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Synopsis

Once upon a time, I was Fallon Dunbar.

Rock and roll, drugs, and bad decisions were the life I lived.

I’d fallen so deep into the dark rabbit hole that I was certain I would never make it out alive. People like me didn’t get second chances. People like me didn’t get lifted from the darkness. So when the opportunity showed up, I had to take it.
I walked away from everything I loved, everything that was killing me, and I became Fae Dunham. After that, I hid behind makeup, long sleeves, and a closed-off heart.

All was well until I met Dane Pearson. He wasn’t convinced of the new me, and whenever he was near, I felt like the old me, the real me, filled with passion and a love for music. Every day was a struggle of self-discovery. Every day was a fight to not fall back down the rabbit hole. And every day, somehow, someway, I slowly began to discover what it meant to find myself.

It was a hysteric ride, but it was ours. And I wouldn’t change a thing.

Review

“People like me don’t get second chances, but for some reason, I was standing knee-deep in one.”

The Hysterics is an fast and easy rocker read that I was very excited to read. I went into this book pretty blind and was delighted by how much I enjoyed reading about Fallon and Dane. At under 200 pages I read the whole story in one sitting and it left me excited to read more from this group of characters in the future.

“No more musicians. Don’t do it.”

Fae Dunham is a new editor at the magazine that Dane works at to support his music career. He is instantly taken with her and wants to know everything about her. The one problem . . . Fae isn’t real. Fae used to be Fallon Dunbar a famous drummer who overdosed and everyone presumed dead when she never re-emerged in the spotlight.

“If you can’t love him completely, then don’t love him at all.”

While Fallon and Dane definitely have some instant chemistry they both have hard past they need to overcome and only time will tell if their feelings for each other are strong enough to withstand all the drama that follows. Fallon loves music but being in the spotlight led her down a nasty rabbit hole and she is very happy in her life as Fae. Dane loves being a music journalist but his dream is for his band, The Hysterics, to take off.

“Why so serious, Romeo?”  “It’s the worst part of my day – leaving you.”

When Kristen wrote Dane she must have been picturing the perfect man. He is a employed journalist, a rock musician , has tattoos, is protective but is one of the sweetest written book boyfriends ever. Even he agrees that when it comes to Fallon he is basically whipped and would do anything if it meant her happiness!

“You’re a damaged, wrratic, closed of mess and I love every bit of you for it.”

The Hysterics was a great start to what I hope is a whole series of books. I do wish it was a bit longer but only because I loved Dane so much I just wanted more and more of him (I am greedy like that.) Too often rocker books are what I like to call Tour Bus Lovin books so for me I was delighted to find out that The Hysterics was more about their emerging relationship and less about steamy times in a cramped space. Great job Kristen and I look forward to seeing more of your books on my kindle soon!

~miranda

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5 Smooches!

Synopsis

Not every love story has a happy ending. Some just change your life.

Liz Atwater’s happily ever after was torn from her the instant her husband, Jack, was murdered. She is forced to pick up the shattered pieces of her life and raise her three young sons alone.

Reynolds Carter’s picture perfect Hollywood life ended the moment the paparazzi got hold of his girlfriend’s cheating scandal. As he watches his life unfold in the tabloids, he comes to a crossroads in his career and his purpose.

When Reynolds takes on the challenge of a new project, his world collides with that of Liz. Neither of them expected their professional relationship to evolve into friendship, or love.

But life is never simple.

Faced with complications from family, friends, and colleagues, Liz and Reynolds are left to decide whether two people from such different worlds can find happiness together.

Can they get past the pain, fear, and guilt and risk their hearts to love again?

Not every love story is just a happy ending. Some completely change your life.

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4 Smooches!

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Olivia Stradmore, daughter to Senator Jonathan Stradmore, has one goal in life—win her fifth grand slam tennis title in as many years. 

Olivia doesn’t have time for problems with a stalker who disapproves of her less than modest life choices. She enjoys the occasional tennis pro in bed, short skirts, and the chance to allow her wild side out. 

Her dreams take a turn when her stalker, known only as Ty, runs over her with a van and puts her in the hospital. Ty will stop at nothing to possess what he covets.

Enter bodyguard Brack Jacobs—hair too long, attitude too uptight, and body too damn hot. 

Brack has a job to do and sleeping with a target is not in the target’s best interest. Doesn’t matter that Olivia is sexy as hell and bent on adding a notch to her bedpost with Brack’s name on it. 

Life is not as straightforward as it seems and deadly consequences await them both. 

Can Olivia change Brack’s mind and turn a spark of desire into a raging inferno? Will Brack survive the flames or would slam, bam, thank you ma’am be his safest bet? 

– A Completion Sports Book. Expect erotic sex, an alpha male, and more balls than a girl knows what to do with.

Review

When a crazy psycho stalks Tennis Pro Olivia Stadmore, her father hires Brack Jacobs. A smoldering ex-Marine that doesn’t like to double dip in business and pleasure. In all seriousness, he is the best of the best and will keep his clients safe. Be ready to get absorbed in their world to take this stalker down.

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5 Smooches!

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SAMANTHA ALDRIDGE

I went to his office expecting to change myself. I wanted to be someone else—look like the girls my husband was spending his nights with, but I got a different kind of procedure… one that left me wanting things I shouldn’t and seeing myself in a new light. Now everything I thought I wanted doesn’t matter anymore, and Dr. Roman is all I can think about. 

ROMAN BLAKE

As a professional, I should know my limits, but Samantha Aldridge pushes me in a way I’ve never known. The need to be near her is strong, the desire to touch her inflames me, but the respect that lies within continuously wins. She came into my office wanting me to change her, but instead she changed me.

Review

I had the pleasure of reading Little Black Book which is another one of Tabatha and Melissa’s books together and I really REALLY loved it.  I just knew that I had to read The Procedure immediately and while I knew that I would love it, it was nothing like I expected it to be.

Little Black Book kind of had a dark feel to the writing, so I guess I was expecting the same of The Procedure but boy was I wrong.  The Procedure was definitely a lighter read and I loved everything about it.  The characters were lovable and I sympathized with them so much.

Samantha is in a loveless marriage but she wants to win her husband back.  Roman Blake is a renowned plastic surgeon and Samantha wants Roman to make her beautiful.  He totally does, but not in the way you think.  Roman is sweet and kind and such an amazing book boyfriend.  I mean, hello, he is a British doctor that does reconstructive surgery on people that REALLY need it;  burn victims and such.   He is just a good soul and he is bound and determined to make Samantha feel beautiful;  on the inside.  At some point along this mission to give Samantha her self confidence back, he falls for her.

“I can’t believe you did this for me,”

“Haven’t you figured it out yet, Samantha?”

“Figured out what?”

“There isn’t much I wouldn’t do for you.”

Gosh, he just really touched my heart.  I know some of you are apprehensive about a cheater book but man Samantha’s husband is a complete douche so I didn’t feel that bad for him, honestly.  And Samantha and Roman’s chemistry is just so amazing.  They are just ridiculously sexy and I loved them together so much!

“You taste so good, love.  Like sugar and sin.”

~Amie

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5 Smooches!

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From New York Times Bestselling Author Charlotte Hughes 

Can a Small Town Lawyer Get Lucky? 

Atlanta’s billionaire heiress Annie Hartford has no desire to marry a man she does not love; but her controlling father has been calling the shots for his 29 year-old daughter her entire life. This time he has pushed Annie too far. 
With minutes to spare before she is to walk down the aisle in front of 600 guests, Annie is forced to make a decision. She hijacks the family limo, only to have it break down in small town Pinckney, Georgia. Annie, who has never wanted for anything, suddenly finds herself homeless, penniless, with only the clothes on her back, a designer wedding gown and diamond tiara. 
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Small town lawyer and restaurant owner Sam Ballard has been unlucky in love, and the last thing he needs is a red-hot blonde in a short waitress uniform who seems hell-bent on breaking every dish in his Dixieland Café. Still, he can’t very well fire her, she has won the hearts of everyone in town. 
Can rich girl Annie find happiness living in a garage apartment, wearing second-hand clothes, and making her way around town on a borrowed bicycle? As for Sam, can he put his past behind him and trust that Annie won’t run home to daddy when her new life presents one obstacle after another? 

Review

The whole charming and delightful story of See Bride Run- a story of second chances at life and over-coming insecurities to fall helplessly in love with someone you perceived as unattainable or unsuitable- literally played out like a truly brilliant romantic comedy from the very beginning to the last word of the prologue.

A witty and refreshing take on the runaway bride plot, it sees young Annie Hartford- a beautiful socialite who has been groomed from birth simply to be nothing more than the perfect housewife to a husband chosen by her domineering multi-millionaire father, a man so archaic in his misogynistic beliefs that he sent his daughter to finishing school to obtain skills in order to help her gain her MRS degree rather than to college to learn an actual skill. The tale starts with Annie deciding to take control of her life after suffering in silence for far too long and after a series of events she ends up in Pinckney, Georgia where small town community really means small town family, where looking after one another is just a way of life and where the locals take a down-on-her-luck Annie and show her what love and acceptance is all about.

Charlotte Hughes has managed to construct an entire town that immediately captivates you, the inhabitants, each individual personality and their unique and quirky traits reels you in like a wide mouth bass. The interaction with one another and the constant bickering and jesting and cajoling had me in stitches. It’s such a wonderful tale and utterly refreshing because there isn’t a mountain of prosaic graphic sex scenes, it’s sweet and soft and for once you have to get off your perverted and sex scene saturated mind and actually use your imagination when it comes to the love play. Sam, the multi-tasking cafe owner, lawyer and car salesman takes an instant dislike to our unfortunate and intrepid heroine Annie and that alone makes for some of the best and most hilarious scenes I’ve had the good fortune to encounter, the dialogue between the two sparkles and shimmers with great comedic timing and biting sarcasm.

‘Sam shook his head as if to clear it. “Holy hell Buster she knocked me off my feet.” He glared at Annie, who looked quite pleased with herself. “She sure did,” Buster said. “That’s assault and battery if I ever saw it. You want to press charges? ‘Course, you know folks are gonna tease you something fierce about being beat up by a girl.”’

It might be a gentle and unfurling love story between Annie and Sam and about them over-coming adversity to get to the HEA point but I do feel that Annie’s independence and striking out on her own was the real focal point. She’s an absolute gem of a character to read about with a Bambi like innocence that seems to draw the locals and Sam to her but under that seemingly naive exterior she’s the strongest and most considerate person you could probably have in your corner, strong and just utterly likable. So together the initial meeting, the growing closer and the gorgeous prologue Annie and Sam combined make this a winning romance in my eyes.

~Nicole

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