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Thursday, June 5, 2014

Are you down under? Aussie Author Invasion Event

I love my Aussie authors and wish I was going to this event.    Check out this  amazing list and contact the lovely ladies at Give Me Books Blog for information http://givemebooksblog.blogspot.com.au/


Aussie Author Invasion
June 7th & 8th

We would love you to join us this weekend for our Aussie Author Invasion.
Come and hang out with the following authors:

Lili Saint Germain
Carmen Jenner
Bella Jewel
Missy Johnson
J B Hartnett
Chantal Fernando
Rachel Brookes
Skyla Madi
Lola Stark
Lisa Swallow
Lesley Jones
Aria Cage
Kerri Williams
Becca Lee
Pepper Winters
Belle Aurora
Kylie Scott
Kasey Millstead
Jennifer Ryder
K M Golland
Jani Kay
Nina Levine
Komal Kant
Kate McCarthy
Maya Cross
Kirsty Dallas
B J Harvey (NZ)
Megan Keith
Lilliana Anderson
T J Hamilton
Marita A Hansen (NZ)
Lauren McKellar
Lila Rose
T Gephart
Cari Silverwood

SEE YOU THERE!
Contact the ladies at Give Me Books for more info:
Blog: http://givemebooksblog.blogspot.com.au/

Irrevocable by Skye Callahan - Cover Reveal & eBook Giveaway

I just added Irrevocable by Skye Callahan to my reading list.  Check it out and don't forget to enter Skye's giveaway.

Title: Irrevocable
Author: Skye Callahan
Genre: Dark Erotic Romance
Release Date: July 14.2014
Synopsis
Sometimes when you can’t go back, the only way out is to descend into the darkness.
my Captor
When I woke in that place, I just wanted to survive. But survival came at a cost, for which they demanded my will and body. 
my Master
With pain came acceptance. Fully-dependent on the man who claimed me, I learned to appreciate what I had-life and relative safety.
my Protector
I watched him spill blood and tend my injuries. With betrayal came a revelation.
The only way out was to bring them all down or die trying.
Warning: This isn't your rainbows and love sonnets kind of romance. This story explores topics of abduction and slavery, and contains explicit scenes of dubious consent, graphic violence and sex.


About The Author
Skye Callahan is an Ohio-girl who has spent a lifetime chained to the imaginary worlds of the characters who live in her head. Although it was her interest in paranormal that originally inspired her to pick up the pen, she has recently followed her interest in BDSM and dark romance to venture into other realms of fiction. She currently lives with her husband and two ferrets, who keep her plenty busy when she’s not writing or at the day job where she serves as a Jane-of-all-trades in a non-profit business outreach center.
Mailing List for releases and updates: http://eepurl.com/UW1ET
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Twisted Together by Pepper Winters Review & Giveaway - 5 Stars!




Pepper Winters knocked it out of the park with this final installment in this dark, intense and raw and series.  Check out my review of Twisted Together, excerpt and Pepper's giveaway. This book is an absolute must read.


Title: Twisted Together 
Series: Monsters in the Dark, Book #3 
Author: Pepper Winters 
Genre: Erotic/Dark Contemporary Romance 
Release Date: June 3, 2014 
Tour Organized by: As the Pages Turn 
Tour Schedule Link: http://bit.ly/1rznPPo 

Buy Links:
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00J36CABY 
Amazon UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00J36CABY 
B&N: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/twisted-together-pepper-winters/1119634083 
Kobo: http://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebook/twisted-together-1  
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/id84416894

GoodReads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19015729-twisted-together 

Synopsis: 
"After battling through hell, I brought my esclave back from the brink of ruin. I sacrificed everything--my heart, my mind, my very desires to bring her back to life. And for a while, I thought it broke me, that I'd never be the same. But slowly the beast is growing bolder, and it's finally time to show Tess how beautiful the dark can be." 

Q gave everything to bring Tess back. In return, he expects nothing less. Tess may have leashed and tamed him, but he's still a monster inside. 
After surviving the darkness, a new dawn has begun. Twisted Together wades through black to grey, chasing the light of true love to banish the shadows forever. Pain is a requirement, connection a necessity. But ultimately Q and Tess must face their demons, before they can embrace their future. 

Author Bio: 
Pepper Winters wears many roles. Some of them include writer, reader, sometimes wife. She loves dark, taboo stories that twist with your head. The more tortured the hero the better and she constantly thinks up ways to break and fix her characters. Oh, and sex… her books have sex. 

She loves to travel and has an amazing, fabulous hubby (who speaks French—hot!) who puts up with her love affair with her book boyfriends. She loves to hear from her readers so hit her up at 
pepperwinters@gmail.com 

Author Social links: 
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Pepper-Winters/539976006062848 
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PepperWinters 
Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/pepperwinters/boards/ 
Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7151973.Pepper_Winters 
Website: http://pepperwinters.com/ 

Review of Monsters in the Dark
Twisted Together (Monsters in the Dark, #3)Twisted Together by Pepper Winters
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Title: Twisted Together
Series: Monsters in the Dark, Book #3 (series must be read in order)
Author:  Pepper Winters
Release Date: June 3, 2014
Rating: 5+ stars  
Cliffhanger: No

What a twisted journey.  Pepper Winters knocked it out of the park with this final installment in this dark, intense and raw and series.
I'm just blown away and still awash in some roller coaster ride in Q & Tess’ dark abyss.  I just finished this book last night…WOW. On a scale of 1 to effed up…Q & Tess have clearly surpassed effed up.

To me was the beauty of this story was watching the metamorphosis of Q.  Q will always be a pain inflicting, sexually charged monster with a heart of gold.  As he shed some of own pain, he was able to let some light into his darkness and have some of his personal demons fly free.  Then there was Tess...finally letting go of her own fears and going toe-to-toe with a devil in the flesh. Tess and Q embraced the dark and light in their lives together to find true happiness Twisted Together. Q & Tess’ special brand of heaven and hell is like no other.

There were a few scenes that gave me a heart attack and their wedding left me speechless. At times I felt like was on a sex crazed spin cycle of madness, and it did get a little repetitious.  I guess it could be justified...it's what they did best - bite, smack, bleed, screw...repeat. Pepper managed to peel back a few more layers of crazy, and we finally learn why Q is the way he is.

I know some readers might compare this series to Captive in The Dark by CJ Roberts or Consequences by Aleatha Romig...but it's very different.  Twisted Together is my favorite book in this trilogy and a must read for any dark erotica fan. 5 dark stars!

This review appears on www.kindlecrack.net, www.facebook.com/Kindlecrack, Goodreads, Amazon and Twitter. A review copy of this book was kindly provided by the author in exchange for an honest review.




TOUR WIDE GIVEAWAY: 
Pepper is offering up the prizes below for grabs. Giveaway ends at 11:59 PM CST 06/22/2014. 
1 x Signed set of Monsters in the Dark series 
3 x Swag Packs 
2 x Signed bookplates & stickers 
2 x Ribbon bookmarks 
5 x eBook copy of any Pepper Winter's title (winner's choice) 

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Excerpt:
I shook my head. I didn’t understand. All I understood was his voice had the power to make me come. The deep tenor vibrated through my heart, sending tiny orgasms exploding in my veins. 

I needed to be touched. I needed to be kissed. 

Kiss him. Let him know. 

Launching upright, I splashed a wave over the tub. Q jerked back, but wasn’t fast enough. Wrapping my arms around his neck, I dragged him down toward me. His hand slipped on the rim, plunging his arms into the water, landing on either side of my body. 

His mouth opened to curse, but I swallowed whatever he said. My lips stole his, and the moment I tasted him, I went a little mad. 

My core squeezed with delirium, demanding to be filled. My eyes rolled back at the sheer bliss of kissing. 

Are You Going Under?

I love Georgia Cates' Beauty From Pain series. Did you read her other popular YA/NA series -  Going Under (Book #1) and Shallow (Going Under #2)? I am embarrassed to say I haven't read them yet...but seeing these new covers reminded me to bump them up on my reading list.  Georgia added a few new sexy scenes to both books as well. 

NEW Covers for the Going Under Series
Mature YA/NA genre with new sexy scenes



By NYT Bestselling
Author Georgia Cates


Buy Link: Amazon

Jesse Boone is a self-proclaimed bad boy and
doesn’t march to the beat of anyone’s drum but his own. Growing up in less than
desirable circumstances has made him no stranger to the hard knock life but his
determination to leave it behind is fervent. He sees an opportunity to snag a
college football scholarship when he’s transferred to East Franklin High School
but Forbes Henderson has other plans. The player Jesse intends to replace doesn’t
plan on giving up his spot as starting quarterback so a rivalry is born. Jesse
is determined to show his nemesis that he’s not only going to take his position
as first string quarterback, he’s going to take his girl, too.

Claire Deveraux is perfection at its best. She’s
beautiful, intelligent, and unaware she just became Jesse Boone’s conquest to
settle a score with her boyfriend. Like her flawless performance as the perfect
daughter and student, Claire’s production of being the perfect girlfriend has
everyone fooled, except Jesse Boone. She fears this tattooed bad boy will see
her secret desire to explore his crude threats and promises of rocking her
perfect world. If she decides to give in to one uninhibited moment with Jesse,
will she learn too late that it was all an act of vengeance or will Jesse learn
that the taste of first love is sweeter than that of revenge?

Buy Link: Amazon

Payton Archer is looking for love––the true, mad,
deep kind. She’s given up on finding it, at least until she leaves for college
because she’s certain that is where she’ll find the ideal guy to fit into her
perfect world. Her summer plans include nothing more than three uneventful
months of fun but it turns out to be anything but ordinary when Payton meets
Nick Hawke, one of Jesse’s old Collinsville friends. She’s shocked by her
immediate and intense attraction for “Hawke” because nothing about him is on
her checklist for the perfect love. Sure, he’s hot and sexy but he comes from
Collinsville and that is definitely not on her list of prerequisites.
Everything about him makes Payton’s heart speed. He’s exciting and dangerous
but his fast car and chance taking aren't what scares Payton the most. It’s the
way Nick Hawke makes her feel every time he looks at her. Can Payton find the
courage to leave the safe, shallow end of love and risk going under completely?

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.



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Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Before He Was Famous by Becky Wicks - Release Week eBook Giveaway


I love rock star romance books.  I just added Before He Was Famous by Becky Wicks to my reading list.  Check out the synopsis and enter to win 1 of 10 ebook copies!  
Title: Before He Was Famous
Author: Beck Wicks
Release Date: May 29, 2014
Goodreads Link: 

Blurb
Falling in love with your best friend isn’t always a great idea, especially when he’s Noah
Lockton - the sexiest, most famous new talent on the planet. When 21-year-old small-
town photographer Chloe Campbell is offered the chance of a lifetime – to join her
celebrity childhood friend Noah on tour as an exclusive blogger for a New York magazine
– she’s certain both have put what happened four years ago behind them. But his eyes
still burn; his voice is still a jackhammer to her heartstrings; all his songs are about her.
Is it possible that that night still haunts them both?

The music industry is a machine, spinning hype and rumors as much as his records. It’s
not just Noah’s girlfriends who’ve got it in for Chloe (there’s no stopping the Twitter-
obsessed, cat-loving pop-star Courtney Lentini for starters). Pretty soon, the jealousy
and media frenzy surrounding these so-called-friends takes a life-changing turn and it
seems making love means making enemies at every turn. When tragedy threatens to
pull the final curtain on their relationship, both Chloe and Noah must make a choice.

As much as this world leaves them starstruck, is living their dream really worth living
without each other?

A story of lifelong friendships, love and hope, set in a world of celebrity, fame and social
media gone very, very wrong.

Author Bio
Becky Wicks is a HarperCollins author going indie! Itchy feet has led her to live and work
all over the world since leaving England at age 21, including NYC, Sydney, Bali, South
America and Dubai. Right now she’s scribbling the second book in the HotFlush series
in Vietnam, and will soon be in Vancouver if any hot Canadian men want to make her a
cup of tea?

Becky has also written three funny travel books about her time in Dubai, Bali and South
America (HarperCollins). Her first book, Burqalicious - The Dubai Diaries, her second
book, Balilicious - The Bali Diaries and her third, Latinalicious -The South America Diaries
are out now as ebooks.

Becky has also written a comedy romance with author Sarah Alderson under the name
Lola Salt, called The Extraordinary Life of Lara Craft (not Croft) which should raise a
giggle or two... think Bridget Jones if Jackie Collins had written it!

Follow her on twitter at bex_wicks and her blog www.beckywicks.com

Author Links:
Facebook author page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Becky-Wicks-Author/
242645109127479?ref=hl
Twitter: bex_wicks
Blog: www.beckywicks.com
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21936562-before-he-was-famous
Google+ https://plus.google.com/u/0/+BeckyWicksauthor/posts

Excerpt:
Let me guess. When you say the name Noah Lockton, you see him standing with one
of a hundred guitars around his neck, glistening with sweat in the glare of the stage
lights.

You see him grinning, maybe on a pap shot, maybe snapped on a red carpet,
smiling at you from the middle of a magazine. You see him in the spotlight; hot in
more ways than one, right?

You see shouting headlines, hear the shrieks of infatuated fans, visualize
the vacuous presenters buffing up his ego on all those TV channels and him batting
away compliments like they're bees. You see bulbs flashing, neon flickering,
videos playing on loop everywhere. They're in the gym, on the seatback screens of
airplanes; in your Facebook sidebar when you're messaging your friends.

You hear his music, obviously. How could you not? It's everywhere. His
voice is everywhere. You know the stats. Noah Lockton. Twenty-three. Five-foot-
eleven, messy brown curls and steel-gray eyes. Pisces. You think you know him, this
superstar, guitar-playing rock star.

But there are some things you don't know about Noah Lockton.

You don't know how proud he was that time, to have made me a cake out of
Lego, mud and toothpaste. How when he was eight, he sat up in the tree house for
three whole days after Prairie died. I was freaking out that if the dog fell down from
heaven no one else would be as close to the sky to catch him. Noah just didn't want
anyone else to see him cry. So we sat up there together, neither of us saying a word.

Just holding hands.

You don't know how crazy he made me, teaching me guitar till my fingers
bled. How we perfected the art of burping the entire first Britney Spears single
together after four cans of Diet Coke and convinced a radio station to put us on air.

You don't know how his arms felt wrapped around me when my world came
crashing down; how I clung to the feeling of him inside me, filling me up; bringing
me back to life again when all I could feel otherwise was numb.

You don't know how we avoid the subject now.

When we were kids, his dad said his eyes were so shiny in all my photos
because of all the stars inside them.

Noah was always going to shine.

He was always going to be mine.

But sometimes even I forget the way things were before he was famous.

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10 eCopies of Before He Was Famous

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Revealed: The Missing Years (Book #4 Consequences series) by Aleatha Romig - New Title NAME

Revealed: The Missing Years (Book #4 Consequences series) has a brand new cover. This book was originally released under in the Behind His Eyes series but is not a companion novel.   Book four completely wraps of this series with the points of view of Tony’s men, new information, the untold aftermath and a look into the future.  This book blew me away!

Previously titled Behind His Eyes Convicted: The Missing Years

Read my 6+ star review here

Previously titled Behind His Eyes Convicted: The Missing Years

Book #4 of the Consequences Series: 
The unexpected fourth novel of the Consequences Series, REVEALED: The Missing Years is...

“The captivating missing piece that completes one of the most intricate, enthralling, and suspenseful stories I’ve ever read.” – Vilma’s Book Blog 

Readers saw what happened on that fateful afternoon at the Rawlings Estate and heard about the aftermath. This fourth novel of the series is told through the men in Claire Nichols’ life and fills in the gap of time that was only previously mentioned. Like dominoes falling in a line, REVEALED allows readers to experience the shocking repercussions one by one, and witness their effect on everyone in the game. 

Share the struggle as Anthony Rawlings fights for what is his, as the crashing consequences of his past threatens to change his world forever. Join Harrison Baldwin as he discovers the truth that threatens his beliefs, and John 

Vandersol as he come to terms with his revelations. Witness as Phillip Roach decides with whom his loyalties lie, and Brent Simmons demonstrates the meaning of friendship—no matter the cost. 

Readers of this series survived the Consequences, learned the Truth, and know who was Convicted. Is that all?

“Hell to the NO! REVEALED: The Missing Years fills in more blanks than you could have imagined.”- Schmexy Girl 

Book Blog
Do not assume that Tony and Claire’s story is complete, because beyond the conclusion of Convicted there is more to be REVEALED!

(Previously titled Behind His Eyes Convicted: The Missing Years)

Buy & Author Links:
Amazon: http://amzn.to/1kkm0Of
iBooks: http://bit.ly/1iHrEfI

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AleathaRomig
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5131072.Aleatha_Romig
Blogspot: http://aleatharomig.blogspot.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/AleathaRomig



About the Author:
Aleatha Romig is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, who has been voted

#1 "New Author to Read" on Goodreads, July 2012 - Present! 
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 seven 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 heroes/ anti-heroes 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. Then in October of 2012, Ms. Romig re-released CONSEQUENCES as an indie author. TRUTH, the sequel, was released October 30, 2012, and CONVICTED, the third in the series, was released October 8, 2013. Unexpectedly, the fourth book of the Consequences series came to life with 

Behind His Eyes Convicted: THE MISSING YEARS. It is the fourth full-length novel in the series. It explores the missing years in Convicted that previously were only mentioned as well as a complete character glossary and timeline. THE MISSING YEARS will be released May 20, 2014. 

Aleatha also wrote reading companions for the Consequences Series. BEHIND HIS EYES CONSEQUENCES (Book 1.5) and BEHIND HIS EYES TRUTH (Book 2.5) are currently available for those time and scenes when the readers asked, “What was he thinking?” These companions also contain never before behind the scenes scenes.

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.


Tuesday, June 3, 2014

There's Wild, Then There's You (The Wild Ones #3) by M. Leighton is LIVE - Release Day Giveaway & Excerpt




Welcome to our release day celebration for There's Wild, Then There's You! Be sure to check out the exclusive excerpt and don't forget to enter the giveaway





TitleThere's Wild, Then There's You (The Wild Ones #3)
Author: M. Leighton
Age group: New Adult
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Print Length: 304 pages
Publisher: Berkley (June 3, 2014)

ISBN: 0425267822 (ISBN13: 9780425267820)
ASIN: B00H87RODE

Retailers: Amazon US | Barnes and Noble  | iTunes
Goodreads

He’s someone she can’t trust…

She’s someone he thinks he knows…

Violet Wilson is a wallflower. Shy, serious, and accident-prone, she’s got a bad habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. The night she’s forced to pose with her friend might just be the worst time of all—that’s when she meets Jet Blevins. She knows better than to get involved with someone like him, but he touches her in ways she never expected, neverwanted before.


On the outside, Jet is a typical rocker, an arrogant lead guitarist who unapologetically lives a wild lifestyle. But on the inside, he’s battling demons and using the stage to escape the troubles of his past and the addictions of his present. Until the night he sees Violet standing at the back of the room. She brings his life into focus. She knows his secrets. She’s the girl he can’t forget, and the one thing he craves more than his addiction.

But can they ever hope to have a future when their very foundation is nothing but lies?




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EXCERPT

Jet
“What was all that?”
“What was what?”

“All that posturing down there? Is that why you brought me? To have your own groupie?”

“What? What the hell are you talking about?”

“All the special attention, all the sweet touching and singing to me like that. I’ve never felt more used.”

“I wasn’t using you, Violet.”

“Then what were you doing? You’ve never acted like that before.”

“I didn’t realize it would bother you.”

“It bothers me because you did it as part of your show.”

“Trust me. That had absolutely nothing to do with my show.”

“Of course it did! Why else would you act like that?”

Thoughts of the way Rand was looking at her, of the ways I know  he was thinking of touching her, gets my anger fired back up again. I turn toward Violet, stepping in closer, my face inches from hers. “You wanna know why? I’ll tell you why. It had nothing to do with me putting on a show. It had everything to do with that slimy asshole hitting on you. It was pissing me off.”

“What? Because some random guy was flirting with me? That’s ridiculous!”

“Is it? Is it ridiculous that I hated the way he talked to you? Is it ridiculous that it made me want to rip out his eyes out every time he looked at you? Is it ridiculous that I wanted to kill him when you smiled at him?”

Violet shrinks back, away from my anger. “Jet, I’m sure that was just part of the way he does business.”

“The hell it was! He wanted you, and it was eating me up inside. That is why I was touching you. I wanted him to know that you are mine.”

Violet’s voice is soft. “But I’m not yours.”

I take a few long, deep, ragged breaths. “But that doesn’t mean I don’t want you to be.”

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Series reading order: The Wild Ones
Wild Child (novella)
Some Like It Wild
There’s Wild, Then There’s You (coming June 3, 2014)



About Michelle:
New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author, M. Leighton, is a native of Ohio. She relocated to the warmer climates of the South, where she can be near the water all summer and miss the snow all winter. Possessed of an overactive imagination from early in her childhood, Michelle finally found an acceptable outlet for her fantastical visions: literary fiction. Having written over a dozen novels, these days Michelle enjoys letting her mind wander to more romantic settings with sexy Southern guys, much like the one she married and the ones you'll find in her latest books. When her thoughts aren't roaming in that direction, she'll be riding wild horses, skiing the slopes of Aspen or scuba diving with a hot rock star, all without leaving the cozy comfort of her office.

Michelle loves to hear from readers! You can find her (and she will chat your ear off) here:
Website : Blog : FB : GR : Twitter





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