The Legend is true. The Fear is real.
Under the cruel ministrations of its Queen, the Kingdom of D’Land is in peril. With King Harrison away in foreign lands and neighboring Kingdoms unwilling to intervene, there is no one to protect the people from poverty, harsh punishment, and unreasonable rules of law – except for the Band of Brothers. Struggling with the death of her mother and the legendary Syphon powers she inherited, seventeen year old Dru wants nothing more than to escape her old life and join the motley crew of ruffians, pilfering from the rich to feed the poor and pay their taxes.
She’s able to do just that disguised as a lad, and even when her nature is discovered, nothing changes – except for the way her friend Hawkin treats her. But Dru’s new world is overturned when she and the Brothers seize the treasures of a Prince who threatens to reveal her identity. Together, Dru and her chosen family must find a way to reclaim her destiny and bring balance to the Kingdom. If not, there may be no hope left for anyone.

I want to once again thank Teddy for asking me to join this tour. I have been pretty quiet lately and haven't had much time to review let alone read for fun. The state of the world as it is; I have decided I need to get back to doing a little more reading for fun; and a little escape from reality now and again.
I am a sucker for a good cover I know don't judge a book by its cover blah blah blah but honesty its the first thing that catches your eye and gets you to read the jacket. I was pleasantly suprised when this little gem landed in my inbox. The blurb looked interesting so I thought I would give it a go.
Colour me suprised I loved it. It had a Robin Hood meets the Red Queen kind of feel to it. I love strong female characters and Dru is that; she can take care of herself and out shoot the boys. I like that her character isn't one of those heroines that newly discover they have powers and thinks they are all bad ass and just puts everyone in danger with their impulsive and reckless descions. She is a badass but she is also soft and shows care and compassion to those she loves and cares about. She is one of the guys and has earned their trust and respect.
LOVE TRIANGLE of course there is it wouldn't be a YA novel without one. I love it. I won't tell you who i'm routing for I will let you decide for yourself.
I really enjoyed this book! I feel like its been a really long time since I truely enjoyed a book and its lead chararcters. I felt that although I was a little slow in getting into the book ( I only have a 45min lunch and I talk a lot ) Once I focused on the book and not everything around me I was fully emursed. I thought the characters were interesting and well thought out. I found the diolgue whitty at times I found myself laughingh out loud.
I can't wait to see what happens next, I am really looking forward to see where Dana Claire takes thease chararcters

​I gave this a 4 out of 5 star

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​Follow Reclaimed Kingdom by Dana ClaireTeddy Rose Book Reviews Apr 9 Kickoff
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Hywela Romance Out Of This World April 15 Review & Excerpt
Am Goodreads April 16 Review
Betty Toots Book Reviews April 20 Review
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​Joss and Phil’s already rocky marriage is fragmented when Phil is injured in a devastating fire and diagnosed with Capgras delusion―a misidentification syndrome in which a person becomes convinced that a loved one has been replaced by an identical imposter. Faced with a husband who no longer recognizes her, Joss struggles to find motivation to save their marriage, even as family secrets start to emerge that challenge everything she thought she knew.
With two young daughters, a looming book deadline, and an attractive but complicated distraction named Adam complicating her situation even further, Joss has to decide what she wants for her family―and what family even means.

First of all I would like to apologize for the delay in this post. I'm not sure what happened I must have only saved half of the post when I was dropping and dragging. 
First of al I want to say I loved it. I occasionally have a hard time when I am reading and the book jumps POV but I must have been in the right mood as it didn't bother me a bit. This is a very character driven story line and you really get a feel for the authors background as a counselor as the characters have many layers to their personality and I found it very interesting to see how my opinion of them changed and developed through reading others interactions with them.  If your looking for a Hallmark story with a happy ending this book is not for you, This is a story of a family in crisis and how they are dealing or not dealing with the situation they have found themselves in. If your looking for that white knight you will not find it here.

This isn't my usual go to read and it was a bit out of my element but I'm glad I gave it a go.
I gave this a 4 out of 5 star 

About Lenore H. Gay(c) Sasha Gay-Overstreet
Lenore Gay is a retired Licensed Professional Counselor with a master’s in sociology and rehabilitation counseling. She was an adjunct faculty at Virginia Commonwealth University’s Rehabilitation Counseling Department for thirty years. She has worked in several agencies and psychiatric hospitals, and for ten years worked at her private counseling practice before becoming Coordinator of VCU’s Rehabilitation Counseling Department internship program.
Her debut novel, Shelter of Leaves, was a finalist for the Foreword Book of the Year award and a finalist for an INDEFAB award. For three years, Lenore has served on the Steering Committee of the RVALitCrawl, which has been featured in RVAMag, Richmond Family Magazine, and Richmond Magazine. She is an active member of James River Writers. She lives in Richmond, Virginia.
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Book Blurb: ​Sergeant Kellan O'Ryan.

Soldier. Assassin. Beast.

Working covert ops as ordered. Living a black and white existence.

Until everything shattered into grey and nothing made sense anymore.

An anomaly on the species scale, Kellan's world was one of cold precision and stoic duty. A world he believed to be his own but when the beautiful Detective Charlotte Alistair stormed into his life, it shook the foundations of all that he was and believed himself to be. Initially wary of her, Kellan soon found himself ensnared in a way he didn't think was possible. She enthralled him, captivated his every sense, human and animal alike. She revealed pieces of himself he didn't know existed and a life he had forgotten.

But how? What happened to him?

At first, amnesia seemed to be the only explanation but as he began to
unravel the truth it soon became clear that nothing was as it seemed.

The more he learned, the less he knew.

And with nothing but his gut instinct to guide him, he needed to keep his focus sharp and clear even as his feelings for the beguiling cop began to dominate his every moment. With Charlotte and his alleged best friend, Finn McGregor now crowding his once solitary existence, the danger threatening him came not only from unseen enemies but from within. Because the more he opened his heart, the more he risked.

Would the connection he felt with Charlotte be the strength he needed to survive the upheaval or would it be his weakness?

So this kind of goes hand in hand with my review of the first book I reread them at the same time so I would be fresh. The story does a great job moving forward. like the first its full of action and romance and your emotions are all over the place. I really like her style of writing the pace and the characters. With that said I will repeat my earlier statement, from the review of the first book it just wasn't for me. I have had such a hard time focusing on anything lately, I really think this almost empty nest and boredom is getting the better of me. So again it's not you its me. I will definitely give this series another go at another time when my head space is a little clearer.

I gave this a 3.5 out of 5 stars

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Book Blurb; ​I am many things.

A man. A soldier. Trained to kill. Born to hunt. Focused and lethal. Nothing gets through the stoic control that hides my inner animal, an animal that simmers with rage and power.

And that power makes me the perfect assassin.

My first task—eliminate the vile head of a science lab responsible for creating and distributing a cruel mutation. Easy.

And almost done when suddenly she invades my world. Charlotte—petite, beautiful, and sexy as hell—a cop who claims a past with me that I don’t remember. At all.

Suddenly she’s everywhere, interfering, asking too many questions, endangering herself and my mission, and pushing buttons I didn’t know I had. A dangerous distraction.

My beast is captivated but suspicious, torn between wanting to sink teeth into her and . . . wanting to sink teeth into her. My body craves her.

But . . . I don’t remember her. I don’t trust her. And I don’t trust myself around her.

Who is she? Is she lying? And do I have enough control to not be blinded by her? To protect my secrets and uncover hers?

And who pays the price.

I was gifted a copy of Fractured by Zelly Jordan in exchange for an unbiased review. First of all I want to thank Zelly Jordan for her patience as these reviews have been a long  time coming. I am going to honest I have picked up and put down this book more than a dozen times. I have taken it on vacation thinking I would have a ton of time to just dig in and relax......nope. I have been so busy doing nothing and everything that I keep getting side tracked. First of all this book is action packed you hit the ground running you almost have sensory overload. I found myself distracted trying to figure out what Kellan was in my mind he was like wolverine/shape shifter. the story is told through Kellan's perspective. When we are introduced to the characters you are thrown right into the action so buckle up. The story is well written and fast paced. The characters are interesting and well thought out and flow together nicely. With that said it just wasn't for me, at this time. I think it just required more thought than I was willing or able to give the last little bit. I will be honest there has been a lot going on over at Cassa Kozak the last little bit and as much as I would like and need to escape from reality every once in a while my TBR pile is getting bigger and my Read list is getting smaller. So I am going to file this one under its not you its me. No seriously it is. 

​I gave this a 3.5 out of 5 stars

You can pick up a copy and check it out for yourself online available on kobo, amazon, barnes and noble and chapters indigo to name a few.

Publisher: Courage Crafters Inc. (July 9, 2015)
Category: Paranormal Suspense, Paranormal Romance, Supernatural Thriller
ISBN: 978-0990751823
ASIN: B011PUMDKI
Available in: Print & ebook,  228 Pages

Onyx Webb is a complex multi-genre mash-up that combines elements of supernatural suspense, crime, horror, romance, and more. The Onyx Webb series follows the unusual life of Onyx Webb along with a central group of characters in various locations and times.

The billionaire Mulvaney family, piano prodigy Juniper Cole and her brother Quinn, paranormal show hosts Cryer and Fudge, and a few others make up the core of the series. Written like a book version of your favorite TV series (think: supernatural soap opera like American Horror Story) each character’s story moves forward with most every episode. It may appear that the characters are entirely unrelated and yet episode by episode, the connections will become clearer. Like being an inch away from a spider web, with each book, the web will move further and further away revealing the full story of every character and most importantly, the stunning conclusion for Onyx Webb herself.

Hey guys I'm back, to say its been a while is a bit of an understatement. I've been super busy with real life and my real job, so this review popped up at just the right time as I needed to escape reality for a few hours and just decompress from all the crazy around here.
I escaped the reality here but to go sucked into the crazy of the Onyx Webb series. I read the first book and I really think to get the most understanding of these books you will have to start at the beginning. This book is told through multiple perspectives and you will definitely need the first book to get a grasp of the characters back story and their motives going through the series.
The description of the book is very accurate it almost reads like a script, it would make an interesting concept for a television show the way it moves through timelines and changes POV from one character to the next. I took me a few chapters to really grasp the connections between all the characters but as the series moves forward everything just seems to slide into place, and you find your self thinking of course this makes perfect sense,as the connection makes itself clear.
I thought the books were really well written the characters are interesting and unique and the authors really keep your interest up and keep you motivated to keep turning those pages. You want to discover why Onyx stays with her husband, why the billionaire play boy is such an ass, why no other leads were followed up in the Juniper Cole case.
(just teases no spoilers here) It has the right balance between paranormal and mystery, suspense and drama. I think most people who are into these genres will enjoy this series. and I highly recommend picking yourself up a copy. the links are below. If you haven't already go to our contest page or click on the link and you can enter to receive a free copy of Onyx Webb

I gave this book a 4 out of 5 star rating.



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Excerpt from Onyx Webb

Onyx Webb: Book Two
 
By Richard Fenton & Andrea Waltz
 
Koda was okay with spending a week in Miami, considering some of the best clubs in the world could be found in South Beach. Plus Orlando had turned into a bit of a circus ever since the paparazzi found him with Mika a week earlier. Once the TMZ clip hit the Internet, the one block trip down Church Street to the MPI offices every morning was like the running of the bulls, only the bulls were a gaggle of screaming girls. 
But going to Miami meant leaving Orlando—more to the point, it meant leaving the mirror. And, if she appeared again, it meant missing the girl.
The girl.
Though Koda had only seen the girl that one time—the night of the Restoring Savannah Foundation event—he couldn’t get her out of his mind. It was something in her eyes, something that compelled him to learn more about her…
To understand who she was…
And where she was…
And how she got there.
He was so obsessed that he considered taking the mirror with him. In the end, he thought better of it.
Now, on the third day of the conference—getting away from Orlando, which allowed him to think of other things—he had to admit he felt better.
Then Dane called.
Koda reacted pretty much the way Dane expected. “You want me to meet with a medium? What would make you come up with a nutty idea like that?”
“That’s not important,” Dane said, promising himself to avoid sharing details about his parents and Lily Dale. “What matters is that I think this guy can help.”
“You know what would happen if something like this were to get out, right?” Koda said. “I’m a public figure, Dane. It would be a disaster.”
“That’s the thing, Koda,” Dane said. “The meeting would be completely confidential. No one would ever know a thing about it.”
 Koda remained silent.
“It might give you some closure,” Dane said.
“What’s his name?” Koda asked.
“Vooubasi,” Dane said.
“Vooubasi what?”
“Nothing, just Vooubasi,” Dane said. “Like Madonna, I guess.”
“And what? I just sit and talk to him?”
“Exactly,” Dane said.



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The Union Genre: Young Adult/Speculative
Published: November 18th, 2014

After global warming and a second civil war devastated the former United States, two different societies rose from the ashes – the Union, a towering high-tech utopia, hugging the perimeter of the continent, and the devastated, untamed midsection known as the Ruins.

Seventeen-year-old Evan Taylor has an easy, privileged life in the Union. What she doesn’t have is any idea what to do with the rest of her life. She only knows she wants to do something meaningful, to make a difference in the lives of others.

When she’s kidnapped and taken into the Ruins as a pawn in a dispute involving her boyfriend, Bryce, her ideal world is turned upside down. What she learns while in the Ruins shakes her faith in everything she’s ever known, from Bryce, to her family, and even the Union itself.

Now Evan must choose whether to stay with Cyrus, the sexy, resourceful survivor who believes she’s in the Ruins for a reason, or return to the only life she’s ever known. But when she stumbles upon a dangerous plot that threatens both worlds, her decision could tear her apart.

Its been a while since I had any real time to devote to just sitting down with a good book and falling right into their world. I find myself with some extra free time this time of year, so I was thrilled to be asked to join The Union Tour.

I will be honest it took me a few chapters to warm up to Evan, she came across a little weak, and a bit of a push over  in the beginning. Like most heroines in YA novels Evan tends to act on her emotions and doesn't always have the full facts and ends up reacting before having a plan in place ​which ends up putting her in danger or gross over reactions to situations which leads to looking like an ass . She really starts to grow and find herself while in the ruins and realizes that maybe this is where she is suppose to be and who she is suppose to become. She is destined for more important things.  While she can't ignore  a possible uprising that puts both the people of the Union and the people in the Ruins in danger, she has no idea how to stop it or even how to go about formulating a plan. All Evan knows is that for her entire life everything she learned in the history books was a lie, and that people will go to great lengths to keep the ruins a secret, and now her life and the lives of those she loves are in danger.

I liked this book a lot​, I thought the characters were well thought out, well rounded with great back stories. I will be honest I wasn't a big fan of Bryce there is just something about that guy I wasn't feeling it.  The flow of the book was great making you excited for the events to follow leading into the second book in the series The Ruins. There was the right amount of action and adventure vs budding romance and teenage angst to keep you interested and wanting more. Highly recommend for lovers of dystopian and YA.

I gave this book a 3.5 out of 5 star rating ​

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