Don't Let Me Go

(M/M)

Source: Kindle

by J.H. Trumble (Goodreads Author)

Some people spend their whole lives looking for the right partner. Nate Schaper found his in high school. In the eight months since their cautious flirting became a real, honest, tell-the-parents relationship, Nate and Adam have been inseparable. Even when local kids take their homophobia to brutal levels, Nate is undaunted. He and Adam are rock solid. Two parts of a whole. Yin and yang.

But when Adam graduates and takes an Off-Broadway job in New York—at Nate’s insistence—that certainty begins to flicker. Nate starts a blog to vent his frustrations and becomes the center of a school controversy, drawing ire and support in equal amounts. But it is the attention of a new boy who is looking for more than guidance that forces him to confront who and what he really wants.

J.H. Trumble’s debut, DON’T LET ME GO, is a witty, beautifully written novel that is both a sweet story of love and long-distance relationships, and a timely discourse about bullying, bigotry, and hate in high schools.
From Goodreads


My Review...

This book had me on an emotional rollercoaster from the beginning till the end.  It is a deep story about love and coming out. I found it profound and very moving. I was biting nails on what Nate or Adam was doing and just wanted to throttle them to get them to actually talk so they could figure it all out but no.... why would they do that.

All the characters were great in this book and is so great when you can see gay teens having positive coming out and it simply breaks my heart to see the negative ones. I just don't understand why there has to be negative ones but hopefully when there are ones my fingers are crossed that they have great support systems like Daniel and Juliet.

I was so happy with the ending because my heart stopped beating when Nate made the most foolish choice of his life.

Great emotional book.
5 Heart warming thumbs up! 

Reflected in You (Crossfire #2)

by Sylvia Day (Goodreads Author)

The hotly anticipated second book of the Crossfire Trilogy continues the sensual saga of Eva and Gideon that began in Bared to You…the New York Times bestselling novel of “EROTIC ROMANCE THAT SHOULD NOT BE MISSED” (Romance Novel News). Gideon Cross. As beautiful and flawless on the outside as he was damaged and tormented on the inside. He was a bright, scorching flame that singed me with the darkest of pleasures. I couldn't stay away. I didn't want to. He was my addiction... my every desire... mine.


My past was as violent as his, and I was just as broken. We’d never work. It was too hard, too painful... except when it was perfect. Those moments when the driving hunger and desperate love were the most exquisite insanity. We were bound by our need. And our passion would take us beyond our limits to the sweetest, sharpest edge of obsession...

From Goodreads


My Review...

It feels like forever that I have been waiting to read this book and by some luck I got the chance to read the eARC version and then loss sleep because I could not put it down.

Now I can't say to much because I do NOT want to ruin it for anyone of how it all turns out but here are a few things that I can say.

1) Wow I forgot how unhealthy Gideon and Eva can be within their relationship
2) I have never been a victim of sexual abuse but I know it can change a person to the point that they can not heal from. So to have both Gideon and Eva be survivors is gutting and trying for both of them
3) oh Cary what are we going to do with you. You broken broken man
4) Gideon my heart bleeds for him but I love him so. In this book he becomes so much stronger and you want everything for him
5) Eva - Yikes her issues are coming up to the surface and I wanted to strangle her sometimes so she would actually feel what is going to instead of over thinking it.
6) Dr. Lucas what a douche! 

In a relationship to be strong we need Trust, Respect and Love but we need all three. If you don't have one you don't have the others. Gideon and Eva's journey is trying to find these three and what a trying journey it is with passionate sex, love, mystery, respect and most important trust.

I can not wait to find out more about Gideon and Eva in  Entwined in you #3 where more mysteries will unfold.

5 Heart Bleeding Thumbs Up!

Down To You

(Adult Contemporary)

Source: Kindle

by M. Leighton (Goodreads Author)

Genre: Adult Contemporary Romance- Please be advised that this book is NOT YA friendly, not even in a New Adult category!

The scorching tale of one girl, two brothers and a love triangle…that’s not.

Olivia Townsend is nothing special. She’s just a girl working her way through college so she can return home to help her father run his business. She’s determined not to be the second woman in his life to abandon him, even if it means putting her own life on hold. To Olivia, it’s clear what she must do. Plain and simple. Black and white.

But clear becomes complicated when she meets Cash and Nash Davenport. They’re brothers. Twins.
Cash is everything she’s always wanted in a guy. He’s a dangerous, sexy bad boy who wants her in his bed at any cost. He turns her insides to mush and, with just one kiss, makes her forget why he’s no good for her.

Nash is everything she’s ever needed in a guy. He’s successful, responsible and intensely passionate. But he’s taken. Very taken, by none other than Marissa, Liv’s rich, beautiful cousin. That doesn’t stop Olivia from melting every time he looks at her, though. With just one touch, he makes her forget why they can never be together.

Black and white turns to shades of gray when Olivia discovers the boys are hiding something, something that should make her run as far and as fast as she can. But it’s too late to run. Olivia’s already involved. And in love. With both of them.

Both brothers make her heart tremble. Both brothers set her body on fire.

She wants them both.

And they want her.

How will she ever choose between them?

From Goodreads
 
 
My Review...

Let's start with saying that I love M. Leighton and her books.  Damn girl what a jump to Adult Contemporary.  I also didn't know you were such a dirty dirty girl If I had sex as many times as they did in the book I would not be walking for weeks.  

Well this book had many twists and turns with a whole bunch of hawt and naughty thrown in. There were two possibilities how I saw the book playing out. I am glad that I was right about the ending otherwise I would have thought I was going bat shit crazy. LOL 

Cash was just HOT and intriguing. I was so Team Cash the whole way through. The story was good. The chemistry was great. But lets talk about the ending.... what a cliff hanger! Grrr. Now I for sure have to read the next book to find out what happens. Good on ya but let's be honest I would have read it even if there was not the cliff hanger since you usually have me at hello  with your books. 

Great book with 5 Hawt Thumbs Up! 

Time Out (Foolish Games #2)

(YA)

Source: Kindle

by Leah Spiegel (Goodreads Author), Megan Summers

Joie and her friends are continuing to follow the Grimm Brother’s Band across their countrywide tour. They thought the worst was behind them but they had no idea that things were just getting started. Terrorists’ bombings call for all entertainment venues to be on high alert. With all of the new staff and crew members, the band finds it hard to know who to trust. Meanwhile things begin to heat up between Joie and Hawkins in and out of the bedroom when an ex-fiancé suddenly shows up on the scene but the real surprise has yet to come. If the band wants to continue on the tour, they must figure out who is really behind it all before time runs out…

From Goodreads 
  

My Review...

When I found out there was going to be a sequel to Foolish Games I nearly flipped out because I loved Foolish Games . J.T. Hawkins was even one of my book boyfriends.  You never know about sequels sometimes they can be great and others well.... With Time Out I was NOT disappointed.

J.T is still hot and smoldering and loving. *Sigh* but poor Joie who seems to have the worst luck ever.  She is like a magnet for if the worst possible thing could happen to you then Joie is your girl. But she is a survivor and it just makes her more loveable. 

Let's talk about Joie's friends. I loved Riley in the first book and second book but in the first I thought Lizzy was quite the beotch. Thank goodness she cleaned up her act and became what a friend should be but she did pass her past trophy to Gweniverie. Now she made Lizzy look like a saint. 

The ending was great. I super recommend this series because it has love, mystery, suspense and just great dialogue.  I absolutely adore Leah Spiegel and Megan Summers. So far every book that I have read from them has been golden.

5 Fabulous Thumbs Up!  



Here are some of examples of why J.T. Hawkins melts my heart: 

"I thought I was protecting you, making you more vulnerable. I had just lost a close friend and I couldn't bear the thought of losing you too. You mean everything to me." His blue eyes pleaded for me to understand.

"Joie," he reached a hand down to gently lift my chin until our eyes were leveled with each other. "I don't know what made you think you had to change your look, but I hope it wasn't for me, because I've never seen you look more beautiful than when you're in these clothes." 

Oh J.T my heart flutters for you. 

Get your Groove on Thursday from Callum & Harper

So Since my one post of Songs in Books was a big hit. I have decided to have Get your Groove on Thursdays and I will either pick a song from a book or from an Author's playlist and feature it.

Since it is the first week I decided to post two Songs both from the Callum & Harper, Book One in the Sleepless Series Soundtrack.

1) Come undone (Acoustic Version) by Jackson Waters from the Come Undone CD

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2) Please Don't Go by Barcelona from the Absolute CD

Album Link


Here is the Book Trailer for Callum & Harper by Fischer Amelie featuring Please Don't Go


For more of Fisher Amelie's Playlist from Callum & Harper
http://grooveshark.com/#!/playlist/Callum+and+Harper+12+24+11/64889505

Callum & Harper (Sleepless #1)

by Fisher Amelie (Goodreads Author)

Life sucks for orphans Callum Tate and Harper Bailey.

Kicked out of their foster homes because they suffer the 'eighteen disease' with nothing but a hundred dollar check from the government and a pat on the back, they're forced to rely on a system that failed them miserably.

So they sit. They sit inside Social Services, waiting for their social workers to call their names and offer them the miracle they know will never come but they sit anyway because they have nowhere else to go, no other options on their very literal and figurative empty plates.

But as they sit, they notice the other. Although captivated, they each come to the conclusion that life is complicated enough without throwing in a boiling tension that can't ever be acted upon because they're both too busy thinking about where their next meal will come from but when their names are called and both are placed on a year long waiting list for permanent housing, suddenly relying on each other seems like a very viable plan B.

And, oh, how lovely Plan B's can be.

Well, except for the psycho from Harper's past that haunts her and, oh, yeah, there's the little issue that neither of them knows they're in love with the other.

Needless to say, Callum & Harper's life just got a bit more complicated.

“One day, you and I are gonna’ wake up and be alright. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow but one day. One day. I promise you.” - Callum Tate

From Goodreads

Taming the Tycoon

by Amy Andrews (Goodreads Author)

Real estate tycoon Nathaniel Montgomery is one deal away from making his first billion and fulfilling a promise to his dying father. Nothing will stop himfrom tearing down the decrepit St. Agnes hospital and erecting posh condos in its place. Not even the crystal-wearing, health food store owner whose publicity stunt lands him in the hospital.

After her brush with death five years ago, child prodigy Addie Collins learned what’s truly important—health, happiness, and the two-hundred-year-old rose garden at St. Agnes. To make amends for the accident, she agrees to pose as Nathaniel’s girlfriend at his eccentric grandmother’s birthday party.

But Addie has an ulterior motive. To repay her debt to the universe, she must show him there's more to life than making money. Nathaniel hates to lose, but as she breaks through his defenses, losing himself in Addie's arms might be exactly what this tycoon needs...

From Goodreads
 

My Review...

I did not know what to expect from this book especially from the title (sorry) but I was surprised and I quite liked the book. Addie was super quirky and had a passion for life which then blindsided Nate to love her.

The book was a quick read with lots of fun and passion. This type of story is similar to other romance books but the quirkiness is what made it likeable for me. 

This is second book I have read of Amy Andrews and I will definitely read more in the future.

4 Thumbs up!