Aug 07

The Scars That Define Us by M.N. Forgy Cover Reveal

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Title: The Scars that Define Us (The Devil’s Dust, #2)

Author: M.N. Forgy

Publication Date: October 31, 2014

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Synopsis

The Devil’s Dust MC has a list of new threats to the club’s lifestyle. Dani, to prove her loyalty, is trying to embrace a part of herself that she never knew existed until now. A sinful beast lurking beneath her surface has been awakened and is ready to eliminate anyone that stands in its way. Looking at her stained hands, she rinses the blood from them. She resigns herself to innocence lost and welcomes her thirst for more blood.

After a breathtaking turn of events, Shadow is looking at life in a different perspective. Not knowing who he can trust or who he can forgive has left him feeling desolate and alone. As Shadow is laying behind his rifle, he wonders if he can pull the trigger to eliminate the threat. He takes a deep breath and squeezes the trigger, the rifle recoil ignites the fuel that drives him.

Retaliations will be required.

Boundaries will be shattered.

Redemption will be lost.

Betrayal so deep, yet they still yearn for one another. Can Shadow overlook Dani’s transgressions? Can Dani overlook the mistrust that Shadow has placed upon her?

 

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M.N. Forgy was raised in Missouri where she still lives with her family. She’s a soccer mom by day and a saucy writer by night. M.N. Forgy started writing at a young age but never took it seriously until years later, as a stay-at-home mom, she opened her laptop and started writing again. As a role model for her children, she felt she couldn’t live with the “what if” anymore and finally took a chance on her character’s story. So, with her glass of wine in hand and a stray Barbie sharing her seat, she continues to create and please her fans.

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Aug 07

Surrounded by S.C. Ellington Release Day Blitz and Giveaway

 

Surrounded 

 A Novel by SC Ellington

Unsettled Romance Series #2

 Releases 5th August 2014


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Everything was falling into place. Even amongst all the chaos of Washington D.C., Brooklyn and Logan found each other.

Brooklyn never expected Logan…and as it always seems to happen with her…things fell apart. She has been through this before…was she strong enough to do it again?

On the outside, Logan was the epitome of wealth and confidence. Many knew his name but few knew his secrets. He never expected Brooklyn…but now she’s walked away. He knew what they shared mattered to her…and she…she mattered to him more.

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S.C. Ellington is an up and coming author who enjoys expressing her creativity through frequently writing adult, contemporary romance novels that readers can relate to, but more importantly, enjoy.

Aside from writing, Ellington enjoys curling up with her e-reader and absorbing herself in novels loaded with emotion, desire, and passion. She also likes to spend sunny, wistful afternoons, in her hammock thinking up new ideas for great stories. Her debut novel, Unsettled was generated while consuming her favourite snacks – hot chocolate and popcorn

Ellington currently resides on the west coast with her beautiful Keurig, family and loving friends.



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After a horrific breakup with her long-time boyfriend, Brooklyn Caldwell is completely disenchanted with the notion of mingling with the opposite sex. Damon Williams had been everything she thought she wanted…until he wasn’t.

In an attempt to escape her heartbreaking past, Brooklyn seeks refuge in bustling Washington DC where she folds into the fast paced society unnoticed…until she meets a young entrepreneur, Logan Colton.

Brooklyn is surprised to find that while she has been successful in keeping the opposite sex at bay, somehow she is defenceless against Logan’s confidence and charm—and it doesn’t hurt that he is absurdly beautiful. While thrilled with Logan’s candour, Brooklyn hesitates, as she can’t seem to move past the heartache that she suffered at the hands of Damon.

As much as Logan didn’t plan on pursuing her, he is drawn to Brooklyn’s muted beauty and her witty persona. For all his success, Logan is ensnared in the coveted world of unequivocal wealth and power, but behind closed doors is taunted by demons and an undeniable need to atone for a monumental mistake.

As the two embark on a tumultuous obstacle course saturated with unknown twists and turns, Brooklyn is left to question whether she can endure the journey ahead.

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Aug 07

Step Brother Dearest by Penelope Ward Cover Reveal

 

STEPBROTHER DEAREST

By Penelope Ward

Release Date: September 2014

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You’re not supposed to want the one who torments you.

 

When my stepbrother, Elec, came to live with us my senior year, I wasn’t prepared for how much of a jerk he’d be.

 

I hated that he took it out on me because he didn’t want to be here.

I hated that he brought girls from our high school back to his room.

But what I hated the most was the unwanted way my body reacted to him.

 

At first, I thought all he had going for him were his rock-hard tattooed abs and chiseled face. Then, things started changing between us, and it all came to a head one night.

 

Just as quickly as he’d come into my life, he was gone back to California.

 

It had been years since I’d seen Elec.

 

When tragedy struck our family, I’d have to face him again.

 

And holy hell, the teenager who made me crazy was now a man that drove me insane.

 

I had a feeling my heart was about to get broken again.

 

Stepbrother Dearest is a standalone novel.

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Penelope Ward is a USA Today Bestselling author.

 

She grew up in Boston with five older brothers. She spent most of her twenties as a television news anchor, before switching to a more family friendly career.

 

Penelope lives for reading books in the new adult genre, coffee and hanging out with her friends and family on weekends.

 

She is the proud mother of a beautiful 9-year-old girl with autism (the inspiration for the character Callie in Gemini) and a 7-year-old boy, both of whom are the lights of her life.

 

Penelope, her husband and kids reside in Rhode Island.

 

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Aug 07

Reasonable Doubt: Volume Three by Whitney G. Cover Reveal

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Reasonable Doubt: Volume Three
by Whitney Gracia Williams
Reasonable Doubt #3
Publication Date: To Be Released
Genres:Contemporary, Erotica, Novella, Romance

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Synopsis: I hate him…

I hate that I fell in love with him, hate that he didn’t love me back, and I hate the fact that I just made a life-altering decision just so I could get the hell away from him.

He’d always said that he was unchangeable, heartless, and cold…

I really should’ve believed him…

Final book in the Reasonable Doubt series…

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About Whitney Gracia Williams

A self diagnosed candy addict, travel junkie, and hypochondriac, Whitney Gracia Williams LOVES to write about characters that make you laugh, cry, and want to (in the case of Selena Ross) reach through your Kindle and slap them. She is the “imaginary bestselling” author of the Jilted Bride Series, Mid Life Love, Wasted Love, and Captain of My Soul. When she’s not locked inside her room, feverishly typing away on her laptop, she can be found here: http://www.whitneygracia.com She also loves getting emails from her readers, so if you want to tell her how much you loved (or hated) her stories, email her at whitgbooks@gmail.com

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Aug 07

Carnage #2 by Lesley Jones Blog Tour

Carnage #2

by Lesley Jones

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Carnage #2: The Story of Me Summary

When your world, your life and all of your hopes and dreams for the future are ripped out from under you, how do you go on?

Death without dying is not only the most painful kind of death, it’s also the most painful kind of life and I don’t know if I’m strong enough to live it.

I spend my lonely days and nights trying to make sense of what my life has become. Do I have the strength to move forward into the light, or should I just let the darkness take me?

I’m Georgia Rae Layton McCarthy and this is the story of me, just me.I’m no longer a part of an us, it’s just me. Alone. By myself.

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Lesley Jones Biography

I was born and raised in a small working class town in Essex, just outside of East London. I am married with three sons and in 2006 we all moved to the other side of the world, settling on the beautiful Mornington Peninsula, about 50K outside of Melbourne Australia. It’s a whole new way of life for us down here, we are so lucky to live in such a beautiful part of the world.

I am currently a stay at home mum but in the past I have worked at Marks & Spencer, as a classroom assistant/teachers aid and have run my business.
As well as writing, I love to read and have been known to get through four or five books a week. My other interests are watching my boys play football…The round ball version.  I am happy to admit to being an addict of social media and I owe a lot to my Facebook and Twitter family in promoting my work. I am also rather partial to a glass… or bottle of wine, a nicely chilled Marlborough Sav Blanc being my favorite. Being a born and raised Essex girl, I will happily admit to be being a big fan of spray tans, Shellac and am regularly, waxed, tinted and sculpted, although I am more likely to be found in thongs/flipflops than a pair of white stilettos these days.

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Aug 07

Carnage #2 The story of me by Lesley Jones Review

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Synopsis

When your world, your life and all of your hopes and dreams for the future are ripped out from under you, how do you go on?

Death without dying is not only the most painful kind of death, it’s also the most painful kind of life and I don’t know if I’m strong enough to live it.

I spend my lonely days and nights trying to make sense of what my life has become. Do I have the strength to move forward into the light, or should I just let the darkness take me?

I’m Georgia Rae Layton McCarthy and this is the story of me, just me.

I’m no longer a part of an us, it’s just me.
Alone.

By myself.

Review

Wow!  So, this is the second book in a 2 part series.  I pretty much spent the whole first novel like this:

That book simply chewed me up and spit me out, but I really am a glutton for punishment because I love a book that makes me feel.  I probably spent more time ugly crying than I did smiling but sometimes life calls for the occasions to give a good cry and a heartfelt sob at a fictional character’s expense.  My life calls for them often!

So, what did I do when Carnage #2 came out?  I dug deep, found my inner ugly crier, and dove right in.  I didn’t think I would love it more than the first book, but man was I wrong.  The book simply had it all.  Amazing writing, beautiful editing, steamy sex scenes, happy tears, and sad tears make up Carnage #2.  My inner ugly crier made an appearance only 2 pages in and pretty much stayed with me the entire book, but this time I got something that I didn’t in the first novel. I will not tell you what, but trust me, you want it.

“I had put her back together once, and I’d do it again when the time was right.  When she finally realized she needed me, I would be there and I’d put her back together again.”

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Georgia is back and she is in fighting form.  She is still down but she is not out and this really is HER story.  Knowing what Georgia has been through, I found myself really wanting her happily-ever-after this book, but as anything with Georgia, it doesn’t come easy.  You know that anything she does has to be the hard way while listening to absolutely no one!

“It’s not gonna be easy.” 

“Nothing worth fighting for ever is.”

The trials and tribulations that she faces again this book would probably make me feel really, really bad if I didn’t enjoy reading about it so much.  God, I love the drama and Lesley brings that in spades.  Tearful gut-wrenching drama seems to be her speciality and she serves it up quite nicely.

“Once again, I’m faced with a scene of complete an utter carnage.  How ironic that that word has come to mean something so much more to me than the name of my husband’s band during my life.”

Anyways,  pull up your big girl panties and read these books if you haven’t.  Go on, I dare you!

“We’ll get our happy ever after.  I promise you that.”

Amie

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Aug 07

The Rebound List by Heonist Six Blog Tour and Giveaway

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The Rebound List
by Hedonist Six
Publication Date: July 28, 2014
Genres: Contemporary, Erotica, New Adult, Romance
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Synopsis:

After nearly four years with Jeff, everything fell apart. I found myself single, scared, but somehow liberated as well. Rather than stumble into another ill advised relationship, my best friend Sally helped me find focus. I would spend the next few months “finding myself” sexually. That’s how The Rebound List was born.

My journey begins with the first item on my list – a virgin. But it’s not easy to go from squeaky-clean committed girlfriend to wanton sex goddess. Hopefully I’ll have the guts to follow through!

What (or whom) would you do to celebrate your freedom after your first serious relationship breaks down?

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Hedonist Six is an author of Erotic Romance based in London. Nobody’s perfect, neither are her characters, which makes them all the more relatable and well-liked by her fans. Reviewers have described her debut novel Just Another Day at the Office as heart-felt and unique within the genre.

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Actually I’m omitting a few steps taken to get to this point; the depressing realisation that I was – for the first time in my adult life – alone in this world. The resulting evening spent with Sally, drinking wine, crying and complaining about how unfair life is, until a few glasses later her eyes lit up with the best idea ever.

Unlike most drunken ideas, this one was pretty workable. She asked me about my deepest, darkest sexual fantasies. She encouraged me to let my inner slut out and enjoy myself in ways I hadn’t been able to while playing the squeaky-clean committed girlfriend.

While we spoke our minds, our combined imagination or the wine, probably more the wine actually, awoke something in me. I could feel myself getting excited, blushing feverishly while listening to anecdotes of some of her less responsible exploits. She didn’t hold back on the details and I felt an urge grow inside me.

I wanted to be that girl: the one who walks into a room and causes heads to turn in her direction. She made me feel like I had this potential, in the way she described how she saw me. Not boring and average as I had felt all my life, but a rare and exotic beauty who could wield immense power over the male of the species. It was a revelation.

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The Rebound List by Hedonist Six Review

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Synopsis

After nearly four years with Jeff, everything fell apart. I found myself single, scared, but somehow liberated as well. Rather than stumble into another ill advised relationship, my best friend Sally helped me find focus. I would spend the next few months “finding myself” sexually. That’s how The Rebound List was born.

My journey begins with the first item on my list – a virgin. But it’s not easy to go from squeaky-clean committed girlfriend to wanton sex goddess. Hopefully I’ll have the guts to follow through!

What (or whom) would you do to celebrate your freedom after your first serious relationship breaks down?(

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The Rebound List was a very good book.  I really enjoyed it. It was about a woman- Becky who had just gotten out of a 4 year relationship and decided that she did not want to start a new relationship on the rebound. Becky wanted to make sure that she was ready to settle down, trying to decide If she had lived her single life to the fullest before jumping right into another relationship.
So this is how the list was born.
 “To Do:

                                                                                                                                                                     Virgin
                                                                                                                                                                 Silver Fox
                                                                                                                                                                  Stranger 
                                                                                                                                                                Threesome “
Awesome List..right?   So she starts off by online dating and looking for someone who fit one of her “To Do” lists.  She comes across as a Virgin and she sends him a message.  He isn’t like her previous boyfriend who was skinnier then the average guy but she really likes what she sees in the Virgin’s profile, he is a larger sized man, longer hair, goatee and has really good looks.  So she shoots him a message and they strike up a conversation, and it goes well.. So they decide to go to a movie and see where it leads them.  She does notice he is a little timid but she feels she can teach him and bring him out of his shell.
She sends him a little list telling him what she expects out of him.
1.  There will be no obligations for the either of us; we can say no at any time if we’re not feeling it.
2.  I don’t just sleep with strangers, so I expect to be taken on a date first.  I’ll have a hotel room booked so we have a relatively neutral place to retreat to in case things go well.
3.  Be clean and well groomed; I expect you to make an effort to look nice for me.  (To avoid any confusion, I mean common sense stuff like taking a shower, clipping your nails and brushing your teeth etc.  No need to worry about body hair)
4.  I like for a man to make the first move.  To help you along, remember that I won’t make ANY physical contact unless I am open to more.
5.  You’re bringing the condoms.
Soo… see these are all things that all of us girls would like to make sure we suggest up front..Right? Right.
So now you will have to read this book and see if they go through with it, does Becky fulfil any of the other things on her “To Do” list?  I guess you will have to read and see.
This was a quick read.  There are 3 Books in a series and they are all out and the first one is free right now on Amazon.  Cant beat free..right? 🙂
This book is also for mature 18+ readers.
I gave this book 4 smooches!!
Tricia
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Aug 07

Falling For Fate by Caisey Quinn Cover Reveal

The second book in the Second Chance series by Caisey Quinn has a cover!
While the series is made up of standalone novels featuring different couples, it does center around a location: The Second Chance Ranch, a drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility owned by Trace Corbin and Gretchen Gibson from the Kylie Ryans series. Here’s what Caisey had to say about the series!
Caisey: I really love writing this series because with each new novel I get a new story to build around the ranch. The overlap between characters in each book is a lot of fun for me, even though readers don’t always catch them. It’s almost like a hidden treasure. For instance, Fate’s mom appears briefly in Van’s story (Last Second Chance), but as the books are released approximately 3-4 months apart, not everyone remembers those details. It’s such a treat for me knowing that they’re in there!
Readers have asked if they will see Trace and Kylie in this series and they will! Trace will pop in from time to time and then towards the end of the series they’ll both attend a celebratory dinner at the Ranch.
While Last Second Chance was pretty hot, with tortured soul musician Van Ransom, Falling for Fate is a bit on the sweeter side. Though y’all know me, there will still be plenty of steam! Dean and Fate have a chance encounter and then meet again unexpectedly. While they’re both young professionals, having very different relationship backgrounds and experiences leaves them a bit out of their league when it comes to one another.
I am so in love with this cover because my characters meet on the beach and I asked the designer (Regina Wamba of Mae I Design) to give it an ocean water feel. She did such a wonderful job! I hope y’all like it as much as I do!
 
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Fate Buchanan just wants to escape the constraints of her old life. After checking her mother into rehab and catching her fiancé with her Maid of Honor the night before their wedding, she ran. Angry and hurt, she’s aching to do something reckless. 

Dean Maxwell is having one last summer of freedom before taking over his family’s multi-billion dollar medical conglomerate. When he sees a beautiful woman running down the beach alone after dark he knows it’s not safe. So he does something impulsive. 

When their paths cross unexpectedly after a night of unbridled passion, neither of them can forget the memory of the affair they shared. What began as one night is about to become a whole lot more. 
 
*Note: While part of the Second Chance series, this novel stands alone. 
 
Falling for Fate
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Adult Contemporary Romance
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Scheduled Release Date: September 23, 2014
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Aug 07

The Lover’s Secret by J.C. Reed Review

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Synopsis

When a sexy encounter comes like a dream and leaves like a nightmare…

Brooke Stewart thinks she’s finally safe. After witnessing the crime of a killer, she can move on from her past. But after one night at the Trio Hotel and meeting the sexy stranger with the green eyes that can steal one’s soul, her life is changed forever. Passions run deep. The game is supposed to be for one night with no strings attached.

What she doesn’t know is that the sexy stranger has an agenda of his own. Brooke Stewart has something he desperately wants, something he can’t admit to the woman he tries to get to surrender. A secret so deep it would upend her life if she found out too soon. He’s almost reached his goal, and then she gets a letter she was not meant to read. Suddenly, secrets get a completely new meaning.

Is the past really ever the past?

Review

Ok, so this is my very first JC Reed book and I really liked this story. The writing was really good and the story caught my interest right away.  I pretty much read this short read in only a couple of hours, so I knocked it out in one sitting.

I enjoyed the mystery and suspense a lot in The Lover’s Secret.  From what I can gather, Brooke has been though some super bad stuff lately and thought she was settling down and moving on.  Unfortunately for her, the past has caught up with her future and she now has more questions than answers; leaving her not knowing what to believe.

Oh my goodness, this story was just so twisty and mysterious.  I was literally glued to this book trying to figure out what the heck was going on.  I feel like I would have been better prepared if I had read the Surrender Your Love series because it took me a bit to catch on to what was happening, but I don’t know if that was a good thing or a bad thing, because I was really intrigued and couldn’t stop reading until I solved the puzzle.  The author did a great job of filling in the blanks from the Surrender Your Love series but I just have a feeling I would have gotten more out of this book if I had read those first.  Because I wasn’t familiar with the characters, I REALLY didn’t know who to believe or trust and one character’s behaviour really left me intrigued.  I found myself really wanting to hear his point of view.  And the cliffy at the end just made me want to scream.  Mystery unsolved until the next book!!!  AHHH!

~Amie

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