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Learning To Love by Crystal Perkins

12/8/2014

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A good girl who’s trying not to be bad…
Olivia has never been able to please her parents, no matter how hard she tries. Getting a good job, along with her own apartment, has given her some confidence, but their approval is still important to her. She needs help to keep up her perfect image, and unfortunately, Luke Griffin’s her only option. Sure he’s hot and every girl on campus wants him, but he also terrorized her almost a year ago. She can’t forget that.

A bad boy who’s really good…
Living in his brothers’ shadows has never been easy for Luke. He’s made some bad choices in order to distance himself from the constant comparisons to them. Like sleeping his way through college, and hanging out with the wrong guys. He gave that all up almost a year ago, choosing to focus on school and the hockey league he plays in. When he’s asked to tutor Olivia, he jumps at the chance to show her that he’s not the guy she—and everyone else—thinks he is.

A love so good, it can’t be bad…
Nights of tutoring and hockey games soon lead to romance. As Olivia learns to trust in Luke, her love makes him realize that just being himself is enough. But when her parents’ dislike of Luke threatens to destroy her family, she begs him to keep their relationship a secret. When that secret’s revealed, will Olivia make the right choice or will Luke be left behind once again?

Can you learn to love yourself enough to trust someone else?



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RENEE'S REVIEW

This book was gifted to me by the author (thank you) in exchange for an honest review.


Learning to Love by Crystal Perkins is the fourth book in the Griffin Brothers series.  Learning to Love is a story about just that younger adults learning what it is to be in a real relationship.  Learning how to nurture a relationship, talk to each other, and honestly care for each other.


Luke is the youngest Griffin brother, he has always lived in his brothers shadows. Scott is the smartest, Ryan has the most athletic, and Owen, well he is the life of the party.  He has felt like he's never lived up to the Griffin name.  He doesn't want to be part of the family business, instead he wants to be a teacher.

Oliver has always tried to live up to her parents expectations. She is a good girl, she pays her own way in school, she is working, and pays for her own apartment.  She does everything in her power to show them that she lives up to their high standards but they still look down on her.

About a year ago, Luke and Olivia was in an unusual situation at a bar that made Olivia think poorly of Luke.  When Olivia needs help in English and gets a tutor, she isn't very happy to see that it is Luke.  Luke has change his playboy ways since the last time they saw each other.  He wants a chance to show her how much he has changed and thinks this tutoring gig just might do the trick. 

They soon start dating, but not without communication problems. Then with her overbearing parents, things can get pretty sticky. Feeling can get hurt real fast and bad decisions make things even worst.  These kind of things happen with young love, especially when you still feel like your under your parents thumb.  Then when secrets come out and it still seems like decisions are being made that will hurt them both.  All of these problems can be solved with communication!! If there is one thing common about these Griffin boys, besides being very loyal, is that they are stubborn and hard headed.

Tears will fall when you read this novel. The good thing with Perkins, she always promises to leave us with a happily ever after.  

I give Learning to Love 5 Platypires
or 5 sweet stars, however you like to count things

                                             
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BAMA LOVE!!
ROLL TIDE!!
and KEEP READING Y'ALL!

RENEE




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Creating A Love by Crystal Perkins

11/25/2014

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Taking a chance on love…
Photographer Candi Marcus never wanted more than a casual hookup or one night stand. Until she met artist Owen Griffin. For the past two years, she’s only been with him. But it’s still just sex, or at least that’s what she’s told her friends. When he says he wants more, she can finally admit that she loves him.

Facing the past…
Protecting Owen from the illegal street art he did as a teen has already hurt two people he cares about. Now another woman from his past has come to collect her own debt. She needs a fake fiancé in order to get her inheritance and she’s not taking no for an answer. Candi knows the other woman’s in love with her real fiancé, so she convinces Owen to go along with everything, not realizing what it may cost her.

The right choice may cost them everything…
While the fake engagement isn’t easy on either of them, Candi and Owen know that their love is strong enough to handle whatever’s thrown in their path. Or is it? When Owen makes the only choice he can, he risks losing Candi for real. And as friends and family take sides, theirs may not be the only relationship to fall apart. Can an Art Boy prove to the woman he loves that she’s truly the one who owns his heart or will it be too late for her to listen to the reason behind his betrayal?

Creating their love was easy, but fighting for it is the hardest thing they’ve ever done.



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RENEE'S REVIEW


I was gifted this book (thank you) in exchange for an honest review.


Creating a Love by Crystal Perkins is different from the other two books in her Griffen Brothers Series. Different is not a bad thing, she deals with touchy-feely subjects that are real triggers for some people. To say the very least, she pushed what is considered socially acceptable limits. She does this with no regrets and she does it head on! I applaud her once again for writing a book that is a little outside the box, putting some of the real issues that people really face today and her dealing with them with grace and dignity.

Candi and Owen have been having a sexual relationship for two years, but that is all it has been...sex! They finally decide to make it more than that and tell all of their friends and family they are officially a couple. That very moment fate takes over!!! A friend from Owen's past, and that Owen owes a favor to walks in and blackmails Owen. She needs a pretend fiancé until her inheritance comes through from her Grandmother. She will then marry the real love of her life. She just needs a few months of Owens time.

The Griffen Family is one of strong morals and they believe in doing the right thing. Owen goes along with this fake engagement. Things aren't easy for Candi and Owen, but they know how strong their love is and they think that they can get through anything that they face.

Owen makes a choice to protect his friend but hurts Candi and ends up risking loosing her, the Griffen family for the first time divides loyalties. This could end up of more than just Candi and Owen.

I give Creating a Love 5 Platypires
Or stars depending on how you count things!

Bama Love!! Roll Tide!! and Keep Reading Y'all!!

~Renee


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Building Our Love by Crystal Perkins

11/9/2014

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A secret that tore them apart…
Chloe Jamison has spent three years away from the love of her life for reasons she can’t reveal. When a scandal causes her to lose her job prospects as an interior designer, she has no one else to turn to except for the family that was once like her own. Architect Ryan Griffin waited five years for the girl he loved to be ready and then she dumped him for someone else after giving him her virginity. When she comes back into his life, needing his family’s help and wanting him back, he vows to protect his heart at all costs.
An arrangement that has to be broken…
Agreeing to give him her body whenever he wants it, Chloe soon realizes that having only a piece of Ryan will never be enough. When he comes to the same conclusion, they reignite their relationship while mixing business with endless nights of pleasure. Combining their talents in and out of the bedroom, it seems nothing can come between them this time. But, lingering issues with trust may end their relationship for good. Chloe and Ryan’s love for each other, along with the revelation of the secret from three years ago, may not be enough to get them past the hurt they have inflicted on each other a second time.
Is love really worth it if you have to fight so hard to keep it?


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Renee's Review

I was given a free copy of this book from the author (thank you) in exchange for a honest review.

Building Our Love by Crystal Perkins is a book that is also building a series and a great author.  This is the second book in the Griffin Brothers Series.  Like the first book, (Gaming for Love) this book follows a Griffin brother as he falls in love, and all the ups and downs that naturally comes when your in a relationship.  Building Our Love is a little different, this is more of a book of second chances, secrets and scandals. If all of that doesn't get your motor revving right there, I think I may need to call the EMT's for the defribulator, seriously.


Chloe and Ryan has been friends forever, and in love since she was 14 and he was 17. Then after that one sweet, but awkward night, that they both gave each other the ultimate gift as loves, she just dumps him the next day. That's it, no explanation, not in person, not a heartfelt note... she did it over the phone.  Oops, that is a little spoiler. Now she need his help, well some of us (me), would have told her where to go and gave her directions on how to get there faster.  The Griffin family is one of a kind.  They are sweet and caring.  They help people in need (we need more people like this in the world).  So, Chloe and Ryan enter into an unique arrangement, I can't give you too much more without giving too much away. I do want to say that I absolutely loved the last tree house scene, it made tears roll down my cheeks.  

Perkins again, did a great job on her character development.  She not only gives us all the goods on her two main characters, but she is continuously giving us peeks in the lives and minds of the other people that will be in up coming books as well. Most of the book is set in Vegas, with her living there, you know she gets everything right.
I can't wait to dive right into the next book! If these books aren't on your TBR list they need to be! I recommend you put them on there today or go ahead and one click them, they are only $0.99 each. That's a bargain for a great romance. Of course, I'm the self proclaimed One Click Queen. I have to ground myself from time to time from one clicking, that's a sad day.

On a side note, her dedication at the end, to her dad, was so touching and heartfelt.  I lost my Papa to Alzheimer as well in 2011. To me, he walked on water. 




I give Building Our Love 5 Platypires
Bama Love! Roll Tide, and Keep Reading Y'all




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Dirty Rowdy Thing by Christina Lauren

11/7/2014

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From the New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Bastard, Beautiful Stranger, and Beautiful Player, Book Two of the brand-new Wild Seasons series that started with Sweet Filthy Boy—a story of friends, love, and lust.


Despite their rowdy hookups, Harlow and Finn don’t even like each other...which would explain why their marriage lasted only twelve hours. He needs to be in charge and takes whatever he wants. She lives by the Want-something-done? Do-it-yourself mantra. Maybe she’s too similar to the rugged fisherman—or just what he needs.

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Dirty Rowdy Thing by Christina Lauren is a temperature raising book! I had the pleasure of listening to this by audiobook. If you haven't had a chance to actually listen to one of their books, let me tell you ladies, YOU are missing out. This book had a lot of dirty rowdy moments going on, and in audio, you get all emphasis' in the right places, the moans are actual moans. This book comes alive, right there in your ears.

You get to met the two main characters in Sweet Filthy Boy, where they meet in Vegas, married and divorced 12 hours later.  They never really get along, and their banter is so much fun, but they still have magnetic pull towards each other that they just could not deny. This is a story to me, about opposites attract. You know when that guy drives you kinda crazy but their is just something about him you can't get enough.  Well I guess amazing sex will do that to you, and these two explode when they get together.  Christina Lauren has this amazing ability to help you really get into the characters head.  They definitely had me francizing about Finn! 

This book was beautifully written and I think we met some new characters that may be able to have their STILL has a plot. This is a  great book. I loved it and as soon as I get a chance, I'm going to listen to it again and this time savor it!

I give Dirty Rowdy Boy by Christina Lauren 5 platypires
Bama Love!!  Roll Tide!! and Keep Reading Y'all


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More by Lea Griffith

11/4/2014

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Three years ago, Ruthie Copeland ran away from an erotic connection that shook her to the core. Now she realizes that Tobias Edwards is the only man who can give her what she craves. Determined to reignite the dangerous flame between them, Ruthie seeks him out at The Underground—and discovers a changed man. Though Ruthie, blind since childhood, cannot see the scars on Toby’s face that forced him to seal off his heart, her gentle submission eases the pain of her body’s only Master.

Toby stopped feeling after Ruthie left, stopped expecting to find release in meaningless dominance play. Now that Ruthie has taken their dance to the limits of ecstasy, Toby’s lost in a haze of sensation. Yet the enemies that left him disfigured may reappear at any moment. Ruthie’s love gives him the strength to face those who seek to break him, but Toby fears he must leave her to save her life.

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I was given this book by Netgalley and the publisher (thank you) in exchange for a fair review.


More by Lea Griffith is the second book in Griffith's All or Nothing Series, where it can be read as a stand alone book, I feel for it to be truly enjoyed to it's fullest, I would suggest reading book one, Too Much.  This book was off the charts HOT!  I had to turn the temp in my house, hot! It was full of BDSM, all the whips, a girl can handle. You will be left breathless and fanning yourself.


This beautifully written story is set in Atlanta, GA, with me being from Alabama, I've been to Atlanta a lot!  I guess I'm naïve but, I didn't know there were clubs like that in Georgia. Let me find one please, oh yeah, I'm happily married and my hubby just wouldn't understand. So anyway, Toby has this BDSM club called the Underground, that he uh.... preforms or works, with Ruthie brother.  Ruthie has been blind since childhood. Ruthie, being blind, has learned to be independent.  That is something that all blind people strive for, something to be extremely proud of and so hard to let go of since it is something that was so much work.
Toby is a Dom in this club.  Hmmm, see how things could get hard here? 

Griffith did a wonderful job with these two characters, they are both complicated and love each other so much.  The kind of love that would be willing to let it go if it would be best for the other person. Which is what Toby did to Ruthie three years ago.  Let me tell you ladies Toby is going to frustrate you and you're going to love him too.

I give More by Lea Griffith 4 Platypires
Bama Love! Roll Tide! and Keep Reading Y'all
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Leo's Chance by Mia Sheridan

10/9/2014

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The follow-up to Leo, the USA Today bestselling novel by Mia Sheridan.

Does everyone deserve a second chance? Even someone who lies and deceives to get it?

Do we all have a second chance coming? Even if we play a part in our own destruction?

How hard would you fight to have a second chance at love? A second chance at life? Another chance to tell your own story?

Every love story has two sides. Evie told hers. This time it's Leo's chance.

THIS IS A POV NOVEL OF LEO (LEO SHOULD BE READ FIRST). New Adult Contemporary Romance: Due to strong language and sexual content, this book is not intended for readers under the age of 18


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Mia Sheridian, write beautiful unique love stories, and Leo's Chance is just that. It should be read after Leo and it is in her Sign of Love Series. This is Jake/Leo's POV. It gives us an in depth look at Leo's life after his adoption. Sheridian does a great job letting us into Leo's head.  I wish she would let me see in my husband's head but, I don't think she works like that.

This book jumps from present day to prior days of Jakes recovery in the hospital (you will get this info in the his first book so no spoiler here). This is where we find out a lot about the abuse his step-mother **cough cough monster) abused him and his doctor is trying to get him to heal. Poor Leo, let me help you, (wait does that make me like the step-monster.... gross!).

You really get to see his true feelings for Evie, and I got a better understanding why his mind was so damaged that he couldn't keep his promise to Evie when she 18. 

The ending, was fantastic!!!! It made my day!!! The Epilogue was sweet and made tear up.. but I didn't ugly cry! (thank goodness, because I didn't have time to re-do the make-up.

Leo's Chance by Mia Sheridian receives 5 Platypires
Bama Love, Roll Tide, and Keep Reading Y'all
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