tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25913066515204596162024-03-05T15:05:56.506-05:00Books to Get Lost In Books to Get Lost InMeaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17668071748571168446noreply@blogger.comBlogger566125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2591306651520459616.post-40867296554976296872020-01-29T06:00:00.000-05:002020-01-29T06:00:03.734-05:00Blog Tour: The Die of Death by Kenneth B Anderson<div style="text-align: center;">
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<strong>Welcome to the first leg of the multi-book tour for <span style="color: #666699;">The Great Devil War</span> series by Kenneth B. Andersen! </strong>
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<strong>The Die of Death (The Great Devil War #2)</strong><br />
<strong>Publication Date:</strong> October 5th, 2018<br />
<strong>Genre:</strong> YA Fantasy
Philip’s adventures as the Devil’s apprentice have changed him—in a good way. Although he misses his friends in Hell, he has made new friends in life. But when the future of the underworld is threatened once again, Philip’s help is needed. Death’s Die has been stolen and immortality is spreading across the globe. Philip throws himself into the search—and discovers a horrible truth about his own life along the way.
The Die of Death is volume 2 in The Great Devil War-series.<br />
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<a href="https://rrbooktoursblog.files.wordpress.com/2020/01/the-die-of-death-cover-book-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="The Die of Death Cover - Book 2" border="0" class="alignnone wp-image-5072" height="640" src="https://rrbooktoursblog.files.wordpress.com/2020/01/the-die-of-death-cover-book-2.jpg" width="416" /></a>“Why did you bring me back?” Philip asked. “And why was it so difficult?”
Mortimer’s laughter stopped abruptly.
“Two questions with the same answer,” Death said, setting his coffee mug down. His hand shook faintly, Philip noticed. “Because the reason that you were able to stay alive as long as you did is the very reason that I’ve brought you here.” He sighed heavily and closed his eyes. Closed them for so long that Philip almost thought he’d fallen asleep. Then he opened his eyes again, slowly, and the gray eyes looked mournfully at Philip. “My die was stolen.”
“Your die?” Philip repeated, surprised, and automatically gazed at Mortimer’s chest, where the hundred-sided die should have hung from a silver necklace. One of the two great dice. Death’s die. The one that gave newborns their life-years. But there was no necklace. No die. “When?”
“About two weeks ago. At first, I thought I’d misplaced it, that I’d put it somewhere. I searched the entire house before I realized.”
“Realized what?” Satina asked.
“That the front door was ajar. Someone had been here. Someone had been here and had stolen my die while I slept.”
“Do you have any idea who it might be?”
Mortimer shook his head. “I have no clue. But it must be someone who knows me well. Knows my habits. I sleep just once a year, you see. On April thirty-first, when spring has arrived, Vita’s working overtime, and everything is in bloom. That’s when I get my deep sleep. You remember Vita, right Philip?”
Philip nodded. He remembered Vita very well. She was Mortimer’s sister. Philip had met her the last time he was in Hell. She was the one who brought him back to life. She <em>was </em>life.
Then it hit him, exactly what Mortimer had said, and he counted the months on his knuckles. January, February, March, April. No, there weren’t 31 days in April. And another thing…
“You said the die was stolen two weeks ago,” he said. “But half a year has passed since April?”
“For you, yes,” Death replied. “But time is different down here, remember.”
“Oh yeah,” Philip said, a little irritated for not figuring that out himself. Hadn’t he just determined there was no such thing as April 31st? Of course, time was different down here. <em>Everything</em> was different down here.
“This is a calamity!” The old man stood and began to pace the floor, shaking his head in despair. “Without my die, every child born in the world will be immortal. The consequences will be horrific for those poor people, who won’t have death to look forward to.”
“Death isn’t exactly something people look forward to, is it?” objected Philip cautiously.
Mortimer paused, staring at him. “Yes, it is,” he said in a voice verging on a snarl. “They just don’t know it.”
“I don’t understand.”
“And Lucifer said you were such a bright boy. But then again, he is the Father of Lies,” Death muttered. He moved to the window and looked out at the evening darkness as it sank swiftly across the bleak countryside. “Many people would say the same thing, Philip. That death is something terrible, a necessary evil best avoided.”
“Well… isn’t it?”
“No!” shouted Mortimer, startling both Philip and Satina. His old eyes sparkled. “I’m humanity’s greatest fear because there’s no greater fear than that of death. But that’s not the way it should be! The truth is, people don’t realize just how much they should appreciate me. Death isn’t an unfortunate consequence of life; on the contrary, Death is what makes life worth living. Men and women value only that which they might lose. Don’t you see? Without death, life is uninteresting and utterly meaningless.”
Philip didn’t entirely understand what Mortimer was saying. And yet… maybe he did. “It’s like what Lucifer said. Without evil there is no good. You can’t have one without the other. And the same goes for life and death?”
“Exactly!” Mortimer thrust out his arms. “Without death, the joy of life is killed by life itself! And that’s not even the worst of it. How would the world look in just fifty years? Think about all those poor wretches who’ve been seriously injured, but whose heart continues to beat. Victims of traffic accidents, of earthquakes, fires, floods. Terrible, terrible! The world would be populated by living corpses who wish for nothing more than the peace that comes with death, but their wishes would never be fulfilled. Can you imagine that?”
Satina said nothing, but Philip had to swallow twice. Yes, he could imagine it. He could see it all too clearly, and he could feel the nausea burbling in his gut at the frightening scenario Death described.
“When you roll your die,” Philip said, “what happens exactly?”
“That’s a huge question,” Death said, gazing deeply into his eyes. “Can your mind handle the answer?”
“Try me.”
“When the die is cast, the sand begins to run.”
Philip glanced at Satina, who shook her head to show she didn’t understand either. “What do you mean?”
Mortimer stepped slowly toward him. Shadows covered his face like a black spiderweb. His eyes were concealed in darkness.
“Are you afraid, Philip?” he asked. His voice was dry as the fire crackling in the woodstove. “Are you afraid of death?”
Philip’s first impulse was to nod. Because he <em>was</em> afraid of Death, afraid of this odd, ancient man who’d been around since the origins of life, who had seen civilizations rise and fall, who had seen so many ghastly things that it had snuffed out the light in his eyes. But he surprised himself by shaking his head. “No. I’m not afraid. I’m already dead.”
Mortimer seemed to consider this response carefully. Then his mouth twisted into a wry smile.
“Come along,” he said. “I will show you something no human being has ever seen.”</blockquote>
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<strong>About the Author</strong>
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I WAS BORN IN DENMARK ON A DARK AND STORMY NIGHT IN NOVEMBER 1976 …</div>
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During the next 7 years, I wrote nearly 20 novels–all of which were rejected–while working as a school teacher. The rest of the time I spent writing.
In 2000 I published my debut fantasy book, The Battle of Caïssa, and that’s when things really took off. Since then I’ve published more than thirty-five books for children and young adults in genres ranging from fantasy to horror and science fiction.
My books have been translated into more than 15 languages and my series about the superhero Antboy has been adapted for film, which is available on Netflix. An animated tv series is currently in development.
A musical of The Devil’s Apprentice opened in the fall 2018 and the movie rights for the series have also been optioned.
I live in Copenhagen with my wife, two boys, a dog named Milo and spiders in the basement.
About <span style="color: #666699;"><a href="http://www.kennethboeghandersen.dk/en/fl-builder-template/gdw-all-books/" style="color: #666699;">THE GREAT DEVIL WAR</a></span>: The Great Devil War was published in Denmark from 2005-2016, beginning with The Devil’s Apprentice.
Even though the story (mostly) takes place in Hell and deals with themes like evil, death and free will, it is also a humoristic tale about good and evil seen from a different perspective. A tale that hopefully will make the reader – young or old, boy or girl – laugh and think.
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<strong>The Celestial Assignment</strong>
<strong>Expected Publication Date:</strong> February 14th, 2020<br />
<strong>Genre:</strong> Short Story/ Urban Fantasy/ Paranormal
After a sudden death, Will, a misguided angel, is tasked with protecting a baby girl. Watching over her as she grows up and navigates the world appears a harsh punishment for his past failings. Can he redeem himself, or will he fall further from grace?
<em>“I devoured this phenomenal sorrow-filled piece in one sitting, but Braun left me with so many questions I had to think about. She creates a world that’s vivid, lush and visceral, while setting the reader up for heartbreak and despair. Amazing read, can’t recommend ‘The Celestial Assignment’ enough.” –Steve Stred, author of Ritual</em><br />
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You know that meme of the angel statue, its face in its hands, with the caption: “This is probably what my guardian angel looks like”? Well, that’s the only thing on the wall in this stark room meant for some 12-step spiritual garbage.</div>
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I was mystified as fuck the first time I sat here. The last thing I’d remembered was having a beer with one of my side pieces before witnessing her chuck my body into an unmarked grave. The bitch walked right through me as I grilled her about what she’d done.</div>
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“What am I doing here?” I asked, studying the new gray markings growing iridescent on my skin.</div>
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“You’re getting a new assignment,” said someone with platinum hair. His wings were the real deal, tucked at his back, and he wore a white T-shirt and white jeans.</div>
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“As opposed to what?”</div>
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“Going back to earth. That hasn’t been working.” He stared at me with his unnaturally light blue eyes. “Don’t worry, there’s a manual under your seat.”</div>
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That’s when I zoned out. The rest of them yammered on as I frantically retraced my memory for clues to why I was here. What kind of demented lunatic would make me an angel, if that’s what I was? I hadn’t even stepped one foot in a church, at least in my most recent life. That’s when it hit me I’d had more than one incarnation on earth. The mere vocabulary of it made me shiver.</div>
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With a jolt, my feet landed on slick linoleum, the burning odor of disinfectant and stale medicine in the air. A woman screamed in a hospital bed, her legs pried open with a sheet over them. Ugh. I’d never liked babies and had zero fatherly instincts. As the infant cried and was handed to the mother, the dad busy snapping Polaroids, I heard a whisper: “She’s your responsibility now.”</div>
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As my questions flooded in, that damned manual appeared in my hand. Annoyed the heavenly head honchos hadn’t downloaded the content into my brain, I held onto it, lest I be struck by lightning.</div>
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“Hello, Celeste,” the mother cooed to the baby.</div>
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As a reluctant guardian angel, I figured my job involved keeping this pipsqueak’s hand off the hot stove, and her mouth away from poisons in the cabinets. Most of the time, I yawned in the periphery, especially since I was trapped in this fucking hick town somewhere in the middle of Wisconsin. Countless Crayon doodles and finger paintings were the extent of my excitement. Eventually, I rejoiced when of a few close calls at the wheel of her parents’ car gave me something to do. But then there was her painfully awkward discovery of boys. Once she inadvertently brushed this dude’s junk at a dance. Her first kiss was lame as shit. It was like being tuned into the Nickelodeon Channel. Her interactions with a new boy made me gag—they’d finish each other’s sentences and giggle like idiots. What did I do to deserve this?</div>
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Hmmm. What’s this? Looks like Ms. Braun left her computer on and her Goodreads bio open.
This should be fun.
What can we say about Theresa? I mean other than the fact that she’s weirdly obsessed with smiley faces :-). Like, seriously obsessed >:-*. It’s kinda scary :-O.
I think she thinks she’s from Renaissance England or Venice or something. I never could figure out which one it was. (She’s really bad at doing accents.)
She likes romance novels and crime TV, which are pretty much the same thing when you think about it. Ha! Am I right?
She has a hell of a singing voice. Seriously. It’s, like, seventh circle of hell bad.
She likes editing. A lot. Just wait till she get’s a load a this.
Cats. Shoes. Chips and salsa. In that order.
Yeah, that last part didn’t make sense to me either.
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Meaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17668071748571168446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2591306651520459616.post-32763820023603809672020-01-23T14:14:00.002-05:002020-01-23T14:14:38.760-05:00I'm back........mostlyHey, guys I just wanted to give a quick update for those that are still following. Okay, so I took some time off because I had my 3rd child and had a lot of complications during the pregnancy and post-pregnancy. When I was finally doing better and in the all-clear, I made a professional decision to go back to school and get my Master's degree. Welp I graduated January 5, 2020, with my Master's degree in Marketing and Communications. So I work a full-time job, I'm the mother to 3 overly rambunctious children ranging from 8 to 2, coming and going like nobodies business and in between all that I sometimes find time to read. I miss my blog and writing about the wonderful stories I get lost in, so while I am back, it will be a slow process to figure out how much I can take on in an already chaotic life. So my first post will be up tomorrow for a cover reveal. And I have one scheduled (so far) next week. I've finished 3 books recently and plan to have reviews put up on those as well. So I'm back but not as crazy busy as I used to be on here. So thank you guys for staying with me and all the support over the years and I can't wait to see what I get to dive into in 2020.Meaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17668071748571168446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2591306651520459616.post-69103787701930099162018-03-29T08:00:00.000-04:002018-03-29T08:00:23.063-04:00First Look Celebration: Don't Call Me Cupcke by Tara Sheets
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">Author:</span></b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"> Tara Sheets</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">Genre:</span></b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"> Contemporary Romance</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">Release
Date: </span></b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">April
24, 2018</span></div>
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<strong><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">There’s a very special kind
of sweetness to life on Pine Cove Island …</span></i></strong></div>
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Most families have
a favorite recipe or two, handed down through generations. The Holloway women
are a little different. Emma Holloway, like her grandmother before her, bakes
charms into her delicious cupcakes, granting the recipient comfort, sweet dreams,
or any number of good things. It’s a strange gift, but it brings only
happiness. Until gorgeous, smooth-talking newcomer Hunter Kane strolls into her
shop, Fairy Cakes—and Emma makes the mistake of selling him not one, but <em>three</em>
Sweet Success cupcakes.</div>
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Hunter, it turns
out, is opening a fancy new restaurant and bakery right on the
waterfront—Emma’s competition. To make matters worse, the town committee has
decided to split the upcoming summer festival contract between the two, forcing
Emma to work with her nemesis. But she can’t afford to split her profits. The
solution: create a recipe that will make Hunter leave town permanently.</div>
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The Holloway
charms are powerful. But there are other kinds of magic in the world—like
red-hot first kisses, secret glances, and the feeling that comes with falling
truly, madly, inconveniently in love . . .</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">“You.” A
woman’s voice called behind him, and he turned to see the cupcake girl marching
toward him. She was still wearing that black-and-white frilly apron. With her
blond ringlets flying around her delicate face and flinty sparks in her gray
eyes, Hunter felt like he was about to be attacked by a sexy Goldilocks. </span></div>
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searched behind him as she approached, to make sure she wasn’t talking to
someone else. “Me?” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">She
stopped in front of him, a little out of breath from her march down the street.
Her chest lifted and fell intriguingly over the white apron lace, but her
rosebud mouth was pursed tightly and Hunter took a step back. He had seen that
look on women before. Goldilocks was not happy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">“Yes,
you,” she said through gritted teeth. “You lied to me. You’re not a tourist.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">“Uh,”
Hunter glanced around for a moment. “I’m not?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">“No,
you’re not.” She stepped in close, grabbing the pastry box out of his hand. She
peered inside and glared up at him in accusation. “And of course. You had to go
and eat all three of them, didn’t you?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">He
blinked. “But, I paid for them, remember?” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">“That’s
not the point. You. Ate. Them.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">“Yes,”
he said carefully. Maybe Goldilocks liked to spike her morning porridge. “They
were delicious?” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">“<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Ugh</i>.” She stomped her foot and he tried
not to smile. She was irritated, yes, but so damn adorable. Even if she was a
little bit odd. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">“You shouldn’t
have eaten them because you weren’t being honest with me. You’re not just a
tourist passing through. You’re the new owner of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">that</i>.” She pointed to the empty waterfront building that would soon
be his fancy new café and restaurant. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">“Yes.” He
held out his hand and gave her his best smile. “I’m Hunter Kane.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">She
frowned back at him, ignoring his hand. “I know who you are. And you should
have told me that before I gave you those Sweet Success cupcakes.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">“Why?” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">“Because
I own Fairy Cakes, and now your business is going to take away all my
customers.” She looked so upset that Hunter felt a twinge of pity for her, even
though she was being ridiculous. Competition was the name of the game in any
industry, and restaurant ownership was no exception. “Look, I’m sorry you feel
that way, but it’s just business. And why would my eating your chocolate
cupcakes be a problem anyway? It’s not like I’m going to steal the recipe or
something.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">“Ha,”
she scoffed. “As if you ever could. My cupcakes are special, and everyone on
this island knows it.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">“Oh . .
. kay.” He still wasn’t quite sure what she was getting at.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">“And now
you’ve gone and eaten them.” She threw her hands up in the air.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">Hunter
frowned down at her. “Well, excuse me, ma’am. I thought that was the whole point
of buying them.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">She
jammed her hands onto her hips. “First of all, I’m twenty-five years old. Don’t
call me ‘ma’am.’ Save it for old ladies with lapdogs.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">“Fine,
Cupcake.” He shouldn’t have said it. He knew it. But something about her
righteous indignation made him want to tease her. She gasped, her eyes
narrowing on him like an angry feline. He was so dead.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">T</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">ARA SHEETS is an award-winning author of contemporary romance and women’s
fiction. Her work has earned first place recognition in literary contests
nationwide and her debut novel, Don’t Call Me Cupcake, won the 2016 Golden
Heart® award sponsored by Romance Writers of America®. Tara began her career as
an author in the Pacific Northwest, inspired by the rain and the misty
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Meaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17668071748571168446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2591306651520459616.post-32391522531018451352018-03-13T07:00:00.000-04:002018-03-25T12:54:03.299-04:00Release Blitz: Thirsty by Mia Hopkins<br />
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past. A single mom fighting for her future. Can she show this bad boy the man’s
he’s meant to be? Mia Hopkins is back with the first in an all-new contemporary
series, THIRSTY (Eastside Brewery #1)! <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">My name
is Salvador Rosas. Back in the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">barrio</i>,
my past is written on the walls: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">ESHB</i>.
Short for East Side Hollenbeck, my father’s gang—my gang. Hell, it’s a family
tradition, one that sent both my brothers away. They used to call me “Ghost”
because I haunted people’s dreams. Now I’ve got nothing going for me except a
hipster gringo mentoring me in a new career. An ex-con making craft beer? <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">No mames.</i><br />
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Still, people in this neighborhood look out for one another. That’s how I
became Vanessa Velasco’s unwelcome tenant. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Chiquita
pero picosa.</i> She’s little, but with curves so sweet they’re dangerous. I
remember Vanessa from the old days, the straight-A student with big plans.
Plans that were derailed by another kid stupid enough to think he was
bulletproof. Now Vanessa knows better than to believe in empty promises.
There’s fire in her . . . and if I touch her, I might get burned.<br />
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I’m trying everything I can to go straight. But when East Side Hollenbeck comes
calling, I might have to risk it all to find out if there’s a future for
Vanessa and me. Because she’s the only one who can quench my thirst for
something real.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Thirsty</i> is sexy and soul-wrenching, with Sal’s irresistible voice
luring you through a living, breathing Los Angeles. Vanessa and Sal’s chemistry
is sizzling right off the page, and their journey will keep you on the edge of
your seat. Five smoldering, tattooed stars!” - USA Today Bestselling Author
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria",serif;">The ride starts with a
burst of music like a jack-in-the-box. We glide backward and over a couple of
times. The Ferris wheel stops to let other passengers on. At the very top, our
carriage swings back and forth before it goes still.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria",serif;">Now I can see my
neighborhood from a different viewpoint, high above. The lights of the carnival
are bright and beautiful. The smells of tacos, hot dogs, and popcorn fill my
nose. People pack the church parking lot. Cars line the street, and in the
surrounding houses, lights in the windows show where families are talking or
watching TV or having dinner.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria",serif;">“How are you doing?” I
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria",serif;">“I’m all right.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria",serif;">She’s looking at the same
things I am. I wonder if she is seeing the same details. I stroke her hair and
take another risk. “So what do you think?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria",serif;">“About what?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria",serif;">“Starting something with
me?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria",serif;">She takes a deep breath
but doesn’t say anything.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria",serif;">“What are your doubts?” I
say.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria",serif;">“Are you kidding?” She
snorts. “You’re seriously asking me that?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria",serif;">I laugh a little. “Okay,
well. Besides the obvious.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria",serif;">“You have your own life. I
have mine. You’re trying to rebuild from the ground up. I’m trying to secure my
daughter’s future. We’re heading in different directions.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria",serif;">She isn’t wrong. Life has
disappointed her in such deep and cruel ways, I don’t blame her for protecting
herself. But even as she tells me this—the truth about how we’re not right for
each other—I feel how right it is to talk to her, to hold her hand, to show her
who I am. “I have an idea,” I say. “Probation.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria",serif;">“What?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria",serif;">“I’m only around for two
months, right?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria",serif;">“Right.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria",serif;">“Spend those two months
with me.” I look into her eyes. “I want to be with you, Vanessa.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria",serif;">“Sal—”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria",serif;">“I’ll be gone before I
have a chance to disappoint you.” When the words leave my mouth, I try to
ignore how pathetic they sound. “We’re adults, not dumb kids. We won’t lose our
heads.” I run my fingers through her silky hair. “I swear to God, every time I
look at you, I feel . . .” I reach for the most honest word I can find.
“Thirsty.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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"Mia Hopkins is an imaginative author who doesn’t take the easy road to a
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">"Sweet and filthy at the same time, just the way I like
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"The writing is excellent, the emotions leap off the page, and the sex is
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">"Beautifully descriptive...hot, sexy and full of
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"Hopkins packs a lot of heat and romance on the pages...Caution: hot, sexy
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Meaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17668071748571168446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2591306651520459616.post-89402391358483570882018-03-06T10:05:00.000-05:002018-03-06T10:05:34.458-05:00Dealing with a lossHey guys I just wanted to let you guys know that I've been dealing with a lot the last few weeks. My dog became sick this year and while trying to take care of her and figure out what was wrong we finally found out and thought we might have at least the year with her, we would have months. Sadly it ended up we would only have weeks and barely even that. Recently, we had to put her to sleep and the decision was the most difficult thing I've had to do in my entire life. That being said I've not dealt with this well at all. My children haven't either. I've been scattered and forgetful and completely off my game and my blog is suffering from it. I want to say now I am so sorry for late posts and falling behind on reviews and posts. I'm slowly getting there.Meaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17668071748571168446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2591306651520459616.post-12356895256432745222018-03-06T07:00:00.000-05:002018-03-06T10:14:37.411-05:00Blog Tour: Playing the Pauses by Michelle Hazen<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">“Hazen’s use of the frantic energy
of a rock band’s tour contrasts perfectly with the slow and seductive dance
this couple engages in. Readers are sure to enjoy following The Red Letters on
their drama-fueled climb to fame. “ <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">—RT Book Reviews<br />
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“To call Playing the Pauses an erotic novel alone would be to belie its equally
strong explorations of the boundaries between personal, career, and sexual
growth.” <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">—Midwest Book Review</i></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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tour manager meets the one musician she can’t resist, their kinks fit together
perfectly, but their lives don’t. Michelle Hazen is back with PLAYING THE
PAUSES, the second, stand-alone installment in her Sex, Love, and Rock &
Roll series. Fans of Kylie Scott’s Stage Dive Series and YOU REALLY GOT ME by
Erika Kelly, will love this bad boy, friends with benefits romance with a dash
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rock star and tattoo artist who needs her help to explore his true kinks.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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break, running an international tour for a rising band. Her job is everything
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one unforgettably erotic night on a hotel balcony, he comes to her with a
proposition. As a former BDSM club performer, Danny’s spent so long fulfilling
other people’s fantasies that now he wants to reclaim his own—and he says she’s
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with her rock star boss could cost her career, and yet there’s something about
Danny’s quiet intensity that she can’t resist. He steals her heart, hard. But
the end of the tour is approaching, and their jobs are headed two different
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them will have to stop touring, but the only thing they crave as much as each
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<br />Meaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17668071748571168446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2591306651520459616.post-41088275608201451642018-03-04T07:00:00.000-05:002018-03-06T10:24:47.524-05:00Blog Tour: Use Me by Kimberly Knight<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">After moving her way up the journalism field by covering stories in extreme weather conditions and working late hours, Ashtyn Valor is now the lead anchor for the nightly news. Finally settled into her career, Ashtyn is ready to take the next step in life with her boyfriend. But when he unexpectedly breaks up with her, Ashtyn decides to numb the pain with alcohol at the closest bar.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Rhys and Ashtyn both expected an evening of alcohol to mask the pain of that October night. What they didn't expect was meeting someone who could shield them from the darkness of their heartaches. </span>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">When obsession becomes dangerous, Ashtyn turns to Rhys for safety. But how safe are they really?</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">The game of love always goes on.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">And their game was just beginning.</span>
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Like a lot of authors, I got my inspiration for the book from a song. I heard it one day on the radio and thought, “this would make a good tragic love story.” I decided to write said tragic love story about a girl using a guy to get over an ex. But you know what they say, right? Not everything goes as planned.<o:p></o:p></div>
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While I had every intention of Ashtyn using Rhys and then for her to realize that it was Rhys all along that had Ashtyn’s heart, that’s not exactly how the story goes. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">They</i> told me they needed more. And more is what <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">they</i> got.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Ashtyn and Rhys are the pieces in other people’s games as they try to move on from heartaches. They turn to each other for more than the occasional using of sex. And while I had planned the story to go one way, it went a different way and the ending was changed.<o:p></o:p></div>
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So, maybe I was a part of their game too?<o:p></o:p><br />
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<strong>About Kimberly Knight</strong></h2>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Don’t Miss MAKE ME WANT by NYT Bestselling Author, Katee Robert! <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Title: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Make Me Want<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Author:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> Katee Robert<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Genre:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> Contemporary Romance<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Release Date: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">March 1, 2018<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Publisher: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Harlequin Dare<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-size: 12.0pt;">Sexy. Passionate. Bold.</span></strong><b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Discover Harlequin DARE, a new line of fun, edgy and sexually explicit romances for the fearless female.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Dare is Harlequin’s hottest line yet. Every book should come with a free fan. I dare you to try them!”—Tiffany Reisz, international bestselling author</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">“What the fuck, Lucy?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">“Hmm?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">“You know exactly what I’m talking about.” He pulled her dress up, though he didn’t need the confirmation. “You come in here with that cock tease of a dress and you aren’t wearing panties.” Jealousy and desire twisted viciously through him. “Were you going to give Aaron a little show?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">“Oh, please. Give me a little credit.” She lifted her chin. “I’m proving a point. You, Gideon Novak, don’t get to make my decisions for me. I appreciate your help, but that’s where it ends.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">She didn’t want him.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He was good enough to fuck but not good enough to listen to.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He kept a white-knuckled grip on his temper because having a knock-down, drag-out fight here and now wasn’t an option for either of them. Not to mention the fact that he didn’t have a <span class="ITALIC"><span style="border: none; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="border: none;">right</span></span></span> to be pissed. She’d laid out the terms that first day and if he chose to ignore them, that was on him—not on </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">It didn’t make how shitty this situation was any easier to swallow.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">“As a fucking heart attack. I told you what would happen if you showed up like that, and you were all too eager to pick up that gauntlet. Choices have consequences, Lucy. This is one of them.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">She backed toward the table. One step. Two. “The consequences being that you’ll spank my ass red and then fuck me right here.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">It didn’t soothe his temper. If anything, it ratcheted it up a notch. She might want <span class="ITALIC"><span style="border: none; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="border: none;">it</span></span></span> but she didn’t want<span class="ITALIC"><span style="border: none; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="border: none;"> him.</span></span></span> “The table.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Lucy turned and, prim as a princess, bent over the table. She seemed to consider and then lowered her chest further until the top half of her body was flush against the polished wood. The position left her ass in the air and had her skirt riding up so he could <span class="ITALIC"><span style="border: none; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="border: none;">see</span></span></span> how turned on she was by this.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">“Which part is getting you?” He stood between her and the door and pushed her dress the last few inches to bare her completely. “The spanking, the defiance, or the fact that we’re in an unlocked room where anyone could walk in—including your fucking date?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">She tilted her ass up, just a little, an offer that made his mouth water. But it was her words that sealed her fate. “All of the above.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: white;">New York Times </span></i><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: white;">and USA TODAY bestselling author Katee Robert learned to tell her stories at her grandpa’s knee. Her 2015 title, The Marriage Contract, was a RITA finalist, and RT Book Reviews named it 'a compulsively readable book with just the right amount of suspense and tension." When not writing sexy contemporary and romantic suspense, she spends her time playing imaginary games with her children, driving her husband batty with what-if questions, and planning for the inevitable zombie apocalypse. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">We are excited to share HELPING HER REMEMBER by Kate Carley. Fans of second-chance romance will find this heartwarming story of redemption. Follow the tour for exclusive excerpts, reviews, and a chance to win a $25 Amazon gift card + three runner-ups will get an ebook copy of HELPING HER REMEMBER.</span></div>
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<b>Title: </b>Helping Her Remember <span style="background: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b>Author: </b>Kate Carley <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Release Date: </b>February 26, 2018<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Publisher: </b>Self-published <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Series:</b> The Crawford Falls Series<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Genres: </b>Contemporary Romance<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Page Count: </b>265<b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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How can two simple words make Dylan Bronstad’s heart ache and sing at the same time? <o:p></o:p></div>
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Even seven years ago, Kelly Anne Leeson had possessed that power. Back then, all Dylan wanted to do was drink and make love to her. Really, it was no wonder she’d climbed out of his bed and walked out of his life, leaving him with nothing but a nasty hangover and the lonely memories of their time together.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Today, Dylan’s life is on track. He’s sober with the support of his family and his tight-knit group of friends. But Kelly could derail all he’s worked to accomplish. Unfortunately, he can’t seem to stay away from her.<o:p></o:p></div>
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While Kelly searches for a way to maintain the safe life she’s created for her son, Dylan works to remind her of the relationship they once had.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Don’t need to. I’m a big girl, you know?” Kelly could feel his lazy perusal from her head down to her toes and back again. She was sweaty and gross, and he was checking her out. Unbelievable. <span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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They ran in silence the rest of the way, because it was just too damn hard for her to talk. And he knew it. When they reached the top of the hill and turned onto her street, he said, “Let’s cool down.” They slowed their pace to a casual walk. “I never get to run with anyone. That was nice.”<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Dylan just laughed at her comment, clasping his hand with hers, lacing their fingers together. “Go out with me, Kelly Anne. I’ve missed you, and I really want to get to know you again.” <span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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The feel of his hand in hers and that sweet invitation sent a familiar surge of excitement through her. Kelly’s heart squeezed and her stomach did that little flip-flop rollercoaster thing again. As always, her body seemed to respond so naturally to Dylan’s attention. Or perhaps foolishly was a more appropriate definition of her response. While he apparently had warm memories of their time together, to her their relationship had been like watching an incredible firework display—spectacular, bright, loud—and then she’d been plunged into a dark, silent night all alone.<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Kelly came to a stop near the side of her mom’s house and turned to face him, sucking in a deep breath and trying to ignore the nice hum of arousal playing through her body. “Jesse’s your best friend, right?” She didn’t wait, because she knew the answer. “Do you hold his hand like this when the two of you are together?” Classic Dylan reaction. He burst into laughter and then released her hand to give her a brief hug. When he stepped back, he wore that expression that generally got him exactly what he wanted. Kelly sighed and shook her head. “No, Dylan. I’m not interested in dating.” <span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Dylan moved in closer, tilting her chin up with one finger so she’d be forced to meet his eyes. Why did he insist on touching her like that? It did crazy things to her brain, not to mention the fact that it all but melted her resolve. “You’re kidding me. Come on, Kelly Anne. We were great together. Why not try it again?” <span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b>Author: </b>SM West<b> <o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Release Date: </b>2/28/18<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Publisher: </b>Self-published<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Series:</b> A Love in Color Novel<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Genres: </b>Contemporary, Romantic Suspense<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif; font-size: 11pt;">Green.
The color of hope.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif; font-size: 11pt;">ANNA
MARI is living for today, not daring to hope for tomorrow. She’s a pawn in her
grandfather’s game, and time is her enemy. Her freedom is the prize.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif; font-size: 11pt;"> DAVIS
COOPER is licking his wounds of betrayal when he’s assigned to babysit his
boss’s sister. The pretty little thing who’s most definitely off-limits.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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they struggle to set boundaries, the root of their friendship grows into
something more. But none of that matters – Anna’s fate is sealed and neither
hope nor love can save her. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Eventually, I select a
large canvas, so large, I can’t get it on the easel and settle for the floor. I
strip my jeans, long sleeved shirt and slip my shoes off, donning the sizeable
green smock hanging on the wall. And I paint. Losing track of time or space.
Fully immersed in the colors, my vision, my emotion.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Here you are,” Coop says
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He’s leaning on the door
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standing there a while. <o:p></o:p></div>
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“How long have you been
here?”<o:p></o:p></div>
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I’ve been painting for
hours, my fingers tingle, my feet are numb, and my lower back aches from
crouching and contorting myself into strange, awkward positions. I was
oblivious to the cries of my body while working.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“A bit.” He pushes off the
wall, nearing to help me to my feet.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I roll my neck and shake
out my limbs before tilting my head to look at him. He smiles, his white teeth
and twinkling eyes pop as he tucks a few strands behind my ear. <o:p></o:p></div>
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“You’ve got some paint on
your face.” His finger slides down my check and then the side of my nose. “It
looks good on you.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Gone is my anger or bruised
ego from his departure last night. I don’t really know what I was expecting or
wanting, and I’m glad to see him. I’m also happy to see that he’s more himself.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“What am I going to do with
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“And what? Make your job
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S.M. West writes contemporary
romance, romantic suspense, erotica and whatever her heart desires. She spends
most of her time juggling a day job, being a mom, wife, and writing. She's a
self-professed junkie of many things, including a voracious fan of music, a
born wanderer, a wine aficionado and chocolate connoisseur.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br />Meaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17668071748571168446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2591306651520459616.post-69282105424917364852018-02-27T07:00:00.000-05:002018-02-27T14:57:49.157-05:00Blog Tour: Asleep from Day by Margarita Montimore<div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Astrid can't remember the best day of her life: yesterday. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">A traumatic car accident erases Astrid s memories of September 9th, the day she spent with an oddly charming stranger named Theo. Ever since, she's been haunted by surreal dreams and an urgent sense that she's forgotten something important. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">One night, she gets a mysterious call from Oliver, who knows more about her than he should and claims he can help her remember. She accepts his help, even as she questions his motives and fights a strange attraction to him. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">In order to find Theo and piece together that lost day in September, Astrid must navigate a maze of eccentric Boston nightlife, from the seedy corners of Chinatown to a drug-fueled Alice-in-Wonderland-themed party to a club where everyone dresses like the dead. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">In between headaches and nightmares, she struggles to differentiate between memory, fantasy, and reality, and starts to wonder if Theo really exists. Eventually, she ll need to choose between continuing her search for him or following her growing feelings for Oliver. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Astrid might go to extreme lengths to find what she's lost... or might lose even more in her pursuit to remember (like her sanity).</span></div>
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The narrative bursts with detailed, vivid characters . . . The dialogue is expertly crafted.” – The BookLife Prize</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">"There is so much to love about this book. The writing is wonderful... The joy of this book is following all of its twists and turns and going on Astrid's journey with her as she tries to determine what is real and what isn't." — GSMC Book Review</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">"This book ticked all my boxes: unusual narrative structure, setting as a character, witty banter, and whip-smart writing... 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Beat the post-Valentine’s Day blues and the cold February nights with Jennifer Gracen’s latest The Harrison’s novel, IT MIGHT BE YOU!<br />
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When Officer Nick Martell learns that a sick child needs his help, he flies to the young Harrison boy’s side. But once in the heart of the wealthy Harrison family, Nick faces a shocking truth—he is none other than a Harrison son himself, born of a secret affair. Though the blue-collar bachelor struggles to accept the elite clan as his own, compassion for the vulnerable boy compels him to stay. That, and the deep spark of connection he feels for the child’s beautiful nurse . . .<br />
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Amanda Kozlov never felt such a strong and sudden passion for a man before. But falling for Nick is not an option—the life the rugged cop leads is too dangerous, the wounds he carries from his explosive family history too fresh. Yet watching Nick bond with the young boy in her care, experiencing tenderness in his arms, Amanda longs to take a chance on the one man who could save the Harrison heir—the only man with the power to shatter her heart. And as drama swirls around them, only time will tell if they’re brave enough to give their love the future it deserves .<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype", serif;">She didn’t know what to make of him yet. But she liked his honesty. “Hey. Knock it off. This is the first date I’ve been on in a long time,” she said, shifting to humor, her default setting. “Don’t mess it up for me. I’m trying to enjoy it.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype", serif;">A surprised laugh burst from him. “Yes, ma’am.” He laughed again and eased back into his chair. “How is that possible, by the way?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype", serif;">“How is what possible?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype", serif;">“That a woman as gorgeous as you hasn’t been on a date in a long time?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype", serif;">“My job’s kind of taken over my life,” she said, her insides warming from his compliment. “When I go home at night, I fall into bed. And even on my days off? I’m just either too tired or too sad to feel like hitting the bar scene. Not my style.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype", serif;">He nodded, taking that in. “We have that in common, then. I’m also over the bar scene, and I’ve been working too much myself. Just got a promotion, so it was worth it, but... I hear you.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype", serif;">She let her eyes run over his body, the muscles defined, taut and delectable in his charcoal-gray Henley and jeans. The man had the body of a god, the face of a model, and he oozed sex appeal. He was naturally charming and relatable, even though he screamed <i>alpha male</i>. She bet he had women throwing themselves at him all the time. “You know what? I call bullshit.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype", serif;">He barked out a laugh. “Excuse me?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype", serif;">“Your sob story rings false. I bet you date. Probably a lot. I mean, look at you.” She arched a brow mischievously.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype", serif;">“Fess up, Officer. Honest to a fault? C’mon, let’s have it.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype", serif;">“Damn, woman.” His grin was playful and sexy as hell. His dark eyes sparkled. “I mean... yeah, I’ve had dates. I go out. But nothing serious for a long time. My last real girlfriend was like... man, three years ago now.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype", serif;">“Mmhmmm.” Amanda narrowed her eyes at him, equally playful.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype", serif;">“I swear that’s the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.” His brows arched as he added, “Related: I have nothing against short, hot flings. While I’m fessing up and all.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype", serif;">“Duly noted, Officer.” She smiled, a fizzy feeling bubbling in her chest. She hadn’t flirted with anyone in so long. It felt good. It was fun. He was fun. And so goddamn gorgeous... ohhh, she wanted him. She wanted him bad. A short, hot fling with him sounded like heaven on earth. Quick as lightning, a vision flashed through her mind of the two of them rolling around naked in a big bed, white sheets beneath them, taking each other hard and hot...</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype", serif;">Oh, look</span></i><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype", serif;">, she thought. <i>There’s me throwing my brain out the window... Bye bye, brain.</i></span></div>
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Walker Brentwood vowed to the moon goddess that he’d protect his Pack and Heal with every last ounce of his power. He’s watched his siblings and cousin battle the worst circumstances to find love and is now afraid that the one woman who could be his might not have much time left. The rules of mating have changed, and Walker will do what he has to in order to protect the bonds that have eluded him for so long.</div>
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Aimee Reagan knows there’s something wrong with her. She’s known since the first time she found out shifters were real and magic existed. When the Talon Pack’s enemy sets his sights on her, her battle to survive becomes even harder.</div>
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Walker and Aimee must turn to each other when the powers around them change and the paths that had been laid before them are no longer clear. But when their passion threatens a curse far older than anyone dreamed, they’ll only have one chance to save something worth more than a mating bond. Their future.</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Rhys Cole's life has always revolved around hockey. Growing up, he knew he'd play in the National Hockey League, but when his dream of being drafted didn't happen, he chose the next best thing: becoming a hockey sportscaster for a local sports station. But just like in sports, you win some, you lose some. When Rhys discovers his girlfriend cheating with a stranger in his bed, he walks to the local bar down the street to let off some steam. </span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">After moving her way up the journalism field by covering stories in extreme weather conditions and working late hours, Ashtyn Valor is now the lead anchor for the nightly news. Finally settled into her career, Ashtyn is ready to take the next step in life with her boyfriend. But when he unexpectedly breaks up with her, Ashtyn decides to numb the pain with alcohol at the closest bar.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Rhys and Ashtyn both expected an evening of alcohol to mask the pain of that October night. What they didn't expect was meeting someone who could shield them from the darkness of their heartaches. </span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Or that their pasts would dangerously intertwine …</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">When obsession becomes dangerous, Ashtyn turns to Rhys for safety. But how safe are they really?</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">The game of love always goes on.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">And their game was just beginning.</span>
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“Sucks your game was canceled tonight.”
“Yeah, but if it hadn’t been,” he said as we began to walk in the direction of my condo, “I wouldn’t have walked in on my cheating girlfriend, and I wouldn’t have met you.”
I could feel the heat hit my cheeks. “This is true, but I wish we would have met under different circumstances.”
“I don’t,” he stated. “Then I wouldn’t have gotten to be your fake boyfriend for a few hours.”
I laughed. “Thank you again for that.”
“Anytime, Cupcake.”
“Cupcake?” I laughed.
“Yeah.”
“Why cupcake?”
“Because I want to lick and eat you.”
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Kimberly Knight is a USA Today Bestselling Author that lives in the mountains near a lake with her loving husband and spoiled cat, Precious. In her spare time, she enjoys watching her favorite reality TV shows, watching the San Francisco Giants win World Series and the San Jose Sharks kick butt. She's also a two time desmoid tumor/cancer fighter that's made her stronger and an inspiration to her fans. Now that she lives near a lake, she plans on working on her tan and doing more outdoor stuff like watching hot guys waterski. However, the bulk of her time is dedicated to writing and reading romance and erotic fiction.</span>
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<strong style="background-color: white;"><span class="il">The</span> <span class="il">Wonder</span> of <span class="il">You</span> by Harper Kincaid</strong></h1>
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<strong style="background-color: white;">Modern <em>Alice in Wonderland</em> Re-telling</strong></h3>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span class="m_-6338709133741722077s1"><b>Releasing February 13, 2018</b></span><strong><br /></strong></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">What if Alice didn’t fall down <span class="il">the</span> rabbit hole, but instead, traveled through</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span class="il">The</span> best day of twenty-five year old Alice Leighton’s life was <span class="il">the</span> day she got to put her nothing special, lil Southern town in her rear-view mirror. Good-bye to phony ‘bless your hearts’ and ‘I’ll pray for <span class="il">you</span>’ crap, all while talking trash behind her back. She’s New York City’s latest addition and she’s going to work her ass off proving she earned her spot in <span class="il">the</span> country’s top grad program.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">Never again will she let some jerk derail her future and break her heart. Oh, and no more players. She’s D.O.N.E with <span class="il">the</span> ‘cool guys’.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">Getting caught up in Dare Grangeworth, <span class="il">the</span> art world’s resident bad boy, was not part of her Alice 2.0 plan, even if he is just her type, with his beard, tats sleeves and intense green eyes. When he’s not dodging <span class="il">the</span> press or his cultish fan base, Dare’s making art that makes a statement. Women seem to lose their heads around him – all <span class="il">the</span> more reason why he finds Alice’s candor refreshing. He’s used to women giving in – not giving attitude.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">He has to get to know this girl, even if it means allowing himself to be <span class="il">the</span> subject of her research. Before too long, he becomes more than a simple outlier she can explain away. And for him everything starts to feel larger than life and upside down, like a heady rush, all while desperately trying not to lose his heart.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">Become lost and found in this re-imagined story of Alice and her cast of characters, in a world where Wonderland meets Sex-and-<span class="il">the</span>-City.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Born in California and raised in South Florida, Harper Kincaid has moved around like a gypsy with a bounty on her head ever since. For years, she was a jill of all trades and a master of none, but is now tickled hot pink to pen stories that break and mend people's hearts for a living. Kincaid believes seduction occurs from <span class="il">the</span> neck up, which is why her characters are smart, sexy, and slightly quirky - and definitely worthy to be your next hard-core book crush.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">When not writing, she adores listening to indie, lo-fi, complaint rock played on vinyl, <span class="il">the</span>theater, well-informed optimism, happy endings (both kinds), and making those close to her laugh 'til they snort. She is a self-admitted change junkie, loving new experiences and places, but has now happily settled in <span class="il">the</span> cutest lil' town, Vienna, Virginia.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Okay so let me start off by saying that I had no idea what this book was going to be about. I saw that it was a retelling of Alice in Wonderland and I was sold. Alice in Wonderland is one of my all-time favorite stories. I do want to say that while I loved every moment of this book and getting lost in the characters and the story line, I'm only rating this book a 3 out of 5 because for one I don't have a half system, but also because the ending, for me, came out of no where and ended very abruptly, that I wanted a little more if that was truly where the author was going to end it. It is honestly just a personal thing, but I got all excited for Alice and then we get one tiny piece and then the end. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">But outside of that little tid bit I LOVED THIS BOOK!!!! OMG from the very first page to Alice and a man running into each other, her calling him City, him picking up on her southern accent and calling her Dixie and all sorts of other southern names, but really looking for her name. Alice pretty much on the side walk of New York City puts him in his place and he is so taken back by it, that he's immediately interested in her. She won't give up her name and they part ways. It isn't until he's in the cab that he finds her purse and decides back at his office that he is going to go through it. And my favorite line from this book came when he calls her to let her know he has her purse and even though she knows he's gone through it and has her name, it isn't until he actually says it that makes everything come together and ovaries explode. His line is simple and not noteworthy outside of text, but he says, "I think you know the answer to that Alice." And imagining him using her name for the first time is again the image of ovaries exploding. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Alice is studying to become a sex therapist and even though this is the carer path she has chose, she doesn't have a ton of experience in that area. But her one professor gives her a task to complete for grad school and eventually she gives into her desires that she tries to play off as just a clinical experiment and begins a relationship/sexual relationship with City who is also known as Dare. I really like Dare's character and the fact that he knows who he is as a person, as a man, and as a man in a relationship. There's no I need to change my ways for her, or any of that I don't have my crap together. It's a nice change of pace. This book gives Alice and Dare plenty of ups and downs and curves and when something comes up that could not only threaten their relationship, but Alice's career will they survive? You'll have to fall down the rabbit hole and step into the world that Harper has created to find out. Truly is a good read. </span></div>
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<b>Book: A Husband for Hire</b>
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<b>Author: Patricia A. Knight</b>
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<b>Genre: A Regency Historical Romance</b></div>
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Lady Eleanor Russell needed a husband. Immediately. With no male heir, when her father died, the vast family estate would revert to the Crown. But no man would choose an unattractive, outspoken, independent, spinster of mature years as a bride—so she’d buy a husband.
An impoverished third son of aristocratic birth, Lord Miles Everleigh, tall, elegant and immensely handsome, relied on wealthy widows to clothe, house and feed him. In exchange, they received a charming, accomplished companion, both in and out of the bedroom. But this lifestyle wore away a man’s self-respect; he was not the male whore his step-brother had named him.
When Eleanor “bought” Miles as a husband, she never intended to lose her heart. When he accepted her proposal, Miles never imagined he’d want more from Eleanor than her money.
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<span lang="EN-US">Chapter One<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-no-proof: yes;">hese</span><span lang="EN-US"> are the best marital prospects you can discover? In <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">all</i> of London?” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The Lady Eleanor Constance Russell, sole offspring of <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">The</span> Right Honorable Earl of Rutledge and The Right Honorable Countess of Rutledge slapped the sheet of paper she’d been reading down on top of the mahogany desk and bestowed on her London barrister the look of a woman at her wit’s end. Grief for her dying parents and a sense of utter desperation had driven her to actions she considered borderline insanity. If she accepted any of the names on this <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">list,</span> she might as well rent rooms in Bedlam. Eleanor fought the hysteria surging in her breast and tried for a more cajoling tone. “Surely you can come up with more worthy candidates?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The barrister who had served her family for the last forty years sat immobile in his great chair, hunkered down behind his great desk, his hands steepled in front of his narrow-lipped mouth. “This was no small task you set before me, Lady Russell. We are at war with France. Many of our most eligible men fill our army and navy.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Her troubled gaze swung outward. Outside the windows of Elsington & Elsington, the London hansom cabs clopped past in the traffic-clogged street. Everyone had business to conduct it seemed. With a heavy <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">sigh,</span> she returned to the issue that had torn her away from the bedside of her failing but beloved parents and the celebrated stud farm into which she’d poured twenty-plus years of her life. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Her eyes flicked to the sheet in front of <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">her,</span> and she jabbed at it with an index finger.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Sir Clive <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">Wellery</span>. Fifty-six years of <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">age,</span> just interred his fourth wife, has no property of worth, eleven dependents ranging in age from two months to twenty-two years, known for a propensity to overindulge in spirits and gambling, currently renting a <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">six-bedroom</span> house in Bloomsbury.” She shuddered and whispered, “Eleven children.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her eyes rose and gazed at the gentleman across the desk from her then dropped back to the paper. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">“Lord Hilary Vance. Sixty-four years of <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">age, of</span> no property or spouse. No <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">dependents</span>, an unfortunate victim of the ‘China <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">disease.’” </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She cleared her throat. “I understand there is no opium den he does not frequent.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The barrister sat motionless in his chair and gave her a disapproving frown. She rolled her eyes. “I am thirty-years-old, sir. I’m not an ignorant debutante.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">“I disapprove of your unorthodox education, Ma’am. It did you a great disservice, and so I told your father.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlorfA_0PB04e3T1SupoyHOJl0bK20nrIhK6KCjdNPJeK9W0mepJ_RODlrmLEKt4YIaUOQFySqFDUWTy4ZaV-ssUfoztsTRh29IO0Jgo7bqGpNrPJ6CApu5yhiG7t6pJrfu0XrBhp16AW8/s1600/SomeThingsCannotBeUnseen.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlorfA_0PB04e3T1SupoyHOJl0bK20nrIhK6KCjdNPJeK9W0mepJ_RODlrmLEKt4YIaUOQFySqFDUWTy4ZaV-ssUfoztsTRh29IO0Jgo7bqGpNrPJ6CApu5yhiG7t6pJrfu0XrBhp16AW8/s320/SomeThingsCannotBeUnseen.png" width="320" /></a><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">You old fusspot.</span></i><span lang="EN-US"> Eleanor swallowed her retort and returned her gaze to the page on the desk. “And then there is Sir Aubrey <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">Dedham</span>… <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">really, Mr.</span> Elsington? Really? The fellow <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">lives at</span> the <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">molly</span> houses.” She frowned as her barrister stirred awkwardly in his high-backed chair. “Did you think I didn’t know the meaning of the term? How am I supposed to persuade a sodomite into marriage with a woman when he <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">is not inclined</span> toward women in the first place?” She scowled. “Though perhaps my possessing no feminine attributes is a recommendation.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">“Lady Russell, please…”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Eleanor held up a gloved hand. “Stop. I know what you are going to say. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">£</span><span lang="EN-US">30,000 will make any man blind. And this last entry.” She sighed and relaxed her upright spine for one moment before resuming her erect posture and folding her hands in her lap. “This last marital candidate.” She could feel the heat <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">climb</span> her neck into her cheeks at the thought of a man that <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">elegant</span> ever giving <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">her</i> a second look and if he did<span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">…</span> she’d probably turn and flee. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">“The Lord Miles Everleigh, twenty-five, the third of four sons, whose eldest brother is the new Duke of <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">Chelsony</span>. I understand Lord Miles lives on the charity of “friends” in return for his convivial companionship and educated guidance on the purchase of fine bloodstock. What <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">could </span>induce…” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">She closed her eyes and fought back the tears that threatened. How had she come to this? Was she going to go through with an action that in her more rational moments caused her to lose the contents of her stomach? In short, yes. The alternative was even more appalling. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One thought of the manor house with its 100,000 acres of attached properties and villages all peopled with men and women who relied <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">on</span> her family for their livelihood<span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">...</span> the thought of all this reverting to the Crown because of some quirk in the laws of primogeniture? Accompanying the <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">loss</span> would be the upheaval and complete displacement of the lovely Thoroughbred mares and stallions of impeccable breeding whose pedigrees she could recite to the nth generation and all their offspring, in short, the entire racing stud she’d helped her father make so fabulously successful<span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">.</span> Well, it was enough to make anyone cry. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Despite having three torturous seasons on the marriage mart ten years ago, no <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">eligible</i> man—there’d been <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">numerous</span> made ineligible by virtue of being unacceptable to her parents or unacceptable to <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">her</i>—had stepped forward with an offer to make her his wife. <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">A</span>ll the wealth and property she would bring with her was insufficient incentive to overcome her plain features, awkward <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">deportment</span> and utter lack of the slightest feminine attribute, so<span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">…</span> she’d have to buy a husband—and soon. With no male heir, upon the death of her father, the <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">estate,</span> and all its entailed properties would be subject to the peregrinations of escheat. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">“Mr. Elsington…please. What <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">could possibly</span> recommend me to Lord Miles Everleigh? Even rusticating as I have been, I hear the on-dits about the <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">ever-so-handsome</span> and sophisticated Lord Miles Everleigh. There will always be other options for a man like this, much better options than a gawky plank of an ape-leader with shriveled social skills who reeks of the stables and is his senior by five years.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The man across from her cleared his throat. “My lady…if I may be allowed…” He looked over his pince-nez. “The marriage agreement that you have required me to draw up demands a gentleman of a certain …” He shifted uncomfortably. “Ah…”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">“Let me assist you. The word you want is desperation. It wants a gentleman who has reached a point of desperation. Well, Mr. Elsington, find more candidates. This week. I’m running out of time.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">“Err, yes, Lady Russell. Quite.” His eyes softened. “How is your father, my lady?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Eleanor dropped her eyes and fought for composure until she was sure she could speak without succumbing to tears. “The physicians tell me, ‘<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">at most a few <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">months</span></i><span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">’.</span> He could go at any time.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">“My sincere regrets, ma’am. Lord Rutledge is a fine gentleman.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">“Take me to Tattersalls, John. They have advertised some young breeding stock I want to inspect. We need some outside lines to cross on Dare <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">To</span> Dream.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Patricia A. Knight is the pen name for an eternal romantic who lives in Dallas, Texas with her horses, Italian Greyhounds and rescue mutts—and the best man on the face of the earth—oh yeah, and the most enormous bullfrogs you will ever see. Word to the wise: don’t swim in the pool after dark.
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Let me start off by saying that I've wanted to read a historical book for awhile now, but I've been hesitant just because I wasn't sure what to expect and because sometimes I worry that (with a good one) the language would kind of go over my head and the time period and society in general. I wanted to wait for the right book to come along to break my v-card if you will that could get me into a historical romance. I'm so glad I waited until this book. This book was amazing and pulls the reader in from the first few pages. A 30ish year old woman needs to marry to keep her family's estate among other things because she's a woman and not a man and therefore, needs to proposition a man to marry her. She will pay him very handsomely to basically just take his name and maybe at some point have his kid, to transfer the deed of the estate, other than that he's free to do whatever he wants. For that time period could you image the scandal this would have caused. So of course I'm immediately enthralled with this book. :) </div>
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Eleanor is apparently super plain and tall. She's not the dainty woman from this time period and so she sticks out and apparently because of this, she hasn't had any luck in the romance department. My heart really goes to her, because that's a sh*tty reason for someone not to want you. Because beauty isn't always on the outside, and let me just say I'm sure not all the men in this era were all that great looking either so ya know you shouldn't pass that kind of judgement. Anyways Eleanor was all about her horses and she knew so much information it was really impressive and while looking into a horse she sees this man, who is taller than her, actually looking back. Later we find out this is Miles who is one of the gentlemen she is going to proposition. He's really good looking and even though she's never been interested in a man in her life, she's interested in him. </div>
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I thought I might not like Miles because most of the guys are always douches in the beginning, but I really didn't get this feeling from him. More than that, he was truly a gentleman. My biggest issue with reading a book like this, is in this day and age women are all equality and I do for me and feminism and who needs a man, and if I go on a date I'm paying or paying for my half. And while I agree with some equality, I miss gentlemen manners and jesters. Holding doors or carriages, or when Miles and Eleanor go horseback riding, he dismounts first to help her off. Stupid little things like that make me miss this time and era and some the way men were. Now don't get me wrong I don't miss all of it, like the fact that if I was my parents only child and a woman I shouldn't inherit the estate because I was born with the wrong body part between my legs. </div>
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Anyways...so Miles accepts Eleanor's terms and they begin their courtship and friendship into knowing one another. Miles has plans and with this money will truly see them come to life. He's gentle with Eleanor and accepts all her quirks and oddness and I love that even more about him. Beyond that Eleanor really likes him too and I want that for her. I want something to come of this. But after mishaps and pride and stubbornness they go their separate ways. However, when people come knocking and questioning Eleanor's marriage she must seek out the help of Miles and even though she was horrible to him and hurtful, he is there the instant she needs him. I LOVE IT!!!! It was probably my biggest awww....moment in the book. Next to Mile's gift to Eleanor for their marriage. But because they are spending more time together feelings and and other things keep getting in the way. I like the way Patricia didn't beat around the bush with some things because some romance stories people NEVER talk and you are always yelling at your tv or book or kindle like OMG if you would just say what you are feeling at this moment everything would work out. GRRR....you had some of that here, but not all, which was a nice change of pace. </div>
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OHHHHHH and let me tell you the parents are AMAZING and I could not in my wildest dreams do what they did. And Eleanor's mother telling her husband to not die until Eleanor is married and such and then going further with things. She cracks me up and I love it. Overall, this book had everything you could want in a book, friendship, hardship, romance, mystery, suspense and so much more. This is definitely a must read. </div>
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<strong>About MIDNIGHT VALENTINE</strong></h2>
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<strong><em>True love never dies. </em></strong></div>
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Megan and Cassidy were childhood sweethearts who thought they would be together forever. Fate had other plans. Soon after they were married, Cass’s life was tragically cut short. Still grieving her soul mate five years later, Megan moves to the small town of Seaside, Oregon, hoping to rebuild her life.<br />
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Her first night there, she meets the town recluse, Theo. Withdrawn, guarded, and mysteriously silent since a terrible accident left him scarred, Theo takes an instant and inexplicable dislike to Megan. But as their paths cross again and again, Megan becomes convinced there’s more to Theo than meets the eye.</div>
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When she discovers the reason for his silence, his nightmares, and especially his pointed dislike, Megan becomes convinced of something far more astonishing.</div>
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Is a second chance at a once-in-a-lifetime love possible, or is a broken heart the cruelest kind of liar?</div>
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<strong>About J.T. Geissinger</strong></h2>
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She is the recipient of the Prism Award for Best First Book, the Golden Quill Award for Best Paranormal/Urban Fantasy, and is a two-time finalist for the RITA® Award from the Romance Writers of America®. Her work has also finaled in the Booksellers’ Best, National Readers’ Choice, and Daphne du Maurier Awards.
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OMG this book was AMAZING!!!! So I'm a sucker for romance. One of my favorite tv channels is the Hallmark channel. I don't care if you give me 30 romantic stories that are fairly similar and what not, you give me new characters to like and new places with new jobs and I'm a sucker for those. Hands down. Let me say this book is not like that. </div>
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At first I was really unsure of what the heck I was reading. And then I couldn't quite get a good feel for Megan because on the one hand she's kind of a manipulator (especially with her therapy), but she's also broken and I just couldn't get a feel of just how broken. When she moves to a new town she makes friends with the craziest woman possible in the town and they work. I love their relationship with one another. It's the kind of relationship I'd want to have with my best friend, full of sarcasm and witty come backs and fun. So anyways Megan moves to this new town and grabs a bite to eat on her first night and that's when things take an interesting turn for her and this beast of a man. When we first meet Theo I'm completely confused as to what the heck is problem is. He storms out of the diner when Megan is there. He runs into her and you would think that she stabbed him to get him as angry as he does. And then the flip side of that is they are drawn together, through fate, chance, karma, just plain ol run of the mill luck. It's just something that happens and I'm a firm believer in that stuff. You can't run from it if it's meant to happen it will. </div>
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The more Theo and Megan are thrown together the more interesting the story gets. Their connection to each other is on another level that just can't be explained. It's scary and exciting and nerve racking and truly indescribable. One thing leads to another and mixed signals and wires crossed and late nights lead to these two really "talking" in a very loose term of the word. But honestly I don't think either of them is crazy. And slowly I start to form an idea that is truly out there, but I believe could happen and slowly Megan (great name by the way) starts to form the same idea and then J.T. throws this curve ball and makes me re-think that I've got this entire book wrong and that maybe Megan is a LOT more crazy that I originally thought and maybe all this stuff is in her head and isn't real. I questioned a lot of things. Then I think OMG maybe this other turn is going to happen and keep going and then I'm thinking, okay there isn't a whole lot more she can cover what is happening with this book and then WHAM out of left field happens and I can't believe the author went there. Like really we got to this point a good point and you throw that at the reader. Come on. And then another thing out of left field happens, although I wasn't as shocked at that one, I was just curious who this is development would play out with Theo and Megan's life. Overall, AMAZING book. I highly suggest this one because it is out of the ordinary and dark and primal and a pure twist of fate. </div>
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<b>Title: HOT AND BOTHERED</b><b> </b><b>Author: Jennifer Bernard</b><b> </b><b>Series: Jupiter Point</b><b> </b><b>Genre: Contemporary Romance</b><b> </b><b>Release: February 13th </b></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Ben, the most romantic of the smoking hot Knight brothers, knew from the moment he met his high school sweetheart, Julie deGaia, that she was the one for him. Marriage, kids…he wanted forever with Julie-until the moment she skipped town without a word. Then Ben's father was murdered, and his life was irrevocably changed. Now, after twelve years, Julie's back. Ben's over her, of course. They're completely different people now. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Right. If they're so different, why do his feelings for her seem so damn familiar?</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">And how, after all this time, can she still make Ben so hot and bothered?</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Julie was never supposed to return to Jupiter Point. It's only by staying away that she's ensured her safety. But she owes a huge debt to the wealthy and demanding Reinhard family, who took her in as a child. What the Reinhards want, they get, so here she is, dodging a handsomer-than-ever Ben Knight. Her former sweetheart has turned into a hunky pilot who aims that sexy smile at everyone except her-until he learns the truth about why she left in the first place. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">If the past can't keep Ben and Julie apart, a deadly threat in the present might. As for that idyllic future they always dreamed about? It might take some Jupiter Point magic to put this star-crossed couple on the road to happy ever after. </span>
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“Bossy. Demanding. I like it.” He pulled the undershirt off, but it snagged on his head, giving her an extra moment to appreciate the full spectacle of his perfectly honed torso. She tried to imagine all the crunches and lifts that must have gone into building musculature like that. Looking closer, she noticed a small tattoo over his heart, but she couldn’t quite make out what it was. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Finally, he got the shirt all the way off, just in time to catch her peering at his naked chest. His gray eyes laughed at her. “I know you think I’m leering at you, and I am,” she admitted. “I’m also trying to figure out what your tattoo is.” <o:p></o:p></div>
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“It’s a mountain and a star. Jupiter Point. I got it overseas, when I was homesick as a baby. I missed everything…my family, you, the fricking Milky Way ice cream shop. The mountain and star kind of summed it all up.” <o:p></o:p></div>
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She traced it, noting the beautiful colors, the deep green of the mountain peaks, the blue of the star. “Right over your heart,” she murmured. <o:p></o:p></div>
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“Yup. I’m a sap. I actually balled the entire time I was getting the tattoo. That way I could blame it on the needle gun.” <o:p></o:p></div>
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She smiled mistily at the image of big strong Ben weeping on the tattoo table. Ben had never been afraid to show emotion, but maybe things were different in the Air Force. “Those needle guns would make anyone cry. Even a tough girl like me.” <o:p></o:p></div>
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His gaze sharpened, and he padded closer to her, until his half naked magnificence was only a step away. “You’re talking personal experience?” <o:p></o:p></div>
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“Hell yes.” With greedy eyes, he watched every movement she made. The heat from that look set her on fire. “Let me guess. Lower back?” <o:p></o:p></div>
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“Inner thigh?” he asked hopefully. <o:p></o:p></div>
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“Please don’t say breasts, because that just sounds painful. And your breasts are so perfect and beautiful, I think that would break my heart.” <o:p></o:p></div>
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The worshipful tone of his voice made her lower belly clench. Under his gaze, she couldn’t imagine ever <i>not</i> feeling beautiful. She held her breath as he touched the pad of his index finger to her right nipple. Slowly he circled it, his entire focus arrowing in on her pebbling flesh. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The pleasure was insane. How could such a light touch have such an intense effect? It made no sense. She swayed on her feet, her eyes drifting half-closed as she drank in every pulse of sensation created by his sure finger. <o:p></o:p></div>
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An iron band behind her back stabilized her. Scratch that. It was his arm, the other one, the one that wasn’t attached to the hand currently teasing her nipple until it throbbed. “God, Ben,” she whispered. “I missed this so much.” <o:p></o:p></div>
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“Me too,” he murmured. “Your breasts were my obsession for all of junior year. I don’t know how I’ve managed to live without them.” <o:p></o:p></div>
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She nearly choked on a bubble of laughter. “You’re so ridiculous.” <o:p></o:p></div>
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“I’m serious. And now they’re hiding behind a damn bra. Do you mind?” <o:p></o:p></div>
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She shook her head, relaxing in his arms as he unfastened her bra from behind and slid it off her body. He cupped her breasts in both hands. His exaggerated groan of appreciation made her smile. “They’re just breasts,” she noted. <o:p></o:p></div>
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“Oh no. These are not just breasts. These babies are an important part of my psyche, I’ll have you know.” He filled his hands with her flesh, using his thumbs to elicit more delicious sensations from the tips. “If you knew how many fantasies they starred in. Between your swimsuits and your sports bras and those little belly shirts you used to wear…oh my God. I swear, these boobs are like my long-lost BFFs.” <o:p></o:p></div>
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Okay so this is the first book in the series that I read and while I wished I had read the others before, it truly didn't take away from the story. But worry not because I'll be going back to the books before this because I want a complete picture. Our story is about Ben and Julie and they have a complicated history together. The back story is that Ben and Julie fell hard for each other and they were growing a life together and a young age and then one day Julie up and left with no word, no notice, no nothing and shattered Ben's world and pretty much kind of made him jaded ever since. The flip side of that is that Julie did leave word before she left and when Ben never showed up or contacted her she thought she had her answer and stayed away in LA and began a new life. Now one of the twists in this story is that Julie left town with her best friend when she learned that she was pregnant and didn't want her parents to be apart of her new life. Those people are freakin crazy. And then we learn that Julie got even further busy helping her friend Savannah because baby Felix was a little different and essential has autism. But the past always catches up to people and Julie needed to come home to not only tell her side of the story, but also a secret she's been keeping for a lot of years.<br />
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So back in her hometown Ben and Julie try to avoid each other like the plague, but karma has other ideas and all the do is run into each other, and OMG Ben has a big stick stuck up his a$$ the way he acts and scowls and everything. Eventually, Ben and Julie just can't help themselves, unresolved feelings and emotions and feelings come rushing back and because they keep getting thrown together they try to have civilized conversations. Try being the key word. Another piece to the back story is that Ben's father was murdered and Julie may hold a piece of information that could finally lead to the killer. And I have my suspicions about who it may be, from my limited knowledge of the book. But eventually, Ben and Julie learn why they never heard from each other and why Julie left all those years ago and how much Felix means to her and is apart of her life to the point that I really question who's kid he is. What happens when Julie wants to have kids of her own? Felix isn't her's although she does spend a lot of time with him, he has a mother. A lot of good and hard questions come up and while Ben and Julie do get closer other forces try to drive a wedge between them. Will they be able to get over them? Will history repeat itself? Will someone get hurt or even worse die? You'll have to check it out in this amazing book. By the way just a heads up that this does leave you on a bit of a cliff hanger and at first I thought I missed a few pages, but no, no the author just makes us wait for the next one to find out more of the story of Ben's dad's murder. So definitely read this one, and the ones before this, as well as wait to get your hands on the next one. So worth it.<br />
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<strong>About ETERNAL MOURNING</strong></h2>
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<strong>In the seventh book of the Talon Pack series from NYT Bestselling Author Carrie Ann Ryan, a Healer is forced to come to grips with the idea that he can’t save everyone…including the woman he loves.</strong></div>
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Walker Brentwood vowed to the moon goddess that he’d protect his Pack and Heal with every last ounce of his power. He’s watched his siblings and cousin battle the worst circumstances to find love and is now afraid that the one woman who could be his might not have much time left. The rules of mating have changed, and Walker will do what he has to in order to protect the bonds that have eluded him for so long.<br />
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Walker and Aimee must turn to each other when the powers around them change and the paths that had been laid before them are no longer clear. But when their passion threatens a curse far older than anyone dreamed, they’ll only have one chance to save something worth more than a mating bond. Their future.</div>
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Walker Brentwood let out a slow breath, figuring as long as he didn’t growl or brood like any of his other family members he’d do okay. The rain began to pick up around them, the drops hitting the leaves of the tall trees with little splats and sputters. The sound was almost soothing, as if it could rock the pups to sleep. The scents of ozone and forest filled the air, soothing his wolf. His family would probably find that idea weird since he was generally the calmest of them all, but he was still a wolf.
Because their wolves had scented rain in the distance, the mating ceremony had been moved to the wooden archway of one of the large den buildings. Given how deep the deck was, and the fact that, thankfully, there wasn’t any wind, no one would get wet, and the mated couple could be blessed by their Alpha in peace.
Mitchell and Dawn truly deserved that after everything they had gone through to mate. Though most mating ceremonies happened soon after the couple completed their bond, his cousin and Dawn had decided to wait a bit since the world had almost crashed down around them right when they finally cemented their union.
Walker frowned as he remembered everything that had happened around the time the two had marked each other. He didn’t know the specifics of their relationship or why they had decided to wait, but he’d been there when they were forced to save each other in the end.
The Pack had almost lost Dawn when the fire witch took her, but the outcome of that had brought Mitchell’s new mate into the Talon Pack as one of their own. She was a Central Pack wolf no more, and no longer alone. She had the Talons.
And from the shy smile on her face when she looked up at her growly mate, Walker had a feeling she was just beginning to understand that.
Gideon, Walker’s brother and Alpha, stepped up onto the bottom step that led into the house, so he stood just slightly above everyone else. Despite the fact that Gideon wasn’t one of Walker’s triplet brothers, his Alpha still looked a lot like him. They all had thick, dark hair that curled at the ends if it got too long— though their sister Brynn’s was only slightly wavy. And the whole lot of them had the Brentwood blue eyes. A color he figured came from their Irish ancestors, who had traveled over to the western side of the continent a century before the rest of the world had figured out how to make the trek without dying. Wolves were strong for a reason, and keeping themselves secluded and spread over the land was only one of them.
Even Mitchell and Max— brothers themselves yet cousins to Walker— looked like the rest of them. Their paternal line was dominant in their genes, and sometimes, Walker wondered what their maternal line contributed.
He knew the answer, of course, but that only made him frown harder. Each of them had a gentler side that had been beaten out of them over the years under his father’s rule as Alpha. Only his cousin Max had been able to keep his sense of innocence throughout the years. Technically, Max was older than Walker and his fellow triplets, Kameron and Brandon, but to them, Max had almost seemed younger with his exuberance and thirst for life. But the wolf had lost any sense of who he was before when he lost his arm and so much more during the final battle of the Unveiling over a year ago.
“If you keep frowning like that, you’re going to scare Dawn and her little friends away,” Kameron whispered low enough that not even the wolves close to them would hear. As shifters, they had sharper senses than humans and used that to their advantage to not only survive but also <em>thrive</em>. They could see longer distances, even in the barest of moonlight in the dark, and they could detect prey from miles away if the wind caught the scent just right. They could also hear sounds across the spectrum from a great distance. It took willpower and training to learn to live peacefully with so many sights, sounds, and scents bombarding them on any given day.
Walker forced his thoughts away from what had almost cost his family and Pack everything and schooled his features. He was truly happy for Mitchell and Dawn, and it was only the direction of his thoughts that had made him look like a brooding bastard. He’d do well to think of what angered him later when in private, rather than worry Dawn or any of the humans who accompanied her.
He gave Kameron a tight nod as Gideon began speaking about the newly mated couple and forced his gaze from them and the three small humans who stood at Dawn’s side. This wasn’t a human marriage ceremony, so there was no need for pomp and circumstance. The ceremony itself was what cemented the bond within the Pack, though even that wasn’t truly necessary. Some couples didn’t need the entire Pack around them when they vowed their love, devotion, and pledges to one another. This time, however, with Dawn’s past— or rather, the past of her Pack— the Talons had wanted to make sure everyone knew she was accepted within the den.
Walker’s attention snagged on one of the three standing by Dawn, and he did his best to keep his wolf in check. Curious by nature, his other half needed to know the <em>whys</em> of existence and truth, yet Walker had a feeling this urgency within him when it came to the pale blonde at Dawn’s side wasn’t just curiosity.
Dawn had kept her wolf’s existence a secret within the human world, even after the Unveiling where the idea of shifters— at least wolves— was revealed to the public. She had three human friends who she had become truly close to over the years, but she had only recently been forced to reveal who she was to them.
The three women, Dhani, Cheyenne, and Aimee, had surprised them all when they turned out to be stronger-willed than many of the wolves he knew within the Pack. They’d done their best to prove to Dawn that they would stand by her no matter what, and Walker was pleased that Dawn wouldn’t truly be alone in a new den. Not that these three were Packmates, but they were welcome guests within the wards when they chose to visit.
And the fact that his attention kept snagging on one of them in particular? Well, that was just something he would have to unravel later when others weren’t watching.
The world had been shown the magic of wolves and witches, yet they were still in the dark when it came to some magics, such as demons and now… cat shifters. Walker wasn’t sure what else was out there, and as a man who thought he knew the depths of what existed outside of humans, the idea that he truly had no clue worried him.
Then again, this wasn’t the place to worry about that. Not when the couple in front of him was vowing their love to one another. He still wasn’t quite sure how Mitchell had fallen so hard and fast for the quiet wolf standing by his side, but then again, fate and the moon goddess had their own plans when it came to the goddess’s children.
“I promise to honor who we are together and who we can be,” Dawn said softly. Walker wasn’t watching her, however, as he still had his eyes on the pale blonde. The dark circles under Aimee’s eyes were more pronounced, and she seemed to be listing to the side every so often until one of the other women brushed against her gently, causing her to stand straight again.
He held back a frown as she blinked hard a few times as if trying to keep herself focused and awake. There was something wrong with Aimee, and his wolf needed to know what it was. She might not be of his Pack, but she was close to one of his own.
But if he were honest with himself, he knew it was because of something more than that. She called to his wolf in a way he didn’t quite understand. And it was something he knew he wanted to figure out.
He wasn’t like his brothers or cousins. When they found their mates, it seemed to him that, other than his sister Brynn, each of them had fought the pairing. None of them had been in the right mindset to find mates, yet the moon goddess had blessed each of them.
Gideon had found his mate in Brie, a submissive wolf from another Pack. The two of them had carefully taken their steps down the path to mating to not only tighten their connections but also those between the Talons and the Redwoods. Brynn had been the one searching for her mate, and when she found it in Finn, she’d almost broken along the way. Ryder hadn’t been looking for his fate when he found Leah, a water witch who had saved their den more than once. And Walker’s fellow triplet, Brandon, had thought he’d not be long for his world but had ended up mating not one but <em>two</em> wolves— Parker and Avery.
As for Mitchell? Well, he too had fought the mating bond for reasons of his own. But he had given in when he fell in love with Dawn. The moon goddess gave each of her wolves potential mates that they could find during their long lives. Sometimes, there was more than one, but the wolf <em>and</em> the human would decide if that person was their true fate. Walking away would hurt, a pain beyond agony, but sometimes, it was the only choice. Once the mating bond was made— a bite mark for the wolf, and sex for the human— none of the people involved would ever feel another potential mate as long as the mating bond stayed in place.
Walker had only heard of one mating bond being broken by anything but death, and he was pretty sure the terror that had come with that dark magic hadn’t been truly worth it in the end.
Yet Walker, the one who was <em>ready</em> for a mate and wanted that connection, couldn’t seem to find his. He’d been searching ever since Gideon became Alpha and their father’s tyranny ended. He held back a shudder at that thought as he always did. His father had been a horrible man, a worse Alpha, and had truly scarred each and every one of his children to the point that it had shaped not only their lives and futures but also the way they found their mates.
But, no matter how many humans, witches, and wolves he met, Walker hadn’t felt that tug, the pull that would tell him whether the other person was his mate.
Then Shane, a former human soldier who had been partially turned into a wolf thanks to a human torture experiment gone wrong, had been brought into the Pack, and mating bonds had changed yet again. Shane had been on the verge of dying and Gideon had been forced to make the decision to save his life. No one had known the ramifications of that act, but now Shane had two mates who would forever be thankful for what had happened, and the Pack had survived because they had a new member whose secrets had led them through the darkness.
Now, it was beyond difficult to tell who was your mate or not, and it took getting to know the person or persons as a human before the wolves were able to reveal who they <em>could</em> be. And even then, sometimes it didn’t work. Each couple or triad was different, and finding the true path to mating didn’t seem like it would get any easier anytime soon. Walker was afraid that some would lose out at finding their mate because there were so many obstacles.
He’d been happier when mating bonds were set in stone. Now, everything seemed so up in the air. Shifters had spent centuries finding their other halves one way and now having to find them another way meant that their world might forever be altered. It was shocking that <em>anyone</em> could find their mate.
Hence why this mating ceremony between Mitchell and Dawn was so important. This <em>proved</em> that mating bonds could still happen, even if it took a little more work. Dawn’s eyes were bright, and Mitchell looked like a new man, a small smile playing on his lips as if he had a secret that only the woman standing in front of him knew. And as Mitchell bowed his head and took his mate’s lips in a passionate kiss, Walker hoped that there was a way to find a potential mate that didn’t end in pain and suffering.
Walker was a Healer, <em>the</em> Healer of the Talon Pack. It was his duty and honor to Heal those under his care from physical wounds, just as it was his triplet, Brandon’s, responsibility as Omega to heal their emotional ones. Through his connection to the Pack, he was able to Heal injuries that were life-threatening, as well as simple cuts and scrapes. It physically hurt him not to use his energy and powers to help people.
And the idea that there were wolves— and now cats— out there who might be missing out on finding their mates because of a change to the Pack structure that wasn’t their fault hurt him, as well.
“As Alpha, I bless this union as the moon goddess instructs me. I wish you both long, healthy lives as you find your true calling as mates.” Gideon’s deep growl ended on a howl, and Walker threw back his head, joining in on the song of his people.
The other wolves around him howled as well, and even the few witches who had been mated into the Pack and helped strengthen the wards joined in. The only three who didn’t were the human women who had come with Dawn’s brother and parents. Walker lowered his head and opened his eyes to watch them as they glanced around, laughter in their eyes. He had a feeling Dawn hadn’t mentioned this part of the ceremony, but thankfully, none of them looked put off. If anything, they appeared as if they might have wanted to take part, but weren’t sure how.
Given how much time they were spending with the Talons, they just might have their chance to find their places within the den wards at some point— even if they weren’t Pack. There were a few humans in the Pack, but it was through special circumstance. In order to live as long as the wolves, they had to be changed. Only witches were able to truly tie their life forces to the Pack’s without the change, though some of them did anyway. So, having these three humans within the den wards was… interesting.
And from the way they looked at Walker and his family, he had a feeling they thought it was interesting, as well. He wasn’t like some of his family who heard the moon goddess’s whispered words and spoke prophecy, but he had a feeling the lives of these women and his Pack would be forever entwined.
How that would happen, and what it would mean, he wasn’t sure.
Kameron tugged on his arm, pulling him out of his thoughts, and he followed his triplet inside where the maternal females and submissives had set up a feast for everyone to celebrate Mitchell and Dawn’s joining. He’d been tasked with setting up a few of the long tables, but he hadn’t helped as much as the rest of his family since he’d been called away to help with a pup who had accidentally found a bush with thorns while chasing after a ball.
His family and Pack had welcomed Dawn in much smoother than some of the previous mates. Change was always hard, especially after their Pack had spent so long fighting for the right to exist, so he was glad the elders and the rest of the Pack had seemed to lighten up when it came to Dawn and her former Pack’s past.
“I need to head out to do another run along the perimeter,” Kameron said softly. “I’ll swap shifts with one of the soldiers who couldn’t come to the ceremony. That way, they can at least be part of the reception.”
Walker nodded and picked up a cup of punch, handing it over to his brother before taking another for himself. Though their metabolisms as wolves worked much faster than humans’, they could still get drunk after a while. And since Kameron was about to go on duty, and Walker was always on call as Healer, they’d stick to punch. He nodded to Leah, his brother Ryder’s mate, and held up his cup. The water witch was his assistant in Healing, though her powers were much different than his. But, hopefully, she would understand that she could drink if she wanted to. However, since she had a young pup in her arms, he wasn’t sure she’d want to indulge.
Their family had grown so much over the past few years, it was almost hard to keep up. But Walker would. Each and every member of his Pack and family were a part of him, soul deep, and he’d do anything to protect them.
Walker turned to his brother. “Anything I can do to help?”
Kameron shook his head. “We’re on routine shifts right now since we’re not sure who the fire witch was working for.” He gave Kameron a look. Oh, they knew all right, but there wasn’t anything they could do about it yet. Their new enemy was too good at keeping the blame off him and held far too much power.
Even working with the Redwoods, the Talons weren’t strong enough to take on Blade and the Aspens yet. And even if they were, Walker wasn’t sure it was the Aspens who were their new enemy, or just an Alpha gone rogue. And for an Alpha to go rogue… well, that was something that could change everything.
Walker inhaled the sweet scent of a woman who made his wolf curious and turned as she stumbled into him. He caught her, pulling her soft body to his to keep her steady.
“You okay?” he grumbled, his voice lower than he’d intended.
“I’m fine. Just clumsy.” Aimee pulled away, and he released her, aware that she was much weaker than he was, and he’d been taught not to let the humans realize that they weren’t as strong as the wolves with everyday things.
“If you’re sure.” Kameron let out a sigh behind him, and Walker ignored his brother. He’d have to deal with the questions about his intense… whatever this was at some point.
“I’m fine,” she repeated. “Thank you for catching me.” She turned away then, going back to Dhani’s side, and Walker did his best not to stare.
It wasn’t only the Healer and wolf inside him that was drawn to this woman, but he wasn’t sure if it was something more. His wolf wouldn’t tell him if she was his mate or not, and with the new rules of mating that weren’t actually rules at all, Walker wasn’t sure he’d ever know.
But no matter where his mind went with potentials and fates, Walker knew one thing.
There was something wrong with Aimee.
And he was afraid there wouldn’t be enough time with her on this Earth for him to find out what their connection was… or could be.
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I have found my dream lover and, appropriately, his name is Morpheus. He has shown me how to be truly free in my sexuality; to trust another human being with my deepest desires; and to love without reservation or fear. We have a true power exchange when we play – no, we do not play, we live! Our lives and our sexual lifestyle have evolved so that one constantly compliments the other. I can’t imagine a happier, more fulfilling life.</span><span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Your kisses inflame me! My heart is pounding. I feel your lips so firm and unyielding and I melt. Yes! This! This is what I need so desperately. To be cherished, adored, caressed…Your hand slides down the small of my back, lingers on my bottom, then pulls me toward you, sliding me onto your lap, where your arousal for me is evident... I suck your tongue into my mouth in appreciation for the tender caress and feel my head swirl in amorous intoxication.</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Ahh, my breath hitches, my stomach clenches as your fingertips glide, igniting the fire along my skin.</span></i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Maggie Adams is an Amazon Best Selling contemporary romance author. Her first book in the Tempered Steel Series, Whistlin’ Dixie, debuted in Amazon’s Top 100 for Women’s Fiction, humor, on November, 2014. Since then, she has consistently made the Amazon best seller 5-star list with Leather and Lace, Something’s Gotta Give, and Love, Marriage & Mayhem. She is also the recipient of the Dayreader Review’s Best New Series Award for 2015. Her series has launched the tiny town of Grafton, Illinois, into International recognition with sales in Mexico, Ireland, Scotland, Australia and the UK.<br />
<br />Back home, she resides in the Midwest, with her high school sweetheart, Ned, and their children, Katie (Kyle) and Ross (Valerie) and first granddaughter, Lorelei, otherwise known as “The Boss”<br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Title:</span></b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> Kissing Strangers: How to Online Date Like a Boss<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Author:</span></b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> Alethea Spiridon<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "cambria" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Every single (and soon-to-be-single) woman knows the Dating Horror Stories. The
guy who charms your panties off before he bolts. The funeral planner with a
foot fetish. The Early Ejaculator. Or that filmmaker looking for a soul
mate—provided you don't mind he lied about his height, his weight, his wife,
and... oh look, a micro-penis. How nice.</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "cambria" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">The bad news is that these guys exist. The good
news? There are ways to find them, avoid them, and concentrate your energies on
non-fuckwits. Who, as it turns out, also exist. Hurrah!</span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">From deciphering Man Speak to the sexy perks of
30-year-old men, Catfishing 101, navigating hookup culture, and the safety
precautions every woman should take, author Alethea Spiridon taps into her own
hilarious—and occasionally heart-crushing—experiences in the dating world.
Funny, forthright, and hopeful, <i>Kissing
Strangers</i> is a survival-based how-to guide about looking for love online
... and how to separate the men from the frogs.</span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "cambria" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "cambria" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“I
absolutely loved reading this book! Funny and engaging, this is a great guide
for women who are getting their toes wet into the online dating pool. It’s
funny, informative, compelling. I wish I had read this when I was online
dating. It would have helped me a lot. I made a lot of those mistakes!” <i>Bestselling author, Carmen Falcone<o:p></o:p></i></span><br />
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I was curious and the solution was easy. Here were tons of
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It means diving in and wading through thousands of men to
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I joined Match.com for eighty dollars and three months, set up a
picture (albeit an older one; yeah, I did that my first time), and wrote a
brilliantly edgy, smart ass, and to the point profile. The messages and winks
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<b><span style="font-family: "quattrocento sans" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">Finding a decent man is hard work</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">. </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">I sent my brother a text
one night: <i>Are men as awful as I remember? </i></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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His response blew me away: <i>Oh sure. Good men are hard to find.
That is very accurate. That’s why I have few friends. We know that too and
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Ha! Well, there you have it. A good man <b>is</b> hard to find. If
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I decided to go in hard for a year and see what was out there, how
it worked, how men worked. What this dating thing was really all about and
like. This is part of my story and what I’ve discovered along the way. Learn
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Girlfriend to girlfriend, this is what I know and wish someone had
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Once you’ve decided to try online dating, you need to figure out
which sites to go on. Each site has a different vibe and feel to it, and the
only way you can effectively gauge that is by going on and figuring out what
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">My first bit of insight
for you is this: <b>Dating is a numbers game. </b></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">It’s as simple as that.
Dramatic? Not in the least! Come back after you read this in full, and after
you online date a bit, and see if you don’t agree. I want you to have fun
kissing strangers, but I want you to go in with a realistic vision too. <b>I
want you to know how to online date like a boss. </b></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Date by the numbers</span></i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">. That’s how men do it! And on this battlefield,
there are fewer men for every woman. Like three women for every man. Ugh.
Seriously. We’re literally duking it out on the battlefield. But let’s not!
Please. We can share (and some of you love doing that, legitimately). That
being said, the sad truth is that the odds are not in our favour, it seems. But
they can be if…</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">We date like a man! You
might get rejected, but you’ll be rejected from the guys you <i>want</i> a
chance with. If you simply wait for guys to reach out to you, you might only
hear from the guys you already know you <i>don’t</i> want.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">So… get on the sites I
list below and get on them all even. Rotate between three and four. Play by
those damn numbers, because that’s how men do it and that’s how you’ll increase
your chances of getting the guy. </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b>About Alethea Spiridon:</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "quattrocento sans" , serif;">Alethea is a
writer and editor (lots of romance books, so many) out of Ontario, Canada. When
her marriage fell apart she realized she had to get back out there and figure
out how to date again or accept a life of eating from the Dinner For One menu
option permanently. The book in your hands (or on your screen) is the result of
that research. If it saves one woman (you!) from the landmines out there in the
DatingVerse, then she’s done her job. For more bits of dating advice and man
mysteries solved, visit her website at </span><a href="http://www.littleblackhook.com/"><span style="font-family: "quattrocento sans" , serif;">www.littleblackhook.com</span></a><span style="font-family: "quattrocento sans" , serif;">.</span></div>
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Meaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17668071748571168446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2591306651520459616.post-18711243494815512862018-02-01T07:00:00.000-05:002018-02-01T15:51:42.406-05:00Cover Reveal: Sweet Revenge by Natalie Wrye<h2 style="color: #333333; text-align: center;">
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<strong>We're so excited to reveal the cover of SWEET REVENGE by Natalie Wrye! SWEET REVENGE releases February 19th - check out the cover below and find out more about this sexy sports romance!</strong></h2>
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<strong>About SWEET REVENGE</strong></h2>
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<strong>Available February 19th</strong></div>
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Men. Manuscripts. And Manolos…</div>
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I was failing at two of the three.</div>
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Dating life aside, when you’re an agent for a successful publishing press, climbing the corporate ladder isn’t your biggest problem… Staying there is.</div>
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So, when the biggest football star in the world wants to write a tell-all about his life and career, I put my bid in right at the top.</div>
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My only issue?</div>
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Mr. Playboy Pro is none other than Colton Evans, my CEO’s step-brother.</div>
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A walking wet dream with dark features and an even darker past, I find that behind the fan-favorite smile is an arrogant bastard.</div>
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The worst part? I think I like it.</div>
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But when getting to the truth of Colton’s sordid story takes an unexpected turn to trouble, everything I love will be on the line, including my job… and my heart.</div>
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<strong>About Natalie Wrye</strong></h2>
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Natalie Wrye is a tequila connoisseur, Game of Thrones addict and author best known for writing page-turning Contemporary Romance and Romantic Suspense.</div>
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A Jersey Girl living in the South, when she's not obsessing over a new Netflix series or yelling at college basketball games on TV, she's usually crafting sexy stories about hard-bodied men and the strong-willed women who crave them.</div>
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She loves it when people get weird with her on Facebook, NatalieWrye.com or <a href="mailto:NatalieWrites@NatalieWrye.com">NatalieWrites@NatalieWrye.com</a>.</div>
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Meaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17668071748571168446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2591306651520459616.post-7308503053206733872018-01-31T08:00:00.000-05:002018-02-01T15:58:36.211-05:00Cover Reveal: The Dating Trilogy by y Alexandria Bishop.<br />
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Today we're thrilled to be sharing THE DATING TRILOGY covers with you! DATING IN THE DARK (The Dating Trilogy Book 1) will be available March 19th! Check them out and pre-order now!</h2>
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About DATING IN THE DARK</h2>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">With the big 3-0 looming its ugly head around the corner my best friend and my married and very pregnant sister have decided that I need a life. One that includes the opposite sex. Or else continue on, and become the old spinster they say I am.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">
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<b>Author: Patricia A. Knight</b>
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<b>Release Date: 31st January</b>
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<b>Genre: A Regency Historical Romance</b></div>
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Lady Eleanor Russell needed a husband. Immediately. With no male heir, when her father died, the vast family estate would revert to the Crown. But no man would choose an unattractive, outspoken, independent, spinster of mature years as a bride—so she’d buy a husband.
An impoverished third son of aristocratic birth, Lord Miles Everleigh, tall, elegant and immensely handsome, relied on wealthy widows to clothe, house and feed him. In exchange, they received a charming, accomplished companion, both in and out of the bedroom. But this lifestyle wore away a man’s self-respect; he was not the male whore his step-brother had named him.
When Eleanor “bought” Miles as a husband, she never intended to lose her heart. When he accepted her proposal, Miles never imagined he’d want more from Eleanor than her money.
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<span lang="EN-US">The Lady Eleanor Constance Russell, sole offspring of <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">The</span> Right Honorable Earl of Rutledge and The Right Honorable Countess of Rutledge slapped the sheet of paper she’d been reading down on top of the mahogany desk and bestowed on her London barrister the look of a woman at her wit’s end. Grief for her dying parents and a sense of utter desperation had driven her to actions she considered borderline insanity. If she accepted any of the names on this <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">list,</span> she might as well rent rooms in Bedlam. Eleanor fought the hysteria surging in her breast and tried for a more cajoling tone. “Surely you can come up with more worthy candidates?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The barrister who had served her family for the last forty years sat immobile in his great chair, hunkered down behind his great desk, his hands steepled in front of his narrow-lipped mouth. “This was no small task you set before me, Lady Russell. We are at war with France. Many of our most eligible men fill our army and navy.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Her troubled gaze swung outward. Outside the windows of Elsington & Elsington, the London hansom cabs clopped past in the traffic-clogged street. Everyone had business to conduct it seemed. With a heavy <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">sigh,</span> she returned to the issue that had torn her away from the bedside of her failing but beloved parents and the celebrated stud farm into which she’d poured twenty-plus years of her life. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Her eyes flicked to the sheet in front of <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">her,</span> and she jabbed at it with an index finger.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Sir Clive <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">Wellery</span>. Fifty-six years of <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">age,</span> just interred his fourth wife, has no property of worth, eleven dependents ranging in age from two months to twenty-two years, known for a propensity to overindulge in spirits and gambling, currently renting a <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">six-bedroom</span> house in Bloomsbury.” She shuddered and whispered, “Eleven children.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her eyes rose and gazed at the gentleman across the desk from her then dropped back to the paper. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">“Lord Hilary Vance. Sixty-four years of <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">age, of</span> no property or spouse. No <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">dependents</span>, an unfortunate victim of the ‘China <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">disease.’” </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She cleared her throat. “I understand there is no opium den he does not frequent.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The barrister sat motionless in his chair and gave her a disapproving frown. She rolled her eyes. “I am thirty-years-old, sir. I’m not an ignorant debutante.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">“I disapprove of your unorthodox education, Ma’am. It did you a great disservice, and so I told your father.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">You old fusspot.</span></i><span lang="EN-US"> Eleanor swallowed her retort and returned her gaze to the page on the desk. “And then there is Sir Aubrey <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">Dedham</span>… <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">really, Mr.</span> Elsington? Really? The fellow <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">lives at</span> the <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">molly</span> houses.” She frowned as her barrister stirred awkwardly in his high-backed chair. “Did you think I didn’t know the meaning of the term? How am I supposed to persuade a sodomite into marriage with a woman when he <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">is not inclined</span> toward women in the first place?” She scowled. “Though perhaps my possessing no feminine attributes is a recommendation.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Eleanor held up a gloved hand. “Stop. I know what you are going to say. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">£</span><span lang="EN-US">30,000 will make any man blind. And this last entry.” She sighed and relaxed her upright spine for one moment before resuming her erect posture and folding her hands in her lap. “This last marital candidate.” She could feel the heat <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">climb</span> her neck into her cheeks at the thought of a man that <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">elegant</span> ever giving <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">her</i> a second look and if he did<span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">…</span> she’d probably turn and flee. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">“The Lord Miles Everleigh, twenty-five, the third of four sons, whose eldest brother is the new Duke of <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">Chelsony</span>. I understand Lord Miles lives on the charity of “friends” in return for his convivial companionship and educated guidance on the purchase of fine bloodstock. What <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">could </span>induce…” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">She closed her eyes and fought back the tears that threatened. How had she come to this? Was she going to go through with an action that in her more rational moments caused her to lose the contents of her stomach? In short, yes. The alternative was even more appalling. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One thought of the manor house with its 100,000 acres of attached properties and villages all peopled with men and women who relied <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">on</span> her family for their livelihood<span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">...</span> the thought of all this reverting to the Crown because of some quirk in the laws of primogeniture? Accompanying the <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">loss</span> would be the upheaval and complete displacement of the lovely Thoroughbred mares and stallions of impeccable breeding whose pedigrees she could recite to the nth generation and all their offspring, in short, the entire racing stud she’d helped her father make so fabulously successful<span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">.</span> Well, it was enough to make anyone cry. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Despite having three torturous seasons on the marriage mart ten years ago, no <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">eligible</i> man—there’d been <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">numerous</span> made ineligible by virtue of being unacceptable to her parents or unacceptable to <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">her</i>—had stepped forward with an offer to make her his wife. <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">A</span>ll the wealth and property she would bring with her was insufficient incentive to overcome her plain features, awkward <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">deportment</span> and utter lack of the slightest feminine attribute, so<span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">…</span> she’d have to buy a husband—and soon. With no male heir, upon the death of her father, the <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">estate,</span> and all its entailed properties would be subject to the peregrinations of escheat. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">“Mr. Elsington…please. What <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">could possibly</span> recommend me to Lord Miles Everleigh? Even rusticating as I have been, I hear the on-dits about the <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">ever-so-handsome</span> and sophisticated Lord Miles Everleigh. There will always be other options for a man like this, much better options than a gawky plank of an ape-leader with shriveled social skills who reeks of the stables and is his senior by five years.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The man across from her cleared his throat. “My lady…if I may be allowed…” He looked over his pince-nez. “The marriage agreement that you have required me to draw up demands a gentleman of a certain …” He shifted uncomfortably. “Ah…”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">“Let me assist you. The word you want is desperation. It wants a gentleman who has reached a point of desperation. Well, Mr. Elsington, find more candidates. This week. I’m running out of time.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Eleanor dropped her eyes and fought for composure until she was sure she could speak without succumbing to tears. “The physicians tell me, ‘<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">at most a few <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">months</span></i><span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">’.</span> He could go at any time.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">“My sincere regrets, ma’am. Lord Rutledge is a fine gentleman.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">With a murmur of thanks, she inhaled and rose to her full height. Mr. Elsington was not a short man, but as he stood to escort her out, she topped him by a full head, reminding her yet again of her abysmal lack of any physical feature possessed by <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">an even</span> a moderately desirable woman. She hardened her jaw as she marched out of the law offices to her waiting carriage. There was no point in dwelling on a source of immense hurt that her adoring parents and formidable fortune hadn’t protected her from, nor the reasons for her present desperate action. She decided on the instant to go to the one place in all of London where she’d always felt at home regardless of the strictures of polite society and Richard Tattersal’s distinct lack of welcome for those of her sex.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">“Take me to Tattersalls, John. They have advertised some young breeding stock I want to inspect. We need some outside lines to cross on Dare <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">To</span> Dream.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Patricia A. Knight is the pen name for an eternal romantic who lives in Dallas, Texas with her horses, Italian Greyhounds and rescue mutts—and the best man on the face of the earth—oh yeah, and the most enormous bullfrogs you will ever see. Word to the wise: don’t swim in the pool after dark.
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<b>Connect with Patricia on social media: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100012343604488">Facebook</a></b></div>
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