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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05375179956815494101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522293105762838117.post-59864252937378011372013-10-01T13:14:00.000-04:002013-10-01T13:14:57.348-04:005 Star Reviews for Strangers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">With one mystery solved, Revealing Us wades into the continuing search for Ella, and a new discovery of secrets from Chris’s past. Once again, Sara and Chris’s relationship is put to the test. Sara is forced to not only confront Chris’s past, but must wade through the truthfulness of information she is given by people who may not have her best interests at heart. Chris struggles with controlling the revelation his past, and the constant fear that the truth may be what finally pushes Sara away for good. New characters come into play in this novel, with stories no less intriguing than Chris and Sara’s. Here’s hoping we get more of their stories in the future!</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05375179956815494101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522293105762838117.post-65153868980242423492013-08-16T06:00:00.002-04:002013-08-16T06:00:49.471-04:00COVER REVEAL: STRANGERS<div style="text-align: center;">
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05375179956815494101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522293105762838117.post-37538517554267010712013-08-09T08:12:00.000-04:002013-08-12T12:55:28.419-04:005 star review of Lisa Renee Jones MASTER UNDONE<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In her private journals, Rebecca laid bare her soul, revealing her obsession for the one man whose erotic demands captivated her imagination—and enslaved her forever. Now, with Rebecca no longer in his life, her former Master is lost—questioning everything he thought he knew about himself, and the control he holds in such high regard. One woman will reach out to heal him and then turn away, leaving him haunted. She is nothing he thought he wanted, and somehow everything he needs. He tells himself to forget her, but he cannot escape his desire for her. He has to have more...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Mark, the sexy Master that is all-around bad, and the guy your mother warned you to stay far away from, has just become even more irresistible in Lisa Renee Jones latest, <i>The Master Undone</i>. In this glimpse into the aftermath of <i>Being Me</i>, Mark returns to New York to support his feisty mother as she faces cancer. He is broken, confused, and swearing off all women. Enter Crystal Smith, who turns Mark’s world, and possibly his sanity, upside down. She makes him want her, need her, and uncharacteristically chase after her. And she refuses to play by his rules. This is a side of Mark never seen. I can only hope we get more of his tantalizing story. Short, to the point, and leaves you begging for more! </span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05375179956815494101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522293105762838117.post-18289453335666953342013-08-02T06:56:00.000-04:002013-08-03T11:04:04.567-04:00I BREATHE YOU, Free Stuff and EXCLUSIVE SNEAK PEEK Prologue from I BREATHE YOU, TOO!!!!<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">When a tragic accident leaves Rhane Evans — lead vocalist for the rock band Fate’s Crazy — permanently unable to speak above a whisper and kills the love of her life, she moves across the state to pick up the pieces. Shattered, Rhane struggles to understand what happened the night of the accident, an accident everyone blames her for, even though she wasn’t driving the car.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The girl who has everything going for her - sensational singing voice, member of an up-and-coming band that is already making waves; sexy, understanding boyfriend...life is good for Rhane. Until it’s not.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I started this book and could not put it down until I was finished...then I was really mad that I didn't have a Book 2 waiting in the wings. I loved that this was not the usual "girl with a broken past - boy will fix it with mind-blowing sex" story. Rhane had to fight through some deep-seeded issues, while dealing with some hidden demons, and a boat load of guilt. And I absolutely loved that she was the one that had to fix the problems in her own life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Not that I don't think Ian was a major driving force (in more ways than one) in her road towards a potential recovery. But he had some issues of his own to take care of before he could deal with Rhane. Both characters brought past relationship drama to the mix. Again, in a shift from the norm, Rhane's issues with her previous love had more to do with her problems, and less to do with his. It was refreshing to stray away from the "horrible ex syndrome”!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I would love to see more of Ian's story (wink, wink). There is also the whole discussion on T, and his life...I really want him to find someone to love...and stop smoking.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Another great departure from the boilerplate love story, Lori L. Clark has put forth a must read that will have you begging more. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">"Whadaya gonna do about it, Ian-peein'?" Sam Decker continued to taunt. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I swore the swimming pool water sizzled off my skin, I was so mad. My eyes darted around for my sister, Addy. Not so she could save me, but to keep her from butting her nose into my business. I wanted to knock Sam's teeth down his throat, braces and all. I stepped closer, getting right up in his face, while my ten-year-old brain scrambled for something real bad to call him that rhymed with "Sam." I thought I was pretty clever, when I shouted at him, "Shut up, Decker-Pecker!"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">He looked at me through squinty eyes. "My daddy says your mama's a drunken whore," he spouted. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">"You take that back!" I yelled as I dove for him. I shoved him hard against the chain link fence. He regained his footing and came barreling back at me, he swung and clipped my mouth. I pulled my lower lip between my teeth and swallowed the coppery taste of blood. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">"Ian Raymond Callahan!" Addy screeched from the other side of the crowded pool. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">"Ooh here comes your big sister to save you," Sam mocked in a sing-song voice. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">He was right. Addy would be across the pool in about ten seconds, so I needed to hurry up, and connect my fist with Sam's ugly mug, otherwise, she'd break up our fight and make me look like an even bigger pussy than I already was. No boy wants his older sister butting in. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Don't ask me how I managed to do it, because I'm sure I closed my eyes. I reared back, and swung with all I had. Sort of like "poke and hope." My fist landed with a solid, direct thwack, against his freckle-covered nose. Blood started spurting instantly. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">"You broke my nose!" he cried. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I didn't have but about two seconds to let the smug satisfaction wash over me, before the lifeguard blew his whistle and pointed at me. "Callahan! You're out of here!"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">About that time, Addy's pincher-like claws gripped my scrawny shoulders, yanking me backwards. "You're bleeding all over the swimming trunks Grandma just bought you," she hissed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">"Mama's gonna kick your butt, that's what's 'so what.'" She thrust her towel at me. "Here, stop that bleeding."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I grimaced when I touched the towel to my busted lip. "He started it." I protested. "He should have to leave, too."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">"God, Ian," Addy sighed and put her hands on her boney hips. "The hottest day of the summer. Fourth of July weekend, and you have to go and get us kicked out of the pool." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Addy was two years older than me and she resented the fact that wherever she went, mama made her bring me along. She grumbled under her breathe while she shoved our things into the oversized beach bag she'd toted with us. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I stuffed my feet into my flip-flops and handed her the towel I'd been using to stop the bleeding. She glared at me and said, "Keep it now. It's ruined. Just like those." She pointed at the bright yellow trunks I wore, which were now covered with big splotches of dried blood. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I may not have felt bad for popping Sam in the nose, but I did feel pretty bad for ruining my new shorts. "I'm not sorry I punched him," I announced. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">"Of course not," she mumbled. "Just like you're not sorry for making my life miserable."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">That's Addy. Miss melodramatic herself. "Whatever," I said with a shrug. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">She rolled her eyes and let out another exasperated sigh. "Well, Mama said not to come home until after three. It's only two, so I don't know what we're going to do for another hour," she huffed as she headed for the exit while tugging her t-shirt over her flaming red hair. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">"If we walk slow, that'll kill some time," I offered.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">"God, Ian," she growled. Addy said "God" a lot when she got mad at me. "It's a ten minute walk to the trailer court. And that's if we take our own sweet time."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I shrugged. "We can just sit under the shade tree in back until three," I reasoned.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">She shook her head and began walking in the direction of our trailer in Fairfield Meadows, a few blocks over on the other side of town from the pool. I had to trot to keep up with her long-legged strides, until I got tired, and lagged behind. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">When we got home, Addy tried the front door, but it was locked. Neither of us said anything, but we both knew Mama was home. I wanted to hold my hands over my ears to try and shut out the laughter and loud music coming from inside. Even at ten years old, I think I kind of knew Mama wasn't alone, and whatever she was doing probably had something to do with the things Sam had said about her earlier.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Addy and I knew we'd only get in trouble if we knocked on the door. So we sat next to each other on the metal front steps. Soon, the music grew silent and the laughter more raucous. "What time is it now?" I whispered.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">"How should I know?" she said, clearly irritated. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I don't know how long we sat there, baking in the sweltering Missouri heat, before we saw Daddy's work truck creeping up the street. Addy and I exchanged a nervous glance. The truck coasted to a stop out front and we watched him get out. "What are you two doing out here? I thought your mama sent you to the pool?"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">"Ian got into a fight with Sam Decker and we got kicked out," Addy blabbed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">"It must be a hundred degrees out here, why aren't you inside in the air conditioning?" he asked. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I picked up a stick and dug small ruts in the dirt while Addy fidgeted beside me. "The door's locked," she said softly. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Daddy's lips pulled tight, "You kids go on around back, wait under the tree until I say so, okay?" </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We nodded and ran for the back yard. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">What happened next caused my stomach to clench as tight as a fist. Daddy's shouts came first, and then Mama's screams. I heard the voice of a third person, male, but I don't know who it was. Seconds passed, then there were three loud pops, like firecrackers, only louder. Then there was nothing. Quiet. Eerily quiet. Except for Addy sobbing beside me. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">She snatched my hand and ran, half-pulling, half-dragging me down the street behind her. "Let's go get Gram." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">"You kids wait inside," she ordered. "We'll be right back. I'm sure everything's going to be okay."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The dull, thick ache in my gut told me that was a lie. I knew they weren't going to be right back and I knew that nothing would ever be okay again. At least not with my mama and daddy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Mrs. Sharp, from across the street, came over within an hour. Her lips smiled, but her eyes didn't. "Your Gram phoned and asked me to come over and fix you kids something to eat," she said.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I couldn't speak for my sister, but I most definitely was not hungry. I curled up on the sofa and mindlessly flipped through the channels on the TV. Addy stood staring out the front window. I don't think Mrs. Sharp meant for us to hear the one-sided phone conversation she was having in the kitchen. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">LRJ: Well Chris and Sara never spend time at the club in a romantic way at all. It’s not romantic in this series. The club is where deep conflict and pain takes place in both book 1 and book 2. Chris however, shows Sara how BDSM can be romantic and it becomes about trust and discovery for them.</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.lisareneejones.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/RevealingUs_New_300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="revealing us" border="0" src="http://www.lisareneejones.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/RevealingUs_New_300.jpg" /></a><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">LRJ: Actually it’s not the final book. Book 4 and 5 have always been planned but I was going to make them a spinoff. With the TV show it makes sense to keep them as INSIDE OUT. Book 4 is still in Sara’s POV.Book 5 is in Mark’s POV and it’s his story.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I can’t say if Sara even goes to Paris in book 3 without giving away spoilers:(</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">AL: And you have yet another book set to release on July 22nd; <i>Escaping Reality</i>. How does this story differ from the journeys faced by Chris and Sara?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">LRJ: Well that is hard because the industry has changed so much but I am proof that never giving up pays off. Don’t quit. Keep going! Keep writing. And treat this like the business that it is. It’s not a hobby. It’s about making money for publishers and you have to remember that. That can be hard when your books are so close to your heart.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">LRJ: I listen to audio at the gym. I’m a gym rat. I do write 7 days a week and I take very little time off right now. But I love what I do and it’s a blessing to write for a living. I am working on part 2 of <i>The Secret Life of Amy Bensen</i> and then I’ll go straight into book 4 of the Inside Out series. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">At the young age of eighteen, tragedy and a dark secret force Lara to flee all she has known and loves to start a new life. Now years later, with a new identity as Amy, she’s finally dared to believe she is forgotten–even if she cannot forget. But just when she lets down her guard down, the ghost’s of her past are quick to punish her, forcing her back on the run. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Non-stop, heart-pounding suspense, mystery, and (of course) sex! This book started out moving, and never stopped. There are so many intriguing story lines, but instead of it being overwhelmed by them, they are intricately woven together. Enough clues are dropped along the way, so the reader feels they are a part of the story, uncovering the past and solving the mysteries, instead of outside looking in.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Suspense, mystery, love...and steamy sex with an immensely hot but dark guy. Not to mention an indulgence in the "airport fantasy" I know we all have had! And wait until you get to the ending... You must read this book!!</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05375179956815494101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522293105762838117.post-6309852755109609792013-07-16T06:14:00.003-04:002013-07-16T06:14:39.830-04:005 star review: I BREATHE YOU <h2 style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">When a tragic accident leaves Rhane Evans -- lead vocalist for the rock band Fate's Crazy -- permanently unable to speak above a whisper and kills the love of her life, she moves across the state to pick up the pieces. Shattered, Rhane struggles to understand what happened the night of the accident, an accident everyone blames her for, even though she wasn't driving the car.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Enter Ian Callahan. He's the one person who may have a more tumultuous past than Rhane. Though they try hard to deny the sizzling attraction between them, it proves nearly impossible. When Ian's troubled past threatens to tear them apart, they begin to believe happiness isn't in their cards.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Just as Alix Madsen is finishing up architectural school, Adelaide Kingsley dies and wills her, for one year, the use of a charming nineteenth-century Nantucket house. The elderly woman’s relationship to the Madsen family is a mystery to the spirited Alix—fresh from a romantic breakup—but for reasons of her own Alix accepts the quirky bequest, in part because it gives her time to plan her best friend’s storybook wedding.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This love story is very sweet on its own; but throw in a secret past, a ghostly presence, and a deadline for the death of one – maybe two – characters…you have the makings of an intriguing book. I loved the push-pull between Jared and Alix early on, and their respective struggles. Alix has a serious case of hero worship, and Jared is locked into a promise to avoid a romantic relationship with Alix. Deveraux does an excellent job of painting a picture of Nantucket, allowing the reader to be a long standing resident, sneer at the off-islanders, and roll eyes at the summer residents, without ever setting foot on the island. I was completely captivated by the characters, left wanting more of Alix and Jared, but totally fascinated by the tease of Toby’s story – past and present!</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05375179956815494101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522293105762838117.post-5593166500790416982013-07-10T07:39:00.000-04:002013-07-10T07:39:54.204-04:00Tease from STRANGERS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Her father returned; a grim look on his face. Even now, Abby struggled to recall exactly the words he spoke to her; only able to remember the rush of emotions that propelled her out the door, down the steps of the church to the white Rolls Royce limousine that made its way hastily to the emergency room. She went to him, over the vehement objections of the doctors and nurses. She grasped his hand, looked into his eyes, and demanded that he be okay. Trevor returned her gaze, looked past her eyes, into her heart and settled in her soul. And he told her that he loved her, and then closed his eyes forever.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Sara McMillan is still searching for Rebecca, the mysterious woman whose dark, erotic journal entries both enthralled and frightened her. Tormented by a strong desire to indulge the demands of her new boss while also drawn deeper into her passionate bond with the troubled artist, Chris Merit, Sara must face a past as deeply haunting as Rebecca’s written words. In one man’s arms, Sara will find the safe haven to reveal her most intimate secrets and explore her darkest fantasies. But is safety just an illusion, when the truth about Rebecca has yet to be discovered?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Okay, so I admittedly did not read the first book in this series (which will be rectified soon), however, it was not an issue. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Ms. Jones provided enough of the back story from the first book, and</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> I was able to follow along easily. The story itself was intriguing, suspenseful, and had me begging for more. The underlying mystery of “where’s Rebecca?” drew me in and kept me turning the pages until the end. Jones did a great job of dropping clues to Sara’s sordid past with her father and ex-boyfriend, and I cheered Chris’ handling of the revelation. I cried for Chris and Dylan, and truly felt the difficulty Sara was living through wanting to be supportive, and knowing it had to be from afar. And I know I’m supposed to hate Mark, and I was rooting for Chris and Sara all the way, but Mark is definitely a character that you love to hate, but would not mind ‘loving’…</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05375179956815494101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522293105762838117.post-74087713234059150142013-07-01T07:48:00.000-04:002013-07-01T10:07:18.421-04:00Welcome to the New Website!!!<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have written short stories and some novel length works that sit in my word processor going through endless edits. Now is the time to put up or shut up. They are either for my own personal enjoyment, or I need to put on my big girl panties, get them out there, and share them - which was the reason they were written. My characters voices were loud enough to get me to spend endless hours getting their stories onto paper (well, into the computer, anyway) - they deserve at least a chance to tell their stories to others.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So, I have decided - with some gentle prodding from people I trust - to accept both monikers. I am a writer. I am an author. I will be published - SOON!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So, here I am, launching my author website, and so excited to see where this new path leads me. I will still be providing book reviews - on this website and over at <a href="http://www.shereadsnewadult.com/" target="_blank">SheReadsNewAdult</a>. I will also be posting excerpts of my stories, while introducing the characters. I have initially tried to give a taste of their personalities through a song, a picture, or a favorite place. If nothing else, you may find something you can add to your playlist, or pin on your board! </span><br />
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