Giveaway & Review: The Coffee Shop by Lauren Hunter

Synopsis

If Derrick thought experiencing alternate timelines and glimpses into the future was strange then he had no idea it was about to get far more strange than he ever imagined.

When Derrick Sloane meets Annie Maddock and falls madly in love, he believes he's met the girl of his dreams. Only he then awakes to discover she is exactly that...nothing more than a dream. Disheartened, he goes to the first coffee shop he can find. There he meets Annie. She is at the same table, reading the same book, and he fast realizes his dream has shown him his own future. But when a misstep alters that perfect future he tries to fix it, every attempt only making it worse.

Can he fix what he has changed? Should he even try? Given the opportunity to see two alternate futures can he choose one over the other? Could you…?

The Coffee Shop is an intriguing paranormal romance book and like nothing I have ever read before: no weres, vamps, or things that go bump in the night! The concept is so very clever; it was most definitely a read that I just had to get to the end as quickly as possible.

The two characters, Derrick and Annie, are highly likeable characters. It was refreshing to follow the male protagonist in particular and to be able to emphasise with his feelings, his passion and to understand his psyche. There were many moments of well-crafted dialogue and excellent humour and banter between these characters that were highly amusing and entertaining.

On the flip side, however, this novel is heavily laced with dialogue and has very little narrative voice. This was not a negative, yet it took some time to get used to. There were times that the volume of dialogue became a little confusing to follow, yet it didn’t take long for me to catch up and work out what was going on. Whilst I’m not a big fan of heavy dialogue, Lauren Hunter’s writing was meticulous. She crafted and structured a complicated narrative structure very impressively. If this had been attempted by a less skilled writer, I would have truly been lost considering the leaps in time and dream. Lauren, however, handles it all very well without losing the pace and meaning.

Recommended to contemporary romance, paranormal romance and twist lovers alike. Rating: 3.5 happy fairies, upgrading to 4 for Amazon/Goodreads.

Stalker Links:

Blog / Web Page / Twitter / Facebook

Purchase Links:
Musa / Amazon US / Amazon UK / Amazon Germany / Amazon France / Amazon Italy / Bookstrand / All Romance / Smashwords / B&N / Kobo /

Diesel ebook store / eBook Eros / Sony eReader Store

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Cover Reveal: Eating Sarah - Jaret Martens

Presented by: Title: Eating Sarah Author: Jaret Martens Audience: YA Genre: Thriller Formats: E-book Publisher: Immortal Ink Publishing Cover by: Rebecca Hamilton Editor: Rebecca Hamilton and Louise Caiola Expected Date of Publishing: Mid-2014 Ever since Sarah was young, all she could dream about was participating in The Hunt — a monthly event in which her people sneak into the nearby cities and villages to gather food. And in Sarah’s world, the food they feast on most is human flesh. In the deep forests of the Rocky Mountains, Sarah lives in a community of man-eaters. With Fall ending and hunger running rampant, Sarah and her cannibalistic community are forced to change the rules of their Hunt. And with these changes come new risks. When her first Hunt ends in catastrophe, and one of her only friends is lost, Sarah is sentenced to work in the slaughter shack. Among the dead and dying, Sarah is introduced to Troy: a man she knows she...

ARC Review: The Charmed Fates by Christine Wenrick

Tomorrow is the release day of Christine Wenrick's 'The Charmed Fates', the final installment of her amazing trilogy. We'd like to say a HUGE congratulations to Christine on the amazing success of her fabulous trilogy. Reviewer: Em Rating: 5/5 Wow, oh wow!! This book didn’t disappoint me one iota. I opened to the first page to be induced and transported back into the world of Caleb, Olivia, Jax and Gemma. I started to read and couldn’t put the book down. I wasn’t surprised as I had had the same experience with the first two books, the storyline wrapped around me and enfolded me thoroughly taking me on the journey.

Book Tour Giveaway: Confessions of a Sex Addict Anthology

Title: Confessions of a Sex Addict Authors: +Jinni James +Elodie Parkes Hunter S Jones, Electra Von Drego Genre: Erotica, Short Stories, Anthology Blurb: Secrets revealed. One hot summer, four sultry stories. An erotic anthology with a twist, set in contemporary New Orleans. Meet Andi, the bartender from Nashville who won’t be faithful. Drew, the seducer or the victim? The anonymous one, the one who watches. Jennifer the cougar, she’s a good girl, really. The moderator, friend or predator? Love. Magic. Guilty Pleasures. Love is the drug. What’s your secret? Buy Link Amazon http://a-fwd.com/asin-com=B00LT3SOPU

Search This Blog