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I Breathe You

Shameless self promotion for my upcoming New Adult contemporary romance, I BREATHE YOU by Lori L. Clark. Coming this summer to an e-reader near you!

When a tragic accident leaves Rhane Evans -- lead vocalist for the rock band Fate's Crazy -- permanently unable to speak above a whisper and kills the love of her life, she moves across the state to pick up the pieces. Shattered, Rhane struggles to understand what happened the night of the accident, an accident everyone blames her for, even though she wasn't driving the car.

Enter Ian Callahan. He's the one person who may have a more tumultuous past than Rhane. Though they try hard to deny the sizzling attraction between them, it proves nearly impossible. When Ian's troubled past threatens to tear them apart, they begin to believe happiness isn't in their cards.

Because Fate's Crazy that way...




I Breathe You by Lori L. Clark:

Cover Reveal: A Brutal Tenderness

Title: A Brutal Tenderness - the companion novel to A Terrible LoveAuthor: Marata ErosPublisher: Simon and Schuster Digital SalesExpected release date: August 26, 2013Genre: Romantic SuspenseAge Group: New AdultCover Designed by: Phatpuppy ArtPreorder Links: Amazon | Nook | iBooks

There are two sides to every story. In this dark and sexy companion novel to the New York Times bestseller A Terrible Love, experience the sizzling passion and pulse-pounding suspense through FBI agent Cas Steele’s eyes as he hunts down a psychopath...and falls for the killer’s prey.

Cas has been charged with an unsavory task: manipulate the hauntingly beautiful Jewell MacLeod—a woman he has every reason to hate—and slowly gain her trust in order to use her as bait to lure in a killer. But as the killer draws closer, Cas realizes that he can’t deny the scorching chemistry that ignites between him and Jewell, even if giving into his physical desire for her means jeopardizing his mission...and opening himself up to the possibility of a real and terrible love...




About the Author


Marata Eros is the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author of dark, romantic new adult novels, including A Terrible Love and its companion novel A Brutal Tenderness. A passionate writer who loves interacting with her readers, Marata lives in South Dakota with her husband.
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Interview: Kate Cowan of KC Designs

Welcome book cover artist Kate Cowan of KC Designs!

SRNA: Thank you Kate for taking the time to answer some questions for us!

KC: My pleasure! I just love your blog.

SRNA: How did you get started designing book covers?

KC: Well, I started by doing digital art on my own and uploading it to DeviantArt. Someone I met online loved my digital art (she happened to be an author!) and last summer she contacted me to do a book cover for one of her anthologies. From there, the whole business thing kind of snowballed - a publisher saw my cover and loved it, and asked me to do some covers for them, and from there, some indie authors started contacting me for covers.


SRNA: What software program(s) do you use to create them?

KC: Mainly, Photoshop. It's my 'tool of the trade', I guess! I also love sketching, though, and I've done some work in pencil. Working on the computer is great, but nothing beats the feel of pencil on paper!

SRNA: Of the ones you've done so far, I'm sure you have some you are particularly proud of. Do you have a favorite?

KC: Oh, there's a few! I love Sapphire City by Amy Richie, and the cover of Legacy by Tara Brown is one of my all-time favorites  because it was a piece I did for fun, and Tara loved it enough to make it her book cover! To name a few others, Ianni, and The Unraveling of Avery Snow, both by Christy Sloat, Sacrifice by Stacey Rourke, Bunches by Jill Valley, and the cover of Ascending the Veil, by Venessa Kimball, which isn't out just yet.

SRNA: Do you read the book before designing the cover or how do you come up with a particular design for a specific book?

KC: No, though I wish I had enough time to read all of the books I do artwork for. Usually the author knows what s/he wants, but if not, they usually give me a back blurb, or a favorite paragraph/scene, and we go from there. If that does not work, they give me a bit of info on the book, and we head to DeviantArt, where we search through some art for inspiration. It sounds corny, but I love working with the authors - MOST of the time!! Hearing about the books they've written and what all of their ideas are.

SRNA: Do you have flat fees or do you charge by the hour, how does that work?

KC: I've tried out flat fees, but being a small company, I've had situations where people just want too many alterations, or they want more stock images that the flat fee can cover. I've got a base price, and stock images and alterations are above that, so everything works out fairly for everyone, and no one gets taken advantage of.

SRNA: From start to finish how long does it typically take you to create one of your masterpieces?

KC: Hm, it depends! I've had covers done in a day, because they author was happy right from draft 1, but I've also had covers that take weeks because an author has that much time, and just wants it to be perfect, no matter how much time it takes.

SRNA: Do you hire models for your work or do you purchase stock?

KC: I would LOVE to be able to hire models, but so far, getting stock images seems to have worked out. One day soon, though, I think I'd love to have a photo shoot.

SRNA: Where can people see samples of your work and how can they contact you?

KC: There are a few ways to see my art: the links below, to my Facebook page for K.C. Designs, and my Wix Portfolio are the best ways to see samples of my book covers. Messaging me through my Facebook page is also the perfect way to contact me! 


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SRNA: Last but not least, what's your sign? :)

KC: Scorpio! Describes me perfectly, too ;)

Cover Reveal: Indelible

After a year of partying, Sam decides to buckle down and focus on college. Things are going great until a one-night stand leaves her pregnant and alone. Raising a child while going to school isn't easy, but Sam is determined to be strong for her daughter. She doesn't have time for guys or relationships, and takes great care to protect her child and her heart.

Judd doesn't fit the mold of a college ballplayer. His long hair and tattoos may fit the life he’s created for himself, but baseball is the one thing he takes seriously. When he meets Sam, he’s immediately drawn to her curves and refusal to put up with his crap. When Judd learns the truth, can he handle the responsibility that comes with loving a single mother?

Sam yearns for the fire that Judd fuels in her, but her child’s needs have to come first. Can two people at different stages in their life find a way to make a life together?
Title: Indelible
Author: Bethany Lopez
Expected release date: July 9, 2013
Genre: Contemporary
Age Group: New Adult
Cover Designed by : B Design alliebbooks.wordpress.com – Photo by Kelsey Kukal-Keeton
Cover reveal organized by: AToMR Tours




Author Bio:
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Bethany Lopez began self-publishing in June 2011. Since then she has published various YA and NA books. She is a lover of romance, family, and friends, and enjoys incorporating those things in what she writes. When she isn't reading or writing, she loves spending time with her husband and children, traveling whenever possible.

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Sneak Peek: Epiphany

"I had my first psychic dream when I was nine. Psychic implied power, and powerful wasn't a word I’d use to describe myself. I couldn't foretell the future or conjure visions at will, but I couldn't think of a more fitting word to describe what I sometimes saw in my dreams."

For 23-year-old Mackenzie Hill, tossing her life down the garbage disposal is easy after a painful incident shatters her life. Her heart is bleeding, and moving to Watcher’s Point is a chance to start anew, only she isn't prepared for the guy who walks out of her dreams and into the flesh. Literally . . . because she’s been dreaming about this sexy stranger for years.

Mackenzie is even less prepared to face the dark nature of her dreams. They've turned disturbingly gruesome, full of blood and murder, and when they begin to coincide with the media’s headlines, she and Aidan realize her visions might be the key to stopping a madman from killing again.

Only Aidan has painful secrets of his own, and perhaps the biggest danger of all is falling for him.

Title: EpiphanyAuthor: Christina Jean MichaelsGenre:  Contemporary/romantic suspense Age Group:  New Adult/AdultExpected release date: July 19, 2013Event organized by: AToMR Tours
Links to find the book if available or pre-order link: First three chapters on Goodreads until release date: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17704279-epiphany



Christina Jean Michaels was born in Paradise, California, but she has found the true home of her heart in Eugene, Oregon where she finds plenty of inspiration for storytelling.


When she was young, her mother said she hated words. Now she can't imagine not writing. She became an avid reader when she was thirteen and discovered the world of Sweet Valley High. About a year later she realized she could play God and write about her own characters. She has been writing in some form ever since.


She lives with her husband and their four children—three rambunctious UFC/wrestling-loving boys and one girl who steals everyone’s attention.




Something inside me cracked right along with Aidan’s expression. Everything he’d been hiding spilled from his eyes.
“Aidan . . .”
“I need a drink.” He strode away, leaving me glued to the spot where he’d trapped me. A crash resounded from the kitchen, followed by splintering glass. I willed my feet to move, ignoring the little voice of reason pointing out that maybe I should leave him be for now.
He was sweeping broken glass into a dustpan when I walked in. “Are you okay?” Instantly, I wished I could cast a net and pull back the stupid, inconsiderate question. Of course he wasn’t okay. “I’m sorry. I know you’re not . . . okay.”
“Don’t worry about it. I know what you meant.” He emptied the dustpan into the trashcan and then opened a bottle of Jack Daniel’s, all the while refusing to meet my eyes.
“Mind sharing?” I asked. If there was ever a time for drinking, it was now.
“I thought you were beyond corruptible.”
I recalled how he’d said something similar on Halloween. “You remember more about that night than you let on, don’t you?”
He pulled two tumblers from a dark cherry wood cabinet. “I remember you.” Amber liquid sloshed into both glasses as he poured, and moment later he closed the distance between us. “Straight up?” The question sounded like a challenge.
“Sure.” I gulped down the whiskey and ignored the burn as it slid down my throat. Heat ignited low in my belly, though whether from the alcohol or Aidan’s scrutiny, I wasn’t sure.
He leaned against the kitchen sink and finished off his own drink before pouring another. “I’m sorry I blew up on you. I didn’t come here to make friends . . . to complicate things.”
“I’m a complication?”
His laughter was empty, cold as a morgue. “You’re about as complicated as they come.”
I stared at the bottom of my glass. “Why’s that?”
“You look at me as if you see right through me. It’s unsettling.”
“I don’t mean to unsettle you.”
“Consider me unsettled. Problem is, I think you’re using more than eyesight.” He glanced at me and, never breaking eye contact, finished the whiskey in one long gulp.
I gripped my glass. I’d rather have my teeth pulled than tell him how often I’d dreamed of him over the years. “Can I have another?”
He grabbed the bottle and moved toward me, and I saw him in my mind’s eye as he’d been in the drawing; bare chest, subtle muscles, hair narrowing down to his belly button . . . I stumbled back as he poured a refill.
“Thanks.” The smooth whiskey went down easier the second time.
“Did you dream about me too? Is that why you followed me on Halloween?”
I took another step back, but he advanced until the edge of the counter bit into my spine. “I didn’t.” The lie sounded weak, even to my own ears.
“I think you did. The way you looked at me, like you saw a ghost or something . . .” Brushing against me, he set his tumbler on the cool granite. “At first, I thought maybe you recognized me from somewhere—”
“No,” I interrupted, desperate to lead him away from the subject. “You were imagining things.”
“No, I wasn't.” He gently pried the empty glass from my fingers and set it next to his. Nothing stood between us now; not even the last shred of my secret.
I held fast to it anyway, like a child unwilling to let go of a tattered teddy bear. “You can think whatever you want. Doesn’t make it true.”
“Doesn't make it not true.”

Cover Reveal: Very Bad Things

Title: Very Bad Things (#1 Briarcrest Academy) Author: Ilsa Madden-Mills Expected release date: September 10, 2013 Genre: Contemporary Romance Age Group: New Adult Cover designed by: Toski Covey Photography and Sommer Stein from Perfect Pear https://www.facebook.com/toskicoveyphotography?fref=ts https://www.facebook.com/PerfectPearCreative?fref=ts
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Born into a life of privilege and secrets, Nora Blakely has everything any nineteen year old girl could desire. She’s an accomplished pianist, a Texas beauty queen, and on her way to Princeton after high school. She’s perfect…or is she?

Leaving behind her million dollar mansion and Jimmy Choo’s, she becomes a girl hell-bent on pushing the limits with alcohol, drugs, and meaningless sex.

Then she meets her soulmate. But he doesn’t want her.

When it comes to girls, twenty-five year old Leo Tate has one rule: never fall in love. His gym and his brother are all he cares about…until he meets Nora and realizes he is not the master of his own fate. He resists the pull of their attraction, hung up on their six year age difference.

As they struggle to stay away from each other…secrets will be revealed, tempers will flare, and hearts will be broken.

Welcome to Briarcrest Academy…where sometimes, the best things in life are Very Bad Things.


About the Author 
Ilsa wrote her first work at the age of twelve when she penned a little ditty about a handsome prince who had no sense. Since then, she’s written plays, poems, and numerous short stories. Very Bad Things is her first full-length novel and part of a new series called Briarcrest Academy. 
She graduated summa cum laude with a master’s in English from an esteemed university in the South, where she now resides. After graduation, she taught writing courses, directed plays, worked with autistic children, helped start a children’s clothing company, and eventually had a family. Now, she spends her days with two small kids and her Viking husband. When she’s not typing away at a story, you can find her drinking too much coffee, jamming out to Pink, or checking on her carefully maintained chocolate stash. 
She loves to hear from fans and fellow avid readers. You can find her on Facebook and a soon to come author website. 
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Girl With Guitar Excerpt & Giveaway!

After Kylie’s dad dies in a freak accident, he leaves her with nothing other than her crazy stepmother, Darla, and the ability to play guitar. When Darla kicks Kylie out and she loses her job all in the same day, she hops a bus to Nashville determined to make her late father’s dreams come true. Waitressing and saving her pennies to record a demo, her big break comes when she’s asked to join a tour going down the tubes with once platinum album-selling country music superstar Trace Corbin. But touring with Trace is hardly a dream come true since he’s pretty much drinking his career down the drain. If Kylie can’t pull Trace out of his rut, he’ll pull her and her dreams down with him.



Title: Girl with Guitar
Author: Caisey Quinn
Release date: May 22, 2013
Genre: Romance
Age Group: New Adult (Mature 17+ content)
Event organized by: AToMR Tours

File Size: 778 KB
Print Length: 226 pages
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
Language: English
ASIN: B00CXDUVYM
Text-to-Speech: Enabled
X-Ray: Enabled
Lending: Enabled








Caisey Quinn is a wearer of cowgirl boots, writer, and avid reader. She is a lover of wine and is addicted to chai tea lattes. She is also the brand spanking new author of several New Adult romances including Girl with Guitar and soon to be released Keep Me Still (which may or may not include spanking).Caisey is a Gemini, wife, mom, and former high school English teacher living in Birmingham, Alabama, who spends her days chasing a three-year-old and hiding away with her MacBook. She spends her nights writing and is a firm believer that sleep is overrated. Currently she is hard at work on Girl on Tour, the second book in the Kylie Ryans series.

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Excerpt:
She cut the song off before the last chorus and opened her eyes. “Well?” she asked, looking up at Tonya. Who had tears in her eyes. “Whoa, hey, what’s wrong?”“That was beautiful, really. It was like you knew my whole life story, which you don’t, thank God.”“Thanks.” Kylie beamed. “But you can’t play that tonight,” Tonya said evenly, dabbing her tears away with a bar napkin. Her heart sank into her stomach. “I can’t?”“No.” Kylie watched Tonya’s eyes harden as she gripped her shoulder. “Listen to me, kid. I know a few things. Like for one, your life’s goal is probably not to be a waitress in a honky tonk. And for two, I know that all you really want is to make it big in country music like every other kid in this town, and that’s all fine and good and I’ll say I knew you when. Matter of fact, hold up, sign this napkin.”Kylie’s mouth gaped open at her friend’s blunt observations. And she was seriously holding out a napkin and a pen. Slowly, Kylie took it and scribbled her name across it. “But here’s what else I know. If you go play that sappy song that no one knows the words to, everyone will smile and nod and keep right on drinking. The managers and talent scouts that show will keep texting on their phones and someone somewhere might say, ‘That was a nice song,’ or ‘She was cute,’ and that will be it.”“Okay, so…” Kylie was still too stunned to say much of anything. Tears threatened behind her eyes. This was the song she’d worked so hard on, put so much of herself into. Wasn’t it a good thing to be original?“So you get your cute little butt out there, you sing some Taylor Swift or Kelly whoever cover, and you shake it up and make it your own so the audience can sing along while not comparing you to whoever really sings the damn thing.” “Oh, is that all? Well, that should be a piece of cake. Thanks for the advice.” Kylie rolled her eyes and left them focused on the ceiling so her tears wouldn’t fall. “Look, you can sing, you play good enough. You’re kinda sexy and all that stuff they want. I wouldn’t waste my breath or my time, Kylie, if you didn’t just blow me the hell away, but I know this town. If this was your first day of meeting with a label exec, I’d say bust that song out. But this is a bar, and you need to get their attention fist. The guys who come in here are looking for one thing. Acts that bring in money. People want to hear that song that makes them stand up and sing along and stay up drinking and partying all night. Think you can do that?” Kylie swallowed hard, pushed her tears back behind her eyes, and forced a smile. She’d grown up without a mother. Buried the only man she’d ever loved less than a year ago. Lost everything in the blink of an eye. Surely she could do this. “Yeah. Yeah I can.”“Good, ‘cause no matter what they call it, this shit ain’t for amateurs.” Tonya stood, offering her a weak smile before leaving Kylie all alone to figure out what the hell she was going to do.

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Book Review: Tangled

Drew Evans is a winner. Handsome and arrogant, he makes multimillion-dollar business deals and seduces New York’s most beautiful women with just a smile. He has loyal friends and an indulgent family. So why has he been shuttered in his apartment for seven days, miserable and depressed?

He’ll tell you he has the flu.

But we all know that’s not really true.

Katherine Brooks is brilliant, beautiful, and ambitious. She refuses to let anything—or anyone—derail her path to success. When Kate is hired as the new associate at Drew’s father’s investment banking firm, every aspect of the dashing playboy’s life is thrown into a tailspin. The professional competition she brings is unnerving, his attraction to her is distracting, and his failure to entice her into his bed is exasperating.

Then, just when Drew is on the cusp of having everything he wants, his overblown confidence threatens to ruin it all. Will he be able untangle his feelings of lust and tenderness, frustration and fulfillment? Will he rise to the most important challenge of his life?

Can Drew Evans win at love?

Tangled is not your mother’s romance novel. It is an outrageous, passionate, witty narrative about a man who knows a lot about women…just not as much as he thinks he knows. As he tells his story, Drew learns the one thing in life he never wanted is the only thing he can’t live without.
File Size: 874 KB
Print Length: 240 pages
Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1623420148
Publisher: Omnific Publishing; 1 edition (May 19, 2013)
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
Language: English
ASIN: B00CW665VI
Text-to-Speech: Enabled
X-Ray: Enabled
Lending: Enabled


My thoughts: Ever watched the USA Television series White Collar? Neal Caffrey? Does that ring a bell? Yes ladies! That’s exactly how I pictured Drew Evans. Matt Bomer! He may not be Christian Grey but Drew Evans is his doppelgänger. This novel is made for Matt and just Matt Bomer only. White Collar job? Check. Handsome? Check! Has a great humor? Check. Hot-ness overload? Once again. Check!!!

Men point of view! Reading this had me learning about how a man thinks! I find it really funny because Drew Evans perspective is so true. How men are a douche, how why they don’t call you anymore after they had some ‘fun time’ with you, how they usually call you with the generic term of endearment like baby, honey, sweetheart, but the truth is, they just call you that because they can’t remember your name or actually they don’t even care about your name at all.

Are you getting Drew’s point now?

Drew Evans is living ‘the life’ of a true bachelor; charming his clients in his business that has him in multimillion dollar business deal sealed. He can seduce and get any women he intends to spend the night with. He is surrounded by his loyal friends and family. But just when he thinks he can get anything he wants with the snap of his fingers? It changed. He met Katherine Brooks.

Katherine Brooks a brilliant, beautiful and an ambitious woman. She is Drew’s challenge. Challenge in his career because she is just smart-assy as him. Challenge for his player role because he couldn't easily bed her. Challenge for his ego characteristic. Drew finds her as a challenge he needed to complete. So did he easily completed the challenge and got Kate?

This is the part where I tell you to read this Emma Chase novel and you’ll be laughing how Drew Evans gives us advices how men treat women (and trust me it’s so true!), How they only have women for just ‘one night’ while how sincere they become when the find ‘the right one’.

How will Drew be able to get Kate?

Oh! So many things to say… *sigh* How I really like the part where Drew tells Mackenzie, his niece, a pretty much good advice about a girl wanting to be a princess someday :) yes! Watch out for that advice! It’s one hell one a reality slap for us girls.

So again I’m telling you to read it.

Nearly Broken: Excerpt & Giveaway!

We’d both gone missing at one point, but Claire had one thing I didn't  Someone to notice. So why was I the one still here and she the one still gone?

Nineteen year old Megan Smith has spent the past year working in a small town diner in the middle of nowhere. Life is quiet, simple, safe. Then comes the news that her look-a-like has gone missing.

Claire.

Still damaged both physically and mentally, Megan's not looking to be noticed. Wherever she goes from here, it's a road she needs to take alone. But when Nickolas Ellis takes the job as the new nightshift cook, it scares her how easily her defenses crumble down, down, down for him. But there are secrets she can't bear to share with just anyone, unspeakable acts that continue to haunt, and when the similarities of Claire’s abduction couples with the fear of an unwanted visitor in town, the urge to run before it all happens again intensifies, threatening the only happiness Megan's ever found.

New Adult Romantic Suspense / Realistic Fiction

Recommended for 17+ for mature and disturbing situations, language and sexual content.

Title: Nearly BrokenAuthor: Devon AshleyRelease date: June 4, 2013Genre: Romantic SuspenseAge Group: New AdultEvent organized by: AToMR Tours








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Excerpt: 
I could kiss those warm lips forever, as I could never get enough. Content to just stay in that position all night, I reluctantly allowed him to pull me into motion and out from between the cars, whining my disapproval.
I don’t know what happened next. There was a quick sound, like an engine backfiring somewhere in the garage. I understood why Nick startled, but for the life of me, I couldn't figure out why he stopped dead in his tracks.
“Nick?”
His grip on my hand loosened. I screamed once I realized he wasn't just bending, but keeling over as he hit the car on his way down. Now slumped on the ground, he no longer obstructed my view and I inhaled so sharply my lungs strained in pain.
Him! How did I miss that? The garage was empty, but here he stood, not fifteen feet away with a gun pointed straight at my chest.
But I didn't care. All I could see was Nick crumpled up on the pavement. I fell to my knees gasping, completely losing it when I couldn't turn him around to assess the damage. Was he even breathing anymore? I screamed, heaved and cried all at once like a fucking tsunami hit my chest, but I managed to feel the slightest rise when I placed my hands on his back. For a split second, relief rushed my senses.
My chest constricted when a pair of black sneakers stepped before me. I fearfully looked up, noting the sleek gun held at his side. It was a long look up, and a blurry one at that due to gushing tears. My head shook endlessly, completely disbelieving the sight before me. I had been checking everywhere I went, always looking over my shoulder, thinking that if I just remained vigilant about my surroundings, then he’d never get the jump on me. But here that lunatic stood over me with a gun. And that fucking bastard shot Nick instead of me! In total disbelief, I somehow managed a strained, “Why?”
My eyes were drowning and the world blurred around me. I couldn't really see him, but I recalled his most distinctive features from memory: dirty blond hair, hazel eyes, sharp cheekbones, dimple in the chin. When his gun angled towards me again, a short squeak of terror burst from my throat.


About Devon Ashley:I’m a mom, wife, a lover and a fighter, coffee addict, wicked knitster, Microbiologist, baker of fine yummy treats, and someone who will fight you to death for that last twinkie bag of M&Ms during the zombie-apocalypse.
Seriously, my addiction is that important to me. Oh yeah, and writing is cool too!
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Event giveaway: (3) Signed Paperback copies of Nearly Broken - International

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Top 10 New Adult Books: June 9, 2013

1. Conquer Your Love by J.C. Reed: "Meeting Jett was like bad luck. Dangerous. Unpredictable. And better avoided. In his game, the stakes are high. But are they worth the risk? Brooke Stewart, a realtor in New York, finds forgetting is hard, but forgiving is harder. When the man she trusted, betrayed her, the only way to forget is to move on. Brooke is determined to start a new life, until she meets him again: the green-eyed, sexy as sin, six foot two sex god. The man who played dirty. The man who played her."


2. My Side by Tara Brown: "Erin Benson felt like she'd won the lottery when she arrived all the way from North Dakota with the keys to her first home in hand. Crisp white walls: Check. Breathtaking view of downtown Boston: Check. Minutes from Northeastern School of Law: Check. But home is not always where the heart is. Sometimes it’s where you find Mr. Random shacked up and sprawled out on what was supposed to be your new bed."


3. One Pink Line by Dina Silver: "Can the love of a lifetime be forever changed by one pink line? Sydney Shephard, a sweet-tempered college senior, is in love with an exceptional man and ready to start a future with him. Yet, one night, she makes an irrevocable decision that forces her to relinquish her youth and risk losing the love of her life."


4. Damaged by H.M. Ward: "Life sucks. And, as soon as Sidney picks up the pieces something always knocks her back onto her butt. It's never pretty, but this time is different. This time pretty isn't even the right word. Peter is the personification of perfection. It's like he fell off his angel perch in purgatory, because let's face it--any guy that hot has got to be naughty. He was probably sent here to ruin her life."


5. Forever You (Forever Trilogy, #2) by Sandi Lynn: "Connor Black’s life consisted of his company and his use of multiple women. There was never going to be love, relationships or a fairy-tale life. Emotionally dead and damaged, that stemmed from a personal tragedy, Connor Black vowed never to love or fall in love with a woman, that was until Ellery Lane walked into his life by accident and changed him forever. He starts experiencing feelings and emotions he never felt before and finds himself being drawn into her world."


6. Trying Not To Love You (Love Series) by Megan Smith: "MacKenzie Cahill has dealt with overbearing and overprotective brothers her entire life, making it near impossible to enjoy her teenage years. Having a boyfriend was practically impossible until she met a guy that wasn't afraid to stand up to them - Dominic. He was sweet, thoughtful, and everything MacKenzie ever wanted in a man. But when they go away to college at Old Dominion University, MacKenzie sees a whole new side of Dominic and begins to wonder if he really is different from every other guy."


7. Someone to Love by Addison Moore: "What happens when two people who don’t believe in love, happen to fall madly into the most beautiful relationship they could ever imagine? A train wreck. When twenty-year-old Kendall Jordan transfers clear across country to Garrison University, the last thing she’s looking for is a one-night stand. Unfortunately, that’s exactly what, gorgeous, Cruise Elton offers."


8. Random Acts of Crazy by Julia Kent: "I never intended to pick up a naked hitchhiker wearing nothing but a guitar. A guitar. Really. I don't collect guys like that (don't ask what kind of guys I do collect), but when you spot a blonde, tanned, sculpted man with a gorgeous smile and his thumb poking up and practically begging you to stop - you stop."


9. Forever Black (Forever Trilogy #1) by Sandi Lynn: "When Ellery moved to New York with her boyfriend, she thought they’d live happily ever after in their small New York apartment. She never thought he’d pack his bags and leave because he "needed space." With her newfound single status and fear of being alone, Ellery buries herself in her artwork and paintings until one night she helps a mysterious intoxicated stranger get home safely."


10. Before Now (Sometimes Never) by Cheryl McIntyre: "Park Reed is a bastard in every sense of the word. He hasn't always been this way. But after his heart was broken by the only girl he ever loved, being heartless gets him through the day and allows him to fill his nights with the nameless girls he has no intentions of seeing again. He now lives his life following the ever-growing list of "life lessons." Lucy Braden is everything Park is not. She’s sweet, caring, and an all-around nice person. She tries to follow Lucy's Rules to Live By every day."