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Title: Continuum
Series: The South Beach Connection Trilogy Book 3
Author: A.R. Hadley
Genre: Contemporary Romance/Women's Fiction
Release Date: July 25, 2018
Annie promised Cal she would wait for him. He was her home, her safety — the person she felt she always knew.
And he felt the same.
Still … they go their separate ways. Their passionate summer has come to a close.
Cal returns to California while Annie heads to Seattle. But they can’t stay away from each other long. And soon, their lives become one.
Except … there's one more test they must face. Or maybe there will be many.
After all, life is made up of waves, endless cycles — series of ups and downs, pulling hearts, souls, and minds toward the horizon, then the shore.
Every push, every change, each risk — brings Cal and Annie closer to acceptance. Closer to uncovering truth.
Two people who never believed in forever — now have a reason to trust fate.
***Continuum is the third book in The South Beach Connection Trilogy***
Talk about a roller coaster ride! My heart sank so low and rose so high throughout this book. There were times I wanted to hurt both Annie and Cal. Slap some sense into them. Shake them until their teeth rattled. In the end, perseverance won.
Annie goes through so much depression in this book. It was really hard to get through those parts. I wanted to hug her so badly and let her know she would get through it. Other times, I wanted to shake her out of it and tell her to try harder. Kudos to the author for writing so deeply the feelings portrayed in this book. It brought back bad memories and emotions for me, making it feel so real. Cal goes through a lot on in this book, too. His hopelessness really got to me. I understood him needing time to deal with things on his own, but I really wanted to hurt him for it, too, because Annie was also going through something tough and basically all alone. They should have been together. As I said in previous reviews, the writing was phenomenal. The way Hadley writes is so poetic, emotions and comparisons flowing within a beautiful prose. This is an author that I will read anything she puts out there.
5 Stars!!!
She loves her husband.
Chocolate.
Her children.
And Cary Grant.
She annoys those darling little children by quoting lines from Back to the Future, but despite her knowledge of eighties and nineties pop culture, she was actually meant to live alongside the Lost Generation after the Great War and write a mediocre novel while drinking absinthe with Hemingway. Instead, find her sipping sweet tea with extra lemons on her porch as she weaves fictional tales of love and angst amid reality.
Title: Trying
Author: Heather MacKinnon
Genre: Romantic Women's Fiction
Release Date: July 18, 2018
Mackenzie’s marriage is falling apart.
After two years of heartbreaking infertility, the best friends that were once madly in love now act more like roommates. While Mackenzie is desperately trying to pick up the pieces of her broken relationship, her colleague is trying to get her attention. He’s not satisfied with just being her friend and wants to give her everything her husband doesn’t.
Mackenzie finds herself caught between a man she’s tied to that wants nothing to do with her, and a man who would give anything to be with her, but she can’t have.
When her world gets rocked by unexpected news, she’s left more torn than ever. Can the two try to love again or is already it too late?
Tick.
Crinkle.
Slurp.
Crunch.
This was the soundtrack to my morning.
Every morning.
Bryson sat across the kitchen table from me, one hand gripping the morning paper, while the other alternated between holding his steaming mug of coffee or bringing his dry wheat toast from the plate to his mouth.
The clock on the wall counted down the seconds until we’d both need to leave for work, and this awkward routine ended.
Crunch.
Slurp.
Crinkle.
Or maybe it was just me who felt the awkwardness. Bryson seemed perfectly content to quietly work on his breakfast while I watched the second-hand tick away the time until I could make my escape.
The sky outside was gray, the oatmeal in my bowl was gray, the walls of this kitchen were painted gray. I looked down to my gray pencil skirt and white blouse. When did everything in my life become so monochromatic? When did all the color leech out of our days?
“Did you sleep well?” I asked him, finally unable to handle the weight of the silence between us.
“Mmm,” he intoned mid-sip, “like a baby.”
The flinch was involuntary.
I didn’t blame Bryson for his slip of the tongue. Even after all this time, it was still hard for him to grasp how that word affected me. How a simple four-letter word had ruled my life for so long. How I hated it as much as I yearned for it.
“How’s work been?” I tried again to engage him.
His mouth was full of toast and his eyes still roamed the paper in his hand when he responded. “Good, good. Everything’s going well.”
I sighed, and slid my spoon through my oatmeal, digging a hole in the center of the bowl that I wished was big enough for me to crawl into. It didn’t surprise me that Bryson hadn’t reciprocated my questions. He hadn’t asked me how I was doing in months. I suppose after getting the same answer over and over, he finally stopped asking.
Because my answer was always “fine” although we both knew I was far from it. So, if we both knew what my answer would be, and we both knew it was a lie, why bother, right?
That was Bryson’s mentality at least. I, on the other hand, couldn’t stand the silence that stacked up between us, like massive Lego blocks that interlocked and grew until that was all we could see.
And what color were those blocks? If you guessed “gray”, you’d be right.
Happy Together-Turtles
I’ll Be-Edwin McCain
Just Give Me A Reason-P!nk ft. Nate Ruess
New Year’s Day-Taylor Swift
What About Us-P!nk
Happier-Ed Sheeran
Impossible-James Arthur
Can I Be Him-James Arthur
Three Empty Words-Shawn Mendes
Shake It Out-Florence + The Machine
Heather MacKinnon is an author living in the research triangle in North Carolina with her husband and two troublemaking dogs. She grew up on Long Island and spent her young adult years in various states in New England. This led to her subsequent addiction to Dunkin’ Donuts latte’s and her gratuitous use of the word “wicked”. She’s tried her hand at many jobs throughout the years as she strove to find the one that made her happy. Heather has sold chicken, kitchen knives, auto body supplies, PR packages, and computer software. She’s been a cashier, a waitress, a cook, a hotel concierge, a phlebotomist, and an Uber driver. Though her jobs have been many, her passion has always been reading. She’d hide in the bathroom and read between sales calls, or find a lonely corner in the kitchen and whip out her kindle between waiting on tables. After a lifetime of enjoying other people’s words, she decided to write down some of her own.
Title: Another Chance On Love
Author: CL Rowell
Genre: Mainstream Women's Fiction/New Adult Fiction
Release Date: June 1, 2018
A story about first love, lost love and new love.
When his high school sweetheart dies before they can truly enjoy being married, Brandon isn't sure he wants to let anyone that close again. He’s sure her memory, and their child, is all he’ll want or need. So when he starts feeling sparks of attraction for his daughter’s godmother, he isn't sure how to react. Stung once by life’s fickle whims, he doesn’t want to risk his heart again - especially when he has an innocent child to consider, too. But fate - and a hard headed little girl - have other plans…and they think Brittney and Brandon are a perfect fit.
Can Brandon find room in his wounded heart for Brittney?
Can he be persuaded to take another chance on love?
“Unbelievably heart-wrenching, laugh out loud chuckles, intense and gripping nail-biting on the edge of your seat impossible to put down perfection at its finest!” ~ Goodreads Review (Treasa) “... a story with heart, passion and chemistry.” ~ Goodreads Review (Laila V.)
I am a southern girl, born and raised in crawfish country. I love to write romance - and read science fiction and fantasy, horror, romance and erotic romance. I'm a bit of a poet, but mostly when I'm feeling emotional. My friends tend to come to me when they need poems. I've been all over the continental US. My fave state? Oregon, because it has it all - beaches, ocean, mountains, caves, valleys, desert. I've been to Canada. I've driven an 18 wheeler...I'm 5'1", lol. I wanted to be a race car driver, but my first love is reading/telling stories. Why? Because between the covers of a book, you can go anywhere, be anything, and do whatever you like...all in the span of a few hours.
Book: All Of You (Rebel Desire Book 3)
Author: Fabiola Francisco
Genre: Women's Fiction/Contemporary Romance Releases 2nd May #AllOfYouRDB
Synopsis:
Cassidy Rae Pressman comes with way more than Jason Stone bargained for, yet she is exactly what heâs been searching for. I want what all my friends have. He doesn't need my baggage. I can't stop thinking about her. Romance isn't my priority, my daughter is. I want to show her she can have it all. He thinks we can be a family. Her and Rae are my family now, and no one will take them away from me. He stays even when it's easier to leave. I'm going to give her her southern fairytale.
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Excerpt
âCan you sing us a song, Jason?â Rae looks up at me.
âSure. It might sound a little funky today.â I clear my throat and choose one of our older songs, something more upbeat.
I sit up on the couch, keeping hold of Cassidy Raeâs hand, and begin to sing.
Open road, windows down,
Donât need ânything else
but you by my side,
Singing along to my radio,
Holding my hand in yours
Swimming in asphalt
And drowninâ in you,
Iâve got nowhere to be,
Iâve got all I need
Driving with you
I catch myself strumming my fingers, as if I had a guitar. Old habits are hard to break. Mid verse, Rae stands and begins to dance. I chuckle, but stay on beat.
I look over at Cassidy Rae and wink as I sing the words to her. Half way through, I mix it up and transition to another song of oursâsmoother and slower. Rae continues to dance, causing Cassidy Rae to giggle and look between her and me, her eyes gentle.
I stand and put my hand out for Cassidy Rae to take it. She takes her time to stand, and I dance with her, still singing.
Youâre sunshine and honey,
Youâre whiskey on my lips,
Warm and sweet
Youâre a slow-down ride
And back road trail,
Getting lost in evergreen
I twirl her around, and before she can come back to me, Rae has taken her free hand. Spying her other hand, I hold it and the three of us dance.
Copyright 2018, Fabiola Francisco
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