Release Blitz + ARC Review: After The Rain by Renee Carlino

Posted on 11/11/2014 by shellbellereads

After The Rain

By Renee Carlino

Synopsis

From the USA TODAY bestselling author of Sweet Thing and Nowhere But Here comes a deeply emotional contemporary romance about the second chances waiting beyond the shattered dreams of youth.

Under the bright arena lights of a rodeo show, young Avelina Belo falls for a handsome cowboy with a larger-than-life personality. After a whirlwind courtship, she happily moves away from her family in northern California and settles into married life with her cowboy on a seven-thousand-acre cattle ranch in Montana. One freak accident later, Avelina’s hopes for the future come to an end.

Nate Myers graduated from UCLA medical school at the top of his class, ready to follow in the footsteps of his father, a superstar cardiothoracic surgeon. Six years later, Nate’s career is being ruined by a malpractice suit. Questioning himself for the first time, he retreats to a Montana cattle ranch to visit his uncle and gain perspective. There, he meets a beautiful young woman named Avelina who teaches him more than he ever knew about matters of the heart.

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Robin’s Review

I noted a couple of outstanding characteristics about Renee Carlino’s writing while reading After the Rain, her third full-length contemporary romance. First, each story written by Carlino is very distinct from her previous novels. And second, her writing flows beautifully – something which has never been more evident to me then when reading this novel. After the Rain is a story about second chances, about recovering from tragedy, and about hope.

Avelina Jesus de los Santos Belo grew up on a cattle ranch in Central California. After meeting Jake McCrea at a rodeo, she fell in love. Three short months later, eighteen year-old Avelina dropped out of high school and married her cowboy. Jake and Avelina settled on a ranch a hundred miles northeast of Great Falls, Montana, earning their living as wranglers. After a brief period of happiness, Avelina experienced heartbreaking tragedy. And now, years later, she is terribly misunderstood.

Nate Meyers is following in his father’s footsteps. After graduating from UCLA Medical School, Nate has become the youngest attending surgeon at the UCLA Medical Center, where his father is chief of staff. As a cardiothoracic surgeon, Nate has a promising future ahead of him. He works extremely hard and his career has always come first in his life. After making a poor judgment call during surgery, Nate becomes involved in a medical malpractice lawsuit. His father grants him a one month leave of absence from work, sending him to visit his Uncle Dale on a ranch in Montana to gain some perspective on life. In the most unlikely place, Nate meets the reclusive Ava McCrea.

The plot and setting of After the Rain combine to make this story so unlike any other contemporary romance that I have ever read. Although parts of this story are tragic, I feel the overall mood of After the Rain is one of quiet beauty. Much of this story involves scenes in nature, such as riding horses and being outdoors under the big sky of Montana. I had trouble connecting with Ava’s character, although I believe the reason that I felt this way had more to do with her circumstances in life. I loved the ending to After the Rain! Without giving away what happens, I feel the unique method in which Carlino ends this novel strengthens the story, really bringing out my emotions when I was reading! My overall impression of After the Rain is beautiful, favorable, earning Carlino a solid 4-star rating.

Michel’s Review

Renee Carlino has another success with After The Rain.

After The Rain is an emotional book that not only gives the main characters the love of a lifetime, it is a story about second chances in life. It’s a story of emotional growth and acceptance.

Two unlikely people come together and find more than love. Avelina Jesus de los Santos Belo has suffered a great loss at a very young age. After the death of her father her family is torn apart. When she meets the charming young cowboy at a rodeo, she drops out of high school and marries at the very young age of eighteen. Her young love is her world until tragedy strikes and destroys her life. Rather than grieving and moving on in life, Avelina is stalled. She feels guilt for living, she feels responsible for the loss of her husband’s life, and she’s lost the only love she has ever known. When Nate Meyers arrives on the ranch, she begins to change. She realizes that no matter what, she is still the one who is living and that it might be time to let go and move on.

Nate Meyers has always wanted to be cardiothoracic surgeon. He has focused his entire life on that goal. He reached this goal at an early age after sacrificing much of his youth. Now he has the career he has always wanted. When a surgery goes wrong and Nate loses a patient, it is more than a professional loss he is feeling. He suddenly is questioning his life choices and sacrifices. He is questioning his career and purpose as a doctor. A visit to the ranch and introduction to Avelina will change everything.

Nate and Avelina will find a new life that is waiting for them. It doesn’t necessarily mean that this new life is with them together as a couple. They will have an emotional journey that will forever change how they are as individuals. It is a journey of emotional growth and learning what matters most in life.

Renee Carlino wrote a touching story that was mature, insightful, and beautiful. I highly recommend After The Rain.

About the author:

Renée Carlino lives in Southern California with her husband, two sons, and their sweet dog, June. When she’s not at the beach with her boys or working on her next book, she likes to spend her time reading, going to concerts, and eating dark chocolate. To learn more, visit ReneeCarlino.com.

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Veteran’s Day Release Blitz + Giveaway: A Seal’s Promise: Bad Boys of Team 3 by Sharon Hamilton- Seal Brotherhood Series- Book 8

Posted on 11/11/2014 by shellbellereads

Seal’s Promise: Bad Boys of Team 3

Seal Brotherhood Series- Book 8

By Sharon Hamilton

Synopsis

Special Operator T.J. Talbot had watched from afar as his best friend married the love of his life. Raised in and out of the foster care system and nearly ruining his chance to become a SEAL, he figured his Happily Ever After would never be. But Dr. Death plays a heartbreaking trick on him and he winds up being the man’s father confessor, where he makes a promise to the dying SEAL to look after his friend’s wife and baby.

Back in the states, Shannon Moore is grateful for the baby she is carrying, though she is a constant reminder of the man who no longer lives at her side. She is not ready for the attention from the community she receives, especially from T.J. She’s decided to honor her fallen husband by giving her whole life to the child he left behind.

Recovering from his wounds, Talbot is plagued by the depth of the wounds he still carries inside him, as he tries to perform a mission he wishes he was not given. Rebuffed at every turn, he struggles but understands his promise might not be able to be fulfilled. He does not want to take what was never given to him in the first place.

But what starts out as an improbable love story begins to bloom and grow. When Shannon and the child are endangered, he will not quit fighting for the family he now knows he was meant to love forever.

Excerpt

Four other SEALs were in the wedding party, and he had to admit they’d make a wedding portrait which would look good on the cover of any bridal magazine, except for their dark glasses. Only Frankie, the groom, posed without shades. Shannon had wanted them all without the shades, but T.J. smiled at her and put his back on in open defiance, and the others followed his lead.

She’d flounced off in a huff, a flurry of white organza and chiffon, and her perfume that made him sneeze. He’d watched that hellcat streak she had, angled his head to the side and watched her march off to some mythical place brides hide when they go crazy. Lovely, though. Even he had to admit that.

Frankie was white as a sheet as they gathered. “I wanna pray first,” he’d said to his best buddies. Tyler was there, of course, and Kyle, Ollie and Rory were as well. But T.J. was Frankie’s best friend, and that meant he had to be best man.

“Fuckin’ going to need a lot more than fuckin’ prayin’. Gonna need a miracle, Frankie. Shannon’s had the evil eye on me all morning…yesterday, too, and that means I don’t think you’re getting any tonight, not that you haven’t—”

“Fuck sake, T.J. It’s my fuckin’ wedding and has nothing to do with how my bride looks at you. Get that fuckin’ thought out of your head.”

“I was just sayin’—”

“Not what you’re sayin’ I have a problem with. It’s what you’re thinking.” Frankie was so nervous he was seeing conspiracies behind every plant, guest and bouquet.

“Just be glad we didn’t send you to Alaska,” Tyler said, making it worse. Last year one of the young recruits had gotten time off from BUD/S to get married—a request which was almost never granted, and then the boys thought it necessary to save him from that quickie wedding in Las Vegas, and so got him stinking drunk and put him on a plane to Alaska so he missed his own wedding. They incurred extra wet and sandy for that one, and had the toilets cleaned so many times you could eat out of them.

This had worried Shannon, and her mother even more. Mrs. “I Want Moore” was one of the hottest women T.J. had ever seen, all toned and a marathon runner in her fifties. He had never before had fantasies about the mother of the bride. Mrs. Moore was twenty-five years his senior, but he knew she could clean his clock. He’d enjoy chasing her around a few places.

Turning to face Frankie again, he felt a tad sheepish about his lusty thoughts. He wiped his mind clean and decided to concentrate harder on Frankie’s day. His buddy was so crazy in love with Shannon, he needed extra protection to keep him from stepping out in front of traffic, or bumping into caterers, which he’d already managed to do several times today.

“Come on, Frankie. Lighten up.” T.J. slapped his cheeks to redden them up. “You need to stop looking like a dead man if you’re really gonna do this.”

“Yup. I’m doing this,” Frankie said to the auditorium full of people, the organ music now swelling up to the rafters. “I’m fuckin’ doing this.”

T.J. had a hunch he was looking for his courage and had come up short. He glanced down the hallway. Cindy was leaning against the wall right outside the bride’s dressing room, keeping sentry, but also giving him the long vacant look he knew only too well. He unabashedly scanned her entire body and let her see he couldn’t wait to get her naked.

She abruptly turned after blushing.

Perfect.

Several minutes later T.J. thought he might have to prop Frankie up he was so pale. “You okay?”

“Fuck you,” Frankie whispered a little too loudly. Mrs. Moore in the front pew frowned. Her eyes swept over the row of SEALs, but zeroed back in on T.J.’s face with an admonition he couldn’t mistake. Merely the little tilt of her chin down and the knotted brow told him he was on probation. Didn’t help he’d given Frankie more Tequila than he usually drank in a whole month. Right now Frankie was spacing out and losing track of where they were and what they had to do next. T.J. had never seen him so fuckin’ scared. Even in firefights overseas.

So he’d screwed up, been a bad influence on the groom. So what else is new? With a past of foster care home rejections and “repositioning” he was used to being on probation. It felt normal. Not until he got into BUD/S did he feel like he’d found home. A real home. Guys who finally shared his intensity for life and irreverence for batshit rules that everyone else thought applied to him. The SEALs ethos were the only rules he wanted to live by. And the beginning pretty much said it all:

In times of war or uncertainty there is a special breed of warrior ready to answer our Nation’s call. A common man with uncommon desire to succeed.

…I am that man.

He thought about it while he watched Shannon’s white dress fill the aisle as she began her stately walk along the burgundy carpet to her willing but completely shitfaced groom. Her father was proud, as any father would be, to have such a radiant daughter, pink and soft in all the right places, and strong in the way she walked, her steady gait of a fearless warrior, full of a plan she was going to fully execute, just like any SEAL, her eyes fixed on Frankie, who didn’t have a clue what he was getting himself into.

That made T.J. smile and check out his shoes. She was the kind of woman who would call the shots, run the household, run Frankie, manage the hell out of his schedule and get her future soccer players up on time and off to everything moms did with a house full of hellions. He saw lots of them in their future for some reason. Kids with snotty noses and hair a bit too long. Band-Aids and skinned knees. All the things he never had as a child.

But he’d watched those kids play through chain-link fences. Watched their parents cheer. Watched the juice breaks and the encouragement he never got from a single coach or foster mom. He was never noticed. Never special.

And that was just fine.

The Seal Brotherhood Series

Accidental Seal- Amazon

Fallen Seal Legacy- Amazon

Seal Under Covers-Amazon

Seal The Deal- Amazon

Cruisin’ For A Seal- Amazon

Seal My Destiny- Amazon

Seal Of My Heart- Amazon

Seal’s Promise:Bad Boys of Team 3- Amazon

Author Bio:

Sharon’s NYT and USA Today bestselling novels are almost-erotic Navy SEAL stories of the SEAL Brotherhood. Her characters follow a spicy road to redemption through passion and true love. This series continues with book 8, SEAL’s Promise, which will release November 11, 2014. All of her SEAL Brotherhood Series are available in audio book. She has maintained an Amazon top 100 author status in Romantic Suspense for since the end of 2012.

Her Golden Vampires of Tuscany are not like any vamps you’ve read before, since they don’t have to go to ground, and can walk around in the full light of the sun. Honeymoon Bite, Book 1 of the Golden Vampires of Tuscany Series, has earned the Amazon designation of #1 Gothic Romance. It and Book 2 in the series, Mortal Bite are both available on audio as well.

Her Guardian Angels struggle with the human charges they are sent to save, often escaping their vanilla world of Heaven for the brief human one. You won’t find any of these beings in any Sunday school class.

Sharon lives in Sonoma County, California, with her husband and two Dobermans. A lifelong organic gardener, when she’s not writing, she’s getting verra verra dirty in the mud, or wandering Farmer’s Markets looking for new Heirloom varieties of vegetables and flowers.

“True Love Heals in the Gardens of the Heart”

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Review Tour: Filthy Beautiful Lust by Kendall Ryan- Filthy Beautiful Lies Series-Book 3

Posted on 11/11/2014 by Saucy Southern Readers

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Filthy Beautiful Lust

Filthy Beautiful Lies Series- Book 3

By Kendall Ryan

Release Date: November 10, 2014

Synopsis

From New York Times & USA Today bestselling author, Kendall Ryan, comes the third book in the Filthy Beautiful Lies series.

Pace Drake loves sex. He knows where get it, what to say, what to do, and he makes no apologies for satisfying his needs. But when he meets single mom, Kylie Sloan, he’s enthralled by her, and begins to question his standard operating procedure. After all, there’s no chase, no mystery when banging a woman in a nightclub bathroom. Kylie’s depth and determination make the sloppy, drunken hookups that fill his weekends seem empty and shallow. She’s the opposite of the desperate, clingy women he’s used to. She doesn’t want or need anyone to take care of her and that only makes him want to care for her more.

Kylie’s trust in men has vanished. The last guy she was with played ding-dong-ditch-it with her uterus and left her with a baby to raise. Now her infant son is the only man she has time for, even if she misses sex and intimacy more than she’d ever admit. Opening her heart up to a younger man who’s best known for no-strings-attached sex and his casual lifestyle is probably the worst idea she’s ever had. But Pace wants to prove to her there are still a few good guys left, and watching the sweet way he interacts with her baby makes her want to try…but she can really trust that his days of hitting it and quitting it are in his past?

Filthy Beautiful Lust is the third book in the Filthy Beautiful Lies series, however it can be read as a standalone novel (no cliffhanger). To understand the full growth and development of the characters, it is recommended that you begin with book 1, Filthy Beautiful Lies.

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Pace Drake is a man on a mission and his mission is to seduce single mom, Kylie Sloan if she will give him the time of day.

I knew from the moment that Pace Drake was introduced that I wanted to read his story. Pace has no clue that the way to a single mom’s heart is through her kids and yet he masters this with Max. He just has a way with the sweet and chubby baby boy. Pace and Kylie meet in Filthy Beautiful Love when he comes to hang out with his brother and spends his time playing with a fussy Max. Max was teething at the time and had pushed Kylie to her limit with his fussiness. She was tired and worn out and Pace was a breath of fresh air. He gave her a much-needed break. She was really awestruck that Pace Drake, Mr. Sexy love em and leave em, had the capability to take her son from being fussy to laughing and giggling. Pace is not the kind of man that she should be thinking about being anything more than friends with because he would never settle down and she needed stability. But after watching him with her son the idea of Pace with her and Max is a dream that she will happily fantasize about.

Pace meets Kylie and from the moment that he lays eyes on her figures out what he has been missing. She is beautiful, intelligent, and funny and so much more than his random hook-ups will ever be. He finds that he is drawn to her and just wants to get to know her better. Her little boy melted his heart over the summer when he was hanging out at his brother’s place. He also knows that if he can get Kylie to go on a date with him that she can’t be just another notch on his bedpost. He understands that dating Kylie is serious because of Max. She is also very guarded after what happened between she and Max’s father. As far as Pace can tell she has not dated anyone since.

So what happens when Pace finally gets his chance to prove to Kylie that he can be the man she needs him to be and Max’s biological father shows up. Kylie is torn as to what is best for her and what is best for Max and in the middle is Pace’s heart.

At this point in the book I cried my eyes out. Pace Drake ends up being the book boyfriend of the year. He changes so much and really shows Kylie what a man in love can do for her and her son only to have it all be ripped out from under him when Max’s father shows up. My heart ached for these two lovers. Kylie is a girl after my own heart. As a single mom trusting any man around your kids is very hard. You are their mother and their father sometimes, and it is your responsiblity to protect them at any cost. I completely identified with Kylie and Max. I also fell head over heels in love with Pace as he stops at nothing in order to win Kylie’s heart.

Kendall weaves yet another tale in this series of complex characters and gives them real life problems to conquer. She takes two of the most unlikely characters to fall in love and makes it happen. She shows the reader that life does allow us some second chances sometimes. Kendall makes the reader believe that there is someone out there for everyone and sometimes the people we think are best for us are actually the worst. Filthy Beautiful Lust was a passionate and angsty read that I absolutely adored. I am eagerly looking forward to Filthy Beautiful Forever.

Filthy Beautiful Fovever

Filthy Beautiful Series- Book 4

Release Date : January 12, 2015

By Kendall Ryan

Synopsis

Collins Drake exercises control over all facets of his life. From his business, to satisfying his physical needs … it all happens on his command.

So when a woman shows up at his door and reminds him of a promise they made each other when they were just ten years old, it shouldn’t have the ability to rock his entire world.

Yet it does.

Because Mia Monroe wasn’t just his childhood best friend, she wasn’t just the girl he lost his virginity to and hasn’t seen since, she’s the one exception to his perfect control. And piece by piece, she’s about to tear apart his carefully laid plans.

**Warning: this book contains an addictively filthy alpha male who will dampen your panties and own your days and nights. Proceed at your own risk.**

Meet Colton Drake…

I have no idea why she auctioned off her virginity for a cool mill. Regardless, I’m now the proud new owner of a perfectly intact hymen. A lot of good that will do me. I have certain tastes, certain sexual proclivities. My cock is a bit more discriminatory than most. And training a virgin takes finesse and patience – both of which I lack.

Sophie Evans has been backed into a corner. With her sister’s life hanging in the balance, the only choice is to claw her way out, even if that means selling her virginity to the highest bidder at an exclusive erotic club. When Colton Drake takes her home, she quickly learns nothing is as it seems with this beautifully troubled man. Being with him poses challenges she never expected, and pushes her to want things she never anticipated.

A sinfully seductive erotic romance where everything has a price and the cost of love is the highest of all from New York Times & USA Today bestselling author, Kendall Ryan

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Book 2 in the Filthy Beautiful Lies series.

I never expected to watch Sophie walk away. She was mine. I would own her. She just didn’t know it yet. New goal: Seal the deal and rock her world so thoroughly she never wanted to leave again.

Highly sexual and emotionally charged, Filthy Beautiful Love is the provocative conclusion to Filthy Beautiful Lies.

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Author Bio

Kendall Ryan is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the contemporary romance novels HARD TO LOVE, RESISTING HER, UNRAVEL ME and MAKE ME YOURS.

She’s a sassy, yet polite Midwestern girl with a deep love of books, and a slight addiction to lipgloss! She lives in Minneapolis with an adorable husband and two naughty puppies, one of which may be part monkey.

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ARC Review + Exclusive Excerpt + Giveaway: Romancing The Billionaire + Beauty and The Billionaire by Jessica Clare

Posted on 11/10/2014 by Saucy Southern Readers

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Synopsis

The New Billionaire Boys Club novel by the New York Times bestselling author.

The Billionaire Boys Club is a secret society. Six men of astonishing wealth. But there’s one thing money can’t buy. When it comes to love, success doesn’t come so easily…

Jonathan Lyons. Playboy, billionaire, and adventurer, he lives life on the edge. When he hears that his mentor, Dr. Phineas DeWitt, had a secret journal that leads to a legendary artifact, Jonathan takes action. It stirs his blood, but it comes with a heady challenge: DeWitt’s daughter Violet. She has what Jonathan needs. And she’s not giving it up it to the man who broke her heart.

Violet is Jonathan’s weakness—he’s still in love despite their volatile breakup a decade ago. But Violet’s memories have a sharper edge. She’s never forgiven him for abandoning her. Or so she thought. When Jonathan’s attentions turn seductive, she’s in danger of falling for him all over again. And she can’t help but wonder…does he really want her, or just what she’s hiding?

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Smut Book Junkie – ROMANCING THE BILLIONAIRE – Exclusive Excerpt

The weather was great all the way across several states, and the flight itself was a breeze. Jonathan tried talking to Violet at first, but when it became clear that she was surly with anxiety, he left her alone and she fell asleep. So instead, he just watched her as she dozed, slumped over in the copilot’s seat.

She was still incredibly lovely. For all her prickly demeanor, he could spend every minute of the rest of his life with Violet and not grow tired of her. He was fascinated with the thick fringe of her dark eyelashes, for one. They hid those lovely dark brown eyes he couldn’t forget. The stubborn curve of her jaw was just as he remembered it, though, and he remembered pressing kisses there.

Not that she’d let him do that now. She loathed him.

Jonathan was disappointed she’d clearly nurtured hatred toward him over the years. Sure, they’d had a messy breakup, but time had passed and they were both adults. He didn’t hold a grudge for her running home and leaving him. He didn’t hold a grudge because she’d changed her mind on what she wanted overnight and demanded that they start a family, and when he hadn’t liked that idea, run off back home to her mother. He figured they were both young and stupid at the time, and now they could be adults. Friends, if nothing else. But she acted like he was her mortal enemy, and he didn’t understand it.

He’d just have to win her over again.

He’d won her once, back when she was a closed-up teenager. He’d talked and smiled and flirted and made an utter fool of himself until she’d broken down and started responding. He could do the same with a stiff, angry Violet. Just keep talking and bothering her until she exploded and told him what was pissing her off so bad, so he could fix it.

Fuck, he’d do anything to fix it. He’d never wanted anyone but Violet. She was everything to him. He didn’t care what it took.

As if she could hear the turn of his thoughts, Violet shifted in her seat, snuggling down farther against the leather, her cheek cradled against the seat belt that separated her still-magnificent breasts. “Mmm, Jonathan.”

He froze, staring at the instrument panel. He no longer saw the gauges in front of him, or the sky that filled the windows. His mind was on Violet’s sleepy moan.

Obviously she was dreaming. Obviously. He repeated this in his mind, but it wasn’t sticking. His dick had gotten hard as a rock within seconds. What was she dreaming about? What was she imagining that he was doing? His hands grasped the yoke tightly, the dual sticks reminding him of gripping his cock, of all things. Fuck. Fuck. Like he needed to be thinking about jerking off at the moment? Just because she’d moaned his name in her sleep?

“Mmm,” Violet said again sleepily, and he glanced over at her sharply. Was she just fucking with him? But she didn’t stir. Against the thin fabric of her proper blouse, her nipples were stiff.

Oh, Jesus.

Jonathan began to sweat. He wasn’t going to ogle her while she was sleeping. He was going to ignore it. Ignore the fact that those delicious nipples were poking against the filmy blouse, just begging to be touched. He remembered how much she’d loved to have her breasts played with, how she’d cried out and thrashed when he’d tugged on her nipples with his lips . . . He wiped his brow, surprised that it wasn’t coated with sweat. Violet always talked in her sleep, he remembered. No big deal. She was just dreaming.

Hear that, dick? She’s just dreaming. Now go fuck off. She still hates us when she’s awake.

Of course, his dick was listening about as well as Violet was. The cockpit of the Socata was small. Too small, he thought. His traitorous mind was telling him to reach over and put a hand on her thigh, slide it up her skirt and see if she was wet . . .

And then she’d really fucking hate him, wouldn’t she? Jonathan scrubbed a hand over his face and then returned it to the yoke, staring grimly ahead. He’d just have to ignore her. So he concentrated on things that would make his rearing dick go back down to normal. Things like his wrinkled old housekeeper who worked in his NYC town house. Spotting the paparazzi waiting outside of a hotel he was staying at. His new lineup of sportscars rolling out as lemons. Jumping out of a plane and his parachute cord not responding.

After a few minutes, he was under control again. Good.

She shifted in her seat again, her skirt riding higher up her thighs. “Mmm, oh, yes—”

“Violet,” he barked. Jesus. A man could only take so much.

She jerked awake with a small snort, limbs flailing a bit. Then she looked around, eyes glazed and narrow with sleep. “Huh?”

“Wake up,” he said gruffly.

She raised a hand and rubbed her face. “I was trying to sleep, you know.”

“Yeah, but I want company,” he lied. She’d flip out on him if she knew the real reason he’d woken her up. “Talk to me.”

“Grow up,” she muttered, straightening in her seat. “I can’t believe you woke me up because you were bored.”

He glanced over at her, noticing that she crossed her arms over those erect nipples to hide them, and her cheeks were flushed. Was she aware she was having dirty dreams about him? Sounded like they both needed a distraction.

Kelley’s Review

A sinfully sexy and delicious adventure to find hidden treasure and a love that will stand the test of time.

I was hooked on this series after I was given the opportunity to read Beauty and the Billionaire. Jessica Clare has a talent for writing billionaire tales that allow the reader to disappear for a while and believe that extraordinary things can happen to ordinary people. Readers will be turning the pages to see what happens next on this crazy journey. I felt like I was watching these characters from afar as they searched for the next clue that would bring them closer to the end of their quest. Neither of them really knew what was in store for them at the end. As I read their story I realized what was going to happen at the end and really enjoyed how the story unfolded. Jessica brilliantly reveals each clue with a very lovely piece of poetry that I found breathtakingly beautiful.

Jonathan Lyons has never stopped loving Violet DeWitt. She was it for him. Even though they were only 19 years old when they first met, he never forgot the amazing summer they spent together. Jonathan has not had a single relationship since their break-up and when an opportunity presents itself for him to seek her out he charges as fast as he can to get to her.

Violet DeWitt is a school teacher in Detroit and has never forgot her one true love. Jonathan Lyons nearly destroyed her ten years ago and she has not forgotten the pain and heartache he caused her. She needed him and he abandoned her. So when he shows up unannounced at the school where she is teaching she is not really happy to see him.

Jonathan is so excited to see Violet once again. She looks just like he remembered minus the purple streak she wore in her hair. He is so sure that she will want to take the adventure her father left behind in his will for the two of them, that he is shocked when she turns him down angrily. He remembers that their break-up was a little messy but can’t understand why she hates him. It has been ten years. Couldn’t the past stay in the past? Unfortunately for Jonathan he has no clue of how Violet suffered because of him.

Violet is feisty and sassy as they come. I love how she keeps Jonathan on his toes. Jonathan could be my new book boyfriend. He is so kind and sweet and will do whatever it takes to make Violet happy. This couple is one of my favorite couples for 2014. There are so many secrets revealed and Violet has suffered so much at the hands of her parents. You wonder if they will truly find their path to true love. Yes Jessica Clare had me in tears at two points in this read. I was emotionally invested in Violet’s happiness. Since this is a romance novel you should know that yes the happily ever after comes but it is a heck of an emotional journey before you get there.

If you like swoony romance with a lot of sizzle and spice you will love The Billionaire Boys Club Series.

P.S. I would have named this book Seducing the Teacher because the billionaire in this story is the master of seduction.

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Synopsis

The Billionaire Boys Club is a secret society of six men who have vowed success—at any cost. Not all of them are old money, but all of them are incredibly wealthy. They’re just not always as successful when it comes to love…

Real-estate tycoon Hunter Buchanan has a dark past that’s left him scarred and living as a recluse on his family’s palatial estate. Hunter is ready to give up on love—until he spots an enigmatic red-haired beauty and comes up with an elaborate scheme to meet her.

Gretchen Petty is in need of a paycheck—and a change. So when a job opportunity in an upstate New York mansion pops up she accepts. And while she can overlook the oddities of her new job, she can’t ignore her new boss’s delectable body—or his barely leashed temper.

Hunter’s afraid his plan might be unraveling before it’s truly begun, but Gretchen is about to show him that life can be full of surprises…

The men may have all the money and power, but the women will bring them to their knees. Look out for the next breathtaking Billionaire Boys Club novel from InterMix.

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A modern-day Beauty and the Beast..

After reading this book I did a search for Jessica Clare and one-clicked all the books in this series. I am a sucker for good Billionaire love stories. The ones that are NOT cheesy and seriously unrealistic. Jessica does a great job of making the reader believe that even billionaires are real people with real problems. She gives us a heroine that so down to earth readers will be able to see themselves in her shoes.

Gretchen needs money. She is a ghostwriter for a series that she is not herself in love with. She is tired of writing about essentially science fiction porn. She has writers block because she can’t stand her characters and the path that they are on. She would do anything to get a reprieve from writing this book even take a job that is quite unorthodox. She is woman who loves an adventure, says what she thinks, and really does not care what people think of her. When her agent contacts her about an opportunity to write a book based on a trunk of old letters while staying at a mansion she jumps at the opportunity. Not to mention the money. She is about to be late with rent again and this opportunity could not have come at a better time.

Hunter is a very scarred man inside and out. Because of an accident when he was young part of his face is disfigured. He has kept himself out the public eye and has never pursued a relationship before. He becomes intrigued with Gretchen when he over hears her talking with her friend about her taste in men. Gretchen is more about what is underneath and knows from experience that beauty is only skin deep.

It was comical to watch Hunter hide in the shadows while Gretchen did as she pleased. She was told by his evil butler not to wander in certain parts of the house. Hunter’s plan was to stay hidden until the time was right. Well he did not get to pick when that time would be, because Gretchen came waltzing into his room just as he got out of the shower and she got a nice view of what Hunter had to offer. I laughed out loud several times at the miscommunication between these two. Hunter is a stubborn pain in the ass and Gretchen is a feisty red-head with no filter. The two of them together are a train wreck. They are polar opposites but everyone knows that opposites attract. When these two finally do come together the chemistry is explosive and I absolutely adored the passionate lover that Hunter became.

Readers that enjoy love stories and happily ever after for the most unlikely couples will fall in love with Beauty and The Billionaire.

Author Bio:

Jessica Clare is a New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author who writes under three different names. As Jill Myles, she writes a little bit of everything, from sexy, comedic urban fantasy to zombie fairy tales. As Jessica Clare, she writes erotic contemporary romance.

She also has a third pen name (because why stop at two?). As Jessica Sims, she writes fun, sexy shifter paranormals. She lives in Texas with her husband, cats, and too many dust-bunnies. Jill spends her time writing, reading, writing, playing video games, and doing even more writing.

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Review: Fight For Her Volume 3 by JJ Knight- Fight For Her Series Book 3- Uncaged Love Series – Book 8

Posted on 11/07/2014 by shellbellereads

Fight For Her Vol. 3

Book 3 in Fight For Her Saga

Book 8 in Uncaged Love Series

By JJ Knight

Synopsis

They took her.

I can’t believe it.

Striker and his thug fighter friends kidnapped Maddie.

I don’t know how, or when, or where, but there will be vengeance.

And there is one thing I can guarantee.

I will be the last man standing.

FIGHT FOR HER #3 is the third part of a four-part series on Parker and Maddie.
Don’t start this one late at night if you have to go to work in the morning.

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Michel’s Review

The Fight For Her Series has gone from hot to smoldering hot. JJ Knight has taken this series on an exciting and intense direction. She has brought back some of the old villains from the Uncaged Love Series and added a whole new nastiness. This group of rogue fighters and accomplices has done the unspeakable. They have endangered Parker’s family.

Parker will fight to keep his family safe but will it be enough. With the help of Colt and Jo, Parker will have a fighting chance. Colt will bring in some interesting characters (these guys need their own books) to help. Maddie will prove how strong she is and surprise the readers.

Just when things are looking better Maddie will receive a text that will not only threaten her relationship with Parker, it will prove just how dangerous their enemies are. Again it ended on a cliffhanger that left the readers biting their nails. I cannot wait for Fight For Her Vol. 4 to release. It is the final Vol. in the series.

Fight For Her Vol. 4

Release Date: November 14, 2014

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Synopsis

addie has left me again, and I can’t blame her.

I failed to protect her.

I don’t even know if I deserve her and Lily.

But I’m determined to make things right.

First, I’m going to find her father. He’s been living on the streets too long. That has to end.

Second, I’m going to give up this career. If she wants me to sit behind some security desk, I’m going to do it. For us.

But when Maddie’s father turns up in the hospital, and she flies into town to see him, I learn something that changes everything.

Someone I used to call a friend has threatened my little girl.

The game has changed, and now the only person who’s determined enough to win is the one who almost bowed out.

Me.

About JJ Knight:

JJ 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.

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Release Blitz + Review + Giveaway: Caged In Winter by Brighton Walsh

Posted on 11/07/2014 by shellbellereads

Caged In Winter

By Brighton Walsh

Genre: New Adult

Synopsis

In this emotional and sexy New Adult debut from Brighton Walsh, the only thing more frightening than commitment is hope…

Aspiring chef Cade Maxwell is immediately, viscerally attracted to Winter Jacobson. But it’s not her mouthwatering curves he’s drawn to—it’s the strange emptiness in her eyes. When Cade saves her from a drunken customer with grabby hands, he’s shocked at her response…

Winter doesn’t need Cade’s help. After a lifetime of getting by on her own, she’s happy to rely on herself. She’s exactly seventy-six days away from graduating college, and if she can hold it together that long, she’ll finally be able to rise above the crappy hand she was dealt.

But now, every time she turns around, Cade is there, ready to push her, smile at her, distract her from her plans. Winter knows she can’t afford to open up—especially to a man she’s terrified to actually want…

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Michel’s Review

Caged In Winter is an outstanding debut in the New Adult series Caged In Winter. It has the emotional angst that fans of this genre love.

Winter Jacobson has been on her own all her life. She has been shuffled from one foster home to another. She has never felt like she belonged anywhere. She never felt loved. Once she became a legal adult she vowed that she would always control her life. She would never take another handout, she would never depend on anyone but herself, and she would never allow herself to care for others. That kind of attitude and life is very depressing and lonely. Winter doesn’t realize what she has dedicated her life to becoming until it is almost too late. The lessons she will learn and love she receives will change her outlook on life and make her a better person.

Winter has been struggling to maintain a crappy full time job as a waitress, a full time academic schedule, and trying to keep a roof over her head. When she meets Cade Maxwell , she resents that he has stepped in to help her out of a sticky situation at work. She feels that she could of controlled the situation herself. Little does she realize is that she has sparked Cade’s attention for various different reason’s. Her rejection and nasty attitude towards Cade makes him more determined to break down her walls.

Winter will struggle to hang onto her old mantra. Cade’s charm and dependability will crumble her walls one brick at a time.

Just as things are beginning to look bright for the both of them, Cade’s overprotective nature and Winter’s unreasonable need for independence will collide. Winter’s choices may tear both of them apart. Can she let go and accept all that Cade has to offer or will she let the only dependable person she has ever known slip through the cracks.

I thoroughly enjoyed Caged In Winter. Cade was a genuinely nice guy that was easy to love. At times I got annoyed with Winter’s selfishness and stubborn attitude, but overall I understood her reasons. I would of liked this book to have a little hotter love scenes so that the reader could fully grasp the sexual chemistry between Winter and Cage. I also would of liked more scenes where Cade truly made Winter smile. We read about it but didn’t really experience the moments. Otherwise it was a very good book.

I would highly recommend Caged In Winter. I am looking forward to the next book in this series that is coming in 2015. Keep an eye out for Tessa Ever After in March 2015. The characters in this book are full of life and character.

Author Bio:

Brighton Walsh spent nearly a decade as a professional photographer before deciding to take her storytelling in a different direction and reconnect with writing. She lives in the Midwest with her husband and two children.

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ARC Review: Not Until You by Roni Loren

Posted on 11/07/2014 by shellbellereads

Not Until You

The Complete Novel

By Roni Loren

Synopsis

NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED * THE COMPLETE NOVEL

Cela knows how to be good. She’s had a lifetime of practice. But on the night of her college graduation, she decides she’s earned one wild night before she has to move back home to her overprotective family. So when the hot neighbor she’s been quietly fantasizing about for a year suggests a game of Never Have I Ever, she’s ready. But what starts out as a simple game takes an unexpected turn. Because Ian Foster doesn’t play games he can’t win.

Foster knows his desires aren’t for the faint of heart, especially not for someone as sweet and innocent as his pretty neighbor. But when Cela shows up at his door with an invitation that surprises him, he can’t resist indulging. Cela has no idea what she’s in for. The secret dark side of this man’s need will both intrigue and terrify her. But Cela has a secret of her own–and a new game to see just how far they’re both willing to go, and how much they’re willing to risk by crossing every boundary of desire.

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Tracey’s Review

Take one inexperienced girl, bent on putting her sheltered past behind her, and combine with not one, but two, mega-sexy guys that are more than happy to help her, and what do you have? You have a panty-melting, swoon-inducing, fan-yourself ’cause it just got REALLY hot in here read from Roni Loren.

Cela Medina may be inexperienced, but she knows that Ian Foster and his roommate, Pike, are absolutely able to help her with that. Sharing a bedroom wall with Foster has told her a lot about what makes the two men tick, and when the opportunity to learn what they have to offer first-hand presents itself, Cela is all in.

OMG, just OMG, where have I been? NOT UNTIL YOU was my first introduction to Roni’s writing, and I have no doubt that it will not be my last. This book had me alternately laughing out loud and fanning myself, because it was all hot action from the beginning. As well as scorching scenes and great dialogue, though, Roni has crafted a story that is immensely readable and more than just sex. Her characters are all too human, and, even given their not-so-ordinary proclivities, more like us than not. An interesting back story made me want to grab Foster and just hug him, and Cela is the perfect combination of strong and submissive, which made me really just want their relationship to work.

I can easily say that NOT UNTIL YOU is one of my most enjoyable reads this year, and give it 5.5 sweet, sexy, hot stars. I’m really looking forward to SO INTO YOU, and can’t wait to read Bret’s story.

Author Bio:

Roni wrote her first romance novel at age fifteen when she discovered writing about boys was way easier than actually talking to them. Since then, her flirting skills haven’t improved, but she likes to think her storytelling ability has.

Though she’ll forever be a New Orleans girl at heart, she now lives in Dallas with her husband and son. If she’s not working on her latest sexy story, you can find her reading, watching reality television, or indulging in her unhealthy addiction to rockstars concerts.

She is the New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author of the The Loving on the Edge series and other sexy things.

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ARC Review: Make You Remember by Macy Beckett- The Dumont Bachelors Series- Book 2

Posted on 11/07/2014 by shellbellereads

Make You Remember

The Dumont Bachelors- Book 2

By Macy Beckett

Synopsis

He’s about to make his own luck.

Ten years ago, Beau Dumont made the biggest mistake of his life by letting his high school sweetheart, Devyn Mauvais, slip through his fingers. Now the reformed bad boy will stop at nothing to get her back. Even if it means tricking her into taking a job on his family’s riverboat, the Belle of the Bayou.

When Devyn’s old flame offers her a stint at the boat’s day-care center, she sees it as a chance to prove she isn’t just the descendant of Louisiana’s most infamous voodoo queen. Besides, it beats leading ghost tours around New Orleans. Yet when it comes to Beau, Devyn’s all business. She won’t give the sweet-talking playboy another chance to break her heart.

But there’s no escaping temptation in such close quarters, and Beau won’t be satisfied with a few hot nights with the girl he’s always loved. As he strives to make Devyn remember the good times, will his passion and heart be enough to regain her trust?

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Tracey’s Review

Devyn Mauvais is a little down on her luck. Laid off from her job, she’s doing her best to dodge the bill collectors and still be upbeat enough to put on a good face at her high school reunion. But it seems like Fate might just be playing with Devyn a bit, and showing her who’s boss (Hint: it isn’t Devyn!). Beau Dumont broke Devyn’s heart ten years ago, making her fall in love with him, then disappearing for a decade. But he’s back home and ready to turn back the clock with Devyn, whether she’s willing or not.

MAKE YOU REMEMBER is the second book in Macy Beckett’s THE DUMONT BACHELORS series. I’m a big fan of second-chance love stories, so this one had me from the get-go. The fact that Devyn is completely no-nonsense and strong immediately made her a winner in my book. And Beau, oh, my goodness, he is all man, and totally swoon-worthy. Their banter was playful, snarky, and waaaay hot, always a nice combination in a romance.

This book is one of those unexpected pearls, the ones where I have no idea what to expect, and am immediately swept up into the story and the characters. The humor, the heat, the characters, all combined in MAKE YOU REMEMBER to create a book that I didn’t want to put down until I knew the whole story. Macy Beckett has created two families with unique and likeable personalities, and has done such a good job with Devyn and Beau that I want to go back and read MAKE YOU MINE (Book 1), as well as look forward to future books in the series.

Author Bio:

I write hot and humorous romances set in the fictional towns of Sultry Springs, Texas and Cedar Bayou, Louisiana, where first loves find second chances.

I also write romantic sci-fi for young adults under the name Melissa Landers. Check out ALIENATED, now available from Disney-Hyperion, and the sequel INVADED, coming February 3, 2015.

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ARC 6 STAR Review + Giveaway: Pull by Claire Wallis- Sequel to Push

Posted on 11/06/2014 by shellbellereads

Pull

Sequel to Push

Release Date: November 6, 2014

By Claire Wallis

Synopsis

***PULL is the continuation of Claire Wallis’ sharp and shocking debut novel, PUSH. It is the second book in the series and is not intended to be a standalone.***

“It is impossible for someone like me—someone with a sin-list capable of wrapping itself around the world—to find redemption. To be repaired.”

David Calgaro has secrets, and the only woman he’s ever loved is about to pay the ultimate price to protect them. He’s spent a lifetime searching for purpose and control. And the only place he’s managed to find them is in a single, perfect moment; a moment in which he has absolute control over someone else’s life.

David is unredeemable, unfixable, unsalvageable. But Emma Searfoss has forced a tiny sliver of hope to penetrate his soul. Hope that, even though redemption is impossible, maybe life isn’t. Maybe he isn’t who he thought he was. Maybe he’s meant to be more.

This is a new adult novel with mature content for readers 17 and up.

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Michel’s Review

It is no secret that Push by Claire Wallis has been my favorite book of 2014. This psychological thriller / new adult romance had me speechless. Push was unpredictable, dark, somewhat crazy, and shocking. At the same time, it delivered a unique romance that was very emotional and very sensual. The characters were in a class by themselves. On one hand I absolutely loved the leading (anti) hero, David. David was super sexy, full of charm, and possessed all the bad boy traits women love. He treated Emma like gold. But as the story unfolded and revelations were made, David turned out to have a monster hiding under the surface. How could I love this kind of monstrosity. The things he did were horrific and unforgivable. Somehow, after all the revelations, after all the peeks into David’s soul, I still loved him. I knew there was no hope for the redemption of his deeds and dark soul. I knew there was no way that this monster could change his traits. I still had hope. I wanted him to find his happily ever after. I wanted him to have the love that Emma gave him without remorse or regret. But how could this happen? The way Push ended on a major cliffhanger that clearly showed David was beyond redemption. Where could this story go?

I fretted over Push for more than five months. I stalked Claire Wallis on all the social media. I was anxious for the next book. When the release date for Pull was announced, I marked my calendar. I pre-ordered the book as soon as it was available. I had a coronary when Claire sent me an ARC copy to review. I downloaded the book and devoured it. I wanted to shout out to the world that I finally knew what happened. I wanted to talk to other readers about it. But I was sworn to secrecy until this book released. Well…now I can tell you all about this book! Well sort of, I don’t want to give away any spoilers. I won’t ruin the reading experience for others.

Pull picks right up where Push left off. David is on the bridge. What happens after that is mind blowing. David managed to redeem himself in the very last minute. Emma’s complete trust and faith in him was the very thing that redeemed his soul.

As the rest of the story unfolds the reader will get a complete insight on who David really is. The reader will understand how he became the monster he was. The reader will cry for the life he had to endure. The reader will rejoice in the love he has found with Emma. The reader will be amazed at the way this love changed him. The reader will feel validated that they loved this man.

Pull was the perfect sequel to Push. The ending was PERFECTION. When I finished the book, I only had one thought. My one thought was that this ending was the only ending there could be. I was happy that David and Emma found the unpredictable happily ever after they deserved.

Claire Wallis is a brilliant writer. Once again she wrote this story in an unique way. There is only one prologue in this book from Emma’s POV. The body of the story is written in third person from David’s perspective. The reader gets insight from David in the past to David present day. The glimpses of Emma are through David’s eyes and reactions. Again throughout the story there are chapters written from first person POV. It is the same scenes from Push that was written in a secondary characters POV’s. These scenes are written from David’s POV. The reader gets a complete understanding of what was happening in those crucial moments from the monster’s perspective. The ending only has one epilogue and it is from Emma’s POV. One would think that writing these books in this manner would make it discombobulated and choppy. Not so. Each passage is meticulously plotted to add to the suspense and outcome of the story. Each word is specifically chosen to draw the reader deeper into the characters lives and actions. The character development is phenomenal. The story flow is precise and flawless. The plot is beyond description.

Claire Wallis wrote a story that is motion picture worthy. I can easily see these books on the big screen with viewers sitting on the edge of their seats. I would probably be choking on my popcorn and blowing coke out my nose in the climatic moments.

Claire Wallis has hands down won my 2014 favorite writer and 2014 favorite books recommendations. She has blown me away with her superior writing.

Read Push and Pull by Claire Wallis. It is a reading experience that won’t be forgotten!

Push

Book 1

By Claire Wallis

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Synopsis

I feel like I am wrapped in a cyclone. Everything is whirling around me, drawing the air out of my lungs and filling me with the best kind of turmoil. Every time his tongue slides against mine, a prickle in my gut tells me how right we are together. How much I need David. How much I need us.

I hope the cyclone never stops.

Emma Searfoss has spent a lifetime trying to escape her abusive stepfather. It’s why she moved far away from home. It’s why she’s kept no ties with her remaining family. And it’s why she’s got a major rage problem. When her neighbor shows up to fix the kitchen in her new apartment, his enigmatic charm calms the fire in her. David is cool and collected, and he makes Emma feel safe for the first time ever. But David has his own chilling past—his six previous girlfriends have all disappeared without a trace. Emma’s walking a dangerous line, but David’s pull is intoxicating. And impossible to resist…

Author Bio:

Enamored with the process of creating messy characters filled with imperfections and wicked inclinations, Claire believes that you don’t actually have to like a character to fall in love with them – a good story, after all, is best served with a hearty side of evil (just ask Disney). Claire’s first New Adult novel, Push, was released by MIRA Books on May 1st 2014. The story speaks to her appreciation of enigmatic male characters, perfectly capable of charming themselves straight into your unwilling heart. She enjoys writing about characters that are, at any given moment, both loathed and loved. You know, the ones that refuse to be forgotten.

Claire Wallis has penned hundreds of magazine and newspaper articles over the last ten years, with science playing the lead role in almost all of them. Though non-fiction writing will forever be her first love, fiction has unexpectedly swooped in, hooked her by the soul, and become her true love. As a result of this coup d’état, Claire’s writing career has made a complete U-turn, and instead of rocks, plants, insects, and microbes, she is now putting human characters in the lead.

Claire’s previous jobs include working at a limestone quarry, hawking vegetables at a farmer’s market, clerking at the dollar store, and convincing new mothers that they need to renew their subscription to that parenting magazine in order for their child to survive. She lives in Pennsylvania with her amazingly awesome husband and son.

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Cover Reveal: CADENCE by Ker Dukey and D.H. Sidebottom- The Deception Series- Book 2

Posted on 11/06/2014 by shellbellereads

Title: Cadence (Deception #2)

Authors: Ker Dukey & D. H. Sidebottom

Genre: Erotic Romance

Cover Design: Ker Dukey

Photographer: Clyph Jean Philippe

Cover Model: Florian Julien Dutheil

Cadence

Cade.

He had her love. Her devotion. He destroyed her with it!

Years I loved Faye Avery from a distance, watched my brother have something he didn’t deserve. She was always too good for him. Dante had a need for control and that grew with him from childhood, infecting her to bend to his whim.

When Dante abandoned her, the girl who put his future and needs before her own, I rediscovered the girl who lost herself to the heartache. She blossomed and flourished in the light of the love she deserved – until he robbed me of her. Breaking her down, dimming the essence of the woman she had become.

Dante had a darkness inside him that led him down a path of depravity. He was too far gone. He functioned on corruption, humiliation, power and retribution, and all for something that never happened.

What he forgets is this! I not only wear his face, I carry the darkness inside of me too, and my wrath will coat him with it so thick he will drown under the rain of my reckoning.

He wants Star, a memory of a girl he used to know. He stole Faye, a woman who owns my heart and is the cadence in mine.

I will find him.

I will take her from him.

And then I will kill him.

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Ker Dukey

I have always had a passion for storytelling, whether it be through lyrics or bed time stories with my sisters. I wanted to be an actress growing up so I could live many roles but I learned early on that my mind was too active… I would want to change the script.I would watch films and think of ways they could of improved the story if they took another direction so i thought it best that i tell my own.

My mum would always have a book in her hand when I was young and passed on her love for reading, inspiring me to venture into writing my own. I tend to have a darker edge to my writing. Not all love stories are made from light, some are created in darkness but are just as powerful and worth telling.

When I’m not lost in the world of characters I love spending time with my family. I’m a mum and that comes first in my life but when I do get down time I love attending music concerts or reading events with my younger sister.

You can find me on Facebook where i love interacting with my readers.

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D.H. Sidebottom

Author of The Heart of Stone, Room 103 and Shadows of Sin series, and the new Blue Butterfly series.

D H Sidebottom is a fulltime mum/author. She lives in Derbyshire, England with her children and two dogs.

She is an avid reader and her tastes range from horror to erotic, but she loves to help new authors get into the ‘scene’. She loves rock music and tattooed guys, and has a weakness for coffee, wine and Belgium buns

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ARC Review + Exclusive Excerpt + Giveaway: Romancing The Billionaire + Beauty and The Billionaire by Jessica Clare

Review: Fight For Her Volume 3 by JJ Knight- Fight For Her Series Book 3- Uncaged Love Series – Book 8

Release Blitz + Review + Giveaway: Caged In Winter by Brighton Walsh

ARC Review: Not Until You by Roni Loren

ARC Review: Make You Remember by Macy Beckett- The Dumont Bachelors Series- Book 2

ARC 6 STAR Review + Giveaway: Pull by Claire Wallis- Sequel to Push