A Beautiful Funeral (The Maddox Brothers #5) By: Jamie McGuire

(N) Eleven years to the day after eloping in Vegas with Abby, Special Agent Travis Maddox delivers his own vengeance and justice to mob boss Benny Carlisi. The Carlisis are Vegas' oldest and most violent crime family and murder of their boss the family is preparing to take vengeance not just against Travis or his Thomas (his older brother also working for the FBI) but the entire Maddox family.
      The secret that Thomas and Travis have been keeping from their family for the past decade is about to be revealed which will lead to the Maddoxes being at odd with each others for the first time. While the Maddoxes are no strangers to dealing with loss this time there's more at risk for their families than ever before. As the lies begin to surface brothers turn on brothers, wives are taking sides, and each family member will have to choose - let the fear tears them all apart or let it make them stronger.

      Beautiful Funeral is that last book in the Maddox Brothers series, and I was more than a little disappointed with how this book ended up playing out. The character's reaction is finding out the truth about Thomas and Travis' jobs just seemed like way too much. Then don't get me started on the ending, I knew going into this book with the word funeral in the title that it would only make sense for one of the characters to die but really that ending. It was all just a little too much for me and something that I really couldn't enjoy reading. Also as an added bonus each chapter was told from a different character's point of view, which made things a little hard to follow cause I didn't always remember who was telling the story when it changed every chapter. This just made things seem a little all over the place with so many people telling the story.
      I was not a fan of this book or the series. I'm still not sure why I ended up reading this book or the whole series when it seemed as though with each book in the series they just got worse and worse for me. Don't get me wrong this series started out well enough and I liked the first two books in the series (Beautiful Oblivion and Beautiful Redemption). But after those two books it seemed as though this series lost its spark and I could no longer care about what was going on with this series. Therefore, I have to say that this series really isn't worth reading.

Immortal Nights (Argeneau Book #24) By: Lynsay Sands

(N) Immortal Nights is the latest book in the Argeneau series.

      Abigail Forsythe's life hasn't been easy lately. Having just gone through watching her mother die and left with no money and no way to pay to go back to school Abigail decides to catch a flight with her pilot friend when he has to deliver a package to South America. What Abigail didn't expect to happen was finding a naked man locked in the plane's cargo hold. A very gorgeous man locked in a cage and when her instincts prompt her to set the man free the two soon end up having to rely on each other for survival. But this man isn't just any ordinary man, he's a man who leaves her body buzzing with need every time he touches her.
       Tomasso Notte knows that he's found his life mate in Abigail. Now all he wants to do is hold onto her. But they're miles away from civilization, being hunted by his abductors, and Abigail has no idea who Tomasso is or what his abilities are or why they have such a strong connection. But now that he has her in his sights Tomasso isn't going to let Abigail go.

       For most of the books in the Argeneau series I find myself unable to stop reading and always find myself for the most part being interested while reading the whole book. But for Immortal Nights I just could not find myself interested in it. While I did read this book in no time at all it didn't really do anything for me in keeping my attention and I found myself skimming through a lot of parts in the book. I found myself unable to get into Abigail and Tomasso's story and their connection and because of that I couldn't get into this book as a whole. Should you skip this book in the series probably but just fair warning if you do skip this book you might miss some things that may or may not be important for future books in this series.

Revived (Revved Series) By: Samantha Towle

(N) India Harris didn't have the best start in life. She along with her twin brother, Kit, were abandoned as babies and had to spend the rest of their lives in foster care with only having each other to rely on. Then at a young age India was taken advantaged of by a man she trusted which left her pregnant at the age of seventeen. Wanting to give her son a better life than the one she and Kit had, India worked to put herself through college and graduate with honors. Now at the age of thirty she's a highly respected therapist.
       Leandro Silva was at the top of his game as as a Formula One driver. Leandro had everything going for him, that is until an accident on the tracks leaves him staring death in the face. Now after enduring twelve months of physical therapy Leandro is now physically able to race but his mind is keeping him from getting back on the track. Frustrated and angry Leandro fills his days and nights with an endless amount of alcohol and women.
      With Leandro entering the last year of his contract he knows he has to race again or he will lose the one thing that he has spent his entire life working for. In order to get his livelihood back Leandro is forced into therapy, there he finds himself in the office of Dr. India Harris and falling for the uptight therapist.
       India herself begins to develop feelings for her patient, the angry Brazilian race car driver. Knowing that ethically she cannot fall for her patient India does everything she can to try to keep her feelings at bay.
       
       Revived is the second book in the Revved series. I read the first book in this series and fell completely in love with it but the same cannot be said for this book. This book just didn't have the same affect on me as the first book in this series did. I only managed to get less than half way through this book before I finally just gave up reading it. Revived wasn't that good of a read and I just couldn't finish reading it.

Fury By: Alison Ryan

(N) Logan Lowery's a rising soccer player. Her whole life she has had this dream of going to the Olympics. Just as it seemed like her dream and the chance to join the US Women's National Team was within reach life took a devastating turn of events. But then a chance run-in with Solomon Kano would end up being just the thing that Logan needed.
       Solomon Kano has ambitions of becoming an Olympic champion of his own as well as his own tragic past that he doesn't want to share. But that's fine with Logan because Solomon's not the only one who has secrets and a heart to guard.
       Logan was always taught you don't play a hand unless you are sure you can win it. But with Solomon it might just be worth the risk.
   
       I could not put this book down. I have finally got around to reading a good book again and this one takes the cake. Fury got my attention from the moment I started reading and held it all the way until the very end.
       One of the aspects that I loved about this book was that it was split up into three different categories; the birth of champions, the making of champions and when champions rise. The birth of champions was when you really got to read about Logan and Solomon's story of where they started out in terms of their parents and just how different their lives would soon become. The making of champions was Logan and Solomon's own stories on their rise to becoming the Olympians they have always dreamed of being. And the book ends with when champions rise, it's Logan and Solomon's story of what happens when they can both see their dreams within reach.
        It was such an interesting twist reading the lives of Logan's and Solomon's parents stories from the parents themselves instead of from Logan and Solomon. As a reader you are better able to see just what went into making these two the people that they would become before they were even born. With each section I found myself getting more and more interested in their story and before I knew it the story was over. This is definitely a book that I would recommend reading.

You and I Alone (Book 1) By: Melissa Toppen

(N) Twenty-one year old Anna Blake has lived her whole life by one simple rule, never get attached. Having learned early one in life that nothing in life is guaranteed, she knows that the one person she can ever truly count on is herself. But when she accepts a job as a dancer at one of the most secretive and exclusive clubs in the country she meets the one man who makes her begin to question everything that she ever thought she knew.
      Bentley Reed is exactly the type of man that women crave. He's rich, powerful, and sexy, the complete definition of a playboy. A former soccer star turned business mogul Bentley is used to getting what he wants and what he wants is Anna (known in those circles by her stage name Logan). Bentley has never met a woman like Anna before and he just can't seem to let her go no matter how hard she tries to tell him that she doesn't want him.
      The attraction these two have for one another in undeniable and neither could deny that just from their first encounter. When Anna agrees to one night with Bentley she has no idea that that one night could mean so much more. Bu no matter her feelings Anna is determined to walk away from a man who is insistent on not letting her go.

      This was yet another book that started out on a good note and then slowly went down for me. You and I Alone had a good beginning but I soon found myself becoming less interested in the story and in the relationship between Anna and Bentley as time went on. Don't get me wrong there were some good chapters and pages in this book but overall it was not that good. This wasn't the best book that I had read but it also wasn't the worst. But it was still a book that I have no inclination to read again and one I wouldn't recommend reading.

Always Have By: Claire Kingsley

(N)  Kylie's best friend Braxton is the hottest man that she has ever known. He's got a rock hard body and a smile that melts every woman that he meets. Every woman that is except for Kylie.
        Kylie is anxious to get out of the dating world and have a relationship with someone that is real. Despite the way Braxton tends to suck the air out of her lungs, Kylie knows that he is nothing but trouble. Braxton is just another player and Kylie doesn't want to be just another notch on his belt.
        But Braxton isn't the man that Kylie thinks he is. The real reason that he's with so many different women is simple. Braxton can't be with the woman he wants so he goes towards women who is knows he could never see himself with fully. Because the woman he really wants to be with is Kylie.
        Braxton wants to be with Kylie, he wants to have more than just a friendship with her. But there's always something in the way of that friendship ever becoming more. So he stays her friend, watching Kylie date men who are too stupid to realize just how good she is. But there's always this worry that the next guy will realize just how special Kylie is and will take her away from him forever.
 
       Always Have was yet another book that started out on a good note but after a while it began to lose my interests. At first I was into this book but after a while it started to sound like other friends turned lovers books that I have read. But the problem was, this one just didn't hold a candle to others ones that I have read and that made it hard to care about what I was reading. In my opinion Always Have is a book that could be skipped if you want to read a book like this I think that there are better ones out there. 

Bound By Hatred (Born in Blood Mafia Chronicles Book 3) By: Cora Reilly

(N) When Gianna watched her sister Aria get married to a man she barley knew Gianna promised herself that she wouldn't let the same thing happen to her.
       But when Matteo 'The Blade' Vitiello set his eyes on Gianna at his brother wedding he knew he had to have her and Rocco Scuderi was more than willing to give Matteo his daughter. But Gianna has other plans, she has no intention of marrying someone for any reason other than for love. So a few months before the wedding Gianna escapes her bodyguards and runs away. She has enough money to flee to Europe where she begins her new life, never staying in once place for too long. But staying undetected when the mob is searching for you isn't easy, it takes everything in Gianna to not get caught especially when one of the best hunters and assassins is after her, Matteo Vitiello.
      But after six months on the run Gianna is finally caught in Munich and what's worse Matteo and a couple of her father's soldiers catch her with another man. And despite her pleas the soldiers kill the man she's with, and Gianna is forced back home and forced to marry Matteo. Gianna is determined to make life with her husband a living hell but Matteo is a master of games and he isn't going to make life easy for Gianna.

      Bound By Hatred is the third book in the Born in Blood Mafia Chronicles, I skipped over the second book because I was not that interested in that particular story line. But this one book I really wanted to read because I enjoyed reading the first book so much and reading the dynamic between Gianna and Matteo. But while reading this book I found it to be not as interesting as I thought it would be. Gianna and Matteo's story was no where near as good as Aria and Luca's story. So I found myself becoming uninterested in their story and just skipped over to the end. But even that couldn't hold my interest. Needless to say this was not that good of a book to read.