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Thursday, May 9, 2019

Cover Reveal with Giveaway: Fearless King by Maya Hughes




Title: Fearless King
Author: Maya Hughes
Genre: New Adult Romance
Cover Design: Najla Qamber, Qamber Designs
Release Date: May 30, 2019

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Rule No. 1 - Don’t dream about your best friend’s sister.
Rule No. 2 - Don’t kiss your best friend’s sister.
Rule No. 3 - Definitely don’t sleep with your best friend’s sister.

Too late.
Liv’s gotten under my skin with her sweet smile and her gentle touch. We had one kiss before it all fell apart. I wanted to hold her close, but I broke her heart.
Now, she’s in trouble and I’m the last person she wants to confide in, but I’m not giving up.

New Rule: Don’t fall in love with your best friend’s sister.


Author Bio
Maya Hughes can often be found sneaking in another chapter while hiding in the bathroom from her kids! :-) I’m a romance writer who loves taking inspiration from everyday life, namely my husband and biggest fan. Inspiration also strikes when I hear a song, meet someone new or daydream while at soccer practice.
I’m the mom of three little ones, the wife to an amazing husband and also work full time. Some of my favorite things are cinnamon rolls, white wine, laughing until I can’t breathe and traveling with my family.

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Saturday, February 23, 2019

Promo Post Excerpt with Giveaway: Forgetting Aiden by Juliet Picard

Book info:
TitleForgetting Aiden 
Author:  Juliet Picard
Series: Standalone novel with HEA
Genre:  New Adult Second Chance Romance 
Release Date:  March 9th, 2019 (available for pre-order now!)

Blurb:
Welcome to Hollywood, where celebrities like me attend fancy galas, release new records, and star in classic films like Romeo and Juliet -- sometimes requiring simulated sex with their ex-boyfriend.

Aiden Press is Hollywood's newest bad boy, but he's no stranger to me. He traded in his sweet Country artist stardom for a shot at making it big as a pop star. I’m sure he’s on the verge of greatness with lyrics like big booty, cash money, and oh yeah.

Of course, he'll try to win me over with those baby blue eyes, gush-worthy smile, and deep V-line leading down to...

O Aiden!

I mean...

O Romeo, O Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?


Excerpt:
Damn, he has Aiden’s smile. That full-on grin with perfectly white teeth. It doesn’t help that he has Aiden’s tendency to swipe his bottom lip with his tongue. All smooth, slightly wet, and…. nope, I can’t go there. I just got out of a relationship. How can I get involved with Xavier if I’m still thinking about Aiden? My skin gets hotter. But, what if Xavier is the one to make me forget about him? I mean there’s no harm in finding out, right?
I place my hand on top of his hard thigh. I study his reaction, searching for any hesitance. There’s none. Only a hunger behind his eyes. I pull myself onto his lap, facing him. Sitting on the backless stool, all of his muscles tighten to hold me into place. The constricting sensation of his body sends heat shooting up from my pelvis to my head. I take his hands from his side and place them on my waist. My eyes are watching his lips part open. I can hear his breath growing heavier. The space between us is getting smaller until it's the size of a dime. His exhales become my inhales. What am I doing? It's the last question I think before my lips find his. Just like that, I'm at a loss for anything not connected to Xavier. His broad shoulders, soft tongue, and hot skin.
With my legs still wrapped around his back, he lifts me to the couch. I lay propped across his hard chest. I press my body closer to his. A low grunt escapes his body. It feels good to know that I can still make a man pant under my embrace. His hands grip my waist tighter. And, I feel him grow harder. He flips me on my back with ease.
Through a haze, I watch his head bobbing in and out of my skirt. His tongue massages and spreads my wetness around and around. I moan and grab onto the pillow behind me. Beads of sweat collect at my forehead. I almost forgot how good it feels to be touched. No, devoured. I cry out as I reach my climax, all too soon. Xavier looks up at me and has that same devious smile that started all of this.
I push him back onto the couch and release his belt buckle. I almost stop when I notice the black spandex boxers with a white dot. The very style I had bought Aiden for Christmas last year. He will not ruin this moment. I rip the boxers down harder than expected. Xavier is one blessed man. I gape in awe at his package. I’ve only seen Aiden’s in person, but I’ve seen plenty of dirty pics (not by choice) to know his size is exceptional. My lips wrap tightly around his tip. I push deeper and tug on the base of his shaft with my hand. His eyes widen and nostrils flare. The pleasure in his face sends a thrill through my body. I thrust harder so that he can feel the base of my throat, and I’m certain he’ll finish soon. With the last plunge, I feel his warmth run down my throat.
“Well, it was very nice meeting you Xavier,” I say, and he lets out a low chuckle.
“You have quite the sense of humor, Eva…among other things. I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t shocked. I’ve always perceived you as reserved.”
“Well, there’s a first for everything,” I say.

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About the Author:
Juliet Picard has published articles for Girl Ambition, a tween online site, and has been a stringer for CosmoGirl! Magazine, a tween spin-off of Cosmopolitan. She graduated cum laude from Cornell University where she took a number of creative writing courses and studied business. 

Juliet Picard is proud to present readers with Forgetting Aiden that draws on her mixed ethnicity as a Mexican-American writer and experiences as an actress. She also pays tribute to her husband's Colombian nationality and their frequent travels to this beautiful country. 

Juliet Picard hopes to inspire young women to follow their dreams, even in the face of adversity.

For more information or to connect with Juliet visit www.JulietPicard.com

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Thursday, January 3, 2019

Chapter Reveal with Giveaway: Ruthless King (Kings of Rittenhouse #3) by Maya Hughes





Title: Ruthless King
Author: Maya Hughes
Genre: New Adult Romance
Cover Design: Najla Qamber, Qamber Designs
Release Date: January 10, 2019

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My dick never got me in half as much trouble as my heart...
We were high school sweethearts. I was head over heels for her and no one could tell me we weren’t going to last forever. College? Going pro? My family’s money? None of it mattered. She was all I needed.
Then she ripped my heart out. But I’m not going to let that happen again.
She’s back. Invading my life and acting like she was the wronged one. The pain is still there, but I can’t keep my eyes off her. I can’t stop thinking about her and how much was left unsaid between us. Being this close is making me question everything I thought I knew about her.
This time everything will be on my terms. Everything…


Author Bio
Maya Hughes can often be found sneaking in another chapter while hiding in the bathroom from her kids! :-) I’m a romance writer who loves taking inspiration from everyday life, namely my husband and biggest fan. Inspiration also strikes when I hear a song, meet someone new or daydream while at soccer practice.
I’m the mom of three little ones, the wife to an amazing husband and also work full time. Some of my favorite things are cinnamon rolls, white wine, laughing until I can’t breathe and traveling with my family.




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Monday, October 29, 2018

L-L-L-Little Reviews - Kiss and Make Up Series #1-3 by Sara Ney

So, while I did go ahead and post my reviews of the first two books in this series on retailers as I read them, I wanted to do one big post on my blog of all three together. So that's what this one is!  All of these are Sports romances, we have hockey players for our leading men.  And while the first one is YA, I'd call the 2nd two more NA.  Also, I received all three of these from InkSlinger PR for reviews, which did not influence my opinion in any way.

Kissing in Cars:
Release Date:  January 26th, 2014
Order in Series:  #1
My rating:  4.5 stars

So this one was really pretty close to a YA, whereas I'd call the other two in the series New Adult.   I know a lot of people will probably complain about how this is written, but honestly it flows a lot like how I think. And to me, it sounded perfectly like the way I'd imagine a teenager thinks, or the way at least I thought as a teenager. So much about it cracked me up. I was laughing out loud sitting in public. There were a few things that were predictable, another thing people might have issues with. Personally though, I found that those really were done almost tongue-in-cheek, or they felt like they were done that way. Reminds me of how the scary things happened in the Scream movie franchise. Then there is the part where Weston does basically the same exact thing by telling people Molly is not his girlfriend, loudly, adamantly. She'd already told him once about doing something like that, not just told him, but gotten really mad at him about it. So for him to do it again, I basically called him a dumbass. He'd fit well into the future douchebag series. And as I am reading book 2 in the series right now, Weston is keeping up with that, although loving his girl now.

In a way this reminded me of my own writing. At least how I think I write, others who read my writing may not agree. But it gave me hope to keep writing, because I love this author, and so if I do, and I know others do, maybe I can do something with my writing as well.


Now, I think the cover above is the newest, but I like the one below better.

Here is the blurb from Goodreads:
Will she, or won't she... 

Studious and (mostly) sensible, the only thing Molly Wakefield wants to do is get through Senior Year and graduate. Well, that and hit the beach in her spare time. Okay, fine - and go shopping every once in a while for a new dress... (and who could blame her?) 

And things are going according to plan - until the day she spies Weston McGrath, handsome star athlete and scholar, spying on her in study hall. 

A tad creepy? Maybe. 
Thrilling? Absolutely. 

You see, Weston McGrath happens to be one guy no one can get close to. 

Despite her best efforts to avoid it (because let's face it - the guy isn't exactly "boyfriend material") Mollly and Weston form a friendship. 
And more.... 
Sort of. 
But it's a friendship that comes with a price - because Weston just cannot seem to stop screwing things up. Or saying all the wrong things. Possibly in that order... 
And who has time for an 18 year old "fixer-upper" that should know better? 
Not Molly. 
Or does she? 


He Kissed Me First:
Release Date:  November 27th, 2014
Order in Series:  #2
My rating:  4.5 stars

Book 2 was really funny because I already knew Molly and Weston, and I have to say that I adored Weston in this one. While he was definitely pretty much whipped/in love, whatever you want to call it, he was still an annoying boy. I laughed so hard out loud so many times during this book! Matthew was definitely fitting of the douchebag title that Ney's other series uses to describe its leading men. You'd start to think he was coming over to be a good guy, then out would pop the jerk again. There were definitely times I wanted to shake Cece a little, but that seems to happen a lot in romance books, so that's nothing bad. This one was definitely a lot different from the first book, in that was set in a high school, and this one is two people almost past what I'd consider even new adult, more just adult. But with the college aspect it could stay as a new adult level. And the amount of steam in it was definitely on the lower range, or should I say there just was less of it? 

Weston and Matthew's friendship also cracked me up. I love how they interacted. The date that Matthew took Cece on to the hockey game and the players that came up and harassed him about it were cute. Definitely a page turner that I couldn't seem to stop reading! On to book 3!  (Oh yeah, same thing, I like both covers, kind of the original below better though!)


Here is the blurb from Goodreads:
"Trust me - If there's one thing I'm not attracted to, it's an arrogant, selfish and foul-mouth hockey player. I know what I want, and Matthew Wakefield isn't it." - Cecelia Carter 

From the first moment they laid eyes on each other, all Cecelia Carter and Matthew Wakefield do is bicker. Fight. Even though he is her roommates brother, Cece just can't stand the sight of him, and Matthew - well. He could never resist a challenge... 

That can't be a good combination, can it? 
But sometimes, love happens when you least expect it. 

This book is intended for those 17 and older - If you're offended by "F" bombs, sarcasm, sexual situations and Alpha Male jackasses - this book is not for you... 





A Kiss Like This:
Release Date:  May 31st, 2015
Order in Series:  #3
My rating:  4.5 stars

All three of these stories were really good.  This book actually made me think that maybe I should give shy guys a little more of a chance. But the awkwardness that the two faced in this book is so much what I dread and have dealt with in my own life as a shy person on a date with a shy guy.  Unfortunately the shy guys I went out with were not hot hockey players like Caleb is.  So many times as I read this though, I could feel the awkwardness coming off the page, and it felt like a chapter of my own life in that way.  For me that made it so perfect and not necessarily easy to read, but easy in that I was extremely familiar in the way those things go.  Now, I knew that the whole ring thing was going to come back and bite Caleb in the end. But I also feel that Abby definitely overreacted about that whole situation.  As you may know from my other reviews though, that is something that I realize is often a standard part of a romance novel, to add that last bit of drama needed.  So no matter how frustrating it is for me, I can get over it when I love the rest of the story so much, and realize it is for that very purpose.

Something I love about series like these is getting those supporting characters into main character roles in future books, and then it makes me want to go back and read the earlier books, knowing what I know now about them.  Of course their bits and pieces from the earlier stories help to make their own books more humorous at time as you remember what they'd done in the past.

I have to admit that when I first discovered this author with the 3rd book in her How to Date a Douchebag series, I just assumed that there would be a ton of her past stories to go back and read once I fell in love with her writing.  There wasn't a ton out there, so having these suggested and maybe re-released or re-publicized was great for me, as I wait for more books to come!  Sara Ney is definitely an auto-buy/read author for me!  I do have to say though, unlike the first two books in the series, there isn't an "original" cover for me to share with you.  Just the one you see above.  Although there is this one below as well.  Not sure which is the most accurate one, although I might like the one below best.

Here is the blurb from Goodreads:
ABIGAIL DARLINGTON IS AWKWARD… 

She will never be “that” girl. You know the one: that girl on campus, confident in her own skin. Always saying the right things. Putting herself out there. Knows how to talk to a guy without stammering. 

Nope. Shy but clever, and easily embarrassed, Abby is fine being the wallflower in her circle of outgoing, beautiful friends; she would rather read about a sexy book boyfriend than actually have a live, breathing one. 

…BUT CALEB LOCKHART IS WORSE. 

Star goaltender for the University’s hockey team, Caleb is quiet and broody, preferring the solitude of his orderly, regimented life. He doesn’t like, or need people—and plans to keep it that way. One more year left of hockey and he’ll be long gone. 

AWKWARD NEVER LOOKED SO GOOD. 

Both their lives change the day that Abigail falls for Caleb. Well, falls directly on top of him, to be accurate. Because sometimes we don’t settle into love. 

We fall there. 

WARNING: This book contains cursing, and LOTS of it. It also has sex, uncomfortable sexual situations, and secondary characters who say some really inappropriate shit. RATING: R







Had to wrap up this post with a picture of me and the author from Book Boonanza 2018! 

  

Sunday, February 18, 2018

Release Blitz: Elite - A Priveleged Novel by Carrie Aarons @givemebooksblog @AuthorCarrieA




Title: Elite
A Privileged Novel
Author: Carrie Aarons
Genre: New Adult Romance
Release Date: February 18, 2018



Blurb

If you’re in, you’ll never have to ask. If you ask, you’ll never be in.

Eloise Mason knows what it’s like to live among the privileged. Seeking a change from the upper crust society of Europe, she flies halfway across the world for a semester abroad in the one place guaranteed to toss responsibility out the window and provide some good, old-fashioned fun; college in The United States.

Except nothing at the picturesque, Ivy-covered university in Vermont appears as it seems. And after a mysterious invitation arrives on her doorstep, curiosity wins over the need to turn her back on games meant for the rich and ruthless.

Secret societies, risky tasks, and an inner circle to rival the royals. But it may just be one American boy who threatens to be the most dangerous endeavor of all.

Colton Reiter defines the word idolized at Jade Mountain University. In fact, he practically rules the roost from the three point line of the basketball court. The college’s star point guard, he is a god and treated as such; professional scouts at every game, teachers looking the other way when it comes to grades, and girls falling into his lap at the snap of a finger. He wants for nothing, or at least that’s what he wants everyone to believe.

But when he meets the sassy girl with the British accent who could care less about his status, her very existence threatens to unveil the skeletons buried deep in the back of his closet.

With stakes this high, and hearts on the line, can they turn their backs on power and popularity before the ivory tower comes crashing down on their heads?


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Author of romance novels such as Red Card and the Captive Heart Duet, Carrie Aarons writes sexy, swoony and sarcastic characters who won't get out of her head until she puts them down on a page.

Carrie has wanted to be an author since the first time she opened a book. She loves spinning tales that include dapper men, women with attitude, and the occasional hunky athlete.

When she isn't in what her husband calls a "writing coma", Carrie is freeing up her jam-packed DVR, starting her latest DIY project, or planning her next travel adventure. She lives in New Jersey with her husband, who is more than happy to watch sports while his wife plots love stories.


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Sunday, November 19, 2017

Blog Tour with Giveaway: Troubles (Beekman Hills #1) by KC Enders


Title: Troubles
Series: Beekman Hills #1
Author: KC Enders
Genre: New Adult/ Contemporary Romance
Cover Design: JC Clarke 
Release Date: November 9, 2017


Lisbeth Rittenhouse definitely doesn’t have the Midas touch. Everything she touches turns into a disaster. But she’s close to finishing her nursing degree and, fingers crossed, she’ll finally prove to herself that she’s capable of doing something right.
Desperate to outrun the grief of losing his brother, photographer Aidan Kearney lands in the small town of Beekman Hills, New York... far from the bustling streets of Dublin. In the pub of an old friend, he spends his days slinging drinks, instead of capturing the beauty he once saw in the world. The only brilliance he sees is the gorgeous redhead who is having a worse night than he is. She’s drenched in a spilled beer and can’t shake the jerk who is hounding her. Will Lisbeth’s luck finally change or will a fling with a sexy Irishman turn out to be another fiasco?
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Writer and reader of all the books.
Her words are fueled by craft beer, good bourbon and of course, coffee.

She’s married to her best friend and the love of her life, proud mom to two amazing men—who know how to cook, clean, and always open doors for ladies. You’re welcome. And then there’s the three dogs she lovingly rescued and introduced into a cushy life of leisure. 
Karin is a New York girl living in a Midwest world.

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