Early Release Blitz Review with Giveaway: Dominate (The Final Harris Brothers Duet #2-The Harris Brothers #5) by Amy Daws

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Title: Dominate
The Final Harris Brother Duet #2

Series: The Harris Brothers #5
Author: Amy Daws

Genre: Adult Sports Romance

Release Date: July 27, 2018
Source:  Egalley from Give Me Books Promotions which did not influence my opinion
My Rating:  5 stars

Blurb

To dominate one’s heart is to truly be free.

The anticipated conclusion to The Final Harris Brother Duet.

After the harrowing attack against Gareth and Sloan, there are more than just physical wounds that must be healed.

Recovering and moving on from their dark pasts is the only way they can truly find their bright futures.

Who will surrender? And who will dominate?

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My Review:

If you follow the author you have seen her emotional posts about this final book in the Harris Brothers series.  And if you've read them all, then like me, you'll understand her sadness.  As much as I had to have this second one right away after part one of Gareth's Story, Surrender, because of the ending, it was a hard one to finish.  Knowing that when we got the end, all the Harris boys would have their HEA, and we'd be left knowing there would be no more.  While all of the books in this series, excluding these last two, are standalones, having read all of them, it made all the story so much better to know all the characters.  It was like a family reunion, loving all the time we got with these characters we've come to know and love.  

The sexiness and risque-ness of the first one carries over to this one, but there is a difference to it.  The difference is one that makes the whole "surrender" and "dominate" ideas sound like my kind of fun.  The awesome thing about Daws writing though, is that those two words relate to so many aspects of the story, and the ways are woven throughout the story seamlessly.  Surrender and dominate in soccer, or just in life, as this quote from the beginning says:

"Something that you refuse to surrender to until you dominate it in every way."

This is something that Gareth's mother said to him, about knowing what to love and dedicate his life to.  And it fits so well with his love of soccer, excuse me, sorry, football, as well as his family's love and life filled with the same.  In this final tale of the Harris family, we get so much more of the background of the Harris mother, things that we barely got to touch on in earlier stories because of the age of those characters when she died, most of them under the age of five. Gareth got to live with her until he was about 8 years old, though.  He was there with her when she was sick.   His mother was his best friend.  But it's not just his mom that we get to know, we get to know about their father, Vaughn Harris.  

If you read my review of the first book, Surrender, which I've linked to above, you know that I wasn't the biggest fan of Gareth before I got to know him.  This book gives you that insight into the father, the closed-off, curt man we all love to hate for how he supposedly treated his wife when she was sick, how he left his children to be raised basically by each other, Gareth and Vi.  Through his own memories of his wife and his past, I know that I probably began to forgive him before Gareth was able to.

Also you might have noted in my review of the first book, I hated Sloan's ex-husband, and her ex-mother-in-law.  Without giving anything away, I will say that one of those definitely redeemed themselves in this book.  I loved how the author gave us the closure we needed with all our characters as well.  Oh my gosh, Tanner needing Sloan's daughter to like him.  I love it!  I love Tanner and Camden and Booker, and all of this family!  I was unsure with the first book of how I would feel about audiobook narrator Will Watt doing Gareth's character, because he just wasn't of the same personality type that I kind of associated that voice with, funny, sarcastic, etc.  Gareth was just too much of a brooding guy.  While Gareth was still his broody self in this sequel, he became the type of guy that I can actually now picture listening to Will Watt narrating.  So, I may be going back and giving these books a listen at some point in the future.  

I could go on and on, but you really just need to read these books.  And I will get over there not being anymore Harris brother stories, right?

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Author Bio

Amy Daws is an Amazon Top 25 bestselling author of sexy, contemporary romance novels. She enjoys writing love stories that take place in America, as well as across the pond in England; especially about those footy-playing Harris Brothers of hers. When Amy is not writing in a tire shop waiting room, she’s watching Gilmore Girls, or singing karaoke in the living room with her daughter while Daddy smiles awkwardly from a distance. For more of Amy's work, visit: http://www.amydawsauthor.com

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Book Tour with Giveaway: Flip the Beat by Roxanne D. Howard

Flip the Beat

by Roxanne D. Howard

Genre: NA Contemporary Romance, Modern Day Fairy Tale, Romantic Comedy

Release Date: July 10^th, 2018

Molly Ivers thinks she is falling for the opposite of Prince Charming, and she knows she should give him up, but, oh, the temptation.

WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR

Molly Ivers thought she found Prince Charming, complete with a devilishly sexy accent, and six months ago she gave into their undeniable attraction. But the swarm of ever-present groupies was so not part of the fairy tale. As much as it hurt her heart, she shut out rocker Evan Castle.

Now, on the verge of finishing her graduate degree and moving to Paris—she even hires a French life coach—Molly begins to realize Evan, who hasn't given up on her, might be the man of her dreams after all.

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Molly laughed while she told her what had happened last night, though at the moment, she wasn’t sure it was a joke. She sighed and left the computer to go make scrambled eggs. 

 

Nell followed her to the kitchen. “So, should I call you ‘Number One’ now?” 

 

She could never keep a straight face with Nell. Molly speared a peach slice with a fork and nibbled the end of it. Sweetness filled her mouth. “‘Make it so.’ No, nerd. He seems pretty cool. I mean, if I check it out, this may turn out to be a positive change. At the least, he’ll get me in shape for Paris. His bio says he’s from Giverny, and he’s a retired civil-rights attorney. His website says that when he retired, he decided to change his objective to improving people’s lives, which is why he’s a life coach. Pretty impressive.” 

 

“So, you’re going through with it?” 

 

“Going through with what?” 

 

They both looked into the living room, where a bemused Evan stood half naked and barefoot in a pair of black pajama bottoms. 

 

Molly licked nectar off the peach on the end of her fork to save it from dropping to the floor. 

 

Evan’s jaw tightened, and his eyes gleamed as he zeroed in on her. He cleared his throat and lifted an empty half gallon of milk. “Sorry, you left the door cracked open. I came to borrow milk.” 

 

“Jesus, Evan! Knock next time, or at least text. I’m in my panties.” Nell smacked him on the arm and tugged down her nightshirt as she ran past him into her bedroom. 

 

“Sorry,” he said, but he seemed distracted as he strode toward Molly, eyes glued to her lips. 

 

She sucked the rest of her peach slice into her mouth and wiped at a little of the nectar at the corner of her lips. Her cheeks blazed at the hungry longing in his eyes. She turned away to open the fridge to get the milk. It wasn’t uncommon for them to borrow food from one another, and he always watched out for them. He had a comforting, protective nature she’d gotten used to. She grew painfully aware of her night shorts, which had a tendency to ride up her butt and cut off at mid-thigh, and her thin white tank top. Could he see her nipples? And jeez, Louise, why did they have to harden every time he came near her? She pushed hair out of her face and poured the milk into his empty half gallon. 

 

“Help yourself to the fruit in the bowl there. Nell had leftovers. How much milk do you want?” 

 

“Enough for a bowl of cereal, please. I’ll get some at the store later.” His voice only dropped that low and husky during sex. 

 

She stopped after she poured enough milk, then gave him extra. 

 

Evan reached over her to open a nearby drawer. He took out a fork, inserted it into the flesh of a peach slice, and brought it to his lips. “Forbidden fruit, hmm?” He teased the fruit around his lips with a wicked smirk. He winked at her and sank his teeth into half the peach as he watched her, licking it. 

 

Her mouth went dry. 

 

Oh, he knew what he was doing.

Roxanne D. Howard writes sizzling erotic romance with Boroughs Publishing Group and The Wild Rose Press. She is a U.S. Army veteran, and a Columbia College alumni. She loves to read poetry, classical literature, and Stephen King. Also, she is an avid Star Wars fan, musical theater nut, and marine biology geek. Roxanne resides in the western U.S., and when she's not writing, she enjoys spending quality time with her husband, children, and furry companions. Roxanne loves to hear from her readers, and encourages you to contact her via her website and social media.

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Blog Tour Review: Four Day Fling by Emma Hart

Four Day Fling, an all-new hilarious and romantic standalone from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Emma Hart is available NOW!

Book info:

Title:  Four Day Fling
Author:  Emma Hart
Genre: Adult contemporary romance
Release Date:   July 24th, 2018
Source:  E-galley from Social Butterfly PR which did not affect my opinion in any way
My rating:  5 stars

Synopsis:

Imagine this.

You’re ready to leave after a one-night stand, and you’re figuring out how to—shock horror—leave your number and ask him to be your fake boyfriend for your sister’s wedding this weekend.

When he wakes up.

Well, that happened to me. And over coffee and omelets, I found myself a date.

Which was how I ended up arriving at the wedding with a guy I knew nothing about.

I didn’t know his last name, or how we met, or how long we’d been dating. I didn’t know where he grew up, what he’d majored in in college, or how many siblings he had. 

I sure as hell didn’t know he was Adam Winters, hotshot hockey player, and not only my father’s favorite player, but my little nephew’s freakin’ idol. 

Which means I’m in trouble. Big, big trouble.

My mother is suspicious, my sister is bridezilla on crack, and my grandpa will tell anyone who’ll listen about his time in Amsterdam’s Red Light District.

Four days.

I have to keep this up for four days, and then Adam and I can return to our regular lives, where we don’t have sex whenever we’re alone, and my family aren’t interrogating him over his intentions with me.

At least, that’s the plan.

And we all know what happens to those.

My Review: 

This book is going to go down as one of my all time favorites, and has totally given me a new author to love and read as many books as I can find from her.  First off, Adam was not only hot, he was hilarious!  The way he could put up with Poppy's sarcasm, take it in stride and throw it right back!  My perfect kind of guy.  Something I love in romances is when I can relate to the main character, and I related so much to Poppy!  Her snarkiness, her t-shirts, everything about her screamed me!  Except for the red hair I guess, although I always wished I had red hair, and even have paid to have it at times in my life.  I loved her lack of knowledge about sports, to the point that she didn't even realize who the hot guy she met was until her family recognized him.  I could see that happening to me in a situation like this.  

I got my copy of this to read while I was at Book Bonanza in Denver, and I started reading it in line.  I didn't want to carry an extra book around to all the signings, so I just started reading this on my phone.  It was so good I was seriously laughing out loud while I was sitting in line waiting to get in to the signing.  And then I was reading it again during lunch that day, and I was sitting in the restaurant, by myself,  laughing out loud.  

Of course it has the usual part where the main character, Poppy, is just sure there is no way things are as perfect as they seem, that he couldn't possibly really like her, and that there is no way they could go anywhere in a relationship afterwards.  I love that her best friend in the story calls her out on this, telling her what is happening is just like in the romance books they read.  Um, YES!!!!  I love that they actually call attention to the fact of what it is.  

The family was hilarious as well, all of them fit into the story perfectly and made it perfect.  One of my top reads of the year, one of the funniest for sure!

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Excerpt:

“Ready?” Adam strolled out of the bedroom, playing with the button on his shorts.  

“For lunch with my mother?” I turned and stared at him, expressionless. “I’m thrilled.”  

He laughed and adjusted the short sleeve of his white shirt. “It’s what—an hour? Then she’ll be back snapping at your sister’s ankles. Surely you can give Rosie a break for sixty whole minutes.” 

“Oh no. I’ve done that guilt trip my entire life. I’m not getting it from my fake boyfriend, too.” I waggled my finger at him before turning back to the mirror to finish my make-up. “And yes, I can give her a break, but it doesn’t mean I need to be happy about it.”  

“Do you ever get along?”  

“Yes. When I’m in Orlando and she’s in Key West.”  

“I mean when you’re together.”  

“In the same room together, or having a conversation together?”  

“Now you’re just being awkward, Red.”  

I brushed a final stroke of mascara over each of my eyes, then stopped, wand in hand, and met his eyes in the reflection of the mirror. “Given how you ended up here, I would have thought you knew that awkward was my default mode.” 

“That was cute-awkward. This is attitude-awkward.”  

“How do you know there’s a difference?”  

He pointed at himself. “Four sisters. I grew up with attitude-awkward. I could recognize it blindfolded with hands cuffed behind my back from two hundred miles away.”  

“Wow. Someone’s cocky.”  

“I thought we established that the night we met.”  

My cheeks flushed. Damn it. Why did I have to blush like an idiot? Oh, that’s right. I was a redhead and so pale I was a distant relative of Casper the Friendly Ghost, which meant you could see my blushing a mile off.  

“You’re adorable when you blush.” Adam grinned.  

“Thank God,” I drawled. “That was my life goal. Be adorable. Now, I can get it in neon lights over my bed.”  

About Emma Hart:

Emma Hart is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of over thirty novels and has been translated into several different languages. ​ She is a mother, wife, lover of wine, Pink Goddess, and valiant rescuer of wild baby hedgehogs. ​ Emma prides herself on her realistic, snarky smut, with comebacks that would make a PMS-ing teenage girl proud. ​ Yes, really. She's that sarcastic.

 

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Release Blitz: Yard Sale by Charleigh Rose

Title: Yard Sale

Author: Charleigh Rose

Genre: New Adult Romance (novella)

Release Date: July 26, 2018

Mollie 

I was freshly fired from my job and betrayed by my boyfriend.

It was a new low for me. 

A one-night stand with an arrogant stranger was just what I needed. 

I didn’t know that he was a famous snowboarder, or that he’d give me the best sex of my life.

I wasn’t ever supposed to see him again.

Fate had other plans. 

Cam

I was young and rich with the whole world at my fingertips.

I was in my prime.

A one-night stand with a hot little tourist on the rebound was the perfect way to spend my weekend.

I didn’t know she’d leave in the middle of the night, or that I’d wake up wanting more. 

I never thought I’d see her again. 

Now she’s back.

She’s been keeping a secret.

One that will change everything.

“Why were you upset earlier?” I ask. “Boyfriend issues? Daddy issues?” 

Mollie huffs out a humorless laugh. “Sort of. I just got out of a complicated relationship right before I came here.”

“Ah, so I’m the rebound,” I guess.

Mollie shrugs and gives me an apologetic smile. “Maybe?” 

“I hate it when beautiful women use my body to get over their boyfriends. You should be ashamed of yourself,” I say, reaching over to grab her by the waist and pulling her on top of me. My cock nestles between her wet pussy lips, and she slides back and forth on top of me.

“So ashamed,” Mollie says, feigning innocence.

“Is it working?” I ask, flexing my hips upward. “Are you over him yet?” 

“Almost,” she breathes, as my hands reach up to palm her perky tits. 

“I guess we’ll just have to try again,” I say, and then she angles her hips just right to take me inside her. “Just one more time.”

 
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Cover Reveal: Christmas With You by Heidi McLaughlin, L.P. Dover, Cindi Madsen, RJ Prescott, and Amy Briggs

Title: Christmas With You

Authors: Heidi McLaughlin, L.P. Dover, Cindi Madsen, RJ Prescott and Amy Briggs

Genre: Adult Contemporary Romance

Release Date: Coming Winter 2018

Bestselling authors Heidi McLaughlin, L.P. Dover, Cindi Madsen, R.J. Prescott, and Amy Briggs invite you to celebrate Christmas in Friendship, Massachusetts, where small-town values mean that everyone gets into the holiday spirit and lends a helping hand. When an unlikely newcomer decides to join in and play matchmaker, five couples—each a complete love story by each of our five authors—get their happily ever afters during the happiest time of the year. And these authors share what the season truly means to them.

HEIDI MCLAUGHLIN

Heidi McLaughlin is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestselling author of The Beaumont Series, The Boys of Summer, and The Archers.

Originally, from the Pacific Northwest, she now lives in picturesque Vermont, with her husband, two daughters, and their three dogs.

In 2012, Heidi turned her passion for reading into a full-fledged literary career, writing over twenty novels, including the acclaimed Forever My Girl.

When writing isn't occupying her time, you can find her sitting courtside at either of her daughters' basketball games.

Heidi's first novel, Forever My Girl, has been adapted into a motion picture with LD Entertainment and Roadside Attractions, starring Alex Roe and Jessica Rothe, and opened in theaters on January 19, 2018, and is now available on DVD and Digital.

L.P. DOVER

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author L. P. Dover is a southern belle living in North Carolina with her husband and two beautiful girls. Before she began her literary journey she worked in periodontics, enjoying the wonderment of dental surgeries. She loves to write, but she also loves to play tennis, go on mountain hikes and white water rafting, and has a passion for singing. Her two youngest fans expect a concert each and every night before bedtime, usually Christmas carols. Dover has written countless novels, including her Forever Fae series, the Second Chances series, the Gloves Off series, the Armed & Dangerous series, the Royal Shifters series, the Society X series, the Circle of Justice series, and her standalone novel Love, Lies, and Deception. Her favorite genre to read and write is romantic suspense, but if she got to choose a setting in which to live, it would be with her faeries in the Land of the Fae.

 

CINDI MADSEN

Cindi Madsen is a USA Today bestselling author of contemporary romance. She lives in Colorado with her husband, three children, an overly-dramatic tomcat, & an adorable one-eyed kitty named Agent Fury. You can visit Cindi at: www.cindimadsen.com, where you can sign up for her newsletter to get all the up-to-date information on her books.

 

R.J. PRESCOTT

USA Today bestselling author R.J. Prescott was born in Cardiff, South Wales, and studied law at the University of Bristol, England. Four weeks before graduation she fell in love, and stayed. Ten years later, she convinced her crazy, wonderful firefighter husband to move back to Cardiff where they now live with their two equally crazy sons. Her debut novel The Hurricane was an international bestseller and finalist in the Goodreads Awards in the category of debut author.
 

AMY BRIGGS

Amy Briggs is a Texas based writer. Formerly a firefighter and EMT in New Jersey living next to a military base, Amy was initially drawn to creating stories around emergency services and the military, and draws on her experiences to show the depth and emotional side of the lifestyle. Her love of fairy tales carries through each of her novels and she hopes to inspire readers to fall in love with love.

 

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