Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Cover Reveal and Giveaway: Ace: A Band of Brothers by Lyra Parish

ACE by Lyra Parish

ACE a Band of Brothers novel by Lyra Parish Coming September 1, 2015 Cover created by Letitia at RBA Designs
 

Synopsis

My name is Ace and I'm the Ace of Spades. I'm not nice and I misbehave. I will be your nightmare. I will be your dream. I will have you begging for more of me with each scream. The truth is in my lyrics. Uncontrollably controlled. I bleed many things one being Rock & Roll. I don't date or make love, I fuck real hard. Did you know the ace of spades is considered the death card? Love doesn't exist in my world, it never did. Love won't exist in my world; it's something I forbid. My name is Ace and I'm the Ace of Spades. Proceed with caution, because I'm sharp like a blade. The Band of Brothers novels are full length and will follow each brother in the band. They can be read together or separately. If you would like a one-time email when ACE is live on all platforms, please sign up for this email notification: http://bit.ly/acenotification Goodreads Link: http://bit.ly/acegoodreads

Ace by Lyra Parish

Except of Chapter 1:

Disclaimer: this is subject to change.
Tonight I would fuck the blonde in the front row. The set was nearing the end and I could feel her gaze peeling off every piece of my clothing. I liked when a woman knew what she wanted. Blue and green lights flashed over the stage then washed across the crowd. When we made eye contact again, her tongue traced the outside of her plump bottom lip and at that moment I knew she was DTF. Her being down to fuck made this so much easier but then again, being the lead singer of the Band of Brothers made panties magically melt. I'd be her fantasy for the night. This tour wasn't like the others because this time everyone wanted a piece of us as if our success happened overnight. But we earned every fucking opportunity we had. I would say given but that's bullshit. My brothers and I worked hard for every small and large success we had because that's our nature. We were raised to not take shit for granted and to work hard. Being assholes just came naturally but we knew to give respect where respect was due. Each show from Florida to California, all the way to New York was sold out and that felt incredible. The drums beat on as I screamed out the next few lyrics. "I won't let the world decide. I'll die before that happens." The drums stopped and the distortion was cut leaving a melodic strum of Nicolas's guitar. The lights faded when walked off stage leaving the crowd to themselves. Ian, Nicolas, and Liam had huge smiles covering their faces as they chugged the water the technicians handed us. This would never get old. Moments like this were the ones we lived and worked for. Once the chanting and clapping started, the four of us walked back onstage and gave the fans what they wanted, an encore. Green and yellow lights flashed over the crowd and smoke hovered at the bottom of the stage. We played three more songs and the people sang and swayed to the lyrics and music. Some jumped up and down, feeling the full beat of the drums while others banged their heads. The feeling of having thousands of people chanting my words would never become real. More often than not, I felt like I was in a dream, one that I never wanted to wake from. During the last song, I pointed to the blonde who continued to visually rip my clothes off with every little blink she took. By the way she was dressed in a tight pink shirt and little bitty skirt, I knew she wanted to be seen. She could have possibly had this night planned from the beginning. Randomly, I chose a few others from the crowd to join us, to dance in front of our audience, to feel the temporary power. It was something I did every show, every tour. It was a habit of sorts. Security helped the girls climb on the stage and they shook their asses in those little pieces of material that were supposed to be skirts. It always made women feel special when they were with the band, and I loved giving them just a little taste. A person doesn't fully understand performing live until they have had the opportunity to look out past the stage lights and see the people. Before the song ended, the technicians led the girls' side stage as cannons of confetti shot from the floor. Different colored pieces of paper glittered everywhere. When the final song ended, my brothers and I walked side stage where girls anxiously waited us. I smiled, popping an eyebrow at my chosen woman for the night, and she instantly came to me. I wrapped my arm around her shoulder and hers hung on my waist. My brothers stopped in the green room with the other girls, but Blondie and I walked to the bus. "I'm Lindsey," she whispered in my ear before we reached the end of the hallway. I smiled at her and pushed open the exit door. Groupies and fans waited near the bus and as soon as we walked up they rushed it. "I'll be out in a bit," I said, smiling at them with pearly whites. "My brothers are coming out that door over there. Really soon." I hated to out their exit strategy, but I wanted to take my time burying my dick deep inside Misty or Christy or whatever the fuck her name was. It didn't matter. Names never did.

Author Bio

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Lyra Parish loves to write, glamp, and sing obnoxiously loud at the top of her lungs in the shower. Sweet love stories (along with the dirty ones) make her gush. She is a firm believer that a person can never have too many cups of coffee, cats, or happily ever afters. When she isn't busy writing, she can be found sipping various beverages from her non-alcoholic drink buffet, pimp slapping excel spreadsheets, or riding her bike. Lyra lives in Texas with her glassblowing, guitar-playing hubby and black cat named Nibbler.  

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Tuesday, July 7, 2015

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?





~ Buy Links ~



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.





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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Monday, June 29, 2015

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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~ Author Bio ~ 

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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Sunday, June 28, 2015

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.



~ Anne Jolin Bio ~

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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