Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Book Review+Tour Goodies: Salvation by Noelle Adams





Title: Salvation 
Author: Noelle Adams
Release Date: February 21, 2014
Genre: Adult/New Adult Contemporary Romance




SYNOPSIS
You get to the point where you can just say it. There was never anything special about me, except my father is rich and important. That's why it happened.


It was just a normal Tuesday afternoon.
I was twenty-three and thinking about my new designer boots. They kidnapped me for ransom. They raped me before I was rescued. My therapist says that talking about it means I'm starting to heal.


I don't really think I am.


It's even harder to talk about Gideon. He couldn’t save me when it really mattered, so he keeps trying to save me now. He refuses to give up on me, and I can’t make him understand. There are some things you just can’t be saved from.


Warning: Salvation is a love story that follows a difficult path of healing after sexual assault. It is a true contemporary romance, but it addresses very hard issues, including rape and attempted suicide. Please consider whether this book is for you.

Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Book Review+Tour Goodies: Soul Scavengers: Wilde and the Witch by Lisagh J. Winters




Title: Soul Scavengers: Wilde and the Witch

Author: Lisagh Winters

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SYNOPSIS


Psychic medium Olivia Emerson is young, gutsy, and out to prove she’s got what it takes to hang with the big boys. Although haunted by a past that threatens to consume her, Olivia accepts a job on a snow covered island that could make or break her career. She just needs to keep her past where it belongs- behind her. She knows this job could be her foot in the door, and hopefully the vehicle she needs to break into the business and take the next step up. The only problem; she’ll be working with him.
Paranormal investigator Sullivan Wilde has a healthy dislike for anyone claiming to hear or communicate with spirits. To him, they’re all frauds. He learned firsthand that just because you want to believe, doesn't make it real.

When Sullivan’s forced to work with Olivia, he’s not happy about it. She exasperates him, pushes his buttons, and doesn't have a shut off valve for that mouth of hers. He doesn't believe in her ‘gift’, and makes no apologies for it. Yet, as much as he tries to deny it, there’s something about Olivia that gets under his skin. The moment they’re left alone on the dock of the island, devoid of living inhabitants, everything changes. Some unhappy spirits, coupled with Olivia and Sullivan’s burgeoning feelings for one another leave them with no choice but to rely on one another if they want to make it through the night. Can Sullivan and Olivia put their differences aside in order to finish the job and walk out alive?

Wednesday, April 16, 2014

April Giveaway!!!

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Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Book Review+Tour Goodies: High (#1 Indigo Lounge) by Zara Cox... GIVEAWAY!!!


Title: HIGH (The Indigo Lounge Series #1)
Author: Zara Cox
Release Date: November 30, 2013
Genre: Erotic Romance



SYNOPSIS
Welcome to The Indigo Lounge, the scandalously sexy sky-high playground where anything can happen...
Flirty, dirty and utterly delicious, HIGH is the perfect next read for lovers of the internationally renowned This Man series from Jodi Ellen Malpas & Sylvia Day's Crossfire series.
Zachary Savage is a man accustomed to getting whatever and whoever he wants. He's buried his demons and risen from the ashes to become the playboy owner of the internationally renowned Indigo Lounge, a fleet of ultra-exclusive sky-high pleasure palaces.
He has everything he wants, until he sets eyes on Bethany Green. One look is all it takes ~ she has to be his. 
Bethany Green has endured the worst year of her life; bad luck and heartbreak at every turn. Karma swings wildly in her favour when a money-can't-buy golden ticket lands in her lap - an invitation to experience the scandalously sexy Indigo Lounge for herself.
Green by name and green by nature, is she brave enough to accept the hottest ticket in town?
One glimpse of Zachary Savage is enough to convince her that she isn't cosmopolitan enough to play in his glamorous, sinfully sexy world. But they're already in the air, and reality is a long way behind them. The only way is up.
The Indigo Lounge. Step aboard and check your inhibitions at the door.

Saturday, April 12, 2014

Book Review+Tour Goodies: Severed Angel (#1 Severed MC) by K.T. Fisher & Ava Manello




Severed AngelTitle: Severed Angel (Severed MC #1)

Authors: K.T. Fisher & Ava Manello

Release Date: 31st March, 2014

Published By: KBK Publishing

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SYNOPSIS

Eve could never have imagined that her trip to Australia, where she is set to be maid of honor for her best friend's wedding, could turn from exciting to deadly so quickly.

Her sheltered and boring vanilla life comes to a screeching halt when she arrives in Australia and witnesses a shocking MC murder which puts her life in extreme danger. The Carnal MC are a dangerous and savage motorcycle gang who want Eve and will stop at nothing to seek their revenge.
Just when it seems her nightmare fate is sealed, Eve is rescued by the Severed MC and quickly falls for the club's Vice President Gabe aka "Angel". This could be just the diversion she needs. With her new protectors, Eve faces a whole new life she never could have imagined...

Gabe never wanted an old lady. One look at the beautiful Eve cowering at the hands of the enemy changes all that. Starting a war with the Carnal MC and having Eve in his bed is just the beginning.
When Gabe stakes his claim, he goes all in. War with Carnal MC is just the price of making Eve his, and only his. But love invites blood and tragedy in an MC's life.

Just when it's looking up for his MC and his new woman, a savage attack blows the lid off everything. Revenge possessed and determined can the hot tattooed biker save her from the danger that lies ahead?
*** CONTAINS ADULT THEMES AND MATERIAL - OVER 18's ONLY ***

Thursday, April 10, 2014

Book Review+Tour Goodies: Number Thirteen by Bella Jewel...GIVEAWAY!!

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Title: Number Thirteen
Author: Bella Jewel
Release Date: March 19, 2014
Genre: Dark Romance
**AUTHOR NOTE - This is NOT a BDSM Romance**

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SYNOPSIS


We're thirteen girls, captive, slave to our master. 
A master we've never seen.
 
Obedience will become all we know in our shallow existence. It is the only emotion we're permitted to feel.
 When we're bad, we're punished. When we're good, we're rewarded. Our scars run deep. Yet we survive, because we have to... because HE teaches us to.
 All of us are special, we feel it with everything we are.
 He has us for a reason, but it's a reason we don't know.
 We've never seen his face, but we know that something deeply broken lies beneath the darkness. With every touch, with every punishment, we know it. Then something changed. He showed me who he truly is.
 Now I want him.
 I'll go against everything I know to be with him. 
A monster. 
My monster. 
Loving him is a sin, but a sinner I am. I won't stop until I see every part of him. Even the parts he keeps locked deep down inside. 

I am Number Thirteen, and this is my story. No one said it was pretty, or right, but it's mine.

Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Book Review+Tour Goodies: Unexplainable (#2 Unexpected) by Amity Cross...GIVEAWAY!!

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unex[;ainableTitle: Unexplainable (Unexpected #2)

Author: Amity Cross

Genre: Erotic Romance

Release Date: April 4, 2014


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SYNOPSIS

Blair thought she would never get over her broken past. She'd all but given up. That's until West fell into her life with a bang.

West thought no one could ever see past his epic mistakes. He'd all but given up. That's until Blair walked into his life and blew it to pieces.

For the first time Blair's given a piece of herself away, picks herself off the ground and moves forward. There's a light at the end of the tunnel and it has bad boy rockstar written all over it. That's something she can work for. Something that makes her believe again.

But West is a part of rock'n'roll band, Affliction. Taking Blair on tour was his idea of heaven, but his time is in high demand and trying to be with her isn't working out as well as he'd hoped.

For Blair, being on the road with one of the most notorious bands in rock is a new kind of messed up. One she's not sure is for her…even with West in her bed.

Jake West has kickstarted her heart, but who will be the one to smash it apart?
Or will their unexplainable attraction be strong enough to save them both?

Monday, April 7, 2014

Book Review+Release Blitz: Fracture (#2 Blood & Roses) by Callie Hart







Title: Fracture (#2 Blood and Roses)

Author: Callie Hart

Genre: Erotica

Release Date: April 7, 2014


SYNOPSIS

Zeth Mayfair is pretty much the last thing I need in my life. And yet with every breath I take he becomes more engrained in every aspect of it:

He has a key to my house. 

He knows where I work. 

He's dumped his strange, mentally traumatized housemate on my doorstep and has driven off into the sunset in search of my missing sister. 

I want to forget him. Want to change the locks and blot out his face, scourge his very name from my memory. The problem is that I also need him. I need him more than I need air to breath, and I can’t be without him now.

He owns me. 

He torments me.
He’s fractured me.


Friday, April 4, 2014

Book Review+Tour Goodies: The Devil's Salvation by Gemma James... GIVEAWAY!!!


 

Title: The Devil's Salvation: Final Epilogue (#4 The Devil's Kiss)

Author: Gemma James


SYNOPSIS

It's been a year since Kayla Sutton walked away from Gage Channing, the man who blackmailed her into sexual slavery. Now he's back, and so is Ian Kaplan, Kayla's one-time lover from her college days. Both men want her, but only one holds the power to make her submit—to her own dark desires and to the truth she still denies, even to herself.

But Gage's jealousy is his worst enemy, and when he thinks Kayla has chosen Ian, he sets in motion a drastic plan to claim what's his. Only Kayla never expects him to infiltrate her heart so effortlessly; and she never dreamed there would come a day when he wouldn't want her—when the mere sight of her turns him away in disgust.

He believes she’s committed the ultimate sin, but will she use his mistake to finally escape the cage of his obsession? Or will she do whatever it takes to make him see he can entrust his heart to her...just as she's already lost the core of her being to him?

BOOK REVIEW

My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Find this Review at Taryn Lee's Book Blog

A gifted copy was provided by the author for an honest review.

Make sure you read the first book The Devil's Kiss Trilogy or else this Final Epilogue won't make sense, hence the words final and epilogue. This was a short and sweet book, so this review is going to be very short but just as sweet!

Kayla walked out on Gage and it's been over a year since they've seen each other. Now it's time for Gage to man up and get his girl back! But Kayla has to choose between nice guy Ian or bad boy Gage, so it kind of becomes a bit of a love triangle between Kayla, Gage, and Ian. At this point I kind of lost a bit of interest since I detest love triangles. But of course Kayla got that HEA-ish so I'm happy with it!

Overall, I think this was an okay book. It isn't one that held my interest through the whole thing, so I'm giving it 3.5 STARS out of 5 STARS. I thought the characters were developed really well, and the plot was pretty great, but the overall book didn't grab me like I was expecting it to. Nonetheless, go out and grab a copy and choose for yourself!

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My breath grew shallow, from arousal, from fear. Gage was good at that—eliciting strong emotions that contrasted so sharply, they knocked a person on their ass in total confusion. I shouldn’t want him. I should scream at him to get the hell out of my house and never come back. I should get a freaking restraining order. 

As if the turmoil inside me didn’t exist, I set our omelets on the table and calmly took a seat across from him. “What did you mean by boundaries?” I stabbed a bite and shoved it in my mouth. Raising my eyes to his turned out to be a mistake. His hypnotic stare paralyzed me; I couldn’t look away if my life depended on it. I fell into the ocean of his gaze and almost missed the satisfied quirk of his lips. Almost.

“You know by now that a relationship with me won’t be your standard variety. You’ll have rules that govern your behavior.”

“My behavior?” 

“Yes. I expect you to obey me.” He set his fork down and winced. “But last year I was cruel to you and that’s not how I normally treat a woman. Not even when they beg me to hurt them beyond what I’m comfortable with.”

“Then why?” I choked out. Everything he’d done hit me square in the chest, and his admission that he’d been exceptionally cruel hurt more than it should.

“I wanted to destroy what was his.” He lowered his head with a frown. At least he had the grace to look ashamed.

“Congratulations.” I let my fork drop, satisfied with the clatter it made. “You succeeded.”

“No, I didn’t. Your strength is both my frustration and my undoing. There’s nothing more irritating or sexier on a woman.” He took a bite, and his gaze veered up to mine. “And to clarify on what I mean by boundaries, we’ll set limits this time. You’ll have a safe word.”

“You’re talking as if we’re going to be together.”

“I’m not leaving here without you, Kayla.”

The Devil's Kiss Trilogy (The first book) 







Gemma James (a pseudonym for Christina Jean Michaels) loves to explore the darker side of sex in her fiction. She's morbidly curious about anything dark and edgy and enjoys exploring the deviant side of human nature. Her stories have been described as being "not for the faint of heart." 

She lives with her husband and their four children--three rambunctious UFC/wrestling-loving boys and one girl who steals everyone's attention. 



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Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Book Review+Spotlight: Ace of Spades by Elle Bright



Title: Ace of Spades

Author: Elle Bright

Genre: Standalone Contemporary Romance, New Adult





SYNOPSIS

The stakes are high and the cards are about to fall…

Reckless, bad boy rocker Jackson “Black Jack” Blackner has everything a man could want, yet he hides from the pain of his past behind sex and drugs. Lost in a downward spiral, he reaches out to the only person who ever truly cared about him, the childhood friend he pushed away.

Promising businesswoman Melody Davis follows all the rules. Until Jackson crashes back into her life and turns her straight-laced world upside down. Dragged into his world of self-destructive indulgence, Melody must fight to save the boy she knew from the man he has become.

Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Cover Re-Reveal+Book Review: Fallen Crest High (#1 Fallen Crest) by Tijan... I SPY.





Title: Fallen Crest High (#1 Fallen Crest)

Author: Tijan

Genre: New Adult


SYNOPSIS

Mason and Logan Kade are two brothers who did their own thing. they were rich and expected to attend her school, Fallen Crest Academy. They chose public school and now Samantha has to live with them. The problem is that she doesn't care at all: about them, about her friends, about her cheating boyfriend, or even about her parent's divorce. But maybe that's a good thing. Maybe change is a good thing.

Book Review+Release Blitz: Play (#2 Stage Dive) by Kylie Scott



Title: Play (#2 Stage Dive) 
Author: Kylie Scott
Genre: New Adult Contemporary Romance
Release Date: March 25, 2014




Kylie Scott returns with the highly anticipated follow-up to international bestseller LICK.



SYNOPSIS
Mal Ericson, drummer for the world famous rock band Stage Dive, needs to clean up his image fast—at least for a little while. Having a good girl on his arm should do the job just fine. Mal doesn’t plan on this temporary fix becoming permanent, but he didn’t count on finding the one right girl. 
Anne Rollins never thought she’d ever meet the rock god who plastered her teenage bedroom walls—especially not under these circumstances. Anne has money problems. Big ones. But being paid to play the pretend girlfriend to a wild life-of-the-party drummer couldn’t end well. No matter how hot he is. Or could it?