Wednesday 31 December 2014

COVER REVEAL - SACRIFICED - THE LAST ORACLE BY EMILY WIBBERLEY

Title: Sacrificed
Series: The Last Oracle
Author: Emily Wibberley
Release Date: 15th February 2015

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It's hard living in the present when all you can see is the future.

Fifteen-year-old Clio should have never been the Oracle of Sheehan. That power is passed from mother to eldest daughter, and Clio is the youngest of four sisters. But when her entire family is murdered by Mannix, the king's adviser, Clio is left all alone and heir to a power she never wanted and doesn't understand.

Hunted by Mannix, Clio seeks refuge in a foreign city where oracles are absolutely forbidden. If she's found out, she will be sacrificed atop a great pyramid. 

Clio has no choice but to win the trust of Riece, an enemy warrior. Despite the growing feelings between them, Clio knows that if he finds out who she really is, he won't hesitate to kill her.

Clio tries to hide her budding powers, but the visions she has of Mannix bringing a barbarian army into Sheehan torture her conscience. She alone has the strength and foresight to stop him, but only if she can embrace her destiny and sacrifice everything.


EXCERPT

            The slaver forced her on her feet and back to the group. Her mind was a blank. Somehow her legs moved her forward, but Clio didn’t feel connected to them anymore. She trudged through the throng of people who had witnessed and cheered for her sister’s death, and rage slowly filled the emptiness. Rage at these people, at Morek, but most of all, rage at Mannix. He consumed her thoughts.
            She would escape, and he would pay for this.
            They were led around the pyramid and stopped at its entrance. Warriors stood guard, but these warriors bore no resemblance to the ones in Sheehan. These men truly looked like the warriors of the sun deity. They wore pure gold breastplates over the traditional leather gear of the Sheehan warriors. Glistening cloaks of different colored feathers flapped in the breeze, signaling their rank. But what drew Clio’s attention most were their weapons of black obsidian.
            One of the girls up front spoke up. “Is this the way to the temple?”
            A warrior answered, “The temple? No, you are to be taken into the pyramid.”
            Clio could feel panic stirring in each girl — each girl except the bald one before her. She just looked up at the pyramid’s façade with an expression of fatal resolution, as if she already knew this was to be their final destination.
            “No, I think you are mistaken. We are here to become temple maidens.” Fear pitched the girl’s voice higher and higher.
            The warrior laughed. “We don’t have temple maidens in Morek, slave. The Priest doesn’t allow women in his Temple. You are here as a sacrifice.”
            There was no more discussion. One by one the girls were marched into the gaping maw of the pyramid, a path that only had one ending — amongst those rotting bodies at its base.


ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Seven Things about Me

1. I graduated from Princeton University in June 2014 with a bunch of people who are a lot smarter than I am.

2. I’m just starting out so I’m not “the best-selling author” of anything, but…

3. I did once stand in line to meet Joss Whedon at a comic book signing when I was in middle school and got him to autograph a Buffy the Vampire Slayer poster for me.

4. I was the flute section leader in my high school’s marching band.

5. Besides YA, some of my favorite reading material comes from Jane Austen and the Preacher comic book series. I also like to spend my free time playing video games like The Last of Us.

6. I have two rescue German Shepherds. One is really sweet and the other thinks he’s a NAVY SEAL and that every cat, skateboarder and motorcyclist is a terrorist.

7. L + R = J.

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Tuesday 30 December 2014

PROMO/AUTHOR INTERVIEW & REVIEW - AN UNCOMMON BLUE - COLORBLIND BY R.C. HANCOCK

Title: Uncommon Blue
Series: Colorblind 
Author: R.C. Hancock
Publisher: Cedar Fort Publishing
Release Date: 9th December 2014

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In Télesphore, the glowing color of a person’s palm determines their place in society, and touching hands with another mixes the colors permanently. When sixteen-year-old Bruno accidentally kills a royal soldier, he goes from favored to fugitive. Now Bruno's only chance at survival is to become someone else. That means a haircut, a change of wardrobe, and most important, getting rid of his once cherished Blue. Now he’s visiting parts of town he never knew existed, and making friends with people he would've crossed the street to avoid only weeks ago. At the last minute, Bruno’s parents arrange a deal to clear his name and get his life back. All Bruno has to do is abandon those in the Red slums that look to him as a leader and let an innocent Green boy die in his place.


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AUTHOR INTERVIEW

What can we expect from you in the future? 
A few sequels in the Colorblind Series and a stand-alone Sci-fi that's a cross between The Selection and Hunger Games.

What is your favourite book and Why?
Matilda by Roald Dahl has been my favorite since elementary school because I identified so completely with her. Precocious, under-appreciated, and wanting to be special in some spectacular way.

Do you think books transfer to movies well? Which is you favourite/worst  book to movie transfer? 
I love when the filmmakers are able to fix problems with the novel. For example, the screenwriters for Voyage of the Dawn Treader turned an episodic, preachy narrative into a seamless, powerful whole. Hunger Games were also well done. Those first two Harry Potters, though.... I don't think I'll ever forgive Chris Columbus.

What are you currently reading? Are you enjoying it? What format is it?
I'm reading Golden Son, by Pierce Brown. It's the sequel to Red Rising. Random House gave me an ARC eBook in exchange for a review. I'm enjoying it so far (I loved the first one.) Just wish they weren't so gritty.

Are there any New Authors you are interested in for us to watch out for? and Why should we watch out for them? 
My writer buddies Brock Booher and Adrienne Quintana have written awesome debut novels and can't wait to read more from them! Also, Janette Rallison is one of the most underrated authors out there. Every one of her books I've read have been hilarious and engaging.

What do you think about book trailers?
Since they will never be up to the level of professional movie trailers, they can only come across as hokey. Even the professionally done ones I've seen on TV: Lame.

What piece of advice would you give to a new writer?
Keep writing. If no one likes your first (or second) story, keep pumping out the novels. You'll get better as you go, and soon you'll have a best seller on your hands. (It also helps to read books on the craft and find competent beta readers....i.e. not your mom.) 

Do you or would you ever use a pen name? 
Although my friends know me as Ryan, I decided to go with RC (middle name Charles) for three reasons: 1. So I can quickly tell the difference between friends and fans. (Although I love them both.) 2. My favourite British Authors use initials. (CS Lewis, JK Rowling, JRR Tolkien.) 3. Currently authors who use initials are mostly women trying to identify with male readers (like my author friend CJ Hill--Janette Rallison who writes about dragons.) By hiding my male identity, I hope to take away a little of the stigma that authors who go by their initials are always women trying to hide their gender.


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REVIEW
Title: Uncommon Blue
Series: Colorblind 
Author: R.C. Hancock
Publisher: Cedar Fort Publishing
Release Date: 9th December 2014

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In Télesphore, the glowing color of a person’s palm determines their place in society, and touching hands with another mixes the colors permanently. When sixteen-year-old Bruno accidentally kills a royal soldier, he goes from favored to fugitive. Now Bruno's only chance at survival is to become someone else. That means a haircut, a change of wardrobe, and most important, getting rid of his once cherished Blue. Now he’s visiting parts of town he never knew existed, and making friends with people he would've crossed the street to avoid only weeks ago. At the last minute, Bruno’s parents arrange a deal to clear his name and get his life back. All Bruno has to do is abandon those in the Red slums that look to him as a leader and let an innocent Green boy die in his place.

INITIAL THOUGHTS
I was seriously looking forward to this one. The author R.C. Hancock had actually contacted me himself and asked it I would be interested in reading his book when it was available. I read the info he sent me about the book and to be honest I'd have read it straightaway if it had been available then! So I signed up to the tour. Then there was a small hiccup and I didn't hear anything, somehow my name hadn't been added to the tour list, however Meagen at Cedar Fort soon sorted this out when I explained I really wanted to read and review this book. I truly loved the premise of the blurb, it gave me high expectations for reading the book.

MY REVIEW
So as you will have gathered, I received an e-copy of this book via Cedar Fort Publishing (who were one of the first publishing houses to send me books to read and review when I first started blogging back in August 2011) in exchange for my honest review. 
The cover of the book shows a pair of hands producing fire. I'd say from reading the book, the hands belong to Bruno. Bruno's fire is blue which is the highest colour in the hierarchy that makes up the dystopian society in this book.  Would the cover attract my eye enough to make me pick up the book in a book store? Yes it would!
The title of "Uncommon Blue" and also Series name "Colorblind" both fit the book well, you will discover the reason for this as you read the book. It's so difficult to explain without giving spoilers.
Now to the book, the society in this book is a tiered system which is dependant on what colour light/fire comes from your hands. Bruno is part of the highest of society the blues.
Then there's the "second class" citizens the greens, and the lowest of the low and most feared, yet thought of as "riff-raff" the reds. If you touch the fire of someone else then your own fire is no longer pure and can change colour too. When a boy tricks Bruno into touching his own fire, Bruno's fire changes. As his fire colour has changed he will no longer be welcome on the "blue" side of the town. However something else happens which is a major part of the storyline which I don't want to reveal, which makes Bruno wanted by the police too. Bruno disguises himself and take on various false names to evade the authorities and try to find the mysterious Aaren, who blackmailed the young boy Baptiste into touching fires with Bruno. This plot may sound complicated but it does make perfect sense and flow quite well when you are reading the book. I read a fairly uncorrected e-copy and the story still flowed enough for me to overlook the corrections that needed to be done. If you like dystopian plots that have a class system at the root of the society then this is for you. You also learn some interesting facts about Bruno's family, especially his grandmother, I really adored her rebellious character and the way she encouraged Bruno to think for himself and follow his heart. Within the book you do get a good look at all three sections of society, those at the top, revered and somewhat spoilt blues, to the greens who don't have as much as the blues but have a decent living, then finally the reds, thought to all be thieves, and the lowest of society, living in tents in the "slums" .
There is a little romance within this book too, kind of "West Side Story" feel, Bruno the privileged blue and Veronica the poor yet proud red. I did enjoy the conversations between the two, and how no matter how hard Bruno tried he seemed to always say the wrong thing to Veronica. Bruno does have some pretty large life changing decisions to make throughout the book. He often looks to his grandmother for guidance who basically tell's him when he needs to know what is right from wrong he will feel it in his heart, then it is up to him what choice he makes.
Right at the end of this book it seems the society has a new leader, so this makes you question if the society will change? Will the laws of the society change and how? Will life improve for the reds. Or will the new leader be merely a figure head and not allowed to change the society for the better.
The book is not only enjoyable but is also thought provoking, it certainly makes you compare certain parts of the book to our own society that we live in today and how things could turn so easily.
So did I enjoy the book?  Yes, I managed to read past the sentences that ended mid flow etc. and I really enjoyed the book, including learning about the society featured in the book.   Would I recommend the book? I would! if you like dystopian this book should be on your to read list.  Would I want to read more in this series? Yes please, I'd read the next one now if it were available! Would I be interested in reading other books by this author? I would certainly take a close look at any book by this author.

Monday 29 December 2014

BOOK BLITZ - THE DOORKNOB SOCIETY - THE DOORKNOB SOCIETY BY M.J. FLETCHER

Title: The Doorknob Society
Series: The Doorknob Society
Author: M.J. Fletcher
Genre: Young Adult / Paranormal / Steampunk
Date Published: February 2012


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Chloe Masters’ world changes in a heartbeat and all she did was touch a doorknob.

When she was young Chloe’s mother vanished. Wracked by feelings of abandonment and anger she lost herself traveling with her fathers magic act, where illusions were part of her everyday life. Yet everything changes when they are pursued by a mysterious man in black out to kill her father. Touching a doorknob activates abilities she never knew she had and she finds herself thrust into a world of ancient societies and secrets.

When her father disappears it is a race against time to find answers before she loses whats left of her family. Now Chloe must choose who to trust, the man who will do anything for her or the one she can’t stop thinking about.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

MJ Fletcher is the creator of the comic book series Adam Zero: The Last Man of Earth published by Ronin Studios. He’s also been published in Hope: The Hero Initiative and Digital Webbing Presents. The Doorknob Society was his first book series and still among his favorites. His other works include The Grimm Chronicles series and numerous novellas and short stories. He lives near the beach with his wife, daughter, and an insane dog.

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Instagram: mjfletcherwriter

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Saturday 27 December 2014

BLOG TOUR - THE DUSTY CHRONICLES BY B.J. SHELDON

Title: Haunting
Series: The Dusty Chronicles
Author: B.J. Sheldon
Genre: YA Paranormal
Release Date: 29th April 2013

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After a family tragedy, 15-year-old Dusty Vermeer has to start her sophomore year in a new town and a new school. Rural Iowa introduces her to Mark, a charming football player. Dusty can hardly believe her heart. Then, to her surprise Dusty meets another guy.

The chemistry between Dusty and Jack could spark a prairie fire on a rainy day. The only problem? Jack’s dead. The handsome soldier comes to Dusty in her dreams and introduces her to the horrors of a foreign battlefield and the enchantments of first love.

While Dusty tries to balance her feelings for the two new guys in her life, Jack steps out of Dusty’s dreams and into her reality. And he wants something. Jack has no memory of how he died more than half a century ago. Dusty vows to uncover the mystery, but her quest for justice puts her in the path of evil, a force that won’t stop until she’s silenced.

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Title: Imprint
Series: The Dusty Chronicles
Author: B.J. Sheldon
Genre: YA Paranormal
Release Date: 4th June 2014

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Imprint follows Dusty and Jack through the next stage of their doomed romance.

Sixteen-year-old Dusty Vermeer starts off another school year as Mark Schutt’s girlfriend. At the same time, she continues to hide her feelings for Jack Olson, the ghost who haunts her heart. Other entities make an appearance, and Dusty begins to wonder if seeing ghosts has become a permanent part of her future. Tragic past events resurface and imprint themselves in Dusty's world. When Jack is ripped from her arms and imprisoned in a dark void, his absence is more than she can bear.


An invisible enemy grows increasingly violent, and Dusty’s health begins to deteriorate. When she tries to discover what it is that hides in the shadows, Dusty must turn to her family for help and convince her loved ones that she is not insane. Ultimately, she must battle evil, accept her fate and grieve for a love she was never allowed to keep.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

BJ Sheldon lives near Rapid City, South Dakota with her husband, a veteran of the US military. She is the mother to 3 beautiful daughters, 2 of whom are still living at home and making her crazy.

Most days, she can be found in front of her laptop or reading a good book when she isn't trying to keep her dog and 3 cats from taking over the world. Her hobbies include cuticle care, fighting off zombies, and traveling through space and time with a mad man in a blue box.
In 2011, BJ was awarded a silver medal in the Reader's Favorite Award Contest in the Young Adult/Fantasy category for "Haunting". Her first series, The Dusty Chronicles, is a paranormal trilogy that takes a different spin on "paranormal". Future projects include Sci-fi, fantasy, and contemporary romance.


Her favorite authors include Nicholas Sparks, Isaac Marion, Hugh Howey, Suzanne Collins, JK Rowling, and Guy De'Maupassant.


  


EXCERPT
When Jack wasn’t around, all I could think about was having his arms around me. I remembered past encounters when we were together in my dreams and felt his lips on mine. I would have given anything for him to be real—flesh and blood. To know that the only way I could feel his breath on my cheek or his heartbeat through his chest was to be fast asleep weighed on my mind.
Our timing in life—and death—was horrible. I was constantly pushing those feelings aside as I tried not to think about the inevitable end. I seemed to be in denial, but it was so much easier than dealing with the reality of the situation…Jack would never age and would always be intangible, and I would get older. There was no growing old together. There was no ’til death do us part. He was already dead.
Yet there he was in my kitchen. And there was no more avoiding that something—besides being in love with a ghost—was very odd.
 “I’ve felt something,” I said. “Whatever it is seems to be hell-bent on keeping me from getting any sleep. Do you have any idea who it is?”
“I’m not positive it is a who.” Jack’s eyes glowed with worry.
“What’s that supposed to mean?”
                “I’m just saying that I’m not exactly sure what we’re dealing with here. There’s definitely something hanging around, but I can’t be sure of anything. I haven’t seen any other entities hanging around. Trust me, I would have if there were. But, I can feel a disruption of some kind. Whatever - whoever - it is doesn’t belong.” Jack started to pace back and forth in the kitchen. “I don’t like it.”
“Well, I’m not exactly thrilled about any of it, either, you know.” My sarcasm hung in the air. “It was strange. The minute I stayed over at Kristi’s the other night, I slept like a baby. For the first time in weeks, I actually felt like myself. It’s almost like whatever it is doesn’t follow me. It stays here.”
“For now.”
I didn’t like the tone in Jack’s voice.
  



Thursday 25 December 2014

MERRY CHRISTMAS & SPOTLIGHT ON PAULINE CREEDEN

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In simple language, Pauline Creeden creates worlds that are both familiar and strange, often pulling the veil between dimensions. She becomes the main character in each of her stories, and because she has ADD, she will get bored if she pretends to be one person for too long. Pauline is a horse trainer from Virginia, but writing is her therapy. Armored Hearts, her joint effort with author Melissa Turner Lee, has been a #1 Bestseller in Christian Fantasy and been awarded the Crowned Heart for Excellence by InDtale Magazine. It is also the 2013 Book Junkie’s Choice Winner in Historical Fiction. Her debut novel, Sanctuary, won 1st Place Christian YA Title 2013 Dante Rosetti Award and 2014 Readers’ Choice Gold Award for Best YA Horror Novel. Her other books include: First Impression: A Shadow Maven Paranormal is her first mystery. It’s a dark urban/paranormal fantasy and was just released in March 2014. Abiding Flame: A Catalyst Novel is a Christian Science fiction/dark fantasy that has been described as a Star Trek episode with Frank Peretti influences, released with Prism Book Group’s new ILLUMINATE line. Chronicles of Steele: Raven is a steampunk fantasy set in an alternate universe. First released in a 4-part serial and now is in a complete pack.

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Tuesday 23 December 2014

PROMO, REVIEW, & COVER LOVE - THE DONOR BY NIKKI RAE

Title: The Donor (the full novella)
Author: Nikki Rae
Release Date: 30th October 2014

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Part One: 
Casey Williams and her family are poor. Her parents work non-stop and so does she, just so they can keep the trailer roof from leaking.
They’re getting by fine enough when the headaches start. Then there’s the nosebleeds. And the inevitable doctor’s bills.
Fortunately for Casey, there’s MyTrueMatch.com: an exclusive, quick, and almost easy way to pay it all back before her parents even have to know.
All she has to do is give a man she’s never met whatever he wants from her body.
Inside or out. 

Part Two:  
When Casey joined MYTrueMatch.com, she never imagined she would meet a man who not only helps her pay the bills, but has been nothing but a gentleman. 

As the nose bleeds make way for worse symptoms, Casey can’t help the feelings she has for Jonah, despite how he may never return them. And he’s been keeping things from her. Big things. How does he make his money, and who is that girl in the picture?
With the clock ticking, can she find the answers she’s looking for?

Part Three:
Casey may have not known what was in store for her when she met Jonah Black on MyTrueMatch.com, but now that she’s with him, life has become even more unexpected. She's discovered someone else in the picture and now she cannot figure out how she fits into the puzzle.
Convinced that he doesn’t need her, Casey is torn between giving up and doing whatever it takes to help her family. But Jonah, it turns out, needs her more than she knows.
Time is something neither of them have.
Can they hold each other together as the clock runs out? 



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COVER LOVE

Below are the covers of the individual parts of the full novella.


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Below is the cover of all three parts together in the full novella


 Which do you prefer?

Being totally truthful I think all the covers fit the parts of the novella and the complete full novella very well.

The first part of the novella cover, features a fob watch, an old fashioned time piece, which really fits the first novella as that part is about "time" and the main female character finding out that her time is much more limited than she had thought it was.

The second part of the novella cover, features a sea horse which is a poignant aspect talked about within this part of the novella.

The third and final part of the novella has a bag of blood and IV on it, which though this cover would be appropriate for the whole novella, is still a fitting cover.

The whole, three parts of the novella cover has a female present on it. I'd assume is a great depiction of the woman who is called Casey holding her case, on her way to Jonah.

As I've already stated I think all the covers fir the parts of the novella they are matched to as well as the novella as a whole too. Which do you prefer?

MY REVIEW
Title: The Donor (the full novella)
Author: Nikki Rae
Release Date: 30th October 2014

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Part One: 
Casey Williams and her family are poor. Her parents work non-stop and so does she, just so they can keep the trailer roof from leaking.
They’re getting by fine enough when the headaches start. Then there’s the nosebleeds. And the inevitable doctor’s bills.
Fortunately for Casey, there’s MyTrueMatch.com: an exclusive, quick, and almost easy way to pay it all back before her parents even have to know.
All she has to do is give a man she’s never met whatever he wants from her body.
Inside or out. 
Part Two:  
When Casey joined MYTrueMatch.com, she never imagined she would meet a man who not only helps her pay the bills, but has been nothing but a gentleman. 

As the nose bleeds make way for worse symptoms, Casey can’t help the feelings she has for Jonah, despite how he may never return them. And he’s been keeping things from her. Big things. How does he make his money, and who is that girl in the picture?
With the clock ticking, can she find the answers she’s looking for?
Part Three:
Casey may have not known what was in store for her when she met Jonah Black on MyTrueMatch.com, but now that she’s with him, life has become even more unexpected. She's discovered someone else in the picture and now she cannot figure out how she fits into the puzzle.
Convinced that he doesn’t need her, Casey is torn between giving up and doing whatever it takes to help her family. But Jonah, it turns out, needs her more than she knows.
Time is something neither of them have.
Can they hold each other together as the clock runs out? 



INITIAL THOUGHTS
I thought this book would be quite short, and felt like a quicker read. the female pictured on the cover of the whole novella and the covers of the individual parts of the novella made me want to know more about the girl/woman, the relevance of a fob watch, a sea horse and the bag of blood and iv. I was intrigued to find out more, that was even before I got around to reading the blurb. Upon reading the blurb I became even more interested and the blurb hints of many things, drawing you in, yet keeping that little edge of mystery and the big secret to be discovered.

REVIEW
I downloaded an e-copy of this three part novella from Amazon UK. The whole, three parts of the novella cover has a female present on it. I'd assume is a great depiction of the woman who is called Casey holding her case, on her way to Jonah. When you look at Casey on the cover her face seems pale hinting at illness, yet the way she holds her suitcase says that she is a strong person. 
Would the cover make me pick this book up in a book store? Yes, being totally honest here any of the covers for this group of novella's would have drawn my eye enough for me to pick up the book to read the blurb.
The main female character is Casey. Casey is a young strong willed young woman always being practical, with a suggestion that she has had to grow up quickly and shoulder a large chunk of the responsibility for providing for herself and her family. Her family consist of her mother and father. Her father has been injured, and has had to have back surgery so is not only not working therefore not earning money, he is rapidly building up expensive medical bills.
Casey is also worried about her own health, though she tries to push it to the back of her mind and the bottom of her to do list for as long as possible. Once she can no longer hide away from the stark truth about her own health she decides she needs to earn as much money as she can to help her parents.
Casey hears about MyTrueMatch.com, which she manages to wrangle an invitation to from her friend at work. That is how she connects with Jonah. Jonah is the main male character in the novella's. Compared to Casey, Jonah is quite a lot older, 21 years older to be exact. Age doesn't matter to Casey, as long as Jonah can pay she is prepared to go as far as is needed to earn money for her parents. Maybe the money could help her out with her own health problems too.
Casey goes to meet Jonah, and that's when her job/new way of making money begins. What starts out as a business transaction, slips easily into a friendship. they both try to hold back from each other but they soon reveal secrets to each other that they feel they cannot share with anyone else. 
Towards the end of the tale, Jonah meets Casey's parents, and take a sentimental, poignant trip to the aquarium with Casey, something she has done so alone for many years. Casey loves showing Jonah the sea horses at the aquarium as Jonah has some himself in a tank in his home.
This tale is told in both the past and present tense which does sometimes make it feel like it jumps about just when you want to know more which obviously builds the tension and intrigue more. The very ending is sort of left in the air a little, things could play out in a few different ways, and after an initial feeling of abandonment/disapointment I grew to appreciate how the author has left the very ending up to the imagination of the reader. With this review I have purposely left out any major spoilers as well as some finer detailing too. 
Did I enjoy the full novella?  Yes, I did enjoy reading the novella. I found the tale takes you through a tide of different emotions as it progresses. Would I recommend the book? I would, though I'd say read the novella with an open mind, as your opinion may change as the novella progresses. You will probably jump to certain conclusions about Casey, but then find you were wrong, and to be honest the character of Casey must be commended for her thoughts of providing for her parents when she could have easily wallowed in self pity and sat back. What she did do was to think of others and put them and their feeling and emotions above hers. Would I want to read anymore about the characters featured in this novella? Yes, I would read more about the characters within this book, or perhaps other characters using the MyTrueMatch.com company. 
Would I read other books by this Author? Yes, I have been checking out Nikki Rae on Goodreads and Amazon UK and I really like the sound and look of her Sunshine Series too!


ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Nikki Rae is an independent author who lives in New Jersey. She explores human nature through fiction, concentrating on making the imaginary as real as possible. Her genres of choice are mainly dark, scary, romantic tales, but she’ll try anything once. When she is not writing, reading, or thinking, you can find her spending time with animals, drawing in a quiet corner, or studying people. Closely.