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I have a huge lady crush on Georgia Cates and her Beauty series...and I cant tell you how excited I am for book three.  If you didn't read the first two books in this series - Beauty From Pain and Beauty From Surrender....you have to start NOW.  Beauty From Love will release on January 28th!  LOVE the cover.

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Books:

• A Beautiful Wedding by Jamie McGuire
• Gabriel’s Redemption by Sylvia Reynard
• Enslaved By The Ocean by Bella Jewel
• Reviving Izabel by JA Redmerski
• Mine by Katy Evans
• Remy by Katy Evans
• Consequences by Aleatha Romig
• Blue Lines by Toni Aleo
• Beauty From Pain by Georgia Cates

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Title: Beautiful Failure
Author: Mariah Cole
Genre: New Adult Romance
Hosted by: Mary Elizabeth’s Crazy Book Obsession

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18625288-beautiful-failure

Synopsis

If you're looking for a heartwarming story about a girl who falls deeply in love with a troubled boy who changes her life--a sob story with pretty metaphors and a million ways that'll tell you how "broken" she is, STOP. Don't read another word of this. 

I'm not that type of girl. 

My name is Emerald Anderson and I'm not going to bullshit you: I flunked out of college after my sophomore year, I've been fired from every job I've ever taken, and I've never had a fully functioning relationship in my life. 

I wish I could say that I had a cheerleader in my corner, someone who says, "No, Emerald--You're great and you are good at something!" but I don't. My grandparents are completely oblivious to my life, and my mother's dying words to me were "You're going to end up just like me one day. A beautiful nothing." 

She was right.

As I decide to start my life over and take two jobs that will forever change me--one from the inside, and one from the outside, I keep my mother's words close to my heart so I can keep the sexy and mysterious Carter Black away. 

He's the first man who's ever pursued me, the first man who seems bent on finding out why I am the way I am, but he's wasting his time. 

I'm not broken. I don't need to be fixed. I'm perfectly fine being a beautiful failure...

Author Bio
Mariah Cole is a Starbucks addict (hazelnut shots please!), New Adult author, and an incessant daydreamer. Known for pushing the envelope, she’s an avid reader of indie books and is always looking to chat with readers and authors alike.



Beautiful Failure Playlist
Songs:
“Royals” –Lorde
“My Kind of Love”—Emeli Sande
“Firebomb”—Rihanna 
“Set Fire to the Rain”—Adele
“Say Something”—A Great Big World feat. Christina Aguilera
“Houstatlantavegas”—Drake 
“Dark Horse”—Katy Perry 
“Ho Hey”—Lumineers
“Runaway”—Kanye West
“Titanium/Pavane”—The Piano Guys

Albums:
21, Adele
20/20 Experience, Justin Timberlake
Unapologetic, Rihanna
Back to Black, Amy Winehouse
Songs About Jane, Maroon 5




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The novellas written by the 12 NA’s of Christmas will be on sale beginning December 1st! From December 1st-11th, each day one of the novellas will be highlighted around the book community. Today, the novella spotlight is Warmth in Ice (A Find You in the Dark novella) by A. Meredith Walters. Check out the excerpt and enter the giveaway!




It’s Maggie and Clay’s first Christmas together…



Clay and Maggie have gone through the dark and come out on the other side. For the first time, they are on this journey together. Fighting for something they both need and can’t live without…each other.

But a long distance relationship is hard. Particularly for two people who are still trying to build something solid on a shaky and troubled foundation. Clay is finally out of treatment and is living in an out patient halfway house. He struggles with what he wants to do and where he wants to go. Questions he worries he will never have the answers to. Maggie is trying to transition into college life and learning how to create a future with someone who is over a thousand miles away.

As the months pass and they struggle with being a part, old insecurities and fears take root and threaten a love that has come so far.

When Maggie decides to fly to Florida as a surprise for Clay on Christmas, she is unsure whether it will be the first step toward what they both desperately want or whether it could possibly be the end of it all.

But with the holidays approaching, Maggie and Clay are reminded that even when the days are coldest, you can still find the warmth and that hope and love are the greatest gifts of all.

EXCERPT
Maggie’s warm laugh made my heart beat faster and for the millionth time I wished she were here. I would give anything to smell her hair and feel her fitted against me, filling the space meant only for her. 

I felt like the worst kind of masochist for denying myself the one thing I needed most. All it took was Maggie and everything was perfect. 

But I guess that was the point of all this. Because I needed to find a way for my life to make sense with or without the girl I loved. My world would always revolve around Maggie May Young but I desperately needed to become the guy who wouldn’t fall apart without her.

She had been my fix for so long and it wasn’t fair to put the entire fate of my mental health squarely on her shoulders. Existing like that was unhealthy and toxic. And she deserved so much more than that. So much more than what I had always given her.
About the Author
The New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Contemporary and New Adult Romance.

A. Meredith spent ten years as a counselor for at risk teens and children. First working at a Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault program and then later a program for children with severe emotional and mental health issues. Her former clients and their stories continue to influence every aspect of her writing.

When not writing (or being tortured with all manner of beauty products at the hand of her very imaginative and extremely girly 7 year old daughter), she is eating chocolate, watching reality television that could rot your brain and reading a smutty novel or two.

Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/pages/A-Meredith-Walters/311504738868378

Twitter- @AuthorAMWalters
Goodreads- https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5416410.A_Meredith_Walters

Blog site- http://ameredithwalters.blogspot.co.uk/

About the 12 NA’s of Christmas:
The 12 NA’s of Christmas authors are Marquita Valentine, Zoe Dawson, Chelsea M. Cameron, Tiffany King, Breena Wilde, Sawyer Bennett, Magan Vernon, Sarra Cannon, A. Meredith Walters, Shelly Crane, and Addison Moore.
Website

International Giveaway
• 2 ebook copies of A Perfect Mess by Zoe Dawson - International 
• 1 ebook copy of all 8 volumes of the Blurred Lines series by Breena Wilde - International 
• 5 ebook copies of Live For You (Boys of the South #1) by Marquita Valentine - International 
• 3 ebook copies of Cross Country Christmas by Tiffany King - International 
• 5 ebook copies of Warmth In Ice by A. Meredith Walters - International 
• 3 ebook copies of Off Sides by Sawyer Bennett - International 
• 3 ebook copies of 3:AM Kisses by Addison Moore - International
• 3 ebooks of Christmas Catch by Chelsea M. Cameron - International 
• 5 ebook copies of The Moment We Began by Sarra Cannon - International 
• (2) $100 USD VISA Gift Card – e-gift cards
• (2) $25 VISA Gift Card – e-gift cards
US Only Giveaway
• 3 signed swag packs from Tiffany King - US Only
• 1 signed print copy of Smash Into You by Shelly Crane - US Only 
• 10 Bookmarks signed by Magan Vernon and the male model on her cover - US only 
• 1 signed print copy of The Moment We Began by Sarra Cannon - US 

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Release date: 12/30/13
Pre-order begins: 12/16/13 – Amazon only

Synopsis:

Everywhere I look, my friends are settling down - marriage, children, white picket fences; but not me. Marriage isn’t in the cards for me. I’m a ladies man.

A rock star.

I was born and raised in the industry.
I love everything about my life, especially the attention from the women that my status brings me.

Women find me. I don’t chase. I know what they want and they know I’ll deliver.

But after one look, one touch, one night...

Now I’m the one doing the chasing.

I need to find a way to show her that I’m serious, that I can change.
I need to find a way to show her that I can love her fully, and only her.
I need to find a way to show her that she’s my forever.


Author Heidi McLaughlin
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HeidiMcLaughlinAuthor
Twitter: https://twitter.com/HeidiJoVT
Website: http://heidimclaughlin.com
Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/heidijovt/the-beaumont-series/
Instagram: http://instagram.com/heidimclaughlinauthor
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18808403-finding-my-forever

OkayCreations – Cover designer
Website: http://www.okaycreations.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/OkaycreationsSH
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/okaycreationsSH

Brandyn Farrell – Cover model
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Brandyn-Farrell/221173481369930
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Brandyn_Farrell
Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/lovenbooks/brandyn-farrell/

Scott Hoover - Photographer
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Scott-Hoover-Photography/162840983815655
Twitter: https://twitter.com/scotthoover
Website: http://www.scotthooverphotography.com

About Heidi:
Heidi is the author of USA Today, Kobo, Digital Book World, Amazon and Barnes & Noble Bestselling series, The Beaumont Series.

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 courtside during either daughter's basketball games.