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Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Cover Reveal - Beauty From Love (Beauty #3) by Georgia Cates

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.

COVER REVEAL
Beauty From Love (Beauty, #3)
By Bestselling Author Georgia Cates
  
Expected release January 28, 2014
An Adult Contemporary Romance

Synopsis
The epic romance between an all-American beauty and her Aussie continues in this final installment of The Beauty Series.
Jack McLachlan is fulfilled by more than he dared to dream possible. He finds everything he never knew he wanted—or needed—in Laurelyn Prescott, his last and final companion. Life is beautiful with his beloved by his side but their post-wedded bliss is cut short when his dark past springs into their present happiness. He wants to shelter Laurelyn but keeping her untainted by his previous life proves impossible when  yesterday’s sins insist on returning to haunt him. Will it be possible for them to find happiness in their forever with a past like his?
Beauty From Love is an adult contemporary novel and is not intended for younger readers due to mature content.


About the Author
Georgia resides in rural Mississippi with her wonderful husband, Jeff, and their two beautiful daughters. She spent fourteen years as a labor and delivery nurse before she decided to pursue her dream of becoming an author and hasn’t looked back yet.
When she’s not writing, she’s thinking about writing. When she’s being domestic, she’s listening to her iPod and visualizing scenes for her current work in progress. Every story coming from her always has a song to inspire it.




Monday, December 9, 2013

Amazon Gift Card & eBook Giveaway on Kindle Crack Book Reviews




TELL ME - What was your favorite book(s) of the year? OR 
book you can’t wait to read…and win:

-Two random winners will get to pick 1 ebook choice (see list) to keep or gift to a     friend!
-Two random winners will get a $5.00 Amazon gift card. 


THREE ways to enter:
-Enter the title of your favorite book/or book you can’t wait to read in comments on this post.  
-Share this post w/a friend.
-Enter Rafflecopter at http://tinyurl.com/myjvqb6 (mobile friendly link)
Enter every day for more chances to win!

All ebooks/giftcards will be sent via Amazon. 

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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Blog Tour Promo Giveaway for Beautiful Failure by Mariah Cole

I just added Beautiful Failure by Mariah Cole to my reading list.  Check out the synopsis and author giveaway.  I love the author's play list...


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.


Connect With Mariah

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



Giveaway
10.00 Amazon Gift Card
10.00 Starbucks Gift Card
3 e-book copies Beautiful Failure
5 signed Beautiful Failure Postcards

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Book of the Day for 99 Cents - Warmth in Ice (A Find You in the Dark novella) by A. Meredith Walters

THE 12 NA’S OF CHRISTMAS
.99 CENT SALE!

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!


You can buy any of the 12 NA’s of Christmas titles on Amazon.


***Warmth in Ice is proud to be a part of The 12 NA's of Christmas***
12 New Adult Novellas. 12 Bestselling Authors. November 2013

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


***Spoilers for those who have not read Find You in the Dark or Light in the Shadows***

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 

International: 
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Release Day Giveaway and Excerpt - Enslaved By The Ocean by Bella Jewel

I just started reading Enslaved By The Ocean by Bella Jewel and it's hot.  I am huge fan of her MC Sinners series.  If you didn't read any of her MC/biker books...you must add them to reading list.  Check out excerpt and author giveaway for EBTO.  
*Release day sale $1.99* 



Title: Enslaved By the Ocean
Author: Bella Jewel
Expected Release Date: December 9, 2013
Genre: Adult Contemporary Romance

Synopsis
Indigo is running, she has no other choice. She's done something bad, and there only way to escape it, is to flee her home, and her country. She sets out on a luxury Yacht, to take her to another country with her best friend Eric. But she runs into a problem. 

The Yacht catches fire. 

She ends up stranded in the ocean, terrified, and scared of the uncertain. Until they show up. The pirates. Terrified, Indigo and Eric have to face the reality that this might be the end for them. These are pirates, they are the criminals of the ocean. What chance have they got of surviving this nightmare?

Then she lays eyes on Hendrix. He's the Captain, he's gorgeous, rugged, and mean. He's planning on keeping her to repay his debt to another man, by selling her. Now Indigo has a crazy ex after her, as well as a pirate she can't seem to get out of her head.


Excerpt
“No,” I scream, shoving him so hard he takes two steps back. “I won’t listen to you. All you’re going to do is make me feel incomplete. Do you know that you can do that? Make someone feel so utterly worthless? You touched me like I mattered, and yet you look at me like I’m a sale. I won’t do it. I don’t deserve it. I don’t…”
He’s moving toward me before I can finish, and before I know what’s happening he grips my shoulder and jerks me forward, crushing his lips down on mine. 
My world stops. 
My legs give way.
Hendrix wraps his arms around my waist, holding me up before parting my shocked frozen lips with his tongue. It only takes a moment for me to respond. My entire body is tingling with warmth, my heart is thumping, and my stomach is full of butterflies. I open my mouth to him, and I let him slide his tongue inside. I connect my tongue with his, and finally, I get to taste him. It’s been worth the wait. His lips, his tongue, his mouth: it’s like heaven. The feeling of his stubble on my cheeks is exactly as I imagined.

Author Bio
Bella Jewel is an Aussie girl through and through. She spent her life in Western Australia, growing up in many different areas of the state. She now currently lives in Perth with her husband, children and mass amounts of pets. She's crazy, fun, outgoing and friendly. Writing is her passion, she started at the young age of 18 but finally got the courage up to publish, and her first novel Hell's Knights was released in August 2013.

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Friday, December 6, 2013

Cover Reveal - Finding My Forever (Beaumont Series #3) by Heidi McLaughlin

I am so excited to finally see the cover and read the synopsis for Finding My Forever (Book #3 in the Beaumont series).  I loved the first two books and cant wait to read this one on 12/20.  Yah...early x-mas present!  Check it out.  I LOVE my rock band romances!



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.




Forever My Girl - The Beaumont Series #1 
My Everything - A Beaumont Series Novella
My Unexpected Forever - The Beaumont Series #2 


A USA Today Best Selling Author
An Amazon Best Seller
A Barnes and Noble Best Seller





THE BEAUMONT SERIES

        

STAND ALONE NOVELS

   

Review + Giveaway: Take What You Want (The Rock Gods Series #2) by Ann Lister

Kindle Crack Book Reviews Blog


I have a tripod. I don’t have this kind of tripod…mine is used for selfies and family photos. Well...it turns out that my tripod isn't as sexy as the M/M/F tripod arrangement In Take What You Want (The Rock Gods #2) by Ann Lister. Who knew??? Aside from the panty/jock strap melting steam factor…this story is filled with love, lust, heartbreak and everything in between. WOWWW.... Check out my review and author giveaway of Take What You Want.  HEA/Can be read as a standalone.  Rock God gay erotica....my new guilty pleasure! 


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Synopsis
Mega rock star, Alex “Zander” Metcalf is burned out after nearly two years touring with his band, as well as emotionally drained after his sexual preferences were exposed by the media. He is ready for a long sabbatical – alone, and retreats to the east coast island of Martha's Vineyard; leasing an oceanside estate.

Alex seeks the quiet lifestyle of a recluse to write new material for his band, only to meet the handsome estate manager, Chase, and his gorgeous fiancée, Danni, living in the guest house on his property. Alex's hope of solitude is soon forgotten when he discovers Chase has a repressed bi-sexual side that is aching to surface and Alex is more than happy to help him explore it.


What neither Alex or Chase expects is the emotional power of their chemistry expanding to involve the three of them when Danni becomes entangled in their passion. Alex believes he has finally found his perfect menage relationship with Chase and Danni.


Sometimes two isn't enough and it takes three to complete the union of a fulfilled love. But, will their new relationship be strong enough to survive when real life wants to punish them for their unconventional love? And, can they be confident in the strength of their love to take the 'happily ever after' they can only give each other?


Buy Links
Fall For Me Book 1:  http://www.amazon.com/Fall-Rock-Gods-Ann-Lister-ebook/dp/B00CQWDQA6/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1385330113&sr=1-1&keywords=fall+for+me+ann+lister
Take What You Want Book 2:  http://www.amazon.com/Take-What-Want-Rock-Gods-ebook/dp/B00GF4TBR8/ref=la_B003MNQVYG_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1385329608&sr=1-1

Review of Take What You Want/Kindle Crack Book Reviews
Take What You Want  (The Rock Gods #2)Take What You Want by Ann Lister
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
ARC kindly provided in exchange for a fair and honest review. Spoiler-free. HEA/no cliffhanger. 4.50 – 5.00 stars. This book can be read as a stand alone.

I have a tripod. Well I don’t have this kind of tripod. My tripod is used for selfies and family photos. Well...it turns out that my tripod isn't as sexy as the M/M/F tripod arrangement In Take What You Want (The Rock Gods #2) by Ann Lister. Who knew?

Xander (Alex) is a smoking hot bisexual rock God who leaves LA for some much needed R&R.  He rents a house and meets Chase, the hot property manager. Chase lives on the rental property guest house with his fiancée Danni.  Danni leaves their home for a few months to finish school.  Before she takes off she has a conversation with Chase about his attraction to men after she catch him watching gay porn.  She encourages him to explore this side of himself before they get married.

Alex suspects Chase is also bi and is very attracted to him.  Chase reluctantly tells Alex that he has always been bi-curious.  The two men become fast friends their budding attraction starts to become undeniable. Well one thing leads to another and the two men act on their nuclear chemistry (Thanks for melting my Kindle screen Ann ; ) Alex wants to meet Danni when she returns from school.  He is eager to see if they can turn this relationship into a tripod since they are both like P&A. Can this unlikely union work? Does Chase want to share Danni? Does Danni even want to hook up with someone other than her fiancée? Can Chase have his sweet piece of rock god man cake and eat it to? Can Alex finally find love with a couple? I’m not spoiling this one.

Aside from the panty/jock strap melting steam factor…this story is filled with love, lust, heartbreak and everything in between. Ann Lister nailed all of the angst of the trios’ journey into pursuing this alternative lifestyle/union. I will say I didn’t connect with Danni as much as I did with Chase and Alex. Her involvement with Alex didn’t seem as authentic and intense.

I totally understand that gay erotica isn’t for everyone.  Hell, vanilla erotica isn’t for everyone ;).  If you want to give it a whirl…check out this series. Ann Lister is a rock star of a writer.  Fall For Me (Book #1) is also equally amazing. This woman can write blistering hot, gay, toe curling erotica! I’m dying for the next book.  Take What You Want is absolute Kindle Crack. ❤❤❤❤❤

This review appears on https://www.kindlecrack.net, www.facebook.com/Kindlecrack, Goodreads, Amazon, and Twitter.



Favorite Quotes:
You already know I love Chase,” Alex said. “But, I'm in love with you, too; have been since the night you finally relented and kissed me.”

What they were offering was everything he'd always hoped he'd find with another man and a woman. It seemed surreal for that to be happening with the one couple he didn't want to live without – ever. He'd no longer be disposable. He'd belong to them equally, as they would belong to him. Three equal parts. And, he loved it.


“I'm yours, both of you. Forever.”

“I love you,” Alex whispered. “With everything I am. Heart and soul.”


About The Author:
Ann Lister is a native New Englander currently living on the island of Martha's Vineyard with her husband. She has pulled details from her years living in the New England area and uses many local settings and landmarks in her novels.
After graduating art school and raising two daughters, she established her own video production company. Her nearly two decades working in video production included work within the music industry and won her a coveted Telly Award. It was this 'behind-the-scenes' exposure to the music world that inspired many of her novels.
In 2013 she released Book One of her new rock star series: The Rock Gods. Book One is titled, Fall For Me. This novel is her first full-length gay, erotic romance and it is also a Finalist novel for the 2013 Rainbow Award.
Book Two in the Rock Gods series is titled, Take What You Want. This story is a m/m/f menage and released in early November 2013. Book Three, titled: Make You Mine, is expected to release in Spring of 2014. When not writing, she enjoys reading, creating stained glass, and traveling.

Social Links:
Facebook Author Page:  https://www.facebook.com/ann.macconnelllister?fref=ts
Twitter: @AnnListerAuthor
Goodreads Author Page:   https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/519355.Ann_Lister?from_search=true

Giveaway
4-$25 Amazon Gift Cards and 5 ebooks of Take What You Want

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