Cover Reveal: The Problem with Forever by Jennifer L. Armentrout (Forever, #1)

Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout
Title: The Problem with Forever
Series: Forever Series (I'm not sure whether or not it's going to be a series... Just saw that on Goodreads)
Number in the series : 1
Release date: May 17, 2016

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Summary

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For some people, silence is a weapon. For Mallory “Mouse” Dodge, it’s a shield. Growing up, she learned that the best way to survive was to say nothing. And even though it’s been four years since her nightmare ended, she’s beginning to worry that the fear that holds her back will last a lifetime.

Now, after years of homeschooling with loving adoptive parents, Mallory must face a new milestone—spending her senior year at public high school. But of all the terrifying and exhilarating scenarios she’s imagined, there’s one she never dreamed of—that she’d run into Rider Stark, the friend and protector she hasn’t seen since childhood, on her very first day.

It doesn’t take long for Mallory to realize that the connection she shared with Rider never really faded. Yet the deeper their bond grows, the more it becomes apparent that she’s not the only one grappling with the lingering scars from the past. And as she watches Rider’s life spiral out of control, Mallory faces a choice between staying silent and speaking out—for the people she loves, the life she wants, and the truths that need to be heard.

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About the author
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# 1 New York Times and International Bestselling author Jennifer lives in Martinsburg, West Virginia. All the rumors you’ve heard about her state aren’t true. When she’s not hard at work writing. she spends her time reading, watching really bad zombie movies, pretending to write, and hanging out with her husband and her Jack Russell Loki.
Her dreams of becoming an author started in algebra class, where she spent most of her time writing short stories….which explains her dismal grades in math. Jennifer writes young adult paranormal, science fiction, fantasy, and contemporary romance. She is published with Spencer Hill Press, Entangled Teen and Brazen, Disney/Hyperion and Harlequin Teen. Her book Obsidian has been optioned for a major motion picture and her Covenant Series has been optioned for TV. Her young adult romantic suspense novel DON’T LOOK BACK was a 2014 nominated Best in Young Adult Fiction by YALSA.

She also writes Adult and New Adult contemporary and paranormal romance under the name J. Lynn. She is published by Entangled Brazen and HarperCollins.

Jennifer would love to hear from you. If you have questions about any of her books, would like to set up an interview, book signing, etc, please use the email address below. Please check out each book/series individual page for more information about each title and the FAQ section.
For rights information on any of her titles, please contact Kevan Lyon from Marsal Lyon Literary Agency.

If you are requesting an ARC please contact the publisher of that book.

To contact Jennifer directly, please email: jenniferlarmentrout@live.com

Review: Between Us by Jen McLaughlin (Sex on the Beach, #1)

Summary

(from goodreads)

I’m just a girl…

I’m a famous country star who’s spent her life cultivating a good girl persona to avoid bad press, but I’ve reached my limit. I’m going away for spring break with my two best friends from college, and we’ve vowed to spend the vacation seeking out fun in the sun—along with some hot, no-strings-attached sex. The only thing I needed was the perfect guy, and then I met Austin Murphy. He might be totally wrong for me, but the tattooed bad boy is hard to resist. When I’m in his arms, everything just feels right.

And I’m just a guy…

I’m just a bartender who lives in Key West, stuck in an endless cycle of boredom. But then Mackenzie Forbes, America’s Sweetheart herself, comes up to me and looks at me with those bright green eyes…and everything changes. She acts like she’s just a normal girl and I’m just a normal guy, but that couldn’t be further from the truth. My past isn’t pretty, you know. I did what I had to do to survive, and she’d run if she learned the truth about my darkness. But with her, I’m finally realizing what it’s like to be alive. To laugh, live, and be happy.

All good things must come to an end…

Read from: August 17 to August 18, 2015

Read on: Ereader

Review:

So this was really a cute story. It was a quick read and quite entertaining. Was it predictable? Yes. Do we care? No.

I won't lie, when I first started this book, I really thought that Mackenzie would get on my nerves and I was surprised that she didn't. I really liked her personality; she was so full of life. I was also expecting something wilder because of the title, but it wasn't and I was quite happy with it. She wanted some fun, but she didn't need to become the wildest girl to accomplish that. Does it make sense?

Austin... Austin... Austin... Oh he sounds dreamy, but I will admit that I didn't know where to stand with him. I liked him, but sometimes, I felt like he was overthinking things. I understood where he was coming from, but I was like... Go with the flow, man. But when he did let himself go, it was awesome.

Him and Mackenzie had this chemistry that you just want to squeeze them together. It wasn't explosive, but I wanted them together. I felt like they were really good together. They each had something the other needed.

Overall, it was really a cute and sexy story. I liked it from the beginning to the end. It wasn't long, but it was just the perfect length to enjoy a good summer reading.

Thursday: On My Wish List

Author: Jay Crownover
Title: Charged

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Coming out on May 24, 2016

Book 2 in the Saints of Denver series

Summary

(from goodreads)

From the New York Times bestselling author of the Marked Men books comes the second installment in the Saints of Denver series featuring a bad girl and a by the book attorney who could be her salvation...or her ruin.

Avett Walker and Quaid Jackson’s worlds have no reason to collide. Ever. Quaid is a high powered criminal attorney as slick as he is handsome. Avett is a pink-haired troublemaker with a bad attitude and a history of picking the wrong men.

When Avett lands in a sea of hot water because of one terrible mistake, the only person who can get her out of it is the insanely sexy lawyer. The last thing on earth she wants to do is rely on the no-nonsense attorney who thinks of her as nothing more than a nuisance. He literally has her fate in his hands. Yet there is something about him that makes her want to convince him to loosen his tie and have a little fun…with her.

Quaid never takes on clients like the impulsive young woman with a Technicolor dye job. She could stand to learn a hard lesson or two, but something about her guileless hazel eyes intrigues him. Still, he’s determined to keep their relationship strictly business. But doing so is becoming more impossible with each day he spends with her.

As they work side-by-side, they’ll have to figure out a way to get along and keep their hands off each other—because the chemistry between them is beyond charged. 

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About the author

JAY CROWNOVER   Being native Coloradan is a source of pride if you ask Jay.  She loves all the things her home has to offer, and that is why she set her books in this familiar place. Writing about what she knows is why her stories feature plenty of rock and roll and body modification.

Jay has been a bartender since she was in college, spending over forty hours a week watching interactions between men and women.  This 9 to 5 job offered great insights into relationships - how they start and how they evolve in a social setting.

This cutting-edge author likes to write New Adult novels because she remembers being in her early twenties and thinking she had it all figured out, only to be proven wrong time and time again.  When she looks back, she see's that those years defined who she is today, and, good or bad, those decisions ultimately set her current path.

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Book 1 in the Saints of Denver series

Here is a little bit about Built

From the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Marked Men books comes an electrifying new spin-off series,Saints of Denver, featuring all the characters fans have been dying to read about.

Sayer Cole and Zeb Fuller couldn’t be more different. She’s country club and fine-dining, he’s cell-block and sawdust. Sayer spends her days in litigation, while Zeb spends his working with his hands. She’s French silk, he’s all denim and flannel.

Zeb’s wanted the stunning blonde since the moment he laid eyes on her. It doesn't matter how many smooth moves he makes, the reserved lawyer seems determinedly oblivious to his interest—either that or she doesn't return it. Sayer is certain the rough, hard, hot-as-hell Zeb could never want someone as closed off and restrained as she is, which is a shame because something tells her he might be the guy to finally melt her icy exterior.

But just as things start to heat up, Zeb is blindsided by a life altering moment from his past. He needs Sayer’s professional help to right a wrong and to save more than himself. He can’t risk what’s at stake just because his attraction to Sayer feels all consuming. But as these opposites dig in for the fight of their lives, battling together to save a family, the steam created when fire and ice collide can no longer be ignored.

** SEE MY REVIEW HERE **

And don’t miss the previous novella in The Saints of Denver Series!

Summary

(from goodreads)

We all need a hero...let the Saints of Denver begin

Orlando Frederick knows what it is to be leveled by pain. Instead of focusing on his own, he’s made it his mission to help others: sports stars, wounded war vets, survivors of all kinds. But when Dom, a rugged, damaged, sinfully attractive cop, makes his way into Lando’s physical therapy practice, he might be the biggest challenge yet. Lando loved one stubborn man before and barely survived the fallout. He’s not sure he can do it again.

Dominic Voss is a protector. The police badge he wears is not only his job, it’s his identity, so when he’s sidelined because of an injury, the only thing he cares about is getting back on the force. He expects Lando to mend his body, he just doesn’t realize the trainer will also have him working toward a hell of a lot more. As attraction simmers and flares, Dom sees that Lando needs repair of his own...if only the man will let him close enough to mend what's broken.

** SEE MY REVIEW HERE **

About Jay Crownover
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Jay Crownover is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Marked Men and The Point series. Like her characters, she is a big fan of tattoos. She loves music and wishes she could be a rock star, but since she has no aptitude for singing or instrument playing, she'll settle for writing stories with interesting characters that make the reader feel something. She lives in Colorado with her three dogs.

What do you want? Teasers? 

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Okay... Okay... Enough teasers. 

I know what you really want and that is an Excerpt... 

So here it is...

“How come you don’t drive your cool truck during the week?”

Both his eyebrows shot up and I had to wait while he finished chewing to answer me. “My cool truck? The International? I know about a hundred sixteen-year-old boys that would disagree with you about the Jeep not being cool. Especially here in Colorado.”

I shrugged a little and gave up trying to be delicate with the messy sausage. I was sure I had yellow all over my face, but I didn’t care. The thing was delicious. Seattle Sayer had no idea what gloriousness she had been missing. 

“I like the old truck. It’s pretty and it’s so neat to see something like that restored and well loved.”

“I do love it. That’s why I don’t drive it to jobsites. Too many nails and other stuff getting carelessly tossed around. I try and baby her.”

I made a face. “The truck is a her?”

He laughed again and cleanly polished off the rest of his brat. I was amazed he did it all without getting anything in his face fuzz. That was real talent right there, I thought begrudgingly as I continued to make a mess all over myself.

“Sure. She’s classy, elegant, made of study stuff, expensive as hell to keep running and keep pretty. She’s only good to me if I’m good to her, so obviously she’s a girl. 

I rolled my eyes and then wiped my hands on the outside of my pants when I finished off my own dinner. Briefly I thought my dad would be horrified at the action but I shoved that thought down and instead focused on Zeb and only Zeb. “How long did it take you to restore her?”

He shrugged, got to his feet, and moved to pry open the massive bucket of white primer he had been using as a chair. My buddy Wheeler sold the body to me for next to nothing when I got out of prison. We went to high school together and I think he knew I needed something to keep me busy because the only kind of work I could find right after being released was shit work for shit pay. Every week I would give him a few bucks here or there and he would find me a part or a piece of motor and we slowly but surely got her altogether. It was one of the reasons I knew I had to find a long-term way to support myself. Just because I had a record didn’t mean I wasn’t a valuable employee or a hard worker. I got really sick of being treated like a second-class citizen because of one mistake.”

His eyes cut to mine and all I could do was nod in sympathy as he poured the liquid into trays and fished a couple of roller brushes out of a plastic bag. 

“I actually met Rowdy through Wheeler. He had done a bunch of Wheeler’s tattoo work, and when I told Wheeler I wanted something to remind me not to do stupid things that would cost me years of my life again, he recommended Rowdy and the Marked shop. Rowdy was the one that recommended me to the guys that own the tattoo shop when they decided to open and renovate the new location downtown. It all seemed very meant to be, ya know?”

I did know. Everything was tied together with thin threads of fate, and when one loosened or tightened it was surprising how impactful it could be. Kind of like how I had ended up where with Zeb now.

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My Year in Books 2015

First part of this post is the list of the books I read in December 2015.

Ereader/iPhone/Digital copies/Online:

All In by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Thicker than Water by Brigid Kemmerer

Oblivion by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Built by Jay Crownover

Shadow Study by Maria V. Snyder

The One and Only by Jennifer L. Armentrout

The Prophecy of Shadows by Michelle Madow

Unforgiven by Lauren Kate

Physical Copy:

Triple Moon by Melissa de la Cruz

The next part is a recap of my whole year in books. So I had set my goodreads challenge to a 100 books read for 2015 and I exceeded it.

Now, I won't be making a list of all the books I read because that would be a lot of books to add, but I'll just make a quick summary of it all.

My ratings for my 183 books were the following:

- 8 were rated 5 stars

- 2 were rated 4.75 stars

- 37 were rated 4.5 stars

- 5 were rated 4.25

- 91 were rated 4 stars

- 1 was rated 3.8 stars

- 17 were rated 3.75 stars

- 13 were rated 3.5 stars

- 4 were rated 3 stars

- 1 was rated 2.75 stars

- 2 were rated 2.5 stars

- 2 were rated 2 stars

According to Goodreads, the longest book I read was Oblivion by Jennifer L. Armentrout and the shortest would Zeke's Letter to Allie by Julie Kagawa.

Shall we do some Top 5? Yes? Okay, let's do a few:

Top 5 of most read authors

(well, chosen by you know... the number of books I read of them this year lol)

1. Jennifer L. Armentrout - 30 books

2. Abbi Glines - 16 books

3. Jay Crownover - 11 books

4. Cassandra Clare - 11 books (more like novellas)

5. Brigid Kemmerer - 9 books

Top 5 favourite authors read

(chosen among all the books read)

1. Jennifer L. Armentrout

2. Cassandra Clare

3. Jay Crownover

4. Richelle Mead

5. Julie Kagawa

Top 5 new authors

(chosen among the authors I discovered this year)

1. Jay Crownover

2. Abbi Glines

3. Alice Clayton

4. Christina Lauren

5. Brigid Kemmerer

Top 5 series I finished

(chosen among only the book where a series was finished)

1. Lux series by Jennifer L. Armentrout

2. Marked Men by Jay Crownover

3. Sweet Evil by Wendy Higgins

4. Bloodlines by Richelle Mead

5. Elementals by Brigid Kemmerer

Top 5 Book Boyfriends

(chosen among all the books I read in 2015)

1. Deamon Black (Lux series)

2. Adrian Ivashkov (Bloodlines series)

3. Kaidan Rowe (The Sweet Evil Trilogy)

4. Zeb Fuller (Saints of Denver series)

5. Seth Diodoros (Titan trilogy)

Top 5 favourite books

(chosen from the 5 stars rated books)

1. Oblivion - Jennifer L. Armentrout

2. The Ruby Circle by Richelle Mead

3. Sweet Temptation by Wendy Higgins

4. Take Me On by Katie McGarry

5. Better When He's Brave by Jay Crownover

So that would conclude this book recap of 2015. But stay tune because my 2016 resolutions post will be up sometime this week.

Thursday: On My Wish List

Author: C.C. Hunter
Title: Almost Midnight

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Coming out on February 2nd, 2016

Collection of Novellas in the Shadow Falls: After Dark series

Summary

(from goodreads)

Nestled deep in the woods, Shadow Falls is a secret camp where teens with supernatural powers learn to harness their abilities and live in the normal world.

Independent and strong-willed Della Tsang did not believe in vampires...until she became one. Chase Tallman is the newest member of Shadow Falls, but what made him into the sexy, mysterious vampire he is today? And what led him to Della Tsang? And for Miranda Kane, magic has always been something she's struggled with, but when an opportunity to test her powers takes her to Paris, she'll have to prove that she's a witch to be reckoned with and belongs at Shadow Falls.

Fans won't want to miss these four remarkable stories of love, magic and friendship.

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About the author

C.C. Hunter grew up in Alabama, where she caught lightning bugs, ran barefoot, and regularly rescued potential princes, in the form of Alabama bullfrogs, from her brothers. Today, she's still fascinated with lightning bugs, mostly wears shoes, but has turned her focus to rescuing mammals. She now lives in Texas with her four rescued cats, one dog, and a prince of a husband, who for the record, is so not a frog. When she's not writing, she's reading, spending time with her family, or is shooting things-with a camera, not a gun.

C.C. Hunter is a pseudonym. Her real name is Christie Craig and she also writes humorous romantic suspense romance novels for Grand Central. www.christie-craig.com

C.C. would love to hear from you. Because of deadlines, it may take her a day or so to get back with you, but she will reply: cc@cchunterbooks.com.