JR Ward meets VC Andrews
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This isn't your typical JR Ward novel - no angels, vampires, demons, or "gods". The novel could almost take place "in the real world". That being said, it is a very entertaining story and I am glad I read it.

The Bourbon Kings is primarily focused on Lizzie King and Tulane "Lane" Bradford - the second to youngest of the Bradford children. There are two older Bradford children - Edward and Max - and the youngest and only girl, Gin. For the most part, the children strongly dislike their abusive father and barely know their drug-addled mother, though "children" isn't the correct term since the youngest, Gin, is 33 years old in the novel.

The Bradford family, who made their money making and selling bourbon, has their secrets - secrets that they would use almost any means to protect. In many ways, this novel reminded me of the VC Andrews books I used to read as a teenager. If you ever read any of those VC Andrews novels, you may enjoy this story - though the sex scenes are more explicit than the Andrews books, but the romance in The Bourbon Kings is better.

I can't wait for the next book in the series.
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Horace Busby provides and intimate and interesting view of President Lyndon Johnson in THE 31ST OF MARCH.  Although Busby provides selected views of other incidents that were key moments in the Johnson presidency and of course the story of how he became involved with Johnson the focus is on LBJ's decision not to seek re-election and the process of announcing that decision to the world.

Busby's view of LBJ is that of a much more fragile man than generally preceived of. It's a quick read.  Busby's walks the reader through the family quarters of the White House and the inner workings of the presidency with facinating detail.  One particulary interesting aspect of the story is how Johnson was treated at JFK's funeral. Most accounts are totally sympathetic to the Kennedy's but in reading Busby, you see that LBJ had a side too. The reader comes away with a very unique view LBJ.

Though brief, the work is very powerful.  It is the story of friendship, loyality and devotion.  I wish that the son, who edited the work would have provided a brief description of the relationship between Busby and LBJ after the White House years.  It would rounded out the story.
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Love it love it love it! I can't stop reading this series! JR Ward has done it again--she never fails to impress!
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I knew Jr. Wells for many years.  As a white boy, I use to frequent the black blues bars on the south and west side of Chicago. This is the definitive mid 60's Chicago Blues at its zenith. Buddy had his groove on as  well. A must for the beginner in Blues.
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Good story of veterans of Civil war meeting 1913 and getting to know each other.
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4/2009, Camp Romeo; Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. Captain Ward-Bocelli, Major Ray Watson informed Major Abigail Ward-Bocelli (Criminal Investigations Command (CID) that the Taliban annihilated a whole village of civilians & killed at least 10 Special Forces soldiers (Kandahar base).
2 soldiers & a teen Afghan girl manage to survive.
Sergeant Bryson Bishop (Abigails CO) sent Abigail to CHS to investigate the incident.

The injured & survivors were flown to Bagram then on to Ramstein, Germany.
David & Nabeelah were being taken to the hospital to be checked out.
Roy Wildman (Australian, soldier) & COO Jonathan Ward (Christines BF, SecureLinks Ghazni compound) went to look at the tragedy of the KIA soldiers.
COO Ward, assigned Sergeant Bryson Bishop (soldier), Roy, Captain Sayad Rasheed (Afghanistan soldier), Kimbo (soldier), Craig (soldier), Mark (soldier), Marco (soldier), Bruno (soldier), & Cal (soldier), all special certain military tasks.
Harry Bossman (CEO, aka Boss Man, retired Marine) told COO Ward he did not want him involved in the recovery of Christine.

Christines funeral was held.
Nicole Chardet (Roys GF), Roy Wildman (Nicholes BF), Cal Bacon, & Frisco Montoya had all attended the memorial service.
Fast forward 7 years; Abigails brother Jonathan (Davids BMF, MBA) is kidnapped for stealing a highly classified jump drive that contains a computer file on the Mighty Men & Athena top secret information.

Lieutenant Colonel Salvador Sal Torres (CO, CID) did not want Abigail to purse anything else.
Al (Computer Crimes Unit, CCU), & Mark (Computer Crimes Unit, CCU) were now assigned to complete the investigation.
Camp Romeo; Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. Jonathan had plans to arrest Roy & Nicole for treason.
David Shepherd (retired Master Sergeant) is going to help Abigail (POA) even though he & Johnathan had parted ways.

Will Abigail & David uncover who was behind the massacre of the Mighty Men & the mishap of Nabeelah Khan (Shamal Khans Niece) in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan?

Retired Vietnam US Army; (Alpha Co. Ft. Dix, NJ). Thank you to my real military brothers/sisters who have served over in Afghanistan & to those who are still stationed over there in 2016. I can only imagine that any day/night is never/ever easy for you.

I did not receive any type of compensation for reading & reviewing this book. While I receive free books from publishers & authors, I am under no obligation to write a positive review, only an honest one. All thoughts & opinions are entirely my own.

A very awesome book cover, great font & writing style. Wow, a very well written fictional Afghanistan War military book. It was very easy for me to read/follow from start/finish & never a dull moment. There were no grammar/typo errors, nor any repetitive or out of line sequence sentences. Lots of exciting scenarios, with several twists/turns & a huge set of unique characters to keep track of. This could also make another great Afghanistan War movie, or a mini TV series. There is no doubt in my mind this is a very easy rating of 5 stars.

Thank you for the free Story Cartel; Biblica, Inc.; On-the-Edge Publications; PDF book
Tony Parsons MSW (Washburn)
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ALL HAIL JR WARD! A another amazing part of this series. 10 stars. The best one of series, and a must have in a personal library. I loved the way she blended the relationships and the back stories. Can't wait for next year and the announcement of the book to follow. Ward hit this one way out of the park!
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This book lived up to all my expectations regarding JR Ward and the continuing storyline. It arrived in a timely manner as well.
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My favorite!  I just loved the read.  When I meet Robert and Ethel at Ole Miss they were just as described in book.  Robert was very quiet and appeared moody Ethel was just an approachable mother.  But when Robert began his speech at half time of Ole Miss game he came to life.  He was a whole lot more memorable than the game and I am sure it was two top twenty teams.  the Book actually just got better and better as it neared the end.

Chip Edmonson
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Never disappointed with J R Ward! You fall in love with the characters. Can't seen to put the book down until its finished! Can't wait for the next one!
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That cover image sums it up; were looking at two men who couldn't seem more different outwardly.  A short, buttoned-up white coach and his much younger giant of an African-American basketball player.  A small-town Hoosier and a street-smart New Yorker.  A conservative and a leftist social activist.  A Christian and a Muslim.  And yet these two men were not just coach and player, they became friends who truly loved each other and maintained their relationship for 50 years.  This is Abdul-Jabbars heartfelt story of that loving friendship.

Think about it; how many memoirs have you read that are about a friendship?  And yet a friendship can be the deepest and longest-lasting relationships two people might have.  Ive admired Coach Wooden and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for much of my life, but I never felt a strong urge to read all that much about them.  I was much more interested to read about a friendship that transcended and, to some extent, was even enriched by their differences.

If youve read any of Abdul-Jabbars previous work (his novel Mycroft Holmes being his most recent), you know he writes well.  This memoir isn't quite as well written; he uses simpler language (maybe taking into account younger readers) and his anecdotes are sometimes repetitive and one doesnt always segue smoothly to the next.  But whats truly striking in this memoir is how open Abdul-Jabbar is, not just about his feelings, but about his mistakes in life and some terrible things that have happened to him and those close to him.

In this age of celebrity frenemies and rampant disrespect, its heartening and truly touching to read a memoir of a true friendship, told with no cynicism or ego.

4.5 stars
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Junior, by Ray Donley, follows a young man by the name of Joshua Jennings Jr who was set up by his father to look like a terrorist that killed the president, vice president and his father.  Junior find this out when he discovers a recording that his father left explaining the situation.  The thing that I liked most about this book is that it is written as if it were a journal written by Junior.  It covers a three year span where Junior is on the run as the prime suspect in a terrorist case.  towards the end, Junior goes missing and this is when his journal is found.

  I absolutely love stories that are written from a journal perspective.  I feel that they give the reader the sense of diving into the characters personal life and their secrets.  I feel that Donley did a great job at captivating me as his audience, making me wonder what would happen to Junior next.  I would recommend this to anyone who enjoys this type of storey and I will be looking forward to reading more by this author.
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I have been a fan of J.R. Ward for a while now. I absolutely love the first 6 books in the Black Dagger Brotherhood series. The 7th -? (...I think she is up to 12 now in that series) are all good. I feel like the characters in the first 6 books were very fleshed out. This series is a spin off so you get interaction with some of the characters from the original Black Dagger Brotherhood series which I love. I thought  Blood Kiss: A Black Dagger Legacy was really good. I will read the next one in this series when it comes out. Looking forward to The Beast - A Black Dagger Brotherhood Novel which is coming out soon I believe.
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the dark hunter short story was good and was worth reading to fill in some gaps in Bad moon rising(fang and aimees book).

But the real topper of the whole book was jr wards "story of son"  it was absolutely effin' amazing, I wish it was a full book it takes place in Wards Black Dagger Brotherhood Universe, and its just great read it.
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Really good.... can't wait to read book 2
I chose this book due to seeing a review by JR Ward...
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LOVE the Black Dagger Brotherhood series. I look forward to the end of March or beginning of April every year when I know the next book will be available. J R Ward is a phenominal writer!
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When I was growing up we listened to the Revivaltime broadcasts on a regular basis.  C.M. Ward was the speaker and the Revivaltime Choir directed by Cyril McClellen was the featured singers.  I bought this book because I loved the sermons of C.M. Ward.  I wanted this book as a devotional book.  C.M. Ward, in his later years, was featured on TBN and with Pat Robertson and PTL.  He had a wonderful gift of communication and was very articulate in how he delivered his sermons.
I would encourage anyone who has ever heard C.M. Ward speak to get a copy of his sermons.  They are well worth reading and "hearing" again and again.