Sunday, July 8, 2018

Review "Consume by Jessica Prince"

Killian Everett is condescending, egotistical, and a complete jerk.
When I started as the new assistant for the famous rock band Civil Corruption, I thought I’d hit the career jackpot...
but I was wrong.

With his attitude, bad behavior, and stupid good looks, Killian has made my life a living hell since my very first day.
We may fight constantly, but that doesn’t make me want him any less.
And now I know he wants me too.

He wants to seduce me.
He wants to own me.
He wants to consume me.

And if I’m not careful...
I just might let him.

Advance Reading Copy

Title: Consume (Civil Corruption #3)
Author: Jessica Prince
Publisher: Unknown
Amount of Pages: 259
Genre: Adult, Contemporary, Romance, Music

Date Read: 05-07-2018 - 06-07-2018

Favorite Quote: "The intensity of my feelings for her consumed me, invading every molecule of my body and wrapping around me like the warmest the most comfortable blanket in the world."

Review:
I am very grateful that I was granted the opportunity to receive an arc of this book. I haven't read the first two book in this series but I didn't feel like I needed to in order to read this book. The characters in this book were all introduced. I didn't have a moment where I thought, "who is this" "whats going on", "what did I miss"etc.

What is this book about:
This book is about Killian and Gina. Killian is a member of a very popular band. Gina is friends with the girlfriends of the other band members.
Gina doesn't have it easy, her mother suffered a terrible stroke and she's trying to take care of her as much as she can but it cost allot. In order to afford the care of her mother she decides to take a job she know she shouldn't take. She's going to be a personal assistant for the band Killian is in.
The thing is she and Killian shared a night together and that didn't end all that well...
Killian is determent to make her live a living hell so she will quit and he can get back to his old whoring ways, those odds sound better for him than allowing Gina to get more under his skin that she already is. Will he succeed and lose Gina forever or will she prove more resistant than he initially thought.

What did I like about this book:
I liked the banter between Killian and Gina. They had chemistry. I also liked that Gina grew some backbone and didn't fall for his tricks.
I liked the side characters as well. They were interesting.

I liked reading this book but I didn't love it. I'm not sure on how to explain why. There wasn't really anything wrong with the story, I just didn't feel it.

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Wednesday, July 4, 2018

Review "Hunting Prince Dracula by Kerri Maniscalco"

In this New York Times bestselling sequel to Kerri Maniscalco's haunting #1 debut Stalking Jack the Ripper, bizarre murders are discovered in the castle of Prince Vlad the Impaler, otherwise known as Dracula. Could it be a copycat killer...or has the depraved prince been brought back to life?

Following the grief and horror of her discovery of Jack the Ripper's true identity, Audrey Rose Wadsworth has no choice but to flee London and its memories. Together with the arrogant yet charming Thomas Cresswell, she journeys to the dark heart of Romania, home to one of Europe's best schools of forensic medicine...and to another notorious killer, Vlad the Impaler, whose thirst for blood became legend.

But her life's dream is soon tainted by blood-soaked discoveries in the halls of the school's forbidding castle, and Audrey Rose is compelled to investigate the strangely familiar murders. What she finds brings all her terrifying fears to life once again.

Title: Hunting Prince Dracula (Stalking Jack the Ripper #2)
Author: Kerri Maniscalco
Publisher: James Patterson
Amount of Pages: 430
Genre: Young Adult, Mystery, Historical, Romance

Date Read: 02-07-2018 - 03-07-2018

Favorite Quote: “For there are no limits to the stars, their numbers infinite. Which is precisely why I measure my love for you by the stars. An amount too boundless to count.”

Review:
Sometimes book can suffer from the "second book syndrome" in a series. Meaning they sometimes aren't as good as the first one. This was definitely not the case. The characters were still as good as they where in the first book, they got even better. The mystery was still there and it was as unpredictable as it was in the first book.
One thing that did start to bother me a tiny bit is the amount of times Audry Rose would say they where being unchaperoned and how bad that was for their image and such, for her to be alone with Thomas. At some point I felt my self thing "Yes I know, you're being scandalous, I got it".

What is this book about:
This book is about Audry Rose and Thomas. Both are traveling to Romania to attend a medical forensic school. Both of them could use some peace and quiet after the events in Stalking Jack the Ripper. Audry Rose is still very much struggling with everything that happend, and still mourning. However peace and quit just doesn't seem like that can happen for both of them as there has been a murder committed right outside their train compartment. And things don't end there. As if it isn't hard enough for Audry Rose to be in such a women unfriendly profession and school, students and maids go missing and end up murdered. Is the famous Vlad Dracula really back from the dead as the villagers are thinking, or is there a more scientific explanation for these odd deaths.
As Audry Rose and Thomas work their best to secure a spot on the academy, and solving murders, they are also growing more close. Their friendship is getting stronger and there is also some change going on. Once again its up to our crime solving duo to figure out who is behind these murders before they themselves become a target....

What did I like about this book:
I really loved the banter between Audry Rose and Thomas. They would make an amazing couple and that needs to happen ASAP. They are just perfect for one another.
I loved the mystery in this book. Once again I couldn't figure out who was behind these killings. It's very cleverly written.
I just adore Thomas. He is such a funny, charming guy. I really like him.
Another thing I liked seeing was how Audry Rose was struggling with what happend. Not that I liked to see her suffering but it made it more realistic.

I can't wait to read more about them, especially after that ending. That ending made me so incredibly happy.
Sadly that happiness changed into anxiety and took some of the magazines of these books away after I saw a bit of a spoiler regarding the next book. If its gonna go the way people are suggesting they are it might ruin the books for me. There are certain tropes that I just can't do and it seems like that might happen.

Rating:

Characters:

Audry Rose & Thomas

Audry Rose and Thomas
Credit: Phantomrin

Audry Rose and Thomas

Review "Stalking Jack the Ripper by Kerri Maniscalco"

Seventeen-year-old Audrey Rose Wadsworth was born a lord's daughter, with a life of wealth and privilege stretched out before her. But between the social teas and silk dress fittings, she leads a forbidden secret life.

Against her stern father's wishes and society's expectations, Audrey often slips away to her uncle's laboratory to study the gruesome practice of forensic medicine. When her work on a string of savagely killed corpses drags Audrey into the investigation of a serial murderer, her search for answers brings her close to her own sheltered world.

Title: Stalking Jack the Ripper (Stalking Jack the Ripper #1)
Author: Kerri Maniscalco
Publisher: Jimmy Paterson
Amount of Pages: 326
Genre: Young Adult, Mystery, Historical

Date Read: 01-07-2018 - 02-07-2018

Favorite Quote: "“Fear is a hungry beast. The more you feed it, the more it grows.”

Review:
I was surprised by this book. I wasn't sure if I'd like it since it's young adult and historical but I did. This book was very captivating and it held by attention. I wasn't bothered by the fact that it was ya and there was no smut because it fit the time they were in and there was enough going on that was interesting.

What is this book about:
This book is about a girl names Audry Rose. She is 17 years old and is quite the modern lady for someone that lives in the 1800. She is beautiful, but also very clever and smart. She doesn't want to be chained to what society deems good enough for a woman. She is an apprentice for her uncle and helps do autopsy's. She is eager to learn and to be independent.
Ever since her mother died her father became over protective of her. He is terrified that she gets ill and something happens to her. He tries to shelter her as much as he can. Besides her father, she lives with her brother on their estate.
Audry Rose isn't the only one apprenticing for her uncle, charming, witty and brilliant Thomas is as well. Audry Rose finds him as attractive as she finds him annoying. Thomas really isn't shy and makes it known that he is very interested and attracted to Audry Rose as well.
Things are starting to get more and more dangerous on the streets in London as Jack the Ripper is on the lose. Together with Thomas, Audry Rose tries to discover who Jack the Ripper is and solve the murders. Shocking revelations come to light and Audry Rose realizes she is a woman that loves the Ripper.....

What did I like about this book:
I really liked how modern Audry Rose felt despite being an Victorian English noble women. I liked that she didn't let herself be pushed into being just a trophy wife. She wanted to learn and make a live for herself.
I really like Thomas. He is very charming and funny. I really liked how he was supporting Audry Rose and how he though and treated her as an equal.
One thing I also liked is how well the author kept the mystery going. It was hard to tell who the killer was. And the way she described the medical stuff going on was very interesting me as I to work in the medical field.
I am very impressed with the author, she did an amazing job for her first novel. I can't wait to read more about these characters!

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Characters

Stalking Jack the Ripper Art. Credit: Phantomrin

Audry Rose & Thomas

Tuesday, July 3, 2018

Release "Devoted to Pleasure by Shayla Black"

There's a fine line between his business and her pleasure...

Devoted to Pleasure, an all-new sexy romantic suspense standalone from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Shayla Black is LIVE!

BOUND BY DUTY...

Bodyguard and former military man Cutter Bryant has always done his duty--no matter the cost. Now he's taking one last high-octane assignment before settling down in a new role that means sacrificing his chance at love. But he never expects to share an irresistible chemistry with his beautiful new client.

...TEMPTED BY PLEASURE

As the star of a steamy television drama, Shealyn West knows fame well, but it has come at the expense of her heart. With a blackmailer watching her every move and the threat of career-ending exposure looming, Shealyn hires Cutter to shore up her security and keep her safe, never imagining their attraction will be too powerful to contain.

As Shealyn and Cutter navigate the scintillating line between business and pleasure, they unravel a web of secrets that threaten their relationship and their lives. When danger strikes, Cutter must decide whether to follow his heart for the first time, or risk losing Shealyn forever.

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About Shayla:

Shayla Black is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of more than sixty novels. For nearly twenty years, she’s written contemporary, erotic, paranormal, and historical romances via traditional, independent, foreign, and audio publishers. Her books have sold millions of copies and been published in a dozen languages.

Raised an only child, Shayla occupied herself with lots of daydreaming, much to the chagrin of her teachers. In college, she found her love for reading and realized that she could have a career publishing the stories spinning in her imagination. Though she graduated with a degree in Marketing/Advertising and embarked on a stint in corporate America to pay the bills, her heart has always been with her characters. She’s thrilled that she’s been living her dream as a full-time author for the past eight years.

Shayla currently lives in North Texas with her wonderfully supportive husband, her daughter, and two spoiled tabbies. In her “free” time, she enjoys reality TV, reading, and listening to an eclectic blend of music.

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Cover Reveal "Bad Days by A.S. Kelley"

Title: Bad Days (Four Days Series #3)

Author: A.S. Kelly

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Release: July 31, 2018

Cover Designer: Shanoff Design

Image: Wander Aguiar Photograph

Jason Lee is the friend everyone would like to have. He’s loyal, sensitive and generous and kind to those he loves. He has dedicated himself completely to his work at the pub that he manages with his friends, who have by now become a second family to him. He is trying to make sense out of a life that is damaged by loss and pain, closing himself into his safe haven of a world that is far removed from his previous suffering, and he is determined not to lose any more than he already has.

Alex McBride returns to Dublin, having been away for five years. She finds her old house, goes to places familiar to her when she grew up there with her friends, but nothing is like it used to be. Coming back is never easy, especially if your absence is responsible for the slow destruction of someone else’s life, someone you had hoped to forget but who actually remained exactly where he was, like an open wound that continues to bleed.

Jason and Alex find each other together again after a long separation: they’ve been friends, confidants and conspirators but now they’re forced to reconcile a past that has never stopped hurting and a future impossible for them to live out together, because there’s something that could separate them, and this time, they might be parted forever

A.S. Kelly was born in Italy but lives in Ireland with her husband, their two children and a cat named Oscar.

Bookworm, music passionate, coffee drinker, she lives in a small village in the North of Dublin, where she looks for inspiration for her new stories.

Monday, July 2, 2018

Cover Reveal "Captivated by Bethany-Kris"

Title: Captivated

Author: Bethany-Kris

Publication Date: July 9, 2018

Genres: Adult, Romantic Suspense, Organized Crime. Erotic Romance, Standalone

COVER CREDITS

Cover designed: London Miller

Cover photo: Michael Stokes

Cover model: Antoni Bialy

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SYNOPSIS

A shadow meets the light …

When someone needs to disappear, the Chicago mob calls on Joe Rossi. A man who can move without a sound, and kill without a word, they don’t call him the Shadow for nothing.

This time, it’s a New York crime family in need of his skills, but it takes one glimpse of her to make him agree to the job.

Liliana Marcello is every inch a principessa della mafia. Her life has taught her to be wary of strangers, yet her ballet career contradicts everything by putting her on display.

It’s a man with a dark smile and a constantly changing demeanor that makes her feel safe again, but it’s the unknown that holds her back.

It takes one look …

One dance …

One word …

One smile to captivate a man.

And one second to kill a woman because of it, too.

Not all monsters hide in the shadows.

How are you supposed to see them coming?

EXCLUSIVE EXCERPT

“Drink?”

Liliana made a face. “You know, I probably shouldn’t.”

“Ah, dancer.”

She shrugged. “Everything needs to be exactly as they want it.”

“As long as one of the things they want isn’t for you to starve yourself, or work yourself dead then … whatever makes you happy, Tesoro.”

“Some girls do.”

“Hmm?”

“Starve themselves down to nothing but sticks in the hopes of being noticed, or whatever the case may be. Their brains and mind get so sick from it all that they don’t even realize how much they need help. It’s sad, really. Scary. Once, I might have been one of those girls, too. Not so much anymore.”

Joe glanced down at the glass of whiskey he had poured, and twirled it a bit making the ice inside click against crystal. “Can’t say that’s a bad thing, though.”

“No, growth is … good.”

“It can be.”

Joe kept his gaze on the whiskey, and Liliana suddenly decided to be a little bold. They weren’t outside where anyone could see, or where her sister was right there to watch and make her feel nervous. There was no stumbling over her words, or feeling skittish.

Really, Joe didn’t make her anything but comfortable.

And a little hot sometimes.

Crossing the distance between them, Liliana came to stand right in front of Joe. It was only then that he finally glanced up from the glass in his hands to give her one of his slow, easy grins. The kind that made her stomach do that weird clenching thing—like butterflies for big girls.

“Hey,” she whispered.

Joe tipped his head to the side a bit. “Hey.”

“Thanks for helping me today.”

“Don’t mention it.”

“Lucky you were there to help me, really.”

Joe quirked a brow high. “Yeah, lucky.”

Before Liliana could over think her next move, and while she was still feeling that bit of boldness in her heart, she stood on her tiptoes, and kissed Joe. It was a fast kiss—nothing too spectacular, and certainly not lingering. Just a sweet press of her lips against his, and then she was pulling away again.

As fast as it had happened, it was over.

Then, she waited.

For him, that was.

Joe’s gaze darted to hers, and she swore she saw a flash of heat behind his eyes. Without ever looking away from her, he set that glass of whiskey to the wet bar, grabbed her waist with a firm grip, and brought her even closer. She didn’t even get the chance to take a breath before he kissed her.

His kiss was not like hers.

Deeper, harder, and hungrier. A teasing stroke of his tongue against the seam of her lips, demanding she open up to him, and let him in. She couldn’t even help herself but to part her lips, and taste him.

Joe pulled her closer still until her chest was molded against his, and she found it hard to take in a decent breath. And only then did he pull away. His hand came up to cup her cheek, and his thumb stroked her cheekbone with a soft touch.

“I mean, if you’re going to kiss me,” he murmured as he pulled away, “then at least really kiss me, Liliana.”

She laughed breathlessly. “I wanted to see …”

“What?”

“I don’t know.”

“Did you see whatever it was?” he asked.

Liliana grinned widely. “I did.”

“And?”

“Would you like to go out with me sometime, Joe?”

ABOUT BETHANY-KRIS

Bethany-Kris is a Canadian author, lover of much, and mother to four young sons, one cat, and two dogs. A small town in Eastern Canada where she was born and raised is where she has always called home. With her boys under her feet, snuggling cat, barking dogs, and a hubby calling over his shoulder, she is nearly always writing something … when she can find the time.

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