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My Thoughts After Reading: "The Elect" by Rachel Van Dyken

Nixon Abandonato made his choice. And now he has to pay the price. Tracey is the love of his life, but being with him has made her a target of his family's enemies. The only way to keep Trace alive is convince the world she means nothing to him. 


Trace Rooks has fallen irrevocably in love with the son of her family's sworn rival, and she knows in her bones nothing can tear them apart. Until Nix suddenly pushes her away and into the arms of his best friend... But Trace isn't rea...

Happy Book Birthday "The Prophecy" by Erin Albert

I'm so excited to wish my wonderful critique partner and beta reader Erin Albert a Happy Book Birthday! Today is the release day for her young adult fantasy novel "The Prophecy" which is book one in the Fulfillment series. If you haven't already, check it out!




Growing up on a small farm in the kingdom of Vanguard, seventeen-year-old Layla Givens lives a deceptively tranquil existence. But her carefully constructed life quickly falls apart when she’s abducted by a religious zealot who proclaim...

Happy Book Birthday "Extracted!"

Welcome to the WAR!








The Tesla Institute is a premier academy that trains young time travelers called Rifters. Created by Nicola Tesla, the Institute seeks special individuals who can help preserve the time stream against those who try to alter it.



The Hollows is a rogue band of Rifters who tear through time with little care for the consequences. Armed with their own group of lost teens--their only desire to find Tesla and put an end to his corruption of the time stream.
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My thoughts after reading: "Addicted To You" by Krista and Becca Ritchie

Addicted to You by Krista Ritchie

She’s addicted to sex. He’s addicted to booze…the only way out is rock bottom.



No one would suspect shy Lily Calloway’s biggest secret. While everyone is dancing at college bars, Lily stays in the bathroom. To get laid. Her compulsion leads her to one-night stands, steamy hookups and events she shamefully regrets. The only person who knows her secret happens to have one of his own.



Loren Hale’s best friend is his bottle of bourbon. Lily comes at a close se...

"Playing Pretend" by Juliana Haygert Cover Reveal!

Look at the beautiful cover for Juliana Haygert's new adult contemporary novel, Playing Pretend:






















Cover:  Berto Designs














Summary from Goodreads:

Release date: March 2014







As the Governor’s daughter, Charlotte McClain is an expert in playing pretend. High society, the men her mother shoves in her direction and a Pre-Law major are all a part of her perfect pretense. But when she pretends to be a nobody during Spring Break, she meets someone who rocks her...

My Thoughts After Reading: "Going Long" by Ginger Scott

They fell in love in high school and found their way back to one another despite the odds. But can first loves really be forever? For Reed Johnson, the dream was always football. But then Nolan Lennox took over his heart. Is he willing to give up his first love just to keep his true love? Or will he be too late?



Reed and Nolan’s story continues in "Going Long," sequel to "Waiting on the Sidelines












I loved “Waiting on the Sidelines” and I was really excited when I was given the...

Effortless with You

Effortless With You

by Lizzy Charles

Release Date: 11/05/13

From Swoon Romance



Summary from Goodreads:



School is out and Lucy is ready for the perfect summer: lazy days at the pool,invitations to the most exclusive parties, and romantic dates with her hot new boyfriend. That is, until she lands in trouble one too many times and her parents issue the ultimate punishment: a summer job. Suddenly, the summer can't end fast enough.



To make matters wo...

My Thoughts after reading: Forever Innocent by Deanna Roy

"Our baby died on prom night, and nothing was ever the same again."





Corabelle doesn’t feel like any of the other college girls. On what should have been one of the happiest nights of her life, she and her boyfriend Gavin watched a nurse disconnect the ventilator from their seven-day-old baby. During the funeral two days later, Gavin walked out and never returned.



Since then, her life has been a spiral of disasters. The only thing that has helped is her ability to black out whenever the p...

Dystopian Blog Hop!

Dystopian Giveaway Blog Hop  hosted by 

My Shelf Confessions  and co-hosted by I am a Reader Not a Writer.






Hey! You've found my Dystopian Giveaway Blog Hop Page! I hope you are having fun jumping from page-to-page and finding lots of new books to read and authors to check out.





I love the dystopian genre. It really lets us push the limits of what our world might look like in the future. Some books paint a beautiful picture of a utopian society and some, not...

My thoughts after reading "Waiting on the Sidelines" by Ginger Scott

Waiting on the Sidelines by Ginger Scott


Nolan Lennox had things figured out. Named after a baseball legend, she enjoyed being the Tomboy, her closet filled with her brother’s hand-me-downs, cut-off jeans and soccer shorts. But when her first trip to high school results in a broken heart from the first boy to ever make her heart flutter and cruel words from an older girl she once thought a family friend, Nolan starts to question the very person she thought she was and wonders if her humb...