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Book Review: One Kiss with a Rock Star

One Kiss with a Rock Star (Half-Life #2)
by Amber Lin, Shari Slade: Half-Life bassist Krist Mellas is caught in a PR nightmare after his dirty sex video blew up online. His agent has the solution: a fake engagement with sultry pop princess Madeline Fox. Krist can’t think of anything worse than a charade with the bubblegum bombshell…except losing the band.

Madeline knows better than anyone what it means to live a lie in the spotlight. She’s determined to help Krist without ever letting him find out what it costs her—or about her girlhood crush on him. But after a smoking hot back alley encounter with him leaves her breathless, she can’t deny she wants the snarling bad-boy rocker.

In a world of glitter and diamonds where the kisses are fake but the climaxes are real, their facades start to crack. And the publicity storm may shatter them both.

WARNING: This book contains a scorching threesome, a dirty talking pop princess, and a surly rocker who hits all the right notes.
Julie's thoughts: I received a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

One Kiss with a Rock Star is the story of Krist Mellas, the ‘bad boy’ rocker with a huge publicity problem, and the pop princess, Madeline ‘Maddy’ Fox, who decides to help him out. This is the second book in the Half-Life series, but the books can standalone as well.

This is the second book I’ve read by Amber Lin (although this was written as a collaboration with Shari Shade). The other book I read was How to Say Goodbye, which I really enjoyed, so I was looking forward to this new book. A hot, tattooed rocker… what’s not to be excited about? I loved the way that Lin and Shade wrote the world of an entertainer. I thought they did a really good job of showing the gritty side of the industry, the things that fans don’t know or think about. We all see the glitter…the fame and fortune, but reading this story will really make you stop and think about the things celebrities go through and have to deal with every day… the image they have to keep up, the rules they may be obligated to follow when they sign a contract at a young age with no one watching out for them. This was the part of the story that really spoke to me. I finished the story almost a week ago, and parts of it still hit me, making me sad or stop and think.

Now, don’t get me wrong, this really isn’t a ‘make you stop and think’ book. This is, honestly, ‘a lot of sex’ book with a good story mixed in. I enjoy reading a sexy book, but if I’m honest, this was way more sex than I cared to read…or maybe it was just outside of my comfort zone. Anyway, I glossed over a good bit of those parts. Just be sure to take the author’s warning seriously. It is there for a reason.

I would recommend this book for readers who enjoy a gritty romance with fairly heavy sex scenes (I don’t read the erotic romance genre, so take this opinion with that in mind). If you don’t like a lot of sex, the story is still really good, just pretty dark.

Book Reveiw: Believing Lies

Believing Lies by Rachel Everleigh: Sienna Trudeau is only months away from getting married and starting her senior year of college. In her eyes, everything is going perfectly—until she discovers she’s wrong.

Broken hearted and betrayed, she moves in with her cousin, Sophie. Sienna isn’t ready for another relationship. But she can’t deny the attraction she feels towards Adam Korbell.

Sienna desperately fights her growing feelings for the cocky, sexy, tattooed guy who’s only interested in meaningless sex. Meanwhile, Adam attempts to resist the allure of the feisty blonde who has no intention of becoming his next one-night stand . . . But love and fate have a sneaky way of breaking down even the best defenses.

Sienna has a secret she’s not ready to reveal. What she doesn’t know is the price of her hesitation.

A string of misunderstandings that tear them apart.
Deceptions and betrayals that cut too deep.
A vicious lie that even the truth may never fix.
TeriLyn's thoughts: ***ARC PROVIDED IN EXCHANGE FOR AN HONEST REVIEW***

Believing Lies by Rachel Everleigh turned into the most delightful surprise of my weekend. When asked if I’d be interested in reviewing this book the cover and blurb immediately drew me to the book. Upon starting the story, I got slightly worried this was going to be another typical bad boy falls in love with good girl story. My worries were confirmed because Adam certainly is a bad boy and Sienna certainly is a good girl. However, I found Everleigh’s easy first person prose, stellar writing, and nuanced new adult story to have some surprises I didn’t seem coming, some angst I thoroughly enjoyed, and some sweet and funny moments for all of her characters.

Adam and Sienna’s story starts off with a witty first encounter providing the catalyst for a witty, fun, and flirty friendship. Their immediate attraction palpates right off the pages and the reader can’t deny their chemistry. Sienna’s not in a position to progress anything romantic with Adam while he struggles to identify the intense feelings he gets when she’s around. Their friendship fills the reader with quick wit and banter, playful fighting, and some intense moments calling into the question their motives. Sparks eventually fly and the author maintains the same charisma and charm from the both of them. However, love isn’t easy for Adam and Sienna. They’ve both been burned by their pasts forcing each of them to be very quick to jump to conclusions about the other. Their trust and loyalty constantly questioned.

While reading, a few instances arose where I began skimming through because Sienna’s inner monologues became a bit daunting and forced. Back and forth she went making assumptions based on nothing it turns out only ending burning them in the end. The choices each of them makes, the secrets, the hasty reactions all felt natural to me. Quick assumptions are a part of life and I completely related to the characters on that front. However, the heroine’s stubborn demeanor and automatic reflex to run first without asking questions became too much for me at times that I wanted to shake her rather than sympathize with her. The angst of the book became a prerogative of the heroine rather than the reader to me a few times. Although I enjoyed the angst I felt her monologues could have been reduced and the effectiveness of the angst to the reader still present. In contrast though, there wasn't a lot of delving into the characters pasts besides the honestly they both gave each other about them. I enjoyed that they didn't come from these really dark places and each had some good. I’d be remiss not to mention the extraordinary cast of secondary characters. Adam and Sienna have a great group of friends. Sophie provides excellent comedic commentary and Connor is a typical guy’s best friend at the most important times. Sienna’s ex provides great angst as well as her Mother.

For a debut novel, I’m beyond impressed with Believing Lies. Rachel Everleigh wrote an entertaining, angsty, fun New Adult novel. Nothing from the characters felt abnormal. Their reactions were not unusual so the angst was real. It was the moving on from the angst that got me. However, it definitely did not detract from my overall appreciation of this author’s writing and structured story. Her ability to engage her audience and draw readers into the book excelled. She certainly knows how to provide a well-rounded story with humor, passion, sadness, and joy expertly woven throughout. And a totally swoon-worthy epilogue, which always leaves me reeling. I’m so excited to have read Believing Lies and to have met Adam and Sienna. Their story provided me a Sunday full of great reading. I definitely look forward to more from this great new author.

Review: Rowdy

Rowdy (Marked Men #5) by Jay Crownover: The New York Times and USA Today bestselling Marked Men series continues with this sizzling, sexy story of love, heartbreak, fate, and second chances.

After the only girl he ever loved told him that he would never be enough, Rowdy St. James knocked the Texas dust off his boots and set out to live up to his nickname. A good ol’ boy looking for good times and good friends, Rowdy refuses to take anything too seriously, especially when it comes to the opposite sex. Burned by love once, he isn’t going to let himself trust a woman again. But that’s before his new co-worker arrives, a ghost from the past who’s suddenly making him question every lesson he ever learned.

Salem Cruz grew up in house with too many rules and too little fun—a world of unhappiness she couldn’t wait to forget. But one nice thing from childhood has stayed with her; the memory of the sweet, blue-eyed boy next door who’d been head over heels in love with her little sister.

Now, fate and an old friend have brought her and Rowdy together, and Salem is determined to show him that once upon a time he picked the wrong sister. A mission that is working perfectly—until the one person that ties them together appears, threatening to tear them apart for good.
TeriLyn's thoughts: I’ve been following this series since Rule released and I’m so glad I’ve taken this journey with Jay Crownover’s characters. What I love about The Marked Men series from Jay Crownover comes from her idea of family the belief in having a family even if your blood family isn’t around for whatever reason. This beautiful motley crew found love and kinship in each other. Extending from Crownover’s idea of family comes acceptance under any and all circumstances. Acceptance of each other, of each other’s chosen partner, of each other’s choices and lifestyles. There’s no judgment, no condemnation but rather an environment for each of these to grow, shine, and prosper the way every person earth deserves to grow, shine, and prosper.

My excitement for Rowdy and Salem grew exponentially after Nash’s story. I loved Rowdy in Jet and Ayden’s story and my curiosity continued throughout the series. Salem showing up in the epilogue of Nash was a shocker to the reader as much as Rowdy. With a past coated in darkness, Rowdy found freedom within his circle of loved ones. Salem reminds him of the hurt he’s suffered and refuses to wholly dismiss. On the outside he’s care free, fun, charming, and defensive of those he loves. But on the inside Rowdy presents as a wounded soul. We feel for him as the reader, listen to his story with open hearts, minds, and arms. Salem Cruz craves freedom. She ran from a caged childhood at the first opportunity she could without the care of what she left behind. She saw a chance at a happy life for herself and took it. From that came a strong, independent, loving woman. But Salem soon learns she’s trapped in the guilt of that freedom, troubled by her freedom after so long because really although free, Salem never in her life has settled. The ultimate settlement of these two satisfied me greatly. Because through their crazy family of Marked Men and Women they find love, understanding, and ultimately peace in their scarred souls.

This is not my favorite Marked Men novel by any stretch. I still rank Rule, Jet, and Rome above the latest installments. There were times when I found myself skimming through paragraphs in the middle because the back and forth between Rowdy and Salem became monotonous. I love a good chase and I was settled in for a cat and mouse game but when the characters switched roles and the chase went on something felt off to me. However, all the elements I love about this author were included and prevalent in Rowdy. Her first person writing style from the dual point of view gives extra flair to her stories as it’s nice to hear directly from her men. Rowdy’s thoughts about his troubled past made him so much more relatable. Her themes of acceptance, forgiveness, family, and sense of self all make me smile. And as usual her previous characters surround the main characters with love, support, and devotion while moving forward in their own lives as well. I get excited about this series. I adore the characters. Some great stuff is coming for Rule and Shaw (my favorites) too! Can’t wait to find out the story of Asa, the southern charmer & reformed criminal when he meets his match in Royal, the feisty red-headed officer of law. I would highly recommend the Marked Men series by Jay Crownover to anyone who loves a bad boy turned one-woman-man by strong females with attitudes.

Cover Reveal: Maybe

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PRESENTS. . .
A Cover Revealfor Maybe by Amber L. Johnson
Release Date: February 12 , 2015
Published by The Writers Coffee Shop


Emily Portman loves her job. A writer for Breakout! Magazine, she shadows and showcases up-and-coming bands. When her next assignment takes her to Austin, Texas, she can’t wait to add the city to her map of places she’s visited. Places she’s left without looking back. Her plan is to keep moving on, and the last thing she needs is a man holding her back. She’s not going down that road again.

Tyler Macy is stuck in a rut. Despite his exceptional talent as a musician, he has chosen to take a backseat with his music and let others grab the limelight. Wounded and mistrustful, he doesn’t appreciate his friends’ efforts to bring him back to center stage. Emily comes onto the scene and sees his full potential, but he fights to stay in the shadows, shutting her out before she can add to the scars another woman gave him.

For Tyler to find his music again, he needs to accept the help that Emily and their friends offer. When he discovers that his muse lies underneath Emily’s skin, it is still not enough to keep her from walking away. Neither will admit what they really want until it is too late.

Emily is once again thrown in Tyler’s path when she is assigned to join them on tour. Despite the pain in his past, Tyler sees that she is worth it, even if she’s stolen both his heart and peace of mind. In order for them to be together, they both must discover whether the music and their passion are enough to overcome the obstacles that separate them.

Maybe finding love is worth the risk.


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Amber Johnson has authored several romance novels that focus on music and the way it can touch people’s hearts. She believes that Happily Ever Afters occur every day—despite the obstacles that real life serves up on a regular basis. Always with two rubber bands on her wrist and a song in her head, Amber is a rebel who puts too much creamer in her coffee, which she drinks out of a cup that reads ‘Cocoa.’ A full-time wife and mother with a day job, she writes whenever she can. If she’s not at her desk, with her boys, or behind the computer, she’s supporting live music with her arms raised above her head and eyes closed, waiting for the drop.



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Cover Reveal: One to Leave

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ONE TO LEAVEBy Tia Louise

BlurbSome demons can't be shaken off.

Some wounds won't heal.

Until a pair of hazel eyes knocks you on your ass, and you realize it's time to stop running.

Meet Stuart Knight Dec. 29, 2014. #SexyCowboy


ExcerptOne to Leave

By Tia Louise

*unedited draft, subject to change

Release Date: Dec. 29, 2014



Years earlier, behind enemy lines.



Long nights, sitting against the wall staring into darkness. We’d shared just about everything to pass the time, to keep from going insane from the monotony combined with the stress of knowing at any time we could be blown up or shot. We were walking targets, and we’d been lucky.

“You’re right,” Derek exhaled, looking away again, out at the expanse of beige. “I’m proud of my service, but when the time comes, I’ll walk away.”

“You’ve got another road ahead of you.” I didn’t think any less of him. Some guys in this outfit didn’t have the right stuff, the right attitude or the honor, but that could never be said of this guy. “I’m glad we served together.”

“Now who’s getting soft?” His deep laugh was the last sound I heard before the staccato CLANK! of a grenade dropped into the space with us.

We had seconds, if that long. No time to speak, only time to act. Reaching down, I grabbed it, and threw it as fast and hard as I could. It was just out the window when the BLAST! threw us both against the wall.

My back had been curved from the throw, and I hit a bare space. I was winded, but not hurt. Derek was out cold. White smoke filled the room. Our luck had run out, and we were under attack.

Shots fired outside as I made my way through the blindness to where his dark body was slumped on the stone floor.

“Fuck!” I shouted. He was as big as me and twice as heavy, but I’d be damned if I left him. With a deep grunt, I hauled him onto my shoulders.

His voice was a groan in my ear. “Stuart. Go on. Go.”

“You’re not dying today, soldier,” I shouted back.

Months of working out and not much else between the explosions and the darkness had me strong as a damn mule. I went up the short flight of steps to the exit. I had no idea what I’d be stepping into when I went through that door, but they knew we were in here. We couldn’t stay.

I held Derek steady on my back as I peered into the smoke and dust filling the air. Two bodies in robes right ahead of us. Not Americans. There wasn’t anything we could do for them, but I would do something for us.

A convoy had been preparing to transport the last of us two houses down. If I could make it that far, it was possible we’d be safe. I couldn’t see a damned thing as I made a break for it. My thighs burned with the exertion and the extra weight, and my lungs seized from the smoke. Derek was a fucking dead weight on my back, but I barely noticed with the adrenaline pumping in my veins. I was born for this.

Blinking hard, I could just make out the hulking shapes of the armored trucks waiting to take us away.

“We’re almost there,” I shouted, even though I was pretty sure he was out again.

Taking the first step, I dug in with my heel, trying to gain speed with traction. Combat boots, thirty-seven pounds of weaponry, ordnance, spying shit, and my commanding officer. I ran as fast as I could to the symbol of safety. I was just there when my feet went out from under me. My ears rang with the noise of the explosion, and pain shot like fire through the lower half of my body. I flew forward and landed on my chest in the dirt.

I couldn’t stop shaking. It wasn’t fear—it was adrenaline combined with the effort I’d been pushing to get us to safety faster. My brain tilted on its side. The trucks were near, but they couldn’t see us in all the smoke and confusion. Bodies were running all around us. I needed to get up, but I was dazed.

God dammit! I was made for this. I tried to force myself to get up, but my body didn’t respond. I was above myself looking down. Derek lay on my back exposed, unprotected. What the fuck was happening to me? I fought against this pansy-assed flake-out. I had to get back down there. I had to carry my brother to safety. I was stronger than this.

Somebody had to see us, but the whole place was in confusion. Another whistling rocket, another explosion. I struggled to open my mouth and yell for backup. Nothing came out. I saw a truck jolt and fly back. It was hit.

Then, like an old-fashioned television switching off, everything blinked to black. I didn’t see anything anymore.


Books by Tia Louise One to Hold (Derek & Melissa), 2013Amazon | B&NOne to Keep (Patrick & Elaine), 2014Amazon | B&NOne to Protect (Derek & Melissa), 2014Amazon | B&NOne to Love (Kenny & Slayde), 2014Amazon | B&NOne to Leave (Stuart & Mariska), Dec. 29, 2014
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About the Author Tia Louise is a former journalist, world-traveler, and collector of beautiful men (who inspire all of her stories... wink)—turned wife, mommy, and novelist.

She lives in the center of the U.S.A. with her lovely family and one grumpy cat. There, she dreams up stories she hopes are engaging, hot, and sexy, and that cause readers rethink common public locations~

It’s possible she has a slight truffle addiction.


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New Release & Giveaway: What's Left of Us

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Amanda Maxlyn is excited to share the release of "What's Left of Us", the heartwarming conclusion to What's Left of Me. Make sure to check out the teasers, pick up your copy and enter the $100 Kate Spade Gift Card GIVEAWAY below! For more fun & giveaways, come join our Facebook Release Party & Blog Tour Event ~ Friday, November 14th
Book Title: What’s Left of Us Aut hor: Amanda Maxlyn


The heartwarming conclusion to What's Left of Me.Love found me three years ago.I’m cancer free, happily married to the love of my life, and working toward my dream career.Our life is complete. Perfect, really.Or is it?I’ve always wanted a family of my own, but never dreamed I could have one. Now Parker’s ready to make my dream our reality.But sometimes our dreams are haunted by our deepest fears. Fears of failure, having a child, and in our case … death. How do I help the person I love get over his fear when I’m still trying to overcome that same fear myself?Together we must learn What’s Left of Us.

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Life works in mysterious ways.Four years ago I became known as the girl with cancer.I refuse to cry.And I refuse to give in.A relationship with a man is the last thing I’m looking for right now, but one night with Parker changes everything. He is persistent, and he knows what he wants. Me.He doesn’t treat me like I’m fragile.But he doesn’t know, and I’m not ready to tell him.What if it changes everything?Tragedy found me when I was seventeen.Love found me when I was twenty-one.My name is Aundrea McCall, and this is my journey.


I am the mother of two little boys, married to the love of my life, and living in one of the smallest towns in Minnesota. When I’m not chasing or cleaning up after my boys (yes, all three), I can be found writing or snuggled up with my kindle, a glass of wine, and spending time with my fictional friends and family.I am first and foremost an avid reader! I love to read anything romance from paranormal, young/new adult, contemporary, and even yes, (wide eyes) erotic/BDSM.
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Cover Reveal: Surpassing

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Surpassing: Scars and Sorrow Saga, Book 6Mary E. Palmerin
Approximate Release: December 2014
BlurbDo fallen angels really fly? Can time really be forgotten?As the past and present collide with explosive force, the Harper family is tested with reminders of the unthinkable memories as the demons from before haunt them worse than the fiery infernos of Hell.


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Broken, Book 1
Lyla Harper’s life has always been shadowed. With her childhood full of unpleasant memories that she tries to tuck away and forget about, she succeeds at putting on a happy front and convincing those around her that she is happy. But she isn’t.
Meet Lyla Elizabeth Harper, a teen whose journey is less than ideal. She experiences heartache, loss, bullying, but through it all she strives for hope. She counts down the days until she has the chance to start over in a new city, unaware of her past. A city far away from the recollections that have scarred her physically and mentally.In this first book of the Scars and Sorrow Saga, you will be faced with the ghastly and horrendous events that plague Lyla, starting on the day of her eighteenth birthday, a day that changed her forever. Lyla thought she was broken before, but she was wrong. Davis Moore, a 22-year-old handsome cop and also Rigdon’s gold boy, steals something from Lyla on that fateful night on Brownsmith Road.Others will challenge her will and strength, testing her and pushing her to the brink of giving up.Will Lyla be able to trudge through the deep rut that she is stuck in to move to Chicago to start her life over? Or will the evil events consume her and leave her grounded, unable to lead a life free of pain?**Graphic content, including underage drinking, drug use, non-consensual sex, and self-mutilation. Not suitable for readers under the age of eighteen.**
Succumbing, Book 2 Lyla Harper is sure she will be alone for the rest of her life. After she leaves Kansas for college in Chicago, she hopes she will never have to face her dark secrets again. Four years later, Lyla lands an internship at a prestigious firm, hoping to plant her roots and close the door to her past forever. Unfortunately, Lyla is about to learn that the past has a way of finding her, no matter how well she hides.After she is assigned to a marketing millionaire and notorious jerk, Lyla attempts to overcome her pessimistic view of the world and move on with her life. But after she lays eyes on her drop-dead gorgeous neighbor, Everett Brown, her secrets begin to resurface, prompting her to regress into her ol coping ways. Led by curiosity and an undeniable attraction, Lyla pursues a passionate relationship with Everett and slowly begins to feel like a woman again. Now all she has to do is decide whether to tell him the truth.In this contemporary erotic romance, only time will tell if a young woman’s new lover will be able to save her from herself as her past emerges from the darkness to confront her ones and for all.*Graphic content including underage drinking, drug use, self-mutilation, and non-consensual sex. Not suitable for readers under the age of eighteen.**
Shadows, Book 3 Everett Brown has secrets. Secrets that Lyla has been waiting for him to tell her for months. He has successfully evaded them, but Lyla is becoming impatient.With the vicious attack of his beloved still fresh in his mind along with the painful loss he feels, his emotions play a battle against one another, testing his strength and ability to hold himself together.Will the secrets that he keeps jeopardize his relationship to the woman who has his heart? Or will he learn to cope with memories that resurface with a vengeance and move on to the next phase of his life… marriage?With Michael Thomas and Davis Moore still free, justice has yet to be served. In this whirlwind contemporary erotic romance novel, this young couple’s relationship will be tried with numerous wicked curveballs and twists that even they aren’t prepared for.**Graphic content including underage drinking, drug use, non-consensual sex, and self-mutilation. Not suitable for readers under the age of eighteen.**
Armored, Book 4 Dive into the life of another character in the tragic and heart-wrenching Scars and Sorrow Saga.Garrett Joseph Harper was not the man he once was. His life was altered years when his best friend and fellow Marine, Trent, was killed before him while serving in Afghanistan. Circumstances went from bad to worse when his baby sister, Lyla, was the victim of a grisly attack that nearly took her life.When Lyla finally seems like she in on the bridge to recovering from the life that she once had with the help of her soon-to-be-husband, Everett, Garrett is sinking deeper into an abyss of darkness.With the memories of all the gruesomeness that has plagues him, he goes about life on autopilot spending his small town life working at the coal mines and drinking his paychecks away at Rigdon’s holy place for gossip and trouble, King’s Bar.Garrett’s flame of life is lit once more by Brooklyn Lancaster, a woman who has had eyes for him as long as she has known what love was. Will the connection Brooklyn has to Garrett’s past prevent them from moving forward? Or will something more serious and permanent tear the two new lovers apart when both feel a sense of normalcy for the first time in years?In Garrett’s story, you will have insight into his pain, past, sorrow, and his ability to hold onto hope. Be prepared for many twists and turns. You know what they say… nothing is ever what it seems.**Graphic content. Not suitable for readers under the age of eighteen.**
Trials, Book 5 Run. That’s what Lyla Harper does best. With Rigdon, Kansas hundreds of miles away, she focuses on planting her roots and immersing herself in college life at Loyola University in Chicago, Illinois.As Lyla tries to play the role of hardworking student by day and barista at night at York Company Coffee House, the monotonous routine is wearing thin. She thinks back to home, the milestones she’s missed and the family that she doesn’t have near.She’s lonely with the exception of the incubi that will never vacate. With her emotions colliding, she’s once again faced with her vilest adversary; regression.After all, a person can only pretend to be happy for so long. Davis Moore and the horrid events plague her mind as one text message tests her will to remain strong.One afternoon in her public speaking lecture, circumstances change for Lyla when Professor Blaine Miller’s eyes meet hers. For the first time, she feels passion, lust and want. Will Blaine change her outlook on life or leave her empty, feeling like the girl she was years before?Read this emotional tale about self-discovery, overcoming, growth, redemption, relapse, desire, and hope.**Graphic content including self-mutilation, non-consensual sex, underage drinking, drug use, and physical/emotional abuse. Not suitable for readers under the age of eighteen.**
About the Author Mary E. Palmerin is 27 years old and resides in Indiana. She is married, has two small boys and usually has her nose in a good book when she isn't writing. She has been writing since she was a young girl, scribbling fairy tales down on notebook paper, creating poetry through her teen years, and many shorts in between, all of which she has kept. Mary enjoys telling tales that are both raw and real, seeing it as a gift to be able to evoke various emotions from her readers.She enjoys spending time with her family and friends, traveling, anything outdoors, relaxing by the pool with a good piece of literature, red wine, coffee, tattoos, and HEA!Social MediaFacebook: http://on.fb.me/1v9GZZDTwitter: https://twitter.com/MP_writer8Goodreads: http://bit.ly/1tj49KO
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Release Blitz: Hansel Part Three

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Free on Amazon: http://amzn.to/1td3gaGOne boy. Mother calls him Hansel.
One girl. Mother named her Gretel. 

Locked in little rooms, in the mountainside mansion of a crazy woman. 

Until he saws a hole into the wall dividing them. 

Then at least, they have each other’s hands.
It doesn’t end well at Mother’s house. 
Everything gets…broken.
Ten years later, they meet again in an exclusive Vegas sex club. 

Whips. 

Chains. 

And most of all, a mask. 

What happens to love when it gets twisted?
Fairy tales are cautionary tales, remember?
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.
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Paperback Release: Tristen: The Last Seeker

Title: Tristen: the Last Seeker

Author: Fleur Camacho

Release Date: Oct 16, 2014

Paperback Release Date: Nov 13, 2014

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Tristen wakes to find a man watching him from the mirror. A chill runs through Tristen’s body as the familiar robed priest stares at him longingly. The priest struggles to open his mouth; the stitches that lace his lips together slowly rip apart and jut raggedly from his mouth. His bloody lips stretch wide as he leans towards Tristen, trying to suck him into a deep black hole.

Ever since Tristen, a sixteen year old teenager, is assigned to work with Ailey on a school project, his life takes a thrilling and alarming turn. Tristen can’t stop the inexorable pull he feels toward Ailey; just being around her draws him in completely, blindly and with disastrous consequences. At the same time, an evil priest invades Tristen’s dreams and threatens to kill his mom.

Soon, Tristen and his friends find themselves magically transported to Fifteenth Century France and Tristen discovers that he is the last-born Seeker - destined to save the past and the influential figures who shape it. When someone tries to kill him, Tristen must make a choice: embrace his destined purpose and risk losing everything or be stuck in the past running for his life forever.

This is not a novel about vampires, werewolves or ghosts. This is not your regular romantic, time traveling, coming-of-age story. This is the first book in a magical, paranormal, fantasy series about a regular kid who finds out he is destined to become the new Seeker to save the world from a bloody ending. If Tristen had known that pairing up with Ailey would trigger a magical ancient prophecy ushering in the beginning of the end of the world, he might have stayed in bed that day.


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I could feel her hand inches from mine as we lay, side by side, on the sand.  I shifted to my side and studied the way the wet curls in her sun-kissed hair hung in ringlets spread out on the sand, just waiting to be touched.  My hand automatically reached out toward her fingers, brushing them.

She opened her eyes and looked at me.  An overwhelming sense that we, somehow, fit together overcame me.  Somehow deep inside me, I felt that she was meant to be a part of my world.  It was like our souls were reuniting.  It was crazy and made perfect sense at the same time.

Suddenly she jerked up.

“That was so stupid!”



Fleur Camacho loves to read and travel.  Sometimes she reads so much that she gets sucked into the story and ignores everything she supposed to do.   Travel is always the top priority on her list and comes before fixing up the house, putting in grass or buying her dream car (an antique Ford Mustang).

She also likes to hike, paint, be healthy and read boring economic reports.  She is the wife to an uber-cool and sexy husband and a mom to two awesome children.

She practices positive inevitability and believes that if you don’t take the chance on something you believe in, you’ll never know what you could give to the world. 

The TRISTEN book series began as a conversation with her husband, after watching the tv show Heroes. They talked about what ability they would pick if they could have any power. Since she loves to experience different cultures, she decided that she would love to have the power to travel around the world and through time. Her husband liked this idea and told her that she should write a book about it. She wrote one page and then forgot about it. One day, her husband read the page and encouraged her to keep writing. She picked it up on and off until one day she finally decided to get serious and finish her book already! She hopes to complete at least five books in the TRISTEN series and already has the beginnings of the next series bouncing around her brain.

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Cover Reveal: Beautiful Burn

Title: Beautiful BurnAuthor: Adriane LeighGenre: Steamy Student Teacher RomanceRelease Date: January 13, 2015




BlurbI've broken him, bent him, and burned him, and each fevered moment was worth every ounce of pain.

Auburn Lawrence has loved her English teacher, Reed West, since she was fourteen. Through brainstorming stories, reading classic literature, and plenty of fiery banter, they've forged a bond that neither of them expected.

Propelled by a chance encounter after her graduation, they discover just how deep their connection runs, but love requires more than chemistry to flourish. They spend three electrifying summer months discovering each other under a veil of forbidden passion and desperate lust before they learn that the unattainable is often destined to remain exactly that.

By the time temperatures dip and snowflakes fly, their relationship will face a deep freeze that threatens to snap the bond they thought they shared, shattering their lives one secret at a time.

Intended for mature audiences.








About the Author Facebook | Goodreads | Twitter | Pinterest | Website Adriane Leigh was born and raised in a snowbank in Michigan's Upper Peninsula and now lives amongst the sand dunes of the Lake Michigan lakeshore.
She graduated with a Literature degree but never particularly enjoyed reading Shakespeare or Chaucer.

Adriane is married to a tall, dark and handsome guy, plays mama to two sweet baby girls, and is a voracious reader and knitter.