REVIEW~WATCH ME by Stacey Kennedy

 

Watch Me by Stacey Kennedy
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

RATING: 2.5 STARS (No book hangover and no extra caffeine needed the next morning)



Things started out fantastic. The blurb was good. The cover was great. It was a no brainer that I chose this read out of a billion others on Net Galley. I thought I had the perfect book to read. I thought I would finish this in just a few hours. But, oh...

Okay, okay, so there’s a host of four and five star reviews on this book. Everyone has their own opinions, and I respect this. For me, I just couldn’t connect with the characters. Although I have great sympathy for victims of physical assault, I had no sympathy for Zoey because of her actions after the attack. I can handle instalove, but no matter how hard I tried, I was not able to fall into the suspension of disbelief. This is why:

1. The actions don’t line up! Zoey was a virgin. Most virgins are too scared/shy to even let a man watch them undress, but Zoey hacks her way into an exclusive BDSM/voyeur club and gets it on with a total stranger IN FRONT OF HER ATTACKERS just to prove she’s still a virgin. Uh….wha????


2. After one session at the club where Zoey loses her innocence to a total stranger, she instantly becomes a dog in heat and is totally comfortable being intimate in front of a bunch of strangers over and over again. Oh no, no, no.



There were a few things I did appreciate:

The author did not use raunchy and graphic descriptions to describe love scenes. Love scenes didn’t drag on and on forever.

The book was the perfect length. A short, quick read even thought I pushed myself to finish.


***I would like to thank the publisher for providing a copy of this book on Net Galley. This review was voluntary. Best of luck to this author.

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COVER REVEAL ~ Black Ghost

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Title: Black Ghost

Series: Black Ghost

Author: Freddie Villacci, Jr.

Genre: Thriller

Release Day: December 1, 2020

Cover Designer: ebooklaunch.com

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Mysterious deaths. No clues. No witnesses. All undeniably linked. Two rookie agents.

Bic Green, the Black Ghost, is on a mission to take out America’s ten wealthiest citizens. That’s simple enough for someone with his skill set, but that’s not the only thing on his mind.

Haunted by his personal demons, the trained assassin thinks he’s found a way out of this life through his niece. He hopes funding her quest to find a cure for cancer will absolve him of some of his most egregious acts, but that can’t happen until he completes his list of kills. With only twenty-one days left, he’s running out of time.

Law enforcement members are baffled by the cases and haven’t yet noticed the connection. But when two rookie agents overhear key details of the plan, they’re immediately invested. Against their better judgment, and despite their superior officers’ insistence, they press forward. What they uncover is more disturbing than they’re prepared to handle.

As the clues are unraveled, the stakes couldn’t be higher for Agents Maddox and Foxx, and Bic’s sudden quest for morality may be nothing more than a pipe dream.

Can the agents solve the case before he executes another rage-filled, ritualistic murder?

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Freddie Villacci, Jr. was born and raised in Wood Dale, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. He earned a degree in marketing from Berry College, while playing baseball. At the age of nineteen he began to invest in the stock market and continued on with a career in the insurance and financial services industry. 

In his first published novel, Black Ghost, he has used his professional background to give depth and credibility to the plot centering around the estate death tax laws. Besides books, he also fuels his creativity writing movie scripts and songs. Faceless, an independent movie is due out this fall. 

Freddie loves being out in the sun, especially playing baseball and golf with his daughter and twin boys. He and his wife, Jennifer, have a passion for supporting charities that help children.

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Sale ~ Tempt Me by USA Today Bestselling Author Kally Ash

Welcome to a sales blitz organized by Magic Pen Book Tours for a single dad's romance - Tempt Me by Kally Ash. It's the first book in the Temptation series, but can be read as a standalone.

Book Details:

Title: Tempt Me Series: Tempation #1 Author: Kally Ash Publication date: 2015 Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance Publisher: Vixen Publishing Number of pages: 256 pages

SYNOPSIS

A sexy single dad. His reluctant live-in nanny. An intense attraction with an end date. Max Parker has been screwed over by love. After returning home one night to find his wife gone without explanation and his infant daughter left alone and forgotten in her crib, he swears off women forever. Enter Gianna Borello. College student. Driven. Focused. Curves for days. The complete opposite of his ex-wife. And a complete temptation for Max.

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On Sale for 99¢ - September 14-19

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Excerpt

An hour later, Max and Gigi stepped through the front gates of the zoo. They strolled around with Erin, looking at the sea lions, the red pandas, and the snow leopards, and explored the children’s zoo. Gigi surprised him when she took Erin and sat with her on the back of a giant rabbit statue to have their photo taken. Chelsea would never have done anything like that. She was always too concerned with what people would think of her if she was acting silly. Max clicked half a dozen photos of his two girls, then took a few candid shots of Gigi as she picked Erin back up again. “Time for a coffee?” Max asked, smiling at Gigi. She nodded. “Sounds great.” Taking a seat at the cafe, he enjoyed the easy way he and Gigi could talk about everything, enjoyed how much fun she could be. “What are you smiling at?” she asked. “You,” he replied. A blush crept up her neck, and she bit her bottom lip. “Why?” Leaning forward, he took her hand in his. “Because you’re perfect.” She scoffed at him. “I’m far from perfect.” “You seem pretty perfect to me.” And she was. She was the antithesis to Chelsea. She looked up at him from under her lashes. “What is this between us, Max?” Her voice was unsteady—unsure. “Honestly?” She nodded. “It’s something that I know I can’t fight—this attraction between us. I know you feel it too.” “I do.” “But…” he began. “But?” “But, I’m not going to be in New York forever. I have to return to California, and my real job.” For a moment, she didn’t say a thing. “Gigi?” “California?” she asked in a squeak, her eyes widening. “Yes,” he said slowly. Had he not mentioned that to her? “That’s where I live. I’m only here helping out my boss with the new club temporarily. I’ll be going home as soon as she finds someone to run the place full-time.” “I didn’t know that,” she said, her gaze darting away and her hand slipping from his. She sucked in a deep breath. “I didn’t know that,” she repeated. He reached out for her again, but she dropped both hands into her lap. Max didn’t like the fear uncurling in his belly. “Don’t pull away from me.” Her wild eyes met his. “How can you say that to me? You’re leaving.” “Maybe, but I want you in my life even if it’s only for this short time.” She looked down at the table. “I think this is a mistake.” He sat taller in his chair. “What is?” he replied, his words clipped. She sighed. “This.” She motioned between them with her finger. “There’s definitely some attraction between us. I can feel it every time you look at me, but…” She looked him in the eye. “I don’t know how to do casual sex. I don’t know how to be in a relationship that isn’t going anywhere.” He frowned. “You know that wasn’t what it was.” “I know,” she whispered. “But knowing there can never be more than a few weeks or months together changes things. What’s the point in even having a relationship if it’s inevitably going to end?” “Everything ends.” He sat back in his chair, making sure to keep his eyes locked on her face. “And what’s the point of the whole thing? The point is, we get to experience each other. We get to share something that nobody can change, or even have the vaguest notion of what it’s like to feel. Having your body pressed against mine is heaven, Gigi. Isn’t it worthwhile having heaven even if it’s for just a few months?”

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Author Bio:

Kally Ash is a contemporary romance author whose passions include curling up with a good book, devouring chocolate and getting kitty cuddles. Tempt Me is her debut novel, and the first book in a three book series.

Some of her unicorn authors include Sawyer Bennett, Elizabeth Hayley and Haley Jenner.

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#REVIEW For 100 Nights by Lara Adrian

For 100 Nights by Lara Adrian
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

As I said in the last review, this book did not contain a strong plot. But for many romance readers, the relationship between two people is enough plot to keep turning the pages. Emotions took center stage in this series.



This installment wasn’t long; therefore, this review won’t be either. Caution: if you do not care for love scenes, you need to bypass this one too. Frankly, I was tired of them, so I skipped them and didn’t miss any key points.

In this book, some loose ends were wrapped up. Finally, we learned the identity of Avery’s mystery caller and what his intentions were. We also learned if this person had a hand in Avery’s mother’s hospitalization.

OH, and thankfully we FINALLY learned Avery’s terrible, horrible, despicable, life debasing secret. I was overjoyed because I was sick and tired of all the hint dropping. These books were written from Avery’s POV, so, we were left in major suspicion on the details of physical Nick’s scars. Nick’s background was revealed in the most unexpected way. He didn’t share the details of his past with Avery through pillow talk, but his past was shared with Avery by someone we never expected.
That ‘someone’ was perceived to be a villain, perhaps a troublemaker in Nick and Avery’s world. But this someone helped Avery. And as we learned more about this person, we decided she is definitely not a bad guy.



The ending (rolls eyes) was weak. Avery’s reason for running away from Nick made NO SENSE and was the absolute DUMBEST. Could someone please explain to me why Avery was always whining about the fact that Nick didn’t think her art was good enough to be in his gallery, BUT she walked out on him after she found out that he was attracted to her portrait, bought it and he had to track her down. OH, BTW, AVERY PAINTED THE PORTRAIT!!!!!



Poor Nick couldn't make Avery happy no matter what he did! We think he should let her go forever.


RATING (minus the stupid ending) THREE ½ STARS
One cup of coffee was enough to get us going the next day.







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#REVIEW Shark's Edge ~ by Victoria Blue & Angel Payne

Shark's Edge by Angel Payne
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

First, we'd like to thank Waterhouse Press for providing a copy of this book via Net Galley.

This was the first time we'd read a book by these authors. Over the years we'd seen the names Payne & Blue on some top blogs, so of course we wanted to request this title. However, regardless of these authors' great reputations, this book just didn't work for us.



One of the issues we had was with the pacing of the story. This was probably one of the slowest books we'd ever read. At 26 percent into the story, we just couldn't take it anymore, so we skipped over to the 55 percent mark. But even with all the missed pages, we discovered that we didn't miss anything. Actually, the only thing that did happen was a LOT of inner monologue. The main characters constantly hated/liked/lusted after each other.

Enough already! Get on with it. :(



Also the heroine, a caterer, was ultra boring. Shark was an nonredeemable anus.



The acknowledgements in the back matter of the book mentioned the involvement of several big name authors who were involved in the crafting of this story. But sadly, the popular list of names just wasn't enough to keep us interested in the other installments.

OUR RATING:
2 Stars

One Cup Of Regular Coffee


We weren't up all night reading this one.

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