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Cover Reveal: Romancing the Bookworm

Title: Romancing the BookwormAuthor: Kate EvangelistaPublisher: Omnific PublishingGenre: RomanceAge Group: New AdultExpected release date: July 9, 2013
  
 Sometimes, even the best-laid plans can unravel. It's spring break, and Tamara Winters would rather stay on campus and read romance novels than flaunt her size-fourteen body on a beach. But her best friend, Ronni, has other ideas. Against her wishes, Tamara is whisked away to picturesque Maverick Bay, where she's wrangled into waiting tables with Ronni at the Shore Shack for its busy week leading to Maverick's Surf Invitational. There she meets fellow schoolmate Xavier Solomon, the Invitational's organizer and campus womanizer by reputation. From the moment Tamara sees him emerging from the waves like a hero in of one of her romance novels, all she wants to do is run away from the feelings he inspires in her. Little does she know Xavier has been watching her for weeks now. In fact, after failed attempts at asking her out on campus, he's concocted a crazy plan: fabricating romantic situations straight out of her favorite books. Xavier quickly realizes that if Tamara gets a whiff of his designs, he might as well spell CREEPER across his forehead. Yet as they grow closer, he's convinced it's a risk worth taking. What he hasn't planned on, of course, is his drug-addicted, alcoholic stepbrother, who decides to join the fun and put a wrench in Xavier’s scheme. Spring break is proving hotter than Tamara expected. Will her romance novels be able to compete?  

About the Author When Kate Evangelista was told she had a knack for writing stories, she did the next best thing: entered medical school. After realizing she wasn't going to be the next Doogie Howser, M.D., Kate wandered into the Literature department of her university and never looked back. Today, she is in possession of a piece of paper that says to the world she owns a Literature degree. To make matters worse, she took Master's courses in creative writing. In the end, she realized to be a writer, none of what she had mattered. What really mattered? Writing. Plain and simple, honest to God, sitting in front of her computer, writing. Today, she has four completed Young Adult novels.
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Kristy K. James Giveaway!

Author Kristy K. James is letting me hold a giveaway for her!
What can you win? One of Five eCopies of the following book:
A Hero For Holly
 (The Coach's Boys #2)

By: Kristy K. James


Synopsis:
Single mom, Holly McGinty, has no life. No personal life, that is. After her husband left her pregnant, with a four year old son, there was never much time for her. Between raising two boys and saving her restaurant from bankruptcy, she’s been too busy taking care of everyone and everything to give much thought to her own needs. In fact, the highlight of her week is swooning over her oldest son’s sexy scout leader.

Sam Jensen never believed in love at first sight…until the first time he saw Holly. But even though he gets along great with kids, and is successful as both an architect and investor, figuring out relationships with women has never come easy to him. Now it seems as though his luck has changed. As long as one little tiny secret remains a secret.

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2 Week Review Only Blog Tour For: Laying Low in Paradise

Mrs. Potter’s Book Publicity Services PresentsA 2 Week Review Only Blog Tour For: Laying Low in Paradise
By: Kristy K. James Book Description
Laura Keane and her son have been spending summers at their chalet on Bois Blanc Island since her husband was killed in the war. She never let anyone else in after the chaplain delivered the sad news four years ago, so it’s just the two of them, and she wouldn’t change that for the world.

Cameron Rafferty and his friends were keeping secrets. Dangerous secrets, and they’d hoped the little island paradise would be a safe place to hide out. The plan to keep a low profile quickly unravels when an accident changes everything. Cameron soon finds himself becoming more involved with the Keane family than he’d intended -and wishing for things he shouldn’t.

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My Review:

I absolutely loved “Laying Low in Paradise”. I could relate so easily with the main character Laura. She was so driven, caring, and a great mom. From the book description I didn’t expect to like this book as much as I did. I am also a sucker for a good cover that just jumps out at me and yells “read me”—personally this book cover didn’t do much for me. The only thing I may suggest to the author to make this book more popular would be to maybe re-write the blurb, and get a new cover.
Truly, this was a great book and I hate to see it so unrecognized. Don’t be fooled by its cover or blurb because this book has some amazing writing that you don’t want to miss out on. The character development is inspiring to me as a writer. I feel like the author must have had crystal clear images mapped out of each character and stuck by them.

There are twists and turns in this book that you won’t see coming. There is romance, a laugh factor brought to you by two of my favorite characters, Sam who is Laura’s son, and Brendan who is the son of Laura’s love interest, Cameron. I do highly recommend this very well written book! 

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Author Bio:
All it took was the encouragement of a student teacher in a ninth grade writing class and Kristy K. James was off and running. She has been writing for more years than she’ll ever admit to, and loves every aspect of it. From creating characters who are so real that they sometimes take over the writing when they don’t like where she’s taking a story, to adding as many twists and mysteries to her plots as she can get away with. 

She is the author of Reluctant Guardian, A Fine Mess, and The Stranger in my Head.

Kristy currently lives in Michigan with her family, too many pets and the occasional spider. She spends her time living in her make-believe worlds, cooking and baking up a storm, and doing her best to learn to say ‘no’ when stray animals wander into her large country yard. 

Reading is one of her favorite pastimes, as is traveling around the state, especially to coastal beaches to enjoy the sound of the waves crashing on the shore and gulls screeching overhead.
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Book Blitz: “Plastic Hearts” By: Lisa De Jong

“Plastic Hearts”

By: Lisa De Jong 
Series: Hearts, #1 
Publication date: February 27th 2013 
Genre: New Adult Contemporary
Synopsis:
My life has always been safe. I like it that way. I grew up in a fake society where plastic hearts rule. If our hearts are made of plastic, they can never be broken. My parents have expectations and I do everything I can to meet them, even if it means giving up on my own dreams. 

Now, all I want is to be free to make my own choices.

Dane Wright is everything I have been warned to stay away from. We met one night while I was with my perfect, parent-approved boyfriend and I haven’t stopped thinking about him. I don’t want to like him. I am doing everything I can to ignore his pull, but my heart seems to want what it cannot have, what it has never had.

Can he measure up? He may think I am too good for him, but maybe he is too good for me. 

Life is a series of choices and I have never been able to make my own. Until one day, when my heart decides to make a choice for me.

Recommended for mature readers due to sexual content and language
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Plastic Hearts Excerpt #1
I felt a finger under my chin, lifting my gaze back up to his eyes. “Hi,” he said. I couldn’t quite hear his voice, but I could read his amazing lips under the strobe lights. God, he was beautiful, the type of beautiful that renders me temporarily speechless. I wasn’t sure how long I stood there searching for something to say, but it was long enough for me to completely forget my own name.“I’m here with my boyfriend,” I finally blurted. It came out so quickly I wasn’t even sure he understood a word I said. Why did I always turn into a blabbering mess when I was nervous? Did I mention that when he smiled, two magnificent dimples appeared? Dammit.I watched him look around and then he smiled. “I don’t see a boyfriend. Sorry, you’re going to have to come up with something a little better than that. Try again.” Who did this guy think he was?I pressed my lips into a tight line. “No, I’m really here with my boyfriend. Right, Jade?” I turned around to pull her into the conversation, but she was gone. This was not going well. This mystery man had unnerved me by putting his hands on my body and flashing those incredible dimples and there was no one around to save me. I was stuck on the dance floor with a sexy stranger while my boyfriend and best friend were nowhere to be found. Ryan was probably sitting at the bar, slowly nursing his first beer, while Jade was doing God knows what with a guy whose name she would never know.I hesitantly turned back toward him until our eyes met again. He seemed amused as he continued to smile down at me. “So do you want to keep dancing? Or can I buy you a drink?” He shouted over the music.Purchase: Amazon

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AUTHOR BIO
Lisa De Jong is a wife, mother and full-time number cruncher who lives in the Midwest. Her writing journey involved insane amounts of coffee and many nights of very little sleep but she wouldn't change a thing. She also enjoys reading, football and music.
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Book Blitz: “Lash” By: L.G. Castillo

Lash By:   L.G. Castillo

Series: Broken Angel #1  
Publication date: May 6th, 2013
Genre: New Adult Paranormal Romance
Synopsis:Decades after being banished from Heaven for saving a life he shouldn’t have, Lash is given a chance to redeem himself. His mission: protect Naomi Duran, a young woman who has lost her faith. The assignment proves to be anything but simple when his superiors, the Archangels, withhold key information about Naomi and refuse to restore Lash’s powers. When an unexpected source reveals centuries-old secrets, his trust is shaken to the core, and he begins to doubt those whom he had once considered to be his greatest allies.

Determined to avoid anything that would risk his chances of returning to Heaven, Lash struggles with the greatest obstacle of all—his growing feelings for Naomi. But when her life is threatened by an unknown source, Lash questions the wisdom of the Archangels and his ability to keep her safe. 

Soon, Lash will have to choose where to place his faith—in the home he has fought so hard to regain or in the forbidden love he can’t bear to lose.
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AUTHOR BIO L.G. (Linda) Castillo wrote her first story when she was ten and has been writing ever since. She took a break from writing fiction and poetry to focus on obtaining her Ph.D. in counseling psychology. She is now a licensed psychologist and currently works as a professor at a Texas university. Although she has published her psychological research in several professional journals and books, her dream has always been to publish a novel. Lash is her debut novel and was written during the 2012 National Novel Writing Month event.
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“Every Little Piece” Blitz Post with special author interview!

Every   Little Piece By: Kate Ashton

Publication date: May, 2013
Genre: Mature YA Contemporary
Synopsis:Secrets never stay in the past.

The night before high school graduation changes everything. Lies are told. Mistakes are made. Secrets tucked away. Lives are changed in the span of a few hours.

A year later, Haley is still reeling, numb with the constant ache of guilt. She's in a place she never expected to be: lost without her friends and Seth. Until he enters her life again, dredging up everything she's trying to forget. Everything about that night.

Seth returns to his hometown determined to share his truth, his side of the story. He desperately needs to make things right with Haley, even if it means losing her forever. Because the truth will ruin any chance of her ever loving him again.

Except neither of them are prepared for the shock of what really happened the night before graduation.
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A NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR:A story from the heart.Sometimes the longest lasting stories, the most meaningful stories, are the ones that come from the heart. In the fall of 2012, I’d finished up a project, and my heart cried out to tell the story that became Every Little Piece. I didn’t really know what was going to happen. And that scared me. I knew the major details but I left a lot of flexibility.So I sat down and started writing. I realized that a lot of it could get cut or completely rewritten. And, yes, some chapters I loved, I ended up cutting for the sake of the story. And some definitely got reshaped and revised. But for the most part, the storyline stayed the same. I didn’t realize it until later, but two events shaped the emotion and the theme behind Seth and Haley’s love story. The first is perception. Some hurtful things were going on in my family; things that I realized would never be resolved without complete forgiveness. One event happened and different people saw what happened in completely different ways, ones that I knew would not be reconciled. That completely floored me. How could that happen? That definitely found its way into Every Little Piece.The second is grief. A dear friend of mine was diagnosed with cancer and given 3-6 months to live. He passed away early in 2013 with an attendance of over 500 people crammed into a small church. And that wasn’t including the live video feed to the hundreds who couldn’t make it. My heart couldn’t accept this and was in denial all through the fall of 2012, while I was writing this story. It wasn’t until after his death that I saw the connection, between his life and passing and what I was writing, especially since Seth and Haley’s story has nothing to do with cancer or terminal illness.So between the lines of Every Little Piece are a lot of little pieces of Kate Ashton.---

AUTHOR BIO Kate Ashton is the author of the contemporary YA, Every Little Piece. She writes about relationships and love, heartache and healing. And everything in between.
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*BLOG TOUR* Family Ever After: Simple Ways to Achieve Perfect Happiness in an Imperfect Family

 
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Family Ever After: Simple Ways to Achieve Perfect Happiness in an Imperfect Family 
Women frustrated with their marriage and their family will find the help they need to achieve greater happiness and success in their family in the new book, Family Ever After: Simple Ways to Achieve Extraordinary Happiness with Your Ordinary Family by stay-at-home mom, blogger, and ordinary family leader Michelle H. Packard. Family Ever After uses the fairytale concept that once you find your prince charming life is happily ever after. Michelle H. Packard knows this concept, while romantic, is not realistic, and she provides a practical, poignant, funny, and moving exploration of the simple ways you can help find greater happiness and satisfaction in your marriage and family. Packard says, “While the idea of happy ever after is distorted, you can, in fact, achieve a Family Ever After.” Family Ever After brings time-tested and well-researched principles to family life to help you learn specific ways to improve your marriage and your family, whether that family is ordinary or extraordinary. Using real-world examples of best practices and helping woman readjust their media-driven perception of what happily ever after means, Family Ever After gives readers a pragmatic, helpful, and entertaining exploration of: How happiness in marriage and family life requires a more educated, real-world perspectiveHow proper prioritization and defining what’s important in marriage and family is key to success;Why conflict is part of an ordinary family experience and how to peacefully resolve it;How to cultivate a sense of humor;How to develop a thoughtful and sincere habit of complimenting each member of your family;How to improve family relationships with extended family members; andLearning how to love a family member in the way they understand and accept that loveMore than another how-to-have-a-perfect-family book, Family Ever After helps you gain the understanding and the practical skills of what makes ordinary families successful. Family Ever After is an essential and beautiful resource for all women who want to put more happiness in theirs and their family’s life.  
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"Family Ever After is a must-read for every happily married Cinderella who wonders why she’s still holding the broom." --Rachelle J. Christensen, award-winning author of Wrong Number and Caller ID
"Michelle is open enough to have given readers an intimate look into her life and those close to her, allowing us to learn from both painful and sweet experiences. Her self-reflective style and meaningful insights, if applied, would clearly make a profound impact in the lives of readers." --Shawn Edgington Ph.D.

Author Michelle Packard Michelle Packard is a mother to her four very human and totally fabulous kids. Her oldest, Ella is always in charge and leads the pack with creativity and curiosity, Daniel follows with loyalty and loves tenderly, Julia is a doll and always buzzing over something beautiful, and Jackson could hunt down the last sharpie on earth to create art on your bathroom wall. She has been married ten years and is quite taken with her guy. Date night is her favorite and she dreams of weekend getaways with her man. She loves creating beauty through floral design, but apparently has no gift with living flowers (They end of upside down and pressed in books). She finds parties alluring. They beckon her to invite people over, spend way too much time preparing food for murder mystery dinners, and totally enjoy friends and family. Michelle holds a bachelors degree in Home and Family Science from Brigham Young University. She has spent a great deal of time working with children and young adults and finds her greatest joy is happy families.
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A little Q&A with Author Michelle Packard  Q)  As a child, what did you want to do when you grew up?A) I wanted to be a flight attendant – There was absolutely nothing more awesome!
Q)  What inspired you to write your first book?A) A down to earth conversation with my brother in law about families. I know there are a lot of families struggling and I just wanted to help any way I could
Q)  Where do you get your information or ideas for your books?A) Life- When the kids spill their drink at the dinner table three times in a row, when I’m out on a walk and an analogy about the killer hill I’m pushing my double stroller up pops in my mind, people watching, friends, family, a little research here and there.
Q)  What was one of the most surprising things you learned in creating any of your books?A) How much I could write. When you are looking at an outline it’s hard to have a full grasp of the end product
Q) What would you say is your interesting writing quirk?A) I won’t let ANYONE read my first draft.
Q)  Is there a message in your novel/novels that you want readers to grasp?A) That true deep down happiness is really an option but it only comes when we show love to the ones we love the most…Red Punch Experiment!
Q) What books have most influenced your life most?A) Historical fiction and non-fiction. History has always been a love and it always provides me with compassion, entertainment, hope and a path to follow… or not follow, for the future. Some favorites are Good Night Mr. Tom by Michelle Magorian, Wild Swans by Jung Chang, and The Rent Collector by Cameron Wright.
Q) If you had to do it all over again, would you change anything in any of your books?A) More stories! They never get old.
Q)  Do you recall how your interest in writing originated?A) I read a poem in middle school that was so eloquent and beautiful, it made me want to create something just that wonderful. I have to admit though there was a time I never thought it would happen.
Q)  What was the hardest part of writing your books?A) The time it took away from my family was by far the toughest.
Q)  Do you have anything specific that you want to say to your readers?A) Don’t spend your time feeling guilty about the past…you can’t change it. Instead focus your attention on the life and people before you. I know of no one who has a perfect life, only people who choose to enjoy the imperfect life they have.
Q)  What were the challenges (research, literary, psychological, and logistical) in bringing your characters to life?A) My book is a non-fiction and hence my characters are real people, who shared emotional and personal stories. It was sometimes difficult to write their stories in a way that kept it personal, did not expose them, or bring to surface buried pain, but still connected them with the reader.
Q)  Who is your favorite hero/heroine/character from your own books? What about of all time?A) My favorite heroine from my book is my mother. In the face of reality she knows happiness and how to have it.My favorite hero in other books is Mr. Tom from Good Night Mr. Tom.
Tell me the first word that comes to mind when you think of the following:Angel: HappyRomance: HusbandLove: ChildrenVampire: DevilReading: RelaxationChocolate: NutellaCoffee: SmellyDress: Sexy
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Cover and Book Trailer REVEALS for “Losing Francesca” By: J.A. Huss

Cover and Book Trailer REVEALS for:
Losing Francesca   By: J.A. Huss
Publication date:   July 1st 2013  
Genre: New Adult Contemporary Romance  
 
Synopsis:
Francesca Sabatini came to America to take in the sights, celebrate her high school graduation, and have fun wasting time before college starts in the fall. 

That’s not what happens.

Fresh off the plane and barely on American soil more than a handful of minutes, Francesca’s face is recognized by TSA scanners to be a match for a child who was kidnapped twelve years ago. 

Brody Mason remembers the day Fiona Sullivan went missing during a family vacation in Italy and it’s haunted him his whole life. So when Francesca shows up at the Sullivan farm down the road, he’s compelled to figure out if this girl really is his long lost friend.

But Francesca knows she’s not Fiona Sullivan. She knows exactly who she is. At least she thinks she knows – until Brody Mason relentlessly pursues her and she begins to have feelings for him. Maybe being Fiona isn’t so bad?

Reality becomes blurred, secrets are revealed, and life will never be the same when the final questions are answered: Is she Francesca or Fiona? And where does she really belong?
 
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AUTHOR BIO  
J. A. Huss likes to write new adult books that make you think and keep you guessing. Her favorite genre to read is space opera, but since practically no one reads those books, she writes new adult science fiction, paranormal romance, contemporary romance, urban fantasy, and books about Junco (who refuses to be saddled with a label). 

She has an undergraduate degree in horses, (yes, really–Thank you, Colorado State University) and a master’s degree in forensic toxicology from the University of Florida. She used to have a job driving around Colorado doing pretty much nothing but shooting the breeze with farmers, but now she just writes, runs the New Adult Addiction and Clean Teen Reads Book Blogs, and runs an online science classroom for homeschoolers.
 
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COVER REVEAL: Working It Out

Working It Out
A chance encounter . . . 
Grace Warren's life is safe and predictable—exactly the way she likes it. But when she gets roped into going to an auction to help out a friend, everything changes. She meets Seth Tuttle—a guy who unexpectedly kisses her then disappears, leaving her flustered and upset. If she never sees him again, it will be too soon.

A chance for love . . .  
Weeks later, when Seth limps into Grace's rehab clinic post surgery, she immediately recognizes him. Unfortunately, he's every bit as frustrating and annoying as she remembered. Yet there's something about him that makes her second-guess her carefully placed boundaries even though he's everything she's sure she doesn't want in a man. But maybe Seth is exactly what Grace has needed all along—assuming she's willing to risk safe and predictable for a chance at love.

Author Rachael Renee Anderson

Rachael Anderson is the author of four books: Divinely Designed, Luck of the Draw, Minor Adjustments, and The Reluctant Bachelorette. She's the mother of four and is pretty good at breaking up fights, or at least sending guilty parties to their rooms. She can't sing, doesn't dance, and despises tragedies. But she recently figured out how yeast works and can now make homemade bread, which she is really good at eating.

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