tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21922652739549951282024-03-13T22:41:19.845-07:00Nuggets from a Book Nerdthebooknerdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03153847350937331935noreply@blogger.comBlogger139125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2192265273954995128.post-7159006689237253912016-03-22T18:40:00.002-07:002016-03-22T18:40:46.573-07:00The Consequence of Seduction<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">From New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling
author Rachel Van Dyken.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Reid Emory has never had reason to question his luck with
the ladies. As the owner of a lethal set of aqua-blue eyes and a devastating
grin, this Hollywood heartthrob always brings his A game…but lately his luck
seems to have run out. The actor is in need of some help, and there’s only one
person he can trust to take his love life—and his career—to an explosive new
level.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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a publicist, she’s more than content to stay in the background and let others
shine. But when a publicity stunt backfires, she suddenly finds herself thrust
into the spotlight—as Reid’s new love interest. And while other men usually
overlook her, Reid is focusing in with laserlike intensity. There’s no denying
they have serious chemistry.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">But once Reid breaks into the big time, can they turn their
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<span style="font-size: 20.0pt;">EXCERPT 1</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 20.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">I wasn’t nervous. Please. The nervous
guy was always played by a dude who had no fashion sense, had never kissed a
girl, and thought that foreplay was an actual play—in baseball.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></i></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><i><b>I
had killer fashion.<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><i><b>Had
kissed tons of girls—even secured my first by the age of four from a
six-year-old riding the bus to school.<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><i><b>And
foreplay was my specialty. I like to think that some men are just gifted in
that area—not to boast, but I’m one of them.<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><i><b>Oh,
and I was a hell of a baseball player.<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><i><b>So
that weird, shaky feeling currently residing in my stomach, slithering its way
up my chest? Heartburn.<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><i><b>I
popped two Tums.<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><i><b>“Hey,
you okay?” Jordan asked. Her big brown eyes were makeup free—making them look
even prettier—more natural. She’d given up on her hair so it was wildly
cascading in every direction known to mankind, giving her a sex kitten look I
wasn’t at all comfortable her sporting outside my apartment.<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><i><b>“Yeah.”
I coughed. “Heartburn.”<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><i><b>“Weird.
I wonder why you have heartburn after all those shots, five slices of pizza,
and three glasses of red wine?”<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><i><b>I
grinned. “Beats me.”<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><i><b>She
rolled her eyes and grabbed the remote from my hand.<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><i><b>“What
are you doing?” I asked calmly, trying to keep my voice from shaking.<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><i><b>“Changing
the channel?” she answered without looking at me. “The movie ended an hour ago
and you usually go to bed at eleven, so . . .”<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><i><b>“But
this is date night.”<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><i><b>“Uh-huh,
and now date night is over. I’ll tell you what.” She turned and tucked her legs
beneath her. “Since you’re new at this whole dating thing, I’ll give you a free
pass and let you in on a little secret.”<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><i><b>“I’m
listening.” Okay, so I was trying to listen while my eyes zeroed in on her
low-cut blouse and fringes of the black lacy bra that was peeking from beneath.
Focus. Focus. Focus. Did she have pizza sauce on her breast?<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><i><b>“When
girls come home from a date, they don’t take a hot shower and run their hands
all over their body moaning and groaning and replaying every touch, every
caress, every kiss.”<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><i><b>Can’t.
Look. Away. I leaned forward. Yup, definitely pizza sauce. “Well, that’s
disappointing.”<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><i><b>“Usually,
they pour themselves a glass of wine, toss off their tall heels, turn on the
TV, put on their sweats, and read while New Girl plays in the
background.”<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><i><b>How
was it possible she wasn’t aware she had food on her chest?<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><i><b>“Reid,
are you listening?”<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><i><b>“Of
course I am!” I nodded. “Wine, heels, TV, books, New Girl.” I know, neat
trick, right? Just pull the details out of what they said and repeat them.
Works nine times out of ten. Unless you’re Max. If you’re Max, you usually just
get punched, because he tends to brag about the fact he remembered in the first
place.<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><i><b>“What?”
Jordan looked down. “What are you staring at?”<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><i><b>“Sauce.”<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><i><b>“Huh?”<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><i><b>“Sauce.”
I pointed. “Right there.”<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><i><b>Jordan
rolled her eyes. “I’m not falling for that trick where you point and I look
down and you hit me in the face. How old are you, ten?”<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><i><b>“No,
seriously.” I moved forward. “You have pizza sauce right here.” I swiped it
with my thumb and then licked it off.<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><i><b>“That
should be gross,” she breathed.<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><i><b>“I
know.”<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><i><b>“But
it was kind of sexy.”<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><i><b>“I
know.”<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><i><b>“Stop
saying ‘I know.’”<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><i><b>I
smirked. “Sorry . . . oh, look, you have something right here
too.”<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><i><b>This
time she did look down. And my ten-year-old self cheered as I knocked her in
the chin and said, “Gotcha.”<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><i><b>Defeated,
her shoulders slumped forward. “I deserved that.”<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><i><b>“I
couldn’t help myself.” I watched in a hypnotic trance as her tongue sneaked out
and teased her lower lip. It was the perfect moment for a kiss, but the line
had been . . . skewed. I wasn’t sure if it was okay, in the
privacy of my apartment, to actually kiss her. I mean, I’d kissed her, but this
felt different, more intimate.<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><i><b>“This
is the part”—Jordan leaned forward and gripped my shirt with both hands—“where
you either kiss me or cough awkwardly, make an excuse, scratch your balls, and
cower back in your bedroom.”<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><i><b>“Wow,
so many choices,” I mused, meeting her halfway. “Eenie, meenie, minie—” Our
mouths met in a frenzy. She tasted like wine and pizza.<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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shit, it was hotter than it should have been.<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><i><b>My
hands moved to her hips as I tried to pull her onto my lap. But her skirt was
too tight.<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><i><b>“Damn
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><i><b>Jordan
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><i><b>“No.”
I gripped the fabric until it gave with a scratchy tearing sound. “That’s a
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><i><b>Jordan
stared at the skirt for a few seconds before wrapping her legs around my torso
and fusing her mouth with mine. “You owe me a skirt.”<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><i><b>“Can
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><i><b>She
laughed against my mouth. I stood, lifting her with me, and walked her backward
toward my bedroom.<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><i><b>We
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and then things went . . . south.<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><i><b>“Watch
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><i><b>I
tripped over two spiked heels, sending Jordan flying into the wall. She slid
down said wall and landed on the plant—yes, <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">the</span> plant, the one she’d kept alive for all those
years.<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><i><b>“My
plant!” she yelled. I burst out laughing as remnants of dirt and plant sifted
through her hands. “<span style="font-variant: small-caps;">You killed it</span>!”<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><i><b>“Whoa!”
I held up my hands and backed up, tripping over the damn shoes again and
stumbling to the floor.<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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straddled me, and started fighting.<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><i><b>“We’ll
get you a new plant!” I yelled as she smacked my chest. I gripped her wrists
and flipped her onto her back. “Don’t you think—”<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><i><b>She
bucked beneath me.<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><i><b>“—it
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><i><b>“It’s
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><i><b>“Exactly.”
I nodded, then released her hand and patted her cheek.<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">ABOUT RACHEL
VAN DYKEN:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9anmKO8Tmug/VrFsmx8HzMI/AAAAAAAABXs/z30H_D-KxTI/s1600/RachelAuthorheadshot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9anmKO8Tmug/VrFsmx8HzMI/AAAAAAAABXs/z30H_D-KxTI/s320/RachelAuthorheadshot.jpg" width="213" /></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Rachel Van Dyken is the New York
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contemporary romances. When she's not writing you can find her drinking coffee
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thebooknerdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03153847350937331935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2192265273954995128.post-66970309331185938852016-03-22T18:40:00.001-07:002016-03-22T18:40:17.814-07:00Porn?<div style="background-color: #eac6f4; white-space: pre-wrap;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What is it about turning thirty that sends rational women into a tailspin?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Suddenly going from having all the time in the world, to cringing at the ticking of her biological clock, Poppy is drowning under the strain of trying to get pregnant.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With a dad in the throes of a mid-life crisis, a crazy mother-in-law and time racing towards Lilly's wedding, will she be able to cope with it all...and give Ryan the baby they so desperately want?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Finally able to inherit her dad's porn money, Jazz can't wait to be rich! She can buy a house in Chelsea, go out partying with her old mates and start living how she deserves. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But with Ollie, Jemima and Meryl each clawing at their own little piece of her happiness, will she have to leave behind those closest to her in exchange for it?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The real question is, can Poppy and Jazz rescue their own lives before everything gets ruined, or will their own stubbornness destroy the lives they've created?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Coming out tomorrow, March 23, 2016 by author, <a href="http://www.laurabarnardbooks.co.uk/">Laura Barnard</a>. </span></div>
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<a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-p7_2k3Hci6A/VvHz1f4PAaI/AAAAAAAABYk/kcuWCwIEWE4TAYFM50rbiOACVzzVM1UBg/s1600/hbHhjbDZ.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-p7_2k3Hci6A/VvHz1f4PAaI/AAAAAAAABYk/kcuWCwIEWE4TAYFM50rbiOACVzzVM1UBg/s320/hbHhjbDZ.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Laura Barnard lives in Hertfordshire, UK and writes romantic comedy or 'chick lit' as its so often described. In her spare time she enjoys drinking her body weight in tea, indulging in cupcakes the size of her face and drooling over hunks like Jamie Dornan, Ryan Gosling and Leo Dicaprio. She enjoys wearing yoga pants and reading fitness magazines while sitting on the sofa eating chocolate. She's a real fan of the power nap and of course READING! She writes not to get rich or famous, but because she LOVES writing. Even if one person tells her they enjoyed her book it makes the midnight typing worth it!</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">www.laurabarnardbooks.co.uk </span></div>
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thebooknerdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03153847350937331935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2192265273954995128.post-965127368494043312016-01-29T20:32:00.002-08:002016-01-29T20:32:04.652-08:00A Lightening Strike<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Coming March, 2016, from <a href="http://www.aljacksonauthor.com/">A.L. Jackson's</a> fabulous <i>Bleeding Stars</i> series is her newest release, <i>Where Lightening Strikes, </i>and I am absolutely beyond thrilled to read this one!</span><br />
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<i><b>Do you know what it feels like right before lightning strikes? How you
can feel the current running through your veins? The trembles of warning that
ripple through the air? It was a thrill Tamar King chased all her life until it
became the very thing she had to escape. <o:p></o:p></b></i></div>
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<b><i>He’s the lead guitarist for Sunder and everything she can never
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he refuses to lose himself again, but from the moment he sees her, he wants one
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Calibri Light","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">A.L.
Jackson is the New York Times bestselling author of contemporary and new adult
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friends and, with their encouragement, this story became her first full length
novel. A.L. now spends her days writing in Southern Arizona where she lives
with her husband and three children. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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trap, a trick only other people fall for. Former Navy SEAL Nolan has no such
illusions. The only things real in his life are his beloved bulldog and the two
women in his life. One is soft and innocent, someone he could build a real
future with. But the other is dark and gives him all of the wicked things he
craves behind closed doors. What starts out as casual quickly becomes
complicated. Can he walk away from a sure thing for something that's foreign
territory? </span></em><em><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-style: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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<em><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;">Nolan thinks we met by chance. We didn’t. I
sought him out, seduced him, and in return got the sanctuary I needed to
survive. But now, impossibly, I’ve fallen in love with him. I don’t care that
he has another lover, because when he finds out who I am, it’s going to ruin
any chance I ever had with him anyway. She’s the least of my worries. </span></em><em><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></em></div>
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over mine, and I rocked my hips into her pelvis to let her feel what she’d done
to me. Lacey groaned. “I take it you liked the massage.” <o:p></o:p></i></b></span></div>
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<span class="5yl5"><b><i>“A certain wayward
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p> </o:p><i><b>“I was watching you, Saige. I enjoy watching you.” Maybe
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<i><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Her upper lip twitches as she thinks of a sarcastic
comeback. I can see the vein in her neck throbbing, along with the beat of her
pulse before she finally whispers, “We shouldn’t do this.” She pulls a green
olive off the toothpick floating in her martini, then she pops it into her
mouth. The green olive matches her eyes perfectly.<o:p></o:p></span></b></i></div>
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<i><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Because you’re my boss.” So naïve, sweet little Saige is.<o:p></o:p></span></b></i></div>
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<o:p></o:p>thebooknerdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03153847350937331935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2192265273954995128.post-32184123842432955512016-01-26T09:46:00.000-08:002016-01-26T09:46:18.113-08:00Strangers<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-I6MI3-FbgXk/VqdyktyQdTI/AAAAAAAABVs/uw7YD_O-2Ho/s1600/before-we-were-strangers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-I6MI3-FbgXk/VqdyktyQdTI/AAAAAAAABVs/uw7YD_O-2Ho/s400/before-we-were-strangers.jpg" width="257" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Before-We-Were-Strangers-Story-ebook/dp/B00O65X7MI/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1453813292&sr=8-1"><i>Before We Were Strangers: A Love Story</i></a>, written by <a href="http://reneecarlino.com/">Renee Carlino</a> came to me as such an unexpected surprise read. I was in a bit of a book funk. I mean, I seriously have 100 ebooks and physical paperback books I've yet to read but I just couldn't decide what I wanted to read; nothing was calling to me for some reason. So, I scrolled back in my Kindle to see what I'd purchased a while ago and still hadn't read, when low and behold there was this little book that I'd heard lots of good things about but really had no clue what it was about. I decided that it was time and I began.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We soon discover that time does little to mend the hurt and the scars of broken hearts, as Grace and Matt discover each other once again on a subway train years later. They discover that their story isn't quite as over as they thought it was. In fact, it may be just beginning.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I will admit this book was a little hard to get into initially. It started a bit slow and I really wasn't sure where it was going for a while but I'm glad I stuck with it. The end resulted in being carried away to such a tender, innocent time in the character's lives in discovering who they were and what they wanted in life. I felt like I was young again and experiencing the events with them; I think that takes a talented writer to take the reader there, to <i>that </i>place.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I would absolutely recommend this book to anyone looking for a beautifully, well written, not-your-run-of-the-mill love story. This one will give you the feels and transport you lovely wonderland, I promise!</span>thebooknerdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03153847350937331935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2192265273954995128.post-83474684703170068422016-01-13T19:14:00.001-08:002016-01-13T19:14:28.752-08:00Built<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm a couple days late in posting this so I apologize to you and also to author, <a href="http://www.jaycrownover.com/">Jay Crownover</a> for not getting the info on her newest book release out when I was supposed to. I suck and I'm sorry! The good news in this is, however, that now I have a review too so it's like a twofer. Yay! ;)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So on Tuesday, <a href="http://www.jaycrownover.com/">Jay's</a> newest book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Built-Saints-Denver-Jay-Crownover/dp/0062385941/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1452737317&sr=8-1&keywords=built"><i>Built</i></a> was released. This is the much anticipated first full length book in her new <i>Saints of Denver</i> series and it didn't disappoint one bit. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;"><b><i>"That was work. Not my work exactly, but still work." At least it had been until I ended up naked and fucked. I sighed a little. I'd never ever actually been<u> fucked </u>before Zeb. Seattle Sayer had never dated men that were the kind to fuck, and again I could kick her for all that she had missed out on. I sure as hell had never had sex up against a freshly painted wall with my ass sticking up in the air and now I knew what I was missing.</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">How's that for steaming hot?!?! What I loved about this story is that Zeb and Sayer, the main characters were so different physically but inside they were both these lost and flawed people that simply needed each other. It's just that Sayer was harder to convince that they belonged together than Zeb. He proved to be both ambitious and determined and refused to give up on what he knew in his heart was right for both of them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After meeting both Sayer and Zeb in <a href="http://www.jaycrownover.com/#!saints-of-denver-series/c2k08">Jay's</a> <i>Marked Men</i> series, it was wonderful to see them in their own love story. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Built-Saints-Denver-Jay-Crownover/dp/0062385941/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1452737317&sr=8-1&keywords=built"><i>Built</i></a> also allowed us to see more of the Poppy character and I am hoping (as I'm sure everyone else is) that she will get her story one day too. </span></div>
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hidden. They tear through your soul, clawing and lashing until the pain becomes
so unbearable, you’re left no choice but to silently scream your agony. No one
hears you, of course. You smile on the outside and drift through life as though
your mind is at peace, but all the while, you remain your own tortured
prisoner. Sealed inside the darkened, soundproof room of your conscience,
deafening cries echo as you plead for someone to unlock the door and release
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around you has become so blurred, that you begin to lose focus on the saving
grace standing directly in front of you? When you’ve anesthetized yourself to
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Below I thought I'd list all the titles I read this year for you in case you're looking for something new to read. I enjoyed almost everything I read, so you can't go wrong with any of these really.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Whisper-if-You-Need-Me-ebook/dp/B014RPP6S4/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1451753253&sr=1-1&keywords=whisper+if+you+need+me">Whisper If You Need Me,</a> by Dina Silver</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/All-Broke-Down-University-Novel/dp/0062326228/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1451763153&sr=8-1&keywords=All+broke+down">All Broke Down (Rusk University, #2),</a> by Cora Carmack</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>thebooknerdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03153847350937331935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2192265273954995128.post-53262400614456571192015-12-30T10:48:00.001-08:002015-12-30T10:48:47.936-08:00Top 10 of 2015<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Uggghhhh, you have NO freakin' idea how much I've agonized over this stupid list! Like seriously so much that I almost didn't do it because I just felt like it was so much pressure. Last year's list, my first one, was incredibly hard. I wanted it to be "just right" and incredible and perfect...and this year, I don't know. I want the same but I want <i><b>more</b></i>. I don't even know if that's possible and it probably isn't without me waxing poetic about each of my choices and I just don't want to do that. I don't have the time, nor the inclination to do so.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, I guess without further ado I present my 2015 list of my personal Top 10 Books, including the editor's synopsis so you know a little bit about them. Please know how hard this was to narrow down. Where a book is in a series, I generally mean the entire series. Just so you know...okay, for real this time, here we go.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">Written in her wonderfully honest, edgy, passionate and often hilarious voice, Tiffanie DeBartolo tells the story of Eliza Caelum, a young music journalist, and Paul Hudson, a talented songwriter and lead singer of the band Bananafish. Eliza's reverence for rock is equaled only by Paul's, and the two fall wildly in love.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;"> </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">He wanted nothing at all... </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">Until he found she had everything to give... </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">Sunder lead singer and guitarist Sebastian Stone has everything--fans, fame, and fortune. He also has a heart full of bitterness and a reputation for a short-fused temper. But an outward reputation rarely reveals the true man inside. Facing assault charges after trying to protect his younger brother, Sebastian is sent to Savannah, Georgia to lie low until the dust settles in L.A. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">Shea Bentley is beautiful, kind, and hiding from the very lifestyle Sebastian has always embraced. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">When the mysterious, tattooed stranger begins hanging out at the bar where she works, Shea is quick to recognize he is nothing but trouble, but she's helpless to the way her body lights up every time his intense grey eyes tangle with hers. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">They both soon find themselves drowning in a sea of desire and passion that won't let them up for air. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">Sebastian knows firsthand secrets never die, and he's not the only one who's hiding them. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">Loving someone always comes with a price. But will it be Shea's past that costs them everything? </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">Dalton,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">I loved you once. A love I thought irrevocable. A love I mistakenly believed could transcend both time and circumstance. Under the influence of my dimwitted, naïve, traitorous heart, I became intoxicated with what I now know was simply a figment of my self-indulgent imagination. So drunk on the feeling, I couldn't see what was right in front of my face. So foolishly enamored, I blindly followed my heart into the depths of an emotion that would ravage me.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">Years later, I know now what I wish I knew then. I am stronger. Smarter. Tougher. I will not allow myself to be broken again.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">I loved you.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">I raged for you.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">I wept for you.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">And now, I'm letting you go.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">Author's Note: Under the Influence is the journey of two childhood friends that spans the course of five pivotal years in their lives. It is a story about their discovery of true friendship as it blossoms into first love, their experience of crucial sacrifice and ultimate betrayal, and their endurance of agonizing heartbreak on the way to finding lasting redemption.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">*****Due to themes of child abuse, domestic violence, sexual situations and explicit language, recommended for readers 17+*****</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">SAVE ME AND I'LL SAVE YOU.... </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">My name is Calla Price. I’m eighteen years old, and I’m one half of a whole. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">My other half-- my twin brother, my Finn-- is crazy. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">I love him. More than life, more than anything. And even though I’m terrified he’ll suck me down with him, no one can save him but me. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">I’m doing all I can to stay afloat in a sea of insanity, but I’m drowning more and more each day. So I reach out for a lifeline. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">Dare DuBray. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">He’s my savior and my anti-Christ. His arms are where I feel safe, where I’m afraid, where I belong, where I’m lost. He will heal me, break me, love me and hate me. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">He has the power to destroy me. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">Maybe that’s ok. Because I can’t seem to save Finn and love Dare without everyone getting hurt. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">Why? Because of a secret. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">A secret I’m so busy trying to figure out, that I never see it coming. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">You won’t either. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">In the Bone there is a house. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">In the house there is a girl. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">In the girl there is a darkness. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">Margo is not like other girls. She lives in a derelict neighborhood called the Bone, in a cursed house, with her cursed mother, who hasn’t spoken to her in over two years. She lives her days feeling invisible. It’s not until she develops a friendship with her wheelchair-bound neighbor, Judah Grant, that things begin to change. When neighborhood girl, seven-year-old Neveah Anthony, goes missing, Judah sets out to help Margo uncover what happened to her. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">What Margo finds changes her, and with a new perspective on life, she’s determined to find evil and punish it–targeting rapists and child molesters, one by one. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">But hunting evil is dangerous, and Margo risks losing everything, including her own soul.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">Today, 8:15 p.m. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">I hurt. I hurt so deeply, I felt the pain searing in my bones and jabbing like a hot poker into my heart. I knew nothing would make it better as the memories pulled from the crevices of my mind, detailing the bad and the ugly, filling my thoughts with regret as I slipped into the darkness. . . </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">When I was eight, my mother was dying of cancer, my father lost his job, and the bank kicked us out of our house. I was forced to move to the strange town of Arlis, Texas where my father and I slept in our car in the hospital parking lot. Desperate and hopeless, we lived on fumes of our former life. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">Then one night, everything changed forever. A knock on the car window brought a family into my life that I only wanted to shut out. I hated charity and I hated the Masons. Well, except one. He made it impossible to hate him. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">Jess Mason had the biggest blue eyes and ornery smile of any boy I had ever seen. He was a ray of sunshine in my dark world. A boy full of adventure, dragging me across the meadow of Sprayberry Ranch; a beautiful Texas paradise full of horses and tree houses that got us into more trouble than anyone ever imagined. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">Jess was my everything as a kid until we grew up and the rules changed. Instead of living happily ever after with a boy full of love. . . I destroyed it. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">- Alex Tanner </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">Best friends since they could walk. In love since the age of fourteen. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">Complete strangers since this morning. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">He'll do anything to remember. She'll do anything to forget. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">If I tell you right up front, right in the beginning that I lost him, it will be easier for you to bear. You will know it’s coming, and it will hurt. But you’ll be able to prepare. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">Someone found him in a laundry basket at the Quick Wash, wrapped in a towel, a few hours old and close to death. They called him Baby Moses when they shared his story on the ten o’clock news – the little baby left in a basket at a dingy Laundromat, born to a crack addict and expected to have all sorts of problems. I imagined the crack baby, Moses, having a giant crack that ran down his body, like he’d been broken at birth. I knew that wasn’t what the term meant, but the image stuck in my mind. Maybe the fact that he was broken drew me to him from the start. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">It all happened before I was born, and by the time I met Moses and my mom told me all about him, the story was old news and nobody wanted anything to do with him. People love babies, even sick babies. Even crack babies. But babies grow up to be kids, and kids grow up to be teenagers. Nobody wants a messed up teenager. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">And Moses was messed up. Moses was a law unto himself. But he was also strange and exotic and beautiful. To be with him would change my life in ways I could never have imagined. Maybe I should have stayed away. Maybe I should have listened. My mother warned me. Even Moses warned me. But I didn’t stay away. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">And so begins a story of pain and promise, of heartache and healing, of life and death. A story of before and after, of new beginnings and never-endings. But most of all . . . a love story. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And finally, we've come to MY favorite book of 2015...it's not pretty, it's not filled with rainbows and flowers...but man, did it make me <b><i>FEEL</i></b>. Feel so deep, so hard, so much.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="font-weight: bold;">1. </i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Mud-Vein-Tarryn-Fisher-ebook/dp/B00JHVUQ70/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1451446207&sr=1-1&keywords=mud+vein" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Mud Vein</a>, by <a href="http://www.tarrynfisher.com/">Tarryn Fisher</a></span></div>
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thebooknerdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03153847350937331935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2192265273954995128.post-1511417015244851592015-12-29T18:47:00.001-08:002015-12-29T18:47:04.927-08:00Game On Indeed!<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love Amazon's "Kindle Unlimited" feature because it's a great opportunity to read great books for free. One book that I recently downloaded and read is <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Game-Katie-McCoy-ebook/dp/B016X05QHW/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1450749436&sr=8-2&keywords=game+on"><i>Game On</i></a>, by author <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Katie-McCoy/e/B016Z3SU02/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1450818444&sr=1-1">Katie McCoy</a> and I have to say that for a free book, I was extremely pleased with how much I enjoyed this story. It just goes to show you that just because something is free, it doesn't mean there isn't value to it. This story, definitely has value!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nathan is a star athlete with a heart to help those in need, especially animals. He also realizes that even though Sophie is off-limits because she's a reporter, he can't keep his mind off of her. The only problem is that he <i>hates</i> reporters and has serious trust issues.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What happens when Sophie and Nathan get together is magic and not a single bit professional. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nathan and Sophia were scorching hot together. For a boy that didn't want to get caught up with some typical reporter, he seemed to forget all about that whenever this sweet little gal came around him. Then again, he quickly discovered that she wasn't exactly the typical reporter either.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Again, I am always pleasantly surprised when I find a free book through Kindle's "Kindle Unlimited" that I don't expect to like as much as I end up liking, and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Game-Katie-McCoy-ebook/dp/B016X05QHW/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1451442335&sr=8-2&keywords=game+on">Game On</a> is definitely one of those books. Written by an author I'm very unfamiliar with, this book held my attention throughout and was a quick read, as I couldn't put it down. I couldn't wait to find out what Sophia was going to try next to get her interview and how uptight, Mr.-Professional-Baseball-Player was going to react. There's loads of witty repertoire between them and among the other characters in the story too, which makes this an incredibly smart book and a lot of fun to read. It may have been free for me to read, but I would easily have paid to read this novel because it's worth the money; it will keep a smile on your face the entire time you're reading. :)</span><br />
<br />thebooknerdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03153847350937331935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2192265273954995128.post-3339889752086851382015-12-15T04:54:00.000-08:002015-12-15T04:54:39.094-08:00Vegas Love<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A super sweet author, <a href="http://jilliandodd.net/">Jillian Dodd</a>, that I had the pleasure to meet recently in Chicago, is releasing yet another awesome book today, titled <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Vegas-Love-Jillian-Dodd/dp/194065257X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1448320538&sr=8-1&keywords=vegas+love">Vegas Love</a> </i>and I cannot wait to dive into it! </span><br />
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<i><b>Hollywood actress, Ashlyn Roberts, just had the worst
week of her life. Her ex released a sex tape of them and just when she was
convinced her current boyfriend was a keeper for standing by her side, he
breaks up with her at a friend’s wedding. She’s planning to drown her sorrows
in booze when she meets a sexy stranger as she’s leaving the wedding and they
end up in Vegas, married. <o:p></o:p></b></i></div>
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brother as a junior talent agent. He’ll put his shiny new law degree to good
use and make a bunch of money in the process. His first task is simple: Keep
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Jillian is the USA TODAY Bestselling author of the The
Keatyn Chronicles, Captive Films, and the That Boy series. She grew up on a
farm in Nebraska, where she developed a love for Midwestern boys and Nebraska
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thebooknerdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03153847350937331935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2192265273954995128.post-18322399535524391982015-12-14T15:36:00.000-08:002015-12-14T15:36:19.675-08:00Dear Prof, <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I was given an ARC of <a href="http://www.blairedrake.com/">Blaire Drake's</a> newest novel, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0197QKXL8?keywords=dear%20professor&qid=1450023131&ref_=sr_1_2&sr=8-2"><i>Dear Professor</i></a> to read in exchange for an honest review. I just finished the book last night and can't wait to tell you about it!</span><br />
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Does it bother you that you’re ten years older than me?<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>GOODREADS: </b><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26207607-dear-professor">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26207607-dear-professor</a></b><b> <o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In all honesty, I wasn't digging this story in the beginning...or, what I thought the story was, that is. I thought it was the same re-telling of professor solicits a young student, however, it was much more than that. <a href="http://www.blairedrake.com/">Blake</a> really dug deeper into the heart of the characters and made them so much more than just these bland, boring two-dimensional people. She brought out their personalities and and gave them a reason for their screwed upedness (yeah, it's a word...well, it's one I made up!). She gave them both some grit and some heart and by the end I was actually rooting for this forbidden love story to have a happy ending.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There <i>was</i> absolutely a lot of hot, steamy, and sexually explicit scenes and if you're into that sort of stuff, you'll love parts of this novel because again, <a href="http://www.blairedrake.com/">Blake</a> gives the reader exactly what they want. The characters show both the rough and rowdy sides to their sexual relationship, along with softer, more gentle and tender moments as well. There's a little bit of everything for all readers and it's definitely scorching H-O-T! Speaking of hot, here's an excerpt:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><br /><i><b>
His electric blue eyes focused on me, and in the bright hue of his gaze, the
rest of his office seemed to melt away. I had no idea how he kept doing that to
me—it was almost as if he were casting a spell over me, hypnotizing me with
nothing more than a glance.<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><i><b>My heart thumped loudly in my chest at the lust I saw burning
back at me. That hard-edged, animalistic lust that secretly drove me wild. I’d
never tell him that. I was certain of it. I’d never give him that much power
over me.<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><i><b>He already had enough.<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><i><b>“What’s wrong, sir?” I asked as I coyly twirled a piece of my
hair around my finger.<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><i><b>“You’re starting to piss me off, Darcy,” he shot at me. The
rough edge to his voice rumbled through the air between us until it hit me
full-force. His words crawled over my skin, and each one carried the whispered
promise. Or maybe it was a threat; I couldn’t tell.<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><i><b>“How can I piss you off? I haven’t done anything.” It was a
petulant response, I knew that, but I didn’t care.<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><i><b>He pushed up out of his chair and stalked around his desk. I
inhaled sharply, but he swept right past me and toward his door. Just when I
thought he might pull it open and send me on my way, he turned the lock.<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><i><b>The click echoed through the air, and it did nothing for the
butterflies that were rapidly fluttering in my stomach.<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><i><b>I hated him. It was getting clearer and clearer to me every day.
I despised Professor Jordan Keaton, but I also craved him as badly as I needed
my next breath.<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><i><b>He didn’t look at me as he shrugged off his jacket and hung it
up on the hook on the door. He still didn’t look at me as he unbuttoned the
sleeves of his crisp, white shirt and rolled them up to above his elbows. His
upper arms seemed to strain against the fabric, his toned biceps becoming
delightfully visible.<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><i><b>“Now, let’s try this again,” he said, his voice deathly low. It
scared me and thrilled me all at the same time. “Have a little think, Darcy.
Imagine why I might possibly be pissed off with you.”<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><i><b>I dropped the lock of hair I was twirling and looked at his
pants. The bulge gave his attraction to me away. “I’m standing in front of you
as opposed to being on my knees with your cock in my mouth?”<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><i><b>He jerked his head around, piercing me with those eyes. “Keep
running your mouth, sweet thing. I dare you.”<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: .25in;">
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><i><b>“Or what? Really, what are you going to do to me in your office,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">Professor?</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"> </span></span>Give me
lines? Make me write an essay on why young ladies should be seen and not
heard?”<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><i><b>His jaw ticked, his lips tightening, and he moved toward me so
quickly I took a step backward. It was useless, though, like I knew it would
be. The grip he had on my wrist was so certain, the tug toward him so strong,
that I couldn’t fight him.<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><i><b>My body slammed into his, and no sooner had the air rushed from
my body than he pulled the skirt of my dress up. Cold air flitted across my
bare backside, but it was replaced almost instantly with one sharp smack.<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><i><b>My pussy clenched, and I bit the inside of my cheek to stop
myself whimpering. In pain or pleasure—I had no clue.<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><i><b>“That,” he growled into my ear. “That is what I’ll do if you
keep sassing me,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">Miss Hamilton.</span>”<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><i><b>I wondered if he knew how strongly I was considering continuing
to sass him just for that purpose. I would do that later—I needed to know what
had got him so riled. “Understood,” I said in a softer tone. “What did I do?”<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><i><b>He let go of my dress and slid his hand up my back. His breath
was hot against my skin as he sunk his fingers into my hair and turned me
around so my back was to him. “Last night,” he replied, his lips close to my
ear. “Your little show.”<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><i><b>“That’s my job.”<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><i><b>He tugged on my hair. “Did you ask me?”<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: .25in;">
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><i><b>“You’re not my boss, Jordan. Neither are you my fucking keeper.”<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><i><b>His grip grew tighter, so much so that my head tilted back.
“Darcy. Did. You. Fucking. Ask. Me?”<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><i><b>“No,” I ground out, my jaw clamped tightly.<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: .25in;">
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><i><b>“Did you think I wouldn’t find out? Did you really fucking think
I wouldn’t know that you were spending your night in front of your camera, with
your finger rubbing that little clit of yours?” Roughly, he pushed his hand
beneath my dress and teased his fingertips along the line of my panties. “Did
you think you’d be able to walk into my classroom today and I wouldn’t know
that at least one or two of those students hadn’t watched you as you fucked
your own fingers?”<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><i><b>“No,” I breathed out, my lips parting as his hand dipped beneath
my panties. The tip of one of his fingers ghosted across my clit, and it sent a
bolt of pleasure through me.<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><i><b>“I didn’t hear you,” he rasped in my ear, flicking his finger
across my clit.<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><i><b>“No,” I repeat, this time more forcefully. “I knew you would.
And I didn’t give a shit.” I gasped as he pushed down hard on the sensitive
spot.<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><i><b>“We made a deal,” he reminded me, his tone tight with anger… And
thick with desire.<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><i><b>“And you won’t let me forget it.”<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: .25in;">
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><i><b>“Damn straight I won’t.” He pulled his hand from between my legs
but kept me in place with his grip on my hair. “Now are you going to renege on
it again or are you going to behave yourself?”<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><i><b>“From the man who just had his fingers on a student’s clit?”<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><i><b>“You’re pushing me, Darcy.”<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: .25in;">
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><i><b>I reached behind me, between us, and cupped his long, hard cock
with my hand. The zipper of his pants pushed into my palm, and I traced my
thumb down the side of his erection. “I’m not the only thing pushing, am I?”<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><i><b>“Fuck.” He hissed the word out, and the next thing I knew, my
dress was being lifted up, and he let go of my hair.<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><i><b>My hands slammed against his desk as he bent me forward and
moved my panties to the side. He’d barely touched me, but I could feel my pussy
throbbing in anticipation of what was to come.<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><i><b>I knew this would be a cold, hard fuck, designed to remind me
who I belonged to. Who, for all intents and purposes, owned my body.<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: .25in;">
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><i><b>It would be a reminder and a punishment, all because I dared to
take control of myself for one night and defy him.<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><i><b>Jordan’s movements were as smooth as always, and he spread one
of my ass cheeks with a strong hand. His fingertips dug in almost painfully,
but I didn’t care, because I sighed in relief as he pushed his hard, thick cock
inside me.<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><i><b>“Now, this is how this is gonna work,” he rasped into my ear as
he grasped my hair and tugged. “Since you’ve forgotten, Darcy, you need a
reminder, don’t you?”<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><i><b>I didn’t dare answer. The question was rhetorical. Besides, I
was already practically panting from his swift invasion of my body.<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: .25in;">
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><i><b>“Now, I’m gonna fuck you.”<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: .25in;">
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><i><b>I swallowed and glanced at the shadows of people walking past
his office door, a tiny lock and frosted glass providing us limited privacy.
I’d known it was coming, sure, but now we were here, silent, and I could hear
the people outside…<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><i><b>I couldn’t deny the excitement that swept through my body at the
thought we could be interrupted any second. That someone could walk right up to
this door and probably see the vague silhouette of him fucking me from behind.<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><i><b>I felt dirty, but I liked it.<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: .25in;">
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><i><b>“And you got it, Darcy.” He pulled out and slammed right back
into me, making me bite down on my lower lip. “I’m gonna fuck you, and you’re
not gonna make a sound. Understand?”<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><i><b>I didn’t answer for fear that I’d whimper instead of respond
yes. I just nodded and sucked my lower lip into my mouth.<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: .25in;">
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><i><b>“Good girl.” The words were but a whisper, but they were two I
was becoming rapidly acquainted with.<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><i><b>And worse? I liked it when he said it.<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: .25in;">
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><i><b>He was reminding me of more than he knew… Like what it meant to
fuck because lust was just too strong.<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><i><b>He pulled out of me slowly. With the head of his cock resting at
the opening to my pussy, he gripped my ass tightly. “Who do you belong to,
Darcy?”<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><i><b>I didn’t answer.<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: .25in;">
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><i><b>The sting didn’t surprise me when it came.<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: .25in;">
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><i><b>“Answer the question.”<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><i><b>“You,” I whispered.<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: .25in;">
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><i><b>He gently caressed the spot he just slapped. “And who owns your
body, Darcy?” I arched my back as his cock entered me fully. “Who does this
tight, wet pussy belong to? Who decides who and what gets to be inside it?”<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<i><b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">It… Like it’s a tool… Just a toy for his
amusement. Just like I am.</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></i></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><i><b>“You.” There was no other option.<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: .25in;">
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><i><b>“That’s right. You and your wet pussy are mine. I own you, sweet
thing. Every single fucking inch of your gorgeous body is mine.” </b></i></span></div>
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<i><b><o:p></o:p></b></i><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><i><b>His words… The possessiveness sent thrills through me as he
moved inside me. I couldn’t deny it. I couldn’t deny how fucking turned on they
made me, and I hated myself for it. I hated how he commanded my body, and I
hated that I let him.<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><i><b>“Now.” He stilled, his hand still resting on my ass, and slowly
let go of my hair. The raven curls tumbled over my shoulder and onto the desk,
and I felt the loss of him before it happened.<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: .25in;">
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><i><b>He eased out of me, and ever the gentleman, slipped my panties
back over me.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">Great. Now I’d be walking around all day
wanting to screw anyone reasonably good looking.</span><o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><i><b>I pushed myself to standing as soon as I heard him take a step
to the side. I looked at him just in time to see him zipping his pants back up
and tucking his shirt in. His tie hung a little lopsided, and I raised my eyes
from his neck.<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: .25in;">
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><i><b>Our gazes collided with heart-thumping ferocity. The slow, sexy
curve of his lips to one side did nothing to calm the quick two-step beat my
heart had just taken up, but I didn’t dare to look away. Even if I did, I don’t
think I could have. His eyes were the net, and I was nothing but a tiny fish,
tangled up in him.<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: .25in;">
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><i><b>“Seven o’clock tonight. I’ll be waiting.”<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div>
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<i>I have no idea what the hell I was thinking. The words just
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<i>What do I mean? Here I am, sitting next to the world's most
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<i>But sweet Jesus, I'm pretty sure Gracie wants this, too, and
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Wow, that's hot...and steamy. Now you should go buy it. Right. Now. Don't wait, don't hesitate. I have a feeling you won't regret it. You should also just go get the first one too, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Screwed-Kendall-Ryan/dp/1515324125/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1447359241&sr=8-1&keywords=screwed"><i>Screwed</i></a> because it rocked as well.</span></div>
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bestselling author of more than 18 titles, Kendall Ryan has sold more than a
million ebooks and her books have been translated into several languages in
countries around the world. She's a traditionally published author with Simon
& Schuster and Harper Collins UK, as well as enjoying success as an independently
published author. Since she first began self-publishing in 2012, she's appeared
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<b><i>As an immortal muse, she doesn’t have any other choice. It’s
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<b><i>Sweet, sexy, and steady, Wilder Bell feels more real than
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I felt like her words were elephants sitting on my chest, barely allowing air to eek out of my lungs. It was...deep and powerful and amazing all at the same time. I hated it...but I absolutely without a doubt loved it too. I was so afraid to read this book to begin with. I felt like the hype was too much and that there was basically no way that it could possibly live up to all that it had been built up to be. I didn't want to finish it once I started because I didn't want that disappointment that I thought would inevitably be there. I will admit though, I was wrong. Completely, totally, and unequivocally wrong and I own it. It didn't disappoint on any level. It exceeded my expectations and I hope everyone who loves to read will read this. I hope anyone who hasn't discovered <a href="http://colleenhoover.com/">Colleen Hoover</a> will read this and fall in love with her and her literary geniusness like I did a couple years ago. I love that she made me fall in love with her again in this book!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">People are really into 'NO SPOILERS" for this book because they feel it's better to go in completely blind. With that knowledge, I won't say much more about the plot of the book, except that there are a few plot twists that you probably won't be expecting. Also, it IS a romance and the characters are flawed (because it wouldn't be good otherwise, right?), and it's heartbreaking and beautiful. Plus, technically speaking, if you don't love it just a little then something is probably wrong with you. Just saying.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is definitely one of <a href="http://colleenhoover.com/">Hoover's</a> best which is actually saying a lot because everything she writes is excellent. It's one of my favorites of hers too though it's not as heart breaking as some of her previous titles. There's a lot of funny parts and wit tangled throughout.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Read this book. Seriously go buy it today and you won't regret it. Go to my Facebook page, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/booknerd0116/">Nuggets from a Book Nerd</a>, also to see how you can win a copy of November 9, signed by none other that Miss <a href="http://colleenhoover.com/">Colleen Hoover</a>. :) </span>thebooknerdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03153847350937331935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2192265273954995128.post-77857568979209720592015-11-09T19:26:00.001-08:002015-11-09T19:26:22.646-08:00Leveled...the Transition<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The YA market is saturated with author after author after author but there's a handful that always stand out for me: <a href="http://colleenhoover.com/">Colleen Hoover</a>, <a href="http://www.tarrynfisher.com/">Tarryn Fisher</a>, <a href="http://www.mollysmcadams.com/">Molly McAdams</a>, <a href="http://www.coracarmack.com/">Cora Carmack</a> are just a few. Actually, there's one other that I'd add to that list and that would be the unique bad ass that is <a href="http://www.jaycrownover.com/">Jay Crownover</a>. Her books are a little different; they deal with the rougher side of relationships, or maybe the rougher men...you know, those <i>bad</i> <i>boys</i>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Lando was a small character first introduced in MM as Remy's ex-boyfriend. Remy was the twin brother of Rowdy and brother of Rule. Lando was still close with the brothers and visited them at least monthly. In this new story, Lando's own story, we see him moving on with his life, or at least trying to move on.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We also get to know the beautiful Royal Hasting's partner on the police force, Dominic Voss a little better. It turns out that after being shot and falling off a building that Dom needs rehab. It just so happens that Lando is just the man to fix him. The real question is, can Dom help heal Lando?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I love how the author merged these two series' together with this just-barely-a-novella (it was long!). It was a great way for readers to move from one series of beloved characters to the next and as a fan, I appreciate that. I also love that she didn't just graze over the fact that Lando and Dom were gay and then just leave it there. They got their own story, which I think infused more life into their characters and made them real and alive.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">On that topic, yes, the characters of Lando and Dom are gay men. They work, they hang out with their friends, and they have romantic relationships, just like anyone else. I was curious how <a href="http://www.jaycrownover.com/">Crownover</a> would handle the romantic and intimate scenes between the men. I have to say that I think she did a phenomenal job though. She did such a fantastic job building up to the intimate scenes that you truly forgot who was who and just realized that you were reading about two people who deeply cared for each other, and THAT is what made the scenes so wonderful. It was the emotions brought forth, the desire for them to be happy in that moment and in life together.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I'm now more excited than ever for <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Built-Saints-Denver-Jay-Crownover-ebook/dp/B00W2E3Z5Y/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1447125421&sr=1-1&keywords=built"><i>Built</i></a> to come out after the beginning of the year. If this new series of Denver men is even half as fun, sexy and exciting as the previous ones that <a href="http://www.jaycrownover.com/">Crownover</a> introduced us to, then we're all in store for some amazingly hot new titles! </span><br />
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mouth dip downward and he lifts his hand, placing his palm against my cheek and
swiping the moisture with his thumb. My heart would typically melt at the
tenderness of the gesture, but now I find it only aggravates me. I narrow my
eyes and shove his hand away from my face. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">“</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Don</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">’</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">t do that. Don</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">’</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">t do something you
don</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">’</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">t mean.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">”</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Channeling my
sorrow, anger begins to churn as I step away and turn my back on him. My bare
feet carry me to the wooden rail that lines my porch and I brace my good hand
against it, leaning forward and inhaling deeply. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Dalton growls with
frustration. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">“</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">What the fuck? Of course I mean it. The last thing I want to do is
hurt you, Spence. I</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">’</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">m trying to apologize here.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">”</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">I laugh humorlessly
and turn to face him. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">“</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">For what, exactly? For stalking me on my date tonight?</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">”</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">His blue eyes now
heat with a different emotion as they slice to mine. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">“</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The date in which
you were being manhandled by some fucking loser who asked you out for no other
reason than to get back at me?</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">”</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> He scoffs openly. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">“</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">You should be thanking me.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">”</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">I cease the fight
to hold back my tears, permitting them to flow freely as I respond. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">“</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">I handled it, did I
not? I don</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">’</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">t need you to protect me, Dalton. I can take care of myself.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">”</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">He chuckles,
unsmiling, as he removes his cap and throws it to the ground, dragging his
fingers through his hair in irritation. My glare hardens as I </span><span lang="FR" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: FR; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">continue my rant. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">“</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">And yes, he asked
me out to get back at you. Are you apologizing for that? Or are you
apologizing for the fact that because of your stupid crusade against me dating
anyone EVER, I was so excited to be asked out that I accepted a date with said
fucking loser because I wanted to know what it would be like to actually be
wanted for once?</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">”</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Not entirely true, but true enough to make my point.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">My breaths are
heavy and my pulse is thrumming rapidly through my entire body. I angrily wipe
away the tears as I inquire, </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">“</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Why is that, Dalton? Why is it that you don</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">’</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">t want me, but no
one else is allowed to have me?</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">”</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> I shake my head in frustration as I stumble on
my words. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">“</span><span lang="FR" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: FR; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">I just</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">…</span><span lang="FR" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: FR; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">I don</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">’</span><span lang="SV" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: SV; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">t understand.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">”</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">My voice trembles and my chin quivers with the admission. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Dalton heavy boots
sound as he stalks across the porch. I avert my gaze, but once he</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">’</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">s in front of me,
he curls his fingers around my chin and pulls my face into his line of sight.
His eyes burn into mine as they narrow in earnest.</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">“</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">You think I don</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">’</span><span lang="SV" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: SV; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">t want you? Goddamn it, Spencer,</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">”</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">he bites, </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">“</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">I want you so much
I can</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">’</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">t fucking breathe
when I</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">’</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">m not with you.
Every single time I force myself to walk away from you, I feel nothing but
agony as the anger that simmers here,</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">”</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">he breaks to pound
his closed fist on his chest, </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">“</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">breaks free and chars my insides with each step I
take.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">”</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">His eyes begin to
glisten and his jaw tightens as he shakes his head. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">“</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">I can</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">’</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">t fucking breathe
without you, don</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">’</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">t you get it? I want you so much that being without you is absolute
torture.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">”</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">He swallows deeply
and moisture seeps from my eyes at the sight of his exposed emotion as he
continues. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">“</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">I want you, Spence, but I can</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">’</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">t have you. I </span><span lang="NL" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: NL; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">won</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">’</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">t allow it. You</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">’</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">re too good, too
pure, too innocent, and just as your presence soothes me, mine will eventually flaw
you. It</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">’</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">s inevitable, and I
care too much for you to let that happen.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">”</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">I watch a lone tear
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falls free from his chin, and I watch it strike the wood beneath our feet
before placing my hands on the side of his face and forcing his eyes to mine.
My voice trembles as I speak. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">“</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">I know you like to control things, Dalton. That</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">’</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">s how you</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">’</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">ve learned to cope
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leaves me? Well, it leaves me right in the same place, on this same porch, as I
was six years ago when I met you. The day that all of those things you think
you can</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">’</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">t have I willingly
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into the night air, </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">“</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">I have always belonged to you. I will always belong to
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thebooknerdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03153847350937331935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2192265273954995128.post-51524758778293514302015-11-01T14:43:00.002-08:002015-11-01T14:43:33.953-08:00National Author's Day!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14.6182px;">Some people may say reading is a hobby. It’s something you do when you have down time. Something you do when you’re in between life’s obligations. Something you</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="color: #666666; display: inline; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14.6182px;"> do when you’re bored or need filler. I call those people casual readers. And that’s cool. It’s just not me.</span></b><br />
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<b>Reading isn’t a hobby for me.<br />It’s a passion.<br />It’s my religion.<br />It’s a way of life.<br />I AM NOT a casual reader.</b></div>
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<b>Casual readers don’t carry their kindle with them everywhere. And I don’t mean throw it in your purse or bag when you leave the house. I mean carry it in your hand around the house because you can’t leave the story you’re immersed in for even one second.<br />I’ve done laundry with one hand, vacuumed with one hand not knowing if I’m truly cleaning or not because I’m not looking at the carpet, cooked dinner with one hand, and done my hair and/or make-up with one hand (I get really annoyed when it comes to mascara because I have to give that stuff at least one eye’s worth of attention or it all goes to shit, and that slows down my reading a bit).</b></div>
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<b>Casual readers don’t reference their favorite books when it comes to dealing with real life situations and ask what their favorite characters would do.<br />I do, and the answer is ALWAYS Katniss or Hermoine or Atticus would just go do something kickass. So, there you go. Easy peasy. Kick ass.</b></div>
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<b>Casual readers think about the places they’ll never be able to visit.<br />I think about all the places I’ve already visited in books instead. Because let’s be honest, Hogwarts castle is way more badass than anything you’re ever going to see with your own eyes.</b></div>
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<b>Casual readers don’t invest themselves so deeply in characters that when they read the final page of a book they feel like they’ve just gained new friends because they know them so well.<br />If I close my eyes I can see/hear Ridge in my head playing his guitar and it/he is beautiful. I feel bad for the people who’ll never have this privilege.</b></div>
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<b>So, to each and every author who’s taken the time and effort to bleed out their passion onto a few hundred pages of paper – I thank you from the bottom of my heart.<br />You make me think.<br />You make me feel.<br />You make me a better person.</b></div>
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thebooknerdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03153847350937331935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2192265273954995128.post-46614272307347353902015-10-14T12:14:00.004-07:002015-10-14T12:14:51.718-07:00To the Stars Excerpt<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of my favorite authors is Ms. <a href="http://www.mollysmcadams.com/">Molly McAdams</a>, so when she releases a new book I get all kinds of giddy and happy! This, is no exception because I fell in love with her first <i>Thatch</i> novel, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Letting-Go-Novel-Thatch-Book-ebook/dp/B00IMHU7RO/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1444848236&sr=1-2&keywords=thatch+novel"><i>Letting Go</i></a>. In fact, it was my favorite story of her ever. Lucky for me (and us) her second <i>Thatch</i> novel is being released on February 9, 2016, and I have an exclusive excerpt from the next book in the series, <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00U1TPK4Q/ref=series_rw_dp_sw">To the Stars</a>.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #181818;">In the second book in <i>New York Times </i>and <i>USA
Today </i>bestselling author Molly McAdams’ Thatch series, Knox
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #181818;">When they were younger, Knox Alexander swore to Harlow
Evans that he would wait for her to turn eighteen so they could be together.
But that was two and a half years away, and Harlow couldn’t ask him to give up
all the fun and thrills of going away to college for her. As the years passed,
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haunted by that fateful choice. And though he may appear unaffected by what
happened in their past, Knox has always tried to fill the void Harlow left. But
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oh-so-amazing state of Texas with her husband, daughter, and fur babies. When
she's not diving into the world of her characters, some of her hobbies include
hiking, snowboarding, traveling, and long walks on the beach … which roughly
translates to being a homebody with her hubby and dishing out movie quotes. She
has a weakness for crude-humored movies and fried pickles, and loves curling up
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Like I said earlier, this book did not immediately pull me in. I had to keep going and really feel the book and the emotions lying beneath all the words, beneath the song lyrics. beneath the characters. As I kept reading, I didn't even realize how invested my heart and my head became in the story. I didn't realize it until emotion was demanded from me, through the course of events in the story, and I sat there with big swelling tears in my eyes, loving this story and then sort of hating it all the same. That's also when I knew that I got it. I understood, totally, why <a href="http://colleenhoover.com/">CoHo</a> loved it. I also felt that I even understood, to some degree, how <i>her </i>first novel, <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Slammed-Novel-Colleen-Hoover/dp/1476715904/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1444254059&sr=8-1&keywords=slammed">Slammed</a> </i>came about. She was definitely inspired by this story and I love how she used some elements from <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Kill-Rock-Star-Tiffanie-DeBartolo/dp/140220521X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1444251950&sr=8-1&keywords=how+to+kill+a+rockstar"><i>Rock Star</i></a> and used them in <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Slammed-Novel-Colleen-Hoover/dp/1476715904/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1444254059&sr=8-1&keywords=slammed"><i>Slammed</i></a>. Both brilliant books.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/tiffanie.debartolo?fref=ts">DeBartolo</a> tells this story with such authority on the music industry, probably because she does in fact work in the biz. She clearly used her knowledge to help pepper this story with realism and honesty. She <i>knows</i> the tortured musician. She <i>knows</i> the record execs, their promises and their lies. She <i>knows </i>the Yokos who turn everything into nothing at all. She uses all of this and is able to tell a beautiful story that inspires the music lover in her readers. She begs of us to feel sympathy towards the musician and their here-today-gone-tomorrow lives.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've never read anything by this author in the past, and it appears that she's only written one other book. I look forward to reading it though because something tells me that I might end up liking it too. Until then...let's hope this isn't <a href="https://www.facebook.com/tiffanie.debartolo?fref=ts">DeBartolo's</a> "one and done" hit novel because I'd love to see more from her.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span>thebooknerdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03153847350937331935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2192265273954995128.post-67812905148819951122015-10-06T19:25:00.000-07:002015-10-06T19:25:19.078-07:00A Lover's Release<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WEnwGaebXN8/VhMOhRN4uxI/AAAAAAAABIQ/l2tLvHXq8Q4/s1600/ALL%2BAmazon-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WEnwGaebXN8/VhMOhRN4uxI/AAAAAAAABIQ/l2tLvHXq8Q4/s400/ALL%2BAmazon-2.jpg" width="260" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm really excited to read this just released (today!) book by <a href="http://klgrayson.com/">K.L. Grayson</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BTUrruela?fref=ts">B.T. Urruela</a>, titled <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Lovers-Lament-K-L-Grayson-ebook/dp/B014FVO6LS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1444088054&sr=8-1&keywords=lover%27s+lament"><i>A Lover's Lament</i></a>. I'm a big fan of <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BTUrruela?fref=ts">B.T.</a>, who is a war vet and an an active fitness model. He also is the co-founder of a veteran's organization in Florida that helps fellow vets. He's not only good to look at, but he's got a good heart too. I'm not currently familiar with <a href="http://klgrayson.com/">K.L. Grayson</a>, but I love "discovering" new authors and am hoping this is one that I enjoy and continue to follow!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><i>I wake before the sun has checked in for the day and
scan the tent, noting my men still sleeping heavily. My morning ritual, at
least the days I have time to do it, requires a bit of privacy, and I make
certain I have it before I begin. Most of these clowns will just jerk it from
their cots in the middle of the night with the rest of us passed out around
them. There’s always been something odd about that to me. On a regular basis,
I've woken up to the sounds of heavy breathing and skin slapping skin, and it
pisses me the fuck off. If I’m not dog-tired, they’ll get a boot heaved in
their direction, aimed straight for the dick and with the express purpose of
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><i> No, jackin’ the beanstalk in public
isn’t for me. Unfortunately, that leaves only one other place to do it—the Drop
Zone. Porta-shitters, as we like to call them, sit for weeks without being
emptied and capture every bit of the sun’s heat. It’s like a fucking greenhouse
in there, and one breath in that motherfucker while beating off and your dick
is in full retreat. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><i>So there’s a trick to doing this just right; you
have to prep him first. You get him up and going, and then you quickly finish
in the shitter. For most of these guys, the bikini-clad chicks above their cots
or the porno mags stashed in their bags are a necessity for a proper jerk-off,
but I'm an imaginative guy. I close my eyes and my mind becomes like a
time machine of fuck. Marilyn Monroe in Some
Like it Hot ... bam! … cum everywhere. Farrah Fawcett in her iconic red
swimsuit bent over the counter ... set the time machine and go. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><i> This time my mind goes for none
other than Jackie O. She’s spread-eagle, with my tongue lightly flicking her
throbbing clit while she's begging for my dick. And, of course, I’m making her
call me Mr. President. I laugh at the last thought but notice it's at least
gotten the job started. Since my dick is half-mast and ticking its way to full
form, I slink my way to the tent’s entrance. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><i>Stepping out, I’m met by the sun creeping softly
over the tops of the barriers, and I hurry toward the porta-shitters,
positioned just past the Humvees in front of the eastern wall. This two-hundred-yard
walk is the most important part of the process. You have to walk with speed but
not urgency, in hopes that you don't attract attention from the few others also
awake—all while the imagined porn still reels in your head. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><i> I manage to make it into the shitter
undetected and quickly go to work on my shaft while my left hand pinches my
nose like a vise and my eyes squeeze tightly shut. Only this time it isn’t
someone famous that I picture. It’s Katie. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><i>Even as early as it is, the Drop
Zone is like a sauna, and beads of sweat collect on my forehead. I try
desperately to hold in my breath as the seconds tick down. Just as my lungs
begin to demand air and my body stiffens, I toss my head back with a stifled
groan. My body recovers from its high much quicker in this setting, but at
least the job is done. Two weeks of combat stress gone, just like
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<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_5h7hC0waqs/VhMR69vi8LI/AAAAAAAABIo/ZnELcIzWoOM/s1600/Kirby_9135.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_5h7hC0waqs/VhMR69vi8LI/AAAAAAAABIo/ZnELcIzWoOM/s200/Kirby_9135.jpg" width="133" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">KL Grayson resides in a small town outside of St. Louis, MO. She is entertained daily by her extraordinary
husband, who will forever inspire every good quality she writes in a man. Her entire life rests in the palms of six
dirty little hands, and when the day is over and those pint-sized cherubs have
been washed and tucked into bed, you can find her typing away furiously on her computer. She has a love for alpha-males, brownies,
reading, tattoos, sunglasses, and happy endings…and not particularly in that
order.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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February 2011. At the end of a year long tour in Baghdad, IQ, his vehicle was
hit by two roadside bombs, which took his right leg below the knee and the life
of his commander. He was awarded the Purple Heart for his wounds, an Army
Commendation Medal and Combat Infantryman’s Badge. He medically retired from
the Army in 2011 and moved to Tampa, FL where he currently works as a Director
and Brand Ambassador of VETSports, a veteran community sports nonprofit he
co-founded in 2012. He also conducts speaking engagements and he’s a personal
trainer for Tampa Sports Academy. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>thebooknerdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03153847350937331935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2192265273954995128.post-90961859042869507192015-10-05T16:30:00.000-07:002015-10-05T16:30:16.610-07:00Songbird Release<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm happy to announce the release of another novel, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Songbird-Sydney-Logan-ebook/dp/B015S23YKW/ref=sr_1_2?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1443784218&sr=1-2&keywords=songbird"><i>Songbird</i></a>, by author Sydney Logan, at the special release price of only $.99 on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Songbird-Sydney-Logan-ebook/dp/B015S23YKW/ref=sr_1_2?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1443784218&sr=1-2&keywords=songbird">Amazon</a>. </span><br />
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<i>Callie Franklin doesn’t do one night stands.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>She’s far too responsible and focused on her career to ever
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<i>A late-night encounter in the hotel’s piano bar finds the
two unable to resist each other. With her angelic voice and bright blue eyes,
Devin’s sure he’s never met anyone as beautiful as his Songbird.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>Six weeks later, when two pink lines confirm Callie’s worst
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<i>Traffic’s insane, but I finally make it to Callie’s
apartment just after two. I anxiously knock on the door, ridiculously eager to
get my hands on her. Maybe she’ll be wearing some flimsy lingerie. </i></div>
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be naked. My mind’s busy conjuring all the possibilities when she opens the
door . . . wearing a sweatshirt and jeans.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>“Hey,” she says softly, stepping aside to let me in.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>She looks pale as a ghost. Is she sick? She looks sick.
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<i>“I’m okay.” Callie leads me over to the sofa. “Look, Devin,
I know you probably have some plans for us for tonight, but that won’t be
happening.”<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>“Oh.” Disappointment floods me, but if the nauseated look on
her face is any indication, it’s probably best. Besides, there’s the next
night. And the next.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>“But we need to talk, so I’m glad you’re here. I have
something I need to tell you.” She abruptly jumps to her feet and walks toward
her kitchen. “Would you like something to drink?”<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>I can’t tell if she’s being a good hostess or simply
stalling, but I ask for a beer. It looks like I’m gonna need it. I hadn’t
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<i>When she returns to the living room, Callie hands me a
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<i>“All right, what’s going on? My brother and his girlfriend
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because you just want to talk.”<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>“Devin, I need you to listen. Something happened that
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<i>“I don’t.” Callie sits up a little straighter and squares
her shoulders. “I want you to know I expect nothing from you. Our weekend
together was a mistake, and I’ll deal with the consequences of it. I don’t know
exactly what I’m going to do at this point, but I thought you should at least
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thebooknerdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03153847350937331935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2192265273954995128.post-19239238872297976712015-10-01T14:57:00.001-07:002015-10-01T14:57:34.785-07:00Forever With You Release<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's always such a pleasure to share my excitement for new book releases, but even more so when I'm introducing a new book by one of my favorite authors. Tuesday, September 29th, <a href="http://www.jenniferarmentrout.com/">Jennifer Armentrout's</a> newest addition to her <i>Wait for You </i>series, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Forever-You-Wait-Jennifer-Armentrout-ebook/dp/B00RTM6KBK/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1443367512&sr=8-1"><i>Forever With You</i></a> is released. <a href="http://www.jenniferarmentrout.com/">Armentrout</a> is a phenomenal YA writer dabbling both in romance and the paranormal and succeeds in both genres.</span><br />
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<i>I cradled my drink as Cam sauntered back to the pool tables.
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One side of his lips curled up as he folded his arms across his chest. The
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“In the best possible way.” He picked up a bottle. “I’m glad you did stop by.
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He tilted his head to the side, lining up his mouth with mine with just a
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Armentrout
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contemporary (after Fall with Me)... Armentrout tugs at the heartstrings while
delivering an intense, gripping tale.”<b> –Publishers Weekly</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.jenniferarmentrout.com/books/wait-for-you/"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt;">WAIT FOR YOU (Wait for
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1 New York Times and # 1 International Bestselling author Jennifer lives in
Martinsburg, West Virginia. All the rumors you’ve heard about her state aren’t
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dreams of becoming an author started in algebra class, where she spent most of
her time writing short stories….which explains her dismal grades in math.
Jennifer writes young adult paranormal, science fiction, fantasy, and
contemporary romance. She is published with Spencer Hill Press, Entangled Teen
and Brazen, Disney/Hyperion and Harlequin Teen. Her book Obsidian has been
optioned for a major motion picture and her Covenant Series has been optioned
for TV. Her young adult romantic suspense novel DON’T LOOK BACK was a 2014
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thebooknerdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03153847350937331935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2192265273954995128.post-13362738531602951572015-10-01T14:57:00.000-07:002015-10-01T14:57:13.531-07:00Initium...Confused!<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">WoW! Well, after waiting and waiting and waiting some more for the continuation in <a href="http://courtneycolewrites.com/">Courtney Cole's</a> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=nocte+series"><i>Nocte</i> trilogy</a> (can we still call it that if there's really 4...even if it's a novella?), we have MORE of the story. Well...sort of. Kind of anyhow. No, I'm not really sure. Actually I'm quite confused. </span><br />
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<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-l8M2t8jPpko/Vg2ipNjU01I/AAAAAAAABGQ/FgHJdWJgpxw/s1600/15815385704_d52bd37d97.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-l8M2t8jPpko/Vg2ipNjU01I/AAAAAAAABGQ/FgHJdWJgpxw/s200/15815385704_d52bd37d97.jpg" width="160" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lucky for me, I didn't have to wait too long before <a href="http://courtneycolewrites.com/">Cole</a> released her follow up to <a href="http://www.amazon.com/NOCTE-Nocte-Trilogy-Book-1-ebook/dp/B00OM34YE4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1443732351&sr=8-1&keywords=nocte+series"><i>Nocte</i></a>, entitled <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00P6LDHXU/ref=series_rw_dp_sw"><i>Verum</i></a>. I was so excited to read this one since I'd fallen in love with the first one, thinking that all my confusion, all my questions would be answered. That was where I was wrong. Dead wrong. This book left me so much more confused and questioning my own sanity at times. It was brilliant...but so...ugh! It was so frustratingly mind bending. To make it worse, I read this in February of this year and the estimated release date of the final book in the trilogy was not for another 6 months. I honestly thought that I would go nuts waiting- that's how much my mind was wrapped up in this story.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Which brings us basically current, to September when I woke up one day and go on the ol' inter webs and found out that a new #2.5 novella had been released since the final book in the series had been pushed back . Again, I was beside myself with utter joy and happiness, again thinking that finally this continuation of the story will start wrapping up and all these crazy loose ends will begin making sense. I downloaded the newest book in the series/trilogy, which is called <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Initium-Nocte-Trilogy-Courtney-Cole-ebook/dp/B015QOFE4G/ref=pd_sim_351_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=19J3SMKFB1AGGQFQGB86&dpID=51yaz3xhytL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR100%2C160_"><i>Initium</i></a>. Well, you know how they say "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me?" Well, this book nerd is the biggest fool of them all! What I found inside the pages of <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Initium-Nocte-Trilogy-Courtney-Cole-ebook/dp/B015QOFE4G/ref=pd_sim_351_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=19J3SMKFB1AGGQFQGB86&dpID=51yaz3xhytL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR100%2C160_">Initium</a> </i>was a complete and total mind fuck. Pardon the language but that's the only way I can even think to describe how I felt after reading it. First, it isn't so much of a continuation of the story, rather it goes back in time. Way, way back in time and tells the story of Dare's mother, 21 years earlier. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The entire time I was reading I kept thinking "who is really the insane one here?" This story has me questioning myself at times and I can't even figure out what's real and what's not any longer. I have NO idea if Finn is alive or if he's even real. I'm starting to question if Calla is real and maybe all of this is really a hallucination of Dare. I have a lot of theories but I'm guessing not a single one is on the money though because <a href="http://courtneycolewrites.com/">Cole</a> is masterfully weaving this amazingly complex storyline. .</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is an amazing series/trilogy and is not what I expected in the least when I first started it. That's not a bad thing though. In fact sometime books (series'/trilogies) like this end up being my favorites. Not to mention that whoever designed these covers is pure genius too. They are absolutely gorgeous--hands down some of my favorite covers EVER! I seriously, seriously am sitting on pins and needles waiting for the final conclusion to this story in <i>Lux</i>. </span><br />
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