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Thursday, March 31, 2016

NEW RELEASE REVIEW: Hardball by C.D. Reiss

Check out my review of Hardball by C.D. Reiss.  I liked this OCD-infused sports romance!


Title: Hardball
Author: C.D. Reiss
Release Date: March 29, 2016
Goodreads:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24982471-hardball


Buy Link:
Amazon - http://amzn.to/1qeAXea 

Synopsis:
Perfect ass.
Perfect arms.
Perfect swagger.
They call Dash Wallace the Diamond King.
He’s the hottest commodity in baseball and in the bedroom.
When he runs the bases, every woman’s eyes are glued to his stunning body and a smile that puts the night lights to shame.
I’m no queen. I’m a regular girl with a regular job. I just watch him on TV and from the bleachers, season after season.
Girls like me grab a guy like that one in a million times.
My number just came up, and he is as spectacular in bed as he is on the field.
But there’s not a woman in the world who can distract Dash Wallace from the game. Not for a moment. Not even me.
Until the night I do. And everything changes. 
Hardball is a SMOKING HOT, SEXY romance with a touch of angst and a ton of heart from CD Reiss. It's a fun, witty, full-length standalone meant for the over-eighteen crowd. 

Review of Hardball
HardBallHardBall by C.D. Reiss
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
4.00 stars
Title: Hardball
Author: CD Reiss
Release Date: March 29, 2016
No cliffhanger

Dash is a dirty talking professional baseball player who falls for an inner-city school librarian...or does he? Vivian is unsure if Dash is obsessed with her or if he is just using her as a good luck charm.

Is Dash an OCD (Obsessive Cocky Dick) or does this sexy shortstop suffer from real OCD symptoms? Will his ritualistic behavior cost him his career or will he finally hit a home run with “the one”? Check out this sweet and sexy hardballin romance!

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

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COVER REVEAL: Broken Girl by Gretchen de la O

I just added Broken Girl to my tbr!  Read an excerpt below.
BROKEN GIRL
by Gretchen de la O
A standalone Contemporary Romance
RELEASE DATE:
Friday, April 29th, 2016
COVER DESIGNED BY:
Perfect Pear Creative Covers (Sommer Stein)
GOODREADS LINK: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28582130-broken-girl

BROKEN GIRL SYNOPSIS:
My name is ROSE NEWTON, and I sell my body on the streets of San Francisco. I’m what you call society's dirty little secret. On the outside, I'm in control, the woman who makes her own rules and gives nothing away for free. Inside, I’m broken and numb. Torn and shattered by my past, my life is nothing more than the lost fragments of what's left of me.

SHANE WEST represents everything that’s foreign to me. He’s brave, kind, funny, gorgeous and persistent. When fate brings us face to face, an undeniable attraction blazes between us. He becomes the constant I've never had and the only man I'll ever trust.

There is nothing simple about falling in love when you're keeping a secret like mine.
  
BROKEN GIRL EXCERPT:
Time is bending my trust, breaking me before he brushes the back of his fingers against my lips. His touch startles me at first, but tracing his fingers on the outside curve of my lower lip soothes me.

“What if I can’t trust?” I ask in a hushed whisper.

“You can,” he answers, dragging his fingers along the outline of my jaw and down across my collarbone.

“What if it’s not in me?” I ask, still blindfolded and feet tangle in the sheet.

“You have everything you’ll ever need, right here.” he answers rubbing the tips of his fingers in circles between my breasts. My heart reaches for his touch as it leaps and crashes against my chest.

“You don’t understand, Mister, I need to have a sense of control.”

“Rosebud, control is an illusion, it’s a decision to trust a certain outcome. All you have to do is trust me and you’ll have all the control you need.”

I want his words to soothe me, and his calm, direct voice to caress the strength within me cowering at letting go of my scars. I want to trust him. I crave to taste the freedom he wants to give me. I want him to save me from a future tucked under cracked sidewalks, cold gutters and from ever having to fuck another man for a penance. I try and convince myself that he wants to keep me off the streets.

AUTHOR BIO:
Gretchen de la O, is the mother of three amazing young men, the wife of Mr. Big O, and the writer of romantically unique stories. A proclaimed positive energy infuser by people who know her, when Gretchen isn’t writing, parenting or teaching children computers, you will find her talking to people about discovering their creative process. Gretchen is a firm believer that anything is possible if you set your mind to it; and what you expect out of life, always finds a way of showing up. Want to be inspired, follow her inspirational posts on her Facebook page.

Gretchen released her first novel, Almost Eighteen in September of 2011, the first in a three book new adult student/teacher romance, The Wilson Mooney Series. In November of 2012, she followed with book two, Eighteen at Last, and concluded the series with Beyond Eighteen in October, 2013. Her Fourth novel, PROTOTYPE, a romantic suspense, first book in the Possession Series was released in October, 2014. BROKEN GIRL, Gretchen’s fifth novel, is a standalone contemporary romance slated to be released April 29th, 2016. Please visit Gretchen at www.gretchendelao.com.

AUTHOR LINKS:

Website: www.gretchendelao.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/booksbygretchendelao
Twitter: www.twitter.com/GretchendelaO
Instagram: www.instagram.com/GretchendelaO
Pinterest: www.pinterest.com/delaogk
Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/gdelao


Gretchen de la O
Author of The Wilson Mooney and Possession Series. Available now at Amazon, Barnes & Noble and iBooks.
COMING IN APRIL 2016 ... Broken Girl.
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COVER REVEAL: Stay with Me by Kelly Elliott

STAY WITH ME
By: Kelly Elliott
Release Day : May 12, 2016
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29735347-stay-with-me 

Life moves on. 
Only people who have never lost anyone they loved with all their heart can blindly believe those words. 
What if I didn’t want to move on? What if I wanted to wake up every morning with that familiar ache in my chest, knowing I’d never see her again? 
But, life can change in a moment.
I knew that better than anyone … So, when I couldn’t get those mesmerizing green eyes out of my head, I decided to do something about it. 
Would one night with her be enough, or would my heart decide it was finally time to move on from the past? 


ABOUT KELLY ELLIOTT
Kelly Elliott is married to a wonderful Texas cowboy who has a knack for making her laugh almost daily and supports her crazy ideas and dreams for some unknown reason...he claims it's because he loves her!
She’s also a mom to an amazing daughter who is constantly asking for something to eat while her fingers move like mad on her cell phone sending out what is sure to be another very important text message.
In her spare time she loves to sit in her small corner overlooking the Texas hill country and write. 
One of her favorite things to do is go for hikes around her property with Gus....her chocolate lab and the other man in her life, and Rose, her golden retriever. When Kelly is not outside helping the hubby haul brush, move rocks or whatever fun chore he has in store for her that day, you’ll find her inside reading, writing or watching HGTV.

LINKS:
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/KellyElliottAuthor
Twitter: @author_kelly
Website: http://www.kellyelliottauthor.com/
Amazon Author Page: http://www.amazon.com/Kelly-Elliott/e/B00EUIN5XC/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1413213230&sr=8-2-ent 

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6581091.Kelly_Elliott
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NEW RELEASE REVIEW: Unseen Messages by Pepper Winters

This story was inspired by real events that took place 2015.  Random fact about me: I was in an emergency plane crash landing in 1996. It was one of the worst moments in my life. Obviously, I survived.  No HOT guys on my flight but I lived :) I’m going to spell out my message to you - READ THIS BOOK. Check out my review of Unseen Messages. 

From New York Times Bestseller Pepper Winters comes a timeless love story answering the question of what happens when everything is stripped away.


"There is a message for everything. From handwritten to verbal, seen and unseen. Messages exist all around us."
But what if you don't see?
What if you don't understand?
What if, by ignoring the message, your life is never the same again?
Estelle Evermore morphed from nobody to somebody overnight.
Galloway Oak put his past behind him and endeavored to make his fortune using his trade.
Two strangers.
One plane.
Multiple unseen messages.
From sky to island, they find neither fame nor skills can save them. Stripped from society and left alone to survive the elements, the very task of staying alive outweighs all other needs.
Until survival turns to desire.
And desire turns to danger.

Buy Links:
Amazon: http://amzn.to/1RJ1sof
Amazon.co.uk: http://amzn.to/22FGmw2
Amazon.com.au: http://bit.ly/1RE1BmA
Amazon.com.ca: http://amzn.to/1Rybh53
iBooks: http://apple.co/1TOssyM
Barnes & Noble: http://bit.ly/1m8VUou
Kobo: http://bit.ly/1YiIbaD
Google Play: http://bit.ly/1Yoo36Z
Goodreads: http://bit.ly/1I7kv7n
Paperback: http://amzn.to/1TfuhI3

Review:
Unseen MessagesUnseen Messages by Pepper Winters
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Writing my spoiler free review now. Pepper Winters...wow just wow!

5.0 stars
Title: Unseen Messages
Authors: Pepper Winters
Release Date: March 30, 2016
No cliffhanger

Note from Author: The following novel is a blend of truth and fable. The messages truly happened; the outcome & subsequent fate did not. This story was inspired by my flight home in 2015. Each thing that happened, happened to me. Each issue and fear was my own experience, right down to the clothes Estelle wears, to what she shoves in her pocket. That’s complete truth. What happened afterward... I’ll let the characters tell you their tale.

Unseen Messages is an epic tale of love, loss and survival. Everything happens for a reason. The writing may be "on the wall" but sometimes we don't see or hear those messages. I’m going to spell out my message to you - READ THIS BOOK. A message in a bottle, a note written on a sandy beach or even a video on a cell phone all can tell a story. Estelle and Galloway's story is screaming to be heard and seen!

This book is very different than Pepper’s other books, but equally as memorable. While this was a sensual journey of heart and soul, it wasn’t all about sex on the beach. Don’t get me wrong. There was plenty of hot weather and hot times on the beach in Fiji. Galloway and Estelle’s pent up sexual chemistry, and the essence of their budding relationship was as combustible as plane fuselage burning up in a dark sky. Pepper’s writing is nothing short of brilliant.

I was captivated from the first to the last page for so many reasons. Like, Pepper and the characters in this book, I identified with all of the intense, raw and emotions that course through your system when you think you are going to die on a flight. It’s happened to me, and it’s an experience I will never forget. The pilot announced on my flight that we lost an engine, were leaking oil, and we were coming down hard and fast and had to prepare for a crash landing. Like Estelle (and Pepper), I lined my pants pockets with a few things I felt I needed to survive (if I survived). What did I take with me? A few Valium (I had a script to combat my existing fear of flying), my drivers license and my American Express card. We were made to leave our carry-on bags and take off our shoes so we wouldn’t crush the skulls of others if we were lucky to use the inflatable door slides to deplane. To this day, I always look out for those “unseen messages” and won’t get on a flight if I feel it’s not meant to be. What is meant to be is that you need to one-click this book by Pepper.

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


About Pepper Winters:
Pepper Winters is a NYT and USA Today International Bestseller. She 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 puts up with her love affair with her book boyfriends. She's also honoured to wear the IndieReader Badge for being a Top 10 Indie Bestsellers, best BDSM series voted by the SmutClub, and recently signed a two book deal with Grand Central. Her books are currently being translated into numerous languages and will be in bookstores in the near future.
To be the first to know of upcoming releases, please join Pepper's Newsletter (she promises never to spam or annoy you.)
NEWSLETTER: http://eepurl.com/120b5
Or follow her on her website
www.pepperwinters.com
She loves mail of any kind: pepperwinters@gmail.com
You can stalk her here:
Pinterest/Pepperwinters
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Twitter @pepperwinters
Blog pepperwinters.wordpress.com


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Monday, March 28, 2016

GIVEAWAY & SPOILER FREE REVIEW: Unseen Messages by Pepper Winters

Check out my review of Unseen Messages & enter for a chance to win a copy of on release day on 3/30!

READ THE PROLOGUE CHAPTER 1-2 & 

Title: UNSEEN MESSAGES

Author: Pepper Winters


Genre: Contemporary Romance


Release Date: March 30, 2016


Cover Design by Kellie Dennis at Book Cover By Design



NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR: The following novel is a blend of truth and fable. The messages truly happened; the outcome & subsequent fate did not. This story was inspired by my flight home in 2015. Each thing that happened, happened to me. Each issue and fear was my own experience, right down to the clothes Estelle wears, to what she shoves in her pocket. That’s complete truth. What happened afterward... I’ll let the characters tell you their tale.


PRE-ORDER LINKS:  
AMAZON: http://amzn.to/1RJ1sof
Amazon.co.uk: http://amzn.to/22FGmw2
Amazon.com.au: http://bit.ly/1RE1BmA
Amazon.com.ca: http://amzn.to/1Rybh53
iBooks: http://apple.co/1TOssyM
Barnes & Noble: http://bit.ly/1m8VUou
Kobo: http://bit.ly/1YiIbaD
Google Play: http://bit.ly/1Yoo36Z
Goodreads: http://bit.ly/1I7kv7n
Paperback: http://amzn.to/1TfuhI3


REVIEW:
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Writing my spoiler free review now. Pepper Winters...wow just wow!

5.0 stars
Title: Unseen Messages
Authors: Pepper Winters
Release Date: March 30, 2016
No cliffhanger

Note from Author: The following novel is a blend of truth and fable. The messages truly happened; the outcome & subsequent fate did not. This story was inspired by my flight home in 2015. Each thing that happened, happened to me. Each issue and fear was my own experience, right down to the clothes Estelle wears, to what she shoves in her pocket. That’s complete truth. What happened afterward... I’ll let the characters tell you their tale.

Unseen Messages is an epic tale of love, loss and survival. Everything happens for a reason. The writing may be "on the wall" but sometimes we don't see or hear those messages. I’m going to spell out my message to you - READ THIS BOOK. A message in a bottle, a note written on a sandy beach or even a video on a cell phone all can tell a story. Estelle and Galloway's story is screaming to be heard and seen!

This book is very different than Pepper’s other books, but equally as memorable. While this was a sensual journey of heart and soul, it wasn’t all about sex on the beach. Don’t get me wrong. There was plenty of hot weather and hot times on the beach in Fiji. Galloway and Estelle’s pent up sexual chemistry, and the essence of their budding relationship was as combustible as plane fuselage burning up in a dark sky. Pepper’s writing is nothing short of brilliant.

I was captivated from the first to the last page for so many reasons. Like, Pepper and the characters in this book, I identified with all of the intense, raw and emotions that course through your system when you think you are going to die on a flight. It’s happened to me, and it’s an experience I will never forget. The pilot announced on my flight that we lost an engine, were leaking oil, and we were coming down hard and fast and had to prepare for a crash landing. Like Estelle (and Pepper), I lined my pants pockets with a few things I felt I needed to survive (if I survived). What did I take with me? A few Valium (I had a script to combat my existing fear of flying), my drivers license and my American Express card. We were made to leave our carry-on bags and take off our shoes so we wouldn’t crush the skulls of others if we were lucky to use the inflatable door slides to deplane. To this day, I always look out for those “unseen messages” and won’t get on a flight if I feel it’s not meant to be. What is meant to be is that you need to one-click this book by Pepper.

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

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NEW RELEASE REVIEW: Dare Me by Rebecca Shea is LIVE!

I dare you to not read this new release.  Dare Me was unputdownable! Check out new review.
Title: Dare Me
Author: Rebecca Shea
Release Date: March 28, 2016
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25959432-dare-me

Five coworkers.
Four drinks.
Three glances.
Two fleeting smiles.
One dare.

A dare that will change my life.

That’s all it takes to send me plummeting into the arms of the mysterious Holt Hamilton. Behind his crystal blue eyes is a secret, one that screams danger but calls to me anyway.

My name is Saige Phillips.

I never walk away from a dare.

 Buy Links:
Amazon US: http://amzn.to/1LULS6E
Amazon UK: amzn.to/1pLQdiL
iBooks: apple.co/1QVPzWe
B&N: bit.ly/1U9Pu6P
Kobo: bit.ly/1U9PAeI
GooglePlay: bit.ly/1TY7eCN

Review of Dare Me
Dare Me (Dare Me, #1)Dare Me by Rebecca Shea
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Review to follow.

4.5 - 5.0 stars
Title: Dare Me
Author: Rebecca Shea
Release Date: March 28, 2016
Standalone/No cliffhanger

I DARE you not to get this book :)

A workplace game of “I Dare You” between Saige and her co-workers turns into an explosive night of toe-curling sex with her boss. Saige, a beautiful interior designer, is emotionally detached after violently witnessing a family member's death. She tries to leave it all behind and returns to her old hometown of Chicago. She suffers from PTSD-like symptoms and won’t let herself invest in a relationship where she thinks will end up disappointed. She pushes away Holt, her hot airline company owner/boss.

Can Holt tear down the walls Saige has put around her heart? Will Holt’s secret past destroy his chances for a future with the high-flying airline designer?

Dare Me was unputdownable, and I binge read this book. I needed to know what Holt's secret was. The writer could have taken this book in many different angsty directions and left us with a cliffhanger (I'm so glad she didn't). I like the way this book ended. Dare Me is a solid, sexy, well written fast read. Go one click this one!

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


Rebecca Shea Bio:

Rebecca Shea is the USA Today Bestselling author of the Unbreakable series (Unbreakable, Undone, and Unforgiven) and Broken by Lies . She lives in Phoenix, Arizona with her family and her beagle, Miles. From the time Rebecca could read she has had a passion for books. Rebecca spends her days working full-time and her nights writing, bringing stories to life. Born and raised in Minnesota, Rebecca moved to Arizona in 1999 to escape the bitter winters. When not working or writing, she can be found on the sidelines of her sons football games, or watching her daughter at ballet class. Rebecca is fueled by insane amounts of coffee, margaritas, Laffy Taffy (except the banana ones), and happily ever afters.

Social Media Contacts:
Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/rebeccasheaauthor
Website: http://www.rebeccasheaauthor.com



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Friday, March 25, 2016

COVER REVEAL: Sweetest Venom by Mia Asher

Blaire’s epic love story concludes in Sweetest Venom 
by Mia Asher!
Add to your TBR at: http://bit.ly/1PmvdmR

Cover Designer:  Mae I Design
RELEASE DATE:  April 3rd, 2016

Blurb
Ronan
I fell in love with a lie …
She was beauty and destruction.
Kissing her was a tender song.
Fucking her, a wild poem.
Loving her, my downfall.
But she was mine.
Or so I thought.

Lawrence
I told her I wanted her body
and not her love.
I lied.

Blaire
One man offered me his love.
The other, the world.
I'm falling, falling, falling …
And there's no end in sight. 


Haven’t met Blaire yet? Now is your chance, Easy Virtue is NOW ON SALE!
Grab your $0.99 copy at the following retailers: 
Amazon US: http://amzn.to/22xQIxW
Amazon UK: http://amzn.to/1FOfY2m
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Barnes & Noble: http://bit.ly/1rSEK0k
Kobo: http://bit.ly/1ROEaHo


About the Author:
Mia Asher

My name is Mia Asher.
I'm a writer, a hopeless romantic, a wanderer, a dreamer, a cynic, and a believer. And, oh yes…I might be a bit crazy - but who isn't?

Stalk Her: Facebook | Twitter | Website | Goodreads | Pinterest
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