Unable To Resist

UNABLE TO RESIST

by: Cassie Graham

Synopsis:

Ann is haunted by a past that won’t let go. The secrets lurking in Arizona are too much to handle, making a move to Nashville her best chance of survival. Her bakery is enough to keep her mind busy during the day, but the night brings nightmares that threaten to rip her in two. Tired of just living life rather than experiencing it, she’s ready to fight her demons and emerge the victor.

Only—she doesn’t know how to do that alone.

Duane has a lot on his plate. A lawyer for a prestigious law firm and a ranch owner, he hardly has enough time to breathe, let alone date. But all of that changes when he meets Ann.

A chance encounter at a bar brings them together, but it’s fate that shoves them into each other’s lives for reasons they will soon unveil together.

Can Ann open her heart and let Duane in?

Unable to Resist is a story about love, loss and finding healing in unlikely places.

About Cassie:

Cassie Graham is first and foremost, a wife and mother. She has one crazy daughter and a just as nutters husband that she loves dearly. She lives in sunny--all be it, scorching Arizona, where the summers are ridiculously hot and the winters are perfection. She'd pick winter any day.

Cassie went to school to be a teacher, but quit to become a proud military wife in 2010. During that time, she found her passion to write. Being a loud and proud choir girl in school, she needed another creative outlet and writing seemed like the perfect fit.

Reading has been a constant in her life, but she does admit that reading Twilight in high school really started her obsession. When she turned 20, her obsession grew and she discovered the New Adult/Romance fiction genre, and she's never looked back.

If Cassie isn't writing, she's more than likely cooking for her family or has her nose buried deep in a book. She finds inspiration in all things. Movies, music, and life fuel her characters’ lives, and she wouldn't have it any other way.

She began brainstorming her debut novel, Unable to Resist, in 2011 and it became reality in 2013. It'll be released in June of 2014.



MY REVIEW:
I received this book as an ARC, for an exchange of an honest review.

I give Unable To Resist 5+ swooning stars.

I absolutely loved this book. I only regret not knowing about it sooner. It was one of the best books I've read.
The characters were awesome. I loved them all. Duane is just ahhhhhh, to die for, sexy as hell, H-O-T, big hearted, loyale, loving, wonderful all around southern charming guy. He had it all, but was still losing something, and didn't realize what it was until Ann came along. And she was perfect as can be. She was everything he wanted that he didn't know he needed; and now cannot live without.
Now THAT is the kinda love we all wish for. He had so many great talents, and experience. I mean a lawyer, a cowboy, and song writer, singer, the looks, and the body. Like hot damn!!!!!!

Ann was also a great character, she went through so much that not to many people could have done, but she was a strong, warm hearted, fiesty, devoted, beautiful girl, who took off, and started over all alone, except she found a great friend to do it with; and she accomplished everything she was going for. She was so conservative, quiet, and overly friendly UNTIL you pissed her off. Then holy hell mother of god, do i feel sorry for you. As in the barbie ex-girlfriend. I wish she could have gotten her hands on her though!!
Now the best friend and brother, are also having there happliy ever after, right across from Duane and Ann, which I think is just fricken awesome. Two great, respectful southern gentlemen. How did they ever get so lucky!!!!
With both of there families growing are like dreams coming true. And that my friends is how it ended.
It was just amazing. I loved the book, and I'm so glad it didn't have all that cheating going on, it was just perfect!!!


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COME SUNDOWN

COME SUNDOWN

by: Chelsea Landon

 

 

 

 

 

Synopsis:

 

Erin Evans is the kind of girl no guy wants to be in a relationship with. She’s controlling and never backs down when she thinks she’s right.

Knowing this, and rightfully fearing her last few years in her twenties will be like the last five, she looks for some adventure.

That’s when her best friend convinces her to go on vacation with her to the Bahamas.

On the land of white sand, coconut rum, and a cloudless sky, what she never expects is to meet Tyler Weston, a local bar tender with a sweet tongue for the pretty girls. He’s tattooed, entertaining, and living the dream in paradise as he sets her drinks and world on fire.

As the moon lights the city, Erin unexpectedly becomes infatuated with Tyler and his bartending skills when he offers her a challenge to try his Black Magic drink.

With a mission to now try every drink on the menu, one night she can barely remember turns into two weeks of exciting possibilities she never saw coming.

Can Erin put aside her cynical side and let the dirty mouthed bartender show her what island life is really like?

  

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MY REVIEW:

I give this book 5 Stars!!!

I received this book an as ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This was a really good book, I enjoyed it so much, I almost finished it in one day, had I was feeling better.

The story was great, the characters were even better. I'm sure alot of woman went crazy over Tyler, I mean who wouldn't?!!!!

Their story was just awesome, and the way Erin did the whole 360 turnaround was awesome.

I think I would have done the same thing, had I was in that situation.
There is just so much I can say about this book, but if I get started, I will ruin it for you, because I will not beable to stop.
It is a great book to take to the beach for the day.
I wish I could type everything that is going through my head about this book, but it's like everywhere. I hated for it to end. I am looking forward to the next one in the series, I'm sure it will be just as great as this one.

Cannot wait for #2, please hurry :)



Somewhere Only We Know

Somewhere Only We Know

by: Beverley Hollowed

RELEASE DATE - July 3, 2014

BLURB:

What do you do when your world falls apart? Do you give up? Stop existing? Or do you pick up the pieces and start over?

Kate and Callum Greyson had the perfect life with everything to live for. Until one stupid argument set into motion, an event that would destroy their perfect little world. As they struggle to pick up the pieces and put their life back together, they discover that the cracks have become too big and neither can take any more.

Finn Morgan, is a happy, laid back guy and everything Callum isn’t. He is also the last thing Kate needs in her life. Still, he somehow manages to get past her walls and Kate finds him harder and harder to resist. 

Will Kate find happiness once again with this charming stranger, or can Callum find a way to win back his “Katie”.

Does the answer lie, Somewhere Only They Know?

MY REVIEW:

I received this book as an ARC for exchange of an honest review.

I give this book 5 heart wrenching stars.

Beverley Hollowed- you have totally out did yourself this time, although all your books are great, this one I LOVED. You hit this one right out the ball park.

The characters were amazing, loving, and perfect in this eye opening, tissue grabbing, perfect kinda book.

I think Callum was just OMG in every damn way a man could ever be in. Kate was also a really good character, with all the heartache, regret, self-blaming, and loneliness she was feeling, she still was an awesome wife, and mother. They both made some bad choices, but what mattered more was that they always found their way back to each other, especially when it counted the most.

Sometimes things happen for a reason, and we aren't supposed to question these things, but we are only human, that is the only thing we know to do. And you sometimes have to hit rock bottom, to be able to find your way back to the top, and that's what happen to Callum and Katie. The love they had for each other was ever-lasting. It's the kind of love that every woman wishes for, for herself and her children.

Finn Morgan was also a great man. I can see how she found herself stuck in a rut. I think I would have been as confused as she was. You just can'y find good men like that anymore, and then to have two of them, and either one she wanted, WOW.

In the end, she made the best decision she could have ever made. I just can't express how much I enjoyed this book.
And then James locating close to them, is also just awesome.
This book could not have ended any better than it did, that was a perfect ending.

Hoping for another one, maybe James and Ollie? LOL- who knows, but if there is another one, I hope we hear more about Callum and his Katie :)))) ***(hint hint)***

I am so honored to have been able to read it so soon.

Make sure you add this to your to-read, and watch for it on July 3, 2014.
This is one book you wouldn't want to miss. If you haven't read any of Beverley's other books, then shame on you, and go read them while you wait for this one; because they are all good.

THANK YOU BEVERLEY HOLLOWED for another great book, and ARC.
YOU are amazing at what you do, even with everyday life struggles that we go through, you still find time in your busy life, to write good books and keep a great imagination, and it shows, the way your poor it all into your work, with all the wonderful novels you have written.

  ABOUT BEVERLEY: 

I am Beverley, though my friends call me Bev, I am 39 years old and I live in Dublin with my Husband and 2 sons. I love to read and I love music. I has been writing as long as I can remember.

I released my first book in December 2012 called Forever and Always.

I am Currently working on my 5th book One Last Chance, 3rd book in the Chances series. No Second Chances and How Many Chances are available now.

I also released A Stolen Heart, which is a stand alone book.

Some random fact about me.... I am a middle child, I have a fear of Mirrors, spiders and birds and I make custom Jewellery.

I adore music and it is a big part of my writing.

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Changing Tunes

CHANGING TUNES

by: Heather Gunter

 

 

 

Title:   Changing Tunes

Series:   The Changing Series

Author:  Heather Gunter

Genre:  New Adult

Release Date:  February 16, 2014

Cover Design:  Robin Harper of Wicked by Design

 

 

Synopsis:

 

Ashley Davis is over her high school 'bitch' label and has decided to reinvent herself. College offers a new beginning, a chance to be different. After being assaulted, she's realized that she needs to change and college is just the place to do it. Nobody knows the Ashley she used to be and she'd like to keep it that way. 
Afraid of falling into the same patterns she decides that having no friends, no life and focusing on school is the way to go, but she didn’t bank on someone like Mac as her roommate or the tall, dark and completely geek hot in his glasses, Zeke Whitman.

Ezekiel (Zeke) Whitman is driven and focused when it comes to school. When he's forced to partner with a tall, leggy blonde with a slight attitude, he's thrown for a loop. With so much at stake, Zeke can’t afford distractions and Ashley is certainly that. From their first encounter Zeke sees more than just another gorgeous girl.

As Ashley grapples with leaving the ‘old’ her behind, she realizes that sometimes changing tunes isn't as easy as it sounds. Sometimes you have to keep a little of the person that you were, in order to become the person that you want to be.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

About Author:





 

Heather is a devoted mother of three gorgeous boys.  She balances spending as much time with them as possible with writing, updating her Into the Night Reviews book blog and her day job.  Her love of animals sees her home in Canton, GA bursting with numerous dogs and ferrets.

Heather campaigns passionately for anti-bullying initiatives and has a strong conviction to reduce peoples suffering at the hands of bullies.

A talented singer, who once dreamed of pursuing a career in that field, she has put that goal aside in exchange for her writing.  A self proclaimed geek, whatever spare time she has is spent curled on the couch reading and listening to music.

 

 

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My Review:

 

 ARC provided for an honest review.


This is one of those books, that you just can't put down. I really enjoyed this book; the secrets, the characters, the best friend, it was all really good, and at the end it tied into perfection.

Zeke was adorable, awesome in more ways than one. He had his secrets as well but even that wasn't enough to not persue that man. It just made him more awesome. I still would have went for it as well. Just glad Ashley saw it before it was to late.

Mac was the most awesomeness best friend ever walked the planet. Anyone would love to have a friend like that, she wasperfect, and just what Ashley needed, to conquer her future steps she was wanting so desperatly to find. And that she did. What she did to stand up for herself was amazing, took strength and courage, and she found that with the help of her friends and the love of a great man.

I will be looking forward to reading more books by Heather Gunter.

 

 

 

 

 

COMING SOON:

 

 

 

Riding high on the waves of success, Dove Sinclair, lead singer of Tattered Pieces, has it all - until one fateful night her party hard lifestyle almost costs her everything. Stupid and reckless doesn't even begin to describe her actions. Getting arrested definitely wasn't in the game plan, nor was an enforced stay in the Serenity Lakeview Clinic. If Dove wants to keep her band, her career and her life, then there is no alternative. The question is, will rehab force her to deal with the things that have triggered her reckless behavior or will she continue trying hard to forget and fade further into the dark.

Jasper Phillips is the kind of guy everyone loves. He comes from a good family, works hard and seems to have it all. Friendly, positive and popular are words people use to describe Jasper regularly. Sometimes what’s on the outside is only what we want people to see, while on the inside we’re battling demons that are too frightening to describe. When those demons manage to catch up to you, the whispers of their world becomes a very inviting place.

Dove doesn’t understand how Jasper fits in at Serenity Lakeview Clinic but something about him calls to her, awakening her desire to feel alive and normal again. As Jasper battles his inner darkness he is drawn to Dove, all the while fearing that if she gets close enough she won't like what she sees. As Jasper struggles to stay in the light, can he help Dove see what she has right in front of her?

 

 

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Sawyer Says by: Carey Heywood

      

MY REVIEW:

         

Sawyer Says

by: Carey Heywood

 

**ARC kindly provided in exchange for an honest review**

My rating =  5+ stars & 1 crown for Carey Heywood.

This is a stand-alone, with a HEA.

 

I just absolutely loved this book. Everything about it; the characters, the plot, the story, the good, bad, and the ugly. The way it all came together was perfect. There were some points that I was like WTH, but as I kept reading, I realized that Carey had it under control; she knew exactly what the hell she was doing. I’m not sure if I ever read a bad book by Carey Heywood.

 

As always I never tell the long lengthy story of what the book is about, that’s why the author takes her time to provide you with the blurb.

 

But I will tell you my feelings and point of view of the book.

From page one I was drawn in, possessed, devoted until the very last page. I absolutely loved this book.

It will be in my top 10 for 2014.

 

 

 

Sawyer and Jared were a-frickin-mazing together. Omg- I just loved them. The sex scenes were perfect and hot, the man knew what he was doing. But that’s also what made them so great together, with the feelings they had for eachother, it only made the sex that much better. LoL

I just hate that it took Sawyer a little longer to figure that out. Although, Jared being the wonderful, patient, H-O-T, thoughtful, caring man that he is knew exactly what he wanted.

And, there is nothing hotter than a man knowing what he wants and going for it. Sawyer was one strong girl, went through more than any child her age ever should have. But the way that Carey tied it all together was amazing.

One of the major reasons I think I loved this book so much was because it didn’t have all that damn loving one and accidently screwing another, cheating crap. Although that is ok in a lot of books, this one just didn’t need it, there was enough heart aches, without having that in it. I was a little worried when she went to her old town and met up with Beau again, but was so giddy happy when NOTHING happen are even came close. Sawyer was such a loving person, just needed a little help in knowing how to show it. And after getting all her answers, it showed.

 

Jared was a goddess. He was what every woman would love to have, from beginning to end. He was always one step ahead of Sawyer, and I just thought that was great. Although I do have an awesome husband myself, he just needs a little push sometimes in the romantic category.

He tries, he really does, but it’s hard for him sometimes to just come up with things, when all his life, he was never shown love. But I am blessed to have a man that resembles Jared in many ways :]

 

The ending was awesome, no cliffhanger (thank you so much for that).

 

 

 

 

I can almost picture the scene as I am reading it. That is what is so awesome about this book, when you feel like you are in it, I totally bonded with these characters.

 

Thank you so much Carey Heywood for another wonderful book; you never seem to amaze your readers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE AUTHOR:

 

CAREY HEYWOOD

 

 

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New York Times and USA Today bestselling author with six books out and many more to come. She was born and raised in Alexandria, Virginia. Ever the mild-mannered citizen, Carey spends her days working in the world of finance, and at night, she retreats into the lives of her fictional characters. Supporting her all the way are her husband, three sometimes-adorable children, and their nine-pound attack Yorkie.

 

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS:

 

Sawyer says…
Casual flings are the only way to go.
Everyone you trust eventually leaves.
Falling in love is for anyone, but her.

What else would she say when all she knows is loss and abandonment? Sawyer Sterling learned too young that depending on anyone else will get her nothing but heartache in the end. Never shying away from outwardly showing her love, she struggles accepting it herself. Stubbornly, she vows to never risk her heart.

Dealing with revelations she never saw coming, her impulse is to distance herself from emotional entanglements. When her past collides with her present, can Jared Keller help prove to her just how wrong her assumptions are? He is the exception to her argument that everyone leaves. Will she ever see him as something she deserves?

 

 

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WORTH THE FIGHT --- By: Vi Keeland

***WORTH THE FIGHT***

By: Vi Keeland

Release Date: October 3, 2013

BLURB:

It didn’t matter that the ref called it a clean hit. Nico Hunter would never be the same.

Elle has a good life. A job she loves, a great apartment, and the guy she’s been dating for more than two years is a catch and a half. But it’s boring…and she strives to keep it that way. Too many emotions are dangerous. Her own past is living proof of what can happen when you lose control.

Then Nico walks into Elle’s office and everything changes…for both of them. But what can the tattooed, hard-bodied MMA fighter and the beautiful and always steady attorney have in common? A lot more than they bargained for.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Vi Keeland is a native New Yorker with three children that occupy most of her free time, which she complains about often, but wouldn't change for the world. She is a bookworm and has been known to read her kindle at stop lights, while styling her hair, cleaning, walking, during sporting events, and frequently while pretending to work. She is a boring attorney by day, and an exciting USA Today Best Selling smut author by night!

EXCERPT:

**Meet Elle & Nico**

Elle on Nico...
I’ve never seen a body like his so close before. It just doesn’t seem real. Both of his arms are covered in tattoos, it looks like he’s wearing colorful sleeves, only he has no shirt on. They intertwine and wrap around his bulging biceps and I get the urge to trace a path from the first splat of ink to the last with my tongue. My body’s reaction to him is unlike anything I’ve ever felt before. These aren’t feelings that I’m used to, they seem to come out of nowhere and are uncontrollable.

One side of his lip curls up slightly, as though he is amused at my staring. He hands me a glass of wine without asking if I want one and I take it because I need it to calm my nerves. I’m here staring at this bigger than life man, and suddenly I’m speechless. The wine can’t seep into my bloodstream quick enough. Half the glass is gone in one long, unladylike gulp.

“Thirsty?” I look up at him and find a glimmer of amusement in Nico’s eyes, mixed with something else. I think he knows I’m trying to calm myself and I fidget in my seat on the couch as he stands there looking so unaffected.

Nico on Elle...
I’m up at five a.m. every morning. Well, every morning except today. I slept like shit, my body a mass of pent-up frustration. I kept my word all night. Even though all I wanted to do was pick her up, carry her into my bedroom, and ram myself into her to claim her as mine. Then she kissed me. I know I could have taken it further after that kiss. But I don’t want one night with Elle. I want more. I have no idea why, but I do. A lot fucking more.

By the time I drove back home last night, I’d gotten myself under control. I’d reasoned with my hard-on until it finally saw my way. Who knew you could reason with a fucking hard-on. I guess I never tried. I just took care of it, did what it wanted me to.

But then I walked into my loft and I smelled her. And all reasoning went out the window. I couldn’t sleep with a steel pipe in my pants, so I took a cold shower. It didn’t help. Then I was wide awake with a hard-on. I tossed and turned with a picture of Elle smiling at me in my head. Taunting me for being such a sap. 

MY REVIEW: 

Ohhh Emmm Geee!!!!! 

I am not even sure where to start. 

Nico- Ahhh Nico, he was explosive, in more ways than one. He was a mind-blowing, sexy, well carved, tattooed, dangerous, wicked (in a good way, lol), caring, generous, sincere, honest, hawttt beast of a man, that any woman would want to have babies for. HAHA
He had a past that might have kept him from living for a lil while--until Elle came along.

Elle- She was truly a great girl, who knew what she wanted and didn't waste anytime on getting it. That's what I like about her. She was perfect, as in beauty, size, shape, occupation, and as smart as she was, who couldn't fall in love with her the minute they laid eyes on her.

With her haunting past, it took a powerful, stunning, patient, mega-man to understand her, and help her over come the shadows that has been tormenting her.

Together- Nico & Elle were Powerful Perfection.

William- I didn't really feel sorry for. He was handsome, had a great career, and he shouldn't have any problems finding his one and only. What William and Elle did was just a familiar habit, with benefits, that needed to end, and easy to end since there were no emotions involved.

I am so glad that Elle found her heart-stopping, va-jay jay throbbing, breath catching, significant other.

They are just incredible together. 

I loved everything about this book, the authors ability to imagine these things, the great writing, the characters-mostly, the story line, and NO cliff hanger, and I love how the end doesn't leave you wondering what the hell just happen.

Worth The Fight is defiantly at the top of my list for 2013.

I will continue to follow Vi, because all of her books that I have read so far, were brilliant, spicy, and just a guarantee great read.

So to you VI KEELAND, Thanks again, for doing what you were defiantly born to do; keeping smiles on our faces, and love in our hearts, through the power of writing.

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