Thursday, January 30, 2014

Blog Tour: Someone Like You by Addison Moore



Blurb:


A sexy, romantic read from the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Someone to Love. When coed Ally Monroe literally falls into the arms of a tattooed bad-boy one summer night, she can't seem to let go. Morgan Jordan is everything Ally doesn't want—he's a playboy from a blue collar background, and Ally's looking for upper-class stability. Though their relationship starts off as a one-night stand, once Ally learns Morgan is her best friend's brother, there's no escaping him . . . or the growing fire between them. As Ally and Morgan become closer, they confront bitter enemies, his sister's disapproval, and paths pulling them in different directions at summer's end. The second book in the bestselling Someone to Love series proves that in love and passion, sometimes two wrongs do make a right.


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Addison Moore is a New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author who writes contemporary and paranormal romance. Previously she worked as a therapist on a locked psychiatric unit for nearly a decade. She resides on the West Coast with her husband, four wonderful children and two dogs where she eats too much chocolate and stays up way too late. When she's not writing, she's reading.

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Blog Tour: London Falling by T.A. Foster


Blurb:

It’s London’s senior year and she only needs one class to graduate. She just didn’t expect her final assignment: fall in love.
Communication 224 has a reputation for giving out the most unique projects of the semester. When London James and Beau Anderson signed up for the class they had no idea they would be paired up together, much less spend an entire semester working on their final grade.
Professor Garcia tasks them to produce a study on the hit reality show, Love Match, a show about strangers falling in love on over the top dates. London and Beau decide to debunk the popular show’s fantasy portrayal of romance. Determined they can date the entire semester and not fall for each other, the classmates share blogs about their dates and start a website where everyone can follow their dating experiment. Resisting their growing attraction for one another is harder than they thought.  

London is in for the toughest class of her college career. The headstrong and success-driven student discovers there might be more important things in life than an A. 

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T.A. Foster is a Southern girl whose heart and spirit are connected to the beach. She grew up catching rays and chasing waves along the North Carolina Outer Banks and now resides in the state with her adventurous
pilot husband, two children and two canine kiddos.

Her long love affair with books started at an early age, and as soon as she was able, she transformed imaginative stories into words on paper. Time Spell is T.A.’s debut novel, and the first in a series about a very adventurous, clever, and magical girl named Ivy.

T.A. has an undergraduate degree in Journalism and Mass Communication from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a graduate degree in Educational Psychology from Texas A&M University. When she’s not chasing her two-legged and four-legged children or trying to escape for date night, you can find her reading, writing or planning her next beach trip.

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Meagan's Review:

I absolutely loved every moment of this book. It was witty and funny and sad and happy and lovable and shoot for the moon fall head over in heels in love with. After reading this book I wish I had a Communications 224 class to attend and have an awesome professor like the one in this story.

Okay so this book is about the story of London and Beau and their Comm 224 class. In this class they are paired as partners and have to watch a T.V. show Love Match and base a project and theory off of the show and either validate the show to prove that two people can fall in love or it's all fake. Honestly if I was doing this project I'd def take the stance that London and Beau did and say that the show is rigged and fake. So each week they plan a date to follow the show and mimic what happens to test different theories and blog about it. 

What they didn't expect was to begin to have feelings for one another. After each date you could see the feeling deepen and then it becomes difficult to tell reality apart from fiction. London and Beau have some interesting obstacles to overcome in this book and I'm rooting for them the entire time. I really like Beau, but will London and Beau be able to find their way? What about this project? London needs and A and if they fall for each other it will ruin their hypothesis. London plans on moving to Cali after graduation and Beau plans on going to law school not in Cali. Two different personalities and goals in life and they way they live them. However, they do have so many amazing moments together that would knock any girl off her feet and want to stay. But what will London choose? Especially after the home visit. I think the home visit was my favorite part of the entire book. 

I loved every moment about this book and I would def recommend this as your next book to read. T.A. is an amazing writer and makes you fall in love with the characters and their stories and I can't wait for the next book.   



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Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Evernight Teen Anniversary Bash


EVERNIGHT TEEN turns one this month and we’re helping them celebrate during their 1st Birthday Blog Hop!  It’s EVERNIGHT TEEN’s birthday, but you get the presents. Enter below for a chance to win a $100 iTunes gift card!

EVERNIGHT TEEN books feature fresh teen fiction that’s raw, gritty and real. Whether paranormal, contemporary, sci-fi or suspense, EVERNIGHT TEEN stories are about real issues and pack a strong emotional punch. You’ll find cutting edge fiction that today’s young adults can relate to and will keep you turning the pages long into the night. Upper Young Adult titles, include…

Black Amaranth by Sasha Hibbs
Eighteen-year-old Ally Watson arrives home from high school graduation, more than a little annoyed that her Uncle Argyle—Ally’s legal guardian and only surviving relative—didn’t even bother showing up.  But instead of berating him for his forgetfulness, Ally finds him in a life-or-death battle with a monster. Argyle manages to
kill the creature, and gives Ally a parcel containing a destiny she never knew existed.  
Ally, along with her best friends Michael, Jessica, and David, hurry to Georgia to uncover the truth of Uncle Argyle’s secrets, and the meaning of the mysterious marks that Ally bears. Are the marks related to the blacksmith mythology of her ancestors? Who are these heavenly warriors who show up in the oddest of places? And will an ancient gypsy curse destroy the very things Ally fights to save?   
Black Amaranth: a simple flower, a symbol with an ancient legacy, a conduit for prophecy…while faith and hope are essential to the journey, Ally soon discovers that love is the most powerful force of all.
14+ for brief language and adult situations

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Release Day Blitz: Someone Like You by Addison Moore



Blurb:


A sexy, romantic read from the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Someone to Love. When coed Ally Monroe literally falls into the arms of a tattooed bad-boy one summer night, she can't seem to let go. Morgan Jordan is everything Ally doesn't want—he's a playboy from a blue collar background, and Ally's looking for upper-class stability. Though their relationship starts off as a one-night stand, once Ally learns Morgan is her best friend's brother, there's no escaping him . . . or the growing fire between them. As Ally and Morgan become closer, they confront bitter enemies, his sister's disapproval, and paths pulling them in different directions at summer's end. The second book in the bestselling Someone to Love series proves that in love and passion, sometimes two wrongs do make a right.


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Addison Moore is a New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author who writes contemporary and paranormal romance. Previously she worked as a therapist on a locked psychiatric unit for nearly a decade. She resides on the West Coast with her husband, four wonderful children and two dogs where she eats too much chocolate and stays up way too late. When she's not writing, she's reading.

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Release Day Blitz: My Sweetest Escape by Chelsea Cameron


Blurb:

The past will always find you.

Jos Archer was the girl with the perfect life; until the night it all came crashing down around her. Now, nine months later, she still hasn't begun to pick up the pieces. Even transferring to a new college and living under the watchful eye of her older sister, Renee, isn't enough to help her feel normal again.

And then she meets Dusty Sharp. For reasons Jos can't begin to fathom, the newly reformed campus bad boy seems determined to draw her out of her shell. And if she's not careful, his knowing green eyes and wicked smile will make her feel things she's no longer sure she deserves.


But even as Dusty coaxes Jos to open up about the past, he's hiding secrets of his own. Secrets about the night her old life fell apart. When the truth is finally revealed, will it bring them closer together;or tear them apart for good?


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About the Author:

Chelsea M. Cameron is a YA/NA New York Times/USA Today Best Selling author from Maine. Lover of things random and ridiculous, Jane Austen/Charlotte and Emily Bronte Fangirl, red velvet cake enthusiast, obsessive tea drinker, vegetarian, former cheerleader and world's worst video gamer. When not writing, she
enjoys watching infomercials, singing in the car and tweeting (this one time, she was tweeted by Neil Gaiman). She has a degree in journalism from the University of Maine, Orono that she promptly abandoned to write about the people in her own head. More often than not, these people turn out to be just as weird as she is.

Her New Adult Contemporary Romance titles include My Favorite Mistake, which has been bought by Harlequin along with a sequel, Deeper We Fall and Faster We Burn (April 20, 2013)


Her Young Adult books include Nocturnal, Nightmare and Neither, the first three books in The Noctalis Chronicles. The fourth and final book, Neverend will be out in 2013. Whisper, the first in The Whisper Trilogy is also available, with the second book in the series, Silence and the final book, Listen coming out in 2014.

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Monday, January 27, 2014

Cover Reveal: The Fine Art of Pretending by Rachel Harris

Hey guys, so I'm pretty stoked for this book to come out. But on today's stop we have a cover reveal for the wonderful and talented Rachel Harris. The Fine Art of Pretending is due out September 30, 2014. So make sure to add it to your TBR file. And now onto the cover reveal....

Blurb:

According to the guys at Fairfield Academy, there are two types of girls: the kind you hook up with, and the kind you're friends with. Seventeen-year-old Alyssa Reed is the second type. And she hates it. With just one year left to change her rank, she devises a plan to become the first type by homecoming, and she sets her sights on the perfect date—Justin Carter, Fairfield Academy’s biggest hottie and most notorious player.

With 57 days until the dance, Aly launches Operation Sex Appeal and sheds her tomboy image. The only thing left is for Justin actually to notice her. Enter best friend Brandon Taylor, the school’s second biggest hottie, and now Aly’s pretend boyfriend. With his help, elevating from “funny friend” to “tempting vixen” is only a matter of time.

But when everything goes according to plan, the inevitable “break up” leaves their friendship in shambles, and Aly and Brandon with feelings they can’t explain. And the fake couple discovers pretending can sometimes cost you the one thing you never expected to want.



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Spotlight: Public Affairs by Cassandra Carr


Blurb:

Nate O'Halloran is a PR superstar, an expert in crisis management for his image-conscious celebrity clients. When his college roommate, now a hospital director in Buffalo, calls to beg for his help-- a cancer researcher on staff has disappeared with millions of dollars' worth of government research funds-- Nate agrees to help right away, though this situation is pretty small potatoes for him. 


Val Chase, the hospital's PR director, is none too thrilled when Nate shows up; does it mean her boss
doesn't trust her to handle this mess herself? Against her better judgment, Val decides she and Nate have to work together to save the hospital's reputation, though the explosive attraction they feel is making any actual "work" difficult...

About the Author:

Cassandra Carr is a multi-award winning romance writer. When not writing she enjoys watching hockey and hanging out online. Cassandra's books have won numerous "Best Book Of" awards and her novella Unexpected Top was nominated in the E-book Erotic Romance category of RT's Reviewers' Choice Awards.

She thinks the best part of being a writer is how she writes about love and sex while most others struggle with daily commutes, micro-managing bosses and cranky co-workers. Her inspiration comes from everywhere, but she'd particularly like to thank the Buffalo Sabres, the hockey team near and dear to her heart.


For more information about Cassandra, check out her website, "like" her Facebook fan page or follow her on Twitter.

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Spotlight: Rancher Rescue by Barb Han


Blurb:

When a little boy goes missing, rancher Caleb Snow steps in to help…and winds up falling for the child’s beautiful—but mysterious—aunt in Barb Han’s Rancher Rescue. 

Getting tangled up with another woman in crisis is the last thing rancher Caleb Snow needs. The handsome cowboy has been badly burned too many times. But this one feels different—Katherine Harper is injured and reeling after an ambush in which her nephew was kidnapped. Caleb wants nothing more than to protect the
beautiful, headstrong woman and help her find the missing child. If only he could ignore the feelings she stirs in him. 


But as they search together, it’s clear someone wants Katherine dead. Soon the two are running for their lives, dodging bullets, not knowing who to trust…or if they’ll survive long enough to bring a little boy home.


About the Author:

Barb Han is the author of romance novels and romantic suspense. Her debut romantic thriller, GONE, was released January, 2013, and features a desperate woman who wakes in a mental institution determined to find the son she’s told never existed.

 Her novella, Seducing Avery, was released early this year, and has received much acclaim due to her unique storyline that features an Asian hero. Another Asian hero romance, The Billionaire Bargain, released early this summer exclusively for Kindle. The wide release is scheduled for late August. Her romantic suspense, Caught In The Crosshair, features a determined sister and an ex-military sniper on a tropical island with a hurricane brewing and dangerous men closing in. This story is now available exclusively for Kindle. 

Barb is under contract with Harlequin Intrigue. Her first book featuring a rancher from North Texas will be published in early 2014.

Barb belongs to Romance Writers of America, DARA, KOD, and NTRWA where she volunteers as often as she can. She graduated from The University of North Texas with a bachelor degree in journalism.

She lives in North Texas with her own Asian-hero husband, has three beautiful children, a spunky Golden Retriever/Standard Poodle mix, and too many books in her ‘to read’ pile. In her down time, she plays video games and spends much of her time on or around a basketball court. She’s passionate about travel, and many of the places she visits end up in her books.

She loves interacting with readers and is grateful for their support.


Please visit me at: Website, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest.  My newsletter subscribers are first to find out about new releases. 

Tour Schedule:

1/27:  Dawne Prochilo - Spotlight / Review
1/27:  Books to Get Lost In - Spotlight
1/28:  Inner Goddess Forum - Excerpt/Spotlight
1/28:  Theresa Stillwagon - Character Interview
1/29:  Lia's Book Haven - Excerpt
1/29:  Romantic Reads and Such - Character Interview
1/30:  Ramblings From This Chick - Excerpt/Spotlight
1/30:  Harlie's Books - Interview & Review
1/31: Melissa Stevens - Spotlight
1/31: Becky on Books - Spotlight
1/31:  Lusty Penguin Reviews - Interview
1/31:  You Gotta Read Reviews - Spotlight


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January Covet Blast


Covets have all the sexiness, emotion, and happily ever after that readers have come to expect and love from Entangled. They are firmly grounded in the contemporary world, but each novel brings in supernatural twists, breaking the contemporary and paranormal rules, alike. To find out more about their titles, chat with authors, participate in special events, and to find out what books you’ll be coveting next, visit the Entangled website, follow them on Twitter, LIKE their Facebook page, and join the Book Club.

Also, make sure to hop on over the Entangled in Romance blog to join in the fun as Covet challenges readers to share their worst date stories. The worse, the better, hold no punches!

Today I'm happy to be featuring Covet's January releases:


Love at Stake by Victoria Davies

Abbey is the lone human working for Fated Match, a company that pairs members of the supernatural community with their eternal mates.

To snag a young vampire socialite as their next client, Abbey journeys to the home of Lucian Redgrave, the oldest vampire on the East Coast. But he's not willing to allow his vampire daughter to use the agency... unless Abbey can first find his perfect match in a month.

As Abbey coaches Lucian through his dates, she can’t deny the chemistry between them. But humans are toys for vampires, and risking her heart isn't a part of the plan.




Haunt Me by Heather Long

Recently divorced author MacKenzie Dillon has lost her writing mojo. When she inherits her great aunt’s haunted house in Virginia, she is determined to make a new start. The creepy old house provides inspiration but at what cost?

Successful architect and paranormal skeptic Justin Kent returns to Penny Hollow to fulfill his father’s dying wish of revitalizing their small town. To do that, he needs the allegedly haunted estate at Summerfield. Mac, the new owner, may be gorgeous and spunky, but she refuses to sell.

These two have a dangerous history that spans the ages, but will they discover the truth in time to save their lives?



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Saturday, January 25, 2014

Blog Tour: Hardpressed by Meredith Wild


Blurb:

In Hardpressed, the highly anticipated second book of the Hacker Series that began with Hardwired, Blake and Erica face threats that put both their love and their lives on the line.

Despite Blake Landon’s controlling ways, the young and wealthy hacker finally won the trust of the woman he loves. Internet entrepreneur Erica Hathaway broke down the walls that kept her from
opening her heart and her business to Blake.

Ready to start this new chapter in her life, Erica is determined not to let anything come between them, even if that means giving Blake back some of the control he craves in and out of the bedroom.

But when demons from her past threaten their future, Erica makes a decision that could change their lives forever.

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About the Author:

Meredith Wild picked up her first romance novel at the tender age of twelve, and shortly after put pen to word processor and made her first attempt at writing a love story inspired by those she so enjoyed reading well past her bedtime.

Her dream of writing took a back seat to college, parenthood and eventually entrepreneurship, which led her into the fast-paced and male-dominated high tech industry.  With enough life experience for a few lifetimes, she now devotes her hours to writing contemporary adult romance, with a hint of kink.

Her debut novel Hardwired tells the story of billionaire bad boy, Blake Landon, and the object of his obsession, strong-willed tech startup CEO, Erica Hathaway.

When she isn’t writing or mothering, Meredith can be found sunbathing with an adult beverage.

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Meagan's Review:

Okay so this book pretty much starts off where the last one left. And I couldn't be more in love with Blake and Erica. This book too me through sooooo many emotions with Blake and Erica, Erica and her dad, Erica and the loser step-brother, Erica and her friends, Erica and co-workers, Blake and his family, Blake and his stupidity and so on. Like I said lots of emotions. And not only that this book is a lot darker as the depth of plots and twists and turns come to light. After reading this book I'm dying to see what will happen in the next. 

But back to this one. So Blake and Erica are finding their way with each other in this new relationship of theirs. But as they start to get more serious and closer together outside forces seem to be staking up against them. Of course the hackers from Blake's past are still at it and causing troubles, but the unexpected turn come when Erica has to dance with her icky step-brother and makes the entire situation uncomfortable. Furthermore, when Erica's dad questions her about the awkwardness she doesn't answer, but ends up leaving. The next day Erica finds out that the step-loser has offed himself. 

I struggled with this because he just didn't seem the type and then the truth comes out and I"M SHOCKED. Literally socked out of my mind and then the slight violence that followed angered me severally. And then the threats came and Erica feels like the walls are closing in her and she makes some very rash decisions. Then more deception and greed and heartache. Will Blake and Erica ever find their way back to each other? Will Erica be able to do what she wants to do? What about her relationship with her father? Who will she be able to trust? Will Blake be an arrogant ass and back to the playboy self? Or will he fight to win and be with Erica? So many questions that are answered in this book and again I'm curious to see what will be in store for the next one. I love the dark story that Meredith wrote for this book. She's a brilliant and talented writer and you can't help but get hooked from the first page. I highly highly recommend this book as the next one on your shelf to read.



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Blog Tour: Heights of Desire by Mara


Blurb:


A woman who has everything meets a man who can offer her nothing but trouble.  They bring each other to a height of desire neither thought possible, but is it enough to overcome the differences that tear them apart?

Kate Champion, a forty-two-year-old, married mother of two, leads an enviable upper class life of luxury.  Her comfortable path takes an unexpected detour after a chance encounter at a neighborhood playground.

Jaylee Inoa is a twenty-two-year-old, second generation New York Dominican with close ties to the Heights and the gangs that run them.



Her life of privilege is no match for the code of the streets he navigates with ease.  When a crime of the heart leads to a crime in the flesh, how far will she go to redeem him?  Can she risk all in her life that is golden for the love of her golden-eyed man?


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I’m a reader, a writer, and a lover of all things
romantic.  I’m also a coffee, hot sauce, ink, telenovela, and Bikram Yoga enthusiast.  I live in New York City with my husband and two children, and I spend a lot of time on the playground.




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Meagan's Review:

Okay so I'm not sure where to start with, with this book. This was something different for me to read. And honestly I'm still confused. Okay so now I will tell you.....I am all about romance and happy endings in any shape or form. I'm always rooting for the underdog and again happily ever afters. But again this book left me confused and not really sure of my feelings. Okay so I know that love is normally unconventional and never follows any type of plan, but this book left me with questions about feelings and common sense. 

Okay so our book starts out with Kate picking up her youngest daughter and taking her away from the thug court. Well on her way back her shirt rides up and she gets a cat call from a guy on the thug court. And as she turns around to say something to him, she is struck speechless when she stares into his eyes. They have this moment and then later he is opening the door for her and her two daughters and walks with them to the park. Okay now for me my mother instinct kicks in. OMG what woman let's some strange kid (by the way he's only 22) who looks like he's in a gang, hangs out on the thug court, would let them help their daughter into a swing. In New York no less? So this was my first red flag. But as the story continues it's a little later before these two see each other again. So Kate and Jaylee meet again exchange names and then OMG she does something even more taboo, she invites him back to her house. OMG you don't even know this guy. Again he looks like he's in a gang, you know nothing about him...other than you have a  name and he hangs out on the thug court. 

Turns out that Jaylee is actually really good with the girls, but still, and him and Kate have a few moments and then he leaves. Ohhh and I should mention that Kate is married to a man for like 10 years and ohh he's an attorney. Throughout the entire book I'm curious as to what type of law he practices, but you don't find out till towards the end. Anyways Jaylee and Kate go salsa dancing and from here things get interesting. He ends up taking her wedding rings and keeps them and they definitely have some sexual chemistry and I can understand why Kate is into Jaylee. Now while age has never been a factor for me with love, for me it's odd because Kate is 42, married with two kids. She isn't some 28 or 32 year old without taking actions that affect other people. Jaylee is 22 and yeah.....I'm still not fully sure what he does, other than he dabbles in some illegal stuff, but he's not all bad.  When Jaylee drops her off that night he tells her that she isn't to have sex with her husband because all of her turned-on-ness is his to take and not her husbands. 

Anyways these two eventually begin a somewhat relationship and it get's interesting. She becomes more careless with herself and eventually Kate's husband finds out. He still wants to make it work with her and then he also pretty much tells her that if she leaves she won't see her daughters again. From here things get even more interesting. This is when my "dective/suspicious" side comes out. I begin to question a lot of things that happen and how they happen and why they happen. And my questions start to get answered by the end of the book. I was hooked with this book from the very beginning and had to know how it would finish. And OMG the cliff hanger....ahhhhh I can't wait to get my hands on the next book. I want to know what choices Kate will follow. How involved is her husband? What will happen to Jaylee? I can't give you too many more questions because it would give away the end of this book and honestly it's worth reading. I would definitely recommend this book for something new and different to read...a different take on romance and one that makes you question everything.     



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