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#BookReview LOLA AND THE BOY NEXT DOOR by Stephanie Perkins #YA #romance San Francisco

Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Love, love, loved, Lola Nolan! She's a quirky character with tons of personality who has always loved the boy next door, except said boy supposedly hurt her feelings long ago.

Now, she's underage with an overage boyfriend and doing the naughty behind her parents' back. Dad and dad are none to pleased, because they're afraid she'll follow her irresponsible mother's footsteps.

Lola has a dilemma. The boy she loved forever is ba...

#BookReview DESTINED FOR LOVE by Melissa Foster #romance #cowboy

Destined for Love by Melissa Foster

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Rex and Jade are star crossed lovers like Romeo and Juliet. Even their initials are the same. The family feud runs deep between Rex and Jade's fathers. Fifteen years ago, something happened, and from then on the Bradens and Johnsons hated each other even though they were neighbors and shared a piece of property.

Meanwhile Rex and Jade had distant crushes on each other, but they didn't act on it until Rex's brother Treat became happily a...

#GuestPost Rachelle Ayala on why baseball was special in her childhood #Played Sports Romances #blogtour

Book BlurbA ballplayer's girlfriend hides his daughter from him because she fears he's like his abusive father.

Marcia Powers wants nothing to do with ballplayer Brock Carter, especially after she told him to go away and pursue his dreams. She has more than she can handle with an elderly father, a business to run, and a four-year-old daughter posing as her baby sister.

Brock Carter's back in town to rekindle his romance with Marcia, and this time, he's not letting her run him out of town. Mar...

Story Structure in Six Steps Speaker's Event - Fremont Area Writers #writertip #smashwords #selfpublishing

Story Structure in Six Steps – Fremont Area Writers Tips and Tricks – February 28, 2015Rachelle Ayala
Whether you are a plotter or a pantser or somewhere in between, it always helps to know where you’re going. This is especially important if you have a deadline or are trying to finish a novel in a month. I’m the founder of the Romance In A Month method and have successfully taught over fifteen authors how to write faster with deeper characters and tighter plots. I recently wrote a 20,000 word...

#BookReview WHITE SWANS A Regency World by Annamaria Bazzi #fantasy #romance

My Review:


Get ready for something entirely different than what you thought. In White Swans, Annamaria Bazzi takes the reader into a surreal world, one of tea parties and balls, fancy gowns, and gentlemen, butlers and lady's maids. Kendika and her friends exist in a carefully choreographed world, one which seemed to exist for the entertainment of some other entity.

As Kendika discovers more about this Regency Worlds, she is disturbed by the fact that various punishments exist and that mind co...

#BookReview BITTERSWEET by K. S. Thomas #romance #paranormal

Bittersweet by K.S. Thomas

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


This story was pure romance and the love between Esi and Carter was magical and timeless.

Esi and Carter were made for each other and after seven years dating, they finally tied the knot. It would have been their happiest day ever until they get into a serious car accident driving home from their fantasy wedding.

From the very first page, I knew this story would be heart rending and emotional. The happiness at the beginning of the book portended...

#NewRelease BITTERSWEET by K.S. Thomas #romance #contemporary

GENRE: Contemporary RomancePUBLICATION DATE: February 21, 2015COVER DESIGN: Regina Wamba at Mae I DesignLENGTH: 60,000+ wordsCONTENT WARNING: Adult Content - Language/Situations
Esi is young, beautiful and smart. She's got it all...and then some, but it's not what you'd expect.
Seven years after fate has her colliding - literally - with the man of her dreams, the two finally find themselves walking down the aisle. The day couldn't be more perfect. For one shining moment in time, she has it all....

#BookChat PLAYING WITHOUT RULES by Rachelle Ayala #baseball #romance

Title: Playing Without RulesAuthor: Rachelle Ayala  Release Date: January 26, 2015


Synopsis



A ballplayer's girlfriend hides his daughter from him because she fears he's like his abusive father.

Marcia Powers wants nothing to do with ballplayer Brock Carter, especially after she told him to go away and pursue his dreams. She has more than she can handle with an elderly father, a business to run, and a four-year-old daughter posing as her baby sister.

Brock Carter's back in town to rekindle...

#NewRelease FEAR OF STRIKING OUT by Lyssa Layne #baseball #romance

TITLE: Fear of Striking OutAUTHOR: Lyssa LayneGENRE: Contemporary RomancePUBLICATION DATE: February 19, 2015COVER DESIGN: E.J. KellanLENGTH: 54,000+CONTENT WARNING: Adult Content
Synopsis
Shortstop Tate James has been traded from the all-American town of Milwaukee to the trendy City of Angels. 
Pink hair, manscaping, dogs in purses... not his thing. This ball player is less than excited about his new hometown. That is until he crosses paths with beautiful Mia Tomko. She lets him know that n...

#BookBlitz LEX'S MELODY by Leigh Stone #erotic #romance

Title: Lex's MelodySeries: Belfast Bound #1Author: Leigh Stone  Release Date: November 1, 2014

Synopsis

Lex's Melody is set in the Northern Ireland city of Belfast, and is the first in the ‘Belfast Bound’
series, following the stories of 5 friends and their adventures in love, romance, and BDSM.
Alex Matthews is a tall, handsome dominant. He exists on the thrill that having a woman submit to him creates. He doesn't date, he doesn't commit. He works hard as an architect by...