Blog Tour & Giveaway: Draw Me In by Megan Squires!

Publication date: 7th January 2014

Paperback edition: -

Source: Kindle

Rating: 4.5 stars

Synopsis: He’s a young, up and coming businessman with the keys to his family’s Italian wine enterprise.

I’m a fine arts student, navigating life in the Big Apple, my pencil and sketchpad in hand.

We meet. We fall in love.

But it’s not that story.

Sometimes, by a rare gift of fate, two lives cross paths. And hey, if that happens to occur when staring at Michelangelo’s naked masterpiece, even better. We can tell our future children how a seventeen-foot tall marble guy named David brought us together.

But there’s always more to a relationship than its beginning and ever after. In life, there’s a whole lot of backstory. There are ex-fiancés and hot roommates and family members whose advice continues, even beyond the grave.

When you say you love someone, it’s never just that one person you’re saying it to. And it’s never just that one moment that sets everything in motion.

There is always more that draws you in.

This book completely took me by surprise! I was expecting it to be a love story, and it was, but it was a love story with so much more to it! This book was about two characters both trying to find themselves in a way! It was about them learning how to live and how to get the most out of life! I just loved this book! It's so different to the books I normally read, so I wasn't sure what I was going to think about it, but the synopsis and the cover made me look at it twice! Plus, I was still going to read it because it's Megan lol! The plot of this book took me by surprise! I wasn't expecting certain elements of it to play such a crucial part of the story, but I think the author did a fantastic job showing the crucial elements of the plot and developing them! The plot did have twists and turns that I didn't see coming! The twists and turns added so much to the plot and most of them were just so unexpected! I did get through this book in a few sittings and it's definitely a book that I would recommend to an older teenager because I think they would enjoy it most! I also loved that there wasn't any sex in this book! Don't get me wrong, there were plenty of hot scenes, but just no full on sex scenes! It's refreshing to read a book without a sex scene, as near enough every single contemporary book out there has some form of a sex scene in it! The main characters were awesome! Julie was the main character and she was hilarious! I love her funny and bubbly personality! She made an awkward situation even more awkward, which was hilarious to read! She was also so clumsy! She was such a genuine person though and I loved that about her! I also connect with her really well! I loved the way Julie handled herself as well! Even though she was clumsy, her head was really screwed on as well! Leo was the love interest of Julie and he was so hot! Like super yummy! I loved Leo, but he was a little harder to read than Julie was! He held his cards close to his chest almost! The more this book progressed, the more I understood why Leo was like this! He had been through so much and he himself had been through so much! He goes through even more in this book and my heart completely went out to him! I completely fell in love with Julie and Leo's relationship in this book! It was so beautiful and so real! It developed amazingly and I just couldn't get enough of it! I have to say that I would have loved it if this book was written in dual point of view! I was maybe hoping it was going to be, but after I read the synopsis, I wasn't really expecting it too! I would have loved to have read some of this book from Leo's point of view as he was such an important part of the story that I would have loved to have been able to go inside his head! I can definitely see why this book is a standalone as everything was all fully resolved and the ending made me cry like crazy! It was so beautiful and I must have sat for like fifteen minutes just crying at it lol! The cover for this book is different to what I was expecting it to look like, but it really suits the character of Leo! Plus, he's hot! And who doesn't love a hot guy on a cover, right? ;) Big thank you to Megan for an ARC of Draw Me In and to Xpresso Book Tours for having me on the Blog Tour!  

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Author bio:

Megan Squires lives with her husband and two children just outside of Sacramento, California. A graduate from the University of California, Davis, Megan is now a full-time mother, wife, and dreamer–though her characters don’t often give her much opportunity to sleep.

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Cover Reveal & Giveaway: Blind Love [Sulfur Heights 03] by M.S. Brannon!

“She is magnetic to me. Every emotion she feels pulls me that much closer to her charm and energy. For reasons unbeknownst to me, I want her to know what she means to me.” ~Jake Evans

For Jake Evans, life was as it should be. No responsibilities. He was the master at embracing his reckless lifestyle whenever it presented itself. Surviving on his ability to expertly hustle, fight and womanize, Jake could do it all; lived it all.

Raised in a rundown city, filled with crime and drugs, he had survived the death of an abusive mother and a life with an absent father while only having his brothers to depend on. His lifestyle became fast and Jake had lived it the only way he knew how, until the day he met Delilah.

Delilah St. James was the epitome of flawless. Brought up in an affluent southern household, Delilah’s life had been planned from the moment she was born. She was raised to be the perfect socialite and daughter, and groomed to be the ideal wife. When a school internship moved her to Sulfur Heights for the summer, Delilah collided with the bitter reality of life outside her comfortable gated community when Jake Evans upset her perfect world.

Over the next two years, Jake and Delilah became best friends, embracing a friendship neither one was prepared to have, although they soon found it to be a relationship that neither one of them were willing to sacrifice.

A tragic turn of events brings Jake and Delilah together once again. Only this time, the feelings are different. Lines within their friendship are blurred. Everything they vowed never to do, become the very thing they cannot deny. Will Jake and Delilah’s relationship withstand the changes surrounding them? Or will the emotions sever the two year friendship they’d fought so hard to keep?

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Author bio:

M.S. Brannon was born and raised in the Midwest. She still resides there today with her wonderful husband and son. When she is not writing or reading, M.S. Brannon spends time with her family, watching movies, and discovering new music. She writes romance because she believes love and heartache is the rawest emotion one can experience.

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Cover Reveal: Dazed [Connections 2.5] by Kim Karr!

Jagger Kennedy never went looking for fame, he just fell into it. After scoring a major modeling contract, his clean-cut good looks and charm catapulted his career. But when his actress girlfriend breaks his heart, he moves to L.A. to try his hand at acting. He’s not looking for love—he just needs to make a change.

Aerie Daniels is a woman in control … until she meets Jagger. Her surprising connection with him leaves her dazed and it’s unlike anything she’s ever felt. But just when she lets her walls fall, she makes a startling discovery about Jagger that breaks her fragile heart into a million pieces.

To keep from losing the woman who’s changing his world, Jagger is willing to give up anything—including his career. But even that might not be enough to regain Aerie’s shattered trust…

 

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I live in Florida with my husband and four kids. I've always had a love for reading books and writing. Being an English major in college, I wanted to teach at the college level but that was not to be. I went on to receive an MBA and became a project manager until quitting to raise my family. I currently work part-time with my husband and full-time embracing one of my biggest passions—writing.

I wear a lot of hats! Writer, book-lover, wife, soccer-mom, taxi driver, and the all around go-to person of the family. However, I always find time to read. One of my favorite family outings use to be taking my kids to the bookstore or the library. Today, my oldest child is in college and my twins are juniors so they no longer go with me on these outings. And although I don't need to go to the actual store anymore because I have the greatest device ever invented—a Kindle, I still do. There's nothing like a paperback. So now my four year old and I make dates out of going to the bookstore--it's time I love and cherish.

I like to believe in soulmates, kindred spirits, true friends, and Happily-Ever-Afters. I love to drink champagne, listen to music, and hopes to always stay young at heart. <3

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Blog Tour & Giveaway: Surrendering to Us [Surrender Saga 02] by Chelsea M. Cameron!

Publication date: 9th January 2014
Paperback edition: -
Source: Kindle
Rating: 4.5 stars
Synopsis: They're finally together. But the Universe seems intent on tearing them apart…

Rory Clarke might not be Lucah Blythe's boss anymore, but that doesn't mean they can sneak off to the boardroom for hot sex whenever they want. Keeping their hands off each other in the workplace is harder than they could have imagined, and that's not the only obstacle they have to deal with. Between Lucah's troublesome brother Ryder, and Rory's bff Sloane's inability to understand locked doors, they're drowning in drama.

But it's only about to get a lot worse when a blast from Lucah's past surfaces, and chaos at Clarke Enterprises threatens to take away everything Rory has worked so hard for. Can the couple weather the storm and surrender to each other, or will the challenges of staying together destroy their relationship for good?

I LOVED the first book in this series and if I'm honest, I wasn't really expecting another book to Rory and Lucah's story! I was really excited when I heard the author was giving them another book though! I'll start by saying that this book took me two attempts to read, which is why I took it down half a star! I started reading it, got about 25% through it and then I felt like something was missing, so I stopped reading! I then picked it up about a week later and started reading from where I left off from! I fell in love with it! It was like I was reading the exact same Rory and Lucah from the first book! I did feel like their characters had changed slightly, but obviously they had developed from the first book! The plot of this book was written brilliantly! It was jam packed with showing how far Rory and Lucah's relationship had developed and then there were some things and new characters introduced that sort of tested their relationship and it leaves the reader wondering if their relationship's going to survive! The plot was fun to read and there were plenty of hot scenes! And I mean hot scenes! I actually think there were more hot scenes in this book than the first book lol! The characters were again amazing! Rory was again the main character and this book was again told from her point of view! I didn't really connect with Rory at the beginning of this book, but as it progressed, I started to connect with her more and by the middle, I loved her just as much as I did in the first book! She was quite a witty character and she had a serious devilish side to her as well! I loved when Rory let herself go and didn't put on the business face! She was a much more relaxed character when she let herself go! I loved Rory's relationship development with her boyfriend, Lucah! There were times when I thought their relationship wasn't going to last or something was going to get in the middle of them, so I was happy when I got to the end lol! Lucah was again the love interest of Rory and he was still super hot in this book! He isn't the hottest male character I've read, but he still pretty hot! I loved Lucah in this book because he was always there for Rory and he helped her every step of the way as she was going through some tough things! I loved that Lucah's brother, Ryder was in this book more! He was such a funny character, even though he was a bit of an ass! Ryder added a lot to the plot and was such a great character! The ending of this book was so beautiful, but a tiny bit rushed! I loved the epilogue though! I'm not sure if there's going to be another book or maybe a novella to Rory and Lucah's story, but I do see potential for a book for two other characters who have played quite a big part in this series, Ryder and Sloane! I'm super happy to discover that the author is writing them a book and it's called Dark Surrendering! I cannot wait to read it and see more of Ryder, of course ;) I love the cover for this book! It suits the first book's cover perfectly and I do have to say that it's pretty, damn hot! Big thank you to Chelsea for an ARC of Surrendering to Us and to InkSlinger PR for having me on the Blog Tour!

 

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Author bio:

Chelsea M. Cameron is a YA/NA New York Times/USA Today Best Selling author from Maine. Lover of things random and ridiculous, Jane Austen/Charlotte and Emily Bronte Fangirl, red velvet cake enthusiast, obsessive tea drinker, vegetarian, former cheerleader and world's worst video gamer. When not writing, she enjoys watching infomercials, singing in the car and tweeting (this one time, she was tweeted by Neil Gaiman). She has a degree in journalism from the University of Maine, Orono that she promptly abandoned to write about the people in her own head. More often than not, these people turn out to be just as weird as she is.

Her New Adult Contemporary Romance titles include My Favorite Mistake, which has been bought by Harlequin along with a sequel, Deeper We Fall and Faster We Burn (April 20, 2013)

Her Young Adult books include Nocturnal, Nightmare and Neither, the first three books in The Noctalis Chronicles. The fourth and final book, Neverend will be out in 2013. Whisper, the first in The Whisper Trilogy is also available, with the second book in the series, Silence and the final book, Listen coming out in 2014.

 

 Website: http://www.chelseamcameron.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/chel_c_cam
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Release Day Blitz & Giveaway: Forced Autonomy [Phase 01] by Lila Felix!

The United States has collapsed. Those citizens who are left are in one of two classes. One: Citizens who have undergone forced lobotomies, as mandated by the United Nations. Two: Those who fight against their tyranny.
Petra Kingsley falls under both classes. She falls in line with the drones, pretending her procedure worked. She’s existed among their ranks, hiding in plain sight, being worked to the bone and starved almost to death.
Lawson is a bounty hunter of sorts. His target isn’t the guilty, it’s those who are lost in the folds of a broken society.
When he spots Petra working in the masses, he stops at nothing to help her escape.
But he has no idea who exactly he’s helping—and who will now be hunting them both?

 

 

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Excerpt!

 

Year 2031

Subject 99856691

This is how I’m gonna die. Not by machine or a shot to the head. I wouldn’t be lucky enough to just get thrown into the furnace. No, this effing hangnail—well, used to be hangnail, would be the end of me. A throbbing, pustule filled toe cavity would evolve into a full blown infection and then sepsis. Yes, death by sepsis. Now that sounds like my luck. Fever and a bum toe, so damned classy.
   I would’ve dug into myself, pulled out a lung and happily traded it for a dollar store first aid kit and some toe nail clippers at that point—I really would’ve. I’d picked the object of my malcontent from my toe with a sliver of metal I’d found on the ground in the factory. I didn’t often find metal in my factory, so I scooped it up at once, hoping the cameras didn’t detect my movement. That night by the light of a flashlight I’d stolen from one of the maintenance drones, I fashioned a rudimentary pair of tweezers out of the sharp, ragged metal. They didn’t work very well. Jerking and pulling, it took me nearly a damned hour to release the painful, jagged hangnail from its solitary confinement on the side of my toe. And I used the same tool to break through the bubble which had taken residence in its place. Hissing through my teeth at the sea sick green globule emerging from my toe, I wished for hydrogen peroxide—or that new skin stuff that burned like glowing brimstone itself. It released its prisoner of infection and throbbed in protest. I washed it the best I could with grime water courtesy of the hyper-recycled water bottle I’d once found behind the building. I used it to steal water from the bathroom in the factory.
   I’d never stolen in my life before the collapse.
   I’d once perfected the good girl routine, at least superficially. I dressed the part, cutesy vintage dresses that showed just the peep of a knee and nothing more. I kept my hair at that length, below shoulder—so that I could be accused of neither having short hair nor long. I certainly didn’t want to anger anyone with the length of my hair. My shoes were not flats which registered goody two shoes, but they weren’t too high, because that registered whore. I made straight A’s, I smiled when prompted and I never—ever moved an inch out of my little square. That’s what was expected of me. And I didn’t let anyone down.
   But that time of my life and my family were long gone.
   I tore a strip of cloth from my blanket and tied the wound up in a makeshift bandage. It would have to do until the next day. Then I’d have to take it off, letting the open, gaping hole exposed to the elements, the filth of the streets and the dirt of my work. It would get infected for sure. A wound that before could be cured with a hefty co-pay and five minutes of the good doctor’s time. But all the doctors, nurses and anyone else who had the knowledge or knowhow they needed had been swept away to other countries.
   Robots didn’t need medical care.

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Lila Felix made the decision to write a book after being encouraged by friends. She is a stay at home mom to three wild children and three boisterous dogs and her high school sweetheart husband encourages her daily. Between writing books, she loves to read and watch sappy 80's movies. Favorite things: ice cream, anything purple, roller derby and any kind of music she can get her hands on. If you're looking for her, try looking in the swamp, she's probably duct taping something under the shade of a Cypress tree.

 

 

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Cover Reveal: Beautiful Dreams [Beautiful 03] by Alicia Rae!

Kyle has mended Lily’s broken heart, and as they have fallen in love, all she dreams of is finally having her happily ever after.

But as time goes on, Lily can no longer ignore the desire to know more about Kyle's past. When she learns more, she will discover if she can heal Kyle’s heartache as he has done for her.

Will his secrets break them apart? Or will their love be enough to strengthen their bonds?

 

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Author bio:

Alicia Rae is a Contemporary Romance Author who lives in Dekalb, Illinois, with her husband and three beautiful boys. Alicia has a passion for reading all types of romance, writing to bring a story to life, and photography.

Thank you to my dear sister, Kels, who showed me a few years ago how much I truly missed reading. And to my loving husband, for not throwing away my Nook, and planting the seed of writing into my mind. I am forever grateful. Xo

Readers, words cannot thank you enough for supporting me along this incredible journey. I hope you enjoy my novels as much as I do writing them. I thank each and every one of you.

Believe in yourself and follow your dreams...

 

 

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Cover Reveal & Giveaway: The Scars of Us [The Scars of Us 01] by Nikki Narvaez!

Kaiya Marlow has always been cautious, precise in every decision she makes. When her dark past threatens to resurface, she decides to take precautions to protect herself by enrolling in self-defense classes at her gym.

Her instructor, Ryker Campbell, is the tattooed womanizer everyone warns about. Kaiya attempts to resist Ryker's advances, but the more time they spend training together, the harder it is for Kaiya to resist him.

Ryker's view on relationships is simple: strictly sex, nothing more. Haunted by demons from his past, he never allows himself to become attached to any woman. No attachment means no weakness, no vulnerability, no pain. He doesn't realize that his whole world is about to be turned upside down when Kaiya enters his self-defense class. Determined to have her, at least for one night, Ryker sets a plan into motion that will change both of their lives forever.

Will love be able to heal their scars, or are they too deep to overcome?

 

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   My arms wrapped around her waist, lifting her to where her toes barely touched the ground. My hands began to roam lower, and I knew if we didn't stop, I was going to end up taking her right there on the mat like our first time. The problem was that there were still people in the gym, unlike before when we were the only two there.
   Breaking away, I set my forehead against hers as I said, “If we don't stop, I'm going to take you right here, right now.”
   Reconnecting our lips, she whimpered with desire, “I need you.”
   Fuck me. There was no way that I could say no to that. Picking her up, her legs wrapped around my waist as our mouths collided. I walked towards the door before fumbling with the handle and locking it, then headed to the closet.
   Kicking the door closed, I maneuvered around most of the boxes and equipment inside before positioning us against one of the bags that lined the walls. No one should find us, unless one of the other employees happened to come in for some reason, but I really didn't give a fuck at the moment—I had to have her.
   As I moved her shorts and panties to the side, she grabbed my cock and pulled it out, eager for me to enter her. Guiding me to her, her hands placed my head at her opening, which was already wet with her arousal for me.
   Slowly, I pushed myself inside her, gradually filling her until her pussy surrounded my length. We groaned in unison as I began to roughly pound her against the bag, grasping her hips for deeper penetration.
   My mouth found Kaiya's neck as she continuously moaned, her cries of pleasure becoming louder and louder with each of my thrusts. Savoring her skin, I began to push her shirt up, needing to feel her flesh against mine. Kaiya maneuvered to help me remove her top before taking off her sports bra, letting it fall to floor.
   My shirt was added to the pile as Kaiya eagerly pulled it off. Her hands roamed over my shoulders and arms as my mouth claimed her breast, my tongue ring flicking over her hardened nipple. She arched against me as I moved to her other tit, sucking it deep into my mouth.
   Wrapping her legs tighter around me, she forced my dick deeper inside her sex. Growling my approval, I thrust harder as her nails dug into my biceps and her head tipped back against the bag.
   “Ryker?” a voice called out from outside the door. Shit.

Author bio: 

My name is Nikki Narvaez. I was born and raised in San Antonio, TX, where I currently live with my husband, our two dogs, Bella and Oreo, and our cat, Cupcake. I have been teaching for four years, but I hope to become a full-time writer and stay at home mom one day. I am 27 years old, and have three older sisters who have blessed me with four nephews and one niece. In my free time, I love to write and play Texas Hold 'Em poker.

 

 

  

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