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Sandy's Spotlight - BOOK REVIEW - Afraid Of Love by Nancy Silk

6/26/2013

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Sandy's Spotlight
BOOK REVIEW
Afraid Of Love
by
Nancy Silk

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The following is my June 26, 2013, 5 Star review:

Book:  Afraid Of Love
Author:  Nancy Silk
Genre:  Romantic Suspense with a touch of Paranormal (psychic visions)
Length:  Approximately 239 Pages


For all of you romance junkies out there AFRAID OF LOVE by NANCY SILK is a great read!  Paula is a 24 year-old woman that has suffered through a terrifyingly, traumatic experience when she was a young girl.  This experience has left her afraid of love and intimacy with men.  She enjoys platonic relationships with men, but the thought of intimacy makes her withdraw emotionally and physically ill.

After her trust is violated by a man she’s been dating, she runs to her sister at her family’s ranch to try to rebuild the relationship they once had.  It’s there she meets Richard, the neighboring rancher that is used to having his way with women and trusts them about as much as Paula trusts men.  I really got a kick out of this first meeting and laughed out loud when I read about it.

What I really appreciated about this book is the author didn’t rush this relationship. The reader doesn’t find out until the end if they are able to come together.  I’m not going to spoil it for you and tell you if they can come to an agreement, but these are two people that are drawn to each other and have deep feelings for each other that grow and blossom through the book.  Do they remain good, caring friends, or can they get past their fears and move into a full-blown relationship?

I know that I’ve mentioned in past reviews that when my mother was alive, we would read books and discuss them.  She would have loved this book (I even had flashes of her reading it and smiling as I sat there with my Kindle) and this is one book I would love to discuss with her for hours.  I’d like to thank Ms. Silk for bringing back those wonderful memories for me.

If you enjoy romance, you’ve just got to pick AFRAID OF LOVE by NANCY SILK up.  You won’t be disappointed.  

Afraid Of Love Blurb:
Paula Stillman is 24 years old, born and raised on her family's farm in Alberta Province, Canada. She is small in stature, but well built with very long, curly flaming red hair. After her parents are killed in a violent automobile accident, she chooses to leave the ranch and reside in Winnipeg allowing her older sister and her husband to manage the ranch. Paula is an artist and writer, single, living in an apartment with a roommate, Anne Brooks. Anne is kept busy as a nurse who resides with patients during their critical care needs. While Paula enjoys dating men, she prefers to keep her relationships platonic.

During one evening date with Leon Hunter, a successful businessman, he makes advances toward her to satisfy bets that he has made with other men. His actions relive moments of terror and fear in Paula, and she finds it necessary to return to the family ranch to rebuild relationships with her sister, Margaret, and her husband, Larry, and their two children.

In this romantic thriller, Paula becomes the prey of several men. Wherever she goes, she is followed to the point that she runs and hides. Except for one man who persists in prying her out of the shadows of her past that seem to control her life.


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Sandy's Spotlight - BOOK REVIEW - Maddie's Bet: Sex With A Stranger by Libby Cercasa

6/8/2013

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Sandy's Spotlight
BOOK REVIEW
Maddie's Bet: Sex With A Stranger
By
Libby Cercasa

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The following is my June 8, 2013, 5 Star Review:

Book:  Maddie's Bet: Sex with a Stranger
Author:  Libby Cercasa
Genre:  Erotic Romance
Length:  Approximately 56 Pages


Let me just start out by saying that MADDIE'S BET: SEX WITH A STRANGER by LIBBY CERCASA is one of the best erotic short stories I've read.

I was originally told this book was erotica, but I labeled it Erotic Romance because it does have romance in it.  It's just so much more than the smokin' hot sex promised by the blurb and cover.  Maddie's character is clearly in need of some self confidence when her best friend bets her to have sex with a stranger.  The stranger turns out not only to be hot and passionate, but someone that is capable of breaking through Maddie's barriers and freeing her to the beautiful person she is.

Loved this story!  I can't wait to read more by this author!

Maddie's Bet: Sex With A Stranger Blurb:
Ever made a bet that you would do something that went against your better judgment, just to see how you would respond? Having made a wager with her best friend in which the sexual stakes are high, Maddie learns surprising new things about herself—and about the man who teaches her.
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QUICK BOOK RATINGS - 5 Books, Various Genres and Authors

6/6/2013

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Sandy's Spotlight
Quick Book Ratings
5 Books - Various Genres and Authors

Where does the time go?  I've been so busy the last two months with the release of my new book that I can only squeeze an hour here or an hour there in for my favorite guilty pleasure, reading.  The books listed on this blog post are from my personal TBR.  I haven't had time to review them, but after I finished reading them, I rated them.

I wanted to take this time to mention to all the readers out there that it's really important to at the very least rate a book after you read it.  We're all busy, but this takes little time and helps the authors out.

I hope you see something here that you may enjoy reading! 
My rating:  4 Stars
Book:  Unruly Hearts
Author:  Adrianne Wood
Genre:  Historical Western Romance
Length:  Approximately 242 Pages
Blurb:

Texas, 1872: Rancher Ben Westingame gets engaged to the wrong woman while trying to do the right thing. Too late, he realizes that his new fiancée's friend has the spirit and passion he's been searching for all his life. But her secrets may ruin their chance at finding happiness together....

Featuring a big-hearted and impulsive heroine, a hero who needs to live down a bad reputation, and loads of adventure and romance against a Texas backdrop, this charming book will both make you laugh and tug at your heart.


My rating:  3.5 Stars
Book:  Lost (Bandit Creek #1)
Author:  Vivi Anna
Genre:  Paranormal Romance
Length:  Approximately 81 Pages
Blurb:

Kirsten Morgan can hear the dead. And now they are calling to her, to come home to Bandit Creek.

A girl has gone missing, and the law don’t have any leads. But the last thing Sheriff Samuel Morgan wants to see is his famous psychic daughter in his office telling him how to do his job. At odds for years, Kirsten doesn’t know how to talk to her father but she knows she has to push him to a place he doesn’t want to go. Because the dead are talking, and she has to answer, or lose her mind forever.


My rating:  5 Stars
Book:  His Wife for a While
Author:  Donna Fasano
Genre:  Contemporary Romance
Length:  Approximately 144 Pages
Blurb:

Desperate Bachelor

Ben Danvers was about to lose everything―unless he found a woman willing to become his wife. The terms of his grandfather's will were outrageous, but they were ironclad. Just when Ben was about to give up all hope, the last woman he ever expected to wed made a startling proposal.

Bargaining Bride

Chelsea Carson offered Ben a deal he couldn't refuse. He could keep the family fruit orchard if he would make her one and only dream come true. But there were to be no strings attached, no messy emotions when it was over. Their makeshift marriage would be perfect―unless Chelsea allowed love to bungle the plan.


My rating:  3 Stars
Book:  Charmed Spirits
Series:  Holiday, Montana - Book 1
Author:  Carrie Ann Ryan
Genre:  Paranormal Romance (Magic/Ghosts)
Length:  Approximately 228 Pages
Blurb:

Jordan Cross has returned to Holiday, Montana after eleven long years to clear out her late aunt's house, put it on the market, and figure out what she wants to do with the rest of her life. Soon, she finds herself facing the town that turned its back on her because she was different. Because being labeled a witch in a small town didn't earn her many friends...especially when it wasn't a lie.

Matt Cooper has lived in Holiday his whole life. He's perfectly content being a bachelor alongside his four single brothers in a very small town. After all, the only woman he'd ever loved ran out on him without a goodbye. But now Jordan's back and just as bewitching as ever. Can they rekindle their romance with a town set against them?

Warning: Contains an intelligent, sexy witch with an attitude and drop-dead gorgeous man who likes to work with his hands, holds a secret that might scare someone, and really, really, likes table tops for certain activities. Enough said.


My rating:  3.5 Stars
Book:  Endless Time
Author:  Frances Burke
Genre:  Time Travel Romance
Length:  Approximately 352 Pages
Blurb:

Can a great love survive to transcend time?
It is 1806, and in her home, Ashbourne Manor, a woman opens a letter warning her of the terrible fate awaiting her and her unborn child. By nightfall both are dead in the rubble of a burnt out tower.

In present day London, talented artist Karen Courtney is overwhelmed by a feeling of familiarity with the man portrayed in a Georgian miniature. Driven to know more, her search leads her to Ashbourne Manor, to the tower, where an accident thrusts her spirit back in time and into the body of another woman – the beautiful and scandalous Regency socialite, Lady Caroline.

Appalled by the transition and grieving for her child left behind, Karen finds she must adapt to a past era, although constantly seeking a way back to her own time. Her ‘husband’s’ angry disillusionment with the woman he believes to be Caroline is fed by Karen’s incredible story. And someone is trying to kill her.


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