The Impact of You by Kendall Ryan

Synopsis:

Needing an escape from her past, Avery chooses a college where no one knows her. Keeping a low profile was the plan, falling for the intense frat boy, Jase wasn't. Yet she can't deny how alive she feels when he's near. Even as common sense implores her to stay away, her body begs her to get closer.

Jase, numb from his own family drama, has grown bored with weekends fueled by nameless girls and countless bottles when he meets Avery. Helping her cope with her past is better than dealing with the bullshit his own life's served up. Determined to drive away the painful secret she's guarding, he appoints himself her life coach, and challenges her to new experiences. Getting close to her and being the one to make her smile are simply perks of the job.

But when Avery's past boldly saunters in, refusing to be forgotten, can Jase live with the truth about the girl he's fallen for?

Sunny's Review:

I love Kendall Ryan's books. This one is no exception. Jase was great. He is the usual frat boy with girls constantly hanging around him and offering to give him anything he wants. He admits to having lived up that life but was tired of it. Avery is great in the fact that she is trying to run from her past mistakes and realizes the hard way that she can't. She is adopted and does everything she can to shield her fathers from finding out about her skeletons. She also takes their feelings into account when she plans to go look for her biological mother. 

I like that Jase and Avery are friends first. I mean they are both attracted to each other but they really do work on talking and getting to know each other. Jase takes his role as "life coach" seriously and tries to break Avery out of her shell. He also helps her make the decision to find her biological mother. 

When everything blows up for Jase and Avery you kinda want to be mad at him. I mean he did some bad things in his past but at the same time you understand that he is hurt that Avery did not trust him. You find out a little bit more about what goes on when Jase is not talking to Avery. 

I will be rereading this book in the near future (just like the rest of Kendall's books). I am giving this book 4.2 stars out of 5. If you have not bought it go get it!!

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Honestly, I can not wait for her next book Working It. Keep a look out for that review!!!

Runaway by Lorhainne Eckhart

Runaway by Lorhainne Eckhart
Genre: Adult contemporary romance
Kindle edition published May 29th 2013

"Where's my wife..."
Andy Friessen has been looking for Laura for six months. After she walked out with her son, no goodbye, with no money and leaving everything he bought her, behind. But he knew she'd come crawling back, she needed him. After all he married her to protect her. And any woman would give their right arm to be his wife.
And then for six months his conscience poked at what an ass he'd been: Until he's served...for divorce.
 Even though Andy is the first man she's every truly loved, and the first to break her heart, Laura plans to never see him again. After all to him she was nothing but a nuisance, someone he could order around, just another woman to warm his bed at night.
But Laura is hurt and she's thought nothing through including the fact she's keeping the biggest surprise from him yet.
She's pregnant.
And when Andy finds out ... all hell will break loose.

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     Just watching the scene had something disturbing squeezing deep inside her. It wasn’t sudden; it had crept up throughout the day and through each second that Andy had spent with Gabriel tonight. He could be the perfect father, the perfect man and role model for her son. She cleared her throat but nearly choked when she whispered, “Goodnight, Gabriel. Have a good sleep.”

     This was all so confusing. What did Andy want? Why hadn’t he left, and why was he taking such an interest in Gabriel? Her throat felt all scratchy and tight, but that was only because she wanted to tuck her face in the pillow and cry those thousand tears she’d cried almost every night for Andy. All she’d ever wanted was to be loved.

     What he’d done today was horrible, cruel, and she wanted to scream and yell “Why?” He had stayed, caring for her tonight and today at the hospital in a way that made her feel important, special, but she also knew she wasn’t any of that to him, not in the way she wanted to be. It was the babies. She was just the vessel, a warm cocoon for a rich man’s babies, and that was something she could not allow herself to forget. He was powerful, he was rich, and his family was dangerous.

     “Are you all right?” He brushed his finger across her brows.

     “Yeah, fine,” she blurted as she pulled back, her skin burning from the spark of his touch.

     “You look worried about something, upset.” He was watching her, studying her as if he knew what she was thinking, and she couldn’t have that.

     “No, I’m just...” She couldn’t think of what to say when her brain suddenly blanked out. That always happened when Andy stood so close to her and watched her with compelling blue eyes that could set her soul on fire, so she shut her mouth and shook her head.

     He sat right beside her on the bed so his hip pressed into hers. She knew all too well what those slim hips and tight abs looked like naked and pressed against her hips, nestled between her thighs. It was almost too much heat for her, so she squirmed and tried to slide over and away from him.

     “You all right? You look uncomfortable.”

     He wouldn’t even look away. Uncomfortable, hell yeah. And it was all his fault. “Just stiff is all.”

     “Can I?” He rested his hand over her swollen belly, where the babies had been kicking furiously for the last hour.

     He was connecting with her babies. She wanted to scream and yell at him, “Hell no! Keep your hands off!” but her body was betraying her. The reality was that she wanted him to touch her, to run his hands over every square inch of her.

     He didn’t wait for her to say anything, but then, she couldn’t get her tongue to move. The damn thing had thickened, and her throat had completed dried up as he invaded her space. My God, he even smelled good, and his scruffy jaw...she longed to reach up and run her hands over it.

     His touch sent shockwaves through her, and the babies responded in kind. She’d swear they jumped from his touch, as if they knew that Andy was their daddy. He smiled that charming, boyish grin she’d only seen a few times. Never once had he smiled just for her.

     “Wow, that’s amazing. Did you feel that?”

     For a moment, she felt herself being pulled into his joy, just like a little boy’s first Christmas, but she had to look away, to move away from his touch, because she’d never again be treated as if she was nothing. Andy Friessen could turn on a dime, and she’d never play second again. “Yeah, I did. Listen, I’m tired.” She scooted over and lifted his hand off her belly. She couldn’t look at him even though she could feel the sharp change in him as if she’d just ripped away all his joy. So why was she feeling guilty? She wasn’t the bad guy here.

2012 was an amazing year in the publishing world for me, and it started with The Forgotten Child, which landed on the Amazon bestseller list for western romance and romance series. With the publication of each novel and short story, each one made its way to the top ten for its respective genre. 2013 has seen me posted in the top 100 authors on Amazon for romantic suspense and mystery/thrillers, police procedural.

Where did it all begin? In 2008, I published my first novel, The Captain’s Lady, a contemporary military romance, through The Wild Rose Press. This year I have a crazy writing schedule with four books scheduled for release and six short stories.

I write three genres, edgy romantic suspense (Walk the Right Road Series), western romance (Finding Love ~ The Outsider Series), and young adult mystery, and I warn my readers to expect the unexpected. I’m the mother of three children, one a special needs child. We live on a small Island in the Pacific Northwest, where I advocate for the environment and the rights of special needs children. Somewhere in my busy schedule, I do find time to write. I encourage you to contact me by email; I do answer every email I receive.

Stay tuned. There is more to come from the Walk the Right Road Series and Finding Love ~ The Outsider Series. 

And to my readers and all of you who have shared my stories with your family and friends, a big heartfelt thank you.

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The Domino Effect by Jill Elaine Hughes

Synopsis

Twenty-one-year-old college student and aspiring journalist Nancy Delaney’s nose for news smells a hot story idea when it comes to international playboy and artist Peter Rostovich. But as she works to get her story, she soon becomes intimately entangled with the mysterious Rostovich, who finds her irresistible. He becomes Nancy’s ticket to sexual awakening, and she soon discovers she has an appetite for bondage, too.

And there’s far more to Rostovich than just his art — he’s involved in a strange, violent criminal underworld that kidnaps Nancy and spirits her halfway around the world, where she’s held prisoner and made to serve as private Dominant-for-hire somewhere in the former Soviet Union. Will the sexual powers Rostovich helped awaken in her be Nancy’s only hope for escape?

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 Title: The Domino Effect (The Domino Series)

Author:  Jill Elaine Hughes

Genre: Erotic Thriller

Publication Date:  March 24, 2013

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Nancy Delaney's Top Ten Favorite Books:

**Starred titles are explicitly mentioned and/or referred to in THE DOMINO EFFECT (Heroine Nancy Delaney is a devotee of 19^th-century and early 20^th-century English literature)

10. Bleak House**, Charles Dickens

9. Daisy Miller**, Henry James

8. Pride and Prejudice**, Jane Austen

7. Tropic of Cancer**, Henry Miller

6. The Story of O**, Pauline Réage

5. Lady Chatterley’s Lover**, D.H. Lawrence

4. Howard’s End, E.M. Forster

3. On The Wings of the Dove, Henry James

2. Doctor Zhivago, Boris Pasternak

1. Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy

About the Author:

JILL ELAINE HUGHES is a professional journalist, playwright, memoirist, and fiction author. She has written for the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Reader, Washington Post, Cat Fancy magazine, New Art Examiner, and numerous other media outlets. Her plays have been widely published and produced by theaters in New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, Seattle, Boston, Atlanta, San Francisco, the United Kingdom, and Australia. She is also the author of several New Adult fiction books. Ms. Hughes also writes erotic fiction under two pen names: Jamaica Layne and Jay E. Hughes.

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Conquer Your Love by J. C. Reed

Meeting Jett was like bad luck. Dangerous. Unpredictable. And better avoided. In his game, the stakes are high. But are they worth the risk?

Brooke Stewart, a realtor in New York, finds forgetting is hard, but forgiving is harder. When the man she trusted, betrayed her, the only way to forget is to move on. Brooke is determined to start a new life, until she meets him again: the green-eyed, sexy as sin, six foot two sex god. The man who played dirty. The man who played her.

Sexy, handsome, and arrogant Jett Mayfield knows he has made mistakes. He could have any other woman, and yet it’s Brooke he wants. When second chances collide with secrets and Brooke is threatened by the past, Jett is determined to protect her. She accepts his help unwillingly because she needs him but she wants to play his game on her own terms. And she has no intention to forgive or let him back into her bed.

When the man she is supposed to hate is the one she should trust, will he conquer her…or lose her forever?

A woman who can’t forgive.

A man who has made mistakes.

Two lives that are about to cross again and more secrets laid bare.

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I have not read this book yet but it is on my to read list!!! Check it out!!

-Sunny

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Avoiding Mr. Right by C.J. Ellison

Synopsis:

Carla Johnson thinks issuing orders to a lover will keep her heart safe and leave her in charge of her own destiny. Afraid for Carla’s future, her best friend Heather implores her to change her self-centered ways, handing her a list of love life mistakes to steer clear of:

1. Casual Sex
2. Friends with Benefits
3. Avoidance of Intimacy

Carla ignores the list—unwilling to face she might have a commitment problem. Until she invites a co-worker to her place one night. She instantly regrets the hum-drum sexual encounter and discourages the accountant from pursuing her. 

Sunny

So you may remember that I read Vanilla on Top a while back. That was the first book in the A Walk on the Wild Side series. I am going to be honest...I am loving these books. There were several times in this book when my jaw dropped to the floor and it took me FOREVER to pick it back up.

I was not looking forward to this book b/c I didn't really care for Carla in the first book. I was not really sure about her in the beginning of this book either. She comes across as being annoying and kinda slutty but as you read you get to see that she really wants to make something of herself and cares about her career. She also donates her time and energy to a great cause so you forgive some of the abbrassiveness you see at first. Carla is very clear that she is not going to have a relationship with Andrew. He is a "boring" accountant and she wants some adventure. 

Andrew has been watching Carla for a while and can tell that there is more to her than meets the eye (yes I love Transformers!). He realizes that even she doesn't know what she really wants. He works really hard to make her realize that he is not just some boring accountant and they can actually have a VERY satisfying relationship!

I totally love Andrew. I think he is awesome and I don't see how Carla resisted for so long. He is demanding but at the same time he is really sweet and just wants her to be happy. I TOTALLY recommend you reading these books. I laughed a lot and like I said MOUTH ON THE FLOOR! I will honestly never look at our accountant the same way again.

I am going to eventually get around to checking out C.J.'s VV Inn series. Barnes and Noble has the first 3 books for $5.99. I have only seen good comments on the series and I feel like it could be really good. 

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Ok...so I just looked at Amazon and they have the 1st 3 book in VV Inn series for $5.99 so all you Kindle peeps go get it...I also saw that there is a short story and the first half of Vampire Vacation for FREE so if you are interested in possibly reading this series GO FOR IT!!! I am :)

If anyone has read this series let me know what you think...

Sunny 

OMG...Undeniable...WTH!!!

If you saw my last post from Friday you know I was very nervous about reading this book. All the reviews gave it 5 stars and were raving about it but I was like seriously...they are 18 years apart and he met her when she was 5!!! EWWWWW!!! What the HELL???? So I went ahead and read it...

Synopsis:

Eva is the daughter of the leader of a motorcycle club. This the serious criminal, crazy everything you could imaging happening happens club. The guys have their old ladies and their club whores and are into all kinds of illegal action. Duece is the leader of another MC. The book starts out when Eva is 5 and visiting her father in prison. Duece is there too visiting his father. They meet and he thinks she is a cute kid. Shortly after this meeting Duece's father is killed in prison and he takes over the MC. The book goes on to show how Eva and Duece run into each other as she grows up.  Duece is protective of her from day 1. He beats some kids that are talking about her and disrespecting her when she is 12. Eva has basically been in love with Duece from day 1. Life continuously throws them together just to go back and rip them apart. 

My Review:

UMMMMM....WOW...I honestly could not get over the age difference at first. I was not liking the book adn the fact that he realizes when she is 12 that she is going to be gorgeous. It was creepy but after she gets older I didn't really think about it anymore. This book has a lot of crazy in it so once she turns 18 the least of your worries are the fact that she is so much younger than him. I can honestly say that I kind of love and hate Duece with a passion. He is the BIGGEST jerk and such a douchebag...but at the same time you know he loves her and wants her but can't overcome his past and the way he was raised. I did not deal well with the fact that everyone was constantly cheating. I mean every guy in this book had a wife and 37 whores...WTH??? I almost tried to stop reading b/c I couldn't believe some of what Duece did. You also have to know that Eva has to deal with Frankie too. He is beyond CRAZY and pretty much from the first moment...I hated him. 

I totally understand why everyone was giving this book such rave reviews. I text Darra so many times on Saturday about this book.  I think that I would have to give it a 4.4 out of 5 stars. I recommend it. It is one of those books that you read and are just like I can't believe I am reading this...I can't stop!!!

The next book in the series is out. It is called Unbeautifully. It is about Danny and Ripper. I am sure that I will read it at some point but I also feel like I can't right now. Undeniable kinda took a lot out of me and I am not sure that I am ready to jump right back into that world. 

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Undeniable By Madeline Sheehan

I am actually really nervous.....

Ok...so this book was recommended on some of the blogs that I follow...after reading the synopsis and some of the reviews I am REALLY nervous about reading it.  I have not seen a bad review but I don't know if I can get past the age difference...so this weekend I have a TON of books to read but I think I am going to make sure that I get to this one. So let me know if you have read it and what you thought...I listen to what others say and think (otherwise I would not have bought this book).

Synopsis:

Warning: This is not a typical, sappy love story. This is an all-consuming, soul-crushing, tear-your-heart-into-pieces story. It’s intense, gritty and raw, dark and disturbing, and it doesn’t happen overnight. This is an epic love story that knows no boundaries and has no time limits. It grows and develops—with hurt, sacrifice, and heartache—over the span of a lifetime. Eva Fox is the princess of the Silver Demons Motorcycle Club. Growing up with bikers in the club lifestyle is all that she knows. When she’s a young girl, Eva meets the reason for her existence. Deuce West is the sexy, biker bad-ass of the Hell’s Horsemen Motorcycle Club. Like Eva, he was born and raised in the club—but that’s where the similarities end. Their first meeting is innocent, but as Eva matures into a woman, their chance reunions evolve into a fit of lust and love. Fate continues to bring them together time and time again, but their twisted journey is filled with pain, betrayal, and bloodshed that could tear them apart. Eva sees in Deuce what he cannot see in himself—a man worthy of love—and Eva spends her lifetime proving to him that her undeniable love is the one thing he can’t live without. This is Eva and Deuce’s story. It wasn’t easy. Nothing worth doing ever is. And love is worth everything

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PS This is my first Kindle book...I feel like I am cheating on B&N!!