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Liam ran away from home.  He has his own reasons of why, but he has always kept it to himself.  He made a new life for himself on Long Island.  Caught by someone he thought would force him home again, what he gets is a new family and a much needed job.

Parker has been looking for acceptance by his father his entire life.  Once he came out to his father, it seems he would never get that.  One bad day at work only get worse when his car breaks down.  He walks to the nearest shop to get towed.  When he gets there, he finds someone there that not only will repair is car, but eventually his soul.

Together, Liam and Parker repair each other’s heart and soul.  This is a beautiful love story and proves that love can conquer all.

Synopsis

Liam Davis is a man without a past. That’s what he wants everyone to believe, anyway. Hell-bent on erasing any memories of his previous life, he knows that starting over is all he can do. Hiding who he is, where he’s from, why he’s running, and especially who he’s left behind, Liam has run away from everything he’s ever known. His plan works perfectly until one day when Parker Ryan threatens to expose his carefully concealed world.

Parker Ryan is a man without a future. Sure, he’s a partner in one of New York’s most prestigious law firms, but he’ll never be more than a failure in the eyes of his boss, his father. Rather than break away from his father’s standards, he finds himself mindlessly pursuing them, in turn sacrificing anything that would actually make him happy.

When Liam’s and Parker’s lives collide, the ugly truth about who they really are, and who they hope to become reveals itself when they least expect it. As both of their lives become wrecked beyond all belief, they’ll learn how to rely on each other in their journey to become Repaired.

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About the Author

Melissa Collins has always been a book worm. Studying Literature in college ensured that her nose was always stuck in a book. She followed her passion for reading to the most logical career choice: English teacher. Her hope was to share her passion for reading and the escapism of books to her students. Having spent more than a decade in front of a classroom, she can easily say that it’s been a dream.

Her passion for writing didn’t start until more recently. When she was home on maternity leave in early 2012, she read her first romance novel and her head filled with the passion, angst and laughter of the characters who she read about it. It wasn’t long before characters of her own took shape in her mind. Their lives took over Melissa’s brain and The Love Series was born.

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My Review

Like I said before, this series is more like a screen play than a book. I know there is a crusade to make this series into a television show on a cable channel. I really think that is possible if the right people catch a whiff of it.

This season of BOYSTOWN, we continue the stories of friends and lovers in Chicago. Love, deceit, tragedy, comedy, and intrigue. All the wonderful components to make any soap opera a hit. Like any soap, there are story lines I love and can’t get enough of, and some that I can’t wait until they resolve so that I can stop hearing about them. If you are a soap addict, read this series!!!!!!

Synopsis

It’s a race against time to save those caught in the New Year’s Eve explosion.  The survivors may not be the lucky ones as they struggle to restore normalcy to their lives.  As the smoke clears, families are torn apart and lives are permanently altered.

Even more dangerous than the bomb, the Mancini-Ciancio feud heats up as family members fight for control and survival.  At the same time, Jesse Morgan faces the fallout from his plan to break up his mother and her husband, Keith Colgan works to keep his past from destroying his future, Rachel Carson begins a plan that may have deadly consequences, and the search for the fourth Mancini brother reveals secrets that threaten to tear relationships apart forever.

It all culminates in a fabulous fundraiser like none that anyone in Boystown has ever experienced.

Welcome home to BOYSTOWN!

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About the Author

Growing up in the suburbs of Chicago, Jake Biondi fell in love with “The Windy City” at an early age. He left the Chicago area for four years to attend the University of Notre Dame, from which he graduated with degrees in English and Business. He was awarded the university’s prestigious William Mitchell Award for Playwriting. Upon graduating from Notre Dame, Biondi returned to Chicago where he attended and graduated from the Loyola University Chicago School of Law. He has been living in Chicago’s Boystown neighborhood for over 20 years.

While studying literature, Biondi became a huge fan of Charles Dickens whose novels were originally released in installments, each ending in a cliffhanger to keep readers coming back for more. Because of his love of those novels as well as television dramas such as Dynasty, Knots Landing, Dallas, and Revenge, Jake Biondi decided to create a serialized saga for contemporary audiences. Thus, the BOYSTOWN series was born.

Biondi began BOYSTOWN in June of 2013 as an online story and intended to release one “episode” online per month, each ending in a cliffhanger. The story became so popular — and the online reading audience grew so quickly — that people from all over the country began to email him demanding to know what happened to their favorite characters and wanting the episodes to be released faster. They also had suggestions for future storylines. Excited by and grateful for his readers’ responses to BOYSTOWN, Biondi began to write and release installments more quickly.

In November of 2013, Biondi moved BOYSTOWN offline and published the first ten installments in book form as BOYSTOWN Season One. The book became an international hit, with fans all over the globe clamoring for more. BOYSTOWN Season Two was published in July of 2014 and BOYSTOWN Season Three will be released on May 1, 2015.

Because of the popularity of the book series, fans have suggested that BOYSTOWN be turned into a television series. Biondi recently completed the TV scripts for the first season of BOYSTOWN and hopes to bring the series to television in the very near future.

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Coming June 23, 2015

Synopsis

Liam Davis is a man without a past. That’s what he wants everyone to believe, anyway. Hell-bent on erasing any memories of his previous life, he knows that starting over is all he can do. Hiding who he is, where he’s from, why he’s running, and especially who he’s left behind, Liam has run away from everything he’s ever known. His plan works perfectly until one day when Parker Ryan threatens to expose his carefully concealed world.

Parker Ryan is a man without a future. Sure, he’s a partner in one of New York’s most prestigious law firms, but he’ll never be more than a failure in the eyes of his boss, his father. Rather than break away from his father’s standards, he finds himself mindlessly pursuing them, in turn sacrificing anything that would actually make him happy.

When Liam’s and Parker’s lives collide, the ugly truth about who they really are, and who they hope to become reveals itself when they least expect it. As both of their lives become wrecked beyond all belief, they’ll learn how to rely on each other in their journey to become Repaired.

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About the Author

Melissa Collins has always been a book worm. Studying Literature in college ensured that her nose was always stuck in a book. She followed her passion for reading to the most logical career choice: English teacher. Her hope was to share her passion for reading and the escapism of books to her students. Having spent more than a decade in front of a classroom, she can easily say that it’s been a dream.

Her passion for writing didn’t start until more recently. When she was home on maternity leave in early 2012, she read her first romance novel and her head filled with the passion, angst and laughter of the characters who she read about it. It wasn’t long before characters of her own took shape in her mind. Their lives took over Melissa’s brain and The Love Series was born.

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USA Today Bestselling author Jami Davenport presents another Seattle Sockeyes hockey romance and the fifth book in her Game On in Seattle sports romance series showcasing alpha male heroes of football, baseball, and hockey.

Brimming with attitude and broken beyond repair, Isaac “Ice” Wolfe has a heart as cold as his nickname, and he likes it that way–until he meets his neighbor Avery Maxwell. Avery is unlike any woman he’s ever known. Her smile thaws his frozen heart. Being with her heals his broken places. She makes him feel, and for Isaac that’s not always a good thing. Isaac has burned every bridge in his professional hockey career. When he’s traded to the Seattle Sockeyes halfway through their inaugural season, he knows he won’t get another chance. He’s never been a team player, yet he needs to become one–and fast.

Avery has only wanted one thing in her life–to train and show horses. Her decision to drop out of college to pursue her riding career causes a rift with her big sister, but Avery is tired of following everyone else’s dreams. Now she’s following her own, and no one is going to distract her from her passion–until she meets a dark stranger and his cantankerous dog.

When Isaac is warned away from Avery by the team’s captain, who happens to be Avery’s future brother-in-law, Isaac sees the writing on the wall. It’s Avery or his career. To Isaac, a life without hockey wouldn’t be a life worth living. But what about a life without Avery?

Do Isaac and Avery sacrifice their life’s passions for their mutual passion for each other, or do they fight to have it all, even if by doing so, they might lose everything in the end?

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While all books in this series can be read as standalones, you’ll likely enjoy the other books in the Game On in Seattle sports romance series:

Book 1–Skating on Thin Ice (Seattle Sockeyes Hockey)

Book 2–Crashing the Boards (Seattle Sockeyes Hockey)

Book 3–Crashing the Net (Seattle Sockeyes Hockey)

Book 4–Love at First Snow (Seattle Sockeyes Hockey)

Book 5–Melting Ice (Seattle Sockeyes Hockey) 

Book 6–Blindsided (Seattle Steelheads Football) AVAILABLE IN SEPTEMBER 2015

*Please note:  Jami Davenport will not publish a book until she thinks it is ready.  As such, I did not receive an ARC until right before release date.  This weekend, I had prior commitments, therefore, I was not able to read and review Melting Ice in time for this blitz.    I have signed up for her blog tour and am scheduled July 6th where I will publish my review. *

About the Author

USA Today Bestselling Author Jami Davenport writes sexy contemporary and sports romances, including her two new indie endeavors: the Game On in Seattle Series and the Madrona Island Series. Jami lives on a small farm near Puget Sound with her Green Beret-turned-plumber husband, a Newfoundland cross with a tennis ball fetish, a prince disguised as an orange tabby cat, and an opinionated Hanoverian mare. She works in computer support in her day job and juggles too many balls, but she wouldn’t have it any other way.

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Author Interview

Q.  Who is your favorite character from your book and why?

A.  They’re all my favorites. I love them all.

Q.  Do you have any unique talents or hobbies?

A.  I rode and showed horses in dressage for 30 plus years, so I guess my unique talent would be dressage riding.

Q.  What can we expect from you in the future?

A.  I’m branching out into football and baseball. Eventually I’ll have three teams all set in Seattle, all part of the same series, so you’ll see old favorites from my Sockeyes Hockey team show up in my Steelheads football books. Eventually, I’m also going to merge the Evergreen Dynasty series and the Madrona Island series. I’ve already merged Evergreen Dynasty with the Game On in Seattle series by using some of the characters from ED in GoiS.

Q.  What can readers who enjoy your book do to help make it successful?

A.  Reviews. Reviews. Reviews. Not only does it help with Amazon’s ranking system, but it also helps an author geet valuable ad space in some of the large mailing lists such as Book Bub.

Q.  Do you have any tips for readers or advice for other writers trying to get published?

A.  Research your publishing options, make sure you’re making the right choices for you. Don’t sign a contract because you think that’s the best you can do. Instead think of the best case scenario for you career in five years and plan accordingly. Don’t sell yourself short.

Q.  Do you have a specific writing style?

A.  I think my writing style is more conversational than many authors. I find that a reader will love my books or hate them. There’s not a lot of middle ground. I was told by an author friend once that’s because I have a strong voice, which is also why I don’t do well in contests and quit entering them years ago.

Q.  Is there a message in your book that you want readers to grasp?

A.  Family matters, whether it’s blood or the family you’ve built within a team or a group of friends.

Q.  What is your favorite theme/genre to write about?

A.  Damaged souls healing through love.

Q While you were writing, did you ever feel as if you were one of the characters?

A.  Yes, I call it in the zone. If I’m so deep into those character’s heads that I become the characters, I call that a good day of writing.

Q.  How are you the same/different from the main character?

A.  Almost all of my female characters have a bit of me in them. They’re usually strong, independent, smart, straight-forward, opinionated, not domestic in the least, and career oriented. So far not one of them has been gotten accidentally pregnant because I strongly believe there are few viable reasons for that to happen. You also will NEVER see a secret baby story from me which involves the heroine keeping the hero’s child from him. My husband and I have lived that particular nightmare, and I cannot find any way to redeem a woman who would do that to her child, unless the man is abusive—but then he wouldn’t be hero material, would he? I do want to try a marriage of convenience though. I love those books, but they’re tricky to pull off in a contemporary.