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Taking Shots (Assassins) [Kindle Edition]

Toni Aleo
3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (61 customer reviews)

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This is the ultimate *Gordie Howe hat trick* book for any hockey lover. There is fighting and lots of assists and of course it ends with a score. Taking Shots is really the whole package. You get romance, humor, steamy sex, drama, and then it all wraps up with a great conclusion. I am amazed that this is Toni's first book. She has come out in a huge way. I can't wait to read more from her. Don't hesitate for a moment to grab this book. Every girl deserves to have her own Shea Adler - Guilty Pleasures Book Reviews

Apart of Shea and Elli's life, as though you were living every moment with them. That couldn't be more accurate. I do believe that is a great testament of the caliber of writing. Especially by a first time published writer, and what a first book! Toni really started out of the gates with a bang! - Book Junkie

I really truly LOVED the story! Yes, there were quite a few editing mistakes, but the author has since had them corrected. If you have an unedited copy,please overlook the mistakes because you will find a great love story!- The Autumn Review

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Elli Fisher has never thought she was good enough. Let it be her job, her weight, her love life; nothing. She has walked through life for the past six years in a daze, never thinking that life could be good again after the abuse she endured from her ex-boyfriend. She is lonely, sad, and depressed, that is until she meets Shea Adler. After doing a promotional shoot for the NHL team, the Nashville Assassins, she meets the hunky hockey player who shoots a puck, shattering her world.

Shea Adler is tired of the life he was living outside of the rink. The girls, the money blowing, the drinking, everything had to stop and it all did when he met Eleanor Fisher. He had never met anyone like her. She is feisty, witty, shy, and simply gorgeous. When he laid eyes on her, it was as if he was taking the hardest hit of his life into the boards, and he had to have her.
Elli is a little skeptical of Shea, but he knows that they are meant to be together, and he needs her in his life.

But Elli just doesn't understand what Shea could see in her. She is overweight, loud, and not even that pretty, so why would someone so gorgeous and so amazing want to be with her? It seems that no matter how hard she tries to shake Shea off, he isn't going anywhere, and for the first time, Elli doesn't feel alone.
But can Elli throw her insecurities out the window and love Shea with everything inside of her? Or will she let a past relationship, and her family ruin any chance of her being happy?

Would Elli miss her shot at love?



DISCLAIMER: This book was re-edited by a professional on 1/30/2012. I am truly sorry to anyone that bought TAKING SHOTS before that and received the copy that James Literary Services edited. If the book does not say 'An Assassins novel' under my name then the book was edited by James Literary Services, and is not the a real edited version.
Again I am sorry for the wait but I thank you for buying my book! Happy Reading!

Product Details

  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 901 KB
  • Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B005SMXVRE
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Lending: Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (61 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,915 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Great story! Terrible editing!!!, October 26, 2011
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I really enjoyed the story line and couldn't wait to see how the relationship played out. At times, I had tears in my eyes at the emotional scenes between Elli and Shea. Who could have thought a man could be so sensitive! The only reason that I couldn't give this book the maximum stars was because of the non-editing! There were so many grammar errors that at times made me stop to think what the author was trying to say. Believe me, it was bad!
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Keep writing but get a new editor!, November 7, 2011
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I agree with other readers who've given reviews of this book. The story is great! Shae and Elli are wonderful characters and the dialogue and storyline unfold beautifully. However, the editing is HORRIBLE. Some of the editing mistakes are funny - (like how every "orgasm" is spelled "organism", and "haunches" is always spelled "hunches") but there are some wonderfully poignant and touching scenes that are less effective because of all the spelling mistakes and grammatical errors.

Please, please, please, don't stop writing Ms. Aleo! Your stories are wonderful! In particular, we would love to have more Assassins stories. But please, please, please, get a different editor!
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Promising Author that needs to hire an editor, November 28, 2011
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I thoroughly enjoyed this story because the characters were well developed and I was able to relate to the h/h throughout the book. However, as has been stated in previous reviews, there was absolutely NO EDITING in the book. I purchased the book because I saw a post from the author that stated the book had been re-edited due to reader feedback and figured that $2.99 was a reasonable price to pay to give a new author a chance. If what I purchased was the edited version, I cannot imagine how bad it was before.

The author (and alleged editor, if he or she really exists) had serious issues with tenses and proper word usage throughout the book. For example, the author uses `in less' instead of `unless' multiple times, does not know the difference between `to' and `too', `than' and `then', `your' and `you're', `their' and `there', and apparently refuses to use plurals where necessary for proper sentence structure. Also, the number of run-on sentences wherein the author has no clue where to use a comma or a semicolon makes some passages difficult to understand. These types of consistent errors are more than annoying; they completely detract from the story. It is almost as if the author wrote a first draft of the book and published it without even glancing through it a second time to try to catch any errors. Surely the author knows someone with a few spare hours and a working knowledge of the English language that could have redlined the draft for her.

I gave this book 3 stars becuase the story itself was very enjoyable (once I was able to mentally edit each passage as I read). If I were to rate the grammar and punctuation, the book would have received 0 stars. I truly hope that this author continues to write because her story was well thought out and wonderfully detailed but she is in dire need of assistance in the grammar department.
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