Sunday Wrap Up #49

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.

For review…

Neil
By: Sybil Bartel
Genre: Romance

Ex-Danish Military Special Forces, built like a legend, and uncompromising in every way—Neil Christensen didn’t walk into my life. The Viking-sized warrior crashed it like a hurricane.

The moment he showed up at my strip club, my life fell to shit. South Florida’s most ruthless motorcycle gang, the cops, the Feds—they all want something I don’t have, something the Viking took from me.

I thought I could run, but the motorcycle gang caught me. Now the only thing standing between me and an unmarked grave is a warrior I don’t trust.

I’m not afraid to die, but I am terrified of weathering the storm. Because when a Viking decides to unleash his fury, no one is going to come out unscathed.

Beast
By: Brie Spangler
Genre: YA

Tall, meaty, muscle-bound, and hairier than most throw rugs, Dylan doesn’t look like your average fifteen-year-old, so, naturally, high school has not been kind to him. To make matters worse, on the day his school bans hats (his preferred camouflage), Dylan goes up on his roof only to fall and wake up in the hospital with a broken leg—and a mandate to attend group therapy for self-harmers.

Dylan vows to say nothing and zones out at therapy—until he meets Jamie. She’s funny, smart, and so stunning, even his womanizing best friend, JP, would be jealous. She’s also the first person to ever call Dylan out on his self-pitying and superficiality. As Jamie’s humanity and wisdom begin to rub off on Dylan, they become more than just friends. But there is something Dylan doesn’t know about Jamie, something she shared with the group the day he wasn’t listening. Something that shouldn’t change a thing. She is who she’s always been—an amazing photographer and devoted friend, who also happens to be transgender. But will Dylan see it that way?

Game On
By: Michelle Smith
Genre: YA

As king of baseball in the small town of Lewis Creek, Eric Perry can have any girl he wants and win every game he plays. But when a fight lands him in jail, he’s only got one more strike before his baseball career is over for good. His only chance for redemption? The girl next door, Bri Johnson.

Bri hasn’t talked to Eric in months—for starters, she’s been too busy dealing with her jerk of an ex-boyfriend, not to mention the fact that Eric’s been preoccupied trying to drink every keg in the country dry. But when he needs a way to stay on the team, she proposes a plan: if he helps her out with community service, he can stay on the team. At first it’s a nightmare—Eric and Bri stopped being friends years ago, surely that was for a good reason, right? But as volunteering turns to bonding over old memories of first kisses under the stars, they start to have trouble remembering what pushed them apart.

In a town as small as Lewis Creek, nothing stays secret for long and their friendship and romance might mean bad news. But in this final, tumultuous spring before graduation, Eric and Bri are about to realize that nobody’s perfect alone, but they might just be perfect together.

Giveaway time!

If you follow me on Twitter or Facebook you may already know that I got two ARC’s of Beast from the publisher. You do not have to follow the blog in any way in order to enter. However, I am giving extra entries to those who follow the blog as a way of saying thank you. 🙂 I’m also giving extra entries for those who show the author some love.
*Giveaway is US/CAN only*

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