Entice(Eagle Elite 3) By Rachel Van Dyken

Published May 6, 2014 by bookbesties

Entice (Eagle Elite) (Volume 3)

From #1 New York Times bestselling author comes the third book in the bestselling Eagle Elite Series… “As burns this saint, so burns my soul. I enter alive, and I will have to get out dead.” Chase Winter let the love of his life slip through his fingers and into the hands of his best friend and mafia boss of the Abandonato family. Now that he’s been given a second chance to right a wrong, he refuses to let his own selfishness stand in the way. The only problem? He’s not fully in possession of his heart, so when Mil De Lange — the girl who’s innocence he stole and heir to the worst of the worst mafia families in the US — asks him for a favor… he says yes, not realizing that one yes has the power to destroy them all. Mil’s been in love with Chase Winter as long as she can remember, but as the years went by, love turned into hate, and now that he’s agreed to help her, she’s wondering if she made a fatal error. Because Chase isn’t a teenager anymore. He’s a hot-blooded male, bent on owning every part of her, body and soul, and he’s willing to kill anyone in his path who dares stand in the way. Secrets will finally be revealed… but make no mistake, it’s going to take a lot of bloodshed for those truths to be discovered. You’ve never read a New Adult Mafia story like this before. Loyalties will be tested, lovers reunited, and friendships obliterated. Welcome to the Family. Blood in — No out.

My Review:

Okay, If you havent been in the know or the loop then you don’t know about Rachel’s Eagle Elite series about The Mob, capital ‘M’. Most of her readers know that his is Chase’s story/book and I’m not a ‘Chaser’ (fans of Chase), I did really enjoy this book!

First the book is told in three POV’s, yes three!(With a surprise visit from Tex) Chase, Mil’s and Nixon(Ahhh, Nixon).

Okay, I’m back….

Chase has just agreed, after having his heart-broken, mind you, to marry the newest and only female mob boss Mil for her protection. Mil is just trying to survive the year without getting killed knowing that her ‘family’ will try to kill her to be the right-full boss and not to have to take orders from a women. Nixon is holding on to his pimp status with everyone but the women he loves, Trace. After doing the unthinkable he is trying to redeem himself in her eyes and restore the balance they once had.

This book started out with a BANG and continued on right until the end. Mil wasn’t lying when she said she needed Chase to protect her because the ‘trying to kill her thing’ starts EARLY and doesn’t stop. Mil is a tough cookie on the outside, but the inside she is a marshmallow. When first introduced to her back in the first two books, I will admit I had mixed feeling about her, I swore she was this two-bit hussy who was going to try to seduce Nixon away from Trace in order to become more powerful.(Hello over active imagination) Thankfully that didn’t happen and reading this book, my heart broke for her and what she had to endure. Imagine growing up the only girl in a world of men, powerful men where morals and ‘the right thing to do’ flew out the window like cigarette smoke. Her father? biggest piece of *hit on this side of the fictional equator!

I have never been a fan of Chase(don’t lynch me Chasers) but Chase with a gun? Totally different story. He used guns, A LOT in this book and being in his head was very different than being in his head in the last book. He is trying to do a job, protect Mil for a year and get information that will help his family and when he comments, man he commits! He was in full on protection mode and it was surprisingly hot!

“Let’s get one thing straight, I’ll kiss you as often as and as much as I please, not because I’m jealous, not because I’m a jackass who gets off by showing my manhood as much as possible, because let’s be honest, I don’t need to show off when I’m sure as *hit that I’ll win.”

Yea, is that wasn’t sexy! (Inset hot guy here)

And just when Mil starts to trust him with her secrets that she has been harboring, BOOM, an asshole threatens to messes it up because Chase slowly starts to realize that Mil isn’t just a job for him, she’s his life, one that he will die defending. I loved the Mo-Tex side story is a great lead in into the next book and from what I have read about Tex, I kinda think he’s my newest book boyfriend, even though he is a tad scary and his story Will ROCK MY WORLD! Fan’s of the series will also get a little more insight into another character that we didn’t get before and thus making me at least feel even worse for all the horrible things i yelled at him during book one. This was on the those stay-up-all-night-to-finish-even-though-you-have-work-in-the-morning type reads (and yes, i may or may not have been falling asleep at my desk the next day). The ending was so jammed packed full of action I felt like I needed to pause, make popcorn, grab a glass of wine(a bottle) THEN finish it!

It was just

And I got more Nixon and Trace?? Score! I always love anything Rachel writes, but this series is BY FAR my favorite of her’s. Maybe it’s the guns and hot guys??? (What could this possibly say about me?)

A big high-five and hair flip to you Rachel for rocking this book!

5 out of 5 stars

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Infinite Potential Blog Tour

Published May 5, 2014 by bookbesties

Book: Infinite Potential

Author: Barbara Garren

Genre: Paranormal Romance

Kelsi always knows when bad things are coming, but even she never thought she’d lose her husband at only twenty-three. Since he died, she’s been living her worst nightmare. Her nights are filled with dreams of a Dark Haired Man, but her days are full of guilt, because the Man fills her with longing and confusion, promising to give her all she needs, all she wants, all she feared she’d never have again.
If only the dreams would stay in her head where they belong.

Kelsi starts seeing the Dark Haired Man in her waking life, shadowing her wherever she goes. And when her mysterious new neighbor, Aiden Hardt, knows about the Man in her dreams, Kelsi worries she can’t trust her own mind.

“He’s not what he seems.”

But even Aiden’s cryptic words don’t frighten her as much as the way she feels around him. Kelsi must sort through her emotions and figure out what’s real before she can ever hope to have a normal life again.

I’m a writer, a reader and a frequenter of the more charming sites in town, namely pubs.

Born and raised in Southern California, I left to explore the world courtesy of the U.S. Navy. I’ve lived in San Francisco, New York and Norfolk, Virginia, but prefer to call San Diego home these days, with my husband, Henry (the inspiration for all the romance).

When not working on my next novel or reading a good book, I can be found running after my grandchildren, my dog and my sanity.

I believe a well-rounded diet consists of coffee, scotch, chocolate, popcorn and Luna Bars – in that order – and have been accused of violating grammar and etiquette rules in at least seven countries. My Muse is a Valkyrie named Prue, so look out.

Learn more about Barbara!

Writing as art, and how I learned to embrace my artistry.

First, let me say that I come from an extremely talented family. There are any number of gifted and recognized painters and sculptors lurking in the limbs of my family tree. My grandfather is a well-known painter, my uncle, mother, brother. Me? I can’t draw a box to climb out of! So, with this in mind it’s easy to understand how I grew up thinking I had zero creative talent.

And yet – I’ve crafted stories as long as I can remember. As a young girl I would write plays and act them out with my friends, as a (typical) teenager, I filled stacks of notebooks with poems and short stories. As a young adult, I gifted (LOL) family members with stories I’d written. Lying in bed on any given night, unable to sleep, I would spin fantasies and makeup tales to help me sleep. I still do.

It wasn’t until recently (that being a relative term) that I began to seriously consider the craft I practiced as a creative, artistic outlet. My husband had been nagging me (really – no nice way to put it) to write a book and I finally took him up on it. I wrote my first book over a couple of months; did some basic editing and sent it around to friends, family and relatives.

They loved it. They praised it. They commented on my artistry and creativity. I sat there with my mouth open, dumb-founded. Me, creative? Artistic? Really? As much as I’ve loved the written/spoken word, as much as I’ve appreciated the craft and talent of other writers, I couldn’t see the same attributes in my own work. I couldn’t connect my own ability to develop a pleasing piece of prose with that of Steinbeck, Faulkner or Whitman. I could not think of myself as an artist.

But I was. I am. I will always be.

The first book hasn’t gone anywhere. It needs a woeful amount of revising before it’s ready for public consumption, but it taught me so much! I’ve learned I have a unique voice and I need to not only trust in it, but to give it free rein. I’ve learned I have stories to tell that people want to hear, and I should follow my gut when deciding what to write. And it taught me to polish, polish, polish until it shines so bright you need sunglasses to read it, then set it adrift in the universe of publishing.

Because art is meant to be seen, whether on the wall, on film or on the written page.

What’s your writing process?

Hmmm – there really is no process. I’ve often referred to my writing style as “verbal vomit,” (sorry for the gross analogy)! When the story hits and takes hold, there’s almost nothing I can do to stop it. I have to capture all the words as the spill out. I’ve learned the hard way to capture the story when it hits – and have been known to jump out of bed in the middle of the night and jot down those flashes of insight – or risk losing the thought.

When and where do you write?

Hah! Good question. I have an office at home and I usually climb into it after work each night and most of the weekends. I refer to it as “the cave,” though it’s quite nice and sunny. Finding time is hard. I have a (more than) full time job, try to hit the gym 4 or 5 days a week and am clinging desperately to what social life I had! Family always comes first, of course, but I will admit there are times I resent not curling up with my characters. My poor husband caters to my idiosyncrasies and never complains when I neglect him – though he has a right to!

Speaking of your husband, you’ve said he’s the inspiration for all your heroes. How and Why?

Well, besides the fact that they are all tall, dark haired and incredibly handsome – all of my heroes are strong, gentle and affectionate. They don’t super-impose their needs and wants on the main characters – instead they support and encourage the independence of the women they love. That’s my husband – and that inspires me. I don’t think it would have been possible for me to accomplish all that I have – personally, professionally and as an author – if it were not for him. I’m one lucky gal!

Where do you get your stories and characters?

Oh, geeze – stories and characters are all around us! Sometimes it’s something that’s happening right in front of me, sometimes it’s just an interesting person or conversation. I try and take ordinary events and people and place them in unusual circumstance, which means I spend a lot of time asking myself “what if?” and then following where it leads. I’m frequently surprised where the story does go, being a complete Pantster!

Even as a Pantster, you must have some idea where a story is going in order to write a complete trilogy. How do you do it?

I do have the story ARC laid out in my head and I’ll usually scribble some general notes for specific scenes I want to include, but those are very rough and often won’t make it into the final version. I like to let my characters drive the story, and I like to put them in predicaments they have to find their own way out of. Book 2 of the Phasms trilogy (coming Fall, 2014) was the perfect example of what happens when your characters come to life: Kelsi and Bryn ended up hijacking everything I thought was going to happen. The last scene in book 2 remains the same as I’d originally envisioned it, but everything between the beginning and ending was a complete surprise.

Barbara is attending the Romantic Times Convention in New Orleans May 13 – 18 and would love to see anyone there!

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Ocean’s Submerged Blog Tour(Crashed)

Published May 5, 2014 by bookbesties

Then he met Livie Acosta. The moment he laid his eyes on the exotic beauty, he was hooked. In that split second of looking into her wild and hurt eyes, his heart began to beat again. He knew then that he would never be able to let her go… but was that the right thing for him to do? Because yet again, Ocean found himself surrounded by a familiar darkness, a pain so strong that even breathing hurt, and living felt impossible. He’d pushed too far in the effort to love and help her, and now… now he didn’t know if he’d ever see her again.

Lawrence Hawthorne has been through the ringer when it came to hurt and disappointment, but nothing could have prepared him for the possibility of losing Livie. He’d just found her and now—well, now he didn’t know what to think. To him, Livie was more than just a girl, more than just a friend. To Law, Livie was someone he needed to help and protect, even from herself, and he’d failed that simple task.

Will the Hawthorne cousins who have sworn to protect Livie survive her selfish act, or will they crumble, yet again?

My review:

I am super tight with M. DeOlmos and she allowed me and me only to read the 2nd book in her Oceans Collide series and but I was not disappointed!

The way Oceans Collide left off with you know Livie going all ‘I cant take life anymore’ I was pumped to see what would happen, would she make it, would she not what if Ocean never forgave her, will she ever forgive herself? So many questions and while some were answered some where a nice Segway into the next book. Ocean looses himself in this book and while he is trying to deal with Liv and the aftermath of what she did he is also faced with old demons he thought long gone. Everything that happened with his sister brings a tremendous amount of guilt flooding to the surface after seeing Liv do what she did. while I don’t want to give too much away I will say that this book was a lot better (IMO) than the first, while the first kept me reading and wanting to know what happen this book kept me glued to the pages. I read and got so wrapped up in the characters lives that it was well into the late night before I put it down!

We also find that new love is blossoming as well as new battles to be fought with not just with Ocean and Live but with Law as well. I had very mixed feeling about Law in the first book I was very /Dude, why are you up Liv’s ASS all the time, that’s Oceans girl’ but mainly that was because I fell in love with Ocean right away. But in this book you see a whole new side to Law and that made me like him a lot more, not as much as Ocean but then well I love the Ocean. this book to me was a lot more into the feelings of each person and they all deal with the aftermath of what Liv did in different ways and as they try to come to grips with it are faced with new challenges. This book does have a ‘soft cliff hanger’ which means that it’s not as bad as the first one but you are still left like ‘OMG what is going to happen next?’

Melissa did a great job with this one and I can’t wait to read the third book!

**I was gifted this book in exchange for my honest and fair review****

My name is Melissa DeOlmos, a newbie to the world of indie writing. I live in sunny side Palm Bay, Florida with my two lovely crazies ages five and two, along with my Law Enforcement champ of a husband. I could say that writing novels has been a passion that I’ve always pursued, but I can’t. Writing for me has always been my own secret escape into a land of wonders, opportunities, loves and so much trouble that I sometimes wonder if I need medication for the stories that pop into my head. I am now deciding to share my mystical mind and stories with the world, so that hopefully others may also find that little something extra they’ve been looking for. Thank you, and I hope you enjoy my books.

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Shattered by Tracy Wolff

Published May 4, 2014 by bookbesties

Ash Lewis has poured every last ounce of his blood, sweat, and tears into reaching the very top of the professional snowboarding world—until the unthinkable happens. After the biggest competition win of his career, Ash’s mother and father are killed in a tragic accident. Unable to handle the idea of going back out on the snow to pursue the dream his parents shared with him, Ash feels that he has no choice but to walk away from snowboarding forever. Then he meets Tansy Hampton.

Wild, fun, and impulsive, Tansy has a different look and a new passion every week. As a cancer survivor who spent the past several years waiting to die, Tansy has a fresh perspective on life—even if she doesn’t have a clue about what she actually wants to do with it. But she’s determined to find out, and that means making the most of her time while she still can.

From the very beginning, their chemistry is intense. But while Ash can’t stop chasing the ghosts of what can never be, Tansy stays firmly focused on the possibilities the world holds for her—and for them. She’s already picked up the pieces of one shattered life. Now she’s determined to help Ash do the same.

Review

After falling love with Tracy Wolff’s Extreme Risk Novel Shredded and the way it left off, I couldn’t wait for Ash’s story. And man what a story it was! Ash Lewis was the perfectionist of his little group of extreme snowboarding buddies. Always had a plan and knew what he was going to compete in the X-games and then the Olympics and medal. All that was shot to hell when Ash gets a call saying his parents have been in a car accident and the only survivor is his fourteen year old brother who is paralyzed from the waist down. Ash see’s no choice in his life, now being the legal guardian of his brother than to push all his plan’s away and hang up snowboarding to take care of his brother.

Until he meets Tansy who is everything the old Ash would have stanched up in a heartbeat, but the new Ash is having a hard time pushing her away. Especially when she ask him to compete a wish for the Make-a-Wish foundation for Timmy, a teenager who will not live to see his next birthday and all he wants is to see his idol Ash snowboard. How can Anyone say no to that right? Well Ash had no problem

Tansy just isn’t some girl who works for dying children, no she once was one of the dying kids. Fresh of out remission from a deathly cancer that I can even begin to spell or pronounce she has spent all of her formative years(10-19) in and out of hospitals, never having had experienced all the world has to offer. Now, Tansy is trying to find herself and no longer wants to be ‘Cancer Girl’, dying her hair and wearing different looks in hope to find out who she really is.

When her and Ash are thrown into a trip that he was basically tricked into by his brother, they set off to make Timmy’s dying wish come true and discover things about themselves that was left me crying and laughing.

The story started out with Ash in such a self-loathing spiral I wanted to slap him stupid and yell at him with the way he was treating his brother. I identified with Tansy on such a level that I found myself empathizing with her and having lumps in my throat when she did. He feelings and why she felt them were so real it made my heart ache and please don’t get me started on Timmy! the small part he playing in the book left such an impact on me that I cried when it was his last scene(this not to say that he died, that was never said). Just the fact that it was never hidden that Timmy was going to die, otherwise he wouldn’t have been on the Make-a Wish list and the fact that his is a reality to some little kid somewhere made it that much more heart breaking.

This book cause so many feels, by the last five chapters I was a mess!

I Don’t know how Tracy does it, but I have never had such a fascination with snowboarding than I do after reading her Extreme Risk books, this one not being any exception. Now excuse me while I Google hot snowboarders…for research…

4 out of 5 Stars

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Undefeated By Scott Hildreth

Published May 2, 2014 by bookbesties

Okay, I might seriously get lynched for this, but I didn’t really enjoy this book.

First, let me start by saying that this is my first time reading anything by this author and I usually stay away from male authors simply because the one’s I have read in the past have been okay but nothing to stay-up-all-night-and-finish worthy. I have been hearing so much hype about this book and author, so I decided to be a bandwagoner and see what all the hype was about. Let this be a lesson to me, don’t jump on the bandwagon simply because its going by.

Shane–Shame on–Dekker is an undefeated heavyweight boxer who just moved from Cali to Texas and one fateful day he meets Kace who is in a very abusive relationship, and steps into assist her in a situation to which she tells him she is fine. Fast forward to two years later and Shane is making a payment on his insurance and meets her again, flirting ensues and the two become friends. Kace has a bad night with her then boyfriend and after an altercation with him she runs to Shane for help. Shane helps her and then they start dating while he also is in training for the biggest fight of his career. But Shane has dark secrets of his own and he comes to terms with those almost too late.

Okay, let me start off with the positive first: I loved thee story line and the plot, I also liked how the relationship in terms of them falling in love was believable and none of this I-just-meet-you-but-i’m-in-love-with-you shenanigans that go on in other books(nothing wrong with that I happen to love those books too). I also like certain terms and phrases Shane kept telling Kace, it was sweet and showed his love for her. It’s told in dual POV and that is always a plus in my book because it’s lets us see what’s going on with both MC’s.

Now what I didn’t like:

I did not like how Kace was portrayed. At. All.

I get she was in an abusive relationship and her feelings and all, that’s not the issue I had. The issue I had was that every time she got excited or nervous, she had a hard time firing up those synapses and the whole brain-mouth thing escaped her leaving her to either blurt out random sh** or pantomime what she was trying to say. Pantomime, really?

Top that with when she got super excited, in that way, she peed herself. Peed herself? If this is how men think women really act then it’s no wonder they try to treat us any kind of way. I love motivation as much as the next, really I do, but I did feel that half the dialog from Shane was from some motivational/inspirational poster or pamphlet, it just got old, really quickly.

Then there was the sex.:sigh:

If I read one more time about her wet **ssy being well, wet or soaked, or wet I was going to lose my sh**

Overall, I liked the story and plot just thought it wasn’t executed to my liking. Many people love this book, I didn’t, it’s cool like goes on. I won’t completely write off this author as someone I will not read anymore as every book is different.

3.5 stars out of 5

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Published May 1, 2014 by bookbesties

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Book Blitz for Dominic by L.A Casey

Published April 28, 2014 by bookbesties

Title: Dominic
Author: L.A. Casey
Genre: New Adult, Romance, Contemporary
Series: Slater Brothers, book #1
Publication Date: March 17th, 2014

WARNING: If you don’t like a leading male that is a possessive prick, Dominic is NOT for you. If you don’t like a leading female that is a stubborn bitch, Dominic is NOT for you. If you don’t like over the top drama and characters who have bad tempers, Dominic is NOT for you. Most of all, if you don’t like characters who CURSE A LOT and say EXACTLY what they what they feel and are thinking without sugar coating it then Dominic is REALLY NOT for you.

After a car accident killed her parents when she was a child, Bronagh Murphy chose to box herself off from people in an effort to keep herself from future hurt. If she doesn’t befriend people, talk to them or acknowledge them in any way they leave her alone just like she wants.

When Dominic Slater enters her life, ignoring him is all she has to do to get his attention. Dominic is used to attention, and when he and his brothers move to Dublin, Ireland for family business, he gets nothing but attention. Attention from everyone except the beautiful brunette with a sharp tongue.

Dominic wants Bronagh and the only way he can get to her, is by dragging her from the boxed off corner she has herself trapped in the only way he knows how…by force.

Dominic wants her, and what Dominic wants, Dominic gets.

My walk to Citywest Shopping Centre was a quick one and before I knew it, I was in Dunnes Stores walking around pushing a trolley. I took out the list Branna made and began picking up the items she wrote down. I added some cookies and other treats into the trolley, because it was that time of the month, and I needed them.

I was bending down to get the triple chocolate cookies – best cookies ever – on the bottom shelf. I had to go down on my knees, because there were only two packets left, and they were at the very back. I got them though, and when I stood up and turned to toss them in my trolley I froze mid-step.

“What the fuck are you doin’ here?” I growled.

Dominic Slater’s smirking face morphed into a smiling one. “What do you think I’m doing in a grocery store? Taking a shower?”

I pulled a face at him. “It’s called a supermarket, you bloody eejit,” I said coolly before moving towards my trolley.

Dominic stepped in front of me, blocking my way.

I blew out a big breath. “Move. Now!”

“Why weren’t you in school today?” he asked, ignoring my demand.

He noticed I wasn’t in today?

Probably because he had no one else to bully since I wasn’t there.

“I’m sick,” I said and tried to get around him once more.

He blocked my way again by stepping to the same side as me at the same time.

“You don’t look sick,” he commented.

I glared at him.

“Shows how much you know, doesn’t it?” I growled.

I hunched forward a little when pressure erupted across my lower abdomen and caused me immense pain.

“Dominic, move out of me way!”

“Are you going to puke?” he asked, still blocking my way.

“Yeah, I’m goin’ to puke, and I’m aimin’ for you so move!” I warned.

Dominic snorted. “Nah, you don’t look like you will be sick. You’re obviously having stomach pain though.”

“Thank you for that observation doctor Fuckface, now move!” I spat.

Dominic laughed at me then glanced to my hands. “I’ll happily move… when you give me those cookies.”

I cuddled the cookies to my chest as I would with a newly born infant.

“No fuckin’ way, I got them first!”

Dominic rolled his eyes. “They are mostly likely the last triple chocolate cookies in the entire store since you had to get them from the very back of the shelf. If you want me to move, then you will give them to me.”

“They were the last two packets in the shop, but I’m not givin’ you either of them, and if you don’t move I’ll scream rape and have you arrested!” I warned.

He tipped his head back and laughed, so I took the opportunity and manoeuvred around him. I used one hand to hold the cookies to my chest and the other to grab my trolley.

“Oh, no you don’t!”

When I felt hands come around my stomach from behind, I almost died.

He was touching me!

Dominic Slater had his hands on my stomach and had his body pressed into my back.

Oh, my Jesus.

Did this motherfucker have a death wish?

“I’ll give you three seconds to get your hands and body away from me, otherwise I will knock you the fuck out!”

Dominic’s chuckle in my ear made my body tense up even more than it already was.

“You think you can take me, pretty girl?”

Pretty girl?

Was he trying to be funny or something?

“I do!” I snapped then said, “Don’t call me that again!”

“I can call you what I like and say what I like to you, freedom of speech and all that.”

“You’re so fuckin’ stupid and a knob head… get off me!” I snapped then gasped when one of his arms came up and made a blatant grab for my cookies.

No. Fucking. Way!

I lifted my leg and kicked back against Dominic’s shin; he grunted as he jumped back away from me. I whirled around and glared at him while he shook out his leg probably trying to shake the pain away.

“You fucking bitch!” he hissed.

I smiled at him. “That will be your balls if you ever touch me again. Have you not learned your lesson that touchin’ me results in me hittin’ you?”

He rolled his eyes and rubbed his cheek as if still feeling the pain of the slap I delivered to him on Wednesday for touching my arse.

He dropped his hands and grinned at me. “You have a phat ass, I couldn’t help myself from having a feel.”

I gaped at him.

He just called me fat.

He actually just called me fat.

I didn’t care if I looked the size of a whale; you just didn’t call a girl fat, especially to her fucking face.

The insult hurt me, and I hated that. I wanted to hurt Dominic back so I threw the insult back at him even though he was nothing but trimmed muscle.

“You are fat!” I snapped then turned and grabbed my trolley with one hand to push it away.

Fuckface stopped me though.

He wedged himself between me and my trolley. I didn’t like it, not one bit.

“I didn’t call you fat.”

The dirty liar!

I growled at him. “You did too, you lying sack of shite!”

“I said you have a phat ass, there is a difference,” he stated.

What?

“No there isn’t, you said me arse is fat-“

“Phat as in sexy,” he purred.

I stared at him, suppressing the urge to beat him to death with my cookies.

“Fat is not sexy,” I stated.

“When you have a phat ass it is,” Dominic said, still standing in front of me. “I don’t mean fat as in fat, I just meant it as in good type of big, not an obese type of big. You have a big butt, and that is sexy.”

Why the fuck were we having this conversation about my fat but not fat arse?

“I don’t give a fuck. Me and me fat arse want to move on with our trolley so get outta the way.”

Dominic smirked and held out his hand and said, “Cookies first.”

I gripped the cookies tighter. “You will have to pry them from me cold, dead fingers, you lanky bastard.”

Dominic smirked and took a step towards me; I panicked and swung my arm catching him across the face with my hand. He actually stumbled to the side and out of my way as he gripped his face. I shot forward, grabbed my trolley, and all but sprinted up the aisle.

“Bronagh!” he shouted.

I turned and headed straight for a checkout till, more than ready to pay for the items and get home. People obviously heard Dominic shouting and were looking down the aisle where I just shot out from. I pretended to be confused as well; I didn’t want anyone thinking I was the Bronagh that Dominic was shouting after.

I jumped into a queue and began to unload my trolley items onto the conveyor belt, while mentally shouting at the woman in front of me to hurry up and pack her things.

“I could have you arrested for assault, you know that right? That’s twice you hit me back there.”

I sighed, knowing he purposely chose to come to this till just to piss me off.

“It was self-defence, you put your hands on me first without permission,” I spat as I nudged my trolley forward without looking around at him.

“That’s bullshit,” Dominic snarled.

I rolled my eyes. “Get over it, you big baby.”

I surged forward when the lady in front of me was finished, and thankfully, the woman serving me had my stuff scanned and helped me bag them in record time.

“Those cookies are the nicest ones in the entire shop, they are always sold out.” The woman smiled when she tucked them into a bag.

I looked up at Dominic, who was glaring at me. It made me smile before I looked at the woman.

“I agree, they are delicious.”

“Evil bitch,” Dominic muttered, making the woman snap her head to him, and it caused me to snort a little.

I paid the woman, grabbed the three carrier bags, and heaved them down. They were heavy, and I hated that Branna wasn’t here with her car to help me bring them home.

I sucked in a large breath and headed for the exit of the shop only to pause at the doors, almost whimpering right there and then. It was absolutely lashing rain outside. I didn’t know why I was so surprised, it always happened. It could be mild and cool here in Dublin one minute then belting rain the next.

I sighed and looked up at the sky after a full minute of just staring out at the rain. “You just can’t cut me a break, can you, Jesus?”

“I don’t think he replies to people who assault innocents.”

I jumped at his voice, which he laughed at.

I shook my head without looking at Dominic when he came to stand next to me. “How the hell did you pack your things and pay for them so quickly?” I questioned.

“Magic,” he replied.

I rolled my eyes. “Well, use some magic and disappear from me presence.”

Dominic snorted. “You would love that, wouldn’t you?”

I looked at him, narrowed my eyes, and smiled. “I would love nothin’ more than for you to disappear from the face of the earth, Fuckface.”

Dominic looked like he suddenly wanted to murder me so I stepped away from him.

“No wonder you bought tampons, it must be that time of the month.” He shook his head.

He saw my tampons?

Oh, God!

I felt my face flush. “Shut the hell up!”

He grinned at me. “You’re seriously mean on your period.”

Oh, my God!

Get me the hell out of here.

“Well, this was horrible, I hope we don’t run into each other here – or anywhere – ever again. Bad day to you, sir.” I bowed my head and stepped out into the rain.

I felt a chill run up my spine, so I straightened myself up, ignored the pain of the plastic bags digging into my fingers, and pushed on walking.

“Do you want a ride?” I heard Dominic’s voice shout from my far left.

I gasped and spun in his direction, noticing that he was moving towards a large black Jeep.

“You dirty bastard! How dare you ask me that!” I shouted.

Dominic paused his stride and looked at me with his eyebrows raised before he laughed.

“Crap, I meant a lift as in a lift home in my car. I didn’t mean a ride as in the meaning of what a ride is over here… I’m not asking you to ride me, Bronagh.”

I felt myself flush.

“Whatever, I don’t need a lift!”

L.A. Casey was born, raised and currently resides in Dublin, Ireland. She is a twenty two year old stay at home mother to an almost two year old German Shepherd named Storm and of course, her four and half year old (the half is apparently vital) beautiful little hellion/angel depending on the hour of the day.

Her first novel, Dominic, was released on March 17th, 2014, and on March 21st, 2014, it became an international Amazon bestseller.

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Character Interview(Ocean)From M.A. De Olmos’s Ocean’s Submerged

Published April 16, 2014 by bookbesties

So after watching Law and Ocean act like seventeen year old’s I kicked out Law and sat across from this devastatingly sexy (albeit brooding) man and asked him some shit.

Ocean Hawthorn

So Ocean you have a whole 3 book arc to tell your story and I think readers(this one included) fall in love with you a little bit more each time. but you don’t seem like the ‘Fans’ type man am i right?

Once upon a time you might say I was the ‘Fans Man’, but as you’ve learned a lot has happened since those days. It’s nice, though, having your story appreciated by others even with the constant darkness clouding my life.

I think most of us know how you feel about Livie, but if she were say with someone else and you knew she was for you, would you steal her away?

Let me put it to you like this. If the earth needs the sun to sustain its life on earth and all of a sudden the sun gravitated to another planet providing it with light and everything else our sun signifies for us… don’t you think earth would take off after it’s light? And the answer should be yes, if I’ve lost you, because if Livie ever strayed away from me, it wouldn’t matter. I’d do whatever it takes to get her back. She’s my light now that I’ve found her There’s just no turning back from that. Fuck that sounded too much like Law!

Holy Shit that was DEEP. I loved it. So, What can you tell us that’s to come for the last of your story?

(Smirks) I definitely still have a shitload of growing up to do. It gets uglier before I see the ‘bigger picture’ of things and my life. I am however a fighter–not just in the ring but a fighter at heart. So, let’s just say that things do happen for a reason, no matter how fucked up the situation is…it just always works out.

OK that seems..hopeful. Now, serious question, how do you think you would have reacted if Liv has not made it?

(Looks me dead the eye and without blinking) Simple– I wouldn’t be here answering this question. No Livie no me. Simple.

(Trying to recover from the seriousness of his reply) Law think’s he can take you, what do you think? Ha! is this even a real question? Did he beg you to ask me this? I don’t think, I’d kick his ass into next month and he knows it. Yeah he’s good…damn good, but I’m better.

Well that was, insightful. Thanks so much Ocean, i won’t keep you any ,longer. He get’s up and with a nod is out the door. I want to thank Melissa and Live, Law and Ocean for taking time out and giving these interviews, if If i may have had more fun than they did! You guys are awesome!

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Character interview (Law) from M.A. De Olmos Ocean’s Submerged

Published April 15, 2014 by bookbesties

Well we have read from Liv, Law was kind enough to stop by the blog and bring a little fun to it after yesterday’s semi heavy convoy. Law had me in stitches and blushing which is hard on me! check it out and Don’t forget tomorrow is the last day with the one and only Ocean(my umpteenth book boyfriend), his interview is…intense like he is.(Swoon)

Lawrence Hawthorne

So law, we all know your feelings for Livie, but when did they change from potential lover to sister?

Who said she’s still not a potential lover? Wait…shit is Ocean around, because he’s such a drag queen when I joke around like this. Okay, so back on track. Well I don’t think I can really explain it. When I first saw her, I saw what was on the outside first and that a fine ass exotic and sexy as all hell woman. Shit Blue’s going to hand my balls to me for that one. But when I looked into her eyes, all that pain, all that sorrow, it kind of shifted all the feelings I had on first laying eyes on her. Like I said hard to answer, buuutttt, definitely still could have gotten her first if I wanted to. 🙂

Do you ever regret not making the first move?

Me, hell yeah! All the time. It was hard watching Sunshine and Ocean fall in love while getting through their shit. I wasn’t all that jealous, it just made me feel alone. I was realizing that I needed something like Sunshine in my life… I needed my own anchor. But you can definitely say good things come to those who wait, and when I come, I mean come.

(Slight blushing). Uumm, I’ve heard from a reliable source that between you and Ocean, you would come out on top is that true?

Let’s get this cleared up before hybrid Rambo busts through the door. Yeah the ass-hat broke my nose, twice… and we all know that’s my signature move, the nose breaking and shit. But Ocean fights with his emotions while I fight with passion. So to answer your question there’s no competition…Ocean would get his ass handed to him and he knows it. Psst, hey, you mind telling me if Ocean is around? Sunshine stop laughing! I’m not scared alright…just need to know from which direction the troll is going to attack from!

LOL Sure, Moving on, you in Ocean seem pretty comfortable enough with each other to do certain things, so have you guys ever shared a woman?

Whhaatttt! Back in the day we used to toss girls to each other like salad. We were and are by no means shy. The only difference between then and now is that I’ve finally got my goddess and he has his. We don’t touch what’s not ours anymore but between us, Ocean and I get kicks out of seeing who can make them scream louder. And if we just so happen to get started in the same room, well, that shit is just fucking amazing.

Is it hot in here? No. just me? (fan’s herself). OK what’s a song that describes you and Livie’s relationship? You and Ocean? And you and Blue?

Sunshine has taught me a lot about tying emotions to music, so for her Bruno Mars, Count of Me still sticks. For my Blue, the woman who holds my everything in the palm of her wicked hands, I dedicate Hunter Haye’s, Crazy. I really don’t feel all that comfortable dedication a song to Ocean so let’s just say that he falls into the musical variety of Barney and the Sesame Street theme song, fuck that Mister Rogers sounds more like it. HAHAHAH! Oh shit!!!! Wait don’t open the door. Dammit Blue!

The interview was abruptly cut short as Ocean came in, we will get to his interview tomorrow, right now I’m going to watch these two chase each other around like monkeys. Fine, chiseled monkey’s that is. want more of these guys?( Amazon buy links are embedded into the pictures).

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Ocean’s Submerged by M.A. DeOlmos Character Interview

Published April 14, 2014 by bookbesties

After that shocking and sad ending of Ocean’s Collide I was able to catch up to Livie and see how she is doing, and don’t forget to check back tomorrow for my interview with Law and enter to win your own copy of O.S!

Character interview:

Liv, What can say? When we last saw you , you made a pretty big life altering decision, how are you now?

Well–uh, I can’t say that I’m great and everything is peachy…but, I guess I’m doing okay. I have of work to do on myself and a lot of trust to repair with Law and Ocean, along with everyone else I hurt. It’s not easy I can tell you that, but I’m a fighter. I”m going to fight.

When you first meet Ocean, did you think he was ‘The one?’ or just someone to spend time with?

Honestly when I first set eyes on that sexy beast, I knew i was screwed. I definitely didn’t get the love butterflies fluttering inside my stomach. What I got was…a threat. Within seconds of being around him and looking him in the eye, I just knew my secret was no longer safe. I don’t regret ever meeting him because he’s my everything now, but it was a scary acceptance.

If you had to choose, in a fight between Law and Ocean, who would you cheer for?

Oh, I would most definitely root for Law. Who wouldn’t! They are both fierce excellent fighters but Law fights with a passion I’ve never seen before. Ocean fights to conquer and he’s too calculated and calm if you ask me. And anything to toy with Ocean, especially rooting for his cousin is more than fun for me.

You and Ocean have a pretty intense few scenes in O.S, One in particular stuck out involving Ocean, You, Law and ****, what made THAT happen?

Yeah, that–was not supposed to happen. I’ve never made out with anyone let alone in the presence of others. Especially people i knew! A little secret though–it was the most erotic, sexiest and wildest things I’ve ever done. Ocean has completely corrupted me and I would do it again in a heartbeat. But don’t tell him that.

One song that would encompass your time with Ocean?

At the moment when I think of my relationship with Ocean there is actually one song that calls to me. That song is, Before the Worst, by The Script. I can’t take back what I’ve done or the pain I’ve caused him, but I could go back to before my worst, I would.

Thanks so Much Livie for stopping by, I know you are busy, especially with unexpected guest. Stay strong girl and tell Ocean he has a not so secret admire. 🙂

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Twenty-seven year old Ocean Hawthorne thought he’d known loss and pain when his twin sister Stormie died. It was his fault the world would no longer see her beautiful smile or hear her captivating laughter. The former world champion in the vicious world of MMA fighting thought he’d been through the worst and has now carried that guilt and pain with him since. Then he met Livie Acosta.

The moment he laid his eyes on the exotic beauty, he was hooked. In that split second of looking into her wild and hurt eyes, his heart began to beat again. He knew then that he would never be able to let her go… but was that the right thing for him to do? Because yet again, Ocean found himself surrounded by a familiar darkness, a pain so strong that even breathing hurt, and living felt impossible. He’d pushed too far in the effort to love and help her, and now… now he didn’t know if he’d ever see her again. Lawrence Hawthorne has been through the ringer when it came to hurt and disappointment, but nothing could have prepared him for the possibility of losing Livie.

He’d just found her and now—well, now he didn’t know what to think. To him, Livie was more than just a girl, more than just a friend. To Law, Livie was someone he needed to help and protect, even from herself, and he’d failed that simple task. Will the Hawthorne cousins who have sworn to protect Livie survive her selfish act, or will they crumble, yet again?

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