Wednesday, August 30, 2023

Release Blitz: The Tease by Lauren Blakely

 

 

THE TEASE BY LAUREN BLAKELY

Release Date: August 30th   Genre/Tropes: Dad’s Best Friend / Forbidden / Secret Identities / Age Gap / Single Dad / Possessive Hero / Role-Playing / Pleasure Dom / Falling in Love in Paris  

Prepare to Be Teased, Tempted, and Captivated!

The Tease by #1 NYT bestselling author Lauren Blakely is here!

  Indulge in a forbidden romance of desire and secrets that will leave you breathless. The Tease is a rollercoaster of emotions, spice, and forbidden love spanning New York and Paris! Get ready for this single-dad hero to steal your heart.  

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Blurb:

  I swear I’m a good girl. I didn’t go to the exclusive, after-hours masquerade to kiss my dad’s best friend. I didn’t even know who the masked man was when he touched me like I was his every fantasy. But when I learn exactly how off-limits my new lover is, I do my best to avoid him the next time. Except, he has his sinful sights set on me, even when he discovers who I am. Just one time, he whispers. Then we’ll pretend this never happened. Seems the enigmatic, gorgeous single dad I’ve known by day is a very dirty man after dark. But one night turns into a stolen weekend, giving me a taste of so much more. When it ends, we vow to stay apart. We could never work. He’s focused on raising his young son, and I can’t let my already damaged family break more. But the caring, possessive man keeps coming back to me, and these secret nights tangled up together are turning into tender moments that make my heart thunder. And soon, this tease of a forbidden romance is making me want so much more than I can ever have…  

REVIEW
Reviewer: Tammi 
Rating: 4 Groupie Stars

Another fantastic Lauren Blakely story!
Sexy only begins to describe this book. It was an emotional rollercoaster that gripped me and didn't let go until I read those sad words THE END.
I loved our heroine she was sweet yet sassy, she was inexperienced but willing and wanting to change that.
WELL SHE DID!!
Our hero **sigh**, **swoon**
I love an age gap!
But this one Dads best friend
Oh Yes!! I couldn't get enough of their story.
This authors books are always hard to put down and this one was no different. 
 

About Lauren Blakely:

You can find Lauren on TikTok at @laurenblakelybooks! A #1 New York Times Bestselling, #1 Wall Street Journal Bestselling, and #1 Audible Bestselling author, Lauren Blakely is known for her contemporary romance style that’s sexy, feel-good, and witty. Lauren likes dogs, cake, and show tunes and she is the vegetarian at your dinner party.    

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Tuesday, August 29, 2023

Release Blitz: The Good Girl by Nikki Sloane


She's ready to be naughty.


The Good Girl by Nikki Sloane is now live! 


What are you supposed to do when your best friend's little sister—a classic good girl—asks you to help her go bad?


You should say no.


You shouldn't pretend to date her so she can piss off her parents.


You definitely shouldn't agree to take her virginity and show her all the experiences she's been missing out on.


And you really shouldn't keep it a secret from her brother, the one who's your best friend and business partner.


But I don't always make the best choices. In fact, I can be kind of a dick sometimes.


And I know if I don't do it, someone else will . . . and I can't have that. If anything, it means I get to be the good guy for once.


I just wasn't prepared for how gifted this good girl would be at going bad.



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REVIEW
Reviewer: Chelsea
Rating: 4 Groupie Stars

Back to the Nashville neighborhood to read about Preston and his redemption. Unfortunately for him, it may cost him his friendship for Colin. I mean getting involved with his best friend/ business partners little sister won’t lead to a few complications.


Sydney and Preston start a secret relationship, it was only suppose to be for three dates so Sydney can get the ‘education’ she desires, but those three dates lead Preston to want more. 


These two burn up the sheets and the pages with with connection! I loved the spice between them. They also have such an easy connection with each other! If only their friends reacted in a positive way. 


Another great addition to this series! One-Click approved! 

Meet Nikki




USA Today bestselling author Nikki Sloane landed in graphic design after her careers as a waitress, a screenwriter, and a ballroom dance instructor fell through. Now she writes full-time and lives in Kentucky with her husband, two sons, and a pair of super destructive cats. She is a four-time Romance Writers of America RITA® & Vivian® Finalist, a Passionate Plume & HOLT Medallion winner, a Goodreads Choice Awards semifinalist, and couldn't be any happier that people enjoy reading her sexy words.


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Thursday, August 24, 2023

Review Tour: I Could Never by Penelope Ward

 




Title: I Could Never
Author: Penelope Ward
Genre: Standalone Contemporary Romance
Tropes: Forbidden Romance/Enemies to Lovers
Release Date: August 21, 2023


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From New York Times bestselling author Penelope Ward comes a new forbidden, enemies-to-lovers story…

It all started with an unexpected phone call.
Two years after my fiancé passed away in an accident, his father died suddenly, leaving Brad’s adult, special-needs brother with no one to care for him.
The next thing I knew, I was on a cross-country drive to New Hampshire where I’d be moving in to look after Scottie until I could get him into a group home.
The last thing I ever expected?
I wouldn’t be taking care of him alone.
Josh Mathers, my fiance’s best friend—who also happened to be my sworn enemy—insisted he was the better person for the job. He told me to go back to California, and I told him where he could stick that demand.
Our disdain for each other wasn’t anything new. It dated back to a text I’d accidentally read years ago.
We hated each other. But we both loved Scottie, so neither of us budged.
Now we were living together in a tiny house—with one available bedroom. Thank goodness it was only temporary.
Over time, I realized the broody jerk I thought I knew was different than I’d imagined.
I found myself slowly growing attached to someone I once considered the enemy…and growing attracted to him.
Sure, both of us were guilt-ridden over Brad. We were also two grown people with pent-up frustration toward one another—stuck in a cabin in the woods.
But this was Josh.
I could never.







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REVIEW
Reviewer: Kim
Rating: 4.5 Groupie Stars

I read every single book by the author this year, one after another. I couldn’t get enough of the author so couldn’t wait for this book to come out. I was have withdrawal symptoms from her books that this book filled nicely.
This book was heartwarming story that was a slow burn, close proximity, enemies to lovers, emotional, hot, full of banter, beautiful, forbidden love small town love story. It had all the feels and left me wanting.
The banter really made this book. It was hilarious and really made this book.

AUTHOR BIO


Penelope Ward is a New York Times, USA Today and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author of contemporary romance.

She grew up in Boston with five older brothers and spent most of her twenties as a television news anchor. Penelope resides in Rhode Island with her husband, son, and beautiful daughter with autism.

With over two million books sold, she is a 21-time New York Times bestseller and the author of over twenty novels. Her books have been translated into over a dozen languages and can be found in bookstores around the world.


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Wednesday, August 23, 2023

Release Blitz: Temptress by Jessica Prince

 

 

Title: Temptress
Series: Whiskey Dolls
Author: Jessica Prince


Contemporary Romance; Small Town Romance
single dad, tattooed hero, grumpy/sunshine, neighbors to lovers, spicy




Who knew the grumpy single dad next door would turn out to be The One?

As Sloane Chambers stood at her window and creeped on the new guy moving in next door, she was immediately drawn to the tattoos, muscles, and the way his jeans hugged his perfect . . . frame. But when she caught him hacking up her rose bushes with a chain saw, the battle was on.

For Silas Bridger, moving to a new town and starting a new job was his chance for a fresh start. He’d already failed at being a husband, but he was determined to make things right with his teenage daughter and be the father she deserved. Which meant there was no room in his life for complications. Especially in the form of his gorgeous, sassy next-door neighbor. 

When the attraction to Sloane becomes too intense to ignore, that line he kept firmly drawn is crossed. But there is no way he’ll let a handful of passionate, earth-shaking encounters turn into something more. He’s done with the dreaded L-O-V-E, or at least that’s what he tells himself. Because Sloane is quickly becoming the kind of complication he may not survive.

**Whiskey Dolls is a series of interconnected, standalone, small town romances.**


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Temptress



REVIEW
Reviewer: Tammi
Rating: 4.5 Groupie Stars

I love getting lost in a Jessica Prince romance. A perfect mix of sweet and sexy.
This one had a teenage girl that stole my heart. 
But still had a hero who made it race. He was grumpy sexy and just HOT
Our heroine was sweet and hurt my heart. She had a mother who hurt her repeatedly and damaged her self confidence.
Their love story touched meit made me cry, made me mad and made me smile sometimes all in the same chapter.


I was elbow deep in soil, working in the flowerbeds in my backyard, when the sound of the neighbor’s back door opening and slamming shut drew my attention from the weeds I’d been pulling.

Over the past few days, I’d caught sight of my sexy new neighbor as he came and went a couple of times, but there had been no more attempts at conversation since my efforts to welcome them to the neighborhood had been so rudely rebuffed. 

I didn’t know what the hell the guy’s problem was, but he’d been a total asshole. I told myself to ignore him; pretend he didn’t exist. 

Only curiosity had me creeping over toward our shared fence, dusting the dirt from my gardening gloves as I leaned forward to peek through the knot hole in one of the boards. Almost every inch of him was covered in white paint, but that did nothing to hide the sadness and defeat etched into his features and the way he held his big, strong body. I would have been lying if I said it didn’t tug at my heart a little as I watched him brace his hands on his hips and tilt his head back toward the sky, or when he heaved out a sigh and dropped it forward, giving it a disheartened shake. 

I didn’t know what he was struggling with, but it was clear that whatever it was, it weighed heavily on him.

He moved to the hose coiled on the holder and pulled a few loops free before twisting the handle until water poured from the nozzle. I blinked out of my stupor when he stripped out of his shirt and began to soak himself down, washing the paint off his chest, face, and head in the middle of his backyard. 

My mouth went dry as the Sahara at the sight of all those rippling muscles and the tattoos that were drawn into golden tanned skin. If I thought he was a sight with his shirt on, it was nothing compared to what he looked like without it.

Most of the paint was gone thanks to his backyard rinse, but there were still flecks of it here and there he’d have to scrub away. And on that thought, my mind went straight into the gutter. I pictured the man standing naked under the shower spray, working soap across his skin. He was a man’s man, meaning he’d probably used his hands to work up a lather, nothing as froufrou as a shower puff or even as functional as a washcloth. I bet if I were to run my hands across his body to scrub him clean, all those muscles would feel like rocks beneath my palms. I could imagine rubbing across his chiseled stomach like a washboard.

God, he really was gorgeous. It was such a shame he was a world-class jerk.



Meet the Whiskey Dolls
a series of interconnected, standalone, small town romances


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Born and raised around Houston Texas, Jessica spent most of her life complaining about the heat, humidity, and all around pain in the ass weather. It was only as an adult that she quickly realized the cost of living in Houston made up for not being able to breathe when she stepped outside. That’s why God created central air, after all.

Jessica is the mother of a perfect little boy–she refuses to accept that he inherited her attitude and sarcastic nature no matter what her husband says.

In addition to being a wife and mom, she’s also a wino, a coffee addict, and an avid lover of all types of books–romances still being her all time favs. Her husband likes to claim that reading is her obsession but she just says it’s a passion…there’s a difference. Not that she’d expect a boy to understand.

Jessica has been writing since she was a little girl, but thankfully grew out of drawing her own pictures for her stories before ever publishing her first book. Because an artist she is not.

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Tuesday, August 22, 2023

Release Blitz: Silenced by A.K. Evans

 




Title: Silenced
Series: Harper Security Ops #10
Author: A.K. Evans
Genre: Military Romantic Suspense
Tropes: Bodyguard/Fake Dating/Close Proximity
Release Date: August 22, 2023


BLURB

Maxwell ‘Maxie’ Oliver wasn’t looking for trouble. She would have rather remained oblivious. Now that she has information she doesn’t want, a missing coworker, and a scandal on the horizon, Maxie doesn’t think she can remain quiet.

But being a whistleblower comes at a high price, and Maxie isn’t willing to risk her life.

Kit Sexton knows the lengths some people will go to in order to line their pockets. So, when Maxie comes to him, looking for someone to keep her safe, he’s determined to see that she stays that way. Especially when he can’t get the gorgeous woman who took his breath away out of his mind.

But the stakes are high, and the criminals are ruthless.

Kit is going to have to stay focused if he wants to make sure that Maxie isn’t permanently silenced.





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REVIEW
Reviewer:  Christi
Rating: 4 Groupie Stars

Silenced by AK Evans is book 10 in the Harper Security series. While each book could be considered a standalone, I do recommend reading them as a series as there are overlapping characters and references to other atorylines.  (My recommendation is an enhancement, not a necessity!) And now for Maxie and Kit's story! 

I feel a bit of a kinship to Maxie, the main character, in the first couple of chapters. Maxwell "Maxie" Oliver is in Accounts Payable and Receivables for Young Pharmaceutical, which is currently trying to merge with Mystic Labs.  She's a homebody who doesn’t love her job or socializing and she wants to avoid a coworker trying to catch her at the end of the day.  

Ana, her coworker, seems to be in a bit of a pickle. After promising to contact her about an issue at work, Ana disappears. Asked to fill in for Ana, Maxie discovers what Ana was worried about and she finds herself in a precarious position as well.

Enter Kit Sexton. Kit works for Harper Security as a security specialist.  When he happens to be the first contact for Maxie after her brief but terrifying ordeal, he jumps at the chance to be her security.

The dynamics between Maxie and Kit were a combination of instalove and slow burn. It probably doesnt make sense, but if you read it, you will know what I mean. This was also the first book in the series where I feel like the suspense was toned down. I like AK Evans books for the balance of not being over the top, but enough suspense to keep the book interesting, but this one felt like the scandal took a back seat to everything else. I'm not saying it wasn't a good read, it just felt like the suspense was an afterthought to the romance between Kit and Maxie.

I liked the plot and enjoyed the story.  4 star read for me. 





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AUTHOR BIO


A.K. Evans is a contemporary romance author of over forty published novels. While she enjoys writing a good romantic suspense novel, Andrea’s favorite books to write have been her extreme sports romances. That might have something to do with the fact that she, along with her husband and two sons, can’t get enough of extreme sports. 

Before becoming a writer, Andrea did a brief stint in the insurance and financial services industry and managed her husband’s performance automotive business. That love of extreme sports? She used to drive race cars! 

When Andrea isn’t writing, she can be found homeschooling her two sons, doing yoga, snowboarding, reading, or traveling with her family. She and her husband are currently taking road trips throughout the country to visit all 50 states with their boys.


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