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Wednesday, January 28, 2015

review || CAN'T GET ENOUGH ( back-blogging )

When I saw this book on NetGalley, I thought that the author's name & series name/town name were familiar... however, I couldn't put my finger on it.

So when I "Goodreads'd" my review on 11/24 after I finished the book, I was surprised to see CAN'T HOLD BACK -- a novella I had read, but wasn't one hundred percent fond of.

...but that must have been the novela talking because this book? CAN'T GET ENOUGH? Well, it was phenomenal. And I've gotta say? Out of all three covers this one was by far my favorite.

Can't Get Enough by Molly McLain

Publisher: Molly McLain Books, LLC (11/24/2014)

Series: River Bend, book 2

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Source: NetGalley

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My Rating: ★★★★★

When life gives you lemons, find a former Marine with sexy abs to lick the lemonade from...Tony Dunn's panty-snatching bachelor life has been turned upside down--he now has custody of a daughter he didn't even know he fathered. With his focus solely on doing right by his little girl, the last thing he needs is a sexy, totally distracting blonde showing up on his doorstep.

Nicole Hodges is in River Bend temporarily, to handle her grandmother's estate and get the heck out of Dodge before her past catches up with her. Only problem is...she likes the quiet little town more than she expects, and she can't resist overextending herself to help her built-like-a-bad-boy neighbor get his life back on track.

Tony and Nicole have different goals in mind, none of which include a relationship. But what harm could come from a little fun--the naked kind--if they both know the rules up front?

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When I first started to read this book, I was a bit put off by the theme -- babysitter-turned-momma. It's been a bit overdone this year... at least, in the world that I've been reading in. I've read a number of this theme this year.

However, I have to say...

This one was done really well, and I really enjoyed it.

Tony... oh, Tony, where to begin. He's got this single-dad-gig down, but he beats himself up over it.

"So please... don't come knocking on my door telling me I could do better. I already fucking know that. I live with it every goddamn day."

...but really, he's doing the best he can. He took on fatherhood when people didn't expect him to. He's doing well and while he knows there can always be better... Most parents think that. Would he like someone to share the 'burden' with? Sure... but he knows that looking to his nanny (who yes, he admits, is gorgeous and great with his daughter) is wrong.

Eventually, of course, they both give in to the attraction and it's hot -- I mean, c'mon, single good looking dad? Gorgeous girl who is phenomenal with his kid? Of course the whole little-family-in-the-making was going to happen.

All in all, this was a super, super cute story. I liked it so much more than the novella that I read. If I knew that they were attached to one another, I likely would have passed up on this beauty, but oh, the power of ignorance.

This story will make you happy, this story will make you sad... Your heart will break for Tony a few times, and you may just cry... but then again, I'm a crier.

"I know you're not her mother. I know it makes me an ass to even say those words out loud. But I'm tied to a woman I hate for the rest of my life. And the woman I love? She's not sticking around."

Oh, and Molly's little note in her "Note from the Author"? Oooh, Ally and Mark, I'm super excited, especially due to the starting point.

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The last two years has been incredibly rewarding, giving me the opportunity to pick up new-to-me authors, as well as new-to-the-world authors. I have enjoyed supporting publishing houses as well as the indie author, and in doing so, I learned a lot about the marketing aspect of writing a book and selling it as a self-published author.

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GOODREADS updates

Dirty Saint: A Secret Baby Sports Romance by Vesper Vaughn
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This book almost failed to get my attention. Why?

The hero.

He is the exact public person I despise. You know the type -- all biblical with publicized praying and verses all over his public persona. Great. Good for you. Bet you're not like that behind closed doors...

Which is exactly what Esther thinks of him.

Saint and Esther attend the same super religious college. Esther is on the fast track to becoming a nun, and no I do not kid, and Saint, given name Francis, can do just about whatever he wants, because he is the star athlete and the school knows he has connections. What in the world can these two have in common? The actions of their parents.

But where Saint does what his father says, usually, because his father is pushing him toward a pro-football careers, Esther follows her parents (father) because if she didn't... Her life would literally be a living hell.

I really enjoyed these two, once we started to get to know Saint a little bit better. My only drawback with the book would be the last half goes by in super-fast time. While it helped to keep the story moving, I would have liked to see more of that time drawn out so the feelings and emotions of our two characters felt more genuine and real -- rather than simply a two month courting that their lives demanded.

I'm giving the book the full 5 stars because it came out of left-field for me. It was a book that I didn't expect to like, but the author wove it in a way that I fell hard for our characters both as individuals and as a couple. I liked watching Esther grow and find her voice in life, just as I liked watching playboy, always for the chase Saint, settle down and find a person to be terribly protective over. I loved him most in the last two chapters.

*ARC received in exchange for an honest review

Everything by Erin Noelle
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Here's something you may know about me if you've followed my reviews -- I'm an epilogue reader. I will almost always read the epilogue first. Call me a spoilsport or no fun, or whatever but that's how I've been reading books for years. It's no wonder that when I write books, I tend to have the epilogue all figured out before I even start with "Once upon a time...".

That said... I read this epilogue and while I liked it, I just couldn't get past the ages of our characters. Couldn't do it. So I read the beginning. Still... If anything, the age of our characters was even more pronounced. I wasn't sure I was going to be able to read this. You see, I have an issue with "Happily ever after" and the hardly-twenty crowd, let alone an eighteen year old.

But that's my hang-up.

Another thing you may know about me? I will sometimes read a book in what I call a inside-out fashion. I jump all over the place until I find a snippet of story that absolutely grips me. And people -- there are a few of those parts in Everything. So because I found those gripping parts, I put my faith in Erin Noelle, and I started from page one -- and I gave Everett and Belle a chance.

And I'm so glad I did.

Everett and his twin sister have been making music forever -- literally. They're the children of a rockstar; music has always been their life. When their father's group decides to get back together (dad always said he'd go back when the twins were done with school), Mason tells the label -- if you take me, you're taking my kids: thus, giving Everett and Ashlynn the opportunity to take their music to a larger level than they have before.

Along the way, with a local gig, Everett meets Belle -- and so begins their story.

This is a story about growing up. This is a story about following your heart -- be it for a person or a career, or even both. It is about learning to trust the person you are giving your heart to, and about taking the ever-looming jump into unknown feelings. When you put your life, your wants, your desires in someone else's hands, the world opens up -- and it certainly does for Everett and Belle.

The part I most appreciated was that the author made Everett true to his age and situation. Belle was too, yes, but it was Everett and his new lifestyle that had me wanting to see true characterization for. He's a guy; he's a musician; he's new to love. He makes mistakes. And for those mistakes, I truly got on board with this story.

Everett and his Tinker Bell were incredibly cute. I liked that there's a decent time jump at the end, further allowing -- you guessed it -- growth of our characters. I'm excited to watch more of them when (if?) Ashlynn's story comes out.

*ARC received in exchange for an honest review

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