Thursday, 27 March 2014

Blog Tour - Driving Layne by Renea Porter


 
 Title: Driving Layne
Series: Unspoken Truth #1
Author: Renea Porter
Release Date: February 14, 2014
 

"They say, the truth will set you free. My truth is killing me."

Amber is starting over in a new state where no one knows her. New roommate, new college and most importantly new freedoms.

Away from home for the first time, Amber isn’t above using a guy for one night and leaving it at that. She doesn't want to get tied down with one person. She just wants to experience the college life and take advantage of being on her own. So, when Amber’s new BFF Renee invites her to an underground drag racing competition, Amber sets her sights on driver/playboy Layne… and their attraction is mutual.

With his good looks and boyish charm, Layne is popular with the ladies on campus, but Amber thinks one night with him is all she needs to get him out of her system. Little does Amber know that Layne sees things differently, and after their hookup he wants something more. Will Amber open up and let Layne in, or will she run away?

Will the unspoken truth be too much for either of them to handle?
 



 
 

 
 
 
Reading this book you will need a box of tissues. It had me in tears, so much so that I had to stop in the middle of reading. It was very touching. I didn’t have to try to be in Layne's shoes to FEEL because I was or have been in the situation he was in, quite a few times. I won’t say what it is because that would spoil the story.
 
This type of book I generally try to stay away from because it gets to me on a deep level. It involves heartache but I won’t say as to why that is or I will give too much away. There’s also a feeling of adrenaline pumping through your veins since Layne is a race car driver. Once I got into this book it had me really emotional, there was just so much going on.
 
 
 
I loved Layne so much. A bad boy who had a line of women for him to take his pick from. But when he met Amber everything changed, he became who I wanted or expected him to be. He fell in love with Amber at first sight.
 
Amber was very independent and just wants to live a normal life...as if nothing major is changing. And she has a secret to keep...the reason why she doesn’t get involved in a relationship. 
 
Avoiding Layne was kind of a hard thing to do since Layne was very persistent. You’ll have to read this to find out the rest of their emotion journey. 
 
I enjoyed reading this book and I'm looking forward to reading book two in the series. 
  
~ Review by Kathleen

 
 
 
  


Renea loves to read. And her passion is writing. Renea Porter resides in PA with her husband of over ten years, along with her awesome stepson. She can be found with either her phone, laptop or kindle in one hand. She also loves to bake when she makes the time to do so.
 







Wednesday, 26 March 2014

Cover Reveal - Take Me For Granted by K A Linde


 
 Title: Take Me For Granted
Author: K A Linde
Release Date: April 29, 2014
Cover Design: Najla Qamber Designs

 

Grant

Manwhore. Adrenaline junkie. Lead singer of ContraBand. What you see is what you get. I make no apologies for my actions, and by now no one expects any from me. I live my life the way I want and as long as it pushes the demons back, then I'm solid. I've never needed a chick for more than a good lay. Why would I need just one when I can have a different one every night?

Until she walks into my world.

Aribel

Mouthy. Perfectionist. Princeton student. Chemistry major. Yes, that pretty much describes me. Oh, and virgin. But I'm only nineteen, and have more important things to concern myself with. What really matters is finishing my degree and getting a good job. I’ve worked hard for what I want, and do what’s expected of me. I don’t need anyone to get in my way.

Until he opens up my world.

But if I give you my world, whatever you do…don’t TAKE ME for granted.
 

 
 


K.A. Linde graduated with her Masters in political science from the University of Georgia in 2012. She also has a bachelors in political science and philosophy. She wrote her the Avoiding Series while struggling through advanced statistical modeling and writing her thesis. She enjoys dancing and writing novels that keep you guessing until the very end.
 

She currently resides in Georgia with her boyfriend and two puppies, Lucy and Riker.








Tuesday, 25 March 2014

Re-Release Day Blitz - Beautifully Damaged by L A Fiore


 
Title: Beautifully Damaged
Series: Beautifully Damaged #1
Author: L.A. Fiore
 Re-Release Date: March 25, 2014 


This edition of Beautifully Damaged has been extensively revised and includes new scenes.

Ember Walsh is a trusting soul with the quiet beauty of her late mother, who perished in a mysterious car crash when Ember was three. A little tomboyish from being raised by her father, Ember packs a punch when a stranger gets pushy with her in a bar, catching the steely blue eyes of a tall, gorgeous tattooed man—Trace Montgomery. Still damaged from her last disastrous relationship and warned off the bad boy by friends, Ember fights the smoldering heat that Trace sparks in her when he begins shadowing her like a dark angel.

Burdened by a lifetime of horror and heartbreak, amateur fighter Trace doesn’t want to want Ember. His deep self-loathing keeps him from having any meaningful relationships, but Ember is an itch he can’t scratch. The two push and pull, slowly crumbling their walls, seemingly brought together by fate, because the turmoil that haunts their pasts is interlinked in undeniable ways. But can these two fighters finally lay down their arms?

In Beautifully Damaged, L.A. Fiore delves into deep scars and lets love and forgiveness uncover redemption.

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

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L.A. Fiore lives in Bucks County, Pennsylvania with her husband, two children, their dog, two kittens and Willow: their three-legged hamster. Her twin sister lives right down the street and being a seasoned zombie hunter, there is comfort knowing when the zombie apocalypse comes they'll be ready. L.A. loves hearing from readers and can be reached through Facebook at the link below.
 
 
 
 

 
 
  

Blog Tour - Friends Wanting Benefits by Luke Young




 
Title: Friends Wanting Benefits
Series: Friends With... Benefits Prequel
Author: Luke Young
Release Date: March 24, 2014
 

Victoria Wilde and Jillian Grayson meet while aboard a romantic Caribbean cruise with the men in their lives. The two become fast friends despite being in completely different relationships--Victoria, a young widow, is finally moving on with a new and exciting romance. Jillian, on the other hand, is struggling in a long marriage that's barely hanging on by a thread.

But when Victoria offers Jillian advice on how to get the spark back between the sheets... things don't exactly go as planned. With a misunderstanding of international significance, all hell breaks loose in paradise. Can Victoria repair the damage that has been done? Will she truly help Jillian save her marriage?

Find out in Friends Wanting Benefits. A prequel series to the Friends With Benefits series.

 
 

 





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#1 Friends With Partial Benefits
 
 
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#2 Friends With Full Benefits
 
 
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#3 Friends With More Benefits
 
 
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#4 Friends With Extra Benefits
 
 
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#5 Friends With Way Too Many Benefits
 
 

Friends With Explicit Benefits Boxed Set (Includes Books 1-4 + Prequel)


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FRIENDS WITH PARTIAL BENEFITS
 






Luke Young is the Kindle-bestselling author of the Friends With…Benefits series as well as the novel Chances Aren't.

Young’s Friends With…Benefits novels are filled with passion, longing, comedy, and, yes, sex. His relationship comedies feature strong, sexy female characters — women who seize every opportunity for fun and don’t let a little thing like age stand in the way of love or desire. In each book Young sets different wheels in motion, applying his comedic touch and pitch-perfect ear for playful couples’ banter. The result is warm, funny, sexy storytelling at its best.

Young got his start writing screenplays, which earned the praise of contest judges while never quite making it to the “green light.” He adapted his second screenplay into a novel and found himself hooked on the new form. Since then, he’s released five novels, one novella, and one short story.

Young’s prolific nature is a gift to fans across the globe who have enthusiastically embraced the Friends With…Benefits series. This fan support has driven the books up the Kindle bestseller lists. If you enjoy romance, sex, and unexpected hilarity, you will love Young’s books.

You can find Luke at
www.lukeyoungbooks.com or write to him directly at lukebyoung@gmail.com.

Young also writes “spicier” books under the pen name Ian Dalton. If you like your sexy comedy heavy on the sexy, be sure to check out Dalton’s Victoria Wilde series. For more information on how Ian Dalton's Victoria Wilde series relates to the Friends With…Benefits series please see the "Who Is Ian Dalton" area of his website.
http://lukeyoungbooks.com/who-is-ian-dalton/

 
 
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Review & Paperback Giveaway - Lovely Trigger by R K Lilley

  
 
Title: Lovely Trigger
Author: R.K. Lilley
Published: March 10, 2014
 

THE IMPACT

Tristan hit rock bottom, and no one felt the impact harder than Danika. She was forced to see, in the most brutal of ways, that love does not conquer all. Bruised, bloody, and broken she had to walk away.

THE AFTERMATH
 
Picking up the pieces of your life after a tragedy is a daunting prospect, and that’s considering you still own all of the pieces. But what if you don’t? What if someone else owns those pieces, and those pieces are a part of your soul?

You dig deep and work with what you’ve got.

That’s what Danika told herself and believed, every single day, for years.

Tristan and Danika’s love had failed every test that life had thrown at them. She couldn’t forget that, not for one second. And if those tests had been overly harsh, well, she wasn’t one to wallow in self-pity. The failure was the thing she had to focus on. The failure was the lesson. She had no intention of working so hard to make it out of hell without learning that lesson well.

THE REUNION
 
Over six years after the night that changed everything, Danika finds herself forced to spend the weekend constantly in Tristan’s company, as they attend the wedding of two of their dearest friends. It’s been long enough that she feels they can be friendly again without it destroying her peace of mind, but just a small amount of time in his presence has her remembering something she had forced herself to forget: There’d been a reason she’d gone through hell with this man, for this man, some true good to precede the bad.

She shocks herself by quickly giving in to a hunger that she never imagined could still consume her.

Even the best intentioned denial has a breaking point.

THE HARSH REALITY

After everything that’s happened, the rise and the fall, the pain and the aftermath, can these two navigate the waters of acute regret, survive the trials of coming face to face with all that they have lost, and find the strength to try again?

 
 
 
 
 
 

So where do I begin…if you have read this series, you will understand why I am having a problem forming complete sentences right now.
 
I read Bad Things and Rock Bottom a while ago and was left….what’s the word I’m looking for (the clean version)….speechless. When Lovely Trigger came out I decided to do a re-read before starting it so I wouldn’t forget anything. I felt the same gut wrenching emotions the second time around and was pretty nervous for Lovely Trigger. It’s almost like I read every page with caution because if there is one thing I have learned about RK Lilley, it’s that she holds nothing back and anything can happen.
 
**Possible spoilers**
 
I read Lovely Trigger extremely slow. I don’t know if it’s because I was savoring it or afraid to turn the page. From the very beginning I fell in love with Tristan and Danika. So much has happened to them, it was just crazy to me. When I started the 3rd book I will admit, I had a little bit of a vendetta against Tristan. I felt so extremely bad for Danika and everything she went through and I didn’t think Tristan deserved to get her back. That lasted until about 35% in to this book. My heart was breaking for Tristan at this point and I was, (in my mind of course….maybe speaking out loud sometimes to) begging for Danika to cut him some slack. That shocked me that I felt that way. Danika had lost so much because of him so I could totally understand where she was coming from.
 
Tristan in Lovely Trigger grabbed onto my heart and would not let go. We get to see such a different side of him….an extremely vulnerable side that just makes you ache for him. He never gives up throughout the entire book and you find yourself pulling for him so bad….wanting to skip to the last page to see if he wins the girl back…..BUT I DIDN’T, which made the book all the more better. I won’t go into detail, I don’t want to spoil it for anyone but I just wanted to say that this book and this entire series was mind blowing. 5 stars……yes, I will give it 5 stars….I would give it 10 stars if I could. RK Lilley, you are an amazing, amazing author and I would follow you and your books anywhere. Congratulations! I know now that, in the future, when I am reading new books…I will always compare my emotional state at the end of a book to the way I felt when I finished Lovely Trigger and that will determine how many stars I give from now on. Thank you for putting these characters on paper and introducing them to me, I am honored.

~ Review by Stacey

 
 
 


R.K. Lilley lives in Colorado with her husband and their two beautiful sons. She's had a lot of interesting jobs, from being a first class flight attendant, to being a stablehand, but swears she never knew what hard work was until she had children. She's been addicted to both reading and writing fiction since she can remember. She loves to travel, read, hike, paint, game, watch anime, and make the most of every single day. She is the author of the erotic romance novels In Flight, Mile High, Grounded, and the novella, Lana.




 

 
#1 BAD THINGS
 
 
#2 ROCK BOTTOM
 

#3 LOVELY TRIGGER
 
 

OTHER WORKS BY R.K. LILLEY

IN FLIGHT (Up in the Air #1)
 

MILE HIGH (Up in the Air #2)
 

GROUNDED (Up in the Air #3)
 

LANA (Novella)