Friday, 27 May 2016

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From New York Times bestselling author Jay Crownover comes CHARGED, the latest in her sexy The Saints of Denver Series, releasing May 24th! Known for her strong heroines and alpha males, you won't know what hit you as you read Avett and Quaid's story. Keep reading for more about the Leagle Eagle and Avett and order your copy today.

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From the New York Times bestselling author of the Marked Men books comes the second installment in the Saints of Denver series featuring a bad girl and a by the book attorney who could be her salvation...or her ruin.

Avett Walker and Quaid Jackson’s worlds have no reason to collide. Ever. Quaid is a high powered criminal attorney as slick as he is handsome. Avett is a pink-haired troublemaker with a bad attitude and a history of picking the wrong men.

When Avett lands in a sea of hot water because of one terrible mistake, the only person who can get her out of it is the insanely sexy lawyer. The last thing on earth she wants to do is rely on the no-nonsense attorney who thinks of her as nothing more than a nuisance. He literally has her fate in his hands. Yet there is something about him that makes her want to convince him to loosen his tie and have a little fun…with her.

Quaid never takes on clients like the impulsive young woman with a Technicolor dye job. She could stand to learn a hard lesson or two, but something about her guileless hazel eyes intrigues him. Still, he’s determined to keep their relationship strictly business. But doing so is becoming more impossible with each day he spends with her.

As they work side-by-side, they’ll have to figure out a way to get along and keep their hands off each other—because the chemistry between them is beyond charged.

And don’t miss the first titles in The Saints of Denver Series!

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About Jay Crownover:
Jay Crownover is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Marked Men, The Point, and the Saints of Denverseries. Like her characters, she is a big fan of tattoos. She loves music and wishes she could be a rock star, but since she has no aptitude for singing or instrument playing, she'll settle for writing stories with interesting characters that make the reader feel something. She lives in Colorado with her three dogs.

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Genre: Adult Contemporary Romance

Part 2 in an a new spin off series

My Charged Review . . .

Let's start with a shout out for Jay Crownover and yet another great book. Woot! Woot! I thought Avett was going to be hard to swallow but for the most part she was easy to love. And even though Quaid and Avett seemed like the most unlikely duo they worked so well together.

The Saints of Denver series is a spin off series from the Marked Men series. It isn't completely necessary to read the first series but I strongly suggest it as it will help set the tone for the Saints of Denver.

We briefly met Quaid in Built when he was trying to date Sawyer and helping out Asa in Asa from the Marked Men series. We also got to know the negative parts of Avett from the later part of the Marked Men series and also briefly in Built. Even though Avett was rough around the edges you knew there was a story behind her helping her to make such shit decision after shit decision.

"I gathered from the way your secretary was giving me the hairy eyeball that I'm not your typical kind of client."

From the beginning I wasn't sure how I was going to feel about Avett but she quickly grew on me with her snark and underlying soft heart.

Doing nothing was always the action that seemed to hurt the worst and, even knowing that, I still found myself doing it over and over again.

Quaid was also an unknown for me but he too quickly won my heart. Both of these two may have superficially been from different worlds but in the end they were just two broken humans wanting to be free from their pasts. At first these two try to fight what is right in front of them but their attraction is too large to ignore.

"I guess when you get paid to lie, making a living fooling judges and juries, you get really good at buying your own bullshit. Thanks for your hard work, Counselor. I'll think about you every single time I'm living up to my potential. "

Even though I truly enjoyed this story what did annoy me at times was this martyring of Avett since martyr characteristics never win me over. Plus the 'we are over before it begins' attitude as well. I quickly had enough of that but I was able to get past that annoyance and enjoy the rest of the book.

And maybe when I was done letting myself fall in love with him, which would inevitably lead to him breaking my heart, I would finally have hit the threshold of hurt I was willing to put myself through as punishment.

I wasn't sure if she was referring to me being in danger because of the situation surrounding Avett, or if she was talking about the way her daughter and I were bound to detonate into an explosion of heartbreak and anguish by the time we were done falling in love with one another.

I wondered if that included my heart because even though I knew this wasn't meant to be, there was a pretty big chunk of him in there already, and I didn't really want to pry him out of it.

"This is good between us, better than good, and you can't abide by it. You've been looking for a way to twist it into something else from the inception."

Even though Avett was all doom and gloom with the future when it came to Quaid she was also growing into the woman she was always meant to be.

"I doubt he hates you. You need to give people the change to forgive you, Avett. You screw up, but then you throw a wall and wallow in the blame, so deep and thick that you never give anyone the opportunity to tell you that yes, you made a mistake bit that's not the be-all and end-all of things."

Had I finally, after mistake upon mistake, learned that redemption was possible if you allowed yourself to be forgiven?

Making bad choices, repeatedly, hadn't made me into a bad person, but the way I handled those bad choices and let them twist into something worse had made me into a person that was desperately out of control and in need of guidance.

I loved how we got to see the growth of both of these strong characters but in different paths that lead to them together by letting go of their pasts. I also think it was seeing it from Quaid's POV that helped me see the softness and potential of Avett. If it wasn't for that I truly don't know if I would have liked her as much.

I was too busy formulating my counterargument and dialing in my cross-examination that I fully planned to level at her that I'd forgotten that the girl I was falling for was equal parts whirlwind and martyr.

I wanted to throttle her for being so noble and so stupid.

I flippin' loved the Marked Men series and this series so far has been just as great or maybe even a bit better. *gasp* I can't wait for more from this series and to find out more from Church & Dixie and Wheeler and whomever he ends up with. Even though the Marked Men series is over it's great to get to see those characters within this series. Another great series!

4 Opposites Attract thumbs up!

Lauren

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SYNOPSIS

Kings rule men. Queens rule kings.

Wyatt Strand is a hard man. He has hard features, speaks with harsh words, and has a hardened heart. Having served the Forsaken Motorcycle Club as Vice President, Wyatt is used to taking responsibility for his brothers, but when he’s handed the gavel everything changes. His brothers are now his men and the threat from the Italian mafia still looms in the distance. A president needs focus, but that’s nearly impossible when his old lady blows back into town and drops two very large bombshells on him.

Amber Wallace is a tough woman, but an even fiercer mother. She once told a lie to protect her unborn child that tore her away from the man she loves. And now, years later, she’s coming home to make amends. Wyatt’s changed, but the club hasn’t. Women are to be obedient. Unfortunately for Forsaken, Amber’s not about to let a few rules stop her from living the life she always imagined.

The Forsaken Motorcycle Club started a war with the Italian mafia and they’ve paid dearly for that choice. With a new president at the helm, the wheels are finally in motion to take down Mancuso once and for all. Even if it means taking the fight back to where it began.

Love is never more beautiful than when it consumes you.

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About the author:

As a child, JC was fascinated by things that went bump in the night. As they say, some things never change. Now, as an adult, she divides her time between the sexy law men, mythical creatures, and kick-ass heroines that live inside her head and pursuing her bachelor's degree in English. JC is a San Francisco Bay Area native, but has also called both Texas and Louisiana home. These days she rocks her flip flops year round in Northern California and can't imagine a climate more beautiful.
JC writes adult, new adult, and young adult fiction. She dabbles in many different genres including science fiction, horror, chick lit, and murder mysteries, yet she is most enthralled by supernatural stories-- and everything has at least a splash of romance.

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Genre: MC Romance

Part 6 of an ongoing series

My Haunt Review . . .

This is NOT a book that can be read as a standalone it needs to be read as a series. One of my biggest regrets with this series is not having enough time to have re-read it before this book because there were many details that weren't fresh in my mind and Amber was one of them. As well as many other details like Chel whom is Amber's sister and the reason Wyatt was kind of an ass, which we find out is Amber.

It did take awhile but eventually I was able to get enough to enjoy the rest of the story. I wasn't sure how close we were to the end of the series and since there wasn't a lot of future information on goodreads I had assumed we were near the end but just when I think its the end I get gutted and we are left with a HUGE cliffhanger. My heart is still hurting from this.

Amber and Wyatt have quite the love/hate, can't stay away from each other relationship and its quite TOXIC but in this MC world it perfectly works for them. Amber and Wyatt start off falling in love quite young and both were knees deep into the MC world but Wyatt got lost to all the temptations that world had to offer causing him to royally screw up and losing Amber. However, this relationship didn't completely end instead it just became more toxic. Now many years later Amber has come back to claim her role and make Wyatt be part of her family which he should have been apart of anyways.

"I get it. I laid a lot of stuff on your plate the other day. But here's the thing about being a parent- it's not about you anymore. You need time to deal, you do it when your kids are asleep. You do not just check out because it gets hard or you're fucked up."

Even though Wyatt has made some epic errors with Amber he never stopped loving her. Now he just has to convince her to stay, but she left him with quite the bomb of reality even though deep down he's always known.

"I love you, you stupid woman,"

Even though Amber and Wyatt already had quite the secret between them what Wyatt quickly figures out is she's not down with what she's withholding from him. From the outside in this relationship may seem unhealthy but its also what makes this duo whole.

And I know that this is something new for us. This isn't who we were when we first fell in love and it's not who we were the last time we were together. This is better. Unbreakable.

From the beginning of the series, this MC have been dealing with quite the shit storm. Because of this they try to protect their women, but what they forget is that these women are just as strong and can help not hinder their plan, but a lot of ego is going to have to go for this to happen.

I'm supposed to come first. But what they so often don't get is that as an old lady, I'll always put my family above myself. It's unwritten but it's there. Anybody who's been around enough knows it.

Throughout the series we have seen a character named Chel but in this book Amber calls her Mishy and the changed name and the interchanging of these two names felt quite confusing at times to me. However, even though I was confused at times with this and the forgotten details I was still enveloped into the story and I was hoping for a pretty HEA but how did I forget I'm in the MC world and things don't end pretty and neat. Now we have to wait for more and I can't flippin' wait.

"It can't end like this."

4 Toxic Thumbs up!

Lauren

BAYONET SCARS SERIES

Ride #1 (Ryan and Alex)
Thrash #2 (Duke and Nic)
Rev #3 (Grady and Holly)
Crush #4 (Jeremy and Cheyenne)
Vow #4.5 (Ryan and Alex)
Burn #5 (Ian and Mindy)
Crave #5.5 (Diesel and Elle)

RIDE:

Death comes in Armani. Salvation comes in leather.

Principessa to the Mancuso crime family, Alexandra knows a thing or two about living outside the bounds of the law. Suffocated by the future her father has laid out for her, she makes a choice she can't take back, changing the entire trajectory of her life.

Thrust into the dark and dangerous world of the Forsaken Motorcycle Club for her own protection, Alex finds herself faced with the last thing she needs right now: the man of her dreams. He’s sex in leather, the devil incarnate, and one hell of a kisser. But he’s also off-limits. Ryan Stone can be her friend, but he’s forbidden to be her lover.

Third-generation Forsaken, Ryan knows nothing other than life on two wheels, and he wouldn’t have it any other way. He enjoys the many privileges that come with the patch, and the only laws he recognizes are the ones set-forth by his club. That is, until who he wants more than anything isn’t allowed on the back of his bike —or in his bed. Balancing his desire for her body, and need to keep her safe, Ryan tries to keep Alex at a distance. Finally having made a choice for herself, she’s done hearing the word “no” and will push boundaries even Ryan himself doesn’t dare cross.

Love is never more tempting than when it’s forbidden.

Loneliness suffocates the heart. Acceptance breaks down walls.

THRASH:

As a Lost Girl to the Forsaken Motorcycle Club, Nicole Whelan knows how to party. She’s not cut-out for relationships and her life is way too complicated for anything more than casual encounters. But one night when she falls into Duke’s bed at the clubhouse, he sees something in her that he can’t let go of—no matter how many times she tries to run.

Having been left to raise her teenage brother, Jeremy, she’s already got her hands full and isn’t looking for anymore complications. But Duke’s just watched his best friend fall for the only girl he couldn’t have, and then almost lose her so shortly after, shaking him to his core. Faced with his own loneliness, he’s more determined than ever to break down Nic’s walls and show her that he can be good for her; but he’s got a bad track record and she’s got a bad temper. Changing his ways isn’t easy when he’s not sure what he’s even changing for.

The violence and turmoil are at an all-time high, and Forsaken is in a vulnerable place when a twist of fate breathes new life into the club. It’s a much-needed beacon of hope for the embattled biker family, even if everyone’s not exactly on board. With Duke and Nic’s relationship already on shaky ground, and something even more important at stake, the Forsaken Motorcycle Club will fight like hell to keep their family together and whole.

Love is never more precious than when it’s new.

REV:

With the looming threat from the Mancuso Crime Family, the Forsaken Motorcycle Club is preparing for a war that could destroy them. Grady, the club’s Sergeant-at-Arms, knows that love makes you weak, and he has zero interest in adding to his liabilities– especially now. He’s already got his teenage daughter who keeps him on his toes and a beef within the club that could fracture his relationship with a fellow brother for good.

For Holly Mercer, her life is finally getting on track and the last thing she wants is trouble from her hometown’s resident outlaws. Keeping her nose clean is easier said than done, when suddenly she finds herself embroiled in club business. Holly might like the idea of being with a real-life bad boy, but even being in the same room with tough-as-nails Grady flusters her.

When Holly inadvertently finds herself on Mancuso’s radar, she has two choices: trust that Grady will protect her, or continue to refuse the club’s help. Both roads are dangerous, but only one has the chance to damage her beyond repair.

Love is never more dangerous than when it can destroy you.

CRUSH:

Young love is always perfect. Until it's not.

Cheyenne Grady is a total daddy's girl to her bad-ass father, the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Forsaken Motorcycle Club. She's funny, and kind, and she just wants that deep, earth-shattering love like her dad has with her school secretary, Holly. But Cheyenne's been looking in the wrong direction, because the only good that can come from the way she looks at Jeremy Whelan is a lesson in heartbreak.

Jeremy always wanted to prospect for the Forsaken Motorcycle Club and wear the same patch as his father. When a life-long dream becomes reality, Jeremy realizes that the outlaw lifestyle is not for the faint of heart. Nor is it easy on relationships. He wants to be a good man, but temptation is everywhere.

Cheyenne is beautiful, and strong, and exactly what Jeremy could have forever. As long as he doesn't screw it up.
Love is never more powerful than the first time.

VOW:

HE REFUSES TO GIVE IN. SHE REFUSES TO GIVE IT UP.

Alexandra Mancuso knows all about regrets. She talked to the wrong person and started a war that’s ravaged her newly adopted motorcycle club family and threatens to cost Alex her life. Now, she’s cautious with the commitments she makes.

Ryan Stone, road captain for the Forsaken Motorcycle Club regrets nothing—except putting Cub in danger one time too many. The Forsaken Motorcycle Club has a plan to end the war with the Mancuso crime family and they need everyone’s head in the game. But Ryan can’t focus on the club when he’s so distracted by a certain reckless brunette. She gives him everything except for what he really wants.

Today, he refuses to take no for an answer and maybe, just maybe, this time Alex won’t be able to stand her ground.

True love always defies the odds.

BURN

Tragedy cuts deep. Revenge burns deeper.

The blood of their enemies coats the leather of their cuts and a trail of bodies lie in their wake, but the Forsaken Motorcycle Club isn't done yet. Carlo Mancuso still needs to pay for his sins. Nobody knows that more than Ian Buckley, the Treasurer for Forsaken.

Ian prefers his pleasure mixed with pain and he's only ever at peace when he's doling out justice. Convinced that he's too unstable and sadistic to take an old lady, he keeps his trysts, like all of his relationships, brief and anonymous. But with his club at war, and the stakes being so personal, Ian's feeling the events around him more deeply than he expects.

Mindy Mercer is the sweet daughter of Fort Bragg’s most respectable cop. At least that’s how the town sees her. Very few people know the Mindy who hides her tracks and battles her cravings by lying to everyone around her. She thinks she has control of her addiction until she suffers an attack that leaves her searching for a way out of her own personal hell.

Mindy has never been more desperately in need of a savior and Ian has never seen a more beautifully destroyed creature in his life. Their attraction is intense, but their damage is extreme. Some scars never heal, and some people never get better.

Love is never more painful than when it can kill you.

CRAVE:

SHE'S HEARTBROKEN. HE'S A HEART-BREAKER.

Elle Phillips's relationship with the Forsaken Motorcycle Club is strained, much like the relationship she had with her father, a Forsaken brother, before he died. The only piece of Forsaken that Elle wants to hold onto is their sergeant-at-arms and her former lover, Sterling “Bloody Knuckles” Grady. Unfortunately, Grady's moved on and he doesn't seem to be coming back. With her heart hurting over one man who's died and another who's practically dead to her, Elle throws herself into her work as a private investigator and tries to keep a low profile where the club's concerned. But when a case comes along that she can't refuse, she finds herself embroiled in club business in a way that leaves her questioning everything she thought she knew about Forsaken.

Diesel knows that keeping tabs on Elle Phillips is going to bring him trouble. He already loves her even though he barely knows her, but when Grady asks Diesel to keep her safe, he can't say no. His patience has run out and he's going to do anything to get Elle to realize he's the man she's been craving-- even going behind the club's back to help her solve a case she shouldn't be working.

Real love is always the cure.

MATURE CONTENT WARNING: The Bayonet Scars novels are a dark and gritty romance series which features graphic sexual content, violence, and foul language that is intended for a mature audience. Each novel features a different couple, though it's not recommended that they be read out of order due to the series story arc.

Blog Posting Update

I wish I had time to blog only, but real life dictates me to have a full time career. As of late this non-blogger life is becoming too busy decreasing my time to read and review. To try and accommodate all facets of my life I have a new posting regimen.

On my blog I will post 4 and up only. With the occasional worthy mention below that rating. If part of a blog tour I will post 3 and up. If you want to find out ALL my ratings please go to my Goodreads page here with all my ratings. If the review is for an author or publisher and the rating is below a 4 I'll still give feedback directly to the author or publisher.

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Friday, 27 May 2016

Charged by Jay Crownover Review & Excerpt Tour ~ #giveaway #bookreview #teasers @InkSlingerPR @JayCrownover #saintsofdenver

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About CHARGED:

From the New York Times bestselling author of the Marked Men books comes the second installment in the Saints of Denver series featuring a bad girl and a by the book attorney who could be her salvation...or her ruin.

Avett Walker and Quaid Jackson’s worlds have no reason to collide. Ever. Quaid is a high powered criminal attorney as slick as he is handsome. Avett is a pink-haired troublemaker with a bad attitude and a history of picking the wrong men.

As they work side-by-side, they’ll have to figure out a way to get along and keep their hands off each other—because the chemistry between them is beyond charged.

And don’t miss the first titles in The Saints of Denver Series!

LEVELED

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Charged by Jay Crownover Review & Excerpt Tour ~ #giveaway #bookreview #teasers @InkSlingerPR @JayCrownover #saintsofdenver

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About CHARGED:

From the New York Times bestselling author of the Marked Men books comes the second installment in the Saints of Denver series featuring a bad girl and a by the book attorney who could be her salvation...or her ruin.

Avett Walker and Quaid Jackson’s worlds have no reason to collide. Ever. Quaid is a high powered criminal attorney as slick as he is handsome. Avett is a pink-haired troublemaker with a bad attitude and a history of picking the wrong men.

As they work side-by-side, they’ll have to figure out a way to get along and keep their hands off each other—because the chemistry between them is beyond charged.

And don’t miss the first titles in The Saints of Denver Series!

LEVELED

BUILT

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