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Three is a War by Pam Godwin

8/30/2017

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Three is a War by Pam Godwin
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Reviewed by: Michelle
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A rollercoaster of emotions!!!! I will say this again I loathed love triangles and yet Pam Godwin is one of few authors who has managed me to be obsessed with herTangled Lies Trilogy.

Two men. One woman. First love. New love. Ahhhh, the much anticipated decision on who Danni would end up choosing literally stressed me out. I honestly didn’t know how the book would turn out or if the guy I was rooting for would end up with girl. Either way this book was utter perfection. Every raw emotions was pouring out from this book. Pam Godwin was able to turn a complicated love story to one that will steal a piece of your heart. The angst, the heartbreak, and the back and forth of who Danni would end up was worth it at the end. A must read and hands down one of the best love triangles I have read!!!

Pam Godwin

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Muscle Memory by Stylo Fantome

8/28/2017

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Muscle Memory by Stylo Fantome
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Reviewed by: Michelle
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This author. This book. These character. This title. This story is a testament of what it truly means to feel. To get completely lost and swept away in an utterly raw and visceral story of life, emptiness, and love. A literary masterpiece where you as a reader are asked to go along a journey of a man’s quest in filling the blank spaces as he discovers or tries to remember who he was.

If she couldn't be the love of his life anymore, she would help him love life. She would make him smile and laugh, she would encourage him and share with him.”

A thousand thoughts. A vast oceans of feelings. A million memories. And in an instant, what if it is gone? Everything that you have known wiped away. A clean slate. Is starting anew, a second chance at life? Or is just forgetting and not knowing, an easy way out of erasing your past mistakes? In Stylo Fantome’s newest standalone, Muscle Memory, she has readers asking the same thing. Is knowing better than not knowing? And what if, you are stuck in the middle? At a crossroad where your new relationship collides with your old love? Are those memories worth remembering if someone gets hurt along the way? Or is it better this way not knowing?

Alone in a hospital. No recollection of who you are. Just another John Doe as the nurses and doctors refers to you. This is how “John Doe” wakes up after several weeks in the hospital. No memory of who he is and how he ended up injured. The only thing he knows is how they found him fallen in the subway tracks severely hurt and high as a kite. And so this “John Doe” who rather be called“Jon Doherty” now finds himself helpless and alone.

I don't know her, but she's in my blood and in my bones and in my body. I wake up reaching for her, but can't remember her ever being there. I turn around to look for her, then realize she was never with me. She's my ghost, she haunts me. I don't remember her, but I know her.”

Luckily for Jon, a social worker was able to help him out and get him on his feet. Since he has no proper ID or recollection of his Social Security Number, Jon can’t get a job and so he ends up in a halfway house where he is forced to do volunteer work in order to earn his food and housing. It is there at his volunteer job that he meets Katherine, who likes to be called Kitty. Kitty comes from an affluent family. She is rich, beautiful, kind, and very much attracted to Jon. Soon they begin to form a friendship that turns into a relationship.

While Kitty makes Jon happy, something else is missing. His memories. Vague pieces of his past would sporadically come up but the important parts are still blank that is until he runs into a stranger but she doesn’t feel like a stranger.

Delany is shocked when she discover Jayson is not dead but alive. The love of her life is there standing in front of her but doesn’t know who she is. She searched all over Brooklyn for Jayson but no one with that name came forward. The only thing she regrets was that she never thought to search for John Doe.

Because that's what real love did – in all things, it strove for the complete and utter happiness of its counterpart. It wasn't jealousy or anger or malice. It was happiness. So she would work on helping Jon find true happiness. And then, maybe, she could think what it at all meant for her.”

Delany and Jayson were young, stupid, and reckless. They partied too much. Got addicted to drugs and alcohol. That was all in the past and now Delany is clean and sober. And Jayson is now Jon Doherty. A new man with a new girlfriend.

Muscle Memory is a deep exploration of what it means to love, find happiness, to sacrifice, to forgive, and to move on. It is a daily reminder of what it means to be human. To be bare. To be naked. To be vulnerable. To have your feelings exposed. To be raw. The story of Jon/Jay, Delany, and Kitty is a heartbreaking, poignant, and consuming story of love and memories. Jon’s life is intertwined with Kitty and Delany. Two women who have helped and shaped him. Two women who cares for him. Two woman but only one man. One man whose memories are just pieces of fragments of his past but can feel in the depth of his soul, he is connected to one woman. “Because when true love finds its counterpart, it always recognizes it. It's all in the muscle memory.”

Stylo Fantome did an amazing job with this book. She practically took her readers down the proverbial rabbit hole where we were bombarded with an array symphony of raw emotions. Your heart just stopped because you can feel the anguish, torment, confusion, and pain not just for Jon but as well as for Delany and Kitty. I absolutely love this book for it’s powerful message of friendship, new beginning, and love. The writing packed a punched and these characters were the beating heart of this book as it gave this story life and meaning. So if you are looking for a book that reminds us the testament of love and sacrifices then I highly recommend you to read this book. And just remember some memories don’t fade but are forever etched in your heart and mind. And those memories can lead you back. Home. Just like how Jon/Jay found his way back with the help of muscle memory.

This is what it feels like to be whole again. ”

Stylo Fantome

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Love Another Day by Lexi Blake

8/23/2017

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BUY LINK: Love Another Day (Masters and Mercenaries Book 14)

Love Another Day (Masters and Mercenaries, #14)

Love Another Day by Lexi Blake
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Reviewed by: Michelle
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Love Another Day by Lexi Blake is the fourteenth book in the Masters & Mercenaries Series. It shouldn’t be a surprise that this book was filled with lots action, suspense, sexual tension and erotic BDSM scenes. Brody and Steph were two complex characters who were written in such an intriguing manner that you wanted to get to know them in depth as walls of their hard and frustrating personalities are broken down. So if you are looking for a story where raw emotions, passion and suspense collides in gritty and riveting manner then I highly recommend you to pick up this book.

Lexi Blake

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Bad Deeds by Lisa Renee Jones

8/13/2017

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Bad Deeds by Lisa Renee Jones
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Reviewed by: Michelle
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Lisa Renee Jones is back at it again with her third installment to the Dirty Money Series, with Bad Deeds. While this book can’t be read as a standalone, Jones did a terrific job in refreshing our memory with pieces of vital information and flashbacks that occurred in the last book so readers like myself won’t feel lost. With her sexy and suspenseful prose, Jones did a fabulous job in creating a story that heighten our senses as we are thrust back into the lives of Shane and Emily. This book is more action packed and sexy since you can’t help but love Shane even more. Readers will get a taste and see a whole new side to him that I loved. I know that I am being super vague about this book, but keep in mind the danger, the suspense, the unexpected twist and turns, and the chemistry is what made this third installment to stand out. So if you are ready to submerse yourself in a book where the writing and characters were phenomenal then this book is for you.

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Beneath the Truth by Meghan March

8/12/2017

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Beneath the Truth by Meghan March
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Reviewed by: Michelle
Hands down one of the best books that Meghan March has written!!!! This book was magnetic, suspenseful and all the feelings. With her visceral prose, March has readers spellbound as layers of fourberie, mystery, truth and passion are beautifully interwoven giving the readers a full spectrum of March's ability to bring life and romance into a story. A must read!!!

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The Brightest Sunset by Aly Martinez

8/2/2017

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The Darkest Sunrise (The Darkest Sunrise Duet Book 1) | The Brightest Sunset (The Darkest Sunrise Duet Book 2)

The Brightest Sunset (The Darkest Sunrise, #2)

The Brightest Sunset by Aly Martinez
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Reviewed by: Michelle
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The Brightest Sunset was an emotional, unforgettable, gripping, and visceral story of second chances and the never ending fate and belief in love as it triumphed against all odds. This book absolutely blew me away. It was consuming. It was blinding. It was raw. It was everything. It was more than I could ever imagine. It was perfection. As this book continues off The Darkest Sunrise, Aly Martinez will drown you with her words and characters as you are taken on one heartfelt emotional journey. Prepare to get your hearts broken and pieced back together by Aly. A must read book of 2017!!!

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Enrage by Rachel Van Dyken

8/1/2017

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Enrage by Rachel Van Dyken
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Reviewed by: Michelle
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A deep intricate novel that weaves suspense, grit, and raw emotions in such a riveting and heart pounding manner. Rachel Van Dyken once again drowns her readers with her longing and heartfelt words as we are swept away once again in the world where loyalty, honor, revenge and the mafia are prominent and ingrained.

Enrage is a book that took my heart right off the opening pages as two broken damaged individuals are brought together in a unlikely fashion. While I can go on and on about what to expect in the book, I won’t since the beauty of this book is having your heart torn and slowly pieced back together. Just prepare to have some tissues on standby. Overall, I loved this book and series. The writing was flawless and the characters, well they each stole a piece of your heart. So if you looking for a book that implements it all from family, friendship, honor, truth, revenge, pain, romance, and second chances then this book is for you.

Rachel Van Dyken

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Three is a War by Pam Godwin

Muscle Memory by Stylo Fantome

Love Another Day by Lexi Blake

Bad Deeds by Lisa Renee Jones

Beneath the Truth by Meghan March

The Brightest Sunset by Aly Martinez

Enrage by Rachel Van Dyken

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