Title : The Artist

Author :Shealy James

Series : The Game Changers #2

Release date:23rd October 2015

Rating : 4 Stars

Blurb : Katherine “Kitty” Peters is done doing what Daddy says…When Kitty rebels against her wealthy father, he issues an ultimatum. She has one month to agree with his plans for a suitable marriage, or find her own way without the benefit of all he provides for her.Taking full advantage of those precious weeks, Kitty escapes her suffocating world for a more colorful one…where she meets a tattooed maverick who captivates her with one sexy smirk. Adam Vaughn doesn’t play by the rules…His good looks and bad-boy persona always get him what he wants, but he’s also an artist, a painter, and deeply sensitive. Lately, however, only one thing inspires him—the stunning Kitty Peters.Passion flares, but a family crisis might douse the flame…Adam needs help, and Kitty’s father has connections. As the end of her month approaches, Kitty’s deal with the devil is far more complicated than simply submitting to her father’s will.Can she walk away from the man she loves in order to save him from pain?Even if it means living the rest of her life without him?

Review :“The Artist” by Shealy James is the second book of the Game Changers series and it after reading the first one also I have to say, that his one is even better than “The CEO”

I really consider myself lucky to be one of the first ones that has the pleasure to read this book.

By the title I would have never guessed how intense some of those dialogues were going to get. There is some serious “favorite quotes” material in this book.

Ms. James created wonderful characters in a very interesting plot. Even if the basic idea of the this novel is not new, the author presented it in a very fresh setting. And down to the supporting characters everything is well developed and flawlessly written.

I refuse to spoiler any content but one thing I have to say … ADAM – where did Ms. James get that guy … seriously OMG he was just … (no words)

Are you up to a lot of emotional pain and sacrifices – check out this book …

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Title : Dead Ringer

Author : Jessie Rosen

Series : N/A

Release date:Nov 11, 2015

Rating : 3 Stars

Blurb :From the moment Laura Rivers steps foot into Englewood High, she notices the stares—and they aren’t the typical once-overs every pretty new girl endures. The students seem confused and…spooked. Whispers echoing through the halls confirm that something is seriously off. “That new girl looks just like her,” they say.It turns out Laura has a doppelgänger, and it isn’t just anyone—it’s Sarah Castro-Tanner, the girl who killed herself by jumping into the Navasink River one year ago.Laura is determined not to let the gossip ruin her chances of making a fresh start. Thanks to her charming personality and California tan, she catches the eye of Englewood’s undisputed golden boy, Charlie Sanders, and it’s only a matter of time before they make their relationship official.But something is making Charlie and his friends paranoid—and Laura soon discovers it has to do with Sarah Castro-Tanner.What really happened to Sarah? Why is Charlie unraveling? And how does Laura Rivers fit into it all?After all, she’s the dead ringer for a dead girl.

Review :Dead Ringer by Jessie Rosen left me in a place where I feel unable to make up an opinion about the content of this book as I am not able to decide if its a brilliant psychological thriller or some really bad idea brought to paper. What I know is – I felt bad when reading this book and even if I love feeling the emotions of a book THIS I did not like at all . There was just too much packed into this story that got peeled away like layers from an onion.

And while the peeling itself was good it was the amount of stuff itself that started to feel unbelivable.

I am not even sure if I could give any age recommendation on this story. There is something about this book which is impossible to explain. One of the most special books I have ever read. I still dont know if this is good or bad….

Wed to the Bad Boy

Kaylee Song

N/A

Release date : 28th October 2015

Rating : 4 Stars

I never wanted a wife, but now that I have Joanna, I can’t let her go…

Greyson

I was a cold-hearted bastard dedicated to running the company. A good one-night stand was better than any relationship, but Jo rocked my world and brought me to my knees.Then her uncle, the crime king of the East-Coast, forced me to marry her. Now she’s stuck with me and I’m the last thing she needs.But I can’t stop wanting her.

Joanna

My life was perfect. Planned. Until I met Greyson. He tricked me into sleeping with him, but I didn’t expect to fall for him, or to get pregnant by him. Now I’m his property and I can’t get away. He’s such a f*cking monster, and I can’t help but want him.

I just finished reading Wed to the Bad Boy by Kaylee Song and I feel like I have been run over with a freight train.

This is one of those books where you finish the last pages and stare at the closed book for a good amount of time wondering what just happened.

I don’t know how she did it but Ms. Song managed to fit a plot for at least 2 books into just one without killing anything of the story.

Still I am wondering how on earth she did that. I would assume other authors would have at the very least made 2 books out of it.

Hell (sry)… others even made 3 or 4 out of much less.

The reader is turning page after page and has all the right in the world to be afraid of what will happen next.

Yes sure – the blurb gives you an indication but you would never expect what the story delivers.

I guess it goes without saying that the writing is flawless and somehow the characters fill their designated positions in this plot without being actually as deep as you would expect.

Which is a very interesting fact I think.

Plot sounds interesting to you ? … READ it …

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Title : Unforgettable: Always 2

Author :Cherie M Hudson

Series : Always #2

Release date:Oct 22, 2015

Rating : 4,5 Stars

Blurb :My name is Brendon Osmond. I’m a 25 year old post-graduate student who knows three things with absolute conviction. I know damn near everything there is to know about keeping in peak physical shape. I have a plan to make a lot of money from that knowledge. I’m an optimist who’s not easily rattled. But then the girl I fell in love with almost two years ago texts me out of the blue and everything I know is thrown out the window.Am I rattled? No.Not until I fly to the other side of the world and discover the girl I fell for has kept a very big secret from me.A secret that mocks all my knowledge of the human body and how to keep it healthy.A secret that shatters my plans for my own personal training business.A secret with my eyes.A secret who needs me more than I can comprehend.Ask me again if I’m rattled.Now ask me if I’m still in love.

Review :

“ ’Sokay”- this is one word quoted from Unforgettable, a book by Cherie M. Hudson that is more than ok. It´s incredible! Before I start talking about the single aspects, I really need to mention how deep this story got under my skin. Sooooo very deep!

With this story you get to know some of the most awesome characters I have ever met. And I am not just talking about the main characters including Brendon who definetly has got a place in my heart or Amanda, but also about all the other ones which I will not mention as it would mean spoiler alert. This makes it in general very dificult to review this book so I just try to write down my thoughts .

Did I mention how much I love the story-line and characters? >.<Even if, I can´t do it enough. I don know if it´s the point of view the author chose, but it feels like your head is connected with Brendon. This is also something very rare as he is the male protagonist which usually makes it more difficult to connect with….. I would love to mention so many aspects at this point, but I can´t because of spoilers which is the reason why it feels like I am just babbling. But this is exactly what this book did to me: making me all mushy, because it is that emotional….. So yes ; I really can recommend this book to you, even if in my opinion the period of time this book is set in feels a bit off…It´s a middle-length book which includes just some days. I don´t know if it´s just me but it might would have been better for the feeling to let the reader think he experiences more than just these some hours as this is not a short-story. This definetly is one of my 2015-founds and I can´t wait to read the other ones which are definetly wrapped in the same unique writing-style as this one….

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Constructing Love

Natalie Alder

N/A

Release date :May 17th 2015

Rating : 4 Stars

A tender new relationship…an artist and a construction worker. They are a work-in-progress with potential to be a portrait of happiness. But her desire for him as the subject in her next painting may taint their chances..

A emotional short story that tells you about two characters affected by each other…. Usually I am always careful when it comes to short stories as mostly it´s impossible to tell the story in a satisfying way. With “Constructing Love” by Natalie Adler you get something that , because of its length, leaves up a lot to your imagination while still making the reader feel as a part of the story. I like the writing style that is wrapped around this very good story. But I still need to write down this sentence which I do in almost all my short story-reviews: I would love to get to know more about the characters and the story itself! Thanks for sharing this ARC with me.

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Healing

Rachel Caid

Finding Home Book One

Release date : August 14th 2015

Rating : 4 Stars

After a devastating loss, Anna Johnston has finally gotten the pieces of her life to fit back together and has created a comfortable pattern for her and her son, Roman. Trying to protect both of their hearts, Anna has given up on dating accepting that she will never completely heal from losing Roman’s father. Noah Evans just got out of a relationship based on lies and isn’t looking for anything permanent. New to town, he and his friend and business partner are focused on finishing their new remodel and making money. One boys’ night out introduces him to Anna and all of that changes. Noah wants something real; a place to call home. He might be pushy, but Noah is determined to get what he wants. Just as Anna and Noah start to come together, someone from the past comes back to cause trouble. Can Noah convince Anna to take a chance on him and break free from the pain of her memories? Will Anna look past what she cannot change to see a future that includes Noah?

This is one of the realest story I have ever read! Not only because of the down-to-earth characters which could exixst and walk around somewhere in my neighbourhood, but also because Rachel Caid´s writing style makes you feel every single emotion that can be found in the book.

You have this basic story-line, one that makes you wish: please let them have their happy end! I love the characters! They both, Anna and Noah, have a very deep going past that definetly influenced the humans they are today. To see how they both try to figure out a way to deal with the feelings is something which got me all exited which is why I finished this book in just two sittings . One more reason for it is the fact that I just love Roman, especially when he is around Noah! The way they interact with each other is just loveable.

Talknig about the pace of this story, I have to say that it got better while in the beginning it was a bit too slow in my opinion.

Rachel Caid is one of these authors you really should keep an eye on, because without a doubt: she is talented! What a great debut novel!

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His Muse

Coral F. Black

His Muse I

Rating : 5 Stars

No one had ever looked at me like that. Especially not the hottest man I’d ever seen. He had the lean, tan muscles of a world class athlete, thick black hair, huge hands marbled by big veins. Before he picked up his camera to shoot, he looked at me with eyes that could have set me on fire.Nothing else mattered; he was all I wanted.But when Daniel Baldessari called me “undateable” in order to get a reaction for the perfect fashion shot, I knew I was really in trouble. And after that first shoot, things started getting even stranger. Who was the “mystery client” that wanted to hire me for an exclusive contract and was sending me gorgeous flowers and boxes of sexy silk clothing and stilettos so that I’d say yes? Why did Daniel Baldessari’s beautiful cousin keep showing up at his house? And what was the dark secret from his past that threatened to tear us apart before I could find out if this maddening man even wanted me?I knew I had to find out.

What a great first book to start this series with! Wow! When the author asked us to review this series for us , I was very interested as I never read about such a story in a blurb before. I never read a photographer-model- novel before which might is the reason why I was so exited about how this is going to work out. And what can I say? It worked out pretty well! Pretty well that includes a fast paced, steamy, sexy story!

Coral F. Black got us two main characters that create this very intense chemistry- something which also the reader can feel. I love the way she introduced us step by step to Twyla and Daniel. I really like Twyla, a strong female character that is somehow attracted to Daniel whom you just need to give some time until you will like him 😉 While at first you think of him as this arrogant male character, you know that there is something about him. Something that makes him very interesting… His secrets.

A story with pasts to discover and a present to fill with their special connection. I can´t wait to see what is going to happen in the next books.

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Hawaiian Healing

Libby Cole

Hawaiian Heartbreak, #2

Release date : November 19th 2015

Rating : 4 Stars

Kayla came to Hawaii to heal her broken heart. Not to get it smashed all over again. Jay took over her mind and body, consumed her, and then he was gone.All she has left are the questions she can’t run from any longer. Can she survive without him? What’s more important, love, or the life she’s built at home? And why does it suddenly seem like Jay’s hiding something?

Review :

With Hawaiian Healing you get a book that directly picks up where we left in the end of the first book- which means that you really have to read the first book before you open yourself for book two.

But for the talented Libby Cole this is no hurdle as the way she begins the second book makes it so easy to re-connect with the story. A story that deals with Kayle and Jay who met each other on Hawaii. While Kayla originally just wanted this to be a distraction from her real life, she now realizes that it seems to be much more….. A chaos of feelings with which the reader directly gets confronted with-because this book is real and emotional. Much deeper than I thought it would be. You feel what is between them – definetly a fiery chemistry

I don´t know if it´s just me, but in my opinion there is so much more about the characters now. While the pace is perfectly synchronized with the up-comming emotions, you sit in front of the bookwhile thinking: “I need to know what happens at the end !”

An emotional roller-coaster ride wrapped in a very intense story-something you should ad to your TBR-pile….

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Protecting His Assets

J.K. Coi

N/A

Release date : Dec 7, 2015

CEO Steve Nolan is wealthy, successful, and in danger. Now, thanks to his business partner, he has a bodyguard—a rigid, controlled woman with a smoky voice that invites steamy thoughts of rumpled sheets and oh-so-satisfying sleepless nights. So if Steve has to play the game, he’s going to make damn sure he’s in charge of the rules…just as long as no one finds out.April Porter has met incredibly handsome, high-powered men before. Guys just as smooth, who didn’t take her seriously, and who broke her heart. So she’s just here to do her job and stay focused and professional.Even if Steve Nolan isn’t just another rich jerk.Even if the sexual spark between them keeps getting hotter.And even if protecting his business and his ass(ets) means April could lose her heart in the bargain…

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