Return to Paradise Book 12

"Caleb Becker left Paradise eight months ago, taking with him the secret he promised to take to his grave. If the truth got out, it would ruin everything.
Maggie Armstrong tried to be strong after Caleb broke her heart and disappeared. Somehow, she managed to move on. She's dermined to make a new life for herself."


Okay, I loved the first one so much that I had to have this one like the very next day. I went out to B&N (no good indie stores around) and they didn't have it :(. So I ordered it on my kindle. Must read!

I thought I knew how Leaving Paradise ended, but it turns out I was wrong. Also, I found the premise of Caleb & Maggie accidently ending up on the same trip together delightful. I still loved the voice and I liked some of the new characters that were added, but I don't think it moved as quickly as the first one. Also,  I found the make-out scenes to be a little bit more detailed than Simone's other stuff, and I didn't like that. But everything is resolved, except one thing at the end didn't make sense to me. (I can't say what, sorry). But I will say I didn't notice it until a day after I  finished the book and was thinking about it. 

Leaving Paradise Book 11

"Nothing has been the same since Caleb Becker left a party drunk and hit Maggie Armstrong, leaving her with a limp for the rest of her life. Caleb and Maggie are pigeonholed as RcriminalS and Rfreak.S Then the truth emerges of what really happened the night of the accident."

OMG! I loved this book. I read the whole thing in one night. I didn't feel the romance really picked up until half way through the book, but once it did it was on. And even though the romance hasn't picked up the first half of the book moves just as quickly as the second, because Simone Elkeles has an amazing voice. I love the way she is able to write two different characters with two distinct voices. It was a quick and fun read, incredibly engaged and fast paced. BUT it wasn't Perfect Chemistry. Then again, what will ever be Perfect Chemistry.

Freebie Friday

Yep, it's that time of the week when Beth is out of intelligent things to say, and as always, out of room on her bookshelf.

It seems the only plausible solution for such a predicament is that I give something away.

I picked up a brand new, nice shiny copy of Leaving Paradise at a conference a few weeks ago, and Simone was nice enough to sign it for me. This is a one day only contest. Leave me comment love and give me lots of social shout outs between now and midnight. Since this is a one day contest and the winner will be announced on Monday, let's make it easy for me. Two entries for following, two entries for dedicating a blog post to this, and one entry for fb, twitter, google buzz, and any other place you might want to leave a should out provided u post a link in the comments. This contest is open internationally.

Thanks for the love!!!! And see you on Monday, now turn off your pc and run for the door. ENJOY THE WEEKEND!!!  HAPPY FRIDAY!!!!