Cover Reveal: Hearten (Baylor Bear Chronicles #2) by Lila Felix

Hearten, book 2 in the Bayou Bear Chronicles 

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I am a stay at home mom from the South and wife to the most giving and hard working husband ever.  I love to cook and try out new recipes even if they don't always turn out like I want them to.  I refer to my kids lovingly as the Three Stooges as they are constantly coming up with new ways to reek havoc in the house.  Most recently that included putting a rubberband on the kitchen sink sprayer so it would douse me when I did the dishes.  I love to go to roller derby bouts and read in my spare time.  I write mostly at night when the house is silent and I can sneak cookies without having to share!  If you're into stalking, try under the Cypress trees in the swamps of Louisiana, but watch out for gators!!

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Cover Reveal: Lightning In My Wake by Lila Felix

Colby Evans can leap from one country to the next in a heartbeat. She can see every sunset in every time zone in the same day. She can travel across the world in a flash. She defies gravity and physics with every breath she takes. She’s tested her abilities and found them limitless. 

She is the lightning. She is Lucent. And nothing can stop her. 

Except him. 

Theodore Ramsey isn’t supposed to be able to flash like Colby. The power of travel is passed on from mother to daughter in their people. Except once in every hundred generations. 

Theo is the one. 

He can flash like Colby. And it makes him a target to their enemies and to himself. His abilities change everything he knows about life and throws his future into an uncertain tangent. In fact, the only thing certain in his life is the love he feels for Colby. 

Their love defies time and space and has been the only constant thing in their lives since childhood. But even their infallible love will be stretched to its limits. 

She will risk her life to protect him. But he will risk everything to protect them all.

Cover Reveal: False Start (Love & Skate #5) by Lila Felix

Genre: Mature Young Adult

Expected Publication: November 22nd 2013

Series: Love & Skate #5

Rex has firsthand knowledge of how love can rip a person to shreds. How it can swallow a person whole, leaving them gasping for air, and dying a lonely person. He watched his mother give everything she had to his father and then she died, too weak and frail to continue on. His father, the deranged man who could barely feed himself—taking care of him left a permanent crease on Rex's heart. He swears he can still hear his pleas for help in his sleep. Nothing can give him solace from the painful memories.

Except this girl.

Hayes is a constant and consistent optimist. She's witnessed her mother and father’s almost perfect marriage and taken it as an example of what she wants. But she can’t seem to find a guy who is sincere. She’s dated them all— snake-in-the-grass jerks, straight-up commitment-phobes, fakes and phonies alike. They all fit her perfect dream on the outside, but when the relationship gets to the nitty gritty, they all crumble like stale bread. 

Unable to find a better man, she settles for nothing instead, wondering if a man who treats her right could even exist. With perfect parents and a team name like I Kilda Girl, that man would have a lot to live up to.

Until this boy.

When she sees a rugged, tattooed guy who shows up at all the derby bouts, she wonders if chasing the bad boy might just be right.

Seeking Havok by Lila Felix {Review}

Genre: Mature/Upper Young Adult

Publication Date: September 29th 2013

Series: Stand Alone

Format: Beta/ARC

Source: Provided by author for review

Her life is just as messed up as her name. All she wanted was a friend---one that knew her and not her circumstances. She needed somewhere to call home. Hers was an open door for countless men looking for the services her mother offered them. She camouflaged herself against lockers and blackboards to avoid the stares and whispers at school. And then she found Cal...and Fade. Cal lives like Frankenstein, rising at night to work and just trying to make it until dawn. He avoids most relationships, afraid of the things he will be asked to do. He moonlights as Fade, a radio station DJ who spends hours counseling his peers on their troubles. It was all mundane until Jocelyn called the station. Cal and Havok pursue a friendship. Jocelyn and Fade pursue a relationship beyond the confines of the radio waves. But when Havok disappears, Cal will find that Havok has been guarding a lifetime worth of secrets. And when Fade and Jocelyn’s all night phone conversations cease, he finds a link between them he never saw coming.

Striking (Forged In Fire #1) by Lila Felix & Rachel Higginson {Review}

Genre: Young Adult

Publication Date: September 1st 2013

Series: Forged In Fire #1

Pages: 300

Format: Beta/ARC

Source: Provided by author for review

 Cami Montgomery stole a car and smashed it into the front of a building in upscale Beverly Hills after a lousy date with the epitome of sleaze balls. The worst part, her parents are following through on threats after this latest plea for attention. Banished from her L.A. paradise and plunged into the Appalachian Mountains with her industrious aunt and uncle, Cami is about to find out how precious life really is. Stockton Wright has been thrust into a hard life. He sacrifices everything to give his family and community what they need. He’s exhausted from life and work—and he’s only twenty four. What he needs is some change, and some sunshine. Even he will agree to that. He just doesn’t expect to find it in a stuck up, pompous, entitled Californian. Cami bursts into Stockton’s life like wildfire, consuming all his thoughts and tangling him in her web. What starts out as a contentious rivalry evolves into a desire neither of them expected. When hammer meets metal, will they crack under pressure or be forged as one? Cami and Stockton might just end up being exactly what the other one needs, but first their love will have to be drawn out in fire.

Caught In A Jam (Love & Skate #4) by Lila Felix {Review}

Genre: YA/Mature Young Adult

Expected Publication Date: Summer 2013

Series: Love & Skate #4

Format: Beta/ARC

Source: Provided by author for review

I’ve loved her since we were kids. But loving someone gets tough when they don’t love you back. Nixon Black has made mistakes. He made one mistake that would change his life forever. Now he’s working and in school—and he’s got a three year old. He gave up dating when Scout was born, but every night he retreats to another life in his mind, one he could’ve had with her. Journey spent her formative years on the arm of any boy that didn’t expect anything out of her. She was hiding from the one person who did expect something in return—Nixon. Years after being cheated on and dumped for the last time, she takes a job at a daycare center where there’s a genius of a ginger haired girl whose last name is Black. But the roles have been reversed and Journey is no longer Nixon’s first priority. Can he make room for the new Journey? And when he does, will he be able to forgive the old one?

Cover Reveal: Caught In A Jam (Love & Skate #4) by Lila Felix

"I’ve loved her since we were kids. But loving someone gets tough when they don’t love you back." Nixon Black has made mistakes. He made one mistake that would change his life forever. Now he’s working and in school—and he's up to his eyeballs in responsibility--in the form of a three year old, red-headed genius. He gave up dating when Scout was born, but every night he retreats to another life in his mind, one he could’ve had with her. Journey spent her formative years on the arm of any boy that didn’t expect anything out of her. She was hiding from the one person who did expect something in return—Nixon. Years after being cheated on and dumped for the last time, she takes a job at a daycare center where there’s a genius of a ginger haired girl whose last name is Black.

But the roles have been reversed and Journey is no longer Nixon’s first priority. Can he make room for the new Journey? And when he does, will he be able to forgive the old one?

Cover Reveal: Striking (Forged By Fire #1) by Lila Felix & Rachel Higginson

 Cami Montgomery stole a car and smashed it into the front of a building in upscale Beverly Hills after a lousy date with the epitome of sleaze balls. The worst part, her parents are following through on threats after this latest plea for attention. Banished from her L.A. paradise and plunged into the Appalachian Mountains with her industrious aunt and uncle, Cami is about to find out how precious life really is. Stockton Wright has been thrust into a hard life. He sacrifices everything to give his family and community what they need. He’s exhausted from life and work—and he’s only twenty four. What he needs is some change, and some sunshine. Even he will agree to that. He just doesn’t expect to find it in a stuck up, pompous, entitled Californian. Cami bursts into Stockton’s life like wildfire, consuming all his thoughts and tangling him in her web. What starts out as a contentious rivalry evolves into a desire neither of them expected. When hammer meets metal, will they crack under pressure or be forged as one? Cami and Stockton might just end up being exactly what the other one needs, but first their love will have to be drawn out in fire.

AnguiSH by Lila Felix {Review + Giveaway}

Genre: Mature Young/New Adult

Publication Date: June 20th 2013

Pages: 230

Format: Beta/ARC provided by author for review

Anguish was the status quo, until she walked in. Breaker James Collins is confined in a prison of his own making. Scarred doesn’t begin to define his hell since finding out his girlfriend had cheated, stolen, and lied two years ago. It led to a single event—one that would blacken his days and his nights from then on. Since then, he hasn’t left his house, crippled by fear of people and any social interaction. Ashland talks too much and has the voice of a meth-laden prairie dog, or so she’s always been told. She’s been called annoying and irritating all of her life and gave up on having friends for a long time. College has given her a new lease on a social life and she’s embraced who she is. But now she’s waiting for the one guy who can take her breath away and put up with her antics. A simple note pinned to a corkboard will lead Ash right to Breaker’s solitary world and she will learn that just because a guy doesn’t fit her ideal, doesn’t mean she won’t fall head over feet in love.

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Down N Derby (Love & Skate #3) by Lila Felix {Review}

Young Adult Romance

Beta/ARC provided by author for review

Maddox is running. By accident, he discovered long ago that he was adopted as a baby and his need to find his biological father has consumed him ever since. Now, on a road trip, determined to find his father and his sanity, and armed with locations and his cousin, Nixon, to help him, maybe he can find the answers he’s been searching for. With nothing but a suitcase and a wad of cash to get him there, lead after lead takes him further from home. But he’ll find much more than he intended. He finds Storey, a pint sized pin-up model who has learned painful lessons about guys. Her wounds run deep, but so do his. She knows what she wants, but will she recognize it when it’s right in front of her?

Maddox can’t touch anyone without feeling like his skin is crawling, but just maybe his instinct to protect this amazing girl will supersede his own hang-ups. If he can brush her skin and start to feel alive inside...everything will change.

My Take:

*Sigh* It's always hard to say good-bye to a series once you get attached to the characters but this one was especially hard for me because I have been there from the beginning with these characters. From conception to the page, I have been watching Lila Felix cultivate this derby world and fell in love with everything in this series. I always say "this book was my favorite" but Down N Derby was my favorite for so many reasons. Maddox Black is dealing with the fact that he isn't a true Black. His mother died shortly after giving birth to him due to Diabetes and his Aunt Sylvia raised him as her own. When this book opens he is sneaking out to go on a Summer long road trip with his cousin Nixon to find his biological father. 

As they travel to different states they find several wrong turns and after exhausting every previous option they visit the last of two places, Venice California. During a trip to the beach they come across a beautiful girl name Storey who Maddox is instantly attracted to but frightened of. See ever since Maddox found out he was adopted he has had this tick where if people touch him he starts getting a crawling sensation throughout his body. He is afraid that if he touches Storey and gets that feeling it will break him because he is so into her. 

Storey has been mistreated in the past by an abusive ex boyfriend and has a hard time believing Maddox is as much a gentleman as he comes off. She has to fight against comparing him to Simon, her crazy ex. As the relationship progresses between Maddox and Storey a beautiful thing happens. Maddox has a breakthrough in the form of Storey and her soft skin. He finds out that touching her isn't going to cause him to freak out with the contact and she eventually helps him understand that the death of his mother has caused him to feel like it was his fault making him use the touching thing as a defense mechanism. He starts to understand that by touching others he won't hurt them and vice versa. 

When Maddox meets his father for the first time he finds a broken shell of a man, and discovers he has a half brother who has been caring for their father his whole life. Maddox is scared to find out that his dad is Schizophrenic and fears that it may be passed onto him. Storey helps him cope with all the drama that unfolds involving his father and becomes his anchor when everything else falls apart. A tragedy sends Maddox packing for home with an extra person in tow and the family is reunited once again. 

I have to say this book brought me to tears. I don't like to cry but when a book reaches past the concrete wall I have erected in my chest that makes it much more special. This was the close out of Lila's original characters in this series and that in itself was emotional. But the thing that got me the most was seeing this family, who has been through hell and high water come together so strongly in the end. From near fatal car accidents, divorce and homelessness this family proves that nothing on earth can come between the love of a good family. Even Maddox leaving doesn't break them up. They even put their lives on hold to wait for him to figure things out. That is the reason I adore Lila's writing. Her passion for family comes out in her stories and I couldn't help but love this book. 

This one has my favorite female character name of all time. Storey Delilah Kane is the most interesting girls' name I think I have heard. True to her name her character had strength and passion that I enjoyed watching cultivate the more comfortable she became with herself and her relationship with Maddox. She didn't give up on him even when he tried pushing her away. Which brings me to Maddox! I think he is my favorite Black brother of the whole series. He is a gentleman, he is charming and sweet, affectionate and caring but the best part is his eyes! I won't spoil it but I will say I love mint chocolate chip ice cream *wink*

When the book closes out it's on a long awaited moment that fans of the series will be excited and emotional over. Love always wins out in Lila's world and sometimes you just need to be reminded of that, especially in today's world of violence and self seeking mentalities. Even though this is closing out the original cast of character's there seems to be a spin off coming out of it featuring Nixon! His brief moment in Down 'N' Derby was enough to make me love him and want more from his character. I was really happy the way everything worked out for these characters and I know the fans will be too!

Favorite Quotes:

"I swear if you make a reference to me becoming a butterfly, I'm going to murder you and leave you here with no good sweet tea for miles - and no ketchup for miles" eARC 8%

God's honest truth - I would've eaten pickled horse teeth if she asked me to flashing one of those smiles. And I couldn't help but hang on every single word she said. I felt like a toddler experiencing everything for the first time. eARC 46%

"I will always forgive you Mad. But you can't do that to me again. Next time something happens run to me. Let me help you. And even if I can't help you, at least let me hold your hand while you fix it." eARC 89%

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AUTHOR AUCTION TO BENEFIT THE CORN FAMILY

On the night of February 10th, 2013, Matthew Corn passed away in a tragic accident. It’s impossible to sum up the life and vibrant personality of one person in a few short sentences. To say Matt will be missed is an understatement of gross proportions. He was a loving husband and devoted father, quick to give his family everything they needed and more. Matt moved from Pittsburgh to Savannah with his wife, Daniele, to work at Gulfstream. Here they had three children: Ben, 5, Andrew, 2, and Lily, 1. He was a hard worker; always giving one hundred and ten percent to his job, but never missed the chance to joke. He was known for being obsessively organized and neat. If you wanted to see him panic, all you had to do was move his tools out of order or get his jeep dirty. Matt was an avid Pittsburgh Steelers fan and Pittsburgh Penguins fan, more than willing to go nose to nose for his favorite teams. He loved the outdoors and off-road ramp competitions. He spent time fishing and hunting with his children, eager to instill his love of nature. His friends knew him as a person that would drop everything if you needed help.

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Review: How It Rolls by Lila Felix

Series: Love and Skate

Genre: Young Adult

Publisher: Lila Felix

Format: eARC submitted for review by Author

Release Date: February 10th, 2013

Rating: 5 Stars

Synopsis:

Despite the odds, Reed Wolfe is making it, by the skin of her teeth. Her dreams and aspirations will have to wait until she can get on her feet. Because right now she’s homeless and churning on a downward spiral. 

Falcon Black is existing. Not living, not thriving, just jutting along a path. But when he finds Reed, he can’t resist the urge to help her, lighten her load. But Falcon tends to go overboard, over the line, crossing boundaries he never thought he would and risking her trust in the process. 

Can she accept his love or will it end up smothering her?

Lately I have been feeling like the market for young adult books is starting to be edged out by the New Adult genre. It seems like YA books are becoming obsolete as people start to ditch the sweet romance for more edgy and mature subject matter. I don't know if it is just me but it makes me sad to think nobody wants a good clean, sweet YA story. Now don't get me wrong, I loves me some edgy, mature reads just as much as the next person, it just seems like people are not satisfied with YA anymore. I have noticed a lot of comments on Amazon and Goodreads regarding YA books being too saccharine and too sugary in their delivery. Well duh! It's YA for crying out loud. You don't really want to market gritty sexual dramas towards 10 and 12 year olds do you? Where am I going with this mini rant you ask? My point is that Lila Felix delivers good clean YOUNG ADULT fiction with heart and a believable story line. As is the case with How It Rolls. It's about a young girl who lost her parents at a young age (which happens) and after getting tossed around to different foster homes decides to rough it on her own and live in her car. I am sure this subject alone happens more than we know due to the fact that the system churns out 18 year olds with a final check and a "Have A Nice Life". So Reed lives in her car trying to find work to be able to eat and save her money to get a place of her own. She gets a job at the bookstore Nellie runs. (If you don't know who Nellie is I highly recommend getting Love and Skate) Once she starts working there she meets Falcon Black. UGH! If ever there was a time I wish I was younger it was while reading this book. Falcon is probably the best book boyfriend EVER! He's not just some tattooed hunk of beef cake with a Mohawk, but he has a huge heart that he wears on his sleeve, especially for the woman he loves. He gives of himself until he ends up smothering the very person he is trying to help and because of that and his past he has issues dealing with this new relationship he ends up in with Reed. Reed is so self conscious about being homeless that she can hardly function right also, I swear it was like watching new colts learn to walk at times. Don't get me wrong, it was adorable and endearing to watch, it was just cringe worthy sometimes because they just couldn't get the signals right. Lila steps up the drama and romance in this book a little more than we are used to when a favorite couple hits a rough patch and Reed starts to stay over at Falcon's apartment and they get a little grabby. Now relax before you panic, it is YA and she doesn't cross the line but you get really sweet, kinda steamy scenes between Falcon and Reed. One of the sweetest moments is during a family dinner when Falcon brings Reed to meet his family and we get a glimpse of Nellie and Owen while everyone is bantering about a certain event going on *wink wink* So much goodness in this book trust me! Anyway Reed starts to second guess her relationship with Falcon in that she didn't have a family like his and feels like he deserves better than her because she is homeless. She tries to give Falcon up thinking he would be better off but thankfully Nellie talks some sense into her before she makes too big of a mistake. Meanwhile Falcon finds out she is homeless and does something sneaky to ensure she never has to sleep in her car again, only he has to make sure she doesn't find out because he knows her pride gets in the way of her taking any help. When he takes it upon himself to find her long lost aunt so she can find out why the woman never took her in, Reed is upset feeling like Falcon is trying to push her off on someone else like everyone has always done to her. Talk about frustrating! These two characters took me to the limits of my sanity more than once and I wanted to yell at them. I think they went through hell and back several times in 300 pages! This is my favorite book of Lila's so far which is tough because Emerge held the spot until Falcon came on the scene and swept me and Reed off our feet! He is so charming and amazing you just can't help but love him. Reed was stubborn yet fierce in her determination to survive which I admired tremendously. It was so nice to watch her slowly start to realize that asking for help isn't so bad after all, when it's the right people offering. I really loved being able to see all the supporting characters including my favorites from Love and Skate, Nellie and Owen. Everyone gets brought to the front of the story in some way during this book. Reed and Falcon are such a great couple to root for throughout the entire book you will find yourself pulling for these two to make things work out. There are so many things to love about this book especially the chapter headers from each character. They are funny and give you an inside look at the personalities of both Reed and Falcon. With every book Lila becomes a stronger writer and her characters become more engaging with every story and I can't wait to see what's next from her!

(Quotes taken from eARC and may have changed upon it's release)

“Oh my God, yes Falcon, I was checking you out. Did you see the drool running down my chin? I mean, I literally had to restrain myself from tearing all of my clothes off and taking you right there in the inventory room.” She doubled over in laughter, now holding onto my arm for balance.  eARC Page 68

                        Falcon: Glad we’re on the same page. 

                          Me: What page would that be? 

                      Falcon: The first page of our story. eARC Page 85

“Trying to lock this moment in, for when I’m old and gray.” He made his way up my neck and after reaching my ears whispered, “Don’t worry, baby, I’ll remind you of this moment. I’ll remind you of the way you always smell like apples and how when you kiss me my entire body comes alive.”  eARC Page 186

I needed her to see, to feel how much I loved her one more time before she would leave me, possibly forever. I had to feel her beneath me, hear her moan my name, inhale the scent of her hair, her skin, make her understand. eARC Page 238

Cover Reveal and Giveaway: How It Rolls by Lila Felix

The lovely Lila Felix has contacted us to do a big cover reveal for her follow up novel for Love and Skate. The book is titled How It Rolls and it follows the story of Falcon Black, brother to Love and Skate's Owen Black. Now we all know from reading Love and Skate how wonderful Owen is but can Falcon be as awesome? Hmm guess we will have to wait and see! So Are you ready to see the cover???

Yeah we want to see it too buuuuut right now we are gonna put up a Giveaway for Love and Skate! 

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OK! Now I think you guys are ready to see the Cover Reveal for How It Rolls:

OOOOHHH PRETTY! Judging by the cover it looks like Falcon just might give Owen a run for his money in the sexy department!

Review: HOAX By Lila Felix

Synopsis:

She's spent a long time in a bubble. In an odd turn of events, Corinne is taken out of boarding school and plunged into high school where bullies reign and nice guys come in last. 

But this is after she's already fallen in love with Abel over the summer.

Abel is trapped, with friends he secretly hates, but has chosen to stay with the status quo. It's just high school, right? 

What do you do when the person you love sees the very worst part of you? And how do you help them when they discover their life is a hoax?

If there is one thing Lila Felix knows how to do, it's deliver a sweet, romantic young adult masterpiece. Hoax is the story of a young woman, Corinne, who was shipped away to an all girls school for most of her life while her parents lived a lavish lifestyle. One day she gets mysteriously pulled from the school to find her parents "Downsizing" their lifestyle including her beloved Prep School education. Her parents inform her she will have to sell her nice car and get a job due to unforeseen circumstances that have caused her family financial hardships while she was away. Her parents are cold, emotionless assholes who act as though Corinne is a burden! That pissed me off I mean you chose to have the girl, man up yo! Anyway so Corinne gets a job house sitting for a very well off couple and while there meets my book boyfriend Abel.

OH Abel! Sexy guy with muscles and a romantic side? YES PLEASE! Abel works for the couple that owns the house Corinne is working at. He mows the grass and she watches the house while they are gone. They spend a perfect summer together getting to know each other and discover that they have a previous connection rooted in their pasts. Reality eventually sets in and Corinne must now face her first time ever in public school.

It doesn't take long to figure out this school has a pack of rabid A**holes who terrorize and bully other students, but when Corinne finds out Abel is a part of that group her perfect summer crashes down around her. Her sweet, wonderful Abel just stands by and watches, never interfering because the leader of this group Brett, is such a douche he would turn his wrath on Able if he protests. I felt so bad for Abel, his parents are never there for him and his "Friends" suck and cause trouble. When Corinne stands up for the boy they are bullying she becomes #1 on Brett's shit list and Abel starts to panic. Corinne feels like their summer was a complete HOAX and confronts Abel. Once they take care of that Corinne starts getting weird requests from the kids in school she doesn't understand. She thinks everyone is messing with her until one day she finds out the reasons behind her family's downsizing. Her whole life changes in just a matter of days and she has never felt more alone. 

Abel refuses to let her push him away and proves to her he can be her strength when she can't find any in herself. That damn boy was amazing, sweet and funny! Every once in a while I like to read a sweet love story to take a break from my smutty McSmut books. YES! I did just say that! This book was exactly what I wanted in a sweet, romantic read. There issues in this book that I'm sure most kids today have to deal with, having parents that make bad choices. I loved how real this book felt, it was like being in an episode of Mean Girls, L.A. Law and One Tree Hill rolled into one lol. The best part about Lila's books, is that you don;t have to worry about what your young adult child is reading because Lila does YA very well. She delivers good clean love and romance with just the right amount of juicy goodness. I fell in love with Abel in this book, just like I fell for her other Male leads, especially Owen Black in Love and Skate. This book was beautiful and the epilogue will have you misty eyed by how perfectly romantic it was!