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Tuesday, April 21, 2020

New Release: Don't Go Stealing My heart by Kelly Siskind + Review!




Today we are celebrating the release of a romantic comedy title from Kelly Siskind! Don't Go Stealing My Heart just went live, and you won't want to miss this romance!


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Don't Go Stealing My Heart by Kelly Siskind

A Standalone Romantic Comedy


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Book Blurb:


She wants to steal his Van Gogh. He wants to steal her heart. Some people would call Clementine Abernathy a criminal. She considers herself a modern day Robin Hood, who steals from the rich and gives to the poor. Not exactly on the up-and-up, but she knows what it's like to lose everything. Her latest heist involves swiping a priceless Van Gogh from its owner, who's supposed to be an egotistical trust-fund brat. Turns out Jack David is a sexy, kind-hearted man...and Clementine is in trouble. Falling for her mark would make her the World's Dumbest Conwoman, but Jack is charmingly persistent, always singing sweet songs in her ear. And that earth-shattering kiss? She never stood a chance. Now she's imagining a fresh start with this dashing man, but that means telling Jack about her past. And other nefarious sorts are after the same painting. Too soon, Clementine learns what it means to risk it all for love.


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Review:


4-4.25 stars
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 Don't Go Stealing My Heart is a great read! I love Kelly Siskind's writing. It is so fresh, quirky, fun and different. Her New Orleans Rush was one of my favorite books in 2019. Don't Go Stealing My Heart has that same signature style. You get so many fun characters and special touches- from an Elvis impersonator competition to matching pet lizards!

This is Clementine and Jack's story. Clementine was orphaned as a child and the man who raised her brought her up to be a con-woman and thief. She is now an adult, but she still does jobs for him and raises money from her thefts to send to an orphanage in India, in true Robin Hood style. She comes to a small town playing a judge to an Elvis tribute artist festival, planning to steal a famous painting of one of the town's residents, Jack. She meets him before she arrives in town when his car is stuck on the side of the highway. Not knowing who he is, she lets herself be seen as herself, instead of her made up con-persona. They have an instant connection, but things get complicated when they meet again in town and she discovers Jack is her mark. After spending time together, they explore their connection and she knows she can't steal from him. She must decide if she can give up her life of charity thieving and start over for love and Jack must decide if he can forgive her for her past when he finds out who she really is.

I really liked this story. It did start a little slow and the chemistry took a bit to feel. But the couple was a great match. I loved Clementine and Jack. They were fun, quirky characters with good banter and many layers to them. Clem was a great, kind person, totally at odds with her cat burgling past. She was conned herself and groomed into her lifestyle, thinking it was for charity and not knowing how wrong it was. Jack was shy at first and very sweet, but soon showed his strength and kindness, not to mention being an alpha in the sheets. They had a good, slow burn chemistry and an amazing soulmate connection. The end made me knock the rating just a bit, as I thought it was kind of abrupt. I didn't completely love the way the everything wrapped up and I wanted a bit more resolution overall. Still, I liked the book a lot, if not quite as much as New Orleans Rush. It was such a charming read with so many extra special touches.

Overall, I really enjoyed Clementine and Jack's sweet and quirky love story. I can't wait to see what Ms. Siskind comes up with next.



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AUTHOR INFORMATION:



   A small-town girl at heart, Kelly moved from the city to enjoy the charm of northern Ontario. When she’s not out hiking with her husband or home devouring books, you can find her, notepad in hand, scribbling down one of the many plot bunnies bouncing around in her head.
Her novels have been published internationally.
 

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Wednesday, April 15, 2020

Cover Reveal: Black Tangled Heart by Samantha Young

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Black Tangled Heart, by New York Times bestselling author Samantha Young is coming May 14, 2020!



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To my siblings, Jane was a friend. A pseudo-sister, the girl we grew up with.
To me? She was everything.
Our passion consumed us.
When our world fell apart, I thought our love would be the thing that held us together.
She was the love of my life. But she abandoned me when I needed her most.
And I’ll never forgive her.
For years I’ve been planning my revenge against the people who took everything from me.
Jane won’t be an exception. I’m coming for her.
She knows it.
She says she wants to help me serve my version of justice on the people who hurt me.
I’ll let her.
She probably thinks it will save her from me.
It won’t.



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Photography: Regina Wamba
Cover Design: Hang Le
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About Samantha Young: 

Samantha Young is a New York Times and #1 International bestselling author from Stirlingshire, Scotland. On Dublin Street was Samantha's first adult contemporary romance series and has sold in thirty countries. She has since published over thirteen romance titles including the New York Times Bestsellers Into the Deep, Hero, and her most recent contemporary romance Fight or Flight. When writing Adult Paranormal romance she writes under the pen name S. Young.


Connect with Samantha Young:

Email – authorsamanthayoung@gmail.com


Cover Reveal: Hush Notes Series by Sarina Bowen, Devney Perry and Rebecca Yarros




SURPRISE!!!


Today we are dropping not one, not two, 
but THREE gorgeous covers on you!

Sarina Bowen, Devney Perry, and Rebecca Yarros have teamed up to bring you three stand-alone love stories this fall. While each book follows the band, they are all stand-alone stories that can be enjoyed all on their own.




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Lies and Lullabies by Sarina Bowen


Rifts and Refrains by Devney Perry


Muses & Melodies by Rebecca Yarros





Releasing first and the book I'm dying for...




Lies and Lullabies by Sarina Bowen!


Coming September 22, 2020

Summer nights and star-crossed lovers! From USA Today bestselling author Sarina Bowen.

Once upon a time, he gave me a summer of friendship, followed by one perfect night. We shared a lot during our short time together. But he skipped a few crucial details. 
I didn’t know he was a rock star.
I didn’t know his real name.
Neither of us knew I’d get pregnant.
And I sure never expected to see him again.
Five years later, his tour bus pulls up in Nest Lake, Maine. My little world is about to be shattered by loud music and the pounding of my own foolish heart.


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Thursday, April 9, 2020

Cover Reveal: The Billionaire's Fake Fiance by Annika Martin

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The Billionaire's Fake Fiancée, a sexy romantic comedy by New York Times bestselling author, Annika Martin, is coming April 28, 2020!



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Creative: Michele Catalano
Photographer: Wander Aguiar
Model: Thiago



My instructions were simple: scour the city for a fake fiancée who’s not my type at all. Have her on my jet Monday morning, dressed appropriately for a yacht vacation.
I need a woman believable enough to convince a certain client that I’ve changed my playboy ways…yet nothing like the supermodels and socialites I usually have on my arm.
Somebody too annoying to tempt me—no emotional entanglements, thank you very much. This is business only.
If she’s unfazed by my looks and wealth, all the better.
Should be easy. Right?
Apparently not, because my people go and hire Tabitha. My hairdresser.
What were they thinking? Yes, I said annoying, but I didn’t mean her, the most frustrating woman in the world.
Tabitha is sunshiny. She has a pet hamster. She loves Hello Kitty, and she gets under my skin like nobody else.
As if that’s not bad enough, the minute we step on deck, she thinks that certain people on the yacht are up to something shady—based completely on her soap opera knowledge.
She won’t listen when I tell her she’s being ridiculous.
But as the days go by, I find that we’re actually having fun. And our fake kisses are heating up. And suddenly her wild theories aren’t sounding so strange after all…



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Meet the Author:


Annika Martin loves fun, dirty stories, hot heroes, and wild, dramatic everything. She enjoys hanging out in Minneapolis coffee shops with her writer husband, and also likes birdwatching at her bird feeder alongside her two stunningly photogenic cats, especially when she should be writing. She’s heavy into running, music, saving the planet, taking long baths, and consuming chocolate suckers. She’s worked a surprisingly large number of waitressing jobs, and has also worked in a plastics factory and the advertising trenches; her garden is total bee-friendly madness and her most unfavorite word is nosh or possibly fob. A NYT bestselling author, she has also written as RITA award-winning author Carolyn Crane.


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Monday, April 6, 2020

New Release: Bachelor Boss by Sara Ney + Review!




Release Date: April 7 

What is The Bachelors Club?

It’s a gentleman’s club—like the dignified men of the past used to have. Except, we’re not gentleman, and we’re not dignified.

We’re ineligible bachelors, bored, jaded and not looking for relationships. Quite the opposite actually. So committed to being single, we’ve created a high stakes bet to see who can remain single the longest…


 
Four days co-habitating in a shared work space shouldn’t be a big deal. It shouldn’t be distracting. But Spencer Standish saw me puking in a company trash can, and won’t let me live it down. Cheerful, aggravating Spencer, who wants me to fetch her coffee.


As if she’s the boss of me.


And now I’m stuck sharing her office.

Let’s face facts: I can’t be in a relationship; not when there’s a bet to win—not with Spencer, who loves my uncontrollable basset hound, lazy Sundays, and grilled cheese as much as I do. I refuse to fall for her.

will be the last Bachelor standing.



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Review:


3.5 stars
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 Bachelor Boss is book two in the Bachelor's Club series and is Spencer and Phillip's book. Phillip is Brooks' friend and fellow member of his club, who has sworn not to date and to stay a bachelor. Spencer is his co-worker that he meets at work. They have a funny incident in the break room, which ends with Phillip tossing his cookies. Fate comes into play when there are some improvements being made to the office flooring and the two of them are forced to share an office for a week. They aren't sure they like each other at first and fight an attraction, but eventually they give in and begin a relationship.

This book was enjoyable, but not quite as enjoyable for me as book one. It was very light and felt very short. There was not quite as much relationship development as I prefer in books. The whole book takes place over a week and they decide they like each other and decide to date at the end. Still, it was a fast paced, easy read. Phillip and Spencer had a funny, "picking on each other" relationship with good banter but low heat. There wasn't a ton of chemistry and not any deep emotions. But Phillip and Spencer were fine as characters. Overall, the story was enjoyable and the book entertaining. Phillip has a cute dog who is integral to the story, which I enjoyed as well.

Bachelor Boss was entertaining and a light, easy read. It is a good book to get you out of your head during these stressful days in life. I look forward to more from Ms. Ney and this fun series in the future!












Meet the Sara Ney

Sara Ney is the USA Today Bestselling Author of the How to Date a Douchebag series, and is best known for her sexy, laugh-out-loud New Adult romances. Among her favorite vices, she includes: iced latte’s, historical architecture and well-placed sarcasm. She lives colorfully, collects vintage books, art, loves flea markets, and fancies herself British.



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Thursday, April 2, 2020

Blog Tour: The Redemption by Nikki Sloane + Excerpt & Review!

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The Redemption by Nikki Sloane
Release Date: March 31, 2020




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The Redemption, book four in the Filthy Rich Americans Saga by USA Today bestselling author Nikki Sloane.

Once, the name Macalister Hale was uttered in the boardroom with respect. Now, it’s whispered in disgrace at cocktail parties hosted by Boston’s elite.
Scandal nearly destroyed me, but the one thing larger than my infamy is my bank account, and I’ve learned money can solve anything.
Well—almost anything.
Sophia Alby’s preferred currency is secrets and the way she trades information puts Wall Street to shame.
This girl charges into my life and claims a partnership can restore my reputation. My downfall was swift, but with her, my climb to redemption will be greater.
Our arrangement is professional. Appropriate. It has to be, because she’s half my age. But it doesn’t stop me from wanting . . .
To move on. To control and indulge in her. To hear the name Macalister Hale echo in her breathy moans.
But I can’t. Giving in to temptation led to my undoing before, and I won’t survive it a second time.
To the rest of the world I’m the villain, but to her? I’ll be the hero.

The Redemption is book four in the Filthy Rich Americans Saga and is Macalister Hale's story.



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Review:


4 stars
****


 This was a good book! The Redemption is the fourth book in the Filthy Rich Americans series and is Macalister's book. Macalister is the fallen king of wealthy society, as well as Royce's father and rival for Marist's affections in previous books. At the end of the previous book, an accident happened when his wife attacked him and their scuffle led to a fall and her death. He went to prison for two years as punishment. Now, he is out and trying to regain his place in society and his business. Sophia was a peripheral character in the previous books. An acquaintance to Royce and Marist, she, to,o is trying to come into her own and find her place in business and life, as well as to get over some past family troubles. She approaches Macalister for a job, to become his assistant and to help him makeover his reputation in society. She is tenacious, and while she wants to help him, she also wants his help in getting revenge for her past. The two begin working together and make a strong pair. They discover a fiery chemistry and connection, overcoming all the reasons why they should not be together and leading to love.

I liked this book a good bit. I was a little wary going into this book because I wasn't a fan of Macalister in the previous books in the series. But he definitely redeemed himself in this book. He changed and became a better man, with Sophia's help. I also wasn't sure I liked Sophia after the previous books, but we really got to know her here and she came into her own. She is a hard worker and willing to do what she needed to do to get what she wanted. I ended up liking them both a lot and feeling a strong connection between them. I wasn't sure that I liked that they did not have a connection when they met in the previous books, which made it take me a while to feel chemistry between them in this book. But once I did, I enjoyed this book. Sophia had spunk and she challenged Macalister. They helped each other become less lonely and better people.
I felt that their connection and feelings for each other far surpassed the feelings Macalister thought he had for Marist and his ex-wife in the past. They were also super hot together. The story was simple, but interesting. I liked this book the most out of the series. It was not as dark, hopeless, unsafe feeling or angsty, which I liked, and was all tied up in one book, as well.

Overall, Sophia and Macalister's story is full of redemption, hope, sexiness, and love. It was great to see him finally overcome his past and get a happy ending, too. The Redemption was an entertaining journey. I look forward to more from this series and Ms. Sloane in the future!



Excerpt:

Macalister’s head turned to the opera’s costume room, wordlessly commanding me to go inside, and I carried out his order immediately. He stepped in after me, pulling the door closed with a soft thud, and the tension between us drew taut. “How did you know about this place?” I asked. “The director gave me a tour before I wrote the check.” We were utterly alone in this room full of costumes. Slips of clothes that allowed people to become a completely different person, and as I stared at him, standing in the shadows between two tall racks, I wanted to be someone else. I wanted to be the woman he’d fall in love with and break the curse. In this seclusion, Macalister was safe to look at me however he wanted, and my heart pounded like fists against the side of a cage trying to break free. He was its captor, and he knew it. He stated it like it was an unarguable law. “I own you.” It was the truth, but it was hard to surrender. I’d given him everything else. Shouldn’t I hold on to this last thing and use it to bargain for his heart? I dug deep inside myself, gathering all the strength I had not to give in, and lifted my chin in defiance. I couldn’t say the word, but I hoped my expression told him no. Rather than look irritated or frustrated, a slow, pleased smile crawled along his lips. I’d challenged him as best I could, and he was excited I’d given him the opportunity to prove me wrong. It was sexy and terrifying when he charged toward me, and I turned and fled, running as fast as I could in my heels and dress through the maze of towering racks of clothes. It would only be a matter of time before he caught me, and I ran with no intention of escaping, anyway. At the end of the row, I turned blindly to my right and dashed past shelves full of shoes and hats in plastic bins. At the edge of the room, the wall was lined with cabinets, a seamstress station, and a bare dress form. There was a large mirror, and I caught a glimpse of myself running, my soft pink dress billowing around my legs, and Macalister behind me. He probably could have caught me sooner, but either he was enjoying the chase too much or was waiting to pounce until he had me exactly where he wanted. He grasped me by the elbow and jerked me to a stop, spinning me around so I crashed into his chest, and I let out a grunt of surprise. I’d worn my hair up at his request, and so the back of my neck was bare, and his palm slid up to hold me there, steadying me as he dropped his mouth to mine. His untamed kiss brought on delirium. It buzzed through my core, radiating outward. But he abruptly tore his lips away, like a possessive child throwing a fit and taking their toys back. “Say it.” Possession was nine tenths of the law, and I felt utterly possessed. “I’m yours.” His eyes widened. It wasn’t clear exactly how he’d wanted me to say it, if I was supposed to repeat it word for word, but I’d gone with the full truth.


About Nikki:

USA Today bestselling author Nikki Sloane landed in graphic design after her careers as a waitress, a screenwriter, and a ballroom dance instructor fell through. For eight years she worked for a design firm in that extremely tall, black, and tiered building in Chicago that went through an unfortunate name change during her time there.
Now she lives in Kentucky, is married and has two sons. She is a three-time Romance Writers of America RITA© Finalist, a Passionate Plume winner, a HOLT Medallion finalist, and couldn't be any happier that people enjoy reading her sexy words.


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