My Fab Life by Mercy Amare

Blurb:

Its the life i was born to live: billionaire's daughters, living amongst the rich and famous. But my mom kept me a secret from my dad. UNTIL now.

I was so out of my league. Fancy parties, expensive cars, and a private school for the elite...it sounds like a dram. But everything is not as perfect as it seems on the outside. Here, the secrets are dirty and the lies comes easy.....

Welcome to My Fab Life......

Kihanna, your average high school junior about t enter her senior year of high school. Raised by her middle class single mother she enjoys her life but has a constant need to find out who her father is.....and suddenly she does.

Kihanna finds out about her billionaire father, social climbing step-mother and sleazy step-brother and enters a whirlwind of drama, social climbing and lies. 

This story I

is very much young adults, you feel with Kihanna how she's trys to find her place in a world she's wayyyy over her head In. The Fab Life is only a tease of what I feel Mercy Amare has to offer. You get sucked into the story of Kihanna, Gabe, Ty and everyone else that when you hit the last page you cant help but wonder whats happening now. 

The Fab Life can one day be a television series,  and I would be glued to the tube each week wondering what adventure Kihanna will be on next.

A combination of clueless, sweet valley high and mean girls but still very much its own.

 i give The Fab Life by Mercy Amare.....

Excerpt

My palms are sweating, and my heart literally feels like it’s going to beat it’s way out of my chest. I decide that I may vomit before the night is over, but hopefully it won’t be on myself or Ty. I run my hand over the bannister was I walk down the stairs. I keep in there incase I trip, which is very possible. I try to focus on the steps and not on the fact that I’m about to go out of my first date.

Gah. I hate that word. Date. It’s too gray. I like black and white. Nothing about this night is black or white.

I count the steps as I walk down. There are exactly 32 steps from the top floor to the bottom floor. When I get to the bottom, I am forced to look up at Ty. He looks good. Really good. Dammit. He doesn’t look nervous at all. In fact he looks completely cool. Of course he’s cool. He’s probably been out on like a million dates before. Why should he be nervous?

I am relieved to see that he’s wearing jeans and a concert shirt. I didn’t underdress or overdress, and I’m glad I decided to wear jeans. I’m going to ask Toby’s advice more often.

“You look beautiful,” he says, and then hands me a bouquet of purple flowers.

Flowers = date, right?

Ugh, why does this suddenly feel awkward?

I take them from him. I have no idea what kind of flowers they are. I feel like I should know, but it’s not like I frequently get flowers from guys. “Thank you. They are beautiful.”

What am I supposed to do with the flowers? Am I supposed to take them with us? Or am I supposed to leave them here? There should a Dating for Dummies book that covers this. Maybe there is. Memo to self - look it up. I will be more prepared next time.

Next time? Calm down, Kihanna, I tell myself. Let’s get through tonight before we start thinking about a second date.

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Mercy Amare

I am a YA/ NA author, with an addiction to NOS & Red Bull energy drinks. My guilty pleasure is the TV series The Lying Game and The Vampire Diaries. I'm 23 years old. I currently live in St Louis, with my husband of 2 years.

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More Than You Know by Alexandria Rhodes

Title: More Than You Know

Author:  Alexandria Rhodes

Genre: New Adult Romance

Publication Date:  May 14, 2013

Event organized by: Literati Author Services

Synopsis

After surviving a devastating car accident that took her father's life, Bryn Woods feels like she has nothing left in her hometown of Savannah, GA. Along with losing her father, her boyfriend, Tyler, unexpectedly leaves town the same time of the accident. Feeling alone, broken and confused, Bryn leaves Savannah for college in New York City to escape her heartbreak.

Four years later, Bryn returns to Savannah to live in her childhood home. Slowly, she begins to let the people of her past back into her life. She lets the protective walls she's built to protect herself crash down around her. As she begins to find love again with Tyler, secrets start to unravel themselves about his past. Tyler has secrets of his own. Secrets connected to the death of Bryn's father. Secrets Tyler didn't even know he kept.

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I LOVED Alexandria Rhodes More Than You Know, though parts of the book seemed predictable Ms. Rhodes was able to captivate an audience with her style and character development. Bryn, the main narrator takes you on the journey of her life, filled with many trials and tribulations each heartbreak becomes your own. I give her credit because some things shes able to forgive i don't know if i have the HEART to do just that. Bryn makes you look at yourself and ask the question "can i be that unselfish?" 

Learning about Oliva, Ash, Tyler, Cass, Maria and others thought out the story makes it like they are real and their stories become the story of your friends and family.

In hindsight i expected some small stories to become more meaningful, or find what links them to the development of both main characters that was never established.

I love that the story ends where it ends, its a standalone book that if Rhodes so feels can continue into a series. Throughout the book Rhodes gives an insight on Tyler's POV which is nice to know what goes through his head in certain situations.

I have a love hate relationship with Tyler and Cass, i feel what they did was unforgiveable and finding out why they did what they did wasnt worth the effect their actions caused. Im not a fan on how quickly Bry picks up that situation because it doesn't seem authentic. But times like this i have to remember why Bryn is the person she is, and the experiences she has ive never experience.

Overall, i loved this book and excited to see what Rhodes has to offer the bookworm world.

I give More Than You Know by Alexandria Rhodes

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Alexandria Rhodes is a first time novelist from the good old state of Ohio. She is a recent college graduate with a degree in English and Creative Writing. Alexandria has always known she needed to write and has been doing so ever since she bought a typewriter at a garage sale when she was nine. With hundreds of pages of plot ideas, scripts and character descriptions, it is no surprise that she finally came around to writing a book.
Alexandria enjoys reading, writing, reviewing, spending time with family, tweeting (a little too much) and traveling, especially to Savannah, GA and New York City.  Her writing is heavily influenced by her surroundings and the people in her life. She hopes that her stories will touch the hearts of her readers.

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The Domino Effect by Jill Hughes Book Tour

Title: The Domino Effect (The Domino Series)

Author:  Jill Elaine Hughes

Genre: Erotic Thriller

Publication Date:  March 24, 2013

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Synopsis

Twenty-one-year-old college student and aspiring journalist Nancy Delaney’s nose for news smells a hot story idea when it comes to international playboy and artist Peter Rostovich. But as she works to get her story, she soon becomes intimately entangled with the mysterious Rostovich, who finds her irresistible. He becomes Nancy’s ticket to sexual awakening, and she soon discovers she has an appetite for bondage, too.

And there’s far more to Rostovich than just his art — he’s involved in a strange, violent criminal underworld that kidnaps Nancy and spirits her halfway around the world, where she’s held prisoner and made to serve as private Dominant-for-hire somewhere in the former Soviet Union. Will the sexual powers Rostovich helped awaken in her be Nancy’s only hope for escape?

  

Superb writing by Jill Elaine Hughes, the style of writing is refreshing and intriguing. As i began the book i couldn't help but compare the story line to that of another popular erotic book. You have a twenty one year old virgin journalist with a rich best friend in Nancy and a wealthy playboy artist in Peter. Once i was able to try and separate the stories and read The Domino Effect as its own entity, you cant help but get engaged in the story. The emotions Nancy feels throughout the book becomes your emotions, Ms. Hughes was able to write POV that in detail.  

I give The Domino Effect..... 3.4 Glasses of Wine...

The story takes you to a place you don't expect and by the end you want to continue the series and know how everything turns out between all main characters. I recommend reading The Domino Effect if erotic thrillers is your preference or you like to read something different!

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JILL ELAINE HUGHES is a professional journalist, playwright, memoirist, and fiction author. She has written for the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Reader, Washington Post, Cat Fancy magazine, New Art Examiner, and numerous other media outlets. Her plays have been widely published and produced by theaters in New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, Seattle, Boston, Atlanta, San Francisco, the United Kingdom, and Australia. She is also the author of several New Adult fiction books. Ms. Hughes also writes erotic fiction under two pen names: Jamaica Layne and Jay E. Hughes.

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Suddenly You Tour by Cecilia Gray

Book Title: SUDDENLY YOU

Series Name & Book #: THE JANE AUSTEN ACADEMY SERIES #4

Expected Release or Date Published: 5/7/13

Published By: Gray Life, LLC J

Genre: young-adult / contemporary

Book Synopsis:

Fanny doesn't want to be at The Jane Austen Academy. She intends to lay low until graduation when she can try out for the Olympic track team. She doesn't need friends or love. She only needs her running.

But The Academy is in danger. In an effort to save it, Fanny joins forces with the friends she never knew she wanted. Suddenly, Fanny finds herself center stage in the middle of the Academy's biggest love triangle as the lead in the school play...only this track star can't afford to break a leg.

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The last thing that the girls at the elite Jane Austen Academy need is hot guys to flirt with. But over the summer the school has been sold, and like it or not, the guys are coming. And it’s about to turn the Academy—and the lives of its students—totally upside down…

The Jane Austen Academy series are modern retellings of Jane Austen classics set at a beachside California boarding school.

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Cecilia Gray lives in the San Francisco Bay Area where she reads, writes and breaks for food. She also pens her biographies in the third person. Like this. As if to trick you into thinking someone else wrote it because she is important. Alas, this is not the case.

Cecilia has been praised for “instilling a warmth and weight into her characters”  (Romancing The Book Reviews) and her books have been praised for being “well-written, original, realistic and witty” (Quills & Zebras Reviews).

Her latest series of young-adult contemporary Jane Austen retellings was named a What’s Hot pick (RT Book Reviews magazine) and is a Best of 2012 pick (Kirkus Reviews) where it was praised for being a “unique twist on a classic” and offering “a compelling mix of action, drama and love.”

She’s rather enamored of being contacted by readers and hopes you’ll oblige at cecilia@ceciliagray.com or any of the following sites:

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Sexual Lessions Part 1 By Lucy St. Vincent

What a refreshing and different book. Given an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review I began reading without prior knowledge of the writers style or the bases for this short story.

Ms. Redding began as a student unsatisfied with a grade in a class and that of the men around her. A chance meeting with her sociology professor changed all that for her. The story goes from that turning point to what becomes Ms. Reddings calling. A hands on educater.

Story is different, interesting and makes you want to know more. I wished it was a full novel so more details about her time with the sociology professor Dr. Edelstein would be included.  Also a journey through the new students she's training. 

Over all I liked the short story and giving it

3.8 Glasses of Wine

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Bedrock By Britney King Tour

Bedrock

by Britney King

Expected Pub: May 1st 2013 

by Hot Banana Press

When Addison Greyer, a happily married mother of three, decides to re-enter the workforce, she never once considers that taking a job might unravel everything she thinks to be true about her life—that it would cause her to look deep within and confront fears she didn’t know existed. She couldn’t have foreseen how a chance meeting or a single day can change the course of an entire lifetime.

Like many women, Addison is defined in terms of marriage and motherhood, until she suddenly finds her life turned upside down by her husband’s decision to take a job thousands of miles away. When her tough-as-nails boss offers her an opportunity she can’t refuse, Addie is forced to make difficult choices. Those choices take her further and further out of the carefully crafted fairytale life she has created and lead her into an unknown world where things are anything but black and white: a world where she learns that desire is not only dangerous but deadly. In this world, all bets are off as she is forced to finally confront her past. As her past and present collide, she has to make decisions that for most are unthinkable, decisions that can tear her family apart, and perhaps even have fatal consequences.

Bedrock is a love story designed to showcase how the choices we make ultimately shape our lives. It serves as a reminder that in the end what defines us is not the big events, the monumental occasions. It’s the tiny, seemingly inconsequential moments in between. It’s proof that time passes and we cannot, no matter how hard we try, get it back. Bedrock is a story of love and grief that pretty much sums up the context of the human experience.

Due to heavy subject matter and sexual content this book is recommended for mature readers.

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I'm married to a man I adore (when he isn’t driving me crazy) and am the mother of FIVE amazing kids, who (surprise!) also have a habit of driving me crazy. My best guess is that it’s genetic. In addition, I founded a local network for women in 2012, which has grown to almost 700 members. But to further prove that I may in fact be certifiably insane, I'm scheduled to publish my debut novel entitled, Bedrock in May of 2013. Then and only then, will I consider my training to be an expert (life) juggler complete.

She writes at www.BritneyKing.com

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It just got REAL! by Katy Evans

Real, was def very REAL! I love books that from page one suck you into their world. Opening up at an underground boxing match you learn who Brooke is. Kind of uptight, but you can feel her try to break out of her shell, the Brooke shown to the world and become the Brooke that’s always been. Brooke, followed by her crazy out of control bestfriend Melanie (yes we all have or known someone just like that). Open up the story with their friendly banter and odious deep affection for each other.

“Brooke!” Melanie squeals and hugs me. “You look ready to puke, you are so not cut out for this”

Now comes the deal breaker…insert Remington “Riptide” Tate! Yum.

“My God. Dimples”

At even the THIRD PAGE, all you want is more…yes the third page! That’s how amazing a writer Katy Evans is….you get sucked into this world with no way to breath but to “JUST KEEP READING”  

“Your name,” he growls, panting, his eyes wild on mine. “Uh Brooke” “Brooke what?” he snaps out, his nostrils flaring

As you read this story have a fan, breakfast, lunch and dinner nearby because you’re not going anywhere till you find out just who Riptide is and if he’s the one to break Brooke out of her shell. And there are enough hot scenes where a fan is just the beginning on what you will need to be able to cool down and keep reading.

Brooke Dumas's witty responses shows her ability to be herself, and Remy helps her to be the Brooke she is with those closest with her, constantly. Brooke has some funny one liners and being in her POV most of the book you not only hear the ones she says with friends but the ones she's thinking. 

“he call yet?” “city hall at eleven. Leave the crazy best friend home”

You truly start to like Brooke as a person, and as you get into what happens when you google her you can’t help but love her even more. Shes def a fighter, and Remy might just be the best prize for her. From the beginning there is no way to deny how much Brooke effects Remy, as you watching it unfold and start read between the lines. once THE conversation happens you have this AHH, HA moment!

Remys role surprises you, as you read on and not only learn about Brooke you learn about Remy, and nothing shows how much a fighter Remy is until her found the courage to say one word!!!!

sorry cant give you word....dont want to kill book! lol

Brooke and Remy take you on this journey, with the past coming in at some point to rain on their parade. What a journey it is, highs and lows but man do I envy their kind of love. I don’t want to kill the book for anyone SO I WONT go into more detail with my review here (but I will on GoodReads)

-I don’t understand the lion analogies, well understand the analogies but whats with the licking and smelling lol

        - Ive wondered if Remys fans ever truly bothered Brooke

     -    EWWWWWWWWWWW…. Scorpio tattoo ugh, ewww, yuck

-         Remy parents are the pits

    -    Waiting for Remys POV to come out

- Pete and Riley are the best

- A man that knows what he wants and goes after it…literally

-Hot, hot, scorching hot

-Love books with play list

-“shes yours?.... “I can guarantee you, shes not yours”

all i can say is go get REAL!!

I give REAL by Katy Evans

5!!!! Glasses of WINE! 

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