Thursday, October 30, 2014

PRE-RELEASE BLITZ, EXCERPT & GIVEAWAY: Nights With Him - Lauren Blakely



Lauren Blakely does it again and brings readers more smoldering, sexy nights in her Seductive Nights Series with her newest novel, NIGHTS WITH HIM.
In Lauren Blakely’s newest Seductive Nights novel, Jack Sullivan convinces Michelle Milo that he can “show her worlds of pleasure.” And judging from the number of Os he gives her, the man delivers on that promise! Lauren wants to deliver with worlds of pleasure for her readers too -- so she’s offering several extra special giveaways with this novel, and we’re thrilled to help announce them!
First, ANYONE who preorders NIGHTS WITH HIM will receive a Julia and Clay short story! That means EVERYONE who preorders is a winner! Readers will be thrilled to know that Julia and Clay, the hero and heroine from the first 3 Seductive Nights novels, have some more story left in them. Lauren has written an exclusive short story that takes place after ONE MORE NIGHT, and you are not going to want to miss what happens next! Anyone who preorders and ENTERS HERE will be emailed the short story. Already pre-ordered? That’s great! You can still enter by filling out the form and entering your order number! NIGHTS WITH HIM is available for preorder on Amazon, iBooks, Kobo and Google Play. Barnes & Noble users who buy NIGHTS WITH HIM on release day, and fill out THIS FORM on release day, can receive the short story during release week as well.
Second, have you ever wanted to spend the night at a Ritz Carlton Hotel? Then you’ll want to take the Be Seduced quiz to enter to win a night at a Ritz Carlton and discover worlds of pleasure on your own! To celebrate the launch of the book, Lauren is giving away a $500 gift card for a stay at the Ritz nearest you!* Readers can access the quiz in the eBook version of NIGHTS WITH HIM, and will have until November 15th to enter the quiz. To be clear, the back of the NIGHTS WITH HIM eBook is the ONLY location with the link to the quiz. The grand prize winner will also receive a $100 gift card for Lelo, makers of premium sex toys, just like the one Jack uses on Michelle in this scene.
Lastly, NIGHTS WITH HIM is a full-length, standalone erotic romance novel that follows the love affair of a new couple, Jack and Michelle, and does not have a cliffhanger. It’s ONLY $3.99 during the preorder period, but this price will go up to $4.99 during release week.
So pre-order your copy of Lauren Blakely’s NIGHTS WITH HIM today. Don’t miss this hot and sexy new novel or these amazing opportunities to enter to win! Then, delve into this amazing first excerpt from NIGHTS WITH HIM and enter to win your own paperback copy!

* If there is no Ritz Carlton near the winner, the winner may opt to receive a $500 gift card to any Marriott property, or Marriott-owned hotel. *

I Can Show You Worlds of Pleasure”
An excerpt from NIGHTS WITH HIM by Lauren Blakely

The balcony circled the peak of the Met Life Tower with a spire above them, a clock right below them. A high fence surrounded the perimeter, and the view of Manhattan was endless, stretching to the rivers and the towns that lay far beyond the city that never slept.

Michelle wrapped her hands around the railing at the edge of the balcony, drinking in the view of Manhattan. The headlights from the distant streets below streaked across the dark night; the sounds of horns and music and madness morphed into a quiet radio station din. The dirt and grime was gone, and New York was aerial and beautiful—a darkly gorgeous nocturnal creature, lit up against the night sky.

Jack dropped his hands to her waist, his thumbs rubbing circles against the fabric of her dress at her hips. She leaned her head back against him, stretching her neck. But then he was gone—he was on his knees behind her, kissing the back of her bare legs, starting at her calves.

“Don’t close your eyes. Watch the city as I touch you.”

No wonder he did what he did. He was a man in tune with pleasure. A man thoroughly connected to his senses, which was all the more unusual, given his background as a numbers and logic guy. But he also had some intuitive sense of the physical.

Or simply the physical of her. His tongue flicked against the back of her knee, and she felt her legs wobble. He steadied her, his strong hands tight on her thighs as he kissed his way up her legs, pressing his lips against the back of her thighs now. First one leg. Then the other. Higher and higher still, the fabric of her skirt rose in his hands as he exposed her flesh for him. Soon he’d pushed her skirt above her butt, and his sinful mouth was leaving a hot, wet trail of kisses against the crease where her ass met her legs.

“Light blue,” he murmured as he slid his finger under the edge of her lacy panties. “Gorgeous, sexy, perfect sky blue.”
“Yes. You like?”
“So much I want to keep them,” he said as he returned his mouth to her skin.

Pleasure pulsed through her veins. She gripped the railing tighter as the sensations spread, starting deep in her belly, radiating to her fingertips, her toes, the ends of her hair, as he brushed those soft lips against her body. He kissed her with a kind of reverence, with a deep appreciation for her body. He kissed her as if she were the most sensual person he’d ever touched. As if she were made for passion, for pleasure, for this kind of bold desire that ran rampant through her cells.

Because everything he’d done so far had been a slice of heaven. A heaven for lovers of the flesh.

He ran his nose across her upper thigh, then pressed a kiss between her legs, his lips grazing the soaked panel of her panties. Useless thing. A completely useless piece of fabric, since the way he’d touched her had turned them hot and damp.

“Take them off,” he said roughly.

She obliged, sliding her panties down her legs, then lifting them over her ankles as she stepped out of them.

“Give them to me.”

She handed them to him, and he stuffed them into his pocket.

He stood and gently placed his hand on her chin, turning her gaze back to the sky. “Watch the city,” he told her, as he pressed his chest against her back, his long, tall body aligned with hers.

Anticipation built between them, the tantalizing wonder of what would come next. Only he knew. She was placing her pleasure in his hands, and that’s exactly where she wanted it to be.

A soft hum whirred through the air. At first, she wasn’t sure what it was. Then she recognized the noise. The way it signaled a response in her body. How the sound tapped into her deepest core, a reminder of something she loved.
Assistance.

One hand gripped her hip, and the other slid down her belly, dipping between her legs as he tugged her closer. Her breath fled her chest. The thrill of not knowing ignited her more, and she felt a rush of heat between her legs. She wanted him to feel it too. To know what he was doing to her. She was After Hours Michelle with him, so she let go of her other self, allowing herself to fully be the sexy, alluring woman who appeared when Jack Sullivan was inches away. 

“Touch me,” she said.

She felt it. The first press against her throbbing clit. The slide through her wetness. The pressure from something that wasn’t his finger. Something that had been made.

“What is it?” she asked in between staccato breaths.

“It’s The Lola,” he said in a hot, husky voice, whispering in her ear as he rubbed a small toy against her. She looked down—he held a sleek circular device between two fingers, one finger through a silver hole in the middle. The toy was like a large ring, made of the same soft material the world’s best pleasure toys came in. Only this one didn’t just stimulate her with vibrations. Somehow, the toy felt like a tongue touching her. Like fast, intense flicks from the most wonderful, amazing, fantastic tongue she’d ever felt. Like Jack today. Times ten.
It was that good.

“I don’t have this one,” she said, in between gasps and moans.

“I know. It’s new. They say it feels fantastic against the skin,” he said, rubbing the vibrator against her. “Tell me if it does.”

She cried out. “Oh, yes.”

She felt as if her body belonged to this toy, to the intensity of the pleasure strumming through her blood and bones. It owned her.

“Does it make you want more of me?”

“So much more,” she moaned.

“This part,” he said, slowing only to press the soft middle section to her clit, the beads beneath the surface rotating against her, simulating the intoxicating sensations of a tongue flicking against her. 

“Does that feel like the way I licked your pussy earlier today?” he asked in a whisper, his breath hot against her skin.

“Yes. Oh, God. Yes.”

“I can make this feel like a soft swirl, or like I’m fucking you with my tongue,” he said, and began cycling through the levels of vibration. 

Her vision blurred from the sweet intensity. She wasn’t sure how she was still standing. 

“I can show you worlds of pleasure.”
“I want it,” she said, now begging because this was a new land of desire he’d taken her to, and she didn’t ever want to leave.

Working the toy expertly between her legs, he yanked her body closer, his erection hitting her backside. His voice was low and dirty as he growled in her ear. “This is what I can do to you for thirty nights.”

“I want it all. I want you,” she said in between pants and moans, her body arching into the toy.

“This is how you’ll be mine,” he said, gliding the toy across her clit that was so swollen she ached with the need to come. She felt desperate in every pore of her body. The intense need to climax was bearing down on her. Her world narrowed to this hot neon need as pleasure took over, spinning wildly out of control, blissfully into chaos as she leaned back into his chest, his arms holding her in place, his finger working her over and over with his toy as she shattered into endless erotic bliss, crying out his name above Manhattan.
Minutes later she turned around, looping her arms around his neck. “You win. That was the best orgasm of my life. I’m yours for thirty nights.”


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RELEASE DATE: November 11, 2014


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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. Her novels include Caught Up In Us, Pretending He’s Mine, Playing With Her Heart, and Trophy Husband. She also writes for young adults under the name Daisy Whitney.

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RELEASE BLITZ & GIVEAWAY: The Morbid and Sultry Tales of Genevieve Clare - J.B. Hartnett


The Morbid and Sultry Tales of Genevieve Clare is now LIVE!
Meet Genevieve and Ahren in this dark and sultry tale of love loss!


My name is Genevieve Clare, professional mourner, destined to spend my days 
donning a black suit and throwing myself on top of caskets for money. 
Sometimes I mixed it up and threw myself on top of a willing warm body 
instead. Finding the right warm body though, that was a different story.






Julie is a Southern California native, a fan of a really good story (preferably romance with a happily ever after), really good pie (preferably pumpkin) and copious amounts of coffee (preferably Folgers).
She has always enjoyed writing and at one time thought she could be a singer songwriter...the 'writer' part is the one that stuck.
Julie is obsessed with pi...the equation(and the food). She's allergic to cats and cantaloupe and hates mushrooms...so if you ever want to give her a gift, those are out for sure.She currently lives with her own romance hero husband and two boys in Melbourne, Australia.
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COVER REVEAL: Take Me With You (Take Me #2) - K.A. Linde

We are so excited to share with you the cover for book 2 in the Take Me Series by K.A. Linde - Take Me With You, scheduled for release January 27, 2015!

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Grant All of my demons are coming to head. I thought Ari could push them back. I thought I could conquer my vices with her at my side. I thought wrong.
Aribel Fear is my new constant. I thought I could conceal it, contain it, control it. I thought that now that I had Grant the worst was over. I thought wrong. But if we’re going to survive, wherever you go…take me with you.
Cover Designed by Najla Qamber Designs

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Excerpt
I’d never given much thought to falling in love. For someone like me, it seemed an impossibility. Why dwell on something that would never happen? I had no interest in chicks for more than what they could give me in one night. Fuck ‘em and then show ‘em the door. There were always clinger groupies, who claimed to love me. But they loved what I could offer them. Sex. A one-night stand. A story to tell their friends about how they slept with a rocker. With Grant McDermott. I was a name. A symbol. Nothing more. 

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USA Today bestselling author K.A. Linde has written the Avoiding series and the Record series as well as the new adult novels Following Me and Take Me for Granted. She grew up as a military brat traveling the United States and Australia. While studying political science and philosophy at the University of Georgia, she founded the Georgia Dance Team, which she still coaches. Post-graduation, she served as the campus campaign director for the 2012 presidential campaign at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. An avid traveler, reader, and bargain hunter, K.A. lives in Athens, Georgia, with her fiancé and two puppies, Riker and Lucy.

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Wednesday, October 29, 2014

REVIEW: Consequences of Deception - Ella Fox

4 Pretty Frustrating and Deceptive but Hot and Enjoyable Stars

This is my first Ella Fox read and was gifted to me by my friend, Michelle, I got intrigued with the title and the synopsis, and I should have known that I will be frustrated at some point in the book. Not "I want to dnf" kind of frustrated but "Why what wtf are you doing oh no all those years wasted and you're an ass" kind of frustrated.

To summarize:

- Sloane and Killian were very close childhood neighbors and friends mainly because of Killian's younger sister, Shannon.

- Killian is 6 years older than Sloane.

- Sloane has been in love with Killian her whole teenage life, Killian knew about it and months before she turned 18, they sort of had an understanding about their "relationship".

- An accident happened and Killian cut off Sloane in his life for nearly 4 years until he ambushed her into going away with him.

- Sloane has no clue why Killian hates her, she has an idea though.

- Everything unravels about the whats and whys of the last 4 years in Killian and Sloane's lives…


I understand some of the reviews that I've read about Killian being a first-class a-hole, I definitely wanted to hammer his head until he gets back some of his human emotions back and stop being so furiously mean and harsh to Sloane. He really was a jerk especially that first time he and Sloane had sex and I felt bad for her.


"Once upon a time, I'd have given anything to have Killian touching my body, but not like this. Never like this."

Sloane was pretty though during that "getaway" with Killian, she spoke her mind and ultimately shut out her feelings when she's had enough. I can only imagine it's all she felt she can do to survive the situation that she was in.


"There's no point in arguing with him. There's no point in anything. Not anymore. My pain is my own."

And being a teenager at the time the accident happened, she made do and put up with the awful things her aunt and uncle did/said to her until she gets her inheritance and get far away from them. Although this seemed weak to a lot, I think it's smart and practical of her to think about preparing until she turns 22 and gets her money instead of staying out on the streets.

Killian and Sloane's story, although it started cute and sweet, is not all the time romantic and gentle but Ella Fox does write hot scenes in this book. All the consequences of Killian's (really, it was mostly Killian) actions following that accident from 4 years ago came stumbling out and it wasn't pretty, it was hurtful and absolutely regrettable. I wish the deception or at least the reason why Killian abandoned Sloane was more "deeper" than that.

But I still enjoyed it! There were no dull moments, only lots of "WTFs", "Awww", "Angry", and a little bit of "Sweet" moments I'm sure you'll find yourself hooked.




Stars: 4 stars!
Recommended to: Those who like twists and turns on their books. Plus hot sex.
POV: First person. Female POV. (I wish it was dual, I would love to get a peek at Killian's mind)
Series: No.
Cliffhanger: No.
EXTRA COMMENT: I LOVE THE EPILOGUE!



Monday, October 27, 2014

Conflagration by Tessa Teevan is now LIVE!


The second book in the Wellingtons series, Conflagration, is now LIVE! After waiting more than 12 hours, it finally went live right after I fell asleep. Thank you, Amazon! I have loved all books by Tessa Teevan, absolutely loved and gushed and swooned in all of them, but I think this one should have its own level of greatness from all the TT books.




Branson Wellington? The name, my name, is usually followed by f*cking prick or self-serving bastard, and I can't say I haven't earned those titles. It's true. I'm not the good guy. I'm not the boy next door. I'm definitely not your Prince f*cking Charming. Not even close. 

And I never wanted to be. Until her. The day I pulled her from the wreckage was the day that my life changed. 

Who would have thought that one little lie had the power to throw two lives so off course? 

Love has never been in the cards for me, but now that she’s here, I have no idea how I’m ever going to let her go. Even if I don’t deserve her. 

Because like I said, I’m a self-serving bastard and some things never change. 

**While this is the second book in the series, it can be read as a standalone novel.**

REVIEW: Black Lies - Alessandra Torre


Title: Black Lies
Series: No
Author: Alessandra Torre
Release Date: August 25, 2014


5 Stunned Speechless Stars
ARC received via NetGalley for an honest review


STUNNED. SPEECHLESS. I have no words. Not enough words. No perfect words that would best describe the experience I had with reading Black Lies. I cannot believe I waited this long to start this. Then again, I was in the right mood for something that will stimulate my brain cells and tingle every nerve I have, so yesterday was the perfect time for me to read it. It didn't disappoint. Not even close.

This is the second Alessandra Torre book that I've read. The first one, I've read 3 years or so ago and unfortunately, that one didn't work out well for me but now after reading Black Lies, I am considering re-reading that book. Black Lies is for sure going to my "Best of 2014" shelf! HOLY GUACAMOLE IT'S BEEN 2 DAYS AND I STILL CAN'T FORM SENTENCES.

I want to make this a spoiler-free review, that's how it should be anyways, right? But keeping this completely spoiler-free is the key to making your Black Lies experience a thrilling one. That's for sure. 

Now, how does one write a spoiler-free review for something like Black Lies? I'm not sure. So, I'm going to stick with just saying all the feelings, emotions, and thoughts I had while reading this incredibly gripping, thought-provoking novel that is Brant, Lee, and Layana's story.

I dove right into this book without reading reviews in detail. I just skimmed through the review titles and read the first couple of sentences of some of them, both high and low ratings. As if the synopsis wasn't intriguing enough, the reviews and my friends' status updates had me trying to figure out what the heck's going on in the book. I started reading, the first few pages got me anticipating the next events that will unravel. Alas, Alessandra Torre wrote the story in a way that for sure will keep everyone on the edge of their seats and keep them thinking and thinking where the story will take them. How it went from somewhat present to going back and starting from the beginning, building up the foundation of everything until the unraveling of the huge twist, is one thing that boosted up my rating. 


The characters are so effective. Brant Sharp -- a tech genius billionaire. Handsome, intelligent, serious, powerful and oh so broody yet romantic. For someone who have no experience in serious relationships, Brant knows how to make a woman feel loved. And he's not all actions without words or vice versa, he does both. He has no qualms letting Layana "Lana" know how much he loves her, with his actions and words.


Lee -- a cocky, gardener/landscaper, fist-fighter kind of guy. He's mostly what Brant isn't and Lana didn't find it hard to see the good in him, yet at the same time, she couldn't stop comparing the two. Where Brant is into schedules, Lee prefers spontaneity. Where Lee is loud and outspoken, Brant is serious and carefully thinks of his words. But reading the development in the story, it isn't hard to fall in love with those two.


Layana "Lana" Fairmont -- rich, beautiful, one that doesn't back out from a challenge. When she wants something, she goes for it. Being in a relationship with 2 guys is a challenge but then again, not everything is what it seems. Personally, I don't know how she did it. I would've split my head into two from all the things that has been going on, yet Lana, she stayed strong, firm, and determined to figure out what's best for her and the love of her life and she acted on it.
Brant or Lee? Lee or Brant? For Layana, she wants both. Loves both. Adores both. It's true what the synopsis said, if you think you know this story -- you don't. It's 100% true. And I have to admit, if I haven't figured out the "twist" mid-story, I would have thrown my Kindle on my bed (I love it too much to throw it on the wall). Hey, I didn't figure it out at first, I have had a couple of guesses before sticking to that one guess I felt strongly about and then BAM! 

I didn't know what to expect, just that there is a "woah" moment somewhere in here and by 30%, I got scared. I'm not a fan of love triangles and cheating, especially detailed ones. Just a hint of it is bearable, but going deep into the emotions of the cheating, I can't. However, for some reason (mainly my over curious self), I wanted to know more and I found myself flipping through the pages and forming theories in my mind.


Captivating. Totally, absolutely, captivating. Alessandra Torre's storytelling is erotic. And not just about the sex. I realized being erotic doesn't necessarily need too much words and details because the author was able to make this a sensual experience for the mind just by letting the few words she write be sexy enough for my imagination to do the rest. It was extremely sexy, that way.

Black Lies is an unforgettable read. Champagne and cheers to Alessandra Torre for a brilliant storytelling!

Stars: 5 stars
Recommended to: Erotic romance thriller fans, this is one not to be missed!
POV: First person. Dual/Multiple POV -- mostly female.
Series: No.
Extra Comment: Did I mention that I shed some tears, too? Yep. I did. Believe it or not, there are sweet and cute scenes in here and some really emotional ones.