Romance book reviews. Reviews of books that make my heart race, have a beautiful love story, and a happy ending.
So… I brought something back from the Boston Author Signing for you… 😉
I have one *signed* original indie copy of
to giveaway here. And it also comes with a matching bookmark and magnet.
As many of you know, this is one of my favorite books in the world.
Click here to read my 5++ star review.
I live it. I love it. I want to hug it.
And all you have to do for a chance to win it is enter at the Rafflecopter link below 🙂
It’s open Internationally so you can all enter to win.
♥ Good luck everyone ♥
What a gem of a novella!!
“I want the guy. The everything guy. Not the dumb Prince Charming, nauseatingly-perfect-everything guy. That’s pathetic. I want the flaws-and-all, everything guy.”
Please note that this novella MUST be read after Flat-Out Love. M’kay?? After!! No exceptions! ‘Cuz it gives away the whole twist to that book and it’s really worth going through that journey first. I view Flat-Out Matt more as an extension of FOL. You can’t read it first and it is not written as a stand-alone, but if you loved Flat-Out Love, you are guaranteed to love Flat-Out Matt.
Also, my review is spoiler-free 🙂
I was grinning from the first line and had no problem slipping right back into my connection with all the characters that I had fallen in love with in FOL.
Like FOL, this book is smart. It has intelligent humor and snappy dialogue mixed with deep emotions, some heart break and an absolutely adorable romance.
“How you find love means nothing. It’s what you do with it when you see it that does.“
This is the story of a family dealing with a shattering tragedy and the healing they all go through after a girl moves into their homes and work her way into their hearts.
In this novella, we are treated to 2 prequel chapters to FOL (featuring Matt and Finn), 7 chapters from FOL told from Matt’s POV (we get the elevator scene, the hang gliding scene, the plunge scene, the Christmas scene and a few more that we never even saw in FOL), and finally we get one extra chapter told from Julie’s POV that takes place after the ending of FOL.
Here’s a little look at some of the precious Matt/Finn dialogue:
“I want you to have fun.”
“I am having fun.”
“In a controlled, regimented fashion, yes. But I think you could have more fun. It wouldn’t hurt you to hook up with someone a little less like your mother.”
“What an atrocious, puke-enduring thing to say.”
Now, while FOL was strictly YA in terms of steam, Flat-Out Matt definitely upped the steam factor by a little. Let’s just say that last scene made my heart race! It’s subtle and tastefully written, but the gentle, beautiful hotness is undeniably there.
This book is not a continuous story because it is really a compilation of chapters, but despite that, readers who are already familiar with the sequence of events in FOL should find that it flows very smoothly.
I can’t rate this separately from Flat-Out Love, because this story is really a direct extension of it. So, since I gave Flat-Out Love 5 stars, I will extend that rating to this novella as well.
If you haven’t read FLAT-OUT LOVE yet, I’d highly recommend adding it to your list.
Check out my spoiler-free review of Flat-Out Love.
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TRIPLE COVER REVEAL for M. Leighton’s BAD BOYS series.
EVERYTHING FOR US
Release date: September 3, 2013
When it comes to passion this hot, it’s all or nothing.
Olivia Townsend’s wealthy cousin Marissa had everything a girl could ask for—a great job, a privileged life, and all the friends she wanted. Or, at least, all the friends money could buy. But one case of mistaken identity has turned her privileged world upside down.
An abduction gone wrong lands her right in the lap of the sexiest, most dangerous man she’s ever met. To Marissa, he’s an enigma, but one to whom she’s irresistibly, inexplicably drawn.
With him comes a new world of freedom and passion, of dark shadows and dangerous secrets, a world where nothing is what it seems—except for the blind passion that Marissa can’t escape—or maybe even survive.
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TEASER from EVERYTHING FOR US
“They’re just parts, like any other woman’s,” she replies breathlessly, trying to be casual.
“I’d be willing to bet your parts are exceptional. In fact, now might be a good time to warn you that if we come back to this library, I’ll find out for myself. In this very spot. I’ll push you up against the books in the corner and I’ll put my hands on you. I’ll do things to you. In the quiet. And you won’t be able to make a sound. Not a whimper, not a moan. You’ll have to bite your lip to keep it all inside. And you know what?” I ask, reaching up to trace my index finger along her full, trembling lower lip.
“What?” she whispers, her pupils two dilated dots of excitement.
“You’ll love every second of it.”
With a wicked grin, I take the books from her arms and turn to walk back the way I came.
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THE FIRST 2 BOOKS IN THE SERIES ARE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE BUT ARE ALSO GETTING NEW COVERS:
The scorching tale of one girl, two brothers and a love triangle…that’s not.
Olivia Townsend is nothing special. She’s just a girl working her way through college so she can return home to help her father run his business. She’s determined not to be the second woman in his life to abandon him, even if it means putting her own life on hold. To Olivia, it’s clear what she must do. Plain and simple. Black and white. But clear becomes complicated when she meets Cash and Nash Davenport. They’re brothers. Twins.
Cash is everything she’s always wanted in a guy. He’s a dangerous, sexy bad boy who wants her in his bed at any cost. He turns her insides to mush and, with just one kiss, makes her forget why he’s no good for her. Nash is everything she’s ever needed in a guy. He’s successful, responsible and intensely passionate. But he’s taken. Very taken, by none other than Marissa, Liv’s rich, beautiful cousin. That doesn’t stop Olivia from melting every time he looks at her, though. With just one touch, he makes her forget why they can never be together.
Black and white turns to shades of gray when Olivia discovers the boys are hiding something, something that should make her run as far and as fast as she can. But it’s too late to run. Olivia’s already involved. And in love. With both of them. Both brothers make her heart tremble. Both brothers set her body on fire. She wants them both. And they want her. How will she ever choose between them?
DOWN TO YOU
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New paperback cover to be released July 2, 2013
UP TO ME
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New paperback cover to be released August 6, 2013
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THIS GIRL (Slammed #3) by Colleen Hoover
Release date: April 30, 2013
There are two sides to every love story. Now hear Will’s.
Colleen Hoover’s New York Times bestselling Slammed series has brought countless readers to their knees with a whirlwind of love, passion, and heartache. Layken and Will’s love has managed to withstand the toughest of circumstances and the young lovers, now married, are beginning to feel safe and secure in their union. As much as Layken relishes their new life together, she finds herself wanting to know everything there is to know about her husband, even though Will makes it clear he prefers to keep the painful memories of the past where they belong. Still, he can’t resist his wife’s pleas and so he begins to untangle his side of the story, revealing for the first time his most intimate feelings and thoughts, retelling both the good and bad moments, and sharing a few shocking confessions of his own from the time when they first met.
In This Girl, Will tells the story of their complicated relationship from his point of view. Their future rests on how well they deal with the past in this final installment of the beloved Slammed series.
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Guys, if you haven’t yet read the first two books in the series SLAMMED and POINT OF RETREAT, you *must* bump them to the top of your lists. I gave both of them 6 stars.
They are the kind of books that stand out, that stay in your mind and that leave a mark on your heart.
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My review of SLAMMED.
My review of POINT OF RETREAT.
(please bear in mind these were 2 of the earliest reviews I ever wrote 😉 )
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March 28, 2013
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LEFT DROWNING by Jessica Park
Release date: July 16, 2013
What does it take to rise from life’s depths, swim against the current, and breathe?
Weighted down by the loss of her parents, Blythe McGuire struggles to keep her head above water as she trudges through her last year at Matthews College. Then a chance meeting sends Blythe crashing into something she doesn’t expect—an undeniable attraction to a dark-haired senior named Chris Shepherd, whose past may be even more complicated than her own. As their relationship deepens, Chris pulls Blythe out of the stupor she’s been in since the night a fire took half her family. She begins to heal, and even, haltingly, to love this guy who helps her find new paths to pleasure and self-discovery. But as Blythe moves into calmer waters, she realizes Chris is the one still strangled by his family’s traumatic history. As dark currents threaten to pull him under, Blythe may be the only person who can keep him from drowning.
This book is intended for mature audiences due to strong language and sexual content.
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