tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11617783713700328022024-03-05T09:06:50.520-06:00Steph'sBookRamblingsShort and sweet reviews so you can get back to reading!Stephanie Townehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02010645653529128285noreply@blogger.comBlogger303125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1161778371370032802.post-8630398342051186592019-09-20T10:48:00.003-05:002019-09-20T10:48:40.417-05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert:</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: large;">“After a certain age, we are all walking around this world
in bodies made of secrets and shame and sorrow and old, unhealed injuries. Our
hearts grow sore and misshapen around all this pain—yet somehow, still, we
carry on.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Gilbert, Elizabeth. City of Girls (p. 342). Penguin
Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Guys, I love Elizabeth Gilbert! As someone who is from a
family whose motto is "We Do Not Talk About Our Feelings" she always
says/writes what I feel and cannot articulate myself. She speaks to my
soul.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her Instagram/Facebook posts are
enough to make me weep sometimes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">That said, can she write a fiction story and still speak to
me? Yes, yes, she can.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I loved every
single one of these characters, even the dastardly ones, and have so many
highlights in my copy that it would hurt your eyeballs to look at it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>E.G. weaves a coming of age story that
everyone can relate to even if it is nothing like their life and she teaches
you a lesson without moralizing so much that you don’t like her in the end. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Vivian is a privileged girl who learns some
harsh lessons about life, but they are lessons we all need to be reminded of
every day. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Love, happiness and family comes in many forms and just
because someone’s is different than yours, doesn’t make it any less
beautiful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">5 Stars</span></span></div>
<br />Stephanie Townehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02010645653529128285noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1161778371370032802.post-79422394762957318882019-09-03T08:09:00.000-05:002019-09-03T08:09:34.252-05:00September freebie from Helena Hunting!!!!!!!!!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">I should have known that would never be enough.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">What would it be like to have her that way? Skin to skin? Breathless and begging? My body inside hers?</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">I want answers, I think as I open the door to our building.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">No, I need them.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">I take the elevator up to our floor and go right to her apartment. Using the key she gave me, I unlock her door, smiling that she still hasn’t changed the lock, and head inside.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">“Reid?” She jumps off the couch and I freeze.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Jesus, she’s fucking beautiful. </span><span style="color: var(--color-text);">I’ve seen her a million times like this, but I don’t know what it is—I can’t breathe.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Her hair is piled up on top of her head in some sort of nest, the glasses that she swears she doesn’t need are on, and her legs ... God, her legs. Long, sweet, slender … they would look perfect around my neck.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">“What are you doing here? If this is about …” She stops talking and looks at me, her eyes full of confusion as I watch her chest rise and fall.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">I walk toward her, unable to stand still. My hands grip her cheeks, and I pull her mouth to mine. Her gasp is swallowed by the searing kiss. Her fingers wrap around my wrists and I don’t know if she’s trying to stop me, but I’m going to keep going until she does.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Yet she never does. Instead of pushing me away, her hands move to my hips.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Willow kisses me back.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">She kisses me like this is the only option.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">She kisses me harder and more passionately than the last time.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">She gives as much as she takes and I fucking revel in it.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">This is crazy, but I don’t care. It’s right. It’s everything that finally makes sense. I wondered what it would be like and now I know—it’s fucking perfect.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">“Reid.” She says my name and then pulls my mouth back to hers.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">I kiss her, loving how our mouths fit and the way her tongue feels against mine.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">“Tell me to stop.” I give her an out that I pray she won’t take.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">“What?”</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">“Tell me now, Wills.”</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">I’m desperate for her. Seeing her tonight, knowing she was spying on me, did something to my heart that I can’t explain. It was the answer to the question that neither of us was willing to face.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">There’s something here. </span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Maybe it’s new. Maybe it’s always been there but we didn’t see it. Maybe Willow and I needed to be pushed. Whatever the reason, the outcome is this.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">She touches my face. Her fingertips are soft, and she moves her thumb to my lip. “I can’t. I don’t know what’s happening, but I don’t want it to stop.”</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">“Good, because I don’t think I could.”</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">My mouth is back to hers the second the words are out.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">She giggles against my lips and I drink it in. Everything about Willow is sweet. Her mouth, her laughter, her heart. They all make her irresistible. I don’t know how I never saw it.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">I break the kiss and scoop her into my arms, bringing her back to the bedroom. She doesn’t say anything, and I’m glad for it.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">We’re both always in our heads and I’m very much ready to be in her instead.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">I lay her down and crawl over her, loving how she looks at me with lust-filled eyes. “Tell me what you want, Wills.” She shakes her head and I know what she’s doing, but I’m not having it. “Don’t think, baby, just tell me.”</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Her lids fall, closing me off to what she doesn’t want me to see, and I take a beat to really look at her. Lips swollen, shirt falling off her shoulder, hair fanning out on the bed. She looks like an angel.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">“I want you to kiss me,” she whispers.</span>
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<b>About the authors:</b></div>
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<i><span style="font-weight: 400;">New York Times, USA Today</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Wall Street Journal</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Bestseller Corinne Michaels is the author of nine romance novels. She’s an emotional, witty, sarcastic, and fun loving mom of two beautiful children. Corinne is happily married to the man of her dreams and is a former Navy wife.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">After spending months away from her husband while he was deployed, reading and writing was her escape from the loneliness. She enjoys putting her characters through intense heartbreak and finding a way to heal them through their struggles. Her stories are chock full of emotion, humor, and unrelenting love.</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-weight: 400;">USA Today</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Bestselling Author Melanie Harlow likes her martinis dry, her heels high, and her history with the naughty bits left in. When she's not writing or reading, she gets her kicks from TV series like VEEP, Game of Thrones, House of Cards, and Homeland. She occasionally runs three miles, but only so she can have more gin and steak.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Melanie is the author of the AFTER WE FALL series, the HAPPY CRAZY LOVE series, the FRENCHED series, and the sexy historical SPEAK EASY duet, set in the 1920s. She lifts her glass to romance readers and writers from her home near Detroit, MI, where she lives with her husband, two daughters, and pet rabbit.</span></div>
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Stephanie Townehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02010645653529128285noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1161778371370032802.post-32967517993989003802019-04-23T07:00:00.000-05:002019-04-23T13:43:39.466-05:00After the Party by Cressida Connolly<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Phyllis Forrester has returned to England after years abroad. Moving into her
sister's grand country house, she soon finds herself entangled in a new world
of idealistic beliefs and seemingly innocent friendships. Fevered talk of
another war infiltrates their small, privileged circle, giving way to a
thrilling solution: a great and charismatic leader, who will restore England to
its former glory.</span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; line-height: 115%;"><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
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<span style="background: clear;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">At a party hosted by her new friends, Phyllis lets down her
guard for a single moment, with devastating consequences. Years later, Phyllis,
alone and embittered, recounts the dramatic events which led to her
imprisonment and changed the course of her life forever.</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> This is a nicely written historical fiction novel about that in between era of the 1930's that we rarely hear about in books. The story is told from Phyllis' point of view going back and forth in time from her release in prison and the time "before". </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> I found that I did not really care for any of the characters which makes it hard for me to enjoy a story as I have no one to root for. Phyllis seems overly naive and never seemed to ever learn her lesson. This one is set in an interesting time with interesting themes but just fell flat for me. 2/5 stars</span>Stephanie Townehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02010645653529128285noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1161778371370032802.post-42454157826018723792019-04-11T08:15:00.000-05:002019-04-11T08:15:10.274-05:00COVER REVEAL!!!!!!!<img alt="IM - CR banner.jpg" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5484" height="236" src="https://ssp2017.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/im-cr-banner.jpg" width="640" />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Imperfect Match, a sexy friends to lovers standalone romance, from </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">New York Times</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> bestselling Corinne Michaels & </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">USA Today</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> bestselling Melanie Harlow, is coming April 26th and we have the gorgeous cover!</span></h1>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Rule number one for a professional matchmaker?</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Don’t fall in love with your client.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">I screwed that up when I fell for my best friend, Reid Fortino. He’s gorgeous, successful, and sexy as hell. I figured it would be easy to find him a match—and save the family business at the same time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">But the more time I spend attempting to find the perfect girl, the more I realize how much I want him for my own. What’s the harm if we give in for just one night?</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">I should have known that would never be enough.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Now I’m on the verge of losing my job and my heart. </span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">We were an imperfect match from the start, but I don’t know how to let him go.</span>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Cover photo: Nicole Ashley Photography</span></div>
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<b>About the authors: </b></div>
<img alt="Corinne (1 of 1)-4matte.jpg" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5486" height="200" src="https://ssp2017.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/corinne-1-of-1-4matte.jpg" width="133" />
<i><span style="font-weight: 400;">New York Times, USA Today</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Wall Street Journal</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Bestseller Corinne Michaels is the author of nine romance novels. She’s an emotional, witty, sarcastic, and fun loving mom of two beautiful children. Corinne is happily married to the man of her dreams and is a former Navy wife.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">After spending months away from her husband while he was deployed, reading and writing was her escape from the loneliness. She enjoys putting her characters through intense heartbreak and finding a way to heal them through their struggles. Her stories are chock full of emotion, humor, and unrelenting love.</span>
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<i><span style="font-weight: 400;">USA Today</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Bestselling Author Melanie Harlow likes her martinis dry, her heels high, and her history with the naughty bits left in. When she's not writing or reading, she gets her kicks from TV series like VEEP, Game of Thrones, House of Cards, and Homeland. She occasionally runs three miles, but only so she can have more gin and steak.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Melanie is the author of the AFTER WE FALL series, the HAPPY CRAZY LOVE series, the FRENCHED series, and the sexy historical SPEAK EASY duet, set in the 1920s. She lifts her glass to romance readers and writers from her home near Detroit, MI, where she lives with her husband, two daughters, and pet rabbit.</span>
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<u><span style="font-size: large;">The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides</span></u></h3>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: clear; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;">Alicia Berenson’s life is seemingly perfect. A famous painter married to an in-demand fashion photographer, she lives in a grand house with big windows overlooking a park in one of London’s most desirable areas. One evening her husband Gabriel returns home late from a fashion shoot, and Alicia shoots him five times in the face, and then never speaks another word.</span><br style="background-color: clear; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><span style="background-color: clear; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;">Alicia’s refusal to talk, or give any kind of explanation, turns a domestic tragedy into something far grander, a mystery that captures the public imagination and casts Alicia into notoriety. The price of her art skyrockets, and she, the silent patient, is hidden away from the tabloids and spotlight at the Grove, a secure forensic unit in North London.</span><br style="background-color: clear; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><br style="background-color: clear; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><span style="background-color: clear; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;">Theo Faber is a criminal psychotherapist who has waited a long time for the opportunity to work with Alicia. His determination to get her to talk and unravel the mystery of why she shot her husband takes him down a twisting path into his own motivations—a search for the truth that threatens to consume him....</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The only words I can think of to describe this book is: Holy
sh*tballs!? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This story will take you on a crazy ride and drop you off
the edge of a cliff. If you read this and you see that ending coming, then you
are way smarter than me! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I love a good thriller and it has been a loooong time since
I have read one that had me truly on the edge of my seat like this one did.
Excellent first book by this author and I desperately hope he is busy writing
another one!!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">I’m startled out of my thoughts when my brother jumps up and shouts a bunch of profane nonsense, hands flailing like he’s trying to swim on land, or approximate the chicken dance while on an LSD trip. </span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">“You can’t do this! It’s absolute bullshit!” Armstrong yells.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">I look around the table, trying to piece together what I missed.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">“I’m sorry, Armstrong. I know this is a shock, but we feel it’s in the company’s best interest to put Lincoln at the helm during this transitional stage,” G-mom says firmly.</span>
<i><span style="font-weight: 400;">At the helm</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">? I look to G-mom who’s busy not looking at me.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Armstrong jabs at finger at himself. “But I’m the one who’s put in all the time here! I deserve to run the company! Lincoln doesn’t know the first thing about Moorehead. All he knows how to do is dig wells and forage for food in the wilderness. How are those valuable assets here?” He turns his attention to our mother. “Did you know about this? How can you let this happen? Look at him. How can </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">that </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">be the face of our company? He looks like he crawled out of a gutter and mugged a twenty-year-old college kid on a bender. How is this better for our bottom line?”</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">My mother clasps her hands in front of her. “I’m sorry, Armstrong, but this decision wasn’t mine to make. I know this is hard for you, but your grandmother and fath—” </span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Armstrong stomps his foot, exactly as a toddler would. “The company is mine! Lincoln can’t have it!”</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">I raise a hand, half to quiet my brother and also to find out what the freaking deal is. “Whoa, let’s back this bus up. Can someone explain what’s going on?”</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">“You’ve been appointed as the CEO of Moorehead Media, according to the will,” Christophe—no R, because that would make it far too pedestrian a name—my father’s lawyer says.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">I’m working on trying to remain calm as I address my grandmother. “You didn’t say anything about me being CEO. You said you needed my help.”</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">“Running the company, yes,” she says through a practiced, stiff smile. </span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">It’s her warning face, but seriously, when she said she needed my help for a few months I figured it meant I’d be keeping Armstrong in line while she sorted out who was going to take over the company, which I realize now was a stupid assumption. </span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">“I didn’t think that meant CEO. How am I going to run a company with this dickhead on staff?” I motion to my brother. </span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">“The name calling is unnecessary,” G-mom replies.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">“Lincoln’s not even part of this family! He hasn’t attended one event in the past five years except for Dad’s funeral. He didn’t bother coming to my wedding and now he’s going to run the company? How is that fair?”</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">I snort. “Your wedding was an expensive joke.”</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">He crosses his arms over his chest. “I was set up. Amalie had cold feet and made me out to look like the bad guy.”</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">The woman beside him shoots him disgusted look. </span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Armstrong clears his throat and tugs at his collar. “My wedding is not the real issue. The point is that you’ve never involved yourself in any part of this family and now you think you can come in and take over. I will not stand by and let this happen!” He keeps jabbing his finger at me, as if he’s engaged in a finger sword fight.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">I lean back in my chair and lace my fingers behind my neck. Armstrong has always been reactive. And self-absorbed. For a while it seemed like he finally had it together—back when he was engaged. But ever since that fiasco of a wedding he seems to have come completely unglued. Again. But worse this time. “Someone needs a timeout.”</span>
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Stephanie Townehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02010645653529128285noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1161778371370032802.post-41184919598267614322019-01-15T07:00:00.000-06:002019-01-15T07:00:11.393-06:00Unmarriageable by Soniah Kamal<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: clear; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif;">A scandal and vicious rumor concerning the Binat family have destroyed their fortune and prospects for desirable marriages, but Alys, the second and most practical of the five Binat daughters, has found happiness teaching English literature to schoolgirls. Knowing that many of her students won’t make it to graduation before dropping out to marry and have children, Alys teaches them about Jane Austen and her other literary heroes and hopes to inspire the girls to dream of more.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><br style="background-color: clear; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><span style="background-color: clear; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif;">When an invitation arrives to the biggest wedding their small town has seen in years, Mrs. Binat, certain that their luck is about to change, excitedly sets to work preparing her daughters to fish for rich, eligible bachelors. On the first night of the festivities, Alys’s lovely older sister, Jena, catches the eye of Fahad “Bungles” Bingla, the wildly successful—and single—entrepreneur. But Bungles’s friend Valentine Darsee is clearly unimpressed by the Binat family. Alys accidentally overhears his unflattering assessment of her and quickly dismisses him and his snobbish ways. As the days of lavish wedding parties unfold, the Binats wait breathlessly to see if Jena will land a proposal—and Alys begins to realize that Darsee’s brusque manner may be hiding a very different man from the one she saw at first glance.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Pakistan seems a perfect place to plop P & P characters into modern times as marrying well and having a family seems to still trump everything for women. Alys is a good version of Elizabeth Bennett but wasn’t quite as witty and spunky to me. Kamal got all the annoying secondary characters, namely Mrs. Binat and Lady (Mrs. Bennett and Lydia), perfect. </span></div>
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<b><i>A gorgeous former Marine with a tortured soul.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>The beautiful, compassionate therapist living next door.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>A meddlesome grandma determined to get them together.</i></b></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">I was expecting a proposal on my birthday, and I got dumped instead.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">How could I have been so clueless?</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Grams knew exactly how to distract me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">The “cute boy next door” who’s been helping her with yard work clearly needs a little therapy. Who better to call than her newly single therapist granddaughter?</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Not that I’m complaining. Ryan is the sexiest man I’ve ever met--I mean the full package, from the chiseled jaw to the massive shoulders to the rippling abs. (And yes, his package is full, and he knows exactly how to deliver it.) He makes me want to get out of my head and follow my heart. He makes me want to take chances I never thought I’d take. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I really enjoyed this gentler love story from Melanie Harlow. It is not all high stress and high emotion but two people finding each other and dealing with their fears and insecurities. Not all romance novels have to be soap opera level dramas to be good! MH knows how to make you love a character and identify with them. She can also make you laugh especially when Stella's grandma, Grams, was involved. </span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">“Ryan?”</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Startled, I turned around to find Stella standing a few feet away on the grass, wearing a T-shirt and pajama pants, arms crossed over her chest. Her feet were bare, and her hair was loose around her shoulders and a little messy, like she’d already been asleep. Thinking about her in bed did things to my insides. “Hey. Did I wake you?”</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">“I was awake. My windows are open, and I heard something and thought I saw you through the window. What are you doing?”</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">“Uh, building you a swing. But it was supposed to be a surprise.” Now that she’d caught me at it, I was kind of embarrassed. What if she thought this was stupid?</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">“You built me a swing?” She came a little closer, and I realized she might not be able to see it in the dark. The moon was only a sliver tonight.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">“Yeah.” I grabbed one of the ropes. “Right here.”</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">She stared at it. “Why?”</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">“I’m not entirely sure.”</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Her eyes met mine, and my heart pumped harder.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">“Want to try it?” I asked.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">“Like right now?”</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">I moved behind it and held both ropes steady. “Come sit.”</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">She hesitated, and I thought maybe she was going to tell me to quit being weird and go home before she called the cops, but after a few silent seconds, she came toward me. Turned around. Lowered herself to the seat and closed her fingers around the ropes. </span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">“Well?” I asked. “How does it feel? Like you’re a kid again?”</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">“This was very kind of you, but not necessary.” Her tone was stiffer than her posture. </span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">“Stella.”</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">She didn’t answer. </span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">“I’m sorry.”</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">“About what?”</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">“Last night.”</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">“You’re sorry about what we did?”</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">“I think I’m more sorry about what we didn’t do.”</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Her head turned sharply, and she looked at me over one shoulder. “You sure know how to confuse a girl.”</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">“One of my many talents.”</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">She looked straight ahead again. “Tell me about some other ones. And give me a push.”</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">I smiled, even though she couldn’t see it, and gave her a little nudge. “I’m fast.”</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">“Oh really?”</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">“Yeah.” I gave her a little harder push.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">“Track team in high school?”</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">“Tried. Didn’t take.”</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">“Why not?”</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">“They expected me to show up for practice.”</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">“Ah.” She straightened her legs and leaned back in the swing, her hair dangling behind her. “Tell me another one.”</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">I gave her another push. “I’m good with my hands.”</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Her laugh floated back to me. “I have observed this about you already. Give me another one.”</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">I pushed her again, just so I could feel her hair brush against my hands. “I’m not afraid of anything.”</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">“No? Nothing?”</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">“Nothing I can think of.”</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">“Hmm.”</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">“Are you analyzing me now?”</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">“Kind of. I mean, you can’t say something like that to a therapist and expect her not to reflect on it a little bit, right?”</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">“And?” </span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">“And what?”</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">“Do you think I’m a liar or a fool?”</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">“Neither,” she answered. “I think you mean what you say. I think you only lie when you have to, and even then, you hate it. And if I dug a little deeper—which I won’t, because my sisters have told me it’s annoying and intrusive—I think I might discover that it’s because above all, you value your honor. Your word.”</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">For a moment, I was too stunned to think or move or speak. Then I said, “I take it back.”</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">“Take what back?”</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">“What I said. That I’m not afraid of anything.”</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">“Oh? And what are you afraid of?”</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">She swung back toward me and I caught her around the waist. Put my lips to her ear. “Your ability to read my mind.”</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Beneath my arms I could feel her chest expand and contract faster. “I’m sorry, Ryan. I know I shouldn’t say those—”</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">“Come home with me,” I said, my voice raw with something like thirst. I pressed my lips to her throat and breathed in her scent. I let one hand move toward her breast. I waited for an elbow to the ribcage, a cry for help, a slap across the face. Because if she could read my mind right now, she’d know exactly what I wanted to do to her—and it was a long, detailed list.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">“Yes,” she whispered. “Yes.”</span></h3>
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<b>About Melanie Harlow</b></div>
<a href="https://ssp2017.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/harlow-headshot-color2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Harlow Headshot Color.jpg" border="0" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-4920" height="200" src="https://ssp2017.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/harlow-headshot-color2.jpg" width="133" /></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">Melanie Harlow likes her martinis dry, her heels high, and her history with the naughty bits left in. When she's not writing or reading, she gets her kicks from TV series like VEEP, Game of Thrones, House of Cards, and Homeland. She occasionally runs three miles, but only so she can have more gin and steak.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Melanie is the author of the AFTER WE FALL series, the HAPPY CRAZY LOVE series, the FRENCHED series, and the sexy historical SPEAK EASY duet, set in the 1920s. She lifts her glass to romance readers and writers from her home near Detroit, MI, where she lives with her husband, two daughters, and pet rabbit.</span>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Website:</span> <a href="http://www.melanieharlow.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">http://www.melanieharlow.com</span></a></div>
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Stephanie Townehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02010645653529128285noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1161778371370032802.post-39752089351629006772018-11-26T08:23:00.000-06:002018-11-26T08:23:36.482-06:00Only Love by Melanie Harlow<img alt="ONLY LOVE RB BANNER.jpg" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-4902" height="236" src="https://ssp2017.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/only-love-rb-banner.jpg" width="640" />
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<b><i>“</i></b><b><i>Heartfelt, beautiful and sexy!" </i></b></h2>
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<i><span style="font-weight: 400;">- </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lauren Blakely, #1 </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">New York Times</span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> bestselling author</span></i></h2>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Only Love, an all-new sexy standalone romance from</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> USA Today</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> bestselling author Melanie Harlow is available now! </span></h1>
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<b><i>A gorgeous former Marine with a tortured soul.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>The beautiful, compassionate therapist living next door.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>A meddlesome grandma determined to get them together.</i></b></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">I was expecting a proposal on my birthday, and I got dumped instead.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">How could I have been so clueless?</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Grams knew exactly how to distract me.</span></div>
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</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">The “cute boy next door” who’s been helping her with yard work clearly needs a little therapy. Who better to call than her newly single therapist granddaughter?</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">She even fakes dementia to get me to visit, and now that I’m here she’s doing everything in her power to throw us together.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Not that I’m complaining. Ryan is the sexiest man I’ve ever met--I mean the full package, from the chiseled jaw to the massive shoulders to the rippling abs. (And yes, his package is full, and he knows exactly how to deliver it.) He makes me want to get out of my head and follow my heart. He makes me want to take chances I never thought I’d take. </span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">He also makes me want to take my clothes off. A lot.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">But he’s moody and challenging--one minute he’s an open book, and the next he’s completely closed off. He holds me like he’ll never let go, but insists he wants to be alone. </span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Some wounds are so deep, only love can heal them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">How can I convince him to let me try?</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Amazon: </span><a href="https://amzn.to/2QqGImr"><span style="font-weight: 400;">https://amzn.to/2QqGImr</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Amazon Worldwide: </span><a href="http://mybook.to/OnlyLove"><span style="font-weight: 400;">http://mybook.to/OnlyLove</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Nook: </span><a href="http://bit.ly/2FbQ7Nz"><span style="font-weight: 400;">http://bit.ly/2FbQ7Nz</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Kobo: </span><a href="http://bit.ly/2yWa9Gu"><span style="font-weight: 400;">http://bit.ly/2yWa9Gu</span></a></div>
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<a href="https://ssp2017.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/harlow-headshot-color1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Harlow Headshot Color.jpg" border="0" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-4907" height="320" src="https://ssp2017.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/harlow-headshot-color1.jpg" width="212" /></a><b>About Melanie Harlow</b></div>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Melanie Harlow likes her martinis dry, her heels high, and her history with the naughty bits left in. When she's not writing or reading, she gets her kicks from TV series like VEEP, Game of Thrones, House of Cards, and Homeland. She occasionally runs three miles, but only so she can have more gin and steak.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Melanie is the author of the AFTER WE FALL series, the HAPPY CRAZY LOVE series, the FRENCHED series, and the sexy historical SPEAK EASY duet, set in the 1920s. She lifts her glass to romance readers and writers from her home near Detroit, MI, where she lives with her husband, two daughters, and pet rabbit.</span>
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<b>Connect with Melanie</b></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Facebook:</span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/AuthorMelanieHarlow/?fref=ts"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">https://www.facebook.com/AuthorMelanieHarlow/?fref=ts</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Amazon:</span><a href="http://amzn.to/1NPkYKs"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">http://amzn.to/1NPkYKs</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Bookbub: </span><a href="https://www.bookbub.com/authors/melanie-harlow"><span style="font-weight: 400;">https://www.bookbub.com/authors/melanie-harlow</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Pinterest: </span><a href="https://www.pinterest.com/melanieharlow2/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">https://www.pinterest.com/melanieharlow2/</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Instagram: </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/melanie_harlow/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">https://www.instagram.com/melanie_harlow/</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Website:</span> <a href="http://www.melanieharlow.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">http://www.melanieharlow.com</span></a></div>
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Stephanie Townehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02010645653529128285noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1161778371370032802.post-59417894464328917302018-11-08T08:00:00.000-06:002018-11-08T08:00:07.230-06:00Cover reveal from Melanie Harlow-check out her latest!!!<h3 style="text-align: center;">
<img alt="ONLY LOVE FB BANNER WITH TITLE.jpg" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-4810" height="243" src="https://ssp2017.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/only-love-fb-banner-with-title.jpg" width="640" /><b><i>“</i></b><b><i>Heartfelt, beautiful and sexy! There's a reason Melanie Harlow is one of my absolute favorite romance authors, and Only Love is the latest example of why she holds that spot. Ryan and Stella's love touched my heart!" </i></b></h3>
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<i><span style="font-weight: 400;">- </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lauren Blakely, #1 </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">New York Times</span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> bestselling author</span></i></h3>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Only Love, an all-new sexy standalone romance from</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> USA Today</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> bestselling author Melanie Harlow is coming November 26th! </span></h1>
<img alt="Only-Love-PRINT-FOR-WEB.jpg" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-4812" height="477" src="https://ssp2017.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/only-love-print-for-web.jpg" width="640" />
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<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><i>A gorgeous former Marine with a tortured soul.</i></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><i>The beautiful, compassionate therapist living next door.</i></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><i>A meddlesome grandma determined to get them together.</i></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-weight: 400;">I was expecting a proposal on my birthday, and I got dumped instead.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-weight: 400;">How could I have been so clueless?</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Grams knew exactly how to distract me.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-weight: 400;">The “cute boy next door” who’s been helping her with yard work clearly needs a little therapy. Who better to call than her newly single therapist granddaughter?</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-weight: 400;">She even fakes dementia to get me to visit, and now that I’m here she’s doing everything in her power to throw us together.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Not that I’m complaining. Ryan is the sexiest man I’ve ever met--I mean the full package, from the chiseled jaw to the massive shoulders to the rippling abs. (And yes, his package is full, and he knows exactly how to deliver it.) He makes me want to get out of my head and follow my heart. He makes me want to take chances I never thought I’d take. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-weight: 400;">He also makes me want to take my clothes off. A lot.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-weight: 400;">But he’s moody and challenging--one minute he’s an open book, and the next he’s completely closed off. He holds me like he’ll never let go, but insists he wants to be alone. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Some wounds are so deep, only love can heal them.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-weight: 400;">How can I convince him to let me try?</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Pre-order your copy today!</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;"> AppleBooks: </span><a href="http://bit.ly/OnlyLoveMH"><span style="font-weight: 400;">http://bit.ly/OnlyLoveMH</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Amazon: </span><a href="https://amzn.to/2QqGImr"><span style="font-weight: 400;">https://amzn.to/2QqGImr</span></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Amazon Worldwide: </span><a href="http://mybook.to/OnlyLove"><span style="font-weight: 400;">http://mybook.to/OnlyLove</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Nook: </span><a href="http://bit.ly/2FbQ7Nz"><span style="font-weight: 400;">http://bit.ly/2FbQ7Nz</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Kobo: </span><a href="http://bit.ly/2yWa9Gu"><span style="font-weight: 400;">http://bit.ly/2yWa9Gu</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Paperback: </span><a href="https://amzn.to/2Dacxwd"><span style="font-weight: 400;">https://amzn.to/2Dacxwd</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Cover Designer: Hang Lee </span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Photographer: </span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/miguelanxofoto/">https://www.instagram.com/miguelanxofoto/</a></span></div>
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<b>About Melanie Harlow</b></div>
<a href="https://ssp2017.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/harlow-headshot-color.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Harlow Headshot Color.jpg" border="0" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-4814" height="320" src="https://ssp2017.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/harlow-headshot-color.jpg" width="213" /></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">Melanie Harlow likes her martinis dry, her heels high, and her history with the naughty bits left in. When she's not writing or reading, she gets her kicks from TV series like VEEP, Game of Thrones, House of Cards, and Homeland. She occasionally runs three miles, but only so she can have more gin and steak.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Melanie is the author of the AFTER WE FALL series, the HAPPY CRAZY LOVE series, the FRENCHED series, and the sexy historical SPEAK EASY duet, set in the 1920s. She lifts her glass to romance readers and writers from her home near Detroit, MI, where she lives with her husband, two daughters, and pet rabbit.</span>
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<b>Connect with Melanie</b></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Facebook:</span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/AuthorMelanieHarlow/?fref=ts"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">https://www.facebook.com/AuthorMelanieHarlow/?fref=ts</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Amazon:</span><a href="http://amzn.to/1NPkYKs"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">http://amzn.to/1NPkYKs</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Bookbub: </span><a href="https://www.bookbub.com/authors/melanie-harlow"><span style="font-weight: 400;">https://www.bookbub.com/authors/melanie-harlow</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Pinterest: </span><a href="https://www.pinterest.com/melanieharlow2/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">https://www.pinterest.com/melanieharlow2/</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Instagram: </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/melanie_harlow/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">https://www.instagram.com/melanie_harlow/</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Website:</span> <a href="http://www.melanieharlow.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">http://www.melanieharlow.com</span></a></div>
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Stephanie Townehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02010645653529128285noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1161778371370032802.post-46392611835675077682018-11-06T14:44:00.002-06:002018-11-06T14:44:40.242-06:00Home Front by Kristen Hannah<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"> All that aside, I thought it would be interesting to read about females in the military and especially female pilots. Unfortunately, we didn't get much of actual military action and involvement. This was mostly about before Jolene was deployed and after she came home, which is important, but I wanted more. I was interested in the story and I most definitely teared up a few places but mostly because anything honoring our military gets to me in that way. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I liked Jolene and her feelings towards her career and dealing with being a mother deployed and missing out on family time but there were other side characters that were annoying or that I liked a lot but didn't get much time in the story. I like that PTSD was discussed and shown through two different story-lines and also showed how lacking our country is in post war care for our soldiers. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: clear; color: #15171a; font-family: Oswald;"><span style="font-size: large;">It’s a crazy idea: trying to name the phrases that make love and connection possible. But that’s just what Kelly Corrigan has set out to do here. In her New York Times bestselling memoirs, Corrigan distilled our core relationships to their essences, showcasing a warm, easy storytelling style. Now, in Tell Me More, she’s back with a deeply personal, unfailingly honest, and often hilarious examination of 12 essential phrases that turn the wheel of life.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This must be the Year of the Memoir for me because this is the second one I have read this year that has been 5 stars...more if I could. Although Tell Me More is more an essay collection, I feel that this is also the story of a life, of love, and of loss. Corrigan tells of the hardest things she is learning to say but they are beautiful words we could all use more of in our lives; I love you, I know, No and Tell Me More. What a wonderful place the world would be if we all read this book and used these phrases more often!</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Meet Cute, an all-new sexy standalone from </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">New York</span></i> <i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Times</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> bestselling author Helena Hunting is coming April 9th, 2019 and we have the adorable new cover</span><b>!</b></h1>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Talk about an embarrassing introduction. On her first day of law school, Kailyn ran - quite literally - into the actor she crushed on as a teenager, ending with him sprawled on top of her. Mortified to discover </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">the </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Daxton Hughes was also a student in her class, her embarrassment over their meet-cute quickly turned into a friendship she never expected. Of course, she never saw his betrayal coming either...</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Now, eight years later, Dax is in her office asking for legal advice. Despite her anger, Kailyn can't help feeling sorry for the devastated man who just became sole guardian to his thirteen-year-old sister. But when her boss gets wind of Kailyn's new celebrity client, there's even more at stake than Dax's custody issues: if she gets Dax to work at their firm, she'll be promoted to partner. </span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">The more time Kailyn spends with Dax and his sister, the more she starts to feel like a family, and the more she realizes the chemistry they had all those years ago is as fresh as ever. But will they be able to forgive the mistakes of the past, or will one betrayal lead to another?</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-weight: 400;">New York Times</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">USA Today</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> bestselling author of PUCKED, Helena Hunting lives on the outskirts of Toronto with her incredibly tolerant family and two moderately intolerant cats. She's writes contemporary romance ranging from new adult angst to romantic sports comedy. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">
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Stephanie Townehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02010645653529128285noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1161778371370032802.post-79449120077881691252018-09-13T13:22:00.002-05:002018-09-13T13:22:26.014-05:00Vox by Christina Dalcher<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: clear; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif;">New Bremen, Minnesota, 1961. The Twins were playing their debut season, ice-cold root beers were at the ready at Halderson’s Drug Store soda counter, and </span><i style="background-color: clear; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;">Hot Stuff </i><span style="background-color: clear; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif;">comic books were a mainstay on every barbershop magazine rack. It was a time of innocence and hope for a country with a new, young president. But for thirteen-year-old Frank Drum it was a summer in which death assumed many forms.</span><br style="background-color: clear; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><br style="background-color: clear; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><span style="background-color: clear; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif;">When tragedy unexpectedly comes to call on his family, which includes his Methodist minister father, his passionate, artistic mother, Juilliard-bound older sister, and wise-beyond-his years kid brother, Frank finds himself thrust into an adult world full of secrets, lies, adultery, and betrayal.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i style="background-color: clear; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;">Here’s the first thing you need to know about Miss Cathy Williams: I am the daughter of a daughter of a queen and my mama never let me forget it.</i><br style="background-color: clear; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><br style="background-color: clear; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><span style="background-color: clear; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif;">Though born into bondage on a “miserable tobacco farm” in Little Dixie, Missouri, Cathy Williams was never allowed to consider herself a slave. According to her mother, she was a captive, bound by her noble warrior blood to escape the enemy. Her means of deliverance is Union general Phillip Henry “Smash ‘em Up” Sheridan, the outcast of West Point who takes the rawboned, prideful young woman into service. At war’s end, having tasted freedom, Cathy refuses to return to servitude and makes the monumental decision to disguise herself as a man and join the Army’s legendary Buffalo Soldiers.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><br style="background-color: clear; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><span style="background-color: clear; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif;">Alone now in the ultimate man’s world, Cathy must fight not only for her survival and freedom, but she vows to never give up on finding her mother, her little sister, and the love of the only man strong and noble enough to win her heart. Inspired by the stunning, true story of Private Williams, this American heroine.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">First, lets just say someone without mental health issues would actually do this how exactly do they just keep not getting caught? Secondly, everyone she knew knew where she was but yet when the police see her car and license plates, no one clues in to what she has done? There are many more instances like this that just don't make any sense and it got ridiculous.</span><br />
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<br />Stephanie Townehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02010645653529128285noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1161778371370032802.post-57523705471323093652018-08-13T09:59:00.005-05:002018-08-13T09:59:42.877-05:00Ike and Kay by James MacManus<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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is changed forever when she is conscripted to drive General Eisenhower on his
fact-finding visit to wartime London. Despite Eisenhower’s marriage to Mamie,
the pair takes an immediate liking to each other and he buys Kay a rare wartime
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So begins a tumultuous relationship that, against all military regulation, sees
Kay traveling with Eisenhower on missions to far-flung places before the final
assault on Nazi Germany. The general does dangerously little to conceal his
affair with the woman widely known as “Ike’s shadow,” and in letters Mamie
bemoans his new obsession with “Ireland.” That does not stop him from using his
influence to grant Kay citizenship and rank in the US army, drawing her closer
still when he returns to America. When officials discover Eisenhower’s plans to
divorce from his wife they threaten the fragile but passionate affair, and Kay
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;">Based on the scandalous true story of General Eisenhower’s secret World War II
love affair, <em>Ike and Kay</em> is
a compelling story of love, duty, sacrifice, and heartbreak, set against the
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"> This is a lovely story of wartime friends who cared for and trusted each other for a long time before falling in love even when everyone was against it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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politically talk.We get them back but it
threw me a bit right in the middle. This is a very interesting
part of history I knew nothing about and while I liked Kay I felt a bit more
depth was needed in her feelings during the relationship and not just after. 3/5</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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gets both. But nothing like she expected.</span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; line-height: 115%;"><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
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lawyers. Hired to entrap straying husbands, she must catch them on tape with
their seductive propositions. The rules? Never hit on the mark directly. Make
it clear you’re available, but he has to proposition you, not the other way
around. The firm is after evidence, not coercion. The innocent have nothing to
hide.</span></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
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murdered, the cops are sure the husband is to blame. Desperate to catch him
before he kills again, they enlist Claire to lure him into a confession.</span></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
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an identity. For a woman who’s mastered the art of manipulation, how difficult
could it be to tempt a killer into a trap? But who is the decoy . . . and who
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been gone for a while? Wonder why? MAJOR reading slump! As in nothing was
working for me and unfortunately, it is books like this one that put me into
this slump.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I read the premise and think
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out dark and twisty, which usually does not bother me, but it got to the point
where it just didn’t make sense to me anymore and I loathed all of the
characters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I enjoy an unreliable
narrator but only when done well and this was not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I skimmed through until the end just to see
how this was all pulled together but honestly, I did not really care and just
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">He was my first crush, my first kiss, my first everything.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">But I’m not a lovesick teenager anymore, and I’d never let that cocky troublemaker break my heart again.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">So when he shows up out of the blue asking me to have dinner with him “for old time’s sake,” I say I will. After all, it’s been twelve years, and I’m stronger and smarter than I was back then. </span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Except…he still does something to me. He’s got those eyes that make me weak, those hands that drive me wild, and a body I can’t resist—especially once I see the tattoos. It doesn’t take long for our trip down memory lane to go from sweet to sizzling.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">We’re just as good together as we were back then—better, even—and I’m willing to give the only man I’ve ever loved another chance.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">All I wanted was to see her again. Tell her I’m sorry. Make her smile.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Okay, that’s a lie. I wanted to do more than that—a lot more. But I know she’s better off without me, and I promised myself I’d behave.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Except I’ve never been much good at keeping promises…or my hands to myself when I’m around her. </span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">I can make her laugh, I can make her cry, I can make her body surrender to mine in ways that neither of us could have imagined back then. I can—and I do—love her more than she’ll ever know.</span></div>
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Maren glanced back at me, more puzzled than ever, but she started up the cement stairs. I couldn’t take my eyes off her legs in front of me. Her calf muscles were insane from all the ballet training. I remembered how flexible she’d been and felt my dick start perking up.
“In addition to all the history I just gave you,” Aiden said, his voice echoing off the walls, “this hotel was also the site of a certain prom a few years back.”
All of a sudden, Maren stopped moving and looked down over her shoulder at me. “No way.” The stunned, joyful expression on her face was worth every penny I had to pay to make this happen.
Goose bumps rippled down my arms inside my jacket. I smiled at her.
Her jaw dropped, and she continued up the stairs. At the top, Aiden moved ahead and opened the door to the rooftop. “Ballrooms were not available tonight, but when Dallas asked if you could have the roof to yourselves, I had to admit no one had booked it. In fact, no one has ever even asked to book it.” He laughed.
Maren stepped over the threshold onto the rooftop. “Dallas is definitely one of a kind.”
The three of us moved away from the door, and I saw the table that had been set for us, complete with white linens, flower centerpiece, and candlelight. Luckily, the air was warm, and the wind was soft. The sun was still setting beyond the skyline to the west, and to the east the Detroit River was visible; a little to the south was the Ambassador Bridge, and beyond the river, Canada. The view was breathtaking on all sides.
After turning around in a full circle, Maren looked at me with shining eyes. “Dallas. This is incredible.”
“You’ll have your own server for the night, and he should be up shortly,” Aiden said, checking his watch. “I should get back downstairs. Dallas, you have my cell if you need anything. Maren, good seeing you again, and I hope you enjoy your evening.” He gave us a smile before heading back to the stairwell door.
As soon as he was gone, Maren turned to me. “I cannot believe you did this.”
I shrugged. “I felt pretty bad when you said you’d missed the prom because of me. I figured I owed it to you.”
She laughed and rolled her eyes, which were filled with tears. “You didn’t, but whatever. I’ll take it.” Opening her purse, she hunted around in it for something. “God, I don’t even have tissues. I didn’t know you were going to make me cry.”
“No crying allowed at the prom. And I hope it’s okay I’m wearing jeans.”
“It’s fine.” She sniffed and closed her purse. “I’m not that dressed up either.”
“You’re perfect.” Our eyes met, and the air between us suddenly felt full of hope and possibility. In any other circumstance, I’d have kissed her.
But I couldn’t do that tonight.
“Oh, I almost forgot.” Reaching into the inside pocket of my jacket, I pulled out a wrist corsage. “Sorry if it’s a little smashed. I had to get rid of the plastic container to hide it from you.”
She giggled and held out her arm. “That’s okay. It’s beautiful.”
“Good.” I slid the elastic band with three deep red roses attached to it along with some other green stuff onto her wrist. “I told the lady at the florist to make it a prom corsage. Pretty sure she thought I was crazy. Or creepy.”
“You might be crazy. But I love it. Thank you for this.” Then she rose up on tiptoe and pecked my cheek. When she lowered her heels, she stood there for a moment, her hand on my arm, her mouth so close I could have simply tipped my head down and my lips would be resting on hers.
My heart stumbled over its next few beats. I wanted to do it so badly, but I’d promised her I’d behave. I’d promised myself I’d behave. There were so many reasons why I shouldn’t be here tonight, standing so close to the only girl I’d ever loved, tempted beyond reason by her legs and her lips and her laugh and her eyes and her ability to make me feel like I fucking <em>mattered</em> in the universe.
What was the right thing to do?
If only—
The door from the stairwell opened, and we moved apart.
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: clear; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif;"> Only Him is a great story with intriguing relationships and strong female characters which is exactly what I expect from a Melanie Harlow story.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: clear; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: clear; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: large;">Maren is positive, happy, confident and her relationship with her sisters is what draws me to this series but...Dallas was slightly unbelievable to me for some reason. Maybe it was the bay-boy-turned-good that I just couldn't enjoy but it didn't totally work for me. I also would have liked more of a look into his relationship with his parents and maybe more angst and emotion from the past.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: clear; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: large;"> T</span><span style="background-color: clear; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: large;">he plot was very good, I just felt that something was missing. Don't let this put you off if you love a second chance story, it is still very good. </span><span style="background-color: clear; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: large;">The relationship between the Devine sisters is the best and I have always loved the way that Melanie Harlow writes her female characters and relationships. I am definitely looking forward to reading the third Devine sisters, Stella's, story. 4/5 stars </span></div>
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<b>About Melanie</b></h2>
<span style="font-weight: 400;"><img alt="Melanie Harlow" class=" wp-image-362 alignleft" height="320" src="https://shannonneedshtml.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/melanie-harlow.jpg" width="212" />Melanie Harlow likes her martinis dry, her heels high, and her history with the naughty bits left in. When she's not writing or reading, she gets her kicks from TV series like VEEP, Game of Thrones, House of Cards, and Homeland. She occasionally runs three miles, but only so she can have more gin and steak.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Melanie is the author of the AFTER WE FALL series, the HAPPY CRAZY LOVE series, the FRENCHED series, and the sexy historical SPEAK EASY duet, set in the 1920s. She lifts her glass to romance readers and writers from her home near Detroit, MI, where she lives with her husband, two daughters, and pet rabbit.</span>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">He was my first crush, my first kiss, my first everything.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">But I’m not a lovesick teenager anymore, and I’d never let that cocky troublemaker break my heart again.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">So when he shows up out of the blue asking me to have dinner with him “for old time’s sake,” I say I will. After all, it’s been twelve years, and I’m stronger and smarter than I was back then. </span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Except…he still does something to me. He’s got those eyes that make me weak, those hands that drive me wild, and a body I can’t resist—especially once I see the tattoos. It doesn’t take long for our trip down memory lane to go from sweet to sizzling.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">We’re just as good together as we were back then—better, even—and I’m willing to give the only man I’ve ever loved another chance.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">All I wanted was to see her again. Tell her I’m sorry. Make her smile.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Okay, that’s a lie. I wanted to do more than that—a lot more. But I know she’s better off without me, and I promised myself I’d behave.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Except I’ve never been much good at keeping promises…or my hands to myself when I’m around her. </span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">I can make her laugh, I can make her cry, I can make her body surrender to mine in ways that neither of us could have imagined back then. I can—and I do—love her more than she’ll ever know.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">But I can’t tell her the real reason why I’m here.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;"><img alt="Melanie Harlow" class=" wp-image-362 alignleft" height="318" src="https://shannonneedshtml.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/melanie-harlow.jpg" width="212" />Melanie Harlow likes her martinis dry, her heels high, and her history with the naughty bits left in. When she's not writing or reading, she gets her kicks from TV series like VEEP, Game of Thrones, House of Cards, and Homeland. She occasionally runs three miles, but only so she can have more gin and steak.</span>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: clear; color: #181818;">After the end of a car crash relationship can Katy find true love?</span></span><br />
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