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Summary (from Goodreads)   Title : Joyride Author : Anna Banks Publication Date : June 2nd 2015 Publisher : Macmillan Goodreads - Amazon - Barnes & Noble A popular guy and a shy girl with a secret become unlikely accomplices for midnight pranking, and are soon in over their heads—with the law and with each other—in this sparkling standalone from NYT-bestselling author Anna Banks. It’s been years since Carly Vega’s parents were deported. She lives with her brother, studies hard, and works at a convenience store to contribute to getting her parents back from Mexico. Arden Moss used to be the star quarterback at school. He dated popular blondes and had fun with his older sister, Amber. But now Amber’s dead, and Arden blames his father, the town sheriff who wouldn’t acknowledge Amber's mental illness. Arden refuses to fulfill whatever his conservative father expects. All Carly wants is to stay under the radar and do what her family expects. All Arden wants is to NOT do...

Hey everyone! I hope you guys had a wonderful May. This month has been pretty hectic for me. I had so many exams and I had to deal with so many personal issues. Things were certainly crazy! Life is starting to slow down however. This week I have my last final and then I have to move out of my apartment, graduate on Saturday and fly home on Monday. I'm hoping things will be calmer back home. I did have a good reading month and got some exciting new reads that I'm looking forward to reading. Here's my reading recap for this month! Number of books read 29 You can see a list of all the books I read this past month here . I got most of these books read during the memorial day readathon last weekend, which really gave me the boost to power read. Highest rating  5 Stars (I rated 1 book 5 stars) Siren's Fury by Mary Weber I loved this book so much! I thought it was even better than the stunning debut book, Storm Siren and I could not get enough of the author's writing and ...

Summary (from Goodreads)   Title :  Overruled (The Legal Briefs #1) Author : Emma Chase Publication Date : April 28th 2015 Publisher : Gallery Books Goodreads - Amazon - Barnes & Noble As a DC defense attorney, Stanton Shaw keeps his head cool, his questions sharp, and his arguments irrefutable. They don’t call him the Jury Charmer for nothing – with his southern drawl, disarming smile and captivating green eyes – he’s a hard man to say no to. Men want to be him and women want to be thoroughly cross examined by him. Stanton’s a man with a plan. And for a while, life was going according to that plan. Until the day he receives an invitation to the wedding of his high school sweetheart and mother of his beloved ten-year old daughter. Jenny is getting married — to someone who isn’t him. That's definitely not part of the plan. *** Sofia Santos is a city raised, no-nonsense litigator who plans to become the most revered criminal defense attorney in the country. She d...

Summary (from Goodreads)   Title : Deadly Design Author : Debra Dockter Publication Date :  June 2nd 2015 Publisher : Putnam Juvenile Goodreads - Amazon - Barnes & Noble   The emotional power of If I Stay meets the survival story of Maze Runner Genetically engineered identical twins Kyle and Connor McAdams were born two years apart. Their parents figured it was safer that way, to increase their odds of survival. Connor was born first, paving an impossibly perfect path for Kyle to follow. He was the best at everything—valedictorian, star quarterback etc. Kyle never thought he’d be able to live up, so he didn’t even try. But when Connor, 18, suddenly drops dead of a heart attack, and Kyle learns of other genetically modified kids who’ve also died on their eighteenth birthdays, he’s suddenly motivated—to save his own life. Like Connor and all the rest, Kyle was conceived at the Genesis Innovations Laboratory, where the mysterious Dr. Mueller conducted experim...

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event that is hosted by Jill at   Breaking the Spine to show the  upcoming titles that we're mostly eager for. Summary (from Goodreads)   Title : Hardwired Author : Trisha Leaver & Lindsay Currie Publication Date : November 8th 2015 Publisher : Flux Goodreads Genetically flawed. Perfectly human. When seventeen-year-old Lucas Marshall tests positive for the M0A1 gene—a genetic abnormality believed to predispose humans toward violence—he is shipped off to an impregnable government facility to undergo a battery of psychological tests aimed at making him crack. Now, having survived their tests and proven his mental stability, Lucas is labeled safe to return home. But any hope Lucas has of returning to a normal life is shattered when the van transporting him to the reintegration facility is forced off the road by a group of radicals intent on accessing the facility and exposing it's dehumanizing practices. And Lucas is their t...

Summary (from Goodreads)   Title :  Spelled Author : Betsy Schow Publication Date : June 2nd 2015 Publisher : Sourcebooks Fire Goodreads - Amazon - Barnes & Noble Fairy Tale Survival Rule #32: If you find yourself at the mercy of a wicked witch, sing a romantic ballad and wait for your Prince Charming to save the day. Yeah, no thanks. Dorthea is completely princed out. Sure being the crown princess of Emerald has its perks—like Glenda Original ball gowns and Hans Christian Louboutin heels. But a forced marriage to the brooding prince Kato is so not what Dorthea had in mind for her enchanted future. Talk about unhappily ever after. Trying to fix her prince problem by wishing on a (cursed) star royally backfires, leaving the kingdom in chaos and her parents stuck in some place called "Kansas." Now it's up to Dorthea and her pixed off prince to find the mysterious Wizard of Oz and undo the curse...before it releases the wickedest witch of all and spells The ...

Summary (from Goodreads)   Title :  Nowhere But Here (Thunder Road #1) Author : Katie McGarry Publication Date : May 26th 2015 Publisher : Harlequin Teen Goodreads - Amazon - Barnes & Noble An unforgettable new series from acclaimed author Katie McGarry about taking risks, opening your heart and ending up in a place you never imagined possible. Seventeen-year-old Emily likes her life the way it is: doting parents, good friends, good school in a safe neighborhood. Sure, she's curious about her biological father—the one who chose life in a motorcycle club, the Reign of Terror, over being a parent—but that doesn't mean she wants to be a part of his world. But when a reluctant visit turns to an extended summer vacation among relatives she never knew she had, one thing becomes clear: nothing is what it seems. Not the club, not her secret-keeping father and not Oz, a guy with suck-me-in blue eyes who can help her understand them both. Oz wants one thing: to join the ...

  Hi all! Jessica at Lovin los Libros thought it was a good idea to do a read-a-thon because it's a long weekend here in the US. You can read more about it here . I decided to join her because I've been slacking with reading lately. Here are my goals and you're welcome to join us if you want to of course with the linky below!  Hello, I Love You by Katie M. Stout Finished Off Base by Tessa Bailey Finished Spelled by Betsy Schow Finished Deadly Design by Debra Dockter Finding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella Finished Chasing Desire by Joya Ryan Finished I'm probably aiming a little too high what with finals looming, but I'm going to try to finish at least 4 of these books! And I'm buddy reading 2, so I know I'll finish them. Here is the Linky if anyone of you wanted to join in on the fun. I hope you all have a good weekend and happy reading! :)

Summary (from Goodreads)   Title : Days Like This Author : Danielle Ellison Publication Date : June 2nd 2015 Publisher : Bookish Group Press Goodreads - Amazon - Barnes & Noble Sometimes the only thing standing between fear and hope is you. Almost a year ago, nineteen-year-old Cassie Harlen had a lot to deal with. A stack of college acceptance letters waiting for answers, a proposal from the boy next door, and a mother whose most recent bipolar episode left Cassie hurt and confused. Tired of cleaning up the messes caused by her mother's disorder, of resenting her mother for not being there, and scared of being trapped by an inevitable future—which included marrying Graham Tucker—Cassie did the only thing she could think of to keep from ending up like her mother: she left. Graham never knew why Cassie walked away. He woke up one morning and she was gone—along with the life that he’d created around her. After eleven months, Graham has a new plan for his future. One th...

Summary (from Goodreads)   Title : Revive (Redzone #1) Author : Tracey Martin Publication Date : May 19th 2015 Publisher : Samhain Publishing Goodreads - Amazon - Barnes & Noble What the mind forgets, the heart remembers. Alone in a train station bathroom, Sophia Hernandez has no memory of who she is or how she got there. All she’s certain of are three things: her college ID is a lie, bad people are coming for her, and no one can be trusted. The only clue to her past is the fellow student who finds her. Although Sophia’s gut tells her Kyle is lying when he claims he can’t help her, his touch makes her heart race. Is it because of a red-hot natural attraction, or a missing memory of something far more dangerous? As two mysterious, menacing men chase them from the station, Sophia’s memories return in frustrating fragments. So do deadly skills she didn’t know she had. In the next forty-eight hours, a loved one’s life will be on the line as she sifts through a mounting ...

Summary (from Goodreads)   Title :  Three Day Summer Author : Sarvenaz Tash Publication Date : May 19th 2015 Publisher : Simon & Schuster Goodreads - Amazon - Barnes & Noble Michael is unsure about most things. Go to college? Enlist in the military? Break up with his girlfriend? All big question marks. He is living for the moment and all he wants is a few days at the biggest concert of the summer. Cora lives in the town hosting the music festival. She's volunteering in the medical tent. She's like that, always the good girl. But there is something in the air at this concert and suddenly Cora finds herself wanting to push her own boundaries. When Michael and Cora meet, sparks fly, hearts race, and all the things songs are written about come true. And all the while, three days of the most epic summer await them...   Personal Thoughts Three Day Summer was one of my Waiting on Wednesday posts a few months ago. I was drawn to the book because it featured a ...

Leading Her Witness by Cheryl Ann Smith Series: Dead to Rights #1 Published October 27th 2014 by Tulip Romance Adult Romance Add it to your shelf on Goodreads Get a Copy: amazon | Barnes & Noble Goons, deadbeats, and murder: A tenacious process server's unconventional techniques get her into loads of trouble. So much so that her boss jokes that he keeps the coroner on speed dial just in case. Still, most of Andie Dixon's job is pretty tame if she doesn't count snapping dogs and homeowners squirting her with garden hoses. That changes when she serves papers on a notorious crime boss and puts her life in real jeopardy. But despite this close call, Andie will not let threats keep her from doing her job. She puts the matter behind her until a hunky U.S. Marshal tracks her down and solicits her help to find the fugitive. Again. At first Andie adamantly refuses, but eventually agrees when she's swayed by the Marshal's persistence and rather dreamy brown eyes. However...

Summary (from Goodreads)   Title : Hold Me Like a Breath (Once Upon a Crime Family #1) Author : Tiffany Schmidt Publication Date : May 19th 2015 Publisher : Bloomsbury Goodreads - Amazon - Barnes & Noble Penelope Landlow has grown up with the knowledge that almost anything can be bought or sold—including body parts. She’s the daughter of one of the three crime families that control the black market for organ transplants. Penelope’s surrounded by all the suffocating privilege and protection her family can provide, but they can't protect her from the autoimmune disorder that causes her to bruise so easily. And in her family's line of work no one can be safe forever. All Penelope has ever wanted is freedom and independence. But when she’s caught in the crossfire as rival families scramble for prominence, she learns that her wishes come with casualties, that betrayal hurts worse than bruises, that love is a risk worth taking . . . and maybe she’s not as fragile as e...

Summary (from Goodreads)   Title : A Matter of Heart Author : Amy Fellner Dominy Publication Date : May 12th 2015 Publisher : Random House Goodreads - Amazon - Barnes & Noble Readers will happily sink into this emotionally grounded, contemporary young adult novel about the sudden end of one girl's Olympic swimming dreams and the struggles she endures before realizing there are many things that define who we are. Sixteen-year-old Abby Lipman is on track to win the state swim championships and qualify for the Olympic trials when a fainting incident at a swim meet leads to the diagnosis of a deadly heart condition. Now Abby is forced to discover who she is without the one thing that's defined her entire life. Personal Thoughts A Matter of Heart tells an interesting story of a young swimmer with Olympic aspirations who discovers that she has fatal heart conditions. This is the kind of book that could have the ability to punch readers in the heart with all kinds of emo...