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Lost in between release blitz, K.L Kreig

I voluntarily received an advanced review copy of this book and chose to review it.

I wanted to love this book. I loved Black Aswan Affair and so I was hoping I would love Lost In Between too, but I didn't. I just couldn't connect with the characters and I find the fake fiancé thing so tired, everyone is doing it right now. Sure, this has a twist, or two or three, but I just couldn't get into this book. Sorry!

Losing You blog tour, Gen Ryan

Author: Gen RyanTitle: Losing You (Trade Me Collection)Genre: Gay RomanceRelease Date: January 28, 2017Publisher: Hot Tree PublishingCover Artist: Soxsational Cover Art
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After a tragic accident, aspiring pro-surfer Brad Morris , leaves his hometown of California to try to forget his pain. Unable to swim or surf since his loss, he focuses on a new career as a car mechanic and restorer. After years of struggling, Brad finally agrees to get help and attempts to gain back the parts of himself he lost that day in the ocean.

Colton James gave his all to his partner, Ben, but his all wasn’t enough. Dumped after buying Ben’s dream home, he buries himself further in his career as a police officer. But when he meets Brad, all bets are off, and Colton begins to question what’s more important: a job, or the one you love?

Clouded by their pasts, will both men be able to see beyond those they lost in order to have a future together?

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Oh, he wasn’t just any guy. He was perfection.
He was all man, his police uniform hugging all the right places of his delicious body. Across his chest, “James” was written in script. He grinned at me, his dazzlingly crooked smile spreading into his dimples. His dark features gave him a mysterious look. I was riveted, and clearly I’d been staring for longer than acceptable because he cleared his throat. I ducked my head and blushed, trying to find something to do to take the attention off my faux pas.
“Oh, here.” I shoved the clipboard at him and he signed his name and flashed me his ID, which read Colton James. 
“Are you new?” he asked.
“Yeah. I’m Brad. Just started today.” 
Olivia smiled at us both.
“He’s so good, Uncle Colt. He used to be a surfer!” She animatedly talked about my surfing days and I smiled because Olivia wasn’t his kid. He was her uncle. Not that I minded kids, but in the back of my mind, knowing Olivia wasn’t his child, I figured I might stand a chance. 
“Surfer, huh?” He gripped his belt and shifted it back to the center. My eyes automatically focused on his dick, because he adjusted his belt, which was near his dick, so… yeah. I couldn’t get a good visual with all the crap that was hanging from his belt. Dammit.
I glanced back up and Colton was grinning at me, catching me yet again mesmerized by his body. 
“Well, I have to get Olivia home before my sister has my head.” I nodded, afraid my words would betray me if I opened my mouth.
“Uncle Colt.” Olivia tugged on his hand. For five, she was a good swimmer. Long arms and legs, a perfect swimmer’s body. She was fearless in the water and reminded me a lot of Taylor. “Brad likes boys too.” She clearly meant it to be a whisper, moving closer to Colton, but I heard it. 
I nearly choked. Colton shook his head and shrugged.
“Kids, huh?” was all he said. My initial reaction was to be embarrassed for him, but he didn’t seem fazed in the least. He seemed like a man who didn’t let much bother him, his stern face and uniform just adding to my theory. 
“Yeah. Kids,” I agreed, shoving the clipboard underneath my arm.
“See you around, Brad.” He tilted his chin at me—his magnificent, chiseled, clean-shaven chin—as he walked away, hand in hand with his niece.

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You can find Genevieve curled up reading paranormal romance and romantic thrillers, or frantically typing her stories on her laptop.
Psychology is her trade by day, teaching and molding the minds of college students. Her interest in psychology can be seen in her books, each including many psychological undertones. Although she loves teaching, her passion, her true love, lays in the stories that roam around her in head. Yes, they all come from her mind-the good, the bad, and the totally insane. 
She lives in Massachusetts-no not Boston-with her husband, daughter, and American Eskimo dog. With each story she shares, she hopes her love for writing and storytelling seeps through, encompassing the reader and leaving them wanting more.


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Checkmate release blitz, Rose Sawyer

Title: CheckmateAuthor: Rose SawyerSeries: Stalemate, Part 2 of 2Genre: Romantic SuspenseRelease Date: February 18, 2017Publisher: Hot Tree Publishing
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Ellie Collins has always been good at hiding her emotions, but when they threaten to overwhelm her, she channels them into her work. After leaving behind the first person to capture her heart, Ellie’s heartbreak leaves her more motivated than ever before. She has one more job to take care of and nothing left to lose. 
Alex King is determined and stubborn. Unable to walk away from the woman who’s left him dazed, his life is about to get crazier than ever. Through the thick fog of deception, both Ellie and Alex have a decision to make that will change their lives forever. They can only hope that their choices are not taken from them before it’s too late. 
When the moves are made and the positions set, who will finally deliver checkmate?
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Rose Sawyer currently lives on campus full time while working on her undergraduate degree in Biblical and Religious studies with an emphasis on Religion and Sociology in California, where she was born and raised. On weekends, she travels home to see her parents and the gaggle of cats, dogs, horses and other four-legged animals that she loves.
At 19, she has written seven romance novels, is currently writing two more and has another two in the process of being published. The majority of her novels can be found at Wattpad.com, where they are available to read for free.


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His CHance blog tour, Sheila Kell

Limited Time 99c SaleTitle: His Chance
Series: HIS Series #4 - Stand-aloneAuthor: Sheila KellGenre: Romantic SuspenseDesigner: CT Cover CreationsPhotographer: Eric Battershell
One night in Vegas will change everything
Devon Hamilton, the HIS eyes and ears, hasn’t taken off his headset since joining his brothers. But, when Rylee Hawkins may be in trouble, the radio waves fall silent as he steps away from the command center and into the field. He soon discovers she is on a dangerous quest to find two girls who disappeared on her final FBI op.
Making a bargain, Devon agrees to help Rylee to get what he wants—her. He’ll do anything necessary to keep her safe while using all the tactics he knows to win her over. When danger comes knocking and the threat against Rylee becomes real, Devon gears up for a fight, and like their one hot night in Vegas, all bets are off.
HIS CHANCE is the fourth book in the HIS romantic suspense series. If you like thrilling, edge of your seat reading with sizzling sex scenes, then you’ll love each installment of Sheila Kell’s best-selling series.
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Pick up your copy of HIS CHANCE to meet the hot-bodied men of HIS today!Hamilton Investigation & Security: HIS seriesBooks do not have to be read in order, but it's more fun if they are! HIS DESIRE (Jesse & Kate) FREEHIS CHOICE (AJ & Megan)HIS RETURN (Jake & Emily)HIS CHANCE (Devon & Rylee)
OTHER BOOKS IN THIS SERIES $4.99 for 3 full-length novels!Also available on KindleUnlimited Amazon US ➔ http://amzn.to/2jNzUT2Amazon UK ➔ http://bit.ly/HISseries1-3-UKAmazon AU ➔ http://bit.ly/HISseries1-3-AU Sheila Kell writes smokin’ hot romance and intrigue. She secretly laughs when her mother, in that stern voice, calls it, “nasty.” As a self-proclaimed caffeine addict nestled in north Mississippi with three cats, she wears her pajamas most of the day and writes about the romantic men who leave women’s hearts pounding with a happily ever after built on a memorable, adrenaline-pumping story. When she isn’t writing, she can be found visiting her family, dreaming of an editor who agrees her work is perfect, or watching cartoons.
Sheila is a proud Romance Writers of America member. You can find out more on her website, Facebook and Twitter. Join her newsletter for VIP updates, contests, upcoming appearances and news!

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My writing processe

So it's been a while since I've written a post for here. In my defence I've been busy writing No Place to Hide (out march 11 and half price if you preorder!) and working on Rocking Racers 3 (watch this space!) and other author promo things which don't seem like much but take up a heap of time. So I've been busy! Lol. But I wanted to take a moment to express something I've been thinking about for a while, which is my writing process and how I write.

A lot of people ask "how do you write a book?" I know it's a hard concept to grasp if you're not that way inclined. 50,000, 60,000, 70,000 words is a lot for some people yet I churn them out. But how do I do it? The short answer is I sit down and write. Not what you were wanting to hear right? But it's how I do it. Sometimes I feel like a fraud because I don't really think about what I'm writing, it just comes. Structuring the story just comes to me. I don't really spend a whole lot of time thinking about what I want to write or how I'm going to write it, I just sit down and write it.
Writing has always been like this for me. I remember in my first year of high school we had to write a newspaper report based on something that happened in the book we were reading. We hadn't been taugh about newspaper reports or how to structure them but somehow I knew how to do it anyway. I still remember my teacher asking me to read mine out and telling everyone that was exactly how you did it.  That's probably why I got my degree in journalism, because it came naturally to me. And the novels I write come the same way.
Yes, I have plot points I want to hit but I never know how I'm going to get from A to B, I just know I'm going to get there somehow.

A lot of writers talk about hearing their characters talk to them. I'm one of them. I legitimately hear my characters words in my head. I'd worry about it but again, it seems to happen to a lot of writers so either there's a massive mental health issue going on amongst us or it's not that strange! Not that this happens all the time mind you. In fact, I'd like it to happen a lot more often than it does but I'm nothing but a slave to my muse, lol.
But the in between times? I think sometimes I get so far into my characters world that things just pour out of me, they follow from one part of my brain I don't consciously tap into and flow straight to my hand and I don't know what's coming until it ends up on the page.

I was never formally taught how to write. I was never taught about protagonists and antagonists. I was never taught about all that fancy storytelling jargon that I can't remember the names of now. I think I learn best by seeing examples and following that. It's probably why I read a lot, to learn how to structure things, or to see how I can spice my own stories up. I can't tell you about all those 'proper' story writing terms, but I can tell you what's wrong with a story. Maybe that's the essence of being self taught, and until now I didn't realise that was what I am, and sometimes I feel like I'm massively behind, especially when I get manuscripts back from my editor, but I also know that what I write, no one else can. They can't tell it like I can. I read a lot and I know my voice is quite different from other people. That's good, I want it to be. But again, it's not something I consciously developed, it was just what came out.

So much of my writing, basically all of it, is what comes naturally to me. I love it, it makes me feel special. It also makes me feel like a fraud. But then I sit down to write and find my imaginary friends are off playing somewhere else and I know I'm like every other writer out there at times. Still, nothing feels as good as it does when the words are flowing, when you have so many ideas you're racing to put them down on the page. I'm a writer, it's just what comes naturally.

Her Touch release blitz, Alexa Riley

I voluntarily received an advanced review copy of this book and chose to review it.

I loved this story. I liked how there was a longer lead in but I wished there was a bit more detail between the end and the epilogue. Her Touch is a typical Alexa Riley offering, with a greater focus on story this time. Eli is great, and Maggie is sweet but I would've liked to have seen a bit more heat, I think it was missing a bit of it this time. I did like the bonus read with Alice too.

Until Sage cover reveal, Aurora Rose Reynolds

Until Sage by Aurora Rose Reynolds
Release Date: May 9th

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Blurb
Sage Mayson had Kimberly Cullen once, and the memory of that brief encounter has tortured him since the moment he pushed her away. He should have followed his gut, but he didn’t, and now he’s left watching the woman he wants more than anything from afar.

Kimberly vowed to protect her heart from Sage, but when her sister is murdered and her world starts to fall apart, he’s the one person she finds herself leaning on.

Getting a second chance is something Sage knows is rare. He’s not going to squander the one he’s been given, and he won’t take no for an answer when it comes to making Kim his.

But what Sage doesn’t know is Kim has a secret that could leave them both devastated and heartbroken.





About the Author:


Aurora Rose Reynolds is a navy brat who's husband served in the United States Navy. She has lived all over the country but now resides in New York City with her Husband and pet fish. She's married to an alpha male that loves her as much as the men in her books love their women. He gives her over the top inspiration everyday. In her free time she reads, writes and enjoys going to the movies with her husband and cookie. She also enjoys taking mini weekend vacations to nowhere, or spends time at home with friends and family. Last but not least she appreciates everyday and admires it's beauty.
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A boy like you teaser, Ginger Scott

A BOY LIKE YOU
YA Contemporary Romance
Scheduled to release: March 3, 2017
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BLURB:They say everyone’s a superhero to someone. I’m not sure who I’m supposed to save, but I know who saved me.
We were kids. His name was Christopher. And up until the day he pulled me from death’s grip, he was nothing more than a boy I felt sorry for. In ablink of an eye, he became the only person who made me feel safe.
And then he disappeared.
Now I’m seventeen. I’m not a kid anymore. I haven’t been for years. While death didn’t take me that day, the things that happened left me withscars—the kind that robbed me of everything I once loved and drove me into darkness. But more than anything else, that day—and every day since—has taken away my desire to dream.
I wasn’t going to have hope. I wouldn’t let myself wish. Those things—they weren’t for girls like me. That’s what I believed…until the new boy.
He’s nothing like the old boy. He’s taller and older. His hair is longer,and his body is lean—strong and ready for anything. I don’t feel sorry forhim. And sometimes, I hate him. He challenges me. From the moment I first saw him standing there on the baseball field, he pushed me—his eyesconstantly questioning, doubting…daring. Still, something about him—itfeels…familiar.
He says his name is Wes. But I can’t help but feel like he’s someone else.Someone from my past. Someone who’s come back to save me.
This time, though, he’s too late. Josselyn Winters, the girl he once knew,is gone. I am the threat; I am my worst enemy. And he can’t save me from myself.
About the Author:

Ginger Scott is an Amazon-bestselling and Goodreads Choice Award-nominated author of several young and new adult romances, including Waiting on the Sidelines, Going Long, Blindness, How We Deal With Gravity, This Is Falling, You and Everything After, The Girl I Was Before, Wild Reckless, Wicked Restless and In Your Dreams.

A sucker for a good romance, Ginger’s other passion is sports, and she often blends the two in her stories. (She’s also a sucker for a hot quarterback, catcher, pitcher, point guard…the list goes on.) Ginger has been writing and editing for newspapers, magazines and blogs for more than 15 years. She has told the stories of Olympians, politicians, actors, scientists, cowboys, criminals and towns. For more on her and her work, visit her website at http://www.littlemisswrite.com.

When she's not writing, the odds are high that she's somewhere near a baseball diamond, either watching her son field pop flies like Bryce Harper or cheering on her favorite baseball team, the Arizona Diamondbacks. Ginger lives in Arizona and is married to her college sweetheart whom she met at ASU (fork 'em, Devils).


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Forbidden virgin author interview, Carmen Falcone

Author: Carmen FalconeTitle: Forbidden VirginGenre: Erotic RomanceRelease Date: February 6, 2017Cover Designer: Sweet & Spicy DesignsEditor: Summer Ross
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She’s in love with her father’s best friend… 

Kate Crawford’s always had a scorching attraction to her father’s best friend, sexy hotelier Graham Davenport. Now she’s going to study in Europe, but she wants to realize her secret wish and lose her virginity to Graham. After all, she’s not a teenager anymore and ready for some Adult X-rated fun.

Graham Davenport hires Kate as his trainee in his luxury hotel as a favor to her father, but seeing her flaunt her hot body is driving him insane and he’s about to lose his self-control. He doesn’t want to betray the man who helped him turn around his life, but this woman is no longer a teenager with a crush. And her desire unleashes secret passions and fantasies that neither of them can deny…



1. Tell us a bit about yourself.
Hi! I’m Carmen. I’m a mom, wife, daughter and a friend. I’m also an avid romance reader. I’m addicted to dogs—I have three crazy pugs. I love going to the movies, power walking, traveling, meeting friends for lunch. I skydive once a year. Okay, that was a lie. I said that so my life would sound more exciting. LOL.

2. What inspired you to write your first book?
I was a teenager and that book will never see the light of day, LOL. But I think what made me want to write then is the same reason that makes me want to write now—simply because I can’t imagine myself not doing it.

3. Describe your main character in five words.
Kate Crawford is determined, smart, flirty, fun, relatable.

4. Have you ever done anything strange or weird in the name of research?
All the time. I write romantic suspense as well, so sometimes I have to watch out for what I have on my DVR list if we have sitters over!

5. How long does it take you to write a book?
It depends. Every book is different, and I’m never really just writing a book. I’m also promoting other books, emailing editors, revising another project. Oh, and Facebook. I love Facebook. But I’d say the first draft of a category length book takes between four and six weeks.

6. Can you share a little of your current work with us?
Of course. I’m editing Forbidden Inmate, a book about a male prison counselor who gets involved with an inmate in a women’s prison. Think an erotic Orange is the New Black. It’s actually available for pre-order on Amazon.

7. Do you have anything specific that you want to say to your readers?
It sounds cheesy, but thanks for supporting me in my journey. I really appreciate the feedback, the reviews, and the friendship. It feels great to know I’m not alone.

Random Questions:

What’s in your fridge right now?
A bunch of fruit, organic meat and yummy ice cream.

What song do you sing at the top of your voice every time you hear it?
I love music but I generally listen to whatever’s on the radio. I like pop, jazz, some rock, oldies. I’ve been known to sing to a lot of Taylor Swift songs especially while driving (don’t judge).

Where did you last go on holiday?
I visited my family in Brazil. That’s where I go every summer.

If feral aliens attacked your house and they were zapping your home with their Über super bombs, what five items would you save?
My laptop, my passport, my camera, family albums and a keepsake box with my children’s stuff. (I’m assuming my hubby, kids and dogs would be waiting for me outside).
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Carmen Falcone learned at an early age that fantasizing about fictional characters beat doing math homework any day. Brazilian by birth and traveler by nature, she moved to Central Texas after college and met her broody Swiss husband--living proof that opposites attract. She found in writing her deepest passion and the best excuse to avoid the healthy lifestyle everyone keeps talking about. When she's not lost in the world of romance, she enjoys spending time with her two kids, being walked by her three crazy pugs, reading, catching up with friends, and chatting with random people in the checkout line. 
She loves to procrastinate, so please indulge her and drop her a line. For more info, visit her website: http://www.carmenfalcone.com

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Still You release blitz, Amy K McClung

Author: Amy K. McClungTitle: Still You (Trade Me Collection)Genre: Gay RomanceRelease Date: February 11, 2017Publisher: Hot Tree PublishingCover Artist: Soxsational Cover Art
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For Eden , life revolves around making sure his sister and niece are taken care of while building his landscaping business. Love certainly hasn’t been a priority. From the moment he meets his new client, his outlook on what’s important changes.

For Adam , the last two years have been spent helping his best friend, Maggie, grieve for her late husband while helping take care of her kids. Between his work at the hospital, and supporting his friend, finding time for himself has not been his priority. When Eden knocks on his door one summer morning, he knows life will never be the same.

Mistakes and misunderstandings are always difficult to navigate. Can Adam convince Eden he’s still the only man for him before it’s too late?


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Amy McClung was born in Nashville, TN. She is the second oldest of four girls and occasionally suffers from middle-child syndrome. She met the love of her life online in August of 2004, on his birthday of all days, and married him in September 2005.

Currently they have no human children, only the room full of colourful robots that transform into vehicles and the large headed Pop Funkos who represent their favorite characters. Collecting movies, shot glasses, Pop Funkos, and dust bunnies are some of her favourite pastimes.

Amy began writing in September of 2011 and independently published her first YA novel, Cascades of Moonlight, Book one of the Parker Harris series the following May. Her first book was a means of therapy for her, enabling her to escape reality for a while during a difficult transition in her life.


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