Review: Garrison's Creed (Titan #2) by Cristin Harber

So, I guess I might as well go ahead and lay out my weaknesses for you, here and now.

#1.  I'm a sucker for stories set in Virginia.
#2.  I'm a sucker for a second chance romance.
#3.  I'm a sucker for blonde, muscled, gun toting, cowboy hat wearing, alpha manwhores. (well, I didn't used to be, but after reading this I am)

Yup.  I'm a sucker.  And I fell for Cash.  Hard.  Can I have him, please?  Can I?  Can I?  Can I?

Hang on.  I need a moment...

Alright, now that I'm a little calmer.

Cash (said on a dreamy, breathy sigh while I stare off into space).  That is all.

No.  That is not all.  Cash is awesome.  He is sexy.  He is strong.  He can shoot.  He loves Nicola.  And he's sentimental (aww).  What's there not to like?  Oh, the manwhore thing.  Eh, whatever.  He's forgiven.

Nicola.  Another kick-ass heroine.  She is badass.  She is smart.  She is tough.  She can hold her own with the big boys while at the same time being feminine and girly.

Action, suspense, danger.  It's all there and you never know when or where it will pop up.  Furthermore, you never know who will need saving and who will save the day.

Sugar?  Didn't see that coming.  Jackson?  Didn't peg that one either.
It was full of surprises.  I loved it.

And after all of that there is the teaser action for Westin's Chase.  I can't wait to get my hands on it.

I received a copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

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Review: Winters Heat (Titan #1) by Cristin Harber

I received a copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

A para-military organization who does good deeds and makes the world a better place through their own brand of vigilante justice.

KGI-esque?  Why, yes, it is.

Does it matter?  Nope.  Not one little bit.

Why?  Because who doesn't like a hot muscled alpha hero who puts his life (and his hot colleagues lives) on the line to save the woman he loves.

Colby Winters is our hot muscled alpha hero.  Yay!  He starts off as a hardass and basically melts for Mia.  What I like about Colby is that once his brain semi-registers how he's feeling, he doesn't fight it.  His strategy is to just play it out and see where it goes.

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Review: Revenge (Revenge #1) by J. Dallas

I received a copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Well, first things first, this is short, but for being so short it did pack a punch.

I liked it. A lot. 

I'm not quite sure how to explain it.  I think there is something about the utter heartbreak and devastation that Shannon went through that just pulls at me.  It isn't gone into very deeply, but you can tell its there and you can tell it cuts her deep.  And then I can feel her desperation when she is around Drake.  That there in itself is something, this book made me feel what the character was feeling and that is not always easy to do.

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Review: Blind Obsession by Ella Frank

It is Beautiful. It is Sensual. It is Brutal. It is Dark. It is Erotic. It is Tragic. It is Twisted.

And I could not put it down!

I will admit that I was really, really conflicted throughout most of the book. I couldn’t decide whether I loved or hated Phillipe and Gemma. Then, somewhere along the way my thought process went haywire and I was trying to figure out what kind of game Chantel was trying to play and I’m not even sure that was a place my mind was supposed to go.

Really, it was going in some seriously creepy, dark, twisted directions.

Ella, was that supposed to happen? Was my mind supposed to go there?

By the end, I was convinced that I absolutely loved everyone regardless of the games they played (or didn’t) and their love, pain and loss (even possibly, their psychosis) had become my own.

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Review: Always Wanted (Xander Barns #1) by Sarah Tork

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My initial reaction (posted on GR 8/29/13):

So, I'm sitting here wondering wtf I just read.  It started off okay and was somewhat promising.  Then it just took a crazy loop de loop turn into what-the-f@ckeryville.
Normally this would have gotten 1 maybe 2 stars but because I was laughing so hard at the insanity it got 3.

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My expanded review:

I'm not sure what the author's intention with this book was, but I don't think I'm overly concerned about it either.  I don't say this to be ugly or anything.  Its just that when you read this you have to take it for what it is.  And frankly I'm not sure what that is.

From the moment Marisa meets Xander you just know that something good is going to happen with that, then with the chance encounter while traveling it makes you even more sure of that.  You're ready for something warm and fuzzy at that point and then you get hit with "Xander's request", which turns this from being a serious romance into being very comical.  You almost think he's joking with her (unless you're into that kind of kink too).  At any rate, Xander does some pretty appalling and gross things, that make this almost seem like one of those National Lampoons movies.  And it does leave you hanging at the end, but no big deal, right?  It was just short, weird, and funny.  You won't die without knowing what happens.

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