Dead Ends

Dead Ends

By: Bart Hopkins

Narrated by: Wayne June

Length: 2 hrs and 20 mins

Unabridged Audiobook

Release date: 12-12-16

Language: English

Publisher: Bart Hopkins

The author gives three short stories where all roads lead to the end of life. There are interesting, unique and enjoyable. I wouldn’t say they are scary but on the darkside, they do make you rethink what you buy and how you deal with issues.

The narrator did a great job there are a few little issues at the start where he pauses and should not have. I thought he character voices were great, he shows good emotions. You always know who is talking and what they are feeling.  There are no volume changes, if any breaks were taken I could not tell. I found no background noises, just clean and clear audio. The narrator’s normal voice is just as pleasant as his character voices. He really bought the stories to life giving a good listen.

Recalculating: Maggie loves garage sales along with steals and deals, some just aren’t worth the cost. I will never look at another garage sale the same.

Sweet Lenora: is about a mother who wants control and her daughter to act like a lady. She will get more of a lesson then she wants.

Donations: Clarissa has a secret admirer who doesn’t have her best interest at heart. Here the is a story inside a story but they both meet in the end with a twists end.

I thought the stories were a little short and needed more information. The way of it all is a little confusing. I wanted a little more background so it would have been easier to have understood the reasoning behind each. Beside that it was a great listen.

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Three sinister stories—tales from dark places, where things don’t always end well.

Recalculating
Maggie loves garage sales—the thrill of the hunt—as she might call it. Of course, some deals are too good to be true.

Sweet Lenora*
In 1930s Pennsylvania, girls are expected to behave a certain way—or else.

Donations**
Clarissa, the librarian, works too much. Her new secret admirer aims to change that—permanently.


*Previously published in Paranormal Anthology With A Twist
**Previously published in Stalkers: A Collection Of Thriller Stories

Hotel O

Hotel O

by Clarissa Wild

No one can write a dark steaming hot erotic story like Ms. Wild can. She knows how to grab you, shake you, twists you around until you have to set back and just close your eye letting it all sink in. This is a Hotel like you have never seen with just about anything you can think of to pleasure or as in my case not so pleasure your soul. Here you will find kink as you have never seen it, heck I don’t even think I have read some of the things that happen here before. Just gravitate right over there to get more excitement then you have ever seen in the hottest sex scenes that will burn you alive that is if they don’t scare you first.  Big a big fan you will need it to cool down your blushes with cheeks so hot you will feel the heat come off them.  

This is a story that is more of today world as people get kinkier and sex gets hotter the author gives a very believable story. The characters are great as well as the story line.  Kat and Declan meet in a chat room it was suppose to be a onetime thing, just a way to deal with their fantasies but things don’t always go as planned now do they. They both have good qualities and bad, at times I like them and at other times well Declan can be arrogant among other things. There are other characters I really liked and hope to read more about them in later stories.

It is a Steamy, sexy, kinky ride that will keep your eyes glued to the pages turning them as fast as you can.  Hotel O is for the taboo who wants to feel more, to live and have some very filthy fun! When you pick this up to read be ready for a wild ride of the best kind.

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Summary

A filthy new bad-boy romance from New York Times & USA Today Bestselling Author Clarissa Wild that will push all your buttons...

Pleasure is business.
That's our motto here at Hotel O.
No strings attached gratification is what we provide. Nothing is off limits.
And all of it stays within these walls.
My job as the organizer of these events requires a personal sacrifice.
Girlfriends are a liability I can't afford.
So I get my own satisfaction somewhere else.
Online.
Anonymous.
Nothing beyond a one-night stand...
And I've found the perfect toy to play with.
A persistent, equally wicked girl that I can't say no to.
The girl who's going to make me risk it all.

Welcome to Hotel O... Enjoy your stay.

Author's Note: Hotel O is complete and utter filthiness. Expect lots of debauchery... with multiple people. Please do not read if you're easily offended or do not enjoy romances that explore the boundaries of depravity... Don't say I didn't warn you.

For a *limited time* this book includes a bonus novel (Bad Teacher). Rest assured, Hotel O is still a full-length 80000 words standalone novel without cliffhanger.

Faith, Hope & Love

Faith, Hope & Love (January Cove Book 9)

by Rachel Hanna

For me this was a very emotional and touching read just as it was for the character Faith. To lose everything from a parent to your home and everything in between is a lot to take at one time, but then to learn your father is not your father, and he tells you to go find your real mother is just mind-blowing. Only having one place to turn once your father turns his back on you, Faith goes back to where it all started looking for a mother she never knew. What she finds is a small town that is willing to give shelter to a woman in need and a family that isn’t blood who stands behind her taking up where her father left off. All the way she finds a man, she is afraid to put her trust in, a man who can’t get her out of his mind (anymore) than she can get him out of hers.

Faith is a wonderful character growing up with wealth didn’t make her snotty or think she is better. What you find is a caring woman who gives all she has. It is a story of power of the mind and body, overcoming your past and starting over. Brandon is such a caring person, he gives and gives and does get burned a time or two. His story is very interesting even after all he has had to deal with he never gives up and is looking for a life where he can have a family. This is a story of emotions, giving, finding a place to call home with people who never let you down. But first you must overcome your own issues.

Some of the plot you will work out for yourself other things come as a surprise but a good one. I haven’t read the other books in this series but I can tell you this if it is anything like this one they are well worth your time. This is a series but it can be read as a standalone even though you will see people from the past books you never feel like you have missed something or that you are lost. The author gives a wonderful read that pulls you in with sorrow, sadness, needs and wants but what you end up with is love, romance, giving, finding and a place to call home. There are tear, a little girl who wants a family but there are way more smiles and laughs with a big dog who has a heart of gold. I loved the humor that brought me a few hours of enjoyment. I totally loved this story and can’t wait to read the rest of the series.

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Summary

She's lost everything a person can lose. Her home, her possessions, her family. Can she find a new life and a new love in January Cove?

Former wealthy socialite, Faith McLemore, has had a rough few months. With her beloved father out of her life and a box of secrets that has shattered her world, she travels to January Cove in search of answers. But within the first minute of her visit, she's knocked off her feet - quite literally - by Brandon James.

As the tries to shelter her heart and hide her reasons for being in January Cove, her entire life starts to transform into something she never expected. Will she have the guts to take a big leap of faith?

This is the 9th installment of the January Cove contemporary beach romance series. All books in this series are stand alone and without cliffhangers!

Choosing You

Choosing You (Cedarville #3)

by Bree Kraemer

The author gives you a sweet story of two people who have been attracted to each other for a long time but just don’t know it. There are butterflies in the tummy when the other is around, confused and not sure what these feelings mean they have been dancing around each other for many years.

Carly had her chance at love so deep that leave you empty when it walks away. She isn’t going to lay it all out there and get it stumped on again. Nope that is one road she isn’t going to travel ever again, I can’t say I blame her after what her one and only relationship put her through. Anthony is a sweet, kind and protective, man with a sense of humor, he loves to pick on Carly in hopes of drawing her out. It isn’t looking good for him. He pulls, and she pushes that is until one night when something happens that changes their relationship. She needs Anthony’s calming ways as she deals with a few issues, working together will they overcome them and will they finally come to understand where the both need to be with each other. What about those phones calls she made, just what the heck did she tell him?

A fun read that held my interest as well as make me laugh. I really liked these characters they are believable. The author gives a delightful small town read that is delightful with some excitement. I enjoyed the chemistry between these two as well as the support team that makes this a great read.

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Summary

Carly Graham had chosen the life she lived. And she liked it. She had the best friends a girl could ask for and a loving family that would help with anything. Falling in love was not something she'd longed for. Not since college.
Until Anthony.

He was bossy and arrogant and goaded her whenever he had the chance. So why was it then, when he walked into a room, the world felt normal again. Except for her racing heart. The same heart that had cracked into a million pieces years before. Pieces she had carefully swept under the rug and kept hidden.

Just when she was ready to deal with her feelings for him, life threw another curve ball at her, forcing her to make a choice. A choice that would change, not only her life but the life of her friends and family.

Capturing Us

Capturing Us (Cedarville #2)

by Bree Kraemer

A story filled with wants, needs, compassion, excitement and love. It is a great story about finding what you want and need in your own backyard. Melanie knows what she wants she knows who she would like to give her that but doesn’t look like that will ever be the case. Dreams never hurt and some time they do come true just not in Melanie case. Melanie longs for a family, husband, children and that little picket fence around a little house where wonderful things happen. To bad the man she has always loved and can’t have is leaving town. Something happens to show a new side to Melanie that Logan has never seen. Now he can’t get her out of his mind. It is a good thing he is planning to stick around this time now that he has his sights on her. She isn’t buying it he never stays in one place for to long, and she won’t give in to a man who is never around.

This is a story based on friendship which makes the best kind of relationships if you can make them work. You already know each other’s bad and good sides but still can’t seem to walk away. It is a story that warms your heart giving you something to put your faith into. Truly a fun read that makes you smile and even laugh a time or two. I am very much looking forward to reading the next book in this series. 

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Summary

Melanie has a problem and that problem’s name is Logan Graham.

She’s loved him for as long as she can remember even though he drives her crazy at times. For years, his job took him away from Cedarville weeks and months at a time, allowing her to put him out of her mind and live her life.

She’s happy.

Content.

And trying to move on.

But now he’s back, and this time he plans to stay, making her long for things she knows she can’t have.

Or could she?

It seems like maybe, just maybe he feels the same way about her. Making her question everything. Turned on more than ever she wonders why now?

Return to Cedarville in this fun, sexy new story about friendship, love and everything in between.