JB's Book Obsession : 07/18/16

Monday, July 18, 2016

PreOrder: Confessions of a Wedding Planner by Michelle Jo Quinn

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CONFESSIONS OF A WEDDING PLANNER

by Michelle Jo Quinn

(The Bliss Series Book 1)

★ SYNOPSIS ★

He may be the best man, but he’s the worst man for her…

Wedding planner, Veronica Soto-Stewart believes everyone deserves a fairy tale–even her ex-boyfriend. Unable to refuse his request, and with the help of Bliss Events motley crew, she finds herself creating the most magical event for the perfect couple.

But nothing is ever perfect…

And not all happy ever afters can be planned…

Levi Laurent can’t believe his luck. Thanks to his best friend’s wedding, he finally has a shot at the woman he’s always wanted–Veronica. From San Francisco to Paris, and back, he pulls out all the stops, so she knows where she really belongs–with him. But Veronica wants nothing to do with the rich, sexy, irresistible playboy.

Can Levi convince Veronica that her perfect happily ever after is closer than she ever realized?

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★★★ MICHELLE JO QUINN ★★★

Michelle ‘s love for writing blossomed when her father gave her a diary. Instead of recounting her daily life, she wrote stories of fictional people. Like most of her characters, she believes in Happily Ever After. Naturally, she finds harmony in writing romance.

An unabashed, self-proclaimed foodie, Michelle loves to try new food whenever given the chance. She loves to travel, dislikes the cold weather and would rather buy paperbacks than shoes. She enjoys watching foreign films and reading a great book that makes her swoon.

Michelle lives in Ontario, Canada with her husband, two kids and a morkie pup named Scarlett.

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Pre-Release Blitz: Seaside Lovers by Melissa Foster

Title: Seaside Lovers

Series: Love in Bloom: Seaside Summers

Author: Melissa Foster

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Release Date: July 20, 2016

Seaside Summers is a series of stand-alone romances that may also be enjoyed as part of the larger Love in Bloom series.

"You can always rely on Melissa Foster to deliver a story that's fresh, emotional and entertaining. Make sure you have all night, because once you start you won't want to stop reading. Every book's a winner!" New York Times Bestselling Author Brenda Novak
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"Melissa Foster is synonymous with sexy, swoony, heartfelt romance!" New York Times Bestseller Lauren Blakely

In SEASIDE LOVERS...
After months of long-distance communication, actress Parker Collins and artist Grayson Lacroux finally plan to reconnect in the seaside town of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. But Parker never shows, and weeks pass without a word, leaving Grayson to believe he's misinterpreted their budding relationship.

Parker has been running on autopilot ever since she lost her friend, mentor, and the only family she's ever known, Bert Stein. Armed with junk food, tequila, and her big, lovable dog, she's prepared to hole up and mourn--and determined to mend a fence Bert had never been able to with his estranged and bitter brother. But Parker didn't count on the sinfully hot artist she's been fantasizing about for nearly a year walking in on her grief-induced drunken night.

When Grayson stumbles across Parker, he has no idea what to make of the gorgeous blonde who blew him off despite the heat sizzling between them. But that doesn't stop him from feeling protective of the woman who's consumed his thoughts for months, and when he learns of Parker's plans to confront an angry old man, he refuses to leave her side. As Parker's past unfolds, they're led on an unexpected journey of discovery. Their connection deepens, and late-night fantasies become passionate realities, until good intentions spark painful secrets, threatening the love they've found.
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Seaside Summers is part of Melissa Foster's bestselling Love in Bloom series. All Love in Bloom books may be enjoyed as stand-alone novels, or as part of the series.

SEASIDE SUMMERS
Seaside Dreams (Bella)
Seaside Hearts (Jenna)
Seaside Sunsets (Jamie)
Seaside Secrets (Amy)
Seaside Nights (Sky)
Seaside Embrace (Hunter)
Seaside Lovers (Grayson)
Seaside Whispers (Matt)

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Read the complete LOVE IN BLOOM series:

SNOW SISTERS
THE BRADENS (at Weston, CO)
THE REMINGTONS
THE BRADENS (at Trusty, CO)
THE BRADENS (at Peaceful Harbor)
SEASIDE SUMMERS
WILD BOYS AFTER DARK

For a complete reading guide, family tree, checklists, and more, visit Melissa's website.

Excerpt from Seaside Lovers (Love in Bloom: Seaside Summers)
© Melissa Foster 2016
"Trust me?” Grayson asked.

“Trust a guy who hauled me over his shoulder and kidnapped me?” She looked toward the bar.

“Yeah, trust that guy.”

“I do trust you.” She poked him in his chest. “But if I end up on the front of some rag magazine, I’m hiding out in your basement. With Christmas, chocolate, and a boatload of horror movies that you have to watch with me.”

“Sweetheart, if you move into my house, you won’t be watching movies or hiding out in the basement. You’ll be lucky if you make it out of the bedroom. In fact”—he slid his hand to the nape of her neck, causing her eyes to glaze over with desire—“maybe I should take a few of those pictures and make that happen.” He’d taken a chance, saying something so brazen and holding her like this in the cab of his truck, but he couldn’t hold back.

Melissa Foster is a New York Times & USA Today bestselling and award-winning author. She writes sexy and heartwarming contemporary romance and new adult romance, contemporary women’s fiction, suspense, and historical fiction with emotionally compelling characters that stay with you long after you turn the last page. Her books have been recommended by USA Today’s book blog, Hagerstown Magazine, The Patriot, and several other print venues. She is the founder of the World Literary Café and Fostering Success. When she’s not writing, Melissa helps authors navigate the publishing industry through her author training programs on Fostering Success. Melissa has been published in Calgary’s Child Magazine, the Huffington Post, and Women Business Owners magazine.

Melissa hosts an Aspiring Authors contest for children and has painted and donated several murals to The Hospital for Sick Children in Washington, DC. Melissa lives in Maryland with her family.

Visit Melissa on social media. Melissa enjoys discussing her books with book clubs and reader groups, and welcomes an invitation to your event.

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Sale Alert: Ravage Me by Ryan Michele

Ryan Michele's bestselling RAVAGE ME is available now, for free! If you haven't gotten your hands on Cruz and Harlow's story, you do not want to miss out on meeting these two badass characters and their explosive romance!

About RAVAGE ME

After spending the last two years stuck behind bars for a crime she didn’t commit, Harlow ‘Princess’ Gavelson’s time inside has finally come to an end, and she’s ready for revenge. Unfortunately, being the daughter to the Vice President of the Ravage Motorcycle Club cuts into her plans, as orders must be followed. Trying to settle back into this life is proving difficult when the tables are turned and the woman who framed her is out for blood. Lucky for Princess, growing up in a MC has taught her how to hold her own.

After spending years in hell overseas, Donavon ‘Cruz’ came home to lose the very thing he went into hell for, sending him to the darkest moments of his life. Joining Ravage two years ago was his safe haven, and he protects his family at all costs.

When a dark-haired bombshell struts into the club’s shop, he’s caught off guard but immediately knows she’s the one he’d do anything for. Tough as nails, and taking no crap from anyone, he’s captivated by a woman who could handle this life. Trying to meet the needs of the MC business and follow his heart proves to be difficult when the two collide, and lives are at stake.

Can these two find a way to be together, or will the needs of Ravage cost them everything, including their lives?

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About Ryan Michele

Ryan Michele found her passion in making fictional characters come to life. She loves being in an imaginative world where anything is possible and has a knack for special twists readers don’t see coming.

She writes MC, Contemporary, Erotic, Paranormal, New Adult, Inspirational, and many more romances. And whether it’s bikers, wolf shifters, mafia, or beyond, Ryan spends her time making sure her heroes are strong and her heroines match them at every turn.

When she isn’t writing, Ryan is a mom and wife living in rural Illinois and reading by her pond in the warm sun.

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Blog Tour: Igniting the Spark by Michelle Irwin

Title: Igniting The Spark

Author: Michelle Irwin

Release Date: June 30th

Blog Tour: July 10th - July 17th

Release Boost: July 30th

Death beckons, calling Evie Myers to the darkness. She isn’t ready to leave, and Clay isn’t ready to let her go.

After fighting back from the brink, Evie’s life is forever altered. Together with Clay, she finds a home and sanctuary within the fae community. Everything has changed, and life is perfect. Or so they believe.

They soon learn their trip into the heart of the Rain kicked off a revolution, and Clay is called back into the fold. But when Evie needs Clay the most, one mission will risk it all.

When her happy ending hangs in the balance, and everything looks lost, how will Evie find the strength to fight for what she wants the most?

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THE SICKLY YELLOW lights reflected off the metal tables in the sterile room. Where<br />
<br />
there should have been noise, there was only silence for me.<br />
<br />
Silence and the sight of my own bloodied, dead body.<br />
<br />
My red-gold hair shimmered in the light of the fire surrounding me. Clay, the man I<br />
<br />
loved, clasped my body as his tears overtook him. He refused to let go even as his<br />
<br />
brother, Ethan, tried to pull him away from the flames. Blood from the wounds in my<br />
<br />
chest and back was smeared over his face and arms, and smudged into his nearly black<br />
<br />
hair.<br />
<br />
The sight confirmed I’d committed the ultimate betrayal: I’d left him.<br />
<br />
I wanted to comfort him, but without my voice it was impossible. There was so<br />
<br />
much I needed to tell him before I left. That I loved him. That despite everything we’d<br />
<br />
been through, he’d brought happiness to my life I’d never expected. I wanted to explain<br />
<br />
there was something more important than him and me—my daughter.<br />
<br />
The child who would rise from the ashes after the flames consumed my body.<br />
<br />
The image fell away as the fire raged hotter.<br />
<br />
Darkness took hold, gripping me and squeezing tight. The sunbird pleaded with me<br />
<br />
to let go. To be free. To join with my mother, with my ancestors, and pass the baton on to<br />
<br />
the next generation. My child would be safe with Clay, and I was ready move on.<br />
<br />
Peace filled me.<br />
<br />
A pinprick of light broke through the inky dark that I’d sunk into. The sunbird urged<br />
<br />
me to ignore it. To focus on the certainty that my time had come. Only, the light wouldn’t<br />
<br />
be refused. When I shifted my attention to it, a flash filled the darkness around me,<br />
<br />
flooding my vision with a bright apple-green.<br />
<br />
With the darkness gone, a new sensation overtook me. Pain. Panic. Confusion.<br />
<br />
Flashes of the moments leading up to my death rushed through me. My drive to<br />
<br />
keep Louise safe from the harm the Unseelie fae, Caelan, intended to cause. Clay and<br />
<br />
his father fighting over the gun. The crack of a gunshot.<br />
<br />
I burned again at the memory of the fire in my chest as the bullet tore through my<br />
<br />
heart. The ache of death ran through me again, and the green light grew in intensity once<br />
<br />
more.<br />
<br />
Through the pain, there was something new. A soft voice whispered to me, calling<br />
<br />
me back. Not the sunbird, someone new but familiar all at once. She spoke words I didn’t<br />
<br />
understand, but they compelled my attention. They overrode the sunbird’s<br />
<br />
instructions—tried to push her away. They beckoned me backward instead.<br />
<br />
To a wall of red.<br />
<br />
Of fire and pain.<br />
<br />
The sight of the barrier terrified me, but I could do nothing to react. I was separate<br />
<br />
from everything. Floating. As I moved closer to the wall, agony coursed through me. My<br />
<br />
chest tightened. I felt cold.<br />
<br />
Danger lay that way.<br />
<br />
Come with me, the sunbird whispered. You will be free of the pain; it is your<br />
<br />
daughter’s time.<br />
<br />
She called for me to abandon the wall, to head into the darkness. I’d been so ready<br />
<br />
to until the apple-green light. Until the other voice.<br />
<br />
Now . . .<br />
<br />
I reached out with my mind, trying to figure out what was beyond the barrier.<br />
<br />
Something told me it was important.<br />
<br />
“I . . . I can’t lose her.” My focus snapped to the wall when I heard another voice.<br />
<br />
Clay’s.<br />
<br />
He was on the other side of the barrier. Even though I’d been calm, ready to move<br />
<br />
on, hearing the heartbreak in his tone made me want to fight my way back to him. If only<br />
<br />
to reassure him he’d survive this.<br />
<br />
Evelyn, the sunbird called, urging me away from the wall. Away from Clay.<br />
<br />
Once more I had to choose between moving onward into the darkness or turning<br />
<br />
and fighting through the fire to get to him. Only the fire was too strong, too fierce. The<br />
<br />
pain too intense.<br />
<br />
The sunbird, who’d convinced me to stay last time, now wanted me to move on.<br />
<br />
It’s time, she called.

Other Books In the Series

Book #1: Through The Fire

Life could have been different for Evie Meyers. If only she wasn’t a freak.

She wouldn’t be hiding from the Rain, a secret organization intent on destroying all supernatural creatures. Neither would she have run from Clay, the object of her desire.

Her hope for love and a normal life shattered when Clay stumbled onto her biggest secret and revealed one of his own in the process—he’s a soldier for the Rain. Learning that Clay was a threat to her survival, Evie had no choice but to flee.

Now Clay’s back—battle-scarred and mysterious—and the attraction between them is undeniable. Stuck on opposite sides in the war between humans and the supernatural, there seems little hope for a happily ever after. Caught between what her heart wants and what her head knows, something has to give. What will she choose? And what price will she have to pay?

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Book #2: Rise From Ash

Love has cost Evie Meyers everything. Wounded and alone, she has no choice but to learn how to survive without becoming the monster she is thought to be by the man she loves.

When she discovers a cryptic message from that very man, Clay Jacobs, her mind is thrown into turmoil. It’s second nature for Evie to run, but there is no escaping the memories of their time together. While she is certain it’s a trap, she longs to discover the true meaning of his words. With heart battling mind, her choices send her on a collision course with what was once lost, leaving her life hanging in the balance.

Can Evie rise from the ashes of her charred dreams, or will she burn in the attempt?

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UK: http://amzn.to/1Zbh72M

AU: http://bit.ly/rfadof2

Book #3: Into The Rain

Evie Meyers and Clay Jacobs have found paradise in the remote wilderness. Hidden away at the ends of the Earth, they are certain no one can find them. The illusion is shattered when Evie’s former lover Aiden crashes into their sanctuary.

The tension caused by the fae’s arrival escalates when they discover the reason for his presence. An ever-present foe has kidnapped someone precious to his court, and he needs Clay’s help for the rescue. The mission will take them straight into the Rain. The path is a dangerous one, filled with dark secrets and old lies.

With echoes of the past surrounding them and a shadowed threat lurking nearby, both Evie and Clay must put their trust in the hands of an enemy. How will they find a way to reconcile their prejudices and make it out alive?

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Michelle Irwin has been many things in her life: a hobbit taking a precious item to a fiery mountain; a young child stepping through the back of a wardrobe into another land; the last human stranded not-quite-alone in space three million years in the future; a young girl willing to fight for the love of a vampire; and a time-travelling madman in a box. She achieved all of these feats and many more through her voracious reading habit. Eventually, so much reading had to have an effect and the cast of characters inside her mind took over and spilled out onto the page.

Michelle lives in sunny Queensland in the land down under with her surprisingly patient husband and ever-intriguing daughter, carving out precious moments of writing and reading time around her accounts-based day job. A lover of love and overcoming the odds, she primarily writes paranormal and fantasy romance.

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