tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205107592743180282024-03-07T02:16:21.103-06:00The Brunette LibrarianThe Brunette Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01274190099219658110noreply@blogger.comBlogger700125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-820510759274318028.post-12107614824688262872016-06-03T07:30:00.000-05:002016-06-03T07:30:11.387-05:00"Duke of Sin" By: Elizabeth Hoyt Review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Duke of Sin</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">By: Elizabeth Hoyt</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Synopsis</b></span><br />
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<span id="freeText18167703048332590425" style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; line-height: 21px;">A MAN OF SIN</span><span id="freeText18167703048332590425" style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; line-height: 21px;"><br /></span><span id="freeText18167703048332590425" style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; line-height: 21px;">Devastatingly handsome. Vain. Unscrupulous. Valentine Napier, the Duke of Montgomery, is the man London whispers about in boudoirs and back alleys. A notorious rake and blackmailer, Montgomery has returned from exile, intent on seeking revenge on those who have wronged him. But what he finds in his own bedroom may lay waste to all his plans.</span> </blockquote>
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<span id="freeText18167703048332590425" style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; line-height: 21px;">A WOMAN OF HONOR</span><span id="freeText18167703048332590425" style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; line-height: 21px;"><br /></span><span id="freeText18167703048332590425" style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; line-height: 21px;">Born a bastard, housekeeper Bridget Crumb is clever, bold, and fiercely loyal. When her aristocratic mother becomes the target of extortion, Bridget joins the Duke of Montgomery's household to search for the incriminating evidence-and uncovers something far more dangerous.</span> </blockquote>
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<span id="freeText18167703048332590425" style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; line-height: 21px;">A SECRET THAT THREATENS TO DESTROY THEM BOTH</span><span id="freeText18167703048332590425" style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; line-height: 21px;"><br /></span><span id="freeText18167703048332590425" style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; line-height: 21px;">Astonished by the deceptively prim-and surprisingly witty-domestic spy in his chambers, Montgomery is intrigued. And try as she might, Bridget can't resist the slyly charming duke. Now as the two begin their treacherous game of cat and mouse, they soon realize that they both have secrets-and neither may be as nefarious-or as innocent-as they appear . . .</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; line-height: 21px;"> </span></blockquote>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; line-height: 21px;"> Elizabeth Hoyt is back in rare form with her newest addition to the Maiden Lane series. Having been a fan of hers from her first novel, <i><a href="http://brunettelibrarian.blogspot.com/2012/05/raven-prince-by-elizabeth-hoyt-review.html" target="_blank">The Raven Prince</a></i>, I was delighted to pick up this newest tale of love, loss, and redemption. While this book is the tenth in the series, I am ashamed to say I have missed the last two or three, and wasn't confused at all when I picked this one up, so <i>Duke of Sin</i> can absolutely be read as a stand alone.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; line-height: 21px;"> Montgomery has returned from his exile with a score to settle. Hoping to gain redemption and ruin those who had wronged him, Montgomery ventures into a seedy underbelly. Bridget Crumb, Montgomery's newest housekeeper, has secrets and her own agenda. In a world filled with intrigue and never knowing who your friends or enemies truly are, Bridget and Montgomery find kindred spirits within one another. Only Hoyt can have this mysterious Duke find common ground with a destitute, secretive housekeeper who ultimately find their happily ever after.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; line-height: 21px;"> As I mentioned before, I had missed a few of the last novels. Boy, am I fixing this ASAP. Hoyt's worlds are just so nuanced and layered, and once you start it all just clicks. Romantic to its core, Hoyt writes unique characters, each and every time, which I adore. No cookie cutter heroine or hero, their traits and characteristics give you an insight into who they are, their motivations, and ultimately their fates. Gorgeously written as always, with plenty of sexytimes, romantic to the core, and just plain lovely, I can't recommend <i>Duke of Sin</i> highly enough. Just a great story, with fabulous characters, written in Hoyt's trademark wit I can't recommend this book highly enough. </span>The Brunette Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01274190099219658110noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-820510759274318028.post-64942665872332399862016-05-30T21:47:00.001-05:002016-05-30T21:47:38.920-05:00"Showmance" By: L.H. Cosway Review<div style="text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"><i>Showmance</i></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">By: L.H. Cosway</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Synopsis</span></b><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Damon Atwood was Hollywood’s golden boy. Having won an Oscar at the tender age of thirteen, he had the life many could only dream about. But his success came at a price, and after a short but fruitful film career, he chose to live a life of obscurity on a remote Scottish island. Almost a decade later he’s finally ready to make his return, starting with a lead role in a musical on London’s West End.</span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As a choreographer’s assistant, Rose Taylor has always faded into the background. She watches shows come to life from the side lines, but has never craved the attention of stardom. When rumours begin circulating of Damon’s involvement in her latest gig, she doesn’t predict how she will be thrust into the limelight, nor how the mysterious and strangely introverted man will need her to teach him how to be a star again.</span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Rose knows that show crushes don’t last. Actors fall for each other during the intensity of a production, often losing themselves in their roles. These kinds of affairs burn bright and then they fade. The question is, should Rose let herself shine with Damon, or guard her heart from being broken after the final curtain call?</span></span></blockquote>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 21px;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">My Thoughts</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 21px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 21px;"> Opposites attract in the newest Cosway offering featuring brand new characters in the bright lights of the theater.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 21px;"> A fan of Cosway since her debut, I found <i>Showmance </i>a bit more mild than her usual offerings but no less sweet or heartfelt. Can these two truly opposite people in the cutthroat world of acting truly be together or is it only for one magical evening?</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 21px;"> Damon was a famous child star. Rose is a choreographer's assistant, used to being in the background and not getting noticed. Not that she minds really, until gorgeous Damon shows up and fireworks erupt between them. Age old insecurities, crazy ex-boyfriends, and supportive roommates fill out a interesting, yet heartbreakingly romantic novel that only L.H. Cosway can provide.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 21px;"> I am a huge Cosway fan. I adore her words and when I saw her in Tulsa in 2015, I gushed like a schoolgirl. However, I wouldn't suggest this as a first novel to read of hers if you are a first reader. Her trademark wit is very apparent, but the sexiness of her earlier novels is a bit downplayed within this story. If you are fan of the slow burn, definitely give this a try. An all around wonderful romance though, I enjoyed the banter and the utterly unique world Cosway has created.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Date of Release: May 16, 2016</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px;">ISBN: </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.2px;">9781533016751</span></span></div>
The Brunette Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01274190099219658110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-820510759274318028.post-90085732685117456132016-03-01T11:07:00.005-06:002016-03-01T11:07:52.830-06:00"Fight to the Finish" By: Jeanette Murray Review<div style="text-align: center;">
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<i>Fight to the Finish</i></div>
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By: Jeanette Murray</div>
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<b>Synopsis</b><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 14.98px;">Kara is a single mom working hard to keep life running smoothly for herself and her son, but a custody battle is wearing her down. When her friend suggests asking a JAG officer for some unofficial advice, Kara agrees—and soon finds herself officially head over heels...</span></blockquote>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 14.98px;"><span style="background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial;">As a Judge Advocate, Graham has seen his share of nasty custody disputes—and he plans on keeping his distance from this one. But this purposeful, passionate woman has a way of drawing him ever closer to the edge. And when Kara’s ex starts to throw his weight around, Graham will have to choose between toeing the line or stepping into the ring...</span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 14.98px;"> I adore Jeanette Murray’s writing. She writes lovely characters with rich backgrounds and histories, while not leaving out the heat I’ve come to expect from her books. Somehow I had missed the first two books in this trilogy, so I read this one a wee bit out of order. However, it in no way made my enjoyment any less…it just made me buy the first two and go on a reading binge!</span></div>
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<span style="background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 14.98px;"> Kara is a single mom, raising her son, and just trying to get by. Between the demands of her job and the demands of raising an allergy specific young boy, she doesn’t have much time for a love life. That doesn’t stop Graham though, a lawyer on base who is drawn to this driven young woman.</span></div>
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<span style="background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 14.98px;"> I think I adore these books, so very, very much, because Jeanette writes real situations. Life is messy. We have weird feelings. We are embarrassed. We often want what we can’t have. We get mad, we get angry, and we are often confused. We worry. We love. All of these emotions are clear in her work and create such a realistic love story, you become completely immersed within this world. The relationships are real, the brotherhood is extremely loyal and strong, and the love story is utterly lovely.</span></div>
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<span style="background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 14.98px;"> As I said before, I read the series out of order. However, it did make me go back and read the first two, not because I was confused but because I absolutely adored the people within the story. Sad that the trilogy has ended but was glad I was along for the ride. Brava Ms. Murray, excited to see what comes next! </span></div>
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<span style="background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; line-height: 14.98px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Date of Publication: March 1st, 2016</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; line-height: 14.98px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Publisher: Berkley</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; line-height: 14.98px;">ISBN:</span><span style="line-height: 15.36px;"> </span><span itemprop="isbn" style="line-height: 15.36px;">9780425279281</span></span></div>
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The Brunette Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01274190099219658110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-820510759274318028.post-71022725104643312102015-11-24T06:30:00.000-06:002015-11-24T06:30:02.803-06:00"Hearts of Blue" By: L.H. Cosway Review<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;"><i>Hearts
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">By:
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>Synopsis<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <em><b><span style="background: white; color: #181818;">She upholds the law. He breaks it.</span></b></em><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="background: white; color: #181818;"> </span></b></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #181818;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #181818;"><span style="background: white;">Two blue hearts, both alike in bravery</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #181818;"><span style="background: white;">In not-so-fair London, where we lay our scene</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #181818;"><span style="background: white;">From gun crime to petty theft</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #181818;"><span style="background: white;">Where family is blood and survival makes hands
unclean</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #181818;"><span style="background: white;">In this place, we find two hearts who should be
foes</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #181818;"><span style="background: white;">And yet, amidst the turmoil their love still grows</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #181818;"><span style="background: white;">Misadventure abounds and the divide will bring
them strife</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #181818;"><span style="background: white;">But with luck, death doesn’t always mean an end to
life.</span></span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> LH Cosway has a true gift. This romantic
tale of cops and robbers takes you to places you’ve never gone nor do you ever
want to leave. Once again thrust into her world of romance, intrigue, and a bit
of the unusual, Cosway’s fans will be delighted while new readers will want to
read more.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Reader’s of the series will recognize
Karla and Lee from previous books. Karla is currently working as a police
constable but she finds herself unable to deny the attraction she feels for
probable thief and notorious badboy Lee Cross. Lee knows nothing can happen
between himself and the police woman, but he is drawn to her again and again.
When the choice is given to Lee; he is forced to choose between love or family.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> First and foremost, Cosway writes relationship
stories. All of the characters in her books may not be blood related, but they
have strong friendships that are often tested and loyalty is always given. I
think that’s probably the #1 reason I am so drawn to Cosway’s work (beyond the
extremely well done naughty parts!), this idea of family is what you make, not
what you are born with.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> I adored this sweet and erotic romance of
opposites attracting. The whole “will they, won’t they” totally worked and I
cheered louder than anyone for that first kiss. Lee and Karla have to come to
terms with who they are, what they want in life, and decide if they can
actually work together. Creative, unique, and romantic, <i>Hearts of Blue</i> is your
not-so-classic love story and is once again pure perfection from one of my
favorite authors. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>Keep ‘em
coming L.H. Cosway, </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Date of
Publication: November 19, 2015</span></div>
The Brunette Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01274190099219658110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-820510759274318028.post-8615232978094109992015-11-24T06:00:00.000-06:002015-11-24T06:00:01.507-06:00Blog Tour!!! HEARTS OF BLUE By: L.H. Cosway<div style="text-align: center;">
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She upholds the law. He breaks it.</div>
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Two blue hearts, both alike in bravery<br />
In not-so-fair London, where we lay our scene<br />
From gun crime to petty theft<br />
Where family is blood and survival makes hands unclean<br />
In this place, we find two hearts who should be foes<br />
And yet, amidst the turmoil their love still grows<br />
Misadventure abounds and the divide will bring them strife<br />
But with luck, death doesn’t always mean an end to life.</div>
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Hearts of Blue is a standalone contemporary romance that tells the story of star-crossed lovers Karla Sheehan and Lee Cross, a police constable and the thief who steals her heart.</div>
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Lee didn’t answer, and instead he took a step forward, forcing me to back up if I didn’t want us to collide. The problem with this meant my back hit the wall a moment later.<br />
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“You’re so pretty, Snap,” he said, voice low, as he dropped his face to my hair and breathed in.<br />
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I wasn’t wearing a hat, and my hair was tied up in a bun. My entire body trembled when he wrapped his arms around my waist, inhaled deeply and pulled me into a hug. This was a distraction, I knew it, and yet, I let him distract me. I wanted to be distracted, and I was just glad that the blinds in his office had been pulled.<br />
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Standing in his embrace for at least a minute with silence all around us, I was unable to move. I liked having Lee close, loved the feel of him and how he could make feel so…surrounded. Despite all the warning signs, my attraction to him only grew stronger. There was just something about him that called to me.<br />
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“Lee.”<br />
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His mouth moved against my hair. “What is it, Karla?”<br />
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“Why are you hugging me?”<br />
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“You looked like you needed to be held.” His response was low, and the affectionate undertone had me swallowing deeply. At long last I summoned the willpower to break the hug. His arms fell away from me easily, my stomach churning with confusion. What the hell was I doing?<br />
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I stared at the floor when I spoke. “I have to go.”<br />
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Heading for the door, I paused when he said gently, “Hey, I needed it, too.”<br />
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L.H. Cosway has a BA in English Literature and Greek and Roman Civilisation, and an MA in Postcolonial Literature. She lives in Dublin city. Her inspiration to write comes from music. Her favourite things in life include writing stories, vintage clothing, dark cabaret music, food, musical comedy, and of course, books.</div>
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Synopsis</span></b></div><blockquote><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There was a time when Nick loved the fear he instilled in his enemies. His tattoos alone promised danger, but it was the look in his eyes that delivered on it. A contract killer since he was just a boy, Nick has now forged a new life and a new identity with the woman who followed him, captured him, and changed him.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"></span></blockquote><blockquote><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">He terrified Daisy. Once. But she couldn't resist, and she ignored every warning. It paid off. Now she's part of a new beginning, a fresh start in America helping him to leave behind a reckless and violent past as a professional killer. But the past is never easy to outrun, especially when so much of it thrives on revenge.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"></span></blockquote><blockquote><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A new threat has emerged from the shadows, and now Nick and Daisy have no choice but to rely on Nick's killer skills to protect them from everything they've tried so hard to escape.</span></blockquote><span style="font-size: large;"><b>My Thoughts</b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.38; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> A continuation from the Hitman series featuring Nick and Daisy, </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.38; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Last Hit: Reloaded </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.38; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">focuses on their lives after. After the murder and mayhem, while they are just trying to live their lives and continue. Yet, Nick isn’t able to leave his past behind and is continuously on the lookout for trouble. Daisy is trying to live a comfortable quiet life, but is having issues with making friends and fitting in at college.</span><br />
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<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-e5758c3a-7347-5300-5de8-f8d733d037a6"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> A short scene in the life of Nick and Daisy, I enjoyed entering their world again. I have a soft spot for Nick and the journey he has endured. A former hitman, Nick is hard but Daisy gives him just enough soft to make him a true hero. Never backing down and extremely loyal, Nick is a tried and true killer who tries to hide his true nature to be more of what Daisy wants and needs. Through it all, Nick and Daisy still have a strong connection, no matter what happens. </span></span></div><span id="docs-internal-guid-e5758c3a-7347-5300-5de8-f8d733d037a6"> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> An excellent addition to the series, with a few new characters added, I fell back into the world of the Hitman series with no problems. I’m looking forward to Last Kiss and returning to Russia. Without a doubt I feel that you need to read the previous books in the series, both for continuity and to enjoy the book and really know the past motivations of the characters.</span></div><br />
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Book Details</span></b></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Publisher: InterMix</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Date of Publication: January 20, 2015</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"># of Pages: 134</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ASIN: B00O9A4AFS</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Location: Minnesota</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br />
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The Brunette Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01274190099219658110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-820510759274318028.post-39027881792065565142015-07-30T01:00:00.000-05:002015-07-30T01:00:00.965-05:00"The Duke & The Lady in Red" By: Lorraine Heath Review<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"><i>Duke and the Lady in Red</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.4559993743896px;">When Rosalind Sharpe gains the attention of the deliciously wicked Duke of Avendale, she’s torn between her distracting attraction to the notorious rogue and the knowledge that he—rich as Croesus—is the perfect target for a deception that will put her swindling days behind her.</span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.4559993743896px;">However, Avendale is no fool. After he discovers the tantalizing lady packing up to leave London with his coins in tow, he confronts her with a scandalous proposition: she can have all the money she requires…for a week in his bed.</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.4559993743896px;" /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.4559993743896px;"></span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.4559993743896px;">Desperate for the funds, Rose agrees, but on one condition: he must never question her motives. Avendale quickly sees beneath her mask and discovers she is more than passion and pleasure—she is everything he has ever desired. But claiming her requires he unveil her secrets and lose her forever. Unless he can put his own dark past aside and risk everything for a chance at love.</span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> First off, I decided to read this book because the synopsis drew me in so. I adore Lorraine Heath’s writing anyway but somehow I had missed her newest series. I can’t tell you how glad I was to pick this one up, because it led me to two other great historical romances.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Rose is a grifter, always looking for her next mark, constantly moving around the country. Fresh in London, she is quickly approached by the Duke of Avendale. Alone and used to being singled out for his money, Avendale is surprised to find himself drawn to Rose, a woman who doesn’t seem to want anything from him. Rose initially just views the rich Duke as a means to an end but as she grows closer to him and learns more about his life, she begins to want him for more than his fortune. Unfortunately for Rose, she has people depending on her and she must face unimaginable odds to help those she loves the most.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> The book starts off a little differently and it took me a bit to really understand exactly what is happening. Rose is shrouded in mystery and I initially didn’t like her. However, as Heath unveils the motives behind Rose and her illicit dealing with London’s elite, I couldn’t help but be drawn in and find common ground with this misunderstood woman. Avendale is a wonderful hero and you can’t help but find his honesty refreshing and loving.</span></span></div>
<span id="docs-internal-guid-e5758c3a-7332-2bf4-2cf4-4f0ec1d86227"><span style="background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Heath is a master storyteller and it’s never been more clear than with her newest romance. Starting slow, I was drawn into the story of Rose, Avendale and a tribe of misfits looking to belong. Well written, fast paced, and with a fantastic finish, I immediately began reading the first two in this series. As I said before, reading the previous two in this series is unnecessary but you will absolutely want to when you finish. Another great one, I can’t wait to see what Heath has planned next. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Publisher: Avon</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Date of Publication: April 28, 2015</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"># of Pages: 384</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline;">ISBN: </span></span><span style="line-height: 14.5920000076294px;">9780062276278</span></span></span></div>
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The Brunette Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01274190099219658110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-820510759274318028.post-53776749451809774822015-07-23T01:30:00.000-05:002015-07-23T01:30:00.379-05:00"Reclaimed" By: River Savage Review<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When the woman you love is lost, how hard will you fight to get her back? </span><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br />
</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Following the birth of her daughter, Kadence Knight finds herself in a battle she never prepared for. With desperation and unhappiness threatening to overwhelm her, a sense of hopelessness pulls her away from the one thing she has always longed for: a family. </span><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br />
</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As Nix watches his wife struggle with something he doesn't understand, he can't help but feel disconnected to his woman. The Kadence he once knew has drifted into the darkness. In her place is a shadow of the woman she once was, one who is fearful of the impossible...failing their daughter. </span><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br />
</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This Valentine’s Day, Nix has one goal — to reclaim the woman who gave him everything. </span></blockquote>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Reclaimed </i></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">is the ultimate companion to one of my favorite Mc novels. Struggling with postpartum depression after the birth of her daughter, Kadence is at a crossroads. Trying to find a balance between being a Mother, a wife, and maintaining her career. Nix, the ultimate bad boy motorcycle man, is at his wits end trying to solve his problems at home and keep up his duty to the club. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> A companion novel to </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Incandescent</i></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, fans of the Knights Rebels MC series will adore this brief glimpse into the lives of Nix and Kadence after the miraculous birth of their first child together. River Savage breaks your heart but puts it back together as these two characters work through their problems and eventually reconnect. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> I think the thing I admire most about this book (beyond the smokin’ hot sex scenes and accurate portrayal of parenthood) is how River Savage tackles the taboo subject of life after baby. For some women, it sometimes is a battle and for Kadence she fights every step of the way. Savage shows its ok to not be perfect and relates the importance of keeping on, keeping on. Tackling this subject in a romance no less shows Savage’s talent in storytelling and the strength of her characters.</span></div>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> A fantastic novella tackling one of life’s biggest challenges, Savage has another hit on her hands. A great companion to her full length novels, Nix and Kadence are showcased in both their best and worst. I can’t say enough great things about it and luckily, we have more Nix and Kadence coming up! Brava River, Brava! </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"># of Pages: 80</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ISBN: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; line-height: 14.5920000076294px;">B00SXNYCU0</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Date of Publication: February 16, 2015</span></span></div>
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The Brunette Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01274190099219658110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-820510759274318028.post-82640965885355026122015-07-20T02:00:00.000-05:002015-07-20T02:00:04.818-05:00"King of Hearts" By: L.H. Cosway Review<div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="25024415" height="400" src="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1426779316l/25024415.jpg" width="267" /></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>King of Hearts</i></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">By: L.H. Cosway</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-a8011cb8-69ed-b1b3-636a-bc1e7b243dc5" style="font-weight: normal;"><br />
</b></div><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Welcome to the City, London’s most prestigious square mile, where finance reigns and Oliver King is a rising prince.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></blockquote><br />
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</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">There might be wolves on Wall Street, but there were crocodiles in Canary Wharf. Some of us craved money. Some of us craved power.</span><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br />
</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I liked money, and power had its advantages, but what I really wanted was to excel, to surpass the men who came before me. I never cared much for love and romance until I met Alexis.</span><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br />
</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I could feel it the very moment she walked into the interview, with her outspoken charm and vivacious personality. She cast all the others in shadow, made me laugh when life held no humour. Our friendship should have remained professional, but it wasn’t long before the lines started to blur.</span><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br />
</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">You know what they say about the best laid plans of mice and men? Well, I never foresaw where my plans would lead, and only in my darkest hour did I finally see the light…</span><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br />
</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">You can have all the money and prestige in the world and still be the poorest man alive. And love, well, I hate to use a tired old cliché, but love can be the thing that truly sets you free.</span></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br />
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Fans of L.H. Cosway will recognize her trademark wit while enjoying the unique view of her truly scrumptious story.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> King is first viewed in </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hearts of Fire</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. Drunk, dirty, poor, and a wreck, King travels with his sister’s circus in despair. Broken hearted and down on his luck, the other performers have wide berth to the dirty, sunken man. So this is where we originally see King…</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> As </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">King of Hearts </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">begins, we are thrown into the past. Oliver King is a super successful investment broker with a fancy office and loads of money. Incredibly suave, King has the world at his feet. Women want to date him, men want to be him.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> This is the environment that Alexis Clark is hired into. Entranced by the enigmatic King, she is quickly swept up into his world. Alexis is a young 20-something finding her way in London. Smart, she is enchanted by the mysterious King and ultimately falls deeply in love with him. After something truly heartbreaking happens, King goes missing and Alexis is left alone with a secret she can never reveal.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Fast forward a number of years and we are once again seeing King as the drunken mess that he has become. Concerned, Alexis receives a letter from a performer at the circus encouraging her to come and help. It is up to Alexis to bring King out of his stupor and once again make him the man he once was.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> An extremely well written book, I adored the before and after look at these two dynamic characters. Each one grows and changes as the years and memories take their toll. I recently tweeted LH Cosway worried that King may not get the happy ending he deserved, and she quickly reassured me. Without a doubt, King has a utterly lovely story and is given a perfect queen for his “King.” </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<span id="freeText17731375646141581064" style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 15.4559993743896px;">The release of their new album means a month cooped up on a tour bus, sleeping inches away from the ridiculously sexy musician she’s never quite gotten over. And as Kit gets to know the real Shawn—not Shawn Scarlett, the rock god, the player—their attraction becomes too hot to resist. But the past is paved with secrets, and when they finally surface, Kit could lose everything: the band, the music, her dreams… and Shawn.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 15.4559993743896px;"> </span></blockquote>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Kit Larson has loved Shawn Scarlett for years. As a teenager and now as a young woman, Kit has worked on her music with the thought of one day playing with the great “Shawn” or at least showing him up a bit. When the chance comes to finally perform with the band, Kit immediately auditions and is welcomed into the band. </span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-a8011cb8-6a0a-ea70-c5a0-946980b17cb4"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> I am a fan of the first two books by Shaw, I honestly devoured them. I read this one within a day and still love her band, her dialogue, and her story lines. However, this one didn’t work as well for me as her previous stories. My main concern was with Kit, the main character, and her almost dogged determination to hold on to the past. People make mistakes. People change. We are to believe she has changed and grown, but her relentless inner dialogue against Shawn got pretty old, pretty quick. </span></span></div>
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-a8011cb8-6a0a-ea70-c5a0-946980b17cb4"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> However, on the flip side, I adored Shawn. He was up for anything, sweet, solid, and seems to be the backbone of the band. He didn’t let the past define him the way Kit seemed to, but he also recognized that what had happened was wrong. In short...loved Shawn, and Kit seemed like the whiny girl in high school at different points in the story.</span></span></div>
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The Brunette Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01274190099219658110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-820510759274318028.post-76880368975180919652015-07-08T01:30:00.000-05:002015-07-08T01:30:00.208-05:00"Long Time Gone" By: Lorelei James Review<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;">Calvin McKay can't understand his twin brother's rush toward the altar—until he lays eyes on the bride's younger sister. But she's far too innocent for him to pursue…and yet something about that little blonde tornado gets his blood pumping and his heart all twisted up. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;">After a tragedy sends Kimi running from her family, Cal gives Kimi a place to stay—and oh so many tantalizing reasons to stay—while she sorts out her plans. Now she'll have to decide whether the adventure she wants is in a new frontier or right there by Cal's side.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Lorelei James has done it again! She is able to take 100 pages and just fill it with the most incredible western romance I have ever read. Cal and Kimi, one of the most beloved couples in the McKay family, finally have a chance to have their love story told in this new novella from James.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Told in only a few short chapters, we are taken on the adventure of the love story that is Cal and Kimi. First meeting at an ice cream parlor, Cal is immediately smitten with the sixteen year old Kimi. Their ages keep them apart, but when Kimi turns 18 and returns to her hometown sparks ignite. When all of the forces in the world seem to be pulling them apart, they find themselves battling against the forces to find true love with one another. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Sexy, sweet, and heartfelt, Lorelei James has hit this novella out of the ballpark. I have grown with this family through the series and if anything, the only minor complaint that I have is that it is too short. My time with the McKays wasn’t nearly enough but I do truly cherish their lovely little love story. Brava Ms. James, Brava! </span></div>
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The Brunette Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01274190099219658110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-820510759274318028.post-35282319139561777082015-06-10T01:00:00.000-05:002015-06-10T01:00:01.739-05:00"Ride Steady" By: Kristen Ashley Review<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The ride of her life . . . </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Once upon a time, Carissa Teodoro believed in happy endings. Money, marriage, motherhood: everything came easy---until she woke up to the ugly truth about her Prince Charming. Now a struggling, single mom and stranded by a flat tire, Carissa's pondering her mistakes when a vaguely familiar knight rides to her rescue on a ton of horsepower.</span></span></blockquote>
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</span></b><span style="background-color: white; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Climb on and hold tight . . . </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In high school, Carson Steele was a bad boy loner who put Carissa on a pedestal where she stayed far beyond his reach. Today, he's the hard-bodied biker known only as Joker, and from the way Carissa's acting, it's clear she's falling fast. While catching her is irresistible, knowing what to do with her is a different story. A good girl like Carissa is the least likely fit with the Chaos Motorcycle Club. Too bad holding back is so damned hard. Now, as Joker's secrets are revealed and an outside threat endangers the club, Joker must decide whether to ride steady with Carissa---or ride away forever . . . </span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> The third book in the fantastically amazing Chaos series, focuses on Joker and his lady love Carissa. Through a series of bad decisions and poor family situations, both Joker and Carissa are at a point in their lives when things seem to be at their worst. Joker is completely cut off from his childhood family, has terrible memories of a terrible father, and no mother in his life. He lives for his MC club. Carissa is fresh off a divorce, has an infant to care for, and a job where she works 40+ hours a week. Needless to say, things are complicated. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;"> As with everything Kristen </span><span style="line-height: 14.7200002670288px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ashley</span><span style="line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;"> writes, this is another winner. I am a huge fan of the Chaos series and just love the characters. Not knowing too awful much about Joker or his history, it broke my heart to read about his horrific father. Yet, as we have seen in the past, Ashley will bring you down only to bring you back up again. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Unique in this book, Ashley shows more of the inner workings of Ride, the Motorcycle repair business the club owns. She highlights how each person within the club has their purpose and I adore any scene that features Tack, Shy, or Rush. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Rock and Hope are trying to find their happiness but outside forces seem to be closing in. For one of hte fisrt times, Hope is completely immersed in the MC world. She meets other MC leaders, and sees aside of the club life that isn’t what she is used to. Violence, revenge, lies and evil make an appearance, but through it all Rock and Hope stand strong. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> More than a Motorcycle club book, Autumn Jones Lake does characters so well, its mesmerizing. Who else can write three books, about the SAME two people, and still keep it fresh? Each book we have great supporting characters and I think it says a lot about her writing, that people are still clamoring for more of Rock’s story even after three books.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> One of my favorite series out there now, Rock and Hope are still fresh, fun, and in love more than ever. What I loved best with how Autumn left it was the simple fact that we don’t know what will happen next. More Rock and Hope? Wrath and Trinity? Jesse? Its a wide open field and I’m up for anything. Earth shattering sex, fabulously fun scenes, and secondary characters so good they need their own book, Autumn Jones Lake has another five star hit from me! </span></div>
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Date of Publication: March 17, 2015</div>
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#of Pages: 330</div>
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Location: New York</div>
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<a href="http://brunettelibrarian.blogspot.com/2015/02/slow-burn-by-autumn-jones-lake-review.html%20Done" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Slow Burn</span></a></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Three Kings, One Night</span></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Three short Holiday stories set in the Lost Kings MC world.</span><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Things in the Lost Kings MC just keep getting better and better! I somehow missed this holiday collection when I was reading</span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> <a href="http://brunettelibrarian.blogspot.com/2015/02/slow-burn-by-autumn-jones-lake-review.html%20Done" target="_blank">Slow Burn</a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and </span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://brunettelibrarian.blogspot.com/2015/02/corrupting-cinderella-by-autumn-jones.html%20Done" target="_blank">Corrupting Cinderella</a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. I am so glad to have read<a href="http://brunettelibrarian.blogspot.com/2015/04/three-kings-one-night-by-autumn-jones.html" target="_blank"> </a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://brunettelibrarian.blogspot.com/2015/04/three-kings-one-night-by-autumn-jones.html" target="_blank">Three Kings, One Night</a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://brunettelibrarian.blogspot.com/2015/04/three-kings-one-night-by-autumn-jones.html" target="_blank"> </a>as it perfectly complements the series and just leaves you hungry for more.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> This holiday bundle has three short vignettes featuring couples from the Lost Kings MC. Rock and Hope sadly don’t make an appearance but they've already had two full length stories, so its understandable. I was most excited for Wrath and Trinity because boy do I like me some Wrath. </span></div>
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The Brunette Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01274190099219658110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-820510759274318028.post-90333463369898412862015-04-14T01:30:00.000-05:002015-04-14T01:30:00.045-05:00"Riot" By: Jamie Shaw Review<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">To Chuito the apartment was a self-imposed prison for a lifetime of sins. To Alaine, the girl next door, it was salvation from her overbearing, religious father.</span></span><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />
</span></b><span style="background-color: white; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">He was a devil. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">She was an angel.</span></span><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />
</span></b><span style="background-color: white; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Two people who should’ve never met, let alone become friends, but it’s not until they give into the dangerous passion that’s been simmering under the surface for five years that things go to hell. </span></span><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />
</span></b><span style="background-color: white; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">On the outside, Chuito ‘The Slayer’ Garcia is on top of the world. He’s successful. He’s wealthy. He's a champion MMA fighter surrounded by friends who support him, but they don’t know what he was before he came to Garnet.</span></span><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />
</span></b><span style="background-color: white; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A gangster. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A thief. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">An addict. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A murderer.</span></span><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />
</span></b><span style="background-color: white; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Now his past is churning up demons he can’t ignore. Chuito knows he needs to go back to Miami to end it, but there's something holding him back, a single temptation he can't resist before leaving.</span></span><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Chuito and Alaine have lived next door to one another for years. As the story opens, we see Chuito at a crossroads and finally </span><span style="line-height: 22.0799999237061px; white-space: pre-wrap;">succumbing</span><span style="line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;"> to Alaine’s advances. Quickly though, the story goes back several years and rehashes the entire relationship of Chuito and Alaine as we have never seen it before. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Chuito and Alaine are as different as can be. He has lived a rough life, alone for much of it, living with his issues and making a living fighting. Alaine is a preacher's daughter studying to be a lawyer. Yet each one finds the missing piece within the other. Alaine makes Chuito softer and Chuito gives Alaine the strength and bravery to stand up to life.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> As with all Kele Moon books, she has given us lovely secondary characters. The Italians are on the move and things are building for an ultimate showdown. Romeo’s brothers will be getting their own books and I for one can’t wait. Fans of Kele’s books will be thrilled to finally read this exceptional story of Chuito and Alaine’s love, which definitely lives up to the buildup from the previous books. Brand new readers will have no problem picking this one up and jumping right in. One of the best authors out there, Kele Moon has another hit on her hands with Chuito’s story, T</span><span style="background-color: white; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">he Slayer</span><span style="background-color: white; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. Bravo!!</span></span></div>
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<a href="http://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1364407503p5/4340854.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" src="http://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1364407503p5/4340854.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A freckle faced, redhead born and raised in Hawaii, Kele Moon has always been a bit of a sore thumb and has come to enjoy the novelty of it. She thrives off pushing the envelope and finding ways to make the impossible work in her story telling. With a mad passion for romance, she adores the art of falling in love. The only rules she believes in is that, in love there are no rules and true love knows no bounds.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So obsessed is she with the beauty of romance and the novelty of creating it she’s lost in her own wonder world most of the time. Thankfully she married her own dark, handsome, brooding hero who had infinite patience for her airy ways and attempts to keep her grounded. When she leaves her keys in the refrigerator or her cell phone in the oven he’s usually there to save her from herself. The two of them now reside in Florida with their three beautiful children who make their lives both fun and challenging in equal parts–They wouldn’t have it any other way.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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The Brunette Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01274190099219658110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-820510759274318028.post-57532309208807172362015-04-08T01:00:00.000-05:002015-04-08T01:00:00.646-05:00"Falling Away" By: Penelope Douglas Review<div style="text-align: center;">
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</b><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">K.C. is the girl he won’t let get away....</span><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br />
</b><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">K. C. Carter has always followed the rules—until this year, when a mistake leaves her the talk of her college campus and her carefully arranged life comes crashing to a halt. Now she’s stuck in her small hometown for the summer to complete her court-ordered community service, and to make matters worse, trouble is living right next door.</span><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br />
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The Brunette Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01274190099219658110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-820510759274318028.post-3450456318679421022015-04-03T01:00:00.000-05:002015-04-03T01:00:00.579-05:00Guest Review: Djinn & Tonic By: Jasinda Wilder<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>My name is Courtney. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Djinn & Tonic</i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13.8000001907349px; line-height: 15.4559993743896px;">A strange and inexplicable attack in his favorite watering hole leaves Detective Carson Hale with stitches, bruised ribs, and a concussion but yet Leila, the bartender, is mysteriously uninjured. While her lies and evasions set off Hale's instincts, her body sets off other alarms. Dangerous secrets and a complicated past drove Leila Najafi to Detroit, where she hoped to escape her family. Now, she's been discovered by the one man who could destroy her. At the worst possible time, sexy Detective Hale blows into her life and forces her to make a decision that could cause both heartbreak and war.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">I love me some paranormal romance. But when you hear those words you think vampires, werewolves/shifters, and angels/demons. <a href="http://jasindawilder.com/" target="_blank">Jasinda Wilder</a> has just expanded my horizons with a little bit of magic. </span><br clear="none" style="background-color: white;" /><br clear="none" style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">This story starts off with Detective Carson Hale where we left him in Jack and Djinn. Dazed and confused about the case involving Miriam and Jack. He is working it out the only way he knows how, gin and tonic. The not so normal waitress, Leila Najafi becomes his sounding board. Not that she minds. She wouldn't mind if Carson did alot more. Before they know it a hat sexy kiss turns into a trip to the hospital. </span><br clear="none" style="background-color: white;" /><br clear="none" style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Leila is basically royalty in her world, with the pain in the ass family to prove it. Her father is forced to marry her off to a nasty man Hassen. Leila wants nothing to do with that but she wants to protect her family. She finds her self between a rock and a hard place because her heart belongs to Carson. They have a long hard fight to make love prevail. </span><br clear="none" style="background-color: white;" /><br clear="none" style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">We get to see Nadira, who we met briefly in book one. This time she is kicking butt and taking names. I can only hope she has a book in the works. </span><br clear="none" style="background-color: white;" /><br clear="none" style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">We also get to see Jack and his grandfather, Shawn. That old man is becoming one of my favorite fictional characters lol </span><br clear="none" style="background-color: white;" /><br clear="none" style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">My favorite thing about Jack & Djinn and now <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25012169-djinn-and-tonic" target="_blank">Djinn & Tonic</a> are the strong female characters. So many times I have read about weak women that need to be saved. I like it when the women do the saving. Jasinda Wilder knows how to make em tough :)</span></span>The Brunette Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01274190099219658110noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-820510759274318028.post-61030630440576490402015-04-01T01:00:00.000-05:002015-04-01T01:00:03.372-05:00"Last Call" By: Alice Clayton Review<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Simon and Caroline are back for another round of baking, banging, and </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">big life changes. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Settling in, but never settling down, Caroline has finally struck a balance between the professional and the personal. As one of the top interior designers in San Francisco, she travels all over Northern California between nook time with Simon.</span></span></blockquote>
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The Brunette Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01274190099219658110noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-820510759274318028.post-2607681122575527212015-03-10T02:30:00.000-05:002015-03-10T02:30:00.561-05:00"Four Nights with the Duke" By: Eloisa James Review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Horribly embarrassed as a teenager by the future Duke of Pindar after a love poem that she has written is discovered, Mia swears that she will find a way to have her revenge. Over a decade later, Mia is in a bind. Her entire family has passed away and she is left trying to keep custody of her young, disabled nephew. In order to keep her nephew from the clutches of an evil uncle, Mia must marry someone powerful enogh to stand up to the uncle while also staying respectable. Who else does she turn to, except for her childhood nemesis, Vander, the future Duke.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Eloisa James continues her newest series by delightfully delving into Mia and Vander’s story. Always a wonderful ride, James has exceeded my wildest expectations with Vander’s tale. With glimpses of previous characters, Vander and Mia don’t seem to match at all. Mia begins her relationship by blackmailing Vander with evidence that puts his father in an almost treasonous light. Yet, you can’t help but feel this desperate mood is called for when you see how desperate Mia is to save her only living family. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Mia makes her living as a romance writer. I thought it was incredibly clever how James worked in Mia’s work with the actual romance of the story. It gave me a little insight into the novel writing process and allowed us to get even farther into Mia’s head and motivations. Plus it was just really fun to read her novel and how it related to her current predicament.</span></span></div>
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The Brunette Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01274190099219658110noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-820510759274318028.post-20996442860042807052015-02-18T01:00:00.000-06:002015-02-18T01:00:00.590-06:00"Corrupting Cinderella" By: Autumn Jones Lake Review<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I’m not Cinderella</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">But he's my Prince Charming</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Our love story isn’t a fairy tale...</span><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br />
</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">How can a lawyer and a criminal maintain an enduring romantic relationship? </span><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br />
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</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">For Rock that means introducing Hope to what it really means to be part of his brutal and shady world, where the Lost Kings Motorcycle Club is his main focus. For Hope it means accepting the things she can’t change, and understanding that Rock is a man who will do anything to keep her safe. </span><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> A continuation from </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><a href="http://brunettelibrarian.blogspot.com/2015/02/slow-burn-by-autumn-jones-lake-review.html" target="_blank">Slow Burn</a></i></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Corrupting Cinderella</i></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> continues Hope and Rock’s story and their continued relationship. Hope slowly is incorporated in the motorcycle world of Rock, yet he is still holding back and keeping secrets of what the club is truly doing behind closed doors. Hope has to decide how important those secrets really are or if Rock’s relationship trumps all.</span></div>
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The Brunette Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01274190099219658110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-820510759274318028.post-10631716051640574052015-02-17T01:30:00.000-06:002015-02-17T01:30:01.080-06:00"Slow Burn" By: Autumn Jones Lake Review<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Forced to represent an outlaw biker, a married attorney must come to terms with her feelings for her client while avoiding the danger he brings into her sedate life.</span><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br />
</b><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">President of the Lost Kings MC, Rochlan "Rock" North, hasn't managed to find a woman capable of making him want to curb his wild ways—until he meets sweet, innocent, married lawyer Hope Kendall. </span><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br />
</b><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Forced to represent the outlaw biker, Hope is rattled by her immediate attraction to Rock. Hope is a good girl in a good marriage. Rock thrills her, but she's not going to throw away everything she's built on a fling with her criminal client. </span><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br />
</b><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Rock respects Hope enough to leave her alone, even as he realizes he's become a little obsessed with her. When their connection endangers her life, he'll have to destroy her in order to save her. </span><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br />
</b><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">After tragedy strikes, Rock is determined to earn Hope's forgiveness and convince her that even with their staggering differences, they're meant to be together.</span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">My Thoughts</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Rock first meets Hope when he’s shackled and in court for a minor drug allegation. Needing an attorney, Hope is appointed by the court to represent Rock at a moment’s notice. This brief interaction leads into over two years of infatuation, flirtations, and ultimately a rocky road to romance. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Hope is a lawyer, married at the beginning, who is somewhat naive at how the world works. Rock is the President of a local MC and is the king in his world. After tragedy befalls Hope’s marriage, she falls into a deep depression and finds herself alone in the world. Rock falls deeply in love with Hope but questions how much he can truly tell her about his life. Coming from completely different backgrounds, Rock and Hope struggle to find one another in this volatile world.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> I am incredibly surprised at how much I enjoyed this book. I haven’t had much luck with motorcycle club books lately and was delightfully surprised at how unique </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Slow Burn</span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> turned out to be. Super sexy but just a flat out good story, I loved both the hero and heroine. Rock is strong and steadfast, but loyal and utterly fallen for Hope. Hope is an attorney, highly educated and just out of a long term committed relationship. She finds Rock irresistible and steps into his world confidently yet a bit hesitantly. Simple, sexy, heartfelt, and fast paced, I fell in love with the world created and can’t wait to read what’s up next. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"># of Pages: 200</span></span></div>
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The Brunette Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01274190099219658110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-820510759274318028.post-68507268302529353612015-02-12T02:00:00.000-06:002015-02-12T02:00:00.742-06:00"Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant" By: Roz Chast Review<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In her first memoir, Roz Chast brings her signature wit to the topic of aging parents. Spanning the last several years of their lives and told through four-color cartoons, family photos, and documents, and a narrative as rife with laughs as it is with tears, Chast’s memoir is both comfort and comic relief for anyone experiencing the life-altering loss of elderly parents.</span></span></blockquote>
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</span></b><span style="background-color: white; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">While the particulars are Chast-ian in their idiosyncrasies—an anxious father who had relied heavily on his wife for stability as he slipped into dementia and a former assistant principal mother whose overbearing personality had sidelined Roz for decades—the themes are universal: adult children accepting a parental role; aging and unstable parents leaving a family home for an institution; dealing with uncomfortable physical intimacies; managing logistics; and hiring strangers to provide the most personal care.</span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> I am so very moved by this little book filled with pictures. Simple yet so complex, Roz Chast explores a section of our lives we never wish to truly discuss; the end of life preparation and care of our parents. It’s a unique experience few of us think too much about but will all experience to some level.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Roz shares her experiences with elderly parents and the inevitable problems of getting older. As an only child, Roz is tasked with taking care of her 90+ year old father and mother who live in New York. She discusses illnesses, child guilt, elder care and ultimately death in a serious yet comedic style. Told through pictures and words, Roz’s story is one we all can relate to, even if we aren’t at that point in our lives. Well written, you can’t help but empathize and giggle as Roz shares her experiences. </span></span></div>
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The Brunette Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01274190099219658110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-820510759274318028.post-42138557832283595032015-02-03T02:00:00.000-06:002015-02-03T02:00:03.429-06:00"Better When He's Bold" By: Jay Crownover Review<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15919995307922; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Some men are just better when they're bold.</span></span><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />
</span></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Welcome to the Point...</span></span><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />
</span></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In a dark and broken kingdom, a ruler has to be fearless to control the streets and the ruthless people who run them.</span></span><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />
</span></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Race Hartman is just bold enough, just smart enough, and just lost enough to wear the crown. Places like the Point will always have bad things and bad people, but the man in control of all that badness can minimize the devastation. Race has a plan, but can he prevent total annihilation without destroying himself?</span></span><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />
</span></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Brysen Carter has always seen her best friend's brother for what he is--too pretty, too smooth, and way too dangerous to touch. Basking in Race's golden glow is very tempting, but Brysen knows she'd eventually get burned.</span></span><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />
</span></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">When she starts receiving threatening texts and someone tries to take her out in parking lot, the only person interested in keeping her safe is the one man she can't allow herself to have.</span></span><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />
</span></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sometimes being bold is the only way to stay alive. But can she let Race save her life . . . if it means losing herself to him?</span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Race is the ultimate bad boy. He steals, he cheats, and he is always looking for ways to get ahead in the Point, filled with criminals and bad guys. Race revels in being one of the baddest of the bad. Considered almost royalty in the Point by his association with the other criminal element, Race loves only his sister and barely tolerates Bax, his childhood friend and almost brother in law.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Brysen is as opposite from Race as you can be. She’s trying to go to school, attempting to take care of her little sister and dealing with her Mother’s health issues...all while trying to be a normal twenty something. When someone begins threatening Brysen at work, Race steps in and sparks explode between the two. Is Brysen ready to take on all that is Race and be his Queen of the Point or will she fear for the future?</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Jay Crownover is one of my favorite authors. She can write the absolute worst characters that you don’t think can be redeemed..and she makes them totally redeemable. At the end of the previous book, you hate Race. Seriously. He’s this egomaniac with a devil may care attitude. Yet, the minute Brysen needs him to be her knight, he steps up to the plate. He becomes the man that Brysen needs and I absolutely fell in love with him. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Hot and captivating, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Better When He’s Bold</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> is my newest favorite Crownover book. She brings two wildly different characters and gives them the perfect story. Entertaining and super sexy, Crownover can bring the naughty unlike anyone else. A great story that only brings you closer to the edge, I can’t wait to read</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23148605-better-when-he-s-brave" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Better When He’s Brave</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, coming in June 2015! </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Publisher: William Morrow & Company</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Date of Publication: February 3, 2015</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"># of Pages: 400</span></span></div>
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