Tuesday, 5 January 2016

Release Blitz- The infatuation by Lauren Rowe


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The Infatuation is Josh and Kat’s highly anticipated romance and trust us…
YOU. WILL. NOT. BE. DISAPPOINTED!

NOW AVAILABLE


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Blurb

Josh Faraday is used to getting what he wants. And what he wants is her.

The Playboy and The Party Girl with a Hyphen, Josh and Kat from the bestselling The Club series, tell their love story in a scorching new trilogy: The Infatuation, The Revelation, and The Consummation. Whoever said love is patient and kind has never met hell-on-wheels, Kat Morgan.

Readers are advised to read the bestselling books of The Club Series in order before reading Josh and Kat's trilogy:
The Club (The Club #1)
The Reclamation (The Club #2)
The Redemption (The Club #3)
The Culmination (The Club #4)

Find out why readers have made The Club a USA Today and Amazon #1 bestseller in three categories: Romantic Suspense, New Adult and Romantic Erotica!


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Excerpt
“What does that mean? Are you jealous of Miss Blast from My Past?”
“Honestly?”
“Of course. Isn’t that what we’re doing here—playing the honesty-game ’til we both wanna bang our heads against a wall?”
She laughs. “Um... I’m more like envious, I think, but, no, not jealous. I don’t get jealous when I’m not in a relationship.” She glares at me, clearly telling me my jealousy about Cameron Schulz is premature. “Now, if you were my boyfriend and I found out you’d fucked another woman, then, yes, I’d be so jealous I’d burn your fucking house down. And then I’d cut off your balls, roast them over the burning embers of your house, smash them between two graham crackers with a Hershey bar and make testicle-s’mores out of them, which I would then gobble up as I stood over your writhing, whimpering body on the ground.”
Holy shit. I’m so shocked, I can’t even laugh. But Kat does—in fact, she belly laughs and throws back her head, completely enthralled with herself.
“And do you wanna know why I’d burn your house down and make myself s’mores out of your balls, my dearest Josh?”
I shake my head. “I’m too scared of you to even venture a guess.”
“Because if you were my boyfriend, I would never, ever cheat on you, I can promise you that on a stack of bibles. Never. I’ve never cheated and I never will. And here’s why: because I never agree to be someone’s girlfriend unless I’m one hundred percent willing to give the guy my whole heart. And as the relationship progresses, if I’m feeling like cheating, then I don’t stay. It’s scorched earth maybe, but a man never, ever has to wonder where my feelings stand.” She picks up her drink. “It also means that, if you were my boyfriend and you cheated on me, then you’d undoubtedly be breaking my heart.”
I place my palm on my chest, steadying myself. I look down at the bar, collecting myself. This girl just knocked the wind out of me.
“But since you and I aren’t even dating, then, no, I’m not jealous.” She takes a long sip of her drink. “Because I can’t justify getting jealous when a man’s not mine to begin with.”
“I’ve never met anyone like you, Kat,” I manage to say.
“Thank you,” she says. “I’ve never met anyone like you, either.”
“You’re like some bizarre, undiscovered species of fish that washes ashore after a nuclear disaster and freaks everyone the fuck out,” I say.
She laughs. “Wow. That’s your idea of a compliment?”
“I’m normally much smoother than this, I assure you. You bring out the Jonas in me.”
She laughs. “Jonas seems pretty damned smooth, actually.”
“Not usually. Just with Sarah all of a sudden. She brings out the Josh Faraday in him, I guess.”
She grins and I can’t help smiling back at her like a fucking dope.
There’s a very long beat, during which we’re smiling at each other, not saying a damned thing. Finally, Kat bites her lip and touches my hand, sending electricity throughout my entire body.
“For God’s sake, Playboy,” she purrs, “just tell me what’s in your application so we can get this show on the road. Please?” She squeezes my hand and licks her lips. “I’m suddenly feeling extremely... impatient.”
Oh man, she’s good. She’s very, very good. But she’s also shit out of luck. There’s no fucking way I’m giving this girl my application. Period. And certainly not in exchange for the honor of fucking her. Hell no, when she finally fucks me, it’s gonna be for no other reason than she’s dying for it, not because I gave her some stupid application.
I drain the rest of my drink. “Nope.” I clap my hands together. “Getting this show on the road is entirely up to you, Party Girl. All you have to do is kiss me, just once, and then I’ll know you’ve conceded your demands and have finally decided to find out the good old-fashioned way if I’m gonna chain you to a donkey or not.”
She smirks. “No, no, no, my dearest Playboy; you’ve got it backwards. What’s actually gonna happen is you’re gonna kiss me—thereby signaling to me you agree to my demands and will give me what I want.”
We stare each other down.
“I’m not gonna give you my application, Kat. It’s none of your fucking business.”
“Oh, I think you are.”
“Nope.”
She puckers. “I’m a really good kisser, Playboy.” She raises an eyebrow. “At least, that’s what Cameron Schulz said.”
I squint at her. “You’re evil.”
“I am.”
I motion to the bartender. “Check, please.” I glare at her for a long beat. She looks so fucking sure of herself—and so fucking hot, I doubt this girl’s experienced disappointment once in her entire life. “Okay, Party Girl,” I say. “The time for chitchat is over. I’m not gonna give you what you want—which means you’re not gonna fuck me.” I make a sad face and she matches it. “So I guess that means there’s only one thing left for us to do,” I continue.
“And what would that be?”
“Dance, of course.”
Her face lights up. “Oh, I love to dance.”
“Well, of course, you do. You’re the Party Girl With a Hyphen, for fuck’s sake.”
She grins.
“It’s time for you to earn that nickname of yours, babe.” I touch the cleft in her chin one more time and then put out my hand. “Let’s go, baby. Time to paint Sin City red.”

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The Revelation
Releases January 12th
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The Consummation
Releases January 19th
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Haven’t read this series yet? Now is your chance!

In celebration of this newest three part release:  
The Infatuation, The Revelation and The Consummation,
The Club Series Trilogy Box Set is NOW ON SALE FOR ONLY $2.99 (Normally $5.99)!

Now is your chance to meet Jonas Faraday!
He is practically perfect!



Author Information

Lauren Rowe is the pen name of the USA Today best-selling author, performer, audio book narrator, award-winning songwriter and media host/personality who decided to unleash her alter ego to write The Club Trilogy to ensure she didn't hold back or self-censor in writing the story. Lauren Rowe lives in San Diego, California where she lives with her family, sings with her band, hosts a show, and writes at all hours of the night. Find out more about The Club Trilogy and Lauren Rowe at www.LaurenRoweBooks.com.

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Monday, 4 January 2016

Kim Karr Announcement

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WHAT'S NEXT FOR AUTHOR KIM KARR
4 BOOKS IN 2016!!!

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  My very favorite romance trope is childhood friends turned lovers. There’s just something about the innocence of a boy and a girl that makes my heart fill with happiness and then race when they struggle with crossing the line from friends to lovers.Set-the-pace-pink-title

With that said, get ready to meet JASPER & CHARLOTTE—I hope they make your heart race like they made mine. This story is about a broken city. Its white knight. And its black sheep. Get ready for what happens when they all come together in: THE DETROIT LOVE DUET ✦ BOOK 1: SET THE PACE will release soon. BOOK 2: TURN IT UP will release Summer 2016. Official blurbs and covers coming soon and, let me tell you—the covers are amazing!!! Announcement-FB

Add both books to your TBR: SET THE PACE ➜ http://bit.ly/1lIHYBg
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  REVOLVER ✦ – A new stand-alone romance coming Fall 2016! Details to come. Add to your TBR http://bit.ly/1Page4j BENT ✦ ✦- The final Connections Series novel coming Winter 2016! This is River and Dahlia’s final journey. Get ready for the ride of your life! Add to your TBR http://bit.ly/1NduKnb
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Sales Blitz and Review- The Vanilla Bet by Ella Emerson




Title: The Vanilla Bet
Series: Palm Beach Princess #1
Author: Ella Emerson
Publisher: Booktrope 
Genre: Romantic Suspense/Mystery
 Re-release Date: January 3, 2016



Blurb

Handsome bad boy college student Trace Weston surfs, parties, and has a blast in the Palm Beaches as much as possible, sometimes avoiding class and definitely not excited about his imminent future working for his father's company. Lovely Vanessa Summers has escaped a dark, haunting past and moved to Florida to attend the same school and study writing. When she meets Trace, she is instantly taken with his irresistible charm. The bad news: she meets him because he’s lost a poker bet and is sentenced to a 30-day "vanilla" relationship with this girl he knows nothing about. While both Trace and Vanessa struggle to keep their secrets hidden, they can’t deny how attracted and excited they are about each other. But their pasts and promises threaten to erupt around them. Will they be able to find who and what is trying to keep them apart and still not lose The Vanilla Bet?

This book is not suitable for persons under the age of 18. STRONG LANGUAGE, SEXUAL MATERIAL, and INTENSE VIOLENCE.





My Review 

This was a great little romance story with an element of mystery thrown in.

The story is about Trace and Vanessa. Trace lose's a bet a has to have a 'vanilla relationship' with a woman. Trace has to be a character who is so full of himself and gives off that cocky vibe. In the complete opposite Vanessa is a kind and kind of shy women. It was told from both of their POV which I think always tends to add to the story. There are some great witty lines in  this one and some good banter. 

I read it in one sitting as it's fairly short. For me at times I got a little confused with the plot is seems a little disjointed but it didn't take that much from my reading enjoyment and if you are looking for a light hearted read one afternoon then this is the book for you. 

* I received a review copy in exchange for an honest review 


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Author Bio


Ella Emerson lives in Florida with her husband and three wonderful children. When she isn't writing you can find her watching movies or playing games with her children. She loves to read, write and eat pizza. A true lover of the beach, she enjoys the sun, surf, sand and sea. She also is a huge fan of the cinema and enjoys crazy 80's chick flicks. She was raised a military brat, and has seen her fair share of the world. She loves using her own experiences and turning them into lovely romantic tales.

In high school she discovered her love for reading, and even had one of her poems published in a national magazine. She continues to read, write, review and hopefully she can become an inspiration to her own children, as well as others.

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Sunday, 3 January 2016

Cover Reveal- The Kiss Series by C.J Duggan




Title: Kiss the Girls
Series: Kiss #1
Author: C.J. Duggan
Genre: New Adult
 Release Date: 2016



Blurb

The past never stays buried for long.

Charlotte ‘Charlie’ Taylor has only ever known one life.

Growing up in the impoverished housing commission estate in Southside was always about daily survival and dreams about a future that would never be. But when Charlie finds herself the daughter of a lottery winner, she and her single mum finally have a means to escape into a world of unimaginable wealth and privilege.

Five years on, and a now-seventeen-year-old Charlie calls Half Moon Street home, nestled in an affluent inner-city neighborhood, where tree-lined paths are overshadowed only by the pristine townhouses.

Despite the best all-girls education money can buy, designer clothes and more zeros in her bank account than she could spend in a lifetime, there is one thing that is clear: Charlie was not born into wealth and will never fully fit in with the elite. If it weren’t for the unlikely friendship with her neighbour, Isabella Kincaid, Charlie would run from this foreign life. Run from all the lies she’s been telling.

Until him.

Charlie has never forgotten the one and only exchange she had with Isabella’s older brother all those years ago. Despite his privileged upbringing, there is an edge to Sebastian that Charlie recognises.

And now he’s back, but seriously off-limits. Isabella has made that perfectly clear to her friends.

But for Charlie, who is always one to guard her emotions as carefully as she guards her heart, the question is: will the shadows of her past threaten to break her seemingly perfect world or will the forbidden boy next door?






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Title: Kiss the Boys
Series: Kiss #2
Author: C.J. Duggan
Genre: New Adult
 Release Date: 2016





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Author Bio


C.J Duggan is a number one internationally bestselling Australian author of seven independent titles of her popular New Adult Summer series. In addition to her chart-topping indie novels, C.J is set to publish two titles with Hachette, Australia with her brand-new Paradise Series in 2015 (Paradise City and Paradise Road).

C.J lives with her husband in a rural border town of New South Wales, Australia. When she isn't writing books about swoony boys and 90s pop culture you will find her renovating her hundred-year-old Victorian homestead or annoying her local travel agent for a quote to escape the chaos.

The 'Summer Series'
The Boys of Summer (December 2012)
Stan (October 2014)
An Endless Summer (July 2013)
Max (February 2015)
That One Summer (December 2013)
Ringer (March 2014)
Forever Summer (December 2015)

The 'Paradise Series'
Paradise City (April 28th, 2015)
Paradise Road (November 22nd, 2015)


The 'Kiss Series'
Kiss the Girls (2016)
Kiss the Boys (2016) 



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Release Blitz- Crave by Margaret Mcheyzer




Title: Crave Box Set
Author: Margaret McHeyzer
Genre: Erotic Romance
 Release Date: January 3, 2016



Blurb

Satisfy your book cravings with Grit, Chef Pierre and Smoke & Mirrors.

This box set is only available for a very limited time. Get all three books worth $8.97 for $4.99.

GRIT

TOP 100 AMAZON BESTSELLER

***Recommended for 18 years and over***

Alpha MC Prez Jaeger Dalton wants the land that was promised to him.

Sassy Phoenix Ward isn't about to let anyone take Freedom Run away from her.

He'll protect what's his.

She'll protect what's hers.

Jaeger is an arrogant ass, but he wants nothing more than Phoenix.

Phoenix is stubborn and headstrong, and she wants Jaeger out of her life.

Her father lost the family farm to gambling debts, but Jaeger isn't the only one who has a claim to the property.

Sometimes it's best to let things go.

But sometimes it's better to fight until the very end.


CHEF PIERRE

Holly Walker had everything she'd ever dreamed about - a happy marriage and being mum to beautiful brown-eyed Emma - until an accident nineteen months ago tore her world apart. Now she's a widow and single mother to a boisterous little 7-year-old girl, looking for a new start. Ready to take the next step, Holly has found herself a job as a maƮtre d' at Table One, a once-acclaimed restaurant in the heart of Sydney. But one extremely arrogant Frenchman isn't going to be easy to work with...

Twenty years ago, Pierre LeRoux came to Australia, following the stunning Aussie girl he'd fallen in love with and married. He and his wife put their personal lives on hold, determined for Pierre to take Sydney's culinary society by storm. Just as his bright star was on the upswing, tragedy claimed the woman he was hopelessly in love with. He had been known as a Master Chef, but since his wife's death he has become known as a monster chef.

Can two broken people rebuild their lives and find happiness once more?


SMOKE AND MIRRORS


Words can trick us.
Smoke obscures objects on the edge of our vision.
A mirror may reflect, but the eye sees what it wants.
A delicate scent can evoke another time and place, a memory from the past.
And a sentence can deceive you, even as you read it.




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Author Bio

There's something about the written word that is pure magic.

Possibly it's the fact there are 26 letters in the English alphabet, and they can create something so beautiful or so empowering they're capable to change our lives.

How important is it that we break suit and stretch our minds?

I like to think of myself as 'unique'. My stories aren't for everyone, and sometimes I may push what you believe to be 'normal'.

Normal is subjective.

I prefer to be known as a person who's never been 'bound by custom' but is 'unique by choice'.


I hope you do read and enjoy my stories.



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Friday, 1 January 2016

Review- Calling you Home series by Kristal McKerrington

Title - Calling You Home/ Remember me- Calling you home 
Author- Kristal McKerrington 
Genre- Romance 
My Rating- 3.5 Stars 


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Calling you Home- Book 1





Jason finds out, Mary, the woman he let go all those years ago has returned. Now they have a second chance at the future they have always dreamed of, but she carried a secret away when she left. Now that she’s back her secrets have come home to roost. How will Jason react when he finds out what she has been hiding?

Remember Me- Calling you Home- Book 2 

Jason finds out about his secret child and emotions explode out of him. His relationship couldn't be more fragile with May, than it is now. He's about to learn, it’s not just May's family who knew about little Dolly. Is there no one who didn't know?

My Review 

These were two great enjoyable reads . Both are fairly short at 48 pages each so I'm reviewing both in this review. 

In Calling You Home Jason learn that his childhood sweetheart has returned after leaving him seven years ago, however Jason moved on with his life and married Abby and they had a baby son. Unfortunately Abby has recently passed away after losing her fight with Cancer. Jason feels mixed emotions at May's return but feels the need to see her so he heads over to parent's place. However when he gets there he learns that she has been keeping a secret from him for the last 7 years. 

The book is told from Jason's POV and I liked how we got a dialogue of his thoughts and feeling and the emotions he was struggling with. At times it did seems a little to descriptive but I liked hearing the inter turmoil that Jason felt towards his ex and wife as I felt it helped to connect to his character. It's a fairly short read and I was only just getting into to it when it ended but luckily I had the second part to go straight into. 

In the second book Jason is struggling with his feel feeling towards what was revealed in book 1. He is struggling with who to trust and who to talk to. 

I enjoyed this second part more than the first and I think it was because you already had Jason's back history and could easily connect with his character . I loved to read about his interaction with his son, it melted my heart. 

Again this part was fairly short but it was very well written with a good pace and I look forward to reading where the author takes the story. 

*I received an review copy from the author in exchange for an honest review.