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Review: The Good Luck Sister

The Good Luck Sister by Jill Shalvis
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I absolutely loved this book!! I was so excited to receive this and jumped right on it! I wasn't disappointed at all because I loved Tilly in the last book and couldn't wait to read her story. Dylan - loved him sooo much. I just can't say how much I absolutely loved him. Those two together are life my friends. The thing about Jill Shalvis - and here is where I might be aging the both of us...I've been reading her since I was a teen and she keeps churning out grade A++ work. It's not overdone and it's not a been there and done that scene. It's always something new and enjoyable and as an added bonus you get some sexy times. I highly recommend this if you liked or loved the first book in the Wildstone series. It wasn't a long drawn out book and I read it in a couple hours.

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We are very excited to bring you the first standalone in ...

We are very excited to bring you the first standalone in a brand new series from USA TODAY bestseller Sara Ney!JOCK ROW hits e-readers on MAY 3rd!        
Scarlett is always the sensible one: The sober driver. The planner. The one holding your hair back while you're worshiping the porcelain gods.Week-after-week, she visits Jock Row with her friends—the universities hottest party scene and breeding ground for student athletes. And if keeping her friends out of trouble, and guys out of their pants, was a sport, she'd be the star athlete.Being a well known jock-blocker gets her noticed for all the wrong reasons; just like that, she's banned from Jock Row. NO GUY WANTS A GIRL AROUND WHO KEEPS THEIR JOCK FRIENDS FROM GETTING LAID."Rowdy" Wade is the hot shot short-stop for the university's baseball team—and the unlucky bastard who drew the short straw: keep little Miss Goody Two-Shoes out of the Baseball House.But week-after-week Scarlett returns, determined to get inside.ADD TO GOODREADS 
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Sara Ney is the USA Today Bestselling Author of the How to Date a Douchebag series, and is best known for her sexy, laugh-out-loud New Adult romances. Among her favorite vices, she includes: iced latte's, historical architecture and well-placed sarcasm. She lives colorfully, collects vintage books, art, loves flea markets, and fancies herself British. She lives with her husband, children, and her ridiculously large dog. Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Newsletter | Website

Psychopath's Prey by V.F. Mason is releasing on APRIL 17t...

Psychopath's Prey by V.F. Mason is releasing on APRIL 17th! Keep reading for an excerpt!
Add it to your TBR: http://bit.ly/2ClVsep All details here: http://bit.ly/2Gl4dHZ Once upon a time she became mine. Mine to hunt.A criminal psychologist and a serial killer. The love between them shouldn’t exist. Or so the world thinks. Her mission is to find him. His single obsession is to catch her. The hunter and the prey. Let the games begin, and may the stronger one win.
EXCERPT:Unfamiliar emotions swirl through me; although I’m not sure a euphoric rush of adrenaline at remembering her fear-filled voice could be considered an emotion. But what brought even more anticipation? Her mind. Her desire to catch me is so strong; she sees outside the box and digs into details other people might never notice. How can I not enjoy playing a game with her? She would have been a great asset to the team helping catch the likes of me. Too bad my case will be the first and last she’ll ever have. About the Author: V.F.Mason always loved reading books and had quite a few fights with her momma over the genre she liked (romance, duh!) She studied filmmaking and thought that would feed her desire for stories, but that didn’t happen. Finally, when she was tired of all those voices in her head, she sat down and wrote a book. It was a huge decision to make and she thanks her friends and family for supporting her in it. When she is not writing, she can be found with her friends doing all sorts of crazy things or reading recent romance books that were written by her favorite authors. Connect with V.F.! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorVFMason/Twitter: https://twitter.com/Author_VFMasonBookbub: http://bit.ly/2ozrS0WNewsletter: http://vfmason.com/newsletter/Website: http://vfmason.com/

Title: Ain't Doin' ItSeries: The Simple Man SeriesAuthor:...

Title: Ain't Doin' ItSeries: The Simple Man SeriesAuthor: Lani Lynn ValeGenre: Romantic SuspenseRelease Date: July 6, 2018Cover Designer: Cover Me DarlingPhotographer: FuriousFotogModel: Ian Daviau Coke Solomon has lived a full life.He’s a retired army drill sergeant, so he is more than used to getting his way.And if he can’t have it his way? Well, let’s just say that’s never happened before…At least not until Cora Maldonado walks into his life, demanding he fall in line, or she’ll find a way to make his life hell.He finds out fast that Cora marches to the beat of her own drum, and a lot of times that drum takes her farther away rather than closer to where he feels she needs to be.He can’t stand it.He wants her, and he has to have her.It doesn’t matter that she’s twenty years younger than him, and has a father that would rather see him dead than have his baby girl anywhere near him. Nor does it matter that his ex-wife is highly offended that she’s been replaced with a much younger woman.Despite the odds stacking against them, he’ll fight for what he wants.His ex-wife, her father, and their age difference be damned.

I’m a married mother of three. My kids are all under 5, so I can assure you that they are a handful. I’ve been with my paramedic husband now for ten years, and we’ve produced three offspring that are nothing like us. I live in the greatest state in the world, Texas. HOSTED BY:

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Title: AIN’T DOIN’ ITSeries: Simple ManAuthor: Lani Lynn Vale Genre: Romantic Suspense Release: July 6, 2018Model: Lan DaviauPhotographer: FuriousfotogAbout AIN'T DOIN' ITCoke Solomon has lived a full life. He’s a retired army drill sergeant, so he is more than used to getting his way. And if he can’t have his way?Well, let’s just say that’s never happened before… At least not until Cora Maldonado walks into his life, demanding he fall in line, or she’ll find a way to make his life hell. He finds out fast that Cora marches to the beat of her own drum, and a lot of times that drum takes her farther away rather than closer to where he feels she needs to be. He can’t stand it. He wants her, and he has to have her. It doesn’t matter what she’s twenty years younger than him, and has a father that would rather see him dead than have his baby girl anywhere near him. Nor does it matter that his ex-wife is highly offended that she’s been replaced with a much younger woman. Despite the odds stacking against them, he’ll fight for what he wants. His ex-wife, her father, and their age difference be damned.
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About Lani Lynn Vale
Lani Lynn Vale is a USA Today Bestselling Author of over thirty titles. She is married with three children, two dogs, two cats, a donkey, and a couple (a couple also meaning over twenty) chickens. When she’s not writing, you can find her curled up in her favorite chair reading. Lani is married with three children and lives in the Great State of Texas.
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Title: BlazeSeries: Satan's Fury MC Memphis Chapter #1Aut...

Title: BlazeSeries: Satan's Fury MC Memphis Chapter #1Author: L. WilderGenre: MC RomanceRelease Date: April 24, 2018 Cover Design: Mayhem Cover Creations Cover Model: Christian Jonsson (McRillen) Photographer: JKFPhoto
In Memphis, Tennessee, Satan’s Fury MC had become the most notorious MC in the city. That recognition hadn’t come easy. While people were visiting Graceland and walking down on Beale Street, my brothers and I were at war, fighting rival MCs and gangs who were trying to take control of our territory. 
We had staked our claim, but when a new threat arrived, everything we had worked for would be put in jeopardy. Kenadee Brooks was a nurse, trying to save lives and make a difference in the world. The moment I saw her, it wasn’t just her beauty that caught my eye. It was the light that burned deep inside of her that drew me in. I longed for it, and with each moment I spent with her, the more determined I became to make her mine.But when she was pulled into my world, saw the life that I lived, would that light still burn bright or would it disappear forever?
Leslie Wilder grew up in a small town in West Tennessee. A country girl at heart, she’s always thought that life is too short, but she had no idea how short it really was until her brother passed away in 2014. She’s always been an avid reader, loving the escape only a great book can give, and wondered if she had what it took to write one of the wild romances she’d come to adore. With the support of her family and friends, she published Inferno: A Devil Chaser’s MC, one year after her brother’s death. With him in mind, she fulfilled her lifetime dream of writing. Since then, she’s completed the Devil Chaser’s Series and continued on with the Satan’s Fury MC Series. She has so many stories in her head, and can’t wait to share each and every one.Leslie has been blown away by the support of her readers, appreciating every message, review, and encouraging word she’s received over the past year. She looks forward to continuing this journey with them for years to come.
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Title: Kinda Don't CareSeries: The Simple Man #1Author: L...

Title: Kinda Don't CareSeries: The Simple Man #1Author: Lani Lynn ValeGenre: Romantic SuspenseRelease Date: April 5, 2018Cover Designer: Cover Me DarlingPhotographer: FuriousFotogCover Model: Joey Berry She’s in a white dress that dances around her ankles, and her hair tumbles in a long sheet of curls down her back. A veil covers her beautiful eyes, and she smiles directly at him. Janie is everything Rafe’s ever imagined she would be on her wedding day. Breathtaking. Gorgeous. Perfect.The moment he sees her walking down the aisle towards him, he knows that she’s the one.Then she passes him, making her way to the man she’s to marry.A man that wasn’t him.A man that he knows with one hundred percent certainty isn’t good enough for her.It seems that her father isn’t the only one who’s having a hard time giving her away. Rafe only wishes he knew why.Everything about Janie sparks protective instincts he doesn’t feel for anyone, not even his own fiancé.What he feels for the bride, however, isn’t merely a simple attraction. He knows that something is there just beneath the surface…if only he could reach it.It has to be something huge, too, otherwise he wouldn’t be drinking whiskey straight from the flask in a church pew and wondering how many years he would do in prison if he shot the groom in front of about a hundred witnesses—half of those being cops.He was good…but not that good.A near-death experience cost Rafe almost six months of his memory, but right now he can’t help but feel like a huge mistake is being made on both of their parts. One that’s going to cost him everything.Then she says I do.

With every book we read we say "we've been waiting for this since the beginning!!" Top some extent that's true, but with Janie - we watched her grow up... literally throughout the entire series of books and seeing her life story with Rafe was something else. There were times I wanted to throw my kindle across the room, but LLV promised there wasn't any cheating at the very beginning of the book, so I kept the faith. It wasn't easy!! Each book to me get better and better. I sometimes wonder how she keeps all the storylines correct because that is sooo hard to do and easy to mess up and yet... she doesn't. This is another amazing read and I can't wait to read about more of the kids. 
I’m a married mother of three. My kids are all under 5, so I can assure you that they are a handful. I’ve been with my paramedic husband now for ten years, and we’ve produced three offspring that are nothing like us. I live in the greatest state in the world, Texas. HOSTED BY:

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Today we have the release blitz for KINDA DON'T CARE by Lani Lynn Vale. Check it out and grab your copy today!Title: KINDA DON’T CARE Author: Lani Lynn Vale Release Day: April 5th Cover Designer: Cover Me Darling Photographer: Furiousfotog Model: Joey BerryAbout KINDA DON'T CAREShe’s in a white dress that dances around her ankles, and her hair tumbles in a long sheet of curls down her back. A veil covers her beautiful eyes, and she smiles directly at him. Janie is everything Rafe’s ever imagined she would be on her wedding day. Breathtaking. Gorgeous. Perfect. The moment he sees her walking down the aisle towards him, he knows that she’s the one. Then she passes him, making her way to the man she’s to marry. A man that wasn’t him. A man that he knows with one hundred percent certainty isn’t good enough for her. It seems that her father isn’t the only one who’s having a hard time giving her away. Rafe only wishes he knew why. Everything about Janie sparks protective instincts he doesn’t feel for anyone, not even his own fiancé. What he feels for the bride, however, isn’t merely a simple attraction. He knows that something is there just beneath the surface…if only he could reach it. It has to be something huge, too, otherwise he wouldn’t be drinking whiskey straight from the flask in a church pew and wondering how many years he would do in prison if he shot the groom in front of about a hundred witnesses—half of those being cops. He was good…but not that good. A near-death experience cost Rafe almost six months of his memory, but right now he can’t help but feel like a huge mistake is being made on both of their parts. One that’s going to cost him everything. Then she says I do.  


With every book we read we say "we've been waiting for this since the beginning!!" Top some extent that's true, but with Janie - we watched her grow up... literally throughout the entire series of books and seeing her life story with Rafe was something else. There were times I wanted to throw my kindle across the room, but LLV promised there wasn't any cheating at the very beginning of the book, so I kept the faith. It wasn't easy!! Each book to me get better and better. I sometimes wonder how she keeps all the storylines correct because that is sooo hard to do and easy to mess up and yet... she doesn't. This is another amazing read and I can't wait to read about more of the kids. 
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About Lani Lynn Vale
Lani Lynn Vale is a USA Today Bestselling Author of over thirty titles. She is married with three children, two dogs, two cats, a donkey, and a couple (a couple also meaning over twenty) chickens. When she’s not writing, you can find her curled up in her favorite chair reading. Lani is married with three children and lives in the Great State of Texas.
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Title: DitchedAuthor: RC BoldtGenre: Contemporary/Sports ...

Title: DitchedAuthor: RC BoldtGenre: Contemporary/Sports RomanceRelease Date: April 3, 2018


Blurb
He’s playing for the heart she’s had sidelined for years.
IVY HAYES

Dating can be a rocky journey. Once the new shine wears off, you may end up with a case of buyer’s remorse.
That’s where I come in. I set the backdrop and coach you through the breakup.
Don't want overblown drama, hard feelings, or a drink tossed in your face? Then I'm your fairy godmother, child.
BECKET JONES

As an NFL quarterback, endorsement ads and the media pandering after me are all part of the game.
Ivy Hayes is the first woman who doesn't care about my money and the notoriety that goes along with it.
But I'm a long-term guy, and she operates strictly in the now. Which means I need to bring my A-game.
Otherwise, I’ll end up getting ditched.

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I think out of all the books and guys, Becket had been my favorite. This book had a lot more sexual activity and content than the other books, but I enjoyed the characters and storyline. The whole concept of having a "fixer" who's a woman, who comes in and breaks up couples amicably was a new plotline.  I'm used to seeing the male in this kind of situation but not a woman. So having Ivy as the one who comes in and breaks people up was a new and different concept. It worked and for Ivy and Becket - I really loved their chemistry. The side characters are what made this...I loved Dax and thought he was an awesome wingman. The writing gets better and better, although I could be biased because I loved Becket from the beginning...I think this will be a fan favorite. 




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RC Boldt currently lives on the southeastern coast of North Carolina, enjoys long walks on the beach, running, reading, people watching, and singing karaoke. If you're in the mood for some killer homemade mojitos, can't recall the lyrics to a particular 80's song, or just need to hang around a nonconformist who will do almost anything for a laugh, she's your girl.

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He’s playing for the heart she’s had sidelined for years....

He’s playing for the heart she’s had sidelined for years. DITCHED by RC Boldt is AVAILABLE NOW! "I fell in love with this story from beginning to end. Ditched proves how love truly conquers all."--Kathy Coopmans, USA Today Best-Selling AuthorAmazon: http://amzn.to/2HcFNBeiBooks: https://goo.gl/PZ4KeWKobo: https://goo.gl/U4JzhtNook: https://goo.gl/abEP4ZGoogle Play: https://goo.gl/hqBfYMGR TBR: https://goo.gl/SuUpBt——————Ivy Hayes Dating can be a rocky journey. Once the new shine wears off, you may end up with a case of buyer’s remorse. That’s where I come in. I set the backdrop and coach you through the breakup. Don't want overblown drama, hard feelings, or a drink tossed in your face? Then I'm your fairy godmother, child. Becket Jones As an NFL quarterback, endorsement ads and the media pandering after me are all part of the game. Ivy Hayes is the first woman who doesn't care about my money and the notoriety that goes along with it. But I'm a long-term guy, and she operates strictly in the now. Which means I need to bring my A-game. Otherwise, I’ll end up getting ditched.


I think out of all the books and guys, Becket had been my favorite. This book had a lot more sexual activity and content than the other books, but I enjoyed the characters and storyline. The whole concept of having a "fixer" who's a woman, who comes in and breaks up couples amicably was a new plotline.  I'm used to seeing the male in this kind of situation but not a woman. So having Ivy as the one who comes in and breaks people up was a new and different concept. It worked and for Ivy and Becket - I really loved their chemistry. The side characters are what made this...I loved Dax and thought he was an awesome wingman. The writing gets better and better, although I could be biased because I loved Becket from the beginning...I think this will be a fan favorite. 
 

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RC Boldt is the wife of Mr. Boldt, a retired Navy Chief, mother of Little Miss Boldt, and former teacher of many students. She currently lives on the southeastern coast of North Carolina, enjoys long walks on the beach, running, reading, people watching, and singing karaoke. If you’re in the mood for some killer homemade mojitos, can’t recall the lyrics to a particular 80’s song, or just need to hang around a nonconformist who will do almost anything for a laugh, she’s your girl. Email: rcboldtbooks@gmail.com Facebook Reader Group: http://bit.ly/2iNvOqSWebsite: http://www.rcboldtbooks.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/rcboldtauthorTwitter: https://twitter.com/RC_BoldtNewsletter: http://bit.ly/2iNCOnF Instagram: http://bit.ly/2iRJVxM