Monday, June 30, 2014

Sexy Snippets: Play of Passion (Psy-Changeling #9) by Nalini Singh

ReadingBetweentheWinesBookClub

Tuesdays have never been so sexy!
Sexy Snippets is a weekly feature hosted by Reading Between the Wines for the 18+ crowd. Want to join in? Just grab the button, post a sexy paragraph or two from your current read and share the author & title so other participants can add the book to their TBR list if they like, and then leave a comment with a link to your post. And don't forget to have a sexy good time!


June Wine Club Review: Necessary Force by D. D. Ayres (K-9 Rescue 0.5)




Book: 
Necessary Force by D. D. Ayres
Wine: 
2011 SAUVIGNON BLANC 
by The Loyal Companion
         


Lexi: Necessary Force has a great beginning! The heroine, Georgiana, is climbing out of bed. Out from under the sexy man she met at her photo shoot. Ayres describes his naked glory very artistically, exactly how Georgie sees him. What a great scene, and the rest of the novella keeps that same quality! I dare either of you to tell me you didn’t love that opening.

Crystal: That was definitely one of the most sensual openings I have ever read. I loved Georgie's internal dialogue at the time, describing what she saw while taking pictures of the very nekkid and oh-so-sexy man in her bed. How the bedding was "drawn up at a right angle to offer tantalizing shadowy glimpses of his impressive equipment." Oh-la-la! 

Crystal L: I have to admit that my brain stuck on "impressive equipment" and stayed there for a while, lol. But when I came out of my sexy coma I went back, re-read the section again and appreciated the visual treat that Ayers gave us even more. I loved that opening.

Blog Blitz: Molly McAdams' SHARING YOU (Guest Post/Giveaway)




Kamryn Cunningham aka “The Other Woman”

What, oh what is there to say about Kamryn? She’s a whole lot of everything compacted into one. Kamryn grew up in a world that she hated—a world full of labels, money, power-hungry people, and couples who are together only for status. With the high status of her family, she didn’t have many options on straying from this world. Things were expected of her, her life was planned out pretty much from day one, and those she loved most were used against her as a way of keeping her on her perfectly planned path. So she did the only thing she could do, she disappeared. After years of planning, she took off, changed her look, moved across the country, and opened the bakery she’d always wanted.

Even with her new best friend constantly trying to set her up, she stays away from men. She wants to just be herself, enjoy this time where she’s doing what she wants, and focus on baking. She isn’t the kind of girl who needs a man, and after the train wreck of a forced relationship back home, she’d prefer not to have one at all! But then she meets Brody—her best friend’s brother-in-law.

Pre-Launch Blitz for THE WAGER by Rachel Van Dyken (#Giveaway)

Guess what?!  Rachel Van Dyken's THE WAGER will be available for the first time in print on Tuesday, July 1! Check out this special excerpt below and make sure to pick up your copy tomorrow!



THE WAGER
By Rachel Van Dyken
Genre: Contemporary
E-book
ISBN: 9781455554201
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Lose a bet, lose your heart...
What is it about a junior-high crush that can send an otherwise intelligent woman into a tailspin? TV reporter Char Lynn wishes she knew. Jake Titus is too rich, too handsome, too arrogant: a trifecta that once lured Char into the best night-and worst morning-after-of her life. Now they've been thrown together in a wedding party. It's awkward, but survivable . . . until Jake stops acting like a jerk, and starts acting like the man she'd always hoped he could be.
If watching your brother marry your best friend is weird, being attracted to your best friend's other best friend is downright bizarre. Unfortunately for Jake, Char hasn't forgotten how he once tossed her aside. Worse still, Jake's already-nutty grandma is even crazier about Char. Cue meet-cute shenanigans and all manner of meddling, and somehow, Jake's falling. For Char. Now all he has to do is make her believe it . . .

Sunday, June 29, 2014

#BookReview: Ever Mine by Eden Ashe - 4 Wine Glasses


21872436Title: Ever Mine 
Series: Dragon Lore #2
Author: Eden Ashe 
Format: eBook, 105 pages
Published: June 2nd 2014 by Lyrical Press
Links: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N | ARe
Source: NetGalley
Reviewer: Linda
Rating: 4/5


Can a kidnapped fairy and a human find love despite all odds?

Nathan Alexander’s batty aunt has done it again. This time she’s sent him a rare plant he doesn’t want. Imagine his surprise when he finds a kidnapped fairy hidden within its leaves. As a man who heads a non-profit organization for abused women and children, Nathan makes it his mission to help her find her way home.

All her life Katenia was warned about the evilness of humans. Never was that proved more true than when she was kidnapped from her quiet valley home. Thrust into the human world, Katenia must fight her very instincts to trust Nathan if she ever hopes to return to her rightful place…and to her normal thumb-sized fairy form.

But with their lives in danger, finding home…and love…will be a journey worthy of a fairy tale.



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MAGICALLY SWEET & EROTICALLY SPICY with STAR-CROSSED LOVERS!

Ivy by Dahlia Donovan (Guest Post)

Please welcome Dahlia Donovan joining us with her recent paranormal romance, IVY!



Want in on a little known author secret?

We make a lot of shit up.

So when I started getting into the nitty gritty of including a paranormal element to Ivy, I did what any good author does and researched the pack behaviour of wolves.  It wasn’t until I was well into the writing of the first version of Ivy that the idea of a group of shifters that were of misfits who wouldn’t normally go together came to me.   They insinuated themselves into my brain and wouldn’t shut up.

I did what any good writer would do, I wrote about them.

The Blackbird pack currently consists of wolves, panthers, cougars and foxes.

Saturday, June 28, 2014

#BookReview: Sweet Dreams by Kristen Ashley - 4 Wine Glasses


18656253Title: Sweet Dreams 
Series: Colorado Mountain #2
Author: Kristen Ashley 
Format: eBook/Paperback, 688 pages
Published: June 24th 2014 by Forever 
First published: April 23rd 2011
ISBN: 1455599085 
Links: Goodreads | Amazon | Kindle | Audible | B&N | ARe
Source: NetGalley
Reviewer: Crystal
Rating: 4/5

She's ready for the ride of her life . . . 
Lauren Grahame is looking to reinvent herself. After leaving her cheating husband, Lauren moves to Carnal, Colorado, and gets a job as a waitress in a biker bar called Bubba's. It's a nothing job in a nowhere joint . . . until Tatum Jackson walks in. Lauren has never seen a man with such good looks, muscles, and attitude. But when he insults her, Lauren doesn't want anything to do with him. Too bad for Lauren he's also the bar's part owner and bartender.
When the rough-around-the-edges Tate meets the high-class Lauren, he thinks she won't fit in at Bubba's. Yet there's more to Lauren than meets the eye, and Tate soon sets his mind on claiming her as his own. Before long, the desire burning between them is heating up the cold mountain air. But when violence strikes the town, Tate must reveal a dark secret to Lauren-one that may put an end to their sweet dreams.


Thoughts:
I've only read a few of K.A.'s books so far, and Sweet Dreams is the best yet!

Redeeming You by Lisa Cardiff (Guest Post/Giveaway)

Redeeming You is a contemporary romance and it is the second book in The Before You Series, please welcome it's author Lisa Cardiff!




Guest Post 10 Favorite Books

1.     Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin

2.     A Knight in Shining Armor by Jude Deveraux

3.     Paradise by Judith McNaught

4.     Kiss an Angel by Susan Elizabeth Phillips

5.     California Gold by John Jakes

6.     The Queen’s Fool by Philippa Gregory

7.     After the Night by Linda Howard

8.     Practice Makes Perfect by Julie James

9.     Something Borrowed by Emily Griffin

10.  House of Spirits by Isabel Allende


Mad Love by Colet Abedi (Excerpt/Excerpt)

We'd now like to share with you an excerpt from Mad Love, a new adult contemporary romance published by Bird Street.




Mad Love
by Colet Abedi
Paperback, 262 pages
Published March 11th 2014 by Bird Street Books
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23-year-old aspiring artist Sophie Walker can think of no better place than the exotic paradise of the Maldives Islands to escape the wrath of her controlling parents, the monotony of her boring legal work and her passionless boyfriend. With her two best friends along for the ride and to help her find herself again, Sophie is not prepared for the enigmatic Clayton Sinclair. Clayton comes from another world of privilege that seems like a fantasy to Sophie.  Can this man introduce her to the passion & seduction she never realized she was desperately searching for? Sophie quickly becomes ensnared in Clayton's seductive web until a shocking treachery makes her question her judgment and actions...


KA Tucker's FIVE WAYS TO FALL (Excerpt/Giveaway)

We are thrilled to share with you an excerpt from K.A. Tucker's FIVE WAYS TO FALL!! FIVE WAYS TO FALL is the fourth novel in her Ten Tiny Breaths Series, published by Atria Books an imprint of Simon & Schuster.

    
Five Ways to Fall 
(Ten Tiny Breaths #4)
by K.A. Tucker
June 24th 2014 by Atria Books

Purple-haired, sharp-tongued Reese MacKay knows all about making the wrong choice; she’s made plenty of them in her twenty-odd-years. So when her impulsive, short-lived marriage ends in heartbreak, she decides it’s time for a change. She moves to Miami with the intention of hitting reset on her irresponsible life, and she does quite well…aside from an epically humiliating one-night stand in Cancun with a hot blond bouncer named Ben. Thank God she can get on a plane and leave that mistake behind her. 

Football scholarship and frat parties with hot chicks? Part of charmer Ben Morris’s plan. Blown knee that kills any hope of a professional football career? So not part of the plan. Luckily Ben has brains to go with his knockout looks and magnetism. After three long years of balancing law school with his job as a bouncer at Penny’s Palace, he’s ready to lead a more mature life—until his first day of work, when he finds himself in the office of that crazy, hot chick he met in Cancun. The one he hasn’t stopped thinking about. 

If Ben truly were a smart guy, he’d stay clear of Reese. She’s the boss’s stepdaughter and it’s been made very clear that office romances are grounds for dismissal. Plus, rumor has it she’s trouble. The only problem is, he likes trouble, especially when it’s so good-looking…   

Friday, June 27, 2014

#BookReview: Hostage to Pleasure by Nalini Singh - 5 Wine Glasses

3115070Title: Hostage to Pleasure 
Series: Psy-Changeling #5
Author: Nalini Singh
Format: eBook/Mass Market Paperback, 330 pages
Published: September 2nd 2008 by Berkley
ISBN: 0425223256 
Links: Goodreads | Amazon | Kindle  | B&N
Source: Purchased by Reviewer
Reviewer: Crystal
Rating: 5/5
Separated from her son and forced to create a neural implant that will mean the effective enslavement of her psychically gifted race, Ashaya Aleine is the perfect Psy--cool, calm, emotionless...at least on the surface. Inside, she's fighting a desperate battle to save her son and escape the vicious cold of the PsyNet. Yet when escape comes, it leads not to safety, but to the lethal danger of a sniper's embrace.

DarkRiver sniper Dorian Christensen lost his sister to a Psy killer. Though he lacks the changeling ability to shift into animal form, his leopard lives within. And that leopard's rage at the brutal loss is a clawing darkness that hungers for vengeance. Falling for a Psy has never been on Dorian's agenda. But charged with protecting Ashaya and her son, he discovers that passion has a way of changing the rules...


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Beautiful Ties by Alicia Rae (Guest Post/Giveaway)

Please give a warm welcome to Alicia Rae and Beautiful Ties, a new adult romance and the fourth book in The Beautiful Series. Enjoy!


Inspiration behind Beautiful Ties

I couldn’t wait to start writing Abbey and Jason’s love story in Beautiful Ties.

Jason is instantly enamored with Abbey, and he becomes determined to win her over. Although she does not want to mix business with pleasure, he works his way into her heart with his good looks and sweet charm.

Thursday, June 26, 2014

Exclusive Excerpt: Grace Burrowes' The Captive (#Giveaway)

Today we have an exclusive excerpt to share with you from Grace Burrowes upcoming historical romance, THE CAPTIVE! 



THE CAPTIVE
Author: Grace Burrowes
Release Date: July 1, 2014
Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca
Genre: Historical Romance
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He'll never be free...
Captured and tortured by the French, Christian Severn, Duke of Mercia, survives by vowing to take revenge on his tormentors. Before the duke can pursue his version of justice, Gillian, Countess of Greendale, reminds him that his small daughter has suffered much in his absence, and needs her papa desperately.
Until he surrenders his heart...
Gilly endured her difficult marriage by avoiding confrontation and keeping peace at any cost. Christian's devotion to his daughter and his kindness toward Gilly give her hope that she could enjoy a future with him, for surely he of all men shares her loathing for violence in any form. Little does Gilly know, the battle for Christian's heart is only beginning.



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Book Blitz: Outside The Lines by Bella Love

We are so excited to share with you a recent release from author, Bella Love! Her romantic mystery/erotic romance OUTSIDE THE LINES is available now! Find out more about the book below, read an excerpt, and then be sure to pick up your copy today!




Red Hot Obsessions Boxed Set (Excerpt/Giveaway)


Title: Red Hot Obsessions (Boxed Set)
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Wordcount: 800000+ or about 3000 pages

***10 TALES OF ROMANCE FROM 10 BEST SELLING AUTHORS***
Over 3000 pages worth of books!
ON SALE FOR A LIMITED TIME -> ONLY 99c
Ten top selling authors come together to bring you ten titillating full-length novels of love, passion, discovery, and anticipation designed to tease the senses.

Your next obsession starts here.

Hot men.
Lusty women.
Dirty, raw, and arousing.
Enough angst to twist your insides.
From first kisses, to dangerous encounters and college seductions, we've collected all your favorite stories and combined them into one scintillating read filled with the confident, sexy and mysterious bad boys that will make even the nicest girl's heart throb with desire.


  • His Wicked Games (Ember Casey): Lily would do anything to save her father's failing business - even take on the infamous billionaire Calder Cunningham. But she's not prepared for the wicked terms he has in mind...
  • Fierce (Clarissa Wild): Hot, brooding college bad-boy Hunter turns out to have more secrets up his sleeve than geeky book-worm Autumn can handle. Too bad for her he doesn't give up the fight easily.
  • That First Kiss (J.C. Valentine): Playboy and rising author Tate Larson is focused on his work with no plans of settling down anytime soon... that is, until a chance encounter with Southern beauty Piper Donovan derails all his plans
  • Slow Burn (V.J. Chambers): A college junior, in hiding from a corrupt shadow wing of an arms corporation, finds herself saddled with a restrained, no-nonsense bodyguard—who also happens to be jaw-droppingly gorgeous.
  • Layers Deep (Lacey Silks): He needs her to save a friend. She needs him to plan her revenge. Their pasts scar them Layers Deep. Their passion distracts them... and distractions can be fatal.
  • Learning Curves (Olivia Rigal): Ariane wanted to spice up the life of her cooking school but one of her American students may be hotter than she expected.
  • Can't Shake You (Molly McLain): Carissa's gotten herself into a mess with an impromptu renovation project, and the only contractor available to help her out happens to be the one man she's never been able to forget. Josh is also her ex-boyfriend's best friend, therefore completely off-limits...unless they don't get caught.
  • His Indecent Lessons (Sky Corgan): When Cheyenne started her first year of college, she didn't expect to fall head over heels for one of her professors. His interest is totally academic though, and he's going to give her private lessons she'll never forget.
  • Sorority Pledge (Daizie Draper): Inexperienced college students, Addison and Logan, recognize the need for power play in one another when they first meet. But as they dive into a BDSM lifestyle while trying to balance college life, they discover their sizzle doesn't come without consequence.
  • Rae Omnibus (Blair Babylon): Rae will do anything to stay in college and for her dream of a clinic for autistic kids, but when the sexy and mysterious owner of The Devilhouse offers her job, she realizes that her small-town definition of "anything" was far too limited.

#CoverReveal: DUST TO DUST by Karina Halle

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Title: Dust To Dust (Experiment In Terror #9 )
Author: Karina Halle
Genre: New Adult Urban Fantasy
Release Date: July 29th, 2014
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The dramatic conclusion to the Experiment in Terror Series. Perry Palomino and Dex Foray. On their own, they’re uniquely brilliant. Together, they’re an unstoppable team. Until now. Because after everything the duo has encountered, they haven’t come across an evil quite like this. An evil that has been years in the making, an evil that will stop at nothing until they, and everyone they care for, are destroyed. Dex and Perry’s love has survived a multitude of sins. But can it survive the end? 

Wednesday, June 25, 2014

The Troublemaker Next Door by Marie Harte (Interview/Giveaway)

18509614How to Handle a Heartbreaker (The McCauley Brothers, #2)Ruining Mr. Perfect (The McCauley Brothers, #3)What to Do with a Bad Boy (The McCauley Brothers, #4)
Imagine yourself surrounded by over 100 books filled with strong sexy males, some that can shift and some that throw a mean lasso. Sounds like fun right? Our guest today can tell you what it feels like in real life. Welcome 100+ title author Marie Harte!



Lexi: You claim to be a reader with varied tastes, and it definitely shows in your writing! You take readers from Alternate Western, to space, military and Paranormal! And, be still my heart, coming soon some Paranormal shapeshifting Dragons! Is it possible to have a favorite or are there too many?  

I wish I could say I had a favorite, but there really are too many! Sometimes I’m in the mood for one guy and one girl in Seattle. Other times I want two shifter hotties and an energy-bending heroine. Or two male psychics getting cozy together between the sheets. I love romance, period. ☺

Tuesday, June 24, 2014

#BookReview: Wedding at Cardwell Ranch by B.J. Daniels - 5 Wine Glasses


20523651Title: Wedding at Cardwell Ranch
Series: Cardwell Cousins #2
Author: B.J. Daniels
Format: eBook/Paperback, 224 pages
Published: June 17th 2014 by Harlequin 
ISBN: 0373697708
Links: Goodreads | Amazon | Kindle | B&N
Source: Author
Reviewer: Linda
Rating: 5/5

The highly anticipated continuation of the Cardwell Ranch Collection, read by more than 2 MILLION!

Jackson Cardwell won't stop until she is safe.

In Montana for his brother's nuptials, Jackson Cardwell isn't looking to be anybody's hero. But the Texas single father knows a beautiful lady in distress when he meets her. Someone's hell-bent on making Allie Taylor think she's losing her mind. Jackson's determined to unmask the perp...and guard the widowed wedding planner and her little girl with his life.

Allie has no idea who wants to harm her and take her daughter away. The truth is even more shocking. For Allie's past has stalked her to Cardwell Ranch. And not even the sexy cowboy who awakens irresistible passion may be able to save her from a killer with a chilling agenda.

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Release Day Blitz: Sweet Revenge by Rebecca Zanetti (#Giveaway)

Happy (Print) Book Birthday to Rebecca Zanetti's SWEET REVENGE! Find out more about this romantic suspense below and be sure to check out review of this title HERE!



Sweet Revenge 
Sin Brothers #2
by Rebecca Zanetti
Paperback/ eBook, 384 pages
E book Published: December 3rd 2013 by Forever
Print Published: June 24th 2014 by Forever
ISBN1455574465 
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The One Man She Can't Have

Matt Dean was born to fight…and kill. A member of a secret black-ops military unit, he and his brothers were genetically engineered by the government to be the perfect soldiers with an expiration date. Now, with time running out, he's gone rogue in a relentless quest for the one person who can save them. His mission leads him to Charmed, Idaho…and to a beautiful woman with eyes like emeralds and a body made for pleasure.

The One Woman He Can't Resist

Laney Jacobs knows the mysterious, handsome stranger is trouble from the moment he walks into her bar, looking for a job. She's spent years running from her own past—the last thing she needs is a romantic entanglement. But Matt's strong arms offer her protection, and his gentle touch promises passion unlike anything she's ever known. As lethal forces surround them, revealing explosive secrets about Matt's past and putting everything—and everyone—he holds dear in danger, can he save them all before time runs out?

Release Day Blitz: Kristen Proby's BREATHE WITH ME (#Giveaway)

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We are so excited to bring you the Release Day Launch for Kristen Proby's BREATHE WITH ME!! BREATHE WITH ME is a Contemporary Erotic Romance novel and is the 7th book in the With Me In Seattle Series.



Breathe With Me CoverBreathe with Me 
(With Me in Seattle #7)
by Kristen Proby
June 24th 2014
Sometimes you meet the right person at the wrong time…

Mark Williams has loved Meredith since he was seventeen. A successful man with a strong family, he’s worked hard to move on from Meredith breaking his heart all those years ago. When his path crosses with the only woman he’s ever loved again years later, Mark knows there is nothing he won’t do to keep her in his life. But when the going gets tough, will Meredith stick around or will he lose her again?

…But true love has a way of finding its way back.

Meredith Summers is a dancer. One of the first things she learned in following her dreams is that timing is everything. She has spent the past ten years following her dream touring with mega-stars while trying to forget the high school sweetheart she left behind. Now she’s back in Seattle, running a successful dance studio with her best friend Jax and determined to move on from her gypsy past. Until the day she sees Mark Williams and time stands still. It’s as if no time has passed at all when Meredith finds herself in Mark’s arms again. The chemistry, the bonds and the love are as strong as ever and hearing Mark whisper breathe with me in her ear is a balm to her wounded soul. But will she grab onto this second chance at love, or is the timing all wrong for them again?

Don't miss catching up with the Montgomery and Williams clans in this latest installment of the With Me In Seattle Series from New York Times bestselling author, Kristen Proby.

“There were days that I would have exchanged a year of my life to just touch you one more time.” –Mark Williams


All I Want Is You by Toni Blake (Promo/Giveaway)




All I Want Is You 
(Coral Cove #1)
by Toni Blake 
Paperback, 384 pages
Published May 27th 2014 by Avon
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Sometimes you have to create your own destiny...

Christy Knight grew up in Destiny, Ohio, but lately she feels that her future lies elsewhere. Her parents are gone and the beautiful jewelry she creates doesn't pay the bills. Maybe it's time for Christy to grow up and find a guy who's smart, sexy, and solvent. Her rugged handyman neighbor fits the first two categories, but he's all wrong for her. If only he didn't have such captivating blue eyes.

Wary of trusting others, Jack DuVall hasn't been entirely honest with Christy. He's not really a handyman. He's not really broke. And sharing the long drive to visit her beloved grandpa isn't just about gallantry—he finds gorgeous, feisty Christy completely irresistible.

When secrets are exposed, Jack and Christy struggle to find their way back to one another, but the quirky seaside town of Coral Cove could prove the perfect place to find a red-hot destiny of their own.


Release Day Blitz: Kristen Ashley's Sweet Dreams (#Giveaway)

Happy Book Birthday to Kristen Ashley! Pick up your copy of SWEET DREAMS today and check out our review of this title HERE!


Sweet Dreams 
(Colorado Mountain #2)
by Kristen Ashley 
Paperback, 688 pages
Expected publication: June 24th 2014 by Forever (first published April 23rd 2011)
original titleSweet Dreams
ISBN 1455599085 
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She's ready for the ride of her life . . . 

Lauren Grahame is looking to reinvent herself. After leaving her cheating husband, Lauren moves to Carnal, Colorado, and gets a job as a waitress in a biker bar called Bubba's. It's a nothing job in a nowhere joint . . . until Tatum Jackson walks in. Lauren has never seen a man with such good looks, muscles, and attitude. But when he insults her, Lauren doesn't want anything to do with him. Too bad for Lauren he's also the bar's part owner and bartender.

When the rough-around-the-edges Tate meets the high-class Lauren, he thinks she won't fit in at Bubba's. Yet there's more to Lauren than meets the eye, and Tate soon sets his mind on claiming her as his own. Before long, the desire burning between them is heating up the cold mountain air. But when violence strikes the town, Tate must reveal a dark secret to Lauren-one that may put an end to their sweet dreams.

Release Day Blitz: K.A. Tucker's FIVE WAYS TO FALL (#Giveaway)

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We are thrilled to celebrate the Release Day Launch of K.A. Tucker's FIVE WAYS TO FALL!! FIVE WAYS TO FALL is the fourth novel in her Ten Tiny Breaths Series, published by Atria Books an imprint of Simon & Schuster.

    

FWTF final coverFive Ways to Fall 
(Ten Tiny Breaths #4)
by K.A. Tucker
June 24th 2014 by Atria Books
IndieBound | B&N | Amazon |Kindle | iBookstore | BAM | Bookish
Purple-haired, sharp-tongued Reese MacKay knows all about making the wrong choice; she’s made plenty of them in her twenty-odd-years. So when her impulsive, short-lived marriage ends in heartbreak, she decides it’s time for a change. She moves to Miami with the intention of hitting reset on her irresponsible life, and she does quite well…aside from an epically humiliating one-night stand in Cancun with a hot blond bouncer named Ben. Thank God she can get on a plane and leave that mistake behind her. 

Football scholarship and frat parties with hot chicks? Part of charmer Ben Morris’s plan. Blown knee that kills any hope of a professional football career? So not part of the plan. Luckily Ben has brains to go with his knockout looks and magnetism. After three long years of balancing law school with his job as a bouncer at Penny’s Palace, he’s ready to lead a more mature life—until his first day of work, when he finds himself in the office of that crazy, hot chick he met in Cancun. The one he hasn’t stopped thinking about. 

If Ben truly were a smart guy, he’d stay clear of Reese. She’s the boss’s stepdaughter and it’s been made very clear that office romances are grounds for dismissal. Plus, rumor has it she’s trouble. The only problem is, he likes trouble, especially when it’s so good-looking…   

FWTF Ben

Monday, June 23, 2014

#BooKReview: Better When He's Bad by Jay Crownover - 4 Wine Glasses

20557510Title: Better When He's Bad 
Series: Welcome to the Point #1
Author: Jay Crownover
Format: eBook/Paperback, 384 pages
Published: June 17th 2014 by William Morrow
ISBN: 0062351893
Links: Goodreads | Amazon | Kindle | Audible | B&N
Source: edelweiss
Reviewer: Crystal
Rating: 4/5
 
Welcome to the Point

There’s a difference between a bad boy and a boy who’s bad . . . meet Shane Baxter.

Sexy, dark, and dangerous, Bax isn’t just from the wrong side of the tracks, he is the wrong side of the tracks. A criminal, a thug, and a brawler, he’s the master of bad choices, until one such choice landed him in prison for five years. Now Bax is out and looking for answers, and he doesn’t care what he has to do or who he has to hurt to get them. But there’s a new player in the game, and she’s much too innocent, much too soft…and standing directly in his way.

Dovie Pryce knows all about living a hard life and the tough choices that come with it. She’s always tried to be good, tried to help others, and tried not to let the darkness pull her down. But the streets are fighting back, things have gone from bad to worse, and the only person who can help her is the scariest, sexiest, most complicated ex-con The Point has ever produced.

Bax terrifies her, but it doesn’t take Dovie long to realize that some boys are just better when they’re bad.

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