Fix You

Olivia Beckett’s once-charmed life is falling apart. Her family is about to lose everything, and she has almost no chance of continuing her college education. She can't even seek solace from her high school sweetheart. He's changed. She doesn't recognize the boy she used to know— his violent behavior is escalating and it scares the hell out of her. Her whole world is crumbling, and she has no one to turn to……

Sebastian “Bash” McDaniels is an up and comer in the boxing world working nights at the local college bar until he can land the fight of his dreams that will get him the hell out of Boston and away from his family's tragic past. He’s weeks from his goal when Olivia Beckett comes tumbling into his life in a flash of silky dark hair and haunted eyes. When he saves her from a potentially brutal beating, they begin to grow close, but Olivia's ex isn’t ready to let her go so easily. 

Bash can't bring himself to walk away, but fixing Olivia just might leave him broken…

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Olivia's world is falling down around her & her boyfriend is becoming scarier by the min. Bash has got his eyes on the prize - getting out of Boston and his boxing career. Bash just can't walk away from a damsel in distress and has now opened his life to a shit storm. Olivia & Bash have an undeniable pull towards each other and they finally give in to their desires even if it  is only for a night. Riding high from their night of bliss they get smacked in the face with a whirlwind of destruction. Hot steamy sex scene. Can't wait for more Bash & Olivia.

"Stripped" by H.M. Ward

The V Card. Virgin. Most of us want to punch that sucker ASAP, and hide the fact until then, but not Cassie Hale. Three years ago she frickin' covered hers in glitter and laminated the thing, proudly telling me that she's waiting for the perfect guy. 

So when I see her half naked, tangled together, rolling around on the floor with another stripper, I'm kind of shocked. Okay, that's an understatement. I'm enthralled. I have to know what cracked her picture perfect world and landed her here, and I hope it's something horrible-an event that broke her the way she broke me. Because, that's who Cassie Hale is--the woman who stole my heart and crushed it in her hand.

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I love that Cassie doesn't swoon over Jon when they first meet - He has to work for it and work hard. 

Just when things are coming together they fall apart but we aren't really sure what happened. 

When Jon see's Cassie again after the fall out he is bitter but realizes he still loves her and wants to save her. He needs to find a way to get her to trust him again to let him in. Lots of sexual tension. 

An ending leaving you wanting more - Not really a cliff hanger. 

Deeper

Rain Wilson isn’t ever going to love again. 

It’s a promise she made the day her boyfriend died in a water park accident, one she still blames herself for. Now she’s a senior lifeguard in a new town with a new pool and she’s just going to keep her head down and everyone safe. 

Until a mysterious guy follows her into the waves at the pre-season bonfire and kisses her senseless. It’s just one mistake, and Rain is determined to put it behind her, until the dark haired, blue eyed hottie turns out to be her new co-supervisor Knight Mcallister. 

Knight is hot, tatted, and carrying baggage of his own. He’s not happy about having Rain for a co-supervisor, and he’s even less happy about his attraction to her. 

But between lifeguard drama, hot underwater kisses, and a growing attraction between them that can’t be stopped, Knight and Rain are being pulled deeper into their pasts, and realizing that sometimes too much broken can make a relationship impossible.

Then again sometimes it’s the broken parts of us that fit together best.

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At first was was slightly annoyed with all the lifeguard/swimmer talk it was a bit over the top for me. Swimmer talked settled down a bit and didn't annoy me any longer but Rain's attitude did. She is a prickly one only giving knight crumbs but the crumbs she gives don't tell him much if you ask me. I'm actually surprised he even likes her after awhile because she is so standoffish. Things started to come together for me mid book. Rain started to open up a bit and Knight put his cards on the table. They both have painful things to get over and they seem to need each other to do so.  No hot sex in this one but some pretty heavy make out scenes. 

Pretty good ending I would have liked an epilogue to be further in the future. 

Raising Ryan

Twenty-year-old Reese Johnson can finally leave her troublesome past behind. She enters college with her best friend, Gia, and spends her time doing what she loves—working as a self-defense instructor at a local gym. Then Luke Ryann enters the picture. He’s the tall, dark, and tattooed MMA fighter her boss hires to privately train her. One minute, he captivates her with his piercing brown eyes and boyish dimples. The next, he infuriates her with his relentless banter and cocky bad boy behavior. He’s the last thing she wants or needs, and she never expects to fall in love with him. 

Luke’s jaded past has him keeping a safe distance. Despite what he feels, some things are better left alone. He has a dangerous secret—one that has the potential to risk their lives. As he fights the attraction between them, can he resist the growing tension and protect the woman he’ll never be able to have? 

Recommended for mature audiences due to situations of abuse, violence, strong language and sexual content.

Raising Ryann, the first book in the Bad Boy Reformed series, isn't just a story about first love. It's filled with action, suspense, mystery, and a touch of humor.

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Luke is a hot man whore that is changing his ways. Reese is a tough girl that really hasn't lived much - she tends to lean on the safer side. When Luke comes back into her life she doesn't know why he seems familiar but it doesn't take her long to figure out. Reese is obviously attracted to Luke but its not clear where Luke's head is. This book does go from Reese's pov to Luke's but not every other chapter so it was a bit before I found out what exactly Luke was thinking. No hot sex- sexual tension yes. 

Cliff hanger ending.

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A childhood crush who moved away. An adult love that shattered her world. Twenty-seven year old Mackenzie Tillson hasn’t been living for quite some time, rather, just existing. Life is passing her by and even with the love of her friends and family she can’t quite seem to snap out of the disconnected bubble she has created around her. Moving day by day as a shell of a person who once knew what it meant to live.

Until one day, the boy who first had her heart comes back. With a vengeance...Drew Dean has been apart from the girl he loved all of those years ago for far too long and now that fate has provided them with a second chance, he will make it clear to her that she is, and always has been the one for him. But what Drew discovers in the process, is Mackenzie may just end up being completely unreachable.

Is it possible to get through to someone who has no intentions of ever letting anyone in again? Can a person find their way through the darkness and emptiness they've created? For Mackenzie, trudging along in life alone is where she feels she deserves to be. But will she find it in her to fight and break the barrier of the internal distorted view she has of herself? Or will she let everyone and everything slip away?

As Mackenzie tries to piece together the remnants of her shattered existence, she inadvertently discovers life, love and loss are one in the same. A hopeful journey to be taken with an ending to fill the emptiness she's carried for too long.

PLAYLIST

Chapter 1-Begin Norah Jones (Rain)

Chapter 3-London Piag (Falling in Love at a Coffee Shop)

Chapter 7-Skylar Grey (Dance Without You)

Chapter 9-Foo Fighters (Best of You)

Chapter 11-The Killers (When you Were Young)

Chapter 12-Enya (Only Time)

Chapter 14-Bonnie Ratt (Lets Give em Something To Talk about)

In chapter 15, but the song starts at poem of I Was A Little Girl-Blue Foundation (Eyes on Fire)

Chapter 16-Deadmau5 (Take Care of the Proper Paper Work)

Chapter 17-Florence and the Machine (Girl with One Eye)

In Chapter 19 where it goes to flashback with Wes-Katy Perry (Hot N Cold)

Chapter 21-The Lumineers (Flapper Girl)

At part in chapter 21 where Jax says I’m gonna hang back and they make their way to dance floor-Nero (Promises) for dancing and kissing scene

At part in Chapter 21 where Mackenzie grabs Drews face and starts kissing him-Lana Del Ray (Burning Desire)

Chapter 22-The Lumineers (Slow It Down)

Chapter 23 at flashback section-Tina Turner (Whats love got to do with it)

Chapter 25-Kelly Clarkson (You Found Me)

Chapter 28 after the flashback ends and Drew’s day comes to an end at work start playing-Peter Gabriel (In Your Eyes)

Chapter 30-Skylar Grey (Words)

Chapter 31 where it starts at Sure, bye…right before flashback and where the poem Enough is start-Whitney Houston (Run to You)

Chapter 33 at 2nd flashback that comes when they are at dance play-Aerosmith “I don’t wanna miss a thing)

Chapter 35-Berlin (Take my Breath Away)

Chapter 36-Van Halen (When its Love)

Chapter 37 start at flashback where it begins when Mackenzie is telling Drew about what happened to her with Wes-Kellie Pickler (Didn’t you know how much I loved you”

Chapter 38 but start song at part where it says Christmas day.  My parents are in town…….-Justin Figueroa and Acoustic Guitar (I’ll Be Home for Christmas)

Chapter 39 2nd page where they walk into  place chatting and laughing start-Boys to Men (On Bended Knee)

Chapter 40-Bryan Adams (Please Forgive Me)

Chapter 41 where poem Second Chances starts-Roxette (Listen to your heart)

Chapter 42 where Drew goes back to flashback-Sixpence None the Richer (There she goes)

Chapter 43-Howie Day (Collide)

Chapter 43 but where she says she is going to strip tease for him start-Black Keys (Psychotic Girl)

Again in Chapter 43 start playing this song where it says Instead of a response, my hips move in circular motions…….-Robin Thicke ft Lil Wayne (Pretty Little Heart)

Chapter 45-Def Leppard (Hysteria)

At part in Chapter 45 where guys to get up and sing Karaoke play-Righteous Brothers (You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling)

Chapter 46-Demons of Ruby Mae (Beneath the Surface)

Epilogue-Cider Sky (We Are in Love)

General - Jeremy Passion - Lemonade

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

MELISSA L. DELGADO

I love anything and everything pertaining to make up or beauty. I love to write and shop. I love going to the movies and spending time with my friends and family. I love to dance. I love to laugh and to make others laugh. I'm inspired by dance, music, poetry, and photography. I feel there is beauty in everything. I believe to get respect you have to give respect and to treat others how you want to be treated. I love everything and anything vintage. I love Jesus and believe in having faith in the unseen and unheard. I love to have fun and make new memories. But mostly, I love life. Enjoying the road I'm on, and making the most of it. 

FUN FACTS

1. I can recite the alphabet backwards ;)

2. I can rap the Busta Rhymes part in the song Look at me Now!

3. I can draw and paint as well :)

4. I am slam poet (next performance in September)

5. I have an impeccable memory, most situations I can remember verbatim.

6. I am the middle child

7. I am HUGE fan of makeup. I watch YouTube tutorials almost daily.

8. I used to be a hip hop dancer

9. I love anything dealing with interior design.

10. I didn't write my first actual legitimate poem until November of last year. That was inspired by a book I read: Slammed by Colleen Hoover.

SOCIAL MEDIA

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This book is written in a cool way- it will have present time then it will have excerpts from Mack's journal kind of explain why she is feeling the way she is. Mack is certainly a broken woman. We don't find out all the details right away but when they do come out holy moly. It's a sweet sweet romance between Drew and Mack after all this time however Drew has a secret he just can't seem to tell Mack about. I was holding my breath half way through the book waiting for the other shoe to drop. When it finally came crashing down holy crap what a mess and I didn't see how it was going to work out for Drew and Mack now. Drew's secret was a shocker. Some hot sex. 

Fabulous Ending. 

There are so many characters in this book that I want to know more about. 

The next book coming is Jax's story (Drew's brother).

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True Love Story

Sparrow Fisher is transforming. No longer dressed up in antiquated clothes and ideals, she is finally trying on her freedom.

Before she moves to New York City, she meets Ian Sterling, a musician Sparrow has dreamed about since she first saw him. The attraction is instant, but their relationship isn't so simple.

Over a five year span, Sparrow and Ian run into each other in unusual places. Each time, Sparrow has to decide if she can trust him, if he feels the same for her, and finally, if love is really enough.


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Whoa Baby! This is quite the Love story!

It takes awhile for Sparrow and Ian to actually get into a steady relationship but throughout most of the book it just feels like there is something that everyone is hiding from Sparrow about Ian. I am surprised that she doesn't question him more about things or get upset about girls hanging on him but then again she is secure in her own skin and Ian gives her is full attention when she enters a room. 

Just like any love story there is a fall out- Wow was I pissed off at Ian I couldn't believe he did that, well yes, actually I can he is a self sataboger. So then there's the love letters that Ian writes to Sparrow they are enough to break your heart, grab a glass of wine and the tissues. I didn't know how Sparrow couldn't forgive him, wait yes I can- well as you can see I was having my own internal struggle with forgiving him or not. When fate intervenes years later and she finally see's Ian can she forgive him?

You will have to read it to find out. Hot Steamy Sex - not a whole lot but enough. 

Fabulous Ending and even a Epilogue that really button's things up.

Quotes:

"I've never stopped loving you, Sparrow Fisher."

"Hello my name is Sparrow and I am a nerd."

"I've never been at home anywhere, but I am with you."

"All kisses before this have been mere child's play. I drink him in and know my fate is sealed. I am his."

"I'm sorry for that. Turns out I'm bit of a kiss whore."

"My soul is knit to yours."

CONTENT RATING

Romance: 5 out of 5

Kink: 3 out of 5 

Raunch: 3 out of 5

Overall Hotness:  5 out of 5

All She Craved (The Meeting)

Nothing will ever be the same after Mr. Michael Strauss, President and CEO of Strauss Medical, entices young, Nurse Trisha Saul into staying late one evening. Seducing her in the office. Trisha has never felt so good. So right. She craved his touch. But, can she give him everything he needs?

Mr. Michael Strauss has big plans after savoring the sweet, young, Nurse. He can’t get enough of her. But, would she agree to his terms?

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This is a short story only 13 pages but it's the first installment. 

Might only be 13 pages but Author Cami Stark packs it in!

Hot & Steamy to say the least with lots of wonder. This will definitely leave you craving more. I am loving Trisha she is not a stick model but a curvy girl that lives in a not so hot part of town because that's all she can afford. I am dying to know what Michael is thinking we only get his demands in this installment - his demands are Trisha.

All She Craved (The Agreement) is due out 1/7/13

CONTENT RATING

Romance: 3 out of 5

Kink: 4 out of 5 

Raunch: 3 out of 5

Overall Hotness:  4 out of 5

Charade

Nineteen-year-old Cheyenne tries to portray the perfect life to mask the memories of her past. Walking in on her boyfriend with another woman her freshman year in college threatens that picture of perfection. 

Twenty-one-year-old Colt never wanted college and never expected to amount to anything, but when his mom's dying wish is for him to get his degree, he has no choice but to pretend it's what he wants too. 

Cheyenne needs a fake boyfriend to get back at her ex and Colt needs cash to take care of his mom, so they strike a deal that helps them both. But what if Cheyenne’s past isn’t what she thought? Soon they’re trading one charade for another—losing themselves in each other to forget about their pain. The more they play their game, the more it becomes the only thing they have that feels real.

Both Cheyenne and Colt know life is never easy, but neither of them expect the tragedy that threatens to end their charade and rip them apart forever.

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The author alternates between Cheyenne & Colt's point of view with each chapter so you know what is going on in each of their heads with is always good to know.

This book was a easy read because it held my interest at every page.

I love how Colt thinks Cheyenne is a "Princess" when really she is just as damaged and broken as he is. Watching Colt's defenses come down and finally see that he loves Cheyenne is almost heart breaking - in a good way. Some hot steamy sex scenes but nothing raunchy.

Good ending and as always I would love for their story to continue but am happy with it as is.

Quotes:

"I've always know you can never really depend on someone."

"You're really trying to kill me aren't you? You're eating me alive with your eyes."

"I push every thought out of my head and get back to watching my Tiny Dancer."

" 'I thought this was a game,' I remind him. 'Not anymore and you know it. Everything else in my life is all fucked up. This is the only thing that's real.' "

"This is the second time I've caught you messing with my girl, Pretty Boy. I'm not going to let it go a third time."

CONTENT RATING

Romance: 4 out of 5

Kink: 1 out of 5 

Raunch: 2 out of 5

Overall Hotness:  4 out of 5

Rock the Heart

For the last four years, good girl Lane has regretted breaking up with Noel Falcon. She thought she was sensible when she told him his dreams of being a rock star would get him nowhere, but now that he's a rock god and her career is stagnant, she realizes just how wrong she was. When Noel hires the marketing company where Lane is an intern, she’s forced to see him again. If she wants to land her dream job as executive within the company, she has to win him over and secure his account. Too bad Noel is still pissed at her for breaking his heart.

When Lane’s company flies her to a Black Falcon concert to gain Noel’s attention, emotions run high the moment she sees him and realizes she’s far from over him. But Noel’s countless trysts with groupies and his cocky attitude make Lane believe he isn’t the same guy she once loved—now he seems to only want her body. Then after Lane discloses she needs him to procure a job, Noel proves he’s a changed man by forcing her to go on the road with him in order to get it.

After Lane reluctantly takes Noel up on his offer, she becomes willing to do whatever it takes to keep him satisfied, even if it means succumbing to his seductive ways. Lane soon finds deception is a dangerous game and she’s not the only one playing.

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Yummy Yum Yum!

Easy Read, Fell in Love with Lane and Noel, page turner, Loved it!

When things get going I am a bit hurt that Lane is holding back so much since she is the one that broke Noels heart but when things start to go on track and the only thing that might get complicated is the logistics of her living in New York and him travel but oh No people there is a big Whack in the head I certainly didn't see coming! Wow my heart was broken and it wasn't just for Lane but for Noel too. There was no way to get past this Whack. You will have to find out how it all ends. 

Closure is ok I certainly am craving more so I hope to get bit's of Lane and Noel 

in Rock The Bed which is Aubrey & Riff's story coming Feb 2013

Aubrey & Riff get things going in this book so I am excited to see where it goes.

Quotes:

"Don't think, Lane, just feel."

"The way he says my name makes my toes curl. 'I'm still crazy over you. I know it's been a while, but it feels like just yesterday when you walked out of my life. When you left me, I was so empty. There was this huge, gaping hole in my heart that no one could fill. I tried to get over you. I really did, but you were always there. Every woman I kissed was you.' "

"Fuck the entire world. All that matters is what you think of me. "

"I don't get where he gets off thinking he should be able to have his cake and eat it too because new flash, this cake store is fucking closed."

CONTENT RATING

Romance: 4 out of 5

Kink: 3 out of 5 

Raunch: 4 out of 5

Overall Hotness:  4 out of 5

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He was the one man I couldn’t avoid. And the one man I couldn’t resist. 

Damien Stark could have his way with any woman. He was sexy, confident, and commanding: Anything he wanted, he got. And what he wanted was me.

Our attraction was unmistakable, almost beyond control, but as much as I ached to be his, I feared the pressures of his demands. Submitting to Damien meant I had to bare the darkest truth about my past—and risk breaking us apart.

But Damien was haunted, too. And as our passion came to obsess us both, his secrets threatened to destroy him—and us—forever.

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If you liked Bared to You or Fifty Shades of Grey then Release Me is so up your Ally!

A dominate male that is after the stubborn younger female-

Let the chase begin.

This book is all about the chase and peeling back the layers of these two complex individuals.

At first I was ready to scream at Nikki for not giving into Damien it was just taking to long for the envidable even know I could clearly see her reasons for doing so. Lots of hot Sex. There is some BDSM but not like Fifty Shades, very very mild at this point.  It was a page turner that I couldn't put down. The ending left me hanging enough to know there HAS to be another book coming soon. 

CONTENT RATING

Romance: 4 out of 5

Kink: 4 out of 5 

Raunch: 3 out of 5

Overall Hotness:  5 out of 5

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My Favorite Mistake

Taylor Caldwell can't decide if she wants to kiss her new college roommate or punch him.

On the one hand, Hunter Zaccadelli is a handsome, blue-eyed bundle of charm. On the other, he's a tattooed, guitar-playing bundle of bad boy. Maybe that's why Taylor's afraid of falling in love with him, or anyone else. She doesn't want to get burned, and even though her other roommates adore him, she wants him gone before it's too late.

Hunter himself has been been burned before, but the fact that Taylor calls him out on his crap and has the sexiest laugh ever make him decide maybe love isn't a lost cause. They make a bet: if she can convince him she truly loves or hates him, he'll leave the apartment--and leave her alone. The problem is, the more time they spend together, the less she hates him, and the more she moves toward love.

But when the man who holds the key to Taylor's fear of giving up her heart resurfaces and threatens to wreck everything, she has to decide: trust Hunter with her greatest secret, or do everything in her power to win that bet and drive him away forever.

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Taylor really is an angry girl. I was kind of getting mad at Taylor since Hunter was opening up to her telling her all his secrets but she was less than forth coming with him. You can't help but fall in love with Hunter he was a Sweet Bad Boy! Most of the things that Taylor claimed Hunter was doing or say that made him an ass seemed rather mild to me & when he really exploded on her I thought she kind of had it coming. There was a lot of sexual tension. A few sex scenes that were tame but loving. Fairly good ending meaning it had closure but left you wanting more. From what I read from the author there will be a book 2.

Quotes:

"Everyone says they want to know you, but they don't. They want to know the nice things, the pretty things. No one wants to know the ugly parts, the parts that keep you up at night. They say they're okay with it, but then they drift away and you never see them again. I've seen it happen way to many times. Girls don't want to know that shit."

"Love is simple. You fall and that's it. You'll work the other stuff out. You just gotta let yourself fall and have faith that someone will be there to catch you."

"Told you, Miss. Everything before you doesn't matter."

CONTENT RATING

Romance: 3 out of 5

Kink: 2 out of 5 

Raunch: 1 out of 5

Overall Hotness:  4 out of 5