So, after getting a glimpse of Jordie Thomas in Night Shift, an anthology released earlier this year, I knew that I had to have more of the filthy mouthed, bearded hockey star!! Even though in Night Shift, he was nursing his heartache over his recent breakup with his one true love, Kacey King, Overtime focuses on their journey back to each other, and Jordie's road to personal redemption.
It's been quite awhile since I had read about such a tortured hero, one that was drowning under the weight of his own personal demons. And yes, I say drowning, because Jordie was slowly sinking, and killing himself with alcohol- the only way that he knew to cope with his pain. Both internal and external, his pain was extreme.
Not only was he trying to recover from his recent injury, that had taken him out of the sport he loved, but he was also the victim of a horrific past. A past, that for most, would have been impossible to overcome. I seriously think my heart cracked when I found out what had happened to Jordie as a child, and to see that the one person in the world who should have protected him, not only didn't- but eventually resented him because of it. I wanted to personally take that person out myself. Anything to relieve a small piece of the hurt that he had been dealt.
So, that's probably why I loved Kacey. Even when I wanted to smack the crap out of her for all of the times that she continued to throw his past back in his face, I also knew that she was the one piece of happiness and love that Jordie had ever held. She was the one ray of light in the darkness that had been his life. I hated the pain that she had been through after their breakup, and sympathized for the loss she experienced, but I still felt as though she placed a bit too much of that blame on Jordie's shoulders. He, after all, is only a mortal man, and had no idea the ramification of his actions at the time. He only did what he thought was best, given his mentality at that moment.
This story is truly one of love and pain, and shows that two people can overcome some of the greatest of obstacles, if they have faith in each other, and the love that they share. I highly recommend it, not only for folks to get the conclusion to their story, but because it's just a great book. Well done, Toni, well done!!
Pick up your copy of Overtime, by the fabulous Toni Aleo, here:
http://www.amazon.com/Overtime-Assassins-Book-Toni-Aleo-ebook/dp/B0111EOXRO/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1440285949&sr=1-1&keywords=overtime+toni+aleo
Saturday, August 22, 2015
Cover Reveal!!! Rachel's Guard-- Jillian Jacobs!!!
Rachel’s Guard Book #2 The O-Line Series
One hidden secret. One tragic mistake. Two lives converge to discover one final truth.
“I killed you.” With his grandmother’s words, pro-football player Warren “Bronco” Murray’s picture-perfect world takes a direct hit. After mistaking him for a man from her past, Bronco believes his grandmother’s confused confession reveals the man who raised him
isn’t his real father. Is his grandmother’s mind slipping? Or is she harboring a deadly secret?
Searching for an answer to a question he’s not even sure exists, Bronco hires Rachel Harris, a local private investigator and a woman who brings out his protective— and primal—instincts.
Rachel’s spent her life seeking her own resolution for a tragic mistake made years ago. Unwilling to suffer through another loss, she vows to keep her relationship with Bronco strictly professional. Yet with each step into Bronco’s past, she finds that the players shaping her life also shaped his.
Working together to uncover the facts, they falter when the game turns deadly. Nothing is as it seems and they must fight to unearth the truth buried under past deceptions and lies.
Bronco and Rachel survive personal attacks and shocking revelations only to discover that the answers they sought have created a new path...but will they endure the journey together or falter under the truth?
Get caught up on the series........
Ember's Center is 99 Cents until November 10th - Jillian's Birthday!!!
She spent her life fighting for middle ground, and now that she’s found it, she’ll fight for her life.Ember Brooks yearns for an end to the dark chapters of her life—abusive mother, negligent father, teenage trauma, and sibling suicide. Determined to escape her traumatic past, Ember is finally headed for solid ground, gathering strength and balance with the help of her trusted counselor and friend, Xander Kane.
Still reeling from the death of her brother, Ember finds solace when Manchester Marauders center, Owen Killion goes on the offensive and barrels into her life. Both on the football field and off, Owen is sure-footed and confident. With his domineering presence and reliable nature, he alters her game-plan. But for a girl continually left on the sidelines, can she leave her heart on the line?
When Ember is the victim of increasingly dangerous incidents, and Xander changes the course of their relationship, once more her life spirals out of control.
Ember trusts Owen to guard their love, but when someone else is calling the shots, can they reach the end zone or will they fumble?Contemporary romance with a jagged edge
In the spring of 2013, Jillian Jacobs changed her career path and became a romance writer. After reading for years, she figured writing a romance would be quick and easy. Nope! With the guidance of the Indiana Romance Writers of America chapter, she has learned there are many "rules" to writing a proper romance. Being re-schooled has been an interesting journey, and she hopes the best trails are yet to be traveled. You'll find a bit of her husband in her paranormal series, The Elementals, as he's a chemist and has to answer all her, "Could this really happen?" questions.
Water’s Threshold, the first in her Elementals series, was a finalist in Chicago-North’s 2014 Fire and Ice contest in the Women’s Fiction category.
Three things about her: She’s a Tea Guzzler, Polish Pottery Hoarder, and lover of all things Moose. Her current positions with Indiana Romance Writers of America are Program Chair and 2015 Conference Co-Chair. The genres she writes under are: Paranormal and Contemporary Romance with suspenseful elements.
Jillian is also part of an Indiana author group, which posts videos answering questions readers post for writers. Visit The Juicebox Dialogues on YouTube for some sassy video fun with romance writers.
Friday, August 21, 2015
New Release!!! Where We Belong-- J. Daniels!!!
I was so excited to see that J had decided to release this surprise addition to the Kelly's story. I needed more of these two, seeing as they were what made me fall in love with J. Daniels' books. A true enemies to lovers story, this one tugs at your heartstrings for sure. Seeing all that Ben and Mia have overcome over the last three years, and all that they have in their lives now- it was awesome.
My heart broke for Mia when the infamous Angie reappeared and her relationship with Nolan was threatened. Because in my mind, she was the only true mother that he had ever had. I couldn't stomach the thought that Angie may try and take him away from her. I was on pins and needles through most of that.
I also loved seeing more Tessa and Luke, as well as Beth and Reed. I can't wait to see more from these couples as well, especially the possibility of babies!!!
Plus, the glimpse of CJ and Riley- oh yeah, that's gonna be a good one!!
J definitely knocked it outta the park again with Where We Belong, and I highly recommend it, as a fabulous addition to the Alabama Summer series!!! 5 stars!!!
Title: Where We Belong
Series: Alabama Summer #4
Author: J. Daniels
Release Date: August 21, 2015
Blurb
From NY Times and USA Today bestselling author, J. Daniels, an Alabama Summer series novella.
Ben and Mia Kelly can’t seem to catch a break.
Grueling night shift and opposing schedules have left the passionate couple geared up and ready for some much needed alone time. There’s only one thing standing in their way.
Parenthood.
With two curious boys who have mastered the art of cock-blocking roaming the house, Ben and Mia, sexually frustrated beyond reason, quickly resort to surprise sexcapades and naughty little trysts whenever and however they can get them.
Who said anything about keeping things legal?
Assume the position. Things are about to heat up in the south.
Warning: This book is recommended for readers over the age of 18 due to strong language and explicit sexual content.
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#1 Where I Belong
#2 All I Want
#3 When I Fall
Author Bio
J. Daniels is the NY Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Sweet Addiction series, and the Alabama Summer series. She loves curling up with a good book, drinking a ridiculous amount of coffee, and writing stories her children will never read.
J grew up in Baltimore and resides in Maryland with her family.
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Blog Tour!!! Tyrant-- T.M. Frazier!!!
Without a doubt, one of my most favorite reads of the year, one of the most anticipated books I wanted- this one, is that. And more. I said it with King, and I'll say it with Tyrant- 5 stars isn't enough. Not even close. A million plus twelve might be a start. Maybe.
King and Doe, their story is like no other. The only one to even come close might be Jake and Abby, from The Dark Light of Day, but even then- not exactly. The intensity of these two, the love, the pain- there were times that it hurt to read. But in the best way. I loved them. I breathed them. I lived them.
Tyrant picks up immediately after Doe is returned to her family and King is taken. You get both points of view, yet again, and see how both are dealing with the aftermath of King's "betrayal." Doe is reeling from being shoved back into an unfamiliar and scary life, while King is vowing vengeance on everything he sees. He is determined to fix what he broke, and bring Doe back home, to him- where she belongs.
I'm not going to sugarcoat it- there are parts that are brutal, and will make you cringe. But, it's so worth it. You cannot experience this story unless you feel it, to your bones, just like T.M. obviously did. You're gonna miss Preppy, sympathize with Bear, hate the Senator, wanna but Tanner, and hold King tight. It's all part of the big picture- I promise. You're going to go through the ringer with this book- you will. But, if you've ever read any of T.M.'s work before, you know that it's worth ever freaking second.
I feel like I can't even begin to do this woman justice, because she's a freaking literary genius, in my eyes. All I can do is recommend her books to everyone. So, that's what I'm doing. Telling you, that if for some insane reason you haven't already, GET THESE NOW!! Don't ask, just do it. You'll never be sorry.
King and Pup are back in this exciting conclusion to the King Series by T.M. Frazier releasing August 17th!
NOW AVAILABLE
Amazon US: http://amzn.to/1TtMpKd
Amazon UK: http://amzn.to/1LZbxpO
Blurb
I. Remember. Everything.
Only now I wish I didn’t.
When the fog is sucked away from my mind like smoke through a vacuum, the truth that has been beyond my reach for months finally reveals itself.
But the relief I thought I would feel never comes, and I’m more afraid now than I was the morning I woke up handcuffed in King’s bed.
Because with the truth comes dark secrets I was never meant to know.
I will put the lives of those I love most at risk if I let on that my memory has returned, or if I seek help from the heavily tattooed felon who owns me body and soul.
I don’t know if I’m strong enough to resist the magnetic pull toward King that grows stronger every day.
He’s already saved me in more ways than one. Now it’s my turn to do whatever it takes to save him.
Even if that means marrying someone else…
Excerpt #1
He cupped my ass and lifted me up, wrapping my legs around his waist. “There was one point I’d made the decision to tell you the truth. I owed you that much. But then all the shit went down with Isaac and Preppy, so when I made the deal with your father for Max, I thought I was doing you a favor by giving you your life back and getting you out of all the shit that came with being in mine.”
I squeezed my thighs around his waist, rubbing myself against his hardness. I moaned. “But you weren’t giving me my life back.” I corrected. I placed my palms on his cheeks and held his face in my hands, searching for any sign in his eyes that what I felt for him might have been wrong, but instead what I found was a resounding need to fix what was broken between us. Tears formed in my eyes. “You were taking it away.” King’s lips parted. He ran his thumb across my lower lip, turning his head he kissed his way up my arm.
“Goosebumps,” King observed, running his fingertips across my already stimulated skin. I bit my lip and stifled a moan.
“It’s just the heat," I lied.
"You've got that fucking right," King growled, bending my wrist behind my back, his lips came crashing down over mine. We were a tangling of lips, clanking of teeth, sloshing through the water to better line ourselves up with each other. It wasn't pretty.
It was need.
"I’m still fucking mad at you for letting me go,” I said into his mouth, while our tongues did things other parts of me throbbed to do.
King stilled and held my face away from his, our chests heaving in unison, my erect nipples rubbing against his hot hard skin as we panted together. Our breaths mingled in the air. He ran his hand down the side of my face and cupped my cheek in his palm. "I didn't give you away, Pup. I released you."
I stilled. "You released me?" I couldn't hide the hurt in my voice. For some reason, releasing me sounded worse than letting me go.
King ran his tongue across the tip of my earlobe, holding me tightly against his warmth. Chills ran down my spine and into my very core and they had nothing to do with the temperature of the rain.
"I tried to release you, Pup. For Max. But there was a major problem with that plan, and no matter what happened, it would never have worked," King confessed.
"Why is that?" I asked, needing to know, but at the same time acutely aware of the pulsing between my legs. Relief and release was only a scrap or two of fabric away. Throbbing for me.
"The problem was…you never released me," King growled, crashing his lips to mine. He moaned into my mouth when I rubbed myself up against his straining erection. He pushed the fabric of my shorts aside and the second he parted my folds with his index finger, I shuddered. He plunged a long index finger inside of me, and for a second my eyes rolled back in my head until he withdrew it. I cried out in frustration, wiggling myself against him, needing him to make me feel anything other than empty.
Excerpt #2
King snarled. “You seem to have forgotten who the fuck I am, Pup. So I'm going to remind you.” He pressed his hips against mine. “I'm the man who took you against your will and handcuffed you to my fucking bed. I'm the man who wanted you, so I fucking kept you." He cocked an eyebrow. “Do you really think you have a choice when it comes to being mine?"
King lifted me onto the dresser and pushed himself between my legs, forcing my legs apart. He held my wrists behind my back forcing my shoulders backwards and pushing my chest into his. My dress rode up to the tops of my thighs. King pushed a strand of hair behind my ears and leaned in to me, his lips just a breath away from mine. The room was getting hot. I couldn't breathe. I needed...I don't know what I needed. "No more questions."
I opened my mouth to argue. "Stop fucking talking," he snapped.
King lifted me off the dresser and carried me and set me down in front of the full-length mirror that hung on the closet door. He stood behind me. A head taller than me and outweighing me by a hundred pounds, our differences had never been more obvious. His dark jeans and dark tank top were a stark contrast to my little white eyelet sundress. My pale skin next to his tanned. My white hair to his black. It was a sight that made my knees weak. Because although the reflection in the mirror made our differences obvious, it also made me see how well the two fit together.
Haven’t read this series yet?
Meet King & Pup in King (Book One)
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About the Author
T.M. (Tracey Marie) Frazier resides in sunny Southwest Florida with her husband and three feisty fur kids.
She attended Florida Gulf Coast University where she specialized in public speaking. After years working in real estate and new home construction, she decided it was finally time to stop pushing her dreams to the back burner and pursue writing seriously.
In the third grade she wrote her very first story about a lost hamster. It earned rave reviews from both her teacher and her parents.
It only took her twenty years to start the next one.
It will not be about hamsters.
Stalk Her: Website, Facebook, Twitter, Amazon, and Goodreads.
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Thursday, August 20, 2015
Cover Re-Reveal!!! Storm MC Series-- Nina Levine!!!
It's recommended that you read this series in order.
STORM MC READING ORDER
#1 STORM (J & Madison) - OUT NOW - CURRENTLY FREE
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#2 FIERCE (Scott & Harlow) - OUT NOW
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#3 BLAZE (Jason & Madison) - OUT NOW
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#4 REVIVE (Nash & Velvet) - OUT NOW
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#5 SLAY (Blade) - OUT NOW
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#6 ILLUSIVE (Griff) - Releasing August 25th
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Sunday, August 16, 2015
New Release!!! Cocky Bastard-- Vi Keeland & Penelope Ward!!!
Yippee!!! Cocky Bastard is live!! If you haven't already, be sure to pick this one up now!!
Meet Chance in COCKY BASTARD!
A standalone Contemporary Romance novel by
New York Times & USA Today Bestselling Authors
Penelope Ward & Vi Keeland
NOW AVAILABLE
Blurb
He was
someone who belonged in my wildest fantasies instead of a rest stop in the
middle of Nebraska.
A sexy,
cocky, Australian named Chance was the last person I expected to run into on my
cross-country drive.
When my
car broke down, we made a deal. Next thing I knew, we were traveling together,
spending sexually-tense nights in hotels and taking unplanned detours.
My
ordinary road trip turned into the adventure of a lifetime. It was all fun and
games until things got intense.
I wanted
him, but Chance wouldn’t make a move. I thought he wanted me too, but something
was holding him back.
I wasn’t
supposed to fall for the cocky bastard, especially when I knew we’d be going
our separate ways.
All good
things must come to an end, right?
Except
our ending was one I didn’t see coming.
About the Authors:
Vi Keeland
Vi
Keeland is a native New Yorker with three children that occupy most of her free
time, which she complains about often, but wouldn't change for the world. She
is a bookworm and has been known to read her kindle at stop lights, while
styling her hair, cleaning, walking, during sporting events, and frequently
while pretending to work. She is a boring attorney by day, and an exciting
smut author by night!
Additional Books by Vi Keeland
Life on Stage series (2 standalone books)
Beat
Throb
MMA Fighter series (3
standalone books)
Worth the Fight (MMA Fighter Series, Book One)
Worth The
Chance (MMA Fighter Series, Book Two)
Worth Forgiving (MMA Fighter Series, Book Three)
The Cole
Series (2 book serial)
Belong to You (Cole Series, Book One)
Made for You (Cole Series, Book Two)
Standalone novels
Left Behind (A Young Adult Novel)
First Thing I See
Meet Penelope Ward
Penelope Ward is a New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street
Journal Bestselling author. She grew up in Boston with five older brothers and
spent most of her twenties as a television news anchor, before switching to a
more family-friendly career. She is the proud mother of a beautiful 10-year-old
girl with autism and a 9-year-old boy. Penelope and her family reside in Rhode
Island.
Other books from Penelope Ward
Stepbrother Dearest
Gemini
Jake Undone (Jake #1)
My Skylar
Jake Understood (Jake #2)
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