Love is Pain..and this book has both!
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I was caught up in the story right from the start. SENNA s pain was my pain. I cried when she couldn't. Isaac, the kind doctor who helps her is anchored to her in more ways than one. The situation in which  these two characters find themselves is mysterious, sad and beyond their control.  However as they're pushed to their limits we begin to see the true relationship of Isaac & Senna.

This story deals with real hardship,  a test of commitment, survival and sacrifice.  This book made me feel so much. I was in tears when finished but that is the beauty of a great read.

I've never read anything previously by Tarryn Fisher and I am now one of your newest fans. Thank you for giving such a wonderful gift.
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First: This book is slow to start but please don't give up on it.
Second: My feelings are conflicted!

I loved the relationship between Cole and Sara. I loved the love they had for each other. They fit.

Lincoln, Cole's brother, a book should be written just solely based on him.
Without giving away the story just know that Lincoln is a character, a brother, a friend, and a lover with whom you'll never forget. You'll never be able to erase his pain and once you read it you'll fall in love with him.

Many helped Sara with her grief and her guilt but Lincoln, he brought her back to life. He gave her the air she needed to breathe. The fight she needed to want to keep living.

Two brothers and one woman. Love that speaks beyond "saying goodbye!"

Love comes in different forms. Hits us at different times. You can run from love all you want but love, well it has a mind of its own. When it sees what it wants it goes after it.
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This is no easy read. Seconds into the book and I all ready felt my heart begin to squeeze. The prologue alone shattered my heart to bits. It is no joke. Luckily, Karina pieced it back together little by little as I went further into The Lie.

So Brigs McGregor was introduced in The Play and you get to see more of him in Winter Wishes. WW was sort of an introduction in itself for Brigs. We were given a vague and brief snippet of his haunting past, and really, that was but a crumb of his dark history.

Fair warning, there is a bit of cheating going on here. Primarily emotional cheating, although we don't see too much of it. Yes, its controversial but this is a love like no other. This a beautiful example of soulmates. Personally, cheating doesnt dissuade me from reading a book though I understand if it does for you. I do implore that you give this book a chance anyway, because this is a beautiful book you do not want to miss out on.

This is a second-chance, standalone romance that reveals the reality of a less shiny relationship. Not all love stories travel a flawless path. Some are darker, more painful journeys. The Lie was raw to its very core. The two characters each endure a brutal fight with themselves and have to learn to slay their own demons that arisen from their love.
Brigs and Natasha were both riddled with sorrow and weighed down by guilt for their part in the two deaths. They struggled with the fears and imperfections, but somehow found a sliver of hope in the darkness. Overcoming the past was vital for them to even consider moving on and starting a present. They felt their potent love just as much as the reader is able to.

This was such an intense read. Agonizing at moments that made me cry, nay sob. Im talking guttural sounds at one point. Theres so much sadness you almost cant breathe through it all. I wish we had been able to get a little more happiness in the mix. I didn't feel like there was enough good to counteract the bad. I know its there, we just don't get to witness it. But I suppose that makes this story all the more real.

Oh and in case you didn't surmise it, this is one of my favorite reads of 2016 and in the coveted number one spot as of today.
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I'm not sure what to write other then my heart hurt after I read this book. I told my boyfriend (who thought I was bonkers by the way) that I need a little time away from reading after I read this book. Dylan and Aubrey two puzzle pieces that you know fit but for some reason you can't get them to stick together. Dylans cocky and brooding self paired with Aubrey's take no bulls*** attitude let the reader fall in love with them in the beginning. Then the fates decide to toy with their hearts and ours for a devestatingly long time. How could so much bad happen to two people. I think M. Robinson is lovely but I she has evil side that she uses against us, I'm so torn between loving and hating this book. What I will say is the story was heartbeakingly beautiful. And if you want a book that will have you ugly crying then this is your book people. There's a quote I'm not sure who it's by or if this is exactly right but it goes something like: the hardest stories to tell are sometimes the most beautiful I feel like that fits this book pretty well. I feel like there should be a label on this book saying Warning: can cause Uncontrollable crying! Why do you do this to us M. Robinson? Good luck people, good luck.
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I was contacted through Indie's Ink to receive an ARC of this book, and I am now giving my voluntary, unbiased review.

Let me start by saying that this is truly the toughest review I've had to write...I can't even imagine how hard it was/is for the author who not only wrote and published this story, but also stuck to this even though it is her debut novel! That takes guts, and I applaud her for staying true to what she felt needed to be written!

Now, for the hard part. I'm struggling with how much I really wanna say and how to say it. Yes, this is a book that contains cheating. No, I do not condone cheating and never will. Fact, I usually do not like books involving cheaters at all. BUT...with all of that said, I still read the book and I now have a love/dislike feeling about it. While I do not like everything that happened and how it all happened, I think I truly get what the author's goal was, and I can appreciate that. We all love to read books that are mostly completely unrealistic, but in a way that we all love and can enjoy and fantasize about. And we always love our HEAs for sure. This book, however, wasn't written to be a fairytale or some far fetched love story that we can't relate to personally in our own lives whatsoever. This was written to show the real, raw, human side of life. The good and bad, pretty and ugly, successes and failures. This is about something that happens all too often in marriages, yet it's ugly and hard to deal with, so no one wants to really touch the subject. But not all books have to be the fairytale romance story. This one changes it up and gives us real life problems, emotions, struggles, decisions, pain, and what the result of these things can lead to.
Don't get me wrong...there was a lot of sexual chemistry involved as well, and I loved it. I'm torn about my individual feelings for each main character, but overall, I found a way to love and empathize with each one so I would call that a win. Besides, isn't the point of reading to connect to something and feel what the author wants us to feel? To put us in another world, no matter what that world may be, and make us experience all of the emotions every word evokes? To make us think outside the box and see things from a different perspective? I believe it is the point, whether it be a good or bad world, and this book done just that. I'm glad I didn't let my bias opinion of the overall subject stop me from reading this wonderful and sexy, but also tear jerking and heart wrenching book.
Thank you, Paige Fieldsted, for writing this against all the odds stacked against you! I will definitely be reading more of your work in the near future!
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Spencer and Brooke have a shared past of pain, but also of a once in a lifetime kind of love.  Circumstances and her father separated them and now they are forced to work together.  Brooke walked away from the man she loved and Spencer wants her to pay for making that choice.  However, neither can deny that the flames of desire are still there ... could love still be factor as well?

Will true love prevail?  After five years apart, is the chemistry that drew them together enough give them selves a second chance?

This is the second book in the Man of the Month series and it is chalk full of laughter, tears, pain, humor and sexy times!

*** I received an exclusive ARC of this book ***
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This love story may not be for everybody but I love it! It is a different romance for sure but I LOVED that it was based in friendship, love and loss I felt the pain and passion for that which is lost and the  pain in the book spoke to me. I love this book because it makes you feel! LOVE, real love is messy, not always pretty and about who will be at your side when you are at your lowest most broken point. I love that the author was brave enough to speak to that and this is real love to me. P.S. There is romance and the characters have a bond and spark that can't be denied.
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Let me start by saying it is NOT a quick,easy read.

BUT it is a powerful, deep, unconventional, emotional read.

Both H & HH have deep emotional wounds in their pasts that still mold many of the choices they make.

Those needs those wounds incur are the exact reason why they work as a couple.

In reading this book I had a few AHA! moments when I begin to understand their motives. His need to be a hero when he could not be on the battlefield. her need to be appreciated even loved for more than her body.

Book is filled with poignant moments, battles of will, and ultimately a very deep passionate love.

Author has talent, book has merit. READ IT!!
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Get your tissues ready! You will definitely need them after reading Suffer Love, a book about a family that is falling apart. This book is told in alternating perspectives, which really helps the reader understand the events better, and has a big theme of family. I really enjoyed this one, despite the more serious topic.

Suffer Love deals with a family that gets torn apart because of an affair. Hadleys life completely changes all because of a few notes stuck on her front door. Her family moves somewhere new to escape the drama and start fresh. I loved how all the backstory is sort of revealed at different parts of the book, making it suspenseful. Im not a fan of a massive info dump, so I was glad to see that this book didn't do that.

The way that Suffer Love is narrated is in alternating perspectives. This was really interesting to read because Sam and Hadley are pretty contrasting characters. Also, each of them has their own secrets that they keep from each other. Knowing more information about each of them and both sides of the story really helps me appreciate and understand the characters more.

I really enjoyed the theme of family in Suffer Love. I love seeing parents in books and I feel like when family is incorporated into a novel, it makes the story more realistic. What is interesting about this book is the fact that the reader gets to see two different families that are both falling apart. Watching their slow recoveries unfold is so inspiring and I felt really attached to both of them by the end of the book.

Suffer Love is about a broken family and is told in alternating points of view. The theme of family really intrigued me, as that is something that I love to see in books. I would recommend this book to fans of darker, more sad and serious books, as that is exactly the kind of book that Suffer Love is.
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Love and other Unknown Variables took me on an emotional ride that I wasn't mentally prepared for. To be entirely honest I got the book because it involved a nerd trying to find love and that was all I needed to really want the book, and Ill admit to skipping over the part in the blurb about Charlottes illness. But Im glad I did, because if I would have known it was going to rip my heart out when I started it then I would have never actually started it. I usually avoid things that will require tissues- and trust me this read will definitely require some tissues.
The book starts us off with a nerdy high school student who is treating love like a science experiment. He actually has studies hes performed on other girls and the outcome of those encounters. But he knows nothing else but science and math so thats how he handles everything throughout the entire novel- until Charlotte. Charlotte changes his reality and makes him question everything, which is ultimately what love is sort of like.
The love story between Charlotte and Charlie is quirky and fun, and is almost missed in the beginning because they are both to afraid. Charlie is too afraid to fall in love, Charlotte is too afraid to hurt her best friend who is Charlies sister. Then Charlie finds out about Charlottes illness and it frightens him even more, but eventually draws him to her and they confess their feelings and their romance blossoms. And its a cute romance, even if its short-lived. Its that romance that everyone wants, and so few have the joy of feeling. Its that live in the moment love because all you have is now kind of love. And to watch them fall further in love with each other reminds me so much of how my husband and I feel in love with each other. It was awkward at first, but it turned into something beautiful that only the two of us will understand and feel.
But then the story gets dark and Shannon Lee Alexander rips out the hearts of her reader as the inevitable happens. We all know its coming as we read, but we pray that a miracle happens and it doesnt. Sadly that miracle doesnt happen and were left just as torn as the actual characters. Were left trying to pick up ourselves from the roller coaster of emotions we just went through as we feel in love with characters to see them ripped away. Watching a fictional person youve grown to love suffer sucks, theres no other way to describe it. But the pain makes you feel human and realize that life is precious and that we aren't always granted a tomorrow.
I highly recommend having a box of tissues handy as you read this book, you just may need them.
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Beautifully frustrating - if you read this book you will understand. I love Amanda Dick's writing. Her writing flows, and her stories are thoughtful and filled with hope and longing. Heath is still grieving the loss of his first love - Emily. She just disappeared one night off the side of the road, never to be heard from again. For 5 long years he is unable to move on - wrapped up in grief and guilt. When Maia, who is Emily's double, turns up unexpectedly he is drawn to her. Not only because of her physical appearance, but because of a much deeper connection they share. Maia has no recollection of her past, and gravitates towards Heath. They fall for each other fast and hard. Maia has no recollection of her past. Once Heath finds out about Maia's amnesia, he has hope that Emily has been brought back to him. I loved the strong, deep connection between Heath and Maia. They truly were soul-mates. She was brought into his life to help heal his pain, to show him that it is all right to move on from the past, to mend is broken heart. The ending is what gutted me. I am a true sucker for an HEA - I totally did not see this part coming. I had other ideas for Heath, Maia and Emily. I am torn, I am not sure if this is a true HEA. It helped that there was some happy, but I did find myself having a WTF moment. Again, I found The Trouble with Paper Planes both beautiful and frustrating!!
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Grab the tissues and be ready to ball your eyes out!!! The title is a perfect reflection of this book! Once I was drawn in I couldn't put it down. The emotions and feelings were soooo raw, real, intense, gripping, and compelling. The emotions this book evoked made me love it more.

Dylan cocky and obnoxious! Holds know boundaries and says exactly what he means! Even if you don't want to hear! Unapologetic for his women using ways! But, they used him just the same. He's the bad guy you love to hate. Or at least in the beginning. There was many times I wanted to punch him in his face! And, times I loved him even more!

Aubrey's beautifully broken and sadly, completely alone. The new girl in school. She gives a such as good as she takes! Says what she means and isn't scared to speak her mind. Yet her past is holding her hostage and preventing her from truly living. Completely scared.

They chemistry was undeniable! The passion intense and consuming. A love that transforms ages. They may fall in love as kids but the love they found can hopeful stand the test of time. Aubrey's insecurities and lack of opening up creates problems only adding to their young love. A horrible event hinders any chance of continuing on their path. This event throws Aubrey back and she feels like she has no choice but to run away and hide. Push Dylan away and protect herself. Hurt herself more the pain she was inflicted with. Dylan won't leave without a fight! Makes me love him even more! Years and years pass with more damage and pain being inflicted.

I. Felt. Every. Single. Emotion. I cried for Dylan. I felt his tears. I cried for Aubrey for the tears she shed. For the ones she didn't. And, for the hurt she needed to continue living. The hurt she felt she deserved and thought she needed. For like 20% of this book I was a continuous ball of blubbering mess. My mascara all over my face. I cried and cried. This book hit home in sooo many ways. It was soooo real. I lost myself in this book and didn't want it to end.

M Robinson did it again! This book thoroughly and utterly tore me to shreds! It was beautifully broken and utterly emotional. I loved every single moment and word she wrote.
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This is a book about tragedy and love. Tragedy tears the couple apart, and tragedy pulls them back together. This book grapples with the reality of "true love". Love is not a feeling...It's a commitment. In this emotional story, the heroine refuses to take the easy road and demonstrates true love by acting out of her commitment, even when the feelings are gone. It's something anyone can relate to, even though we may not have faced the same tragic circumstances as the characters in the book.
Though the subject matter is heavy, the book is far from depressing. It ends with a message of hope.
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This book. Where do I even start. I admit, when I first started reading, my heart hurt and I empathized with Bree. She has not had an easy life. Ever. A mom that was abusive, never knowing her dad, a terrible boyfriend Alex that ups and leaves her heartbroken and dead inside.

She meets Dec, who, too, also had a hard life. Abusive father and tough life. Bree is determined to keep her distance at the bar where they work. But what happens when you let go and let love in, let someone help you realize you are worthy to be in this world?

Most of this book is dark, sad. It deals head-on w/depression, and how one feels after having one storm after another. I related to many of the situations Bree went though and how she felt was spot on with my emotions. I appreciated that Sarah could decipher that in this book.

Read to the end! It is worth it! I can see a continuation of this book!
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This book does just that.. punches you in the face and knocks you back a step.  Dark, powerful and abusive!  But oh my.. look a bit further.. See the struggle... what love, compromise and acceptance and darn it.. LOVE.. the real kind and not the conditional notion we seem to favor now a days.
AWESOME Read!
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Sometimes with fiction you want to escape, and sometimes you want to feel.  Still, and the two books you need to read before it Flow & Grip,  are books that without a doubt demand that you feel when you're reading them.  If there really is such a thing as "meant to be," Kennedy Ryan captured it with Grip and Bristol.  An interracial couple who love each other for what's inside and not out.  Because of Grip's fame and Bristol's proximity to it, they are constantly being scrutinized by the public eye that watches them so closely.  I LOVE this story and their love.  The way Grip defends his love and Bristol so beautifully even though he shouldn't have to.  The way Bristol loves Grip so damn deeply and nearly without falter.  The way these two work out their VERY REAL issues together.  Their lives are not easy and it is not perfect, but the way they navigate together is beautiful.  I just feel like I'm falling in love with them.

Some people may consider this a book about inequality in race, which it is, but isn't JUST that.  It's a book about both sides of prejudices.  Kennedy Ryan does a great job of presenting all sides, and having dialogue that is not always easy.  I feel like this book has a message about how opening your eyes and seeing all sides can sometimes be the answer.  It's also a book about a man and a woman who love each other so passionately.  About the devastating things people can go through in life, and how having just one person on your side can make all the difference.

I appreciate these three books and the messages that Kennedy Ryan has put in them.  The fact that she explores topics that others wouldn't touch with a ten foot pole, because they may make someone uncomfortable, is amazing.  Why?  Because the topics are real no matter how devastating or hard they may be to hear.

There are plenty of other books about interracial romance, but this one just resonates in my gut.  On top of that the writing is flawless.  The story is engaging.  At some points I was cheering and clapping at the dialogue.  Asking myself if it was normal to be proud of a book I didn't even write, and that's written by someone I don't actually know.  Regardless.  I'm proud, haha.  If you're looking for something emotional, with messages that will make you feel, make you laugh, and even has some hot naughty bits.... Still is it.
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I've got to say that I love this book .It was about lost love and hurt , but more than that it was about finding Hope ... And sometimes love is still there once you get past the hurt  .