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BOOK REVIEW – Beauty and the Boss – Diane Alberts

November 12, 2015 Leave a Comment

4 STARS!

A sexy, yet sweet read that makes you believe there’s someone out there for everyone just waiting to be found!

Maggie Donovan is Head Researcher at Gale Incorporated, and secretly lusts after her boss.

Benjamin Gale III didn’t earn the nickname of “The Beast” from his employees for no reason. He’s a cold, hard-nosed workaholic. That doesn’t stop him from noticing Maggie though.

When caught in a compromising position, Maggie defends Benjamin by telling his mother they have been dating since before she came to work there a few months ago, and are now engaged. Benjamin plays along, and later they come up with an agreement to keep up the charade for awhile.

Will they part ways after they portray the image they wanted to achieve, or will they actually start to have feelings for each other?

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BOOK REVIEW – Thunder Rolls – Dee Davis

November 11, 2015 Leave a Comment

5 STARS!

In the final episode of the season, final preparations are going on for the Founders Day event. The town is especially wanting this year’s celebration to be something that will help heal the town after the devastation of losing Jacob Salt in the car accident.

Hannah Grossman figures out that she is with one Johnson brother, but has more feelings for the other one.

When secrets are exposed on Founders Day, will the town ever be able to be whole again? Can’t wait for more!

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BOOK REVIEW – Slater’s Leverage – Claudia Shelton

November 10, 2015 Leave a Comment

4 STARS!

Filled with intrigue and romance. Keeps you guessing until the last few pages about who’s been behind all the happenings and trouble over the years.

Mackenzie Boudin and Josh Slater were a couple 10 years ago, until the day he just up and walked out on her with no explanation just after she had lost her parents in a plane crash. For 10 years she’s pined for him wondering what she had done to send him away. For 10 years he’s been secretly an operative for OPAQUE trying to find out who had ordered the hit on Mackie’s parents, and who had paid his Dad to tamper with the plane.

He left her because he didn’t want to hurt her and have her hate him when she found out her parents plane crash wasn’t an accident, and that he was the son of the man who made it happen. He’s kept tabs on her through the years through his boss, her Uncle Drake, also the head of OPAQUE.

When a threat is put on Mackie, Josh is the one her uncle sends to protect her. During their time together, they work on finding out the answers of who’s behind everything. Will they be able to have a future once all the secrets are uncovered?

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RELEASE DAY BLITZ / GIVEAWAY – Irresistible Deceptions – Mackenzie Crowne

November 9, 2015 Leave a Comment

Announcing

IRRESISTIBLE DECEPTIONS

The latest release from award-winning author,

Mackenzie Crowne

He’ll either be her salvation or her ruin…

After five years on the run, Nicky Guimond Everson’s location is exposed, and she’s forced to come out of hiding to keep her son safe. Wary and suspicious, she’ll have to trust a stranger if she is to bring her illegal-arms-dealing ex-husband to justice once and for all. But resisting the arrogant but sexy security specialist isn’t as easy as she first thought.

For Rhy McLean, the mission comes first. The job is his only love, but as he works with Nicky to catch his brother’s killer, her strength and loyalty melt the ice encasing his heart. She’s not at all the woman he expected her to be. But Rhy has a dark secret he’s been keeping from her and everything is at risk if she finds out.

Excerpt:

Digging through his bag, he grunted and straightened. The handcuffs clinked together as he carried them to the door. Nicky glanced over as he attached one end to the iron grating of the old fashioned radiator beside the door. The fit was tight, but he managed to close the other end around the doorknob with a decisive snick. The makeshift lock effectively prevented the door from being opened without first obtaining the key. He slipped the keychain into the front pocket of his jeans.

Irritation simmered in Nicky’s eyes when they lifted from the handcuffs to him. “Isn’t that a fire hazard?”

“I’m a light sleeper.”

“That isn’t necessary, you know.”

Her words were an echo of those she’d thrown at him when he unceremoniously searched her duffel bag earlier while Tim and Alex were still out getting their meals.

Rhy repeated the same response as he had then. “I’m not taking any chances you’ll be gone when I wake up.”

“I thought you were a light sleeper.” A healthy dose of syrupy sweet sarcasm coated the dig.

He crossed his arms and shifted his weight to one hip in a negligent pose. “There’s another alternative.” He shifted his gaze to the bed he’d be sleeping in, alone, before coming back to rest on her with his eyebrows raised.

Nicky gave him a “get real” smirk but didn’t comment.

“I didn’t think so.” He ground his teeth against the sharp stab of disappointment he had no business feeling. He picked up his bag and headed for the bathroom, so pissed he couldn’t think straight. Nonetheless, his justifiable anger was no match for the images flooding his mind at the idea of crawling into that soft bed to curl himself around her even softer body. Then again, the part of his body supplying the impetus for the images wasn’t exactly known for its intelligence.

He closed the bathroom door with a kick of his foot. The cold shower didn’t help.

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Wife, mother, and really young grandmother, Mac lives with her high school sweet heart husband, a neurotic Pomeranian, and a blind cat. She calls Phoenix home because the southwest feeds her soul. Though her friends claim she’s a princess, she disagrees. After all, one can’t raise two rambunctious boys to wonderful men without getting a little dirt under their nails. A lover of the romance genre, her resolve to share her stories with others was sharpened by a bout with breast cancer. Today she is a bestselling, award-winning author and eight year survivor, living the dream.

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BLOG TOUR – BOOK REVIEW/EXCERPT/GIVEAWAY – Blindsided – Jami Davenport

November 9, 2015 2 Comments

5 STARS!

Loved this book! I hadn’t read any of the previous ones in the Game On in Seattle series yet, but you don’t need to in order to enjoy this one. It’s a totally stand alone story. Really enjoyed getting to know the characters and falling in love with them. Tanner is one of those guys you love to hate at times, but when you get to the parts where you can see down deep inside him, he becomes attached to your heart! I will definitely be going back to read those earlier books to see who else I can notch on my bedpost. 🙂

Emma Maxwell is one of four daughters of once big time rock legends. She’s the good girl of the family who always does the right thing. Except on Wednesday nights when she’s been sneaking around to have a blast on stage singing Karaoke, regardless of a “never going to sing” pact she has had for years with her sisters.

Tanner Wolfe is the bad boy Quarterback of the Seattle Steelheads. Emma has been crushing on him for years, but is always too shy to have much to say to him when he’s hanging around with her sister Izzy who he’s good friends with. When he’s out for a quiet good time, hoping not to catch the attention of his new team owners, he runs into her at the casino where she’s singing. One thing leads to another and they have a moment. Then all hell breaks loose and a short time later, they find themselves temporarily married.

They find themselves enjoying each other and married life alot, and as Tanner calms down and concentrates on football, his game starts to improve and his career is looking up. Will the marriage stay temporary, or will the fact that they are falling in love change the outcome?

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The daughter of one-time rock
legends, Emma Maxwell is the good girl of the family, the dutiful sister, the
doting aunt, and a dedicated employee in the family party-crashing business.
Every Wednesday night at Karaoke, she indulges in her secret fantasy of being a
singer. Yet the thrill of being on stage doesn’t rival the thrill of a
spontaneous liaison with the delectable, yet downtrodden, quarterback of the
Seattle Steelheads, Tanner Wolfe, Emma’s long-time crush.

Tanner didn’t see it coming–not any
of it. He was blindsided–by his dysfunctional family, his plummeting career,
and the one thing he least expected–by love. After photos with Emma go viral,
Tanner is caught in a lie and tells a bigger one to get out of it. Now he’s
shoulder-pads deep in a temporary marriage while struggling to resurrect his
disastrous career and reunite his broken family. As time passes, Tanner begins
to wonder if temporary is good enough, but he’s made a promise to Emma, one
which has nothing to do with marriage vows and everything to do with her
Nashville singing career and the end of their relationship.

Will Tanner and Emma take the ball
and drive for the win, or will they be permanently relegated to the sidelines
as the clock runs out on their temporary marriage?

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EXCERPT:

“Whose idiot idea was it for us to come to the casino on karaoke night?” Tanner groused. He’d already lost too much money playing a couple rounds of blackjack so gambling was out but so was calling it a night. Tanner didn’t want to go home either.

“Yours,” Hunter, Cam, and Grady answered at the same time.

“Oh,” Tanner sighed and studied the bar menu, suddenly hungry.

“Hey,” Grady tugged on his sleeve and pointed with his finger, “isn’t that your brother’s fiancée?”

Tanner snapped his head around so fast he almost got whiplash. The lady in question stood on a dark stage under a spotlight, a microphone grasped in her hand. Rubbing the back of his neck, Tanner squinted into the lights of the small stage.

“Holy crap,” he said under his breath. His dick hardened in record time. The woman in question wore a tight pink top showing a liberal amount of tasty cleavage and a swishy, mid-thigh skirt. Her honey blond hair spilled over her shoulders and down her back. A very nice back and even nicer ass, he noted, as she bent down to pick up the mic. She wasn’t tall, but she was just his size with those long, long legs which stretched to heaven and back.

All kinds of wicked scenarios designed to piss off his brother played through his mind. He couldn’t imagine why Avery would be here dressed like that without his overbearing ass of a brother stuck to her side. They must have had a fight. Maybe they broke up, making her ripe for rebound sex. Or maybe—

Tanner frowned. Something wasn’t quite right.

“Shit,” he swore under his breath. Tanner noticed details, a talent which had made him an elite college quarterback able to read defenses with a glance. Sadly, that particular talent hadn’t helped him in the pros—yet.

No, that delectable vixen on stage wasn’t Avery, but Emma, the sweet twin sister. Tanner leaned forward and licked his lips. Emma? Dressed like that?

Damn, she was the hottest woman in here.

He shook his head, pretty sure the world might be coming to an end any minute. Considering Izzy was one of his closest friends, he knew the sisters pretty well and Bella really well; actually maybe too well because his brief involvement with Bella had created tension between Izzy and him. He hated that.

Tanner watched mesmerized as usually quiet, buttoned-up Emma morphed into a hot, sultry siren. She sang and danced on stage like a pro, reminding him she’d been raised with music in her life because of her parents’ status as two-hit wonders. Emma’s party-crashing side job most likely contributed to her stage presence. In their teens, the sisters had literally sung for their supper by crashing parties in order to get their next meal. They were so good at taking a dud party and turning it into a success, they started a party crashing business, which he understood was becoming quite lucrative.

Hell, he’d even paid them to crash one of his parties—yet he’d never noticed Emma in stage mode before, maybe because he’d been too busy screwing Bella in a closet.

He ran his hand through his hair and groaned. He noticed her now, and he was torn between covering her up with his jacket and taking off the clothes she had on.

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USA Today Bestselling Author Jami
Davenport writes sexy contemporary and sports romances, including her two new
indie endeavors: the Game On in Seattle Series and the Madrona Island Series.
Jami lives on a small farm near Puget Sound with her Green Beret-turned-plumber
husband, a Newfoundland cross with a tennis ball fetish, a prince disguised as
an orange tabby cat, and an opinionated Hanoverian mare. She works in computer
support in her day job and juggles too many balls, but she wouldn’t have it any
other way.

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BOOK REVIEW – Boots and the Heartbreaker – Myla Jackson

November 8, 2015 Leave a Comment

Boots and the Heartbreaker

4 STARS!

A good continuation from the McFarlan boys in Temptation!

Colin McFarlan is finding it hard to ignore the fact that Fancy Wilson is back in town. He’s trying to figure out a way to break up his Mom and the town Heartbreaker, Carl Landers and figures out she’s the perfect one to help him.

Fancy only came back to Temptation after 8 years in Dallas to try to get Colin out of her head once and for all, and it’s not working!

Will Colin and Fancy get over their feelings for each other, or will it finally be the right time for them to have a future together?

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BOOK REVIEW – Hidden Impact – Piper J. Drake

November 8, 2015 Leave a Comment

5 STARS!

Really enjoyed this book! It’s action packed from the start and only gets more exciting as time goes on. An easy to follow read with lots of drama, and lots of romance. I was expecting more badass, tough guy behavior, but I found it impossible not to like them. 🙂

Gabriel Diaz and his team are handling private party security as something to keep them busy and less bored in their down-time while recovering from their latest mission with Centurion Corporation when he’s approached by Maylin Cheng. He blows her off until later that night when the team witnesses a car attempt to run her over.

Maylin is trying to find someone to help her find her missing sister. Gabe and his team take her back to their compound with them to try to get some answers. Military-Veterans-turned-mercenaries, they have a lot of resources at their fingertips with which to help search for details. They decide to look into her missing sister to see if they can figure out what happened to her, and what the connection is to who just tried to hurt Maylin.

Will they be able to help? And when Maylin and Gabe start to have feelings for each other, will they be able to figure out a way to have any type of future together?

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BOOK REVIEW – Your B&B or Mine – Melissa West

November 7, 2015 Leave a Comment

4 STARS!

A sweet romance, interwoven with past regrets and memories.

Savannah Hale returns home to the town she never thought she’d see again. Maple Cove, Georgia holds too many memories of love shared, and lost for her. Now she’s back to bury her Mom and deal with the details surrounding the family B & B.

Logan Park hasn’t been back in Maple Cove, GA in years either. Now he’s back to make sure the real estate company he works for will be able to buy the B & B.

Savannah and Logan have history … he was her high school sweetheart Will’s best friend. Will & Logan joined the Army together after high school, and Will was killed in combat. Savannah has missed Will all these years, but she’s missed Logan just as much … or more. Can they finally admit to their feelings for one another and get past the guilt they also feel to share a future?

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BLOG TOUR – BOOK REVIEW/GIVEAWAY – Seized By Love – Melissa Foster

November 6, 2015 4 Comments

5 STARS!

If you read the Seaside Summers series by Melissa Foster, you will recognize Lizzie Barber and Blue Ryder. I didn’t read the previous series, but didn’t have any trouble at all following this book and falling in love with these characters. It’s well written and draws you in very easily, so you’re turning page after page waiting to see what’s going to happen. You might even find yourself cursing at Blue a bit like I did, but I soon loved him again, so no worries. 🙂

Lizzie Barber owns her own flower shop, P-town Petals, in Provincetown, Massachusetts. What no one knows about her, is she secretly does a hot web series on the side to earn money to pay for her little sister’s education.

Blue Ryder has been trying to get Lizzie to go on a date with him ever since he met her a year ago. She likes him and finds him hard to resist, but doesn’t think it’s fair to start a relationship with him when she has this secret life. She finally gives in and goes on a couple of dates with him, but when they start to get serious about each other, she feels the need to come clean with him.

When her secret life as the Naked Baker is revealed, she has to try to pick up the pieces and move forward. Will Blue be able to understand why she didn’t tell him about it from the beginning? Will her friend and family get over it?

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Seized By Love
Love In Bloom #29: The Ryders #1
By: Melissa Foster
Releasing October 28, 2015
World Literary Press

Link to Follow Tour: http://www.tastybooktours.com/2015/09/seized-by-love-love-in-bloom-ryders-1.html
Goodreads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23123675-seized-by-love
Goodreads Series Link: https://www.goodreads.com/series/111661-love-in-bloom

BLURB:

You fell in love with Blue Ryder and Lizzie Barber in Seaside Summers, now follow their journey to find true love in SEIZED BY LOVE, the first book in the Ryder series.

Lizzie Barber runs a successful flower shop by day and secretly hosts the Naked Baker webcast at night to help pay for her younger sister’s education. To keep friends and family from finding out about her sexy secret, she’s put her social life on hold until her sister’s education is paid off and she can stop filming the webcast.

Blue Ryder fell hard for Lizzie Barber when he met her a year ago, and he hasn’t been able to get her off his mind since. Everything about the feisty little brunette, from her tight bod to her seductive smile, cuts straight to his heart. Though Lizzie has turned down every invitation he’s extended—Blue is not about to give up trying.

Renovating Lizzie’s kitchen brings Blue further into Lizzie’s life, and the oven is not the only thing heating up. One night and one powerful kiss changes everything. But when Lizzie’s secret is revealed and the safe bubble she’s hidden in shatters, true love may not be enough to put the pieces back together.

THE RYDERS are the newest addition to the LOVE IN BLOOM series by New York Times & USA Today bestselling and award-winning author Melissa Foster. This 5-book hot contemporary romance series features alpha male heroes and sexy, empowered women. They’re flawed, funny, passionate, and relatable to readers who enjoy new adult romance, contemporary romance, and women’s fiction.

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Author Info

Melissa Foster is a New York Times & USA Today bestselling and award-winning author. She writes contemporary romance, new adult, contemporary women’s fiction, suspense, and historical fiction with emotionally compelling characters that stay with you long after you turn the last page. Her books have been recommended by USA Today’s book blog, Hagerstown Magazine, The Patriot, and several other print venues. She is the founder of the World Literary Café and Fostering Success. When she’s not writing, Melissa helps authors navigate the publishing industry through her author training programs on Fostering Success. Melissa has been published in Calgary’s Child Magazine, the Huffington Post, and Women Business Owners magazine.

Melissa hosts an Aspiring Authors contest for children and has painted and donated several murals to The Hospital for Sick Children in Washington, DC. Melissa lives in Maryland with her family.

Visit Melissa on social media. Melissa enjoys discussing her books with book clubs and reader groups, and welcomes an invitation to your event.

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BOOK REVIEW – Weather the Storm – Lisa Mondello – Rising Storm, Episode 7

November 5, 2015 Leave a Comment

Weather the Storm

5 STARS!

This episode was really well written. It mostly centered around Pastor Bryce Douglas trying to come to terms with his son Danny’s Autism diagnosis and accepting the different things that have to go into their plan of helping Danny cope with starting school. He and Tara make a good start in getting their marriage back on track as well.

There is also further drama with Senator Sebastian Rush and his mistress Dakota Alvarez. Lots of explosive secrets are starting to be figured out. Can’t wait to see what happens next week in the final Episode of this season.

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