Battler by C.L. Masonite Cover Reveal with Excerpt

Title: Battler

Author: C.L. Masonite

Genre: NA/Contemp Romance

Release Date: July 20, 2016

Cover Design: Kari Ayasha – Cover to Cover Designs 

For years I have been cast away—afar, out of reach, out of sight, out of mind. But now I’m back. I’ve been brought back into the fold, and I don’t know why. But I’ll find out, no matter the cost.

I’ll also break free from the shark infested waters littered with those that seek to restrain me, to keep me in line—my ex, my father, my mother, my sister.

And as for the Wolfe twin brothers, I’ll take them on. And I’ll take them out too.

Drasko Wolfe thinks that he’ll make me his—but I am all mine. If he thinks I am going to be just another conquest, and do things at his behest then he may do so at his own coroner’s inquest.

I am not just fighting for my survival, I am fighting for my little brother’s protection, and that makes me doubly motivated and doubly dangerous.

I—Riletta Kasonite will best them all and come out on top. I will bow those who seek to hurt me to my will until they renounce their lies—until they come clean and their secrets are exposed. Until I get what I want.

WARNING: Contains countless confrontations, not to mention mature, young adult/ adult situations too.

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Something was wrong. I jerked awake. I looked up at the sky and noted it was the early hours of the morning. I tossed the covers aside and got up to press my head next to the door. I could just make out faint tortured whimpers. A foreboding deep sense of eeriness crept over me. That couldn’t be from Drasko, could it? I pushed the door open, wincing at the creak and quietly walked through the hall, the noises getting louder with each step.

 

I bit down hard on my lip, the pain grounding me as it shook away the last tendrils of sleep to ensure that my eyes and ears were not deceiving me. Drasko was half-awake and half-asleep, the sheet was barely wrapped around his body as his hips and arms roiled and flayed away from an unknown hell. His body was glistening with sweat and the sounds coming from his mouth were unbearable, like a wounded animal.

 

I placed a calming hand to his chest. Like the effect of a gunshot entering him his body rippled and fell back. His cries stopped and everything was deathly silent. I even held my breath, was he awake or sleeping?

 

His eyes shot wide open, his ice blue pupils enlarged. His hands reached out and grabbed my waist pulling me on top of him then in a blurrily fast jujitsu like movement, he moved his hips and switched my superior position to being underneath him. His two arms came up next to my shoulders, caging me in.

 

My hand was still pressed to his chest despite the rearrangement. I could feel his heart beating abnormally fast. No words were spoken as we looked into each other’s eyes, waiting for him to catch his breath and for his pulse to return to normal.

 

He was completely unguarded, like I had never seen him before. His eyes were sheened over as if he was still caught in the past. I wanted to draw him out.

 

I pressed my other hand to his stubbly cheek feeling it rasp tenderly against my skin. He instinctively hung his face down into it, releasing a sigh as if I was helping to relieve him of his burden.

 

“Are you okay?”

 

“I’m never okay,” he uttered croakily.

 

I leaned up despite his stand off tense posture and wrapped my arms and legs around him. I could feel his weak limbs ready to fail on him. To prevent himself from crushing me, he reversed our positions. I could see that in that moment, I held all the power. But I wouldn’t abuse him like obviously others had before.

 

All of me was pressed against all of him. He didn’t hug me back, but he didn’t push me off either. I began to loosen my grip once his heavy breathing had abated and the shadows had faded from his eyes.

 

“Don’t leave—stay.” Those three words tore me apart. No one had ever stayed for me, there was no way that I was leaving him. I nodded my head. “I’m here.”

 

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Blurb

All I ever wanted was to be a female fighter.

It was in my blood to smack people around.

Some girls wore pink dresses and makeup, I wore sneakers and bruises.

I was a loner, stuck to myself because I was different, until Camden Steel moved next door.

I punched him in the mouth, and he saw me through rose colored glasses from that day on.

I had everything I ever wanted.

The boy next door, inspiring career… until I didn’t.

He hates me. I deserve that.

They say you have to fight for what you want… What they don’t tell you… is it’ll cost you more than you’re willing to give to reach the top.

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M.N. Forgy was raised in Missouri where she still lives with her family. She’s a soccer mom by day and a saucy writer by night. M.N. Forgy started writing at a young age but never took it seriously until years later, as a stay-at-home mom, she opened her laptop and started writing again. As a role model for her children, she felt she couldn’t live with the “what if” anymore and finally took a chance on her character’s story. So, with her glass of wine in hand and a stray Barbie sharing her seat, she continues to create and please her fans.

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Title: Hideaway
Series: Devil’s Night Series
Genre: Erotic Suspense
Author: Penelope Douglas
Release Date: TBD – 2017
 

 

Synopsis:

COMING in 2017, HIDEAWAY is the second installment in the Devil’s Night Series! If you’ve read CORRUPT, this is Kai’s story.

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You don’t even see me, do you, Kai Mori? No one does.

I’m the kid in the back, the one everyone dismisses, the no-life street punk with dirty finger nails and ripped jeans.

But I’m quiet, and I do my job. I can hang tough and no one does me any favors. I’ve always been on my own.

But then I see you…

Your perfect black suits. Your clean hands. The way you charge into the room, not afraid of the man I work for, and all of a sudden, I feel different.

Like maybe I want to know what you’re like with a woman.

As quickly as the urge comes, though, it disappears. You see, my boss has an agenda. He’s decided to put me in your path, but what he doesn’t realize is, I have plans of my own. A score to settle.

And you won’t know who I really am until it’s too late.

So sit tight. I’m coming to you.

Kai

You’re wrong. I’ve seen you before.

You’re the girl who looks like a fourteen year old boy and pretends everyone around her is public enemy #1. Yeah, I remember you.

Thunder Bay. Devil’s Night. Four years ago.

But the thing was…when your hat fell off that night, you looked nothing like a boy. And when I put my hands on you, you didn’t feel like one, either.

Now, after all this time, you’re in Meridian City, and while I don’t know who you are or want you want, I can’t wait to find out.

So come on. Door’s unlocked.

Just be warned, though…Devil’s Night is coming again, and I’m not alone this time.

My friends like to play, too.

Note from the Author: HIDEAWAY still has no definite release date. Erotic suspense takes longer for me to write, and while I hate to keep anyone waiting, I know you’d rather have a good book than a quick one. Bear with me. Getting this book to you is a priority. xoxo.

 

 

 

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Penelope Douglas is a New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author. She dresses for autumn year round, loves anything lemon flavored, and shops at Target almost daily.

Her books include the Fall Away Series (Bully, Until You, Rival, Falling Away, and Aflame), as well as, Corrupt and Misconduct. Please look for Punk 57, coming September 2016 and Next to Never (A Fall Away Novella), coming January 2017.

She lives in Las Vegas with her husband and their daughter.

 

 

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Title: Punk 57
Genre: New Adult
Author: Penelope Douglas
Release Date: September 20, 2016
 

 

Synopsis:

“We were perfect together. Until we met.”

Misha

I can’t help but smile at the words in her letter. She misses me.

In fifth grade, my teacher set us up with pen pals from a different school. Thinking I was a girl, with a name like Misha, the other teacher paired me up with her student, Ryen. My teacher, believing Ryen was a boy like me, agreed.

It didn’t take long for us to figure out the mistake. And in no time at all, we were arguing about everything. The best take-out pizza. Android vs. iPhone. Whether or not Eminem is the greatest rapper ever…

And that was the start. For the next seven years, it was us.

Her letters are always on black paper with silver writing. Sometimes there’s one a week or three in a day, but I need them. She’s the only one who keeps me on track, talks me down, and accepts everything I am.

We only had three rules. No social media, no phone numbers, no pictures. We had a good thing going. Why ruin it?

Until I run across a photo of a girl online. Name’s Ryen, loves Gallo’s pizza, and worships her iPhone. What are the chances?

F*ck it. I need to meet her.

I just don’t expect to hate what I find.

Ryen

He hasn’t written in three months. Something’s wrong. Did he die? Get arrested? Knowing Misha, neither would be a stretch.

Without him around, I’m going crazy. I need to know someone is listening. It’s my own fault. I should’ve gotten his number or picture or something.

He could be gone forever.

Or right under my nose, and I wouldn’t even know it.

 

 

 

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Penelope Douglas is a New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author. She dresses for autumn year round, loves anything lemon flavored, and shops at Target almost daily.

Her books include the Fall Away Series (Bully, Until You, Rival, Falling Away, and Aflame), as well as, Corrupt and Misconduct. Please look for Punk 57, coming September 2016 and Next to Never (A Fall Away Novella), coming January 2017.

She lives in Las Vegas with her husband and their daughter.

 

 

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Can a reformed player ever truly play by someone else’s rules?

Sam Walsh has finally put an end to decades of self-destruction, turned over a healthy new leaf, and now he’s ready to call himself a married man. But love and marriage are only the beginning, and life is about to get much more complicated.

Will tying the knot tie down a free spirit?

Tiel Desai never imagined herself getting married again, and before she can blink, she’s swept up into the Walsh wedding whirlwind. If that chaos isn’t enough, she’s also busy winning over her future in-laws, grappling with a bumpy adjustment to her new job, and staying afloat when a string of disappointments hit.

They’re building a future, but can they ever fully demolish the past?

Sam and Tiel beat back their demons and learned to love each other, but love might not be enough to solve every problem that crawls their way.

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Kate Canterbary doesn’t have it all figured out, but this is what she knows for sure: spicy-ass salsa and tequila solve most problems, living on the ocean–Pacific or Atlantic–is the closest place to perfection, and writing smart, smutty stories is a better than any amount of chocolate. She started out reporting for an indie arts and entertainment newspaper back when people still read newspapers, and she has been writing and surreptitiously interviewing people—be careful sitting down next to her on an airplane—ever since. Kate lives on the water in New England with Mr. Canterbary and the Little Baby Canterbary, and when she isn’t writing sexy architects, she’s scheduling her days around the region’s best food trucks.

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Kadence by Anne Mercier Promo with Excerpt

KADENCE – Rockstar Novel #7

RELEASE DATE: Early August

PREORDER: None as of yet

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Sometimes you find family where you least expect it…

When bass guitarist Jace Warner receives an urgent message from his high school sweetheart to come home, the rocker drops what he’s doing to get there. Finding out that his first love, the girl that stole his heart, is dying isn’t the biggest shock he receives. The bad boy rocker has a child, and now, he’s about to be her only living parent.

After bonding with Kadence, his 6-year-old daughter, Jace knows there’s only one thing he wants to be–a father. But that’s not going to be as easy as it seems. Social worker, Summer Stephens doesn’t deem Jace’s lifestyle fit for parenting. She believes the stereotypes about rockers–that their lives are all about sex, drugs, and rock & roll.

Now it’s up to Jace to convince Summer that Kadence is right where she belongs–at home with him at CFD. He’s facing a fierce battle trying to prove there’s room in his life for music and the daughter he wants to share it all with.

Will Summer realize that home is where you make it, and if she looks close enough, she just might see a family for herself?

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CHAPTER ONE

I head toward reception when a nurse pulls me off to the side.

“Jace Warner?” she inquires.

I nod hesitantly, “Yeah.” God, I hope she’s not gonna go all fangirl on me right now. I’m not in the mood. All I want is to find Sydney’s room and see what the fuck is going on.

“I’m Sydney’s nurse. She informed me you’d be coming and about what time. I’ll escort you up—the back way,” she tells me.

I thank her, more than grateful to not have to deal with the public.

“What’s going on?” I ask.

She just shakes her head. “It’s not my place to say. I’m just glad you came when you did. Time isn’t Sydney’s friend.”

What did that mean? Shit. Dread settles into the pit of my stomach. This is going to be more than bad. This is going to be epically fucked up.

When we reach her room, it’s dark. Only a few small slivers of light beam through where the curtains meet in the middle. One of those beams is resting over Sydney’s feet.

I step into the room and see the tubes and wires, and swallow hard. My gaze goes back to those feet and my eyes follow the shape of the body lying in the bed until I meet the violet eyes of the girl I’ve loved with every cell in my body.

No. No. No. No!

There’s one of those soft cloths tied around her head. Her face is pale, her cheekbones too prominent. Her lips chapped and cracked.

“Jace,” she whispers as tears begin to stream down her cheeks.

“God, Sydney,” I breathe and drop to my knees next to her bed, taking her frail hand into mine. “What’s wrong, sweetheart? Whatever it is, we can fix it.”

She smiles softly. “Not this time, sweet cheeks.”

I shake my head in denial. “No. I won’t to believe that. There’s got to be something…”

“There’s not,” she tells me quietly. “I’ve been through every treatment there is and none of them worked.”

“Cancer?” I ask.

She nods. “Breast. Just like my mom.”

I close my eyes, resting my forehead on her hand, and I let the tears fall. “Why didn’t you call me when you found out. We could have done more. Better doctors, whatever it took, no matter the cost,” I ramble.

“Oh, darling, even if I’d have gotten to you in time, I’d have the same outcome. It was already stage IV when I found the lump. One month there were no lumps that I could feel and the next it was there. By the time I got in for my appointment with the doctor, some of my nodes under my arm were infected. It spread so fast, there was no stopping it,” she tells me, her hand stroking my hair in comfort.

I look up at her, unashamed of my wet eyes and cheeks. “No. I can’t…” I shake my head.

“You have to. I’ve held on for you, Jace Warner, because I need you,” she breathes out heavily.

“What is it? Anything.”

“You’re going to be so angry with me,” she announces, her lip wobbling as she cries.

“Never. What is it? Whatever it is, it can’t be that bad. I’m here,” I tell her.

She sighs and nods to the nurse who steps out of the room. What the fuck is going on right now? I feel as if I’m in some alternate dimension.

That feeling gets stronger when the nurse walks in with a little girl—a little girl that looks exactly like me. Wait. What?

I look to Sydney. “I’m sorry, Jace. I wanted you to live your dream—and you are now.”

“Sydney, you were my dream.”

“I didn’t want to trap you. I saw how you panicked when I told you, and then how worried you were—trying to make impossible plans. I just couldn’t do that to you. I loved you too much,” she confesses.

“You’re right. I am angry. I’m angry you took that choice away from me. That was my choice. This is my daughter?” I calculate in my head. “She’s six?” I ask, watching as the nurse brings the little girl with pigtails and those gym shoes that blink with each step closer.

Sydney nods. I see the motion out of the corner of my eye. I can’t tear my gaze from—my daughter. God. I have a daughter. And she’s beautiful. She’s got my dark hair, Syd’s violet eyes, and a button nose. Right now that nose is wrinkled up and her eyes are leery. Who can blame her? I would be too.

“Kadence, come here sweets,” Sydney calls. The little girl goes over, clutching some sort of doll to her chest, the head of which covers half my baby girl’s face. Jesus. I want to drop to my knees and weep.

I swallow hard. Who knew a little pixie could scare the bejeezus out of a person?

“Kay Kay, this is…”

“My daddy,” she answers.

My face must show my surprise because she continues on with, “Mama shows me pictures of you all the time. She said I should be as proud of you as she is.”

I look down, fighting the tears threatening again. I gotta be strong for my girls.

Fuck you, Cancer! You vile fucking bitch!

I look at Syd. “How long?”

“Not long now that you’re here. I’ve been holding on for you, but Jace it’s too much. I can’t keep doing it. It hurts. I need you to care for Kay Kay. I don’t want my dad anywhere near her. I left you a letter and instructions. Please, I know I can trust you,” Sydney tells me.

“Why didn’t you call my parents? They had my cell—”

She squeezes my hand. “I did. They hung up each time I called. I never made it past, ‘Hello Mrs. Warner’ before I heard the click. Same deal with your brother. I don’t blame them one bit. I’d do the same. I heard what happened after I left. They had a right to want me to fuck off,” she whispers.

“That’s a naughty word, Mama,” Kadence scolds.

“Yes, baby, it is, but just this once it’s okay for mama to use it,” Sydney says.

Kadence nods. “Okay. But just this once.”

Damn if she isn’t the cutest thing I’ve ever seen.

Sydney gasps and the nurse walks over, checking machines and giving Syd a shot of what I’m hoping is pain medication.

“I only have a little time. Please listen, Jace,” she begs.

I nod.

“Kay Kay only has you. I only trust you with her. Please,” she begs again.

“Baby, you don’t even have to ask. I’d have been here through it all if you’d have let me,” I tell her honestly, taking her frail hand in mine, lying next to her on the bed and pulling her emaciated body into mine. One thought keeps going through my mind and I want it more than anything. “Marry me, I blurt out.

She lifts her head, eyes wide. “What? Don’t be stupid.”

“I’m serious. I want us to be a family for whatever time we have left. I want it to end how it should have been all along. You’re the only girl I’ve ever loved, Syd, and I know you love me. Let me do this. Marry me,” I say, knowing in my heart it’s exactly right.

“Yes,” she whispers as she cries.

Down For The Count by Christa Cervone Release Blitz

Down for the Count

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Book Title: Down For The Count

Author: Christa Cervone

Genre: Sports Romance

Release Date: June 17, 2015

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Fighter.
I’ve always been a fighter,
Even before I knew it was in my blood.
I fought the demons of my past.
I fought for my life.
I fought for the future I wanted.
Growing up in a foster home, after my father killed my mother,
I fought for who I was,
Who I could become.
And now, it’s what I do, what I am.
My career is in the ring, taking down every opponent I face,
Every enemy who threatens me.
I fight.
But now, I’ve got the biggest fight of my life,
Fighting for her, the one I want,
The one I can’t have.
Salem Harris is taken, but I swear to God,
She’ll be mine, even if I go down for the count,
I’ll fight like Hell for her,
Or die trying.
***Please note this book was formerly released as a two book series, On the Ropes and Going the Distance. It has been reedited and consolidated into one. Heavy sexual content including a F/F/M scene. If such a scene may upset you, this may not be the book for you.

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Born and raised in New England, Christa is a married mother of three. She began writing her first book, Broken, in October 2012, as a love story to her husband, Frank. During the writing process, Christa managed to keep her book a secret from the majority of her family and friends, including her mother. She finally revealed that she had written a book on her personal Facebook page just two weeks before Broken was released.

Broken was released in February 2013, and within twenty-four hours of its release, it was on Amazon’s Movers and Shakers list as well as in the Top 20 Erotica. Christa released her second novel, On the Ropes – Book One in the Down for the Count series, in February 2014. On the Ropes has also climbed the charts on Amazon, hitting the Top 10 Sports Fiction and the Top 20 Romance Sports Fiction lists. Book Two, Going the Distance, was released July 2014 and claimed the number 3 spot in the Interracial category as well being in the top 20 in Erotica on Amazon.

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Foolish Expectations by Alison Bliss Review

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Synopsis

Forever is the last thing they expected…

Lawyer Nash Sutherland encounters a spirited young woman with an untrusting nature in a Texas roadside bar. She’s as sexy as she is surly, and their undeniable attraction leads them to one night of pleasure…and a fateful condom mishap. By morning, the striking beauty has disappeared, but he can’t get her out of his head. She’s everything he wasn’t looking for, but now must find.

After one night of passion, Bailey Hobbs finds herself in an unexpected predicament. And the cause of it happens to be the persistent man standing in her living room, proposing a solution: marriage. She may be pregnant with Nash’s child, but after her past with a cheating ex, she refuses to put her faith in another man. But try telling that to a guy who argues for a living.

The only thing bigger than his…Stetson…is his ego, and Bailey knows firsthand how hard it is to resist Nash when he wants something. But she’s determined to keep him at an emotionally safe distance…one he refuses to allow. Because if Nash can’t get her to risk her heart once more, it will cost them the one thing that matters most.

Review

‘Only moments ago, she had been untouched, but now . . . He’d somehow branded her, searing her with his mark. Mine.’

I really feel like Alison Bliss just gets me and what I want in a book. Foolish Expectations is a fast and fun read that is a bit over the top and yet surprisingly endearing all in one. Nash and Bailey’s relationship does not have an easy start. It is full of lies, deception and a surprise pregnancy. And yet neither can deny the uncontrollable chemistry they have, even if Bailey constantly tries to run from it.

‘One taste will never be enough.’

Nash is all alpha and all kinds of wonderful. He can be controlling and argumentative (but really he is a lawyer so that is not a surprise) but everything he does in his mind is for what is best for them. The constant bickering that these two engage in is the best kind of foreplay and helps to build up their combustible chemistry. While their situation is not ideal I loved watching them attempt to make the best of it. And I for one can honestly say that the last 25% really surprised me. I loved how Alison gave us some new twist on the storyline.

“Sweetheart, I’ve ridden bulls tamer than you. You should just be glad I like feisty women.”

Foolish Expectations is a fresh take on a surprise pregnancy. The book was supremely sexy and laugh out loud funny and yet still sweet and endearing too. Written in third person which is usually my least favorite style I was still completely able to get lost in the characters and the crazy mess they made. I love the way Alison crafts a story and I hope to get more from her very soon!

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Weightless by Kandi Steiner Release Blitz with Excerpt

Title: Weightless
Author: Kandi Steiner
Genre: New Adult/Contemporary Romance
Release Date: June 16, 2016

I remember the lights. 

I remember I wanted to photograph them, the way the red and blue splashed across his cold, emotionless face. But I knew even if my feet could move from the place where they had cemented themselves to the ground and I could run for my camera, I wouldn’t be able to capture that moment.

I had trusted him, I had loved him, and even though my body had changed that summer, he’d made sure to help me hold on to who I was inside, regardless of how the exterior altered.

But then everything changed.

He stole my innocence. He scarred my heart. He took everything I thought I knew about my life and fast-pitched it out the window, shattering the glass that held my world together in the process.

I remember the lights.

The passionate, desperate, hot strikes of red. The harsh, cruel, icy bolts of blue.

They symbolized everything I endured that summer.

And everything I would never face again.

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“I just don’t understand,” he said as he began rolling the ball up my calf. I moaned out loud, realizing that area was packed with trigger points, as he had called them.

“Don’t understand what?” I asked, still holding my breath as he rolled over my other calf. I leaned up on my elbows and turned my head back to meet his eyes.

He paused, holding the ball in place as he gazed back at me. “How could I never have noticed you before?”

I swallowed, almost more afraid of the brief tenderness I caught in his eyes in that moment than the usual hardness that existed there.

Shrugging, I answered his question just above a whisper. “I’m easy to miss.”

I held his eyes for a moment more before laying my chest back to the ground, resting my head on my arms. He started rolling the ball up my hamstrings and I closed my eyes tight. I thought I might explode from the mixture of pain and pleasure that rocked through my body. After a few moments, he spoke again.

“Maybe I just wasn’t looking.”

Kandi Steiner takes words and creates magic. A million stars aren’t enough. Weightless left me breathless.” – Brittainy C. Cherry, Amazon #1 Bestselling Author
Weightless is so full of heart, it’ll spill off the pages and into your soul. One of my favorite contemporary romances of 2016.” – Bestselling Author Staci Hart
“Weightless is a book of FEELS. From the first to the last page, it’ll wrap you in emotion and hold you captive. Between the writing, the story, and the characters, it was simply unforgettable. A favorite read of 2016 for me.” – Angie, Angie’s Dreamy Reads
“Flawless. Phenomenal. Breathtaking. Weightless will undoubtedly be my top read of the year.” – Erin, Southern Belle Book Blog
Weightless left me challenged and breathless. It’s an emotionally-charged story that carved a place in my soul. I knew Kandi could write, but this book takes it to a whole new level.” – Tina, Typical Distractions Book Blog

Kandi Steiner is a Creative Writing and Advertising/Public Relations graduate from the University of Central Florida living in Tampa with her husband. Kandi works full time as a social media specialist, but also works part time as a Zumba fitness instructor and blackjack dealer. 

Kandi started writing back in the 4th grade after reading the first Harry Potter installment. In 6th grade, she wrote and edited her own newspaper and distributed to her classmates. Eventually, the principal caught on and the newspaper was quickly halted, though Kandi tried fighting for her “freedom of press.” She took particular interest in writing romance after college, as she has always been a die hard hopeless romantic (like most girls brought up on Disney movies).

When Kandi isn’t working or writing, you can find her reading books of all kinds, talking with her extremely vocal cat, and spending time with her friends and family. She enjoys beach days, movie marathons, live music, craft beer and sweet wine – not necessarily in that order.

 

 

Weightless by Kandi Steiner Review

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Synopsis

I remember the lights.

I remember I wanted to photograph them, the way the red and blue splashed across his cold, emotionless face. But I knew even if my feet could move from the place where they had cemented themselves to the ground and I could run for my camera, I wouldn’t be able to capture that moment.

I had trusted him, I had loved him, and even though my body had changed that summer, he’d made sure to help me hold on to who I was inside, regardless of how the exterior altered.

But then everything changed.

He stole my innocence. He scarred my heart. He took everything I thought I knew about my life and fast-pitched it out the window, shattering the glass that held my world together in the process.

I remember the lights.

The passionate, desperate, hot strikes of red. The harsh, cruel, icy bolts of blue.

They symbolized everything I endured that summer.

And everything I would never face again.

Review

“I know, babe. And maybe that’s part of the issue, you know? If you give your all to someone else, realize you may one day have to change all you know about yourself.”

WOW! Weightless is the first book by Kandi Steiner that I have read and I am amazed at how wonderful of a story she crafted. Her writing was effortless and beautiful and everything unfolded at the perfect pace to keep me excited. The hardest part about reviewing this book is not giving too much away. So please trust me when I tell you that this book is amazing and I truly believe you will all love it.

‘He was beautiful. Crazy? Maybe. Intimidating? Definitely. but, beautiful nonetheless.’

Weightless is a New Adult read that takes place right after the heroine, Natalie, graduates from high school and is dumped by her long term boyfriend, who then got a replacement for her within a few days. She is depressed and lonely and severely lacking any confidence. She is a curvy girl in a sea of thin beauties and doesn’t see her place. When she decides to take a leap and start with a personal trainer she is surprised to find that the club has hired the former bad boy of her high school, Rhodes, who was a few years older than her.

“You’re weightless. The world hasn’t touched you yet. You’re not heavy with the weight of pain, guilt, and selfishness.”

GAH! I loved Rhodes! He was mysterious and dark. Full of secrets that had him being sweet one moment and cruel the next. I for one loved a flawed hero and to be honest here I love a mean man and Rhodes filled those roles beautifully. The constant push and pull that Rhodes held over Natalie and the way no matter what she couldn’t stay away had me eager to see where the story would go. And boy did it turn in all kinds of directions I was not expecting.

‘And it was in that moment that I realized Rhodes was like lightning. White hot and electric, but fleeting and dangerous. Beautiful to watch, but perilous to touch.’

Weightless is a beautiful story about learning to love and accept yourself. The characters are flawed and the story difficult at times but through it all there is a constant feeling of hope. It is clear in Kandi’s words that this book was a labor of love for her and it shows on every page. I can’t believe that I have waited this long to read Kandi but she is definitely an author to follow for me now.

~miranda