The Wedding Contract
By: H.M. Ward
Release Date: May 12, 2014
Description:
After I finally get the evil witch at the front desk to hand me my room key, I head for the shower. I was supposed to shoot my best friend's wedding alone, and I couldn't wait to escape New York and Nick.
Yeah, he's beautiful, sexy, and completely charming-but he's stealing my clients. He's done so much damage that I'm going to be lucky if I can keep my studio open for a few more weeks. This wedding means everything to me, and I refuse to let a spoiled brat and his shiny new MBA put me out of business. Screw that.
But then I find myself wearing nothing but a smile when the person I hate most walks through the door to my hotel room-Nick Ferro. Two adversaries, shooting one wedding, and sharing one room for one
week-what could possibly go wrong?
H.M. Ward is the #1 bestselling New Adult author in the world, having sold over 4 million books in 2013. This NEW YORK TIMES, WALL STREET JOURNAL, USA TODAY, and Amazon #1 bestselling writer's series include: THE FERRO FAMILY: DAMAGED, THE ARRANGEMENT, and STRIPPED; as well as SCANDALOUS, TRYSTAN SCOTT, and SECRETS. Ward was recently featured in FORBES, the WALL STREET JOURNAL, and the WASHINGTON POST.
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Sam Cruz's Infallible Guide to Getting Girls
By: Tellulah Darling
Release Date: October 17, 2012
Description:
Why the hell can't chicks be more like guys?
That question plagues high school senior Sam Cruz. Sam is perfectly happy being a player. He just wishes girls wouldn't change the game from sex to relationships. It makes him look like an asshole. But when Sam's best friend, Ally Klinger, gets dumped, she begs him to transform her into someone who can screw around then screw off. No risk of heartbreak that way. It's Sam's chance to create the perfect female AND cheer up his best friend. Armed with Sam's Three Step Guide to Backseat Success, Ally gets the game better than Sam thought she would and before long, Sam has his wish: the female version of himself. Too bad it's driving him nuts. Told from Sam's and Ally's alternating POVs, Sam Cruz's Infallible Guide to Getting Girls is a fast-paced romantic comedy that follows these teens as they navigate the minefield of sex, love, and friendship.
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Review:
This has been one of the most delightful reads I've had in a while. Yes it's a little more mature than your typical YA book, but it was great. It had a great story behind it even with all the sexual innuendos and encounters. It happens, this is life nowadays, yes we'd like our children to be so innocent but they are not.
We meet Sam and Ally who are completely opposites of each other. Ally is a brain and Sam is the ultimate player. Recently Ally was dumped by her boring boyfriend, so to have the ultimate revenge she decides to become a player herself and what better way then having her best friend for the longest time and the biggest player she knows teach her, Sam. He of course takes on the task because he like a typical player wishes that all girls could be player so there won't be any emotions attached, which let's face it never really happens but he can keep wishing.
To accomplish this new player status Ally must have a complete makeover and Sam is more than happy to get her going in the right direction. But then something happens, Sam realizes that his best friend the brain is actually hot and he can't help but be turned on by her. I'm sure you can only imagine what this leads to but he tries to ignore it and continue on this mission. Things start escalating in Ally's player status and she meets a few people, but then something unexpected happens. Then there are complications and bouts of denial and unrequited feelings. Everything starts going downhill before it can all go uphill and following these two around was quite an adventure.
They so obviously have belonged together from the very beginning of their friendship but the fun part is always how to get there. And it was definitely fun! Must read this book for an enjoyable time, things like this happen many times, and many times they don't. But when they work out that's the best part. Very fun quick easy ready that makes you just smile in the end and root for the people in the book. My favorite characters have to be the employees at the diner they hang out at because they so obviously knew what was right there in front of everyone. Must be the years of experience. Excellent read, and lovable characters. Really great trailer and the cover is so simple but so great. .
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About the Author:
Tellulah Darling noun
1) YA novelist
2) Alter ego of a professional screenwriter/instructor
3) Sassy minx
Geeks out over: cool tech.
Squees for: great storytelling.
Delights in: fabulous conversation.
Writes about: where love meets comedy, flavored with pop culture. Awkwardness ensues.
I received this book from NetGalley and Te Da Media, so that I may give my honest opinion and a review. Whether it is good or not please do not let it discourage you from purchasing/reading the book yourself and forming your own opinion. What might be good for me may not be good for you and vice versa. With that said, Happy Reading Everyone!!!
By: Jill Cooper
Release date: October 10, 2012
Series: The Dream Slayer Series
Book Description:
The only thing worse than dying, is running away…
Since becoming employed by a supernatural protection agency, Natalie Johnson’s life has been more interesting than ever. While most teens are working on their summer tans, Natalie works on slaughtering the undead lurking just outside her town’s borders.
The workload takes more than just a toll on her love life, it dampens her spirit and her health, as the town is plagued by a mysterious murderer intent on stealing the residents’ souls. Natalie’s investigation is hampered by her declining health and the sicker she gets, the more inadequate she feels.
Guilt over her inability to act, weighs heavily on Natalie’s shoulders during a time when her strength is needed more than ever. As some of those closest to her begin to lose faith, she must make the hardest stand yet to save the soul of the one person she can always count on:
That was Natalie’s first thought when she regained consciousness on the floor beside her hospital bed. Her brain was on fire and felt like it was being torn from her skull. There was blood dripping down her forehead into her line of sight. She groaned, grabbing her temples. She was fine, that’s what she kept saying, but now all she could think was, You’re dying.
She blinked her eyes and between each blink, she saw Mark Glovin at the mess hall in the summer camp kitchen. Natalie had never been able to phase in and out of a dream so easily before. It was like she was sitting in front of him instead of the slayer.
“You okay, kid?”
“No, my head really hurts right now.” The slayer said the words, but so did Natalie, on the floor of her hospital room, mumbling out loud. She wasn’t even sure if the words were hers or not. Was she the slayer or was she the paladin? Some days she wondered if it mattered at all.
Natalie groaned, fighting to keep her eyes open. She reached backward and saw the nurse call button dangling from the safety guards of her bed. Medication and help were what she needed, but her outstretched fingers couldn’t reach. Her eyes rolled into the back of her head as her arm slumped beside her.
In her mind, she saw the slayer slumped on the floor of the kitchen, Mark rushing to her side.
She guessed everyone was right. There really was something wrong with her.
