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Title- Wild Reckless
Author- Ginger Scott
Publisher- Smash Words
Release Date- March 17, 2015
Amazon- http://goo.gl/0RsPmg
Kensington Worth had a vision for her senior year. It involved her best friends, her posh private school in downtown Chicago and time alone with her piano until her audition was perfected, a guaranteed ticket into the best music programs in the world.
Instead, a nightmare took over.
It didn’t happen all at once, but her life unraveled quickly—a tiny thread that evil somehow kept pulling until everything precious was taken from her. She was suddenly living miles away from her old life, trapped in an existence she didn’t choose—one determined to destroy her from the inside, leaving only hate and anger behind. It didn’t help that her neighbor, the one whose eyes held danger, was enjoying every second of her fall.
Owen Harper was trouble, his heart wild and his past the kind that’s spoken about in whispers. And somehow, his path was always intertwined with Kensington’s, every interaction crushing her, ruining her hope for any future better than her now. Sometimes, though, what everyone warns is trouble, is exactly what the heart needs. Owen Harper was consumed with darkness, and it held onto his soul for years. When Kensington looked at him, she saw a boy who’d gotten good at taking others down when they threatened his carefully balanced life. But the more she looked, the more she saw other things too—good things…things to admire.
Things…to love. Things that made her want to be reckless.
And those things…they were the scariest of all.
Oh Ginger Scott! Wild Reckless put me through so many emotions just from the prologue! I thought reading Blindness put me through the ringer, this one was just as bad. Ever since I read Blindness I have not found a book that put me through so many emotions as this one did. Also, Cody has always been my favorite male character in all her books, my heart just went out to him and I became attached (This might be because he reminds me of someone who use to be in my life), but man did Owen change that!
I absolutely loved both characters and my heart went out to both of them! This was not only a story about young love; it was one about friendship and family too. Both characters were going through a lot with their families and they found a rock in each other. I like that in the beginning Owen and Kensington were attracted to each other, but at first they were enemies. I will agree with Kensi, I didn’t want to like him, but there was something about him that was intriguing. I loved characters and I hated characters and that just makes an amazing book.
Once you start this book, you will become completely engrossed, I found myself stay up late reading the book (I even fell asleep holding my kindle) and waking up at 4 am to finish the book up.
I know this will be a book that I read over and over again, I have to admit I already read it twice! I am so glad Ginger Scott gave me a chance to read this book before it comes out.
I dodge backpacks and elbows through the busy hallway until I see the glass door of the principal’s office swing open, Owen stepping through, his own pink slip crumpled in his hand, his eyes still dark, angry.
“Are you okay?” I ask, walking up to him, my steps coming quicker. He grabs my hand fast, his grip on my fingers tight, almost painful, and pulls me behind him through the thick crowd in the hall until we reach the back door, near the loading zone for the cafeteria. He pushes down hard, forcing the door open, then pulls my arm, leading me around a corner to a line of recycling bins.
“I’m so sorry…” I start, but Owen’s hands find me fast, his fingers wrapping around my shoulders, his force moving me back until I’m flush with the wall, and then his lips crash down on me.
His hands slide from my shoulders to my neck and into my hair, his mouth covering mine as if he needs my air to breathe, and he closes the small distance between us, the warmth and hardness of him pressing into my body, my hands operating on their own instinct, finding his sides and back until I’m clinging to him, grabbing bunches of his black sweatshirt all at once.
Owen’s hand moves to his head while he’s kissing me, and he tosses his hat to the ground to the side of us, and I let my fingers move to his hair, weaving the strands in and out, letting the softness of them curl around me.
This is the best kiss of my life. Every kiss with Owen has been the best kiss of my life. But this one—it’s full of something more. His lips work mine for long seconds, his tongue passing over mine slowly, his teeth dragging over my bottom lip, my top lip, tugging on me and pulling me into him even deeper. I can feel his heartbeat through his shirt, and I let my hands roam over his chest and around his back again, the feel of him exactly as it is every time I dream.
Ginger Scott is an Amazon-bestselling author of six young and new adult romances, including Waiting on the Sidelines, Going Long, Blindness, How We Deal With Gravity, This Is Falling and You and Everything After.
A sucker for a good romance, Ginger’s other passion is sports, and she often blends the two in her stories. (She’s also a sucker for a hot quarterback, catcher, pitcher, point guard…the list goes on.) Ginger has been writing and editing for newspapers, magazines and blogs for more than 15 years. She has told the stories of Olympians, politicians, actors, scientists, cowboys, criminals and towns. For more on her and her work, visit her website at http://www.littlemisswrite.com.
When she’s not writing, the odds are high that she’s somewhere near a baseball diamond, either watching her son field pop flies like Bryce Harper or cheering on her favorite baseball team, the Arizona Diamondbacks. Ginger lives in Arizona and is married to her college sweetheart whom she met at ASU (fork ’em, Devils).
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Very Mature YA Contemporary Romance
Release Date: March 17, 2015
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24500775-wild-reckless?from_search=true
Kensington Worth had a vision for her senior year. It involved her best friends, her posh private school in downtown Chicago and time alone with her piano until her audition was perfected, a guaranteed ticket into the best music programs in the world.
Instead, a nightmare took over.
It didn’t happen all at once, but her life unraveled quickly—a tiny thread that evil somehow kept pulling until everything precious was taken from her. She was suddenly living miles away from her old life, trapped in an existence she didn’t choose—one determined to destroy her from the inside, leaving only hate and anger behind. It didn’t help that her neighbor, the one whose eyes held danger, was enjoying every second of her fall.
Owen Harper was trouble, his heart wild and his past the kind that’s spoken about in whispers. And somehow, his path was always intertwined with Kensington’s, every interaction crushing her, ruining her hope for any future better than her now. Sometimes, though, what everyone warns is trouble, is exactly what the heart needs. Owen Harper was consumed with darkness, and it held onto his soul for years. When Kensington looked at him, she saw a boy who’d gotten good at taking others down when they threatened his carefully balanced life. But the more she looked, the more she saw other things too—good things…things to admire.
Things…to love. Things that made her want to be reckless.
And those things…they were the scariest of all.
I know I shouldn’t, but I turn around anyway, and I give Owen my full,
undivided attention. His friends have already left, and he’s slowly
walking backwards, showing me his middle finger and smiling with that
faint half-grin I’ve seen far too often over the last three days.
I don’t know what makes me do it. In fact, I don’t know why I am the way I
am with Owen. I’ve been careful and timid and obedient my entire life, my
only mission to please everyone—please my father, Chen, my mother, my
friends, my teachers. Please, please, please, please, please. That’s all I
do. And all it’s done for me is land me in Woodstock, away from my friends
and the senior year I was expecting to have. I’m not pleasing Owen Harper,
too. So I stand with my tray and raise my arm slowly by my side, my eyes
zeroed in on his until I’m pointing at him. I close one eye and cock my
head slightly to the right, like I’m making sure I have him in my
sights—and then I pull the trigger.
“Jesus H Christ, Kensi! What’s wrong with you?” Willow asks. She pulls my
arm back down, but I keep my eyes on Owen, staring into his gray-blue
eyes—eyes that look like a wolf’s. “What are you doing?”
“I’m starting a war, Willow,” I say, my heart speeding up and my breath
growing more ragged as reality catches up with me.
I’m starting a war with a guy who doesn’t lose; a guy who doesn’t play by
the rules.
A guy who scares me, and who knows where I sleep at night.
Ginger Scott is a writer and journalist from Peoria, Arizona. She is the author of four young and new adult romances, with her fifth title, This Is Falling, set to release in late August 2014.
Scott has been writing and editing for newspapers, magazines and blogs for more than 15 years. She has told the stories of Olympians, politicians, actors, scientists, cowboys, criminals and towns. For more on her and her work, visit her website at http://www.littlemisswrite.com.
When she’s not writing, the odds are high that she’s somewhere near a baseball diamond, either watching her son field pop flies like Bryce Harper or cheering on her favorite baseball team, the Arizona Diamondbacks. Scott is married to her college sweetheart whom she met at ASU (fork ’em, Devils).
Website: http://www.littlemisswrite.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheGingerScott
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GingerScottAuthor
GoodReads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7055100.Ginger_Scott
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Ginger-Scott/e/B00CMN0076/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1422646502&sr=8-1
Now that the year has almost come to an end, I will be sharing my tops over the next couple of days. Today I will share my Top Authors of 2014 and tomorrow I will be sharing my Top Book of 2014. Then on Thursday I will share what I am excited to read in 2015!!
In no particular order
What she has written:
His Frozen Heart (Click Here for my Review)
Touched Series (Click HERE for my Review of Blood Debt)
Density Series
Fractured Karma (Coming in 2015)
What she has written:
This is Falling (Click HERE for my review)
You and Everything After (Click HERE for my review)
Blindness
How to Deal With Gravity
Going Long
Waiting by the Sidelines
What she has written:
Stolen Breathes (Click HERE for my Review)
Shattered (Click HERE for my Review)
What she has written:
Finding You
Where There’s Smoke
Taking Something
Escaping Me
Give Me Something
Shattered
Storm Warning (Click HERE for Review)
Path of Destruction (Click HERE for Review)
Fix Up (Click HERE for Review)
Patch Up (Click HERE for Review
Change Up
2B or Not 2B
Title- You and Everything After
Author- Ginger Scott
Release Date- December 5th, 2014
Ginger Scott is one of my favorite authors that I have found thing year!!! Since August I have read every one of her books and I beyond excited to read her latest, “You and Everything After”! Now I am a HUGE fan of Nate and Rowe and I have to admit I had a little trouble reading while they were in the background and every now and again I read the two books at the same time.
We met both Cass and Ty in “This is Falling”, but they were only supporting characters and we really did know their story. Cass Owens is and is rooming with her twin sister and a girl named Rowe. Right away we learn that Cass is dealing MS and is the main reason she needed to give up her passion, soccer. Cass also has a reputation for being easy, this was her way of dealing in high school, she just didn’t know how the gossip would affect her. Then there’s Ty Preeter he is in graduate school and dorming with his freshman brother Nate. Ty is a real ladies man, who doesn’t do girlfriends and is viewed as strong, invincible, confident, intelligent—arrogant. He has also lost his ability to walk after an accident, ruining all chances he had to play baseball in college. Everything is about to change for both of them and they both might just find love.
This book starts at day one in college and could be read as a standalone. Ginger Scott did a great job incorporating the same events that happened in “This is Falling”, but used different perspectives on these events (of course I compared the books as a read, flipping between the two books). If you have read the first book, don’t worry, in no way by reading this book will you know what will happen next, and you will not lose interest!!! While reading the first book I absolutely fell in love with all the characters and while reading You and Everything After, I fell in love with all of them even more!
Both Cass and Ty are very interesting characters that are both over coming physical limitations and these things only make them stronger and bonded them. I have to say my favorite scene in the book was when Ty talks to Cass’ dad on the phone, and that is all I am going to say about that.
I am now off to read Thing is Falling once again to get my fill of all these characters, and I cannot wait for the third book to come out!!
While reading, This is Falling, I went through so many emotions, laughing, crying, and becoming anger. Ginger Scott wrote a book at defiantly held my attention; I could not put this novel down and finish reading it within two days!
Rowe Stanton is a college freshman who went through a trauma during her high school years. After being home schooled she is off to college on her own. When Rowe she meets Nate Preeter she begins to come out of her shell, doing things she has never done before. She thought she would never be able to love again and Nate was there to catch once she began to fall. It’s not only Nate that brings Rowe out of shell it is also her roommates, Cass and Paige, and Nate brother, Ty, which help her along the way.
Ginger Scott not only did a great job writing a love story, but she wrote an amazing story about friendship and love.
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