Book Review: Saved by Kelly Elliott

Saved by Kelly Elliott

Pages: 503
Published April 4 2013
My Star Rating: 4 Stars

My review:

This is book two in the wanted series. Do not read this book if you did not read Wanted first.

What do you do when the man you have loved for years finally proposes to you? Celebrate? Make wild passionate love to each other? Not in this book. This wild ride of a story starts off where Wanted left off. Jeff and ari finally figured out how to make it work and told each other how much they love one other after years of differences. A one night stand before they even became a couple called Jeff to tell him that she was pregnant. Then the night that he was going to propose, ari's father shows up and ruins the whole thing by telling ari that Jeff got someone else pregnant and he planning on proposing. What do you do when the one woman you despise the most says she is pregnant with the man you loves baby?

Is Rebecca really having Jeff's baby? She is due in 2 months and that's when the truth comes out. Ari and her friends scheme to find the truth. There is now way that she can be due in two months when she looks like she is gonna pop any minute. Nancy drew is on the case. 

Josh, is beautiful and sexy, basically sex on a stick! This former man whore falls deeply in love with Heather. Josh will fight his way into her heart and prove to her that his feelings are real. Easier said then done.

Heather lost her parents a year ago, and her heart is beyond fragile. She is just afraid to let someone in, and just when she does, her walls go back up and is just too scared to lose any one else that she loves. How far can heather push josh away before he just gives up?

Ellie and Gunner cut their honeymoon short because his father has a heart attack. Gunner and his father have not seen eye to eye in many years. Will this be the opportunity for them to make amends? Will they ever see eye to eye and have that father son relationship again?

Enjoy the ride while you watch this story unfold! There will be happiness, sadness, and lots of fighting.

Goodreads.com Description:

Arianna and Jefferson’s love is true but will it be enough? 

Ari who comes from a loving home with a family who has had more than their share of difficulties, is faced with possibly losing the love of her life. All she dreams of is growing old and having children with Jeff, but a family history and a conniving Rebecca could shatter that dream. Trying to support Jeff and cope with all the truths and possibilities of her own destiny may prove to be more than one person can handle.

Jeff’s dream is to raise horses on his ranch in Mason with the only women who has ever filled his heart and soul. But he’s running the risk of losing her by trying to be the man he knows he should be by taking on his responsibilities. He’s completely bewitched by the passionate and always outspoken Ari, but needs to do right for the child that could possibly be his.

Despite all the odds stacked against them can their relationship be…..SAVED?

My Favorite Quotes:

"To quote the great Katherine Hepburn, " I could  peel you like a pear, and God Himself would see the justice in it." I'll do it young lady, if you keep pushing me!"

"As one goes through life, one learns that if you don't paddle your own canoe, you don't move."

She looked up at me and smiled. "I never want this feeling to end...ever." I smiled back at her, watching as her eyes turned from love to passion within a matter of seconds. "What feeling would that be sweetheart?" "The feeling of being so incredibly in love with you that I can hardly breathe. I'm so happy here, Gunner. I'm so very happy here in our little world." Our little world. I couldn't have said it better even if I tried.

"I don't think you can get to where you're truly meant to go until you travel that one road...the one that's filled with sharp turns, steep hills and nothing but pot-holes that you have to try to get around. After you make it off that road, you find the one that is straight, smooth and filled with nothing but happiness."

"Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get, only with what you are expecting to give which is everything."

You have to love a book that has a playlist of songs that fit right along with the story.

Playlist:

A Thousand Years – Christina Perri 

Dirty Dancer – Enrigue Iglesias 

Me and You – Kenny Chesney 

The Only Way I Know – Jason Aldean 

Over – Blake Shelton 

Red – Taylor Swift 

Circles – Christina Aguilera

Red Hot Kinda of Love – Christina Aguilera 

Wipe Your Eyes – Maroon 5 

Everything – Lifehouse 

Woohoo – Christina Aguilera 

Our Little World – Susan Ashton 

Like I Am – Rascal Flatts 

Hurt – Christina Aguilera 

Scream and Shout – Wil I Am
The Moment I Knew - Taylor Swift 

Blank Page – Christina Aguilera 

Let There Be Cowgirls – Chris Cagle 

Lift Me Up – Christina Aguilera 

Better Dig Two – The Band Perry 

Cookie Jar – Gym Class Hero’s 

Toxic - Britney Spears 

Shut Up – Christina Aguilera 

Cowboy – Kid Rock

All I Need – Christina Aguilera 

Club Can’t Handle Me Flo Rida

My Girls – Christina Aguilera 

There You Go – Pink

It Will Be Me – Faith Hill

When She Says Baby – Jason Aldean 

You Save Me – Kenny Chesney 

Desnudate – Christina Aguilera 

These Days – Rascal Flatts

She Thinks My Tractors Sexy – Kenny Chesney

Breathe – Faith Hill 

Daylight – Maroon 5

Run – Matt Nathanson 

A Better Life – Keith Urban 

Say Once More – Amy Grant 

You Could Be Happy – Snow Patrol

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My interview with Kelly Elliott

Book Review: Broken By Kelly Elliott

291 Pages
Published November 19th, 2013

When you meet a man, fall in love and move away with him you think Love is grand. He is perfect and one day you will marry him. Then you look back and realize that nothing is as it seems. He becomes obsessive, possessive and aggressive. He is not the man you loved. The first moment he lays a hand on you, you make excuses: it was wan accident, he was upset, I pissed him off. He always apologizes afterwards and you forgive him. You begin to separate yourself from your family and friends until the only person you havei in your life is him. Then.....it happens again, and again. There comes a point in your life where you realize that you just cant do it anymore. Unfortunately that point comes when he does his most damage. 

Whitely and Roger were in love. He was moving to New York to work at his fathers company. She went along to NY with aspirations of learning all about party planning. Besides, New York City is the best place to start. She packed up her things in Rhinebeck NY and moved to the big city. Life was perfect.......in the beginning. Things drastically changed in Rogers attitude and behaivor towards her. The last time she saw him in NY was when she thought she was going to die and wound up in the hospital. 

Layton was a country boy who had it rough to say the least. His mother passed away from a rough battle with breast cancer, leaving Layton and his brother Mike alone with his father. Their father left them not to long after her death, leaving two young boys to tend for themselves. Dad was big into racehorses, and left to go make more money. He said he was coming back, but never did. He would send them money. They two young boys were left in a house that looked great from the outside but that's all it was. It was nothing but a shell, no running water, no heat and no air conditioner. They did what they could so they did not land in foster care. They hunted for their food and cooked it on a hot plate. After another tragedy his Layton, his heart is left Broken. 

This is an epic story about two amazing people who were so Broken. They have endured more pain than anyone should have to deal with. Will their pasts prevent them from what could be an amazing future? 

I laughed and cried and you will to. This book touched my heart in so many ways!!

Description:
Layton Morris and his brother Mike grew up not knowing what it would be like to live in a normal home. With no running water or electricity in their home, no parents around to protect them, they quickly learned how to survive and depend only on each other.

When a tragic accident takes Mike away from Layton, and the only other person that he ever let into his heart walked away from him, leaving his heart shattered, Layton focuses all of his time and energy into the ranch he and his brother dreamed of. He makes a vow to himself to never let love in again. The last thing Layton needed or wanted was more heartache.

Whitley Reynolds grew up in a privileged home in upstate New York. When she landed the star football player in high school no one was surprised, not even Whitley. She dreamed of a life with Roger living in New York City and happily followed him there. 

The first time Roger hit her for arguing with him about a dinner party, she forgave him. The more it happened, the further Whitley withdrew from her friends and family. One fateful day things go to far. Whitley makes a promise to herself and finds the courage to do the one thing she thought she’d never be able to do.

Fleeing with her best friend Courtney, Whitley was determined to put her past behind her and start a new life in the small town of Llano, Texas, where no one would ever find out about her past.

Will they both ever learn to trust and love again, or will their pasts come back to haunt them, keeping them both alone and…

Broken.

My favorite Quotes:

Get dressed, bitch. We're busting you out of New York City and heading to Texas!

You see, I've been exactly where you are right now-feeling so broken, like there is no way out. But there is. There are people who can help you if you would just let them.

No, cowboy. I like standing on the side of the road in Texas in the middle of July, yelling at my piece of shit car. I get a kick out of it.

Well, Whitley, I'm twenty five years old, and it's a Southern thing to address a lady as ma'am. If you want a ride up to my house, you'll have to get off your damn high-society horse and realize you're out in the middle of the goddamn country.

To leaving behind the past and starting a new life. To forgetting about asshole men who don't know a good thing when they see it.

Damn that girl is cute as a button. She's the only girl who has ever driven me insane with anger and lust at the same time.

The way he called me honey, cowgirl and sweetheart made me feel so special. No one had ever called me things like that, except for my dad.



When you first met me, Whitley, I was so damaged. I had a broken heart that was still bleeding. When I look into your eyes...I feel...like my heart is healing.

I want to get to know every inch of your body. I want to make nothing but memories with you. Every day. Every minute. Every second.

You want me to, what, Whitley? Love you? Because I've loved you since the moment since I saw you standing next to your car, since the moment your beautiful green eyes looked into mine. The moment I heard your sweet voice talk to me, I knew deep down inside that I would love you forever.

The moment she touched me, I felt electricity move through my body.

Take care of my little girl, She's my whole world.

Without your love, Layton, I don't know how I could live. You're not only the love of my life, but you're also my best friend.

I wasn't sure how long I lay there, watching her sleep. No longer did I feel lost and alone. I didn't feel angry or hurt. I was no longer Broken. I had been healed by the love of the girl in my arms.

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Book Review: Wanted by Kelly Elliot

Wanted by Kelly Elliot

503 pages 
Published December 28th 2012
Available on Amazon.com

My Rating: 5 Stars

Did you ever have someone tell you that "you will never be wanted" or "you will never be loved"?
Growing up Ellie was constantly reminded by her mother that she will never be wanted or loved. Ellie was ready to give up on men after Ryan broke her heart, then she met Gunner. Gunner was her brothers best friend and they had an instant connection. Gunner constantly had this urge to protect her, show her how she should be treated and make her feel that love is possible. 

Goodreads.com description:

Verbally abused by her mother for years, 18 year old Ellie Johnson always believed she would never be loved or wanted by anyone. She focused all of her attention on her grades and getting into the University of Texas to start a new life away from her mother. The last thing Ellie expected was to fall in love with Gunner Mathews, a starting linebacker for the University of Texas football team and not to mention, her brothers best friend. Gunner only had two passions in life, football and his grandfather’s ranch, until he falls for his best friends little sister. He will stop at nothing to show Ellie how much he wants her, even if it means he has to move faster than she would like. Gunner knows they are meant to be together forever, but Ellie keeps denying her feelings out of fear of being hurt again. Every time he gets close to winning her love, something pushes her away again. Will Ellie ever be able to let go of the past and let him into her heart and will Gunner be patient enough to wait for her? What will it take for them to realize they are all each other have ever WANTED?

 This book has a great sound track:

• Christina Aguilera "Fighter"
• Colblie Caillat "Oxygen"
• Eminem "Til I Collapse"
• Gym Class Heroes "The Fighter" 
• Tim McGraw "Truck Yeah"
• Colbie Caillat "Fallin' For You"
• Taylor Swift "Begin Again"
• Carrie Underwood "Blow Away"
• Jason Mraz "I Won't Give Up"
• Ne-Yo "Let Me Love You"
• Taylor Swifts "Fearless"
• Christina Aguilera "Your Body"
• Britney Spears "I'm a Slave For You"
• Brantly Gilbert "Fall Into Me"
• Christina Aguilera "Shut Up"
• Colbie Caillat " Realize"
• Nickelback "Trying Not to Love You"
• Usher "Hot Tottie"
• Zac Brwon Band "Goodbye In Her Eyes"
• Usher "Yeah"
• Rascal Flatts "What Hurts the Most" 
• Christina Aguilera "Dirrty"
• Vince Gill "Whenever You Come Around" 
• Rascal Flatts "Banjo"
• Randy Houser "How Country Feels"
• Lady Antebellum "Just a Kiss"
• Maroon 5 "One More Night"
• Luke Bryan "Drunk On You"
• Christina Aguilera "Just a Fool"
• Colbie Caillat "Fearless"
• Daughtry's "Life After You"
• Kenny Chesney "You Saved Me"
• Daughtry "September"
• Flo Rida "I Cry"
• Miranda Lambert "Over You"
• Rascal Flatts "Come Wake Me Up"
• Blake Shelton "God Gave Me You"
• Colbie Caillat "Magic"
• Colbie Caillat "Stay With Me"
•  Kenny Chesney "Me and You"
• Hunter Hayes "Wanted"
• Kenny Chesney "I Lost It"

My favorite quotes:

"Nothing is impossible. The word itself says I'm possible" - the great Audrey Hepburn

"Ellie, I have never in my life....ever sweetheart..... Experienced these feelings that I have for you. You walk into a room and I have to catch my breath at the sight of you. You flash your beautiful smile at me and there's not a damn thing in this world that I wouldn't do for you. Your laugh moves through my body like a jolt of electricity. Your eyes captivate mine; your lips bring me to my knees. I want to know every part of you Ellie. I'm just as confused by these feelings as you sweetheart, but I want you to know something, I'll never push you or give up on us, I promise you that. Please Ellie, please just let me in. Let me prove to you how much I want to be with you."

"My beautiful, beautiful girl...I hate to see you cry, it cuts me to the bone. I just want you to be happy baby."

"But let me tell you, when you find that one girl….. you’ll know it in an instant. You won’t want to just get in her panties and then leave her. Her eyes will hold your eyes captive, and she’ll take the air out your lungs with just a smile. Her laugh, well shit……. her laugh will drive you mad and you will try to do everything under the sun to hear it as much as you can. Her tears will rip your heart out, especially if you caused ‘em. Just the sound of her voice will drive you mad. When you find that girl boys, you found love. Not lust….but true love. You’ll have found the girl who you’ll spend the rest of your life loving, taking care of and just trying to make her so goddamn happy that you would gladly die doing it.”

Saved (Wanted #2)

Published April 4th 2013

Available on Amazon.com

My review coming soon.... 

Goodreads.com Description:

Arianna and Jefferson’s love is true but will it be enough? Ari who comes from a loving home with a family who has had more than their share of difficulties, is faced with possibly losing the love of her life. All she dreams of is growing old and having children with Jeff, but a family history and a conniving Rebecca could shatter that dream. Trying to support Jeff and cope with all the truths and possibilities of her own destiny may prove to be more than one person can handle.

Jeff’s dream is to raise horses on his ranch in Mason with the only women who has ever filled his heart and soul. But he’s running the risk of losing her by trying to be the man he knows he should be by taking on his responsibilities. He’s completely bewitched by the passionate and always outspoken Ari, but needs to do right for the child that could possibly be his.

Despite all the odds stacked against them can their relationship be…..SAVED?

Faithful (Wanted #3)

August 13th 2013

My review coming soon....

Goodreads.com description:

No matter how faithful love can be…it takes only one moment to change it all.
After Heather Lambert’s parents died in a tragic car accident her senior year of high school, she refuses to let anyone into her heart for fear of being hurt again. Focusing only on school to follow her dreams of becoming an elementary school teacher, the last thing Heather intends to do is fall in love with Josh Hayes.


Josh knows the moment he lays eyes on Heather that she is the one he’s been waiting for. During months of obstacles and denied feelings, he is rejected by her time and time again.

When he finally wins her love, Josh and Heather start planning their future together…until Heather receives one bit of news she never wanted to hear again.


There has been a car accident.


Josh wakes up with no memory of Heather, and his ex-girlfriend, Victoria, is his nurse. Heather must decide if she’ll risk being hurt again and fight for the one man she loves with all her heart.


Will Josh remember Heather when she needs him the most? Or will Victoria take advantage of this opportunity, pushing Heather away from Josh for good?


Faithful is the third book in the Wanted series by Kelly Elliott.

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