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This is a standalone series with interconnecting characters.
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A shocking tale of romance and deception, N.B.
Baker’s Everything is an impressive debut that proves no secret is ever really
buried. Ella Stone is struggling to pick up the pieces of her life.
Abandoned
by her parents when she was an infant, both of the grandparents who raised her
are now gone. Facing her future for the first time, Ella decides to move to
Detroit in order to be near her two best friends. After a misguided
relationship with a man she finds in bed with another woman, Ella begins
doubting her life-changing move. That is, until she meets Chance St. John.
When
Chance fends off a brutal attack, he and Ella share an instant connection. As
the two get to know each other, their passionate exploits both in and out of
the bedroom make way for a deeper connection for which neither one was quite
prepared. But despite their increasing closeness, Ella can’t shake the feeling
that Chance is hiding something from her. His frequent nightmares and skittish
responses point to a secret in his past that haunts him still. While Ella
attempts to uncover Chance’s mysterious past, her own life takes a turn for the
strange. As Everything builds to its explosive climax, Ella must discover the
truth before Chance’s dark past consumes them both.
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Jesse Boone is a self-proclaimed bad boy and doesn’t march to the beat of anyone’s drum but his own. Growing up in less than desirable circumstances has made him no stranger to the hard knock life but his determination to leave it behind is fervent. He sees an opportunity to snag a college football scholarship when he’s transferred to East Franklin High School but Forbes Henderson has other plans. The player Jesse intends to replace doesn’t plan on giving up his spot as starting quarterback so a rivalry is born. Jesse is determined to show his nemesis that he’s not only going to take his position as first string quarterback, he’s going to take his girl, too.
Claire Deveraux is perfection at its best. She’s beautiful, intelligent, and unaware she just became Jesse Boone’s conquest to settle a score with her boyfriend. Like her flawless performance as the perfect daughter and student, Claire’s production of being the perfect girlfriend has everyone fooled, except Jesse Boone. She fears this tattooed bad boy will see her secret desire to explore his crude threats and promises of rocking her perfect world. If she decides to give in to one uninhibited moment with Jesse, will she learn too late that it was all an act of vengeance or will Jesse learn that the taste of first love is sweeter than that of revenge?
Nick Hawke wants his car fast and his girls faster. He blows through them quicker than his muscle car races down the drag strip in Collinsville and he wouldn’t have it any other way. He’s determined to avoid the devastation he has watched his father endure in the aftermath of his mother’s abandonment. He believes there is no room in his life or his heart for a relationship lasting more than one night. He seeks happiness in things that won’t let him down––fast cars, adrenaline highs, and one night stands. All of that changes when he unexpectedly runs into an old friend and is introduced to Payton Archer, the first girl he ever wanted for more than a night. There’s only one catch––she’s completely immune to him and his smooth talking ways.
Payton Archer is looking for love––the true, mad, deep kind. She’s given up on finding it, at least until she leaves for college because she’s certain that is where she’ll find the ideal guy to fit into her perfect world. Her summer plans include nothing more than three uneventful months of fun but it turns out to be anything but ordinary when Payton meets Nick Hawke, one of Jesse’s old Collinsville friends. She’s shocked by her immediate and intense attraction for “Hawke” because nothing about him is on her checklist for the perfect love. Sure, he’s hot and sexy but he comes from Collinsville and that is definitely not on her list of prerequisites. Everything about him makes Payton’s heart speed. He’s exciting and dangerous but his fast car and chance taking aren’t what scares Payton the most. It’s the way Nick Hawke makes her feel every time he looks at her. Can Payton find the courage to leave the safe, shallow end of love and risk going under completely?
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Goodreads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/bookBlurb:
The dirty. The filthy. The nasty.
The man your mother fucking warned you about – is me. Hold onto your panties, ladies.
Lucas Carter is here to show you the dark side of the sheets.
***WARNING: This is a dark romance erotica – meaning lots of violence, sex, and emotionally disturbing inner dialogue. However, there is *NO* kidnapping, rape, or other forms of misogyny. Lucas Carter is an anti-hero, but he doesn’t disrespect women. The entire book is told in his point of view.
EXCERPT:Jun 19
I am so excited by this cover reveal! Alicia Rae’s new cover is absolutely gorgeous, AND she’s sharing an excerpt with us—make sure to read to the bottom to enter the giveaway! So without further ado.
Title: A BEAUTIFUL THOUGHT
Author: Alicia Rae
Release Date: July 14th
Genre: New Adult Romance
About A Beautiful Thought:
As a physical sports therapist, Gail Bennett is accustomed to working with gorgeous athletes every day, but after falling for a few of these attractive men, she has been left heartbroken one too many times. When Gail’s hours at work are unexpectedly cut, she must find a way to continue helping her parents pay for her sister’s education. Reluctantly following her best friend’s advice, Gail takes on a roommate—with the one man she has been avoiding since the first time she laid eyes on him.
Damon Johnson loves a challenge, and he is not the type of man to back down when he wants something. From the first moment he meets Gail for dinner, he feels an inexplicable pull between the two of them. In his determination to have her, he finds himself helping her in any way he can.
Can Damon break through all the barriers Gail has so carefully placed around her heart and prove that he’s different? Or will Gail’s reservations keep her from falling in love?
One thought could change everything.
Exclusive Excerpt:
~Gail~
I startled myself awake and checked the clock. “Shit, shit, shit,” I muttered. I had overslept by nearly thirty-five minutes.
I flew out of bed and darted for the bathroom to take a shower, realizing I must not have heard Damon getting out of bed this morning. He usually woke up nearly an hour before me, and I always heard him clunking around, so I’d stopped setting my alarm.
Bad idea.
I had stayed up late last night, reading a steamy romance novel, while waiting for him to come home. I must have slept like a rock.
I slid to a stop in the bathroom and locked the door. I was used to locking it now, thanks to having a roommate. With quick succession, I stripped off my clothes and showered in lightning speed. Then, I dried off and noticed I’d forgotten to grab my scrubs for work. After I securely wrapped my towel around me, tucking it under my armpits, I cracked the door open to take a quick peek just in case.
The coast was clear, so I ran for it, mindful that my feet were still damp in my hastiness.
Three feet from my bedroom door, Damon rounded the corner, rubbing his head sleepily with his hand.
His eyes bulged when he looked up. “What the—”
I loudly gasped as I crashed into him, expecting to tumble to the floor in a heap of tangled limbs. Damon’s broad arms caught me, wrapping around my waist, while my hands clung to his biceps for balance. Once I got my footing, I peeked up at him.
“Hi,” I whispered breathily.
His eyes were smoldering hot, darker than I’d ever seen them before, and his jaw was set. At first, I thought he was pissed, but the increasing firmness against my abdomen told me otherwise. Heat flared inside me at our contact, and desire burned within me once again.
“Hi,” he murmured back in a rough tone.
A second passed, or maybe several, and neither of us moved.
Damon kept one hand firmly on my waist while lifting the other to cup my cheek. He caressed it back and forth with a gentleness that sent shivers racing down my back. I melted into his touch. His eyes raked over my body as he ran his thumb over my lips, tracing them, while he murmured my name. I leaned into him and brushed his lips with mine, causing him to gently glide his fingertips down to the base of my throat. Ignoring all the reasons why this was a really bad idea, I gave myself over to what my body so desperately wanted.
A groan left his throat as his palm came to my neck, pulling my lips closer. He took my mouth and kissed me deeply. His kiss rocked me back on my heels, and I grasped him like a lifeline, matching his passion as I kissed him back with equal fervor. Sparks ignited within every part of me.
By the time we parted, we were both gasping for air.
After the most perfect moment of my life, doubts came barreling into me and knocked the wind right out of me.
“Oh my God…I’m so sorry. I don’t know what came over me.” I shook my head in dismay and embarrassment at succumbing to my crush on him. This was all my fault. “I have to go.”
I went to disengage myself from him, but he held me in place.
“Wait,” he demanded.
I could see the confusion mixed with hurt in his expression. The look had me feeling even worse.
“We need to talk about this.”
“No, we don’t.” I felt at a total loss and out of my league. “I kissed you, and I’m sorry. It won’t happen again.”
“We kissed each other,” he countered. “And what if I want to do it again?”
“We can’t,” I retorted and looked up at him. “It will ruin everything.”
“Ruin what?” he asked quietly.
If Damon dumped me like the last guy and the guy before that, it would destroy me, and I could not let that happen. I was a stronger woman now. Plus, I was riding a very thin line with my finances, and if Damon and I crossed this boundary between us, there would be no going back. Things were perfect the way they were now. I did not want to mess it up.
Plus, Caroline’s education was partially riding on my shoulders, which in turn was riding on having a roommate help pay my rent. It was an awful double standard, yes, but there was no other way. It was too risky.
I would have to just live with my attraction to him.
When I did not answer him, he added, “Gail, no matter what happens between us, I would never just walk out on you.” It was as though he had guessed what my apprehensions were.
His last words hit me deep and gave me the strength to say my peace. I would not jeopardize my sister’s future over dating a man I barely knew. Especially given my history with men who only wanted one thing.
My past gave me the courage to say my peace.
I stood up tall, tightened my towel, and looked him straight in the eyes. “That’s what every guy says, and you’ll be no different.”
Damon dropped his hands, letting me go, as if I’d slapped him. His eyes turned unreadable.
My heart constricted painfully in my chest, churning and twisting relentlessly. I was so ashamed of myself for being so callous to a man who had done nothing but lend a helping hand to me in my time of need.
“I’m so sorry, Damon,” I murmured, lowering my head in shame. Tears filled my eyes. “I have to go to work.”
About the Author:
Alicia Rae is a Contemporary Romance Author who lives in Dekalb, Illinois, with her husband and three beautiful boys. Alicia has a passion for reading all types of romance, writing to bring a story to life, and photography.
Thank you to my dear sister, Kels, who showed me a few years ago how much I truly missed reading. And to my loving husband, for not throwing away my Nook, and planting the seed of writing in my mind. I am forever grateful. Xo
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Synopsis:
He loves her.
He wants to make that clear.
He will love her until the sun swallows the Earth or burns out entirely.
He is very patient.
He only wants her to keep her safe.
Even from herself.
Especially from herself.
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Review:
Instant attraction. The complete allure of another, seeking, finding, and becoming enraptured by the sheer look of the one that is meant for you. These are themes, ideas, thoughts that every girl dreams of. Ok, maybe that’s being too general, perhaps a large portion of the female population wishes to find their one true mate. I can say, I am one of those girls. I am sure some men, most men, a good portion of men feel the same way. It is a part of the human spirit; to find their love and spend their life with companionship. I loved how this story, mixed the ancient with the modern. We are introduced to a man, Enzu, who is a very attractive, youngish tattoo artist. You soon find out why he has turned to making others bleed for the sake of art and what it means when he finds Tristan: his one, his sun, his goddess. Tristan has just ended an unproductive relationship with her fiancé and has decided she wants a tattoo. She finds Enzu’s shop and boom, she has found her love, her one, her everything.
He takes her right then and there, at their first meeting and they both never look back. They have IT. The need, the desire, the connection to feel with someone else. This modern story about an immortal man and finding his one true mate after millennia is captivating. Arden Aoide does such an amazing job of weaving the old with the new. She tells tales of ancient love, many different variations of love; as well as many different variations of relationships. There are different faces of love and lust. Using your body for pleasure, especially as a women in the early fifteenth, sixteenth centuries, as well as for manipulation and survival. There are characters in this story that wreak of desire and bloodlust. Arden also poses questions regarding love and desire. Where does it come from? Is it something deep within your soul, reaching out to another? Wanting to know the origin of your true feelings can be frustrating, because not everything can be explained when it comes to emotions. Falling in love is like nothing else. Falling head over heels with the mate that is meant for you, now that is truly a dream. This dream can take a turn, as described through the relationship of Irra and Nina. Poor Irra. He had such a strong belief, a blinding belief in fixing the wrong that he saw in Nina. Unfortunately, it wasn’t a wrong at all. Centuries go by and his need to rid Nina and her affliction morph into something cruel and inhumane. It is so sad, and we learn the lesson that if we are not careful, love can turn ugly, obsessive, and so very dark. But with the dark, comes the light and Tristan and Enzu embody this ancient truth. I absolutely loved this modernly ancient tale. It sucked me in and made me think about relationships, love, lust and desire. It was refreshing to meet characters whose inner light leapt off the page.
5 BIG OL’ Smacking SMOOCHIES
~Nicole
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Synopsis
Stella Mulroney had been getting an education, with Lawyer Gabe Gregory teaching her The Alphabet Game, a sexual exploration from A through to Z, so she could infiltrate the sex clubs owned by her stepfather. After the restaurant debacle, Stella now has more to learn. Can Gabe be trusted, or is her stepfather no longer the enemy? Stella hires a Private Investigator to help her track down her stepsister Isabel, who might hold some of the answers. Or then again, maybe Isabel has secrets of her own …
Review
This is book 2 in a series. This book picks up right where book 1 left off. Stella was advised not to trust Gabe because of things he did in his past. This information came from a source that is even less reliable than Gabe is being presented as. Her friend Ronnie hits rock bottom and is in rehab. Stella feels like she can’t trust anyone.
The book is well written, with good grammar and spelling. I’m sorry to say, that it just isn’t grabbing me as a book should. I was hoping Stella would grow on me but she doesn’t. She just annoys me more. And Gabe, well, it was sexy in the beginning, his alpha, dirty mouths actions, now its just get crude and crusty. The author really did a fabulous job on this book as well as the first book, she is definitely good at the “cliffy”, but its just not a story that is going to grab me and reel me in and I apologize for that, but I guess as an author you cant please everyone.
I wish the author well, and I praise her writing in general, and I would absolutely give something else she wrote a try, I’m just not really that into Gabe and Stella.
Traci
Jun 19
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Jay Crownover returns with a heart-stopping new series… Welcome to the Point.
There’s a difference between a bad boy and a boy who’s bad . . . meet Shane Baxter.
Sexy, dark, and dangerous, Bax isn’t just from the wrong side of the tracks, he is the wrong side of the tracks. A criminal, a thug, and a brawler, he’s the master of bad choices, until one such choice landed him in prison for five years. Now Bax is out and looking for answers, and he doesn’t care what he has to do or who he has to hurt to get them. But there’s a new player in the game, and she’s much too innocent, much too soft…and standing directly in his way.
Dovie Pryce knows all about living a hard life and the tough choices that come with it. She’s always tried to be good, tried to help others, and tried not to let the darkness pull her down. But the streets are fighting back, things have gone from bad to worse, and the only person who can help her is the scariest, sexiest, most complicated ex-con The Point has ever produced.
Bax terrifies her, awakening feelings she never thought she’d have for a guy like him. But it doesn’t take Dovie long to realize . . . some boys are just better when they’re bad.
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Welcome to the Point
There’s a difference between a bad boy and a boy who’s bad . . . meet Shane Baxter.
Sexy, dark, and dangerous, Bax isn’t just from the wrong side of the tracks, he is the wrong side of the tracks. A criminal, a thug, and a brawler, he’s the master of bad choices, until one such choice landed him in prison for five years. Now Bax is out and looking for answers, and he doesn’t care what he has to do or who he has to hurt to get them. But there’s a new player in the game, and she’s much too innocent, much too soft…and standing directly in his way.
Dovie Pryce knows all about living a hard life and the tough choices that come with it. She’s always tried to be good, tried to help others, and tried not to let the darkness pull her down. But the streets are fighting back, things have gone from bad to worse, and the only person who can help her is the scariest, sexiest, most complicated ex-con The Point has ever produced.
Bax terrifies her, but it doesn’t take Dovie long to realize that some boys are just better when they’re bad.
Better When He’s Bad is the first book in a new series, Welcome to the Point by Jay Crownover. Can we just say how completely and excitedly giddy I was to get this book! OH MY, a Jay Crownover man who is actually a bad guy, Yes for sure I needed this immediately. This was a departure from the normal male in her other series, Marked Men, who are all unique and different from the norm of society but all truly good guys who work at making the right decision. Shane Baxter is not a good guy and often chooses the easy decision not the right one and oh boy did I love him.
So not only is Bax not a good guy he is proud of this fact and points it out often. So how bad is Bax . . . well he did just get out from a FIVE YEAR stint in prison. Why does this excite me so much, I mean really I might need mental help because Bax just did some crazy things to my lady parts. Now that Bax is out of prison he has two missions, 1. find and pay back those who put him there, 2.find his only friend, Race, who is missing. It is this second item on his short to do list which lands him in a seedy apartment with a frying pan wielding red headed Dovie.
Much like Bax, Dovie grew up in the slums and her childhood was nowhere near picture perfect. Unlike Bax, Dovie is a good girl and is working hard to support herself while she goes to school and tries to constantly make the right decision and be a good person. So how do these two very different people get involved . . . well for that you will need to read the book but lets just say Dovie in interested in locating Race too and does not mind that she might be in Baxs way and even a little unwanted in the search. It doesn’t take long once these two are around each other for things to go from awkward ( he thought she was too innocent and like a plain farm girl) to OH MY steamy. Things heat up fast and these two have some crazy undeniable chemistry.
The part that I loved the most in this book was how accepting of Bax Dovie was. He was never going to be a straight laced guy who takes the hard road and made all the tough choices. While she wanted him to stay safe, she also wanted him, the him she met, the him she cared for and the him who was fiercely caring and protective for those who mattered. Better When He’s Bad was a much grittier and heavier book than Jay’s other series, and while I will always love my Marked Men and desperately need more of them, I am so glad that Jay decided to take this leap out of her comfort zone and prove she can wrote a different kind of hero who is still incredibly appealing.
I loved how this story proved that no one is fully good or fully bad. When you live a poor and hard life sometimes doing the wrong thing is not really wrong or at least it somehow becomes more understandable. Bax was not a good guy, he fought, stole and mostly just looked out for himself but we also got to see him grow and become caring for another and so protective that there was literally nothing he wouldn’t do to keep Dovie safe, including keeping her away from him and the trouble that follows him around. The storyline in this book was intricate and exciting and while Bax is not a good guy we quickly find out there are much worse ones out these and at the moment they do not like Bax and Dovie. This book was much more action packed than her other series and I loved the whole mystery element. While the characters and great sex hooked me into this book it was really the incredibly well written and thought out story line that made it a 5 star read for me.
Starting this book I was worried, how could I love a self proclaimed “bad guy.” I knew it was possible, I’ve fallen for them before, but still writing a character who is bad enough to earn the title and still someone people can fall for is a tough job and not a ton of authors have done it so successfully. Better When He’s Bad was for me equal parts gritty, suspenseful, wicked, fun, sexy and just down right a great story. The plot was exciting and constantly had me wondering how it would all turn out. By the end of the book all I could think about was how I wanted to see more of this side of Jay’s writing personality!
~miranda