WELL!!  What a great first half of the year for me!!  I have had some amazing reads from old favorites and a few new to me authors!!  Don’t you love it when you find a new author to stalk…errr….I mean Follow….????  *Blushes*  KIDDING KIDDING!! I never stalk I just follow with a lot of interest 🙂  I am a high functioing fan girl right!!??  Ok lets just move on…………….

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So to start off I am going to give a “gentle” reminder that tickets are still on sale for Writers on the River which is going to be July 9 in East Peoria, IL.  Check out the info here if your are interested……

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Ok so my top 5 from January 1 through June 30th.  They are in no order or anything. Its just the order I grabbed them off my Goodreads page.

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Book 1 – Luke’s Absolution by KL Kreig

Demons. Regrets. Absolution.

Luke has lived on the wrong side of the law since he was seventeen. His hands are stained and his soul is black, but the worst sin he’s committed is falling in love with his brother’s girl. Then he met her. Addy Monroe is pure, innocent and stubborn as an ox. Even though he doesn’t deserve her, Luke will stop at nothing to have her. But just when happiness is within his grasp fate rips her away, reminding him once again that there is no absolution for sinners. Will Luke be able to let color fill his blackened soul?

From the first time Addy saw Luke Colloway over ten years ago she wanted him. Addy has been attracted to rough, crude, inked bad boys with a bike planted securely between their thighs and wicked promises falling from their lips her entire life. Every one of them has let her down. Every one of them has broken her heart. Every one of them has put her second. She’s never going to let that happen again. When Luke promises her a future, will Addy let him in only to have her heart broken again?

Book 3 in a 4 book series. Each book features a different brother and each can be read as a STANDALONE. To get the full Colloway Brother experience, however, it’s most enjoyable to read in order.

***Mature readers only, 18+. Features alpha men with foul language and penchant for hot sex.

Ok the Long *snickers* and definitely not the short of it *giggle*…. you must read this series but #TeamBombPop stole my heart.  I loved each brother but Luke…yeah he won my black heart over 1,000.

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Book 2 – Absolution by Stevie J Cole/LP Lovell

***NOTE: This book is VERY dark. Please take that into account before reading. ***

Evie

All sins are equal in the eyes of God, but I’m not God. One sinner made me his sin, and I can’t let men like him live. I want to kill them. Every. Last. One.
Ezra James is no different. I was going to kill him, but then I found myself obsessed and possessed in the most reverent of ways. I became his sinner, and he became my sin, but the wages of sin is death, so I must kill him.

Ezra

The son of a whore, raised by criminals, molded to fit into a world without morals. I’ve never given a shit about anything until the night I watched a man drop dead at the feet of my little killer. She called to my depravity, and everything in me demanded that I take her, possess her, own her. Some monsters hide behind the faces of angels.

Damned. Broken. Irredeemable.

Through blood, absolution shall be found.

OK so the quick fact is this book is ALL KINDS OF FUCKED UP and that is what I loved about it.  Yes it is dark and hell yes was I uncomfortable but the fact I am laughing as people are killed…I think I need therapy…..

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Book 3 – Bindings Kate Roth

I’d only meant to surrender my body but with time, he drove my soul to submit.

Ashamed of the woman she allowed herself to become, Sloane Montgomery sets out to repair the self-inflicted damage done to her life. A new town holds her new beginning and when Leo Calloway arrives everything changes.

Captivated by Leo and his dark desires, Sloane wonders if her fascination with his dominance goes deeper than fantasy. Has she been seeking punishment to atone for the sins of her past all along? Though Leo’s brutal lust is what first enthralls her, the bonds of trust they form could have the power to heal her.

When the ties to her former life threaten to take hold of her again, the passion binding her to Leo may be the key to her ultimate release.

*Erotic BDSM Romance for mature readers 18+

OMG OK I read this book in December but it idnt comeout until January so I am cheating but this book I cannot get out of my head.  I need more Leo like yesterday already.  I loved this story because Kate blew my mind with the content and love story!!  If you think with a title like that its gonna be all smut…think again. Its smut and sooo much more…actually alot more!!!

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Book 4 – Read My Lips Daryl Banner

I ran away from the glitz and privilege of my famous New York City family to this small-town Texas college to find myself. I didn’t expect to find him…

…the muscular, tatted bad-boy who would soon become my obsession.

He was broken, lost, and voiceless … just like me.

His eyes smoldered me with one look.
His touch awakened the woman inside me.

And through his lips, his perfect, plush, kissable lips, he drew out the inspiration deep in my soul I did not know was there.

I needed to believe that he could save me. I wanted him to help me find my voice at last … the voice that would set me apart from my tragically perfect family, the voice that would finally break me free …

If only he could hear a word of it.

The College Obsession Romance series centers around a group of friends and the relationships they form during their time at a small-town Texas school. They are angsty, steamy new adult novels with HEAs and NO cheating. Although they are obsession-themed romances, there are no stalkers or psychos!

UHM That cover model…yeah right!!!  Ok so this story was amazing because I loved the feel of the story and I loved he fresh approach to the book.  The angst blew me outta the water!!! Plus lets talk about that cover again……

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Book 5- Into the Light by Aleatha Romig

Sara Adams awakes blind, unable to remember the most basic details of her life, but her darkness seems a blessing when she discovers the terrors of The Light.

Stella Montgomery investigates the news on the mean streets of Detroit, where she’s noticed a disturbing trend: young women are vanishing. When her best friend disappears, Stella investigates—despite warnings from her police detective boyfriend—following a twisted trail that leads her through the city’s most dangerous and forsaken precincts. There she uncovers something more sinister than she could have imagined: a shadowy organization known as The Light, led by the enigmatic Father Gabriel.

As Sara struggles to understand her place in the strange world she’s awakened to—an oppressive cult demanding unquestioning obedience—and her feelings for Jacob, the husband she can’t recall and whose harsh and tender attentions confuse and beguile her, Stella risks all to discover the truth. But enlightenment always comes with a price…

Warning : you will need a support group after finishing this book!!  OMG it is amazing!!  It is dark but not “Tony” dark so if you fear Aleatha breath a little easier knowing YOU CAN DO IT!!

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Well there are my top 5.  There were so many for me to choose from but i think these 5 books have stuck with my and my brain the longest.

I sure hope that maybe I got a one-click out of someone who is reading this post!!

 

Thanks for listening to me ramble!

Twinsie Angie

I received this book from the author for an honest review.

*sniff* The end is so sweet. *sniff*  I have fallen head over heels for each of the Colloway Brothers.  Each one has captured my heart in some way or another so to have an ending…yeah I am sad.  Granted I am still #TeamBompPop for Luke but each brother has snuck in and claimed a piece of my heart.

Conn…omg I have waited for this man.  He and Ash were such DB Man Whores so when Asher fell I giggled but to see Conn finally fall was an amazing ride.  I mean to see Conn actually bet a piece of 1 Million dollar property that no one would ever make him whipped like his brothers…yeah I was sooo excited for it.  I wanted him to admit defeat and sign over that property.

Nora was the perfect woman for Conn.  She knew and loved him before he was the DB he is today and so she has no trouble telling him like it is.  I loved her fiery sassy attitude.  I loved how she loved him so hard.  Conn has never experienced love like he had with Nora with anyone.  He actually closed down his heart to woman after she left him.  This is what made him the cold man he is today.  But much like Grey when he sees his woman, he will stop at nothing to get her back.

The couple fight it like crazy.  When we see the twist happen I was stoked and then I wanted to kick Conn in his nuts.  He was totally outta line for his reaction to Nora because as we know, he is no angel!!  *Shakes finger at Conn*

The push and pull these two have for each other …you can feel it.  While you are reading it, you can feel the misery and joy.  The pain and sorrow.  The excitement and love.  They have so much love to give and yet they seem to be fighting more than they are loving towards the end of the book.  So much happens and so many secrets are revealed…..the book kept me reading and turning my pages as fast as I could.  I needed to see my couple and I needed to see them together.

The epilogue….it’s like the icing to the cake….and people I freaking love cake. It gives us a great look at the couple we love and the family we will miss.

This is definitely one of my favorite series and I will miss them greatly but I guess that is what re-reads are for.  To fall in love with them alllllll over again.

Title: Then Comes Marriage

Author: Emily Goodwin

Publication Date: June 30, 2016

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Blurb

Fall in love—check.
Get engaged and plan a perfect wedding—check and check.
Find my fiancé with another woman—I never thought I’d check that off the list, yet here I am, putting a giant “X” in that box just months before we take our sacred vows.

Along with recovering from a broken heart, I’m left with the mess of canceling all things wedding. The venue gave me the deposit back. The florist canceled my order with no charge. The resort we booked for the honeymoon—yeah, they’re not giving me a dime. But I’ll be damned if I throw away a chance to spend two weeks in a tropical paradise, lounging on the beach with a drink in my hand, looking for anything but love.

When I see Derek Turner—a sexy homicide detective I’ve run into a few times before—walking along the beach, I’m not sure if he’s stalking me or if it’s fate. Dark and brooding with a past he refuses to talk about, Derek is the last thing I need…and is exactly what I want.

But when what started off as a rebound turns into something more, something neither of us can deny, I’m left with love’s greatest irony: finding the right person at the worst possible time.

 

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Title: ImPerfectly Matched!
Series: Matched Series, Book 2
Author: MJ Fields
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: June 14th
Cover Model: Ellie McLove from Love N. Books
Photographer: Carolyn Jaime

Synopsis:

Kat has found herself caught between a Qwerty and a rock hard alpha.

Ricco’s flippant attitude towards their highly sexual relationship and Kat’s dating seems to be exactly what she needs.

Ricco is the perfect wire-less / no strings, fuck buddy. He loves her peen collection even more than she does to the point she feels nearly battered after each encounter. But when he turns up the kink even more, when Match Up, becomes a twisted virtual version of a cuckold, even Kat tries to turn down the intensity.

@Mr.Mister becomes inventive and creepy, @baller seems too familiar, and @rider1 becomes her closest confidant.

When things get too intense, too emotional, and the past shows up, will Kat run from her problems once again, or will she be accepting of her…ImPerfect Match?

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I received this book from the author for an honest review.

*Snickers* Kat is hilarious.  *Swoon* Rocco is yummy!!

This book literally picks right up after book 1 is over. Rocco and Kat are agreeing to Friends with Benefits.  Kat is kinda freaked out by this but at the same time she is attracted to Rocco’s magical cock!!

We see Kat really fighting this chemistry and possible relationship for Rocco.  We also so him really understanding her and what she needs.  Then we see him being Alpha Rocco and claiming what is his and what he knows she will give…after a few claws from the wild Kitty Kat that she is.

I loved the side stories with her friends and really hope that Zach gets one with one of Kat’s friends because they seems to have some amazing chemistry as well.  I loved seeing Kat’s train wreck of a mom and laughing at her using Tinder or as she called in Tindered…BAHAHAHA

My favorite parts of the book was seeing Kat grow.  She is such a hard shell of a person.  She defiantly let her past shape her which is good but she is still hiding behind that pain and is afraid to grow.  Rocco takes her…scratch that…forces her to move forward.

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Synopsis:

ONLINE DATING HAS NEVER BEEN FUNNIER

From USA Today Bestselling author of The Men of Steel series, MJ Fields comes a sexy new romantic comedy.

Kat’s a take no sh*t kind of girl, but when her mother forces her to start online dating with her, she’s taken off guard. The tables turn and now Kat has the opportunity to dish out unsolicited advice of her own.

The ever-unsociable Kat, puts herself out there knowing no man in their right mind will ask her out.

Little does she know the world has changed. The constant connection has caused a disconnect, and while hiding behind a screen most men hold nothing back.

Will Kat be able to get her mother to stop being a behind the scenes text whore, or will she get dragged into the craze that is sweeping the nation?

Includes the FREE NOVELLA UnSocially Yours!

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USA Today bestselling author MJ Fields love of writing was in full swing by age eight.
Together with her cousins, she wrote a newsletter and sold it for ten cents to family members.

She self-published her first contemporary, new adult romance in January 2013. Today she has completed seven self-published series, The Love series, The Wrapped series, The Burning Souls series, The Men of Steel series, Ties of Steel series, The Rockers of Steel series and The Norfolk series.

MJ is a hybrid author and publishes an Indie book almost every month, and is signed with a traditional publisher, Loveswept, Penguin Random House, for her co- written series The Caldwell Brothers. Hendrix, Morrison, and Jagger. All three books in the series are published. The Caldwell brothers don’t grow into alphas, when their mother passes away they become her legacy, her good in the world of bad.

MJ was a former small business owner, who closed shop so she could write full time. She lives in central New York, surrounded by family and friends. Her house is full of pets, friends, and noise ninety percent of the time, and she would have it no other way.

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CONQUERING by Ryan Michele is out today! If you love strong heroes with heroines that can go toe to toe with them, you are going to love CONQUERING! Find out more about CONQUERING below, read the first chapter, plus be sure to enter to win a $25 Amazon gift card!

About CONQUERING

Wes ‘Stiff’ Collins lived life on the wild side. He worked from the moment he knew what the word meant, always making the best of every situation. There was nothing about his past he would change.

Without a real family except his brother Xander, Stiff joined the Vipers Creed Motorcycle Club, and they taught him what it was to have people he could depend on. When his past crashed into his present, he vowed to protect the club that had always been his steady, even if it meant turning his back on the woman who had given him life.

Chelsea Miller’s life was simple: work, take care of her family, and save for the future. Everything was about having a goal and a plan. However, when her sister ended up battered and bruised on a diner floor, everything she thought was in her past suddenly threatened her future. In a moment, she had a new goal, everything else be damned. She would protect her family … at all costs.

Stiff and Chelsea’s worlds collide in an explosion of determination, strength, and lust. Will they give in to temptation, or will conquering each other be too steep a price? Two people not afraid to put in the work will either overcome everything in their paths or finally crumble under life’s troubles they can’t escape, all in the name of family.

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Ryan Michele found her passion in making fictional characters come to life. She loves being in an imaginative world where anything is possible and has a knack for special twists readers don’t see coming.

She writes MC, Contemporary, Erotic, Paranormal, New Adult, Inspirational, and many more romances. And whether it’s bikers, wolf shifters, mafia, or beyond, Ryan spends her time making sure her heroes are strong and her heroines match them at every turn.

When she isn’t writing, Ryan is a mom and wife living in rural Illinois and reading by her pond in the warm sun.

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Man Candy by Melanie Harlow
Release Date: June 20, 2016
Genre: Contemporary Romance

 

Synopsis:

He’s back.

Not just back in town, but living in the flat right beneath mine. And he looks good enough to eat, which is just one more reason to stay away from him.

But I can’t resist.

The sex is incredible (pretty sure we’ve shaken the house right off its foundation), but he can’t fool me—not this time. A degree in marketing and five years in advertising have taught me that “true love” is a fairy tale used to sell lipstick, diamonds, and perfume. It doesn’t exist.

He thinks I’m wrong, and he wants to prove it.

I think he’s crazy, so I dare him to try.

It might be the biggest mistake of my life.

Excerpt:

 

“It’s so good to see you, Jaime,” he said. “You look great.”

“You too,” I said before I could stop myself. I didn’t want him to think I still cared—in fact, I wanted him to know I wasn’t fooled by his charm. I wasn’t that silly little girl anymore, the one who’d doodled his name in her notebooks and blushed when he said hi at school and cried herself to sleep when he asked another girl to his prom. That silly little girl was gone, and in her place was a confident, smart, professional woman who knew her worth and, even better, the truth about love. No more stars in her eyes.

But why did he have to be so hot?

OK, pull yourself together. No drooling.

“I’m so glad this worked out.” Quinn let me go but stood too close, his feet planted wide and his arms crossed over his chest. He wore jeans, a gray knit pullover that hugged his muscular chest and arms, and his feet were bare. His hair was damp and messy on top, just like it had been the last time I’d seen him in person. His full lower lip made me want to bite it. Maybe even draw blood.

“Sorry, I just got out of the shower,” he said sheepishly, ruffling his hair. “Want to come in and catch up? Or maybe go out for a drink? I just need to throw some shoes on.”

“No.” Trying desperately to shove the image of him in the shower from my mind, I elbowed past him and trudged up the stairs. My cheeks were hot, which meant they were probably turning scarlet. They ruined my poker face every time.

“Come on, it’s Friday!”

“I have work to do.” He was naked a few minutes ago. And wet.

“Did you have a bad day?”

“No.” Rivulets of water streaming over those muscles.

“You already have plans tonight?”

“No.” Steam rising as he stroked himself beneath the spray.

“You don’t love me anymore?”

I froze as the shower fantasy exploded into bits, replaced by a humiliation that paralyzed me, one foot on the top step, one hand on the banister. Slowly, I turned my head and glared at him over one shoulder.

Now the grin cocked up on one side. “Because you used to, you know. You told me.”

“You need to forget about that.”

“Have you?”

“Yes,” I snapped. “That was a long time ago. Back when I was young and impressionable and believed in love.”

His brows went up. “You don’t believe in love anymore?”

“Not the romantic kind. That’s a fantasy used to sell things like lipstick and roses and diamonds.”

“Pretty jaded for twenty-seven, aren’t you?”

I resumed heading up the stairs. “I’m not jaded, Quinn. I’m just a realist.” And I’ve been burned before, trusting guys way less attractive than you.

He said nothing more, and I let myself into my flat. As soon as the door was shut behind me, I leaned back against it, exhaling and fanning my face.

He still got to me. That was so aggravating.

I mean, how was I supposed to sleep at night? Quinn Rusek was one fine piece of man candy, and I had a sweet tooth for him that wouldn’t quit.

But he’d made fun of me! Again! A nice guy would have at least pretended not to remember what I’d said. Or maybe apologized for humiliating me. Or not have brought it up at all!

What an asshole.

A hot asshole—the worst kind.

Curse you, Alex, and your generous heart.

And curse you, Quinn, for getting under my skin again. You stay away from me.

But a traitorous little part of me hoped he wouldn’t.

(Bet you can guess which part.)

 

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Melanie Harlow likes her martinis dry, her heels high, and her history with the naughty bits left in. When she’s not writing or reading, she gets her kicks from TV series like VEEP, Game of Thrones, House of Cards, and Homeland. She occasionally runs three miles, but only so she can have more gin and steak.

Melanie is the author of the HAPPY CRAZY LOVE series, the FRENCHED series, and the sexy historical SPEAK EASY duet, set in the 1920s. She lifts her glass to romance readers and writers from her home near Detroit, MI, where she lives with her husband, two daughters, and pet rabbit.

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Dark Mafia Prince by New York Times bestselling author, Annika Martin is LIVE!

Blurb:

Aleksio

Don’t look at me like that. So trusting.
Like you think I’m not a monster.
Like I won’t wrap your hair in my fist and bend you to my will.
Like I won’t sacrifice you, piece by piece, to save my brother.
I’m the most dangerous enemy you’ll ever have because every time you look at me, you see somebody good. That friend who died.
And when you look at me like that, I die again.

Mira
I spent years making myself invisible.
A good girl, apart from the noise.
Then you came back, beautiful and deadly in your Armani suit.
Don’t look at me like you still know me, you say.
But I remember your smile and those sunny days.
Before they lowered your small casket into the ground.
Before they told us the prince was dead.

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