Title:No Angel

Author : Tara Hart

Series:N/A

Release date:April 18th 2016

Rating : 4 Stars

Blurb :

Charlie Hunt is a slut.

Have you ever let one word define you? Allowed one single word to shape your reality? I have. I’m not the girl you take home to meet your parents. I’m the opposite. I’m a sure thing with no strings attached, but one college jock took it too far, and for once, I’m the person who needs saving.

Evan Dawson is lost.

I never imagined myself back here, in my childhood home, looking after my wayward brother, but here I am. This isn’t the life I planned for, but as soon as I set eyes on her, everything made perfect sense. The reason I’m here, the purpose of my existence is to be with this girl and make her see her worth.

For Charlie and Evan the journey has never been easy, but can two complete opposites become one whole? Or will Charlie’s reputation tear them apart?

No Angel is intended for readers over 18 years of age. It contains graphic sexual scenarios and strong language.

You can learn a lot about judgement and the prejudices from Tara Hart’s new book “No Angel”.

Charlie and Evan give the reader a new perception on things.

If you are honest with ourselves – how often have we judged people based on stuff we heard others telling us about them without even knowing how much of it is true?

I connected with a lot of things Charlie thought but also Evan was right on a lot of stuff. Surely there were some wrongs in their thoughts and idea’s too, there needed to be, because otherwise this story would not have had a single twist or turn.

I think this book gave me a little insight in some things I never understood when they were mentioned in other novels … so yes I really learned something I hope.

The story is well told and definitively the author poured her heart into it – so yes I liked my first novel by this author and I would like to recommend to read it to you if you feel the blurb might be interesting to you

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Broken Down

Amanda K. Byrne

Hidden Scars #2

Release date : Apr 12, 2016

Rating : 4 Stars

The one thing he could do for her was let her go. Until he couldn’t.When Thieves’ guitarist Shane Jones lost his close friend to a freak accident, Krista Conner helped him through the worst of his grief. He kept their late-night trysts a secret to protect her from the tabloids, and when she broke up with him, he let her go.But he never got over her.Months later, his world is rocked again by the death of his brother mere weeks before the biggest Thieves album yet. Grieving and desperate for peace, he tracks Krista down, craving the salvation he found in her sweet spirit. Only this time, he’s determined not to leave.Krista left Shane because her life was a mess. She’s rebuilt it, piece by challenging piece, making some hard decisions along the way. She’s settled into a new city and a new life, and for the first time in a long time, she’s content and happy. Then Shane turns up, promising to stay, promising to care. Promising everything.Shane’s the one she wants, but the toughest choice she made could drive him away for good.

With her first Book “Hidden Scars” Amanda K. Byrne established a very special “tone” of storytelling, that she effortlessly transferred to the second book of the Hidden Scars series as well.

“Broken Down” is quiet book even when reading in the Blurb about rock stars, the reader will NOT find a fast paced and heavy novel.

The tone is more deep and intense.

With a plot filled with well developed characters it is fun to follow the story.I am really getting to like this authors writing style – very recommendable

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Jagger

J Chelsea Camaron and M.J. Fields

Caldwell Brothers #3

Release date : Apr 12, 2016

Rating : 3 Stars

Jagger Caldwell is no one’s hero. With a reputation busting heads and breaking hearts on the underground MMA circuit, he lives for easy cash and easier women. But when he stumbles upon an all-too-familiar scene, painful memories awaken Jagger’s sensitive side and compel him to act. As a kid, he stood by helplessly as his old man beat his mom. Now, Jagger won’t let seventeen-year-old Tatiana Rand suffer the same fate. Nothing matters except saving her. Tatiana is a prisoner in her own home, at the mercy of her violent father—until an unlikely savior bursts through her door and into her life. Six-feet-plus of tattooed muscle and raw power, Jagger is no prince charming—but Tatiana stopped believing in fairy tales long ago. Despite their differences in age and, well, everything else, the sexy bad boy sparks a fire that Tatiana never knew she had—and desires that only Jagger can quench.

Starting his book by these two authors made me think: “This main plot line really sounds interesting.” Which it really is. I am not going to spoiler in this review which makes it quite diffiult to write this down. A main plot line that left you wondering what is going to happen.

Including really deep characters that together created this intense atmosphere.

I really enjoyed reading this book. Discovering what the authors made out of this really good first half of the book. I also enjoyed the other half, I really did. But at this point I also have to say that it feels like they lost their focus on the main ideas which made it more and more difficult to stay part of the story.

I really enjoyed seeing them gtting closer and closer while it actually got quite difficult to follow the main story as at some points even too much story lines get added to the main plot line.

I would love to get to know more about , especially, Tatiana as she is a really interesting character.

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This One Moment

Stina Lindenblatt

N/A

Release date : Apr 5, 2016

Rating : 4 Stars

When Nolan Kincaid skipped town to chase the music career of his dreams, he knew he wouldn’t miss the reminders of his broken family—he wasn’t so sure he could forget the girl he left behind. Now his band is touring nonstop, the recording sessions go all night, and the groupies are crazed. But when he hears that Hailey Wilkins is in trouble, he drops everything. Hailey thought she’d missed her chance with Nolan. Five years ago, the moment she realized she loved him was the moment he decided to leave. Now, when a brutal assault lands her in the ICU, Nolan flies straight to her bedside, acting like nothing’s changed. What’s a rock star like him doing, canceling shows and risking his record deal, just to nurse an old friend back to health? And why should Hailey believe he’ll stay this time? With her attacker still at large, Nolan’s ready to rise to the occasion. He knows he let Hailey down once before, but he’s ready to give her everything, heart and soul—and he’ll fight for the chance to prove it.

If you asked me straight forward on my thoughts about second chance romances books than I would say “NOPE – not for me.

But I guess you can always count in some exceptions to the rule. ”This One Moment by Stina Lindenblatt is one of those exceptions.

It seems – with me it is really depending on the package of the second chance. Nolan and Hailey had been friends for such a long time so actually it is almost a “friends-to-lovers” as well as a “second-chance” setting.

And also the reasons for them to be apart made sense in a big way.

I could easy relate to Nolan’s thoughts even if the way he handled it were, well … kind of “typical male” …

But the author made sure to show the reader that he was never far away from Hailey. Even if she did not say it out loud – the reader could also be quite sure she knew somewhere deep down that that there was always some connection to Nolan. #Hence the friend that is taping the games even if it is well known he does not care for the games himself.

So is this really a second chance novel ? or more a “took you a long time to see the obvious” novel – I am not sure …

But I liked it … like in REALLY liked it – and from what I learned from Nolan’s Band – I really would like to hear more about them in future books.

I could not totally understand some of the reasons that led to the final solution of the mystery of her attacker (no details because of spoilers) but in the grand scheme I think they did not matter so much as the focus was on the leading characters.

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Title:Fly

Author :Molly McLain

Series:Velocity #1

Release date:05 Apr 2016

Rating : 4 Stars

Meet Colton Wade, FMX rider…I’m just a small town guy who caught a lucky break. Now I’m living the dream, on the brink of high-flying super-stardom. But something’s missing.That something is Taylor. She’s my best friend. The one who makes me want to push harder and higher. The one I fall back on when shit gets tough. The one I’d give it all up for.I’d do anything to protect her. To make her dreams come true too.But a single night changes everything. And now the one she needs protection from…is me.

Let me start my thoughts on Fly (Velocity #1) by Molly McLain with the for me at this moment most important one …

THIS BOOK HAS A CLIFFHANGER so be warned (sorry but that needs to be said)

Now coming to Colton and Taylor… their relationship is interesting. They have known each other like FOREVER.

But still Taylor keeps stuff to herself that no one guesses.

And sometimes it is almost as if Colton has a “personality disorder” – and I do not mean that in a bad way. It is just that it seems that he is trying so hard to have two different personalities. His working one where he is completely eaten alive by his demanding motor cross career. And his personal secret heaven that is everything Taylor.

Its been a long time since I have seen such a carful yet fragile construct. As a reader you are waiting from almost page one for the other shoe to drop.

Written in an engaging way this book gives you a view into their lives that wants you to slap both of them and you will find yourselves wanting to hammer some sense into them. I guess it’s the outside view that will give you this logic as all their friends also see what both of them can not seem to grasp.

Their relationship is changing and they are the only ones that can decide which direction they will go.

I am not willing to give a final judgement on the book as I need to see how the story will further unfold but the way I see it now – it will be an interesting journey and the end is wide open for now

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