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April 14, 2015

Teaser Blitz ~ ‘Sweet’ by Tammara Webber.

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Sweet by Tammara Webber

Contours of the Heart #3

Genres: New Adult, Romance, Contemporary

Release Date: April 27th 2015.

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He’s the love of her life, but he doesn’t know it.
She’s his one moment of sacrifice in a lifetime of survival.

He was damaged and wild, but resilient.

She’s always been obedient; now she’s restless.


Home for the summer between college and med school, Pearl Torres Frank knows two things: Boyce Wynn is the embodiment of everything she should run from, and everything she wants to run to. Rebellious and loud. Unconcerned with society’s opinion of him. Passionate. Strong. Dangerous.


And one more trait he hides from everyone but her:


Sweet.



(A Contours of the Heart novel – can be read as a stand-alone story)



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Tammara Webber

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of EASY and BREAKABLE (Contours of the Heart series – NA), as well BETWEEN THE LINES, WHERE YOU ARE, GOOD FOR YOU and HERE WITHOUT YOU (Between the Lines series – YA/NA).


I’m a hopeful romantic who adores novels with happy endings, because there are enough sad endings in real life. Before writing full-time, I was an undergraduate academic advisor, economics tutor, planetarium office manager, radiology call center rep, and the palest person to ever work at a tanning salon. I married my high school sweetheart, and I’m Mom to three adult kids and four very immature cats.









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Published on April 14, 2015 00:00

April 9, 2015

Book Review ~ ‘The Wild One’ by Janet Gover.


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The Wild One by Janet Gover

Coorah Creek #2

Genres: Romance, Contemporary

Release Date: 3rd April 2015.


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Can four wounded souls find love?


Iraq war veteran Dan Mitchell once disobeyed an order ��� and it nearly destroyed him. Now a national park ranger in the Australian outback, he���s faced with another order he is unwilling to obey …


Photographer Rachel Quinn seeks out beauty in unlikely places. Her work comforted Dan in his darkest days. But Quinn knows darkness too ��� and Dan soon realises she needs his help as much as he needs hers.


Carrie Bryant was a talented jockey until a racing accident broke her nerve. Now Dan and Quinn need her expertise, but can she face her fear? And could horse breeder, Justin Fraser, a man fighting to save his own heritage, be the man to help put that fear to rest?


The wounds you can���t see are the hardest to heal…


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Book Review ~ ���The Wild One��� by Janet Gover ~ 5 Stars!


If you are looking for a wonderful feel-good book which will capture your heart, then this is definitely the book for you. Janet Gover has created a wonderful set of characters, both primary and secondary and a beautiful community in ���Coorah Creek��� which made the story feel real and relatable.


There are two things that I find difficult to read about, and they are anything to do with the holocaust, and animals dying or being killed, so straight away I felt a really strong connection to the trials that our main characters faced, and I fell in love with Quinn. She was feisty, confident and such a likeable heroine. The pain of her past was something that haunted her, and I really enjoyed seeing how she began to move on from her demons, and accept love into her life again. To see how she and Dan healed each other in their fight to save the Brumbies was so beautiful, and as the animal lover I am, I really liked seeing how the animals brought all the characters together.


Carrie and Justin���s story was no less beautiful, and I really enjoyed how the story split between the four characters, yet still gave us the same depth of emotion and story development for each of them. I have to say I laughed quite a lot at Justin, particularly at his thoughts about the horses in his care seemed to focus on their breeding, and it just showed how well Janet Gover created such multi-dimensional characters who were all so different, but brought together to fight for the same cause.


Beautifully written, this is a strong, character driven novel which brings us back to Coorah Creek and its inhabitants. Although this is the second book in the Coorah Creek series, it can still be read as a standalone, as it focuses on separate characters to those in the previous book.


5 Stars!


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Published on April 09, 2015 09:42

April 4, 2015

Book Tour ~ ‘Marquel’s Dilemma’ by Emily W. Skinner.

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Marquel’s Dilemma

A Romantic Thriller

(Includes Adult Content)


By Emily W. Skinner


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SPOILER ALERT ��� To avoid spoilers, it is advised to read the first novel, Marquel, before reading Marquel’s Dilemma.


Marquel’s Dilemma


The dramatic conclusion of Emily Skinner’s first novel Marquel brought requests from readers to continue the story.

Marquel’s Dilemma begins three years after the actress Marquel’s tragic past has been exposed by tabloid journalist, Mark Collins. The media exploitation of her life brought a new responsibility. She would become a voice of hope for others, not as the actress Marquel, but under her married name.


Zach Manning, Marquel’s psychiatrist, lover — and now husband — made a huge mistake in protecting her. Unbeknownst to his wife, Zach asked for a favor, not weighing the consequences. Now Collins is back for revenge. The first time it was his job… now it’s personal!


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The unvarnished truth was that Zach was a lonely, middle-aged, divorced psychiatrist when ���Marquel��� entered his life. Their sessions had been a mix of tears, anger, darkness and sexual tension. Loving her was the biggest risk he had taken since opening a practice in Beverly Hills. He understood the consequences, but broke his professional ethics for a second chance at love.


He was mesmerized by her. Rumors of a nervous breakdown were just surfacing in the gossip magazines and it was his job to keep her functioning. It was a constant struggle, trying to keep up with the demons that were haunting her.


The car door opened and her gorgeous smile sent his heart racing, as it always did. Its appearance had been so rare in their early days.


���Did you have a good session?��� He could see her eyes were red.


She picked up the flowers and kissed him sweetly on the mouth. ���You always do the right thing.���


He pulled her in for another kiss, this one lingering.


���I don���t know what I���d do without you,��� her finger circled his mouth and she gave him another light kiss before buckling her seat belt. ���You make everything right with the world.���


He never felt this way with Isabel. His ex never had the look of love in her eyes when she spoke to him. This was the happiest he���d ever been with a woman.



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Emily had a goal when she was 15, she would have a daughter named Marquel and write a novel titled “Marquel.” She accomplished both and more.

A member of The International Thriller Writers, Emily was a protege of the late master of the pulps or paperback originals, Harry Whittington. Emily interviewed Whittington during her days as a feature writer for the Clearwater Sun daily newspaper and its weekly division. They became friends and he taught her how to plot and gave her approval of the original outline and sample chapter for “Marquel” shortly before he died in 1989.

After Whittington passed away, Emily challenged herself to write as her mentor did and wrote a chapter a day and finished the novel “Marquel” in 52 days. For more details on the novel’s history read:http://www.thefilmmom.blogspot.com/20…

Fast forward, a second daughter, Blair is born and Emily and husband Tom focus on raising their family. Both daughters are now grown and work in Hollywood. So this might be an example of art imitating life or the reverse?

A devoted Catholic, Emily is rekindling her love for writing and has just completed the movie script for “Marquel” and a young adult paranormal appropriately named after her youngest child, “St. Blair: Children of the Night.” She will begin the sequel to “Marquel” in the coming months, currently untitled.

When Emily isn’t working as a marketing consultant or writing, she enjoys antiquing/thrifting and producing short films. Emily is the proud Executive Producer of Blair Skinner’s film “Relative Eternity,” a 2012 LA Shorts Film Festival selection, Sunscreen Film Festival selection and Short Film Corner Festival de Cannes selection. Written, directed and edited by Blair Skinner, “Relative Eternity” is on snagfilms.com for your viewing pleasure. It is free to view.


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Published on April 04, 2015 01:00

April 3, 2015

Book Review ~ ‘How I Wonder What You Are’ by Jane Lovering.


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How I Wonder What You Are by Jane Lovering

(Yorkshire Romances #4)

Genres: Romance, Contemporary,

Publisher: Choc Lit


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���Maybe he wasn���t here because of the lights ��� maybe they were here because of him ������


It���s been over eighteen months since Molly Gilchrist has had a man (as her best friend, Caro, is so fond of reminding her) so when she as good as stumbles upon one on the moors one bitterly cold morning, it seems like the Universe is having a laugh at her expense.


But Phinn Baxter (that���s Doctor Phinneas Baxter) is no common drunkard, as Molly is soon to discover; with a PhD in astrophysics and a tortured past that is a match for Molly���s own disastrous love life.


Finding mysterious men on the moors isn���t the weirdest thing Molly has to contend with, however. There���s also those strange lights she keeps seeing in the sky. The ones she���s only started seeing since meeting Phinn…


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Book Review ~ ‘How I Wonder What You Are’ by Jane Lovering ~ 5 Stars!


Jane Lovering is an author to watch out for, not only does she create engaging characters and brilliant settings, but she manages to infuse such warmth and humour throughout her stories, which make them such a joy to read.


‘How I Wonder What You Are’ is a book that I was unable to put down. From the word go I was immersed in the Yorkshire landscape and the village life that Molly had escaped to. Being from a small village myself, I could see so many similarities and it made the reading experience that much more richer, as the world Lovering created just felt so real.


Molly was the perfect heroine. I love how Jane Lovering didn’t create a character who was just so likeable, but instead gave her ��a real depth and character flaws that made her so much more believable as a person. To see her overcome��flaws that she felt had controlled her life was really inspiring, and I really enjoyed her accepting her faults and trying hard to move on, and learn from her past experiences. I really felt for her when the truth about the breakdown of her engagement came out, and I was firmly on Team Molly throughout.


Phinn was just the icing on the cake, so to speak. I have a weakness for nerdy guys (probably as I’m rather nerdy myself), and Phinn was the perfect guy for me to swoon over. Jane Lovering did a fantastic job at developing Phinn’s character throughout, as I could see the progress he was making at every turn, and seeing it through his own eyes was so rewarding. You’ll be hard-pressed to find a female reader who won’t want to give Phinn a huge hug.


Infused throughout was some brilliant humour��that fit so naturally with the story and characters. Link was hilarious, yet also so multi-dimensional that he wasn’t just a character thrown in to add humour, but one who really helped the pace and development of the story. His reaction to Phinn’s shame over his alpha-male behaviour in bed was brilliant, and it was these little tidbits that made the story what it was.


And not��since Flynn Rider and Maximus have I loved a bromance as much as that of Phinn and Stan. Classic!


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5 Stars!


*Review copy was kindly provided by the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review*






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Published on April 03, 2015 05:46

April 2, 2015

Book Review ~ ‘Material Girls’ by Elaine Dimopoulos.

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Material Girls by Elaine Dimopoulos.

Genres: Young Adult, Dystopian, Romance.

Release Date: 5th May 2015.


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In Marla Klein and Ivy Wilde���s world, teens are the gatekeepers of culture. A top fashion label employs sixteen-year-old Marla to dictate hot new clothing trends, while Ivy, a teen pop star, popularizes the garments that Marla approves. Both girls are pawns in a calculated but seductive system of corporate control, and both begin to question their world���s aggressive levels of consumption. Will their new ���eco-chic��� trend subversively resist and overturn the industry that controls every part of their lives?

Smart, provocative, and entertaining, this thrilling page-turner for teens questions the cult like mentality of fame and fashion.��Are you in or are you out?


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Book Review ~ ‘Material Girls’ by Elaine Dimopoulos ~ 5+ Stars!


‘Material Girls’ is on my list of favourite books of 2015. I mean, seriously – WOW! What a stunner of a book! The emotion and feeling that came across in this book, alongside the realistic depictions of everyday challenges that teenagers face, was just overwhelming in how perfect it was.


I’m ashamed to say that knowing it was a book aimed at��young adults, I wasn’t expecting ‘Material Girls’ to resonate with me, but boy was I wrong. Elaine Dimopoulos��brings to the story a level of maturity and reality that it can be difficult to find even in adult books. Everything about the world that Dimopoulos created, the characters and their daily trials with the regime, the system that they accept without question, and the underlying feeling that maybe not everything is as OK as it seems, all brilliantly mirrors a great��dystopian story. But as well as that, this story is just so much more.


The use of materialism and fashion as the focus point of ‘Material Girls’ was so unique and exciting. Everyday we are bombarded with billboards of new fashions which likely won’t last over a couple of months. Dimopoulos has heightened this, and with it heightened the risks that such a consumerist society has on others.


Marla was a fantastic character who I loved from the get-go. I really felt for her, seeing as how her innocence and naivity were used against her, and how her eyes were opened up to the real workings, when she is unfairly dismissed. Seeing her come to the realisation that the company she has placed all her trust in, and devoted her life to has not been worthy of it, was really exciting, and I loved seeing how she developed throughout the course of the novel, and how she formed such meaningful relationships with her new colleagues, compared to her old ones. Her sweet, and desperate character was brilliantly contrasted by Ivy, who was just as exciting to see develop, especially when we see the differences that having supportive friends around can have on the overall outcome of their story arc.


And Felix…what can I say about Felix other than that he is the best. *fans self* Kind of in love with him. OK, a lot in love with him!


5+ stars for this amazing book. This is an all-time favourite of mine, and I know that adults and young-adults alike will fall in love with Marla’s story��as much as I did!



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Published on April 02, 2015 13:14

Book Review ~ ‘Take a Chance on Me’ by Debbie Flint.


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Take a Chance on Me by Debbie Flint

Genres: Romance, Contemporary

Publisher: Hot Choc Lit


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You know what they say about mixing business with pleasure ���


When the breakdown of her marriage leaves Sadie Turner a single mum, she vows that she will make it on her own. After all, why would a smart businesswoman with a PhD and the prospect of a life-changing deal on the horizon need a man?


But Sadie���s man-ban is tested to the limit when she travels to Monaco to meet her potential investor. There she encounters Mac, a rough and ready playboy billionaire who lives life in the fast lane ��� and that���s when the real adventure starts!


But Sadie���s heart isn���t the only thing on the line. There���s also the business she���s worked so hard to make a success; the business that could so easily slip out of her grasp if she doesn���t seal the deal within thirty days ���


Published under Hot Choc Lit – slightly raised heat level but not erotica!

Previously self-published as Hawaiian Affair. Revised and edited by Choc Lit March 2015.


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Book Review ~ ‘Take a Chance on Me’ by Debbie Flint ~ 5 Stars!


Wonderfully romantic and superbly written, ‘Take a Chance on Me’ is the perfect sexy and heart-felt novel to while away an evening with.


Straight away I connected with Sadie. She was fun and cheeky but professional, making sure that nothing would come in the way of her making the best for herself and her two daughters. She was a hugely original heroine, and she felt very real and human. Her motives, hopes and dreams were all understandable, and I think Sadie’s story will resonate with a lot of female readers.


Mac was just pure indulgence on a boat. I loved seeing the innocent in love side to him at the beginning of the story and to witness his change into a businessman with rules alongside Sadie, and getting the added insight of what was going through Mac’s mind, and how he was really coping with the predicament he found himself in, was so great. I loved his development throughout the course of the novel, and I fell for his bad-boy businessman self knowing the sweetheart that was beneath it.


The way the business side of the story developed was brilliant. I am quite possibly the most inept business minded person in the world, but the way that Debbie Flint managed to mix the business deals and terms in the story, keeping them realistic and easily understandable to me as a reader, shows what a talent is.


A delightful book to read, and I hope to see more from Debbie Flint in the future!



*Review copy kindly provided by the publisher through NetGalley, in exchange for an honest review*





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Published on April 02, 2015 11:25

March 27, 2015

Cover Reveal ~ ‘Discovering April’ by Sheena Hutchinson.

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Discovering April��by��Sheena Hutchinson

Publication date: April 27th 2015

Genres:��Contemporary,��New Adult,��Romance

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April Landau��thinks she has everything she���s ever wanted. Her high school sweetheart, a house she can���t afford, her bipolar tabby cat, and she���s all set to begin her��Junior year of college. Just when she least expects it, her life gets thrown for a loop. When things between her and her long time boyfriend unravel, she becomes stuck in a��downward spiral of emotion. Finally, opening her eyes to the fact that she may have given up more than she ever could have imagined in this relationship. She finds��herself struggling to keep her head above water.


Enter April���s next door neighbor�����Jared Hoffman. He���s her complete opposite. A high school drop out who was forced to take over his parent���s business after their��untimely death. It���s no surprise this tragedy affected him greatly, causing him to recede almost completely from society.

But he has��one��secret. A secret he���s been carrying around for��years.


What happens when their worlds collide? Can an old friendship be the one thing that brings these two back to life?


A new adult love story filled with drama, sex, death, and the complications of all of the above.��





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Sheena is a born and raised New Yorker, even her writing can���t hide her hard sarcasm. She claims destiny lead her to writing again. She constantly strives to be a positive��role model and write stories that empower and inspire.

Sheena always roots for the underdog, believes in love at first sight, and that everyone should have their happily ever after. While God is currently writing her love story��she continues to put all her time into her writing as she is constantly getting new inspiration.

For more on Sheena and her books visit her website��www.SheenaHutchinson.com.

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Published on March 27, 2015 15:54

March 25, 2015

Book Review + Top Recommendation ~ ‘Letters to the Lost’ by Iona Grey.


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Letters to the Lost by Iona Grey

Genres: Historical, Contemporary, Romance

Release Date: 23rd April 2015.


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1943, in the ruins of Blitzed London���


Stella Thorne and Dan Rosinski meet by chance and fall in love by accident. Theirs is a reluctant, unstoppable affair in which all the odds are stacked against them: she is newly married, and he is an American bomber pilot whose chance of survival is just one in five.


��� He promised to love her forever


Sixty years later Dan makes one final attempt to find the girl he has never forgotten, and sends a letter to the house where they shared a brief yet perfect happiness. But Stella has gone, and the letter is opened by Jess, a young girl hiding from problems of her own. And as Jess reads Dan’s words, she is captivated by the story of a love affair that burned so bright and dimmed too soon. Can she help Dan find Stella before it is too late?


Now forever is finally running out.


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Book Review ~ ‘Letters to the Lost’ by Iona Grey ~ 5+ Stars!


I cannot think of any words big enough to describe the pure emotion and adoration I have for this book. Iona Grey has created not only a beautifully crafted dual love story, but has infused it with such tenderness, heartache and inspiration that Stella and Dan’s story will stay with me for years to come.



Stella and Dan are from very different lives, and seeing their relationship develop through the letters that young Jess discovers and the flashbacks to 1943 were simply beautiful to read. I fell for them immediately, and my heart ached to know that their happy ending was out of reach. I was desperate to know what had become of these two people who loved each other so much, and for them to finally reunite. Through her part in trying to reunite Stella and Dan, Jess’ happiness soon became my own, and I fell in love with the broken girl who began to blossom with Dan’s caring emails, and Will’s attentive nature.


Both the present day scenes and those of 1943 were written to perfection. Everything about the period felt real, and I could see, smell and feel every place that Stella visited in war-time London. I felt her love for Dan as if it were my own, and wanted more than anything for her to escape her painful marriage and for Dan to beat the odds and survive his term as a pilot, so they could live their life together.


The outside world tries to pull them apart, but with Jess’ intervention, we see that maybe love can last forever.


A stunningly romantic story that had me in floods of tears, whilst denying it to those witnessing my emotional breakdown….Nope those aren’t tears, nope not crying, I just have an eyelash in my eye…or a hedgehog….


*bawls*


5+ stars



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Published on March 25, 2015 07:09

March 24, 2015

Book Review ~ ‘Withering Hope’ by Layla Hagen.


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Withering Hope by Layla Hagen

Genres: New Adult, Contemporary, Romance.



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Aimee���s wedding is supposed to turn out perfect. Her dress, her fianc�� and the location���the idyllic holiday ranch in Brazil���are perfect.


But all Aimee���s plans come crashing down when the private jet that���s taking her from the U.S. to the ranch���where her fianc�� awaits her���defects mid-flight and the pilot is forced to perform an emergency landing in the heart of the Amazon rainforest.


With no way to reach civilisation, being rescued is Aimee and Tristan���s���the pilot���only hope. A slim one that slowly withers away, desperation taking its place. Because death wanders in the jungle under many forms: starvation, diseases. Beasts.


As Aimee and Tristan fight to find ways to survive, they grow closer. Together they discover that facing old, inner agonies carved by painful pasts takes just as much courage, if not even more, than facing the rainforest.


Despite her devotion to her fianc��, Aimee can���t hide her feelings for Tristan���the man for whom she���s slowly becoming everything. You can hide many things in the rainforest. But not lies. Or love.


Withering Hope is the story of a man who desperately needs forgiveness and the woman who brings him hope. It is a story in which hope births wings and blooms into a love that is as beautiful and intense as it is forbidden.


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Book Review ~ ‘Withering Hope’ by Layla Hagen ~ 5+ Stars!


A gorgeous��book from Layla Hagen.


Withering Hope was a stunner of a story. I always know I’m going to get a book that knocks the socks off me emotionally when I read one by Layla Hagen, and ‘Withering Hope’ is no exception.


Aimee and Tristan’s story was an inspiring one. I always enjoy seeing how characters react psychologically to stress and unexpected situations, and seeing the hardships that Aimee and Tristan go through, as well as the positivity they cling to and portray to each other, was in turns sweet and heart-breaking.


Tristan was the perfect book boyfriend. I really admired him for his strength, and his determination to do right by Aimee and his boss, and not to take advantage of the situation. To see him promising Aimee that he’d do anything he could to return her to her fianc�� was so bittersweet as we can see just how much that promise may cost him. I loved how their relationship simmered slowly, and came at a gradual and natural pace. I never once felt annoyed at Aimee for her devotion to her fianc��, and it was because of Layla Hagen’s brilliant set up where we becoming introduced to them through Aimee’s memories and you can see just how much they loved each other.


I absolutely adored this story. I cried, laughed and then cried again. Layla Hagen did an outstanding job at developing these characters throughout their traumatic experience, and made me really admire those who are in a fight for their life every day!


5+ stars!





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Published on March 24, 2015 06:58

March 23, 2015

Book Review + Top Recommendation ~ ‘Manwhore’ by Katy Evans.

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Genres: New Adult, Romance, Contemporary

Release Date: 24th March 2015.


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Is it possible to expose Chicago���s hottest player���without getting played?


This is the story I’ve been waiting for all my life, and its name is Malcolm Kyle Preston Logan Saint. Don���t be fooled by that last name though. There���s nothing holy about the man except the hell his parties raise. The hottest entrepreneur Chicago has ever known, he���s a man���s man with too much money to spend and too many women vying for his attention.


Mysterious. Privileged. Legendary. His entire life he���s been surrounded by the press as they dig for tidbits to see if his fairytale life is for real or all mirrors and social media lies. Since he hit the scene, his secrets have been his and his alone to keep. And that���s where I come in.


Assigned to investigate Saint and reveal his elusive personality, I���m determined to make him the story that will change my career.


But I never imagined he would change my life. Bit by bit, I start to wonder if I’m the one discovering him…or if he’s uncovering me.


What happens when the man they call Saint, makes you want to sin?


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Book Review ~ ‘Manwhore’ by Katy Evans ~ 6+ Stars!


*sobs* My God, that was just…so damn amazing…cannot think! Speechless! *sobs* And that ending? Are you trying to kill me??!


*composes self*


‘Manwhore’ by Katy Evans has just made its way to my top favourite book of 2015. As a writer myself, I am insanely jealous of how Katy Evans has created such an incredible story, flawlessly mixing emotional and heartfelt scenes with great snippets of humour that made the story fun, real and oh so heartbreaking!


‘Manwhore’ tells the story of a young journalist, Rachel who loves writing more than anything. She is devoted to the failing magazine she works for, and desperately wants to save it from collapsing. In writing, she feels strong, and wants to spread so much good through her pages.


Now Malcolm Saint may ruin you for all other men, real and fictional. Since finishing this book, I have been wandering listlessly around, bemoaning the fact that Malcolm Saint will never walk into my life *sobs*. I loved the transformation he made throughout this book, and it broke my heart to see the hurt he hides behind a strong, sarcastic facade. Him and Rachel just complete each other, and I can’t wait to see how their relationship continues in the next book.


I swear this book has turned me into an addict! Fun, sexy, heart-warming and suspenseful, this is a must read!


6+ stars!


*Review copy kindly provided by The Hot Bed at Simon and Schuster UK*






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Published on March 23, 2015 14:18