Reading In My Room (3)
Reading
In My Room
What books am I
reading (or read) in my room this week or what new books have I gotten? This is
a great way to share the books you gotten. Feel free to comment on what books
you’re reading in your room.
[Credit for mailbox sharing goes to The Story Siren]
Brought:
Stripped (Ferro Family) by H.M. Ward {ebook}
The V Card. Virgin. Most of us want to punch that sucker ASAP,
and hide the fact until then, but not Cassie Hale. Three years ago she frickin'
covered hers in glitter and laminated the thing, proudly telling me that she's
waiting for the perfect guy.
So when I see her half naked, tangled together, rolling around
on the floor with another stripper, I'm kind of shocked. Okay, that's an
understatement. I'm enthralled. I have to know what cracked her picture perfect
world and landed her here, and I hope it's something horrible-an event that
broke her the way she broke me. Because, that's who Cassie Hale is--the woman
who stole my heart and crushed it in her hand.
More Than This (More Than This #1) by Jay McLean {ebook}
*Mikayla*
In one night my fairytale ended. Or it may have begun. This is my story of friendship and love, heartbreak and desire, and the strength to show weakness.
*Jake*
One night I met a girl. A sad and broken girl, but one more beautiful than any other. She laughed through her sadness, while I loved through her heartbreak.
*This is our story of a maybe ever after.*
He was right. It made no difference whether it was 6 months or 6 years.
I couldn’t undo what had been done. I couldn’t change the future.
I couldn’t even predict it.
It was one night.
One night when everything changed.
It was so much more than just the betrayal.
It was the Tragedy.
The Deaths.
The Murders.
But it was also that feeling.
The feeling of falling.
In one night my fairytale ended. Or it may have begun. This is my story of friendship and love, heartbreak and desire, and the strength to show weakness.
*Jake*
One night I met a girl. A sad and broken girl, but one more beautiful than any other. She laughed through her sadness, while I loved through her heartbreak.
*This is our story of a maybe ever after.*
He was right. It made no difference whether it was 6 months or 6 years.
I couldn’t undo what had been done. I couldn’t change the future.
I couldn’t even predict it.
It was one night.
One night when everything changed.
It was so much more than just the betrayal.
It was the Tragedy.
The Deaths.
The Murders.
But it was also that feeling.
The feeling of falling.
Finding Olivia (Trace + Olivia #1) by Micalea Smeltzer {ebook}
How far would you go to find yourself?
That’s the question that’s been haunting Olivia Owens for years.
That’s the question that’s been haunting Olivia Owens for years.
All Olivia has ever wanted to do is live and make mistakes, but
her preacher father has made that impossible. She believes that her years at
college will be her ticket into the real world and her chance to be wild and
spontaneous.
But she’s never been able to do it on her own.
But she’s never been able to do it on her own.
At the start of her sophomore year, she only has four things
crossed off her Live List, but that’s all about to change thanks to a chance
encounter with Trace Wentworth. She’s about to learn that there’s more to this
reformed bad boy than just his looks and panty dropping smile.
Trace can’t explain what it is that draws him to Olivia.
All he knows is that he wants to get to know the girl with the sad smile but sparkle in her eyes.
All he knows is that he wants to get to know the girl with the sad smile but sparkle in her eyes.
When she tells him about her list, he knows that this is his
chance to get to know Olivia Owens. Trace is determined to show Olivia that she
can do all the things she’s ever wanted to do. So, he begins to help her cross
things off her list, even the more outlandish requests.
What happens along the way is more than what Olivia or Trace ever expected.
Love, laughs, and a list.
That’s the name of the game when you’re Finding Olivia.
What happens along the way is more than what Olivia or Trace ever expected.
Love, laughs, and a list.
That’s the name of the game when you’re Finding Olivia.
One by Mari Arden {ebook}
Jules Hendricks has had a string of bad "firsts."
Embarrassing first kiss. Traumatic first date. An obsessive first boyfriend she can't understand.
It's taken her years but she's finally able to leave her small town life behind for a new start as a freshmen at UW- Madison. For Jules this chance to be independent and rebuild her life is an opportunity she won't ever let anyone take from her again. She's determined to make something of herself without a man by her side, in front, behind or anywhere near her.
Reid "Pax" Paxton is the star quarterback for the UW Badgers. His brush with death makes him understand how precious life is, and how important it is to take life by the horns, unafraid. Jules knows he's dangerous for her. Dark hair. Smoldering eyes. Killer smile. That dimple. That body. Those arms. Pax is everything she's trying to run away from, but she can't help coming back for more. Slowly he begins to show a life together can be more than just a dream. It can be their reality. The truth about reality is it's not always sunshine and butterflies.
Sometimes it's a wasteland.
Sometimes secrets can't stay buried.
Sometimes your past will find a way to hunt you down.
Embarrassing first kiss. Traumatic first date. An obsessive first boyfriend she can't understand.
It's taken her years but she's finally able to leave her small town life behind for a new start as a freshmen at UW- Madison. For Jules this chance to be independent and rebuild her life is an opportunity she won't ever let anyone take from her again. She's determined to make something of herself without a man by her side, in front, behind or anywhere near her.
Reid "Pax" Paxton is the star quarterback for the UW Badgers. His brush with death makes him understand how precious life is, and how important it is to take life by the horns, unafraid. Jules knows he's dangerous for her. Dark hair. Smoldering eyes. Killer smile. That dimple. That body. Those arms. Pax is everything she's trying to run away from, but she can't help coming back for more. Slowly he begins to show a life together can be more than just a dream. It can be their reality. The truth about reality is it's not always sunshine and butterflies.
Sometimes it's a wasteland.
Sometimes secrets can't stay buried.
Sometimes your past will find a way to hunt you down.
Nick and Lilac by Marian Tee {ebook}
20-year-old Lilac York doesn’t like to talk. She doesn’t like to
exist outside her books, and she certainly does not like to be involved with
the most notorious playboy in uni. But when the gorgeous and arrogant
billionaire Nick Christakos asks her to be his friend, she finds herself saying
yes, no matter what “friend” could mean to a serial bed-hopper like Nick.
There’s just something about him that draws her, something that makes her think
he wouldn’t mind if he learned just how broken she was inside.
Nick Christakos is not used to denying himself. But for the sometimes-aloof, sometimes-naïve Lilac he strives to make an exception, doing his best to keep his hands off her even though just one blink of her doll-like eyes has him on fire. With Lilac, he’s not afraid to show the ugliness in him. When she looks at him, Nick almost believes there’s still hope for him to be the man that he used to be.
When another man threatens to take Lilac away, Nick is desperate and selfish enough to pretend he’s fallen in love with Lilac…even though his heart still belongs to the girl who tore him apart.
Nick Christakos is not used to denying himself. But for the sometimes-aloof, sometimes-naïve Lilac he strives to make an exception, doing his best to keep his hands off her even though just one blink of her doll-like eyes has him on fire. With Lilac, he’s not afraid to show the ugliness in him. When she looks at him, Nick almost believes there’s still hope for him to be the man that he used to be.
When another man threatens to take Lilac away, Nick is desperate and selfish enough to pretend he’s fallen in love with Lilac…even though his heart still belongs to the girl who tore him apart.
For Review:
3:AM Kisses by Addison Moore {ebook}
Baya Brighton is looking forward to her first year at Whitney
Briggs University, new friends, dorm life, and finally being close to her
brother again. Love is the last thing on the list, but when Baya meets her
brother’s roommate she begins to have thoughts and feelings that make even her
blush.
Bryson
Edwards has a secret he prefers buried in the past and long forgotten. He
prefers loose girls, fast cars, and long nights working at the string of bars
his family owns. When his roommate’s sister shows up on the scene, she’s far
too innocent and sweet for him but he can’t shake Baya out of his mind and
worse, it looks like she’s seeping into his heart as well.
Baya
seems determined to show her brother she’s not a little kid and equally
determined to use Bryson’s body to prove her point. It’s been made pretty clear
that Baya is off limits to Bryson but their undeniable sparks explode into a
whole lot more than just a few 3:AM KISSES.
NetGalley:
Cold Blooded (Jessica McClain #3) by Amanda Carlson {ebook}
On the run, Jessica and Rourke head to the mountains. Several
surprises await them, but in order to save her father they are forced to leave
for New Orleans early.
Arriving on the Vampire Queen's doorstep unexpectedly, and
bringing trouble on their heels, the Sects are thrown into an all out war. The
vicious
skirmish ends up forcing the vamps and Jessica to fight on the same team.
skirmish ends up forcing the vamps and Jessica to fight on the same team.
The Vamp Queen ends up owing Jessica, but what Jessica doesn't
realize is just how soon she'll have to cash it in...
Breaking Nova (Nova #1) by Jessica Sorensen {ebook}
Nova Reed used to have dreams-of becoming a famous drummer, of
marrying her true love. But all of that was taken away in an instant. Now she's
getting by as best she can, though sometimes that means doing things the old
Nova would never do. Things that are slowly eating away at her spirit. Every
day blends into the next . . . until she meets Quinton Carter. His intense,
honey brown eyes instantly draw her in, and he looks just about as broken as
she feels inside.
Quinton once got a second chance at life-but he doesn't want it.
The tattoos on his chest are a constant reminder of what he's done, what he's
lost. He's sworn to never allow happiness into his life . . . but then
beautiful, sweet Nova makes him smile. He knows he's too damaged to get close
to her, yet she's the only one who can make him feel alive again. Quinton will
have to decide: does he deserve to start over? Or should he pay for his past
forever?
Reckless Longing (Reckless #1) by Gina Robinson {ebook}
Ellie Martin hates her beautiful, man-crazy mother. Her mother’s
wild and wanton behavior has left Ellie with a deep longing. To escape. To
belong. To know who her real dad is. To really be loved. Her mother finally
crosses a line that sends Ellie running, escaping to college with one, focused
goal–to find and confront her bio dad, who doesn’t even know she exists. Then
she meets Logan. Hot, charming, and troubled. He turns her world upside down
and puts all her plans in jeopardy.
Logan Walker is hiding a shameful and painful secret. One that
nearly cost him everything. When he meets the beautiful and mysterious Ellie at
a Week of Welcome event, something inside him awakens and he finds himself
drawn to her.
But the attraction they both feel for each other is as delicate
as the web of secrets they each hide behind. And as the truths are revealed,
their reckless longing may not survive the fallout.
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