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Thursday, 21 January 2016

Review - Defenseless by Corinne Michaels


Title: Defenseless
Author: Corinne Michaels
Release Date: January 19, 2016


My life is a secret.
His life is dangerous.
We’re both stubborn, calculating, and controlling.
Mark Dixon doesn’t know what he’s getting into. He doesn’t know his games could cost us our lives. I have to do what is necessary to keep us alive, and that means guarding my heart.
But I know I’m defenseless against him, and in the end, he’ll force me to surrender.







Sparkly Vampires. Alpha Men. Dangerous Love. Defenseless. 

Mark returns with all of his sassy one-liners, alpha male attitude and dangerous profession! Talk about extreme on so many levels! But wait, what about Charlie!?! Charlie is her own kind of dangerous, sexy, alpha, stubborn, fabulous woman! Exactly what Twilight needs! 

I laughed, almost cried, screamed at my Kindle, thought I figured out the ‘whodunit’ and more. I was on the edge of my chair through the whole book. It’s the kind of read that you just can’t stop. You want the whole world to stop turning so you can get lost in the pages and the story and never adult again. I’ve been waiting on Mark’s book for what seems like forever and Corinne made it so amazing I just can’t…. 

“I’ve learned women are usually the ones that give the most headaches. This house definitely fits the bill. So, she’s a chick. A giant pain in the ass woman who drives me bat shit crazy, yet makes me need her at the same time. Sound familiar?” 

After I caught my breath from laughing, I realized, men think this way about women and we think the same way about them! Can’t live with them, yet can’t live without them! Right, ladies??? 

“… loves you when you’re not looking. That’s true love. It’s when your back is turned—and I’ve only ever seen that a handful of times.” 

I totally swooned hard core at this. This is what dreams are made of! Love when our backs are turned! I don’t think I’ve ever seen/heard it put more beautifully! 

Defenseless is extreme in so many ways—from the feels, to the laughs to the breakdown of my defenses! Five Dangerous Stars!!! 
~ Review by Heather




Corinne Michaels is the USA Today and Wall Street Journal Bestselling author of The Salvation Series (Beloved, Beholden, Consolation and Conviction). She’s an emotional, witty, sarcastic, and fun loving mom of two beautiful children. Corinne is happily married to the man of her dreams and is a former Navy wife. After spending months away from her husband while he was deployed, reading and writing was her escape from the loneliness.

Both her maternal and paternal grandmothers were librarians, which only intensified her love of reading. After years of writing short stories, she couldn’t ignore the call to finish her debut novel, Beloved. Her alpha Navy SEALs are broken, beautiful, and will steal your heart.



Wednesday, 25 March 2015

Blog Tour - Consolation by Corinne Michaels




Title: Consolation
Series: The Consolation Duet #1
Author: Corinne Michaels 
Release Date: March 18, 2015 



Liam wasn’t supposed to be my happily ever after.

He wasn’t even on my radar.

He was my husband’s best friend—forbidden.

But my husband is dead and I’m alone. I ache for him and I reach for Liam.

One night with Liam changed everything. Now I have to decide if I truly love him or if he’s just the consolation prize.









Whoa! What the hell, Corinne?! That was a wicked mean cliffhanger lady! You and I are gonna have words! Right after I finish this review...

Consolation is the story of Natalie, widowed while she was pregnant, she's forced to move on with her infant daughter. Her deceased husband's best friend, Liam, starts hanging around forcing her out of her comfort zone and pushing her to take care of things she's neglected since Aaron's death. Their feelings begin to grow and evolve into love. But can Liam compete with his best friend's ghost?

While I found a bit of this story to be predictable, the author also threw in some twists to knock me off my feet. Definitely wasn't expecting those! And as I said above, it's a God awful cliffhanger and I really hope the next book is releasing quickly. Like tomorrow!

Consolation is a story about moving on when your entire world's been upended. There are heartbreaking moments, but most of all its about the beauty of getting a second chance at love that you weren't expecting. First person POVs from both Natalie and Liam, this is not a standalone.

~ Review by Erin




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Corinne Michaels is an emotional, witty, sarcastic, and fun loving mom of two beautiful children. She’s happily married to the man of her dreams and is a former Navy wife. After spending months away from her husband while he was deployed, reading and writing was her escape from the loneliness.
 
Both her maternal and paternal grandmothers were librarians, which only intensified her love of reading. After years of writing short stories, she couldn’t ignore the call to finish her debut novel, Beloved. Her alpha Navy SEALs are broken, beautiful, and will steal your heart.






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Friday, 13 March 2015

Excerpt Reveal - Consolation by Corinne Michaels




Title: Consolation
Series: The Consolation Duet #1
Author: Corinne Michaels 
Release Date: March 18, 2015 


Liam wasn’t supposed to be my happily ever after.

He wasn’t even on my radar.

He was my husband’s best friend—forbidden.

But my husband is dead and I’m alone. I ache for him and I reach for Liam.

One night with Liam changed everything. Now I have to decide if I truly love him or if he’s just the consolation prize.










Aarabelle sits in her highchair as I feed her dinner. She’s growing so fast. Already she’s eating cereal and a little baby food. Soon she’ll be crawling and I have no one to celebrate with. Her father will never see these milestones and it breaks me apart.

“You should really lock the door,” Liam huffs as he throws his coat over the chair.

“But then I’d have to get up to let you in,” I state matter-of-factly and go back to feeding the baby, trying to put aside my worries. The fact is…this is reality. I have to deal with it.

“Uh huh. Hey, Pumpkin,” his eyes alight as he crouches down by Aara. It’s adorable hearing grown men use a baby voice. It gets a little softer and higher pitched.

The corners of her mouth lift and she throws her arms in the air when he gets close. My heart sputters seeing how happy she gets seeing him. Liam kisses her head and she giggles.

“At least someone is happy to see me,” he says playfully.

“I’d be happy if you brought me a present,” I joke.

He laughs and goes into the pocket of his coat. “Just so happens I did, but since that’s the only way you’ll be nice, I’ll hold on to this until you’ve earned it.”

Practically leaping out of my chair, I rush over. “What is it?” I try to peer around his back as he holds the mystery item.

Liam’s lips curl as he sees how much I want this. I don’t even know what it is. Jeez, I’m an idiot. “Nope. We eat first, then maybe you’ll get it.”

“Watch, it’s a freaking Pez dispenser or something stupid.”

“Guess you’ll have to be nice to find out.” He shoves the item into his back pocket and I fight the urge to reach and get it. “How was work?”

We spend the next thirty minutes going over my day and Jackson’s return. Liam never mentioned that they spoke, but he’s surprised to hear he’s in Virginia. After we finish the pizza, Liam somehow convinces me we should watch a movie. I get Aarabelle to bed and come down to find him sprawled out on the couch.

“By all means, make yourself comfortable.”

Liam pulls his beanie higher on his forehead and his eyes glimmer with amusement. He sits up and puts the TV on. “I picked the movie.”

“What?” I ask with mock incredulity. “It’s my house. Why do you get to pick the movie?”

“Ummm, I’m the guest.” He shrugs as if this should be an obvious answer.

I groan and lean back. “What crappy, shoot-‘em-up movie do I have to endure?”

“You’ll see. It’s a classic.”






Corinne Michaels is an emotional, witty, sarcastic, and fun loving mom of two beautiful children. She’s happily married to the man of her dreams and is a former Navy wife. After spending months away from her husband while he was deployed, reading and writing was her escape from the loneliness. 

Both her maternal and paternal grandmothers were librarians, which only intensified her love of reading. After years of writing short stories, she couldn’t ignore the call to finish her debut novel, Beloved. Her alpha Navy SEALs are broken, beautiful, and will steal your heart.