Promo Post and Product Review: UberPrints T-shirt

A short time ago I was contacted by UberPrints and offered a free t-shirt for doing a review and promotion on my blog.  As someone who loves to have t-shirts to wear that show off whatever I might currently be infatuated with, or else whatever I'm a fangirl of, I jumped on this opportunity.  While trying I had a hard time trying to decide exactly what I wanted to put on this t-shirt, the actual process was as easy as pie! 

First thing you do is pick what type of shirt you want to make.  You can choose men's or unisex, women's, kids and babies, or even pets!  Depending which type of shirt you pick, there are a multitude of color choices.  Now, the first thing you have to know about that though, is that there are two groups of colors for each product.  There is digital printing and screen printing.  If you are just making one for yourself, you want digital printing, which also may mean a few less color choices.  But if you are wanting to order a lot of them, say for a team, or group of people, then you can go with screen printing. 

After that you can pick an image, or the words that you want on the shirt.  I was very impressed with the variety and amount of clip art that is provided on the site so that you don't have to go looking elsewhere.  There are so many different type of fonts for the words as well.  You can change the sizes of the pictures and words.  You can even change the colors of the images, which is so much fun!  I chose a shirt with what I feel is my life motto, "So many books, so little time."  You can see that one of my dogs had to check out my new shirt when I put it on the bed to take pictures.

Finally you'll pick your shirt size.  Now, that is the one area that my shirt didn't quite turn out how I expected.  It was a little bigger than I thought based on the information.  But I'm sure that all depends on the type of shirt you pick.  Here you can see how I ended up looking in the t-shirt.  It's a bit long on me, but since I'm only 5 foot tall, that is how most shirts are on me.

All I can say is how much fun it was, and how much I love this shirt!  I also have a ton of ideas for other shirts I want to make.  A couple that I really want before I meet some other favorite authors.  As well as one for another favorite saying of mine.  I will be making all my future fangirl t-shirts with UberPrints.com, and I definitely recommend that you try it as well!

Review: Draw Play by Tia Lewis

Book info:
Title:  Draw Play
Author:  Tia Lewis
Genre:  New Adult Sports Romance
Published:  September 5th, 2016
Source:  E-galley from Netgalley
My rating: 4 stars

First, thanks to XPresso Book Tours for allowing me to read this book for review.  I really enjoyed it, it was a pretty quick read!  

We have two  main characters, and we get the story from both of their viewpoints.  I really like when authors do that. So while you get the suspense for one character not knowing what is going on, you still kind of know and wonder how they are going to handle it.  The two main characters are Jake and Claire.  

Jake is a football player, and a really good one at that.  But his grades barely make it.  The coach wants to make sure that his grades are exactly where they need to be this year, so that nothing can happen to keep him from playing and having his shot at the career he wants after college.  So they hire a tutor for him.

Claire is your usual nerdy type of girl.  In high school she was tricked by a popular football player, and now has no trust or respect for them.  At the end of the last school year she had lined up the perfect job to help pay for her schooling, and it was in the college bookstore. But something happens and they give the job to someone else.  When they find another job for her, it is tutoring.  While tutoring pays more, she has to work with a football player.  One who is, of course, drop dead gorgeous, and a ladies man.  

But while Jake is not happy about having to be tutored, he sees past the nerdy walls that Claire has put up, and really is pretty nice to her.  There were times that I really felt like she was overreacting to something he'd done.  But when we know what happened to her in the past, that probably explains it.  The romance and sex scenes were definitely hot and steamy.  

For the most part it was written pretty simply, and a little predictable. But all in a good way, an enjoyable way.  I will definitely be looking to read more books by this author in the future.

 

Book Blitz and Giveaway: J.C. and the Bijoux Jolis (The Rousseaus #3) by Katy Regnery

Title:  J.C. and the Bijoux Jolis
Author:  Katy Regnery
Series:  The Rousseaus #3
Publication date: November 21st, 2016
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance

Did you fall in love with The English Brothers? Were you hot for the Winslows? Katy Regnery’s New York Times bestselling Blueberry Lane series continues with The Rousseau siblings in 2016!

If the best man and maid of honor are both single, it’s practically an unwritten rule that they should pork.

…so begins a rocky acquaintance between Jean-Christian “J.C.” Rousseau and Libitz Feingold at the wedding of J.C.’s brother and Lib’s best friend. While manslut best man J.C. is surprised when maid of honor Libitz soundly spurns his advances, his curiosity is piqued. The girl he couldn’t have becomes the only one he wants.
So, when he finds a seventy-year-old portrait in the attic of his sister’s mansion that bears an uncanny resemblance to the prickly gallery owner, he enlists her help in solving a mystery seven decades in the making. Traveling from Philadelphia to New York to Marseille, a couple who started off as enemies will discover that even cynics can find true love…and mortal man is no match for destiny.
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EXCERPT:

“You must be the famous Libitz,” he’d opened, taking his assigned seat beside her, and flashing his sexiest grin.
After all, if she was his chosen conquest for the weekend, there was no time like the present to work his wiles. Wearing a simple black sheath dress with aqua circles, 70s-style mod make-up and oversized silver and crystal chandelier earrings that almost brushed her thin shoulders, she’d turned to him and blinked those wide, all-seeing eyes.
“And you…must be kidding.”
Taken aback, he’d stared at her for a second before chuckling. “Wha—I mean, how’s that?”
“Let’s start over,” she said, cocking her head to the side. “Here’s your line, Romeo: “Hi, I’m Étienne’s brother, Jean-Christian. It’s nice to meet you.” Want to give it a try?”
He cleared his throat, his smile fading. “Hi, I’m Étienne’s brother, Jean-Christian. It’s nice to meet you.”
She locked eyes with his, her lips neutral, neither tilted up nor down. “Hi. I’m Libitz Feingold, Kate’s best friend…and it’s not cold enough.”
“What?” asked J.C., feeling completely turned around.
“It’s not cold enough in hell for me to fall for someone like you,” she said, then shifted back around to talk to the person on her other side.
Well, fuck me, thought J.C., taking another gulp of beer as he tried to figure out if he was insulted or impressed. After a moment, he nudged her in the side with his elbow and she looked at him over her shoulder, her expression annoyed.
“Yes?”
“I hear the temperature’s dropping there,” he said casually, then added, “because they’re expecting a visit from you.”
“Ha!” she chortled, a genuine grin brightening her eyes for a moment before she quickly reigned it back in to practiced ennui. “Is that right?”
He shrugged, tipping his bottle of beer back as he held her eyes, challenging her to come back at him with something clever. “So I heard.”
“From all the friends you’ve got there?”
He almost spit his beer out. Damn, but she was quick.
“Truce?’ he asked, placing his beer on the table and holding out his hand.
She stared at his hand for a moment, then looked away, leaning forward to pick up her champagne glass and bringing it slowly to her lips. “No, thanks. Mama didn’t raise no fool.”
“You’re unreal.” She shook her head, that bored look still in place.
“Nope. I’m real. I’m just not a good target for charming scamps looking for trouble.”
“A target? Shit. Who got to you?” he asked, feeling a little abused by her insta-judgement of him without actually getting a chance to know him in person. Not that she was wrong exactly. But getting into trouble with the right person could be a hell of a lot of fun.
“The list is long and distinguished,” she shot back.
His eyes widened and his lips wobbled.
“Oh, God,” she said, shaking her head as her cheeks bloomed an appealing pink under her make-up. “I walked right into that one didn’t I?”
“Yes, you did,” said J.C. with what he hoped was a disarming grin. “All together, now…”
“So’s my Johnson,” they said at the same time, quoting the rebuttal line from Top Gun.
“Hey, look at that,” he said, still smiling at her. “You do know how to have fun. I was beginning to worry.”
Her smile instantly faded. “You’re not as cute as you think you are.”
“Yeah,” he said, nodding as he finished the last of his beer. “I am.”

Author Bio:

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Katy Regnery started her writing career by enrolling in a short story class in January 2012. One year later, she signed her first contract and Katy’s first novel was published in September 2013.
Twenty-five books later, Katy claims authorship of the multi-titled, New York Times and USA Today Blueberry Lane Series, which follows the English, Winslow, Rousseau, Story, and Ambler families of Philadelphia; the six-book, bestselling ~a modern fairytale~ series; and several other standalone novels and novellas.
Katy’s first modern fairytale romance, The Vixen and the Vet, was nominated for a RITA® in 2015 and won the 2015 Kindle Book Award for romance. Katy’s boxed set, The English Brothers Boxed Set, Books #1–4, hit the USA Today bestseller list in 2015, and her Christmas story, Marrying Mr. English, appeared on the list a week later. In May 2016, Katy’s Blueberry Lane collection, The Winslow Brothers Boxed Set, Books #1-4, became a New York Times E-book bestseller.
In 2016, Katy signed a print-only agreement with Spencerhill Press. As a result, her Blueberry Lane paperback books will now be distributed to brick and mortar bookstores all over the United States.
Katy lives in the relative wilds of northern Fairfield County, Connecticut, where her writing room looks out at the woods, and her husband, two young children, two dogs, and one Blue Tonkinese kitten create just enough cheerful chaos to remind her that the very best love stories begin at home.

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Cover Reveal: Behind the Book (Sexy #2) by Heather Dahlgren

Title:  Behind the Book
Author:  Heather Dahlgren
Series:  Sexy #2
Published by: Limitless Publishing
Publication date: December 2016
Genres: Contemporary, New Adult, Romance

London Tweed will protect herself at all costs, even if it endangers her heart…
London has achieved a thriving writing career, but her social life could use some work. She doesn’t have many friends and can’t even remember the last time she went on a date. If only the memories of her previous relationship would let her enjoy a little of the success she’s earned. London fears she’s lost the ability to feel anything, until she meets the cover model for her new book.
Blake Foster is proud of his career—and his reputation…
Blake is a model who loves the ladies as much as they love him. He’s got great friends, a successful career, and definitely no lonely nights. He can’t understand why anyone would want to settle down. Then London Tweed chooses him to be on her next book cover and invites him to attend a signing with her. He has a great time at the event and makes it his mission to get London to loosen up.
Temptation has never felt so right…
When the after party gets out of hand, London finally lets the walls around her heart down and starts to have fun again. All thanks to Blake. She wants to take a chance on him, but the fear of everything she left behind still follows her.
Can the past stay in the past? Blake’s ready to give up his playboy lifestyle for London, but can he convince her that his love is stronger than the world around them?
Judging a book by its cover may not be fair, especially when you don’t know what’s going on…
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Author Bio:

Heather Dahlgren writes Contemporary Romance, sprinkling each book with a bit of humor, a lot of naughty and true love. She self-published her first book in 2014 and continues to do so today. Her over active mind promises the stories are in no short supply.
Heather grew up and still resides at the Jersey shore. She loves being so close to the Atlantic Ocean and the Pine Barrens. She is surrounded by the best of both worlds.
She is married to her high school sweetheart and has three kids. There is nothing more important in the world to her then her family.
When Heather isn’t writing you can find her getting lost in a great book, spending time with family and helping her fellow authors.

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Book Blitz and Giveaway: Silver-Tongued Devil by Rosalind James

Title:  Silver-Tongued Devil
Author:  Rosalind James
Series:  Portland Devils
Publication date: November 15th, 2016
Genres: Adult, Romance, Sports

No more wild rides. No more wild side.
Blake Orbison’s pro football career may have ended with a bang, but not calling the signals anymore just gives him more time to devote to his business enterprises, including the latest and greatest: the opening of the Wild Horse Resort in scenic north Idaho. And that other one, too. Blake’s on the marriage track, and he’s got a game plan. But when he runs into a trespasser leaping from his shoreline boulders into his lake, what’s a good ol’ boy to do but strip down and join her?
Dakota Savage is nobody’s temporary diversion, least of all the man responsible for her family’s semi-desperate circumstances. Some people may think she has a piercing too many, but she’s had more than enough of being called trash in this town. She’s come home to Wild Horse to run her stepfather’s painting business, and any extra time she has goes into creating her stained glass. An overpaid, entitled, infuriating NFL quarterback is no part of her life plan, no matter how sweet he talks. No matter how slow he smiles. No matter what.

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EXCERPT:

It wasn’t Jerry. That much, she could tell as he got closer. It was somebody a whole lot slimmer. Tall, check. Short dark hair, check. Black shirt, check. But no gut, and she thought there was some darkness around the jaw that wasn’t quite a beard. Another security guy. She could be cute enough for him. Maybe. What would he care, really, what she did?
“Hi,” she said as he approached. “Next time maybe don’t yell right when I’m jumping.” Taking the initiative. Projecting confidence. She was better at that than “cute.”
“Hell of a graceful landing,” he agreed, and glasses or no, she could see the flash of white teeth through the dark stubble just fine. Also that he had a pair of shoulders to die for, and some very nice arms in that T-shirt. Not to mention long legs in dusty jeans and work boots, and about six foot three of lean muscle. Nobody she knew, because she’d have noticed him. She might not be able to see him, exactly, but she could see enough.
“If you’re security,” she said, “I was just going.”
“I’m not security. And I hope that’s a lie that you were just going, because that looked real fun.”
He had a Southern drawl she’d surely never heard in Wild Horse. Slow as molasses, and just that thick and sweet. Ah hope thass a lah that you were juss goin’. “Let me guess,” she said, feeling a sneaky little surge of excitement. “You’re out here to do wrong. Sign says ‘No Trespassing,’ and you’ve been given the big lecture, but you’re not worried, because you’re a badass like that.”
Some more grin. “Could be. Is that water deep enough to be safe? We’re both too pretty to get ourselves paralyzed.”
“Oh, yeah,” she assured him. “Best spot on the lake for it. No place else has rocks like this or a pool this deep. Which means, of course, that the Man comes and fences it off and tells you that you can’t use it anymore, even if you’re working out here. Gotta love capitalism, and this is about the worst.”
He gazed into the distance and scratched thoughtfully at his cheek. “Bad place to work, you think? Huh.”
“I wouldn’t do it for a heartbeat if I didn’t need the money. You could say that I’m not in love with Mr. Blake Orbison or his company. But you know, we all need the money.”
“That we do. Arrogant guy?”
“Let’s say that I don’t like the way he treats people. On an . . . institutional scale.” Whoa, girl, she told herself. Lose the bitter and get back to reckless. More attractive, and a whole lot more fun. Trust her to meet a truly prime specimen of manflesh for once and immediately put him off. “So I’m sure I shouldn’t jump off his rocks. But hey, what’s life without a little danger?” There, that was better.
“Now, see, darlin’,” he said, his voice getting even deeper, the accent going a shade richer, “that’s what I tell myself all the time. It’s a real shame that so few people think like us.”

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Rosalind James, a publishing industry veteran and former marketing executive, is an author of Contemporary Romance and Romantic Suspense novels published both independently and through Montlake Romance. She was raised in North Idaho, but now lives in Berkeley, California, with her husband and a Labrador Retriever named Charlie. Rosalind attributes her surprising success to the fact that "lots of people would like to escape to New Zealand! I know I did!"

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Review and Giveaway: Of Fire and Stars by Audrey Coulthurst

Book info:
Title:  Of Fire and Stars
Author:  Audrey Coulthurst
Genre:  YA fantasy LGBTQ
Published:  November 22nd, 2016
Source:  E-galley from Edelweiss and Irish Banana Tours

Synopsis:
Betrothed since childhood to the prince of Mynaria, Princess Dennaleia has always known what her future holds. Her marriage will seal the alliance between Mynaria and her homeland, protecting her people from other hostile lands. But Denna has a secret. She possesses an Affinity for fire—a dangerous gift for the future queen of a kingdom where magic is forbidden.

Now, Denna must learn the ways of her new home while trying to hide her growing magic. To make matters worse, she must learn to ride Mynaria’s formidable warhorses before her coronation—and her teacher is the person who intimidates her most, the prickly and unconventional Princess Amaranthine (called Mare), sister of her betrothed.

When a shocking assassination leaves the kingdom reeling, Mare and Denna reluctantly join forces to search for the culprit. As the two work together, each discovers there’s more to the other than she thought. Mare is surprised by Denna’s intelligence and bravery, while Denna is drawn to Mare’s independent streak. Soon their friendship is threatening to blossom into something more.

But with dangerous conflict brewing that makes the alliance more important than ever, acting on their feelings could be deadly. Forced to choose between their duty and their hearts, Mare and Denna must find a way to save their kingdoms—and each other

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My Review:
I haven't quite finished the book, but I can say that I am really enjoying it!  I like the characters a lot. And the plot is really detailed and keeps me wondering where the story will go next.  I like how the characters find out that they may be interested in each other, even though Denna is actually betrothed to the prince, Mare's sister.  The book is told in alternating chapters between Denna and Mare.  And while you can get the difference and know exactly who each chapter is told by, you can also see all the differences in them, and how they deal with the feelings they come to discover about each other.  I am really looking forward as I mentioned above, to see where their relationship will go, as well as how it will affect the marriage and alliance between the two kingdoms.  I hope to find out that the magic will become accepted, and the people will find who is causing all the violence. There is a woman who is causing issues with the kingdom, and I am interested to see if she is really behind it all, especially since she is really hard to like so far.  I like the LGBTQ aspect, and how it seems so seamlessly to fit in.  It's not just out there, to be in your face, like some books do.  It seems just like normal life should be between people and a romance.  

This is a book I will definitely recommend, and also purchase for the school library where I work.  I hope to read more books like this in the future, as well as more from this author.

About Author:  

Audrey Coulthurst writes YA books that tend to involve magic, horses, and kissing the wrong people. Her debut novel, Of Fire and Stars, will be published on November 22, 2016 by Balzer+Bray/HarperCollins. When she’s not dreaming up new stories, she can usually be found painting, singing, or on the back of a horse.

Audrey has a Master’s in Writing from Portland State University, is a member of SCBWI, and studied with Malinda Lo as a 2013 Lambda Literary Foundation Fellow. She lives in Santa Monica, California.

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11/14: What Sarah Read - Review
11/15: A Backwards Story - Mood Board
11/16: Addicted 2 Novels - Review
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Review: Forgiving Lies by Molly McAdams

Book info:
Title:  Forgiving  Lies
Author:  Molly McAdams
Series:  Forgiving Lies #1
Genre:  New Adult Romance
Published:  October 29th, 2013
Source:  Purchased from bargain section at bookstore
My rating:  5 stars

Okay, after this book, Molly McAdams has been redeemed for me.  The first of her books that I listened to, Taking Chances, was good, but I had issues with it.  I only gave that one 3 stars.  But this book blew me away!  And I can't wait to read on in the series, especially after I know how the next book is going to go from the preview.  

The two main characters are Kash and Rachel.  Kash is an undercover cop sent to where he is in order to try to find a serial killer.  So right off the bat he's having to lie to Rachel, who at first isn't a fan of his.  She finds him kind of rude.  Not to mention that Rachel's best friend and roommate, Candice, is hooking up with Kash's roommate/partner.  At first Rachel is having issues because even though the guy she'd always had a crush on, Candice's cousin Blake.  He seems to want to go out with Rachel now as well.  But Rachel isn't sure because he seems to be quite the ladies' man.  She finally gives in and goes out with him, and it turns out he's not quite the guy she'd thought.  

However Candice won't believe anything bad about her cousin, even with her best friend telling her, so she keeps trying to get Rachel back with him.  Even with Kash and Rachel beginning to feel something for each other.  

Kash knows he shouldn't get involved with Rachel, at least not in any way more meaningful than his roommate is with her roommate.  But Rachel's got other things going on in her past, her own secrets that she's keeping from Kash.  Kash can see from the way she reacts to something that she has been through a trauma, something he knows from his experience as a cop.  And so he slowly works with her to help her move on.  Eventually their friendship grows into something more.  But this brings Blake back into Rachel's life.  And not in a good way.  

In the end, Kash's case and Rachel's safety will become intertwined, and Kash will have to make a very heroic rescue of the girl he loves.  

I've seen several posts on Goodreads talking about the little bit of a cliffhanger at the end, and yeah, it gets you.  I've also seen people talk about the book coming with a "trigger warning".  I'm really a bit in the air about that.  While I understand people's point, I have to say that I have been through my own situation that this could be a trigger for, and I have my own anxiety problems, but I don't expect an author to give me a "warning" when I read a book.  Sorry, my own thoughts on that issue.

Overall, I really, really liked this book and am eager to not only read on in this series, but to also read more books by McAdams now.

 

Waiting on Wednesday: Now I Rise (And I Darken #2) by Kiersten White

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine where we spotlight upcoming releases that we're eagerly awaiting.  This week I'm excited about the sequel to a book that I really was kind of blown away by earlier this year, And I Darken. This just seems like such an original retelling of history, and I love that!  And the cover of the first one was great, but this one is awesome as well!  Here's the blurb from Goodreads: 

Lada Dracul has no allies. No throne. All she has is what she’s always had: herself. After failing to secure the Wallachian throne, Lada is out to punish anyone who dares to cross her blood-strewn path. Filled with a white-hot rage, she storms the countryside with her men, accompanied by her childhood friend Bogdan, terrorizing the land. But brute force isn’t getting Lada what she wants. And thinking of Mehmed brings little comfort to her thorny heart. There’s no time to wonder whether he still thinks about her, even loves her. She left him before he could leave her.

What Lada needs is her younger brother Radu’s subtlety and skill. But Mehmed has sent him to Constantinople—and it’s no diplomatic mission. Mehmed wants control of the city, and Radu has earned an unwanted place as a double-crossing spy behind enemy lines. Radu longs for his sister’s fierce confidence—but for the first time in his life, he rejects her unexpected plea for help. Torn between loyalties to faith, to the Ottomans, and to Mehmed, he knows he owes Lada nothing. If she dies, he could never forgive himself—but if he fails in Constantinople, will Mehmed ever forgive him?

As nations fall around them, the Dracul siblings must decide: what will they sacrifice to fulfill their destinies? Empires will topple, thrones will be won . . . and souls will be lost.

Have you read the first one?  How does this one sound?  What book or books are you eagerly awaiting this week?

Release Day Blitz and Giveaway: Worth the Risk by C.J. Lynne

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WORTH THE RISK
by
C.J. Lynne

Two men, a chance meeting, an unexpected fight for love...

Some risks are scarier than others
because they’re the most important ones we’ll ever undertake…

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Series: Infinity Series, Book One
Genre: Gay/Lesbian, M/M Erotic Romance
Publication Date: November 7, 2016
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Love doesn’t exist…

Or so Tyler Johnson thinks. He’s never had much, if any, of it thrown his way. A chance meeting with the enigmatic Jaxon Markham causes Ty to—if still not believe in love—at least know without a doubt that lust is alive and well. Ty’s not looking for forever, but what’s the harm in spending a few days—and scorching nights—with Jax; as long as Jax plays by his rules and keeps things casual and uncomplicated?

Jax knows his luck has finally changed for the better when he lays eyes on Tyler. The man is gorgeous, and stirs feelings in Jax he’d thought he’d never experience. The more time Jax spends with Ty, the more certain he is that Ty’s his soulmate. Now all that remains is convincing the stubborn Tyler of that fact, but Jax is more than up for the task, because he’s nothing if not persistent—a fact the elusive Tyler will soon find out.

Jax quickly, and much too easily, demolishes all of Ty’s protective walls and Ty reluctantly begins to think that maybe that intangible emotion called love is alive and well after all, and perhaps finally within his grasp. However, when his ugly past returns to haunt him, making him doubt all the good he’s experienced with and because of Jax, Ty’s positive outlook crumbles, giving way to doubt and despair.

Can he be the man Jax needs and deserves? Or will past and present demons destroy Ty’s one chance at true happiness?

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C. J. is first and foremost an avid reader of romance.  Nothing is better than watching two strong-willed people meet, connect and work through personal challenges and fight to overcome internal and outside obstacles to be together.

C. J. is a southerner who believes that love is love, and if you’re ever lucky to find it, you should hold onto it with both hands and feet.  C.J. writes love stories filled with emotion and hopes you—the reader—will enjoy them as much as C.J. enjoys creating them.

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Cover Reveal: This Piece of My Soul (Clearing the Ice #2) by Robyn M. Ryan

Title:  This Piece of My Soul
Author:  Robyn M. Ryan
Series:  (Clearing the Ice #2)
Publication date: January 3rd, 2017
Genres: New Adult, Romance, Sports

They believe love conquers all.
One of pro-hockey’s golden couples, Andrew and Caryn Chadwick live in the limelight reserved for elite professional athletes. On their second anniversary, Andrew receives an unexpected contract offer to join the Tampa Suns. As they look forward to a new adventure, neither foresees an event that challenges their love and threatens their marriage.
Until the day it doesn’t.
A sudden and senseless accident threatens Andrew’s life and inexplicably drives a wedge between the couple. Shattered by the incident, paralyzed by fear that it could happen again, Caryn finds herself at odds with her husband and unable to provide the support he needs—at the time he is most vulnerable.
As their perfect world crumbles, each makes choices that take Andrew and Caryn further apart. Distrust, fears, and secrets construct walls. This Piece of My Soul follows the joint and separate paths the couple navigate as each hopes to rediscover the love that can conquer all.
**Although This Piece of My Soul is the second book in the Clearing the Ice Series, it can be read as a standalone novel.**

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By the time she was an eight-year-old tomboy growing up in the suburbs of Chicago, Robyn M. Ryan definitely knew what she wanted to do when she grew up—play major league baseball or write. This goal grew throughout elementary and high school, first composing novels featuring favorite TV and music personalities, then venturing into sports writing.
Attending UGA’s journalism school launched her career in public relations, which included an internship with the Atlanta Flames NHL hockey team. At that time Robyn wrote books she and her friends wanted to read. With the encouragement of a writers group on twitter—WritersThatChat—This Piece of My Heart, a hockey romance, and the first book in Robyn’s series Clearing the Ice was published May 2016. The second book in the series, This Piece of My Soul, introduces the Tampa Suns professional hockey team. This Piece of My Soul is set for release January 2017.
Besides writing, Robyn’s passions include following NASCAR and the New York Rangers, reading all the great books in the sports romance genre, and splitting time between homes in Atlanta and Palm Coast, with two brilliant Westies who definitely rule both homes.
As do many writers, Robyn chooses to write using a pseudonym—hers is a combination of her sons’ names, a contribution from her youngest nephew.

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Book Tour and Giveaway: The Evolution Trilogy by Vanessa Wester

Hybrid 
The Evolution Trilogy: Book 1
By Vanessa Wester 
Genre: Paranormal, Urban Fantasy 

Steven Thorn has no trouble settling in at university. He is confident, hardworking and intelligent. When Caitlin Chance catches him off guard he is bemused by the instant attraction, and the more he gets to know, the more he likes.

Yet, Steven has a secret past that is destined to reveal itself, and he is soon to become a stranger to everyone. The wheels are set in motion for his radical upheaval. But first love is a powerful thing, and the connection forged between Caitlin and Steven is not easily broken.

The impossible is only the beginning...

Vanessa Wester's debut novel takes you from the University of Southampton to the depths of the Amazon jungle. An imaginary citadel is waiting to be discovered full of interesting characters,traditions and cultures. There are so many twists and details you will not be able to put this book down.

*~HYBRID has some scenes of an adult nature. It may be considered unsuitable for younger readers~*

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Complications
The Evolution Trilogy - Book 2

Steven Thorn has had a nightmare year... He finds out he is not normal. His life gets erased. He starts a new life in the amazon, and then he ends up with a debilitating injury. Life could not get any worse - he thinks.

Yet luck is on his side as his injury leads to freedom and his eventual return to Southampton. His new home is a Victorian house on the outskirts of Southampton, a place close to his first love, Caitlin Chance. Now that he is back, he intends to find a way into her life, but he has no idea if she will even remember him.

Caitlin is about to discover the reason for her unexplained sadness over the past year, and will find it hard to resist Steven's magnetic pull. She has never been good at avoiding things that are bad for her, and the return of Steven is about to challenge her willpower in an unimaginable way.

As begun in Hybrid, Vanessa Wester takes you back to the University of Southampton to reveal more twists and turns in The Evolution Trilogy. Life is full of complications, and sometimes it is hard to know if you made the right choice.

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Return
The Evolution Trilogy - Book 3

Steven Thorn and Caitlin Chance are meant to be together. At least, when they first fell in love it seemed inevitable. But love is sometimes not enough. It makes them act irrationally, it tests family loyalties, breaks and makes friendships, and causes physical and mental pain.

Yet, without love, Steven and Caitlin are lost.

As they return to the community and discover the possibilities open to them, all is not what they hoped. Steven has impacted the lives of many since he was discovered, and the choices he made have led to events beyond anyone's control.

Love brought Steven and Caitlin together and fate is playing with their emotions, constantly undermining their willpower and determination. In the game of love, destiny is always the winner.

As continued from COMPLICATIONS, Vanessa Wester takes you back to the Amazon as Steven and Caitlin return to the community and try to figure out their future. Finally, you will discover the next steps for the community, its inhabitants, and humanity.

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Emily
Prequel to the Evolution Trilogy

Emily has not changed in fifty years. An accident made her immortal, a vampire freak.

Finally allowed to return to her beloved England, all is not as expected. So much has changed. The past she was holding on to does not exist. Since the Second World War, people have embraced a new age. In this era, people have an obsession with gadgets, strange clothes and weird music.

Added to this her blood-lust has become insatiable and her promise to control herself is torn to shreds. That is until she meets Paul. She never expected to find love after all this time. Fate has never been kind to Emily, and it gives her everything she wants at a cost. She must pay a price for being a murderer.

Within Emily’s twisted heart lies a dark soul.

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Vanessa developed her writing bug in 2010 and has not looked back since. Her main published work is ‘THE EVOLUTION TRILOGY’, which is comprised of HYBRID, her debut novel, followed by COMPLICATIONS and RETURN. The prequel to the Trilogy, EMILY, is also now available.

In addition, she has written a novelette called FIRST DATE, which is based on her true story. She has also published, and included stories in, six anthologies to raise money for fantastic causes.

Writing is one of her passions, reading the other. The day she decided to start writing her ideas down she found another way to lose herself in a book, whilst finding an outlet for her imagination. It is the best way she can think of to escape from everyday life. She is currently working on a historical fiction novel based on the life of her great, great, grandparents... and is finding the research fascinating!

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Blog Tour and Giveaway; Iniquity (Ascent #1) by Melody Winter

Title:  Iniquity
by:  Melody Winter
Series:  (Ascent, #1)
Publication date: October 25th, 2016
Genres: Fantasy, New Adult, Romance

Athena Harrow is about to turn twenty-one, but there will be no celebration. What is there to celebrate when the world is ruled by demons?
She hates the darkness the demons brought with them and longs for the light to return to the world—a world she only vaguely remembers. The people in her forest village blindly accept the life the demons forced upon them, even tolerating the yearly ascension ceremony where all the girls who have turned twenty-one are either sent away to serve the Master Demon or left in the village and forced to procreate.
But Paymon, the assigned village demon, selects a different role for Athena, a role that pits her against the village. While she adapts to her new life, Erebus, a younger, more powerful demon, arrives, and Athena must play a dangerous game with his emotions in return for information about the demon’s reign of darkness.
As Athena’s dreams of restoring the light begin to fade, her life with Erebus takes an unexpected turn, and this time it’s her life being put to the test.
Set in the forest around Buttercrambe in North Yorkshire, England, INIQUITY explores the frightening, darker side of romance and the uncontrolled emotions it can unleash.

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“Well, well, well.”

I held back a cry as I was tapped on the shoulder and then held firmly by a hand. I was spun around and my hood pushed away from my face.

The man grinned as I was revealed to him. “Athena!”

I recognised him instantly from his tall hat and his long grey hair.

“Sebastian.” His name slipped from my lips as a rush of air.

He slipped his hand into mine and held it with a firm grasp. “What are you doing here?” He looked around me, peering into the background of the tavern. “Is he around?”

“It’s just her.” Giselle beamed at me and then Sebastian. “You owe me, Seb. Don’t disappoint.” She wandered away from the bar, shooting him a flirtatious smile over her shoulder.

“Just us then,” Sebastian said. His lips were shaped like those of a woman, too perfect a pout for a man. His skin was smooth, pale, as if never exposed to anything but the darkness. And he smiled, sickeningly so.

I tried to pull my hand away from his, but he only tightened his hold. He sidled next to me so his body was touching mine. I could feel the heat of his body through our clothes, and I shifted away, jerking my head backward.

“He’ll be here soon,” I said, hoping that somehow Erebus would find me. I didn’t allow myself to think that he was still at the village and didn’t even know I’d run away.

“Really? Well then, I think we need to get moving pretty quickly.”

“I’m not going anywhere with you.”

My raised voice caught the attention of other demons in the tavern, and several of them looked my way.

Sebastian sniffed and then leaned toward me. “You’ll do as I say. Now, I have no idea why you are here without Erebus, how you managed to escape his compelment, but I do know that it’s not safe for you to be alone. I’ll look after you.”

“Until Erebus arrives?”

He sniffed again, grabbed my arm with his free hand and, whilst still holding me in a tight grip, twisted my wrist.

I gasped as pain shot up my arm.

“I’m not like Erebus,” he said, giving my arm another sharp twist. “I don’t go all lovesick when I meet a human. I don’t tolerate disobedience.” He bent his head to my level and stared into my eyes. I looked away, quietly satisfied that they weren’t black—I wasn’t feeding him anymore than I did Erebus. “But I’m curious about you. What’s so special that it’s got him putting you before anything and everything else, huh?”

I cocked my head to the side, my bravado winning through in a moment when my head was telling me to be quiet. “That’s for me and him to know. Not you.”

Before I had chance to even recognise that he had released his tight grip, the hard palm of his hand met my face. I was knocked sideways and stumbled to the floor.

“Hey!” One of the other demons in the tavern sprung from his chair and came to my assistance. “What’s your problem?”

“Back off, Cresil.” Sebastian stepped over to me and bent down. He gripped my chin, and I scrambled to my feet as he lifted me from the floor. Other demons were showing more interest in the unfolding events, but I didn’t see any of them as my means to escape.

Sebastian must have also noticed their attention. “Do any of you know who this is?”

A sickening feeling churned in my stomach. What would their reaction be when they knew? Erebus had told me that news had spread about me being intended as a wife for the Master. Was I about to see what that meant to them?

“Seems Erebus, the mighty demon, can’t control his wife!”

The pub fell silent. Every demon and vampire turned my way and greedy sets of darkened eyes and crimson ones surveyed me.

“Yes.” Sebastian gloated as he twisted my arm behind my back and forced me to face the shocked and more than interested demons. “This is the woman who should have been sent to our Master. She was categorised as a wife for him.”

The demons chatted to each other, disapproving noises, ones of excitement, whispered words behind raised hands. But it was hard to tell their overall reaction—it was too mixed. I tensed in Sebastian’s hold, and swallowed the sour taste in my mouth. What would they do, what would they say? I shut my eyes to block out the unwanted stares, and silently screamed for Erebus. I needed him. I wanted him, no one else. Where was he?

 

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Growing up, Melody showed a natural ability in art, a head for maths, and a tendency to write too long English essays. Difficult to place in the world when she graduated, she pursued a career in teaching, but ended up working in finance. Melody is convinced the methodical times she spends working with numbers fuel her desire to drift into dream worlds and write about the illusory characters in her head.
Melody Winter lives in York, North Yorkshire, England with her husband and two sons. When not dealing with football, rugby, and a whole plethora of ‘boy’ activities, she will be found scribbling notes for her stories, or preparing for another trip to the nearby beaches at Scarborough and Whitby. With an obsession for anything mythical, Melody revels in reading and writing about such creatures.

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