mignon mykel { reviews }: review || SCANDALOUS 1+2 { release blitz } by Danielle Jamie

Tuesday, February 23, 2016

review || SCANDALOUS 1+2 { release blitz } by Danielle Jamie

Self-Published | January 15, 2016 | Genre
Scandalous, book 1
★★★★1/2

SOURCE: TANTALIZING PROMOTIONS

A HOT new Scandalous serial by New York Times & USA Today bestselling author Danielle Jamie!

She’s the hot new professor.

He’s the star quarterback.

A scandalous new app is about to make their two worlds collide.

What happens when that line is crossed? Because once you step over it—there’s no going back…

Book 1 in the hot new scandalous serial! New book will be released every month.

Scandalous. Forbidden. Seductive. this is a hot new twist on the student/teacher romance!

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Self-Published | February 23, 2016 | Genre
Silver Strands, book 2
★★★★

SOURCE: TANTALIZING PROMOTIONS

A HOT new Scandalous serial by New York Times & USA Today bestselling author Danielle Jamie!

She’s the hot new professor.

He’s the star quarterback.

A scandalous new app is about to make their two worlds collide.

What happens when that line is crossed? Because once you step over it—there’s no going back…

Book 2 in the hot new scandalous serial! New books will be released every month.

Scandalous. Forbidden. Seductive. This is a hot new twist on the student/teacher romance!

amazon

{ add to goodreads } .

{ about danielle jamie } .

New York Times & USA Today Bestselling author who took a chance and wrote her first book in 2013. It was the beginning to a magical journey into the world of a published author with now 14 books available on ebook retailers sites!

Danielle Jamie is a contemporary romance author who loves getting lost in a good book or writing a memorable love story. Her most popular works are her Bestselling Savannah Series, her heart wrenching standalone Tempt my Heart and her steamy new taboo novellas in her Stepbrother Series!

She lives in Upstate NY with her husband, two daughters and son, two dogs Kammie a yellow lab and Blue Paisley her mini Dachshund.

She loves traveling and seeing the world all the while meeting her fans along the way at Author Events.

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{ review } .

I had the opportunity to read both the first and second parts for this release blitz, so my review will reflect both. Of the two, I felt more connected with the first part. Haylee, aka Miss Rose, aka "Phoebe", is the new professor at Ole Miss -- and everyone has the hots for her. Rumor swirls that she's on this sugar daddy/sugar baby/hooker app, and after Nate is assigned to be her assistant his senior year, he wants to play...

So he forks over three grand and finds her profile.

These two...

So, typically the forbidden romance either gives me a sour taste in my mouth, or I find a reason as to why it's ok. Here's the reason why Nate and Haylee are ok -- she's only 5 years his senior. Granted, we all know guys mature slower but... I enjoyed the forbidden aspect in book one, and watching as Haylee battled ethics and desires. When we move into book two, we watch as Nate battles jealousy -- Haylee is set up on a blind date with a man her age, who she actually gets along with. In book two, Haylee battles the fact there's Nate, there's the app, and there's Jaylen...

Danielle Jamie's writing is one that was completely easy to get lost in. It was easy to fly through the pages of these novellas and feel the emotions both Nate and Haylee were experiencing. I question Nate's emotions -- being a meathead jock and all that -- but I feel that there's more beneath the surface to this guy. Haylee has some decisions to make. Obviously, I know what way I'd like her to go, but that's going to be a battle of ethics and morals, with a side of potential career ending for both of them. Time will tell. The question is... how many books is this going to expand over?

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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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