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In This Moment by Autumn Doughton ★★★★☆ Release Date: August 2013 Age: New Adult Genre: Contemporary Romance, College, Drama, Tragedy Format: ebook Source: Purchased Buy it: Amazon | Barnes and Noble Every moment possesses its own kind of magic... Aimee Spencer learned the hard way that for some moments, there are no take-backs, no rewinds, no do-overs. A year ago her world imploded and Aimee has been running ever since. She doesn't want to feel. She doesn't want to remember. To bury the ghosts that haunt her, she is living a life that has become unrecognizable. Cole Everly is a golden boy with a cocky smile and an attitude to match. He's grown accustomed to girls throwing themselves at his feet, but when Aimee trips and literally lands in his lap one afternoon, she's not at all what he expects. Difficult, damaged, closed-off. If Cole needed to make a list of qualities to avoid in a girl, Aimee would probably match up with every single one of them. He knows that he sh...

In the Fields by Willow Aster ★★★★☆ Release Date: September 10, 2013 Age: Mature 18+ Genre: Contemporary Romance, Race, Abuse, Southern Romance, Teen, Coming of Age Format: ebook Source: The Indie Bookshelf Buy it: Amazon | Barnes and Noble | Smashwords | Createspace 1971 — In the tiny, backward town of Tulma, Tennessee, optimistic, bookish Caroline Carson unwittingly finds herself in the middle of a forbidden romance. Severely neglected by her family and forced to flee Tulma to protect her secrets, Caroline’s young life comes crashing down around her. She finds refuge in a new town, but the past always has a way of stretching around time and stirring up trouble. When a new love comes into her life, she has to decide if she can give her heart to someone else, or if she will always be tied to someone she can’t have. The details described in this book may not be suitable for readers below the age of 18 as descriptions of rape, alcoholism, child neglect, and abuse are depicted. In the...

Stay With Me by Elyssa Patrick ★★★★☆ Release Date: August 2013 Age: New Adult, 17+ Genre: Contemporary Romance, Drama, Love, College, Famous, Rock Star, Actor Format: ebook Source: Author via Netgalley Buy it: Amazon | Barnes and Noble With one look, I’m his . . . With one touch, he’s mine . . . With one kiss, it changes everything between us . . . I’ve been famous since I can remember. Singing, acting, dancing—I’ve done it all. The tabloids cover my every move, but I don’t want that anymore. I want to be normal, whatever that is. When I leave Hollywood for college in Vermont, I’m on my own for the first time in my life. This is my chance to figure out who I am and what I want in life. But it’s a lot harder than I expected. I can’t escape my image. Classes are difficult, and I’m struggling. And then there’s Caleb Fox. Sexy, intriguing Caleb Fox. Caleb is the one man who doesn’t want to use me. He breaks down my walls. He challenges me. He wants me. And I just don’t know if I can give...

Near & Far (Lost & Found #2) by Nicole Williams ★★★★☆ Release Date: July 30, 2013 Age: New Adult/ Mature YA Genre: Contemporary Romance Format: ebook Source: AToMR Tours Buy it: Amazon  | Barnes and Noble There’s optimistic. And there’s Jesse Walker. If he wasn’t so charming, his sunny disposition and incessant grin would get old. Fast. Falling in love with the girl who had at first seemed immune to it, was the best thing to happen to Jesse since the Walkers adopted him into their family when he was five. But loving the girl who has her fair share of secrets is about as easy as that same girl loving the boy who seems to have none. As Jesse’s life continues at the ranch, and Rowen begins making her mark in the Seattle art community, they begin to wonder where the middle ground is. Or if there even is one. As push comes to shove and choices aren’t only needing to be made, but forced to be made, Jesse and Rowen have to face what their lives might look like without the other. ...

Found (Crescent Chronicles #3) by  Alyssa Rose Ivy ★★★★☆ Release Date: July 12, 2013 Age: New Adult Genre: Paranormal Romance, Supernatural Format: ebook Source:  Inkslinger PR Buy it: Amazon | Barnes and Noble Levi might be hot, strong, and have a cool set of wings, but it's not enough to make up for keeping Allie in the dark. Allie's tired of being left with more questions than answers. She's tired of loving a guy who refuses to level with her. Most of all, she's tired of her life spinning out of control. Desperate to save Jess no matter the personal cost, Allie has to face the possibility that the only one she can trust is herself. Found is the third book in Alyssa Rose Ivy's paranormal romance trilogy, The Crescent Chronicles. Read my review for book 1, Flight , and book 2, Focus . Since this is the last book in the series I do not recommend A. Reading this review if you haven't experienced the greatness that is books 1 and 2 nor B. Reading this book if yo...

My Life Next Door  by Huntley Fitzpatrick ★★★★☆ Release Date: June 14, 2012 Publisher: Dial Books Age: Young Adult Genre: Contemporary Romance, Family, Political, Love, Summer Format: Hardback Source: Purchased Buy it: Amazon |  Barnes and Noble A gorgeous debut about family, friendship, first romance, and how to be true to one person you love without betraying another "One thing my mother never knew, and would disapprove of most of all, was that I watched the Garretts. All the time.” The Garretts are everything the Reeds are not. Loud, numerous, messy, affectionate. And every day from her balcony perch, seventeen-year-old Samantha Reed wishes she was one of them . . . until one summer evening, Jase Garrett climbs her terrace and changes everything. As the two fall fiercely in love, Jase's family makes Samantha one of their own. Then in an instant, the bottom drops out of her world and she is suddenly faced with an impossible decision. Which perfect family will save her? Or i...

Second Chance Boyfriend (Drew + Fable #2) by Monica Murphy ★★★★☆ Release Date: April 6, 2013 Age: New Adult 17+ Genre: Contemporary Romance, Drama, Love Format: ebook Source: Purchased Buy it: Amazon | Barnes and Noble Lost. That one single word best describes my life at this very moment. I lost the last games of the season and both my team and my coach blame me. I lost the last two months because I drowned in my own despair like a complete loser. And I lost the only girl who ever mattered because I was afraid being with me would destroy her. But now I realize how truly lost I am without her. She has become my story…and even though she acts like she’s moved on, I know she still thinks about me just as much as I think about her. She’s beautiful, sweet—and so damn vulnerable, all I want to do is help her. Be there for her. Love her… If only I could convince Fable to give me a second chance. Then I wouldn’t feel so lost anymore, and neither would she. We could be found together. Forever...

After Math (Off the Subject, #1) by Denise Grover Swank ★★★★☆ Release Date: March 12, 2013 Age: New Adult Genre: Contemporary Romance, Drama, College, Friendship Format: ebook Source: AToMR Tours Buy it: Amazon | Barnes and Noble Scarlett Goodwin’s world is divided into Before and After.

Before she agreed to tutor Tucker price, college junior Scarlett was introvert, struggling with her social anxiety and determined to not end up living in a trailer park like her mother and her younger sister. A mathematics major, she goes to her classes, to her job in the tutoring lab, and then hides in the apartment she shares with her friend, Caroline.

After junior Tucker Price, Southern University’s star soccer player enters the equation, her carefully plotted life is thrown off its axis. Tucker’s failing his required College Algebra class. With his eligibility is at risk, the university chancellor dangles an expensive piece of computer software for the math department if Scarlett agrees to priv...

Twisted Perfection  (Perfection #1) by Abbi Glines ★★★★☆ Release Date: April 22, 2013 Age: New Adult/ Adult Genre: Contemporary Romance, Issues, drama, love, family issues Format: ebook Source: AToMR Tours Buy it: Amazon | Barnes and Noble Life outside of her house was a new experience for Della Sloane. The dark secrets of her past weren’t something she ever intended to share with anyone. They would never understand. No one would ever get close enough to find out. There was always a chance she’d go crazy sooner than they expected… Woods Kerrington had never been one to be attracted to fragile females. They seemed like too much work. He wasn’t in it for the work just the pleasure. A night full of naughty fun had been exactly what was on his mind when he’d laid eyes on the hot little number that didn’t know how to pump gas and needed some help. What he didn’t know was she was as fragile as they came.
The carefree girl who spoke her mind and didn’t care what the world thought of her ...

Wait for You by J. Lynn ★★★★☆ Release Date: February 26, 2013 Age: New Adult, 17+ Genre: Contemporary Romance, College, Abuse, Realistic Fiction, Drama, Issues, Family Format: ebook Source: Purchased Buy it: Amazon | Barnes and Noble Some things are worth waiting for… Traveling thousands of miles from home to enter college is the only way nineteen-year-old Avery Morgansten can escape what happened at the Halloween party five years ago—an event that forever changed her life. All she needs to do is make it to her classes on time, make sure the bracelet on her left wrist stays in place, not draw any attention to herself, and maybe—please God—make a few friends, because surely that would be a nice change of pace. The one thing she didn’t need and never planned on was capturing the attention of the one guy who could shatter the precarious future she’s building for herself. Some things are worth experiencing… Cameron Hamilton is six feet and three inches of swoon-worthy hotness, complete w...

Great Exploitations (Mischief in Miami #1) by Nicole Williams ★★★★☆ Release Date: March 12, 2013 Age: Adult, 17+ Genre: Contemporary, Romance, Erotica, Format: ebook Pages: 90 Source: Author for Review Buy it: Amazon | Barnes and Noble Seduction. Infidelity. Blackmail. Scandal. It can all be bought for the right price and for Sienna Stevens, business is good. Because she’s in the business of Great Exploitations. She’s an Eve, a member of a secret society of women contracted by the wives of wealthy, powerful men for one reason and one reason only: to seduce their husbands. To ensure their pre-nuptial agreement will be null and void thanks to a little loophole known as the Infidelity Clause. To ensure that those wives don’t find themselves on the other side of a divorce without a penny to their name. When it comes to the Eves, Sienna’s one of the best because she follows the number one rule of the Eves to the letter: don’t let it get personal. When the job file of her wealthiest client...

If You Stay by Courtney Cole ★★★★☆ Release Date: February 12, 2013 Age: Mature New Adult (17+) Contains sex and violence Genre: Contemporary Romance, Issues, Drama Format: e-book Source:  Ink Slinger Buy it: Amazon | Barnes and Noble 24-year old Pax Tate is an asshole. Seriously. He’s a tattooed, rock-hard bad-boy with a bad attitude to match. But he’s got his reasons. His mother died when Pax was seven, leaving a hole in his heart filled with guilt although he doesn’t understand why. What he does know is that he and his dad are left alone and with more issues than they can count. As Pax grew up, he tried to be the kid his father always wanted; the perfect golden boy, but it didn’t work. His dad couldn’t overcome his grief long enough to notice and Pax couldn’t keep up the impossible perfect façade. So he slipped far, far from it. Now, he uses drugs and women to cope with the ugliness, the black void that he doesn’t want to deal with. If he pretends that the emptiness isn’t there...

Lennon's Jinx  (Lennon's Girls Trilogy) by Chris Myers ★★★★☆ Age: New Adult (17+) Genre: Contemporary Romance, Drama, Family Issues, Health, Music Format: ebook Source: AToMR Tours Buy it: Amazon Sometimes, we don’t get to choose who we fall for.

Lennon spends most of his time raising his little sister Currie while trying to skate through his senior year of high school. He prefers groupies with no-strings attached but finds himself strangely attracted to Jinx, the straight-A student in his choir. Lennon’s curiosity overrules his good sense as he tries to peel away the layers to discover the reason for Jinx’s skittishness.

Jinx conceals the black truth about herself from her friends. She won’t admit to them that she screwed up big time, losing her first love and what she once held most precious. 

When Lennon’s band holds auditions to replace their keyboard player, Jinx comes to tryout and almost leaves after seeing Lennon. Despite the fact she despises him, she joins the band...

Scarlette by Davonna Juroe ★★★★☆ Release Date: October 12, 2012 Age: Mature YA Genre: Horror, Werewolves, Action, Drama, Suspense, Witches, Paranormal Romance Format: ebook Source: Author for review Buy it: Amazon Find the Beast ~ Find the Cure Scarlette, an 18-year-old peasant, lives under a dark threat. A nightmarish creature lurks in the surrounding forest, killing the villagers one by one. When Scarlette's grandmother survives an attack, Scarlette learns that her grandmother hasn't suffered the bite of just any normal animal. Now desperate, Scarlette searches throughout her province to find a cure. But there are those who want to keep their pasts hidden. As she begins to uncover the dark secrets of her village, Scarlette is befriended by a local nobleman and a woodcutter who share a gruesome history with the beast. To save her grandmother, Scarlette must unravel their mystery and solve an age-old crime. But as she pieces together the clues, Scarlette finds herself torn bet...

Love Unscripted by Tina Reber ★★★★☆ Release Date: January 1, 2013 Publisher: Simon and Schuster: Atria Books Age: Adult Genre: Contemporary Romance, Actors, Drama, Love, Friendship, Romance Format: ebook Source: Publisher via Edelweiss for Review Buy it: Amazon | Barnes and Noble Ryan Christensen just wanted to be an actor. Never in his wildest dreams did he ever think that accepting a role in an unknown film would toss his career into overdrive. His new fame has cost him dearly; anonymity is no longer an option. His fans stalk him, the paparazzi hound him, and Hollywood studios all want a piece of him. Despite all of that, Ryan Christensen craves the most basic of human needs - to have love in his heart and privacy in his life. Taryn Mitchell, the story's protagonist, is a realist. She's been feigning contentment, running the family pub in Seaport, Rhode Island, while quietly nursing her own internal heartaches. Her feet are fairly glued to the ground and she doesn't buy...