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The Law of Moses by  Amy Harmon Release Date: November 2014 Age: Mature YA, New Adult Genre: Contemporary Romance, Supernatural, Paranormal, Fiction, Mystery, Romance Format: ebook Source: Purchased Buy it: Amazon |  Barnes and Noble If I tell you right up front, right in the beginning that I lost him, it will be easier for you to bear. You will know it’s coming, and it will hurt. But you’ll be able to prepare. Someone found him in a laundry basket at the Quick Wash, wrapped in a towel, a few hours old and close to death. They called him Baby Moses when they shared his story on the ten o’clock news – the little baby left in a basket at a dingy Laundromat, born to a crack addict and expected to have all sorts of problems. I imagined the crack baby, Moses, having a giant crack that ran down his body, like he’d been broken at birth. I knew that wasn’t what the term meant, but the image stuck in my mind. Maybe the fact that he was broken drew me to him from the start. It all hap...

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...

Screwed by Laurie Plissner Release Date: May 2013 Publisher: Merit Press Age: Mature Young Adult Genre: Contemporary, Coming of Age, Teen Pregnancy, High School Format: Hardback Source: Publisher for Review Buy it: Amazon | Barnes and Noble Flattered by the attentions of Nick, the cutest guy in school, seventeen-year-old Grace Warren, captain of the math team, lets down her guard and gets pregnant the night she loses her virginity. Hopeful that Nick will drop to one knee and propose when she breaks the baby news to him, Grace is heartbroken - Nick wants nothing to do with her. Her best friend, Jennifer, thinks she should get an abortion, but Grace is certain that her morally upright parents will insist that she keep the baby. After she comes clean to her super-religious, strait-laced parents, they surprise her by insisting that she terminate the pregnancy to avoid humiliating the family. But when she sees the fetus on the ultrasound, she decides she can't get rid of it. Deciding ...

Dare You To (Pushing the Limits #2) by Katie McGarry ★★★★★ Release Date: May 28, 2013 Publisher: Harlequin Teen Age: Mature YA Genre: Contemporary Romance, Abuse, High School, Relocation, Opposites Format: ebook Source: Author via Netgalley Buy it: Amazon |  Barnes and Noble Ryan lowers his lips to my ear. "Dance with me, Beth." "No." I whisper the reply. I hate him and I hate myself for wanting him to touch me again.... "I dare you..." If anyone knew the truth about Beth Risk's home life, they'd send her mother to jail and seventeen-year-old Beth who knows where. So she protects her mom at all costs. Until the day her uncle swoops in and forces Beth to choose between her mom's freedom and her own happiness. That's how Beth finds herself living with an aunt who doesn't want her and going to a school that doesn't understand her. At all. Except for the one guy who shouldn't get her, but does.... Ryan Stone is the town golden boy...

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. ...

Losing Hope (Hopeless #2) by Colleen Hoover ★★★★★ Release Date: July 8, 2013 Publisher:  Atria Books Age: New Adult Genre: Contemporary Romance, Abuse, Love, High School, Realistic Fiction Format: ebook Source: Publisher via Netgalley Preorder it: Amazon | Barnes and Noble In the follow-up to Colleen Hoover’s #1 New York Times bestseller Hopeless, the charming and irresistible Dean Holder tells the passionate story that has melted thousands of hearts. In Hopeless, Sky left no secret unearthed, no feeling unshared, and no memory forgotten, but Holder’s past remained a mystery. Still haunted by the little girl he let walk away, Holder has spent his entire life searching for her in an attempt to finally rid himself of the crushing guilt he has felt for years. But he could not have anticipated that the moment they reconnect, even greater remorse would overwhelm him… Sometimes in life, if we wish to move forward, we must first dig deep into our past and make amends. In Losing Hope, bes...

Dirty Little Secret by Jennifer Echols ★★★☆☆ Expected Release Date: July 16, 2013 Publisher: MTV Books Age: Mature YA, New Adult Genre: Contemporary Romance, Music, Drama, Family Format: ebook Source: Publisher via Edelweiss Preorder it: Amazon Bailey wasn’t always a wild child and the black sheep of her family. She used to play fiddle and tour the music circuit with her sister, Julie, who sang and played guitar. That ended when country music execs swooped in and signed Julie to a solo deal. Never mind that Julie and Bailey were a duet, or that Bailey was their songwriter. The music scouts wanted only Julie, and their parents were content to sit by and let her fulfill her dreams while Bailey’s were hushed away. Bailey has tried to numb the pain and disappointment over what could have been. And as Julie’s debut album is set to hit the charts, her parents get fed up with Bailey’s antics and ship her off to granddad’s house in Nashville. Playing fiddle in washed-up tribute groups at the ...

Reason to Breathe (Barely Breathing #1) by Rebecca Donovan ★★★★★ Release Date: June 2012 Age: Mature YA Genre: Drama, Contemporary Romance, Abuse, Family, Friendship, Format: Paperback Source: Purchased Buy it: Amazon |  Barnes and Noble "No one tried to get involved with me, and I kept to myself. This was the place where everything was supposed to be safe and easy. How could Evan Mathews unravel my constant universe in just one day?" He knows there’s something more to the girl sitting in the back of the class the moment he sees her. She’s beautiful, intelligent, and athletic – but she slips quietly through the crowded halls, trying not to exist. Determined to get to know the elusive girl, Evan soon discovers… Emma Thomas is hiding a terrible a secret. Reason to Breathe is an electrifying page turner from start to finish, a unique tale of life-changing love, unspeakable cruelty, and one girl’s fragile grasp of hope. I am still in awe with this story. I love everything about...

Lost and Found by Nicole Williams ★★★★★ Release Date: May 7, 2013 Age: Mature YA/ New Adult Genre: Contemporary Romance, Drama, Family, Love Format: eBook Source: AToMR Tours Buy it: Amazon | Barnes and Noble There’s complicated. And there’s Rowen Sterling. After numbing pain for the past five years with boys, alcohol, and all-around apathy, she finds herself on a Greyhound bus to nowhere Montana the summer after she graduates high school. Her mom agreed to front the bill to Rowen’s dream art school only if Rowen proves she can work hard and stay out of trouble at Willow Springs Ranch. Cooking breakfast at the crack of dawn for a couple dozen ranch hands and mucking out horse stalls are the last things in the world Rowen wants to spend her summer doing. Until Jesse Walker saunters into her life wearing a pair of painted-on jeans, a cowboy hat, and a grin that makes something in her chest she’d thought was frozen go boom-boom. Jesse’s like no one else, and certainly nothing like her....

Crush (Crash #3) by Nicole Williams ★★★★★ Release Date: April 23, 2013 Publisher: HarperCollins Age: New Adult/ Mature YA Genre: Contemporary Romance, Football, Drama, Love, Format: Paperback Source: Purchased Buy it: Amazon | Barnes and Noble Football glory. A giant diamond. A wandering eye. Jude and Lucy are happily engaged . . . but that doesn't mean life's a bed of roses. Once again, Jude and Lucy are torn apart by football training and a summer job that creates new tensions. This time Jude's the one with trust issues. Will Lucy's life-changing news bring them back together or end their relationship for good? Can love triumph forever? I always find it extremely hard to:  A.  review a book that I love B. review a book that is part of a series and C.  review a book that I LOVE. I guess I'll sit here and use shouty caps and attempt to explain why these books hold a special place in my heart and either you can sit there and listen to me rant OR you can go buy Cra...

The Collector (Dante Walker #1)  by Victoria Scott ★★★★★ Release Date: April 2, 2013 Publisher: Entangled Teen Age: Mature YA Genre: Paranormal, Demons, Hell, Soul, Death, Supernatural, Angels, Heaven, Bad Boy Format: ebook Source: Publisher for review Buy it: Amazon US | B&N | Amazon UK He makes good girls...bad. Dante Walker is flippin’ awesome, and he knows it. His good looks, killer charm, and stellar confidence have made him one of hell’s best—a soul collector. His job is simple: weed through humanity and label those round rears with a big red good or bad stamp. Old Saint Nick gets the good guys, and he gets the fun ones. Bag-and-tag. Sealing souls is nothing personal. Dante’s an equal-opportunity collector and doesn't want it any other way. But he’ll have to adjust, because Boss Man has given him a new assignment: Collect Charlie Cooper’s soul within ten days. Dante doesn't know why Boss Man wants Charlie, nor does he care. This assignment means only one thing to hi...

Focus (Crescent Chronicles, #2) by Alyssa Rose Ivy ★★★★★ Release Date: January 23, 2013 Age: Mature YA/ New Adult Genre: Paranormal Romance Format: ebook Source: AToMR Tours Buy it: Amazon | Barnes and Noble Freshman year of college is hard even when you're not tied to the future king of a supernatural society. Allie dives into college head first with Hailey as her roommate and the city of New Orleans as her backyard. As things within The Society heat up, Allie realizes that whether she’s with Levi or not, she's in far too deep to turn back. Focus is the second book in the Crescent Chronicles, a series that has become near and dear to my heart. The first book is Flight, and if you haven't read it yet you should definitely not be reading this review. But, you can go and check out my review for FLIGHT . Focus started with Allie and Hailey moving into their college dorm, with the help of those hunky guys that I adored in book one; oh and the man that is making Allie crazy. L...

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...

New Cover! Same great book! Vain by Fisher Amelie ★★★★★ Release Date: December 25, 2012 Age: Mature YA/New Adult Genre: Contemporary Romance, Drama, Action, Format: ebook Source: Author for Review Buy it: Amazon | Barnes and Noble If you’re looking for a story about a good, humble girl, who’s been hurt by someone she thought she could trust, only to find out she’s not as vulnerable as she thought she was and discovers an empowering side of herself that falls in love with the guy who helps her find that self, blah, blah, blah...then you’re gonna’ hate my story. Previous Cover Because mine is not the story you read every time you bend back the cover of the latest trend novel. It’s not the “I can do anything, now that I’ve found you/I’m misunderstood but one day you’ll find me irresistible because of it” tale. Why? Because, if I was being honest with you, I’m a complete witch. There’s nothing redeeming about me. I’m a friend using, drug abusing, sex addict from Los Angeles. I’m every gi...

From Ashes by Molly McAdams ★★★★★ Release Date: December 11, 2012 Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks Age: Mature YA/ New Adult Genre: Contemporary Romance, Realistic Fiction, Abuse, Love Triangle, Love, Romance, Friendship Format: ebook Source: Publisher via Edelweiss Buy it: Amazon | Barnes and Noble When Cassidy Jameson's best friend Tyler took her to Texas with him when he left for college, she was expecting his cousin, their new roommate, to be a Stetson-wearing cowboy since his family owned a ranch; not this incredibly gorgeous guy with a husky Southern drawl that seemed to make the world stop whenever she looked at him. Because of her past, she's only ever trusted two men in her life, Tyler and her dad whom passed away when she was six. But there's something about Gage that draws her to him in a way she can't explain, only problem? He's always telling Tyler that he doesn't want Cassidy living there and sees her as nothing more than his little sister. G...