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Wednesday 6 May 2015

**TOP NINE BOOKS WE READ THIS YEAR**

WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FUN TO SHOW YOU OUR TOP BOOKS THAT WE AS REVIEWERS HAVE READ THIS YEAR.


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TOUCH SCREEN by L B DUNBAR 

AMAZON UK
AMAZON.COM




The prodigal son. A second chance. The long kept secret. 
Home? 
I had returned. I hadn’t been here for seven years. That last summer, I was angry. Once I got away, I didn’t want to come back. The irony was the career I sought to escape this small town was the very reason I was here. My first movie was a featured film of the Traverse City Film Festival. As an independent film director, my premiere brought me back home. Home. A place I didn’t recognize. 

Or maybe home didn’t recognize me? 
I had it all in California: a girlfriend who was the daughter of a movie financier, a job that led to connections in the film industry, and a condo overlooking the ocean in Malibu. What I didn’t have was family. I had left them all behind. I was the prodigal son. 

Now, the last person I expected to see was her. Britton McKay. She had been my summer love as a teenager. Not just once, but several summers. Until the last one. That was seven years ago. 

Now, she looked more beautiful than I remembered. Seeing her again, flooded me with memories long suppressed. She reminded me of everything I once had, and left behind. 
Now, she had returned too. 

Can lost romance be rekindled? Can unanswered questions be revealed? Can I make this place my home again? 
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L.B. Dunbar reunites you with the Carter and Scott families as all are gathered for the annual film festival, a much anticipated wedding, and another summer weekend of Harbor Days. 

Welcome back to Elk Rapids. Your favorite families await with flashbacks, celebration, and heartbreak.

KYLAND by MIA SHERIDAN




A full-length, standalone romance from the New York Times bestselling author of Archer's Voice.

Dirt poor. Hillbilly. Backwoods hick. Mountain folk.

Tenleigh Falyn struggles each day to survive in a small, poverty-stricken, coal mining town where she lives with her sister and mentally ill mother. Her dream of winning the college scholarship given to one student by the local coal company and escaping the harshness of her life, keeps her going.

Kyland Barrett lives in the hills, too, and has worked tirelessly--through near starvation, through deep loneliness, against all odds--to win the Tyton Coal Scholarship and leave the town that is full of so much pain.

They're both determined not to form any attachments, but one moment changes everything. What happens when only one person gets to win? When only one person gets to leave? And what happens to the one left behind?

Kyland is a story of desperation and hope, loss and sacrifice, pain and forgiveness, but ultimately, a story of deep and unending love.

THIS IS A STANDALONE SIGN OF LOVE NOVEL, INSPIRED BY TAURUS. New Adult Contemporary Romance: Due to strong language and sexual content, this book is not intended for readers under the age of 18.


CONFESS by COLLEEN HOOVER




From bestselling author Colleen Hoover, comes a new novel about risking everything for love - and finding your heart somewhere between the truth and lies.

Auburn Reed has her entire life mapped out. Her goals are in sight and there's no room for mistakes. But when she walks into a Dallas art studio in search of a job, she doesn't expect to find a deep attraction to the enigmatic artist who works there, Owen Gentry.

For once, Auburn takes a risk and puts her heart in control, only to discover that Owen is keeping some major secrets from coming out. The magnitude of his past threatens to destroy everything important to Auburn, and the only way to get her life back on track is to cut Owen out of it.

The last thing Owen wants is to lose Auburn, but he can't seem to convince her that truth is sometimes as subjective as art. All he would have to do to save their relationship is confess. But in this case, the confession could be much more destructive than the actual sin…

ASH 


THE SUMMER REMAINS by SETH KING




"Stunning. I love this book.” - Kim Holden, bestselling author of Bright Side 

“The Summer Remains is a masterpiece, and Seth King is a maestro.” - Love N Books

“Breathtaking. I am in love with this story." - Schmexy Girl Book Blog

“An epic love story. Truly beautiful.” - BN Toler, bestselling author of 
Where One Goes 

“A masterpiece. This story is not just a breath of fresh air, but a different kind of oxygen.” - Bookslapped

“Amazing. This is unlike anything I have read this year – maybe ever.” - Three Chicks and Their Books

"The most beautiful book I have ever had the pleasure of experiencing. I am changed." - We Solemnly Swear Book Blog

“There are no words. You just have to experience it for yourself.” - Cover to Cover Book Blog 

Twenty-four-year-old Summer Johnson knows two things. The first is that due to a quickly worsening medical condition, she faces a risky surgery in three months’ time that may or may not end in her death. The second is that she would like to fall in love before then. 

As spring sinks into her namesake season on the Florida coastline, Summer plays the odds and downloads a new dating app - and after one intriguing message from a beautiful surfer named Cooper Nichols, it becomes clear that the story of what may be her last few months under the sun is about to be completely revised. All she has to do now is write something worth reading. 

Tender, honest, devastating and triumphant, The Summer Remains explores a very human battle being waged in a very digital age: the search for a love that will outlast this temporary borrowing of bones. In an era when many feel compelled to share and re-share anything about everything, prepare to feel a love so special, you will want to hug it close and make it yours forever.


VACANT by KER DUKEY

AMAZON UK
AMAZON.COM


This is a novella. To enjoy and understand this title you will have read Empathy and Desolate. This title comes with a warning please read and heed it. 18 only. 


Ryan 

When two dark souls connect the draw is too dominant to ignore and the obsession of owning the only color to brighten my dark world too unrelenting to not obey. I left her alone so she could live a normal life but I was weak, how can she live a normal life after so much sinister chaos invaded her world, summoning her own darkness to the surface? 
The depraved devil that is me now had an anchor, someone to venture into the black abyss with. 
Normal wasn’t a path ever set for Cereus. 
She was her Father’s daughter but my soul mate, even if I disputed ever owning one. 
She was struggling with out me in her life, the vacant ache inside her leaking out. I can’t not go to her, the need is too strong and like with all of my urges I embrace


321 by JA HUSS





NOW A NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY BESTSELLER!

ONE GIRL
Battered, barefoot, and huddled under a bookstore awning in the pouring rain, Blue only knows one thing. After fifteen months of captivity, finally... she is free.

TWO FRIENDS
Self-made millionaires JD and Ark are not out to save anyone when they stumble upon a wet and shivering girl one early Sunday morning. But when you sell sex for a living and salvation rings your bell... you answer the call.

THREE SOULMATES

After years of searching, love lifts the veil of darkness, and three people--with three very big secrets--find themselves bound together in a relationship that defies the odds.

Or does it?

Love. Lust. Sex.

This trinity might be perfection... but not everything should come in 3's.

WARNING: This is a STANDALONE non-traditional M/F/M ROMANCE with a non-traditional ending



MRS KEBAB


HERO by SAMANTHA YOUNG

AMAZON UK


The explosive, emotional and unforgettable new romance from the NYT bestselling author of the On Dublin Street series



Alexa Holland's father was her hero-until her shocking discovery. Ever since, Alexa has worked to turn her life in a different direction and forge her own identity outside of his terrible secrets. But when she meets a man who's as damaged by her father's mistakes as she is, Alexa must help him.




Caine Carraway wants nothing to do with Alexa's efforts at redemption, but it's not so easy to push her away. Determined to make her hate him, he brings her to the edge of her patience and waits for her to walk away. But his actions only draw them together and, despite the odds, they begin an intense and all-consuming affair. 




Only Caine knows he can never be the white knight that Alexa has always longed for, and when they're on the precipice of danger, he finds he'll do anything to protect either one of them from being hurt again . . . 




Praise for Samantha Young:




'Ridiculously incendiary chemistry.' - Dear Author 




'Scotland's answer to E.L. James. Steamy romance . . . mysterious, all-consuming and pretty damn good' Closer




'Humor, heartbreak, drama, and passion.'-The Reading Cafe




'A true gift for storytelling with a liberal dose of racy encounters. But what really sets it apart is exquisite characterisation, so vivid that the cast seeps into the reader's psyche' - Daily Record




"Heartwarming, sizzling and captivating. . . . [Young's characters] are complex, a little flawed, and at their core good people struggling to make it in this crazy world. . . . Young creates steamy scenes that sizzle with just the right amount of details." - Caffeinated Book Reviewer


SAY MY NAME by J KENNER




New York Times bestselling author J. Kenner kicks off a smoking hot, emotionally compelling erotic Stark International trilogy that returns to the world of her beloved Stark novels, Release Me, Claim Me and Complete Me, with a brand new hero and heroine. For fans of Fifty Shades of Grey, the Crossfire and Most Wanted series.


I never let anyone get too close - but he's the only man who's ever made me feel alive.



Meeting Jackson Steele was a shock to my senses. Confident and commanding, he could take charge of any room . . . or any woman. And he hungered for me. Our bond was immediate, our passion untamed. I wanted to surrender completely, but I couldn't risk him knowing the truth about my past. Yet Jackson carried secrets too, and in our desire we found our escape. Learning to trust is never easy. My mind told me to run. But heart had never felt a fire this strong - one that could save me...or scar me forever.



Fall in love with J. Kenner's hot and addictive bestselling Stark series charting the romance of Nikki and Damien Stark: Release MeClaim Me, Complete Me, Take Me, Have Me and Play My Game.



Don't miss J. Kenner's explosive Most Wanted series of three enigmatic and powerful men, and the striking women who can bring them to their kneesWantedHeated and Ignited.



LITTLE BLACK LIES by SHARON BOLTON 

PRE ORDER .COM
PRE ORDER UK

'A dark and haunting thriller. It creeps under your skin and doesn't let you go' Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on the Train



What's the worst thing your best friend could do to you?




Admittedly, it wasn't murder. A moment's carelessness, a tragic accident - and two children are dead. Yours.




Living in a small island community, you can't escape the woman who destroyed your life. Each chance encounter is an agonizing reminder of what you've lost - your family, your future, your sanity.




How long before revenge becomes irresistible?




With no reason to go on living, why shouldn't you turn your darkest thoughts into deeds?




So now, what's the worst thing you can do to your best friend?

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