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Lick by Kylie Scott

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Thanks to Momentum and Netgalley for providing me with an ARC in exchange for a fair and honest review.

I felt like I scored a backstage pass to one of the best rock romances to hit my Kindle in a long time. Kylie’s Scott’s Lick (Stage Dive #1) Four and ½ rock Stars!!!! Total Kindle Crack. I read this book in one day….I didn’t have a choice…I couldn’t put it down!

Like the saying goes… “What happens in Vegas…stays in Vegas?” Not true if you can’t remember getting married the night before.
Twenty-one year old Ev Thomas wakes up on a bathroom floor after spending the night hugging the porcelain God puking her brains out. She quickly learns that the hot guy on the floor beside her happens to be her new husband and a rock star -- David Ferris. Not only is she wearing an ice cube sized engagement ring…but his name is tattooed on her ass. David isn’t too happy that his bride doesn’t remember their night together or the fact that she said “I do”. Ev has her future mapped out and being married (especially to someone she doesn’t know) is not on her agenda. Ev is swept into David’s life of paparazzi, band mate drama and groupies. Will they stay together or will secrets and lies keep them apart?

I LOVED this book and added it to my favorites/top rock band romance list. This super-fast paced story is incredibly well written, filled with just the right amount of angst, drama, steam and romance. It did have a normal girl/rock star fairytale feel but with a refreshing twist. There is no cliff hanger. Lick it up! (sorry old Kiss song:).

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Lick is Kindle Crack. 4 and 1/2 rock stars. Review to follow.

Book Title: Choices of Fate
Author: S. Simone Chavous
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Release Date: 06/14/2013
Series: Fate Series, Book 1


BLURB
On her own since the day she turned eighteen and left the group home where she grew up, twenty-five year old Alexa Ryan has made a comfortable life for herself. She has a great job, the perfect apartment, every material possession a girl her age could desire. Unfortunately, she also has an unusual condition that has forced her to keep everyone at a distance.
Ethan Kellar has spent his entire life running from destiny. When he was just a boy, a powerful seer prophesied his role in events that would determine the outcome of the secret war his people had been fighting for centuries. A role he was determined not to accept, leading him to avoid letting anyone get too close, until the night Alexa fell into his arms.
Drawn to her in a way that he has never experienced, Ethan decides to take the ultimate risk by trusting Alexa and revealing to her all that he truly is. Thinking she is an ordinary woman, he believes that she could be his key to preventing the prophecy from being fulfilled and allowing him to live the life he has always wanted, one that he chooses. Having been so consumed with the desire to determine the course of his own life he wants no less for Alexa and knows he must tell her everything, give her a choice. Before that happens they surrender to the intense physical attraction between them and he realizes too late that in trying so hard to change his fate, he may have set the events of the prophecy in motion.
In that moment, Ethan makes the most difficult decision of his life and does the only thing he can to save Alexa. He walks away.
Consumed by grief, Alexa falls into a deep depression until she learns that her brief encounter with love resulted in a child and somehow finds the strength to put herself back together for the sake of her baby Chloe.
Nearly two years after Ethan walked out Chloe develops an unexplained illness that sends Alexa in search of anything that can help. Her pursuit leads her back to Ethan and thrusts her into his dark and mysterious world, unlocking the secrets of her past and revealing threats to their future. Together, Alexa and Ethan fight to protect Chloe and their love, but there is one battle Ethan fights alone as he struggles to choose his own path and avoid the choices of fate.


ABOUT THE AUTHOR
S. Simone Chavous spent seven years as a tax accountant before deciding to pursue her true passion as an author.
Choices of Fate, the first book in the Fate Trilogy, is her debut novel.
She lives in northern Indiana with her boyfriend, two beautiful daughters and their rambunctious vizsla, Lily.


PLAYLIST
1. Ai Du - Ali Farka Touré & Ry Cooder (this is the song playing the first time Alexa and Ethan danced)
2. Glory Box - Portishead
3. Magic - Cobie Caillat
4. Feelin' Love - Paula cole
5. Dream A Little Dream of Me - The Mamas & The Papas - (song Alexa sings Chloe to sleep with)
6. I Won't Give Up - Jason Mraz
7. Over You - Miranda Lambert
8. The Only Exception - Paramore
9. What if You - Joshua Radin
10. Come Away With Me - Nora Jones
11. Canon in D Major - Pachelbel (wedding song)

SOCIAL MEDIA

Facebook:
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Twitter:
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Goodreads – Book:
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17191115-choices-of-fate?ac=1

Goodreads – Author:
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6872509.S_Simone_Chavous

Website:
http://www.ssimonechavous.com/


BUY LINKS

Amazon http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DE3XL4

B&N : http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/choices-of-fate-s-simone-chavous/1115656583?ean=2940016797236&itm=1&usri=2940016797236


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Fear of Falling by S.L. Jennings

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


“This is what you deserve, Kamilla, You’re a dirty filthy whore. And whores need to be beaten. You make me do this to you. You make me hurt you. I wouldn’t do it if I didn’t love you.”

Kami’s childhood was a living hell. Her days are filled with fear…her dreams are littered with hate and despair. She is damaged...she is broken. Kami does her best to keep it together with the help of her two best friends – Angel and Dom. Every day is a struggle for her, and she is no stranger to numbing her anxiety-filled existence with booze. Kami had her share of hook-ups and one night stands and never allowed any relationship to develop into anything series. She didn’t feel that she was able to be in a relationship since she carried around more emotional baggage than a luggage factory. Kami believed that any man that scratch the surface of what she held inside would run for his life. Then she meets Blaine. For the first time ever Kami feels something in addition to fear...she feels something real with Blaine after sharing one hell of tequila-soaked body shot. One man tore Kami’s world apart. Now another man wants to break down the emotional fortress that formed around her heart and just love and protect her. Will Kami’s fears and violent past allow her to let Blaine in?

“There was too much…there. I don’t know what is was that crackled between us, but it was there. And it was confusing the hell out of me.”

Blaine is a scary-beautiful bartender covered in tattoos and some well-placed piercings. Blaine, who has own emotional baggage falls for Kami in a big way. Blaine and Kami’s story unravels so smoothly from alternating points of view.

“He represented something that I could never have: a serious relationship, companionship, trust…love. I had to keep reminding myself of that fact.”

S.L. Jennings Fear of Falling is truly an emotional journey into the heart of a survivor. Pack your bags for one hell of an emotional roller coaster ride that will haunt you. This isn’t your hearts and flowers romance. Be prepared to be exposed to a story filled with heartache, love, violence, lust, stress, fear and happiness. FoF is one of those stories that will stay with you long after you close your Kindle cover.

While this story was gut-wrenching at times…I did find myself laughing from the dialogue between Angel, Kami and Dom. Before I die, I will call someone a “cum dumpster”. While there is drama…there is also a sweet steam factor. Blaine and Kami’s chemistry is there…in a big way. Oh, Blaine….what a rock star. He might be my new book boyfriend. This book is not to be missed. FIVE haunting stars! No cliffhanger.

+++LOVED S.L. Jennings book references+++ Kami, and I have the same taste in books ; )

ARC provided by the author for a fair and honest review.

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Star #255 - My star. I am scared I won't be able to write a review worthy of this book.

Fridays Five for 7/12. Every Friday I will be showcasing five new books that have caught my eye, five books I can’t wait to read in a series and five books I just added to my TBR. You might find your next new favorite book on here. Please feel free to add/comment your picks! Always looking for new Kindle Crack to share with you.

Five new books that caught my eye this week:
Pulse – by Gail McHugh – LOVED TOTAL KINDLE CRACK
Fear of Falling by S.L. Jennings – LOVED
Louder Than Love – by Jessica Topper out in September!
Axel (Corps Security #1) by Harper Sloan
Lick (Stage Dive #1) by Kylie Scott

Five books I can't wait to read in a series:
Mine (Real, Raw & Ripped #2) by Katy Evans
Wethering The Storm #2 by Samantha Towle
Perfect Regret (Bad Rep #2) by A. Meredith Walters
Chasing Justice by Danielle Stewart
Disconnected by Bethany Daniel

Five books I just added to my TBR
Becoming More by Bayli Lane
Heaven & Hell by Kristen Ashley
Let Love Stay by Melissa Collins
More Than This by Jay McLean
Stardust (Peaches Monroe #1) by Mimi Strong

Pulse by Gail McHugh

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Dear Goodreads,

Can you please increase the number of stars in your rating system? I know I am not the only reader on here that would like to be able to give certain books 10+ stars. So when I sit down to write a review of Gail McHugh’s second book Pulse (Collide #2), I would like to be able to show my love for this book and its writer. I don’t know if my review writing skills could do this book justice...but adding extra stars would help. I’m sure you guys at Goodreads are real busy but can you add them to my review? Seriously, Pulse might be one of the best books I have read all year!

Thank you for your help in this matter.

Best,
Cheri www.facebook.com/KindleCrack or www.KindleCrack.net

PS – Could you also offer had a book hangover rating? Or how about a time stamp function to show what time readers were up to in the middle of the night because a book was SO DAM GOOD.

PPS – Can you require authors to warn readers about the dangers of cooking and reading a book like Pulse? I had a minor fire while cooking dinner last night. I got so into this book that my BBQ and my dinner went up in flames. I’m lucky I have a Pulse since Gail McHugh almost made me have a heart attack while reading this book.

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Shine Not Burn by Elle Casey, YA Fiction novelis

Falling Into You by Jasinda Wilder

Hopeless by Colleen Hoover

Collide (Volume 1) by Gail McHugh

Belong to You (A Cole Novel) by Vi Keeland

Stardust by Mimi Strong, Author

Irreparably Broken (Irreparable) by K.J. Bell

Following Me by K.A. Linde

Playing For Keeps (A Neighbor From Hell Series) by R.L. Mathewson

Blindsided (With the Band) by Sayer Adams

Another book I can't wait to read.


Expected Release Date: August 7, 2013

Cover Designer: Okay Creations

Hosted by: Love Between the Sheets

Goodreads Link: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17403887-a-changed-life

Synopsis
Change is never easy. For seventeen year old Nicolette Vanelle, life is about to change...Relocating to California, Nicolette finds herself starting over. A new high school. New friends. New life. Attending her first Hollywood event, Nicolette meets bad boy Michael St. Clair, and unknowingly becoming the object of his obsession. Feeling overwhelmed by Michael’s attention, she escapes the party to go to the beach where she meets Simon Paulson. He takes her breath away, an inevitable connection leading to romance between the young couple. Nicolette and Simon’s happiness is short lived and their relationship is put to the ultimate test when tragedy befalls Nicolette. Can Nicolette find the strength and courage to emerge from the darkness she fell into? Will Simon's unconditional love be enough to bring back into the light? Life can change in an instant, leaving you changed forever.

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