✪ THE SINS THAT BIND US ✪ Geneva Lee ✪

© ✰ Bianca ✰ Janeane ✰

GENEVA LEE
THE SINS THAT BIND US
• release date: 15 March 2016

★★★★★
4.5 Stars

I wasn’t given a choice. Not when I did my first line of cocaine. Not when I became a single mother. But I changed, and every decision I’ve made was to protect myself and my son from my weaknesses—and my past.

Until Jude came along and made me question everything, even my own secrets.

The sins I carry with me can never be discovered. Life handed me broken bits of people and left me to construct my own world, and it’s too fragile to take a chance on Jude Mercer.

We write our own stories.
We build our own prisons.
We weave our own lies.
We commit the sins that bind us.

 Faith has been through a lot in her life.
But now she's living a pretty normal and happy life in Port Townsend
She's working and living with her best friend Amie and she's a great mom to her deaf 4-year-old son Max.
That's all she needs and wants.

...the less people I let in, the less chance I'll be hurt again.

But then she meets HIM at an Narcotics Anonymous meeting in town.
Jude.
She hates him as soon as he opens his mouth.
Well, not really, she's more like instantly in lust with him.
But she can't have a guy in her life....can she?
She could become addicted to this guy - and another addiction is not something she can allow herself to have....

What will happen to Faith & Jude?
Will there be a HEA????
Will Faith's or Jude's secrets destroy everything?

I'm not spoiling anything!!! ☺

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SUCH AN INTERESTING BOOK!

I really had no idea what to expect here.
I only knew Geneva from her british royal series.
And this was soooo completely different.

We have this broken but strong heroine.
With all that baggage in her past.
And now she's just trying to live her life as normally as possible.
But then all that changes when she meets Jude.
Who has just as much baggage...but we don't really know what has happened in his past...

It was really interesting to see how those two completely different people find their Happily Ever After with each other....



There's LOTS to overcome first, of course....
But I really loved seein them fight for it!

THE SINS THAT BIND US was a very personal book for Geneva Lee. And it shows - it's really full of emotions and angst and love and loss ... just read it - you'll love Faith & Max & Jude ! ♥

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ARC received for an honest review

Wow - what a ride  was taken on with The Sins That Bind Us.

This is the first Geneva Lee book that I have read, but I can tell you now that it will not be the last.

Faith and Jude's story is raw and gritty.  Please remain seated and leave arms and legs inside the carriage, as you are going to be taken on an

Secrets, lies, half-truths - they all come out in the end, and it is a bit of a shot in the dark how things will go.

I really enjoyed this story.  The fears, the worries, the feelings of helplessness leap off the pages.  As much as it hurt my heart and maybe, just maybe made my eyes leak, I couldn't put this book down as I wanted, no needed to know what happened next.

The scene stealer in this story is definitely little man, Max.  He reminds me so much of my nephew when he was that age, going through some similar kinds of issues.

Now, off to find something lighthearted and breezy to read!

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Geneva Lee is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author. She prefers fantasy to reality, especially fantasies involving powerful, dangerous, and sexy men. You can find her devouring a good romance while avoiding the laundry and the children. She lives in Kansas City with her family.

♂♂ Never Too Late (Home In The Heartland #1) ♂♂ Sloan Johnson ♂♂ Blog Tour & Giveaway ♂♂

Title: Never Too Late

Series: Home in the Heartland #1

Author: Sloan Johnson

Genre: MM Romance

Release Date: March 7, 2016

Dax: My life ended six years ago. No, really. I was dead on the side of the road following a gruesome  motorcycle accident. From what I've been told, it's only because of one stubborn man that I have another chance to make something of my life. I no longer hate him for screwing up what I thought I

wanted. I want to thank him. NEED to tell him what his actions mean to me.

Now, I’m headed back to the town I’ve never set foot in even though it’s a huge part of my life. I’m not thrilled about that, but the job offers haven’t exactly been flowing in. They’ll probably think I’m crazy, because there’s no way I won’t be able to look at every guy I walk past, wondering if he’s the one who saved me.

Michael: My entire life, I wanted to save lives. I’d earned a full-ride scholarship and had been accepted to med schools across the country. I was so close to making those dreams a reality until the night held a

dying man in my arms. I’ve never been able to get the images of his lifeless body caked in mud out of my head. Even when the paramedics tried to take over trying to save him, I couldn’t let go. I never let go. Eventually, my guilt over not doing more cost me everything but my son. And now, I worry I’ll lose him if I don’t get it together.

I’ve often thought that if I could find him, maybe I could get some closure and finally get my life back on track. Now he’s here and I’m more of a mess than ever. Once the truth comes out, will he keep trying to save me or will he realize that it’s too late?

ARC received for an honest review

Sloan J0hnson has done it again with Never Too Late.

I am a huge fan of m/m romance, and while I am not usually such a big fan of "gay for you", this really didn't bother me with Never Too Late- that's how much I loved it.

Dax and Michael feel that connection the first time they meet.  Little do they know that all is not as it seems with them.

From the start I adored Dax and Michael.  You could feel the attraction between them, but still knew there was more.

There was a connection between them that at first they could not understand, but as the story unfolds and histories are revealed, that connection becomes so much more.

This is the story of two men trying to reinvent their lives, start from scratch, make better lives for themselves and their families.

The absolute scene stealer in this book is Michael's boy Jagger.  He is whole and pure and straight up as only a small child can be.

There are some great secondary characters, particular Justin and Matt, who call our lovelies on their BS.  Plus there is a great set up for the next book throughout this story.

Never Too Late pulled at my heart strings, and left me wanting more.

Please don't make me wait too for more Miss Johnson!

 

Sloan Johnson is a big city girl trapped in a country girl’s life. While she longs for the hustle and bustle of New York City or Las Vegas, she hasn’t yet figured out how to sit on the deck with her morning coffee, watching the deer and wild turkeys in the fields while surrounded by concrete and glass.

When she was three, her parents received their first call from the principal asking them to pick her up from school. Apparently, if you aren’t enrolled, you can’t attend classes, even in Kindergarten. The next week, she was in preschool and started plotting her first story soon after.

Later in life, her parents needed to do something to help their socially awkward, uncoordinated child come out of her shell and figured there was no better place than a bar on Wednesday nights. It’s a good thing they did because this is where she found her love of reading and writing. Who needs socialization when you can sit alone in your bedroom with a good book?

Now, Sloan is a tattooed mom with a mohawk and two kids. She’s been kicked out of the PTA in two school districts and is no longer asked to help with fundraisers because she’s been known to lose herself with a good book and forget she has somewhere to be.

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❥ Love, Chloe - Alessandra Torre

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ALESSANDRA TORRE
LOVE, CHLOE
• release date: 14 March 2016
• Standalone Romance

★★★★★
4.5 Stars

From NYT Bestseller Alessandra Torre...
The sexy serial that exploded on Cosmopolitan.com is now a full-length, standalone novel.

Chloe Madison. That’s me. A former NYU princess who just fell from grace, right off my pampered Manhattan throne and onto the unforgiving steps of Nicole Brantley, socialite and queen bitch. Now, I walk her dog and mix her smoothies. Try to navigate my own problems while fixing all of hers.

I want what every New York girl wants. A career, an apartment, and true love, preferably in a smoking hot package.

It turns out I’ll have to fight for all of it.

 Know that TV show 2 Broke Girls?
That's basically what happens here.
NYU student Chloe is happily sleeping in her NY apartment - paid for by her parents - when the FBI is suddenly standing in her bedroom and tells her she has to leave. All her parents' assets have been frozen. The apartment now belongs to the government.
Chloe is now homeless and moneyless and jobless - and degree-less, because the NYU won't hand out her degree until someone pays Chloe's debts.

Through her mom's contacts she lands a job as personal assistant to Nicole Brantley - condom heiress and wannabe Hollywood-star-socialite!!!
The most important part of her job is to babysit Chanel - who is not a baby, but a tiny little spoiled dog!

And don't even ask about her love life!
Non-existent ever she sent her ex Vic packing, after she found him screwing the maid.

What will happen to Chloe?
Will she be able to live without her parents money?
Will there be a HEA???? Romantically & financially?

I'm not spoiling anything!!! ☺

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I KINDA LOVED THIS BOOK!!!! ☺

Such an adorable story!
Like I already mentioned, it instantly reminded me of Caroline in that TV show.
Only Chloe doesn't find work and a crazy best friend in a diner in Brooklyn. ☺
She finds a job with a slightly crazy, cheating heiress.
And she also finds Carter.
I was a bit worried about the romantic side of this book - until the 20% mark we didn't really know if Chloe will find a guy.
But yup - there's Carter....the hot maintenance guy she met at the New Year's Eve party...
And he's phew....really hot ...in a tux and in dirty workmen's jeans!



But there's also her ex Vic - the guy who cheated on her, but also the guy she probably still loves....

This book has 99 chapters!!!! That's a lot - and it gives the reader lots of bathroom and snack breaks ☺
I loved how Alessandra also puts in lots of Instagram pics between the chapters - pics of Chloe and her life in NYC.
This story was a bit different than most book we read these days.

And I loved most of it!
I felt the romantic part between Chloe and Carter was to ... meh.... I didn't get this amazing IN LOVE vibe between those two ... probably because Carter enters the picture too late and because Vic is in it too much!
I didn't like Chloe's ex Vic. Not him the guy, but rather how he was written into the story.
For the reader to really hate him and for Chloe to end up with Carter, Alessandra should've made Vic a bit more unlikeable. He cheated, yes. But he seems a bit nicer now - more grown-up. He doesn't come across as this cheating rich asshole...but he should. I wanted a clear break between asshole Vic and amazingly adorable Carter :/ Vic is in this book too much in my opinion :/
Also - while I loved his character - the Joey scenes were too much. He doesn't need to be in this book - he can SO have his own book please, but he really doesn't have any business in this book :/
But those are just tiny thingies that I PERSONALLY felt were a bit too much...
I really enjoyed reading this book - and looking at those adorable Instagram pics!!!

LOVE, CHLOE was a really refreshing, funny & sexy New York City Love Song. About a former rich girl trying to find her place and her Happily Ever After in this new life! ♥

I would SO watch the movie!!!!!

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ARC received for an honest review

2 Broke Girls meets Gossip Girl with a hint of Sex and the City thrown in for good measure - that was the feel that I got with this book.

Chloe, I adored her from the get go.  After all that has happened to her, she pulls up her big girl pants and goes and does what she has never had to do before.... apply for a job.

I loved how she struggled with becoming "the help", dealing with things like paying the rent and buying food, things she has never had to do before.  The spoilt little rich girl could have come through with her, but instead I saw the strong, capable woman that she would become shine.

I worried for a while that now that she was down on her luck that she would be out of love too.  It seemed to take a while for her to warm up to the charming janitor/super Carter - but when she warmed up, things heated up.

Oh Carter - what was there not to love about him.  Sexy, funny and works it in a tuxedo or a boiler suit - or shirtless in a boiler room!

Chloe's ex Vic also plays a large part in this story.  I don't care how rich he was, but right from the start he annoyed me.  He liked to bully himself into people's lives and it made me want to punch him!

So can this new, and I must say improved Chloe get the job and get the guy.  And if she gets the guy, who will it be/

For that you are going to have to read for yourself.

One thing I really did enjoy was the "instagram updates" at the beginning of the chapters - they were a cute insight to her thoughts at the time.

 Love, Chloe is a sweet, adorable story that I didn't want to put down once I started, and I would love to see these characters again some time in the future.

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A New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author, Alessandra Torre has written eleven novels, five of which have become #1 Erotic Bestsellers.

Her first book, Blindfolded Innocence, was a breakout hit, rising to the top of the ebook charts on Amazon where it attracted the interest of major publishing houses and garnered Torre her first print deal with Harlequin HQN. Less than twelve months later, Torre signed a second print deal, this time with Redhook (Hachette) for the Deanna Madden series, an erotic suspense series.

From her home on the Emerald Coast in Florida, she devotes several hours each day to various writing projects and interacting with her fans on Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest. Happily married and with one son, she loves watching SEC football games, horseback riding, reading and watching movies.

Torre has four books slated for release in 2016. To stay informed, consider subscribing to her popular monthly newsletter.

Age: 31
Location : Destin, Florida, USA
Available for: Book Signings, Interviews, Promotional Events
Agent: Maura Kye-Casella, Don Congdon & Associates, Inc
Contact her at: alessandra@alessandratorre.com

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