Release Day Blitz ~ Go Big ~ Joanna Blake

GoBigRelease

 

 

Release Blitz

Title: Go Big

Author: Joanna Blake

Cover Model: Chase Ketron

Cover Designer: LJ Anderson of Mayhem Cover Creations

Release Date: June 21, 2016

GoBig-4

synopsis

GO BIG OR GO HOME. That’s how I live and how I play. With baseball, with women… I’m always the biggest player on the field.

I grew up poor. Dirt poor. The oldest of six kids, I learned early that a fist or a smile could get me out of almost any sticky situation. My swing is what got me out of the sticks for good.

Now I’m in the spotlight, playing in the big leagues, and the club’s owner wants me to be the club’s spokesperson. I just need to deal with the bossy woman who runs the show.

His daughter.

Camille Rivers is the heir to the richest man in America. She’s the most stubborn woman I’ve met in my life. With all her wealth and manners, you would think she’d be a little nicer to her daddy’s star player.

Spoiled and prissy, daddy’s little princess is everything I should stay away from. The problem is, I just can’t keep my hands off her.

I think she’s playing hard to get because she likes me. She thinks it’s because I’m a horse’s rear end. Either way, she doesn’t complain too much when I’m kissing her.

She’s used to getting what she wants. Then again, so am I. And I want her.

*Go Big is a stand alone romance novel with a guaranteed HEA and no cheating! This edition contains bonus materials with brand new exclusive epilogues for a limited time only!*

 

 

Add to Goodreads

teasers

SSUCv3H4sIAAAAAAAEAJ2QywrDIBBF94X+g7jOQpO2afsroYuJSpCaCD5SSsi/10cE1905584d5852PiGER7CS4SfaYhVqqZS3zoCTegmYNAcXXDptJKgII9uTgq0D562wccSBGDgxhd4MD3/5Z8g1KkISgyNIGDcVs35MrKC9+duZH68SBSaxsG9auApihBKQgwy5Fb8/Tpi5jrZKLnRVg+dSVylXzUBFQ1dNZuGgeq5cPBwobkg7cr8+2p7eKKH3nlzasPP+A7GbXN+YAQAA

SSUCv3H4sIAAAAAAAEAJ2QS67CMAxF509iD1XGHTSUj8pWEAOTWsUiNChxQQh17+TTSh6/We6xr+Pr7+avqtQVAhl1qr5JRU3WToE9MLkx4qZeOPbEzhPYBBObc0UFBp4ChjRiQQYYh9hb4OJf/zkXXa2FXIyOWFKqFixM18xWNNf/dpbHZY0CA47mkxcWQTxahBLkXFrV/c3oHzLai3p0QsPUkxMpX86ATYZWTH56MjQOwub4hl5eLJ7cPQQYHedNlmCqjydNUre62R873eldu9NNd9jGlPMPVhkylMoBAAA=

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

 

buynow

AMAZON

excerpt

I bounced on the balls of my feet, waiting for the next lob. I had the tennis machine set on random so I wouldn’t always know when to expect the next ball. Otherwise it was too easy.

I didn’t like easy. I liked to be challenged. And I liked to win.

I swung hard, hitting the ball to just inside the baseline of our private court. I grinned, waiting for the next ball. Then I did it again, with expert precision. I still took lessons from the club’s tennis pro now and then, but now it was just to keep my edge.

Besides, he said I could give him lessons at this point.

“Need some help with that?”

I turned sharply at the sound of his voice. Cade Dupree. The damn man had been haunting my dreams all week and now he was here. I glared at him, ready to tell him to go to hell.

“Look out!”

I jumped out of the way just as the ball came careening towards me. I watched as Cade walked to the other side of the court and turned the machine off, rubbing my neck with a clean towel. He came back over and leaned against the fence, looking supremely relaxed.

“Mr. Dupree.”

“Ms. Rivers.”

He was staring at me with unconcealed lust.

“Damn girl you look good in that short skirt.”

“It’s a tennis dress.”

He grinned at me stupidly.

“I like it.”

Something about the way he was looking at me annoyed me, but didn’t offend me the way that it normally would have. He wasn’t looking at me like a piece of meat exactly. It was more like I was a ten course meal and he was a starving man.

I did want to smack him though.

“May I help you with something? Or do you always sneak around, interrupting hapless women who are trying to play tennis?”

He gave me a hurt look. I snorted. I didn’t buy it for a second.

“Your father invited me to dinner. ”

I smiled sweetly.

“He has a thing for strays.”

I wiped down my racket and slid it into its case.

“But I don’t.”

“I’m real sorry to hear that ma’am.”

I rolled my eyes, scooping up my bag.

“Since you are obviously lost, I will show you the way.”

“I’m not lost.”

He wiggled his eyebrows at me. He was so ridiculous I almost laughed, but I didn’t want to encourage him.

“Darlin’ I have been found.”

Now that did make me laugh. I couldn’t help it. I smothered it quickly, forcing myself to give him a dirty look. He just chuckled and followed me to the house.

Just when I thought he couldn’t get any more annoying he managed to do just that.

Cade Dupree was whistling.

 

GoBig-paperback

 

authorbio

 

 

Joanna Blake loves good old fashioned romance, men who open doors and work with their hands. Hot Blooded Heroes is a series of sizzling stories about True Blue American men and the women who love them. She’s thrilled to be collaborating with Pincushion Press on her new series! Come along for the ride!

XoX,

Joanna

Website

 

Other books by Joanna Blake

GO LONG: http://amzn.to/1qeptab

Slay Me (ROCK GODS): http://amzn.to/1B3FAMm
Dare Me (ROCK GODS): http://amzn.to/1FTqbdg
Cover Me (ROCK GODS): http://amzn.to/1I7qHWr
Wanted By The Devil (DEVIL’S RIDERS): http://amzn.to/1B68bkl
Still Waters (DEVIL’S RIDERS): http://amzn.to/1I7qwug
Safe In His Arms (DEVIL’S RIDERS): http://amzn.to/1QrZ58n
The Rock Star Next Door (Joanna Blake Singles): http://amzn.to/1B68mvT
The Biker Next Door (Joanna Blake Singles): http://amzn.to/1QrZjfv
jomppromotionsx

 

 

Release Day Blitz & Review ~ Love Entwined ~ by ~ M.C. Decker

 

 

Title: Love Entwined
Author: M.C. Decker
Genre: Contemporary Romance
  Release Date: June 22, 2016

 

Blurb

 

Are second chances possible in a world plagued with devastating loss, difficult obstacles and everyday commitments?

Having a very genuine understanding of death and grief, Ireland O’Brien has been able to put aside her anger and move forward with a career of helping orphaned children – making their lives better, even though she’s kept her own pain deeply buried within her heart.Architectural engineer J. Bentley Roberts has also experienced his fair share of heartache. Nearly two decades ago, he suffered the loss of his role model and high school sweetheart in the same tragic accident. And, more recently, Bentley said goodbye to his marriage – leaving him to not only dust himself off, but also to help pick up his teenage son in the unsettling process.

As both of their best friends get ready to say their “I dos,” Ireland and Bentley find themselves together again after twenty years apart.

Will they be able to fight their past demons to finally find the love that’s always entwined them?

Purchase Links
AMAZON US / UK
TBRreview
Who doesn’t love a good second chance romance?  That’s exactly what Love Entwined is.
Ireland (I LOVE her name!) and Bentley (I LOVE his name too!) are former childhood friends who run into each other because their mutual friends are getting married.
I loved reading their relationship as they were younger and how it seems to have picked up to the present even though there’s 20 years in between.
The heartbreak they each go through is just so sad but then other events make it such an amazing story!  This will definitely be a book I re-read!
5 stars!

Author Bio

 

M.C. Decker is the author of the Unspoken Series, which includes Unwritten and Unscripted, and the upcoming standalone novel Love Entwined. She lives in a suburb of Flint, Michigan with her husband, Brian, and spoiled-rotten Siamese cat, Simon. For the last decade, she has worked as a journalist for several community newspapers in Mid-Michigan and Michigan’s Thumb region. She enjoys all things ’80s and ’90s pop culture: movies, boy bands, music and especially the color, hot pink. She also strictly lives by the motto, “Life is better in flip flops,” and is a diehard Detroit Tigers fan.

 

Author Links
Giveaway

Release Day Blitz & Excerpt ~ Easy Kisses ~ by ~ Kristen Proby

Easy Kisses - Available now

 

Kristen Proby does it again with EASY KISSES, the sexiest new addition to her Boudreaux Series! EASY KISSES is a Contemporary Erotic Romance novel and is the 4th book in Kristen’s New York Times bestselling The Boudreaux Series. This book is available now so be sure to grab your copy today!

 

 

Easy Kisses - cover

Amazon | iBooks | Barnes & Noble | Kobo

ABOUT EASY KISSES:

The Boudreaux Series. Sexy. Intriguing. Easy.

Simon Danbury, an internationally sought after motivational speaker, helps women from all walks of life with love, self-esteem, dating and career building skills. Handsome, witty and wealthy, Simon seemingly has everything a man could want.

But appearances can be deceiving.

While Simon may have the answers for millions of women all over the world, when it comes to his own love life, he’s a giant, sexy mess. Divorced, and convinced that he’ll never love again, the very last thing he expects is one Charly Boudreaux.

Charly doesn’t want to be at this seminar in the middle of nowhere, but her sister made her go. She’s the one who has her life together. Great career, amazing family, nice home, and loyal friends. So what if she doesn’t have a man? She doesn’t need one. If she’s learned anything in her almost thirty years, it’s that men are more trouble than they’re worth.

And they have a nasty habit of breaking your heart into a million tiny pieces.

So she’ll sit through all of Simon’s touchy feely crap and go home and get on with her life. Except Simon isn’t really spouting crap, and when he smiles at her, the butterflies are ridiculous.

Never mixing business with pleasure, Simon finds Charly, a bright spot in a universe that’s been dark for too long. But will he be able to resist her?

And why would he want to?

 

Easy Kisses - RDL Teaser 1

 

EXCERPT

“Tired?” Simon asks with a knowing smile.

“A bit,” I reply with a nod. “And the view is incredible.”

“No kidding,” Shelly says with an annoying giggle, and I realize she thinks I’m talking about Simon.

For fuck sake.

“Actually, I was talking about the mountains,” I add, stifling a laugh when Heidi knocks her knee against mine. “The views here are unreal. When I saw that the conference was to be held in Montana, I just figured we’d be in the boonies, on a dude ranch or something with no wifi and hunting and gathering our food ourselves. I had no idea that this existed.”

“It’s one of my favorite places in the world,” Simon replies with one of his insane smiles. Seriously, he smiles and the room lights up. He’s changed into a casual blue T-shirt that hugs his shoulders and reveals the sleeve of tattoos down his left arm. In all of his public appearances, he wears long sleeves, covering the ink. It’s sexy as hell, not to mention the lean muscle there. His dark hair is disheveled from pushing his fingers through it all day, and his eyes look a bit tired, too. “Where are you from, Charly? Is that the South I hear in your voice?”

I grin. “Louisiana,” I confirm. “I’m from New Orleans.”

“Another of my favorite places,” he replies with a wink.

“Oh, I love it there too,” Shelly says. “What do you do there?”

“I own a shoe store.” I grin at the waitress as she fills my water glass.

“Well, that wouldn’t suck,” Heidi says and glances down at my feet. “I admired your shoes all day.”

“Thank you.”

“How long have you done that?” Simon asks, listening intently.

“Six years,” I reply. “But I’ve lived there all my life.”

He nods, and I can see in his eyes that he has more questions, but he shifts the focus to someone else, to my relief.

“And where are you from, Heidi?”

“Arizona,” she replies and begins telling us about her business raising assistance dogs. She pulls her phone out to show us photos, and I melt.

“Aww, what a sweet baby,” I croon when she shows me the yellow lab puppy she’s working with now. “Puppies are the best.”

“I think so too,” Heidi agrees. Dinner is surprisingly fun. We spend the next hour chatting about our homes, what we do, and things that interest us. Simon is funny and charming, easily deflecting Shelly’s blatant flirtations.

He’s professional. I assume he comes down and has dinner with a different group of women from the retreat each night. It’s a nice touch.

I wonder how many he sleeps with.

 

And don’t forget to grab the first three books in the Boudreaux Series on sale for a limited time only!

 

Easy Love - cover

EASY LOVE

 

Easy Charm - cover

EASY CHARM

 

Easy Melody - cover

EASY MELODY

 

 

Easy Kisses - RDL Teaser 2

 

 

Author Pic - Kristen ProbyABOUT KRISTEN PROBY:

New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author Kristen Proby is the author of the bestselling With Me In Seattle and Love Under the Big Sky series. She has a passion for a good love story and strong, humorous characters with a strong sense of loyalty and family. Her men are the alpha type; fiercely protective and a bit bossy, and her ladies are fun, strong, and not afraid to stand up for themselves.

 

Kristen lives in Montana, where she enjoys coffee, chocolate and sunshine. And naps.

 

 

 

Website**Facebook**Twitter**Newsletter Sign Up

Author Goodreads**Novel Goodreads

 

 

a Rafflecopter giveaway

InkSlinger-Blogger-New

Release Day Blitz & Review ~ Kid ~ by ~ Marie James

Title: Kid
Series: Cerberus MC #2
Author: Marie James
Genre: Romance/Contemporary/MC
 Release Date: June 22, 2016

 

Blurb

KhloeWhen Khloe Devaro’s best friend and fiancé is lost to the war in Iraq, she’s beyond distraught. Her intentions of joining him in the afterlife are thwarted by a Cerberus Motorcycle club member. Too young to do anything on her own, the only alternative she has now is to take Kid up on his offer to stay at the MC Clubhouse. As if that’s not a disaster waiting to happen, but anything is better than returning to the foster home she’s been forced to live in the last three years.

“Kid”

Dustin “Kid” Andrews spent four years as a Marine; training, fighting, and learning how to survive the most horrendous of conditions. He never imagined that holding a BBQ fundraiser for a local fallen soldier would end up as the catalyst that turns his world upside down. Resisting his attraction for a girl he’s not even certain is of legal age was easy, until he’s forced to intervene when her intentions become clear. All his training is wasted as far as he’s concerned, since none of that will help him when it comes to Khloe.

Will the self-proclaimed man-whore sleep with a woman in every country he visits as planned, or will the beautiful, yet feisty girl living down the hall throw a wrench in his plan?

Purchase Links
** FREE in Kindle Unlimited **
AMAZON US / UK / CA

 

EXCERPT

I take in every inch of him, noticing first his muscular arms and wide shoulders. I see part of a tattoo peeking out from the arm of his t-shirt. The tiny hint makes me want to see it all. I’ve always been partial to inked bodies, loving how a story can be told in ink rather than words.
His dark, brown beard is ridiculously neat, trimmed to perfection. It surrounds pouty, kissable lips. I can’t help but wonder if he has chest hair. I’ve always been attracted to very masculine men. I realize how much of a freak I am, staring at this stranger, itching to see the rest of his tattoos and wondering what he’d look like naked, how my fingers would feel caressing his skin.
Soothing brown eyes look back at me, almost pleading with me to change my views of the world. His hair is longer on top than on the sides, tousled and messy as if he’s been running his hands through it for hours. Sexy, this man is incredibly sexy. He has an edge of danger to him, but at the same time, he seems completely approachable. He’s a wash of contradictions.
“I’m sorry about your fiancé,” he says reaching his hand out to take mine.
I pull away immediately, unable to hide the quiver in my lip at the mention of Alec.
“Don’t,” I say unsure of what the word is in reference to. Don’t touch me. Don’t mention the death of my best friend. Don’t walk out of here and leave me alone.
A few minutes of peace are all I’ve gotten since Alec’s death. A handful of times over the last couple of weeks my mind would shut down, and I forget, briefly, just how much I’ve lost. I got that reprieve looking at Kid until he ruined it by opening his mouth.
Why do people always feel the need to speak? Why verbalize the pain others are feeling? Sometimes just sitting, being available if needed is the best thing you can do.
“He’s my best friend,” I say on a choked sob. I have no idea why I’m telling him this. I don’t know why I feel the need to ease the hurt I saw in his eyes when I pulled my hand away from his touch. “Was. I lost my best friend.”
“Yeah,” he says, his voice full of sorrow. “I know what that feels like.”
I pull my eyes from looking at my own hands and look back at him. For the first time, I notice dog tags hanging around his neck. Small pieces of metal, unassuming for the most part, but I know they tell a story. Every soldier who wears them has one. It seems in a time of war, those stories get harder to tell.
Kid is young. I know he’s older than me. Even with an unmarred face and bright young eyes, he’s got an air about him that lets you know he’s seen more than most. He’s suffered more than most.
I immediately feel some sort of kindred-ship with him. I begin to shut the little part of myself down that he somehow forced me to open. He’s so young; there’s a good chance he’s still a soldier, and there’s no guarantee that any of them are safe. It’s best to just keep every one of them at a distance.
“You’re in the Army?” I finally manage to ask, angling my head at the tags around his neck.
I watch as he reaches his hand up and touches them as if he’s worn them so long he’s forgotten that they’re even there.
“I was in the Marines,” he answers quickly. “I’ve been out for a couple years now.”
“How old are you?” Was a soldier? No longer in the service? He doesn’t look old enough.
“Twenty-four.”
Six years older than me. I shake my head, knowing he sees nothing but a child sitting here in this bed. Not that I expect anything different, but I’m tired of being viewed as a child.

 

TBRreview
Kid  kept me guessing!  The book not the character.  Although he did too.
Khloe is having a rough go at life and is prepared and acts to do something permanent about it when Kid steps in to stop her.  Kid is undeniably attracted to Khloe but also wants to help her because she’s in a bad mental space and has had a rough life.
I LOVE these Cerberus MC boys!  They’re hysterical, alpha and protective – my favorite combination.  Plus they ride motorcycles…..  Sorry got distracted.  This isn’t just a simple love story, Khloe has her issues, Kid has his issues and eventually they’re able to make sense of it all.  Or are they??  Read and find out!
5 stars!

ALSO AVAILABLE

Free in Kindle Unlimited

AMAZON US / UK / CA

 

Free in Kindle Unlimited

AMAZON US / UK / CA

AUTHOR BIO

Marie James: I’m a full-time, working mother of two boys and wife of 11 years. I’ve spent almost my entire lifetime living in central Texas, with only short stays in South Carolina, Alabama, and Florida. I’ve always wanted to write novels and just recently had the gumption to sit down and start one. My passions include reading everything under the sun and plotting out new books to write in the future.Kincaid is my 7th book. I’ve also written the Hale Series, Love ME Like That, and a FanFiction named Psychosis, featuring up and coming cover model, Matthew Hosea, as the main character. This book was done for fun and all of the proceeds are going to charity. All of my books are currently available on Amazon.

AUTHOR LINKS

 

!!Small Town Romance Sale!!

SmallGroupGraphic_crop2

If you’re a lover of small town romance or are looking for the perfect place to start, you do not want to miss this sale! 30 authors have come together with an incredible sale. Find out more about the books and get your hands on them here!

Here’s the full list of authors participating: Melody Anne, JL Berg, Mari Carr, Samantha Chase, Virna DePaul, LP Dover, Violet Duke, Kelly Elliott, Jessie Evans, Jamie Farrell, Melissa Foster, Cathryn Fox, Kylie Gilmore, Melody Grace, Julia Kent, Erin McCarthy, SJ McCoy, Molly McLain, Heidi McLaughlin, Ava Miles, Erin Nicholas, Brenda Novak, Kate Perry, Carly Phillips, Katy Regnery, Jill Sanders, Jessica Scott, Melanie Shawn, Marquita Valentine, and Zoe York.

This sale lasts one week only, so make sure you don’t miss out!

Blog Tour ~ Luka ~ by ~ Jane Harvey-Berrick


  luka - blog tour.jpg

 

AP new - buy the book.jpg

 

Amazon US  Amazon UK  Amazon CA  

 

 

goodreads-badge.png

 

luka.jpg

 

AP new - synopsis.jpg

 

I’m not a good man.

I’m not a bad man.

But I’ve made some bad mistakes, made the wrong choices.

Who hasn’t? But the consequences are tearing us apart.

 

I love two people.

I love them differently.

The world tells me I have to choose. Why? Why do I have to choose?

Loving hurts. Dancing heals.

 

Love makes you soar, makes you fly and sets you free—and then it lets you freefall until you’re smashed and bleeding on the ground. Ultimately, love is the worst thing that can happen to a human being.

 

Im my opinion.

I love two people.

I love them differently.

One is a man.

One is a woman.

And they are brother and sister.

 

**** A stand alone novel in the best-selling Rhythm Series. ****

 

AP new - excerpt.jpg

 

“Two minutes to curtain,” called out the stage manager.

We all hustled to take our places for the first number, and Ash walked with Laney as she wheeled herself to a spot where she could watch from the wings.

I felt a shiver of anticipation skitter across my skin, and I stretched my arms over my head before shaking them out, keeping flexible, keeping moving.

“God, I’ll never get enough of this,” whispered Sarah. “I hate it and I love it.”

I knew exactly what she meant. The nerves never really stopped, but the second I stepped on stage, adrenaline and muscle memory took over. My body would respond before my brain felt the fear of dancing in front of a thousand strangers.

I could hear the audience, hear their breaths, feel their excitement, feel the heat rolling forward from the press of bodies.

And then the house lights sank and the theater dropped into darkness, the electricity of expectancy lighting a fuse.

Al, the conductor, tapped his baton, and there was a collective breath as the band prepared to play, fingers hovering above keys and strings, the drummer poised, tension in his arms.

Then the music blasted out in an explosion of sound and light, and I was on stage, alive, powerful, doing what I was born to do.

I became the role, I lived the dance, blood pounding through my veins, my muscles coiled and released as I lunged and leapt, my arms sweeping through the space around me, filling it with spirals of strength and emotion.

Nothing could beat this feeling, this intensity, this desire to drink from the well of life.

And it was magnificent.

For a split second, I caught Ash’s eye, and we shared something that only another dancer can understand—a connection, an emotion so fleeting, I could have dreamed it.

I feel it too, brother.

Two hours later, we stood bathed in sweat under the bright stage lights, smiles on our faces and tears in our eyes, soaking up applause as the crowd rose to their feet, cheers and whistles soaring above the roar. My chest heaved from the exertion, but also from the deep emotion that dancing always brought to me, and I knew that everyone on this stage felt the exact same way.

Sarah stood next to me, tears running down her face, happy tears; tears of achievement and joy; tears of satisfaction and sorrow that it was all over. The end of a performance was a birth—the memories of the audience would live on—and a death, too, as another show ended. So tonight, we were celebrating and grieving.

“I’m going to miss this so fucking much,” she sobbed, staring up at me, then out at the cheering crowd. “God, I’m going to miss you, Luka, you bloody great hunk of sexy Slovenian.”

“I’ll miss you too, buča,” I said sincerely, leaning down to kiss her cheek, tasting the salt of her tears.

All the dancers linked hands, raising our arms in the air as we took our final bow. Ash stepped forward, looking down at the band and applauding them, too. Then he clasped his hands together and pressed them to his heart, before waving to the audience and leaving the stage.

Yveta, Gary and Oliver stepped forward with me and Sarah to take our bows as co-leads, then we too left the stage.

And it was all over.

The applause drained away as the curtain fell for the last time and the house lights came up.

Then it was the slow descent to normalcy as we peeled away the roles we’d played, along with our costumes, wigs and makeup.

 

♫♪ ♫♪ ♫♪  ♫  ♫ ♪  ♫  ♫ ♪♫♪

 

logo luka.jpg

 

Luka 1.jpg

 

Luka-teasers-4.jpg

 

Luka-teasers-2.jpg

 

AP new -about the author.jpg

 

Jane is a writer of contemporary romance fiction, known for thoughtful stories, often touching on difficult subjects: disability (DANGEROUS TO KNOW & LOVE, SLAVE TO THE RHYTHM); mental illness (THE EDUCATION OF CAROLINE, SEMPER FI); life after prison (LIFERS); dyslexia (THE TRAVELING MAN, THE TRAVELING WOMAN).

She is also a campaigner for former military personnel to receive the support they need on leaving the services. She wrote the well-received play LATER, AFTER with former veteran Mike Speirs. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hk1CyB8c0xA )

 

Author Links

Web Facebook  Twitter  Amazon Page Goodreads Instagram

 

ArdentProse_LogoMain.jpg

 

 

 

Release Day Blitz ~ Broken Love ~ by ~ Jillian Dodd

broken love now available

Cade & Palmer’s story is FINALLY here!

NOW LIVE!

iBooks: http://apple.co/1U7w0M2

Amazon US: http://amzn.to/1YpT4uu

Amazon UK: http://amzn.to/1UOqaS4

Google Play: http://smarturl.it/BrokenLoveGP

Nook:  http://bit.ly/1UDnXKJ

Signed: http://smarturl.it/BrokenLoveSigned

 

 

 

broken love cover

Blurb

 

After years of crushing and many failed seduction attempts, Palmer Montlake had finally scored the sexy Cade Crawford. Both a little drunk when they got back to her place, they were frantic with need, their desire intense.

But as the night progressed, the hot-mess hookup morphed to sweet lovemaking.

The kind neither had ever experienced.

 

But they were destined for heartbreak.

She was his best friend’s little sister.

He was her talent agent.

And they were dating in secret.

When they got into a wicked fight and broke up, all hell broke loose.

The kind neither have recovered from.

 

Six years later, they still hate each other.

But the universe seems to keep throwing them together.

When they catch the bouquet and garter at a mutual friend’s wedding, sparks fly between them — their chemistry undeniable.

 

Will they get a second chance? Or will they be left with a broken love?

 

 

BROKEN LOVE is a STANDALONE, CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE NOVEL following Cade and Palmer from the USA Today Bestseller, Vegas Love.

 

The Love Series is a series of STANDALONE novels featuring a different Crawford sibling. They can be read by themselves. However if you do with to read them all, they are best enjoyed in order.

broken love banner 2broken love teaser 4broken love teaser 3broken love scrabble teaser

TBRabouttheauthor

jillian bio Jillian Dodd grew up on a farm in Nebraska, where she developed a love for Midwestern boys and Nebraska football. She has drank from a keg in a cornfield, attended the University of Nebraska, got to pass her candle, and did have a boy ask her to marry him in a bar. She met her own prince in college, and they have two amazing children, a Maltese named Sugar Bear, and two Labrador puppies named Camber Lacy and Cali Lucy. She is the author of the That Boy Trilogy and The Keatyn Chronicles Series.

Stalk Her: Website |Facebook | Twitter |Instagram | Goodreads

 

Release Day Blitz ~ In Your Eyes ~ by ~ Barbara Speak

 
 
 
 
Jase Jergensmeyer was the bully that tortured me growing up–the kind of boy who would pull my pigtails and call me names in elementary school. He was never supposed to be anything other than a menace. He wasn’t meant to be anything other than the definition of what I didn’t want. 
 
Things don’t always happen the way we plan, and sometimes we ask God why he puts things in our path, but the most important thing to remember is: Life is an adventure, and if we all knew how it would play out, we never really would be living, would we? 
 
You know me as Shelby, the eight-year-old girl that went through hell with my sister, Ari, but I have my own story to tell. 
 
In Your Eyes is a follow-up novel in the Let It Be series. The first two novels, Let it be Me and Let it be Us, do not have to be read first to enjoy this story, but you will get to know the characters involved in this novel if you do.


 

 
 
Arianna Dubray is nothing like the girl she left in Baltimore. Once a Prada shoe wearing, Michael Kors bag carrying, on top of the world seventeen-year-old girl, Arianna knew that her life would never be the same when she got out of the car in middle-of-nowhere Montana.
 
Canyon Michaels is the keeper of his own dark secrets. Plagued by his family name, he’s forced to prove the town wrong and make it on his own.
 
The last thing Arianna needs is a reason to stay, but with every passing day the decision to leave becomes harder. Once their paths cross nothing can tear them apart, other than the secrets that start to surface and the nightmares that soon become their reality.


 
 
Montana has become everything Arianna Dubray never wanted it be. Home. Now, with every part of her Boston life behind her, she has all she needs to watch her future unfold in her little country life: her sister, Shelby, and the man that captured her heart and never let go, Canyon Michaels. 
 
But Canyon was sure Arianna was never coming back, and in the midst of his excitement, he doesn’t reveal the one thing that could shatter his dreams of being with her for the rest of his life.
 
When every secret comes to light, the only thing left to do is to leave their love in fate’s hands.
 


Author Barbara Speak loves nothing more than being allowed to share her ideas and thoughts through books that so many enjoy. When she’s not writing she’s caring for her son and daughter along side her amazing husband in rural Missouri. She has 5 more babies but these are covered in fur. Bode the boxer, Tucker the beagle and Lily, Callie and Connor her kitties.

 

 

Hosted by:

Release Day Blitz ~ Into The Nothing ~ by ~ BT Urruela

Title: Into the Nothing
Series: Broken Outlaw #1
Author: BT Urruela
Release Date: June 21, 2016
Xander Evans has been on the road for many years. Never settling. Always moving from one place to another, unable to let go of his past. He lived a tragic childhood, spending most of those years in foster care. He’s never felt like he’s had a home. That is until he stops in the small town of Truman Valley, Missouri, where he meets a woman who will change everything he’s ever known.
Paige Watson has it all. A loving family, beautiful home, and a great career. The only thing she’s missing….is love. After escaping an abusive relationship, she opens her heart up to a stranger. He is unlike any man she’s ever met. He came into her life and turned it completely upside down. Everything is perfect. That is, until one fateful night. 
A night that would tear the Watson family apart, never to be put back together again. 
A night that would send Xander away to prison for life.
“He was over here for like five hours last night drinking and talking with Dad. You think I like him? My dad’s in love. And the way he didn’t hesitate to put Benji in his place, I just think Dad’s got a good feeling about him.”
“Shit, I’ve got a good feeling about him too… and it’s in my panties.” She laughs and motions toward her crotch. “If I had been working and saw him do that to Benji’s fat ass, I would’ve let him fuck me right on top of the bar…and I would’ve let everyone watch.”
“Brandi!”
“I’m serious. Fuck it!”
“You’re ridiculous.”
“Paige, don’t tell me you didn’t notice that anaconda stuffed into his jeans?”
What?! What the fuck are you talking about? Anaconda? I wasn’t looking at his damn jeans.” I laugh, finding it hard to not to love this girl who has become like a sister to me. She’s the craziest bitch I know, but she’s got my back no matter what. She’s had it since day one.
“Why wouldn’t you look at his jeans? That’s where his dick is!”
BT Urruela was an infantryman in the US Army from August 2004 until February 2011. At the end of a year long tour to Baghdad, Iraq, his vehicle was hit by two roadside bombs, which took his right leg below the knee and the life of his commander. He was awarded a Purple Heart for his wounds, an Army Commendation Medal, and Combat Infantryman’s Badge. He medically retired from the Army in 2011 and moved to Tampa, FL where he currently works as a Director and Brand Ambassador for VETSports, a veteran community sports nonprofit he co-founded in 2012. He also conducts motivational speeches, works as a cover and fitness model and he’s a personal performance trainer. He co-wrote the military romance novel A Lover’s Lament and will be releasing his debut solo novel, Into the Nothing, on June 21st, 2016.

 

Cover Reveal ~ Torn ~ by ~ Jennifer Armentrout

 

 

The highly anticipated second book in #1 New York Times Bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout’s Wicked Trilogy has a cover! The amazing TORN cover was created by Sarah Hansen from Okay Creations with photography by Kelsey Kukal-Keeton from K Keeton designs. Check it out below! TORN is set to release July 19th. Be sure to grab the first book in the series, WICKED, which is on sale for $.99 for a limited time!

 

 

TORN - cover

TORN Synopsis:

Torn between duty and survival, nothing can be the same.

Everything Ivy Morgan thought she knew has been turned on its head. After being betrayed and then nearly killed by the Prince of the Fae, she’s left bruised and devastated—and with an earth-shattering secret that she must keep at all costs. And if the Order finds out her secret, they’ll kill her.

Then there’s Ren Owens, the sexy, tattooed Elite member of the Order who has been sharing Ivy’s bed and claiming her heart. Their chemistry is smoking hot, but Ivy knows that Ren has always valued his duty to the Order above all else—he could never touch her if he knew the truth. That is, if he let her live at all. Yet how can she live with herself if she lies to him?

But as the Fae Prince begins to close in on Ivy, intent on permanently opening the gates to the Otherworld, Ivy is running out of options. If she doesn’t figure out who she can trust—and fast—it’s not only her heart that will be torn apart, but civilization itself.

 

Things are about to get Wicked in New Orleans…

Don’t miss the first title in the series, WICKED, now just $.99 for a limited time only!

WICKED - cover

Amazon ** Barnes and Noble ** iBooks ** Kobo

 

 

Author Photo--JLA_J. LynnAbout Jennifer L. Armentrout:

#1 New York Times and #1 International Bestselling author Jennifer lives in Martinsburg, West Virginia. All the rumors you’ve heard about her state aren’t true. When she’s not hard at work writing, she spends her time reading, watching really bad zombie movies, pretending to write, and hanging out with her husband and her Jack Russell Loki.

Her dreams of becoming an author started in algebra class, where she spent most of her time writing short stories….which explains her dismal grades in math. Jennifer writes young adult paranormal, science fiction, fantasy, and contemporary romance. She is published with Spencer Hill Press, Entangled Teen and Brazen, Disney/Hyperion and Harlequin Teen. Her book Obsidian has been optioned for a major motion picture and her Covenant Series has been optioned for TV. Her young adult romantic suspense novel DON’T LOOK BACK was a 2014 nominated Best in Young Adult Fiction by YALSA.

She also writes Adult and New Adult contemporary and paranormal romance under the name J. Lynn. She is published by Entangled Brazen and HarperCollins.

 

Website ** Facebook ** Twitter ** Novel Goodreads ** Author Goodreads

 

InkSlinger-Blogger-New