Year: 2016







Release Blitz, Review & Signed Paperback Giveaway ♥ The Protector by Jodi Ellen Malpas

Release Blitz, Review & Signed Paperback Giveaway ♥ The Protector by Jodi Ellen Malpas

When I found out Jodi Ellen Malpas was writing a standalone I was crazy excited. Factor in the premise of a bodyguard falling for his client, and The Protector was an easy sell for me. Perhaps my expectations were a bit too high, but this wound up being a middle of the road read for me. It wasn’t my favorite, but I didn’t hate it.



That’s a Wrap! August 2016

That’s a Wrap! August 2016

September 3, 2016 Angela Wrap Up

  August was a busy, busy month. Blogging took a back seat to real life while I sent my oldest daughter off to college and got the younger ones ready to start school again. I reached my Goodreads 2016 reading goal of 100 books though, so go, me! I read two 5-star books: It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover and After I Do by Taylor Jenkins Reid. In case you missed it, here are the books reviewed on the blog in August 2016. As always, feel free to follow me on Goodreads.


Blog Tour, Review & Excerpt ♥ The Debt by Karina Halle

Blog Tour, Review & Excerpt ♥ The Debt by Karina Halle

September 2, 2016 Angela Blog Tours, Excerpts, Reviews, Romance

Go ahead and call me a skeptic. I read The Pact and The Lie, and I confess I’m in the minority of people who didn’t care for either. I’d all but given up on the McGregor series. In fact, I was thisclose to not reading The Debt, but some friends encouraged me by saying the series keeps getting better. I decided to take a chance on this book—fully prepared for disappointment mind you—and it really paid off. You can tell Karina Halle put a great deal of thought and time in developing two amazingly sympathetic characters. When Jessica and Keir meet, it’s surprising how very similar they are. Both are with dealing PTSD—albeit in different ways. Jessica was a victim of a terrorist attack, leaving her physically impaired, so her scars are more visible. However, Keir’s wounds are no less real. In addition, the choices they made in the past have resulted in emotional devastation in the present. You wind up with two shattered individuals who are drowning in pain, guilt, and many secrets, but they just may be able to help heal each other’s brokenness. “I love every broken part of you and how well it fits with every broken […]