{"id":6772,"date":"2018-02-26T19:44:49","date_gmt":"2018-02-27T00:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bookmaven623.wordpress.com\/?p=6772"},"modified":"2018-02-26T19:44:49","modified_gmt":"2018-02-27T00:44:49","slug":"review-at-the-stroke-of-midnight-by-tara-sivec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jackiepaxsonauthor.com\/index.php\/2018\/02\/26\/review-at-the-stroke-of-midnight-by-tara-sivec\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: At the Stroke of Midnight by Tara Sivec"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today, I get to bring to you one of my favorite authors.\u00a0 Her unique humor, unfiltered way of writing and natural story telling makes me love every book I read by her.\u00a0\u00a0 Tara Sivec&#8217;s newest series, The Naughty Princess Club, goes back to her hilarious dialogue like that in her Chocolate lovers series.\u00a0 I guarentee with this one book you will become a fan as I am.\u00a0 Keep reading after the blurb for my full review.<\/p>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-6770 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/bookmaven623.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/02\/sivec_strokeofmidnight_final1.jpg\" alt=\"Sivec_StrokeofMidnight_final\" width=\"249\" height=\"360\" \/>Book Blurb:<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Meet the Naughty Princess Club: a brand new series from <em>USA Today<\/em> bestselling aut<\/strong><strong>hor Tara Sive<\/strong><strong>c that introduces readers to Fairytale Lane and the hilarity\u2014and <\/strong><strong>roma<\/strong><strong>nce\u2014that ensue when three women start a new business to make it rain.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Once upon a time Cynthia was the perfect housewife. Between being the President of the PTA and keeping her home spotless without a hair (or her pearls) out of place, her life was a dream come true. Her husband was once her knight in shining armor, but now he\u2019s run off with all their money\u2026and the babysitter.<\/p>\n<p>Dressed as a princess at the annual Halloween block party on Fairytale Lane, she meets two other \u201cprincesses\u201d also facing money troubles: antique store owner Ariel and librarian Isabelle. When the women are invited to wear their costumes to a party where they\u2019re mistaken for strippers, Cindy, Ariel, and Belle realize that a career change could be the best way to make their money problems go <em>bippity-boppity-boo<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>But can structured Cindy approach a stripper pole without sanitizing wipes? And could the blue-eyed anti-prince that has been crossing her path become Cindy\u2019s happily ever after? <em>At the Stroke of Midnight<\/em> is a hilarious, empowering story where princesses can save themselves while slaying in stilettos.<\/p>\n<h2>Review:<\/h2>\n<p>Cindy is the picture perfect housewife and PTA mom.\u00a0 Unfortunately, this is only a facade.\u00a0 She is barely holding onto her house, her sanity and her daughter.\u00a0 She knows she needs to get a job and soon.\u00a0 When she meets Ariel in a very memorable way the two develop a very unique friendship and business plan.\u00a0 What Cindy doesn&#8217;t account for is PJ.\u00a0 His sexiness is overwhelming.\u00a0 What really appalls her is that he is an owner of a strip club.\u00a0 How could she possibly be involved in that kind of life?\u00a0 When you are really down and out is when you discover who you are and what you&#8217;re made of.<\/p>\n<p>This is already my favorite book of the year.\u00a0 Cindy, Ariel and Belle had me laughing outloud like I was a lunatic.\u00a0 They are relatable characters that really have no filters and really don&#8217;t care.\u00a0 Tara Sivec writes humor and romance like no other author.\u00a0 The Naughty Princess Club is definitely going to be the new thing women want to do.\u00a0 Instead of book clubs its going to be strip clubs (pun intended).\u00a0 Not only is the dialogue fantastic but the character development is up there with the best of dramas.\u00a0 Seeing Cindy become who she becomes is amazing.\u00a0 Not to mention the very sexy PJ and their sexy times make kindles steam up.\u00a0 If you haven&#8217;t picked up a Tara Sivec book,\u00a0 you need to start with this one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, I get to bring to you one of my favorite authors.\u00a0 Her unique humor, unfiltered way of writing and natural story telling makes me love every book I read by her.\u00a0\u00a0 Tara Sivec&#8217;s newest series, The Naughty Princess Club, goes back to her hilarious dialogue like that in her Chocolate lovers series.\u00a0 I guarentee&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[143,1105,1507],"class_list":["post-6772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-reviews","tag-at-the-stroke-of-midnight","tag-naughty-princess-club","tag-tara-sivec"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - 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