✯REVIEW:✯ An Irresistible Scent by Heather Farley

An Irresistible Scent
by Heather Farley
Release Date: July 25th 2016
Pages: 250
Genres: Romance, Contemporary
Author's Links: Goodreads
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Meet Eileen Klaris, who seems to live a charmed life. Only 24 years young, she heads an online business selling handmade perfumes, and is engaged to a wonderful man. She thought she was set for life, until she caught her so-called fiancé trying to sell the business she poured her soul into.

Dreams were shattered, an engagement was broken off, and the only thing left for her to do was board a flight to New York City, where Eileen could turn a new leaf on her life and focus once more on her stagnant business.

It was the perfect plan, until it was all derailed by the handsome Leon Stafford, the president of Stafford’s, the hottest place to shop in the entire country. His fiery eyes, majestically sculpted face, and warm heart drew her in, like a moth to a flame. But, Eileen's cautious, damaged psyche, and Leon's dark, painful past, are just the beginning of the raging storm that strives to stop these two from embracing each another…

An Irresistible Scent is a rollercoaster of ups and downs, about finding love after heartbreak, and exposing the most delicate of vulnerabilities. Discover what it means to put everything on the line, to protect the one you love.

***This steamy little number is a standalone - no cliffhangers! But be advised, because this book is SPICY, with a happy ending for Leon and Eileen to round it all off.***
(Synopsis taken from Goodreads)


My Review:

An Irresistible Scent is Farley's debut novel, and it did not disappoint at all. There are twists in the story that made it the much more exciting to read. From the very beginning we get to meet Eileen Klaris, a twenty-four year old whose dream is to become a big name in the perfume business. Ever since she was a child, Eileen wanted to create her own handmade perfumes that when she did that she wanted to make a business out of it. But mixing with the wrong people almost destroyed her dream of a business and of having a family. It all ended the minute her so-called fiance tried to sell her business without telling her. Now after ended her relationship with him, Eileen decides to go to New York in order to start fresh, but little did she know that her flight was going to change forever.

Leon Stafford has it all, the money and the looks to get just about any women he wants. Yet he still struggles to get his dad to truly accept him as head of the Stafford empire. Needless to say, when he meets Eileen on his way to New York, things began to change for him. Now he has decided to offer her the change to work at his company and maybe start something more between the two of them. With pasts coming back to stop the newly couple from moving on with their lives, it is up to Eileen and Leon to figure out if they're actually good for each other or not.

I really enjoyed reading this story, it is evident that the characters have their own pasts to deal with, but the more time they spend with each other the more they start to realize that they could make things work. Eileen is strong character who wants to fight for her future and dreams. She knows that she needs to get out of her town in order to success, and that is exactly what she does. Yet she wasn't expecting to meet someone else right away, and be that attracted to him. Their chemistry is evident from the minute they meet, and it grows throughout the story as well. On the other hand, Leon is a total romantic and handsome guy who really wants to impress Eileen from the start. The very end happened a bit fast for me, but it was still sweet nonetheless. I would still highly recommend picking it up, it will not disappoint. :)

***ARC provided by the author in exchange for an honest review.*** 

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✯BOOK BLITZ:✯ Vampire Creed by Rain Grey {EXCERPT + GIVEAWAY!}

Vampire Creed by Rain Grey

Release Date: May 21st 2016

Genres: New Adult, Paranormal, Romance

Barnaby Blaine Rice was a Vampire born in the depression with a very special power to see who people truly were. After a long, empty existence of witnessing the darkest points of humanity, Blaine happens to encounter a beautiful married woman named Mary Slate. Unable to handle his love for the beautiful human, Blaine accidentally kills another Vampire over her and is put under a serious debt with the Vampire Council.

Blaine reluctantly forces himself to forget the woman and allows her to live her life without his intervention. It wasn’t until 50-years-later that the distant memories of the captivating Mary are brought back to the surface. Blaine has the pleasure to encounter the young Wendy Slate, granddaughter of Mary Slate after a criminal vampire keeps her hostage. Blaine got there in time to stop the criminal, but not to stop the beginning of Wendy’s transition into Vampirism.

As he was forced to sire her into this new world, he discovers that Wendy is the most amazing person he’d ever met. Wendy has to make a life-altering decision as Blaine has to deal with his blooming feelings for a woman who was identical to his first love. This modern love story introduces the most influential turning point of these lover’s lives.

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Blaine Rice

Red stood at the window of his office, looking out onto the courtyard located in the front of the headquarters, his golden council robe hung off his shoulders, that red aura that always hurt my eyes surrounding his entire body. While I sat in the chair opposite of his desk, he stayed there for at least five minutes. I didn't know for certain since I didn't dare look down to check my watch to enrage him even further. After another fruitless night, I just wanted to go back home to Wendy.

"While capturing these… these things is a great job, are you any closer to finding the one who has created them?" Even though his voice was quiet, the power of it seemed to fill the large room.

"Yes and no. I've learned more about the whole case in the last couple of nights, but not much about the leader, especially since he hasn't shown up in my visions since early yesterday night." I stuck with the truth for the simple fact I knew Red already knew the answer.

I had given him a full report yesterday and about an hour ago over the phone. It was after the phone call today he told me to come in. Now that I was here, I realized it was probably so he could rant at me for not having the job done already, but there was more going on than we had first assumed.

"Barnaby, I needed this ended yesterday. While the body count has dropped significantly, the problem won't be solved until the one responsible is captured." He turned to faced me, finally. His red rimmed, brown eyes drilling into my body as if he wanted me dead for not having completed the task already.

"All due respect, sir," I began, trying to keep any hint of my annoyance with him out of my tone, "You gave me seventy-two hours to complete the mission. I still have another twenty hours left until the deadline."

Red glanced away from me and began to pace the space behind his desk. As usual, his hands were clasped behind his back as he walked. "And can you deliver me my guy within that amount of time?”

I definitely hoped so. The only thing keeping me going on this mission was the fact that it was somehow related to Wendy. I still had yet to place the exact connection, but I knew Red hadn't been just simply using her to get me to take the job. As long as I could find the creature that got away from tonight, I was positive she would lead me to the right person.

"Follow down to the lab. There is something I wish to show you."

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✯BOOK BLITZ:✯ Pennies by Pepper Winters {EXCERPT + GIVEAWAY!}

Pennies by Pepper Winters

Release Date: July 20th 2016

Series: Dollar #1

Genres: New Adult, Romance

“At 18 I had pennies, but money didn’t make me bold. At 19 I had dollars, but it didn’t dull the pain of being sold. At 20 I had hundreds, but then I met him and was found. At 21 I had thousands, but all I wanted was to be bound.”

“At 23 I had dollars, but life changed and made me rich. At 25 I had hundreds, but it wasn’t enough to stop my killing itch. At 27 I had thousands, but my reputation didn’t set me free. At 29 I had millions, but I met her and could finally see.”

Tasmin was killed on her 18th birthday. She had everything planned out. A psychology degree, a mother who pushed her to greatness, and a future anyone would die for. But then her murderer saved her life, only to sell her into a totally different existence.

Elder went from penniless to stinking rich with one twist of fate. His lifetime of crime and shadows of thievery are behind him but no matter the power he now wields, it’s not enough. He has an agenda to fulfill and he won’t stop until it’s complete.

But then they meet.

A beaten slave and a richly dressed thief. Money is what guided their separate fates. Money is what brought them together. And money is ultimately what destroys them.

She was poor.

He was rich.

Together…they were bankrupt.

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FREEDOM.

Such a modest word.

It carried very little importance for those who had it. But for those who didn’t, it was the most precious, prized, and promised hope of all.

I supposed I was lucky to know what freedom felt like.

For eighteen years, I’d been free. Free to learn what I wanted, befriend who I liked, and flirt with boys who passed my rigorous criteria.

I was a simple girl with ideals and dreams, encouraged by society to believe nothing could hurt me, that I should strive for an excellent career, and no one could stop me. Rules would keep me safe, police would keep the monsters away, and I could remain innocent and naïve to the darkness of the world.

Freedom.

I had it.

But then, I lost it.

Murdered, resuscitated, and sold.

I lost my freedom for so many years.

Until the day he entered my cage.

Him, with the black eyes and blacker soul.

The man who challenged my owner.

And set my imprisonment on an entirely different path.

AUTHOR BIO:

Pepper Winters is a NYT and USA Today International Bestseller. She wears many roles. Some of them include writer, reader, sometimes wife. She loves dark, taboo stories that twist with your head. The more tortured the hero, the better, and she constantly thinks up ways to break and fix her characters. Oh, and sex... her books have sex.

She loves to travel and has an amazing, fabulous hubby who puts up with her love affair with her book boyfriends. She's also honoured to wear the IndieReader Badge for being a Top 10 Indie Bestsellers, best BDSM series voted by the SmutClub, and recently signed a two book deal with Grand Central. Her books are currently being translated into numerous languages and will be in bookstores in the near future.

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