Off Key: A Wreckless Abandon Novel By: CJ Martin

(N) It started with an agreement made between two friends, a friends with benefits arrangement. And this arrangement only had three rules: one, no hooking up with anyone else, if one wants out at any point you tell the other no hard feeling. Two, we always use protection. Three, no one can know about their arrangement.
      Brandon Kresge has it all. He's got a hot music career, a hot body and tons of adoring fans all wanting a piece of him. To the rest of the world his life is perfect but looks aren't always what they seem. Years of experience has kept Brandon skilled at hiding the truth, from the media, his friends, and even his band mates. But all of that begins to change when he meets her. She is the first person to break down every one of Brandon's walls.
      At twenty-three years old Brynn Richer has yet to figure out her life. All she wants is to dance, a decision that her mother is persistently against. Despite this and the cards stacked against her becoming a professional dancer Brynn moves to New York to pursue her passion. This one decision causes her path to cross with the sexy and troubled lead singer of Wreckless Abandon. Brynn knows that Brandon will do nothing but break her heart, and knows that she should steer clear of him but the problem is that Brynn is powerless against Brandon.
      What begins as a harmless friendship soon leads to the lines blurring between friendship and love. Soon the rules set in place to keep their friendship are stripped away and they are forced to realize there may be more to them than just friendship.
      Off Key was a surprisingly good book. I wasn't really sure what to expect from this given that the past few book samples I read I hadn't enjoyed. So when this one came around the sample got me, and from there I just could not stop reading.  And I think that this is a book that should be read.

Mr. Right By: J. S. Cooper

(N) Some nights are meant to remain a secret. Some nights are meant to be for fun. And some nights are only meant to last one night. It was never supposed to happened but they couldn't stop themselves. And soon that one night turned into more. But there was just one problem, they were never meant to be together. He was her Mr. Right, but he shouldn't be. However, he is the one man that she cannot get out of his head. As much as she wants to be with him, he's the one man who could ruin her.
       While they share the secret of their relationship together he also has secrets of his own. But his secrets are bigger, bigger than anything that she could handle. A secret so big that it could ruin everything.
       First off I would just like to start off by stating that I did not read this book in its entirety mostly because I just couldn't. I was having so many issues with this book that I just could not deal with reading the entire thing. There was just so many problems with this book that made it so hard for me to enjoy it.
        One of the many problems I had with this book was that this book mostly consisted of the two main characters' thoughts and not much on them speaking to each other. I found myself wondering multiple times how many pages would I have to read through before someone actually said something aloud. Another problem I had was that Jess was just made out to be such a naive and pushover character that there was no way the reader could root for someone like her. She let herself get treated like crap and took it without ever really standing up for herself. (Spoiler) Another issue I had was the ending, Evan literally broke Jess' heart but she forgave him just in time for the ending. To me what Evan did to her was not something that Jess should have easily forgiven but she did. All Evan had to do was just profess his love for Jess and she forgave him, even though he did something that not most women would forgive so easily. In that aspect I really feel as though this was just an unrealistic and unsatisfying ending to an even more disappointing book. This book is definitely not worth reading or the price it is asking for.

A Beautiful Sight By: Sandi Lynn

(N) When Aubrey Callahan was just eight years old she lost two important things in a car accident: her parents and her eyesight, something that most people take for granted. Because she lost her eyesight Aubrey had to learn to experience the world around her differently than other girls her age. Even so Aubrey learned to accept the life that she had been given and over the years has learned to live life to the fullest. Growing up blind Aubrey had to learn to give up on love after one to many failed relationships ending due to the guys not being able to handle her being blind. But then she met a man who like her had experienced a tragedy but unlike Aubrey he learned to keep a part of himself from the world.
       The moment Ethan Klein laid eyes on Aubrey he knew that he wanted her. Aubrey's beautiful, uncomplicated, and all he needed was one night with her. After all Ethan is a one-night kind of guy. People refer to Ethan as "The Iceman" because he's controlling, ruthless, and doesn't care about other people's feelings. But then he had one night with Aubrey, and that one night led to feelings and nightmares that Ethan had bottled up and kept hidden for years. Even though Ethan is a man who can afford the best of anything and everything the one thing he can't buy is a way to stop his past demons from resurfacing. Aubrey can't see him for the man is really is but Ethan knows that she deserves better, he just can't seem to let himself forget about her.
       Sandi Lynn is slowly becoming another one of my favorite authors. While I've only read a few of her books so far each one I read I cannot put down. While reading A Beautiful Sight I just had to keep reading to find out what would happen next. This was yet another book that I finished in no time at all and one that I would recommend others give a read.

Quarter Mile Hearts (An American Muscle Book 1) By: Jenny Siegel

(N) Twenty-four year old Leigh Storm returns home to a town she was once desperate to leave after her father gets injured in an accident. And it only becomes a matter of time before Leigh runs into Max 'Manwhore' Morgan. Max is the last person that Leigh wants to see. It's been four years since Leigh last saw Max but there's no denying that there is still some chemistry between these two even after all those years apart. When Max sees Leigh again he makes it clear it her that he isn't about to let her run off on him again, even if he is the one type of guy Leigh vowed that she would never date, a street racer.
      Racing is the reason as to why Leigh's family got torn apart so Leigh decided long ago that this was not the type of life that she wanted for herself. But when a wager gone wrong threatens her dad's livelihood, Leigh will have to go against everything she swore she would never do.
      This was yet another one of my books that I got for free and have had it in my to-read pile for a while now but found other books that I wanted to read first. When I first started reading this book I found it to be a little interesting and something I found myself enjoying to read. With that being said towards the end I did end of skipping over it a bit because it was just a little much at the end. What seemed to first be going at a good pace slowly lead to a lot happening all at once and I found myself unable to enjoy reading this.

My Best Friend's Brother By: Hazel Kelly

(N) They called themselves the Three Musketeers, twins Izzy and Shane and their best friend Andi. These three have been friends since they were seven years-old when Izzy and Shane moved in next door to the lonely Andi. Now all three are at college, while Shane and Andi go to the same college  Izzy goes to a college that's just over an hour away. When things have gone too far with her current boyfriend Andi goes to Shane for help and from there Andi and Shane's friendship begins to change into something more.
       Shane has always been protective of Andi but when she comes to him after a scuffle with her boyfriend it triggers something in Shane. Andi has had feelings for Shane but always knew that there was no way that he could feel the same way about her, that is until Shane kisses her and then Andi doesn't know how he feels.
       I really enjoyed reading My Best Friend's Brother, it definitely kept my attention throughout the entire book and had me wanting to read what would happen next. This book is told through both Shane and Andi's points of views and while most of the chapters are told in the present there are a few flashbacks that take place throughout the book. Usually I am not a fan of books with flashbacks or chapters told in the past but I have to say that in this book it worked. There was just enough told in the past to make it work and the flashbacks didn't just come out of nowhere like it has for most books that I have read. My Best Friend's Brother is definitely a book that I would recommend giving a read.

Stealing Home By: Nicole Williams

(N) Allie is the only woman working for a professional baseball team, which doesn't make her life any easier. Allie is the San Diego Shock's newest athletic trainer meaning she works long hours, does endless traveling and has to ward off players' advances. Given that she is the only woman in a man's world she has to work twice as hard as her male counterparts and yet Allie is still the subject to many rumors about how 'lucky' she is to have earned such a dream position. Because of this Allie can't so much as look at any of the players a certain way as to be taken seriously by everyone.
      Not everyone feels the same way, number eleven Luke Archer wants more from Allie than for her to look at him a certain way, much more. Luke is at the top of his game, the star player of San Diego's Shock and he doesn't let the fear of striking out keep him from playing the game. This is Luke's motto, something that he applies to both on and off the field no one is immune to him, that is except for Allie. Allie doesn't seem to think of Luke in any way except as just another player on the team.
      Luke is a player and in Allie's experience, all players are the same. And she is not going to risk her job or her heart to another player, no matter how different Luke seems to be. But as Allie comes to know Luke she discovers that the man who the public sees is a whole different person than the real Luke Archer.  The real Luke Archer seems to be too good to be true and maybe he is. Because when Allie is told the stories of the player Luke Archer, she must decide who to believe - the man or the rumors.
      Stealing Home was another interesting and good read. I managed to read this book in just two days. This was another book that kept my attention throughout the entire time I was reading and I could not seem to put it down. This is a book that I think is worth reading.