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Boys, Toys - OH MY! Volume 2 by A.M. Willard

Boys, Toys – Oh My Vol 2By A.M. WillardContemporary Romance, Romantic ComedyAbout Boys, Toys, Oh My! (Volume Two)
Is this what my life has become… Selling novelty items to couples…

I walked away from it all – the job, and the guy because he thought I was a stripper… The problem, I still want the guy, and I still blush at the word penis. Not as much, but the heat still rises when I stop to think about what I’m saying.

Yes, this is my new life and I have to find the confidence to live it like I own it.

I knew allowing her to walk away that night was a mistake… Now I have to find a way to show that I truly care about her, and maybe then she’ll understand that I can’t live my life without her.

The problem is she only wants to be friends, if that’s the only way I get her then it’ll have to be enough.
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****4.6 OUT OF 5 STARS***“Laugh Out Loud Five Star Read!” ~ Iowa Gal“Can’t go wrong with this book!” ~ Angi DeMonti“Awesome funny read :)” ~ Caz“Sweet, funny Rom-Com” ~ Xkoqueen“Ohmigod…You need to One-Click now!!” ~ pb loves to read
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Amazon US: http://amzn.to/2fGt0cjAmazon UK: http://amzn.to/2eAjWZpAmazon CA: http://amzn.to/2fbI8mvAmazon AU: http://amzn.to/2f0j2mSNook: http://bit.ly/2eTkSsoKobo: http://bit.ly/2dY3ApyiBooks: http://apple.co/2bPtjlWAbout A. M. WillardInternational Bestselling Author, A.M. Willard resides in Savannah, Georgia. She joined the Peach State many years ago after leaving the crystal blue waters and sugary white sand behind from the Panhandle of Florida. She’s also known for being a wife, mother, and caretaker for her farm animals. A.M. loves anything sassy, glittery, and is a sucker for the Hallmark Channel. That last one might be the reason she believes in soulmates or it could be because she married her high school sweetheart almost twenty years ago.

Connect with the Author…Newsletter: http://amwillard.com/newsletter/Facebook Author Page: http://bit.ly/2gHSCepFacebook Reader Group: http://bit.ly/2cvozRFTwitter: https://twitter.com/AMWillardAuthorWebsite: http://amwillard.com/

It Started With A Kiss By Melanie Moreland

  Title: It Started with a KissBy: Melanie MorelandPublication Date: January 23, 2017Publisher: Enchanted PublicationsGenre: Romantic ComedyCover Designer: Monark Designs#itstartedwithakissblitz It started with a kiss. Then it became so much more. Love at first sight. Avery Connor doesn’t believe in it. But what about love at first kiss? A favor for a friend. Kiss a stranger and walk away. But what if that favor, and that stranger, prove to be the turning point of her life? What if that kiss leads to something more? Dr. Daniel Stewart is certain it will. He is determined to make her see him. To feel what he feels. To have the effects of that kiss last forever. A story about taking a chance, opening your heart to the moment, and falling in love.

AMAZON US - http://amzn.to/2fymynnAMAZON UK - https://goo.gl/bDybLHAMAZON CA - https://goo.gl/kn9e62 It Started with a Kiss by Melanie Moreland from Bibliophile Productions on Vimeo. New York Times/USA Today bestselling author Melanie Moreland, lives a happy and content life in a quiet area of Ontario with her beloved husband of twenty-seven-plus years and their rescue cat Amber. Nothing means more to her than her friends and family, and she cherishes every moment spent with them.
While seriously addicted to coffee, and highly challenged with all things computer-related and technical, she relishes baking, cooking, and trying new recipes for people to sample. She loves to throw dinner parties, and also enjoys travelling, here and abroad, but finds coming home is always the best part of any trip.
Melanie delights in a good romance story with some bumps along the way, but is a true believer in happily ever after. When her head isn’t buried in a book, it is bent over a keyboard, furiously typing away as her characters dictate their creative storylines to her, often with a large glass of wine keeping her company.

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Author Interview Karina Kantas

Illusional  Reality
By Karina Kantas
182 Pages
#magical #romantic #fantasy

Karina published her first book in April 2016 and now has 8 titles for sale.

AJ & Storm: What did you love most about Illusional Reality? 
Karina: I love the love story between Alkazar and Thya. It starts with flirtation and the reader gets to see this flirtation grow into something more serious. A forbidden love. So you are caught up in this relationship and no matter how it plays out, you're invested.

AJ & Storm: What made you choose your genre?
Karina: To be honest, it is my love for Tolkien, not his written work but the idea behind it. The characters and the story that just drags you in. It was after watching The Fellowship of the Ring that the story of Illusional Reality came about. However, there is no wizard, trolls, elves or goblins, in my fantasy.

AJ & Storm: If you could invite any writer for lunch, who would it be and what would you ask them?
Karina: It would be S.E.Hinton. It was her novella, The Outsiders, that got me into writing. I cared about these rebels she wrote about and I had my own story to tell.  I would ask her what was her life like , growing up. Did she ever experience the rush, thrills and dangers, she puts her characters through.

AJ & Storm: Tell us about your teasers.  What do you look for? How do you go about making them? 
Karina: I love designing teasers. There are the ones that showcase the cover of your book and a one liner such as for Illusional Reality, I used, Step out of reality and into an Illusion.



I create ads and promotional designs such as banners and teasers, for other authors. I love being able to tease the reader with a picture. And I enjoy searching for a photo of a person that is close to the character in the author's book and then finding the perfect line to post with it. The same as book trailers I love being able to show the author's story with only music, images and few words.

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You Shook Me All Night Long (Scorned Lovers #1) By Simone Harlow

  Title: You Shook Me All Night Long Series: Scorned Lovers #1By: Simone HarlowPublication Date: January, 2017Cover Designer: Mayhem Cover CreationsGenre: NA Romance Scorned rhythm guitarist Travis Rexford is lost. After the unexpected death of his best friend and fellow band member he can’t find his music anymore. His band is on the verge of breaking up. Then one night a beautiful, mysterious, seductive woman steps into his life. The next morning- she’s gone. Determined to find her, woo her, and claim her again, he is a man on mission.

Charlotte Lambert is still reeling from the tragic death of her twin sister. The last gift her sister gave her is a to do list to get her back into the business of living. Tell a lie, steal something, climb a mountain... sleep with a rock star? Determined to get out of the rut of mourning, she finds a sexy bad boy rocker and takes him to bed. Then she slips quietly into the morning light not looking back.

But life has a funny way of turning on you. Travis finds his enigmatic siren and under the sex kitten veneer he saw on their one night stand is a sweet, kind, gentle woman who is in just as much pain as he is. He brings her home and they begin the process of healing. Their losses brought them together, but can they heal each other and find the will to go on? The only way you can find what you want is to get lost.
AMAZON US - http://amzn.to/2j8yPnWAMAZON UK - https://goo.gl/Oq6OzEAMAZON CA - https://goo.gl/FwIo6O Once upon a time Simone Harlow decided to write a book. She never understood why she had to write a book she just did. She has a great life. A family that loves her. Friends she can mother. And a dog who thinks she’s his reason for living. (No, really, he told her so.) She should be content. But alas she still had to write that book. So she did, and it was the beginning of an excellent adventure.

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Falling For the Player by Jessica Lee

Falling For the Player by Jessica Lee Genre: New Adult - M/M Romance
Publisher: Entangled PublishingRelease Date: January 16, 2017


Bad boy and former NFL running back Patrick Guinness is tired of meaningless sex. Ever since his scorching hot one-night stand three years ago, no one has interested him. So when Max Segreti wanders into his mechanic shop—and his life again—Patrick can't stop thinking about the totally-out-of-his-league law student and the possibility of getting him out of his system once and for all…

Max Segreti has spent his entire life doing what his father wants. But when he runs into the hotter-than-hell player he’s never been able to forget, he’s not thinking about studying for the bar. A distraction is the last thing he needs, but after an encounter leaves him wanting more, Max embraces the chaos that Patrick brings…even as he knows it can’t last. They're too different to ever have a future together.




     Jumping up, Patrick yanked his soaked shirt over his head.
     Damn, that shit is hot!
     “Oh, fuck!” Max grabbed the wet shirt and tried to soak up the remaining coffee dripping off Patrick’s skin. “God, this is my fault. I should have been more careful.” Then Max jerked his own T-shirt off and blotted Patrick’s chest with it, his expression twisted with concern. “Are you okay?”
     He was fine. Not that Max would stand still and listen long enough to find out. Fuck, the guy was too adorable. Patrick was lucky the coffee had been Max’s heavily creamed version and so not hot enough to do any damage.
     Patrick braced his hands on the other guy’s shoulders, trying to hold him in place, but it wasn’t working. “Max,” he called out to him.
     “Do we need to get you to the ER?”
     “I’m fine.”
     “Shit, Patrick, I—”
     Seizing one of Max’s wrists, Patrick hauled him against his chest, bringing a halt to whatever else he’d been about to say. Max looked up, his eyes wide, stunned.
     “I’m okay,” Patrick whispered. He couldn’t stop drinking in the other man’s features. Strands of Max’s dark hair had fallen forward onto his forehead. The guy had the most expressive dark blue eyes, with small flecks of amber around the pupil he hadn’t noticed until now. Patrick followed the bridge of the man’s perfectly straight nose lower to where it ended above the carved V of his mouth. Outside of his looks, Max was everything Patrick never went for, smart and obviously rich, judging by the expensive car and his big-ass condo. Back home, the only way he and Max’s type would have mixed would have been when he worked on their cars. Funny how his popularity as a football star placed him, for once, on the other side of the tracks. Someone who would soon be rolling in the big bucks. The pink tip of Max’s tongue appeared, momentarily short-circuiting Patrick’s train of thought as Max licked his full lower lip.
     Fuck.
     Patrick wasn’t sure who moved first, but the next thing he knew, he had his fist clenched in Max’s short, thick hair and his lips sealed against Max’s. A hard shudder of pleasure raced over him, and Patrick’s cock bucked against the confines of his zipper. Max groaned, his mouth roaming every inch of Patrick’s mouth, as if he couldn’t get enough. But Patrick matched his every move, unsure who needed the contact, the pleasure, more.


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Jessica Lee is an EPIC eBook Award winner and international bestselling author of paranormal romance. She lives in the southeastern United States with her husband and son. In her former life, Jessica was a science geek and spent over twenty-five years as a nurse. But after the birth of her son, she left her medical career behind. During that transition, she discovered her passion for writing romance and has never looked back. Jessica Lee is currently published with Entangled Publishing and Resplendence Publishing. Plus she has several self published titles available.


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Love's Great Adventure by Theresa Troutman

Release Tour for Love Across Time box set

LOVE ACROSS TIME
Genre: Mult-Genre Romance Enter the world of yesterday… Ten full-length historical and time travel romances by bestselling authors will take you from Ancient Egypt to the British Regency to the American West and more.Sexy, stubborn heroes and beautiful, daring heroines follow their hearts to prove love does indeed transcend time. Explore another century and find your timeless happily ever after. Amazon US ✯ Kobo ✯ B&N ✯ iTunes ✯ Goodreads SCANDALOUS ENDEAVORS by AMANDA MARIELLady Amelia has only known the comfort of life in mid-eighteenth century English aristocracy. But when her father dies, she finds herself alone, grief stricken and not of age. Her appointed guardian, an American uncle, has ordered her to relocate to America where she must remain until she comes of age.COUNTERFEIT COUNTESS by LYNNE CONNOLLYAfter Waterloo, John Dalkington-Smythe travelled overseas to Canada to find some peace and make his fortune. A frantic visit from his cousins, the Earl of Graywood and his brother brings him back home, but a tragic incident aboard ship leaves John the new heir.In London, John meets the woman calling herself his widow. Except he isn’t dead and he’s not married. When he discovers the impostor is the woman he’s desired for years, he decides to persuade her to keep the position of Countess of Graywood.Faith spent years trying to ignore the presence of Lieutenant-Colonel Dalkington-Smythe, her husband’s military commander. Finding herself in dire straits after Waterloo, she poses as his widow. She only ever meant it as temporary. To find that John is alive comes as a severe shock, but her feelings for him are as strong as ever. The passion John and Faith discover together is worth fighting for.Someone is threatening to expose Faith’s deception and destroy John’s fortune and position in society. If they don’t discover the identity of their unknown enemy and thwart the schemes, John and Faith could lose everything—title, fortune and even their lives.STEALING A LADY’S HEART by TAMMY ANDRESENLocksmith by trade, Graham Fairfield needs a miracle to save his father’s barony. Instead, disaster comes calling in the form of Lady Charlotte Beaumont, cousin to the prince regent. Fleeing the dastardly attentions of a Scottish lord, Charlotte finds a safe haven with the tradesmen in the crumbling old manor and she breathes new life into their lives. It is almost as though fate has brought her to their door. When danger catches up with her and steals her away, it will be up to Graham and his clever brothers to rescue her. Will he be too late to save the lady and the love blooming between them?FAITH AND THE TEXAS LAWYER by CARRA COPELINFaith Daniels has had a hard time fitting in all her life, from the time she was left on the steps of a firehouse to her recent divorce. The only time she feels connected is when she rehabs old houses. Often she wishes she could have experienced life in a simpler time. Her current project, a 1900 Galveston mansion, is all she ever wished for and more. When some mysterious force transports her from 2016 to 1900, just prior to the most devastating natural disaster on record, will Faith give up all she has attained in her present life to stay in the past with the sexy turn-of-the-century lawyer?Joseph Benning has serious trust issues. He is still recovering from the jolt of being dumped by his fiancé shortly before their wedding. In order to prove to himself he can manage on his own without a woman in his life, he decides to reach outside of his routine and buy a house. Suddenly, a strange woman shows up inside his house telling fantastic stories of disaster and destruction. Will Joe be able to make the right decision and let her go, when it comes time to save her life?TIMELESS HEART by KARYN GERRARDSuffering from burnout, elementary school teacher Sandra Cranston is on leave and trying to eliminate stress from her life. That plan is blown when she discovers an abandoned carriage deep in the woods. Inside is a man, Jerrod Ross, who fuels all of her wicked Regency dreams and fantasies. Take him home? Sure, why not?Jerrod Ross has been ripped from the only world he has ever known—1821 Cornwall, England. A mine owner with many responsibilities, all he wants to do is return to his time. But his growing attraction for the lovely lady who found him makes staying in the future a temptation he finds hard to resist.Torn between duty and desire, past and future, the hardest thing Sandra and Jerrod will do is admit their feelings. Or say—goodbye. FALLING by MEREDITH BONDLong-hidden secrets, ageless magic, forbidden romance—nothing Erin could have ever imagined when she called on a hypnotist to cure her of her fear of falling. When fate gives Erin and David a second chance they need to find their happily ever after before things go very wrong… again.ROLF’S QUEST by AUBREY WYNNEA wizard, a curse, a fated love…When Rolf finally discovers the woman who can end the curse that has plagued his family for centuries, she is already betrothed. Time is running out for the royal wizard of King Henry II. If he cannot find true love without the use of magic, his line will end.Melissa is intrigued by the mystical, handsome man that haunts her by night and tempts her by day. His bizarre tale of Merlin, enchantments, and finding genuine love has her questioning his sanity and her heart.From the moment Melissa stepped from his dreams and into his arms, Rolf knew she was his destiny. Now, he will not only battle against time and a powerful duke, but defy his king and the gods to save her.PASSION’S CHOICE by JANIS SUSAN MAYTourist Elissa McLaughlin falls over the edge of the Hathor chapel reconstruction at Deir el Bahri, but when she lands she finds herself in the time of its construction. Taken as a pleasure woman by the general in charge of building, she soon finds herself constrained to a dangerous masquerade in the center of political intrigue that could change the course of Egypt’s history forever. It is no time to fall in love…THE ART GALLERY by KATIE STEPHENSWhen the sole purpose of the company you work for is to send people back in time to fix things, mistakes happen. Kara Brennan’s job is to pursue those mistakes and bring them back to the present before they can do more damage, even if her mark happens to be the dangerous Jack the Ripper. Kara’s lover and fellow teammate sent Jack through the wrong art gallery painting, but now Quinn Markham searches her out for another reason. Another mistake, one that could eliminate his very existence.Lucas Taylor doesn’t understand why he appears during the American Revolution as a British soldier. Even more disturbing, while attending a celebratory ball in eighteenth century Philadelphia, he recognizes Kara as the young orphan he hasn’t seen in sixteen years—in the twenty-first century. He’s never forgotten her.Kara identifies her mark, but never expected him to be the boy she knew from the orphanage. Lucas Taylor had been her hero once before. Will her girlhood dreams of the perfect man turn out to be true? Or can Quinn keep Lucas from winning back the only woman he ever loved?WITCH by ELENA KANEWhen suspicion is everywhere, how can love be found? Especially, when you’re the one they seek.
Amanda Mariel dreams of days gone by when life moved at a slower pace. She enjoys taking pen to paper and exploring historical time periods through her imagination and the written word. When she is not writing she can be found reading, crocheting, traveling, practicing her photography skills, or spending time with her family.Amanda lives along the Lake Huron shoreline in northern Michigan with her husband and two kids. She holds a Master of Liberal Arts Degree with a concentration in literature and has a long-standing love affair with sugary junk food.Goodreads ✯ Twitter ✯ Facebook ✯ Newsletter ✯ Website
Award winning, top selling author Lynne Connolly writes historical romance, paranormal romance and contemporary romance.She lives in the UK with her family and her Mews, Jack. She also loves travelling, and often incorporates the places she visits into her books.Twitter ✯ Facebook ✯ Website
Tammy Andresen lives with her husband and three children just outside of Boston, Massachussetts. She grew up on the Seacoast of Maine, where she spent countless days dreaming up stories in blueberry fields and among the scrub pines that line the coast. Her mother loved to spin a yarn and Tammy filled many hours listening to her mother retell the classics. It was inevitable that at the age of 18, she headed off to Simmons College, where she studied English literature and education. She never left Massachusetts but some of her heart still resides in Maine and her family visits often.In addition to this set, Tammy has published two full length novels: Lily in Bloom and Midnight Magic.Google ✯ Twitter ✯ Facebook ✯ Pinterest ✯ Website
Carra Copelin: I write contemporary and historical romances but, unlike so many other authors, I didn’t write from childhood or read long into the night beneath the covers with a flashlight. I found romance novels as an adult. After reading about a million, I discovered numerous people residing in my head, all looking for a way onto the printed page.I’m a member of Romance Writers of America and Yellow Rose Romance Writers, plus I’m a regular contributor to the blogs, Smart Girls Read Romance and Sweethearts of the West. I’m a member of The Daughters of the American Revolution, and The Daughters of the Republic of Texas.My husband and I live in North Central Texas, in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex where we enjoy our family and grandchildren. In addition to writing and researching, I enjoy my Bridge group, crochet, and tracking down our relatives through genealogy.Blog ✯ Twitter ✯ Facebook ✯ Newsletter ✯ Website
Karyn Gerrard, born and raised in the Maritime Provinces of Eastern Canada, now makes her home in a small town in Northwestern Ontario. When she’s not cheering on the Red Sox or travelling in the summer with her teacher husband, she writes, reads romance, and drinks copious amounts of Earl Grey tea.Even at a young age Karyn’s storytelling skills were apparent, thrilling her fellow Girl Guides with off-the-cuff horror stories around the campfire. A multi-published author, she loves to write sensual historicals, particularly in the Victorian era. She also writes contemporaries. Tortured heroes are an absolute must.As long as she can avoid being hit by a runaway moose in her wilderness paradise she assumes everything is golden. Karyn’s been happily married for a long time to her own hero. His encouragement and loving support keeps her moving forward.Goodreads ✯ Twitter ✯ Facebook ✯ Pinterest ✯ Website ✯ Instagram
Meredith Bond‘s books straddle that beautiful line between historical romance and fantasy. An award-winning author, she writes fun traditional Regency romances, medieval Arthurian romances, and Regency romances with a touch of magic. Known for her characters “who slip readily into one’s heart,” Meredith’s heart belongs to her husband and two children.Goodreads ✯ Twitter ✯ Facebook ✯ Website
Bestselling and award-winning author Aubrey Wynne resides in the Midwest with her husband, dogs, horses, mule and barn cats. She is an elementary teacher by trade, champion of children and animals by conscience, and author by night. Obsessions include history, travel, trailriding and all things Christmas.Her short stories, Merry Christmas, Henry and Pete’s Mighty Purty Privies have won Readers Choice Awards and Dante’s Gift received the 2016 Golden Quill, Heart of Excellence, and Aspen Gold award, as well as being a Maggie finalist.Aubrey’s medieval fantasy series launches in 2017 with Rolf’s Quest. Besides the Chicago Christmas novellas, Aubrey will also release “A Vintage Romance” series inspired by tales of her stepfather, who served for the British Air Force in WWII. The stories will be set in the 40s & 50s.Newsletter ✯ Twitter ✯ Facebook ✯ Instagram ✯ Website ✯ Ever Afters
Janis Susan May is a seventh-generation Texan and a third-generation wordsmith who writes mysteries as Janis Patterson, romances and other things as Janis Susan May, children’s books as Janis Susan Patterson and scholarly works as J.S.M. Patterson.Formerly an actress and singer, a talent agent and Supervisor of Accessioning for a bio-genetic DNA testing lab, Janis has also been editor-in-chief of two multi-magazine publishing groups. She founded and was the original editor of The Newsletter of the North Texas Chapter of the American Research Center in Egypt, which for the nine years of her reign was the international organization’s only monthly publication. Long interested in Egyptology, she was one of the founders of the North Texas chapter and was the closing speaker for the ARCE International Conference in Boston in 2005.Janis married for the first time when most of her contemporaries were becoming grandmothers. Her husband, a handsome Navy Captain several years younger than she, even proposed in a moonlit garden in Egypt. Janis and her husband live in Texas with an assortment of rescued furbabies.Goodreads ✯ Twitter ✯ Facebook ✯ WebsiteIf you discovered a sealed box with “Katie’s memories” scribbled on the side, you’d find a lifetime of partially completed stories, plays and musicals. Katie Stephens has opened that box and writes both non-fiction and fiction, where she happily experiments with all genres. Although her grown children are scattered east and west across the country, she lives solidly in mid-America with two kitties and a husband who keeps asking when she’s really going to retire.Twitter ✯ Facebook ✯ WebsiteElena Kane is preschooler teacher who lives in a small town in Ohio. She has three wonderful children who enjoy family movie night, playing board games, and the occasional game of hide-and-go-seek. She loves watching her kids play in the marching band, football in the fall and simply cannot get enough of the lights, decorations, music, and anything else that has to do with the Christmas. She love flowers, the outdoors, and considers flip-flops an absolute must in the summer.Goodreads Amazon US ✯ Kobo ✯ B&N ✯ iTunes ✯ Goodreads
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Blog Tour ♥ Helpless by AJ Adams (Jan 10 - 12)

  Title: HelplessBy: AJ AdamsPublication Date: December 16, 2015Genre: Romance I opened the boot, and at the sight of the girl, Crush began grinning. “Hey, is that for me, too?”“You can go fuck yourself!” The little tart blew up instantly. “You evil bastard, let me go!”“Whoo! I like her!”Crush is a man who enjoys performing to the stereotypical outlaw biker image. This time I could see he meant it, and so did the girl. She opened her mouth, spotted Crush’s cut and went very quiet. “You can’t have her. She’s my collateral.” I pulled her towards me, snapped through her ankle ties with the box cutter and threw her over my shoulder. She muttered furiously, but she’d stopped fighting. I could feel her raise her head and look over the crowd of gathering Disciples. She shivered and went limp. I guess she didn’t like the look of the party. Crush was still curious. “Collateral for what?”“Alistair’s man took my Busa.” “You’re shitting me!”
 Fracas Macintyre has been in and out of trouble all her life but this time it’s worse than ever. In debt to a loan shark, she’s caught up in a war between the Alistairs, nicknamed The Irish Mob, and Belial’s Disciples, England’s nastiest MC. Kidnapped and at the mercy of Caden Winslow, Fracas is convinced that life is going to get very nasty indeed.

Caden Winslow is an ex soldier used to taking care of business. When an Alistair henchman steals his beloved Busa, he simply takes one of theirs hostage and expects a simple trade will solve the problem. However, Caden is about to be pulled into a war.  

Warning: This book contains explicit scenes of dubious consent, graphic violence and sex. It is for adults only.

AMAZON US - http://amzn.to/2i1DROPAMAZON UK - https://goo.gl/YvzHkzAMAZON CA - https://goo.gl/7MxnxRSMASHWORDS - https://goo.gl/h9yCPKBARNES & NOBLE - https://goo.gl/ln3V5aiTUNES - https://goo.gl/5JgirP I live in Malaysia with Tom, my best friend for 25 years and married for almost as long. Aside from writing fiction, I write columns and features for newspapers and magazines. You're welcome to follow or stalk but be warned - I love cats so my feed is full of pussy... AJ's personal FB page https://www.facebook.com/ewhyteAJ Adams newsletter - comes with discounts! https://goo.gl/KMkP4pAJ Adams FB Page (I'm not there much) https://www.facebook.com/AuthorAJAdams/?fref=tsAJ Adams on Bookbub https://www.bookbub.com/authors/aj-adamsAJ Adams on Pinterest https://www.pinterest.com/Author_AJAdams/AJ Adams on Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2883330.A_J_Adams

When big publishers can make a lemon of a book a best seller

Spy Secrets That Can Save Your Life
by Jason Hanson
On Amazon

I bought this because I thought it would be interesting for developing a character I’m working on. Also, I was looking for some flashy spy tricks. I’m sorry to say I didn’t finish this book. After reading half of it, I just put it away.

Hanson does talk about ways to escape being taped, being tailed etc etc but the writing style is not to my taste. The problem for me is that this is a giant advert for his courses and videos. Every second page is about him telling a client X in Y, and giving a talk to corporation A in B. Boring. But it’s a best seller so I guess he’s satisfying some market.



That was my review for Amazon. What I did not say was this:

Frankly, this bloody awful book makes me wonder about big publishing houses and the best seller lists.  


This book comes from TarcherPerigee - Penguin Books USA. They've got lots of clout, including getting endorsements from celebs like Rachel Ray and the director of the International Spy Museum. 

The publishers can pay take out to lunch, editors from all the major newspapers in return for "honest reviews".  They can also pay for book spots on TV shows and magazines.

I keep reading studies that say big publishers are losing out to other players.  However, it is clear to me that deep pockets still can make this lemon of a book a best seller. To be honest, that makes me a little sick. I've read some bloody good indie reads in the last few weeks that deserve to be up there and instead we get this trash. 


I'm not falling for the Best Seller tag again. Bring on the Indie authors!

The Fervor by Xandrie Kovak

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                                           ¸.•´¸.•*´¨)✯ ¸.•*¨)✮ (¸.•´✶ (¸.  Title: The Fervor ~ Novella              Author: Xandrie Kovak
Genre: Dark Paranormal Romance
Blurb:EVERYONE KNOWS MONSTERS EXIST.BUT SHE NEVER EXPECTED TO BE ONE OF THEM…Thanks to her great- great-grandmother, loner Claire Sommers’ DNA results are succubus positive. To make matters worse, her college is forcing her into the Supernatural program. The last place she wants to be is in a room filled with ferals, vampires, and other monsters from her nightmares. The absolute worst thing she can imagine? Getting hit with her first fervor in the middle of said classroom. Especially in front of the new Alpha of the Red Crescent pack, Lucas Masters.With every Supe in scenting distance caught up in the pheromone frenzy, Claire realizes she’s probably not going to survive the night with her dignity intact. She may not even survive at all…Thanks Grandma.The Fervor is the sizzling first installment of the Sinful Supes series. If you’re a fan of dominant werewolves and dark suspense, sink your teeth into The Fervor today.READER DISCRETION ADVISED (18+)
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XANDRIE KOVAK writes for mature teens. X.KOVAK writes for adults. Just about any XK book is rife with beautiful monsters, reader discretion advised labels, and romance of the dark variety. Basically, XK writes the kind of stories your mother warned you about.
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