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Blog Tour, Excerpt & Giveaway: Darker the Release (Revenge Saga) by Claire Kent

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Darker the Release (Revenge Saga) by Claire Kent

Publication Date: October 6, 2015

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imageUSA Today bestselling author Claire Kent continues her emotionally charged story of longing, betrayal, and insatiable desire as two lovers find themselves in a deadly standoff of seduction.

Kelly Watson got involved with mogul Caleb Marshall for all the wrong reasons: namely, to prove that he murdered her father twenty years ago. But Caleb is hotter than hell, the sex is mind-blowing, and Kelly’s afraid that she’s falling for him despite her chilling suspicions. Now, the more time she spends in his arms, the more she risks betraying her identity and losing her heart. The only way out is to discover the truth before Caleb figures out who she really is.

Caleb’s feelings for Kelly are taking him into uncharted territory, replacing his weakness for call girls and one-night stands with a hunger for something real. Still, the ruthless businessman in him can’t resist looking into Kelly’s background. When his investigation suggests that he’s not the only one with something to hide, Caleb is forced to decide if he can trust someone who’s been telling him lies. For the first time, Caleb understands how intimacy can be so tempting—and, in the wrong hands, so dangerous.

Darker the Release is intended for mature audiences.

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Acting as though she weren’t paying any attention to him and hiding her flush of pleasure at this clear evidence that he was so affected by her, she walked back to the closet to get her other dress.
This one was a deep red—a sleeveless column of fabric with well-tailored ruches and a slit on one side that came all the way up her thigh.
Caleb wasn’t talking much anymore—just occasionally saying “yeah.” She didn’t dare to look over at him fully, because he would suspect what she was trying to do.
But the brief glances she sneaked proved that his body had grown tense and his skin was slightly flushed.
He was turned on. No doubt about it. It gave her a rush of pleasure and relief—and also a pride that left her a little uncomfortable.
She was so focused on looking sexy as she tried to zip up her dress that she was at a loss when the zipper snagged on the fabric.
She tugged on it gently and then frowned, wondering how she was supposed to get it unsnagged and still look sexy.
She gasped and gave a little jump when she felt a hand over hers on the zipper.
Caleb had gotten up and moved behind her while she was distracted.
“Stuck?” he asked, his voice thick and textured the way it always was when he was turned on.
He was standing behind her, and his eyes were moving with a hungry heat from her face down her body in the mirror over the dresser.
“Try not to tear it,” she said as he focused back down on her zipper. “This dress was expensive.”
“It was well worth the money.”
With a little work, he freed the zipper and pulled it all the way up.
“Did you finish with your call?” she asked, glancing back to where he’d left his phone on the table next to the chair.
“You made sure of that, didn’t you?”
She made her eyes wide and innocent. “What do you mean?”
“You know exactly what I mean. You think I’m so easy that I’ll be manipulated by the sexy little show you just gave me.”
She glanced over her shoulder and down at his groin, where he was visibly aroused beneath the towel. She just cleared her throat, trying to hide a smile.
“That’s only a victory,” Caleb said, “if a man is led around by his dick.”
“And you’re not?”
“What do you think?”
She met his eyes in the mirror, and she felt the strangest twisting of fear, pleasure, and possession at what she saw in his expression.
“I think I told you on the first day we met that, by the time I was through with you, all your unrelenting alpha-maleness would be broken. I think I’m off to a good start.” She made sure her expression was teasing, almost taunting. They’d done this verbal dance from the beginning, and it was sometimes as exciting to her as his touch.
She had to be so careful, though, and not surrender completely to her feelings for him. She’d loved her father too much to sacrifice justice for him that way.
“Is that what you think?” As Caleb spoke, he pulled the zipper of her dress back down.
She glanced over at the clock. “We’re supposed to leave in five minutes.”
“Then I’ll have to prove my point quickly.”
Her breath was already quickening as he slowly slid her dress down to the floor, leaving her again wearing nothing but her heels and underwear. “What point?”
“That there’s nothing broken about me.”
She reached behind her to caress his hard cock through the towel, pleased when he gave a soft grunt. “It feels like you’re not going to hold out very long in this little show of strength you’re putting on.”
He took her wrist and pulled her hand away, planting it on the dresser. “Was that a challenge?”
“I know how you feel about those.” She gave him a teasing smile in the mirror.
She did know how he responded to a challenge—the same way she always had. She’d never met another man who could match her will, in bed or out of it. She could see the defiance smoldering in his eyes right now, and it triggered a matching reaction in her.
He might not know the real battle that would always be waged between them—the clash of mighty opposites, as Shakespeare had put it—but these smaller duels had always shaped their relationship.
So she was ready for him when he stepped forward, pressing his body into hers from behind and kissing the side of her neck.

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Blog Tour, Excerpt & Giveaway: All I Need Is You (Loving You Book 2) by Wendy S. Marcus

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All I Need Is You (Loving You Book 2) by Wendy S. Marcus

Publication Date: October 6, 2015

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As a dancer who creates mesmerizing visions onstage, Neve James is looking for the same kind of stability in her love life. Her pen pal, Rory McRoy, is on leave from deployment in Afghanistan, so she heads to Boston to surprise him. After corresponding for months as part of a “Support Our Troops” initiative—and exchanging dozens of “Read When You’re Alone” letters—Neve knows what Rory likes, and she intends to fulfill his every fantasy. But all they get are a few blissful moments together before they’re interrupted by a woman claiming to be Rory’s fiancée.

Rory has fallen hard for Neve’s letters. When he finally meets her in person, he has to have her, right then and there—until Neve takes off in a fit of anger. Forced to return to Afghanistan before he can fix things between them, Rory waits four agonizing months to prove that he’s not the man Neve thinks he is. But by the time he arrives in New York, she’s already made up her mind. Luckily, Rory never backs down from a challenge, and he’s prepared to put everything on the line for love.

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Rory made it to Neve just as her right temple connected with the hard tile floor. “Shit.” He scooped her into his arms. “Neve. Baby. You okay?”
She didn’t respond.
Rory’s pulse pounded, his lungs went tight. Suddenly it wasn’t Neve in his arms—it was Ghost, a sneaky soldier nicknamed for his ability to slip in and out of places undetected, his body lifeless, his eyes locked in the stare of the dead. Rory shook his head trying to clear the disturbing image.
“Give her to me.” Nate squatted beside him, tried to take his sister.
“No.” Rory stood on shaky legs, carried Neve’s limp body to the sofa, and sat down, cradling her on his lap, concentrating on his breathing, focusing on Neve, on staying here in the present and not returning to the past. “Get me a cold wet cloth and a glass of water.” The cloth for her, the water for him.
Surprisingly, Nate did so without arguing. “You know, my buddy’s wife went through this same thing when she was pregnant,” Rory told Nate as he brushed some dark curls off of Neve’s beautiful but too damn pale face. “She couldn’t keep any food down, got weak and dehydrated, kept passing out. She had to be hospitalized for intravenous hydration.”
Nate ran back with the wet cloth and placed it on Neve’s forehead. “If she is pregnant I’m going to beat the crap out of you, you irresponsible asshole. You should have used protection.”
Rory had suggested it, had told Neve to wait. But while talking about trust and each of them having an experience they’d never had before, she’d slid down, taking him inside of her body, with no barrier between them, like he’d dreamt of and fantasized about so many times. So hot, so wet, so fucking amazing, he couldn’t muster the willpower to stop her. God help him, he’d had the best sex of his life that night. But afterward he’d started to wonder, What if? And when she wouldn’t give him a straight answer . . .
Nate knelt on the floor beside the couch, leaned in close to Neve, and said, “Come on, you pain in the ass. Wake up.” Then he kissed her forehead. “Shit.” He shot to his feet. “She’s burning up. We’ve got to get her to the hospital.”
Burning up? That’s when Rory noticed the heat radiating through her bathrobe.
“Come on.” Nate opened the door. “We’ll take my car.”
His police car.
Siren blaring, Nate drove like a maniac, navigating through heavy traffic like a pro, getting them to a hospital in less than ten minutes. All the while Rory held Neve on his lap in the backseat, cuddling her close, checking her pulse and shallow breathing, telling her she was going to be okay and they’d have her to the hospital soon, more to reassure himself than her, because she remained unresponsive for the entire trip.
Once they got to the Emergency Room, everything happened so fast. He carried Neve in through the electric doors. Nate yelled, “We need some help here,” and they were directed into a large room with three empty beds. He placed Neve on a stretcher to the right. Hospital staff, male and female, dressed in green or blue scrub uniforms, some with lab coats or colorful scrub jackets, hurried in, moving quickly and efficiently. Nate answered questions about Neve’s past medical history and gave the name of her general practitioner. A tall black woman called out orders.
Rory’s head spun from all the activity, the swarm of people he didn’t know, the unfamiliar sounds. On edge, his heart started to race. His hands grew damp. He wanted to leave, to run to someplace calmer . . . quieter . . . but couldn’t. Because Neve lay there, limp and silent, at the center of the mayhem, her head drooped to the side, eyes closed.
He pinched his ear. Touch seemed to help. Get control of yourself. You’re back in the States. Safe. Relax. Easier said than done, especially the first couple of weeks, sometimes months, after returning home from a combat deployment.
When he could finally get a word in, as he and Nate were being herded out into the hall, Rory made sure to mention, “She may be pregnant.” His son or daughter might, at this very second, be fighting for life, same as Neve. His heart squeezed at the thought. Please, God. Let them be okay.
Rory and Nate stood in the hallway outside of Neve’s room, quietly, idly, waiting. A security guard moseyed over, probably to ask them to move to the waiting room. Nate put his hand on his gun and gave the poor guy a look that had him returning to his post without uttering a single word. When the door opened, they braced for news. A woman came out carrying vials filled with blood and what looked like a urine sample, then hurried off without so much as glancing their way.
Rory, sweat soaking through his shirt, checked his watch. Fifteen fucking minutes had gone by. He needed to know what was happening, something, anything. About Neve. About his baby. Damn the hospital staff, who knew they were out here, worried, waiting for any bit of news. Yet no one had the decency to come talk to them, to put their minds at ease. Enough. Rory took a step toward the room, only to be grabbed back by Nate. “Don’t.” As quick as he’d grabbed Rory, he released him. “Let them do their job.” He stood there stiff—his back against the wall, worry etched on his face—and crossed his arms back over his chest.
A minute or so later Nate pushed off the wall and started to walk. “Dr. Glassman.” He held out his hand to a tall, gray-haired, nicely dressed man walking toward them. When the doctor had finished putting on his white lab coat, he shook Nate’s hand.
“Happened to be on my way to the hospital to do rounds when I received your message.” He took his stethoscope, which he’d been holding in his hand, and wrapped it around the back of his neck. “What’s up with our girl?”
“She’s got a bad case of the flu. Said half the kids in her gymnastics studio are down with it,” Nate answered.
“It’s a pretty virulent strain this year.”
“And she may be pregnant,” Rory added, because if she was, the medical staff needed to avoid any testing or treatments that might harm the baby. His baby.
Dr. Glassman turned his gaze on Rory, looking him over. “And who might you be?”
Nate answered. “This is Rory McRoy, a friend of Neve’s.”
Damn right. A close friend, regardless of what Neve thought. Rory held out his hand, and Dr. Glassman shook it, his grip firm, confident. Rory liked that.
“Active duty?”
Rory nodded. “Got back from Afghanistan yesterday, sir.” Three days of travel, hours spent waiting around, no bed in sight. Then he’d been delayed on base, which caused him to miss his flights to New York. He’d spent last night in an airport hoping to fly stand-by.
“Thank you for your service, son.” The doctor turned toward Nate. “Tell me what happened today.”
Nate told him everything he’d observed from the time he arrived at Neve’s condo until their arrival at the hospital.
“When did her symptoms start?”
“She first mentioned them to me about a week ago, but I think she’d been feeling poorly prior to that.”
Dr. Glassman shook his head, a concerned expression on his face. “So soon after her procedure, she should have called me immediately. Where is she?” he asked with a sudden sense of urgency.
“Procedure?” Nate looked confused. “What procedure?”
Dr. Glassman looked up. “If she didn’t tell you, I’m not at liberty to discuss it. Not without a signed release giving me permission. I’ll have my secretary check to see if we have one. In the meantime I’ve got to speak with her ER attending right away.”
“She’s in there.” Nate pointed, and a few seconds later Dr. Glassman disappeared behind the door.
Procedure? The word pounded in Rory’s head. His chest tightened, his stomach cramped. Had there been a problem with her pregnancy? Had she gotten an abortion? At four months? No. With Neve’s history, she’d never intentionally kill their baby . . . would she?

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image imageWendy S. Marcus is an award-winning author of contemporary romance. A nurse by trade, Wendy holds a Master of Science in Health Care Administration, a degree that does her absolutely no good as she now spends her days, nights, and weekends mucking around in her characters’ lives creating conflict, emotion, and, of course, a happily ever after. Wendy lives in the beautiful Hudson Valley region of New York. When she’s not writing, she enjoys spending time with her family, which includes her dog Buddy, and blogging/ emailing/ tweeting/ facebooking with her online friends.

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Spotlight, Excerpt & Giveaway: Dark Before the Rising Sun and Chance the Winds of Fortune by Laurie McBain

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Titles: Dark Before the Rising Sun and Chance the Winds of Fortune
Author: Laurie McBain
Series: Dominick Trilogy books 2 and 3

Release Date: October 6, 2015

Genre: Historical Romance

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Lady Rhea Claire, kidnapped and shipped to the Colonies as an indentured servant, manages with wits and courage to escape…straight into the arms of a ruthless English pirate.

For all his worldly ways, Dante Leighton, Marquis of Jacqobi and captain of the Sea Dragon, never expected to discover his redemption
and his greatest treasure within the amethyst eyes of a beautiful English refugee.

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Newly-wed, Lady Rhea Claire and Dante Leighton must return to England, where their reception is anything but warm.

Now armed with wealth and power, Dante is a target for the murderous smugglers who despoiled his family home, while Rhea’s father, the powerful Duke of Camareigh, vehemently rejects their marriage.

The two lovers thought themselves invincible together. But in the riveting conclusion of McBain’s epic trilogy, Dante’s determination to reclaim his family seat and Rhea’s desperation to win over her father threaten to cause an insurmountable rift that could break them apart forever.

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Rhea blinked in disbelief. “What an insufferable man you are. And whether you are, as you would have me believe, a marquis, or whether you are a tinker, I would still find you the rudest, most vulgar individual I have ever had the misfortune to encounter.”

“I am impressed by this splendid show of ladylike disdain, feigned though it be, but well done nonetheless. But the light of truth has revealed you in my cabin. Now, how do you explain yourself out of that?”

Dante glanced down at the map, which was lying at his feet. “Since the map is still here, I must deduce that was not your intended object in stealing on board the Sea Dragon. Rather, you wanted to make my acquaintance. Perhaps you imagined that a marquis makes love differently from other men you have known. I assure you, except for my own personal preferences, I am no different from any other man.”

Dante eyed the girl up and down, noting with distaste her limp hair and dirty clothes, and guessed she was eighteen or older. Probably older to have so arrogant a demeanor and the derring-do to beard the lion in his den. But one thing was for certain, she was old enough to be held accountable for her misdeeds. She needed to be taught a sobering lesson, one that she would not soon forget, Dante decided, for he was in no mood tonight to show leniency to anyone. Besides, odds were, if she’d had a pistol tucked away somewhere, he would be lying dead at her dainty, secondhand shoes right now.

“So, you wish to get to know me better,” Dante commented. “You have been rather inept at engaging anything more than my displeasure thus far. If your scheme is to succeed, then you will have to make a few concessions to me. You should have taken more care to learn my likes and dislikes. I am a very particular fellow about whom I let into my bed. And right now, you haven’t a ghost of a chance to fulfill that wish of yours.” Dante was pleased to see an expression of concern passing across her grimy face.

“However, that can be remedied quite easily,” he continued. “I’ve never been one to stand in the way of another’s ambition, as long as it does not interfere with mine.” He sounded almost friendly, but Rhea was not deceived, for his painful grip on her wrists had not lessened.

“Either you are hard of hearing or extremely obtuse,” Rhea declared furiously. “I despise the very sight of you and would find the burning fires of hell preferable to sharing a bed with you. I do not care if you have an arm’s length of titles to your wretched name, whatever that might be. All I desire is to get off this ship, and away from you.”

“Ah, come now, no more protestations against sharing my bed, for we both know how hollow they are,” Dante responded easily. His smile was forced, though, for this insolent chit had a way with words that cut deeply into a man’s self-esteem, and his had already been inflicted with a few jabs of late.

Dante’s gaze clashed with the violet eyes that were glowing with hatred of him, and he resented the fact that such beauty should belong to a dirty little street urchin, who would spit in his face if she thought she could get away with it unscathed. Her contempt for him was visible in every quivering ounce of her, and yet she was the one who had set out to entrap and deceive him. He was the one with the grievances, although to look at her one would think she had been the victim of foul play.

Dante allowed his eyes to linger on the contours of her face for a moment longer, a moment which seemed endless to Rhea. Then he smiled, and it was a strangely beautiful smile in spite of its coldness. Abruptly, he released her wrists, picked up the map, and walked away from her.

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Laurie McBain became a publishing phenomenon at age twenty-six with her first historical romance. She is a winner of the RT Reviewers’ Choice Award for Best Historical Romance Author. All of her romances were bestsellers, selling over 11 million copies. Laurie’s books have been out of print for over 5 years.

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Blog Tour, Excerpt & Giveaway: Beyond What is Given (Flight & Glory) by Rebecca Yarros

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Beyond What is Given (Flight & Glory, Book 3) by Rebecca Yarros

Publication Date: September 28, 2015

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imageLt. Grayson Masters is focused on graduating the Apache helicopter course, and the last thing he needs is his gorgeous new roommate Samantha Fitzgerald distracting him. While her smart mouth and free spirit are irresistibly irritating, he can’t deny their off-the-charts chemistry, no matter how hard he tries.

Having just been expelled from college, Sam has no business digging for Grayson’s secrets while she’s hiding her own, but that doesn’t stop her from trying to tear down his walls. Each barrier she busts through drops one of her own, though, and she’s not prepared for the truth: another woman laid claim to Grayson’s heart long ago.

Falling in love is something neither Grayson nor Sam can afford, and when that line is crossed and secrets are exposed, they’ll learn that sometimes it’s the answered prayers that will put you through hell.

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Grayson’s choices were so calculated, so deliberate, I doubted he’d ever so much as been late for a class.

“Samantha?” His eyes softened, revealing the give in him, and it cracked my own defenses.

“Have you ever made a mistake, Grayson? And I don’t mean the kind that costs you an apology. I mean one that destroys you? Where you lie awake at night, unable to sleep, because you’re terrified of what’s going to happen the next day, and the one after that? Where you’d give anything, and I do mean anything to go back and make a different choice? Where you’re sick all the time at the thought of what you’ve done? Because I have. I’ve crumbled my entire future, shredded any hope of finishing college, and killed off who I used to be. And I don’t…I don’t know how to come back from something like that.”

“You don’t.”
I jerked back, but he held me immobile against him. “Stop, and listen to me. I’m not going to belittle you by

saying nothing is that bad, because some things are. Things happen that change who we are, and what we’re capable of. So you’re not going to ‘come back’ from that any more than you’re going to erase whatever you did. You have to decide if you’re going to try to keep patching yourself up or if you’re going to tear down and rebuild.”

“I don’t know how to do that.”

“You wade through the pain, and the guilt, and the excuses you make to yourself. Stop drowning in alcohol to numb the fear, and suck up the bitter taste of accountability.

You move on with who you are now. It’s not easy. If you think you screwed up that badly, then maybe you did, but you also have to leave room for the chance that you didn’t. Have you talked about it?”

I shook my head. There were two of us who knew the whole truth, and that circle was big enough. “I’m not sure I’m ready to let go of everyone’s vision of who I am. It’s so much prettier than the truth.”

“Not even Ember?”

“Definitely not think-through-everything-twice Ember. She wouldn’t understand, and I’m not sure I could handle her reaction.”

He swallowed and broke our stare like it had become too much because we both knew the truth—it had. “That’s the hardest part, letting someone see who you really are— scars and all. I’m…” He cleared his throat. “You need to trust someone enough to tell them the truth. Make peace with it before it eats you alive. I listen really well if you don’t have anyone else.”

I scrambled to throw up a wall between us. It was safer when he was hurling snotty comments at me. That, I knew how to handle. But this Grayson? The one holding me carefully, keeping me warm while the storm raged outside, offering to help carry the crippling weight destroying me? I didn’t know what the hell to do with that one.

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imageRebecca Yarros is a hopeless romantic and lover of all things chocolate, coffee, and Paleo. In addition to being a mom, military wife, and blogger, she can never choose between Young Adult and New Adult fiction, so she writes both. She’s a graduate of Troy University, where she studied European history and English, but still holds out hope for an acceptance letter to Hogwarts. Her blog, The Only Girl Among Boys, has been voted the Top Military Mom Blog the last two years, and celebrates the complex issues surrounding the military life she adores.

When she’s not writing, she’s tying on hockey skates for her kids, or sneaking in some guitar time. She is madly in love with her army-aviator husband of eleven years, and they’re currently stationed in Upstate NY with their gaggle of rambunctious kiddos and snoring English Bulldog, but she would always rather be home in Colorado.

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Blog Tour, Excerpt & Giveaway: Irresistibly Yours: An Oxford Novel by Lauren Layne

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Irresistibly Yours: An Oxford Novel by Lauren Layne

Publication Date: October 6, 2015

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imageMeet the men of Oxford magazine! In the first captivating spin-off of Lauren Layne’s Sex, Love & Stiletto series, a not-so-friendly battle of the sexes turns into a scorching office romance.

Hotshot sports editor Cole Sharpe has been freelancing for Oxford for years, so when he hears about a staff position opening up, he figures he’s got the inside track. Then his boss drops a bombshell: Cole has competition. Female competition, in the form of a fresh-faced tomboy who can hang with the dudes—and write circles around them, too. Cole usually likes his women flirty and curvy, but he takes a special interest in his skinny, sassy rival, if only to keep an eye on her. And soon, he can’t take his eyes off her.

Penelope Pope knows all too well that she comes off as just one of the guys. Since she’s learned that wanting more usually leads to disappointment, Penelope’s resigned to sitting on the sidelines when it comes to love. So why does Cole make her want to get back in the game? The man is as arrogant as he is handsome. He probably sees her as nothing more than a barrier to his dream job. But when an unexpected kiss turns into a night of irresistible passion, Penelope has to figure out whether they’re just fooling around—or starting something real.

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Cole had been watching the brunette for the better part of three innings.
Which was just wrong on a couple of levels.
For starters, it was a rare woman who could come between Cole Sharpe and baseball. Or between Cole and any sport, for that matter.
And at Yankee Stadium in particular, the game came first. Especially a game in which the Yankees were trying to establish early dominance over the Blue Jays in the American League East division.
Cole’s eyes should have been glued to the field. Not only because the Yankees were his team—he’d been a die-hard fan since his Little League days—but because Cole was a sportswriter. Come tomorrow morning, Cole would be expected to know the details of every single at bat.
And yet . . .
His eyes shifted once more to the narrow figure of the brunette as he took another sip of beer.
There was something about her that demanded a second look and at the same time, there was nothing about her. She was utterly, completely unremarkable.
And that was the other reason why Cole’s fascination with the woman made no sense.
Cole loved women almost as much as he loved sports, but this woman?
Cole liked women curvy, but this one was slim to the point of being skinny. There was no noticeable definition of her waist through her Jeter jersey. No womanly flare of her hips.
Plus, Cole preferred blondes, and this one’s messy ponytail was just a couple shades lighter than black.
As for her face? Well, he hadn’t seen it yet. Not fully. But she’d turned her head once in the third inning, giving Cole a quick glance at her profile. The upturned nose was cute enough, but the rest of her features were hardly so arresting as to explain why he continued to stare at her.
It took Cole another half inning to realize what it was that had captivated him.
For the first time in his life, he was seeing a woman who was more absorbed with a baseball game than he was.
Tiny Brunette, as he’d started thinking of her, hadn’t lost interest in the game once. Even between innings, when the rest of the stadium was refilling on beer and peanuts, she merely scribbled like crazy in a little notebook she kept in her lap.
It was like clockwork. The third out would signal the swap of the players on the field, and Tiny Brunette’s attention would dip toward the damn notebook.
Her left hand would sneak around to twirl her ponytail around a finger while her right hand busily wrote . . .
What?
What did she write in that notebook? And exactly why did he want to know so badly?
Normally Cole would just ask. The seat beside Tiny Brunette was free. Everyone else in the suite was there more for the networking and the free food and booze than the game. It would have been so easy just to plop down beside her, strike up a conversation. Flirt.
But for some reason he was hesitant.
Cole told himself it was because he didn’t want to interrupt whatever it was she was so diligently working on, but there was an unfamiliar fear too.
The fear of rejection.
Because nothing about this woman signaled that she’d be interested in a conversation with him.
And that would be a first.

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image imageLauren Layne is a USA Today Bestselling author of contemporary romance. Prior to becoming an author, Lauren worked in e-commerce and web-marketing. In 2011, she and her husband moved from Seattle to New York City, where Lauren decided to pursue a full-time writing career. It took six months to get her first book deal (despite ardent assurances to her husband that it would only take three). Since then, Lauren’s gone on to publish ten books, including the bestselling Stiletto series, with several more on the way in 2015.

Lauren currently lives in Chicago with her husband and spoiled Pomeranian. When not writing, you’ll find her at happy hour, running at a doggedly slow pace, or trying to straighten her naturally curly hair.

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ROMANCE NEW RELEASES 10/11-10/17 Freebies, Deals & Giveaways

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ROMANCE NEW RELEASES 10/11-10/17 Freebies, Deals & Giveaways List

✦Romance ✦PNR ✦Erotica✦ Romantic Suspense ✦Historical Romance✦

*This list will be pinned to the top of our FB page and updates will be made throughout the week. Genre codes included with title and the key to codes listed at the bottom of the list.

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✿MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2015
✦Dirty English by Ilsa Madden-Mills #CR ➢ $0.99 (Release Day Only Sale) Amazon US http://amzn.to/1jjy5JB | Amazon CA http://amzn.to/1FZJRTH | Amazon UK http://amzn.to/1LIPB6n
✦Dragos Goes to Washington (Elder Races) by Thea Harrison #PNR ➢ $3.99 Kindle http://amzn.to/1jjzW1e | iBooks http://apple.co/1RBI6NB | Kobo http://bit.ly/1FZLYaa | ARe http://bit.ly/1RBIeN3
✦Stirring Up Trouble by Andrea Laurence #CR ➢ $3.99 Kindle http://amzn.to/1VMRns7 | B&N http://bit.ly/1MqTWKe | Kobo http://bit.ly/1Qk6brc
✦Gambling on the Bodyguard (What Happens in Vegas) by Sarah Ballance #CR ➢ $2.99 Kindle http://amzn.to/1N7Rtmp | B&N http://bit.ly/1Mmx7Dj | Kobo http://bit.ly/1NAx6S7
✦Lethal Game (Biological Response Team) by Julie Rowe #RS #CR ➢ $3.49 Kindle http://amzn.to/1N7RE15 | B&N http://bit.ly/1hz6QsP | Kobo http://bit.ly/1Qk6AtG

✿TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2015
✦Stroke of Midnight: A Midnight Breed Novella (The Midnight Breed Series) by Lara Adrian #PNR ➢ Kindle $2.99 http://amzn.to/1Ov2UYy | Amazon PBK $7.80 http://amzn.to/1NahEcm
✦Breaking Him (Love is War, Book 1) by R. K. Lilley #CR ➢ $3.99 Kindle http://amzn.to/1Ov3KET | iBooks http://apple.co/1GFM7tV | Kobo http://bit.ly/1REzbuW
✦Everything I Left Unsaid: A Novel by M. O’Keefe #CR ➢ Kindle $7.99 http://amzn.to/1MqUoIr | Amazon PBK $8.42 http://amzn.to/1N7RWFj | B&N PBK $9.61/ Nook $7.99 http://bit.ly/1Qk6PVI | Kobo $7.99 http://bit.ly/1MqUArm
✦Need You for Always: Heroes of St. Helena by Marina Adair #CR ➢ Kindle $4.99 http://amzn.to/1N7S4Vk | Amazon PBK $9.98 http://amzn.to/1K3mMu2
✦Hard to Break by Bella Jewel #ER #CR ➢ Kindle $3.99 http://amzn.to/1K3mTpB
✦The Duke and Miss Christmas by Amelia Grey #HR ➢ Kindle $1.99 http://amzn.to/1MqUJuU
✦How Forever Is by Laura Drewry #CR ➢ Kindle $2.99 http://amzn.to/1K3n58h
✦Christmas at Evergreen Inn: A Jewel Cove Novel by Donna Alward #CR ➢ Kindle $2.99 http://amzn.to/1VMSJD6
✦Blue Blooded: A Benediction Novel by Shelly Bell #CR ➢ Kindle $1.99 http://amzn.to/1K3nhV9 | Amazon PBK $6.99 http://amzn.to/1VMT0pz | B&N http://bit.ly/1G7ZFnd | Kobo http://bit.ly/1WVSK4J
✦Major Misconduct: An Aces Hockey Novel by Kelly Jamieson #CR ➢ $2.99 Kindle http://amzn.to/1VMTlbI | B&N http://bit.ly/1OwaZL6 | Kobo http://bit.ly/1N8hvGa
✦Slow Play (The Rules Book 3) by Monica Murphy #CR #NA ➢ $3.99 Kindle http://amzn.to/1Lqui7C
✦Written in Ink by Carrie Ann Ryan #ER #CR ➢ Kindle $4.99 http://amzn.to/1hzJaV5 | Amazon PBK $14.99 http://amzn.to/1hzJ4Ni
✦Nowhere to Hide (Delos Series Book 1) by Lindsay McKenna #RS #CR ➢ $5.99 Kindle http://amzn.to/1L4YKk4 | Kobo http://bit.ly/1Otc0oU | iBooks http://apple.co/1ylrDIq
✦Seduce Me: A Stark Ever After Novella by J. Kenner #ER #CR ➢ $1.99 Kindle http://amzn.to/1LquIuM | iBooks http://apple.co/1MvGVQE
✦Breaking Him (Love is War, Book 1) by R. K. Lilley #CR ➢ $3.99 Kindle http://amzn.to/1Ov3KET | iBooks http://apple.co/1GFM7tV | Kobo http://bit.ly/1REzbuW

✿Link to Previous Weekly Release Lists: http://bit.ly/1jz5V8S

✦GENRE ABBREVIATIONS✦
#CR – Contemporary Romance
#PNR – Paranormal Romance
#RS – Romantic Suspense
#NA – New Adult Romance
#ER – Erotica Romance
#YA – Young Adult Romance
#UF – Urban Fantasy Romance
#FR – Fantasy Romance
#HR – Historical Romance
#SFR – Science Fiction Romance
#RC – Romantic Comedy

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✦Spotlight, Excerpt & Giveaway: Dark Before the Rising Sun and Chance the Winds of Fortune by Laurie McBain http://wp.me/p3d0RZ-3bs
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✦Blog Tour, Excerpt & Giveaway: Beyond What is Given (Flight & Glory) by Rebecca Yarros http://wp.me/p3d0RZ-3b0
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✦Blog Tour, Excerpt & Giveaway: Nowhere to Hide (Delos Series) by Lindsay McKenna http://wp.me/p3d0RZ-38k
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✦Spotlight, Review & Giveaway: All I Want (An Animal Magnetism Novel) by Jill Shalvis http://wp.me/p3d0RZ-382
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✦Release Blitz, Excerpt & Giveaway: PLAYING DIRTY (Risky Business) by Tiffany Snow http://wp.me/p3d0RZ-36b
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✦Blog Tour, Excerpt & Giveaway: Irresistibly Yours: An Oxford Novel by Lauren Layne http://wp.me/p3d0RZ-3ad
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✦Darkest Before Dawn (The KGI Series) by Maya Banks (Releasing October 27, 2015)
►Enter Rafflecopter (Paperback Copy) Ends 10/27 ➢ http://gvwy.io/lr7215

✦Blog Tour, Excerpt & Giveaway: Darker the Release (Revenge Saga) by Claire Kent http://wp.me/p3d0RZ-3bX
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✦Blog Tour, Excerpt & Giveaway: All I Need Is You (Loving You Book 2) by Wendy S. Marcus http://wp.me/p3d0RZ-37t
►Enter Rafflecopter ➢ http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/235babe7252/

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image✦Walk Through Fire (Chaos, #4) by Kristen Ashley
Cover Reveal: http://wp.me/p3d0RZ-2CH
Publication Date: October 27, 2015
PRE-ORDER
Kindle $3.99 http://amzn.to/1GdFuyy
Amazon PBK $7.99 http://amzn.to/1MVTAZh
B&N (PBK $7.99/ Nook $3.99) http://bit.ly/1QJBQqh
Kobo $3.99 http://bit.ly/1SzFtN5
iBooks $3.99 http://apple.co/1NenaKr

✦Darkest Before Dawn (The KGI Series) by Maya Banks (Releasing October 27, 2015)
►Enter Rafflecopter (Paperback Copy) Ends 10/27 ➢ http://gvwy.io/lr7215
Pre-Order:
Kindle: http://amzn.to/1H6iNii
Amazon PBK: http://amzn.to/1HDUkV6
Nook: http://tinyurl.com/qy3cr2a
B&N Mass Market Paperback: http://tinyurl.com/q2eum4f
iBooks: http://tinyurl.com/o4sosjz
BAM: http://tinyurl.com/oes3o9b
IndieBound: http://tinyurl.com/p6eq9s5
Google: http://tinyurl.com/njj2ffk

✦Edge of Danger: A Deadly Ops Novel, Book 4 by Katie Reus (November 3, 2015)
PRE-ORDER:
Kindle $5.99: http://amzn.to/1E04v3l
Amazon PBK $7.99: http://amzn.to/1JQUadQ
Kobo $7.99: http://bit.ly/1AwgWkN
iBooks $7.99 http://apple.co/18pLLxd
B&N not available yet
Goodreads: http://bit.ly/1Bhto8X
Amazon Series Link: http://amzn.to/1AbLoMn

✦Born of Betrayal (The League Series) by Sherrilyn Kenyon http://wp.me/p3d0RZ-2ad
Release Date: November 3, 2015
PRE-ORDER
Kindle $14.99: http://amzn.to/1aQFagq
Amazon HBK $20.51: http://amzn.to/1NqwpIJ
B&N: http://bit.ly/1MfbOFQ
Kobo: http://bit.ly/1MfbWVM
iBooks: http://apple.co/1KyepgD

✦Strong Enough (Tall, Dark and Dangerous, Book 2) by M. Leighton
Releasing November 3, 2015
PRE-ORDER
Kindle $5.99: http://amzn.to/1ZyNqXf
Amazon PBK $12.96: http://amzn.to/1Ov4Yjt
Barnes & Noble: http://smarturl.it/ToughEnough-Nook
iBooks: http://smarturl.it/ToughEnough-iBooks
Kobo: http://smarturl.it/ToughEnough-Kobo
Google Play: http://smarturl.it/ToughEnough-GP
Add it on Goodreads: http://smarturl.it/ToughEnough-GR

✦The Exhibitionist: The Submissive Series by Tara Sue Me http://wp.me/p3d0RZ-2SF
Publication Date: November 3, 2015
Pre-Order:
Kindle: http://amzn.to/1WEnJTN
Amazon PBK: http://amzn.to/1hoz0aO
B&N: http://bit.ly/1TUtwjO
Kobo: http://bit.ly/1PlLaf4
iBooks: http://apple.co/1JhMlaI
Amazon Series Link: http://amzn.to/1hMhYmN

✦Reaper’s Fall by Joanna Wylde
Releasing November 10, 2015
PRE-ORDER:
Kindle: http://amzn.to/1Ogc5JH
Amazon: http://amzn.to/1DIzXO7
B&N: http://bit.ly/1KISu3s
Kobo: http://bit.ly/1MYoLr5
iBooks: http://apple.co/1OExoHu
Cover Reveal: http://wp.me/p3d0RZ-2my

✦Feel the Burn (Dragon Kin) by G.A. Aiken
Publication Date: November 24, 2015
PRE-ORDER:
Kindle $6.42 http://amzn.to/1EXHy0l
Amazon PBK $7.99 http://amzn.to/1EXHhue
B&N (PBK $7.99/ Nook $6.99) http://bit.ly/1FPQXHX
Kobo $6.89 http://bit.ly/1EXHIF9
iBooks $6.99 http://apple.co/1DSyO6t
Goodreads: http://bit.ly/1F6b7ij

✦BLOOD KISS: The Black Dagger Legacy Series by J.R. Ward
Releasing December 1, 2015
Blog Post: http://wp.me/p3d0RZ-2cD
PRE-ORDER:
Kindle $7.99: http://amzn.to/1BlQjuG
Amazon PBK $7.19: http://amzn.to/1NXGNbe
Kobo $7.99: http://bit.ly/1HUkrD9
iBooks $7.99: http://apple.co/1BIx5nN
B&N not available yet

✦Kill Without Mercy (Ares Security, Book 1) by Alexandra Ivy
Publication Date: December 29, 2015
Genre: Romantic Suspense
PRE-ORDER
Kindle $6.07 http://amzn.to/1O8PK0z
Amazon PBK $7.99 http://amzn.to/1DjVYae
Kobo $6.89 http://bit.ly/1y4qcgX
iBooks $6.99 http://apple.co/1CftWc9
B&N not available yet.

✦Legend (Real #6) by Katy Evans
Cover Reveal: http://wp.me/p3d0RZ-2L1
Publication Date: February 9, 2016
Kindle: http://amzn.to/1MD7ZJZ
Amazon PBK: http://amzn.to/1RJuyn2
iBooks: http://apple.co/1Vl1odh
B&N: http://bit.ly/1Guafyb
Kobo: http://bit.ly/1RJuUKl
Google Play: http://bit.ly/1GuakSp

✦Last Mile: A Vicious Cycle Novel, Book 3 by Katie Ashley
Publication Date: March 3, 2016
PRE-ORDER
Kindle http://amzn.to/1MhgsB1
Amazon PBK http://amzn.to/1Op3ENs
B&N http://bit.ly/1jeEq8v
Kobo http://bit.ly/1G0TWiM
iBooks http://apple.co/1WQfdAd

✦The Beast: A Novel of the Black Dagger Brotherhood by J.R. Ward
BLOG POST ► http://wp.me/p3d0RZ-2Kl
Releasing April 5, 2016
Add to Goodreads: http://bit.ly/1NRxV47
Kindle $11.84 http://amzn.to/1KX7Jsj
Amazon HBK $25.16 http://amzn.to/1eZVP2k
Kobo $14.99 http://bit.ly/1UvfAik
iBooks http://apple.co/1MTDing
Book Depository (Hardback) $25.01 http://bit.ly/1Mc3FDg
B&N http://bit.ly/1O42sjE

✦Take Me Home Tonight (A Rock Star Romance Novel) by Erika Kelly
Cover Reveal: http://wp.me/p3d0RZ-2Wo
Publication Date: April 5, 2016
PRE-ORDER:
Kindle http://amzn.to/1JFMAN3
Amazon PBK http://amzn.to/1JFMGUW
B&N http://bit.ly/1NR1dDq
Kobo http://bit.ly/1KW4koo
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✦FREE ➢ Fatal Affair: Book One of The Fatal Series by Marie Force
Kindle: http://amzn.to/1Zt9FxF
Copied
B&N: http://bit.ly/1z6bynD
Kobo: http://bit.ly/1uC6Msp
iBooks: http://apple.co/1OsDsTE

✦FREE ➢ The Marquess Who Loved Me (Muses of Mayfair Book 3) by Sara Ramsey
Kindle http://amzn.to/1GqXYvQ
Kobo http://bit.ly/1j89ZBE
iBooks http://apple.co/1j8abk9
B&N is listed for $0.99. Not Free. http://bit.ly/1M3JfNN
Series: Muses of Mayfair #3 | Amazon Series Link: http://amzn.to/1GqY3zD

✦FREE ➢ Sweet Burn (When SEALs Come Home Book 3) by Anne Marsh
Kindle http://amzn.to/1Gi04Ot
B&N http://bit.ly/1O0rQ8v
Kobo http://bit.ly/1VlOxtK
iBooks http://apple.co/1MZ0D7H

✦FREE ➢ Ruined by a Rake – An All’s Fair in Love Novella by Erin Knightley
Kindle http://amzn.to/1F6PRUt
B&N http://bit.ly/1JDqnPE
Kobo http://bit.ly/1JDqnz6
iBooks http://apple.co/1fNsoRB
Amazon’s Erin Knightley Page: http://amzn.to/1F6Trhk

✦FREE ➢ Reckless (Renegades, Book 1) by Skye Jordan
Kindle: http://amzn.to/1MHvd3E
Nook: http://bit.ly/18U1Gm5
iBooks: http://bit.ly/WnXGFO
Kobo: http://bit.ly/1cYE7JY
ARe: http://bit.ly/1p39HK8
REVIEW 5 Stars: http://wp.me/p3d0RZ-Vb

✦FREE ➢ Ghostly Liaison by Stacy Mckitrick
Kindle: http://amzn.to/1WGX0G4
B&N: http://bit.ly/1hO9Gen
Kobo: http://bit.ly/1E6YEe1
iBooks: http://apple.co/1J7HWYO

✦FREE ➢ Assassin’s Touch (Iron Portal Paranormal Romance Series) by Laurie London
Kindle: http://amzn.to/1KVKA9D
B&N: http://bit.ly/1MSi2OJ
Kobo: http://bit.ly/1MfdWQB
iBooks: http://apple.co/1Nf5pKL
Amazon Series Link: http://amzn.to/1Pb4zjk

✦FREE ➢ HELL ON WHEELS: Black Knights Inc. by Julie Ann Walker
Kindle: http://amzn.to/1djSWXf | Kobo http://bit.ly/1U1kkw0 | iBooks http://apple.co/1OIZI8N | B&N Not Free http://bit.ly/1S5rlhG
***THE SERIES IS ON SALE***
BLACK KNIGHTS INC. BY JULIE ANN WALKER ~ READING ORDER
✦#1 HELL ON WHEELS ➢ http://amzn.to/1djSWXf
✦#2 IN RIDES TROUBLE ➢ $2.99 http://amzn.to/16JSnNI
✦#3 REV IT UP ➢ $3.99 http://amzn.to/Hm99NR
✦#4 THRILL RIDE ➢ $4.99 http://amzn.to/16JSwAJ
✦#5 BORN WILD ➢ $5.99 http://amzn.to/Hm8rQH
✦#6 HELL FOR LEATHER ➢ $2.80 Kindle http://amzn.to/1IbZsOW | B&N http://bit.ly/1rSbrF3
Kobo http://bit.ly/1iNqQHd | iBooks: http://apple.co/1BJypcL | Review 5 Stars: http://wp.me/p3d0RZ-1eE
✦#7 Full Throttle ➢ Kindle http://amzn.to/1U1oh3M | B&N http://bit.ly/1vO67sN | Kobo http://bit.ly/11CuRYo | iTunes http://bit.ly/Z7gY3o | Review 5 Stars #TopFav2014 http://wp.me/p3d0RZ-1MJ

✦FREE ➢ Axel (Corps Security Book 1) by Harper Sloan
Kindle http://amzn.to/1MpFJL0
Amazon Only
Review 5 Stars: http://wp.me/p3d0RZ-DD
Series Link http://amzn.to/1MpFShq

✦FREE ➢ No One to Trust (Red Stone Security Series) by Katie Reus
Kindle: http://amzn.to/1DjbFeJ
Kobo: http://bit.ly/1mt37da
iBooks: http://bit.ly/1rinHUp
ARe: http://bit.ly/1I64Pi9
B&N not available for free but you can grab from ARe for free in nook ePub format
Amazon Series Link: http://amzn.to/1DjceVQ

✦FREE ➢ Loving Lauren (West Series Book 1) by Jill Sanders
Kindle http://amzn.to/1LT16aj
B&N http://bit.ly/1LT1c1w
Kobo http://bit.ly/1J163HO
iBooks http://apple.co/1dI3BgA

✦FREE ➢ Maid for Love (McCarthys of Gansett Island Series, Book 1) by Marie Force
Kindle: http://amzn.to/1L73FFf
B&N: http://bit.ly/1GEdDwP
Kobo: http://bit.ly/1GEdHgg
iBooks: http://apple.co/1ebeWqK

✦FREE ➢ No Knight Needed (Ever After, Book 1) by Stephanie Rowe
Kindle: http://amzn.to/1HDDsfC
Kobo: http://bit.ly/1mgff4s
iTunes: http://bit.ly/OutOn2
B&N: Not Free

✦FREE ➢ How to Catch a Wild Viscount by Tessa Dare
Kindle: http://amzn.to/1KSgNhw
B&N: http://bit.ly/1BPTVqF
Kobo: http://bit.ly/1MtOdRo
iBooks: http://apple.co/1JsLtWd

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B&N: http://bit.ly/1daikBd
Kobo: http://bit.ly/1M4UVgu
iBooks: http://apple.co/1QkzwAy
Amazon Series Link: http://amzn.to/1KIupM0

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Kindle: http://amzn.to/1FMKBHY
B&N: http://bit.ly/1FmMR6a
Kobo: http://bit.ly/1Bzmfxj
iBooks: http://apple.co/1QjkgDX

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B&N: http://bit.ly/1dr77gc
Kobo: http://bit.ly/1FHgwur
iBooks: http://apple.co/1Lr43eA
Amazon Series Link: http://amzn.to/1FHfCOL

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Kindle: http://amzn.to/1dAwPNH
(Amazon Only)

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iBooks: http://apple.co/1GG1Smg
B&N: http://bit.ly/1zdZMda
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B&N: http://bit.ly/1GiLbNo
iBooks: https://itun.es/us/10_WX.l
Kobo: http://bit.ly/1QjQS3l
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Kindle http://amzn.to/1xXmYMc
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REVIEW 4.5 Stars: http://wp.me/p3d0RZ-1vj
Kindle: http://amzn.to/1xynXm9
B&N: http://bit.ly/1CXX5OD
Kobo: http://bit.ly/1r4UqwL
iBooks: http://apple.co/18WXuD5

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iBooks: http://apple.co/1GQA79H

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iBooks: http://apple.co/18SWAaX

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B&N: http://bit.ly/1mMgdCD
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iBooks: http://apple.co/1BmZew9

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B&N: http://bit.ly/unzippedbn
Kobo: http://bit.ly/unzippedkobo
Google: http://bit.ly/unzippedplay

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Review & Giveaway: Redemption Road (A Vicious Cycle Novel) by Katie Ashley

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Redemption Road  (A Vicious Cycle Novel, Book 2) by Katie Ashley

Publication Date: October 6, 2015

Romantic Suspense/ Contemporary Romance

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imageThe New York Times bestselling author of Vicious Cycle plunges readers into a world of danger and desire in her newest in the Vicious Cycle motorcycle club romance series.

Looking for a walk on the wild side, Annabel Percy, the daughter of a powerful politician, starts dating a biker she knows is completely wrong for her. But she finds herself living a nightmare when she’s kidnapped and transported into a hell on earth she never could have imagined.

Born and bred into the Hells Raiders MC, Nathaniel “Reverend” Malloy lives and dies for his brothers. But when he becomes the unexpected savior of a rival club’s captive, Rev makes it his personal mission to nurse Annabel back to health—and to shelter her from the nightmares that torment her.

Once Annabel heals, she’s stunned to realize she is falling for the seductive man who saved her. Faced with their impossible attraction, can she accept the life he leads, or will Rev walk away from the only life he’s ever known for the woman he was never supposed to love?

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image In a nutshell this book was about two people emotionally scarred by what life had thrown at them. It was interesting that you couldn’t really tell who was healing whom, but that was also part of the journey. It helped that I truly liked Rev and Annabel so even when it got a bit maudlin, I had faith that things would gear back up. I enjoyed the people surrounding them and the action didn’t overpower the romance nor did the recovery from the trauma. This book doesn’t fall in the dark, hot and heavy biker romance category. I would decribe Redemption Road as heartfelt, enjoyable and balanced. 

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Blog Tour, Excerpt & Giveaway: Nowhere to Hide (Delos Series) by Lindsay McKenna

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Nowhere to Hide
(Delos Series, Book 1)
by Lindsay McKenna

Publication Date: October 13, 2015

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imageLia Cassidy left the Army scarred physically and emotionally after a vicious attack by two fellow soldiers. She turns to helping others, working at a Delos Home School Charity in Costa Rica that provides schooling for children. But when the deadly drug lord, La Arana, attacks the school, Lia finds herself on the run for her life. The only person she can trust is the ex-SEAL sent to protect her.

Cav Jordan is strong, honorable and gorgeous…and intrigued by Lia. He knows she has suffered pain in her past, and he is determined to break through her barriers and earn her trust. But as Cav slowly chips away at the walls Lia has built, ghosts from her past threaten to destroy their fragile relationship.

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“You’re such a beautiful fibber,” Cav murmured tenderly, moving his hands slowly up and down her thighs. He saw that his touch settled her down, her shoulders dropping the tension she was holding in them. “In another forty minutes, you’ll be boarded first. There will be two air marshals on that flight, Lia, to protect you. You’ll be fine.”

She turned and faced him. “I worry about you, Cav, and about all these guys. You’re going to get into the fight to get Medina as soon as you get me on board that plane, aren’t you?” She saw him give her a rueful smile, like a little boy caught with his hand in the cookie jar.

“Busted.”

“I wish you wouldn’t go, Cav,” she blurted out, unable to hide her emotions now. “I know I don’t have a right to ask you that.”

“Yes,” he growled, “You have every right, Lia.”

It was painful for her to look at him, so she looked away. “I know we barely know one another, but there’s something good between us, Cav. I can feel it. When you kissed me, I felt as if I’d never been kissed before. And you did it so well…” She saw his eyes turn dark with emotion, and his hands stilled on her thighs as she absorbed their strength and warmth. She had never wanted him more.

“Listen,” he growled, then softened his tone as he cupped her face. “This is one of the few times I want to be on an operation, Lia. I want Medina so damn bad I can taste it. That bastard is as good as dead. He just doesn’t know it yet. And I hope like hell I’m the man who puts the bullet into that sick bastard’s brain. I want to know that he’ll never, ever bother you or any other woman again. This man needs to be taken out.”

She felt a chill from his icy declaration. Here was Cav, her warrior, fully unveiled. Shaken, Lia whispered, “Then please be very, very careful, Cav. I can’t lose you,” and she reached out to him, touching his face and feeling a day’s worth of beard beneath her fingertips.

Just as quickly, Cav’s feral look was replaced by the gentle, strong man she was falling in love with. She knew he wanted to kiss her as he moved his thumb lightly across her lips.

“When this is over, I’m coming home to you, Lia. I’m sure Robert has another assignment for me, but I’m going to reject it. I want time with you…”

Nothing had ever sounded so good to her. She leaned forward, seeking and finding his lips, releasing a low moan of need as his mouth took hers with unbelievable gentleness. Lia wanted so much more from this man!

She, too, wanted a chance to for them to know each other without being under threat. His mouth slid against her lips now, and she hungrily pressed hers against his, wanting so much more from him, wanting to give equally back to him.

Cav held her, savoring her natural sweetness, her taste, her fragrance. Her fingers open and closed against his shoulders as she eagerly kissed him in return.

His heart was pounding in his chest, his erection painful with need. Time was what they both needed. Time for her to heal, and time for them to explore what they would do next.

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Release Blitz, Excerpt & Giveaway: Sinner’s Steel (The Sinner’s Tribe Motorcycle Club Series) by Sarah Castille

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Sinner’s Steel: The Sinner’s Tribe Motorcycle Club Series by Sarah Castille

Publication Date: October 6, 2015

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Tall, dark, and dangerously handsome, Zane “Tracker” Colter is the strong, silent type of tattooed muscle biker who drives women wild. But as a master of strategy for the outlaw MC club, Sinner’s Tribe, he doesn’t have time to play around with groupies and biker chicks-especially when he can’t stop thinking about Evie, the girl who got away…

SHE’S PLAYING WITH FIRE.

Evie’s been in love with Zane ever since they were children-until he broke her heart and disappeared. Now he’s back in her life, bigger and badder than ever. Zane is stunned by how beautiful and confident Evie’s become, using her artistic talent to customize motorcycles. He wants her so bad, he’d ride through fire to win her back. There’s one problem: Evie is dating his deadliest rival-the leader of the Black Jacks-and if Evie and Zane hook up, there’ll be hell to pay… in Sinner’s Steel.

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image“What are you looking for?” She looked down, letting her hair cover her face so he couldn’t see the flush in her cheeks. “I have a few hours free this afternoon, and since Bill isn’t there, I don’t mind going in to help you out. Ty…my son…is with a friend.”
“Paint.”
God, this was as bad as getting Ty to tell her about his day at school. “Do you need to buy paint or are you looking for artwork?”
“Art. Yours.”
Evie fought back a smile. Zane had always reverted to monosyllabic answers in emotionally stressful situations, and she had a feeling his stress wasn’t because of T-Rex and Tank shirking their duties. “You want to see my portfolio and some samples or do you have something in mind?” She sidestepped around him, heading for the door so she could grab her purse. Her body brushed against his and just that tiny touch—the feel of his hard chest against her breasts, the scent of his leather cut—sent her pulse skyrocketing, and stumbled.
Zane put out a hand to steady her, then suddenly yanked her against him, holding her fast with an arm around her waist. “You were always touching me, Evie,” he murmured. “Drove me outta my fucking mind. You playing games with me now?”
Her chest expanded and she sucked in some badly needed air. This wasn’t Zane the teenager, who fumbled with her clothes beside the creek, his hand shaking as he touched her bare skin. This was Zane the man, confident, self-assured and strong, with a dominance that made her knees weak and a body that made her mouth water.
Dangerous. Maybe even a killer.
No. She pushed the thought away. Even after she gave up hope of seeing him again, she never believed he was responsible for her father’s death.
“We should go.” She pulled away, at least she thought she did, but his hand stayed firm on her lower back. “I’ll show you my portfolio.”
“Saw it when I stopped by the shop on my way here. You got real talent. Always did.”
“You broke into the shop?” The warmth of his hand seeped through her body making it difficult to keep her spine stiff and her indignation firm.
A half grin spread across his face, and his shoulders relaxed. “Thought maybe you were unconscious inside since the hours on the door said the shop was open on Sunday.”
“And you didn’t think to call Tank or T-Rex who were parked outside my house?”
“I’m a man of action, sweetheart.” He nuzzled the side of her face, the rasp of his breath in her ear so damn erotic she wanted nothing more than to drag him into her house and do something insanely stupid.
“I hope you didn’t rampage through the shop during your break-in. It’s partly my business, too.”
He jerked back and his smile faded. “You think I’m gonna steal from you?”
She cringed at his sharp tone, but better to have him annoyed than sexy and seductive. “You are an outlaw biker. Isn’t that what you do? Mayhem, theft, arson…the more illegal the better?”
“We do what we gotta do to live the way we want to live.”
Evie pulled away, putting some much-needed space between them. “The way I want to live includes having a way to pay the rent, and that’s not going down if anything happens to the shop. Plus, Axle won’t be back. I told Jagger, but he didn’t believe me. He was just delivering a message from someone.” She turned to the door, cringing at the reveal she hadn’t intended to make, but before she could step inside, Zane clamped a hand on her shoulder.
“Who?”
Her heart pounded a warning, but she couldn’t outright lie, and the question suggested he already knew the answer. “Viper.”
Zane hissed in a breath. “What was the message?”
She twisted a lock of hair around her finger, and looked back at him over her shoulder. “It’s…sort of…personal. We’re…um…friends.”
His gaze locked on her finger and his eyes narrowed. Damn. He knew her anxiety tell as well as she knew his. “Viper doesn’t have friends.”
“Maybe you don’t know him that well.”
He released her and took a step back. “Maybe I don’t know you.”

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Blog Tour, Excerpt & Giveaway: MADAME X by Jasinda Wilder

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MADAME X by Jasinda Wilder

Publication Date: October 6, 2015

Genre: Erotica/ Romantic Suspense/ Contemporary Romance

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I’m the best at what I do.

And you’d do well to follow my rules…

Hired to transform the uncultured, inept sons of the wealthy and powerful into decisive, confident men, Madame X is a master of the art of control. With a single glance she can cut you down to nothing, or make you feel like a king.

But there is only one man who can claim her body—and her soul.

Undone time and again by his exquisite dominance, X craves and fears his desire in equal measure. And while she longs for a different path, X has never known anything or anyone else—until now…

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A knock on the door, the silent swing of hinges, and then heat and hardness behind me, a faint but intoxicating hint of cologne, the creak of leather. Hands on my waist, lips at my neck. Breath on my skin.
I don’t dare tense, don’t dare suck in a sharp breath of fear. I don’t dare pull away.
Strong, hard, powerful hands twist me in place, and an index finger touches my chin, lifts my face, tilts my gaze. I cannot breathe, don’t dare, haven’t been given permission.
“You are lovelier than ever, X.” A deep, smooth, cultured voice, like the purr of a finely tuned engine.
“Thank you, Caleb.” My own voice is quiet, careful, my words chosen and precise.
“Scotch.” The command is a murmur, barely audible.
I know how to prepare it: a cut-crystal tumbler, a single ice cube, thick amber liquid an inch from the top. I offer the tumbler and wait, keep my eyes downcast, hands behind my back.
“You were too harsh on Jonathan.”
“I must respectfully disagree.”
“His father expects results.”
I bristle, and it does not go unnoticed. “Have I ever failed to produce results?”
“You sent him away after less than an hour.”
“He wasn’t ready. He needed to be shown his faults. He needs to understand how much he has to learn.”
“Perhaps you’re right.” Ice clinks, and I take the empty tumbler, set it aside, and force myself to remain in place, force myself to keep breathing and remind myself that I must obey. “I didn’t come here to discuss Jonathan Cartwright, however.”
“I suppose not.” I shouldn’t have said that. I regret it as soon as the words tumble free.
My wrist bones scrape together under a crushing grip. Hard dark eyes find mine, piercing and frightening. “You suppose not?”
I should beg forgiveness, but I know better. I lift my chin and meet those cold, cruel, intelligent dark eyes. “You know I will fulfill the contract. That’s all I meant.”
“No, that isn’t all you meant.” A hand passes through artfully messy black hair. “Tell me what you really meant, X.”
I swallow hard. “You’re here for what you always want when you visit me.”
“Which is?” A warm finger touches my breastbone, slides into the valley of my cleavage. “Tell me what I want.”
“Me.” I whisper it, so not even the walls can hear.
“All too true.” My skin burns where that strong finger with its manicured nail traces a cutting line up to my shoulder. “You test my patience, at times.”
I stand stock-still, not even breathing. Breath whispers across my neck, huffs hot on my nape, and fingers toy with the zipper of my dress.
“I know,” I say.
And then, just when I expect to feel the zipper slide down my spine, body heat recedes and that hot breath now laced with hints of scotch is gone, and a single word sears my soul:
“Strip.”
My tongue scrapes over dry lips, and my lungs constrict, protesting my inability to breathe. My hands tremble. I know this is expected of me, and I cannot, dare not resist, or protest. And . . . part of me doesn’t want to. But I wish . . . I wish for the freedom to choose what I want.
I have hesitated too long.
“X. I said . . . strip.” The zipper slides down to between my shoulder blades. “Show me your skin.”
Reaching behind my back, I lower the zipper to its nesting place at the base of my spine. Hard, insistent hands assist me in brushing the sleeves from my shoulders, down my arms, and then the dress is floating to the floor at my feet. That’s all the help I’ll get. I know from long experience that I must make a show of what comes next.
I turn my head, and see tanned skin and the perpetual two-day stubble on a refined, powerful jawline, sharp cheekbones, firm, thin lips, black eyes like voids, eyes that drip desire. My hair drapes over one shoulder. I lift one knee so my now-bare toes touch the gleaming teak, curl my shoulders in, let my gaze show my vulnerability. With a deep breath, I unhook my bra, let the garment fall away.
I reach for my underwear.
“No,” comes the purr, “leave them. Let me.”
I let my fingers graze my thighs, wait. My underwear slides down slowly, and where fingers touch, so too do lips, hot and damp, touching my skin, and I cannot flinch, cannot pull away or express how badly I want only to be alone, to even once have the right to want something else.
But I do not have that right.

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imageNEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY, WALL STREET JOURNAL and international bestselling author Jasinda Wilder is a Michigan native with a penchant for titillating tales about sexy men and strong women. Her bestselling titles include ALPHA, STRIPPED, WOUNDED, and the #1 Amazon and international bestseller FALLING INTO YOU. You can find her on her farm in Northern Michigan with her husband, author Jack Wilder, her five children and menagerie of animals.

Jasinda is represented by Kristin Nelson of the Nelson Literary Agency.

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