No Turning Back

 After getting involved with Dylan, the bad boy of the Dixon High Swim team, Charley decides to stay close to home for college. It’s just safer that way. Later, she realizes it’s a mistake, just like dating Dylan. She decides to put the past behind her and leave the small hick town of Grassy Pond. There is only one problem; she makes this decision three weeks before the fall semester begins.

Charley packs up her Honda and heads to Southern College. On the morning she’s about to leave, Cash walks back into her life. He has been her best friend since they were four and is the only one who knows the REAL Charley. She leaves her farm in Grassy Pond with all kinds of “what if” questions.

Charley decides to live her college career to the fullest. She finds a great group of friends, joins the swim team, and meets a guy named Joe. He’s got eyes that make ya wanna melt!

At college, she encounters a new problem. Charley has been away from home for only forty-eight hours before she breaks the two promises she made to herself. Will she be able to overcome her past? Find new love? What will happen with Cash now that he is back in her life? Will she find what she is wanting in Jackalope Joe? How will her first semester of college end? Joe, Cash, or alone?

Excerpt

“I know.  I don’t know what I’m going to do without y’all for a month!”  Georgia exclaims.

“I could care less about exams.  I’m just ready for Study Day!”  Caroline squeals.  Why the hell is she so excited about Study Day?  You study all damn day!  “It’s only the biggest party day of the year at Southern.  Y’all thought Homecoming was epic.  Y’all aint seen nothing yet!”

“Explain.” Tori states.

“Well, undoubtedly on Wednesday at noon the campus goes to quiet hours to study for exams.  No class, practice, or anything.  Pretty much people put off studying until Thursday afternoon, and spend Wednesday partying like it’s 1999 or something!”

We all look at each other, and know that it’s legit because somehow Caroline always is in the know.  

Anna speaks up, “So, if Hank’s isn’t open, where does everyone go?”

Caroline gets up and walks over to her wall and points to the number eighty-eight sticker on the wall.  “That’s easy, Whiskey River!”

“What’s that got to do with racing?”  Anna asks.  Georgia, Caroline, Tori and I look at each other like she has got to be kidding.

“Anna, hunny, bless your heart,” I speak compassionately.  “Dale Jr. owns Whiskey River.”

“Awwwwwww.  I don’t know anything about racing.”  

“We know,” we all say in unison.

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Casey Peeler grew up and still lives in North Carolina with her husband and daughter. Her first passion is teaching students with special needs. Over the years, she found her way to relax was in a good book.

After reading Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neal Hurston her senior year of high school and multiple Nicholas Sparks’ novels, she found a hidden love and appreciation for reading.

Casey is an avid reader, blogger (Hardcover Therapy,) and now author. No Turning Back (Full Circle #1) is her debut novel releasing September 30th. Finding Charley (Full Circle #2) will release spring 2014.

Her goal is to one day be an author who is recognized nationwide like Jamie McGuire, Colleen Hoover, Tiffany King, and Amanda Bennett.

When Casey isn’t reading, you can find her listening to country music, spending the day at the lake, being a wife and dance mom, and spending time with friends and family.

Her perfect day consists of water, sand between her toes, a cold beverage, and a great book!

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Teach Me Love

Synopsis:

Jacob Greene, sexy multimillionaire CEO of Greene Publishing is a broken man desperate to find reason in his life. Losing Katherine, the love of his life, makes a once gentle and kindhearted man into someone dark and miserable.

Abigail Anderson, single mother, second grade teacher, is tired of living her life alone. But the only man she's ever loved betrayed her and left her in the dark.

Now, three years later, their paths cross. A rocky beginning soon turns into something more. Real. The feeling is mutual and their feelings grow. But secrets always have a way of coming out.

Will Jacob and Abigail be able to learn how to love again or will they suffer alone for the rest of their lives?

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Love Interrupted Review

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Logan Brooks and Andrew Eastin shared a once in a lifetime love. After losing her parents and overcoming many obstacles, she could not handle the possibility of losing him, too. She loved him enough to walk away, for both of their sakes.

As tragedy strikes again, Logan is on a downward spiral. Andrew knows she needs protection from herself, and he needs to love her through it, even if only from a distance.

When fate intervenes and allows them a second chance at love, will Logan and Andrew risk it? The Attraction is undeniable. The sexual tension, relentless. She is everything he has ever wanted. He sweeps her off her feet, renewing all that was lost.

Andrew promised her forever, but can words ever be enough? Can love prevail when life has different plans—bringing on more pain and emotions than imaginable? When lies and deceit corrupt the one thing sacred to them, plans will be ruined, promises will be broken, and hearts will be shattered.

What happens when the unknown threatens all of their dreams? Will Logan and Andrew survive their love, interrupted?

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A.J. was born and raised in Amarillo, Texas. Four years ago, she relocated to the Dallas/Fort Worth area with her husband and four wonderful children, Hayden (15), Jacob (13), Riley (11), and Isaiah (10).

A.J. is passionate about working with people with disabilities, and has a long time love of working with munchkins. She currently owns and operates a childcare facility in North Central Texas.

When she is not busy breaking up fights about who is mom’s favorite, or who ate the last bowl of Fruity Pebbles, A.J. enjoys reading and writing. She also likes chatting and laughing with her book club friends. Love Interrupted is her first book and she is currently working on her second and third novels.

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5 stars is not enough for this book.  I seriously am in tears over this.

Logan is twenty five and has lost both her parents a few years back.  She experiences another tragedy again and is completely heart broken.  Andrew her old boyfriend that she walked away from years ago is back and tries to help her the best he can.  He sees how broken she had become and wants to protect her from her self. 

"There are no words to take away the hurt. Logan, nothing I say is going to fix this, but I'm here. I'm right here.  I'll be here as long as it takes.  Whatever you need, Lo, just let me be here for you."

Logan goes through the mourning phase in a self destructive manner that worries Andrew and her best friend Jen.  How can Logan get her self out of felling this way? 

"I needed a wake up call, and I got it.  Jen practically kicked my ass, and I realized that I cant do this...this life thing, with out you.  You are my beginning and my end. I can't face another moment without you by my side. I know I hurt you. I'm so sorry, so sorry, Andrew."

Andrew knew when Logan broke up with him 4 years ago that she was the woman that he was going to marry.  He did not understand why she left him and broke his heart.  He moved away and decided that if he could not be right there with her he would love her and look after her from a distance.  GAH, I love this man.

As they both find there way back to one another there are things that they need to talk about so that  they can move forward.  They have so much history that it pained me that she walked away from him all those years ago.  This man was perfect.  

Andrew wants nothing more than to have Logan back in his life she is his forever. He will go to any means to protect her and there were times that he kept information from her.  It bothered me but then he would tell her how much he loved her and I swear I melted all over again.

"Baby, you are my world. I will love you until I take my last breath. You're right we were made for each other.  I was put here to walk this earth with you, to do life with you, to make you my wife, to be the father of your children. You're the very reason my heart beats."

Shit with a line like that, I'm done for.  This man has got to be real.  Back to the reason that Logan left Andrew all those years ago.  Well, I want to tell you what I think about that and the people that are trying to interfere with there relationship right now.  BUT, I can't.  I would die if I read a review that gave away the most important part of the book and I had not read it yet.  I can say that his family...I don't care for, Maya...FUCKING BITCH.  There that should be enough to hold you over.

Oh, one more thing there is a little thing called a CLIFF HANGER.  DO NOT, I REPEAT DO NOT, let it stop you from reading this book now.  I have a feeling that the next book will be with us sooner than later.  I hope before the end of the year.  You know its not really that far away. 

Thank you for the ARC, I loved every moment reading this book and chatting with on Facebook.  This is one of my favorite reads so far. 

Everyone go get your crying on and enjoy this book.  It's not all bad tears, some are good.


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Promo - Protect me

Abbi Hastings had never been fearless. She'd been firmly entangled in her small town roots her entire life until an unexpected inheritance provided her a chance to escape. As she took the only opportunity she’d have to get out, Abbi left her world behind and boarded the plane with her one way ticket to Los Angeles. 

Relentless and fighting for her own independence, it all goes to hell when fate throws a twist into her plans. Everything changes the day she accidentally falls into the arms of Ryan. Tall, dark eyed, and handsome CEO of LA’s hottest bodyguard service who is fighting some dark demons of his own.

Can Abbi take a leap of faith and dare to experience all that the world has to offer, accepting that fate has brought her here into the arms of the man who will protect her? Protect her mind, body, and soul.

Author Bio

Hi everyone! My name is Jennifer, I am a 26 year old wife to a panty dropping US Navy Sailor. I am an active advocate of a sarcasm font and snarky remarks. I was born and raised in North Florida where we are lucky enough to get the best of both worlds. We have island life where our beach is at and the great outdoors covered with towering hard pines. I like to consider myself a small town girl with big world dreams, and have used that motto throughout my writing. 

Never being one for change (yes it is true that I picketed changing our yearly Christmas dinner from turkey and ham to steaks and lobster… I can admit that) after graduating college and being in the banking industry for several years, change seemed to become the only thing I could think of. I had graduated college with a very expensive piece of paper that I proudly hung in my $3.00 Wal-Mart frame, however crunching numbers just never seemed enough, I had to find something to satisfy the creative beast knocking around in my head. So I embraced reading more than I ever had before in an effort to escape the norm. 

Little did I know that reading is a gateway drug to writing! Not only did I find that reading got my mind off of the 9-5, the endless deployments of my husband overseas, and the drama of my friend’s dating lives, writing took it to a whole new level. I began embracing my passion for journaling and even ventured into the world of creative writing. As I am sure many other authors can agree, there comes a time when the characters and story just starts coming together and before I knew it my 1000 word story began flowing uncontrollably into a 380+ page novel. 

My love for my book goes deeper than an accomplishment, it is also a piece of myself. I used the experiences and encounters over the years to bring together a story that I wanted people to be able to relate to. A character who’s overly trusting, who feels trapped, and needs to find her way in the world. Once you let your imagination take hold you can truly find your inspiration, and by using your imagination you get to bring life to something that was once only words on a paper. 

Within two months my story had been written and the real fun began. Bringing together models, photographers, and creative ideas across the board has been an amazing experience. It took a lot of brainstorming… and pinteresting… to come up with ideas behind the cover and I can only hope that what we brought to the table will help to inspire my readers and spark their imaginations. As the visual representation of the cover is truly your means of accessing my thoughts when writing Protect Me, I can only hope that you can see and feel the same things that I did along the journey.

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Who We Are

“I thought I had gone through something much worse. I thought the abuse and pain from my mom and step-dad was bad, but this? This heartache? This pain? This depression? This gut-wrenching, heartbreaking moment? This knotted up feeling in my gut, the tightness in my throat, the ache in my chest? It was slowly but surely killing me.”

Eight months.

That’s how long it’s been since Eliza last saw Gage and they both feel as if they don’t deserve one another’s forgiveness. He screwed up. She walked away without looking back. They’ll try and make up all the time they’ve lost with one another, that is until they’re facing the choices of either going their separate ways, or hanging on and fighting for dear life.

The fights will be endless. They heartache will be real. The demons will return, and they won’t back down without a fight.

There are some who will do anything to keep true love apart, and those same people will dig deep into their demonic ways until Eliza and Gage are literally no more.

Can Eliza and Gage overcome it all? Will they be able to face the true demons that are seeking to destroy them? Or will they just forget about everything they’ve worked so hard for and go their separate ways?

Sometimes you have to go through struggles in order to reach an ultimate point of peace… but will their struggle be worth it?

FIVE STARS+++++++++++++++++++++++++
Talk about an emotional roller coaster.  I was not sure that I was going to make it out of this one.  This was not an easy get back together and every ones happy.  This was balls to the wall emotional turmoil.  My heart was twisted more than once and I was in panic mode.  DAMN.

Eliza comes home after 8 months away at collage and reunites with Gage while she is living in New york and interning at Global Arts.  She is still torn over what happened with Gage, but is trying to forgive herself and let him back in.

"There was never a day that went by when I didn't think about how I crushed him.  How he literally buckled to his knees, tears streaming.  I relived that moment every single day of my life and it killed me over and over again.  I know it killed him."

Gage seems in the beginning to want to get Eliza back.  He forgives her and ask for his forgiveness as well.  He tells her that he wants to be a part of her future and that they can do this together.  He seems so sincere in all that he tells her.

"Eliza," he said raggedly, shaking his head.  "Don't.  I understand we all have dreams.  We all have that one thing we want in life, but can I not be a part of that?  Can I not be a part of you accomplishing those dreams?  I'm not asking you to drop out if school or drop everything for me.  if anything, I want you to finish, but I want you to do it with me."

I love Gage.  He did piss me off at times.  His need to protect his family and band over Eliza really upset me.  If he wanted a future with Eliza then he should have thought of her as his family.  Then there is always the issue with Penelope.  That was my biggest fear in this book.  The hold she still has over Gage is unwarranted.  Gage is weak when it comes to this issue.  Right there I question his true love for Eliza.

Gage's need to protect his sister and band was always first.  Even over Eliza.  I did not understand how he would not include her in them after telling her he wants to be a part of her plans.  Pulling away with out explaing why broke Eliza's heart (Mine too).

As long as it took for these two to make there relationship work I was finally glad that the other band members stepped in to get them back together and have them both happy.  Roy and Montana are funny as heck.  The other additions to the book, Kelsey, I was so glad that Eliza had a friend that truly cared about her.  She was very happy and took life as it was (Plus she gets a little love intrest too).  Monica was a total cranky ass bitch, but she was not a back stabber and just told people what she thought, so I liked her.

The Epilogue....

Gage's POV.  Well, all that has been done is water under the bridge for me.  I LOVE HIM.

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When she's not writing, she's happily reading or watching cartoons like the big kid she is. She has a wonderful family that you will hear her brag and talk about all of the time. Whenever she just wants to get away from the words for a while, she'll spend some time with her loved ones, eat gummy bears, or drown in Coca-Cola and anything else caffeinated.