ItaPixie's Book Corner

Release Date: 03.31.2017 Synopsis: The much loved Turner family and friends are back in another hilarious novella. Tyler Turner has had the shock of his life. Is he really ready to be a fully-fledged adult with responsibilities? Dylan’s had enough of Cam’s business taking over their life together and gives her an ultimatum. With the two at loggerheads, Dora does her usual meddling to get them to see sense. Beth and Leo are keeping their own secrets, but how long before at least one becomes obvious? Dora’s period is late, and she’s found out she’s going to be a grandmother. In true Dora style, she runs away. This time on a pre-booked mini-break to Liverpool with her sister. Life is throwing Curve Balls at the Turner Family and friends. Review: Curve Balls,like the previous novellas in this series,was a short funny read...maybe I should stop to devour them so quickly because I always felt sad to say goodbye to these characters. It was...

Release Date: 03.30.2017 Synopsis: Falling in love with Gabe Anderson was as easy as breathing. Fighting my feelings for my brother’s best friend was agonizingly hard. I never imagined giving in to my desire for him would cause such a destructive ripple effect. That kiss was my grasp at a lifeline—something, anything to hold me steady in my crumbling life. Now, I have to suffer with the fallout while trying to convince him it’s all worth the consequences. Guilt overwhelms me—over what I’ve done, the lives I’ve taken, and more than anything, over my feelings for Skye Hawke. Craving my best friend’s little sister is insanely self-destructive. It never should have happened, but since the moment she kissed me, I haven’t been able to get her out of my mind. If I take what I want, I risk losing everything. If I don’t, I’ll lose her and a piece of myself. The raging storm threatening to rain down on the city is nothing compared to the one that will come from my decision. ...

Release Date: 03.28.2017 Synopsis: I've always followed my dreams with ruthless determination. My life was going well. Success was at my fingertips. Until it wasn't. All it took was three seconds to send my world crashing down around me, ripping my dreams to shreds. Then I meet her, with her large hazel eyes that slay me at first glance. And everything starts to make sense again. I try to keep my distance. To remind myself I am her mentor. That we can't be more, but every time I push away, I'm pulled deeper into her. The line between student and teacher is blurring. One kiss. One taste. They’re all it would take to cross the line. Review: Forbidden love (teacher-student) is not my usual choice of read but Breaking Gravity is an Autumn Grey work and I could not miss it. I have to be honest this story wasn't as powerful as FBS but it's beautiful in its own way. The author is so gif...

Release Date: 03.23.2017 Synopsis: Luz Vargas is a promising young Latina writer from Washington Heights, a predominantly Dominican neighborhood in New York City. Who upon receiving top honors for her short story, “Here and There” from the prestigious Quisqueya Writers of Tomorrow Association, Luz’s boyfriend, Luke, suggests a couple’s getaway to the Dominican Republic where he plans to propose. But when the trip to the Island brings her face to face with a past love, Luz is torn between honoring her commitment to Luke and revisiting an island romance. The story is told through a series of vignettes that chronicle Luz’s struggle to reconcile her American identity with her Dominican side. Review: I didn't know what I was getting into when I started this book but I have liked it nonetheless. I was expecting a romantic tale under the sun of the Caribbean but I've found so much more. Luz is a brilliant Dominican American writer,through the ups ...

Release Date: 03.24.2017 Synopsis: Kidnapped by the man who murdered her father, nearly beaten to death and severely poisoned; so far, Samantha Hastings’ engagement to Lord Benjamin Westwood has been tumultuous at best. The killer revels his venomous, revenge plot had assistance, the Hastings and Westwood families must band together to defend themselves against a new threat. Samantha develops a risky plan to draw the accomplice out of hiding, but this scheme may cost her more than she is willing to sacrifice. The masked ball approaching and Samantha may not survive until her wedding day because - by the end of the evening - at least one person will die…. Review: I adored this book. If you think you have solved every mistery in the first book of this series you're so wrong. An Imperfect Engagement is even more engaging,it had me hooked from page one and after days I'm still thinking about that ending.Please give me the next book soon. A...

Release Date: 03.21.2017 Synopsis: Most people called it a cult. But for twenty years, Josh and Caleb called it home.  In Paradise, there is no television. No fast food. Just long hours of farm work and prayer on a dusty Wyoming ranch, and nights in a crowded bunkhouse. The boys of the Compound are kept far from the sinners’ world.  But Joshua doesn’t need temptation to sin. His whole life, he’s wanted his best friend, Caleb. By day they work side by side. Only when Josh closes his eyes at night can they be together the way he craves.  It can never be. And his survival depends on keeping his terrible desires secret. Caleb has always protected Josh against the worst of the bullying at the Compound. But he has secrets of his own, and a plan to get away — until it all backfires.  Josh finds himself homeless in a world that doesn’t want him. Can Caleb find him in time? And will they find a place of safety, where he can admit to Josh how he really feels?...