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Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Ashes to Sparks by Jeanine Binder is Live




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Fire alarms, car accidents, and wildfires. Those used to be the biggest things Ryan had to worry about. Not what he was going to have to say to a judge in order to be able to see his own daughter more than once a month. The politics of divorce only served to spin up his temper and make him a cold-hearted bastard to his fellow firefighters, his friends, and even his family.

In the middle of all of this drama, Ryan found a friend. A friendship which exploded in his mind once he found out she was a widow; her husband having been killed while deployed in the Middle East. Ryan felt like Lindsay was a living piece of his soul. 

Can Lindsay hold him together through the trials of having his daughter abducted? Can she show Ryan that love is what binds people together, especially during a time of strife, showing him the way to happiness?

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Monday, February 23, 2015

Hard Rock Harlots series by Kendall Grey - Long Live The Rock!



Who’s getting excited about ROCK, the fourth book in Kendall Grey’s Hard Rock Harlots series? Only a few more days before it releases. Anyone doing a reread of STRINGS, BEATS, and/or NOCTURNES?

If you’d like to read chapter one of ROCK the day before it releases, Kendall will send it to her newsletter subscribers on.

 Join her mailing list here: http://bit.ly/KendallGreyNewsletter

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Check out the other books in this rockin' series

STRINGS (Book 1 in the Hard Rock Harlots series): 










BEATS (Book 2 in the Hard Rock Harlots series):









NOCTURNES (Book 3 in the Hard Rock Harlots series): 









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NOW LIVE ON AMAZON - One More Breath Author: Delaney Williams Release Date: February 22, 2015

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Title: One More Breath
Author: Delaney Williams
Release Date: February 22, 2015

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Excerpt:
Sometimes, in the middle of the night, or the calm after a big storm, when the world seems new and fresh, when one can feel the rightness of the world falling into place, I forget. This is my favorite time; this is the point between old and new and the fresh and used. It is that point when I can pretend that I too am fresh and new. I can stand in the rain and shower off the old me, shedding it like the skin of a snake; with it goes the terrors and pain and I am left fresh. For a time. Then, I look down and see the scars, feel the terror and smell the fear. Yes, fear has a smell, a very distinct, very real smell. I am sure it is a different smell for everyone; for me it is lemons, coppery lemons. The fear I smell the most though is one that brings most peace.  And the sounds, oh the sounds that come screaming back into my head. They don’t leave. They never leave. They come screaming back, fast and furious, like a Japanese bullet train. Always on course, always on time. They crush me with the weight of the fear they bring with them. I have to escape. I need release; it is why I run in these early hours, in the rain and storms that other people stay out of.
I dress in my running gear and open myself up to the cathartic release I get from lacing up my shoes and I step out the door. I know I can’t out run my past.  I know I cannot escape the fears and pain, or erase the scars, but I can forget for a time. I can find that release. With each pounding footstep I feel calmer. I feel the terrors of my dreams fade and I can see the new day rising. What was done was done, I cannot change that. I am a new person now. New face, new name, new life. The run clears my mind and as I reach the end, the clearing of Aspens, with leaves now turning, looking golden and on fire in the early morning sun; I feel renewed. I love these mountains and their glorious, ever-changing beauty. The trees can be at once skeletal remains and yet grow, not giving in to nature, to become the beautiful fireballs before me, an amazing creation I am currently standing in awe of. Proof that life goes on; it continues. The world turns, the sun rises and sets and no one will remember what once was. Out of breath and energy, I lay down in the meadow and watch the sun continue its rise, preparing myself for another day. A day spent hiding myself yet being the most free I have ever been at the same time. Today, I start again...

BACK COVER/ SHORT SYNOPSIS  - **trigger warning:CANCER **
Ander has spent his entire life trying to forget his past indescretions. He owns the best tattoo shop in town and works himself the the bone. Hen ever lefts anyone, even co-workers, near him.
So when small, scarred, shy, and broken Leire comes into his shop and requests his work, it begins to feel like fate may have interviened, 
Can these two broken souls help heal each other?
Can Ander and Leire endure even more heartbreak and come out stronger and together? 
Will they get one more breathe and will it be for these two lovers?

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One Night in Close Exposure by Ashley C. Harris - Book Blitz!


One Night in Close Exposure by Ashley C. Harris
The highly awaited follow up (and final book in the series) to Ashley C. Harris' 
ONE NIGHT IN HEATED SNAPSHOTS

To celebrate the release of ONE NIGHT IN CLOSE EXPOSURE, Ashley's giving away a gift card to Amazon or Barnes and Noble (winner's choice) worth $10! Enter below!


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 About ONE NIGHT IN CLOSE EXPOSURE:
Title One Night in Close Exposure
Series: Snapshots #2
Genre: New Adult Romance
Release Date: February 23, 2015
Publisher: Self-Published
Print Length: 89 pages
Format: Digital
Purchase: Amazon | Barnes & Noble


Synopsis: Beth, in another life, was a top student and had nothing but visions of a successful career in her head. That was until one night with Sterling Johnson, the sexy and deceitful swim champion next door, who changed her entire future. Now, because of that night from her past, Beth’s path as a photographer is forever changed. Gone is the young women she used to be as she struggles to keep a secret hidden. 

 Sterling Johnson, on the other hand, has quickly become America’s favorite Olympic athlete. Constantly followed and stalked by the press and the father he has turned his back on, Sterling craves someone who isn’t interested in his celebrity. 
When a publicity stunt takes him back to a wild college campus and Beth, who turns out to be the media photographer assigned to his story, the flame he thought was dead rekindles. Will Beth prove to be the only girl not interested in his celebrity status? Or are her own twisted secrets and lies about to bring both their worlds down?
Excerpt

“Do you still want to travel like how you used to?”
She shrugged her shoulders. “Maybe one day.” And in an even lower voice, “When it’s the right time I’ll see the world.” Such as when Jewel had grown up. Jewel would be starting school in a year. Even if Beth could travel, even if she used the money that paid for her apartment to instead ventured out and traveled a little, it would be selfish to move. The best thing for a kid was a stable non-changing environment. Beth was stuck where she lived and worked now for the next eighteen years.
“Anything you put your mind to I believe you’ll do, I have no doubt.” That truly meant something coming from an Olympian. Yet, in the room alone, away from the security that was outside, Sterling for once out of his disguise felt like a normal person, even a nice person at that. And as Beth and him looked at each other, she couldn’t help but see and even feel in the air the sensation of being around someone that she’d had the most intimate and intense physical experience with in her entire life. Their eyes stayed on each other and something within her chest stirred, the energy all around them so different now.
“What would you want to do, or where would you like to go, once you’ve retired from the Olympics?” Beth found herself asking in a light, nervous voice. This was something she needed to ask in order to get a feel for exactly how his future plans would mesh with a child, however, right now the question came out fast like quickening heartbeat, almost like she was flirting with him. And she wasn’t, right? She wouldn’t be that stupid.
“What would I want ‘to do?’” His eyes went down to her lips and then back up to her eyes. “I guess just experience the freedom of a calmer, more private life,” he told her, “where I can do what I want and not worry about whose watching or might be recording.”
Beth nodded as the space between them seemed less and less, and then Sterling said, “No one is watching now …” Slowly and cautiously, he moved closer in a way that was asking for both permission and demanding consent, and Beth found that she didn’t want him to stop. She didn’t move as he took advantage of this time they shouldn’t have had and leaned his head down more and more until his lips were almost touching hers. “I’ve been wanting to do this since the moment I realized it was you in that work office,” he said in a low, heavy, intense voice.
Beth’s entire body gushed and that energy in her chest felt like it wanted and needed to explode. As if lost in a dream, she leaned her head up and Sterling Johnson came down, closing the space between them then. His lips rubbed hers in a gentle swoop, sending fireworks down her spine. They still felt good, just like when they had kissed years ago, her own lips caressing his and proving to herself she could still kiss after all this time. Oh yeah, she could. She felt dazzled and taken over as he opened his arms, pulling her in as her own hands went up, touching the smooth shirt over his chest that was too thin as she felt him and they really kissed. Then kissed some more, her body purring in a way that shocked her as she’d forgotten what it was like to be pressed up against someone strong...


ONE NIGHT IN HEATED SNAPSHOTS, Book One in the Heated Snapshots series, is currently free on Amazon! Grab your copy now!



About Ashley C. Harris:
Author and film director Ashley C. Harris resides in Florida. Ashley was first recognized for her edgy writing and unique film work when she wrote and directed the teenage film Lines. Lines was the first feature film in the world captured using only Mac Laptops.

In 2013 Ashley teamed up with Barclay Publicity to release the first title in a new young adult series Shock Me. Ashley then went on to release the first of a new NA series, One Night in Heated Snapshots, that quickly reached Amazon's Best Selling top ten list for sports romances. 

When she is not dreaming up new books and working on film sets, she loves to spend time with her friends and family.

Keep a close watch for Ashley's newest young adult books releases!

Connect with Ashley at: Website | Facebook | Twitter | GoodReads | Tumblr | Instagram
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Friday, February 20, 2015

Cover Reveal - Manwhore +1 by Katy Evans




MANWHORE +1
The unexpected love story that began in MANWHORE 
continues heating up the pages in MANWHORE + 1
Release date: July 7, 2015


Billionaire playboy? Check. 
Ruthless businessman? Check. 
Absolutely sinful? Check.

Malcolm Saint was an assignment. A story. A beautiful, difficult man I was supposed to uncover for a racy exposé.

I intended to reveal him, his secrets, his lifestyle—not let him reveal me. But my head was overtaken by my heart and suddenly nothing could stop me from falling. I fell for him, and I fell hard. 

Malcolm Saint is absolute Sin, and I've become a hopeless Sinner.

Now that the assignment is over, Saint wants something from me--something unexpected--and I want this wicked playboy's heart. But how can I prove to the man who trusts no one that I’m worthy of becoming his plus one?



Manwhore + 1 Pre-order Links (Releases 7/7)

Manwhore (bk 1) Pre-order links (Releases 3/24) 

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Rebel (Dead Man's Ink #1) by Callie Hart

Rebel (Dead Man's Ink, #1)Rebel by Callie Hart

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Part one in a three part series.

Alexis Romera life has been pretty normal, spending her time going to college and hanging out with her boyfriend. One night as she makes her way home, she witnesses an incident that forces her into a world she never thought she would be a part of. In a blink she is now Sophia the name on her fake ID her kidnappers assume is her name. Keeping up the charade to ensure her family's safety. In a matter of days she finds herself sold to another kidnapper. But is he her worst nightmare or is he her rescuer. He’s asking her to help him avenge his uncle's death by putting herself and her family at risk. Can she trust him to keep her and her family safe?
The man raised Rebel is murdered in cold blood by a rival motorcycle club. The only witness girl who is kidnapped by the murder. Rebel is determined to make the man who killed his uncle pay so he arranges to purchase the girl not listed as a sex slave. He figures he can convince her to testify against the club. Rebel never imagined that at first glance he would find this mystery girl to be the most beautiful girl he had ever seen. This girl can be more lethal to his life than any rival club could. As president of the Widow Makers MC he doesn’t need this new complication. But she challenges him like no other woman ever has, can he charm her into helping him and still keep his hands to himself?

This was the first book I have read written by Callie Hart. I have the Blood and Roses series in my TBR but I have not had a chance to read it. I was worried that since I didn’t read it, I would not be able to follow Rebel his character was introduced in that series. I quickly found out there was no need to be concerned. The author did a great job so that I didn’t feel lost at all. The story was very interesting to me, I like the whole concept of it. Rebel is a strong male character with the dark and brooding personality that I am drawn to in an MC book hero. Alexis/Sophia started off kind of slow for me, I didn’t really feel her pain and distress at being kidnapped, manhandled and sold into slavery. It was not until these two characters meet about 48% into the book that I started to like the female lead. The tale was told in alternate POV’s between the male and female characters. I loved Rebel’s take on things and I especially loved the comrade of the guys in the MC, Cade and Rebel in particular. I feel like Cade has his own story to tell.

The second half of the book moved along much better than the first half if not for that I had been thinking of giving the book a 3 star review. But as I read further I found that Rebel and Sophia together were explosive. Which has led me to my four star review instead I happy to say. The sexual tension was thick, the sexual innuendo ever present in every conversation these two people shared. I especially loved how Rebel opened up to Sophia about his life a little piece at a time. When they finally gave into each other’s desire it was explosive. Nearing the end of the story I knew I was going to be left with a cliffhanger and I was. My mouth hung open at the end, I despise spoilers, so I will not give anything away you will have to read for yourself. But I will say it is definitely an “Oh my god, I can’t believe that just happened” moment.



“The moment you give yourself to me, it won’t be because I’ve bought you. I won’t be because you’re afraid of me, or because you want something in return. It’ll be because you need me. Because you need me inside you. Because you can’t stand this torture a second more. Then, you won’t be afraid of what comes next. You’ll be begging for it.”

“You’re mine, now, Soph. For as long as you want to be, you’re mine. And I’m yours.”

Its lines like these that made Rebel swoon worthy, and had me on the edge of my seat wondering what would happen next.

So excited to find out where the author will take Rebel and Sophia. Will she contact her family? Will she tell him her real name and let him into her heart? Can Rebel avenge the deaths of the people he cares about and still keep the woman he is falling for safe? This was a good start to a very promising series. I anxiously await the next installment.


"Received and ARC from the author in exchange for an honest review"






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Thursday, February 19, 2015

SEAL My Home: Bad Boys of Team 3 (SEAL Brotherhood #9) by Sharon Hamilton Cover Reveal Blitz



SEAL My Home
by Sharon Hamilton

Blurb: 


Bad boy Rory Kennedy was raised in foster care, bouncing in and out of trouble along the way. He finds his true family and real brothers as a Navy SEAL, one of the Navy’s elite warriors. When his BUD/S instructor barked the SEAL’s Motto: Only Easy Day Was Yesterday, he knew he had found home.

Megan Palmer works in a bookstore and finds her passion in life through reading steamy romance novels. Her brief affair with a man she later found out was married has left her damaged, until she meets the handsome SEAL, who stands ready to open her world and give her things she’s only dreamed.

On a skiing trip, Rory suffers a possible career-ending injury and also comes face to face with a past he never knew of, and a family who had abandoned him. His relationship with Megan is tested to the breaking point as Rory wades through the dark waters of recovery and whether or not he can live without the life he loves. A home-grown terrorist cell forces his hand and he discovers his true purpose.






Release Date:

March 31, 2015



About the Author

NYT and USA/Today Bestselling Author Sharon Hamilton’s SEAL Brotherhood series have earned her Amazon author rankings of #1 in Romantic Suspense, Military Romance and Contemporary Romance. Her characters follow a sometimes rocky road to redemption through passion and true love. Her Golden Vampires of Tuscany earned her a #1 Amazon author ranking in Gothic Romance.

A lifelong organic vegetable and flower gardener, Sharon and her husband live in the Wine Country of Northern California, where most of her stories take place.


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