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Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Giveaway & Review: Lovely by Beth Michele



I seriously love Beth Michele and her second book Lovely.  There is no doubt why this book is climbing the charts on Amazon (It just released and its #27 on Amazon).  Check out my spoiler free review below.  Stand alone/no cliffhanger. Lovely is lovely.  There is also an author giveaway.  Five stars.




Title: Lovely
Author: Beth Michele
Genre: New Adult
Release Date: September 26, 2013
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Synopsis:
A moment can change everything… 
Ashton Taylor. Six foot one, Dark hair, chiseled jaw, riveting hazel eyes, and a body cut in all the right places. He’s a natural. Things just come easy to him. He’s used to getting everything he wants, excelling at everything he does. The grades, the recognition, the beautiful women.
His path was set. A girl, a full scholarship to UC San Diego, and a bright future. To others, his life seemed perfect. But, things are never what they seem, and life, well, at any moment, something or someone can come along and turn it upside down. 
That something…the death of his father.
That someone… Cara Hayward. The girl with the hypnotic eyes, melodic voice, enchanting smile, and lips sent straight from heaven.
The girl who doesn’t want to be seen.
So what happens when a guy who everything comes easy to, meets a girl who doesn’t come easy? 
Can he crawl through all the broken glass to find her? Will the girl he discovers deep down be able to see past his perfect exterior?
Together, do they have the power to heal one another? Or, could the very thing that brings them together, be the one thing that tears them apart?

Kindle Crack Book Reviews:
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
ARC kindly provided by the author in exchange for a fair and honest review. Release date:  September 26th. Stand alone.  No cliffhanger. Spoiler-free review.  4.5 – 5.0 stars!

Ash Taylor is a player…on and off the field.  He excels in whatever he does…baseball, football, school and being a chick magnet.  He looks like he has everything going for him.  In reality, Mr. Perfect doesn’t feel so perfect…and he is actually lonely…but never really alone.  Ash becomes the man of the house after his dad died of cancer.  He forgoes a prestigious baseball scholarship to remain close to home to be with his mother, sister and brother. While attending a local university he meets Cara, a beautiful student and librarian.   Cara appears very reserved, studious and seemly sweet (not Ash’s usual type).  Ash asks Cara out almost a dozen times until she finally agrees to go out with him.  Cara believes that no man (especially someone as perfect as Ash) will want to be with her if her secret is uncovered. Can this unlikely pair trust enough to let love in? Will their emotional obstacles be too much to deal with? Are things as lovely as they seem?

Beth Michele did a fantastic job developing Ash’s character. I loved getting into his head and heart as his cocky exterior cracked open to show such a beautiful soul. I also liked Cara and wished there was more back story after learning her secret. Lovely wasn’t overly dramatic or trying too hard to be steamy. I have to say that I had to bust out the tissues a few times. This story seemed so real. Beth Michele’s writing style sucked in from page one. I can’t wait to see what she is working on next.  Whatever it is I will beg for an ARC or happily download. This book was refreshing (especially after I just read something dark) and just Lovely.

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About the Author:
I am a wife, a mom, an author, and a lover of all things chocolate, well, anything sweet really. While stuffing chocolate in my face, I enjoy reading young adult and new adult novels furiously, and spending time with my husband and two adorable children who keep me on my peppermint pink painted toes. Those same children who inspire me to tell silly stories that cause hysterical giggles to tumble from their bellies.
I love to laugh and love to have a good cry, especially after reading a novel that stretches my soul, one that makes me feel, and lingers in the corner of my heart.
I’m a hopeless romantic and a happily ever after fanatic, and I love to write about LOVE.
I began writing when I was in middle school, penning anything from short stories, to poetry, and then later moved on to write children’s books.  I have now endeavored into New Adult and Contemporary Romance novels and am loving every minute of it.  My first novel, Love Love, was released in May, 2013.    

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Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Cover Reveal & Promo Giveaway - Storm by Nina Levine


I love a good MC book….especially if it’s a smutastic love story. I can’t wait to read Storm by Author Nina Levine. It will be released in November. Put this one on your TBR radar. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18517009-storm

Expected Publication: November 26, 2013
Storm (Storm MC #1)
by Nina Levine

Excerpt
Fuck, she wasn’t going to make this easy for either of us.  I was convinced that Scott was handing me my balls on a plate by sending me here.  One look at Madison and I wanted to shove them at her and get the fuck out of here.  Christ, she was still as goddamn sexy as the last time I laid eyes on her.  I ran my eyes down her body and took in the low-cut, short dress and fuck me heels; god I loved those shoes and my dick twitched just thinking about wrapping those legs around me.

“Can we talk outside for a minute?” I asked.

She pursed her lips and appeared to be assessing the situation before she gave me a curt nod and said, “Fine.”  And with that she grabbed her purse, brushed past me and stalked towards the front door.  I watched her ass sway as I followed her out and told my dick to settle the fuck down.  No way were we going there again; I was here for one reason and one reason only.

Once we were outside she reached into her purse and pulled out a cigarette.  She quickly lit it and took a long drag.  God, I hoped she was still sober; last I had heard she was and she looked pretty healthy but the way she sucked on that cigarette looked like a junkie fixing for their next hit.

“Scott told you I was coming, yeah?” I asked, taking in the glare she had levelled on me.  Yep, balls on a plate.

“No,” she snapped, “He said someone was coming but he failed to mention it was you.”  She looked like she was going to say something else but took another long drag on her cigarette instead.

“Well, you’ve got me until he pulls me back home so I say we make the best of a shitty situation and put our crap aside.”

She took another long drag on her cigarette, threw it down and ground it out before scowling at me, “You’re a fucking asshole, J and for all I care you can go to hell.” 

About the Author
Nina Levine is an Aussie writer who writes stories about hot, alpha men and the tough, independent women they love. You won't find any whiny, spineless women in Nina's books and you certainly won't find any weak men. 

A warning though, you will find hot, dirty sex, lots of swearing, occasional violent encounters and men and women who live fast and love hard.

Nina's debut book Storm will be releasing in November 2013. It is based around the Storm Motorcycle Club and is the first book in an MC series.

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GIVEAWAY
3 eARC's of Storm
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Just Released - The Undisciplined Bride by Ginger Voight Promo Giveaway


Ginger Voight happens to be one of my favorite authors.  If you haven't read the Groupie series yet....do it!  Check out her her latest release
The Undisciplined Bride. There is a synopsis and $50.00 gift card giveaway below.  I haven't read it yet...but Ginger never disappoints. 

Book Title: The Undisciplined Bride
Author: Ginger Voight
Release date: October 1, 2013
Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18307391-the-undisciplined-bride

Buy Link:
Amazon - http://www.amazon.com/The-Undisciplined-Bride-ebook/dp/B00FJJ4756/ref=sr_1_3?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1381232557&sr=1-3&keywords=Ginger+Voight


Book Summary:
Throughout her 23 years, Peyton Prescott was used to running the show. That went into overdrive the minute she agreed to become a bride. Born into an affluent Southern family, she was expected to fulfill her social obligation to marry well, and found that unsuspecting groom in her pushover fiancé, Leland Goodreau. He, like the rest of her family, catered to her every whim to keep her happy, and she predicted a satisfactory, if not boring, existence as his missus.

In fact, the only real human to stand up to this bridezilla from hell is Mateo Bravo, one of the chefs she considers to cater the blessed event. Sparks fly the minute they meet and out of sheer defiance, she hires Mateo and his sister Naomi for every social gathering in the remaining months until she marries.

Mateo, unlike any other man she's ever met, doesn't put up with Peyton’s behavior. With a masculine energy that she finds alluring and exciting, he turns her entitled existence upside down by showing her she's not always the boss. No one is more surprised than she is when she finds out that she kind of likes it.

Peyton decides to seduce, and then dump, the middle-class cook, just to get him out from under her skin. Instead she finds out that there are a few things in life even the great Peyton Prescott can’t plan.

About Ginger:
Ginger Voight is prolific author, freelance writer and optioned screenwriter. Her fiction is diverse, with novels like the edgy, coming-of-age drama DIRTY LITTLE SECRETS, and the fun family adventure for kids of all ages, COMIC SQUAD.
Having grown up reading different authors like Danielle Steel and Stephen King, Ginger has always been drawn more to story than to genre. This shows up in her various stories. Titles such as MY IMMORTAL and TASTE OF BLOOD are a delicious, heady mix of horror, suspense, and romance.
Genre romance, however, has held a special place in her heart, ever since she read her first Harlequin novel when she was only eleven. As a result, Ginger is making a name for herself writing romances of her own, starring women who look more like the average American woman rather than those traditionally represented in the size-biased American media. Her Rubenesque romances were created especially for those heroines with fuller figures, who can still get the man of their dreams if only they believe they can. Such titles include UNDER TEXAS SKIES, LOVE PLUS ONE, THE GROUPIE TRILOGY, THE FIERCE TRILOGY and PICTURE POSTCARDS.
Ginger was included in the best-selling book by Smith Magazine NOT QUITE WHAT I WAS PLANNING, featuring her six-word memoir.

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GIVEAWAY for $50 Amazon or Barnes & Noble Gift Card (Winner’s Choice)
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Excerpt:
“The Undisciplined Bride,” tagline: “What do you do when you run into the Bridezilla from hell? If you’re Mateo Bravo, you bend her over and show her who’s boss.”
She punched the button on the elevator to take her up to the roof where she hoped to get a breath of fresh air.
She stepped inside the luxurious box with the gold accents and glass wall facing out over the Houston skyline. Just before the doors closed a hand appeared and forced them back open.
Her mouth fell open when she saw Mateo enter the elevator, larger than life. He was tall and elegant in his finely tailored tuxedo, and his cologne filled her senses as he stepped closer so the doors would close.
“What are you doing here?” she stammered.
“Following you,” he answered softly as he caressed the curve of her face with the back of his hand. “We have an appointment, do we not?” She watched stupefied as he used his other hand to press every single button on the way up the high rise hotel.
“What are you doing?”
“Taking the scenic route,” he replied before he curled an arm around her waist and drew her up against his rigid body. Before she could protest, his mouth was on hers, gently probing her lips with his tongue until she wilted against him in perfect submission to his kiss. Her arms curled around his neck as she pressed against him.
His fingers wound in her hair, tugging her head back so he could explore the delicate curve of her neck with his mouth. She couldn’t suppress a groan as her fingers dug into his back. He was so exciting and so real and so raw… she couldn’t get enough. Even when the doors opened on that first floor that his fingers had accidently hit, she couldn’t tear herself away from him. Instead she wrapped one leg around his and pulled him back against the side wall.
He chuckled against the nape of her neck. “Aren’t you scared we’ll get caught?” he asked.
“I don’t get scared,” she whispered back, her mouth flushed from the power and intensity of his kiss.
“No?” he asked as he curled a hand around the back of her neck. He turned her toward the glass pane that looked out over the city. She gasped as she felt him step directly behind her. He ran his hands up her legs under her skirt until they cupped her ass. She gasped as she rested her face against the glass, staring down at the domed roof of the atrium below. It was though they were flying somewhere above the rest of the world.
He nuzzled her ear. “Tell me what you want, Peyton.”
“You,” she breathed.
He rocked his pelvis against her, pressing her into the glass. She could feel how much he wanted her, too. “Right here? Right now?”
“Anytime. Anywhere.”
“That’s a good girl,”

★Cover Reveal★ - Knights' Sinners by Bella Jewel



I cant wait to read Bella Jewel's next book in the MC Sinners series.  Love this cover!  Add this to your TBR.

★ COVER REVEAL: KNIGHTS' SINNERS (MC Sinners #3) by Author Bella Jewel ★
Release Date: October 25, 2013

Goodreads Link: http://tinyurl.com/pkstrnw

Jackson is always considered the 'softie'. He's the first to help people out when they're in need. He's President of the Hell's Knights and is tired of being treated like a pushover. He wants to show the world how much of a sinner he can be.

Serenity has a dark past. Secrets haunt her and she has no way of escaping them. Hogan is the only family she knows and life with him is brutal. And it's about to get worse.

He sends her on a mission.

On a mission to destroy the Hell's Knights and the Heaven's Sinners.

Can she pretend with a club she doesn't know.

Or will she betray Hogan?


Promo Tour & Giveaway for Used by Kate Lynne

WOW...this girl looks like a hot mess of drama.  I cant wait to get inside V's head to see what she is all about.  Check synopsis and giveaway for Used by Kate Lynne.


Title: Used
Author: Kate Lynne
Release Date: September 19
Genre: Erotica
Publisher: Limitless Publishing

Synopsis:
The name's V. I'm beautiful in every sense of the word physically. But on the inside, I'm a black pit.

If you're expecting a happily ever after, a white picket fence and 2.5 kids; then this isn't the story for you.

There aren't any happily ever afters in the works for me or those whose lives I poison.

I hold the key to my pleasure and I'll be damned if I ever give it up again.

God forsake those that stand in my way of ultimate gratification.

You may regret me, but you'll never forget me.

Use or Be Used, there are no other options.

** Warning ** 18 years and up for adult situations, language, sexual content, and violence. * This story contains dirty words, dirty sex and an even dirtier twist. **

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Author Bio -
23 Years Young.
Manager for an assisted living program working with mentally challenged adults.
Currently pursuing my degree in Music Therapy.
Loves Music, writing and reading.
Has a cockapoo dog named Jezebella that is closest thing I have to a child. She's a handful, but I love her.
Currently resides in Michigan, USA.
Addicted to Lip Gloss, Oreos and Sleep.

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Just Released - Aleatha Romig's Convicited (Consequences 3)


 Convicted by Aleatha Romig is live and I'm reading it now.  I hope my family realizes until this book is finished...my house will be in disaster and dinner will not be made.  That is all. 


Convicted (Consequences 3)
Aleatha Romig
Self-published
October 8, 2013
Psychological Thriller/Contemporary Dark Romance


BLURB:
There were still lessons to learn and consequences for the truth!
When Claire Nichols met Anthony Rawlings, she didn’t know they had a past, or that he had plans for her future. Over time, the role of teacher changed—games became reality—and domination turned to desire. Despite an insurmountable history, Claire and Tony found their way back to one another.
Just when they seemed to have it all—love, respect, and the promise of a family—the game master exposed the truth. Claire’s world once again spun out of control. Unwilling to allow her child to suffer the consequences of an old vendetta, Claire fled...
At one time, Claire was held captive in an opulent mansion—then her incarceration was a cell inside a state penitentiary. Was her new prison—a tropical island—truly less lonely? Perhaps that was the game master’s plan, all along?
Who will save Claire from her oldest nightmare and her newest reality? Will it be Tony? Can he forgive her for leaving him—again? Harry? Will he utilize previously unknown connections to save the woman who infiltrates his thoughts? Maybe Phil? Will his devotion in keeping Claire and her child safe be rewarded?
As the cards are played—sins of the past, innocent victims, and truths are revealed. With compartmentalization no longer an option, is the reality too much? Could there be an even worse isolation?
With the game master dealing from a stacked deck, can this new high-stakes game possibly be won?
When it’s all over and their cards are on the table—SOME will discover their bets were too high—they have nothing left to lose—ALL will learn the crucial lesson—the most important rule—there are CONSEQUENCES for the TRUTH!
Aleatha Romig’s CONVICTED!

Book links:
Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16150996-convicted

Buy links: http://www.amazon.com/Convicted-Consequences-ebook/dp/B00FP10AOA/ref=sr_1_3?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1381182680&sr=1-3&keywords=consequences+romig

Series Links:
Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/series/88623-consequences
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Aleatha-Romig/e/B009SYSSE4
Barnes & Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/aleatha-romig?store=allproducts&keyword=aleatha+romig
Smashwords: http://www.smashwords.com/books/search?query=aleatha+romig
Kobo: http://www.kobobooks.com/search/search.html?q=Aleatha+romig


ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Aleatha Romig is a bestselling author, who has been voted #1 "New Author to Read" on Goodreads July 2012 - Present! She was also #9 most followed author on Goodreads - July / August 2013.

Aleatha has lived most of her life in Indiana growing-up in Mishawaka, graduating from Indiana University, and currently living south of Indianapolis. Together with her high-school sweetheart and husband of twenty six years, they've raised three children. Before she became a full-time author, she worked days as a dental hygienist and spent her nights writing. Now, when she’s not imagining mind-blowing twists and turns, she likes to spend her time with her family and friends. Her pastimes include exercising, reading and creating heros/ anti-heros who haunt your dreams!

Aleatha enjoys traveling, especially when there is a beach involved. In 2011 she had the opportunity to visit Sydney, Australia to visit her daughter studying at the University of Wollongong. Her dream is to travel to places in her novels and around the world.

CONSEQUENCES, her first novel, was released August 2011 by Xlibris Publishing. October 2012 Ms. Romig rereleased CONSEQUENCES as an Indie author. TRUTH, the sequel, was released October 30, 2012 and CONVICTED, the final installment of the Consequences Series, release today, October 8th, 2013!

Aleatha is a “Published Author’s Network” member of the Romance Writers of America and represented by Danielle Egan-Miller of Brown and Miller Literary Associates.

AUTHOR LINKS:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AleathaRomig
Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5131072.Aleatha_Romig
Twitter @AleathaRomig: http://www.twitter.com/AleathaRomig
Website: http://www.aleatharomig.blogspot.com/


Monday, October 7, 2013

Promo Giveaway & Excerpt - Until November By Aurora Rose Reynolds

Did somebody say alpha male?  I just added Until November by Aurora Rose Reynolds to my TBR list.  I'm digging this cover:)  Check out excerpt & promo giveaway below.






Synopsis
November is looking forward to getting to know her father and the safety of a small town. After leaving the big apple and her bad memories for Tennessee, November starts working for her dad at his strip club doing the books. The one time she’s allowed there during club hours she runs into Asher Mayson. He’s perfect until he opens his mouth and makes assumptions. November wants nothing to do with Asher but too bad for November fate has other plans. Asher Mayson has never had a problem getting a woman that is until November. Now all he can think about is making November his and keeping her safe.
Warning 18+ sexual content and a strong Alpha Male.



Title: Until November
Author: Aurora Rose Reynolds
Genre: New Adult
Release Date: September 26, 2013
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Amazon US:
http://amzn.com/B00FAYSNAK
Amazon UK:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00FAYSNAK
Barnes & Noble:
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/until-november-mrs-aurora-rose-reynolds/1116947464



About the Author
Aurora Rose Reynolds is a navy brat whose husband served in the United States Navy. She has lived all over the country but now resides in New York City with her Husband and pet fish. She's married to an alpha male that loves her as much as the men in her books love their women. He gives her over the top inspiration everyday. In her free time she reads, writes and enjoys going to the movies with her husband and cookie. She also enjoys taking mini weekend vacations to nowhere, or spends time at home with friends and family. Last but not least she appreciates everyday and admires its beauty.   


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Excerpt



“You like me distracting you with my mouth.”


“You need to kiss me. All night you slept cuddled into me. You can’t do that to a man without at least kissing him.” His face was close to mine and his eyes were warm. My eyes drop to his mouth. I couldn’t help it, he has a nice mouth.


“Kiss me,” he whispers his mouth brushing mine.


“No,” I whisper back, watching his eyes darken.


“Okay, then. I'm going to kiss you,”

The Giveaway includes (5) eBook copies of Until November, (2) Signed Paperbacks of Until November, and (1) $25 Amazon Gift Card.  
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