Review: Stolen Hearts

For this review, I chose Stolen Hearts by Andrea R. Cooper. This is my first book I read by this author.  This book is in a series called Hearts. 

I received a copy of the ebook for a honest review of this book.

Here is a brief description from Goodreads:
Crystal has spent her entire life training to be a thief in order to find evidence against the man who had her parents murdered. In her pursuit of justice she's had to give up her identity, her name, and any chance at love. When Crystal is forced on a blind date with the cop who is investigating her, she plays a dangerous game of hearts that could land her in a prison cell. 

Kade is in search of a new life, after losing his partner. He's taken a new job, in a new city, and met a new girl. In order to keep his fresh start, he will have to catch an elusive thief targeting one of the largest corporations in the country. Desperate to forget the failures of his past, Kade has no intention of failing. 

But secrets can’t be hidden forever.


When I was reading this book, only one word came to my mind- WOW!!  And wow it is.  It was not what I was expecting, but much better.  This book had so much in it- Suspense, Mystery, Romance.  Great characters.  I could never do what Crystal and Ruby had to do.  Could you do that?  I loved the spying, breaking into buildings, and looking for the much needed evidence.  

Kade was set up on a blind date with Paul's fiancee's sister, Crystal, which reminded me of my one and only blind date with Shawn.  Yes, he was a blind date by my friend, Sandy, and her boyfriend, Tim, who is Shawn's friend.  We have been together ever since.

I can not wait for Book #2.  I gave this book 4 stars because of how I felt when reading the many paragraphs.  It was different to me.

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 I give this book 4 out of 5 stars.

Would I recommend this book? Yes! Author? Yes!

Would I read more from this author? Yes!

Happy Reading!

Melissa 

Review coming next: Irresistibly Dangerous by Debra Ann Fisk

FTC Disclosure: The Publisher/Author/Book Tour Company has provided me with a copy of this book for review or I have purchased the book with my own funds.  The opinion I share about the story are mine and have not been influenced by the The Publisher/Author/Book Tour Company if received for review.

Review: Hearts on Fire

For this review, I chose Hearts of Fire by Ashli Rose.  This is my first book I read by this author.  This book is in a series called Hearts on Fire.

I received a copy of the ebook for a honest review of this book.

Here is a brief description from Goodreads:
It has been five years since Ava Kingston left her parent’s home in New Jersey. She ran and never looked back; all because of one night. One night that could’ve changed her life forever. Now living in Chicago, working as a journalist, Ava thinks her life is finally where it should be. She is working towards a promotion, has a great family and a few amazing friends. What more could a girl want? Just when Ava comes to a calming sense of closure in her life, her past reappears in the form of the “Hunks in Uniform” calendar. Will Ava’s feelings for this fearless firefighter resurface, against her better judgment, or will Ava try to forget the one person she ever really loved?
Gavin Sawyer is a Chicago firefighter who is stopping many women’s hearts as a model for the “Hunks in Uniform” calendar. Gavin only tried out for the calendar because of her. The one person who knew he was worthy of such prestige. He knew how much she wanted him to do it, but then she was gone. Without a warning, Ava left Gavin behind with a broken heart and bruised ego. He loved her, but she ran. One fatal accident has separated them forever. Now, five years later, Gavin will stop at nothing to win her back. A chance encounter with Ava sets his heart on fire and proves that old feelings really do die hard.



Definitely HOT Chemistry between Ava and Gavin!!  Story touched me and it reminded me of falling in love with Shawn all those years ago.  Lots of suspense, romance, and action in this book!!  The characters are loveable and real.

I read this book in 1 night and I could not put it down.  I had to know what happened.  I can not wait for book #2.

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I give this book 5 out of 5 stars.

Would I recommend this book? Yes! Author? Yes!

Would I read more from this author? Yes!

Happy Reading!

Melissa 
Review coming next: Stolen Hearts by Andrea R. Cooper

FTC Disclosure: The Publisher/Author/Book Tour Company has provided me with a copy of this book for review or I have purchased the book with my own funds.  The opinion I share about the story are mine and have not been influenced by the The Publisher/Author/Book Tour Company if received for review.

Review: Exposed to Passion

For this review, I chose Exposed to Passion by Gemma Brocato, which is the third book in the Five Senses Series.  Book #1 is Cooking Up Love.  Book #2 is Hearts in Harmony.  I received a copy of the ebook for a honest review of this book.

Here is a brief description from Goodreads:
They walked through the shadows individually. Will they emerge into the light together?

Leading a vagabond life as a curator for a traveling photography exhibit translates to a lot of bad days for Rikki Salerno. But her trouble doubles when a careless high school student shoves her into a marsh. Being rescued by teacher Sam Kerrigan should have made things better, but Rikki’s inability to confess her true identity casts a shadow over their budding affair.

When Sam refuses an overly aggressive parent’s marriage proposal, she’s determined to ruin him. Not only does she doctor photos to make it look like Sam’s behaved inappropriately in front of students, she hacks the foundation website to reveal Rikki’s true identity. Faster than the blink of a shutter, Rikki’s focus changes from pursuing her full-color future to the black and white necessity of clearing Sam’s name.

I really loved this book.  I enjoyed book #1, too.  I love that we were seeing the topic of bullying coming up and it needs to be highlighted.  The characters are strong and very likeable.  Hot chemistry between Sam and Rikki!!!  I loved reading the conflicts in this book!  I was able to find 3, but I am not sure if I missed one.  I am not sure which one is my favorite, but they all intercepts one another.  

My favorite hobby is photography.  I have what I call my dream camera, which took me awhile to get it.  I love the photography club and would love to get some photos that they took!

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I give this book 5 out of 5 stars.

Would I recommend this book? Yes! Author? Yes!

Would I read more from this author? Yes!

Happy Reading!

Melissa 

Review coming next: Hearts on Fire by Ashli Rose

FTC Disclosure: The Publisher/Author/Book Tour Company has provided me with a copy of this book for review or I have purchased the book with my own funds.  The opinion I share about the story are mine and have not been influenced by the The Publisher/Author/Book Tour Company if received for review.

Review: Hearts in Harmony

For this review, I chose Heart in Harmony by Gemma Brocato. This is Book #2 in the Five Senses Series. I read book #1, Cooking Up Love, and loved it.  Book #3 is called Exposed to Passion, which I am in the middle of reading.  I received a copy of the ebook for a honest review of this book.

Here is a brief description from Goodreads:

Five Senses, #2

Sometimes life’s most simple melodies become songs of love.

Pippa Sanders’ life is filled with songs of leaving, longing and loneliness. Since the death of her husband, her children have been her world. She’ll do anything to protect them, including encasing her heart in ice until they’re college age. She’s made a practice of shying away from any relationship that could break her heart when it ends. And it’s worked so far.

Clay Mathers has made a temporary move to Granite Pointe, Massachusetts to help with his mother’s Christmas tree farm while she recovers from a stroke. Although his long-range plans don’t include staying in the small town, a little female companionship during his short residency would be welcome. While on duty as sentry against protestors at a military funeral, he finds Pippa visiting her husband’s grave, and begins a campaign to make her into a friend–with benefits.

What starts as a simple affair evolves to something more, something that changes the soundtracks of both their lives…the beating of two hearts in harmony.

CONTENT WARNING: Contains strong language, hot sex and a spicy hero.

I am thinking this is my favorite book of this series.  Pippa lost her husband in combat.  Helping other military wives when they lose their husband, she is right by their side.  Pippa is a strong loveable woman, who has been to hell, but she has 2 kids to raise, who are the world to her.  I kept thinking how can one survive a lost like that?  Pippa has her kids to keep her going.  A little piece of her husband.  

The chemisty is HOT between Clay and Pippa!!  Passionate.  I love the nickname that Clay gave Pippa.  When Sarah lost her husband, Pippa was right there for her fellow military wife.  I could not help, but think about the what ifs.  How would my kids and I survive something like that?  Who would be there for us?

My favorite part of this book was the suspense!  Of course, I am not going to tell you.  Read the book!  Don't you love when I tell you that! 

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I give this book 5 out of 5 stars.

Would I recommend this book? Yes! Author? Yes!

Would I read more from this author? Yes!

Happy Reading!

Melissa 

Review coming next: Exposed to Passion by Gemma Brocato


FTC Disclosure: The Publisher/Author/Book Tour Company has provided me with a copy of this book for review or I have purchased the book with my own funds.  The opinion I share about the story are mine and have not been influenced by the The Publisher/Author/Book Tour Company if received for review. 

Review: Healing My Heart

For this review, I chose Healing My Heart by Aleya Michelle, which is my first book by this author.  This is Book #2 in the My Heart series.  It is also a stand alone book.  Book #1 is Breaking My Heart.  Book #3 is Forever in My Heart.  I received a copy of the ebook for a honest review of this book.

Here is a brief description from Goodreads:
Roxy is in a bind... 
Should she stay true to herself or should she follow her wounded heart back to her first love? 
Back to the one who left her heartbroken and alone. 
Who will be the one to help heal her heart? 
Will it be Dylan, who started as her re-bound, but has become her strength and her life line over the past few months. 
Or will it be Kade, the one who stole her heart and showed her the true meaning of love. Then showed her all the despair, vulnerability and pain a broken heart can cause. 
Which path will bring her to her happily ever after? 

At first, I could not get into this book.  I am not sure why, but after I read about 3 chapters, I finally got into the book.  I do believe that Roxy should be with Kade.  Yes, he made a mistake, but he is not like Dylan, who to me is unstable.  I was not sure what Dylan was going to do.  It kept me on the edge of my seat.  This book to be is about second chances and following your heart.  Everyone deserves a second chance.

I do recommend this book.  I love the conflict that this book has- Will Roxy forgive Kade for leaving him?  What is wrong with Dylan.

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I give this book 4 out of 5 stars.

Would I recommend this book? Yes! Author? Yes!

Would I read more from this author? Yes!

Happy Reading!

Melissa 

Review coming next: Hearts in Harmony by Gemma Brocato


FTC Disclosure: The Publisher/Author/Book Tour Company has provided me with a copy of this book for review or I have purchased the book with my own funds.  The opinion I share about the story are mine and have not been influenced by the The Publisher/Author/Book Tour Company if received for review. 

Review: Irresistibly Delicious

For this review, I chose Irresistibly Delicious by Debra Ann Fisk, which is my first book I have read by this author.  This book is in a series called Cozy Cove.  Book #2 is Irresistibly Dangerous, which I am reviewing later this month.

I received a copy of the ebook for a honest review of this book.

I love reading books in series.  It is a way to get to know the characters in other books.  To see how the author is developing them.  I also love when new characters are introduced.


Here is a brief description from Goodreads:
One feisty Southern chef. One sexy city doctor. One thousand miles apart. Trauma draws them together, but will circumstances pull them apart?

Chef Olivia Carson’s painful past haunted her until she discovered the healing solace at the Cozy Cove Inn. She fell in love with the bed and breakfast and its owner, Myra. But her world is rocked to its core after Myra has a life threatening emergency.

When Brady Matthews, Myra's son and a well-known cardiologist in NYC, shows up to care for his mother, sparks fly in more ways than one. Olivia and Brady disagree about everything, all the while fighting the sexual attraction that draws them together. As Brady begins to reevaluate his life and Olivia creates a new career for herself, the risk of scandal and past secrets threatens to rip them apart.

Will a headstrong surgeon and a gourmet chef learn to accept love? Or will they choose professional success with a side order of loneliness? 

The characters are great and the story was well developed.  I loved the characters of Olivia and Brady.  I kept thinking what would I do if the man I loved stole all of my money and my mother was more worried about the money and not how her daughter is feeling about the situation.  I would have done the same thing as her- packed my car and left everything behind.  

I loved the way the psychic added curiosity to both Olivia and Cookie about their futures.  When I was in college, I had my palm read.  I was told I would have 1 or maybe 2 kids.  Ethan was not planned.  The palm reader did tell me about who I would meet, but I can not remember the details.  It was a long time ago.

I love the small town feel and the nosy neighbors in Cozy Cove. I loved how Ms Fisk described the property of the Cozy Cove Inn.  I could not put down my ipad and it was hard to stop reading.  I highly recommend this book!!  I will be looking to read more books by Ms. Fisk.

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I give this book 5 out of 5 stars.

Would I recommend this book? Yes! Author? Yes!

Would I read more from this author? Yes!

Happy Reading!

Melissa 

Review coming next: Healing My Heart by Aleya Michelle

FTC Disclosure: The Publisher/Author/Book Tour Company has provided me with a copy of this book for review or I have purchased the book with my own funds.  The opinion I share about the story are mine and have not been influenced by the The Publisher/Author/Book Tour Company if received for review.

Review: Counterfeits

For this review, I chose Counterfeits by Kris Bock, which is the first book I have read by this author.  I received a copy of the ebook for a honest review of this book.

Here is a brief description from Goodreads:
Painter Jenny Kinley has spent the last decade struggling in the New York art world. Her grandmother’s sudden death brings her home to New Mexico, but inheriting the children’s art camp her grandmother ran is more of a burden than a gift. How can she give up her lifelong dreams of showing her work in galleries and museums?

Rob Caruso, the camp cook and all-around handyman, would be happy to run the camp with Jenny. Dare he even dream of that, when his past holds dark secrets that he can never share? When Jenny’s father reappears after a decade-long absence, only Rob knows where he’s been and what danger he’s brought with him.

Jenny and Rob face midnight break-ins and make desperate escapes, but the biggest danger may come from the secrets that don’t want to stay buried. In the end, they must decide whether their dreams will bring them together or force them apart.

I liked that this book was different from what I normally read.  Jenny inherited her grandmother's Children's art camp.  She has to decide if she wants to run the camp or go back to New York and continue as an artist.  What would you do if you were in her shoes?  Live the life that you had been or completely change your life?  I loved the way the camp and the grounds were described.  It made me what to be there.  It seemed so peaceful.

I loved the character of Jenny and her 2 best friends.  I knew Rob was hiding something, but I still liked his character.  This book had me glued to my ipad and did not want to put it down.  It kept me guessing who was behind the burglaries.   

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I give this book 5 out of 5 stars.

Would I recommend this book? Yes! Author? Yes!

Would I read more from this author? Yes!

Happy Reading!

Melissa 

Review coming next: Irresistibly Delicious by Debra Ann Fisk

FTC Disclosure: The Publisher/Author/Book Tour Company has provided me with a copy of this book for review or I have purchased the book with my own funds.  The opinion I share about the story are mine and have not been influenced by the The Publisher/Author/Book Tour Company if received for review.