tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48710350864734676112024-03-19T04:46:31.945-04:00Devoured WordsA crazy, random fangirl who loves happily-ever-afters because life is full of way too many unhappy ones.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16718385983284807529noreply@blogger.comBlogger156125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4871035086473467611.post-49455131691628940982015-11-30T13:46:00.003-05:002015-11-30T13:50:27.467-05:00COVER REVEAL: CHASING SPRINGS by R.S. GREY<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Because you sent me to work for Dean Harper, aka a control freak in a tailor-made suit. Sure he owns the trendiest restaurants in NYC, but c'mon Jo, his ego makes Kanye West look like the Dalai Lama.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">He's the type of guy that only hears the word “no” when it's followed by “don’t stop.”<br /><br />Working for Dean Harper would be like selling my soul to the devil…and before you say anything, I don’t care if the devil has punch-you-in-the-gut brown eyes and an ass to match. My soul isn’t for sale.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i><span style="font-size: large;">The Allure of Dean Harper is a full-length standalone romance with overlapping characters from The Allure of Julian Lefray. Both books can be read separately. Chronologically, The Allure of Julian Lefray happens first.</span></i></b></span></div>
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<br /><span style="font-size: large;"> I am a lover of books, chocolate, reality TV, black labs, and cold weather. Seriously, if I had it my way, I would be curled up on the couch with all of those things... everyday.<br /><br />I live in Texas where I spend my free time writing and reading. My favorite authors include Mindy Kaling & Jonathan Safran Foer. I'm a comedy geek and love all things "funny". Women like Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, and Mindy Kaling are definitely the biggest inspirations for my writing, though I think my work tends to skew a bit smuttier than theirs.</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /><b>They say it takes 21 days to form a habit.<br />They lie.<br />For 21 days she held on.<br />But on Day 22, she would have given anything for the sweet slumber of death.<br />Because on Day 22, she realizes that her only way out means certain death for one of the two men she loves.</b><br />A haunting tale of passion, loss, and redemption, The Paper Swan is a darkly intense yet heartwarming love story, textured with grit, intrigue, and suspense. Please note: This is NOT a love triangle.<br /><br /><i>A full-length, standalone novel, intended for mature audiences due to violence, sex and language. Subject matter may be disturbing for some readers.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>"We are a question that hasn't been answered yet, a hiding place that hasn't been found yet, a battle that hasn't been fought yet." </b></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">You know you come across a book where you start reading one line and you just know that this is going to be a book you'll be obsessed about for weeks. It has everything that is essential for making this one hell of an EPIC LOVE STORY. This book makes ME want to SHOUT from the rooftops. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">There should be another word for obsession that can express what exactly this book means to me. It has left a mark on me so deep into me that it has found a forever home in me. Each word wormed itself into my heart. It's an unforgettable story of genuine falls of human life where finally you find redemption in the unlikely place. Where you find love which is the easy part but staying in love without the outside entanglements is the hardest. </span><br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;">“Whether you say yes or no, you will always be my forever.”</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b>Leylah Attar I've completely fallen in love with you. You amaze me at each and every turn. This book will forever stay with me. Anything you write is pure gold. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b>“We are sand and rock and water and sky, anchors on ships and sails in the wind. We are a journey to a destination that shifts every time we dream or fall or leap or weep. We are stars with flaws that still sparkle and shine.”</b></span><br /></span><br />
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<br /><span style="font-size: large;">Leylah Attar writes stories about love - shaken, stirred and served with a twist. When she's not writing, she can be found pursuing her other passions: photography, food, family and travel. Sometimes she disappears into the black hole of the internet, but can usually be enticed out with chocolate.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;">They say it takes 21 days to form a habit.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">They lie.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">For 21 days she held on.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">But on Day 22, she would have given anything for the sweet slumber of death.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Because on Day 22, she realizes that her only way out means certain death for one of the two men she loves.</span></b><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">A haunting tale of passion, loss, and redemption, The Paper Swan is a darkly intense yet heartwarming love story, textured with grit, intrigue, and suspense. Please note: This is NOT a love triangle.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><i>A full-length, standalone novel, intended for mature audiences due to violence, sex and language. Subject matter may be disturbing for some readers.</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /><span style="font-size: large;">She said I was like a song. Her favorite song. A song isn’t something you can see. It’s something you feel, something you move to, something that disappears after the last note is played.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">I won my first fight when I was eleven years old, and I’ve been throwing punches ever since. Fighting is the purest, truest, most elemental thing there is. Some people describe heaven as a sea of unending white. Where choirs sing and loved ones await. But for me, heaven was something else. It sounded like the bell at the beginning of a round, it tasted like adrenaline, it burned like sweat in my eyes and fire in my belly. It looked like the blur of screaming crowds and an opponent who wanted my blood. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">For me, heaven was the octagon.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Until I met Millie, and heaven became something different. I became something different. I knew I loved her when I watched her stand perfectly still in the middle of a crowded room, people swarming, buzzing, slipping around her, her straight dancer’s posture unyielding, her chin high, her hands loose at her sides. No one seemed to see her at all, except for the few who squeezed past her, tossing exasperated looks at her unsmiling face. When they realized she wasn’t normal, they hurried away. Why was it that no one saw her, yet she was the first thing I saw?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">If heaven was the octagon, then she was my angel at the center of it all, the girl with the power to take me down and lift me up again. The girl I wanted to fight for, the girl I wanted to claim. The girl who taught me that sometimes the biggest heroes go unsung and the most important battles are the ones we don’t think we can win.</span></span><div style="text-align: center;">
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">“Dude you see this traffic?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hayden waves his hands in front him at all
the cars, clearly frustrated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“It’ll be
an hour getting through this shit.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">Cooper whistles and the three of
us snap our heads in his direction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“I
gotta cab.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Come on!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">“Shit,” I mumble under my
breath.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“This is your fault Joe.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I say, walking past him and climb inside the
cab and scoot to the furthest side.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Joe
climbs in behind me, followed by Hayden.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Cooper sits up front.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">“How is this my fault?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Joe asks with a smirk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">“You spent forty minutes trying
to find a gift to give to Trisha.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And
then you ended up picking up the first thing you saw to begin with.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What was the point of that?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I ask trying not to sound as frustrated as I
am. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">Joe shrugs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just – shrugs. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">“Ugh!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I say in exasperation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Maggie is right.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I fold my arms in front of me and glare out
the window at the cars <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">not</i> moving. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">“Right about what?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Joe asks sounding amused.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">“Never mind.” I say.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I take a minute to take a cleansing breath
and then lean up so the cab driver could hear me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Is there a detour or something we can take?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">The driver looks up at me through
the rear view mirror.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Sorry ma’am.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll try my best to get you there on time,
but no detour.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">I slump back into my seat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Okay.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Thank you.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">Joe wraps his arm around me and
pulls me into his side.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Sorry, love, for
making us late.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Forgive me?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">I look up at Joe not feeling very
forgiving and was about to start in on him again when he put his finger over my
lips. “I read earlier today where 4,153,237 people got married last year.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">“What on earth are you talking
about?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What does that have to do with
anything?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">“Well, I was just thinking,” Joe
pauses, “not to cause any trouble, but don’t you think that should be an even
number?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">He looks at me very serious
like.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And I look at him very serious
like.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He stares.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then I stare.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A competition I think.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">I will not laugh.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I.Will.Not.Laugh.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">I could feel the corners of my
mouth turning up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stupid traitorous
mouth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">“Ah, now there’s that beautiful
smile I love so much,” Joe says looking like he won the lottery. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">I laugh.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Damn it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I want to stay mad at him, but I can’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I elbow him in his side.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Shut
up.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">“Yeah Joe, shut up.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hayden chimes in.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">“Fine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But when we get to Trisha’s house, I’m doing
all the talking.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">“None of us are surprised by
that.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hayden says.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">“Cooper?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why are you being so quiet up there?” I ask<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">Cooper shakes his head.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Nothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Just lost a bet.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">“Huh?” I ask.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">Joe grins.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Cooper bet me earlier that you would stay
mad at me until we got to Trisha’s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And
I told him that you couldn’t stay mad at me that long.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I won.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Pay up big guy!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">I roll my eyes and whine like a
small child to the cab driver. “Are we there yet?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">“Yes miss.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The driver responds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Pulling up now.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">“Oh thank God.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I say.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Cooper pays the driver and we all get out of the car.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I look up at the apartment building directly
in front of us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Cooper you have her
apartment number, right?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">“Yep.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fourth floor.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">I take a deep breath.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Y’all ready?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">“I was born ready.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Joe says. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">“Of course you were.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I turn around and lead the way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">When we get off the elevator
Cooper steps off first.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“This way,” he
says.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We follow. The hallway splits off
in three directions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Good thing Cooper is leading the way,</i> I
think to myself. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">When we reach Trisha’s apartment I
brush my hair out of my face and knock on her door.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It only takes a minute before she
answers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">Behind the scenes interview with Joe Carlisle, Cooper Hundson, and
Hayden McCoy from the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Stolen Breaths</i>
series. ~ <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">Okay, so I’ll admit I’m slightly
nervous.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I mean…I’ve kind of had a crush
on Cooper since reading Stolen Breaths by Pamela Sparkman, but I never actually
thought I’d meet him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And he’s coming
here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And he’s bringing his friends Joe
and Hayden with him.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">I am freaking out.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">When I open the door and I see
Pamela and the guys behind her, I thought my knees would give out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are SO much hotter in person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The guys I mean.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not that there’s anything wrong with Pamela,
but…ah hell, you know what I mean.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">“Ohmygod!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can’t believe you’re here!” I clear my
throat. “Come in…come in.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I step aside
to make room for them to enter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">“Sorry we’re late.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pamela says while hitching her thumb towards
Joe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“He couldn’t decide which gift to
buy you.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">“You bought me a present?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I ask feeling my face heat up.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">“Of course.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Hope you like it.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Joe leans in
and kisses me on the cheek while placing the small gift in my hands.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">“You shouldn’t have.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Shall I open it now?” I ask closing the door
behind Hayden.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">“Yep.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By all means.” Joe grins.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">“Okay.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well go ahead and sit down if you like.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I made some snacks if you’re hungry.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">“I’m hungry,” Hayden says while
stepping into the living room.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
reaches down and grabs a handful of peanuts, pops them in his mouth, and takes
a seat on the sofa.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cooper follows,
offering Pamela the seat in the middle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Joe takes a seat on a chair next to them, and I sit in the chair
opposite Joe and begin to unwrap my gift.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">“Aww, Joe, I love it!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thank you so much.” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">The gift … a t-shirt that says,
“Don’t hate me because I’m beautiful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Hate me ‘cause you can’t compete.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">Joe’s smile only grows
bigger.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“You’re welcome.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Besides, I figure I need to get on your good
side if we’re gonna do this interview.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He shrugs. “ I wanna look good.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">I shift in my seat after setting
the t-shirt aside, and pull out my notepad. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m lost for words as I take in the three of
these guys.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The only way I know to get
my brain to function is to read the questions that I pre-wrote. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Okay, well I would like to get started if
that’s okay with you guys.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m
seriously nervous and I think I got the hots for Joe now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wish you guys could see him. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">Have. Mercy.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">I sit up straighter and press on,
hoping like hell I can be professional and not let drool slide down my face. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">“No time like the present,” Joe
says smiling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Fire away.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">“Okay Joe, let me start with
you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Your story with Maggie…<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Shattered</i>. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Can you give us any hints about what we can
expect for those who haven’t read it?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">Joe leans forward, rests his
forearms on his knees, and threads his fingers together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Wow, so you’re really just gonna jump right
into the deep end, huh?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ok well, there’s
a lot that happens so it’s hard to summarize, but I guess readers can expect to
really get inside my head and understand what makes me tick.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can’t speak for Maggie, but probably the
same can be said for her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And I hope
that by the end our story it will leave readers with a smile on their face.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">“And what does make you tick,
Joe?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">“In a word…Maggie.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">“Well we don’t want to divulge
too much information so let me ask you some basic questions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“What’s your favorite color?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">“Green. The color of Maggie’s
eyes.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">“Favorite food?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">Joe grins and then he starts to
laugh. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Peaches.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">“What?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What’s so funny?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I ask.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">“Nothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Keep going.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">“Okay.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well this one has to do with your sense of
humor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You like to tell jokes –”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">“Yeah, lame ones,” Hayden cuts in
with a smirk on his face.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">“What’s the matter princess?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That rash come back?” Joe asks mirroring
Hayden’s smirk.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">“Guys.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You promised to be on your best
behavior.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pamela whisper yells.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">“This is their best behavior.”
Cooper answers with a laugh.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">I put my hand up to get
everyone’s attention.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Okay, why don’t
we take a little break…let you guys get settled in and we’ll resume this
interview after dinner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sound good?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">Everyone stands and agrees.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After they leave to get ready for dinner I
plopped down on the sofa.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This might be
a long interview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But hell if I
care.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m going to enjoy this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">During dinner I notice that
Hayden keeps looking at his cell phone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He’s texting someone and I’m curious to know who it is because he looks
anxious, like he would rather be somewhere else.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">“Everything okay, Hayden?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">He looks up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Huh?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Yeah, everything is fine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">“Well, you seem distracted.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I point to the phone in his hand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“And you look like something’s wrong.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">“I’m fine.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">Joe leans in and says something
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and looks down.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">“So, Trisha…” Cooper says, “I
wanted to thank you for inviting us here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It was really nice of you.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">I tear my eyes away from Joe and
Hayden and focus my attention on Cooper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>“Oh, you’re welcome.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m glad you
guys decided to come.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So far it’s been a
lot of fun.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">“I’ll be right back,” Hayden says
standing up, “I need to check on something.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">After Hayden walks away, I look
around the table and ask, “Is he okay?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">“Yeah, he just has some stuff on
his mind,” Joe answers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">“I’m worried about him.” I say
truthfully.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“He seems – lost.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Like he’s not here.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">Nobody answers right away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Finally, Cooper speaks up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“We’re not real sure what’s going on with him
actually.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">“Well, I hope he’s all right.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">“He will be.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pamela says quietly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“You guys about ready to go?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m kind of tired.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">As we all stand up to leave
Hayden comes back to the table.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Guys, I
need to get back home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Something’s come
up.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">“You have to leave Hayden?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is it not something you can handle from
here?” Pamela asks.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">Hayden looks at her with worried
eyes and lowers his voice to a whisper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>“You know I can’t.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">Pamela touches Hayden on the
arm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“You’re right.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You need to go.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll come with you.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She looks back at me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“I’m sorry Trisha, but I’m going to go back
with Hayden.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Joe and Cooper, you guys
stay, and give Trisha her interview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We’re going to catch the next flight home.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">I could tell Joe and Hayden
didn’t like the idea of staying, so I spoke up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>“You know what, you all need to get back home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Joe, I know you want to get back to Maggie,
and Cooper I know you’re going out of your mind missing Lily.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can do this another time, and maybe the
girls can come with you next time.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">“You sure?” Cooper asks.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">“Yeah,” Joe chimes in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“We hate leaving like this.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">“It’s fine guys.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I understand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You gotta get back to your ladies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Hayden, I hope everything works out with whatever has come up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me know if there’s anything I can do.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">Hayden leans and kisses my cheek.
“Thank Trisha.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’re the best.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m sorry about this.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">“Hey, no worries.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I get it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Go.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do what you need to do.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wave them off like it’s no big deal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“I’ll take you to the airport.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll swing by and get your bags on the way.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">“You’re an angel,” Joe says.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">I smile and grab my purse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Come on, let’s get you guys home.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">On the way to the airport I had an
idea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Hey guys, what do you think about
me coming to Nashville sometime in the near future and doing another
interview?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’ll be easier and you guys
can stay close to home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Would that work
for everyone?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">“Works for me,” they all say in
unison.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">“Great.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then it’s settled.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just let me know when a good time would be
for me to come and I’ll be there.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-large;">Back at my apartment, I take a
moment to reflect on our visit together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They are everything I thought they would be and I smile to myself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I pick up the shirt Joe had given me and put
it on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Calling it a night, I head for
bed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is without a doubt one of the
best days of my life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And I can’t wait
to see them again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And when I do, I’ll
be sure to tell you all about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And I
won’t leave out a single thing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>I'll be definitely heading to Nashville soon. Expect me over soon Pamela after Skin Deep releases. I miss my boys already. xoxo. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>If you haven't already read the first two books in the STOLEN BREATHS series you all MUST do so now. You all are missing out. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br />He was my older brother's best friend. <br />He was never supposed to be mine. <br />I thought we would get it out of our system and move on. <br /><br />One of us did. <br />One of us left. <br /><br />Now he’s back, looking at me like he wants to devour me. And all those feelings I’d turned into anger are brewing into something else, something that terrifies me. <br />He broke my heart last time. <br />This time he'll obliterate it.<br /><br />This is a standalone.</span><div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16718385983284807529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4871035086473467611.post-70235877538529891942015-01-14T13:49:00.001-05:002015-01-14T13:56:41.849-05:00Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Holy moly. Rainbow Rowell is the Queen of Haunting me. Each and every book of her till date have left a major imprint on my mind and heart. She has made a soft corner in my soul that pulses with life. I cannot describe the feelings I felt reading Eleanor & Park. I went alive with a spark that blossomed between them both. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Reading the dual POV between the two was a treat knowing what's in their minds its like they are one soul and two bodies. They feel the same but different circumstances have shaped them differently. That is why they react differently. They are the same but different that brings more life into their lives. They each colour their lives with their mutual love for music and comics. Park sees past everyone opinion of Eleanor. The simple bus ride to school and back brings them a deep friendship that blossoms into a young first love that deepens each day. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"> This book must be experienced. There is no way to explain all the feels I felt while reading this story. You just have to jump on this ride and feel the words. Let it melt to your bones and heart. Fall in love with Eleanor and Park. Let them tell you their story. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"> Rainbow Rowell is the type of writer who packs a punch in simple writing. It's a unique writing style that she delivers to us in a magical package. It's like you are Alice from Alice in the Wonderland, who falls into the rabbit hole of a whole new world, in her magical spell of her words. </span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">
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<br /><span style="font-size: large;">Rainbow Rowell writes books. Sometimes she writes about adults (ATTACHMENTS and LANDLINE). Sometimes she writes about teenagers (ELEANOR & PARK and FANGIRL). But she always writes about people who talk a lot. And people who feel like they're screwing up. And people who fall in love.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">When she's not writing, Rainbow is reading comic books, planning Disney World trips and arguing about things that don't really matter in the big scheme of things.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">She lives in Nebraska with her husband and two sons.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">More at rainbowrowell.com.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><span style="font-size: large;">When Bree Prescott arrives in the sleepy, lakeside town of Pelion, Maine, she hopes against hope that this is the place where she will finally find the peace she so desperately seeks. On her first day there, her life collides with Archer Hale, an isolated man who holds a secret agony of his own. A man no one else sees.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Archer's Voice is the story of a woman chained to the memory of one horrifying night and the man whose love is the key to her freedom. It is the story of a silent man who lives with an excruciating wound and the woman who helps him find his voice. It is the story of suffering, fate, and the transformative power of love.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">THIS IS A STAND-ALONE NOVEL. The first three books in the series need not be read to enjoy this book. New Adult Contemporary Romance: Due to strong language and sexual content, this book is not intended for readers under the age of 18.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">When I first heard about Colleen Hoover's and Tarryn Fisher's collaboration I was excited. So excited that I couldn't contain my happiness and waited to get my hands on their lovechild. Our Queen and the Evil Genius are writing a book together what can we expect?!?!?! I was thrilled and scared what they will do to my heart so silly of me not to be worried about my mind because my mind is so messed up right now. My Brain is scrambled and I have SOOOO many questions and so many theories swirling my mind. They literally blew me away to space. I bet my mind is floating around there with a crazy looking smile. I can just imagine a brain with a freaking looking smile. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Never Never is this wild roller coaster ride. It's thrilling, suspenseful, mysterious, romantic and exciting. It keeps your mind on its toes. This book is TRULY a masterpiece. From this book it proves that Colleen and Tarryn are both Evil Geniuses. I LOVE them for this book and their writing together is explosive to your mind. Savour each word, each sentence, each scene because it finishes too quickly and you'll be left with wanting more all too soon. <br /><br />Colleen wrote Silas' POV and Tarryn wrote Charlie's POV but each chapter blends in with the other chapter so seamlessly you can't tell its been written by a different author. Especially with their different writing styles it all came together in one phenomenal package. <br /><br />Yes, there is a cliffhanger, however, take this from the girl whom patience isn't one of her virtues. I'm a very impatient girl. And I loved this cliffhanger. It was necessary. It's the kind of cliffhanger that leaving you <strike>wanting</strike> needing part 2.This will make you want to re-read the shit out of Never Never. You'll want to re-read to see if you missed any clues and create even more theories. <br /><br />Never Never is a novella series. Part two will be coming out in May 17th, 2015, the pre-order link is live for iBooks right now, I'll update you when the pre-order links are live on the other platforms. <br /><br /><b>THIS IS MY ALL TIME FAVOURITE BOOK OF THIS YEAR! My first 5 STARS book of 2015. Absolutely phenomenal. </b><br /><br />I truly hope even after this series that Colleen and Tarryn write another stunning book together. <br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I would like to write a novel that every, single person loves, but not even J.K. Rowling could do that. Instead, I try to write stories that pull on people's emotions. I believe that sadness is the most powerful emotion, and swirled with regret the two become a dominating force. I love villains. Three of my favorites are Mother Gothel, Gaston and the Evil Queen who all suffered from a pretty wicked case of vanity (like me). I like to make these personality types the center of my stories. <br />I love rain, Coke, Starbucks and sarcasm. I hate bad adjectives and the word "smolder". If you read my book-I love you. If you hate my book-I still love you, but please don't be mean to me; I'm half badass, half cry baby.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">My heart beats wildly in my throat as we walk through the doors of the maternity ward at Temple University Hospital. My husband, Kevin, squeezes my hand as tight as he can.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">“I’m a mess, Kevin.” I blurt out. “Is this even real?”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">“Yes, babe. This is very real. We’re about to meet our baby,” he says, his own voice shaking.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Our plane touched down in Philadelphia less than twelve hours after we received a call from our adoption counselor, Jessica from Forever Home Adoption Agency. We’d been on their waiting list for almost two years and had just about given up hope that we would ever be selected to adopt a baby when she called us late last night.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">“Kelsey! Hi, it’s Jessica. I’m so sorry to be calling you so late, but I have the most incredible news.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I immediately reach to my right, shaking Kevin’s shoulder to wake him up from a sound sleep. We were both exhausted after the last trick-or-treater left our front porch around ten o’clock tonight and were asleep before our heads hit our pillows. I look at the clock. It’s only eleven-thirty. It feels like we’ve been asleep for hours.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">“Hmm?” he moans and flips over to see me sitting straight up in bed. “Is everything okay?” he asks hesitantly as his eyes widen and then squint. “What time is it?”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">“A baby was born earlier today and the birth mother, Lily has committed to an adoption plan. She was presented several profiles to choose from and she immediately chose the both of you. How soon can you be in Philadelphia?”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">That phone call was twelve hours ago and I’m still in shock and disbelief. Our dream of starting our family is right in front of us and I never thought this moment would arrive. I clutch Kevin’s hand harder as we walk to the nurses’ station.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">“Excuse me,” I say quietly. The nurse behind the desk looks up and nods. “We’re here to meet with Jessica Hyde. She’s a social worker.” I hesitate, unsure of what is going to happen next.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">“Oh, you must be the Olivers. Yes, she’s in the nursery right now.” She gets up and comes out from behind the desk. “Follow me.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">“Relax, Kelsey. She’ll know if you’re nervous and you’ll wake her up.” Jessica softly chuckles and nods again.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">“Isn’t she beautiful?” Jessica asks. I look down at the little bundle and she twitches slightly in my arms, relaxing back into a deep sleep. Her baby scent hits my nose and I begin to feel more at ease.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Yes. She is beautiful. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Perfect,</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">” I say as Kevin’s thumb sweeps across her tiny forehead. His eyes lock onto mine and he nods slowly, a smile spreading across his face.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">“She looks perfect in your arms, Kels,” he whispers.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Jessica takes a deep breath and seems hesitant to tell us.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">“Lily doesn’t want to meet you. Or see Juliet,” she responds with sadness in her voice.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">“She’s very young. Only fifteen. She just wants to sign the papers and go home. Well, go home as soon as the hospital will discharge her. She’s already been moved to another floor.” She pauses for a moment as if she wishes for another outcome. “We have to respect her wishes.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">This is surprising to me, and Kevin and I exchange worried glances. What could this mean? My chest tightens and I realize that I’m holding Juliet closer, more protective.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">“Fifteen? Can she even give this baby up? Can her family intervene?” I’m suddenly terrified that the beautiful little girl in my arms can be taken away from us.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">“No. She can legally sign the adoption paperwork. It’s her choice. Her family cannot intervene nor do they need to be present during her revocation of rights. They are actually completely unaware of the birth and of Juliet since Lily has been living with a friend for some time.” Jessica states matter-of-fact. I have to trust that our social worker is speaking the truth, but her words don’t comfort me at all. “I’m sorry, but I’m unable to discuss anything more with you about Lily.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">“But she’s only fifteen,” I push, suddenly feeling very sad for the child who just gave birth to this beautiful little girl. “And her family doesn’t know?”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">“She’s fifteen and scared. She absolutely does not want her family to know. But, believe me, she is very clear minded when it comes to the decision to give up this child,” Jessica assures us.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The next few days were a blur. We spent every single moment we could with our daughter, experiencing all of the wonders and joys of a newborn. The hospital gave us a room in the maternity ward where we could spend our first precious moments together as a family.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The nurses practically had to pry her from our arms both nights we were there so they could take her back to the nursery.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">It breaks my heart that we were never able to meet Lily. I want to thank her. Tell her that Juliet is going to have a wonderful life. That her decision to give this little girl up was so selfless and strong, especially for a young girl. My heart tugs whenever I think of Lily and how scared she must be. I ache to comfort her. To hold her and tell her everything is going to be okay.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">“It’s time to go home,” Kevin whispers in my ear as his lips brush against my hair. This simple gesture distracts me from my sadness, if only slightly. I tighten the car seat straps and tuck the pink fleece blanket around our daughter.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">“Yes, it’s time.” My cheeks warm as tears prick my eyes.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Jessica enters the room and her expression is stoic. My breath hitches and I’m suddenly nervous.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">“Before you go home, I wanted to give you this.” She hands me an envelope with Juliet’s name scrawled across the front.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">“Lily asked that you give this to Juliet when she’s old enough to understand all about her adoption. She wanted to explain why she did what she did.” Jessica purses her lips and bows her head. “You have to know how incredibly difficult this is for her.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I’m overwhelmed thinking about how to even explain all of this to a child, much less promise to give her a letter from her fifteen-year-old birth mother.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I touch my lips softly to Juliet’s nose and wrap the blanket tightly around her baby carrier. It’s only been a few days since we met our daughter, but my protective instinct is already in high gear. Kevin reaches down to take the carrier, kisses my cheek, and says to Jessica, “We’ll make sure that our daughter knows her story and how Lily loved her enough to make this heart-wrenching decision. She’s given us a gift and we’ll repay her by raising Juliet with more love than she can absorb.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">His words should be comforting to me, but my heart is pulling me in another direction.</span></span></div>
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<br /><span style="font-size: large;">From #1 New York Times bestselling author Colleen Hoover, a new novel about risking everything for love—and finding your heart somewhere between the truth and lies.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Auburn Reed has her entire life mapped out. Her goals are in sight and there’s no room for mistakes. But when she walks into a Dallas art studio in search of a job, she doesn’t expect to find a deep attraction to the enigmatic artist who works there, Owen Gentry.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">For once, Auburn takes a risk and puts her heart in control, only to discover that Owen is keeping some major secrets from coming out. The magnitude of his past threatens to destroy everything important to Auburn, and the only way to get her life back on track is to cut Owen out of it.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">The last thing Owen wants is to lose Auburn, but he can’t seem to convince her that truth is sometimes as subjective as art. All he would have to do to save their relationship is confess. But in this case, the confession could be much more destructive than the actual sin…</span></span><br />
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Colleen Hoover is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Slammed, Point of Retreat, This Girl, Hopeless, Losing Hope, Maybe Someday, Finding Cinderella, and Ugly Love. She lives in Texas with her husband and their three boys. Please visit <a href="http://www.colleenhoover.com/">ColleenHoover.com</a>.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">B.L. Berry is many things. A New Adult author. A self-proclaimed music whore. A long-course triathlete. A marketing savant. And a full-time working mom. While there are never enough hours in the day, she does the best she can to get things done and hopes for technological advances in human cloning.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Close your eyes for a moment and picture this. <br /><br />A gorgeous redhead walks into a bar. <br /><br />No, wait, a wedding reception. <br /><br />A gorgeous redhead walks into a wedding reception. Poised, polished and flawless - on the outside. <br /><br />He's tall, dark, and handsome, exactly like a fairytale prince and he won't take no for an answer as he leads her to the dance floor. <br /><br />But this will be no ordinary dance and theirs is no ordinary story. What begins as rhythmic steps on a dance floor fluidly and beautifully becomes the rhythm of two hearts meant to beat as one. </span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">“Maggie.” The way he said my name so softly, with such reverence, it sent a shiver up my spine. He pulled me inside, closed the door and pressed me up against it. It was so fast I barely knew what was happening. And when he pressed his hands against the door alongside my head, I was cocooned inside his arms. He stared down at me with pained concentration. His eyebrows pinched together while deep blue irises burned through me. He breathed out a long deep sigh as he closed his eyes into thin slits for several seconds. My heart raced as I struggled to anticipate his next move. <br /><br />When his eyes opened, the intensity had subsided, but not disappeared. The burning desire behind them remained. His eyebrows smoothed, no longer pinched together. I had to close my own eyes as his warm sweet breath feathered across my lips. I was inundated with all of his emotions as they came flooding through me like a giant tsunami. <br /><br /> I was going under.</span></div>
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<br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">I grew up in Alabama and have always been an avid reader. I had a stack of those Little Golden Books and I can remember reading Three Little Kittens over and over and over again. It was my favorite. <br /><br />Fast forward and the older I got the more in love with books I became. So, I'm admitting that I am a huge nerd. The only reading I don't like are those math word problems. And I'm okay with that because no one has ever asked me in real life... "If I give you two bananas and take away six apples, how long will it take the southbound train to collide with the northbound train if Johnny left his house at midnight?" It just doesn't happen. <br /> <br />So, yeah, books are my thing. <br /><br />Oh and music. All kinds. Love. It. </span><br /> <br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">
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The best aerial technique won’t land 21-year-old Thora James her dream role in Amour—a sexy new acrobatic show on the Vegas strip. Thora knows she’s out of her element the second she meets Amour’s leading performer. Confident, charming and devilishly captivating, 26-year-old Nikolai Kotova aggravatingly lives up to his nickname as the “God of Russia.” </div>
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When Thora unknowingly walks into the crosshairs of Nikolai’s after-show, her audition process begins way too soon. Unprofessional. That’s what Nik calls their “non-existent” relationship. It’s not like Thora can avoid him. For one, they may be partners in the future—<i>acrobatic</i> partners, that is. But getting closer to Nik means diving deeper into sin city and into his dizzying world. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /><span style="font-size: large;">The top-selling, beloved indie author of Ten Tiny Breaths returns with a new romance about a young woman who loses her memory—and the man who knows that the only way to protect her is to stay away.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Left for dead in the fields of rural Oregon, a young woman defies all odds and survives—but she awakens with no idea who she is, or what happened to her. Refusing to answer to “Jane Doe” for another day, the woman renames herself “Water” for the tiny, hidden marking on her body—the only clue to her past. Taken in by old Ginny Fitzgerald, a crotchety but kind lady living on a nearby horse farm, Water slowly begins building a new life. But as she attempts to piece together the fleeting slivers of her memory, more questions emerge: Who is the next-door neighbor, quietly toiling under the hood of his Barracuda? Why won’t Ginny let him step foot on her property? And why does Water feel she recognizes him?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Twenty-four-year-old Jesse Welles doesn’t know how long it will be before Water gets her memory back. For her sake, Jesse hopes the answer is never. He knows that she’ll stay so much safer—and happier—that way. And that’s why, as hard as it is, he needs to keep his distance. Because getting too close could flood her with realities better left buried.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">The trouble is, water always seems to find its way to the surface.</span></span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I’m needy.<br /><br />I’m broken.<br /><br />Cutting breaks through my numbness, but only opens more wounds.<br /><br />Depression, self-harm, bullying....that's my reality.<br /><br />Sex and guys....that's my escape.<br /><br />The space between the truth and lies is blurred leaving me torn, lost and confused. And while the monsters that live in my head try to beat me-- the two men that I love try to save me.<br /><br />This is my story of friendship, heartache, and the grueling journey that is mental-illness.<br /><br />Sometimes you have to get lost in order to be found…</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I was completely unprepared for the vast number of emotions Therapy put me through. I knew it not a light book from off the bat nonetheless still knowing that didn't prepare me for angst and pain filled in each word. No one can put to words what this book did to <i>me </i>certainly I can't<i>. </i>I <i>needed</i> THERAPY. It was just the book I needed. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I need to pour my emotions on a blank white canvas, splash the dark colours on to it and release my hurt, my anger, my happiness, my tears and little bit of me added in the mix creating the masterpiece of what Therapy brought out in me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">When we hit the point of rock bottom in life, we suppress any bit of happiness in our lives. We push people away who mean a lot. You keep making mistakes. You take up bad habits. Make bad decisions and in the end you start hating yourself. Loving yourself is important because only than you can love another person without reservations. Only when you truly see yourself with all the flaws that glare at you every second and love all of them, only than you will able to see the person who accepts and loves the whole package that is you. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This book did a number on me. I cried so much when I finished it. It was like a dam broke and whatever is in me bursted out trying to get some air. There was so much emotion and depth packed into this book I just couldn't stop reading. I was thrown face first into the pool of pain. It shook me, tied me, unhinged me and caressed me. There was love, hate, pain and happiness mixed in a potion that I inhaled in and keep reliving. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">When your world, your life and all of your hopes and dreams for the future are ripped out from under you, how do you go on? <br /><br />Death without dying is not only the most painful kind of death, it's also the most painful kind of life and I don't know if I'm strong enough to live it. <br /><br />I spend my lonely days and nights trying to make sense of what my life has become. Do I have the strength to move forward into the light, or should I just let the darkness take me? <br /><br />I'm Georgia Rae Layton McCarthy and this is the story of me, just me.I'm no longer a part of an us, it's just me. Alone. By myself.</span></div>
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<br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I was born and raised in a small working class town in Essex, just outside of East London. I am married with three sons and in 2006 we all moved to the other side of the world, settling on the beautiful Mornington Peninsula, about 50K outside of Melbourne Australia. It's a whole new way of life for us down here, we are so lucky to live in such a beautiful part of the world. <br /><br />I am currently a stay at home mum but in the past I have worked at Marks & Spencer, as a classroom assistant/teachers aid and have run my business.<br /><br /> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">As well as writing, I love to read and have been known to get through four or five books a week. My other interests are watching my boys play football...The round ball version. I am happy to admit to being an addict of social media and I owe a lot to my Facebook and Twitter family in promoting my work. I am also rather partial to a glass... or bottle of wine, a nicely chilled Marlborough Sav Blanc being my favorite. Being a born and raised Essex girl, I will happily admit to be being a big fan of spray tans, Shellac and am regularly, waxed, tinted and sculpted, although I am more likely to be found in thongs/flipflops than a pair of white stilettos these days.</span></div>
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<br /><span style="font-size: large;">When Tate Collins meets airline pilot Miles Archer, she doesn't think it's love at first sight. They wouldn’t even go so far as to consider themselves friends. The only thing Tate and Miles have in common is an undeniable mutual attraction. Once their desires are out in the open, they realize they have the perfect set-up. He doesn’t want love, she doesn’t have time for love, so that just leaves the sex. Their arrangement could be surprisingly seamless, as long as Tate can stick to the only two rules Miles has for her.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Never ask about the past. </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Don’t expect a future.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">They think they can handle it, but realize almost immediately they can’t handle it at all.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Hearts get infiltrated. </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Promises get broken. </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Rules get shattered.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Love gets ugly.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">Colleen Hoover is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Slammed, Point of Retreat, This Girl, Hopeless, Losing Hope, Maybe Someday, and Finding Cinderella. She lives in Texas with her husband and their three boys. Please visit </span><a href="http://www.colleenhoover.com/" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">ColleenHoover.com</a><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">.</span></div>
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