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Blog Tour Kick Off: In the Middle of Nowhere by Julie Ann Knudsen

We are so pleased to be hosting this blog tour for In the Middle of Nowhere by Julie Ann Knudsen.  This is a sweet, YA romance featuring Willow and Michael, teenagers dealing with the challenges of being teenagers and falling in love for the first time.
We have a wonderful line up of blogs on the schedule sharing excerpts, guest posts and reviews - be sure to check out their stops!


Title: In the Middle of NowhereAuthor: Julie Ann KnudsenGenre: Contemporary YAPublication Date: April 2012Event organized by: Into the Night Reviews

A teenage girl. A broken heart. And a boy who tries to mend it.

Butterflies. Little, fluttering butterflies. That’s what fifteen-year-old Willow Flynn feels in the pit of her stomach every time the mysterious boy is near. But Willow has other things to contend with as she deals with the tragic loss of her father, as well as her emotionally preoccupied mother, while being uprooted to a new house, a new school, a new life, far away, on an island, in the middle of nowhere.

At the beginning of the school year, the sickly, but cute Michael sends Willow the first of many cryptic notes during homeroom. He stares at Willow and gives her the creeps. Michael never returns to school after that, but Willow ends up connecting with the poetic boy on-line where they strike up an unusual friendship.

As Willow attempts to fit in and find her niche in the ever-cliquey high school world, she is further confused by Michael who strives to win her over and mend her broken heart. But will he be able to, especially when his own existence remains so uncertain?
































Julie Ann Knudsen received her B.S. degree in Technical Writing from Clarkson University, but found that she preferred writing creatively, especially after penning the play for her children's drama club for many years. She lives with her husband and three children in Connecticut.



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Sneak Peek: Sweet Forty-Two (November Blue #3) by Andrea Randall

Andrea Randall is giving us a preview of what's to come in Sweet Forty-Two, book three in the November Blue series, which is due for release in December.  She's made the Prologue available and we're lucky enough to be able to share it with you!

Regan Kane arrived in San Diego with nothing but a violin, his car and what feels like a lifetime of grief. Although he’s surrounded by friends and music, one delivery from the post office reminds him that the past is always just around the corner. When he befriends a local bartender, Regan wonders if he's finally ready to let go.

Georgia Hall has spent most of her life in the shadows of her mother’s mental illness. Pushing away those around her ensures they won’t get hurt when she succumbs to the same fate.

All of that unravels when she meets Regan. As her life spins out of control and the line between reality and fairytale blurs, she has to make a choice to trust or fall.
Regan and Georgia are searching for healing among the wreckage. Will doing so together make moving on all the more sweet?

Or will the secrets and darkness of the past drive them apart?




“This land is incredible. Who owns it?” I look around on the most perfect summer day that’s ever existed. Rae slows down so her horse is walking in step with mine. “The Greyson’s. Lauren and Warner were friends with my parents for ever. We’d come up here all the time as kids and get lost on purpose.” Her smile makes me feel like I’m right there with her. Back in her memories.“Did they have kids?”Rae nods. “Older, though. Well, the girl was around Bo’s age, but she was never interested in him, and I don’t think he was in her. They were good friends. Zoë is her name. The boy, Kevin, was in college before I was in high school. I don’t really remember him.The breeze picks up, and loose strands of Rae’s black hair whip from under her helmet. Summer breezes are the best; you hear them coming before you feel them, and they’re always warm. She closes her eyes and takes a deep breath through her nose. I love you. I can’t say it. I want to so badly, but I can’t. The way she lets her lips part as she’s lost in her smile begs me to say it. It’s too soon, though. Too soon. We’ve only been together for two months, even though it seems like longer. Everything is so effortless with her. Rae is optimistic, bright in ways her older brother, Bo can’t be, especially with all of that brooding he’s doing over his ex-girlfriend, Ember. I still don’t really understand what happened there, but Rae assures me it will all work out for them in the end. Apparently Bo and Ember are meant to be. If the level of snark and brood one shows during a break up is directly proportional to the “meant to be” factor of a couple, those two are goddamn soul mates. That’s what Rae says, too. She uses the term soul mate as if it doesn’t come with centuries of baggage attached to it. See? Effortless. Love is love. Soul mates are soul mates. And she is perfect. My term, not hers. We come to the head of several trails that all disappear instantly into thick woods. My heart races a little in anticipation. Reality knocks, but I know I can stay here a while longer. In this dream. Before it’s shredded into a nightmare. Normally I wake myself up when we get here, to the trail. Sometimes I push it, though. I just want to be with her a little bit longer. “Which trail are we taking?” I ask, holding my horse back. He’s as anxious here as he was when it happened. Like he knew what was coming. Rae points with her chin to a trail on the left of the tree line. “That one. It’s shaded and this sun is brutal today.” I nod and back my horse up a few steps so she can take the lead. I really should wake up now, but she still has more to say. And one more smile to give. Not yet. Just a few more minutes. “Oh,” she sighs in relief, “thank God for shade.” My horse leads me just behind her and I’m grateful to find out she’s right. I didn’t realize how hot the sun was until I was in the coolness under the branches. Huge trees. Evergreens, pines, maples, and probably a few others my two years in Boy Scouts didn’t teach me, create a narrow tunnel of nature that we travel down in single file fashion. Rae turns around and smiles. Wake up. Now. I don’t, though. I’m greedy tonight and want to hear her voice one more time. “You with me, Regan? You got really quiet.” “This trail … it’s … wow.” I gesture with one hand to the grandness of the earth around us. She giggles.I forgot she’d done that.“Right? Come on, let’s get going. This trail is long.” She commands her horse to pick up its step, and it follows loyally. I do the same with mine, but make it slow slightly as a low hum filters into my ears. It sounds like a far away tractor, or lawnmower, but I didn’t see anyone else in the large pasture we just crossed. And, she just said the trail was long.Leave. Now. Open your eyes, Regan.My throat closes and I try to swallow. Nothing. My horse pulls back as I try to push it forward. He shakes his head and lifts his front legs slightly. Warning. I’m not trained enough on horses to know that, though. I think he’s just not submitting to me. You’ve seen this enough, man. Open your eyes. Wake up. Wake up!The humming is louder now and I don’t say anything because I’m trying to find the source. Rae is several yards ahead and seems to hear it, too. Her head moves slowly side to side as she continues her stride forward.Then, I look up. It’s there. Huge. Grey like brains and dangling from a branch just above her.It’s too late. The bees come.

Blog Tour Close: The Sound of Shooting Stars by Heather Allen

Today brings to a conclusion the very successful blog tour for The Sound of Shooting Stars by Heather Allen!  

Thank you so much to all the wonderful blogs that participated, reviewed, promoted and generally supported this gorgeous story.  We hope that you enjoyed being part of the tour as much as we enjoyed having you.

Read on for Tami's review and make sure you enter the giveaway while you've still got the chance!



Title: The Sound of Shooting StarsAuthor:  Heather AllenGenre:  Contemporary YAPublication Date:  11 November 2013Event organized by:  Into the Night Reviews

Jamie Grey grew up tossed around between foster homes. At an early age he shut the world out, deciding he wouldn’t care. Whatever life had to throw at him, he would look the other way. Now his senior year is about to start and he’s been forced into yet another new home. This will be the last time, he assures himself. When an unexpected curveball comes his way in the form of a certain stubborn seventeen year old girl, Jamie soon finds out that life doesn’t always work out the way you plan it.

Beckett Chase has been entitled her entire life. Living in the plush landscape of Palm Beach, Florida, she’s never wanted for anything. She’s always taken what and who she wants with no remorse. When she sets her sights on Jamie Grey and she’s met with rejection, her descent from the top begins.

With a twist of events causing Jamie and Beckett’s worlds to collide, will they be able to put aside their differences or will fate intervene offering an entirely different option?






I was lucky enough to be a beta reader for this story, so had the opportunity to develop a really strong connection with the characters and perhaps even understand a little more about them than the average reader.
Jamie was a firm favorite for me.  Despite his challenging upbringing he still managed to retain a sense of optimism.  He struggled with connecting with people and really, who could blame him given the life experiences he had, and yet there was definitely something about him that made me want to get to know him better.
Beckett Chase was your typical “high school beauty queen” ... although there was the ‘real’ side to her that actually challenged all the requirements of that role.  Early in the story I couldn’t stand her and I wondered if she was ever going to be able to redeem herself.  As the story unfolds there is a lot to learn about Beckett, her choices and her past that help you to understand who she is much better.
The story is told from both Jamie and Beckett’s point of view.  I really like seeing two sides to the story, it broadens your perspective and helps to understand what is happening for the various characters.  While there was also a really strong cast of other characters in the story, the focus is definitely Jamie and Beckett and I liked that that was the case.  I felt immersed in their lives and not distracted by potential side stories.

For me The Sound of Shooting Stars was a sweet, teenage romance with just enough high school drama to make it interesting.  It wasn’t straight forward, so the twists were unpredictable and added to my engagement with the story and characters.  I loved that way it all came together at the end - it left me feeling satisfied that all the characters got what they deserved and I felt like the time I’d spent reading was a good investment.  I’ve read Heather’s other books and have to say that I think this one is my favorite so far!
4 out of 5 stars


Heather Allen is the author of The Just Breathe Trilogy, and newly released- The Sound of Shooting Stars. Heather finally realized her dream of becoming an author only recently with her mermaid trilogy. She savors every moment on this new journey and the wonderful friends she has met along the way. She has many more books planned. More ideas pop up than she has time to write about.

Heather currently resides in the scorching hot state of Florida with her husband and three children. She holds degrees in education from The University of Central Florida and Nova Southeastern University. She is a hopeless romantic who loves to read just about anything, coffee and Jelly Belly jellybeans. When she isn’t teaching, writing or reading, Heather can be found at the beach or out on the water boating. 




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Blog Tour: For Real by Chelsea M. Cameron

Welcome to our stop on the blog tour for For Real by Chelsea Cameron.  Apart from all the details on this fabulous book, we get to share with you Chelsea's For Real playlist!



Two people. One fake relationship. What could go wrong? 

When virgin Shannon Travers gets fed up with her friends demanding that she find a boyfriend, she enlists the help of tattooed, mohawk-rocking graphic design student Jett. He’s more than happy to play along with their Fake Relationship, including the Ten Rules of Fake Dating that control-freak Shannon comes up with. Even if he likes to violate them. Repeatedly. 

But what happens when Fake Dating starts to feel… not fake anymore? Will Shannon be willing to let go and embrace the first thing in her life that’s ever felt REAL? 














Chelsea M. Cameron is a YA/NA New York Times/USA Today Best Selling author from Maine. Lover of things random and ridiculous, Jane Austen/Charlotte and Emily Bronte Fangirl, red velvet cake enthusiast, obsessive tea drinker, vegetarian, former cheerleader and world's worst video gamer. When not writing, she enjoys watching infomercials, singing in the car and tweeting (this one time, she was tweeted by Neil Gaiman). She has a degree in journalism from the University of Maine, Orono that she promptly abandoned to write about the people in her own head. More often than not, these people turn out to be just as weird as she is.

Her New Adult Contemporary Romance titles include My Favorite Mistake, which has been bought by Harlequin along with a sequel, Deeper We Fall and Faster We Burn (April 20, 2013)

Her Young Adult books include Nocturnal, Nightmare and Neither, the first three books in The Noctalis Chronicles. The fourth and final book, Neverend will be out in 2013. Whisper, the first in The Whisper Trilogy is also available, with the second book in the series, Silence and the final book, LIsten coming out in 2014.




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In the Spotlight: Thursday Nights by Lisa N. Paul

Thursday Night by Lisa N. Paul is a part of a series, but can be read as a stand-alone.  Each book in the series will be about another couple and Storm Front (The Charistown Series, Book #2) is due to be released in January 2014. 


Author: Lisa N. PaulTitle: Thursday NightsSeries and Book#: The Charistown Series – Book #1Genre: Contemporary Erotic RomanceReleased: May 6, 2013



“Pain can leave even the strongest of people weak and hollow


Max DeLucca has spent seven years trying to forget the betrayal of his past.

He lives his life from day to day never looking forward and never looking back.

The walls around his heart keep anyone from getting too close and prevent him from feeling too much… until he meets her.

Her entire life, Janie Silver searched for the kind of love that wouldn’t leave her broken and more importantly, wouldn't leave her behind. She longs for a love that can heal the wounds of her past and give her the future she knows she deserves.

She thought she was looking for something that just didn’t exist…until she meets him.

Danny’s on Main is where their story begins.

A neighborhood bar where strangers become friends, friends become family

and some … become lovers

… it all started on Thursday Nights”



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“So, your place or mine?” Janie asked nervously as they left the parking lot. The butterflies in her stomach were starting a revolution as she took in the sexy profile of the man sitting to her left with one hand on the wheel and the other on her thigh. Was she really doing this? Not to mention, doing it with Max DeLucca? 
Removing his hand from her leg, Max placed both hands on the steering wheel of his black Ferrari Spider. Janie held in the whimper that threatened to escape from the loss of his touch. 
Max pulled over to the side of the road, and she felt the butterflies once again trying to take flight. Why was he stopping? Had he changed his mind? “Janie,” he said, his voice strong but calm. 
“Janie, look at me. I need to see your eyes.” She looked into his grassy-green orbs. Callused fingers stroked her jaw, sending shivers through her body. “I won’t hurt you. Your body is safe with me. Do you understand?” 
She wasn’t sure she did, but she nodded silently, the innocent, doe-eyed look on her face bringing out his every possessive instinct. “Words Janie, I need words,” Max demanded. 
“I think I understand, Max.” She couldn’t help the breathless tone in her voice. “But what is this about?” 
He inhaled, holding the air in his lungs for an extra second before letting it go, his eyes smoldering while his body still held the relaxed pose that had become so familiar to her. She could hear her own heart beating, and she could also hear it stop when the next statement left Max’s lips. “I intend to fuck you tonight, Janie. 
I intend to fuck you very well. I am going to make you come in every way imaginable. With my fingers, my tongue, and my cock. I am going to do things to you that you and Lyla have only teased about at Danny’s, things that you have fantasized about, and things that have never even crossed your mind. You will have a say in whether or not we stop, but Janie, you will not have a say on whether it is your place or mine. Got it?” 
She stared at Max her mouth formed an O. She was thoroughly and truly speechless. So she nodded again. 
“Words, Janie. I need words.” 
“Ok,” Her heartbeat started speeding up again as Max’s car did the same.

Thursday Night brings together a collection of people who are probably best described as individually dysfunctional, but collectively a family that works. With each other they have found a sense of belonging and value they have not had with their biological families, or previously in their lives. I'm a firm believe that often our closest 'family' can be those that aren't actually related to us, so I really liked this element of the story.

There is so much potential for further stories about all of the characters - Lyla and Gage, Ashley and Ryan, Kyle, even Danny and Julie and I'm invested enough in all of them to be hoping that Lisa N. Paul does write them all a book! While there were many characters to love, Thursday Night was primarily about Janie and Max and "sex with friends".

Janie has had a succession of poor choice relationships leaving her questioning her worth and whether she will ever find a good man who will love and cherish her. Her self worth is low, although she masks it with humour and sass. Her friendship with Lyla - her sister in every sense of the word but the actual family relationship - gives her some confidence and the encouragement she needs to try and be stronger. Max is a man with a shattered heart. Brutally betrayed by his wife he has closed off the thought of ever having a relationship again.

The two form a friendship when Janie and Lyla start hanging out at the bar Max works at every Thursday night, Danny’s on Main. The friendship between them is strong and part of the extended group that comes together for 'family' dinner every Sunday night. It's not until the fateful night that Lyla utters the words "sex with friends" that Janie and Max dare to acknowledge their attraction to each other and take things to the next level.

Let me tell you there are some steamy, steamy sex scenes in Thursday Night. Janie and Max share a couple of intense encounters and what they feel for each other, beyond the physical is very evident. Despite their attraction, what follows for them is a series of heartaches as they seek to come to terms with their past, their present and the feelings they have for each other.

I got really caught up in this story, hoping for a particular outcome but never really convinced it would come to fruition. Max's relationship history had significant consequences for him and he struggled to move forward, too scared to risk trusting a woman again. Janie was fighting hard to develop a sense of self worth and to believe she was worthy of 'more'. As the two grappled with their feelings Janie managed to find a strength she didn't realise she possessed, the courage to finally stand on her own resulting in some very difficult choices to be made. Watching the struggle play out was like watching two of my dearest friends and it was wonderful that there was this group of people around them both, helping, supporting and being there as they resolved what their relationship would be.

Lisa N. Paul has an engaging writing style that formed a strong connection between me and all of the characters in her story. I will be recommending Thursday Night widely and definitely watching for the release of her next book, Storm Front.

4 out of 5 stars


Lisa N. Paul is a wife, mother, daughter, sister, friend, reader, writer, blogger, and self-proclaimed comedian—just not always in that order. Ever since she was a little girl, she has devoured books. Falling in love with the Sweet Valley High series at a young age drew Lisa to series books and inspired her to write her own. Thursday Nights is the first book in her Charistown series.

When not writing, Lisa can be found eating french fries and Godiva raspberry truffles, or hanging out with her husband and two sons.



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Watch for Storm Front (Charistown Series #2)




The Darker the Storm, The Deeper the Pain…
Love knows no bounds when two people are destined to be together. One fights to maintain the distance; while the other battles to close the gap.
The Brighter the Light at the End…
Will they move forward together or finally close the last remaining door to their past?
It’s time for Ryan and Ashley to decide. But once that decision is made, there will be no going back…
Always Reach for the Light…
A Neighborhood bar where old wounds heal, friends become family, and some…become lovers…
Danny’s on Main is where their story continues… Where they all shelter each other during the …
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Blog Tour: The Thrill of It by Lauren Blakely

Welcome to our stop on the blog tour for The Thrill of It by Lauren Blakely.  This is a fabulous story about sex, love and addiction and two people's battle to recover.  It's my first Lauren Blakely, but it won't be my last!!




A new adult story of Love. Sex. Addiction. Blackmail. And Power...

Some say love can be an addiction. Others say it's the thing that makes life worth living. Let me tell you everything I know about love...Love isn't patient, love isn't kind. Love is a game, a chase. A thrill. Love is wild and war-like, and every man and woman must fight for themselves. At least that's how it was for me. A high-priced virgin call girl by the time I started college, I was addicted to love and to sex. Even though I've never had either. I controlled love, played it, and held the world in the palm of my hands. Then I fell down from those highs, and I'm being blackmailed for all my mistakes, forced to keep secrets from everyone, except the only guy I don't regret.

Trey...

With all the other women, I knew what they were. They were temporary. They were pills, they were bottles, they took away all the pain, and numbed the awful memories that wore down my ragged, wasted heart. Until I met Harley. She's the only girl I ever missed when she walked away. But now she's back in my life, every day, and there are no guarantees for us, especially since I don't know how to tell her my secrets. What happened to my family. All I know is she's the closest I've ever come to something real, and I want to feel every second of it.

How can you love with no regrets when regret is all you know?



This was my first Lauren Blakely book and I really enjoyed it.  While I always read a synopsis to determine which books I'm going to review for blog tours by the time I get around to actually reading the book I've well and truly forgotten the detail of what it is about.  I've taken to not re-reading the synopsis, just jumping straight in and I was really intrigued as to what The Thrill of It was all about when I started reading.  I'll admit that to start with it was a little slow but I'm glad I persisted.
Harley is a self proclaimed sex and love addict.  Interestingly, and almost ironically, she is also a virgin and a high class call girl.  Driven to her choices in life as a consequence of a rather unhealthy relationship with her mother Harley seeks control through her call girl activities.  She very successfully quarantines 'Layla' (her call girl persona) from the rest of her life activites and despite her mother's approach to their relationship, which is one of best friends rather than mother and daughter, her mother is blissfully unaware of Layla.
Despite Harley/Layla's caution someone becomes aware of her activities and in fact is blackmailing her, threatening to disclose her identity to her mother, who also happens to be a very successful investigative reporter, responsible for unearthing political scandal - again, rather ironic.
The night before Harley/Layla enters into a year long sex addict rehabilitation program she heads to a tattoo parlor and meets Trey.  The two connect, intimately, for what they both expect to be a one night, but imagine their suprise when Trey also turns up at the rehabilitation program.
In an attempt to bury the pain of a dysfunctional family Trey has turned to women as his drug of choice.  Recognising that he has an addiction, he has entered into the rehabilitation program in an effort to kick his habit.  His encounter with 'Layla' is a last fling, although he is completely unprepared for the impact she has on him and his inability to get her out of his mind.
The relationship between Harley and Trey was wonderful to read.  They are both so broken they don't trust their feelings are genuine and worry that what is growing between them is simply another element of their addiction.  They're both committed to recovery and yet are challenged by the growing feelings they have for each other.  Despite their fears and despite their history of hiding who they are and their addiction, they manage to be honest with each other.  As with any addiction Harley and Trey battle their demons, their resolve is tested and they must make choices that are never straight forward.  They didn't always make the 'right' choice, but what I was impressed with was that they were willing to make tough choices, often inspired by each other to do what was uncomfortable.
The story is told from both characters point of view, so we get to understand what each is thinking.  I really like this approach and understanding what is happening from different perspectives.  Blakely has a wonderful writing style.  I found myself thinking about the characters when I wasn't reading, wondering how their journey would play out and what the outcome for both of them would be.  There were some other very interesting characters in this story as well.  Hayley's mother was a key driver to the choices Hayley made and I was quite astounded that she could be such a success professionally and yet such a dismal parent to Harley.  Really, the story was full of broken characters and it was rather amazing that Hayley and Trey were able to find each other and help each other on their path to recovery.
Overall I really enjoyed The Thrill of It.  My greatest disappointment was with the ending.  I felt like I was given a teaser of what was going to be and then the story stopped.  While there is the promise of a next instalment in this story I really felt like The Thrill of It wasn't concluded in a way that was satisfying for me.  Having said that I will watch for book two, Every Second With You, so that I can see what does happen next 4 out 5 stars
Lauren Blakely writes sexy contemporary romance novels with heat, heart, and humor, and her books have appeared on the New York Times, USA Today, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and iBooks bestseller lists. Like the heroine in FAR TOO TEMPTING, she thinks life should be filled with family, laughter, and the kind of love that love songs promise. Lauren lives in California with her husband, children, and dogs. She loves hearing from readers! Her novels include Caught Up In Us, Pretending He's Mine, Playing With Her Heart, Trophy Husband, and Far Too Tempting. On November 21, she'll release the edgy new adult novel THE THRILL OF IT. She also writes for young adults under the name Daisy Whitney.



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Blog Tour: The Sound of Shooting Stars by Heather Allen

Welcome to the kick off post for the blog tour for The Sound of Shooting Stars by one of our favorite authors, Heather Allen!  It's been an absolute pleasure working with Heather for this tour and believe me, she's worked hard.  There's Guest Posts and interviews galore across the week ahead, so plenty of opportunity for you to learn more about Heather and this gorgeous book.
The response to this tour has been fabulous, thank you so much to all the wonderful blogs who have taken up the opportunity to share The Sound of Shooting Stars with their followers.  We hope that you enjoyed it as much as we did and we're really looking forward to reading your reviews and checking out your posts.
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Title: The Sound of Shooting StarsAuthor:  Heather AllenGenre:  Contemporary YAPublication Date:  11 November 2013Event organized by:  Into the Night Reviews

Jamie Grey grew up tossed around between foster homes. At an early age he shut the world out, deciding he wouldn’t care. Whatever life had to throw at him, he would look the other way. Now his senior year is about to start and he’s been forced into yet another new home. This will be the last time, he assures himself. When an unexpected curveball comes his way in the form of a certain stubborn seventeen year old girl, Jamie soon finds out that life doesn’t always work out the way you plan it.

Beckett Chase has been entitled her entire life. Living in the plush landscape of Palm Beach, Florida, she’s never wanted for anything. She’s always taken what and who she wants with no remorse. When she sets her sights on Jamie Grey and she’s met with rejection, her descent from the top begins.

With a twist of events causing Jamie and Beckett’s worlds to collide, will they be able to put aside their differences or will fate intervene offering an entirely different option?








Heather Allen is the author of The Just Breathe Trilogy, and newly released- The Sound of Shooting Stars. Heather finally realized her dream of becoming an author only recently with her mermaid trilogy. She savors every moment on this new journey and the wonderful friends she has met along the way. She has many more books planned. More ideas pop up than she has time to write about.

Heather currently resides in the scorching hot state of Florida with her husband and three children. She holds degrees in education from The University of Central Florida and Nova Southeastern University. She is a hopeless romantic who loves to read just about anything, coffee and Jelly Belly jellybeans. When she isn’t teaching, writing or reading, Heather can be found at the beach or out on the water boating. 




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Cover Reveal: Forever by Mary A. Wasowski

We're so excited to be part of the cover reveal for Forever by the fabulous
Mary A. Wasowski.  Check out the cover - isn't it gorgeous??


Title: Forever (Forever Series #1)
Author: Mary A. WasowskiGenre: New Adult RomanceExpected Release Date: February 20, 2014Cover Design by: Okay CreationsHosted by: Love Between the Sheets Promotions


Following her larger than life best friend to NYU was a dream come true.

Modeling part-time to pay the bills, while she earned her teaching degree, Reese Mitchell never imagined her Nana’s prediction of finding her future husband could be possible. Then she met…HIM! Walker Reed, her handsome stranger. He was sexy as sin and one look from him, she was hooked.

Loving Walker was effortless. He captured her heart with one touch making Reese lose herself in him. From strangers to lovers, they became two hearts…one love. Outside forces conspire to tear their love apart leaving her to wonder if two people from different worlds should stay together?

When promised “Forever” from the man who loves her, Reese is left with only one thing to do. She trusts the promises made. She believes in the happily ever after.


She believes in…FOREVER.



Mary Wasowski is the queen of mastering many tasks. I call New Jersey my home where I share my life with my husband, and our three amazing sons. Writing was my way of expressing my words that sometimes I couldn't say. My journals were filled with the rants of a teenager finding her way, and eventually they turned into poems, and short stories. Joining the Indie community of so many talented writers has been a wonderful experience. I am so thankful for all of the love and support I have received. Life can take you down many different roads, but I truly believe this is where I am suppose to be now. I want to inspire my boys to never give up on your dreams. I never did, and here I am. I am officially an Author. Write what you love. Love what you write. Believe in your story. You have many chapters to write on your journey... XOXO...Mary 



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Blog Tour: Beautifully Awake by Riley Mackenzie

Title: Beautifully Awake Author:  Riley MackenzieGenre: Adult Contemporary RomanceTour Hosted by: Love Between the Sheets



Diagnosis: Sleep-running
Treatment: Truth
Prognosis: Beautifully Awake

Lili Porter hates the rain. Bad things happen in the rain. As a small town social worker dedicated to protecting children, she is forced to start over to escape her rural disaster. Determined to follow her father’s advice—head up and chin high—Lili finds herself in a new city, taking on a new system, this time healthcare. In doing so, she gets something she never expected, an intimate behind-the-scenes look at life in the hospital.

Lili learns that a surgeon’s hands have the power to heal more than physical wounds. And a prescription for truth can cure three years of sleep running and leave you beautifully awake.






He was already dressed for the OR in his scrubs, looking ... amazing. The beat beneath my chest started again and my mouth watered, as I not so subtly roamed his body with my hungry eyes. All I wanted was to feel his body against mine, get lost in where I ended and he began. It was all I’d ever want. Forever. I finally got what he meant every time he said mine. He was mine.

“See something you like?” He smirked.
“Mm-hmm.”
“Baby, if you don’t stop looking at me like that I’m never gonna get out of here.”

“Truth. Sounds perfect to me.” Now I smirked.

“Ahh fuck, you’re killing me. You know scrubs don’t hide a hard-on very well.”

I laughed. He had a point there.
Leaning down, he kissed my nose. “Text you in a bit, see how your day is going...”

“K.”

So was this my life? I sunk back into the fluffy pillows and sighed. I wanted this to be my morning every morning.






Make that AuthorS


Yep. That's an “s.” There are two of us!

We’re East coast girls separated by Long Island Sound who met in Physician Assistant School and have been besties ever since. We can safely say that thirteen miles of water does not get in the way because we talk or text, no exaggeration, at least 150 times a day. No, really, we do—about everything and nothing. Shockingly, we never (we mean never) run out of things to say. Umm, ever. We definitely laugh A LOT and we’re a tad sarcastic. And if we’re being totally honest, one or two people might have, on occasion, used our names and ‘dramatic’ in the same sentence. But it’s hard to trust the sources since they married us.

It only took twelve years, two husbands, five kids, two dogs, and a two-week vacation in Cape Cod later to decide the romance world needed a splash of medicine. Write what you know.

So you can easily find us at 4 o'clock on Bank Street beach with a glass of cold Prosecco brainstorming. And guaranteed if we bump into you, literally, it’s only because our iPhones are glued to our hands (totally out of our control) either writing or editing our next novel (and yes, it is possible to do from your iPhone, we mastered it … damn those straight quotations).

When we are not working on our book or reading the latest angsty romance on our kindles, you basically name it and we have it going on. Soccer, lacrosse, golf, swimming, dance, gymnastics, football, chess, baseball, basketball, skiing, ice skating, school, homework, and more school. 
Oh yeah, did we forget to mention our careers in medicine?

Needless to say, we realized fast that something had to go, so we opted for sleep. It’s completely overrated (yet so AMAZING) and delirium makes everything funnier. Good thing we share a brain and can pretty much complete each other’s sentences (definitely weird, we know), otherwise it might have taken us two years to write Beautifully Awake rather than one.

So that’s our story, who we are … just add AUTHORS to the list!



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Getting Real by Ainslie PatonFrom the bestselling author of Grease Monkey Jive comes a rollercoaster rock-and-roll ride of confronting fears, making music, and learning to be true.

Rielle Mainline is a rock star with a hardcore image, a troubled heart, and a twenty-five-city tour to front with her band, Ice Queen. She should be ecstatic. But the tour includes Sydney and Rielle has spent years running away from that city.

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Unforgettable by Elise K Ackers

In hospital following a near-fatal accident, Connor has temporary retrograde amnesia, and there's a blank slate where the last three years of his life should be. It's a woman with haunted eyes and secrets who offers to help him rediscover his past.

Colleague, friend and ex-lover, Emma warns Connor they must be discreet. No one knows about their past relationship, and for the sake of their jobs, no one can. She reintroduces him to his life and the fascinating redevelopment project they are working on, and the more time Connor spends with her, the more he wants a future with her in it.

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A story about second chances, a second look, and the futility of fighting fate, Unforgettable explores the concept of walking a path already travelled and learning from your mistakes.


Finding Home by Lauren K McKellarMoody, atmospheric, and just a little bit punk, Finding Home takes contemporary YA to a new level of grit...

When Amy’s mum dies, the last thing she expects is to be kicked off her dad’s music tour all the way to her Aunt Lou in a depressing hole of a seaside town. But it’s okay — Amy learned how to cope with the best, and soon finds a hard-drinking, party-loving crowd to help ease the pain.

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Beautiful Illusion by Jacquie Underdown
A beautiful, spiritual story about a woman who meets the man of her dreams — and then wakes up...

The last thing Leah thought she’d get out of a shocking car accident was the perfect boyfriend. But there was Brennan in the hospital bed next to hers — equal parts charm, cheek, and chocolate. Their relationship, their love, her life, is almost too good to be true.

Then, to Leah’s horror, she discovers that it is. Her new life with Brennan is only a fabrication of her injured mind — a coma dream that ends when she wakes up.

Struggling with injuries and grieving for a man that never existed, Leah battles to put her life back together. But a series of coincidences hint that for some people, love can transcend all barriers and achieve the impossible.


The Lies We Tell by Elizabeth Dunk
From the author of Arranged to Love comes a romantic story of forgiveness, secrets, small towns and second chances.

Ten years ago, Todd Lansing stood over his father’s grave, his heart thumping out curses on Sia Collins for causing his death. When he returns to Oberon and sees Sia again, his heart thumps with a different emotion, one he fights with all the anger he still feels.

Sia didn’t commit the break-in that ended up killing Mr Lansing, but to admit that would send her father to jail. She has rebuilt her life in the small town, atoned for her accused crime, and carved out a niche using her talent with paint to reach out to the community, raise funds, and support her family.

When Todd finds out the truth, he can’t understand why Sia won’t speak out and clear her name, and it threatens to tear them apart. With her relationship with Todd on the line, will Sia choose loyalty or love?



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