Thursday, 8 June 2017

Whatever After (Someone Else's Fairytale #5) by E.M. Tippetts Review Tour #bookreview #teasers #NAromance


 Whatever After by E.M. Tippetts is live!



Whatever After (Someone Else's Fairytale #5) by E.M. Tippetts
NA Contemporary Romance
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Blurb:
Chloe’s got it all: a happy marriage to Hollywood A-lister, Jason Vanderholt, her first child on the way, and the chance to be the maid-of-honor in her best friend, Lori’s, upcoming wedding. The stresses of the past year are behind her… almost.

Chris Winters, Chloe’s half-brother, still isn’t in jail, even though he’s the main suspect in a double homicide. The police don’t have enough hard evidence to charge him with the crime, but Chloe is certain it was him. After all, he tried to kill her when she was a child.

When Chris begins to stalk Lori, Chloe is furious and decides it is past time he was locked up for good. She has the best security team money can buy, yet she knows they’re missing something, and mistakes in this business can be deadly. The deeper she digs, though, the less the facts add up.

Chloe’s got mere weeks to figure out how to keep her best friend safe, save the wedding from disaster, and get Chris back in jail where he belongs. That is, if she can gather enough evidence before he strikes again.






Author bio:


Emily Mah Tippetts writes science fiction as Emily Mah and sweet romance as E.M. Tippetts. A lifelong New Mexican, she lives with her family in Santa Fe, though she's been known to spend years at a time in the UK, her second home. Aside from being a writer, she's been a lawyer and jeweler, and is currently a stay at home mother, polymer clay artist, book designer/formatter, and owner of E.M. Tippetts Book Designs.

Links:
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Twitter: twitter.com/emtippetts (@EMTippetts)


https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34817098-whatever-after?ac=1&from_search=true



Source: eARC for Honest Review Courtesy of Author and Wordsmith Publicity
Genre: NA Romance
Part 5 of a series


My Whatever After Review . . . 

I always adore E.M. Tippetts and even more because Someone Else's Fairtyale was one my first reviews for an Author that I ever did.   It's been great to watch the evolution of Jason and Chloe and especially their sarcastic wit and banter between characters.  Whatever After is book five in this series, which means its best if read as a series so you truly get the back story of the friendship of Lori and Chloe and the love between Jason and Chloe.

This time around Jason and Chloe are trying to live out their HEA, but life is never easy for Chloe.  Especially when her lunatic brother comes back into the picture.  With her brother making threats to Chloe's best friend and her wedding.  It causes Chloe to go back home and help Lori out.

But where Chloe goes, so does trouble.  Even if she doesn't ask for it.  She's like a magnet for drama.  But thankfully with her profession the suspense is always a bit more fun the usual suspense stories.

"This was supposed to be frivolous and overkill, Miss Chloe.  What is it with you and smart criminals?  Why can't you get the usual violent dimwits?"
"I'm just special like that."

 To some Chloe may be larger than life by whom she's married to, but to her family and friends she's just Chloe.  And this time around she wants the best for her friend even if Lori only gets whatever after.

"So we decided to give up on happily ever after.  We're committing to whatever after.  It's less romantic, but that's life, and that's okay."

I adore the loyalty and friendship between Lori and Chloe.  I also love the growth and change of the dynamics between Beth and Chloe and now Mr. Winters.   Jason and Chloe are always a bit awkward and sarcastic but also extremely cute and perfect for one another.  I adore these two together and this series is always great for sweet and drama filled suspense.

3 . 5 Whatever After thumbs up!

thumbs upthumbs upthumbs up  . 5

Lauren










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Sunday, 4 June 2017

The Farthest Edge (Honey#2) by Kristen Ashley Review & Excerpt Tour #giveaway #bookreview #excerpt #teasers

 

✮✮✮A delicious world of erotica, BDSM with alpha-subs and their Dommes, and a gripping love story…Welcome to The Bee’s Honey! The second standalone title in New York Times bestselling author Kristen Ashley’s Honey Series, THE FARTHEST EDGE is a seductive and rich love story releasing June 6, 2017! Order your copy today! ✮✮✮

 

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About THE FARTHEST EDGE (Erotic Romance Releasing June 6, 2017):

 

Step into the Honey Club, where every sensual boundary will be tested in search of the ultimate pleasure…

 

Branch doesn’t exist. Living off the grid, he’s looking for a way to forget his past and the guilt that plagues him. But no woman has ever been able to bring him to the edge he craves.

 

After a traumatic experience of her own, Evangeline stepped away from the decadent world of the Honey Club. But when she gets Branch’s offer—to play without boundaries or commitments—it’s too tempting for her to refuse.

 

As their passion ignites, Evangeline and Branch push each other to their farthest limit, fulfilling their darkest desires while falling harder and deeper than they ever imagined.

 

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THE DEEP END!

 

       

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Excerpt!!

She sighed and began, “Aryas—“
“Get you don’t want to and won’t push it. Hope you do. Hope you get over it. Hope you come back to us and to you in all the ways you should do that. You can’t find that in you…” He shrugged but didn’t stop coming at her. “That’s the way it is. I can’t push that. You gotta find that in you. But connecting with you. Seeing where you’re at. Getting you to come back to the family. Taking your pulse is only part of why I asked you here. I also got another reason.”
Evangeline took another sip of her coffee before she asked, “And what’s that?”
“Got a sub for you.”
She blinked and her stomach pitched.
“Sorry?” she queried.
“Perfect for you. No strings. No boundaries. This guy is not looking to connect. He’s not looking for a relationship. Hell, sheer number of Dommes he goes through, you might only get one crack at him before he vanishes from your life. But at least you’ll get off the way you like it that one time. And if you can keep him around awhile, you might have some fun, break yourself back in, give yourself what you need, without any baggage.”
Um.
Whoa.
That all sounded way too good to be true.
But still.
“I’m not…I don’t think…” She swallowed. “I’m not ready for that, and to be honest, Ary, I’m not sure I’ll ever go back there.”
“Fool thing to think, more fool thing to do,” Aryas returned instantly. “Especially when you got a chance to have a go with this guy. You got a shot at a guy like this guy, you should take it. And I mean that for you. Only for you. For where you’re at. For what I suspect you need about now. He doesn’t want to hold hands. He doesn’t want to share a drink in the hunting ground. He doesn’t want you to give him your number or stake your claim on him in the club or anywhere. He wants you to get him off and he’s open to anything you wanna do to pull that off.”
He’s open to anything you wanna do to pull that off.
She fought squirming in her seat and it made her angry.
This was not a part of her life anymore.


    

     

About Kristen Ashley: Kristen Ashley was born in Gary, Indiana, USA and nearly killed her mother and herself making it into the world, seeing as she had the umbilical cord wrapped around her neck (already attempting to accessorizeand she hadn't taken her first breath!). Her mother said they took Kristen away, put her Mom back in her room, her mother looked out the window, and Gary was on fire (Dr. King had been assassinated four days before). Kristen's Mom remembered thinking it was the end of the world. Quite the dramatic beginning. Nothing's changed. Kristen grew up in Brownsburg, Indiana and has lived in Denver, Colorado and the West Country of England. Thus, she's blessed to have friends and family around the globe. Her family was (is) loopy (to say the least) but loopy is good when you want to write. They all lived together on a very small farm in a small farm town in the heartland. She grew up with Glenn Miller, The Everly Brothers, REO Speedwagon and Whitesnake (and the wardrobes that matched). Needless to say, growing up in a house full of music, clothes and love was a good way to grow up. And as she keeps growing, it keeps getting better.


   




https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30261519-the-farthest-edge?ac=1&from_search=true



Source: eARC for Honest Review Courtesy of St. Martin's Press & Inkslinger PR
Genre: Adult Erotic Romance BDSM
Part 2 of an ongoing series but can be read as a standalone


My The Farthest Edge Review . . .

As per usual, another great KA read.  I do admit that it does take me awhile to get on board with the alpha submissive role, as this is all new to me in my BDSM reading, but if anyone can pull it off it's KA.  This is technically book two of a series but could be read as a standalone but I do strongly recommend reading it as a whole because The Deep End (book #1), helps set the tone and gives more information on the alpha submissive role.

We got to meet Branch Dillinger in The Deep End when he helped out Olivier, and the two of them became friends.  In The Deep End we got to hear about Evangeline Brooks but not officially meet her until this book.

~ What she expected to do was use him to heal her last wounds.
And do it healing his.
All this so they could both move on, perhaps not whole, because she'd only had a chunk taken out of her, but she knew in that one meeting with him that he'd had great masses torn away from him. ~

Both of these two are a different kind of broken.   Branch knows what he needs but doesn't think he deserves any happiness.  Evangeline has survived something terrible and is fixing herself one day at a time.   When Evangeline first meets Branch, she knows what she wants and needs, but knows it will be a tough game to win her prize.

"I'm yours, Evangeline.  I'm okay any way you want me to be."

Branch first tries to walk away but when Evangeline shows him all she can be, he's easy to give in.  But not completely.  However, he truly does know what he wants.

~He like his ass fucked solely if a woman was behind his cock.
Hell, it could even be he liked his ass fucked because there'd always be a woman behind the cock.~
Branch may think he's alone in this world but he's not and he doesn't even know what true gems he has, especially with his friend and sounding board, Gerbil.

"That might be the straight-up honest truth, brother, but the true death is the death of hope and you die that death still living, you might as well just be dead."

Again, the alpha-submissive is relatively new for me and really the only author I have read of this type of role is from KA.  First in Deacon, then in The Deep End, and now here.

 ~Right, there was something she hadn't yet quite understood about Branch that had been staring her in the face, heck, slapping her across the face since the first second she'd laid eyes on him.
He was a submissive.
But he was an alpha-submissive.~

The chemistry between Branch and Evangeline is smoking and a bit naughty.

"My big boy likes dirty talk," she murmured.  "Your big boy likes everything you do to him."
The more Branch and Evangeline play their game the more Branch becomes a huge part of her life, helping to guide her to her happiness just as she's doing for him.

" . . . You dig what you do but nothing in life is perfect all the time.  Decide how much shit you're willing to put up with when it gets shoveled your way and cut it off when it goes over that line.  That's a good way to protect your downtime because, even if you dig what you do, too much of it is never a good thing.  And straight up, honey, if you protect your downtime, you'll have a lot more patience when an asshole crosses your path and shovels shit your way. "

Branch is lovely but very stubborn.  And he's having a hard time completely giving all to Evangeline.  But his brokenness runs way deeper than most humans have to go through.

"If I could give it, one woman on this earth I'd give it to you, it'd be you, Evangeline."

Oh! These men! How I love them so.  The honesty of who they are is beautiful to read, and its always great to see the friendship of Olivier and Branch and how they help balance each other out.

"Damian showed last night."  he stated.  Ol's voice went low.  "Yeah, I heard I was tied up, literally, or I would have intervened."

Evangeline is the perfect balance for Branch and his friends.

"Well, fuckin' fuck me, uh . . . pardon my language, darlin'."
"Branch doesn't apologize for having a flair with the f-word so don't worry about it."

To truly set Branch free, Evangeline has to dig deep to keep him.

"Please, Evangeline, don't give up on him.  He's the finest man I know.  He's the finest man you'll ever know.  He's earned his peace.  This house.  That pool.  A pretty girl like you walkin' in the door.  He'll try to push you away.  All I'm askin' is, don't let him, and I can promise, you get through, he'll make it worth it."

"Your woman gets dead then every member of your team, your team, darlin', under your command on your  watch gets dead, my take, you get a wee bit overprotective."

When Branch finally gives in, he does it effortlessly and beautifully.

"Branch, honey, it means a lot to me that you're giving me this.  But I see now I shouldn't have asked for it.  So I think to make it easier on you, that you should just -"
He cut her off. "Make it easy on me."
"Yes, so you can-"
"You make everything easy, Angie."

She looked out through the jungle of plants around her kitchen window at her pool, which was a gorgeous pool in a normal home where a woman fell in love with an amazing man.
She would never guess that was what the farthest edge looked like.

KA has such a gift at writing beautiful, strong Alpha males, submissive or not.  I loved the story of Branch and Evangeline and I'm so excited for this series because there are so many more beautiful characters to explore.  The evolution of Branch was a thing of beauty.  And Evangeline and Branch couldn't be more perfect for each other.

"Me inside you,"  she whispered.  "You inside me."

4 . 5 Broken no more thumbs up!


thumbs upthumbs upthumbs upthumbs up  . 5

Lauren






Kristen Ashley’s THE FARTHEST EDGE – Review & Excerpt Tour Schedule:
May 29th
BJ's Book Blog – Review & Excerpt
Booklovers For Life – Excerpt
Happily Ever After Book Reviews – Review & Excerpt
Kris & Vik Book Therapy Cafe – Review & Excerpt
Meli's Book Blog – Excerpt
Sheila's Book Corner – Review & Excerpt
May 30th
Agents of Romance – Review & Excerpt
Book Reader Chronicles – Review & Excerpt
Garden of REden – Review
Lit. 4 Ladies – Review & Excerpt
Nose Stuck in a Book – Review & Excerpt
Random Book Muses – Review
May 31st
All Romance Reviews – Review & Excerpt
Books to Breathe – Review & Excerpt
Foxy Blog – Excerpt
Knotty Girl Reviews – Review & Excerpt
Read. Eat. Love. – Review & Excerpt
Shayna Renee's Spicy Reads – Review & Excerpt
June 1st
Ana’s Attic Book Blog – Review & Excerpt
Coffee Books Life – Excerpt
Nicely Phrased – Review
Pervy Ladies Book Blog – Review & Excerpt
The Book Bellas – Review & Excerpt
TjLovesToRead – Review & Excerpt
June 2nd
City of Fandoms – Review
Evermore Books – Review & Excerpt
PBC – Excerpt
Under the Covers – Review & Excerpt
We Like It Big Book Blog – Review & Excerpt
June 3rd
Book Lovers Hangout – Excerpt
Caroline Jane Reads – Excerpt
Love Between the Sheets – Review & Excerpt
Marieke's Books – Review & Excerpt
RentasticReads – Review
June 4th
Mustreadbooksordie – Review & Excerpt
June 5th
Guilty Pleasures Book Reviews – Review & Excerpt
Krista's Dust Jacket – Review & Excerpt
Reading in Pajamas – Review & Excerpt
S3OC – Review & Excerpt
Smut Book Junkie Reviews – Review & Excerpt
June 6th
Bookalicious Babes Blog – Review & Excerpt
NallaReads – Review & Excerpt
Novel Grounds – Review
Read more sleep less – Review & Excerpt
Shameless Book Club – Review & Excerpt
Theory of A Dreamer – Review & Excerpt
June 7th
iScream Books – Review & Excerpt
KT Book Reviews – Review & Excerpt
Red Cheeks Reads – Review & Excerpt
Sizzling Pages Romance Reviews – Review & Excerpt
June 8th
After Dark Book Lovers – Review & Excerpt
Books 2 Blog – Review & Excerpt
Feel the Book – Review & Excerpt
Give Me Books – Review
Renee Entress's Blog – Review & Excerpt
The Book Avenue – Review & Excerpt
June 9th
I'm A Book Shark – Excerpt
Queenzany – Review & Excerpt
Vera is Reading – Excerpt
June 10th
Angie and Jessica's Dreamy Reads – Review & Excerpt
G & T's Indie Café – Excerpt

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Friday, 2 June 2017

A GIRL LIKE ME by Ginger Scott Review Tour! #giveaway #bookreview #teasers @TheGingerScott @wordsmithpublic


We're celebrating the release of A GIRL LIKE ME by Ginger Scott! Readers have fallen in love with these characters!



A Girl Like Me by Ginger Scott

Book 2 in the Like Us Duet
A mature YA romance, and a little something more…
Release day: May 26
Purchase links:

Blurb:
I’m not supposed to be here.

Death has come for me more than once, and each time it’s been a boy who’s
stood between me and my final breath.

I called him Christopher when he saved me as a child. When he came into my
life again, only months ago, I knew him as Wes. Just as he did the time
before, he disappeared the moment he made sure I was out of harm’s way; as
if I didn’t need any more saving.

This time, though, death left me with a reminder of how powerful it is. I
know it meant to strip me of my spirit again, but it failed.

Even so, I know I need Wes to survive. Our souls are woven together
somehow, our every breath in sync. I feel it, even though everyone says I
shouldn’t.

The world thinks he’s missing.
His loved ones don’t want to believe he’s dead.
Only I know just how special he is.

I’m going to find him and bring him home, where he belongs. Together,
we’ll face impossible—we’ll rewrite our ending.

And when the bad guys come calling, we will always win.












NOW AVAILABLE!


A BOY LIKE YOU

YA Contemporary Romance
Released on: March 3, 2017
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GIVEAWAY


About the Author:


Ginger Scott is an Amazon-bestselling and Goodreads Choice Award-nominated author of several young and new adult romances, including Waiting on the Sidelines, Going Long, Blindness, How We Deal With Gravity, This Is Falling, You and Everything After, The Girl I Was Before, Wild Reckless, Wicked Restless, In Your Dreams, The Hard Count, Hold My Breath, and A Boy Like You.

A sucker for a good romance, Ginger’s other passion is sports, and she often blends the two in her stories. (She’s also a sucker for a hot quarterback, catcher, pitcher, point guard…the list goes on.) Ginger has been writing and editing for newspapers, magazines and blogs for more than 15 years. She has told the stories of Olympians, politicians, actors, scientists, cowboys, criminals and towns. For more on her and her work, visit her website at http://www.littlemisswrite.com.

When she's not writing, the odds are high that she's somewhere near a baseball diamond, either watching her son field pop flies like Bryce Harper or cheering on her favorite baseball team, the Arizona Diamondbacks. Ginger lives in Arizona and is married to her college sweetheart whom she met at ASU (fork 'em, Devils).

Social Media Links:
Twitter: @TheGingerScott



https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34404140-a-girl-like-me?ac=1&from_search=true



Source: eARC for Honest Review Courtesy of Author and Wordsmith Publicity
Genre: YA Contemporary Romance
Part 2 of 2


My A Girl Like Me Review . . . 

Gah! I LOVE Ginger Scott and her amazing gift to write amazing heartfelt stories.   This is a duet and needs to be read as a duet, especially since we were left with a bit of a cliffhanger at the end of A Boy Like You.   A Girl Like Me starts off exactly where we left it in book 1.   Here Joss was left with a bit of hope while she started rebuilding her life with her new challenges.

After tragedy, you can either become a victim or a survivor.  For the stubborn Joss, she became a survivor and is now out for some answers.  The more answers she gets the more questions it brings.  The only thing that will make sense is for her heart to come home.

"It broke my heart.  It broke it,"  I wince.  "But so help me, Wesley Stokes . . . you will not break my spirit."
As Wes, slowly integrates himself back into the fold, her life is still in flux with new challenges.  Unfortunately all of these challenges are intermingled and only Wes and Joss can figure their way out of the chaos.

What did I love most about this duet?  Hmmmm, I have to say that the heroine is kick ass awesome.  Thankfully no insecure heroine here.  Also who couldn't love a real life hero.  I loved the whole story of Wes and Joss and even more when we get more of their back story in A Girl Like Me.  This book had it all:  hope, heartbreak, challenges, love, friendship and heroes.   It's super sweet and I adored it.  I can't wait for more from this awesome author.

4 Superhero loving thumbs up!


thumbs upthumbs upthumbs upthumbs up

Lauren







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Thursday, 1 June 2017

Release Day Blitz! THE CAVENAUGH BROTHERS by J.L. Berg



USA Today Bestselling Author J.L. Berg's THE CAVENAUGH BROTHERS boxset is available now! You do not want to miss out on meeting Roman and Jude Cavenaugh - plus there's a bonus short story! Find out more about THE CAVENAUGH BROTHERS below!     


About THE CAVENAUGH BROTHERS

Two brothers. One family obligation neither could run from.

THE WALLS DUET Jude Cavenaugh has everything. Until a fatal night changes him forever. Walking away from his family, he pays penitence to the woman he loves by taking a job at the hospital she died in. It's the end for him. Or so he believes... Lailah Buchanan has spent her entire life within the walls of a hospital room. Born with a rare heart condition, she suffers more than most, but never lets it define her. . Two broken hearts, one moment of connection. That's all it takes to change their lives forever.  

BEHIND CLOSED DOORS Roman Cavenaugh has it all. After successfully taking over his family's company, he's ready to take on the world. That is, until his new assistant catches his eye. She's young, naïve and a little quirky. But in the blink of an eye, she becomes his new obsession. And he'll stop at nothing to win her over. After all, all is far in love and war.

WHAT LOVE BUILT - Bonus Short story
The Cavenaugh family comes together, after nearly three decades of immense highs and devastating lows to celebrate life, loss and happily ever afters.
Please Note: This boxed set includes adult themes and language. For ages 18 and up.
 
Add THE CAVENAUGH BROTHERS to your to be read shelf on Goodreads!

 

Get your hands on THE CAVENAUGH BROTHERS now!


About J.L. Berg

J.L. Berg is the USA Today bestselling author of the Ready Series, The Walls Duet, and the Lost & Found Duet. She is a California native living in the beautiful state of historic Virginia. Married to her high school sweetheart, they have two beautiful girls that drive them batty on a daily basis. When she's not writing, you will find her with her nose stuck in a romance novel, in a yoga studio or devouring anything chocolate. J.L. Berg is represented by Jill Marsal of Marsal Lyon Literary Agency, LLC.








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