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Excerpt Tour and Giveaway: The Lady's Arrangement by Colleen L. Donnelly

Monday, July 31, 2017

Today, I'm hosting an exclusive excerpt from Colleen L. Donnelly's latest historical romance release, The Lady's Arrangement (Help Wanted #1) , as a part of the ongoing excerpt tour. Hope you enjoy the excerpt accompanying this post! Note that some of the author's books are on sale (.99c) during this tour, including The Lady's Arrangement.

Colleen L. Donnelly will be awarding a $10 Amazon or B/N GC to a randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the tour
 
The Lady's Arrangement
Colleen L. Donnelly
(Help Wanted #1)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35178271-the-lady-s-arrangement

Neither Rex nor Regina wants a spouse, but they do have needs.

Ranger Rex Duncan needs a false identity—just long enough to uncover a ring of Kansas ranch thieves. Answering Regina’s ad for a temporary husband, he leaves his beloved red dirt of Oklahoma to assume that disguise. But the most obstinate woman he’s ever known confounds his assignment, and with hair the red color that has always made his heart beat a little faster.

Regina Howard needs a new Mrs. in front of her name—just long enough to reclaim her deceased husband’s ranch, since Kansas law won’t allow women to own property. When Rex answers her ad for a husband who can take orders as part of a brief business arrangement, she finds this stubborn man ignores her every command. Yet a good man is far more than just a name…

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Ever Crave the Rose by Morgan O'Neill

Sunday, July 30, 2017

Ever Crave the Rose
Elizabethan Time Travel #2

Morgan O'Neill
Historical Romance/Time Travel
Published in 2017

H/h - Dr. Jonathan Brandon/Anne Brandon
Setting: Elizabethan era and present time.

Read in July, 2017
My rating:

                                                 [spoiler alert] 

Ever Crave the Rose, the final installment of Morgan O’Neill’s The Elizabethan Time Travel, has been one of my most anticipated releases over the past 2.5 yrs. ever since I read book 1. I was very excited when I found out this sequel to The Thornless Rose is finally getting published; couldn’t wait to find out how Anne and Jonathan’s journey ends! The biggest query, on my mind, was to see whether they stayed in the Elizabethan-era, or returned to the present time. If so, how will that work out when we consider Jonathan’s own past with Anne’s grandmother and 2014 not being his original time-frame of living. Did I get my answers? I’ll try to elaborate in my review...

It’s true that I’ve never been overtly interested in the history of Tudor England but The Elizabethan Time-Travel series changed that for me. Apart from the chapters set in present time, much like book 1, book 2 also connects and heavily relies on Tudor England without being made to feel like taking a History lesson. The fusion of the historical facts with the fiction was done so well that you won’t think Dr. Jonathan Brandon once wasn’t one of Queen Elizabeth I’s royal physicians! Some major historical figures such as Robert Dudley, Thomas Howard, the Duke of Norfolk, Queen’s chief adviser Robert Cecil, not to mention the venerable Queen Elizabeth I played their roles as needed throughout, which is why I had to research online to find out who was who and how they were related to the story. The authors’ knowledge of Tudor history was admirable.

Cover Reveal and Giveaway: Limitless Love by Audrey Carlan

Friday, July 28, 2017

Today, we're revealing the cover for Audrey Carlan's upcoming release, Limitless Love (Lotus House #4). Check it out! The giveaway includes a $20 Amazon GC, so don't forget to enter via rafflecopter below!!
Limitless Love
Audrey Carlan
(Lotus House #4)
Expected Publication: January 16, 2018 by Waterhouse Press
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35472340-limitless-love
I’m a good person. At least I try to be. After my husband left me, I picked up the pieces of my broken heart and tried to move on. One shattered piece at a time.

Just when I thought things were looking up, that I had suffered enough at the hands of fate, my past came back with nothing to lose and a blade that cut…deep.

Figuratively and physically scarred, I had nothing left to hold on to. That’s when Clayton Hart entered my world. With his blue eyes, spikey blond hair, and a body packed with muscles, I never stood a chance.

Clayton pushed his way into my life, my bed, and my heart, proving that only the truest love can be limitless.



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Promo Spotlight and Giveaway: Hate to Love Him by Jody Holford

Thursday, July 27, 2017

Today, I'm hosting a promo on Jodi Holford's latest contemporary romance release, Hate to Love Him (Kendrick Place #3), as a part of the ongoing VBT. Also find an excerpt and some teasers for your enjoyment. The giveaway includes a $15 Amazon GC, so don't forget to enter via rafflecopter below!!

Hate to Love Him
Jody Holford
(Kendrick Place #3)
Published: July 17, 2017 by Entangled Bliss
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35276710-hate-to-love-him
Brady Davis is as happy as he is charming. Usually. Unless he’s in the same room with the frustratingly gorgeous antidote to his cheer. Mia Kendrick is headstrong and determined. She’s done with men who stand in her way—even if he has arms like Thor and a smile that makes her dizzy. Whenever they’re together, sparks fly—both the bad and good kind.

When Mia returns home to take over management of Kendrick Place, Brady is worried her focus on big business could be the end of his tight-knit home and the family he’s created there. Mia may have the power to change everything, but Brady could have the power to change her mind…if he can get inside her heart.

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Release Blitz: A Losing Battle by Annie Stone

Monday, July 24, 2017

I'm hosting a promo, today, on Annie Stone's latest release, A Losing Battle (Free At Last #2), as a part of the ongoing release blitz. Also find some teasers for your enjoyment.
A Losing Battle
Annie Stone
(Free At Last #2)
Published: July 24, 2017
Hunter has left home to join the Marine Corps, leaving Mackenzie behind, confused and unsure about her feelings. She loves Carter, she really, really does, but could there be a spark between her and Hunter, as well?

Mackenzie does the only thing she can in the circumstances: she buries her conflicting emotions in her work. But when she sees Hunter again, she knows the time for a decision has come.

Little does she know, time is running out for the both of them.

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In Bonds of the Earth by Janine Ashbless

Sunday, July 23, 2017

In Bonds of the Earth
The Book of the Watchers #2

Janine Ashbless
Erotic Paranormal Romance 
Published in 2017 [ARC review]

H/h - Azazel/Egan Kansky/Milja Petak 
Setting: Present time Europe and Africa.

Read in April-July, 2017.
My rating:

                                                     [spoiler alert]

I have no idea where to start, seriously! The Book of the Watchers series by Janine Ashbless is SO complex and absolutely amazing that I’m just....... speechless really. This series is rich in story telling with a great research and a marvelous writing style where the author blends many dimensions, of facts and fictions, together in such a way that the only thing I can say for this series is WOW! I had to read In Bonds of the Earth at a snail’s pace just to savor each chapter.

I’ve never read anything by the author prior to this series. I picked up book 1 of the Watchers series, Cover Him With Darkness, because 1. I was in search of a good angel-demon type book and 2. I loved the title. And boy it sucked me right in from the start; from the moment when little Milja met Azazel the Fallen, bound in a dank, dark cave, for eternity... awaiting another eternity. Azazel is called a demon, a fallen angel, Prince of Darkness or Satan as I found in some sources. I’ll personally stick to the story itself because many of these notions discussed in the book connected to the Book of Enoch is rather vague to me. But that didn’t hinder my enjoyment at all. The whole story behind Azazel and his many brothers’ fight with the good angels and how they were then entombed in various places in the world is told in book 1. It was such a fascinating story, with excellent visuals, such as Azazel’s fight with St. Michael and the destruction of his human family.

Milja, a girl born in a small mountain-bound village of Montenegro, has known The Prisoner since her childhood. The Prisoner was there always. Many had been in charge of him over the uncountable years, her father the priest, being the latest. Milja’s mother was already dead, so her father has been the center of her world... until the day she started having dreams of The Prisoner, whom she’d only met a few times; always with her father by her side. Her father has forbidden her to ever communicate with the prisoner, let alone release him, no matter how much he begs. Yet, the sad, heart-wrenching dreams of him in pain, absolutely misery of many, many years tore at Milja. Then one day, when she was around 20, she does the unthinkable. She goes to the cave alone to meet him for the first time in years since she went to school. The Prisoner was always in her thought, in her dreams, so much so that she only had one boyfriend but couldn’t even maintain that relationship. She knew by then who she belonged to, and she decides instantly that she’s going to release him.

Blurb Blitz and Giveaway: The Vessel by Nancy Fraser

Thursday, July 20, 2017

Today, I'm hosting a promo on Nancy Fraser's latest Sci-Fi romance release, The Vessel, as a part of the ongoing blurb blitz tour. Also find an excerpt for your enjoyment.

Nancy Fraser will be awarding a $20 Amazon or Barnes and Noble GC to a randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the tour

The Vessel
Nancy Fraser
Published: June 16, 2017
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35279903-the-vessel
Major Liam McGregor is a career soldier. Chosen by the leader of the United Republic to transport a government protectee to safety, Liam takes on a task that has cost his predecessors their very lives.

Alora of Delawon is an alien princess who holds the key to the survival of mankind. With the women of the United Republic left barren by previous chemical warfare, Alora’s ability to bear humanoid children makes her the government’s most valuable commodity.

Together, Liam and Alora make the trek from the government’s safe house back toward the current capitol, fighting off raiders, survivalists, and an unexpected attraction to one another.

Will their desires put them in danger? Or, will their being together become more important than the mission?

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