Tuesday, June 16, 2015

review || BYE BYE BABY { baby saga spotlight tour }














Bye-Bye Baby by Airicka Phoenix

Publisher: Self-Published (1/31/2015)
Series: The Baby Saga
Genre: New Adult Romance
Source: InkSlinger PR
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Rating: ★★★★1/2




Love has no expiration.

The morning Beth packed her bags and walked out of Cole’s life was the day he swore the only girl for him would be the six year old who called him daddy. He didn’t have time for love, not between raising his baby girl and trying to figure out what the hell he was going to do with his life. But fate has a funny way of coming around and kicking you when you least expect it. Cole’s new life was no exception.

As a product of a severely broken home, Beth Doan knew better than to ever get married. She’d seen what that commitment did to people and she loved Cole McClain too much to let marriage destroy them. But the minute she boards that bus she knew she was making the biggest mistake of her life. Only maybe she wasn’t, not when she goes running back home to the only man she ever loved and finds him in the arms of another woman.

When an unexpected accident throws them together four years later, the last thing either anticipated was to become responsible for a little person who needs them a whole lot more than they need their bitterness and hurt feelings. Can Cole and Beth forgive and forget long enough to save the life of a child neither one of them predicted falling in love with?

Or are some wounds just too deep to heal?


{ review } .
This series, oh my, this series…

My first look into this baby saga was the latest book, ALWAYS YOUR BABY. While reading other reviews, the general theme was that everyone was so excited to finally see Damon’s book and after reading BYE-BYE BABY, I can see why.

This book belongs to Beth and Cole, two people who have loved one another for years but didn’t trust the ground they were building on and went separate ways. Now, four years later, they get a chance at trying again.

The emotion in this book will grip you. An accident may force Beth and Cole back together, but it’s the underlying emotion between the two that keeps them together. They have to learn to trust one another (and Beth has to learn to not fear certain things), but eventually they get there.

Honestly, part of the reason why I chose this story was the synopsis – immediately you understand that Cole’s been in love with Beth for years and has fought to try and forget her, but she’s always on his mind. The story lived up with it’s expectations. The other reason why I picked it up was because I wanted to catch glimpses of little Damon, and oh my goodness, did I love him then as much as I do ‘now’. As I read the last book first, it was fun to see the adults of “my” world as the children they were in the first two books (gosh, can I say again how much I love that the first two books were the parents and the second two, as well as the next title, belong to their kids?!)

Storylines that could have been awkward were well played out. Relationships that could have been awkward, the same. I very much enjoyed the comradery that this group of people (Lily, Sloan, Cole, Beth) go through – because the Cole-Lily-Sloan thing could have been way awkward, but they make it work.


Still super pumped to read TOBY’s book, but am equally excited to get my hands on the other two books in this series. This is one that can just be devoured!This series, oh my, this series…

My first look into this baby saga was the latest book, ALWAYS YOUR BABY. While reading other reviews, the general theme was that everyone was so excited to finally see Damon’s book and after reading BYE-BYE BABY, I can see why.

This book belongs to Beth and Cole, two people who have loved one another for years but didn’t trust the ground they were building on and went separate ways. Now, four years later, they get a chance at trying again.

The emotion in this book will grip you. An accident may force Beth and Cole back together, but it’s the underlying emotion between the two that keeps them together. They have to learn to trust one another (and Beth has to learn to not fear certain things), but eventually they get there.

Honestly, part of the reason why I chose this story was the synopsis – immediately you understand that Cole’s been in love with Beth for years and has fought to try and forget her, but she’s always on his mind. The story lived up with it’s expectations. The other reason why I picked it up was because I wanted to catch glimpses of little Damon, and oh my goodness, did I love him then as much as I do ‘now’. As I read the last book first, it was fun to see the adults of “my” world as the children they were in the first two books (gosh, can I say again how much I love that the first two books were the parents and the second two, as well as the next title, belong to their kids?!)

Storylines that could have been awkward were well played out. Relationships that could have been awkward, the same. I very much enjoyed the comradery that this group of people (Lily, Sloan, Cole, Beth) go through – because the Cole-Lily-Sloan thing could have been way awkward, but they make it work.

Still super pumped to read TOBY’s book, but am equally excited to get my hands on the other two books in this series. This is one that can just be devoured!

{ other reviews in series } .
ALWAYS YOURS, BABY { review }



THE BABY SAGA by Airicka Phoenix


BOOK SUMMARY:
Two brothers. One impossible choice


From the moment her suspicions are confirmed, Lily knows she’s screwed. What the hell is a nineteen year old with no future going to do with a baby? She can barely take care of herself. She needs help.


In walks Sloan McClain, the only man Lily has ever truly wanted — and the brother of the boy whose baby she’s carrying. While Lily expects a great number of outcomes when she tells Sloan her news, him proposing marriage and asking her to keep the baby is not one of them, especially not when she has every intention of giving the baby a better future by giving it the home she can’t.


Having spent the majority of his life protecting his brother from the bone-breaking fists of their father, Sloan is no stranger to hardship, loss and abandonment. He has learned long ago never to rely on anyone to take care of what was his, and that baby is his. He isn’t about to let Lily give away his family, nor can he allow that child to destroy the future he has built for Cole. His only option: marry the mother and claim the baby as his.


But no secret ever stays hidden forever.
Forever His Baby *Sloan & Lily* (Book 1):
Barnes & Noble: http://goo.gl/Q6GRZB
BOOK SUMMARY:


Love has no expiration.
The morning Beth packed her bags and walked out of Cole’s life was the day he swore the only girl for him would be the six year old who called him daddy. He didn’t have time for love, not between raising his baby girl and trying to figure out what the hell he was going to do with his life. But fate has a funny way of coming around and kicking you when you least expect it. Cole’s new life was no exception.


As a product of a severely broken home, Beth Doan knew better than to ever get married. She’d seen what that commitment did to people and she loved Cole McClain too much to let marriage destroy them. But the minute she boards that bus she knew she was making the biggest mistake of her life. Only maybe she wasn’t, not when she goes running back home to the only man she ever loved and finds him in the arms of another woman.
When an unexpected accident throws them together four years later, the last thing either anticipated was to become responsible for a little person who needs them a whole lot more than they need their bitterness and hurt feelings. Can Cole and Beth forgive and forget long enough to save the life of a child neither one of them predicted falling in love with?
Or are some wounds just too deep to heal?
Bye-Bye Baby *Cole & Beth* (Book 2):
Barnes & Noble: http://goo.gl/CZIFA3
Smashwords: http://goo.gl/M2Dutw




BOOK SUMMARY:


It started with a drink and ended in a night neither will ever forget.
Calla McClain had done a great number of questionable things in her past, getting drunk at a friend's wedding and winding up in bed with the man she loved should have been a dream come true. Only their one night of mind blowing sex wasn't the only mistake she'd made in her intoxicated stupor.
Waking up hitched to the girl he'd been in love with since they were sixteen suited Jared just fine. He was in no hurry to cut those papers up, no matter how hard the new Mrs. Dumont insisted she was no good for him. He wasn't going to let her keep them apart, and he sure as hell wasn't going to let her walk away now that she belonged to him.
But can Jared accept the demons snapping at Calla's heels? Can he convince her they were perfect for each other? And what will happen when they learn that getting married was the least of their problems?
Be My Baby *Calla & Jared* (Book 3):
Barnes & Noble: http://goo.gl/EWpDvs
Smashwords: http://goo.gl/7EU3BW






BOOK BLURB: 


How could someone so pure want filth like him?
Damon Comb was no stranger to pain, hunger, loneliness, and abandonment. Being given a family that would die for one another didn’t erase six years of torture. It didn’t take away the nightmares. She did. She was everything someone like him should never be allowed. She was goodness and strength and she made him human.
How could someone so broken complete her?
Willa McClain had it all, a family that adored each other, the love of an entire town and a future she worked her butt off to get. But all she wanted was the boy with the sad blue eyes and the crooked smile. He was her best friend, her protector and the only one who really understood her.
How could a love like theirs be extinguished?
But nothing ever lasted forever. Damon knew better than anyone how quickly the tides could change. Can he keep his past at bay before it consumes the only light in his dark world? Can he finally tell Willa the truth, or will his fears tear them apart forever?
How could love so strong ever fail?
Always Yours, Baby (Book 4):
Barnes & Noble: http://goo.gl/Q6GRZB




Author Information
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Airicka Phoenix is a romance junkie with an incurable addiction to chocolate. She is also a prolific author of several novels written for young adult and new adult romance addicts who love bad boys, hot kisses and a gritty plot. Airicka prides herself in producing quality material her readers can fall in love with again and again.
When she's not hard at work bleeding words onto paper, Airicka can be found cuddling with her family, reading, watching TV shows, or just finding excuses not to do chores.
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