Willow's piece if crap ex, is out for her and Parker
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Willow and Parker have called a truce and find themselves together. Duncan, Willow's piece if crap ex, is out for her and Parker.

Willow is taken by Duncan and Parke and Tanner are beside themselves. Once they find her. They formulate a plan. What they didn't expect, was to find out details concerning Riley.
Oh man, this series has me going wild!  Just when I think all is going to fine, the author completely throws me thru a loop!! My emotions are just all over the place!! I feel so bad for Tanner though!! Ugh.

Nicky Jayne has once again captured my heart and has stomped all over it. Hopefully it gets blended back together soon!!

5 out of 5 star!!
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Pilar is back and has revenge in her mind and she will do anything to get it even murder if so, she watching xavier from huston to LA. and she know's eveything that's going on his his life. Even the lady that he is beding with Bailey a rising star thats in his movie Dairy Of A Stalker. But now she will do anything to hurt xavier even date Dre his best friend and the out come you wouldn't believe. As I read this book I wanted to jump in there and beat Pilar down she was no good. This was a very good read.
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The whole of this book is just, what would've happened if Willow hadn't been brought back to the good after she killed Warren? Dawn has an insight that no one else has - maybe Buffy is having so much trouble defeating Willow because Willow isn't evil. Willow  thinks it was perfectly fine that Willow took her revenge, but when she finds out what her sister's erstwhile best friend  has done to Spike, she changes her mind  Willow is indeed evil. In this version,
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Brad Parks is my replacement for Robert B. Parker. Carter Ross is my new Spencer! Brisk dialogue, a bit of romance (kind of) and a cat named Deadline.
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Contemporary book 3 in the Series . Hopefully not the last .  Received this in paperback . Autographed by the Author . Hero is Wes Heroin is Callie .
Callie has been in love with Fern all her life. At the End of Book 2 (Gilded Cage) Fern is going to marry Wes sister. Callie is Devastated when she received the note . Wes (Ferns and Emery's best friend ) goes out to the ranch to see Callie . Wes has noticed Callie from day 1. Wes tries to make Callie feel better .
Wes makes a bet with Callie . The bet is if Wes can get Callie to resist him for 30 days he will pay her intuition to a art school. If Callie can't resist Wes for the 30 days then they will go their separate ways .  No strings . Callie is wondering why?? Wes can have Angels coming down to him and serenading him.  He is also a billionaire. Why her ? Wes wants Callie to see what she felt for Fern was just brotherly love . Wes told Callie that they will go to Paris to see the city full of life and art and  all expenses on him .
Wes gets a call from Royce(hopefully there is a book about him) telling Wes that an very expensive Piece of art was stolen from a prestigious home . A piece that Wes helped Arrange.
While in Paris Callie starts to see Wes in a new Light .  Who wins the bet ?? Do they find the theifs
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Meet Broody, he is a QB, no big deal right, only for some reason he is called subway??  Then you have Delilah, daughter of another famous now retired QB.  Only she's a reporter.. Hmm.mmmmm.  Then we have Willow and Drew....  How do all these fit together????  Can love happen twice????.
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Better when you hurt

Lola a dancer but someone who feels the need to not be herself to put a front up . and Blue someone from Lola's past . what do these two have in common . can they find their way to each other . can they forgive each other or themselves .
This is an ARC review and there is more to it but want those who have read Skye's work to truly read it so it comes out in 5 days from now can pre-oder it on amazon and other retailers for ebook form .
side note this can be semi emotional may hit close to home if you have been through similiar things for either charecter

Even Better

an ARC review from Skye Warren's group that gives out to only a select few whoever signs up for it in exchange for an honest review .
o this story is about more on Blue and Hannah . but what happens when someone from Blues past comes back will they make their relationship rocky or more stronger than ever before .
and what do you do when your boyfriends best friend comes but he is broken due to what he has been through . { note gotta read it to find out to see who is Blue's friend and why they may be broken .
and what do you do when your semi best friend gets a threat from someone your friend knows and can they stop them or will they hurt her friend .
find out by reading this then stay tuned for Ivan and Candy's story . which comes out soon .
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It's like watching Murphy's Law in action. The very worst that can happen does, and keeps happening to Abbie and Toby. Add poor Parker, who got sucked into the mix, and I have no idea what's going to happen next. I can't wait to see what the next installment brings.
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Corey Bright doesn't want a mate, but his friends sign him up on Mate.com, the site he created without telling him they did it. Willow Rhine writes romance books as a ghostwriter, and is getting serial letters from someone. The police can't do anything about it because they have no idea who is sending them. But when her stalker kidnapped Corey and the Rescue Bears along with he local police come to her rescue. Willow's laptop with all her work was smashed in the accident that the stalker caused. Corey offered to get the information off of her laptop for her, he also decided that he would get her a new laptop. They started a Institute to help other shifters learn a trade and get an education. I got this as a ARC. It would be neat to see stories about Zoe, Kelly & Maisie's assistant though.
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3.75 stars

I think its already been established that I am a big sports fan and Ill admit, part of me thought sports would figure more prominently in this story, but in the end I was ok with softball and baseball taking a back seat.

I liked Parker pretty much immediately. By far my favorite thing she did was obsessively paint her nails. I realize that probably wasn't the healthiest behavior (although its better than some of her other behavior), but as a lover of nail polish and someone who puts a lot of thought into what color Im going to paint my nails, I could completely relate to Parkers obsession with having the right nail polish to fit the days events/mood.

Why does Parker have this quirk you ask? Well, recently Parkers mother came out of the closet, shocking their church and their small town. Parker was pretty much a golden child: valedictorian, softball star, and fairly popular girl. Once her mom comes out of the closet, and pretty much abandons her family, Parker feels lost. She continues to do well in school (yay!), but she quits the softball team because she feels like all the girls are judging her and she is dropped by a lot of friends, especially her church friends, and she starts acting out. She loses quite a bit of weight and creates many rules for herself about what she can and cant eat (I would venture a guess to say she developed an eating disorder, but as a future dietitian I tend to over think these things so Im leaving it at that) and she starts hooking up with a lot of guys.

The whole hooking up with guys thing is the basis for much of the story and I found it so heartbreaking. Not that shed be promiscuous, if a girl wants to be promiscuous for the right reasons I say more power to her, but Parker is not doing it for the right reasons. Her main reason is so people know shes not gay, which just made me want to cry. First, that Parker and her community think theres something so wrong with being gay (although I don't think Parker really thinks that, I think its a reflection of other peoples opinions) and second, that she would rather be known as willing to hook up with pretty much any guy rather than be known as gay.

Parker wants people to think shes sluttier (and I use that word with no negative connotation) than she actually is, but shes really just kissing and maybe doing some heavy petting (I love any opportunity to use that ridiculous phrase). Then Parker meets Brian, the new baseball assistant coach. Parkers friend recruited her to be the baseball teams manager after she quit softball so she starts spending a lot of time with Brian, whos not too much older than Parker, he recently graduated college, but certainly not in a position to be dating a student at the high school where he works.

Brian was such a loser. Bah, I hated Brian. I liked what he gave to the story, but I wanted Parker to get over him and date Corndog. Yes, Corndog! How cool of a nickname is that? The story behind it is really sweet, but Ill leave that up to you to discover. And he has a real name, but I don't know why anyone would want to call him anything except Corndog. One of the things I really like about Miranda Kenneallys books, or at least this one and Catching Jordan, is how the romances seem to develop so organically. I wouldnt have necessarily expected Parker and Corndog to get together, but I loved seeing them get to know each other and then figuring out if they could really be together.

Bottom Line: Another winner from Miranda Kenneally! Again, why did I wait so long to read her books?! Stealing Parker is a great story about a girl trying to figure out who she is in the context of her family and her small town. Her journey to do it isn't smooth, and there were times I wanted to kill her, but I wanted to kill her in the best possible way. Plus theres a great, slow-burn, romance!
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Saturday, August 11, 2012
Book Review- Stealing Parker
I finished reading Stealing Parker by Miranda Kenneally earlier this week for an Around the World ARC Tour.

From Goodreads:

Parker Shelton pretty much has the perfect life. She's on her way to becoming valedictorian at Hundred Oaks High, she's made the all-star softball team, and she has plenty of friends. Then her mother's scandal rocks their small town and suddenly no one will talk to her.

Now Parker wants a new life.

So she quits softball. Drops twenty pounds. And she figures why kiss one guy when she can kiss three? Or four. Why limit herself to high school boys when the majorly cute new baseball coach seems especially flirty?

But how far is too far before she loses herself completely?

First, I have to say that I loved all of the baseball talk.  I am a huge sports fanatic, so I loved reading about a girl so involved in a sport.  Plus, I play on a company softball team, so her love of softball had a soft spot in my heart.

That being said, I didn't like some of the other aspects of the book.  I do not like religious books.  I usually find them preachy and it's just not my thing.  I usually try to stay away from them.  This book was definitely all about church and God. And there was nothing in the summary to lead me to think this book would be so heavily involved in religion so I could stay away from it.  And I think the whole idea of Parker and the baseball team coach/teacher relationship was so inappropriate.  I get that is part of the idea of the story, but it just creeped me out.  Maybe its the fact that I'm a teacher so any kind of teacher/student relationship is so very wrong to me.

I like that the book also tackled homosexuality.  At first, it got on my nerves because it seemed like Parker was against her mom being a lesbian but once we learn about another main person in her life being gay, she seems to be more okay with it.  And so I was less annoyed.

I wanted to like this book more.  I really did.
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Not Leaving (Parker Siblings Series Book 2) by Leigh Ann Lunsford is the second book in her Parker Siblings series.  It is highly recommended that you read the previous book before this one as you will want to know the information about the characters.  This story picks up with the previous book left off with Addison and Tyler.  One thing I enjoy about authors who write book series, is when they add previous characters to the current story which is exactly what this author has done.  You will enjoy her development of characters and attention to details.  Her overall writing skills are really great.  This story will pull you in from the first word until the end.  These characters are relate-able and true to life and you will fall in love with them.  Find out what happens in this installment of the Parker Siblings!

Addison Parker has only loved one man her whole life.  She met him the first day of school when she moved in with her grandparents.  Through all of her struggles, death, betrayal, heartbreak and raising her siblings, he has been there for her.  She has forgiven him for many, many things but this time when he leaves, she can't do it anymore.  She is done with him, he is not her future.

Tyler James loves her.  He has made mistakes but his love has always been constant.  With all the lies and misunderstandings, he doesn't think it is possible to be with her.  When one event changes things for him, will he come back and expect to pick up where they left off?  Has she broke her faith in him?  Will he be able to convince her that he is here to stay?

Addison and Tyler's relationship is one of growing and bonding together since that first day of school when they met.  But now she is broken, he has broken her.  Is it to late for them?  Will he convince her that he isn't the same person anymore?  She has lost her love for him but has she really?  Is forgiveness something in their future?  Life has thrown so many struggles at them, will they survive this one too?  I enjoy both these characters and they are easy to read about.  They make you feel as if you are right there with them.  They are both strong characters separately and together.  She has to be strong, she raised her siblings, has been through so much that I think she just wants someone to take care of her.  He is a character that you can have a love  hate feelings for.  There were times when I go so mad at him but then other times he redeems himself.  I think that he grows the most in this story throughout the story.  The secondary characters in this story are just as strong as the two main characters.  I so enjoyed seeing some characters from the first book and the new ones that were added this time.  They just add to the story and complement the main characters.  Find out if he will convince her that he is determined not to leave again.  Will she trust him enough to give him one last chance?

I am not sure how many books I have read by Leigh Ann Lunsford but I fully enjoy each and everyone.  This is one of my favorite series and I can't wait to read book 3 of this series.  I know what I get when I open one of Leigh's books and she never disappoints me.  Leigh lives in Fleming Island, FL with her husband, son and their four dogs.  She writes Contemporary Romance/New Adult/Romance Suspense and loves her happily ever after in her stories.  This is a fast paced story that will pull you into the characters world.  You will not be able to put this book down, I know that I couldn't.  You will find yourself lost in this book until the end.  You will want to see what happens next with these characters.  I highly recommend this book as I know you will want to see what happens to this Parker Sibling next as much as I have.
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Whip out the tissues....

Trinity and Slade call in quits. Trinity doesnt know what she wants. Well..she knows she eants to get married to Slade, but he doesnt. Then she tells him to change his mind after she pressures him to. Once he does change his mind, thats not good enough for her because its forced..because she forced him!!! Ughhh they annoy me

Silke is not really over Arsen!! Yay! He is finally making it on him own, mey his daughter. Bow the only thing left isnto get Silke back. That will be interesting.

Clementine is falling for Ward..and falling hard. They are cute together but you know s***s about the hit fan like usual.

Thomas and Rome are getting hot and heavy, but something is  up and still bo answers!!!

This series is a big addiction and i love it
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Jules and Dash's story continues with all the ups and downs to be expected.  Jules still suffers from her past that her ex caused, add that to dating a famous rock star whose goal in life is to keep Gwen and Dash apart.
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Spoilers

Cheating is ok.  Your best mate is caught in bed with your fiance two days to the wedding.  It's all good, your forgiven.

The sister gets naked and becomes the w.h.o.r.e to cover up fir her cheating sister.  Then sister is going to sale her company to help pay for cheating sisters wedding.  The I forgive you, it's ok just the next day.  Um, she calls her spoilers and a brat but you cover her cheating, you pay for mistakes.  Why will she change her ways when you keep covering and doing everything for her.  She cheats, she us the w.h.o.r.e and you pay for it.

I hate people like this.  She is just a sad pathetic doormat, keep paying for your sister mistakes.

Sorry my friend get taken and about to screw my man, there is no forgiving.

This wasn't romance.
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At the end of the last book, Willow has been kidnapped. She's being held by Dr. Dougie, a patron of Hades the fetish club where Willow works. She eventually overcomes her captors in a big way. A long time has passed and Remi is in a psychiatric hospital and that just won't do. Willow is running out of time. She has even less time to acquire enough grooms to break free from Max.

Willow is tougher, meaner, and a lot more sexual. She has a prophesy to fulfill.

Her secondary characters are interesting and evolving.

This novel is a bridge to the prophesy. Willow has to come to terms with her faith and the role she must play.

Overall, I give this a 4.5 * rating. The first scenes were very long and Willows' angst over what she must do and has done was a little too drawn out for my taste.

This is not your average "vampire" tale. This is a raw, adult storyline, with a totally unique perspective.

I love Willow and her great supporting cast.
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Single, Volume 1 was an absolute tease. It left me wanting more. More sex. More drama. More mystery. More Roxane and Parker!
Parker Williams made one hell of a mark on the book boyfriend stomping ground. Hes not your typical alpha male. Hes sexy, smart, gentlemanly and so determined to get what he wants. Hes managed to make Rox re-evaluate her rules and anti-relationship stance. Both Rox and Parker have had their hearts ripped out for entirely different reasons, but both have rules set in place to make sure it never happens again.
Thats right, Parker has his own set of laws to abide by and Rox has a difficult time staying on track.

I can really see some development with the two main characters. Theyve started to open up and come to terms with certain things, and its changing the way they interact with one another. Rox is still that strong, independent woman we saw in the first book, but now shes letting her guard down a bit and letting some vulnerability show.
There were times where I felt as if she was trying to be someone else. Her personality did some shifting in certain situations. She also had moments that revealed a less mature version of herself, which contradicted her usual sophisticated persona.

There was some drama put in place towards the end that I thought was going to be a big part of the plot line, but then the story twisted back in another direction. I know this is a serial so obviously they're going to be quick reads. However, I wouldve liked that situation to be dragged on a bit, because it seemed to much like a simple filler as it was written. The rushed ending left me feeling a bit restless.

Nevertheless, Im hooked on these characters and this story and I cant wait to see what Lyra Parish puts them through next.