Friday, June 12, 2020

BLOG TOUR: THE CHANGE UP by Meghan Quinn

  The Change Up by Meghan Quinn Release Date: June 11th Genre: Romantic Comedy   Add to Goodreads: https://bit.ly/3c58fnB       AVAILABLE NOW!! FREE in Kindle Unlimited! Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3hcyDzK Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/2YkBIoz Amazon CA: https://amzn.to/30viSOf Amazon AU: https://amzn.to/30vj1kL       Blurb: BREAKING NEWS: The Bad Boy of Baseball, Maddox Paige, is totally and utterly whipped. Okay, that might not be the headlines in the newspaper this morning, but it's the reality of my current situation. It all started a month ago when I received a call from my best friend, Kinsley. She got a new job in Chicago and needed a place to stay. I've known the girl since I was five, what harm would it be to have her stay at my place for a while? Ha! Total disaster. Now instead of going out every night with my teammates, I'm couch surfing and sketching endless photos of my best friend . . . but that's the least of my concerns. The disaster, you ask? I'm rapidly falling head over cleats in love with my best friend, my roommate, and my number one fan. And she has no idea . . .       Prologue: **MADDOX** Have you ever said something you regret? Something you haven’t forgotten about an hour later? Something that sits with you, stews deep in your belly, and then seeps into your bones, burying itself so far into your marrow that all you can think about is the one thing you said . . . and how you wished you could take it back the minute it slipped past your lips? That’s where I am. Full of regret. People always say, “Don’t regret anything. It’s what makes you who you are.” That was said in a whiney, nasally voice. Did you hear it? Well, those people, the ones trying to spew rainbows and sunshine up your ass about blatant mistakes . . . yeah, they’re only saying that because they fuck up on a daily basis. Think about it, what REAL person is okay with all their regrets? No one. There is always that one thing you did, that one time, that you will always, always, always think . . . “What if I’d done that differently?” It keeps you up at night. You wonder, what transformed, what took over my brain, to utter such words. To alter your life completely and send it down an entirely different course. Yeah, my life has been fucking altered all right. Everything was fine. I was pitching one hell of a fucking season for the Rebels, my ride or die team. I was getting along with my teammates, even the infamous Cory Potter, who made a splash after last season. I’ll hand it to the man, he really is the boss. I was getting laid whenever I wanted, which is always a plus for a guy who has massive amounts of adrenaline pumping through him daily, especially on a pitching day. And there were no strings attached. None. Yeah, I might have a rotation of women I call, but any single player in the major leagues does. You need the outlet. Even the prestigious Cory Potter had some booty call numbers before he found Natalie. I was living a great life, and then it all changed. And it changed fucking fast. Before I knew it, I was staring into my fridge at dairy products not made from a cow, but rather from oat. What the fuck is that? Oat milk? Explain to me where an oat has a goddamn nipple. My toothbrush is made from bamboo, which gives off a very woody, splintery taste, and I’ve been using toothpaste tablets instead of paste from a tube . . . because apparently, tubes suck up life in the landfill. The eco-friendly toilet paper in my apartment disintegrates in my hand and is worthless, making bathroom breaks a fucking nightmare. And there’s a goddamn three-legged dog in a suit and tie sitting on my couch that goes by the name Herman, or Hermy for short. I don’t have any privacy, I don’t even remember what meat tastes like anymore, and “Hermy” has a goddamn staring problem. And the three-legged motherfucker, yeah, he’s stealthy. I find him waiting for me outside the shower . . . staring. When I wake up . . . staring. When I’m trying to make a goddamn tempeh sandwich . . . staring. Every time I tell him to “get a life” or to “fuck off” or for the love of Christ “get a new hobby”, he doesn’t even bat an eyelash. He just stares! I can’t fucking take it anymore. I’m losing my goddamn mind and I don’t know . . . maybe it’s because I haven’t had sex in what feels like forever, or because my burgers are now made of imposter “meat”, or maybe because I’m forced to do things I don’t want to do. Either way, something needs to give, because I’m pretty sure from all the vegan shit I’ve been eating, my armpits are just about ready to spring their own mung beans. Christ. One phone call. That’s all it took. One fucking phone call from a person I cannot say no to, a person who will forever and always be . . . my insanely beautiful and free-spirited best friend.    

Reviewer: Chelsea 
Rating: 4 stars!! 

I love and good best friends to lovers book and this one was flipping amazing!!! Maddox is handsome and talented and a bad boy, what a combination. Kinsley is his best friend. When she gets a job in a Chicago and needs a place to stay for a while it made sense for her to live with Maddox.

Maddox is in hell. His best friend moved in with him and now he realized how he feels for his best friend. Maddox was such a good hero, he was a bad boy in the media but deep down all he wanted was to love with his whole heart. I loved him so much. 

I also loved that Kinsley was his biggest cheerleader. She was always there to support him and I loved her personality.

Quinn gave me a slight heart attack with the angst near the end but in the end it worked out how it was suppose to. I love her work and will always recommend her books to lovers of romantic comedies!!


   About the Author: USA Today Bestselling Author, wife, adoptive mother, and peanut butter lover. Author of romantic comedies and contemporary romance, Meghan Quinn brings readers the perfect combination of heart, humor, and heat in every book. Connect with Meghan: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/meghanquinnauthor Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7360513.Meghan_Quinn Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/authormeghanquinn/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/AuthorMegQuinn Website: http://authormeghanquinn.com Bookbub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/meghan-quinn Amazon: https://amzn.to/2LitE4x  

Wednesday, June 10, 2020

RELEASE BLAST: JOKES ON YOU by Lani Lynn Vale

Release Date: June 9


Booth Pena definitely didn’t make the smartest of decisions when he was a teenager.
At eighteen, he knocked a girl up and signed up for the military all in the same day—signing his life away in more ways than one. Fast forward six weeks and he’s in bootcamp learning that he’s going to be a father while also learning that not only is he going to be deployed, but it’s going to stay that way for a year.
There weren’t a lot of things that the baby’s mother and he saw eye to eye on after that. He honestly wasn’t sure why he even slept with her in the first place.
Okay, that last part is a lie. He knows exactly why he slept with her. Because the real woman he’s in love with, her twin sister, Dillan, won’t give him the time of day.
Five years later, and he still wants her.
Now he’s home for good, being the best father and police officer that he can be, and still he’s not good enough.
***
Dillan Davidsdottir hated Booth Pena. Immensely.
She hated him because he slept with her sister, then left. Granted, she knew that he hadn’t meant to leave like he did, unknowingly and unconsciously leaving his son behind, but that didn’t change the fact that he had.
Five years later, and she still dislikes him just as much now as she did when he chose the wrong sister to take to his bed.
Maybe if he’d chosen her, her heart wouldn’t be broken, and his wouldn’t be untouchable.
But when a SWAT officer sees his life flash before his eyes, and decides that enough is enough, what’s a girl to do?
Give in, that’s what.
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Reviewer: Tammi 
Rating: 4 Stars

I was extremely curious about and anxiously awaited this story. We learned of the dynamics of this relationship in other books. It DID NOT play out the way I thought it would and I am so very happy.
A fun love story with a bit of a let's say awkward connection in their past.
I loved and hated the how the backstory played out. Loved it because I was totally ok with our heroes actions  and hated it because of the wrongs that were done to him.
The added element of suspense in this one made it so I couldn't put it down.
I am always sucked into a Lani Lynn Vale book and this one grabbed me from the very start.

 

Meet Lani Lynn Vale


Lani Lynn Vale is a Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestselling Author of over thirty titles. She is married with three children, two dogs, to cats, a donkey, and a couple (a couple meaning over twenty) chickens. 

She hails from the Great State of Texas. 

When she's not writing, you can find her curled up in her favorite chair reading.


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Monday, June 8, 2020

RELEASE BLITZ: THE GIRL IN THE LOVE SONG by Emma Scott





At Santa Cruz Central High School, they called them the misfits, the outcasts, the weirdos. But most of us knew them as the Lost Boys…

The Girl in the Love Song, book one in the Lost Boys, an interconnected coming-of-age series of standalones, from USA Today bestselling author Emma Scott, is live!

Miller Stratton is a survivor. After a harrowing childhood of poverty, he will do anything it takes to find security for himself and his mom. He’s putting all his hopes and dreams in the fragile frame of his guitar and the beauty he creates with its strings and his soulful voice. 

Until Violet. 

No one expects to meet the love of their life at age thirteen. But the spunky rich girl steals Miller’s heart and refuses to give it back. 

Violet McNamara’s life hasn’t been as simple as it looks. Her picture-perfect family is not so perfect after all. Her best friend Miller is her one constant and she is determined not to ruin their friendship with romantic complications. 

But the heart wants what it wants. As Miller’s star begins to rise to stratospheric heights, what will it take for Violet to realize that she’s the girl in all of his love songs?

The Girl in the Love Song features two original songs written by Emma herself.

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Reviewer: Kim 
Rating: 5 Stars

The Girl in the love song is a beautiful and emotional coming of age romance. It's the first book in the new "list boys" series.
The writing , storytelling, characters, pace, complexability and how heartbreak it was, was all perfect and is what made this story it was.
Emma Scott really won my heart with this story. She created all the feels right from the very beginning where Miller and Violet met at 13 years old. She poured her heart and soul in to the characters and really was able to bring the characters to life for me.
The relationship between Miller and Violet started at 13 years old. That's when they created their friendship. From that day on we got to see their friendship change and blossom in to love. There story wasn't easy though. They were meant to be together but endured a lot throughout the years together and individually. I adored there devotion to each other though and how they were always stronger together than a part. Watching them change throughout the years and progress just showed me how much they were meant to be together.
This was a great story and I can't wait until the next story.




About Emma:



Emma Scott is an internationally bestselling author whose books have been featured in Buzzfeed, Huffington Post, New York Daily News and USA Today's Happy Ever After. She writes emotional, character-driven romances in which art and love intertwine to heal, and in which love always wins. If you enjoy emotionally-charged stories that rip your heart out and put it back together again, with diverse characters and heroes with a heart of gold, you will enjoy her novels.

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Friday, June 5, 2020

BLOG TOUR: THE STAYCATION by Michele Gorman

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The Staycation, an all-new laugh-out-loud story of fun and a holiday escape close to home by USA Today bestselling author Michele Gorman is out now!

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Two families. One cancelled flight. And a last minute house swap...
Things get desperate for strangers Harriet and Sophie when they become stranded with their families in Heathrow's Terminal 5. Each woman has her own reason for really really really needing the family holiday they've anticipated for months. But Iceland's volcano has other plans for them. When their flights are cancelled, the families swap houses and discover that sometimes the best things in life happen close to home.
This ash cloud has a silver lining, even if no one can quite see it yet.

Reviewer: Heidi 
Rating: 5 Stars

I loved this book ! I laughed and I laughed hard ....there was so much I saw of myself in each of these characters !
The issues with their kids and spouses are all relatable which made this book so much fun .

 Even when I read aloud to the family they'd pipe  up " That sounds like you mommy " or " That's something you would do mum" 🀣🀣🀣

So 2 families are stranded at the airport thanks to cancelled flights but they decide to make  the best of a bad situation and house swop to still get their sought after holidays .....


What follows is brilliant !


Harriet and Sophie are polar opposites ! Harriet is like seriously OCD whereas Soph is a more relaxed so you can imagine the reaction when they walked into.each others homes πŸ€£πŸ™ˆ
I could just picture this entire story in my minds  eye and I must say Michele has a beautiful writing style and I thi know may just re-read it to make sure I didnt miss any detail !

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Excerpt
‘Do you really have to do that?’ Harriet glared, first at the nose, then at her husband attached to it. It was a fine one, as noses went. She’d probably adored it when they were young and in love, even paid it cutesy compliments. Now she wanted to fill it with the entire pot of muesli yogurt he was eating and watch it set like the quick-dry grout she’d used on the bathroom tiles last month. ‘Do what, my darling?’ James’s smile beamed with pure adoration. Sod that Leo DiCaprio. She’d nominate James for an Oscar any day. The winner of this year’s Best Performance by a Husband in a Dicey Marriage category is: James Cooper, for the third year in a row! ‘That. Your nose is whistling.’ She could hear it wheezing over the announcement of another flight cancellation. Athens, this time. ‘It’s annoying.’ ‘My breathing annoys you?’ ‘You’re free to breathe, James. Just do it quietly.’ He shared a look with their daughter over the mountain of hand luggage on Harriet’s lap. Billie wouldn’t tear her eyes from that bloody phone if Harriet’s knickers were on fire, but for her dad? She was sympathy personified. ‘Oh, don’t you start too,’ Harriet warned her. Billie saluted, though her eyes drifted back to her screen. ‘Not breathing, sir, sorry, sir.’ ‘Can you at least listen for an announcement instead of obsessing over your phone. Who are you emailing anyway?’ ‘Pfft. Emailing. Mum, you’re ancient.’ James pointed his chin at the Departures board. ‘We can see what’s happening. Same thing that’s been happening since we got here. It’s delayed. They’re all delayed. Even you can’t do anything about that, so why not just relax? Besides, I’m sure with your hearing you’d pick up any announcements dead easy.’ ‘If your breathing doesn’t drown it out.’ She scanned the board. The Budapest flight was still showing a gate. That would be promising, if they were going there instead of Rome. ‘Bloody ash cloud. Bloody volcano,’ she mumbled. James smiled at her. ‘I wish I had a quid for every time that thing erupted.’ ‘You’d have three quid in the last two hundred years. I wouldn’t make it your retirement plan. Best stick to your goats, Bill Gates.’ ‘This is fun,’ Billie said. ‘No, really, can we go on holiday together all the time?’ Harriet crossed her arms – not easy with a lap full of luggage – closed her eyes and tried to imagine being in Rome already. Apparently being happy and content was all in the mind. What was it again? Mindfulness? No, it was the other bollocks. Positive visualisation. That was it. Breathing deeply, Harriet imagined all the whingeing was the happy buzz of fellow travellers savouring their coffee in an ancient cobbled square near the River Tiber. The algae-tinged scent of the water tumbled over garlicky cooking smells as they wafted from the al fresco restaurants. Those weren’t passenger announcements but the distant zooming of the Vespas that carried Romans, young and old, about their business in the sun-drenched city. She could almost taste the delicate almondy crumbliness of the biscotti as she lifted it, after a perfect dunk, from her steaming cappuccino. Her film star glasses shielded her eyes but she could feel the sun warming her hair, picking out the highlights she’d begrudgingly paid over a hundred quid for. The knicker-squirmingly gorgeous man who’d been giving her bedroom eyes from the next table leaned over and said— ‘Mum, I’m hungry. And crampy. I need something to eat. Have you got any paracetamol?’ Was it too much to ask for two minutes of la dolce vita in peace?
Meet Michele Gorman:
Michele writes comedies packed with lots of heart, best friends and girl power. She is both a Sunday Times and a USA Today bestselling author, raised in the US and living with her husband in London. Michele also writes cosy comedies under the pen-name Lilly Bartlett. Lilly’s books are full of warmth, quirky characters and guaranteed happily-ever-afters.

BLOG TOUR: One Night Only by Lauren Blakely

  One Night Only by Lauren Blakely Release Date: June 4th   Add to Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53304706-one-night-only   Get ready for a delicious new After Dark novella featuring a strong, protective bodyguard and the beautiful, brilliant hotel heiress he protects… ONE NIGHT ONLY IS COMING JUNE 4th!!     SIGN UP FOR A LIVE ALERT: laurenblakely.com/newsletter       AUDIO NEWS!! One Night Only will have a simultaneous audio release, and this sexy novella will be performed by Emma Wilder, Joe Arden and Jacob Morgan, with a special appearance by Teddy Hamilton! Releasing directly in Audible Escape!     Blurb: A delicious new After Dark novella featuring a strong, protective bodyguard and the beautiful, brilliant hotel heiress he protects… I shouldn’t want my bodyguard the way I do. His job is to protect me. It’s not to fulfill all my filthy wishes. And so I resist him, fighting the enticing pull of the strong, powerful man who watches over me. Until the night we combust in my penthouse suite. It won’t happen again, we say the next day. Besides, my mission is singular — pull off the event of a lifetime — a one-night only concert with one of the world’s biggest rock stars. A man my bodyguard happens to know. And a good bodyguard knows all sorts of things about his client. Turns out he knows my secret desires, and he wants to make them come true. Including a VIP engagement so I can experience both men at the same time… I want to say yes, but what if I fall even more in love with the man whose mission is to keep me safe? ONE NIGHT ONLY is a red-hot, sexy love story with a toe-curling, sheet-grabbing MFM sequence.

Reviewer: Tammi
Rating: 4 Stars

Lauren Blakely is a no brainer "I read immediately" author. And this series WOW! It's not her typical sweet, fun romcoms. It is sinfully sexy down right filthy story that I am gobbling up.
One Night Only is aptly titled as there was onenight and one night only that was deliciously dirty! HOT is too mild of a word.
But book is not just about that night, there is a forbidden love that both have been afraid to act on, until they do.
So in this book we get the steam of this series and the love story this author does best.

 


  About the Author: 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 sweet, sexy and witty. She also writes red-hot, ultra-steamy romance for her Lauren Blakely After Dark line. She'd love to give you a free book today! Check out her web site to grab your free read: https://laurenblakely.com/one-free-book Connect w/Lauren: Website: laurenblakely.com NL Signup: laurenblakely.com/newsletter Facebook: www.facebook.com/LaurenBlakelyBooks/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laurenblakelybooks/ Twitter: www.twitter.com/laurenblakely3  

RELEASE BLAST: SILVER MAYOR by L.B. Dunbar

Release Date: June 4

Charlie Harrington is a respectable man. Mayor to his small, mountain town. Successful attorney. Dotting single father. After one mishap in the past, he avoids scandal. Making everyone happy is his goal. He’s nothing but content...and a bit boring. Then one morning, he finds a beautiful woman in his bedroom, and his world turns upside down. His good guy side suddenly wants to be a little bad.

Janessa Cruz has been both a have and a have-not. Ex-wife to someone famous, she’s now a single mother in hiding. She just wants to go unnoticed. Quietly starting over in her forties is the plan. Only she isn’t certain what she wants. When a misunderstanding brings her face-to-face with the sexy town mayor, she can’t seem to avoid him, and being a little reckless never felt so right. 

Another Harrington brother bites the dust, and he’s looking forward to getting all kinds of dirty.

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Reviewer: Tammi 
Rating: 5 Stars

The other books in this series have definitely made me curious about the "Goody Two Shoes" in the background, Mayor Harrington. He was so much more that I expected! His story had a bit of my favorite trope forbidden romance as in a sneaky/hidden office romance.
Charlie continuously made me think of that Golden Girl reference 'Dorothy on the Streets, Blanche in the Sheets' because behind closed doors our straight laced all business Mayorwas HOT!!! And still a loving single father.
**SWOON**
I felt for Janessa she just wanted to lead her own life, to be someone, to do something and make herself proud!
And a strong single mother.
**GIRL POWER**
Together they were perfect but their exes did a number on them and continued to cause trouble.
LB Dunbar is most definitely a rockstar at writing Romance over 40!I have loved all of the Silver Foxes of Blue Ridge books!! And absolutely cannot wait for the next one. 


Reviewer: Ebbie
Rating: 5 Stars

Silver Mayor is Charlie Harrington’s book. He’s an all around good guy. He wants to make everyone happy and avoids conflict. He’s the mayor of a small town and a single dad; some say his life is boring. His world is turned upside down when he finds Janessa in is bedroom one morning. She is an ex-wife of someone famous and she wants to go unnoticed. She’s in this small town to start over . But after their run in she can’t seem to avoid Charlie. 

This story was another great addition to this series. Charlie might have seemed like a boring straight laced guy he was the complete opposite  in the bedroom. He was also a great father and good mayor of his town. Janessa was trying to find herself and her purpose since her divorce. She was strong and beautiful. Together they were amazing.  They had great chemistry. Loved this one and cannot wait to see what is next for the Silver Foxes of Blue Ridge.


Meet L.B. Dunbar
I’ve been accused of having an over-active imagination. To my benefit, this imagination has created over twenty novels, including the creation of a small-town world (Sensations Collection), rock star mayhem (Legendary Rock Star series), MMA chaos (Paradise Stories), rom-com for the over forty (The Sex Education of M.E.), and a suspenseful island for redemption (The Island Duet). My alter ego, elda lore, creates magical romance through mythological retellings (Modern Descendants). My life revolves around a deep love of reading about fairy tales, medieval knights, regency debauchery, and strong alpha males. I love a deep belly laugh, a strong hug, and an occasional margarita. My other loves include being mother to four grown children and wife to the one and only.

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Thursday, June 4, 2020

RELEASE BLITZ: Rebel Desire by LK Farlow

 
REBEL DESIRE by LK Farlow Release Date: June 4th Genre: Contemporary romance/rom-com (Enemies-to-lovers/single dad)
 
   
  AVAILABLE NOW! FREE in Kindle Unlimited! Amazon US: https://amzn.to/2YbH71p Universal: http://mybook.to/LKFRebelDesire         Blurb: As a wedding photographer, it’s no surprise that Ashley Murphy, despite her perpetual singleness, is a little in love with love.
When she catches a hunky best man checking her out while on the job, her heart all but shouts, “He’s the one”. Until he opens his mouth. Colton Banks is a cocky lawyer with a mean streak a country mile wide.
Colton prefers order to chaos. He believes there’s a time and place for everything, so when a lilac haired hottie sends him a flirtatious wink while she’s on the job, he’s less than impressed.
When she shows up at his office a week later asking for legal help, his first instinct is to send her packing. But day after day, she returns, finding new elaborate ways to break him down.
It’s not until a life-altering surprise shows up on Colton’s doorstep that things start to change. Ironically, the answer to his problem may be his incredibly annoying, free-spirited new “friend.”
Complications. Lust. Attraction. Love.
As their tenuous friendship grows, the chemistry between them becomes a raging inferno, and everyone knows you can’t deny your rebel desires.
         
About LK Farlow: LK Farlow (A.K.A Kate) is a small town girl with a love for words. She's been writing stories for as long she can remember. A Southern girl through and through, Kate resides in beautiful, sunny LA--that's Lower Alabama, y'all--with her amazing husband and three rambunctious children. When she's not writing, you can find her snuggled up on the couch watching car shows while she crochets or with her nose in a book.
 
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Reviewer: Heidi 
Rating: 5 Stars


Ashley , a wedding photographer ,beautiful lavender hair and a beautiful heart to match .....


Colton , Mr hotshot lawyer and emphasis on HOT πŸ˜‹πŸ”₯and oh so full of himself with an attitude to match .....you want to hate him but you love him ! 


Asley has a bridezilla on her hands and she's in need of legal advice so so Colton seems to be her go to man but what a douche ! Hes almost worse than the bridezilla  herself πŸ€£πŸ™ˆ

Colton actually comes to his senses and he helps Ashley and so starts a friendship .....


Colton's life takes a drastic turn when a beautiful surprise is left   on his doorstep , well his lounge to be exact ...anyway , life takes a turn for him ....


Ashley , Colton and the delightful agent 005 stole my heart ❤ 

Every page was a treat but there were a few chapters where it felt like my heart was being ripped out ,chewed and put back BUT  it was soooooooooo worth it !