Release Day Blitz: Playing With Fire by Lexi Ryan

Adult Contemporary Romance

Release: July 7, 2015

 ~ Synopsis ~

Dr. Phoenix Reid isn't who she seems...

Everyone knows a phoenix rises from the ashes. What they don't talk about are the people she drags with her into the fire.

I thought one hot night with Max Hallowell was harmless. I never expected it would force me to face my past or bring back the man who swore he'd never let me go. Now Max wants to help me. Wants to save me. But if I let him, he'll be destroyed. I can already smell the flames.

A woman with a secret past. A man determined to protect her. A dangerous passion that could cost them both everything.

~ Review ~

5 Stars 

I am so happy that I get Max's book.  If anyone deserves a HEA it is him.  I didn't want to put this book down.  It was really hard to read slow so I could savor all it's awesomeness.  But I devoured it because I had to know what was going to happen next.

Nix is struggling to let go of the past and move on.  She wants to let go of the past, but how can you when it seems everyone leaves you when they find out about it.  She wants Max and knows there is only so many times she can turn him down before she succumbs to him and his charming ways.  Will she let Max break down her walls?  Or will she end up pushing him away?

Max is tired of opening up his heart to have it stomped on.  He decides to focus on his daughter Claire and raise her.  He doesn't need a woman to be happy.  There is something about Nix that is drawing him to her.  He decides to ask her out and hopes she'll say yes.  But when she continually turns him down after their one passionate night what will he do?  Will he continue to try and break down her walls?  Or will he walk away from her?

This is an amazing story with some twists and turns.  While Max has had his heart ripped out piece by piece, Nix has lead a very different life.  She's been hurt in a different way.  Can they be the glue to each others hearts?

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Playing with Fire is the first in a new series of standalone novels featuring the New Hope characters Lexi Ryan fans have come to love. While you wait for Nix and Max's story, explore Love Unbound, the collection of books set in Lexi's New Hope world.

*Note: Each series can be read on its own, but for the chronology purists, the reading order is below.

Love Unbound: Splintered Hearts

Unbreak Me (Maggie’s story)  Amazon 

Stolen Wishes: A Wish I May Prequel Novella (Will and Cally’s prequel)  Amazon

Wish I May (Will and Cally’s novel)   Amazon

Or read them together in the omnibus edition, Splintered Hearts: The New Hope Trilogy  Amazon

Love Unbound: Here and Now

Lost in Me (Hanna’s story begins)         Amazon

Fall to You (Hanna’s story continues)   Amazon

All for This (Hanna’s story concludes)   Amazon

Or read them together in the omnibus edition, Here and Now: The Complete Series   Amazon

Love Unbound: Reckless and Real

Something Wild (Liz and Sam’s story begins)   Amazon 

Something Reckless (Liz and Sam’s story continues)  Amazon

Something Real (Liz and Sam’s story concludes)  Amazon

Or read them together in the omnibus edition, Reckless and Real: Complete Series    Amazon   

Love Unbound: Mended Hearts

Playing with Fire (Nix’s story, coming July 7, 2015)  Amazon

~ About the Author ~

New York Times and USA Today bestselling romance author Lexi Ryan’s novels have been described as intense, emotional, and wickedly sexy. A former college professor, she now writes full-time from her home in Indiana, where she lives with her husband, two children, and a neurotic dog. Find her on Facebook or Twitter to chat about books, TV, and her children’s latest antics.

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Release Day Blitz and Giveaway: Flawed Love by Bella Jewel

Title: Flawed Love

Series: House of Obsidian #2

Author: Bella Jewel

 Release Date: July 7, 2015

~ Blurb ~

Rainer Torrence is everything I could have wanted in my life and more.

He became my best friend when I was Thirteen years old.

From then on, we were inseparable. He was my first love and my first heartbreak.

But I always thought it was forever.

Until his Father died and things went bad.

Then suddenly, he disappeared.

Ten years and I didn’t see or hear from him.

Then came the call I’d be praying for– he was back in town.

Only the man I remembered is not him.

This man is quiet, deadly, and so incredibly beautiful.

He also doesn’t remember me.

He looks into my eyes, and he sees nothing.

Nothing.

So, I let him believe I’m just a girl that walked into his bar.

I let him believe I’m just a friend.

I let him use me on the cold, dark nights.

I let him believe that I am as emotionless about our relationship as he is.

I just let the secret go on and on.

But all secrets have an end, don’t they?

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~ Author Bio ~

Bella Jewel is a self published, USA Today bestselling author. She’s been publishing since 2013. Her first release was a contemporary romance, Hell’s Knights which topped the charts upon release. Since that time, she has published over five novels, gaining a bestseller status on numerous platforms. She lives in North Queensland and is currently studying editing and proofreading to further expand her career. Bella has been writing since she was just shy of fifteen years old. In Summer 2013 she was offered an ebook deal through Montlake Romance for her bestselling modern day pirate series, Enslaved By The Ocean. She plans to expand her writing career, planning many new releases for the future.

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Blog Tour: Bound by Lies by Rebecca Shea

We are so excited Rebecca Shea’s Bound by Lies, the final book in her Bound and Broken Series, is now available! Don’t miss out on grabbing it for its limited release week only price of $2.99!

~ About Bound by Lies ~

Torn between two men; one was what I needed; the other was what I wanted. One man was safe and the other was dangerous. But both men would lay down their lives to save me. ATF agent Sam Cortez is fighting to bring down the Estrada family empire, which was built on murder and corruption. Alex Estrada did what was needed to keep me safe…and paid with his life. Starting over as I try to rebuild my life, it’s clear that the past is never what it seems. What no one knew was that we were all bound by lies. Add on Goodreads

~Review ~

4 Stars 

I was really looking forward to this book.  Broken by Lies ended on a huge cliffy and I NEEDED to know what happened.  This book lets you know what happened and will leave you mad, angry, sad, frustrated and conflicted. 

This book was fast pace action.  It left you wonder what was going to happen next and it was definitely a book that you had trouble walking away from.  You will want to devour it in one sitting. 

You will have so many questions.  Did Alex die?  What happened to Saul and Antionio?  Will Sam finally get to be Emilia like he wants?  What will Emilia do if Alex dies?  Will she leave Alex because of who he is? 

Emilia is in limbo with what to do and where to go from here.  She isn't sure where she should go.  She also doesn't know who to trust anymore.  Sam was safe to her, but he also lied to her.  She has no family.  Hopefully she makes the right decision and can make a life for herself that she wants and deserves.

This book was definitely a great read, but I was hoping for a little more.  It's hard to say what I was missing without spoilers (and I hate giving out spoilers).  So I recommend you read this book and make your own opinions.

~ About Rebecca Shea ~

Rebecca Shea is the USA Today Bestselling author of Unbreakable. She lives in Phoenix, Arizona with her family and her beagle, Miles. From the time Rebecca could read she has had a passion for books. Rebecca spends her days working full-time and her nights writing, bringing stories to life. Born and raised in Minnesota, Rebecca moved to Arizona in 1999 to escape the bitter winters. When not working or writing, she can be found on the sidelines of her son’s football games, or watching her daughter at ballet class. Rebecca is fueled by insane amounts of coffee, margaritas, Laffy Taffy (except the banana ones), and happily ever afters.

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Release Boost and Giveaway: Fighting for Forever by JB Salsbury

Title: Fighting for Forever

Series: Fighting #6

Author: JB Salsbury

 Release Date: June 23, 2015

~ Blurb ~

Slut. Hooker. Whore.

The taunts never bothered me. They only see what I allow them to see, and a Las Vegas stripper is the perfect cover.

My life had direction. I had a mission—until the man I needed vanished and is presumed dead.

It’s time to move on—give up the dream for revenge—and no one shows me that more than the mop-headed fighter with eyes the color of the ocean.

If anyone can teach me just how sweet life can be, it’s him. But first, I’d have to let go.

Mase. Baywatch. Mayhem.

I’m known by many names, but there’s only one that stirs panic and worry in my gut every time I’m called it.

Brother.

I’ve bailed him out of trouble for years, so when he turns up in Vegas and asks for me, I’m prepared for the worst. And the worst is exactly what I get in the form of a lilac-eyed beauty named Trix.

She’s everything I hate about Vegas: a stripper, loose with her body and her morals. But there’s something about her, a complexity that she buries deep, and I’m determined to uncover it.

The deeper I go, the less I understand. When I finally learn the truth, we engage in a battle where life and death hang in the balance. Fighting could kill us both, but if we win, forever is the prize.

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~ Author Bio ~

JB Salsbury, New York Times Bestselling author of the Fighting Series, lives in Arizona with her husband and two kids. She spends the majority of her day as a domestic engineer. But while she works through her daily chores, a world of battling alphas, budding romance, and impossible obstacles claws away at her subconscious, begging to be released to the page.
 

Her love of good storytelling led her to earn a degree in Media Communications. With her journalistic background, writing has always been at the forefront, and her love of romance prompted her to sink her free time into novel writing.
 

For more information on the series or just to say hello, visit JB on her website, Facebook, or Goodreads page.

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Release Day Blitz: The Allure of Julian Lefray by R.S. Grey

Title: The Allure of Julian Lefray

Author: R.S. Grey

Release Date: June 29, 2015

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~ Synopsis ~

From: JosephineKeller@LLDesigns.com
To: LilyNBlack@gmail.com
Subject: Justin Timberlake Nudes!

Lily, you predictable perv. I knew you’d open this email faster if I tempted you with a glimpse of JT's “PP”. Well, put your pants back on and grab some bubbly because I have much better news to share.

I GOT A JOB!

As of tomorrow, I’ll be the new executive assistant at Lorena Lefray Designs. I am SO excited, but there’s one itty bitty problem: I won’t be Lorena’s assistant. I’ll be working for her older brother, Julian.

I know what you're thinking- "But Jo, what’s the problem?"

Google him. Now. He’s the man in the fitted navy suit whose face reminds you that there’s hope yet for this cruel, ugly world. Keep scrolling…Do you see those dimples? Yup. That’s the Julian Lefray I will be reporting to tomorrow morning.

Lord, help us all...

XO,
Jo 

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~ Review ~

4.5 Stars 

This book starts out with Josephine (Jo) who has just moved from Texas to NYC and is looking for a job since being a fashion blogger isn't paying the bills. She's up to her eyeballs and then some with her student loans and her rent payment, her parents think she's making a huge mistake of moving to NY and she's simply trying to prove everyone wrong from her small town.

She's received an invitation to the years hottest event and of course when she gets up to the front of the line to give them her name it isn't on the list. She's asked to step aside and wait for it to get sorted out. Meanwhile she's made eye contact with a hottie who is none other than Julian Lefray and then loses track of him while she's waiting. Her name is finally found on the list thanks to a misspelling of her name.

They eventually meet up again and she learns that he is taking over for his sister while she's 'ill' and lets him know that she applied for the position as an assistant with Lorena Lefray Designs. He's intrigued with her and when he gets home he looks over her resume and looks up her blog 'What Jo Wore' and knows he has to interview her.

She gets the job as his assistant while she somehow has to try to keep their relationship strictly professional even though they are both fighting their attraction to each other. She can't lose the job since she's so far in debt and doesn't want to admit to her parents they may have been right and he's afraid she'll quit if he pursues her.

Dean is Julian's best friend from college who is in the restaurant business who finally sets Julian straight about his feelings for Jo and Lily is Jo's best friend from home who eventually moves to NY and has her own blog about food--can you smell a book 2 about these two cooking??

This book is told from a dual POV and I loved knowing what they were both thinking. It was a very light hearted read as well as funny. If you haven't read any of her books before I would recommend all of them. Can't wait to see what she has in store for us next!

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I am a lover of books, chocolate, reality TV, black labs, and cold weather. Seriously, if I had it my way, I would be curled up on the couch with all of those things... everyday.

I live in Texas where I spend my free time writing and reading. My favorite authors include Mindy Kaling & Jonathan Safran Foer. I'm a comedy geek and love all things "funny". Women like Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, and Mindy Kaling are definitely the biggest inspirations for my writing, though I think my work tends to skew a bit smuttier than theirs.

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Blog Tour and Giveaway: Change Rein by Anne Jolin

~ Synopsis ~

London Daniels is returning home to Willow Bay, Alberta, on the heels of a televised loss. She blew her shot at the Summer Olympics and cost Canada the gold medal in dressage.

During her years of training abroad, her family's stable has fallen on hard times, and thus, they’ve accepted an offer to board the racehorses of Branson Tucker, the infamous tycoon, for the winter.

London lacks conviction after her ill-fated fall. And as if returning to her hometown to watch her epic failure replay on everyone's big screen isn't torture enough, she’s expected to cater to a man with an ego bigger than her hundred-acre farm just to earn a dime.

Is London saddling up for another ride that will leave both her heart and her ass in the dirt? Or could the handsome, unwanted guest at Willow Bay Stables be her second chance to go for gold?

~ Review ~ 

4.5 Stars 

This book starts out with London Daniels competing in the Equestrian event at the Olympics. Due to an unfortunate event she suffers a fall that not only causes her pain from the injury itself but also her pride. She is humiliated with having to go home and see her family and her small town.

Enter in Branson Tucker. He's a man on a mission and that is to make London his. He is very much an alpha male but one who is incredibly sweet and very loving.

Fate throws these two together and you instantly can feel the chemistry these two have. You get a dual POV which I really like because you get to know what the other is feeling and thinking.

One of my favorite quotes was this one: London is remembering a conversation she had with her mom. "We are strong women, we are horse women, and when push comes to shove, sweet girl, we can always change rein, for a new direction never ceases to bring with it a new light."

This is a great first book in this series. It's a pretty quick read that held my attention and I just had to know what would happen next. Looking forward to more in the Willow Bay Stables series.

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Hey y’all,

I was born and raised in Ladner, a small farm town just outside Vancouver, Canada. I grew up riding horses, shooting guns, and driving in trucks.

I never expected to be an author. A massage therapist? Yes. Take over the family construction company? Yes. But an author? No. Writing was something that snuck up on me and rooted itself into my life. It was beautiful to discover that love, and I’m truly grateful to say I’ve found my passion.

Since I’ve always been a creative person, it feels amazing to harness all of that energy and use it to tell a story I love. I enjoy incorporating bits of my real life into the stories I write. What parts are true? Hah. I’ll never tell—what would be the fun in that?

If I could leave y’all with one thing, it’s that life’s far too short to not live it out loud. Drown in your passions, hold on tight to the things that inspire you, and chase your dreams relentlessly. I can promise you without a doubt that you won’t regret it. I know I don’t.

Mad love,

Anne Jolin

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Release Day Blitz and Giveaway: Wicked White by Michelle Valentine

~ Summary ~

After his mother dies, rock star Ace White—lead singer of the red-hot band Wicked White—is done with the celebrity game. The phony people, the meaningless one-night stands: he doesn’t want any of it anymore. Quitting in the middle of a sold-out tour, Ace sets out to find some place—any place—where he can be alone.

Aspiring singer Iris Easton’s life has never been easy. First, her mother walked out on her when she was a kid. Now she’s buried in debt, weeks after losing her beloved grandmother. When a mysterious and sexy new guy moves in next door, Iris can’t help but be drawn to his soulful gaze. She can tell there’s something from his past haunting him—something he’s not telling her.

Just as Ace starts falling for Iris, the media go on a worldwide hunt to find the missing rocker. Will true love conquer all, or will the truth be the very thing that tears the couple apart?

~ Review ~ 

5 Stars 

I really enjoyed Wicked White. It's a story about a rockstar who has had enough. He realizes his manager isn't his friend, his band mates are pissing him off, and his fans are smothering him. To make matters worse, Ace's adopted mother, the only woman who ever cared for him, is dying. Ace's solution is to disappear.

Iris is a girl whos grandmother died and left Iris to deal with the mobile home court she owned. This isn't Iris' dream though. She wants to be on Broadway. And now there is a sexy new tenant who is distracting her too.

While the story is a predictable, I really loved the characters. I felt their internal battles to tell the truth about who they are. I also felt their courage and strength to get through life together. I can't wait to see what's next!

~ Excerpt ~

“Iris…that was amazing. You’ve got so much talent,” I praise.

Her green eyes light up with excitement like a child’s do on Christmas morning. “You really think so? You’re not just saying that?”

“No. I never bullshit about music. You’ve definitely got the chops for Broadway, it’s just…” I hesitate, not wanting to hurt her feelings, but I know that in order for her to get better, she has to be told what she’s doing wrong.

She lays her hand on my forearm. “Please, tell me. I can take it. Promise.”

I stand beside her, so close that my chest nearly touches her shoulder. I’m itching to touch her, but I won’t do it without permission. “May I touch you?”

She draws in a ragged breath and then nods. “Yes.”

I curl the fingers of my right hand around her right shoulder and pull back a little so that her posture is perpendicular to the floor. At this angle, I can’t help but notice her heaving chest and how her perky tits move in sync with each breath she takes.

I slide my left hand against her toned stomach and my pinkie grazes the warm patch of skin that’s exposed between her T-shirt and the waistband of her jeans.

Our contact is fucking electric, and my own breathing picks up speed as I attempt to fight back the arousal I feel for her boiling beneath my surface.

“Everything about you is magnetic,” I whisper in her ear, and she shivers at the words. “Don’t be afraid to open your eyes and watch your audience enjoy you. Be confident and project. Let go.”

I let go of her shoulder, and move to face her before pressing the repeat button on the machine. As the intro of the song plays, I say, “Do it again, but this time I want you to look at me.”

This time when she opens her mouth to sing, when she begins to tip her head down, I slide my index finger under her chin and angle her head so that she’s forced to peer into my eyes.

Her words are just barely above a whisper, so I slip my hand back on her abdomen and say, “Project--from here. Sing it like you mean it.”

It’s like lightening strikes this beautiful woman in my arms as she sings to me without fear. The words of the song come out effortlessly, and her voice could rival any of the greatest female vocalists of all time.

She’s that damn stunning.

I nod approvingly and smile. “Yes!”

With that little bit of encouragement, she shocks me even more when she pushes herself to hit notes that are above and beyond what she reached the first time.

Only on the last lyric does she close her eyes while she holds the note there until the music stops. She releases a contented sigh as soon as the music ends, and when her beautiful eyes meet mine again, they swirl with emotion.

Completely blown away, I fumble with the words to tell her just how impressed I am. “Iris, that was--”

Without warning, she throws her arms around my neck and crushes her lips against mine. I know kissing her back is wrong, but I’ll be damned if I don’t want her so badly at this point that I can’t stop myself from giving in. I’ve been so good with restraining myself when it comes to Iris, because protecting her from the chaos that I’ll bring her is what’s always been on the forefront of my mind.

Her fingers thrust into my hair, and I reach down and curl my hands around her thighs before hoisting her into the air. Instinctively she wraps her legs around my waist, and I thread one of my hands into her tousled curls while the other is busy cupping that perfect ass of hers.

“I’ve wanted you since you walked into my trailer,” she breathes against my lips.

A thrill shoots through me at her admission of how long she’s wanted me. “You’ve been driving me out of my mind from the moment I first saw you.”

“Then take me.”

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Goodreads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23304078-wicked-white

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~ Author Biography ~

Michelle A. Valentine is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Rock the Heart. Wicked White is the first novel in her Wicked White romance series. She attended college as a drafting and design major, but her love of people soon persuaded her to join the nursing field. It wasn’t until after the birth of her son that she began her love affair with romance novels, and she hasn’t looked back since. When she’s not writing, she feeds her music addiction, dabbles in party planning, and expresses herself by working with arts and crafts. She currently lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, son, and two beloved dogs.

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