tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91284093067815523402024-03-17T20:01:32.232-07:00Let's Get Lost in a Good BookLesleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13418926840361159325noreply@blogger.comBlogger65125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9128409306781552340.post-55481968841232076732023-07-20T14:48:00.001-07:002023-07-20T14:48:29.176-07:00<p><a href="https://amzn.to/3DkRuoe"> Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon </a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmk_30YqhFeR24hwbAgOLqsIOiqMmdIxzuYJ9EroclAcr-3S08IGCBN-l62-TRmY05qk-mNsUCNCMlQwR6ylKlOv0fp5V5f_sjd6uNcFGVuwu_3RYPVtXlWTTUcmzlLhGCeyJlwlBk_hG-pfd4I1O7W3mEH82MbmQqUMdiincvNDN4sQKCTmMWKE98JcIW/s1920/Everything%20Everything.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1271" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmk_30YqhFeR24hwbAgOLqsIOiqMmdIxzuYJ9EroclAcr-3S08IGCBN-l62-TRmY05qk-mNsUCNCMlQwR6ylKlOv0fp5V5f_sjd6uNcFGVuwu_3RYPVtXlWTTUcmzlLhGCeyJlwlBk_hG-pfd4I1O7W3mEH82MbmQqUMdiincvNDN4sQKCTmMWKE98JcIW/s320/Everything%20Everything.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>Official Blurb: </b></span></p><p><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">My disease is as rare as it is famous. It’s a form of Severe Combined Immunodeficiency, but basically, I’m allergic to the world. I don’t leave my house, have not left my house in fifteen years. The only people I ever see are my mom and my nurse, Carla.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">But then one day, a moving truck arrives. New next door neighbors. I look out the window, and I see him. He’s tall, lean and wearing all black—black t-shirt, black jeans, black sneakers and a black knit cap that covers his hair completely. He catches me looking and stares at me. I stare right back. His name is Olly. I want to learn everything about him, and I do. I learn that he is funny and fierce. I learn that his eyes are Atlantic Ocean-blue and that his vice is stealing silverware. I learn that when I talk to him, my whole world opens up, and I feel myself starting to change—starting to want things. To want out of my bubble. To want everything, everything the world has to offer.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Maybe we can’t predict the future, but we can predict some things. For example, I am certainly going to fall in love with Olly. It’s almost certainly going to be a disaster.</span></i></p><p><b style="color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">My Review: </b></p><p><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: Proxima Nova, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif;"><b>💗💗💗💗</b></span></p><p>Sometimes the stars just line up and you find a book that you really like. That's what happened here. I was in the library and just browsing the Young Adult section and stumbled across Everything Everything. With all of the spell-it-out reading challenges that I do, I always need an "E" and an "N" and a "Y", but I also needed a book that was made into a movie or tv show. Check, check, check and check!! </p><p>I really really like this book and now I need to look to see where the movie is available because while I know it won't be the same as the book (the movies never are!) I want to see how they are portrayed on the big screen. </p><p>Maddy has spent her eighteen years of life isolated in her germ-free house. Her father and brother died when she was a baby so she's really only interacted in real life with her mom and her nurse Carla. All she's known is that if she leaves her house, she could die. All that she's learned about the outside world has come from books. </p><p>So when she sees a new family moving into the house next door, with a teenaged boy and his sister, she's intrigued and wants to know more than just what she sees outside of her window. So begins an unconventional friendship as their only way of communicating is through waves from window to window. It's not enough for Maddy and Carla comes up with a plan that will allow Olly into the house - but with a few rules. He gets decontaminated and stays on the opposite side of the room and there can be absolutely NO touching at all. Suddenly the friendship shifts - now they can communicate through IMs and emails until Mom realizes what is happening, and fearing that Maddy will want to make changes that could endanger her health, she tries to put a stop to their friendship. </p><p>I won't go on any further because I don't want to spoil the story for you, but all Maddy wants is to live her life to the fullest knowing that taking the biggest risk is either going to be the end of it all or bring the greatest reward of all. </p><p><br /></p><p> </p>Lesleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13418926840361159325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9128409306781552340.post-68771255898197493742023-05-28T17:12:00.001-07:002023-05-28T17:12:50.390-07:00Sideliners by Dana Claire<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI3nfIOVdag0f6G05sorTJA7rg8uBYcczmxq3oSHF2Dt1WZv4oMv4A5JW7omIlcS9mdgqqzbBZefPhbN4CSLLXZfItDzj4wkluqk2Iu_MP7e8m9mj-Qvth2_gtNRSLhy4toLIMvCRXAd8-lZn9-sn8q1o7M-BPEcpLQ7zBTwchgaF3rriIR9pkHxNf5Q/s500/Sideliners.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="333" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI3nfIOVdag0f6G05sorTJA7rg8uBYcczmxq3oSHF2Dt1WZv4oMv4A5JW7omIlcS9mdgqqzbBZefPhbN4CSLLXZfItDzj4wkluqk2Iu_MP7e8m9mj-Qvth2_gtNRSLhy4toLIMvCRXAd8-lZn9-sn8q1o7M-BPEcpLQ7zBTwchgaF3rriIR9pkHxNf5Q/s320/Sideliners.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p>I recently had the opportunity to read and review an ARC coy of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Sideliners-Dana-Claire-ebook/dp/B0BVJB8KNT?&_encoding=UTF8&tag=moorlele-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=0fd84c53b82d690335ace6fe507126bf&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="_blank">Sideliners</a> by Dana Claire. </p><p>Official Blurb: </p><p><span class="a-text-bold" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700 !important;">Two types of folks live in Pottsville, Texas. Those who have two jobs and those who have two houses. </span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">But no matter their address, Friday night football brings every soul in town together under the same stadium lights. Problem is, the have-nots always watch from the sidelines. Until now …<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Four years ago, Reed Maddox made a deathbed promise to his mother before the cancer claimed her life: Take care of their family. To make good on his vow, Reed has agreed to a pact forcing him to abandon his dream of playing football—his one guaranteed ticket out of the trailer park. But when he throws a reckless pass from the sidelines, everything he’s tried to protect is threatened including his guarded heart.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />To regain her title as cheer captain and unofficial crown as princess of Pottsville, knock-out Savannah Kensington is about to brush elbows with Reed Maddox and his hooligan friends. But Little Miss Perfect’s world has been upside down longer than anyone who’s seen her winning smile would realize. Still scarred by the death of her baby sister, she hides her feelings under the pretense of popularity. When the opportunity to reclaim her senior year involves a secret deal to help Reed, Savannah accepts.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />When their two pacts collide, revealing Reed’s football talent and upending everything Savannah knows about her personal kingdom, Pottsville High implodes. The have-nots are invading, the painted white lines are blurring, and Savannah and Reed are locked together in the middle of a battle between circumstance and privilege. Can their new alliance unite the stands or will the ingrained hatred of a town divided tear apart their chance at happily ever after?</span></p><p>Publication Date 3/27/2023 341 pages </p><p>My Review 💗💗💗💗💗</p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">I absolutely devoured Sideliners and can not wait to read more from Dana Claire! </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Reed Maddox may live on the Willie side of town, but he's got a heart of gold and when you are in his circle, you won't ever doubt it, because he will ALWAYS have your back! The most important person in his life is his litter sister, aka Squirt, and there is nothing that he won't do for her including making a deal that puts her needs above all else. And when there's a chance that something puts her needs at jeopardy, the deal changes and Reed puts his heart and soul into making the new deal work for her needs.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">5 stars without a doubt! I can't even tell you all that I love about it, because I want you to read it for yourself and fall in love with Reed (and Squirt) for yourself. Run, do not walk, to get yourself a copy of this book. </span></p>Lesleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13418926840361159325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9128409306781552340.post-62280676832238710042021-01-16T17:19:00.003-08:002021-01-16T17:19:36.987-08:00The Choices I've Made by J.L. Berg<p> I'm super pleased with the Choice I Made to read this book! </p><p><br /></p><h1 class="gr-h1 gr-h1--serif" id="bookTitle" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 2px; width: 455px;">The Choices I've Made by J.L. Berg (#1 in the By The Bay series)</h1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvybhivAE0xKEer_StqzA2LBQAF2GkbS3wE9C8VMVaIIh5ZwZffpYj1k9Vk-zy-fmqfWOavNrOFq7-o9qHYlNrC4hmuaXv4INX1DETk4bv8NxmL7H-R6yz3m-G65GEco_yqdkI0IkGXTBT/s475/the+choices+I%2527ve+made.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="296" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvybhivAE0xKEer_StqzA2LBQAF2GkbS3wE9C8VMVaIIh5ZwZffpYj1k9Vk-zy-fmqfWOavNrOFq7-o9qHYlNrC4hmuaXv4INX1DETk4bv8NxmL7H-R6yz3m-G65GEco_yqdkI0IkGXTBT/s320/the+choices+I%2527ve+made.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div>The official blurb:</div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">Death has a way of changing you...</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">After my mom passed, I couldn't seem to stand still. I couldn't be me anymore. So, with nothing more than a few boxes and a beat up truck, I left behind my old life at the tender age of eighteen.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">And I never looked back.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">Twelve years later, I find myself traveling back to the sandy shores of that North Carolina town where my late father has left me his medical practice. Coming here means facing my past... My memories... And her--Molly McIntyre.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">Growing up, Molly had been my entire world, first as a childhood friend and then so much more. We'd made promises to each other back then. Promises I broke when I walked away. And now that I'm back? Well, let's just say she's not exactly the head of my welcoming committee. But even she can't deny the undeniable spark that still burns so brightly between us and soon, we're tumbling fast and hard into the past.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">But I need to keep my eyes set to the future, because mine isn't here in this dead end town. Not anymore.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">All Molly has ever known is here, on this small island. Could I really ask her to give it all up? For me? If I walk away again, will she follow?</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div><p style="background-color: white; color: #4d4d4d; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">My Review: </p><p style="background-color: white; color: #4d4d4d; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">💗💗💗💗</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #4d4d4d; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">Twelve years ago, Jake left the small town where he grew up, leaving Molly behind. So much has changed in those twelve years and his father's funeral makes it a necessary trip back 'home'. When he runs into his old friend Dean, he certainly doesn't imagine his coming back home is going to happen anything like it did. But funny how even though so much has changed, the most important thing hasn't changed at all. </p><p style="background-color: white; color: #4d4d4d; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">I LOVED this book - I devoured it in one day. It had a surprising twist right out of the gate which sent the story on a path that you wouldn't have imagined just from reading the blurb. So much emotion as Jake realizes that his feelings for Molly never went away, despite of the path that her life has taken in those twelve years. </p><p style="background-color: white; color: #4d4d4d; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">The Choices I've Made is the first book in J.L. Berg's By the Bay series, but there's no cliffhanger, which is always my favorite way to end a book. But I do plan on continuing on with the series!!! </p></div>Lesleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13418926840361159325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9128409306781552340.post-50109159589869449082021-01-08T10:22:00.000-08:002021-01-08T10:22:09.127-08:00<p> I'm so excited that I'm just a week into 2021 and I found my first 5-Star book of the year!!!</p><p><br /></p><p>Remembering Us by Stacey Lynn (Published 1/12/2014)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZVHBB0LfCwQlKAbb4Lr4Jhxht7EnhBg0DvcTOD-FEl_014veXrrc9gy7FBPUzN9Klf3hNGSeDf4oYn4AYltxbOAjg2szq07YbCOvPInzQfayQoXNHyYUr_xM2_vVzoVYFMAT7T8mouNC6/s475/Remember+Us+Stacey+Lynn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="317" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZVHBB0LfCwQlKAbb4Lr4Jhxht7EnhBg0DvcTOD-FEl_014veXrrc9gy7FBPUzN9Klf3hNGSeDf4oYn4AYltxbOAjg2szq07YbCOvPInzQfayQoXNHyYUr_xM2_vVzoVYFMAT7T8mouNC6/s320/Remember+Us+Stacey+Lynn.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>The official blurb: </p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">My life was perfectly mapped out for me since before the day I was born. I followed it, begrudgingly, because it’s what was expected. And then one day, everything changed. I woke up. Different. Independent. Free from all the rules that had surrounded me. Only I have no idea how I got to where I am. I have no memory of graduating college. No memory of Adam, the boyfriend I live with. He loves me. And I love him. At least that’s what everyone says. Except when my memories return to me as dreams, I see a different man than the one everyone claims is perfect for me. He terrifies me. He makes my heart race and he makes me feel things I’ve never felt before. I have no idea if I want to welcome the emotional roller-coaster that his piercing brown eyes and messy black hair puts me on every time I get a glimpse of him, or if I want to run back to the safe shelter of the scripted life-plan that used to be mine.</span></p><p>My Review: </p><p>💗💗💗💗💗</p><p>Amy has woken up for a coma with the last 2 years of her life gone from her memory. She remembers her best friend Kelsey but she has no recollection of her relationship with her boyfriend Adam. Not only is she trying to remember the past 2 years, but she's also struggling with her feelings towards Adam. Can she trust that her dreams are what happened in real life? Is she trying so hard to remember how she feels about Adam, that some of her flashbacks are manufactured and not what really happened? </p><p>I loved this book!!! Adam was trying so hard to be patient with Amy as she struggled with her memories but he loves her so much and was so afraid that she was never going to remember what they shared. He had to walk a fine line in not pushing her to remember and letting her work it out for herself, while not knowing if they were going to get a second chance in their relationship. </p><p>The emotions, the confusion, all of the secrets.. I loved watching this story play out even though I had no idea if Amy and Adam were going to get their happily ever after. I don't want to give out any spoilers, but I will say that the author did an amazing job with their characters and their situation and that even knowing how the book ended, I would go back and read it all over again!!! (Best part - it is a standalone book... no pesky sequels to wait for to see how their lives were going to change!) </p><p><br /></p>Lesleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13418926840361159325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9128409306781552340.post-12013399127586610782020-11-27T12:32:00.000-08:002020-11-27T12:32:02.817-08:00<p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgio3F-w2j3sGbI4Od6r7xxoEZMpEIrWsQMBV3kpwhIebcHQelfZGwD_nyAJk46bLDg2UykXaxUxk_S_TQcubR-jmZv6LmN1uyKaE65kHiR7waKdMlzTi8KNAPRgZaXikWtSPd3O-5FjRxb/s500/Sacked+-+Jen+Frederick.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="338" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgio3F-w2j3sGbI4Od6r7xxoEZMpEIrWsQMBV3kpwhIebcHQelfZGwD_nyAJk46bLDg2UykXaxUxk_S_TQcubR-jmZv6LmN1uyKaE65kHiR7waKdMlzTi8KNAPRgZaXikWtSPd3O-5FjRxb/s320/Sacked+-+Jen+Frederick.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2JhNMTU"><u>Sacked</u> by Jen Frederick</a></span></b></p><p style="text-align: left;">Book #1 Gridiron series</p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">What he wants he gets...<br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Knox Masters is a quarterback's worst nightmare. Warrior. Champion. And...virgin. Knox knows what he wants--and he gets it. All American Football player? Check. NFL pros scouting him? Check. Now, he's set his sight on two things. The national title. And Ellie Campbell. Sure, she's the sister of his fellow teammate, but that's not going to stop him. Especially not when he’s convinced Ellie is the one. <br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">...but he's never met her before.</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">But Ellie isn't as sure. She's trying to start a new life and she's not interested in a relationship...with anyone. Beside it's not just her cardinal rule of never dating her brother's teammates that keeps her away, but Ellie has a dark secret that would jeopardize everything Knox is pursuing. </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></span><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Knox has no intention of losing. Ellie has no intention of giving in.</span></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p> My Review - </p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh23fr-vjhaquCPf89tXN3dWWVRc3SKBTlINDOOmWeBJsrJ9sgNpwv58oroikP_daS_W3Li65jtVlDnPdo07gNpvEX_g15Yg206h9-euP0AJPvS74-cmziZgEBNYwp55fI1OhBS-6b6NVIA/s313/5+star.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="70" data-original-width="313" height="45" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh23fr-vjhaquCPf89tXN3dWWVRc3SKBTlINDOOmWeBJsrJ9sgNpwv58oroikP_daS_W3Li65jtVlDnPdo07gNpvEX_g15Yg206h9-euP0AJPvS74-cmziZgEBNYwp55fI1OhBS-6b6NVIA/w200-h45/5+star.JPG" width="200" /></a> </p><p>I LOVED this book!! I will admit that the cover is what first caught my eye, but when I read the summary and it was a College Romance with a hot football player, I was all in!!! 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<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">I received a complimentary e-copy of Just Parker in exchange for an honest review!</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">Just Parker is about Parker, a college student who is struggling to deal with everything on her plate. Besides her classes, she's dealing with the fact that her mom is dying of cancer and the knowledge that her father walked away from her without a second glance when she was 5. Even before cancer struck, Parker and her mom did not have a good relationship. Her mom has spewed hateful things to her for years, making it well known that she holds Parker responsible for all the bad things that she's done with her life. In fact, she had been so hateful to Parker, that prior to the cancer diagnosis, they hadn't spoken to each other in over a year. Once the diagnosis was made, mom went into guilt mode, playing the wounded mother a la 'Parker, you know I'm dying. you should do all you can to make my last days comfortable.' To say that Parker has mixed feelings about the inevitable demise of her mom would be putting it lightly.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">Imagine her surprise when she meets Ashton. He's gorgeous and surprisingly kind to her and is instantly intrigued by her. He is guarding his own secrets and continually tries to get through Parker's walls only to feel like he's knocking his head against the wall. For every step they take forward toward a relationship, they go back 3 more steps. Can Ash prove to Parker that she can trust him, that what they could have together could be amazing, could be just what they each didn't know they were looking for and that it doesn't have to be Just Parker against the world anymore?</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">I seriously loved this book. Parker's circumstances are absolutely heartbreaking. For her to have to deal with her obnoxious mom would be bad enough, but due to her dad's unexpected departure so many years ago, she is not very trusting and not receptive to becoming close to anyone. Ash was just the kind of person that she needed in her life. Even though he was keeping his own secrets, he tried so hard to not waver and to not push her too hard in their relationship even though it was killing him that she wouldn't let him in and help her carry her burdens. My heart ached as their relationship grew and stalled and blossomed more. They certainly weren't having an easy go at it. But I had to keep onto the hope that love would prevail at the end.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">Just Parker may be K.C. O'Neill's debut novel, but based on how well written, and how well the story flowed and how much she made you care about the characters, you'd never know she hasn't been published for years!! I absolutely recommend this book!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Release Date: August 31st 2015</span></div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13.8000001907349px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">That was my love for him.</span><br />
<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13.8000001907349px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Steadfast for as long as I can remember.</span><br />
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my best friend's brother, he ignored me before noticing me. He
protected me, bought me my first beer, but eventually became my
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13.8000001907349px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">There was a time I would have died to get him to notice me, now I'd do anything to forget him. </span><br />
<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13.8000001907349px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">I'm not the one who can tame him, and he's not the guy who will change for me.</span><br />
<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13.8000001907349px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">This isn't a story about falling in love, this is a story about falling out of love.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13.8000001907349px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">And finding the strength to stand up for myself.</span><br />
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heavy subject matter this book is for ages 16 and up. This is not your
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Book #6 in the Lucky Harbor series</span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">publication date: </span><span style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.9090909957886px; font-weight: bold; text-align: start;">July 31, 2012</span></div>
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<i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">*STANDALONE (not part of a series) </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">*"FRIENDS-TO-LOVERS" CONTEMPORARY ADULT ROMANCE </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">It all started with a pinky swear… </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Linden McGregor is tall, rugged, and gunslinger handsome; a helicopter pilot with a Scottish brogue and charm to spare. He’s also one of Stephanie Robson’s best friends and has fit into that box for as long as she’s known him. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Beautiful, funny and an ambitious businesswoman (with one hell of an ass), Stephanie Robson is one of Linden McGregor’s best friends and has fit into that box for as long as he’s known her. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">But some relationships can’t be boxed, can’t be classified, can’t be tamed. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Back in their mid-twenties and tired of the competitive hit-or-miss dating scene of San Francisco, Steph and Linden made a pact to marry each other if neither one of them were in a serious relationship by the time they hit thirty. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">It sounded like fun and games at the time but as the years to thirty tick past and lovers come and go out of their lives, the pact becomes larger than life. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Sex is inevitable. Friendships are tested. Hearts are on the line. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">The pact is about to change everything. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Note: due to the dirty talk and sexy times, The Pact is not meant for anyone under the age of 18. All characters in THE PACT are in their thirties, therefore this is NOT a new adult book...even though love can mess you up at any age. </span></i></div>
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I will be the first to admit that I've been seriously lacking in keeping up with my blog! But it's a new year and time to try to turn that around!!!<br />
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First a look back at the books that I read in 2014. According to my Goodreads page, I ended the year with 390 finishes under my belt. Some of them are short novellas that didn't take long to read, but they all count!!! I'll be spotlighting some of my favorite books in the weeks to come!!! </div>
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I am giving myself a challenge to read 365 books in 2015. Can I do it? Well, you'll have to come back and watch my progress!!!<br />
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Just wanted to share that one of the first books I've reviewed for Let's Get Lost in A Good Book is currently free! I'm not sure how long it will offered for free, so if you're interested in reading it, quick...... go grab it from <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Down-Business-J-C-Alexander-ebook/dp/B00HGJLOJO">Amazon. </a></div>
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<b>It's Just A Little Crush:<i> </i></b><i><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 21.46666717529297px;">The sleepy town of Liberty hasn’t seen murder in…well…ever. Residents are stunned when the body of a young woman is found strangled, and reporters at the Liberty Chronicle are thrilled, rather disturbingly, over the biggest news story to hit town this century.</span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 21.46666717529297px;"> </span></i></div>
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<i><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 21.46666717529297px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 21.46666717529297px;">No one knows as well as Lexie Adams how your whole world can change in a fraction of a second, she's lived with that reality ever since a horrible event stole her future. But worse than what happened after, is living with the concept that she's to blame for it all.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 21.46666717529297px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 21.46666717529297px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 21.46666717529297px;">From as far back as Ransom Sanders can remember, his days have been an endless string of venues, hotel rooms, cheap diner food, and nothing to call his own. He knows he's good for two things, pleasing everyone but himself and taking care of his younger brother Gabriel, a celebrity faith healer and medium.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 21.46666717529297px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 21.46666717529297px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 21.46666717529297px;">When fate pushes Lexie and Ransom's paths together they develop a relationship based on mutual necessity, where they use each other to get what they need.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 21.46666717529297px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 21.46666717529297px;">Yet what begins as a Pandora's box of secrets and ulterior motives, soon becomes something so much more than either Ransom or Lexie thought they could have. A chance for something that is uniquely their own, a safe place to fall where their broken spirits can be healed, and where love isn't just a word it's a reality.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 21.46666717529297px;">Some fires never burn out…</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 21.46666717529297px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 21.46666717529297px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 21.46666717529297px;">After ten years as America’s sweetest celebrity chef, Naomi Whitehouse is enjoying life out of the spotlight, back in her hometown of Summerville, Georgia. She’s opening a pastry shop with her sister, housesitting for her snowbird parents, and reconnecting with her roots. Life is good until she runs into her high school sweetheart, Jake Hansen, a sexy firefighter who gives her a reception chilly enough to freeze a forest fire. If Naomi wants her homecoming to remain all cupcakes and sugar cookies, she’ll have to win Jake over. But how can she earn his forgiveness when he won’t even speak to her?</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 21.46666717529297px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 21.46666717529297px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 21.46666717529297px;">When the girl who broke his heart buys a month of dates at the firefighter’s Hunk-for-a-Month fundraiser auction, only honor keeps widower Jake Hansen from backing out of the commitment. He won’t let the firehouse down, even if it means enduring a torturous month with Naomi Whitehouse. And Jake knows being close to Naomi again will be torture. Even after all these years, she still gets to him…not that he intends to let her know it. He’ll be civil, honor his obligation, and with any luck Naomi will tire of playing small-town pastry chef and Jake will never see her again.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 21.46666717529297px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 21.46666717529297px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 21.46666717529297px;">But as the month passes, Jake and Naomi discover some fires never burn out. Will the heat between them be enough to melt away the pain of past mistakes, or is their second chance doomed from the start?</span></i></div>
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Sydney is one semester away from graduating from Addison
College and not really sure what the future holds for her. She doesn't have a close relationship with
her mother and she's never actually met her dad. Due to events that have happened back at
home, she doesn't have a large circle of friends at school and spends a lot of
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For the past 14 weeks, she's been in a creative writing
class with a professor that she's attracted to and has dreams about getting him
to notice her, so she's beyond ecstatic when he leaves her a rave review on the
last essay that she writes for the class and even more excited when she
discovers an email from him in her inbox, praising her again and telling her to
keep in touch with him even though the class has ended. Feeling more confident in flirting with him
behind the safety of her computer screen than in person, she finds herself in
the midst of a serious cyber flirtation, which quickly escalates. Henry knows all about her crush on the
professor and has been encouraging her to continue the online fliration and
even helps her by taking pictures of her in compromising positions. But the photography session heats up between
Henry and Sydney and she is surprised to find that she has begun to have
feelings for her best friend and even more surprised to find that he too has
had feelings for her all along. So
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I really enjoyed this book. It was a quick read, but it
packed steam and emotions and even though I was able to figure out certain
aspects before they were revealed there were a few unexpected twists and turns
along the way. Without giving away any
spoilers, there's a part of Sydney's past that comes out and helps to explain why
she has such a hard time trusting people and why she hasn't been able to tell
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I liked Sydney but I really loved Henry. I know he had his reasons for his actions so
I was able to overlook certain things that came out near the end of the
book. I'm a little sad that it ended
with a cliffhanger because I was really hoping that things would work out for
Sydney and the man that she chose, so I'll be keeping my eye out for book #2,
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Here's the view from the sliding doors in my dining room today. New Hampshire is in the middle of a snow storm, which in my 11 year's old words is going to be an 'epic' snowstorm. I think he's just excited because school was cancelled for the day. We're getting about an inch of snow every hour and the latest weather update has the total accumulation being between 8 and 14 inches. Oh, one of the joys (or not) of living in New England!!<br /><br /><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 21.46666717529297px;">Knox Bauer's life has unraveled to the point of no return. Fighting to fill the emptiness inside himself, he seeks solace in unfamiliar beds with unfamiliar women. As guardian to his three younger brothers, he can't seem to do a thing right. But this can't go on...they look up to him in every way and all he’s done lately is prove how messed up he really is. Needing a change, he attends a local Sex Addicts Anonymous meeting, where he finds himself tempted by the alluring instructor, McKenna. </span><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 21.46666717529297px;" /><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 21.46666717529297px;" /><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 21.46666717529297px;">Twenty-one year old McKenna is trying to make amends. After losing her parents in a horrific accident, she knows if she can just be good enough, maybe she can forgive herself for what happened. With her newly acquired degree in counseling, she begins leading a sex addicts group where she meets the troubled Knox and her life takes on complications she never bargained for. She doesn't have time for a bad boy who only wants to take her to bed, even if her body disagrees. The fixer in her wants to help, but trusting Knox's true motivations might take more courage than she has.</span><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 21.46666717529297px;" /><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 21.46666717529297px;" /><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 21.46666717529297px;">When I Break is book 1 in a new series by New York Times & USA Today bestselling author Kendall Ryan. When I Surrender, book 2, will be available May 2014.</span><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 21.46666717529297px;" /><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 21.46666717529297px;" /><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 21.46666717529297px;">Warning: Contains a stubborn alpha male with addiction issues and loads of sexual tension between two damaged characters. Read at your own risk. </span><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 21.46666717529297px;" /><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 21.46666717529297px;" /><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 21.46666717529297px;">Due to mature content, it is recommended for 17+</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Congratulations to Karrie M - she has won a $10 Amazon giftcard. </span> </div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">Keira is ready to do anything it takes to get Aaron away from Rainey, just so she can have him for herself. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">I really liked Matchplay because I loved watching Aaron and Rainey's relationship develop amid the obstacles that were tossed their way and snooty booty Keira was not my favorite secondary character at all, so I will admit I was a little hesitant about going on with her story. But I wanted to give it a chance and I'm glad I did. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">I won't go as far to say that Keira is someone that I'd want to invite to my house for dinner or hang out with, but I did enjoy her story. It was nice to watch Evan bring her down a bit from the high horse she came riding in on, and it was very great to see Rainey not back down and let Keira know that she was not going to win the battle over Aaron. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">Evan who I'm surprised to say whose character was redeemed for me here as well, deserves a medal for seeing something in Keira before anyone else did and for chipping away at her heart until she realized what she could have was right in front of her. And I loved her surprising friendship with Roxie. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">The Matchplay series continues with Book #3, Final Play which features the brother of Rainey's roommate Olivia. </span><br />
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<b>Melting the Ice by Jaci Burton</b></div>
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<b>About the Book: </b></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;">Carolina Preston has only one goal in mind—launching her new fashion line. She needs only one last thing to make it perfect—hockey phenom Drew Hogan. But Carolina and Drew have a history that goes back to their college days, and Carolina doesn’t want the embarrassment of her past to cloud the brightness of her future. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;">Drew is eager for the chance to show Carolina he isn’t the boy who hurt her back then, but a man now, with the skills necessary to melt the icy exterior of her cold heart</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;">This is Book #7 in Jaci Burton's Play By Play series!!! Her books are known for hot sexy athletes and lots of steamy action so I'm definitely looking forward to reading this one!<br /><br />Expected publication: February 4, 2014</span></div>
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