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Cry Baby (Pierce Brothers Book 4) by Belinda Williams – Review by Christie Mitchum

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Cry Baby (Pierce Brothers, #4)Cry Baby by Belinda Williams
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Anyone who knows me knows I like a good rom-com, and I LOVED Cry Baby by Belinda Williams. It’s the fourth book in the Pierce Brothers Series. I haven’t read the first three books, but I didn’t feel like it affected my reading. I think I would enjoy reading the earlier books if this one is any indication of how good they may be.

Amy has a new job, being a nanny. She seems perfectly suited to it because she has a positive outlook on life, and the first meeting with baby Amelia proves she has a way with children. Noah is very different from Amelia. He is single and has no intention of settling down any time soon and is pretty cynical. Yet, now he finds himself a guardian of his best friend’s baby daughter, and this is when Amy enters the picture. He has no clue how to be a dad, and when he meets Amy for the first time, he is at his wit’s end. Of course, these two clash because of their totally different outlooks on life. However, as they spend more time together, and Amy tries to prove to Noah that he really may be a family man, they begin falling hard for one another. Their journey to their HEA will have many hiccups as they each carry baggage from their past that influences their present.

The synopsis of this book just scratches the surface of the story and the characters. There is so much happening between the first chapter and the last one. Amy and Noah are very fleshed-out and complicated characters, and I enjoyed getting to know who they were with each word I read. This is a rom-com with a lot of meat and emotions involved with some added surprises too. There was joy and some sadness, and that is what made the book so good! Williams is a new author to me, and I’m looking forward to discovering her other books.

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Absolution by Anise Storm & Taylor L. Ray – Review by Christie Mitchum

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AbsolutionAbsolution by Anise Storm
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Absolution is a dark romance with bits of mystery and paranormal elements woven throughout.

Dominic was from the wrong side of the tracks according to his young girlfriend’s father. He would never be good enough for her, but Dominic didn’t care. He was in love with the beautiful Juliana Rutherford. It appeared that they had a bright future ahead of them despite her father, that is until she disappeared after arguing with Dominic. Of course, he is accused of the crime until nearly two years later, he is found not guilty, but he was still in prison while awaiting trial. The one thing that got him through those dark times was revenge and making Juliana’s father pay for trying to ruin his life.

Whitney Greene lives a pretty good life, but she has a secret that she keeps trying to run from. She has psychic abilities that she tries to deny. Yet, one ghost just won’t leave her alone, and that happens to be Juliana. She needs to reach Dominic and give them closure so that they can both move on. Whitney is the key. She just has to get her to listen.

When Whitney first meets Dominic for the first time, it doesn’t go well AT ALL! He accuses her of being Juliana and helping her father in trying to destroy him. Yeah, Juliana failed to mention to Whitney that they both look exactly alike. Not only is Juliana’s father on his revenge list, but now Whitney is. She somehow has to convince him she isn’t his first love and get Juliana’s message across to him.

If you are looking for a sweet romance, this one isn’t for you. It’s dark, but Anise Storm still managed to tap into my emotions as well. Dom was not someone I easily liked at first. I admired him for his tenacity and strength. However, he had a coldness and darkness to him, and I could somehow understand that because of what happened to him. So, seeing him melt a little with Whitney actually helped me like him a lot more by the end of the book. He is the quintessential alpha male.

I liked Whitney from the very beginning, and some of my favorite chapters were her chapters. I enjoyed seeing her learn to use her newfound powers. It was a bit reminiscent of the All Souls Trilogy by Deborah Harkness, but Anise Storm made this her own heroine and her own story. I can’t not mention Juliana. She was a character in her own right. In the beginning chapters, I wasn’t such a fan of hers either. I felt like she didn’t love Dom in the way in which he deserved to be loved. However, there were layers that still would be revealed about her throughout the book as well. It just goes to show that I should never judge a character at the beginning of a book.

The plot was fast-paced. As I said, there was some darkness to it. There is a lot of sexual content, but I actually enjoyed the twists and turns with the paranormal elements more than I enjoyed anything else.

If you are looking for a book that is a quick read with some darkness and a lot of spice, along with some GREAT twists and turns, this is just the book for you.

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