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Friday, January 10, 2014

Book Spotlight

Learn to Fly
(Double Blind Study #1)

Heidi Hutchinson

Publication Date: September 14, 2013

~ Synopsis ~

Lenny Evans felt like her life was suffocating her. She would do just about anything to change that, which is how she ended up taking a job that landed her on tour with the biggest rock band in the world.

The plan was simple: get a job, get out of town, don't get attached. But Lenny has never met anyone like the members of Double Blind Study and they easily adopt her into their makeshift family. Now, Lenny finds herself caring far too deeply for these tattooed misfits, daily bringing them closer and closer to revealing Lenny's true past and everything she's running from.

Sometimes crashing headlong into the unknown isn't the worst thing.

WARNING: contains foul-mouthed rock stars, irritating exes, loud music, an overworked tour manager and random shenanigans.

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~ About the Author ~

Heidi Hutchinson was born in South Dakota and raised the exact right distance away from the Black Hills. She had an overactive imagination very early on, and wasted no time in getting most of her friends in trouble due to her unrealistic and completely ridiculous ideas. Seeing as she was so lazy and also afraid people would think she was bonkers, she didn't write down any of the story lines that played out in her daydreams.

During her high school years, she took pen to paper and filled more notebooks than she is proud of with angsty, depressing, self-depreciating poetry. This led to her writing down more things: notes, ideas, character bios, plot twists that had no plot yet to twist. After years of cleaning up her own scraps of imagination with nothing solid to hold on to, she sat down and wrote the story that had been in her

head the longest. Fueled by coffee and her unwavering and perfectly normal devotion to Dave Grohl, she discovered a writer living inside of her.

She still lives in the Midwest, though not as close to the Black Hills as she would prefer, with her alarmingly handsome husband and their fearless child. They eat more pizza than God intended and she listens to her music the same way she lives: loudly.

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Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Blog Tour Review & Giveaway

Dressed in White
by
Jessica Gibson

~ Synopsis ~

Lorelei Peters had everything she had ever dreamed of.

Amazing friends, a sexy boyfriend, and a job that she absolutely loved.

Dillon Brockwell was all she had ever wanted. Handsome,

successful, and he loved her as much as she loved him. Life was going along the way it was supposed to, until someone from Dillon’s past shows up and shatters everything to pieces.

Can Lorelei and Dillon get through all the craziness and make it down the aisle? Or will lies of omission be enough to derail them forever.

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~ Excerpt ~

"Come on in, you don’t have to stand outside.” I busied myself with finding a vase and clipping the ends off the flowers, preparing them for the water.

“This is weird, right?” His voice was soft and closer than I had anticipated.

I turned to find him right behind me in the kitchen. “Yeah, it’s a little weird.”

“I don’t want this distance between us.” His hands cupped my cheeks.

I wanted him to kiss me, to tell me that all of this would work out, no matter what. I needed it.

He didn’t kiss me; though, he looked into my eyes, searching for answers to his unspoken questions. “I don’t know what I can give you right now Dillon.”

“Lor, every kiss that I miss tears me apart. Every night spent apart from you, without you next to me, it killed me. I told myself when I came here I wouldn’t do this, but I can't seem to help myself.” His lips crushed against mine in a hungry frenzy of passion. I gasped as he gripped my waist and sat me on the counter.

His lips burned a trail down my neck and back up again. I needed him, this, all of it. Who was I kidding? I couldn’t live without him any more than I could live without oxygen.

He pulled away and stood on the other side of the room. “Sorry about that. I’ll be good from now on.” The look on his face told me his words meant nothing; he had no intention of being good.

~ Review ~

This was my first read from Jennifer Gibson so I wasn’t sure what to expect.

When I saw this cover I was expecting a romantic and sweet read. I got that and a little more.

The story centers on a couple Lorelai and Dillion. They have been together for 4 years and just when it looks like they will be planning their future and unexpected visitor sends their lives into a tailspin.

A lie by omission is no less painful than lying right to someone’s face and Dillion is learning that the hard way. When his past threatens his future with Lorelai he pulls out all of the stops to make things right. But is love enough to overcome the pain and destruction that is caused?

Can Lorelai stand her ground and fight for her true love or will she succumb to the outside forces trying to destroy her happiness.

As a true romantic, I was hoping that Dillion and Lorelai would allow the past to be the past and find a way to make their dream of a happy ever after a reality. The characters were relatable. I could sympathize with Lorelai’s reaction and I admired her determination to stand her ground and not allow another person to steal away her happiness.

So if you are looking for a light and engaging read go grab Dressed in White and enjoy. I will be looking forward to upcoming novels from this author.

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~ About the Author ~

Jessica Gibson is a recovering bookaholic, she's down from four books a week to a more reasonable one. It was that love of words and creativity that made her dream about writing her first book. That dream was hidden for years,always put on the back burner, filed away in the "someday" section, until her husband Matt gave her the kick in the pants she needed to actually get off her butt and write. Jessica and Matt live in Southern California and have a serious addiction to reality tv shows like Pawn Stars and American Restoration. They have one son and hope to add to the family in the near future. Aside from writing, she runs an online event planning business called the Release Day Diva. In addition to novels, Jessica writes and maintains the blog Book on the Bright Side. Keep up with Jessica and her latest releases and events on her blog.