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November 14, 2013
New Adult Author Selena Laurence
Gabe Thompson enlisted to help out his buddy, but three years later he's 100% US military bad boy, serving in the desert of Afghanistan where the days are hot, but the nights are hotter.
Alexis Garcia is out to save the world. The University of Texas freshman has come to Afghanistan to do aid work with the United Nations. She's all about the peace, and she has no use for the camp's biggest, baddest, gun toting player.
But, sometimes camouflage is more than a color, and people aren't what they seem. When conflict develops not only between Gabe and Alexis, but also all around them, they're forced to look deeper, and what they find will rock their worlds and change their hearts forever.
I love to write romantic stuff that helps you get away. Life can be a grind, and things like jobs and school and dirty dishes make Jill a dull girl â and me too! So, I write Contemporary and New Adult romances about hot guys and smart girls and cool places. It's an Escape from the Everyday. To enter the giveaway, go to each of the listed blogs and enter the corresponding code into the Rafflecopter. This is Blog #1 and the code is SELENADAWN
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November 12, 2013
New Adult Author Ella Col
*Mature Content Advisory* Twenty-two year old, Bree Jensen is a survivor who managed to break free from her abuser and start a new life.
Bree fights to live a normal life. She does not want to be a victim or survivor. Bree just wants to forget.
Falling in love is the last thing on her mind, now that Bree has the chance to start over.
That isâ¦until she meets her neighbor, Josh. Josh oozes sexual charm. Heâs confident, talented, and he adores her. Bree finds everything about Josh hard to resist right down to his decorated body of tattoos, piercings and shag haircut. Donât forget about those damn green eyes.
Josh has endured his own personal hell and meeting Bree has triggered emotions he thought were buried deep.
Can they SAVE each other from their chilling pasts and begin the fairytale both so desperately want?
Ella Col lives in New Jersey with her husband and their two boys. She released her debut, NA novel, SAVE, on July 16, 2013. She is currently working on two novels. The first, BROKEN is a follow up to SAVE. BROKEN tells the story from both Eric and Lena's POV. The story also peeks into their pasts. BROKEN will be released mid to late October 2013. The second, LOCKED is the story of Caydon and Reece. LOCKED will be released spring of 2014. To enter the giveaway, go to each blog and enter the corresponding code into the Rafflecopter. This is Blog #1 and the code is ELLADAWN Blog #1: www.dawnpendleton.com Blog #2: www.StephanieLawton.com Blog #3: www.chasingemptypavements.com Blog #4: http://lisaswallow.net Blog #5: http://maravalderran.blogspot.com Blog #6: http://www.lgcastillo.com Blog #7: http://naughtylittlekisses.blogspot.com Blog #8: http://danielelanzarotta.blogspot.com/ Blog #9: http://authoryolandaallen.blogspot.com/ Blog #10: http://dawnaraver.com/ Blog #11: http://tawdrakandle.com Blog #12: http://midtown-underground.com Blog #13: http://tyffanickemp.com Blog #14: www.KristieCook.com Blog #15: www.jlfynn.com Blog #16: www.lisasanchezromanceauthor.com Blog #17: www.adriannejames.com Blog #18: http://jadenwilkes.blogspot.ca/
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November 7, 2013
New Adult Author Daniele Lanzarotta
Arianna always felt like she didn't belong in the world where she was born. Ever since she was little, she used to hide behind the rocks in the sea, and watch the human family who spent their summers on that island. Over the years, there was nothing she wished more than to be like them, especially so she could get close to Blake, the human boy who she saw turn into a troubled teenager and then, an unhappy man. Once her dad grew tired of her dreams and hopes for a reality that is not her own, Arianna is thrown into an arranged marriage, and her only way out of it is to make a deal with the power-hungry man who will give her everything that she has ever dreamed of. Dreams that turn into nightmares as she watches Blake's world fall apart, because of her and Blake's inability to control their desires for one another. (Due to sexual content and language, this book is recommended for 17+
Daniele Lanzarotta is the author of YA and NA paranormal/fantasy novels, including the Imprinted Souls Series, Academy of the Fallen, and Mermaid's Curse.
She has a bachelor's in business and finance and a MBA. With only a few semesters left in school, Daniele started writing as a hobby, but it didn't take long for her to be consumed by her stories. That is her passion, and she now has several projects under way.
She enjoys reading and writing young adult novels with just about any sort of paranormal or supernatural bent...vampires... ghosts... She also enjoys watching hockey, playing rock band, guitar hero and spending time with the family.
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November 5, 2013
New Adult Author JC Emery
Death comes in Armani. Salvation comes in leather.
Principessa to the Mancuso crime family, Alexandra knows a thing or two about living outside the bounds of the law. Suffocated by the future her father has laid out for her, she makes a choice she can't take back, changing the entire trajectory of her life.Thrust into the dark and dangerous world of the Forsaken Motorcycle Club for her own protection, Alex finds herself faced with the last thing she needs right now: the man of her dreams. Heâs sex in leather, the devil incarnate, and one hell of a kisser. But heâs also off-limits. Ryan Stone can be her friend, but heâs forbidden to be her lover.
Third-generation Forsaken, Ryan knows nothing other than life on two wheels, and he wouldnât have it any other way. He enjoys the many privileges that come with the patch, and the only laws he recognizes are the ones set-forth by his club. That is, until who he wants more than anything isnât allowed on the back of his bike âor in his bed. Balancing his desire for her body, and need to keep her safe, Ryan tries to keep Alex at a distance. Finally having made a choice for herself, sheâs done hearing the word ânoâ and will push boundaries even Ryan himself doesnât dare cross.
Love is never more tempting than when itâs forbidden.
Thrash (Bayonet Scars, No. 2) comes out 1/9/14.
As a child, JC was fascinated by things that went bump in the night. As they say, some things never change. Now, as an adult, she divides her time between the sexy law men, mythical creatures, bad-ass bikers, and kick-ass heroines that live inside her head and her Netflix addiction. JC is a San Francisco Bay Area native, but has also called both Texas and Louisiana home. These days she rocks her flip flops year-round in Northern California and can't imagine a climate more beautiful. Her dream is to own her own Harley and she feels compelled to tell you that she is Team Peeta all the way.
JC is the author of the Men with Badges series, The Birthright Series, and the Bayonet Scars series. To enter the giveaway, go to each blog and enter the corresponding code into the rafflecopter. This is Blog #1 and the code is JCDAWN Blog #1: www.dawnpendleton.com Blog #2: www.StephanieLawton.com Blog #3: www.chasingemptypavements.com Blog #4: http://lisaswallow.net Blog #5: http://maravalderran.blogspot.com Blog #6: http://www.lgcastillo.com Blog #7: http://naughtylittlekisses.blogspot.com Blog #8: http://danielelanzarotta.blogspot.com/ Blog #9: http://authoryolandaallen.blogspot.com/ Blog #10: http://dawnaraver.com/ Blog #11: http://tawdrakandle.com Blog #12: http://midtown-underground.com Blog #13: http://tyffanickemp.com Blog #14: www.KristieCook.com Blog #15: www.jlfynn.com Blog #16: www.lisasanchezromanceauthor.com Blog #17: www.adriannejames.com Blog #18: http://jadenwilkes.blogspot.ca/
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November 4, 2013
Houston Book Rave!
Some of you know I went to Houston Book Rave this weekend, and let me just tell you how AMAZING it was! As my second author event EVER, it totally rocked my socks! There were crazy amounts of readers and bloggers there, plus awesome authors! I met SOOO many people!
So I wanted to let you all in on a few things I learned...
1. Damaris of Good Choice Reading can move! Her dance moves just blew me away... Not to mention she's absolutely gorgeous!
2. I learned how to pronounce Toni Aleo's last name (I was totally saying it wrong), plus, she's funny as hell!
3. Tabatha Vargo was amazing as usual... She's so pleasant ALL the time and I love that about her.
4. Angela Corbett is the SWEETEST woman who ever lived! And she writes books! And she's beautiful!
5. Misty of Kindle Obsessed bought me a drink. After she drank mine. After that, we were insta-friends.
6. Trini has a knack for events. She and Damaris put this thing together and I was BLOWN away by the response!
7. Andrea Heltsley and I are crazy zombies who laugh too much.
8. Tara Travis can do the splits, and I am soo jealous!
9. I met K.A. Robinson and she is f-ing AMAZING! Plus, I totally thought she was underage.
10. Dawna Raver has a sense of humor and attitude just like me, which is probably why we get along so well!
There were so many more people I met and hung out with, but this is the short list. Needless to say, fun was had by all. I cannot wait for the next TrinDee event, when I will meet more awesome people!
So I wanted to let you all in on a few things I learned...
1. Damaris of Good Choice Reading can move! Her dance moves just blew me away... Not to mention she's absolutely gorgeous!
2. I learned how to pronounce Toni Aleo's last name (I was totally saying it wrong), plus, she's funny as hell!
3. Tabatha Vargo was amazing as usual... She's so pleasant ALL the time and I love that about her.
4. Angela Corbett is the SWEETEST woman who ever lived! And she writes books! And she's beautiful!
5. Misty of Kindle Obsessed bought me a drink. After she drank mine. After that, we were insta-friends.
6. Trini has a knack for events. She and Damaris put this thing together and I was BLOWN away by the response!
7. Andrea Heltsley and I are crazy zombies who laugh too much.
8. Tara Travis can do the splits, and I am soo jealous!
9. I met K.A. Robinson and she is f-ing AMAZING! Plus, I totally thought she was underage.
10. Dawna Raver has a sense of humor and attitude just like me, which is probably why we get along so well!
There were so many more people I met and hung out with, but this is the short list. Needless to say, fun was had by all. I cannot wait for the next TrinDee event, when I will meet more awesome people!
October 31, 2013
New Adult Author Stephanie Lawton
Julianne counts the days until she can pack her bags and leave her old-money, tradition-bound Southern town where appearance is everything and secrecy is a way of life. A piano virtuoso, she dreams of attending a prestigious music school in Boston. Failure is not an option, so she enlists the help of New England Conservatory graduate Isaac Laroche to help her.She canât understand why he suddenly gave up Bostonâs music scene to return to the South. He doesnât know her life depends on escaping it. Julianne must face down madness from without, just as it threatens from within. Isaac must resist an inappropriate attraction, but an indiscretion at a Mardi Gras ball-the pinnacle event for Mobileâs elite-forces their present wants and needs to collide with sins of the past.
Will Julianne accept the help sheâs offered and get everything she ever wanted, or will she self-destruct and take Isaac down with her?
Always a misfit, Stephanie Lawton writes twisted romance that tugs the heart strings then punches you in the gut.She has a tendency to psychoanalyze people, which comes in handy when creating character profiles. She has a fascination with teacher-student relationships, bullies, psychics, doomsday preppers and larger-than-life characters.
Making readers squirm is her greatest pleasure.
Proceed with caution.
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October 28, 2013
New Adult Author Magan Vernon
Honor student, manager at the campus coffee shop, owner of an impressive sweater collection â Melanie Wilder has it all together. Then John âJohn Boyâ Walden strolls into her life wearing nothing more than an impish grin and all-too-revealing loin cloth.Soon, make-out sessions replace homework, lust triumphs over work. And to further crumble her perfect world, an unexpected phone call threatens to take away everything sheâs worked for.
Now, as Melanie struggles to pick up the pieces, she realizes that John may be the only one to put her life back togetherâ¦unless he shatters it first.
**This is not a sequel to The Only Exception. It's a companion novel with two characters from the first book. You don't need to read The Only Exception to understand this book.**
Magan Vernon is a Young Adult and New Adult writer who lives with her family in the insurance capital of the world. She is in a very serious, fake relationship with Adam Lambert and constantly asks her husband to wear guyliner. He still refuses. She also believes her husband is secretly an alien, disguised as a southern gentleman. To enter the giveaway, please go to each blog and enter the corresponding code into the Rafflecopter. This is Blog #1 and the code is MAGANDAWN Blog #1: www.dawnpendleton.com Blog #2: www.StephanieLawton.com Blog #3: www.chasingemptypavements.com Blog #4: http://lisaswallow.net Blog #5: http://maravalderran.blogspot.com Blog #6: http://www.lgcastillo.com Blog #7: http://naughtylittlekisses.blogspot.com Blog #8: http://danielelanzarotta.blogspot.com/ Blog #9: http://authoryolandaallen.blogspot.com/ Blog #10: http://dawnaraver.com/ Blog #11: http://tawdrakandle.com Blog #12: http://midtown-underground.com Blog #13: http://tyffanickemp.com Blog #14: www.KristieCook.com Blog #15: www.jlfynn.com Blog #16: www.lisasanchezromanceauthor.com Blog #17: www.adriannejames.com Blog #18: http://jadenwilkes.blogspot.ca/  a Rafflecopter giveaway
October 24, 2013
New Adult Author JL Fynn
Smooth talking. Ambitious. Loyal. Twenty-year-old Shay Reilly has proven himself to his Irish-American Gypsy clan on small-scale cons, but now the clan leader has a bigger mission for him: playing the long game. To rake in the big score he’s after, he needs to con co-ed Spencer into falling in love with him. He knows he should see her as a mere means to an end, but that’s easier said than done when there’s a witty, attractive girl in your arms. Now the only thing that can keep them apart is the thing that brought the together: Shay’s plans of revenge against someone who wronged his clan and family years before—Spencer’s father. 
J.L. Fynn is the public face of a private identity. She enjoys making up stories about iniquitous heroes, providing Delphic answers to unasked questions, and obfuscating the truth just for laughs. But then, what’s an author but a professional liar? If you send her an email she might let you in on her little secret—assuming she likes your moxie. To enter the giveaway, go to each blog and enter the corresponding code into the Rafflecopter. This is Blog #1 and the code is JLDAWN Blog #1: www.dawnpendleton.com Blog #2: www.selenalaurence.com Blog #3: www.StephanieLawton.com Blog #4: www.lisasanchezromanceauthor.com Blog #5: www.katerothwrites.blogspot.com Blog #6: http://jadenwilkes.blogspot.ca/ Blog #7: www.angellawson.com Blog #8: www.karen-annestewart.com Blog #9: http://naughtylittlekisses.blogspot.com Blog #10: http://authoryolandaallen.blogspot.com/ Blog #11: http://dawnaraver.com/ Blog #12: http://tawdrakandle.com Blog #13: http://midtown-underground.com Blog #14: http://tyffanickemp.com Blog #15: www.maganvernon.com Blog #16: http://pk-Hrezo.blogspot.com Blog #17: http://beccaoffthetop.blogspot.com/ Blog #18: http://jenniferlanebooks.blogspot.com Blog #19: http://ellacolblog.wordpress.com/ Blog #20: www.jcemery.com
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October 23, 2013
Wednesday Wake Up
It's been a very eventful month for me, if you didn't know. I moved to Georgia in late September and my husband and I just moved into our own apartment north of Atlanta. It's quaint and gorgeous, and I love it!
The unfortunate thing is that my writing has been suffering because of all the activity, so I am jumping back on the writing bandwagon, and you may not see me on social media for a bit, because I am going into the writing cave and I don't plan to come out for a while, at least until I have two more of the BFF series novellas done, as well as several chapters of the third and final book in the Broken series. November is going to be another long month, but I can do this!
If you're going to Houston Book Rave, I'll see you there, and I have a SURPRISE for all my fans coming to the event!
The unfortunate thing is that my writing has been suffering because of all the activity, so I am jumping back on the writing bandwagon, and you may not see me on social media for a bit, because I am going into the writing cave and I don't plan to come out for a while, at least until I have two more of the BFF series novellas done, as well as several chapters of the third and final book in the Broken series. November is going to be another long month, but I can do this!
If you're going to Houston Book Rave, I'll see you there, and I have a SURPRISE for all my fans coming to the event!
October 22, 2013
NA Author Jennifer Lane
In a world gripped by organized crime, family dysfunction, and dim hopes of redemption, can true love persevere? For Sophie Taylor, a beautiful psychologist who lost everything when she violated an ethical boundary, and Grant Madsen, a handsome naval officer who sacrificed everything to protect a loved one, finding that love may carry an unbearable cost.
Starting their lives over in Chicago, both are fighting influences from their family and running as fast as they can to escape the past. When their paths cross outside the parole officer's door, the attraction is instantaneous. But a hidden connection may not only shatter their fledgling love, but prove deadly to them both.
People fascinate the psychologist/author (psycho author) known as Jennifer Lane. Her therapy clients talk to her all day long about their dreams and secrets, and her characters tell her their stories at night. Jen delights in peeling away the layers to scrutinize their psyches and emotions. But please rest assured, dear reader, she isnât psychoanalyzing you right now. Sheâs already got too many voices in her head!
Stories of redemption interest Jen the most, especially the healing power of love. She is the author of The Conduct Seriesâ-romantic suspense for adult readersâ-and recently completed the third and final installment: On Best Behavior. Streamline is her first foray into writing for young and new adults, but sheâs found this sort of writing even more fun. A former college swimmer, Jen was able to put a lot of her own experiences into this book.
Whether writing or reading, Jen loves stories that make her laugh and cry. In her spare time she enjoys exercising, attending book club, and hanging out with her sisters and their families in Chicago and Hilton Head.
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