Author Archives: Kristin

Review: Fly With Me by Chanel Cleeton

7 September, 2016 7:06 am , 9 Comments ,

flywithme Fly With Me
(Wild Aces #1)
By: Chanel Cleeton
Publisher: Berkley
Publication Date: May 3, 2016
Genre: Romance
Rating:

goodreadsbutton BN Amazon-Button

U.S. Air Force fighter pilot Noah Miller—call sign Burn—loves nothing more than flying hard and fast. When he meets a gorgeous and sassy woman while partying in Las Vegas, he immediately locks on to her.

Jordan Callahan owns a thriving clothing boutique, but her love life is far less successful. Her luck changes when six feet, two inches of sexy swagger asks her to dance and turns her world upside down.

One scorching weekend becomes an undeniable chemistry that they can’t leave in Vegas. But the long distance relationship and their different lives threaten to ground their romance. And when the dangers of Noah’s job become all too real, Jordan learns being with a fighter pilot means risking it all for a shot at love…

 

Read More →

Posted in: Romance , Tagged: ,

Excerpt: The One Real Thing by Samantha Young [Giveaway]

5 September, 2016 9:42 am , 4 Comments ,

one real thing The One Real Thing
(Hart’s Boardwalk #1)
By: Samantha Young
Publisher: Berkley
Publication Date: Sept. 6, 2016
Genre: Romance

goodreadsbutton BN Amazon-Button

Welcome to Hartwell, a quiet seaside escape where uncovering old secrets could lead one woman to discover the meaning of a love that lasts…

While Doctor Jessica Huntington engages with the inmates at the women’s correctional facility where she works, she’s always careful to avoid emotional attachments in her personal life. Loss and betrayal taught her that lesson long ago. But when she comes across a set of old love letters in the prison’s library and visits the picturesque town of Hartwell to deliver them to their intended recipient, she finds herself unable to resist the town’s charm—and her attraction to the sexy owner of a local bar proves equally hard to deny.

Since his divorce from his unfaithful ex-wife, Cooper Lawson has focused on what really matters: his family and the boardwalk pub they’ve owned for generations. But the first time Jessica steps into his bar, Cooper is beyond tempted to risk his heart on her. Yet as their attraction grows hotter and Jessica remains stubbornly closed off, he begins to realize it will take more than just passion to convince her there’s only one real thing in life worth fighting for….

 

Read More →

Posted in: Excerpt, Romance , Tagged: ,

Sunday Wrap Up #49

4 September, 2016 2:46 am , 6 Comments ,

Sunday Wrap-Up is all about sharing the books and book related items that I’ve picked up recently. I also recap what went on last week and let you in on what’s coming up. I link up my post to Sunday Post, and Stacking the Shelves.

 

Last week on BSA:
My Wild Irish Dragon by Ashlyn Chase (Excerpt & Giveaway)
Guardian’s Mate by Jennifer Ashley (Review)
Shuffle, Repeat by Jen Klein (Review)

Next week on BSA:
The One Real Thing by Samantha Young (Review & Giveaway)
Fly With Me by Chanel Cleeton (Review)
November 9 by Colleen Hoover (Review)

 

 

What I’ve been up to…

🎉 So, today is my birthday! I’ve been dreading this day for years. I’m sad to see my 20’s go. I wouldn’t say I’m anti-birthday, because trust me, I love presents and cake, but I am anti-getting-older. Plus, hitting that “dirty thirty” mark makes me sad. Booo. I mean, seriously, why did they have to name it “dirty thirty”, why not “purty thirty” or something else that rhymes and is flattering. Meh.

 

Read More →

Posted in: meme

Review: Shuffle, Repeat by Jen Klein

2 September, 2016 3:59 am , 5 Comments ,

shuffleShuffle, Repeat
By: Jen Klein
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Published: May 3, 2016
Genre: YA Romance
Rating:

goodreadsbutton Amazon-Button BN

June wants high school to end and real life to begin. Oliver is soaking up senior year’s glory days. They could have coasted through high school, knowing about—but not really knowing—each other.

Except that their moms have arranged for Oliver to drive June to school. Every. Single. Day.

Suddenly these two opposites are fighting about music, life . . . pretty much everything. But love is unpredictable. When promises—and hearts—get broken, Oliver and June must figure out what really matters. And then fight for it.

 

 

Read More →

Posted in: YA Contemporary, YA Romance , Tagged: ,

Review: Guardian’s Mate by Jennifer Ashley

31 August, 2016 9:18 am , 11 Comments ,

guardians
Guardian’s Mate
(Shifters Unbound #9)
By: Jennifer Ashley
Publisher: Berkley
Publication Date: Sept. 6, 2016
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Rating:

goodreadsbutton BN Amazon-Button

She wasn’t ready to lead…

Chosen as the Guardian of her Montana Shiftertown, wolf Shifter Rae Lyall is facing opposition—for no woman has ever been selected for this powerful position. Still adjusting to the new authority thrust upon her, Rae travels to train with Zander Moncrieff, a Shifter healer, tasked with teaching her about her new role and its responsibilities.

He wasn’t ready to love…

A polar bear Shifter, Zander wears no Collar and follows no rules but his own. Rae finds him arrogant and demanding, yet compelling and intriguing. Zander has no wish to mate but the sassy Guardian is drawing him out of his shell, stirring feelings long suppressed. And when a new threat looms over Rae’s home, she and Zander must race to the rescue, forced closer to danger…and to each other.

 

Read More →

Posted in: Paranormal Romance , Tagged: ,

Excerpt: My Wild Irish Dragon by Ashlyn Chase [Giveaway]

29 August, 2016 9:07 am , 7 Comments ,

MWIDMy Wild Irish Dragon
(Boston Dragons, #2)
By: Ashlyn Chase
Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca
Release Date: Sept. 6, 2016
Genre: Paranormal Romance

goodreadsbutton BN Amazon-Button

ONE JOB OPENING
TWO SHIFTERS APPLY…
SPARKS FLY
Dragon shifter Chloe Arish is hell-bent on becoming a Boston firefighter. She uses her Irish charm and fake documents to score an interview, knowing she has to work every bit as hard as a man-harder if she wants their respect.

Born into a legendary Boston firefighting family, phoenix shifter Ryan Fiero can’t possibly let someone best him on the training course or the job. He’d never hear the end of it. When a feisty new recruit comes along who’s determined to do just that, Ryan plots to kick her out-until their sizzling chemistry turns explosive…

 

Read More →

Posted in: Excerpt, Paranormal Romance , Tagged: ,

Review: Midnight Action by Elle Kennedy

26 August, 2016 3:20 am , 3 Comments ,

midnightaction Midnight Action
(Killer Instincts #5)
By: Elle Kennedy
Publisher: Signet
Published: Nov. 4, 2014
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Rating:

goodreadsbutton BN Amazon-Button

She’s got a broken heart…
and a fully loaded arsenal….

Ex–army ranger Jim Morgan leads a team of elite mercenaries, but eighteen years ago in Paris, he was part of a black ops unit whose mission was to hunt down a rogue operative. In order to trap the criminal, Jim seduced Noelle, the man’s daughter—a ruthless act that cost him the love of his life and turned her into a mortal enemy. Now he can’t trust her, but he still desires her. He also needs her help….

Older, wiser, and unwilling to play the fool again, Noelle runs a group of highly skilled assassins. And she’s just been offered the hit of the century: Eliminate Jim Morgan. History gives them no reason to trust each other, but with their lives in jeopardy at the hands of a common enemy, the lines between love and hate are soon blurred. Now Noelle and Jim must face the past if they want to have a future—let alone a future together.

 

Read More →

Posted in: romantic suspense , Tagged: ,

Excerpt: There Once Were Stars by Melanie McFarlane [Giveaway]

24 August, 2016 3:08 am , 3 Comments ,

towsThere Once Were Stars
By: Melanie McFarlane
Publisher: Month9Books
Published: April 26, 2016
Genre: Dystopian Young Adult

goodreadsbutton BN Amazon-Button

Peace. Love. Order. Dome. That’s the motto that the Order has given the residents of Dome 1618 to live by. Natalia Greyes is a resident of Dome 1618, a covered city protected from the deadly radiation that has poisoned the world outside for four generations. Nat never questioned the Order, until one day she sees a stranger on the outside of the dome. Now Nat wants answers. Is there life outside the dome and if so, what has the Order been hiding from everyone?

 

Read More →

Posted in: YA Sci-fi , Tagged: ,

Review: Lick by Kylie Scott

22 August, 2016 3:05 am , 6 Comments ,

lickLick
(Stage Dive, #1)
By: Kylie Scott
Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin
Published: Oct. 11, 2013
Genre: New Adult Romance
Rating:

goodreadsbutton BN Amazon-Button

Waking up in Vegas was never meant to be like this.

Evelyn Thomas’s plans for celebrating her twenty-first birthday in Las Vegas were big. Huge. But she sure never meant to wake up on the bathroom floor with a hangover to rival the black plague, a very attractive half-naked tattooed man in her room, and a diamond on her finger large enough to scare King Kong. Now if she could just remember how it all happened.

One thing is certain, being married to one of the hottest rock stars on the planet is sure to be a wild ride.

 

Read More →

Posted in: NA Romance , Tagged: ,

Excerpt: Vial Things by Leah Clifford

19 August, 2016 3:16 am , 8 Comments ,

vialthings Vial Things
(Resurrectionist #1)
By: Leah Clifford
Publisher: Self-published
Published: Aug. 9, 2016
Genre: Young Adult

goodreadsbutton Amazon-Button

When the resurrectionists of Fissure’s Whipp begin disappearing, eighteen-year-old Allie knows someone is after their blood—or, more accurately, the genetic mutation that allows their blood to heal wounds, save lives and even bring back the recently deceased.

Raised by her aunt after her parents’ deaths, Allie knows staying vigilant means staying alive. She’s trained her whole life to protect herself by any means necessary, from self defense classes to extensive weapons training in knives. Now, she’s gone so far as to befriend a homeless boy named Ploy who unknowingly trades a few nights a week on her couch in exchange for being a human tripwire to those hunting her.

But as Allie and Ploy’s feelings for each other grow, Allie realizes this time, she’ll need more than fighting skills and a sharp blade to beat a villain literally out for blood.

Protecting a girl he shouldn’t love, from a threat he understands too well, Ploy must face his past to save his future in Allie’s world—a world where bringing back the dead can cost you your life.

 

Read More →

Posted in: Excerpt, Young Adult , Tagged: