2014 Release: Bad For You

 

Bad For You by: Abbi Glines

Publication Date: April 1st

Description:

Innocence was never meant for the addictive…

Addiction was something Krit Corbin accepted as part of his nature a long time ago. He decided to embrace it and flip his finger at the rules. Women had always been the number one thing on his list of addictions. He couldn’t get enough. Being the lead singer in a rock band had only made access to his favorite addiction that much easier.

Being alone was the only thing Blythe Denton understood. The small town minister’s family that raised her hadn’t accepted her as their own. The minister’s wife had always made sure Blythe understood just how unworthy she was of love. When Blythe is sent away to college and given a chance to finally be free of living as an unwanted burden, she looks forward to having peace in her life. Being alone isn’t something that bothers her. She escapes reality in the stories she writes.

However, the ridiculously sexy tattooed guy who keeps throwing parties in the apartment above hers is driving her crazy. For starters, he doesn’t treat her like she would expect a guy with a different woman always hanging on his arm to treat someone as uninteresting as her. She looks nothing like the gorgeous women she sees parading in and out of his apartment, but for some strange reason he keeps showing up at her door.

During a party at his apartment, Krit’s new neighbor comes to the door with her long brown hair pulled up in a messy knot and a pair of glasses perched on her cute little nose. She wants him to turn down the music, but he convinces her to stay.

Krit Corbin may have just found his biggest addiction yet. And Blythe Denton realizes too late that she’s finally been claimed. 

2014 Release: Rush Too Far

 

Rush Too Far by: Abbi Glines

Publication Date: May 6th 2014

It's Abbi Glines, enough said!

Description:

Fallen Too Far was Blaire's story. Now it's time for Rush to share his side.

Everyone in Rosemary Beach thinks they know how Rush Finlay and Blaire Wynn fell in love. But Rush is back to tell his side of the story...

Rush has earned every bit of his bad-boy reputation. The three-story beach house, luxury car, and line of girls begging for time between his sheets are the envy of every guy in Rosemary Beach, and Rush handles it all with the laid-back cool of a rock star’s son. All he needs are his best friend, Grant, and his sister, Nan.

Until Blaire Wynn drives into town in her beat-up pickup truck with a pistol under her seat. The Alabama farm girl instantly captures Rush’s attention once he discovers that the angelic beauty is his new stepsister, but he vows to keep his distance. Even if she needs his help. Even if he craves her.

Because Rush knows why Blaire is all alone in the world, forced to ask for help from the father who abandoned her three years ago. And he knows if he gets too close it will destroy Nan, who has a secret connection to Blaire.

He has every reason in the world to stay away from her. Find out why he doesn’t.

Book Review: Maybe Someday

 

 

Maybe Someday by Colleen Hoover

“How ever, I've learned that the heart can't be told when and who and how it should love. The heart does whatever the hell it wants to do. The only thing we can control is whether we give our lives and our minds the chance to catch up to our hearts.” 

Description:
At twenty-two years old, aspiring musician Sydney Blake has a great life: She’s in college, working a steady job, in love with her wonderful boyfriend, Hunter, and rooming with her good friend, Tori. But everything changes when she discovers Hunter cheating on her with Tori—and she is left trying to decide what to do next.

Sydney becomes captivated by her mysterious neighbor, Ridge Lawson. She can’t take her eyes off him or stop listening to the daily guitar playing he does out on his balcony. She can feel the harmony and vibrations in his music. And there’s something about Sydney that Ridge can’t ignore, either: He seems to have finally found his muse. When their inevitable encounter happens, they soon find themselves needing each other in more ways than one…

I love Colleen Hoover and she is a fantastic writer. I had a lot of expectations for this book despite not know much about it. I can tell you for a fact I was not disappointed and you won't be either. Colleen Hoover seems to know how to make passionate stories and Maybe Someday passionate and more.

I was so emotionally invested in these characters, I loved all of them. Ridge and Sydney don't expect to fall in love but the whole book is so deep and unexpected. 

It is so hard to write a review on this book because it moved me so much I'm speechless. I laughed and I cried. The story will really make you think differently about love.

I also love this cover as well it's absolutely perfect for the story itself.

Colleen Hoover is my favorite writer and I can't wait until Ugly Love comes out.

I recommend this book to everyone! 

Book Review: Come To Me Quietly

 

Come To Me Quietly by A.L. Jackson

"In the dull light of the city, I could only make the few bright stars. Time passed too slow and too fast because I longed for him and was entirely terrified of what hid inside him at the same time."

Aly and Jared grew up together. Jared was Aly's brother's best friend and ever since she could remember she has been in love with him. After an accident happens, Aly thought she would Jared again. One night Aly comes home to her apartment that she shares with her brother to find the boy that she loved sleeping on the couch. Aly is Jared's trigger, but he can't stay away from her. Jared doesn't know what compelled him to go back to his hometown but he finds himself battling his demons.

 This book was an impulse buy for me when I went to the bookstore this weekend and it was totally worth it! I have read plenty of books about falling in love with the brother's best friend but this one was probably the most unique. It was an emotional roller coaster of feelings for me and the characters.

The writing was fantastic. I liked the structure and even though I love flashbacks, I thought it was effective for the author to minimize her use of telling the story from that perspective (but I loved it when she did). I am speechless on how great A.L. Jackson did capturing the emotion and pain in the characters.  I really enjoyed the characters as well. Jared might be my new book boyfriend!

I look forward to reading the next book in the series. I recommend this book to everybody, and especially if you like new adult, stories about the brother's best friend and romance!

2014 Release: Better When He's Bad

 

Better When He's Bad by Jay Crownover

Publication Date: June 17th 2014

Description:

Welcome to the Point

There’s a difference between a bad boy and a boy who’s bad . . . meet Shane Baxter.

Sexy, dark, and dangerous, Bax isn’t just from the wrong side of the tracks, he is the wrong side of the tracks. A criminal, a thug, and a brawler, he’s the master of bad choices, until one such choice landed him in prison for five years. Now Bax is out and looking for answers, and he doesn’t care what he has to do or who he has to hurt to get them. But there’s a new player in the game, and she’s much too innocent, much too soft…and standing directly in his way.

Dovie Pryce knows all about living a hard life and the tough choices that come with it. She’s always tried to be good, tried to help others, and tried not to let the darkness pull her down. But the streets are fighting back, things have gone from bad to worse, and the only person who can help her is the scariest, sexiest, most complicated ex-con The Point has ever produced.

Bax terrifies her, but it doesn’t take Dovie long to realize that some boys are just better when they’re bad.

 

Book Review: Driven

Driven By: K. Bromberg

“I’ll purposely do something to hurt you to prove that I can. To prove that you won’t stick around regardless of the consequences. To prove that I can control the situation. To control that I don’t get hurt.”

Rylee Thomas has baggage, but so does Colton Donovan. Rylee is devoted to her work, helping out troubled orphan kids. Colton is a famous race car driver and business man. When Rylee and Colton meet at a charity event there is an instant spark of chemistry between them. Rylee has only been in one relationship ever, and Colton likes to "fuck 'em and chuck 'em." The chemistry is too strong for either of them to stay away but Rylee can't give Colton what he wants and Colton can't give Rylee what she needs.

I loved this book, but it definitely isn't for everyone. There are a good amount of hot scenes (yay!) and back and forth between the characters. Driven is one of the books were you just want the characters to be in a relationship already, and I like that.

The characters were great as well. I was sort of expecting Rylee to be an annoying Ana Steele type but she wasn't. While the book has it's similarities to Fifty Shades of Grey, the characters aren't as frustrating. Colton is flirty and funny which is such a contrast to his dark side. He is very good at shutting off his dark side except his feelings for Rylee have them coming out a bit.

With eveyone reading the third book in this series, I really wanted to catch up and read the first book. I look forward to reading the second and third books because I have only heard good things about it.

I recommend this book to those who like Fifty Shades of Grey, erotic romance, and contemporary romance.