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Monday, August 31, 2015
Cover Reveal: Our Sins by Kimberly Blalock
Sunday, August 30, 2015
Review: Indebted #5: Fourth Debt by Pepper Winters
SYNOPSIS:
"We'd won. We'd cut through the lies and treachery and promised an alliance that would free us both. But even as we won, we lost. We didn't see what was coming. We didn't know we had to plan a resurrection."
Nila Weaver fell in love. She gifted her entire soul to a man she believed was worthy. And in the process, she destroyed herself. Three debts paid, the fourth only days away. The Debt Inheritance has almost claimed another victim.
Jethro Hawk fell in love. He let down his walls to a woman he believed was his cure. For a moment, he was free. But then he paid the ultimate price.
There is no more love. Only war. Hope is dead. Now, there is only death all around them.
REVIEW:
If you have not read the others in the series, skip my review and go get the book. This review will contain spoilers for the previous books.
Indebted #4 ended with a shot and left me hanging on the edge. I wondered, where can the story go from here? Jethro and Kes are dead. It won't be long before Cut has Nila's head and it's over. Nila's only hope out of this barbaric situation is gone and dead. She has to deal with not only Cut but Bonnie and crazy Daniel also. All of this and she is on her own. I thought maybe, just maybe, Jasmine would come to her rescue, but nope. Jaz became a monster seeking revenge.
In the previous books, Nila grew to become a fighter. She wanted to end this tradition once and for all. She also wanted revenge, not only for her, but for her ancestors. Will be able to? Can she remain strong enough?
Nila's time is running out. Things at Hawksridge have changed. No longer are the days that Nila can roam around the estate and rooms as she pleases. Jethro and Kes are no longer there to protect her. Who can she really trust?
To be honest, the beginning of the book dragged some. Nila was grieving, and I understand, but pick yourself up and fight! Use that head to figure out what is going on. I began to enjoy it more but was also torn to learn about Jethro and Kes. To learn how cruel Cut could be, and how heartless. WOW!
I cannot wait for the last debt. I am sure it too will be a roller-coaster ride. My hope is Nila and Vaughn make it out alive and end this crazy debt inheritance once and for all.
Indebted #4 ended with a shot and left me hanging on the edge. I wondered, where can the story go from here? Jethro and Kes are dead. It won't be long before Cut has Nila's head and it's over. Nila's only hope out of this barbaric situation is gone and dead. She has to deal with not only Cut but Bonnie and crazy Daniel also. All of this and she is on her own. I thought maybe, just maybe, Jasmine would come to her rescue, but nope. Jaz became a monster seeking revenge.
In the previous books, Nila grew to become a fighter. She wanted to end this tradition once and for all. She also wanted revenge, not only for her, but for her ancestors. Will be able to? Can she remain strong enough?
Nila's time is running out. Things at Hawksridge have changed. No longer are the days that Nila can roam around the estate and rooms as she pleases. Jethro and Kes are no longer there to protect her. Who can she really trust?
To be honest, the beginning of the book dragged some. Nila was grieving, and I understand, but pick yourself up and fight! Use that head to figure out what is going on. I began to enjoy it more but was also torn to learn about Jethro and Kes. To learn how cruel Cut could be, and how heartless. WOW!
I cannot wait for the last debt. I am sure it too will be a roller-coaster ride. My hope is Nila and Vaughn make it out alive and end this crazy debt inheritance once and for all.
First Book is FREE
DEBT INHERITANCE (Indebted #1)
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FIRST DEBT (Indebted #2)
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SECOND DEBT (Indebted #3)
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THIRD DEBT (Indebted #4)
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FOURTH DEBT (Indebted #5)
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FINAL DEBT (Indebted #6)
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Friday, August 21, 2015
Review: Life Rewritten by Andrea Johnston
I never thought that, at 40, this would be my life. Mourning the loss of the man I vowed to love for life was hard enough. Online dating, starting a business, and falling in love was never the plan.
Victoria Bennett has been blessed with a loving husband, a wonderful son and amazing friends. Always the organized planner, Victoria was thrown life's curve ball when she found herself a widow and single mom before 40. After mourning the loss of her husband and rejoining her friends and family in her once simple life, Victoria finds herself venturing into the world of online dating with little success.
After hanging up her keyboard and focusing on new experiences and hobbies, Victoria is as surprised as everyone else when her favorite pastime leads to a new career and passion for life. When a friendship turns to romance, her life is once again thrown for a loop. Like everything new in her life she takes on the relationship with gusto, and a series of mishaps.
Victoria soon learns that sometimes the life you've planned isn't the life you lead. It is still your life, just your life rewritten.
Review:
This was an amazing story. I loved reading it. This was a different story that was not the twenty year old, googly eyes, fell in love for the first time story. This is a story about mourning, friendship, dating, and falling in love.
The online dating experience for Victoria cracked me up. Bless her heart, she dated some doozies! When she finally comes into her own and finds a new career, things begin to take off. She begins a relationship and turns back into a twenty year old.
I liked how Johnston wrote this book. Victoria never stopped forgetting her past and had a few conflicts but her new relationship knows how to help her. Victoria finding love again is wonderful and very well written. I enjoyed this story tremendously.
5 stars
Review:
This was an amazing story. I loved reading it. This was a different story that was not the twenty year old, googly eyes, fell in love for the first time story. This is a story about mourning, friendship, dating, and falling in love.
The online dating experience for Victoria cracked me up. Bless her heart, she dated some doozies! When she finally comes into her own and finds a new career, things begin to take off. She begins a relationship and turns back into a twenty year old.
I liked how Johnston wrote this book. Victoria never stopped forgetting her past and had a few conflicts but her new relationship knows how to help her. Victoria finding love again is wonderful and very well written. I enjoyed this story tremendously.
5 stars
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Everyone manages to keep me distracted and on task for a solid thirty minutes. With how I’ve been feeling, that is quite the success for them. When the doorbell rings I’m a little taken aback. It is far too early for the guests and if they are already arriving, what am I going to feed them? Lunch at 10:30 in the morning? I guess, but I could go for those baked goods and Sara isn’t here and … just answer the door. Relax. I head to the door feeling as nervous as I did the day I took my driver’s license test. It’s like a swarm of butterflies has taken up residence in my stomach while a dragon flaps its wings next to them. Basically, I want to throw up.
What lies before me is a shock. All six-foot something of him, swirly blue eyes, and dressed like a gift from the hunk heavens … Dillon.
“Mornin’,” he says with that toothpaste-commercial smile. Oh boy.
“Hi. Uh, what are you doing here? What’s all that?” I say, pointing at the bags of what appear to be groceries he is holding. Groceries? Has word gotten back to him that I am not exactly Rachael Ray in the kitchen? We’ve been spending afternoons together working on my plan and I suppose becoming friends, yet none of this has come up. We don’t really get too personal, just talking about movies, my love of books, baking, and our town.
“Goodies for your guests. Well, not quite, but the ingredients to create them,” he replies with a simple shrug and a move into the house.
I step aside and hear Justin chuckle and whisper, “Close your mouth, Mom, it’s just groceries.” Justin gives Dillon the “what’s up” nod as he’s heading to the kitchen.
“Ello, ladies. Beautiful mornin’, isn’t it?” Dillon says as he starts emptying his bags. He wasn’t kidding, he even brought his own measuring cups. Just because I choose to eat culinary treats created by others doesn’t mean I don’t have the means to create my own. I have measuring cups, for goodness sake. Of course mine are from Target and hot pink, but that is neither here nor there.
Anna kicks my shin while I hear Charlotte giggle. Apparently I’m still standing there with my mouth open. Classy. “Hello, Dillon, it is a lovely morning. Isn’t it, Victoria?” Anna asks as I give her the evil eye and pull up a chair. Not one to be deterred by my so-called evil eye, Anna continues, “So, Dillon, what brings you by?”
“Well, I knew Sara was supposed to bring the treats for today and to be honest I couldn’t see her here. She has referred to reading as ‘so, like weird and scary.’ Plus, I feel compelled to see this first day through. Plus, I wanted to be here to help Victoria with Pages and Quiet if she needed it.”
He says all of this without a single misstep as he moves with ease about my kitchen. I’m sure my kitchen appreciates his presence. Dillon begins pouring ingredients into a bowl, never once pausing to squat down and check his measurements. Show off.
“What better way to get people to relax than the smell of freshly baked muffins? Don’t you agree, ladies?”
Oh sweet baby jeebus. He’s going to bake. In my kitchen. He could only be sexier if he mopped the floors after. Get it together, girl, he’s just a guy. Barely a friend and definitely not interested in a forty-year-old single mom with a fondness for spending her nights with a pint of ice cream and book.
“Well, don’t let us stop you. We’ll just be right over here watching the show,” Anna coyly replies.
A show is putting it mildly. The three of us sit there like we are watching the creation of a new civilization. He’s a master with a whisk. How is he not getting stuff all over him? I have to shower, spray down the kitchen, and still don’t get everything clean after I make some break ‘n bake cookies. And is it normal to find forearms sexy? There’s a hint of a tattoo above his shirt sleeve. And Charlotte has already whispered how he must obviously work out to have that chest. I’m ignoring her assessment. I couldn’t care less if he’s just blessed, I could watch this show all day.
“Victoria?” I hear my name but I’m so focused on those arms it takes yet another kick to the shin before I look up, thoroughly embarrassed when I realize Dillon has been talking to me.
“Sorry. I just spaced out for a sec. What was that?” Please don’t ask me anything that requires me to leave the room. I don’t want to miss any of this.
“I was asking if you wanted to come over here and help me. That way you’ll be honest with your guests when you say you made muffins.” Swoon. I’m swooning. And apparently, so is Charlotte because she lets out the sigh I am holding in. Suddenly I hear hysterical laughter coming from the doorway. Justin. He’s lucky I love him.
“Justin, really? Is it really that funny?” I ask as I stand and face him with the best Mom face I can manage.
“Mom, it really is. I don’t think Dillon has any idea what he’s asking and I think I’ll go outside and play with Tilly just to keep her safe,” he says as he grabs an apple and heads out the back door.
“Don’t mind him, come over here and help me. Nothing will feel sweeter than proving him wrong,” Dillon says with a big grin.
I want nothing more for Dillon to be right. I grab my apron off the hook and tie it as I make my way to his side. He looks at my apron and lets out a chuckle as he shakes his head. I look down and can instantly feel the blush creep up my neck to my cheeks. “Wine Not” is displayed directly across my chest. I love this apron and really, “wine not”.
Over the next thirty minutes Dillon patiently tries to help me melt chocolate. I don’t care what anyone says, anyone can catch a pot of chocolate on fire. Dillon ushers us out of the kitchen so he can finish just as the first guests arrive.
Andrea Johnston spent her childhood with her nose in a book and a pen to paper. An avid people watcher, her mind is full of stories that yearn to be told. A fan of angsty romance with a happy ending, super sexy erotica and a good mystery, Andrea can always be found with her Kindle nearby fully charged.
Andrea lives in Idaho with her family and two dogs. When she isn’t spending time with her partner in crime aka her husband, she can be found binge watching all things Bravo and enjoying a cocktail. Nothing makes her happier than the laughter of her children, a good book, her feet in the water, and cocktail in hand all at the same time.
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