Cover Reveal
Title ~ Enough Secrets: Lies.Lust.Deceit
Author ~ Alexis Riddley
Genre ~ Dark Erotic Thriller
Release Date ~ April 7th
Tuesday, March 31, 2015
Monday, March 30, 2015
Blog tour! Excerpt, giveaway & review...If by: N.G. Jones
Title: If
Author: N.G. Jones
Genre: New Adult
Release Date: March 16, 2015
Synopsis:
Buy The Book:
Excerpt:
My Review:
(ARC provided)
4 stars!
Synesthesia:
1. A
condition in which one type of stimulation evokes the sensation of another, as
when the hearing of a sound produces the visualization of a color.
2. A
sensation felt in one part of the body as a result of stimulus applied to
another, as in referred pain.
3. The
description of one kind of sense impression by using words that normally
describe another.
I love a
book about inner beauty and this book gave that to us but we also got a
different kind of beauty too, a beauty that surrounds us. Most people aren't
fortunate enough to see things that way, but Ash (H) does and he sees so much surrounding
Bird (h). He watches her from a far and is mesmerized by her beauty. When one
night brings the two together things will never be the same for them. A
friendship forms a love blossoms but it's not that easy. Ash has secrets he's
too afraid to tell Bird but he may not get a choice; his secret may come out
before he is ready. Both scarred by their past, both need to overcome for their
futures...but will they be able to?
The first
10-15% of this book started a little slow but then it picked up and I couldn't
get enough of their story. It was really sweet but also so very heartbreaking.
I loved
Bird she was such a wonderful person, selfless really. Her relationship with
Jordan was funny and heartwarming. There is a part in the book that I
highlighted because it really showed you the person she is.
"Vengeance
always feels good in the abstract, but I didn't want to spread the pain. It
felt ugly."
Oh how I
wanted her to get revenge but I'm glad she didn't because the way she handled
things was so much better.
Ash couldn't escape his head and the only way he
knew how was to paint but even that wasn't good for him anymore until Bird came
into the picture. She made everything okay again or at least that's what he
thought. Both Ash and Bird were special and both had an unbelievable amount of
talent but both let their pasts hold them back.
This is a
beautiful story about friendship, trust and love; it is about healing from the
inside and forgiving yourself.
Favorite
quote:
"Of
all the things I had created, she was my most beautiful masterpiece. Because my
muse had an equal hand in her creation."
I recommend.
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About The Author
Giveaway:
Jake Understood is live and on sale today only!
From the New York Times bestselling author of 
Jake Undone, comes a full-length standalone companion novel and sequel.
A different side to the story: Jake’s side.
“We’re getting a new roommate,” they said.
I thought nothing of it...until she walked in the door. Her hand trembled in mine as she looked at me with fearful eyes. My entire world spun on its axis.
Nina...
It was a mismatch made in heaven: innocent girl from the boonies moves in with tattooed, pierced, badboy engineer.
I came up with a bet, a plan to tutor her in math and coach her through her phobias. What I wasn’t betting on was becoming addicted to her.
But I was living a double life on weekends, and once she found out about it, she’d be gone.
I had to protect myself and that meant one thing: I couldn’t fall in love.
In Jake Understood, pivotal scenes from Jake Undone are retold from Jake’s point of view combined with all-new material from both the past and present time where Jake Undone left off. It can stand alone but if both books are read, should follow Jake Undone. Contains graphic sexual content and harsh language. It is only appropriate for adult readers age 18+.
Jake Undone, comes a full-length standalone companion novel and sequel.A different side to the story: Jake’s side.
“We’re getting a new roommate,” they said.
I thought nothing of it...until she walked in the door. Her hand trembled in mine as she looked at me with fearful eyes. My entire world spun on its axis.
Nina...
It was a mismatch made in heaven: innocent girl from the boonies moves in with tattooed, pierced, badboy engineer.
I came up with a bet, a plan to tutor her in math and coach her through her phobias. What I wasn’t betting on was becoming addicted to her.
But I was living a double life on weekends, and once she found out about it, she’d be gone.
I had to protect myself and that meant one thing: I couldn’t fall in love.
In Jake Understood, pivotal scenes from Jake Undone are retold from Jake’s point of view combined with all-new material from both the past and present time where Jake Undone left off. It can stand alone but if both books are read, should follow Jake Undone. Contains graphic sexual content and harsh language. It is only appropriate for adult readers age 18+.
Get your copy today for only $2.99 (price will go up on the 31st). And if you haven't read Jake Undone I recommend that you do! Only 99 cents this week!
Purchase Links:
Check out Penelope Ward's Facebook page for giveaways!
Sunday, March 29, 2015
Review Confess by: Colleen Hoover
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Colleen Hoover, a new novel about risking everything for love—and finding your heart somewhere between the truth and lies.
Auburn Reed has her entire life mapped out. Her goals are in sight and there’s no room for mistakes. But when she walks into a Dallas art studio in search of a job, she doesn’t expect to find a deep attraction to the enigmatic artist who works there, Owen Gentry.
For once, Auburn takes a risk and puts her heart in control, only to discover Owen is keeping major secrets from coming out. The magnitude of his past threatens to destroy everything important to Auburn, and the only way to get her life back on track is to cut Owen out of it.
The last thing Owen wants is to lose Auburn, but he can’t seem to convince her that truth is sometimes as subjective as art. All he would have to do to save their relationship is confess. But in this case, the confession could be much more destructive than the actual sin…
My Review
5 stars! (of course)
Do you believe in fate?
How does Colleen do it? She just keeps coming up with the most unique story lines. I think she is one of the most talented authors in her genre right now. Every time I read one of her books she blows me away. Brilliant! She has taken different aspects of art and incorporated them in her novels...poetry (Slammed), music (Maybe Someday), and now painting (Confess). In every book she writes she has me laughing and crying. I love her humor and she throws it in just when you need it. The beginning of this book had me in tears in normal Colleen fashion. I thought she loves this she loves bringing theses emotions onto her readers with every book she writes. Her books make you feel.
I don't want to be cliche but I have to, OMG! (if you don't get it you will when you read it.) OMG this book was so good. I knew I was going to love Owen (H) right away when he was talking about Hannah and the anagrams. Just like how I knew I would love Auburn (h) because of her persistence.
Owen is the owner of a art gallery and painter himself, he uses peoples anonymous confessions as his muses for his pieces. And some of these confessions are killers, these confessions are actually real too. Colleen had collected anonymous confessions from people to write this book.
Owen and Auburn both have secrets of their own and before they can move forward they need to straighten up their own lives. Only moving forward isn't going to be easy no matter how much you feel for the other. Confessions need to be told, but what's best left unsaid? And will the the people in their lives allow them to move on with each other?
Auburn was young and needed to do what she thought was best for her so she allowed herself to be manipulated not fully realizing that it was happening. She had to stay away from Owen no matter what her heart wanted. One of the most touching parts of this book to me was the Target parking lot. My eyes instantly welled up.
"I keep my eyes focused on Owen long enough to see him lift a hand to his heart and clench it in a fist."
"I inconspicuously lift my fist to my own chest. Our eyes remain locked until they can't anymore." God I'm welling up writing that out and thinking about the moment.
I don't know what else to write without spoiling anything but I love Colleen's words I love love her heroes. She doesn't need to write cocky alpha males she writes them real and flawed but not as a**holes. Love that! This book is well worth it and I bought both paperback and ebook because you get actual prints in the paperback of the pieces that pertain to the confessions in the book! How awesome is that?
With that I'll leave you with my favorite quote.
"I'm scared I'll never feel this again with anyone else," I whisper. He squeezes my hands. "I'm scared you will."
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Saturday, March 28, 2015
Cover Reveal and giveaway! Killer by: Clarissa Wild in.....3....................2....................1...................
Title: Killer (Prequel to Stalker)
Author: Clarissa Wild
Publication Date: May 26th, 2015 (in the Summer Fire Boxed Set)
Genre: Dark Romance (18+)
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24920177-killer
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24920177-killer
This is a prequel to the Dark Romance Standalone STALKER.
Some secrets are meant to stay hidden …
Secrets could kill you. My husband is the prime example.
I’m a trophy wife. Someone’s prized possession, just there to be pretty. My dreams were pushed aside for his. Until one fateful night, one chance encounter, all his dirty secrets were exposed.
And then my supposed husband is killed.
I should be sad, but all I feel is anger. My husband is a lying, cheating bastard. And if that isn’t bad enough, I’m now the prime suspect for his murder.
Only his brother believes I'm innocent, and in his support, I find relief. However, I will find the real killer and bring him to justice ... before he tries to end my life too.
WARNING: This book contains strong language, explicit situations, and disturbing content.
Included in the Summer Fire Boxed Set
Preorder now:
Clarissa Wild is the USA Today Bestselling author of FIERCE, a college romance series, but she's best known for the dark Romance novel Mr. X. She is also a writer of erotic romance such as the Blissful Series, The Billionaire's Bet series, the Doing It Series and the Enflamed Series. She is an avid reader and writer of sexy stories about hot men and feisty women. Her other loves include her furry cat friend and learning about different cultures. In her free time she enjoys watching all sorts of movies, reading tons of books and cooking her favorite meals.
Blog Tour...Hard by: Cheryl McIntyre #review #excerpt
Blog Tour (out now!!)
Title: HARD
Author: Cheryl McIntyre
Release Date: March 20, 201
HARD Synopsis:
I have been staring at her for three months. Watching her. Memorizing her.
For ninety-two days, I’ve looked into those lifeless green eyes.
And for ninety-two days she has inspired me in ways I never knew possible. A muse, unbeknownst to her. Motivating me. Encouraging my darkest desires.
I’m a man who knows what he wants. And what I want is the beautiful and broken Holland Howard.
My name is Jensen Payne—photographer, autocrat, lecher, Scopophiliac. I am who I am and I will not—cannot—change.
*This is an Erotic Romance. Recommended for readers 18+ ONLY.
WARNING: This book contains possible emotional triggers.
HARD is a full-length stand-alone erotic romance novel (approximately 50,000 words).
GOODREADS LINK: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25056405-hard
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HARD by Cheryl McIntyre Excerpts:
I have been watching her for three months.
For ninety-two days, I’ve looked into those lifeless green eyes. Let my gaze slide over her flawless, pale skin. Fantasized about her luscious lips.
For ninety-two days she has inspired me in ways I never knew possible. A muse, unbeknownst to her. Motivating me. Encouraging my darkest desires to life through my work. Just when I was so close to giving up, surrendering to my unchangeable fate, I spotted her, and haven’t been able to look away since.
I don’t think she has a clue that my eyes find her the moment I step into this establishment. She’s oblivious to the way I always sit at the same table—the one with the best view of the bar. Of her. Unaware I spend my evenings watching her.
Memorizing her. Inch by exquisite inch.
Her soft beauty and innocent naivety keeps me coming back. Over and over, since the day she first served me. My cock grows hard beneath the shelter of the table as she strides toward me, her breasts bouncing lightly with each step. My arousal has nothing to do with sexual gratification. Though she has a beautiful body, curvy in all the places a man’s hands like to grip, and hold, and conquer, I’m turned on by the way she makes me feel inside. By the strength and craving and ambition she has unknowingly restored in me.
A man’s wet fantasy. A woman’s aspiration. My divine intervention.
“Take off your clothes.” My voice is gravelly and I hardly recognize it. I’ve imagined how she looks naked a million different times. Dreamt of this moment more than I can count. My hands circle around the device clutched in my grip, squeezing firmly.
One auburn brow arches as if in challenge, a silent remark to my lack of polite request. I mimic her, cocking my own brow, but give her nothing else. Manners don’t belong in the bedroom. This is who I am and I do not apologize for it.
I ask once—and only once. I offer a choice and they make their decision. After that, it’s my way. Anybody who doesn’t agree is free to leave. I don’t want her to go—I’ve waited far too long for this—but I am who I am and I will not—cannot—change.
She threw me off with the striptease and the drink. And that kiss. That hot as hell, fucking kiss. But I’ve had enough questions and more than enough storytelling for one night. Talking like this, sharing my personal shit—I don’t do it. I bind. I photograph. And I fuck. There’s no point in anything else.
My Review: (ARC provided)
4.5 stars!
Scopophiliac: is deriving pleasure from looking. As an expression of sexuality, it refers to sexual pleasure derived from looking at erotic objects: erotic photographs, pornography, naked bodies, etc.
This book was really really good. It was original and I love how the author wrote a book around the hero's condition (above)! The beginning of this book gutted me, I honestly had to put it down for a minute and go back in more prepared. I can't even imagine the pain and heartbreak Holland (h) must of went through.
Yes this book had erotic elements but it was so much more. I connected with both of the characters, more so the heroine, but once everything came out about Jensen (H) I got it. He had so much passion and was hanging on to it for as long as he could. When he sees Holland he becomes obsessed with having her and not necessarily sex but capturing the beauty he sees. She is his muse and he's ready to take her home and make her his in every possible way.
I just love how this book flowed, everything just fit, their hardships and their relationship. The chapters are short and just flow right into the other, it kept me reading and made me not want to put the book down. After getting through the beginning I couldn't get enough.
I'm happy with the ending and the closure she got but and this is my only con...what happened to her best friend? I wish we got closure or some sort of confrontation. I felt to have a best friend for that long it just needed to be addressed. :) I don't care how hurt she was, she wasn't in half the amount of pain Holland or her husband were in and I felt she took advantage of the situation.
I think this was a beautiful story about two broken people finding each other in an unconventional way. They found away to heal without even realizing it was happening.
I highly recommend!
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AUTHOR BIO:
Cheryl McIntyre is the author of the bestselling Sometimes Never series, as well as the Dirty series, Infinitely, and Dark Calling.
She
calls Ohio home, though she secretly dreams of living somewhere much
warmer--preferably near a beach. She is a mother, author, and
insomniac, as well as a reader, self-proclaimed movie critic, and
incredibly bad singer. Her life revolves around four things: family,
music, books, and really bad scary movies.
You
can follow her author page on Facebook where she lives part time. On
Goodreads—which is like crack for avid readers. On Twitter, though she
has still not yet mastered the art of tweeting. On tsū. Or on her
website.
AUTHOR LINKS:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CherylHMcIntyre
Amazon Author Page: http://amzn.to/1CjEeLT
Website: http://cherylmcintyrebooks.com/
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Friday, March 27, 2015
Roxy by: Stevie J. Cole coming soon!
**Coming Soon**
Roxy by Stevie J. Cole
Release Date April 7th
Add Roxy to your TBR list.
Synopsis:
Standalone in the rock star romance series, Pandemic Sorrow.
My life had been no fairy tale. Actually, growing up, it had been something more like a nightmare, which is why I ended up so hard. When you don't want to hurt having the ability to be numb is your best defense mechanism. And for a long time all I was doing was existing.
Jag Steele, the lead singer of the international rock band Pandemic Sorrow, was the epitome of everything I despised: arrogant, entitled, but the thing I hated most about him was that he was an addict. Drugs had been the demon that had ruined everything in my life, and anyone who had a love affair with them pretty much made my stomach turn. It brought up memories I wanted to stay buried. Needless to say, I wasn't exactly a fan of Jag.
Funny thing is, people aren't always who you expect them to be. Never in a million years would I have thought the night I meet Jag would have any significance on the rest of my life, but it did.
I found out that sometimes something that screams utter destruction might actually be your saving grace.
Some people may say our story is too screwed up to be a romance, but for two broken people, we made the pieces fit together perfectly.
Even though this is a standalone, why not grab Jag and Rush. Read their story before Roxy is released!
Jag (Pandemic Sorrow Book 1)
Rush (Pandemic Sorrow Book 2)
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