Guest Review for Beautiful Goodbye by Chandin Whitten

Book Blurb:

Gage Tucker and Jenna Reylan have been best friends since their diaper days, they would do anything for each other. 
Gage has a love for football and for Jenna, too bad she doesn't know this. 
Jenna's life was perfect until she started dating Jacob, he destroyed her and Gage was there to pick up the pieces. Jenna vows to herself she would never let another man into her heart. Locking up her emotions Jenna follows Gage to college, leaving her old life behind. But somebody forgot to tell her you can't always runaway to forget, there are somethings you have to face.
Enter Larkin Nayler. Larkin is the sexy as hell bad boy football star, everything Jenna needs to avoid. Too bad for her she is exactly what Larkin wants and he is everything she craves. But Larkin has his own past and secrets that could once again ruin Jenna.
Life for Jenna, Gage, and Larkin gets messy and everything they had planned out for their future gets changed. Can Larkin and Jenna tear down their walls and find love again? Can Gage step back and let Jenna go? Can Jenna finally allow someone other than Gage into her life and be happy again? 

My Guest Heather's Review

This book grabs you from the very first page! You want to know everything about the characters. It takes you on am emotional roller coaster ride!! You will be happy, mad, frustrated and sad. You will definately need tissues. This is a well written love triangle. I actually LOVED both Gage and Larkin. I also hated them both.

Gage has been best friends with Jenna forever. They grew up next door neighbors and he was always there for her.  He has 2 loves: football and Jenna!

Jenna has a devastating past. She meet Jacob when she was 16 and he completely tore her world apart. If it wasn't for Gage she doesn't think she could have survived the devastation. She finds a safe haven in Gage so she follows him to college.

Larkin is the bad boy football star everyone warns Jenna to stay away from (don't they know this just makes us want to get to know them more?). He has a past and doesn't do girlfriends. He is captivated by Jenna the first time they meet.

Will Larkin let his past take Jenna from him? Will Jenna realize the love Gage has for her? Will Jenna let her past destroy any type of LOVE she has for the man of her dreams?

"The past can hurt. You can either run from it or learn from it."

This book was an amazing read! It leaves you wanting to know more about the characters! I give this book 5 stars :) Chandin Witten what an AMAZING job on this book.

Where to purchase Beautiful Goodbye:

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****Special thanks to my friend and guest reviewer Heather.****

Review: Shattered Grace by K Anne Raines

Blurb:

Seventeen-year-old Grace grows up knowing she’s different, but she always attributed it to a mother who didn’t want her, a father who abandoned her, and a curse that sets her apart. Despite those struggles, her grandfather remained her rock and confidant. Her life irrevocably shatters the day her grandfather dies.
The day of his funeral sets off a chain of events, making Grace question everything she’s ever known to be true, and as a result, who she can truly trust. She inherits his house, part of his money, his Guardian, and something that ties them together. Just before Grace’s 18th birthday, she is thrust into a world she couldn’t fathom existed. She’s been destined for greatness, but at what cost? With eyes now open, she must decide to either be Chosen, or watch those around her suffer the consequences.
Torn between the man who’s come to protect her, and the one sent to destroy her, she teeters on the edge of contemplation…
What does it mean for those she loves….and the rest of mankind?

My Take:
I am a sucker for paranormal books. Especially anything that has to do with Angels. 

When asked to review this book and learning what it was about I jumped on the Angel's wings real quick.

I know that for myself sometimes I read a book and start to think ok well this reminds me of this book or that book, so what makes a book so special it stands out? I always ask... well it's the plot. How does it differ form the other books, does it have sustenance to keep me intrigued? 

I know Gabriel is an ArchAngel and in these types of books he is usually always mentioned. 

It's the main and secondary characters in the book that pull you in  and keep you wanting to read more about what happens to them.

For me Grace was a character that I was kind of surprised by. She doesn't know certain things about her past, after her grandfather and only real person she thought truly card for her dies, her life turns into chaos. She seems to handle everything thrown at her with....grace. She just steps up to the plate and takes it all in and learns and grows. I was cheering for her and I adored that she was so compassionate towards her friends. She is selfless and always wanting to make sure they are taken care of.

New things are revealed to her and she must learn to become whom she was destined to be. On the bright side she has a badass HOT guardian Angel that helps to protect her. Quentin <3
I was in awe of this guy. He deeply cares for her throughout the book. I loved reading his POV and how much he cares for her. He made me fall for him so completely.

Then, just to push this story even further the author writes in another incredible guy, Darius. OMG seriously...I have to choose between these two great guys. Well come to find out that Darius has a secret and Quentin knows what that is but can not tell Grace, UGH. 

Next, the author threw in yup you guessed it another hot guy. Zeke although you don't really read to much about him, but you can just sense that his "crush" on Grace is just a bit more. So yes we have a trifecta of guys and one girl they all want to help protect. All the  while she is trying to maintain being a regular high school girl, oh and inheriting millions and a mansion, while also trying to fend off her money hungry family. It's a lot of crap she has to deal with! 

All in all I enjoyed the story, the plot was different as well as throwing in all the guys after her, usually I have two guys I get to choose from. I think for me the only thing missing was more action as she was the "chosen" one. I really wanted to see her tear up people. I am assuming that in the next book she will develop her fighting skills and be super badass! I am well invested in this book series now and believe that Grace can only get better. 

So with all that I gave this book a rating of 

4/5 hearts

                 Author Bio:

K Anne Raines is the author of Shattered Grace, book one in the Fallen from Grace Series. She is a Washington State University graduate and the senior accountant at a local firm in her home town. K Anne’s impassioned but regular commitment to chocolate covered raisins inspires creativity at home...where ever the raisins are, there she is with her laptop. A lover of great sushi and other fine food, K Anne prefers coffee in the morning, the right wine in the evening, and her fireplace at all times. A Northwest native, K Anne Raines is the mother of three, cat lover, avid exerciser, and blanket hogger.

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/KAnneRaines

Goodreads Shattered Grace Book: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16150885-shattered-grace

Goodreads Author Page: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6580110.K_Anne_Raines

Amazon Book Page: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BMI5J2I/ref=tsm_1_fb_lk



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Deliza Rafferty's Hound Dog Blog Tour!!!!

I am a huge fan of Deliza Rafferty! I love the Savannah Rossi Chronicles. They are short, hot, and to the point!! So I am honored to be apart of her Hound Dog Blog Tour. This is the fourth volume in the series. I have read the other three and WHOA NELLY 

Alrighty my peeps here is the cover and an excerpt form the fourth volume of The Savannah Rossi Chronicles...enjoy.....

Excerpt:

You’re about to meet Greg Richter.  Don’t fuck it up, Sav.  Calm down, you’ve got this.

She didn’t have to wait long, because at that moment a door Savannah hadn’t noticed on the other side of the room opened and in walked a very tall, somewhat lanky, swarthy-complected, dark-eyed man in a pale blue denim button-up shirt that was only half tucked in to a rumpled pair of khakis.  His hair was a shock of loose, possibly unwashed curls that fell haphazardly to his unshaven jaw and over his forehead.  On his feet he wore Birkenstocks over grungy white socks.  Overall, he seemed a bit of a mess.  Savannah couldn’t tell if it was apathy or very carefully planned, as she had only seen him on television dressed for awards shows or decently groomed for magazine photo shoots.

He saw Savannah and smiled.  It lit up his entire face and the room.  He came toward her quickly with his hand out.  Savannah scooted off the fat couch a bit gracelessly but managed to get her feet on the floor and grasp his hand without mishap.

“Savannah, I’m Greg.  Thanks for coming.”

OhmyGodohmyGodohmyGodohmyGod!  GregfuckingRichter!  And he doesn’t smell as dirty as he looks…

“Hello, so nice to meet you.  Thank you so much for having me.”

He shook her hand and gestured for her to follow him back to the door in which he entered.  “Thanks, Aimes,” he said offhandedly, not bothering to make eye contact with his assistant.  Savannah glanced at Aimee as she passed in time to see her drop her eyes and murmur dejectedly, “Sure.”

There was no time for empathy, however, because Greg said as he ushered Savannah through the door, “Donald speaks so highly of you.  From what I heard on your website I can see why.  You’ve really got a set of pipes.”

Savannah’s stomach was in utter chaos.  “Well, he gets all the credit.  He’s an amazing teacher.”

“Yeah, well…you have to be born with something special in the first place, to be able to sound like that even after studying with someone as good as Donald.  Good songs, too.  Are they yours?”

Savannah almost fell over just then.  “Uh…wow, thank you, yes.  Mine and my bass player’s, Leif Jensen.  He’s my main writing partner.”  GregfuckingRichter just complimented her songwriting.  She thought she might pee herself.  “Uh-in fact, we’re very influenced by your solo work.  You can really hear it on our second EP.”

Savannah had been following behind Greg through a short wood-paneled hallway lined with more framed memorabilia from his illustrious career as well as what appeared to be some collector’s items that were probably worth a penny or two.  Greg stopped in his tracks and turned to face Savannah after her last sentence.

“Really?”  It was not a question.  “I’m not gonna have to sue you for infringement, am I?”

Terror ripped through Savannah’s heart.  “Oh…oh God…no, it’s not like that --”

Greg started laughing hysterically.  He slapped Savannah’s shoulder.  “I’m just kidding!  Hot damn, I love doing that to people when they tell me I’m an influence.  You should’ve seen your face!”

Instead of relief, Savannah’s first reaction was that of her Italian temper boiling through her veins like lava.  She was not amused, as she didn’t find being humiliated and terrorized by someone she’d known all of thirty seconds to be funny in the least.  What kind of a jerk was she dealing with?

A jerk with a whole lot of pull in your industry and even more money…

Seeing the look of offense on her lovely face and the confusion in her big peridot eyes, Greg quickly began to quiet himself, realizing his mistake.  “Aw man, I’m sorry.  Really, I was just kidding.  Aimes would kick me in the sack for doing that.  I’m such an asshole.” He was still smiling slightly, though he seemed genuinely contrite.

Savannah’s temper had served to remind her who she was -- a confident, skilled professional musician who was certainly not a person who lost her composure around celebrities.  They were just people like her and this one just proved it.  She decided to treat him as her equal, because he was, even if it cost her the job.

Bravely, she steadied her pale green gaze on him and said, “Yes.  At this moment, you are.”

When Greg’s expression went completely flat, it was Savannah’s turn to start laughing, giving back as good as she got.  At first shocked, he started laughing again, too.

“Aha, you, I like,” he said, pointing at her.  “We’re gonna get along just fine.”  He gave her shoulder a friendly squeeze, then turned and started down the hall again.  “Come with me.  We’ll be working in the small studio today.”

Savannah breathed a mental sign of relief and followed him through one of three doors near the end of the hallway.  It led to the engineering room where the recording equipment was housed.  A large window in front of the mixing console revealed the recording booth on the other side, which could easily fit a four piece band with plenty of extra room.  This “small room” was still bigger than most of the recording studios in Hollywood Savannah had been hired to work in.  She wondered what the “big room” must look like.

In the chair at the mixing board with his back to them was presumably the session engineer, who didn’t hear them come in because he had headphones on.  His shining, wavy ash brown hair caressed the base of his sun-kissed neck, which stretched on into muscular shoulders that strained against his white tee shirt.  Savannah’s subconscious sent a twinge of unwelcome familiarity to her stomach.

Greg put his hand on the engineer’s shoulder to get his attention, which blocked Savannah’s view of the man as he turned around in the chair and took his headphones off. 

“Singer’s here, man,” Greg said.

“Oh, great,” came a voice that started turning Savannah’s blood to ice before she even got a look at his face.

Greg turned to Savannah, revealing the engineer, and began, “This is my engineer -”

“Jax,” she interrupted, spitting out the name like a bite of something spoiled.

The smile of greeting that was previously on the engineer’s face disappeared in an instant and the color drained from his cheeks.  “Shit.  Savannah,” was all he could say.

There sat Jax Taylor, Savannah’s first love and the closest thing to a Greek god she had personally ever seen.  It had been years since they’d crossed paths, but still present were his trademark silky cocoa waves that would glint sienna and bronze in certain lighting, a sharply defined jaw line perpetually layered with stubble, a mouth any woman with half a libido would want to gnaw on, a 6’2” chiseled-into-marble frame and not least of all, those eyes -- strikingly pallid, seemingly bottomless irises of indefinable hue.  He was still hot as holy hell.  The problem back then was that he knew it.  Savannah didn’t expect that anything had changed.

Still, even after all this time the mere sight of him set an immediate, rampant fire between her legs.

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A Special note to my followers......because I heart you all so much....

First of all I would really like to apologize for not posting more here on the blog...

I am actually in school as well as trying to be a full time Mom and wife....I think I am finally getting it all under control so I am starting to not feel like this so much....

I don't think I ever really understood all of the things bloggers go through to make their sites be pretty, organized and so well put together. I wish I had all the time in the day to perfect my site *sigh* but alas no Real Life always gets in the way....you know 

"MOM! I need the computer" (because I literally just sat down and take up all their computer time!!)
"WIFE!! the kids and I are hungry" (nobody knows how to use their hands in this family...if I don't cook they starve. Yet they manage when I leave overnight Hmmmm) 

"WIFE! the kids and I need clean clothes" (nobody REALLY needs clean clothes pssshhh)

"MOM! have you found my soccer/baseball/football stuff I need it NOW!!!" (I obviously hide it from them because I find it to be funny! NOT SO MUCH)

Plus I have to write papers and do homework...OH and find time to read! YAY!!! so luckily I sat the family down at the beach this week-end. (I took a couple pics for you)

Told them "look I need you to help with housework....you to cook....you to do laundry....you to take out the trash! And to the kids I said....do everything Dad doesn't do!" So far its working. I don't want to jinx this so fingers-crossed they can manage for longer than 2 weeks. 

While my life gets back into the organized stages where I can actually get some sleep, I have a few friends that have agreed to do some reviews for me! (Thank You to my friends). I will still be doing a majority they will be helping to fill in gaps which I am so thankful for. 

So what was the point of this blog post??? 

Just to let you followers know that I really do appreciate every single one of you! You guys rock! I know I spend time on FB and Twitter and need to post more here. I appreciate the FOLLOWS on FB and Twitter! I love interacting with you all. I love to talk to everyone so that was the point....

I also want to thank other bloggers who have helped me out a lot, when I asked 50 million questions.

Additionally I would like to thank the Authors who have trusted me with their babies and for letting me post exclusives/teasers. I really from the bottom of my heart appreciate all of you! 

XOXO~Sandie BBRs