ARC REVIEW ➽ TINSEL (LARK #4) BY DEVNEY PERRY

TITLE: Tinsel

SERIES: Lark #4

AUTHOR: Devney Perry

GENRE: Contemporary Romance

PUBLICATION: February 19th, 2019

Sofia Kendrick has always cherished her tiara. As the youngest daughter of a wealthy New York family, she’s lived the life of an American princess. But after two scandalous divorces and a breakup smear her name across the society rags, the shine from her crown has dulled. People call her superficial, even gaudy.

She’s nothing more than tinsel.

Desperate for escape and starving for peace, Sofia heads to Montana for a holiday weekend with her brother. But she doesn’t get the relaxing vacation she planned. Instead, she’s put to work in a bar alongside Dakota Magee—a man who does not want her help. A man who is set on teaching her a few lessons about real life and hard work. But Sofia has a couple of life lessons of her own to teach. Like how to fall in love. 

Coming soon!!

KAT'S REVIEW ➽ ALL THE UGLY AND WONDERFUL THINGS BY BRYN GREENWOOD

TITLE: All The Ugly And Wonderful Things

AUTHOR: Bryn Greenwood

GENRE: Contemporary Romance

PUBLICATION: August 9th, 2016

Synopsis

As the daughter of a meth dealer, Wavy knows not to trust people, not even her own parents. Struggling to raise her little brother, eight-year-old Wavy is the only responsible "adult" around. She finds peace in the starry Midwestern night sky above the fields behind her house. One night everything changes when she witnesses one of her father's thugs, Kellen, a tattooed ex-con with a heart of gold, wreck his motorcycle. What follows is a powerful and shocking love story between two unlikely people that asks tough questions, reminding us of all the ugly and wonderful things that life has to offer.

Kat's Review

‘ALL THE UGLY AND WONDERFUL THINGS’ 

Is a full length, stand-alone romance taboo novel by new to me Author Bryn Greenwood.

*Gulps* I've always wanted to read this, I even one clicked this release day all those years ago in 2016 and it has been glaring at me collecting dust in my ipad, ever since, never to be read, until now..

This book right here, kind of pushes ALL your comfort ZONES, it makes you question your morals, it made me HATE and LOVE this story all in the same heart beat, my mind was screaming all theTABOO thoughts in the world but my heart was yelling loudly how undeniably beautiful this was. 

She was a minor he was so much older but they had such an unquestionable unique bond between them, he was her pillar of strength, she was his calm in the storm. 
This pulled me in so many directions, the feels just kept coming, I went into this blind, but came away with a full heart, I can't even describe how this book made me feel. 

Words can't really convey how much I loved this, it was so child like in it's approach, so unique, so wrong, but oh so right in other instances, so different to anything I have ever read before.
My emotions went up and down like a yoyo they were all over the place, this ticked all my boxes, times I was uncomfortable, times I was smiling, others I was sad, sitting in disbelief, speechless, my heart went out for Wavy. My head and heart went to battle against each other, my head was screaming nooooo it's so so wrong, but my heart cried at how right these two were for each other. 

I am so glad I finally got to reading this, and I swear this won't be the last book I read of this authors.

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About the Author

BRYN GREENWOOD is a fourth-generation Kansan and the daughter of a mostly reformed drug dealer. She is the author of the NYT bestseller All the Ugly and Wonderful Things. Her fourth novel, The Reckless Oath We Made is coming from Putnam in 2019. She lives in Lawrence, Kansas. 

ARC REVIEW ➽ ABATTOIR BY K. LARSEN & YOLANDA OLSON

TITLE: Abattoir

AUTHORS: K. Larsen & Yolanda Olson

GENRE: Dark

PUBLICATION: February 01st, 2019

Synopsis

Josi
I was so lost when he found me.

A young man of no experience, not knowing what love was, but he showed me. He made me feel what it's like to be alive and opened my eyes to what the world truly is. I'm nothing without him and he knows it because he's nothing without me.

His words are often full of praise, of need, yet I know he deserves better. I need him. I can't live without him.
I'll adjust to what he wants.

And maybe, when he's ready, he'll show me just how much he needs me too.

Bishop
Before him, I lived my life with such rigidity that my shoulders were perpetually riddled with knots. I followed a strict code.

He's sweet and young and sees the world through a different lens which helps me relax. The rules I abide by are important for many reasons, but he makes me do things I normally wouldn't. Things I shouldn't, but saying no to him is not something I seem to be capable of.

To help him learn, I teach him the rules and punish him as needed.

They say love knows no bounds. That it doesn't judge and it isn't biased, but can it survive his recklessness and my proclivities? 

My Review

❝ I burn like the sun, scorching and fierce; and he’s like the moon, cool and collected, keeping the ebb and flow of the tides in order.❞ 

‘ABATTOIR’ 

Is a dark romance novel by authors K. Larsen & Yolanda Olsen, this is Bishop's and Josi's story. 

Confession time, soooooo I kind of went into this blind, like literally blind, so there I was sitting with my cup of coffee in hand, reading the synopsis for the first time, *Yes I'm that kind of reader* I liked the sound of it so was in my happy place
A love story about Josi & Bishop, ✔️✔️

BUT As I progressed further into the book I realised it’s M/M holy f#cking sh#t, it’s not really a genre I’ve read before, like EVER am I out of my comfort zone f#ck to the yes. Am I a prude!?! looks up to the ceiling, shrugs *GULPS* But pulling up my big girl panties I carried on. 



Bishop is a handsome much older distinguished man, he's got the salt and pepper hair going on, and with the perfect sexy crinkle around his eyes. He's the glue of their relationship. Then we have Josiah, he's the man child in the relationship, he's much younger, eighteen years younger to be exact, but he has a need to please and submit to Bishop on all levels. These two really do love each other and that really jumps out at you. 

And then Oh god!! WTF!! Because progressing further into this book my insides got all twisted up over a scene, I wanted to jump in the book and grab the little monster, this was so much more than what I expected it was going to be, nothing's really going to prepare you for this book, it's dark, but not extremely so, it's kind of gritty, it's twisted and sick and it's beyond f#cked up, I don't know what else to tell you without divulging spoilers..

And lets just say it's not a book you'd discuss in your vanilla book club because they sure will look at you funny and maybe lock the door next meet 🤷‍♀️But anyways good luck..Hope your as sick as me and end up enjoying it as much as I did. And oh lordy I'll be kind of looking at our local butcher sideways from now on!!

This was really well written, you can't pick up where one author left off and the other came in, it flowed perfectly, you kind of connect with the characters hmmmm scrub that maybe not, I fully connected with the crazy ride these two took me on over anything else and I hope they co-write something else again in the future.

* Teaser used is off the authors facebook page *

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About the Authors

K. LARSEN

 I am an avid reader, coffee drinker, and chocolate eater who loves writing.

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YOLANDA OLSON

Bestselling Indie Author. Alice in Wonderland Junkie. Horror Obsessed. Arsenic Laced. Welcome.

Yolanda Olson is an award winning and international bestselling author. Born and raised in Bridgeport, CT where she currently resides, she usually spends her time watching her favorite channel, Investigation Discovery. Occasionally, she takes a break to write books and test the limits of her mind. Also an avid horror movie fan, she likes to incorporate dark elements into the majority of her books. 

REVIEW ➽ DEAL WITH THE DEVIL (THE FORGE TRILOGY #1) BY MEGHAN MARCH

TITLE: Deal With The Devil

SERIES: The Forge Trilogy #1

AUTHOR: Meghan March

GENRE: Romance

PUBLICATION: January 15th 2019

Synopsis

"You can put that man in a suit, but he'll never be tame." 
One look at Jericho Forge and I knew the rumors were true. He was a predator, and he had set his sights on me.
I knew better than to bet more than I could afford to lose that night. I knew better than to bet myself. But desperation leads to bad decisions, and I thought there was no way I could lose.
I was wrong.
Now I have no choice but to make a deal with the devil. 

My Review

❝ Don't go getting dick-struck by him because he released the Kraken on you.❞ 

DEAL WITH THE DEVIL: 

Is the first full-length, romance novel in Meghan March's ‘Forge Trilogy’ Series. 

What all started over a game of cards, with ten million on the line, and saving a loved one out of the grips of being sold to sex smugglers, India's back is against the wall. She has very few days to gather the funds and the only way she knows how to do that is to set up a high stakes game of cards.

But what she didn't count on was Forge to sit down at her table she'd orchestrated. Picking men with deep pockets who won't think twice about throwing cash down on the table. Too much is on the line for her to lose. She's seen him play, he's a professional card player like herself. ❝I've seen him strip every chip from the stacks in front of men at the table with him like a vulture picking clean the bones of a carcass alongside the road.❞ he's going to blow up all her carefully laid plans. 


A game of cat and mouse ensues, and claiming a possession that an old adversary wanted, Jericho Forge ALWAYS gets what he WANTS and he's set his sights on India Baptiste, the former darling of the poker circuit who reached fame over her royal flush over a full house win. ❝ If India Baptiste had stayed off the radar, I never would've known I wanted her. But she didn't, and now she's going to be mine.❞ 

She's just a pawn in a game to piss off an adversary of his. 

What wasn't there to love about this book. Wowza's what an amazing start to this series!! This was one of my most highly anticipated wants now books for this year and I am so glad I wasn't disappointed!! The characters, the storyline, the setting, all made for such a unique, unputdownable, utterly captivating read, this author is untouchable.

There wasn't anything I would change about this book!! I was beyond hooked as soon as I started which has become the norm with this author, it's her knack, she draws us in, gives us all a false sense of security then in the next instant she's pushing us all over the cliff standing back with an evil smirk on her face!! Time and time again I end up over that cliff, time and time again like a glutton for punishment I come back!! I can't wait for the next book!!

* Teaser used is off the authors facebook page *

Purchase Link

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About the Author

Making the jump from corporate lawyer to romance author was a leap of faith that New York Times, #1 Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author Meghan March will never regret. With over thirty titles published, she has sold millions of books in nearly a dozen languages to fellow romance-lovers around the world. A nomad at heart, she can currently be found in the woods of the Pacific Northwest, living her happily ever after with her real-life alpha hero.. 

She loves hearing from her readers at meghanmarchbooks@gmail.com.

BLOG TOUR ➽ BOYS OF BRAYSHAW HIGH (BRAYSHAW HIGH #1) BY MEAGAN BRANDY

TITLE: Boys of Brayshaw High

SERIES: Brayshaw High #1

AUTHOR: Meagan Brandy

GENRE: New Adult

PUBLICATION: January 17th, 2019

Synopsis

"Girls like you aren't exactly welcomed at a place like this, so keep your head down and look the other way." 

Those were the exact words of my social worker when she dropped me in my newest hellhole, a place for "troubled teens". 

I didn't listen, and now I'm on their radar. 

They expect me to play along in their games of hierarchy, to fall in line in the social order they've deemed me fit. 

Too bad for them, I don't follow rules. 
Too bad for me, they're determined to make sure I do. 

Inconceivably attractive and treated like kings...these are the boys of Brayshaw High.
And I'm the girl who got in their way.

My Review

HERE

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Excerpt

“You’re Raven Carver, aren’t you?” I face forward with a frown. 

“Sorry, but Maybell told me you were coming today. 

I didn’t think you’d be at school already, but usually the only new kids who come are people from the home.” 

“Yeah, well, I wasn’t exactly given an option so, here I am.” 

“Are you gonna run?” I laugh lightly, shifting my eyes to hers. “Nah. I’ve got nowhere to be. Now I’m stuck in the system ‘til I’m eighteen anyway, so fuck it. May as well cruise through.” “Those guys back there, you need to be careful. They’re… not like most high schoolers. People around here listen to them, follow their every move.” So those are the guys the chick was referring to this morning. “What you did today? They won’t allow that without getting you back. They can’t.” She shakes her head. “I keyed his Denali.” I shrug. “Big fucking deal.” The girl stops, her eyes widening. “Yeah, you got that part right. It is a ‘big fucking deal.’ If they let some nobody, new girl like you – no offense – openly disrespect them like that, it’ll threaten their entire system.” “System.” “Yeah. System. They’re a big deal around here, and not just at the school. You either kneel at their feet or get stomped under them. They’ll make sure you’re shamed, one way or another.” We make our way up the dirt driveway. “He disrespected me first. If there’s one thing I know about guys, it’s if you let them walk all over you, they’ll take pleasure in doing it.” The girl steps ahead, pulling open the screen door as she looks back at me. “If there’s one thing I know about the boys of Brayshaw, it’s that they’ll destroy anything that threatens to mess up their vision. Watch out, Raven. Your little stunt today may have gotten the guys you’re used to off your back, but for these guys? All you did was paint the mark brighter.” I raise a black brow and she scowls at me. “A target from them means a target from all their followers,” she spits. Right. “Let me guess… you’re a follower?” This time it’s her who pops an eyebrow. “Welcome to Brayshaw High.”

About the Author

Meagan is a candy crazed, jukebox junkie who tends to speak in lyrics. Born and raised in California, she is a married mother of three crazy boys who keep her bouncing from one sports field to another, depending on the season, and she wouldn't have it any other way. Starbucks is her best friend and words are her sanity.

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RELEASE BLITZ / KAT'S REVIEW ➽ PRETTY YOUNG THINGS BY ACE GRAY

TITLE: Pretty Young Things

AUTHOR: Ace Gray

GENRE: Romance

PUBLICATION: January 24th, 2019

Synopsis

Greed. Jealousy. Lust. 

It all started with a bloody palm and a promise. Words beneath the moonlight that I thought would keep us together. Forever. 

Deceit. Betrayal. Vengeance. 

I didn’t see it coming. I didn’t think you had it in you. But what was supposed to bury me—break me—simply remade me as something new. Something hellbent on ruining you, my love.

Kat's Review

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Free in Kindle Unlimited

About the Author

Ace Gray is a self-proclaimed troublemaker and connoisseur of both the good life and fairy tales. After a life-long love affair with books, she undertook writing the novel she wanted to read, which culminated in her first release STRICTLY BUSINESS and followed with, well, quite a few more. When she’s not writing, she works in craft beer. Originally a small town, Colorado girl, she now loves rainy days, shellac manicures, coffee shops and bourbon—all of which are bountiful in her adopted home of Portland, OR where she runs amok with her chef husband and husky pup.

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ARC REVIEW ➽ ENZO BY K. WEBSTER

TITLE: Enzo

AUTHOR: K. Webster

GENRE: Romance

PUBLICATION: January 28th, 2019

Synopsis

From USA Today Bestselling Author K Webster, comes a new taboo romance standalone novel!

Jenna’s grown up in the system.
Forced to be tough, wary, and hard.

She’s only been able to count on herself. 
Until Enzo.
He’s much older and responsible for looking after her.
What should be a job to him, evolves into much more.

Late night phone calls. 
Lingering touches. 
A forbidden fire that burns brighter each day.

Everything about him exudes strength. 
His will to protect her is more than she could ever ask for.
Sadly, though, even heroes have their limitations.

But she doesn’t need a hero.
She just needs him.

My Review

‘ENZO' 

is a short, standalone, sexy romance novel by K. Webster. Spoken in ‘Dual Perspectives.’

Jenna is way older than her years, she's been forced to grow up way before her time, she may be a teenager but she acts more mature than most due to the fact that she's been in the foster care system for years, shunted from one foster family to the next, praying that she'll just get a break in life. She's just shy of her eighteenth birthday so she's hoping life may start looking up for her. I'm simply counting down until the day I turn eighteen so I can make my own rules.



She has a much older, devastatingly attractive man Enzo that is her social worker, who tries to help her anyway he can without stepping over lines but with an attraction simmering away in the background his restraint can only hold on for so much. 

What I liked about Jenna the most was the fact that she wasn't your typical eye rolling annoying teenager, she had a heart of gold, which the system never took away from her. But she was strong where she needed to be. So she was the perfect balance. 

A beautiful broken girl, so worthy of love and affection it makes my heart ache. 



Enzo was such a compassionate, understanding, caring, charismatic man, he could read Jenna like a book. He knew when to step in and take care of her, he knew when he step back and give her space, these two were just perfect together. A HEA ending that had my heart full!!

I went into this anticipating that my taboo fetish would feed my kinky little heart, but sadly that didn’t happen for me with this, it was very tame, and I know what this author is capable of, so that left me slightly disappointed BUT if that taboo tag was removed and I didn’t have any preconceived perceptions this would’ve gotten a higher rating from me. But what I got instead, was a steamy, quick, sexy read, as soon as I started it I fell in love with the storyline, the characters, the little twists and turns, the emotional ups and downs, this had me turning the pages and devouring the words in record time. Once I’d started I couldn’t put it down. So many parts in this book that I absolutely loved. All in all I’d tag this as a romance. 

I can’t wait for you guys to read it, I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

* Teasers used are off the authors facebook page * 

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About the Author

K Webster is a USA Today Bestselling author of over sixty romance books in many different genres including dark romance, taboo romance, contemporary romance, historical romance, paranormal romance, and erotic romance. When not spending time with her supportive husband and two adorable children, she's active on social media connecting with her readers.

Her other passions besides writing include reading and graphic design. K can always be found in front of her computer chasing her next idea and taking action. She looks forward to the day when she will see one of her titles on the big screen. 

You can easily find K Webster on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, and Goodreads! 

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ARC REVIEW ➽ DARKNESS EMBRACED (HADES HANGMEN #7) BY TILLIE COLE

TITLE: Darkness Embraced

SERIES: Hades Hangmen #7

AUTHOR: Tillie Cole

GENRE: Romance

PUBLICATION: January 22nd 2019

Synopsis

THE DEEPEST LOVE CAN BE BORN FROM THE FIERCEST HATE…⁣
⁣
Born to sit on opposing thrones.⁣
They were never meant to fall.⁣
⁣
Tanner Ayers is the heir of the Texas Ku Klux Klan. Fed nothing but hate, violence, and intolerance from the day he was born, Tanner kills for his cause without remorse.⁣
Until he meets Adelita Quintana, the daughter of the most brutal cartel boss in Mexico.⁣
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Adelita and Tanner hate each other instantly. But there is something between them that neither can explain or deny. Hate turns to desire, desire turns to love, and for the first time Tanner sees how wrong his whole life has been.⁣
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For years, Tanner does everything he can to find a way for him and Adelita. He walks away from the Klan, his family, everything he ever believed, and joins the Hades Hangmen. But now the Hangmen are at war—not only with his own family, but with Adelita’s too.⁣
⁣
When Adelita and Tanner are thrown together again, they are forced to fight for a love that should never have been. For a love that puts them and everyone they have ever loved in danger.⁣
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The White Prince.⁣
The cartel princess.⁣
And a future that seems shrouded in darkness…⁣
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Dark Contemporary Romance. Contains sexual situations, violence, sensitive and taboo subjects, offensive language and mature topics. Recommended for age 18 years and up.⁣

My Review

‘DARKNESS EMBRACED' 

is the seventh book in Tillie Cole’s ‘Hades Hangmen' series. Spoken in ‘Dual Perspectives.’

Like Romeo and Juliet this relationship was doomed from the start, it’s not possible that they can have an open relationship, it will put a price on both their heads. In a perfect world they would be together. 

Adelita Quintana is the daughter of the most brutal cartel boss in Mexico and Tanner was born and then crafted into the perfect White Prince of the Klu Klux Klan. His teachings started at the ripe age of six, beaten by his father when he befriended a new boy at school with coloured skin.

They met through chance, he accompanied his father to a business meeting held by Adelita’s father, she was his distraction. He despised her as soon as he met her. But chance kept on throwing them together and they formed such a strong unique forbidden bond. He became her first. Promises were made, promises were broken (or so she thought)

❝The White Prince and the Cartel Princess. It made no sense. Two people who were never mean't to be, found in the other, their soulmate. The half of their heart that had yet to be claimed.❞

Now the club is at war and things are going to get messy, and at the cross fire sits Adelita. These two haven’t clapped eyes on the other in two years. But that's going to change in a heartbeat. 



How can it be that this series just gets better and better, you end up loving each and every character as though they are family, you mourn them when you finish the book, you can't get enough of them, a series I never want to end, my heart is full with love from reconnecting with past characters again. All the feels, all the angst, all my boxes were ticked when it comes to an MC read. This had it all, an undeniable forbidden love, gang wars, chaos and murder, death and mayhem, love and hate walked hand in hand, this was unique, unputdownable, undeniably one of my top MC series ever, this author is unstoppable!! 

What I enjoyed the most about this was the real life relationships these characters form, this wasn't just centered around club life, or the dramas that entailed, we got to see their love for their families, the deeper reader connection occurred and that's what I loved the most about this book. 

* Teaser off the authors facebook page *

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About the Author

Amazon & USA Today Best Selling Author, Tillie Cole, is a Northern girl through and through. She originates from a place called Teesside on that little but awesomely sunny (okay I exaggerate) Isle called Great Britain. She was brought up surrounded by her English rose mother -- a farmer's daughter, her crazy Scottish father, a savagely sarcastic sister and a multitude of rescue animals and horses. 
Being a scary blend of Scottish and English, Tillie embraces both cultures; her English heritage through her love of HP sauce and freshly made Yorkshire Puddings, and her Scottish which is mostly demonstrated by her frighteningly foul-mouthed episodes of pure rage and her much loved dirty jokes.

Having been born and raised as a Teesside Smoggie, Tillie, at age nineteen, moved forty miles north to the 'Toon', Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, where she attended Newcastle University and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts honours degree in Religious Studies. She returned two years later to complete a Post-Graduate Certificate in Teaching High School Social Studies. Tillie, regards Newcastle to be a home from home and enjoyed the Newcastle Geordie way of life for seven 'proper mint' and 'lush' years.

One summers day, after finishing reading her thousandth book on her much loved and treasured Kindle, Tillie turned to her husband and declared, "D'you know, I have a great idea for a story. I could write a book." Several months later, after repeating the same tired line at the close of another completed story, she was scolded by her husband to shut up talking about writing a novel and "just bloody do it!" For the first time in eleven years, Tillie actually took his advice (he is still trying to get over the shock) and immediately set off on a crazy journey, delving deep into her fertile imagination. 

Tillie, ever since, has written from the heart. She combines her passion for anything camp and glittery with her love of humour and dark brooding men (most often muscled and tattooed – they’re her weakness!). She also has a serious side (believe it or not!) and loves to immerse herself in the complex study of World Religions, History and Cultural Studies and creates fantasy stories that enable her to thread serious issues and topics into her writing -- yep, there's more to this girl than profanity and sparkles!

After six years of teaching high school Social Studies and following her Professional Rugby Player husband around Europe, they have finally given up their nomadic way of life and settled in Calgary, Alberta where Tillie spends most of her days (and many a late night) lost in a writing euphoria or pursuing a dazzling career as a barrel-racing, tasselled-chap wearing, Stetson-sporting cowgirl... Ye-haw!