Time for our seventh Monthly Wrap Up for the 2017 Series Enders Reading Challenge hosted by Sandy @ Somewhere Only We Know and Holly @ Words Fueled by Love ! Since the July Wrap Up , Neither Holly or Sandy finished any series enders this month. Announcements/Reminders: Please make sure we have a valid email address or other means of contacting you if you choose to participate. Linking up to Goodreads is perfectly fine, but we have found that Goodreads is not a reliable source for contacting someone should you be selected as one of the monthly giveaway winners. This could be due to your Goodreads notification settings or Goodreads themselves could be at fault. We're not sure which. And since we want to make sure that everyone who is eligible for one of the giveaways will receive their prize should they win one month or the grand prize at the end of the year, it is up to you to ensure that we can contact you and that you respond within a reasonable amount of time (usua...

After the Game (The Field Party #3) By: Abbi Glines Published: August 22, 2017 by Simon Pulse 352 pages Source: ebook, Borrowed from Sandy ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: The third book in the #1  New York Times  bestselling Field Party series—a southern soap opera with football, cute boys, and pick-up trucks—from  USA TODAY  bestselling author Abbi Glines. Two years ago, Riley Young fled from Lawton, Alabama. After accusing the oldest Lawton son, Rhett, of rape, everyone called her a liar and she had no option but to leave. Now she’s back, but she’s not at Lawton High finishing up her senior year. She’s at home raising the little girl that no one believed was Rhett’s. Rhett is off at college living the life he was afraid he’d lose with Riley’s accusation, so Riley agrees to move back to Lawton so she and her parents could take care of her grandmother, who is suffering from Alzheimer’s. But the town still hasn’t forgotten their hate for her, and...

What It Takes: A Dirt Road Love Story By: Sonya Loveday Published: May 27, 2017 242 pages Genre: New Adult, Contemporary, Romance Source: ebook, ARC from Netgalley ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: Gracen Lowell is on the hunt for a man—but not just any man. He has to be ‘the one’. Her only problem is that no one she’s dated has ever measured up to the charming qualities of her best friend.  Slade Owens knows no matter how much he loves Gracen, he’ll never be what she’s looking for. And he dang sure isn’t going to stick around to watch her fall in love with someone else. Slade leaving the Owens’ family farm for an out-of-state job should put enough distance between the two to allow him to move on with his life and Gracen to search for her happily-ever-after.  Gracen knows asking him to stay isn’t fair. Slade thinks leaving her behind is the only thing to do. Inexplicably drawn together, the best friends must decide if they have what it takes to own up to ...

Loving Kalvin (The Kennedy Boys #4) By: Siobhan Davis Published: July 31, 2017 224 pages Genre: New Adult, Romance, Contemporary Source: ebook, ARC from author ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: A second-chance romance from  USA Today  bestseller Siobhan Davis. Standalone with HEA and no cliffhanger.   Lana   I knew it would end in disaster, but I didn’t listen to reason. I didn’t care. Because I loved him so much.  Kalvin Kennedy ruled my heart.  Until he destroyed it.  Shattered it so completely that I became someone else. Someone I loathed. Someone who repeatedly lied to her loved ones.  So, I ran.  From him. From myself. Desperate to hide my new reality.  But I could only run so far.  When he reappears in my life, I’m terrified. Unbelievably scared of facing the consequences of my actions.  Never mind that I still love him and want him so badly—there’s too much at stake now.  How can I tru...

Time for our seventh Monthly Wrap Up for the 2017 Series Enders Reading Challenge hosted by Sandy @ Somewhere Only We Know and Holly @ Words Fueled by Love ! Since the June Wrap Up , Holly hasn't finished any series enders this month. Sandy finished A Court of Wings and Ruin (A Court of Thorns and Roses, # 3) by Sarah J Maas. Announcements/Reminders: Please make sure we have a valid email address or other means of contacting you if you choose to participate. Linking up to Goodreads is perfectly fine, but we have found that Goodreads is not a reliable source for contacting someone should you be selected as one of the monthly giveaway winners. This could be due to your Goodreads notification settings or Goodreads themselves could be at fault. We're not sure which. And since we want to make sure that everyone who is eligible for one of the giveaways will receive their prize should they win one month or the grand prize at the end of the year, it is up to you to e...

How to Save a Life (Dreamcatcher #1) By: Emma Scott Published: February 9, 2016 by Trillian 274 pages Genre: New Adult, Romance, Paranormal Source: Personal Kindle Library ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: Josephine Clark is trapped. A harrowing past haunts her every time she looks in the mirror, and she can’t escape the violence of her everyday life. More and more, her thoughts turn to Evan Salinger, the boy she knew in high school. The boy they called a mental case. A loner. A freak. The boy who seemed to know things no one could know. For a few short weeks, Jo had found perfect solace in Evan’s company, sneaking every night to meet him at the local pool. In the cool of the water and the warmth of Evan’s arms around her, Jo had tasted something close to happiness.  Cruel circumstances tore them apart, and four years later, the sweet memory of their time together is dissolving under the punishing reality of Jo’s life now. Evan seems like a fading dream…until he...

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 cover to be taken to its Goodreads page. ~FOR REVIEW~ RECAP OF WEEK: SUNDAY: Sunday Post #116 THURSDAY: ARC Thursday Review - The Sound of Light by Claire Wallis (3.5 stars) Things are getting back to normal. Daughter's ankle is still not 100% but the orthopedic appointment and (second) xray this week showed no fracture. With a strong anti-inflammatory and strict instructions to work her ankle and strengthen it with PT exercises, she's walking with a brace and slowly getting back the activities she enjoys most! Band camp starts for my oldest this week. 8:00-5:00 all week for two weeks. It's a tiring time for him but he LOVES it! I can't believe we are 5 Friday's away from the start of high school football games! It's one of our most favorite season...