Midsummer Sweetheart - by Katy Regnery + GIVEAWAY

Original Cover

My own copy

The blurb:

During the annual Montana festival of Midsommardagen, a law enforcement official must protect a beautiful nurse from her past, thereby breaking his own vow to never risk his heart.

Erik Lindstrom never had much faith in love. He saw his parents’ marriage collapse and vowed to avoid the same anguish himself. His fiercely protective nature drew him to a career in law enforcement, but he’s managed to keep himself and his heart safe…until now.

Katrin Svenson is in danger. After leaving her home in secret, her only hope for safety seems to lie in the hands of her handsome but aloof protector, who's steeled himself against her deep blue eyes and sunny smile.

Sparks fly between the officer and the nurse, and those sparks turn to fire as Katrin melts the ice surrounding Erik’s heart. Yet a dark force, determined to tear the young lovers apart, must be vanquished before their sweet midsummer nights can turn into a sweet forever.

My Opinion:

This book by Katy is the second one in her Heart of Montana series, for my it was the first one to read by her.

The beginning of the story is full of action and drama. It took me in immediately and made me want to find out the whole background of what was happening.

Katrin had to suffer a lot in the past few weeks, even years. Her ex boyfriend Wade is dangerous and still wants her back. Her story really touched me and I totally understood her friends and family, who wanted her to be safe and wanted her to live somwhere else for a while. That's where Erik comes into the picture. The moment they first meet was amazing, I seldomly felt so much chemistry, connection and attraction between two characters. I was so curious how their story was going to continue.

Erik is a guy who doesn't want to commit and he's not the relationship type at all. I was so glad to read that Katrin had a certain effect on him and hoped he would change throughout the story.

I loved them so much together and was sad when they were apart. Their "relationship" developed in an untypical way, but that made this whole story so interesting and fascinating. We got to know both characters better, their families and their backgrounds. Family is really important to both of them, they look out for each other and have a genuine connection.

I loved the Swedish bits in it, this language is so adorable.

It was great to see how both characters realised their feelings for each other, Katy found a beautiful way to share this with us readers. Erik is great, I'd like a boyfriend like that, so caring, honest, sexy and passionate about his girl. Book boyfriend alarm! 

Wade had an other appearance and that brought the action back, I just didn't want Katrin or Erik to get hurt.

I loved it that both characters were narrating and sharing their feelings. The writing is full of real emotions and so much depth.

The ending is so adorable, especially the epilogue. Can't wait to read more stories by Katy, she's a brilliant writer and I bought the first book of this series now: By Proxy and there is more coming already, after what the epilogue reveals.

Rating:

My possible cast:

Erik: John Prescott

Katrin: Marie Serneholdt

Author Bio:

Katy is a 2013 NECRWA First Kiss and 2013 NTRWA Great Expectations contest finalist who has always loved telling a good story and credits her mother with making funny, heartwarming tales come alive throughout her childhood. A lifelong devotee of all Romance writing, from Edwardian to present-day, it was just a matter of time before Katy tried her hand at writing a love story of her own. Katy lives in the relative-wilds of northern Fairfield County, Connecticut where her writing room looks out at the woods, and her husband, two young children and two dogs create just enough cheerful chaos to remind her that the very best love stories of all can often be the messy or unexpected ones. Katy has a Paranormal alter-ego: KP Kelley - https://twitter.com/KPKelleyAuthor

Her Paranormal It's You is scheduled for a Winter 2014 release. 

Stay connected with Katy Regnery:

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/KatyRegnery

Goodreads:

Katy Regnery - https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7211470.Katy_Regnery

By Proxy - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18299829-by-proxy?ac=1

Midsummer Sweetheart – https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20613919-midsummer-sweetheart?ac=1

Twitter: @KatyRegnery

Midsummer Sweetheart on Amazon

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The Accidental Life Of Jessie Jefferson - by Paige Toon

Original Cover

My own copy

The blurb:

The first YA fiction novel, from the bestselling adult author Paige Toon.

Meet Jessie, the daughter of Johnny Jefferson, as featured in Johnny Be Good and Baby Be Mine…

My fifteenth birthday was the worst day of my life, and it's inconceivable to think that any single day in my future will ever be as bad. My mum was killed in a freak accident on her way to pick up my cake. Even when there was still no sign of her after two hours later, and my friends started to arrive at our house, it never occurred to me that she wouldn't be coming back.

That was six months ago. My mum died without telling me who my real dad was. And for a while I hated her for it. I thought she's taken the secret of my father's identity with her forever. But she didn't. Holy hell, she didn't. Because three weeks ago I found out the truth. And I'm still reeling from the shock of it. My dad is none other than Johnny Jefferson, mega famous rock star and one-time serial womaniser. And now I'm on my way to LA to meet him and his family.

My tiny little world has just got a whole lot bigger…

My Opinion:

I was over the moon when this book arrived even two day before publication day. I was waiting for it since I finished Johnny's Girl and I sensed some real trouble there.

Well, first of all, this is Paige's first YA novel and I was so curious to find out whether the style was much different to her chick-lit books. This is the forth book in the Johnny Jefferson series, I recommed you to read the books in the following order: Johnny Be Good, Baby Be Mine, Johnny's Girl, The Accidental Life of Jessie Jefferson.

The three books before were written from Meg's perspective. Now Jessie Jefferson or I should say Jessie Pickerill comes into the picture. Jessie is Johnny's 15 year old daughter, Meg (his wife) is still processing the news.

Now, let's really start with Jessie. She sounded like real trouble and a wanna be rockstar at the end of Johnny's Girl. It turns out that this is only a fassade to hide her real feelings. Her mother died six months ago and Jessie misses her so badly. She has a new group of friends who are drinking and smoking and her old best friend Libby is still there, but they don't talk. It's bugging Jessie that she probably never finds out who her biologigal dad is. But then her stepdad Stu has news for her and her whole world comes crasing down. Johnny Jefferson is her dad!? This moment in the book was so great, Paige's writing really conveyed the feelings.

The news bring her back closer to Libby and then Jessie flies to LA to spend the week with Johnny, Meg and the boys. It's finally where we get to see the real Jessie and I got to like her. I was so curious for Johnny's and Jessie's first scene and I just say: well done Paige :)

They spend more and more time together and they get closer, it was awesome to see that develop and we also see Johnny from a different side, which is great. I adored the way they shared more and more about themselves with each other. Jessie and Meg had a rocky start, but I think deep down they really like each other and they have a lot in common. I was longing for Meg's POV in some scenes, can't wait to read about her feelings again as well.

When Jessie left the UK she had her eyes on a boy, his name was Tom, but then Jack came into the picture in a LA. I loved how Jessie was with him and their scenes brought a lot of fun and spark into this story.

I can't wait to read more about how her story with these guys develops.

The ending was great and it calls out for more!!! Much more :) Paige really surprised me with Jessie's personality and she's such a great character. Such an enjoyable read, I couldn't put the book down. As always such a pleasure to read Paige's books. 

Rating:

My possible cast:

Jessie

Johnny: Garret Hedlund

Meg: Alona Tal

Phoenix

Barney

Stu: Gary Oldman

Tom: Josh Hutcherson

Jack: Matt Dallas

Paige Toon on Twitter: @PaigeToonAuthor
Website: http://paigetoon.com

Can't wait for Thirteen Weddings now and of course Jessie's next adventures. Want to know more about Jessie? She answered me some questions here: http://skysbookcorner.blogspot.ch/2014/01/q-with-jessie-jefferson.html

Quotes - Life

Hey lovely readers and tweeps

It's quote "Saturday" again. For today I decided to post quotes and sayings about LIFE.

L ively
I nspiring
F ortunate
E motional   

Think positive and see the good sides of things!!!

You can't plan everything and it's important to let go and relax. Don't stress yourself too much, it's not good. 

SO CUTE ♥

Go live your live and appreciate every day like it is your last one. You don't know when it's going to end.
Thinking about life always reminds me of a great book: The Life List by Lori Nelson Spielman. Read my review here: The Life List - Review

And I decided to make my own bucket/life list now, there'll be a post on it later on this year.