off to teach math at the local high school. All is as it should be. Except…

Last year, Caseham High was rocked by a scandal involving a student-teacher affair, with one student, Addie, at its center. But Eve knows there is far more to these ugly rumors than meets the eye.

Addie can’t be trusted. She lies. She hurts people. She destroys lives. At least, that’s what everyone says.

But nobody knows the real Addie. Nobody knows the secrets that could destroy her. And Addie will do anything to keep it quiet.

From the New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden comes a story of twisting secrets and long-awaited revenge.

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Review by Twinsie Tenise

This is a new to me author and was recommended by a friend. I switched between ebook and audio. There was a bunch of stuff going on and I was trying to keep up. I felt a whole lot of anger and repulsion towards one character in particular. I feel like there is only so much I can say about this one because there were so many twists and turns and if I say too much it’ll ruin the experience. Keep an open mind and happy reading!

A wildly inventive spin on the supernatural thriller, about a woman working as a nanny for a young boy with strange and disturbing secrets.

Mallory Quinn is fresh out of rehab when she takes a job as a babysitter for Ted and Caroline Maxwell. She is to look after their five-year-old son, Teddy.

Mallory immediately loves it. She has her own living space, goes out for nightly runs, and has the stability she craves. And she sincerely bonds with Teddy, a sweet, shy boy who is never without his sketchbook and pencil. His drawings are the usual fare: trees, rabbits, balloons. But one day, he draws something different: a man in a forest, dragging a woman’s lifeless body.

Then, Teddy’s artwork becomes increasingly sinister, and his stick figures quickly evolve into lifelike sketches well beyond the ability of any five-year-old. Mallory begins to wonder if these are glimpses of a long-unsolved murder, perhaps relayed by a supernatural force.

Knowing just how crazy it all sounds, Mallory nevertheless sets out to decipher the images and save Teddy before it’s too late.

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My January has been full of books recommended by friends. This one came highly recommended and landed me in my 2nd impromptu buddy read of the year. It’s fun when you have someone to compare notes with while reading.
Hidden Pictures begins with Mallory, a college aged woman, who is going to interview for a live in nanny position. From the beginning the wife is lovely but the husband doesn’t even want Mallory in their house. It was the first of many odd af interactions. Little did she know when she agreed to take the job she would be signing up for a summer she will never forget. With that being said, I’m not sure if will forget it anytime soon either. My mind is blown! When I thought I had it all figured out– the epic plot twist left me reeling. Happy reading and remember nothing is ever quite what it seems to be.

Lewis tattoos himself on my brain instantly. Too bad this whole situation is about to get messier than spilled ink.

Lewis

Clingy, needy, Too Much

Just a few choice words from men who never deserved me anyway.

I’m not going to make the same mistakes again though. I plan to ride the motorcycle hottie of my dreams just until we both get bored.

Besides, who has time for anything but a quick fling when the jerks at the tattoo shop next door insist on doing everything they can to annoy the hell out of me with some stupid prank war?

Arrow

Possessive, intense, too much

My exes weren’t wrong about me. I have a habit of falling too hard for men who never feel the same.

Meeting Lewis in a rainstorm, steaming up his backseat during a flash downpour… maybe this is my sign to try something casual for a change…

And then there’s the prank war between my motorcycle club and our new neighbor. Whatever the twink did to get on Jag’s bad side, the whole thing sounds a lot less appealing than losing myself in MY pretty twink with a cute butt and big, blue eyes who insists this isn’t anything real.

Is he right? Is this thing between us nothing more than a Flash tattoo that time will fade? There’s only one way to find out…

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Lewis is driving home one night and his car stops working. Right after calling for a tow, his night in shining armor or in this case a silver fox on a Harley pulls over to help.
Arrow comes upon a stranded motorist who also happens to be the most beautiful man he has ever seen. After their brief encounter neither man can get the other out of their mind. As the weeks wear on, life goes on as usual but the 2 can’t stay away from one another. One wants to keep it casual and the other agrees but will either man be able to keep that promise?
This was a super sexy as well as funny and cute May/December romance. It was my first book by this author and I’m jumping right into the next book in the series.