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Sunny Shelly’s Review: It’s Not Over, by Grahame Claire

Today we have a release day blitz for Grahame Claire’s It’s Not Over! We are so excited about this fantastic release—be sure to grab your copy today!

 

Title: IT’S NOT OVER

Author: Grahame Claire

Genre: Contemporary Romance

 

About It’s Not Over:

Daniel

I have two lives.

One with the woman who owns me. The other tied to a past I can’t escape.

For eight years, I kept them separate, knowing one day their collision was inevitable.

That day has come.

She’ll have to accept it.

It’s over.

Vivian 

He has two lives.

A beautiful one with me. Another shrouded in ugly secrets.

It didn’t matter, until now.

I don’t know why he’s destroyed us,

But fighting for him will be the battle of my life.

It’s not over.

 

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4 Stars

I don’t know how to review this book without giving away the twist. The blurb hooked me, and I expected a contemporary romance. But that isn’t quite what It’s Not Over is about.

Daniel has some major secrets, and his life is about to crash and burn. The only thing he can do is push Vivian away. The time has come, he says. Their relationship has run its course.

Told through both POVs, the story goes back to the beginning of their relationship, to the present day where V is dumped with zero notice. But she knows there is more to D’s reasons than what he’s telling her, and she’s determined to find out why this double life of his has imploded their relationship the way that it has.

The story is long, and there are quite a few twists and turns, but It’s Not Over is intense. It’s an intense tale of love, determination and loyalty. Not at all what I was expecting, so if you are going to read it, go in blind and don’t try to find out too much about the story beforehand! I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

 

Exclusive Excerpt:

“What’s with all the bags in the hallway? Are you going somewhere?” I said lightly, still smiling despite my nerves. When he didn’t respond right away, didn’t even glance up from what he was doing, I obeyed, for once, sinking into a seat with the desk a barrier between us.

He snapped the file in front of him shut. I flinched. His knuckles were white as he clenched the edge of the folder and stuffed it into the cabinet under his desk. The locked clicked in place with a decisive turn of the key, the sound setting me on edge.

“No. Those are your belongings.” He gazed at me stoically, his onyx eyes cold and distant.

“Mine?” I asked dumbly.

“It’s over.”

Two little words sent the world crashing down on me. This had to be a joke. Not two minutes earlier, I’d been excited to be home. Couldn’t wait to see Daniel to tell him about my day. His generosity had made so much of it possible.

I fought to keep the hot tears pooling in my eyes at bay, the man I loved a blurry vision sitting across from me like a stranger.

“I’ve secured an apartment for you and deposited a generous sum of money into your account. You can keep your credit cards. It’s not fair for me to turn you out with nothing.” His lips were moving. I heard bits and pieces, but none of it registered. All I could do was stare blankly at him. “If the money isn’t enough, or if you need more, I’ll take care of it.”

Each word was like a slap, stinging my heart instead of my cheeks. I tried to take a deep breath but came up short.

“No.” It was all I could manage under the circumstances, and it felt like quite an accomplishment.

“No?” he repeated incredulously, eyes flaring, sparking my senses to life.

“No,” I reiterated, this time with some backbone.

“Don’t make this difficult.”

My eyes narrowed. “Did you think I would make it easy?” I growled, clenching my jaw.

“Have you ever.”

 

About Grahame Claire:

A writer. A blogger. United by our love of stories and all things romance. There was definitely some insta-love. Hello? Books involved. A little courting. A lot of writing. The result…Grahame Claire. Soulmates. Unashamed of our multiple book boyfriends. Especially the ones that rooted in our heads and wouldn’t leave us alone. Don’t worry. We’ll share. Pleased to meet you.

 

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Cover Reveal: All I Want Is You, by Iris Morland

ALL I WANT IS YOU by Iris Morland releases September 6th – check out the gorgeous cover below and preorder your copy now!

 

 About ALL I WANT IS YOU

Available September 6th

You met them in DREAM A LITTLE DREAM OF ME. Now prepare to fall in love with THE YOUNGERS, a brand-new series from Iris Morland, full of sexy men, passionate women, and the love stories you can’t get enough of.

A brilliant, aloof lawyer, Phin Younger has focused solely on his career and on helping people less fortunate.

Living his life without romance? He’s just fine with that. Phin knows all too well how relationships make life messy and complicated.

Until the day Emily Lassiter begs Phin to help her teenage brother. Beautiful but as fierce as a lioness, Emily is like no other woman he’s met.

Suddenly, all of Phin’s plans to avoid romantic entanglements are thrown out the window the moment he sets eyes on Emily.

A former model, Emily now struggles to make ends meet for herself and for her teenage brother Josh. When Josh commits a crime that could put him behind bars for years, she turns to her brother’s court-appointed lawyer, Phin Younger, for help.

But Emily never expected that her brother’s lawyer would be young and handsome. And she definitely never expected that Phin’s kiss would heat a need inside her that soon transforms into a conflagration.

When these two can no longer deny their feelings for each other, an embittered rival of Phin’s threatens to destroy his career, dragging Emily into the scandal.

Now these star-crossed lovers must overcome the fears that hold them captive—or face a future without the love that could set them both free.

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This book is a part of the LOVE EVERLASTING series, which is one large series following multiple families and friends. Each book can be read as a standalone (unless otherwise noted), or they can be read in order of publication as one long series. Each book is interconnected, with many of the same characters showing up in multiple books.

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About Iris Morland

A coffee addict and cat lover, Iris Morland writes sexy and funny contemporary romances. If she’s not reading or writing, she enjoys binging on Netflix shows and cooking something delicious.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: Pucker Up, by Virna DePaul

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We are celebrating the release of PUCKER UP by Virna DePaul! One-Click today!

 
Title: Pucker Up
Age Group: Adult
Genre: Contemporary Romance

 

Pucker Up:

She won’t be his flavor of the week. But just a taste won’t hurt…right?

Jenna
I love Lee Bowers. And that sucks.He’s my brother’s best friend, but a bookish nerd like me would never fit into his celebrity-chef, serial-heartbreaker world. I don’t do risks. Lawyering feeds my bank account. Anonymous food blogging feeds my soul.

But one night, in a red-wine-fueled funk, I pour out my feelings in a blog post, safe behind my anonymous mask. And realize too late my drunken fingers hit “Publish” instead of “Delete.”

Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I am screwed.

Lee
At first, I wanted to skewer the popular food critic who brutally lampooned my restaurant—apparently while simultaneously ogling my butt. But you know what? She’s right. The only hands-on time I’ve spent in the kitchen lately involves a hot blonde and, um…a zucchini.

Somewhere between my I’m-gonna-sue fury, and unexpectedly cuddling with Jenna after a night of soul-searing sex, I accidentally discover that blogger’s identity. And my whole life does a screeching 180.

I love Jenna Harrison. And I’m going to prove it to her, one anonymous, sexy text message at a time.




 

Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Delicious Stars

Take being secretly in love with your brother’s best friend, a whole lot of wine, and a drunken phone call in which you word vomit. Except that the drunken phone call is actually your blog and your rant is now on the Internet for everyone to see. It’s mortification times a million for lawyer by day/anonymous food blogger by night Jenna, who has been in love with chef Lee for as long as she can remember.

And Lee loves her too, but after a near-confession years ago that was kind of a disaster, he’s kept his feelings to himself. But after he and Jenna have a one-night stand, he discovers that she is the blogger who ripped him apart… except that what she was saying about him was because she actually cares for him… and a plan is set into motion to prove to Jenna that he cares about her, too.

The rest of this story is a comedy of errors. These two just can’t get it together. She’s so uptight and such a control freak, and talks herself out of every thought that maybe she’s not imagining that Lee has feelings for her. Lee, meanwhile, never felt like he’s good enough for Jenna so he never confessed how he felt. But during the time they spend together “to fix” the blogger situation (and have lots of sex), he begins to make small changes about himself, all of which were the changes Jenna wanted to see him make, to be the Lee she knew he could be, that she shared in her drunken blog post.

 

Pucker Up is a quick, enjoyable read. I really liked that the focus of the story was Lee and Jenna; there aren’t alot of other players involved, so you really get to know these characters. And knowing them so well really made me root for them to get together.

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

 





About the author:

 

 

Virna DePaul is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, and a former criminal prosecutor who writes thrilling, sexy stories about ordinary people overcoming extraordinary obstacles to find love. She has been traditionally published with Penguin, Harlequin, and Random House, and is also a bestselling Indie author.
Email: virna@virnadepaul.com

 

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Blog Tour: Sunny Shelly Reviews Handle With Care, by Nina Croft

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“Heat, heart and plenty of happy sighs.”
— Avery Flynn, USA Today bestselling author

Handle with Care, an all-new sexy and emotional second chance romance from Nina Croft is AVAILABLE NOW!

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Synopsis

What if all you want is the one thing you can’t have?

First-grade teacher Emily Towson always does the right thing. The sensible thing. But in her dreams, she does bad, bad things with the town’s baddest boy: Tanner O’Connor. But when he sells her grandmother a Harley, fantasy is about to meet a dose of reality.

And then he goes and calls her “sensible”…

Tanner can’t believe sweet Emily is standing in his shop. Yelling and waving her hands and looking so god damn sexy he’s having trouble focusing. He’d spent two hard years in prison, with only the thought of this “good girl” to keep him sane.

He really should send her away…

Before either one thinks though, they’re naked and making memories on his tool bench with apparently the oldest condom in history. Now Tanner’s managed to knock-up the town’s “good girl” and she’s going to lose her job over some stupid “morality clause” if he doesn’t step up.

But can this bad boy teach his good girl they’re perfect for each other in time?

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 3.5 Stars

Small-town romance and bad boy/good girl romances check boxes on my favorite tropes list. And while Handle With Care started out strong for me, it just fell apart somewhere in the middle. We get it. Emily is “sensible.” And Tanner doesn’t think he’s good enough for her. But the characters have to start believing that they are good together in order for a story to work, and I felt like it took these two so damn long to get on the same page!

That said, the story is cute. No drama involved from exes, and relatively low angst, aside from Emily’s unplanned pregnancy and the drama that creates in her life. I wish we would have gotten more of Mimi and Josh’s adorable romance! Overall, not a bad series starter, since it seems we will get more books based on Tanner’s brothers.

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

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Excerpt:

“Tanner.”

Just the way she said his name, sort of breathless, made him hard. He nodded.“Emily.”

“What are you doing here?” Her eyes narrowed.“Did you follow me?”

“You looked a little upset. I was just making sure no one else followed you.”

“You mean Ryan? He’s being a total pain in the…”

“Ass?”

“Yes.” She pressed her finger to the spot between her brows.“I don’t know what’s wrong with me. I’m usually so…” She took a couple of deep breaths.“He was making me so angry.”

“I thought he was your boyfriend?”

“Not anymore. It’s over between me and Ryan. It was over before that night you and I…”

He decided to help her out.“Had hot, dirty sex on top of the workbench in my garage. Then up against the wall in my garage.”

She gritted her teeth but gave a quick nod.

“Why was it over with Mr. Perfect? Did he finish with you?” Maybe she’d needed some sort of affirmation of herself as a sexy woman. He wanted to beat Ryan for that, though he had ultimately benefited from it.

“None of your business.”

“Come on, Em. I’m curious.”

Her face took on a mutinous expression, lips pursed.“He said I was sensible and then he asked me to marry him.”

Tanner managed to choke back the laugh, but she must have seen it on his face.

“It’s not funny.”

He’d proposed? That made Tanner want to growl. But she had a point. It sounded as though Ryan had fucked up on the proposal. Tanner certainly wasn’t sorry. Ryan’s loss, his gain.“Let me get this straight. If he hadn’t called you sensible, you would have said yes?”

“Probably not. He told me he’d decided it was time to settle down, and I was a nice, sensible woman, and would make him a suitable wife. Or something like that. I sort of stopped listening at ‘sensible.’What sort of man starts a proposal by saying you’re sensible?”

“An asshole?”

“Yes. Exactly. I said I didn’t think we were suited and walked out. Then when I got home, Mimi told me she’d bought a bike from you, and then she more than hinted that I was sensible, too. So when you said it as well, I just…sort of blew.”

“Actually, you kissed me, then you stripped, then you threw yourself at me. I didn’t stand a chance.” He had an image of her standing naked in front of him, challenging him to do something, and almost groaned.

“I did not throw myself at you.”

He just stood there, one eyebrow raised.

She folded her arms across her chest.“Anyway.I thought you were pretending that never happened?”

“Believe me, I’m trying. But I keep getting these little flashbacks at the most inappropriate times. Like when I’m picking up a tool from my workbench and there you are, all soft and naked and panting for me.”

Why did he do this to himself? His dick was almost painfully hard.

She was staring at him wide-eyed, her pink lips slightly parted. She didn’t move. He cast a quick look around the street—it was empty—then he closed the space between them, lowered his head, and kissed her before she could even have an idea of his intentions. He half expected her to pull back and run away, but her lips softened, then parted under his, and he slipped his tongue inside, sliding it along the length of hers. He kissed her until they both ran out of air. He hadn’t thought kissing was such a big deal, but he could kiss Emily all night.

About Nina:

Growing up in the cold, wet, north of England, Nina Croft spent a lot of time huddled under the blankets dreaming of faraway sunnier places and ponies. When she discovered both could be found between the covers of a book, her life changed forever.

At the age of eighteen, in an attempt to turn dreams into reality, she headed south in search of the sun. She quickly picked up the perfect husband along the way and developed a taste for red wine and holidays in warm places.

Soon holidays weren’t enough, and together they volunteered to work in Africa where they both discovered a love of traveling and a dislike of 9-5 work. Afterward, they spent a number of years traveling (whenever possible) intermingled with working (whenever the money ran out.) Eventually, they stumbled upon a remote area in the mountains of southern Spain where they bought the small almond farm they now call home.

No electricity, no neighbors, no chocolate shops, but on the plus side, stunning scenery, a vineyard to make her own red wine, and far enough away from anywhere to satisfy Nina’s hermit tendencies. She shares the farm with her husband, and an ever-increasing number of animals, including Piggles, a three-legged Vietnamese pot-bellied pig.

Nina now spends her days riding her mare Gencianna under the blue Spanish skies—sunshine and ponies. She reckons this is proof that dreams really can come true if you want them enough.

She still travels, but usually only in her imagination, and can often be found lying under a fig tree, wine in hand, plotting stories of love in faraway places.

Nina believes love can come to anyone, anytime, anywhere and her books reflect this.

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Blog Tour: Sunny Shelly Reviews Butterface, by Avery Flynn

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“I love the heck out of this book! It’s super fresh and hysterical.” — Helena Hunting, New York Times bestselling author

Butterface, a hot romantic comedy from USA Today bestselling author Avery Flynn, is AVAILABLE NOW!

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Synopsis

Looks aren’t everything.

It’s true. I’m not what most people would call “pretty” and, well, high school was rough. Fast forward ten years and life is good…

Until a bunch of jerks think it’s hilarious to put the “butterface” (AKA me) on a wedding Kiss Cam with the hottest guy ever—and that old humiliation hits hard.

I recognize him immediately. The hottest cop in Waterbury and totally out of my league.
But then he kisses me.
And we totally forget the room, the crowd, everything.
Then he tells everyone we’ve been dating for months.

Soon everything starts to feel too real, from adorable fights over “necessary” tools to fix my broken porch to surviving a free-for-all dinner with his six siblings to picking up where our last kiss left off.

But there’s something he’s not telling me about why he’s really hanging around, and I’m pretty sure it has to do with my mob-connected brothers.

Because this is not a makeover story, and Cinderella is only a fairy tale…

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4 Stars

This story is for every one of the awkward girls who dreamed about being with the hot guy. Except in this story, the hot guy happens to be the black sheep of his family, so he know all about not fitting in.

The circumstances that bring Gina and Ford together are quite the comedy of errors — and a bit of a cruel prank. A would-be one-night-stand leads to them being roommates because she needs a fake boyfriend to keep her doofus loan-shark brothers at arms length, and he needs an “in” to the crime family her brothers are a low-level part of. But while Gina is clear about why she’s agreed to the terms of their faux romance, Ford hides his true intentions from her — so things get really messy when feelings get involved.

I loved how real Gina is. She’s so relatable as a character, and I was just cheering for her from the first kiss on the Kiss Cam. Ford was kind of like a bumbling fool when it came to his feelings for Gina, and that made him rather endearing. Their chemistry is hot, their banter is witty, and their mutual awkwardness made me absolutely fall in love with them. They both have crazy families, which just adds a whole lot of laughs to this story.

Overall, Butterface is a great series starter and I can’t wait to see what comes next for the Hartigan family! I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

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Excerpt:

“Do not disrespect the Kiss Cam, Hartigan!” someone bellowed out as the chanting crowd grew more restless. And louder.

“One quick kiss,” he said, his tone grim with a thread of something more vulnerable underneath. “Then, they’ll leave us alone.”

That’s when Gina’s gaze moved from her own face, blotchy with embarrassment on the screen, over to him. The tips of his ears were scarlet, and he was tapping the tips of his middle finger and thumb together like he was keeping rhythm for a ska band.

He was hiding it better, but the reality was he wasn’t enjoying this anymore than she was.

Glancing from the screen to the actual man himself, her lungs tightened. He was a big guy, and she wasn’t just talking about his broad shoulders that filled out his tux to a mouthwatering degree. He had to have at least four inches on her own five foot ten.

He glanced down, making eye contact, and for a second they weren’t the hottie and the nottie. They were two people stuck in a completely socially awkward situation that they had no control over.

She nibbled the inside of her cheek and considered her options before deciding that Ford was right. A quick peck would get the videographer out of their faces and divert the boisterous crowd’s attention to another couple happier to indulge in this bit of insanity. Then, she could finish up the last of her duties and go home to her peaceful, if totally messy, mid-renovation Victorian.

She let out a shaky breath, not sure she was making the right decision. “Fine. A kiss. Whatever.”

Gina had barely gotten the words out when his large hands cupped her face, sending electric shock waves through her that made her lips part slightly with surprise. He dipped his head down—and he kissed her.

The roar of approval from the crowd faded to almost nothing when he seemed to groan involuntarily. Her body approved and made an answering sound of its own. At her encouragement, his tongue slicked across her bottom lip, and her mind lost all reasonable thought. Teasing her senses and sending her heartbeat into overdrive, she softened against him, practically melting against his hard, muscular chest. Somewhere in the back of her mind she registered that people were cheering. She just couldn’t for the life of her care. The world turned electric as the air practically vibrated against her skin as he deepened the kiss. His tongue swept against hers in a brief but oh-so-potent move that had her clutching his lapel before she’d even realized she’d lifted her hands.

Then, almost as soon as it began, he lifted his head and stepped back, breaking the connection.

Dazed, she released his tuxedo jacket and looked around, catching sight of herself on the giant screen. Her face was flushed and her eyes hazy. She pressed her fingers to her still-tingling lips. She looked like a woman who’d been kissed senseless, which made sense because that was exactly what had just happened.

About Avery
USA Today bestselling romance author Avery Flynn has three slightly-wild children, loves a hockey-addicted husband and is desperately hoping someone invents the coffee IV drip.

She fell in love with romance while reading Johanna Lindsey’s Mallory books. It wasn’t long before Avery had read through all the romance offerings at her local library. Needing a romance fix, she turned to Harlequin’s four books a month home delivery service to ease the withdrawal symptoms. That worked for a short time, but it wasn’t long before the local book stores’ staffs knew her by name.

Avery was a reader before she was a writer and hopes to always be both. She loves to write about smartass alpha heroes who are as good with a quip as they are with their *ahem* other God-given talents. Her heroines are feisty, fierce and fantastic. Brainy and brave, these ladies know how to stand on their own two feet and knock the bad guys off theirs.

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Cover Reveal: Closer, by Carmen Jenner

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Closer, the next stunning standalone in the Taint Series from USA Today bestselling author Carmen Jenner is coming August 21st!

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Title: CLOSER

Author: Carmen Jenner

Genre: Rock star romance/contemporary

Cover Design: Ben Ellis, Be Designs

Release Date: August 21, 2018

Levi Quinn has it all—money, groupies, a panty-melting smile, and a really big d*ck.

At least, he had it all. Until an angry redhead joined the Taint world tour and turned his life upside-down. Levi fell in love with her. His bandmate did too. It did not end well.

Brielle Kagawa doesn’t keep company with rock stars, but when this gifted cellist finds herself kicked out of the Orchestre de Parisan all-expenses-paid gig in the south of France seems too good to be true.

Because it is.

The man footing the bill might be a disorderly drunk, but he has an offer she can’t refuse—stay in his chateau and play for the month. No strings attached.

Yeah right.

The truth about rock stars is that they’re awfully good players, but Levi isn’t the only one who knows how to master a set of strings.

He’s broken-hearted.

She doesn’t have a heart to break.

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Start the series of standalones today!

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About Carmen:

Carmen Jenner is a thirty-something, USA Today and international bestselling author.

Her dark romance, KICK (Savage Saints MC #1), won Best Dark Romance Read in the Reader’s Choice Awards at RWDU, 2015.

A tattoo enthusiast, hardcore makeup addict and zombie fangirl, Carmen lives on the sunny North Coast of New South Wales, Australia, where she spends her time indoors wrangling her two wildling children, a dog named Pikelet, and her very own man-child.

A romantic at heart, Carmen strives to give her characters the HEA they deserve, but not before ruining their lives completely first … because what’s a happily ever after without a little torture?
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Meet Me In Savannah: A Collection is Available Now!

 

Meet Me in Savannah: A Collection
Authors: Various
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: August 30, 2018
Blurb
The summer heat isn’t the only thing steamy in Savannah.



Seven authors bring you seven scorching stand-alones about
love, lust, suspense and second chances set amongst the historic cobblestones
and plantation homes of this southern city where the only thing hotter than the
weather is the men that call Savannah home.

 

Cover Design: Mary Ruth, The Reading Ruth
Behind
every great hatred there may be a love story, but behind the face of an angel
and his sweet words was nothing but pretty little lies.
My hatred
for Noah Hill really did start as love – hard as it is to believe.
A love that
was the earth-shattering, forever type that not everyone is fortunate enough to
experience in their lifetime… or so I thought.
Take a
picture, it’ll last longer.
That’s what
he said to me.
That was
the biggest lie of them all.
Because the
broken heart remained long after the pictures burned.

 

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LA Taylor
lives Down Under. Makeup Artist, Shoe whore, Taylor Swift enthusiast, beach
bum, coffee drinker, nap taker, bad driver, snake charmer and dreamer. Often
can be found having dance parties in her lounge, watching Top Gun or at the
beach or at Kmart and Target buying things she doesn’t need.

 

 

 

Cover Design: Mary Ruth, The Reading Ruth

 

Once college sweethearts, Poppy and Keir were the all American couple.

 

Until the
big time came calling.
Misunderstandings
and miscommunications lead to broken hearts and broken trust.
But fate
throws them a second chance when their paths cross again.
Now they
have to decide if they are ready to take another try at forever, or if the past
is better left behind them.
Kier knows
this is his final down. His last opportunity to make it right, but Poppy’s
going to need a little more convincing.
Throwing
out a Hail Mary, he gives it all he’s got.
With a
little luck, this time he may just be able to Score.

 

Emma Louise

 

A long time
lover of all things romance, Emma Louise is a book blogger turned debut writer.
She’s a die hard bibliophile, addicted to tea (Real British tea) and speaks
fluent sarcasm.
She lives
with her husband, three children and overgrown puppy in South Wales, UK.
Having been
an avid reader for as long as she can remember, she’s recently decided to try
her hand at writing a love story of her own.

 

 

 

Cover Design: Kari March Designs

 

The roller coaster called life can take you on many different journeys.

 

Some you
crave and long for, others you regret and wish you could forget, but some claw
their way inside of you and refuse to let go.
Amelia’s
journey has included flips, twists, turns and scares, but when she is finally
brave enough to take the reins for herself, her path leads back to her past.
Back to Grayson Aldrich.
He’s the
man who embodied all three types of journeys. Longing, regret, and a love so
deep it would be forever embedded in her heart.
Emma Nichole
After years
of living vicariously through so many characters and stories created by others,
Emma Nichole has taken the plunge herself.
A southern
girl born, raised, and still residing in Tennessee, she holds the quirks of
this area of the world close to her heart, and showcases it in her writing.
She’s a
wife, a mother of two, an avid college football fan (Go Vols), a best friend, a
sister, a lover of all music, movies, and above all else… a lover of books.

 

 

 

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She was the one that got away.

 

Destined
for culinary greatness, Bethany left behind the only life she’d ever known. And
the man who broke her heart.
He was the
one she could never forget.
Three years
could change a man. Gideon was proof of that.
Pride and
selflessness forced him to make choices that altered his life forever. But his
biggest regret would always be letting her go.
What
happens when true love is set to simmer?
For Bethany
and Gideon, it may be a second chance to set fate right.
Meet them
in Savannah and fall in love all over again.

 

C.G. Burnette

 

I’m a
self-proclaimed book addict. It’s sad but true. I want ALL THE WORDS! My love
of words led me to blogging and blogging led me to this newest and most awesome
adventure as an author. What a ride this will be!
I’m a mommy
to two really cute little guys who run me happily ragged on most days and a
wife to a wonderful man who has had my heart since the day he said hello. I
have a vast collection of Godzilla toys, dinosaurs, LEGO pieces and blocks in
all shapes and colors. Romance novels have been my thing since my aunt snuck me
a Harlequin when I was ten. And let’s not forget the binge watching of all
things anime, Vikings and old B movies.
Let the fun
begin!

 

 

Cover Design: Danielle Dickson, Vixen Designs
You know how fairy tales start?
Once upon a time…blah, blah, blah.
Girl meets handsome prince…blah, blah, blah.
They kiss…blah, blah, blah.
Throw in an apple and she almost dies, he
swoops in and saves her life. Then they live happily ever after?
My story is just like that, but with a few
minor changes.
Goes like this: Girl sees family being
murdered; girl runs for her life, then finds out she isn’t exactly who she
thought she was because she’s been lied to. Oh yeah, as it turns out, she’s
also in quite a bit of danger, with a lovely bounty over her head.
With one man ordered to “watch me,”
and another one who promised to protect me, who exactly am I supposed to trust,
when I’m just finding out who I really am?
Allow me to introduce myself. My name is
Scarlett.

 

Jenna Cole

 

Jenna is a
book hoarding, book boyfriend stealing author from Florida. She’s the wife of
an Army veteran (Hooah) and the mother of a teen daughter (send wine). She
works in the corporate world, where she’s been busted several times for
breaking out her kindle to finish a book. When she’s not spending time with her
family, you can find her reading, hitting up the beach, and blogging and
chatting about books with friends.

 


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Protecting
her is easy.
Falling for
her is dangerous.
Loving her
could destroy them both.
Melanie
Quinn has given up on finding a man until she meets her sexy new bodyguard with
an irresistible smile. She trusts him with her protection but refuses to hand
over her heart.
Chase
Taylor, ex-marine, has given up on life until he lands a job as a bodyguard for
a beautiful, fiery red-head. His emotional wounds run deep, but when danger
lurks, he’s always willing to go to war. Protecting his Princess could prove to
be deadly.
Fate
brought them together. Scars from their past could tear them apart.

 

JM Kelley

 

JM Kelley loves to write sexy hot Romance as much as she
loves to read it. She grew up and still resides in Long Island New York with
her husband of twenty-nine years and her three sons. She is a lover of baseball
and has been a Yankee fan since the day she was born. If you can’t find her
reading or writing she’s probably in Disney World since that’s her favorite
place in earth.

 

Cover Design: Kari Nappi, Kovers by Kari

 

Deception
and betrayal caused us to swerve off our path of forever.
Camryn
James –
One night.
One decision forced me to walk away from my future. Tragedy brings me home
after twelve years, forcing me to face my past and the truths I refused to
hear. Surviving Trystan once almost broke me completely. A second time would be
impossible.
Trystan
Harrison –
One
mistake. One disaster of epic proportion left the only woman I have ever loved,
broken and devastated. After twelve years, Camryn is back home and will be
forced to realize that everything is not always as it seems. Second chances are
not always promised and I refuse to waste mine.
Kristi Lynn
Kristi Lynn
is a certified book whore who has been getting lost in the words of others for
years. After going through a tough time a few years back, she decided to put
pen to paper as a means to heal. Stories started coming out of nowhere and the
decision was made to self-publish. Kristi lives in Connecticut with her rescue
pup Jazmine. Coffee is her elixir of choice, followed closely by good sangria,
or captain and coke. Music is playing 24/7 around her and she is often singing
along (watch those ears, she never claimed to be a good singer). Fall and football
season are her preferred time of year (Go Pats! And Julian Edelman is her
husband. She has the shirt to prove it.) She lives in flip flops year round
(except when mother nature showers her in that blasted white stuff New England
is known for in the winter). She swears like a sailor, and has and addiction to
finding the perfect quotes for any occasion. She loves to connect with new
people, so don’t be shy.

 

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Blog Tour: Dry Spell, by Mia London & Susan Sheehey

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Title: Dry Spell

Genre: Contemporary Romance

About Dry Spell:
She believes in success. He believes in a carefree lifestyle.

 

Driven and work-obsessed, Samantha Callahan’s specialty is conquering a man’s world. With her next promotion within grasp, the one thing she lacks may be the very thing that gives her the edge she needs. A well-deserved vacation with her best friends may be overdue, but nothing will stand in the way of her success. Not even the gorgeous, unambitious surfer boy next door.

 

Beach hottie Chase Bradshaw ditched corporate America to follow his dreams of the stress-free salt life. When Sam walks onto his beach, he can practically see the uptight personality oozing from her pores. The woman desperately needs something other than work to keep her up at night. He’s just the man to coax the vixen out of her.

 

Lucky for her, Chase just happens to surf as well as he sizzles in the bedroom.

 

 

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“You’ve burnt the burgers.” Liddy scowled over Jordan’s shoulder as she cooked the meat on the grill.

“No, I didn’t. They’re well-done.”

“More like hockey pucks.” Sam set the plates of potato salad and fruit on the patio table. “Please, tell me that wasn’t all the beef we bought.”

“No,” she replied as she lifted one on her spatula. “This one here is okay.”

Sam peered over Jordan’s arm. The third burger she referenced wasn’t quite as black as the other two. But still not acceptable by her standards.

“How many patties do we have left? We need to start over.”

Jordan huffed, and switched off the burners. “Fine. Don’t touch anything, and I’ll fix this.” She sprinted over, and knocked on Chase’s back door.

Sam stared at the burned beef. Eat overcooked burgers, or face him again?

Before she had time to process her preference, Jordan returned with Chase in tow. Freshly showered from his morning yard work, and dressed in a pair of cargo shorts and a gray T-shirt, not to mention that delectable smile.

“Jordan tells me you need help with some meat.”

Liddy snorted. Jordan giggled.

Sam met his smirk head on. “Jordan doesn’t know how to handle prime beef.”

That made his grin widen, and even brought a small blush to his cheeks. “What a shame. Mind if I . . . ?”

“Only if you agree to stay for lunch.” Jordan gave Sam a discreet smile.

“How can I refuse an invitation from three women in distress?”

 

 

Sweet Escape Series:

Three best friends find love, laughter, and lots of trouble during their annual girls’ trips. On these getaways, all-inclusive takes on a new, steamy meaning.

The new Sweet Escape series by co-authors Mia London & Susan Sheehey is the perfect beach read! Super steamy paradise in three, hilarious romance adventures.

 

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About Susan:

Susan Sheehey writes contemporary romance, romantic suspense and women’s fiction. The Knights of Texas series (contemporary romance novellas) is available on Kindle. The Royals of Solana series (romantic suspense & adventure) is available on all e-retailers and in paperback, along with her contemporary romance standalone, Audrey’s Promise. Water plays a crucial element in all of her novels, and she’s a strong advocate for Autism Awareness. She tried to give up Diet Coke, and it didn’t take. When not writing, she’s chasing after her two children, and being pampered by her husband in Texas.

Follow her at www.SusanSheehey.com or on Facebook, Twitter @SusieWriterAmazon, and BookBub. Join her monthly newsletter for goodies and sneak peaks.

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About Mia:

Mia loves to write!

She’s been reading fiction for years and finally decided that the images and scenes floating around in her head needed to make it to paper.

She’s a huge fan of romance, highly optimistic, and wildly faithful to the HEA (happily ever after). She’s inspired by most anything around her. And her biggest obstacle is not having enough time to get it all down on paper (or my computer, as the case may be).

Her goal is create a fantasy you will enjoy with characters you could love.

She lives in Texas with her attentive, loving, super-model husband, and her perfectly behaved, brilliant children. Her produce never wilts, there are no weeds in her flowerbeds, and chocolate is her favorite food group.
And then she wakes up.

 

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Available Now: Summer Heat, by Rachel Van Dyken

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Summer Heat by Rachel Van Dyken
Series: Cruel Summer #1
Publication Date: August 2, 2018
Genre: Contemporary Romance

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Synopsis: Spoiled Princess is what he used to call me.

We were an inferno of hate and passion wound up with a dash of chaos.

For four years I watched him mow my lawn.

For four years I watched my friends make fun of him.

For four years I hated myself for wanting him, but even more for the way I treated him.

And then I had him.

For one night, we put all labels away and I spent the best night of my life in his arms.

Then the next day, with my secret night under lock and key, I looked the other way while my friends shamed him.

But now the jokes on me, because the scrawny lawn boy who I secretly loved from afar is now the director of Hollywood’s most exclusive summer camp.

And I’m on his staff.

Now it’s his turn to punish me.

His turn to make me pay.

His turn to take his revenge after years of humiliation.

He’s no longer a boy you can ridicule.

But a college graduate who can have any woman he wants.

I want him to look at me the way he did that one night we had together, but right now

the look in his eyes tells me he’s going to enjoy having me under him for two straight months.

I don’t know where his hatred ends, his passion begins.

All I know is he wants revenge.

And I’m his lucky target.

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Rachel Van Dyken is the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestselling author of regency and contemporary romances. When she’s not writing you can find her drinking coffee at Starbucks and plotting her next book while watching The Bachelor.

She keeps her home in Idaho with her Husband, adorable son, and two snoring boxers! She loves to hear from readers!

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Available Now: Forever Love, by J. Lum

Today we have J. Lum stopping by with the release blitz for FOREVER LOVE! Check it out and be sure to grab your copy today!

 

Title: Forever Love

Author: J Lum

Genre: Contemporary Romance

 

About Forever Love:

To appreciate the sun, you have to withstand the storm.

Free-spirited, poetic Casey Loughlin has had her fair share of rain, and she always manages to see the silver lining. During her teenage years, when she met Toby Cardona, she learned everything she ever needed to learn about love and loss—all in one year.

When Toby lost Casey, everything changed for him. The once caring and endearing boy, with dreams and hopes of his own, became the cold, broken, money-hungry man he swore he’d never be. Now, with Casey back in his life, it’s up to her to show Toby that the second time around, love can still hurt, but it’s worth every painful prick. Will Toby weather the storm, and embrace a second chance, with the woman he’s always loved?

 

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“Have you thought about what we talked about? Yer beach house won’t be open forever.”

“Gran I … It’s not my home anymore—”

“Casey Jo Loughlin, yer momma did not raise a fool, and right now, you’re bein’ one!” she shouts into the phone, like she’s at the Kentucky Derby. I knew anything but a yes would get her upset. My last visit, she’d been pretty insistent that I take her up on her offer. Everyone has been handling my parents’ death with kid gloves on. Eventually they’d stop; I just didn’t think they’d wait so long. So here we were.

“Jesus, Gran. Just calm down, please—”

“Now, don’t you take that tone with me, girl. I would give you a good lickin’ if I were there, so you won’t be disrespectin’ me by taking the Lord’s name in vain, you ’ear?”

“Yes, ma’am. I’m sorry, Gran. I just … It’s just too hard,” I spit out.

“Life’s hard, Babygirl, but you got to be brave. Take life by the balls, because I won’t lie, you got some big ones swingin’ right in front of you. I don’t want you goin’ through the rest of yer life regrettin’ you didn’t grab ’em. We all know, Danny and I know, you’ve been dodgin’ ’em.” She goes quiet for a moment, giving me a nice reprieve because all I can see are big hairy balls flying in front of my face, now that she’s brought them up.

“Balls are nice, grab ’em, Babygirl. Not for me or yer parents, God bless ’em, but for yerself. I want you back, and enough is enough,” she says resolutely.

“Can we stop talking about balls, please, I just—”

“What?” she says innocently. “Babygirl, I ain’t gettin’ younger. If you’re afraid of balls, maybe …”

“Nope, stop. Please, just stop.” Big hairy balls are now flashing through my mind, and I wince as I hear my gran whispering something about big balls being nice. Leaning back, I take a few breaths as I stare at the ceiling. I make a mental note that I need find a way to wipe the corners of the dust bunnies collecting.
“Babygirl, you there?”
“Yes Gran, I’m still here.”

“I mean it, you can’t keep doing this to yourself. They wouldn’t want that.”
“But Da—”

“William was a wonderful father, and I know what yer gonna say, but I will tell you, he wouldn’t want this from you.” She pauses, taking several breaths, as if she were running a marathon. I shouldn’t be arguing with her. “Babygirl, he wanted the best for you, but most of all, he wanted you to be happy. Yer father was strict, and I hate talkin’ about people who don’t really know, but he didn’t know better. He loved yer momma and you. Sometimes it came off like he was restrained but, by golly, Babygirl, he wouldn’t want you to hold onto some illusion of perfection. Holdin’ on to the very worst memories you have of ’em.”

Dropping the phone in my lap, I furiously try to wipe away the tears that seem to be falling freely down my face. I can hear my gran’s voice through the phone. She’s going to be upset at herself that she brought up stuff that I don’t want to talk about. She’s my anchor. They all were. I grab the phone, taking a few deep breaths to compose myself. “Gran …”
“Are you okay?” she asks worriedly.

“I’m sorry, I just—”
“I know, Babygirl. I know.” She sighs. We don’t have to say much; she knows me well enough to understand how this all works.

“Just go to the house. I rented it for you, I talked to Avey, and she agrees this is the best time to go. She said something about students gonna want a place to study soon.”

“Yeah, finals.”

“I rented the house for you, everything has been taken care of. And if anything, this will be a little vacation, plus maybe some closure you need. You were never at fault, sweetie. You owe it to yerself to take a break. I’m so proud of you. I wish I could’ve been there for the openin’,” she says quietly.

 

 

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About J Lum:

J. Lum resides in the Northern Virginia area. While she calls Virginia home, she is constantly on the go. She’s got a constant case of #Wanderlust; most of the time, you can find her traveling around the world to see her book besties, or checking off her bucket list places. Her second home away from home is Hawaii, where her family is from. The love for the ocean runs through her veins. She also has a love of pugs, unicorns, and anything chocolate. She and coffee have been having a love affair for many years. And, if you don’t find her wandering around the world, she’s more than likely hanging with her pug, Lani.

 

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