Tuesday, December 29, 2015

Review: Mastered by Maya Banks



Synopsis 


What he wants, he takes with no remorse or guilt.
 
She stood out in his club like a gem, unspoiled and untouched. A lamb among wolves, she clearly didn’t belong. Drawn to her innocence he watched as she was surrounded by men who saw what he did—but no one but him could touch her. He summoned her to his private quarters. He sensed her fear. He also recognized the desire in her eyes. And he knew she wouldn’t leave before he possessed her. She had no need to know his secrets. Not until he had her under his complete and utter control.
 
What he wants, she isn’t sure she can give him.
 
The moment he told her want he wanted, she couldn’t resist. Instinct told her to run, but her heart said stay and walk the fine line between pleasure and pain. Though she wasn’t sure she could ever completely surrender, the primal part of her wanted to try, even knowing this man could break her in ways she never imagined. Because once he possessed her, he owned her and it would be too late to turn back. She can only pray that he doesn’t destroy her in the end.

Selina's 3 Star Review


I have received an ARC for an honest review.

I have read a lot of books by Maya Banks from her Breathless Series, Colters’ Legacy and A KGI Series.  I’m a fan for life.  I was really looking forward to reading Mastered and couldn’t wait to start a new world by Maya.  However, I was truly disappointed.  This wasn’t my favorite novel by Maya.  It pains me to not write a glowing review because regardless of what I thought might have been lacking in this book, Maya can still create the best stories for my heart and mind to get lost in. 

I found the main female character Evangeline aka Angel to be a weak character.  Not in the sense of her being physically weak but lacking in character development.  I was confused at times and didn’t understand why she felt herself to be deficient in confidence and tore herself down so much throughout the book when she didn’t even come from a horrendous background.  She came from a loving family who had gone through rough times but still provided her with all the love and support any child would need and then some.  Although it’s refreshing to read about a main female character that doesn’t realize their own appeal, it starts to get disenchanting when it feels forced upon the readers.

The books that I’ve read by Maya, the female characters are usually innocent and naïve.  However, in Mastered, Evangeline is written the same way as “very naïve and innocent” just way too many times to come across naturally.  There were repetitive qualities that just ended up being a turn off in parts of the book.   

That aside I liked the story plot.  I liked how all the Alphas in the book had a back story.  The story had a good flow with just some minor bumps.  The book did end with us knowing there is going to be more to the story.  I have to admit I was gripping my kindle pretty hard.  I was also pleasantly surprised with the ending and absolutely did not see that coming.  Even though I felt like this book wasn’t at its best I still enjoyed it at parts.  It did feel it got better at the end and will be reading the second book to get the conclusion.


          














Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Review: Lawless by T.M. Frazier


She's prim and proper. He's leather and lawless. It will never work between them. 
It's a lie they almost believe.


          Selina's 5 Star Review

       *~~*~~*
She's done it again.  T.M. Frazier has TKO'd it.  I was first introduced to King by a fellow book friend and was addicted ever since.  I've been waiting to get my talons in Bear's story and it was better than I ever thought possible.


Every single one of Mrs Frazier's books are impossible to stop once started.  It never fails to start and finish in one sitting.  And honestly it's T.M's fault that my co-workers want to strangle me when ever I read one of her books.  I never get any sleep and end up being a walking satisfied useless zombie. 
I wish my job would have a personal day off for book needs.  I mean come on, the struggle is real.
I first met Bear in King and knew right away he was gonna break my heart.  I didn't know when or how or even if it was probable.  Let's just call it a gut instinct.  And I was right, I'm gutted.  My Hearst is fractured and I'm having a complete nervous breakdown. The ending?  I mean, I'm just trying to hold my stalker tendencies and refrain from bombarding T.M. Frazier's messaging box.  But if I wasn't strong enough, I'd be annoying the hell outta her right now. 

The story was original and fresh.  The characters had growth and I still can't freggin' believe that ending.  Thank god there is another book because I could easily go from reigning in my emotions to level 10 clinger. 

In Bear's book you get to fall in love with Bear and want to stand beside Thia "aka" Ti.  She reminds me of Preppy in the less morbid sociopath way.  It's kind of amazing.

I'd recommend this book but only if you've read the first book King.  King is where you develop emotions for Bear and  in book two in Tyrant is where it solidifies everything.

Gosh dang it, that ending though!!!

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Release Day Blitz




Lawless is book three in the King Series
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Blurb

Thia is prim and proper.
Bear is leather and lawless.
It will never work between them.
It's a lie they almost believe.





About the Author

T.M. (Tracey Marie) Frazier resides in sunny Southwest Florida with her husband and three feisty fur kids.

She attended Florida Gulf Coast University where she specialized in public speaking. After years working in real estate and new home construction, she decided it was finally time to stop pushing her dreams to the back burner and pursue writing seriously.

In the third grade she wrote her very first story about a lost hamster. It earned rave reviews from both her teacher and her parents.

It only took her twenty years to start the next one.
It will not be about hamsters.

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Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Review: Perfectly Imperfect by Harper Sloan





Perfectly Imperfect

by: Harper Sloan

Blurb
Mirror, mirror ... who's the fairest of them all?
I still cringe when I hear that line. A fairy tale that had girls pretending they were the fairest, the most beautiful, and the most entitled. A fairy tale most couldn't grow out of turned my haunted childhood memories into a living nightmare. Girls who grew up believing that pile of garbage became the meanest of all 'mean girls.'
And those mean girls were right - it was a line meant for all the beautiful people in the world - and I knew the answer would never be me.
The women with long legs, flat stomachs, and perfect chests.
The type of women Kane Masters gravitated toward.
Well, that's definitely not Willow Tate.
No. That will never be me.
Because I'm completely imperfect.
And ... I hate myself.
I have no idea what Kane could possibly see in someone like me when he could have them.

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Excerpt
“Are you nervous right now?”
I nod.
“Tell me why.”  His demand, steady and calm, gives me the courage I need to tell him.  To open a vein and bleed my insecurities.
“I’m not perfect,” I whisper.
“And neither am I, Willow.  I don’t want perfect.  What so many see as perfect, to me, is fake.  Perfect isn’t achievable naturally.  No one, and I mean no one, is perfect.”
I’m shaking my head before he’s even done speaking, but one long finger comes up and presses against my lips before I can speak.
“No, let me finish.  There isn’t beauty in perfection.  It’s as fake as the image the word projects.  Beauty is found in imperfection, Willow, because to admit you’re not perfect means you’re admitting you’re not whole and absolute.  When I think of myself, I see someone willing to admit he’s as far from complete as it gets because, in order to get to that perfection, I need to find the other part of me who will make my life better.  To take all the faults I have and fill them, and only then will I be there.  You see, the way I see it, the only way to become perfect is to find that perfectly imperfect person who brings it out of you.”
When he stops, I swear I might have stopped breathing.  How am I supposed to respond to that?
“Do you trust me?” he asks, his voice strong and sure.
“Yes, Kane.  Nerves or not, I do.”
“Then let me show you what I see when I look at you.”
He brings his hands up, framing my face once again in a way I’m quickly becoming addicted to the feeling of.  His warm eyes implore, begging me without words to let him continue.  I do not intend to stop him, regardless of the butterflies currently taking over my system.  I’m all in.

~~~Selina's 5 Star Review~~~


*ARC provided for an honest review*

When I first read the Dear Reader part I of course knew this book was going to be a tear jerker.  Then I read the Dedication and I was like “Alright, Harper is just getting us ready” then I read the Prologue… let me just say that once I started this part I immediately regretted not buying that Kleenex box at bulk from my super market.  It’s a bad day when you start using your shirt sleeve to wipe off the mess on your face.  Especially when you get a knowing look from your kid basically calling you a hypocrite with their eyes because I admonish her for doing the same thing. Hey, I’m the one who has to do the laundry.  Oh yeah and that tear jerker comment earlier?  What a crock.  Harper freaking obliterated my soul.  You know when people day that they ‘ugly cried”?  Well, there’s another stage that happens beyond ugly cry.  There’s not even a word for it that I know of.  The only thing that I know for sure is I hit that stage and it was devastating. 

Never have I ever read a book that I physically felt like my soul was being ripped out.  I also know why this hit home for me too.  I have a little Willow in me as well.  So reading this cut me open and left me bare.  I felt thing that I suppressed throughout the years hoping to forget.  At points I had to put the book down and step away because what I was feeling left me so raw.  I’ve read hundreds of books and not once have I ever had a connection like I did with willow.  I felt her sorrow, her personal disgust, her neglect from the ones who are supposed to love you unconditionally, and her need for acceptance. 

I can say that Willow is my new hero and Kane is the teacher that nourished her. 

Willow lived a life of cruelty after tragedy hits her home.  She was a conditioned soul that was taught to hate yourself because that is what she in life received.  But then came along a spark, a speckle of hope in the package of Kane Masters.  Kane is a successful actor trying to branch out and be someone other than an actor.  He’s trying his hand at directing and in trying to make his dreams possible he comes across Willow.  Beautiful, voluptuous, Doe eyed Willow.  He feels her before he sees her and wants nothing more than to make her his.  However, with his life in the limelight he’s not sure if he can put Willow in that predicament.  Kane knows that one thing is for sure, though.  Kane Masters is going to show Willows her true worth and he’s prepared to never stop.  But how can Willow stop being her own worst enemy? 

The dynamic between the two characters are explosive.  I loved the side stories as well.  The execution couldn’t have been more perfect.  When I read the last sentence I was content.  My soul was weeping with lightness.  I think Harper and Kane are right.  By creating this story you’re giving someone the strength they need to shed their old Willow and become the new Willow they need to be.


This book is going in my top five favorite books to date.  I’m going to recommend this book until I’m blue in the face and then I’ll take another breath and keep recommending.  Thank you Harper Sloan for sharing a piece of you and hopefully make a change in someone’s life.  I know you did that for me.
About the Author:




Harper lives in small town Georgia just a short drive from her hometown of Peachtree City. She (and her 3 daughters) enjoy ruling the house they dubbed 'Estrogen Ocean', much to her husband’s chagrin. Harper has a borderline unhealthy obsession with books; you can almost ALWAYS find her with her eReader attached. She enjoys bad reality TV and cheesy romantic flicks. Her favorite kind of hero--the super alpha kind!


Harper started using writing as a way to unwind when the house went to sleep at night; and with a house full of crazy it was the perfect way to just relax. It didn't take long before a head full of very demanding alphas would stop at nothing to have their story told.





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Tuesday, November 17, 2015

Release Day Blitz: Perfectly Imperfect By Harper Sloan




New Release From Harper Sloan
Perfectly Imperfect






                Meet Willow and Kane in the newest stand alone by Harper Sloan!
NOW AVAILABLE on the following retailers:


Blurb
Mirror, mirror ... who's the fairest of them all?
I still cringe when I hear that line. A fairy tale that had girls pretending they were the fairest, the most beautiful, and the most entitled. A fairy tale most couldn't grow out of turned my haunted childhood memories into a living nightmare. Girls who grew up believing that pile of garbage became the meanest of all 'mean girls.'
And those mean girls were right - it was a line meant for all the beautiful people in the world - and I knew the answer would never be me.
The women with long legs, flat stomachs, and perfect chests.
The type of women Kane Masters gravitated toward.
Well, that's definitely not Willow Tate.
No. That will never be me.
Because I'm completely imperfect.
And ... I hate myself.
I have no idea what Kane could possibly see in someone like me when he could have them.

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Sunday, November 15, 2015

Release Day for Unlawful Justice by KC Lynn and K. Langston

Happy Release Day!!!





Unlawful Justice
by: K.C. Lynn & K. Langston


Purchase from Amazon HERE









Synopsis

Seek the truth and you will find justice. 

The peaceful town of Harmony Falls, Texas, has been rocked to its core by an unspeakable crime. 



One that harbors revenge and injustice. 


Schoolteacher Olivia Bradshaw can’t remember what happened that horrific night, but it’s easy to see the effect it’s had on those around her. All she wants is for peace to be restored to her beloved hometown, but Deputy Grayson Taylor is on a different mission. He seeks truth and justice, and he’ll do whatever it takes to find both for Olivia. 



Lines will be crossed. 


Secrets revealed. 

Can justice prevail, or will the citizens of Harmony Falls succumb to the corruption and hate that continues to plague their small town? 

K.C. Lynn and K. Langston have teamed up to bring you a story about hate, race, corruption, injustice, and above all, love. A story that may change the way you view the world. 

WARNING: For mature audiences only. Contains some subject matter that may be offensive due to violence, racism, language and sexual situations. May be disturbing for some readers.

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Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Review: Darkest Before Dawn by Maya Banks




Darkest Before Dawn
 by Maya Banks




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Blurb

The enigmatic Hancock has been both opponent and ally to the KGI teams for as long as they've known him. Always working a deep game, Hancock's true allegiance has never been apparent, but one thing is for certain—he never lets anything get in the way of duty.

But now, his absolute belief in the primacy of his ultimate goal is challenged by a captive he's been ordered to guard, no matter how much she suffers in her prison. She's the only woman who's ever managed to penetrate the rigid walls surrounding his icy heart, but will he allow his perplexing feelings for the beautiful victim to destroy a mission he's spent years working to complete or will he be forced to sacrifice her for “the greater good.”


~~Selina's 4 Star~~


*I have received an ARC for an honest review*
When I started this book I really thought I knew what to expect.  I was so wrong it was laughable.  Maya Banks has written some really great books.  Types of books from m/m/m/f to bondage from sweet and caring to aloofness alpha.  But this?  This book was dirty, shameful, lustful, dark, and bottomless and I loved every minute of it.  The characters kept me on my toes from the first page all the way to the last.  There were times I was ready to throw my kindle across the room because the main male character Hancock could be…just so….MALE!  Hancock has this impenetrable shield that doesn’t crack and it’s so frustrating because he could be so damn stubborn in a bad way.  Then you have Honor.  She’s my freaking hero.  I want to be like her when I grow up.

Honor’s character is something to love.  She’s honorable and loyal to a fault.  She’s the type of friend that would be valuable to you in life.

Guy Hancock’s character developed throughout this book.  I was able to see growth with Hancock and was very pleased with all the bad and the good I read.

You can’t go into this book with a light heart.  This isn’t the type of book you can just read a few pages and set down to watch The Walking Dead or some other show you’re obsessed about.  I have many so I know this to be true.  The way Maya was able to orchestrate this story is nothing short of amazing. Ok, I’m just gonna come out and admit this…I cried.  There, I said it!  I cried like a baby and dear God, it was horrendous.  I hate to cry when I read books.  It makes it so much harder to read with all the salty liquid mess coming out of my eyes.  And don’t even mention the mascara.  Water proof ladies…waterproof.

I would recommend this to my friends and family.  Although, I probably would get some pretty obscene text during.  I’m OK with that though.  I’m not a very nice person.

There are characters that you’ll just fall in love with and you’re probably going to ask yourself why you did.  I sure as hell did.  But, just let it happen because it will be OK.  Well mostly.  Oh god, my eyes are leaking again.  On that note please read with caution and don’t throw your Kindle.  You will regret it I promise. 

P.S…Good Mojo