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Release Blitz and Giveaway: Ripple Effect: Episode One by Keri Lake

Sunday, February 26, 2017

I'm hosting a promo, today, on Keri Lake's latest dark erotic suspense, Ripple Effect: Episode One (Ripple Effect #1), as a part of the ongoing release blitz. Also find some teasers for your enjoyment. The giveaway varies from a kindle fire to a $50 Amazon GC to a swag pack, so don't forget to enter via rafflecopter below!!
Ripple Effect: Episode One
(Ripple Effect #1)
Keri Lake
Published: February 26, 2017
From the author of Ricochet and Backfire comes a dark erotic suspense serial ...
Episode One: Dylan will do anything to escape her current nightmare, even if it means falling into the tangled web of a ruthless killer.

Ripley
They call me RIP.
I’m a killer. A murderer. A psychopath.
In the eyes of the righteous, I’m a monster, born of sin and depravity.
I want to protect her, but I’m not a good man.
I want to love her, but I no longer feel.
She gets under my skin, though, and has awakened something inside of me.
Something I’d kill for.
I’m not her savior—not even close. In fact, I’m worse than the hell she’s already suffered.
I’m her vengeance. Tit for tat, as they say.
And if she’s not careful, I’ll be her ruin.

Dylan
For months, I’ve watched him.
I’ve fantasized him as my savior, my lover. My ticket out of the hell I’ve lived in for the last six years.
I never dreamed he’d be my nightmare.
Had I known what he really is, I’d have never gotten in the car that night, but life is full of cause and effect
And sometimes the choice on offer isn’t a choice at all.
It’s the result of something already in motion, and we’re merely left to survive the ripple effect.

*This is an erotic suspense/erotic romance not recommended for readers under the age of 18 due to graphic violence and sex

"Dark romance lovers UNITE! Keri Lake knocks RIPPLE EFFECT out of the park and into the next ball field. With twisted, heart-pounding, sexy, delicious goodness on every single page, Ripley will own your soul without remorse. Come into the dark, my beautiful butterflies...you'll want to stay." -KL Kreig, USA Today Bestselling Author 


Buy Links (.99c only!):
Amazon US | Amazon UK | Amazon CA | Amazon AU

Release Blitz: Beard Mode by Lani Lynn Vale

Friday, February 24, 2017

Today, I'm hosting a promo on Lani Lynn Vale's latest MC romance release, Beard Mode (The Dixie Wardens Rejects MC #1), as a part of the ongoing release blitz. Also find an excerpt and some teasers for your enjoyment.


Beard Mode
Lani Lynn Vale
(The Dixie Wardens Rejects MC #1)
Published: February 23, 2017
Cover Model: David Byers
Photographer: Michael Stokes
 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33123653-beard-mode
Aaron‘don’t ever call me Fatbaby’ is lucky to be alive. Or at least that is what everyone keeps telling him. He doesn’t feel lucky, though.
He’s scarred, has more than a little bit of a bad attitude, and there isn’t a single day that goes by that he doesn’t wish his wife would’ve just finished off the job.
After being denied his old position at the fire department, he leaves, and doesn’t look back. He heads straight to Alabama and into the semi-welcoming arms of The Dixie Wardens MC. There he becomes a part of a brotherhood that forces him to get back in the land of the living.

Imogen is a smart girl. A girl who doesn’t always make the best decisions.
Her heart is in the right place when she walks into that prison, but it doesn’t take long for her to realize that her heart shouldn’t have had any say so in the matter. Especially when one wrong move lands her in the arms of a scarred man that looks frightening enough to scare any sane woman away.
Immediately enthralled by the angry man, she tries to get closer to him. But the harder she tries to get to know him, the further he pushes her away.
The only thing Aaron wanted to do after his now ex-wife was sent to jail was escape. Escape the awful memories. The pity-filled eyes. The curious glances.
He does a damn fine job at ensuring he draws as little as attention as possible, but then that annoying woman with her startling blue eyes starts hammering away at his resolve. Makes him feel when he doesn’t want to feel.
Imogen comes into his life and carves out a place for herself, obliterating his defenses one heated kiss at a time.
It doesn’t take long, and he realizes he’s in deep. Too deep to ever want to come out.
Imogen will know what it’s like to be loved by a reject.

“Lani Lynn Vale has a way of taking your soul and twisting it and tearing it up, but then somehow, some way making sure that the book still makes you have a goofy freaking happy smile, and all in love with her by the end of it.” - MJ’s Book Blog and Reviews

Buy Links:
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Promo Spotlight and Giveaway: Run to Her by Lynn Kellan

Thursday, February 23, 2017

I'm hosting, today, a promo on Lynn Kellan's contemporary romance, Run to Her (The Brothers #1), as a part of the ongoing VBT. Also find an excerpt for your enjoyment.

One randomly chosen winner via rafflecopter will win a $50 Amazon/BN.com gift card
Run to Her
Lynn Kellan
(The Brothers #1)
Published: November 28, 2016
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33179377-run-to-her
She avoids men like him. He needs a woman like her. One lie changes everything...

Gabriel Antonov is a mechanic who can fix anything, even a woman’s hesitance. His talents have earned him the well-deserved reputation as a player, but when a routine one-night stand goes wrong, he’s haunted by what he’s done. Nothing can free him from those depraved memories, until he meets Leigh Nelson.

Leigh avoids strong, silent types like Gabe, who is stronger and quieter than most guys. The only man she’s focused on is her father, who is suffering from a devastating health crisis. She’ll do anything to help him, even at the cost of ignoring her own well-being, but the stress is getting to her. Gabe’s strength is tough to resist, and his silence might be hiding a crushing secret only she can understand.

He can’t outrun his gut-deep craving for her. Problem is, she’s running from him. When they’re marooned in his lakeside cabin, he might finally catch her…if he can admit why he’s falling apart without her.

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Claiming Mr. Kemp by Emily Larkin

Monday, February 20, 2017

Claiming Mr. Kemp
Baleful Godmother #4

Emily Larkin
Historical M/M Romance
Published in 2017 [requested review]

H/H - Lucas Kemp/Tom Matlock
Setting: Regency.

Read in February, 2017.
My rating:

                                                  [spoiler alert]

Claiming Mr. Kemp is the book 4 of Emily Larkin’s Baleful Godmother series. The theme of the story is a bit different than the author’s usual style because this is a M/M romance. Her first one as far as I know, but it was well-written no doubt about it.

The Baleful Godmother is a Regency-set series based on female characters who have special “gifts” or powers. But if you want to start from the very beginning, you can with The Fey Quartet. These are a set of novellas listed as “prologue” to this series. Set in Medieval-era England, this series explains exactly how our unique heroines came to inherit their “gifts”. Books 1 and 2, Unmasking Miss Appleby and Resisting Miss Merryweather had something common in them apart from Bale Tongue, our dubious Fairy Godmother. Heroines of both of these books, Charlotte and Merry 1. Were bestowed their gifts at the age of 25, which I thought was THE age they were supposed to have their wish fulfilled and 2. They were cousins so the stories were linked that way. But that changed in book 3, Trusting Miss Trentham. Tish, the h, had her wish fulfilled at 21 instead of 25. She’s also a distant cousin to the previous heroines but they didn’t know until later in the story so the book could be technically read as a standalone.

Cover Reveal: Made Maleen by Jeanne St. James

Sunday, February 19, 2017

Today, we're officially revealing the cover for Jeanne St. James's upcoming erotic romance release, Made Maleen. Check it out!!

Made Maleen
Jeanne St. James
Expected Publication: March 12, 2017

"Just let me love you..."

When Maleen King’s father catches her naked in the hay loft with her high school sweetheart, he sends the eighteen-year-old away to receive a college education and rise above the humble beginnings of an Idaho dairy farm. Now fourteen years later, Mal comes home to run the farm after the death of her father. The stress of a disastrous marriage and being a NYC stock broker made her long to return to a simple life.

Braydon Daniels, devastated when Mal’s father sent her thousands of miles away, has thought about her every day since. Now, over a decade later, he finds himself alone, divorced, and beaten down by the trauma of his broken marriage. When Mal comes back to town for her father’s funeral, he realizes the feelings he once had for her are just as strong. There’s one little snag, though. His ex-wife is the woman Mal has hated her whole life. And they have a child together.

Despite the struggle to recover from their past relationships, the undeniable attraction between them still exists. Can they rekindle the passion they once had?

Pre-Order Link :
(also available on kindle unlimited)
Amazon

Promo Spotlight and Giveaway: So Right by Darcy Burke

Thursday, February 16, 2017

I'm hosting a promo, today, on Darcy Burke's latest contemporary romance release, So Right (Ribbon Ridge: Love on the Vine #2), as a part of the ongoing VBT. Also find an excerpt for your enjoyment. The giveaway is of a Kindle Fire (US ONLY), so don't forget to enter via rafflecopter below!!
So Right 
Darcy Burke
(Ribbon Ridge: Love on the Vine #2)
Published: February 14, 2017
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33122356-so-right
Kelsey McDade realizes that her love life is one and done. Her last—and only—relationship left her broken and afraid and more than ready to be alone for the long haul. But sexy-charming vineyard manager Luke Westcott pushes all of her buttons in the right way and makes her wonder if she ought to try again.

In nearly twenty-eight years, Luke’s most successful romance has been with the outdoors. Currently single, he’s happy to pour all of his energy into his new winery until Kelsey provokes feelings he didn’t know he was capable of. He can envision their future together—if she’ll let down her guard.

When the ghost of Kelsey’s past causes her to slam on the brakes, Luke is ready to fight for her, even if it means sacrificing himself in the process. Convinced she’s only made wrong choices in the past, Kelsey must decide if Luke—and their love—is worth the greatest risk of all.

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