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Book Details:
Title: Keep It Secert(KIS Series Book #1)
Author: Olivia Snow
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Day:November 18, 2014
Synopsis:
Is blood truly thicker than
water?
After the unexpected death of her
father, and her mother’s emotional abandonment, Ava Veneziano’s life is turned
upside down. She turns to drugs, sex and alcohol as a way to cope with all
the destruction in her life, inconsequence, she flunks a grade and loses touch
with her favorite cousin Vanessa.
Five years later, Ava and her mother
are reunited with the family they’d lost touch with and they end up moving into
their home.
Enter Vanessa Saint John.
Vanessa is unawarelybeautify, with an
overbearing and controlling mother. She’s never given the opportunity to have a
boyfriend or experience life like a normal seventeen year old girl.
However, all that changes when her
cousin Ava moves in, and she finally gets the attention of Gabriel Mason.
The same boy who’s also caught the
attention of her beloved cousin.
Amazon Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00OE7820K
First I would like to mention
that I have not read anything from Olivia Snow before and this book was a
surprise.
The story is full of emotion;
it will keep you rolling on and on while reading.
The way it is written is
great, it deals with issues that people do face, I must say though this book is
not for the faint hearted, it is meant in my eyes to make you take notice and
think about what these characters are going through and that these things
people do deal with.
The story kept me reading
which was great; I could not put this book down.
Yes I cried buckets while
reading this story but it felt good as I felt I was relating to the characters.
I felt so sorry for Ava when
at 13 she lost her father. Although I
cannot relate to this in a way I can with the depression her mother had. Ava
was left on her own and had to deal with so much by herself and at 13 I can tell
you it is difficult.
I felt going through stuff
like this myself I could relate to Ava.
The fact that she did not want to show emotion or love.
Ava’s life was spiralling out
of control at 14, she has so much on her at that point that all she can do is
find solace in sex and alcohol and it is such a shame to see that happening. I
felt so sorry for Ava’, she didn’t know where to turn to try and fix what was
happening to her and I felt she desperately wanted someone to help her.
It was great when later on Ava and her mother
are on a better footing, they have reunited with family, they have moved home
and Ava becomes close to her cousin again.
Things change though when Gabriel Mason comes
into the mix, he not only shows interest in Ava but in her cousin Vanessa as
well. Well he is a greedy boy isn’t he?
I loved how Ava’s life turned around
especially with her mother. I must admit
though I could not connect with Gabriel though, he actually annoyed me.
You will need to make your own minds up about
him though when you read it for yourself.
Title: Keep It Safe (KIS Series Book #2)
Author: Olivia Snow
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Day:December 16, 2014
Synopsis:
Eight months ago Vanessa
Saint John’s life was a lot different than it is now…
After
losing Gabriel, and the discovery of his and Ava’s indiscretions, Vanessa
becomes depressed and turns to partying and alcohol as a distraction.
Recognizing
that she’s spiraling out of control, she manages to turn her life around.
Still, her mother poses as a problem, and like the social climber she is, she
fixes Vanessa up with the very rich and affluent Stellen Webb.
Vanessa
is nothing more than a pawn in her mother’s quest for wealth and recognition,
and unknowingly Cynthia pushes Vanessa into the arms of another man; Diesel
Knox, a tattooed country boy with an attitude.
Clean and sober Ava has spent
the last eight months in Sicily running away from her problems, until her
mother summons her back to Colorado…
Reluctantly
Ava returns to a broken Vanessa, a bartending job, and an unexpected love
interest. Maxwell Gallagher, a much older man, who has a six-year-old son.
Will Vanessa finally break
free of her parents grip? Will Ava finally find the happiness she so
desperately seeks? Or will she forever be in the hell of her own making?
Excerpt:
The first day of school came too
quickly. Mother managed to keep me busy all week long, dragging me to piano
lessons, Pilates, and back-to-school shopping. I hardly had any time to spend
with Ava, but last night we managed to talk about our schedules.
“We have no classes together,” I said,
disappointed, as I compared the two pieces of paper. “You’re taking AP
Calculus?” I glanced up at Ava in disbelief while she played with a loose
thread on my comforter.
“Yup,” she replied, like it wasn’t a
big deal.
“That’s like...really advanced.”
“Yup.”
“I’m not even taking that.”
She glanced up at me with an amused
look and a sly grin. “Are you insinuating that I’m dumber than you?”
“No! Of course not, it’s just...you
have to test into that course and the exam is really hard.”
Oh, jeez, like that was even better. Insert foot in mouth. I should have stopped while I
was ahead.
Ava chuckled, amused. “Van, relax, I’ve
always been good at math. I didn’t flunk eighth grade because I was stupid, you
know.”
“Then why did you?”
“It’s getting late, we should get to
bed.” Ava jumped off my bed and headed toward the bathroom.
“Oh, all right, good night then.”
Ava stopped suddenly in front of my
dresser, slowly turning around.
“Should I be concerned that you may
have developed a sadistic personality? Or do you just have something against
glass people?”
“Huh?” What in God’s name is she talking about?
“You get off on mutilating innocent
ballet dancers?” She was holding my broken figurine in her hands. I buried my
face in a pillow, laughing hysterically once I put two and two together. “You
have to stop running into shit, Vanessa, you’re really going to hurt yourself.”
Ava had already guessed what happened to my poor ballerina.
As my laughter subsided, I was able to
regain my voice. “I don’t know how it happens,” I admitted.
Ava’s freakishly expressive eyebrow
rose while the other one slanted.
“Really, I don’t.” I held my arms up in
surrender.
“Be extra careful.” She placed the figurine back
on the dresser. Opening the bathroom door, she waved the back of her hand at me
before saying goodnight and shutting it behind her.
Why did I get the feeling she was an
expert at deflecting questions she didn’t want to answer? She’d flipped the
entire conversation from her to me in a matter of seconds.
What a ninja.
About the author:
Olivia Snow lives in a lovely town in
Colorado, with her wonderful husband and three beautiful but highly energetic
children that she can barely keep up with. Her day is devoted to chasing after
her three monsters, cleaning, cooking and often times tearing out her hair.
She loves drinking coffee eating chocolate and cheesecake. In her free time, you can catch her reading a steamy book, watching juicy drama filled reality TV or just cuddling with her yummy hubby.
She loves drinking coffee eating chocolate and cheesecake. In her free time, you can catch her reading a steamy book, watching juicy drama filled reality TV or just cuddling with her yummy hubby.
Author Links:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ByOliviaSnow
Website: http://www.byoliviasnow.com/
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