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Thanks ~ D & N
OMG!!!! Nic and I are so excited to have another N and D duo give us a special review of REAL by Katy Evans!!!
Naomi and Davetta, or as they are so affectionately referred to as the BB’s (book besties) are giving us a tag team review of REAL. Check it out!!!
So it’s Book Best Friends Naomi and Davetta here and we have been given the honour to share with you our review of REAL by Katy Evans so here it goes.
Hey Davetta so what did you think about this book overall?
My overall view when I read this book was that it has all the factors of life in it. If I am honest, it totally blew me away how it just covered everything and evoked every emotional response– Laughter, Tears, Loss, Fear, Hurt, Anger and most important of all LOVE. With that mix your always going to have a great book and what I loved was when you read it, it is so much more powerful than a movie because you can TRULY feel it. I also have to say I am pretty good at figuring out a book right away but this one sure did throw me for a loop and I LOVED that!
What about you Naomi did it do it for you?
OMG I just flipping well LOVED this book and its story so much too. I was told that this book was a must read and I have to say I was not disappointed. I felt like it covered so much about the heartbreaks in life and love and about the impact things we have no control over can have on our lives. But what I loved more was how the author showed through the story that you can either sit back and let them beat you, rule you and dictate your life or you can take back control and I just know we love stories like that.
Okay Davetta now for the question I know you have been waiting for tell us your thoughts on Remy??
Remington ‘RIPTIDE’ Tate is one hell of a strong man and I felt like I could feel his intense personality jumping off the page at me. Ohhh and of course he is HOT BB 
What did you think Naomi???
I absolutely fell in love with Remy and not just because he is tall dark and handsome (honest!) but because of all his imperfections and beauty beneath. I cried for him in this book and at times wanted to jump in my eReader and hold him (although Brooke may have had something to say about that)
So Brooke– your thoughts Davetta?
Brooke was so strong and she had to pick up the pieces of her own shattered dreams, and she had resigned herself to life just being lived day by day. She was so wrong about that once Remy storms into her life. She claims him and without even realising she has done it and he claims her from the moment they meet.
Do you agree with my take on Brooke Naomi?
I have to say I definitely do. I loved Brooke’s character but I have to say at times I just wanted to shake her and scream Nooooo! But all in all I loved how she handled some of the situations thrown at her, like a true Tough Independent woman should. As the book went on you saw her strength grow and I just love when an author empowers the women.
Okay so last but not least our joint opinion on the hotness of this book?
OMG this book had us so frustrated and busting with sexual tension for such a long time, Brooke’s need for Remy was so well written that you are left squirming in your seat with her thinking ‘I NEED YOU TO HAVE SEX’ lol! But my oh my we both agree that it was worth the wait and when it happens (in Davetta’s words) ‘Its Fricken Hot!’
But in all its hotness and emotions this book had also covered some issues that people have to deal with in real life and it makes you aware of the life some people have to live while there is nothing they can do about it. Katy Evans covered it so well and as always it is great to get awareness out there of the issues people are effected by.
Last but not least you will LOVE it when you get to the point in this book and realize why it is called ‘REAL’ because we did!
So all in all we both absolutely loved this book and found that it totally sucked us in and now we cannot wait ’til the next.
Davetta – 5/5 Stars for a book that had a bit of everything
Naomi – 5/5 Stars for fabulous book that has you feeling it all.
Thanks to the BB’s for a great review! We look forward to more 
<3
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**Do Not Read if you have not yet read Broken / Mending / Conspiring**
Forgiven is the newest instalment in the This series by J.B. McGee. Forgiven follows Bradley and Gabby as they get ready for the next chapter of their lives. Thinking that they’ve overcome the obstacles created by Veronica and Ian, Bradley and Gabby realize they can’t live without each other and prepare to move forward with their relationship. Unfortunately, it’s not as easy as they had hoped and there are more obstacle threatening their future. Can all be Forgiven so that they can have their happily ever after??
Forgiven has some fab twists and turns that kept the story very interesting and kept me flipping the pages to find out what happened next. I really didn’t expect the storyline to head in the direction it did, but WOW! Loved it! For those of you who enjoyed the Veronica/Ian storyline, you will not be disappointed. I wonder if we will see more of them in the future as there seems to be a lot more of their story that needs to be told.
I really enjoy the This series by J.B. McGee and Forgiven was just as fab as Broken, Mending and Conspiring. If you’re looking for a really lovely read with a little angst and some great sexual tension, a read that will leave your heart happy. Look no further N. 4/5
How UNBELIEVABLY HOT is this cover???? Make sure Working it by Kendall Ryan is on your TBR
Title: Working It
Author: Kendall Ryan
Expected Release Date: August 5, 2013
Genre: New Adult Romance
Goodreads Link: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17840487-working-it
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Synopsis
A New Adult Romance from New York Times & USA Today Bestselling Author Kendall Ryan.
Straight-laced Emmy Clarke’s assistant job at the modeling agency provides her with one distinct perk – getting to watch pretty mancandy parade around all day. But having to work under the ultra-bitchy, ultra-British Fiona Stone barely makes it worth it. Emmy enjoys looking, but she’s not stupid enough to fall for one of the tempting specimens. Especially not rising star Ben Shaw.
Ben is everything Emmy’s not: well-traveled, highly paid and exquisitely gorgeous. He’s also got more issues than Vogue. Against her better judgment to get involved, Emmy’s southern roots kick in, and whenever he’s on set, she makes sure he’s treated well and looked after. But she refuses to become one of the pathetic groupies lusting after him, and soon Ben’s drawn toward her refreshingly real attitude.
Against the backdrop of fashion shows in NYC, Paris and Milan, their casual flirting turns into more, and they embark on a journey of sexual discovery. But when Ben’s twisted past is uncovered, it threatens both their relationship and careers as the bitter Fiona digs her claws in, unwilling to let her golden boy go without a catfight.
Filled with passion, jealousy and heart-thumping sex, Working It is the tale of falling for a supermodel.
About the Author
Kendall Ryan is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the contemporary romance novels HARD TO LOVE, UNRAVEL ME, MAKE ME YOURS and RESISTING HER. She’s a sassy, yet polite Midwestern gal with a deep love of books, and a slight addiction to lip gloss.
Website: www.kendallryanbooks.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kendallryanbooks
Twitter https://twitter.com/kendallryan1
Hey crew,
For all of you who don’t have Facebook or would rather not talk books via Facebook, Nic and I have set up a book club and reading challenge via Goodreads. Check it out and come join us. This forum offers us privacy (you know those book boys melt the panties right off of us) and you can also keep track of all the books you have read and all the books you want to add to your TBR!!!!
Here is the link…
Join our book club and or the reading challenge!!!
~Nic and D~
cuz books are HOT!!!
Hey crew Stacey Bentley has a new book coming our way. For now while we wait, Flirty and Dirty is here to share the cover and synopsis with you!!! Check it out and don’t forget to go show Stacey some flirty and dirty love on her author fb page.
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Goodreads Link: Add SERENDIPITY to your TBR via Goodreads
Author Page: Show Stacey some flirty and dirty love via Facebook
SQUEEEEE!!!!! It’s LIVE…
STEALING HARPER is here. Get your one- click on.
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Stealing Harper is no available on Amazon UK! Get out the Kleenex and Chocolate, you don’t want to miss this one!!!
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Check this out!!! Nina D’Angelo is getting set to release book #2 in the Stephanie Carovella Series later this summer. Be sure to add it to your TBR.
NOWHERE TO HIDE
AUGUST 5TH expected release date.
Stephanie Carovella came back to Los Angeles to face her past and nearly lost her future to a serial killer.
Now she has a chance to start a new life with a new man.
But is that what she wants? While she battles Jase Devlin, the man who won’t stop until they are together, she gains the attention of another serial killer.
This time it’s the copycat killer; one who will stop at nothing to possess her.
Can she survive the madness of another killer? Will she give in to Jase Devlin’s advances? And will she see the real threat before it’s too late?
Or will Stephanie Carovella discover she has Nowhere To Hide?
D and I can’t even begin to tell you how excited we are to be one of the first stops on the Eyes Wide Open Blog Tour!!! *jumps up and down doing a happy dance* We are HUGE fans of Raine Miller and Ms. Miller’s Blackstone Affair series… seriously is there a woman around who doesn’t LOVE Ethan Blackstone??
Grab yourself a beverage and make yourself comfy. Don’t forget to enter the Rafflecopter for a chance to win a signed copy of Naked (The Blackstone Affair Book 1) and some FAB swag. You can also follow the tour on each of it’s stops by clicking on the link below! Enjoy Eyes Wide Open!!
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Eyes Wide Open (The Blackstone Affair #3) by Raine MillerThe third instalment The Blackstone Affair series: A love on the brink of being destroyed. The fight of a lifetime to keep it alive.
Big surprises are on the horizon for Ethan and Brynne as they struggle to adjust to what life has thrown at them. Demons from the past are threatening to destroy the passionate bond they’ve forged despite their vow that nothing will ever keep them apart. A truly devastating loss coupled with the promise of a new hope opens their eyes to what is most important, but is it possible for the lovers to move on from the painful histories that continue to haunt them? A stalker is still lurking in the shadows, plotting evil amidst the distraction of the 2012 Olympic games in London. Brynne and Ethan are on the cusp of losing everything as the stakes rise. Will they yield to circumstances beyond their control or will they give every ounce of fight they have left to save each other and win the ultimate prize of a life together?
Eyes Wide Open is a passion-wrought story that shows us what pure love can achieve when tested and what the heart can accomplish despite danger and adversity.
I don’t know what compelled me to open my eyes. Probably the breathing on my face smelling faintly of jam, but regardless, I now understand why horror movies with children in them are without a doubt, the most terrifying films of all. There is nothing quite like a silent child staring at you while you’re sleeping, or even better, when you wake up.
Some questions come to mind pretty fuckin’ quick. Like how long have you been standing there watching over me like one of the ill-fated Grady sisters from The Shining ?
Scared the ever-living shit out of me for about two seconds.
And then she smiled.
“Uncle Ethan is awake!” she yelled at the top of her lungs as she ran to the door, flinging it wide open on the hinges.
Ethan–Eyes Wide Open
Ever since I finished reading All In by Raine Miller I have been counting down the days until the release of Eyes Wide Open! I can’t get enough of Brynne and Ethan, I’m so addicted to the Blackstone Affair series! I promise you Eyes Wide Open was worth the wait I can’t put into words how completely Eye Wide Open consumed me with love for Ethan and Brynne and their powerful love story. By far the best Blackstone Affair novel yet!! Raine Miller has once again completely captivated me, I couldn’t get enough of Eyes Wide Open!! LOVE LOVE LOVE this read!
Eyes Wide Open continues where All In left off, with Ethan and Brynne at Ethan’s sister’s house. It was fabulous meeting “Uncle Ethan”, I think it made me fall in love with this series even more as Ethan has become much more real, for lack of better words. I definitely felt that we got a much better look at who Ethan really is and what happened to make him the man he is now. I also felt that the connection between Byrnne and Ethan was much stronger and more developed. It reminded me why this is one of my favourite love stories.
I have to give kudos to Raine Miller for writing a series that reads like it was written by a Brit, not an easy feat. Being English I speak, read and write North American and British english. North American english is nothing like British english and it amazes me how simple little words and phrases helped me connect more to this series, I feel like I’m home when reading The Blackstone Affair. I love reading about my sexy alpha dirty mouthed english gentleman
For those of you not familiar with The Blackstone Affair series you are missing out on a brilliant series. For those of you who have not yet read Eyes Wide Open, what are you waiting for?!? Eyes Wide Open will have you on the edge of your seat with anticipation as to what will happen next. There are some brilliant twists and turns that I can assure you, will leave gobsmacked And lets not forget, in true Blackstone fashion, Eyes Wide Open is a scorching SEXY HOT read!! I can’t wait for the 4th instalment in The Blackstone Affair, Ethan and Brynne’s love story continues! A sexy hot romance full of suspense that will leave you begging for more. 5+++/5 N.
Raine Miller you have rocked my socks once again!!!
What can I say? Ethan Blackstone has become an iconic book boyfriend. When he was introduced to us in Naked, he was hard, closed off and sexy as hell. In All In, Raine Miller showed us the vulnerable side of Ethan. It made us want him even more because not only was he still sexy as ever but you want to hold his heart.
In EYES WIDE OPEN, Raine pulled out all the stops. She made Ethan Blackstone the ultimate book boyfriend. There isn’t a thing that women everywhere wouldn’t do to own his heart were he to be real rather than fictional. This time we saw his filthy, dirty and hot as all get out side where you wish he were buried inside of you and never leave. We got to see his vulnerable side and this time much more so than the last two installments. He pulled at your heart that you would do anything to take on his pain and relieve him of his demons. There was still hard and edgy Ethan whom you knew meant business and that he just didn’t play around when it came to keeping Brynne safe. But aside from all of this, Raine Miller added another layer; another dimension to Ethan and it was this side of him that has me wrecked and putty in his fictional hands. She showed us an Ethan who is so warm, compassionate, caring, playful and endearing.
Holy hell pin me down with those hands that command you to do his bidding. Rivet me with the intensity of those blue eyes that tell you so much and are a window to all that is Ethan. Consume me with those words that speak of everything that his body cannot and that promise you forever.
The story—the suspense and thrill of it was fantastic and held you captive. I did not want to put it down. Raine Miller had your ‘spidey senses’ tingling throughout the last half of the book. She added more layers to the story without rehashing things into boredom. There were more dimensions not only through the characters but through the story as well. She brought secondary characters to the forefront a little more which added to the depth of the main characters. The continuity of the story from the second installment to this one was seamless.
Another aspect of Raine Miller’s writing that I absolutely love is her attention to small details. Especially when there is a suspense/thriller aspect to it. You find yourself having these light bulb moments when you realize how these little details all came into play in the big picture of it all. Simply brilliant!
There is so much more that I want to say about EYES WIDE OPEN but that would mean giving you spoilers so… you’ll just have to read this one to see what has me ramped up and high on Raine Miller and Ethan Blackstone.
Raine Miller knows how to write it all and had my emotions going form 0-60 with a page turn. Step into the world of Ethan Blackstone with your ‘eyes wide open’ cuz you don’t want to miss a thing. D 5/5
ABOUT RAINE MILLER
Raine Miller has been reading romance novels since she picked up that first Barbara Cartland book at the tender age of thirteen. And it’s a safe bet she’ll never stop, because now she writes them too! Granted Raine’s stories are edgy enough to turn Ms. Cartland in her grave, but to her way of thinking, a hot, sexy hero never goes out of fashion. A part-time teacher and writer of sexy romance stories every other chance she gets pretty much fills her days. She has a handsome prince of a husband, and two brilliant sons to pull her back into the real world if the writing takes her too far away. Her sons know she likes to write stories, but gratefully have never asked to read any, thank God! Raine loves to hear from readers and to chat about the characters in her books.
Website: www.RaineMiller.com
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Most of you know that D and I are big fans of the amazingly talented R.L. Mathewson. Ms. Mathewson has a new series coming called the Cursed Hearts series, Black Hearts is the first book releasing June 22nd. Make sure to mark your calendars! Make sure to click on the link below to take a look at Black Hearts
http://www.rlmathewson.com/black-heart-cursed-hearts-series/
