Friday, July 31, 2015

Release Blitz, Review & Giveaway - Cowboy Redemption by Kasey Millstead




Title: Cowboy Redemption
Series: Down Under Cowboy #6
Author: Kasey Millstead
 Release Date: July 31, 2015



Blurb

'Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.' - Bruce Lee

Kennedy:

If you learn from your mistakes, you’ll be a better person.

Life is all about making mistakes. I’ve made a lot of them in life, and learned from none of them. Until now. My biggest mistake of all, was letting him go.

Kye:

I had it all. Money. Fame. Success.
Then I lost it.
I thought I finally had my life back on track when I found her.
But one slip up and I lost everything. Again.

Kennedy Crawley spends her days helping others conquer their demons at Hope and Chance Retreat, in Australia’s Northern Territory. After spending her life being someone even she didn’t like, she finally sought the courage to overhaul her life, dreams and aspirations. Now, she’s determined to stay on track and be a better person.

Kye Austin was living his dream life as a professional football player. Until the day his sins caught up with him. He was sent to Hope and Chance Retreat to get his life back on track. After winning his battle, he decides to stay in the area and try to win the affections of Kennedy. There’s just one problem: she’s not interested.




This is the first book I have read of this series as well as by Kasey and I fell in love with it. So this is based only on this book and not the ones Kennedy had previously appeared in. I don't know all of Kennedy's back story and how she use to be or what all she has done but this book did give you a little insight and man she was a straight up b!tch to her sister when she was younger. Since then she has grown as a person and although her sister has forgiven her there are times she doesn't believe she should be.

Kye was a top football player and he played the game hard as well as his life. He had an issue with drinking and it was never just one. When trouble landed him at the hope center as his condition for no jail time he met Kennedy and started turning his life around.

But just when you think everything in your life is perfect something always bites you in the ass. Will Kennedy and Kye be able to get through this current situation or will it be too much for her to handle?

Would definitely recommend this book to others. And I know after reading this one I will be going back and reading the others from this series to learn what everyone else's stories are.

Fabulous read Kasey!!!




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Kasey Millstead lives a quiet life in country New South Wales, Australia, with her husband and their four young children. She enjoys baking, singing (ridiculously out of tune) & spending time with friends and family. Kasey has always harboured a deep love for reading and writing, and she is now lucky enough to be living her dream of being an Author.







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Cover Reveal - Decide by Michelle Irwin

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Genre: New Adult Contemporary Romance
Release Date: 27th August 2015
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Strap in, get ready to start your engines and see where it all began.   From an early age, Declan Reede’s only goal was to race in the ProV8 Championship Series. One thing he couldn’t anticipate was that a blistering kiss shared with his best friend, Alyssa Dawson, might derail his plans.
While he knows things between them will never be the same, it’s impossible to predict just where the road will take them, or how rocky it might get.
Will he decide to fight for love or follow his dreams?

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Michelle Irwin has been many things in her life: a hobbit taking a precious item to a fiery mountain; a young child stepping through the back of a wardrobe into another land; the last human stranded not­quite­alone in space three million years in the future; a young girl willing to fight for the love of a vampire; and a time­travelling madman in a box. She achieved all of these feats and many more through her voracious reading habit. Eventually, so much reading had to have an effect and the cast of characters inside her mind took over and spilled out onto the page.

   Michelle lives in sunny Queensland in the land down under with her surprisingly patient husband and ever­intriguing daughter, carving out precious moments of writing and reading time around her accounts­based day job. A lover of love and overcoming the odds, she primarily writes paranormal and fantasy romance.

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Blog Tour, Review & Giveaway - An Obsession with Vengeance by Nancy Haviland

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An Obsession with Vengeance by Nancy Haviland Wanted Men #3 
Publication Date: July 21, 2015 

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Synopsis: Maksim Kirov is a mobster who gets what he wants, both at his posh gentleman’s club in Hell’s Kitchen and in the bedroom. Sexy, dangerous, and obsessed with control, he’s risen through the ranks to become a highly respected leader in the tight-knit Tarasov crime syndicate. He rules with an iron fist…until he meets Sydney Martin.
The Australian-born Sydney is determined to refuse Maks’s advances, despite their electrifying chemistry. The owner of a neighboring nightclub, Sydney rules her own domain. But when a deal with a Mexican drug cartel goes terribly wrong, she has no choice but to turn to Maksim and the Tarasov organization for protection. Could giving in to their intense attraction be what saves both Maks and Sydney? Or will their all-consuming passion—and her shocking secret—destroy their lives? In the hot and scandalous third installment of the Wanted Men series, lust and loyalty clash in New York’s mob underworld.

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This is my first read by Nancy and the first book I have read of this series and after reading this one I know I will be going to read the first two.

I fell in love with the story line, the characters and the writing. Maks is a sexy, brooding, arrogant but also a gentleman. I love the back story of Maks even though it was heartbreaking to hear what he had endured at the hands of his father. Maks is a very dangerous man but when it has to do with a child or woman he is the kindest man around.

Sydney has a secret shes been keeping and when it lands her and her son in the right in the face of danger she seeks out Mak for protection. during this time of Mak helping her they get closer but there is more danger around the corner.

This book had me at the edge of my seat and flipping page after page to know what was going to come next. But you never expect it when it does.

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The Salvation of Vengeance by Nancy Haviland Wanted Men #2 
Publication Date: March 24, 2015 


Synopsis: Only something as important as her best friend’s wedding to mob boss Gabriel Moretti could allow Nika Paynne a reprieve from captivity. Her abusive husband has kept her under his thumb with footage of her beloved brother, Caleb, killing another man. But the respite from her violent life isn’t the only draw. Vincente Romani—Gabriel’s deadliest guardian—will be one of the best men at the wedding, and Nika has lingering thoughts about the fascinating mobster…covetous thoughts that may put her life in danger.
With the heartbreak he’s suffered and the brutality he effortlessly delivers, Vincente knows he’s the last person who can offer Nika a happily-ever-after. But his vow remains. He will do everything in his power to free his redhead from her violent prison—even if that means losing her forever. In the second thrilling and passionate Wanted Men book, a dangerous line is drawn between loyalty to the mob and loyalty to one’s heart.

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A Love of Vengeance by Nancy Haviland Wanted Men #1 
Publication Date: December 16, 2014 


Synopsis: Once the most feared member of an Italian Mafia crime family, Gabriel Moretti returns to New York at the request of his mentor, Russian crime boss Vasily Tarasov. Vasily needs someone he can trust in Seattle to protect his estranged daughter, Eva Jacobs, while he avenges the murder of the young woman’s mother. Gabriel is unstoppable in a fight, whether he’s using fists, blades, or bullets; but innocent, onyx-haired Eva may just be the most dangerous—and beautiful—thing he’s come up against.
Intense sparks fly between the two, tempting Gabriel to mix business with pleasure while in the Emerald City. But once word gets around that Gabriel has shown up in New York, Stefano—his vengeful brother and the de facto head of the family—decides that Eva is the key to ending the feud between them…permanently. In this pulse-pounding romantic thriller set against the backdrop of New York City’s storied underworld, loyalties will be tested, secrets will be told, and mob justice will be served.

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About Nancy Haviland

Nancy Haviland

Nancy Haviland is the author of the bestselling romantic suspense series, WANTED MEN. She writes about her alpha mobsters and their ladies from her home near Toronto, Ontario. She has three children, an arrogant but playful kitty named Talbot, and she adores her Tim Horton's coffee, as any self-respecting Canadian would. She writes contemporary romantic suspense but will happily read anything that involves two people smooching.



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Thursday, July 30, 2015

Release Blitz, Review & Giveaway - Unwanted Desire by Skye Turner




Title: Unwanted Desire
Series: Southern Hospitality
Author: Skye Turner
Genre: Adult Romance
 Release Date: July 30, 2015



Blurb

Ty Boudreaux is a man who saves people for a living. He’s a paramedic who plays the field but is growing tired of the game.

AnnaBeth Bellaforte is a beautiful socialite whose family has deep ties to Louisiana politics and is immersed in the lavish lifestyle that provides. Her family has ideas and expectations for her.

Ty is blue collar. AnnaBeth is a pure Southern Blue Blood.

They have nothing in common but their attraction. Or do they?

Can the peasant be enough for the princess?

Is Ty destined to be the man who sets AnnaBeth free?

Is AnnaBeth willing to go against everything she’s ever known for a man who awakens her unwanted desires?

Sometimes your hardest choice is to live for you and say the hell with everyone else’s expectations.


loved TY and Annabeth.

they come from two completely different worlds. TY is a middle class worker while Annabeth is a rich girl who follows daddy's every request. TY is her dirty secret from the beginning and at first TY is okay with it. then after a few month AB calls it quits gets engaged to a man she things she needs to marry because it will make her parents proud.

I didn't like Annabeth at first with hoe she let her parents (mainly her father) conto everything about her life. but throughout the book she completely surprised me and grew a back bone and finally stood up for herself.

does she end up marrying the man who will lift into her lifestyle or will her feeling for TY over take and make her question everything and choose him.




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Skye Turner is an avid reader and an editor turned International Bestselling Author of the Sexy Adult Romance series Bayou Stix, the Romantic Suspense series James Black, and the Erotic Romance Short Story Serial, Dear Diary.

She attended Southeastern Louisiana University and Louisiana State University where she majored in Mass Communications, centering her studies in Journalism. Unfortunately, life intervened and she never finished her studies.

She lives in small town Louisiana with her husband, two children, and six fur babies.

When she's not chained to her laptop pounding out sexy stories she can usually be found playing ‘Supermom’, reading, gardening (playing in the dirt), listening to music and dancing like a fool, cooking, baking, crafting, or spending time with those most important to her.

She loves to incorporate pieces of her home state of Louisiana into her writing.



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Blog Tour & Giveaway - Lie to You by J.C. Valentine

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LIE TO YOU by J.C. Valentine Forbidden #2 
Publication Date: July 7, 2015 

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Synopsis: Book #2 in the Forbidden series... I thought he was the one. I thought we were headed someplace great. I didn't know anything. My mystery man is no longer such a mystery. He's still commanding and headstrong, playing my body and mind like an instrument, but I'm finding there are layers to him I never could have dreamed. What I've learned since that fateful night in his apartment has me reeling. Now, though, the truth has taken a backstage to other, more pressing matters. While I struggle to make a choice that will determine the direction of my future, lies that I thought had been carefully hidden away are coming to light. My head is such a mess I don't know what's up or down anymore. Will I be able to sort it all out, or will the life I've worked so hard to build come crashing down in a pile of secrets and lies?
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DANCE FOR ME by J.C. Valentine Forbidden #1 
Publication Date: April 7, 2015
Genres: Contemporary, Romance 
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Synopsis: 

WARNING: Dance for Me is the first book in a trilogy and ends with a cliffhanger. Due to mature material, it is recommended for ages 17+.

What if the person who stole your heart wasn't who you thought they were? When my parents passed away, I grew up fast. Learning to stand on my own two feet has been a challenge, but I'm making it... my way. I make no apologies for the path I've chosen. My choices have served me well, but no one knows the real me. Except one man. He's a mystery to me. He's controlling, demanding, and he has me wrapped around his little finger. Anything he wants, I'll give it to him. The hours we share together aren't about love. It's just sex. Hot, dirty, passionate sex. It was never supposed to be anything more than that. Until everything changed. Now, I'm more confused than ever. The more I learn about him, the less I seem to understand. What I do know is that I'm falling, and I have the feeling when I land, it's going to hurt.

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JC Valentine

USA Today Bestselling author J.C. Valentine is the alter-ego of Brandi Salazar, whose enjoyment of tales of romance spurred her to branch out and create her own. She lives in the Northwest with her husband, their wild children, and far too many pets. As a university student, she studies literature, which goes well with her dream of becoming an editor. Brandi entertains a number of hobbies including reading and photography, but her first love is writing fiction-in all its forms.



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Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Release Blitz & Review - Slipperless (A Billionaire Love Story) by Sloan Storm





Title: Slipperless (Book #4)
Series: Slipperless: A Billionaire Love Story #4
Author: Sloan Storm
 Release Date: July 29, 2015



Blurb

Battered. Bruised. Broken. Every single day, my troubles worsen...

After nearly losing Gabe, I've come to realize just how much he means to me. Yet even though I might want to confess my true feelings to him, doing so would leave me far too vulnerable at a time when I can least afford it.

That's because devastating news about the Link Protocol and my grandmother are threatening to send my career, and my life, spiraling out of control.

With the demise of my only relative seemingly imminent and Gabe's unceasing demands weighing on me, I'm not sure how much more I can take.

I've never been under such relentless pressure...

What am I going to do?

 
This is the fourth book in a Billionaire Romance series presented in serial format. It is not a standalone. All individual entries are currently free with Kindle Unlimited.








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Gah these characters frustrate me to no end but I'm loving this series!! After the way book 3 left you with that jaw dropping cliffhanger I couldn't wait to dive into this book. (pun not intended) Gabe kind of irritated me because of the way he had been treating Fiona but at the same time Fiona gah what more is she hiding? She has hinted to Gabe that because of certain things they cannot be anything but what the heck am I missing? This one also had me crying for Fiona and the outcome of this book and things that happened.

I'm not one to post spoilers if I can help it so my review is going to be cryptic but if you have not read this series by Sloan Storm what are you waiting for? all 4 of the books are quick reads and just oh so good. they build you up and keep you wanting more. Ready for the 5th and final book to see how this crazy relationship is going to turn out. Will they get their HEA or has too much happened already that they will just be work colleagues from here on out?


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Excerpt

Underneath the warm afternoon sun, we intertwined our bodies, twisting arms and legs as the sailboat rocked back and forth with the gentle currents. Between the sounds of our hungry groans for one another, the lyrical cries of seabirds overhead passed in and out of my awareness.

A subtle breeze stirred the sail into action, causing it to flap and crack like an oversized whip. I swirled my fingers in Gabe’s hair, gently twisting the loose, damp curls. Gabe held me firm, with one hand around my midsection and the other cupping my breast.

When I thought I’d lost him, the feeling I experienced was about so much more than the physical. But now, having him here again, holding me, touching me and consuming me—I realized how connected I’d become to him.

I allowed my fingertips to slide down the back of his head, along his neck and towards the sun-warmed skin of his muscular upper back. Curling my fingers under, I dug the tips of my nails into his flesh as I further sought to reassure myself of his physical presence.

As I did, Gabe grunted and contracted his shoulder blades, drawing them together in a tight ball of sinew. I moaned in return and relaxed my grip, moving down further yet again until I reached the hard, round muscularity of his perfect ass, squeezing it and pulling it towards my hips.

Just then, Gabe separated his mouth from mine. As the satin soft feel of his lips moved away, I let loose with a disapproving pout.

Gabe chuckled as he looked down at me. “What’s the matter?”

Releasing one of my hands from his backside, I drew it up towards my face and pointed at my mouth.

“My lips miss you already.”

“Which ones?” Gabe said, with a devious smile on his face.

I returned his grin with one of my own. “You’re terrible, you know that?”






Author Bio

Sloan Storm is a verbally difficult, yet physically generous, writer who pens imaginative yarns based on dominant men and the women who challenge them.

As such, power plays and passion are the heart of each and every story. The writer's creative tendencies may drift as the mood strikes, but the essence of all tales told wind up back at the same place... the polarizing difference between the sexes.

After all, what else is there in life?


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