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Review: Just a Little Crush - Tracie Puckett

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Review: Just a Little Crush - Book #1 Just a Little Series - Tracie Puckett - September 2012 Julie Little is living with her Uncle Charlie and her cousin Matt in their small hometown. Her Uncle Charlie is also the local Sheriff/ Police Chief. Julie is living with them after her parents were murdered and now it's senior year and Julie has no idea what she wants to do after she has finished high school. This year though, the high school has implemented to get the students thinking a senior year project where they have to spend 20 hours in a job field of their choice. For some like her cousin Matt, this is easy as he loves cooking and has got himself some time working in the local restaurant but Julie, whose life stopped when her parents died has no idea. Stuck, her Uncle Charlie suggests the police station, and needing the hours she reluctantly agrees. It is here though that Julie will meet Trigger aka Lucas. A guy who will slowly worm his way into her heart starting with Book #1 ...

#VBT : Rebel Princess - Lynn Stevens

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Review: Rebel Princess - #4 Modern Princess Collection - Lynn Stevens - May 2020 I have been enjoying this series and the previous two I have read had been quite cutesy romance stories. Rebel Princess by Lynn Stevens ups the ante as this one I found was quite an edgier read and does contain quite a few potential triggers for readers. At first, I was unsure who our Rebel Princess but by the end of the first chapter, I had an idea. Meet Emmy who is our Esmeralda. She is a dance major and studying ballet under a critical and harsh teacher Madame Guthrie, but her passion is journalism and uncovering big stories. The latest one though has her caught in a crossfire as it involves her ex-boyfriend and some very powerful/ influential students and staff in the school. Her ex follows her and ends up assaulting her when she is rescued by Quinn - our Quasimodo. Later Emmy meets back up with Quinn when she visits a local community shelter and the pair hit it off as Emmy is the fi...

VBT# Daring the Bad Boy - Monica Murphy

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Review: Daring the Bad Boy - Endless Summer Novel - Monica Murphy - August 2016 Annie McFarland is the type of girl who though stunning has never stood out , she has perfected her life in being invisible and the one nobody takes notice of . This summer at sixteen she finnally has the chance to attend Summer Camp and she has a plan to make herself into someone else - Annie McFarland - Miss Confident and Risk-taker.  This summer she will make sure that sheds her Miss Invisibility cloak and become one of the girls and possibly have her first kiss and maybe even a summer fling.  Jacob Fazio aka Jake has been in trouble one too many times now and this time his sentence has landed him working his community service hours at his Uncle's summer camp. When Jake was younger he loved this place but even since his mother died, he has drifted away from it. Will this be the summer where Jake can finally find his old self ? Or will the temptation of hot girls be too much f...