5 Smooches!
Apr 12
Saving Kendrix by Elle Christensen Review
I’ve lived in shadows all of my life
I made a choice to give up my soul and forever alter my destiny
Apr 12
The Way Home by Linda Oaks Release Blitz with Excerpt and Giveaway
Title: The Way Home
Author: Linda Oaks
Series: The Chasing Series
Genre: New Adult
Publisher: Blue Tulip Publishing
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“Not everyone you love is going to leave you…but what if they do?”
For Nate Lucas, this was his reality.
When he lost her, he was left with no choice. Life was impossible in Crawley without her. He couldn’t live with all of the memories or her ghost.
He vowed to never return again.
It was business that brought him back and the chance to right a wrong, but then she needed him; his best friend’s little sister. Her life and her child’s were in danger.
It was an arrangement until it became more.
He vowed to never love again; to never allow the past a chance to repeat itself, but sometimes you’re left with no choice.
When the walls around your heart are finally breached, do you run and save yourself or stay and fight for the chance to love again?
When you lose your way, how do you find the way home?
**The Way Home is an Interconnected Standalone in The Chasing Series. Each book features a different couple.**
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“You didn’t get too hot, did you?” she asked, her expression filled with concern.
“Nah, I’m fine,” I muttered, scratching my beard. I turned away and slammed the car’s hood down, and then I took a deep breath to try to gain control of myself.
I would not touch her.
I would not.
A soft hand landed on my shoulder at the same time a splatter of rain loudly plopped against the car’s hood. A few drops landed on my skin. It was cold, but I could have sworn I heard them sizzle since her touch had set me on fire. Need coursed through my body overriding my senses. Overhead, the clouds were heavy and dark. In the air there was the overwhelming scent of rain mixed with the sweet scent of the woman standing behind me.
I couldn’t fucking take it.
Pushed beyond my control, I spun around to face her. For the rest of my life whenever I smelled the scent of honeysuckle, I would always think of her. When her pink tongue darted out to briefly skim her lower lip, I lost all train of thought. She was teasing me. My body automatically gravitated to hers. Sultry eyes full of want stared back at me with a heat that matched my own. I reached out a hand and cupped her jaw, then slid my hand along her neck where I was able to tangle my fingers in her thick hair in order to draw her closer. My other arm encircled her waist, and I pulled her flush against me. All of that softness and those curves melding into mine turned my brain to mush.
She felt like fucking heaven and the answer to all of my prayers.
“Nate,” she whispered, and the tortured sound of my name slipping past her lips was downright unbearable.
Somewhere in the back of my mind, there was a split second where sanity tried to return. Maybe, I should let her go. The sky chose that exact moment to open up. A torrent of summer rain washed all of that damn nonsense straight from my head. My lips crashed down onto hers, sinking into all of that sweetness. I devoured her whole. Never had anything tasted as good as the woman in my arms. She was fucking addictive.
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Linda Oaks has always had a passion for books. At the age of five, she was a book of the month club member. Her love for books eventually led her to a love of writing. She resides in Eastern Kentucky with her husband, two children, three dogs and a pet rabbit named Dozer. She can be found on Facebook, Twitter, Goodreads, Wattpad and Instagram. She can be also be reached by mail at authorlindaoaks@gmail.com. She loves connecting with her readers.
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Apr 12
The Way Home by Linda Oaks Review
5 Smooches!
Synopsis
“Not everyone you love is going to leave you…but what if they do?”
For Nate Lucas, this was his reality.
When he lost her, he was left with no choice. Life was impossible in Crawley without her. He couldn’t live with all of the memories or her ghost.
He vowed to never return again.
It was business that brought him back and the chance to right a wrong, but then she needed him; his best friend’s little sister. Her life and her child’s were in danger. It was an arrangement until it became more.
He vowed to never love again; to never allow the past a chance to repeat itself, but sometimes you’re left with no choice.
When the walls around your heart are finally breached, do you run and save yourself or stay and fight for the chance to love again?
When you lose your way, how do you find the way home?
Review
When Nate returns home after leaving it all behind when the love of his life died he thought he would just exist there and nothing more. But he wasn’t counting on his old best friend sister to come walking into his life. Now not only is he imagining Miley in all sort of fantasies, he must now protect her and her young daughter Sierra from a very dangerous man. Throw in old family feuds, reunions and drama caused by jealously; Nate will realise he will feel more alive back home than he has ever been.
“After losing Natalie, there had been no light in my life. She’d been my reason to breathe, to smile; the first thought I woke to each morning and the last at night when I closed my eyes. When she left me, my world grew dark.”
Loved, loved, loved this story!! It was just perfect! Such beautiful, brave, strong and loveable lead characters and such a thrilling plot line. I was hooked from the very first page thanks to Linda’s captivating writing style and those books didn’t loosen one bit throughout the story.
“Hurt shone brightly from her blue eyes. It was tragic, but she was still so fucking beautiful that the sight of her stole the breath from my lungs. For a moment, I wished I could chase away all of those dark shadows lurking within her eyes.”
Nate was a wonderful male lead and has earned a place in one of my all time favourites. He has so much courage, strength and bravery and although his appearance might come across as big and rough, you could tell straight away that he would protect those that needed it and would love unconditionally if he would just open himself up to that love. The way he looked after Miley and Sierra literally made me heart sigh!
“I didn’t deserve her. I didn’t deserve anyone; not her, and definitely not Sierra. They would both be better off without me.”
Miley and Sierra were also wonderful characters. Miley was determined to stand on her own two feet and do whatever was best for her little girl. She had been through so much but she didn’t let it beat her down and instead remained standing tall. Her love for her daughter was beautiful and the way she wanted to look out for Nate was admirable. Sierra was the cutest little girl and even had me wrapped around her finger!
“She felt like fucking heaven and the answer to all of my prayers.”
The writing was so captivating. It just flowed flawlessly and the plot had everything I could ask for; romance, suspense, laughter and drama. It was a story of love and forgiveness, of letting go and moving on. But it also had some great twists and a lot of suspense which has me gripping my kindle tightly. I loved the back stories of Nate’s family and finding out what had happened with Miley and her family. And I loved the light heartedness that was woven throughout this story which stopped it from being too heavy. It was just the perfect mixture which helped create one of my favourite reads this year!
~BETHANY
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Apr 11
Speaking Greek by Selena Laurence Review
3.5 Smooches
Synopsis
From a USA TODAY Bestselling Author.
A Greek Billionaire and his student intern.
Tess Richardson is from a family that’s all about the law. She follows the rules, and works hard for everything she has. When she gets accepted to junior year abroad and an internship at an International shipping company, she knows that doing things the right way has paid off. Then she meets Nico Stephanos and all the rules fly out the window.
Nico has always been the golden boy. Handsome, smart, and the son of a Greek billionaire, he gets what he wants, when he wants it. With a father as rich and powerful as his, he’s got the world by the balls—until the day the woman he’s falling for becomes his family’s greatest enemy. Now Nico is faced with a choice—the life he knows, or the girl he thinks he loves.
Review
“Words seem to be escaping me. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a more perfect looking guy. Ever.”
Tess Richardson, a college student pursuing her degree in forensic accounting, is heading to Greece to study for a year there at the American university while working an internship in the finance department of Stephanos Shipping. The daughter of a cop and a district attorney and the sister of an FBI agent, Tess has a finely honed sense of right and wrong and a very healthy respect for rules. But even her rules won’t protect her heart when she slams into Niko Stephanos.
“My entire life has been mapped out for me since the day I was born, but I’m not sure it’s the life I actually want.”
Niko Stephanos is the heir to the Stephanos Shipping fortune. Not only will he head up the company that is his family’s legacy, he will eventually head up the family, and with these roles, come responsibilities and obligations that he’s not so sure he wants. Something is missing from his life, and he had no idea what it was until a tiny, mouthy American girl slams into him one day, lecturing him on the importance of following the rules.
“As much as I want Tess Richardson, I need her more. I need her to teach me how to be a better man. I need her to be my friend.”
Niko is completely taken by Tess, he’s never met anyone like her. Firstly, she doesn’t cow to him or his whims, and she’s so confident in her convictions, so sure of their importance. Add that to the fact that’s she wrapped up in a tiny, but beautiful package, and she’s the prize he can’t help but want. He begins to pursue her aggressively, but while Tess is undoubtedly attracted to the gorgeous billionaire, she can’t help but see the warning signs going up – he’s her boss, and a relationship between them would be breaking the rules. Cornering her on a night when they’d both been drinking, Niko pushes Tess hard for more, and her reaction surprises him. It’s then that he takes a good, long look at himself, and he doesn’t like what he sees. He calls her into his office at work, and he proposes a special project to Tess: she’ll be his friend, and she’ll teach him what it means to be a regular, normal guy.
“She might be the only real and true thing in my world right now.”
As they spend more and more time together, they can’t help but fall hard for each other, and they inevitably give in to their attraction. This is no fling, though, these two are falling in love. Meanwhile, Niko’s relationship with his cousin, Christos, his deftheri, or right-hand man, is becoming more and more strained and Niko doesn’t understand why.
“I would do anything for you, break any rule. Please don’t lead me into something that ruins me.”
He starts noticing some things at work that aren’t quite right, though, and as he begins to look into them, his suspicions grow. Then Christos is attacked, and Niko overhears a conversation that changes everything. At the same time, Tess, who has been pulled off of some projects by Christos, stumbles across her own inconsistencies. It all explodes when Christos is attacked again. As the Stephanos empire crumbles, will Niko ever learn the truth? Will he lose Tess because of all of this? Will Tess turn on Niko and his family or could she be his savior?
“I’ll always want you… No matter what. You’re my one…”
This was the first book I’ve read from Selena Laurence. It was a cute, sweet, light story. The romance was a bit lacking, though. There were some sexy moments, but I never really felt the burning, all encompassing attraction between Tess and Niko that was portrayed. There weren’t any epic, heart-racing, swoon-worthy moments where I could feel what the author was telling me was there. The romance between Niko and Tess played a secondary role to the suspense portion of the story, and that was what kept me turning the pages.
I do wish that both the romance and the suspense plots were better developed. There were a lot of places where this story just dragged on with scenes that were unnecessary and did nothing to further either plots, and I fought not to skim in those parts. I think had there been more scenes showing us Tess and Niko falling in love, along with more scenes that delved deeper into the unfolding of the suspense plot, I’d have felt differently about this book. There was no real lead up to the big reveal of the criminal portion of the story, it just kind of exploded out of the blue with little more than a cursory explanation of what happened. There was also a six-month lapse in time between them seeing each other again; a few scenes there showing them pining for each other or working towards one another would have made their undying love declarations more believable for me. 3.5 smooches from me.
~ Danielle Palumbo
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Apr 11
Retribution by Natasha Knight Review
5 Smooches!
Synopsis
Adam
Payback’s a bitch — or it would be for Elle.
Fifteen years ago, my sister was kidnapped. For months, she’d endured hell. Somehow, she’d survived it. Someway, she’d escaped her captors. But it hadn’t mattered. In fact, it had been like losing her twice, because six weeks after she came home, she was dead, and the man responsible was alive and well, oblivious to her fate, ignorant to what he had coming.
Fifteen years I’d been waiting for this moment, all that time, planning, preparing, readying to put things into motion. To finally make the SOB pay for what he’d done.
Killing him was too easy. Too quick. No. There was a much better way to exact revenge.
Take what he loved best.
Break it.
Break her.
I just didn’t realize that in the process of destroying the girl, I’d destroy myself.
Elle
“I only want your pain.”
I hadn’t understood what those words meant, not really. Not until he made me understand.
I noticed Adam the very first day he moved into my building. He was a badass on a bike in a thousand-dollar suit. When he looked at me, it was with a hunger just this side of obscene.
Our meetings were strange, accidental. Too coincidental. There was something about Adam. Something I couldn’t put my finger on.
Something I couldn’t resist.
He told me I didn’t know him. He warned me to run as far from him as I could. He was moody. Dark. I’d found it romantic. I didn’t know, and I wouldn’t realize until it was too late that he’d meant for me to heed his warnings. That some part of him had hoped I would run, that I would escape him.
For too many years, vengeance had fueled him. It had taught him hate. The object of that hate? My father. And me? I was the means to my father’s end. Adam would destroy my father by destroying me.
I accused him of being a monster, of being no different than those who took his sister, but even in the harshest moments, all I could see in his eyes was pain. And like a fool, all I wanted was to touch that darkness.
To make it light.
Retribution is a full-length, complete Dark Romantic Suspense novel. No Cliffhanger. Intended for mature readers. Contains BDSM content.
Review
“…I’d steal her life, just like they’d stolen mine.”
Adam Smith was a man with a plan – an evil, horrific plan of vengeance, of retribution. He’s spent the last fifteen years plotting, planning and preparing for this moment. He will make them suffer as he and his family have suffered. He’s ready, he’s thought this through. He knows what he’s doing, what he has to do. He’s ready for anything and everything…or so he thinks.
“Turning a blind eye does not absolve you. It makes you an accomplice.”
Elle Vega was raised in opulent wealth by her father and nannies following the death of her mother when she was a baby. She never wanted for anything, never needed anything and never really allowed herself to fully consider where the money was coming from. But was it because she was the greedy, spoiled girl Adam had assumed she would be? Or did the love she had for her father stop her from digging deeper? After all, if she didn’t know, she wouldn’t have to acknowledge the awful truth about the kind and loving father she so adored.
“…sometimes, when evil kept winning, good had to resort to any means necessary to get the upper hand.”
Adam seizes a chance opportunity to set his plan in motion. He meets Elle when he comes to her rescue. He seduces her, he befriends her, he takes her on a date. He kidnaps her. With Elle as his captive, he begins to carry out his plans, all the while losing parts of himself he didn’t expect to lose, feeling things he didn’t expect to feel and questioning his purpose and the consequences of his actions every step of the way. When it came down to it, to that moment of truth, the point of no return, would Adam be able to go through with the final piece of his plan? Or would Elle’s humanity reach out to him?
“…he couldn’t have known it would break him while he broke me.”
He believes he’s a monster; she sees the good in him. He questions who he’s become; she knows exactly who he is. He wanted her pain; she can’t turn away from his. In his darkest moments, Elle sees his light. Who, exactly, will wind up broken in the end? And who will emerge from all this pain reborn?
“I set out to destroy you, but in the end, it destroyed me.”
You know how people say that a book had them ‘on the edge of their seat?’ Yeah, this book didn’t do that for me; no, it had me up and out of my seat, pacing at 1:00 AM and cursing loudly throughout the first third of it. I was shocked, I was unsettled, nervous, and, most surprisingly, I was angry, so freaking angry. But much to my surprise, my ire was aimed not at Adam, but at Elle! I know, I know, she was the victim here! But despite that fact, I couldn’t help it. She made me absolutely furious in parts, like groaning out loud and expletive-filled ranting mad. And yet, in other parts, the very things that made Elle so special – her compassion, her insightfulness and her amazing ability to see through the evil to the good in people and love them despite it – had me both adoring her and loathing her, sometimes within the same scene. Such a baffling contradiction of feelings, they literally churned through me in a confusing, schizophrenic battle where neither was ever really the overwhelming victor. I just had to accept that I both loved and despised this character equally.
Of course, while reading the book I, at least, had the benefit of Adam’s inner dialogue, which gave insight to the reader of his turmoil and conflict and was one of the key essential elements in this character’s development. But, Elle didn’t have that; she only had the amazing capacity to see the good within him in spite of the evil of his actions. I found it very unsettling just how much I empathized with and even liked the villain of the story, Adam. I was sympathetic to his reasons, even if I didn’t care for his methods. And that fact – that I preferred the villain to the victim – was what left me feeling so unsettled after reading this book. But that’s not necessarily a bad thing! This book caused me to feel so deeply, so vividly, so explicitly and that is a testament to just how well written it was!
I’m not the type of reader who can just pick up dark erotica any old time, plop myself down on the first cozy surface and read it. It’s the type of thing I need to prepare myself to read. It’s not that I don’t like dark erotica – I do – but it’s that I need to be in the right headspace to accept what’s going on, to be able to wrap my head around it and then to shake it off when I’m done. I’m still shaking this book off as I write this review, well over twenty-four hours after I’ve finished it, and I suspect that it’ll be staying with me for a while. But this was what was assigned to me, so prepared or not, I went in, apprehensive as hell, but ever the good little Red Cheeks Reads reviewer, I did it. And now having finished it, I can honestly say that I’m glad I did. I can’t say that I “enjoyed” this book–it’s not the kind of book you enjoy. I did appreciate the experience, and that’s what well-written dark erotica is: an experience. This book the pulled me in, doused me with terror, immersed in anger and feeling the desperation and the heartbreak of the characters and their plights. I had to be ripped to shreds before I could be set free to heal. This book definitely got a reaction out of me. It had my heart pounding, it gave me goose bumps, it got me out of my seat and pacing, Kindle in hand, as I read it.
If a dark romantic/psychological thriller is not your thing, this book probably won’t be for you. But if those feelings, that kind of literary experience is your thing, I’d absolutely recommend this one. It was incredibly well written and richly developed, with obviously relatable characters, and it was full of that delicious shock and awe and those hair-raising twists and turns that this genre is renowned for. If you can handle being angry, if you can take being a bit disturbed, and if you don’t mind a little pain with your pleasure, then you’ll be thrilled with Natasha Knight’s Retribution. Who knows, maybe it’ll even get you up and out of your seat, too. 5 smooches from me!
~ Danielle Palumbo
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Apr 11
Stuck Up Suit by Penelope Ward and Vi Keeland Release Blitz
Graham and Soraya’s highly anticipated romance is finally here in Stuck-Up Suit by Vi Keeland & Penelope Ward!
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Blurb
It started out like any other morning on the train.
Until I became mesmerized by the guy sitting across the aisle.
He was barking at someone on his phone like he ruled the world.
Who did the stuck-up suit think he was…God?
Actually, he looked like a God. That was about it.
When his stop came, he got up suddenly and left. So suddenly, he dropped his phone on the way out.
I might have picked it up.
I might have gone through all of his photos and called some of the numbers.
I might have held onto the mystery man’s phone for days—until I finally conjured up the courage to return it.
When I traipsed my ass across town to his fancy company, he refused to see me.
So, I left the phone on the empty desk outside the arrogant jerk’s office.
I might have also left behind a dirty picture on it first though.
I didn’t expect him to text back.
I didn’t expect our exchanges to be hot as hell.
I didn’t expect to fall for him—all before we even met.
The two of us couldn’t have been any more different.
Yet, you know what they say about opposites.
When we finally came face to face, we found out opposites sometimes do more than attract—we consumed each other.
Nothing could have prepared me for the ride he took me on. And I certainly wasn’t prepared for where I’d wind up when the ride was over.
All good things must come to an end, right?
Except our ending was one I didn’t see coming.
Excerpt
Graham: What are you wearing, Soraya?
Soraya: Are you serious right now?
Graham: You ruined my day. You owe me.
Soraya: I don’t owe you anything, you fucking perv.
Graham: This from the woman who sent me a shot of her cleavage. Nice tits, by the way. They’re so big, at first, I thought it was a picture of an ass.
Soraya: You’re the ass.
Graham: Show me your face.
Soraya: Why?
Graham: Because I want to see if it matches your personality.
Soraya: Which would mean what?
Graham: Well, that wouldn’t bode well for you.
Soraya: You won’t ever see my face.
Graham: Probably better off. So, give me a hint about what you’re wearing.
Soraya: It’s red.
Graham: So you haven’t changed out of that dress?
Soraya: No, I’m naked with dye dripping down my body and my tongue is throbbing thanks to you.
That was an odd thing to say.
Graham: That’s an interesting visual.
Soraya: You are seriously crazy, dude.
Graham: I AM a little crazy, actually. I probably need my head checked because I’ve been fantasizing about a headless person all day.
Soraya: Well, the naked pic ain’t gonna happen.
Graham: How about I go first?
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Cocky Bastard
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Meet Penelope Ward
Penelope Ward is a New York Times, USA Today and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author. Penelope lives for reading books in the new adult/contemporary romance genre, coffee and hanging out with her friends and family on weekends. She is the proud mother of a beautiful 11-year-old girl with autism (the inspiration for the character Callie in Gemini) and a 9-year-old boy, both of whom are the lights of her life. Penelope, her husband and kids reside in Rhode Island. She is the author of RoomHate, which hit #2 on the New York Times Bestseller list and #1 on the Wall Street Journal Bestseller list. Her novel, Stepbrother Dearest, also spent four consecutive weeks on the New York Times Bestseller list. Other works include the New York Times bestseller Cocky Bastard (co-written with Vi Keeland), Sins of Sevin, My Skylar, Jake Undone, Jake Understood and Gemini.
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RoomHate
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Gemini
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My Skylar
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Meet Vi Keeland
Vi Keeland is a native New Yorker with three children that occupy most of her free time, which she complains about often, but wouldn’t change for the world. She is an attorney and a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, & USA Today Bestselling author. Over the last three years, ten of her titles have appeared on the USA Today Bestseller lists and three on the New York Times Bestseller lists.
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Additional Books by Vi Keeland
Life on Stage series (2 standalone books)
Beat
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Throb
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MMA Fighter series (3 standalone books)
Worth the Fight (MMA Fighter Series, Book One)
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The Cole Series (2 book serial)
Belong to You (Cole Series, Book One)
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Made for You (Cole Series, Book Two)
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iBooks: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/made-for-you/id84550637
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Standalone novels
The Baller
Amazon US: http://amzn.to/23atpbd
Amazon UK: http://amzn.to/1ZwJnI4
iBooks: http://apple.co/1QM9TfP
B&N: http://bit.ly/1Yi2xmp
Kobo: http://bit.ly/1SEiOhC
Left Behind (A Young Adult Novel)
Amazon US:http://amzn.to/1G9HdDK
Amazon UK: http://amzn.to/1Rmi3xp
First Thing I See
Amazon US: http://amzn.to/1fr3dF7
Amazon UK: http://amzn.to/1RmihEP
Barnes & Noble: http://bit.ly/1JWFo21
Apr 11
The Summer Games by R.S. Grey Cover Reveal
Title: The Summer Games: Settling the Score
Author: R.S. Grey
Release Date: May 2, 2016
Find on Goodreads
As an Olympic rookie, Andie Foster has spent far more time in her cleats than between the sheets. For 21 years, her Fridaynights have consisted of blocking shots rather than taking them. But now that she’s landed in Rio, she’s ready to see for herself if the rumors about the Olympic Village are true:
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The athletes are all sex-crazed maniacs…
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The committee passes out condoms like candy…
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The games continue long after the medals have been handed out…As Andie walks the line between rumor and reality, she’s forced into the path of Frederick Archibald, a decorated Olympic swimmer and owner of a sexy British accent—too bad he’s unavailable in a way that “it’s complicated” doesn’t even begin to explain.
In other words: off limits.
It doesn’t matter that he has abs that could bring peace to the Middle East and a smile that makes even the Queen blush; Andie fully intends on keeping her focus on the soccer field. But the Village is small. Suffocating. Everywhere Andie goes, Freddie happens to be there—shirtless, wet from the pool, and determined to show her a whole new meaning of the phrase “international affairs”.
I am a lover of books, chocolate, reality TV, black labs, and cold weather. Seriously, if I had it my way, I would be curled up on the couch with all of those things… everyday.
I live in Texas where I spend my free time writing and reading. My favorite authors include Mindy Kaling & Jonathan Safran Foer. I’m a comedy geek and love all things “funny”. Women like Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, and Mindy Kaling are definitely the biggest inspirations for my writing, though I think my work tends to skew a bit smuttier than theirs.
Apr 11
Sex Addict by Ella Frank and Brooke Blaine Release Blitz
Do you want to read something a little…naughty?
Sex Addict by Brooke Blaine and Ella Frank is NOW LIVE!
ONLY $0.99!
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Blurb
Fantasies – we all have them.
For some it’s their dream job; others want the wedding, the 2.5 kids, the white picket fence.
My fantasies are a bit more…depraved.
Dark and sinful, they have destroyed relationships and my livelihood, yet I still submit to them like a slave.
Sex.
For most, it’s a natural expression of love, caring, or lust.
But there are those of us who can’t stop once we’ve had a taste.
Those of us who don’t want to.
And the shame of that never-ending cycle will eat us alive…
My name is Evan James, and I am a sex addict.
*Previously Published*
Read Chapter One HERE: http://bit.ly/23kNNJg
**Additional teasers attached to email. Post at your own risk**
Meet Brooke Blaine
You could say Brooke Blaine was a book-a- holic from the time she knew how to read; she used to tell her mother that curling up with one at 4 a.m. before elementary school was her quiet time; Not much has changed except for the espresso I.V. pump she now carries around and the size of her onesie pajamas.
Brooke enjoys writing sassy contemporary romance, whether in the form of comedy, suspense, or erotica. The latter has scarred her conservative Southern family for life, bless their hearts.
If you’d like to get in touch with her, she’s easy to find – just keep an ear out for the Rick Astley ringtone that’s dominated her cell phone for ten years.
You can connect with Brooke here:
★ http://www.brookeblaine.com/
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Other Books by Brooke
LICKED (L.A. Liaisons Book 1)
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Amazon International: myBook.to/Licked
*Exclusively on Kindle Unlimited*
HOOKER (L.A. Liaisons Book 2)
Amazon US: http://amzn.to/1QKpkSA
Amazon International: myBook.to/Hooker
*Exclusively on Kindle Unlimited*
FLASH POINT
Amazon US: http://amzn.to/1q4Cl2q
Amazon International: myBook.to/FP
*Exclusively on Kindle Unlimited*
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Meet Ella Frank
Ella Frank is the author of the #1 Bestselling Temptation series, including Try, Take, and Trust. Her Exquisite series has been praised as “scorching hot!” And “enticingly sexy!”
A life-long fan of the romance genre, Ella writes contemporary and erotic fiction and lives with her husband in Portland, OR. You can reach her on the web at www.ellafrank.com and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ella.frank.author
Some of her favorite authors include Tiffany Reisz, Kresley Cole, Riley Hart, J.R.Ward, Erika Wilde, Gena Showalter, and Carly Philips.
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Other Books by Ella Frank
Sunset Cove Series
Finley #1- http://amzn.to/1MshEaY
Temptation Series
Try – http://amzn.to/1SndAIf
Take – http://amzn.to/1q8fxz9
Trust – http://amzn.to/1q8fymN
The Exquisite Series
Exquisite – http://amzn.to/22Dnwpm
Entice – http://amzn.to/1q8fNOI
Edible – http://amzn.to/1UQ73ta
Masters Among Monsters
Alasdair – http://amzn.to/1q8fRhs
Isadora – http://amzn.to/1RGmELp
Standalones
Blind Obsession – http://amzn.to/1UQ7544
Veiled Innocence – http://amzn.to/21MqYYZ
Apr 11
Slow and Steady by Kendall Ryan Blog Tour with Excerpt
When Greyson Archer tosses a twenty on the stage of a strip club, the last thing he expects to see are the haunted
green eyes staring back at him. Finley should be home raising her infant daughter and baking cookies, not tucking singles into her G-string and giving lap dances.
Greyson can’t deny that he’d like his own private show, but there’s not a chance in hell of that happening. The last time the former Navy SEAL saw her she was dressed in black, holding a folded flag and sobbing that it was all his fault… and he agreed with every single word. He couldn’t do anything to help her then, but he can now.
Finley deserves better than this dingy club, and when an obsessed customer crosses the line, Greyson leads the rescue and will do whatever it takes to make amends for their broken past.
He never expected to want to settle down, but with Finley, everything is different. For the first time ever, he can breathe. But Greyson will have to fight for what he wants in order to keep the woman with the green eyes he’s dreamed about so often.
Slow & Steady is book 2 in the Alphas Undone series, but can be read as a standalone novel, as it features a new couple.
Check out our 4 smooches review HERE.
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It was nine o’clock on a Saturday night and I was totally out of my fucking element. A bottle of red wine tucked under one arm. A bouquet of wild flowers in the other. A condom tucked into my wallet, just in case. I was in foreign territory, and my entire body knew it – tense shoulders, my heart beating like a drum, and arousal barely contained beneath the surface.
Finley was standing at the doorway, watching me with a confused expression.
She looked gorgeous, makeup free, pink-painted toes, hair mussed and loose. Little cotton pajama shorts and a tank top that hugged her lush breasts.
“Maple’s not here.” She said the words, but she knew as well as I did I wasn’t here for Maple.
“I know that.” My voice was sure and confident.
“Then why are you … oh.” Finley shifted her weight, her eyes dropping from mine as she saw the wine and flowers. She could read it all, plain as day. I knew she could see my intentions, my uncertainty, and underneath it all, my desire. Maybe it was the desire to fix everything I’d broken, or maybe it was just my desire for her as a man desires a woman.
Normally when I felt that primal urge for sex, I headed to West’s bar. I’d pick out a woman for the night. Share a few drinks with her, a few laughs. Later, we’d head back to my place and fuck until dawn. And that was it. I’d be set for a few months.
This … with the courting and the nerves … it was nothing like my standard operating procedure.
I’d never felt so stripped bare and vulnerable. Never put myself out there so completely with a woman before. But then again, Finley was unlike any woman I’d ever met.
And she was still just standing there. “Can I come inside?” I asked, heart in my throat.
She didn’t say anything. But she opened the door wider.
With Nolan’s words ringing in my ears, I stepped over the threshold, sure that whatever happened tonight had the power to heal us both.
Kendall Ryan is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of contemporary romance novels, including Hard to Love, Unravel Me, Resisting Her and When I Break.
She’s a sassy, yet polite Midwestern girl with a deep love of books, and a slight addiction to lipgloss. She lives in Minneapolis with her adorable husband and two baby sons, and enjoys hiking, being active, and reading.
Visit her at: www.kendallryanbooks.com for the latest book news, and fun extras
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Apr 11
Slow & Steady by Kendall Ryan Review
4 Smooches!
Synopsis
When Greyson Archer tosses a twenty on the stage of a strip club, the last thing he expects to see are the haunted green eyes staring back at him. Finley should be home raising her infant daughter and baking cookies, not tucking singles into her G-string and giving lap dances.
Greyson can’t deny that he’d like his own private show, but there’s not a chance in hell of that happening. The last time the former Navy SEAL saw her she was dressed in black, holding a folded flag and sobbing that it was all his fault… and he agreed with every single word. He couldn’t do anything to help her then, but he can now.
Finley deserves better than this dingy club, and when an obsessed customer crosses the line, Greyson leads the rescue and will do whatever it takes to make amends for their broken past.
He never expected to want to settle down, but with Finley, everything is different. For the first time ever, he can breathe. But Greyson will have to fight for what he wants in order to keep the woman with the green eyes he’s dreamed about so often.
Slow & Steady is book 2 in the Alphas Undone series, but can be read as a standalone novel, as it features a new couple.
Review
Kendall Ryan’s books are always a good angsty without being over the top read and I always get so much enjoyment out of reading them. Slow & Steady was no different. I really loved the first book in this series and was looking forward to tremendously. But every book is about a different couple, so you can definitely read all of the book in this series as standalone’s.
I liked Slow & Steady even more than the first book in this series and that might be because it is pretty much the story of a single mother and I always find that those appeal to me more than most. Watching a big macho alpha man fall in love with a child always gets me right in the feels and Greyson and Maple did an excellent job of that. It could also be that I loved it because Single Mom Finley has kind of hit rock bottom, stripping at night to support her and her daughter as a last resort. It has been rough on her since her husband passed in the military. I also could have loved it because Greyson swoops in wanting to save Finley and Maple. It really is the sweetest thing ever.
“I want to do this, Fin. Let me in, okay?”
It even had a little action and I am not talking about the kind between the sheets. This was a sexy, sweet, action packed with romance. I really enjoyed it. Definitely pick it up!
~Amie