Showing posts with label romance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label romance. Show all posts

Sunday 24 August 2014

Ugly Love By Colleen Hoover



When Tate Collins finds airline pilot Miles Archer passed out in front of her apartment door, it is definitely not love at first sight. They wouldn't even go so far as to consider themselves friends. But what they do have is an undeniable mutual attraction. 
He doesn't want love and she doesn't have time for a relationship, but their chemistry cannot be ignored. Once their desires are out in the open, they realize they have the perfect set-up, as long as Tate can stick to two rules:
Never ask about the past and don't expect a future.
Tate is determined that she can handle it, but when she realises that she can't, will she be able to say no to her sexy pilot when he lives just next door!
This new romance from Colleen Hoover will have you laughing and crying in equal measure - definitely her best book yet!


My review 

I am going to give my honest review on this one, but I want to start with the only negative I found for me. I just want to point out though, that there was nothing at all wrong with the story or anything. 

Okay, I found the book really hard to get into. I didn't feel like it flowed together and I had to keep reading things over and over. It also stopped every 2 seconds and would be shortened sentence. It's really hard to explain without making the book sound bad, when the book is brilliant. 
It was like reading a poem, but a story. It's hard to explain and I wish I could. I did write on my facebook page to see if anyone else had this problem and they didn't. So it could be the way I viewed the novel. 
In the book it is written in two POV. One is Tate, who is the female heroin and the other is Miles, the male heroin. Tate's was still short sentenced, but I found I got used to it 40% in. I also realized that Miles's POV was in fact meant to come across as a poem kind of thing. 

Now the good stuff, I know above isn't kind of bad, but it's how the book read to me, so please do not take that as a negative not to buy because you'll be missing out on such a beautiful story. 
I loved both characters from the very beginning. I was so intrigued by Miles that I wish we could have had a present up-to-date POV from him, but I'm glad we didn't. I loved getting to know the old Miles and the new from Tate's POV. 

The story is so emotional and takes you on a complete rollacoaster full of them. I couldn't put it down. I finished it this morning and was so glad I got used to how it was written because I've never read such an inspiring novel such as this. It was so real like, that I couldn't even mentally tell myself it was just a book. I was sobbing come the end and in a good and bad way. 

4* For Colleen on what maybe her best work to date and I've read all her novels. This was brilliant and one for everyone to read.


"If I were capable of loving someone.... it would be you"

Friday 4 July 2014

Sweet addiction By J. Daniels



Wedding hookups never amount to anything. 

Those who partake in this wicked little activity know the rules. Get in. Get laid. Get out. There's no expectation of a relationship. It is what it is. 

Dylan Sparks knows the rules. She’s familiar with the protocol. And she engages in the best sex of her life with a complete stranger at her ex-boyfriend’s wedding. 

Reese Carroll doesn’t care about the rules. He wants more than just one night with Dylan. And he’s too addicting to pass up. 

Sweet Addiction is the story of one girl’s struggle to keep things casual, and one boy’s desire to never let her go.

Ahhhhh, wedding hook ups. This is something I have never done. 
This is a witty, sexy, fun novel. I have only recently read J.Daniels, I had never heard of her before. I loved the first novel from her, so I decided why not read another. This did not disappoint. 

There were times during the book I wished the two would just talk to each other, instead of second guessing what the other was thinking. It all works out in the end. I did rate this a 4* because I did feel it dragged in certain places, and as much as I love hot scenes, there were just to many.... it got to the point where I questioned if I was really reading a porno. The novel is fantastic, and so is the story line. very different from the books I have been reading which was refreshing. 

4*

Friday 16 May 2014

Loving Mr Daniels By Brittainy Cherry



To Whom it May Concern, 

It was easy to call us forbidden and harder to call us soulmates. Yet I believed we were both. Forbidden soulmates. 

When I arrived to Edgewood, Wisconsin I didn’t plan to find him. I didn't plan to stumble into Joe's bar and have Daniel's music stir up my emotions. I had no clue that his voice would make my hurts forget their own sorrow. I had no idea that my happiness would remember its own bliss. 

When I started senior year at my new school, I wasn’t prepared to call him Mr. Daniels, but sometimes life happens at the wrong time for all the right reasons. 

Our love story wasn’t only about the physical connection. 

It was about family. It was about loss. It was about being alive. It was silly. It was painful. It was mourning. It was laughter. 

It was ours. 

And for those reasons alone, I would never apologize for loving Mr. Daniels. 

-Ashlyn Jennings


Loving Mr Daniels is one hell of a beautifully written story. It's not just your typical Teacher/student romance, its so much more. 
The words, the story, the characters, the mourning, all of it was so beautiful and the words were so inspiring. 

I cried so many times during this book to the point my chest hurt. I felt every emotion you could expect when reading this novel. 

The author or authors truly deserve the rating i gave them. 

Ashlyn and Danny's story is beautiful. It makes me want that kind of love. Well who doesn't? But there is something about two kindred spirits who are destined to be together that makes it that much more special. 



I cannot wait to read more work from the author. well done :) 

4*

Friday 25 April 2014

Crazy good By Rachel Robinson



Before there were bikers, or fighters, or even good old-fashioned jerks, there were Navy SEALs. They put the bad in badass because, well…it’s their job. 

Navy SEAL Maverick Hart has everything. Women want him. Grown men idolize him. Little boys want to grow up and be like him. The job, the glory—it’s all his. Not because it’s handed to him…because he works hard for it. The second his sights lock on something, he owns it—or destroys it. Unfortunately he does both at the same time. 

Windsor Forbes only takes calculated risks in her profession and in her personal life. After being left at the altar by the only person she’s ever loved, the very last thing she’s looking for is a relationship—especially the insane brand an arrogant Navy SEAL is offering. Hesitant, yet trusting to a fault, she gives in. 

She knew she shouldn’t take the chance, especially a second time, but love is irrational and their love is perfect, infallible. Or so she thought… 

The downfall to having everything is you have that much more to lose. A man like Maverick can’t have it all without something slipping out of grasp. 

Crazy people perish for love. 

Good people live for it. 

Love doesn’t die. No matter how many bullets you put in it. 
read on for review. 

This is the most emotional story i have read in a while. My heart is still hammering in my chest as i type. Never and i mean never have i cried like i cried in this book. Seriously the most emotional book ever!!!

It's done in two parts, kind of. you'll understand. I was wary at first as i wasnt in the mood for angst but this novel is so much MORE than that. Its everything you could want in a romance novel.

The author seriously had me sobbing uncontrollably from the words in her story. 

ONE WORD!! ~ TISSUES 

loved this novel and would recommend it to anyone. It isnt just emotional like i've made it come across but you fall in love with BOTH characters. Its raw, real and so much more then a story, its a life of a seal. 

Enjoy :) 5*



Sunday 20 April 2014

Own the wind By Kristen Ashley



Tabitha Allen has a not-so-secret crush on Parker "Shy" Cage. Shy thinks he knows the path Tabby's on and it isn't a good one. So he decides to teach her a lesson to lead her to the right path. Unfortunately, he was wrong and his actions wound Tabby, breaking her heart. It's Tabby who then teaches Shy a lesson about casting judgment and Shy Cage learns what it feels like to be invisible. But when tragedy strikes and Tabby's heart is broken again, Shy does what he can in the background to help. Trying to forget her heartbreak, Tabby finds herself in danger. To keep it secret from her biker family, the Chaos Motorcycle Club, she calls Shy to rescue her. But when she lets him back in, she gets much more than she bargained for.
Read on for my review ...

Tuesday 1 April 2014

Shooter:Burnout 1 By Dahlia West



Chris “Shooter” Sullivan has returned to his home town of Rapid City, South Dakota to pick up the pieces of his life shattered by a roadside bomb in Iraq. He only wants to focus on holding what’s left of his old unit together, running his garage where he builds custom bikes and cars, and pretending that his murdered father’s motorcycle gang doesn’t exist. 

Hayley Turner is a young woman with her own traumatic past. Fresh off the bus from Nowhere, USA, all she wants is a job and a place to live, until it’s time for her to leave again. She doesn’t want to make friends, or enemies, least of all the ex-Army Ranger who obviously doesn’t like her. She bristles under his watchful eye. He’s even got her convinced she’s bad news. 

But circumstances force two people who don’t need anyone to need each other more and more. The more Chris gets to know Hayley, the harder it is to stay detached. And the more Hayley gets to know Chris, the more she realizes she’s been alone for so long she might never recover from it. 
Read on for my review....

Saturday 29 March 2014

Play #2 stage dive series By Kylie Scott



Mal Ericson, drummer for the world famous rock band Stage Dive, needs to clean up his image fast - at least for a little while. Having a good girl on his arm should do the job just fine. But he didn't count on exactly how much fun he could have being with the one right girl. 

Anne Rollins has money problems. Big ones. But being paid to play the pretend girlfriend to a demented drummer was never going to be a good idea. No matter how hot he is. She's had her sights set on her male bestie, Reece, for years. And now that she's supposedly taken, he's finally paying attention. If only the chemistry between her and her rock star would stop hitting new heights . . 
read on for my review....

Friday 28 March 2014

Lick By Kylie Scott



Evelyn Thomas's plans for celebrating her twenty-first birthday in Las Vegas were big. Huge. But she sure as hell never meant to wake up on the bathroom floor with a hangover to rival the black plague, a very attractive half-naked tattooed man, and a diamond on her finger large enough to scare King Kong.

Now if she could just remember how it all happened. One thing is for certain, being married to rock and roll's favourite son is sure to be a wild ride.
Read on for my review...

Wednesday 26 March 2014

Without Doubt By CJ Azevedo




Ava Sterling is tough and the most straight laced girl you will ever meet. Her family and her past have managed to alter her future permanently and she has no desire to allow anyone else into her life or her heart for fear of rejection or further altering. Ava is alone in the world with the exception of the grandest responsibility she did not create on her own but on her own she will carry for the rest of her life. 
Declan James is a MMA fighter, party all night kind of guy. Responsibility is nowhere to be found in his life or so he allows everyone around him to believe. Coming from wealth and a carefree lifestyle, Declan gets what he wants, always. And what he wants is Ava. In his pursuit of getting what he wants, Ava in his bed, his plan changes quickly without his consent. Against his plans of being the next hot bachelor to cross the tabloids as he makes his way to being the Ultimate Light Heavyweight Champion, Declan falls in love. He falls in love without hesitation and without doubt. 
Neither Declan nor Ava are aware that fate has inconveniently intertwined their lives forever. Will they be able to survive the aftermath of the truth? 
read on for review...

Pure Will By Kristie Pelton





Growing up without a mother, Camden never learned the rules of sex until introduced to them by a bad boy who took advantage of her innocence—breaking her. 

Will spiraled into a world of darkness following an unbearable hurt…in turn using women and alcohol to dull the pain. 

Two wounded people…coming together under awkward circumstances…healing each other…until the bad boy from Camden’s past finds her… 

Does Will have the power to fight for someone worth fighting for? 


Camden Biggs, the daughter of a professional baseball player…lost her mother at age 9. Eager to be loved, she fell in love with the hottest, bad boy she’d ever met at age 15, Max. Totally off limits and living under the same roof, she succumbed to his manipulations until he was forced out of her life—hanging on to a promise to only give herself to him. 

Will Denton raised by a trailer trash father and a trust fund mother had a taste of both worlds and all sorts of women—especially when he dove into a world of darkness following a tragedy and loss of his own. 

Camden, now a senior at the University of Kansas where she tutors the hottest, most talented athletes hides behind her outgoing roommate Kate—who is sexually active enough for both of them; Camden lives vicariously through Kate while still trying to heal her wounds from the past—until Will Denton comes home with Kate one night. Though he slept with Kate, he sets his sights on Cam. 

Camden finally succumbs to the gorgeous eyes and body of Will Denton. And as Will is finally starting to tear down the walls that Cam has built over the years…Bad Boy Max makes a reappearance to reclaim what was once his.
read on for my review....

Monday 24 March 2014

Fall into forever By Beth Hyland





A girl with a past she can't remember. A guy with a past he can't forget.

Ivy McAllister had it all. Perfect boyfriend. Perfect life. Perfect future. Or so they tell her. Because one night, on a dark country road, a fiery crash changed everything...and Ivy can't remember what happened.

Now, two years later, at a new college far from home, she tries to regain control of her life, but her plans don't include a tattooed, motorcycle-riding, indie music-obsessed guy with his own sorority girl fan club.

Jon Priestly is the hottest guy at Pacific State University. Just ask his groupies. But with a dark past he must keep hidden, he shuts himself off emotionally and trusts no one. That is...until he meets a broken girl with haunting green eyes and secrets of her own.

Ivy shouldn't be attracted to Jon. They're wrong for each other in every possible way. Yet as they spend time together, something about him--everything about him--feels so right.

But when threats from her past make her question what little she does remember, Ivy must decide whether to run again or trust the one person she can't live without.
Read on for my review...

Wednesday 19 March 2014

Spin By CD Reiss





Mafia capo, Antonio Spinelli blew through my orderly life like a cyclone. 

Gorgeous and passionate, with a breathtaking brutality, he put me under his spell the moment he touched me, drawing me into his underworld of risk, violence and betrayal. 

And I found, just as this sophisticated savage didn’t trust me, I didn’t trust myself. Something happened to me. Some alchemy from the heat between us. 

I discovered I was a savage, too. 
Read on for my review ....

Tuesday 11 March 2014

This Man By Jodi Ellen Malpas



Young interior designer Ava O'Shea has no idea what awaits her at the Manor. A run-of-the-mill consultation with a stodgy country gent seems likely, but what Ava finds instead is Jesse Ward - a devastatingly handsome, utterly confident, pleasure-seeking playboy who knows no boundaries.
Ava doesn't want to be attracted to this man, and yet she can't control the overwhelming desire he stirs in her. She knows that her heart will never survive him and her instinct is telling her to run, but Jesse is not willing to let her go. He wants her and is determined to have her.
Read on for my review ...

Friday 7 March 2014

Cross my heart By Katie Klein



True love can blossom in unexpected places. This is Jaden pretending not to notice. . . . 

Jaden McEntyre and Parker Whalen are a wrong fit from the start. Jaden is driven and focused, Harvard Med School within reach. Parker has a past—a reputation—and the rumors about his mysterious habits abound. So there’s no reason why, when they're assigned to work together on a project in English, they should discover they have anything in common, or even like each other, and they definitely shouldn't be falling in love. 

As they bond over Edith Wharton’s tragic novella, Ethan Frome, the “bad boy” vibe Parker plays begins to dissipate. Soon, Jaden finds herself shedding her own “good girl” image: sneaking around to be with him, confiding in him, and ultimately falling hard for this leather-wearing, motorcycle-driving loner who plays into the rebel stereotype. 

Still, Jaden can't shake the feeling that there's more to Parker than he's letting on. He's hiding something from her, and discovering the truth means reconciling the Parker she's grown to love with the person he really is. Because it's possible that his life inside the classroom—everything Jaden knows—is one, massive lie. 
Read on for my review ...

Monday 3 March 2014

Twist me By Anna Zaires



I never thought this could happen to me. I never imagined one chance meeting on the eve of my eighteenth birthday could change my life so completely.

Now I belong to him. To Julian. To a man who is as ruthless as he is beautiful - a man whose touch makes me burn. A man whose tenderness I find more devastating than his cruelty.

My captor is an enigma. I don't know who he is or why he took me. There is a darkness inside him - a darkness that scares me even as it draws me in.

My name is Nora Leston, and this is my story.

Sunday 2 March 2014

Hero By Leighton Del Mia



Calvin Parish 
They call me Hero. 
I defend. 
I protect. 
I ask for nothing in return, and that makes me good. 
Doesn’t it? 

That which makes me the ultimate predator also feeds dark impulses I’ve learned to control—until I bring her too close. For years I’ve watched her from afar, but what started out as duty has become obsession. 

Cataline Ford 
I work hard. 
I play by the rules. 
I’m content. 
My scars are quiet and invisible, and that keeps me hidden. 
Doesn’t it? 

One fateful walk home, I’m taken by someone I didn’t know I should fear. Captive and afraid, nobody will tell me why I’m confined to this hauntingly beautiful mansion. I’m given everything; I have nothing. He takes what he needs from me, and for that I hate him. But I might have loved him once. 

And just because you’re reading this doesn’t mean I survive him. 
Read on for my review.... 

Saturday 1 March 2014

Dom wars round one By Lucian Bane



Lucian Bane’s inner Dom is out of control and hungry for things he can’t name. When he signs up for Dom Wars, he meets Tara who is naive to the BDSM world. Her reckless dominance and puritan heart fascinate him. But when he discovers the pain in her past, it unleashes his true Dom within.
Read on for my review...

Friday 28 February 2014

Take a chance By Abbi Glines



When Harlow Manning's rocker father goes on tour, he sends her to Rosemary Beach, Florida, to live with her half-sister, Nan. The problem: Nan despises her. Harlow has to keep her head down if she wants to get through the next nine months, which seems easy enough… until gorgeous Grant Carter walks out of Nan's room.
Grant made a huge mistake getting involved with a girl with venom in her veins. He'd known about Nan's reputation, but still couldn't resist her. Nothing makes him regret the fling more than meeting Harlow, who sends his pulse racing. Yet Harlow wants nothing to do with a guy who could fall for her wicked half-sister - even if there are no strings between Grant and Nan.
Grant is desperate to redeem himself in Harlow's eyes, but did he ruin his chances with her before he even met her?
Read on for my review ....

Tuesday 25 February 2014

Mirage (Destined#1) By Suzanne Ashley



Mira and Kylee meet Danny and Skylar during freshman orientation, their first week of college. Two sets of best friends embark on a new adventure together, forming life long bonds. 
Mira and Danny are looking forward to their future as husband and wife. Everything was going according to plan. That was until tragedy struck them on graduation night leaving three broken people to pick up the pieces. 
Skylar has always stood in the background, watching his best friend begin a life with the woman he fell in love with until he can no longer keep a distance. 
Right when Mira thinks her life is back on track it spirals out of control. What if everything you thought you knew was nothing more than a mirage?
Read on for my review...

Friday 21 February 2014

Deep blue hold By Amie Nichols


Ian Bradson fell and fell hard for Aubrey Jackson. He knows he will do anything to protect her and keep her in his life. Finding out there is something from her past that is driving her into the comfort of another man. Is something he cannot have. He will do everything in his power to keep her. She's scared to tell him her secret but when she does he knows that he will do whatever it takes to keep her secret safe. 

Aubrey Jackson can't believe after all this time that the one thing that changed her life forever is back to haunt her. Not only that but it's worse then she thought. Her best friend and ex-boyfriend, pro football player Rex Olsen is the only one who knew about it. Now she finds out there is a tape of the whole thing. If Rex knew about the tape it will kill her, and if Ian finds out the truth will he still want her. 
Read on for my review...