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{Release Day Blitz} LOVE SONG by Elle Greco

 

Are you ready for another rockstar romance? Elle Greco is back with LOVE SONG, the next book in her LA Rock Star series. If you love sexy musicians, be sure to grab your copy today or start reading it for free with Kindle Unlimited!About LOVE SONG

Jett Benson is having a bad week.

To start, she was kicked out of her soon to be ex-stepfather’s Bel Air mansion. Then, UCLA gave her the boot because of an unpaid tuition bill. Finally, her crappy car just broke down in Venice Beach, and she doesn’t have the money to fix it.

And that’s just Monday.

Jett needs a job. And fast. But with her car out of commission and a resume that screams unemployable, she has no choice but to crash on her ex-stepbrother Rafe’s couch until she gets back on her feet.

Once mortal enemies, a bond grew between Jett and Rafe when their bands toured together. It’s a bond that Jett’s trying to avoid before it morphs into something more. And that something more could break her heart because Rafe’s left a path of shattered ones in his wake.

Rafe Davis was adopted into rock and roll royalty. When his own father, guitar player for legendary rock band Anthem, fell victim to the cut-throat music industry, Rafe was enveloped by the Davis clan. Now, like his dad, Rafe is a guitar player, but for Rogue Nation, a band whose debut album is following Anthem’s meteoric trajectory. But Rafe is determined not to repeat history, even if that means guarding his heart against the one person who believes in him.

So Jett needs to find a J-O-B and get off Rafe’s couch before she climbs into his bed. Because for both of them, falling in love is not an option.

Love Song is the second book in the LA Rock Star Romance series. Set in the glam and gritty Los Angeles rock scene, the series is filled with swoon-worthy men and badass women, all chasing their dreams in Hollywood’s cut-throat music industry.

Get ready to fall in love with another LA Rock Star.

Add LOVE SONG to your TBR! Get LOVE SONG on Amazon!     About ELLE GRECOI write fiction about badass women (and the people they love). Urban Fantasy lovers will know me as Karen Greco, author of the best-selling Hell’s Belle series. My Contemporary Romance books are written under Elle Greco. While the genres are worlds apart, strong female characters are the chain that links all my worlds. These women are magical. They wield wicked weapons. They play a mean drum solo. They fall in love. They rule the boardroom and the bedroom. Whatever they do, they do it with swagger. My storytelling career began when I forced everyone play “make believe” with me when I was a kid. That eventually morphed into banging out short stories on my mom’s old manual typewriter. As I got older, I graduated to penning bad poetry, then not terrible plays as a teenager. I studied playwright in college but my career took a detour and I ended up working in journalism and then entertainment publicity, which kept me busy for 20 or so years. My “day job” has taken me from gritty rock clubs in The Bowery to glam red carpets during movie premieres and awards shows. My background working with talent (and the suits) in the industry has served me well with the LA Rock Star Romance series. A few years ago, I decided to pursue my original passion and a few full-length novels later, here we are. I love anything spooky and impossible to explain. If you love hanging out in cemeteries, the older the better, I’d totally go on a road trip with you. I have two rescue dogs, a patient husband, and an awesome kid. Website | Facebook | Instagram | Goodreads

{Cover Reveal} SUGAR by Lydia Michaels

 

Today we have the cover reveal for Lydia Michaels’ Sugar! Check it out and be sure to pre-order your copy today! Title: Sugar Author: Lydia Michaels Genre: Contemporary Romance Release Date: September 28th About Sugar: Avery Johansson is borrowing against her youth and beauty to afford a better future by working as a sugar baby. Men think she’s everything they desire, soft, delicate, and able to stroke their fragile egos with a mere sweep of her lashes. The more they pay, the sweeter she becomes. If only they knew the woman behind the façade. Oh, she could bring them to their knees, make them beg, and unburden their minds to a point of ecstasy. The true Avery doesn’t care for roses. She prefers the thorns. Because behind her beautiful exterior, she’s more leather than lace, and beneath the sugar there’s nothing but spice. The only thing missing is a strong and submissive man to make everything nice. Noah Wolfe is used to getting exactly what he wants when he wants, and as he sets his sights on Avery Johansson, nothing will stop him short of having her. He’s determined to bury himself in her mind and body, and plans to unravel every dark secret she hides. As two dominant hearts collide in an explosion of sin and secrets, boundaries come tumbling down. But their future lies in someone’s surrender, a sacrifice neither is prepared to make—and everything their happiness depends on. Pre-Order Your Copy Today: Universal | Amazon | Apple | Nook | Kobo | Google Play Exclusive Excerpt: I could feel his stare weighing on me, heavy and warm like a blanket I didn’t ask for but appreciated all the same. He watched from across the hall, watched me like a man who saw something he fantasized about possessing. A beautiful car, a valuable company, a woman, either way, I was only an object to him. That was fine. Impersonal, the way I preferred my relationship with neighbors. My hand trembled as I slid my gold key into the slot of the deadbolt, securely locking my door. The ornate moldings throughout the building imposed a sense of security as well as a sense of lavish luxury, so my sudden unsteadiness wasn’t due to fear, but rather the result of my hot neighbor’s nearness in our shared, narrow hall. This man should not stir the feelings he roused inside of me. Don’t look… Sliding the ornate key into the narrow pocket of my Dior clutch, I tried to hide my body’s response to his attention. He pretended to sort a handful of mail outside of his apartment door, his tailored, bespoke clothing the usual high-end office attire, but he didn’t strike me as a self-important snob. Just a result of good circumstances. Regardless of his background, he got up and went to work every weekday and sometimes on weekends. The golden stubble covering his jaw was proof of yet another long day’s work. Snapping my clutch shut, I pretended not to notice him, and fought the urge to dissect him with my eyes. No one read their mail in the hall. They grabbed it from the lobby and dumped it on their counter when they walked through the door. Yet he eye fucked each envelope with the same intensity one reviewed a life or death contract. I doubted he read a single word. Bingo. With a flick of his thick lashes, blond enough to give his blue eyes a dramatic gilded fringe, his gaze left the mail and landed on me. I looked away because there wasn’t time to play the demure flirt, and the last thing I needed was another man in my life. About Lydia Michaels: Lydia Michaels is the author of over thirty-five novels and the consecutive winner of the 2018 & 2019 Author of the Year Award from Happenings Media, as well as the recipient of the 2014 Best Author Award from the Courier Times . She has been featured in USA Today, Romantic Times Magazine , Love & Lace , and more. As the host and founder of the East Coast Author Convention , the Behind the Keys Author Retreat , and Read Between the Wines , she continues to celebrate her growing love for readers and romance novels around the world. Lydia is happily married to her childhood sweetheart. Some of her favorite things include the scent of paperback books, listening to her husband play piano, escaping to her coastal home at the Jersey Shore, cheap wine, 80’s pop culture, coffee, and kilts. She hopes to meet you soon at one of her many upcoming events. You can follow Lydia at www.Facebook.com/LydiaMichaels Connect with Lydia: Facebook | Reader Group | Instagram | Twitter | BookBub | Website | Newsletter

{Cover Reveal} LOVE SONG by Elle Greco

Are you ready for another rockstar romance? Elle Greco is back with the next book in her L.A. Rock Star series. Check out the cover for LOVE SONG and be sure to add the book to your TBR today!About LOVE SONG

Jett Benson is having a bad week.

To start, she was kicked out of her soon to be ex-stepfather’s Bel Air mansion. Then, UCLA gave her the boot because of an unpaid tuition bill. Finally, her crappy car just broke down in Venice Beach, and she doesn’t have the money to fix it.

And that’s just Monday.

Jett needs a job. And fast. But with her car out of commission and a resume that screams unemployable, she has no choice but to crash on her ex-stepbrother Rafe’s couch until she gets back on her feet.

Once mortal enemies, a bond grew between Jett and Rafe when their bands toured together. It’s a bond that Jett’s trying to avoid before it morphs into something more. And that something more could break her heart because Rafe’s left a path of shattered ones in his wake.

Rafe Davis was adopted into rock and roll royalty. When his own father, guitar player for legendary rock band Anthem, fell victim to the cut-throat music industry, Rafe was enveloped by the Davis clan. Now, like his dad, Rafe is a guitar player, but for Rogue Nation, a band whose debut album is following Anthem’s meteoric trajectory. But Rafe is determined not to repeat history, even if that means guarding his heart against the one person who believes in him.

So Jett needs to find a J-O-B and get off Rafe’s couch before she climbs into his bed. Because for both of them, falling in love is not an option.

Love Song is the second book in the LA Rock Star Romance series. Set in the glam and gritty Los Angeles rock scene, the series is filled with swoon-worthy men and badass women, all chasing their dreams in Hollywood’s cut-throat music industry.

Get ready to fall in love with another LA Rock Star.

Add LOVE SONG to Goodreads! Pre-order LOVE SONG from Amazon!  

  About ELLE GRECOI write fiction about badass women (and the people they love). Urban Fantasy lovers will know me as Karen Greco, author of the best-selling Hell’s Belle series. My Contemporary Romance books are written under Elle Greco. While the genres are worlds apart, strong female characters are the chain that links all my worlds. These women are magical. They wield wicked weapons. They play a mean drum solo. They fall in love. They rule the boardroom and the bedroom. Whatever they do, they do it with swagger. My storytelling career began when I forced everyone play “make believe” with me when I was a kid. That eventually morphed into banging out short stories on my mom’s old manual typewriter. As I got older, I graduated to penning bad poetry, then not terrible plays as a teenager. I studied playwright in college but my career took a detour and I ended up working in journalism and then entertainment publicity, which kept me busy for 20 or so years. My “day job” has taken me from gritty rock clubs in The Bowery to glam red carpets during movie premieres and awards shows. My background working with talent (and the suits) in the industry has served me well with the LA Rock Star Romance series. A few years ago, I decided to pursue my original passion and a few full-length novels later, here we are. I love anything spooky and impossible to explain. If you love hanging out in cemeteries, the older the better, I’d totally go on a road trip with you. I have two rescue dogs, a patient husband, and an awesome kid. Website | Facebook | Instagram | Goodreads

Taylor Fenner's Bookish World's 5-YEAR Blog Anniversary!

Hey Bookdragons! It's my 5-year blog anniversary! 
Five years ago I posted my first book review and changed my blog name to Taylor Fenner's Bookish World. The blog has had a few facelifts over the years and I've tried different memes and even dabbled in a couple of my own. 
Right now I'm on a hiatus but I had to pop in and commemorate the day. Here are a few fun facts...
10 Fun Facts About Taylor Fenner's Bookish World...
1. First Review: Nevermore by Kelly Creagh
2. First ARC (Advance Reader Copy)
3. First Physical ARC
4. Most Popular Post to Date:My first time as an author doing the Young Adult Scavenger Hunt in 2017
5. Favorite Genre in 2015:Fantasy
6. Favorite Genre in 2020:Horror/Thriller
7. Average Number of Books Read Per Year:92
8. Favorite Authors: Wendy Higgins, Sarah J. Maas, Leigh Bardugo, Jay Kristoff, Lisa Jackson, Dawn Kurtagich, Helena Hunting, Penelope Ward, Tyffany Hackett
9. First Audiobook Listen:
10. Current Read/Listen
In the past two months I've decided to take a hiatus and learn to enjoy reading again and I feel so much better. I'm enjoying reading what I want to read, when I want to read it without having to adhere to review schedules, monthly TBRs or being influenced to read what someone else thinks I should be reading. I no longer feel the need to finish a 500 page book in 2 days either.
I also, when I'm done with my hiatus, want to move into blogging about other things... tv shows I love, movie rankings, seasonal things I want to try, etc. So be on the lookout for things to come from Taylor Fenner's Bookish World!

{Release Day Blitz} THE RIVALS by Vi Keeland

Title: The RivalsAuthor: Vi KeelandGenre: Standalone Contemporary Romance Release Date: July 13, 2020


Blurb
The feud between Weston Lockwood and me started at the altar.Only neither of us attended the wedding, and the nuptials happened decades before either of us was born.Our grandfathers had been best friends and business partners, at least up until my grandfather’s wedding day—when his bride-to-be blurted out she couldn’t marry him because she was also in love with Weston‘s grandfather. The two men spent years fighting over Grace Copeland, who also happened to be their third business partner.  But in the end, neither man could steal half of her heart away from the other.Eventually, they all went their separate ways.  Our grandfathers married other women, and the two men became one of the biggest business rivals in history.Our fathers continued the family tradition of feuding.  And then Weston and I did, too.For the most part, we kept as much distance as possible.Until the day the woman who started the feud died—and unexpectedly left one of the most valuable hotels in the world to our grandfathers to share.Now I’m stuck in a hotel with the man I was born to hate, trying to unravel the mess our families inherited.As usual, it didn’t take long for us to be at each other’s throats. Weston Lockwood was everything I hated: tall, smart, cocky, and too gorgeous for his own good.  We were fire and ice. But that shouldn’t be an issue. Our families were used to being at war. There was just one minor problem, though.   Every time Weston and I fought, we somehow wound up in bed.

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{Excerpt Reveal} The Rivals by Vi Keeland

Excited about Vi Keeland’s upcoming release, The Rivals? Check out this SNEAK PEEK

Title: The RivalsAuthor: Vi KeelandGenre: Standalone Contemporary Romance Release Date: July 13, 2020


Blurb
The feud between Weston Lockwood and me started at the altar.Only neither of us attended the wedding, and the nuptials happened decades before either of us was born.Our grandfathers had been best friends and business partners, at least up until my grandfather’s wedding day—when his bride-to-be blurted out she couldn’t marry him because she was also in love with Weston‘s grandfather. The two men spent years fighting over Grace Copeland, who also happened to be their third business partner.  But in the end, neither man could steal half of her heart away from the other.Eventually, they all went their separate ways.  Our grandfathers married other women, and the two men became one of the biggest business rivals in history.Our fathers continued the family tradition of feuding.  And then Weston and I did, too.For the most part, we kept as much distance as possible.Until the day the woman who started the feud died—and unexpectedly left one of the most valuable hotels in the world to our grandfathers to share.Now I’m stuck in a hotel with the man I was born to hate, trying to unravel the mess our families inherited.As usual, it didn’t take long for us to be at each other’s throats. Weston Lockwood was everything I hated: tall, smart, cocky, and too gorgeous for his own good.  We were fire and ice. But that shouldn’t be an issue. Our families were used to being at war. There was just one minor problem, though.   Every time Weston and I fought, we somehow wound up in bed.

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Sophia
“What the hell?” I pressed the button on the elevator panel a second time. It illuminated, yet the car continued to sit there. So I jabbed my finger at it a third time. Finally, the doors started to glide closed. Just as they were about to shut completely, a shoe blocked them from closing. A wingtip shoe. Weston’s smiling face was there to greet me when the doors bounced open. My blood was near boiling. “So help me, Lockwood, if you try to get in this car, I can’t be responsible for what happens to you. I’m not in the mood anymore.” He entered the elevator anyway. “Come on, Fifi. What’s wrong? I’m just playing around. You’re taking things way too seriously.” I counted to ten in my head, but it didn’t help. Fuck it. He wanted to get a rise out of me? He was going to get one. The doors slid shut again, and I turned and backed him into a corner. Seeing my face, he at least had the decency to look a little nervous. “You wanna know what’s wrong? I’ll tell you what’s wrong! My father thinks I’m inept because I don’t have an appendage dangling between my legs. The man I spent the last eighteen months with was cheating on me with one of my cousins. Again. I hate New York City. I despise the Lockwood family. And you think you can get away with anything you want just because you have a big dick.” I jabbed my finger into his chest and punctuated each staccato word with another stab.  “I’m  Tired.  Of.  Men.  My father.  Liam.  You. Every single fucking one of you. So leave me the hell alone!” Frazzled, I turned back around and waited for the door to open, only to realize we hadn’t started to move yet. Great.Just fucking great. I jabbed the button a few more times, closed my eyes, and took deep, cleansing breaths as we started to move. Halfway through breath three, I felt the heat of Weston’s body behind me. He had to have moved closer. I continued to try to ignore him.  But the fucker still smelled good.  How the hell could that be? Whose cologne lasted for—what had it been now?—twelve hours? After the gauntlet run he’d sent me on across town this morning, I probably smelled like BO. It pissed me off that the asshole smelled...fucking delicious.  He moved closer, and I felt his breath tickle my neck.  “So,” he whispered in a gravelly voice. “You think my dick’s big.” I turned and scowled at him. While this morning he’d been clean-shaven, he now had a five o’clock shadow all along his chiseled jaw. It gave him a sinister look. The suit that hugged his broad shoulders probably cost more than Liam’s entire sweater wardrobe. Weston Lockwood was everything I hated in a man—wealthy, good looking, cocky, arrogant, and fearless. Liam would hate him. My father already hated him. And at the moment, those were actually Weston’s strong points.  While I struggled with my body reacting to his scent and how much I liked the stubble on his face, Weston slowly reached out and put a hand on my hip. At first, I assumed he thought he needed to steady me, as he had when I’d wobbled in the bar. Had I wobbled again? I didn’t think I had. But I must’ve. Though when his hand glided from my hip around to my ass, there was no misunderstanding his intention. He was not trying to help me stay on my feet. In my head, my immediate reaction was to scream at him, but somehow my throat felt too clogged to speak.  I made the mistake of looking up from his jaw into his blue eyes. Heat flickered, turning them almost gray, and his eyes dropped to my lips.  No.  Just no. This was not happening.  Not again. My heart thundered in my chest, and the blood in my ears roared so loudly I almost didn’t hear the ding of the elevator announcing that we’d arrived at my floor. Thankfully it snapped me out of whatever moment of insanity I’d slipped into.  “I…I need to go.” It took all of my focus to put one foot in front of the other, but I managed to walk down the hall and make it to my room.  Though… I wasn’t alone.





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Vi Keeland is a #1 New York Times, #1 Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestselling author. With millions of books sold, her titles have appeared in over a hundred Bestseller lists and are currently translated in twenty-five languages. She resides in New York with her husband and their three children where she is living out her own happily ever after with the boy she met at age six.

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On Hiatus

Hey Bookdragons! It's July! Today is moving day for me so I'll keep this short and sweet...

Five years ago this month I started using this blog/platform for book blogging. It's been a great run and I've discovered a lot of new authors to love and grew to love genres out of my comfort zone. 

But like all good things, Taylor Fenner's Bookish World blog has reached an end... for now. What started out as sharing something I loved (reading) with the world and recommending books to people has drained away my love for reading and replaced it with ARC reading schedules, deadlines, and requirements. 

Reading doesn't feel fun anymore and I want that escape back. So I'm taking a hiatus. I'm not sure at this point for how long. I have a couple review obligations I may pop back in for over the next few months but I definitely plan on taking the summer off. I'd like to say I'll be back to doing weekly memes and reviews come fall, but I'll see where I'm at and how I'm feeling about social media. 

This isn't goodbye forever, just for now.

I'll be seeing you.

- Taylor @ Taylor Fenner's Bookish World

Top Ten Tuesday: Most Anticipated Releases for the 2nd Half of 2020

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and The Bookish and currently hosted by Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl.
Top Ten Tuesday: 10 of My Most Anticipated Releases for July-December 2020This week’s TTT is all about the books releasing in the second half of 2020 that we're most looking forward to...
1. Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer (August 4, 2020 - my birthday!)

2. The Notorious Virtues by Alwyn Hamilton (August 18, 2020)

 3. Fable by Adrienne Young (September 1, 2020)

4. Famine by Laura Thalassa (September 1, 2020)

5. Skyhunter by Marie Lu (September 29, 2020)

6. The Woods Are Always Watching by Stephanie Perkins (September 22, 2020)

7. A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik

8. You Betrayed Me by Lisa Jackson (October 2020)

9. The Invisible Life of Addie Larue by V.E. Schwab (October 2020)

10. Kingdom of the Wicked by Kerri Maniscalco (October 27, 2020)

***What books are you looking forward to reading to tie up 2020?Let me know in the comments or drop a link to your TTT!Happy Reading Bookdragons!-Taylor

Top Ten Tuesday: TTT Turns 10!

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and The Bookish and currently hosted by Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl.
Top Ten Tuesday: Mash-Up, Ten TTT Posts I Never Got to DoThis week’s TTT is the 10th birthday (anniversary?) of the beginning of Top Ten Tuesday. I wasn't blogging way back then and I missed a lot of the early themes. So to celebrate, I'm doing a mash-up of 10 past themes I didn't get to do and giving you one answer per theme...
1. Most Unfortunate Character Names (Theme 21 from The Broke and the Bookish)A: Dank from Abbi Glines's Existence Trilogy

2. Books You Want to See Made into Movies (Theme 43 from TB&TB)A: Home Before Dark by Riley Sager

 3. Books that I Read that Were Outside My Comfort Zone (Theme 73 from TB&TB)A: Illuminae by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff (which became an insta-favorite)

4. Characters Who Remind Me of Me or Someone I know (Theme 101 from TB&TB)A: Cora from my book Headless... she's a total cynic who doesn't believe in romance, would rather read horror novels, and actually likes being alone)

5. Bookish People I'd Like to Meet (Theme 111 from TB&TB)A: Tyffany Hackett (@tyffany.h on IG). She was one of my first bookstagram friends and an amazing writer and she's seriously the sweetest)

6. Favorite Movies or TV Shows (Theme 199 from TB&TB)A: Movies - Elvis & Anabelle, Crimson Peak, The Jane Austen Book ClubTV Shows - Midsomer Murders, Barkskins (still smarting about the ending

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? - 22 June 2020

 
#IMWAYR is a weekly meme started on J Kaye’s blog and then was hosted by Sheila from Book Journey. Sheila then passed it on to Kathryn at The Book Date.
Happy Monday Bookdragons! It's eight days until moving day and I'm so excited. On the other hand my reading time has dwindled as I pack up my remaining books and get everything ready to go.
What I Read Last Week: Warmaidens by Kelly Coon [image error] I was granted an eARC of this last Thursday and planned to binge it over the weekend. But I couldn't wait and started it right away instead. I really enjoyed Gravemaidens (book 1) but Warmaidens was even better! (Full review to come closer to the October release date)Currently Reading:Stalking Jack the Ripper by Kerri Maniscalco  [image error] I really wanted to reread this series so I'm listening to the audiobook of SJTR. Funny story... I actually read Hunting Prince Dracula before Stalking Jack the Ripper the first time around - both in physical format - so I'm enjoying the audio narration right now. Next Read:The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black [image error] I've been holding off reading this one for a while and I think now I'm finally ready to tackle it. 
*** What have you been reading lately?