Relase Day Blitz & Review:::: As I Am by Melissa Collins

by Lora - 7:59 AM

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Chase Hansen. Broke. College drop out. Male stripper. My life wasn't at all what I imagined it would be. I should have been finishing up college, interning with a well-respected business, partying with my friends. But instead, I was raising my seventeen year old brother, struggling to make ends meet. Love wasn't even on my radar. Besides, what did I have to offer? A few crumpled singles pulled from my G-string? Defeated and exhausted, I knew I had zero chance of finding someone to love me just as I am.

Noah Carpenter. Angry. Betrayed. Doctor. Just when I thought my life was going exactly as it should, everything turned upside down. With my final rotation in medical school complete, I finally achieved my lifelong dream of becoming a doctor. What I never expected was to catch the man of my dreams in our bed with the man of his. Beyond infuriated, I struggled to piece together the remnants of my life. Just when I'd decided to give up on love altogether, I found a man who loved me just as I am.

Cover design: Sommer Stein at Perfect Pear Creative Covers

Photography: Christopher John at CJC Photography

Models: Sam Wiles and Aaron Michael Bell

4 1/2 out of 5 stars

I have waited forever for this book. I loved the quick story of Chase and Noah in the anthology last year, but the prospect of more of them was way too good to pass up. Melissa writes books that pull the reader in and characters that you just want to reach through the pages and give huge hugs.

Both Noah and Chase have daily struggles, but after their first encounter neither one of them can get the other out of his head. Noah shouldn’t want anyone new when he just caught his ex cheating. Chase shouldn’t have time for a relationship when he needs to take care of his brother after his parents’ tragic death.

I loved the encounters between Noah and Chase. They were perfectly played out in that as a reader, I was able to see both sides of the story and really cheer for them. The pacing was good and the conflicts were believable. I felt like I was right there with them….and I loved Benny and Wes. They were “extras” with key roles that really brought the story full-circle.

Overall, this story is just as good as (if not better than) everything else I’ve read from this author and I can’t wait for more!!

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Melissa Collins has always been a book worm. Studying Literature in college ensured that her nose was always stuck in a book. She followed her passion for reading to the most logical career choice: English teacher. Her hope was to share her passion for reading and the escapism of books to her students. Having spent more than a decade in front of a classroom, she can easily say that it’s been a dream. Her passion for writing didn’t start until more recently. When she was home on maternity leave in early 2012, she read her first romance novel and her head filled with the passion, angst and laughter of the characters who she read about it. It wasn’t long before characters of her own took shape in her mind. Their lives took over Melissa’s brain and The Love Series was born.