Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Cover Reveal: MOORE THAN FOREVER by Julie A. Richman

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An Adult Contemporary Romance
By Julie A. Richman


(Needing Moore Series, Book 3)
Releasing February 2014
In this third and final book in the Needing Moore Series trilogy, Schooner Moore and Mia Silver must learn how to grow together and fight together as a team to hold onto their second chance love. Continually stumbling on roadblocks and ghosts from their past, can Schooner and Mia take the lessons they've learned and use them to forge a future together. 



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  About the Author... I must've been 5 or 6 when I started writing "stories". I would write them and hide them. Not wanting anyone to see my "secret" thoughts. I needed to write -even back then. Now I'm just not hiding them anymore. Is that a sign of maturity? Nah .... Writer, photographer, insatiable wanderluster, edge-player, foodie, music addict, pop culture fanatic, animal lover, warrior for the rights of people and planet, and avid cusser (am a Native New Yorker, so very little offends me ... and if I am offended, it must be pretty freaking bad .. like bad grammar!). I am big believer in signs and if we keep ourselves open, there are guideposts all along the way. Stay humble. Be true. Be you. Life is not a dress rehearsal ... 
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Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Tour Stop: THE DESTINY OF VIOLET AND LUKE by Jessica Sorensen~ Review/Giveaway



Title: The Destiny of Violet and Luke
Author: Jessica Sorensen
Tour hosted by: Shh Mom's Reading

Synopsis
Luke Price's life has always been about order, control, and acting tough on the outside. For Luke, meaningless relationships are a distraction-a way to tune out the twisted memories of his childhood. He desperately wishes he could forget his past, but it haunts him no matter what he does.

Violet Hayes has had a rough life. When she was young, she was left with no family and the memory of her parents' unsolved murders. She grew up in foster homes, living with irresponsible parents, drugs, and neglect, and trying to fight the painful memories of the night her parents were taken from her. But it's hard to forget when she never got closure-and she can't stop dreaming about what happened that tragic night. To make it through life, she keeps her distance from everyone and never allows herself to feel anything.

Then Violet meets Luke. The two clash instantly, yet they can't seem to stay away from each other. Although they fight it, they both start to open up and feel things they've never felt before. They discover just how similar they are. But they also discover something else: The past always catches up with you . . .


Excerpt
I get distracted, though, as she lets her head fall to the side and her arms come up and wind around the back of my neck, her movements owning me. I get a glimpse of the back of her neck and the dragon and two stars tattooed on her skin. I haven’t fucked very many girls with tattoos but good God I need to start because it’s mind-blowingly sexy. I slide my palms around to the front of her stomach and I crush our bodies together. Heat blares through me as the smell of her blends with the alcohol in my system and it makes the hunger and overpowering need inside me feel like it belongs there.
Her hair is swept over her shoulder and her neck is just inches away from my lips. The desire to suck and bite at her skin is intoxicating and without contemplation over what I’m doing or what it’ll mean, my lips part and my tongue slides out along her skin. It’s not like I’ve never licked a girl’s neck before. I have many times, just like I’ve kissed and fucked many times. Usually it drowns out any noise inside my head, but right now I can still hear all of it, if not more. It’s louder. Sharper. More potent and I’m afraid I’m going to lose myself, lose control. But it’s almost like my mouth is being magnetized to her skin and I start sucking on her neck, nipping and grazing my teeth gently along it. With the way her muscles tense, I half expect her to turn around and punch me in the jaw. I sort of wish she would so I’d walk away…at least I think I would…I might actually want to stay more. But instead her head falls to the side, giving me access to devour the taste of her.
My hand wanders up her ribs, across her breast, her nipple hardening underneath the thin fabric. I graze my thumb across it and then move my hand all the way up to the hollow of her neck. She groans as I press my fingers gently into her collarbone and leans back against my chest, putting her weight against me. Reality starts to blur away as I move my hand down her body to her leg and start pulling the fabric of her dress up, desperate to slip my fingers inside her and make her groan louder.
“God, you’re so beautiful…” I breathe against her neck as my hand reaches her upper thigh.

Review
My only thought after finishing this one was WTF? Why? Just why? Why must this author always take me to such a dark place and then leave me there until the next book? The answer is because she can, and that's what makes it better in my mind. She is that good. She can tell a story in such a way that you get lost in her words and never realize how much it affected you until you stop reading.


 I loved these two characters. At the beginning, as a parent, I wanted to fix them. I wanted to bring them back to a place where they felt whole as a person. The angsty story lover in me just wanted to leave them as is and see where they landed. Of course the story lover got her wish.

 Yes, I was left with many unanswered questions and the story wasn't all rainbows and sunshine but it gets 5 stars from me. (Please let there be another book!) 

~Christy



About the author...
The New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, Jessica Sorensen, lives in the snowy mountains of Wyoming. When she's not writing, she spends her time reading and hanging out with her family.

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Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Release Day Blitz: COME TO ME QUIETLY by A.L. Jackson


HAPPY RELEASE DAY TO A.L JACKSON AND HER NEW BOOK COME TO ME QUIETLY!
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SynopsisFrom the acclaimed bestselling author of Lost to You and When We Collide comes a new adult novel of one woman’s obsession: a man who’s as passionate as he is elusive—and as tempting as he is trouble.… Aleena Moore is haunted by Jared Holt. It’s been six years since she’s seen her brother’s best friend, the self-destructive bad boy she secretly loved in high school. As the years pass, she knows it’s time to move on. Time to decide between a practical nursing degree and her true dream as an artist. Time to get over Jared and give another guy a chance… Just when she opens her heart to her friend Gabe, Aly returns home to find Jared sleeping on her couch. The teenage boy she loved has grown into a man she can’t resist. Covered in tattoos and lost in rage, he’s begging to be saved from his demons—the memories of the day he destroyed his family. As the two reconnect, their passion is hot enough to torch Aly’s judgment. But can she risk her future for a man who lives on the edge of destruction?

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AboutTheAuthor A.L. Jackson is the New York Times bestselling author of Take This Regret and Lost to You, as well as other contemporary romance titles, including Pulled and When We Collide.
She first found a love for writing during her days as a young mother and college student. She filled the journals she carried with short stories and poems used as an emotional outlet for the difficulties and joys she found in day-to-day life.
Years later, she shared a short story she’d been working on with her two closest friends and, with their encouragement, this story became her first full length novel. A.L. now spends her days writing in Southern Arizona where she lives with her husband and three children. Her favorite pastime is spending time with the ones she loves.
 
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Monday, January 6, 2014

Book Blitz: CONSUMED by Emily Snow

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SynopsisNow that Lucas is back in her life, Sienna is sure the drama between them is over. But then he comes to her with a new offer: his band, Your Toxic Sequel, is going on tour and he wants her with him—working in wardrobe and as his girl. Life on the road is a complete 180 from everything Sienna has ever known. Not only does she have to deal with Lucas’s band members, but she’s also forced to be around Cilla, the lead singer of Wicked Lambs. Still, despite horny band mates and a gorgeous rock goddess determined to sink her talons into Lucas, Sienna stays by his side. Then the letters start to come—harassing messages from Lucas’s ex-wife, Sam. At first, Sienna brushes them off, keeping Lucas in the dark because Sam is bad for his music. But after Sam’s contact turns personal and violent, Sienna has no other choice but to confront Lucas. If she’s ever going to understand the twisted pull Sam has on him, she has to know his secret. But when he finally reveals it, will they be able to survive the consequences? Or will it tear them apart, consuming them? Excerpt “Nice move, Mr. Wolfe,” I mutter under my breath. Tapping my foot rapidly against the floor, I wait for my suitcase to come around on the carousel. Once I locate it, I lug everything to a row of chairs nearby. It’s too hot for me to wait outside for some driver to arrive. No sooner than my butt makes contact with the hard seat do I hear snippets of a conversation between two women who are walking in the direction of the taxi exit. “ . . . I have all of their CDs. I could spot him from a mile away. It was definitely him, and you—you are stifling me!” What the hell? I twist around in time to witness the shorter woman with the black, asymmetrical bob narrow her chocolate brown eyes at the tall, leggy blonde. “And just last night you just said they’re on tour. So which is it, Kate? He’s on tour, or he’s bullshitting around this place?” “Or maybe,” Kate hisses, “Lucas is catching a flight because of his tour.” Lucas is already here? I clamber to my feet, allowing the argument between Kate and her friend to fade into the background as I scan as far as my eyes can see for Lucas. There are couples reuniting all around me, and what appears to be an entire busload of people holding up signs that say “Welcome Home, Gloria,” but no sign of him. I’m about to grab my stuff and go look, but then I see him. Heading directly toward me. His stride a little faster than it normally is, his soft grin entirely too confident, his hazel eyes cocky and yet so full of need. God, that man and those eyes. He’s wearing destroyed jeans and an olive green tee shirt that show off the green flecks in his eyes. His muscular arms hang relaxed by his side, but when he comes close enough for me to breathe in the clean, airy scent of his cologne, I notice that he’s worrying something between the thumb and forefinger of his right hand. I squint down at it as the toes of his Converse brush up against my ballet flats. “Well fuck, Sienna. Looks like you’re more interested in my hands than my face.” But he opens his palm, holding it six inches from my face. My throat constricts when I realize what he’s holding. It’s a guitar pick. Holy hell. “You’re grinding your teeth.” The volume of his voice is barely above a whisper and yet so powerful. “The things I want to do to you for that.” AboutTheAuthorEmily Snow is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the erotic romance series Devoured, which includes Devoured, All Over You, and Consumed, as well as the new adult novel Tidal. She loves books, sexy bad boys, and really loud rock music, so naturally, she writes stories about all three.
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Tour Stop: IT WAS ALWAYS HER CHOICE by Susanne Lovely




Synopsis
The choices Shania made always had consequences. She saved herself for a man who didn’t know how to love her. She ran to escape, all the way to the Greek Isle of Kallos, where she found herself facing a new job, a gorgeous Greek Adonis, and a ruthless, yet anonymous stalker who was out to do her harm. 

The choices she continues to make lead her farther into the clutches of darkness while the choice she left behind won’t let go of her heart and mind. When David, the man she has loved forever meets Stephan, the man who was falling in love with her, sparks fly, secrets are spilled, and decisions have to be made. No matter what, she knows that it is always her choice. 



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The following scene is a bonus scene, unedited and may change.  No one is permitted to copy, distribute, alter, or use any of it, in any way, without expressed consent of the author or her designee.
“Hurry!  Hurry!”  She was so excited!  She scurried about the house picking up dropped clothing and empty dishes left over from the morning fun.  One thing she was sure of was that life with him would never be dull.  He found ways to make her happy in new ways every day.
“I don’t know why you are running around cleaning up in here.  The party is in the barn.”  He wrapped his arms around her from behind, cuddling her gently against him.
“Oh my,” she groaned.  “You never know who might come through that door.”
He swatted her behind, and reminded her that she needed to slow down.  “Time to go.  I want to check things again, make sure it’s all good.”
The big red barn stood out against the evening sky.  When they had decided to have a Valentine’s Day party, it had been her first thought.  Red barn, red heart, red… well red.  Her friend Susan had helped with the planning, both so excited.  This was her project, and the only thing she expected from him or Susan’s husband was that they do the things the girls put on their to-do lists.
Shania was dressed in red, of course.  Her strapless gown dipped low over her full breasts, gathering to embrace her luscious curves in a kiss of silk as the full skirt fell to the floor in a graceful sweep.  She wore red fuck-me heels; he insisted.  Her abundant curls were arranged in a high ponytail that fell in waves around her neck.  He wore black leathers and a white button down shirt with cuffs turned back at the wrists.
He picked up his hat, crooked his arm, and she wrapped her small fingers around his elbow.  They walked down the path toward the barn, now the party location.
The guys had worked hard the night before, laying a temporary dance floor, and arranging strategic equipment and decorations, to her specifications.  Lanterns hung from every post.  The DJ was set up in the open barn loft, on one end of the hallway, where she could work the crowd and keep the music going.
Susan and her hubby, Anthony, were already there.  They had come early to set up the bar and party snacks.  Susan had baked a mountain of red and white decorated hearts.  There was a huge heart shaped cake and trays of heart shaped cookies, decorated with red and white icing.  She had filled a red bowl with humus, cut cheese sticks and veggies for dipping.  Anthony iced the beer, while he arranged red and white wine on the bar.  He had a few bottles of champagne on ice for something special, but he kept that out of site.
The barn looked like any other barn at first glance.  This one was outfitted for horses.  Harnesses, saddles, ropes, and coils of leather were hung from posts or across the walls of the horses’ stalls.  The horses themselves had been boarded at Martin’s ranch for the night so everything was clean.  Bales of hay were stacked or rolled in place in each end of the hall.  Benches and tables framed the perimeter for easy access to the dance floor and entertainment.
Susan wore a short black dress that fit her luscious body like a glove.  Her full breasts overflowed the built in bra that kept the halter neckline in place.  Around her neck, she wore a thin, red, leather collar that sported a red heart-shaped pendent dropping from the center.  Red four-inch heels completed her ensemble.  Anthony, like his host, was dressed in leathers but his shirt was black, giving him a daring look of danger.
Pam, the DJ, arrived with boxes and bags, which she handed off to the men.  She greeted both of them exuberantly.  Pam wore thigh high black leather boots with needle pointed heels and silver taps on the toes.  Her red cowgirl costume was form fitted with a flaring red skirt that showed glimpses of black panties when she moved.  Up the steps she went, to her station in the loft.
By ten p.m., the party was jumping.  She watched from a bench with her lover seated behind her, his long, lean legs spread on either side of her undulating hips.  “Damn,” he thought, rubbing his tightening crotch with his hand.  “If she keeps this up, I am going to have to take her into the stall for a quickie.”
Applause broke out all around the room when Anthony stepped into the center of the dance floor with Susan.  The music stopped.  He waved his hand for quiet.  The room hushed.
“I’m glad to see you all having such a good time here tonight.  I have noticed all of you making your acquaintance with the equipment, and I can see your training is paying off.  For your entertainment, Susan and I have been asked, to provide a demonstration of a bit of fun and fuckery that you might enjoy at home.  So I’m going to say, please do this at home.”
A sawhorse was brought to the center of the room, and then the crowd oohed when another was arranged by its side.  A second couple walked onto the floor and stood behind the second horse, facing Anthony and Susan.
“Y’all know Master O and his sub, Kay.  They have agreed to participate in this demonstration so …Music please!”  He said to the DJ.  Pam broke into a brief rendition of The Yellow Rose of Texas, with a mischievous grin on her face.  At a look from Anthony, she segued into soft rhythmic music with a faint drumbeat.
Master O and Anthony draped the sawhorses with quilted saddle pads while Susan and Kay removed their clothing.  A few nerves were obvious as the girls looked at each other covertly.  Master O and Anthony spoke quietly with them, and then led them each to their horse.  Anthony pulled two bandanas from his pocket, tossing one to Master O.  They folded the cloth and tied them around the girls’ heads, making country style blindfolds.
Susan and Kay leaned against the sawhorses, looking in opposite directions, their bottoms flat against the horizontal bars.  They placed their hands on the bars, spread wide apart, where their wrists were secured with cuffs.  Anthony and Master O knelt quickly and attached spreader bars to their feet.  Susan and Kay were back to back, blindfolded, and spread open.
At a signal from Anthony, the music quickened, the hard driving beat becoming louder and more resonant.  Stringed instruments played a haunting melody behind the throbbing beat.
Anthony and Master O unclipped a tool from their belts and the audience grew so silent they jumped when the ‘buzzzzzzz’ sounded.  The girls squirmed.  They both recognized the sound of the Magic Wand, that devilish, delightful, tormenting, titillating, Magic Wand.
Anthony touched the round vibrating head to Susan’s tightly pebbled nipples.  She cried out and trembled in anticipation.  Master O followed his lead and Kay cried out softly.  They ran the wands lightly around the girl’s breasts, one after the other.  Again, they touched a nipple.
Stroking gently down her body, Anthony increased the vibration on his wand.  He slid the head between Susan’s legs, parting her lips, lubed by her own juices.  She threw her head back against Kay’s and moaned.
“Ahhhhh,” Susan moaned.
“I need more,” Kay begged.
Master O circled the bare mound of his woman with the wand, probing with his hand into her depths.  He pulled the little hood back, baring her tender bud of passion.  One, two, three times he touched her clit, plunging his other hand into her wet, pulsing pussy.
Anthony dropped to his knees, stroking the insides of Susan’s thighs and legs with the wand.  He picked up a wide band that lay by his side, and wrapped it around her leg and the handle of the wand.  He adjusted the toy until the vibrating head lay against Susan’s spread labia.  Restrained as she was, she could not move away from the tormenting head.
“Please, please,” she cried.  “I need to come; please let me come.”
Anthony stood, adjusting his straining leathers, he unclipped his flogger and began to strike her breasts in gentle stokes.  Again and again, until her breasts swelled, red and thrusting as her pelvis danced against the sawhorse.
“Please.”  She struggled against her restraints.
Master O worked Kay with the wand until she was delirious.
“Let me Come!”  She cried.  “Ohhh, please.”
At a nod from Anthony, Master O produced his favorite toy; he called it The Discipliner.  The leather strip was supple and packed a mean bite when used right.  Master O swung once, upward.  The leather bit her pussy, landing on her sensitized clit.  Kay screamed.
His mouth quickly replaced his leather as he soothed, sucked, and gentled her until her orgasm had spent itself.
Anthony dropped to his knees when Master O brought out The Discipliner, removing the wand and dropping it to the floor.  He sank his tongue into Susan’s pussy, thrusting, licking, and sucking.  She screamed his name as her orgasm rolled through her body.
Sitting on the sidelines, her red dress hiding his hands while they stroked her excited body, she panted.  Watching the performance had left her wet and in need.  The scene had done what she had expected.  It had ramped her endorphins up, and her body cried out for release.  “Just wait until I get him home,” she thought…



Meet the Author

Susanne Lovely was reared in the mountains of eastern Kentucky. Daughter and granddaughter of coal miners, she grew up among people who knew the value of hard work and family. Susanne’s family was rich in tradition and heritage based in Appalachian lore and history.
Susanne’s experiences in education led to a lifetime love of learning. She spent over 30 years as an educator. After retiring she found her niche in a group of other readers who inspired her to put pen to paper and try her hand at publishing. Her early interest in reading combined with a rich heritage of storytelling has led her to publish her first book, It Was Always Her Choice.
Susanne said, “I never expected to be a writer although I have concocted stories all of my life. My head has always been full of characters and scenarios. I just didn’t have the courage to let them out.”
Mother, wife, lover, daughter, granddaughter, educator, columnist and friend; all of these words define Susanne Lovely. She now adds author to that list. She says, “My life has always been full of choices which as a woman, I was empowered to decide.” It Was Always Her Choice is set to publish on December 15, 2013.


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Cover Reveal: GOODBYE GIRL by Scarlett Metal

Coming January 2014...

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* Book #1 in the Hidden Lane Ranch Series *

**Due to mature content, this is suitable for readers 18+**

Rachel met Clint in a diner one night while she was on the road trying to escape her past. From the moment they lay their eyes on each other, sparks fly. He offers her a job on his ranch and even though she's a city girl, she accepts.

It's not long before they give into their attraction and settle into life together on the ranch. They find happiness in each other's arms and Clint quickly wonders if Rachel is the girl that can give him his happily ever after.

Rachel's past eventually comes back to haunt her, and threatens her happiness with Clint. Can they work through their demons of the past and find their happily ever after? Or will Rachel leave Clint just like she fled her life before?


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Scarlett lives in the Midwest with her sexy husband, two girls, and three furbabies. She dabbled in writing right after college but it wasn't until she took up blogging about eight years ago that she started writing seriously. After writing a few boring service pieces for some online publications, she went back to her true passion, fiction. When she's not busy writing steamy stories, she can be found with her nose in a book, camping, or geocaching with her family. She loves Diet Coke, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, and 80's hair bands.

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Sunday, January 5, 2014

Cover Reveal: DAZED by Kim Karr


Title: Dazed (Connections #2.5)
Author: Kim Karr
Release Date: April 1, 2014

Synopsis
Jagger Kennedy never went looking for fame, he just fell into it. After scoring a major modeling contract, his clean-cut good looks and charm catapulted his career. But when his actress girlfriend breaks his heart, he moves to L.A. to try his hand at acting. He’s not looking for love—he just needs to make a change.

Aerie Daniels is a woman in control … until she meets Jagger. Her surprising connection with him leaves her dazed and it’s unlike anything she’s ever felt. But just when she lets her walls fall, she makes a startling discovery about Jagger that breaks her fragile heart into a million pieces.
To keep from losing the woman who’s changing his world, Jagger is willing to give up anything—including his career. But even that might not be enough to regain Aerie’s shattered trust…




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