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Book Review: Broken: A Memoir of Sorts

Broken: A Memoir of Sorts by Nikki Blue: When most girls her age attended southern socials to learn proper etiquette and grace, Nikki Seay skipped school, drank booze, and discovered her sexuality. She was a rule-breaker, risk-taker, and unapologetic about it all.

In a chance encounter, she caught the attention of the wickedly compelling, town bad boy. Their connection was instant; intense.

From deep within her, he drew out desires she didn't know she had; needs she didn't understand. She trusted him, his promises, and she willingly gave him power over her, but he stopped giving it back. He kept her gift and greedily took more, using it to control her, manipulate her, and hurt her.

*Mature readers only. Trigger warning - contains physical abuse.
Nicole's thoughts: I had to take a long pause after reading this book. It is disturbing on many, many levels. It hooked me from the beginning and I could not put it down. Searching for a happy ending maybe, or a point of redemption that was not to be found. I found myself yelling at the book and at Nikki to wake up and do the right thing, to run, to flee and get the hell out of there. The struggle and the sickness within that struggle were very accurately written and portrayed. I think that what bothered me most about this was that it was very easy to follow Nikki's thinking and excuses for allowing the abuse to continue, and I did not like that I found myself justifying bad choices just as she did. This one will haunt me for awhile.

Release Blitz: Beast, Part 4

If you read Beast part three, and you should have, since these are serials, I don't think I need to entice you to one-click this novella. Beast and Annabelle are f*cked - and you know they're f*ckING, too. Grab your guns and a few extra pairs of panties! We're on the lam, and it's sexier than ever.
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FROM HOLLYWOOD ROYALTY...
At twenty-one years old, third-generation movie star Cal Hammond was on top of the world. He had more money than God and more women than any man could need. But when a night of debauchery ends in tragedy, he forfeits a life of luxury for a ten-year prison sentence at La Rosa, California’s most violent prison.
TO BRUTAL BEAST.
Eight years later, a ruthless, cunning man runs La Rosa from the inside. He is known simply as Beast. All the wardens fear him. All the gangs obey him. He speaks to no one but his inner council. What he says is law.
ONLY SHE CAN SAVE HIM.
Annabelle Mitchell’s stepfather is the warden at La Rosa. He deals as dirty as his trustees, and after years of smooth relations with Beast and the gangs he runs, Holt lands on the powerful prisoner’s hit list. That very afternoon, Annabelle pays a surprise visit to La Rosa, hoping to use her new counseling license at a place she thinks she could make a difference. When Beast sees her, he releases the warden and grabs the nameless girl who played a starring role in the worst night of his life. The price for the warden’s error is not death. It’s his precious Belle.


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Continue the dark, erotic journey of Annabelle, the warden's daughter, and the man she's pined for since high school. No longer Cal Hammond, actor, Beast is a brutal man who runs La Rosa Prison's gangs from behind a shroud of secrecy and lies. Can Annabelle's love save him from his tainted past, or will his deceit ruin both of them?


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Return to La Rosa Prison as Annabelle tries to save Beast from his grizzly fate. Her tongue and hands are doing most of the saving.
Okay, not really.
There's suspense and a healthy dose of smut, too. You know that's how you like it...
About Ella James
Ella James is a Colorado author who writes teen and adult romance. She is happily married to a man who knows how to wield a red pen, and together they are raising a feisty two-year-old who will probably grow up believing everyone’s parents go to war over the placement of a comma.
Ella’s books have been listed on numerous Amazon bestseller lists, including the Movers & Shakers list and the Amazon Top 100; two were listed among Amazon’s Top 100 Young Adult Ebooks of 2012.
To find out more about Ella’s projects and get dates on upcoming releases, find her on Facebook at facebook.com/ellajamesauthorpage and follow her blog, www.ellajamesbooks.com. Questions or comments? Tweet her at author_ellaj or e-mail her at ella_f_james@ymail.com.
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Book Review: The Duality Principle

The Duality Principle by Rebecca Grace Allen: Sometimes A + B = O. Yes. Oh, yes. Just like that.

Gabriella Evans’s life exists in terms of logic and definitions. She’s holed up in Portland, Maine, for the summer to work on her PhD thesis, but something is screwing up her concentration: the rumble of a motorcycle every time the embodiment of her rough-and-tumble fantasies rides down her street.

When her best friend talks her into a blind date, she finds herself out with the opposite of her fantasy. He’s polite and well-mannered, yet something behind his crisply tailored shirt doesn’t add up—a rebellious gleam in his eye that piques her curiosity.

Orphaned at fifteen, Connor Starks has finally put the years of failing grades, breaking laws and breaking hearts behind him. The only holdover? His penchant for getting down and dirty in public places. But Gabriella makes him want to prove he’s become a better man.

Nothing intrigues Gabriella more than a problem she can’t solve. But the more Connor tries to bury his past, the more determined she is to uncover it. And what she finds makes all her trusty logic begin to fail her…

Warning: This book contains a summer romance, dirty talk, dockside kissing, motorcycles and tattoos. Features a rebellious nerdy girl with an appetite for outdoor sex and light spanking, and a bad boy who’s turned good…or at least he’s trying.
Toni's thoughts: This book was a fun read. It is definitely a book you should take to the beach with you or curl up under a tree to read. I liked the characters and enjoyed the quirkiness of Gabby. I really enjoyed how the author wrote their story and how they didn't get caught up immature oh he doesn't like me that goes on for five chapters. I loved the directness and take charge attitudes both characters had. I would definitely encourage others to read this book. Really loved the hot kitchen scene too.

Release Blitz & Giveaway: Blood and Sympathy

Title: Blood and SympathyAuthor: Lori L. ClarkGenre: New Adult romantic/thriller/suspenseRelease Date: September 22, 2014

SynopsisWhat would you do if you found yourself in love with the twin brother of the man who murdered your sister?

Claire Copeland has just graduated from high school with no plans for her future other than getting laid and partying the summer away on Devil's Fork Lake.

When her sister is murdered, Claire tries to understand why. Why the good daughter was taken, and she was left behind.

Now, she's found herself falling in love... with the twin brother of the man who murdered her sister.

Braden Sayer and his twin brother were incarcerated for murder when they were twelve years old. Braden's only connections to the outside world are through his uncle's visits and his pen pal Claire Copeland.

When Braden's released from juvie six months early for good behavior, his twin brother is less than happy about it and plots his revenge.

Now, he's fallen in love and by the time he figures out his brother's agenda, it may be too late.

****GRAPHIC LANGUAGE, SEX, VIOLENCE, AND ADULT SITUATIONS. TRIGGER WARNING - VIOLENCE AND RAPE****





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About the Author
In 2009, after participating in NANOWRIMO, Lori L. Clark began to take the voices in her head seriously. Two New Adult contemporary romance novels, Different Roads, and I Breathe You, were published in 2013, and showed early success. The Heart Knows What the Heart Wants, a romantic suspense, released in March 2014. The Dead Tree, a literary thriller is scheduled to release 6/10/2014.

Lori is a member of Savvy Authors, the St. Louis Writers Guild, and Romance Writers of America.

Lori L. Clark was born in Iowa, where she spent the first forty-six years of her life. In 2007, she loaded up a moving van and relocated to Missouri, where she currently resides. Lori's only child is a very spoiled Min Pin named Barkley. When not writing, she reads and runs. She completed her first half marathon at the age of fifty.
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Amazon Top 10 New Adult Books: September 21, 2014

Amazon Top 10 New Adult Books: September 21. These are the top 10 bestselling New Adult books as listed on Amazon.com at the time of posting! (Single titles only - No box sets. Also: No pre-orders! Sorry.)

Top 10 Paid:

1. Twist Me: (Twist Me #1) by Anna Zaires, Dima Zales
4.6 out of 5 stars

2. An Order of Coffee and Tears by Brian Spangler
4.4 out of 5 stars

3. Ugly Love: A Novel by Colleen Hoover
4.8 out of 5 stars

4. The Certainty of Violet & Luke: (The Coincidence Series Book 5) by Jessica Sorensen
4.4 out of 5 stars

5. Mister Black: A Billionaire SEAL Story, Part 1 (In the Shadows) by P.T. Michelle
4.6 out of 5 stars

6. The Wright Brother by Marie Hall
4.8 out of 5 stars

7. Death Layer: (The Depraved Club) by Celia Loren, Colleen Masters
3.6 out of 5 stars

8. This Sky by Autumn Doughton
4.5 out of 5 stars

9. Fake It: (Rule Breakers) by Jennifer Chance
4.0 out of 5 stars

10. Satan's Revenge: (A Satan's Sons MC Novel) by Celia Loren
4.5 out of 5 stars

Top 10 Free:

1. Sisters in Love: (Love in Bloom: Book One), Contemporary Romance by Melissa Foster
4.1 out of 5 stars

2. Loving From Afar: (The Women of Independence Book 1) by Mona Ingram, Suzie O'Connell
4.3 out of 5 stars

3. STRIPPED by Kellie Perkins
4.7 out of 5 stars

4. FATE by Erika Dunham
Kindle Edition $0.00

5. Strangers on a Train: (Seduced by the Park Avenue Billionaire: Part 1) by Nelle L'Amour
4.1 out of 5 stars

6. Crash: (Billionaire New Adult Romance) by Vanessa Waltz
3.8 out of 5 stars

7. Bound: (Fire on Ice Book 1) by Brenda Rothert
4.5 out of 5 stars

8. #Forfeit by Caroline Batten
4.9 out of 5 stars

9. Swish: (Helios and MJ Book 1): Heart Racer College Biker Romance Series by Marian Tee, The Passionate Proofreader
4.7 out of 5 stars

10. Up on the Housetop: (Kyron Pack Series Book 1) by Suzanne Rock
4.2 out of 5 stars

Top rated:

1. Forever You: (The Jade Series Book 5) by Allie Everhart
4.9 out of 5 stars

2. Still Alice by Lisa Genova
4.7 out of 5 stars

3. Thrive: (Addicted Series) by Krista Ritchie, Becca Ritchie
4.7 out of 5 stars

Cover Reveal: The Redemption

Release Date: Nov 3
He was everything she never wanted. Yet, she
couldn’t stop thinking about him.
Soulful, amber eyes
A sex, drugs, and rock n’roll reputation
A body that beckoned for sin
Three years ago Rochelle Floros was living her dream come true… then
lost it all. On the worst day of her life, the last person she
expected to be there for her was a rock star and tabloid favorite. Now, she’s
trying to rebuild her life after the tragedy that destroyed her fairytale.
Slowly, she found herself captivated by a sexy, bad boy drummer she had known
for years.
Rochelle was caught between the grief that shrouded her heart and
the charismatic man that made it race. What she didn’t know is if he was being
sincere or toying with her heart. The Redemption is about finding the pulse of
your soul in the most unlikely places and giving love a chance to grow.
Can what she wants really be what she needs? With
his rhythm and her passion, can they make music together? Or will their harmony
be lost forever?

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S.L. Scott
is a former high-tech account manager with a journalism degree pursuing her
passion for telling stories. She spends her days escaping into her characters
and letting them lead her on their adventures.
Live music
shows, harvesting jalapenos and eating homemade guacamole are her obsessions
she calls hobbies.
Scott lives
in the beautiful Texas hill country of Austin with her husband, two young sons,
two Papillons and a bowl full of Sea Monkeys.

Her novels
include Naturally, Charlie, Good Vibrations, and A Prior Engagement.


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Release Blitz & Giveaway: Vault of Sins

I'm so excited for this! I can't wait to read it. I loved book one, (The Wicked We Have Done) and know book two will be just as good, or better!



Book & Author Details:

A Vault of Sins by Sarah Harian
(Chaos Theory #2)
Publication date: September 16th 2014
Genres: Dystopia, New Adult

Synopsis:
In her stunning New Adult debut, The Wicked We Have Done, Sarah Harian introduced readers to the Compass Room: a twisted experimental jail where the guilty and the innocent suffer alike. But breaking out was only the beginning…

Even though she’s escaped, twenty-two-year-old Evalyn Ibarra is anything but free. She’s desperate to return to a life that no longer exists, but prying reporters continually draw her back into nightmarish memories, using the tabloids to vilify her. Bad press is the last thing she needs during the trial of the year: the case that she and her fellow survivors staked against the Compass Room engineers. A case that could terminate the use of the inhumane system forever…

But in her dreams, she is still locked in that terrifying jail.

When she wakes, someone is trying to communicate with her in secret, through strange and intricate clues. As Evalyn follows their signs, she uncovers a conspiracy that goes so much deeper than her own ordeal. A dangerous intrigue that only she can bring to light. One that will force her to work with the one person she doesn’t want to see.

The person who owns her heart…





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AUTHOR BIO
Sarah Harian grew up in the foothills of Yosemite and received her B.A. and M.F.A. from Fresno State University. When not writing, she is usually hiking some mountain or another in the Sierras, playing video games with her husband, or rough-housing with her dog.

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Excerpt: 

In my dream, I’m alone.

The forest swells up all around me, warm and dark and moist. It’s a cocoon of comfort, if I didn’t know better. This is always the worst part of the dream—the feeling of entrapment, of loneliness. I’m lying on the ground, the underbrush of the woods spidering over my body, and I smell the Compass Room again. The wood fire, the soil, the sweat—and the blood, permeating above all the other odors.

It’s always night in the dream-Compass Room. Fog rolls through the air, thick enough to taste.

I hear the other candidates. Tanner and Jace scream the loudest. Shrieks of anguish, like their flesh is slowly being ripped from their bones. I shut my eyes to wait it out because I know that I can’t save them.

But then I hear Casey.

The underbrush ropes me to the ground, growing tighter as I twist and writhe, trying to free myself to get to him. His voice rips the night in half, and I scream to match his, back arching off the earth, the entire forest shattering into a thousand sharp pieces.

I jerk awake, lying on my back with my hand pressed to my chest, waiting for my heart to stop pounding. I inhale the cold air of my living room and hold it in my lungs as the terror dissipates. It’s like waiting for a brain freeze to end. I get up, flipping on all the light switches in the silent house, checking the shadowy corners for dream monsters.

Not dream monsters. Illusions. Nick or Meghan, a Compass Room test crawling from the darkness. There’s nothing in the house, but of course there wouldn’t be.

I peel back the curtain in the living room. Fingers of the dark trees sway back and forth with the wind and I want to throw up my heart. I let the curtain fall back into place, rush to the kitchen, and take a long pull from the tequila bottle. The good tequila bottle.

Returning to the living room, I flop back onto the bed.

The woods in my dreams are thick, always lurking with Compass Room devils. The woods around my home are nothing more than a scattering of sad little trees, but my mind doesn’t care.

Gemma and the division thought they erased Compass Room C from existence, but they can’t. It’s everywhere.

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Release Blitz & Giveaway: The Invitation

Title: The InvitationAuthor: Roxy SloaneGenre: EroticaRelease Date: September 18, 2014Synopsis
It’s my last night in town, and I’m not flying home until this girl is flat on her back with her ankles up around her shoulders and my dick so deep inside her she'll never want another cock again.Hot, English businessman Ashton made a pact not to screw up his friendship with Justine ‘JJ’ Jenkins over a cheap one-night stand. Now, two years later, he’s going out of his mind with wanting her -- but she’s still off-limits. Now school is over, and his control is wearing thin. They've got one last night together, and he’s determined to make it an experience she’ll never forget.The one girl he can’t have is going to have the night of her life. And with a sexy game of dare on the table, it won’t take long...***Discover THE INVITATION, the red-hot new series from #1 erotica bestseller Roxy Sloane.**About The Author Roxy Sloane is a romance junkie with a dirty mind. She lives in Los Angeles with her hot ex-military hubby and her two kids. She loves writing sexy, complex stories about pushing the boundaries and risking it all.
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Cover Reveal: Love, in Spanish

RELEASE DATE: NOVEMBER 11, 2014“She sat beside me on
the bus – and she changed my whole life.”
Successful, wealthy
and absurdly handsome – Spanish ex-football
player Mateo Casalles seemed like he had it all. A high-society wife, an
adorable little girl, and flashy apartments in Madrid and Barcelona only
sweetened the deal. But there was more to Mateo than met the eye – a life of
uncertainty and regret that colored his black and white world.That was until Vera
Miles came into his life like a shooting star. Tattooed, wild and young, Vera
seemed like Mateo’s polar opposite at first. But you can’t choose who you fall
in love with and the two lost
souls did everything they could to be together, all while suffering the grave
consequences.Now with Mateo
divorced and living in Madrid with Vera, there is a whole new set of challenges
and setbacks facing the couple and rocking the foundation of their star-crossed
relationship.Unfortunately for
them, the brighter the star, the faster they burn.ADD TO GOODREADS
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"Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned."

I turn in my chair and give Vera a curious look. Yet another English saying that I don't know. "I'm afraid I don't understand."

She gives me a soft but tired smile and sits down on the arm rest. I immediately wrap my arm around her waist and pull her down into my lap, where she comes to a rest with a giggle, her hair obscuring the impish smile on her face. No matter where she is, I can never stop touching her and now more than ever I need her to relax, to feel safe, to know I'm going to get us out of this.

"Explain," I demand. "Or I will punish you with kisses."

She raises her brow. "Followed by punishment by penis?"

I shrug. "That can be arranged. Now, tell me my Estrella."

She sighs and buries her lips into my neck. I can't help the small moan that escapes from me, nor my hardness building beneath her plump, round ass. I close my eyes and fight the urge to pick her up and take her to the bedroom, the only other way I know how to make her feel safe and sated, the only way I know how to escape.

"Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned," she says against my throat, "is a saying. I don't know where it's from but it means, well, nothing is scarier than a pissed off bitch." She pauses, sucking in her breath and I know she fears she's said the wrong thing. "Sorry," she quickly adds and I feel her body tense up beneath my fingers. "I didn't mean that Isabel is a bitch."

She is still so skittish over her words, the way she blurts things out, but it's one of the reasons why I love her. I cup the back of her head with my hand and let the softness of her hair sink over me. "I know you didn't," I assure her. "And, well, she is being a bitch."

"Can you blame her though?" she asks, her voice rising a pitch and when she pulls away from me, her eyes are wet. It breaks my heart. I'm getting tired of my heart breaking and I know that this isn't going to change anytime soon. Every day there is another weight on us, another crack appears.

"No," I tell her honestly. "I cannot blame her."

A silence lapses over us, heavy like a wool cloak. It does this sometimes. What we've done, it coats us.

Finally she clears her throat. "She's going to hurt for a long time," she says. "She's going to be angry. This isn't going away. I thought everything was behind us now, that she'd move on. You've been divorced for a year, if she's still this mad a year out..."

"She is mad because I am going back to Atletico," I tell her. "She is mad because of the paparazzi, the way they are hounding us again. She is mad because she feels she is being made to look like a fool. If I had just stayed with my head down, she wouldn't be doing this."

"But you can't live your life in fear, Mateo," she tells me.

I smile at her and brush her sunset hair from her face. "And neither can you."

She settles back against my body, sinks, conforms, melds. She is second skin. She is a part of myself I can't bear to separate from. I pray I never have to. I pray we can survive whatever is coming our way.

And I can feel it coming, that tension, that storm rolling in the weeks and days.

I pick her up in my arms and for all her pillowy curves, she weighs nothing more than a feather. I take her down the hall to the bedroom, throw her on the bed. She glows in the afternoon sun that streams in through our window and it isn't long before we are both naked and I am climbing over her, pinning her arms above her head and drinking in her body like the most beautiful, decadent wine.

I will devour her until all of this is gone.

I will consume her until we are all that's left.

I push inside her and let my hunger take over.






He’s thirty-eight. I’m
twenty-three.He speaks Spanish.
I speak English.He lives in Spain.
I live in Canada.

He dresses in
thousand-dollar suits. I’m covered in tattoos.

He’s married and
has a five-year old daughter.

I’m single and
can’t commit to anyone or anything.

Until now. Because
when they say you can’t choose who you fall in love with, boy ain’t that the
f*#king truth.

***

To a restless
dreamer like Vera Miles, it sounded like the experience of a lifetime. Instead
of spending her summer interning for her astronomy major, she would fly to
Spain where she’d spend a few weeks teaching conversational English to
businessmen and women, all while enjoying free room and board at an isolated
resort. But while Vera expected to get a tan, meet new people and stuff herself
with wine and paella, she never expected to fall in love.

Mateo Casalles is
unlike anyone Vera has ever known, let alone anyone she’s usually attracted to.
While Vera is a pierced and tatted free spirit with a love for music and
freedom, Mateo is a successful businessman from Madrid, all sharp suits and
cocky Latino charm. Yet, as the weeks go on, the two grow increasingly close
and their relationship changes from purely platonic to something…more.

Something that
makes Vera feel alive for the first time.

Something that can
never, ever be.

Or so she thinks


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With her USA Today Bestselling The Artists Trilogy published by Grand Central Publishing, numerous foreign publication deals, and self-publishing success with her Experiment in Terror series, Vancouver-born Karina Halle is a true example of the term "Hybrid Author." Though her books showcase her love of all things dark, sexy and edgy, she's a closet romantic at heart and strives to give her characters a HEA...whenever possible.Karina holds a screenwriting degree from Vancouver Film School and a Bachelor of Journalism from TRU. Her travel writing, music reviews/interviews and photography have appeared in publications such as Consequence of Sound, Mxdwn and GoNomad Travel Guides. She currently lives on an island on the coast of British Columbia where she’s preparing for the zombie apocalypse with her fiancé and rescue pup.LINKS:

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Cover Reveal: A Place Beyond

Title: A Place BeyondAuthor: Laura HowardSeries: The Danaan Trilogy #3Genre: New Adult, Fantasy

The time has come. Allison's quest to save her mother from Aoife's wicked enchantment will test everything she believes in.
Who is trustworthy in the land of the Fair Folk, the Tuatha de Danaan? It's up to Allison,  along with her ragtag host of allies, to unravel the truth.
Journey along and discover the power of love and duty as Allison faces the most difficult trial of her life.

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About Laura

Laura Howard lives in New Hampshire with her husband and four children. Her obsession with books began at the age of 6 when she got her first library card. Nancy Drew, Sweet Valley High and other girly novels were routinely devoured in single sittings. Books took a backseat to diapers when she had her first child. It wasn’t until the release of a little novel called Twilight, 8 years later, that she rediscovered her love of fiction. Soon after, her own characters began to make themselves known. The Forgotten Ones is her first published novel.

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