tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18882900791864581282024-03-08T14:54:25.605-05:00Pants Off ReviewsTaking Your 'Pants Off ' One M/M Book At A TimeDarienMoyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08781381342039392168noreply@blogger.comBlogger1035125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1888290079186458128.post-80646214222285734562018-08-31T10:52:00.000-04:002018-08-31T10:52:30.633-04:00Audio Review & Giveaway: Changing Lines by R.J Scott and V.L Locey<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJOkPmHe0wCwLvjrA-HMYUhv4ZFvg7g8o6pN-kO2j38vFzbHv0Qeit5rYh75jZ6tlGIYEkZ2zJPyhMlFbCfOOEa4NsRtOhg0JWhiyQjXWBR04NBefChtiJY3q840GRov7iVX5IK1E-fxk/s1600/RTBanner+%25289%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="312" data-original-width="820" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJOkPmHe0wCwLvjrA-HMYUhv4ZFvg7g8o6pN-kO2j38vFzbHv0Qeit5rYh75jZ6tlGIYEkZ2zJPyhMlFbCfOOEa4NsRtOhg0JWhiyQjXWBR04NBefChtiJY3q840GRov7iVX5IK1E-fxk/s640/RTBanner+%25289%2529.jpg" width="600" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSM5ldfmmlgATZt4ApjGKmuJgICzOzX927ZplzTynOWpLN99CNSNCkXwsdkowSTWNn_NaogMbsNFcSaNeEp8TeZYLO0UJLPDgVS1UV9e84I7UgYv9-EsPHQtuAWcMH7YkRHEyGOEWD9F4/s1600/Changing_Lines_audio_600.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSM5ldfmmlgATZt4ApjGKmuJgICzOzX927ZplzTynOWpLN99CNSNCkXwsdkowSTWNn_NaogMbsNFcSaNeEp8TeZYLO0UJLPDgVS1UV9e84I7UgYv9-EsPHQtuAWcMH7YkRHEyGOEWD9F4/s400/Changing_Lines_audio_600.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Buy Links:</b> <a href="https://www.audible.com/pd/Fiction/Changing-Lines-Audiobook/B07FTQFYWN">Audible US</a> | <a href="https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Changing-Lines-Audiobook/B07FTQGZLG">Audible UK</a></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Length:</b> 5hrs 10mins</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Narrated By:</b> Sean Crisden</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Cover Design:</b> <a href="http://meredithrussellart.blogspot.com/">Meredith Russell</a></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Blurb</b></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Can Tennant show Jared that age is just a number and that love is all that matters? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The Rowe brothers are famous hockey hotshots, but as the youngest of the trio, Tennant has always had to play against his brothers’ reputations. To get out of their shadows, and against their advice, he accepts a trade to the Harrisburg Railers, where he runs into Jared Madsen. Mads is an old family friend and his brother’s one-time teammate. Mads is Tennant’s new coach. And Mads is the sexiest thing on which he’s ever laid eyes.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Jared Madsen’s hockey career was cut short by a fault in his heart, but coaching keeps him close to the game. When Ten is traded to the team, his carefully organized world is thrown into chaos. Nine years his junior and his best friend’s brother, he knows Ten is strictly off-limits, but as soon as he sees Ten’s moves, on and off the ice, he knows his heart could get him into trouble again.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Review</span></b></span><br />
<br />
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW21325857" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW21325857" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW21325857" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW21325857" style="background-color: inherit;">First I’m gonna start off by saying I care nothing for Hockey in RL, and this book </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW21325857" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW21325857" style="background-color: inherit;">didn’t change that. My first time reading R.J Scott with writing partner </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW21325857" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW21325857" style="background-color: inherit;">V.L Locey</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW21325857" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW21325857" style="background-color: inherit;">.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW21325857" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW21325857" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW21325857" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW21325857" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW21325857" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<i><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="TextRun SCXW21325857" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW21325857" style="background-color: inherit;">The Story: 3.5 Pants Off</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW21325857" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; line-height: 21px;"> </span></b></span></i></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW21325857" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW21325857" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW21325857" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW21325857" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW21325857" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW21325857" style="background-color: inherit;">Ten</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW21325857" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW21325857" style="background-color: inherit;">nant Rowe </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW21325857" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW21325857" style="background-color: inherit;">is
a superstar in the making and when he decides on an up and coming team a
few eyebrows were raised. Of course he could have gone with superstar
teams most likely to win the Stanley Cup but Ten decides on the Railers
with big disapproval from his family, but Ten is a big</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW21325857" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW21325857" style="background-color: inherit;">
boy and he’s making his own decisions. While the Raiders aren’t cloaked
in history it’s the team he wants to join and the upside is that </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW21325857" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW21325857" style="background-color: inherit;">the
team has Jared Madsen. An old family friend and someone Ten is looking
to get up close and personal with. Yeh, they have history and Mads is a
bit older but age ain’t nothing but a number after-all. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW21325857" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW21325857" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW21325857" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW21325857" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW21325857" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW21325857" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW21325857" style="background-color: inherit;">Downside,
you can’t be gay in hockey. So when Ten finds himself telling his
coaches that he’s gay he’s expecting the worst but what it gets him is a
secret relationship with Mads </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW21325857" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW21325857" style="background-color: inherit;">and
things are almost perfect. All that’s left is coming out to his family
and maybe one day even publicly. Ten’s got hockey, love, and Mads, what
more could he even want?!</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW21325857" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"></span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW21325857" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW21325857" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW21325857" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW21325857" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW21325857" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW21325857" style="background-color: inherit;">First, </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW21325857" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW21325857" style="background-color: inherit;">things moved pretty fast</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW21325857" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW21325857" style="background-color: inherit;">
from the get go. Ten is the new to the team and next things he’s
sharing he’s gay, and professing his attraction to Mads. Their
relationship moves pretty fast, and most of their loving happens off
page so I sort of felt like I was filling things in. The hockey was</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW21325857" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW21325857" style="background-color: inherit;"> too much of the</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW21325857" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW21325857" style="background-color: inherit;"> story, </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW21325857" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW21325857" style="background-color: inherit;">and the romance felt like a </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW21325857" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW21325857" style="background-color: inherit;">backdrop but again I have no particular feelings for </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW21325857" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW21325857" style="background-color: inherit;">hockey</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW21325857" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW21325857" style="background-color: inherit;">. Ten spent most of his time dwelling on his brothers, and everyone else on the fact that he plays for a unknown team.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW21325857" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW21325857" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW21325857" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW21325857" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW21325857" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW21325857" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW21325857" style="background-color: inherit;">Throw
in some conflict involving Mads and that pretty much made the entirety
of the story. I was a bit more interested in a few side characters
actually, so the rest of the series is peaking my interest.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW21325857" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW21325857" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW21325857" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW21325857" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW21325857" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW21325857" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW21325857" style="background-color: inherit;">Overall,
an alright read. I can’t call it sexy or amazing but I can say I found
it sweet. I enjoyed Ten a lot more than I did Mads. There’s still so
much of the story that I feel needs to be explored, and I wasn’t a fan
of how it ended. Changing Lines wasn’t horrible but I fear that it’s
quite easily forgettable for me.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW21325857" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW21325857" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW21325857" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW21325857" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW21325857" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span class="TextRun SCXW21325857" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW21325857" style="background-color: inherit;">The Narration: 4 Pants Off</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW21325857" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; line-height: 21px;"> </span></b></i></span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW21325857" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW21325857" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW21325857" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW21325857" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW21325857" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW21325857" style="background-color: inherit;">Sean </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW21325857" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="SpellingError SCXW21325857" style="background-color: inherit;">Crisden</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW21325857" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW21325857" style="background-color: inherit;">
did an amazing job bringing the characters to life. I’m in love with
his take on Tennant, listening to his voice was far more enjoyable than
the story and because of his narration I enjoyed it more. I’m positive
if I’d read Changing Lines instead of listening I wouldn’t have liked it
at all.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW21325857" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW21325857" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW21325857" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW21325857" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW21325857" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW21325857" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW21325857" style="background-color: inherit;">Sean was dramatic where he needed to be</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW21325857" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW21325857" style="background-color: inherit;"> and sweet in others, definitely enjoyed that. </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW21325857" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW21325857" style="background-color: inherit;">Also</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW21325857" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW21325857" style="background-color: inherit;"> brought a new voice to each character which strongly made them individuals. Sean </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW21325857" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="SpellingError SCXW21325857" style="background-color: inherit;">Criden</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW21325857" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW21325857" style="background-color: inherit;"> does an </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW21325857" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW21325857" style="background-color: inherit;">amazing</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW21325857" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW21325857" style="background-color: inherit;"> job with whatever story you give him. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW21325857" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW21325857" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW21325857" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW21325857" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW21325857" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="color: #073763;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="TextRun SCXW21325857" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW21325857" style="background-color: inherit;">Overall Rating: 3.5 Pants Off</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW21325857" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; line-height: 21px;"> </span></b></span></i></span></div>
</div>
</blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivubE1tK7ADyZvfqWcJZmkUt2nrL54x343CiSthAqvcbPUMgcvj5vJC0pW7SuZpMLQONUaCZQNEHiRtU7qnl-wdv1PYNmZ1pv_UGMjdRFWXHpbUh-mOO28z_v1d4y7eZEKD9fzkoWI-RI/s1600/Copy+of+27785368_1562305817185828_1639840034_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivubE1tK7ADyZvfqWcJZmkUt2nrL54x343CiSthAqvcbPUMgcvj5vJC0pW7SuZpMLQONUaCZQNEHiRtU7qnl-wdv1PYNmZ1pv_UGMjdRFWXHpbUh-mOO28z_v1d4y7eZEKD9fzkoWI-RI/s200/Copy+of+27785368_1562305817185828_1639840034_o.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.3px; text-align: justify;"><b>RJ’s</b> goal is to write stories with a heart of romance, a troubled road to reach happiness, and most importantly, that hint of a happily ever after.<br /><br />RJ is the author of the over one hundred novels and discovered romance in books at a very young age. She realized that if there wasn’t romance on the page, she could create it in her head, and is a lifelong writer.<br /><br />She lives and works out of her home in the beautiful English countryside, spends her spare time reading, watching films, and enjoying time with her family.<br /><br />The last time she had a week’s break from writing she didn’t like it one little bit and has yet to meet a bottle of wine she couldn’t defeat.<br /><br />She’s always thrilled to hear from readers, bloggers and other writers. Please contact via the following links below:<br /><br />Email RJ (rj@rjscott.co.uk)</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14.3px; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14.3px; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.3px;"></span><span style="font-family: "georgia"; font-size: 14.3px;"></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14.3px; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3432558.R_J_Scott" style="color: #8e7cc3; margin: 0px !important; max-width: 100%; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.25s ease-out 0s;">Goodreads Page</a> | <a href="http://www.rjscott.co.uk/" style="color: #8e7cc3; margin: 0px !important; max-width: 100%; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.25s ease-out 0s;">RJ’s Blog</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/Rjscott_author" style="color: #8e7cc3; margin: 0px !important; max-width: 100%; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.25s ease-out 0s;">RJ on Twitter</a> | <a href="http://www.facebook.com/author.rjscott?ref=ts&fref=ts" style="color: #8e7cc3; margin: 0px !important; max-width: 100%; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.25s ease-out 0s;">Facebook</a> | <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/scottrj" style="color: #8e7cc3; margin: 0px !important; max-width: 100%; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.25s ease-out 0s;">Library Thing Page</a> | <a href="http://www.tumblr.com/blog/rjscott" style="color: #333333; margin: 0px !important; max-width: 100%; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.25s ease-out 0s;">Tumblr</a> |<a href="http://www.pinterest.com/rjscottauthor/" style="color: #8e7cc3; margin: 0px !important; max-width: 100%; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.25s ease-out 0s;">Pinterest</a></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14.3px; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXnSSE3KfQwjWMfeaFmIKxDgB3GusE2hCUfHeY-6FdBWCrgW_Vj3gFBoVrQNrzdv0alMBzYqacCcmSB0Y9RoALjQmPVWwYmCI5rQ9iIVPAilAsePm0MaArn5bjBXQQL8ygxVnTsPbkpCI/s1600/Locey+Logo_FB+Profile+Image.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="400" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXnSSE3KfQwjWMfeaFmIKxDgB3GusE2hCUfHeY-6FdBWCrgW_Vj3gFBoVrQNrzdv0alMBzYqacCcmSB0Y9RoALjQmPVWwYmCI5rQ9iIVPAilAsePm0MaArn5bjBXQQL8ygxVnTsPbkpCI/s200/Locey+Logo_FB+Profile+Image.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14.3px;">
<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">V.L. Locey</b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> loves worn jeans, yoga, belly laughs, Dr. Who, Torchwood, walking, reading and writing lusty tales, Greek mythology, the New York Rangers, comic books, and coffee. (Not necessarily in that order.) She shares her life with her husband, her daughter, one dog, two cats, two Jersey steers and a flock of assorted domestic fowl.</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.3px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia"; font-size: 14.3px; text-align: justify;"></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.3px; text-align: justify;">When not writing lusty tales, she can be found enjoying her day with her menagerie in the rolling hills of Pennsylvania with a cup of fresh java in hand.</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14.3px; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14.3px; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://vlloceyauthor.com/" style="color: #8e7cc3; margin: 0px !important; max-width: 100%; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.25s ease-out 0s;">Website</a> | <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5807700.V_L_Locey" style="color: #8e7cc3; margin: 0px !important; max-width: 100%; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.25s ease-out 0s;">Goodreads</a> | <a href="https://www.amazon.com/V.-L.-Locey/e/B00DUINCM2/" style="color: #8e7cc3; margin: 0px !important; max-width: 100%; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.25s ease-out 0s;">Amazon</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/VL-Locey/124405447678452" style="color: #8e7cc3; margin: 0px !important; max-width: 100%; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.25s ease-out 0s;">Facebook</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/vllocey" style="color: #8e7cc3; margin: 0px !important; max-width: 100%; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.25s ease-out 0s;">Twitter</a> | <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/vllocey/" style="color: #8e7cc3; margin: 0px !important; max-width: 100%; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.25s ease-out 0s;">Pinterest</a> | <a href="http://thoughtsfromayodelinggoatherder.blogspot.com/" style="color: #8e7cc3; margin: 0px !important; max-width: 100%; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.25s ease-out 0s;">Blog</a></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14.3px; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14.3px; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<a class="rcptr" data-raflid="3e0e9a43431" data-template="" data-theme="classic" href="http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/3e0e9a43431/" id="rcwidget_j2xr32re" rel="nofollow">a Rafflecopter giveaway</a>
<script src="https://widget-prime.rafflecopter.com/launch.js"></script>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://signalboostpr.blogspot.co.uk/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigVKt1zFpXFzbIGRrenlh8QlNCSxTEF2oiBPyl7QxoD8-v2oUdkAzu9vCG-R_UjseWAUsairrGTtetQnMl8IixSxSMC38BwOYju5Z_SycqdYZcn28NiwA15hzCvyLRE9blpmxMvOtDkKGL/s200/signalboosttransparent.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://signalboostpr.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Hosted By Signal Boost Promotions</a></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<br />DarienMoyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08781381342039392168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1888290079186458128.post-8946638396126579272018-08-14T12:00:00.000-04:002018-08-14T12:00:10.085-04:00Audio Review: Retribution by Sloane Kennedy <blockquote>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoV5KRfnNvnSASADSG-3gW81Vn1PMJvaIt9GIC-Ayo5p9wDhbMajrU-PYI5AmhbOUJEMwUhRkmzPZeRQkNjpLS0JEZuyXqTn3JzSD5UWffS_KvMQgX7JZUdH8WFpuvl96MKshm4aj5x0GB/s1600/retribution.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoV5KRfnNvnSASADSG-3gW81Vn1PMJvaIt9GIC-Ayo5p9wDhbMajrU-PYI5AmhbOUJEMwUhRkmzPZeRQkNjpLS0JEZuyXqTn3JzSD5UWffS_KvMQgX7JZUdH8WFpuvl96MKshm4aj5x0GB/s1600/retribution.jpg" /></a></div>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Retribution (Protectors #3) by Sloane Kennedy, Narration by Joel Leslie</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.audible.com/pd/Fiction/Retribution-Audiobook/B072N1L7SF?ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_2&pf_rd_p=e81b7c27-6880-467a-b5a7-13cef5d729fe&pf_rd_r=Z8XT7WYKBVRE79TPHBHE&" target="_blank">Audible</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Retribution-Protectors-Book-Sloane-Kennedy-ebook/dp/B01H7M3YVA/ref=sr_1_5?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1534212719&sr=1-5&keywords=retribution" target="_blank">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37548151-retribution" target="_blank">Goodreads</a></span></b><br />
<span style="color: #a64d79;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Time: 8 hours and 3mins</span></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Blurb: </b><span id="freeText7256981301384546074">Ex Special Forces
soldier Michael “Hawke” Hawkins has spent every day of the last ten
years waiting for the moment he would get to watch the life fade from
the eyes of the men who brutally murdered his wife, but when he finally
gets the break he’s been waiting for, the trail leads him to someone he
wasn’t expecting.<br /><br />After nearly two years of running, 24-year-old
Tate Travers has become an expert at hiding…until the day a dangerous
stranger shows up looking for vengeance and threatens to destroy the
fragile life Tate has managed to build for himself and his five-year-old
son. Except the life Tate has been struggling to hold on to started
unraveling long before Hawke showed up looking for the same men Tate has
been running from…his own father and older brother.<br /><br />Retribution –
it’s all Hawke has wanted since the day he held his wife’s hand as she
took her last breath. And he won’t give that up for anything or
anyone…not even the tormented young man trying to give his little boy a
better life. Because Tate is the only one who can lead Hawke to the men
he’s been searching for. And if it means forcing the young man to
confront the past that nearly destroyed him, then so be it.<br /><br />Only
the last thing Hawke expects to feel is something besides the hatred
that has driven him. And he definitely never expected to feel it for a
man.<br /><br />But when it comes down to choosing between the unwanted
feelings Tate stirs in him and the revenge he’s finally close enough to
taste, will Hawke be able to give up the one thing that has kept him
going for a second chance at a future he gave up on ever having?</span></span><br />
<br /></blockquote>
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #444444;"><span id="freeText7256981301384546074">Review</span></span></b></span><br />
<br />
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW102116908" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW102116908" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<i><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="TextRun SCXW102116908" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW102116908" style="background-color: inherit;">T</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW102116908" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW102116908" style="background-color: inherit;">he Story: 3.75 Pants Off</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW102116908" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; line-height: 21px;"> </span></span></b></i></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW102116908" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW102116908" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW102116908" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW102116908" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW102116908" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW102116908" style="background-color: inherit;">Michael “Hawke”Hawkins lives for the day </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW102116908" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW102116908" style="background-color: inherit;">he catches his </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW102116908" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW102116908" style="background-color: inherit;">wife’s killers. That’s his only mission, and when he gets </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW102116908" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW102116908" style="background-color: inherit;">evidence
that could finally lead him to his killers Hawke is more than ready to
lay down the law. What the evidence leads to is someone he never
expected. Tate </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW102116908" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW102116908" style="background-color: inherit;">Traver</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW102116908" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW102116908" style="background-color: inherit;">s the link to </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW102116908" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW102116908" style="background-color: inherit;">his
revenge and Hawke will be damned if he lets the man out of his sight.
But Tate comes with responsibility, in the form of a son who has just
been diagnosed with a serious illness. It’s time for a little
manipulation and promising Tate that his son </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW102116908" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW102116908" style="background-color: inherit;">will get the best medical treatment </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW102116908" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW102116908" style="background-color: inherit;">on the condition that he takes them to the men responsible for the death of his wife, his father and brother. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW102116908" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW102116908" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW102116908" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW102116908" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW102116908" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW102116908" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW102116908" style="background-color: inherit;">Tate has been running from the very men</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW102116908" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW102116908" style="background-color: inherit;"> Hawke </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW102116908" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW102116908" style="background-color: inherit;">wants</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW102116908" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW102116908" style="background-color: inherit;">
him to help find but his sons health on the line at this point he’d do
anything, and that includes helping the asshole who had a gun on him in
front of his son but there is something about him that Tate </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW102116908" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW102116908" style="background-color: inherit;">just can’t deny. Maybe this thing between them will lead to something </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW102116908" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW102116908" style="background-color: inherit;">but Tate knows it won’t because Hawke is very much a straight man still madly in love with his life.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW102116908" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW102116908" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW102116908" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW102116908" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW102116908" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW102116908" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW102116908" style="background-color: inherit;">Th</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW102116908" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW102116908" style="background-color: inherit;">us</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW102116908" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW102116908" style="background-color: inherit;"> begins a love story</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW102116908" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW102116908" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW102116908" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW102116908" style="background-color: inherit;">between
a man who held another man at gunpoint in front of his son and who
needs him to help catch his murdering father and brother. Tate has
fallen hard for Hawke but the man has whatever left of his </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW102116908" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW102116908" style="background-color: inherit;">heart </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW102116908" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW102116908" style="background-color: inherit;">locked away tight</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW102116908" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW102116908" style="background-color: inherit;"> but Tate is willing t</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW102116908" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW102116908" style="background-color: inherit;">o </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW102116908" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW102116908" style="background-color: inherit;">take scraps if it means only having Hawke for just a moment.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW102116908" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW102116908" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW102116908" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW102116908" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW102116908" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW102116908" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW102116908" style="background-color: inherit;">What can I say ab</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW102116908" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW102116908" style="background-color: inherit;">out this except nothing really ha</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW102116908" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW102116908" style="background-color: inherit;">ppens</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW102116908" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW102116908" style="background-color: inherit;">, just whole bunch of the same same. </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW102116908" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW102116908" style="background-color: inherit;">Like
there was some heartwarming story mixed in with doom and angst but I
feel like we’ve gotten the same type of feel as the previous books</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW102116908" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW102116908" style="background-color: inherit;">.
With that being said I happen to like this story a lot more than the
previous books. Hawke is a bit of an asshole but I liked his character
and the reason for his pain is very understandable. Tate I also liked,
he stepped up and took care of his son and was willing to anything at
any cost to him</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW102116908" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW102116908" style="background-color: inherit;">self</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW102116908" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW102116908" style="background-color: inherit;">.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW102116908" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW102116908" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW102116908" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW102116908" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW102116908" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW102116908" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW102116908" style="background-color: inherit;">I
didn’t really like the conclusion but I get it, things needed to be
tied up and a lot of things explained but overall an alright
entertaining book.</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW102116908" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW102116908" style="background-color: inherit;">
I found this to be the least sexy of the books and it should have been
hella sexy with Hawke catching his first feelings for a man but there
was just some questionable shit there and the fact that Tate took that
really pissed me off. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW102116908" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW102116908" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW102116908" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW102116908" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW102116908" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<i><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="TextRun SCXW102116908" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW102116908" style="background-color: inherit;">The Narration: 3.5 Pants Off </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW102116908" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; line-height: 21px;"> </span></b></span></i></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW102116908" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW102116908" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW102116908" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW102116908" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW102116908" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW102116908" style="background-color: inherit;">Now this was a better job from the previous </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW102116908" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW102116908" style="background-color: inherit;">book
and there was no random burst of laughter from me. Still some emoting
especially when Ronan came in, seriously that voice for that character
is a freaking mess. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW102116908" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW102116908" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW102116908" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW102116908" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW102116908" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW102116908" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW102116908" style="background-color: inherit;">Not
really a fan of his voice for Tate, he ended up sounding like a gentile
southern lady. Which I wasn’t really feeling but I didn’t hate it.</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW102116908" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW102116908" style="background-color: inherit;"> I feel there were a few scenes there that needed just a little bit more emotion</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW102116908" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW102116908" style="background-color: inherit;">
and it wasn’t quite delivered. Also after awhile a few characters
started sound exactly like each other, except for Ronan his voice will
be a tattoo on my brain and will have me bursting into giggles whenever I
think of it.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW102116908" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW102116908" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW102116908" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW102116908" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW102116908" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW102116908" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW102116908" style="background-color: inherit;">It was a passable job but nothing to really rave about </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW102116908" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Apple Color Emoji, Apple Color Emoji_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW102116908" style="background-color: inherit;">🤷</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW102116908" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Apple Color Emoji, Apple Color Emoji_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW102116908" style="background-color: inherit;">🏽</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW102116908" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW102116908" style="background-color: inherit;"></span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW102116908" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Apple Color Emoji, Apple Color Emoji_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW102116908" style="background-color: inherit;">♀</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW102116908" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW102116908" style="background-color: inherit;">️</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW102116908" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"> </span></div>
<div class="Paragraph SCXW102116908" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="EOP SCXW102116908" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="Paragraph SCXW102116908" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<b><span class="EOP SCXW102116908" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;">Review: <i><a href="https://pantsoffreviews.blogspot.com/2018/02/review-absolution-by-sloane-kennedy.html" target="_blank">Book #1 Absolution</a></i></span></b></div>
<div class="Paragraph SCXW102116908" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="EOP SCXW102116908" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><b>Review: <i><a href="https://pantsoffreviews.blogspot.com/2018/07/audio-review-salvation-by-sloane-kennedy.html" target="_blank">Book #2 Salvation</a></i></b></span></div>
</div>
DarienMoyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08781381342039392168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1888290079186458128.post-39806205527221852542018-08-14T10:00:00.000-04:002018-08-14T10:00:14.413-04:00Review: Sin and Tonic by Rhys Ford <blockquote>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6XkYgZ13M0dQYNqAOh5opufruZ_-HMcrDWzc3cfpoCkH1-tAPL8xVgIKRuW0xyqrrYUTkOk28VL5TlEcs4IwuhCosbh2hKtdmlVErdddGiOfanoFRQvYvIVdVBrf8RZlY_9HpVkWK8BaI/s1600/Sin+and+Tonic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="312" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6XkYgZ13M0dQYNqAOh5opufruZ_-HMcrDWzc3cfpoCkH1-tAPL8xVgIKRuW0xyqrrYUTkOk28VL5TlEcs4IwuhCosbh2hKtdmlVErdddGiOfanoFRQvYvIVdVBrf8RZlY_9HpVkWK8BaI/s400/Sin+and+Tonic.jpg" width="262" /></a></div>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">SIN and TONIC (Sinners #6) by Rhys Ford</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/books/sin-and-tonic-by-rhys-ford-9595-b" target="_blank">Dreamspinner Press</a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35491768-sin-and-tonic" target="_blank">Goodreads</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Sin-Tonic-Sinners-Book-6-ebook/dp/B07CQKKTPC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1534210001&sr=8-1&keywords=SIN+AND+TONIC" target="_blank">Amazon</a></span></b><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="color: #f1c232;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Novel: 270pgs</span></b></span></span></blockquote>
<br />
<blockquote>
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">4 Pants Off</span></i></span></b>
<span style="font-size: large;"><b></b></span></blockquote>
<br />
<blockquote>
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Blurb:</b> <span id="freeText17967045191158682997">Miki St. John believed
happy endings only existed in fairy tales until his life took a few
unexpected turns… and now he’s found his own. <br /><br />His best friend,
Damien, is back from the dead, and their new band, Crossroads Gin, is
soaring up the charts. Miki’s got a solid, loving partner named Kane
Morgan—an Inspector with SFPD whose enormous Irish family has embraced
him as one of their own—and his dog, Dude, at his side.<br /><br />It’s a pity someone’s trying to kill him.<br /><br />Old
loyalties and even older grudges emerge from Chinatown’s murky,
mysterious past, and Miki struggles to deal with his dead mother’s
abandonment, her secrets, and her brutal murder while he’s hunted by an
enigmatic killer who may have ties to her. <br /><br />The case lands in
Kane’s lap, and he and Miki are caught in a deadly game of
cat-and-mouse. When Miki is forced to face his personal demons and the
horrors of his childhood, only one thing is certain: the rock star and
his cop are determined to fight for their future and survive the evils
lurking in Miki’s past.</span></span><br />
<br /></blockquote>
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span id="freeText17967045191158682997">Review</span></b></span><br />
<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span id="freeText17967045191158682997">NOW ITS TIME TO SAY GOODBYE!</span></b></span></span></blockquote>
<br />
<br />
<span id="freeText17967045191158682997"> </span><span class="TextRun SCXW232687611" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW232687611" style="background-color: inherit;">And an era </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW232687611" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW232687611" style="background-color: inherit;">has </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW232687611" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW232687611" style="background-color: inherit;">com</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW232687611" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW232687611" style="background-color: inherit;">e</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW232687611" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW232687611" style="background-color: inherit;"> to a close. Our boys are</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW232687611" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW232687611" style="background-color: inherit;"> now</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW232687611" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW232687611" style="background-color: inherit;"> men (well</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW232687611" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW232687611" style="background-color: inherit;">…) and people are still out here trying to kill everybody.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW232687611" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"> </span><br />
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW232687611" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW232687611" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW232687611" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW232687611" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW232687611" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW232687611" style="background-color: inherit;">Miki
St John haven’t had the best run at life, and while there has been
really good things like falling in love with the man of his dreams</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW232687611" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW232687611" style="background-color: inherit;">
Kane, and having his best friend back who he thought had died Damien. So
yes, shit has hit all the proverbial fans with him but there’s so much
good he’s been given and yet his past is always behind him like a shadow
of death following him everywhere and now someone wants him dead once
and for all. While </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW232687611" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="SpellingError SCXW232687611" style="background-color: inherit;">he's</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW232687611" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW232687611" style="background-color: inherit;"> lived in his bubble </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW232687611" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW232687611" style="background-color: inherit;">over never facing his mental issues and ignoring all the things that got him to where he is right at this very moment</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW232687611" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW232687611" style="background-color: inherit;">,
the jig is up and it’s time to face the music, the songs of his past
and the beats of his future. Miki St John will not go out without a
fight and he’s got family, he’s got friends, he’s got Kane.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW232687611" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW232687611" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW232687611" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW232687611" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW232687611" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW232687611" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW232687611" style="background-color: inherit;">If
you’re like me and have been with the boys from the beginning then you
know all this was meant to happen. People have been trying to kill Miki
from way back when and now we finally know why, now Miki finally knows
why. </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW232687611" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW232687611" style="background-color: inherit;">Done in Rhys Fords </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW232687611" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW232687611" style="background-color: inherit;">usual dramatic flair and Sin and Tonic kept you on your toes and had you anticipating when the final shoe will drop.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW232687611" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW232687611" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW232687611" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW232687611" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW232687611" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW232687611" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW232687611" style="background-color: inherit;">What worked for series at one point, kind of worked against this story. Don’t </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW232687611" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW232687611" style="background-color: inherit;">get</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW232687611" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW232687611" style="background-color: inherit;"> me wrong I love Miki and Kane but by the middle of the book</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW232687611" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW232687611" style="background-color: inherit;"> I was like <i>“</i></span></span><i><span class="TextRun SCXW232687611" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW232687611" style="background-color: inherit;">his ass </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW232687611" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="SpellingError SCXW232687611" style="background-color: inherit;">gon</span></span></i><span class="TextRun SCXW232687611" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW232687611" style="background-color: inherit;"><i>
die just now”</i>. Miki being stubborn was no longer cute and just
downright annoying. He knows if he moves something blows up, so I don’t
know why he </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW232687611" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW232687611" style="background-color: inherit;">couldn’t </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW232687611" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW232687611" style="background-color: inherit;">just </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW232687611" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW232687611" style="background-color: inherit;">understand </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW232687611" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW232687611" style="background-color: inherit;">to keep his ass at home. </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW232687611" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW232687611" style="background-color: inherit;">I get it, he’s independent and does what he wants but he forever be putting himself and innocent people in harms way. </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW232687611" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW232687611" style="background-color: inherit;">The
big climax was a bit of a disappointment because I saw it coming. Like
people out in the streets trying to kill Miki but you </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW232687611" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="SpellingError SCXW232687611" style="background-color: inherit;">gon</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW232687611" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW232687611" style="background-color: inherit;"> leave him at home all by his </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW232687611" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW232687611" style="background-color: inherit;">lonesome</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW232687611" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW232687611" style="background-color: inherit;"> (oh bad guy what a big gun you have). </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW232687611" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW232687611" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW232687611" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW232687611" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW232687611" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW232687611" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW232687611" style="background-color: inherit;">Upside, I love seeing his growth. Forever he been avoiding everything and in the process pushing people away and unraveling</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW232687611" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW232687611" style="background-color: inherit;">,</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW232687611" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW232687611" style="background-color: inherit;"> so to see him getting the help he finally needs </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW232687611" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW232687611" style="background-color: inherit;">is
just <i>“bless up”</i>. Lots of loose ends gets all tied up and finally we
know how Miki St John came to be and how his past lead him to the future
he has now.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW232687611" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW232687611" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW232687611" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW232687611" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW232687611" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW232687611" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW232687611" style="background-color: inherit;">Overall, a nice wrap up to a wonderful </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW232687611" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW232687611" style="background-color: inherit;">series. </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW232687611" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW232687611" style="background-color: inherit;">From
Sinners Gin to to Sin and Tonic the entire series has been a wonderful
series filled with violence, music, and most of all heart. What a ride
it has been to watch all these men fall in love and find family in the
process. Regardless of past </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW232687611" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW232687611" style="background-color: inherit;">and
situations music brought them together and music kept them together.
It’s been a pleasure Miki St John, Kane, Connor, Forest, Damien, </span><span class="SpellingError SCXW232687611" style="background-color: inherit;">Rafe</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW232687611" style="background-color: inherit;">, </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW232687611" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW232687611" style="background-color: inherit;">Quinn, </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW232687611" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="SpellingError SCXW232687611" style="background-color: inherit;">Sionn</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW232687611" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW232687611" style="background-color: inherit;">, </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW232687611" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW232687611" style="background-color: inherit;">and the entire Morgan clan. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW232687611" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"> </span></div>
<div class="Paragraph SCXW232687611" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="EOP SCXW232687611" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="Paragraph SCXW232687611" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
<div class="Paragraph SCXW95574121" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<b><span class="TextRun SCXW95574121" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW95574121" style="background-color: inherit;">Review: <i><a href="https://pantsoffreviews.blogspot.com/2013/01/review-sinners-gin-by-rhys-ford.html" target="_blank">Book #1 Sinners Gin</a></i></span></span></b></div>
<div class="Paragraph SCXW95574121" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<b><span class="TextRun SCXW95574121" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW95574121" style="background-color: inherit;">Review: <i><a href="https://pantsoffreviews.blogspot.com/2013/08/oops-where-did-my-pants-go-whiskey-and.html" target="_blank">Book #2 Whiskey & Wry</a></i></span></span></b></div>
<div class="Paragraph SCXW95574121" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<b><span class="TextRun SCXW95574121" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW95574121" style="background-color: inherit;">Review: <i><a href="https://pantsoffreviews.blogspot.com/2018/04/review-tequila-mockingbird-by-rhys-ford.html" target="_blank">Book #3 Tequila Mockingbird</a></i></span></span></b></div>
<div class="Paragraph SCXW95574121" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<b><span class="TextRun SCXW95574121" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW95574121" style="background-color: inherit;">Review: <i><a href="https://pantsoffreviews.blogspot.com/2018/05/review-sloe-ride-by-rhys-ford.html" target="_blank">Book #4 Sloe Ride </a></i></span></span></b></div>
<div class="Paragraph SCXW95574121" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<b><span class="TextRun SCXW95574121" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW95574121" style="background-color: inherit;">Review<i>: <a href="https://pantsoffreviews.blogspot.com/2018/06/review-absinthe-of-malice-by-rhys-ford.html" target="_blank">Book #5 Absinthe of Malice</a></i></span></span></b></div>
<div class="Paragraph SCXW95574121" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<i><b><span class="TextRun SCXW95574121" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW95574121" style="background-color: inherit;"></span></span></b></i><span class="EOP SCXW95574121" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="Paragraph SCXW232687611" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="EOP SCXW232687611" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"></span></div>
</div>
DarienMoyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08781381342039392168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1888290079186458128.post-87112600829111048022018-07-14T13:00:00.000-04:002018-07-14T13:00:04.746-04:00Review: Alpha Heat by Leta Blake<blockquote>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkYOXcEP1sE0g1M5gAv9cPUOhYTt_42b0fdkXBqlauIvNVa934ZbFw1dCLWso6LWVuJwU7RnI_gq8e3rBJENQKVuYTWoy_uQJ9oyngcuA-Sxt3ohkZo_ykLA4H1tLduFOESWNtB_KHt-ZR/s1600/Alpha+Heat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="317" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkYOXcEP1sE0g1M5gAv9cPUOhYTt_42b0fdkXBqlauIvNVa934ZbFw1dCLWso6LWVuJwU7RnI_gq8e3rBJENQKVuYTWoy_uQJ9oyngcuA-Sxt3ohkZo_ykLA4H1tLduFOESWNtB_KHt-ZR/s400/Alpha+Heat.jpg" width="266" /></a></div>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Alpha Heat (Heat of Love #2) by Leta Blake</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Alpha-Heat-Love-Book-ebook/dp/B07D1MDQVS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1531532714&sr=8-1&keywords=alpha+heat" target="_blank">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40103645-alpha-heat" target="_blank">Goodreads</a></span></b><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Novel: 424pgs</span></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>4 Pants Off </b></span></i><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Blurb:</b> <span id="freeText17271331063083585226"><b>A desperate young alpha. An older alpha with a hero complex. A forbidden love that can’t be denied.</b><br /><br />Young
Xan Heelies knows he can never have what he truly wants: a passionate
romance and happy-ever-after with another alpha. It’s not only forbidden
by the prevailing faith of the land, but such acts are illegal.<br /><br />Urho
Chase is a middle-aged alpha with a heartbreaking past. Careful,
controlled, and steadfast, his friends dub him old-fashioned and staid.
When Urho discovers a dangerous side to Xan’s life that he never
imagined, his world is rocked and he’s consumed by desire. The carefully
sewn seams that held him together after the loss of his omega and son
come apart—and so does he.<br /><br />But to love each other and make a life
together, Xan and Urho risk utter ruin. With the acceptance and support
of Caleb, Xan’s asexual and aromantic omega and dear friend, they must
find the strength to embrace danger and build the family they deserve.<br /><br />This
gay romance novel by Leta Blake is the second in the Slow Heat
universe. It’s 130,000 words, with a strong happy ending and a
well-crafted, <b>non-shifter</b> Omegaverse. It features alphas, betas,
omegas, male pregnancy, heat, and knotting. No cheating. Content warning
for brief sexual violence.</span></span></blockquote>
<br />
<i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span id="freeText17271331063083585226">Review</span></b></span></i><br />
<br />
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW240265885" style="direction: ltr;">
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW240265885" style="background-color: transparent; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="color: #073763;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;">ALPHA SIZED OMEGA</span></span></b></span></i></span></div>
</blockquote>
<div class="Paragraph SCXW240265885" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
<div class="Paragraph SCXW240265885" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;">All
the ways I was excited to read this after falling truly, madly, deeply
in love with the first book Slow Heat. Alpha Heat was very much on my
radar featuring two characters that really pissed me off but who </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;">I </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;">eventually</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;"> grew to like.</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;"> Alpha Heat </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;">brought the sexy but it also brought heart.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW240265885" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW240265885" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW240265885" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW240265885" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW240265885" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;">Xan</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="SpellingError SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;">Heelies</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;"> is a young Alpha who doesn’t feel like an alpha. For his entire life </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;">Xan</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;">
has known that he doesn’t fit the make and model of what an alpha
should be. His desires are forbidden and will never be looked at
favourably because you see </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;">Xan</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;">
knows with every fibre of his being that he’s an Omega and though the
world sees Alpha it’s the one thing he can never be truly. </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;">Xan</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;"> slates his desire in the worst way possible and it often leaves </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;">him bloody and bruised. He once felt loved when he was with his best-friend but his friend found his own omega, his one true ma</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;">te. </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;">Yet, </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;">Xan</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;"> has to live an Alpha life </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;">and that means having his own omega and producing children</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;"> regardless of what he feels inside. Then there is </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;">Urho</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;">, </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;">all that is </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;">Alpha and </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;">man </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;">Xan</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;"> yearns for </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;">but what Alpha would want a man that’s broken and is only an Omega in feeling.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW240265885" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW240265885" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW240265885" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW240265885" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW240265885" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 48px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;">“I don’t think what’s wrong with me is something that can ever heal.”</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW240265885" data-ccp-props="{"335559685":720}" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"> </span></div>
</div>
</blockquote>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW240265885" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW240265885" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW240265885" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW240265885" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;">Urho</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;"> lost his true mate (</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="SpellingError SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;">erosgape</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;">) a long time ago </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;">and his long time lover </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;">not too long ago.</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;">
His life is pretty much picturesque and he’s fulfilled by his job and
friends. He’s old fashioned and set in his ways and that does cause some
strife between him and his friends but no one gets to him like </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;">Xan</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;">, </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;">Xan</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;"> the mouthy Alpha who invokes feelings in him that he has no business feeling. </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;">And mostly it makes him angry because the things he wants is not allowed.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW240265885" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW240265885" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW240265885" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW240265885" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW240265885" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;">A chance meeting between the men lead to some awful truths and also some inevitable ones. </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;">If </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;">Urho</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;"> can give </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;">Xan</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;">
what he needs then he can also keep him safe and besides he’s realizing
that it’s also something he craves and one things for sure his alpha
sized omega will be his undoing. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW240265885" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW240265885" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW240265885" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW240265885" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW240265885" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;">Together they navigate a forbidden attraction and pair that with </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="SpellingError SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;">Xans</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;">
contracted but asexual omega and you have a unique story filled with
many delights. For me the first 50% was hot as hell and so incredibly
sexy. The push pull dance between </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;">Urho</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;"> and </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;">Xan</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;">
was done so well I think I almost passed out from holding my breath for
a few minutes. That part was done amazingly and yet it really started
to fizzle out for me, not so much where it wasn’t enjoyable but enough
for it to lose what made it exciting.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW240265885" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW240265885" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW240265885" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW240265885" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW240265885" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;">As I mentioned I didn’t </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;">much like </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;">Xan</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;"> when first introduced but he turned out to be a multilayered character, and </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;">Urho</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;"> was just </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;">Urho</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;"><i>(which is surprising because I couldn’t stand him in book 1. He was a obnoxious, condescending prick)</i> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;">a great fit for </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;">Xan</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;"> and an even better alpha for him.</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;">
Throw in characters that I’ve come to love and new ones that I’m
starting to appreciate and you have a solid second story in the ABO
verse. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW240265885" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW240265885" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW240265885" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW240265885" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW240265885" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;">I did have a few things I didn’t like. First, I caught </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;">Xan</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;"> in many lies and then he sorta just brushed it over. Second, how you </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="SpellingError SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;">gon</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;">
feel it’s ok to be beaten to an inch of your life and think that’s ok
because you <i>“need”</i> sex, I’m sure there’s many avenues he could have gone
and I’m trying to understand why it had to be him </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Apple Color Emoji, Apple Color Emoji_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;">🤔</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;">.</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;"> Third, how Mr abuser was conveniently</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;"> handled but also how it felt like what he did was no big deal</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;"> (The he was a problem, we made him more </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;">of a problem and then </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="SpellingError SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;">snipered</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;"> him out). </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;"><span class="TextRun SCXW218770585" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW218770585" style="background-color: inherit;"></span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW218770585" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW218770585" style="background-color: inherit;">Fourth,
and this really bothered me. The description of Urho being dark skinned
but I’ve been trying to figure exactly what that means. Dark skinned as
in black man, dark skinned as being south Asian or just dark skinned as
being tanner than the other characters? Representation is an important
thing and I found that with not saying exactly what he was just felt
like avoidance, but that’s just my </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW218770585" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="SpellingError SCXW218770585" style="background-color: inherit;">opinion. </span></span>Last but not least the crazy ending there</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;">. It followed the same pattern of the first book where all the crazy just happen at once and I wasn’t checking for that..</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW240265885" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"> </span></div>
<div class="Paragraph SCXW240265885" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW240265885" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW240265885" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;">Overall,
I still very much liked this story and while I didn’t fall in love like
I did the first book, I still really liked it. It missed it mark by
trying to follow the same steps or setup and what worked for a Slow Heat
didn’t work for this one but it’s still an enjoyable story. If you’re
like me and love </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="SpellingError SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;">Mpreg</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;"> and Alpha/Beta/Omega dynamics then this series is definitely something to check out.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW240265885" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW240265885" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW240265885" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW240265885" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW240265885" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;"><i><b>SideNote:</b></i> I need this on Audio asap. Michael F. I’m looking at you baby </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW240265885" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Apple Color Emoji, Apple Color Emoji_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240265885" style="background-color: inherit;">😁</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW240265885" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: Apple Color Emoji, Apple Color Emoji_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px;"> </span></div>
<div class="Paragraph SCXW240265885" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="EOP SCXW240265885" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: Apple Color Emoji, Apple Color Emoji_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="Paragraph SCXW240265885" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="EOP SCXW240265885" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: Apple Color Emoji, Apple Color Emoji_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px;"><b>Review: <a href="https://pantsoffreviews.blogspot.com/2018/05/audiobook-review-slow-heat-by-leta-blake.html" target="_blank"><i>Book #1 Slow Heat</i></a></b></span></div>
</div>
DarienMoyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08781381342039392168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1888290079186458128.post-10771967647482619262018-07-14T10:00:00.000-04:002018-07-14T10:00:24.284-04:00Audio Review: Salvation by Sloane Kennedy<blockquote>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH9rODQhqEt-68uyFWtowYHiYD-IpvkJUFyvlLb7dm5qVOQ8UwA6Vv_pWrHb1WDAdZiSb3IPhHLL1Ba_avc9dr4Xqa_FX4JbZQbcxqFjVDQKLfZxNSnY2zfAQU1GOLFjb2RuVgSFzjfsF1/s1600/Salvation.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH9rODQhqEt-68uyFWtowYHiYD-IpvkJUFyvlLb7dm5qVOQ8UwA6Vv_pWrHb1WDAdZiSb3IPhHLL1Ba_avc9dr4Xqa_FX4JbZQbcxqFjVDQKLfZxNSnY2zfAQU1GOLFjb2RuVgSFzjfsF1/s1600/Salvation.jpg" /></a></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Salvation (The Protectors #2) by Sloane Kennedy, Narration by Joel Leslie</b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.audible.com/pd/Romance/Salvation-Audiobook/B0722KS5X5?ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_11&pf_rd_p=e81b7c27-6880-467a-b5a7-13cef5d729fe&pf_rd_r=Y3CSBWV0PPB5ACHCD5SJ&" target="_blank">Audible</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Salvation-Protectors-Book-Sloane-Kennedy-ebook/dp/B01FK7LICQ/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1531530120&sr=1-6" target="_blank">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35156058-salvation" target="_blank">Goodreads</a></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Time: 7hrs and 56 minutes</span></b> </blockquote>
<blockquote>
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">3 Pants Off</span></i></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Blurb: </b><span id="freeText489358023073275181">"I lifted my gaze to tell
Seth no but then I saw it. The thing I'd feared I'd lost. It wasn't
hero worship or the wayward emotions of an innocent child. And it wasn't
some distorted reflection of a man who no longer existed. All I saw was
me...the way he saw me." (Ronan)<br /><br />Trauma surgeon Ronan Grisham
lost everything the day the man he loved was stolen from him in a brutal
attack. Driven by a thirst for vengeance, he turns his hatred into
building an underground group that can do what he couldn't that fateful
day...take the lives of the guilty to save the lives of the innocent.
But years later, he's forced to confront the one link to his past that
he can't sever.<br /><br />Seven years after the loss of his parents in a
violent home invasion that left him permanently scarred both inside and
out, 21-year-old Seth Nichols is trying to put his life back together so
he can take over the reins of his father's global shipping empire. But
the last person he expects to come back into his life is the man he
drove away with one innocent, stolen kiss.<br /><br />With one brush of his
lips, Seth managed to do to Ronan what no other had since the day Ronan
watched the light in his fiancé's eyes go out forever. He made him need
again. But Ronan can't need anyone, least of all his dead fiancé's
younger brother. Because even one touch from Seth could shatter Ronan's
carefully constructed world and Ronan knows there's no coming back from
that a second time.<br /><br />But when a series of escalating attacks
against Seth forces Ronan back into his life, Seth knows it's his last
chance to show Ronan he can be the man the broken surgeon needs. Only
the Ronan who returns isn't the Ronan Seth fell in love with so long
ago....<br /><br />Can Seth be Ronan's salvation or will he end up destroying them both?</span></span></blockquote>
<br />
<br />
<i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span id="freeText489358023073275181">Review </span></b></span></i><br />
<br />
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW264741358" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW264741358" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span class="TextRun SCXW264741358" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW264741358" style="background-color: inherit;">The Story: 3 Pants Off</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW264741358" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; line-height: 21px;"> </span></b></i></span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW264741358" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW264741358" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW264741358" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW264741358" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<i><span class="TextRun SCXW264741358" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW264741358" style="background-color: inherit;">What in all the </span></span></i><span class="TextRun SCXW264741358" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW264741358" style="background-color: inherit;"><i>drama was this?</i> </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW264741358" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW264741358" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW264741358" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW264741358" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW264741358" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW264741358" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW264741358" style="background-color: inherit;">Ronan </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW264741358" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW264741358" style="background-color: inherit;">Grisham. Trauma Surgeon, lover, and a fighter. Ronan had it all with the man he loved until tragedy came in </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW264741358" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW264741358" style="background-color: inherit;">and took everything from him. When he was given the opportunity to seek revenge </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW264741358" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW264741358" style="background-color: inherit;">he</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW264741358" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW264741358" style="background-color: inherit;"> took </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW264741358" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW264741358" style="background-color: inherit;">the
path he now walks as a Protector. Ronan is in charge of elite bunch of
killers who rid the world of the worst type of scum. He’s very much
detached from </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW264741358" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW264741358" style="background-color: inherit;">life but is all about his job. Then there’s </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW264741358" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW264741358" style="background-color: inherit;">Seth, beautiful innocent Seth the little brother of his slain lover.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW264741358" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW264741358" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW264741358" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW264741358" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW264741358" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW264741358" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW264741358" style="background-color: inherit;">The things Ronan is feeling</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW264741358" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW264741358" style="background-color: inherit;"> for </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW264741358" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW264741358" style="background-color: inherit;">Seth is a complication he doesn’t need but when Seth is assaulted </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW264741358" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW264741358" style="background-color: inherit;">Ronan makes his grand appearance </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW264741358" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW264741358" style="background-color: inherit;">into
his life once again. It seems Ronan is here to stay when the violence
against Seth starts to escalate to the point of dangerous </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW264741358" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Apple Color Emoji, Apple Color Emoji_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW264741358" style="background-color: inherit;">😜</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW264741358" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW264741358" style="background-color: inherit;"> and he needs to protect him. But sparks are flying and Seth has made it quite clear his feelings </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW264741358" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW264741358" style="background-color: inherit;">for Ronan hasn’t changed, and Ronan has never been able to deny Seth.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW264741358" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW264741358" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW264741358" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW264741358" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW264741358" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW264741358" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW264741358" style="background-color: inherit;">This begins a push and pull of a man falling for his dead lovers little brother, and protecting him from harm. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW264741358" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW264741358" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW264741358" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW264741358" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW264741358" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW264741358" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW264741358" style="background-color: inherit;">Seriously,
this book had so much stuff going on and by stuff I mean all the bad
happening that have happened to Seth. His parents are murdered and he</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW264741358" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW264741358" style="background-color: inherit;"> was</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW264741358" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW264741358" style="background-color: inherit;">
violently hurt in the process, his brother gets murdered and he’s left
alone, then someone is trying to kill him now. It was just all a little
too much and it just kept getting more ridiculous. This is only my
second bo</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW264741358" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW264741358" style="background-color: inherit;">ok in the series but it’s the most ridiculous so far and that’s counting that in the first book a man almost shot another</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW264741358" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW264741358" style="background-color: inherit;"> man</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW264741358" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW264741358" style="background-color: inherit;"> because he thought he was a pedophile</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW264741358" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW264741358" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW264741358" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Apple Color Emoji, Apple Color Emoji_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW264741358" style="background-color: inherit;">😩</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW264741358" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW264741358" style="background-color: inherit;">.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW264741358" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW264741358" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW264741358" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW264741358" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW264741358" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW264741358" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW264741358" style="background-color: inherit;">Overall, ridiculousness x10 and Seth and Ronan didn’t really do anything for me </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW264741358" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Apple Color Emoji, Apple Color Emoji_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW264741358" style="background-color: inherit;">🤷</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW264741358" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Apple Color Emoji, Apple Color Emoji_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW264741358" style="background-color: inherit;">🏽</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW264741358" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW264741358" style="background-color: inherit;"></span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW264741358" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Apple Color Emoji, Apple Color Emoji_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW264741358" style="background-color: inherit;">♀</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW264741358" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW264741358" style="background-color: inherit;">️</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW264741358" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW264741358" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW264741358" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW264741358" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW264741358" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span class="TextRun SCXW264741358" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW264741358" style="background-color: inherit;">The Narration: 2 Pants Off</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW264741358" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; line-height: 21px;"> </span></b></i></span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW264741358" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW264741358" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW264741358" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW264741358" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW264741358" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Apple Color Emoji, Apple Color Emoji_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW264741358" style="background-color: inherit;">🤣</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW264741358" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Apple Color Emoji, Apple Color Emoji_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW264741358" style="background-color: inherit;">🤣</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW264741358" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Apple Color Emoji, Apple Color Emoji_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW264741358" style="background-color: inherit;">🤣</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW264741358" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Apple Color Emoji, Apple Color Emoji_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW264741358" style="background-color: inherit;">🤣</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW264741358" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Apple Color Emoji, Apple Color Emoji_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW264741358" style="background-color: inherit;">😂</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW264741358" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Apple Color Emoji, Apple Color Emoji_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW264741358" style="background-color: inherit;">😂</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW264741358" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Apple Color Emoji, Apple Color Emoji_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW264741358" style="background-color: inherit;">😂</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW264741358" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Apple Color Emoji, Apple Color Emoji_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW264741358" style="background-color: inherit;">😭</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW264741358" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Apple Color Emoji, Apple Color Emoji_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW264741358" style="background-color: inherit;">😭</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW264741358" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Apple Color Emoji, Apple Color Emoji_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW264741358" style="background-color: inherit;">😭</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW264741358" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW264741358" style="background-color: inherit;">
those emojis are my reaction to my listening experience. There was just
so much emoting especially on Ronan’s part. Who in the world thought
this was acceptable? I’d like to have a word please.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW264741358" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW264741358" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW264741358" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW264741358" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW264741358" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW264741358" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW264741358" style="background-color: inherit;">Joel Leslie you did a bad job here sir</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW264741358" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW264741358" style="background-color: inherit;">, and while the story should have been angst ridden I found myself laughing at random points and I couldn’t take anything </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW264741358" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW264741358" style="background-color: inherit;">seriously</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW264741358" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW264741358" style="background-color: inherit;">. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW264741358" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW264741358" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW264741358" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW264741358" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW264741358" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW264741358" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW264741358" style="background-color: inherit;">What a complete and utter disappointment. The story was already lacking and the narration just made it all the worse.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW264741358" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW264741358" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW264741358" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW264741358" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW264741358" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<b><i><span class="TextRun SCXW264741358" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW264741358" style="background-color: inherit;">It’s a no for me dawg.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW264741358" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"> </span></i></b></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW264741358" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW264741358" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW264741358" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW264741358" style="background-color: inherit;"></span></span><span class="EOP SCXW264741358" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"> </span></div>
</div>
DarienMoyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08781381342039392168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1888290079186458128.post-73865908926541183982018-06-06T14:00:00.000-04:002018-06-06T14:00:19.540-04:00Audio Review: Jack: Grime and Punishment by Z.A Maxfield<blockquote>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqHKfF21dPliAXSrhzuC45rO3jI3kSfryD8DWj14YRXxTXAjlygE8CW_ZvChwMQS4mxlkmT41QT2hgOYKk6G03KkyvUD31W_OD3g725ewLw1lLyfla8VxMt0yBF1HOCeNPvijMnoS1sztb/s1600/Jack.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="318" data-original-width="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqHKfF21dPliAXSrhzuC45rO3jI3kSfryD8DWj14YRXxTXAjlygE8CW_ZvChwMQS4mxlkmT41QT2hgOYKk6G03KkyvUD31W_OD3g725ewLw1lLyfla8VxMt0yBF1HOCeNPvijMnoS1sztb/s1600/Jack.jpg" /></a></div>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Jack: Grime and Punishment (The Brothers Grime #1) by Z.A Maxfield</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.audible.com/pd/Fiction/Jack-Grime-and-Punishment-Audiobook/B0147R8VC0?ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_1&pf_rd_p=e81b7c27-6880-467a-b5a7-13cef5d729fe&pf_rd_r=VDZVVXW64X2YH5Y7WEFE&" target="_blank">Audible</a>,<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26188421-jack" target="_blank"> Goodreads</a></span></b><br />
<span style="color: #45818e;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Time: 5hrs and 52 minutes</span></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><b>4 Pants Off</b></i></span><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Blurb:</b> <span id="freeText12934964449737679536">The Brothers Grime is
Jack Masterson's way of helping people in crisis after disability ends
his career as a firefighter. Jack's people get to a scene long after the
physical trauma ends. They don't solve crime or rescue the victims.
They help people move on. The new job is all Jack wants or needs, until
he gets the call about old flame Nick Foasberg's suicide. Ryan
Halloran's cousin Nick has been on a downhill slide for a long time.
Despite that, Ryan does everything he knows to help. Ryan only
understands part of what happened between Nick and Jack in high school,
but after Nick's suicide, Ryan agrees both he and Jack need closure.
They work together to clean the scene and despite the situation, heat
flares between them. Jack is keeping a painful secret and fighting his
attraction to Nick's lookalike cousin, Ryan. Ryan calls himself a magnet
for lost causes and worries Jack might be the next in a long line of
losers. Despite his misgivings, despite the past and the mistakes
they've both made, Jack gives Ryan something to look forward to, and
Ryan gives Jack a reason to stop looking back, in <i>Grime And Punishment</i>.</span></span><br />
<br /></blockquote>
<br />
<i><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Review</b></span></i><br />
<br />
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW241300443" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW241300443" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW241300443" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW241300443" style="background-color: inherit;">I enjoyed this just as much the second time around. Z.A offered up a story </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW241300443" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW241300443" style="background-color: inherit;">with
a profession that I’ve never read in m/m before and it just makes it so
interesting, and plus I really enjoy the authors writing.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW241300443" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW241300443" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW241300443" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW241300443" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW241300443" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="TextRun SCXW241300443" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW241300443" style="background-color: inherit;">The Story: 4 Pants Off </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW241300443" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; line-height: 21px;"> </span></b></span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW241300443" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW241300443" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW241300443" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW241300443" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW241300443" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW241300443" style="background-color: inherit;">Jack is one of the owners in The Brothers Grime, a crime scene clean up service. </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW241300443" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW241300443" style="background-color: inherit;">Once
a firefighter, an accident left him unable to continue the job of his
heart but was able to find another way to help others. </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW241300443" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW241300443" style="background-color: inherit;">One
wouldn’t think about what happens after the cops leave but Jack and his
crew think about all that comes. They make it easier to clean up so the
family, or maybe a spouse won’t have to deal with the hard reality of
worrying about getting blood off the walls and out of a carpet. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW241300443" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW241300443" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW241300443" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW241300443" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW241300443" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW241300443" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW241300443" style="background-color: inherit;">When he gets </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW241300443" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW241300443" style="background-color: inherit;">the heads up from his detective on and off lover that his first love </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW241300443" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW241300443" style="background-color: inherit;">Nick </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW241300443" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW241300443" style="background-color: inherit;">from his teen years committed suicide Jacks knows he needs </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW241300443" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW241300443" style="background-color: inherit;">to bid for the job no matter </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW241300443" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW241300443" style="background-color: inherit;">that he’s too emotionally connected to the case. </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW241300443" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW241300443" style="background-color: inherit;">How he and Nick ended </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW241300443" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW241300443" style="background-color: inherit;">was very tragic and Jack still carry the scars of it all but deep down he knows he needs do the cleanup even though </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW241300443" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW241300443" style="background-color: inherit;">it will bring old hurts to the forefront. All that’s left is convincing his cousin </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW241300443" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW241300443" style="background-color: inherit;">Ryan
who happens to be Nicks lookalike. Cleaning up what’s left of Nick
while looking into eyes and face that’s a dead ringer to his once lover
now dead is a bad idea of epic proportions.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW241300443" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW241300443" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW241300443" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW241300443" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW241300443" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW241300443" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW241300443" style="background-color: inherit;">As
I said. I love the crime cleanup part of the story. No one ever thinks
about what happens to crime scenes and the care that’s needed to
cleanup. Thinking about blood born pathogens and all that isn’t even on
people’s radar but Z.A brings it up here and gives you something to
think about.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW241300443" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW241300443" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW241300443" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW241300443" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW241300443" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW241300443" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW241300443" style="background-color: inherit;">The
relationship between Jack and Ryan wasn’t hot fire but I liked it well
enough. What bothers me is how Ryan viewed Jack in the beginning without
knowing anything and how Jack took everything on like it was his fault.
I also didn’t understand why the story revolves around Nick and yet I
know nothing about him expect he was a drug addicted asshole. He
obviously was dealing with somethings and his story intrigued me because
I just wanna know<i> “why”</i>.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW241300443" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW241300443" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW241300443" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW241300443" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW241300443" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW241300443" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW241300443" style="background-color: inherit;">Overall,
another solid book by ZAM. I’ve never really disliked a book by this
author and this one had that dark morose element that doesn’t exist much
in the other author’s work. It was a new type of pace.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW241300443" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW241300443" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW241300443" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW241300443" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW241300443" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="TextRun SCXW241300443" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW241300443" style="background-color: inherit;">The Narration: 3.5 Pants Off </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW241300443" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; line-height: 21px;"> </span></b></span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW241300443" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW241300443" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW241300443" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW241300443" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW241300443" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW241300443" style="background-color: inherit;">The narration wasn’t horrible but I did find it forgettable. </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW241300443" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW241300443" style="background-color: inherit;">It’s a good thing the story is so enjoyable</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW241300443" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW241300443" style="background-color: inherit;">. </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW241300443" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW241300443" style="background-color: inherit;">The was no strong </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW241300443" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="SpellingError SCXW241300443" style="background-color: inherit;">difference</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW241300443" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW241300443" style="background-color: inherit;"> between the voice of Jack and some of the other characters. While not incredible I still enjoyed Joe </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW241300443" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW241300443" style="background-color: inherit;">Arden's</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW241300443" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW241300443" style="background-color: inherit;"> narration. There was a lot of emoting and no actual strong emotions coming across and that stopped it from getting a higher rating. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW241300443" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times New Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><br /></span></div>
</div>
DarienMoyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08781381342039392168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1888290079186458128.post-80148922662581273362018-06-06T11:30:00.000-04:002018-06-06T11:58:05.700-04:00Review: Absinthe of Malice by Rhys Ford<blockquote>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgazySysduXDo6suxHb7hyphenhyphen1r18JdiFP2zYjltSOY_agPkBijnfOxA_bd__oklPOd6tAQuqcZI2gdoZG73mXEsqvFvrAMX811MjRZ-o-Rpf7_zqmHMQIksHrFrNS6lFPzxbWhQjMqjSF4tZ5/s1600/absinthe+of+malice.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="315" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgazySysduXDo6suxHb7hyphenhyphen1r18JdiFP2zYjltSOY_agPkBijnfOxA_bd__oklPOd6tAQuqcZI2gdoZG73mXEsqvFvrAMX811MjRZ-o-Rpf7_zqmHMQIksHrFrNS6lFPzxbWhQjMqjSF4tZ5/s400/absinthe+of+malice.jpg" width="265" /></a></div>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Absinthe of Malice (Sinners #5) by Rhys Ford</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/books/absinthe-of-malice-by-rhys-ford-7175-b" target="_blank">Dreamspinner Press</a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30055795-absinthe-of-malice" target="_blank">Goodreads</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.ca/Absinthe-Malice-Sinners-Book-5-ebook/dp/B01GJ3KPG0/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1528295343&sr=1-1&keywords=absinthe+of+malice" target="_blank">Amazon</a></span></b><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"><i><b><span style="font-size: large;">Novel: 200pgs</span></b></i></span></blockquote>
<i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>3.5 Pants Off</b></span></i>
<br />
<blockquote>
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Blurb:</b> <span id="freeText4422412550621776150"><i>We’re getting the band back together.</i><br /><br />Those
six words send a chill down Miki St. John’s spine, especially when
they’re spoken with a nearly religious fervor by his
brother-in-all-but-blood, Damien Mitchell. However, those words were
nothing compared to what Damien says next.<br /><br /><i>And we’re going on tour.</i><br /><br />When
Crossroads Gin hits the road, Damien hopes it will draw them closer
together. There’s something magical about being on tour, especially when
traveling in a van with no roadies, managers, or lovers to act as a
buffer. The band is already close, but Damien knows they can be
more—brothers of sorts, bound not only by familial ties but by their
intense love for music.<br /><br />As they travel from gig to gig, the band
is haunted by past mistakes and personal demons, but they forge on. For
Miki, Damie, Forest, and Rafe, the stage is where they all truly come
alive, and the music they play is as important to them as the air they
breathe.<br /><br />But those demons and troubles won’t leave them alone,
and with every mile under their belts, the band faces its greatest
challenge—overcoming their deepest flaws and not killing one another
along the way.</span></span></blockquote>
<br />
<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">Review</span></i></b><br />
<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW95574121" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW95574121" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<i><span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span class="EOP SCXW95574121" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; line-height: 21px;">A STORY WAS ABSINTHE </span></b></span></span></i></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW95574121" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW95574121" style="background-color: transparent; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
</blockquote>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW95574121" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW95574121" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW95574121" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW95574121" style="background-color: inherit;">So the 5</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW95574121" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 9.5pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW95574121" data-fontsize="12" style="background-color: inherit; vertical-align: super;">th</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW95574121" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW95574121" style="background-color: inherit;"> book in the Sinners series and like the 4</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW95574121" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 9.5pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW95574121" data-fontsize="12" style="background-color: inherit; vertical-align: super;">th</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW95574121" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW95574121" style="background-color: inherit;">
book I didn’t like it a hell of a lot. While I understand the reason
for this book because of course it’s the setup to the finale. There was
just a whole lot of nothing IMO.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW95574121" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW95574121" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW95574121" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW95574121" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW95574121" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW95574121" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW95574121" style="background-color: inherit;">The band is back on. Made up of the lovers of the Morgan family </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW95574121" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW95574121" style="background-color: inherit;">Miki St John and Damien decide to put the old band back together. No longer Sinners Gin but </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW95574121" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW95574121" style="background-color: inherit;">Crossroads Gin </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW95574121" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW95574121" style="background-color: inherit;">And
their tour is one of rebirth and moving forward. Too bad the past won’t
stay dead and someone is dead set on hindering their future.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW95574121" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW95574121" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW95574121" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW95574121" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW95574121" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW95574121" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW95574121" style="background-color: inherit;"><i><b>What I like:</b></i> I loved getting glimpses in</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW95574121" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW95574121" style="background-color: inherit;">to the </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW95574121" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW95574121" style="background-color: inherit;">lives
of the boys and their significant others. Life on the road can be tough
and so I just really enjoyed seeing their vulnerability and the strong
sense of family they all have. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW95574121" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW95574121" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW95574121" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW95574121" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW95574121" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW95574121" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW95574121" style="background-color: inherit;">A
realistic approach to their issues. Especially dealing with Miki and
Rafe, it was great to see them face their problems head on and finally
start asking for help. Miki has been a head case since the beginning of
time</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW95574121" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW95574121" style="background-color: inherit;"> and I for one am hella happy he’s realizing that his thought process is a tad bit unhealthy. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW95574121" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW95574121" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW95574121" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW95574121" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW95574121" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW95574121" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW95574121" style="background-color: inherit;">Throw in the mystery, the crazy that comes with most Rhys Ford book, and some steamy scenes and you have a nicely balanced book.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW95574121" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW95574121" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW95574121" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW95574121" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW95574121" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW95574121" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW95574121" style="background-color: inherit;">I’d
like to make this Public Service Announcement…I live for Forest and
Connor. They have captured my heart and their book is my fave, Connor is
my fave Morgan and I need an invite to the wedding. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW95574121" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW95574121" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW95574121" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW95574121" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW95574121" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW95574121" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW95574121" style="background-color: inherit;"><i><b>What I didn’t like:</b></i> How easily I know that things will go boom. For once I’d like to be</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW95574121" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW95574121" style="background-color: inherit;"> surprised and things don’t go the expected OTT route. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW95574121" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW95574121" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW95574121" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW95574121" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW95574121" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW95574121" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW95574121" style="background-color: inherit;">I feel like a whole lot of nothing happened until the very end here and then I was excited again. </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW95574121" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW95574121" style="background-color: inherit;">I
am looking forward to the final book in the series and I already know
it’s going to go down. I’m gonna need everything wrapped up in a neat
little bow, and for Miki to get his basket of a mind weaved a little
tighter. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW95574121" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW95574121" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW95574121" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW95574121" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW95574121" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW95574121" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW95574121" style="background-color: inherit;">Overall, another entertaining read which was just a nice little glimpse into the lives of the men we’ve grown to love.</span></span></div>
<div class="Paragraph SCXW95574121" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
<div class="Paragraph SCXW95574121" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<b><span class="TextRun SCXW95574121" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW95574121" style="background-color: inherit;">Review: <i><a href="https://pantsoffreviews.blogspot.com/2013/01/review-sinners-gin-by-rhys-ford.html" target="_blank">Book #1 Sinners Gin</a></i></span></span></b></div>
<div class="Paragraph SCXW95574121" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<b><span class="TextRun SCXW95574121" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW95574121" style="background-color: inherit;">Review: <i><a href="https://pantsoffreviews.blogspot.com/2013/08/oops-where-did-my-pants-go-whiskey-and.html" target="_blank">Book #2 Whiskey & Wry</a></i></span></span></b></div>
<div class="Paragraph SCXW95574121" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<b><span class="TextRun SCXW95574121" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW95574121" style="background-color: inherit;">Review: <i><a href="https://pantsoffreviews.blogspot.com/2018/04/review-tequila-mockingbird-by-rhys-ford.html" target="_blank">Book #3 Tequila Mockingbird</a></i></span></span></b></div>
<div class="Paragraph SCXW95574121" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<b><span class="TextRun SCXW95574121" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW95574121" style="background-color: inherit;">Review: <i><a href="https://pantsoffreviews.blogspot.com/2018/05/review-sloe-ride-by-rhys-ford.html" target="_blank">Book #4 Sloe Ride </a></i></span></span></b></div>
<div class="Paragraph SCXW95574121" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<i><b><span class="TextRun SCXW95574121" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW95574121" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span></span></b></i><span class="EOP SCXW95574121" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><br /></span></div>
</div>
DarienMoyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08781381342039392168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1888290079186458128.post-21548493721205629932018-06-06T09:33:00.000-04:002018-06-06T09:33:08.620-04:00Release Blitz & Giveaway: Out, Proud, and Prejudiced by Megan Reddaway<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1jEsNi9BsKdFvIyePnBMj-RwTYsXmk65HI37VV5_oDpoHJYGYaOR2Y4EU5Ls2Op_ipnCMePkTn7vylysHk25cMynwn_Z5_XE-99OOeB2ypn7WIVCf5aXBZgijvPlQBBnylHgpUNYT1xQ/s1600/RBBanner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="849" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1jEsNi9BsKdFvIyePnBMj-RwTYsXmk65HI37VV5_oDpoHJYGYaOR2Y4EU5Ls2Op_ipnCMePkTn7vylysHk25cMynwn_Z5_XE-99OOeB2ypn7WIVCf5aXBZgijvPlQBBnylHgpUNYT1xQ/s640/RBBanner.jpg" width="600" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1jdYqoodyvzXXPc-Zmt-oXDpSWeVYei4nXGMC10Bvvp6FTz-osT6JGItIJEPq_259CIXpnZDcrZ5ICLDeRgn0-vOUsYH9o6QYGkngI70LLnn-62gTBYQa2ir6WxAibcABgHDoRayqpGg/s1600/OutProudandPrejudice_eBook-Web.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1050" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1jdYqoodyvzXXPc-Zmt-oXDpSWeVYei4nXGMC10Bvvp6FTz-osT6JGItIJEPq_259CIXpnZDcrZ5ICLDeRgn0-vOUsYH9o6QYGkngI70LLnn-62gTBYQa2ir6WxAibcABgHDoRayqpGg/s400/OutProudandPrejudice_eBook-Web.jpg" width="262" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Buy Links:</b> <a href="https://amzn.to/2LHRByn" target="_blank">Amazon US</a> | <a href="https://amzn.to/2H3xdUI" target="_blank">Amazon UK</a></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Length:</b> 85,000 words approx.</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Blurb</b></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>One’s proud, one’s prejudiced, and they can’t stand each other. </i><br /><br />Quick-tempered Bennet Rourke dislikes Darius Lanniker on sight. Darius may be a hotshot city lawyer, but that doesn’t give him the right to sneer at Bennet, his friends, and their college. It doesn’t help that Bennet’s restaurant job has him waiting at Darius’s table. So when his tutor recommends him for an internship at Darius’s Pemberley estate, Bennet isn’t sure he wants it. He’s also not sure he can afford to turn it down.<br /><br />Darius is a fish out of water in the small college town of Meriton, but something keeps pulling him back there. He’s helping out a friend with business advice, nothing more. If he’s interested in Bennet, it’s not serious. Sure, Bennet challenges him in a way no other man has. But they have nothing in common. Right?<br /><br />Wrong. Their best friends are falling in love, and Bennet and Darius can’t seem to escape each other. Soon they’re sharing climbing ropes and birthday cake, and there’s a spark between them that won’t be denied. <br /><br />But betrayal is around the corner. Darius must swallow his pride and Bennet must drop his prejudices to see the rainbow shining through the storm clouds.<br /><br />A standalone novel—a modern retelling of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice.<br /><br />Note: contains mention of past abuse.<br /><br /><b>About The Author</b><br /><br />MEGAN REDDAWAY<b> </b>lives in England and has been entertained by fictional characters acting out their stories in her head for as long as she can remember. She began writing them down as soon as she could.<br /><br />Since she grew up, she has worked as a secretary, driver, barperson, and article writer, among other things. Whatever she is doing, she always has a story bubbling away at the same time. <br /><br />For news of Megan’s gay romance releases and two free stories, visit her website: <a href="http://meganreddaway.com/">http://meganreddaway.com</a> <br /><a href="https://www.facebook.com/meganreddawayauthor/" target="_blank">Facebook </a><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/meganreddaway1" target="_blank">Twitter</a><br /><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33972645-shelter-me" target="_blank">Goodreads</a></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<a class="rcptr" data-raflid="3e0e9a43379" data-template="" data-theme="classic" href="http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/3e0e9a43379/" id="rcwidget_lj9vzehi" rel="nofollow">a Rafflecopter giveaway</a>
<script src="https://widget-prime.rafflecopter.com/launch.js"></script>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://signalboostpr.blogspot.co.uk/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigVKt1zFpXFzbIGRrenlh8QlNCSxTEF2oiBPyl7QxoD8-v2oUdkAzu9vCG-R_UjseWAUsairrGTtetQnMl8IixSxSMC38BwOYju5Z_SycqdYZcn28NiwA15hzCvyLRE9blpmxMvOtDkKGL/s200/signalboosttransparent.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://signalboostpr.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Hosted By Signal Boost Promotions</a></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<br />DarienMoyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08781381342039392168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1888290079186458128.post-78375646973809335212018-05-31T10:03:00.000-04:002018-05-31T10:03:19.731-04:00Review: Shiver by Jocelyn Drake & Rinda Elliott<blockquote>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9gCrgVAJt1pWwP8NLdT6Ea1ymPAjm4S8Lb6VJmDQwOfVHQ_11WJ8j4E_Myi6y8PuLm2T-CHG4tI8R3EzYwEpRokUQ_ZSIQzRS95yBnSobQTP91rcvnTRaEyz8AOS2L6HVkUDFGanBmhGU/s1600/Shiver.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="317" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9gCrgVAJt1pWwP8NLdT6Ea1ymPAjm4S8Lb6VJmDQwOfVHQ_11WJ8j4E_Myi6y8PuLm2T-CHG4tI8R3EzYwEpRokUQ_ZSIQzRS95yBnSobQTP91rcvnTRaEyz8AOS2L6HVkUDFGanBmhGU/s400/Shiver.jpg" width="266" /></a></div>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Shiver (Unbreakable Bonds #1) by Jocelyn Drake & Rinda Elliott</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Shiver-Unbreakable-Bonds-Book-1-ebook/dp/B015SC6UUI/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1527775299&sr=8-5&keywords=shiver" target="_blank">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26695561-shiver" target="_blank">Goodreads</a></span></b><br />
<span style="color: #b45f06;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Novel: 330pgs</span></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>4 Pants Off</b></span></i><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Blurb: </b><span id="freeText7607471789043332131">Lucas Vallois is always
in control. He’s building an empire in the glittering city of Cincinnati
and created his own family from his three close friends. The self-made
millionaire has everything he wants within his tight grasp. But his
world starts to crumble after he’s jumped by a trio of thugs late one
night after leaving a club. The warning is clear—give up his new
property venture or end up dead.<br /><br />Caving to the demands of his
friends, Lucas accepts the help of bodyguard, Andrei Hadeon, as as he
hunts for the source of this new threat. But as Lucas gets closer to
uncovering the danger, he realizes the sexy Romanian bodyguard poses an
even bigger risk to his carefully constructed world. Trapped by a need
he never expected, Lucas must find a way to deny the shiver of longing
he cannot control.<br /><br />His brother. His warrior. His heart. Four friends. Unbreakable bonds.</span></span></blockquote>
<br />
<i><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Review</b></span></i><br />
<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW172181338" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW172181338" style="background-color: transparent; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span class="TextRun SCXW172181338" lang="EN-CA" style="line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW172181338" style="background-color: inherit;">SHAKING AND QUAKING</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW172181338" data-ccp-props="{}" style="line-height: 23px;"> </span></b></span></i></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="Paragraph SCXW172181338" style="background-color: transparent; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span class="TextRun SCXW172181338" lang="EN-CA" style="line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW172181338" style="background-color: inherit;"></span></span><span class="EOP SCXW172181338" data-ccp-props="{}" style="line-height: 23px;"> </span></b></span></i></span></span></div>
</blockquote>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW172181338" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW172181338" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
<div class="Paragraph SCXW172181338" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br />
<span class="TextRun SCXW172181338" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW172181338" style="background-color: inherit;">Well, well</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW172181338" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW172181338" style="background-color: inherit;">, well</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW172181338" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW172181338" style="background-color: inherit;"> what have we here? I was never expecting to enjoy this book </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW172181338" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW172181338" style="background-color: inherit;">so much </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW172181338" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW172181338" style="background-color: inherit;">so I went in with little expectations. The last time I went in thinking I’m gonna love a book<i> </i></span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW172181338" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW172181338" style="background-color: inherit;"><i>(ahem
Try)</i> I was very disappointed so I went in to<i> Shiver</i> expecting nothing
and man was I surprised. The book was hella enjoyable and I am so
looking forward to reading the entire series. Let the hot man fucking
commence.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW172181338" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW172181338" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW172181338" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW172181338" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW172181338" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW172181338" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW172181338" style="background-color: inherit;">Lucas</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW172181338" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW172181338" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW172181338" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="SpellingError SCXW172181338" style="background-color: inherit;">Vallois</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW172181338" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW172181338" style="background-color: inherit;">,
hot man and millionaire. He doesn’t have many things that he loves in
life. His love boils down to his three best-friends and his job. </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW172181338" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW172181338" style="background-color: inherit;">Life is good until Lucas</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW172181338" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW172181338" style="background-color: inherit;">
finds himself being jumped on a night out with his friends. In a fight
Lucas can most definitely handle himself but against 3 seasoned fighters
it’s a bit of a stretch, plus the men have intent to do some serious
damage. He gets away (barely) and land in the hospital with some serious
injuries. Seems someone wants him to hold out on his business ventures
and Lucas doesn’t take threats easily. </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW172181338" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW172181338" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW172181338" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW172181338" style="background-color: inherit;">But it seems his life is in danger and needs to protected, in comes </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW172181338" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="SpellingError SCXW172181338" style="background-color: inherit;">Andrie</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW172181338" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW172181338" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW172181338" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="SpellingError SCXW172181338" style="background-color: inherit;">Hade</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW172181338" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="SpellingError SCXW172181338" style="background-color: inherit;">on</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW172181338" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW172181338" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW172181338" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW172181338" style="background-color: inherit;">bodyguard extraordinaire.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW172181338" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW172181338" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW172181338" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW172181338" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW172181338" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW172181338" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="SpellingError SCXW172181338" style="background-color: inherit;">Andrie</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW172181338" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW172181338" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW172181338" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="SpellingError SCXW172181338" style="background-color: inherit;">Hadeon</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW172181338" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW172181338" style="background-color: inherit;"> knows how to do </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW172181338" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW172181338" style="background-color: inherit;">his </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW172181338" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW172181338" style="background-color: inherit;">job but Lucas is making it hard. First he’s got </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW172181338" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW172181338" style="background-color: inherit;">him all tied up in knots, and second he can’t seem to do his job properly. Lucas </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW172181338" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="SpellingError SCXW172181338" style="background-color: inherit;">Vallois</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW172181338" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW172181338" style="background-color: inherit;"> is a problem</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW172181338" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW172181338" style="background-color: inherit;">, a serious problem. </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW172181338" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="SpellingError SCXW172181338" style="background-color: inherit;">Andrie</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW172181338" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW172181338" style="background-color: inherit;"> has never been this attracted to</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW172181338" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW172181338" style="background-color: inherit;"> a man before and it’s messing with his head, add to the fact that he’s supposed to be protecting his body not </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW172181338" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW172181338" style="background-color: inherit;">effing</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW172181338" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW172181338" style="background-color: inherit;"> watching and drooling over it. Complicated shit is complicated</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW172181338" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW172181338" style="background-color: inherit;">. Lucas is more dangerous than the crazy situation they’ve landed in.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW172181338" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW172181338" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW172181338" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW172181338" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW172181338" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW172181338" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW172181338" style="background-color: inherit;">When
I say I wasn’t expecting this level of story telling and enjoyment,
believe me because I wasn’t expecting it. A few pages in I knew I found a
new series to get lost in and fall in love. I really enjoyed Lucas and </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW172181338" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="SpellingError SCXW172181338" style="background-color: inherit;">Andrie</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW172181338" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW172181338" style="background-color: inherit;"> together they were cute as hell, and Lucas’s makeshift family is already the best. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW172181338" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW172181338" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW172181338" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW172181338" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW172181338" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW172181338" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW172181338" style="background-color: inherit;">I
love the push and pull dance both men do. Is it just fucking? Is it a
relationship? Is it just a strong feeling of like? I love that I got to
figure it out with them. The </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW172181338" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW172181338" style="background-color: inherit;">plotty</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW172181338" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW172181338" style="background-color: inherit;"> device of the thugs try</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW172181338" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW172181338" style="background-color: inherit;">ing to stop Lucas’s </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW172181338" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW172181338" style="background-color: inherit;">shine was enjoyable but it was my least fave part of the story. The bad guy reveal had me giggling </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW172181338" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="SpellingError SCXW172181338" style="background-color: inherit;">cus</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW172181338" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW172181338" style="background-color: inherit;"> I was like<i> “look at this fool”</i></span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW172181338" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW172181338" style="background-color: inherit;">. While I was a little surprised, his ass was </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW172181338" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW172181338" style="background-color: inherit;">effing</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW172181338" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW172181338" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW172181338" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW172181338" style="background-color: inherit;">amateur.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW172181338" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW172181338" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW172181338" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW172181338" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW172181338" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW172181338" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW172181338" style="background-color: inherit;">Overall, really enjoyed this one and </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW172181338" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW172181338" style="background-color: inherit;">am looking forward to </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW172181338" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW172181338" style="background-color: inherit;">the
rest of the series. Unsure if <i>Shiver</i> is the authors first foray into
M/M and if it is, I gotta say, job well done. While it still has that
hyper masculinity that some new m/m authors who predominantly write m/f books possess, I find that I didn’t mind that
much and there was a nice balance. These new to me authors have found a
fan in me and I am looking forward to reading about my man Snow. I’m
Canadian so I can handle the cold </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW172181338" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "apple color emoji" , "apple color emoji_msfontservice" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW172181338" style="background-color: inherit;">😈</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW172181338" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: "apple color emoji" , "apple color emoji_msfontservice" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 21px;"> </span></div>
</div>
DarienMoyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08781381342039392168noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1888290079186458128.post-50869360137966759842018-05-29T09:57:00.000-04:002018-05-29T10:03:05.203-04:00Audiobook Review: Slow Heat by Leta Blake<blockquote>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9MOsUrzljv-C_dOssI4ILqBpmAMWODAIMtjHmItDFkZsa3B22EERRkmeoWRYqtbkJnjDV7guwMIw6lJm22FxHD-BgtTon2KTyDhBj2sfgF39AKqpCopx8rY1fwf2Veq-PkRRprWqvmaAw/s1600/Slow+Heat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="318" data-original-width="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9MOsUrzljv-C_dOssI4ILqBpmAMWODAIMtjHmItDFkZsa3B22EERRkmeoWRYqtbkJnjDV7guwMIw6lJm22FxHD-BgtTon2KTyDhBj2sfgF39AKqpCopx8rY1fwf2Veq-PkRRprWqvmaAw/s1600/Slow+Heat.jpg" /></a></div>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Slow Heat (Heat of Love #1) by Leta Blake, Narration by Michael Ferraiuolo</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.audible.com/pd/Romance/Slow-Heat-Audiobook/B07CV1ZBJR?ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_1&pf_rd_p=e81b7c27-6880-467a-b5a7-13cef5d729fe&pf_rd_r=DQJ4KEMS0XHGYKS75ADV&" target="_blank">Audible</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Slow-Heat-Love-Book-ebook/dp/B071VMX4QH/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1527601628&sr=8-1&keywords=slow+heat+leta+blake" target="_blank">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40101042-slow-heat" target="_blank">Goodreads</a></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Time: 14hrs and 7 minutes</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>4.5 Pants Off</b></span></i><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Blurb:</b> <span id="freeText2882146498010910098"><b>A lustful young alpha meets his match in an older omega with a past.</b> <br /><br />Professor
Vale Aman has crafted a good life for himself. An unbonded omega in his
mid-30s, he's long since given up hope that he'll meet a compatible
alpha, let alone his destined mate. He's fulfilled by his career, his
poetry, his cat, and his friends. <br /><br />When Jason Sabel, a much
younger alpha, imprints on Vale in a shocking and public way, longings
are ignited that can't be ignored. Fighting their strong sexual urges,
Jason and Vale must agree to contract with each other before they can
consummate their passion. <br /><br />But for Vale, being with Jason means
giving up his independence and placing his future in the hands of an
untested alpha - as well as facing the scars of his own tumultuous past.
He isn't sure it's worth it. But Jason isn't giving up his destined
mate without a fight. <br /><br />This is a stand-alone gay romance novel,
118,000 words, with a strong HFN ending, as well as a well-crafted,
non-shifter omegaverse, with alphas, betas, omegas, male pregnancy,
heat, and knotting. <i>Content warning for pregnancy loss and aftermath.</i></span></span></blockquote>
<br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span id="freeText2882146498010910098"><i> Review</i></span></b></span><br />
<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<span style="color: #073763;"><b><span id="freeText2882146498010910098" style="font-size: x-large;"><i>SLOW HOT FIRE </i></span></b></span></blockquote>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW19610749" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW19610749" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="SpellingError SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;">Squeeeeeeee</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;">!! This review will probably just be all gushing </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="SpellingError SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;">cus</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;"> of reasons. What a surprise to my senses </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;">and my feels Slow Heat was. I’ve read a lot of non-shifter </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="SpellingError SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;">omegaverse</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;"> in fanfic and </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;">I don’t see it a lot in published works and when I do they’re not that great. But this book and the narration was a slam dunk. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW19610749" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW19610749" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW19610749" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW19610749" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW19610749" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="SpellingError SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;">Micheal</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="SpellingError SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;">Ferraiuolo</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;"> is the <i><b>TRUTH!!</b></i></span></span><i><b><span class="EOP SCXW19610749" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></b></i></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW19610749" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW19610749" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW19610749" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW19610749" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;">The Story: 4.5 Pants Off</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW19610749" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; line-height: 23px;"> </span></b></span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW19610749" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW19610749" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW19610749" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW19610749" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;">Jason </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="SpellingError SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;">Sa</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="SpellingError SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;">bel</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;">is a young Alpha not yet into maturity. He attends </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="SpellingError SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;">universiy</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;"> to learn how to finally care for his Omega when they meet</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;">. </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;">As
an Alpha he’s got urges but Omegas are to remain pure until they meet
their one true match so he’s getting no love on that part. But that
doesn’t stop Jason from getting himself into something warm. </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;">So</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;"> he gets off with his best-friend </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;">Xan</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;"> another Alpha</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;">, which is a forbidden complication</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;">,</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;"> but horny growing boys.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW19610749" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW19610749" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW19610749" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW19610749" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW19610749" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;">When Jason meets his much older </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;">o</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;">mega</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;"> Vale, a professor at his </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;">university</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;">it’s quite unexpected and everything is set to work against them but instinct is a hard thing to deny. </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;">To the world their </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;">union would be a disaster because Jason is a young A</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;">lpha,
and to everyone else Vale is a used up Omega who has been through many
heats but Jason will not be denied his true match and he’s very much
willing to risk it all for Vale.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW19610749" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW19610749" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW19610749" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW19610749" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW19610749" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;">Vale</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;">Aman</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;">has
his hang ups, after going through two very traumatizing heats. An omega
is required to bare children and that’s something he can never do. </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;">So</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;">,</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;"> he will not let Ja</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;">son</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;"> suffer a childless union no matter how much his heart will hurt.</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;"> For</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;"> each day he spends getting to know Jason</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;">,
it’s a little bit of himself that he loses to the young man. Walking
away will be hard but it’s for the best even though it will break him.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW19610749" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW19610749" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW19610749" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW19610749" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW19610749" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;">So like wow, what a rollercoaster this was. I</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;">’m all about the older guy poking younger dude, but this one had a case of younger guy poking older dude</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;">. </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;">Along with heartache and miscarriage</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;">, </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;">a </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;">very bloody sounding miscarriage</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;">.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW19610749" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW19610749" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW19610749" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW19610749" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW19610749" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;">Things I Liked</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;">:
Pretty much everything. The story is entertaining, while a bit on the
very long side it really kept me entertained all through.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW19610749" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW19610749" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW19610749" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW19610749" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW19610749" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;">I enjoyed Jason and Vale as characters and their slow burn coming together.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW19610749" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW19610749" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW19610749" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW19610749" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW19610749" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;">The writing is amazing. Leta Blake delivered a </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;">complex
and very unique novel with so much undertones about serious topics like
gender, and society norms. There’s a richer meaning, and it’s so much
more than dudes who get pregnant. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW19610749" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW19610749" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW19610749" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW19610749" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW19610749" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;">I
enjoyed all the supporting characters and they added more spice to the
story (but sometimes they were there just a little too much). </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW19610749" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW19610749" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW19610749" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW19610749" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW19610749" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;">Things I didn’t </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;">L</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;">ike</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;">: Jason’s sexual relationship with his best-friend. Initially I really disliked </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;">Xan</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;">
but there is so much to his character that I’m looking forward to his
story. I just find their relationship contradicting, especially after
Jason meets Vale. Like the Alpha/Omega bond is this undeniable sacred
thing so Jason and </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;">Xan</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;"> together just seemed wrong.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW19610749" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
<div class="Paragraph SCXW19610749" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW19610749" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW19610749" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;"></span></span><span class="EOP SCXW19610749" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW19610749" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW19610749" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;">So
much story about other people that wasn’t Jason and Vale. The most
intense and heartbreaking moments in the book really had nothing to do
with the main MCs and that really bothered me. Their entire story could
have been wrapped up in </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;">150pgs</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;"> or less.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW19610749" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW19610749" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW19610749" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW19610749" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW19610749" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;">It
also didn’t need to be so depressing and angst filled through out. For
once I needed something to go easily, but every aspect just had to have
some obstacle to get over. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW19610749" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW19610749" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW19610749" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW19610749" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW19610749" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;">Vale! </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;">At a certain point his negative thinking and woe is me attitude really started to irk me. He was way too into his feelings </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;">and by the end I was over him. I would have been on board if Jason said <i>“adios you whining omega”</i>. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW19610749" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW19610749" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW19610749" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW19610749" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW19610749" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;">It’s not a perfect 5 </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "apple color emoji" , "apple color emoji_msfontservice" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;">⭐</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;">️s because it really did get draggy and Vale got super whiny and I swear he became the one with the lower mental age. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW19610749" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW19610749" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW19610749" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW19610749" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW19610749" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;">Overall, I really loved the story and </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;">there is just so much more to discuss but then this review would be a </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;">10pg</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;"> review and </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="SpellingError SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;">ain’t</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;"> nobody got time for that. I’m really looking forward to reading the next book in the series.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW19610749" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW19610749" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW19610749" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW19610749" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW19610749" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW19610749" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW19610749" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;">The Narration: 5 Pants Off</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW19610749" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; line-height: 23px;"> </span></b></span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW19610749" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW19610749" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW19610749" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW19610749" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;">Michael </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="SpellingError SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;">Ferrai</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="SpellingError SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;">uolo</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;">is
my favourite narrator ever!! While I am new to the whole audiobook
movement, Mr Michael is the best I’ve ever heard. He made the story so
freaking epic and I am </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;">convinced </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;">I love it for the sole reason of his narration (</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;">Maybe</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;">)</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;">.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW19610749" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW19610749" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW19610749" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW19610749" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW19610749" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;">Each
character voice was unique and exciting and there was never a moment
where I was confused about who’s who. He really brought his </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;">a-game</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;"> and I want to dive into any audiobook he’s done.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW19610749" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW19610749" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW19610749" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW19610749" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW19610749" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;">Even if the story wasn’t very good Michael </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="SpellingError SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;">Ferraiuolo</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;"> would have made it enjoyable regardless</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;">,</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;"> he brought Slow Heat alive.</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;"> This is one story I will be listening to over and over again</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;"> and eagerly anticipating </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;">the second</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;"> book</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW19610749" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19610749" style="background-color: inherit;"> in audio form. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW19610749" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
DarienMoyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08781381342039392168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1888290079186458128.post-32970836712835480092018-05-25T09:38:00.000-04:002018-05-25T09:38:42.202-04:00Audiobook Review: The Magpie Lord by KJ Charles<blockquote>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbzWF-2Uf6EW1DlxU2Qk4C0UlFAp3O99psp-Yuv-USgxSCUo-mlUzskBHohk2eXSlw32cVSK244tffTbJKDbnBprvbWqkJDJEiKa7JRq6976H0vqFMmE_EyMLwSOjRZSlyXTZVnP8a1dFY/s1600/Magpie+Lord.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="318" data-original-width="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbzWF-2Uf6EW1DlxU2Qk4C0UlFAp3O99psp-Yuv-USgxSCUo-mlUzskBHohk2eXSlw32cVSK244tffTbJKDbnBprvbWqkJDJEiKa7JRq6976H0vqFMmE_EyMLwSOjRZSlyXTZVnP8a1dFY/s1600/Magpie+Lord.jpg" /></a></div>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">The Magpie Lord (A Charm of Magpies #1) by KJ Charles</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Magpie-Lord-Charm-Magpies/dp/1999784618/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1527255394&sr=8-1&keywords=the+magpie+lord" target="_blank">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.audible.com/search?advsearchKeywords=The+Magpie+Lord" target="_blank">Audible</a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38311031-the-magpie-lord" target="_blank">Goodreads</a></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Time: 7hrs and 56 Minutes</span></b> </blockquote>
<blockquote>
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">4.5 Pants Off</span></i></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Blurb: </b><span id="freeText3480402472645523900"><i>A lord in danger. A magician in turmoil. A snowball in hell.</i><br /><br />Exiled
to China for twenty years, Lucien Vaudrey never planned to return to
England. But with the mysterious deaths of his father and brother, it
seems the new Lord Crane has inherited an earldom. He’s also inherited
his family’s enemies. He needs magical assistance, fast. He doesn't
expect it to turn up angry.<br /><br />Magician Stephen Day has good reason
to hate Crane’s family. Unfortunately, it’s his job to deal with
supernatural threats. Besides, the earl is unlike any aristocrat he’s
ever met, with the tattoos, the attitude... and the way Crane seems
determined to get him into bed. That’s definitely unusual.<br /><br />Soon
Stephen is falling hard for the worst possible man, at the worst
possible time. But Crane’s dangerous appeal isn't the only thing
rendering Stephen powerless. Evil pervades the house, a web of plots is
closing round Crane, and if Stephen can’t find a way through it—they’re
both going to die. <br /><br /><br /><i>Warning: Contains hot m/m sex between a
deeply inappropriate earl and a very confused magician, dark plots in a
magical version of Victorian England, family values (not the good
kind), and a lot of swearing.</i></span></span></blockquote>
<i><b><span style="font-size: large;">Review</span></b></i><br />
<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW196750655" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW196750655" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="color: #073763;"><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="TextRun SCXW196750655" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW196750655" style="background-color: inherit;">THE LORD ASSHOLES</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW196750655" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; line-height: 23px;"> </span></span></b></i></span></div>
</div>
</blockquote>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW196750655" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW196750655" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW196750655" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW196750655" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW196750655" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW196750655" style="background-color: inherit;">So I’m so glad I decided to listen to this on Audio. The story is already magnificent and the narration made <i>The Magpie </i></span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW196750655" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW196750655" style="background-color: inherit;"><i>Lord</i> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW196750655" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW196750655" style="background-color: inherit;">all the more magnificent.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW196750655" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW196750655" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW196750655" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW196750655" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW196750655" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<i><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="TextRun SCXW196750655" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW196750655" style="background-color: inherit;">The Story: 5 Pants Off</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW196750655" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; line-height: 23px;"> </span></b></span></i></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW196750655" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW196750655" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW196750655" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW196750655" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW196750655" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW196750655" style="background-color: inherit;">I really do love the heck out of this book. I am a fan of things creepy and </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW196750655" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW196750655" style="background-color: inherit;">a </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW196750655" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW196750655" style="background-color: inherit;">story filled with twist</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW196750655" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW196750655" style="background-color: inherit;">s</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW196750655" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW196750655" style="background-color: inherit;">
and turns and <i>The Magpie Lord</i> had it all. The characters are deeply
rich, the storytelling topnotch, and the sexy time is definitely sexy.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW196750655" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW196750655" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW196750655" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW196750655" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW196750655" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW196750655" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW196750655" style="background-color: inherit;">Lucien </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW196750655" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="SpellingError SCXW196750655" style="background-color: inherit;">Vaudry</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW196750655" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW196750655" style="background-color: inherit;"> aka </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW196750655" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW196750655" style="background-color: inherit;">Lord Crane on more than one occasion has tried to kill himself </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW196750655" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW196750655" style="background-color: inherit;">while
deeply asleep and each time becoming more successful than the last. He
knows he needs help and so he calls in local magician that comes highly
recommend. Seems the title of Lord is deeply cursed</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW196750655" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW196750655" style="background-color: inherit;">
which has Lucien feeling some sort of way because the sins of his
father and brother shouldn’t fall on him since he’s been exiled for
quite sometime. But in order to stay alive he will the need the help of
Stephen Day, the tiny feisty magician who also hates his guts (sins of
his father and all).</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW196750655" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW196750655" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW196750655" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW196750655" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW196750655" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW196750655" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW196750655" style="background-color: inherit;">What
then transpires is next level creepy shit, ghosts of old, and magpies.
Crane and Stephen clash in a most delicious type of way and they make
the story all the more worthwhile. They got so much chemistry I was in
flames. While I would call this a slow burn you won’t mind </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW196750655" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="SpellingError SCXW196750655" style="background-color: inherit;">cus</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW196750655" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW196750655" style="background-color: inherit;"> it burns so good and it’s quite delicious enjoying it for a second time.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW196750655" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW196750655" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW196750655" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW196750655" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW196750655" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW196750655" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW196750655" style="background-color: inherit;">Let me also mention it’s freaking hilarious. The greatest balance of creepy with </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW196750655" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="SpellingError SCXW196750655" style="background-color: inherit;">hilariousity</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW196750655" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW196750655" style="background-color: inherit;">. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW196750655" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW196750655" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW196750655" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW196750655" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW196750655" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<i><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="TextRun SCXW196750655" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW196750655" style="background-color: inherit;">The Narration</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW196750655" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW196750655" style="background-color: inherit;"> by Cornell Collins</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW196750655" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW196750655" style="background-color: inherit;">: 4 Pants Off</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW196750655" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; line-height: 23px;"> </span></b></span></i></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW196750655" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW196750655" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW196750655" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW196750655" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW196750655" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW196750655" style="background-color: inherit;"><i>Yes,
yes, and yes.</i> Having read the book previously, listening to it brought a
very different level of excitement. The narration was so on point, each
character so very well developed in both uniqueness and personality. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW196750655" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW196750655" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW196750655" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW196750655" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW196750655" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW196750655" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW196750655" style="background-color: inherit;">I am all for this and I’m so much looking forward to listening the rest of the series. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW196750655" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW196750655" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW196750655" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW196750655" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW196750655" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW196750655" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW196750655" style="background-color: inherit;">I am both happy in my pants and my ears.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW196750655" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
DarienMoyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08781381342039392168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1888290079186458128.post-62243842479999781822018-05-23T10:45:00.000-04:002018-05-23T10:48:28.130-04:00Review: The Charlatan's Conquest by Vivien Dean<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP_cQu-D5LMGWQXXes2lIdOwr3KZIP5WbrZkUfOMJjqNmrvdMYjYQRySsqozkKmsJ3gu-Vjy8u6kAK7ennntg4BeV8R-JtdchwWlM2F_fGnXPp8SdByWVeEu2WQdH4HjdwWX-aheZ92Dz2/s1600/35455667.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="289" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP_cQu-D5LMGWQXXes2lIdOwr3KZIP5WbrZkUfOMJjqNmrvdMYjYQRySsqozkKmsJ3gu-Vjy8u6kAK7ennntg4BeV8R-JtdchwWlM2F_fGnXPp8SdByWVeEu2WQdH4HjdwWX-aheZ92Dz2/s400/35455667.jpg" width="242" /></a></div>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">The Charlatan's Conquest (Phantom Fixers #1) (Dreamspun Beyond #2) by Vivien Dean</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/books/the-charlatans-conquest-by-vivien-dean-8592-b" target="_blank">Dreamspinner Press</a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35455667-the-charlatan-s-conquest" target="_blank">Goodreads</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Charlatans-Conquest-Dreamspun-Beyond-Book-ebook/dp/B074DWV7MG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1527086635&sr=8-1&keywords=the+charlatans+conquest" target="_blank">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.audible.com/pd/Romance/The-Charlatans-Conquest-Audiobook/B077NC4F8W?ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_1&pf_rd_p=e81b7c27-6880-467a-b5a7-13cef5d729fe&pf_rd_r=JNEV48X1HKSB9ND818KP&" target="_blank">Audible</a></span></b><br />
<span style="color: #351c75;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Novel: 216pgs</span></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><b>3 Pants Off</b></i></span><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Blurb:</b> <span id="freeText1282808454679208510"><b>A Phantom Fixers Story</b><br /><br />With love and ghosts, the challenge is figuring out what’s real. <br /><br />Software
engineer Cruz Guthrie needs money for his sister’s cancer treatments.
He needs it so badly he’s willing to stand in for a ghost hunter friend
and investigate a millionaire’s supposed specters. It should be an easy
gig—after all, nobody thinks the haunting is real. <br /><br />Neurological
researcher Brody Weber is furious that Cruz would take advantage of
Brody’s father. But his mind changes when spirits manifest—and he
realizes Cruz genuinely wants to help. When they learn the paranormal
activity centers on Brody, Cruz is willing to fight to free Brody from
the entities determined to make his life miserable. With a little help
from friends and family—both living and dead—they must figure out why
Brody is attracting spirits and </span></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">how to banish them. Only then can they
pursue a future together.</span></blockquote>
</blockquote>
<br />
<br />
<b><i><span id="freeText1282808454679208510" style="font-size: large;">Review</span></i></b><br />
<br />
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW146302381" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW146302381" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW146302381" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW146302381" style="background-color: inherit;"><i>The Charlatans Conquest </i>is the second book in the<i> </i></span></span><i><span class="TextRun SCXW146302381" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="SpellingError SCXW146302381" style="background-color: inherit;">Dreamspun</span></span></i><span class="TextRun SCXW146302381" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW146302381" style="background-color: inherit;"><i> Beyond</i> series and quite a disappointment for me. I really wanted to like it because ghosts man but failed to wow me…</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW146302381" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW146302381" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW146302381" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW146302381" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW146302381" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW146302381" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW146302381" style="background-color: inherit;">Cruz Guthrie </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW146302381" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW146302381" style="background-color: inherit;">has decided to fill in for his </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW146302381" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW146302381" style="background-color: inherit;">ghost hunter </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW146302381" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW146302381" style="background-color: inherit;">best</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW146302381" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW146302381" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW146302381" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW146302381" style="background-color: inherit;">friend</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW146302381" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW146302381" style="background-color: inherit;">.
While he isn’t 100% behind the idea he would greatly benefit from the
twenty thousand payout that would help with his sister medical bills. He
doesn’t like the idea of doing a job that Etienne has already proven
the lack of ghosts but the client is sure that he is being haunted and
won’t take no for an answer. So spending 2wks doing a house cleansing
seems like a money making vacation. </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW146302381" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW146302381" style="background-color: inherit;">What should have been a su</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW146302381" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW146302381" style="background-color: inherit;">per easy job comes with some complications when </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW146302381" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW146302381" style="background-color: inherit;">the clients son Brody Weber shows up, and clearly Etienne was wrong because the house is haunted and there is more than one ghost</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW146302381" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW146302381" style="background-color: inherit;">.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW146302381" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW146302381" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW146302381" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW146302381" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW146302381" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW146302381" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW146302381" style="background-color: inherit;">Brody
doesn’t want anyone taking advantage of his father and clearly this
charlatan is. Pretending he’s a ghost hunter and feeding his father s
disillusionment, </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW146302381" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW146302381" style="background-color: inherit;">but Brody has got a secret that makes him a </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW146302381" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW146302381" style="background-color: inherit;">hypocrite and also a tad bit on the stupid side.</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW146302381" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW146302381" style="background-color: inherit;">
Brody knows his father isn’t being haunted and he knows the strange
happenings have everything to do with him. For someone who deals in
neurology his brain is real slow on the uptake. </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW146302381" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW146302381" style="background-color: inherit;">N</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW146302381" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW146302381" style="background-color: inherit;">o</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW146302381" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW146302381" style="background-color: inherit;">w</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW146302381" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW146302381" style="background-color: inherit;"> he has to deal with his attraction for Cruz and also realize for all these years his ass has been haunted</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW146302381" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW146302381" style="background-color: inherit;"> by some trouble-making possible </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW146302381" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW146302381" style="background-color: inherit;">malevolent ghosts (who knew). </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW146302381" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW146302381" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW146302381" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW146302381" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW146302381" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW146302381" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW146302381" style="background-color: inherit;">Now
it’s up to Cruz and Brody to figure out how to rid Brody of his
hitchhikers while also falling into serious like. Cruz is this sweet
family orientated guy who really wants to help Brody</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW146302381" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW146302381" style="background-color: inherit;"> and Brody just wants to have a little bit of normalcy. </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW146302381" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW146302381" style="background-color: inherit;">Things are moving forward but first they’ve got to exercise some ghost.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW146302381" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW146302381" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW146302381" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW146302381" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW146302381" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW146302381" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW146302381" style="background-color: inherit;">I
wanted to like this a lot more because<i> umm</i> ghost and creepy are my
thing but this really failed to spook or keep my interest. The writing
was good, and the story was nice but overall I became bored and lost
interest. The relationship between Cruz and Brody is<i> hella </i>sweet and
Cruz’s friend Etienne offers up some intrigue as to how he started
seeing ghost and made it his job, so I’m definitely interested in that.
Otherwise there wasn’t much here for me.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW146302381" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW146302381" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW146302381" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW146302381" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW146302381" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW146302381" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW146302381" style="background-color: inherit;">Overall, an alright read </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW146302381" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW146302381" style="background-color: inherit;">but it missed its mark with me….</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW146302381" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
DarienMoyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08781381342039392168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1888290079186458128.post-34265742452589831152018-05-21T09:00:00.000-04:002018-05-21T09:00:02.366-04:00Review: Point of Contact by Melanie Hansen<blockquote>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghTIcZ6UJeQ8QzJgXo1ptl1yugxOAVpOe27Cvt36AqST6CiQDgX-7wSmj4_0urTHGQo0dFI_WIwFjeugIk-IhfRDwwuOmEuJIyPvp3MKZTlfN9VrIhZ164u6OxRNCcKj-SM3pUUL3iwmVd/s1600/point+of+contact.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="300" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghTIcZ6UJeQ8QzJgXo1ptl1yugxOAVpOe27Cvt36AqST6CiQDgX-7wSmj4_0urTHGQo0dFI_WIwFjeugIk-IhfRDwwuOmEuJIyPvp3MKZTlfN9VrIhZ164u6OxRNCcKj-SM3pUUL3iwmVd/s400/point+of+contact.jpg" width="252" /></a></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Point of Contact by Melanie Hansen</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://www.carinapress.com/shop/books/9781488097058_point-of-contact.html" target="_blank">Carina Press</a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36625948-point-of-contact" target="_blank">Goodreads</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Point-Contact-Melanie-Hansen-ebook/dp/B076ZQR4F9/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1526766335&sr=8-1&keywords=point+of+contact+melanie+hansen" target="_blank">Amazon</a></b></span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Novel: 451pgs</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span>
<i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>4.5 Pants Off</b></span></i><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Blurb: </b><span id="freeText180838365963235975"><b>
<i>Only love can heal an impossibly broken heart</i>
</b><br /><br />There’d forever been a thread running through Trevor Estes’s
life—his son, Riley, strong and constant like a heartbeat. But when
Riley is killed in combat, everything in Trevor’s life unravels into a
mess he doesn’t know how to mourn.<br /><br />Then Jesse Byrne, Riley’s
friend and platoon mate, arrives on Trevor’s doorstep with a box of
Riley’s things. Jesse’s all-too-familiar grief provides an unlikely
source of comfort for Trevor: knowing he’s not alone is exactly what he
needs.<br /><br />Trevor never imagined he’d find someone who fills his
heart with hope again. As the pair celebrate Riley’s memory, their
unique bond deepens into something irreplaceable—and something neither
man can live without.<br /><br />But diving into a relationship can’t be so
simple. Being together means Trevor risking the last link he has to his
son…leaving Jesse to wonder if he’ll ever be enough, or if Trevor will
always be haunted by the past.</span></span></blockquote>
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<i><span id="freeText180838365963235975" style="font-size: large;"> Review</span></i><br />
<br />
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW243310565" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW243310565" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<b><i><span class="TextRun SCXW243310565" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW243310565" style="background-color: inherit;">Note to Self: The next time you see your GR friends saying how a book made them bawl and breakdown please </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW243310565" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW243310565" style="background-color: inherit;">effing</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW243310565" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW243310565" style="background-color: inherit;"> take it at face value and realize that they were actually bawling their eyes out and not playing around. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW243310565" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></i></b></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW243310565" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW243310565" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW243310565" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW243310565" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW243310565" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW243310565" style="background-color: inherit;">This
book broke my heart, broke it again, and then broke it one more time
while putting it a tiny bit together. Melanie Hansen didn’t come to play
</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW243310565" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW243310565" style="background-color: inherit;">with us when it comes to <i>Point of Contact</i></span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW243310565" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW243310565" style="background-color: inherit;">, she really didn’t come to play.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW243310565" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW243310565" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW243310565" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW243310565" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW243310565" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW243310565" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW243310565" style="background-color: inherit;">Trevor</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW243310565" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW243310565" style="background-color: inherit;"> Estes is scared, </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW243310565" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW243310565" style="background-color: inherit;">he’s very scared. He’s dealing with the fear of a parent whose only child is in the army and he’s about to do </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW243310565" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW243310565" style="background-color: inherit;">his first deployment. His fear is bone deep and he wants to stop Riley from leaving </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW243310565" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW243310565" style="background-color: inherit;">but
when your children grow up they make their own decisions, and sometimes
you can’t protect them. So, Trevor will support his baby and send him
of with a smile and wave but with a prayer in his heart for his boy to
comeback to him, for his boy to comeback to him safe.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW243310565" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW243310565" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW243310565" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW243310565" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW243310565" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW243310565" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW243310565" style="background-color: inherit;">A
going away party for Riley and his young friends is the last thing
Trevor can give these boys because they are going to fight a war that
will make them men far sooner than need be. A hostile run in with </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW243310565" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW243310565" style="background-color: inherit;">Jesse
one of Riley’s friends almost brings the party mood to a standstill but
there is far bigger things to worry about. Trevor will have to say
goodbye to his little boy, the baby he had way too young </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW243310565" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW243310565" style="background-color: inherit;">and a time when it was them against the world.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW243310565" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW243310565" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW243310565" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW243310565" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW243310565" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW243310565" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW243310565" style="background-color: inherit;">The story then gives you glimpses </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW243310565" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW243310565" style="background-color: inherit;">of
father and son time apart. Riley’s time in the army and also counting
down to D-day (death day). The fact that its coming is there from the
beginning</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW243310565" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW243310565" style="background-color: inherit;">.
It the author does a thing where you get to know Riley, you get to see
him as a son and as a friend and he’s not just the man you’ll know will
die. This is also his story and when the moment happens you realize you
were never prepared and it will wreck you. I can’t remember the last
time I cried for a book like this <i>(<a href="https://pantsoffreviews.blogspot.ca/2012/02/protection-by-sa-reid.html" target="_blank">well not since Protection by </a></i></span></span><i><span class="TextRun SCXW243310565" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW243310565" style="background-color: inherit;"><a href="https://pantsoffreviews.blogspot.ca/2012/02/protection-by-sa-reid.html" target="_blank">S.A Reid</a>)</span></span></i><span class="TextRun SCXW243310565" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW243310565" style="background-color: inherit;"><i>.</i> </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW243310565" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW243310565" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW243310565" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW243310565" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW243310565" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW243310565" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW243310565" style="background-color: inherit;">We then move into the after where his dad Trevor and his </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW243310565" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="SpellingError SCXW243310565" style="background-color: inherit;">best-friend</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW243310565" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW243310565" style="background-color: inherit;"> Jesse have to learn to l</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW243310565" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW243310565" style="background-color: inherit;">ive</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW243310565" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW243310565" style="background-color: inherit;"> without him. </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW243310565" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW243310565" style="background-color: inherit;">Trevor’s grief is crippling and every word of every chapter made me super weepy. As a mother</span></span><i><span class="TextRun SCXW243310565" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW243310565" style="background-color: inherit;"> (or as someone who just loves a person)</span></span></i><span class="TextRun SCXW243310565" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW243310565" style="background-color: inherit;"> I can only imagine and also as a mother your mind goes to places that is sobering and running amuck with fear. </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW243310565" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW243310565" style="background-color: inherit;">It was sometimes too much</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW243310565" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW243310565" style="background-color: inherit;">.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW243310565" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW243310565" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW243310565" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW243310565" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW243310565" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW243310565" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW243310565" style="background-color: inherit;">The
love story is a slow progress and it never implies that it’s a way to
heal. Yes, two men suffering from grief come together to get through it
but feelings went and snuck in. They celebrate the life of a loved one
and embraces a love so fresh and new.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW243310565" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW243310565" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW243310565" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW243310565" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW243310565" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW243310565" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW243310565" style="background-color: inherit;">Trevor
through out the entire book made me sad his love for his son was very
real, their connection was beautiful and I just enjoyed reading about
their relationship. Jesse, while his first impression was a bad one, you
get to know him and eventually fall in love with the man he is and the
man that war has shaped. While falling in love with your deceased
friends father might not be what he had expected but it was everything
he needed. Together they walk the steps to healing and yet Riley remains
an intricate part of their relationship.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW243310565" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW243310565" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW243310565" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW243310565" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW243310565" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW243310565" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW243310565" style="background-color: inherit;">Seriously,
this book had me wrecked and at the time I was upset with myself for
reading it because it made me so sad but I’m happy I did read it because
it was a beautiful well written story. Point of Contact has filled my
quota for emotional reads for the rest of the year, I can’t be out here
in the streets with red eyes and runny nose. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW243310565" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW243310565" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW243310565" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW243310565" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW243310565" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW243310565" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW243310565" style="background-color: inherit;">I am irrecoverably wrecked </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW243310565" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW243310565" style="background-color: inherit;">and I will be thinking about this one for a long time. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW243310565" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
DarienMoyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08781381342039392168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1888290079186458128.post-37208943430482467372018-05-19T17:24:00.000-04:002018-05-19T17:24:30.503-04:00Review: Cash Plays by Cordelia Kingsbridge<blockquote>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOAnV2_Gzv5U_nOYFTwzo2c9LOXf0S-fXGC5gW3zyeI3q_7f3fuqRio6eTFjcyeFiDfsOMGZ0UdRAslPgqQ91kaaDiJW755lX3TDYQYl5aKkGSduqkXAWkAXsB4tK5GwV8ngwl1NUqxrQS/s1600/Cash+Plays.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="300" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOAnV2_Gzv5U_nOYFTwzo2c9LOXf0S-fXGC5gW3zyeI3q_7f3fuqRio6eTFjcyeFiDfsOMGZ0UdRAslPgqQ91kaaDiJW755lX3TDYQYl5aKkGSduqkXAWkAXsB4tK5GwV8ngwl1NUqxrQS/s400/Cash+Plays.jpg" width="266" /></a></div>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Cash Plays (Seven of Spades #3) by Cordelia Kingsbridge </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/cash-plays" target="_blank">Riptide Publishing</a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36267204-cash-plays" target="_blank">Goodreads</a></span></b><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Novel: 339pgs</span></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>4.25 Pants Off</b></span></i><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Blurb:</b> <span id="freeText3565480193090880794">The Seven of Spades is
back with a vengeance—the vigilante serial killer has resumed their
murderous crusade, eluding the police at every turn. But a bloodthirsty
killer isn’t the only threat facing Sin City. A devious saboteur is
wreaking havoc in Las Vegas’s criminal underworld, and the entire city
seems to be barreling toward an all-out gang war.<br /><br />As Detective
Levi Abrams is pushed ever closer to his breaking point, his control
over his dangerous rage slips further every day. His relationship with
PI Dominic Russo should be a source of comfort, but Dominic is secretly
locked in his own downward spiral, confronting a nightmare he can’t bear
to reveal.<br /><br />Las Vegas is floundering. Levi and Dominic’s bond is
cracking along the seams. And the Seven of Spades is still playing to
win. How many bad hands can Levi and Dominic survive before it’s game
over?</span></span><br />
<br />
<span id="freeText3565480193090880794"> </span> </blockquote>
<i><span style="font-size: large;">Review</span></i><br />
<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<i><span style="color: #073763;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">PLAYED AND LEFT BROKEN AS HELL </span></b></span></i></blockquote>
<br />
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW65269316" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW65269316" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW65269316" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65269316" style="background-color: inherit;">Pardon my language for this review because I have feelings. TOO MANY RAGEY FEELING </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW65269316" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Apple\ Color\ Emoji, Apple\ Color\ Emoji_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65269316" style="background-color: inherit;">🤬</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW65269316" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: Apple\ Color\ Emoji, Apple\ Color\ Emoji_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 21px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW65269316" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW65269316" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW65269316" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW65269316" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<i><span class="TextRun SCXW65269316" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65269316" style="background-color: inherit;">This book…</span></span></i><span class="EOP SCXW65269316" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW65269316" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW65269316" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW65269316" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW65269316" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<i><span class="TextRun SCXW65269316" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65269316" style="background-color: inherit;">This fucking book…</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW65269316" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></i></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW65269316" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW65269316" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW65269316" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW65269316" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<i><span class="TextRun SCXW65269316" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65269316" style="background-color: inherit;">This </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW65269316" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65269316" style="background-color: inherit;">motherfucking</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW65269316" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65269316" style="background-color: inherit;"> book…</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW65269316" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></i></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW65269316" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW65269316" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW65269316" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW65269316" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW65269316" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65269316" style="background-color: inherit;">I
don’t even have the words right now. I feel like love is dead,
everything is a lie and I wanna cry over a bag of hot Cheetos and a
plate filled with delicious fried foods.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW65269316" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW65269316" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW65269316" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW65269316" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW65269316" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW65269316" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65269316" style="background-color: inherit;"><i>Cash Plays</i>, the third book in the Seven of Spade</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW65269316" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65269316" style="background-color: inherit;">s </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW65269316" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Apple\ Color\ Emoji, Apple\ Color\ Emoji_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65269316" style="background-color: inherit;">♠</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW65269316" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65269316" style="background-color: inherit;">️ series and what a whopping play of crazy, disappointment</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW65269316" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65269316" style="background-color: inherit;">,
and hot man love this is. If you have no clue about this I suggest
checking out my review<a href="https://pantsoffreviews.blogspot.ca/2018/02/review-kill-game-by-cordelia-kingsbridge.html" target="_blank"><i> Kill Game</i> </a>and see the delights of this vigilante
killer who kills with flair on the crazy street of Las Vegas </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW65269316" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65269316" style="background-color: inherit;">as
a form of justice for those who escape justice form the police. The
killer has fixated on Levi Abrams a detective and his partner Dominic </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW65269316" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65269316" style="background-color: inherit;">Russo</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW65269316" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65269316" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW65269316" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65269316" style="background-color: inherit;">a PI. Together they are piano keys being played </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW65269316" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65269316" style="background-color: inherit;">by</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW65269316" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65269316" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW65269316" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65269316" style="background-color: inherit;">a ruthless killer that is always one step ahead.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW65269316" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW65269316" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW65269316" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW65269316" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW65269316" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW65269316" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65269316" style="background-color: inherit;">Now, the streets of Las Vegas are caught in a gang way and Levi and Dom is smack dab in the centre. The </span></span><i><span class="TextRun SCXW65269316" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65269316" style="background-color: inherit;">Se</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW65269316" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65269316" style="background-color: inherit;">ven of</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW65269316" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65269316" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span></span></i><span class="TextRun SCXW65269316" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65269316" style="background-color: inherit;"><i>Spades</i> has been on a killing spree and their crimes is escalating in ruthlessness. The calm killer is gone and the violence is a</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW65269316" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65269316" style="background-color: inherit;">t</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW65269316" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65269316" style="background-color: inherit;"> high level, seems </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW65269316" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="SpellingError SCXW65269316" style="background-color: inherit;">SoS</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW65269316" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65269316" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW65269316" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Apple\ Color\ Emoji, Apple\ Color\ Emoji_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65269316" style="background-color: inherit;">♠</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW65269316" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65269316" style="background-color: inherit;">️ now likes the taste of killing and is basking in the violence. Levi is frustrated that he’s no closer to</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW65269316" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65269316" style="background-color: inherit;"> catching the</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW65269316" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65269316" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW65269316" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65269316" style="background-color: inherit;">killer
but he’s happy in his relationship and so somethings are looking up.
But the thing is when you’re up the only left to do is fall and like </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW65269316" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65269316" style="background-color: inherit;">playing Pyramid with a deck of cards, it all falls down.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW65269316" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW65269316" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW65269316" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW65269316" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW65269316" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW65269316" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65269316" style="background-color: inherit;">Dom
is on a case to rescue a girl but the case comes with complications and
before he knows it, he’s caught with no escape. He’s putting everything
he loves in danger but the rush is so palatable </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW65269316" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65269316" style="background-color: inherit;">and Dom lives for it</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW65269316" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65269316" style="background-color: inherit;">. He’s ashamed but now he’s trapped and everything is on the line.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW65269316" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW65269316" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW65269316" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW65269316" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW65269316" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW65269316" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65269316" style="background-color: inherit;">Can
I just say…what the fuck man. This book has ruined my entire month or
longer until I get the next book. I don’t love it like I did the first
two books and that only because of how ridiculous some of the story was.
Especially with Dom (slight spoilers ahead).</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW65269316" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW65269316" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW65269316" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW65269316" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW65269316" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW65269316" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65269316" style="background-color: inherit;">This fool is doing his PI case and hears something about a password being involved. He lives in Las Vegas </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW65269316" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Apple\ Color\ Emoji, Apple\ Color\ Emoji_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65269316" style="background-color: inherit;">🤔</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW65269316" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65269316" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW65269316" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="SpellingError SCXW65269316" style="background-color: inherit;">ummmm</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW65269316" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65269316" style="background-color: inherit;"> excuse me sir. Why else would you need a password</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW65269316" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65269316" style="background-color: inherit;">?</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW65269316" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65269316" style="background-color: inherit;"> and while reading I was just like “it’s all over now”. And it really was. Shit spiralled and now I can’t even with anything.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW65269316" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW65269316" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW65269316" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW65269316" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW65269316" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW65269316" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65269316" style="background-color: inherit;">My
love Levi is strong as ever. I love that he’s just so badass, violent,
and destructive. If you didn’t know bad ass is my aesthetic. His
relationship with Dom is so pure sometimes that it makes my heart ache
and to see it unravel just has me so </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW65269316" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="SpellingError SCXW65269316" style="background-color: inherit;">ragey</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW65269316" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65269316" style="background-color: inherit;">. I really just want to cry because it’s too pure and…no words.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW65269316" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW65269316" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW65269316" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW65269316" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW65269316" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW65269316" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65269316" style="background-color: inherit;">The FBI (Fucking </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW65269316" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65269316" style="background-color: inherit;">Bit</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW65269316" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65269316" style="background-color: inherit;">c</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW65269316" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65269316" style="background-color: inherit;">h</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW65269316" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65269316" style="background-color: inherit;">-ass</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW65269316" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65269316" style="background-color: inherit;"> Investigator) agent. I don’t why his ass is there but I hope he’s just there to annoy me. Goodbye Rohan!!</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW65269316" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW65269316" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW65269316" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW65269316" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW65269316" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW65269316" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65269316" style="background-color: inherit;">The
action is awesome. I was so entertained through the entire story. It’s
like watching a crime drama with a new episode each week. I’m so
invested in this story and while I have some idea who the SoS </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW65269316" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Apple\ Color\ Emoji, Apple\ Color\ Emoji_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65269316" style="background-color: inherit;">♠</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW65269316" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65269316" style="background-color: inherit;">️
is some new details make the operation so much bigger than anticipated
and it literally could be anyone in the police station right now. Like
what is happening??</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW65269316" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW65269316" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW65269316" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW65269316" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW65269316" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW65269316" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65269316" style="background-color: inherit;"><b>The Ending:</b> I’ve already started my fanfic to rewrite, because fuck no!! </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW65269316" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65269316" style="background-color: inherit;">Dominic sir, please get it together (a bitch is on her knees here </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW65269316" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Apple\ Color\ Emoji, Apple\ Color\ Emoji_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65269316" style="background-color: inherit;">😭</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW65269316" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65269316" style="background-color: inherit;">).</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW65269316" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW65269316" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW65269316" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW65269316" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW65269316" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW65269316" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65269316" style="background-color: inherit;">Overall, highly entertaining, but </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW65269316" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65269316" style="background-color: inherit;">Ms</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW65269316" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65269316" style="background-color: inherit;">.</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW65269316" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65269316" style="background-color: inherit;">
Kingsbridge fun is over. Let’s get it together and stop playing with my
emotions. No man shall stray and love will conquer all, pretty please. <i>
Cash Plays</i> was the book I needed but I really don’t want. Putting in my
request for book 4 pronto!!</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW65269316" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65269316" style="background-color: inherit;"> Another highly </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW65269316" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65269316" style="background-color: inherit;">entertaining</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW65269316" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65269316" style="background-color: inherit;"> book in a series that is hand down one of my </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW65269316" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="SpellingError SCXW65269316" style="background-color: inherit;">faves</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW65269316" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65269316" style="background-color: inherit;"> ever (little competition).</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW65269316" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW65269316" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW65269316" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW65269316" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW65269316" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i><span class="TextRun SCXW65269316" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65269316" style="background-color: inherit;">A
magnet designed as a seven of spades playing card was stuck to his
refrigerator, securing a piece of paper on which a message had been
scrawled in black marker: YOU HURT HIM, I HURT YOU DON’T PUSH YOUR LUCK</span></span></i></span><b><span class="EOP SCXW65269316" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, Times\ New\ Roman_MSFontService, serif; line-height: 23px;"> </span></b></span></div>
</div>
</blockquote>
<br />
<b>Review: <i><a href="https://pantsoffreviews.blogspot.ca/2018/02/review-kill-game-by-cordelia-kingsbridge.html" target="_blank">Book #1 Kill Game</a></i></b><br />
<b>Review: <i><a href="https://pantsoffreviews.blogspot.ca/2018/03/review-trick-roller-by-cordelia.html" target="_blank">Book #2 Trick Roller</a></i></b>DarienMoyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08781381342039392168noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1888290079186458128.post-40197635890195290032018-05-18T12:29:00.000-04:002018-05-18T12:29:29.538-04:00Release Blitz & Giveaway: Exploration by Quinn Ward<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdBsqkav1OlfDAzl-KB1BO3lzJv-9nkvLE55raeE5lGuY5IvfLGbnJCfOHwHHo66Dsq8xK3ZCT3_QkjmtwqK0UB8aqtUsYqOJKoW68bmaAqpVPF-5kLcJDgtyCDilJXbSIuI_PfzrZD2aP/s1600/RBBanner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="849" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdBsqkav1OlfDAzl-KB1BO3lzJv-9nkvLE55raeE5lGuY5IvfLGbnJCfOHwHHo66Dsq8xK3ZCT3_QkjmtwqK0UB8aqtUsYqOJKoW68bmaAqpVPF-5kLcJDgtyCDilJXbSIuI_PfzrZD2aP/s640/RBBanner.jpg" width="600" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYGxORHoeZcUzGTmljPxSDcz29JHKl84cKO-ZKgtIydkUttKy5Wf_PvTLFdlmnwfeE-oTmzMtaLJnorP-YvxAc1-qTsjJG4P6gSwDUjA2LxpIQ8H5TKOq1yNaDDt2JoyQg0nCqGvWcO83p/s1600/REVEAL-COVER-Exploration.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1388" data-original-width="897" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYGxORHoeZcUzGTmljPxSDcz29JHKl84cKO-ZKgtIydkUttKy5Wf_PvTLFdlmnwfeE-oTmzMtaLJnorP-YvxAc1-qTsjJG4P6gSwDUjA2LxpIQ8H5TKOq1yNaDDt2JoyQg0nCqGvWcO83p/s400/REVEAL-COVER-Exploration.jpg" width="257" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://books2read.com/ExplorationQW" target="_blank"><br /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<a href="http://books2read.com/ExplorationQW" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Universal Buy Link</b></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Length:</b> 65,000 words approx.</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Cover Design:</b> Marisa @ <a href="http://covermedarling.com/" target="_blank">Cover Me Darling</a></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Blurb</b></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The reluctant manager of his family’s restaurant, Frankie attempts to live up to the legacy of his father and grandfather. Running a business that isn't his passion and trying to do it without asking for help leaves him turning to less-than-legal means when he wants to surrender control.</span><br />
<div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Newly divorced, Calvin no longer lives in the closet, leaving him searching for what he most desires- control. So when he finds Frankie on his knees in the back room of a local bar, Calvin sees the sub he’s only ever fantasized about having.</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Can Calvin find the confidence to explore his dominant side while showing his younger roommate that submission isn't only about whips and pain?</span><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEienNTq2ymPOd_lEUa_tvEZNM2hvXC6CE-vRbkri8XwX0oTXQVW9Hy3WyvG2s1oG37UTzzxg1vOkIYHzYlSPSmTHwfyhiVIF-ROmjsN9ZxE2cNm0BAV7NtosvaTZhclwbEqcgFIOHk-aRdY/s1600/QUINNFB.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEienNTq2ymPOd_lEUa_tvEZNM2hvXC6CE-vRbkri8XwX0oTXQVW9Hy3WyvG2s1oG37UTzzxg1vOkIYHzYlSPSmTHwfyhiVIF-ROmjsN9ZxE2cNm0BAV7NtosvaTZhclwbEqcgFIOHk-aRdY/s400/QUINNFB.jpg" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Quinn writes LGBTQ romance with a kick. Their stories center around the relationship building between the characters, but also shows how compatible they are in the bedroom (or wherever else the urge strikes).<br /><br /><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17887674.Quinn_Ward">Goodreads Page</a><br /><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/quinntessential/">Facebook Reader Group</a><br />Email Quinn at: quinn(at)quinnwardwrites(dot)com<br /><a href="http://quinnwardwrites.com/">Website</a></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<br /></div>
<a class="rcptr" data-raflid="3e0e9a43356" data-template="" data-theme="classic" href="http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/3e0e9a43356/" id="rcwidget_jmzae39h" rel="nofollow">a Rafflecopter giveaway</a>
<script src="https://widget-prime.rafflecopter.com/launch.js"></script>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://signalboostpr.blogspot.co.uk/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigVKt1zFpXFzbIGRrenlh8QlNCSxTEF2oiBPyl7QxoD8-v2oUdkAzu9vCG-R_UjseWAUsairrGTtetQnMl8IixSxSMC38BwOYju5Z_SycqdYZcn28NiwA15hzCvyLRE9blpmxMvOtDkKGL/s200/signalboosttransparent.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://signalboostpr.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Hosted By Signal Boost Promotions</a></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<br />DarienMoyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08781381342039392168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1888290079186458128.post-83752910282590990122018-05-16T09:37:00.000-04:002018-05-16T09:37:45.672-04:00Audiobook Review: Permanent Ink by Piper Vaughn & Avon Gale<blockquote>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIlLJVh3dhJnoLzdqVYsXKbkOZ56Iv_a7YxP9qOHKANMNRFItC2mvKOAXIxFi8J8QBtYSU_Z__06V0Cb1VlrhChjt7nPwW8vqLGVAmSJXFO9dtiy4e2-1cl4ZDUaOu-ZJXWCpvOKD6v106/s1600/Permanent+Ink.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIlLJVh3dhJnoLzdqVYsXKbkOZ56Iv_a7YxP9qOHKANMNRFItC2mvKOAXIxFi8J8QBtYSU_Z__06V0Cb1VlrhChjt7nPwW8vqLGVAmSJXFO9dtiy4e2-1cl4ZDUaOu-ZJXWCpvOKD6v106/s1600/Permanent+Ink.jpg" /></a></div>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Permanent Ink (Art & Soul #1) by Piper Vaughn & Avon Gale</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Narration: Kirt Graves <a href="https://www.audible.com/pd/Romance/Permanent-Ink-Audiobook/B079K274DC?ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_1&pf_rd_p=e81b7c27-6880-467a-b5a7-13cef5d729fe&pf_rd_r=SXT2Z57Y0Z8ZTF36BWYP&" target="_blank">Audible</a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38692342-permanent-ink" target="_blank">Goodreads</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Permanent-Ink-Art-Soul-Book-ebook/dp/B07BMPCTVL/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1526476887&sr=8-2&keywords=permanent+ink" target="_blank">Amazon</a></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Time: 7hrs and 7 minutes</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">3 Pants Off </span></i></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Blurb:</b> <span id="freeText14999772392699797997">At twenty-three, Poe
Montgomery is going nowhere. He still lives in his father’s basement and
spends most of his time tagging with his friends. When an arrest lands
him in debt, Poe accepts the front desk job at Permanent Ink, the tattoo
shop owned by his father’s best friend, Jericho McAslan. Jericho is
nearly twice Poe’s age, but with his ink and prematurely graying hair,
he quickly takes the starring role in Poe’s hottest fantasies.<br /><br />Jericho
is known for his ability to transform poorly designed tattoos into
works of art, but he was once as aimless and misdirected as Poe. Wanting
to pay it forward the way someone once did for him, Jericho makes Poe
his apprentice and is determined to keep things strictly professional.
Easier said than done when Poe makes his interest—and his daddy
kink—abundantly clear.<br /><br />Jericho can’t resist Poe or their intense
chemistry for long. But between the age gap, tension with Poe’s father,
and Poe’s best friend calling him a sellout, they’ll need to ensure
they’re both on the same page before they can rewrite their rocky start
into something permanent.</span></span></blockquote>
<br />
<br />
<i><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span id="freeText14999772392699797997">Review</span></b></span></i><br />
<br />
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW229831667" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW229831667" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<span style="color: #073763;"><i><b><span class="TextRun SCXW229831667" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: x-large; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW229831667" style="background-color: inherit;"> PERMANENT FAILURE</span></span></b></i></span></blockquote>
<span class="TextRun SCXW229831667" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW229831667" style="background-color: inherit;"><br /></span></span>
<span class="TextRun SCXW229831667" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW229831667" style="background-color: inherit;">I’m going to lead off with this is my first audiobook review so don’t hold it against me. So here goes…</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW229831667" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW229831667" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW229831667" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW229831667" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW229831667" style="background-color: transparent; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span class="TextRun SCXW229831667" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW229831667" style="background-color: inherit;">The Story: 3 Pants Off</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW229831667" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; line-height: 23px;"> </span></b></i></span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW229831667" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW229831667" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW229831667" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW229831667" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW229831667" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW229831667" style="background-color: inherit;">I was very excited to listen this one and I am just sad that it didn’t deliver.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW229831667" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW229831667" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW229831667" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW229831667" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW229831667" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW229831667" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW229831667" style="background-color: inherit;">Poe
Montgomery lives the life of a punk ass kid. He’s got crazy artistic
talent but he spends his time tagging private property with his best
friend. He’s been in trouble before but what he fails to realize that
he’s older and a more slip ups will have him serving time. His dad has
had enough of getting him out of jail, </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW229831667" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW229831667" style="background-color: inherit;">and getting on his dads bad side is a bad move since he’s basically supporting him. But Poe is an artiste </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW229831667" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "apple color emoji" , "apple color emoji_msfontservice" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW229831667" style="background-color: inherit;">👨</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW229831667" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW229831667" style="background-color: inherit;"></span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW229831667" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "apple color emoji" , "apple color emoji_msfontservice" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW229831667" style="background-color: inherit;">🎨</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW229831667" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW229831667" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW229831667" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW229831667" style="background-color: inherit;">and
his talent cannot be contained. When his fathers best-friend offers him
a job at his tattoo parlour he accepts grudgingly. Poe soon starts to
realize that</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW229831667" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW229831667" style="background-color: inherit;"> setting a foundation isn’t selling out, and the talent that he has can be used to make many people happy and it’s legal too.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW229831667" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW229831667" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW229831667" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW229831667" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW229831667" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW229831667" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW229831667" style="background-color: inherit;">Jericho owner of Permanent Ink </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW229831667" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW229831667" style="background-color: inherit;">decide</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW229831667" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW229831667" style="background-color: inherit;">s </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW229831667" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW229831667" style="background-color: inherit;">to take </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW229831667" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW229831667" style="background-color: inherit;">on his best friends son as an apprentice to keep him out of trouble. </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW229831667" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW229831667" style="background-color: inherit;">What Jericho never expected was to be getting lust filled for the </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW229831667" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW229831667" style="background-color: inherit;">brat</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW229831667" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW229831667" style="background-color: inherit;">, and Poe is strictly of limits because </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW229831667" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW229831667" style="background-color: inherit;">1, the boy is young enough to be his kid and 2, he’s the son of a friend and that alone puts him in the no fuck zone. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW229831667" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW229831667" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW229831667" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW229831667" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW229831667" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW229831667" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW229831667" style="background-color: inherit;">I was hoping to really like this one a lot. It has some of my fave things. The daddy kink (supossebly), tattooed dudes</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW229831667" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW229831667" style="background-color: inherit;">, and that whole disciplinary type of feel</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW229831667" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW229831667" style="background-color: inherit;"> but the story didn’t quite deliver. It wasn’t as hot as I’d hoped and Poe and Jericho lacked </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW229831667" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW229831667" style="background-color: inherit;">chemistry. In the end I just had </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW229831667" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW229831667" style="background-color: inherit;">meh-</span><span class="SpellingError SCXW229831667" style="background-color: inherit;">ish</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW229831667" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW229831667" style="background-color: inherit;"> feels. The </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW229831667" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW229831667" style="background-color: inherit;">plotty</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW229831667" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW229831667" style="background-color: inherit;"> device with Poe’s </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW229831667" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="SpellingError SCXW229831667" style="background-color: inherit;">best-friend</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW229831667" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW229831667" style="background-color: inherit;"> failed to add excitement it only highlighted Poe</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW229831667" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW229831667" style="background-color: inherit;">’s</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW229831667" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW229831667" style="background-color: inherit;"> immaturity </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW229831667" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW229831667" style="background-color: inherit;">and that brought down my enjoyment of the story.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW229831667" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW229831667" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW229831667" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW229831667" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW229831667" style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<i><span class="TextRun SCXW229831667" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW229831667" style="background-color: inherit;">Also Daddy Kin</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW229831667" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW229831667" style="background-color: inherit;">k!! Bitch where???</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW229831667" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></i></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW229831667" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW229831667" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW229831667" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW229831667" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW229831667" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW229831667" style="background-color: transparent; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<i><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="TextRun SCXW229831667" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW229831667" style="background-color: inherit;">The Narration</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW229831667" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW229831667" style="background-color: inherit;"> by Kir</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW229831667" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW229831667" style="background-color: inherit;">t</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW229831667" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW229831667" style="background-color: inherit;"> Gr</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW229831667" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW229831667" style="background-color: inherit;">aves</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW229831667" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW229831667" style="background-color: inherit;">: 2.75 – 3 Pants Off</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW229831667" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; line-height: 23px;"> </span></b></span></i></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW229831667" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW229831667" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW229831667" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW229831667" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW229831667" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW229831667" style="background-color: inherit;">I
think if I had read the book I might have liked it more, because the
narration wasn’t working for me. I felt like Jericho needed a stronger
voice, something amidst that of a Vin Diesel level; strong and
commanding. I have this weird thing with voices and sounds, I get
annoyed enough that there are people I just don’t want to hear speak.
While I didn’t hate the narration, it wasn’t doing me a</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW229831667" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW229831667" style="background-color: inherit;">ny
favours. I listen to audiobooks when I’m doing errands and such, so I
get to enjoy sexy scenes in the outdoors and usually sometimes I be
blushing or smirking but for this one I felt nothing. The sexy times was
read like the regular stuff and I felt nothing.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW229831667" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW229831667" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW229831667" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW229831667" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW229831667" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW229831667" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW229831667" style="background-color: inherit;">Permanent Ink was a total letdown in the story and for my ears!!!</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW229831667" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW229831667" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW229831667" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW229831667" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW229831667" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW229831667" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW229831667" style="background-color: inherit;"><i><b>SideNote-</b></i> In a weird way I’m kinda looking forward to book 2 but I think I’ll go ahead and read the book for that one. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW229831667" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW229831667" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW229831667" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW229831667" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW229831667" style="background-color: inherit;"></span></span><span class="EOP SCXW229831667" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
DarienMoyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08781381342039392168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1888290079186458128.post-39152433247774724882018-05-14T09:55:00.000-04:002018-05-14T09:55:07.257-04:00Guest Post & Giveaway: Plummet to Soar by Z.A Maxfield<blockquote>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh82t1w7lybgGUBUj-PjzW6r3tVWXC8WiRLKQ6FXb1bBqKGWmbGUfSvyQW01Cqd1PTJU3O1ys9kGbqAdujPult19PzvXprZoTdmV8J260Ahf6gaHj76wIjnr5iLtt_ifBAs0cOEHS7PPuz7/s1600/Plummet+to+Soar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="853" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh82t1w7lybgGUBUj-PjzW6r3tVWXC8WiRLKQ6FXb1bBqKGWmbGUfSvyQW01Cqd1PTJU3O1ys9kGbqAdujPult19PzvXprZoTdmV8J260Ahf6gaHj76wIjnr5iLtt_ifBAs0cOEHS7PPuz7/s320/Plummet+to+Soar.jpg" width="213" /></a></div>
<b> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Plummet to Soar by Z.A Maxfield</span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Blurb:</b> Feckless, luckless, and charming,
Mackenzie Detweiler is the author of a self-help book one reviewer calls
“the most misbegotten motivational tool since Mein Kampf.” He’s
maneuvered himself into a career as a life coach, but more often than
not, his advice is bad. Really bad. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">It’s even getting people hurt… and Mackenzie sued. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">It
falls to Mackenzie’s long-suffering editor, JD Chambers, to deliver the
bad news. He chooses to do so face-to-face—to see if the spark he
senses between them is real when they’re together in the flesh.
Unfortunately, a snowstorm, a case of nerves, a case of mistaken
identity, and finally a murder get in the way of a potential
enemies-to-lovers romance. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">There are many, many people
who have good reason to want Mackenzie dead. JD must find out which one
is acting on it before it’s too late for both of them.</span></span></blockquote>
<br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Release Date: 5/8/2018</b></i></span><br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<i><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Five things I learned while writing “Plummet To Soar” </b></span></i></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">*
Last year I was overcommitted, stressed out, and deeply depressed, so
when it came time to decide what kind of book I wanted to write, I asked
myself what kind of book would make me feel better if I read it. All
books include conflict. Without conflict it’s not a story. I was working
on a difficult family saga on one hand, so I gave myself permission to
get National Lampoon levels of silly in Plummet to Soar. Basically, I
started my day with angst and ended with humor. I highly recommend that
as a stress release! </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">* There’s always a reason why I write a
book, even if I don’t know what it is at the time. Although you’ll see
very little of this in the text, I did a lot of reading about different
types of meditation and stress relief breathing. I tooled around on the
web checking out life coaches. I read Super Better by Jane McGonigal,
and reread Jon Kabat-Zinn. I watched Ted Talks on Flow. Nothing is ever
wasted. As 2017 rolled into 2018, I found myself needing every single
one of these things every time I looked at the news on my phone. </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">*
I prefer to write ensemble comedy. I like to create characters and
allow them to play off against one another. It’s a kind of writing that
goes fast, and if you’re clear on each of the characters, they move the
plot along and create conflict “all by themselves.” I don’t mean that
I’m not in control of them, I am. It’s just that I’m so used to the free
for all of a large family, I don’t know if I’ve ever written a book
where characters don’t interrupt one another all the time. The EM dash
is my crutch. </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">* I love writing sex, and reading sex, but not
every book needs massive quantities of (even awesomely written) sex.
This is a romantic-comedy suspense and the entire book comes in at
around 60K, so I couldn’t squeeze too much in, as it were… For my money,
there are two reasons to include sex in a book that is not erotica: to
tell the reader something about the characters, or about the world, that
we could not tell them without sex in the book. Three penises? By all
means, we need to see that play out… Lifelong fear of pubic hair? We
probably won’t find that out until someone drops their pants. Still,
don’t worry! Despite my reticence, between JD and Kenzie sex is a
foregone conclusion, I give them the on-page happy ending they deserve!
(Note the word deserve, and email me later if you laughed at that point,
at all.) </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">* The characters in the books I’m writing these days
aren’t all awesome people. Sometimes they’re selfish, or prideful. Some
make bad mistakes. I started out writing flawed characters in the
beginning, and I think that concept still drives every story I write.
But lately, I’ve been writing characters that can be kinda unlikable.
Now I find pleasure in creating a character in one book,
*Cough*OfficerHsu*Cough who seems like a douche canoe, and in the next
book, I make him a better offer. I have already discovered the certain
someone for whom my erstwhile douche canoe wants to be a better man…
Stay tuned. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">I can’t thank everyone enough for giving this
book a try. Look forward to more books loosely based around the concept
of Plummet to Soar. Thanks again! </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>*ZAM*</b></span> <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPTl6j_yv5FAL7muPGEk7xxIIUNB8vPPhMlL_wpBPmzkMRz9nPo9OUZPvGZWlC4_9b2m5KCiP9Z6JE2DdYneult64HU0WtH0zhlXGQ3KpRLKBWnPQIE80rAvEgly6aAVXUI1zGd2PAQxl3/s1600/thumbnail_PlummetToSoar_bookmarkH_DSP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="460" data-original-width="1280" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPTl6j_yv5FAL7muPGEk7xxIIUNB8vPPhMlL_wpBPmzkMRz9nPo9OUZPvGZWlC4_9b2m5KCiP9Z6JE2DdYneult64HU0WtH0zhlXGQ3KpRLKBWnPQIE80rAvEgly6aAVXUI1zGd2PAQxl3/s640/thumbnail_PlummetToSoar_bookmarkH_DSP.jpg" width="600" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b>Book Links: </b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39510064-plummet-to-soar" target="_blank">Goodreads</a> Dreamspinner:
<a href="https://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/books/plummet-to-soar-by-za-maxfield-9556-b" target="_blank">eBook</a>: <a href="https://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/books/plummet-to-soar-by-za-maxfield-9557-b" target="_blank">Paperback</a></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><a href="https://amzn.to/2ra5ThG%20Amazon%20Paperback:%20https://amzn.to/2Kpc2iR" target="_blank">Kindle</a></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/plummet-to-soar-za-maxfield/1128547562?ean=2940159044785" target="_blank"> Nook</a></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/plummet-to-soar-za-maxfield/1128547562?ean=9781640804432" target="_blank">B&N</a>
</b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><a href="https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/plummet-to-soar" target="_blank">Kobo</a>: </b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/lu/book/plummet-to-soar/id1364169968?mt=11" target="_blank"> iTunes</a></b> </div>
<br />
<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">Excerpt</span></i></b><br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;">DESPITE THE white noise generated by the heater and the hum of
someone’s television, silence threatened to overwhelm JD after Mac left.
The room was nice—super-dated decor, traditional furniture. The linens,
though, had that “international chain hotel” look—white on white with a
colorful runner and fancy round bolsters to go with ample standard-size
lumps for sleeping on. And right next door, lying on his back, among
all those many pillows…. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<i><span style="font-size: large;">JD, </span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<i><span style="font-size: large;">You can call me anything you
want. You contracted the book, man. People have called me
everything—Mac, Mackenzie, Z, and shit-for-brains. </span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<i><span style="font-size: large;">I’ve never let anyone call me Kenzie. </span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<i><span style="font-size: large;">Mac </span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Why’s
that?</i> Breathlessly curious about the odd new writer—the goofball his
colleagues laughed at and jokingly called Humpty Dumbass behind his
back—he switched to text. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Mac texted back, <i>Dunno. I think I’ve been saving that one for someone who loves me. </i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;">JD
thumbed, <i>I love being inside your head during the journal entries. </i>A
long hesitation. Oh, God, was that too much? He always gave away too
much, goddammit. He typed like lightning—<i>I mean that’s how I felt when I
first read it. I love these ideas, finding resilience. It resonates
with me in a way I can’t really explain. I loved being in your head,
reading words as you thought them. Wrote them. </i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<i><span style="font-size: large;">My book is me, distilled. Maximum me. Call me Kenzie. </span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Like whisky, the words, the book, the man went to his head. <i>All right, then, Kenzie. </i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;">JD
<i>loved </i>their secret nicknames, loved knowing what it meant. He connected
with Kenzie daily, over the minutiae of publishing his book and well
beyond that, into late-night emails and intimate text conversations
about the meaning of life. But while he coyly obscured all but a few
details and kept his face, even his voice, hidden for no reason but his
fear that if he broke the fantasy, he’d lose it, Kenzie was transparent.
Since Kenzie Detweiler had become the single most important thing in
his life, and since JD had nothing in his life to compare the experience
to, he was ill equipped to handle such a thing. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Kenzie was made
of minutiae, it turned out. He’d spent endless, generous time explaining
how he saw the world and why he saw it that way and what it all meant. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Chambers
Lighthouse Publishing published books by authors with whom JD had never
spoken a single word. His name was on the door, but he had people for
interacting with the authors. But the Lamplight line was his sole
purview. He was its acquisitions editor and its executive editor. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Lamplight,
started by his grandfather, put out almanacs, books of prayerful
sentiment, and the journals of thoughtful, barely known but highly
influential men. He’d kept his output to three or four titles per year.
The authors were thought-provoking but never controversial—Norman Mailer
and Truman Capote and Joan Didion need not apply. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;">His father
changed all that, publishing astonishingly sexy memoirs and books by
people who really set society’s hair on fire, becoming the enfant
terrible of the legacy publishing world for about five minutes. And now,
no matter how many pairs he tried, JD could fill neither man’s
two-tone, lace-up, wing-tipped oxfords. Shortly after he took over, he
vowed to publish books he liked, and people called him sir, or Mr.
Chambers, or they got out of his way. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;">But not Kenzie, who called him JD. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Somewhere
between the contract and the first marketing campaign, Douglas—oh, who
was he kidding with the fake name and this ridiculous trip—Jacob Douglas
Chambers IV—fell in love. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;">That Kenzie didn’t know who he was?
Was both a godsend and a curse. A godsend because he could choose the
perfect time for The Big Reveal, and a curse because if he was wrong
about this? There was no perfect time. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;">He really expected Kenzie
to know him. That was the thing. He told Kenzie that he was allergic to
cameras, but who stops there? There were exactly five pictures of him
online. One in a morning coat, top hat, and tails at a wedding, even. JD
could have told Kenzie who he was at any time. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Why hadn’t he? </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;">He’d
foreseen the moment for so long. What was he protecting himself from?
He’d developed a deep, unhealthy emotional attachment to the man who was
taking a shower—if the running water was anything to go by—in the room
adjacent. There was a gap under the connecting door, and every sound was
amplified through it. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Kenzie, singing “Despacito.” The sexy slap
of water on the tub floor. He didn’t dare take his imagination further
than that. He’d believed in Mackenzie Detweiler, trusted his words, his
thoughts, his heart. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;">And it seemed as though he’d been deluded,
along with all the other saps who bought Mackenzie Detweiler’s spiel.
But maybe that wasn’t fair, because even tonight, even in pain from an
injury he got—not while following Kenzie’s very well-meaning advice, but
Kenzie didn’t know </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;">that—right up until the moment he’d seen
Kenzie face-to-face, JD wanted to believe that what they had was
foreordained or somehow magical—celestial. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;">He wanted to believe there was some sort of <i>there</i>… there. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<i><span style="font-size: large;">I’d ask your definition of freedom. </span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Kenzie
always had a comeback. There was another reason not to get sucked into
the happy complacency of letting someone else do his thinking for him.
JD had tasted the Kool-Aid, siphoned a little to see how it felt, and
then guzzled it. And when the unthinkable happened, and the scythe came
too close to miss him, he didn’t have the revelations he’d been
promised. He simply felt…<i> pissed.</i> </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Yes. That was it. <i>Pissed</i>,
because in no way did he believe Mac lied in the book. In Mac’s case a
near-death experience solidified who he was. He seemed <i>happy.</i> Fulfilled
and content. His weird personality traits and his inchoate yearnings had
incubated—hatched into someone fierce and proud and unfailingly kind.
JD would stake his life on the fact that Kenzie was legitimately happy. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;">JD was pissed because he felt goddamn nothing. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Stupid for hoping that, if he embraced the worst, his fears would go away. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Stupid for asking for more than he had when he was arguably the richest, luckiest person he knew. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Stupid
for trying out any advice he got from a dumbass like Mac, who had
turned out to be just another fucked-up human being after all—even if he
was a delightful one. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;">They were all lucky no one had gotten killed. Yet. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Everyone
from editorial to corporate had put in a word.<i> Plummet</i> was going to be
pulled off the shelves the following Monday. Press releases had been
written. Lawyers were on standby. And he had to tell Mac about that too.
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<i><span style="font-size: large;">Sorry. I’m the man you trusted with your career, and I’m here to pull the rug out. </span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;">It
wasn’t right to keep it from him. Years back, they’d pulled a book on
canning while the author reworked the section on food safety. Those
things happened. But they wouldn’t offer Mac a chance to rewrite and
rerelease. The ideas JD had embraced so fully only alarmed them after
his ludicrous brush with death, though it had nothing to do with the
book. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;">No. The board didn’t want anything to do with Mac anymore. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;">JD
had argued at first. Thrown his weight around. What happened to him
didn’t result from<i> Plummet to Soar</i>. All he’d done was attend a
contentious co-op board meeting. Those were a bore but not normally
dangerous. It wasn’t like he’d run with the bulls in Pamplona. No one
could have foreseen his ex catching him in the parking garage alone. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;">JD
absently rubbed his knee. And why, when his leg was broken on one side,
did the other knee hurt so much? JD made a mental note to call his
doctor and find out. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;">His eyes snapped open when the water shut
off. From the other side of the door came the sound of more humming and
rustling noises. Curiosity was killing JD truly. <i>Killing him.</i> </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;">How
did connecting doors in hotels work, anyway? Were there two doors or
just one? It seemed kinda old-school—a knob, a dead bolt. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<i><span style="font-size: large;">Is the lock engaged? </span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;">As
though it heated before his eyes, the lock seemed to glow with some
inner fire. The knob was the only thing he could focus on. God, his leg
hurt. The buzz from the flight, from the bar, was fading. If he took a
pain pill, it would knock him out too hard. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;">JD laid his cheek
against the door and put his hand on the knob. Nope. Nope, Nope.<i> Nope</i>.
The door between their rooms felt cool. He let go of the knob, as though
it would brand him, but that was just more melodramatic bullshit. He
could hear his mother’s voice telling him to get a grip on himself.
Which, really, anyone who ever met him would have known that having a
grip on himself was part of the goddamn problem. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<i><span style="font-size: large;">Try the door. </span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;">It was almost as though the door were talking to him—or was that wishful thinking? </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;">He
wanted to try it anyway, and what was it they said about confirmation
bias? You generally fall in with the data that supports what you already
believe? </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<i><span style="font-size: large;">No. It wasn’t all a scam. </span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;">The doorknob turned in his hand. The door opened in his direction. He had to step back to get out of its way. And then he was standing there, staring at Kenzie Detweiler, who wore nothing but a towel. </span><br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Author’s Bio </b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxSeYH9ODoCNL8Q0ntjNcF9WFCHTHo7oivTm5G0Ea-TCn9GL9XzS0qGXHM9BgGZ5goTP0t6t0dMZRLKTwijYdnCx3Xy-AwvWj8vb_-JnxdNqBBJAVvdbshUwYvYf-XhZMC_SMLguD8n9v6/s1600/thumbnail_Author+Pic+-+ZAM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="300" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxSeYH9ODoCNL8Q0ntjNcF9WFCHTHo7oivTm5G0Ea-TCn9GL9XzS0qGXHM9BgGZ5goTP0t6t0dMZRLKTwijYdnCx3Xy-AwvWj8vb_-JnxdNqBBJAVvdbshUwYvYf-XhZMC_SMLguD8n9v6/s200/thumbnail_Author+Pic+-+ZAM.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>
Z. A. Maxfield started writing in
2007 on a dare from her children and never looked back. Pathologically
disorganized, and perennially optimistic, she writes as much as she
can, reads as much as she dares, and enjoys her time with family and
friends. Three things reverberate throughout all her stories:
Unconditional love, redemption, and the belief that miracles happen when
we least expect them. <br />
<br />
If anyone asks her how a wife and
mother of four can find time for a writing career, she’ll answer, “It’s
amazing what you can accomplish if you give up housework.”<br />
<br />
<br />
Readers can visit ZAM at her<a href="http://www.zamaxfield.com/" target="_blank"> Website</a> |<a href="https://www.facebook.com/AuthorZ.A.Maxfield" target="_blank"> Facebook</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/ZAMaxfield" target="_blank">Twitter</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/zamaxfield/?hl=en" target="_blank">Instagram</a> | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2738500.Z_A_Maxfield" target="_blank">Goodreads</a> | <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Z.A.-Maxfield/e/B004FT4GVG/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&linkCode=sl2&tag=vivencofboo-20&linkId=9ae8590b779e8c9f1f29791822da34a7" target="_blank">Amazon </a></div>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<a class="rcptr" data-raflid="b4c0001d329" data-template="57632a0204f50f8c0cf21a68" data-theme="classic" href="http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/b4c0001d329/" id="rcwidget_ue27mkm6" rel="nofollow">a Rafflecopter giveaway</a><br />
<br />
<br />
<script src="https://widget-prime.rafflecopter.com/launch.js"></script>
<br />
<div align="center">
<a href="http://www.enchantressdesignandpromo.com/" rel="nofollow" title="Enchantress Design & Promo"><img alt="Enchantress Design & Promo" height="150" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pxTZlnX2Qz2fL1JCWyqHDyG-VXtZCCnL4sdj9X2AeOQ=s200-no" style="border: medium none;" width="300" /></a></div>
DarienMoyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08781381342039392168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1888290079186458128.post-41256508615274282212018-05-11T10:45:00.001-04:002018-05-11T10:45:58.578-04:00Review: Kidnapped by the Pirate by Keira Andrews<blockquote>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_jlCECb2kmFNTf-pSVxSrV9ebQfXFCMPusxPJV8W4OJT1Y4gc39rudEzqr5Lt2KjmgNIGBkofzmntYK62Ji_yiyH1zAMr2QJTY58neae0C80sKr-NDpRJI5Rq818ZDD22yek9gEz0Hqci/s1600/Kidnapped+by+the+Pirate.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="317" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_jlCECb2kmFNTf-pSVxSrV9ebQfXFCMPusxPJV8W4OJT1Y4gc39rudEzqr5Lt2KjmgNIGBkofzmntYK62Ji_yiyH1zAMr2QJTY58neae0C80sKr-NDpRJI5Rq818ZDD22yek9gEz0Hqci/s400/Kidnapped+by+the+Pirate.jpg" width="266" /></a></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Kidnapped by the Pirate by Keira Andrews</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Kidnapped-Pirate-Romance-Keira-Andrews-ebook/dp/B076NL4Z2C/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?ie=UTF8&qid=1526049834&sr=8-1-spons&keywords=kidnapped+by+the+pirate&psc=1" target="_blank">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36436294-kidnapped-by-the-pirate" target="_blank">Goodreads</a>, <a href="https://www.audible.ca/pd/LGBT/Kidnapped-by-the-Pirate-Audiobook/B07BVVFP53?ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_1&pf_rd_p=65c74350-6dfb-47fa-85fd-1459a4762abd&pf_rd_r=XCC63SJE6FSJ50PC0QYY&" target="_blank">Audible</a></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Novel: 259pgs</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span>
<i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>4.5 Pants Off</b></span></i><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Blurb: </b><span id="freeText9040005806389231495"><b>Will a virgin captive surrender to this pirate’s sinful touch?</b><br /><br />Nathaniel
Bainbridge is used to hiding, whether it’s concealing his struggles
with reading or his forbidden desire for men. Under the thumb of his
controlling father, the governor of Primrose Isle, he’s sailing to the
fledging colony, where he’ll surrender to a respectable marriage for his
family’s financial gain. Then pirates strike and he’s kidnapped for
ransom by the Sea Hawk, a legendary villain of the New World.<br /><br />Bitter
and jaded, Hawk harbors futile dreams of leaving the sea for a quiet
life, but men like him don’t deserve peace. He has a score to settle
with Nathaniel’s father—the very man whose treachery forced him into
piracy—and he’s sure Nathaniel is just as contemptible.<br /><br />Yet as
days pass in close quarters, Nathaniel’s feisty spirit and alluring
innocence beguile and bewitch. Although Hawk knows he must keep his
distance, the desire to teach Nathaniel the pleasure men can share grows
uncontrollable. It’s not as though Hawk would ever <i>feel</i> anything for him besides lust…<br /><br />Nathaniel
realizes the fearsome Sea Hawk’s reputation is largely invented, and he
sees the lonely man beneath the myth, willingly surrendering to his
captor body and soul. As a pirate’s prisoner, he is finally free to be
his true self. The crew has been promised the ransom Nathaniel will
bring, yet as danger mounts and the time nears to give him up, Hawk’s
biggest battle could be with his own heart.<br /><br />This May-December gay
romance from Keira Andrews features classic tropes including: a tough
alpha pirate too afraid to love, a plucky virgin captive half his age,
enemies to lovers, first-time sexual discovery, and of course a happy
ending. 85,000 words.</span></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<i><b><span style="font-size: large;">Review</span></b></i><br />
<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<i><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">POUNDED IN THE BUTT BY THE PIRATE (Do you think Chuck Tingle will come sue me?) </span></span></span></b></i></blockquote>
<br />
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW223721285" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW223721285" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW223721285" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223721285" style="background-color: inherit;">This is the pirate book I never knew I need. <i>Kidnapped by the Pirate </i></span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223721285" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223721285" style="background-color: inherit;">was everything I wanted in a pirate gay romance, with enough sizzle to singe my arm hairs and leave me with a smile on my face.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW223721285" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW223721285" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW223721285" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW223721285" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW223721285" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW223721285" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223721285" style="background-color: inherit;"> Nathaniel </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223721285" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223721285" style="background-color: inherit;">Bainbridge
wants a life where how could live and enjoy the things he’s good at.
He’s never been one for the books and no amount of tutors have helped
with the fact that he’s unable to read. Yes, he speaks like a gentleman
and one would never be able to tell that he isn’t educated or was unable
to be educated. Running, climbing, and swimming is where Nathaniel
interest lies, along with his interest in men. He dreams of the day he
can be mounted, he gets lost in cock fantasies quite a lot. </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223721285" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223721285" style="background-color: inherit;">So when his dad demands he marries </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223721285" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223721285" style="background-color: inherit;">and </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223721285" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223721285" style="background-color: inherit;">moves
to the new world, Nat knows he’s very much screwed. He’s not meant to
be a husband but he will do what he’s told, and make the journey to a
place he will never belong and marry a woman he doesn’t want. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW223721285" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW223721285" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW223721285" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW223721285" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW223721285" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW223721285" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223721285" style="background-color: inherit;">The journey is tedious on the ship because </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223721285" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223721285" style="background-color: inherit;">Nathaniel is a man that needs to move, needs </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223721285" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223721285" style="background-color: inherit;">to do and so he’s looking forward to getting his land legs back. </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223721285" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223721285" style="background-color: inherit;">His trip gets cut short when his ship is boarded by pirates and Nathaniel is kidnapped for ransom by </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223721285" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223721285" style="background-color: inherit;">the legendary Sea Hawk.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW223721285" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW223721285" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW223721285" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW223721285" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW223721285" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW223721285" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223721285" style="background-color: inherit;">He’s expecting to be cruelly treated </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223721285" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223721285" style="background-color: inherit;">on The Damn Manta but his treatment comes as a</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223721285" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223721285" style="background-color: inherit;"> surprise and also his feelings for the pirate that has kidnapped him. </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223721285" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223721285" style="background-color: inherit;">Captain
Hawk is the type of man that would give Nathaniel a good seeing to, and
his virgin everything is intrigued and both scared by the feelings the
pirate invokes. Nathaniel has no disillusion</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223721285" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223721285" style="background-color: inherit;">s</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223721285" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223721285" style="background-color: inherit;">
that Hawk can be a cruel man but he’s also seen that he is a good man,
and he wants to experience everything with this man before he returns to
his father and becomes a proper married gentleman.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW223721285" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW223721285" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW223721285" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW223721285" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW223721285" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW223721285" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223721285" style="background-color: inherit;">First, I really freaking loved this for the sole fact that Captain Hawk is </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223721285" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223721285" style="background-color: inherit;">a real </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223721285" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223721285" style="background-color: inherit;">effing</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223721285" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223721285" style="background-color: inherit;"> pirate. There are no rose </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223721285" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="SpellingError SCXW223721285" style="background-color: inherit;">coloured</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223721285" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223721285" style="background-color: inherit;">
glasses when it comes to who he is. He walks the walk, talks the talk,
and dresses like every dream I’ve ever had in my teenage years about
being captured on the sea by a pirate and ravished.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW223721285" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW223721285" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW223721285" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW223721285" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW223721285" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW223721285" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223721285" style="background-color: inherit;">Secondly,
Nathaniel and Hawk are hellfire hot. They did the things and introduced
Nat to the wonderful world of man love and Nathaniel soon starts, to
realize that now he’s had cock he can never lift a frock. Hawk care</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223721285" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223721285" style="background-color: inherit;">s</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223721285" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223721285" style="background-color: inherit;">
for him start to transform his feelings and he’s dreaming of a life
together but everyday aboard the ship proves that he’ll never be
accepted and he’s the ticket to a lot of money.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW223721285" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW223721285" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW223721285" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW223721285" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW223721285" style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; margin-left: 48px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="color: #666666;"><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span class="TextRun SCXW223721285" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223721285" style="background-color: inherit;">“Why did I think better of you because you read to me and were kind about my deficiencies?” Hawk tore his gaze away. “I don’t </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223721285" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223721285" style="background-color: inherit;">know, since apparently I must remind you I’m a fucking pirate!”</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW223721285" data-ccp-props="{"335559685":720}" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></span></b></span></div>
</div>
</blockquote>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW223721285" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW223721285" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 48px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW223721285" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW223721285" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 48px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW223721285" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW223721285" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW223721285" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223721285" style="background-color: inherit;">Thirdly,
the wonderful age gap. Isn’t it just true classic historical romance
with the naïve virgin and the worldly older man. It’s trope as old as
time but there is just something about it that’s works so well in a
historical setting, and man did it deliver here. Captain Hawk is forward
and brusque and Nathaniel’s innocence adds fire to an already burning
super hot flame. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW223721285" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW223721285" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW223721285" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW223721285" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW223721285" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW223721285" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223721285" style="background-color: inherit;">Overall,
I really enjoyed the shit out of this. Giving me all I need in pirate
feels, delivering amazing fucking on a pirate ship, and giving me a
beautiful HEA. I love it, I love it, and am so glad I decided to give it
a read. Keira Andrews you most definitely have the sauce (no ketchup). </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223721285" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223721285" style="background-color: inherit;">If you’re like me and spent many a days reading Johanna Lindsey, Lisa </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223721285" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="SpellingError SCXW223721285" style="background-color: inherit;">Kleypas</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223721285" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223721285" style="background-color: inherit;">,
Elizabeth Lowell, Christina Dodd, Kat Martin etc…in your youth (or even
now). Then this book will give you such a delight, and is not to be
missed.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW223721285" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW223721285" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW223721285" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW223721285" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW223721285" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span class="TextRun SCXW223721285" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223721285" style="background-color: inherit;">SideNote- I need more freaking gay historical romances in my life!!</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW223721285" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; line-height: 23px;"> </span></b></i></span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW223721285" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW223721285" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW223721285" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223721285" style="background-color: inherit;"></span></span><span class="EOP SCXW223721285" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
DarienMoyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08781381342039392168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1888290079186458128.post-66745676306755177712018-05-04T13:00:00.000-04:002018-05-04T13:00:06.537-04:00Review: Forgive and Forget by Charlie Cochet<blockquote>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAVU8bgCMezxuU3ppYHjx8gi57zSaJGoLykZGLIcG1RkE6u2m87o4yEuF5uM3NDkDl7BSaXwFAexwavDnnrTN-WagbmD68MSbK79NGUAUIThhjxUxG7WuvyDFd7Uf_Kxlcn8lHHvZfLD0P/s1600/Forgive+and+Forget.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="329" data-original-width="200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAVU8bgCMezxuU3ppYHjx8gi57zSaJGoLykZGLIcG1RkE6u2m87o4yEuF5uM3NDkDl7BSaXwFAexwavDnnrTN-WagbmD68MSbK79NGUAUIThhjxUxG7WuvyDFd7Uf_Kxlcn8lHHvZfLD0P/s400/Forgive+and+Forget.jpg" width="242" /></a></div>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Forgive and Forget (Dreamspun Desires #7) by Charlie Cochet</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Dreamspinner Press, Amazon, Goodreads</span></b><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Novella : 194pgs</span></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">3 Pants Off</span></b></i><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Blurb: </b><span id="freeText8465006960596184185"><i>He's hot. He's dangerous. And he can't remember anything.</i><br /><br />As
the owner of Apple’n Pies, Joe Applin leads a quiet, uneventful life,
content to spend his days serving customers who come from all over to
eat his delicious homemade pies. Along with his motley crew—Bea, Elsie,
and Donnie—Joe couldn’t be happier in his little kingdom of baked goods
and java.<br /><br />Experience has taught Joe that love is overrated—and at
times dangerous. He has no intention of repeating past mistakes. But
then he meets a mysterious, handsome man with amnesia, and Joe can’t
deny something sweet is in the works. He isn’t one to take risks, not
with his heart and certainly not with his life, but the more time he
spends with the man he knows as Tom, the closer he is to losing both.</span></span></blockquote>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW122089097" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW122089097" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="TextRun SCXW122089097" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW122089097" style="background-color: inherit;">Review</span></span></b></span><br />
<br />
<span class="TextRun SCXW122089097" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW122089097" style="background-color: inherit;">In
all the years in all the lands this is my first time reading Charlie
Cochet and I won’t hold this story against her because I know what to
expect </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW122089097" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW122089097" style="background-color: inherit;">when</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW122089097" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW122089097" style="background-color: inherit;"> reading the </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW122089097" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="SpellingError SCXW122089097" style="background-color: inherit;">Dreamspun</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW122089097" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW122089097" style="background-color: inherit;"> Desires imprint. Forgive and Forget is exactly how I’m feeling when it comes to this story.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW122089097" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW122089097" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW122089097" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW122089097" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW122089097" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW122089097" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW122089097" style="background-color: inherit;">Joe </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW122089097" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW122089097" style="background-color: inherit;">Applin</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW122089097" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW122089097" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW122089097" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW122089097" style="background-color: inherit;">likes
his quiet life running his pie shop with his eclectic friends that
make up his family. Baking is what he does best and he gets super happy
when people get happy eating his pies. While life might not be super
exciting, it’s really quite fulfilling. </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW122089097" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW122089097" style="background-color: inherit;">Well things take a turn for the exciting when Joe finds himself caring for a strange beautiful man with amnesia</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW122089097" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW122089097" style="background-color: inherit;">. </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW122089097" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW122089097" style="background-color: inherit;">He has to help the man that he named Tom figure out who he is while keeping his heart in check, because Tom might </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW122089097" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW122089097" style="background-color: inherit;">be
married and living a full life somewhere else and when he regains his
memories Joe worries about just becoming another memory.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW122089097" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW122089097" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW122089097" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW122089097" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW122089097" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW122089097" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW122089097" style="background-color: inherit;">Seems Tom wasn’t living the white picket fence life and suddenly cops and sketchy dudes are invading Joe’s space.</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW122089097" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW122089097" style="background-color: inherit;"> All of Joe's protective instincts are going off and he knows he has to keep Tom safe during the recovery of his memories. </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW122089097" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW122089097" style="background-color: inherit;">Ap</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW122089097" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW122089097" style="background-color: inherit;">p</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW122089097" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW122089097" style="background-color: inherit;">le n’ Pies just took on more than they can bake.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW122089097" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW122089097" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW122089097" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW122089097" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW122089097" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW122089097" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW122089097" style="background-color: inherit;">Mostly
I didn’t enjoy this one as much as I’d hoped. The story is hella cute
but the delivery was a let down. There was way too much story packed in
here and close to the ending it all started feeling rushed. Joe and Tom
lacked spark for me, and the little surprise about their meeting each
other was just too cliché. The writing and flow is good so I got through
it quite quickly and was never bored. I just wanted more, and overall
it all felt very cheesy.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW122089097" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW122089097" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW122089097" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW122089097" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW122089097" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW122089097" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW122089097" style="background-color: inherit;">As
I said, this won’t set the tone for me when it comes to reading Charlie
Cochet and will check out her other works. In this instance I’m willing
to forgive and forget </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW122089097" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "apple color emoji" , "apple color emoji_msfontservice" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW122089097" style="background-color: inherit;">😈</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW122089097" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: "apple color emoji" , "apple color emoji_msfontservice" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 21px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span id="freeText8465006960596184185"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span> </span></span>
DarienMoyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08781381342039392168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1888290079186458128.post-62021014778679124492018-05-04T09:34:00.000-04:002018-05-04T09:35:28.448-04:00Review: Wheels and Heels by Jaime Samms<blockquote>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3KoRIPdn8grruwD7RWwP0Ax30PIJrwweawyuxGcIDFS_v6JNk3DNYNqvlAYw9BcLZD87dZLhyJVArfMMgZxO4gHnyehk_CW7slHCm2N0YWiMpQPcACWgaN01Bsi8OQjNR0qHPry1S9aw2/s1600/Wheels+and+Heels.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="317" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3KoRIPdn8grruwD7RWwP0Ax30PIJrwweawyuxGcIDFS_v6JNk3DNYNqvlAYw9BcLZD87dZLhyJVArfMMgZxO4gHnyehk_CW7slHCm2N0YWiMpQPcACWgaN01Bsi8OQjNR0qHPry1S9aw2/s400/Wheels+and+Heels.jpg" width="266" /></a></div>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Wheels And Heels (Stories from the Hen & Hog #1) by Jaime Samms</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/wheels-and-heels" target="_blank">Riptide Publishing</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Wheels-Heels-Stories-Hen-Book-ebook/dp/B07BD2674L/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1525440902&sr=8-1&keywords=wheels+and+heels" target="_blank">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37761487-wheels-and-heels" target="_blank">Goodreads</a></span></b><br />
<span style="color: #93c47d;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Novel: 265pgs</span></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><b>3.25 Pants Off</b></i></span><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Blurb:</b> <span id="freeText16066681233869264199">As a teenager, Ira
Bedford fled a troubled home life and people who didn’t understand his
penchant for feminine things. In the city, he fell in with Cedric, who
found him work as an underage stripper. It took him years to escape
Cedric’s influence and try to build a life of his own.<br /><br />Now, he
just wants to be left alone to create his art. But Cedric’s on-going
harassment means Ira had to drop out of art school, is squatting in a
friend’s apartment, and is still relying on his allure as a sexy,
skirt-wearing exotic dancer to pay his bills.<br /><br />Then he meets Jed.
Part-time bartender and the apartment building’s superintendent, Jed is
just the right mix of strong, kind, and protective to pull Ira out of
hiding. He also welcomes Ira into his chosen family at the Hen and Hog
Pub. But Ira yearns for more. Still, he doesn’t dare to hope that Jed
will want him and his questionable past, his skirts and high heels, his
hang-ups, and the profession he seems unable to escape. But Jed will do
anything to prove him wrong.</span></span></blockquote>
<br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span id="freeText16066681233869264199">Review</span></b></span><br />
<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<span id="freeText16066681233869264199"><span style="color: #073763;"><i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">HEELS AND FEELS </span></b></span></i></span></span></blockquote>
<br />
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW36225158" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW36225158" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW36225158" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW36225158" style="background-color: inherit;">A part of me likes this story and another part of me is in my “</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW36225158" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW36225158" style="background-color: inherit;">meh-</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW36225158" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="SpellingError SCXW36225158" style="background-color: inherit;">ish</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW36225158" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW36225158" style="background-color: inherit;">” feels. While it was cute and all that, for me it’s </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW36225158" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW36225158" style="background-color: inherit;">also</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW36225158" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW36225158" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW36225158" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW36225158" style="background-color: inherit;">easily forgettable.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW36225158" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW36225158" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW36225158" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW36225158" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW36225158" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW36225158" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW36225158" style="background-color: inherit;">Ira,
struggling art student and exotic dancer. He loves the prettier things
in life, and while he remains true to himself by wearing his heels and
skirts it gets him a lot of flack. Throwing the dancing for money in the
mix and people generally just stereotype him for a tweake</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW36225158" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW36225158" style="background-color: inherit;">d out </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW36225158" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW36225158" style="background-color: inherit;">whore. Ira has his quirks and he’s also got </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW36225158" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW36225158" style="background-color: inherit;">his </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW36225158" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW36225158" style="background-color: inherit;">demons</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW36225158" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW36225158" style="background-color: inherit;"> that</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW36225158" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW36225158" style="background-color: inherit;"> he’s trying to get away </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW36225158" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW36225158" style="background-color: inherit;">from</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW36225158" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW36225158" style="background-color: inherit;">.</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW36225158" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW36225158" style="background-color: inherit;"> Th</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW36225158" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW36225158" style="background-color: inherit;">en </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW36225158" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW36225158" style="background-color: inherit;">there’s</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW36225158" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW36225158" style="background-color: inherit;"> Jed who came to his rescue o</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW36225158" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW36225158" style="background-color: inherit;">n his bike. Jed who is the </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW36225158" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW36225158" style="background-color: inherit;">epitome</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW36225158" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW36225158" style="background-color: inherit;"> of a nice</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW36225158" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW36225158" style="background-color: inherit;"> guy</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW36225158" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW36225158" style="background-color: inherit;">, and what Jed needs to understand is th</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW36225158" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW36225158" style="background-color: inherit;">at</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW36225158" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW36225158" style="background-color: inherit;"> Ira doesn’t need saving</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW36225158" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW36225158" style="background-color: inherit;"> (or so he keeps insisting).</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW36225158" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW36225158" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW36225158" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW36225158" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW36225158" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW36225158" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW36225158" style="background-color: inherit;">What I really was hoping for</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW36225158" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW36225158" style="background-color: inherit;">,</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW36225158" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW36225158" style="background-color: inherit;"> was to enjoy this story a lot more</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW36225158" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW36225158" style="background-color: inherit;"> but alas that wasn’t the case. I didn’t not like it but </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW36225158" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW36225158" style="background-color: inherit;">it’s a sort of </span></span><i><span class="TextRun SCXW36225158" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW36225158" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW36225158" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW36225158" style="background-color: inherit;">“meh</span></span></i><span class="TextRun SCXW36225158" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW36225158" style="background-color: inherit;"><i>”</i> like. It wasn’t horrible but it wasn’t </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW36225158" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW36225158" style="background-color: inherit;">very good either.</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW36225158" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW36225158" style="background-color: inherit;">
Ira’s contradictory personality made it sometimes irritating to read,
and some of the fool choices both men made could have been easily
avoided. The villain in the story could have easily been handled</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW36225158" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW36225158" style="background-color: inherit;"> and way too much time was </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW36225158" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW36225158" style="background-color: inherit;">spent on his unnecessary story-line. I found that part to be hella weak and everything could have been handled </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW36225158" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW36225158" style="background-color: inherit;">quickly</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW36225158" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW36225158" style="background-color: inherit;">. Between Ira and the over exaggerated mean guy, I didn’t want any more.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW36225158" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW36225158" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW36225158" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW36225158" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW36225158" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW36225158" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW36225158" style="background-color: inherit;">I did enjoy the setting of the story, the very own streets I’ve walked here in</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW36225158" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW36225158" style="background-color: inherit;"> Toronto. So</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW36225158" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW36225158" style="background-color: inherit;"> kudos for a strong sense </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW36225158" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW36225158" style="background-color: inherit;">of
place. Also, the supporting characters were quite interesting and there
are a few people that I’m very interested in and would love to read
their story.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW36225158" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW36225158" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW36225158" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW36225158" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW36225158" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW36225158" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW36225158" style="background-color: inherit;">Overall, I liked it but still fe</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW36225158" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW36225158" style="background-color: inherit;">lt</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW36225158" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW36225158" style="background-color: inherit;"> a tad bit disappointed. Which is darn shape because it had the makings of a really good book</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW36225158" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW36225158" style="background-color: inherit;"> but the delivery </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW36225158" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW36225158" style="background-color: inherit;">was
off and I found the book to be contradicting itself sometimes. Ira
wanted to be seen as strong and that he didn’t need a protector but
would feel happy about being protected and got mad when Jed failed one
time to come to his rescue. The fact that Ira likes to dress up was a
great part of the book but sadly it didn’t help my enjoyment.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW36225158" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
DarienMoyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08781381342039392168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1888290079186458128.post-48825393123740270682018-05-02T13:00:00.000-04:002018-05-02T13:00:03.546-04:00Review: Captain Merric by Rebecca Cohen<blockquote>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5F64F4JuV5aL21kKp5HP2wDCLxknMfVRkqP6f_IwqOdfQf_c0z3sm_PVwVqD2UqJ6aboM3ZGBNGIw7DHs0r62C2HakH3vrdCOIrNMpCJHtW7za5mBTxr01-f2LPPafStFmroUJmtihIf4/s1600/Captain+Merric.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="318" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5F64F4JuV5aL21kKp5HP2wDCLxknMfVRkqP6f_IwqOdfQf_c0z3sm_PVwVqD2UqJ6aboM3ZGBNGIw7DHs0r62C2HakH3vrdCOIrNMpCJHtW7za5mBTxr01-f2LPPafStFmroUJmtihIf4/s400/Captain+Merric.jpg" width="267" /></a></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Captain Merric by Rebecca Cohen</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Captain-Merric-Rebecca-Cohen-ebook/dp/B07BLLY5HD/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1525272406&sr=8-1&keywords=captain+merric" target="_blank">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39401438-captain-merric" target="_blank">Goodreads</a></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #bf9000;">Novel: 200pgs</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span>
<br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>3 Pants Off</b></span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Blurb:</b> <span id="freeText3658674558351574745">A tale of pirates, lost love, and the fight for a happy ending.<br /><br />After
he’s set adrift and left to die by his mutinous crew, the last person
Royal Navy officer Daniel Horton expects to come to his rescue is
Captain Merric. An infamous pirate, Merric is known as much for stealing
his victims’ hearts as their jewels. Daniel’s world is about to be
turned upside down when he recognises Captain Merric as none other than
Edward Merriston, someone he thought he'd never see again.</span></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><span id="freeText3658674558351574745">Edward
can’t believe Daniel Horton is aboard his ship. While Edward is willing
to do anything he can to get a second chance at their happy ending,
Daniel isn’t interested in digging up the past. But Daniel is one
priceless treasure Captain Merric isn’t about to let go of without a
fight.<br /><br /><br />Captain Merric first appeared as short story in a
pirate-themed anthology. Now completely rewritten and extended he is
ready to set sail again.</span></span></div>
</blockquote>
<br />
<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">Review</span></i></b><br />
<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<b><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">CAPTAIN NOT A PIRATE </span></span></span></span></i></b></blockquote>
<br />
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW116615671" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW116615671" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW116615671" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW116615671" style="background-color: inherit;">When I saw that this book was a pirate love story, best believe I was on it like white on rice or brown on rice </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW116615671" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "apple color emoji" , "apple color emoji_msfontservice" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW116615671" style="background-color: inherit;">🤔</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW116615671" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW116615671" style="background-color: inherit;">.
Let’s just say I was hella excited and your hope is that when you’re
super excited about a book it doesn’t go and let you down. While Captain
Merric wasn’t a letdown per se it really wasn’t a hard hit and it
crumpled all the amp I was feeling for it.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW116615671" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW116615671" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW116615671" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW116615671" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW116615671" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW116615671" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW116615671" style="background-color: inherit;">Daniel
Horton. Captain in the Queens Navy spending most of his life at see
battling against the French. His life is being on the open waters and
love and family falls behind his duty. When his scheming ass crew commit</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW116615671" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW116615671" style="background-color: inherit;">s</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW116615671" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW116615671" style="background-color: inherit;"> mutiny and leaves him at sea to die</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW116615671" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW116615671" style="background-color: inherit;">.
Daniel surely expects to waste away on the open sea without food and
water but fate has other plans. Those plans includes a pirate, his ship,
and a long lost love.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW116615671" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW116615671" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW116615671" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW116615671" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW116615671" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW116615671" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW116615671" style="background-color: inherit;">Captain Merric pirate </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW116615671" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW116615671" style="background-color: inherit;">extraordinaire.
He enjoys life on the open sea and has more money than he knows what do
with. Life on the sea is harsh and Merric longs for a quiet life
farming and just living. When they spot a person on the open sea close
to death, Merric never expected it to be his long lost love Daniel. As
boys they were so in love</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW116615671" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW116615671" style="background-color: inherit;">
with each other but circumstances separated them where Merric thought
Daniel had forsaken their love, and Daniel thought Merric his real name
Edward dead. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW116615671" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW116615671" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW116615671" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW116615671" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW116615671" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW116615671" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW116615671" style="background-color: inherit;">Now Daniel</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW116615671" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW116615671" style="background-color: inherit;">
is aboard a pirate ship faced with his love of old and feelings he
thought long gone. While Edward is not the man he remembers he is still
the man he loved deeply. They are now two men changed by death and the
sea, and while Daniel lived a life of celibacy Edward got his dick wet a
lot and it had nothing to do with the sea. Edward wants to pick up
where they left off but Daniel is afraid he won’t be enough for him
since he moved on so quickly without him. Also he has a mutinous crew
for him to see hanged.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW116615671" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW116615671" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW116615671" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW116615671" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW116615671" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW116615671" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW116615671" style="background-color: inherit;">This
is a story of love lost and gained again. I can’t on good authority
call this a pirate tale because I’m still waiting for the pirate stuff.
There was a lot of telling and no showing </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW116615671" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW116615671" style="background-color: inherit;">and I </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW116615671" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW116615671" style="background-color: inherit;">didn’t get the pirate feels at all. Edward and Daniel (well mostly Daniel) did a lot of push and pull</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW116615671" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW116615671" style="background-color: inherit;"> and angst over unnecessary things. </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW116615671" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW116615671" style="background-color: inherit;">He wanted </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW116615671" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW116615671" style="background-color: inherit;">then he didn’t want, he was upset but then he wasn’t upset, he couldn’t make up his mind on his feelings. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW116615671" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW116615671" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW116615671" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW116615671" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW116615671" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW116615671" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW116615671" style="background-color: inherit;">I
think my biggest problem was that it was just too sweet and it lacked
excitement. While the writing is pretty good, I always find myself
having a hard time connecting to Rebecca Cohen’s writing. It’s like the
story is always on the precipice of being great but it never quite
crosses the line to greatness. <i>Captain Merric </i>felt safe</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW116615671" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW116615671" style="background-color: inherit;"> and I really just wanted more. </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW116615671" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW116615671" style="background-color: inherit;">I</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW116615671" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW116615671" style="background-color: inherit;">f Daniel and Edward had no former connection I would have enjoyed it more.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW116615671" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW116615671" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW116615671" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW116615671" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW116615671" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW116615671" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW116615671" style="background-color: inherit;">Overall, it was an alright story. I wanted to like it a lot more </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW116615671" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="SpellingError SCXW116615671" style="background-color: inherit;">cus</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW116615671" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW116615671" style="background-color: inherit;"> pirate </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW116615671" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW116615671" style="background-color: inherit;">and that cover but it didn’t quite impress me. I found Daniel whiny and Edward (</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW116615671" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW116615671" style="background-color: inherit;">Captain</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW116615671" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW116615671" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW116615671" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="SpellingError SCXW116615671" style="background-color: inherit;">Merric</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW116615671" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW116615671" style="background-color: inherit;">) so not very pirate like. As I said a lot </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW116615671" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW116615671" style="background-color: inherit;">of </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW116615671" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW116615671" style="background-color: inherit;">telling no showing </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW116615671" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW116615671" style="background-color: inherit;">and so the pirate life on the open see didn’t quite come </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW116615671" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW116615671" style="background-color: inherit;">across. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW116615671" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
DarienMoyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08781381342039392168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1888290079186458128.post-64065925814869091832018-05-02T10:27:00.000-04:002018-05-02T10:55:22.866-04:00Review: Sloe Ride by Rhys Ford<blockquote>
<div class="bordered">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzYq30Nqw_Qmt4SwyufDDy8k66iSuhqjZC7tdrirdK0E3Afmdix3ldLTiQVwTi4FCkydkwxJ6JqIZulsgM5sPb5ylrLT03BF_dCFPtPwRfdOjWV14beCRZFVlWHdZJtH9YEifIRFlYXRge/s1600/Sloe+Ride.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="288" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzYq30Nqw_Qmt4SwyufDDy8k66iSuhqjZC7tdrirdK0E3Afmdix3ldLTiQVwTi4FCkydkwxJ6JqIZulsgM5sPb5ylrLT03BF_dCFPtPwRfdOjWV14beCRZFVlWHdZJtH9YEifIRFlYXRge/s400/Sloe+Ride.jpg" width="242" /></a></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Sloe Ride (Sinners #4) by Rhys Ford</b></span><br />
<a href="https://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/books/sloe-ride-by-rhys-ford-4967-b" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Dreamspinner Press</b></span></a><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Novel: 246pgs</b></span></span><br />
<b><br /></b>
<i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>3.5 Pants Off</b></span></i><br />
<b><br /></b>
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Blurb:</b> <span id="freeText15109832488032701743">It isn’t easy being a Morgan. Especially when dead bodies start piling up and there’s not a damned thing you can do about it.<br /><br />Quinn
Morgan never quite fit into the family mold. He dreamed of a life with
books instead of badges and knowledge instead of law—and a life with
Rafe Andrade, his older brothers’ bad boy friend and the man who broke
his very young heart.<br /><br />Rafe Andrade returned home to lick his
wounds following his ejection from the band he helped form. A recovering
drug addict, Rafe spends his time wallowing in guilt, until he finds
himself faced with his original addiction, Quinn Morgan—the reason he
fled the city in the first place.<br /><br />When Rafe hears the Sinners are
looking for a bassist, it’s a chance to redeem himself, but as a crazed
murderer draws closer to Quinn, Rafe’s willing to sacrifice
everything—including himself—to keep his quixotic Morgan safe and sound</span></span> <br />
<br /></blockquote>
<br />
<i><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Review</b></span></i><br />
<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<i><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">~The Slowest of Rides~ </span></span></b></span></i></blockquote>
<br />
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW173086267" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW173086267" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW173086267" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW173086267" style="background-color: inherit;">I think this might be my least favourite Rhys Ford book ever</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW173086267" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW173086267" style="background-color: inherit;">
and that’s saying something since I also kinda really liked it. The
books before in the series was just so entertaining, charming, and
really fleshed out. Sloe Ride was lacking something and its overall feel
was just all over the place.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW173086267" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW173086267" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW173086267" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW173086267" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW173086267" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW173086267" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW173086267" style="background-color: inherit;">Quinn Morgan is the odd child out of the Morgan children, he walks to a tune of his own. </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW173086267" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW173086267" style="background-color: inherit;">As</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW173086267" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW173086267" style="background-color: inherit;"> a professor he already went far right of being a Morgan, an intellectual among </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW173086267" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW173086267" style="background-color: inherit;">his macho badge carrying older brothers and father</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW173086267" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW173086267" style="background-color: inherit;">.
He lives in his own little world, and while his family can be very
overbearing it doesn’t stop him from living life how he wants to. Life
can be anticlimactic for him, until he’s almost run off the road by a
crazy driver which causes an accident. Quinn lets it go as road rage
incident and thinks nothing more of it until the bodies start to pile up
around him. </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW173086267" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW173086267" style="background-color: inherit;">Throw Rafe </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW173086267" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW173086267" style="background-color: inherit;">Andrade
in the mix, the man he’s been lusting after since he was a teenager and
his quiet life just became a storm. Rafe is someone he’s always wanted,
someone is killing those around him and Quinn has had enough of his
overprotective family. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW173086267" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW173086267" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW173086267" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW173086267" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW173086267" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW173086267" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW173086267" style="background-color: inherit;">Rafe Andrade has got his own demons</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW173086267" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW173086267" style="background-color: inherit;">.
Once a successful musician playing with his very successful band living
his dream life, but he couldn’t stay away from the booger sugar and the
pills and potions. A fatal accident leaves him questioning all his
decisions, and needing to take a look at the man in the mirror. It’s
time he gets clean and begin life a new because he’s already lost so
much and he doesn’t want to lose himself</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW173086267" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW173086267" style="background-color: inherit;">.
No matter the how crazy his life got, the Morgan’s have always been
constant. Their friendship and love have kept him going. He’s got his
eye on Quinn but it’s a step he can never take</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW173086267" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW173086267" style="background-color: inherit;"> because he’s damaged goods and Quinn deserves better. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW173086267" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW173086267" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW173086267" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW173086267" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW173086267" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW173086267" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW173086267" style="background-color: inherit;">What ensues</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW173086267" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW173086267" style="background-color: inherit;"> is something I like to call <i>“steroids with a side of crack”</i>. It gets crazy folks and I mean </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW173086267" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW173086267" style="background-color: inherit;">crazy</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW173086267" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW173086267" style="background-color: inherit;">,</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW173086267" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW173086267" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW173086267" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW173086267" style="background-color: inherit;">and
that is saying something when it comes to a Ford book. Someone is
really out for Quinn, or should I say someone is out for anyone who gets
close to Quinn whether it be romantically or friendly. The killer is
unhinge and Quinn is just out there living his best life. From the get
go it’s quite clear that Quinn has some sort of neurological disorder,
it’s without name in the book</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW173086267" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW173086267" style="background-color: inherit;"> but you come to an understanding as the reader. Brain being wired differently and all that</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW173086267" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW173086267" style="background-color: inherit;">, </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW173086267" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW173086267" style="background-color: inherit;">he’s </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW173086267" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW173086267" style="background-color: inherit;">a big ole</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW173086267" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW173086267" style="background-color: inherit;">
fool. His whole persona is that he’s an intelligent guy, but somehow he
forgot the intelligent part and regressed into being a foolish child.
He really </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW173086267" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW173086267" style="background-color: inherit;">grinded</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW173086267" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW173086267" style="background-color: inherit;"> my gears and I would have accepted his death. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW173086267" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW173086267" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW173086267" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW173086267" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW173086267" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW173086267" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW173086267" style="background-color: inherit;">The
romance…I don’t get it, I don’t understand it, and I really don’t care
about it. Quinn and Rafe have no real substance and their story is
lukewarm hotdog water. I was totally reading for the story, supporting
characters</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW173086267" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW173086267" style="background-color: inherit;">, and the bodies dropping like flies. The<i> “who done it”</i> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW173086267" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW173086267" style="background-color: inherit;">also kept me reading and I can’t say I was surprised by the psycho killer because of course it was that dude (made total sense).</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW173086267" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW173086267" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW173086267" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW173086267" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW173086267" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW173086267" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW173086267" style="background-color: inherit;">Overall,
my least fave book in the series and my least fave book by the author.
The writing and story here was so disjointed and all over the place I
couldn’t get a proper feel for it. Quinn and Rafe really let me down as a
couple which is quite disappointing because Quinn has been a very
interesting character through the series and his magic got lost in his
very own book. There’s so many wonderful places this book could have
gone but it remained stagnant and I’m feeling the sad feels. Upside</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW173086267" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW173086267" style="background-color: inherit;">, </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW173086267" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW173086267" style="background-color: inherit;">the big amazing Morgan family is present and they carry the book and I ain’t </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW173086267" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW173086267" style="background-color: inherit;">mad it. Rafe and Quinn definitely didn’t have enough time here for them to shine here and…that was the downfall. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW173086267" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"> </span></div>
<div class="Paragraph SCXW173086267" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="EOP SCXW173086267" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="Paragraph SCXW173086267" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<b><span class="EOP SCXW173086267" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;">Review:<i> <a href="https://pantsoffreviews.blogspot.ca/2013/01/review-sinners-gin-by-rhys-ford.html" target="_blank">Book #1 Sinners Gin</a></i></span></b></div>
<div class="Paragraph SCXW173086267" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<b><span class="EOP SCXW173086267" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;">Review: <i><a href="https://pantsoffreviews.blogspot.ca/2013/08/oops-where-did-my-pants-go-whiskey-and.html" target="_blank">Book #2 Whiskey and Wry</a></i></span></b></div>
<div class="Paragraph SCXW173086267" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<b><span class="EOP SCXW173086267" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: , "times new roman_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px;">Review:<i> <a href="https://pantsoffreviews.blogspot.ca/2018/04/review-tequila-mockingbird-by-rhys-ford.html" target="_blank">Book #3 Tequila Mockingbird</a></i></span></b></div>
</div>
DarienMoyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08781381342039392168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1888290079186458128.post-4559345927111998872018-04-30T19:54:00.000-04:002018-04-30T19:54:33.755-04:00Release Blitz & Giveaway: Ice on Fire by G.R Lyons<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9iMNjiKeQNFOQky2zTdmaNglCqecNcqI4CL7qYJBCFtFlhq-gjNUuZV_bXdjpUb1x2I7lNtsyNbfibpAqdux5HcTMXhFZIwUQsxREa8ue2aMOppH907VGnF4UZIhQwCf6cKBhqwAKMPN6/s1600/RBBanner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="849" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9iMNjiKeQNFOQky2zTdmaNglCqecNcqI4CL7qYJBCFtFlhq-gjNUuZV_bXdjpUb1x2I7lNtsyNbfibpAqdux5HcTMXhFZIwUQsxREa8ue2aMOppH907VGnF4UZIhQwCf6cKBhqwAKMPN6/s640/RBBanner.jpg" width="600" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCcETcm6KHmsA-O3Pbo_BQAfGqYZ4e855_sUQhCjy7a4glxxDUWisxpywafZMEPlKEWJ2PV3GH08w_uJ06GcJbw29l97R4uL5vYhwaELxbmEbPxMDl0mLAxC70dpE48TVFbZhxI6nNw-PE/s1600/Ice+on+Fire+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="853" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCcETcm6KHmsA-O3Pbo_BQAfGqYZ4e855_sUQhCjy7a4glxxDUWisxpywafZMEPlKEWJ2PV3GH08w_uJ06GcJbw29l97R4uL5vYhwaELxbmEbPxMDl0mLAxC70dpE48TVFbZhxI6nNw-PE/s320/Ice+on+Fire+%25281%2529.jpg" width="212" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://books2read.com/IceOnFireGRL" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Universal Buy Link</b></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Cover Design:</b> <a href="https://designsbydana1.weebly.com/book-covers.html" target="_blank">Designs By Dana</a></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Blurb</b></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Zac Cinder is on the verge of making his dream come true. His punk rock band, Inferno, might have a shot at an audition for a record deal. Fame and fortune would mean he could finally help his parents. They'd raised eight kids in a loving household while barely scraping by, so Zac is determined to give back in any way he can.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Keeping Inferno together, though, means keeping his biggest secret. His bigoted bandmates would drop him in an instant if they found out Zac was gay.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Then he meets Adrian Frost, and Zac can't resist the shy man. Adrian gives up everything to be with Zac, but Zac can't bring himself to do the same. He doesn't want to lose Adrian, but he can't give up Inferno, either. Not when he's so close to realizing his dream.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">When one cruel decision rips Adrian from his life, Zac will have to decide if ambition is worth the price of the greatest happiness he's ever known.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">(Note: This story takes place in a fictional world, the same as in the Shifting Isles Series. There are multiple gods, different names for the days of the week, etc. A glossary is included.)</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">WARNING: Contains scenes of self-harm that may be disturbing for some readers.</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Author Bio</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">While daylighting as office manager for the family auto repair business, G.R. Lyons can often be found working on one of multiple manuscripts or desperately trying to keep up with the TBR pile.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Anarcho-capitalist, quietly ‘out’ trans guy, former belly dancer, coffee guzzler, highly-sensitive introvert, CrossFit enthusiast, and lover of m/m romantic fiction.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Email: grlyons@grlyonsauthor.com</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Facebook: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/grlyonsauthor">http://www.facebook.com/grlyonsauthor</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Twitter: <a href="http://www.twitter.com/grlyonsauthor">http://www.twitter.com/grlyonsauthor</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Goodreads: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/grlyonsauthor">http://www.goodreads.com/grlyonsauthor</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Pinterest: <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/doumteksonata/">http://www.pinterest.com/doumteksonata/</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://amazon.com/">Amazon.com</a>: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/author/grlyons">https://www.amazon.com/author/grlyons</a></span><br />
<div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<a class="rcptr" data-raflid="3e0e9a43362" data-template="" data-theme="classic" href="http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/3e0e9a43362/" id="rcwidget_2xmk6eci" rel="nofollow">a Rafflecopter giveaway</a>
<script src="https://widget-prime.rafflecopter.com/launch.js"></script>
</div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://signalboostpr.blogspot.co.uk/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigVKt1zFpXFzbIGRrenlh8QlNCSxTEF2oiBPyl7QxoD8-v2oUdkAzu9vCG-R_UjseWAUsairrGTtetQnMl8IixSxSMC38BwOYju5Z_SycqdYZcn28NiwA15hzCvyLRE9blpmxMvOtDkKGL/s200/signalboosttransparent.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://signalboostpr.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Hosted By Signal Boost Promotions</a></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<br /></div>
DarienMoyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08781381342039392168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1888290079186458128.post-90360082407586862652018-04-27T10:30:00.001-04:002018-04-27T10:32:46.900-04:00Release Blitz & Giveaway: The Perfect Whore by Josephine Myles<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN0TBQj060GS6NgmcHi2fveevl0i7DGOeTd9-fgXTav7DMnmUP9KfuDiwSVNg5TdrC9CsU8NE4czE9pCwxiZMgDRy8LnjBw02nHNTLwWMfoBtRd9Ghx4Ay-IMVL8rZzArIiKispeEjiWw/s1600/RBBanner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="500" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN0TBQj060GS6NgmcHi2fveevl0i7DGOeTd9-fgXTav7DMnmUP9KfuDiwSVNg5TdrC9CsU8NE4czE9pCwxiZMgDRy8LnjBw02nHNTLwWMfoBtRd9Ghx4Ay-IMVL8rZzArIiKispeEjiWw/s640/RBBanner.jpg" width="600" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_2aAls-Gj5v4UMUj-8ppWZRiQQTBFLBTFk5XBUTRgm3ReK4gCMYJyYygomQOeM0EkghiAfqYoY0pMsrJG9L1-6o7vg3iedLLmu5ZQEBu73NdaticY6ygqyjzLMmVv96bjtvolnsvZSG4/s1600/The+Perfect+Whore+433x650.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="650" data-original-width="434" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_2aAls-Gj5v4UMUj-8ppWZRiQQTBFLBTFk5XBUTRgm3ReK4gCMYJyYygomQOeM0EkghiAfqYoY0pMsrJG9L1-6o7vg3iedLLmu5ZQEBu73NdaticY6ygqyjzLMmVv96bjtvolnsvZSG4/s320/The+Perfect+Whore+433x650.jpg" width="212" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://books2read.com/ThePerfectWhoreJM" target="_blank">Universal Buy Link</a></b></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Cover Design:</b> <a href="https://coveraffairs.com/" target="_blank">Lou Harper</a></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Length: </b>58,000 words approx</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Blurb</b></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Being the object of everyone’s sexual fantasies ain’t all it’s cracked up to be…</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">On a mining colony planet a long way from Earth, bandit Jedd
Lightning dreams of making enough money to get his ship space worthy
again. During a robbery at a high-class brothel, he meets gorgeous alien
rentboy Storm and is instantly smitten—but the heist goes south and
Jedd has to high-tail it out of there with only half the loot.</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Enslaved by a fierce Madam, Storm’s shapeshifting talents make him
the most sought after whore on Talmak. He literally can’t stop himself
becoming his client’s fantasy lover. Sick of enforced transformations,
he wants to escape, but he’s closely guarded and has no experience of
the unfamiliar city outside the brothel.</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Storm is willing—and eager—to do anything to persuade Jedd to break
him out of his gilded prison. Lucky for him the arrogant outlaw needs
Storm’s help to free his crewmate, held as hostage by a vicious mob boss
who wants Jedd to complete the theft he was hired for. Storm keeps
blowing away Jedd’s expectations—but with both the law and the mob
against them, they could end up with nowhere left to run.</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>Excerpt</b></span></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>“Stick ’em up, people. This is a raid. I
want all your valuables, right now…” The last words trailed away as
Jedd took a really good look at the naked, sweaty couple on the bed. His
target, the Right Honorable Senator Artaxico Thrublet, was on his knees
behind one of the most gorgeous bodies Jedd had ever clapped eyes on.</i></span></span><br />
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>A body on hands and knees. A most decidedly human and male body…</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i> Shit, had he gotten the wrong room? Jedd squinted at the client,
trying to work out if it really was the senator. He was definitely
Talmaki, with his lizard-like body, orange, hairless skin and bulging
eyes . But no, he’d studied footage of Artaxico and recognized his large
nose and the ridiculous looking rows of diamond studs up both his
pointed ears.</i></span></span><br />
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>“Hold on, just let me finish. Uh!”
Artaxico shuddered to a stop, his belly wobbling as he panted obscenely.
Jedd winced at the sight. He knew interspecies mating went on—everyone
had heard the tales—but intellectual knowledge wasn’t the same thing as
having it thrust in your face. Talmaki just weren’t his idea of sexy.</i></span></span><br />
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Okay, there had been that one time he’d
got drunk enough for a fumble in an alleyway, but the alien’s cock had
been kind of scary, and things hadn’t got very far. But maybe the
gorgeous young whore was used to those luminous, scaly shafts of meat.
Maybe he even enjoyed them. </i></span></span><br />
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Was he enjoying Talmaki cock right now? He was certainly hard enough.</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i> Right now Jedd couldn’t see the expression on the whore’s face as
it was buried in the mattress, but maybe that was for the best. There
was no way he could be handsome enough to do that incredible body
justice. </i></span></span><br />
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>No wonder the senator had decided to try
him as a change from the celebrated Divine. The rentboy moaned through
his own orgasm, just moments after the senator, and drenched the sheets
below him in spunk.</i></span></span><br />
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Artaxico withdrew, revealing an
intimidating length of glowing scarlet cock, then collapsed back onto
the bed. He reached out to pat a perfectly formed buttock. “Run along
now, sthweetie. I wouldn’t want you to get caught up in any of this
nasty business.” </i></span><br />
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>The lad scooted down to the end of the
bed facing Jedd, exposing an equally impressive prick which was filling
up again in what must be a record-breaking time.</i></span></span><br />
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>And as for his face… Suns above! Those
were lips Jedd would give anything to see stretched around his dick. But
no, he had a job to do, and he wasn’t about to get sidetracked by some
hyper-sexed rentboy, no matter how astoundingly gorgeous he was.</i></span><br />
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i> “The boy stays,” Jedd ordered. Artaxico gave him a puzzled look, but Jedd pressed on. “I want your datapod and passcode, now!”</i></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>“Not a chance in hell. That passcode is
top level sthecurity,” Artaxico lisped. “I really don’t imagine there’s
anything an ignorant monkey like you could do that could force me to
sthpeak.”</i></span></span><br />
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Okay, just as he’d feared, but Jedd had
his back-up plan. “Oh yeah?” Jedd strode over to the bed and grabbed the
lithe young man under the arm. There was a brief moment where he was
distracted by the sensation of naked skin against his own, but he
couldn’t afford to lose any time so he pulled the whore upright, holding
the charge gun to his temple.</i></span></span><br />
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>“Your strumpet gets it if you don’t
talk. And don’t think this is a bluff. I never bluff.” He pulled the lad
tighter to him for emphasis, but this had the unfortunate effect of
bringing more of his own body in contact with those taut muscles, and
his face even closer to the thatch of chestnut curls.</i></span></span><br />
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>His nose was on a level with the top of
the whore’s head, and he pulled in a lungful of the most divine,
arousing musk. Feeling a familiar tightening in his pants where he
brushed up against those pert buttocks, Jedd cursed his over-active
libido. “I’m warning you! The code, now!”</i></span></span><br />
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Artaxico just laughed, a mocking bray
that wound Jedd up worse than finding a firebug had crawled into his
beer. “Utter nonsense! I’ve stheen killers before – by the sthuns, I
employ enough of them, and you really don’t have that look in your eyes.
You’re just an overgrown wassat, aren’t you?” The senator twitched his
nose in a near perfect imitation of one of the pesky rodents.</i></span></span><br />
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Jedd fumed. First a monkey, now a
wassat. He turned the gun on the senator. “Okay then, if you don’t give
me that passcode this instant, you get it. I mean it!”</i></span></span><br />
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>“Like you’ll ever be able to get it off
me if I’m dead. Does that antique piece of crap even have the power to
kill? Looks more like something my wife would carry to stun any
overconfident admirers.”</i></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Goddammit, how could the man tell? Jedd waved the gun as threateningly as he could. “You willing to take that risk?”</i></span></span><br />
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Artaxico laughed again, getting up to
his feet. “What risk? There’s security everywhere in this place, you
know? I’m just going to stroll out of here and call the guards, and
you’re not going to do a thing to stop me.”</i></span></span><br />
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Oh, wasn’t he? Jedd aimed at Artaxico’s head and pulled the trigger. “Ha! Not so clever now, are you?”</i></span></span><br />
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>“Is he going to be all right? That was
just a stun, wasn’t it? “ The godlike young man had a voice to match his
physique—a rich and sultry baritone that rumbled against Jedd’s
breastbone.</i></span></span><br />
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>The senator snored before Jedd had a
chance to answer, and the lad melted back against him, sighing with what
sounded like relief. Their close contact made a certain part of Jedd’s
body grow stiffer while the rest seemed to want to melt into a puddle.</i></span></span><br />
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Would the rentboy mind sneaking in a
quickie? Jedd would even pay if he had to, the lad was that gorgeous. Or
would the stun charge have set off the internal alarm system? Probably
best not to risk dawdling too long.</i></span></span><br />
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Still, seemed a shame to waste a moment
like this now that Artaxico was unable to interfere. Jedd loosened his
hold and let the young man turn in his arms. Holy fuck, Jedd could feel
the whore’s massive erection prodding his thigh.</i></span></span><br />
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>He took a deep breath, forced it out.
Focus. Not here. Not now. Just gather information. “Captain Jedd
Lightning, at your service. And who might you be, gorgeous creature?”</i></span></span><br />
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>The man chuckled, stepping away from him
and turning to fix him with a pair of intensely soulful deep green
eyes. “My working name’s Divine, but you can call me Storm.”</i></span></span><br />
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>“Divine? But… You’re meant to be a girl!” Jedd spluttered.</i></span></span><br />
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>The young man gave a maddening,
secretive smile. “Divine can be whoever you want, Captain. Divine is
simply the title of your ideal lover.”</i></span></span><br />
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>“So they swap you around depending on what the johns want? There are other Divines?”</i></span></span><br />
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>“Something like that. But please, call
me Storm.” A plaintive note sounded in his voice and his lower lip
jutted in an almost-pout. “No one ever does these days.”</i></span></span><br />
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Storm. It suited him, as there was a
wildness in those eyes that Jedd thought he recognized, something he
glimpsed in his own reflection every morning. Focusing on Storm’s eyes
proved a challenge, though, when there was all that naked flesh to feast
his gaze on.</i></span></span><br />
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Smooth, bronzed skin, with just enough
hair between those dark nipples to make him want to run his fingers
through it. Jedd’s gaze followed the trail down all the way to the most
majestic cock he’d ever seen. It reached up invitingly, as if seeking
Jedd’s hand.</i></span></span><br />
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>“You have quite an imagination, don’t you?” Storm said, staring down at himself as if in fascination.</i></span></span><br />
<br />
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyJhpqhVmgAjj6K6_E8slzfNxwk0glYZ0r6wa1ZSxyb8qBmHNVLiNKg8MtTPLyfzyuJ9V1v3k2Y54z69tQlinR7J85motDbd_fvuCC_Ia2Gwqgl8sPhUrWObDdLD_lqQqU4ecCkyrd-rQ/s1600/Copy+of+Josephine+Myles.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="298" data-original-width="200" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyJhpqhVmgAjj6K6_E8slzfNxwk0glYZ0r6wa1ZSxyb8qBmHNVLiNKg8MtTPLyfzyuJ9V1v3k2Y54z69tQlinR7J85motDbd_fvuCC_Ia2Gwqgl8sPhUrWObDdLD_lqQqU4ecCkyrd-rQ/s200/Copy+of+Josephine+Myles.jpg" width="134" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">English through and through, <b>Josephine Myles</b> is addicted to tea and busy cultivating a reputation for eccentricity. She writes gay erotica and romance, but finds the erotica keeps cuddling up to the romance, and the romance keeps corrupting the erotica. Jo blames her rebellious muse but he never listens to her anyway, no matter how much she threatens him with a big stick. She's beginning to suspect he enjoys it.<br /> <br /> Joís novel Stuff won the 2014 Rainbow Award for Best Bisexual Romance, and her novella Merry Gentlemen won the 2014 Rainbow Award for Best Gay Romantic Comedy. She loves to be busy, and is currently having fun trying to work out how she is going to fit in her love of writing, dressmaking and attending cabaret shows in fabulous clothing around the demands of a preteen with special needs, an incessantly curious pre-schooler, and a bun in the oven!<br /><br />Website and blog: <a href="http://josephinemyles.com/">josephinemyles.com/</a><br /> Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/josephine.myles.author">facebook.com/josephine.myles.author</a><br /> Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/JosephineMyles">@JosephineMyles</a><br /> Newsletter: <a href="http://eepurl.com/hrQ4s">eepurl.com/hrQ4s</a><br />Patreon: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=8383406">https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=8383406</a></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> </div>
<style type="text/css"><!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--></style>
<a class="rcptr" data-raflid="3e0e9a43361" data-template="" data-theme="classic" href="http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/3e0e9a43361/" id="rcwidget_dp20usy3" rel="nofollow">a Rafflecopter giveaway</a>
<script src="https://widget-prime.rafflecopter.com/launch.js"></script>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://signalboostpr.blogspot.co.uk/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigVKt1zFpXFzbIGRrenlh8QlNCSxTEF2oiBPyl7QxoD8-v2oUdkAzu9vCG-R_UjseWAUsairrGTtetQnMl8IixSxSMC38BwOYju5Z_SycqdYZcn28NiwA15hzCvyLRE9blpmxMvOtDkKGL/s200/signalboosttransparent.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://signalboostpr.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Hosted By Signal Boost Promotions</a></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<br />DarienMoyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08781381342039392168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1888290079186458128.post-2720083648132811032018-04-25T13:00:00.000-04:002018-04-25T13:00:01.288-04:00Review: Souls for Sale by Asta Idonea<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf93IqA-pAFLcP15SQDCDgIfvW2hfDSoE3_0yOvv1dPd7-sWrEMKCWt-uESjE-keLvVtqaqyAr7Nnc6Eb9alpZQSGyI46LKomX3QayquqJ_gGhm-qoDw8M1NNtGytjlKTn1IuLERzWWRgH/s1600/thumbnail_SoulsforSale-f500.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf93IqA-pAFLcP15SQDCDgIfvW2hfDSoE3_0yOvv1dPd7-sWrEMKCWt-uESjE-keLvVtqaqyAr7Nnc6Eb9alpZQSGyI46LKomX3QayquqJ_gGhm-qoDw8M1NNtGytjlKTn1IuLERzWWRgH/s320/thumbnail_SoulsforSale-f500.jpg" width="213" /></a></div>
<b>Souls For Sale by Asta Idonea</b><br />
<b><a href="https://ninestarpress.com/product/souls-for-sale/" target="_blank">Nine Star Press</a></b><br />
<b>Novella: 139pgs</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>2.5 Pants Off</b></span></blockquote>
<b><br /></b>
<b>Blurb:</b> <span id="freeText10603645794367045940">When demon Saul
persuades comic book artist Tom to sign over his soul in exchange for a
night of passion, little does he know what lies in store. Demons can’t
fall in love—or so he’s been told—but he finds himself smitten and
attempts to destroy the contract, desperate to save Tom from an eternity
of torture.<br /><br />With Saul and Tom forced to run, a showdown between
Heaven and Hell ensues as the angels and demons argue over who owns
Tom’s soul. But does either party have a stronger claim than Saul?</span><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span id="freeText10603645794367045940">Review</span></b></span><br />
<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span id="freeText10603645794367045940"><span style="color: #073763;"><b>NO RETURNS. NO REFUNDS </b></span></span></span></blockquote>
<br />
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW262150003" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW262150003" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW262150003" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW262150003" style="background-color: inherit;">I
can say I was intrigued by the cover of this book and the blurb also
pulled me in. A rogue demon who falls in love and goes back on a soul
deal (gasps). It had me at hello</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW262150003" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW262150003" style="background-color: inherit;"> but I wanted to be telling it goodbye way quicker than anticipated.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW262150003" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW262150003" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW262150003" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW262150003" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW262150003" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW262150003" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW262150003" style="background-color: inherit;">Saul
is in the soul buying business and he’s the best at it. He wins them
over with sophistication and killer looks and without any real push</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW262150003" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW262150003" style="background-color: inherit;">,
people just sign their soul over to spend one night in the sack. What
can he say he’s just that good<i> (rolls eyes)</i>. When he spots the geeky
looking guy in a bar Saul knows he’s gonna land himself another soul
without lifting a finger. He’s gonna go finesse the shit out of him
because who can turn down a night of carnal delights with him? He’s got
this dude hook, line, and sinker.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW262150003" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW262150003" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW262150003" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW262150003" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW262150003" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW262150003" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW262150003" style="background-color: inherit;">Tom dear old Tom</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW262150003" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW262150003" style="background-color: inherit;">.
Looking for love, looking for lust, just out here looking for
whatever. He can’t even bring himself to talk to the waiter he has a
crush on, so he spends his time just staring at him. When he’s
approached by a very handsome man Tom can’t believe his luck</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW262150003" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW262150003" style="background-color: inherit;">,
but he realizes that something is up because in no way would a man like
Saul ever be interested in him. When talks of soul selling pops up It
doesn’t surprise him but he’s set in his conviction that a night with
Saul is worth a eternity in hell <i>(rolls eyes x2</i>).</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW262150003" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW262150003" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW262150003" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW262150003" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW262150003" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW262150003" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW262150003" style="background-color: inherit;">Then
the crazy ensues!! Saul realizes that he can’t let a sweet guy like Tom
have an eternity burning, plus he’s starting to feel things in his
demon heart for Tom and he wants to keep experiencing it. They find
themselves on the run trying to out maneuver demons but also trying to
live their best life and the icing on the cake is that Heaven has also
taken notice. </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW262150003" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW262150003" style="background-color: inherit;">Can Tom soul be saved and can our men have their happily ever after</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW262150003" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW262150003" style="background-color: inherit;">?</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW262150003" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW262150003" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW262150003" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW262150003" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW262150003" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW262150003" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW262150003" style="background-color: inherit;">This
book was just…I don’t even have the words. Can I call it pretentious?
Because it really freaking was. The writing is first person and crazy
because you’re invited to be apart of the world and by apart of, I mean
Saul tries to drag you into his crazy. Sorry dude, all that shit is most
definitely on you alone. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW262150003" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW262150003" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW262150003" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW262150003" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW262150003" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 48px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span class="TextRun SCXW262150003" lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW262150003" style="background-color: inherit;">You’re just as culpable as me, you know—you stayed for the show, after all. You wanted excitement, wanted to see me in action.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW262150003" data-ccp-props="{"335559685":720}" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"> </span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW262150003" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW262150003" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 48px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW262150003" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW262150003" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 48px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW262150003" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW262150003" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 48px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW262150003" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW262150003" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 48px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span class="TextRun SCXW262150003" lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW262150003" style="background-color: inherit;">Look,
I can sense you rolling your eyes, making out you’re not convinced, but
who’re you to talk? You keep following me around like a stray dog. We
both know you can’t get enough of little old moi</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW262150003" data-ccp-props="{"335559685":720}" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"> </span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW262150003" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW262150003" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW262150003" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW262150003" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 48px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW262150003" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW262150003" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 48px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span class="TextRun SCXW262150003" lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW262150003" style="background-color: inherit;">I
would go to the ends of the earth for that boy. I would attempt
impossible deeds for his sake. Not that I’ve been horsewhipped or
house-trained. I’m still the man, still wearing the pants, still in
control. Don’t think for one second that Tom has neutered</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW262150003" lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW262150003" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW262150003" lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW262150003" style="background-color: inherit;">me.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW262150003" data-ccp-props="{"335559685":720}" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"> </span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW262150003" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW262150003" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 48px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW262150003" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW262150003" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW262150003" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW262150003" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW262150003" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW262150003" style="background-color: inherit;">There’s
something about the writing that’s just too formal and I couldn’t get
as caught up in the story as much as I wanted to. It also gets too OTT
which really suck because if there was ever a </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW262150003" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW262150003" style="background-color: inherit;">story with potential, Souls for Sale is it. A demon falling in love and going rogue</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW262150003" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW262150003" style="background-color: inherit;"> that’s the making of something sexy, but alas I didn’t get any of that here. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW262150003" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW262150003" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW262150003" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW262150003" style="direction: ltr;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW262150003" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW262150003" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW262150003" style="background-color: inherit;">I
just kept reading to see where it would go and it didn’t go anywhere I
truly enjoyed. The idea behind <i>Soul for Sale</i> might have been a good one
but the executing was weak, and the characters forgettable, and the
writing way too pretentious. </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW262150003" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW262150003" style="background-color: inherit;">The boys did get their HEA</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW262150003" lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW262150003" style="background-color: inherit;"> but by then I had stopped caring.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW262150003" data-ccp-props="{}" style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman, "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"> </span></div>
</div>
<br />
<span id="freeText10603645794367045940"> </span>DarienMoyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08781381342039392168noreply@blogger.com0