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Teaser Tuesday #65 : Sinner

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Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly post hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading . Anyone can play along. Just go HERE to learn how to participate. This week my teasers come from  Sinner (The Wolves of Mercy Falls #3.5) by Maggie Stiefvater: Teasers: Cole said, "Tell me you want me." I pushed into the bathroom. "I have a very short lunch break." (Loc 37%, Kindle edition) What are you reading this week? Share a teaser with me!

Sometimes It Lasts - Review

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Sometimes It Lasts (Sea Breeze #5) By: Abbi Glines Published: August 27, 2013 by Simon Pulse 288 pages Source: Personal Kindle Library ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: Cage York has to choose between a love of the game and a love of the girl in this sultry Sea Breeze novel from New York Times bestselling author Abbi Glines. After waiting for his big break, bad boy Cage York is finally called up to prove his worth in the college baseball arena. But when Cage’s girlfriend, Eva, mourns the sudden loss of her father, it’s not Cage’s comforting arms she runs to, but those of her former fiancé’s twin brother, Jeremy. Torn between his baseball dream and the girl of his dreams, Cage must prove he’s worthy of Eva’s love, or risk losing her to Jeremy forever. MY REVIEW: Another great "feel good" kind of story by the fabulous Abbi Glines! I love her hot Sea Breeze men! In this story, part 2 of Cage and Eva's story, Cage has just been given a full scholarship...

Sunday Post #86

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Sunday Post is a weekly post hosted by Kimba the Caffeinated Book Reviewer . Each week bloggers participate to share any books received and news from their week. Click on the book covers to be taken to its Goodreads page. The Buy Link , if available, is below each book cover. ~PURCHASED OR FREEBIES~ The Horde Without End (The World Without End #2) by Nazarea Andrews Buy Link: Amazon  ($2.99) ~FOR REVIEW~ Lailah (The Styclar Saga #1) by Nikki Kelly Preorder Link: Amazon RECAP OF WEEK: SUNDAY: Sunday Post #85 MONDAY: Review - A is for Abstinence by Kelly Oram (5 stars) THURSDAY: ARC Thursday Review - Temptation (DNF) FRIDAY: 2014 Series Ender Reading Challenge - July Wrap Up Feature & Follow {53} featuring the question: What is your favorite TV series that you can watch over and over again on Netflix? WHAT'S AHEAD: Tentative Posts: Teaser Tuesday Waiting on Wednesday Feature & Follow Planned Posts: Re...

Feature & Follow {53}

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Feature & Follow is a weekly post hosted by Parakunkee's View and Alison Can Read . "The goal is to increase followers and make new friends." The Rules: Follow the 2 hosts. Follow the 2 features (new each week). Hop around and follow others that are participating, leaving a comment to let them know. Answer this week's question in your own blog post. This week's question: What is your favorite TV series that you can watch over and over again on Netflix? Ooh, I've only done this twice now, but the one show that never seems to annoy me is the one and only,  Buffy the Vampire Slayer ! What show(s) could you watch over and over on Netflix and never get tired of?  Don't forget this is a FOLLOW hop. My preferred methods of follows is Facebook , GFC, Email and Bloglovin'. Choose one or all, but let me know how you followed with a link to your post.

2014 Series Ender Reading Challenge - July Wrap Up

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It's time for our seventh Monthly Wrap Up for the 2014 Series Enders Reading Challenge hosted by Sandy @ Somewhere Only We Know and Holly @ Words Fueled by Love ! Since posting the June Wrap Up , Sandy and Holly both finished A is for Abstinence (V is for Virgin, # 2) by Kelly Oram.  Sandy also finished Mortal Heart (His Fair Assassin, # 3) by Robin LaFevers;  Breakable (Contours of the Heart, # 2) by Tammara Webber;  Shatter (True Believers, # 4) by Erin McCarthy; and Sinner (Wolves of Mercy Falls, # 3.5) by Maggie Stiefvater.  Which series enders did you finish? Link up below. Don't forget to include the title, your name, & your blog name (Ex: Requiem - Sandy @ Somewhere Only We Know) Also, the July giveaway runs from July 25th - August 25th. On August 25th we will use random.org and the linky entries to pull a winner.

*ARC* Temptation - DNF Review

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Temptation  By: Robin Covington Published: August 5, 2014 by Burning Up the Sheets, LLC 254 pages Source: Netgalley ARC from publisher ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: She needs to be good. Five years ago, Kit Landry was homeless and alone at sixteen. Determined to ditch her crappy life, she moved to Nashville with only $200, her guitar, and a notebook full of songs. She hit it big as America’s country sweetheart, but a year of living like a rock star plus a stint in rehab has killed any good will she had with her label. The suits have ordered Kit to shape up or ship out of the limelight. The last thing she needs is a hot, sexy distraction with a sinful smile. He doesn’t know the meaning of the word. Max Butler is as far from a celebrity as you can get and he likes it that way. A Nashville firefighter, he’s living the single life with a revolving door of parties, friends, and a different woman in his bed every night. When his normal life suddenly collides wit...

A is for Abstinence - Review

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A is for Abstinence (V is for Virgin #2) By: Kelly Oram Published: May 12, 2014 by Bluefields 204 pages Source: Personal Kindle Library ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: Six-time Grammy Award-winning musician Kyle Hamilton has it all—money, fame, talent, good looks, and a job he loves. His only regret in life: walking away from a certain notorious virgin because he was too prideful, stubborn, and even afraid to give her the only thing she asked of him—his abstinence.  Four years and a broken heart later, Kyle realizes that sex isn’t everything, and he suddenly can’t stop thinking about the girl that got away. Virgin Val Jensen got under his skin like no one else ever has. He wasn’t ready for her then, but things are different now. He’s grown up, he’s learned a few things, and he’s finally figured out exactly what he wants, or, rather, who he wants.  Kyle Hamilton wants a do-over, and this time he’s willing to do—or not do—whatever it takes. MY REVIEW: I e...

Sunday Post #85

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Sunday Post is a weekly post hosted by Kimba the Caffeinated Book Reviewer . Each week bloggers participate to share any books received and news from their week. Click on the book covers to be taken to its Goodreads page. The Buy Link , if available, is below each book cover. ~FOR REVIEW~ Sinner (The Wolves of Mercy Falls #3.5)  by Maggie Stiefvater Buy Link: Amazon The Island trilogy (review set includes books 1-3) by Jen Minkman RECAP OF WEEK: MONDAY: Review - V is for Virgin by Kelly Oram (5 stars!) TUESDAY: Teaser Tuesday #64: Sometimes It Lasts  by Abbi Glines WEDNESDAY: Waiting on Wednesday featuring Waiting on You Were Mine THURSDAY: ARC Thursday Review - Mortal Danger by Ann Aguirre WHAT'S AHEAD: Tentative Posts: Teaser Tuesday Waiting on Wednesday Feature & Follow Planned Posts: Review - A is for Abstinence by Kelly Oram ARC Thursday Review - Temptation by Robin Covington My Sunday Posts h...

*ARC* Mortal Danger - Review

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Mortal Danger (Immortal Game #1) By: Ann Aguirre Published: August 5, 2014 by Feiwel & Friends 384 pages Source: Netgalley ARC from publisher ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: Revenge is a dish best served cold. Edie Kramer has a score to settle with the beautiful people at Blackbriar Academy. Their cruelty drove her to the brink of despair, and four months ago, she couldn't imagine being strong enough to face her senior year. But thanks to a Faustian compact with the enigmatic Kian, she has the power to make the bullies pay. She's not supposed to think about Kian once the deal is done, but devastating pain burns behind his unearthly beauty, and he's impossible to forget. In one short summer, her entire life changes, and she sweeps through Blackbriar, prepped to take the beautiful people down from the inside. A whisper here, a look there, and suddenly... bad things are happening. It's a heady rush, seeing her tormentors get what they deserve, bu...

Waiting on You Were Mine

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Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly post hosted by Breaking the Spine . Each week bloggers participate to share a book they can't wait to get their hands on. This week I'm waiting on: You Were Mine (Rosemary Beach #9) by Abbi Glines Expected Publication: December 2, 2014 by Atria Books Preorder Buy Link: Amazon   From #1 "New York Times "bestselling author Abbi Glines comes a brand-new Rosemary Beach novel about Tripp Newark and his hidden romantic past with Bethy Lowry.  In the eyes of the wealthy playboys who frequent Kerrington Country Club in Rosemary Beach, Tripp Newark is a hero. Under pressure from his parents to become a lawyer and lead a conservative, upper-class life, Tripp disappeared from town five years ago to travel the world, forfeiting the opportunity to inherit millions. Yet few know what he was really running from... Bethy Lowry was unraveling long before her boyfriend drowned in a riptide trying to save her after she'd...

Teaser Tuesday #64: Sometimes It Lasts

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Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly post hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading . Anyone can play along. Just go HERE to learn how to participate. This week my teasers come from  Sometimes It Lasts (Sea Breeze #5) by Abbi Glines: Teasers: Sometimes dreams change. His has. (Location 61%) What are you reading this week? Share a teaser with me!

V is for Virgin - Review

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V is for Virgin #1 By: Kelly Oram Published: December 5, 2012 by Bluefields 200 pages Source: Personal Kindle Library ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: When Val Jensen gets dumped for her decision to stay a virgin until marriage, the nasty breakup goes viral on YouTube, making her the latest internet sensation.  After days of ridicule from her peers, Val starts a school-wide campaign to rally support for her cause. She meant to make a statement, but she never dreamed the entire nation would get caught up in the controversy.  As if becoming nationally recognized as “Virgin Val” isn’t enough, Val’s already hectic life starts to spin wildly out of control when bad boy Kyle Hamilton, lead singer for the hit rock band Tralse, decides to take her abstinence as a personal challenge. How can a girl stay true to herself when this year’s Sexiest Man Alive is doing everything in his power to win her over? MY REVIEW: Bottom line - I LOVED this story! I loved its me...

Poison Dance (Midnight Thief #0.5) - Review

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Poison Dance (Midnight Thief #0.5) By: Livia Blackburne Published: September 12, 2013 by Lion's Quill Press Novella, 84 pages Source: Personal Kindle Library (FREEBIE) ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: James is skilled, efficient, and deadly, a hired blade navigating the shifting alliances of a deteriorating Assassin’s Guild. Then he meets Thalia, an alluring but troubled dancing girl who offers him a way out—if he’ll help her kill a powerful nobleman. With the Guild falling apart, it just might be worth the risk. But when you live, breathe, and love in a world that’s forever flirting with death, the slightest misstep can be poison.  MY REVIEW: I read Midnight Thief  first and my interest in James, who turns out to be one of the villain's of the story, was so great I just happened to look to see when the next book was coming out and found that there was a novella about him that was FREE . I'm not a huge fan of novellas, generally speaking, but when a chara...

*ARC* Midnight Thief - Review

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Midnight Thief By: Livia Blackburne Published: July 8, 2014 by Disney Hyperion 384 pages Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Source: ARC via publisher from Netgalley ( Goodreads /  Amazon ) Summary: To Kyra, high walls and locked doors are not obstacles, but invitations. She specializes in nighttime raids, using her sharp senses and extraordinary agility to break into Forge's most well-guarded homes. When she meets James, the deadly but intriguing head of the Assassin's Guild, he makes her an enticing job offer: infiltrate the supposedly impenetrable Palace compound—the Fastkeep. The pay is good, and the challenge appealing. It's the perfect job for someone of her talents. But as Kyra establishes herself in the Guild, her "perfect job" starts to unravel. Her assignments become increasingly violent, putting Kyra in situations she'd thought she could avoid. Then Forge is attacked by Demon Riders—barbarians riding bloodthirsty wildcats—and Kyra suspec...

Waiting on One More Chance

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Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly post hosted by Breaking the Spine . Each week bloggers participate to share a book they can't wait to get their hands on. This week I'm waiting on: One More Chance (Chance #2, Rosemary Beach #8) by Abbi Glines Expected Publication: September 2, 2014 by Atria Books Preorder Buy Link:  Amazon Grant Carter did everything in his power to convince Harlow Manning that he was a good guy. More than a smooth-talker and someone she could trust. He had to overcome his reputation as a playboy, and his history with Harlow's half-sister, Nan, a woman with a reputation of her own. Harlow had taken the chance, falling hard and fast for the guy who thrilled her with his all-consuming desire. After a lifetime of avoiding bad boys like Grant, she had opened herself to the possibilities of love... But a life-changing secret has torn them apart, and now Grant and Harlow must decide if they have enough fight to make it work - or if the...

Teaser Tuesday #63: Midnight Thief

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Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly post hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading . Anyone can play along. Just go HERE to learn how to participate. This week my teasers come from  Midnight Thief by Livia Blackburne: Buy Link:  Amazon Teasers: He was her jailer, and she was his prisoner. For the hundredth time, he told himself to remember that. What are you reading this week? Share a teaser with me!

Teaser Tuesday #62: Mortal Danger

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Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly post hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading . Anyone can play along. Just go HERE to learn how to participate. This week my teasers come from  Mortal Danger by Ann Aguirre: Teasers: Don't trust anyone but me. I'll contact you soon. (Loc 22%) What are you reading this week? Share a teaser with me!