[Review] Out of The Wreckage

After working hard to pick up the pieces of their broken childhoods, Miranda and Jason have what they’ve always wanted: a true and honest love. 

But even true love shatters if you treat it wrong. 

When a rich and successful fling from Miranda’s past shows up and takes an interest in her, Jason begins to question his own worth. 

He never doubted their love, but he wants Miranda to have the best life possible. The life she deserves. 

And maybe he isn’t the one to give it to her. 

When doubt and betrayal set in, Jason and Miranda must fight for their love in the wreckage…before it is destroyed forever.

Wow.  I can’t even begin to say how amazing this book was. Talk about the perfect follow up to a novel. I am so completely satisfied with everything that happened in this story that I’m not even sure how to process. It’s been quite a while since I’ve read a book, let alone wrote a review for one, and I’m definitely feeling how much I have lost touch with my love of literacy for far too long. I’d like to give a big thank you to CeeCee James for reawakening the love that I thought I’d lost. CeeCee you are truly an outstanding author and it has and will continue to be an honor to read the stories that you write. 

This story represents sacrifice and what it means in a relationship.  Ms. James will pull on your heart strings and never let go.  I cried, laughed, got angry, and squealed with happiness several times while reading this. As I write this review there are so many things that I want to splurge out and tell you how I really feel about them, but I can’t. I can’t ruin this story for anyone.  Although this has probably one of the best happily ever after (for now, maybe) I’ve ever read. 

Out of The Wreckage completely topped the first book in my eyes. Getting to learn more about the characters and delving further into their lives in a way that makes you feel as if you’re living in the story with them.  Jason and Miranda are one of my all-time favorite character couples. The love, honor, trust, and connection that the two have are simply irrevocable.  The growth of a person is such an important part of life, either you adapt to your surroundings or you don’t.  In this novel you get to see the evolution of Jason, as well as Miranda. The journey that you take with Jason in this novel is unbelievable. You get to see firsthand how each decision made effects both partners of the relationship, as it is told in a dual POV. 

I can’t even begin to tell you how much this book AND Ms. James have made me want to do something more. The ultimate compassion that is shown from these characters to people in need really makes you think about if you’re doing enough for other people.
Ms. James did write this series so that they may be read as standalones, however I highly recommend reading the first novel before reading this so as you get the back story.  That being said I can’t wait to dive into the 3rd book tonight! 

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CeeCee James is a wife, mom, owner of two mini-dashchunds, writer, and watercolor artist. 

Her fictional series, Wrecked and Yours, is about love, secrets and navigating life. It's romantic, uncertain and messy, like life often is. It's describes their season to make a choice, "look at life honestly and deal with it, or continue to run away." CeeCee absolutely loved writing it, and hopes it resonates with you because everyone has an important story of what they've overcome.
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[Book Blitz] The Lover's Surrender

Title: The Lover's Surrender

Author: J.C. Reed

Released: November 25th, 2015

Genre: Mature New Adult/Adult Contemporary Romance

350pp

LOVE…sometimes it’s good. Sometimes it’s bad. And sometimes it’s dangerous.

Brooke Stewart, a realtor in New York, is sure of one of thing. She should never fully trust someone who has secrets. Especially when said bad boy is the sexiest man walking on earth. She is running away and has no intention of ever returning to him. But when a friend is killed and the one man she thought she would never meet again is accused of murder, she knows the story doesn’t add up.

Dangerously sexy and arrogant millionaire Jett Mayfield knows his secrets are not doing him any favors. However, when they serve to save Brooke’s life, he has no intention of revealing them. When problems spiral out of control and his life is turned upside down, he knows he needs her more than ever. He needs her more than he knows. But will he be strong enough to do what needs to be done?

In a world where truth shatters and danger is closing in on them, where love is their only sanctuary, will they be able to find each other or is it time to let each other go?

Murder.
Sex.
Secrets
Dangerous love

Are you curious about the No Exceptions series but don't know where to start?
The story spans over several books with the same characters.
The original idea was to write the story of Brooke and Jett, which resulted in the Surrender Your Love series. Like so many readers, I found it hard to part with the characters, so I wrote an extension, a companion series with its own mystery and storyline: the No Exceptions series.

While both series can be read as standalone, they're best enjoyed together.
Here's the reading order for those who don't want any spoilers and want to enjoy the roller-coaster ride:

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Surrender Your Love (Surrender Your Love #1)

Conquer Your Love (Surrender Your Love #2)
Treasure Your Love (Surrender Your Love # 3)
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The Lover's Secret (No Exceptions # 1)
The Lover's Game (No Exceptions # 2)
The Lover's Promise (No Exceptions # 3)


The Lover's Surrender ( No Exceptions #4) 

J.C. Reed is the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author of SURRENDER YOUR LOVE and CONQUER YOUR LOVE. She writes steamy contemporary fiction with a touch of mystery. When she's not typing away on her keyboard, forgetting the world around her, she dreams of returning to the beautiful mountains of Wyoming. You can also find her chatting on Facebook with her readers or spending time with her three children.

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COMING 11-30-15

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It’s been ten years, and I live every day with the weight of regret on my shoulders.

We’ve all done bad things, things that we are ashamed of. But those things make us the people that we are today. And today, I’m Liam Brown. When those closest to me were killed, I had to kill my former self just to stay alive. My real name is Micah Lomano, and I left my life fabricating a web of lies along the way to keep what I had done a secret. But I never forgot about Natalene, and now nothing matters…because I don’t have her.

After one fatal night rocked us to the core, everything changed.

I had everything I’d ever wanted: the perfect guy, a loving family, and more money than I knew what to do with. But in an instant, my world stopped. Somehow I’d survived, but I lost everything I knew, everything I wanted. Including myself. I knew then that nothing would ever be the same. I waited for Micah to find me, just like he promised he would. But he never did, and it was when I needed him most. So I was forced with a choice, one that I didn’t want to make: Raise his child on the run or give her up?

The decision wrecked me and what hurt most off all…Micah had no idea that I was pregnant. 

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From bestselling author, LK Collins, comes Skepticism the fourth book in the Life. Destiny. Fate. series. All though this is a series, each of these books can be read as a stand alone. LK writes an array of emotionally and sexy gripping Erotic Romance novels. She’s a lover of the oxford comma and everything in the writing world. Her stories are compelling and will draw you in from page one, and with twists and turns, she always keeps her readers enthralled 'til the end. When LK’s not lost in the minds of her characters, you can find her on the beach with her family, where her husband and writing partner, “The Prezident,” are sure to be plotting out her next tale. 

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Title:  Every Love 

Author: LK Collins 

Book Tour: September 14 - 25 

Genre: Erotic Suspense 

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Post – Living in the after, the events that took place over a year ago are etched in my brain. Haunting me in the worst ways imaginable.

Traumatic – Physical and psychological scars have me so wounded that I can’t get through a day without my mind swirling with constant fucked up images.

Stress – Anxiety. Panic. Rage. I’m not myself and the pain I fight through each day has made me make some really bad decisions.

Disorder – Out of control. Not fucking normal. Nowhere even close.

I say fuck Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.

The life I left behind is gone and everything I’d hoped to return to has been stolen away, all while I was being beaten, starved, and tortured. But being Nate Wilcox, I pick my ass up, ‘cause I’m a fucking survivor. Even if my methods are totally fucked up, it’s all I can do to keep the pain at bay.

Chapter 1

-Nate-

Oh fuck! The bathroom is covered in blood. It’s smeared down the wall and pooled around my mom’s head, where she’s lifelessly lying flat on her face. Fear freezes me. What in the world happened? The shower curtain is ripped down, her bloody hand print is smeared along the side of the tub where she struggled to get herself up.

            “Ma,” I yell, finally willing myself to move to her side. I touch her back to wake her and suddenly I’m back in Afghanistan. I push away the images assaulting me that I have worked so hard to suppress. But still, before my eyes is a wounded soldier, shot, bloody, and hanging on to life. God dammit, stop! This is my mom, not that place. I’m scared to move her and know better than to even try. My worst fear in this world is something happening to her. Moving my trembling hands to shake her a little more, I’m about to lose it. I don’t want to hurt her, but I also want to wake her any way possible. My heart is thudding against the walls of my chest as I grab her wrist to see if she has a pulse. I sit in silence, fighting to hear her heart. How did this happen? Did someone hurt her? Where is all this blood coming from? My mind races, all the while I’m listening. I’m not sure if what I feel is her heart or mine, but I go with my gut and hop up the best that I can, my prosthetic making it hard to move around.

             Quickly I swipe the phone off of her nightstand and grab a towel as I drop back to my knees, dialing 911. Tears stream down my face looking at her this way. The blood is coming from a gash on her head, and I try to click into numb soldier mode as I press the towel onto the wound to stem the bleeding. Someone had to have done this to her. There’s simply too much blood for her to have slipped and fallen on her own. I feel the panic overtaking me, worming through the numbness.

            “911, what’s your emergency?”

            “It’s—” I choke, staring at her weak body.

            “Hello? Sir, what’s your emergency?”

            “My…My mom…I…I don’t know what….” My voice is shaky and I’m struggling through each word. “She’s…she’s unconscious and—”

            “Is she breathing, sir?”

            Fuck, there’s a lot of blood. My mind flashes back to the battlefield, my chest tightens, I’m frozen.

“Sir, I need to know if she’s breathing?”

            “I…”

            “I’m routing an ambulance to you. Are you at 211 Riverdale?”

            “Uh huh.”

            “Sir, now please tell me, is your mom breathing?”

            “She’s facedown, so… I don’t know.”

            “Is her airway clear?”

            Leaning over her, I look at my mom’s face and gently brush her hair out of the way. I can see that nothing is blocking her mouth or nose. Her eyes are closed and her poor glasses are smashed to hell, barely over her eyes.

            “There’s…” Fuck!

            “Sir? Her airway?”

            “It’s clear.”

            “Good, does she have a pulse?”

            “I think so.”

            I hear the dispatcher in the background speak to someone, then she comes back on the line. “The ambulance should be there in less than a minute, just leave her ‘til the medics arrive. Are you okay to get off the phone and open your front door?”

            “Yeah,” I say and hang up.

            I take a deep breath and try to push the panic down, unlocking the door in a haze. I need to get my shit together. Running back to my mom, I rest my head softly against hers, I cry and just pray that she’ll be okay. She has to be. I’ve already lost one woman in my life, so I sure as hell can’t lose another. Lying this close to her, I can feel her breathing.

            Thank God. Pulling the towel away, I check and see that her head is no longer bleeding. That’s good. But again my damn mind gets the best of me and morbid thoughts take over. I envision her in a casket, my dad and I crushed with grief standing over her, and the pain of it is as real as if I was standing right there, right now.

            All of a sudden the room is flooded with EMTs. “Sir, I need you to get up,” one of them says, his voice so faint as I struggle to come out of the grief brought on by my vision. Where did it even come from? He gently helps me up as I’m still having a hard time processing things.

            “What happened?” one of them asks me as the others begin to work on her.

            I replay the story the best that I can, fighting to stay calm and in the moment. Then out of the blue – a flashback to the day Arion collapsed in the hallway outside of her condo, when I showed up like an asshole and scared the shit out of her. She had no idea that I was alive, and the pure shock alone caused her to faint.

            Watching my mom just as helpless makes my world spin. Everything inside of me aches as my vision bounces between her, Arion, and war. 

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EVERY HEART

 

 

***I haven't finished Every Love yet, and I haven't yet reviewed Every Heart, so here is my review of Every Heart. The review of Every Love will be up as soon as I'm finished reading! Unfortunately, life has got in the way of my reading time. :( ***

First of all, I love LK Collins. Since her debut novel Fatalism, I’ve been completely immersed in her words.  The characters just amaze me and always leave me wanting more. The stories she weaves will give you an absolute tailspin in love, misery, happiness, and triumph.  Not only is LK an excellent writer, but she interacts with her readers on a personal level. What more could you possibly ask for in an author!? 

Every Heart killed me. I was so torn between Bain and Nate that I couldn’t decide what I wanted Arion to do. I wanted her to be with each of them in their perspective ways.  The raw emotions come from the characters is simply flawless on every level. I don’t know how many times I cried while reading this, or wanted to throw something in anger over the absurd choices that had to be made, but I couldn’t love this story more. 

After the cliff hanger in Every Soul, you just don’t know what will happen. This was the perfect follow up. Not only do you get to meet Nate, but you get to see a new side of Bain that you thought you’d never see.  There is this way that LK evokes you as the reader to be involved with this story is simply astonishing. If there was a scale from One to Even, I can’t. Honestly, I mean I can’t even create a coherent sentence I’m so tore up over this book. 

In the end, a decision has to be made, but how does one make that choice? I don’t think I’d ever want to be in the situation that Arion has herself in. Past and Current loves… it’s just unimaginable!  The heart-wrenching pain that each of these characters go through in this novel is insufferable.  This novel will leave you cradling your knees while crying asking why?!, several times while reading it. I simply can’t say enough about this novel, you really just need to read this series, right now.  LK will leave you speechless  on so many occasions, I promise you. I’m always rendered speechless at the end of her novels, and find it so hard to write a review because honestly nothing I say will ever be good enough to compare to the level of love I have for this woman’s words.

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