New Release and Review- Fight For Me by Alexis Noelle

Title: Fight For Me

Author: Alexis Noelle

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Release Date: August 3, 2015

Everyone thinks they know me, but they have no idea. Im nothing like they imagine me to be. My secret is about to come out, the real test will be if anyone is still standing by me when it does. The last person I ever expected to see standing there with a look of acceptance was Christen. She is the picture of perfection, she could never accept me with all of my flaws.

I have wanted Shawn for almost a year now but he barely acknowledges my existence. Im just the innocent pretty girl. Well Im about to show him that there is a lot more to me than that. If he wants a fight Ill give him one.

Will you fight for love no matter the cost?

Fight For Me was originally Fighting To Survive and part of the Guarded Hearts Series. The story has been changed a bit and re-edited to make it a standalone novel.

**Fight For Me is for mature audiences onlystrong language, and explicit sexual content are apparent.**

Fight for Me is Shawn and Christen's story. They are two characters from different sides of the tracks. Shawn is hesitant to start a relationship with Christen because he is involved with underground fighting. He thinks that he's not good enough for her because of it. He finally realizes that that he can have a relationship with her. Unlike the other characters in the series, I felt like didn't know a lot about Shawn and Christen leading up to their book. That could be a good thing or bad thing, just depends on the reader's interpretation.
The book started off very well. Shawn and Christen are building their relationship. There is even a great scene after Christen's birthday bash where the girls play a trick on the guys. When we get closer to the end of the book, that's when things change. It felt so rushed at the end, as if author had to give a HEA but in 20 pages or less. I wish that the author extended the length of the book to make the ending flow better. Overall it was a good read, I just expected more with the ending. 

My Rating

3 Stars out of 5

 

He stands up fast and begins to pace the small room, I dont want everyone to know, not that it matters now. I wasnt jumping for joy when I won because I didnt want to win. He doesnt want to win?
What? Why not?
Because I dont want to have to fucking be doing this! Its not something I do for fun; its something I do because it is a damn necessity. I would love to be like you guys and be able to hang out, enjoy school, and not need to worry about how I was going to pay for my next semester, but Im not! He is yelling now and half of me wishes I had never made the decision to come back here.
I dont know what to say. I guess I just assumed he was fighting to fulfill some masculine, testosterone-fueled need to hit something. I stand up and walk over to him. He has his back to me, but I decide to be brave and put my hand on him, hoping to comfort him in whatever way I can. Im sorry you are in this position. Maybe it would be easier on you if you werent hiding it, though. Everyone cares about you and they arent going to judge you and turn their backs on you for something like this. It may not seem like much coming from me, since we dont know each other well, but Im here if you ever need someone to talk to.
He spins around, and before I know it, he spins me around and has me backed up against the wall. He slams his hands on either side of my head, trapping my hands with them, and then crushes his mouth to mine. I let out a gasp of surprise and he takes advantage, slipping his tongue into my mouth. His kiss is so frenzied and urgent, so full of need. Its unlike anything I have ever experienced in my life. Im not innocentIve been kissed by plenty of guysbut never like this.
Hes taking complete control over me and dominating every sense of my being. He pulls back a little, biting down on my lower lip, causing me to moan with a mix of pleasure and pain. I open my eyes to see him staring at me with such desire my insides warm. Before I know whats happening, he releases my hands and speeds out the door.

Alexis Noelle lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with her husband, and three kids. On top a writing career, she is a full-time student and a full-time mom. She loves spending time with her kids, although she has to hide the computer from them when she is writing! She love being active and being outdoors, especially if it involves any kind of shopping.

She has always been passionate about writing. She loves to read romance books and feels like being able to lose yourself in a book is one of the more exciting aspects. The books she loves to read and write will be ones that make you feel for the characters. Ashley believes that you should have an opinion on every character in a book whether you love them, hate them, or think they are up to something.She also believes that the most important critic is your reader, so she loves to hear from the readers. She want her fans to be open & talk to her about what they want for the characters in the story, and what they would like to see happen.

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ARC Review- Make You Burn by Megan Crane

Title: Make You Burn

Series: Deacons Of Bourbon Street

Author: Megan Crane

Publisher: Loveswept

Published Date: August 4, 2015

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Page Count: 197

**I received a copy of this book, from the publisher, in exchange for a honest review.**

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Sean “Ajax” Harding’s oaths are inked into his skin. Once second-in-command of the Deacons of Bourbon Street motorcycle club, he left New Orleans to protect the brotherhood, and only the death of his beloved mentor, Priest Lombard, could lure him back. Walking into the old hangout gives him a familiar thrill—especially when he gets an eyeful of the bar’s delectable new owner. A wild ride with her is just the welcome Ajax needs. Then he realizes that she’s Priest’s daughter, all grown up and totally off limits.

Sophie Lombard loved her father, not his lifestyle. She’s done with bikers . . . until Ajax roars into town—arrogant, tough, and sexy as ever. And although he treats her like the Catholic schoolgirl he once knew, Sophie’s daydreams tend to revolve around sin. With the very real possibility of heartbreak looming, Sophie knows better than to get too close to an outlaw. But every touch from Ajax is steamier than the Louisiana bayou—and heat like this may just be worth getting burned. 

I am a huge fan of MC books and enjoy finding new authors that write them. I saw Make Me Burn and Megan Crane is a new to me author. I wanted to give this one a try. Upon reading this book I realized that the lead male character, Ajax, is an a**hole. Sophie is grieving and instead of letting her grieve he treats her like carp and just wants to sleep with her. I like an Alpha male that takes charge but Ajax is unattractive with his bullying attitude. I had hoped for so much more in this book but I was just left disappointed. Sure the sex scenes are hot but without a likable lead, the scenes become dull and it drags the story down. 

2 out of 5 Stars

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Cover Reveal- The Abandoned series by C.J. Hart

THE ABANDONED SERIES by C.J. Hart

Fans of the first book by C.J. Hart— The Hunted— will be excited to see that not only are we revealing the new cover for the sequel to this young adult shifter series, but we are also unveiling a brand new cover for the first novel. Why did we change the cover? Sometimes when you have a sequel coming down the road, you don't always know where the story is headed. We found that when creating the cover for The Forsaken, it had a feel that was a little darker, and a tad more mysterious. We wanted to make sure that all of the covers in the series were cohesive. So a new cover for The Hunted was created. We feel like both of these covers fit great with this exciting teen shifter series published by Clean Teen Publishing. If you haven't started reading The Abandoned Series, check out The Hunted, which is available today. The Forsaken will release soon on November 2, 2015. More information for each title can be found below. Don't forget to leave us a comment with your opinion on which cover you like the best!

THE HUNTED

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Just your average boy-meets-girl, boy-kills-people story.

The Native American Navajo tribe has stories of a monster so wicked, so blood-thirsty, that they are to be hunted down and slaughtered. But are they just legends? Or is something sinister lurking in the shadows? The Yee Naaldlooshi—skinwalkers—have the ability to transform themselves. And they can be anyone. Anything.

The Hunters—a group dedicated to tracking the creatures—are hot on their trail and they won’t stop until every last one is dead. But are they all as evil as foretold? Seb, alpha of the Taylor, Arizona reservation pack, begins to question the acts of their kind. But he’s broken a rule and must choose between killing the girl he loves or risking everything to save her. Cassie must fight for her survival. The pack is after her. And they’re no joke. Cass is about to find out how sadistic they can be.

THE FORSAKEN

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Fear. Uncertainty. Wonder. Those three things are thrumming through me, pounding in my ears and coating my tongue with acid. All words that escape my mouth are wrong; I can't explain how it feels to not remember—for chunks of my memory and hours of my night to have been erased. Erased? No… forgotten.

How do you forget whether you killed a person or not the night before?

Cassie Spencer's human life is over, and the resulting consequences are flooding in. As she learns to adapt to her new life, pieces of her honorary family are unravelling. Every day is another spent worrying who Ash will take from her next. Though he's not the only danger she should be concerned about.

A man turns up dead. Eaten.

The Hunters suspect Ash is behind it—one of his sadistic games. But who is really at fault?

And then there's the mystery illness Cassie contracts, a disease unheard of by both her father and the elders. Can they find her a cure before her condition worsens?

Not every hero wears a cape. Some wear gray beanies.

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Interview and Giveaway- No Steps On The Snow by Daniela Alibrandi

National Literary Award Circe 2013 Winner

Title: “NO STEPS ON THE SNOW”

Author: DANIELA ALIBRANDI

Genre: PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER, NOIR, SUSPENSE with some EROTIC and PULP passages

Release Date: JUNE 27TH 2015

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Francesco, a brilliant middle-aged oncologist signs in a social network while surfing the Internet. He bumps into the profile of the girl he was desperately in love with during High School ‘68, when a horrible homicide happened and the guilty was never to be found. His destiny intertwines in an unpredictable way with that of the girl, now a mature woman. Desperate passions and deep loves of a generation belonging to the past. A thriller that leads to a stunning end.

"This was a wonderful collaboration with you and thank you for letting me help you achieve your goal of publishing the English edition of this unique story. Set in the context of the turbulent times we grew up in and then forward to present day, those of us who remember how it was then and the different paths we took to where are now can relate to the complexities of choices and decisions your characters faced in those difficult years." Allison Whitmore

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1. Tell us a bit about yourself.

I am Italian and was born in Rome. In my adolescence I spent a meaningful time in USA, Manchester, New Hampshire. For family reasons I came back to Rome, where I ended my classical studies. I’m married with two children and my life has always been full of “duties”, like all mothers have. The house, the husband, the children and an interesting work as functionary in the Educational Field and in cultural exchanges. It was a great effort to manage all this. And in my soul I have always had inspirations that only asked to become stories, but there was never time for that. Until something happened...

2. What inspired you to write your first book?

In 2008 an accident occurred to me and I was motionless for almost two months. My life suddenly stopped and, spending many hours alone in my flat, from which I could see each sunset on the Mediterranean Sea, I started to rethink about my high school time, my friends. I felt that those passions were still alive in me, together with the desperate feelings of that generation. The story came out and I wrote No Steps on the Snow with my left hand, the only one that I could move.

3. How did you come up with the title No Steps On the Snow for your title?

I just thought about our life as to a great expanse of snow, that we trample on during our living, on which we fall in the worst days we live, while we walk and walk. What if, at the end of our way, turning back we would realize that we left “No steps on the snow”?

4. Describe your main character in five words.

Sorry, mean, passionate, mock, naive.

5. What was one of the most surprising things you learned in creating your books?

An author discovers many surprising things since he/she feels that caress in the soul that is the “inspiration”. What most surprised me is how high an author is able to fly while writing. In fact, I realized that I was inside the scenes and among the characters I was creating, I saw them moving around me and I was myself part of the whole. When I wrote the final chapter of “No steps on the snow”, I wiped my tears without realizing I was crying. Writing is a magic.

6. What is your work schedule like when you're writing?

My work schedule is very simple. I just imagine a situation and start creating something that gets its shape page by page. The truth is that I never know, at the beginning of the story, how it will go on and in which way it will end.

7. Do you have any writing rituals?

Well, for me it’s important to write always in the same place, that is my studio, maybe because from that window I can see the Bay, with its magical scenery. When I need an inspiration I look at the sunset, discovering that each day dies in its own way, like every human being does.    

8. What book are you reading now?

I always read a lot, a book after another. When I was thirteen I read Hemingway’s whole collection. Now I’m reading a book of an interesting Dutch writer, Saskia Noort. The title  is “The Fiver”.

9. Do you have anything specific that you want to say to your readers?

A writer feels he/she has a mission, which is to convey strong emotions and deep feelings to the readers. An author stays hours and hours alone, writing and creating, sometimes forgetting even to eat at lunch or dinner, if the story requires. What is the only reward that an author needs for all this commitment? A smile from a reader that enjoyed reading the book or, as it happened to me, receiving a letter from a reader of No Steps on the Snow:  

“...I want to talk about  my emotions, the ones that your book has caused me. How to start? Perhaps from the feeling that has bound and imprisoned me since the first pages, from that deep sense of authenticity that I felt from the very first lines... I have seen materialized before my eyes the story described, and it didn’t matter if I was sitting on the train or standing on the subway, wherever I was, I could feel the moist air of the Tiber river, the warm rays of the sun, the scent of the sea....”.

A writer needs a return from the readers, that’s his/her only real award.

ARC Review- The Virgin Cowboy Billionaire's Secret Baby by Lauren Gallagher

Title: The Virgin Cowboy Billionaire's Secret Baby

Author: Lauren Gallagher

Publisher: Samhain Publishing

Published Date: October 6, 2015

Genre: Contemporary Romance/Western

Page Count: 218

**I received a copy of this book, from the publisher, in exchange for a honest review**

You can’t thaw a heart that was never frozen.

Retired at thirty-five, billionaire Matt Coolidge should be enjoying the fruits of his workaholic years. Instead, he’s got migraines from butting heads with his mother. If Matt doesn’t get a matrimonial move-on, she’s threatening to will the family farm to his brother, who’ll turn it into a strip mall.

Then Matt’s childhood best friend rolls back into town, bringing a complication that’s not entirely unexpected—or unwelcome.

Years ago, with Matt’s help, Dara Marley froze several embryos before cancer treatment stole her fertility—and before a stupid argument tore their friendship apart. Now alone, she’s taking the most logical step to ensure the child she’s carrying has a father. Returning to Matt—and hoping bygones will be bygones.

Baby and all, Matt’s on board. And when Dara finds out Matt’s career kept him too busy for a relationship—even sex—she’s more than happy to bring him up to speed.

But a decades-old grudge between their families means keeping quiet about their good news—and the feelings they never knew went far deeper than friendship.

Warning: Contains a virgin who’s been waiting a long time for this and a woman who’s happy to show him the way. And they’ve both had it up to here with narrow-minded gossips and small-town grudges.

This is a billionaire romance done with a little twist, he's a virgin. It's not often I read a romance where the guy is the virgin, so it's kind of different. The story is a little predictable but that's common in this genre. I enjoyed the romance between Dara and Matt. It wasn't an insta-love even though they were friends. The romance took time and built throughout the story. I was happy to see the main characters stand up to their parents. The ridiculous feud they had going made no sense. I was just glad that they said they had enough.

I enjoyed this book and found it to be a great summer read. 

4 out of 5 Stars

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Review- Lucky's Choice by Jamie Begley

Title: Lucky's Choice

Series: The Last Riders Book 7

Author: Jamie Begley

Publisher: Young Ink Press

Published Date: July 26, 2015

Genre: Romance/Erotica

Page Count: 357

Life dealt him a dead man’s hand.

Lucky had always led a life of service. Always put his life on the line for someone else, managing to survive by pure luck and skill. After bringing an end to a multi-state drug ring, he was finally able to live the life he had wanted as a Last Rider… 

A good man would walk away and not touch the curvy woman who had been tugging on his heartstrings. Lucky wasn’t a good man. Therefore, the bad-ass biker in him had a choice: once again become the man he had pretended to be and stake his claim, or take the devil’s highway. 

Some girls had all the luck.

Willa wasn’t one of them. All she wanted to do was give a home to the children she had made orphans. Instead, she found herself needing help from the man who had left the pulpit behind to embrace a life of sin. 

Painfully shy and withdrawn she wanted a quiet life, a simple man, and well-behaved children. The last thing she had ever expected was for Lucky to want her size twenty body and show her a passion that would lead her straight to hell.

Lucky's Choice is the much anticipated book from Jamie Begley. We finally get Willa and Lucky's story. For those that have followed The Last Riders series, know that Willa is the shy and timid baker. She's had a thing for Lucky since he was pastor Dean. Being so shy, she never said a word about it to him. Lucky has always cared for Willa. Unfortunately, his life has never been stable enough for him to profess his love. He has enemies from his past that could take her away from him and he doesn't want to risk it. Lucky and Willa are willing to risk it all just for an ounce of happiness. The journey they take is a rocky one but ultimately they end up where they should be.

OMG! Lucky! I think Shade has competition in the bad boy department. I always saw Lucky as the straight and narrow type until this book. This opens your eyes to a different side of him. Lucky has a dark side to him. The time he spent overseas during the war has taken a toll on him. He wants to follow the path of religion but his need for the club pulls at him too. You see the struggle that he has because he feels that he has to choose between them both. Lucky feels that he has to choose his religious calling because he thinks it's the only one that will give him Willa. What he fails to see is that Willa is strong and he can have his cake and eat it too. Willa is perfect for Lucky. She helps him see the light when the darkness tries to overtake him. He's just as good for her. He helps to pull her out of her shell just a little more each time. 

What can I say about the author that hasn't been said before? She is a fantastic writer. I love reading her books and The Last Riders series has to be one of my top favorites. In Lucky's Choice, Begley was able to merge Lucky's club world with his church world and create something amazing. Normally I don't like books that have any kind of religious aspect to them but she was able to write it into the storyline and it worked. It didn't come off preachy at all. It just...fit. That's what I like about this author. She's willing to tackle things that other authors will overlook. 

Lucky's Choice was an amazing book. I loved everything about it. Just as it states in the book description, reading the whole series will help you understand the characters better. I recommend that you pick up a copy of this book today. It's a must read. 

5 out of 5 Stars

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