Review: Pieces of Olivia - Book #1 Charleston Haven Series - Melissa West - July 2014 Scrolling through my kindle, I was in the mood to read something edgier and I came across Pieces of Olivia, a book that has been sitting on my kindle waiting patiently to be read for years. Olivia is starting university at Charleston instead of Columbia like she had planned for years and her parents expected her to. She had the plan to study law, but now is studying English. Her life all changed when in her high school summer before college, she was with friends partying and there was an accident. She survived, but her friends weren't so lucky. Now Olivia is trying to move on with her life, but suffering from survivor's guilt. When Olivia gets to college, she meets her roommate Kara and the two of them connect straightaway. Of course, with Kara comes Preston Riggs - Kara's best friend who has some baggage of his own. Not Olivia level, but enough to make him not want to date anyone serious...

      Review: Malibu Rising - Taylor Jenkins Reid - June 2021 I had heard about this book and this author and it has been sitting on my to-read list for a while now and as Carrie Soto is Back was creeping closer, I figured I would read this one now. The book starts by introducing us to Nina Rivera - she is married to Brandon who is a tennis player and currently cheating on her with fellow tennis star Carrie Soto. It is the night of their annual Rivera party, that celebrities from all over and it's a who's who event. Nina isn't in the mood but this party will be the defining moment of her life and will set a ripple effect on her life. Nina is the oldest of her siblings and she has been raising them herself since she was 17 as her mother killed herself and their father - a popular musician has been an absent father. Nina's siblings include Jay, her half-brother Hudson and Kit. During the party though, the family will grow an extra couple of members as we have newcomer C...

Shy Girls Can’t Date Billionaires Milly Rose Publication date: September 5th 2022 Genres: Comedy, Romance, Young Adult I was born shy. And near him, I fall apart. No wonder he can’t stand the sight of me. After a fire destroys our home, my family is taken in by a billionaire tycoon. His mansion has countless bedrooms, yet my room is next door to his son, Thomas Ashworth III. Yes, he’s as pompous as the name suggests. And, for some reason, he hates my guts. Even though his arrogance drives me crazy, his chiselled features turn me into a stammering, awkward mess. I hate being stuck with someone I can’t stand. And when he does something unexpectedly kind, it confuses my heart. When I bump into him in the middle of the night, I’d never guess it lead to us sharing secrets. He’s impossible to get out of my head. But he wouldn’t consider dating someone like me. Would he? Add to Goodreads / Pre-order Author Bio: Milly Rose is an animal-loving romance enthusiast with a sw...

Sons of Fire Tracy Auerbach Publication date: January 7th 2020 Genres: Urban Fantasy, Young Adult When Keegan’s father, the Demon King of Fire, attempted to produce an heir, a surge of light energy interrupted the process. One tiny piece of the newly forming demon broke off. That piece is Keegan. For years, he has attempted to lay low, watching from the shadows while his monstrous brother Aidan, the true Prince of Fire, is groomed for the throne. Keegan’s shaky status quo is shattered when one of his father’s power-plays goes horribly wrong. He is cast to Earth and forced to work with a suddenly powerless Aidan. The two brothers must cooperate to complete an impossible task and avoid being cast forever into the abyss. As if having to spend time with his beastly other half wasn’t bad enough, Keegan must adapt to living on Earth, wielding his new human vessel, and dealing with his demonic appetite without harming the human creatures for whom he has always cared. As Keegan and...

The Fire R.J. Prescott (The Hurricane Series, #4) Publication date: November 5th 2019 Genres: New Adult, Romance, Sports FROM GOODREADS DEBUT FINALIST AND USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE HURRICANE COMES THE FIRE . Evelyn Danaher lives a quiet, uneventful life. That is until she meets Tommy. The only man who makes her lose control of her temper and her knickers at the same time. Tattooed Irish firefighter Tommy Riordon found the woman of his dreams, then crashed and burned when a misunderstanding left him on his knees, clutching his balls. They are wrong for each other in every way. But the very best love stores are the ones that shouldn’t work. After all, the fire that doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger. Contemporary Romance. Contains sexual situations, violence, offensive language and mature topics. Recommended for age 18 years and up. Goodreads / Amazon / Barnes & Noble / iBooks / Kobo — EXCERPT: Tommy “Does someone want to tell me what you lot are doi...

Hot as Hell  Vivian Wood http://bit.ly/2pUgaB4 Contemporary Romance From Wall Street Journal & USA Today Bestseller Vivian Wood comes a sexy new STANDALONE romance! To set a fire, you need a spark. Lily and Cade always had one, but her brother -- Cade’s best friend -- kept the tinder damp. Besides, Cade’s a manwhore. When a man is that hot, someone’s always going to get burned. Lily should have learned her lesson the first time she touched fire, when he left town the morning after they finally hooked up. Yet all these years later, the ember’s still smoldering. She's working at the local bakery, in control of the heat... until he walks back into her life. Fresh from the wildfires of Montana, Cade’s lost everything he held dear, and the losses left scars. They soon find that more than ever, they are better together. Their love grows, quick and hot. Despite what her brother might say, Cade needs what Lily gives him. But there’s...

    Review: 24 Hours - Claire Seeber - October 2015 I'd been reading a lot of romance and new adult books lately and felt like mixing it up a little, and I was in the mood for a good mystery novel. Going through my Kindle, I came across a 2015 release "24 Hours" by Claire Seeber. The book started out intense as Laurie, and her best friend Emily were out at a spa having a girl's weekend, and her mother has taken Laurie's daughter Polly away for the weekend. All is going well until fire strikes, and one thing leads to another and Laurie wakes up in the hospital . She is alive, but Emily is dead, the thing though is that somehow their identities have been accidentally swapped and the police think that Laurie was the one to cause the fire.  Laurie now has 24 hours to find out who is trying to frame and kill her and to find her daughter Polly before it's too late. Laurie believes that it is her ex-husband Sid trying to kill her but wh...