Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Release Launch & Giveaway: A Forever Love by Kelly Elliot

A FOREVER LOVE
AUTHOR: KELLY ELLIOTT
RELEASE DATE: May 6, 2014
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The moment Garrett Mathews sees the woman of his dreams, he vows to fight with everything he has to win Emma Birk’s heart. Garrett will embark on the longest, hardest struggle of his life to make his dreams a reality.

Emma Birk has every intention of focusing on her last year of high school with no interruptions—until she lays eyes on the one person who will end up turning her whole world upside down. Emma attempts to avoid the feelings she quickly develops for Garrett, only to start slowly giving in to his endless pursuit of her.

As life throws twists and turns at Garrett and Emma, their commitment to each other is tested as they determine if they have a forever love.

Kelly is married to a wonderful Texas cowboy who has a knack for making her laugh almost daily and supports her crazy ideas and dreams for some unknown reason...he claims it's because he loves her!

She’s also a mom to an amazing daughter who is constantly asking for something to eat while her fingers move like mad on her cell phone sending out what is sure to be another very important text message.

In her spare time she loves to sit in her small corner overlooking the Texas hill country and write.

One of her favorite things to do is go for hikes around her property with Gus....her chocolate lab and the other man in her life, and Rose, her golden retriever. When Kelly is not outside helping the hubby haul brush, move rocks or whatever fun chore he has in store for her that day, you’ll find her inside reading, writing or watching HGTV.


Twitter: @author_kelly

The Wanted Series

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Saved (Book #2) http://amzn.to/1iWMF15

Faithful (Book #3) http://amzn.to/1nk8H3g

Believe (Novella) http://amzn.to/1o0LQw5

Cherished (Book #4) http://amzn.to/1htnZho


Cover Reveal: Uncontrollable by Shantel Tessier

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Slade thought that life would start to settle down now that Angel had agreed to be his wife. Boy, was he ever wrong.
One by one things started to happen, and he did everything he could to protect Angel. There was nothing he wouldn't do for her.
But he could never have imagined that their lives were going to get so...Uncontrollable
Loyalty will be tested
Love will be tainted
Boundaries will be crossed
Hearts will be shattered
Lies will be told
Secrets will be revealed
Slade and Samantha’s story comes to an end. Will their love get them through what they never saw coming?

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Shantel is a Texas born girl who now lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma with her high school sweetheart, and their three year old little princess. She considers herself extremely lucky to be a stay at home wife and mother. When she’s not reading or writing, she spends her time with family and friends. Find more about Shantel! 

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Monday, May 5, 2014

Cover Reveal: Urban Love Prophecy by Jessica Ingro

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Title: Urban Love Prophecy
Author: Jessica Ingro
Tentative Release Date: June 13, 2014
Cover Designer: Cover It! Designs

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This isn’t a story about a bad boy and a girl from the right side of the tracks. This is the story of a man and a woman discovering love is blind to how you grew up, who your friends are, and where you live. Love sees only the heart and soul of whom it belongs to. Someone once said that the best way to predict the future is to invent it. As a boy, Jayson Santiago made a vow to leave behind the projects where he grew up. He planned to conquer the world and find a woman who could not only hold it down, but also hold him up. Now he’s the reigning king of hip-hop, and while he has the professional success he always wanted, he’s missing the personal success he craves. Victoria Watson is the daughter of an oil tycoon who never wanted for anything. Circumstances have forced her out of her protective bubble and into the real world, where she struggles to make ends meet while finding a way to get back the only important thing in her life. Will they be able to make Jayson’s prophecy come true? Or will they be pushed past their breaking point? It isn’t easy to keep focused on the heart and soul of the one you love when you’re always being tested. Then again, the best things in life are always worth fighting for...   

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  I felt the bed shift as Jay moved and my body went rock solid. I wasn’t ready to deal with the morning-after fallout. His lips grazed my shoulder and I fought the immediate shiver that followed. His lips began descending down over my back and I panicked. 

 “We can’t do this,” I said with more prissiness in my voice than I was aiming for. 

 He stilled his motions and his body came up over mine. His bare chest felt good against my back. Skin on skin was definitely my favorite way to be with him.  

“Why not,” he said softly in my ear. His hand shifted my hair so that he could kiss me on the sensitive spot behind my ear. Then I felt his tongue lightly touch me there and I knew that if I didn’t put a stop to this soon, that we’d make the same mistake again. 

 “Because there was no heat between us.”

  I felt him laugh against my neck. What the hell did he find so funny? “What?” I snapped.  

“No heat? Baby, were you there last night? We might as well have started the place on fire there was so much heat.” 

 “How drunk were you?” I asked skeptically. 

 “I could ask you the same thing. Did you not come all over my cock? Cause it sure as hell felt like you did.”  

“Well of course I did. It’s rather easy to give me an orgasm. So there. My point is, one minute we were kissing and the next we were coming. It was over before I knew it began.”  

His body shook again as he laughed in my ear. His tongue traced a path along the outer shell once he finally stopped laughing. I couldn’t hide the shiver that delivered to my body. 

 “Last night we were drunk, T. The sexual tension between us had been building since we first met. That’s why it was over before we knew it began. If it wasn’t hot, then neither of us would have gotten off so quickly. Though, must say I’m pleased to know you can come easy, baby. Now I guess it looks like I’m going to have to show you some more heat so this time you don’t forget.”
 
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Jessica Ingro PicJessica is the author of the Love Square series. She grew up in Central New York, where she spends her days as a Security Analyst at an IT consulting company. In her free time, she enjoys reading books and developing ideas for her own stories. Writing is her secret passion that she's been fostering since elementary school, when she wrote her first book about a puppy. It has always been a dream of hers to be able to share her stories with the world. Jessica currently lives in New York with her husband and three dogs. Author contact information:  

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Saturday, May 3, 2014

Blog Tour & Giveaway: Finding Us by Megan Smith





Jasmine Jennings is running from her past, something she never wants to deal with again. Starting out fresh in a new city, life is finally looking up.

That is until she meets him — Knox Mitchell. She tries to elude him, but he’s everywhere. When she finally gives in, he begins to avoid her.

One tragic night, Knox’s future was ripped away. His body and soul crave revenge from the man who took everything away from him, but when Jasmine crashes into Knox’s muddled life, he’s torn. What is he supposed to do about falling for the girl who was to be part of his plan for retaliation?

When all secrets are revealed can they move forward without the past destroying any hopes of having a future?

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If you are looking for a book that will get you worked up, yet still be PG 13 then this book is the for you. This book is nonstop tension. It had me begging for them to just seal the deal! 
Once Jasmine was old enough to access her trust fund, she cut of ties to her less than stellar parents. After all they were never a part of her life anyways. She moved to New York with her best friend to pursue her one love, Dance. Everything was going good until Knox entered the picture. He was rich, successful and very intense. She fell hard and fast, but what she didn’t expect was for him to change her perception of life. 
Knox was your typical rich overbearing sex pot. Jasmine was your typical niave whinning rich girl, who you just wanted to slap.The major problem I have with this book is that I've already read this same story a 1,000 times over already. I felt as though it was your typical NA storyline.
I love Megan Smith as an author, she's amazing, but this book didn’t live up to my expectations. I do still believe, it's worth the read though. It is a short sweet story with a HEA at the end.

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Later that night Knox takes me to bed. He helps me rid myself of clothes and I do the same to him. We climb into his bed and lie facing each other. Knox pulls me closer to him and puts my arms around his neck. I cradle him to my chest, content in this moment.

“I’m falling hard, Jas.” Knox says with so much emotion in his voice it makes me want to be a girly girl and cry.

My heartbeat picks up. I run my hand through his hair, comforting him. “Me too.”

“I’m still trying to find my way out of this nightmare I’ve been living in.” Knox sighs deeply.

“I’m still trying to find my way in life.” I place a finger under Knox’s chin and tilt his head up. What I see in his eyes is like a mirror of my own. “We’re both lost. We’re trying to find our way and we’re working on finding us.”

Knox’s breath hitches before he crashes his mouth to mine. “We’re finding us.”


I bite down on my bottom lip and Knox reaches up and releases it with his thumb before he kisses it. Something in this moment changes between us. We both admitted that we are finding us, finding our way to be with each other. This road is going to be bumpy as hell but it will be worth all the damage once we get to the other side. I hope.







USA TODAY bestselling author Megan Smith is a New Jersey native managing purchasing for an award-winning business IT and software development firm - and by night creating the memorable characters her fans have grown to adore. Smith's The Love Series introduces readers to MacKenzie Cahill - a hopeful young woman who experiences adversity, challenges and the bittersweet triumph of true, authentic love.

Smith is a wife and mother, who makes time for her family, professional life and the creation of the Cahill's world. Fans of The Love Series - Trying Not To Love You, Easy To Love You, Hard To Love You - are captivated by relationships, special bonds and family ties pervasive in Smith's emotional, energized and engaging work. Smith is also the author of the 2014 releases, Let Me Love You - continuations of The Love Series, Finding Us (Finding Series) and a few top secret projects.

Website: www.authormegansmith.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/authormegansmith
Twitter @AuthorMSmith
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6959231.Megan_Smith?from_search=true

Thursday, May 1, 2014

Cover Reveal: Rhett by J.S. Cooper

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Release Date: June 10th
 

I’m Rhett.

I’m cocky because I can be. I’ve got it all: the looks, the money, the endurance. I’m the guy that every girl wants to be with, yet none of them have ever been able to tie me down.

I don’t do love. I don’t do relationships. And I sure as hell will never do marriage.

I’m all about the fast life and everything that entails. There’s a different woman in my bed every week. My friends are jealous of me. My enemies envy me. Everyone wants my life. And everything in my life is absolutely perfect. 

Until the day she told me she was moving away. She’s my best friend. She was my first kiss in grade school. We share everything with each other. We never dated because I don’t love her. I don’t care that she’s moving. I don’t care that she’s moving for a guy. I don’t care because I don’t love her. I don’t do love. 

I’m Rhett and I don’t let anything get me down. Then one night changed everything and everything I thought I knew was called into question. 

All of a sudden, being Rhett didn’t mean so much anymore.

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Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Cover Reveal: Familiar Ground by Michelle Lynn




 RELEASE DATE: MAY 19, 2014


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Leah and Adam have never met.
However, they live parallel lives.
Lives plagued by addiction.

When a tragic, but common demon, surfaces between their siblings, Leah and Adam’s worlds collide, never to be the same again.

Adam loses his sister forever.
Leah’s brother returns.
Both gain a niece, neither knew existed.

Now they face an obstacle to raise a niece together while Leah’s brother struggles to free himself from the grip of drug addiction as Adam’s family grieves for the sister and daughter they lost.

A commonality is discovered.
Deep wounds begin to heal.
Lines blur as their lives entwine.






Michelle moved around the Midwest most of her life, transferring from school to school before settling down in the outskirts of Chicago ten years ago, where she now resides with her husband and two kids.  She developed a love of reading at a young age, which helped lay the foundation for her passion to write.   With the encouragement of her family, she finally sat down and wrote one of the many stories that have been floating around in her head. 

When she isn’t reading or writing, she can be found playing with her kids, talking to her mom on the phone, or hanging out with her family and friends.  But after chasing around twin preschoolers all day, she always cherishes her relaxation time after putting the kids to bed.






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Friday, April 25, 2014

Review: Picture Perfect by Elisabeth Grace



Being the daughter of a big-city mayor, twenty-one year old Skye Summers has giant shoes to fill in her first real job out of college. With the public spotlight on her family, and her dad’s expectations running high, she jumps at the chance to work side-by-side on an important project with her sexy new boss.

Playboy entrepreneur Landon Steele has built a successful entertainment PR firm and broken more than a few hearts along the way. He’s counting on his enthusiastic new assistant to help him expand his business into LA… until he discovers she’s a pampered rich girl who’s in the public spotlight as much as his famous clients. Still, he agrees to give her a chance, and soon the two are heating up the bedroom as well as the boardroom.

But when Skye’s ex-boyfriend threatens to reveal a dangerous secret from her past, her job, relationship with Landon, and her father’s career are suddenly all on the line. Will she be forced to leave Landon? Or will she pursue her heart, regardless of the cost? 

***Due to strong language and sexual content, this book is not intended for readers under the age of 18.***


Picture Perfect is amazingly good. It will pull you in from page one. It hooked me and I could not put it down. Elizabeth Grace did a good job at finding the perfect mix between drama and sexy time. 

Skye grew up in a privileged political family where she learned how to toe the line and be everything everyone wanted her to be. But now she's ready to be on her own, so, she dumps her low life boyfriend, gets her own house and lands her dream job. 

 Landon has made a name for himself in the PR industry, but also with the ladies. He's a business man by day but a man whore by night. While Landon works to take care of everyone else’s problems, he has a closet full of his own skeletons. 

When Landon and Skye cross paths there's an instant connection. They are immediately attracted to each other and the sexual charge is undeniable, but is it just purely sexual energy or is it much deeper? Landon…oh Landon…that man is so hot. He's what naughty dreams are made of. He doesn’t let anything stand in his way of a sexy hookup…even a little vomit???? YES, I said vomit. 

Picture Perfect is book #2 in the Limelight series, but it can be read as a stand-alone. I didn’t read book 1 in the series and I didn’t feel like I was missing something. Although now that I have read and feel in love with the author, I am going to be reading book #1.


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