Cover Reveal: Safe Bet by Monica Murphy – The Rules Series – Book 4

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Safe Bet by Monica Murphy
Series: The Rules #4

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Synopsis:

SAFE BET features Sydney (Gabe’s little sister from IN THE DARK, The Rules #2) and Wade from the One Week Girlfriend series (Owen Maguire’s best friend!). This is my mashup book, peeps, and I am so incredibly excited to share Sydney and Wade’s story with you. It’s been a lot of fun, bringing together two series. Plus, readers have been requesting a book about Wade for YEARS and I’m finally doing it!

What else is exciting? You’ll get to catch up with Drew and Fable and the gang, as well as some of the characters from The Rules series. More information is coming soon (including preorder links, etc.) so watch for it!

 

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Box set of the first three books in The Rules series – FAIR GAME, IN THE DARK, and SLOW PLAY!

FAIR GAME:

When your boyfriend bets YOU in a poker game, you better know when to run…

Bad enough Jade Frost’s boyfriend drags her to a boring poker game. Even worse that he actually threw her into the betting pot during an intense round…and lost. Talk about the perfect excuse for Jade to make him her ex-boyfriend.

Now she supposedly belongs to the ultra rich, extremely gorgeous Shep Prescott. He could have anything he wants yet he seems to be in hot pursuit of her. No matter how rude, how snarky, how impossible she acts, it doesn’t stop him. More like her horrible behavior seems to make him want her more.

When she finds herself starting to fall for him, Jade’s confused. There’s more to Shep than the carefree rich charmer he portrays. No way could he want a serious relationship with her…or could he?

IN THE DARK:

The girl next door isn’t what she seems…

Stuck spending the summer with his screwed up family, Gabriel Walker is bored out of his mind and looking for an adventure. And he seems to find it with the hot girl who lives next door. The attraction between them is instant. Electric. Soon they’re spending every stolen minute together. Talk about the perfect summer fling…

Lucy is living a lie. She doesn’t live next door—she’s the girl who’s been hired to house sit for the summer. If Gabe wants to believe she’s a spoiled rich girl looking for some fun, she can go along with that. After the summer, she’ll never see him again.

They don’t count on running into each other at college. Now Lucy must keep up the pretense of being a rich girl—and it’s exhausting. She knows she’s falling in love with Gabe and she’s scared he feels the same. Will he still care about her when he discovers the truth?

SLOW PLAY:

He’s the player of all players…

Newly broke girl Alexandria Asher just wants to live a normal life. After her parents are sent to prison on embezzlement charges, she enrolls in college under her mother’s maiden name and tries her best to pretend she’s someone else.

Tristan Prescott is everything Alex is trying to avoid. A seemingly egotistical, lazy, rich jerk, she dumps her beer on his head when he comes on to her one night at a party. This only spurs Tristan into action. He loves nothing more than a challenge. And the beautiful Alex is exactly the type of challenge that intrigues him.

Despite her reluctance, Alex finds herself quickly involved with Tristan. Underneath that playboy exterior is a good guy, a sweet and sexy guy who she is undoubtedly falling for. What they both don’t realize is the actions of Alex’s parents are the reason for so much tragedy in Tristan’s family. And when Tristan discovers who Alex and her family really is, can he forgive and forget?

Release Blitz: Torn by Jennifer L. Armentrout – Wicked Trilogy – Book 2

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The highly anticipated second book in New York Times bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout’s Wicked Trilogy is available today! Be sure to grab your copy of TORN!

 

 

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

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

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

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

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“You need this book. You need this series. It’s paranormal at its best. It’s New Adult at its best…Can I give this book more than 5 stars? I would if I could.” ~Valerie, Stuck in Books

 

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EXCERPT:

I lifted my right hand, reaching for my iron stake out of instinct, even though I knew it would do no good against the prince.

“You shouldn’t do that.” His voice was deep with what reminded me of an English accent. “I know you want to, but it would be very, very unwise of you, Ivy.”

My hand twitched.

Creepy Prince smiled slightly. “Your friend has been very helpful.”

That got my hackles up. I slid my sunglasses onto my forehead and forced my tone to stay calm and level. “I’m sure she has. Speaking of Val, happen to know where I can find her?”

His lips curled in a semblance of a smile as he stepped closer. The prince was tall, taller than Ren, who was pushing six foot two. My entire back stiffened as I forced myself to hold my ground, even though every instinct demanded that I run and run super fast, because he had almost killed me once before. Correction. He would have definitely killed me if he hadn’t realized what I was and had, I guessed, healed me.

“I’ve been waiting for you,” he said, instead of answering my question, his pale blue eyes fixed on mine.

My hand curled into a useless fist. “That is extremely creepy to hear.”

That cold smile returned. “Why don’t we talk? There are seats across the way.”

“Yeah, that’s not going to happen.”

The slow smile increased but never reached his eyes. “Oh, I know it is.”

Fine hairs rose on my arms.

“What exactly can you do right now?” he said in the same coldly polite voice. “Refuse me?” Creepy Prince laughed, and it wasn’t a bad sound. Again, it was something that was just cold, as if he were mimicking what a human would do. “You can’t.”

“I can.” My palm itched to grab the thorn stake secured under my pant leg, but I held still. I might be reckless, but I wasn’t stupid.

“Really? I will have to beg to differ on that. You see, humans surround us. So many of them, and I have an extraordinary appetite.” His eyes appeared to glimmer as his gaze slithered from the top of my curly head down to my toes. “A rather impressive appetite for many, many things.”

“Okay. First off, ew.” My lip curled. “Secondly, I don’t want to hear about any of your appetites.”

One dark eyebrow rose. “Oh, but you should know that I could kill twenty of these humans in less than five seconds and feed on the rest, leaving them to believe that it was this little red-headed girl who murdered these innocent people.” His voice dropped even lower as he leaned in and icy air brushed my cheek. “You deny me this, those lives will be on your hands, little bird.”

Anger flushed hotly as my eyes met his. There wasn’t a single part of me that doubted anything he said. He had me. God, I hated to admit it, but he had me.

 

“Drama! Action! Romance! Twists! Torn had it all…Torn was a perfect continuation of the Wicked Saga.” ~Kim, Kimberlyfaye Reads

 

 

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Things are about to get Wicked in New Orleans…

Don’t miss the first title in the series, WICKED!

 

 

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

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

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

 

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Release Blitz : All I Need by Linda Winfree – Hearts of the South Series – Book 11

All I Need (Hearts of the South Book 11) by Linda Winfree

Date of Publication: July 19, 2016

He’s nothing she wants…but everything she needs.

Hearts of the South, Book 11

Two years after she buried the love of her life, ER physician Savannah Mills remains buried in her work and keeps her heart under lock and key. But if anyone could tempt her banked desires to come out and play, it’s her neighbor. A couple of casual interactions with the former police officer has her considering a friends-with-benefits arrangement.

Emmett Beck is forging a new career after an on-duty shooting nearly cost him everything. His love life has been in cold storage during his recuperation, but when Savannah proposes a no-strings relationship, his body warms to the idea. After all, it’s just sex. What could possibly go wrong?

Plenty—once Emmett realizes that hot kisses and steamy nights aren’t enough. And that he’s fallen in love with a woman who intends to never love anyone again.

Warning: Contains a younger man determined to be everything his woman needs, in bed and out, and an older woman unafraid to explore her wild side. Also features cops who talk like cops.

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How does a high school English teacher end up plotting murders? She uses her experiences as a cop’s wife to become a writer of romantic suspense! Linda Winfree lives in a quintessential small Georgia town with her husband and two children. By day, she teaches American Literature, advises the student government and coaches the drama team; by night she pens sultry books full of murder and mayhem.

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Release Blitz: Hitched 2 by Kendall Ryan

 

 

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Hitched 2Arranged marriage? Check.

Cocky new husband? Check.

It’s a marriage of convenience—one I’m determined to keep strictly professional. I can’t be stupid enough to fall for this sexy playboy’s charm or advances. I have to be strong, even if he is my husband.

Except he has a huge cock with an even bigger ego, and his main goal in life seems to be getting me to stroke both. The arrogant bastard is like sweet, sugary candy for my libido. I know he’s bad for me.

But I want to devour every wicked inch of him.

With his sexual prowess and experience, I know he’ll be explosive in the bedroom. And since we’re stuck together for the foreseeable future—keeping up this marriage charade long enough to turn the company profitable again—I deserve something to look forward to at the end of a long workday, right?

What could one little taste hurt?

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“What’s wrong?” I ask.

“Just a little tight, is all.”

I inhale through my nose. I have to shove the pregnancy stuff to the back corner of my brain. We’re a long way off from Olivia letting me pump her full of my semen anyhow, so why am I stressing about it now? The first step is showing her how compatible we can be.

And that starts now.

I smile at her. “Sit tight. I’ll be right back.”

I grab a bottle of massage oil from the hall closet and return to the living room. The soft jazz music seems to float in the air, creating a pleasant buzz in the atmosphere.

Olivia’s eyes widen when I rejoin her on the couch, but she doesn’t question me.

“I’ll give you a massage,” I suggest. “Take off your sweatshirt.”

Olivia flinches, chewing on her lip while she watches me. “But I’m not wearing anything underneath.”

That’s the idea. “I promise not to look.”

She hesitates for another second, then turns her back to me and pulls her shirt over her head, dropping it to the floor. The creamy canvas in front of me is one to be admired. The twin dimples in her lower back near the band of her leggings would make lesser men weep.

I warm a few drops of oil between my palms and rest my hands on her stiff shoulders.

“Relax. Okay?”

 

 

 

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Inherit a hundred-billion-dollar company? Check.

Produce an heir… Wait, what?

I have ninety days to knock up my brand-new fake wife. There’s only one problem—she hates my guts.

And in the fine print of the contract? The requirement that we produce an heir.

She can’t stand to be in the same room with me. Says she’ll never be in my bed.

But I’ve never backed down from a challenge and I’m not about to start now.

Mark my words—I’ll have her begging for me, and it won’t take ninety days.

 

On the heels of her smash hit and New York Times bestselling SCREWED series, Kendall Ryan brings you HITCHED, a romantic comedy that delivers heart and heat. A NYC playboy turned business mogul has ninety days to win over the woman he’s always desired in order to save his father’s company. One tiny problem: She hates his guts.

 

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Release Blitz: Going Down Easy by Carly Phillips – Billionaire Bad Boys – Book 1

Going Down Easy (Billionaire Bad Boys Book 1) by Carly Phillips

Date of Publication: July 19, 2016

Billionaire Bad Boys: Rich, Powerful and sexy as hell.

Billionaire Kaden Barnes has a reputation for being difficult and always getting his way.

Enigmatic and exacting, he’s unable to keep an assistant for long. Enter his newest hire, Lexie Parker. She’s no-nonsense, efficient and all businessÖ She’s also hot as sin and soon starring in Kaden’s dirtiest fantasies.

As their passion for each other reaches a boiling point, neither can control theexplosive outcome when they finally give in to their desires. He may think he’s calling the shots, but for this bad boy, going down easy has never felt so good.

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After a successful fifteen year career with various New York publishing houses, and over 40 sexy contemporary romance novels published, N.Y. Times and USA Today Bestselling Author Carly Phillips is now an Indie author who writes to her own expectations and that of her readers. She continues the tradition of hot men and strong women and plans to publish many more sizzling stories. Carly lives in Purchase, NY with her family, two nearly adult daughters and two crazy dogs who star on her Facebook Fan Page and website. She’s a writer, a knitter of sorts, a wife, and a mom. In addition, she’s a Twitter and Internet junkie and is always around to interact with her readers. You can find out more about Carly at http://www.carlyphillips.com.

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Release Blitz + Giveaway : For Her Protection by Amber Bardan

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shouldn’t mix business with pleasure.

 

FOR HER PROTECTION
An Alpha Romance
Amber Bardan
Released July 15th, 2016

 

You shouldn’t mix business with pleasure.

Yet
pleasure seems to be the one and only thing on Charlize’s mind the moment
Connor steamrolls into her life. Desperate to save her family company, prove
she’s more than a pretty face and worthy of being CEO, pleasure is a
distraction she can’t afford.
She
doesn’t want a bodyguard, especially not one whose caveman heroics kick her
libido into hyperdrive. Surrounded by enemies, she’s not sure if Connor is a
man she can trust.
Connor
knows better than to get personal with clients. Yet there couldn’t be anything
more personal about his feelings for Charlize. He’ll win her trust, preferably
one orgasm at a time.

With
Connor in her office, her home, driving her to sweet, merciless distraction,
there’s only so long Charlize can resist his sexy, dominant brand of protection.

WARNING: This is an Amber
Bardan Alpha Romance, featuring one dirty-talking hero obsessed with his
heroine, and a Happily Ever After. No cliffhangers.

 
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After
spending years imagining fictional adventures, Amber Bardan finally
found a way to turn daydreaming into a productive habit. She now spends her
time in a coffee-fueled adrenaline haze, writing romance with a thriller edge.
She lives
with her husband and children in semi-rural Australia, where if she peers
outside at the right moment she might just see a kangaroo bounce by.
 
Amber is
an award winning writer, Amazon Bestselling Author, and member of Romance
Writers of Australia, Melbourne Romance Writers Guild, and Writers Victoria.

 

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Release Blitz + Giveaway : Winter’s Touch by Jamie Begley – The Last Riders Series – Book 8

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WINTER’S TOUCH
The Last Riders #8
Jamie Begley
Releasing July 19th, 2016
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As
president of The Last Riders, Viper’s only fear was losing his wife. After all,
he had almost lost her once before.
As
wife to the president, Winter lived in fear every day: fear that a club enemy
would take Viper from her, fear that one of the club women would tempt him to
stray, fear that she wasn’t enough of a woman for him. One thing Winter didn’t
fear was risking everything to carry her husband’s child, even her health, yet
Viper refused to take the chance.
Losing
hope, Winter makes one last ditch effort, determined to make Viper realize that
some things were worth fighting for besides the club.
 
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in a very small, and a very rural town in Kentucky. Growing up poor was hard
but she would go back if she could just to get that feeling of going to the
corner and popping open a soda.
For now her days are spent writing, writing, and writing.She would like all her fans to know one thing, “All my books are written for
one purpose- the enjoyment others find in them, and the expectations of my fans
that inspire me to give it my best.”

 

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Happy Release Day + Giveaway: Renegade by Sandra Maron

 

 

Title: Renegade

Series: S.T.U.D. #3
Author: Sandra Marton
Genre: Military Romance
Release Date: July 19, 2016

Blurb
All the guys in STUD take some ribbing about the name of their Special Ops group, but Declan Sanchez sometimes thinks he takes more than his fair share.Actually, the kidding is well-deserved. Beautiful women hit on Dec all the time. At six feet two inches he has the black-as-midnight eyes and lean, hard body of his half-Spanish, half-Colombian father, and the chestnut-shot-with-gold hair of his Irish-American mother. Dec is, in a word, gorgeous. He’s also a battle-hardened warrior, a man who always goes after what he wants—and gets it.

Annie Stanton is a petite, hazel-eyed brunette. She’s beautiful—her beauty is the first thing Declan notices about her when they accidentally meet on a California beach—but what really fascinates him is the aura of quiet she projects. If Declan is a hurricane, Annie is its calm eye. She’s also the first woman Dec has ever wanted and not bedded, a fact that amazes him even after a month of spending every possible minute together. Annie wants him too. He knows that. But she’s inexperienced, and he senses that rushing her would be a mistake. That’s okay. He’ll wait. He’ll do anything for the woman he’s starting to think of as his Annie.

And then, without warning, Annie disappears from his life. All she leaves is a note. Goodbye, I’m sorry, knowing you was wonderful. Dec is desperate to find her. He tries everything he knows, including the outside-the-law talent he developed as a computer hacker in his teen years, but there’s no trace of Annie anywhere…until he attends the wedding of fellow STUD Chay Olivieri and finds Annie is there as a guest. Except she isn’t Annie Stanton at all. She’s the Royal Princess Anoushka of the Kingdom of Qaram… and soon, very soon, the only man who can save her from becoming the bride of a brutal dictator will be Lieutenant Declan Sanchez and a raiding party of tough, combat-ready STUDs.

 

 

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Sexy Excerpt, RENEGADE, Special Units Tactical Division Book 3 by Sandra Marton © 2016He rose to his feet and turned towards her.

Her heart thudded.

He was beautiful. His face was the essence of masculine strength and power. So was his body. Every part of him proclaimed him a proud warrior who had faced his enemies, fought them and won.

She realized she hadn’t ever really seen him naked.

The light had been poor last night and though she’d felt every powerful inch of him against her, she’d learned the contours of his body mostly by touch.

She’d often slept in his arms in California, but he’d always kept on a T-shirt and board shorts. For her sake, she knew. And though he’d been shirtless on the beach, that didn’t count.

They hadn’t been lovers then.

Now they were, and she couldn’t stop looking at him.

The muscled arms. The taut pectorals. The dog-tags glinting against the line of dark hair that traveled down his chest, over those washboard abs, to disappear into his camos.

His unbuttoned camos, riding low on his hips.

Her mouth went dry. Her gaze swept back to his face. He was watching her through narrowed eyes the color of night.

“Anoushka,” he said, and for the first time since the deaths of her parents, her given name sounded as if it truly belonged to her. “I heated some water. I thought we might wash up before we eat.”

She nodded. “Yes. Of course. Wash up…”

Slowly, he began walking towards her. He stopped only inches away. She could feel the heat of the fire, the heat of his body, the heat of desire burning hot inside her

“We should do a lot of things—but, baby, if I don’t get inside you right now, I’m going to die.”

His blunt words sent a shock of electricity racing from her breasts to her belly. In an instant she was hot and wet, and when he reached for her, she threw herself into his arms, sobbing his name, eager for his kiss, his touch, his possession.

He thrust his hand into her hair and cupped the back of her head and then he took her mouth, not gently, not asking, he claimed her with his lips, his teeth, his tongue, and it was exactly what she wanted.

He bent down in front of her, unlaced her boots. She stepped out of them. Then he rose to his feet and tore her sweater over her head, undid her camo pants and shoved them and her panties to her ankles. His hands were hard and fast; so was his his breathing, and yes, this was how she wanted him, now, right now, no preliminaries, no gentle explorations, she wanted him to take her and make her fly.

“Jesus Christ,” he said thickly. “Annie. Anoushka. I can’t wait…”

He lifted her. Carried her to a narrow bed piled high with soft sheepskins. Tumbled onto it with her. She sobbed his name, reached up to him as he kicked off his pants and then he was inside her, deep inside her; her body lifted to his and her cry of immediate release was all he needed to let go and explode within her.

“Annie,” he said, “Annie, I love you.”

She wound her arms around him, drew him down against her, and wept with joy.
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Sandra Marton, a USA Today Bestselling author, writes sexy, emotional romances about Alpha heroes and the smart, independent women who tame them.

Sandra’s beloved Wilde family saga continues…and now the Bellini-Wilde sisters are meeting the gorgeous, hard-bodied heroes who will conquer them and claim their love. POWER, Sandra’s newest book, also introduces her latest Alphas: the men of STUD, former SEALS who have been tapped for membership in an even tougher, more secret organization.

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Release Blitz + 6 Star Review + 2016 Favorite: Warped by Emma James – Hell’s Bastard Series – Book 2

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Warped

Hell’s Bastard Series – Book 2

By Emma James

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The Hunt Is On.

 

WHISPER

 

I was never meant to be free.

Evil has taken from me again.

I’ve lost the two people I’ve grown to love because another of Hell’s bastards has staked his claim on me and stolen me away.

What gives another human being the right to take another’s innocence and try to destroy their soul?

 

EDGE

 

We were never meant to meet.

Our lives collided and spun out in different directions.

Now it’s a race against time.

Time she doesn’t have.

This is on my head.

I f*cked up.

 

What happens when a Soulless Bastards MC enforcer is on the hunt for the f*ckers involved in taking the sweet and wild girl?

 

No Mercy happens.

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Warped by Emma James is BRILLIANT!

INTENSE…DARK…UNPREDICTABLE…CONSUMING… IT IS UNDENIABLY WARPED !

OMG… I don’t know what to say… this book blew me away!  The moment I opened Warped, I was expecting a recap of Wrenched before the second part of this story progressed.  Rather than getting a recap, the reader is drawn into the the mind of Cezar Pavel. Cezar is the master of the brutal game that controls Whispers fate.

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The introduction of Cezar Pavel is gut wrenching.  The man is truly warped in every sense. He has no conscience.  He has no fear.  He has complete power and wields it with cruelty and brutality.  He is not a player in the game, he is the ruler of the game.  He leaves no room for chance.  He is the king.  He is the master of the game.

The players of this game have no idea who Cezar Pavel is.  They have no idea of his connection to Whisper or his obsession with her.  They have no idea of how far his reach is or to what lengths he will go to exert his will.  They are operating blindly in a deadly game where time is at the utmost importance.

After Edge learns the truth about Whisper’s involvement in his father’s life he has more than regrets.  She was an innocent woman, a victim.  He shot her in cold blood and enabled her captors to easily take her.  He should of known his father was reaching beyond the grave to destroy both his and Whisper’s lives.  Although he’s not surprised by his father’s cruelty beyond the grave, he doesn’t understand the reasons behind the sick game he is playing.  There has to be more behind the obvious picture in front of him.  His father may have meant for him to kill Whisper, but why?  What was he hiding?

Edge was shot in the foot when Whisper was taken.  His injuries are putting a kink into finding Whisper.  The only thing he has to go on is the fact that Whisper has his phone.  The only help he has is an old woman, Miss Catherine, and her instincts.  The men that swore to protect Whisper at all costs have gone missing.

With every clue and lead, they are met with death and destruction.  The messes left behind leave no clues as to who is behind it all. He has no idea of what he is dealing with. Time is running out and Whisper has been missing for over a week.  It’s time to call in reinforcements, the Soulless Bastards.

Whisper lived in captivity all her life.  She had a taste of freedom.  She had a new life with family and friends.  She will not become a slave again.  She will do everything in her power to survive or she will die before she allows herself to be owned once again.  She has to keep her wits and will to survive.  It’s the only thing she can depend on.   Hope is running out.

Can Edge find Whisper before it’s too late?  Cliffhanger!

I could not put this book down.  The plot is extremely complex and the web became more tangled.  New characters were introduced and it was impossible to determine where this story would go next.  I was on the edge of my seat and biting my nails.  The intensity level was through the roof.  It added more kinks to the overall story and made it become more intensified.  I can’t wait to see what comes next.  Contorted will release in November of 2016.

Warped was the perfect title and brilliant addition to the Hell’s Bastard series by Emma James.

 

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Wrenched

Hell’s Bastard Series – Book 1

By Emma James

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Synopsis

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My name is Dallas ‘Edge’ Masson and I’m the Soulless Bastards MC’s enforcer.
I was raised by an evil bastard.
The apple didn’t fall far from the tree.
I have personal business.
Whisper is my business.
I will be her judge and jury.
My father may have been Hell’s Bastard, but he was still my father.
They say blood is thicker than water.
I’m about to find out.
WHISPER

Life has been a bitch to me.
I don’t even know my full name.
I was a secret.
Miss Catherine changed my life.
I have friends.
I trust in people.
But then it all had to be wrenched away from me.

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5Star

Michel’s Review

Wow!  Emma James has joined my favorite authors list and is definitely my favorite new author of 2015.  I was blown away by her Men of Ocean Beach books.  I was excited to see that she had a new series releasing that had a biker theme.  In my mind I was expecting an emotional type of story rather than a dark thriller.  Emma James does dark just as well as she does emotional.

Wrenched took me by complete surprise.  I was expecting a story that revolved around the  Hell’s Bastard MC.  What the reader got was much more complex.

Whisper is a young woman that has been held in depraved captivity since her infant years.  She has never experienced a normal, loving life.  She has been a victim all her life.  Rather than letting her life circumstances beat her down, she allowed it to strengthen her for the day when she was either freed or dead.  In all reality it looked like death was going to be the ultimate ending for her.  Freedom comes at an unexpected moment but not without a price.  Now she is a young woman that is lost in the world.  She has no past and could very well have no future.  But she’s free.  She has found new people who care for her and are watching her back.

Edge is the most brutal enforcer in the Hell’s Bastard MC.  He’s the judge, jury, and executioner.  He is one of the most feared men in his dark world.  Edge didn’t become this brutal and lethal man by choice.  He had a horrific childhood in which he escaped.  He vowed he would one day return and dispense his brand of justice on his father.  Fate took that away from him.  His father died and it was not by his hand.  His father screwed him over one more time in his death  when he left the whore, Whisper, his entire estate except for the $100 he left his natural born son.  Edge is hunting down Whisper.  She took his inheritance.  It’s not about the money.  It’s about the theft of his justice.  His justice is going to knock on Whisper’s door.

As the old saying goes “read between the lines” and “all is not black and white” definitely applies in this story.  All is not how it seems.  There is a more tangled plot than a depraved man destroying two young lives.  This depraved man was playing a game of chess and in the end, his king will not be taken.  He had the foresight to destroy them both in his death.

Wrenched ended on a major cliffhanger that left me chilled to the bone.

Emma James created a complex plot that could be described as a tangled web.  Wrenched was just the beginning and introduction to a very twisted complex story.  The writing is brilliant.  I believe that once the Hell’s Bastard Series is complete, it will easily be a 6 Star series.

Wrenched is a superb dark thriller!

 

 

Author Bio:

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Emma James lives in Queensland, Australia with her supportive husband, three children and a big black Labrador. Life is busy and most entertaining in the James household.

Writing has been a part of her life for many years. Life was getting on and it was time to put her fears aside and do what she does best. It was time to show readers what she was made of, take that leap off the diving board and see where it takes her.

Emma is a creative person at heart. She loves to read as much as write, devouring books into the wee hours of the morning.

Who needs sleep, right?

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Release Blitz + Review: No Falling Allowed by Melissa West – No Kissing Allowed Series – Book 2

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No Falling Allowed 

No Kissing Allowed Series – Book 2

By Melissa West

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Synopsis

My life just went South…

Twenty-four hours. That’s how long it took my life to flip upside down.

Wake up in bed alone after the best night of my life? Check.

Get fired instead of the promised promotion? Check.

Wealthy parents cut me off when I refuse to follow their path for my life? Check.

Now I’m in Cricket Creek, SC—a place where no New Yorker belongs—disowned and broke, with a new job that I can’t mess up. Oh yeah, and staring at my one-night stand, who happens to be the complete opposite of my type.

Southern.

Cocky.

Bartender.

Noah Hunter never should have made it back to my apartment in NYC, and I definitely shouldn’t be in his small town. But fate had another plan. Or a horrible sense of humor.

Who knew Mr. Wrong could feel so right…

Each book in the No Kissing Allowed series is a standalone, full-length story that can be enjoyed out of order.

Series Order:

Book #1 No Kissing Allowed

Book #2 No Falling Allowed

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4.5 Star

Michel’s Review

No Falling Allowed by Melissa West is the second book in the No Kissing Allowed series.  It can be read as a stand alone novel or in series order.  I will admit I have never read any of Melissa West’s previous books and was easily drawn into this series.

No Falling Allowed was a delightful small town, southern romance that charmed me.  It didn’t have the usual stereo type southern innuendos that make Southerners seem a bit backwards.  It showcased a small town with good values, community unity, and a southern spirit without using sickenly sweet southern slang.  It captured the true spirit of the modern day South.

Noah and Grace are from two different worlds.  Grace is the heiress of Soaring Industries.  Noah is a restaurant/ bar owner in Cricket Creek, SC raising his younger brother.  Grace is fighting for her independence from her father’s expectations and Noah is trying to be the best guardian he can possibly be for his younger brother.  Both Noah and Grace are under extreme pressure in their lives.

An accidental meeting at the Met in New York leads to a one night hook up neither can forget.  Noah was called home for an emergency and left Grace’s bed without a word.  He has regrets.

After a disastrous one night stand, Grace is left with more insecurities than she already had. To make matters worse, she loses her only bit of independence, she loses her job as an event planner at the Met.  She is being forced to join her father’s business or be cut off.  She would rather starve than surrender her independence. She has to find a job fast.  An offer from Perfectly Wedded falls into her lap.  She never intended to become a wedding planner but beggars can’t be choosy.  It comes as a complete surprise when she realizes she loves the job.

Grace’s new job lands her in Cricket Creek, SC and face to face with Noah Hunter.

Grace and Noah are going to discover they had a lot more in common than they thought.  They are also going to discover that their own needs are just as important to happiness as their place in their family lives.  Most of all they are going to discover love.

No Falling Allowed was delightful.  It was the perfect light hearted romance that was not over loaded with angst and strife.  It had the perfect balance to keep the story interesting and romantic.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book and Melissa West’s writing.  I plan to read more of her books.

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Author Bio:

5287439Melissa West writes heartfelt Southern romance and YA sci-fi romance,all with lots of kissing. Because who doesn’t like kissing?. She lives outside of Atlanta, GA with her husband and two daughters and spends most of her time writing, reading, or fueling her coffee addiction.

She holds a B.A. in Communication Studies and a M.S. in Graphic Communication, both from Clemson University.
Connect with Melissa at www.melissawestauthor.com or on Twitter @MB_West.

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