Sandra C. Lopez's Blog, page 81

Blog Tour: PURSUIT OF INNOCENCE by Bethany Rosa

PURSUIT OF INNOCENCE

Bethany Rosa

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

GENRE:  Romance

 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

BLURB:

 

“I’mdone waiting around. You’re mine. No more games or pining over someone elsewhen it’s me you want. You won’t remember his name after I get through withyou.”

 

Lilyknows exactly what she wants in life. To graduate, land a high-paying job, andforge her own way. Nothing will distract her. Until the ultimate playboy,billionaire Sebastian Dubree, barges in. Not to be overlooked, Lily’s longtime crush,Jackson, decides she’s worth the fight.

 

Reluctantto succumb to either, she quickly becomes a challenge to conquer.

 

Lilymust decide between the familiarity of her childhood longing or the newlydiscovered  passion ignited by thedominant CEO. But can she surrender without losing herself in the process, orwill someone take matters into his own hands?

 

Boundariesblur between desire and resistance in this gripping coming-of-age romance,leaving readers yearning for more.

 

 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

 

Excerpt One:

 

I hit a wall. Asolid, warm wall that smells dreadfully sinful. Before I have time to process,two firm hands are on my shoulders to steady me. “Hey, watch where you’regoing” comes the deepest, sexiest voice imaginable, which would be incrediblyhot if the words spoken were anything other than rude and demanding. Lookingup, which is crazy, considering I’m one step higher, I freeze as my eyes landon a dark, handsome god of a man who looks like he wants to commit murder. Whatis it with me and jerks tonight?

 

His eyes getbigger, and his brows furrow as soon as my shocked gaze meets his. He has shortblack hair that’s longer on the top and styled perfectly. His menacing eyebrowsare folded downward from scowling at me. The dark scruff that shadows his faceis so sexy, trimmed razor straight, accentuating his perfectly chiseled jaw.Mentally slapping myself, I apologize.

 

“Crap, I’m sosorry. I didn’t see you there.” He doesn’t release his hold.

 

“That’s becauseyour head was down. Your eyes should be looking forward.” His voice is hard anddemanding.

 

Flustered and—Ireluctantly admit—slightly turned on by his strong, firm grip and penetratingstare, I stand there frozen in place. After what seems like minutes but I’msure is only seconds, I snap out of it and apologize again. “Sorry, I’ll watchwhere I’m going from now on.” The words rush out as I pull away to leave, thistime keeping my head up. I think I hear him say something else behind me, but Idon’t stop. Running into one of the hottest guys I’ve seen in a while should’vebeen the highlight of my night. Instead, I’m more irritated. Do allgood-looking men have a license to be an ass?

 

 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

AUTHOR Bio and Links:

 

BethanyRosa raised four amazing daughters before fulfilling her dream to become awriter. Her goal is to ignite passion in readers through her erotically chargedstories. When not immersed in writing, Bethany finds joy in life traveling theworld alongside her husband of 25 years. Home is divided between the mountainsof Montana and the Arizona sunshine.

 

Website:http://www.bethanyrosa.com/

Instagram:http://www.instagram.com/Bethanyrosa.author

TikTok:http://www.tiktok.com/@authorbethanyrosa

 

AmazonBuy Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CVHM9VG7

 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

GIVEAWAY

Arandomly drawn winner will receive a $25 Amazon/BN gift card.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Blog Tour: THE SERENDIPITY OF CATASTROPHE by Lisa Fellinger

 

THE SERENDIPITY OF CATASTROPHE

Lisa Fellinger

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

GENRE:  Women's Fiction

 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

BLURB:

 

Amother defeated by anxiety. A daughter determined not to become her mother. Canone month in Europe reunite them?

 

AnitaLorello is paralyzed by grief. When her husband dies in an accident the nightbefore a long-awaited retirement trip, she’s devastated by the loss of herpartner and once again shelves her dream to finally visit Europe. But when herestranged daughter agrees to accompany her nearly a year later, Anita is eagerfor the opportunity to repair their relationship.

 

CarrieLorello’s life is crumbling. After a night of clouded judgment ends in herbeing fired, her mother’s offer of a one-month paid vacation seems like herbest option. But she refuses to get caught up in her mother’s irrationalworries and critical comments, and under no circumstances is she to learn whata failure Carrie’s proven to be.

 

Desperatenot to lose her daughter again, Anita fights to conquer her anxiety and becomethe mother Carrie always wanted. But as Carrie’s life grows more and morecomplicated, her mother is the last person she wants to confide in.

 

Withoutanyone else to hold them together, can Anita and Carrie overcome theirdifferences, or will the secrets between them derail their trip and destroytheir relationship for good?

 

TheSerendipity of Catastrophe is an emotionally compelling work of women’sfiction. If you enjoy travel stories, complex mother-daughter relationships,and lovably flawed characters, you’ll love this hopeful story of resilience andsecond chances.

 

 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

 

ExcerptTwo:

 

“Welcome to London,” the officer said.

 

Anita smiled, then pushed her way through the turnstilewhere she was reunited with Carrie.

 

“Ready?” Carrie asked, tucking her passport back into herpurse.

 

She straightened as she fell into step beside her, full ofresolve. She was through the flight, and immigration was less intimidating thanshe’d expected. Maybe this wouldn’t be so challenging after all.

 

Carrie led the way outside to the taxi stand, the crisp airand sunshine welcome after the stuffiness of the plane and airports. They slidinto a waiting cab, Carrie gave the driver the hotel address, and they settledin for the half-hour cab ride.

 

Out her window, Anita took in her first glimpses of Europeas the sun began to fade into evening. She was in a country hundreds of yearsolder than the United States, yet it didn’t feel old. There were old buildings,but more modern ones filled the spaces between them. Pedestrians passed by oneanother on the sidewalks, dressed much like people back home, checking theirphones as they walked. Public buses exhaled to a stop in front of designatedsigns. New moms walked along with their strollers, couples passed by with dogs,and life continued on much the same as in Buffalo.

 

Anita smiled to herself, unable to believe she’d expectedthis to be terrifying. It was different, of course, but she was overcome withexcitement, not fear. But wasn’t this precisely what she always did—builtthings up in her mind to the point she had no choice but to be terrified?

 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

What are the main themes explored in your book?

 

The most prominent theme explored in The Serendipity ofCatastrophe is that of the mother-daughter relationship. The initial ideafor this story was based around the question of what would happen if a womanwas left a widow the night before she and her husband were about to take along-anticipated trip? In then thinking about who she might go on the trip withinstead, the idea of having her go with a daughter who she shared a strainedrelationship with seemed most intriguing. How might the differences betweenthem make the trip more difficult, and how might the trip help them resolvethose differences?

 

Mother-daughter relationships have always fascinated me. Weoften hear of mother-daughter relationships that are complicated and complex,and what intrigued me about using this kind of relationship as the basis for thisstory was digging in and exploring the reasons why this particular relationshipmight be strained. What might cause a woman who so desperately wanted to becomea mother and loves her daughter more than anything to end up learning about herdaughter’s life secondhand through her husband? And what happens, then, whenthe husband is no longer there? These are the kinds of character-drivenquestions I love exploring as I write.

 

 Along with therelationship between Anita and Carrie, the other prominent theme is grief andhow it affects us. Of course, there’s the fact that Anita loses her husband andsoulmate before the story even begins, and Carrie has lost her father. But thetheme of grief is also present in how Anita views her relationship with Carrie.She grieves for the fact that their relationship isn’t what she’d hoped itwould be, and that relationship is shaped by Anita’s unresolved grief over thethree miscarriages she suffered before finally giving birth to Carrie, even ifCarrie isn’t aware of them. For Carrie, she’s also affected by grief over theloss of her career and the life she’d been working to build for herself in LosAngeles.

 

My passion is writing stories about characters who areflawed in ways that make them real and relatable. Digging into the relationshipbetween these two women and exploring the misunderstandings and hurt betweenthem helped me create a story with characters readers may recognize themselvesin and root for, and that’s always my biggest goal with my stories. 

 

 

AUTHOR Bio and Links:

LisaFellinger writes contemporary women's fiction with lovably flawed, relatablecharacters. When she's not writing her own stories, she's helping othersachieve their writing dreams as a book coach and developmental editor. Shelives in Buffalo, New York with her husband, son, and fur babies.

 

Website:www.lisafellingerauthor.com

BuyLink: https://books2read.com/u/ml6kpq 

Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/lisafellingerauthor

Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/lisafellinger_author/

 

 

 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

GIVEAWAY

 

LisaFellinger will award a $20 Amazon/BN GC to a randomly drawn winner.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Review: RINGS OF LOVE (erotic manga)

 

A young man is leaving for thearmy but is in love with his best friend. As soon as they confess theirfeelings, they spend the night together and start a relationship. It was hotand sweet. They just seemed perfect for each other even after he went to thearmy. Then it wasn’t so perfect anymore when she dumped him. Why?

 

Fortunately, he meets someoneelse…and lives with her in his ex’s apartment. Then we find out that his ex wasrunning away from a bad situation and wasn’t the cruel person he hated allthese years. Then a ring sends him back in time…back with her. Was this timetravel or a vivid dream? Regardless, he had to save Mina.

 

A riveting and sexy story! Lovedthe action scene in the end. I hope I get to download the next one in thisseries.

 

Rating:5 stars

Review: HARMONY UNLEASHED (erotic manga)

 

A celebrity manager in love withthis celebrity goddess. An app on his phone helps turn his fantasy into a sexyreality. He gets to make his dreams come true with all the members of a girlpop group. Very hot and very good!

 

Rating:4 stars

Review: THIRST TO FILL LOVE (erotic manga)

 

A husband and wife that hadn’t hadsex in years. A business trip to China that leads to sexy foreplay. Wow! Can alonely wife resist the bold advances of her husband’s co-worker? And what aboutthe husband with his wife’s best friend? Talk about good!

 

A good read about crossing lines!

 

Rating:4 stars

Review: FROSTY PASSION (erotic manga)

 

For an ice skater to improve histiming on the ice, he had to start hooking up with girls. His first sexualexperience with a pro gets him pumped and hooked. Wow! Suddenly, the shy boybecomes a ladies’ man. Very sexy!

 

Rating:4 stars

Review: MYSTERIOUS ROOMMATE (erotic manga)

 

A young collegeman moves into his own dorm room with fantasies of girls and a mysteriousroommate—a roommate that turns out to be a sexy woman. This leads to sexyresults. Loved the art work. A good read!

 

Rating:4 stars

Review: ROYAL TRAINER (erotic manga)

 

A man paying a trainer to trainhis wife in the art of sex. In this episode, the trainer is supposed to take abreak from the wife. Well, that didn’t take too long. He then focuses on thedevilish Lady Raven and the bodyguard. The art work was exquisite. Sexyimagery. Very nice!

 

Rating:4 stars

Review: GIRL TOWN by Carolyn Nowak

 

The drawings were okay, but I feltthat there was too much going on with a lot of text that you can’t really read.I couldn’t get into it. Too hard to understand.

 

Rating:2 stars

Blog Tour: THE FALLENWOOD CHRONICLES by Leslie D. Soule

 

THE FALLENWOOD CHRONICLES

Leslie D. Soule

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

GENRE:  Fantasy

 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

BLURB:

 

TheFallenwood Chronicles is the ongoing story of Ash Kensington, a young woman whofinds herself transported into a fantasy world, where she must take up arms ina battle of Good vs. Evil, against the Dark Lord Malegaunt. Tragedy strikes herlife in the real world, but she finds friends in Fallenwood, like her mentorWill Everett, a talking cat named Greymalkin, and a court jester named Terces.Working together, they battle against the odds as Ash faces attacks from theworld and from within. Eventually Ash finds the strength within herself, toattempt the fight against Malegaunt, against overwhelming odds, come what may

 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

 

Excerpt One:

 

Her heart racedand she breathed slowly, trying to calm her frazzled nerves. Glancing around,she wondered how far off the road she’d wandered. She knew it had been middaywhen she’d started running, and now looking up into the star-filled sky, it hadto be late into the night. A rush of air greeted her the moment she reachedthis strange part of the forest, before her eyes had temporarily forsaken her.The wind whipped around her from all sides. She backed away from where shestood, and the wind felt like it was whooshing up from a precipice. Ashleypaused to allow her eyes to adjust to the dark. When her sight returned, sherealized that she was standing nowhere near a cliff—it was just an unfamiliararea of forest. Suddenly, a ball of fire hurtled overhead in an arc toward her.Her mind screamed at her to run, but she found that her legs wouldn’t move. Theflaming orb continued its descent, burrowing itself into the soft ground onlyinches away from Ashley’s boots. Two men rushed toward her, arguing all thewhile as Ashley stood immobilized. Her bones were in revolt. Her brainscrambled for an alias to give out to the men if they asked, but she could onlycome up with Ash, because she was looking at the little pile of soot at herboots. “Deflected,” the man in the lead announced.

 

 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

AUTHOR Bio and Links:

 

LeslieD. Soule received her M.A. in English from National University. She is ascholar, artist, citizen journalist, and martial artist. She has been anestablished writer for a decade, and has novels published by Melange Books,Terror House Press, Gypsy Shadow Publishing, and Nat 1 Publishing. TheFallenwood Chronicles is her 4-book fantasy series and features the novelsFallenwood, Forgetting Fallenwood, Betrayer, and Retribution.

 

Twitterhandle: @Fallenwood1

 

BuyLinks:

Amazon–

BookOne: https://www.amazon.com/Fallenwood-Leslie-D-Soule-ebook/dp/B00OJR1KEA/ref=sr_1_2  

BookTwo: https://www.amazon.com/Forgetting-Fallenwood-Leslie-D-Soule-ebook/dp/B00HOXV4OW/ref=sr_1_1 

BookThree: https://www.amazon.com/Betrayer-Fallenwood-Chronicles-Book-3-ebook/dp/B073RRKRGM/ref=sr_1_1

BookFour: https://www.amazon.com/Retribution-Fallenwood-Novel-Leslie-Soule-ebook/dp/B08D6T81QM/ref=sr_1_1 

 

 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

GIVEAWAY

Arandomly drawn winner will be awarded a $25 Amazon/BN gift card.

a Rafflecopter giveaway