Snow Angel Cove by RaeAnne Thayne

I received a free advanced copy of Snow Angel Cove by RaeAnne Thayne for my honest review of the book. 

Paperback release October 28, 2015 

So let's start off by saying I would give this book 5 stars!! I fell in love with Eliza, Aidan, and little Maddie. This is the second novel I've read by Thayne and I just love her sense of writing. Her stories seem real. It gives us a hint of everyday life. It's not a story where everything in life is picture perfect, but with flaws. Her stories are things we can relate to. I know I already said it but I love her writing!!

Eliza Hayward watches her new beginning going up in smokes. So she's moved to a new town with her daughter to start a new job as assistant manager for a hotel only to see the hotel up in smokes. And that's not even the worst part of Eliza's day. She almost gets plowed down by a car. Could this day get any worse?

Aidan Caine needs solitude. He's keeping a major secret from his family and feels he can work his way through it. After all he's a successful tech genius. So on his way to his recently purchased home in Haven Point where his family is all coming together for Christmas he finds himself unable to stop his SUV as he sees a woman and small child walking across the road. 

Eliza awakens to a handsome man leaning over her and before she even knows it she's in the emergency room. Eliza is suddenly aware she has no place to go with her daughter so when the handsome Aidan enters her room and offers a place to stay she but all can refuse. She can't drive in the storm and there is no other place in town to stay. So she tells herself she's doing it for her daughter. 

What Eliza doesn't expect is a job offer from the man that contributed to her husbands death, in her opinion. And can Aidan let a little girl with her own health issues into his heart? And can he let Eliza into his heart? 

Hard Knocks by Lori Foster

Hard Knocks by Lori Foster (Ultimate #0.5)

Hard Knocks is the prequel novel to Lori Fosters new MMA series. I would give this a 4 out of 5 stars. My only complaint about the book is Gage and Harpers story was way to short. But the book allows us to get acquainted with a few of the characters we will encounter later in the series. And lets just say I can't wait to get my hands on the next book No Limits to learn of Cannon's story. And on a side note, one of the best things about the book is its cover. The cover is way HOT!!!

Cannon is a character that we met in the book Getting Rowdy. He takes great pride in keeping his neighborhood safe. Cannon is training to become a SBC fighter who wants to open a rec center.So Cannons friends help him out in opening up a rec center for all the local kids and it gives him a place to train. So before reading this check out Getting Rowdy and Dash of Peril to get to know Cannon a little better before you read No Limits. 

Anyway back to Hard Knocks. Gage is brooding because he's out of the fight. Hes home from Japan licking his wounds. One mistake and he's out of the fight. So now he is here to watch a fight with all his friends at the rec center. So when he sees Harper Gates flaunting her stuff he decides to take his frustration out on her. But the one thing Gage doesn't expect is for Harper to turn the tables on him and become so compliant. 

Harper felt betrayed by Gage leaving her. She wasn't mad by the fact that he left her to go to Japan, she was mad because he left her without  ever calling her. They had a relationship and they were working towards something more, but then he leaves never calling. She knows the game with the guys at the rec center and she supports them. Most of the guys fighting is their life, its part of them. But when Harper feels Gage watching her she decides she can't let him get away again.

Chain Lightning by Elizabeth Lowell

Chain Lightning by Elizabeth Lowell

I recently checked out this audiobook from my local library, and lets say this book passed the time for me. If I would have checked this book out as an ebook, I think I would've ditched the book right away. But I gave the audiobook a chance. And overall I would only rate this book at 3 out of 5 stars and that's really pushing it.

Mandy finds herself bidding on her boss's handsome nephew at a bachelor auction. The winner gets a date of the bachelors choice to any destination of his choosing. However, Mandy doesn't think she will be going anywhere with Damon. But that notion is short lived when her boss forces her onto a plane to The Great Barrier Reef.

Mandy doesn't have a strong stomach for planes or the sea that she once loved so much. So when Damon forces her onto a small engine plane she begins to panic. Damon can't figure out what her problem is. The only thing he wants is for her to go back home, away from him so he doesnt have to fight his attraction to her anymore.

Damon begins to realize Mandy truly has a fear of the sea. But she loves it so much that he wants to uncover why she is so terrified. Damon and Mandy find themselves in a battle fighting their chemistry and passion for one another. All the while Damon begins helping her to fight her fear of the sea. He wants Mandy to be happy while she gets back the one thing she loves the most, the love for the sea.

Dash of Peril by Lori Foster

Well another great book by Lori Foster in her Love Undercover Series. Ilove Fosters books!! I can't seem to put the books down once I start reading. Literally nothing gets done but hey everything will still be there when I'm done. 

So Dash of Peril by Lori Foster is amazingly sexy. Dash Riske is intrigued by the ball buster lieutenant Margaret Petersen. Dash finds her hot and sexy and her authoritative way even sexier. But there's only one small problem. Margo avoids Dash and his advances to hookup. For heavens sake Dash is the brother to one of her best officers, Logan  Riske.  Margo can't let herself become close to Dash because she can't have others talking about her. She doesn't do relationships. It's not her style.  However, Margo finds herself being targeted and Dash gets involved and she can't seem to fight Dash off any longer. 

This book is awesome!! It's hot, sexy, and the dominance will leave you wanting more!! 

Note: Check out my review of Getting Rowdy. (Book #3 in Love Undercover Series)

Also be sure to check out the YouTube book preview at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaNDkEf1RBg

Truly Madly Yours by Rachel Gibson

Rachel Gibson is one of my favorite authors. I found her when I first checked out the audiobook Rescue Me, which I'd advise you to do the same. It's one of the best audiobooks I have ever listened to. And if you love a good romance with some behind the closed door scenes then you won't want to miss this book. But anyway onto my review of Truly Madly Yours. 

This book was another good one by Gibson. I would give it a 4 out of 5 stars. Delaney finds herself back in Idaho for her adoptive fathers funeral and will reading. She has been away from Idaho for the last ten years since the most humiliating thing happened to her. While attending her adoptive father, Henry's, funeral bad boy Nick rides in on his motorcycle making Delaney relive the embarrassing night all over again with just one look at Nick. Nick is Henrys biological son whom he never acknowledge as his son and the boy who was warned to stay away from Delaney when she was caught in such an awkward position by Henry ten years ago. 

 Nick doesn't know why he's compelled to go to his fathers funeral, but he finds himself standing at the graveside. It's not until he sees Delaney that he wishes she would've never came back. So he leaves with a cute blonde on the back of his bike and he's out of there. And he doesn't see Delaney again until the reading of the will. 

Nick and Delaney are shocked to find out the terms of Henry's will. Delaney inherits three million dollars if she moves back to Idaho and lives there for one year. But the only thing Delaney wants is to get out of Idaho as fast as she came. If she moves the money becomes Nicks. Nick inherits some prime property with the stipulation that he and Delaney can't have a sexual relationship or Delaney inherits the property. So will these two be able to keep their hands off each other for a year? And will Delaney be able to stay in Idaho for that long? 

Twelve Sharp by Janet Evanovich

So recently I stumbled across the Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich. I was looking for an audiobook I could listen to while I do housework. And my local library had book number twelve available so I gave it a shot. 

Stephanie Plum is a Trenton, NJ bounty hunter. She's not very good at her job but she has Ranger when she needs help with tricky captures. Ranger is one of the two men Plum has in her life, with Joe Morelli being her on and off again boyfriend. She just can't seem to admit to one of the guys, what can she say, she has a little bit of a commitment issue. 

Stephanie finds herself being followed by a woman  named Carmen who is all dressed in black saying she is Rangers wife. Then the weird thing happens, Stephanie finds out Ranger has a daughter who was kidnapped supposedly by Ranger. Things just don't make sense. So Stephanie soon finds herself hunting for a killer, rescuing a child, and trying to keep the body count down. 

You'll find this book has a crazy grandma Mazur who has decided to become a rock star. And she's still obsessed with funerals. While back at the bond agency she gets the luxury of interviewing crazy potentional bounty hunters. 

Overall, I would give this a 3 out of 5 stars. It was entertaining and at times I found myself laughing at different scenes throughout the book. 

Dare to Love By Carly Phillips

Dare to love by Carly Phillips

 Dare to love with the first book by Carly Phillips that I have read and let me say I was not disappointed!! Amazon recently gave this e-book away for free so I thought what the heck I'm gonna check it out and let me tell you I was not disappointed at all with this book. You will fall in love with this book  and the characters. The chemistry is sizzling "HOT" and the passion will leave you a little breathless. 

Ian Dare finds himself at a party at his fathers house and not liking the idea of being there one bit. Ian doesn't have the best relationship with his father. But finding out your father has another family when your seventeen and your father choosing them over you, probably would make any relationship rocky. 

So nothing disappoints Ian more then seeing his half brother walk in with a smoking, hot woman on his arm wearing a killer red dress. 

Riley Taylor feels the chemistry between her and Ian right away. But she knows she can't do anything about it since she's her with her best friend, Alex Dare aka Ian's half brother. However, that doesn't stop Riley from wanting Ian any less. So when Riley finds herself outside making out with Ian she can't get reality to kick in until Alex finds them. And Ian and Riley can't stop thinking about the totally explosive kiss they shared. And before long Riley finds herself in a situation without a job and working for Ian. But how long will they be able to fight their attraction to one another........