Teaser from Marked Script

Okay, so a lot of this has been sitting around, not getting read because I have moved way past this point, therefore it hasn't gotten much love recently, so I thought I would throw out a little snippet from my book here (and a synopsis since most don't know what it is about) and see what you all think.

Enjoy :D

Synopsis:

My world changed the day before my 16th birthday when my mom took her own life. It didn't change in a good or bad way, it just changed. Things were never the same, but I survived.

Three years later, trying to start a new path of life for myself, my world completely changed again; I met the Evans brothers.

Caspian and Mason Evans.

Both devastatingly handsome and hiding a secret; one that I discovered. One angel gone bad, one angel determined to change him.

The day I figured out they were celestial beings sent to Earth to interact with humans and decide if we were worth the effort to care about, was the day I realized I was in love with both of them. Both tragic, strong, yet lost angels had captured my heart, until the day I discovered the darkest secret of all. The one involving my mother and the day she died. The day she didn't have to die.

Teaser:

            As I walk into the library (thank God for twenty-four hour campus libraries), I revel in the silence and make my way to an empty table along a wall with windows. I begin setting out all my things, deciding what to work on first when my spine begins to tingle.

            “A little early on the weekend to be studying, wouldn’t you say, Evangeline?”

            There is only one person I am aware of that continues to call me by my full name. I turn around in my chair to find Caspian lounging a few tables down; chair tilted back, feet crossed on top of the table, book resting across his chest which is covered with a tight blue t-shirt, hands laced together on top of his book, hair artfully bed-wrangled, eyes shining, but no smile.

            I hold my breath while I sweep over his impressive frame and finally realize my shot at forgetting things to study isn’t going to happen. My thoughts have apparently materialized in the last place I would have ever imagined.

            “Hi Caspian,” I reply, giving a small smile. I’m not sure what to say and he seems angry. Caspian just raises an eyebrow and continues to stare at me. This has suddenly gone from nervous to awkward to uncomfortable in a matter of seconds. I let out a low sigh, wishing I were rude enough to just turn around and try to study.

Why is he here anyways? It’s incredibly early, I know the party he was at last night. I figured he would still be sleeping it off in bed with Meghan. Jealousy instantly consumes me. Why did I have to go and think about those two together? Apparently, she doesn’t have a problem talking to him.

            Buck up, Evie. Just say something.

            “Did you have fun at the party last night?”

            Caspian looks surprised for a fleeting moment before his eyes narrow. “Which part?” He asks. He is angry. “The drinking part, the Meghan part, or the part where I had to deal with a rapist?”

            Now I’m surprised. And angry. God, he can be such an asshole.

            “Yes, clearly I am talking about the rapist moment. I had a feeling that was your idea of fun.” At this point I do turn around and start gathering up my things. There is no way I am staying here any longer and continuing this conversation.

            Caspian has other things in mind. He is suddenly behind me, slamming his hand down on the book I was about to put away.

            “Evie, is that what you really think of me? I would gladly deal with anyone like that, but it is not my idea of fun. As I recall, I was helping you. I’d say a thank you is in order instead of a sarcastic comment.”

            His close proximity causes my mind to draw a blank and my body to slowly drift in his direction. I know he has said something I should be angry with, but I just can’t muster enough rational thought to care.

Forever Loved

Just a little warning if you haven’t read the first of this series, Forever Innocent, READ that one first! It is incredible. My review for it is here.

Okay so now for my review of Deanna Roy’s Forever Loved. I was sucked into the continuing story of Corabelle and Gavin. I had so much hope and expectations for them during their first book, but when all of the secrets came out in the end and Corabelle decided she wanted the ocean to swallow her and not give her back (literally), I was shattered and couldn’t wait to see what happened next. But I had to wait… 3 MONTHS! But it was worth the wait.

4 Heart-Twisting Stars!

Synopsis:

“How do I tell the woman I love that I fathered a son with a prostitute?”

After four long years of separation, Gavin has finally reunited with his childhood love Corabelle. She’s forgiven him for leaving her during the funeral of their seven-day-old baby, and also for where he ended up — in Mexico to get a vasectomy.

A message from Rosa, a prostitute he met the day of his surgery, brings his life to a crashing halt. She claims Gavin has fathered a son, now three years old and living with her cousin in Ensenada. He doesn’t know if he can trust Rosa, who never mentioned the boy before, or if his delicate reconciliation with Corabelle can withstand the shock if it is true.

Corabelle believes their future together is the right thing despite their past. But when she learns of this other child, the one thing she lost long ago and might never have again with Gavin, Corabelle’s faith that her life will ever follow her old dream is shattered. To make things right for Gavin and his son, she just might have to let go of the only person she always believed would be her forever love.

Corabelle kind of got on my nerves here and there when she wouldn’t speak her mind or swing to the other side of spectrum and overreact, but I’m sure I would be the same way if I was stuck in the hospital with my boyfriend and parents constantly arguing. I tended to overlook these things when Corabelle started making decisions about her actions (and reactions) that were tough on her, but made her stronger. I could see she was growing as a person and no longer numb to life.

Gavin continued to stay in my good graces and on my I’m-rooting-for-you list even though some of his actions throughout the book would suggest he was just bailing on Corabelle again. He was growing up, making difficult decisions, fighting for his love and what he believed to be right.

Enter Rosa and Manuelito. The prostitute and the son. Gavin had to make a life altering decision when he got the call that he was a father to a three-year old boy. Why did it have to be a boy? Gavin had a son and Corabelle didn’t. Life seemed to putting them through the ringer.

Life is never easy, life will always be throwing curve balls, but it is how we deal with them that define our strengths and our weaknesses.

Corabelle and Gavin’s strengths powered through more than most and I fell more in love with them, their relationship and their missing piece; Finn.

Deanna’s phenomenal writing in the first book carries to this one, keeping the characters true to their personalities while changing them right before your eyes.

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(I received an ARC via the author for my review and this is my honest-to-goodness, straight from the heart review!)

By Referral Only

5 Referrals-Included Stars!

By Referral Only is the second in the Whitman University series by Lyla Payne (first being Broken at Love) and I loved this one just as much as the first.

Ruby is a junior at Whitman University, she excels at theatre, dreams of New York with Broadway twinkling in her eyes. She is stunning in beauty, brains, and loyalty, social chair for her sorority, can easily attain any guy she deems worthy of a fling, but she isn’t perfect. At least to herself and the families of those at Whitman.

Ruby comes from new money and does not have the appropriate upbringing to be a lady of class and high stature.

Ruby hides behind a wall that she erected years ago, seemingly uncaring of what others think of her, keeping others at bay by not allowing them close, not getting attached, and just enjoying the pleasures of another’s company.

Too bad for her, Cole Stuart walks into her life and he refuses to leave.

Too bad for Cole, Ruby has started a referral website rating guys on their sexual prowess and he is bottom of the barrel. Too bad for Ruby her body and heart don’t seem to care.

Cole is the hottie Scottish Royalty of campus, built like a god, on the swim team, multiple non-profit boards, cares for children, and knows his Shakespeare; Ruby doesn’t even stand a chance from the first time his green eyes capture her blue ones.

As Cole slowly makes his way into her life, seeing past her façade, Ruby is helpless and feels out of control and ultimately unworthy. As things heat up, their lives continue to collide, secrets from their pasts, secrets of heartbreak and betrayal surface, reminding each other why they have always closed themselves off. Will their walls go back up or will they forever crumble?

Ruby is sassy, quick-lipped, and doesn’t take crap from anyone. She is a strong individual who doesn’t find herself worthy of her peers. I adore Ruby.

Cole is one of the ultimate book boyfriends I have been in need of! Fighting demons on his own, his first thought and instinct is to be there for Ruby, take care of her and get her to see herself how he sees her.

These two have an explosive chemistry that most people only dream about and they truly deserve to be envied.

I am ready for the next Whitman University novel J

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