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BLURB:

My name is Rob Winters, aka, Jackass. Even to my closest friends.

I wasn’t always so arrogant and condescending. It only took one night to change me—one point twenty-seven seconds, to be exact.

When tragedy struck, I promised myself, no matter what, unbreakable chains would lock my heart. If one veers too close or digs too deep, the cruel and mean bastard many hate is unleashed. My plan has succeeded for the past seven years.  I’ve driven away a girlfriend and killed a few friendships along the way.  

Then, just when the chains loosen around my heart, she walks into my life—or worse, the room next door. She strolls into my house with her bouncy brown curls and banging body, slithering herself through the smallest opening and making me crave the one thing I’ve denied myself these past years.

Her smell, her eyes, and her caring nature are everything I’m not worthy of enjoying. How long do I have to struggle with the demons that haunt me every night before the torture ends? Forever, I remind myself, but the links protecting my heart break each time Paige Kensington enters the room. 

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EXCERPT:

I place the package in the microwave and press the button. “I’m a little surprised you’re missing your signature apparel this evening,” Rob comments, and when I swivel around, he’s leaned back in his chair, his fingers strumming along the table. This incredible sexual response comes over me, that he was admiring me going about doing a mundane task. The pleasure brings so much warmth through my veins, I wish he was mine and I could saunter over and straddle his lap. I ache to grind against the hardness I created, as his hands would find my ass.

Instead, I swallow the urge. “Oh, well, laundry day.”

He nods, his eyes moving up my legs. “I’m not sure which one I prefer.”

I laugh. “Really? Pajama pants with absurd expressions are your things?”

“Not usually, but on you they are.” My breathing stops before sputtering back up. Our eyes meet and an unbearable inner excitement flows through me. The more I swim in the blues of his eyes, the more he spins me in his web of magnetism. Just as I’m about to ignore my mind’s resistance, I jolt from the beep of the microwave and quickly spin on my heels. Grabbing the bag, I toss it back and forth in my hands because it’s so hot.

Rob laughs behind me and then the chair legs scrape along the floor and his footsteps thump behind me. “Let me help you.” He relieves the burn in my hands, opening the two corners. Steam rushes out of the bag and I grab a bowl to pour it into. We accomplish the menial job together as a team. He’s about to retreat back to the table, when he stops, leaning forward. “I like that I give you that reaction.” He whispers and I lick my lips out of reflex.

“Keep doing that and I won’t stand a chance in keeping my distance from you.”

“What if I don’t want you to?” The words slip out of my mouth before I can filter them.

“Hmm . . .” He places the bowl on the counter and then nears closer, gripping the counter on either side. “Believe me, Paige, you do.” My heart stammers and the edge of the counter digs into my palm.

Then he backs away and goes back to the table, leaving me mute stricken and frozen in place

AUTHOR BIO:

Michelle moved around the Midwest most of her life, transferring from school to school before settling down in the outskirts of Chicago ten years ago, where she now resides with her husband and two kids.  She developed a love of reading at a young age, which helped lay the foundation for her passion to write.   With the encouragement of her family, she finally sat down and wrote one of the many stories that have been floating around in her head. When she isn’t reading or writing, she can be found playing with her kids, talking to her mom on the phone, or hanging out with her family and friends.  But after chasing around twin preschoolers all day, she always cherishes her relaxation time after putting the kids to bed.

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Krystle's Thoughts - On Dublin Street by Samantha Young

 

On Dublin Street

By: Samantha Young

 

 

 

Blurb-

 

Jocelyn Butler has been hiding from her past for years. But all her secrets are about to be laid bare…

Four years ago, Jocelyn left her tragic past behind in the States and started over in Scotland, burying her grief, ignoring her demons, and forging ahead without attachments. Her solitary life is working well—until she moves into a new apartment on Dublin Street where she meets a man who shakes her carefully guarded world to its core.

Braden Carmichael is used to getting what he wants, and he’s determined to get Jocelyn into his bed. Knowing how skittish she is about entering a relationship, Braden proposes an arrangement that will satisfy their intense attraction without any strings attached.

But after an intrigued Jocelyn accepts, she realizes that Braden won’t be satisfied with just mind-blowing passion. The stubborn Scotsman is intent on truly knowing her… down to the very soul.

 

 

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Ahhhhh I am so in love with this book and author!!! I couldn't put this book down, it's that good.

Samantha Young captured my full attention with describing everything that has happened in poor Jocelyn Butler's life; I couldn't wait to see her have the happy ending she deserved. I really like how it was sort of written thru Joss's eyes, but at the same time it would seem to revert back to her therapy sessions, and then pick right up to what she and her therapist were discussing. Very neat.

What I wouldn't give to live on Dublin Street and to meet a man like Braden Carmichael. *Swoon*

I enjoyed all of the characters and loved how Joss and Ellie got along, she is the sister that she's been missing. Seems ever since the “accident” that ruined Joss's life she's just been living for today, too afraid to get close to anyone since she thinks that she's some sort of bad-luck charm of epic proportions. And who could blame her. She's lost her whole family, followed by her best friend, all while in her teens, and now years later when things are finally balancing out for her, her world falls apart again. Before she knows it, all of the progress that she's made is all for naught and she starts regressing back into her iron box, as she calls it.

But, before her world shatters, let's talk about Braden for a bit..... Ohmigod! Can I just say he was...just amazing, ha! I believe I will add him to my Book-Boyfriend Collection! /Evil laugh..

Braden's a beautiful guy who just so happens to be the brother of Joss's new roommate Ellie. He's rich, smart, charismatic, charming.... The list is endless. I like how he could read Joss like an open book and see thru all of her bullshit – then call her on it. When Joss tells him that she's not going to be in a relationship with him because she has come to really like his sister and her apartment, he seduces her into an arrangement instead. Just sex. I kind of thought the whole time that it was a great ploy to get her to realize for herself that at the end of their 3 month friends-with-benefits gag, she'd want more...and it worked. :)

I raced thru the rest of the book, both not being able to wait and see what happened next between them, and also not wanting it to end. But, alas, I stayed up late on a work night to finish it! There were times when I wanted to physically reach thru the pages and slap some sense into Joss for how crappy she was treading Braden, but then again I could also get where she was coming from.

Very well written and sweet! Can't wait to read more from Ms. Young!!!

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Btw, the scene where Braden was tickling the crap out of Joss and she broke wind..... I LOST IT!!!!!! That was too fun! I clapped my hand to my forehead and felt embarrassed for the poor girl, Lol!!

Krystle's thoughts - Lone Star Woman by Anna Jeffrey

Lone Star Woman (Strayhorn Series #1)
By : Anna Jeffrey


Blurb
Jude Strayhorn, the only child of the vast Circle C Ranch’s CEO, is in constant conflict with her father and grandfather. Her greatest desire is to exert her education and influence on the ranch’s operation, but the two men thwart her at every turn. Giving up, she goes outside the Circle C intending to use her trust fund to buy a small spread from a deceased widow’s estate where she can put her ideas into practice. That is, until she runs headlong into the widow’s heir, Brady Fallon, who has his own plans for the 6-0 Ranch.

Brady Fallon is no stranger to Willard County, though he hasn’t been around since childhood. His inheritance needs a lot of work and he needs money to put it back into shape and revive it as a cattle operation. He hires on as a hand at the Circle C Ranch, a move that leads to unexpected benefits for his future as well as unwanted conflict with his boss’s daughter. Can he set his attraction to her aside for his own good?

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I thoroughly enjoyed this book and all of its characters. Ms. Jeffrey does a great job with the description of the settings and also the emotions that they are projecting.

You've got Jude Strayhorn in her late 20's, living on a cattle ranch with her father and grandfather – whom also have raised her – she's got a soft exterior, but inside she's actually pretty tough. She's been engaged twice, both by the completely wrong man. Her “parents” so to speak, are just trying to do what's right by her and see her married to a man of wealth and start having babies. What they're not seeing though is the bigger picture. What Jude wants. Basically treating her as if she were just a part of the livestock herself, poor Jude.

She's got plans of her own though, to buy a derelict ranch down the road and breed cattle on her own, since she's into the genetics of crossbreeding and doesn't have the freedom to do as she wants on her family's ranch. That plan falls thru when she drives by said ranch and spots a strange truck parked in the driveway. I laughed when she confronted the stranger at the ranch and thought that she's a little firecracker!

So then walks Brady Fallon into her life, an old childhood friend that moved away many years ago to come back and take claim to the 6-0 ranch his aunt left him. The ranch is in terrible shape and will take a lot of back breaking work (and money) to fix up. Seeing that he just moved back into town and needs a job, where else to go but to the Strayhorn Circle-C ranch. Right before he starts working at the ranch though he and Jude spend some time together when she offers to ride out of town (in secret from her family) and help him move his things to his new home. Things between them heat up to N-U-C-L-E-A-R while on this trip!

Now, with Jude knowing good and well not to get mixed up with the hands working the ranch, this is a huge problem.

I love how Jude is an extremely smart woman, but also doesn't know when to put a sock in her mouth, ha! I related to her in that way, lol! Knowing all sorts of sometimes useless knowledge, and then rambling on and on about things to whoever you're trying to impress, all the while after a few minutes you look at them and they're just sitting there staring at you with a deer-in-the-headlights sort of look! Too funny. I would hate growing up like she did, not the way of living or anything, but how she had to go by who her father and grandfather would want her to date. Just because Brady didn't come from money and worked for her father, automatically put him in the do-not-date pile, even though he's everything Jude wants and is perfect for her. I kept waiting for Jude to tell her father exactly what was wrong with the other two men he picked out for her to shut him up!

Like I said I really loved this book and there were a lot of parts where I either cracked up, or threw my hand over my eyes because I was embarrassed for Jude! There are two scenes in particular that I'm talking about; where she was cleaning up the garbage outside that Ginger left and she noticed Brady's pictures.............Hot...and then when started to pack up his things in the bedroom and found a certain box with certain things of an XL size. LOL

 

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Review by Sky: Loving Your Lies by Piper Shelly

 
Loving Your Lies
by Piper Shelly

"But what’s Julian got to do with all of this? About my age, he’s too young to be my mother’s lover. So why doesn’t he leave her side? Ever. He’s different, as in the paranormal kind of different, but he’s sa-woon-worthy gorgeous. He obviously has secrets, but he’s also get-under-my-skin charming. In short, he’s a riddle to me. But he likes me, and that’s scaring the shit out of me. I sure won’t let anyone come too close."

I absolutely cannot spoil what the paranormality of this story is based on, it would SO give away the fun of the endless guessing, “Just who the hell is JULIAN?! THIS BLUE EYED freakin’ beauty who has the touch of magic and hot greatness?!” --as said by me, countless times T_T *fans self*

A hint for some of you who know me, it’s my favorite genre, just put it that way, LOL.

As you can see, I was totally gripped by this story. I was on the edge of my seat with suspense, turning page after page, laughing, snorting even face palming at certain points. Not a slow moment goes by and this story is so strongly written, that there really is nothing for me to complain about—AT ALL—

I have a soft spot for orphaned heroines, always will.  Though not completely orphaned, rather, put in a foster home at a young age by her own mother who chose an abusive boyfriend over her own daughter is, Jona; who to me, was the perfect heroine.

Jona is not full of herself, she knows where she came from. She gets into a LOT of trouble, and she’s got quite the snarky mouth and is always finding herself in the local police department, so much that they know her by NAME! (LOL!) I totally get it though; I don’t blame her for her attitude.  She tries so hard to be tough on the exterior, but inside, she’s just as broken as the next abused/neglected child, but she won’t for one second let that softness show. Much respect.

Funnily enough, she’s made friends with one of the officers. He’s got a good head on his shoulders and tries so hard to keep Jona grounded-- he’s so protective of her, it makes me so happy that I can’t help but smile. I love it, because,  after all the bad stuff she goes through as a child, there’s one person in the world she can fully trust. It’s a completely platonic thing between them, which is nice because ultimately, there is no real love triangle going on, which betters focuses on the story that’s to come later.

Well, the story begins with the one last troubled incident that Jona got herself into and  is the last straw for her, no more free out of trouble cards--  The county judge has put his foot down and has demanded that she put in some time for community service…but in a totally different country… with her mother… in France. *shifty eyes*
Turning to face the crowd in the courtroom, she sees her mother , back in town and is severely ill with not much time left… And a seriously gorgeous, young, blue eyed boy who… ew… cannot stop touching her mother!

As you read on, you’ll begin to question as well, just who is Julian…There’s definitely something strange in the way his touch on your skin melts you into a state of peace and tranquility.

Anyhoo, --trying so hard not to spoil anything, I am already raving enough, this may be the longest review I’ve done LOL—
Jona begins to see that the relationship between her mother and him, is stranger than she could think. What is this old hag doing with someone close to her age?!?!

I love how Julian is just as snarky, he’s sexy in an enigmatic, sleek way that you may be finding yourself even dreaming of him at night.

The romance that builds from here takes time, just like love you would find outside of the fictional world. Jona begins to see that it’s okay to soften, that it’s okay to forgive her mother and let people in. She’s fallen in adoration for the house maids and everyone else, that she even begins to let Julian in… A beautiful friendship is bonded, and then so much more to come between them.

But, my dear friends, this story will explode the closer you get to the ending, SO much more exciting! There was NO way I was going to put this book down!!

  I am such a huge fan of this author now, that I will have to buy every book of hers now, just to be wrapped up in her style of writing for days to come; to be lost in fictional world that feels so real, is truly a pleasure.

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Review by Sky: Just a Little Crush by Tracie Puckett

Just a Little Crush
by Tracie Puckett

Blurb: When a class assignment requires seventeen-year-old Julie to shadow someone on the job, she’s overwhelmed by the decisions she’ll have to make. After all, she has no clue what she wants from life post-graduation. So when her Uncle Charlie, Oakland’s Chief of Police, suggests Julie fulfill her twenty hours of required job shadowing at the local police department, she’s thrilled at his solution. Thinking she’ll spend her days filing paperwork behind a desk, she finds herself quickly agreeing to his proposition. But Julie’s expectations are soon turned upside down when she meets Luke, the young and handsome (albeit somewhat stubborn) officer she’s assigned to shadow on patrol.

With every hour she logs with Luke at the wheel, her feelings stir deeper, and Julie can’t help but wonder if what she’s feeling has developed into more than just a little crush

 

 

 

Looking for a fun, short read for your awesome weekend off from work? I picked this up just while browsing one day, it was a nice little surprise to see how cute of a story it really is.

 

Maybe you, too, will find that this story is easily relatable, so real, that it might even tug at your heartstrings, even if just a little bit! You’ll definitely get some smiles too. This author has an amazing style of writing that will keep you gripped to the story from page one.
Do YOU remember your first crush?
(For Julie, it's a young, suitable police officer who just may inspire her to be greater than she thought she ever could be =) )
Take a read and see where Memory Lane takes you. =)

 

It all begins when, Julie --an orphaned high school student living with her uncle and cousin-- is assigned to shadow a job of her choice for 20 hours for a class assignment. Little did she know, it was all set up by her Uncle Charlie, Chief of Police. Oh the joys of living in a small town and the influence their residents can inflict.

She is not happy about this project one bit, and dreads it for many a reasons. (I so don’t want to spoil it, the emotion that the reader feels when we find out, is so raw, so real I couldn't help but make a little pouty face LOL)

Unexpectedly, she gets more than she bargained for out of the situation; a slight crush on this dashing young officer, but also, later finds out the attachment to him had a certain fated destiny... he too holds a dark grudge. Finally, someone for Julie who knows just what grief is who suffers from the same sort of loss.
It’s sweet how they both sort of help each other cope and that it’s okay to move on from the grief in their hearts that make them a bitter person.

Her uncle is one sly man, he knew exactly what he was doing when he suggested the assignment and paired the two up!

I can't wait to finish the series!

Highly recommended, and great for ALL ages!!

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Krystle's Review : The Christmas Wish (Novella) by Katy Regnery

The Christmas Wish

Katy Regnery

Expected Release - November 1, 2013

 

Blurb

 

Waitress Tess Branson has earned a bad reputation, and the nickname “Fast Tessie,” as result of her poor judgement where men are concerned. She learned from a young age that men – of all ages – were only interested in one thing, which has made Tess distrustful even though she yearns for love.

Lucas Flynn, the short order cook at the restaurant where Tess works, has just been released on parole. After committing a terrible crime and losing someone he loved, he’s trying to get his life back on track. The last thing he needs is to get tangled up with a kind, pretty waitress who has problems of her own.

Tess makes a wish on a star one wintry night, but it's going to take a heap of Christmas magic to help it come true!

 

 

 

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I was asked to read this novella in exchange for an honest review, and I truly adored it!

This is a very sweet novella by Katy Regnery, and if you've read By Proxy, you'll be glad to hear mention of some familiar characters!!

Tess “Tessie” Branson is a waitress at the local diner, who's past has earned her the nickname “Fast Tessie”. She's no stranger to being used and tossed aside by men, and since she's never opened her heart to any of them, that was always okay. Until one night, when Tess has a rough night at work with some customers and their snarky mouths, she heads outside sans jacket to cool off under the stars in the cool mountain air, and is joined by the short-order cook, Lucas.

Lucas has worked there for 4 months since his release from prison, and he's noticed Tess, but hasn't spoken to her. Figuring he has nothing to offer her as an ex-con, why bother? He noticed that she hurried outside without her coat, so he requests to go on break in order to see that she's alright after the mishap with the jerks and take her her coat. At the end of their conversation not only does she notice that he's genuinely being 'nice' to her and maintaining eye contact to her actual eyes, and not her breasts, he asks her to do a pretty off the wall thing. For a tough guy at least =P

Make a wish on a star before you come in,” he said softly, without turning to face her.

“It's Christmastime. It might come true.”

This is Ms. Regnery's second book I've read and once again, I loved it. It made me feel so warm and fuzzy inside, I couldn't help but smile as I read it. Also doesn't hurt that I am a holiday freak and I love Christmas. Might have to make her books yearly reads around that time of year!

 

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Krystle's Thoughts - Severed Colours by Dawna Raver

 
 
                            

Severed Colours

Dawna Raver

Expected Release - 11/18/2013

 

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Book 2 of The Colour Wielders Series is awesome! I love, love, looooved it. The way Ms. Raver writes, you get immersed and can easily lose yourself in her imagination. I love the world building for Severed Colours; as well as book 1, Colour Wielders.

SC picks up right where book one left off, with Arik handing Quinn over to his Bitch of a mother Morgana. Although poor Quinn has no idea what's happening and thinks the love of her life is betraying her, Arik knows his mother is her only chance of survival. Course even though the all-knowing Morgana knows what her son is up to, she still thinks she has the upper-hand...

Boy, was she wrong. (I love what unicorn blood does to her BTW Dawna, LOL, I lost it laughing..)

“After centuries, Morgana Le Fay's beauty was over. She looked like a zombie in search of brains as she held out her arms and grabbed at empty air”

LOL

So any-who, after Quinn goes thru her awakening in the Marbh Chamber constructed by Morgana, she's a changed person. No longer a child with baby-like skin, but now a woman. Her body, hair, and features all go thru a painful change, leaving her a more mature, adult Magykal. What's even better is that she and Arik soul-touch during the process, meaning that they will both be battling each others' emotions in their minds. This was pretty neat to see thru-out the book, I thought. Not sure if I'd want it done to me, but could be handy!

The author throws in a lovely – and crazy – curve ball after Quinn's Awakening, that really shocked the Hell out of me. I just sort of sat there and thought, Omgggggg!!! And I can't tell you!!!!! It leaves Arik desperate and no choice, but to summon the most powerful beings in all the lands. The Triarchia.... Where they have him answer a yes or no question with a no win scenario.

“Can love surrounded by hate, survive, or is the end of an endless knot forever lost? Yes or No?”

After Arik's answered and made his sacrifice, both he and Quinn will have to work extremely hard to get around this obstacle thru-out the rest of the book. Let's just say that I hate The Triarchia, and A lot, and you all will too, ha!

Although Quinn has changed so much from her Awakening, that after The Triarchia are thru with her, she's even more changed than before. She may now seem like a brat, but without her new attitude adjustment the story wouldn't make sense or get to where it needs to be.

“I do care for you. I – You are my everything.” Arik Morgaine

Ms. Raver answers a lot of questions and ties the book up perfectly for the end, all the while, still leaving some things that need to be worked out for book 3. Which I can't wait for!

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Things I loved -

Like I mentioned before, her world building technique and the way she writes her characters. Now I really want to go to the club Ersatz she made up for the book, LOL!

I enjoyed how the author has her characters dress like 'normal human beings', since they are Magykals living in a Magykal Realm, sure it'd be easy to dress them for the time period of beautiful gowns, etc.. But they still wear band t-shirts, jeans, leather jackets, etc... That's great! :)

Since I read an early version of the book, she is making some changes, and one of those changes is hysterical. Where Princess Quinn has her own Royal Guard, she calls them Mutts...In the version I read they were humans, but in the new version, they're going to be actual dogs that walk on 2 legs. Very different, and very cool. !

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Review by Krystle : Wallbanger by Alice Clayton.

Wallbanger
Alice Clayton

Blurb

Caroline Reynolds has a fantastic new apartment in San Francisco, a KitchenAid mixer, and no O (and we’re not talking Oprah here, folks). She has a flourishing design career, an office overlooking the bay, a killer zucchini bread recipe, and no O. She has Clive (the best cat ever), great friends, a great rack, and no O.

Adding insult to O-less, since her move, she has an oversexed neighbor with the loudest late-night wallbanging she’s ever heard. Each moan, spank, and–was that a meow?–punctuates the fact that not only is she losing sleep, she still has, yep, you guessed it, no O.

Enter Simon Parker. (No, really, Simon, please enter.) When the wallbanging threatens to literally bounce her out of bed, Caroline, clad in sexual frustration and a pink baby-doll nightie, confronts her heard-but-never-seen neighbor. Their late-night hallway encounter has, well, mixed results. Ahem. With walls this thin, the tension’s gonna be thick…

In her third novel, Alice Clayton returns to dish her trademark mix of silly and steamy. Banter, barbs, and strutting pussycats, plus the sexiest apple pie ever made, are dunked in a hot tub and set against the gorgeous San Francisco skyline in this hot and hilarious tale of exasperation at first sight.

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Alright, well I walking by the book section at the store and this books cover stood out to me immediately.. I was like a moth to a flame, I had to grab it. Then the books name had me rolling, so by the time I read the blurb on the back and then the first page, it was hook-line-and sinker.. ! I thought, “Omg, I had to have this book!!”

I couldn't put it down, and was actually really sad when it was over. Wallbanger had a million Laugh-Out-Loud moments. It will surely put you in a good mood, and have you laughing about it days after. I was also starved out of my mind for baked goods, since the heroine loved to bake! Also, genius with adding in texting between characters, and the thoughts between themselves! That whole scene when they were on their way back from Tahoe, awesome. Mimi is such an airhead, lol.

MIMI: Ooh! We're stopping! I hope this gas station has bubble gum!

HAHAHAHAHAHA

You have Caroline, a 26 year old young professional working as a Interior Designer who's just moved in to her new apartment with her feline companion, Clive. First night at her new place, she's woken up by some serious sexy times going on next door...then starts the 'wallbangin'.. – Meet Simon, Mr. Wallbanger... I also found it comical that Caroline's “O” has up and disappeared ever since her last sexual encounter, and the pep talks she has with herself about this situation thru-out the book, too funny. So to have an O-less, sex deprived female living next door to Mr. Sex-a-thon... Hahahah, poor girl.

After a few nights of interesting performances by some rather...different types of females (and by interesting/different, I really don't want to spoil the fun for the reader, but I DIED laughing at Simon's ladies of the night and the nicknames Caroline came up with for them!!!) Caroline's had enough and decides to put an end to it all so she can finally get some sleep.

Like it says on the back of the book, with her dressed in a sexy pink baby-doll nightie, (since she's behind on laundry and it's the only thing she has, heh heh) she goes storming out of her apartment, across the hall and nearly bangs his door down.. What appears on the other side of that door is a naked Simon, wrapped in a bed sheet... STILL HARD...

1. lost it, LOL.

After that, it was pretty obvious that they would begin interacting with each other, and I really liked seeing their relationship develop from frenemies, to friends, then playful friends, flirty friends, and finally lovey dovey friends.

I really, really liked Simon's character, but I agreed with Caroline at the beginning and hated him since he was a huge man-whore who seemed to be eaten up with himself. But once you get to know the real him, he's adorable and of course want a man just like him.

“An O has been lost, and I'm a sucker for a challenge.” – Simon

Some parts of the book that I loved were -

When they watched The Exorcist together, lol. What cry-babies!! I fall asleep to this movie, but reading their reactions, that was hysterical. I could picture Caroline hiding under the Afghan blanket, peeping thru the holes haha!

Like I said above, the texting between characters and their thoughts on the way back from their trip to Tahoe.

The whole trip to Span, it sounded like the perfect vacation.. All except the last night for Caroline, but I think Simon made up for that when he came home a day early, hee hee hee...

Caroline's cat Clive was an amazing touch to the book. I have 2 cats myself and just like her, I imagine their little brains functioning exactly like her cat's did. This author actually gave me an idea, when Caroline would hide their treats in various places around the apartment for them to 'hunt', I'm going to have to try that! I also really liked the last segment of this book with it written in Clive's POV. Cute.

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Review by Krystle : By Proxy by Katy Regnery

By Proxy
Katy Regnery

Blurb

A HOLIDAY SURPRISE

Stubbornly small-town Jenny Lindstrom has misgivings when she promises to stand proxy in her best friend’s wedding—misgivings that are fulfilled when tall, handsome Sam Kelley walks into the courthouse an hour late. In order to keep her promise, an afternoon favor turns into a weekend of startling but undeniable attraction, threatening the well-ordered world that keeps her heart at arm’s length from any more pain.

Sam’s plan is to fly to Livingston, Montana, take vows for his favorite cousin, and return to Chicago as quickly as possible. But his plan is turned upside-down when he must spend a weekend with Jenny in Gardiner in order to keep his word. He doesn’t want to fall for the prim, proper schoolteacher whose small-town life seems to him like selling out, but the more time he spends with her, the harder it is to say good-bye.

When city and country come together for Christmas, the unexpected gift is true love.

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Krystle's Thoughts ~

 

 

 

I had won an ARC of 'By Proxy' thru a Giveaway the author had on her blog, and I'm really glad I did. This is one of the sweetest books I've read in a long time. I could tell by the cover, I was going to love it. 'By Proxy' is Katy Regnery's debut novel and to me, she nailed it. I can only hope that if by some chance when I take that big leap and decide to put what's rolling around up in my brain to paper. That I succeed as well as she has.

Now, I actually have never heard of getting married by proxy, and find the whole process very interesting. I love the reasons of why the main characters of the book do it to help their loved ones out since they can't do it themselves due to both of them being in the service. That's very cool. Sure it would be weird, especially if you had to give someone else's vows to a complete stranger like Jenny and Sam, but I guess I'd do it.

The story is set mostly in a one horse town of Gardiner, Montana, where Jenny Lindstrom resides near her 3 burly Swedish brothers and her beloved papa. Her mother fell ill due to Cancer a few years back while Jenny was finishing college up in Great Falls, Montana. Her plans to stay after college in the small city to start a life of her own changes to her going home and being with her mother for her final weeks, then when she passes she decides to stay near her brothers and father. The author does a great job by making Jenny into a selfless, goodhearted, strong woman. A great character, all thru the book. She's someone you would be proud to call your friend, sister, or daughter.

While reading the book, I could have sworn that Ms. Regnery basically wrote the character about me. I identified so much with Jenny, it was unreal. From her love of Christmas and all it has to offer, the passion she has for her family, her love of dogs, and how she'd rather be in a small town than live in a bustling city. Her apartment even sounded like my style with the “Homey/Cozy” feel it had. I really adored Jenny's character. I also liked how she wrote her Hero Sam. Yes, he is an urban dwelling, womanizing, busy guy back in Chicago, but when he arrives in Montana and meets Jenny for the first time.... He leaves the city boy home and arrives the man he truly is. The man who realizes that the life he thought he wanted back in the Chicago, isn't what he wants at all after meeting Jenny.

Throughout the book, Jenny has a lot of revelations about herself, but Sam, also has some revelations; from having spent a lot of his childhood in Montana with family, his feelings for the state are reignited after spending a long weekend there with Jenny. Although Gardiner would be too small and offer no work for what he's both qualified for and accustomed to, there are bigger cities that the state has to offer, and love opens his eyes to this fact.

There are a lot of times that the book had me giggling, but the scene where Jenny makes Sam a crazy breakfast, had me ROLLING!!! I wanted to high five her, that was awesome and very clever. LOL..

I rooted for Jenny and Sam thru the whole book and I love how it ended, I'm sure I had a huge smile on my face! By Proxy is very, very sweet!! From the looks of the epilogue, looks like maybe Erik's story may be next? :)

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The book will be available to purchase September 24th, in the meantime take a look at Katy's blog to learn more about her!

 

http://katyregnery.com/

 



 

What are you currently reading? Any Favorites you like to re-read every year or so ?

We sure hope that everyone is having a great weekend!!

I'm just curious to know if any of you have a favorite book that you like to re-read and what makes them so special to you? Is there a particular book that you like to get out and read at a certain time of year?

I do have some books that I know I will read again, someday. But for right now I'm still working on my current to-read mountain!! I don't think it'll stop growing anytime soon, HA!