** Blog Tour / Book Review ** GOING DOWN FAST by Carly Phillips

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4 1/2 STARS!

Another sexy billionaire takes us for a ride in the latest Billionaire Bad Boys release by Carly Phillips!  I loved Lucas, and other than wanting to kick Maxie a few times when I felt like she wasn’t appreciating him enough, I enjoyed her too.  Lots of steamy romance, and a bit of intrigue as we try to figure out what’s going to happen with the trouble that is following her around!

Though they were childhood best friends and each secretly wanted more with the other, Lucas Monroe and Maxie Sullivan went separate routes through life.  When hard times left her needing him, he was always there for her, willing to pick up the pieces.  This time is more complicated than ever, and requires lots of close quarters.  Will they finally decide to put down the armor and take a chance on each other?

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Going Down Fast (Billionaire Bad Boys Book 2) by Carly Phillips

Date of Publication: October 11, 2016

Blurb

A stand-alone Billionaire Bad Boys novel.

Billionaire Bad Boys: Rich, Powerful and sexy as hell.

Lucas Monroe dropped out of college only to become a multi-billionaire and tech world God. He can have any woman he desires in his bed, but the only woman he’s ever wanted is off limits and always has been. When Maxie Sullivan finds herself in dire straits, the only man she can turn to is the one she’s always secretly loved: her childhood best friend. Can they trust their hearts and make a future, or will their complicated pasts stand in the way?

This bad boy is going down fast …

And going down fast has never felt so right.

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About Carly Phillips

After a successful fifteen-year career with various New York publishing houses, and over 40 sexy contemporary romance novels published, N.Y. Times and USA Today Bestselling Author Carly Phillips is now an Indie author who writes to her own expectations and that of her readers. She continues the tradition of hot men and strong women and plans to publish many more sizzling stories. Carly lives in Purchase, NY with her family, two nearly adult daughters and two crazy dogs who star on her Facebook Fan Page and website. She’s a writer, a knitter of sorts, a wife, and a mom. In addition, she’s a Twitter and Internet junkie and is always around to interact with her readers. You can find out more about Carly at www.carlyphillips.com.

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** Release Blitz / Blog Tour ** THE BILLIONAIRE NEXT DOOR by Jessica Lemmon

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ABOUT THE BOOK

Title: THE BILLIONAIRE NEXT DOOR
Author: Jessica Lemmon
Series: Billionaire Bad Boys, #2
On Sale: October 25, 2016

Publisher: Forever
Mass Market: $5.99 USD
eBook:  $5.99 USD

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It’s Tag Crane’s job to be the life of the party. Traveling from one exotic locale to another is just part of running the luxurious Crane Hotel empire. But even paradise isn’t perfect. Devising a new business strategy is keeping Tag up at night-and so is the Great Dane barking at all hours in the apartment below his. To muzzle the problem, Tag charges downstairs . . . right into the most beautiful, blond distraction he’s ever seen.

Dog-sitting by day, bartending by night. It’s not exactly the life Rachel Foster dreamed of. But when Tag Crane rushes in, all mountain-man shoulders and obscenely sexy smile, needing her help for the Crane Hotels, it’s a fantasy come true. What’s the harm in a fun no-strings fling? Only a fool would give her heart to a billionaire player like Tag-until suddenly the one man who can’t be caught is the one flirting with forever . . .

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“Why is it you look like you’re thinking something sinister?” he asked, that eyebrow arcing higher. “And don’t lie to me, Dimples. I have a sixth sense.” She watched his slow smile, white teeth appearing as his trimmed beard parted. Her nether regions buzzed like she’d sat on a vibrating phone.

“I’m surprised . . .” she started, feeling daring. Must be the Kona coffee.

“Because?”

“Because I expected you to induct me into the Mile High Club by now. This is my first private flight.” She looked at him through her lashes, her coy smile in place.

Tag wore an all-out grin, which made her inordinately pleased. Where she was concerned, he wasn’t immune. And she liked that. A lot.

“Excuse me.” Smoothly, he shut his laptop, stood, and walked from cabin to cockpit.

Okay. That was interesting. She hadn’t expected him to leave. Maybe she didn’t have the same power over him as he had over her.

She turned to look out the window, but the nighttime landscape was nothing but blackness. She imagined a sea of clouds and blue skies once the sun rose, anticipating being someplace where the high was above freezing. She wondered what the temperature was on—

“Let’s go.” Her hand was snatched a moment later as Tag pulled her out of her seat and led her to the bedroom.

“Wait,” she said through her laughter as she hustled after him. “What are you doing?”

In the bedroom, he released her, closed the door, and whipped off his shirt. She gasped, her eyes eating up his tanned muscles and bulky arms.

“Making you a member.” He caught the back of her head in his hand and kissed her. She melted beneath his touch. She was hopelessly attracted to him. Just an absolute goner.

When she caught a breath of air, she said, “Where did you go?”

“Told the pilot to take the long way.”

“There’s a longer way to Hawaii?”

“There is now.”

 

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THE SERIES

The Billionaire Bachelor, #1
The Billionaire Next Door, #2
The Bastard Billionaire, #3

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

A former job-hopper, Jessica Lemmon resides in Ohio with her husband and rescue dog. She holds a degree in graphic design currently gathering dust in an impressive frame. When she’s not writing super-sexy heroes, she can be found cooking, drawing, drinking coffee (okay, wine), and eating potato chips. She firmly believes God gifts us with talents for a purpose, and with His help, you can create the life you want.

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** Book Review ** GOING TO BE YOURS by Samantha Chase

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4 1/2 STARS!

With a delve into Erin Nicholas’s Sapphire Falls Kindle World, Samantha Chase brings us this adorable novella about finding long-awaited love!

Will Campbell, a mechanic in Sapphire Falls has been having an exciting experience for three years now.  A woman shows up at every town festival and lays an amazing kiss on him at the kissing booth and then runs off.  Try as he might, he cannot figure out who she is.  No one seems to know her, and when he tries to catch her as she dashes off, something always gets in the way!

When he’s hears there is going to be a Halloween Festival this year, Will decides this is going to be the time that he finally gets to know his mystery woman!

ARC received via the Author

** Book Review ** NAVY SEAL SIX PACK by Elle James

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4 1/2 STARS!

With the continuation of Navy SEAL Boat Team 22’s foray into trying to solve the human trafficking operation they turned up in Cancun in prior books, Elle James brings us Montana’s story.  It’s a fast paced, full of action story, and we are intrigued as they get closer to finding out who’s been behind all of the killing, but I felt the romance was a tad weak.  I enjoyed Kate & Montana, but I would have liked to have had more time with them.

When Benjamin Raines AKA Montana, meets his new partner in his work with his SEAL team and some Stealth Operations Specialists team members, he is taken aback.  She’s gorgeous, feisty and totally competent in her undertaking to bring down the bad guys!

Kate McKenzie has been double-crossed before, so she’s not so sure about trusting this team of unknowns she’s been set up to work with, but she soon realizes they seem to know what they are doing and buries herself in the mission.

When she and Ben go undercover as a couple, the “for show” intimacy between them becomes all too real and they find themselves falling for each other in the middle of all the chaos.  Is there any future there or will it be over in the blink of an eye when they take down the target?

ARC received via Author/PA

** Book Review ** THE GOOD MOM by Cathryn Parry

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4 1/2 STARS!

Cathryn Parry’s latest release is full of emotion!  A single mom who had a rough childhood, and fought demons of her own is determined to show her son a better life, and stresses over it a lot.  In the course of a new step in their life, she meets a man who needs the simple kindness that she brings to a situation, and in turn, he ends up being a great stepping stone in helping her son’s dreams progress, and in giving her a piece of herself back that she didn’t even realize she was missing.

Ashley LaValley has already fought and won a cancer battle with her young son, so helping him achieve his dream of becoming a doctor to help others seems like an easy road.  They uproot their lives and relocate to Boston where he’s won a scholarship to an exclusive prep school that will be a huge step forward towards his medical career.  When Brandon is on the verge of flunking out, she has to learn to lean on the help that is offered as a silver lining.

Dr. Aidan Lowe has recently returned from a stint in Afghanistan and is at about the lowest point in his life when he meets Ashley.  Her kindness touches him in a way he didn’t know he needed, so when an opportunity arises for him to help her and Brandon, he can’t turn his back on them.  When sparks fly, will Ashley let her own needs play a part in the picture for a change or will it continue to be all about her son?

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** Book Review ** BOTTOM OF THE NINTH by Jami Davenport

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5 STARS!

You’re no stranger to the Wolfe brothers if you’re a fan of Jami Davenports sports romances, and now it’s the elusive Zeke turn!  Great characters and descriptions sweep us up into the story from the start of Chapter One, and don’t let us go until the final page!  Lots of emotions come to the surface along the way … sadness, empathy, and finally a huge swell of joy!

Newly traded to the Seattle Skookums, pro baseball player Zeke Wolfe is not happy at all to be in the same town as the two brothers he wrote off years ago.  He arrives into town in a bad mood, and on the way to his new house, his mood doesn’t improve much as the conscience that still lives beneath his fake demeanor forces him to stop and rescue a stranded woman and three kids along the side of the road.

Paisley Madison is in dire straights with her nieces and nephew, so when this handsome ball player is suddenly in front of her offering help … even if begrudgingly! … she can’t kick a gift horse in the mouth!  She buries her worries and puts on a bright face and hires herself on as his assistant!

Neither of them wants to feel the instant attraction to each other that they do, and at first they try to fight it … but eventually, it’s easier just to give in.  Can this ready-made-family actually turn into the real thing, or will their ugly pasts come back to haunt them before all is said and done?

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** Book Review ** MARRYING THE SINGLE DAD by Melinda Curtis

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4 STARS!

A heartfelt read about moving forward after deceit and finding happiness again!  Fun characters keep you laughing as you read through to the heart of the story.

Joe Messina is picking up the pieces the best way he can when he comes back home to Harmony Valley with his pre-teen daughter Sam.  He is trying to earn an honest living even with the FBI still breathing down his neck for things he can’t fix.  Will the town give the former bad-boy a second chance, or will he never be able to live down his reputation?

Artist Brittany Lambridge meets Joe shortly after he gets back into town in an unorthodox way.  She’s thinking about pilfering what she things are abandoned car parts from his newly purchased property!  Doing hair for a living isn’t leaving Brit much time to pursue her true passion in life, but she’s determined to do it one way or another.  Will Joe turn out to be the best thing that ever happened to her, or will he push her away before they can find out?

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** Book Review ** UNWRAPPING HIS CONVENIENT FIANCEE by Melanie Milburne

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5 STARS!

I really enjoyed this friends-to-lovers story!  The characters are great and really draw you into their relationship right from the start and have you pulling for their happily ever after!

Violet Drummond just can’t stand the thought of yet another office Christmas party by herself, so when she runs into family friend Cameron McKinnon who is also looking for a hand, they agree to accompany one another to their events as a “couple”.

Cam loves Violet’s big, loving family more than his own stilted one.  Their ploy is only meant to be a couple of dates, but then it turns into a fake engagement and a gentle love affair in the blink of an eye!

Will true love be able to overcome the doubts and stubborn hearts to bring a happy ending to these friends?

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** Book Review ** UNWRAPPED BY THE DUKE by Amy Ruttan

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4 STARS!

A charming tale about lost long relatives with a touch of aristocracy to it!

Geraldine has recently learned that she’s the daughter of a lord in London.  She’s glad to use the excuse to get away from an ex-relationship in Glasgow and go run her father’s medical practice.

Thomas Ashwood is her new partner when she takes over her father’s practice, and his reputation precedes him as “the dark duke” who ravishes fair maidens.

Geri and Thomas find that they actually quite like each other, and as each stumbles through their own hang-ups in life, they lean on each other and help each other grow into better people.

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** Book Review ** TELL ME AGAIN by Michelle Major

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4 STARS!

A unique reunion story … first loves, best of friends, a twisted twin in the mix!

As a teen, Samantha Carlton grabbed the first chance she could to get out from under the weight of an ugly childhood and make something of herself.  She left behind her alcoholic mother, jealous sister and her first love … and has spent a lifetime feeling guilty!

Trevor Kincaid couldn’t bring himself to go with Sam when she asked, but he didn’t have a problem finding comfort in the arms of her twin sister!  Now Sam has come face to face with the niece she didn’t know existed, and Trevor has to accept that the past he’s tried his best to protect his daughter from is rearing it’s ugly head!

The old flame is reignited between Sam and Trevor, but will the past stay behind them or be the cause of them splitting once again?

ARC received via NetGalley/Author