Nowhere to Run by Jeanne Bannon

Hello to all,


                        I'm in the middle of administrative stuff but i had to share with you my opinion on my latest read so i'm taking a break to post this...i won't be long because i don't want to reveal too much of the intrigue though.

Happy Reading

Publisher: Blueberry Hill Press

Publication: 2017

ASIN:  B0764J8YP5

Genre: romantic suspense
Violence: strong
Language: normal
sex: mild
Public: 18+

Source: bought

Description from goodreads :

 What's a girl to do when she falls in love with the man whose mission it is to bring her down?

With the murder of her only sister, Sara, just a few months past, Lily Valier—a woman of beauty and substance—tops the sheriff's list of suspects in small town Maine, and for a very good reason. Dear old Dad had willed his fortune to Sara and only Sara, leaving Lily to fend for herself. However, with no murder weapon or witnesses, the evidence against Lily is only circumstantial.

Enter P.I. Aiden O'Rourke, black-haired and blue-eyed, charged with gaining Lily's trust and learning her secrets, all to finally get the goods on her. Things move fast and feelings run deep, yet when Lily discovers the truth about Aiden, everything begins to come apart.

Aiden's torn. Despite his feelings for her, Lily is the most logical suspect, with a great big fat motive. Except something's not quite right. Aiden trusts his instincts and they're screaming at him to have a look at a former suspect with far more to hide than first appeared. With little left to lose, Lily decides to stand her ground, and staying put has its consequences when the murder weapon finally turns up—and it’s Lily's gun.

What happens to love, when trust is betrayed?

My opinion:

          Easily read, this book was quite pleasing... i loved the idea of the plot ( sister suspected of a murder) and the investigation is quite well written....in fact the only thing that bothered me was how fast the heroine falls for the hero Aiden.  Lily is courageous, she is loyal and stronger than she looks both mentally and physically more importantly she has a big heart as we can see in how she care for older peoples....however she is also a bit secret after have been hurt she is reserved even more after the sheriff investigation....so i can understand how she would fall for Aiden ( especially after the heroic rescue) BUT... in my opinion she goes to his bed too fast ..she doesn't fully trust him and yet she sleeps with him...somehow that fell too wrong

However, when you go past that point the author does use some elements to make the characters speak to each others and in the process learning to really discover the other one and  build trust...

What really moved me was the ending... really this couldn't have been a more perfect one for this story  and i couldn't resist shedding tears as it was quite moving really so i would be very happy to read more story from this author if only for that part .

If you want a good romance suspense with some mystical element and moving ending.. this is a book not to miss.

Score:  3,5/5

Disclaimer: All opinions are my own and i voluntary reviewed this book

Furever After ( Southern Shifters) by Michelle Fox

Hello to all!!

While i have been reading several aliens romance for which you will get my opinion soon, today i'm takling a break from that genre to go back to one of my favourite: paranormal romance with shifters.

 I have been luck to get a arc of Michelle Fox new book " Furever After" which is released today and i couldn't miss to share my opinion on it with you without delay.

 Enjoy!!!

Publisher: amazon kindle worlds

Publication: 2015

Genre: paranormal romance

Violence: mild
Language: normal
sex: strong
Public: 18+

Source: ecopy in exchange for an honest review

Description from goodreads :

 Staying safe means killing her wolf…

Piper Oakes is done with being a shifter and doing whatever she can to jettison her wolf. If she doesn’t, her alpha will force her to be his mate, even though they have no bond. In an effort to force her obedience, he’s taken everything from her—family, friends and any sense of safety she ever had. There’s no reason for her to be a wolf anymore and every reason to walk away.

Saving her wolf is his only chance at love…

Doctor Jaxon Comyn has never met a wolf who could be his mate. To fill the void of living alone, he throws himself into the study of human medical science. When Piper comes into his life, it’s his one shot at having it all, but claiming her as his mate means taking on both her alpha…and his.

Welcome to Eliza Gayle's Southern Shifters series, where alphas move heaven and earth for their ‘happily furever afters.’


Note this is a novella, not a novel. Longer than a short story, shorter than a novel. While it’s a good idea (and lots of fun!) to read Bad Kitty by Eliza Gayle, it’s not required. This story stands alone with no cliffhanger and an HEA ending.

My opinion:

          Really great. I have been wanting to read something from this author for a long time and i’m so glad i got the opportunity to read this novella in exchange for a review.  I haven’t read anything in this universe before  me tell you that this won’t be the last.

I had absolutly no problem  understand the world and the story despite this being my first introduction to it. It’s really a stand alone well done with  little tibits about the rest of the series making you want to discover more to deepen your knowledge and joy but you aren’t lost at all if you are new to it.

It’s a novella so the rythm is quite rapid but not overly so and Piper and Jaxon do get to know a little about each other before the romance really strikes i really loved that. Piper has been fleeing since little , we don’t know exactly how long and that’s something i would have liked to know to understand her even more as well as her situation. She is independant and terribly afraid which is pergfectly understandable after what she suffered... as a result she doesn’t want to be a shifter anymore so she is trying to stay in the human world because in this world the wolfshifetrs need to stay together and near nature to keep their energy/ magic to the  fullest..... ...when apart from the clan for too long one would start to feel sick. For Piper it’s even worse, she is dying when she meets Jaxon.

Jaxon is a wolf shifter from another clan who wants to be a doctor so he has permission to live outside the

 clan to study and work but he is still part of it and goes back as soon as possible. When he sees Piper, he is drawn to help her but he doesn’t get the real deeper reason. He is a good and loyal man, i really liked him. I think is personnality is perfect for Piper

The intrigue is simple is the  sense that we do know the bad one from the start and we know what he wants.... however  i didn’t understand how his clan allowed him to act like that....i mean he has nothiong of the

alpha safe from the strengh perhaps....that’s the part tht bothered me a little i guess that no one tried to interfere , to exile him or something....

However the resolution  takes unexpected turns so you are turning the pages until the last one hoping for Piper and Jaxon happiness and to see the villain punished as he derserves it.

This is really a excellent novella and i would be happy to read more in this universe.

Score:  4/5

Disclaimer: All opinions are my own and no compensation was received in exchange for this review /Source: a copy in exchange for an honest review, no other compensation was received.

Soul Resurrected ( Sons of Wrath 2) by Keri Lake + free book " The Fallen"

Hello to all!


 I've been waiting to share today post with you and believe me it was getting harder and harder to wait.  So  today i will share with you my opinion on " Soul Ressurected" by Keri Lake....and FREE EBOOK yes! Let me explain or trty to... in Soul Ressurected a new Character appears " Xander" one so interesting than the readers asked to know more about him.

Keri Lake kindly answered she was going to see what she could do, kind of a novella, as a gift to her fan and thus free since all gift should be free..... She went above our expectation! reallly forget novella think book and today is THE DAY: The Fallen is released and you get your free digital copy all info: here
The Fallen isn't part of the Sons of Wrath series but more a spin off so if it's your first try with this author and love dark horror  grab this new book and enjoy it.

 For those still hesitating here is want i thought of Soul Ressurected where Xander's made his first appearance and that make me want to discover The Fallen even with all the warning about how dark it is (because this time it will be^^)

 Happy Reading

Publisher: Keri Lake

Publication: 2013

ISBN:  0984851747

Genre: urban fantasy, paranormal romance
Violence:  really strong
Language: strong
sex: really strong

Public: 18+

Source: won

Short description from goodreads :

 As Wrath’s fiercest son, Logan carries the scars of fifty years spent in the most dreaded prison of the underworld, for a sin he’d kill to keep secret. Enduring decades of gruesome torture has left Logan feared by and detached from others, until a female Alexi’s blood resurrects his soul from death and, with it, the pleasures he’s been denied for so long.

Plagued by shame of her own, Calla is drawn to the ruthless demon, Logan, whose insatiable craving for her touch rouses buried passions and, for once, leaves her feeling desired.

A dark and dangerous evil has been reawakened, however, and when Calla is drawn too close to its breeding grounds, Logan vows to summon the violence of Wrath in order to keep her safe. First, though, Calla must save him from a past riddled with deceit and corruption … but only if she can accept the chilling consequences of unearthing his vilest skeleton.

Sons of Wrath
Never gamble with vengeance …


Warning: This book contains explicit language, sex, and violence. Not suitable for readers under 18 years of age

My opinion:

          What a ride! I went through all kinds of emotions reading this book and I guess I’m not left unscathed  which is not something negative at all I do hope though readers will hear the warning because yes this book has a high level of violence, sex and it’s a lot, a LOT darker than book 1 so better be prepared for that . But rest assured  Keri Lake was kind enough to give us an happy ending…. A form of at least^^ so even if the journey to reach it is difficult it’s well worth it.

Logan had a difficult childhood…saying that doesn’t even cover half of it and I was a little perturbed because those memories and thus a large part of the “horror “part of the book started just at the beginning of the story. “Soul Resurrected” takes place just after “Soul Avenged” left you, with Logan on his bed recovering thanks to Calla’s blood….

i don’t know why I expected the book to gradually become darker in the series and the violence to come later in the book but I did so when the violence, nightmare, horror start right in the first chapters  and that it jumped several levels between this book and the first one I was a little taken aback. To be honest I even though fort a moment to stop there because it was really that hard but I’m glad I trusted Keri and kept reading because in a sense it lightened.  No, it doesn’t become all flowers and sweets far from it but gradually the humour showed and the attraction and romance appeared to put a little hope in all the darkness.

Logan and his brother are demons yes but I love how they have honor. They are not all violence for nothing it’s even the complete opposite and it’s probably for that reason others fears them ( now I won’t say i love all demons in this series far from it as you will understand when you read this ).  In this book we learn how deeply they loyalty and the love they have for each other run deeply. Gavin didn’t hesitate to suffer imprisonment and torture to lighten what Logan had to go through, we discover how Zayne has been suffering and at the same time forgiven his brother for what he had done ( though we will learn more about that part in the future I think). The thing they have between them is stronger that what most human family have which make us admire them a little more.

Logan is only discovering that part since he didn’t grow up with the others, he still feels a little outcast while they are behind him no matter what and they would be even ore if he trusted them enough to explain his past. Until now he is keeping it to himself, because he doesn’t trust himself first and foremost. I think he fears their judgement like he fears Calla’s rejection.

I really loved to see him open himself slowly.. he is as loyal as the others if no more so I really could feel his pain, his fear and his love ( some of his quotes just make your toes curl)… he is perfect for calla.

Calla’s past is special and Logan get to discover it before her even if he doesn’t understand it at first. She was especially targeted by Wade and we learn that sadly he wasn’t the big villain and there are people above him. She has suffered a lot too and she has some difficulty to adjust in the mansion. For a long part of the book she keep believing what she was taught (demons are crazy, they jump on any woman etc) even if she saw it wasn’t the case. For that reason she doesn’t trust Logan and the rest of them and she plan to have her revenge alone….sometime I really wanted to tell her how stupid she was but I guess she had to learn. She did speak a little with Ayden but not as much as I would have loved, Ayden is more than secondary in this book, I would have though she would take her fellow alexi under her wing but no it’s Anna who become Calla’s support ( a really good one)

If you remember from my review of book 1, I really loved Gavin… I still do even if he did something that disappointed me….i fear thought that he will have to suffer hell before having is own happiness so I’m glad next book is his, I couldn’t wait longer. As the elder he bears all the responsibilities and he does feel alone. We learn more about Ferno and his past with Zayne (while my heart goes for him I can’t agree with his attitude and the drug addiction) Mad Dog appears too but we still know nothing about him…. In a sense Calix seems to be the more balanced of the brother (with Gavin before). It’s getting hard to have only one favourite^^ but I still hope Gavin will get his soulmate. Oh and Zeke, poor Zeke, I need more of him ( and well).

While this book focus on Logan and calla’s relationship we learn at the same time a lot about the demons’s culture and world since for the first time we see a little of it. I really enjoyed that part. We also  get to see the scheme between the alexi existence and it’s go a lot deeper and larger that what one could have imagined at first. The enemies are getting more and more numerous and the risks I can’t even imagine all of them. On the positive side, we learn that not all lycans are mindless far from it and some protect others a bit like Gavin is doing. Marrick is an alpha who sounds like he is really responsible and knows what he is doing. He would love an alliance with the brothers but after years of being enemies with lycans, trust is slow to come ( even though he should fear more from other demons-_-;;) I hope we will see more of them because that’s the kind of werewolves I prefer not the simply mindless savage beast.

 So while the beginning of the book can be harder to get through this story is really worth it, if you liked “ Soul Avenged” you definitively want to read this one if you love horror and are not overly sensitive. It(‘s really a series I come to enjoy more and more, an excellent urban fantasy universe with romance to make you swoon.

Score:  4/5

Disclaimer: All opinions are my own and no compensation was received in exchange for this review

Challenge:

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Free Ebook

And like i said at first if you want to discover Xander go hurry and grab the free book " The Fallen", Keri Lake wrote just for us book info and links here , amazon,  if you are international you can request you free copy by email ( need to do it just now!!) or if you are on facebook.... you could be even more lucky like precised in the info if you do on the release page on facebook today! there are print copy to win ( print copy you won't find anywhere else!) Good Luck!

Mafia Secret by Angie Derek

Hello again,

                Quite a few posts today but that's what happen at the beginning of the month and since i don't know when the storms will start and internet on hold i prefered not to wait and give you this review especially since i know someone wa swaiting to hear my opinion on this story.

  First when I heard about this book it made me think about the manga “ Reborn” when a young boy learn he is the next head of a mafia family and must learn what to fight to take his place while he is a kind and innocent boy. I was tempted and curious so when I was offered the opportunity to win it I didn’t hesitate.

When Brenda ( yes her again ^^) recommended this book to me she told me i was going to like it but she was wrong… i completely LOVE it. Perhaps I needed something different from paranormal reads at the moment, perhaps it was just the book I needed but Mafia Secret caught my attention and I could stop before the last page so really thanks Brenda for this discovery I really spend a fabulous time reading!

Publisher: Tell-Tale Publishing LLC

Publication: 2012

ISBN:  9781301100149

Genre: romantic suspense
Violence: strong
Language: normal
sex: strong
Public: 18+

Source: won ( thanks Brenda!!!!!!)

Short description from goodreads :

 Lessa Noelle grew up never knowing she was the illegitimate daughter of a mafia king pin. After his murder, she finds herself a surprise heiress immersed in the dangerous world of organized crime with only the guidance of Marco Santo her father’s second in command to help her.


Marco searches for her father’s killer and tries to keep the realities of his life from touching her. An uneasy attraction blossoms between the two. An already dangerous situation turns volatile when a killer turns his attention to Lessa.

My opinion:

          I love it! I expected to like it but I enjoyed it a lot more than that, if I didn’t have to take my medicine I would have read it in one sitting. Angie Derek really wrote an excellent story and if I had suspicions about the culprit it’s probably due only to my experiences in watching cops series on the TV… she managed to keep the suspense all along.

Lessa is young and independent woman, she grows up never knowing she was the daughter of a mafia’s boss…so when a man she never saw suddenly appears to tell her that her father died two days ago it comes as a shock and she doesn’t believe it at first. Confronted to some evidences she finally accepts to grant her father his last request and come to attend his funerals and meet her family.  It doesn’t really go smoothly, her family never knew she existed, her father’s killer is still on the run and change of power in a mafia family isn’t a quiet moment at all.  Thrown in it, she can only rely on Marc, her bodyguard, late lieutenant of her father to keep her safe and to tell her whet she must know or to be exact what he think she should know.

Preferring to keep her in the dark as long as possible to offer her the possibility to go back to the life she always knew, what Marc didn’t take into account was his attraction to the new Mafia’s princess. Quite innocent, speaking her mind she attracts him like a moth to a flame and he can’t stop touching her which isn’t helpful when he must find the killer. But danger was already on Lessa before she met Marc and it just keep growing

Marc isn’t a member of the family per say, he was a trusted man of Lessa father, on of his lieutenant. He came from the outside and slowly, during years he made his place. So he knows perfectly when what entering the family entails and he doesn’t want to impose that to Lessa. He is loyal, honest and yes a criminal too^^ he do what he is ordered to do but he doesn’t take pleasure in it which makes him even better. I really liked him and how he was trying to find what he needed to do to keep Lessa by his side and protect her… he took risks but he didn’t impose himself… a good alpha^^

Lessa’s family is quite a group… Jio is the elder and the new head. He respect his father‘s wishes but perhaps too much … since he married not by love he could be unfaithful even if we still haven’t real proof, his behaviour tend to it. Still he looks like a good man, Tony is the rebel one, he wants powers and trust no one but the family doesn’t trust him either. Then come Clarissa, same age as Lessa, she was the only girl until then and she wants nothing to do with the family, promised to Marc she doesn’t hesitate to break off  the engagement as soon as her father is dead and she doesn’t want her inherence. Leery of men she however knows that no matter what ,she is part of the family. Edoardo is the younger one; more an artist and kind soul he would love to leave the family too without really dreaming to see an opportunity. Nina is Jio’s wife, kind she is the first to welcome Lessa, I really love her.

This story is a stand alone and I think I would love it to stay that way, yes I ‘m tempted to lean about the other’s family member but perhaps then the novelty will wears off, ..; I don’t know but right now if you love suspense romance, have a little thing for mafia, I really recommend this book!

Score:  4,5/5

Disclaimer: All opinions are my own and no compensation was received in exchange for this review

The Million Dollar Gift by Cheree Alsop

Hello to all,

 I hope you had a great Christmas or whatever you celebrate. I enjoyed a quiet meal with my family and i can tell you that i'm really grateful for it.

There are only a few days left before New Year and i will try to take a little time for myself but not before completing my 2012 goals so i continue my discovery of the holiday romance subgenre but today i will change a bit and speak about a contemporary one instead of a paranormal one^^ no worries  the rest of the year will be back to holiday paranormal romance ( mixing several favorite things is so good^^).

Thanks to Ali Cross i won this book to help my discovery of this subgenre and i really loved it so here is my opinion on " The Million Dollar Gift" by Cheree Alsop

Happy reading and happy holidays!

Publisher: Cheree L. Alsop

Publication: 2012

Genre: contemporary romance, holiday romance
Violence: mild
Language: normal
sex: none
Public: 18+

Source: won (thank you Ali)

Short description from goodreads :

 When Chase risks his life to save a brother and sister just before Christmas, his life becomes entwined with theirs more intricately than he could have imagined. Emotional and moving, this is a story of a young man whose troubled heart is tested by the one thing he is unprepared to face, love.

My opinion:

          When I won this book, I hadn’t started my discovery of this genre yet or I only read one book  so I loved the excerpt I saw and the description but I didn’t know what to expect.  Let’s say that the description doesn’t do justice to this excellent story… it’s really emotional and more than moving. You will need tissues at several moment but Cheree managed to write a wonderful story that can’t let you unfeeling, unmoved.

Chase had a sad life and ended being on the street  when he isn’t thirty, he also has some troubles with gangsters but when he heard Clara’s cries for help the hesitation was short before he went to help even if he just been severely beaten minutes before.

Clara didn’t expect to be aggressed when she went out with her little brother; she even less expected to be saved by a stranger covered in grim and blood. However, she can’t let that young man alone on the street, in the cold after what he has done and seriously injured as he is so she invited him to her family’s home even if she know nothing of him except that his name is Chase.

Chase didn’t act to be awarded anything, he just did what his heart told me, so he is a bit surprised by the way he is invited and welcomed in Clara’s family without questions or doubts despite his appearance.  He doesn’t feel at his place, still hurt he thinks isn’t worth their kindness but the family keeps being kind to him and attentive and soon he can’t leave them especially Clara. He didn’t believe in Christmas since a long time but their joy and generosity overwhelm him and he is starting slowly to heal body and heart by living with them. Slowly he also opens himself and we discover the reason for all his suffering and I cried for this little boy so alone and hurt. We really can understand him thanks to that. The relationship he gets with Daniels, one of the boys of the Clark’s family who has withdrew in himself since the death of his best friend is lovely described and the words sound rights. They learn from each other, each one being in a way the answer the other was waiting for…; a wonderful message of forgiveness and faith.

The romance is there slow and true, growing as Clara and Chase learn about each other and spend time together. They are obstacles, tragedy and sometimes I got the impressions that fates were really against Chase, since it seemed so cruel but everything fit, has their reason to arrive so even if they are sad parts I really enjoyed this story and I’m glad to have had the opportunity to discover it.

To recommend but if you are really emotional like me, don’t forget  to keep your tissues at hand

Score:  4/5

Disclaimer: All opinions are my own and no compensation was received in exchange for this review

Challenges:

This book enter in the Romance and Me Challenge

Collected ( Coveted 0.5 ) by Shawntelle Madison

Hello to all,

                 today will be a bit special because i've decided to share with you my opinion on two novellas, one from a universe i know and love and it will be in the next post, and a novella, this one, under the title Collected a prequel to Coveted a book i really hope to get one day. Both will be short reviews since i want to avoid too much spoilers.

I discovered Shawntelle Madison thanks to some reviews of her first book Coveted and it caught my interest. I've tried  i don't know how many contests to get it but so far luck wasn't on my side but i still followed her blog to keep me updated. Book 2 " Kept " will soon be released  but meantime she has released the prequel called " Collected" and at the moment it's even free so don't hesitate and give it a try! She is really an accessible author.


Happy reading!

Author : Shawntelle Madison

Publication: 2012

Asin:  B009MQJ6HG

Genre: urban fantasy,romance
Violence: mild
Language: normal
sex: none
Public: 16+

Source: free novella 

Short description from goodreads :

 Natalya Stravinsky, the charmingly neurotic werewolf from Coveted, is featured in this prequel novella. Before Thorn Grantham returned to South Toms River, New Jersey, Natalya lived alone with her stash of holiday trinkets. Her life takes an interesting turn when she faces a difficult challenge: to find a stolen figurine she'd recently won from a magical creatures auction website. It should be simple, just demand for it back from the pesky thief. But a set of events occurs that puts not only her life at risk, but her family's as well.

My opinion:

        A surprising prequel. Coveted is a series that caught my interest months ago but so far I haven’t had the opportunity to read Coveted, book 1, I just enjoyed excerpts so when a few days ago, I saw Shawntelle offering the prequel for free I jumped on the occasion.

This prequel can be read without any knowledge of the world Shawntelle has created, it’s a funny introduction to it. Natalya is a werewolf really different from others first she lives alone apart from the pack, not that common, and she has quite a lot of compulsions: she is afraid- to say thing lightly- of germs, dirt, filth and collects trinkets in a compulsory way too, spending big amount of money of them . It(‘s the first time I come across a shifter  so maniac and clean, one who doesn’t like blood I knew – like Dali from the Kate Daniels series, white tiger , she faint or become frantic when smelling or seeing blood- but one like Natalya never.

Even more curious, it seems that she wasn’t always like that even though we don’t get a lot more information in this novella. I really would like to know more about that. This dichotomy between her wolf part: for which running in the wild is fun and great, and her conscious traumatized by the idea of touching something dirty gives us at least a smile if not a full laugh

We also learn that she is not completely over her ex, Thorn, who left her and it seems to be one of the reasons she choose to live alone.  She is a bit independent but is responsible enough to know when to ask for help even if her reasons can seem futile, with her personality getting that thing was a priority. No matter the risks.

However, those psychological flaws aside, she is not a werewolf like the others; she seems to be attuned to magic when her brother and his friend are completely blind to it.  I think it will be something capital in the future like the aquatic creature made an allusion to it.

I really spend a good time and I recommend it to fan of urban Fantasy, if you have read Coveted it will give you more insight in Natalya and if, like me, you still have to discover it, this prequel makes an excellent introduction. So enjoy it .

Score:  4/5

Disclaimer: All opinions are my own and no compensation was received in exchange for this review

If you liked this review and want to try this novella you can find all the links to retailers HERE

Challenges:

This book enter in the Romance and Me Challenge

The Marriage List by Jean C. Joachim

Hello to all,

                 Today we will continue our discovery of the Contemporary subgenre with a new author for me Jean C. Joachim. I've won this book on a contest in a blog hop and wasn't sure what to expect. I'm pleasantly surprised. I've adored this novella short but so complete. Without waiting  here is " The Marriage List"

Editor : Katherine tate

Author: Jean C. Joachim

Publication : 2011

ISBN/ ASIN:  B0064ERU7M

Genre: Contemporary romance

Pages:79
Violence: none
Langage: normal
sex: strong
Public: 18+

Source: Pdf copy won on the author’s  Website

Short description from goodread :

 Can happily ever after start with a list? Grey Andrews thinks so. After ten years of working, saving and investing, Grey finally achieved a level of wealth that allows him to do what he wants with his life. He needs a woman to share it with, but not any woman, the perfect woman. A woman who has the three essential qualities on his marriage list. But after three years of searching he isn’t any closer to finding her than he was when he started out.

 Carrie Tucker, an aspiring mystery writer and divorcée struggling to make it in the world of advertising, turned her focus from men to her career after dating too many creeps and losers. She’s finally earned her big break, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to become the first female creative director in a hot New York ad agency. So what if it means working nights and weekends? It’s not like she has a social life anyway.

 Is the marriage list a failure or will a chance meeting at a fiction-writing conference prove the list to be the key to Grey’s happiness after all?

My opinion:

          I loved it! That’s the first contemporary romance that enjoyed reading from start to end without a doubt. I spent a great time and I’m still smiling while thinking about it.

Grey is a man who knows what he wants. Quite obsessive even sometimes but he wants something durable and I admire that. He had a life and now he is ready for more. With that objective, he doesn’t want to joke about, so he seriously put what he wants on a list and keep true to it. It‘s not so easy to do and I find that admirable. Carrie is strong willed and she also has sacrificed a lot for her dream, she is working like a slave with no social life. However, when she meets Grey she adapts, she doesn’t give up her work but she manages to find time for him. Even if it’s hard, even if people are telling her that‘s not enough, she keeps her engagements, promises etc. I would like to be so courageous.

Jenna is funny and so right sometimes, now I dislike Barbara, I understand her but still part of me found the situation unfair.

It’s easy to read and we live the story by Grey’s side. We can see the point of view of Carrie too and I absolutely  loved it.

To recommend to all romantic hearts who need hope and happiness

Score:  4,5/5

Challenges:

This book enter in the Romance and Me Challenge

Book read for the 2012 TBR reading Challenge

ebook read for the 2012 ebook Challenge



Review: Bourne ( River of Time 3.1) by Lisa T. Bergren

Hi!,

         Today is the International Women's Day and for this occasion i couldn't choose a better series to review.  River of Time series is full of adventure,honour, loyalty and love but the women like Gabi and Lia aren't just beautiful girls. They have a brain and they use it, they fight for what and who they love and more important they stay true to themselves. I really loved this serie and was happy to learn that some enovellas will prolonge the adventure.

End of February, Bourne was published in differents formats  so you can go buy it immediately if you want. For the ones who are just discovering these books, a small introduction:

Gabi and Lia, are two young american girls whose parents are archeologists, specialist of the Etruscan period. Since their childhood, they have spend their holidays in Italy while theirs parents were working. Even after the death of their father in an accident, their mother continues to do the same. While in Italy for a new search, their mother discovers old etruscans tomb, fed to just be able to listen  the girls decide to have a look at the second tomb. There some strange hands prints caught their attention and they magically find themselves in Medieval Italy where they will have to survive.

To say more could give you too many spoilers i think so if you want to learn a bit more you can check my reviews of these first books: Waterfall, Cascade and finally Torrent .

Really i loved them a lot ( total score 4,5)!

Now, here come Bourne! Enjoy!

Editor : Bergren Creative Group, Inc.

Publication : 2012          

ISBN:  0373277210

Pages:118

Genre: romance, YA,fiction, history
Violence: strong
Langage: normal
sex: none
Public: 16+

Source: pdf copy from the author in exchange for an honest review

Short description from goodread :

The River of Time Series--a Top 10 Pick for over 20 YA book bloggers in 2011! If you like romance, adventure and a dose of medieval Italian culture, you'll love WATERFALL (book 1), CASCADE (book 2) and TORRENT (book 3). Hint: They’re not just for teenagers.

BOURNE, a novella (1/3 the length of a normal novel), picks up right where TORRENT left off...Find out what has happened to men returning from the battle, gravely wounded, to the Betarrinis, fighting for the men they love, and just who is hunting them next...

My opinion:

          I was hoping so much for this book and in the end I’m a bit disappointed. First, it’s really too short, yes it’s a novella but I think that too many things are started and not developed enough. Second I was really destabilised by the constant changing of point of view, Gabi, Lia, Gabi etc it didn’t permit me to feel immersed in the story like I did in the first 3books. Perhaps it’s because the chapters are so short that you get the feeling the changes are too quick but really I regretted that.

Lord Greco is there but he isn’t as great as before. He is feeling so guilty that he wants to die? Suicide was forbidden, frowned upon at that time! So it doesn’t make sense. Also he is starting to look at Lia now? Oki not as much as he did with Gabi but there are some signs. I can understand that Luca is on the defensive. However, even that is a bit strange, there are blood brothers or nearly and just like that they stop to trust each other? Even when one has lost everything, Not very loyal from Luca I think. Marcello is nearly dead and the day after he is riding…too quick.

In this novella, I felt more the tragedy, the drama. I didn’t finish the book with a smile like with the others. No I just wanted to cry because I’ve got the feeling it will be just worse after. I didn’t get closure. And it’s the first time with this series. I mean the last book finished on a hard battle and all but we could hope, imagine they came back safe and sound and life will be better. This one starts just where we left, the consequences of the battle and such but the end doesn’t give me dreams, hope just a foreboding presentiment…. I hope there will have another after book after this novella, really now it’s not a wish it’s necessity it can’t end like that, too sad .... it's a good book but not one that should close the page of the River of time.

Normally , there should be at least another novella this year and Lisa wrote on her blog that perhaps a third one after and if the public react well there is hope for a print version of all the novellas together!!! ( i will keep you updated^^)

To recommend to the fan of the River of time and to read in order ^^;;

Score:  3,5/5

If you want this book you can buy it On amazon or on Smashwords

You can find more informations on the serie and Lisa on her Blog

Source: a copy in exchange for a honest review, no compensation was received.

Challenge:

ebook read for the 2012 ebook Challenge

Bonded (ebook) by Nicky Charles

Hello to all,

                       here comes my review on the romantic paranormal suspense ebook called " Bonded". It's the prequel of the mating ( book1 of the Lycans'world) by Nicky Charles. Try it, it's free and really good.

enjoy!

Author: Nicky Charles

Genre: Romantic Paranormal suspense

Published 2012

Pages: 260
Langage:mild
Sex: mild
Violence: strong

Public: 18+
Source: free download on Smashwords.com

Summary/ description from Smashwords:

Reno’s a tough Enforcer for Lycan Link who finds himself drawn to Brandi but duty rules his life. Brandi, just on the edge of starting her career as a Disaster Control officer, falls for Reno at first sight, but are they really meant to be? Is it love or lust and does it really even matter? Enforcers and DCs don't get along...unless fate forces them to. Bonded precedes The Mating.

Story:

             In a world were the Lycans live around humans they have their own history and problem similar to humans ones. In the past, when their laws were written, the purity was important to avoid extinction because of that the ones that loved humans and had baby with them were savagely killed as were the children.  When the situation became better, it was decided to  interpret the law differently. Mixed marriage were authorised and  children, called halves, born from them were considered people with rights as any others. However, history has shown that often some people don’t want these kinds of progress and some created groups called the Purists to try to make a comeback to the old ways. For them, half  and mixed blooded are just slaves with no right at all… just good to served and be killed. To protect these innocent Lycan Links was created  with a  part of the group called Enforcers sorts of special corps whose missions is to check that the rights are respected and interfere when it’s needed to save the one in needs. There are laws to protect the lycan with one parent human.

It was thought that the Purist had disappeared but now the Enforcers have proofs that it’s not the case and even worse they are spreading, taking over some clans and such. Reno is the best of the enforcer, knowing the danger he has planned to find new recruits for his squad and for that he goes teaching in the University, a place were lycans males and females go to learn  self-defence and to be controlled. It’s a place were only the strong willed go such as the future leader or the ones with a tendency to become rogue, lycan lost to their beast without humanity left.

During one lesson, he meets Brandi, a young strong willed woman and the make a fight demonstration that nearly falls out of hand.  Brandi loved him since the first time she saw him, it’s a last year and she has concentrated only on her works so this love very present isn’t acted upon…until the fight and that leads to the night after the final exam. Also intrigued Reno finish to accept the decision of his wolf and make love to her…against his principles he even leaves her his phone number and asks that she calls him. When they meet, Brandi is overjoyed she has passed as top of her class and even got her dream Job: DC Damage control officer, the one that create stories and lies to keep the existence of Lycan secret. However what she didn’t know was that DC and Enforcers don’t get along at all and when Reno shows how much he despites them she leaves angry. When won’t see each other before several months or years and each time they fight, argue and separate very angry. But fate seems determined to make them meet and work together….

Style:

           Nicky Charles has created a world of his own for his serie.  The characters are well developed and to help the reader to understand the founding of this universe he uses the lessons the characters study and revise to remind them to us.

The rhythm is constant not too quick not to slow and he show the evolution on the long term with a story taking place during several years.

My opinion:

                     It’s the prequel to the first book of the trilogy but the four one published so we discover a world well constructed and I can’t wait to read the first book published to see if there are some evolutions or if it was so good since the beginning.

The story is full of actions and I was captivated by it, the romance is there, the plot is really interesting and the investigations so captivating…I didn’t know what to expect until the end and even the end… oh my….
I couldn’t stop myself to see the similitude with our real history and it was great and in the same time a bit worrying to see that even with all our efforts changes aren’t definitive and take times. I also appreciate the action of the author that gives us his stories free so we can make a donation of our choice.

I spend a good time with this book and I recommend it to the lovers of paranormal romance is a world well constructed and to the fans of werewolves

You can download  this story in different formats  here on Smashwords

Score: 5/5

Challenges:

This book enter in the Romance and Me Challenge

ebook read for the 2012 ebook Challenge