[Pat's Review]: "Break My Fall" + Excerpt and Giveaway!

Break My Fall by Jessica Scott
Publisher: Jessica Scott (February 16, 2016)
Series: Falling, 2
Genre: New Adult

Violence. 
I’m addicted to it. It’s how I feel alive. It’s the only thing that’s real any more.

And now I have to sit around and discuss it like it’s physics or calculus. 

I can’t do it. I can’t pretend that it’s some sterile academic topic.

Violence isn’t sterile. It isn’t calm. It’s pulsing. It’s alive.

It’s my drug.

Until I met Abby, I never wanted anything beyond the next fight. Never considered that I might finally find a way back to the land of the living.

Now? Now I find myself dreaming of a woman with golden eyes.

But I can never be with her. Because I am not whole. And I never will be again.

But I cannot stay away. And loving her might finally be what breaks me. 

Where to Buy*:

Amazon | Kindle | NOOK | Kobo | iTunes

More Info:

Author's Site
Add it on Goodreads! | Find the Series

Reviews of  Scott's Previous Novels:

Because of You, #1 (Kame)
Because of You, #1 (TBQ)
Anything For You, #1.5 (TBQ)
Until There Was You, #2 (TBQ)
I'll Be Home for Christmas, #2.5 (TBQ, Kame and Pat) ✦ Discussion
Back To You, #3 (TBQ, Kame and Pat) ✦ Discussion
All for You, #4 (TBQ, Kame and Pat) ✦ Discussion
It's Always Been You (#5) -- TBQ, Kame, and Pat
All I Want for Christmas Is You (#5.5) -- Pat

Before I Fall (#1) -- Kame + Pat ✦ Discussion

Homefront (#1) -- Kame + Pat
After the War (#2) -- Pat
Forged in Fire (#3) -- Pat


Pat's Review:

New Projects Interview with Jessica Scott!

You know we are a HUGE fan of Jessica Scott's books here on the blog -- really, look back at all the reviews, discussions, cover reveals and fun posts! 

WELCOME BACK TO THE BLOG, JESSICA! :) 

Jessica Scott is a career army officer, mother of two daughters, three cats and three dogs, wife to a career NCO and wrangler of all things stuffed and fluffy. She is a terrible cook and even worse housekeeper, but she's a pretty good shot with her assigned weapon and someone liked some of the stuff she wrote. Somehow, her children are pretty well adjusted and her husband still loves her, despite burned water and a messy house.

She's written for the New York Times At War Blog, PBS Point of View Regarding War, and IAVA. She deployed to Iraq in 2009 as part of OIF/New Dawn and is currently a company commander stationed at Fort Hood.

Most recently, she's been featured as one of Esquire Magazine's Americans of the Year for 2012.

Where to Find Jessica:

Website | Blog | Facebook | Twitter | GoodReads

Kame: Hey Jessica thank you for taking time out of your incredibly busy schedule to sit down and talk to us about your new projects. Maybe it is your focus or your motivation but I want what you have. My goodness you are completing your Masters in Sociology, you have two young daughters who you now coach in softball, you are about to move, and you have two new book projects – when do you sleep!

[Book Discussion]: "Before I Fall"

Before I Fall by Jessica Scott
Publisher: Jessica Scott (March 3, 2015)
Series: Fall, 1
Genre: NA Contemporary

Stay focused. Get a job. Save her father's life.

Beth Lamont knows far too much about the harsh realities of life her gilded classmates have only read about in class. She'll do whatever it takes to take care of her father, even if that means tutoring a guy like Noah - a guy who represents everything she hates about the war, soldiers and what the Army has done to her family. 

Noah Warren doesn't know how to be a student. All he knows is war. But he's going to college now to fulfill a promise and he doesn't break his promises. Except he doesn't count on his tutor being drop dead gorgeous and distracting as hell. One look at Beth threatens to unravel the careful lies Noah has constructed around him.

A simple arrangement turns into something neither of them can deny. And a war that neither of them can forget could destroy them both. 

Where to Buy*:

Amazon | Kindle | BN | NOOK

More Info:

Author's Site
Add it on GoodReads! | Find the Series

Reviews of  Scott's Previous Novels:

Because of You, #1 (Kame)
Because of You, #1 (TBQ)
Anything For You, #1.5 (TBQ)
Until There Was You, #2 (TBQ)
I'll Be Home for Christmas, #2.5 (TBQ, Kame and Pat) ✦ Discussion
Back To You, #3 (TBQ, Kame and Pat) ✦ Discussion
All for You, #4 (TBQ, Kame and Pat) ✦ Discussion
It's Always Been You (#5) -- TBQ, Kame, and Pat
All I Want for Christmas Is You (#5.5) -- Pat

Christmas Novella Blog Tour: Featuring Jill Shalvis, Jessica Scott, and Nadia Lee + Giveaway!

WELCOME TO THE BLOG, LADIES! :) 

Spending the Holidays

Love a great Christmas romance, but pressed for time? Pick up a holiday novella to satisfy your craving for a great happy-ever-after. This season contemporary authors Jill Shalvis, Jessica Scott, and Nadia Lee are all releasing Christmas reads. Today these authors stop by to spread the holiday cheer and discuss how their characters are spending the holidays. Take it away ladies!

Release Day Blast: "Home for Christmas"

WELCOME TO THE BLOG, JESSICA! :) 

Jessica Scott is a career army officer, mother of two daughters, three cats and three dogs, wife to a career NCO and wrangler of all things stuffed and fluffy. She is a terrible cook and even worse housekeeper, but she's a pretty good shot with her assigned weapon and someone liked some of the stuff she wrote. Somehow, her children are pretty well adjusted and her husband still loves her, despite burned water and a messy house.

She's written for the New York Times At War Blog, PBS Point of View Regarding War, and IAVA. She deployed to Iraq in 2009 as part of OIF/New Dawn and has served as a company commander at Fort Hood, Texas.

She's pursuing a PhD in Sociology in her spare time  and most recently, she's been featured as one of Esquire Magazine's Americans of the Year for 2012.

Where to Find Jessica:

Website | Facebook | Twitter | GoodReads

WELCOME TO THE BLOG, JOANN! :) 

New York Times bestselling author JoAnn Ross has written around a hundred novels for a bunch of publishers. Two of her titles have been excerpted in Cosmopolitan magazine and her books have also been published by the Doubleday, Rhapsody, Literary Guild, and Mystery Guild book clubs. 

A member of the Romance Writers of America's Honor Roll of best-selling authors, she's won several awards, including Romantic Times's Career Achievement Awards in both category and contemporary single title. 

Currently writing her Shelter Bay series, along with a River's Bend spin-off trilogy, featuring three sexy Murphy Brothers, and also expanding her award- winning Castlelough Irish series, JoAnn lives with her husband (her high school sweetheart, who proposed at the sea wall where her Shelter Bay books are set), and three rescued dogs, who pretty much rule the house, in their beloved Pacific Northwest.

Where to Find JoAnn:

Website | Facebook | Twitter | GoodReads

Home for Christmas by JoAnn Ross + Jessica Scott
Publisher: November 11th 2014
Genre: Contemporary Romance

An all new holiday duet featuring brand new works from New York Times Bestselling author JoAnn Ross and USA Today Bestselling author Jessica Scott featuring brand new Shelter Bay & Coming Home novellas. 

You Again - A Shelter Bay Novella 

A book nerd, a brainiac science guy, and a misplaced killer whale... 

Meghann Quinn wasn’t always a hugely successful author. Adam Wayne wasn’t always a marine biologist studying whales. Back in high school in Shelter Bay, Oregon, she was the shy book nerd helping the brainiac science guy pass English. Meghann had no idea Adam would turn into such a hottie. Adam has no idea their once-upon-a-time sweet summer romance inspired Meghann’s popular teen novels. 

Two shy geeks didn’t have the courage to share their true feelings back then. But now that Meghann’s back in town, they’re pondering life’s important questions. Such as, will Adam ask her to the Snow Ball? And what are they going to do about the lost Orca who shows up on Christmas Eve? And can two nerds get past their initial insecurity to take a second chance on a once-in-a-lifetime love? 

All I Want For Christmas Is You - A Coming Home Novella 

From USA Today Bestselling author Jessica Scott comes an all new novella about a woman who came back from war changed and the man who loves her enough not to let her go.  

All Major Patrick MacLean wanted was Christmas with the woman and child who were his family in everything but name. But Captain Samantha Egan has come back from the war a different woman than the one who left - and she doesn't know if she can love him anymore. 

But neither of them counted on the determination of a little girl they both call daughter and if Natalie has her wish, her parents may have no idea what's coming for them. It's going to take Christmas miracle to bring these two wounded warriors back from the edge of a broken heart.

Where to Buy*:

Kindle

More Info:

Add it on GoodReads!

[Pat's Review]: "All I Want for Christmas Is You" + Giveaway!

All I Want for Christmas is You by Jessica Scott
Publisher: Jessica Scott (October 25, 2014)
Series: Coming Home, 5.5
Genre: Contemporary Romance

From USA Today Bestselling author Jessica Scott comes an all new novella about a woman who came back from war changed and the man who loves her enough not to let her go. 

All Major Patrick MacLean wanted was Christmas with the woman and child who were his family in everything but name. But Captain Samantha Egan has come back from the war a different woman than the one who left - and she doesn't know if she can love him anymore.

But neither of them counted on the determination of a little girl they both call daughter and if Natalie has her wish, her parents may have no idea what's coming for them. It's going to take Christmas miracle to bring these two wounded warriors back from the edge of a broken heart. 

This story has been featured in Home For Christmas: A Holiday Duet with JoAnn Ross. 

Where to Buy*:

Kindle | NOOK

More Info:

Author's Site
Add it on GoodReads! | Find the Series

Reviews of  Scott's Previous Novels:

Because of You, #1 (Kame)
Because of You, #1 (TBQ)
Anything For You, #1.5 (TBQ)
Until There Was You, #2 (TBQ)
I'll Be Home for Christmas, #2.5 (TBQ, Kame and Pat) ✦ Discussion
Back To You, #3 (TBQ, Kame and Pat) ✦ Discussion
All for You, #4 (TBQ, Kame and Pat) ✦ Discussion
It's Always Been You (#5) -- TBQ, Kame, and Pat


Pat's Review:

[Discussion]: "It's Always Been You"

Today Kame, Pat, and I are discussing the newest novel from Jessica Scott, one of our favorite authors. Ben and Olivia finally get their own story, and Scott once again provides an amazing romance for us to savor.

To enter the giveaway I'm running for your choice of an ebook from this series, check out Kame's Character Interview with Jessica!

To read our reviews of this book, check out this post!

Please, have a seat and I hope you enjoy today's discussion! :)

It's Always Been You  by Jessica Scott

Publisher: Forever (March 4, 2014) 
Series: Coming Home, 5

Genre: Contemporary Romance

She plays by the rules . . . 

Captain Ben Teague is many things: a tough soldier, a loyal friend, and a bona fide smart-ass. He doesn't have much tolerance for BS, which is why he's mad as hell when a trusted colleague and mentor is brought up on charges that can't possibly be true. He's even more frustrated with by-the-book lawyer Major Olivia Hale. But there's something simmering beneath her icy reserve--and Ben just can't resist turning up the heat . . .

. . . and he's determined to break them

The only thing riskier than mixing business with pleasure is enjoying it . . . and Olivia can't resist locking horns--and lips--with Ben. He's got more compassion in his little finger than any commander she's ever met, a fact that makes him a better leader than he realizes. But when the case that brought them together awakens demons from Olivia's past, she will have to choose between following orders--or her heart . . .

Where to Buy*:

Kindle | NOOK | ARe

More Info:

Add it on GoodReads! | Find the Series

Our Reviews of Jessica Scott's other books:

Because of You, #1 (Kame)
Because of You, #1 (TBQ)
Anything For You, #1.5 (TBQ)
Until There Was You, #2 (TBQ)
I'll Be Home for Christmas, #2.5 (TBQ, Kame and Pat) ✦ Discussion
Back To You, #3 (TBQ, Kame and Pat) ✦ Discussion
All for You, #4 (TBQ, Kame and Pat) ✦ Discussion

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Our Discussion:

Kame: Hi everyone – I am sort of sad to get this discussion going – this is our last “Coming Home” book for a while.

[Triple Review]: "It's Always Been You"

It's Always Been You  by Jessica Scott

Publisher: Forever (March 4, 2014) 
Series: Coming Home, 5

Genre: Contemporary Romance

She plays by the rules . . . 

Captain Ben Teague is many things: a tough soldier, a loyal friend, and a bona fide smart-ass. He doesn't have much tolerance for BS, which is why he's mad as hell when a trusted colleague and mentor is brought up on charges that can't possibly be true. He's even more frustrated with by-the-book lawyer Major Olivia Hale. But there's something simmering beneath her icy reserve--and Ben just can't resist turning up the heat . . .

. . . and he's determined to break them

The only thing riskier than mixing business with pleasure is enjoying it . . . and Olivia can't resist locking horns--and lips--with Ben. He's got more compassion in his little finger than any commander she's ever met, a fact that makes him a better leader than he realizes. But when the case that brought them together awakens demons from Olivia's past, she will have to choose between following orders--or her heart . . .

Where to Buy*:

Kindle | NOOK | ARe

More Info:

Add it on GoodReads! | Find the Series

Our Reviews of Jessica Scott's other books:

Because of You, #1 (Kame)
Because of You, #1 (TBQ)
Anything For You, #1.5 (TBQ)
Until There Was You, #2 (TBQ)
I'll Be Home for Christmas, #2.5 (TBQ, Kame and Pat) ✦ Discussion
Back To You, #3 (TBQ, Kame and Pat) ✦ Discussion
All for You, #4 (TBQ, Kame and Pat) ✦ Discussion

Our Reviews

Kame's Review:

Character Interview with Jessica Scott (Coming Home Series) + Giveaway!

You know we are a HUGE fan of Jessica Scott's books here on the blog -- really, look back at all the reviews, discussions, cover reveals and fun posts! 

WELCOME BACK TO THE BLOG, JESSICA! :) 

Jessica Scott is a career army officer, mother of two daughters, three cats and three dogs, wife to a career NCO and wrangler of all things stuffed and fluffy. She is a terrible cook and even worse housekeeper, but she's a pretty good shot with her assigned weapon and someone liked some of the stuff she wrote. Somehow, her children are pretty well adjusted and her husband still loves her, despite burned water and a messy house.

She's written for the New York Times At War Blog, PBS Point of View Regarding War, and IAVA. She deployed to Iraq in 2009 as part of OIF/New Dawn and is currently a company commander stationed at Fort Hood.

Most recently, she's been featured as one of Esquire Magazine's Americans of the Year for 2012.

Where to Find Jessica:

Website | Blog | Facebook | Twitter | GoodReads

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Kame: In honor of the upcoming release of It’s Always Been You from Jessica Scott’s “Coming Home” series, all of our favorite characters from that series are gathered here in Shane and Jen’s backyard for a cookout.

Hey everyone, thank you for letting me come by. My Mom always drilled into me never go somewhere empty handed; so I made something. I thought since Emily, Jessica and I are all from New England I would bring something that would remind them of home.…whoopee pies.

So who is tending the grill?

Quickie Guest Post with Jessica Scott!

You know we are a HUGE fan of Jessica Scott's books here on the blog -- really, look back at all the reviews, discussions, cover reveals and fun posts! 

WELCOME BACK TO THE BLOG, JESSICA! :) 

Jessica Scott is a career army officer, mother of two daughters, three cats and three dogs, wife to a career NCO and wrangler of all things stuffed and fluffy. She is a terrible cook and even worse housekeeper, but she's a pretty good shot with her assigned weapon and someone liked some of the stuff she wrote. Somehow, her children are pretty well adjusted and her husband still loves her, despite burned water and a messy house.

She's written for the New York Times At War Blog, PBS Point of View Regarding War, and IAVA. She deployed to Iraq in 2009 as part of OIF/New Dawn and is currently a company commander stationed at Fort Hood.

Most recently, she's been featured as one of Esquire Magazine's Americans of the Year for 2012.

Where to Find Jessica:

Website | Blog | Facebook | Twitter | GoodReads

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[Discussion]: "All For You" + Tour Giveaway!

Today Kame, Pat, and I are discussing the newest novel from Jessica Scott, one of our favorite authors. Finally, after waiting impatiently patiently we get Reza and Emily's story -- and wow, was it a heartbreaker!

And, as a bonus, we have a fellow reader, Jackie, joining us. 

At the end of the post, there are two Rafflecopter giveaways, provided by the publisher, as part of Scott's blog tour. 

To read our review of this book, check out this post!

  Please, have a seat and I hope you enjoy today's discussion! :) 

All For You by Jessica Scott

Publisher: Forever (February 4, 2014) 
Series: Coming Home, 4

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Can a battle-scarred warrior . . .

Stay sober. Get deployed. Lead his platoon. Those are the only things that matter to Sergeant First Class Reza Iaconelli. What he wants is for everyone to stay out of his way; what he gets is Captain Emily Lindberg telling him how to deal with his men. Fort Hood's newest shrink is smart as a whip and sexy as hell. She's also full of questions—about the army, its soldiers, and the agony etched on Reza's body and soul.

. . . open his heart to love?

Emily has devoted her life to giving soldiers the care they need—and deserve. Little does she know that means facing down the fierce wall of muscle that is Sergeant Iaconelli like it's just another day at the office. When Reza agrees to help her understand what makes a soldier tick, she's thrilled. Too bad it doesn't help her unravel the sexy warrior in front of her who stokes her desire and touches a part of her she thought long dead. He's the man who thinks combat is the only escape from the demons that haunt him. The man who needs her most of all . . .

Where to Buy*:

Kindle | NOOK | ARe

More Info:

Author's Site

Add it on GoodReads! | Find the Series

Our Reviews of Jessica Scott's other books:

Because of You, #1 (Kame)
Because of You, #1 (TBQ)
Anything For You, #1.5 (TBQ)
Until There Was You, #2 (TBQ)
I'll Be Home for Christmas, #2.5 (TBQ, Kame, and Pat)  ✦ Discussion 
Back To You, #3  (TBQ, Kame, and Pat)   ✦ Discussion

Our Discussion:

Forever Blog Tour: GIANT Guest Post + Giveaway!

Today I'm proud to host Debbie Mason, Jennifer Haymore, Sue-Ellen Welfonder, Jessica Scott, and Nina Rowan as part of the Fa La La Forever Blog Tour! Below you will find their guest post, author bios, book information, and, at the bottom, a giveaway for one lucky reader of this blog! :) Enjoy!

Top 5 holiday novels (romance or others)