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This isn't a deep book about first loves or self-discovery. If you want a book like that, I'd be happy to recommend one, but I don't have that kind of story to tell. Instead my story is about rash decisions and finding out that your dream guy is bad in bed. It's the story of when I finally went skinny dipping, and how my life was never the same again. Oh, and it's also the story of my freshman year of college and realizing Mr. Right might have been there all along.

Alyssa Rose Ivy is a bestselling New Adult and Young Adult author who loves to weave stories with romance and humor. Although raised in the New York area, she fell in love with the South after moving to New Orleans for college. After surviving law school and earning her masters in library science, she turned back to her creative side and decided to write. She lives in North Carolina with her husband and two young children, and she can usually be found with a cup of coffee in her hand.
You can find her at http://www.alyssaroseivy.com/ or on twitter at @AlyssaRoseIvy

Welcome to my stop on the The Romeo Club blog tour
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THE ROMEO CLUB is Hitch meets The Secret of My Success.
What happens when you agree to help your brother �de-nerdify� so he can catch the attention of the popular Chloe Anders, and to everyone's surprise, he actually lands her?

And what if his equally geeky friends come running with girl wish lists of their own, offering money for your services?

Well, if you�re sixteen-year-old, Delyla Denson, then you start The Romeo Club. A secret club where she�ll teach these guys how talk, act, and be cool around girls. It�s a win-win situation.
She�ll get enough money for the awesome prom dress she�s had her eye on, and the guys, well, they�ll get dates and maybe learn how to do something other than beat the next level on their video games.

There are only two problems with this plan. One, her quarterback/track star boyfriend is getting jealous of how much time she�s spending away from him and decides to try and figure out what�s going on. And two, Delyla is kind of falling for her brother�s BFF, Trey who she�s been hanging out with a lot more. And who thanks to her help, has caught the attention of the beautiful, perfect, and popular, Portia Rickard. With Portia and Trey heating up, Delyla realizes that maybe the person she�s meant to be with has been in front of her all this time.

But falling for Trey means she�ll have to take drastic measures including sabotage, with a capital S.

Rebekah Purdy grew up in Michigan, where she spent many late nights armed with a good book and a flashlight. When not hiding at her computer and getting lost in her stories, she enjoys reading, singing, soccer, swimming, football, camping, playing video games and hanging out with her kids. She loves the unexplainable like Bigfoot, the Dogman, and the Loch Ness Monster (lots of good story material)! She admits to still having all the books she bought throughout her childhood and teen years, and she may or may not have an obsession with anything chocolate�
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Almost Matched by A.O. Peart 
ebook, 111 pages
Published November 8th 2013 by Three Graces Publishing
Genres: New Adult Contemporary
Series: Almost Bad Boys #1 
Source: ecopy from Author

Would you take another shot at love? Or just settle on a friend with benefits?

THEIR HEARTBREAKING PAST WILL MOVE YOU. THEIR PASSION WILL MAKE YOU BLUSH. THEIR ANTICS WILL MAKE YOU LAUGH OUT LOUD.

Twenty-five-year-old Natalie Davenport lugs substantial baggage. One boyfriend after the next has been a total disaster, leaving Natalie distrustful toward the male population in general. So when Colin Hampton crosses her path, she�s cautious. Her heart (and some other body parts!) nudges her to go for it, while her head wants her to run for the hills.

Colin is one of those gorgeous guys who attract women, no matter the age or marital status. With a successful career at a popular Seattle radio station, hard body, and charming personality, he is the complete package. But something dark lurks in the corners of his soul; some murky experience that has changed him�maybe for the better, but maybe for the worse.
Will he steal her heart and stomp over it like other guys did?
Will she let him into her heavily fortified world despite herself?
Or will they settle somewhere in the middle�establishing the emotional boundaries to protect them from falling in love?
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This contemporary romantic comedy blends humor, sensuality, and angst, with zany characters and witty dialogue.
***Warning: contains sexual situations (some quite vivid!), profanity, and a high dose of sarcasm. Oh, and there is a lot of appletini and beer drinking.
May not be appropriate for readers under 18 years old. Not intended for prudes and killjoys with no sense of humor***

THE SERIES:
The Almost Bad Boys series are the stories of four feisty twenty-something women who refuse to let their past drag them down

Almost Matched turned out to be different than I initially thought it would be. I thought it would be about bad boy players hanging out in bars and taking home different women every night, but the guy in the story Colin, is so much more than that. I really liked him. He is haunted by his past, and I feel like in the second half of this book we really got to know him and I loved that. This book set up a different kind of story than I was expecting but one that I think I will like even more. I am super excited for the second book.

Natalie is co-owner of a successful business and her business partner is a very causal relationship type of person. That just isn't who Natalie is. But she is in her mid 20s and she has been hurt multiple times before by guys. She figures she is ready for some fun. Enter Colin. Of course, it turns out to be more than just fun for either of them. Colin turns out to be such a sweetie. He was courting Natalie hard core. It made me swoon just a bit.

Almost Matched is a foodie's dream. I loved how on all of their dates, everything about their meals and wine were detailed down to the very last side dish and sauce. It was really detailed. Angela's writing was very vivid. I felt like I could taste the food and wine. Actually everything about her writing had a very realistic, every day life feel. Natalie and Colin's relationship seemed like so many new relationships. The honeymoon phase started to wear off and Colin started to act different, which started to cause Natalie to start over thinking things. And so on and so forth. But Natalie would never have guessed what the real reason behind his "off-ness" was.

Almost Matched started out great for me, and then around the 20% mark it got a little slow for me. But once I hit the halfway point of the book, I was out of the story slump and Almost Matched just kept drawing me more and more in. I got wrapped up in Natalie and Colin's story and it just kept getting better and better. I can't wait to read the next book. Now that the foundation has been laid and it ended up going in a different direction than I initially thought, I am super intrigued to see where the next book is going to go.

Angela Orlowski-Peart was born and raised in Poland. She describes herself as European born, American by choice. She was just seven-years-old when she decided to learn English and translate her favorite Polish fairytales.
Angela is the author of the Young Adult and New Adult fiction novels. She writes in multiple genres, including paranormal, fantasy, urban fantasy, contemporary, sci-fi, and short stories. She is a member of Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, Western Washington Chapter (http://www.scbwi.org), and several authors' and readers' networking groups on Facebook, Linkedin, and Goodreads.
Angela speaks with Polish accent, and loves listening to the Southern drawl. She is passionate about watercolor painting, fashion�especially stilettos, rock climbing, environment, and organic food and gardening. She lives in the Seattle area with her family and a chronically curious cat.

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Summary:

Yasmin Alejo used to a plan: get into grad school, work her butt off, and become Dr. Alejo, PhD.
But then her sister�s death shatters everything.
Heartbroken, Yasmin gets a job as a cruise ship photographer aboard the Radiant Star. She just wants some time to heal, but her infuriating�and annoyingly sexy�boss won�t give her any peace.
West Campbell used to care about more than money, but those days died along with his mom�s passing. Now he has only one goal: squeezing as much profit from the Radiant Star�s photography department as he can, in order to win a prized corporate management job. He won�t let anyone mess with that�especially not the feisty and gorgeous Yasmin, who seems more interested in getting to know the passengers than selling them vacation packages.
As they sail across open waters, Yasmin and West will fight storms, seasickness, and each other, until they can�t deny their connection any longer. Every tantalizing kiss will take their breaths away � but if they can�t get over the past, it might destroy their future.

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Welcome to my stop on the Third Degree blog tour
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THIRD DEGREE by Julie Cross
Age Group: A New Adult Contemporary Romance
Expected Release is March 25, 2014
Published by Flirt (Imprint of Random House)
Source: ecopy from Author

Fans of Monica Murphy and Tammara Webber will savor this New Adult novel�a story about coming of age in the heat of the moment�from Julie Cross, the internationally bestselling author of the Tempest trilogy.

I used to be �Isabel Jenkins, child prodigy.� As lame as that sounds, at least it was an identity. But now I�m not sure what I am. I just failed the most important exam of my life�the emotional readiness test required to get into a medical residency program�and it turns out my parents can�t stand each other. Now I�m trying to figure out how to pick up the pieces of my life, and that means re-enrolling as a college freshman, but this time I�m shutting the books and majoring in being eighteen.

But so far, my roommate hates me and I�m not into the party scene. The only good thing about school has been getting to know my insanely hot RA. Marshall Collins makes me wonder about everything I missed while I was growing up too fast. Pretty soon we�re hanging out constantly, but for the first time, I find myself wanting more than a no-strings-attached physical relationship. And the lesson I really need is one Marsh definitely can�t teach me: love. Because I�m going to be alone forever if I don�t learn fast.

Third degree both a coming of age tale for a young genius turned doctor and a really sweet romance of two people finding each other. Find the other person that truly gets them. Isabel and Marshall are both hiding so many parts of themselves. Isabel had multiple degrees, including her MD by the time she turned 18. She was all set to start her residency before her 19th birthday, when she found out that she failed her emotional readiness portion of her exam, and no residency program would take her. So what does an 18 year old doctor do when she has half a year of free time before she can re-take her exam? She goes back to college for a "normal" college experience.

Here she meets her RA Marshall, who seems to know about her situation. He kind of takes her under his wing to kind of socialize her. Isabel is so smart, but she sees everything as very matter of fact. She doesn't seem to connect emotions with her actions. Which I personally felt would be an asset to a doctor, but I do see where a more appropriate bedside manner would be beneficial as well. Marshall seems to be able to bring out her more emotional side, but it wasn't overnight and it wasn't easy. I loved loved loved that it was finally triggered when Marshall was sick. That was when I knew how good the two of them would be together.

We also got to meet Marshall and Isabel�s family. I felt like I got to know Marshall�s family a lot better than I got to know Isabel�s family. I loved Marshall�s wacky family. They were all characters, and I really liked how close he was to his sisters. Their relationships were all very sweet. And Marshall himself is such a sweetie-pie. I just want to hug him and squeeze him. I really liked Isabel, but I loved Marshall.

Marshall and Isabel are both very stubborn though, so the road before them is not easy. There are so many moments when I thought, this is it. They have run their course. And there were a bunch of times where I wasn't sure if this was going to be your typical happily ever after book, and I was ok with that. I'm not going to tell you whether it is or isn't, but I will say that I was going to be ok with either outcome. This story seems to be so much about the individual journeys of the two main characters and it was done so well that it is enough of a story ending on its own. Third Degree is a great new adult book with substance and depth. The story felt realistic, very fleshed out and three dimensional. This is my first book by Julie Cross and I was very happy with it. I can't wait to check out her other books.

Julie Cross lives in Central Illinois with her husband and three children. She�s a former gymnast, longtime gymnastics fan, coach, and former gymnastics program director with the YMCA. She�s a lover of books, devouring several novels a week, especially in the young adult and New Adult genres. She�s also a committed (but not talented) long-distance runner, creator of imaginary beach vacations, Midwest bipolar weather survivor, expired CPR certification card holder, as well as a ponytail and gym shoe addict.

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