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Series: The Keatyn Chronicles

Release Date: January 7th, 2014

Synopsis:

Gossip Girl meets Hollywood in this steamy new series by That Boy author, Jillian Dodd.

Keatyn has everything she ever dreamed. Her life is following the script she wrote for the perfect high school experience. She’s popular, goes to the best parties, dates the hottest guy, and sits at the most-coveted lunch table.

She’s just not sure she wants it anymore. Because, really, things aren’t all that perfect. Her best friend is threatening to tell everyone her perfect relationship is a scam. Her perfect boyfriend gets drunk at every party they go to. It’s exhausting always trying to look and act perfect. And, deep down, she isn’t sure if she has any true friends.

To add to the drama, her movie star mom has a creepy stalker. A hot, older man flirts with her and tells her they should make a movie together.

And she’s crushing on an adorable surfer. Dating him would mean committing social suicide.

So she writes a new script. One where all the pieces of her life will come together in perfect harmony.
But little does she know, there’s someone who will do anything to make sure that doesn’t happen.

Ending

 Cliffhanger

Representation

No strong representations of the following:
• BIPOC characters
• LGBTQIA+ characters
• characters with a disability
And doesn’t address fatphobia

Possible Triggers

• Stalking, including predation of children (16 yo girl)
• Stalker of the Heroine is in his late 20s, early 30s – he flirts with her. The Heroine doesn’t realize how creepy he is.

Mature Themes

• (Non-descriptive) sex scenes
• Underage drinking
• Severe lack of parental supervision–teenagers vacation without their parents
• See Ending for HEA status.
• See Possible Triggers for Abuse and OTT sad parts.

Rating: 3.75/5 stars

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Uncovered by Emily Snow

By Sarah

In 4-stars, Book Review

December 3, 2014

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Series: Standalone

Release Date: August 5th, 2014

Synopsis:

My name is Lizzie Connelly, and I have it all. The gorgeous apartment. The new job most women would rip out their own souls for—working for Margaret Emerson at Emerson & Taylor. I have one of those lives you’ve always dreamt about, the kind you only see on HBO. But, the thing is, that life is a lie. A façade.

It all started with one call. “Everything you know about your story—your father’s story—is a lie. It’s up to you to uncover everything.” One call, and I turned my world upside down to dig my way into Margaret’s life—the woman who I’d never laid eyes on until recently. My stepmother who took everything after my father died fourteen years ago.

The plan was simple—figure out what role she played in my father’s death and expose her to the world.

But here’s another thing: simplicity doesn’t exist, and my plans are flawed from the beginning because I never anticipated Oliver. Sexy, too smart for his own goddamn good, and infuriating, he’s the one person who could blow my plans to uncover Margaret. She’s his mother, and in another life, that would have made him my stepbrother.

I want to pretend that none of that matters, that I can simply finish what I came to do without sparing him a second glance and another thought.

Like I said, though, there’s no such thing as simplicity.

My real name is Gemma Emerson.

And this is my story.

Ending

 HEA

Representation

No strong representations of the following:
• BIPOC characters
• LGBTQIA+ characters
• characters with a disability
And doesn’t address fatphobia

Possible Triggers

• Death of Heroine’s father
• Herione’s stepmother steals her birthright
• Blackmail
• Murder

Safety Rating: Safe

• No descriptive sex scene with OW/OM
• Does have the Hero and Heroine pushing away
• Does not have a separation between the Hero and Heroine
• See Ending for HEA status.
• See Possible Triggers for Abuse and OTT sad parts.

Rating: 4.5/5 stars

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Unwanted, A Series by Natasha Anders

By Sarah

In 4-stars, Series Review

July 3, 2014

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About the Series

This whole series revolves around the genre Men You Hate to Love. At the beginning of these novels, these “heroes” are the antithesis of the heroic. To be blunt, they are assholes with a capital bastard.

But throughout each story, Anders contextualizes their behaviour. And, every time, these alpha males realize how truly they messed up. So, the reader is rewarded with a big grovel!

All three novels are emotional, and with each nasty comment and mean dig that these women get, I can’t help but think why they wouldn’t just give up on their men and leave. But the Unwanted series emphasizes that you can’t help who you love; if you love someone, you’re willing to work through the bad parts.

Each of the novels is incredibly turbulent and emotional, and cursing at your book or screen and possibly even throwing said book … oops. But once these men start to realize the error of their ways, a beautiful, angsty romance is built.

If you love angst-filled romances that elicit powerful emotions (both positive and negative), the Unwanted series is for you.

The review of the series includes reviews on each of the following books (listed in order of release):

Note: Each novel in the series is Standalone.

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