tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22890872650201966082024-03-16T01:00:32.204+13:00Crazy K.A.L.MBook reviews and thoughts. Sharing my reviews of the books I love to read.Kelly Sweeneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01475915728331427502noreply@blogger.comBlogger850125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289087265020196608.post-19155949528768296362024-03-16T01:00:00.001+13:002024-03-16T01:00:00.250+13:00Fiona's Fury - Roxy Blue<div style="margin: 0px auto 15px; text-align: center;">
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<p><strong>Fiona’s Fury</strong><br /><strong>Roxy Blue</strong><br />Publication date: March 12th 2024<br />Genres: Adult, Comedy, Contemporary, Romance, Suspense</p><blockquote><p>This chilling but hysterically sardonic thrill-ride is hard to put down. Smart, sexy, and deeply revelatory, it will send you on an enthralling emotional journey you won’t forget.</p>
<p>Fiona Turner, CEO of Fiona’s Flowers floral shop, hasn’t the time nor inclination to bother with men until she finally meets the face on the other end of the phone. Having remained friends, she never suspected her ex-husband, Quade, would morph into a terrifying, controlling, law-bending monster. When Fiona exhibits the first signs of wanting to move on in life, he threatens to take everything from her. A long weekend at a conference answers all of Fiona’s questions about floral supplier, Bo Thompson, except how she can possibly have him. She’ll never know what she’s missing unless she risks everything for love.</p>
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<p>Raised in the South and transplanted to a midwestern New Age community, Roxy Blue writes about the types of down-to-earth characters that dispel the notion of romance being rubbish. After thirteen years as an exotic dancer, she developed a rare autoimmune arthritis that gave her an excuse to settle down and focus more on writing, although she still hoopdances and hikes on the good days. Roxy lives in Asheville, NC with the kind of hunk she likes to read about, and their two ridiculous cats.</p>
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<h3 style="text-align: left;">My Review</h3><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Fiona's Fury is one of those books that has you simultaneously wanting to scream at the heroine for being so foolish and desperate to know what's going to happen next. Fiona is described as being a strong and capable woman. She is far from that. Since separating from her husband (nine years ago?) she has let him be a big part of things, never fearing that when she finally moves on, he might not be so keen. When she meets and begins to fall for farmer and flower grower Bo, her ex turns psycho.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">While I don't hate the idea of remaining friends with an ex in a book like this and sometimes even people we've known for a long time don't show their true colours, when they do, I like my heroines to listen. Time and time again Fiona went back for more. I was almost shouting at her, for goodness sake woman, show some self-preservation!</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">This isn't a bad read, as I say I was keen to know what was going to happen next. I liked Bo and Fiona together, her foolishness was frustrating though. I also couldn't decide how old the characters were supposed to be. At times they seemed to be almost childlike and then at others almost retirement age.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">I think that this was a good debut novel and worth a read, even if you do find yourself despairing at Fiona like I did.</span></div>
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<p style="text-align: center;"></p>Kelly Sweeneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01475915728331427502noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289087265020196608.post-18021802533511848392024-03-14T22:30:00.001+13:002024-03-14T22:30:00.130+13:00A Country Wedding Murder - Katie Gayle<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4asBrxXZ28B4t95NWueHL9YIvutCIpeD8ItXHOJ2bBMI_uET1BptFKPNBEcrRWmwQy7n6258RvDjkyVMirHd2lpyE_OxNUk3M7k5zdKPjhxbtqHar69qGZSf60OBN982jxSJZg2H41PJ4-bfv0x2X_ZVMF-5zcykKWcZ06UYiogJUGxQzt5kxDqmgGHU/s2338/A-Country-Wedding-Murder-Kindle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2338" data-original-width="1526" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4asBrxXZ28B4t95NWueHL9YIvutCIpeD8ItXHOJ2bBMI_uET1BptFKPNBEcrRWmwQy7n6258RvDjkyVMirHd2lpyE_OxNUk3M7k5zdKPjhxbtqHar69qGZSf60OBN982jxSJZg2H41PJ4-bfv0x2X_ZVMF-5zcykKWcZ06UYiogJUGxQzt5kxDqmgGHU/s320/A-Country-Wedding-Murder-Kindle.jpg" width="209" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700;">The joyous crowd applauds as the happy couple strides down the aisle. This Cotswolds country wedding has everything – friends and family, beautiful flowers and… murder?</span><p></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;"><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; outline: none !important;"><br style="outline: none !important;" />When </span><span class="yiv3449598477gmail-a-text-bold" style="color: #0f1111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700; outline: none !important;">Julia Bird</span><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; outline: none !important;">’s ex-husband </span><span class="yiv3449598477gmail-a-text-bold" style="color: #0f1111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700; outline: none !important;">Peter</span><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; outline: none !important;"> and his lovely partner </span><span class="yiv3449598477gmail-a-text-bold" style="color: #0f1111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700; outline: none !important;">Christopher</span><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; outline: none !important;"> decide to get married in Berrywick, Julia is delighted – after all, who doesn't love a country wedding? Little does Julia know that normally calm and collected Christopher will turn into a full-on Groomzilla – and that by the end of the night, someone will end up dead.<br style="outline: none !important;" /><br style="outline: none !important;" />The morning after the big day, the jolly nuptial mood turns grim when Julia discovers the lifeless body of the caterer, </span><span class="yiv3449598477gmail-a-text-bold" style="color: #0f1111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700; outline: none !important;">Desmond</span><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; outline: none !important;">. Someone locked him in the cold truck and the poor man froze to death. Now looking for a murderer, all eyes are on Christopher who, mid-tantrum, had publicly threatened to kill him. Convinced that Christopher is innocent, Julia vows to find the real culprit.<br style="outline: none !important;" /><br style="outline: none !important;" />Julia soon discovers Desmond had a long list of enemies as she races against the clock to clear Christopher’s name. Could his death be the work of the respected wedding planner who was heard exchanging choice words with the victim? Or perhaps it was his wife – ‘til death do them part – who didn’t shed a single tear at his funeral?<br style="outline: none !important;" /><br style="outline: none !important;" />But just when Julia thinks she’s cracked the case, her prime suspect is found dead with a knife in their back. </span><span class="yiv3449598477gmail-a-text-bold" style="color: #0f1111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700; outline: none !important;">Can Julia find the murderer before they strike again?</span><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; outline: none !important;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /><br style="outline: none !important;" /></span><span class="yiv3449598477gmail-a-text-bold" style="color: #0f1111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700; outline: none !important;">An utterly gripping, charming cosy mystery set in the English countryside. Fans of M.C. Beaton, Faith Martin and Betty Rowlands will love the Julia Bird Mysteries.</span><br style="outline: none !important;" /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;"><span class="yiv3449598477gmail-a-text-bold" style="color: #0f1111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700; outline: none !important;"><br /></span></div><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important; text-align: left;"><span class="yiv3449598477gmail-a-text-bold" style="color: #0f1111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700; outline: none !important;">Book Review</span></h2><div><span class="yiv3449598477gmail-a-text-bold" style="color: #0f1111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700; outline: none !important;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-weight: 400;">I do enjoy these Julia Bird mysteries. There's always a danger that the stories will get too predictable and boring by book five. That's far from the case here. Yes, they are of a type and you might just be able to work out what's going to happen and 'whodunnit' but it doesn't matter, because these are well-written and entertaining books. I love going back and seeing what Julia, Sean, Jake and her other friends are getting up to.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-weight: 400;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-weight: 400;">This time we get to meet Julia's daughter Jess. Although she has been overseas in Hong Kong for quite some time and no doubt intends to return, I suspect we might see some more of her in the not-too-distant future.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-weight: 400;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-weight: 400;">Having said that it is possible to work out 'whodunnit' I have to admit that this time I didn't. I'd managed to put some parts of the puzzle together, but I followed too many red herrings and ended up completely on the wrong track. I did finally figure it out in the last little bit, but it was very close to the end and just as Julia was realising the same thing, so I don't think that I can really claim that one.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-weight: 400;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-weight: 400;">This was a really enjoyable read and I'm looking forward to my next visit to see Julia and her friends.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-weight: 400;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-weight: 400;">I received a complimentary copy of this book through NetGalley. The opinions expressed in this review are completely my own and given voluntarily.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;">Author Bio:</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;"><div style="outline: none !important;">Katie Gayle is the writing partnership of best-selling South African writers, Kate Sidley and Gail Schimmel. 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line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">𝗢𝗥𝗔𝗡:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">𝙇𝙞𝙣𝙖 𝙎𝙘𝙝𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙯𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙥𝙖𝙬𝙣. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">𝘼 𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙮 𝙥𝙞𝙚𝙘𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙄’𝙡𝙡 𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙢𝙮 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙚.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I’ll seduce her. Claim her.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Then flaunt my acquisition in front of her ex, Lawrence Wellington—</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The man I plan to destroy.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">𝗢𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗺𝘆 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲, 𝗜’𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">She’ll be the easiest and most … 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 part of my vengeance.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Charming her away from a man old enough to be her father won’t be an issue.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">And if it comes down to it, I’m not above using force.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗔:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">𝙊𝙧𝙖𝙣 𝘽𝙮𝙧𝙣𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙘𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧— </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">𝙃𝙚’𝙡𝙡 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙥 𝙖𝙩 𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙢𝙚.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">But he’s just like every other rich, entitled asshole.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">He doesn't know me.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">All he sees is a pretty object to be possessed and discarded.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗺𝗲.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I’ve come back to the Olympus Club for a reason,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">And I won’t let anything stop me,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Least of all a smooth-talking criminal with arsenic on his tongue.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">𝙄𝙛 𝙊𝙧𝙖𝙣 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙨 𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙛𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙧𝙢𝙨, </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">𝙃𝙚’𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">𝘼 𝙉𝙊𝙏𝙀 𝙁𝙍𝙊𝙈 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝘼𝙐𝙏𝙃𝙊𝙍:</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> 𝘙𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘖𝘳𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘓𝘪𝘯𝘢’𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺. 𝘉𝘰𝘭𝘥, 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘨𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥-𝘵𝘰-𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺. 𝘎𝘦𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘹𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘨𝘦! </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦, 𝘐 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐'𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 "𝘮𝘢𝘧𝘪𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦." 𝘔𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘰𝘧𝘵 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘣𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘦𝘭𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴. 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Featuring Byrne family member Orin who becomes entangled with Lina, a woman with secrets, but who he just can't seem to stay away from.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Orina and Lina are so well-suited. Lina is a feisty woman who is prepared to do anything to protect those who she loves. Orin wants to avenge his father and although he has plans to do this, once he meets Lina, then all that comes into question.</div><div style="text-align: left;">I really enjoyed this story and watching these two find their way to one another. There wasn't the big misunderstanding that you sometimes get in books like this and I enjoyed that aspect of it as well. </div><div style="text-align: left;">This was a great read and one I would highly recommend. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">♦ ♦ ♦</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRSTcLETMwhLeNwgnf1mio0XR8wBoc9c4fNYq-hxkAVQYGLYBEWiDuC-atRodcFyyO-vStUuPBATBl5x3s5fN_XYJhIsL9bZ02PvIOAXbYf0pooMTh65q9YcVKUTbsGmuMj7IyGGMLDWE2ciq4fMCXiDnqXLjU9_VzhVJhuga5p8akbCD2pH_Pk0esLkI/s1196/VSRP-8.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="624" data-original-width="1196" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRSTcLETMwhLeNwgnf1mio0XR8wBoc9c4fNYq-hxkAVQYGLYBEWiDuC-atRodcFyyO-vStUuPBATBl5x3s5fN_XYJhIsL9bZ02PvIOAXbYf0pooMTh65q9YcVKUTbsGmuMj7IyGGMLDWE2ciq4fMCXiDnqXLjU9_VzhVJhuga5p8akbCD2pH_Pk0esLkI/w400-h209/VSRP-8.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left;">I was too pissed to play Prince Charming. Fuck that. I’d sooner throw her over my shoulder and lock her away than let that geriatric bastard see her in what should have been meant for me.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.25in;">Jesus, I didn’t know where these thoughts were coming from.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.25in;">I was out of control and couldn’t find it in me to care.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.25in;">She started to answer, and I could tell by the fire in her eyes that I wouldn’t like what she was going to say. I cut her off before she got the chance to say a word. Clutching her wrist, I hauled her around to the alley on the side of the building. It wasn’t particularly private, but it was better than having it out with her on the goddamn sidewalk.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.25in;">“Is Wellington taking you to the club for dinner tonight?” Just saying the words made my jaw ache with strain.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.25in;">“Yes.” Defiance. So much bloody defiance.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.25in;">“You don’t want to be with him, I know it. You came to Bastion for a reason. I didn’t make you—you came on your own. So why the fuck are you still going to see him?”</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.25in;">“I told you, it’s complicated.”</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.25in;">“Nothing’s that fucking complicated.”</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.25in;">“Maybe for you,” she shot back angrily.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.25in;">My mind raced as I stared her down. I needed to handle this carefully, but my frustration tinged my vision with red, making it hard to see anything but my need to gain her submission.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.25in;">The lighter was in my hand before I knew it, and I flicked it open.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.25in;">“Can you swear on your life he’ll never see it?”</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.25in;">“You <i>wouldn’t</i>.” She gaped at me.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.25in;">“Baby, you have no idea the lengths I’d go to.”</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.25in;">She crossed her arms over her chest and narrowed angry blue eyes at me. “Fine, I swear no other man will see the lingerie.”</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.25in;">My smile was slow and lupine as it crept across my face.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.25in;">“Wrong answer.”</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.25in;">She could try to sass me, but it wouldn’t get her far. The small flame barely kissed the thin black tissue before the hungry flame devoured the paper.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.25in;">Lina’s jaw plummeted, her eyes going wide with horror. And was that … a touch of … <i>sorrow</i> mixed in?</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.25in;">Shit, I didn’t want to hurt her. I’d been trying to prevent that. Being near Wellington, clothed or not, was dangerous for her in so many ways.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.25in;">I tossed the smoking bag away from us and caged her in against the stone wall, forcing her watery gaze to mine. “Look at me, Lina.”</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.25in;">Questions and uncertainty spun in her eyes like little blue whirlpools of chaos. “Why, Oran? Why are you doing this?”</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.25in;">Only an inch separated us, and my body screamed with the need to close the gap, so much so that my breath grew choppy and shallow.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.25in;">“Because you need me to. You need my help, whether you want it or not.”</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.25in;">It should have been a lie—a line I fed to her to win her over—but instead, it rang with sincerity even to my own ears. Where she was concerned, my actions were no longer purely motivated by revenge. I didn’t know what that meant for me and didn’t want to think about it.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.25in;">I lowered my face to hers, drawn by an invisible force impossible to ignore. My lips ghosted over her skin—her temple, her cheeks, her lips. I never touched her, though. I made sure of that. My body vibrated inside with restraint, but I kept control of myself.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.25in;">Lina trembled beneath me.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.25in;">Her lips parted a fraction, and I felt her warmth as her chest lifted and strained closer to mine. We lingered in a timeless moment of suspense, all the while the whisper of my words from the club echoing in the air around us.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.25in;"><i>Kiss me.</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.25in;"><i>Kiss me.</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.25in;"><i>Kiss me.</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.25in;">Like a needle to a balloon, chaos exploded when Lina launched herself at me, her lips colliding with mine and arms tugging me close.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.25in;"><i>Thank Christ.</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.25in;">I responded with equal abandon. Pulling her luscious body against mine and devouring her kiss. The sweep of her tongue along mine turned my cock to solid stone. It pressed so hard against my zipper I worried it would leave a permanent mark. My physical reaction to her was undeniable. What amazed me even more was my emotional response. The second her body melted into mine, I went feral with the need to own her. To possess her so thoroughly she forgot any other man had ever existed.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.25in;">Her submission to the desire pulsing between us was a sign that I was making progress.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.25in;">It made me ravenous for more.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.25in;">The small glimpse of what it would be like to have her for myself had my world tilting on its axis. The breathless moan that snuck past her lips. The tug of her fingers in my hair. The nip of her teeth on my bottom lip.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.25in;">How could kissing anyone else ever compare to this?</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.25in;">It was impossible.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.25in;">She’d decimated my prior standards and permanently altered my perceptions. She’d marked me in a way that couldn’t be seen, but I knew it was there, and I’d be damned if I didn’t find a way to return the favor.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.25in;">I hated how much I wanted her. </p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><h4><br /></h4><h4><span style="font-size: x-small;">♦ ♦ ♦</span></h4></div></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV1AxEz-xFGy_YigaHSInX8sgD42xkQ5vLOx_ZLb5AcrSAJlDZHYCjTfq-Vo4PB5Pr0jCksum_uPdaNjUUgOCfaYBRqWmCidSTcUV1N7uFWPqHCu9MSO_9_qYYb1lOfDztmi-rZLl8p3dInoFySpDm-xp0QFDskdRCqJpok5bNZivc_g_Td4FybmnGEQo/s1196/VSRP-5.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="624" data-original-width="1196" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV1AxEz-xFGy_YigaHSInX8sgD42xkQ5vLOx_ZLb5AcrSAJlDZHYCjTfq-Vo4PB5Pr0jCksum_uPdaNjUUgOCfaYBRqWmCidSTcUV1N7uFWPqHCu9MSO_9_qYYb1lOfDztmi-rZLl8p3dInoFySpDm-xp0QFDskdRCqJpok5bNZivc_g_Td4FybmnGEQo/w400-h209/VSRP-5.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyOTEsDuqBWgsML5R48M7W-IHvzlH7eq0S_poxLeKokvMKzN__aUJhtFnXm8U2-d6Jcc2vEYkPomWQr8tG-g5Yr6TM3M3CATq6FrjK1cdfCY0qo8L3xgH5ftpHCGTtEpiWdfCehy2jA-cnegPc16ZcMhbiOh5D_WZ4UdphEiFpLqqfpmMt4WMe_u3y/s720/Headshot%20square.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="720" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyOTEsDuqBWgsML5R48M7W-IHvzlH7eq0S_poxLeKokvMKzN__aUJhtFnXm8U2-d6Jcc2vEYkPomWQr8tG-g5Yr6TM3M3CATq6FrjK1cdfCY0qo8L3xgH5ftpHCGTtEpiWdfCehy2jA-cnegPc16ZcMhbiOh5D_WZ4UdphEiFpLqqfpmMt4WMe_u3y/w200-h200/Headshot%20square.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>
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<p><strong>Hesi-Dating</strong><br /><strong>Zoe Forward</strong><br />Publication date: January 15th 2024<br />Genres: Adult, Comedy, Contemporary, Romance</p><blockquote><p>I warn all my dates: <em>Don’t fall for me.</em><br />
I’m good for a date or two of no-strings fun, but then I’m a ghost.</p>
<p>Until the sheriff. He saves me from a jerky ex-date. Now I owe him a favor. Almost a decade older than me, funny, and insanely attractive, my chemistry with Seth is off the charts. His post-divorce hurt makes me want to heal his wounded soul. For the first time in ever, I say no. He doesn’t deserve my heartbreaking ways. I tell myself I must walk away since me dating law enforcement is a no-can-do. I’m not a felon, but I do have connections from my past that make it dangerous. If I’m truthful, it’s self-preservation. Seth threatens to awaken the desiccated organ inside my chest.</p>
<p>Then he needs a favor.<br />
Calling in favors becomes our not-dating game.</p>
<p>I should have stopped helping him. I should have left well enough alone. But I just couldn’t resist. I have a connection to this guy. One that has me acting irrationally. One that snags the attention of the gang leader I wished would leave me alone.<br />
I want to nurture our burgeoning spark, but I must protect us from the deadly dangers of my past.</p>
<p><em>Hesi-dating features a hesitant sheriff, a player girl hiding a big heart and dangerous past, a lame horse, and the world’s worst home security dog. It stands alone and comes complete with sibling meddling, an awkward naked handcuffs scene, and a sweetly satisfying happily ever after.</em></p>
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">My Review</h2><div><div class="big450BoxBody" style="background-color: white; background-repeat: repeat-y; color: #181818; font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><div class="big450BoxContent" style="overflow: hidden; width: 430px;"><div class="reviewText mediumText description readable" itemprop="reviewBody" style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">I wasn't really sure what to expect with Hesi-Dating. The cover suggests a light-hearted romance, but it was so much more than that. (I know, I know, never judge a book by it's cover.) Joley is a woman with a past, one that she has tried to move on from, but she can't bring herself to date anyone seriously. When she meets the local heart-throb sheriff, there's something about him that she can't resist. Unlike every other date she's been on, she decides to avoid him because she thinks he deserves better.<br />I loved watching Joley try and avoid Seth, but it was inevitable that they would come together eventually. I enjoyed watching their story unfold. As I say, this isn't a light hearted rom-com. Joley has had a hard life and it's amazing that she's as lovely as she is.<br />I really enjoyed this book, a great read.</div><div id="review-like" style="float: right; margin-top: 8px; text-align: right;"></div><div id="review-follow" style="margin-top: 8px;"></div></div></div></div><div><br /></div>
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<p>USA Today bestselling author, parent, wife, veterinarian, chocolate lover. Author of spicy paranormal and contemporary romances. Zoe Forward brings readers the perfect combination of action adventure, romance, humor and a bit of magic.</p>
<p>Her novels have won numerous awards including the Prism, Readers’ Choice Heart of Excellence, Golden Quill, Carolyn Readers Choice Award, and the Booksellers’ Best Award.</p>
<p>You can find her residing in the South with a menagerie of four-legged beasts and two wild kids.</p>
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<p><strong>Reaper of Chaos</strong><br /><strong>C.D. Britt</strong><br />(Blood of Saviors, #1)<br />Publication date: December 5th 2023<br />Genres: Adult, Fantasy, Romance</p><blockquote><p>She loves death.<br />
He <em>is</em> Death.<br />
Thanatos took a fifty-year vacation from his duties as Death, psychopomp of the Underworld.<br />
Returning to Halcyon, he meets Lira, a professor of Thanatology with the ability to see souls . . and<br />
him.<br />
Intrigued, he finds himself obsessed with learning about the woman who studies, and sees, death.<br />
As he finds himself growing closer to the woman who has him fascinated for the first time in centuries, a<br />
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People are no longer dying.<br />
Thanatos and Lira now have a choice to make: each other or death itself.</p>
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<p>C.D. Britt began her writing journey when her husband told her she needed to use her excessive imagination to write stories as opposed to creating a daily narrative for him. Ever since she penned her first words, life has been a lot more peaceful for him.</p>
<p>She currently resides in Texas where she has yet to adapt to the heat. Her husband thrives in it, so unfortunately, they will not be relocating to colder climates anytime soon.</p>
<p>Their two young children would honestly complain either way.</p>
<p>When she is not in her writing cave (hiding from the sun), she enjoys ignoring the world as much as her children will allow with a good book, music, and vast amounts of coffee (until it’s time for wine).</p>
<p>C.D. Britt is the author of Shadows & Vines, Sirens & Leviathans, and the upcoming book, Storms & Embers.</p>
<p>All three books are part of the Reign of Goddesses series.</p>
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">My Review</h2><div>What a read! I loved this book and the characters in it. Although it is the first book in a series; Blood of Saviours, it also follows on from a previous series; The Reign of Goddesses. I haven't read this first series, or indeed any other books by C.D. Britt, but I certainly plan on doing so in future.</div><div>This book takes Greek mythology and the Gods and Goddesses who fill the stories and give them a twist. It works really well.</div><div>I loved Thanatos, he's such a likeable character, both ancient and at the same time childlike, I found myself laughing and smiling as well as being gripped by what was going on. Lira is a great match for him and I really enjoyed the way their story developed.</div><div>I'm so pleased to have found this new series and author, I can't wait for more!</div>
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I'm being hunted by my enemies and cast aside by my friends.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The night court runs on betrayals and secrets. As its newest, sparkling addition, I can't trust anyone.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Especially not them.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Alec, the arrogant assassin-turned-bodyguard who mocks me with his feline grace and sexy smirks.</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Leo, the addictive human who swore his life to me for all the wrong reasons.</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>And Sebastian, the childhood bully who broke my heart.</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I have to fulfill my duty to my family, but in the face of temptation, how can I resist something so forbidden?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Every rose has thorns. It only takes one bite to defile the most perfect bloom.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Princess of Thorns and Ruin is book 1 in a fast-paced, sizzling fantasy romance duet set in the deadly Delacroix Night court. You’ll love this story if you like sexy vampire bites, enemies-to-lovers, and heroes who love to share.</i></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>
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I'm being hunted by my enemies and cast aside by my friends.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The night court runs on betrayals and secrets. As its newest, sparkling addition, I can't trust anyone.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Especially not them.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Alec, the arrogant assassin-turned-bodyguard who mocks me with his feline grace and sexy smirks.</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Leo, the addictive human who swore his life to me for all the wrong reasons.</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>And Sebastian, the childhood bully who broke my heart.</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I can't fall for any of them. I have to fulfill my duty to my family and marry someone I've never met, but in the face of temptation, how could I resist something so forbidden?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Queen of Ashes and Scars is book 2 in a fast-paced, sizzling fantasy romance duet set in the deadly Delacroix Night court. You’ll love this story if you like sexy vampire bites, enemies-to-lovers, and heroes who love to share.</i></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><img border="0" data-original-height="84" data-original-width="224" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1L6UWb0Vrkc/WmAJVLXZ9fI/AAAAAAAB03s/9dl9IUufhzc2mfOTaoF47RNgL4KaCKJgACLcBGAs/s1600/blog_meet%2Bthe%2Bauthor.jpg" style="font-family: Merriweather;" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Lora; font-size: medium;">Anya J Cosgrove lives in Québec with her husband, her beautiful son, and two mischievous cats. She works as a veterinarian by day. 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My husband is accused of murder. He swears he is innocent – so why won’t he tell me where he really was that night?</b><p></p><div style="outline: none !important;"><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; outline: none !important;"><p style="color: #666666; font-family: Raleway-Regular, sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 12px; outline: none;">I feel so lucky to have my handsome husband <b style="outline: none;">Mark</b> and our blue-eyed little boy. Everyone says we’re the perfect family. <b style="outline: none;">I used to believe them.</b></p><p style="color: #666666; font-family: Raleway-Regular, sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 12px; outline: none;">But everything changes when Mark comes home from a work trip with dark circles under his eyes. That night I jump at a hammering at the door.<b style="outline: none;"> The police want to question him about the murder of a beautiful, blonde young woman. </b>Mark swears he had nothing to do with it, that she was a colleague, nothing more.</p><p style="color: #666666; font-family: Raleway-Regular, sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 12px; outline: none;">Mark is a respected airline pilot, and the model husband and father. It seems impossible that he would be involved in something like this. But he won’t say a word about where he really was. I believe that he’s not a killer – but I know he’s hiding something. <b style="outline: none;">It wouldn’t be the first time.</b></p><p style="color: #666666; font-family: Raleway-Regular, sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 12px; outline: none;">Then my husband is attacked. I sit by his hospital bed praying for him to wake up, tears streaming down my face. The police say it’s an accident. But what if someone has done this to him?</p><p style="color: #666666; font-family: Raleway-Regular, sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 12px; outline: none;">I go rigid with fear when I see someone hidden in the garden, watching the house. Are they coming to hurt us too?<b style="outline: none;"> I’ll do anything to protect my precious little boy – and I have to start by uncovering my husband’s lies...</b></p><p style="color: #666666; font-family: Raleway-Regular, sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 12px; outline: none;"><b style="outline: none;">An unbelievably tense and twisty psychological thriller that will leave you breathless for more! Perfect for fans of Kathryn Croft, T.M. Logan and Ruth Heald.</b></p></span></div><div style="outline: none !important;"><br style="outline: none !important;" />Author Bio:</div><div style="outline: none !important;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></div><div style="outline: none !important;">Liz Lawler grew up sharing pants, socks, occasionally a toothbrush, sleeping four to a bed. Born in Chatham and partly raised in Dublin, she is one of fourteen children. She spent over twenty years as a nurse and has since fitted in working as a flight attendant, a general manager of a five star hotel, and is now working with trains. She became an author in 2017 when her debut novel Don’t Wake Up was published by Twenty7.<br style="outline: none !important;" /><br style="outline: none !important;" /><a href="https://twitter.com/authorlizlawler?lang=en" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #196ad4; outline: none !important;" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/authorlizlawler?lang=en</a><br style="outline: none !important;" /><br style="outline: none !important;" />Sign up to be the first to hear about new releases from Liz Lawler here: <a href="https://www.bookouture.com/liz-lawler" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #196ad4; outline: none !important;" target="_blank">https://www.bookouture.com/liz-lawler</a><br style="outline: none !important;" /></div><div style="outline: none !important;"><span id="yiv0979805584m_8949163746233279204m_-194343282312808775m_-3321763368635204669m_-8528862513667717281m_-4416612925820108371m_-2069351641265084107m_3008461595351806326m_-7428164645437775773m_8050745791102227605gmail-docs-internal-guid-ad9724fe-7fff-404b-8902-961103715abb" style="outline: none !important;"><div id="yiv0979805584m_8949163746233279204m_-194343282312808775m_-3321763368635204669m_-8528862513667717281m_-4416612925820108371m_-2069351641265084107m_3008461595351806326m_9012240963026359861m_-8425479225909833228m_7880828933173612508m_5345965995599664673gmail-m_3474795997382460705gmail-m_1029938957459984764gmail-m_3881260143591135979gmail-m_-6494429825066171834gmail-m_3958366834699014120gmail-m_3168936485919324208gmail-m_-4079418143467602049gmail-m_7108136379586302244gmail-m_667951917180599911gmail-m_8299982591504187686gmail-m_2977599041993897931gmail-m_-3975060485905940328gmail-m_7201681074280618043gmail-m_-2464455175299363615yMail_cursorElementTracker_1626716992070" style="outline: none !important;"></div><div id="yiv0979805584m_8949163746233279204m_-194343282312808775m_-3321763368635204669m_-8528862513667717281m_-4416612925820108371m_-2069351641265084107m_3008461595351806326m_9012240963026359861m_-8425479225909833228m_7880828933173612508m_5345965995599664673gmail-m_3474795997382460705gmail-m_1029938957459984764gmail-m_3881260143591135979gmail-m_-6494429825066171834gmail-m_3958366834699014120gmail-m_3168936485919324208gmail-m_-4079418143467602049gmail-m_7108136379586302244gmail-m_667951917180599911gmail-m_8299982591504187686gmail-m_2977599041993897931gmail-m_-3975060485905940328gmail-m_7201681074280618043gmail-m_-2464455175299363615yMail_cursorElementTracker_1626716992070" style="outline: none !important;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></div></span></div><div style="outline: none !important;">Buy Link:</div><div style="outline: none !important;">Amazon: <a class="yiv0979805584gmail-text-blue yiv0979805584gmail-underline yiv0979805584gmail-focus-visible" href="https://geni.us/B0CKLDXJSDsocial" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #166ee1; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, sans-serif, "Color UI UI sans-serif"; font-size: 13px; outline: 0px;" target="_blank">https://geni.us/B0CKLDXJSDsocial</a></div><div style="outline: none !important;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></div><div style="outline: none !important;">You can sign up for all the best Bookouture deals you'll love at: <a href="http://ow.ly/Fkiz30lnzdo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #196ad4; outline: none !important;" target="_blank">http://ow.ly/Fkiz30lnzdo</a><br style="outline: none !important;" /></div><div style="outline: none !important;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;" /></div><div style="outline: none !important;"><br /></div><div style="outline: none !important;"><b>My Review</b></div><div style="outline: none !important;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="outline: none !important;"><div class="big450BoxBody" style="background-color: white; background-repeat: repeat-y; color: #181818; font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><div class="big450BoxContent" style="overflow: hidden; width: 430px;"><div class="reviewText mediumText description readable" itemprop="reviewBody" style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">My Husband's Lies certainly keeps you turning the pages and trying to find out what's going to happen next. When her husband is accused of murder, Kate just can't believe that he has anything to do with it and try and she might to prove that, it isn't long before her whole life seems set to come tumbling down around her ears.<br />I'm as willing as the next man to suspend disbelief a little when it comes to murder mysteries and thrillers. I'll happily accept that one person seems to spend their whole life stumbling over dead bodies, or that something unplausable might happen to move a thriller along at breakneck speed. But I do have my limits and it seems that My Husband's Lies found them. It's not that it's completely unbelievable or anything, but I think that Kate might just be one of the stupidest characters I've ever come across. I was drawn into her story, but couldn't help almost shouting at the book: 'No! Don't do that!' She didn't seem to want to listen to me though.<br />This was a good read and well-written. It would have got more stars if I hadn't found Kate to be such a complete fool. she did seem to bring a lot of things on herself.<br />I received a complimentary copy of this book through NetGalley. 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<p><strong>The Flirt Alert</strong><br /><strong>Kaylene Winter</strong><br />Publication date: November 17th 2023<br />Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>When a man who has everything will do anything to ease the pain of the incredible woman who’s living with a timebomb.</strong></em></p>
<p>My best friend’s twin, Shay Stojanović, is my ultimate gamer dream girl come to life.</p>
<p>Gorgeous, flirtatious and popular, she didn’t know I existed.</p>
<p>Until one fateful night, she made this nerd’s every fantasy come true.</p>
<p><em>The next day she blew me up like a frag grenade.</em></p>
<p>Years later, Shay’s brother and I have built a billion dollar gaming company.</p>
<p>He had the nerve to give his shady sister a coveted executive role.</p>
<p>Oh, I’m not going to make it easy on her—she’ll quit. You’ll see.</p>
<p>Everything’s going exactly to plan…</p>
<p>Until we get stranded at the top of a mountain.</p>
<p>And I learn the truth.</p>
<p>Now I can’t—and won’t—resist her.</p>
<p>She has a lot to overcome.</p>
<p>And I’m just the man to soothe her hurt.</p>
<p>It’s Shay’s turn for a flirt alert.</p>
<p><em><strong>The Flirt Alert is a scorching, standalone, billionaire, enemies to lovers, best friend’s brother, forced proximity, STEM workplace, HEA romance.</strong></em></p>
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">My Review</h2><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">The Flirt Alert is the second spin-off book from Kaylene Winter's Less than Zero series. It features cameo appearances from some of the main characters from that series and focuses on people who were minor characters in the books.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">This time the story is about Shay and Austin. Austin has had a crush on Shay for years, but since something happened in their teenage years, he hasn't been able to stand her. There is a thin line between love and hate though and it isn't long before they find themselves crossing it, when they spend more time together.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">I enjoyed this romance, Shay and Austin are a good couple. I also really liked the way that Shay's health issues were handled. It was informatively and sensatively done. I learnt a lot about a condition I knew very little about, without it taking over and taking anything away from the romance itself. This was a great read and one that I really enjoyed.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div>
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<p>When she was only 15, Kaylene Winter wrote her first rocker romance novel starring a fictionalized version of herself, her friends and their gorgeous rocker boyfriends. After living her own rockstar life as a band manager, music promoter and mover and shaker in Seattle during the early 1990’s, Kaylene became a digital media legal strategist helping bring movies, television and music online. Throughout her busy career, Kaylene lost herself in romance novels across all genres inspiring her to realize her life-long dream to be a published author. She lives in Seattle with her amazing husband and dog. She loves to travel, throw lavish dinner parties and support charitable causes supporting arts and animals.</p>
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</p>Kelly Sweeneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01475915728331427502noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289087265020196608.post-13401562470632263402023-11-19T12:47:00.001+13:002023-11-19T12:47:14.657+13:00Just Like Magic - Tara Wyatt<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ2pM_-WBC6IZg21iuv_DNLPs_wKvmne5qbrxm06pvXdmr_kv4v1yW51uKfHsnHW4T6jivL2u8FhiKr4PC5KRSbL9qzneOjOFEj6nq8yVQ9cjChVziXv1DaHx7hidX4ltabVoBOivYLnM11sY_2vF_qko1XLu6S0N1fRUjqpD0wITwyDfXTe8E3dJ_VVM/s2700/201144532.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2700" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ2pM_-WBC6IZg21iuv_DNLPs_wKvmne5qbrxm06pvXdmr_kv4v1yW51uKfHsnHW4T6jivL2u8FhiKr4PC5KRSbL9qzneOjOFEj6nq8yVQ9cjChVziXv1DaHx7hidX4ltabVoBOivYLnM11sY_2vF_qko1XLu6S0N1fRUjqpD0wITwyDfXTe8E3dJ_VVM/s320/201144532.jpg" width="213" /></a></div> <span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Adam Shephard is not in a rut.</span><p></p><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">So what if he’s forty, single, and still running his family’s Inn? So what if he’s still grieving his father’s death and mourning the spectacular failure of his writing career? His life is perfectly fine, thank you very much. He’s not looking for love or a relationship, no matter what his nosy family thinks. Especially not with a writer from out of town.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Which is fine, because bestselling author Hazel Woodward isn’t looking for love either. She’s just looking for an escape, which is how she winds up in Gossamer Falls, a town where magic feels more than just make believe.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">With her deadline looming, Hazel has only a few weeks to submit the first hundred pages of her manuscript or forfeit her hefty advance—which might be a problem, because she’s been living off of it for the past two years. While getting divorced, losing her best friend to a heartbreaking betrayal, and dealing with the worst case of writers block ever known to man. Now, in the picturesque town of Gossamer Falls, while staying at the Shephard Inn, she's hoping she can put the past behind her and focus on her career.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">There’s a reason Adam doesn’t get involved with his guests, even ones with the most amazing brown eyes he’s ever seen. Even ones as gorgeous, smart, and talented as Hazel. Because in the end, they all leave.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">But there’s magic in the air, and he can’t watch Hazel struggle. Especially when he just might have the solution to her writer’s block.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Too bad it might cost him his heart.<br /></span><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>My Review</b></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><br /></b></span></div>
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I didn't know what to expect with this new series from Tara Wyatt. I've read and enjoyed quite a few of her other books and series, so I was excited to try something new. I think that this would fall under the genre of small-town romance, but don't worry, there's plenty of heat here too.<br />Gossamer Falls is a town with magic in the air. Not only is there a shop selling spell and other magical items, but the waterfalls, after which the town is named is also credited with magic of its own. A visit at a special time in moonlight and you'll meet your true love soon. After her visit, things certainly seem to be happening for Hazel.<br />I really enjoyed this read. There's not a lot of angst, instead, we have a couple who seem made for each other and only need a little bit of magic to get things moving along. I really liked that they were a bit older than many couples in similar books and yet were of a similar age. Adam and Hazel make a really cute couple and I really enjoyed their story.<br />There are a lot of other people in the town, particularly in Adam's family, who I think could use a story themselves and I suspect that's what we're going to get in the following books in this series. I can't wait!
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Now what?</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">My kingdom is in ruins, and I have to find my way back to my throne and my people.To take back control of the night court, I need my men by my side. All three of them, though they're not exactly on board...yet.</span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600;">The crown of shadows doesn't care for love, only blood.Love...is dangerous.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Queen of Ashes and Scars is the second and final book in the Throne of Shadows series. It's a fast-paced, sizzling romance duet set in the deadly Delacroix night court. You’ll love this story if you like sexy vampire bites, enemies-to-lovers relationships, and heroes who love to share.This duet is set in the same world as Magnetic and Shadow Witch, but it stands alone. Pick up your steaming-hot copy now!</span><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">My Review</span></h2><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="big450BoxBody" style="background-color: white; background-repeat: repeat-y; color: #181818; font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><div class="big450BoxContent" style="overflow: hidden; width: 430px;"><div class="reviewText mediumText description readable" itemprop="reviewBody" style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">I do love Anya J Cosgrove's books and this one is no exception. I was dying to find out what was going to happen to Arielle after the last book <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/199246598.Princess_of_Thorns_and_Ruin_A_Dark_Fantasy_Romance__Completed_Series___Throne_of_Shadows_Book_1_" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color: #00635d;" title="Princess of Thorns and Ruin A Dark Fantasy Romance (Completed Series) (Throne of Shadows Book 1) by Anya J Cosgrove">Princess of Thorns and Ruin: A Dark Fantasy Romance (Completed Series)</a> and this book certainly delivered.<br />There was also a little glimpse of characters from a previous series, although I would have liked to see both of the main characters from there, it being one of my favourite books. Little things still make me smile though!<br />I loved Arielle's character, she grew both in confidence and ability through the course of these two books. I enjoyed her relationships with Alec, Sebastian and Leo. The only downside was that I felt that this was too short. I didn't want to leave this world behind and I felt that there was much of the story still to be told. What will happen with Leo? Will she be accepted properly now? How does Keenan fit into it all? I only hope that there's more to come because I really want to know.<br />Overall another great read and one that I really enjoyed.</div><div><br /></div><div id="review-like" style="float: right; margin-top: 8px; text-align: right;"></div><div id="review-follow" style="margin-top: 8px;"></div></div></div></div>Kelly Sweeneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01475915728331427502noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289087265020196608.post-52691607301858664972023-09-29T08:43:00.000+13:002023-09-30T08:45:00.522+13:00Princess of Thorns and Ruin - Anya J. Cosgrove<p> <b style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: docs-Lora; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><i>A grumpy human servant.</i></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: docs-Lora; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5lqBpOtG3Zi4Gnsfpd5fxorpHbNFKFseVuTTq6UJli4k6BvnxccuFSsuqZ33i6RF5e-H-tqsDc5WZNiJQrBW_5uJrxKfQlXImqztu8_KfU8ZFG0ctejtHHpNzCax53x6xOQWqusGEERgE8meTOrVKEqfaNwZMPpAq47OYQ8bK1icGXScGFfXYlTn3VHg/s1500/81IoEgxNl8L._SL1500_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5lqBpOtG3Zi4Gnsfpd5fxorpHbNFKFseVuTTq6UJli4k6BvnxccuFSsuqZ33i6RF5e-H-tqsDc5WZNiJQrBW_5uJrxKfQlXImqztu8_KfU8ZFG0ctejtHHpNzCax53x6xOQWqusGEERgE8meTOrVKEqfaNwZMPpAq47OYQ8bK1icGXScGFfXYlTn3VHg/s320/81IoEgxNl8L._SL1500_.jpg" width="213" /></a></i></b></div><b style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: docs-Lora; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><i><br /></i></b><p></p><b style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: docs-Lora; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><i>An arrogant bodyguard.<br /><br />The scoundrel that broke my heart…</i><br /><br />Betrayals and secrets rule the deadly and hypnotic court of night. </b><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: docs-Lora; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: docs-Lora; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: docs-Lora; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The pleasure bite is an art that a proper vampire princess shouldn’t think so much about, but how can I resist the pull of Leo’s blood or the warmth of his tanned skin? My new servant has sworn his life to me, body and soul, but he’s quiet and full of secrets.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: docs-Lora; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: docs-Lora; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: docs-Lora; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Alec Beaumont simply boils my blood every time he opens his damn beautiful mouth, and Sebastian Chastain is as cruel and calculating as the day he set fire to my dress.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: docs-Lora; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: docs-Lora; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: docs-Lora; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I can’t fall for any of them, forced to marry whoever my brother will choose for me, but is duty reason enough to betray my own heart?</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: docs-Lora; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: docs-Lora; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;" /><b style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: docs-Lora; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I’m a Delacroix. We rule or die. There’s nothing to compromise.</b><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: docs-Lora; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: docs-Lora; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;" /><i style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: docs-Lora; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Princess of Thorns and Ruin is book 1 in a fast-paced, sizzling romance duet set in the deadly Delacroix night court. You’ll love this story if you like sexy vampire bites, enemies-to-lovers relationships, and heroes who love to share.<br /><br />This duet is set in the same world as Magnetic, but it stands alone. Downton Abbey meets House of Dragons. Mature themes.</i><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: docs-Lora; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b>My Review</b></span></h2><div>When it comes to dark, paranormal romances, you don't get much better than Anya J. Cosgrove. It's been a while, but I was really excited to find out that there was a new duet on the way. Although this is linked to <a href="https://crazykalm.blogspot.com/2019/08/magnetic-anya-j-cosgrove.html" target="_blank">Magnetic</a> it is a standalone story. Do you need to read Magnetic first? No. Should you read it anyway because it's great? Obviously.</div><div>Arielle has just come into her 'powers' her human servant who gave her the first drink of blood that turned her into a vampire doesn't really want anything to do with her. Then there's her bodyguard, an old crush and even the hint of an angel towards the end of the book.</div><div>In many ways, this first part of the duet is just to set everything up for the conclusion and I have to be honest, I'm not really sure yet where it's going to go. I know where I might like it to go, but I'll have to wait and see.</div><div>I don't ant to give any spoilers, so I'm being quite vague. This was a brilliant read and I can't wait for the next book. Fortunately, I don't have to wait too much longer!</div>Kelly Sweeneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01475915728331427502noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289087265020196608.post-13459814859104698962023-09-12T00:30:00.001+12:002023-09-12T00:30:00.167+12:00Acing the Game - Carey PW<div style="margin: 0px auto 15px; text-align: center;">
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<p><strong>Acing the Game</strong><br /><strong>Carey PW</strong><br />Publication date: February 10th 2023<br />Genres: Adult, Contemporary, LGBTQ+, Romance</p><blockquote><p>Is food really the way into a person’s heart?</p>
<p>Shep Lee thought he had it all. A successful restaurant, a loving husband who understood his asexuality, and most of all, the ability to be himself, a popular chef in the small town of Cloverleaf, Montana. That is, until his husband, Elmer Eshler, began pushing Shep more on sex.</p>
<p>Elmer doesn’t understand why he can’t turn his partner on—aren’t they perfect for each other? And Shep loves him, right? Shep, meanwhile, while confident with his body, is and forever will be sex indifferent. Why has Elmer suddenly changed his tune? But he doesn’t want to lose the man he loves so much. What can they do?</p>
<p>Shep convinces Elmer to try a polyamorous relationship. Elmer gets to have Shep and the sex life he’s always wanted. Shep gets a cooking buddy and a chance to experience a relationship and even try sex with a woman as his authentic gender. At first, Shep isn’t sure, but finds himself coming around—this feels safer than opening up the relationship. All three of them will be romantically involved, so that should ease any jealousy, right?</p>
<p>But when Willow Saint, a free-spirited, boisterous, and saucy young woman, comes into their lives, neither are prepared for the emotional and sexual rollercoaster that follows. Enthralled by Willow’s charm and kindness, Elmer and Shep struggle to understand what this means for their own bond. Can they become one happy family? Or will this ruin everything?</p>
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<p>Carey PW (he/they) is an author, college instructor, and mental health counselor.</p>
<p>Carey currently lives in Montana, and identifies as nonbinary, transmasculine (AFAB) and panromantic asexual. Carey has discovered that writing about his lived experiences is a therapeutic outlet for him and hopes that his readers relate to his own personal struggles and triumphs shared through his characters’ narratives. He has also worked as a high school and college writing instructor, earning a B.A. in English Literature, a M.Ed. in English Education, and Ph.D. in Social Foundations of Education all from the University of Georgia. In 2020, Carey earned his second M.Ed. in Counselor Education and works as a licensed clinical professional counselor, LCPC.</p>
<p>Readers can learn more about Carey from his blog, www.careypw.com. When he is not writing, Carey is busy training for marathons, parenting his six cats, sharing his culinary talents on social media, and serving on the board for the nonprofit Center for Studies of the Person (CSP).</p>
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">My Review</h2><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">This book was not at all what I was expecting. It tells the story of a couple; Shep and Elmer who are having some difficulties with their relationship. Shep is asexual, while Elmer wants a more regular sex life. They decide to address this issue by adding a third person to their relationship, younger woman Willow.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">The book tackles a number of quite weighty and challenging concepts. How can they make a relationship work when they are so incompatible sexually, even though everything else works? How important is it to be on the same page when it comes to sex and what might be the fallout if they do decide to take this step?</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">I thought that for the most part, this was all handled well and sensatively. Unfortunately, there is a great deal of backstory to understand with these two characters, there's no real way around this as what follows in the 'main' part of the story simply wouldn't make sense without it. The problem is that we then end up with rather a lot of telling rather than showing and that slows the whole narrative down. It also made it difficult to fully connect with the characters. It's a shame because it does detract from the story somewhat.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">I did enjoy this read despite this slight disconnect and it was a really thought-provoking read. I did feel that the end of the book was slightly less satisfying than it might have been. This is probably due to the nature of the storyline, but I was left feeling a little let down by the end.</span></div>
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</p>Kelly Sweeneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01475915728331427502noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289087265020196608.post-387236482836173802023-08-20T15:00:00.002+12:002023-08-20T15:00:00.138+12:00A Body in a Cornish Village - Dee MacDonald<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLDVJa5KGdRUOhAlt8yps4oGNbY6I-8ELDq0QxQ5FbEXHSREE2QzpWKzf2fs91hepIpERKYJ7rI1kraNd21XbpqwDAQGpns-iHyC_hlaqK7FskfjWh9YSo5mfxvivHNt89TNXdrr7ext-V2fKjEixro-lC-L96T_TLHlt0Kw2EDTBQ369WqW4kB6zOaTs/s2343/A-Body-in-a-Cornish-Village-Kindle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2343" data-original-width="1518" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLDVJa5KGdRUOhAlt8yps4oGNbY6I-8ELDq0QxQ5FbEXHSREE2QzpWKzf2fs91hepIpERKYJ7rI1kraNd21XbpqwDAQGpns-iHyC_hlaqK7FskfjWh9YSo5mfxvivHNt89TNXdrr7ext-V2fKjEixro-lC-L96T_TLHlt0Kw2EDTBQ369WqW4kB6zOaTs/s320/A-Body-in-a-Cornish-Village-Kindle.jpg" width="207" /></a></div>Cornish cream teas in the sun, dog walks on the beach and… a murder investigation? Can Kate Palmer – part-time nurse and cake-loving sleuth – solve her most baffling case yet?<p></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;"><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; outline: none !important;"><span style="outline: none !important;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></span><span class="yiv5041772277gmail-a-text-bold" style="font-weight: 700; outline: none !important;">Kate Palmer</span><span style="outline: none !important;"> is delighted when she learns that her home, the beautiful seaside village of Tinworthy, is the setting for a new TV show. She’s even more excited when she, her handsome husband </span><span class="yiv5041772277gmail-a-text-bold" style="font-weight: 700; outline: none !important;">Woody</span><span style="outline: none !important;"> and her drama queen sister </span><span class="yiv5041772277gmail-a-text-bold" style="font-weight: 700; outline: none !important;">Angie</span><span style="outline: none !important;"> are all invited to be extras. But when the cameras start rolling, the trio are in for a nasty surprise when the film’s writer and producer, Crispin Wyngarde, drops dead…<br style="outline: none !important;" /><br style="outline: none !important;" />Before long, rumours start flying and Angie is in the spotlight for murder. Kate knows her sister had a brief, stormy fling with Crispin during her younger days as an actress, but surely Angie couldn’t have hated him </span><span class="yiv5041772277gmail-a-text-italic" style="font-style: italic; outline: none !important;">that</span><span style="outline: none !important;"> much, could she?<br style="outline: none !important;" /><br style="outline: none !important;" />Kate is certain of her sister’s innocence, and is determined to prove it. But who would want to kill Crispin and set the stage for Angie to take the fall? </span><span class="yiv5041772277gmail-a-text-bold" style="font-weight: 700; outline: none !important;">Could it be Fergal, Angie’s jealous boyfriend? Sonja, the eccentric director, who had a love-hate relationship with Crispin? Or gorgeous Guy, the hairdresser who’s held a grudge against the problematic producer for years?</span><span style="outline: none !important;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /><br style="outline: none !important;" />Armed with a list of possible culprits, Kate sets out to interview everyone she can. Over cups of tea, secrets start to spill out about overheard conversations and mysterious money transfers. But just as Kate thinks she’s finally on the right track, her main suspect is found dead after a party in the village. To make matters worse, he’s one of Angie’s old flames too…<br style="outline: none !important;" /><br style="outline: none !important;" /></span><span class="yiv5041772277gmail-a-text-bold" style="font-weight: 700; outline: none !important;">Kate needs to solve the crime – and quick – to save her feisty sister. Can she untangle the clues and get to the truth, before it’s curtains down for Angie?</span><span style="outline: none !important;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /><br style="outline: none !important;" /></span><span class="yiv5041772277gmail-a-text-bold" style="font-weight: 700; outline: none !important;">If you love murder mysteries with a brilliant cast of characters, twisty plots and plenty of tea and cake, </span><span class="yiv5041772277gmail-a-text-bold yiv5041772277gmail-a-text-italic" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; outline: none !important;">A Body in a Cornish Village</span><span class="yiv5041772277gmail-a-text-bold" style="font-weight: 700; outline: none !important;"> will have you hooked until the very last page! Perfect for fans of Agatha Christie, Faith Martin and Joy Ellis.</span><br style="outline: none !important;" /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;"><br style="outline: none !important;" />Author Bio:</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;"><div id="yiv5041772277m_-1375750136982311364m_8541969481747688297m_9012240963026359861m_-8425479225909833228m_7880828933173612508m_5345965995599664673gmail-m_3474795997382460705gmail-m_1029938957459984764gmail-m_3881260143591135979gmail-m_-6494429825066171834gmail-m_3958366834699014120gmail-m_3168936485919324208gmail-m_-4079418143467602049gmail-m_7108136379586302244gmail-m_667951917180599911gmail-m_8299982591504187686gmail-m_2977599041993897931gmail-m_-3975060485905940328gmail-m_7201681074280618043gmail-m_-2464455175299363615yMail_cursorElementTracker_1626716992070" style="outline: none !important;">Aged 18, Dee arrived in London from Scotland and typed her way round the West End for a couple of years before joining BOAC (forerunner of British Airways) in Passenger Services for 2 years and then as a stewardess for 8 years.<br style="outline: none !important;" /><br style="outline: none !important;" />She has worked in Market Research, Sales and at the Thames TV Studios when they had the franchise.<br style="outline: none !important;" /><br style="outline: none !important;" />Dee has since relocated to Cornwall, where she spent 10 years running B&Bs, and only began writing when she was over 70!<br style="outline: none !important;" /><br style="outline: none !important;" />Married twice, she has one son and two grandsons.<br style="outline: none !important;" /><br style="outline: none !important;" /><a href="https://www.facebook.com/AuthorDeeMacDonald" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #196ad4; 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color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;">You can sign up for all the best Bookouture deals you'll love at: <a href="http://ow.ly/Fkiz30lnzdo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #196ad4; outline: none !important;" target="_blank">http://ow.ly/Fkiz30lnzdo</a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;"><br /></div><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important; text-align: left;">My Review</h2><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">I do enjoy these Kate Palmer books. Since the first one we've followed the adventures of her and her sister Angie, seen her fall in love with Woody and get married. We've also seen her stumble across a shockingly large amount of murder victims and stick her nose into trying to solve them. This book is no different.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">In A Body in a Cornish Village, we find Kate and Woody working as extras for a TV movie. Her sister, with her background in acting, has managed to get herself a bigger role, but the drama really ramps up when someone is murdered on set.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">I love these classic-style mysteries with their array of potential suspects and clues and red herrings dotted throughout the pages. The scenic, cornish setting really adds something too. I mostly managed to solve this one, with a little help from Kate, although I think I managed to put it all together a little faster than she did.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">Overall another great read and I'm looking forward to returning to see more of what Kate, Woody, Angie and Fergal have been up to soon.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">I received a complimentary copy of this book through NetGalley. The opinions expressed in this review are completely my own and given voluntarily.</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcAXryc4MMaaiqN4BeKnHmQTDxL8bevIlxI2DqtBDEf4yTsfBh9OpRKC5pt9jPqLFD221ppLSmdSaVTYasq2GFSbvKi6VP5LcUP7CdVqZqMHwIHDyXukAaz7ddZzOAf3ytE2pqyhHeKOrn-Txc7hBGFjN-srBUrRWnBwO1m61TewelEmdUGaKPMRFyxx4/s1080/A%20Body%20in%20a%20Cornish%20Village%20-%20Books%20On%20Tour%20.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcAXryc4MMaaiqN4BeKnHmQTDxL8bevIlxI2DqtBDEf4yTsfBh9OpRKC5pt9jPqLFD221ppLSmdSaVTYasq2GFSbvKi6VP5LcUP7CdVqZqMHwIHDyXukAaz7ddZzOAf3ytE2pqyhHeKOrn-Txc7hBGFjN-srBUrRWnBwO1m61TewelEmdUGaKPMRFyxx4/w640-h640/A%20Body%20in%20a%20Cornish%20Village%20-%20Books%20On%20Tour%20.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div>Kelly Sweeneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01475915728331427502noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289087265020196608.post-65882512900688221302023-08-05T00:30:00.005+12:002023-08-05T00:30:00.145+12:00Murder at the Inn - Katie Gayle<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuCIzm803OyyU51yyTTnkcllwi-CXHU4FKgaKHmsLx8rWHgluQylvJleWtbihunyCMkbXFVGuQ82P9QijDJo-h2Ch6L2gZB_Uey_IwE19MyA3qu6BUf1QFlk4Fn7Js6KmD92q_VVkL-dttZdKnvMdftVmzsdSDbhVStUDxrvAr2L4qCWCvWZbIRnwawXs/s2329/Murder-at-the-Inn-Kindle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2329" data-original-width="1528" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuCIzm803OyyU51yyTTnkcllwi-CXHU4FKgaKHmsLx8rWHgluQylvJleWtbihunyCMkbXFVGuQ82P9QijDJo-h2Ch6L2gZB_Uey_IwE19MyA3qu6BUf1QFlk4Fn7Js6KmD92q_VVkL-dttZdKnvMdftVmzsdSDbhVStUDxrvAr2L4qCWCvWZbIRnwawXs/s320/Murder-at-the-Inn-Kindle.jpg" width="210" /></a></div> <span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700;">Julia Bird loves the village pub quiz, but it seems one of her team won’t make it to the next round alive…</span><p></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;"><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; outline: none !important;"><span style="outline: none !important;">On the first Tuesday of each month, </span><span class="yiv8119921561gmail-a-text-bold" style="font-weight: 700; outline: none !important;">Julia Bird</span><span style="outline: none !important;"> and her Agatha Quizteam teammates take part in Berrywick’s village pub quiz. They take it seriously – what’s the point of playing, after all, if you aren’t in it to win it? But it seems someone connected with the quiz night has taken the competition to a whole new level when </span><span class="yiv8119921561gmail-a-text-bold" style="font-weight: 700; outline: none !important;">Lilian</span><span style="outline: none !important;">, the local police constable and all-round general knowledge expert, is found fatally stabbed after the evening’s final round.<br style="outline: none !important;" /><br style="outline: none !important;" />With local </span><span class="yiv8119921561gmail-a-text-bold" style="font-weight: 700; outline: none !important;">DI Hayley Gibson</span><span style="outline: none !important;"> stuck home with a broken leg and an incompetent Superintendent brought in from the nearby town, it’s up to Julia to make sure the investigation stays focused – whether they like it or not! While the police are convinced that the murderer is linked to Lilian’s professional life, Julia turns her amateur sleuthing eye to suspects much closer to home. Perhaps Lilian’s personal life could have something to do with the dreadful crime?<br style="outline: none !important;" /><br style="outline: none !important;" />When another quiz team member is attacked, Julia is finally put on the right track. But what could possibly be important – or dangerous – enough for two attendees of the pub quiz night to meet such foul ends over? Could the culprit really be among them on that busy Tuesday night? As Julia’s race to identify the killer ramps up to desperate heights, she wonders, where will the murderous spree end?<br style="outline: none !important;" /><br style="outline: none !important;" /></span><span class="yiv8119921561gmail-a-text-bold" style="font-weight: 700; outline: none !important;">Perfect for fans of M.C. Beaton, Faith Martin and Betty Rowlands, </span><span class="yiv8119921561gmail-a-text-bold yiv8119921561gmail-a-text-italic" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; outline: none !important;">Murder at the Inn</span><span class="yiv8119921561gmail-a-text-bold" style="font-weight: 700; outline: none !important;"> is a brilliantly compelling English cosy mystery.</span><br style="outline: none !important;" /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;"><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; outline: none !important;"><span class="yiv8119921561gmail-a-text-bold" style="font-weight: 700; outline: none !important;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;"><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; outline: none !important;"><span class="yiv8119921561gmail-a-text-bold" style="font-weight: 700; outline: none !important;">My Review</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;"><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; outline: none !important;"><span class="yiv8119921561gmail-a-text-bold" style="font-weight: 700; outline: none !important;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important;"><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; outline: none !important;"><span class="yiv8119921561gmail-a-text-bold" style="font-weight: 700; outline: none !important;"><div class="big450BoxBody" style="background-repeat: repeat-y; color: #181818; font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 400;"><div class="big450BoxContent" style="overflow: hidden; width: 430px;"><div class="reviewText mediumText description readable" itemprop="reviewBody" style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Julia Bird seems to find herself caught up in murder after murder. She moved to the country for a quiet life, but the murder rate there seems to be sky-high! This time someone seems to be targeting members of a local pub quiz team.<br />I do enjoy these mysteries, the combination of a murder to solve and the humour that comes through really works well. This time, Julia's rather naughty dog Jake found himself a new best friend; a chicken!<br />I didn't manage to solve this one until nearly the very end when I had guessed who had done it, but it was more of a guess than any cleaver deducing on my part. Still, it was a fun read and I'm looking forward to more in this series.<br />I received a complimentary copy of this book through NetGalley. 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color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none !important; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Kelly Sweeneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01475915728331427502noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289087265020196608.post-60501240776651047882023-07-24T19:24:00.001+12:002023-07-24T19:24:48.466+12:00The Hate Date - Kaylene Winter<div style="margin: 0px auto 15px; text-align: center;">
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<p><strong>The Hate Date</strong><br /><strong>Kaylene Winter</strong><br />Publication date: July 24th 2023<br />Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance</p><blockquote><p>When a man who has everything & will do anything—including pole dancing—to redeem himself to the feisty woman who could care less about power or money.</p>
<p>Clover Callahan took my client’s money and I’m not going to stand for it.<br />
I’m taking her down, and if I play my cards right, she won’t even see me coming.<br />
Everything’s going exactly to plan…<br />
Until an elevator malfunction has us trapped for an entire night. Alone.</p>
<p>I mean, she’s hot. I’m hot.<br />
What did you expect was going to happen?</p>
<p>Yeah. It did. And it was spectacular.</p>
<p>I can admit, I was wrong about Clover—she’s all I think about.<br />
Unfortunately, after what I did, she hates me and everything I stand for.<br />
But I’m no quitter…I’ll wear her down.<br />
With a proposition even she won’t refuse:</p>
<p>One night.<br />
One date.<br />
Don’t be late!!</p>
<p>The Hate Date is a sweltering, standalone, billionaire, enemies to lovers, age gap, forced proximity, workplace, HEA romance.</p>
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<p>When she was only 15, Kaylene Winter wrote her first rocker romance novel starring a fictionalized version of herself, her friends and their gorgeous rocker boyfriends. After living her own rockstar life as a band manager, music promoter and mover and shaker in Seattle during the early 1990’s, Kaylene became a digital media legal strategist helping bring movies, television and music online. Throughout her busy career, Kaylene lost herself in romance novels across all genres inspiring her to realize her life-long dream to be a published author. She lives in Seattle with her amazing husband and dog. She loves to travel, throw lavish dinner parties and support charitable causes supporting arts and animals.</p>
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">My Review</h2><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">Having followed and loved the Less Than Zero series by Kaylene Winter, I was excited to see what she would come up with how. The Hate Date is a sort of spin-off from her previous series. The Hate Date features Clover Calahan who appeared very briefly as the lead in Ronnie's new TV series. I sort of remember it, but couldn't have told you what her name was or much about her until this book.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">After being completely screwed over by her now ex-husband, Clover is determined that any future relationship she has will be with someone completely different. Unfortunately, the man she finds herself unable to resist is very much like her ex. Joar is determined that they will be together, never having felt a connection to a woman like this before, but if he wants Clover than he has to prove that in the things that count, her really is different.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">I liked Clover and Joar as a couple. They worked well and there was certainly plenty of heat, spice and chemistry. I rolled my eyes a little at their names to begin with, but got over that pretty quickly as the story progressed. This was a fun and fairly quick read and while it didn't have the depth of the LTZ books, it didn't need it and certainly hit the mark for me. I'm looking forward to the next already.</span></div>
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<p><strong>Morning Star</strong><br /><strong>Kris Jayne</strong><br />(Lone Star Crossed Saga, #3)<br />Publication date: June 15th 2023<br />Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance</p><blockquote><p><b>The marriage is fake, but the passion is real.<br />
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Famous for his last name, devilish Anthony Star-Hunter is the black sheep of the Star clan. He’s an expert at using his tall, dark, and handsome charm to get women into bed—the last remnant of his declining hard-party escapades.</p>
<p>But the bucks are about to stop here. His grandfather’s will demands he marry to inherit his fortune. Anthony panics. Even with his bad boy allure, how the hell is he going to find a tolerable bride, like, yesterday?</p>
<p>The minute Sarah Pennington spots the tattooed muscles her new stepsister’s ex hides under his Italian suits, she rolls her eyes. Anthony is not for her. And with her father maybe headed to prison for a financial fiasco, she’s had enough bad male behavior. She’s responsible. She’s hard-working. She…can’t stop having naughty dreams about the sexy “celebutant.”</p>
<p>At a beach-side wedding, a drunken mishap throws Sarah into Anthony’s bed, and he’s intrigued. Can he convince her to give fake marriage a chance? Can she convince herself to keep her heart out of the deal?</p>
<p>Their slow-burn, un-love affair isn’t what either expect, but it might be what both of them need forever.</p>
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<p>Kris Jayne is a devoted writer, reader, and traveler, crafting addictive contemporary romance novels with heat and heart. She spends her days blissfully sweating out the writing process in the Dallas area with her dogs, Otis the Shih Tzu, Rocco the Terrier, and Red the Foxy Mutt.</p>
<p>Her passion for writing is only matched by her passion for the adventures of travel. In 2008, she let a friend talk her into sleeping outside for the first time in her life when she climbed Mount Kilimanjaro.</p>
<p>P.S. If you’re buying her a gift, she has a penchant for single-malt Scotch and scarves.</p>
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">My Review</h2><div><div class="big450BoxBody" style="background-color: white; background-repeat: repeat-y; color: #181818; font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><div class="big450BoxContent" style="overflow: hidden; width: 430px;"><div class="reviewText mediumText description readable" itemprop="reviewBody" style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">I gather that this romance is part of a series. Like all the best series though, it's a standalone book with links to characters from the other instalments. It didn't matter then that I hadn't read the first two books and I still enjoyed this one just as much.<br />Our story follows playboy and millionaire Anthony Star-Hunter, someone who has had no intention of settling down. If he wants to inherit his share of the money that his grandfather left him then he has to marry and soon. Sarah Pennington has never had a good opinion of Anthony, but that hasn't stopped her hot dreams about the man. They may not seem like ideal marriage partners, but as this is purely a business arrangement, then that of course won't matter...<br />I really enjoyed this story, Anthony and Sarah make a great couple and it's clear to everyone else that they are in love and belong together. I really liked their journey from acquaintances, to friends, to lovers. I don't know that Anthony and his family need to be quite so rich, but I suppose this is all escapism and fantasy, so why not.<br />All in all a good read and a series I wouldn't be sorry to read more from.</div><div id="review-like" style="float: right; margin-top: 8px; text-align: right;"></div><div id="review-follow" style="margin-top: 8px;"></div></div></div></div>
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<p style="text-align: center;"></p>Kelly Sweeneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01475915728331427502noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289087265020196608.post-31609024781709190752023-06-01T07:07:00.002+12:002023-06-01T07:07:10.023+12:00Her Last Promise - Catherine Hokin<div style="outline: none;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimBKapxEV1iSr5WcJ8PmCOQbZOknF_vhJo9OxqWTxL_1Wa2SXiLkxOEgyDzhe7M5-IeCH0vUkDyEbqX0sNJB4sx8qsSRuPl1rqlontcpnGug_HyLl3Jk7k4S6_Y5KKpP3efWJKJh103g1WK_ny77fqrG7OkaYcG91xTuugHaW096Y477CTu9TroU52/s2343/Her-Last-Promise-Kindle.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2343" data-original-width="1518" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimBKapxEV1iSr5WcJ8PmCOQbZOknF_vhJo9OxqWTxL_1Wa2SXiLkxOEgyDzhe7M5-IeCH0vUkDyEbqX0sNJB4sx8qsSRuPl1rqlontcpnGug_HyLl3Jk7k4S6_Y5KKpP3efWJKJh103g1WK_ny77fqrG7OkaYcG91xTuugHaW096Y477CTu9TroU52/s320/Her-Last-Promise-Kindle.jpg" width="207" /></a></div><span class="yiv1125843696gmail-a-text-bold" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700; outline: none;">‘Too many have suffered at my father’s hands. I won’t let it continue. I’ll stop him, I’ll build a world where we can finally be free, I swear it…’</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px; outline: none;"><br style="outline: none;" /><br style="outline: none;" /></span><span class="yiv1125843696gmail-a-text-bold" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700; outline: none;">Berlin, 1938.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px; outline: none;">When </span><span class="yiv1125843696gmail-a-text-bold" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700; outline: none;">Hanni</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px; outline: none;">’s beloved sister suddenly vanishes in the middle of the night, Hanni knows her<br /> high-ranking Nazi father, </span><span class="yiv1125843696gmail-a-text-bold" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700; outline: none;">Reiner</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px; outline: none;">, is not telling her the whole truth and may hold the key to her disappearance.<br style="outline: none;" /><br style="outline: none;" />Years later, after finally learning how to live with her troubled past, Hanni dedicates herself to raising her teenage son, </span><span class="yiv1125843696gmail-a-text-bold" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700; outline: none;">Leo</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px; outline: none;">, but her sister is never far from her mind. But when Leo begins to share Reiner’s pro-Nazi views and runs away from home to meet his grandfather, Hanni’s world collapses in an instant. She is determined not to lose her son to her father’s cruelty, like she lost her darling sister all those years ago…<br style="outline: none;" /><br style="outline: none;" />Hanni has tried to stop her father before and nearly lost her life. Now she is fighting for Leo too and the stakes are higher than ever. She can’t lose him to the Nazis. She won’t let her father take her son away from her. Hanni knows this is her last chance to bring her father to justice. With her son’s life hanging in the balance, Hanni knows this will be her toughest battle yet. But with Reiner’s popularity stronger than ever, will she succeed?<br style="outline: none;" /><br style="outline: none;" /></span><span class="yiv1125843696gmail-a-text-bold" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700; outline: none;">A heartbreaking and gripping historical novel about courage, redemption and the endurance of the human spirit. Fans of </span><span class="yiv1125843696gmail-a-text-bold yiv1125843696gmail-a-text-italic" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; outline: none;">The Alice Network</span><span class="yiv1125843696gmail-a-text-bold" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700; outline: none;">, </span><span class="yiv1125843696gmail-a-text-bold yiv1125843696gmail-a-text-italic" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; outline: none;">The Nightingale</span><span class="yiv1125843696gmail-a-text-bold" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700; outline: none;"> and </span><span class="yiv1125843696gmail-a-text-bold yiv1125843696gmail-a-text-italic" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; outline: none;">The Tattooist of Auschwitz</span><span class="yiv1125843696gmail-a-text-bold" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700; outline: none;"> will be inspired by this heart-wrenching story about the choices we make to honour the lives of those we lose.</span><br style="outline: none;" /></div><div style="outline: none;"><br style="outline: none;" />Author Bio:</div><div style="outline: none;"><br style="outline: none;" /></div><div style="outline: none;"><div style="outline: none;"><p style="color: #0f1111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 14px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="outline: none;">I seem to have followed a rather meandering career, including marketing and teaching and politics (don't try and join the dots), to get where I have always wanted to be, which is writing historical fiction. I am a story lover as well as a story writer and nothing fascinates me more than a strong female protagonist and a quest. Hopefully those are what you will encounter when you pick up my books.</span></p><p style="color: #0f1111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="outline: none;">I am from the North of England but now live very happily in Glasgow with my American husband. Both my children have left home (one to London and one to Berlin) which may explain why I am finally writing. If I'm not at my desk you'll most probably find me in the cinema, or just follow the sound of very loud music.</span></p><p style="color: #0f1111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="outline: none;">I'd love to hear from you and there are lots of ways you can find me, so jump in via my website <a href="https://www.catherinehokin.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #196ad4; outline: none;" target="_blank">https://www.catherinehokin.com/</a> or on my Cat Hokin FB page or on twitter @cathokin</span></p></div><div style="outline: none;">Sign up to be the first to hear about new releases from Catherine Hokin here: <a href="https://www.bookouture.com/catherine-hokin" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #2d7ff9; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, sans-serif, "Color UI UI sans-serif"; font-size: 13px; outline: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">https://www.bookouture.com/catherine-hokin</a></div></div><div style="outline: none;"><br style="outline: none;" /></div><div style="outline: none;">Buy Link:<br style="outline: none;" /><br style="outline: none;" />Amazon: <a class="yiv1125843696gmail-text-blue yiv1125843696gmail-underline yiv1125843696gmail-focus-visible" href="https://geni.us/B0BVW74SKWsocial" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #166ee1; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, sans-serif, "Color UI UI sans-serif"; font-size: 13px; outline: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">https://geni.us/B0BVW74SKWsocial</a></div><div style="outline: none;"><br style="outline: none;" /></div><div style="outline: none;">You can sign up for all the best Bookouture deals you'll love at: <a href="http://ow.ly/Fkiz30lnzdo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #196ad4; outline: none;" target="_blank">http://ow.ly/Fkiz30lnzdo</a><span style="color: #888888; outline: none;"><br style="outline: none;" /></span></div><div style="outline: none;"><br /></div><div style="outline: none;"><br /></div><div style="outline: none;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: none;" /></div><p> </p>
<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/122767589-her-last-promise" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;"><img alt="Her Last Promise (Hanni Winter #4)" border="0" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1676846617l/122767589._SX98_.jpg" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/122767589-her-last-promise">Her Last Promise</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/14552554.Catherine_Hokin">Catherine Hokin</a><br />
My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5557585901">4 of 5 stars</a><br /><br />
This whole series has been an emotional rollercoaster. From the beginning of Hanni and Freddie's story when they first met working together to solve a murder, their relationship growing, Hanni's secrets about her past coming out and destroying them and then facing up to life without each other. Now, 13 years have past and they still haven't been able to move on. With the threat from Hanni's evil father hanging over them, there is no way that they can be together or be safe without first dealing with him.<br />This book was harrowing. The more we find out about him, the more it becomes clear just how evil he is and how important it is to stop him. This book had me on the edge of my seat, wondering if we would finally see him getting what he deserved. <br />I loved this series, it was hard reading at times, but I still didn't want to put it down. I'm usually reluctant to leave well-loved characters behind when a series comes to an end, but this time it almost feels like a relief to move on, knowing that we're leaving Hanni and Freddie finally happy and with a chance at a real life. <br />These books were fantastic, but work best if you read them all. If you haven't already, go back and start with the first one.<br />I received a complimentary copy of this book through NetGalley. The opinions expressed in this review are completely my own and given voluntarily.
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<span style="font-family: Lora; font-size: large;"><b>Release Date: May 18, 2023</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Lora; font-size: xx-small;"><b><br /></b></span></div>
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Kelly Sweeneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01475915728331427502noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289087265020196608.post-69732566439867657052023-04-08T15:30:00.001+12:002023-04-08T15:30:20.636+12:00Corrupted Union - Jill Ramsower<p> </p><p> <span style="text-align: center;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6wd-tCdZ8IeiV7_ueu3zOwKdNMYQnAOqszLRRcI534QUl8061P999pPdo8RKrUbxus-P6WIUmvNqfEeCIIuz0qKDkixhHyGUx_dN6rcilkgFjZIjtSxvzvZ184zX5KnbzMyjV-z_QfDS-VFXQqiKSAg83j0Dnz7kTlrohzyj1ov60bqR4G5OzvkhV/s689/CU%20Now%20Av%203%20static.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="689" data-original-width="689" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6wd-tCdZ8IeiV7_ueu3zOwKdNMYQnAOqszLRRcI534QUl8061P999pPdo8RKrUbxus-P6WIUmvNqfEeCIIuz0qKDkixhHyGUx_dN6rcilkgFjZIjtSxvzvZ184zX5KnbzMyjV-z_QfDS-VFXQqiKSAg83j0Dnz7kTlrohzyj1ov60bqR4G5OzvkhV/w400-h400/CU%20Now%20Av%203%20static.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: left;">My Review</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"><div></div></div><div class="reviewText mediumText description readable" itemprop="reviewBody" style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;">I probably should start this by admitting that I read it in a day. Not because it was too short or too light or anything like that, but simply because once I started I didn't want to put it down.<br />It will probably come as no surprise then that I loved this romance between Rowan and Keir, they seemed so well suited and the way that they were able to open up and be with each other worked so well. It was easy to see that they should be together.<br />Having said that, there was one aspect of their romance that I wasn't on board with, or rather the way that he dealt with it. I think I would have preferred if that had been done slightly differently, but overall I still really enjoyed the book and finding out about these characters. Particularly the hidden pain and past that Rowen was dealing with.<br />There is a character in this book called Stetson. I don't think I've ever come across a name like that before, but surely it's verging on child abuse and who knows what someone saddled with that name would end up like!<br />This was another great read from Jill Ramsower and one I really enjoyed, I can't wait for the next.<br />I received a complimentary copy of this book through NetGalley. The opinions expressed in this review are completely my own and given voluntarily.</div></div><br /><p></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div>
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𝙎𝙝𝙚’𝙨 𝙜𝙤𝙩 𝙖 𝙗𝙤𝙮𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙝𝙚’𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">𝙂𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣 𝙪𝙣𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙧𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙞𝙨𝙣’𝙩 𝙖𝙣 𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙪𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖 𝙜𝙪𝙮 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙢𝙚.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">𝙍𝙤𝙬𝙖𝙣</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘰𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭 𝘴𝘰 𝘥𝘢𝘮𝘯 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘺? </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘺. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘹-𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘐𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦, 𝘮𝘺 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘦.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-4cf3f8a1-7fff-7650-a7af-511ba701b17a"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">𝙉𝙤𝙬, 𝙄’𝙫𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙠𝙚𝙣 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙖 𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙤𝙤𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙣 𝙢𝙮 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄’𝙢 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚’𝙨 𝙣𝙤 𝙜𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://geni.us/CorruptUnionUniv" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="624" data-original-width="1640" height="76" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCsm2DhKuUopcBUR8y3-oL2Ov_T8_5owEscllsbVGzaNkRL-MkPdFe_Ny1ell0A3jYsC9lURFbTHLvzeLWrzTuVnyVWu3WVdxiY-Zxu_1DrAEC1YKiRRq5mgajub7qiX8JtNNdRG2LREH-PKFeyH-Qgc29tcELh9cbI5kpBcYCTyT3Toerzd1TDegT/w200-h76/%23CURD-19.png" width="200" /></a><span id="docs-internal-guid-aef5a511-7fff-90b2-6a05-2387876b5935" style="text-align: start;"></span></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><figure class="wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized" style="text-align: center;"><br /></figure>
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And besides, Stetson is my boyfriend.” Didn’t he see the obvious flaws in his plan? I was in an ideal situation to gather intel. Stetson likely wouldn’t notice if I made excuses to stay away, but I didn’t tell that to Keir. I was the one who heard the girl cry. I felt responsible for her, and I didn’t want to wipe my hands of her without ensuring something was being done.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Something about what I’d said struck a nerve. Keir’s vibrant blue eyes darkened until they were as fathomless as the deepest parts of the ocean. He walked me backward, trapping me between his enormous body and the wall, his face suddenly inches from mine.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Why do you even care about any of this? You could go about your life with no skin off your back.”</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I prickled at the insinuation. “I’m just a shallow sorority girl, so you’d think that’s what I’d do. Maybe I’m looking for bonus points when I apply for my membership with the Colony Club. Oh, I know! Maybe I’m doing it out of a sense of obligation derived from my obvious superiority.” Was that what he wanted to hear? That my station in life made me incapable of any depth or compassion?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Don’t put words in my fucking mouth,” he growled.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“I didn’t have to. You might as well have put them on a billboard.”</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I couldn’t breathe. He was too much. Too disorienting.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">His body blocked my escape, the same way his overwhelming presence eclipsed all thought of anything else. All I could see or feel or think of was Keir.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Then his lips were on mine, his hands gripping me tightly to him. I met his kiss with an intensity that rivaled his own. We were two magnets unable to resist one another.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The sensual press of his lips, the tug of his fingers in my hair, the delicious taste of his tongue against mine—the simple act erased my identity until I was no longer Rowan. I was whoever he wanted me to be. I was free.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">His hands began to roam my body, but only for a second. Not nearly long enough. He stiffened and pulled back as though only then realizing what he’d done. A heavy veil descended behind his eyes, cutting off any chance of me understanding where his thoughts had taken him.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I didn’t know what to say or do.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Looks like staying away from the boyfriend won’t be such an imposition.” His well-placed jab deflated the balloon he’d only just filled in my chest. </span></p></i></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" style="text-align: start;" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><h4><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></h4><h4><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></h4><h4><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></h4><h4><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></h4><h4><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></h4><h4><span style="color: black;">♦ ♦ ♦</span></h4><div><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgynJmLx0Z_ruxSzklP2HHBvHuOf0a14uM7RIPgWQ0-RBbG9JtZAQy45GJX_e1LqKzDvVn039x8vTcqR6JchiD2xiLO4EbaRIGjtopyucWy_E0Hg0XNRlx0MJ3aY64jblJdtPJM96Tn3KWDFo5rku6KOfvc_FcMoYBsGHT-06EmoclUxKyny90x8ZP2/s1640/%23CURD-16.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="624" data-original-width="1640" height="153" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgynJmLx0Z_ruxSzklP2HHBvHuOf0a14uM7RIPgWQ0-RBbG9JtZAQy45GJX_e1LqKzDvVn039x8vTcqR6JchiD2xiLO4EbaRIGjtopyucWy_E0Hg0XNRlx0MJ3aY64jblJdtPJM96Tn3KWDFo5rku6KOfvc_FcMoYBsGHT-06EmoclUxKyny90x8ZP2/w400-h153/%23CURD-16.png" width="400" /></a></div><h2 style="text-align: center;">Read the First Chapter <a href="https://bit.ly/CUFirstChp">HERE</a>!</h2>
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<p><strong>Timeless: Zane & Fiona</strong><br /><strong>Kaylene Winter</strong><br />Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance</p><blockquote><p><strong><u>TIMELESS:</u></strong></p>
<p><strong><em>A Steamy, Coming-of-Age, Friends-To-Lovers, Rockstar Romance</em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em>“I vowed nothing would keep us apart…”<br />
</em></strong>Fiona Reynolds is my other half.<br />
It’s been that way from the day I was born.<br />
I’ve dedicated my life to keep my promise.<br />
Fate just laughs in our face.<br />
She’s always out of reach, this time for good.<br />
I’ll do anything to prove she’s my destiny –<br />
<em>if only she’d trust me one more time</em>.</p>
<p><strong><em>“After what I’ve done, how can I deserve him?”<br />
</em></strong>Zane Rocks is my everything.<br />
There’s no one I love or trust more than him.<br />
It wasn’t his fault when he left me.<br />
I always knew he’d find his way back.<br />
Fear overwhelmed me, and I broke his heart.<br />
Will the most celebrated musician on the planet,<br />
<em>really give me another chance</em>?</p>
<p>When a rash decision changes their lives forever, hope for their future is all but shattered.<br />
Stakes are high.</p>
<p><strong>But Zane’s determined to prove a <em>love this pure is </em>TIMELESS.</strong></p>
<p><strong><u>TIMELESS ENCORE:</u></strong></p>
<p>A steamy, childhood-friends-to-lovers romance between a sexy billionaire rockstar and his plus-size soulmate</p>
<p><strong><em>“Restraint is not my strong suit.”</em></strong></p>
<p>I’m finally reunited with the woman I’ve loved since birth.<br />
Why do I feel so untethered?<br />
Fiona’s living her dream and I’m doing my best to support her.<br />
But, with so many dark secrets revealed, my very foundation is rocked to the core.<br />
Will we ever outrun our past to have the life we deserve?</p>
<p><strong><em>“My lifelong dream blew up in spectacular fashion”</em></strong></p>
<p>Zane and I overcame many obstacles to achieve our destiny.<br />
We’re best friends and soulmates—with a love life other couples only dream of.<br />
Anxiety and self-doubt still threaten my confidence.<br />
When neither of us have reconciled our past,<br />
Can we find the courage to embrace our future?</p>
<p>Happily ever after can mean so many things.<br />
Life happens.<br />
Faith is tested.</p>
<p>Will Zane and Fiona overcome decades of deception?<br />
Is true love really TIMELESS?</p>
<p>TIMELESS ENCORE is Book 8 in the Less Than Zero Rockstar Romance Series, and is the sequel to TIMELESS</p>
<p>It is strongly recommended you read Books 1-4 before reading any of the “ENCORE” sequels, otherwise you’ll be spoiled!</p>
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<p>When she was only 15, Kaylene Winter wrote her first rocker romance novel starring a fictionalized version of herself, her friends and their gorgeous rocker boyfriends. After living her own rockstar life as a band manager, music promoter and mover and shaker in Seattle during the early 1990’s, Kaylene became a digital media legal strategist helping bring movies, television and music online. Throughout her busy career, Kaylene lost herself in romance novels across all genres inspiring her to realize her life-long dream to be a published author. She lives in Seattle with her amazing husband and dog. She loves to travel, throw lavish dinner parties and support charitable causes supporting arts and animals.</p>
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<h3 style="text-align: left;">My Reviews</h3><h4 style="text-align: left;">Less than Zero</h4><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">In all of the previous Less than Zero books, Fiona has been an almost shadowy figure. We see glimpses of her and there were hints that there might be something between her and Zane, but that's all they were, hints. I wasn't sure if I was going to take to her as a character, simply because I'd seen so little of her. When it came to Fiona and Zane's story though, that didn't matter, it was clear that they were going to be together one way or another and that was the way that it was supposed to be.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">Zane and Fiona are best friends from when they are small children. Although they always remain close, the pressures that their parents put them under, due to their own mistakes and issues mean that for much of the time they are kept apart. It seems throughout their life, things are working against them to stop them from being together. Perhaps all that really means is that they stay apart until they are truly ready to be together properly, but it all takes a toll on them as people and individually.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">This is a love story and so you can expect that they get their happy ending and it is a satisfying one. Having said that, there was one element that I wasn't happy with. Fiona's mother is emotionally abusive. Once she is old enough Fiona leaves her, but later in the story, there is a reconciliation of sorts. I just don't think that her mother deserved that in any way. I certainly wouldn't be allowing my children to have a relationship with someone like that and I was disappointed that it all seemed to be explained away and accepted that she was just being a protective parent.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">Overall this was a great read and a fantastic way to wrap up the Less Than Zero series. I believe that we've got some spinoffs to come and I'm looking forward to reading them.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">Less than Zero Encore</span></h4><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">I have to admit that of all of the Less than Zero couples, Zane and Fiona were my least favourite. Before I read their first book (Encore), I didn't like Fiona. I warmed to her throughout that book, but she still wasn't great. This second instalment changed all that. I thought it was really well done and I enjoyed the development of her character and her relationship with Zane.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">In this encore book, Fiona is battling with her weight, she's also trying to establish her own business as something separate to Zane. I don't know if I fully buy the reasons that she doesn't open her business on time. To be honest, if you're really going to cut it in the restaurant world, let alone aim for a Michelin Star, then you have to be able to ignore everything else and just crack on with it. Deal with the real world later. It doesn't really matter though as that was something that drove the story on.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">I've enjoyed all of these encore books, I've often thought that some romances are a little too simplistic, no matter what issues the characters are dealing with, it's all fixed by the end. This book shows that this isn't always the case, but we still get our HEA.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">I really enjoyed the whole LTZ series. A great read.</span></div>
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<p><strong>The Matchmaker’s Royal Mess</strong><br /><strong>Frieda J. Downing</strong><br />Publication date: November 25th 2022<br />Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance</p><blockquote><p><strong><em>She’d rather give a mountain lion a bikini wax than mess with love again.</em></strong></p>
<p>Been there, went viral, never going back. Hattie Montague’s life as a backcountry guide for the spoiled and famous suits her just fine, thanks. It’s the only place she feels completely safe being herself. So what if she has nightmares that she can only speak squirrel and craves pine cones for breakfast? It beats leaving yourself vulnerable to humans. Fine, all of them aren’t bad. She likes probably three, so when one needs her help, she drags herself back to civilization. If she can navigate white water rapids, she can babysit a matchmaking office for a weekend. It’s not like she’ll have to deal with people or, you know, be nice. Ew.</p>
<p>Alexander Greye ruined her life ten years ago. Not his proudest moment. Known as the Winter Warlocke, he’s a man born and raised to lead a country with logical precision. Yet around her, he can’t seem to think rationally. He’s never met anyone who dives into the unknown like she does or tames chaos like she can. In a world as perfectly controlled as his, that makes her irresistible and utterly dangerous. And he’s willing to risk it all to thaw his frozen heart.</p>
<p>It’s half past too late when he realizes his carefully laid plans to win her over covered everything except the theft of the Crown Jewels, an abandoned mine where they’d have to face their deepest fears, and the betrayal that forces them to let go.Quite literally.</p>
<p>Warning: Not for the faint of heart. Sassy romantic adventure, with instances of chaos, misunderstandings, and feels. Oh, and the occasional sheep. Sparks will fly, it’s gonna get awkward, and the Happily-Ever-After will be well-earned.</p>
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<p>Nice to meet you. I’m Frieda. I write sweet contemporary romance as well as romantic adventure.</p>
<p>I blame it on my childhood babysitters. For some reason they thought I shouldn’t ride our family’s buffalo. Believe me, I was just as shocked as you. Though I never did get that buffalo ride, I found plenty of other creative outlets for my adventure needs. Some were good clean fun, some got me kicked out of various and sundry events, and others ended with me getting lost in catacombs. (Not metaphorically speaking. Somewhere there’s an Austrian catacomb caretaker? guy whom I owe dinner and a large apology.)</p>
<p>I like to think I’ve gotten a tiny bit wiser.</p>
<p>I married my best friend and dove head first into the magnificent cyclone known as raising kids. I mountain bike every chance I get, lose my coffee cup daily, and bake a mean lemon merengue pie, if I do say so myself. I may indulge in shenanigans on a regular basis, but I plead the fifth every time.</p>
<p>I suppose it’s important to me that you know how very much I love us crazy, broken humans. We dream so big. We try so hard. Yet somehow, so often, things just go terribly, horribly wrong.</p>
<p>That’s where my books begin… because that’s where the real love story’s found. I hope you enjoy reading them. Most of all, I wish you adventure, joy, and more love than you knew was possible,</p>
<p>Frieda</p>
<p>You can find more at www.friedajdowning.com</p>
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<h3 style="text-align: left;">My Review</h3><div>There's no doubt that this is a romance story, it does have a substantial comedy element. Our heroine Hattie's life was ruined after she became the subject of a viral video while at high school. The person responsible for what happened in the video was her rush at the time, Alexander Graye. She hasn't seen him since, but now he's back apparently wanting to make amends.</div><div><br /></div><div>The book is set in the US, but Alexander is a prince from a small island off the UK. This Kingdom seems to be inhabited by some weird Disney-style Scots, but I think that just adds to the humour really. As I said, this book does have a lot of funny moments. For the most part they good, but there is the odd one that was, for me at least, a little overly done which only served to actually reduce the comedy element. I really could have done without the sheep too. </div><div><br /></div><div>This was a fun read and one that didn't take itself too seriously, which is what you want sometimes. </div><div><br /></div>
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Please, be brave, stay alive, for me.’ Her mother’s voice breaks. The little girl tries to stop the forbidden tears from falling, as the train takes her mother, and she is left alone in the camp…</span><p></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br />Berlin, six years later. When </span><span class="yiv2587342900gmail-a-text-bold" style="color: #0f1111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700;">Hanni Winter</span><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> shows her new husband the heartbreaking photos she captured during the war, his reaction is unexpected. His face white, </span><span class="yiv2587342900gmail-a-text-bold" style="color: #0f1111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700;">Freddy</span><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> can’t take his eyes off the photo of a young girl around four years old. </span><span class="yiv2587342900gmail-a-text-bold" style="color: #0f1111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700;">‘That’s Renny,’ he whispers, ‘my sister, she was taken by the Nazis…’</span><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /><br />Hanni remembers her perfectly – the child with the wide eyes and bitten lips, who wouldn’t let herself cry despite the chaos and cruelty all around them in the camp. Her heart had broken for the little girl as she took her picture, desperate to reveal the truth about the Nazis to the world. If that child is Renny, then they must try to find her. They must return to hell on earth.<br /><br />But when Hanni arrives at the black and white arch of the camp, she comes face to face with a man she fears more than any other. Can she find the strength to fight again, or will every hope for the future be lost forever?<br /><br /></span><span class="yiv2587342900gmail-a-text-bold" style="color: #0f1111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700;">A heart-wrenching novel about love and courage in the face of terrible odds. Fans of </span><span class="yiv2587342900gmail-a-text-bold yiv2587342900gmail-a-text-italic" style="color: #0f1111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;">The Alice Network</span><span class="yiv2587342900gmail-a-text-bold" style="color: #0f1111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700;">, </span><span class="yiv2587342900gmail-a-text-bold yiv2587342900gmail-a-text-italic" style="color: #0f1111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;">The Nightingale</span><span class="yiv2587342900gmail-a-text-bold" style="color: #0f1111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700;"> and </span><span class="yiv2587342900gmail-a-text-bold yiv2587342900gmail-a-text-italic" style="color: #0f1111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;">The Tattooist of Auschwitz</span><span class="yiv2587342900gmail-a-text-bold" style="color: #0f1111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700;"> will need a box of tissues handy.</span><br /><br />Author Bio:</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div><p style="color: #0f1111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;">I seem to have followed a rather meandering career, including marketing and teaching and politics (don't try and join the dots), to get where I have always wanted to be, which is writing historical fiction. I am a story lover as well as a story writer and nothing fascinates me more than a strong female protagonist and a quest. Hopefully those are what you will encounter when you pick up my books.</p><p style="color: #0f1111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; padding: 0px;">I am from the North of England but now live very happily in Glasgow with my American husband. Both my children have left home (one to London and one to Berlin) which may explain why I am finally writing. If I'm not at my desk you'll most probably find me in the cinema, or just follow the sound of very loud music.</p><p style="color: #0f1111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; padding: 0px;">I'd love to hear from you and there are lots of ways you can find me, so jump in via my website <a href="https://www.catherinehokin.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #196ad4;" target="_blank">https://www.catherinehokin.com/</a> or on my Cat Hokin FB page or on twitter @cathokin</p></div><div>Sign up to be the first to hear about new releases from Catherine Hokin here: <a class="yiv2587342900gmail-text-blue yiv2587342900gmail-underline yiv2587342900gmail-focus-visible" href="https://www.bookouture.com/catherine-hokin" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #2d7ff9; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, sans-serif, "Color UI UI sans-serif"; outline: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">https://www.bookouture.com/catherine-hokin</a><br /></div><br />Buy Link:<br /><br />Amazon: <a class="yiv2587342900gmail-text-blue yiv2587342900gmail-underline yiv2587342900gmail-focus-visible" href="https://geni.us/B0BBNCKN49social" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #2d7ff9; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, sans-serif, "Color UI UI sans-serif"; outline: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">https://geni.us/B0BBNCKN49social</a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />You can sign up for all the best Bookouture deals you'll love at: <a href="http://ow.ly/Fkiz30lnzdo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #196ad4;" target="_blank">http://ow.ly/Fkiz30lnzdo</a><span style="color: #888888;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></div><h3 style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">My Review</h3><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">Wow, what an emotional rollercoaster. From the moment that we joined the Hanni Winter series, we knew that her past would catch up with her. While she might have been an unwilling pawn in her father's evil ways and not directly responsible for anything that he has done, she hasn't been able to expose him or admit who she really is. Now, she is left with no choice but to finally face up to everything and admit who she really is. Facing the very real possibility of losing everything in the process.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">I don't really want to give too much away here, the book was a great read and I wouldn't want to spoil anything. It left me on the edge of my seat and I really wanted everything to work out for Hanni and Freddie. I will say though, that we don't end this book with everything wrapped up in a neat bow. There's at least one more book to come and Hanni and mostly likely Freddie have much more to face.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">These books are great reads. Set after the second world war they deal with the long shadow that the evil that occurred in that period cast. It's easy to think that Nazi Germany fell and everything was sunshine and flowers from that point on, but of course, that was far from the case, the scars were deep.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">I can't wait to see what happens next for Hanni and I hope that things are finally going to be alright for her.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">I received a complimentary copy of this book through NetGalley. The opinions expressed in this review are completely my own and given voluntarily.</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="yiv2587342900gmail_signature" dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div dir="ltr"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWZcOVEStaGoPzuhxOLQhKBkklW877tZxLdDHCRyVZeBs4-DQvYlDN7345iMQ1ZerrzqE-ewx8jdMmOwXpykc7n84536XvyP0I0eac4RusLTetkdijaTsaCpTzlMD3THajzHLy3y6MS9p9Hxj30MFfxSfGESjDAUvH7IdCMjSQN_Iws7Wb_iFxCyMs/s1080/4e735a8c-c449-4b96-9b95-2ebdd032d97e.tmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWZcOVEStaGoPzuhxOLQhKBkklW877tZxLdDHCRyVZeBs4-DQvYlDN7345iMQ1ZerrzqE-ewx8jdMmOwXpykc7n84536XvyP0I0eac4RusLTetkdijaTsaCpTzlMD3THajzHLy3y6MS9p9Hxj30MFfxSfGESjDAUvH7IdCMjSQN_Iws7Wb_iFxCyMs/w640-h640/4e735a8c-c449-4b96-9b95-2ebdd032d97e.tmp" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div dir="ltr"><br /></div></div>Kelly Sweeneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01475915728331427502noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289087265020196608.post-78345785911191357322023-01-27T12:00:00.019+13:002023-01-27T12:00:00.161+13:00A Village Fete Murder - Katie Gayle<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBkoM4B_aDaAG8Ins6v4-WjamO-v0YWDs5M4Meo0QaR9worr7odDt7jmi4XpsPK0y2ngzBDDerfa-U3sgdXiXHBsMLBmvIoBxAvFDU3YDeHV-Vp_RzVtWrzesayfoZjFPUsK1MeZe9h2UdB8KOZOLDycQQpiVJefplrpNOhEfp-QFGabZnAP9JY0rS/s2321/A-Village-Fete-Murder-Kindle.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2321" data-original-width="1514" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBkoM4B_aDaAG8Ins6v4-WjamO-v0YWDs5M4Meo0QaR9worr7odDt7jmi4XpsPK0y2ngzBDDerfa-U3sgdXiXHBsMLBmvIoBxAvFDU3YDeHV-Vp_RzVtWrzesayfoZjFPUsK1MeZe9h2UdB8KOZOLDycQQpiVJefplrpNOhEfp-QFGabZnAP9JY0rS/s320/A-Village-Fete-Murder-Kindle.jpg" width="209" /></a></div> <span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700;">Julia Bird can’t wait to attend the annual village party at the local stately home, with its tea tents, cake stalls, and… dead body in the maze?</span><p></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px;"><br />The annual village celebration at Berrywick House is underway, complete with over-decorated cake stalls, fiercely contested flower competitions, and even a maze for the disappointed losers to hide in. <span class="yiv0156889869gmail-a-text-bold" style="font-weight: 700;">Julia Bird</span>, now a well-known – even notorious – member of the community, with her trusty Labrador <span class="yiv0156889869gmail-a-text-bold" style="font-weight: 700;">Jake</span>, has thrown herself headlong into the festivities. But her reputation for adding drama to any event stands up yet again when she discovers a dead body in the maze…<br /><br />It seems <span class="yiv0156889869gmail-a-text-bold" style="font-weight: 700;">Ursula Benjamin</span>, village know-it-all and prickly baking competition participant, has been strangled – and the killer has to be someone at the fete. As Julia grapples with finding yet another murder in Berrywick, she starts to wonder, could one of the competitive cake-bakers have taken the contest to deadly new heights? Or is there something darker in Ursula’s life that led to her untimely demise?<br /><br />Embroiled once again in a murder enquiry, Julia isn’t about to leave the investigation to the police. Like it or not, she’s involved, and she’s going to help them solve the mystery. But when there’s another death, and it’s clear the murders aren’t isolated incidents, the stakes become even higher. Can Julia figure out the identity of the killer, and prevent any further dastardly deeds, before the wholesome spirit of the village is ruined forever?<br /><br /><span class="yiv0156889869gmail-a-text-bold" style="font-weight: 700;">If you like utterly gripping English mysteries, then you’ll love </span><span class="yiv0156889869gmail-a-text-bold yiv0156889869gmail-a-text-italic" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;">A Village Fete Murder</span><span class="yiv0156889869gmail-a-text-bold" style="font-weight: 700;">. Perfect for fans of M.C. Beaton, Faith Martin and Betty Rowlands.</span><br /></span> <br />Author Bio:</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div><span face="-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, sans-serif, "Color UI UI sans-serif"" style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; white-space: pre-wrap;">Katie Gayle is the writing partnership of best-selling South African writers, Kate Sidley and Gail Schimmel. Kate and Gail have, between them, written over ten books of various genres, but with Katie Gayle, they both make their debut in the cozy mystery genre. Both Gail and Kate live in Johannesburg, with husbands, children, dogs and cats. Unlike their sleuth Epiphany Bloom, neither of them have ever stolen a cat from the vet.</span><br /></div><div><span face="-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, sans-serif, "Color UI UI sans-serif"" style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/KatieGayleWriter" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #196ad4;" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/KatieGayleWriter</a><span face="-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, sans-serif, "Color UI UI sans-serif"" style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://twitter.com/KatieGayleBooks" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #196ad4;" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/KatieGayleBooks</a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Sign up to be the first to hear about new releases from Katie Gayle here: <a href="https://www.bookouture.com/katie-gayle" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #2d7ff9; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, sans-serif, "Color UI UI sans-serif"; outline: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">https://www.bookouture.com/katie-gayle</a></div><br />Buy Link:<br /><br />Amazon: <a class="yiv0156889869gmail-text-blue yiv0156889869gmail-underline yiv0156889869gmail-focus-visible" href="https://geni.us/B0BD5Y4QSQsocial" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #2d7ff9; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, sans-serif, "Color UI UI sans-serif"; outline: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">https://geni.us/B0BD5Y4QSQsocial</a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />You can sign up for all the best Bookouture deals you'll love at: <a href="http://ow.ly/Fkiz30lnzdo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #196ad4;" target="_blank">http://ow.ly/Fkiz30lnzdo</a><span style="color: #888888;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></div><div class="yiv0156889869gmail_signature" dir="ltr" style="background-color: white;"><div dir="ltr"><h3 style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;">My Review</span></h3><div style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;">A Village Fete Murder sees us joining Julia again and somehow she seems to have stumbled on yet another body! Like the previous books, Julia can't help but try and find out who is behind this latest murdering spree. There are plenty of suspects, for the first murder at least and she wastes no time in trying to find out what happened.</span></div><div style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;">Books like this do amuse me, who anyone could be so unlucky to find so many murder victims I don't know, but Julia seems to take it in her stride. It was nice this time to find out a little more about Julia herself. We learn about her life as a social worker and what came before her retirement. We also learn a little more about her daughter Jess.</span></div><div style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;">I didn't manage to solve this one before it was revealed, but I still enjoyed the book and giving it a go. I don't think that Julia was any further ahead though and her friend in the police wasn't either. In fact, the police don't seem to be able to spot anything without Julia's help!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">This is a great fun series, if murder can be fun that is! I can't wait to see more from Julia soon. </span></span></div><div style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqXCXRxMv6fEjZ8X1i6Bkh02K1aB-YeGuSWdCKVsxoXZHbzPkDCDOK1994dSUY_TadZmMFe3l2f5ko1RFpyUTUAQS9JdiikPmbgJx-9AwOYHUq42epEEOIN1_clk5SLMbcLydUyGuZ-7lLAclo1JsW1GsH7K7kCmMoDtsTWDavcr5jmjQHOiVv_7uI/s1600/A%20Village%20Fete%20Murder%20-%20Books%20On%20Tour.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="900" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqXCXRxMv6fEjZ8X1i6Bkh02K1aB-YeGuSWdCKVsxoXZHbzPkDCDOK1994dSUY_TadZmMFe3l2f5ko1RFpyUTUAQS9JdiikPmbgJx-9AwOYHUq42epEEOIN1_clk5SLMbcLydUyGuZ-7lLAclo1JsW1GsH7K7kCmMoDtsTWDavcr5jmjQHOiVv_7uI/w360-h640/A%20Village%20Fete%20Murder%20-%20Books%20On%20Tour.png" width="360" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div></div></div>Kelly Sweeneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01475915728331427502noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289087265020196608.post-60540646365537134282023-01-27T00:30:00.001+13:002023-01-27T00:30:00.166+13:00Immortal Sins - Anya J Cosgrove<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSo0HQVMImNdWn1LYnNRJ0yJH-vChrER-c-Rj168JN9i0HzAWC8oTuX0aHZniCSCaAhnsXTLUjOTIJwrN_mF9xBOtjtKWYcNhyBJP7kQaXBPI1gvzixrdEGe1cjhK4ownL60Ib104Iv7Eb4jN6XUyf_qz9I2Dwji3Fhd7ZJloTRzJXVPiqtqAtkZCV/s600/cover_md%20(3).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSo0HQVMImNdWn1LYnNRJ0yJH-vChrER-c-Rj168JN9i0HzAWC8oTuX0aHZniCSCaAhnsXTLUjOTIJwrN_mF9xBOtjtKWYcNhyBJP7kQaXBPI1gvzixrdEGe1cjhK4ownL60Ib104Iv7Eb4jN6XUyf_qz9I2Dwji3Fhd7ZJloTRzJXVPiqtqAtkZCV/s320/cover_md%20(3).jpg" width="213" /></a></div><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #222222; font-family: "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Verdana, "Lucida Grande", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"><h2 style="text-align: left;">Immortal Sins - Book 3 in the Dark Falls Academy Series.</h2>Cole had to flee to Faerie. His best friend Flynn—my bully and tormentor—holds all the answers. My family secrets are like a noose, slowly tightening around my neck.</span><br style="background-color: #fafafa; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Verdana, "Lucida Grande", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;" /><br style="background-color: #fafafa; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Verdana, "Lucida Grande", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;" /><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #222222; font-family: "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Verdana, "Lucida Grande", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">To vanquish my demons, I’ll break all the rules. I’ll kneel before my dark prince and infiltrate his world.</span><br style="background-color: #fafafa; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Verdana, "Lucida Grande", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;" /><br style="background-color: #fafafa; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Verdana, "Lucida Grande", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;" /><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #222222; font-family: "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Verdana, "Lucida Grande", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Mortals shouldn’t eat Faerie fruits.</span><br style="background-color: #fafafa; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Verdana, "Lucida Grande", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;" /><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #222222; font-family: "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Verdana, "Lucida Grande", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Every witch knows the rule.</span><br style="background-color: #fafafa; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Verdana, "Lucida Grande", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;" /><br style="background-color: #fafafa; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Verdana, "Lucida Grande", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;" /><span style="background-color: #fafafa; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Verdana, "Lucida Grande", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: 700;">Can I handle just one bite? Or two? What about a taste of forever?</span><p></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Verdana, "Lucida Grande", Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">My Review</span></span></h2><div><span style="background-color: #fafafa; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Verdana, "Lucida Grande", Arial, sans-serif;">I'm really enjoying the Dark Falls Academy series. There was quite a wait between books one and two, but fortunately, this latest instalment came quite quickly. It picks up where our last book left off, Cole has been exiled, and Jules and her friends are trying to work against new headmaster Oz and also to clear Cole's name. To do so, she must work with Flynn, Cole's best friend but someone who has never really been on Jules's side.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: #fafafa; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Verdana, "Lucida Grande", Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #fafafa; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Verdana, "Lucida Grande", Arial, sans-serif;">This story sees Jules and Flynn travelling away from Dark Falls academy, following Cole into Faerie, somewhere that she has never been before, but has heard plenty about. It's clear that as she does things are going to change and Jules will have to try and come to terms with these changes.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Open Sans, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Verdana, Lucida Grande, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa;">I really enjoyed the developing relationship between Jules and Flynn as well as the growth of the relationship that she has with Cole. I'm not sure where any of these are likely to go next, but I have a few theories.</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Open Sans, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Verdana, Lucida Grande, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Open Sans, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Verdana, Lucida Grande, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa;">This book doesn't conclude things, with a cliffhanger at the end which just makes you desperate to read on and find out what will happen next. Sadly, we have to wait a little longer, but with the fourth (and final?) book due out in May, it's not too long.</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #fafafa; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Verdana, "Lucida Grande", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #fafafa; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Verdana, "Lucida Grande", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div>Kelly Sweeneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01475915728331427502noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289087265020196608.post-46299841456240287012022-12-09T00:30:00.010+13:002022-12-09T00:30:00.163+13:00Fearless Duet - Kaylene Winter<div style="margin: 0px auto 15px; text-align: center;">
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<p><strong>Fearless: Connor & Ronni</strong><br /><strong>Kaylene Winter</strong><br />Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance</p><blockquote><p><strong><em>A Steamy, Feminist, Protective Irish Hero Rockstar Romance</em></strong><strong><br />
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<strong><em>“Family is everything, I protect mine with my life…”</em></strong><br />
Connor McLoughlin had it all, a great family, a college scholarship and music.<br />
Tragedy forced him to grow up too fast.<br />
When his life finally is on track, Ronni Miller appears like a dream.<br />
Kindred spirits in the most unlikely of circumstances.<br />
There’s only one thing in the way— her dark past he’s determined to protect her from.</p>
<p><em>Will Connor’s protective instincts drive Ronni away for good?</em></p>
<p><strong><em>“When your innocence is stolen, trust is a precious gift</em></strong>…”<br />
Actress Ronni Miller tasted fame at a young age.<br />
Her path to stardom was riddled with tragedy.<br />
She never imagined falling for Connor McLoughlin, a rogue, Irish rock star.<br />
The thing is? Ronni’s got revenge on her mind.<br />
Regardless of the risk or the consequences— Or losing the one thing in her life that makes her feel alive.<br />
Connor has only ever asked Ronni for one thing: her heart.<br />
She risks losing the man who would do anything for her.</p>
<p><em>What happens when Ronni’s bravery is couched in lies?</em></p>
<p>When your future has been tainted by innocence lost, learning to trust is an uphill battle.</p>
<p><strong>For Connor & Ronni, the fight for true love is FEARLESS.</strong></p>
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<p>When she was only 15, Kaylene Winter wrote her first rocker romance novel starring a fictionalized version of herself, her friends and their gorgeous rocker boyfriends. After living her own rockstar life as a band manager, music promoter and mover and shaker in Seattle during the early 1990’s, Kaylene became a digital media legal strategist helping bring movies, television and music online. Throughout her busy career, Kaylene lost herself in romance novels across all genres inspiring her to realize her life-long dream to be a published author. She lives in Seattle with her amazing husband and dog. She loves to travel, throw lavish dinner parties and support charitable causes supporting arts and animals.</p>
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">My Reviews</h2><h3 style="text-align: left;">Fearless</h3><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">Fearless tells the story of Connor and Ronni. Like the previous book in the Less than Zero series that I have read, this book takes place over a long period of time, with the timeline flitting backwards and forwards as we learn more about their story. Although this is part of a series, you don't have to have read the others, although the characters do reappear and feature in each of the stories.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">I really enjoyed this story. The connection between Ronni and Connor is strong and deep, even if it isn't always easy or straightforward, when is love ever? It also is much more than this. With elements of #metoo and some of the awful things that stars and want to be stars are sometimes subjected to in order to achieve their dreams. Ronni is an incredibly strong and determined character, and you can't help but cheer her on, even when it's at the expense of the sweethearted Connor.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">This was a fantastic read and I'd love to read more in this gripping series.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">Fearless Encore</span></h3><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">What I love about this series is that although these couples belong together and are happy, there's also the acknowledgement that perhaps some things aren't an easy fix. We had the beginning of each couple's love stories in the first four books, but now, with the encores, we get to see what happens next. Just because a couple belongs together and has the right chemistry, it doesn't mean that everything is always perfect.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">For Ronnie and Connor, it's a case of dealing with the pressures of fame. Caught up in the horror of sexual abuse in her teenage years, Ronnie is still facing the consequences of calling all of that out. For Connor, it's more a case of finding ways to support his wife's career while his own is falling apart.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">This was a great read. the #metoo movement and the experience of what women faced at the hands of some of the movie executives are here as well as the juggle of trying to be both a mother and a career woman.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">I love Ronnie and Connor as a couple and really enjoyed this encore to their relationship story. A great read.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></div>
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