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Release Day Blitz! Eyes Turned Skyward by Rebecca Yarros

It’s release day for EYES TURNED SKYWARD by Rebecca Yarros!!!! Woohoo!! I loved this story and you will too!

Life’s too short to play it safe…

Since her sister’s death, twenty-year-old Paisley Donovan, who shares her sister’s heart condition, is treated like delicate glass by her parents. But nothing will stop her from completing her Bucket List—even if it kills her. And it almost does, until Jagger Bateman pulls her from the ocean and breathes more than air into her lungs—he sets her soul on fire.

Jagger is enrolled in the country’s toughest flight school. He’s wickedly hot, reckless, and perfect for a girl looking to live life to the fullest. Except that Paisley is the commanding general’s daughter, and her boyfriend is Jagger’s biggest rival. Now Paisley must decide just how much to risk for a guy who makes her heart pound a little too hard.

They’re flying through dangerous territory—and one wrong move could make them crash and burn…

Rebecca Yarros

New Adult

Entangled: Embrace Publishing

Release December 8, 2014

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Excerpt

Before it could get any heavier or more awkward, I kicked off my flip-flops into the heavy grass. “Are you ready?”

She peeked behind me at the lake. “Wait, you want to swim here?”

I shrugged. “One of the guys told me about it. It’s secluded, clean, and we have it to ourselves.”

She shook her head and waggled her finger at me. “Oh, no, not here. This is not a good idea.”

I pulled my shirt over my head and tossed it on the hood of my truck. “This is the idea, Paisley. Get your clothes off and get in the water.” Her eyes widened, and I didn’t miss the way she raked her eyes down my chest. Was she a tattoo kind of girl? Or was her boyfriend the clean-cut guy she could take home to her mom? “Does the ink bother you?”

She blinked a few times, then jerked her eyes to my face as her cheeks flushed. “No, not at all.”

I knew what would come next, the inevitable what does it all mean every girl asked. I hadn’t told anyone the real translation of the words that stretched across my chest, arm, back, and abs. Those truths were mine and mine alone. “Let’s swim.”

“No, you don’t understand—”

My patience slipped another notch. She was not getting out of this. “If it makes you feel better, I’ll get in first, but you’d better be right behind me, or I’m throwing your cute little ass in.” I ran at the water, jumping in where it looked deep enough. The cool water slid over my head. I stood, the water coming to my chest. “Get in here.”

“No way.” She shook her head, her eyes wide with fear. “I’ve lived here long enough to know you don’t swim here. Not with George.”

“Who?” I looked left and right. Nothing to be seen but the smooth, barely rippled surface of the water, and the tall reeds that banked it. The mud slid between my toes as I flexed them deeper.

“George. He’s—”

“Stop making excuses and get in the water. I can’t teach you to swim if you’re on land— What the fuck is that?” Two rounded eyes appeared thirty feet away, lingering above the surface of the water…coming this way. Fast.

“Get out!” she shrieked.

I didn’t need to be told twice. I kicked forward, swimming for the shore as fast as I could, wishing I hadn’t come so far out to start with. I made it to the bank and didn’t pause in my headlong flight to the car. I scooped up Paisley, tossed her over my shoulder, and barreled for the door.

I swung the door open and shoved her inside. She scrambled over to her seat as I jumped in mine, slamming the door home. “Seriously! What the fuck?”

We both swiveled our heads toward the shore where a very large, very green alligator ambled out of the water and onto the bank. He opened his mouth wide, like he needed to show me those massive freaking teeth, and snapped his jaw shut.

“That is George,” Paisley said, and she had the audacity to laugh breathlessly. “George is why you don’t swim here.”

“George.”

She reached over the space that separated us, patting my leg like she was soothing a puppy. “It’s okay, tough guy, he doesn’t eat people.”

“He’s an alligator!”

She smirked, the corner of her mouth raising just high enough to start my blood flowing to the area of my body I didn’t need it to. “American alligators don’t eat people. Well, they’re a last resort, really.”

“You screamed at me to get out!”

“Well, I certainly didn’t want you to be his first.” Her green eyes sparkled in laughter.

“And to think you trusted me not to poke fun at you?” She had the nerve to flat-out laugh, and damn it if it wasn’t contagious. My hands flexed on the steering wheel. “You’re a handful of trouble, Paisley.”

“So I’ve been told.” Her smile killed me.

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Author Bio

Rebecca Yarros is a hopeless romantic and lover of all things chocolate, coffee, and Paleo. In addition to being a mom, military wife, and blogger, she can never choose between Young Adult and New Adult fiction, so she writes both. She’s a graduate of Troy University, where she studied European history and English, but still holds out hope for an acceptance letter to Hogwarts. Her blog, The Only Girl Among Boys, has been voted the Top Military Mom Blog the last two years, and celebrates the complex issues surrounding the military life she adores.

When she’s not writing, she’s tying on hockey skates for her kids, or sneaking in some guitar time. She is madly in love with her army-aviator husband of eleven years, and they’re currently stationed in Upstate NY with their gaggle of rambunctious kiddos and snoring English Bulldog, but she would always rather be home in Colorado.

Rebecca is represented by Jamie Bodnar Drowley of Inklings Literary.

Connect with Rebecca

Website: http://www.rebeccaelizabethyarros.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RebeccaElizabethYarros

Twitter: https://twitter.com/RebeccaYarros

CHARACTER and TEASER Blitz for CALL SIGN KARMA by Jamie Rae!!

Today we are having a character blitz post for CALL SIGN KARMA
Release Date January 5th, 2015.
Be sure to check out the teasers and rafflecopter below!!

 

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Learn more about Locke Sinclair

 

Learn more about Tinklee Pinkerton

BOOK BLURB:

Love in the no-fly zone…

Distraught over the loss of her brother in a fighter jet accident, Tinklee Pinkerton decides to follow in his footsteps and prove the tragedy wasn’t his fault. But when she’s chosen as the first woman to fly the Air Force’s F-35, her plan for a life that revolves around work is thrown off course by a handsome, mysterious stranger…

Thanks to Locke’s seductive British accent, sweet nature, and one too many beers, Tink is soon inspired to throw caution to the wind and herself into his arms. She thinks maybe love can heal after all—until she discovers Locke is her superior officer. Tink has no problem risking her life in the air, but with everything on the line, is she brave enough to risk her heart on the ground?

PRE-ORDER LINKS AND GIVEAWAY:
If you pre-order CALL SIGN KARMA by Jamie Rae, you can enter your information in to receive a signed bookmark. Please pre-order by January 2nd. US addresses only please.

FILL OUT THE FORM HERE: http://a.pgtb.me/r013Sg

PRE-ORDER LINKS:
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Enter HERE for a chance to win a CALL SIGN KARMA charm bracelet!!

 

Author Information:

JAMIE RAE is a New Adult and Young Adult author. She writes with one goal in mind–create stories with a positive message that will stay with the reader long after they’ve finished reading.

Jamie is an avid reader and loves discovering stories with a great hook, though she will not eat, sleep, or speak until she reaches the end. The Harry Potter years weren’t pretty!! Convinced that her Hogwarts letter was lost in the mail, she keeps a watchful eye for owls hoping her children will have better luck!

In her other life, Jamie Rae is an orthodontist, and literary agent. She keeps her heart overflowing with love as a mother of three and has perfected the art of nomadic living as a military spouse and Air Force veteran. Jamie has a passion for critters of all shapes and sizes and you can often find her sneaking them into her own home or volunteering for rescues.

AUTHOR LINKS:

Website: https://www.jamieraewrites.com/

Facebook Fan Page: https://www.facebook.com/JamieRaeAuthor

Twitter: https://twitter.com/JamieRaeWrites

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8295257.Jamie_Rae

 

Cover Reveal-SING FOR ME-Gracie Madison

Sing For Me by Gracie Madison

Publication date: January 23rd 2015

Genres: New Adult, Paranormal Romance

Synopsis:

Madeline Noel fled war-torn Heaven to hide within the mortal world, but the blessing that could protect her from evil is the holy realm’s forbidden power.

As a talented soprano for the Eden Theatre Company, Madeline hides among prima donnas and tone-deaf flutists. Her perfect voice may entertain audiences, but a careless laugh may shatter glass, and her greatest scream can kill. To control her unrestrained voice, the angels forbidMadeline from embracing the emotions that strengthen her song. Anger. Fear.

Love.

The demon-hunter Damascus vows to defend Madeline from Hell’s relentless evil, but he cannot protect her from her own feelings. Though they deny their dangerous attraction, her guardian becomes her greatest temptation.

Surrendering to desire may awaken the gift suppressed within Madeline’s soul, and neither Heaven nor Hell will allow such absolute power to exist.

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AUTHOR BIO:

Gracie Madison would spend every day, all day writing…if it were socially acceptable. Ever since she was a little girl scribbling with a crayon, Gracie’s dedicated herself to her books and all the supernatural and paranormal, creepy and beautiful stories and characters born within the pages. Now Gracie is committed to finally sharing those books with the world. When the laptop is pried from her hands, Gracie is probably working her day job, rooting on the Steelers, or out with her husband searching for Pittsburgh’s best sushi.

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*Cover Reveal* CALL SIGN KARMA by Jamie Rae

Today is the cover reveal for
CALL SIGN KARMA!!
This book will be released January 5th, 2015 with Lyrical Press, Kensington Publishing Corp.

Be sure to check out the teasers and rafflecopter below.

Click here to ADD THE BOOK TO GOODREADS 

BOOK BLURB:

Love in the no-fly zone…

Distraught over the loss of her brother in a fighter jet accident, Tinklee Pinkerton decides to follow in his footsteps and prove the tragedy wasn’t his fault. But when she’s chosen as the first woman to fly the Air Force’s F-35, her plan for a life that revolves around work is thrown off course by a handsome, mysterious stranger…

Thanks to Locke’s seductive British accent, sweet nature, and one too many beers, Tink is soon inspired to throw caution to the wind and herself into his arms. She thinks maybe love can heal after all—until she discovers Locke is her superior officer. Tink has no problem risking her life in the air, but with everything on the line, is she brave enough to risk her heart on the ground?

ENTER FOR A CHANCE TO WIN A $25 Amazon Gift Card and a CALL SIGN KARMA t-shirt!

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Author Information:

JAMIE RAE is a New Adult and Young Adult author. She writes with one goal in mind–create stories with a positive message that will stay with the reader long after they’ve finished reading.

Jamie is an avid reader and loves discovering stories with a great hook, though she will not eat, sleep, or speak until she reaches the end. The Harry Potter years weren’t pretty!! Convinced that her Hogwarts letter was lost in the mail, she keeps a watchful eye for owls hoping her children will have better luck!

In her other life, Jamie Rae is an orthodontist, and literary agent. She keeps her heart overflowing with love as a mother of three and has perfected the art of nomadic living as a military spouse and Air Force veteran. Jamie has a passion for critters of all shapes and sizes and you can often find her sneaking them into her own home or volunteering for rescues.

AUTHOR LINKS:

Website: https://www.jamieraewrites.com/

Facebook Fan Page: https://www.facebook.com/JamieRaeAuthor

Twitter: https://twitter.com/JamieRaeWrites

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8295257.Jamie_Rae

***THANK YOU Scott Wolff for the awesome cover image!!!*** 

 

Happy Release Day! LOST IN US by Heidi McLaughlin

 

Today we are celebrating the release of LOST IN US, a New Adult contemporary romance novella by New York Times Bestselling author Heidi McLaughlin.

LOST IN US BOOK BLURB:

A Lost in You Novella

Life is supposed to be about following your dreams, taking risks and getting lost in love.

I have my dream job.

Hadley is definitely a risk.

Getting lost in love with her is the easiest thing I’ve ever done.

 

BUY LINK:
Amazon: http://amzn.to/1rplpwB

 

If you’d like to learn more about LOST IN YOU, you can see the blurb below.

LOST IN YOU Synopsis:

Ryan Stone is a less than average teenager. He doesn’t have fancy clothes. He doesn’t carry around the latest smartphone and he definitely doesn’t have an MP3 player. Instead, he goes to school, does his chores and dreams of a new life away from Brookfield where he’s expected to follow in his blue collar family’s footsteps.

Hadley Carter is America’s Pop Princess. A successful recording artist living her dream with a sold-out tour and a handful of Grammy’s there isn’t much that she wants for, except love. But finding love on the road is near impossible when all she longs for are romantic dinners, a nighttime stroll on the beach and holding hands with someone who isn’t going to exploit her.

When a chance encounter introduces Ryan to Hadley, will he be like her adoring fans looking for a way in, or will it be Hadley who pursues Ryan even though it might cost her the only career she’s known.

Lost in You is a story about following your dreams, taking risks and getting lost in love.

 

AUTHOR INFORMATION:

Heidi is the author of USA Today, Digital Book World, Amazon and Barnes & Noble Bestselling novel, Forever My Girl.

Originally from the Pacific Northwest, she now lives in picturesque Vermont, with her husband and two daughters. Also renting space in their home is an over-hyper Beagle/Jack Russell and two Parakeets.

During the day Heidi is behind a desk talking about Land Use. At night, she’s writing one of the many stories planned for release or sitting court-side during either daughter’s basketball games.

Author Links:

Website: http://heidimclaughlin.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HeidiMcLaughlinAuthor

Twitter: https://twitter.com/HeidiJoVT

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6568302.Heidi_McLaughlin

Cover Reveal for CALL SIGN KARMA coming Oct 15th

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Meet my Character Blog Hop!

Hi Everyone! I was chosen to participate in this blog hop by Dani-Lyn Alexander. You can read about her post here.

About Dani-Lyn Alexander

Dani-Lyn lives on Long Island with her husband, three kids and three dogs. She loves spending time with her family, at the beach, the playground, or just about anywhere. In her spare time, which is rare, she enjoys reading and shopping—especially in book stores. Some of her favorite things include; Bernese Mountain Dogs, musicals, bubble baths and soft blankets. She’s an incurable insomniac, and she has an addiction to chocolate. For more information about Dani-Lyn check out her blog!

Thank you Dani-Lynn!!

And now this week it’s my turn, and I have chosen to introduce you to Tinklee Pinkerton from Call Sign Karma, my New Adult Contemporary Romance.

What is the name of your character? Is she fictional or a historic person? Tinkle Pinkerton is a fictional character. She’s a twenty-two year old fighter pilot. Her friends call her Tink and her call sign is Karma.

When and where is the story set? It is set in the present day, in the northern panhandle of Florida and in Northern Africa.

What should we know about her? Tink is the first female fighter pilot chosen to fly the Air Force’s newest jet, the same jet that killed her brother, leaving her emotionally numb. She is strong-willed and determined yet vulnerable and someone you will find yourself cheering for.

What is the main conflict? What messes up her life? She is on a mission to prove that her brother’s accident wasn’t due to pilot error and fly herself away from anyone who tries to get through her walls. Then she meets Locke Sinclair, a handsome stranger with a sexy accent and entrancing eyes and for the first time since her brother’s accident she is hopeful that she may begin to heal. Until she discovers, Locke is no stranger, he’s her superior officer sending their relationship into a no-fly zone.

What is the personal goal of the character? After she witnesses her brother’s crash, she not only blames herself but also her father (a lobbyist) for her brother’s death.  She’s determined to clear his name and reputation.

Is there a working title for this novel and can we read more about it? Call Sign Karma will be available on January 5th 2015 (Lyrical Press, Kensington Publishing). You can add it to your Goodreads shelves now and it will be available on Netgalley and for pre-order soon. The Cover reveal is coming up on October 15th. You can sign up to participate here.

And next on the stop is Heather Heyford on October 13th!

Born in the Northeast, Heather Heyford learned to walk and talk in Texas, and then moved to England. (“Ya’ll want some scones?”) While in Europe, Heather was forced by her cruel parents to spend Saturdays in the leopard vinyl back seat of their Peugeot, motoring from one medieval pile to the next for the lame purpose of ‘learning something.’ What she soon learned was how to allay the boredom by stashing a Cosmo under the seat. Now a recovering teacher, Heather writes love stories, feeds hardboiled eggs to suburban foxes, and makes art in the Mid-Atlantic. The first book in her Napa Wine Heiresses series from Kensington Publishing, A Taste of Chardonnay, is available OCT. 13, 2014 in print and digital. HeatherHeyford.com

Cover Reveal- Dangerous Love by Kara Leigh Miller and Jody Holford

DANGEROUS LOVE 

by

Kara Leigh Miller and Jody Holford

Release date: April 2015

About the book:

He’s fighting to forget his past while she struggles to remember hers…

Doctor Josh Parker lives with guilt about his wife’s death every day. He believes himself incapable of ever loving again, but when a mysterious woman arrives in the Emergency Room, brutally beaten and left for dead, he starts to feel something he hasn’t felt in far too long: hope.

Alessandra Matthews has no memory of the events that led to her being hospitalized. Worse, she has no idea who hurt her or why. Although she’s uncertain of who she is, she is fully aware of one thing — she’s falling for her doctor.

Sometimes, what you don’t know can kill you…

As Josh and Alessa work to solve the mystery surrounding her past, she soon realizes just how much danger she’s really in, but Josh refuses to let her face the darkness of her memories alone. With each of them struggling to put their pasts behind them, theirs is a DANGEROUS LOVE.

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About the Authors…

Kara Leigh Miller

 Kara lives in Upstate New York with her husband, three kids, two dogs, and two cats. When she’s not busy writing romance novels that leave readers swooning, she’s spending time with her family or attending one of her many writers groups. An active member of The Romance Writers of America and the CNY Writers Haven, Kara is also Managing Editor for Anaiah Press’ Surge and Romance Imprints. She absolutely loves to hear from her fans and fellow authors, so feel free to drop her a line anytime!

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Jody Holford

Jody lives in British Columbia with her husband and two daughters. She is a fan of Nora Roberts, Jill Shalvis, Rachel Gibson, and Rainbow Rowell. In reading and writing, she likes characters who are flawed, but driven toward the pursuit of love and happiness. In November 2013, she published A Not So Lonely Christmas with Foreward Literary. In December 2014, she published Forever Christmas through Kindle Direct.

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Cover Reveal!!!! ONE WISH AWAY by Kelley Lynn

ONE WISH AWAY

by Kelley Lynn

Release Date: 11/11/14

Bloomsbury Spark

Book Summary:

Be careful what you wish for…

Lyra has always been ahead of the curve. Top of her class in school, a budding

astronomer, and with a best friend like Darren she barely has time to miss the

mother who abandoned her family years ago. She’s too busy planning to follow in

her father’s footsteps, and to become the youngest astronomer at Space

Exploration and Discovery.

When a star goes missing Lyra is determined to get to the bottom of it

only to discover her braniac dad is the mastermind of a top-secret

government experiment. They promise to build a perfect world, one galaxy at a

time, but with every tweak of the present, a bit more of the future starts to

crumble.

Lyra has to go undercover to reveal the truth and let humanity decide if

the consequences are worth more than wishing on a star.

About the Author:

Eventually the day came when the voices in Kelley Lynn’s head were more

insistent then her engineering professor’s. So instead of turning to her

Thermodynamics book, Kelley brought up a blank page on her computer screen and

wrote. Somewhere along the way she became a Young Adult author.

Kelley was born and raised a Midwestern girl. She’s not afraid to sweat and

fills her free time with softball, soccer and volleyball. (Though you probably don’t want her on your volleyball team.) She occasionally makes guest appearances as a female vocalist for area bands. Music plays a large role in

her writing process as well as the characters and plot lines within her

stories.You can find Kelley hanging out at her blog, titled in her name, as well as the

group blog she shares with her fellow critique partners, Falling for Fiction.

Kelley is a member of the Society of Children’s Books Writers and Illustrators.

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Let It Go Day

‪Thank you to KP Simmon for setting today up! Here’s a little info on what has inspired this event:

#‎LetITGo‬ day all stemmed from Ann Aguirre’s title, I WANT IT THAT WAY. One of the characters finds freedom when he lets something go that he had been holding on to. In the book, you see him physically do something to represent the act of letting it go and then finding peace. While reading, the wheels started turning! We all need to have a day to let things go. We’ve all had those moments when things play over and over in our head, when we hear the whispers of being told we’re not good enough, when we find ourselves paralyzed by something. Some of us are affected by this in ways we think others could not possibly understand. So…#LetItGo day was formed. In the midst of ugly and dark things happening all around, we want to focus on freedom and finding peace. And September 3rd, 2014 is that day. The sky is the limit in how you want to celebrate and share it with your readers and followers on your blog and social media. Tell what freedom and peace mean to you, Tell about a time you had to #LetItGo, take pics of you doing a #LetItGo ceremony. Whatever…but this world has a lot of heartache. And we don’t have to hold on to things. We want freedom and peace to reign! So join in on September 3rd and #LetItGo!

My #LetItGo

“You are only as happy as you make up your mind to be.”

These were words of advice that my father gave to me as a young child, and they’ve always stayed with me. During difficult and challenging times, I’ve often set the saying to scroll across my computer or have written it on paper as a reminder. When I saw KP’s note about #LetItGo Day, I thought about how perfectly the two tie into together. Whenever self-doubt, negativity, anger, hurt, jealousy, etc. sneak up on you, try to remind yourself…You are only as happy as you make up your mind to be, so just #LetItGo.