Feb 02

Better When He’s Bold by Jay Crownover Review

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Synopsis

From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Jay Crownover, comes the second book in a combustible new series, Welcome to the Point, that is sexier, darker, and better than ever.

There’s a difference between a bad boy and a boy who is bad. . . . Welcome to the Point.

In a dark and broken kingdom, a ruler has be fearless to control the streets and the ruthless people who run them. Race Hartman is just bold enough, just smart enough, and just lost enough to wear the crown. Places like The Point will always have bad things and bad people, but the man in control of all that badness can minimize the devastation. Race has a plan, but can he prevent total annihilation without destroying himself?

Brysen Carter has always seen the real Race—a guy too pretty, too smooth, and way too dangerous. Basking in his golden glow is very tempting, but Brysen knows she’ll eventually get burned. She has enough problems without the risky danger and mayhem that comes with a guy like Race. Too bad Brysen faces a threat close to home that might be more dangerous than anything The Point has ever produced.. And the only person interested in keeping her safe is the one man she can’t allow herself to have.

Sometimes being bold is the only way to stay alive. But can she let Race save her life . . . if it means losing herself to him?

Review

“To keep Race and those traitorous feelings at bay, I was awful to him . . .I mean really, really awful. I was cold. I was disinterested. I was rude, and sometimes I was flat out mean.”

Can I just say how much I LOVED Brysen and Race. Brysen is Race’s middle ground in my opinion. She comes from right between the Hill where Race was raised and the Point where he has decided to make his home. To say they are attracted to each other would be a VAST understatement but Brysen knows that Race is BAD and TROUBLE and pushes him away at every chance she can. That is till he saves her and pulls her out of a party where someone opened fire.

“You’re the only one I was worried about.”

In the face of danger emotions get out of control and Brysen allows Race to kiss her and from there on out they can’t turn back. But where does a smart, intelligent middle-class girl like Brysen fit into Race’s life in a place like The Point.

“I kissed him back. It wasn’t romantic, it wasn’t sweet and filled with tangible longing or loving care. It was brutal, violent, hard and hot, and nothing in my entire life has ever felt better.”

What I love most about the men of The Point is that they are not good guys, they do bad things to get by and have no regrets in the end. Race is running a crime empire and someone out there is showing him up by causing trouble all over the place and that trouble seems to always involve Brysen. Rae knows something is different about this girl and feels incredibly protective over her.

“What is going on with you, Brysen? Why does every single thing you’ve said to me tonight make me want to hurt things and various people?”

When it becomes evident that neither can really control their feelings around each other they have to decide if they care enough to withstand the crime and drama that comes with a place like The Point. Brysen isn’t sure she can live a life where the man she cares for does bad things and puts himself in danger everyday and Race is not willing to give up the standing he has worked and sacrificed so much to achieve.

“You think you are going to single-handedly pull the Point out of the fire, Race?”  “No. But I do think I can control the burn,”

Often in books the man is either the Good Guy Hero or the bad man you love. What Jay does so well is mixing the two, the men of The Point don’t apologize for the things they do nor are they willing to stop doing them but still somehow you cannot help but see the good in them, Even if sometimes that good is hidden behind layers of illegal activity and questionable decisions.

“”Brysen Carter was a good girl. A pretty blonde from the right side of town, but, man, could she kiss like a dirty girl,”

The Welcome to the Point series is so different than The Marked Men series that Jay is famous for but no less captivating and fun. The stories are exciting and fast paced with just the right touch of a sexy anti-hero and a good girl willing to go a little bad for the man she loves. Jay Crownover always delivers characters you can love and a story you want to jump into!

“This” — he pointed between him and me as he pulled open the car door — “is happening.”

With just two books out, This series it is quickly establishing itself as a must mead and a top recommendation for me! I can’t wait to get dirty again with the next man from The Point!

“It isn’t always easy. You aren’t always easy, but I have yet to regret any of it, Race.”

~miranda

Feb 02

Happenstance 3 by Jamie McGuire Release Blast

 

We’re celebrating the release of Happenstance 3 by New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Jamie McGuire! 

Title: Happenstance 3

Author: Jamie McGuire

Publisher: Jamie McGuire LLC (February 2, 2015)

Cover Design: Okay Creations, Sarah Hansen

 

Be careful what you wish for. You just might get it all.

Now that Erin has learned the truth about the girls who tortured her, and about the boy she loves, she finds her time before graduation dwindling at an alarming and exciting pace. What used to be summer break was now a countdown to her final days in Blackwell. Her parents, Sam and Julianne struggle with the fear that just when they’ve found Erin, they must let her go, and the tension is higher than it’s been since Erin discovered who she really was.

Finally with the girl he’s loved since childhood, Weston grows more desperate as the summer days pass. He and Erin will go to separate colleges. His biggest fear is that this means they’ll go their separate ways. Plagued with making the best of the time he has left with Erin, and finding a way to make it last, Weston finds himself in a different state of mind hourly. He is just beginning to realize that hope is like quicksand. The harder Weston struggles, the faster Erin sinks.

 

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Title: Happenstance

Author: Jamie McGuire

Publisher: Jamie McGuire LLC (May 9, 2014)

Cover Design: Okay Creations, Sarah Hansen

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#1 New York Times Bestseller Jamie McGuire returns to self-publishing with this page-turning YA account of Erin Easter, one of three Erins in the small senior class of rural Blackwell High School who not only share a first name, but also their birthday. Easter, raised by a neglectful single mom, keeps to herself and admires Weston Gates from afar. The other Erins, Erin “Alder” Alderman and Erin “Sonny” Masterson are the darlings of the community: daughters of the two wealthiest families in town, best friends, cheerleaders, and everything Easter isn’t–and they never let her forget it. Alder has even claimed Weston since the 8th grade.

 

Weston is a well-liked star athlete, and the son of two prominent attorneys. He struggles daily with the pressures of living up to his family name and secretly empathizes with Easter’s feeling that she belongs somewhere else; in a different life. Not until he begins sneaking nights out with Easter does he gain the courage to buck expectations and acknowledge his feelings … both for his future, and for her.

A shocking tragedy rocks the tiny town, and Easter’s life is turned upside down in the best way possible. But when the truth is revealed and everything she thinks she wanted falls into her lap, life only becomes more complicated.

Title: Happenstance 2

Author: Jamie McGuire

Publisher: Jamie McGuire LLC (September 2, 2014)

Cover Design: Okay Creations, Sarah Hansen

Erin Easter was now Erin Alderman, because Erin Alderman was dead.

In the second installment of this USA Today bestselling series, follow protagonist Erin, a high school senior in tiny Blackwell, Oklahoma. After a terrible accident leaves two classmates dead, Erin learns that she was switched at birth. Shortly after, she moves into the home of her true parents, Sam and Julianne Alderman, transforming Erin over night from pariah of Blackwell High School, to the only child of one of the most affluent couples in town.

Also being pursued by her childhood crush, Weston Gates, the dream she once had is now reality. But when Erin stumbles upon secrets that gives her the answers she’s been searching for, she also finds a truth she never wanted to know.

About the Author:

Jamie McGuire was born in Tulsa, OK. She attended the Northern Oklahoma College, the University of Central Oklahoma, and Autry Technology Center where she graduated with a degree in Radiography.

Jamie paved the way for the New Adult genre with international bestseller, Beautiful Disaster. Her follow-up novel Walking Disaster debuted at #1 on the New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestseller lists. She has also written apocalyptic thriller Red Hill, a novella titled A Beautiful Wedding, and the Providence series, a young adult paranormal romance trilogy.

Jamie lives on a ranch just outside Enid, OK with husband Jeff and their three children. They share their 30 acres with cattle, six horses, three dogs, and Rooster the cat.

Find Jamie at www.jamiemcguire.com or on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram!

Feb 02

Verum by Courtney Cole Release Day Launch and Giveaway

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We are absolutely over the moon about this Release Day launch for Courtney Cole’s VERUM!! VERUM is a New Adult dark romantic psychological suspense novel and the second book in Courtney’s The Nocte Trilogy! To celebrate the release NOCTE is on sale for only $.99 through tomorrow! Grab both now! Thank us later.

 

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About VERUM:

The truth shall set you free.

My name is Calla Price and I’m drowning.

My new world is a dark, dark ocean and I’m being pulled under by secrets.

Can I trust anyone? I don’t know anymore.

The lies are spirals. They twist and turn, binding me with their thorns and serpentine tongues. And just when I think I have it figured out, everything is pulled out from under me.

I’m entangled in the darkness.

But the truth will set me free.

It’s just ahead of me, so close I can touch it. But even though it shines and glimmers, it has glistening fangs and I know it will shred me.

Are you scared?

I am.

 

Excerpt:

Together, we float to the surface, still intertwined. We break through the top and I suck in a breath and Dare is staring into my eyes.

There’s tension here, but not the bad kind. It’s the kind that ignites you, the kind that intoxicates you, the kind that once you taste it, you’ll crave for the rest of your life.

I’ve forgotten that I was going to be careful, that I was going to reject him on every level.

All I can remember, all I can focus on, is how veryalive Dare DuBray is making me feel in this moment, how alive he always makes me feel.

For a girl who has been surrounded by death her entire life, this is a very big deal.

“I’m a little afraid of you,” I blurt honestly, and Dare still has his arms around me. Our treading water motions keep our legs rubbing together, the friction still there.

Hot,

Hot,

Hotter.

Dare smiles, but there is no humor in it.

“Good.”

“Why?”

My honesty makes me seem innocent, but I don’t know how to play games. I have no experience with the opposite sex at all.

“Because that makes you feel something.”

But he’s hesitant now and he looks away. There’s something he wants to say, it’s balanced on the tip of his tongue, but he swallows it.

“What is it?” I ask softly. “Just tell me.”

He wants to, I can tell. His secrets are killing him. He just wants to be normal, he’s just acting out a role.

I don’t know why I feel like I know this. It’s just there, suddenly resting on my heart.

“You don’t have to be someone you’re not,” I murmur quietly. His dark eyes snap up to mine and he pulls his hands away. There’s something in his eyes now, something guarded, and our easy afternoon has come to an end.

“What makes you think I am?” he snaps. “Pretending to be something I’m not, I mean.”

I’ve somehow annoyed him, and I don’t answer because I don’t know what to say.

“I’m not being someone I’m not, Calla,” he says coolly as he strides from the water. “I’m being who you need me to be.”

I’m utterly confused, and I’m dripping wet.

“We don’t have towels,” is all he says when I follow him. My clothing soaks up the water and it is a very cold ride back home.

Dare doesn’t say another word and I leave him in the garage.

I don’t see him at dinner, and I don’t see him the rest of the night.

But as I lay in bed around midnight, I see his car leave the garage.

I don’t see him come home, and I’m awake for half the night waiting.

I have no idea where he goes when he slips away.

Somehow, I think he wants it that way.

There’s a fork in the road and even though I see it, I can’t avoid it.

One road goes left, one goes right, and neither of them end well.

I feel it in my bones,

In my bones,

In my bones.

I sing a song of nonsense, and it sings back. The notes echo and twist in the air, and I swallow them whole.

“Come out,” I call behind me, because I know they’re there.

I can’t see them, but they’re always watching.

Eyes appear, blood red, and they blink once, twice, three times.

“I can see you,” I announce and there’s a growl and then I’m crushed beneath the dark, beneath the weight, beneath the oppression.

“You don’t scare me,” I lie.

There’s savagery here, there’s grace.

But above all, there’s oblivion and no matter what I do, I will be sucked into it.

I know it.

I feel it.

I’m crazy.

And it doesn’t matter.

I’m the rabbitrabbitrabbit and I’ll never be free.

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Courtney Cole is a novelist who would eat mythology for breakfast if she could. She has a degree in Business, but has since discovered that corporate America is not nearly as fun to live in as fictional worlds. She loves chocolate and roller coasters and hates waiting and rude people.

Courtney lives in quiet suburbia, close to Lake Michigan, with her real-life Prince Charming, her ornery kids (there is a small chance that they get their orneriness from their mother) and a small domestic zoo.

 

 

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Feb 02

Lane One: Temptation by Justine Elvira Release Blitz

Synopsis

Theodore Rosely.

Handsome. Intelligent. Wealthy.

Great in bed with the body of a Greek God.

Just the mention of my name has women dropping their panties.

I’m one of the city’s most eligible bachelors and women line up just to get a taste of me. I work hard to make millions during the day, and play hard at night.

Frumpy, overweight and average-looking is not my type. I like beautiful, thin women with tight bodies and an even tighter- well, you know what I’m getting at.

That’s why the mysterious woman from my health club who swims laps every morning should not hold my interest. She’s the exact opposite of what turns me on, yet I can’t take my eyes off her.

She’s intriguing… She’s fascinating… And she’s quickly becoming my obsession.

I can’t learn enough about her.

I’m used to getting exactly what I want…

…and now I want her.

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Prologue

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If I were able to define beauty it would be simple. I’d just have to say her name. The way she smiles at the simplest of things, or the way she crinkles her nose when she doesn’t like something. There’s beauty in her laugh, her love of children, her kindness towards others, and her painful past full of despair and heartache. The pain she hides from the rest of the world is the most beautiful of all. It makes me want to protect her until my last breath. If the world got to see what I see every day, she would no longer be just mine. Every man who was lucky enough to be in her presence would want her.

“Can I get you anything else, sir?”

The fasten seat belt light flickers off, letting me know that it’s okay to move around the plane cabin after the long stretch of turbulence ends. I stand up, stretching my legs out in front of my first class seat. There are two hours left on this eight-hour flight to London and I’m already itching to get back to Chicago.

“No, thanks,” I reply, brushing past the petite woman and making my way to the small lavatory located in first class. It’s unoccupied so I squeeze myself inside and lock the door behind me.

After relieving myself of the several cups of coffee I’ve consumed on the flight, I zip up my pants and wash my hands in the tiny sink, briefly glancing at my appearance in the mirror.

The man staring back at me looks worn out and fucking old as shit.

I’ve noticed the subtle changes in my appearance these past couple weeks and at first I thought I was going crazy. I was convinced I was seeing things that weren’t there, but when the first few gray hairs started to appear near my temples, I couldn’t pretend to imagine it anymore. The stress of everything having to do with her has made me age.

I hate leaving her, even for these little trips where I’m gone for less than forty-eight hours. Although I’ve hired the best team around, I don’t trust the care she’s under. If I’m not there to supervise the daily schedule, I live in fear that someone will make a mistake or mess up, and I’ll be forced to live the rest of my life without her.

A life without her is not a life I’m willing to live.

I press down on the faucet and cup my hands, letting them fill with water before splashing my face. The cool water is refreshing against my skin, and in an odd way makes me feel slightly better and more awake. As I’m drying my face there is a knock on the lavatory door. I toss the paper towel in the garbage and unlock the door, ready to go back to my seat but instead someone walks in.

“Are you sure there’s nothing else I can do for you, sir?” the eager flight attendant asks. I’ve always had this effect on women and even though I look the worst I’ve ever appeared, apparently women still want me.

 She’s looking up at me, her eyes coated in heavy make-up. She can’t be older than twenty. Her button up flight attendant top is open, revealing her perky, young breasts and while her offer might have been something I would have considered a while back, it’s no longer a desire of mine when I’m in the right mindset.

She clicks the lock behind her and moves towards me in the confined space. The small toilet is pushing against the back of my legs so I have nowhere to move. Her firm chest brushes against mine as the palm of her hand slides against my stomach and lowers to the front of my trousers. She rubs the small palm of her hand up and down, attempting to get a reaction from my cock. I’m too stunned at the moment to stop her, too tired to think straight.

“I can be very helpful,” she offers.

She undoes the button of my pants and slowly unzips them, lowering them past my hips. She places her delicate hands over my cock again and begins to stroke me over my boxer briefs.

It’s been so long since I’ve been touched. I can’t remember ever going this long without my dick receiving some kind of attention from the opposite sex. I need to stay focused. I need to remember why I’m here, why I’m on this plane. I run on a strict schedule. I like my detailed to-do lists and today’s list is an easy one. There are just four simple steps.

*Go to London

*Sign the necessary paperwork needed at my business meeting

*Get my ass back on the plane to Chicago

*Go see my girl and make sure those incompetent assholes don’t fuck up while I’m away

I’ll be home in less than forty-eight hours. I can get through forty-eight fucking hours.

As I’m repeating the words over in my head I almost forget about the young woman in front of me until I feel my cock stir to life. Warmth spreads through my body and the desire to fuck something so I can come suddenly takes over my thoughts.

I look down at my dick but can only see the fiery, red hair of the flight attendant as she pulls my boxers down and devours my cock with her mouth.

Fuck me. That feels incredible.

I forgot how nice a soft set of lips and a warm mouth can feel around my cock.

As soon as I think it, a visual of the argumentative, fun-loving brunette I love pops into my head and I groan in agony instead of satisfaction. The redhead takes this as encouragement and she gently bites down on my long, hard length before dragging her teeth up to the head and sucking the tip. As great as it feels, I’m forced to push her off of me. She falls back against the door and I quickly zip myself back up while looking at her stunned face.

She’s pretty, gorgeous really, but she’s not her. No one will ever come close to her.

“That was sweet of you to offer, but I’m afraid I’m a one woman man.”

“I can be discreet. No one will know,” she whispers huskily.

“And I don’t like repeating myself. You’re a young woman who probably has more to offer a man than a blowjob in the lavatory of first class. You should focus on your job, while I focus on getting back in my seat. Excuse me.”

I gesture towards the door and wait for her to stand up and adjust her clothing. She unlocks it and steps out of the small, enclosed space. I follow behind her to go back to my seat. The large leather seat is comfortable and I recline back, shutting my eyes to try and forget what just happened.

Forty-eight hours. I just need to get through the next forty-eight hours.

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Author Info

I am an avid reader. I love so many different genres of books and began publishing my own stories in 2013. Writing is my release and I love to share the stories in my head with you. When I’m not writing I’m spending time with my children.

*I love the idea of love.

*Chocolate is my kryptonite.

*I want my own HEA.

*Rainstorms bring me peace.

*Sleep is overrated.

*I love alpha males.

*Apple rules my life.

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Feb 02

Lane One: Temptation by Justine Elvira Review

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Synopsis

Theodore Rosely.

Handsome. Intelligent. Wealthy.

Great in bed with the body of a Greek God.

Just the mention of my name has women dropping their panties.

I’m one of the city’s most eligible bachelors and women line up just to get a taste of me. I work hard to make millions during the day, and play hard at night.

Frumpy, overweight and average-looking is not my type. I like beautiful, thin women with tight bodies and an even tighter- well, you know what I’m getting at.

That’s why the mysterious woman from my health club who swims laps every morning should not hold my interest. She’s the exact opposite of what turns me on, yet I can’t take my eyes off her.

She’s intriguing… She’s fascinating… And she’s quickly becoming my obsession.

I can’t learn enough about her.

I’m used to getting exactly what I want…

…and now I want her.

Review

“Why the hell am I hiding behind a towel rack stalking a woman I don’t know, and who is most definitely not my type?”

This story is the first part in a serial from Justine Elvira and I can honestly say it has a ton of potential. The entire story is told from Theo’s point of view and is mostly about the curvy woman at his health club that he has been infatuated with, They swim next to each other everyday and although she is rounder and not as strikingly beautiful as he usually goes for he cannot get her out of his head. He even goes as far as to change his entire daily schedule just to be near her for a while longer.

“I had no idea how long I watched her that day, but I knew I should stop. This was becoming unhealthy”

Something is up with Theo and I need to know more. That is the basically how the end of this story left me feeling which I guess is appropriate for a serial. I can’t tell if something is off mentally with him or he is somehow damaged from strained relationships with his family but something has left him slightly off and just need to know! Since this book is told from his point of view a ton of it is his inner dialogue, giving us a taste of his crazy without divulging too much

.”You see. I’m sick. Maybe . . . Probably . . Slightly disturbed. Paging the nearest Psych ward.”

Overall, this was a fast and crazy glimpse into a almost stalker/obsessed mans brain and I am excited to see more of where this will go!

 

~miranda

Feb 02

Get Off On The Pain by Victoria Ashley Release Blitz and Giveaway

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I live for the pain; it’s what drives me to keep moving. But there comes a time when one has to push the demons aside in order to survive.

I thought I buried them deep. I thought I was ready to finally live. Until… my brother, Alex; he throws me into the fire—right into the place I could never control myself, the one place I never want to be again.

When I put my hands on people, they get hurt. Things happen that bring me back to that night. The one that will forever torment me.

I’m doing fine, keeping to myself in order to ensure no one gets hurt by me. Then along comes Lyric, and all I want to do is touch her, to put my hands in places that I know will only lead to her being crushed by me.

She’s the rush that I crave. The darkest of poison running through my veins, killing me bit by bit; like a drug I can’t get enough of even though I’m almost down to my last breath.

And being around her only hurts more, but what she doesn’t understand is that I welcome the pain; I get off on it, which in the end leaves me with the hardest decision of my life—one that might get us all killed…

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Ever since she came into my life, standing there behind me on the porch that day, I knew she would be hard to forget. From her messy, caramel hair and pouty lips, to the fire in her big, green eyes, I knew she was going to test me unlike anyone else ever has. I could tell she was a fighter just like me.

The only thing I need right now is to get out of my head and away from the woman beside me.

“Go inside, Lyric. I’ll wait here until you get in.”

She looks over at me from the passenger seat, one hand on the door handle. She’s not letting me go so easily. I can see it in her expression. “You’re not going home?”

I turn away and look straight ahead, refusing to look at her. If I do – I’ll cave in. I’ve already done that enough with her. It needs to stop. “No. I can’t be there right now. You really don’t need to worry about it. Now go. Goodnight.”

She takes her hand off the handle and pulls her seatbelt back on. “Good, because I don’t feel like going home either.” She nods her head toward the road. “Let’s go.”

“No,” I say firmly. “Just go inside.”

“Why not? What is the big deal? What is so wrong with taking me along and getting to know me? I’m not asking you for anything other than company. It’s a big fucking world and it sucks being in it alone.”

I let out a slow, deep breath and finally look over at her. She needs to see that I’m a fucking monster. I ruin lives and it will be no different with her. “Because I don’t want you around me when I’m drinking. I’m working hard here to keep my fucking hands off you. If I get fucked out of my mind… I’m going to want to fuck you and once I fuck you, the game changes. You don’t want that. Trust me.”

She nervously runs her hands through her hair and looks at my lips, swallowing. “You don’t know shit about what I want. Maybe I’m not as innocent as you think. Now can we go? It doesn’t look like Bailey is home anyways. I don’t feel like sitting home alone.”

She always does this to me. I don’t get why she is so hard to get rid of. She’s pushing me and I can only hold off for so long before I fuck her senseless and pull her into my dark world; a place she doesn’t belong. “Just keep your distance from me. If your friends are there then you hang out with them. Okay?”

I look over at her when she doesn’t respond. “Okay, Lyric? I need you to understand and stay away? Say it.”

She looks up at me with fire in her eyes. She’s not happy with being told what to do. Another thing I like about her. Well fuck me. “Fine. I get it. Let’s just go,” she says stiffly.GOOTP RDB pic

tag15New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author.

Victoria Ashley grew up in Rockford, IL and has had a passion for reading for as long as she can remember. After finding a reading app where it allowed readers to upload their own stories, she gave it a shot and writing became her passion.

She lives for a good romance book with bad boys that are just highly misunderstood and is not afraid to be caught crying during a good read. When she’s not reading or writing about bad boys, you can find her watching her favorite shows such as Sons Of Anarchy, Dexter and True Blood.

She is the author of Wake Up Call, This Regret, Slade (Walk Of Shame #1), Hemy (Walk of Shame #2), and Get Off on the Pain. Victoria is currently working on more novels for 2015.

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Feb 01

Private Affairs by Anie Micheals Review

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Synopsis

When Lena Bellows suspects her husband of cheating it rocks her world, but also sends her life into a tailspin seven years in the making. Decisions must be made, plans need to be set in place, but she can’t do it alone.
Private investigator Preston Reid was hired to prove Lena’s husband was being unfaithful, but she never expected the instantaneous and unrelenting attraction she felt upon meeting him.
She’ll need to rely on Preston to do his job without compromising her future, but they will both fight their constant and all-encompassing need to be with each other.
Only one thing is clear: No one’s affairs are private anymore.
**This is Part One of a multiple installment serial.

Review

“There are better, more gratifying ways to release your aggression.”

Seeing as how this was a surprise release I basically went into this book blind, hadn’t even seen a cover for it yet and although I knew Anie was a great writer I have fallen for this story and these intriguing characters. Often with serials, even my favorite ones the first volumes are not 5 star reads for me, mostly because you are just getting to know the story and characters so often although I enjoy them I am not fully hooked till volume two. Not the case with Private Affairs, I was hooked from the start and desperate to get the next installment!

“Was staying with him this long, suffering through what seems like a loveless marriage, really worth the money you’re fighting for now?”

Private Affairs is the story of Lena, a housewife coming to  terms with the fact that her husband has completely given up on them having a “real” marriage, and Preston, the private investigator Lena hires to get the proof she needs so she doesn’t leave this marriage worst off than she came into it. I liked Lena from the start, she really gave her marriage a shot but when secrets come out and she finally realizes that the man she loved and married is not who she always thought she was she decides to move forward with her life and in doing so hires the services of Private Investigator and beautifully alpha Preston. Preston is everything I look for in a book boyfriend, protective, a bit demanding, a bit of a dirty talker and not afraid to claim what is his.

 “I hadn’t been touched by a man in months, and being touched by Preston was proving to be the most heavenly experience of my life, even if it was just his hands on my cheeks.”

This fist part of Private Affairs proves that this has potential to be a incredibly sexy and exciting story. I am beyond anxious to get the next volume so that I can find out more about what happens to these two characters I have quickly become very attached to!

 

~miranda

Feb 01

12 Days of Forever by Heidi McLaughlin Release Blitz

 

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Today we are celebrating the release of 12 DAYS OF FOREVER, a contemporary romance title by New York Times Bestselling author Heidi McLaughlin. This is a novella in The Beaumont Series (book #4.5). Be sure to check out the incredible book trailer and Beaumont dream-guy quiz below!

 

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12 DAYS OF FOREVER Synopsis:

Even though she’s living her life-long dream and dancing on Broadway, the city is a lonely place for Yvie James. The holidays are both her favorite time of the year and the worst. A last minute decision puts Yvie in Beaumont to spend time with her family.

Alexander Knight is new to Beaumont, but he’s making the best of it. His dream of running a successful business is within his grasp, and Xander has a dedicated client base most trainers vie for. On the surface, Xander is happy, but he works long hours for nothing more than to avoid going home to an empty house.

Thrown together for Christmas shopping, holiday gatherings with friends and family, and a special anniversary party, Yvie and Xander find themselves seeking solace in each other for an unforgettable, romantic winter.

 

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BOOK TRAILER:

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Has it been a while since you’ve indulged in the world of Beaumont? Well, take this time to re-visit the series and read one, or all, of the books! Be sure to use the hashtag #BeaumontFEELS to share your thoughts as you read. We want to know all your favorite parts and the parts that make you want to scream at the pages. And, while you’re at it, take this quiz and see who your true Beautmont dream guy should be. Enjoy!

 

 

AUTHOR INFORMATION:

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Heidi is a New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author.

Originally from the Pacific Northwest, she now lives in picturesque Vermont, with her husband and two daughters. Also renting space in their home is an over-hyper Beagle/Jack Russell and two Parakeets.

During the day Heidi is behind a desk talking about Land Use. At night, she’s writing one of the many stories planned for release or sitting court-side during either daughter’s basketball games.

 

 

Author Links:

Website: http://heidimclaughlin.com/

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Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6568302.Heidi_McLaughlin

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Feb 01

Keela by L.A. Casey Release Day Blitz and Blog Tour

Title: Keela

Series: Slater Brothers (#2.5)

Author: L.A. Casey

Releasing: February 1st

Synopsis

Keela Daley is stressed out with nightmares and memories from her past, they are haunting her. She has no time to dwell on them as she is moving out of her dog box sized apartment and into her first house with her fiancé. Moving house is a dreaded task, and Keela would love nothing more than for things to go quietly and smoothly, but when you’re engaged to a Slater brother, nothing goes quietly or smoothly. Nothing.

Alec Slater loves his woman. He also loves playing games and surprising her. Picking moving day to do both, turns out to be a failure of epic proportions. Alec wants to make it up to Keela for his mistakes, but as the day goes on, and things go from bad to worse, he doesn’t know if living with him is something she wants anymore.

What started out as a simple day of packing and moving house turns into the day from Hell. Unwanted house guests. Business propositions. Alcohol. Pregnancy tests. Panic attacks. Fighting. Arguing. Sex, and everything else that is crazy and represents the name Slater. Keela has a choice to make, and not one she will make lightly.

Keela adores Alec, and what Keela adores, Keela cherishes.

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Excerpt

“Hey,” Alec murmured in my ear. “Is everything okay?”

No, not at all.

“Yeah… I’m just stressed with the move,” I replied, playing it off like it was nothing.

Alec placed his hands on my arms and gently rubbed up and down. “Are you sure that’s all?”

I nodded my head.

“Keela,” Alec began. “Talk to me, what’s wrong?”

Everything.

“Nothin’, I’m fine,” I assured him.

His silence spoke volumes, so I decided to give him a little piece of what I was thinking.

“I’ve just never moved into a house with another person before, especially not another person who is my fiancé. It’s sinkin’ in that we’re for real. I was convinced for a long time that you wantin’ me was some kind of fluke. I was expectin’ you to realise that you could have anyone, so why settle for me? Then you’d up and walk out.”

Alec turned me to face him and leaned his head down sohe could press his forehead against mine. “I don’t know what else I can do to make you realise you’re it for me. I don’t see anyonebutyou. You’re my life, Keela. I wish you knew just how much I love you and how lucky I am thatyoupickedme. You don’t know how beautiful you are, and I hope you never realise it because if you do, you’ll realise you can do better than my sorry ass, then you’ll up and leaveme.”

Yeah,right.

“Stop it,” I mumbled and tried to pull back.

“No,” Alec stated firmly and held me still. “Youare beautiful. Youareperfect to me. Youaremy life. You are nevergoing to convince me that I am worthy of you. Kitten, I love you so much it hurts. Please realise that.”

Oh, Christ.

I was about to cry. Again.

I quickly lifted my hands to my face and covered it completely.

“I hate you!” I said then burst into tears.

I hated everything.

I had this unbelievably beautiful person both inside and out, and he wanted me by his side for life, yet here I was doubting whether or not we were moving too fast. I wanted to be with Alec for the rest of my life, I swear I did… so why the hell did everything we were doing feel like it was too fast?

Alec took my emotional state as a good sign and put his arms around me and cuddled me to him. He thought I wasoverwhelmed by his profession of love, and I was, but what he didn’t realise was that I was close to breaking down and revealing what was really wrong with me.

“Cry baby,” he murmured to me.

I lightly chuckled and pulled back. “I’m fine, it’s just the stress of movin’ that has me so teary.”

Alec nodded his head and kissed my forehead. “Let’s go get a start on boxing and speed this day up. What do you say?”

I forced a smile. “I say lead the way.”

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Author Bio

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L.A. Casey was born, raised and currently resides in Dublin, Ireland. She is a twenty-three year old stay at home mother to a two year old German Shepherd named Storm and of course, her five year old – going on thirty – beautiful little hellion/angel depending on the hour of the day. She is the author of the Amazon Bestselling book series, Slater Brothers.

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Feb 01

Deals and Steals – Jan. 31, 2015

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