GingerRead Reviews

I'm so excited to be taking part in the cover reveal for Sarina Bowen's Rookie Move today. Rookie Move is the first book is Sarina Bowen's upcoming Brooklyn Bruisers series, a spinoff of her Ivy Years series and I couldn't be more excited about it. I've read and loved all five books in the Ivy Years series, so Rookie Move ? I am all over that. And if you've read the last book in that series, The Fifteenth Minute , then you might already recognize some of the names in the Rookie Move  description.  But that's enough rambling from me. If you want to see the cover or are interested in winning one of Sarina Bowen's books and naming a character in the next Brooklyn Bruisers book, then just keep scrolling! Title:  Rookie Move (Brooklyn Bruisers #1) Author: Sarina Bowen Publisher: Berkley Sensation Release Date: September 6, 2016 Pre-Order: Amazon / B&N / iBooks / Kobo / Google In high school they were the perfect couple—until the day Georgia left Leo i...

Title: Outside the Lines (On the Run #1) Author: Lisa Desrochers Publisher: InterMix Release Date: January 19, 2016 Source: ARC from Publisher Buy the Book: Amazon / B&N / Indigo As the oldest son of a Chicago crime lord, Robert Delgado always knew how dangerous life could be. With his mother dead and his father in prison, he’s taking charge of his family’s safety—putting himself and his siblings in witness protection to hide out in a backwater Florida town. Fourth grade teacher Adri Wilson is worried about the new boy in her class. Sherm is quiet and evasive, especially when he’s around his even cagier older brother. Adri can’t help her attraction to Rob, or the urge to help both of them in whatever way she can. But the Delgados have enemies on two sides of the mob—their father’s former crew and the rival family he helped take down. It’s only a matter of time before someone finds them. And it Rob isn’t careful, Adri could end up in the crossfire… There is nothing I love more tha...

Title: Us (Him #2) Author: Sarina Bowen & Elle Kennedy Publisher: Self-Published Release Date: March 8, 2016 Source: ARC from Publicist Buy the Book: Amazon Can your favorite hockey players finish their first season together undefeated? Five months in, NHL forward Ryan Wesley is having a record-breaking rookie season. He’s living his dream of playing pro hockey and coming home every night to the man he loves—Jamie Canning, his longtime best friend turned boyfriend. There’s just one problem: the most important relationship of his life is one he needs to keep hidden, or else face a media storm that will eclipse his success on the ice. Jamie loves Wes. He really, truly does. But hiding sucks. It’s not the life Jamie envisioned for himself, and the strain of keeping their secret is taking its toll. It doesn’t help that his new job isn’t going as smoothly as he’d hoped, but heinous he can power through it as long as he has Wes. At least apartment 10B is their retreat, where they can alw...

Title:  Never Tear Us Apart Author: Monica Murphy   Publisher:  Bantam Release Date:  January 5, 2016 Source:  Purchased Buy the Book: Amazon / Book Depository / Indigo Perfect for readers of Colleen Hoover, Jay Crownover, and K.A. Tucker, the first novel in this darkly sexy contemporary series from bestselling author Monica Murphy kicks off an emotionally powerful two-part tale of forbidden love. Crazy how eight years can disappear in an instant. One look at Katie Watts, and I’m a fifteen-year-old again—the one who risked everything to save a terrified girl from her twisted kidnapper. She’s a grown-p now—beautiful, quiet, composed—and telling her story to the world. A story that involves me in more ways than you can imagine. She used to call me her guardian angel. Sure, I risked my life, but she was worth dying for. I need to make contact with her. Just to ensure that she’s safe. Somehow we reconnect. we become friends…but I want more. I want to make her mine...

Title: Getting Him Back (Ethan & Wyatt #1) Author: K.A. Mitchell Publisher: Carina Press Release Date: February 15, 2016 Source: ARC from Publisher Buy the Book: Amazon / B&N / Indigo An unexpected fresh start leads to an unlikely-but-absolutely-perfect pairing in this male/male new-adult novel from bestselling gay romance author K.A. Mitchell. Ethan may have followed his high school sweetheart to college only to get dumped his first day there, but he’s not going to let that stop him from exploring all his new life has to offer. Sex-only hookups, his photography, new friends a campus-wide game of zombies vs humans all help keep his mind off his broken heart and move him toward building a new, better life without his ex. And then there’s Wyatt. Mysterious, grouchy--hot. And possibly not gay. But Ethan’s not going to let that stand in the way of figuring out what makes Wyatt tick. New college goal? Get Wyatt into bed and into Ethan’s life.  Step one: arrange a “tutoring” da...

Title: More Than Exes (Chasing the Dream #0.5) Author: Elizabeth Briggs Publisher: Self-Published Release Date: October 26, 2014 Source: Purchased Buy the Book: Amazon / B&N / Indigo He wants to win. She wants to win him back. Keyboardist Kyle Cross may look like a bad boy with his tattoos and piercings, but he’s really the good guy who’s always fixing his band’s problems and never gets the girl. His band is competing in a Battle of the Bands, but when their bassist doesn’t show, Kyle must track her down with the help of the person he least expects: his ex-girlfriend Alexis Monroe. Kyle hasn’t seen Alexis since she dumped him in high school, and she’s dropped her preppy image for fiery red hair and a bold new attitude to match. With only hours before his band goes on stage, Kyle has to be al little bad if he wants to win both the Battle and the girl he’s never gotten over. But when their old problems resurface, the good guy might just get his heart broken all over again. WHAT IT...

Title: Strong Signal (Cyberlove #1) Author: Megan Erickson & Santino Hassell Publisher: Self-Published Release Date: February 15, 2016 Source: ARC from Author Buy the Book: Amazon  / B&N /  Kobo I was counting down the months until the end of my deployment. My days were spent working on military vehicles, and I spent my nights playing video games that would distract me until I could leave Staff Sergeant Garrett Reid behind. That was when I met him: Kai Bannon, a fellow gamer with a famous stream channel. I never expected to become fixated on someone who’d initially been a rival. And I’d never expected someone who oozed charm to notice me—a guy known for his brutal honesty and scowl. I hadn’t planned for our online friendship to turn into something that kept me up at night—hours of chatting evolving into filthy webcam sessions.  But it did. And now I can’t stop thinking about him. In my mind, our real life meeting is perfect. We kiss, we fall into bed, and it’s lo...

Title: Loud Is How I Love You (Hub City #1) Author: Mercy Brown Publisher: InterMix Release Date:  January 19, 2016 Source: ARC from Publisher Buy the Book: Amazon / B&N / Indigo One girl’s heart gets rocked to the core in the first novel in this sexy New Adult series. Twenty-one-year-old front girl Emmylou knows that getting her band noticed in the ’90s indie rock scene will be no easy task. She definitely knows better than to break the number one rules of the band: Don’t sleep with your bandmates! But after she ends up having the best sex of her life with her guitarist, Travis, she finds following that rule is a lot harder than it sounds. When the band gets the gig of their dreams, making it big seems just within reach. But Emmy’s inability to keep her hands off Travis threatens everything they’ve worked for. Can Emmy find a way to break the rules and not blow the chance of a lifetime? I am totally guilty of judging books by their covers. Let’s be honest, it’s something we ...

Title: Caged in Winter (Reluctant Hearts #1) Author: Brighton Walsh Publisher: Berkley Books Release Date: November 4, 2014 Source: Purchased Buy the Book: Amazon / Book Depository / Indigo In this emotional and sexy New Adult debut from Brighton Walsh, the only thing more frightening then commitment is hope… Aspiring chef Cade Maxwell is immediately, viscerally attracted to Winter Jacobson. But it’s not her mouthwatering curves he’s drawn to—it’s the strange emptiness in her eyes. When Cade saves her from a drunken customer with grabby hands, he’s shocked at her response… Winter doesn’t need Cade’s help. After a lifetime of getting by on her own, she’s happy to rely on herself. She’s exactly seventy-six days away from graduating college, and if she can hold it together that long, she’ll finally be able to rise above the crappy hand she was dealt. But now, every time she turns around, Cade is there, ready to push her, smile at her, distract her from her plans. Winter knows she can’t ...