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Cover Reveal and Giveaway! ILLUSION by Lea Nolan (Hoodoo Apprentice #3)

It’s cover reveal day for Illusion by Lea Nolan. This is the third book in the Hoodoo Apprentice series, and I am so excited because all three books are getting gorgeous new covers! Check it out! Title: Illusion Author Name: Lea Nolan Release Day: October 5th Genre: Young Adult Paranormal     About Illusion: New school. Cross-country move. Broken heart. If only these were Emma Guthrie’s worst problems as the first day of her sophomore year dawns. Instead, she must battle a trio of enemies—human and spectral—who may or may not have joined forces against her. All while pretending to…

Excerpt Tour and Giveaway! ABANDONED AND UNSEEN by Alexandra Ivy and Carrie Ann Ryan (The Branded Packs series)

The next in a new dark and gritty paranormal series, Abandoned and Unseen continue the journey with NYT Bestselling Authors Alexandra Ivy and Carrie Ann Ryan.    Abandoned When bear shifter Anya Tucker fell in love with the wrong man, the only thing she left with was a broken heart—and her two bear cubs. Now she’s mended her wounds and learned that in order to raise her babies she can only trust herself. When her sons meet the lazy cat next door and fall heads over tails for him, she’ll do whatever she takes to protect them—even from a past…

Audiobook Review: ARTEMIS’S HUNT by Lia Davis (Sons of War #2.5)

Artemis’s Hunt by Lia Davis Synopsis: Artemis, goddess of the hunt, has lived with heartache for the last fifteen hundred years, believing her only love is dead. That’s what her father—Zeus, king of the gods—told her. After recent events brought the truth to light, Artemis must gather the courage to face her lost love again. Evangelos, former god of messengers, was content living in the mortal world until he discovered he has a daughter and her mother is Artemis. When the goddess shows up at his place of employment with tales of renewing his god status, he’s skeptical. Zeus wouldn’t…

New Release Review: HIS LOVER TO PROTECT by Katee Robert (Out of Uniform #3)

  Synopsis: He’s never met a challenge he couldn’t take… Alexis Yeung did everything right….only to watch everything go horribly, horribly wrong. Broken and angry, Alexis high-tails it to Europe, determined to face the world on her own terms and without consequence. Which includes a mind-blowing night with a sexy, scarred stranger. Except, embittered former pararescuer Luke Jackson isn’t exactly a stranger. He’s supposed to keep an eye on Alexis without her knowing. Ending up in bed together was definitely not the plan. Now he’s chasing her (admittedly hot) ass across Europe, a game of cat and mouse that always ends with the two…

New Release Blitz! HIS LOVER TO PROTECT by Katee Robert (Out of Uniform #3)

Former pararescuer Luke Jacobs never met a challenge he couldn’t take, including Avery Yeung. Fans of Nicolette Day’s No Strings Attached or Maisey Yates’s Unexpected, will devour the sexy addition to the Out of Uniform series by NYT and USA Today Bestselling Author Katee Robert.   Title: His Lover to Protect Author: Katee Robert Series: Out of Uniform #3 Genre: Contemporary Romance Release Date: September 7, 2015 Publisher: Entangled Brazen Print Length: 50,000 words Format: Paperback and Digital ISBN: 9781633753679   Synopsis: He’s never met a challenge he couldn’t take… Alexis Yeung did everything right….only to watch everything go horribly,…

New Release and Giveaway! BLURRED LINES by Lauren Layne

Blurred Lines By: Lauren Layne Releasing August 25, 2015 Loveswept Blurb: In a novel that’s perfect for fans of Abbi Glines and Jessica Sorensen, USA Todaybestselling author Lauren Layne delivers a sexy take on the timeless question: Can a guy and a girl really be “just friends”? When Parker Blanton meets Ben Olsen during her freshman year of college, the connection is immediate—and platonic. Six years later, they’re still best friends, sharing an apartment in Portland’s trendy Northwest District as they happily settle into adult life. But when Parker’s boyfriend dumps her out of the blue, she starts to wonder about Ben’s no-strings-attached…

New Release Spotlight! DEFENDING NORA by Sarah Leyton (Chicago Sin #2)

Title: Defending Nora Author: Sarah Leyton Publisher: Siren Bookstrand Pages: 184 Genre: Romance/Erotica With nothing more exciting in her life than her bangs catching on fire while trying to flambé, Nora Connolly’s life was terrifically uneventful. Well, uneventful until her house got raided and she found out her boyfriend was actually a CIA agent turned traitor. When he escapes custody and begins stalking her she is forced to turn to the only man she knows can protect her, the man she’s been swooning over since high school. When Nora shows up on his doorstep looking for protection, Jack Coleman tries to…

Cover Reveal! BEAUTY AND THE BOSS by Diane Alberts (A Modern Fairytale)

Today we are revealing the cover for BEAUTY AND THE BOSS by Diane Alberts. This book is being released by Entangled Publishing’s Indulgence line this November. Check out the blurb below. BOOK BLURB: Researcher Maggie Donovan has no luck with men, and it doesn’t help that she can’t keep her eyes off of her sexy boss – the one everyone else in the office calls The Beast. Relationships in the office are forbidden. So no one is more surprised than Maggie when she pretends to be his fiancée to save him during a difficult situation. Not only has she put…

Allegra Gray, Author of ENTRUSTED, Talks About the History Behind the Story (with a giveaway!)

A bit of the history behind the story… As a historical fiction writer, I often get asked “how I know all this stuff.” It’s true that writing in a historical setting does require a great deal of research, most of which I enjoy. It’s easy to go down the rabbit hole of research, of course, and suddenly look up and realize you’ve spent 2 hours researching how medieval people sealed a tomb, which will take up all of one line in your actual novel. So, in the interest of not letting all that research go to waste, I thought I’d…