✯Review✯ SERIAL VOLUME 3 by Jaden Wilkes and Lily White

Blurb

With Donovan closing in, his feelings growing for Ronnie, and the sudden realization where their paths crossed before, Jude's composure might be cracking.

Will Donovan get the CK? Will Jude make a fatal mistake? Will Patty make it out alive? And will we ever figure out where Ronnie and Jude met before?

Join us for Volume three in a bold, exciting, dark new adventure from Lily White and Jaden Wilkes. 

Can anyone hope to find their happily ever after when a serial killer falls in love?

**Contains scenes of sex and violence that may disturb and revolt some readers. They may excite others, so yeah, you're kinda sick if they do. ;)

6 Stars!

Holy Crap! Where to begin. I thought Volume One was seriously sick and twisted, well Volume Three definitely topped that one. It was crazy, intense and downright fucked. It makes me question my own sanity and right of mind because how can any sane person love something so deliciously twisted as this?!?! 

At the end of Volume two I thought I had it all figured out as to where the story would be going from there. NOPE! I was beyond wrong as the twists kept coming and threw me completely off track. I NEVER would have guessed that Volume Three would end up going in the direction in which it did, especially in the end. To say I was lost to this story would be an understatement as I was made to feel almost like my mind was one with the characters. 

Jude continued his crazy antics as a serial killer. Haven fallen in love with Ronnie he is doing all he can to protect her from himself and keep her alive. Ronnie took off in a whole new direction. And Donnovan Blake continued his obsessive search to find CK before he could strike again, his darker side coming into play and making you question everything. And Patty…. drug addict, prostitute, and mother. I cannot stand her character one little bit. Someone in the next book needs to off her, and fast. Being a mother myself it really gets my blood boiling how she cares more about her drugs than her own child. I can only hope the child has a happily ever after. 

The minds of Jaden Wilkes and Lily white are that of pure geniuses. Sick, twisted, dark and disturbing geniuses who really know how to mess with the readers heads. There is a HUGE twist and cliffy at the end of this book which has left me on the verge of being put in a padded white room. I seriously hope Volume 4 comes out SOON because I need more fucked-up-ness in my life that only these two can deliver.

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✯Release✯Trace's Temptation by Dawn Sullivan

RARE: Rescue and Retrieval Extractions 
-they took on the missions that 
no one else wanted and did not 
stop until the job was done 

Trace has found his mate, but before he can claim her, he must eliminate the threat from his past. Returning to the place where all of his nightmares began, Trace must fight for his life and his future. Jade was stolen when she was a child and was held captive by the General for most of her life. She was rescued by RARE and reunited with the mother she thought she lost so long ago.

Jade spent the past 20 years hiding her true nature, allowing others to see only a sweet, gentle Omega wolf. After being set free, she is slowly allowing her true self to show. Jade has found her mate, but now must wait for his return. When she finds out Trace is in trouble, she vows to bring him home and nothing or no one will stand in her way.

RARE must once again do what they do best. Track down Trace and eliminate the evil that threatens them.

Jade's strength and determination are tested in the process. But her pull to Trace will not let her admit defeat. They say what doesn't kill you makes you stronger, but will Jade survive if RARE can't make it to Trace in time?

 AMAZON US 

AMAZON UK 

AMAZON CA

AMAZON AU 

About the Author

I have a wonderful, supportive husband and three beautiful children. I enjoy spending time with all of them which normally involves some baseball, shooting hoops, taking walks, watching movies, and of course reading.

My passion for reading began at a very young age and only grew over time. Whether I was bringing home a book from the library, or sneaking one of my mom's romance novels and reading by the light in the hallway when we were supposed to be sleeping, I always had a book. 

I read several different genres and subgenres, but Paranormal Romance and Romantic Suspense have always been my favorites. I read anything by Katie Reus, Lora Leigh, J.R. Ward and Rebecca Zanetti. 

I have always made up my own stories, and have just recently decided to start sharing them. I hope everyone enjoys reading them as much as I enjoy writing them. 

✯Release✯Snake Eyes by Melissa Pearl

Snake Eyes

By Melissa Pearl

January 30, 2015

Caitlyn Davis expects her sophomore year at UCLA to be perfect...until she walks into her dorm room to find Special Agent Zoey Kaplan of the FBI waiting for her. In that instant, she knows her idyllic year with new best friends, Nicole and Dale, along with her super hot boyfriend, Eric, is about to fall apart.

Having been forced to work with the FBI months earlier, Caity accidentally gave away her special ability to read people's emotions and know whether they were telling the truth. Now, Kaplan wants Caity to go undercover again for a secret operation that will bring her close to the sadistic Diego Mendez, a man believed to be involved in human trafficking.

Eric Shore is not a man who trusts easily. Having been burned multiple times, it’s hard for him to open up completely, but his love for Caity makes him want to try. Yet, her sudden withdrawal worries him, particularly when she chooses to spend time with her new roommate, Quella Mendez, over him. When Caity’s behavior begins to match that of her wild roommate, Eric wonders if their relationship is as strong as he believed.

As Caity struggles to maintain her relationship and do her job, she finds herself pulled further into a dangerous world that could take away everything she holds dear. Will Eric learn the truth in time to save her? Or will the man with the eyes of a snake destroy their perfect romance?

~*~ABOUT MELISSA PEARL~*~

Melissa Pearl was born in Auckland, New Zealand, but has spent much of her life abroad, living in countries such as Jordan, Cyprus and Pakistan... not to mention a nine month road trip around North America with her husband. "Best. Year. Ever!!" She now lives in China with her husband and two sons. She is a trained elementary teacher, but writing is her passion. Since becoming a full time mother she has had the opportunity to pursue this dream and her debut novel hit the internet in November 2011. Since then she has continued to produce a steady stream of books, ranging in genres from Fantasy to Contemporary Romance. She loves the variety and is excited about the books she has coming up in 2015.

"I am passionate about writing. It stirs a fire in my soul that I never knew I had. I want to be the best writer I can possibly be and transport my readers into another world where they can laugh, cry and fall in love."

✯Release Blitz w/Giveaway✯ Loyalty and Lies (Chastity Falls #1) by L A Cotton

 Book Title: Loyalty and Lies (Chastity Falls #1) 

Author: LA Cotton 

Genre: New Adult Contemporary Romance 

Release Date: January 2015 

Hosted by: Book Enthusiast Promotions

Eighteen-year-old Savanah Parry just moved three thousand miles across state to escape. The memories…the whispers…the pain.

Chastity Falls Academy is supposed to be her fresh start; her salvation. And when Ana meets mysterious Jackson, she begins to think it is. She hasn’t smiled in almost sixteen months; not since the night her life changed forever, and despite her guilt…her loyalty, Ana can’t deny that Jackson is breathing life back into her. With Jackson by her side, Ana wants to believe she can heal and move on. But she isn’t the only one living a lie, and the small private Academy has secrets of its own. All is not what it seems, and Ana is about to find herself in a tangled web of lies; fighting for survival, again.

Loyalties will be tested, lies will be told. Welcome to Chastity Falls.

Gardner's class was nothing compared to the torture of sitting so close to Jackson in Shakespeare. After his warning to stay away from him, I thought he might pick an alternative seat, but that didn't happen. Instead, he brushed straight passed me, dropped into his usual chair and acted as if nothing had happened. I had to fight back the urge to ask him why he had told me to stay away from me. I mean, it wasn't like we hung out. There had been coffee at the shifty sea front hut…once, and then the embarrassing sprained-ankle-in-the-storm incident.

“Today, class, I want us to look at the character Iago…” Professor Shacks’ voice echoed around the small room. “Iago is the voice whispering in Othello’s ear, playing to Othello’s own paranoia and insecurities around his relationship with Desdemona. Of course, Othello trusts Iago implicitly, why wouldn’t he trust his long serving friend and lieutenant? A fact that Iago uses to his own advantage…”

Jackson shuffled next to me, and then quickly dropped a white note onto my desk. What now? I sighed, feeling frustrated at his mixed signals.

How’s the ankle?

Okay thanks

I balled up the note and tossed it onto his desk, watching him through the corner of my eye. A slight smirk played on his lips, and it was obvious he was aware I was pissed at him. He started scribbling a reply, which landed in front of me seconds later.

I’ve heard coffee (or a banana shake) can work wonders for a sprained ankle… healing properties or something.

I scowled at his slightly scruffy handwriting wondering what game he was trying to play with me.

Thanks. I’ll make sure I have a banana shake before bed

Feeling pleased with myself, I held out the note for him and he plucked it out of my hand, silently laughing when his eyes scanned the words.

How about a shake before bed… with me?

My eyes blinked. And blinked again, feeling the heat of embarrassment wash over my face. Was he flirting with me? I felt thirteen all over again. Mikey Crand used to send me love notes in Biology and me and my friend Lacey would giggle over them. Feeling brave, I handed him my reply.

Are you inviting me for a shake? Or to bed?

Jackson’s eyes widened and he shuffled slightly in his seat. Take that mister confusing, I thought, pleased with myself.

Are you saying yes?

I inwardly groaned. Jackson: one, Ana: zero. I couldn’t keep this up without drifting into territory that terrified me. Jackson was the first guy—the only guy—that made me smile… made my stomach flutter… made me feel anything since Danny. It wasn’t the plan, not what I ran to CFA to find, but somehow I had found it. Found something—someone—that made me feel again. Was that enough to try and get to the bottom of whatever was going on with Jackson? Of why he had warned me to stay away?

To the shake… maybe

Meet me round back five minutes after class

I was heading for a one-way trip into purgatory, because as I discreetly watched Jackson out the corner of my eye I knew. Knew there would be no way I could walk away. Right or wrong, sensible or stupid, he had awoken a part of me that I thought I would never find again…and I couldn’t just give that up. Not for all the warnings in the world.

~

Ninety-minutes later, I was sitting in Black’s suffering some kind of post-Jackson whiplash.

“I’m surprised you asked me for coffee again.” I slurped up the thick banana shake.

Jackson watched me, his eyes were more the color of the bluey-green ocean today, than their usual shade. “Actually, I invited you for a shake.” He quipped back.

I tried broaching the subject during the ride to Black’s, but he just shrugged me off, talking about the weather. The freaking weather. I was done with his evasion techniques. “After you warned me to stay away from you the other night?”

He placed his mug back on its plate and sighed. I watched, captivated, as he ran his hand through his messy dark hair, the longer strands falling back into place, a five ‘o’clock shadow cloaking his jaw. “About that… I may have been a little hasty.”

“Hasty?”

“See the thing is…” His eyes held mine, smoldering at me, pleading with me. “I’m not sure I can stay away from you.”

My lips moved to say something but nothing came out. Jackson watched me intently and I gulped. It felt like he was willing me to agree, to accept that there was a reason we should stay away from each other, but to ignore it. And I got the feeling it was a no questions asked kind of arrangement.

“It’d be better for you… for us, if you stay away from me, Ana. But I don’t want you to. I’m too selfish to walk away.”

“But-”

Jackson cut me off. “No questions. That’s the deal. We spend time together, get to know each other, but you can’t ask any of the questions I know you have swimming round in that pretty little head of yours.”

“Okay, but-”

His hand found mine across the booth, and his fingers grazed my knuckles. “No questions. That’s just the way it has to be for now.”

I nodded. Unsure what I was agreeing to.

“You won’t regret it Ana Parry, I promise.”

Author of NA Contemporary Romance, L. A. Cotton loves writing about those first looks, first kisses, and happily ever afters.

A wearer-of-many-hats, L.A juggles being a full-time mum to two little people with two part-time jobs and college. In her spare time (and when she’s not camped out in front of the laptop) you’ll most likely find her immersed in a book, escaping the chaos that is life.

Loyalty and Lies, is book one in her NA college series: Chastity Falls.

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✯Blog Tour Review✯Burning Barriers (Barriers Series #2.5) by Sara Shirley

BURNING BARRIERS

Author: Sara Shirley

Series: Barriers Series Book #2.5 

Genre: Contemporary Romance

~ SYNOPSIS ~

Lucy

We were high school prom king and queen.

He moved on. I moved east.

Seven years ago, I left Breckenridge, Colorado, hoping never to return.

All it took was one horrific night not too long ago to change everything.

Now, I’m back in Breckenridge to recover from a recent attack that nearly took my life as well as my best friend’s, and there is one person I hope I don’t run into.

His name is Jake Galloway.

My old boyfriend and my first true love.

I’ve never told anyone about him for fear of my deepest feelings resurfacing.

I’m more afraid of what will happen to me should my path cross with Jake’s again. I know memories of what we once had will hurt me more than anything I’ve recently gone through.

He’ll own my heart and my body all over again.

Jake

She took off running when I confessed I loved her but couldn’t give her the committed relationship she wanted. I needed to live my college years and party it up with lots of girls and booze. 

Sex with Lucy Wyatt was an experience in and of itself. I thought I was doing right by moving on from her. I thought there was more out there than just Lucy, even if we burned for each other like a raging wildfire. 

I haven’t seen her since the night she took off from my house. Little did I know life would throw me a curveball once I got to college. 

I still screw women and drink all night long, but that has to do with the direction my life went seven years ago. It has nothing to do with college, simply because I never made it past my first week once classes began. 

I lost Lucy. I lost out on the college experience. And, I lost my father all in the course of a few short months. 

Now, Lucy’s back, and I want her more than ever. The minute my eyes trailed on her driving down the street, my desire for her burned more than ever. It’s as though seven years apart never happened. It’s just this time I’m not sure I can have her anymore. 

Can old flames still burn? Lucy and Jake are about to find out. 

 ✯✯5 Burning Red Hot Stars!!✯✯

Sara Shirley has hit another grand slam!! I have read the first 2 books in the Barriers Series and loved everything about them. The storyline and the characters kept me up at night. Burning Barriers was no different. Being that this book was a novella I'm going to keep this short. I would hate to spoil something.

Jake Galloway broke Lucy's heart 7yrs ago. She ran away and never looked back. Lucy found friends in her roller derby girls. Lucy would do anything for them. She is happy on the outside. But, Jake broke her. She doesn't date. Just has random hook-ups. When she's with these guys she is picturing Jake and only Jake. Always.

Lucy Wyatt slipped through Jake's hands. And, he has nobody to blame but the person looking back at him in the mirror every morning. Jake took to drinking and random hook-ups too. Every girl he hooks up with he sees Lucy and only Lucy. Every time.

After the attack at the hands of Stone Lucy heads home for the first time in 7yrs. Her family insists it'll help her recover and move on from it. But, that's going to be hard. Lucy is determined to stay far away from Jake. 

Lucy doesn't get her wish for very long. Jake shows up at her parents house and lets her know right off the bat he wants her back and he's not taking no for an answer. Lucy lets Jake know she only plans on staying a month tops. But, the minute their hands touch they both know the chemistry they had 7yrs ago is still there and just as strong. If not stronger!

What neither Jake or Lucy expected to happen indeed happen. Both of their barriers were I'm not sure to say they were broken, burned or built so high that nobody could get inside. They start hanging out and everything is coming back. And, then some. Lucy is now facing a new battle. She's still adamant  about going back to her roller derby girls. But, Jake and her heart is telling her something else. Jake to is trying his hardest by pulling out all the stops to change Lucy mind. While working to expand his fathers ranch to make his memory alive and him proud. 

But, of course nothing comes easy to Lucy & Jake. These 2 have broken the hot & sexy scale! If that was it they'd have it made. But, they have a lot of obstacles in there way. A jealous female def makes things difficult for them. Luckily, Jake & Lucy have awesome people in their corner helping them. 

Burning Barriers is about Lucy & Jake second chance at happiness. This book had me laughing, crying from laughing and crying. I can't wait for what Sara is going to give me next. This may be her 3rd book. But, you'll never know it. This is a must read. But, I will tell you this. This book is considered a standalone but and I mean a big but. I would definitely 110% recommend you read Hidden Barriers first. I say this because will get the full complete story of what happened to Lucy when Stone went after her and why.

~ PURCHASE ~

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~ TEASERS ~

~ One Click the Barriers Series ~

Frozen Barriers, #1

Hidden Barriers, #2

★ Burning Barriers, #2.5 ★

~ ABOUT THE AUTHOR ~

Sara Shirley

I think my love for books started when I was a teenager on summer vacations reading Mary Higgins Clark novels. As I grew older that turned into reading romance novels. Now, that's turned into me writing three romance novels and another on the way in the series. 

In college I actually majored in Geography and concentrated in Travel & Tourism. I still love to travel constantly, but now find myself working in the world of Finance during the day and writing romance novels at night. 

I was born and raised just north of Boston and currently live with my husband and cat. When I'm not running a mile a minute with work and books you can find me at a local wine tasting or out with friends at the pub doing shots of Patron. I have a weak spot for candy, Ghirardelli chocolate to be exact. I am addicted to the three "C"s. Coffee, Cheese and Carbs. I grew up with an Italian family and giving those up will never be an option. 

I typically have a dirty mind and zero filter between my head and my mouth. If you are around me...good luck. I'm obsessed with hockey, Oregon football, beaches, Supernatural, Friends and stupid comedy movies. I've been called a "tall drink of water" due to my height and love for platform heels. Chances are you will not miss me if we are ever in the same room. Just look for the chick laughing hysterically, wearing heels and holding a glass of wine in her hand. That will be me.

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