Simon by V.A. Dold ♥ Book Tour

Author: V.A. Dold
Release Date: July 1st 2014
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NOTE: Complete novel. No
cliffhanger. Dual POV. Rated 18+ for language and strong sexual
content. This is an adult paranormal romance with erotic content. The
series centers on Billionaire Wolf Shifters with plus sized BBW for
mates. It also includes vampires, voodoo priestess, a Marine, and magic.
These are stand alone books that create a series. They do not need to
be read in order.

Four years of honorably serving his country has
left Simon, Cade’s younger brother, damaged and trapped in wolf form.
Little did he know the only person with the ability to heal him
completely would be found at home. Literally. Now that he’s found her,
he is desperate to claim her.

Rose is a beautiful, voluptuous
woman with limited experience with men. Although she’s confident, she
still has reservations. Never having a family of her own, her fear of
abandonment has her fleeing romantic relationships, and doubting
herself.

Travis is insane. A deadly loose cannon that a secret
organization hired to destroy the Le Beau family by denying them their
mates. Permanently.

Simon’s dream will be lost forever unless he is able to maintain human form.
Rose needs unconditional love and a mate to create the family she’s always wanted.
Travis’s all-consuming drive is to take Rose for himself.
Will
Simon ever be whole again, able to claim his mate, giving Rose the love
and family she so desperately craves? Or will Travis destroy them both?

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She looked at him over her
shoulder. His blue eyes seared her with heat. The intensity of his stare made
her shiver. Lifting one hand, he laid his
fingers against the blush of her cheek. Then he wrapped his arms around her from behind. He buried his
nose in her hair and let his wolf rumble in satisfaction. “I’m ready to show
you off at Julia’s whenever you are.”

“Let
me check my face and hair. It’ll only take a minute.” She returned a few
minutes later looking amazing.

Her
hair was pulled back in a fashionable messy bun. A single strand was left loose
to fall down the side of her face to the tip of her breast. He longed to follow
that strand to its destination, scrape his teeth against her nipple and inhale
her precious scent.

She
was without a doubt the most beautiful creature he’d ever seen in his life. Rose
placed her arms around his neck, and he relished how her warmth seeped into his
body.

“I
may have to change my mind, you look too good, and I’ll be forced to kill some
idiot who tries to dance with you.”

She
rolled her eyes at him and grabbed her purse. “Come on, Romeo, I’m ready for a
boat ride and a turn around the dance floor.”

Simon
held her hand as she got into the boat then jumped in and revved the motor.
“I’ll go slow so I don’t mess up your gorgeous hair.” He winked.

She
blew him a kiss and fluffed her hair dramatically.

Even
going slow it only took twenty minutes to reach the pier serving the bar. He
already heard the music and boisterous patrons. He cut the motor and helped her
exit safely; boats weren’t designed for high heels.

Rose
looked up and down the line of boat slips and shoreline. “Where’s her sign?”

“She
doesn’t have one. We’d rather random humans didn’t wonder in. Mates are more
than welcome, but the occasional human to happen upon the bar isn’t very well
received.”

He
led her to an open table. “I’ll get us drinks, would you like wine or a whiskey
Coke?”

“A
whiskey Coke sounds great.” Her eyes were bright with excitement as she checked
out the crowd.

He
squeezed into an open spot at the bar and waved over his cousin. “Julia! How
are you, cher?”

“Oh,
mon dieu! Simon, it’s so good to see you. I heard you found your mate.”

“I
did.” He gestured to their table. “Rose is seated right there, stop over if you
get a break.”

“Oh,
elle est de toute beauté. You’re a lucky man, cuz.”

“Don’t
I know it.” He grinned. “Can I get a Whiskey Coke and a beer?”

“Oui.”

He
turned his back to the bar to check on Rose. Simon’s breath caught as she
unconsciously moistened her lip with the tip of her pink tongue. That mouth was
made for sin, with its plush lower lip. He imagined her mouth doing wicked
things to a certain part of his anatomy. Blood thrummed in his veins. Simon turned to inconspicuously adjust
himself, his faded jeans were suddenly way too tight. Her intoxicating scent of
coffee and cinnamon rolls licked at his groin even from across the room. He
wanted to rub himself all over her, saturating her with his scent whenever they
were in public. His wolf wouldn’t be satisfied until they were mated.

Gazing
at her across the room his blood surged, he imagined her naked on his bed, her
thighs parted in invitation. He lowered his head and tasted her passion. Loving
her long into the night, her excited cries entwining with his hoarse groans as
they made the bed shudder and shake. He shook his head. He really needed to get
control of his randy thoughts. This was date night and he would show her a good
time away from his bed for once. Down boy,
he snarled at his wolf. When he glanced at her again she was snickering and
shaking her head at him. He must be imagining loudly.

“Here
you go, no charge, and congratulations, Simon.” Julia rapped her knuckles on
the bar top before she turned her attention to making another customer’s drink.
She was very busy, so he left her to it. He’d barely taken his seat when the
band took the stage for another set. He stood and held his hand out to Rose.
“May I have this dance?”

“Why,
yes, you may,” she said playing along.

Simon
held her close enough to see the sparkles in her blue eyes. He loved the way
her gaze lit up when she was happy. But his wolf itched to see her eyes dazed
with passion as he made love to her, and then sated and sleepy afterwards. For
now holding her on the dance floor would do. Rose’s intoxicating fragrance
surrounded him, teasing his senses. He was in heaven.

He
cupped her cheek with a large, warm palm. “I’m so happy you moved into our
house, Rose. Having you in my arms makes me the luckiest man in the world.” The
moment she agreed to move to his house he’d called it their home. His glowing blue eyes regarded her with a tenderness
that made her breath hitch.

She
tightened her arms around his neck, urging his face closer to hers. “I didn’t
want to go back to Anna’s, to an empty bed anymore,” she told him. “If you
really plan to have me as your mate, it only made sense.”

“Just
say the word and I’m yours completely. Forever.” He smiled, then dipped his
head, kissed her deeply and nuzzled her.

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Anna James is single again, finally. In her opinion, men are self-centered and will never love her for who she is, a beautiful, plus sized woman. All except the fantasy man that she’s been meeting in her dreams for five years.She just never expected her fantasy to be a real live alpha shifter…Cade Le Beau isn’t what he seems. He’s a billionaire wolf. A Shifter. He laments his missed chance six months ago to meet his fantasy woman in the flesh. Just as his second chance presents itself, his fantasy woman, his mate, is threatened by the local mob boss and her ex-husband. Now, he has forty eight hours to deal with this threat once and for all or chance losing her again.

Is it Anna who’s in danger, or the humans who unwittingly threaten her?

The heat is on the moment they lay eyes on each other. Neither, age, children, horrid ex-husbands, nor mob bosses will stop this love affair.

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The Darkworld Series by T.G. Ayer ♥ Blog Tour & Giveaway

Published July 28th 2014 by Infinite Ink Books

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PYROS (a DarkWorld Origins novel).
This short is the origin story of sexy Fire Mage Logan Westin from Skin Deep.

Logan Westin, is the brooding hunk that steals Kailin Odel’s heart in SKIN DEEP. Even the fact that she’s a panther shifter and he’s plain old human couldn’t stop the sparks from flying between those two.

But Logan has his own little secrets, a history that weighs down on him, memories that seem to escape him. PYROS tells you where Logan comes from both in the origin of his powers and the source of his troubled mind.

And remember, Pyros comes before Skin Deep chronologically.

Excerpt

It was supposed to be a special day.

Logan Westin’s mother had promised to take him to his favorite diner. The one he loved to look at when they walked past on their way to the bus stop. Sometimes he’d slow down. Press his hands to the window and peer inside. Logan loved the look of the red-cushioned seated and the bright gleaming chrome.

Today was his chance to go inside and mother had said she’d get them strawberry milkshakes.

Logan was so excited he couldn’t walk. He had to hop or run, do something more than just stroll along as if their destination wasn’t a place that made him so excited he wanted to laugh out loud.

But Logan didn’t laugh. Father wouldn’t approve. And even though Father no longer lived with them, Logan knew he had to be careful. For Mother and for… For? Who else was he meant to protect?

Logan frowned and skidded to a stop in front of the diner. When he pushed the door open he inhaled the smells, and it all made him giddy with excitement. Coffee, and cooking meat and the polish from the black-and-white checkered linoleum beneath his feet. He pasted a huge grin on his face as he walked inside. Mother followed closely by a little girl whose laughter tickled his insides. She was as excited to be there as he was. They’d waited for so long.

When Logan turned to pull her pigtails he paused, stunned and confused. There was no one there. Even though her laughter still rang through the diner, the haunting sound so filled with happiness, so innocent and bubbly. He knew that voice. Knew if he reached out she’d hold his hand and her skin would be soft and smooth. Knew she’d grab his hand and pull him inside and accuse him of dragging his feet.

But there was nobody beside him.

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Expected publication September 30th 2014 by Infinite Ink Books
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With the loss of her sister still weighing down both her conscience and her heart, Kailin Odel must take on the next part of her mission – find her mother and Anjelo and bring them back from Wrythiin.

Kailin uses her mother’s portal key and enters the Wraith world intent on saving the ones she loves, but from the moment she arrives her mission is fraught with peril.
Arriving in Wrythiin, Kai steps right into the middle of a Wraith rebellion. And only to find that though Anjelo is safe, her mother is held captive by a subversive faction of Wraiths once led by the Wraithlord that Kai had killed.

From Wraiths to Shapeshifters, rebel causes to fraying family ties, to inexplicable new powers, Kai must fight her darkest demons while entering the blackest pits of Wrythiin to save her mother.

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Published April 30th 2013 by Infinite Ink Books
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Panther Shape-shifter Kailin Odel just wants to be normal. Leaving her clan, and her Alpha responsibilities, to live with her grandmother in Chicago had been the best thing for her. Only then did she discover her ability to track and kill the soul sucking undead creatures called Wraiths. Now she protected the humans, and had something to be proud of.

But, when she discovers the body of a murdered shape shifter, Kailin has to come to terms with the reality that her own kind are just as vulnerable as the humans.

The closer Kailin gets to the killer the more she has to face the intricacies of her people. When the time comes can she accept who and what her real purpose is?

Excerpt

Clutching the phone, I whispered Anjelo’s name into the device. The darned thing promptly advised me to speak more clearly, its tone annoyingly authoritative, seeming to laugh at me.
Damned machine.
Clearing my throat, I spoke his name again, this time restraining the urge to shout at the piece-of-crap phone.
Dial tone. Thank Ailuros.
“Kailin? What time is it?” Anjelo grumbled, his voice thick with sleep, grumpy and perplexed. He loved sleep, even more than his widely known love affair with Italian pasta. Nothing the school cafeteria supplied would ever tempt his taste buds. Anjelo had gourmet taste.
All he would’ve heard was my grunt of pain as I slid further to the floor, the phone suddenly too heavy to hold to my ear.
“Kailin, you okay?” His voice gurgled as if I were underwater—hollow, strange.
I took a deep breath and gripped the phone, pulling on every last dreg of energy, and said, “Sure. Shot. Bleeding. But okay.”
My voice cracked on each syllable, and I barely heard his urgent request for my location. I scowled at the phone, again so heavy it began to pull my hand to the floor, inch by inch.
Why was he shouting at me? I could hear him perfectly.
I spoke with a false calm. “I’m at the center.” Then I let the phone fall, unable to bear its incredible weight.
Scrambling. The knocking sounds of someone bumping into things in the dark. Muffled oaths, and then a slamming door.
Good. Anjelo’s coming.

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Published December 2013 by Infinite Ink Books

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With her sister missing and her mother and Anjelo stuck in the Wraith World, Kai must find a way to save them all. But the Wraith poison has brought her to her knees and only Logan’s fire can help ease her pain.

Uncertain who to rescue first, Kai’s decision is made for her when she discovers her sister Greer is stuck in the Greylands and slowly going insane. Desperate to save her, Kai will go to incredible lengths to obtain a portal key to the land of the dead – and maybe, she’ll go one step too far.

From deathtalkers to demons, trackers to ghosts, Kai must fight against betrayal and evade the clutches of danger to set her sister free. Can she save Greer from a horrific death – and will she ever be able to forgive herself if she can’t?

Excerpt

I was too light-headed to do anything but sink to the floor, my knees at last losing the fight to hold me up. The heavy-bottomed drinking glass slipped from my grasp falling straight to the wood floor, smashing into a million pieces. As the glass hit the ground water burst from it like a geyser, spraying droplets all over the kitchen. And all over me.

Good job, Odel. Now who’s going to clean up this mess?

I lay where I fell, my face resting close to my poison-wreathed arm. I stared at it as it throbbed and pulsed, as if the poison had taken on a life of its own and was just waiting for the next moment to advance further into my flesh.

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Published May 22nd 2014 by Infinite Ink Books
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In the DarkWorld the things that go bump in the night are most likely true. And the problem is they are probably not sticking to bumping around in the night. They are everywhere. Your work colleagues, your teachers, even your friends. They’ve been living that way for a long time. And you haven’t noticed becsuse they don’t want you to.
You’re much better off not asking any questions.

Mel Morgan is a Master Teleporter. She can move through the Veil into the otherworldly planes. A handy skill when looking for missing people. It’s a lonely job, but with her gargoyle partner she’s never minded lonely.

Until a certain super-hot Djinn walks into her life. He needs her help to find someone he loves. And Mel can never say no to someone in need. But the road to helping Saleem is fraught with secrets better left uncovered.

Can Mel and Saleem dodge demons and sorcerers long enough to save the ones they love?

This book is part of the DarkWorld world but can be read on its own.

Excerpt

Saleem stared out the window at the truck. At the back of Morgan’s dark head of hair. She raised her eyes to the rear view mirror and met his gaze. And for that one moment he couldn’t look away.

Neither did she.

Then she raised her hand up high enough for him to see it and flipped him off. Saleem grinned.

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Meet The Author

I have been a writer from the time I was old enough to recognize that reading was a doorway into my imagination. Poetry was my first foray into the art of the written word. Books were my best friends, my escape, my haven. I am essentially a recluse but this part of my personality is impossible to practice given I have two teenage daughters, who are actually my friends, my tea-makers, my confidantes… I am blessed with a husband who has left me for golf. It’s a fair trade as I have left him for writing. We are both passionate supporters of each others loves – it works wonderfully…

My heart is currently broken in two. One half resides in South Africa where my old roots still remain, and my heart still longs for the endless beaches and the smell of moist soil after a summer downpour. My love for Ma Afrika will never fade. The other half of me has been transplanted to the Land of the Long White Cloud. The land of the Taniwha, beautiful Maraes, and volcanoes. The land of green, pure beauty that truly inspires. And because I am so torn between these two lands – I shall forever remain cross-eyed.

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Corrupted By Alicia Taylor & Natalie Townson ♥ Blog Tour & 5 Star Review

I have to say that Alicia and Natalie rocked this story! I was on pins and needles the whole time. You’re going to be questioning so much never quite sure what the outcome is going to be. It’s a very heart stopping tale. You might even want to have a few tissues on hand, just saying. I could not put this book down. Damon is a complete mystery you have judgments about who he is but yet you question yourself if you have the right view of him. Ella I can see why she has made some of the choice she makes even when we know that it’s never really going to be good to try to get revenge for what you feel has been done wrong to you.

I’m looking forward to the next book and can’t wait till it’s out!!!

Synopsis

I am going to marry a monster.He is my everything.He manipulates people for fun. He takes over their lives, consuming
them. He dominates and crushes, ruling them, claiming their souls. No
one can survive the games of Damon Hunt.Before now. Before me.I am Ella Knight. I am corrupted. My sister was a victim of Damon’s games. It’s my turn to play now.

Damon Hunt has been my sole focus, my everything for three years,
since my sister’s death. I’ll manipulate him. I’ll take over his life,
consuming and crushing him. I am going to take away his soul. Damon Hunt
will not survive my games. I will win.

I hope.

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Excerpt

“Ella,”
he rasps. “You’re gonna fuckin’ kill me. Sweet Jesus, baby.” He closes
the distance between us in two strides. When he’s close enough, his
hands grip on my hips and pull me into him. Our bodies clash, my blood
ignites.
Need washes through me. Damon’s scent envelopes me, he smells pure male.
My chest heaves as I look up into his eyes, my breasts brushing against
his chest with every inhale.
“I can see everything, beauty. Every fucking thing. The rounded globes
of your perfect arse, the mound of your pussy, the dimples at the back
of your knees.” His hands move down to grip my arse cheeks. He squeezes
roughly before pulling me into his hard cock. I moan as the move hits
the perfect spot. “God, I need to keep you.”

Sweeter Excerpt

“Morning,”
he whispers into my neck as he nuzzles. I gasp at the soft stroke of
his tongue on my neck. “I can smell you. I’ll have your scent stuck in
my head all day. I need a taste.” He sucks my earlobe into his mouth as
he nibbles me. “Just one taste. I have to have one taste.” The huskiness
of his desire filled voice makes my knees weak. I melt into his body,
letting the feelings he’s evoking within me take over.

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Author Bio’s

Alicia
Taylor is 28, lives in Derbyshire in the UK with her husband and two
step-daughters.

Corrupted
is her debut novel which she cowrites with Natalie Townson. This is book one in
the Manipulation Trilogy.

Her
love of reading led to blogging which led to this – dipping her toes in the
indie author pool.

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Natalie
Townson is 31, a mother of one beautiful little boy and lives in Gloucester in
the UK with her Husband.

Corrupted
is her debut novel that is a book one of the manipulation trilogy, that she co
writes with Alicia Taylor. She is currently working on book two of the series
which is nearly complete.

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The Devil Behind Me By Evangelene ♥ Blog Tour & 5 Star Review

Title: The Devil Behind Me (The Devil Trilogy #1)

Author: Evangelene

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Release Date: July 28th

This book is going to have you so wrapped up that you can’t put it down till you finish it. Addie had it all going for her coming from a family that doesn’t have much she has pushed herself to always do her best. Daimon always the bully picking and tormenting Addie any chance he could. You going to love and hate this story. It’s going to have you in tears and ready to fight all at the same time. I could not get enough of this book and can’t wait till the next book comes out. I have to tell you this is a really good cliffhanger book; you are just left staring at the book wondering what just happen. It was awesome to have a book to that to me. I love books with cliffhanger but this one topped the cake. Biting my nails for the next book to come out!

This book is going as one of the top books I read this year!

Synopsis

*******This book is the first in the series and includes a cliffhanger ending******

“My name is Addie Sakis, I had a promising future once. I had my whole life planned out, but after that tragic day, everything changed. The world I coveted no longer existed. Ten years went by until one day when Daimon Evans, the boy who bullied me continuously in high school, reemerged back into my life, offering me all that I wanted in exchange for one thing….me.”

Addie Sakis had a sad past, a past that overshadowed her future. She clung to it not knowing how to let it go. That was until Daimon Evans came back into her life challenging her and pushing her back to the fighter he knew still existed inside her. If only she knew that Daimon wasn’t the devil she thought, but rather it was her demons that ruled her, the demons that lay inside her soul.

How far will Addie go to help her family? Which line won’t she cross as she deals with the devil she calls Daimon?

Note from the Author: This is a dysfunctional love and hate trilogy that involves emotional blackmail and a few other situations that the one wouldn’t do to the person they liked or loved. Addie and Daimon do what they do under the guise of a love that hurts so good. Happy Reading.

Part of the proceeds of this book will go to
http://www.ccfa.org
http://www.crohnsandcolitis.ca

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Excerpt

“This isn’t good,” said Silvia. She was one of our most loyal patrons. She was a bit eccentric. She wore too much rouge and cheap perfume. Her age was completely unknown, but she was old. Her hair was a light purple as it puffed up high over her head.

“No, it’s not,” I said quietly looking out through the storefront window. They were close to opening it up.

I stood there, my arms crossed, just shaking my head. I was so engrossed that I failed to notice a customer had walked in.

“So, what’s the deal here? Do you actually work or stare out the window?”

It couldn’t be.

Ten fucking years had gone by. There would be no way that boy would be here.

I turned my head slightly and there in my diner’s entryway stood Daimon.

The old saying when it rains it pours, was seriously an understatement when it came to my life and me. It didn’t pour, a fucking typhoon happened the moment he walked in my restaurant and subsequently back into my life. I put my best poker face on, as I held my stance with my arms still crossed.

“You can sit wherever you like.” I smiled, not meaning it. He nodded and proceeded to walk into my little restaurant and slid into one of our worn out booths.

“Well… isn’t he, the cat’s meow,” Silvia said nearly moaning.

“God! How old are you?” I asked her, looking at her like she had a few screws loose.

“Old. But my libido is still working,” she grinned, a little bit of red lipstick had stained her front teeth.

“Okay, way too much info.” I shook my head at her.

She wasn’t wrong about him. The man was stunning, with his dark longish hair in a perfect hair cut with a faint beard and his intense blue, like the sky, eyes. His black perfectly trimmed suit only added to his effect, which by his grin, he knew.

I smiled walking over to him.

“What can I get you?” I asked.

“Coffee and some company would be nice.” He continued to grin.

His voice had gotten deeper over the years. I shook it off. Fine, I can admit it. He turned out to be sexy, but it didn’t change the fact the he tormented me all throughout high school, like I was his personal plaything. I brought him the coffee. I was tempted to throw it on him, but I didn’t.

“Here’s your coffee.” I placed it on the table.

“Silvia?” I yelled over my shoulder still looking at him.

“And here’s your company, sir,” I grinned.

Silvia nearly launched herself into the booth.

“Well hello, dear.” She smiled from ear to ear, her dentures nearly falling out. Daimon’s face fell. I had to step away not to laugh.

“Um…how about the boss lady?” he asked, leaning away from Silvia and her dentures.

“The boss lady? Ah, forget her, sweet sugar. You have this beautiful dame right here in front of you. How’s about you and me go for some giggle water?” She wagged her eyebrows at him.

“Are you for real? Hey!” he yelled over to me. “Is this lady for real? What the fuck is giggle water?” he asked me, seemingly uncomfortable.

“Alcohol,” Silvia said, shocked that he didn’t know.

Well, the truth was I didn’t know either, but that was Silvia. She was stuck back in a time I couldn’t relate to.

“How about I take a rain check?” Daimon said half smiling.

“Ah raspberries,” Silvia pouted.

“Hey Addie? Addie? Addie?” He called my name each time in a different tone.

“I’m sorry, sir. How is it that you know my name?” I grinned. God, if it wasn’t for customer service and the fact I didn’t want him to know I remembered him, I would have thrown his ass out so fast.

“You can’t be serious? Addie, it’s me,” he said holding out his hands like ‘hey I’m unforgettable.’ I shook my head.

“You are… who exactly?” I asked again, shrugging.

“Daimon, Daimon Evans,” he sighed.

“Oh, I like the name,” Silvia moaned again.

“Well, it’s nice to meet you Daimon, Daimon Evans.” I smiled and nodded.

“You have to be fucking with me,” he said not too pleased as he stood up and walked over to me. “I know you remember me,” he said low as he glared at me.

“I’m not going to lie, it rings a bell.” I shook my head again. “College?” I offered.

“Fine, we’ll play your game, your way.” He threw some money on the table; looked back at me as he fixed his coat and began to walkout. “For now.” He pulled the door open and left.

“You’re telling me you don’t remember a fine piece of ass like that?” Silvia pointed at the door.

“No, I don’t. I remember a boy who made my life miserable.” I growled low into my chest. Silvia rose up from the booth and stood beside me.

“Ah shucks, honey, if he looked like that, he could have made my life a living hell and I would have loved it,” she said as she started blowing kisses at him through the window.

I inched closer to the storefront and watched as Daimon walked away. Why did I suddenly feel like my future had this ominous cloud over it?

About The Author

Evangelene was born and raised in Montreal Canada. She currently lives with her husband who at times drives her nuts. She has been going to Concordia University for over ten years as a Classical Civilization and Linguistic student. The pull to the ancient world was too great for her to let go, so she continues her education so she could feel closer to the world she identifies with. She reads nonstop devouring books like its food, loving the feeling of being lost in a world that another author has created.

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Cowboys are a different breed…
They work hard, play hard and love harder.
It’s all about the ride, until the right woman
makes them fall.
Sexy cowgirl Twyla Taylor is the right woman for rodeo Romeo, bronc
rider, and her and brother’s best friend, Ryan Easter. He just doesn’t
know it yet…

COWGIRL CRAZY (#2, Cowboy Way) by Amazon Bestselling Author Becky McGrawBLURB:Twyla Taylor is one frustrated cowgirl. She’s not winning at barrel
racing or in love. She’s spent ten years nursing a crush on her
brother’s best friend, Ryan Easter, who thinks of her as no more than
his little sister. When Twyla catches Ryan with yet another no-good
buckle bunny, and calls him out, he tells her to get a life, and that is
exactly what she decides to do. One that does not include a
buckle-bunny-chasing cowboy with a bad attitude, or an overbearing older
brother.

Ryan Easter is one frustrated cowboy. He’s winning
every night at bronc riding, and has a different woman in every city.
Mostly so he can keep his best friend’s fiery little sister, and his
desire for her, at bay. Since she grew those proud little breasts of
hers, and mile-long legs, Ryan has had to fight his attraction to her.
If her brother knew what he was thinking, he would kill Ryan, if her
daddy didn’t first. Ryan valued the surrogate family the Taylor’s
provided him with too much to ever go there with their youngest member.

His diversion techniques work like a charm, until one night he pushes
her too far, and Twyla takes off. Ryan knows he has to find her quickly
and apologize, or face his best friend’s wrath. He finds Twyla in Dallas
and decides she’s definitely gone cowgirl crazy. He barely recognizes
her, because his barrel-racing tomboy is wearing makeup that looks like
it was put on with a putty knife and she’s working at a bar which
borders on a cowgirl strip club. When she isn’t serving shots off of her
stomach, she’s shaking her round ass for any man with a dollar to shove
into the waistband of her barely-there shorts.

Twyla refuses
to leave with him, and Ryan knows he better make his final
arrangements, or come up with another way to convince her and fast.

EXCERPT

Ignoring her comment, and what had to be her
obvious discomfort, Ryan stepped forward, leaned over her to balance his shot
glass about two inches under her navel.
Heather always put it at the base of her ribcage, so a little would
spill into her navel, but Ryan had put his lower. Her muscles contracted there, as the cold
glass touched her skin. She thought
about him licking her up to the glass, the amber liquid sloshed in the glass,
and he frowned.

“No
spilling, Twy, or there will be consequences.”
His eyes met hers and his pupils were dilated almost as large as the
blue irises. His breathing came in short
spurts, and she could see his pulse pounding at the side of his throat. The look on his handsome face said, he would
relish delivering those unknown consequences.
“By the time I’m done, I’ll really need that drink.”

A shiver
worked itself up her body from her toes, and the glass wobbled again. She gasped and contracted her muscles to steady
it. Agitation bristled through her. “Why don’t you just have the damned shot
then, and get on with this?” That’s what
she really wanted.

His hand
clamped on her ankle, and he grinned.
“Patience is a virtue, darlin’.
Slow is not always a bad thing, and I’m about to teach you that, and a
lot more.” His voice was heavy with
anticipation, and his sensual threat was punctuated by his tongue making a trip
slow around his hot lips. Her eyes
followed it around and heat sizzled along her nerves to singe her at the apex
of her thighs. Maybe this is why all
those bunnies she saw leaving his trailer were smiling. They must have had the patience Ryan was
talking about, and liked that Ryan was slow as a turtle in his lovemaking. Twyla wasn’t sold on it yet, but decided to
try to find the patience he asked her to have.
She huffed a breath then relaxed and uncurled her fists.

What the
hell did she know about all this, anyway?
She was green as grass at this, he knew what he was doing. Had done it many times. Too many.

“Get on
with it, then,” she grumbled, settling her focus on keeping that shot glass
steady on her lower abdomen. Ryan’s dark
head appeared in her line of vision, and Twyla gasped.

His eyes
met hers over the plane of her tummy, and were filled with mischief and
purpose. His hot breath tickled her thighs when he warned, “Keep it still,
Twyla. Remember, no spilling.”

He slid his
hands behind her calves, and under her thighs to hold her hands at her sides. Turning his face, he planted a wet kiss on
her inner thigh, before his mouth latched there and he sucked, while his tongue
swirled on her skin. Fire zipped up to
her core, and Twyla whimpered. The glass
wobbled again and she knew then that she was in big trouble.

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About The Author

Becky
McGraw is a married mother of three adult children, and a Southern girl
by birth and the grace of God, ya’ll. She resides in South Texas with
her husband and dog Abby.

A
jack of many trades in her life, Becky has been an optician, a
beautician, a legal secretary, a senior project manager for an aviation
management consulting firm, which took her all over the United States, a
real estate broker, and now a graphic artist, web designer and
writer. She knows just enough about a variety of topics to make her
dangerous, and her romance novels interesting and varied. Being a
graphic artist is a good thing for her too, because she creates her own
cover art, along with writing the novels.

Becky
has been an avid reader of romance novels since she was a teenager, and
has been known to read up to four novels of that genre a week, much to
the dismay of her husband, and the delight of e-book sellers.

She
has been writing fictional short stories and novels for fun, as well as
technical copy for her jobs for many years. She was a member of the
Writer’s Guild on AOL, as well as a founding member and treasurer of the
first online chapter of the Romance Writers of America, From the Heart
Romance Writers. Currently, she is a PAN member of RWA and a general
member of FTHRW

You can find Amazon Bestselling Author Becky McGraw at:

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beckymcgrawbooks@gmail.com

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Title: Scared To Death

Author: CS Latu

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Release Date: June 9. 2014

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I have to tell you that I love the story plot behind this book! CS delivered this story with so much real emotions that you feel like you are right there with the charters. I expect a book to bring me in to the story as if I am standing right there in the room, CS did that with this story. If you love a book that you can’t tell what way a book will take you have found one that will do that for you. There was a few times I thought the story dragged a little but it didn’t take from the over all telling of it. I felt that CS gave you a good look at each charter that was introduced in Scared To Death. I can’t wait to read more of Ruby and Noah story along with seeing a closer look at the others that brought this story to life.

Looking forward to more great reads by CS Latu.

Synopsis

You don’t always get a choice in life. You can’t control who dies. You can’t control who you love and you can’t stop change. But you can make a mess of it.

For Ruby Green, life is about loss. Everyone she has ever loved has died, save one. Her best friend from childhood. He has always been her saving grace. When things change between them, Ruby finds herself lost in a maelstrom of emotions. She’s not ready to lose him in order to have him.

Noah Carrington believes in living. Even if the road is dark, the fear makes you feel alive. Life is too short and regret is a wound that festers. He always saw his best friend, Ruby, in his future, she would be just around the corner in the next room until he started seeing her in his arms.

They both know that being scared to death means you have something to lose. The question is, will they learn that it means you have something to gain too?

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I was born on a cold day in January. They said I was the only baby in the hospital. They also said that I picked my head up twice to turn away from people who came to see me after I was born (Who wants strangers looking at you after such a life altering event while you are naked?). Not much has changed. That cold day was 30 years ago in South Carolina. Needless to say, I got the twang! At the ripe age of 22, I married my man bear pig hubby who happens to be from Chicago. I learned that there are people who do not have accents, who sound like they have accents because they don’t have accents. Mind blowing there. Our love story is pretty nifty. I met him online when I was 15 and chatted with him for four years, on and off as friends, until we met and I showed him some southern charm and BAM! Here we are ten years later with eight years of marriage and several fur persons rounding out the family thus far! My writing started as a child when I tried to write about three pewter statues of wizards coming to life. Books and words have always been a passion for me. My mind is incredibly random, if you talk to me for more than ten minutes, it becomes painfully obvious. I draw inspiration from absolutely anything and everything I come in contact with, with particular emphasis on music, pictures and the crazy situations in life. It is my hope one day to have a small hot air balloon tied to my chimney so I can write by starlight. I am pretty sure I would find that most inspiring.

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Finding Dandelion By Lex Martin ♥ Blog Tour & 5 Star review

Finding Dandelion (Dearest #2)

Lex Martin

A New Adult Romance

Hmm….. This was a very a very mixed feeling book for me. I wanted to Slap Dani at time and tell her to wake the hell up. Jax is the typical collage age guy finding his path in life and sowing his wild seeds. The two have a connection that they both seem to fight on different levels.

Then Dani finding out that Jax sister is her roommate which just seems to add to the trouble. You never want to ruin a good thing and Dani has a good deal with Clementine.

I really loved the fact that this book was the first I read in the series and I didn’t feel like I lost anything by not reading the first book yet! You going to love the emotion this book bring you through and hate them all at the same time. I love a book that can pull at all your emotions and not make you like one charter over the other, this book did just that. You wanted to string them both up by their toes and love them all at the same time.

Looking forward to reading more from this series!

About Finding Dandelion

When soccer all-star Jax Avery collides with Dani Hart on his twenty-first birthday, their connection is instantaneous and explosive. For the first time in years, Jax isn’t interested in his usual hit-it and quit-it approach.

But Dani knows better. Allowing herself a night to be carefree and feel the intensity of their attraction won’t change anything when it comes to dealing with a player. So when Jax doesn’t recognize Dani the next time he sees her, it shouldn’t be a total shock. The fact that he’s her new roommate’s brother? That’s a shock.

Dani doesn’t regret that night with Jax, just the need to lie about it. Since her roommate has made it clear what she thinks about her brother’s “type” of girl, the last thing Dani wants is to admit what happened.

Jax knows he’s walking a fine line on the soccer team. One more misstep and he’s off the roster, his plans to go pro be damned. Except he can’t seem to care. About anything… except for the one girl who keeps invading his dreams.

Despite Jax’s fuzzy memory of his hot hookup with his sister’s friend, he can’t stay away from her, even if it means breaking his own rules. But there are bigger forces at work–realities that can end Dani’s college career and lies that can tear them apart.

Jax realizes what he’s losing if Dani walks away, but will he sacrifice his future to be with her? And will she let him if he does?

FINDING DANDELION, the second book in the Dearest series, is a stand-alone novel. This New Adult romance is recommended for readers 18+ due to mature content.

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Dearest Clementine (Dearest, #1)

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Twenty-year-old Clementine Avery doesn’t mind being called bitchy and closed off. It’s safe, and after being burned by her high school sweetheart and stalked by a professor her freshman year of college, safe sounds pretty damn good.

Her number one rule for survival? No dating. That is until she accidentally signs up for a romance writing class and needs material for her latest assignment. Sexy RA Gavin Murphy is more than happy to play the part of book boyfriend to help Clem find some inspiration, even if that means making out…in the name of research, of course.

As Gavin and Clem grow closer, they get entangled in the mystery surrounding a missing Boston University student, and Clem unwittingly becomes a possible target. Gavin tries to show Clem she can handle falling in love again, but she knows she has to be careful because her heart’s at stake…and maybe even her life.

DEAREST CLEMENTINE is a stand-alone novel with two companion novels. This New Adult romance is recommended for readers 18+ due to mature content.

About the Author

Lex Martin writes new adult novels, the sexy kind with lotsa angst, a whole lotta kissing, and the hot happily ever afters. When she’s not writing, she lives a parallel life as an English teacher. She loves printing black and white photos, listening to music on vinyl, and getting lost in a great book. Bitten by wanderlust, this native Texan has lived all over the country but currently resides in the City of Angels with her husband and twin daughters.

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TITLE: WIFE NUMBER SEVEN

AUTHOR: MELISSA BROWN

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Lipstick. Bright, red lipstick. Nothing but lipstick. Even though it’s against our faith to wear a color that screams of sexual promiscuity and deviant behavior, I’m not allowed to protest. But, I want to. So badly.

You see, there’s more to me than the braid that spills down my back. More to me than the layers of heavy fabric that maintain my modesty. And so much more than the oppressive wedding band that adorns my finger–the same band that each of my sister wives wear. So much more. To protest would be sinful. I must keep sweet, that is my duty.

So I’ll wear the lipstick. I’ll do as I’m told. And I’ll do my best to silence the resistance within me, to push him from my mind. If only my heart would do the same.

Talk To Me & Just Listen By Clare James ♥ Blog Tour

PUBLIC LIVES SERIES

Clare James

A Steamy NA Romance

Talk to Me (Public Lives, #1)

Release Date: June 9, 2014

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Talk To Me, was a book that I was on the fence about. It was well written. What I had the problem with in my head was how much I like or didn’t like the book being written at more of an interview then a story being told. I get why the author wrote it this way it is supposed to be an interview with Finn, other than that I loved the book. I love the batter between Finn and Casey. Finn challenged Casey and would not let up. I’m looking forward to reading Just Listen. I love the story plot and Loved the cliffhanger!!!

Just a warning there is a cliffhanger in Talk To Me, so if you don’t like them make sure you have Just Listen waiting in the wings to pick up and start reading.

*Caution: This story contains explicit sex scenes with an alpha hockey player … who gives an entirely new meaning to the term Body Checking. *

Finn Daley took the world by storm two years ago when he was drafted by the NHL. The young, handsome, high-scoring player quickly became a fan favorite. He had everything going for him: fame, fortune, a promising career, and his pick of women. But when he made an abrupt exit from the NHL last spring, everything changed and he’s been in hiding ever since.

Casey Scott plans to find out why.

After interning for free all summer at the top television station in the Twin Cities, Casey lands an on-air gig. Trouble is, the new role is Sports Girl—which means reporting from local bars and tailgating parties to create excitement for the hometown heroes. All while wearing tiny team jerseys that are so tight they leave little to the imagination.

But she has a plan. Uncover the biggest sports mystery of the decade, and she’ll be on her way. Question is, how far will she go to get the story?

Excerpt

Casey

My eyes instantly zoomed in on his scar. It was the first thing I noticed. A jagged line that began at the middle of his forehead and disappeared into his dark eyebrow.

It was him. There was no doubt. But he was in disguise.

Yes, he could hide everything else. His tight athletic body under ill-fitting sweats. His piercing gray eyes under a pair of dark sunglasses. His sculpted face (which, incidentally, should’ve belonged to a classic movie star rather than a hockey player) covered under a week’s worth of scruff.

His scar, however, was not meant to be hidden.

Finn Daley got that badge of honor in his first NHL game. It made a bloody mess of the ice, not to mention his beautiful mug. Somehow, on him, the scar worked. A flaw to show he really was human.

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Just Listen (Public Lives, #2)

Release Date: June 23, 2014

Review To Come, due to publishing issues it was not released soon enough for the arc to be read and review written.

*Caution: Just Listen contains explicit sex scenes between an alpha hockey player trying to begin a new life and an ambitious reporter who will do just about anything to get her story … Conflict of Interest doesn’t even begin to describe the trouble these two get into.*

Aspiring reporter Casey Scott knows it was unethical to get involved with retired hockey star, Finn Daley, but she did it anyway. Happily. She also knows that she should tell him about her assignment, but she can’t seem to do it. No matter how many times she tries. With Finn, Casey experiences intimacy, pleasure, pain, comfort, and a strange sort of stability. Things she’s not yet willing to give up.

But when she finally uncovers his secret, the decision she has to make is harder than she ever imagined.

For Finn, his past, present, and future are colliding. And when he discovers the truth about the woman he’s grown to love, and the one he let get away, his world comes shattering down around him. With everything on the line, there’s only one person who can help. But is it too late?

Just Listen is the gripping conclusion of Finn and Casey’s story that began in Talk to Me.

Excerpt

Finn

Casey’s face dropped the second the words left my lips. I hurt her.

Damn straight.

She deserved it. She crushed me.

But after you see the worst in people – like I did from the agents, team owners, PR people, friends and acquaintances who wanted a piece of me at one time or another – nothing fazed you anymore.

“Well, then,” she glared at me. “Talk.”

The freaking balls on this girl!

The only reason I didn’t let Dr. Hart bring in security and haul her little ass away was because I enjoyed competition … and revenge. I was not going to let this green, no-name reporter get the best of me.

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About the Author

Clare James is the author of steamy contemporary romance and new adult novels: BEFORE YOU GO, MORE and DIRTY LITTLE LIES. A former dancer, Clare still loves to get her groove on—mostly to work off her beloved cupcakes and red wine.

A fan of spunky women, gorgeous guys, and super-hot romance, Clare spends most of her time lost in books. She lives in Minneapolis with her two leading men—her husband and young son—and loves to hear from her fans.

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