This is the blog of Samie Sands, author of Lockdown. There will be many great books and projects reviewed here. For more, check out thelockdown.co.uk.

Wednesday, 31 January 2018

Monster Attack

Monster Attack by [Sands, Samie, Jr, Arnaldo, Wright, Dana, Lockwood, Andy, Higa, Sharon, Flak, Kyle, Hall, Kevin, Walker, Josh, Dibble, Kody, Mesnard, Matt]
Discover the most gruesome beasts from Werewolves to Mermaids and the stories behind them, written by the most talented horror authors. Arnaldo Lopez Jr, Dana Wright, Andy Lockwood, Sharon L. Higa, Kyle Flak, Kevin S. Hall, Josh Walker, Kody Dibble, Matt Mesnard, Mathias Jansson, Lila L. Pinord, John M. Wills, Michael Shaw, Debbie Johnson, Victoria Pagac, Alex Winck, Anthony V. Pugliese, Shakeem Winn, Preston Peet, Randy Attwood, Matthew J. Hamblin, Stefan Vucak, Anthony Modungwo, Cecilia H. Doldan, Samie Sands Vered Ehsani and Robert Tozer.

Monday, 29 January 2018

Living on Borrowed Time

Living on Borrowed Time by [Sands, Samie]

This isn't your ordinary love story...

Lara Rogers isn’t supposed to be here. She was supposed to die over a year ago from a long-term illness, yet somehow she managed to make a miracle recovery. The only problem is now she has an endless future stretched out in front of her—one that she wasn’t expecting, and one that she has no idea what to do with.
After she got the positive diagnosis, she moved to the big city where she knows no one to become another anonymous face, but this life isn’t making her happy. In fact, she’s more miserable than ever. 



An unexpected night out with a girl that seems to want to be her friend leads to all sorts of new experiences, including one that might even be love...



The only problem is Lara has spent so long not knowing who she is, that she doesn’t know how to act around all of these new people, and slowly things become increasingly difficult for her. She begins a negative spiral into self-destructive behaviour, sinking deeper and deeper until she isn’t sure that she can ever get out.

Straight from the Library: Straight Chattng from the Library: Samie Sands

Straight from the Library: Straight Chattng from the Library: Samie Sands: This post is part of a virtual book tour organized by Goddess Fish Promotions . Samie Sands will be awarding a $10 Amazon or Barnes and Nob...

Saturday, 27 January 2018

A Madness Of Angels by Kate Griffin

A Madness Of Angels: A Matthew Swift Novel by [Griffin, Kate]
When a man is tired of London he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford - Samuel Johnson
In fact, Dr Johnson was only half right. There is in London much more than life - there is power. It ebbs and flows with the rhythms of the city, makes runes from the alignments of ancient streets and hums with the rattle of trains and buses; it waxes and wanes with the patterns of the business day. It is a new kind of magic: urban magic.
Enter a London where magicians ride the Last Train, implore favours of The Beggar King and interpret the insane wisdom of The Bag Lady. Enter a London where beings of power soar with the pigeons and scrabble with the rats, and seek insight in the half-whispered madness of the blue electric angels. Enter the London of Matthew Swift, where rival sorcerers, hidden in plain sight, do battle for the very soul of the city . . .

Thursday, 25 January 2018

Perfect Catch by Chelsea Hale

Perfect Catch (A Sundaes for Breakfast Romance Book 4) by [Hale, Chelsea]
A romantic comedy by #1 Best-selling author, Chelsea Hale.

Kandice Naylor was the perfect catch. But one wrong move, and Kyle Montgomery was given a black eye and the silent treatment for years. When the grown-up version of her crush appears in her life again, will Kandice give him a chance to prove he's worth taking a risk for?

Perfect Catch is the prequel romance to the #1 Best-selling Sundaes for Breakfast Romance Series.
Each are written as a stand-alone novel, and can be read in any order. The books in the series include:

Perfect Catch
Mr. Write
Camera Wars
The Companion

Tuesday, 23 January 2018

The Second Chance Groom by Taylor Hart

The Second Chance Groom: Texas Titan Romances by [Hart, Taylor]
Enjoy this fast-paced love story from best-selling author, Taylor Hart!
Playing second string to his big brother, Zeus, of the Texas Titans, wasn't in Anthony Kincaid's life plan--Kinkaid's are never second string. But after what should have been a career-ending injury, he's happy to still be in the game. With his life in a constant state of flux, it shouldn't have been a surprise to see his first love at a PR event. When old feelings rise to the surface he finds himself kissing her ... too bad she slaps him.

As if mourning her fiancé who was killed in the line of duty wasn't hard enough, Cassidy Stone reluctantly returns to her old stomping grounds to help her dad through chemo. With everything she's going through, she doesn't need Anthony Kinkaid, the man who broke her heart at the tender age of sixteen, in her life. But when the owner of the newspaper asks if she'll do an exclusive interview on Anthony, she accepts. After all, who better to get the truth than the woman who knows all his secrets? She's objective. She is!

When Anthony makes it clear to her that he's in this interview for more then just the article, she becomes caught up in their shared memories and falls for him all over again. But old boyfriends and finance's never really disappear and when new secrets come to light, she is faced with a choice...let go of the past or give it one more second chance.

Monday, 22 January 2018

The Avid Reader: NBTM + Review + #Giveaway: Lottie Loves by Samie S...

The Avid Reader: NBTM + Review + #Giveaway: Lottie Loves by Samie S...



Lottie Loves tells the story of a younman who has lived through heartbreak for the second time in her life when she gets this strange call from her boyfriend Danny who is on the road with his band, Jax. Danny tells her that he didn't do it, that none of it is true. Lottie has no clue as to what he is taking about but when she picks up the newspaper and sees Danny having a good time with some woman and then a picture of her leaving his room. Well as they say a picture doesn't lie, right?

Lottie is all heartbroken over Danny's news that she can't think straight. Her mind takes her back to the past to the only person she thought she would ever love and that they would be together forever. Her best friend since they were babies. He became her boyfriend during their teenage years and Lottie started seeing Joe in a different way. They were going to get married and spend the rest of their lives together but then tragedy strikes close to home and everything comes crashing down around them. The next she knows Joe breaks up with her and takes his passport and leaves town.

With seeing the pictures of Danny in the paper it brings up memories that Lottie thought she had put to rest a long time ago but maybe not. She starts to dwelling on it all and wondering about the "what ifs". She starts to wonder if she and Joe were meant to be like she always dreamed of. Was she making a mistake with Danny? What does she truly want? Maybe the only way to find out is to take a walk into the past to meet with Joe to see what happened and where to go with in future. 

Lottie had to go through the things she did, experience every heartache, every joy, and meet the people she did in order to become the person she is now in order to love the people she loves now. If she hadn't experienced all those things then she would be a different person and her life would be so totally different than what it is. I am trying to say is that I tell my husband that we had to experience the things we did and meet the people we did to be the people we are today. If we hadn't experienced any of those things we would not be the people we are then we may not have liked each other and never have fallen in love.

Lottie Loves is not the first book by Samie Sands that I have read and I hope it won't be the last. I have honestly loved everything by her that I have read and Lottie Loves was no different. Lottie Loves is a very short book that will keep you flipping the pages wanting to know more about Lottie and Joe, Lottie and Danny. 

I would recommend Lottie Loves to anyone who loves a good love story or heartbreak whichever way you want to look at it but fair warning you may need a box of tissue. 

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