Jul 22

Outside by Michelle Mankin Blog Tour With Excerpt and Giveaway

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Meet Lincoln Savage in this perfect summer read. Are you ready for rock stars, surf and second chances in

Outside by Michelle Mankin?

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Blurb

When handsome California surf god Lincoln Savage suddenly rolls into Ocean Beach like a rogue wave, shy beauty Simone Bianchi’s foundation is shaken. No longer under the thumb of her domineering father, she’s made a simple quiet life for herself and her fluffy fourteen pound Havanese pup running a surf shop in her hometown of OB. Long ago she gave up her dreams for a future with Linc.

But now the notorious lead singer of the Dirt Dogs has returned, and Simone is reluctant to admit that she’s still vulnerable to his killer dimpled smile and easy charm. She finds that although she’s stowed away the mementos, it hasn’t been as easy to erase the memories of their epic summer love.

It seems he hasn’t forgotten, either.

Is the recording contract he’s offering merely a pretense?

Or does he have something more in mind?

Does he really believe that they can just pick up where they left off, despite all the bad luck and heartache?

And is she willing to risk everything again for one last chance at love?

**Post as much or as little as you like of the excerpts listed**

If you were scheduled to review, please post review also.

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Check out our 4 Smooches Review HERE.

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Excerpt

“Dammit, Mona.” I leaned in closer inhaling her sweet scent and nearly brought to my knees with desire. I wanted to have her. Right here. Right now. I had to curl my fingers into fists to keep from reaching out, grabbing her and reminding her how it used to be between us. Her lids lowered and her breathing turned ragged. Was she remembering, too, or trying to forget?

“Go away, Linc.” Apparently the latter.

“Maybe I can’t,” I admitted my voice raspy with stripped down need. “Maybe I don’t want to.”

“Don’t.” She closed her eyes and her chin dropped. “Don’t do this to me.” She wet her lips. They visibly trembled. Even though I knew I had upset her I still wanted to kiss them. “I’m not one of your groupies easily flattered by your bullshit. The fact that you’re a big rock star doesn’t impress me. I know who you really are Lincoln Savage. I’ve seen you at your best and I’ve survived you at your worst. So don’t think you can come here and play games with me.”

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Book Trailer:  https://youtu.be/a_eHimy4YCQ

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About the Author:

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The bestselling author of the Black Cat Records series of novels.

Romance with subtext.

Reimagining classic stories with sexy rock stars and thought provoking issues.

Love Evolution, Love Revolution, and Love Resolution are a BRUTAL STRENGTH centered trilogy, combining the plot underpinnings of Shakespeare with the drama, excitement, and indisputable sexiness of the rock ‘n roll industry.

Things take a bit of an edgier, once upon a time turn with the TEMPEST series. These pierced, tatted, and troubled Seattle rockers are young and on the cusp of making it big, but with serious obstacles to overcome that may prevent them from ever getting there.

Rock stars, myths, and legends collide with paranormal romance in a totally mesmerizing way in the MAGIC series.

When Michelle is not prowling the streets of her Texas town listening to her rock music much too loud, she is putting her daydreams down on paper or traveling the world with her family and friends, sometimes for real, and sometimes just for pretend as she takes the children to school and back.

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Jul 22

Outside by Michelle Mankin Review

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4 Smooches!

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Synopsis

When handsome California surf god Lincoln Savage suddenly rolls into Ocean Beach like a rogue wave, shy beauty Simone Bianchi’s foundation is shaken. No longer under the thumb of her domineering father, she’s made a simple quiet life for herself and her fluffy fourteen pound Havanese pup running a surf shop in her hometown of OB. Long ago she gave up her dreams for a future with Linc.

But now the notorious lead singer of the Dirt Dogs has returned, and Simone is reluctant to admit that she’s still vulnerable to his killer dimpled smile and easy charm. She finds that although she’s stowed away the mementos, it hasn’t been as easy to erase the memories of their epic summer love.

It seems he hasn’t forgotten, either.

Is the recording contract he’s offering merely a pretense?

Or does he have something more in mind?

Does he really believe that they can just pick up where they left off, despite all the bad luck and heartache?

And is she willing to risk everything again for one last chance at love?

Review

“I couldn’t tell her that it had been easier to get over it than her because that wasn’t strictly true. I had never gotten over her.”

I always check out a book on goodreads before I read it and I loved how this looked! The cover and the synopsis had me so excited. A surfer turned rock star, and a second chance love story!
We start off with Linc and Simone coming face to face after 15 years apart. We then get to live through their relationship and how they got where they were today. My heart was racing so much through the “past” part. I knew the breakup was coming and as the story went on you fall in love with these two together and I really didn’t want it to happen! What they do and go through to be together and you just know you have to go through the pain and heartache with them to get back to the present and for their story to continue!
“None of it worked, though. Nothing was right after you left. Not a fucking thing.”
I’m not a lover of angst. It depends how its done. I’m a hopeless romantic ha! So if there seems like there’s another person that could possibly come between the couple I want to run and hide! There was times I wanted to skip ahead and just find out how its going to turn out for them! But it was seriously so worth it in the end! Within their story there was another little twist that was actually a big one and I didn’t see it coming! I loved it! This was very well done and a perfect second chance romance so this is a solid 4 smooches for me!
– Jade x

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Jul 22

Guiding Grayson Promotional Tour

 

 

Join us in celebrating GUIDING GRAYSON
by Josie Lohr!


GUIDING GRAYSON by Josie Lohr
 Adult Contemporary Romance
Publication Date: April 5, 2015
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Grayson Sutton loves
teaching…and she’s good at it. She’s one of those teachers who throws every
ounce of heart and passion into working with kids—and her students love her for
it.
When Grayson hears about a
position at a new charter school opening in Chicago, she knows she has to apply
for her dream job—even though it’s over one thousand miles away from the small
Georgia town she calls home with her longtime boyfriend Reid. After all, Reid
has plans for Grayson’s future…and they don’t include teaching, especially
not in Chicago.
When her offer letter
arrives on a day with special significance for the couple, Grayson decides to
compromise and move to Chicago with the understanding that it’s only temporary.
But once there, she meets Emmett, the handsome owner of the school, and the
chemistry between them complicates everything.
As Grayson makes a new life
for herself in Chicago, she finds herself in the middle of a tug of war between
her heart and home. Reid isn’t going to let go of Grayson without a fight…but
neither will Emmett.

Excerpt

“It is with great pleasure that the Ward Charter School of Chicago welcomes Grayson Sutton for
the 2013 fall session . . . “
Grayson stopped reading after that, and, it seemed, she stopped breathing too. Tears pricked her
eyes. The first one fell and splashed onto the linen envelope. Several more folllowed,
synbollically leaving watermarks on her future.

 

About Josie Lohr
I was born
and raised in a suburb of Chicago. 



I can
remember the very first romance novel I read and I never looked back. When I
was twelve years old I began writing romance “novels” in my spiral
bound school notebooks. I would huddle on top of the bathroom sink, pulling the
phone receiver into the bathroom and closing the door on it. Yes, the phone was
attached to the wall. I would read my pages to my friend, who was also my
cheerleader and confidant.



Years
went by too fast, working in the rat race. I decided that life’s too short for
what-ifs. So, I sat down and wrote my first romance novel this year. I’m still
working in sales (something has to pay for my passion!)



Guiding
Grayson was published in March. I have another book that is currently being
edited and will hopefully be published yet this year. Currently, I’m working on
a a darker, romantic novel.
 
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Jul 21

Even The Score by Kate Meader Review

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4.5 Smooches

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Synopsis

He’ll make her an offer she can’t refuse…

Actress Tess McKenzie is performing in the Tenth Circle of Showbiz Hell—dinner theater. All she really wants is to start a theater of her own. Then Tess receives an offer she can’t refuse. She’ll get her funding…if she pretends to be the fiancée to her nemesis, Texan property tycoon Hunter Dade. If she’s going to pull this off, she’ll need all the luck she can get. Break a leg, indeed.

On the verge of a big business deal, Hunter needs to hire a fiancée. He hasn’t quite forgiven Tess for ruining his wedding, but when their chemistry goes from combative to straight-up lust, the “no sex” clause in their mutually beneficial arrangement is tested. Which is a serious problem, because if Tess isn’t careful, she’ll go from breaking a leg to breaking her heart…

Review

“Well, if it ain’t Miss Weddin’ Wrecker herself,”

It was just a business arrangement between two very different people who didn’t even like each other. At least that’s what Tess and Hunter told themselves when she decides to take a hundred thousand dollars to pose as his fake fiance for one weekend. But when desires cannot be denied they walk a fine line between pretending to be together and actually being together Can two people with a ton of pain in their past and a history of hurt actually fall for each other?

“Revenge was a dish best served in bed – And Tess McKenzie was about to get a five course meal.”

A year ago Tess convinced Hunter’s fiance to leave him at the alter and he has never forgiven her. But not he needs her acting skills to pull off the deal of a lifetime. Tess and Hunter have absolute amazing chemistry and banter that will have you laughing your pants off and your panties melting. I adored their interactions with each other and Hunter’s Texan drawl had me dreaming of a cowboy of my very own.

“You’ve had your fun, Tess. Your walk on the wild side, your flirt with a bit rough. We’re oil and water, and while everyone loves a little variety, we both know this ain’t goin’ anywhere. You’re not my kind of woman, and I’m not your kind of man.”

Written in third person we get insight into both Hunter and Tess’s inner thoughts and when miscommunication leads to despair being able to see how much both parties are hurting and care for each other was encouraging to those of us who live for an HEA. The whole book was a whirlwind of sex, intense feelings, humor and finding the power of moving forward in your life despite the troubles of your past.

“Thwack! What the -? That did not happen. Hunter Dade slapped her ass.”

Kate Meader always delivers a great story with new takes on tales that have been around. Similar to stories I have read before yet nothing about the book felt stale or redone. This book was a fast and easy read that is perfect for a lazy day on the couch!

~miranda

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Jul 21

Autumn Rising by Seth King Review

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5 Smooches!

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Synopsis

Autumn Mahal and Hank Basara know they should stay away from each other. Both recovering from the loss of a mutual friend, and each bearing scars of their own, they know their love would look like a worn cliché, a trite romance novel for teens, some crappy made-for-TV movie languishing on your great aunt’s DVR. But as summer gives way to September and flirtation leads to something deeper, they learn there are some types of love you cannot run from, no matter how hard you try to flee.

Hilarious, touching and hopeful, Autumn Rising is a novella about the happiness we ruin for ourselves, the truths we can’t hide with a filter, and that elusive and victorious moment when we let love rush in and carry us to the sky. In a world of constant TMI, prepare to feel a story worth sharing – a story that will stay with you long after the summer fades to autumn.

Review

Ohh, I love a good surprise and Seth King dropped this bad boy in my email and I was all OMG, what is this!?  Autumn and Hank! (from The Summer Remains)  They are getting their own book!  YES!  So as soon as I could, I put everything aside and picked up this novella that I was sure was going to ruin me.  Because The Summer Remains, it hurt me so good, you know, in the way that us book nerds love.  It had all of the feels.  But this book, Autumn Rising, it had all the feels too, but it had so much hope and hilarity, and just amazing damn writing!

After all, it is not until the sunset that we even bother looking at the sky.

So this short novella beat out The Summer Remains for me by just a bit and here is why;  Seth’s writing is even better this time around.  It was flowery and emotion provoking and I simply love his writing style in third person.  This book did not have a ton of dialogue and usually this is a big pet peeve of mine but somehow I was lost in Autumns mind which is a fantastically ridiculous place to be and I adored her.  And that brings us to another big reason why I loved this book.  Autumn.  This girl is a hot mess of contradictions.  She is snarky, sassy, and self sabotaging like nobody’s business.  And Hank.  Well Hank is just so sweet and he has a disability which I strangely love in my book boyfriends.

But she knew she would not sleep with him tonight, even though she really wanted to.  She was a lady with morals, and also, Hank hadn’t given her any gifts yet.

Goodness, this book made me feel so much.  But the main theme here was HOPE!  Because these two damaged ostracized people who were not beautiful, beefy, or perfect found each other.

They didn’t care if they were rejects in the eyes of the rest of the world:  to each other, they were perfect.  And for now, that was enough for them.

 While this book had many many sad subjects, I did not find myself feeling sorry or sad for Hank or Autumn.  If anything, I felt hopeful, and giddy, and giggly.  Seth did such a fabulous job of making this book uplifting and inspirational.  Even in the end, I had nothing but good feelings about where these two were going and the things they were going to do.  ALL.  THE.  FEELS.  And the writing was just magnificent.  Seth’s peek into a young woman’s mind is scarily accurate and hilarious!  I sure hope I hear more from Hank and Autumn in Cooper’s book!  Thanks for the surprise, Seth!

Because that’s what love does – gives you wings, makes you soar, makes you crash, makes you fly again.

~Amie

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Jul 21

Defy by Allie Juliette Mousseau Cover Reveal

Title: Defy
Series: Brothers of Ink and Steel #3
Author: Allie Juliette Mousseau
Genre: New Adult
Release Date: September 22, 2015

When rugged bounty hunter Ryder Axton is hired to hunt down a cartel leader for a seven digit bounty, he doesn’t expect to find federal witness Rachel Farrington being held captive in the perp’s basement. For Ryder, shit gets personal and the routine arrest becomes a rescue mission. And he will stop at nothing to make Rachel safe.
Farrington has been in the basement for seven days. She knows the only reason she’s still alive and unharmed is because of her market value in the overseas sex-slave trade. That’s how Eduardo Miguel plans to keep her from testifying after seeing him brutally murder her fellow student—and how he’ll manage to pay off his enormous debt to the cartel for a botched drug deal at the same time.
Terrified and desperate, Farrington will do whatever it takes to escape her captors—including kill—the first opportunity she gets. So when Ryder, a scarred, rough, foul-mouthed, smooth talking, criminal tries to persuade her he’s rescuing her—even though she knows it’s just another part of the act to manipulate her in attempts to keep her calm and “undamaged” upon delivery—she sees her chance.
But when two rival gangs wage war above their heads and Ryder and Rachel are forced to take cover in the dark and deadly east Texas bayou, trusting one another for survival, they both realize they might never see another sunrise.
Can they both defy death . . . again?
Allie Juliette Mousseau is a USA Today Bestselling Author.
She can always be found writing, playing in puddles with her children, hiking with her husband, or adventuring somewhere in the world. Her favorite place to write on warm days is outdoors, but when the weather gets too cold, she’ll be inside at her desk inspired by the mountain view from her home office in Montana where she lives with her loving husband, children, and golden retriever. She loves to travel and lived for three years in her RV with her family while visiting the national parks and forests of the U.S. and a couple Canadian provinces. She is excited to add all of Canada and Alaska in the near future!

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Jul 21

Bleeding Love by Harper Sloan Blog Tour and Giveaway

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Meet Liam & Megan in the newest stand alone

in the Hope Town Series by Harper Sloan!

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NOW AVAILABLE

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Amazon UK: http://amzn.to/1NPEUMz

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Blurb

(Stand alone)

I’ve loved once. I gave everything that I had to that love. Blindly believing that nothing could ever take that feeling away from me. Away from us. And when my little world of happiness was ripped from my fingers, I felt a loss that still haunts me to this day.

Now I use that lingering grief as a shield to keep my heart from loving again. It’s that fear that keeps me from letting anyone, except my daughter, get close enough to make it hurt. To make my heart bleed when I inevitably lose again.

Until the day I met Liam Beckett and everything I thought I had protected myself from was shoved back in my face.

He’s on a mission to prove to me that a love worth having is a love worth fighting for.

Check out our 4.5 smooches review HERE.

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Excerpt

His mouth leaves mine and with his hand still on my leg, he demands, “Dig your heels in deep, baby.”

I give him what he wants, but not because he told me to.  I give him what he wants because when his hand leaves my leg and pushes into the mattress, bringing his body up he goes even deeper into my body and those heels push hard.

Just as he demanded earlier, my hands go to his shoulders on my own accord and as he takes my body hard, my nails dig in with my heels still pushing hard against the small of his back.  Our eyes never leave each other’s probing gaze.  Never once do I take my eyes away from his, so full of lust that I know there isn’t an ounce of control left in his body.

He drops his head and I lift up to meet him in a kiss so sweet it doesn’t match the powerful way that he’s taking my body.  A kiss that gives me more than words ever could at this moment.  His hips slow and as his tongue rolls against mine, his hips start to take me in slow, deep rolls.  He doesn’t pull back, just rocks his hips against mine.

I push up and cry out when he slips even deeper.

His lips come from mine and his hooded eyes open a sliver.  “Feels like heaven,” he says softly.  “Everything, darlin’.  Feels like everything.”

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About the Author:

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Harper lives in small town Georgia just a short drive from her hometown of Peachtree City. She (and her 3 daughters) enjoy ruling the house they dubbed ‘Estrogen Ocean’, much to her husband’s chagrin. Harper has a borderline unhealthy obsession with books; you can almost ALWAYS find her with her eReader attached. She enjoys bad reality TV and cheesy romantic flicks. Her favorite kind of hero–the super alpha kind!

Harper started using writing as a way to unwind when the house went to sleep at night; and with a house full of crazy it was the perfect way to just relax. It didn’t take long before a head full of very demanding alphas would stop at nothing to have their story told.

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Jul 21

Bleeding Love by Harper Sloan Review

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Synopsis

I’ve loved once. I gave everything that I had to that love. Blindly believing that nothing could ever take that feeling away from me. Away from us. And when my little world of happiness was ripped from my fingers, I felt a loss that still haunts me to this day.

Now I use that lingering grief as a shield to keep my heart from loving again. It’s that fear that keeps me from letting anyone, except my daughter, get close enough to make it hurt. To make my heart bleed when I inevitably lose again.

Until the day I met Liam Beckett and everything I thought I had protected myself from was shoved back in my face.

He’s on a mission to prove to me that a love worth having is a love worth fighting for.

Review

“Tell me, Megs, Give me the words.” “Take me, Liam. Give me everything. Make me feel. God, please make me feel!”

Bleeding Love is a journey of emotions with a sweet story about moving forward in your life and respecting your past but not dwelling in it. Slightly resembling the story of Liam’s parents, Dee and Beck, Bleeding Love is like going back in time with a fresh take. Liam and Megan will melt your heart and steam up your windows.

“I also know in order to have those things, I will be fighting the hardest fight I’ve ever fought. Because not only am I fighting for someone that can’t see through the shadows to find the rope I’m holding to pull herself off rock bottom, but I’m also fighting the ghosts of her past that I’m not sure will let her go long enough to make that climb.”

Megan is living a half life after the loss of her husband. Living entirely for her daughter and content in never having that everlasting love she has always dreamed of she is simply existing. Liam Beckett had a small taste of the woman he has known he wanted and he is not letting her go. He has been waiting patiently for her to come to terms with what they are destined to be but now it is the time for her to finally see what are meant to be.

“You’re getting my mouth first, darlin’. That wasn’t enough of a taste and fuck me, I’m starved.”

Bleeding Love was very different than Harper’s other stories for me. Focusing more on healing than a suspenseful plot it was a departure from her typical formula but still a very enjoyable read. Liam was absolutely the sweetest most patient alpha yet and Molly completely stole my heart. The way she had all the men of Hope Town wrapped around her finger made for many laugh out loud moments.

“My God. This man.”

I absolutely love visiting with all the different characters I fell in love with in the Corps Security Series (especially any scene with Axel) and am quickly falling for their kids stories too! I am beyond excited for Nate’s book. If you love a small town romance with a damaged heroine and a patient alpha male than Bleeding Love might just be the book for you.

~miranda

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Jul 21

The Hysterics by Kristen Hope Mazzola Sale Blitz

Title: The Hysterics
Author: Kristen Hope Mazzola
Release Date: Jan 27, 2015
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Once upon a time, I was Fallon Dunbar.

Rock and roll, drugs, and bad decisions were the life I lived.
I’d fallen so deep into the dark rabbit hole that I was certain I would never make it out alive. People like me didn’t get second chances. People like me didn’t get lifted from the darkness. So when the opportunity showed up, I had to take it.
I walked away from everything I loved, everything that was killing me, and I became Fae Dunham. After that, I hid behind makeup, long sleeves, and a closed-off heart.
All was well until I met Dane Pearson. He wasn’t convinced of the new me, and whenever he was near, I felt like the old me, the real me, filled with passion and a love for music. Every day was a struggle of self-discovery. Every day was a fight to not fall back down the rabbit hole. And every day, somehow, someway, I slowly began to discover what it meant to find myself.
It was a hysteric ride, but it was ours. And I wouldn’t change a thing.

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I was Fallon Dunbar.
I was a drummer.
I was confident, strong, and driven.
I was a junkie.
I am dead.
The full boxes scattered around my small one room apartment made it feel more real. The sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach made it feel so wrong. The new title and job made it feel surreal.
I am Fae Dunham.
I am the assistant editor of Raging Underground.
I am unsure, nervous, and scared shitless.
I am in recovery.
Staring into the full length mirror I had just hung up on the back of the door in my new room, I saw the shell of what I used to be, the life I could no longer have. The only traces left of my old life were the lip piercings I refused to take out. They were my favorites and they were staying. People like me don’t get second chances, but for some reason, I was standing knee-deep in one.
There’s no turning back now.
I will live again.

Crashing Back Down (Crashing #1)
First book in a two part military romance series.
Falling Back Together (Crashing #2)
Second book in a two part military romance series.
Stupid Hearts
A standalone erotic, romantic comedy.
Unacceptable
A steamy standalone, step-brother, MC romance.

You want to know more about me? Well, let’s see…
I am just an average twenty-something following my dreams.  I have a full time “day job” and by night I am an author.  I guess you could say that writing is like my super power (I always wanted one of those).  I am the lover of wine, sushi, football and the ocean; that is when I am not wrapped up in the literary world.  
Please feel free to contact me to chat about my writing, books you think I’d like or just to shoot the, well you know.
A portion of all my profits are donated to The Marcie Mazzola Foundation.

 

Jul 21

Taken By Love by Casey Clipper Release Blitz

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Title: Taken Love

Author: Casey Clipper

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Release Date: July 21, 2015

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Synopsis

The international bestselling contemporary romance The Love Series comes to a conclusion with Taken Love. Questions will be answered, relationships and lives hang in the balance, and everything you thought you knew about the Murphy family will be turned inside out in the matter of one tragic event.

Smith has worked for the Murphy family for years. A powerful and dangerous organized crime family that rules the Northeast. He spends his days and nights with only one goal, to get through to the next day, watching his boss’s back. A past he avoids at all costs leaves him with a cold, lonely bed and no possibility of future relationships. Until she needs his help. His good conscious won’t allow the young woman to pay for her mother’s indiscretions. One rash decision has him doing the one thing he’s never done in all the years he’s worked for the Murphy family.

Cara O’Hara has lived a hard life. A life altered by her father’s death when she was a young girl. Now she spends her days trying to care for her mother, who’s lost to a world of drugs, alcohol, and sex. Cara has nothing. No friends, relationships, or any semblance of a normal life. But nothing prepares her for the threat that Cara’s mother has now hindered her with. A debt her mother owes but can’t repay. A debt that the collectors decide taking Cara as payment is perfectly acceptable. She unexpectedly finds herself fighting for her life, literally, as she’s dragged from her home and shoved in to the trunk of a car. In that moment, her life is forever changed.

Can Smith help save Cara from the men who will inevitably end up placing her in an early grave? Will Cara’s overwhelming presence distract Smith from the mundane life he’s created for himself? What happens when both their worlds collide on an unexpected and unwelcome course? How does Smith handle his attraction to the beautiful woman whose life he’s devoted to saving? How does Cara deal with a man who’s closed off in every way? And what happens when the men who want Cara seek revenge?

Everyone will pay, including those important figures in the Murphy family.

**Warning: Taken Love consists of some violence and “I knew it!”, “OMG”, and “I hate that man!” moments. This is a contemporary romance, which involves the mob and isn’t always pretty. There is some form of violence in this story (mild compared to other romance novels but still present). If you don’t think that’ll be to your liking, please do not read this novel.

Novels in The Love Series:

Silent Love (Book 1)

Unexpected Love (Book 2)

Dangerous Love (Book 3)

Taken Love (Book 4) – the final installment

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Excerpt

Cara hated herself. Absolutely, positively loathed herself. Why was she unable to keep perspective around Hunter? Why couldn’t she comprehend he wasn’t her boyfriend−current or future−fiancé, husband, or any other form of commitment? She kept sucking herself back into a false relationship. While at the Murphy home, she’d been treated as if she was Hunter’s partner. And she’d lost sight of reality. While the women spent all evening joking around with one another, they talked about their husbands. Smith was included in that mix along with Cara. She bought it hook-line-and-sinker. Watching Courtney with her in-laws and her husband and the entire family dynamic that the close-knit group exhibited made her long to become a part of their world. Until she looked into Hunter’s eyes. She was a fool.

As they road silently back to Hunter’s home, Cara decided it was time to take control of her own life. Trapped for too long as prisoner by everyone else, she was done.

“I need to know what’s going on with the debt my mom owes.” She broke the thick, silent tension in the enclosed space. “I need to visit my mother and see if I can get the information from her. It’s past time I get out of your house, Hunter, and move on.”

They pulled down his street without Hunter responding. When he parked the car in the garage, Cara jumped out and rushed into the house and up to her bedroom without looking back. She didn’t want to talk to Hunter. She just wanted this entire mess over with. She wanted to start a new life. At the age of twenty-eight, she wanted to finally start living her life.

A soft knock on the door was her only warning before it opened. Smith stepped inside the room, his hands shoved into his perfectly tailored suit.

“Why the hell are you always dressed for a business meeting?” she groused, her frustration and anger spilling over.

He blinked, shocked.

“Don’t you own a pair of jeans? Khakis? A fucking T-shirt?” She jumped off the bed. “Always so pristine and crisp. Always so contained. Well, except when you don’t want your space invaded, right? Tell me, Hunter, is there anything not ironed and hanging immaculately in your closet?”

She pushed past him and stormed into his room. Fucking Hunter and his inability to look a mess. Never a hair out of place, not a day with stubble, teeth always brushed.

Cara tossed opened his closet door and sure enough, suits upon suits, all hung in a perfect row as if a department store employee had racked his wardrobe. She yanked one of the dark suits out of the closet and tore it off the hanger and tossed it across the room.

“Oh look, your jacket’s on the floor. Might want to pick that up before it wrinkles.” She grabbed another one and ripped the pants off and tossed them randomly over her shoulder. “Messy, messy suits. Everything’s a mess. Can’t have that.” She opened the drawer at the bottom of the wardrobe. The top drawer, filled with black socks all matched, ended up across the room.

Fury fueled her. Her blood boiled in her veins. She hated Smith and his refined stature. Always poised, always calm. No emotion. Nothing.

“Cara, stop it,” Hunter warned.

She ignored him, her mind a red haze of hatred. Anger consumed her. Anger for all she was going through. For all she’d been through. Irate that no one fought for her, that she couldn’t fight for herself. Furious at her mother, at Hunter, at Mr. Murphy. Hatred that there was absolutely nothing she could do to gain even a nibble at life. She was a victim and prisoner of everyone around her.

Cara continued her assault on Hunter’s clothes. It felt good to rip apart the suits and drawers, tossing everything around the room. It gave her some form of control over him. He couldn’t stop her. He couldn’t control her anger. No one could. Stupid designer suits. Stupid comforting bedroom. Stupid Smith.

Suddenly a strong pair of arms grabbed her by the shoulders and spun her.

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Contemporary Romance Author of The Love Series, Casey Clipper is from Pittsburgh, PA. She’s a noted sports fanatic, chocolate lover (all right, maybe that could be classified more as an addiction), and is slightly obsessed with penguins (I mean, come on, they’re forever dressed in tuxes!). Like you, she’s an avid romance reader and loves to lose herself in a good book. Casey is an active member of the Romance Writers of America, Contemporary Romance Writers, the Three Rivers Romance Writers, Passionate Ink, ASMSG, and IAN.

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