Book Spotlight: Reckless by Priscilla West

Reckless by Priscilla West

Publication Date: July 31st, 2014

Genre: New Adult Romance

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~Summary~

Everything about him warned me to stay away.

I’d seen bad boys before, but he had it all and more. The rippling muscles covered in tatts, the piercing eyes hiding dark secrets, the silky voice that could make a girl come with just a whisper . . . 

He was exactly the type of guy that would get me in trouble, but when he jumped off the stage, inked skin glistening with sweat and breathed his seductive words into my ear, I couldn’t resist the temptation.

It was supposed to be the best one-night stand of my life, but fate didn’t let it play out that way. Things happened. I got upset. I got hasty. And worst of all, I got reckless.

After that disaster, I thought it was the last I’d see of him. But what I didn’t know was that I’d started something.

Something that could shatter the very thing I had worked so hard to protect.

I should have known back then that the most seductive things in life are also the most dangerous.

~About The Author~

 

Priscilla West is a USA Today Bestselling author of the Forever series.

Her next book, Fearless, the sequel to Reckless, will be released on November 17th, 2014

She enjoys: cuddles, men in suits, eskimo kisses, life-sized teddy bears, and eggs over medium.

You can find her at priscillawest.com
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The Forever series currently follows three different couples. You can choose which couple you start reading about, but for each couple there is an order to their story.

Here is how it goes:

Forbidden Surrender (Vincent & Kristen 1)
Secret Surrender (Vincent & Kristen 2)
Beautiful Surrender (Vincent & Kristen 3)

Wrecked (Hunter & Lorrie 1)
Rescued (Hunter & Lorrie 2)

Reckless (Jax & Riley 1)
Fearless (Jax & Riley 2)[Available 11/17/2014]

 

 

 

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ARC Review: The Girl Who Ignored Ghosts (The Unbelievables #1) by K.C. Tansley

The Girl Who Ignored Ghosts (The Unbelievables #1) by K.C. Tansley

Publication Date: August 1st, 2015

Genre: Young Adult Paranormal Mystery

Pages: 256

Format: ebook

Source: Netgalley/Author

Read: July 3rd to 8th, 2015

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~Summary~

Kat Preston doesn’t believe in ghosts. Not because she’s never seen one, but because she saw one too many. Refusing to believe is the only way to protect herself from the ghost that tried to steal her life. Kat’s disbelief keeps her safe until her junior year at McTernan Academy, when a research project for an eccentric teacher takes her to a tiny, private island off the coast of Connecticut. 

The site of a grisly mystery, the Isle of Acacia is no place for a girl who ignores ghosts, but the ghosts leave Kat little choice. Accompanied by her research partner, Evan Kingsley, she investigates the disappearance of Cassie Mallory and Sebastian Radcliffe on their wedding night in 1886. Evan’s scientific approach to everything leaves Kat on her own to confront a host of unbelievables: ancestral curses, powerful spells, and her strange connection to the ghosts that haunt Castle Creighton. 

But that’s all before Kat’s yanked through a magic portal and Evan follows her. When the two of them awaken 129 years in the past with their souls trapped inside the bodies of two wedding guests, everything changes. Together, Kat and Evan race to stop the wedding-night murders and find a way back to their own time—and their own bodies—before their souls slip away forever.

~My Thoughts~

The moment I got accepted to read this I dived right in! I was hooked immediately by Ms. Tansley's world and I loved her term for ghosts, the Unbelievables! Her details make you feel like you've fallen into the world, definitely brought a chill to my spine!

Kat has been blocking out ghost for most of her life, ever since one tried to possess her when she was a kid. By the way, that ghost reminded me of the ghost from the first two Insidious *shudder*. This ghost and her, we find out they're connected. The mystery was spun with many twist and turns, I was quite shocked. From the beginning I was wondering how this ghost found her when their not close in distance wise, so the depth in this story really pulled me in! And the emotion of Kat trying to find a way out of this project really pulled at my heart strings. Like I said she's been blocking out the ghost after she got some advice from a ghost most of her life, so to watch all the hard work crumbling down around her was heart breaking. However, we find out that this is her destiny.

The mystery was intriguing, it kept me on my toes. And when they got sucked into the past, that was seriously an interesting experience. This element in the book definitely makes it stand out! It's unique and refreshing with taking us there to when the murders happened! I don't want to say too much but I am going to say I was quite surprised that there was witchcraft (I just reread the summary and I shouldn't have been surprised haha). I don't think any of them are witches but there's lots of spells and curses going on so it was another element that had me hooked. Actually, I can't remember if we find out what Kat is so I'm hoping we'll be learning a lot more about her in the next one. Even Kat doesn't know what she is, all she knows is that she's a believer.

Overall this was a fun ghost mystery! I really enjoyed that it was all about the mystery and not surrounded by romance. There's a small hint of it, especially at the end so I'm excited to see how it'll go in the next one but I'm glad this one was all about Kat finding herself, even though she didn't know she needed to be found.  

*Was given a copy from Netgalley in exchange for my honest review*

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{Cover Reveal + Giveaway} A Summer Like No Other by Elodie Nowodazkij

A Summer Like No Other by Elodie Nowodazkij

Publication Date: July 30th, 2015

Genre: Young Adult Contemporary Romance

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~Summary~

She’s his best friend’s little sister. He’s the biggest player of them all.

They shouldn’t be together. But this summer’s just too tempting.

Sixteen-year-old Emilia Moretti’s goal for the summer is simple: forget her brother’s best friend—Nick Grawsky—ever existed. It should be easy: He’s spending his summer in the Hamptons, adding girls in tiny bikinis to his list of broken hearts. Guarantee he won’t be telling them they’re like his little sisters. This summer, Emilia won’t stay awake at night thinking about him. She’ll need flawless ballet movements to have a shot at next year’s showcase, and she’s finally ready to search for her birth parents. But when Nick decides to stay in the city, Emilia’s resolve disappears in a pirouette. Maybe it’s the spin they needed to be together. As long as she doesn’t get stuck believing in happily ever after…

Nick is tired of pretending to be the happy, let’s-have-fun guy. His father wants him to change his career from professional dancer to…lawyer. He needs to put all of his focus on dancing to prove to Daddy Dearest he’s good enough to make it big. And he may have a case of the bluest balls in history courtesy of Emilia. She’s off-limits: The bro code with Roberto even forbids the dirty thoughts he has about her. Besides, he’s not boyfriend material. He only has time for flings, for girls who don’t expect much, for girls he doesn’t want to kiss goodnight. He knows he should resist her, but he’s not sure he wants to…

At least for this summer.

It’s going to be a summer like no other.

Companion novella of ONE, TWO, THREE

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~About the Author~

Elodie Nowodazkij was raised in a tiny village in France, where she could always be found a book in hand. At nineteen, she moved to the US, where she learned she'd never lose her French accent. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in Modern Language & Linguistics, and later earned master's degrees in German Cultural Studies and European Studies. Unbeknownst to her professors, she sometimes drafted stories in class. Now she lives in Germany with her husband and their cat (who doesn't seem to realize he's not human), and uses her commuting time to write the stories swirling in her head. She's also a serial smiley user.

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Review: A Circle Deadly (Something Wicked #1) by L.E Falcone

A Circle Deadly (Something Wicked #1) by L.E Falcone

Publication Date: November 17th, 2014

Genre: Adult Paranormal

Pages: 60

Format: ebook

Source: Free on Amazon

Read: July 1st, 2015

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~Summary~

Beltane is about to start and as Meg Dunkirk and her coven prepare to celebrate the Sabbat, one of the priestesses turns up missing. Something's wrong and Meg knows it, but no one seems to want to listen to her. So when the girl's body is later discovered, everyone but Meg is surprised. As the murder investigation gets underway, she turns to her solitary practice to track down her friend's killer, but even magic can't prepare her for what she uncovers. 

This is the first part in the Something Wicked serial. It isn't a standalone.

~My Thoughts~

Okay first off, just buy the bundle. It's a serial and it's cheaper that way, plus with the cliffhanger at the end you'll probably want to read the next one as soon as possible, so yeah. 

The cover and summary pulled me in, then the bundle being on sale- I had to buy it. 

What kept me reading was a small interest in who done it, other than that I don't think much would have kept me interested. The writing and Meg being a witch definitely kept me interested too, which is why I gave it three stars instead of two. But I don't know, there was just some things in here that didn't flow well for me. Like the characters, when I first started reading this I thought they were a bunch of teenagers but then we find out the main character is 25- didn't see that coming, they just didn't feel like they were 25. Then I felt throughout she's been a witch her whole life yet she's still just a beginner when it comes to her powers apparently, so something didn't mesh well.

The mystery, well we get more questions than answers of course. But somethings were answered and the most obvious one was like- duh Meg, how did you not see that coming. I knew something was up with her boyfriend from the very beginning. 

I don't know, this was just a meh read for me. I'm definitely going to read the next one too see if anything happens cause a little part of me is curious. So hopefully things will pick up and something will make me care for the characters cause right now I kind of don't.  

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{Book Blitz + Giveaway} How to be a Mermaid (Falling in Deep Collection #10) by Erin Hayes

How to be a Mermaid (Falling in Deep Collection #10) by Erin Hayes

Publication Date: July 7th, 2015

Genre: Young Adult Fantasy

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~Summary~

All Tara ever wanted was to be a mermaid. 

So she takes a year off between high school and college to don a fake tail and tour aquariums across the country in a professional mermaid troupe.

Everything's great until she meets a gorgeous real-life merman named Finn. Suddenly, what she thought was a dream turns out to be a nightmare -- she's turning into a mermaid herself. For real.

Yet when she returns to the sea to seek out Finn and reverse her transformation, she finds herself in the middle of an impending war between the land and sea. Tara may have always wanted to be a mermaid, but now it's sink or swim. In order to survive, she has to learn how to be one, too.

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Summer 2015, award-winning, and best-selling authors will bring you romantic tales of mermaids, sirens, sprites, and other creatures of the deep! Keep in touch as we reveal each title in our collection!

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~About the Author~

Sci-fi junkie, video game nerd, and wannabe manga artist Erin Hayes writes a lot of things. Sometimes she writes books, like the fantasy mystery novel Death is but a Dream, the sci-fi middle grade book Jacob Smith is Incredibly Average, and the Her Wolf paranormal series.

She works as an advertising copywriter during the day, and she moonlights as an author. She has lived in New Zealand, Texas, and now in Birmingham, Alabama with her husband, cat, and a growing collection of geek paraphernalia.

You can reach her at erinhayesbooks@gmail.com and she'll be happy to chat. Especially if you want to debate Star Wars.

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Books for Nothing (35) Ellie Jordan, Ghost Trapper & Forever Charmed

Books for Nothing is where I’ll be updating you guys on free Kindle reads.

 

I download tons of Freebies weekly and sometimes I’m too lazy to let you guys know about the tons of books I get on I am a Book Hoarder, so I decided to create this! That way you guys can enjoy the awesomeness too as who doesn’t love the word free!

*Note: If some aren't free they became non-free after I scheduled this post

Ellie Jordan, Ghost Trapper (Ellie Jordan, Ghost Trapper #1) by J.L Bryan

Publication Date: August 27th, 2014

Genre: Adult Paranormal Mystery

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~Summary~

Ellie Jordan’s job is to catch and remove unwanted ghosts. Part detective, part paranormal exterminator, Ellie operates out of Savannah, Georgia, one of the oldest and most haunted cities in North America.

When a family contacts her to deal with a disturbing presence in the old mansion they’ve recently purchased, Ellie first believes it to be a typical, by-the-book specter, a residual haunting by a restless spirit. Instead, she finds herself confronting an evil older and more powerful than she’d ever expected, rooted in the house’s long and sordid history of luxury, sin, and murder. The dangerous entity seems particularly interested in her clients’ ten-year-old daughter.

Soon her own life is in danger, and Ellie must find a way to exorcise the darkness of the house before it can kill her, her clients, or their frightened young child.

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Forever Charmed (Halloween LaVeau #1) by Rose Pressey

Publication Date: March 25th, 2013

Genre: Adult Paranormal Mystery

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~Summary~

Halloween Laveau is descended from a long line of witches. Yes, her name is Halloween. The cosmic universe is definitely playing some kind of sick joke on her. She’s the ultimate witch cliché, complete with a black cat and spooky house. Thank heavens she’s missing the warts and flying broom.

When Halloween inherits her great-aunt’s manor, she decides to put the house to good use as a bed-and-breakfast. Her first guest is the sinfully good-looking Nicolas Marco, but he’s not here for the continental breakfast. Halloween discovers a ratty old book in the attic. It’s written in an unfamiliar language, and unknown to her, the tome is cursed.

Halloween soon learns there’s a link between the book and her newfound talent as a necromancer. But her new skills come with a catch: the reanimated dead aren’t as cupcake-sweet as they were when they were alive. When a rival witch comes after the book, Halloween doesn’t know who to trust–the sexy vampire who says he wants to save the day, or the warlock who says he can destroy the book once and for all.

Halloween had better learn fast. Because when the dead start rising, only a powerful witch can put them back under.

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{Cover Reveal + Giveaway} Caught in Us (Lost #3) by Layla Hagen

Caught in Us (Lost #3) by Layla Hagen

Publication Date: August 3rd, 2015

Genre: New Adult Contemporary Romance

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~Summary~

Dani Cohen knows Damon is trouble the second he walks in during senior year. He has bad boy written all over him. . .from his arrogant smirk to his perfectly toned abs. He is arrogant, intense, rebellious. 

Dani has her future all planned out. She’s not the type to fall for a bad boy, no matter how panty-melting his grin is or how shamelessly he flirts. But something about Damon draws her in, awakening a desire she’s never felt. Slowly, she uncovers the secrets Damon hides: underneath his arrogance lies a tortured soul, his flirting smile masks despair. 

Damon arrives in Dani’s life against his will. Carrying the scars of a dark past and facing an uncertain future, he knows he should stay away from her, but can’t. Her innocence consumes him, as does the desire to indulge in the passion igniting deep inside her. 
An all-consuming bond blooms into a reckless love. But when mistakes from the past threaten their already fragile future, can their love survive? 

A steamy and emotional full-length, standalone love story from the USA Today Bestselling author of Withering Hope.

~Sequel To~

Lost (Lost #0.5)

Lost in Us (Lost #1)

Found in Us (Lost #2)

~About the Author~

My name is Layla Hagen and I am a New Adult Contemporary Romance author.

I fell in love with books when I was nine years old, and my love affair with stories continues even now, many years later.

I write romantic stories and can’t wait to share them with the world.

And I drink coffee. Lots of it, in case the photo didn’t make it obvious enough

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