Out of the Dark by Claire C. Riley

‘Out of the Dark #1’

We are temporary. Finite.

The choices we’ve made, the people we have loved. Who we used to be no longer matters.

Because now it is all about the ending. And the ending always comes too soon.

There’s fear in the dark. And behind every drop of light, the shadows creep and the darkness comes in the form of clawing, red-eyed monsters. They hunt us—stalk us…they are desperate to destroy us.

But I have a reason to fight the darkness and everything in it. A small glimpse of light that lives within my golden-haired daughter, Lilly. She is my strength. She is my everything.

Every life is an untold story, each scene unfolding until the final act. But our ending has yet to be written, and I will continue to protect us, until I can not.

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Out of the Dark
By Claire C. Riley

Living and moving only safely by day, mother and daughter set out to keep living day in and day out. How did everything start? Who cares because surviving from the red-eye monsters is the only this thing that matters now.

Couldn't put this book down, Claire C. Riley did an amazing job with Out of the Dark. She always brings out the what if's in me and then, I'm going through my how to survive a zombie apocalypse book. It never fails, she gets me that paranoid while reading her books. Lol

The momma bear emotions of wanting to protect Lilly during this ugly world had my heart aching. The feelings of unconditional love this mother has for her daughter is pure and beautiful.

By the end of this book, you realize what unconditional love means in a world where hardly any love exist.

Saucy Book Reviews gives
Out if the Dark by Claire C. Riley
**** 4 Stars ****
What a fantastic read!!!

Riley delivers a story that is equal parts thrilling and breathtaking. It beautifully illustrates the lengths we go to survive and what it means to love when we've lost everything.

NYT & USA Today bestselling Author A. Meredith Walters

Riley’s ‘Out of the Dark’ holds a special place in my heart. Before I’d devoured it, I’d never read a book that so beautifully and eloquently captured the distressing, aching love a mother holds for her child. It is built into the heart strings of a woman, natural and uncontainable. It goes past biological and into spiritual.

In her most unique and mysterious way, Riley has given us a transcendent picture of love in the midst of a terrifying climate. She has shown us what it means to choose your family, that it is a matter of honor and earning and not a matter of a blood bond and obligation. I am honored to have read this book pre-release and I know it will stick to me like honey, nearly glued onto the fabric of who I am as a human being.

Speculative fiction author - Eli Constant

A beautifully written story that makes you realize that you should always have hope, even in the most desperate of circumstances. It will tug at your heart strings, until by the end, there isn’t a dry eye in the house.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Claire C. Riley is a USA Today and International bestselling author. She is also a bestselling British horror writer and an Amazon top 100 bestseller.

Her work is best described as the modernization of classic, old-school horror. She fuses multi-genre elements to develop storylines that pay homage to cult classics while still feeling fresh and cutting edge. She writes characters that are realistic, and kills them without mercy. Claire lives in the United Kingdom with her husband, three daughters, and one scruffy dog.

Author of:

Odium The Dead Saga Series (3 books),

Odium Origins Series (3 books),

Limerence (The Obsession Series) (2 books),

Thicker than Blood series (2 books),

& Shut Up & Kiss me,

Plus much more.

Contact Links:

www.clairecriley.com

www.facebook.com/ClaireCRileyAuthor

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‘She writes characters that are realistic and then kills them without mercy’ – Eli Constant author of Z-Children, Dead Trees, Mastic and much more.

Out Of Time by Beth Flynn

They thought with his execution it would be all over.
They were wrong.

The leader of one of South Florida's most notorious and brutal motorcycle gangs has been put to death by lethal injection. Days later, his family and friends should have been picking up the pieces, moving on. Instead, they've been catapulted into a world so twisted and dangerous even the most ruthless among them would be stunned to discover the tangled web of deception, not only on the dangerous streets of South Florida but all the way to the top.

In this gripping follow-up novel to Nine Minutes, Out of Time takes readers from the sun-drenched flatlands of 1950's Central Florida's Death Row as we finally learn the gritty backstory of Jason "Grizz" Talbot, the terrifying leader of Satan's Army motorcycle gang, and the secret he spent his life trying to conceal.

Not even Grizz's inner circle knows his full story- they tragedy that enveloped his early life, the surprise discovery that made him the government's most wanted and most feared, and the depths of his love for Ginny, the tenderhearted innocent he'd once abducted and later made his wife.

 Once Grizz obsession and now the mother of his child, Ginny has spent years grieving the man she'd first resisted and then came to love. Now remarried to Tommy, a former member of the gang, the pair have spent more than a decade trying desperately to live a normal existence far from the violent, crime-ridden world they'd once carved out on the edge of the Florida Everglades. For Tommy, especially, the stakes are high. Desperately in love with Ginny for years, he's finally living his dream: married to the woman he never thought he could have. But even with the facade of normalcy- thriving careers, two beautiful children, and a genuinely happy and loving marriage- they can't seem to put the past behind them. Everytime they turn around, another secret is revealed, unraveling the very bonds that hold them together.

And with Grizz finally put to death, now Ginny has learned secrets so dark, so evil she's not even sure she can go on.

Will these secrets tear their love to pieces? And how far will Grizz go to protect what he still considers his, even from beyond the grave?
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Omg where do I start!? Out of Time by Beth Flynn is PHENOMENAL!!!

If you haven't read Nine Minutes, then please do so first. Out of Time is the second installment of the series.

I swear not to give you any spoilers but my emotions are all over the place! Beth did amazing job picking up right after Nine Minutes left off. I have only read a hand full of books that left me this drain in all my blogging years, I mean even the twist have twist in them and the so do the turns!

Let's not forget to mention Beth's AWESOME  job of writing past and present narratives! I'm usually one to hate those but I was so impressed because it flowed so naturally. The character build up was still amazing as in the first book!

Beth Flynn's writing is beyond anything I have ever read. I am truly honored to have found such a wonderful, amazing, and talented author.

Buy this book, you will not regret it!

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                                      Out of Time by Beth Flynn
                                              ***** 5 *****
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Fire Down Below by Debra Anastasia

Dove Glitch is embarrassed about everything above her knees and below her belly button. when she has to fill a delicate, embarrassing prescription the last thing she needs is a sexy-as-hell (and brand spanking new) pharmacist behind the counter. 

Johnson Fitzwell's first day of his dream career also happens to coincide with the exact moment Dove needs her feminine meds filled. His glorious voice is way too loud-as in, he should be counting down the hits with Ryan Seacrest kind of loud. Thanks to Johnson's handsome face and gorgeous jaw line, Dove dives headlong into her walking nightmare and asks for vagina-scented cream. 

How could she not fall for him? Dove's only active goal now is to get Johnson to kiss her right on the lips. Either set. However, his horrible girlfriend is one of many obstacles preventing her from making that fantasy and reality. When Dove defends Johnson in the most unhygienic, unconventional gross way in the middle of a crowded restaurant, their tender, slightly, tantric relationship is of to galloping, farting start.

Each print copy of this book will be dipped in holy water by my mom, and glared by my father as he purses his lips. Neither will help. So, drop your pants and turn to the left and cough. I hope your not allergic to latex, because it's time to fill your prescription. Anally. 
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I think my cookie is still itching after reading this book! Lol All I have to say is if you haven't 1-clicked on this book, then what are you waiting for! This laugh out loud book will have tears falling down your eyes from laughter as well as your legs! Wear some Depends if you have a weak bladder because there is no doubt you will piss your pants!

I can honestly say every page has something so hilarious in it that you can't help but keep turning the pages. From squirrel porn to weirdo Steve, you can't help but see what shenanigans will happen next. It's hard for me even writing this review because reading Fire Down Below is a must read and you have to experience this gut wrenching laughter yourself to understand it. 

Like Duke says, "Sniff it, Live it, Be it!" mark those words! 

I'm keeping this review short and simple. Reading Fire Down Below gave me the farts and sh!#'s. So if you excuse me, I need to go to the bathroom again. 

         Saucy Books 
               gives
    Fire Down Below
                  by 
      Debra Anastasia
         ***** 5 *****
    Red Dirty Smooches

 

Saving Lawson by R.J. Lewis

LOVING LAWSON MUST BE READ FIRST! This is the FIRST and LAST book.

** Book contains SWEARING, VIOLENCE, and SEX. If that is not for you, this content may offend!**

Heath Lawson always prided himself on doing right. It was the reason why he brought Allie Wallace into his life in the first place after she turned to him, pregnant with his brother's baby and with nowhere to go. He didn't expect to fall in love with her, but now that she's his, he's not going to let her go.

However, after the unexpected death of a gang member, the town descends into a chaos as the leader of the Syndicate gang is on avid search for the one responsible. And when Heath begins to take matters into his own hands to protect the ones he loves, he's torn at the double life he leads. The trust he once offered to the one woman that ever loved him is jeopardized as he begins to lose himself in a dark and dangerous world of lies.
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Wow... Holy Moley... R.J. Lewis as me coming down from this emotional high after reading Saving Lawson. I did NOT expect the book to play out how it did! I was worried for awhile on how this was going to play out. Of coarse I should have never even doubted Lewis and her suburb writing skills, she knocked this one out of the park. 

Saving Lawson was way more emotional then the first book, Heath and Allie's characters both grew compared to the first book in Loving Lawson. This book as you all over the place, as soon as you think you have it figure out, abruptly everything changes course and your left with a "Oh Sh#!" moment.  

Saving Lawson was so different than what I thought it was going to be. There is action, drama, violence, and tears and let's not forget to mention Ryder and how I went to not liking him at all in book one to actually having a spot part for him.

The twist and turns in this book are amazing, I seriously don't know how Lewis does it because her endings are always EPIC in each of her books. Talk about a woman with AMAZING talent! This series is a must read, scratch that! ALL her book are a MUST READ!!! I give Saving Lawson by R.J. Lewis 5 plus stars!!!



               Saving Lawson
                        by
                   R.J. Lewis
               ***** 5 *****
                       Red
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Confessions of a Reformed Tom Cat by Daisy Prescott

I, Thomas Clifford Donnely, am a manwhore.
I've been told I'm irresistible to women. Like catnip for a different type of pussy-cat. I guess you could call me a Tom Cat.

This is the story about how I lost my wingman, broke all my own rules, and found myself falling in love.

Tom Donnelly isn't the marrying kind, or the dating kind. Even after losing his #1 wingman to love, he doesn't see the point in relationships. When his sister's best friend returns to Whidbey Island and propositions Donnelly for a one-night stand, he breaks one of his biggest rules- no fooling around with his sisters' friends. It's just sex, nothing more. that's what Tom does and does well.

What happens when "just sex" isn't enough?

Hailey King is more than a match for Tom flirtations. She's known him most of her life and has heard the rumors about his "skills" for years. When her perfectly planned future falls apart, will the last man she should ever fall for turn out to be more than a one-night stand?

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Author Daisy Prescott did it again! I absolutely loved Confessions of a Reformed Tom Cat, it had me smiling, giggling, crying and wanting to go back and reread all her books. I didn't feel the need to dislike Tom and his man whorish ways, the more you got to know him, you just couldn't help but like and fall for his flirty, cocky, and care free personalty.

Tom loves women and sex! He doesn't get the whole falling in love even after his best friend John falls in love. Then enters Hailey, his sister's best friend and throws him in for a loop. Tom starts to slowly fall in love with out even knowing it. This book has a bit of everything. You will enjoy the humor but most of all, you will enjoy Prescott's realistic writing. It had me imaging Whidbey Island in perfect clarity and wanting to take a road trip.

Will he fall in love or stay with is man whorish ways? Read it and find out, this is definitely a MUST READ!

Prescott's writing has always drew me in with her beautiful words but also with her male POV's, she is a master at them! This book is no exception, you will not be disappointed. I give Confessions of a Tom Cat a 5 Star! Bravo Daisy Prescott, BRAVO!!!


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   Confessions of a Reformed Tom Cat
                               by
                       Daisy Prescott
                       ***** 5 *****
                             Red
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Destined For Dreams by Ginna Moran

Seventeen-year-old Nadia Petrov is an outcast in her tight knit community of people with special abilities. Nadia must have invade people's dreams to survive. She sneaks into sleeping victims' rooms, slips into their head, and then turns their dreams into horrifying nightmares.

When a new girl arrives at her compound, Nadia can't resist giving the girl a nightmare. In the dream world, Nadia discovers Hunter Sullivan, a soul trapped in the girls mind. Intrigued by Hunter, Nadia secretly builds a relationship with him in the dream world, and they find solace through each other.

Unable to accept a love fated for dreams, Nadia must risk losing the safety of her community to help Hunter get back to his body before he's lost forever.

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Wow, I didn't know what I got myself into until I started reading it. I love me some paranormal romance but this one was different! It wasn't vampire's, werewolves, ghost, or anything like that. Destined for Dreams was different because it had a unique and interesting story line. Nadia has to survive off of peoples nightmare's, and I loved that she didn't play the damsel in distress, Nadia didn't like doing what she did but she knew there wasn't any other way around it.

Then comes in a new girl and Nadia can't resist giving her a nightmare, but what she finds is Hunter and builds a relationship with him. Their secret love of wanting to be together and wanting to help him embarks on this action pack and paranormal romance. This book is fill with dream worlds and special powers, it kind of reminds me of reading about X-Mex characters. There isn't ever a dull moment with Ginna Moran superb writing skills.

This book is a YA read, but with how it's written you just dive right in to the story line and can't seem to get enough. I totally recommend this book to everyone!  

            I Give 
Destined For Dreams
              by 
      Ginna Moran
      *****5 *****
          STARS

Under the Mistletoe by M.C. Cerny

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Monroe Matches is throwing the hottest holiday mixer for all the sexy singles in Miami. We've got the mistletoe, come and meet your holiday match...

Carla Monroe has been matching couples for decades. If there's one match she hasn't gotten right, it's her son Phineas. No woman has sparked his interest, no matter how many of her top contenders she's secretly paraded in his path, both in and out of the office.

Luckily for Carla, Maxine Mackenzie has finally come back to Miami. Once she pairs her grumpy marketing director son with the free-spirited party planner, sparks fly. Thanking a cue from her Shaman, Carla hightails out of town to let the two people who need a match the most, fall... under the mistletoe.

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Under the Mistletoe was a very short festive read. I enjoyed every character and loved that they had known each other, that they had a past.

*Carla Monroe- The matchmaking mother

*Phineas Monroe- The Uncommitted Ladies Man

*Priscilla Monroe- The Crazy Driving Crude Talking Sister

*Maxine Mackenzie- The Party Planner


Carla Monroe wants her son to be happy and find love, so she comes up with a plan to bring Phineas and Maxine together.

While Carla ask Maxine to come down to Miami to help organize a Christmas mixer for all their clientele, Maxine jumps at the chance to get away from California. She stays with her childhood best friend Priscilla Monroe, and is ready for what this change will bring her.

What she didn't expect was to bump into Phineas that first day and still have those childhood feeling for him. As for Phineas, he fondly remembers Maxine and how she would follow him around. There was always something about her that wormed her way into his thoughts.

As the story proceeds, you can see how Priscilla plays her match making part to also match them up together. I found Priscilla to be hilarious with her crude talking and crazy driving! I would love there to be a second book on her, I can only imagine the things she would say and do.

As Phineas and Maxine take this step to see where things head, you can't help but to love where this story takes you. I found Under The Mistletoe to be a cute and funny read, definitely one of my favorite short reads!

I Give 
Under The Mistletoe
by M.C. Cerny
**** 4 ****
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Thicker Than Blood by Madeline Sheehan & Claire C. Riley

                              A True Friendship Never Dies.

Leisel and Evelyn lost everything. Husbands. Families. Friends. Lives that made sense. All they had left was each other, and a friendship that could withstand anything...

Even an apocalypse.

Until one faithful night, the marginal safety they'd come to rely on comes to a vicious and brutal end. With help of Alex and Jami, both unlikely allies, Leisel and Evelyn are able to escape their shattered sanctuary only to find themselves face-to-face with a much altered, much crueler life where they have to find the way and the will to stay alive in a world they no longer recognize.

Traveling across a broken and infection-ridden country; the road-weary group are pitted against endless violence, improbable circumstances, and the ultimate loss.
Everything comes at a price-especially safety, the cost of which could very well strip them of the one thing they've tried so hard to cling to: their humanity.

Yet along with all the trials they're forced to endure, there's also hope in the form of love. Having loved Leisel from afar, Alex attempts to put the pieces of her fractured heart back together.

But in such a savage world, is there room for love?

In a place of nightmares-made-reality, where the living should be feared far more than the dead, an unbreakable friendship and a love amongst all odds can mean the difference between life and death.

There are friends...

And then there are Leisel and Evelyn.

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Madeline Sheehan and Claire C. Riley out did themselves! I don't even know how they hell am I going to review this book without giving away everything!

First off, don't let my blog name fool you, I'm a hardcore zombie apocalypse reading chick! Lol This book is nail biting, adrenaline rushing, and will have your heart feeling like you just ran a marathon.

I've read my fair shares of zombie apocalypse books and this one is high up there in the scale of 10! I mean, right in the beginning you can feel how the world has changed and gone to hell. The writing is superb and even the realism of reading it has you peeking out your window to make sure there are no zombies.

Madeline and Claire throw you in without warning and the action pack starts right away leaving you thinking "WTF just happened?" and it doesn't stop there, it keeps going and going. Evelyn and Leisel leave one hell for another and in the midst, their relationships tugs at your heart because you feel how strong it is. Everything they have suffered has you wondering when will they break, and eventually they do but they have each other through it all. Their friendship truly is thicker than blood.

The characters are unforgettable, you want to know all their stories. Thicker Than Blood sucks you in and leaves you drained.

How do you go on and even think about living when you have no one left? Read it and find out.

The epilogue was beautifully written and it will leave you in tears.

I can't say enough to any and everyone who loves these types of genres should read Thicker Than Blood. The action pack but heart felt book will leaving you wanting for more. I feel like this review doesn't even convey how I feel about it! They did an amazing job balancing out with the action pack scenes but also the emotional parts. Wow is all I can say, it blew my mind.

I cried in the beginning.

I cried in the middle.

I cried in the end. Oh man did I cry at the end!

I cried because we all know with zombie apocalypse books there can never really truly be a happy ending.


I Give
Thicker Than Blood
by Madeline Sheehan & Claire C. Riley
***** 5 *****
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Reviewed by Charity

*ARC provided by authors in exchange for honest review*

Finding Laila by TK Rapp

Joey, Cole, Haden, and Braxton have been a constant in my life since I was five, and I have loved being one of the guys.

I've been a cheerleader.

I've been a study partner.

I've been a listener.

When we're young, we don't realize the profound impact certain people will have on our lives. I had no idea twelve years ago I'd meet four boys who would turn out to be my best friends, my soul mates - my barmy.

Now school is almost done, our last summer together is drawing closer, and I'm trying to hold on to what we have while I still can. After this, we'll have to say goodbye to each other as our choices will take our lives in different direction. But I don't know if our friendship can survive once secrets and surprises begin revealing themselves to us at every turn.

when it's all said and done, will our friendships remain unbreakable? Or will our once strong bond prove to be weaker than we anticipated?

Letting go is harder than I thought, but some changes are necessary.

And finding Laila...finding myself...maybe the greatest journey of all.

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Wow, what can I say to make y'all buy TK Rapp's book?

First off, I'm not going to giveaway anything about the book away, all I'm going to do is explain how Finding Laila made me feel.

I know the exact moment I was going to love this book, and that was at 2%. It was a magnificent read! I would would catch myself reminiscing about my own high school experience, and every emotion I had was bitter sweet. Laila was the type of character I would have loved being friends with in high school, and let's say there was a few parts I was jealous at her because of the friendship she had with Joey, Cole, Haden, and Braxon. Lol

Author TK Rapp made me feel like one of the guys, reminded me about young love, true friendships, and heartache. You can't help but get sucked into the story and want to be part of it. Once you read Finding Laila you will fall in love with it, there is no doubt that you will!

My feeling were all over the place.
I was happy, excited, nervous, upset, sad, and devastated. Oh boy, when I say devastated I mean bawling my eyes out and having my hubby bring me comfort food while blowing my nose and not wanting to leave my bed. I highly recommend y'all having tissue on hand.

Would I read this book all over again? Yes, I most definitely would!

Did Author TK Rapp catch me by surprise? Yes, she did!

This book is a MAGNIFICENT READ!!!

                               I Give 
                         Finding Laila 
                                  by 
                             TK Rapp
                         ***** 5 *****
                       BIG SMOOCHES  

    

Release Day Blitz of Work of Art by Ruth Clampett

In a life driven by passion, famed artist Maxfield Caswell lives in a world of brilliant color and drama, pushing his art and affairs to his emotional edge. He’s stunning, charismatic and celebrated in the art world, but are the trappings of fame also destroying him? For years intelligent and bright-eyed Ava Jacobs has worked diligently toward a career in the art world. Ava is swept off her feet when she meets the passionate artist. She soon realizes, however, that he’s on a destructive path—one she doesn’t intend to join him on. In the decadent world of patrons, art groupies, and predators, feisty and beautiful Ava knocks Max off his pedestal. A stunned Max sees something special in Ava and offers her an opportunity she can’t refuse. As their lives and passions collide, will he realize that she alone has the power to heal him? Can their hearts come together to create their own work of art?     http://youtu.be/1GUlqCWyFfk

Excerpt #1

He takes a step back and pushes his sleeves up his sculpted arms. My eyes wander up from his bare feet, over his worn jeans, his broad shoulders and handsome face. He’s over six feet of masculine perfection and distracting in every way. A breeze from the ocean hits him, and he turns his face sideways. The sinking sun backlights his perfect silhouette. This view of him engulfs me. I feel doused in flames and what I want at this very moment has nothing to do with writing. I’m burning for him. I desperately desire to be up on that deck wrapped around Max with the ocean breeze at my back. I don’t want to be his savior nor his biographer, I just want to consume him, and I hate myself…knowing that doesn’t make me any better than his art groupies. "Okay, I’ll go to the bookstore!" I say, exasperated. Max smiles happily and offers a wave as he backs away from the car. He thinks he’s won, but this game hasn’t even begun.

Excerpt #2

We’re a wall of passion, and all the longing and unfulfilled desire now burns brightly between us. It’s overwhelming and stronger than I could’ve imagined… From this moment on, I’ll never trust my instincts because I completely Underestimated this man’s attraction to me. I’ve never felt so desirable, so beautiful…so completely wanted in a man’s eyes. I moan as the room spins, and I try to make sense of what’s happening as I come undone. The room is hazy with the softest highlights and shadows. I wonder if this is a dream. There’s only one way to know for sure. I take a deep breath, take a step to the side, straighten my shirt and slowly turn to face him…   links   Ruth Clampett, daughter of legendary animation director, Bob Clampett, has spent a lifetime surrounded by art and animation. A graduate of Art Center College of Design, her careers have included graphic design, photography, VP of Design for WB Stores and teaching photography at UCLA. She now runs her own studio as the fine art publisher for Warner Bros. where she’s had the opportunity to know and work with many of the greatest artists in the world of animation and comics. The Work of Art Trilogy is Ruth’s third publishing endeavor, following Animate Me and Mr. 365. She lives in Los Angeles and is heavily supervised by her teenage daughter, lovingly referred to as Snarky, who loves art and visiting museums as much as her mom.

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Title: Entwined (The Life of Anna, Part 2)

Author: Marissa Honeycutt

Genre: Very Dark Paranormal Erotica

Publication Date: October 29, 2014

Tour Host: Dreams Come True Promotions

Anna has two masters, one she hardly knows, but who makes her feel safe, the other she's known all her life and says he needs her.
Alex wants her to be free.
Devin demands her obedience.
As Anna takes her first steps into the world, into love, into friendship, she wonders if she will ever understand either of them.


There is a subculture within our own world that you’ve only heard whispers of. The conspiracy theorists wish they knew Anna’s story. What the conspiracy theorists think they know is only put out there to keep them from the real story.


***NOTE***
This is not a stand-alone novel. This is the second of five novels that tell Anna’s story.


***WARNING***
This book is for grown-ups. This book is not for people who are easily offended, get nightmares easily, or have difficulty reading books about tough subjects. I do not glorify bad things, but bad things do happen to my poor characters. This is not your typical love story. My heroine does not fall in love and live happily ever after...at least not like the typical heroine. There is a happily ever after, but it is a long, painful journey to that end.
Anna’s story is told in five, novel-length books.
This book will likely offend you. This book might make you cry; it might make you throw up. It is a dark book. As my friend, Heidi, said, “It’s dark. It gets darker. It gets even darker, and then it gets even more darker. And then, just when you think it can’t get any darker, it does.”
But, don’t worry. I take you to the deep end gradually. ;)
There are many sexual situations in this series of books. People die. People get hurt. Things aren’t always truly the way they appear to be. The antagonist isn’t just a bad guy; he’s EVIL. My heroine’s worldview is skewed; things that may appall you are perfectly normal to her.
Any violence in this book is non-gratuitous and crucial to the plot and character development.
Do not read this if you are under the age of consent in your country. Do not get angry if the subject or actual book upsets you. If you're reading this, you've been warned.

***Disclaimer***
This book series is about a sex slave. Therefore, there is sex in it. Lots of sex (though I took a bunch out. lol). Other disclaimers: Physical abuse, emotional abuse, physical torture, sexual torture, rape, death, violence, violent rape, gang rape, anal sex, regular sex, violent sex, violent anal sex, sex with non-sexual objects, sex with sexual objects, m/f, m/m, f/f, m/f/m, orgies, bloody scenes, disturbing scenes, scenes that might make you throw up or cry, scenes that make my characters throw up and cry, mindfucks, cursing, drug use, multiple snuff scenes, disturbing rituals, manipulation, brain-washing, people in disturbing situations (duh!), imperfect heroes and evil antagonists doing evil things.

Enslaved: The Life of Anna, Part 1

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Marissa's story of Anna began with a dream about being kidnapped with Adam Savage from Mythbusters (Yes, really). Over the next year and a half, it morphed into the story you will be reading soon. She has several other stories in progress, one of which is based on her kidnapped dream.

When she's not writing or editing, Marissa is taking care of two young boys, training to be an astronaut, running her household, wrestling with gorillas, playing around on Facebook, promoting whirled peas, and busting her tush for her accounting degree. She enjoys chocolate, air conditioning in the desert's summer heat, really good strawberry margaritas, sleeping, and shopping.

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Reignite by J.M. Darhower

The moment the short-lived apocalypse came to an end, life returned to normal. Mortals continued on with their obvious existences while the earth healed and flowers again bloomed, the devastation instantly wiped away. It was as if it has never happened.

But it did.

Luce knows. He's cursed to remember every moment, forced to live with everything he has done. Suddenly finding himself out of confinement, he's faced with a decision: where to call "home". Free will turns out not to be the freedom he expects when the only thing he wants doesn't know he exists.

Serah woke up with no memory of where she came from or who she was before that moment. Struggling to adapt to the world as a mortal, she's haunted by a set of bright blue eyes that always seem to be watching her. She can't shake the feeling that he could be her salvation... if only she can remember him before it's to late.

Lucifer didn't didn't fall from Grace alone. He's not the only angel with a grudge, nor is he the only one fascinated by his beautiful mortal.

The road to Hell is paved with good intentions...

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I really didn't take to well on the first book, but after reading the second book I was more drawn into it. The way everything played out was perfect and I loved the ending. I really thought it was going to end differently. The point of views changing this time around didn't bother me as much has it did in the last book, maybe because I really was wondering where J.M. Darhower was going to take this story.

To say this was a different read is a understatement, I've read plenty of paranormal romances but this one was different in the way the author makes the bad guy into a good guy, but it's not just the bad guy but which bad guy she turns good.

This book isn't a stand alone, you have to read Extinguish before jumping into this one. Having said that, I really did enjoy reading this book. I really do recommend reading both books because the ending of Reignite is well worth it. It's a beautiful ending.

             I give 
Reignite by J.M. Darhower
          *** 3 ***
  BIG RED SMOOCHES

Extinguish by J.M. Darhower

One... Two... Three... Four... I Declare War

Serah always believed the world around her was perfect. As a Power, one of the warrior angels, she has spent her existence defending the innocent from evil. After tragedy strikes, tearing Serah's brother from her life, she's given the task of stopping the approaching apocalypes before it's too late.

One one thing, though: she has to venture to Hell to do it.

Lucifer- or Luce, as her prefers to be called- has been biding his time in Hell, longing for revenge against those who oh-so-easily cast him into the pit. When the heavenly beauty shows up at his gate, he's just as captivated by her persence as she becomes of him. The attraction between them is palpable, and Serah's willpower slowly slips. How can this charming creature, this scarred Archangel, be the one annihilating the world she so loves?

As the war wages on, the world entwined in chaos, Serah starts questioning everything she ever knew. When the light and dark, hot and cold, finally collide, she has to make a choice- a choice that sets her world on fire, black and white exploding into colorful frames.

Serah has questions. She wants answers. Luce just wants to play a game.

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I love reading anything paranormal so I jumped at the chance to read Extinguish by J.M. Darhower but the more I read I couldn't really connect with this book. Don't get me wrong, there was some parts I liked but for the most part this book didn't do it for me, I tried but there was to much switching in past and present and not to mention people's point of views. It was an okay read but it just didn't grab my attention, now just because it wasn't my cup of tea doesn't mean it's not yours, everyone has different opinions and this was just mine. I'm still a huge fan of J.M. Darhower and I'm still looking forward to her future books.


I give Extinguish by J.M. Darhower
                  ** 2 **
             SMOOCHES

Uncivilized by Sawyer Bennett

Putting a woman on her knees before me is what really makes my cock hard. I fuck with dominate force and absolute control. I demand complete surrender from my conquest.

Savage man, loner, warrior... I am dangerous at my core. I have lived amidst the untamed wild of the rainforest, in a society that reveres me and where every woman falls before me in subjugation.

Now I've been discovered. Forced to return to a world that I have forgotten about and a culture that is only vaguely familiar to my senses.

Dr. Moira Reed is an anthropologist who has been hired to help me transition back to modern society. It's her jog to smooth away her rough edges... to teach me how to navigate properly through this new life of mine. She wants to tame me.

She'll never win.

I am wild, free and raw, and the only thing I want from the beautiful Moira Reed is to fuck her into submission.

She wants it, I am certain. I will give it to her soon.

Yes. very soon, I will become the teacher and she will become my student. And when I am finished showing her body pleasure like no other, she'll know what it feels like to be claimed by an uncivilized man.

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Since I saw the cover reveal for Uncivilized I was dead set on reading this book! I didn't know what to expect but all I can say is the cover drew me in and the story line wowed me. I could stare at the cover for hours if I didn't have a life, and OMG the freaking teasers Sawyer Bennett would release had me rereading it over and over again because they were that HOT!

This book was just different and not your typical smut or romance story. Zach the uncivilized man who lived in the jungle with the Caraican Indian Tribe since he was boy, Moria the anthropologist, hired to bring him home to help him transition him back to modern society. I felt for Zach because at one point he was so lost as to where he belonged.

The intense raw sex scenes Sawyer Bennett wrote were OMG and I was sweating bullets for crying out loud!!! Every sex scene was more raw than the one before but you couldn't help loving the whole story.

Zach was so intense and when learning anything he wasn't shy about bringing it up to Moria. And poor Moria trying to be professional about answering him, and at one point I was covering my face embarrassment for her. Lol

Sawyer did an amazing job in pulling me into the book and the only time I stopped reading was to sleep!

I loved everything about this book! Sawyer Bennett did an awesome job and I totally recommend Uncivilized to everyone!



     I Give Uncivilized by Sawyer Bennett
                     ***** 5 *****
               BIG RED SMOOCHES

Progress by Amy Queau

He is exactly what she needs. But how far into his mind is she willing to go?

Jesse has a curious attraction to Charlene, a hostess at the restaurant where he works. Outwardly he's rude, awkward and unapproachable. But his sudden burst of charm are inescapable. A devastating childhood filled with physical and emotional abuse have left him complex and frigid.

Charlene, an innocent, is quickly mystified. Her craving for him generates an infatuation and a purpose. Losing weight and gaining confidence, she begins taking more risk. She defies her past, damaged and tender, in order to move ahead.

"Progress" is a realistic tale of two friends who both have similar issues that make them hesitant to get close to anyone. Jesse's demons have manifested into an emotional detachment, and Charlene's a physical one.

If nobody makes the first mover then nobody gets hurt.

Is love just an obsession when there's nowhere left to run? Their journeys take them down parallel paths which leave them just as emotionally unmatched and conflicted as the day they met.

As the story progresses the viewpoints change, giving the reader an insight to the character's thoughts and feelings. "Progress" falls within the parameters of Women's Commercial Fiction, Chick Lit, and Psychological Fiction.
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My emotions were all over the place while reading this book, Progress is very well written and the characters were very well developed, while reading this book I started thinking of my time in school and how it effected me in the future but also made the person I am today.

I loved Charlie right off the bat, she was someone I could have been friends with in school. I could completely relate to her. Jesse was a straight up douchebag but once you started to read more of his point of view and the struggle with his emotions and thoughts, you can't help look pass that and want to help him.

There's no rush when it comes to this book, it's very well paced. What I loved most of all was every feeling and outcome was very realistic and that's what drew me into the story. I honestly didn't like Jesse until I started reading his point of view and it floored me, between Charlie discovering herself and blossoming has a woman and then with Jesse's mental illness with needing her but pushing Charlie away by mocking her had my feelings all over the place. Progress gave me a better understanding on this illness, and it's apparent the author did her homework to write a book like this.

I can't wait to continue on to the second book to see where Jesse and Charlie end up.

Amy Queau did an amazing job on this book! This story line is one I'll never forget.

I Give Amy Queau
  ***** 5 *****
        STARS

Torture to Her Soul by J.M. Darhower

Synopsis

Don't say it unless you mean it...

It's a simple concept, one I've said time and time again, but something people don't seem to comprehend. You should choose every syllable carefully, because you never know when somebody will hold you to your word.

Somebody like me.

I'm not a good man. I'm not. I know. I have enough darkness inside of me to rid the world of every stitch of light. But there is one that I could never harm, one light I couldn't bring myself to snuff out.

Karissa.

She thinks I'm a monster, and maybe I am. I taunt her with my touch, get a thrill out of torturing her soul. But I'm not the only one. The world is full of monsters, and I'm not the most dangerous one out there.

Not even close...

God help me, I love her.

I do.

And God help anyone who tries to take her from me.
                                       
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J.M. Darhower did it again! Torture to Her Soul is the continuation of Monster in His Eyes, and Ignazio Vitale is my new book boyfriend!!!

While reading this book I couldn't help but fall more for Naz and you get a better understanding of why he is the way he is, and better yet his love for Karissa. The way he thinks about Karissa has me swooning!

"If I were hard pressed to explain why I fell I love with her, that would be my answer. Because she's beautiful. And I don't mean it in a superficial way. You're not going to find her on the the cover of a magazine. She's more the kind you find at a museum, on a painting or in a piece of literature. Her beauty is in her soul." ~Naz

Karissa isn't easy to forgive Naz and she knows what he is capable of because she seen him and by him, she means the monster inside of him. This book is all in Naz's POV and you get that understanding of the darkness in his soul but you also see the dim light that appears because of Karissa. She is the only thing in his life that means more to him. But his hunger for revenge is always there and the in the end he might lose Karissa because of it.

This book will suck you in and have you on the edge of your seat and not to mention that HOTT CHAPTER! OMGahhhhhhh Chapter 15 is WOW and I do mean the whole fucking chapter!!! All I have to say is that I read it more than once. Lol ;)

I can't wait what is in store for us in the future because J.M. Darhower's writing is AMAZING and she pulls you in with each story and character.

                                   Saucy Book Reviews Gives
                        Torture in Her Soul by J.M. Darhower
                                              ***** 5 *****

                                       RED SMOOCHES