Title:The Debt

Author :Tyler King

Series:N/A

Release date:10 May 2016

Rating : 4 Stars

Hadley saved my life . . . and I ruined hers

Hadley’s my best friend. We share a house, our friends, a life. She knows all my secrets . . . except one. My desperate need for her is inked on my body, it’s the best I can do. But Hadley needs to hear the words . . . Growing up as foster kids, Hadley made me feel whole-sane. And what did I do? I destroyed our chance to be together. I ran out on Hadley when I should have stayed, and something broke between us. Now I’ll do anything to fix it. I’ll never leave her again. I won’t ever let her feel afraid again. But the more I try to protect her from my pain, the more I just make things worse. I’m terrified that if I tell her everything, she’ll never forgive me. I’m even more terrified that it may be too late to make her mine. I have to try to give her what she needs . . . it’s a debt I’m determined to repay.

The Debt by Tyler King is a contemporary book that tells you the story of two former foster care children that somehow find their ways back together when being adults.

It combines the typical elements of a contemporary romance which including some darker elements that definetly create tension. Tension that makes you want to read the book in one sitting.

I loved the characters and the way they interact as it´s presented in a really special way. I have never read a book by Tyler King, but have to say: she really is a special author who definetly deserves more attention.

It´s amazing to see how she connected the past of Josh and Hadley with their present lives , really well visible in the way she describes their interaction.

All in all a really good book by a really talented author.

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After the Hurt

Shana Gray

N/A

Release date : Mar 29, 2016

Rating : 3 Stars

Pepper Chapman refuses to throw in the towel. Six months ago, she made the biggest mistake of her life. Blinded by grief after her mom’s death, Pepper abandoned the man she loves. Now she wants a second chance at everything she gave up: strong hands driving her to ecstasy . . . a deep voice whispering naughty promises in her ear . . . the future they’d planned since they were teenagers. So Pepper comes home looking for forgiveness, ready for a new beginning—if he’s willing to give her a shot. Retired MMA star Tank Sherman may be used to low blows, but Pepper’s emotional sucker punch left him reeling. Trying to ignore the pain and forget the pleasure of her body beneath his, Tank is prepared to ring the final bell on their relationship. Then Pepper shows up out of the blue, radiating pure sex. But Tank won’t let himself get hurt again, and that means resisting the heat that still burns between them. Because if he takes Pepper back, he knows he’ll never be able to let her go again.

A book I really was looking forward to read, but in the end didn´t convinced me as much as I was hoping for.

The blurb made clear that this is going to be second chance romance story, just with the difference that it really seemed to be a more spicy.

All in all, it was a not too bad read. The story-line was good, buch was lacking at some points which actually made me wait for the final “boom” which I couldn´t really find. I think especially the characters are pretty interesting, even though they sadly were not able to develop their full potential.

With a bit more deepness and a deeper story-line, this definetly could have been a better read.

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Title:Claimed by Her Web Master

Author : Normandie Alleman

Series:Web Master #3

Release date:19 May 2016

Rating : 3 Stars

She’s my addiction, my love–my life.

She’s changed me, and I never want to go back.

I tried to protect her.

Hell, I tried to protect myself, but I fucked it all up.

I may be a sick bastard, but I would lay down my life for her. And I’ll do whatever it takes to make every inch of her mine again. I always tell her for every ounce of pleasure a price must be paid. She’s already paid more than she ever owed.

Now it’s my turn to pay.

Claimed by Her Web Master is the final book in the Web Master Trilogy and should be read following Her Web Master and Tested by Her Web Master.

I just read Claimed by Her Web Master (Web Master #3) by Normandie Alleman. It is the last part in a trilogy and I enjoyed the first two books, which you can notice by my 5 star rating. Unfortunately the last part of this series will not be quite so high in my rating.

It seems to be a common problem lately that the last parts in a series can not keep up with the grown anticipation that the readers experience while waiting for them. I admit I had high hopes in the last book because given the track record of the first two parts I expected something totally freshly unique.

Actually basically Ms. Alleman delivered something unexpected but suddenly my mysterious Dom that I came to like went from mysterious and dominant to desperate and creepy. I can live with the desperate part it is believable as it fits to the situation but the creepy part is well … creepy?

And a little unexpected – so yes – I got what I wanted which confirms to me again “be careful what you wish for” Again you find yourselves unapologetically thrown into the story right where we left it in part two – but our DOM feels strangely different.

He had developed from a distant stranger to someone more approachable in the second book. Now it felt like we were back to square one only with the knowledge of second base. With Sophie was similar – the feelings she were supposed to be having did not transfer from book 2 to 3.

I as a reader have always felt relatable to her so far but suddenly she felt like a stranger.

Quite a big chunk of the book is only from his Point in the beginning and his thoughts show the Dom we know but the measures he takes to get to his goal are questionable and I can not relate to Sophie that she is really going with it.

She feels so withdrawn and emotionless and this has nothing to do with her being submissive.

I am really sitting here wondering what happened to both of them. The direction the second half of the book became predictable which would not have been bad if I could have felt what was going on. But I just read the words without feeling them.

Every time when I thought “NOW” its happening – in the next few pages something came up that destroyed it again. The final nail to the coffin came almost in the end when all the loose endings should come together to a final showdown. The point when emotions should be out in the open (good or bad) – Again our Dom did something that basically distanced him from Sophie – something I would have expected of him in book 1 but not after book 2.

So now I am left wondering how to rate this book.

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Title:Kisses On A Paper Airplane

Author :Sarah Vance-Tompkins

Series:N/A

Release date:14th May 2016

Rating : 4 Stars

Drama student Hannah Evans isn’t kissing any frogs on her path to find Prince Charming. She’s determined to share the perfect first kiss — with the perfect boy — in the perfect place — or she’s not kissing anyone at all.

When Hannah meets a cute ginger-haired boy in first class lounge in the London airport, she knows he’s ‘The One.’

Pop star Theo Callahan is on the road to get as far away as possible from his back-stabbing best friend, and his supermodel girlfriend who broke his heart. Until one shy smile from Hannah has him rethinking all of his travel plans.

Theo is smitten, but he’s worried she’s just a groupie in search of the ultimate selfie. Can Theo learn to trust Hannah in time to share one perfect first kiss, or will Hannah be forced to kiss a frog?

The Story of “Kisses on a Paper Airplane” by Sarah Vance-Tompkins is a sweet one. The romantic kind of story that every teenager … nope let’s be honest – that every girl AND woman dreams of.

We do not really get to know Theo that well even if the story is told from both sides the reader has to work with the public view of him that Hannah is conveying to the reader.

Hannah on the other hand is in her own mind a lot and thinking quite loud.

There are some interesting dialogues between them and having been a fan of a British actor for some years now I (and I guess many fans too) can totally relate to some stuff that is said and recited in the book.

Usually I would say the story unfortunately suffers from the short story-disease. Having trouble finding the right balance of background and depth. But something in the transient setting of the airports helps to fill that gap.

A reader will not expect anything permanent in a setting like an airport so even any conversation with depth will already exceed those expectations – great move actually to place it like this.

I would have introduced the story with a different Blurb, meaning from a different angle but that is my personal taste.

This story could be an easy earned 4 star read (again for the 5th star you need to trigger specific reactions from me that I did not have and cannot control – like crying or laughing fits)

But the writing style of the author is not a developed or not as fitting to the story as I would have liked as a reader so its more like a 3.5 stars – but as Goodreads and other rating systems will not allow that – I will leave it with the 4 stars.

Please enjoy this as a light summer read

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Title:Untamed (Heath & Violet)

Author :Callie Harper

Series:N/A

Release date:23rd May 2016

Rating : 3 Stars

There’s a massive, ripped mountain man named Heathcliff. He’s brooding, bearded, and sexy as hell. Then there’s city girl Violet, a TV producer hungry for a hit show. You’d best not get in the way of her Louboutin heels or make her chip her nails. They both have secrets they’re trying to hide. They’re having even more trouble keeping their hands off of each other. When Violet’s reality show “Hot Off the Grid” starts filming in Heath’s tiny Vermont town, what could possibly go wrong?

Heath

All I want is life out of the spotlight. I’m up here in my cabin in the woods and I like it that way. No one knows who I am and no one cares.

Then she shows up, strutting along in heels with her long, sexy legs, tossing around her silky, golden hair and smelling like vanilla and honey. It should be easy to ignore her. She’s exactly the high-maintenance, gold-digging type I’ve steered clear of my whole life. The only problem is the blisteringly hot sex. Melt down the cabin, end winter and start spring sex. Other than that, I see no reason that my life is going to change at all.

Violet

Where even is Vermont? When I got the call to scout the location for our network’s next reality show, I seriously had to pull out Google Maps.

When I first got there, I was counting the hours until I convinced those country bumpkins to sign away all their privacy for the next six months. Funny thing about these rural places, though. They grow ’em big. Crazy big, if you know what I mean, ladies. There’s this guy. Just thinking about him, I’ve got to stop for a second and fan myself. I’d tell him to get lost only I can’t seem to form words around him other than “yes,” “‘more,” and “I’m going to…Oh!” It must be the orgasms melting my brain. He’s nothing like the type of guy I’m after, believe me, and once I’ve wrapped up this deal I’m never looking back. At least that’s what I’m telling myself. But each time he touches me I can’t remember my name, let alone my sales pitch. And I’m starting to realize that if I seal this deal and get my big win, we might both have a lot to lose.

Before I read Untamed (Heath & Violet) by Callie Harper I already read “Undone” by this author so I knew I would most probably like her writing style. And I was right on that account.

But in direct comparison to Undone I feel that Untamed was missing out in transmitting the feelings to the reader. In order to like a book I must be able to feel alongside with the leading characters and this is where I was facing problems with this book.

The story itself is solid and well written so there are no complains on that matter. The characters are interesting and well developed so this was also not the problem. Recognizing this I am left with my missing connection and no way to explain it.

Diving into the story I could already tell that the authors attempt to introduce Violet as “misplaced” Heath surrounding might lead to a problem with me, because I am kind of fast making up my mind (3 chapter rule is what I call it) and I do not like the type of woman she was introduced as.

When a book starts of with a character feeling off to me – it really needs hard work to get the story back on track for me.

Heath on the other hand was not really brooding or a mountain man in my eyes, he was by far to nice and open for that in the beginning … So I guess – looking back it was my first 3 chapter rule that mad up my mind about this book.

Actually the story gets more “real” as it continues and the reader can start getting a feel out of both of them – and from the middle to the end it becomes quite good. But for me and my very personal opinion the beginning is (together with the end) on of the most important points in a book and if that does not draw me in ….

As I liked the other books by this author I will naturally pick up her next again if the blurb appeals to me because not every book is for every reader even though he likes the author.

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