Brutally Beautiful by Christine Zolendz

Brutally Beautiful  ★★★★★

A deadly game of hide and seek. With blood still on her hands, Samantha Matthews is on the run, running from dark secrets and a man she prays to God will never find her. Running and hiding, just to stay alive. She had no choice but to run, to leave, to hide and forget about her life before. When Samantha believes she's gained enough distance from her past and her demons, she stops running, hoping to find her future in the heavily wooded area of the Adirondack Mountains, a place she never expected to encounter a man with secrets as dark and as sordid as hers. Kade Grayson is hiding, not from the demons after him, but from himself and from the entire outside world, wishing every day he could have just died. Arrogant and domineering, he’s tormented and terrorized by his past, seeing nothing good for his future. With the ghosts of his past still haunting him, he has exiled himself to a life of solitude, only living for his words and through his stories. Until her. An undeniable attraction, turns into hate and then ultimately obsession, an obsession that grows into a powerful story of love and redemption. Will the bond they have begun to build between them grow stronger than the tragedies that have scarred both of their lives? Or will they allow their demons to consume them? 


When I started reading this book I wasnt really sure what to expect. But I can honestly say this book blew me away!! I have read countless books about someone running from there past in hopes of starting over. this book is nothing like the rest. within 15% of the book I was already on the edge of my seat and not able to read fast enough.
Kade Grayson.. OMG!!... is so dark and mysterious everyone stayed away from him but i wanted nothing more than to run to him, hold him and love him. And god does he give good love!!... yes im quoting Whitney Houston.  
Brutally Beautiful is full of suspense, is well written and highly recommend. 5 plus stars all around! 

Torn From You By Nashoda Rose

Torn From you ★★★★★

It is highly recommended to read With You" the novella first.

Love is like an avalanche. It hits hard, fast and without mercy.
At least it did for me when Sculpt, the lead singer of the rock band Tear Asunder knocked me off my feet. Literally, because he’s also a fighter, illegally of course, and he taught me how to fight. He also taught me how to love and I fell hard for him. I mean the guy could do sweet, when he wasn't doing bossy, and I like sweet.
Then it all shattered.
Kidnapped.
Starved.
Beaten.
I was alone and fighting to survive.
When I heard Sculpt's voice, I thought he was there to save me.
I was wrong. 

I had heard some great reviews about this book.. everyone that knows the types of books I liked to read insisted I needed to read this one.. an although it took me a while to get there I finally got a chance to read it.

 Torn From you is fan-freakin-tastic. This book is dark but compared to the many other dark stories I've read and loved.. this one sure stands out from the rest!
There was a lot of jaw dropping OMG sitting on the edge of your seat, can't read fast enough moments. And when it's all over you'd want to relive it all over again.

Sculpt.. sigh...my feelings for him was all over the place.. But in end love one me over.I'm not generally into rock band/music however, I'm thinking perhaps I should be. Perhaps my sculpt is just waiting for me to make an appearance... hey a girl can dream.. lol

As I got closer to the end I expected there to be some major cliffhanger but there wasn't one.. how ever there is one tiny thing that has yet to be revealed.. an we won't get answers for that until we read the next book in the series. Overwhelmed By you. And I can't wait to read it!!

My favorite books of 2013..

Holding Out By lila Rose

Holding Out  ★★★★

Zara Edgingway is a twenty-six-year-old secretary. She has a daughter that apparently knows-it-all and a best friend that could possibly have the mouth of Satan, but she's been with her through hell and back. Then there's the hunk'a'licious biker neighbour finally showing interest in her. If only she isn't about to face her next obstacle in life, the one she ran from six years ago: her ex husband.

Talon Marcus is the president of the Hawks Motorcycle Club. For two years he's had his eye on the quiet, reclusive, yet sassy, neighbour Zara. Finally, he has the chance to claim her as his woman. Just when her past catches up with her, she'll need, not only his protection, but the help from his biker brothers.
Now, if only she'd stop fighting him along the way.

 when I learned this book had some hot motorcyclist in it and as a lover of SOA, I just new I had to read this book.  However nothing about this book reminded me of SOA, which is actually a good thing. Talons was all kinds of hot and demanding. He was tired of wanting.. he decided Zara was going to be his and she would love it. My mind and my heart had a hard time with this one... there's nothing I love more than an alpha cave man prick.. that's my mind.. but my heart wanted him to be sweet and romantic about making her his.

The big OMG moment that you do see coming wasn't at all what I expected it to be. I was hoping for Ms Rose to take a step into the dark side with this story. But perhaps that's because of my craving for dark and disturbing books.

All in all the story was just ok for me.. Which is why I could only give holding out 4 out of 5 star.

Crashed by Dawn Robertson

Crashed ★★★★

Emily Taylor is a twenty six year old event planner. Two years ago she lost her parents to a drunk driver and her boyfriend of two years for reasons unknown. On her way to work she is involved in an automobile accident. When she comes too she is in the arms of a “stunningly gorgeous” firefighter.

Avery Martin is a paramedic with Station #1. He moved to Daytona from Georgia when he was twenty. He’s dated a bit but he hasn’t met anyone he wanted to spend time with in quite a while. It’s against policy to become involved with patients, but when he rescues Emily from her wrecked car he may have to bend the rules.



First I have to say that I LOVE author Dawn Robertson! She is on my top 5 favorite new authors list for 2013. Typically Dawn writes erotica, but Crashed is contemporary romance story it is much tamer than her other works. The main characters have been threw their share of heartaches and “crap-tatic dating experiences”, when they meet, BAM its love at first sight! They’re relationship involves some distress to be worked through but they are hoping for a happily ever after. Will they be lucky enough to get it? I liked this book, I liked the characters. They are warm and funny, Avery is a hot firefighter so what’s not to like. It is a sweet love story and it was a good read. I give this book 4 stars!


*Donna*

COVER REVEAL: All Good Things (the good life #.05) by Jodie Beau

All Good Things

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This is going to be the best summer ever! Bonfires, pool parties, trips to the beach, throwing her arms in the air while riding down the open road in a convertible – she’s going to do it all. Roxie has plans. It’s the last summer before college graduation. By this time next year she’ll be living in the “real” world; ie: paying bills, searching for a job that doesn’t require an apron, and maybe even sleeping on a bed that doesn’t turn into a couch. If there’s ever a time to be fun, irresponsible and reckless, it’s now. But things don’t always go as planned. Before the summer has even started, Roxie makes a discovery that breaks her heart and shatters her confidence. Her hopes of having the Best Summer Ever go straight in the trash. Forget the beach. Forget the bonfires. Forget summer altogether. If only her childhood friend, Jake, would let her be. His contagious smile keeps popping up and dragging her to every social event in Ann Arbor. Reluctant at first, his happy-go-lucky attitude becomes an addiction. It isn’t long before Roxie starts to wonder if her longtime friend might be the perfect cure for her heartbreak. This summer might be good after all. But All Good Things… must come to an end.

**All Good Things is an NA prequel to the contemporary 2013 release The Good Life. The books can be read in either order, or as stand-alones.**


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It was always her choice By Susanne Lovely

It Was Always Her Choice ★★★☆

As little girls we've all had a crush on someone much older than we were or someone we probably shouldn't. I had quite a few when I was younger lol. As we all know is normal. Which is what I thought when I first started reading this book.  This story started off on Shania's 14th birthday, just to fast forward to her upcoming 21st birthday.  Where she tells David how she feels about him and her only wish for her birthday.  He says no at first listing all the reasons he can't comply. But  from on paragraph to the next he changes his mind. 
   Things don't go the way she expects and she runs away. Only to have her life threatened.

For me a lot of the events in this book felt rushed and a little to predictable. There was also certain parts of the story I felt as if I've read before in another book.
While I understood the direction Susanne intended to take this book unfortunately for me it didn't reach there.
Nonetheless this is a romantic love story proving that true love can concur anything. Simply because I'm a hopeless romantic I give this story 3 1/2.