Release Blitz ~ The Darkhorse ~ by ~ Selena Laurence

Title: The Darkhorse
Author: Selena Laurence
Series: A Powerplay Novella
Genre: Contemporary Holiday Romance
Release Date: November 7, 2017

A bride.

Lisa Scotch is done with men. And especially military men like her ex who left her with three lifetimes worth of debt and disappeared. But one day a new soldier walks into the school where she teaches, and he wants to make her debt disappear like her ex did.

A soldier.

Colonel Jefferson Thibedeaux is one of the most powerful men in the Pentagon. Raised without family or money, Jeff found both when he started his military career. Now there’s a promotion that he wants and he can only get it if he has a wife. When he goes to speak at an elementary school, Jeff sees the answer to his dilemma in one very sexy school teacher.

An arranged marriage.

Jeff’s proposal is all business. He gets a promotion, and Lisa gets out of debt. It’s a one year arrangement that doesn’t include some of marriage’s more traditional…amenities. But when Lisa moves into Jeff’s house, and the holidays roll around, the fireplace isn’t the only thing heating up. As their attraction burns brighter than their Christmas lights, can Lisa and Jeff find something real in what was supposed to be pretend? Will the bride take a chance on another soldier? Can the soldier be the man his bride deserves? One thing’s for certain, Christmas will never be the same again.

Add to your shelf on Goodreads

Pick up your copy at: Amazon | iBooks | Kobo | Nook

More from the Powerplay series:

Prince of the Press

Amazon | iBooks | Kobo | Nook

The Kingmaker

Amazon | iBooks | Kobo | Nook

POTUS

Amazon | iBooks | Kobo | Nook

SCOTUS

Amazon | iBooks | Kobo | Nook

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Selena Laurence is an award-winning and USA TODAY bestselling author who loves Putting the Heat in Happily Ever After. Her super sexy stories take place everywhere from rock concerts to family ranches, and her books can be found around the world in four languages, at libraries, bookstores, online, and in audio.

Selena lives in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains where she can often be found at a local coffee shop, hiking the trails, or watching soccer. At home Mr L, her kids, “goldendoodle” and “demoncat” keep her busy trying to corral chaos. A veteran Indie author, Selena also coaches writers through her blog and workshops on turning #Passion2Profession.

Blog Tour ~ Ty’s Heart ~ by ~ Selena Laurence

Title: Ty’s Heart
Series: California Cowboys
Author: Selena Laurence
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: October 24, 2017

She’s come back to steal his heart.

Ty Jenkins is a good man. For five long years he’s devoted his life to his young daughter, Katie, giving everything he’s got to make sure she won’t miss the one thing she can’t have–a mother. When that very woman blows back into town, Ty’s world is turned upside down. He’d do anything to care for Katie, but caring for her gets complicated when he still has feelings for the woman who abandoned them both.

Jodi Morgan has made a lot of mistakes in her life, and the biggest one of all was giving up her infant daughter the day she was born. But now she’s back in Big Sur, California, determined to be there for her girl however she can. What Jodi didn’t count on was the way she feels about Katie’s father. Between his devotion to Katie and his work-honed body, Ty is one hell of an attractive package.

As two parents begin a journey to do what’s best for their child, they rediscover the feelings they once had for one another. Can Ty trust Jodi not to leave again? Has she come to be part of Katie’s future? Or will she steal his heart?

Find out more at: Goodreads | Amazon | Barnes & Noble | iBooks | Kobo

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Excerpt:

Ty stood and watched her as she gazed out at the ocean beyond the railing of the deck. He remembered the first time he’d laid eyes on her almost six years ago. She’d been standing behind the counter of his aunt’s coffee shop, all that pale blonde hair piled in a mess on top of her head. Her cornflower-blue eyes—eyes he knew as well as his own now—sparkled when she smiled at customers, and he’d felt it immediately. As if a bolt of lightning had struck him, he’d wanted that girl. He’d wanted that sparkle and glow to be for him.

And for a brief time, it was.

But now, as he quietly watched her, none of the sparkle was there anymore. None of the vibrancy that had been so magnetic when they’d known each other earlier. No, Jodi was different. He could see it in the set of her shoulders, the way she held her arms so tight against her body. Then she turned and looked at him, and it was in her eyes. It was breath stealing, the sorrow he saw there, but he steeled himself against it. Closed himself off and let a layer of armor wind around his heart and his body. Because no matter how sad she might be, she was here to upend his life, to try to take the single most important thing he had, and even if it made her sad for the rest of her life, he wasn’t about to give her what she wanted.

Katie wasn’t negotiable.

“You came,” she said, giving him a small smile as she turned more fully, the thin embroidered cotton dress she wore blowing around her thighs in the breeze.

Her hair was still that same shade of platinum it had always been—so rare for an adult to be that blonde naturally, but Jodi looked like the fae out of some Nordic fairy tale, all fair skin, white-blonde hair, and pale blue eyes. She was tall at five ten, he was taller at six two, and she was strong—long legs, wide shoulders, narrow hips—but buxom as well, a Viking warrior princess.

He gave himself a little shake, remembering that if she wasn’t exactly the enemy now, she sure as hell wasn’t his friend.

“Surely you didn’t expect me to find out you were in town and just ignore it?”

More from the California Cowboys!

Cade’s Loss

Amazon | Barnes & Noble | iBooks | Kobo

Vaughn’s Pride

Amazon | Barnes & Noble | iBooks | Kobo

Selena Laurence is an award-winning and USA TODAY bestselling author who

loves Putting the Heat in Happily Ever After. Her super sexy stories take place everywhere from rock concerts to family ranches, and her books can be found around the world in four languages, at libraries, bookstores, online, and in audio.

If you’d like to get to know her better, join Selena’s reader/reviewer group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/180909955632263/

Or subscribe to her newsletter and get FREE books: http://www.subscribepage.com/JoinSelena

Follow the release tour and enter to #win a $25 Amazon Gift Card or one of 5 Copies of Cade’s Loss

Oct 23^rd

3 Partners in Shopping, Nana, Mommy, &, Sissy, Too – Spotlight

I Love Romance – Review

Yearwood La Novela – Spotlight

Ebook Indulgence – Spotlight

LadyTechie’s Book Musings – Spotlight

Not Enough Tomes – Spotlight

Romance Book Review For You – Spotlight

The Power of Three Readers – Spotlight

Victoria’s Thoughts and Reviews – Spotlight

Oct 24th

Em & M Books – Spotlight

Jen’s Reading Obsession – Review

My Book Filled Life – Review

OMGReads – Review

Lisa Book Blog @ LEL – Spotlight

Once Upon a Book Blog – Spotlight

Romance Reviews Today Blog – Spotlight

The Silver Dagger Scriptorium – Spotlight

We All Make Mistakes in Books – Spotlight

Oct 25th

What Is That Book About – Spotlight

A small girl, her man and her books – Spotlight

Cat’s Guilty Pleasure – Spotlight

Evermore Books – Spotlight

Lisa Loves Books – Spotlight

Quite The Novel Idea – Spotlight

Smut Lovers Wonderland – Spotlight

The Voluptuous Book Diva – Spotlight

Oct 26th

Book Loving Pixies – Spotlight

The Sassy Bookster – Spotlight

Cathy’s World – Spotlight

Fiona Reads and FoodSpots – Spotlight

Married Book Nerds – Spotlight

Reading Nook – Spotlight

TBR Book Blog – Spotlight

The World As I See It – Spotlight

Oct 27th

Kari’s Book Reviews and Revelations – Review

Books,Dreams,Life – Spotlight

Celticlady’s Reviews – Spotlight

Happy Ever After Romance Book Reviews – Spotlight

nikkis book nook – Spotlight

Reese’s Review – Spotlight

Teatime and Books – Spotlight

Those Crazy Book Chicks – Spotlight

Release Blitz ~ The Rhapsody Series box set ~ by ~ Selena Laurence

Title: The Rhapsody Series Box Set
Author: Selena Laurence
Series: Rhapsody
Genre: Contemporary Rockstar Romance

The complete Rhapsody rock star series, including three novels and one novella.
A LUSH RHAPSODY:
Romeo…Meet Juliet.
She’s Everything That’s Lush.
He’s the Rhapsody She Can’t Resist.
It’s a Battle of the Bands.
And There Can Only Be One Winner.

RACING TO RHAPSODY
He wants her last race to be to him.
She’s Racing.
He’s Waiting.
Two Hearts Collide in this opposites attract romance.

DREAMING OF RHAPSODY
Love can make dreams come true.
Topher Leigh is not your average rock star.
Rachel Wilson has dreams of her own.
Watch these two gentle souls discover one another and prove to the world that love can make dreams come true.

ADDICTED TO RHAPSODY
Guilt is the hardest habit to kick.
He has a sex addiction.
She’s a widow at twenty-eight.
Can something that started all wrong end up right? Or will guilt be a habit they simply can’t kick?

Add to Goodreads

Pick up your copy at: Amazon | iBooks | Kobo

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Selena Laurence is a USA Today Bestselling author who loves Putting the Heat in Happily Ever After. In 2014 she was awarded the Reader’s Crown Award for Contemporary Romance of the Year. In 2015 her rock star romance A Lush Betrayal was a finalist in three national contests. Selena lives in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains with her kids, Mr. L, “Goldendoodle” and “Demon Cat.” When she’s not writing she can be found at soccer games and tennis matches, or one of her favorite coffee shops.

First Look ~ Ty’s Heart ~ by ~ Selena Laurence

Title: Ty’s Heart

Series: A California Cowboys Novel

Author: Selena Laurence

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Release Date: October 24, 2017

She’s come back to steal his heart.

Find out more at: Goodreads

Excerpt:
Ty stood and watched her as she gazed out at the ocean beyond the railing of the deck. He remembered the first time he’d laid eyes on her almost six years ago. She’d been standing behind the counter of his aunt’s coffee shop, all that pale blonde hair piled in a mess on top of her head. Her cornflower-blue eyes—eyes he knew as well as his own now—sparkled when she smiled at customers, and he’d felt it immediately. As if a bolt of lightning had struck him, he’d wanted that girl. He’d wanted that sparkle and glow to be for him.

And for a brief time, it was.

Katie wasn’t negotiable.

“You came,” she said, giving him a small smile as she turned more fully, the thin embroidered cotton dress she wore blowing around her thighs in the breeze.

He gave himself a little shake, remembering that if she wasn’t exactly the enemy now, she sure as hell wasn’t his friend.

“Surely you didn’t expect me to find out you were in town and just ignore it?”

More from the California Cowboys!

Cade’s Loss

Amazon | Barnes & Noble | iBooks | Kobo

Vaughn’s Pride

Amazon | Barnes & Noble | iBooks | Kobo

Selena Laurence is an award-winning and USA TODAY bestselling author who loves Putting the Heat in Happily Ever After. Her super sexy stories take place everywhere from rock concerts to family ranches, and her books can be found around the world in four languages, at libraries, bookstores, online, and in audio.

If you’d like to get to know her better, join Selena’s reader/reviewer group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/180909955632263/

Or subscribe to her newsletter and get FREE books: http://www.subscribepage.com/JoinSelena

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Blog Tour ~ Vaughn’s Pride ~ by ~ Selena Laurence

Title: Vaughn’s Pride

Series: California Cowboys #2

Author: Selena Laurence

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Release Date: August 21, 2017

She’s waited a lifetime. Can she stop him from wasting one?

Vaughn Jenkins is the youngest in a long line of proud men. But he was only seventeen when his parents were killed during a storm on a California highway. Seven years later, another stormy night nearly took Vaughn’s life. Now he’s half a leg lighter, full of shame and doubt, and taking it out on everyone around him, even the woman he’s loved most of his life.

T.J. Brisco is the girl next door. She and Vaughn grew up together, inseparable friends, then high school sweethearts. But when tragedy strikes, Vaughn retreats, and this time is no different. She’s determined to help him recover from his devastating amputation, but Vaughn’s not going to make it easy. When his anger becomes too much for T.J.’s shattered heart, she decides their story is over for good.

Now Vaughn is faced with the rest of his life—as an amputee, as a brother, as a man—and as T.J. moves on, Vaughn falls farther and farther behind. Can he learn to run fast enough to catch up to the only woman he’ll ever love? Or will his pride stand in their way forever?

Find out more at: Goodreads | Amazon | Barnes & Noble | iBooks | Kobo

EXCERPT

He waved over his head and kept moving, looking down to make sure his leg didn’t get caught on anything in the crowded space. While the trajectory of his leg could be controlled well because he had an intact knee joint, he couldn’t feel if anything below his knee got knocked or caught when he was in close quarters. It made the navigating somewhat more difficult, and since he preferred not to fall on his ass in front of half the town, he kept his gaze down.

Which was why he knocked right into something, eliciting a squeak that jolted him out of his hyperfocused state. His hands shot out in reflex, and he caught whatever—whoever—it was as they stumbled. The other person’s weight pulled him off-balance, and he was forced to take another step, planting his good leg to keep upright. The extra step meant that his victim was now virtually under him, bent back in a slight dip as he held what was definitely a her.

His gaze moved up from a set of perfect breasts snug in stretchy azure fabric with a deep V in the front, and on to a neck that was smooth and slim. And then he reached the face, that face, the face that haunted him day in and day out, even when he wanted nothing more than to be free of it.

“Sorry,” he murmured as they stayed frozen in their embrace, T.J.’s big brown eyes blinking at him. But then his gaze dropped, against his will, to her breasts again, and he jerked both him and T.J. upright, setting her away as much as he could in the middle of the tables, stools, and people.

T.J. cleared her throat and smoothed her tight, short dress. Vaughn was caught speechless at the vision of his wholesome, lifelong best friend wearing something that looked like it belonged in a Los Angeles nightclub. The brilliant shade of blue contrasted with her black hair and golden skin, making her glow like some sort of goddess.

Fuck, she was beautiful.

Cade’s Loss – on sale for just 99cents for a limited time!

Amazon | Barnes & Noble | iBooks | Kobo

a Rafflecopter giveaway

If you’d like to get to know her better, join Selena’s reader/reviewer group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/180909955632263/

Or subscribe to her newsletter and get FREE books: http://www.subscribepage.com/JoinSelena

Follow the release and enter to #win one of five copies of the first California Cowboys book, Cade’s Loss

Aug 21^st
I Love Romance – Review
Jen’s Reading Obsession – Spotlight
Joyfully Reviewed – Spotlight
babbling about books and more – Spotlight
Cathy’s World – Spotlight
Evermore Books – Spotlight
LadyTechie’s Book Musings – Spotlight
Naughty Mom Story Time – Spotlight
Reese’s Review – Spotlight
The World As I See It – Spotlight

Aug 22^nd
Not Enough Tomes – Review
RoloPoloBookBlog – Spotlight
Silvatrend8553’s Book Blog – Spotlight
Celticlady’s Reviews – Spotlight
Fiona Reads and FoodSpots – Spotlight
Life at 17 – Spotlight
Romance Book Review For You – Spotlight
The Lovely Teacher Addictions – Spotlight
Those Crazy Book Chicks – Spotlight

Aug 23^rd
Kari’s Book Reviews and Revelations – Review
Smut Book Junkie Book Reviews – Spotlight
Chill and read – Spotlight
Tangled Hearts Book Reviews – Spotlight
cuz I’m a nerd – Spotlight
For Love of Books4 – Spotlight
Lisa Book Blog @ LEL – Spotlight
nikkis book nook – Spotlight
Romance Reviews Today Blog – Spotlight
The Power of Three Readers – Spotlight

Aug 24^th
OMG Reads – Review
What Is That Book About – Spotlight
A small girl, her man and her books – Spotlight
Books,Dreams,Life – Spotlight
Ebook Indulgence – Spotlight
I libri: il mio passato, il mio presente e il mio future – Spotlight
Lisa Loves Books – Spotlight
Port Jericho – Spotlight
TBR Book Blog – Spotlight
The Silver Dagger Scriptorium – Spotlight
We All Make Mistakes in Books – Spotlight

Aug 25^th
LibriAmoriMiei – Review
Em & M Books – Review
underneath the covers – Spotlight
Inside the mind of an avid reader – Review
It’s All About the Romance – Spotlight
KeyReadThat – Spotlight
Lover of Big Books Cannot Lie – Spotlight
Quite The Novel Idea – Spotlight
The Avid Reader – Spotlight
The Voluptuous Book Diva – Spotlight
Yearwood La Novela – Spotlight

Release Blitz ~ Addicted to Rhapsody ~ by ~ Selena Laurence

Title: Addicted to Rhapsody
Author: Selena Laurence
Series: Rhapsody #4
Genre: Contemporary Rockstar Romance
Release Date: July 24, 2017

Guilt is the hardest habit to kick.

Garrett Jakes is the sexy and sex-addicted lead singer of Rhapsody. Now in recovery, he’s trying to clean up his act and atone for his mistakes. The only problem is he can’t stop the guilt he feels whenever he looks at his friend Savvy. They have history, and he’s not sure if he’s helping or hurting when he tries to become a bigger part of her life.

Savvy O’Roark is a widow and a mom at twenty-eight. She watched as her husband was murdered while trying to protect her. Now she’s struggling to keep her husband’s business and his memory alive, and Garrett wants to help. The only problem is she can’t stop the guilt she feels whenever she looks at him. Their history is one that haunts her, and she’s not sure that’s something she can ever get past.

As Savvy and Garrett struggle to overcome their demons, they must also face the one thing neither of them can ever take back. Will they learn how to honor and forgive, but also love and let go? Can something that started all wrong end up right? Or will guilt be a habit they simply can’t kick?

Amazon | Barnes & Noble | iBooks | Kobo

Amazon UK | Amazon CA | Amazon AU

EXCERPT:

He smiles softly. “You were supposed to be gone more than two days. But you don’t listen very well.”

I can’t help but chuckle at that. Kevin used to say the same thing. I guess I’ll have to accept the critique. “You haven’t broken anything, you’ve made it better.”

He wraps an arm around my shoulders, placing a gentle kiss in my hair. It makes me so warm inside I feel like I might be glowing. Then he leads me back toward the kitchen.

“And I’m not going to break anything. I’m going to make it all better, and you’re going to relax and trust me.” Then he stops, and turns me to face him, his hands still on my shoulders. He bends his knees slightly so he can look me in the eye. “I realize given who I am, and how we started, trust might seem like the last thing you should grant me. But you have to know I’ve never lied to you, not at the beginning, and not since. I will get this right, Savannah Scott.”

I nod easily, because it’s true. Garrett’s never been anything but honest with me, and he’s never failed me. In fact, I didn’t want to admit it, but he’s been right here saving my ass ever since Kevin died.

“I do trust you. I do. I don’t know how to let go, but I do trust you.”

He smiles, pulling me into a hug that doesn’t last anywhere near long enough. “Good. Then do as you were instructed, and take a few more days away. Keep Ty home from preschool, go to the zoo, bake cookies together, have lunch and drinks with Tully. Take long hot baths, or get your nails done or paint the bathroom, whatever turns you on, Savvy. Have a staycation. Don’t do anything you don’t want to. Don’t do anything you won’t enjoy. Don’t do anything for anyone but you and Ty.”

I gaze up at him and my heart races in an entirely different way than it did when I saw the plaque for Kevin. I almost can’t form words, because what I see in his face is so tender and strong all at the same time, it’s scary and overwhelming. And it’s also familiar, because another man looked at me that way once, and it feels wrong to let anyone else do it now.

But as if he knows it’s confusing me, Garrett shuts down the emotions, closes off something inside of him, and he’s back to a smiling, helpful friend.

“So off with you now, lass,” he says in a terrible Irish accent. He steers me into the kitchen and all the way to the backdoor. “Don’t call us, we’ll call you, right?” he asks as he opens the door.

I laugh. “Ok, ok, I can see when I’m not wanted.”

He gives me a gentle push outside. “Oh, you’re wanted,” he says. “Just not here for a while.” Then he slaps me on the ass, laughs like a maniac, and slams the door behind me.

As I walk to my car, that strange feeling of lightness that I’ve had off and on the last two days returns. And I have to admit to myself that it’s not Ty or Tully, or the bar that’s giving it to me, it’s Garrett Jakes.

If you’d like to get to know her better, join Selena’s reader/reviewer group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/180909955632263/

Or subscribe to her newsletter and get FREE books: http://www.subscribepage.com/JoinSelena

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Follow the release and enter to #win one set of paperback copies of the Rock Star Romance series that started it all – Lush

July 24^th
Lynn’s Romance Enthusiasm – Spotlight
Margay Leah Justice – Review
Books & Tales – Spotlight
Celticlady’s Reviews – Spotlight
Fiona Reads and FoodSpots – Spotlight
LadyTechie’s Book Musings – Spotlight
Naughty Mom Story Time – Spotlight
Romance Book Review For You – Spotlight
The Lovely Teacher Addictions – Spotlight
underneath the covers – Spotlight

July 25^th
Readsalot – Spotlight
Amanda’s Book Nook for Adults – Spotlight
Bumbles and Fairy-Tales – Spotlight
cuz I’m a nerd – Spotlight
For Love of Books4 – Spotlight
Lisa Book Blog @ LEL – Spotlight
nikkis book nook – Spotlight
Romance Reviews Today Blog – Spotlight
The Silver Dagger Scriptorium – Spotlight
Up against a wall – Spotlight

July 26^th
Ammie’s Book Obsession – Spotlight
Books According to Abby – Spotlight
OMGReads – Review
RoloPoloBookBlog – Spotlight
Em & M Books – Spotlight
Lisa Loves Books – Spotlight
Not Enough Tomes – Spotlight
TBR Book Blog – Spotlight
The Voluptuous Book Diva – Spotlight
We All Make Mistakes in Books – Spotlight

July 27^th
Nicole’s Book Musings – Spotlight
Besties & Books – Review
Rainne’s Ramblings – Spotlight
Ebook Indulgence – Spotlight
I Love Romance – Spotlight
Lover of Big Books Cannot Lie – Spotlight
Quite The Novel Idea – Spotlight
The Avid Reader – Spotlight
The World As I See It – Spotlight
Yearwood La Novela – Spotlight

July 28^th
The Power of Three Readers – Review
Books,Dreams,Life – Spotlight
Evermore Books – Spotlight
KeyReadThat – Spotlight
Mommy Reads Books – Spotlight
Reese’s Review – Spotlight
The Literary Apothecary – Spotlight
Those Crazy Book Chicks – Spotlight