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Lea Lamb and Austin Wolf were young when they fell in love. They never imagined the future could hold anything other than together-forever.

When Lea’s father dies in a tragic fishing accident, she’s crushed under the weight of her grief and catches a glimpse of another type of future, one she knows she’s not strong enough to face.

Austin is angry. For the past fifteen years, he’s believed the woman he loved with every ounce of his soul left him without so much as a backwards glance.

When Lea unexpectedly returns to their hometown, all the years of heartache inside Austin bubbles to the surface and presents itself as blinding rage.

Faced with the truth about the past, a newly discovered secret, these former lovers will learn that if they want to have any chance at the future they’d given up on all those years ago, they will have to rescue one another from drowning in pain so debilitating it will leave them both fighting to breath.

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Aurora Rose Reynolds is a navy brat who’s husband served in the United States Navy. She has lived all over the country but now resides in New York City with her Husband and pet fish. She’s married to an alpha male that loves her as much as the men in her books love their women. He gives her over the top inspiration everyday. In her free time she reads, writes and enjoys going to the movies with her husband and cookie. She also enjoys taking mini weekend vacations to nowhere, or spends time at home with friends and family. Last but not least she appreciates everyday and admires it’s beauty.

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Never in a million years would I have pictured myself as an axe-wielding, dragon lady, chopping up multi-colored flannel shirts into my very own plaid mulch. But here I am, chopping away my frustrations.

It all started when my brother, Paul, convinced me to go on one last family road trip across the Mother Road with him and my dad.. Just like old times, right? Wrong. What Paul fails to mention is his best man, Porter, will be joining us, who just so happens to be my childhood crush and the man who broke my heart four years ago.

What is supposed to be a fun, family bonding experience across Route 66 turns into a war
of pranks, awkward moments and bathrooms full of dirty flannel shirts and day old beard clippings. Paul’s know-it-all attitude and Porter’s devilish charm brings me to the brink of my sanity on my seven day trek across the United States with three bearded men in a small 1980’s RV.

 

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Born in New York and raised in Southern California, Meghan has grown into a sassy, peanut butter eating, blonde haired swearing, animal hoarding lady. She is known to bust out and dance if “It’s Raining Men” starts beating through the air and heaven forbid you get a margarita in her, protect your legs because they may be humped.

Once she started commuting for an hour and twenty minutes every day to work for three years, she began to have conversations play in her head, real life, deep male voices and dainty lady coos kind of conversations. Perturbed and confused, she decided to either see a therapist about the hot and steamy voices running through her head or start writing them down. She decided to go with the cheaper option and started writing… enter her first novel, Caught Looking.

Now you can find the spicy, most definitely on the border of lunacy, kind of crazy lady residing in Colorado with the love of her life and her five, furry four legged children, hiking a trail or hiding behind shelves at grocery stores, wondering what kind of lube the nervous stranger will bring home to his wife. Oh and she loves a good boob squeeze!

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Haze Welch has done something stupid. He’s fallen for the girl he’s being paid to protect. Worse than that, while he’s home for a family emergency, his charge is kidnapped. As he races back to LA, he’s determined to do whatever it takes to find Leighton and make sure she’s safe again. He can only pray he’s not too late.

I’d survived a lot, but I wasn’t sure I could survive losing Leighton.

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As the club Enforcer, Stitch is the man chosen to protect the club. There are no limits to his brutality, no lines drawn in the sand. The club is his life, and he’ll do whatever it takes to keep his brothers safe.

He’s a man who keeps to himself, guarding the walls that he secured so long ago. Then, one moment, one chance meeting, changes everything.

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Life for Wren and her son, Wyatt, isn’t exactly easy. Yet, Wren faces each day with determination and courage. Wyatt is her joy and motivation; for him, she will find a way to make their lives better, even when obstacles are continually thrown in her path. The last thing she needs is another complication, but what is life without hurdles to overcome?

Stitch appears when they need him the most, protecting them when no one else can. Wren can’t understand it. She should feel threatened by his bulging muscles and menacing tattoos, but she’s somehow able to see past the mysterious biker to the man inside. She is drawn to him for reasons she can’t even begin to comprehend. All she knows is that her body craves his touch.

Can Stitch let his guard down and allow these two strangers into his heart? Can Wren see beyond the scars of her past long enough to let him in, or will her fear drive him away?

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I am a lover of romance novels, summer breaks, and unexpected quiet times when I can write without interruptions. Writing the Devil Chaser’s MC Romance series has been a long time dream of mine, and it is still hard to believe that I actually did it. I loved writing the Devil Chasers series, and I am looking forward to working on the Satan’s Fury MC series. Thank you so much for checking out my page. You can also find me on facebook and twitter.

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Micky Llewellyn has trusted men before – with disastrous results. Now, she’s focused on her career, her friends, and making sure she doesn’t let another charming man lie to her and break her heart.

Nick Halden’s life has unfolded according to plan. He’s on track to a partnership at one of Dallas’ premier law firms, and he’s marrying a woman who has the beauty, smarts, and connections to be the perfect wife. Or he thought he was.

Fate and a dead car battery throw Micky and Nick together, forcing them to question what they want. Nick’s charm makes Micky’s heart pound with desire and her gut twist with mistrust. Micky’s fire awakens a passion in Nick that flips his world upside down. With his personal and professional lives colliding in chaos, Nick has one way to make sure he gets what he wants, but it means betraying the woman he craves.

In their struggle to balance love and ambition, Micky and Nick will have to decide what they want and at what cost before they lose the one thing that matters.

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Taryn Lieber has a date set to marry a man beyond her dreams. Jeff McConnell, and his feisty daughter, Olivia, transformed her life. She never thought she’d want a ready-made family. Now, she can’t wait.

The only good to come out of Jeff McConnell’s first marriage was his curly-haired daughter and the unfulfilled desire for a woman to stand with him as he conquered the world. When he met Taryn, he knew instantly she was the one.

Taryn and Jeff have plans for marriage, adoption, and a life together, but those plans fall apart when Jeff’s ex-wife shows up, wanting to be part of Olivia’s life. What does the woman want? Taryn’s instincts tell her Shannon Nelson is an unreliable, scheming opportunist. Jeff’s compassion compels him to find a way for Olivia to reconnect with her biological mother.

Conflict, mistrust, and danger follow as Taryn and Jeff try to hang on to the love that brought them together and make it down the aisle.

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New job. New address. New name. Shannon Clifton has one focus. After missing most of the first seven years of her daughter’s life, she’s getting her life together to be a good mother to Olivia. She’ll prove to her ex-husband and the world that her past of drug addiction and crime are history.

Jonah Moran hasn’t struggled for much. He has a cushy job at his father’s billion-dollar company, a string of socialite girlfriends, and anything money can buy.

One night, Shannon’s past confronts her in a dangerous encounter that brings Jonah her rescue. Shannon and Jonah begin a relationship that offers something new for each of them. Shannon’s never had a man sweep her off her feet with elegant charm. Jonah’s never had a woman who appreciates each joy like it’s her first. Drawn together in a novel passion, they find solace in each other’s worlds even as their differences threaten them with ruin.

Jonah’s family has no intention of welcoming Shannon, and Shannon fights to stand on her own feet for the first time in her life. Can Shannon and Jonah push through the barriers and find lasting love?

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Crazy Beautiful Lies by Kathryn L. James Release Blitz and Giveaway

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Blake DeLuca is a manwhore with a reputation to prove it.

Jenna Capwell thought she had the perfect life until tragedy happens and betrayals unfold. In a chance meeting, Blake mistakes her for the call girl from an elite escort service. Jenna wants nothing more than a carefree, reckless night of passion, so she plays the part, and plays it well. When their paths cross again, Blake stops at nothing to see her again…even uses blackmail.

She knows what kind of man he is and yet she falls for him during their angsty relationship. He reminds her time and time again not to get attached to him and he doesn’t know what he’s about to lose until the table is turned and she makes a bold decision. One that changes the rules of the game and one that brings him to his knees. Can she survive another heart break and can he survive her betrayal?

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Kathryn James lives in a southern small town with her husband and kids. Being a hopeless romantic, she loves to read and write about bad-boy sexy alpha males and a strong heroine. She weaves her characters along a roller coaster ride full of angst before they reach their HEA. The beach is one of her favorite places to relax and write. But most days, when she’s writing, you can find her snuggled under a blanket in a recliner with her sweet apricot poodle curled up beside her. She’s loves diet coke, and is certain it helped her stay awake pecking away on her laptop writing her debut novel Crazy Beautiful Lies.   

 

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The second scorching novel in the USA Today bestselling Cartel trilogy from the smash-hit author Lili St Germain.

They say love conquers all.

It’s a lie.

Five days a week, I dressed in smart business clothes. I painted my face, and went to work as an accountant. But nothing about my life was normal.

For eight years I had been the property of the Gypsy Brothers Motorcycle Club. I laundered their money so well they’d never let me leave. My only glimmer of light was the man I loved. The man who had saved me.

Dornan.

His love had been the only thing that kept the demons at bay. But he’d become so immersed in the cartel’s brutal business that I hardly knew him anymore.

Dornan had been my salvation, but he was also my undoing.

Would he pull me down into the darkness until he destroyed me? Could I save him?

Did I even want to?

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I recoiled as I felt her blood hit my cheek, the deafening roar of my gun something that was becoming far too familiar. Allie hit the dirt before I’d even blinked, the force of the bullet sending her straight onto her back.

Above the steady drum of the rain, I heard movement outside. Jesus. Was she still alive? I opened the door as quietly as I could and slipped out, pressing it shut behind me. The rain was brutal, and I could barely see in front of me. I circled around the back of the pickup, gun at the ready, my eyes searching for any movement as I rounded the corner of the truck and happened upon Allie. There was blood coming from her mouth, and she had one arm outstretched, reaching clumsily for her gun. In her dying moments, she didn’t look like a bitch anymore. She looked like a sad, lost little girl, and I silently cursed Murphy for pulling her into this hellish existence. For the first time, I realized that she was younger than me, just a young woman who fell in love with the wrong man. Don’t we all.

She saw me, and her hand reached for the gun more desperately. Before she could grab it and take a shot at me, I placed my bare foot on her wrist, pinning it to the ground.

She looked up at me, her eyes sad.

‘I thought he loved me,’ she choked.

I nodded, crouching beside her. ‘That’s the thing about men like Murphy,’ I said softly. ‘They’re not capable of love, Allie. They only know how to destroy.’

She seemed to soften, her eyes closing momentarily. Blinking back tears, she gazed up at me. ‘I don’t want to die,’ she whispered. ‘I didn’t know.’

I nodded sympathetically, pushing her hair back from her face.

Before she could do anything, I placed my hand over her mouth and squeezed her nose shut between my thumb and index finger. Shock and realization lit up in her eyes as she thrashed her head back and forth beneath my grip.

‘That’s the difference between you and me,’ I said to her, as she clawed at my hand and sucked against my palm for air. ‘I’m old enough to know better.

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Chasing Hayleigh by Elle Christensen Review

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Hayleigh
I know nothing of love.
Then again, I don’t know much about people
I’ve been burned enough to have lost my faith in them
Brannon seems to be an exception
For years, he has proved that I could trust him
But my past would surely drive him away
The question is, can he trust me?

Brannon
Hayleigh is not my fate
But, she is my destiny
I need to convince her to trust me, to believe in us
For years I’ve stood back, and given her time
Now I need her to light the dark that is slowly consuming me
I want to tell her all of my secrets
The question is, will she survive them?

*Part of a series, while it can be read as a standalone, the story continues to build through the following books are are best read in order.
**Recommended for 18+ due to sexual content and language

Review

Brannon knows Hayleigh is interested in him but he also knows she’s holding back not only from home but her friends. She’s scared and envious and sad and he doesn’t know why. But he knows what he feels even if they aren’t fated, he loves her and isn’t going to give up. Hayleigh has a secret, a past that has ruined so much before so now she stands back and although she loves where she is now and the people around her she’s never let herself become truly part of their group….but maybe it’s time to change that.

“The first time I met Hayleigh—I fell in love. An eternal love that had seeded itself so deep in my heart, I knew no one else(fated or not) would ever erase what I felt for her.”

As with the others in this series I thoroughly enjoyed this story. The Fae are such interesting and magical creatures and this author has created a group of characters that I have fallen in love with. Brannon and Hayleigh are the next couple we follow and both have secrets they are keeping that are slowly fracturing their lives in different ways.

“He doesn’t understand why I’m fighting him so hard. But, the truth is, I’m not cut out for the life my friends have.”

Brannon is a loveable character, the easy going person of the group and the fact he is harbouring such torture in what he has been tasked to do, the fact he can still be so happy for everyone else makes him so attractive. He’s caring, sexy, determined and so strong!

“SOLITUDE IS MY ENEMY. When I’m alone, I’m left with nothing but silence and my own thoughts. Heavy thoughts, weighing me down.”

Hayleigh is a fragile at first with the way she sets herself back and doesn’t become attached, as she’s afraid they will be ripped away from her once her secret is revealed. But she becomes strong and brave as the story progresses and eventually starts to realise she deserves the love that surrounds her.

“Now, I’ve got my own secret, one that hurts my heart and soul, slowly breaking me.”

As with the others, this story interlinked with the others and I love re-visiting the other couples we have met previously. We also carry on trying to discover what Aodhagan was a part of and what part he plays in the wider plan. In this story however, Hayleigh’s past plays an important role and the story of who her family is, and the reason behind why she never lets herself get close, comes as a huge and unexpected surprise!

“Beautiful isn’t strong enough to describe you when you smile, Hayleigh. You light up my world in the worst of circumstances, but when you smile or laugh, my entire universe rights itself and I feel whole.”

As always it’s a sexy, thrilling, intriguing ride that always has a great element of laughter and fun that has me smiling and wanting to read the next. I can’t wait for Kendrix story as we were left on perhaps the biggest cliffhanger yet!

~Bethany

 

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Ask Me Something by Aubrey Bondurant Review

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4.5 Smooches!

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How do you ask the question, when you know the answer may change everything?

Sasha Brooks has been focused on one thing her entire life: her career. Newly promoted as the vice president in a New York advertising company, she has beauty, brains, and one hell of a fierce reputation. But she also has a secret that she keeps carefully guarded.

Brian Carpenter is finding out that managing his newest VP isn’t without its challenges, but when it comes to Sasha, he’d expect nothing less.
His easygoing personality and Southern charm are the yang to her yin and the calm to her storm.

Over the last eight years of their friendship, the flirtations, innuendos, and chemistry have almost led to more, but Sasha has convinced herself they’re better off just friends.
Almost.
Until the moment she thinks he’s with someone else.

Is she too late to admit her feelings?
Gathering the courage to ask the question, Sasha discovers she isn’t the only one keeping secrets.

You think you know someone….

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“…I can feel people wanting me to fail.”

Sasha Brooks, or Sasha B-Fierce as her coworkers refer to her, is the calm, cool, collected picture of professionalism, or at least she appears to be. Inwardly, however, she is anything but calm, cool or collected. Having been blindsided as a teenager with some previously unknown truths regarding her personal history, everything Sasha believed about herself was suddenly not true. Overwhelmed when confronted in a humiliating way with this information, she succumbed to her first panic attack in what her therapist refers to as the traumatic trigger that started her anxiety attack disorder. Years of therapy, experience dealing with the situations that are her personal triggers, as well as her finely honed ability to recognize the onslaught of her symptoms have all helped Sasha hide her disorder from her family as well as her friends.

“Brian was attracted to a woman who was self-assured and put-together. Not one who had to snap a hair band to keep from freaking out in social situations.”

Brian Carpenter has been in love with Sasha Brooks for eight years. A mutual attraction between the two of them has always burned, but it’s complicated given that Brian is also Sasha’s boss, and they’ve settled into a relationship that is a combination of colleagues and friends. Knowing how important her career is to her, Brian is left with no choice but to accept being relegated to the friend-zone. Brian has taken the opportunity to really get to know Sasha – minus the anxiety attacks or the information that triggered her disorder. His love for her has never waivered, and after eight years of loving her from afar, he’s grown tired of his friends-only status and devises a plan that he hopes will ultimately result in a relationship with Sasha that includes her returning his love.

“I’m not the girl you think you know.”

The two enter into a sexual relationship that is defined by some carefully crafted rules by Brian. The more time they spend together, and with Brian’s rules guiding Sasha where he wants her to go, it’s no surprise that’s she’s finally acknowledged her true feelings for Brian. Unfortunately the timing of this realization collides with her learning that he also kept some crucial professional information from her, breaking one of Sasha’s very few – but critically important – rules in their relationship. The culmination of all of this emotional upheaval all at once is the mother of all panic attacks during a very public situation. In the aftermath of her attack, a humiliated and defeated Sasha has no choice but to finally tell him about her disorder and her past. Emotionally overwhelmed and assuming that he couldn’t possibly love her upon learning these things about her, Sasha lets Brian go.

“…a happily ever after wasn’t in my future.”

Fleeing to her parents home to regroup, Sasha gets some enlightening, well timed and perfectly worded parental advice has her rethinking things and doing some self re-examination. Her parents’ words, coupled with an explanation and clarification of the professional information by Brian’s boss and childhood best friend, all have Sasha scrambling to reach Brian in time. But is it too little, too late?

“Do you really think I don’t know you, Sasha Jayne Brooks?”

As an avid romance and erotica fan, I’m very accustomed to reading novels featuring an imperfect hero. It is rare when it is the heroine that is imperfect, and this book is an example of one that is very well done. I enjoyed this story very much. While Sasha had many issues to overcome, she faced them, bravely, one at time, every single day by going into situations that were known triggers and excelling in them. Reading about her slowly letting her guard down with Brian and fall deeper into this relationship was very rewarding. The author did a fantastic job of taking the reader into Sasha’s head as she worked through her fears.

This book was well written and the relationship between Brian and Sasha was lovely to watch unfold. Brian proved time and time again that he absolutely did know Sasha as he took her reactions into consideration with each step as he nudged their relationship forward. 4.5 smooches for Ask Me Something from me!

~ Danielle Palumbo

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5 Stages of Riley Winters by RD Berg Review

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Synopsis

He left me shattered and mentally scarred. Our divorce should have healed those emotional wounds. It didn’t.

Nine months have passed, and I am still trying to piece together my life that was torn to shreds. I am a shell of the person I once was.

GRIEF-
Shrouds me in a cloak of darkness, isolates me from family and friends, and barely leaves me treading water. The only thing keeping me afloat is my rambunctious three- year -old son, River.

FATE-
Brings Liam Bowers into my life. he offers me everything my ex did not – love, adoration, romance and peace.

Trouble-
Slithers it’s way back into my life, threatening to kidnap the only glimpse of happiness I have found.

My past and future are colliding, and I am afraid the only fatality will be …ME.

 

Review

This is one of those stories that had all the prerequisite elements to being a great book.  In theory the characters and storyline along with certain dramatic incidents should have produced an exciting and sensual read but unfortunately what I found was a fairly unconvincing plot along with weak and unengaging characters that tended to use over flowery and saccharine sweet dialogue, which in turn just seemed to highlight how schmaltzy and cheesy everything was.  I love romance, I live for romance but in The Five stages of Riley Winters it was overkill and at times I felt like I was reading a nineteen-eighties Mills and Book with Fabio on the front cover.  It is as though she used every known cliche in the romance genre and amplified it.

There were parts of this book I just could not get into, others I liked well enough and others that just didn’t make sense.  The timeline of events is much too quick.  Our hero Liam is a speech therapist by day and rock star by night, who after only one day of knowing our heroine Riley, decides it is great professional practise to join his new client Riley’s son and her on a family outing.  The relationship is harried and never develops fully, there was a ton of potential to prove how strong and resilient Riley was after suffering at the hands of her ex-husband but she came across as rather whiney and unrealistic.  Unfortunately it wasn’t just the main characters that felt a little stuffy.  The relationship between Riley and her sister didn’t gel either, it felt forced rather than fun and loving.  Liam was an okay hero.  He had all the right words to say and at times was very sweet but he too often seemed too good to be true.

‘He removes his hand from my hair and places both of his hands in his pockets.  “Riley, I’m sorry if I am freaking you out, but I have never met anyone like you.”

“What do you mean, like me?” I ask confused.

“No, no, nothing bad, Riley.  It’s just that your eyes tell me that you have a story that is hidden there, but your smile says otherwise.  You’re just a pretty little mystery.”’

The Five Stages of Riley Winters was an okay read but I wouldn’t say it had a lasting effect on me.  It will be one of those books that you will either love or dislike depending on your preferences but for me it just didn’t work out.  I can see definite potential in the author however, and I would read another book she writes but I feel that time and experience would better benefit here.

~Nicole

 

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