Review: Unpretty - Victoria Escobar - September 2015 Growing up we often live in a world where unless you are blonde , tall , wear make-up or is born beautiful and slim - you are considered ugly or plain or in a more PC term - you are simply Unpretty. This book appealed to me as firstly , this is something I had to grow up with with the bullying as I never seemed to be able to fit into people's perspectives of what was pretty and beautiful and growing up without a proper caring mother-figure ( my mum had Autism) I never was taught the things like wearing make-up etc. The other thing that drew me to this book was the fact , that I am a geek or a book nerd as people might put it. I love my TV shows, my books - ask me the latest book I can tell you but the latest music and clubbing scenes aren't my style. Sometimes I wish they were, you then add in a dysfunctional family - I had that and then put yourself in the lower socio-economic bracket - again I was there and then you ...

  Review: Songbird - Victoria Escobar - August 2015 When I first saw this book there were two things that jumped out at me , the first was that it was about music and in particular country music which I love as I am such a fan of country over any other type of music and the second thing was that it was set in Nashville, which I was lucky enough to visit back in December 2013. Nashville has always held a place in my heart as being one of the top homes to country and western music and anytime I read a book there now it makes me smile as I can be like I've been there and more often than not the author will mention something in Nashville and I'm like I've been there or I know where that is and it makes reading the book more real and personal. In Songbird we meet Bianca who reading the story, she had the power to become big and in a famous way huge, but personal life got in the way and obstacles which caused her to instead of embracing the limelight caused her to ba...

Songbird By- Victoria Escobar Genre- New Adult Contemporary Romance Bianca ran from her past with the hope of being forgotten. Instead of living her dreams, she wasted her skills at a famous entertainment hall in Nashville. An offer to wrangle country music’s infamous bad boy, Nicholas Walker, proved too good to refuse. However, life on the road presented its own challenges. Walker acted like an overgrown toddler that missed his nap. The band supported her takeover but the massive crew protested answering to a woman. On top of tip toeing around egos, discretion needed to be maintained while feeding Walker’s infamous sexual appetite. She never expected Walker to focus his wandering eyes on her. When her past returned fighting Walker didn't seem as vital as keeping him alive. Walking away should be easy, but first they must all make it through unharmed.

  Review: Unattainable - Victoria Escobar - April 2015 Wanting a night off to relax , Gwen heads to a bar to listen to some live music . She sits at the bar and talks to the bartender Yancey about life and how she doesn't really fit into this scene. I quite liked the character of Gwen as she was wearing a Captain America tshirt and since I am one for superhero tshirts, this made me smile and like her immediately.  We learn that Gwen is living a new life but has a hidden past as one of the world's best jewel thiefs and hoping she could move on with her life is one of her main goals , the thing is though is that she is now held on a short leash by Interpol as when one of her last jobs went terribly wrong , she found herself sitting with an ultimatum - work for us or go to prison. This part reminded me of Criminal Minds with Penelope Garcia's life when she used to be a hacker and was caught by the FBI and given the option to go to jail or work for the BAU and she ...

Unattainable By- Victoria Escobar Genre- New Adult Contemporary Publication Date- April 14th, 2015 Being the best comes with consequences. She was the best thief Interpol ever tracked. When a job went wrong she had to make a deal with them to retain her freedom. Given the choice  between being locked in a cell, or complete a simple favor the answer should be obvious. But will that favor prove to be too big, even for the best? He had been the best once. The right hand man of one of the most powerful women in the city, everyone respected and feared him. Then after a costly mistake he was left with an unpayable debt. He went from being the right hand to the collared dog. When he was tasked with creating ties that could subsequently wipe his debt, will he get out of the frying pan and into the fire? Or will freedom remain unattainable?  

Unattainable By- Victoria Escobar Genre- New Adult Contemporary Publication Date- April 14th, 2015 Being the best comes with consequences. She was the best thief Interpol ever tracked. When a job went wrong she had to make a deal with them to retain her freedom. Given the choice  between being locked in a cell, or complete a simple favor the answer should be obvious. But will that favor prove to be too big, even for the best? He had been the best once. The right hand man of one of the most powerful women in the city, everyone respected and feared him. Then after a costly mistake he was left with an unpayable debt. He went from being the right hand to the collared dog. When he was tasked with creating ties that could subsequently wipe his debt, will he get out of the frying pan and into the fire? Or will freedom remain unattainable?

Just About Healing Losing Grace # 1 By- Victoria Escobar Genre- NA Contemporary My sister was my lifeline, my beacon, my North Star. I could rely on her, depend on her, turn to her when the world was just too hard to face. She could depend on me for the same. I laughed with her; cried with her; rejoiced her success; and part of me died with her too. I lived for her, loved no one greater than her. Without Savannah, I had no one to turn to, no one to share my soul with. My other half, closer than twins we were, was just gone. Grief broke my soul and crushed my heart to dust. I didn’t know how to put the pieces back together. I wasn’t sure I even want to without her. How could I live knowing she would never share anything with me again? Time, supposedly, heals all wounds. I don't believe that. But I do know there are other ways to heal. I just had to find them.    

    Synopsis: Leaving Tracks - Victoria Escobar - September 2014 North was on track to go nowhere. According to his brothers, ice skating was a hobby not a career. That didn’t stop him from dreaming of an Olympic Medal. Even if it was an impossible dream without a coach. Hadley had been on track to the Olympics when a skating accident left her crippled and unable to skate. With no future plan other than skating Hadley returns home tired and broken. She would never be again, an Olympic ranked skater. When their tracks collide North finds hope and a future in Hadley. She could be everything he needs her to be. She could help him reach that elusive dream. Hadley’s trying to find her future. That path doesn’t necessarily include North. North is a skater with his eyes set on a medal, and Hadley can never be again. She just wanted peace. Leaving tracks is for North to do. Hadley has already cut hers into the ice. Goodreads Link : https://www.go...

Of Gaea Of Legacies #1 By- Victoria Escobar Genre- YA Fantasy Her choice will change the world. She hated the wheelchair. Hated the way it made her feel less than what she was. Most of all she hated not being able to do all the things she used to. Ari had been a track and field star, an archery champion and an Eskrima pro. Now she was confined to a wheelchair slowly dying inside from its restraints. Medical science wasn’t working. The tests, the drugs, the therapies were all useless and a waste of time. She was tired of wasting her time; she was tired of failure. It was time to look away from the obvious and try something unconventional. Nothing was ever free and that included miracles. Abruptly, Ari finds herself tangled in a web of lies, questioning everything she’s ever known as truth. Never had she believed she’d be thrown headfirst into a world of good and evil, magic and Gods. Trapped in the middle of a war she had never known existed both partie...

Title- Just About Healing By- Victoria Escobar Genre- NA Contemporary Blurb- My sister was my lifeline, my beacon, my North Star. I could rely on her, depend on her, turn to her when the world was just too hard to face. She could depend on me for the same. I laughed with her; cried with her; rejoiced her success; and part of me died with her too. I lived for her, loved no one greater than her. Without Savannah, I had no one to turn to, no one to share my soul with. My other half, closer than twins we were, was just gone. Grief broke my soul and crushed my heart to dust. I didn’t know how to put the pieces back together. I wasn’t sure I even want to without her. How could I live knowing she would never share anything with me again? Time, supposedly, heals all wounds. I don't believe that. But I do know there are other ways to heal. I just had to find them.