MR. JORDAN STEELE and his heart***SPOILER ALERT***
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This is a ,"second chance at love"book or so the cover says.  I liked the story it was well written.
This is about a lady named Barrie who-on a crazy,snow blizzard night-knocked on a stranger's door,
then after she recovered from semi frostbite,had the wildest,blood pounding,sex beyond imagination
and not once but,SEVERAL times !!!!  and all this was with a stranger named (Jordan Steele).
then through a slight "misunderstanding",they did not see each other for  several  years and then met
again (unexpectedly) and the same emotions were there and the "hurt feelings" too.  These two  lovers
have difficulty communicating (too bad). so,what will happen ?  Will they get together ???

This had nice dialog,some very good sensual scenes (for a romance paperback),and believable
characters.  I read it through and was not bored.  My only complaint is the "typical" ending where
the lovers make a vow to 'get married" and have "lots" of kids.  How about a couple not having ANY
kids,just having some wild,loving by themselves and spending  the rest of their' lives together ?
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I feel like crying. I don't want Trentons story to be over. My chest hurts!!!! These Maddox brothers are ruining everything for the real men in this world.

Trenton and Cami's story is just so sweet but with something totally unexpected that threw me at the end.

I love their banter and their love. Their chemistry is just awesome.

There are just no words for Trenton. NO WORDS!!! *sigh* I love him. I just love him. I need more of him. I think I could read him forever and then if my some crazy miracle in the future there is a way to turn my book loves into real people, he would be the first.

Jaimie McGuire, you make it really hard to read another author after reading your work. There is so much more to say about this book but it will just come out all scrambled and will make no sense because of the complete mess my feelings are in right now.

I need to compose.
And YOU need to read Beautiful Oblivion.
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Many thanks to Disney-Hyperion via Netgalley for the free review copy in exchange for my honest opinion.

This is a rather interesting book for me to review because my thoughts are so conflicting! While I was reading, I was fully absorbed, feeling all the feels, crying actual tears, loving all the characters, not wanting to put the book down. Then I finished, and my thoughts changed completely. I started to look at the book with a more critical eye, and certain elements just did not sit right with me. Let me see if I can more eloquently explain.

Adam was fabulous! He seemed like the most amazing human being to ever walk this earth. Giving and generous, genuinely caring and empathetic, he is the guy that everyone wants to be around, guys and girls alike. His ADHD only makes him more endearing, because he struggles with it and yet he's so open about it with his friends. He's a tiny bit clueless with picking up signals from girls, but again, it only serves to make us love him more. And yet...maybe he's a bit too much? Like, too perfect. He makes one pretty big mistake throughout the course of the book, and I blame his girlfriend for it more than I blame him. So yeah, a bit too perfect to be real.

Then there's Julian. I'm not sure what to think about Julian to be honest. I felt sorry for him on just about every page. To me, he was like a beaten dog - he kept getting more and more abused, and I didn't see a way out of that for him.  Like Adam was almost too perfect, Julian was almost too pitiful.  With all the crap and abuse this kid goes through, how can he ever live a normal life? He can't!!! He's going to be messed up forever! And no backyard barbecue birthday party is ever going to make up for that trauma.

The other thing, and probably the most important thing, that I wasn't able to buy into, was the villain. He was sooooooo bad, but we are never given a reason why. Did he have a traumatic childhood?  Did he have an untreated mental illness? Did he ever abuse other people? What was his motivation in treating Julian the way he did?  I ended up learning a couple of things at the very end of the book, but it was too little, too late - it was almost like somebody said, "Hey, your antagonist is really evil, but now we need some motivation - what can you stick in there?" and the author stuck in a couple of sentences to (barely) fill in the blanks. If an author is going to have this awful human doing awful things to another human in their book, that author's job is to make me believe that there is a reason for this.

These things, combined with a rushed, slightly ridiculous ending, forced me to drop a couple of stars. I enjoyed my time reading this book (when I wasn't cringing at Julian's suffering!) but I didn't love it as much as I was hoping.
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I have been extremely stingy with giving any book I've read this year a five star review and have only given one other  5 stars and that was Saving Dancer. But jordan you have literally blown me away with loving nicole.  It is 4:46 am and I couldn't sleep until I got some words down.
 Nicole and Dragon had my heart tied up in knots, Dani and Crusher tore it out and left it bleeding on the ground. Dancer and Red make me happy, Bull just makes me want to wrap myself around him and just hold him close.

Jordan has managed to tap into so many different emotions with this story. Love, lust, anger, hate, betrayal. My brain felt on overload from start to finish. My gut was clinched with the twists and turns like riding a winding road with no headlights!

Congratulations jordan, Dragon and Nicole have jumped from the pages of your book and taken up residence in my heart!
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That stupid sneaky snake named Sean. I hate his stinking guts right now. How dare he cause confusion! How dare he!! Overall, a wonderful conclusion to this wild journey for Cole and Ren. Age ain't nothing but a number-Aaliyah
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wow, i just have to say that even days after reading this book, i am still thinking about it. it feels like my heart was ripped out of my chest, thrown on the ground and stomped on several times by a very large man... i mean, talk about an ending that will leave you wanting more!

let's just say that if i had a choice, i would have waited until after this series had already been finished. i can't stand not knowing how this little triangle will end up with everyone happy. i know that sounds a little cliche, but why spend 750 pages building a relationship that will only be wiped out in one of the worst ways i can think of?

i believe it's safe to assume that i'll definitely remember this book... probably have the next one pre-ordered months ahead of time, and have read it before the break of dawn the next morning... but still, ms. houck, could you please take pity on me and give my heartbreak a break?
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Love the entire series but this one is the best so far, hands down. The emotions Ms Chant took me through was indescribable. Just all the feels. As much as I loved Griff (almost wanted to start praying for that man) and Haley (fierce momma), Danny and John Doe stole the show for me. Seriously wanted to wrap those two in the biggest hug possible. Eagerly waiting for John (next please) and Ash (got a feeling that man is just as complicated as Griff).
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Bond Heart, Everstone Chronicles #2**** by Dawn Crandall

Meredyth Summercourt's life was forever changed two years ago when a tragic event occurred.
She now feels she is not worthy of love and happiness. She must suffer for what happened and because of that must marry, if she marries at all, Vance Everstone. Vance left the U.S. and has been in England these two years.

Lawry Hampton has been friends with Vance and Meredyth since childhood. He hides his love for Meredyth by trying to forget her, but to no avail. Can he win her heart? Will she let him court her and allow her true feelings for him to surface?

Lawry and Meredyth come across a boy being bullied on the streets and stop to help. However, once they have taken him to a boarding house they learn the boy is really a 6 year old girl. As they care for Wynn, will they become a family? Will Meredyth finally let her heart love Lawry? But, things don't go as planned. Secrets are revealed about who Wynn's father is, shocking Meredyth.

When Vance suddenly returns expecting Meredyth to marry him, will she marry him even when she does not love him? Or will she follow her heart and marry the only man to capture her heart?
What about Wynn, what will happen to her? Can she finally allow God to heal her heart or will she continue to punish herself for something in her past?

This story is the second book in the series Everstone Chronicles which picks up Vance, Lawry and Meredyth's stories. It includes characters from the first book as well. There are a lot of secrets to be revealed in this story. Secrets that could have a big impact on many lives. Surprises and unexpected danger take the reader by surprise. I found parts of the story to go on and on but got better later in the story, especially toward the end. I like the way God's unconditional love and redemption is revealed, even those who feel they are unlovable.

~~I received an advanced readers e-book copy from the author for my honest review~~
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Believe me when I say that it takes an INTENSE book to make me cry real tears over a fictional situation.  However, when I read the scene where Jordan had to say good-bye to Conn and when Jordan left a note for Katie on the last day, I had tears rolling down my face.  Oh, yeah, Talen and Janie -- major tears, too.  Kudos to Rebecca Zanetti for creating this world.  I feel like I'm part of the family and would love to meet them.  However, I would not like to be around for some of those battles, whew!
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Get It On is the 5th book in the Man of the Month series by JKenner. Tyree is the owner of The Fix, an Austin bar that needs to pick sales up in order to keep its doors open and they have until the end of the year to do just that, so Tyree and his close knit of friends, along with his new Marketing Manager decide to hold monthly contests for a Man of the Month with local celebrities and hot firefighters. This time around, Tyree is in the hot seat.

The story is a strong and emotional one. Tyree is a widower and raising his 16 year old son on his own, along with running his dream bar. Eva is his first love who he ends up losing when hes off fighting for his country in the Marines because her father didn't think Tyree was good enough, so he tells his daughter that Tyree was killed in action, problem is that Eva was pregnant with Tyrees baby. I think the only problem I had with this story was how quickly the relationship rekindled with Tyree and Eva. Yes, Elena, Tyrees new found daughter, goes and looks for him to find her father, which was a bit too strong in the early stages for me, she just pushed too hard, but the developing relationship between Tyree and Eva just seemed too rushed for me. I cant imagine having to live life after the loss of a spouse, especially trying to start up another relationship, but at times it was a bag of mixed confusing emotions on how he handled things, just seemed rushed.

Overall I enjoyed the book and am looking forward to the next one in the series.

I voluntarily reviewed an ARC copy of this book.
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Sniffles, I am at work SMH at the ending. I was waiting on you to say it was a dream. I am still going to give it 5 starts though. I loved the characters and the fight in Mak. Mak and Kalil are two characters that will forever be in my head. I for the life of me though don't remember Nyeem getting her "cookie" though. SO I was unsure of the baby issue. I need a part 3, we need more on Jaida and somehow you have got to bring Kalil back. He need to be in hiding somewhere.
lastly your editor did a superb job.'
Malika
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Jordan silver has done it for me.....again! This book just blew me away.

Creed basically gets stuck with Jessie when her father pretty much puts her up for adoption for the price of a drink. Creed is in the military so he leaves her with her aunt, visits when he can and ensures that she has everything she could wish for. When she hits 18, all of a sudden his view of her changes and he decides to stay away until she hits 21 to allow her to live her life........ish..... At the beginning he finds out that all isn't what he thought it was at her aunts and that things had been happening, bad things, so he goes and takes Jessie and then goes back to send a message to her aunt and her boyfriend.  On top of this he now has her 3 days before her 21st and he is adamant that he's sticking to his 21st bday rule regardless.
As I said, this book blew me away. Here's this hard, brash biker who isn't afraid to say he is totally gone for Jessie, but he's also been living his life while he waits for her if you get what I mean, so their beginning isn't all roses and rainbows, his past bites him in the ass a couple times and add onto that the guilt over the reality of how Jessie lived whilst he stayed away and hardly visited. Even worse, Jessie tried to tell him things but he believed her aunt over her. That's got to eat away at you! But with true romance, the path to happiness and unicorns is never easy.
What I love love loved about this book is the change that JS has made in her writing, there's still an underlying message (like a lot of her books ie the gambler, seal team seven etc) that is prevalent in real life, there's angst, there's love, the bad stuff isn't just swept over- it's dealt with and she threw me completely by bringing in Colton Lyon, seal team seven, jake, steel.....it was amazing! We hit a plateau and all of a sudden, some of the hottest alphas ever to star in a book arrive and the beauty of it was- their introduction, places in the book, actions etc were seamless! Sometimes it can feel like a bit of a pantomime in a way when characters from other series are brought into each other's series and to have so many of them that were from so many different books........omg! But no, JS made it smooth, the story went through the roof and I sat there at the ending shaking my kindle and begging for more pages to appear.
As with all JS books, it arrived on my kindle and I inhaled it, but something about this book hit me hard and I had to reread it a couple times for that hardness to settle. Recent,y with JS books, coz of her change in writing, I find I have to read the books a couple of times so that I get all of the details and don't miss anything, and by reread number 3/4 I'd skipped past the OHS (oh holy sh&t) shockers and I was seeing it for the fantastic book that it was coz I could focus on it as a whole instead of different events that hit me hard and left me shocked.
So to put it mildly- I loved it. Something has changed in JS and whilst I loved and still love and reread her old books, her new way of writing never fails to have me sitting til dawn as soon as it's released reading and rereading.

If you haven't read it yet, you really really should. And if you haven't read seal team seven, Lyons crew, Anarchist, bad boy, man of Steele etc then trust me, after you read this book you'll be one clicking on those books.

I LOVED it. The goddess silver has struck again
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Please note that this review has to have spoilers especially for The Fiery Heart. If you haven't read that yet, what are you waiting for?

In the beginning of this book the story is told in alternate chapters from Sydney and Adrian's point of view. Sydney has been captured by the Alchemists and sent to a hidden compound for re-education that begins with being thrown almost naked into a dark, cold cell where she is fed little and is constantly bombarded with messages to confess her "sins" and repent. She is also dosed with drugs to make her sleep and drugs to make her anxious. Adrian is left in Palm Springs where he tries to connect with Sydney in dreams and gets more and more depressed when he can't. He turns back to his old crutch alcohol to battle the depression.

When Sydney is moved from solitary confinement to the more open areas where she can interact with other detainees, she begins to plot and plan a way to get out of there. She never loses faith that Adrian will find her. But Adrian goes off track for a while when he is brought back to Court and spends quite a bit of time binge drinking. This is partially brought on because no one at Court knows how much he loves Sydney and no one feels the need to do anything to rescue her.

They do finally manage to connect in dreams but Sydney has no idea where she is. It is up to Marcus, Adrian and others to find her and find a plan to rescue her. But the Alchemists have no desire to let her go and are willing to go to great lengths to keep Sydney and to keep her away from Adrian.

And, of course, this book ends doesn't end happily ever after for any of the characters. Adrian and Sydney are in a place of relative safety but other characters we have come to know and love are still in great danger. This is an excellent series and this is a heart-wrenching and heart-warming episode.
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I'm sitting here at work just finished reading and all I can think is what just happened... I am seriously having an anxiety attack because that cliffhanger is the worst (I mean that in a good way) cliffhanger I've been tortured with. Like how dare you leave me hanging Amo Jones!!! Pure torture I tell you.... From the beginning I was sucked in falling for the bad boy Bishop because man is he hot with all his broodiness... But my fave was definitely Madison because she always stuck up for herself..  ahhh I need more like yesterday
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Original review can be found on Sizzling Hot YA Books

I started If Only one morning before I got out of bed. On a school day for my girls might I add. Now, if I had known what I was getting into when I dove into these pages, I probably wouldve NOT started it then. Why, you ask? Because due to the addiction that is Ms. Pines writing and story, my children were fifteen minutes late for school. In fact, Ive got to admit that for the rest of the day and a half I took to read this book, my laundry wasn't done, nor were the dishesand my three year old went to preschool without her hair being brushed. I was so engrossed in Jordans tale, that I spent the rest of that day, and that night, and into the next morning, devouring this book until I was finished. I had to, you see. Because If Only was utterly fabulous.

Jordans on a journey, not only to Scotland for the summer, but of self-discovery in a way as well. Two years shes been relationship free, and she plans on sticking to that rule. But sometimes fate has a way of changing things for a person, and on one fated train ride, Jordan meets two guys who somehow decide her fate for her. One  boy steals her heart. One boy is exactly what she needsfor now.

But what do you do when your heart battles your mind? When you want something you cant have? How about when you're terrified of wanting something you shouldnt? Thats the case with Griffin and Noah.  Now, Im not one for spoilers, and yes, in a way If Only does take on that of love triangle. But the love triangle is pivotal for Ms. Jordan and her journey. Shes got to figure out who she is, what she wants, and if that means loving on two guyseven an untouchable onethen thats exactly what shes got to do. Now I may not have agreed with all of Jordans choices, but she was young and real and in the end, it was her life, not mine. Only Jordan alone could decide her fate.

Question is, does she make the right choice in the end?

I will admit, my heart broke about a million times over in this book. Why? Well, bottom line is, I didn't like the guy Jordan decided to be with in the end. GaspI know. :(  I don't want to tell you who she picked, because that takes away from the journey of Jordan that is If Only. But I will admit, I had to put my Kindle down for a few minutes just to catch my breath when her choice was ultimately made. To me, though, thats what reading is all about. The breathless moments, the tears, the will they or won't they do it questions. Sometimes, as a reader, I find myself so joined with a character, that I forget its fictional, that its not me living in those pages. And if thats what you love in a story, then Ms. Pine will take you down that road with her debut novel, If Only. But dear GodI wish Id been warned by how hard this book would hit me. :)

Sure theres angst, and tears, and those ultimate swoon worthy moments that you have to shut your eyes and hold on to, for fear the next chapter might steal it all away from you. But Ms. Pine is such a skillful story teller, that you cant help but keep going, even if you are scared of how it will all end. Or heck, maybe you won't scared be and youll be giddy and smiling and cheesy smiling in the end.

I admire Ms. Pine for taking the road she did when it came to this book. Dont get me wrong, many people will adore the guy she put Jordan with in the end. Too, many may not be. But such is fiction, and when the story is still so excellent, the end result doesnt always matter. Crazy, right? Well, not to me. I am a readernot a judger. :)

Overall, I highly recommend If Only to fans of New Adult books. Its got steam, its got sweetness, its got humor, and its got a timely love story that you won't soon forget. Great writing, flawed characters that you cant help but love. And a boyor two in this casethat will definitely make your tummy churn in a good way. Take my advice, just a low woman on the reviewing totem pole of booksread If Only. Its simply amazing.
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FINALLY, Rachel and Jax get their HEA. However, there are so many obstacles in their way. I love Jax but sometimes I wanted to smack the stupidity out of him when to came to Chloe. I also wanted to smack Rachel at times (HE LOVES YOU. Go to him). But, I did understand because I would have felt the same way. They are one of my fave couples so it was heartbreaking going through some of the downs. All their ups were very sexy. Jax can rock her world.

Jace stole so many of these scenes. He is so much like Jax. I can't help but hope that, perhaps, we may see stories of the Knight children and the Clark children get their HEA? Especially knowing their parents are symbols of love they grew up with? Jace being like Jax, Connor being like Max, Addison being the coolest girl around? M. Clarke, you have done it again!
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Jenna and Jimmy didn't have the traditional love story but it was oh so heart warming!  The things he does....sigh
I truly don't know which of these men has the bigger heart or is the sweetest!  I don't really know what to say without giving away spoilers!  I can say that the way this group steps up and supports each other makes it such a heartwarming read!  I know its going to be a sad sad day when this series comes to an end...I cant wait to read what comes next!!