Oct 03

Kill Shot by Lani Lynn Vale Release Blitz

By Miranda Arnold in Reveals & Tours

Title: Kill Shot

Series: Code 11 KPD SWAT #6

Author: Lani Lynn Vale

Genre: Romantic Suspense

Release Date: October 2, 2015

Bennett had the world in the palm of his hands when he was sixteen, then he allowed his dick to do the thinking for him.

That one night changed his life, giving him a child that would forever alter the course of his life, and an ex that was a crazy nut case on the best of days.

With the help of his parents, he went into the Navy, becoming the SEAL that he always wanted to be. However, with that came a price.

A price he wasn’t willing to pay anymore once his little girl started to realize why he wasn’t there. So he came home and joined the local SWAT team, starting his life anew, just his daughter and him.

Then he meets the cute little physician’s assistant that looks down at him like one would an annoying fly, and he finally realizes just what he’s been missing.

Something that takes his mind off of the challenge of everyday life. Someone that dares him to be a better father and police officer.

And Lennox is one hell of a motivator.

Their relationship starts off rocky as the two of them circle each other like opponents ready to do combat rather than two civil adults. Every day brings a new battle for the two of them to overcome, and before they realize it, they’ll be fighting for each other instead of against each other.

Because there’s one woman who doesn’t want either one of them to be happy…especially not together.

Check out our 5 smooches review HERE.

“Bennett?” Lennox asked softly into the dark.

I turned my head until I was facing her.

My beard tickled her mouth and chin as we came face to face, mouth to mouth.

“Yeah, Nox?” I whispered tiredly.

“I fucking love you,” she whispered fiercely.

I blinked, all tiredness leaving my pores as I said, “What?”

“You heard me, you big bastard. You made me fucking love you,” she spat.

I laughed.

She sounded so irritated by the fact that I had no other recourse but to laugh.

“You don’t have to sound so outraged by it,” I laughed.

She made a sound in the back of her throat, then threw herself at me.

I landed on my back, and laughed, pulling her until she was straddling my body.

Her sweet ass was pressed against my hips, and my cock, which was more than a little out of control, was pillowed in between the cheeks.

She leaned down, pressing her mouth against mine.

“If you break me, I’ll never let you forget it,” she whispered.

Suddenly serious, I moved my hands up her arms, past her neck, and up to her head.

Cupping it with both hands, I did a half curl until I was mouth to mouth with her once again.

“I’ll never let anything hurt you. I can’t see the future. I can’t tell you how tomorrow will look for us. All I can tell you is that I’ll never treat you with anything but respect. I’ll never let you down, and I’ll never be unfaithful. If we are happy, then I’ll be here. But if it does go bad, which I don’t see happening, then I’ll leave you with a piece of me. You’ll forever have me. My support. My caring. And I want the same promise from you. Because Reagan loves you already. She asks about you every day. And I want her to know you without you holding back. You’re mine, and I’m yours until we both decide differently. I’ll never leave you without talking it out with you first. We’ll both have to be on the same page. But honey,” I said, a promise in my voice. “I don’t see this going bad, because I fucking love you, too.”

I felt a tear meet my lips right before I smashed my mouth against hers.

Her lips tasted of salty tears, but I didn’t care.

Neither did she.

I’m a married mother of three. My kids are all under 5, so I can assure you that they are a handful. I’ve been with my paramedic husband now for ten years, and we’ve produced three offspring that are nothing like us. I live in the greatest state in the world,

Texas.

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Oct 03

Kill Shot by Lani Lynn Vale Review

By Amie Knight in 5 Smooches, Reviews

5 Smooches!

Synopsis

Bennett had the world in the palm of his hands when he was sixteen, then he allowed his dick to do the thinking for him.

That one night changed his life, giving him a child that would forever alter the course of his life, and an ex that was a crazy nut case on the best of days.

With the help of his parents, he went into the Navy, becoming the SEAL that he always wanted to be. However, with that came a price.

A price he wasn’t willing to pay anymore once his little girl started to realize why he wasn’t there. So he came home and joined the local SWAT team, starting his life anew, just his daughter and him.

Then he meets the cute little physician’s assistant that looks down at him like one would an annoying fly, and he finally realizes just what he’s been missing.

Something that takes his mind off of the challenge of everyday life. Someone that dares him to be a better father and police officer.

And Lennox is one hell of a motivator.

Their relationship starts off rocky as the two of them circle each other like opponents ready to do combat rather than two civil adults. Every day brings a new battle for the two of them to overcome, and before they realize it, they’ll be fighting for each other instead of against each other.

Because there’s one woman who doesn’t want either one of them to be happy…especially not together.

Review

This book is the sixth in Lani Lynn Vale’s best-selling Code 11-KPD SWAT series, and it focuses on Bennett Alvarez, SWAT Team member, police officer, resident at the Free compound (from the Freebirds series) and single dad to daughter, Reagan Rose. Lennox Jane, the heroine, is a physician’s assistant, daughter of two renowned doctors and the repeated victim of a long-time stalker.

“I’m not some little girl that needs his directions. I’m a grown woman who has opinions and makes her own decisions.”

Lennox, a physician’s assistant, is fiercely independent. Strictly a friends with benefits kind of girl, she does not do relationships, and she most certainly does not do them with controlling, domineering men. Within minutes of meeting him – while he’s in the ER for some stitches – Lennox determines controlling is probably Bennett’s middle name seeing as it’s his most prominent personality trait. Oh, she readily admits that he is undeniably hot, but she’s not going there. She’s BTDT with the controlling boyfriends, she’s got the t-shirt and is using it as a dust rag. What she’s not doing is going down that road again.

“I loved the little girl to death, even when she was being a turd…”

Bennett is definitely attracted to Lennox. He’s intrigued, there’s something different about this woman, but he doesn’t quite understand it. He immediately dismisses it, though, deeming her to be too high maintenance. He’s got enough to deal with in the demanding female department with his handful of a daughter, eight-year-old Reagan, whom this single dad has full custody of and is raising alone.

“I fucking love you…”

The more they see each other, though, the harder it becomes to ignore the pull between them. Unable to deny this crackling attraction any longer, Nox and Bennett give in, thus beginning a sizzling friends-with-benefits relationship. The more time they spend together, the better they get to know each other and the deeper each one falls, until neither can pretend that there isn’t something much deeper than FWB going on here.

Unbeknownst to them, they share a common bond in an evil enemy. Corinne. To Bennett, she is his high school ex-girlfriend, his first love and the mother of Reagan who has no role in his daughter’s life at all. To Lennox, she is a former college classmate. A mentally unstable, former classmate who has held a grudge against her for years, one that started in college with constant harassment and vicious physical attacks. A crazy person that has been stalking her and wreaking all kinds of havoc in Lennox’s life for years in an insane reign of terror designed to exact her twisted retribution upon Lennox.

“No sane person would think that something like this would work.”

It is no secret by now to followers of Red Cheeks Reads that I am a die-hard Lani Lynn Vale fan. I make no apologies for this or for my love of this author’s work. It always but always brings me pleasure to read one of her books, and they never, ever disappoint me. Lani’s sense of humor, the type of alpha heroes she writes and as well as the smart, sarcastic and witty woman she creates all add up to a surefire hit for me. What can I say? She always checks off all my boxes!

The mark of any author is the way they personalize their books, leaving little marks of themselves that make their work unique and special. Ms. Vale has done this with incredible success, and I have no doubt that those hysterical little quotes that kick off each chapter of every single one of Lani Lynn Vale’s 19 books have a cult following. For me, they are as eagerly anticipated as the story itself, and they are absolutely one of the best parts of any of her books. Pure awesomeness, uniquely Vale and, without question, her signature. I often find myself thinking of her whenever I see a funny t-shirt, bumper sticker, coffee mug or eCard.

I enjoyed Kill Shot so very much, and it was another hit for the talented Lani Lynn Vale. Five big, fat, smackin’ SMOOCHES for Lani Lynn Vale’s Kill Shot from me!

~ Danielle Palumbo

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Oct 02

Reprieve by A.E. Woodward Blog Tour and Giveaway

By Miranda Arnold in Reveals & Tours

Title: Reprieve

Author: A.E. Woodward

Genre: Dark Romance

Release Date: September 29, 2015

My drug of choice was heroin.

Until they put me here against my will.

At the time it was my only viable choice.

I preferred stumbling through life numb to it all.

But now I’m here, and every sound and every emotion is heightened to a level I never knew existed.

Then somehow, in a moment of weakness it became all about him.

He makes me feel things I never thought possible.

I thought he was my antidote, but it turns out that he’s just my new drug of choice.

Check out our 4.5 smooches review HERE.

A.E. lives in Vacationland with her husband and two children. Between her real job and writing she finds little time to enjoy life’s finer things. However in the free time she does manage to steal, she enjoys spending time with friends and family, and reading. A.E. is the co-author of CAUGHT and the author of Kismet, Working Girl and A Series of Imperfections: Imperfectly Perfect, Imperfectly Real, and Imperfectly Bad. Reprieve is her latest release.

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Oct 02

Reprieve by A.E. Woodward Review

By Miranda Arnold in 5 Smooches, Reviews

4.5 Smooches

Synopsis

I thought he was my antidote, but it turns out that he’s just my new drug of choice.
Before him, it was heroin.
And then they put me here against my will.
At the time it seemed like my only viable choice.
I preferred stumbling through life numb to it all. But now I’m here, and every sound and every emotion is heightened to a level I never knew existed.
Then somehow, in a moment of weakness it became all about him.
My counselor.
He makes me feel things I never thought possible. But I’m not sure if I’ll ever be able to recover…

Review

“This wasn’t what my life was supposed to be like. This wasn’t what I dreamed of as a little girl.”

This was a hard book for me. Not because it was beautifully written or incredibly touching but the topic of addiction, esp addiction to hard drugs, touches close to one with several people I love dearly. Reprieve does not sugar coat it or make it shiny and easy just because it is a romance. Instead she takes this story to a gritty and dark place that while done in a way that makes you want to keep turning the pages it might still be hard for many to handle.

“Heroin was my entrance to Hell. Hell was here on earth.”

Teagan is addicted to heroin and this is one instant where we are definitely shown and not just told about the drastic pain and destruction that the drug has had on her short life. The book is told in alternating chapters of past to present going backwards to see her destruction and what a destruction it was. My heart broke for Teagan and for all those around her. Her choices in life were awful and sad and her own. She knows she is the cause of her demise but cannot stop. After hitting rock bottom she is forced into treatment.

“I surrender completely, my lips opening for him – no urging him to continue. He intoxicates me.”

Asher is a former addict and current addiction counselor at the treatment facility where Teagan is enrolled. Innocent enough at the start he is nothing but professional but soon enough lines are blurred and their professional relationship develops into a friendship and eventually more. Nothing about them is healthy or smart but there is something the two of them just cannot deny.

“It’s then that I realize he has become my new drug of choice. Asher Hughes is my new heroin.”

There is something about an underdog rising again that gets my heart pumping every time. And while this was a deeply emotional and difficult read for me I would not have changed reading it for everything. I am constantly surprised by the array of talents that A.E. Woodward possesses. Her stories are always unique and different takes on story lines we all know.

~miranda

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Oct 02

Sinner’s Steel by Sarah Castille Excerpt Reveal

By Miranda Arnold in Reveals & Tours

Excerpt

“Take off your clothes.” Evie leaned against Zane’s bedroom door, more for support than a means of escape.

“Evie . . .”

A growl curled in her throat, her anger growing as she realized this was the beginning of the end. Once she saw what was under his shirt, there would be no going back. “Take them off. I want to see what he did to you.”

He pulled his shirt over his head and tossed it on the bed, then he stripped down to his boxers. Her legs trembled as her gaze swept over his body, starting at his feet, her strength leaving her as she took in the discolored skin on his shins and thighs, the cuts on his wrists, and then gave out when she saw the full extent of his bruised and lacerated torso.

Her beautiful Zane.

She sank down to the floor, wrapped her arms around her legs and buried her head and sobbed, the grief ripping her apart inside. Tears spilled down her cheeks dripping on the floor with each ragged inhale. She cried not just for him, but for them, and the knowledge they could never be together.

“Fuck.” Zane’s voice was harsh, raw as he crossed the room to kneel beside her. “Sweetheart, it’s not as bad as it looks.”

She shook her head, held herself tighter, unable to speak for the images spinning around in her mind. Jagger had no bruises on his body. That guilty look on his face when he’d come into the shop . . . the marks on Zane’s wrists.

Zane hadn’t fought back. His hands were tied and he hadn’t fought back.

“Let me explain.” He cradled her in his arms, as if she was the one hurting. She supposed, in a way, she was.

“There’s nothing to say that could make this acceptable to me.” Evie sniffed back her tears. “I can’t do this, Zane. Seeing you like this is tearing me apart. I’ll never be able to forgive Jagger, never forget what he did to you. I won’t even pretend to understand how you agreed to it. The fact that you live in a world where this kind of thing goes on is bad enough, but on top of it . . . your patches . . . blood . . .”

“I’ll leave.” Simple words and yet they weighed heavy on her heart.

“I don’t want you to leave.” She held herself stiff, afraid to touch his battered body. “This club means everything to you. That you would take that beating from your best friend tells me how much you love this life. You would hate me every day for taking you away from it.”

“I love you more,” he said. “I have always loved you. I’ve lived my life in the shadows because I couldn’t let you go.” He drew in a ragged breath, brushed his lips over her hair. “I can’t lose you now. I went looking for Viper because I couldn’t bear to lose you.”

She struggled to sit, pushed herself to standing. “I can’t bear the thought of losing you either, but I don’t even know who I am anymore. All I know is that I’ve been stupidly naive, and this life you lead isn’t for me. I want to be with you, but I don’t see how this can work.”

His face smoothed, eyes darkened. Even now she knew him so well, she could see his emotional retreat.

She closed her fist and hit it to her breast, her eyes stinging with tears all over again. “It hurts me to see you in pain. It hurts me to think of you suffering. It hurts me to think of you in such danger that you have to take a life. I’ve spent my whole life hurting because I wanted you and couldn’t have you. I just can’t take the hurting anymore. I love you, Zane, but it hurts just too damn bad, and now you’re taking risks for me that could get you killed. I don’t want that. Even if we can’t be together, I need to know you’re alive and happy and doing what you love to do.”

His voice, when he spoke, was thick with pain. “You want to walk away? What about Ty?”

“I don’t know.” God, why couldn’t she stop crying? “I need some time to think about it. He adores you. He’s so happy to have you in his life, I can’t take that away from him.”

She turned, reached for the door, but it felt too wrong. Unfinished. There was something she needed to do.

“Will you let me do something for you before I go?”

“Anything.”

She gestured to his bruised, battered body. “You did this for me. I want to give something back. I want to take care of you so when I leave I’ll know you’re going to be okay.”

***

Pain.

His life was all about pain.

And yet the pain in his body was nothing compared to the pain in his heart. Zane’s hand clenched on his breast. If he could rip his damn heart out of his chest he would. Go back to the darkness that had sustained him for the last nine years, back to the shadows. Out of the damn light.

He heard the rush of water in the shower from the en suite bathroom, a luxury afforded only the senior patch brothers who kept rooms at the clubhouse, but he couldn’t go in. He was too wound up, too out of control, too damn emotional.

What else could he do? He had meant every word when he told her he would fight to be with her. He just hadn’t realized she would be the one standing in his way.

With a roar, he thudded his fist against the wall. His hands were about the only place on his body that wasn’t bruised. Might as remedy that problem because he had saved them for nothing.

When he felt no release from his assault on the wall, he ripped a drawer from the dresser and smashed it on the ground. Clothes flew across the room and the wood cracked and splintered. Like his heart.

“Zane!”

But now that the floodgates had opened, he couldn’t stop. He lifted the drawer and smashed it down again, his aching muscles protesting the impact. “Do you want him, Evie? Is that it? Is that what this is all about?” He knew it was ludicrous. She had seen who Viper was, but he needed a reason, something he could change.

“No, baby. You know that’s not true. Now come let me wash you and look after those cuts and bruises.”

Smash. Smash. Smash. He tore the drawer apart. He loved her compassion and yet he hated it if it meant the last time he touched her he would be in pain.

“I’ll shower with you so I can look after you properly.” She clasped the bottom of her T-shirt and tugged it over her head. Zane froze mid-strike, his primal instincts sharpening at the sight of her skin and her beautiful breasts encased in blue satin.

“I don’t want your help.” He threw the remnants of the drawer across the room.

“Too bad. And if you can’t it for you, then do it for me.” Evie undid the bra and tossed it on the bed with her shirt. “It will make me . . . feel better.” She slid her jeans and panties over her hips and then kicked them off. Gloriously naked, quietly confident, undaunted by his rage, she turned into the bathroom. “Come on.”

Zane’s body shook, torn between going after his woman and unleashing his frustrations on the rest of the furniture.

Don’t go in. He knew what would happen if he followed her, and it wouldn’t involve standing still while she treated his wounds. And with his heart raw and exposed, he didn’t think he could handle that level of intimacy without totally losing control. With a growl, he ripped out another drawer, and hammered it against the wall until it shattered, pieces flying in all directions. Exhausted, he sank down on the bed, the ruins of the drawers scattered at his feet, his muscles quivering at the exertion. He could hear the shower behind him, feel the breath of steam, smell the floral fragrance of shampoo.

Evie.

Loves me.

Leaving me.

Overwhelmed with the need to touch her, he stripped off his clothes, all thoughts of staying away forgotten beneath the desire to hold her in his arms one last time.

Evie turned when he stepped into the shower, rivulets of water streaming over her beautiful body. “Took you long enough. Did you break all the drawers?”

Words deserted him. He took her in his arms and held her against him.

“It’s okay,” she murmured against his chest, her arms tightening around him. “We’ll be okay.”

He didn’t know how long they stood under the warm water, but his heart finally slowed its frenetic beat and the tension eased from his body.

“You’re mine.”

“And you’re mine. That won’t change.” She slid her hands up his chest ever so gently to circle his neck.

She was right about that. Nothing wouldn’t change. He would find a way. He would fight for her until he couldn’t fight anymore.

Meet Zane & Evie in Sinner’s Steel on October 6th!

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Blurb

HE’S HELL ON WHEELS.

Tall, dark, and dangerously handsome, Zane “Tracker” Colter is the strong, silent type of tattooed muscle biker who drives women wild. But as a master of strategy for the outlaw MC club, Sinner’s Tribe, he doesn’t have time to play around with groupies and biker chicks-especially when he can’t stop thinking about Evie, the girl who got away…

SHE’S PLAYING WITH FIRE.

Evie’s been in love with Zane ever since they were children-until he broke her heart and disappeared. Now he’s back in her life, bigger and badder than ever. Zane is stunned by how beautiful and confident Evie’s become, using her artistic talent to customize motorcycles. He wants her so bad, he’d ride through fire to win her back. There’s one problem: Evie is dating his deadliest rival-the leader of the Black Jacks-and if Evie and Zane hook up, there’ll be hell to pay… in Sinner’s Steel.

The Sinner’s Tribe Motorcycle Club Series

Reading Order

Rough Justice (Book One)

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Beyond the Cut (Book Two)

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Sinner’s Steel (Book Three)

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About the Author:

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Sarah Castille worked and travelled abroad before trading her briefcase and stilettos for a handful of magic beans and a home near the Canadian Rockies. She writes contemporary erotic romance and romantic suspense featuring blazingly hot alpha heroes and the women who tame them. Her books include the bestselling “Redemption” fighter romance series, and the dark, gritty Sinner’s Tribe Motorcycle Club romance series.

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Oct 02

Built To Last by Elisabeth Grace Cover Reveal and Giveaway

By Miranda Arnold in Reveals & Tours

We’re so thrilled to reveal the new cover of Elisabeth Grace’s BUILT TO LAST, which releases November 16th! Check out the beautiful cover below, enter to win an Amazon gift card, and be sure to preorder BUILT TO LAST for just .99c at a special preorder price!

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At seventeen, the small town of Saltwater Springs had been everything to Scarlett Devereaux—as had her boyfriend Luke. Never had she imagined she’d have to leave them both behind—until the night that changed everything. A decade after skipping town Scarlett returns to start over in the only place that ever really felt like home. But when nothing goes as planned, she’s forced to turn to Luke for help.

With a drunk for a dad and a mom making pocket change at the local diner, no one ever thought Luke Garrity would amount to anything. After building a successful contracting business he’s proven everyone wrong professionally, but things in his personal life are upside down. Making it the exact wrong time for Scarlett to return to Saltwater Springs.

With a history of devastation and heartbreak between them can Scarlett and Luke make amends, or will secrets from the past threaten the foundation of Scarlett’s new life? Were Luke and Scarlett really built to last?

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Excerpt

Luke Garrity pulled up in front of the non-descript storefront on Main Street and double-checked the address with the one the potential client had texted him earlier. He’d hoped to be there sooner but had gotten stuck dealing with a problem at one of his job sites. It was now getting to be about dinnertime. The shop owner had gotten lucky he’d had a client cancel on him; otherwise it would have taken him months to get here. That was the success he’d made of his business in the past decade. All work and no play had paid off.

Luke reached across the cab of his pickup truck to grab a notepad and measuring tape to bring inside with him. He shoved the small notepad in the front pocket of his shirt and deposited his aviator sunglasses on the dash.

He’d been in the middle of something when he’d gotten the text and had forgotten to ask whom he’d be meeting with. Though he hadn’t spoken to the person, it was clear from the text that he or she was in a bind and needed to get this job done fast. While he didn’t really have the time to devote to another project, he had a hard time not helping out someone in need. He’d spent the better part of his youth “in need” and knew full well what that felt like. He figured he’d take a look and see if there was some small way he could help.
He got out of the truck, slamming the heavy door behind him. The cool autumn wind bit into him, cutting through his flannel shirt. As he brought his hand up to knock on the glass window of the shop, Luke froze mid-motion when he saw her.

Scarlett. His Scarlett.

His Lettie.

Here.

In Saltwater Springs.

The girl that had shattered both his heart and his self-confidence when she’d left him behind to attend college. His stomach clenched, his heart spasmed, and his dick twitched. Three simultaneous reactions that perfectly demonstrated the complicated nature of his feelings toward this woman.

At that moment, she looked up from the construction equipment she was pushing to the side and noticed him standing there. She made eye contact and her eyes flashed with something—recognition to be sure, but there was something else that was there and gone so fast he didn’t have time to identify it.

The past decade had been kind to Scarlett. Her wavy, black hair still shone and hung over her shoulders but wasn’t able to hide her ample chest. Her eyes were the same shade of evergreen. He used to be content to gaze into those emerald eyes for hours as they lay in the back of his pickup truck during the lazy summer months. She wore a tight-fitting pair of jeans that hugged her curvy hips—hips he was sure he’d still have a hard time keeping his hands off of if he were within arm’s reach of her.

But she’d never really been within his reach, had she? That was exactly why she’d left him without any explanation all those years ago.

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Oct 02

Everything I Left Unsaid by M. O’Keefe Teaser Blitz and Giveaway

By Miranda Arnold in Reveals & Tours

Today we are sharing some teasers and a few giveaways for EVERYTHING I LEFT UNSAID by M. O’Keefe. This title will be released on Tuesday, October 13th. Be sure to enter to win one of the “Big Books” tote bags. In addition, if you pre-order the book now, you will be entered to win a $50 Gift Card to the online book-retailer of your choice.

EVERYTHING I LEFT UNSAID BOOK BLURB:

Fans of Jodi Ellen Malpas, K. Bromberg, and Joanna Wylde will be unable to resist this sexy, deeply intimate tale of a woman running from her past, and the darkly mysterious man who sets her free.

I didn’t think answering someone else’s cellphone would change my life. But the stranger with the low, deep voice on the other end of the line tempted me, awakened my body, set me on fire. He was looking for someone else. Instead he found me.

And I found a hot, secret world where I felt alive for the first time.

His name was Dylan, and, strangely, he made me feel safe. Desired. Compelled. Every dark thing he asked me to do, I did. Without question. I longed to meet him, but we were both keeping secrets. And mine were dangerous. If I took the first step, if I got closer to Dylan—emotionally, physically—then I wouldn’t be hiding anymore. I would be exposed, with nothing left to surrender but the truth. And my truth could hurt us both.

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“Exquisite, thrilling, and toe-curlingly sensual . . . a delicious guilty pleasure I never wanted to end!”—New York Times bestselling author Katy Evans

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“I couldn’t put this book down. Annie’s story is heartbreaking, liberating, sweet, and sexy—I want more!”—New York Times bestselling author Monica Murphy

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AUTHOR INFORMATION

BIO:

Molly O’Keefe has always known she wanted to be a writer (except when she wanted to be a florist or a chef and the brief period of time when she considered being a cowgirl). And once she got her hands on some romances, she knew exactly what she wanted to write.

She published her first Harlequin romance at age 25 and hasn’t looked back. She loves exploring every character’s road towards happily ever after.

Originally from a small town outside of Chicago, she went to university in St. Louis where she met and fell in love with the editor of her school newspaper. They followed each other around the world for several years and finally got married and settled down in Toronto, Ontario. They welcomed their son into their family in 2006, and their daughter in 2008. When she’s not at the park or cleaning up the toy room, Molly is working hard on her next novel, trying to exercise, stalking Tina Fey on the internet and dreaming of the day she can finish a cup of coffee without interruption.

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Oct 01

Every Wrong Reason by Rachel Higginson Review

By Amie Knight in 4.5 Smooches, Reviews

4.5 Smooches!

Synopsis

First comes love.

Then comes marriage.

Then comes the… really nasty divorce.

Kate Carter thought she married her soul mate. She thought she had her happily ever after. But seven years into Kate’s marriage, she realizes that her husband Nick is not what she wanted. He’s selfish, he’s oblivious and he doesn’t love her anymore.

Maybe she doesn’t love him anymore either.

Divorce is the only option if either of them wants to find happiness.

Kate and Nick thought they knew what they wanted, but neither is prepared for the heartache that separating will bring them. The journey they embark on is not the freedom they wished for, but a painful look at the people they’ve become.

At the end of it, Kate has to decide if this is really the life she wants or if maybe there’s a way to salvage her broken heart.

Review

Every Wrong Reason was a book that I found myself wholly immersed in, it was just one of those gripping and emotional reads that jerks you up by your collar, slaps you about the face and yells ‘Pay attention’-this is important. I literally wasn’t sure what type of novel or story I was going to get with this one but what transpired was one of the best, emotionally unraveling, heart shattering and hope inspiring tales, that mixed a startling amount of reality and detail in understanding all the elements that goes into making a relationship work and inevitably what causes it all to fall apart and offers up the added question of is it really worth fighting for?

I’m not going to sugarcoat it all and say I enjoyed every second of this story because there were so many times I wanted to bitch slap Kate into next week and ask her what the hell was she doing and I really wanted to throat punch Nick for being a total tool and going along with everything that he clearly objected to.

I’m not sure if it was because I was over-identifying with the couple of this roller-coaster relationship and it made me relive the painful last minutes of any previous bad breakups and question what could have been, or if it’s just such a good, smart and insightful look at the ups and downs of being in love, and so well choreographed through Rachel’s stunning words but either way I wanted to devour this book in record time and I also didn’t want to read anymore in case I didn’t get the answers or ending I was hoping for.

‘“What are you doing here?”

He stood there out of breath with his shoulders heaving, as if he’d run all the way here. His mouth was set with determined lines. His eyes were so intent, so intimately focused…but maybe a little lost too. Or maybe it was something deeper than lost. Something profound and permanent that reflected in my eyes too. Something like finally being found.

“You still don’t know?”

I shook my head and tried to swallow. “No.”

“You, Kate. I’m here for you.”

Kate and Nick are wonderful characters, flawed, full of confusion, resentment, hurt but still so consumed with love for one another, even through all of the turmoil and uncertainty. It was a terrific conclusion, offering up a message of hope and determination and one that definitely put a huge satisfied grin on my face.

~Nicole

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Oct 01

The Fall Up by Aly Martinez Cover Reveal

By Miranda Arnold in Reveals & Tours

The Fall Up

Maybe there’s only one direction to go when two people fall

in love at rock bottom—up.

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RELEASE DATE: October 26th

Blurb

I wanted to jump.

He made me fall.

As a celebrity, I lived in the public eye, but somewhere along the way, I’d lost myself in the spotlight.

Until he found me.

Sam Rivers was a gorgeous, tattooed stranger who saved my life with nothing more than a simple conversation.

But we were both standing on that bridge for a reason the night we met. The secrets of our pasts brought us together—and then tore us apart.

Could we find a reason to hold on as life constantly pulled us down?

Or maybe there’s only one direction to go when two people fall in love at rock bottom—up.

About the Author:

Aly Martinez

Born and raised in Savannah, Georgia, Aly Martinez is a stay-at-home mom to four crazy kids under the age of five, including a set of twins. Currently living in South Carolina, she passes what little free time she has reading anything and everything she can get her hands on, preferably with a glass of wine at her side.

After some encouragement from her friends, Aly decided to add “Author” to her ever-growing list of job titles. Five books later, she shows no signs of slowing. So grab a glass of Chardonnay, or a bottle if you’re hanging out with Aly, and join her aboard the crazy train she calls life.

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Oct 01

Loving Ean by Elle Christensen Review

By Amie Knight in 4 Smooches, Reviews

4 Smooches!

Synopsis

Laila
All of my life, I dreamt of my own fairy tale romance.
Imagine my surprise when I discovered that my soul mate was a lifelong friend.
Ean is everything I want and everything I need.
But, my romance has become a fractured fairy tale.
Ean has pulled away and let his pain engulf him, leaving no room for me.
I want to heal him and bring him back to me.
But, if he won’t let me, I will move on.
I will find another destiny.

Ean
Laila is the best part of me, the light in my soul.
She is my destiny.
I want to give her all that I am, all that I have.
But, the guilt and pain from my mistake has ruined me
I am not worthy of her and I will not drag her down into my Hell.
My love for her is forever.
But, she deserves some one who isn’t broken
So, I’ll watch her walk away, into the arms of another.

Part of a series, while it can be read as a standalone, the story continues to build through the following books.
Recommended for 18+ due to sexual content and language
Approx 93,000 words, this is a full length novel.

Review

Laila and Ean are fated for each other but after Ean loses one of his charges to the darkness, his guilt and his thoughts of failure end any chance of them being together. But Laila won’t give up, she’s determined to show Ean she’s not as delicate as he thinks and that she is strong enough to stand by her side. But how long will she keep trying to show him? Will Ean push her away for good after he constantly lets her down?

“It is common among humans to see things not as they are, but as what their imaginations perceive them to be. Experiences are romanticized and folklore is created. However, some of these tall tales are not as far-fetched as you might think.”

I have to admit I didn’t love this one as much as the first but it still had me hooked and the romance between the two leads was more enticing, as I really wasn’t sure whether these two would finally end up together! It was filled with on-fire-they-were-so-hot sex scenes, laughter, romance, drama, action and magic which kept me intrigued until the end.

“I can’t give her the focus and dedication that comes with a relationship like that. She’d wind up being unhappy and resenting me. I refuse to drag her down into my personal hell.”

The women in these stories are so kick ass!! They are strong, determined and won’t take sh*t from no man and I absolutely love it! Having a powerful female lead really draws me into the story and Laila was definitely one of the strong leads! She’s determined to show Ean she’s not some delicate flower and I love that she doesn’t give up hope but I also love that she’s strong enough to know when she deserves better. I was rooting for her from the beginning.

“The last knife is shoved into the muscle hanging so precariously and my heart stops beating. I stop living because my world has just been shattered.”

Ean was slightly annoying just because of how stubborn he was being! I wanted to slap him for it and then cuddle him because of the guilt he was feeling at his lost charge. He was annoying adorable though and you couldn’t help but love him and hope he got his head out of his ass to see the perfect woman was standing right in front of him.

“Your regret is misplaced, Ean. You should be regretting how you tarnished this, instead of the fact that it happened. I have no regrets.” Without another glance my way, she leaves, taking my heart with her, leaving me an empty shell.”

The plot wasn’t as exciting as the first but that’s because I loved watching Shaylee being introduced into the Fae world when she had no idea she was one. But that doesn’t mean that this story wasn’t really good! The romance between Ean and Laila was so intense and you really went through the battle of these two trying to be together; it wasn’t easy or quickly resolved; it was tough, heart-breaking and challenging and you are with them every step of the way. I LOVED that we got to connect with the previous characters and some unanswered questions from the first book are answered here. There also seemed to be a bit more action in this one and the battles with the darkness really start to develop and progress!

“You’ll end up alone and miserable, only caring about yourself, about the job, and your anger will consume you, letting darkness in. Without lies, you may not be a Fallen, but still, you won’t be so different from us.”

If you love books about the Fae then hurry up and grab these stories; you won’t be disappointed!

~Bethany

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