Stacking the Shelves

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It's been a while but, I am back! I have transitioned into a new job at work and it has been very hard to even work and live out. I have been doing a lot of overtime and have even less time to blog. Which i am not happy about. I am making an effort to do a much better job! I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas! 

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Goodreads Summary:
Cain Bonham is as big and bad as they come. After serving in the Marines, he’s returned home to Wyoming and now works as head of security at the exclusive sex club, The Wicked Horse. His job is to protect not only the patrons, but to zealously guard the secret existence of the club itself.

Sloane Preston is all about discovering secrets. As an undercover reporter, she’s determined to reveal the truth behind the facade of The Wicked Horse and expose it for all the world to see. She just didn’t count on her pathway into the club coming at the hands of one gorgeously scarred and bad ass bouncer who manages to easily possess her body and soul.

While Cain’s not looking for anyone to catch his eye, Sloane did it all the same, and he’s not bemoaning the fact that she’s as wickedly kinky as he is. As both get caught up in the sinful fantasies that only The Wicked Horse can create, secrets and loyalties will be tested and hearts will risk being broken.


**Warning: this book has sex in it. Lots of sex. Dirty sex. The Wicked Horse Series is a bit different than what Sawyer Bennett normally writes. While you’ll still enjoy fabulous characters, a suspenseful story, some witty banter and an epic romance, there’s just… a lot of sex. You’ve been warned.

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Goodreads Summary:
How do you rid the Earth of seven billion humans? Rid the humans of their humanity.

Surviving the first four waves was nearly impossible. Now Cassie Sullivan finds herself in a new world, a world in which the fundamental trust that binds us together is gone. As the 5th Wave rolls across the landscape, Cassie, Ben, and Ringer are forced to confront the Others’ ultimate goal: the extermination of the human race.


Cassie and her friends haven’t seen the depths to which the Others will sink, nor have the Others seen the heights to which humanity will rise, in the ultimate battle between life and death, hope and despair, love and hate. 

Goodreads Summary:
Experience the epic love story of OBSIDIAN as told by its hero, Daemon Black…

I knew the moment Katy Swartz moved in next door, there was going to be trouble. Lots of it. 

And trouble’s the last thing I need, since I’m not exactly from around here. My people arrived on Earth from Lux, a planet thirteen billion light years away. Plus, if there’s one thing I know, it’s that humans can’t be trusted. We scare them. We can do things they only dream about, and honestly, we make them look weak as hell. ‘Cuz they are. 

But Kat is getting to me in ways no one else has, and I can't stop myself from wanting her—or wanting to use my powers to protect her. She makes me weak, and I’m the strongest of our kind, tasked with protecting us all. So this one simple girl…she can mean the end for us. Because the Luxen have an even bigger enemy—the Arum, and I need to stay on my game. 


Falling for Katy—a human—won't just place her in danger. It could get us all killed, and that’s one thing I’ll never let happen...

Goodreads Summary:
PAWN...CAPTIVE...QUEEN?

Kitty Doe is a Blackcoat rebel and a former captive with a deadly connection to the most powerful and dangerous man in the country, Prime Minister Daxton Hart. Forced to masquerade as Daxton's niece, Lila Hart, Kitty has helped the Blackcoats take back the prison known as Elsewhere. But Daxton has no intention of ceding his position of privilege—or letting Kitty expose his own masquerade. Not in these United States, where each person's rank means the difference between luxury and poverty, freedom and fear...and ultimately, between life and death.


To defeat the corrupt government, Kitty must expose Daxton's secret. Securing evidence will put others in jeopardy, including the boy she's loved forever and an ally she barely trusts. For months, Kitty's survival has hinged on playing a part. Now she must discover who she truly wants to be, and whether the new world she and the rebels are striving to create has a place in it for her after all.

Goodreads Summary:
A MASTERPIECE OF TERROR AND SUSPENSE FROM #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR KELLEY ARMSTRONG.

Riley Vasquez is haunted by the brutal murder of the couple she was babysitting for.

Max Cross is suffering under the shadow of a life-altering diagnosis he doesn’t dare reveal.

The last thing either of them wants is to spend a weekend away at a therapy camp alongside five other teens with “issues.” But that’s exactly where they are when three masked men burst in to take the group hostage.

The building has no windows. The exits are sealed shut. Their phones are gone. And their captors are on a killing spree.


Riley and Max know that if they can’t get out, they’ll be next—but they’re about to discover that even escape doesn’t equal freedom.

Goodreads Summary:
This morning, Kady thought breaking up with Ezra was the hardest thing she’d have to do.

This afternoon, her planet was invaded.

The year is 2575, and two rival megacorporations are at war over a planet that’s little more than an ice-covered speck at the edge of the universe. Too bad nobody thought to warn the people living on it. With enemy fire raining down on them, Kady and Ezra—who are barely even talking to each other—are forced to fight their way onto an evacuating fleet, with an enemy warship in hot pursuit.

But their problems are just getting started. A deadly plague has broken out and is mutating, with terrifying results; the fleet's AI, which should be protecting them, may actually be their enemy; and nobody in charge will say what’s really going on. As Kady hacks into a tangled web of data to find the truth, it's clear only one person can help her bring it all to light: the ex-boyfriend she swore she'd never speak to again.


Told through a fascinating dossier of hacked documents—including emails, schematics, military files, IMs, medical reports, interviews, and more—Illuminae is the first book in a heart-stopping, high-octane trilogy about lives interrupted, the price of truth, and the courage of everyday heroes.

Waiting on Wednesday

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Title: Truthwitch

Author: Susan Dennard

Series Number: 1

Release Date: January 5, 2016

Goodreads Summary:

On a continent ruled by three empires, some are born with a “witchery”, a magical skill that sets them apart from others.

In the Witchlands, there are almost as many types of magic as there are ways to get in trouble—as two desperate young women know all too well.

Safiya is a Truthwitch, able to discern truth from lie. It’s a powerful magic that many would kill to have on their side, especially amongst the nobility to which Safi was born. So Safi must keep her gift hidden, lest she be used as a pawn in the struggle between empires.

Iseult, a Threadwitch, can see the invisible ties that bind and entangle the lives around her—but she cannot see the bonds that touch her own heart. Her unlikely friendship with Safi has taken her from life as an outcast into one of reckless adventure, where she is a cool, wary balance to Safi’s hotheaded impulsiveness.

Safi and Iseult just want to be free to live their own lives, but war is coming to the Witchlands. With the help of the cunning Prince Merik (a Windwitch and ship’s captain) and the hindrance of a Bloodwitch bent on revenge, the friends must fight emperors, princes, and mercenaries alike, who will stop at nothing to get their hands on a Truthwitch.

My Thoughts:

I apologize, I have been absent a lot lately. Work at the end of the year has me doing a crap ton of overtime and the holiday has me pretty busy too. I am trying to get back into things! This is a book I have been seeing around a lot lately. I love the cover and can't wait to get my hands on it. 

ARC Review of Twas the Knight before Christmas by M. Clarke

Goodreads Summary:
***This is a novella. Please Read Something Great (FREE), Something Wonderful, and Something Forever FIRST or can be read after Something Amazing and Something Precious*** 

Twas the Knight before Christmas, when all through Max and Matthew’s house 
Not a creature was stirring?—but not in these boys’ family house; 
Stress, deadlines, and naughty children were nestled all snug in their beds, 
While visions of sugar plums did NOT dance in their heads, 
When they met with obstacles, mounted to the sky, 
Could they overcome the hurdles before time flies? 
When what to their wondering dreamy brown eyes did appear, 
But peace, harmony, and calmness, my dears. 
And all was right in the land of Knights. 

Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night!

My Review:
I love Christmas. So it's pretty easy to guess that I love books that involve Christmas and some of my favorite characters! Christmas is right around the corner. Needless to say, the Knight brothers have a very buys Christmas ahead of them. They are both Fathers now and have a lot of pressure on them. Not only with Christmas but, scandal in the business is brewing. Perfect timing right. As if the holiday was not stressful enough. Add in scandal and you are looking at a possible break down. Will these families get the Merry Christmas they are looking for?

I loved Jenna and Becky. Through it all they are still besties. Even though their lives are more complicated now they still try to make time for each other. Friends forever! It makes it nice when you are married to brothers too. Luckily for Jenna and Becky, their husbands have very active sexual appetites as well. They still have seriously hot husbands who worship them. It's the life we all wish for. Love, family, and super hot husbands! 

I love when we get glimpses into the future lives of the characters well love. This book was just that. At a time of the year that is about family and love. They have a little conflict, just enough to make it interesting. It all comes down to our core values during the holiday. Love and family. This one is a must read!

ARC Review of Broken Promises by H. M. Ward

Goodreads Summary:
When Celebrity Magazine declares rock star Trystan Scott the sexiest man alive, I'm not surprised. How can anyone claim otherwise about those blazing blue eyes, rock-hard abs, dark hair, and a totally lickable dimple?

Before the billionaire playboy rose to stardom, we were friends for a while and lovers for a night. Though that was nearly a decade ago, our connection burns brightly in my memory. We weren't a one night stand, not to me.

I can admit it--I got played. To him, I was just another conquest. My beautiful best friend is long gone, and I've moved on. But when fate forces us to meet face to face, everything I felt for him comes rushing back.

Trystan is crashing and burning fast. The press flock like vultures, waiting for him to kill himself or worse. Either way, his mistakes earn them millions.


One night, one time, one word is all it takes to wash away a decade of reason and regret. One secret threatens to push him six feet under, and, when those beautiful eyes turn to me for help, how can I say no?

My Review:
I have been waiting for the conclusion of Trystan's story forever!!!! I was in love with his story. His teenage hears with Mari were seriously some of my favorite books of all time. A lot of time has passed for these two. After Trystan broke Mari's heart they went their separate ways and started living their own lives. Trystan as a rock star and Mari as a doctor. When one fateful night they are re-united. Not in the way your thinking either. In a way that seriously had me questioning how the book was going to go. After the initial shock faded I really got into the book. The other series by H.M. Ward where Trystan appears had me soooo curious as to what happened to these two and we finally get to find out! Can Mari ever trust Trystan again or will he always be the love of her life that broke her?

The relationship these two had was so beautiful. Built on trust and love that I thought couldn't be broken. I was wrong. Trystan did a pretty terrible thing to Mari. She didn't deserve it and it's pretty obvious she never got over it. It still plagues her everyday. She is trying to move on with her life, even has fallen for a new man. A man she "loves". A man who looks a lot like Trystan! Mari and Trystan have some moments. Moments that made me long for their past relationship. I give a lot of credit to Trystan, he held back in situations that I was begging him to push forward! They have some come to Jesus conversations and decide to just be friends. Which is not easy for either of them or Mari's boyfriend.

I went back and forth between Mari's boyfriend throughout the book. I liked him, then I didn't, then I liked him again, then I didn't. Back and forth the whole time. He was a rock stuck in a hard place. How do you compete with someone's soul mate? By the end I really didn't like him. The side story with Mari's room mate was great and I loved it. It added so much to the story.

This book was an emotional roller coaster. I experienced so many emotions. There were a lot of curve balls too. I was like OMG WHAT!!!!???? There may not be a cliffhanger but, H.M. Ward can still leave you shocked. I am sad that this story has ended and I hope we still get to see Mari and Trystan in other book series. This series will always have a special place in my heart!

COVER REVEAL!! Twas the Knight before Christmas by M. Clark!

Twas the Knight before Christmas, when all through Matt and Matthew’s house

Not a creature was stirring?—but not in these boys’ family house;

Stress, deadlines, and naughty children were nestled all snug in their beds,

While visions of sugar plums did NOT dance in their heads,

When they met with obstacles, mounted to the sky,

Could they overcome the hurdles before time flies?

When what to their wondering dreamy brown eyes did appear,

But peace, harmony, and calmness, my dears.

And all was right in the land of Knights.

Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night!

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International Bestselling Author Mary Ting/M. Clarke resides in Southern California with her husband and two children. She enjoys oil painting and making jewelry. Writing her first novel, Crossroads Saga, happened by chance. It was a way to grieve the death of her beloved grandmother, and inspired by a dream she once had as a young girl. When she started reading new adult novels, she fell in love with the genre. It was the reason she had to write one-Something Great. Why the pen name, M Clarke? She tours with Magic Johnson Foundation to promote literacy and her children's chapter book-No Bullies Allowed.

BLOG TOUR!! The Lovers Surrender by J.C. Reed

Title: The Lover's Surrender

Author: J.C. Reed

Released: November 25th, 2015

Genre: Mature New Adult/Adult Contemporary Romance

350pp

Synopsis:

LOVE…sometimes it’s good. Sometimes it’s bad. And sometimes it’s dangerous.

Brooke Stewart, a realtor in New York, is sure of one of thing. She should never fully trust someone who has secrets. Especially when said bad boy is the sexiest man walking on earth. She is running away and has no intention of ever returning to him. But when a friend is killed and the one man she thought she would never meet again is accused of murder, she knows the story doesn’t add up.

Dangerously sexy and arrogant millionaire Jett Mayfield knows his secrets are not doing him any favors. However, when they serve to save Brooke’s life, he has no intention of revealing them. When problems spiral out of control and his life is turned upside down, he knows he needs her more than ever. He needs her more than he knows. But will he be strong enough to do what needs to be done?

In a world where truth shatters and danger is closing in on them, where love is their only sanctuary, will they be able to find each other or is it time to let each other go?

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My Review:
Oh, Jett how I have missed you. I must say I am sad to see this series end. It has been amazing! The Lover's Surrender does not disappoint. I could not put this book down once I started it. Brooke and Jett have been through a lot and I mean A LOT! Their relationship will be tested and trust will be questioned. What they didn't realize was that their issues were just getting started and they were to be tested even more. The inability to trust can lead to some serious problems. These two will need to get passed it all in order to survive. They must lean on each other. Will they be able to?

Don't get me wrong, I love Jett. He is forever the brute who needs a woman to tame him a little. We do get to learn a little more about him and what goes on inside that mind of his. I loved that. I really enjoyed his parts of the book. The major problems we see are stemmed from trust issues. They are clearly dealing with their own issues. Despite all the betrayal, lies, and trust issues they find strength from each other. There are beautiful moments too. Some that are just lovely and some that are super steamy. Just how I like it! Love mixed with steam and intrigue, doesn't get better then that! It's important to know that things are not black and white. There is always the gray in the middle.

I am sad to see this series end. I really enjoyed the book. I got a lot of answers I have been dying for! I was worried for quite a while about how it was going to end. Brooke and Jett's story has been one that I have loved over the years. Now is the time to pick it up if you haven't! You won't be sorry.

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Waiting on Wednesday

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Title: Hooked by Love
Author: Toni Aleo
Series Number: 3
Release Date: December 28, 2015

Goodreads Summary:
Things are out of control for the Sinclair boys! With two already in the NHL, Jace Sinclair is ready to follow in his brothers’ HUGE skates in the last Bellevue Bullies novel…

Jace Sinclair here, and I’m amazing. There is no other way to describe me. I am the leading scorer for the Bellevue Bullies, I’m the captain, and people love me: my family, my teammates, my coach, and the NHL. I already have one foot in the draft and I’m ready. This is my last year in college–it’s basically a conditioning year to get me ready for the NHL, to further my game, and I have to be focused. But then, it’s also my last year to have fun and not give a damn before my life really starts. Which means I’m gonna run through every girl I meet. That’s my plan. Because my one and only love is hockey. It keeps me warm even when it’s freezing. It’s always there when nothing else is. And it pushes me to be the best I can be. It’s my love.

That is, until I see her against a tree with a guitar.

Avery.

The last thing I wanted was to meet anyone. My heart is on the bench because I’ve watched my mom get broken by the person I call my father, and I don’t want that for myself. I don’t want to be hurt by anyone. I can’t give them that power.

But my heart is begging for ice time, and I can’t control it around her.

* * *

I’ve always been in the background. No one has ever had time for me and that’s fine; I’ve learned to cope. Coming from a family where hockey is life, the last thing I want is some big, burly hockey player charging at me. I don’t have time for it, but Jace Sinclair isn’t one to be deked around. The thing is, I came to the University of Bellevue for one reason and one reason only. To make my dreams of being a singer/songwriter come true. To work in the industry and pay my dues. Become who I really want to be.

I didn’t want to meet anyone. I didn’t want to end up freezing the puck with him. It’s not what I want.

I have demons.

I have issues.

Living in the shadows, no one even knew until it was too late. But Jace wants to know.

He wants me.

And that scares me the living hell out of me.

We were so worried about what would happen if we fell, but we never thought what could happen in the process of falling. We never saw it coming. But it’s here, and the repercussions are not pretty. We should have known that there is no way out of the zone when you are being Hooked by Love.

My Thoughts:
I NEED this book! Like ASAP!

Waiting on Wednesday

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we’re eagerly anticipating.

Title: Unforgiven
Author: Lauren Kate
Series Number: 5
Release Date: November 10, 2015

Goodreads Summary:
It’s the book FALLEN fans have been waiting for: Cam’s story, the brooding, bad-boy dark angel readers love.

High school can be hell.

Cam knows what it’s like to be haunted. He’s spent more time in Hell than any angel ever should. And his freshest Hell is high school, where Lilith, the girl he can’t stop loving, is serving out a punishment for his crimes.

Cam made a bet with Lucifer: he has fifteen days to convince the only girl who really matters to him to love him again. If he succeeds, Lilith will be allowed back into the world, and they can live their lives together. But if he fails…there’s a special place in Hell just for him.

Tick-tock.

Spread your wings and cry as bad boy dark angel Cam finally reveals his anguished heart in the epic new FALLEN novel, UNFORGIVEN. 

My Thoughts:
I know this came out yesterday but, I am so excited for this book! I had to include it today!

COVER REVEAL!! Hooked by Love by Toni Aleo

Title: Hooked by Love

Author: Toni Aleo

Release Date: 12-28-15

Summary:

Things are out of control for the Sinclair boys! With two already in the NHL, Jace Sinclair is ready to follow in his brothers’ HUGE skates in the last Bellevue Bullies novel… 

Jace Sinclair here, and I’m amazing. There is no other way to describe me. I am the leading scorer for the Bellevue Bullies, I’m the captain, and people love me: my family, my teammates, my coach, and the NHL. This is my last year in college–I already have one foot in the draft. Hockey keeps me warm even when it’s freezing. It’s always there when nothing else is. And it pushes me to be the best I can be. It’s my one and only love.

That is, until I see her against a tree with a guitar. 

Avery. 

The last thing I wanted was to meet anyone. My heart is on the bench because of what happened with my parents, and I don’t want that for myself. I don’t want to be hurt by anyone. I can’t give them that power. 

But my heart is begging for ice time, and I can’t control it around her. 

* * * 

I’ve always been in the background. No one has ever had time for me and that’s fine; I’ve learned to cope. Coming from a family where hockey is life, the last thing I want is some big, burly hockey player charging at me. I don’t have time for it, but Jace Sinclair isn’t one to be deked around. 

I didn’t want to meet anyone. I didn’t want to end up freezing the puck with him. It’s not what I want. 

I have demons. 

I have issues. 

Living in the shadows, no one even knew until it was too late. But Jace wants to know. 

He wants me. 

And that scares me the living hell out of me. 

We were so worried about what would happen if we fell, but we never thought what could happen in the process of falling. We never saw it coming. But it’s here, and the repercussions are not pretty. We should have known that there is no way out of the zone when you are being Hooked by Love.

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Stacking the Shelves

Stacking The Shelves is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. It is hosted by Tynga's Reviews. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks!

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Goodreads Summary:
Wendy Darling has a perfectly agreeable life with her parents and brothers in wealthy London, as well as a budding romance with Booth, the neighborhood bookseller’s son. But while their parents are at a ball, the charmingly beautiful Peter Pan comes to the Darling children’s nursery and—dazzled by this flying boy with god-like powers—they follow him out of the window and straight on to morning, to Neverland, a intoxicating island of feral freedom.


As time passes in Neverland, Wendy realizes that this Lost Boy’s paradise of turquoise seas, mermaids, and pirates holds terrible secrets rooted in blood and greed. As Peter’s grasp on her heart tightens, she struggles to remember where she came from—and begins to suspect that this island of dreams, and the boy who desires her—have the potential to transform into an everlasting nightmare.

Goodreads Summary:
Life is full of expectations.
For Brady Coldwell it’s always been about the game.
Hockey is and always will be, his life.
His family sacrificed everything to get him here and he won’t let them down.
He knows what’s expected of him.
Natalie Banks is no different.
She too knows what it means to have everyone sacrifice for you.
She knows about the debt that’s left owing in the end and the price you pay for making up your own mind.
But when an innocent mistake lands them as roommates, neither of them is prepared for the feelings they have or the consequences of their actions.
How do you negotiate matters of the heart?

How do you say no when it simply feels so right?

Goodreads Summary:
WELCOME TO HOLLOW HILLS
where the secrets and lies are as thick as the fog that blankets the town.

17 year-old Jemma Blackburn knows vampires are real. She watched one murder her father eight months ago. They tried to convince her otherwise, tried to tell her she’d lost touch with reality due to the trauma, but she knows what she saw was real. And now they’re after her again.

What she doesn’t know is that there’s a lot more to the seemingly coincidental bulls-eye on her back. These vampires—or Revenants as they’re called—are seeking her out for a reason. Because she’s Anakim; a powerful Descendant of Angels…and she isn’t the only one. That gorgeous guy who keeps popping up all over the place? He’s one too, and he’s about to turn her world completely upside down.

What she soon discovers will force her to come face to face with a far more sinister world than she ever knew existed. A secret caste of ethereal bloodlines, a love-triangle chock-full of lies and deceit, and an unrequited destiny that would place her in the perils of the very darkness she has worked so hard to outrun. Can she forge her own future and change that which has been fated? Or will she find that some things are inevitable, no matter where you go…or how fast you run.


INCEPTION is the enthralling first installment in The Marked Series. Full of atmosphere, supernatural adventure, and jaw-dropping twists that will leave you hungry for more.

Goodreads Summary:
Seven emotionless princesses.
Three ghostly sirens.
A beautiful, malicious witch haunted by memories.
A handsome, self-mutilating prince.

Belonging to a race that is mostly animal with little humanity, a world obsessed with beauty where morality holds no sway, a little mermaid escapes to the ocean’s surface. Discovering music, a magnificent palace of glass and limestone, and a troubled human prince, she is driven by love to consult the elusive sea-witch who secretly dominates the entire species of merfolk. Upon paying an enormous price for her humanity, the little mermaid begins a new life, uncovering secrets of sexuality and the Immortal Soul. As a deadly virus threatens to contaminate the bloodstreams of the whole merfolk race, the little mermaid must choose between the lives of her people, the man she loves, or herself.


A complete reinvention of Hans Christian Andersen's classic fairy tale, this is a magical-realist fable that captures the essence of sacrifice and the price of humanity.

HAPPY RELEASE DAY! Tough Enough by M. Leighton

You seriously don't want to miss MMA-champion-turned-Hollywood-superstar Rogan. Hotness!

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From the author of the New York Times bestselling Bad Boys novels comes the second book in a dark, sexy contemporary trilogy.

He’s a fighter who never loses, but is he tough enough to win her heart?

There was a time when I had everything–a wonderful family, a bright future. Love. But all that was taken away in a single night, torn from me like flesh from bone. Since then, I’ve hidden away in my second-choice job as a makeup artist. But I prefer it that way, actually. I’m comfortable in the shadows, where no one can see my scars.

Kiefer Rogan literally took my breath away the moment I met him. MMA champion-turned-actor, notorious playboy, charming to a fault—he’s everything I vowed to avoid.

But he just wouldn’t stop until I opened up and let him in. Maybe I should’ve tried harder to resist him. Maybe I shouldn’t have fallen in love with him. Because I, of all people, know that everyone has secrets. Scars. And that they’re usually ugly and painful and destructive to the people we love most.

I just never guessed that they could be deadly, too.

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My Review

I have to start by saying holy crap, the prologue of this book was about as gripping as any I have ever read. I was so drawn into this story right away. It really makes you wonder what happened to Katie to make her who she is now. She is the shadow of a woman she used to be. That night changed her so much that her life is never the same again. Despite this she still knows what she wants and isn't willing to waste time on a lost cause. This is pretty much how she feels about Kiefer when she meets him. The actor/MMA fighter who is greek god hot and could get with any female he wants. there is more then meets the eye with Kiefer though. Secrets have their way of coming out however. Will Katie come out of her shell and accept happiness? 

I loved Katie's friend Mona. She was such a great secondary character. She was funny and truly a great friend to Katie. I felt like she was the outgoing side that Katie longed for. They were two peas in a pod! 

I loved Katie and Kiefer. Their relationship was like a slow boil. Started out kind of warm but, eventually was scalding. This is the kind of story I truly love. The kind that takes time to really realize your feelings before lusting and jumping into bed. Kiefter had so much patience. He truly wooed Katie and it was so lovely to read about. She was broken and he gained her trust and was willing to take the time to do it. Katie doesn't willing give her trust away. She is a very closed off person when it comes to emotions.  I felt like they go to know each other and were finally able to share their pasts which is not easy. There were some pretty hot moments between them too. 

I felt like this was a great follow up to the first book. It was tied into the original story line well. This is a story of two people with broken pasts who build on each other's strength to survive. It was a romantic read but, also had action! I would highly recommend it!

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author M. Leighton is a native of Ohio. She relocated to the warmer climates of the South, where she can be near the water all summer and miss the snow all winter. Possessed of an overactive imagination from early in her childhood, Michelle finally found an acceptable outlet for her fantastical visions: literary fiction.

Having written over a dozen novels, these days Michelle enjoys letting her mind wander to more romantic settings with sexy Southern guys, much like the one she married and the ones you'll find in her latest books. When her thoughts aren't roaming in that direction, she'll be riding horses, swimming in ponds and experiencing life on a ranch, all without leaving the cozy comfort of her office.

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