5 star review Transfer by Aly Martinez

I was on a high when I finished Retrieval so getting my hands on this book was a big deal.  The cliffhanger was one for the record book.

I am going to try to keep this sorta spoiler free...I pray you have read Retrieval before you read this review.  Oh before I forget....5+++++++ Stars



I was pulled into Clare's life as I read her story.  Add fuel to the fire is the special situation with her daughter Tessa, who is the only reason she keeps fighting to live.  I was afraid of where the author was going to take her characters and how the story would unfold. Every word, every sentence had me wishing for an HEA. 

"With a shaky voice, she confessed, "I don't really believe in wishes, but somehow, I've found myself in a situation where a silly wish is all I have left.  If I'm lucky enough to catch 11:11 again tomorrow, it means we survived another day."

My dear sweet Clare, the horrors she has lived through is more than I can stomach.  Her husband Walt,  is beyond crazy and getting out from underneath him may kill her.  She was afraid of the things he made her do, afraid she could get in trouble as well.  But it was all a part of her life and she had Tessa to think about, she needed to be there for her.  There was no way she could ever leave her with him.  All she could do was pray for a way out.

And, somehow, someway, after what felt like an eternity of living in Satan's lair, God had finally heard my prayers."

I want to say many more things that happen in this book but for those who haven't finished part one yet, I am going to leave you with this.  I hope you read the books they are seriously hands down heart stopping reads.  

These two books are going to put Aly Martinez on a whole new level.  She can make me cry big fat ugly tears, have my heart beating out of my chest and unsure of the sanity of her characters (sometimes her) and now...she has created this.

Retrieval (Part One): 

Amazon US: http://amzn.to/2ccSQWX

Amazon UK: http://amzn.to/2aW07Yb

iBooks: http://apple.co/2aH2bFb

Kobo: http://bit.ly/2aFOVxB

Transfer (Part Two) :

Amazon US: http://amzn.to/2bXApI9

Amazon UK: http://amzn.to/2aW0WAf

iBooks: http://apple.co/2beFszd

Kobo: http://bit.ly/2aW1So5

Blurb

One story. Two couples.

I fell in love with a man who didn’t exist.

What started out as romance ended in hell.

His words turned to razor blades.

His kisses converted to fists.

His embrace became my cage.

His body transformed into a weapon, stealing parts of me until ultimately….

I broke.

I hated him.

My sole job in life became to protect our daughter.

I wasn’t sure I’d ever escape the prison he’d skillfully crafted from my fears.

Until the day our savior arrived.

This is the story of how I escaped the man who thought he owned me.

The transfer of my life and my family.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Born and raised in Savannah, Georgia, Aly Martinez is a stay-at-home mom to four crazy kids under the age of five, including a set of twins. Currently living in South Carolina, she passes what little free time she has reading anything and everything she can get her hands on, preferably with a glass of wine at her side.

After some encouragement from her friends, Aly decided to add “Author” to her ever-growing list of job titles. Five books later, she shows no signs of slowing. So grab a glass of Chardonnay, or a bottle if you’re hanging out with Aly, and join her aboard the crazy train she calls life.

 STALK HER: Website | Facebook | Twitter | Goodreads

Unstable by S.E. Hall with Giveaway

MY REVIEW

5 Stars

It has been to long sense I have read a book by SE Hall.  I forgot why I loved her so much.  I won’t make the same mistake twice. 

This book starts off on a somber note.  Henley is returning home and not by choice. She is still suffering from loss, sorrow and guilt for the years lost.

I like to think of this story more than a romance.  Henley although very broken,  learns how to help herself heal and learn from the past.  I kept turning the pages (more like tapping the iPad) and I was either smiling or holding my breath with anticipation with what was going to happen next.  Nothing about this story was disappointing.  Henley had a lot of personal issues to work thorough.  This poor girl has hidden from her past and now it is time to deal with what has been avoided.  Once back on the farm the farm hand Gatlin Holt becomes her companion and helps her work through everything that she has hidden from.

Let's not forget about Keaton Cash, this man is so good to Henley and she needs someone to be good to her.  He is patient, kind and puts her needs first.  Everything he does is to help her heal and live.  

There comes a time where you have to face your past and present so you can decide what you want for your future.  This story is was all of that and more.  Letting go is hard but not living is harder.

Title: Unstable
Author: S.E. Hall
Genre: Contemporary Romance

You can put up a front… but destiny already has your back

After eight years, Henley Calvert is headed home. Back to the family farm and small town she left behind, never to be thought of again.

Too much regret and shame to bear.

But she’s the only one left to see to her family’s legacy, so she must return to Ashfall and face all the ghosts that haunt her.

****

Gatlin Holt, the family farmhand, awaits her arrival, and lends a hand—in more ways than one. He reacquaints Henley with the lay of the land while helping her heal her soul with a new outlook on life.

Yet every time she thinks some peace may be within reach, Henley hits another roadblock. The biggest of which is Keaton Cash—her childhood nemesis who owns the farm next door.

****

And no, it’s not a love triangle. That’s impossible when Henley’s heart is closed, incapable of love.

Amazon US | Amazon UK | Amazon AU | Amazon CA

iBooks | B&N

“No, Keaton. I was bored and thought I’d come play ‘tag’ with ‘em for a little while.”

“Then you’re doing a helluva job, ‘cause they’re fixin’ to tag ya back.”

What’s he blathering about now? I turn and look…but refuse to sigh or show any sign of defeat…that some of the cows, are in fact, wandering back into the field I just shooed them out of.

Really? I seem to remember—open the gate to where the food is—they’ll go. So why they’re not cooperating now, in what has to be the first time since Noah let two of them on the Arc, has to be some weird conspiracy just to embarrass me in front of Keaton.

“Let me help you,” he says too kindly, moving to do so before I can refuse.

He uses his hat to swipe at the few remaining anarchist cows, sending them on their way. And Lord knows why, but I take a moment to peruse him…see just exactly how he turned out, physically anyway.

Hair still as black as the Stetson in his hand, jeans still as tight as he’s always played his cards to his chest. Every movement precise and purposeful, nothing wasted, just like he’s always been: good at everything.

Except recognizing value in the most valuable.

Back in the day, he’d been the boy to watch. A football star, a rodeo champ…and watch them they did—every girl in town.

S.E. Hall, lover of all things anticipation and romance, is the author of The Evolve Series: Emerge, Embrace, Entangled, Entice, Endure and companion novellas Baby Mama Drama and Guide for Tools Looking to Date My Daughter by character Sawyer Beckett. S.E. also wrote the stand-alone Finally Found novels Pretty Instinct and Pretty Remedy. Her co-written works include The Provocative Professions Collection: Stirred Up, Packaged and Handled 1&2, One Naughty Night and full-length, standalone novels Matched and Filthy Foreign Exchange with Angela Graham as well as Conspire, a romantic suspense, written with Erin Noelle.

S.E. resides in Arkansas with her husband of 18 years and 3 daughters of the home. When not writing or reading, she can be found “enthusiastically cheering” on one of her girls’ softball games.

Facebook | Twitter |Website | Amazon | Goodreads | Instagram | Newsletter | SE Hall’s Crew

Enter to win a Signed Paperback of Unstable!

a Rafflecopter giveaway