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Review: Moonlight on Nightingale Way by Samantha Young

1 June, 2015 3:11 am , 4 Comments , Kristin

23604335 Moonlight on Nightingale Way
(On Dublin Street, #6)
By: Samantha Young
Publisher: NAL Trade
Release Date: June 2, 2015
Genre: New Adult Romance
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Logan spent two years paying for the mistakes he made. Now, he’s ready to start over. He has a great apartment, a good job, and plenty of women to distract him from his past. And one woman who is driving him to distraction…

Grace escaped her manipulative family by moving to a new city. Her new life, made to suit her own needs, is almost perfect. All she needs to do is find her Mr. Right—or at least figure out a way to ignore her irresistible yet annoying womanizer of a neighbor.

Grace is determined to have nothing to do with Logan until a life-changing surprise slowly begins turning the wild heartbreaker into exactly the kind of strong, stable man she’s been searching for. Only just when she begins to give into his charms, her own messy past threatens to derail everything they’ve worked to build…

Posted in: NA Romance , Tagged: NAL, Samantha Young

Review: Sweet Ache by K. Bromberg

26 May, 2015 9:00 am , 3 Comments , Kristin

22472103 Sweet Ache
(Driven, #6)
By: K. Bromberg
Publisher: Signet
Release Date: June 2, 2015
Genre: New Adult Romance
Rating:
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Hawkin Play, the bad boy rock star with a good guy heart, has lived a lifetime of cleaning up after his twin brother’s mistakes. Hunter’s most recent screw-up could land Hawke in jail and risk the band’s future. Hawke agrees to guest lecture at a local college to stay in the judge’s good graces—and a bet with his bandmate to seduce his sexy teaching assistant is icing on the cake.

Quinlan Westin is harder to bed than Hawke imagined. She knows his type and is determined to avoid the rocker at all costs—even if their attraction runs deeper than simple lust.

Just as Hawke might finally be winning over the girl, his brother has other plans. When Hunter realizes his twin finally has a weakness, he’ll stop at nothing to take advantage…

Posted in: NA Romance , Tagged: K. Bromberg, Signet

Review: Nice Girls Don’t Ride by Roni Loren

16 April, 2015 4:08 am , 9 Comments , Kristin

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By: Roni Loren
Publisher: Penguin Intermix
Release Date: April 21, 2015
Genre: New Adult Romance
Rating:
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Natalie Bourne thinks she has the perfect night planned for her twenty-first birthday. But when her car breaks down and her boyfriend bails on her, she’s left stranded in an auto shop dealing with a way too cocky, way too hot mechanic, who seems to be intent on pushing every button she has.

Monroe Hawkins knows he shouldn’t be messing with a girl from the uppity private college. Especially when he can tell she sees him as the help. But he’s having trouble resisting the redhead with the smart mouth and the killer legs. So when Natalie’s night goes from bad to worse, there’s no way he’s letting her spend her birthday alone. He makes her a deal—he’ll take her home but not until the sun comes up.

Ten hours, one motorcycle, and the city of Austin at their fingertips…things are about to take a major detour. And soon, there may be no U-turn in sight.

Posted in: NA Romance , Tagged: Penguin Intermix, Roni Loren

Excerpt: Love Strung by Jamie W. Matlock

12 March, 2015 2:54 am , 6 Comments , Kristin

LScover Love Strung
(The Love Series, #2)
By: Jamie W. Matlock
Publisher: Self-Published
Published: Jan. 21, 2015
Genre: New Adult Romance

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Country music hopeful, Kennedy Masters is a leap-before-you-look type of woman. Live in the moment, the here and now. That’s her policy – anything other than that is boring, and she’s never been particularly interested in boring. So, when she makes the irratic decision to join country music’s reigning star, Mick Callahan, on his tour bus after a show, she’s just living right up to her life’s motto.

The only problem? Her snap decision making lands her on the front page news and it’s for less than desireable reasons. Even worse is the fact that Mick decides she’s his next conquest, irratically announcing to the public that they’re engaged.

Her only option? Hiding out at the Callahan Ranch until the storm blows over – a decision that she’s not altogether pleased with, but one that she must follow considering the circumstances. When unexpected sparks fly upon meeting Mick’s mysterious older brother, Griff Callahan, Kennedy’s left sorting through matters of the heart – something that’s not exactly her forte.

And her career? Well, it’s been labeled TBD.

Kennedy must figure out a way to deal with her heart and her career, all while fighting her own feelings and fending off someone else’s.

Posted in: Excerpt, NA Romance , Tagged: Jamie W. Matlock

Review: More Than Comics by Elizabeth Briggs

23 February, 2015 3:36 am , 4 Comments , Kristin

22434327 More Than Comics
(Chasing the Dream, #2)
By: Elizabeth Briggs
Publisher: Self-Published
Published: Feb. 23, 2015
Genre: New Adult Romance
Rating:
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They’re friends online – but can they be more in real life?

Writer Tara McFadden has been friends with artist and drummer Hector Fernandez for years, long before his band became famous on reality TV – yet they’ve never met in person. They finally have a chance to connect offline when they’re both sent to Comic-Con to promote the graphic novel they collaborated on.

Hector’s secretly been in love with Tara for as long as he can remember, and once they meet, she sees him in a new light. All the years of longing lead to an incredible night of passion after one of his concerts, but neither is sure if their online relationship can translate into a real life romance – or if this will ruin their friendship forever.

Over four crazy days at Comic-Con, Hector and Tara must decide if they want a future together. But when their story seems to be over, it’s up to Hector’s entire band to make sure he and Tara get their happy ending.

Posted in: NA Romance, New Adult , Tagged: Elizabeth Briggs

Excerpt: Eleven Weeks by Lauren K. McKellar

2 February, 2015 1:47 am , 4 Comments , Kristin

Eleven Weeks
(Crazy in Love, #2)
By: Lauren K. McKellar
Publisher: Self-Published
Published: Jan. 28, 2015
Genre: New Adult Romance

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Eleven weeks.

Seven tequila shots.

Five siblings.

Two boys.

One heartbeat.

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Stacey is good at pretending.

She pretends that the boy she’s in love with doesn’t exist.

She pretends that she’s happy to live and die in this small town.

She pretends that her life is carefree while her best friend’s world crumbles before her very eyes.

But Stacey’s got a secret …

And it’s going to ruin everything.

Posted in: Excerpt, NA Romance

Review: Mayhem by Jamie Shaw

18 January, 2015 3:32 am , 2 Comments , Kristin

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(Mayhem, #1)
By: Jamie Shaw
Publisher: Avon
Release Date: Jan. 20, 2015
Genre: New Adult Romance
Rating:
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When college freshman Rowan Michaels meets gorgeous, up-and-coming rock star Adam Everest, she knows a player like him is the last thing she needs after her ex-boyfriend shattered her heart. But she can’t stop thinking about the kiss they shared on his tour bus.

On the first day of school, Rowan is stunned when Adam saunters into her French class. He’s soon failing miserably, and, on a whim, she offers to tutor him. But Adam doesn’t recognize her as a makeup-free, glasses-clad college student—a far cry from the beautiful, mysterious “Peach” he met at his concert.

During a wild weekend on tour with the band, Rowan can’t help falling for the sweet guy buried beneath Adam’s rocker persona. Yet she knows she could never compete with the girls constantly throwing themselves at his feet. She’d just end up hurt … again.

Peach is all Adam thinks about, though, and when Rowan realizes this, she has a decision to make: stay just friends to protect her fragile heart … or reveal the truth about the night they met and admit she’s fallen completely, hopelessly in love with him.

Posted in: NA Romance, New Adult , Tagged: Avon, Jamie Shaw

Review: Remember When by T. Torrest

7 January, 2015 10:13 am , 2 Comments , Kristin

remember_when4 Remember When
(Remember Trilogy, #1)
By: T. Torrest
Publisher: Self-Published
Published: January 1, 2013
Genre: New Adult Romance
Rating:
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Years before Trip Wiley could be seen on movie screens all over the world, he could be seen sitting in the desk behind me in my high school English class.

This was back in 1990, and I cite the year only to avoid dumbfounding you when references to big hair or stretch pants are mentioned. Although, come to think of it, I am from New Jersey, which may serve as explanation enough. We were teenagers then, way back in a time before anyone could even dream he’d turn into the Hollywood commodity that he is today.

In case you live under a rock and don’t know who Trip Wiley is, just know that these days, he’s the actor found at the top of every casting director’s wish list. He’s incredibly talented and insanely gorgeous, the combination of which has made him very rich, very famous and very desirable.

And not just to casting directors, either.

I can’t confirm any of the gossip from his early years out in Tinseltown, but based on what I knew of his life before he was famous, I can tell you that the idea of Girls-Throwing-Themselves-At-Trip is not a new concept.

I should know. I was one of them.

And my life hasn’t been the same since.