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Reaper’s Fall 

Reapers MC Series- Book 5

Release Date: November 10, 2015

By Joanna Wylde

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Synopsis

The New York Times bestselling author of Reaper’s Stand is back in her “uber-alpha rough world of MCs”* as one woman’s future is rocked by the man whose hardcore past could destroy her…

He never meant to hurt her.

Levi “Painter” Brooks was nothing before he joined the Reapers motorcycle club. The day he patched in, they became his brothers and his life. All they asked in return was a strong arm and unconditional loyalty—a loyalty that’s tested when he’s caught and sentenced to prison for a crime committed on their behalf.

Melanie Tucker may have had a rough start, but along the way she’s learned to fight for her future. She’s escaped from hell and started a new life, yet every night she dreams of a biker whose touch she can’t forget. It all started out so innocently—just a series of letters to a lonely man in prison. Friendly. Harmless. Safe.

Now Painter Brooks is coming home… and Melanie’s about to learn that there’s no room for innocence in the Reapers MC.

Excerpt

“You want to watch a movie or something?” she asked, nodding toward the TV. I had a decent one, too. Giant-ass flat-screen—homecoming present from the club.

“Sure,” I said, reaching for the remote. I didn’t have cable, but Ruger had set up some kind of box thingie for me so I could stream shit. “Whatcha in the mood for?”

“Not horror,” she said quickly, and I laughed again, remembering that first evening I’d spent with her at Pic’s house. She’d been so young and scared and vulnerable . . . I’d wanted to eat her up.

I still wanted to eat her.

“I can’t believe that you and Puck were supposed to be watching over me, and then you put in a slasher movie. That’s not how you make a girl feel safe.”

“No horror,” I agreed, although the thought of holding her for a couple hours while she was scared shitless appealed way more than it should. Watch it, asshole. “How about Star Wars?”

“You like Star Wars?”

I shrugged. “Everyone likes Star Wars. You know, I’m pretty damned sure Han Solo was a biker.”

She giggled. “You mean, like a space biker?”

“See, when you say it like that it sounds stupid.”

“I wanted to be Princess Leia. She’s badass,” she said, taking a deep drink of her beer. I watched as her lips wrapped around the neck, her throat swallowing. Oh fuck, that was good. She set the beer down on the coffee table with a clink, then let loose with the biggest burp I’d ever heard.

“Fucking hell,” I said, stunned. “I didn’t think girls could burp like that. Shit. Impressive, Mel. Very impressive.”

She grinned at me.

“We’re friends,” she told me. “And friends don’t need to worry about stuff like that. Let me guess—you’ve never had a female friend before?”

“Not really,” I admitted. “I’m think I’m a little scared.”

Scared and turned on, which was weird.

“You should be. I can do the whole alphabet.”

Damn. I kinda wanted to see that.

Michel’s Review

The Reapers MC Series is the first MC / Biker I had read.  In January of 2013 I picked up Reaper’s Legacy and became addicted to Biker Romances.  Joanna Wylde captured my imagination, my curiosity about MC life, and my need for a romance that was not neat and pretty.  I became hooked and biker romances have become my favorite.  Every time that I see Joanna Wylde is releasing a Reapers MC book or Silver Bastards MC book, I am instantly pre-ordering the book months in advance.  I don’t need to read the synopsis because I know Joanna can deliver.  But my insatiable curiosity gets the better of me and I have to read the synopsis.  I need to know which brother is getting their story.  I need to know what kind of deep waters the Reapers are diving into.  I need to know which brother is going to fall hopelessly in love and make it work in his world.  So when I saw that Reaper’s Fall was going to be Painter’s book, I was counting down the days for this release.  I have been crushing on Painter in the last few Reaper & Silver Bastard books.  I knew there was going to be an epic story there.  And I was right!  But I was also wrong… there was so much more to this story.  Something that most authors don’t deliver with brutal honesty like Joanna Wylde did.  She gave the readers a full blown, honest, and emotional perspective of what it’s like to be an Old Lady.  She didn’t sugar coat the emotions, the fears, the frustrations, and at times the hopelessness of it.  She didn’t let the  epic “love will cure all” ideology seep into the pages.  She allowed the readers to experience the harsh emotions that only comes from loving a man that has chosen this kind of life.  She also proved that it takes two people, a lot of give and take, and trust to make a relationship work.

We met Painter when he was a recruit for the Reapers MC.  We saw him get patched in and involved in the clubs troubles.  Painter embraced the life and became a one percenter.  He proved his loyalty time after time.  His biggest contribution was serving time and taking the heat off the club in a time of crisis.  The club was being threatened to the point of destruction.  Their powerful enemies needed to be taken down.  Painter took a fall so the club could complete this business.  But before Painter took that fall he took another kind of fall.  He fell in love with a young innocent girl that had no business being in his world.  While serving his time this young girl wrote him letters that made his life in prison bearable. Now he’s out, the young girl is not too young now, and he can’t force himself to stay away.

Painter and Melanie were meant for one another.  They both had terrible childhoods.  They both saw something in one another that nobody else saw.  They both were willing to give their hearts to one another.  The only problem was the Reapers MC.  Painter had already given his soul to the club.  They were the family he never had.  When he was faced with epic choices, the club or Melanie and their baby, he made the wrong choice.  Now he is living with regrets.  He lost the love of his life.  He destroyed a woman with a pure soul. He turned his back on his child.  Once again he sits in prison.  This time he is regretting his choices.  He would never turn his back on his brothers but… he should of never turned his back on the woman he loves.  This time there are no letters.  There is nothing to keep him hanging tight.  The only thing he can do is think about how to right his wrong.  He wants another chance to make it right.  He wants to be a good father.  He wants his baby to know he loves them with all his heart.  This time Painter is going to leap rather than fall.

Reaper’s Fall is by far the best book in this series.  The reader was able to experience both sides of the coin.  Melanie was a young woman with a big heart.  Although the Reapers MC was hard to understand, she accepted it.  She hated the demands it made on her man but stood by his side.  When the time came for him to stand by her side he chose the club and left her alone and pregnant.  It’s impossible not to resent the club for taking her man away.  It’s impossible not to resent the man that chose the club over his child.

This was Joanna’s best writing to date.  I cried right along with Melanie.  I ached right along with Painter.  The Reapers MC may not be the best choice but they are family.  Family has each others backs no matter what.  They never let Melanie or Painter down when all the walls came tumbling down.

Read Reaper’s Fall by Joanna Wylde.

About Joanna Wylde

Joanna is a freelance writer living in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. She started writing fiction in 2002, then took a long hiatus to explore other writing opportunities. She returned to fiction in January 2013 with ‘Reaper’s Property’, the first book in the Reapers Motorcycle Club series, and has recently released ‘Reapers Legacy’, the second of the series.

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Callie Mills never intended to return to New Orleans and the life she left behind more than a decade ago. There was no need to open old wounds when she had the life she’d worked hard for in Denver. But when she’s fired from her awesome job in Colorado and her father dies, she has no choice but to return home to run the derelict bar left to her in the heart of the French Quarter. Callie must not only face bad memories but turn The Odyssey into something she can be proud of.

And who better to help bring in crowds of people than Declan Boudreaux?

Declan is a sought-after musician who knows he’s good at what he does and loves doing it. Known to pack the house, he also loves women and doesn’t expect to be knocked back a step by the beautiful new owner of The Odyssey. Callie is sharp, gorgeous and funny, and makes him yearn for something he never has before… Commitment.

But when Callie’s able to turn the business around with renovations, making it one of the hottest bars in the Quarter, will she sell out and leave her past behind once and for all, or will Declan be able to convince her that’s she’s where she needed to be all along…in his arms.

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New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author Kristen Proby is the author of the popular With Me in Seattle series. She has a passion for a good love story and strong characters who love humor and have a strong sense of loyalty and family. Her men are the alpha type—fiercely protective and a bit bossy—and her ladies are fun, strong, and not afraid to stand up for themselves. Kristen spends her days with her muse in the Pacific Northwest. She enjoys coffee, chocolate, and sunshine. And naps. Visit her at KristenProby.com.

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EXCERPT:

Michael Brouchard has staged the congratulatory dinner she never had, the one her father effectively canceled a year before when he stormed out of the house in a rage. As if the balloons weren’t enough, there’s a bottle of champagne chilling in an ice bucket next to the table. Laney hesitates behind her empty chair, grasping the back of it with one sweaty hand. She reads the champagne bottle’s label in the flickering candlelight. It’s VeuveClicquot, the vintage, her first year of high school.

They’ve only had one conversation that’s lasted longer than a few minutes, and already Michael has filled a gap in her life. Not only that, he recognized it was there in the first place, that it was pulling at the fabric of her self-worth more than she wanted to admit. She knew tonight would be full of seductive risks, but didn’t expect to start here, with an overwhelming sense of having been seen and heard and valued.

He gestures to her empty chair, waits for her to take her seat before taking his own. Only once she’s seated does she realize Michael had extended his hand toward hers and she’d been too distracted by the balloons and the champagne to notice. Now there’s no going back to rectify her rudeness without sounding like a sputtering idiot. The host, who has stood by politely throughout her hesitation, hands her a menu and departs. She’s folding her napkin across her lap when she sees a large envelope resting against the edge of her plate, as large as a wedding invite. Her name is written on the outside in precise, draftsman-like handwriting. Just her first name. Not her last name. And not Miss Foley, which they both agreed he wouldn’t call her anymore.

Laney.

Her hands shake as she tears open the envelope, as she unfolds the piece of heavy sketch paper inside of it. The breath goes out of her when she finds herself staring down at the amazingly detailed pencil sketch of—me. That’s me. That’s me holding a rosein one hand while more rose petals shower down all sides of me. Roses for the Rose Scholarship. Oh, my God. He drew me.

The card seems to waver suddenly. She’s blinking back tears.

She can’t remember the last time anyone has been this thoughtful, this kind. She’s never thought of herself as a victim of abuse. But what do you call an entire lifetime of having your own intelligence, your own competence used against you, an entire lifetime of everyone from your parents to your friends thinking they don’t really have to show up for you because you do such a good job of showing up for yourself?

Sometimes you don’t know you’ve got a shell around your heart until it cracks.

Get it together, Laney. Get it—

“Laney…are you all right?” Michael asks.

A sane and reasonable answer is right on the tip of her tongue.

About KISS THE FLAME:

In a standalone novella that combines the worlds of THE FLAME and his novel, THE SURRENDER GATE, New York Times bestselling author Christopher Rice returns you to a mysterious candle shop in the New Orleans French Quarter where the scents of passion provide the courage to embrace your heart’s desire.

Are some risks worth taking?

Laney Foley is the first woman from her hard working family to attend college. That’s why she can’t act on her powerful attraction to one of the gorgeous teaching assistants in her Introduction to Art History course. Getting involved with a man who has control over her final grade is just too risky. But ever since he first laid eyes on her, Michael Brouchard seems to think about little else but the two of them together. And it’s become harder for Laney to ignore his intelligence and his charm.

During a walk through the French Quarter, an intoxicating scent that reminds Laney of her not-so-secret admirer draws her into an elegant scented candle shop. The shop’s charming and mysterious owner seems to have stepped out of another time, and he offers Laney a gift that could break down the walls of her fear in a way that can only be described as magic. But will she accept it?

Light this flame at the scene of your greatest passion and all your desires will be yours…

Lilliane Williams is a radiant, a supernatural being with the power to make your deepest sexual fantasy take shape around you with just a gentle press of her lips to yours. But her gifts came at a price. Decades ago, she set foot inside what she thought was an ordinary scented candle shop in the French Quarter. When she resisted the magical gift offered to her inside, Lilliane was endowed with eternal youth and startling supernatural powers, but the ability to experience and receive romantic love was removed from her forever. When Lilliane meets a young woman who seems poised to make the same mistake she did years before, she becomes determined to stop her, but that will mean revealing her truth to a stranger. Will Lilliane’s story provide Laney with the courage she needs to open her heart to the kind of true love only magic can reveal?

About Christopher Rice:

After publishing four New York Times bestselling thrillers by the age of 30 and being declared one of People Magazine’s Sexiest Men Alive, award-winning writer Christopher Rice became the first author to make his erotic romance debut part of the 1,001 DARK NIGHTS series. THE FLAME: A Desire Exchange Novella kicked off a steamy new series set in New Orleans, featuring magical candles and a sexy new breed of supernatural beings, The Radiants, who are devoted to helping heroes and heroines realize their heart’s desire. THE FLAME earned accolades from some of the biggest names in erotic romance and was quickly followed up by THE SURRENDER GATE: A Desire Exchange Novel, available from Evil Eye Concepts as a Blue Box Special. Aside from authoring eight works of dark suspense, Christopher is also the co-host and executive producer of a streaming Internet radio show he launched with his best friend, New York Times bestselling author Eric Shaw Quinn. Each Sunday at 8 PM ET/ 5 PM PT, THE DINNER PARTY SHOW WITH CHRISTOPHER RICE & ERIC SHAW QUINN brings you a new episode at TheDinnerPartyShow.com.

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“Marry me.”

“What?” I stared back at him, unblinking.

He moved closer, taking my face in his hands. “I love you, Evie. I look into the future, and the only thing I see clearly is you. Marry me.”

What’s an eighteen-year-old girl who was madly in love with her nineteen-year-old boyfriend say?

Of course, I said yes.

Twenty-four hours later, I married Adam Gunner at a Vegas chapel to the sounds of “Livin’ on a Prayer” by Bon Jovi. Not the best omen. I get that now.

Then, exactly one week later, I left him. I walked out, leaving behind my wedding ring, annulment papers, and my heart, and he never knew why.

I haven’t seen him since. Not in ten long years.

Now, he’s here, standing before me. Looking at me with nothing but hurt and hatred in his eyes, he wants answers.

Answers I can’t give.

Release Date: November 10, 2015

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Adam POV

Making my way through the hotel, I exchange pleasantries with the staff on duty. When I reach the coffee shop, I push open the door and step straight into the past.

Evie.

She’s standing behind the counter. Her face is turned slightly to the right, her attention on the TV mounted on the wall, and her hair is pulled back into a ponytail.

But it’s her.

I feel like a speeding train has hit me, and I’m pretty sure my heart has stopped beating.

It’s really her.

She’s here.

“Evie?” I breathe out her name, like I’m taking my first real breath in a very long time.

Her body stiffens at the sound of my voice. And I watch as her face turns my way. Those big whiskey-colored eyes that I fell in love with all those years ago meet mine, and my world stands still.

Evie POV

My eyes rake over him as I remember the Adam I knew ten years ago and compare him to the Adam I see before me. The long hair is gone, replaced with cropped locks. The unshaven scruff on his face is still very much there though. At least some things haven’t changed.

“You cut your hair.”

“It has been ten years.”

“I know. I just…I remember a time when you said you’d never cut your hair.” A small smile touches my lips at the memory.

“Yeah, and I remember when you promised to love me till death do us part. Shit changes.”

My smile drops from my face. My cheeks sting like he’s just slapped me.

I deserved that. Doesn’t stop it from hurting like a bitch though.

Michel’s Review

I love second chance romances.  I also love Samantha Towle’s writing.  Put the two together and it’s perfection.  When I Was Yours by Samantha Towle is a solid 5 Star book. It has all the elements fans of New Adult and Second Chance romances look for in a book.

Adam and Evie came from two different worlds.  Their meeting was destiny that would forever change both of their lives.  One summer of magical love.  One year of pure bliss.  Ten years of heartbreak, torment, and pure hell.  Ten years of lies and deceit.  Now it’s time to face the truth.  It’s time to let go of the past.  It’s time for forgiveness.

Adam and Evie fell hopelessly in love at a very young age.  Due to their life circumstances they chose to marry rather than be separated during their college years.  One moment and one person tore their lives apart.  Evie disappeared without a trace.  Adam became the man he was expected to be.  He also became a harsh and unfeeling person.  He was on the fast track of being sucked into his parents world until he ran into Evie.  This time around he wants explanations and wants to punish Evie for destroying him.

Evie has spent the last ten years heartbroken and harboring a lot of guilt.  She has a ton of regret but would still make the same choices she did when she was eighteen.  Running into Adam will give her a chance to apologize.  She knows she’ll never get forgiveness.  She knows she’s lost his love.  She knows that she will always love him with all of her heart.  She knows she has to set him free.

But what happens when she finds out that she is still legally tied to Adam.  Can she convince him to let her go once again?

When I Was Yours was angsty, emotional, and heartbreaking.  Adam and Evie had the epic love we all dream of having in our lives.  Together they were perfection.  Apart they were broken.  How they found their way back to each other wasn’t easy.  But easy isn’t worth fighting for, complicated messy love is.

Samantha Towle once again delivered an epic romance that all readers will love.

New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal and international bestselling author Samantha Towle began her first novel in 2008 while on maternity leave. She completed the manuscript five months later and hasn’t stopped writing since.

She has written contemporary romances, THE MIGHTY STORM, WETHERING THE STORM, TAMING THE STORM, TROUBLE, REVVED and REVIVED.

She has also written paranormal romances, THE BRINGER and the ALEXANDRA JONES SERIES, all penned to tunes of The Killers, Kings of Leon, Adele, The Doors, Oasis, Fleetwood Mac, and more of her favourite musicians.

A native of Hull and a graduate of Salford University, she lives with her husband, Craig, in East Yorkshire with their son and daughter.

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By Colleen Hoover

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Beloved #1 New York Times bestselling author Colleen Hoover returns with an unforgettable love story between a writer and his unexpected muse.

Fallon meets Ben, an aspiring novelist, the day before her scheduled cross-country move. Their untimely attraction leads them to spend Fallon’s last day in L.A. together, and her eventful life becomes the creative inspiration Ben has always sought for his novel. Over time and amidst the various relationships and tribulations of their own separate lives, they continue to meet on the same date every year. Until one day Fallon becomes unsure if Ben has been telling her the truth or fabricating a perfect reality for the sake of the ultimate plot twist.

Can Ben’s relationship with Fallon—and simultaneously his novel—be considered a love story if it ends in heartbreak?

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NOVEMBER NINE

BY COLLEEN HOOVER

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About Colleen Hoover

Author Bio:

Colleen Hoover’s love for writing began in 1985 when she was five years old. Her first story was titled “Mystery Bob” and was a huge hit with her mother, who was really good at faking interest.
Colleen continued to write short stories for friends and family until December of 2011, when she decided to write a long story she titled, “Slammed.” She self-published SLAMMED to Amazon in January, 2012 and it hit the NYT’s bestsellers list in May, 2012. She has since signed with Atria Books, a division of Simon & Schuster, and now has six NYT’s bestsellers. Colleen prefers to be called a writer, as the term “author” still terrifies her and makes this feel like a job with expectations. She doesn’t work well under pressure and hopes writing will always remain fun and exciting.
Colleen’s newest novel, UGLY LOVE, releases August 5th, 2014. She is currently working on a new novel, CONFESS, which she is writing as fast as she can before she wakes up from this crazy dream.

You can follow Colleen on Instagram and Twitter @colleenhoover. You can also find her on her blog at http://www.colleenhoover.com where she holds a daily book-a-day giveaway, or on her very active Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/authorcolleenhoover where she loves to give away more free stuff when her husband isn’t looking.

Colleen also wants the world to know that writing short biographies in third person is incredibly awkward.

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Equal parts Dexter and 50 Shades, this is the eagerly awaited new novel from A. R. Torre, author of the award winning erotic thriller, The Girl in 6E.

The rules are the same. I can’t open the door. I can’t leave. I can’t kill anyone.
The only difference is, I don’t set the rules anymore. Guards in grey uniforms do. It is everything I never wanted and everything I always deserved. I write to you now, from a prison cell. My home for the next twenty to thirty years.
That’s the going term for murder.

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Jax and Rachel return in Something Precious by M. Clarke on November 8th!

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As Jax and Rachel start their lives together, finally engaged and living in Los Angeles, all seems right with the world until Chloe wants to enter their lives again. She wants to be closer to her son, Jace, and in order to keep the peace, Jax agrees. Unfortunately, trouble seems to be swirling in the air when Rachel’s high school crush enters their lives; meanwhile Chloe proclaims to be pregnant.

Rachel is left questioning whether Jax is the one she wants to live happily ever after with, while they are left pondering who could be the father of Chloe’s baby. Could their relationship be strong enough to surpass these obstacles or will this mean the end of Jax and Rachel’s love.

Excerpt

Rachel yawned, dragging her feet across the beige carpet. “I need to ask you a question.”

I wasn’t sure if I had heard her right. My mind was somewhere else. Ignoring her, I took her to our bathroom and turned on the shower.

“Jax, what are you doing? I told you—”

The water running muted the rest of her words. With my eyes locked on hers, I said, “I think someone needs a shower.”

“Huh?” Her sleepy eyes popped open. Leaning against the cabinet, she had nowhere to go.

I took three long strides to her before she could blink and I sealed my lips to hers. Rachel sucked in air and I heard a defeated whimper. She seemed to love this sudden show of lust pouring out of me. Grabbing her ass, I slowed down the pace and tenderly trailed my kisses down her neck to her shoulder. As I continued to kiss her, I slowly peeled the layers of her clothes as she did the same with mine.

I led her to the shower and embraced her in my arms. The warm water pouring between us was hot and arousing. My body was already on fire, but touching her flesh and hearing Rachel moan drove me wild. Slow down, I told myself. She was going to leave me for four days soon, and even though four days wasn’t that long, I wanted to savor this moment with her.

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Mary Ting resides in Southern California with her husband and two children. She enjoys oil painting and making jewelry. Writing her first novel, Crossroads Saga, happened by chance. It was a way to grieve the death of her beloved grandmother, and inspired by a dream she once had as a young girl. When she started reading new adult novels, she fell in love with the genre. It was the reason she had to write one-Something Great. Why the pen name, M Clarke? She tours with Magic Johnson Foundation to promote literacy and her children’s chapter book-No Bullies Allowed

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Cam Girl

By Leah Raeder

Release Date : November 3, 2015

Synopsis

Vada Bergen is broke, the black sheep of her family, and moving a thousand miles away from home for grad school, but she’s got the two things she loves most: her art, and her best friend and soulmate, Ellis Carraway. Elle and Vada have a friendship so consuming it’s hard to tell where one girl ends and the other begins. It’s intense. It’s a little codependent. And nothing can tear them apart.

Until an accident on an icy winter road changes everything.

Vada is left deeply scarred, both emotionally and physically. Her once-promising art career is cut short. And Ellis pulls away, unwilling to talk about that night. Everything Vada loved is gone.

She’s got nothing left to lose.

So when she meets a smooth-talking lothario who offers to set her up as a cam girl, she can’t say no. All Vada has to do is spend a couple hours each night taking off her clothes on webcam, and the “tips” come pouring in.

It’s all just kinky fun till a client gets serious. “Blue” is mysterious, alluring, and more interested in Vada’s life than her body. Online, they open up to each other intimately. Blue helps her heal. And he pays well, but he wants her all to himself. No more cam shows. She agrees, because she’s starting to fall for him. And when he asks to meet, she says yes. Because she’s dying to know the real man behind the keyboard.

Even if one of his conditions is to bring Ellis. The girl who wants nothing to do with her anymore.

Now Vada must confront the past she’s been running from. A past full of devastating secrets—those of others, and those she’s been keeping from herself.

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Robin’s Review

Cam Girl is the third contemporary new adult novel written by author Leah Raeder. Cam Girl is a standalone novel about two women, best friends, lovers who struggle to continue with their relationship in the wake of a tragic, deadly car wreck. Physical and emotional pain as a result of the accident are obvious, but there are deeper issues at play between Vada and Elle. Cam Girl focuses on the very real struggle individuals can face concerning gender identity. It’s something that can affect both persons in a relationship. Of course, Cam Girl is about so much more, so please be sure to read the book synopsis.

Most people don’t take the time to consider what gender identity is, but it’s an important topic which I feel needs to be brought to the attention of society. I have nothing but respect for Leah Raeder for tackling this topic in her writing. Gender identity is not always black and white. There are gray areas. It’s not easy for individuals who are bisexual, who don’t identify as either gay or straight. Imagine how difficult it can be for a woman who has always identified as a man on the inside, while her physical body indicates that she’s a woman. Many folks are afraid of being labeled outside of the norm. Many individuals self-harm, even commit suicide, as a result of the emotional pain and extreme depression which they experience. Please consider showing kindness and compassion to people who are different – male, female, heterosexual, gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender – even if you don’t agree with their individual preferences.

There are many aspects of Cam Girl that I enjoyed. Leah Raeder has her own unique writing style, and there are passages in Cam Girl where Raeder absolutely shines. Her artistic description of a car wreck in the prologue took my breath. I actually took a few minutes to fully appreciate the prologue after I finished reading it. Raeder also includes brilliant colors in her descriptions – a unique quality to her writing which I truly enjoy. She is excellent at writing a mystery, weaving clues and hints of what’s to come into her storyline. Cam Girl felt like a puzzle to me, and this is how Raeder won my attention. Leah Raeder has the uncanny ability of perking my curiosity, making me crave answers, causing me to continue turning the pages, even when I find I’m not connecting with the main characters or enjoying their relationship.

That was my problem with Cam Girl. It’s not because Cam Girl is about a female/female relationship. I just didn’t connect with Vada and Elle in Cam Girl. Vada and Elle are codependent. They have a very toxic relationship – one based on lies and deception. This is not a healthy relationship for two people who are supposed to be in love with each other. There are moments between Vada and Elle that are incredibly sweet, but even with the lure of mystery, Cam Girl was difficult for me to finish. I’m giving Cam Girl a 3-star rating – the positive and negative aspects each balancing the other out to rate this novel mid-grade. I’m not sure if the darkness in Raeder’s writing is a trend that will continue, but I hope she might consider writing novels with a brighter mood in the future. I truly enjoy her talent for writing a mystery and her artistic style.

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Author Bio:

LEAH RAEDER is a writer and unabashed nerd. Aside from reading her brains out, she enjoys graphic design, video games, fine whiskey, and the art of self-deprecation. She lives with her very own manic pixie dream boy in Chicago.

(And she still writes pretentiously lyrical fiction.)

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