tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17457075832349236592024-02-21T09:39:40.994-08:00Jazzy's NotebookAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02895940766765656677noreply@blogger.comBlogger186125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1745707583234923659.post-70462945290680479312017-05-13T09:37:00.002-07:002017-05-13T09:37:44.221-07:00Pep talk to myselfEarly this year I set some pretty lofty goals for myself. One of those goals was to run the 3 main levels of Spartan races. Of course it wasn't enough to say "complete one spartan race" lol. I have to be extra. Not only that, you get a special medal for doing the 3 levels in one year. So what did I do? I went online and found races, marked my calendar, watched YouTube videos on the obstacles and of course kept on training. I was fairly confident I could do these with no problem. I know I'm not where I need to be with pull-ups and monkey bars which is where my self doubt come to play. If you cant complete an obstacle you are penalized with 30 burpees for each obstacle. Naturally I started doing hella burpees. Fast forward to today. The whole reason for even writing this post. Today is the first race on my original "plan." I'm not there obviously, I'm at work. Instead of feeling disappointed that I didn't sign up I still feel motivated. I will get there. Just not today. I started to ask myself, "do I want to do the races and end up doing 200 burpees?" Hell no. I will get my upper body game up. I will have a chance at completing all the obstacles. I don't want to go in setting myself up for complete failure. Today's race is a stadium race and I'm sure I can get through that one with a reasonable amount of burpees. It just didn't work for my schedule. But guess what? That's OK. I will do another stadium sprint this year. I'm thinking November in Boston. Until then I will keep on training and running races and maybe even try a non stadium spartan race. This years life lesson seems to be to respect where you currently are. Be present. Stop rushing to the future and wanting to be where you're not. "Only you know whats advanced for you." I will get those pull-ups, I will get the monkey bars, and I will earn the trifecta. Maybe this year or maybe next year. Either way I don't want to limit myself based on the lofty goals I set for myself. Why set myself up for failure?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02895940766765656677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1745707583234923659.post-72347029950841404692016-03-01T15:15:00.001-08:002016-03-01T15:15:48.109-08:00Let's Talk: Hair Products<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I received some products by L'Oreal to try out- can we say happy dance? Who doesn't love to try new things out? They already make my favorite shampoo and conditioner of all time. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">But I was just as excited to try their new line out. I tried the shampoo, conditioner and serum. This wont be a super long review. I loved the shampoo and conditioner. Even though the name says oil it does not leave your hair greasy or oily. I really like it and will keep using it in rotation with my favorite above. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Overall I would say if you like L'Oreal products go ahead and try this line out. Most drugstores rotate their sale products so keep an eye out for that. I would say pass on the hair serum/oil since that was the most disappointing of the bunch. </span></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02895940766765656677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1745707583234923659.post-35583038051627687932015-08-29T13:00:00.000-07:002015-10-21T14:56:49.174-07:00Let's Talk Makeup: Zombies!<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">What do you do on a lazy Saturday? Your partner is tinkering in the garage. You are doing laundry. You already worked out and cleaned the house. You know what I did? I decided to play makeup. I was ready for a fall day. Ready for something pumpkin spice, colorful leaves and most of all mild weather. In my brain all of that translated to Halloween, specifically, zombies. So here I am transformed into a zombie. My first attempt this year (so far). I still have to work on a few things. Mainly use face paint instead of foundation. I used mostly eyeshadows from the Balm's Meet Matte Nude Palette. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This won't be a super long post. I did see 50 Shades a second time. I enjoyed it sooo much more the second time around! I really noticed a few scenes that reminded me of Twilight! I love that. Jamie is growing on me. </span><span style="font-size: large;">I think he has mastered the one arm shirt removal LOL!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">***UPDATE: I did not end up seeing it a third time. I started to write this post </span><i style="font-size: x-large;">long</i><span style="font-size: large;"> ago but just go too busy. If you can believe it I do not own the DVD yet! Nor have I watched it at home either. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My sister in law suggested that I watch 9 1/2 Weeks and see how it compares to 50 Shades. I think it was like the 50 Shades of the late 80's. Personally, I feel 9 1/2 weeks was raunchier than 50 Shades. How is that even possible? There is a red room of pain in 50 Shades for crying out loud! Well, it is possible folks. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Kim Basinger- Timeless beauty. She plays Elizabeth. Mickey Rourke- not so handsome now but boy he was pretty handsome in his younger years. He plays John. The plot: Kim has an affair with a man she barely knows. They have hot intimate times but this leads down a slippery slope. He is playing this game with her. I totally did not like the ending. I was mad at John (Mickey). There are a few follow up movies but it is with different women. Of course the movie was from 1986 so there are some dated things, like the music, the movie magic, the fashion. Here is why I think this movie is raunchier: the sex scenes! Yes, they only show her in the nude. That is nothing new. BUT.... all the heavy breathing, all the "passion" seemed a bit naughty. I was almost embarrassed watching this! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Apparently, the black market is in the dark part of the interwebs. The part that is not cataloged or searchable when we use google or any other search engines. To access this you have to download things, tors? To buy things on there you have to use bitcoins. From what I gather that is some encrypted way of sending money directly to someone else without using a third party. Whew! OK. I have not ventured into the dark interwebs nor do I intend to. I have no desire to hire a hitman, buy drugs, sell drugs or watch some violent happenings. Here is a chart from theblaze.com that sums this up much easier than I can explain. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well this post has been long in coming! Sometimes, I have the post all planned out in my brain but my fingers and laptop don't get the memo. I do love American Horror Story. I love everything about the show. I have rewatched Seasons 1 & 2 a few times. A long time ago I would never rewatch or reread anything. I felt like there were too many things out there for me to waste time rewatching or rereading something I have already experienced. Lately, for the past few years, rewatching and rereading is some sort of sign. If I rewatch it means I love it. I'm not ready to let it go after the first experience. I don't want it to be over. Depending how deep my love runs for the particular thing depends how </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">By now it is no secret that I love scary movies. I was interested to watch Unfriended. Going into this movie I knew the gist of it. Friends were being contacted on the interwebs by their dead friend. As usual, I wont give away all the details. Some things you should know before you decide to watch this movie: </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The last 72 hours of my life have been devoted to reading The Maze Runner, The Scorch Trials and The Death Cure. Actually, in my brain it is just one long book. I still need to read The Kill Order. But I had to share my thoughts on this. I will say my sister has been nagging me to read this series for over a year. I saw The Maze Runner last year for my birthday with my best friend. That was the universe's gift to me. The universe is so generous that I will be doing the same thing this year for my birthday too. I loved the movie. While I was curious to read the book I was in quite the reading slump (as you may already know if you follow this blog). Now that the time for The Scorch Trials is getting closer I just had to find out what happens. The rest is history. I don't really know how to describe how I feel right now. When I finished reading the <a href="http://jcardi.blogspot.com/2013/10/divergent-insurgent-by-veronica-roth.html" target="_blank">Divergent</a> series I felt livid, angry and was almost in a rage over the ending. Let me not jump ahead of myself here. Only one other series has gotten me to read the books after watching the movie. That would be <a href="http://jcardi.blogspot.com/search/label/Hunger%20Games" target="_blank">The Hunger Games</a>. Ya'll know how much I love that series. That being said, for this series (and Hunger Games too) I feel like the first book is a little hard to get into. I think this is because you already know (mostly) what is going to happen. But like I usually say, stick with it, it is well worth it. Book 2 & 3 just fly by! So suspenseful and keeps you on the edge of your seat. You don't know what to believe anymore. It is like inception! Let's talk about the ending. I won't give anything away. UGH! I just want <i>more</i>. I need <i>more</i> pages between the last two chapters and the </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">epilogue. I need <i>more</i> reconciliation with Thomas and Teresa. I need more <i>after</i>. Clearly I just need <i>more</i>. I would have resolved things a bit differently, but, hey, that's how I roll. I loved this series but now I just feel numb. I feel like Thomas. Like I have just been mindf&*^ed and didn't even realize it is over. Maybe after the movies come out I will elaborate in more detail what I want more about. I don't want to ruin it for anyone who may be wanting to read it. I will say I love and agree with the casting. Except for one person. I would have made this guy Ratman, or Janson instead. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I can't believe it has been 5 months since I have posted! WOW! My apologies! Today's post is for any Magic Mike XXL lovers. This is not a movie review. Obviously, it is one of the best movies of all time! Now, for my Channing Tatum lovers, music lovers, or just lovers of all things ironic, funny and witty this post is for you. If you did not like the movie or want to know about it this post is not for you. Ladies, remember the scene where Channing is telling Amber about how he loves oreo's? </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">HOLY HELL. It started off great. First episode opens with Adam Levine. Got my attention-check. Too many times I found myself thinking, "What a sick biach" or "What a sick ba$tard!" Talk about old school catholic punishment, use of the word flogging (or flocking as I like to call it) electro shock therapy, alien abduction, possession, (the list can go on and on)- this season was just crazy. Just when I thought it couldn't get any worse something even worse would happen! Just when I thought something good was going to happen BOOM right back to an even bigger shitshow. Oh but that ending! I did not see that coming! Oh, not to mention my new love for Dylan McDermott. He is in his 50's!!!!! Not too shabby!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ok, Ethan Hawke is a time traveling agent. He goes back in time to prevent crimes, bombings and other horrible things. When we meet him he is a bartender. He is talking to a man. The man tells him a CRAZY story how he used to be a woman... His life was ruined (<i>while he was a woman</i>) when he met a guy and did what is natural and ended up pregnant. Of course the guy left and her (<i>his</i>) career was over. While giving birth the doctors realized that she had 2 sets of organs, both not developed well. The female organs were developed well enough to get pregnant but after the cesarean they were damaged. They reconstructed the male organs and that is how she became a man. Imagine that! A new "mother" and you wake up from surgery to that news!!! Two weeks later her baby is taken from the hospital. Ethan Hawke tells the guy he can bring him to the guy that changed his life. The guy that got her pregnant and left her to her horrible fate. Of course that sounds like a good idea. He wants to kill that ba$tard for everything he lost. Lost womanhood, child, life, career, family. So they go back in time to where she was about to meet that SOB. Guess who the man who ruined her life is? I know you will never guess. The man who ruined her life was HERSELF. Her future self, in man form, come back to the past to "kill the SOB" but instead was mesmerized by the woman (himself as a woman). Shocker, huh? But wait, it gets better! They fornicate! And she gets herself pregnant? The stolen baby was her?!? How does it make sense? It doesn't. Ethan Hawke is a future version of her! Talk about mindfu#k! If you are not shocked and amazed by this plot line then you have a very vivid imagination lol. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am totally not doing this film/short story any justice-AT ALL. There is a whole other element I'm not even talking about here because I'm just still shocked at them apples. The moral of the story is don't screw yourself! JUST KIDDING! The moral of the story is somethings are just predestined to happen and no matter how you try to change them to alter the outcome it will always be the same. Whew. I need some chocolate now. :) </span><i><span style="font-size: large;"></span></i>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02895940766765656677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1745707583234923659.post-62935955714821153522015-02-19T15:15:00.000-08:002015-02-19T15:15:42.007-08:00Let's Talk Makeup: NCLA Nail Wraps<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">See this nail picture on the right? I love those nails. I thought I would try to recreate them. I found the picture on pinterest of course. After a little investigation I found these are transparent nail wraps from NCLA. This particular style is called Leather and Lace and costs $18.00. I thought these would be the perfect nails for seeing Fifty Shades of Grey. I even got my nails done since I normally have short nails. I wish I could give these wraps a good review but I just cant. They did not stick on my nails. They did not even last the night. I got so frustrated I peeled them off. Even after filing down the edges the sticker was still lifted! Sally Hansen wraps have never let me down before. I was expecting the same from this brand especially since they are double the price. I say skip out on these and head to your local drugstore and grab the Sally Hansen kind instead. </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02895940766765656677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1745707583234923659.post-81153732499425470682015-02-17T09:53:00.000-08:002015-02-17T09:53:42.105-08:00Let's Talk Movies: 50 Shades of Grey<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">On a hiatus or not, what kind of blogger would I be if I did not have something to say about the 50 Shades of Grey <strike>phenomenon</strike> -movie!?! At first, I will admit, I was not interested in seeing this movie at all. Was not interested in advanced tickets, making a shirt, trying to show my love for the books/movie like I do with other releases. Not until two days before it was supposed to come out did I get excited to see it. I did not see it on the early Thursday screening like everyone was so happily posting all over facebook. I was not a happy camper about that lol. Let's get to the movie, shall we? Overall, I liked it. I was not in love with it but I did like it. Dakota Johnson as Ana stole the show. She did an amazing job! I was not expecting that from her. But, Jaime, Jaime, Jaime... He did not do it for me. I was not thrilled that he would be 50 from the beginning. He reminds me of Justin Timberlake. No offense to Justin, I love that man. But when I think of <i>the Christian Grey -</i> Justin Timberlake should not come to mind. I need a more dominating man. A little bigger and not so boyish. Oh well. We can't get everything we want! I am looking forward to seeing the movie a second time. I feel like the first time I was waiting and scrutinizing and comparing everything to the book. The second time I watch it I just want to see it for a movie - a plain ole movie. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">OMG. I just finished watching the last episode of Six Feet Under!!! Thanks to the recommendation of one of my friends I started watching this series about two weeks ago. She said it is one of her favorite shows ever. It will now be one of my favorite shows ever too. I literally sobbed for 40 minutes! I was not expecting that ending! But what genius it was! It was perfect! I was happy and sad at the same time! IT was the best ending I have seen to a series as of yet! Totally blew the True Blood series finale out of the water! If you havent seen this series yet, do yourself a favor and watch it asap. Yes, it is a tad bit morbid, but it is sooo awesome! Yes, there are some things I did not like in general about the show. Namely cheating and drug use but overall it was perfect. It shows so much about human nature and more so about appreciation. Such memorable characters and heart warming moments. The series finale was just perfection. Well played HBO!</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFMtTOSipp3nDTbiJOOaBTzjqkbsEvhaX3XoRlqFgcG05shoMWTrO5kHPh1MsxYpZdg4XkzsJ2d6OOZ6xwwiU4cPSZeCfUpBtYaPxF0B8ySu2AaWfpsWKDNoBz_JNUkAdmdQwP4CGWRBw/s1600/six-feet-under-cast.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFMtTOSipp3nDTbiJOOaBTzjqkbsEvhaX3XoRlqFgcG05shoMWTrO5kHPh1MsxYpZdg4XkzsJ2d6OOZ6xwwiU4cPSZeCfUpBtYaPxF0B8ySu2AaWfpsWKDNoBz_JNUkAdmdQwP4CGWRBw/s1600/six-feet-under-cast.jpg" height="290" width="640" /></a></div>
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My name is Dominic Powers. My software engineering company, DPS, is one of the top 500 companies in the world. Conducting a search for my Personal Assistant brought an unexpected candidate straight to me.<br />
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I knew she was different as soon as she walked into my high-rise office. She exuded innocence and inexperience. Those are two things in a woman that normally don’t attract me, but I am apparently making an exception for her. She’s young and delicate – and I’m afraid she won’t make it in my world.<br />
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But the carnal man I’ve kept hidden deep inside me says I have to try.<br />
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She is my Sophia Vasco.<br />
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I am Her Dom.<br />
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I am happily married to a wonderful man and we celebrate our 24th wedding anniversary this year.<br />
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<strong><span style="color: red;">Title</span>: Sessions Interrupted</strong><em>
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Drinking problem— ✔
Anger problem— ✔
Relationship issues— ✔
Ladies man— ✔
Court order— ✔
I’m Kieran Scott…I don’t disagree that therapy would be beneficial for a guy like me. However, when I saw the beautiful, gray-eyed therapist I was supposed to spill my thoughts too in my first session…well, let’s just say her mouth should be used for one thing…and it wasn’t talkin’.
Ms. Keep it Professional thought she had control of these sessions. She didn't know who she was dealing with. I would turn the tables faster than she could spell F-*-C-K-M-E!
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Doc’s mouth closed and, already resembling that wet puppy, her eyes followed suit. Hurt washed over her features and if I could have punched myself I would have.</h4>
“I didn’t mean…”
She left as quickly as she’d come, dashing back into the bar.
“Dude,” I said to Todd.
“I’m sorry. I called for you,” Todd explained. “She’s parked out front, K.”
Wink nodded. “Go through the gate. That would be quicker.”
So I did, setting off the security alarm, which bellowed out in the night. When I rounded the corner in the rain, she was digging in her very well-worn-out jeans. Water surged down the street, rushing over her feet and as she clicked the key fob unlocking her car, one of her flip-flops got caught in the flow of water. In my leather boots, I stepped off the curb and grabbed it. Her eyes found me standing ankle deep in the water. I waded toward her as water seeped into my boots.
“Cinderella?” I asked, holding up the flip-flop.
The rain streaked her face, or was it tears?
“It’s a flip-flop, not a glass slipper. Life’s not a fairy tale, Mr. Scott.”
“It sure could be. And we’re back to that Mr. Scott shit, eh? Even after I took you home the other night?”
She snatched the flip-flop from me and slid it back on her foot.
“Nothing happened that night. Nothing will ever happen. I’m not really a sex-behind-the-bar kind of gal,” she said, opening her car door. I slammed it shut before she could climb in.
“Nothing happened back there by the way. Why did you come here?”
“I’m your therapist, Mr. Scott. You didn’t show for your appointment and I was worried.”
“Bullshit!” I shouted, batting the rain from my lashes.
Her finger jabbed in front of my face as if I were two.
“I could request a warrant for you this minute.”
Her hair was sopping wet and her face looked like a raccoon. The hottest damn raccoon I’d ever seen.
“Let’s do therapy right now,” I suggested.
“Mr. Scott. That would be highly…”
I shoved her up against the car and pressed my body to hers. I hovered over her by a foot, and a part of me wanted to intimidate her.
“Enough of the Mr. Scott shit,” I said.
Her mouth slightly parted as her eyes hooded. As disgusted as she was by me, I turned her on, I think. I wanted to turn her on. I wanted to taste those full lips. I wanted to know if her tongue was shy or aggressive. And I wanted to see her eyes roll back as I buried myself inside her.
“Say my name,” I ordered.
The lashes around her eyes were fanned out beautifully and the gray of her eyes flickered back and forth between my eyes and my mouth.
“Say it!” I demanded through clenched teeth.
“Kieran,” she whispered.
I was harder now than when I was inches from Nikki’s mouth.
“Say it again.”
“Kieran…”
This time it sounded more like a cry and I wanted to kiss her just like she’d told me she liked. Drunk or not, I remembered. Little, slow pecks. Just a bit of tongue. I wouldn’t screw it up.
Her chin quivered as the rain pelted down. I’d actually forgotten it was raining until I saw it streaming down her perfect face. It was then that I realized she didn’t have on a bra and her nipples poked through the gray shirt beautifully. Damn. My tongue darted out, running the length of my lips with simply the thought of wrapping them around those perfect pebbles.
“Would you have sought out another client if they didn’t show?” I asked.
“What?”
“If one of your other clients didn’t show, would you track them down?”
“I don’t know,” she said squeezing her eyes shut.
“Yes you do. Tell me.”
Her eyes opened as her teeth pressed softly into her bottom lip. “No. I wouldn’t track them down.”
This brought me pure satisfaction.
“I’ll be there Wednesday.”
She nodded.
“What time?” I asked.
“Four?”
I nodded. “See me before then. Please.”
“I can’t Kieran…”
“Fine. Wednesday at four.”
And I swear to God, I didn’t want her to go. I wanted her to stay with me…go home with me. Todd and Wink were right: I was screwed.
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I work part-time as a probation officer for juveniles. But I spend the majority of my time with two of the most freakishly awesome boys ever...MY two sons!</h4>
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I am a huge Kansas Jayhawk fan, Oregon Duck fan and Chicago Cubs fan! I'm deliciously addicted to music...Love all kinds! Dr. Pepper is a close second in my addictions.</h4>
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<strong> She has written Just One of The Guys Series, Pure Will, and Sessions Interrupted</strong></h4>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sometimes you reach a point where you just can’t take any more – a breaking point some call it. The day I watched my husband murder the woman who was pregnant with his child, my point didn’t just break, it exploded like a magazine firing through the barrel of a fully-automatic AK-47. Literally. I am no longer his American Princess, nor am I his slave. Now, I’m a murderer in hiding. My name was Bryleigh Carter Oliveira and that was my story.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Where do I start with Translucent? I was EXTREMELY lucky to have read this while it was in process. You know what that means? No, not that I automatically love it and give it a gazillion stars-although that is the truth. What it means is that I have had a severe book hangover from Madden for weeks-and could not share my misery with you guys. I literally have not been able to read another book since this! I have a few that I read for reviews but I mean just picking up (ehhh, I should say opening the cloud) a book to read just for fun-yeah, that hasn't happened. As a matter of fact, I am rereading this one. It is that serious my friends. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ok, I should tell you something about the story. I won't give anything away and since a synopsis and excerpt are included in this post you will see what I mean. Blake has had a rough past. She is starting over in a new state, new job, new everything. She meets Madden and BOOM! She never saw him coming and little did she know he is everything she never knew she needed. Can I have Madden please? Nope, he belongs to Toski! lol (See book dedication)</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">Picking me up off the bed, Ish threw me over his shoulder and marched out of the hotel room, into the pitch-black night. Scared speechless, I didn’t make a peep as he strode into the small motel office and dropped me on the floor. The male front desk attendant that had rented me the room had eyes as big as saucers, obviously fearful of Ish and the scene unfolding in front of him.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">“Y-yes, I gave her a room,” he admitted in a cracked voice.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">“She paid me with money, sir. I don’t run that kind of business.” The man looked down at me huddled in a corner on the floor, and then back up at Ish. “She never even offered that kind of thing.”</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">Ish stomped around to the back of the counter and held his hand out, palm up. “She wants a refund. She’s not staying here tonight.”</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">Trembling, the man opened the cash register and pulled out some cash, setting it in Ish’s hand. As he did, Ish grabbed hold of his wrist and twisted it behind his back.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">“Please…please don’t hurt me,” the man begged. “I didn’t know I was doing anything wrong.”</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">“No, you probably didn’t, but she did,” Ish spat, his fiery eyes darting over to me. “Princesa, did you know you were doing something wrong?” </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">The growing sob that had built in the back of my throat escaped as I nodded and said, “Yes, I did.”</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">“Punish me, Ish,” I cried. “That poor man has nothing to do with this. Please, let him go.”</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">He glanced over at the man he held in a tight hold, and then back at me before releasing an evil laugh that echoed loudly throughout the small room. “Sorry, Princesa, but I need you to be pretty for our upcoming wedding.” Then, without warning, he pulled a long-bladed knife from the leg of his pants and chopped the man’s hand clear off in one swing. I’m not sure who screamed louder, me or the man, but within seconds, it was only my high-pitched voice shrieking, because Ish took the knife and slit the man’s throat, killing him instantaneously. Dropping the bloody body, he stalked towards me, bent down to my level, and clamped his hand on top of my mouth.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">“Quiet now, Bryleigh, before you alert anyone else and I do the same thing to them. You don’t want to be the reason anyone else dies tonight, do you?” he whispered in my ear.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">Immediately, I stop screaming, knowing damn well he would do exactly what he promised. “Now, that’s my good Princesa,” he said, stroking my hair. “We should get out of here. I’m going to carry you to the car, and I expect you to be well-behaved.”</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">Lifting me from the dirty tile floor, he carried me like a baby out to his car and placed me on the passenger seat. Petrified of what was going to happen next, I sat as still as a statue as he got into the car and drove north, back towards Chicago. He said nothing the entire drive home, but once we were both inside the apartment, he threw me on the bed and stripped me naked. Turning me over so that I was face-down on the mattress, he yanked forcefully on my hips, raising them in the air. He held tightly onto my hipbones as he viciously thrust himself into my virgin ass—no warning…no lube…nothing. I shouted out at the intense pain, and tears immediately began to stream down my face, but he didn’t stop thrusting until he was buried completely inside of me. </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">Leaning over, with his chest pressed to my back, he said in low, spine-chilling voice, “Anytime you fuck up, Princesa, someone will pay the price, and I will make you watch as I administer the punishment. You need to see the consequences of your actions, so don’t fuck up again if you don’t want any more blood on your conscience.”</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">He then fiercely fucked me until he came deep inside my asshole. He pulled out, not saying another word, then showered and left. I cried until I couldn’t see, and passed out with exhaustion. </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">That was the only time I ever tried to run away, but sadly, not the only bloodstains on my hands. It was only the beginning.</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">“Ah, Mama Bear, run him through all the tests. You’re careful. And he might say we’re crazy and tell us to fuck off. Let’s ask before we worry about it.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Biding my time, I chew on the inside of my cheek and look back, confirming Conner’s still tossing the Frisbee happily, Rhett watching him. “You asking or am I?” I sigh, hopefully masking the foreign tingle of anticipation working its way up my battered spine.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">“He’s hetero, I can tell from here. I say we send in,” he flicks a finger back and forth between my boobs, “the big guns.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">“Don’t lick your lips!” I shove him, mouth agape. “You’re like my brother. That’s illegal in at least forty states, and gross.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">“Enough.” I slap my hand over his mouth hastily. “I’ll go, but you stay right here and watch, closely. He makes a move for a weapon, dial 911 as you run to rescue me.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">“On it.” He grins at me, full of victory, a hint of his earlier teasing still lingering in his expression.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Girding my loins, I think, do women have loins and can they be girded or is that only a guy thing? Summoning my courage, I move with slow, hesitant steps in the miraculous unknown’s direction, reminding myself with each one that it’s for the boys, the band, the overall goal of staying the hell out of Sutton. And it is, but I’m kidding myself if I don’t admit I wouldn’t be this anxious if I was walking up to an ugly man. Or even a kinda good-looking man. Shallow much, Liz? Nah, I have no control over biological response.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Almost there now, his head lifts and turns at my approach, connecting eyes as sable brown as thick molasses to my own. He was tummy-turning enough far away. Up close, he’s better than photoshopped, a clear-cut case for Guinness Genetics. His lips are full, much plumper than my own, and he has a strong nose and jawline, both very masculine, the latter covered in a dark scruff. His hair is the same rich chestnut as his eyes, not too short, but definitely not too long. “Just fucked” hair (isn’t that what they call it?) be damned. He’s got “just fucked her and she had to hold on” locks, unruly in the most intricate fashion. The black boots at the end of long, thick legs are scuffed, faded jeans worn, well, and the long sleeved black thermal he’s wearing? Oh, he wears it, or rather, every muscle in his torso holds it up flawlessly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">“No, are you?” His timbre is deep and gravely, sending my vagina subliminal messages. Something along the lines of “yup, you want it.” With a voice like that, I’m praying he isn’t a chain smoker. To fuzz this perfect picture with the stench of an ever-present cloud of smoke would be one helluva slap in the face of the Almighty creator.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">“No,” I answer too defensively, this instant, highly unusual attraction frying my staple “too cool to care” attitude that, up until right now, I’d like to think I pull off fabulously. “You any good?” I lean and point to the instrument on his back, brows bowed in questioning antagonism.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">“Define good,” he deadpans, head down as he pulls the guitar off his back and puts it back in its case.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Damn, I should’ve gone with a mediocre guitarist! Now I’ve backed myself into a corner, Stranger Danger not giving me anything in the form of segue. Struggling, I shove my hands in my back pockets and rock nervously back and forth on my heels, forced to come up with another revealing yet seemingly aloof question.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">“Our band.” I toss my head back toward the bus. “We need a bassist. And since you’re hitchhiking, I thought maybe—”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">“You sure about that?” He eats up the steps I’d retreated, placing his body close enough to mine that I can literally feel the battle of push and pull between us. “‘Cause where I come from, hitchhikers stand at the road, where you can see them. It increases their chances of actually landing a ride.” His left eyebrow curves up at one end and that same eye, I swear it, twinkles at me. “Seeing as how I’m sitting at the back of a desolate rest stop, I’m either the worst hitchhiker in history,” another step closer, “or you’re labeling me with the wrong tag.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As quietly as possible, I slink out of the bed and through his door, pulling it closed; halfway there. Sending up a silent prayer I don’t meet any open, awake eyes, I turn, relieved at the lack of spectators, and scurry to my bed. After sharing my song tonight, I need some time to pass before I look them in the eyes—those lyrics, the tremor in my voice as I sang—I’m not ready for questions or commentary.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">“Hey,” Cannon greets me with a whisper and grin from his bed, curtain also pulled open.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Giving him back the smile I can’t contain, I finger wave. Has he been waiting up for me? Was I secretly hoping he’d still be awake? Do I want to know either answer or what it says about me? What planet am I living on that this is now an issue?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">“Here.” He scoots to the edge of his bunk and hands across…an earbud? Eyeing him curiously, I turn on my side, facing his way, and put it in my ear. “Shhh.” He puts a finger over his lips then winks and slips the other bud in his own ear, only breaking eye contact for a split second to tap the phone screen, then reconnecting in the muted light.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">“Hello, Lizzie,” his voice sounds in my ear and as my eyes pop in surprise. He once again does the “shhh” thing, nodding to me to just listen. “I thought about playing you ‘You Are So Beautiful,’ but surely you already know that. This, you may not.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">There’s a brief pause, then music starts… It’s “Have a Little Faith in Me.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I know I whimper aloud, but I force my eyes to stay on his no matter how badly I want to hide them and the building tears. Through the entire song, I stare and he stares back, mouthing the words every once in a while. With the closing notes, his voice returns.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">“Not too corny, I hope. Just…think about it. Sweet dreams, Lizzie.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Apparently picking up on the fact I’ve been rendered incapable of functioning, he reaches over and gently removes the earbud, taps the end of my nose with his fingertip, then closes my curtain for me.</span></div>
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