"Maise's life is fairly standard up until her accident. She has a boyfriend, a best friend, and parents who fight frequently. When her face and part of her body get burned in an electrical fire, she qualifies for a face transplant as she recovers. After the transplant, Maise can no longer recognize the face in the mirror or the person behind it." Full review at Fresh Fiction: http://freshfiction.com/review.php?id=56709

Short and Sweet:

I loved this emotional and deep story!
To Elaborate…

I am soooo happy to be on this blog tour because I can’t recommend this book enough. NAKED follows Anna, a teen prostitute who is just reunited with her family (and not quite so happily). She’s been gone for three years, and she doesn’t know how to fall back into the normal life they expect her to, not to mention that the one boy who is kind to her hates liars, and she’s trying to keep him from the truth. When someone starts leaving her notes in her locker, threatening to expose her past, and a trial involving her old boyfriend/pimp is in the works, she will find her past following her.

There are so truly heartbreaking aspects of this story. Anna’s reality is not unlike many runaway teenagers. As it mentions early in the story, she runs away because of her verbally and emotionally abusive father and a mother who seems to be too wrapped up in playing a trophy wife to help. Stacey Trombley does an incredible job of painting a realistic picture of Anna and her surroundings. The family dynamics are perfect, and I really enjoyed how both sides had to reach some sort of compromise.

Anna’s narration is saucy, tough, and sorrowful. She tries not to let the bullying from her new classmates get to her, but she also has horrible flashbacks of her time in New York, and it’s not easy. Jackson is the best possible friend to her, and I love how their relationship starts off so gentle and full of kindness. There is a minor story arc about Jackson being teased for being a virgin and not ‘putting out,’ which offers another wonderful discussion on the negative effects of a patriarchal society with enforced gender norms.

Overall, if you want a moving, intense, and important novel in your life, NAKED is the perfect fit. This story will break your heart several times, but the rings of hope throughout will leave it mending by the end. Highly recommend!

"Adam Blackwood, head of the growing Boomerang company, is ready to take his business to the next level. In order to do so, he needs the financial assistance of Graham Quick, who just happens to be the father of the woman he almost hooked up with, Alison Quick. Alison is trying to make her own footprint in the business world outside of her father, so she tries to change her growing interest in Adam to a more professional relationship. As the two slowly learn to trust each other, they may discover professionalism is the last thing on their minds." Full review at Fresh Fiction: http://freshfiction.com/review.php?id=50709

"Dai, Jin, and Mei Yee are all trapped in the Walled City, a place of nightmares, death, and corruption. Dai is running from his past and is on a secret mission. For one of his drug runs, he needs a quick runner, and he finds Jin, a girl disguised as a boy, who is trying to find her sister, Mei Yee. Mei Yee is living in a brothel, stuck watching the girls who try to run get hurt and nearly helpless to do anything about it. When the three paths of theirs collide, they may find a way out of the dangerous city." Full review at Fresh Fiction: http://freshfiction.com/review.php?id=49777

"Rika used to be cursed. She used to hold the frozen ice of winter in her, because she decided to take a chance on the wrong person. Now, the curse has been lifted and she is content to hide away in her desert. That is, she is content until fate, or a meddlesome friend, pushes her to meet the human she's been eyeing for a year, while at the same time, other faeries are stirring up trouble around her. Rika can't hide anymore, not from them or her past." Full review at Fresh Fiction: http://freshfiction.com/review.php?id=41243

A stunning sequel even better than the first! Full review: http://freshfiction.com/review.php?id=38839

"Alex is the best fighter among Prince Damian's guard. Brave, loyal, and fierce, he upholds his duty no matter the cost. Upholding his duty mostly isn't a problem...except that Alex is really Alexa, a girl. After a vicious attack on her family's village, Alexa and her twin brother were sent into service, and their skills got them guarding the prince. Alexa has kept up her façade for years, but when her, the prince, and another guard are kidnapped, she will find that secrets, both hers and theirs, are not easy to keep." Full review at Fresh Fiction: http://freshfiction.com/review.php?id=42165