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Pre-Order Back To Good, Laura Benson

Hi all!



I've been a bit nervous about doing this but I want you to know that I have a contemporary romance releasing on October 31. I'll post all the links below and the cover of the book along with the description of the book.





The book is specially priced at $0.99 and I'll keep that price up for about two weeks after release day. I'm hoping to have some goodies to give away for release day as well.






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Description of Back To Good




Charlotte Banks (Charlie) is newly graduated from college and working in public relations. She is given a case that is just a bit too close to the heart. Joey Carino is a rock god, but now with his life spinning out of control, it's up to Charlie to try and save his reputation with his record label and his fans. However, dealing with Joey means dealing with Matthew Johns, Joey's best friend and Charlie's worst nightmare.

COVER REVEAL: Bad Mommy, Tarryn Fisher

Synopsis:





Almost every day is a very bad day when you’re thirty, your tits are starting to sag, there are lines creeping in around your eyes, and you realize that no one would like you if they actually knew who you really were. Fig Coxbury is fed up with her life: her cheating ex-husband, the excess fat around her waist, and most of all, her loneliness. 



When Fig chances upon Jolene Avery, the embodiment of everything she’s ever wanted to be, Fig befriends her out of curiosity. 



Fig soon begins to emulate all aspects of Jolene's life, because when you find someone who knows exactly who they are, you can't help but want to be just like them. 



Or in Fig's case... become them.

Review: Turbulence

Turbulence by Whitney G.

My rating: 4 of 5 stars



Absolutely LOVED this book. I loved the character of Jake because he was so over the top and perfectly brilliant and funny! He treated everyone the same: like shit. He was a no-holds barred asshole and he stayed that way throughout the book. But I found him endearing at the same time. He had issues and problems and getting involved with a woman was the one thing he really didn't need to do.

Gillian. I loved Gillian and all her fuckedupedness. (Yes, I just made up that word!) She cracked me up, but the best scenes are with her and Jake. Especially when she first meets him. I couldn't stop laughing when she brought him to 'her' apartment. You have to read it to believe it.

I haven't read many Whitney G books, but the ones I have read have been really good and I hope she continues down this lane. One off books that are long and refreshing from the normal boy meets girl, fall in love, break up and blah blah blah. She does follow that trope, but she uses it brilliantly.



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Review: My Perfect Mistake

My Perfect Mistake by Kelly Siskind

My rating: 4 of 5 stars



This was such a cute, sexy read! I really loved Kolton and Shay and the side characters! (Who get their own books!!!) I liked that Shay was questioning whether she was ready for a serious relationship after being in one for five years with a Dick. No, really, his name was Richard and he was THE DICK. He controlled everything about her. From her diet to her clothing choices. So when Kolton comes into the picture she's loveshy.

The other friends in the series, Sawyer, Lily, Nico and Raven are well defined (well except for Nico, he disappears because he's a cop with a criminal brother that he needs to get undercontrol.) I'm really looking forward to the next book, A FINE MESS.



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Review: A Beautiful Funeral

A Beautiful Funeral by Jamie McGuire

My rating: 3 of 5 stars



More like 2.5 *

I pretty much gave up on Jamie's writing. I could not get into the Maddoxes brothers' stories. And this one cemented out for me. I skimmed a lot and pretty much knew who the funeral was for. It really only made sense and the hints weren't really hints but huge truths. There was one death that was completely overlooked and that was sad. So much potential with that story. Had she not glossed over it. Well I hope we've seen the last of this Family. Travis and Abby were unrecognizable and Trent was just an angry human.

Taylor's life seemed to be going downhill fast and all these people having children, but being in their life and the children not knowing. Just, shake my head. One child, yeah. But TWO? All the different POVs scrambled the story a bit.

Abby has a baby. It's early. He's in NICU. And we never hear of him again. Taylor's one-time hookup shows up again. And of course, it spells trouble for Falyn, because her marriage is on the rocks. Just whiplash me now.

The Epilogue? I. HAVE. NO. WORDS.







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Review: Stroked

Stroked by Meghan Quinn

My rating: 0 of 5 stars



Oh, I cannot tell you how much I loved this book. The three POVs were actually a breath of fresh air! Let me start with Bellini. She's horrible. She's mean, I loved it! She assigns nicknames to people because she can't be bothered learning their names. She's also in a fake relationship with: Reese King. He's got his own POV and it's so good. He's trying to win a gold medal in swimming and has only come up with the Silver in the Olympics. He tends to choke when he needs to concentrate so the name of The Silver Stroke. Which is not a compliment. But when he falls for: Paisley, who just happens to be Bellini's and Reese's assistant, things get complicated in the most funny and interesting way possible.

I loved this book. I loved the characters, even the side characters. This is book 1, so I have an idea who book two is about but I could be wrong. Just read this. It's laugh out loud funny and a great romance too!



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Review: It Ends with Us

It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover

My rating: 4 of 5 stars




It took me four days to read this. I liked it, didn't love it. I liked the past scenes with mom, dad and Atlas (Hoover really uses bizarre names for her characters, it can be off putting at times.). I liked Allysa, the Insta friendship was weird. And of course, Ryle. Hoover paints a pretty picture, but then destroys it.



Everything seemed to move very fast in the story. I miss SLAMMED.




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Review: The Season

The Season by Jonah Lisa Dyer

My rating: 3 of 5 stars



I had really high hopes for this. I read it quickly because the writing came across really young. Even though the main character was in her 20s, she came across as 16.

First and foremost I love the Austen's Pride and Prejudice storyline. This one was just too close to the original plot that it fell flat. Anyone can update and move story to Dallas, TX. Editing could've been tighter. Age the character with her language and movements. It was full of promise, but left me with a bad taste in my mouth. One thing Austen was master at was nuance and nuances. Her keen wit is hard to copy and emulate. Probably shouldn't be done.



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Review: Moonshot

Moonshot by Alessandra Torre

My rating: 4 of 5 stars



This was the most bizarrely constructed novel I've ever read. First it's in first person POV (the love story), then third person omnipresent (the baseball story) and told in newspaper article (the murder). The chapters were super short anywhere from 1 page to four pages. So there's a lot of disconnect with that. But the weirdest thing about it? I liked it. I think dual POV would've worked better and not exactly sure why author didn't do that.

Now on to the characters. Chase Stern: baseball star and bad boy. He had a lot of issues that are glossed over because of the construct of the novel. I would've liked to have gone deeper into his story. It was hard to get a bead on him.

Tyler Rollins: Baseball kid. Her father is the top closer for the NY Yankees and she's been around the big leagues since her mom died when she was 7. She knows the game inside and out and she knows who should stay and who should go. When Chase is traded to NY after screwing with a teammates wife in LA, you just know that he's gonna go for the girl.

This story is told in parts. Parts of the baseball season and then jumps years. But again, it works. I found the mystery aspect of fascinating, because I really had no clue where it was going.



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Review: The Bourbon Thief

The Bourbon Thief by Tiffany Reisz

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



I have been in such a reading funk that everything I started was looking exactly the same. But I finally started this and it was a story with romance, love, plot and wonderful writing. Not a cookie cutter book where heroine is gorgeous, hero is untouchable and they fall for each other. Ugh, how many of these can we read???

This story was refreshing. A palate cleanser for all the dirty cookies I tried eating. Tamara and Levi felt like real people and their problems were real life problems. It had a bit if a Cinderella feel to it, but more abstract.

Tiffany never disappoints. Love her and this book!



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