E.L. James and Sylvia Day? OR Colleen Hoover or Abbi Glines? WHAT ARE YOU READING TODAY?

I don't know about you, but I get on certain genre kicks when I read. Like right now I am reading a Stephen King book. And I am looking forward to reading another Stephen King when I'm done with that, And maybe even after that. Mr. King pulls you in and makes you want to stay awhile. 

But before reaching for a Stephen King novel, I was incessantly reading anything by Colleen Hoover or Abbi Glines - I love their young adult stories that aren't really young adult topics at all.  They make me laugh and cry and feel like I'm back in those ever-changing teenage years. But in the end, Ms. Hoover and Ms. Glines give me a story that makes me feel good. And that stays with me a long time.

Then there is my walk through Cowboy Heaven when I read Kathleen Ball's western romances. When I'm reading Ms. Ball's novels, I want to go buy a horse, hop on, and go find myself a cowboy. And with Kathleen Ball's novels, I get the Happily Ever After ending I so desire.

Sometimes I'll hop on the historical romance bandwagon and read myself some Jude Deveraux or Amber Dane. I love escaping back in time to an era I had never known. In my mind I put on my corset and gown, and wait for my medieval knight to return home to me.

Then of course there are the popular BDSM novels - anyone ever of heard ofE.L. James and Sylvia Day?

But my favorite genre to read is Young Adult Paranormal. I love Twilight. It will always be my favorite paranormal series. I adore Lauren Kate and her Fallen series. Another of my favorites is Laurie Faria Stolarz' Touch series. Alyson Noel and Aprilynne Pike and Stefan Ellery are another of my favorites too.

So that's my story.
What about you? WHAT DO YOU ENJOY READING? I'd love to know.

Smiles,
Julie

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Daughtry-photo inspired flash fiction

He pulls in to the old parking lot.

“Why are we here?” she asks.

He’s silent for a second. “’Cause I didn’t want to tarnish any other…I have something to say.”  He shuts off the ignition and turns to her in the passenger seat.

She closes her eyes and nibbles her bottom lip, bracing herself for what he has to say.

“I…I don’t want you to be my rebound person.”

“I…I don’t understand? Rebound?”

“Look, my feelings for you have gotten so intense, I …I just want to be sure that they’re real. I mean…”

“You don’t want to see me anymore?”

He sees her jaw tremble and when her eyes open, they’re glossed over with suppressed tears. “Just until I figure out if my feelings are real…or if maybe they’re just me…you know, tired of being lonely.”

She turns to look out the windshield, unable to look him in the eye. But she doesn’t say a word.

“It’s because you mean so much to me.” He tries to reassure her. “I don’t want to start saying things that I end up not meaning down the road.”

She closes her eyes unable to deal with this. She’s lost so much already, she didn’t think she could handle losing him too. “Please take me home,” she mutters so low he barely hears her.

“Please, sweetheart. I am not trying to hurt you. If I don’t step back now, I’m afraid I might end up hurting you. I so don’t want to do that.”

She manages to look in his direction briefly, but then turns her attention straight ahead again. “I don’t…please…just take me home.” She can’t help but shed her tears now. They begin pouring down her face. She didn’t think she’d ever hurt again, after her husband died. That experience had killed her. But now…hearing this man say he wanted to end things before they even really began – it hurt. More than she could have imagined. Why? It shouldn’t even matter. He was no one to her. Right?

He sighs, holding back his own tears, and starts his car, whispering, “I’m sorry,” as he pulls out of the parking lot.

When they pull up to her house, she opens the car door, but he stops her by grabbing her wrist. “I really am sorry. I’m falling in love with you…and if those feelings are real, then I am happy to have found love a second time in my life. But if these feelings are stemming from my prior loneliness, wouldn’t you want to know that now? Before we take things any further?”

She wipes her cheeks with her sleeve and nods, still unable to say anything.

“I hope you’ll understand one day,” he whispers before she strains a smile and closes the door.

With a heavy heart, he whispers goodbye and watches her walk away.

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Cowboy Heaven...

Stetson's Storm by Kathleen Ball
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I am an avid fan of Kathleen Ball's, so I wasn't surprised to have thoroughly enjoyed another of her western romances. Her characters were multi-dimensional and real.

The reuniting of old flames Stetson and Storm was tender and emotional. As usual, Ms. Ball has us pulling for her heroes as if we were part of the story. The addition of little Scotty added a realistic feel to this once broken family's home life. I enjoyed the banter between Scotty and his father, and I savored the love Storm had for her little boy.

The recurring role of nasty neighbor Bailey was a nice touch (though I wanted to punch her again). Ms. Ball's villainess Chrissy was done to perfection. There wasn't a moment in the book when I didn't want to slap her across the face.

Stetson's Storm is Kathleen Ball's third installment in the Lasso Spring's Series and each one is a wonderful trip into cowboy heaven.


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I Adored The Modern Arrangements Trilogy by Sadie Grubor

Here Comes the Bride by Sadie Grubor
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Here Comes The Bride was the perfect sequel to Save the Date. Oh My Goodness. Aidan gets even better in this installment of The Modern Arrangements Trilogy. He shows his sensitive and vulnerable side, and I am a sucker for a vulnerable man. The Author had me believing one thing through the whole book only to surprise me at the end. I also like the way she develops her minor characters as well - they are fun and believable. Though Aidan and Lilli were clearly the hero and heroine, Ms. Grubor's other characters were the perfect addition to make this feel like an ensemble cast of players.

Here Comes The Bride is a well-told story and very unique. I still think it should be Number 1 on the Bestseller lists (read my review of Save the Date). It's that good of a story. I cannot wait for the third book.


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Do you feel other people's pain?

DO YOU FEEL OTHER PEOPLE'S PAIN? 

When your friends are hurting? Do you hurt?

Did it ever happen that someone close to you was having a toothache or a headache and suddenly you too ended up with a toothache or headache?

When a friend or family member is sad, do you get sad for them?

I do.

That's called empathy. 

And that's what my newly released young adult novel A TOUCH OF HONOR is about.

Honor is a seventeen year old girl who doesn't understand why she hurts all the time...that is until the hunky violet-eyed, blond-haired Ethan Sutherland comes to town and explains it to her. Then it all starts making sense...but when Ethan's morally corrupt but equally gorgeous half-brother Storm enters the picture, Honor's world gets more complicated. Not only does she need to decide who she likes more - Ethan or Storm, she also needs to figure out how to get away from the evil empaths who are after her.

A TOUCH OF HONOR is a paranormal story of a different kind...no werewolves, no vampires, no faeries. This is a tale about empaths - empaths who heal...and empaths who kill.  WILL HONOR BE ABLE TO SAVE HERSELF, WHILE SAVING HER FRIENDS?

I hope you enjoy Honor's story. I enjoyed writing her story, because I am an empath. I can't heal people like Honor can, but I certainly feel everyone else's pain - and let me tell you, it is absolutely NO FUN at all. But I am a compassionate person because of it. So...I'll take the good with the bad.

Smiles everyone!
J.P.

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When I get to 500 Likes, one fan will win these gloves!Hello,
This is my first Blogger blog, and I'd like to introduce myself. My name is Julie. I am an author of romance, both contemporary and young adult paranormal. You will find my books under my author name J.P. Grider. I have a website you can follow at http://www.jpgrider.com and I have a facebook page which you can find by clicking on the link above (the one that says "When I get to 500 Likes, one fan will win these gloves" - my fb page is https://www.facebook.com/JPGrider?ref=hl I'd love to see you there.

If you'd like to win the gloves above and a signed paperback copy of my contemporary romance Maybe This Life, please go like my facebook page and you will be automatically entered - all my fans are. And for every 50 Likes I get, there will be another winner. So keep telling your friends and have them tell two friends and so on and so on and so on...oh wait, this isn't a Faberge commercial (if you're young and don't know what I'm talking about, click here.

Nice to meet you and I hope to hear from you soon.

Smiles,
J.P

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