My Reviews

Friday, January 17, 2014

The Wrong Billionaire's Bed by Jessica Clare

Audrey Petty's always been the responsible one. The good twin.  Successful, dependable, and trustworthy--that's Audrey. She'd be the perfect girlfriend for her childhood crush, billionaire Cade Archer...except that she's pretty sure she's not even on his radar. But when fate (and her chaotic twin) come together, Audrey finds out that she'll be spending the next month with Cade at his remote cabin retreat. It's a dream come true...

Until she meets her worst nightmare.

Billionaire playboy Reese Durham is used to seducing women to get what he wants. But when stiff, too-proper Audrey bursts into the private mountain lodge and scares his companion out the door, it's time for a little revenge. It's clear that Audrey's in love with his buddy, Cade...and it's clear to Reese that blackmailing Audrey with this information can get her to agree to just about anything. Like furtive kisses in the dark, or a secret rendezvous in the woods. Audrey may think she knows what she wants, but Reese is determined to show her what she needs.

And as Reese discovers the volatile minx behind the buttoned-up exterior, he starts to think maybe she's just what he needs, too



This is the third book in the Billionaire Boys Club. Audrey Petty is the sister of Gretchen, who was in Beauty and the Billionaire. I think Beauty and the Billionaire is still my favorite of this series, but I still really enjoyed this book too.

Audrey is the 'good twin', she thinks because her twin, Daphne is a drug-addict and has always been the more bad of the two, Audrey feels that she has to be the proper, prim, and always responsible one.
She's always there for Daphne when she needs help, when she needs someone to lean on and she's always someone people can depend and rely on. Aubrey is also in love with her childhood crush, Cade.


Throughout this book Daphne really annoyed me. She appeared in Beauty and the Billionaire, high and drunk and insulted Hunter. I really didn't like her from the start, she just had made a really bad impression on me when she was in Beauty and the Billionaire and honestly this book didn't make me like her any more than before.


I loved Reese! He was sexy and entertaining. I don't usually like books about players who meet a girl and change into a relationship type guy, I think those kinds of books are a little over done, but I gave this book a shot anyway just because I love the Billionaire Boys Club, and this book was still super good! I really love Jessica Clare.


So, Reese and Aubrey meet and they have an instant disliking to each other. Reese makes Aubrey bring out her feistyness. I love that around Reese, Aubrey doesn't try to hide her feelings like she does from everybody else, she lets him know how she's feeling most of the time and doesn't close herself off from him.


Reese and Aubrey were so perfect for each other and I loved their relationship because they both were able to be themselves around each other and Reese brought Aubrey out of her shell, and he's just so freaking sweet towards the end!


My Rating: 4/5 stars!











Thursday, January 9, 2014

Masquerade by Nyrae Dawn




A biker. A tattoo artist. A love to last a lifetime.
Maddox Cross has always had to be tough. When his father went to jail for murder, the teenager took care of his sister and mother. Now on his own and working security at a night club, Maddox wants to become a tattoo artist-a dream that comes closer to reality when he falls for the hottest, most tatted woman he's ever seen. She's wild and beautiful, and Maddox will do anything to be with her.

Bee Malone came to town to open up her new tattoo parlor, Masquerade. Since being kidnapped as a young girl, Bee has had trouble getting close to anyone. But when she meets Maddox, she sees that under his hard biker's body is the sensitive soul of an artist. What starts out as a sizzling one-night stand soon becomes so much more.

Bee wants Maddox to join her tattoo business, but letting him into her life means revealing all her most intimate secrets. And as the past begins to intertwine with her present, Bee fears their love may not be as permanent as their ink . . . 




Masquerade is book three in Nyrae Dawn's Games series and this was my first time reading a book by her, though after reading this I definitely plan on getting the other two books in this series and reading those! These books are companion books, so you don't have to read them all together, you can read them separately like I did! I was given this book as an arc off Netgalley in exchange for an honest review, so thank you Netgalley and Grand Central Forever publishing!

**May contain spoilers!!**


I really enjoyed reading this book, it was a hot yet sometimes sweet but definitely awesome read! I haven't read many books where the relationship starts off as lust filled and then goes to professional. That was a nice change of view! After they spend time with each other and share each others love for art and tattoo art they become close friends, but both of them are really closed off and not very open with anyone, really. I loved watching them slowly fall for each other and watching them being to trust and open up to each other. I loved watching Bee learn what it is to love someone and once she realized that she loves Maddox she lets her mother back into her life.


This book was emotional and it was everything it needed to be. I loved Maddox and I loved Bee. Maddox felt like he was constantly screwing up and he felt like every bad thing that happened was somehow his fault, he felt responsible for everything that went wrong with his sister, or his mom or anyone close to him really. It was heartbreaking. Maddox and Bee both start to get feelings for each other but it scares them both because they've never felt that way for someone else but and I just loved that even though Bee wanted to run away, she didn't and Maddox didn't either, they both helped each other get over the fear of loving someone and letting someone in. 


Now enjoy some lovely quotes from the book!

"We're not perfect, though none of us are. We're works in progress and what matters is we're moving forward and we're doing it together."


"The thought of being next to her fills me up a little when I've been used to being empty for so long."


Stop making me want you.” The same heat from his eyes are now in his words. “Stop letting me have you.” I reply, and it seems to inflame him more.


"It's so much fucking pressure to be what other people need you to be. Especially when you fail over and over, like I did."

This series was an emotional, sometimes intense, but also sweet read and I enjoyed it so much! I can't wait to read the other books in this series! 

Rating: 4/5 stars!




Sunday, January 5, 2014

Bout of Books 9.0!

So, I'm doing the Bout of Books 9.0 read-a-thon! It's from January 6th-14th! You can follow me on my twitter, @EllyBellyBooks or my instagram, bookishnessandcoffee where I'll be posting pictures and talking about what I'm reading and how I'm doing!

If you don't know what Bout of Books is, here you go:

The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda @ On a Book Bender and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, January 6th and runs through Sunday, January 12th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure, and the only reading competition is between you and your usual number of books read in a week. There are challenges, giveaways, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional. For all Bout of Books 9.0 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team

This read-a-thon starts at 12:01am which is in 7 hours for me! I have school all week so I don't know how much I'll be able to read but here are the books I plan to read:

Finish reading: The Selection by Kiera Cass


Start & finish reading: Sea of Tranquility by Katja Millay 
                                    Incarnate by Jodi Meadows
                                    Eve by Anna Carey 
                                    Once by Anna Carey


If I still have time and I've read all those books, because they are all relatively short, I'll start reading Defiance by C.J Redwine