One To Protect by Tia Louise Blog Tour + Review

Posted on 05/09/2014 by Saucy Southern Readers

“If you’re looking for a fun, intriguing, and HOT story…this is it!! 5 STARS!” –Aleatha Romig, NYT and USA Today bestselling author of the Consequences series

“Tia has done it again! Hot protective men, HOT HOT sex… all rolled up into one crispy piece of Applewood (smoked) Bacon!!” -Rebecca, Author Groupies

“5 out of 5 Breathtaking Stars!!!” -Lisa, The Book Nuts

“Each scene flowed into the next effortlessly. You have you drama, suspense and then you have a scene that will have your pulse racing and your eyes dilating.”—Daphnie, Bound by Books blog

“For me, this had amazing heat, a bit of suspense and an unexpected little shocker near the end.” —Kelli C., Goodreads reviewer

“WOW! I did not expect this but I am blown away. This book actually made cringe & feel the love at the same time. And I want more Mel & Derek. Really. Please?” —Paula, Goodreads reviewer

“I absolutely loved ONE TO PROTECT! I was on edge… a great storyline, and I loved all four of the characters. Another 5 star from me!” -Lorraine, Goodreads reviewer

“Derek is hot! Patrick is equally hot! Put these two hot men together and what do you get?!? Panty Dropping holy mother of god hotness! The gang is back and I couldn’t be happier!” —Karrie, Panty-Dropping Book Blog

“The sex scenes are hot, and the story is great! The love Derek has for Melissa just pulls you in and you know he would do anything in his power to make sure she is safe, which makes him a new addition to my book boyfriend list!” —Chrissy, Reading Past My Bedtime blog

“This series has fast became one of my favorites and I can’t wait to read next book! Tia Louise keep them coming, I’m loving each one more and more!!!” —Melissa J., Goodreads reviewer

“Tia Louise did it again.. One to Protect is full of drama, suspense and best of all it is full of hot heavy sexy scenes.” —Ilona T., Goodreads reviewer

“I love this series. I think I enjoyed this book the most because of the suspense element.” —Helen, Kinky Book Klub

“Tia Louise is an author that surprises me in a pleasant way with each book that she releases in this highly enjoyable, and completely addictive series. I cannot recommend it highly enough.” —Claire R., Goodreads reviewer

ONE TO PROTECT
by Tia Louise

WARNING: Recommended for adult readers (18+) only. Mature themes, strong language, and sexual content.

One scar.
One betrayal.
No escape.

When Sloan Reynolds beats criminal charges, Melissa Jones stops believing her wealthy, connected ex-husband will ever pay for what he did to her.

Derek Alexander can’t accept that—a tiny silver scar won’t let him forget, and as a leader in the security business, he is determined to get the man who hurt his fiancée.

Then the body of a former call girl turns up dead. She’s the breakthrough Derek’s been waiting for, the link to Sloan’s sordid past he needs. But as usual, legal paths to justice have been covered up or erased.

Derek’s ready to do whatever it takes to protect his family when his partner Patrick Knight devises a plan that changes everything.

It’s a plan that involves breaking rules and taking a walk on the dark side. It goes against everything on which Alexander-Knight, LLC, is based.

And it’s a plan Derek’s more than ready to follow.

(Standalone, M/F, HEA)

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Review

This book was smoking hot with lots of sexy scenes. You may want to take your kindle into the bedroom for this one.

I highly recommend that you pick up One To Hold before reading One to Protect. I have read all the books in this series and have loved them immensely. One to Protect picks up after One to Keep. Melissa and Derek are living the happily ever after with a baby on the way when a dead call girl shows up that looks identical to Melissa. Derek knows that Sloan is involved in her death and is out to prove it this time. How far will he go to risk his own life and miss out on the wonderful life he has?

This book will have you on the edge of your seat. Sloan is an evil bastard and he will stop at nothing to get back what belongs to him. When Melissa starts hearing noises in her house at night I was literally spooked. Then her necklace goes missing and I thought for sure that Sloan was going to kidnap her and drive Derek to an early grave. Talk about evoking emotion. I was seriously anxious to see what was going to happen and of course could not put the book down because if I tried to go to sleep I would be hearing things that go bump in the night.

Tia does a great job developing her characters and you see Melissa only get stronger. I really enjoyed seeing Patrick and Lainey again and look forward to the next chapter in their story.

If you like alpha males and lots of scorching chemistry pick up Tia’s entire series. You will be glad you did.

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About the Author:

Tia Louise is a former journalist, world-traveler, and collector of beautiful men (who inspire all of her stories… wink)—turned wife, mommy, and novelist.

She lives in the center of the U.S.A. with her lovely family and one grumpy cat. There, she dreams up stories she hopes are engaging, hot, and sexy, and that cause readers rethink common public locations~

It’s possible she has a slight truffle addiction.

Books by Tia Louise:
One to Hold (Derek & Melissa), 2013
One to Keep (Patrick & Elaine), 2014
One to Protect (Derek & Melissa), 2014
One to Love (Kenny & “Mr. X”), coming 2014
One to Leave (Stuart & Nikki), coming soon!

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Becky McGraw Promo Tour + Giveaway

Posted on 05/09/2014 by Saucy Southern Readers

The Texas Trouble Series by Becky McGraw

Contemporary western romance with hot cowboys, a dash of suspense, and a lot of southern humor. The perfect recipe for Trouble. Available on Amazon.com

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My Kind of Trouble (#1, Texas Trouble)

SYNOPSIS:

Cassie Bellamy swore she’d never go back to her hometown when she left Bowie, Texas ten years prior. In that time she’d all but forgotten about the man who sent her running to Phoenix in the first place, bad boy Luke Matthews. She had built a new life in Arizona, which included a successful real estate business, and a new fiancé. The last thing she needed was to dredge up old memories by seeing him again. But her daddy was hurt and needed her help at the ranch. Her plan was to get her daddy on his feet as quickly as possible, and avoid Luke Matthews like the plague.

That plan went to hell fast when, on a nostalgic whim, she decided to drive her old pickup back to Bowie, instead of her BMW. Bessie gave up the ghost five miles outside of Bowie, and the one person she wanted to avoid became her knight in brown khaki. Cassie knew right then she was in big trouble. The reformed bad boy was the Sheriff of Bowie now, and not only was he still hotter than the Texas sun, his anger toward her was too.

Luke Matthews had worked damned hard to change the way people of Bowie thought of him. He was no longer known as the bad boy son of the town’s drunk, they called him Sheriff now. For ten years, Luke had been living on the right side of the law. Although he was discreet about it, he also played hard to forget about the woman who’d given him the determination to better himself by leaving him ten years prior without a word.

His strategy had worked perfectly, until he came across a beat up pickup on the side of the road and decided to play good Samaritan. That charitable act led him to the uncharitable owner of the illegally long legs sticking out from under the hood. Cassie Bellamy was back in town and the beautiful blonde was just as sassy and stubborn as she always had been.

At first he’s pissed, but then realizes he’s just been presented with the prime opportunity to finally settle his mind and move on. Luke is determined before he sees her beautiful backside on the way out of town, he will have his answers, even if it takes hog-tying her to get them.

EXCERPT:

“Crotchety old filly is like a drill sergeant. Bosses me around something terrible,” he grumbled and forked a piece of scrambled egg into his mouth. “Kinda like those sponge baths though,” he said around the egg and chuckled.

He would, she thought, and chuckled herself. “She sounds like just what you need, old man. Otherwise, you’d be running all over her.”

“You’re one to talk little girl. That wimpy ex-fiancé of yours still in jail?”

“As far as I know. Between your trespassing charge and mine for stalking, James will either have to drop the charges against Luke, or spend more time than him in jail. I’m going to get a restraining order against him, once I get back to Phoen–” she realized what she had been about to say and stopped.

Her daddy’s eyes narrowed. There was dead silence between them for a minute or two, then he asked in a low even voice, “So you’re going back?”

Cassie looked down at her hands. “Yeah, for now. I’ve got a lot of loose ends to tie up with the business, and I need to really think about where I want to live and what I want to do. I made a snap decision to stay in Bowie because I was excited about the horse breeding thing…”

“You can still do that. I have plenty of money, Cassie Bee, more than I could ever spend before I kick the bucket.”

Cassie looked back at him, and emotion clogged her throat. She cleared it then said, “I know Daddy, but if I do it, I want to do it on my own. It will mean more that way. But I’m not sure yet if that’s what I want or not.” Carl’s eyes misted, and Cassie reassured him, even though she knew it wasn’t going to happen, “I still might do it Daddy, there’s just a lot I need to deal with before I can make a decision. A lot I need to work out.”

“You tell Luke?”

“No, I didn’t…and I’m not. He wouldn’t let me go. The time I’ve spent with him these past few weeks has been great. I realize I love him, haven’t ever stopped. But I don’t see things working out between us. We don’t make each other stronger.”

Carl threw his fork down on the tray and spat, “That’s horseshit, girl. You two were made for each other, and it’s a crying ass shame you can’t see it. That boy loves you, and he’ll take care of you. You could do a helluva lot worse than him, that’s for sure.”

“See that’s the thing Daddy—I don’t want him to take care of me. I’ve been taking care of myself for ten years. And if I stay he’ll try to do that. All that’s done so far is get him into trouble. His life was solid until I came back. Even Cole said so. I think the best thing I can do for both of us is go back to Phoenix. For now, anyway.”

“You’ve got some strange notions about love, honey.” Carl shook his head and picked up his fork again. Staring down at his plate, he continued, “Your mama was the love of my life, and we argued every day. It didn’t mean we didn’t love each other. Love’s hard work…not for the faint of heart.”

Cassie just listened, even though she wanted to argue that she knew it was hard work, and she didn’t mind working hard, as long as she knew the end result would be worth it. In their case, she and Luke would just wind up hurting each other again.

He stuck his fork into a piece of cantaloupe and waved it at her. “You’re one of the strongest women I know, Cassie Bee…and you could work it out with Luke, if you’d just stick around and try.” His eyes pleaded with her to change her mind.

Not happening. “Since I’ve been back in Bowie, I’ve gotten thrown from a horse, almost raped, broken my ankle and cracked my skull. My crazy ex stalked me. And Luke, bless his heart, has tried to save me from it all. For his trouble, he’s been antagonized by me, risked everything he has to buy a herd of cattle he has no use for, and he’s had to beat the shit out of the cowhand for trying to rape me. He has been thrown in jail once, almost twice. Now, he’s arguing with his best friend over me. I’m just no good for him, and Bowie isn’t good for me.”

That got a chuckle out of her dad, but he sobered quickly. “None of that has anything to do with the price of tea in China—or love, girl. If Luke was there for you through all that, and you were there for him, that’s what love is. Life ain’t easy, you have to take the fleas with the dog.”

“Well, I’m taking my flea circus and heading back to Phoenix for a while, daddy.”

He looked up at her and asked quietly, “Why did you run away after graduation, Cassie Bee?”

Cassie looked down at her hands again. It was time to finally give her daddy the truth. “Because of Luke,” she said and cleared her throat. “It know now it was a misunderstanding, but Luke was supposed to meet me at the lake that night. When he didn’t show up, I went looking for him and found him tangled up with Becca Harvey, and thought he was cheating on me.”

“Did you talk to him before you left? Ask him about it?”

“No…I was too hurt.”

“So you just got your ass over the dashboard and left him dangling on the limb to head to Phoenix.”

Cassie looked up at him and swallowed hard. “Yeah, I guess I did. But he didn’t come after me either.”

“You’re wrong there. He came over here right after you left that night, looking like he could chew nails. He grabbed me by the collar and yelled at me trying to get me to tell him where you were. I thought he was gonna cry when I told him you left, but I didn’t know where you were heading.”

Her daddy had never mentioned that to her before, and a wave a guilt surged up to strangle her. “I didn’t know.”

“So now you’re doing it again. Leaving him dangling without talking to him and heading off to Phoenix to run away and hide, because you decided that was best.”

Was she doing that? Repeating history by being a coward and running away instead of confronting Luke? Her conscience whispered, hell yes you are. “Okay, Daddy you’ve made a point. I’ll call Luke and talk to him.”

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The Trouble With Love (#2, Texas Trouble)

Widowed Phoenix Detective, Sabrina Roberts, is burned out. She hopes the chance to stand in a friend’s wedding in a small Texas town will give her the break she so desperately needs. Once there she finds that and a lot more when she meets sexy, but chauvanistic, Sheriff Cole Jackson.