Blog Tour + Review + Giveaway: Boarded By Love by Toni Aleo – Bellevue Bullies Series -Book 1

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Bellevue Bullies – Book 1

Spinoff of The Assassin’s Series

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By Toni Aleo

Synopsis

Jude Sinclair here, hockey player for the Bellevue Bullies and lover of all ladies. Hockey’s in my blood, and not to sound full of myself, but I’m good at it…really good. The draft is within my reach—it’s mine to take—but that’s not the only reason people know my name. They know me because of my way with women. They know the score, and I aim to please. I just tend to stay away from repeat performances. In other words, I don’t do relationships beyond my family and friends. I’m happy with life. However, I should warn you that my story and how I see it playing out is about to change due to a certain redhead on campus.

She’s beautiful. Stunning. Breathtaking.

She’s my game changer.

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He’s trouble from the moment I see him. I don’t know what I’m thinking, but from the moment I meet his gaze, I’m his. It’s a scary feeling.

I’ve never trusted anyone outside my aunt and uncle—and even that took months. I didn’t have it easy growing up. My mom was usually strung out, and she didn’t give me a second thought. Drugs and the men who paid her were more important to her. It was horrible, but I’m stronger today. Because of my past, security is what I need most. Money assures me that I can take care of myself today, tomorrow, and next month. I don’t want to ever be hungry or go without again, so I work hard for every penny.

Oh, by the way, I’m Claire Anderson. I’m a hard-studying sophomore at the University of Bellevue, dancer for the school dance team, and a burlesque dancer at a club, but that’s my secret.
You may think you know how our story ends, but you have no clue. It’s not easy falling in love… or living happily ever after. At first it may seem so, but when is anything worth having ever won without a fight?

Especially when you’re boarded by love.

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Excerpt

I can still taste her on my lips.

I swear. The taste hasn’t left me since I kissed her less than twenty-four hours ago, neither has the hard-on. She has me completely wound-up tight, whacking off till my dick is raw and wishing like hell to get in her pants. When I walked in to find her in only a sports bra and shorts that should be illegal… Well, I’m surprised I’m still vertical.

God, she is fucking hot.

Her long red hair is in a mess on top of her head with a cute little black bow at the base. She stands with such amazing confidence while the other girls cover their stomachs with their arms or slouch to the side, but not Claire. No, she stands proud, beautiful, and man, I just want to rush over there and touch her again. I still can’t believe she kissed me senseless then ran off without a second glance. While I don’t mind being used, I wasn’t done.

I need her. On me. Beneath me. Anywhere on me. Now.

I can’t take my eyes off her. I’m supposed to be watching some girl dance, but there is no way. Not with Claire in the room. She stands with the brunette from her Facebook. She’s even prettier in person, but she holds no candle to Claire. Hell, no one does. I watch as they talk, and the love just shines out of the brunette’s body for her. It’s crazy to watch. It reminds me of my mom’s love, and I figure it’s her mom. I need to ask because I have to know. I don’t know what it is about this feisty little redhead, but I want to know her ins and outs. Then I want to sleep with her. Continually. And then some more.

 

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Michel’s Review

Boarded By Love by Toni Aleo was a fantastic start in the Bellevue Bullies series.  It is the spin off of the Assassin’s series and features a college team located in Nashville, TN.

This novel features Claire Anderson, the troubled niece of Phillip Anderson, Assassin player featured in the Breakaway novel.  Claire was a real troubled teen in the Breakaway novel and gave Phillip and Reese a very hard time.  Her mother was a junkie that abused and neglected Claire throughout her childhood.  Claire adopted her mother’s wild lifestyle until she went to live with her Uncle Phillip after her mother’s death.  It took a lot of patience and unconditional love to bring this young woman around.  Now she is on the right track. She is in college,dancing, and  pursuing her dreams.  She’s got herself together and is very focused.  She wants to become a dance choreographer, preferably in the Burlesque style.

When she meets Jude Sinclair, captain of the Bellevue Bullies hockey team, she is knocked for a loop.  It is the first time she has been attracted to someone in three years.  He makes her want more than her dancing and future career.  He gives her the love she never knew she needed.  But will her dreams of Burlesque dancing and the route she is taking to secure those dreams keep Jude around for the long haul?  She is afraid to tell him that she is working in a Burlesque club for fear of losing him.  When the opportunity arises to make her dreams come true, she will have to come clean with her secrets and risk losing Jude.  She will have to faith in their love.  Trust doesn’t come easy for Claire.

Jude Sinclair is the Bellevue bad boy.  He has a different girl in his bed daily.  He is upfront with the girls and makes no promises.  He’s sexy, hot, charming, and a very gifted hockey player.  He will be going into the NHL draft soon and is focused on his hockey career.  When he meets Claire Anderson, she changes his perspective on relationships.  He wants Claire in his life and he doesn’t want to share her with anyone.  She has stolen his heart.  Claire is his game changer.

Boarded By Love was more than a new adult love story.  Both Jude and Claire’s families played strong roles throughout the book.  The reader saw a true glimpse of what real families are and how their relationships are important to a couple’s dynamics.  We saw how these family relationships shape and mold their thoughts, feelings, and drives.

I loved all the characters in this book.  They were very real and had an important role in the story.  I loved seeing some of our favorite Assassin players make their appearance.  I loved their protectiveness towards Claire and how they intimidated Jude.  I loved Jude’s reactions to them.

While most New Adult books dwell on a lot of angst, indecision, and self reflection, Boarded By Love did not.  Toni Aleo created characters that were very real and at the maturity level that they should be.  Jude and Claire were very focused individuals, had good heads on their shoulders, and reacted just as they should have in all the emotional moments.  Their relationship was beautiful.  Toni allowed them to meet, flirt, date, and fall in love.  She progressed their relationship in a way that most relationships progress in real life.  It was beautiful watching Claire and Jude fall in love and tackle all the problems that came their way.

I can’t wait for the next book in this series.  Like I said earlier, Toni created some interesting secondary characters.  I am hoping the other Sinclair brothers get their own books.  I am also hoping that Lucy Sinclair finds her true love, hopefully it will be an Assassin.  The other team members and campus friends were intriguing as well.  I think we have a lot to forward to in the future from Toni Aleo.

I highly recommend Boarded by Love.

Meet Toni Aleo

Toni AleoMy name is Toni Aleo!

I am a wife, mother of two and a bulldog, and also a hopeless romantic.

I have been told I have anger issues, but I think it’s cause of my intense love for hockey!
I am the biggest Shea Weber fan ever, and can be found during hockey season with my nose pressed against the Bridgestone Arena’s glass, watching my Nashville Predators play!
When my nose isn’t pressed against the glass, I enjoy going to my husband and son’s hockey games, my daughter’s dance competition, hanging with my best friends, taking pictures, scrapbooking, and reading the latest romance novel.
I have a slight Disney and Harry Potter obsession, I love things that sparkle, I love the color pink, I might have been a Disney Princess in a past life…probably Belle, and did I mention I love hockey?

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Release Day Blitz + Review: Dire by Alyssa Rose Ivy- Dire Wolf Chronicles-Book 1

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We are so excited to bring you the Release Day Launch for Alyssa Rose Ivy’s DIRE. DIRE is a first novel in her The Dire Wolves Chronicles Series.The Dire Wolves Chronicles Series is a New Adult Paranormal Romance! The Order of the books is: Dire, Dusk, Dawn. We can’t tell you enough how excited we are for Alyssa’s newest series, The Dire Wolves Chronicles!!

 

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Excerpt:

A single howl made me stop short. “The wolves!”

“Let’s hope they are farther away than they sound.” Gage tightened his hold on my hand and pulled me forward.

Three more howls filled the night. “They sound closer.”

We picked up the pace, and I chanced a glance behind me. That was a mistake. Several large grey wolves came into view. “Run!”

Gage didn’t need to be told twice. He broke into a run without letting go of my hand.

I ran as fast as possible over the frozen snow, but we didn’t get far before the wolves started circling around us. “Oh my god.” Could things get any worse?

“You have to make a run for it.” Gage’s voice quivered. “They’re going to kill us.”

“I’m not leaving you.” I tried to stay strong, and I kept my eyes locked on the wolves. There were five of them. All of them were massive, much larger than any wolf I’d seen before, but one of them was even bigger and had a large silver streak running down its back. That wolf seemed to be staring right at me.

“I’ll distract them. You run. I’ll catch up.”

I spotted an opening next to one of the smaller of the wolves and went for it. I didn’t make it far before one of the wolves stepped in front of me. I froze, paralyzed with fear, before my legs were knocked from under me. Suddenly, I was lying in the snow with a giant wolf hovering over me.

“We’re fucked.” Gage voiced exactly what I was thinking.

The silver streaked wolf stared down at me. It’s almost glowing eyes bored into mine. Was I really going to die as half-frozen food for a giant wild animal?

Then things got hazy and the air seemed to buzz. Moments later it wasn’t a wolf on top of me—it was a man. A completely naked man with a faint scar across his face.

“What the heck?” I tried to scurry back, but Hunter didn’t move. His very exposed parts nearly touched me. I didn’t want to notice his size, but I did. He was huge. He also didn’t look remotely concerned with the cold.

His lips brushed against my ear. “Were you going somewhere?”

About DIRE:

Dire: The Dire Wolves Chronicles

Gage was the first guy I ever wanted. He was my first crush and my first fantasy, but he wasn’t my first in any other way because he never saw me as anything more than a friend— at least not until the night that changed everything.

It was all Gage’s fault. He insisted we drive through the storm and take the back roads. By the time the storm hit full force we had no chance. One night of snowbound sex changed our relationship forever. The problem was at the same time I caught another guy’s attention. This other guy happened to be the alpha of a pack of shifter wolves. I thought the wolves were the worst of my problems, but I was wrong. When things went from bad to worse I had to make a lifelong sacrifice to save Gage, but what price is too much to save the one you love?

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Tracey’s Review 

‘Dire’ is the first book in a new series by Alyssa Rose Ivy. It is being marketed as New Adult paranormal romance, but, in all honesty, it reads more like a Young Adult novel with more graphic sex written in. I had a hard time keeping up with the storyline in Dire, feeling like it was sort of all over the place. The book started off promisingly enough, with the relationship between Mary Anne and Gage being introduced as the main plotline. Once Hunter and his ‘family’ entered the scene, though, and especially with the introduction of Vanessa, the book pretty much fell apart for me. It just seemed forced and unrealistic, even by paranormal standards. The characters were a bit one-dimensional, and there was just too much going on for the story to mesh. Since this is the first in a new series, I would hazard a guess that ‘Dire’ serves as the set-up for the books that will come after, and really hope that Alyssa is able to tighten up subsequent entries in this series. I have enjoyed reading her books in the past, and am interested to see what she does with this series in the future.

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About Alyssa Rose Ivy:

Alyssa Rose Ivy is a New Adult and Young Adult author who loves to weave stories with romance and a southern setting. Although raised in the New York area, she fell in love with the South after moving to New Orleans for college. After years as a perpetual student, she turned back to her creative side and decided to write. She lives in North Carolina with her husband and two young children, and she can usually be found with a cup of coffee in her hand.

 

 

 

 

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Release Day Blitz: Owned By Him Boxed Set- Emma Hart, Kendall Ryan, Laurelin Paige,and Clare James

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Release Date: September 15, 2014

An alpha male boxed set by New York Times bestselling romance authors Laurelin Paige, Emma Hart, and Kendall Ryan, including Fixed on You, Late Call, and When I Break, featuring the hot new romance Dirty Little Lies by Clare James.

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A bartender with obsessive tendencies and a billionaire built on dominance come together in a steamy story that explores the line between head games and love-cures-all.

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She’s a high class call girl. He’s taking over his father’s business.
Seven years ago, they fell in love in Paris.
They walked away at the end of the summer, never imagining they’d meet again.
Now he’s her client.

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What happens when a sex addict falls for a virgin? With his life unraveling, Knox Bauer attends a local Sex Addicts Anonymous meeting where he finds himself tempted by the alluring instructor, McKenna.

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Cover Reveal: Wicked by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Holy cow, y’all! We are so excited to bring you the Cover Reveal for Jennifer L. Armentrout’s WICKED! WICKED is a New Adult Paranormal Romance and is a part of Jennifer L. Armentrout’s Wicked Trilogy. It is being released on December 8th, 2014. So make sure you pre-order it today!!

 

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WICKED Synopsis:

Things are about to get Wicked in New Orleans.

Twenty-two year old Ivy Morgan isn’t your average college student. She, and others like her, know humans aren’t the only thing trolling the French Quarter for fun… and for food. Her duty to the Order is her life. After all, four years ago, she lost everything at the hands of the creatures she’d sworn to hunt, tearing her world and her heart apart.

Ren Owens is the last person Ivy expected to enter her rigidly controlled life. He’s six feet and three inches of temptation and swoon-inducing charm. With forest-green eyes and a smile that’s surely left a stream of broken hearts in its wake, he has an uncanny, almost unnatural ability to make her yearn for everything he has to offer. But letting him in is as dangerous as hunting the cold-blooded killers stalking the streets. Losing the boy she loved once before had nearly destroyed her, but the sparking tension that grows between them becomes impossible for Ivy to deny. Deep down, she wants… she needs more than what her duty demands of her, what her past has shaped for her.

But as Ivy grows closer to Ren, she realizes she’s not the only one carrying secrets that could shatter the frail bond between them. There’s something he’s not telling her, and one thing is for certain. She’s no longer sure what is more dangerous to her—the ancient beings threatening to take over the town or the man demanding to lay claim to her heart and her soul.

 

Author PhotoAbout Jennifer L. Armentrout:

# 1 NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY 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, working out, 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.

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

 

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Release Day Blitz + Giveaway: Into The Flames by S.M. Lynn

 
SYNOPSIS:
You can’t outrun your
past.  The flames will hunt you until
you’re found.  You must embrace it, learn
from it, and allow it to help you grow into who you are meant to be.
Celeste knows that she cannot leave the past behind.  It has scorched a dark path through her
present and her future.  As she tries to
deal with the demons that haunt her and come to terms with who she really is,
she realizes what true fear is.  And it’s
not Dean Marcus.  The fear that consumes
her thoughts is for Ian, for their love and for his life.

You know your past has
shaped you but you refuse to bend to its will.
That is when the flames of the past will find you and take their revenge.

Ian knows the truth and his love remains strong.  He wants nothing more than to protect his
future and his love at all costs.  He has
the woman he loves in his arms.  His
greatest desire is to make her his wife.
When more betrayal strikes at his heart, will he be able to overcome
those that seek to harm him and the woman he loves?
 
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Gavin has been my rock and my refuge in
all of this.
  He took me back in or
rather helped have all my things moved from the house I shared with Ian back to
the apartment.
  I broke down several
times as boxes were carried in and was in no shape to actually go over to the
house to help pack my things.
  I spent
the day on my bed, soaking my pillow in tears.

I don’t know what I would have done without Gavin.  He rarely left my side at the hospital.  He has been home caring for me almost night
and day since I returned.
  I hate to
think about the toll I’m taking on his work and his social life.
  I know it’s selfish of me but I can’t
function without him right now.
  I need
someone to lean on and for me; Gavin is the only one.
  Ian would have been the only one but…  Well, I don’t want to think about that right
now.
  Dr. Somers was adamant that I rest
my brain.
  No excessive reading or
watching tv; nothing that would really stress my brain, just rest, is what he
told me.
  I’ve tried to follow orders as
best I 
can. 
I’d thought about getting a place of my
own when I left the hospital but Gavin would not hear of it.  “Gav, I’m so sorry that you have to deal with
all this.  It can’t be easy for you.  I don’t blame you with the media circus and
everything if you don’t want me to come back and live with you.”
“Stop it.
I won’t listen to another word of that dribble.  You will come home to our apartment and we
will eat bad chinese, get drunk and go dancing.
Once you’re feeling better that is.
And there’s nothing you can say to stop that.”  Gavin’s so great to try to cheer me up.  He knows I need someone to lean on and
without Ian, well, I don’t know what I would do without Gavin.
My schedule has consisted of wake, run,
lay in bed, go for an evening run on the days I don’t meet with Dr. Reeves and
then home to shower and go to bed for the night.  It wouldn’t have been too much of a stretch
to say I was depressed.  I knew I needed
to talk with someone, a professional.
Dr. Somers insisted upon it when I was in the hospital and introduced me
to Dr. Reeves.  When I first met with
him, I didn’t think I would ever be comfortable enough to share my story with
him.  Hell, I couldn’t share it with the
people that were closest to me, how would I share it with a complete
stranger?  But I guess that is what makes
him the professional.  From day one I
shared my life with him and he helped me walk through what it all meant for my
future.
I’ve tried to contact Ian.  The 100s of voicemails that probably went
un-listened to, the texts that are too numerous for me to even fathom, daily
emails and calls to his office and the house attest to the fact that I wanted
to talk with him.  Everything went
unanswered.  I still remember the pain in
his voice from that brief time in the hospital.
He was broken.  I’d done that to
him.  I wanted to wrap him my arms but
couldn’t even manage to open my eyes.  I
wanted to plead with him, to explain everything, to tell him it was the only
way to protect him, to let him know that I planned to tell him everything that
night before Dean came to the door.  I
just wanted to stop him from leaving.  I
remember hearing the door close and the knowledge that there was no going back
hit me full force.  Ian’s gone and I’m
left here.  Alone.
Nightmares have plagued me nightly since
the attack.  I’m hopeful that therapy
will help alleviate them if not stop them all together.  I know they are a manifestation of my fear
but I really don’t want to be afraid anymore.
Most nights Gavin has either had to calm me after the nightmare or sleep
in my room because I can’t bear to be alone afterward.
Only once do we talk about Dean being at
the hospital.  Gavin said he looked like
he was studying me.  He didn’t make any
move to touch me but kept mumbling about coming back to him, being with him,
loving him.  It’s hard to come to grips
with the fact that Dean is essentially two people, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde if
you will.  There’s the one side that
actually seems to care for me but it’s more the kind of care that a master has
for his pet.  Then there’s the sadistic
side, the side the reveled in my pain; the side that only wants to take, take
from me, take from my father, take everything and that would kill me in the
process.  That Dean was the one I had
come to know so well after our engagement.
I tried so many times to break things off with him; either he would
convince me to come back or force me to with threats, eventually I thought my
fate was sealed. I had no idea anyone could be so cruel, evil.  But Dean showed me time and again that I had
no idea what real evil was until him. 

 

 



S.M. Lynn Author
Bio:
 
S.M. Lynn has a Bachelor’s Degree in Secondary Education
with an English specialization.  She
resides in small town Nebraska with her husband and two children.  She writes contemporary romance leaning
toward the erotic but enjoys mixing in elements of suspense.
When her family can pry her away from writing and reading,
she works in her husband’s financial services firm.  Between kids and work there is not much time
left over but when she has some, she enjoys traveling, watching Vampire Diaries
and scouring Facebook for book deals.
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SYNOPSIS:
 
Can love really
conquer all?  Even when the secrets are
so big, someone could die for keeping them, has died to keep them?
 
Celeste Brooks
is haunted by a p
ast she cannot escape.
Plagued by nightmares and fear that her secret will be discovered, she
buries herself in her MBA and work, opening up to no one except her roommate,
Gavin.
  Until her path crosses with his.
 
Ian Jacobs made
a vow when his heart was broken that he would never allow anyone that close
again.   Being a sexy business mogul has
its perks, and having many attractive women throw themselves at you is just
one.  Until his path crosses with hers.
 
As soon as Ian
finds Celeste has applied for a position with Jacobs Enterprises, he takes
matters into his own hands, knowing that he must possess this woman at any cost.  Celeste finds herself under Ian’s spell and
knows that she will do anything to be close to this man.  Including revealing her secrets?  As their paths, past and present, collide,
they must decide to risk it all or leave each other behind.
 

 

 

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Cover Reveal + Giveaway: Shiver Anthology- 12 Sexy Tales of Horror and Humor

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Shiver Antholgy

12 Sexy Tales of Humor and Horror

12 Authors

Release Date : October 13, 2014

All Proceeds Go To St. Judes Children’s Research Hospital

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100% of all proceeds go to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

12 smart, sassy ladies of RomCom are sharing 12 short stories and novellas. You will find some new characters, some old characters in new situations and a whole lot of awesome for a great cause all wrapped up with a spooky, sexy, Halloween themed bow.

Authors:        Belle Aurora

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Release Day Blitz: Mine For Christmas by J. S. Scott

Mine For Christmas
The Billionaire’s Obsession
A Simon and Kara Novella

Synopsis

Simon and
Kara are back!
Kara Hudson
has been married to her billionaire husband, Simon, for over two years, and she
loves him even more desperately than she did when they first married. Unfortunately,
there was a distance growing between the two of them, and the passion between
them wasn’t flaring as red-hot as it used to burn.  Was it possible that Simon wasn’t as crazy in
love with her as he used to be, or did their problems go much deeper than
that? 
Simon Hudson
loves his wife and his infant daughter so much it hurts.  And he was getting tired of holding back his
emotions from his worn-out, exhausted wife who had seen their baby girl through
her first year and a half of life without complaint.

Will their
differences and emotional distance tear the two of them apart?  Or will a precious gift from Santa help them
heal their misunderstandings and have the merriest Christmas they’ve ever
had?

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From 14th – 21st September 100% proceeds made from this book will be donated to theJuvenile Diabetes Research Foundation

J.S.
Scott is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of steamy
romance. She’s an avid reader of all types of books and literature.
Writing what she loves to read, J.S. Scott writes both contemporary
erotic romance stories and paranormal romance erotics. They almost
always feature an Alpha Male and have a happily ever after because she
just can’t seem to write them any other way!
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5 – Star ARC Review + Giveaway: Dante’s Fire by Jennifer Probst

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Synopsis

It’s Time To Meet A New Kind Of Hero…

Dante Stark has a dark secret–a legacy left to him by his father which is both a blessing and a curse. A traumatic experience as a small boy gave him special powers of healing, but it comes with a price. Destined to wander the world alone to heal others, he’s accepted his fate. Until Selina Rogers forces him to confront his deepest fears, erotic desires, and question his capacity to love.

Selina Rogers has made a name for herself at Inferno Enterprises. She’s tough, confident and prepared to succeed. She’s also built a world she believes is safe, until she’s attacked and then saved by a masked stranger. As he helps her heal physically and emotionally, she becomes fascinated by his overwhelming power and gentle touch. Determined to show Dante the love he’s been denying himself, Selina surrenders her heart, and dreams of a future with the mysterious man who completes her.

But will his dark legacy destroy them…or save them both…

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Kelley’s Review

Sinfully dark and delicious.  I loved every angsty moment.

For those of you that have read Jennifer’s books, there is always a little bit of magic in the background so it really did not surprise me that she would take a dip into the paranormal romance genre.  I am really glad she did because this novella is not only an excellent read, but it is very different from other paranormal romances. The storyline is very original and Dante’s secret powers are not like any that I have ever read about before.  If you want something new and unique to read this weekend, this is it.

Dante is forced to hide in the shadows day and night because of who he is.  Jennifer does a nice spin on Superman’s Clark Kent as Dante works in the mail room at Stark Enterprises which he owns as Daniel Stark.  He has been smitten with Selina Rogers for years but has never let himself think about exploring more because of who he is.  She is kind, generous, and self-less and is a bit of a loner like himself.  She keeps to herself and no one really knows anything about her family or where she came from.  She is quite the mystery to him.

Selina is focused on her career.  She has worked really hard to get where she is and needed to focus on her goals so she kept people away.  She did not want any distractions.  The sexy man who delivers her mail has her all tied up in knots.  Daniel knows her better than anyone else and over the past few years they have become good friends.  But seriously, a rendezvous with the mail boy would jeopardize her standing and she has worked to hard to get where she is so she can only admire from afar.

Until..

One night when Selina is attacked and Dante comes to her rescue. He looks familiar but not.  Once Dante gains Selina’s trust can he reveal who he really is or will it ruin everything he has tried to make right.

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Jennifer Probst

Jennifer Probst – Bio:
Jennifer Probst wrote her first book at twelve years old. She bound it in a folder, read it to her classmates, and hasn’t stopped writing since. She took a short hiatus to get married, get pregnant, buy a house, get pregnant again, pursue a master’s in English Literature, and rescue two shelter dogs. Now she is writing again.

She makes her home in Upstate New York with the whole crew. Her sons keep her active, stressed, joyous, and sad her house will never be truly clean.
She is the New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of sexy and erotic contemporary romance. She was thrilled her book, The Marriage Bargain, was ranked #6 on Amazon’s Best Books for 2012. She loves hearing from readers. Visit her website for updates on new releases and her street team at www.jenniferprobst.com.

Author Links:
Website: www.jenniferprobst.com
Facebook Fan Page: https://www.facebook.com/jenniferprobst.authorpage
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jenniferprobst
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2965489.Jennifer_Probst

Review + Giveaway : Like by @JA Huss – #Social Media Series -Book 2

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#SOCIAL MEDIA- BOOK 2

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BY: @JA HUSS

Buy:  AMAZON / Barnes and Noble / ITunes

Synopsis

#WhatADick

Vaughn Asher. I’ve stalked him relentlessly. I shaped and formed my lust into the perfect dirty hashtag…day after day… weekend after weekend. He was my prince. My fairy tale. My fantasy.

I gave him the best years of my online life and what did he do for me?

Ruined my social media experience one tweet at a time. That’s what.

#Fantastic #BackToNatureFucking

#MissingSomething #You

And now #TheDickWhoIsVaughnAsher thinks he can weasel his way back into this filthy blue bird’s Twitter account? He’s wrong.

His public fantasy is about to collide… ah, fuck it. He’s hot as hell, bitches. I need more than a free sample. This time I want it all and I’ll do whatever it takes to get it.

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Excerpt

My tablet dings with an incoming third-party Twitter notification.

@FilthyBlueBird has unfollowed you.

I laugh. “Oh, Grace, Grace, Grace. You think you can slip me that easily?”

Grace @FilthyBlueBird – 1s
OMG, I have a stalker! What do I do, #BlueBirds?

You’d think a woman using Twitter this regularly for a few years would understand how it all works. I can still see her tweets when she unfollows me. I have to stop and laugh a little.

MovieStar @VaughnAsher – 30s
@FilthyBlueBird Who is this stalker? I will set him straight.

And then the usual happens. Within minutes, there are dozens of @replies. Mostly from her girlfriends on the Dirty Heaven list, the #BlueBirds. But some random stalkerish fans of my own are in there too.

@VaughnAsher is @FilthyBlueBird your GF?
@VaughnAsher if you’re the stalker, you can stalk me any time!
@VaughnAsher who is @FilthyBlueBird? Can I be your blue bird?

They get worse from there. Invitations to fuck them. Sit on my face. #SOHF is a code word for that on Twitter. @FilthyBlueBird uses that one a lot. And I’ve got to admit, that’s something I’d like to imagine. More than imagine, actually. I’d like to lick that sweet little pussy until she’s dripping down my chin.
Fuck. I’m horny. I reach for my phone and press Grace’s number in my contacts. She picks up on the first ring.
“What the hell are you doing?” she growls at me.
“You left so suddenly, Grace. I didn’t have a chance to—”
“Get off my Twitter feed, Asher. Now!”
I chuckle. It’s one of those full-of-myself chuckles I do when my power is looming over people. “Now whyever would I do that, Miss Kinsella?”
“Because, Vaughn, I’m just a girl from Denver who has absolutely no interest in signing your contract. It was a fun fling, but it’s over now. So leave me alone and stop stalking me on Twitter! My friends are all going to see—” She’s interrupted by a continuous litany of pinging from my tablet and I admit, at this point in the conversation, I’ve got a hand over my mouth to stop the laughing. She screams on the other end of the line.
I can see why. She just got bombarded with tweets asking about me.
“Oh my God. What do I tell them? What the hell am I going to tell them?” She screams again. “Fuck! Bebe just found out, thanks a lot! I never told her about you, now she’s going to know I was with you on the island.”
“So?”
“So? Jesus, have you no sympathy for me at all? She’s my best friend and I lied to her! I fucked a goddamned movie star and I didn’t tell her! How can you—”
“Grace?”
“—be so fucking cold, you jerk!”
“Grace?”
“Oh. My. God. Do you hear that? That’s her now! She’s calling on the other line!”
“Answer it, I’ll wait.”
“Answer it? No! I’m—”
“Grace?”
“What?”
“I’ll tell them all it was a lie if…”
“If what?” she growls at me through the phone.
“If you have phone sex with me, right now.”

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The dirty tweeters are back! Social Media-Book 2-Like by JA Huss.

 

#DirtyTwexting#SexyStalking#140Characters#HotHashtags

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So are we in for more hot texting or is there a more hands on?

#MovieStar@VaughnAsher#HandsOnMan#Twexting@FilthyBlueBird

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Hands On! Face To Face! Master Moves! Gifts That Keep On Giving!

#MovieStar@VaughnAsher#Follow#@FilthyBlueBird#Hacking#Twexting

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He followed, he hacked, he hashtag humped? Did they meet up Face to Face? Tell More!

#Voyer#WantFilthyDetails#LoveSmut

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He more than followed! He finessed, he fingered, he fucked, he floored @FilthyBlueBird

#LetFingersDoWalking#CockDoTalking@FilthyBlueBird

 

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GraceKinsella@FilthyBlueBird had more than twexting. Is she willing to submit to MovieStar@VaughnAsher?

#WillingSub#HotSex

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GraceKinsella@FilthyBlueBird is star struck! Gifts,Dinner,Cock,Contract.

#Submissive#Maybe

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Must Read Like by @JA Huss.

 

#HornyHacking#KinkyMovieStar#SubGrace#HotCock#Like#@JAHuss

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Submit and Read Like by @JA Huss.

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Michel’s Review

Like by JA Huss is the second book in the Social Media series. It is the scorching sequel to Follow. This second installment burns up the pages and feeds the flames between Grace Kinsella and Vaughn Asher.

Grace Kinsella has returned to Denver after a steamy fantasy island tryst with movie star Vaughn Asher. She has walked away with a very different impression of Vaughn Asher. The real Vaughn Asher is very different from the fantasy man she built in her mind. She has come to terms with this reality. She is ready to presume her normal life and forget her fantasy man.

Vaughn Asher has different ideas. He did not get enough of Grace to satisfy the dark need he has inside. Something about her natural beauty, mouthy attitude, sexual curiosity, and air of mystery has him intrigued. He hunts her down, through some sneaky hacking, and challenges her dirty side of tweeting. He gets her to agree to twexting with him and then shows up on her doorstep.

From the moment Grace answers the door, she is no longer in control. The Master, Vaughn Asher is there in the spotlight. His determination to dominate her is more than she can handle. He wants her to sign a contract to be his sub exclusively. His gifts and planned out seduction are Grace’s downfall.

Will signing Vaughn’s contract be selling her soul to the devil himself ? We will have to find out in the next book, Blocked.

In Follow, the readers got an in-depth insight on who Grace Kinsella was. Her personality, insights, and reactions were the main focus in the plot. In Like, the readers got into Vaughn Asher’s head. The book is based around his personality, his drive, and his demands. It will be interesting to see where Block will take the readers and who’s personality will dominate the next installment.

JA Huss is writing a smoldering serial that has readers wanting more. It is brilliant that she is using the social media as part of the plot. The characters are very intriguing and the plot is creative.  I highly recommend The Social Media Series.

 

THE SOCIAL MEDIA SERIES

FOLLOW – AUGUST 27, 2014

Buy: Amazon / Barnes and Noble / ITunes

LIKE – SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

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BLOCK – SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Pre Order- Amazon

STATUS – OCTOBER 8, 2014

PROFILE – OCTOBER 22, 2014

HOME – NOVEMBER 5, 2014

 

Author Bio:

JAJ. A. Huss likes to write new adult books that make you think and keep you guessing. Her favorite genre to read is space opera, but since practically no one reads those books, she writes new adult science fiction, paranormal romance, contemporary romance, urban fantasy, and books about Junco (who refuses to be saddled with a label).

She has an undergraduate degree in horses, (yes, really–Thank you, Colorado State University) and a master’s degree in forensic toxicology from the University of Florida. She used to have a job driving around Colorado doing pretty much nothing but shooting the breeze with farmers, but now she just writes, runs the New Adult Addiction and Clean Teen Reads Book Blogs, and runs an online science classroom for homeschoolers.

Website ~ Facebook ~ Twitter ~ Goodreads

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Giveaway

–Signed copies of Follow and Like + a swag pack
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Review: Blue Shoes 2 by JJ Knight- Blue Shoes Serial Book 2- Morris Music Series Book 7

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Blue Shoes Vol. 2

Blue Shoes Serial

Morris Musis Series- Book 7

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By JJ Knight

Synopsis

“Drama. Suspense. Passion. Blue Shoes is another hit romance from REVENGE author JJ Knight!”

Everyone wants a piece of sexy singer Dylan Wolf in the new rock star romance, Blue Shoes.

Jess Rivera leaves her bad luck and paparazzi problems in L.A. She flies to Italy for a month-long job with Morris Music.

Her fiance, the famous rock star Dylan Wolf, promises he’ll meet her in Rome.

Dylan loves the city and promises they’ll reconnect in one of the world’s most romantic settings.

But when he arrives, he drops a huge bombshell that leaves Jess devastated.

BLUE SHOES Volume 2 is the second in a 3-part series about Jess Rivera and Dylan Wolf. This is the same couple from JJ KNIGHT’s 5-part REVENGE series, but BLUE SHOES can be enjoyed without having read the earlier books.

Buy: Amazon

5 Star Read

Michel’s Review

JJ Knight has done again.  She is the master of writing serial romance.  Her gift with creating charismatic characters, sexual tension, escalating suspense, and the chilling cliffhanger in each installment amazes me.  She quickly concludes the cliffhanger from the previous book with a satisfying resolution that does not feel rushed or insignificant.  She then starts building the suspense and moves the story along with great ease.  By the end of the book you’ve got another cliffhanger that has your emotions in turmoil and wondering what is going to happen next.  Each book is unpredictable.  Her characters capture your attention and the romance is hot!

We were left questioning Dylan’s actions while Jess is away on business in Rome.  We were left feeling quite pissed off at the man and wondering how JJ Knight could redeem his infractions.  We were feeling the emotional trauma that Jess was feeling.  JJ Knight jumped right in and gave us the Jess we know and love.  She is a strong, take charge kind of woman that sees both sides of the coin.  She’s not one to sit around whining and moping.  She is smart enough to use reasoning before reaching a final conclusion.  She has enough trust in their love to not over react.  That is what I love most about her.

So the media has been having a field day with Dylan since Jess has been gone.  She’s questioning his faithfulness.  Although Dylan has been unreachable since the pictures hit the internet she is trying hard not to jump to conclusions.  When Dylan finally shows up in Rome they are able to resolve some of the media issues.  What should of been a romantic weekend in Rome turns sour when the media exposes pictures of Jess while she is in Rome.  Dylan reacts badly and disappears.  It appears that this couple is heading for a huge break up.

Once Jess returns home to the United States she is determined to get to the bottom of Dylan’s disappearance and the latest media scandal.  What she uncovers is shocking.  Her and Dylan’s relationship is being destroyed by some new unknown players in the game of L.A. fame.  Not only is their relationship down in the dumps, it looks like Dylan’s career is going along with it.  Will Jess discover who is behind the destruction?  Will she find Dylan before it’s too late.  Is their relationship beyond repair?  Read Blue Shoes Vol. 2.  You are in for quite a few surprises!

I highly recommend this serial. There are only three books in this serial. We won’t have to wait too long for the next installment in the series.

Blue Shoes Serial is a Amazon exclusive and part of the Kindle Unlimited plan. If you don’t have a kindle ereader you can download the Kindle app for your computer, phones, and tablets.

The Revenge & Blue Shoes Series

Morris Music Books 1- 6

Revenge Volume 1 – Amazon

Revenge Volume 2 – Amazon

Revenge Volume 3 – Amazon

Revenge Volume 4 – Amazon

Revenge Volume 5 – Amazon

Blue Shoes Volume 1- Amazon

About JJ Knight:

blueshoes2JJ KNIGHT is currently releasing BLUE SHOES, a follow-up to her popular REVENGE series.

New reader? You can start with BLUE SHOES #1, or with REVENGE #1. Both series are set at Morris Music and follow the same characters.

Also available: UNCAGED LOVE. New readers start with UNCAGED LOVE #1. This series features Colt, a pro MMA fighter, and Jo, the girl he rescues. This series is close to JJ’s heart, and she’s taken a number of bruises and sore muscles with a personal trainer to research the roles.

Come chat with JJ and other fans on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/jjknightauthor

New books mailing list: www.jjknight.com/p/newsletter.html

Website ~ Facebook ~ Goodreads

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