Sunday, October 27, 2013

Cross Country Christmas by Tiffany King


Are you ready for Tiffany King's new novella CROSS COUNTRY CHRISTMAS? A part of The Woodfalls Series, this contemporary romance novella is a perfect holiday addition to the series! Releasing November 1, 2013, you aren't going to want to miss getting your hands on this novella. See below for my review and all of the information on CROSS COUNTRY CHRISTMAS and Tiffany King, as well as where to find her. Then make sure to enter the awesome giveaway. You can follow along with the Tour and read all of the reviews being posted below! 

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ABOUT CROSS COUNTRY CHRISTMAS:

With the holiday season upon her, Jamie Foster is once again stressed about making her yearly visit back home to Woodfalls, still single. Fate intervenes in the form of Grant Johnson, a boy she grew up with, who catches the same flight while returning home from a business trip.

When a malfunction sends their plane crashing down on the runway upon takeoff, Jamie and Grant decide to rent a car and make the nine-hundred-mile drive home together. Ironically for them, anything that can go wrong does as they face one hysterical hurdle after another.

Christmas may finally bring Jamie the gift of love she has always wanted if she and Grant can manage to overcome a few obstacles along the way. Ho-ho-ho!

My Review:

This is a great read. I loved reading No Attachments, so it was great to read about Jamie and Grant when Jamie was introduced as a cousin in No Attachments. Its a great novella that left me wanting more Grant, and throw in Christmas - oh so good. I give it 5 stars. 

I will say it did seem a bit unreal to have the "bad" luck that Jamie and Grant experienced but it worked for the story line. Jamie is so strong and driven, and then you have Grant (hottie) who makes her laugh- well she also brings that on herself too.

Tiffany is a great writer, and Cross Country Christmas is a great read. I recommend this book.

Pre-Order you Copy Today Here! 


About Tiffany King:

USA Today Bestselling author Tiffany King is a lifelong reading fanatic who is now living her dream as a writer, weaving Young Adult and New Adult romance tales for others to enjoy. She has a loving husband and two wonderful kids. (Five, if you count her three spoiled cats). Her addictions include: Her iphone and ipad, chocolate, Diet Coke, chocolate, Harry Potter, chocolate, zombies and her favorite TV shows. Want to know what they are? Just ask.

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Author Spotlight Zoey Foster

Author Spotlight

Zoey Foster ~ Her Love Ran Crimson

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Maddie has been through more tragedy than most people would ever see in their life. She has given up on living, and only living to breathe. With nobody on her side, she has been marked as the cause of her mother’s death and lives with this guilt every day. She is close to giving up until she sets her eyes on the one person who doesn’t look at her with disgust.
Jase is the new guy in school, he was transferred to a new school after moving out of his father’s house into his mothers. But Jase knows about Maddie and knows about her past. He thinks he can keep this a secret. When the truth comes out will they be able to survive their worlds being turned upside down? Will their connection be strong enough to make it through?
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Author Bio

Zoey Foster lives in Southern California with her Husband and 3 Sons. When she is not writing, you can find her on Swoon Worthy Books posting updates on books and Authors, and let’s not forget about the Man-candy and just having a bunch of fun. She is taking her passion for books and making it her reality in writing her debut novel Her Love Ran Crimson. She loves interacting with others talking about great Books and Book Boyfriends. You can find her at the links below always encouraging people to have a fun time and live in the moment. She has a weakness for Sour Patch Kids and has inappropriate fun when she is having her wine at night tweeting her thoughts. She also likes to make up words. The best word to describe her is Winetastic!
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/authorzoeyfoster?ref=hl
Twitter: @AuthorZoeyF
Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7102575.Zoey_Foster
Goodreads Book Link: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17970981-her-love-ran-crimson
Blog: http://zoeyfoster.blogspot.com/
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Monday, October 21, 2013

Release Day- Far Too Tempting by Lauren Blakely


Lauren Blakely's FAR TOO TEMPTING is having a Book Birthday today! Check out all of the information about FAR TOO TEMPTING below, and then enter the amazing giveaway as we celebrate. You won't want to miss this sexy new Contemporary Romance from Lauren! 

FAR TOO TEMPTING Synopsis:

Jane Black has written the break-up album of the century, earning her a Grammy, a huge legion of new fans, and the pressure to repeat her success. Sure, the heartbreak from her husband’s unconventional abandonment might have been her inspiration, but it hasn’t done her any favors in the dating department. So when Matthew Harrigan, the toughest music journalist out there, asks for an interview, Jane agrees—as long as her personal life is completely off-limits.

British, gorgeous, and way too tempting, Matthew’s the first guy Jane’s been attracted to since her husband. As she spends more time with him and their relationship heats up, though, so does her writer’s block. How can the queen of the break-up pen the perfect follow-up when she’s seriously in love?


Lauren Blakely Bio:

Lauren Blakely writes sexy contemporary romance novels with heat,

heart, and humor, and her books have appeared on the New York Times,

USA Today, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and iBooks bestseller lists. Like
the heroine in FAR TOO TEMPTING, she thinks life should be filled with
family, laughter, and the kind of love that love songs promise. Lauren
lives in California with her husband, children, and dogs. She loves
hearing from readers! Her novels include Caught Up In Us, Pretending
He's Mine, Playing With Her Heart, Trophy Husband, and Far Too
Tempting. On November 21, she'll release the edgy new adult novel THE
THRILL OF IT. She also writes for young adults under the name Daisy Whitney.


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Entangled Publishing: http://www.entangledpublishing.com/


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Friday, October 18, 2013

Dear Emily- Trudy Stiles


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Author: Trudy Stiles
Book Title: Dear Emily ~ Series: Forever Family #1
Cover Designer: Steph’s Cover Design
Genre: New Adult/Romance

Release date: Expected December 8, 2013

Editor: Katie Mac
Formatting: Emily Mah Tippetts
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Two women. Carly & Tabitha. Both have suffered life-altering events that have left them both traumatically damaged.
Carly Sloan’s life was perfect until the night her security and innocence was torn from her. The vast repercussions from that horrific night threaten to destroy her stability and her chances for a happily ever after. Kyle Finnegan comes into Carly’s life at the height of her turmoil. Can he help her find what she desires most?
Tabitha Fletcher, on the other hand, has suffered from a very young age. She has been hiding from her past, which was full of abuse, loss and turmoil. She has been so brutally damaged that she has very little hope of redemption. The revolving door of men only leads her deeper into misery.
What circumstance brings these two women together unexpectedly and can they help each other heal? And will they each find what they need?
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Dear Emily,
How do I start off a letter to a child I have yet to meet?
A child that has always been in our hearts?
A child that is meant for our family?
Your Daddy and I cannot wait for the moment we are able to hold you in our arms for the first time. To lay our eyes on your perfect face, eyes, toes. To breathe in the essence of a new baby, swirling scents of powder and linen.
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To hear your soft baby noises.
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We have always dreamed of you, Emily. We’ve dreamed that someday our family would be blessed with a child.
We are now so close to realizing this dream. Our new family is within reach.
So very close.
We are now hoping, waiting, praying.
Love and kisses,
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My eyes are glistening with tears as I scrawl my signature at the bottom of the letter, touch my fingers to my lips, press them onto her name and close my journal. I look over to my left where Kyle is softly snoring, sleeping soundly. I mouth the words “I love you” to him, touch his back lightly, put my journal in my night table drawer and turn out the soft light by my bedside. I curl my body into his, tuck my head into his chest and hold on tight.
I love this man with all that I am and I love the father that he is going to be.
My heart is full of promise and hope.
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About the Author:

Trudy Stiles is a New Adult author, avid reader, mom to two beautiful children and married to the love of her life. She just wrote her debut novel, "Dear Emily, and cannot wait to share it with everyone.
You'll know that she's writing when you see her plugged into her laptop with her earbuds and she always has a playlist ready for her writing sprints.
When she's not writing, she's carting her children to their various activities while avoiding any kind of laundry or housework. She also loves to run along the boardwalk of the beautiful New Jersey shore.
She's always been an avid reader and frequently escapes into the fictional worlds of the many characters that she has come to love. Well now there are some fictional characters in her head dying to get out!
This first story is called "Dear Emily" and will begin the "Forever Family" series.
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Cover Reveals for The 12 Days of Christmas novellas

The 12 Days of Christmas Just Got Hotter!

Today we get to share with you the covers of 12 upcoming New Adult Novellas written by some of our favorite bestselling New Adult authors! These are 12 separate Christmas novellas (not an anthology or box set) that will all release November 1st! Some of the novellas are stand-along and some are related to that author's existing series. Check out each of the covers and then see a little bit about each upcoming title and author below!


These novellas are sure to get you ready for whatever you have planned for the holidays.


About Magan Vernon and OFF THE MARKET:
Etta Davis must decide if a second chance with an old flame is worth taking her house, and her heart, off the market.

About Zoe Dawson and BRAVE:
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His heart was closed, his emotions buried, he was a man on the edge of self-destructing. This Christmas, snowbound in Colorado little did he know that courage would be found in another searching for the strength to be brave.

About Tiffany King and CROSS COUNTRY CHRISTMAS:
A hilarious, heartwarming Christmas tale about finding love in the least likely situation.

About Chelsea Cameron and CHRISTMAS CATCH:
She swore she was never going back to the tiny fishing village she came from. So did he. But when they’re both dragged back to Saltwater, Maine, they might realize it’s where they belong. Together…

About H.M. Ward and A LITTLE CHRISTMAS ROMANCE:
A sexy and sweet holiday treat.

About Breena Wilde and FROSTED MIDNIGHT:
Willow St. James needs a miracle and an encounter with Austin Merrick at midnight on Christmas Eve may be just the answer she's looking for.

About A. Meredith Walters and WARMTH IN ICE:
 Clay and Maggie struggle to build a future while overcoming the demons of their past. And during the heat of a Florida Christmas they are reminded that theirs is a love worth fighting for.

About Sawyer Bennett and IF I RETURN:
What was supposed to be a quiet Christmas holiday turns into a life changing event for Hope and Jack. The only problem? Jack is headed off to war, and there is no guarantee he will come back.

About Shelly Crane and WIDE SPACES:
When they found each other, they knew that life had given them a second chance. But a life together that saved them will become a life they think is lost forever.

About Addison Moore and WINTER KISSES:
 Having a one-night stand with your ex is never easy. She thinks its revenge sex. He thinks its make-up sex. Things can only go wrong from here.

About Marquita Valentine and ALL FOR YOU:
The only thing West Diaz wants for Christmas is McKenzie Walsh's forgiveness, but she's not ready to make nice, until, that is, he willingly humiliates himself in public to prove he's not the same guy who bullied her in high school. But can one simple act overcome years of torment?

About Sarra Cannon and A SEASON FOR HOPE:
After a devastating breakup, Bailey Houston just wants to give up on life. But can sexy med-student Judd Kohler teach her that Christmas really is a season for hope?


Thursday, October 17, 2013

Cover Reveal- With Every Heartbeat by Melody Grace

Today we have the beautiful cover for Melody Grace's upcoming New Adult novel, WITH EVERY HEARTBEAT! 



Set to be released November 8th, WITH EVERY HEARTBEAT is a New Adult Contemporary Romance and is the 1st book in the Cities of Love Series. 

About WITH EVERY HEARTBEAT:

Rome. The city of young lovers, old secrets, and intoxicating new desire…

I thought I knew what I wanted in life. I thought my destiny was set. Then I met him, and everything changed.

Raphael is bold, passionate, and seductive. He sees something in me I never dreamed possible, and now he's determined to show me a world beyond rules -- a dance without limits. I want to trust him, but I'm scared. Because I know once I fall, there'll be no going back.

An innocent dancer. A mysterious stranger. As Annalise is drawn deeper into the romantic delights of Rome, she'll question everything she believed about her future. But with opening night looming, can she find the strength to risk it all? And will she be forced to choose between her one true love, ballet, and the new passion in her heart?

Find out in this enchanting new series from Melody Grace.

Pre-order now:  http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FY8MAW4

ABOUT MELODY GRACE:

Melody Grace is the USA Today bestselling author of UNBROKEN and UNTOUCHED. A small-town girl turned SoCal beach-lover, she spent years with her nose in a book before deciding it was time to write them for herself. She loves bad boys, good books, and pistachio-flavored ice-cream.

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Sunday, October 13, 2013

The Minaldi Legacy by Courtney Cole

It's here! Courtney Cole's The Minaldi Legacy Series' long awaited Part 2, OF DARKNESS AND DEMONS, is on it's way to our hands! Courtney's giving us Part 2 in an Omnibus that will be released in January 2014 containing both, OF BLOOD AND BONE and OF DARKNESS AND DEMONS. Today, we're revealing the beautiful cover for The Minaldi Legacy Series! Filled with dark romance, this is an adult contemporary series. Now, here's the cover for The Minaldi Legacy!


See below for all of the information regarding The Minaldi Legacy Series and Courtney Cole! 

ABOUT The Minaldi Legacy:

“I’m a monster, Eva.  There’s no saving a monster.  But I love that you want to try.”

Luca Minaldi is rich, powerful and mesmerizing.  He’s also a reclusive enigma.  He lives in Malta, a fairy-tale place filled with sunshine and sea, beauty and secrets.  And Luca’s darkest of secrets is the best-kept of them all. 

Eva Talbot comes to Malta to finish her doctoral dissertation in Psychiatry.  When she meets Luca, there is a very real and instant attraction that she has never felt before. But even still, she senses the darkness that lives within him.   

In part one of this Romantic Thriller, Of Blood and Bone, Eva is hired to care for Luca’s mother, a woman who suffers from dementia.  It is Luca, however, that Eva will eventually risk everything to save.  But by the end of part one, Eva doesn’t know if she can save Luca without losing herself. 

In part two, Of Darkness and Demons, the legacy and curse that plagues Luca continues. Eva and Luca are thrust into a world where their love is tested and darkness reigns.  Amid chaos and treachery, love and hate, Luca and Eva learn one important thing.

Love is dangerous. 

But it also might be the one thing that can save them all.

ABOUT COURTNEY COLE:

Courtney Cole is a novelist who would eat mythology for breakfast if she could. She has a degree in Business, but has since discovered that corporate America is not nearly as fun to live in as fictional worlds. She loves chocolate and roller coasters and hates waiting and rude people.

Courtney lives in quiet suburbia, close to Lake Michigan, with her real-life Prince Charming, her ornery kids (there is a small chance that they get their orneriness from their mother) and a small domestic zoo.

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Thursday, October 10, 2013

Interview with Jonah Whitecomb for Beyond Fate by Heather Lyons


It's here! BEYOND FATE by Heather Lyons is here and we are thrilled to get to be a part of the blog tour! We finally get to hear from Jonah in this novella from The Fate Series. Check out what we have going on today as we celebrate the release of this outstanding novella! Then look below for all the information regarding the book and Heather Lyons. You can also enter in a giveaway below! Check it all out and be sure to let us know what you are looking forward to when it comes to BEYOND FATE and The Fate Series!

BEYOND FATE Synopsis:

There are always two sides to every story . . .

His whole life, Jonah Whitecomb has strove to meet everyone’s expectations of him: the perfect student, dutiful son, loyal twin, accomplished surfer, and powerful Magical. But behind his carefully composed façade hides the truth of how his family has fallen apart, leaving Jonah more often than not feeling adrift. To complicate matters, he fell in love long ago with a girl in his dreams, one he’s never told anyone about, including his twin brother.

Just when life seems its bleakest, Jonah discovers that Chloe is real. Wanting to finally reach out and grab happiness for himself, he embarks on a journey to track down the girl of his dreams, only to find that happy endings aren’t always guaranteed, the best laid out plans can go horribly awry, and sometimes, you have to simply let yourself go along for the ride.

* Beyond Fate is Jonah’s point-of-view of the events of A Matter of Fate, and is a companion novella.


Blog Tour Schedule:

October 9th

October 10th

October 11th
Simply Sarah’s Corner-Character Interview (Jonah)
Brianna Lee Book Reviews-Guest Post

October 12th

October 13th
YA Book Addict-Dream Cast
The Phantom Paragrapher-Review Only

October 14th
Reading the Alphabet-Author Interview
A Bookish Escape-Review Only

October 15th
The Last Chapter-Author Interview
Deal Sharing Aunt-Excerpt

October 16th
Strong Novels-Excerpt
The Road is You-Review Only

October 17th

October 18th
The Book Hookup-Review Only
Reading Rainblog-Guest Post

About Heather Lyons:

Heather Lyons has always had a thing for words—She’s been writing stories since she was a kid. In addition to writing, she’s also been an archaeologist and a teacher. Heather is a rabid music fan, as evidenced by her (mostly) music-centric blog, and she’s married to an even larger music snob. They’re happily raising three kids who are mini music fiends who love to read and be read to.

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And now my interview with Jonah:
 
Simply Sarah's Corner: Hi Jonah!
Jonah: Hey Sarah.
SSC: I’m so excited that I get to interview you.
J: (scratches back of neck, looks a little uncomfortable) Thanks?
 SSC: I wanted to start with a few hard questions…
 (looks a little more uncomfortable)
1.       Being an Emotional, what is the easiest or hardest part to deal with?
 When I was little, it was dealing with constantly being barraged by everyone’s emotions. I’ve learned to tune most of it out, like white noise, so I can focus on specifics. Obviously, it’s hard having to deal with people’s pain, or—worse yet—be the cause of it. I have to constantly remind myself of the end game.
2.       When your mom died could you feel her emotions?
(is quiet for a long moment). Um, yeah. Outside of the excruciating pain she was in, I also felt her terror and sadness. She was afraid to leave us.
 3.       So, you’re Connected to your twin Kellan and your soul mate Chloe; is it hard with two Connections? Who do you feel more loyalty to?
It only makes sense, right? These two are the most important people in my life. I’d lay my life down for either of them. So . . . to constantly feel torn between them is tough. As for loyalty . . . I don’t know if I can answer that. The Connections between us are different, you know? The one with Kel, well . . . we actually started as a single entity. He’s my other half. I don’t function right without him. The one with Chloe . . . I mean, I love her. How does one pick between the two people they love most? I don’t think it can be done.
4.       You first met Chloe in your dreams, why do you think you stopped seeing her in your dreams?
Kiah, a Dreamer I know, actually explained this to me once. She said that doorways between dreams are unstable and function only for a certain span of time. Everyone with a Connection who has one loses it eventually. The same happened between Karl and Moira, too.
5.       What is your happiest memory of you and Chloe?
I don’t . . . (considers this). I don’t know if I can pick just one. Maybe the time she found her Connection ring? Things seemed so right for us that night.
6.       Even though you and Chloe are Connected, why do you think you are a better choice for Chloe than Kellan?
 
History. She and I, we have history. That’s hard to ignore.
7.       It seems you and Kellan can be a little bit competitive. Who is the better surfer: you or Kellen?
 
(laughs under his breath) Honestly? Me. And he’d tell you that, too. But he’s way better at being able to teach it to anyone.
8.       Where do you see yourself in a year from now?
Working for the Council and making differences in the worlds.
 
 
Ok now some fun questions to get to know you better.
1.       What’s one thing that no one knows about you?
I’m pretty good at tennis.
2.       What do you like to do in your free time other than surfing?
I really like to read. Plus, I’m a big sports fan, so I watch a lot of sports. Also, I’m a runner. I go running everyday.
3.       What’s the one food that you don’t ever want to live without?
Huh. Probably . . . salt and vinegar chips. Chloe hates them, so I never have to share, which is nice!
4.       What do you love most about Chloe?
Her heart. She cares deeply, and that’s beautiful to me.
 
Thank you so much Jonah for taking the time to answer my questions!
Thanks for having me, Sarah!