Showing posts with label twisted. Show all posts
Showing posts with label twisted. Show all posts

Tuesday, 9 December 2014

Review: Degradation (The Kane Trilogy, #1) by Stylo Fantome


Synopsis
Eighteen year old Tatum O'Shea is a naive, shy, little rich girl. Twenty-three year old Jameson Kane is smart, seductive, and richer. They come together for one night, one explosion, one mistake, and Tate is hurled into space – no family, no money, and no Jameson.

Seven years later, life is going pretty good for Tate, when she runs into Jameson again. This time, she thinks she's ready for him. She doesn't have a naive bone left in her body, and she can't even remember what shy feels like. Jameson has evolved into Satan – sharp teeth, sharper claws, and a tongue that can cut her in half. It all sounds like fun to a girl like Tate, and she is ready to play, determined to prove that she isn't the same girl he conquered once before. A series of games start, each one more devious than the last.

But the devil likes to play dirty, and she learns that playing for souls is playing for keeps. The lines between games and reality, heaven and hell, get blurry. Can she beat Jameson at his own game before someone gets hurt? Or will he leave her soulless, making him the winner, once and for all?


FREE for limited time only!!!
Amazon US- http://amzn.com/B00M029T4O
Amazon UK- http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00M029T4O

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

My Review

4.5 Filthy Stars!!


A book buddy told me she was reading this and she send me an image of the cover.I love a good cover and I usually get a lot from it and I will admit sometimes I do judge a book by its cover (But not all the time and that's the main point right?) This cover in my opinion looked like it was a book released quite a while back and when I looked at it I thought it was to do with vampires..I think its the red? :D

But when I read the synopsis I bumped this up to the top of my list and as soon as I started it I could not stop.This was raw, dark gritty and everything I wasn't expecting! How can I have not known about Stylo Fantome and this awesome series?

“He was so good looking, it was probably illegal. She worried if she looked at him too long , she'd go blind.”

Tatum O'Shea was a rich girl until one mistake changed her whole life. Jameson Kane was that mistake she met when she was 18years old innocent and naive.He changed something in her or released her inner wild girl.After seven years they meet again and Jameson is richer than before yet still the arsehole from the past but Tatum is not the girl Jameson remembers her to be. She lost the innocence and now she is sexy, wild and he needs to have her. Not all of her, just her body.He wants her for sex and nothing more, he doesn't do more.

Jameson Kane is hot, seductive, closed off, at times mean. Mean being an understatement.Basically at times I wanted to punch him in the face but I still like him in a way because how can you not? Yeah that's the relationship we have.

“I want him to remember me. I want every woman after me to be compared, and found lacking.”

Tate is care-free, fun, wild but some of the things that turn her on would totally turn me off but hey to each their own eh? Some of the things she did made it hard for me to not judge her but as I continued reading I did end up liking her and her attitude and personality, I guess she grew on me.


I loved the scenes when they were playing around with each other, some of the comments were hilarious and I wanted more.I felt like at times Jameson was really hurtful with what he said to her and how he treated her which is part of the reason I haven't given this book full 5 stars. At times I really disliked him and wanted to shout at him. Dude you are being so mean!!


“Oh, and Tate, you forgot these,” he said, digging in his pocket. He pulled her panties out and tossed them onto the floor. “You always seem to be dropping these around me.” 

Mother fucker."

And then we get a bloody cliffhanger that made me so mad and desperate to start book 2! I would definitely recommend this book and I can't wait to see how this series continues.This is in third person and even though I usually stick to first person this was well written and I really enjoyed it.

Oh and last but never least my favourite character is Sanders who is Jameson's assistant. I bloody loved him. He needs his own book ASAP.I wanted to reach into the book and give him a massive hug and never let him go.Because he rocks ;)


Sunday, 5 October 2014

Release Day Blitz/Review/Giveaway/Excerpt: Beat (The Beat and the Pulse #1) By Amity Cross

Displaying Banner.jpg

Title: Beat
Series: The Beat and the Pulse #1
Author: Amity Cross
Release Date:  October 6, 2014

Displaying Beat_AmityCross_ebook.jpg

SYNOPSIS
Renee "Ren" Miller was five when her Dad left to go to the shops and never came back.

Left to grow up with a cancer riddled mother, things have never been easy for a teenager who had to be wise beyond her years. Then one day they lose the battle and she’s all alone.

Now twenty-two, Ren reluctantly goes to find her estranged father. He owns the down and out boxing studio, Beat, and Ren finds herself drawn to the ring. She thrives on learning a new way of fighting a life that kept kicking her down…instead of struggling against the current, she kicks it right between the legs.

Then one day, Ash Fuller, her Dad's star fighter comes back to town. Mysterious, handsome… Dangerous… Everything Ren doesn't need.

But he's got other ideas…

…and so does she.


COMING SOON
#2 Pulse
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 

PURCHASE LINKS
Amazon US:  http://amzn.to/YYSvgg
Amazon AU:  http://bit.ly/1mYB8HC

 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Excerpt

My fist slammed into the heavy leather bag, the impact jolting up my arm and absorbing into my torso.
The only light was from the back row of fluorescents I’d switched on over the ring. It was dark, murky and helped me pretend I was someplace else. The drama from the daylight hours was gone and it was just me and the darkness. Exactly the way I liked it.
I began another set of punches, hair sticking to the sweat beading across the back of my neck. Structure. This was the only thing that was predictable in my life and I needed predictable.
Stance. Guard. Punch. Guard. Repeat.
There was a loud cough behind me and I spun on my heel, heart thumping in my chest, and my gaze collided with Ash’s.
“Fuck,” I exclaimed, holding a hand over my heart. “Don’t fucking do that, Ash.” Typical. The creeper was being all creeper again.
“What are you doing?” He stared at me, his gaze hovering a little too long on my bare midriff.
I steadied the bag with one hand, taking deep breaths. “What does it look like?”
“I’ve never seen…” He trailed off and I wondered if I’d finally made the Golden Boy lost for words.
I turned my back so I didn’t have to look at him. “What? A woman in a sports bra? Highly doubt it.” I rolled my eyes and wiped my forehead with the back of my arm. Even though I couldn’t see, I felt his gaze burning into my skin and I suppressed the urge to squeeze my thighs together. Infuriating, self-absorbed, arrogant…


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

My Review
3 Fighter Stars!

Beat is book 1 in 'The Beat and The Pulse' Series By Amity Cross.This is the first book I have read by this and oh look at that cover ;) I think that's the first thing that caught my attention!


'I will beat your ass until you beg for mercy.

Repent or die.'


I really don't know how to rate this one, I'm just so confused so I will lay it all out for you.I hadn't read a fighter book in a while..last one was probably 'Remy' so when I checked out the synopsis I was intrigued and thought why not?
Let me tell you this book was totally different to other fighter books I have read and really didn't go the way I was expecting it to. This book was hot, dark and different.


Renee "Ren" Miller has had a tough life since her father left her with her mother who ended up having cancer and in the end dying which leads her to finding her father since it was her mothers last wish.She finds out he owns a gym called Beat. And from here starts her new life where she finds solace in training and making full use of the equipment.

Then in comes 'Ash' the golden boy who threw it all away or had everything taken from him. Hot, intense, angry and secretive and an arsehole. Everything Ren should avoid yet he seems to be all she can think about.And she isn't the only one feeling that way. Ash knows getting close to Ren will end up in destruction, he will ruin her and no matter how much he tries to stay away he is drawn to her. And somehow she becomes his light in all the darkness.

'He was the moon to my sun.He was the earth to my sky.Poetic bullshit, but how could you put a label on it?'

Both Ren and Ash have a lot of anger that they have kept inside and it has created a darkness within them.Sometimes it all gets too much and they snap and destroy everything around them and the only way they seem to let it out is through fighting.Letting go of the anger in a ring bound by no rules.


But what happens when everyone is trying to rip them apart? When people are trying to destroy Ash find their next victim..Ren

This book is in first person pov and both Ren and Ash's POV though there is more chapters in Ren's POV. We still get an insight into both characters but there is much more to be revealed about Ash which hopefully will be revealed in the next book.
I wasn't expecting that ending! :O
Cliffhanger!

Ahhhhh I wasn't expecting a lot of things that happened in this book yet I felt like something was missing or maybe is was because it was that time of month and I was being hormonal and picky and couldn't concentrate? Damn is it just me who has to be in the right mood to read something dark or less uhmmm lovey dovey? I totally wasn't in that kind of mood since my moods were all over the place, so yeah I can't even tell you what bloody mood I was in.This review is going so well.. Hah!

All I can say was that I liked it just didn't love it and don't ever totally disregard a book due to my reviews because we are all different anndddd you may end up loving it! ;)


**ARC provided for blog tour in exchange for an honest review.** 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
AUTHOR BIO
Amity Cross isn’t my real name. That’s no secret.


I didn’t want my Mum and my workplace to find out I wrote about doodles and tongue-in-cheek sexual innuendo.



I live in a leafy suburb of Melbourne writing about screwed up relationships and kick ass female leads that don’t take s**t lying down.



Insert more pretentious c**p here.



AUTHOR LINKS




~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

GIVEAWAY
There is a giveaway for a $15 Amazon gift card and 2 swag packs (incl. tote bag, pen, magnet, badge, keyring + more)

Friday, 13 December 2013

Blog Tour/Review/Giveaway: Strapped (Strapped #1) By Nina G. Jones


Title: Strapped
Author: Nina G. Jones
Series: Strapped #1
Publication: August 1st, 2013
Category: Adult
Genre: Adult Erotic Mystery/Suspense


Synopsis:
By all appearances, Shyla Ball has an enviable life: a loyal boyfriend, a great job, and family that loves her. She doesn't realize how deeply unsatisfied she is until she has an embarrassing encounter with a handsome stranger at a coffee shop. Taylor Holden, a successful businessman, takes a sudden special interest in her and offers her a job she cannot refuse. Soon after, she learns there is much more to this intensely private man than meets the eye. He is hiding many painful secrets, including why it is that he has seemingly plucked her out of obscurity for such a lucrative position. Her "perfect" world is turned upside down by her infatuation towards Taylor and in just a couple of months, her life looks nothing like it did before. While she is frightened by the changes she sees in herself, she cannot resist the lure of Taylor Holden. As Shyla slowly gains Taylor's trust, she learns of his complex history and how it has molded him into the person he has become. When elements of Taylor's secret past resurface and threaten to destroy them, Shyla finds out there may be more to Taylor's story than even he is aware of. Strapped is a story of passion, manipulation, obsession, and family secrets.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~


~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
My Review

4-4.5 INTRIGUING,TWISTED, I NEED MORE STARS!



I don't even know how to start.I went into this book thinking oh it's going to be a book similar to 50 shades something like that with a hot alpha male and we will see where is goes from there.Well damn did it go places!

Shyla Ball has it all right, the loyal boyfriend, great family and job then why does she feel so unsatisfied? so lost? Her relationship with her boyfriend has lost its spark, they are stuck in a comfortable place yet it's not enough.Everything changes when she spills her coffee all over the hot, sexy and mysterious Taylor Holden.


I have a mask just like the one that Taylor wears.It allows you to walk the earth pretending you are like all the others...When we bumped into each other the first day, he recognized it.He could see right through the flimsy veneer.And so, we measured each other, tried to see if the other recognized our darkness.Bit by bit, we chipped away each others facade.


Taylor at first I was comparing to Christian Grey but yeah he is pretty closed off and there are similarities but Taylor has a much darker, edgier element to him.Both Shyla and Taylor have secrets, darkness that consumes them, but when the dark past begins to chase them and blends with the present will it break them apart for good or bring them together?


I have been in love, but this is more than that, this consumes my entire being.This is more than love.I am infatuated.I am possessed.I am bitten.I am sick.He has infected me.

I am infected.


Okay as you should all know, I hate cheating but I let this one slide because it worked in my favour, well its complicated I don't mind cheating as long as the people they are cheating with, are supposed to be together (in my eyes) and then after they cheat they get their shit together and be in an actual relationship. Am I making sense?

This book will leave you reeling, your emotions all over the place and for a good few minutes when you finish the book you will be numb..anddd then want to throw your kindle against the wall, then you will want to switch places with the kindle and throw yourself against the wall!!




Near the ending I was like omg somethings wrong, I have a bad feeling and I was screaming at Shyla, something is wrong!!! RUN BITCH RUNNNNN!!! But yeah bloody idiot ignored me..I know right? How could she? How could she not hear me? I nearly jumped into the book to save her!!



And then the ending..oh my, like my feelings arent already in mess sure just hit me with a cliffhanger and leave me!!

Why?? I ask. Why you gotto do this to me? Whyyyyyyyy!! *Sobs*
All these books ending on cliffhangers and the next book..yeh where the hell are you?! Oh that's right you ain't even finished *hibernates until next book is released*


"Why is it", he said, one time, at the subway entrance, "I feel I've known you so many years?"
"Because I like you",she said, "and I don't want anything from you."

-R.Bradbury

**ARC courtesy of the author in exchange for an honest review**

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Author Bio



Nina G. Jones was born and raised in Bronx, NY and currently resides in Milwaukee, WI with her husband and two crazy Boxers.
She is the author of Strapped and is currently working on the sequel to Strapped, slated to be released in early 2014.
Nina lives a pretty wholesome life, but is fascinated with the dark side of things. She loves watching true crime TV shows and it creeps her husband out to no end. Nina has a degree in Psychology and uses her characters as a vehicle to explore the human psyche.


~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Giveaway!

Prizes:
• $20 Amazon/B&N gift card
• Winner's choice of a custom t-shirt or tank top ("Mrs. Sexypants" or "OXOX, Kisses Before Hugs")






                                                      Visit the Strapped tour schedule

Sunday, 17 November 2013

Release Day/Excerpt: Joseph Fallen By M.S.Willis


Book Description:

There is a fine line between genius and madness…
Between love and hate,

Between right and wrong.


Joseph had created The Estate for her…
His wife,
The woman he chose to bear his child.
She was beauty unsurpassed;
And her song was unlike anything he’d ever known.



However, their love was a story that would not find a happy ending.


In this prequel novel to the Estate series, follow Joseph Carmichael as he creates a world unlike any other. Because, in order to comprehend The Estate, you must understand Joseph; but, in order to understand Joseph, you must discover how a man falls from light into the pitch black depths of ultimate darkness.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Excerpt
He stood motionless around her, the heat of his body, his scent, bathing her as she waited – the broken promise and the reminder of who her husband had been was dangled before her in that moment, a dream she would never capture again.  He looked like Joseph, smelled like him, carried the same unspoken power and assurance – but he was no longer the man she’d believe him to be.
His jaw ticked, and when his sculpted lips finally opened, his voice brushed against her, seductive as silk, while, at the same time, sharp as the most lethal of blades.
The words spoken were so slow, so frightfully controlled, that there was no doubt they were the undeniable truth.  “When I married you, and on our wedding night, I promised you two things, Arianna – that you were mine and that I would do whatever was necessary to give you everything you could ever want.”  His eyes closed as he winced, his face appearing to battle against pain of the thoughts pounding against his skull.  “I have not broken those promises, so do not break yours. Do not threaten to leave me again.  There is no where on this Earth that you could run, that I would not hunt you down, find you, and drag you back here, chained if need be, to where you belong.”
His eyes opened.
“You are mine and I will not allow you to leave.  While I’m gone, I will leave Connor to watch over you.  He is loyal to me and will prevent any escape you attempt if you are foolish enough to try.  There is no escape from me, Arianna. You WILL accept what I have done.”

~*~*~*~*~*~*~~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Buy Links


~*~*~*~*~*~*~~*~*~*~*~*~*~
For more check out..
Madeleine Abducted


Check out My Review 
She was meant to be his destruction…
A pawn played in a perilous game between father and son…
Yet, her strength was more than either man could imagine. 
As Maddy learns to save herself… 
She becomes the one thing that could set the son free.

Madeleine Clark was raised to become a concert cellist. Sheltered and naïve, she remains hidden behind her music, a protection from the world around her. On the night of her first solo performance, Maddy accepts the admiration of a stranger and finds herself captive in a cruel and twisted power struggle between a sadistic father and his son, Aaron.

Seemingly dangerous and uncaring, Aaron manages the business operations of his father’s estate. Wanting nothing to do with the slaves kept at the Estate, Aaron refuses to take part in the deeper depravities of his father. Despite his resistance, Aaron’s father ‘gifts’ him with a petite, brunette woman he can’t refuse. 

A bond forged in conspiracy and deceit, Aaron struggles to save Maddy by teaching her to survive in the world in which he’d been raised. An unlikely union, Aaron soon learns that great strengths can exist within small packages, while Madeleine learns that love and light can exist in the darkest of places.

 Buy Links