Tuesday, November 26, 2019

Blog Tour: Daddy issues by Liv Morris

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Daddy Issues, an all-new, irresistible single dad romance from USA Today bestselling author Liv Morris, is available now!


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A single billionaire, a young nanny, and a surprise baby.
My life was ordered. Smooth and neat like my scotch. I had arranged relationships with a beginning and an end. No romantic attachments was my motto.
Then I met Maggie. A beautiful, young woman trying to find her place in the gritty world of Manhattan. She deserved more than a jaded man like me, so I let her walk away.
But fate stepped in and an ex-lover surprised me with a baby she claimed was mine. Desperate I hired a well-recommended nanny sight unseen. When she knocked at the door of my penthouse, I opened it to find Maggie standing on the other side.
I watched Maggie lovingly care for my child and wanted to learn to be a father to my daughter. But having Maggie so close was dangerous. She was a terrifying ray of sunshine that threatened to thaw my frozen heart.
I needed her for my child.
At least that’s what I told myself.
Until it was too late.


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Review:

Rating: 1 out of 5 stars

Daddy Issues is a stand-alone single dad romance by Liv Morris. This review will be called Sofia's issues and it's a part of a series called "Once again my pet peeve ruined the day (and the book)."

As some people know, my second most hated thing in a book is reading about other women/men. Well, the book began with Lucas seeing the sins of last night still sleeping in his bed. Was that necessary? Or to know that he had a bought and paid relationship with her? As if that wasn't enough at some point we get to read a brief summary of how the baby was made and it was another strike for me. The baby itself took come time to come into the picture and no, I am not talking about the 9 months it needed to be born. I was not a fan of the story and it might be because I was expecting something different from the book. It's my fault, but doesn't almost every reader do that?

The book was not my cup of tea and I would not recommend it. 

Excerpt

I discovered a new species of male in Manhattan: men in suits. They were everywhere. Walking down the street. Riding the subway. Standing in line for coffee right behind me. The city was a yummy box of man candy, and I had a hard time passing up the sweets. I appraised the latest suit as he ordered coffee. He was a head taller than everyone else. Light scruff scattered across his tight, slice-of-country-ham jawline in a perfect touch of masculinity. He wore a midnight blue power suit paired with a sky-colored tie. Gold cufflinks peeked out of his sleeves, with a faceted diamond that needed its own zip code. I lowered my gaze to the cut of his pants. Tight. Euro. My preferred country when it came to men’s clothing. I loved the sporty Abercrombie look in college, but New York City converted me to brands like Armani and Hugo Boss. Tailored. Slick. Just like him. He resembled an Abercrombie model all grown up, the best of both worlds. Mr. Armani pushed his fingers through his perfectly styled hair, but every strand resumed its previous position. Was this the kind of sorcery men in suits possessed?

PAINTED LIPS Best LogoAbout Liv Morris USA Today bestselling author Liv Morris resides in Manhattan with her first and hopefully last husband. She received a degree in communication from the University of Maryland. Liv has published many short stories for her Love in the City series (now a box set) and is featured in numerous anthologies.
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Monday, November 25, 2019

Blog Tour: In The Unlikely Event by L.J. Shen

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"Romance masterpiece" - Kylie Scott, New York Times bestselling author

From USA Today and #1 Amazon bestselling author L.J. Shen comes a new, contemporary romance with heart-wrenching twists and laugh-out-loud moments.

In The Unlikely Event is available now!


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Sometimes you meet people who are out of this world, so you make them a part of yours.
A one-night stand born from vengeance in a foreign land.
An explosive chemistry neither of us could deny.
We signed a contract on the back of a Boar’s Head Pub napkin that said if we ever met again, we would drop everything and be together.
Eight years and thousands of miles later, he’s here.
In New York.
And he’s America’s music obsession.
The intangible Irish poet who brings record executives to their knees.
The blizzard in my perfect, unshaken snow globe.
Last time we spoke, he was a beggar with no intention of becoming a king.
But a king he became, and now I’m his servant.
I’m not the same broken princess Malachy Doherty put back together with his callused hands.
I have a career I love.
A boyfriend I adore.
An apartment, a roommate, a life.
I changed. He changed, too.
But Mal kept the napkin.
Question is, will I keep my word?



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Excerpt
When I finally come face to face with the street artist standing on the side of the pavement, his guitar case open and full of rolled-up notes and change, I understand why his grandfather told me I’d recognize him with the self-assurance of an avid believer.
I’ve never seen someone like him before.
He is beautiful, true, but that’s not what stands out to me. He is radiant.
It’s like his presence has a presence. He sucks the air out of everything in his vicinity, making it impossible not to look at him. Malachy is tailor-made for a huge, colossal heartbreak. Everything about him—his tattered jeans, filthy boots, white shirt, and leather jacket that was broken in decades ago—screams trouble. He looks like a seventies heartthrob. An icon. A Terry Richardson muse. Bruce Springsteen pre-fame.
His voice is like honey and warm spices. It lulls me into a place in my mind I’ve never been before, even though it’s far from beautiful. It is gruff, throaty, and smoky. When someone bumps my shoulder to get closer to him, I snap out of my reverie and realize what I’m listening to.
“One” by U2.
The coincidence is strange. I try to tell myself it’s nothing. This is Ireland. U2 is a national treasure.
His eyes are squeezed shut as he sings. It’s like no one exists other than him and his guitar. Something warm rushes through my skin, like a heat wave, and I shudder in delight.
Warmth.
I always thought there was something melancholy about street performers—the way people walk past them, ignoring their music, their art, their passion. But this guy, he’s the one doing the ignoring. The tables have turned. He’s got the crowd eating from the palm of his hand. Every woman here is under a thick, sweet spell. He’s got that Harry Styles quality that makes girls want to bed him and older women want to adopt him. The men are a cross between impatient, annoyed, and jealous. You can see it in the way they tap their feet, check their watches, nudge their wives and girlfriends to move it.
The song ends, and Malachy Doherty cracks his eyes open and stares directly at me, like he knew I’d be here. Like he watched me watching him through closed eyes. Disoriented—and for some reason wanting to do something, anything—I throw a bill into his guitar case and look away, realizing to my horror that I threw the fifty euros his grandpa gave me. Everyone around me murmurs and whistles. They think it was intentional. I can feel my face flaming red. I bet he thinks I want to sleep with him.
Do I? Probably. But should he know that? Hell no.
LJShenAbout LJ Shen
L.J. Shen is a USA Today, Washington Post and Amazon #1 best-selling author of contemporary, New Adult and YA romance. Her books have been sold to nineteen different countries.
She lives in California with her husband, son, cat and eccentric fashion choices, and enjoys good wine, bad reality TV shows and catching sun rays with her lazy cat.
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Friday, November 22, 2019

Something Just Like This (Stay #3.5) by Jennifer Probst


We are celebrating the new release from Jennifer Probst by participating in the blog tour. SOMETHING JUST LIKE THIS is part of her Stay series and it is releasing as part of 1001 Dark Nights. It just went live today! Check out an excerpt and book trailer from the title below. Click here to grab your copy now


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About SOMETHING JUST LIKE THIS:

From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Jennifer Probst comes a new story in her Stay series. Jonathan Lake is the beloved NYC mayor who’s making a run for Governor. His widowed status and close relationship with his daughter casts him as the darling of the press, and the candidate to beat, but behind the flash of the cameras, things are spinning out of control. It all has to do with his strait laced, ruthlessly organized assistant. Her skills and reserved demeanor are perfect to run his campaign, but her brilliant brain has become a temptation he’s been fighting for too long. Can he convince her to take a chance on a long-term campaign for love or will his efforts end up in scandal? Alyssa Block has admired the NYC mayor for a long time, but her secret crush is kept ruthlessly buried under a mountain of work. Besides, she’s not his type, and office scandals is not in her job position. But when they retreat to an upstate horse farm for a secluded weekend, the spark between them catches flame, and Jonathan sets those stinging blue-eyes on winning her. Can she convince him to focus on the upcoming election, or will she succumb to the sweet promise of a different future? **For fans of Jennifer Probst’s Stay series, Something Just Like This is book four in that series.** **Every 1001 Dark Nights novella is a standalone story. For new readers, it’s an introduction to an author’s world. And for fans, it’s a bonus book in the author’s series. We hope you'll enjoy each one as much as we do.**  


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Review:

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

Something Just Like This is a stand-alone novella in the Stay series by Jennifer Probst. The characters from the other books appear in this book and it was a nice way to catch up to them. Hei-Hei, once again, stole the spotlight.

The story had the perfect length and it wasn't too fast or too slow for me. When the length and the pace are so good as they were in this book, there is not much that can go wrong. The characters were both great and I would love to see more of them in Chloe's book. From the blurb at the end of this book, I gathered that Chloe's book will be set years in the future and hopefully by then Jonathan will be the governor. I really hope Jonathan and Alyssa will appear there.

I don't think we were ever told how old our characters are and that bugs me a little bit. I read the book in a little sleep-deprived mode so I might have just missed that.

The rest of the book was simply perfect and I would certainly recommend it!

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“JP writes beautiful words and I just loved this story. There was enough action, adventure, passion and the swoon factor not to mention romance.” The Guide To Romance Novels Blog, for All Roads Lead to You
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“Achingly romantic, touching, realistic, and just plain beautiful, The Start of Something Good lingers with you long after you turn the last page.” —Katy Evans, New York Times bestselling author
“Jennifer Probst always gives me that heart-melting romance with the perfect amount of sizzle. Ethan and Mia’s story was beautifully delivered and swept me up in all the feels. I cherished every moment!” —Sawyer Bennett, New York Times bestselling author





AUTHOR INFORMATION:

Jennifer Probst Jennifer Probst wrote her first book at twelve years old. She bound it in a folder, read it to her classmates, and hasn’t stopped writing since. She took a short hiatus to get married, get pregnant, buy a house, get pregnant again, pursue a master’s in English Literature, and rescue two shelter dogs. Now she is writing again. She makes her home in Upstate New York with the whole crew. Her sons keep her active, stressed, joyous, and sad her house will never be truly clean. She is the New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of sexy and erotic contemporary romance. She was thrilled her book, The Marriage Bargain, was ranked #6 on Amazon’s Best Books for 2012, and spent 26 weeks on the New York Times. Her work has been translated in over a dozen countries, sold over a million copies, and was dubbed a “romance phenom” by Kirkus Reviews.


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Tuesday, November 19, 2019

Review: From Flame and Ash by Carrie Ann Ryan




Title: From Flame and Ash
Series: Elements of Five #2
Author: Carrie Ann Ryan
Genre: YA Romance
Release Date: November 19, 2019



Blurb

NYT Bestselling Author Carrie Ann Ryan continues Lyric’s epic journey in this spellbinding sequel to From Breath and Ruin.

Lyric lost her past, her friends, and even her connections to both worlds when she found out about the Maison realm and her calling. But now she must put that aside and travel back to the Maison realm to continue her training as the Spirit Priestess. Only her journey isn’t to Rhodes and those she fought alongside before. This time, Easton and the other Obscurité warriors will stand by her side as she tries to unlock her final three elements.

However, just as she starts to learn more about what she’s been prophesied to do, a Seer’s wish and the calling of the Lumière kingdom calls her forth, thrusting Lyric into another journey where she must trust those on both sides of the age-old war to survive…and keep those she loves safe.





Review:

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

From Flame and Ash is the second book in the Elements of Five by Carrie Ann Ryan. The book is not a stand-alone and I would recommend starting the series from book one. I read From beath and ruin when it was released and still I had a little bit hard time to adjust into this world again. Just for the first couple of chapters though. The book ends with a cliffhanger and if you don't like that, my suggestion is to wait for all the books to be released before reading the series.

As most YA stories do, this book wandered into the waters of a love triangle. Lyric is attracted to Rhodes, even though we know that she is not his soulmate and Easton and it made me worried that it was going to drag for the rest of Lyric's story. Emory's name kept popping up and in the back on my mind, I had her also as an option for Lyric's love. For most of the book, I was just wishing that she would settle on one person, so I would stop rooting for (possibly) the wrong one.

I know I shouldn't have started with the romance stuff, but I felt like the story was focused 60% of the time on Lyric pinning for those two guys and 40% on advancing the story, hence the reason for the 4 stars. I would have loved to see Lyric learning more about the world she is in because it seems like everyone is keeping information from her. In my opinion Lyric should focus more on unlocking and controlling the elements than finding who her soulmate is. A little bit more focus on the secondary characters would be also a thing I would love to see. They are very interesting all of them and I feel like they have so much more to tell. I have so many questions about them and I wanted them answered.

I liked the story and especially the last 25% of it. Some things were heartbreaking and others made me turn the pages and reading as fast as I could. It was exciting and I could almost say that I am happy with them because they will make Lyric grow as a character and help her with her elements. Then I remember everything that was lost and it makes it very hard to say that. I deleted the happy sentence at least 3 times, but it was an essential part on Lyric's journey.

Overall, I would recommend the book even though I wished for a less romantical turmoil from Lyric's part.


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Carrie Ann Ryan is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of contemporary, paranormal, and young adult romance. Her works include the Montgomery Ink, Redwood Pack, Fractured Connections, and Elements of Five series, which have sold over 3.0 million books worldwide. She started writing while in graduate school for her advanced degree in chemistry and hasn’t stopped since. Carrie Ann has written over seventy-five novels and novellas with more in the works. When she’s not losing herself in her emotional and action-packed worlds, she’s reading as much as she can while wrangling her clowder of cats who have more followers than she does.


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Saturday, November 16, 2019

Promo: Dirty Swedish Player by R.C. Stephens


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NHL hockey star Nils Karlsson is dealing with the aftermath of a drunken mistake. A pic of his cock along with the #bigstick has gone viral. The managers of his NHL hockey team have placed him on probation and told him to find a girlfriend and settle down, but he doesn’t want to give up on his wicked ways. When his former stepsister reappears in his life, she’s a picture of beauty, innocence and brains. She hates his guts, but he makes her an offer she can’t refuse . . . Broke and desperate, Sierra Cole believes bad things happen in threes. Now she’s waiting for the other shoe to drop, and it does, in the form of her former hotter-than-hell stepbrother. She hates him with a passion, but she’s in a bind and he’s willing to pay her to be his fake girlfriend. Easy, right? Wrong. His kisses are scorching hot and he plays her body like a perfectly tuned violin. Too bad he isn’t relationship material. Will the nerd score the dirty Swedish player, or will this fake relationship end in heartbreak?

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Friday, November 15, 2019

Review: The Fall of Legend (Legend Trilogy #1) by Meghan March



About The Fall of Legend:


From New York Times bestselling author Meghan March comes a new deliciously dangerous alpha hero in The
Fall of Legend, the first book in the brand new and utterly addictive Legend trilogy.


We come from two different worlds.
I’m from the streets. She might as well live in an ivory tower.
I made my living with my fists. I doubt she could even throw a punch.
Our paths never should have crossed.
We never should have met. 
That doesn’t change the facts.
I would sell my soul to taste those red lips.
Fight the devil himself to hear her laugh.
Burn in hell to have a single night.
Scarlett Priest shouldn’t even know men like me exist, but sometimes temptation is stronger than will. 
If this is how I go down, it’ll be worth every second of the fall.




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Review:

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

The Fall of Legend is the first book in the Legend Trilogy by Meghan March. It's not a stand-alone novel and it ends with a cliffhanger which was to be expected. The next two books will be released soon, so you won't have to wait long for the complete story if you don't like waiting, which is a huge plus in my opinion.

The book was what I expected it to be considering that it's the first book in the series. There is not much going on in terms of action/romance, but everything is slowly been set up. Not too slowly though so the reader won't get bored. The author has laid plenty of plots and I want to see how each one will be finished. The biggest question is how Gabriel and Scarlett will get their happy ending. Gabriel is similar and yet so different from the other heroes MM has written and there is a different air around that guy. I kinda feel like the tables have turned when it comes to Gabriel and Scarlett in comparison to the rest of the couples. They have potential despite their not so usual first meeting.

There was a small bump in the road that made me wonder if I was going to like the book, but thankfully everything was sorted out before I had a chance to really worry.

To sum it up, I liked the book. It was a little slower from what I am used to, but it was expected since this is a trilogy and not a duet. I would recommend the book because I believe that the series has the potential to be great.

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About the author:


Making the jump from corporate lawyer to romance author was a leap of faith that New York Times, #1 Wall
Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author Meghan March will never regret. With over thirty titles
published, she has sold millions of books in nearly a dozen languages to fellow romance-lovers around the
world. A nomad at heart, she can currently be found in the woods of the Pacific Northwest, living her happily
ever after with her real-life alpha hero.


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Review: Misadventures with a Twin by Elizabeth Hayley


 
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Synopsis
Zara Pierce has had a crush on Corey Jensen for years, but she’s never acted on it. When she sees him at their high school reunion, she decides to throw caution to the wind and finally make a move. The steamy encounter that follows makes one thing perfectly clear: she wants more of Corey.
Colton Jensen may have an identical twin, but he’s his own man. A self-proclaimed bachelor for life, Colt is set in what he wants and knows exactly who he is. Too bad Zara doesn’t. By the time Colton realizes his night with Zara was a case of mistaken identity, it’s too late to take back what’s happened between them. When a series of events drives him closer to her and stirs unexpected feelings, he must finally reveal the truth.
Can Colton and Zara find happiness amid a forest of lies? Or were they lost from the start?
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Review:

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

Misadventures with a Twin is a stand-alone book in the Misadventures series by Elizabeth Hayley. The main characters are Colton and Zara. The blurb covers up what is going on in the story pretty well, so if you don't like what you read there than don't read the book. Colton is lying to Zara about who he is and honestly, up to a point, I was on his side. My support started to lessen as I was turning the pages, but I couldn't be at him. Zara was right to react like she did and she was right to dislike him in high school. From what I read, he was not one of the best people to have around. 

For a book that belongs in the Misadventures series, this one is rather tame. It's not bad though. I liked the romance and the main characters and the book was easy to read. 



Meet The Author
Elizabeth Hayley is actually “Elizabeth” and “Hayley,” two friends who love reading romance novels to obsessive levels. This mutual love prompted them to put their English degrees to good use by penning their own. They learned a ton about each other through the process, like how they clearly share a brain and have a persistent need to text each other constantly. They live with their husbands and kids in a Philadelphia suburb. Thankfully, their children are still too young to read.